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A M D
ARTHUR HORNBLOW
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ILLUSTRATIONS BY RAY WALTERS
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY O.w. DILLINGHAM CO tVAnr
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H o w a r d J e ffrie s , b a n k e r 's aon, u n d e r
th e e v il in flu en c e o f H u b e rt U n d e rw o o d ,
fe llo w -s tu d e n t a t Y ale, le a d s a life o f d ls-
ilp a tlo n , m a r r ie s th e d a u g h te r o f a g a m ­
b le r w ho d ie d in p riso n , a n d Is d iso w n ed
by h is f a th e r . H e Is o u t o f w o rk a n d in
d e s p e ra te s tr a its . U n d e rw o o d , w h o h a d
once b een e n g a g e d to H o w a r d ’s s te p ­
m o th e r, A licia, is a p p a r e n tly in p r o s p e r ­
ou s c irc u m s ta n c e s . T a k in g a d v a n t a g e or
n ls In tim a c y w ith A lic ia , h e b e co m es a
s o rt o f s o c ia l h ig h w a y m a n . D is c o v e rin g
h is tr u e c h a r a c te r , A lic ia d e n ie s h im th e
house. H e s e n d s h e r a n o te th r e a te n in g
su icid e. A rt d e a le r s f o r w h o m h e a c te d
a s c o m m is sio n e r, d e m a n d a n a c c o u n tin g
H o c a n n o t m a k e good. H o w a rd c a lls a t
h is a p a r tm e n ts In a n In to x ic a te d c o n d i­
tio n to re q u e s t a lo a n o f $2,000 to e n a b le
h im to ta k e u p a b u s in e s s p ro p o sitio n .
H o w a rd d r in k s h im s e lf In to a m a u d lin
c o n d itio n , a n d g o e s to sle e p o n a d iv a n .
A c a lle r Is a n n o u n c e d a n d U n d e rw o o d
d ra w s a s c re e n a ro u n d th e d ru n k e n
sle e p e r.
A lic ia e n te rs . S h e d e m a n d s a
p ro m ise fro m U n d e rw o o d t h a t h e w ill n o t
ta k e h is life. H e r e fu s e s u n le s s s h e w ill
re n e w h e r p a tro n a g e . T h is s h e re fu s e s ,
a n d ta k e s h e r le a v e. U n d e rw o o d k ills
h im s e lf. T h e re p o r t o f th e p is to l a w a ­
k e n s H o w a rd . H e fin d s U n d e rw o o d d e ad .
H o w a rd Is tu r n e d o v e r to th e p o lice
C a p t. C lin to n , n o to rio u s fo r h is b r u ta l
tr e a tm e n t o f p ris o n e rs , p u ts H o w a rd
th ro u g h th e th ir d d e g re e , a n d A n ally g e ts
a n a lle g e d c o n fe ssio n fro m th e h a r a s s e d
m a n . A n n ie, H o w a r d 's w ife, d e c la re s h e r
b e lie f In h e r h u s b a n d ’s in n o c e n ce , a n d
c a lls on J e ffrie s , fir. H e r e fu s e s to h e lp
u n le s s s h e w ill c o n s e n t to a d iv o rc e . T o
s a v e H o w a rd s h e c o n se n ts , b u t w h en s h e
fin d s t h a t th e e ld e r J e f frie s d o es n o t In
te n d to s ta n d b y h is so n , e x c e p t fin a n ­
c ia lly , sh e s c o rn s h is help. A n n ie a p p e a ls
to J u d g e B re w s te r, a tto r n e y fo r J e ffrie s .
S r., to ta k e H o w a r d ’s c ase . H e d e c lin e s
I t is re p o rte d t h a t A n n ie Is g o in g on th e
s ta g e . T h e b a n k e r a n d h is w ife c all on
J u d g e B re w s te r to find so m e w a y to p r e ­
v e n t it. A n n ie a g a in p le a d s w ith B re w ­
s t e r to d e fe n d H o w a rd . H e c o n s e n ts .
“T he d isgrace!—the d isg race!—It’s
ru in —degradation!
I t’s the end of
ev ery th in g !—the end of ev erything!"
Annie regarded with contem pt this
poor, weak, walling creatu re who
lacked the moral courage to do w hat
was m erely right. H er voice was not
unkind as she said:
“I don’t w ant to disgrace you—or
ruin you. But w hat am 1 to do—tell
me, w hat am I to do?”
“I don't know,” m oaned h er com­
panion helplessly.
"H oward m ust be saved.”
“Yes.”
"Will you tell Judge B rew ster or
shall I?”
“Judge B rew ster! Why Bhould he
know?" cried Alicia, startled . More
composedly and as If resigned to the
Inevitable, she w ent on: “Yes, I sup­
pose he m ust know sooner or later,
but, I—”
She broke down again and b u rst in­
to tears. Annie w atched her In si­
lence.
“I t’s tough—Isn’t It?" she said sym­
pathetically.
“Yes,” sobbed Alicia through her
tears, “It’s—It’s to u g h !” Rising, she
dried h er eyes and said hastily: "Don’t
say anything now. Give me a few
hours. Then 1 can think w hat Is best
to be done.”
Annie was about to reply when the
office door suddenly opened and Judge
B rew ster entered. A ddressing Alicia,
he said:
"P ardon me, Mrs. Jeffries, I hope I
“P ray don’t trouble. Good morning,
sir.”
As Alicia followed her husband out,
she turned and w hispered to Annie:
“Come and gee me at my home.”
W hen she had disappeared the
judge cam e back Into the room and
sa t down a t his desk.
“W ell, th a t’s do n e!" he exclaim ed
w ith a sigh of relief. Rumm aging for
a m om ent am ong his papers, he
looked up and said with an encoura­
ging sm ile:
"Now, If you please, we will go over
th a t evidence—bit by bit.”
C H A P TER XVII.
The new s th a t Judge B rew ster
would ap p ear for th e d efendant a t the
approaching trial of Howard Jeffries
w ent through the town like wildfire,
and caused an Im m ediate revival In
the public Interest, which was begin­
ning to slacken for w ant of hourly
stim ulation. Rum or said th a t there
bad been a com plete reconciliation In
the Jeffries family, th a t the banker
was now convinced of his son’s Inno­
cence, and w as determ ined to spend
a fortune, If necessary, to save him.
T his and o th er rep o rts of sim ilar
n atu re w ere all untrue, but th e judge
let them pass w ithout contradiction.
They were harm less, he chuckled, and
If anything, helped H ow ard’s cause.
M eantim e he him self had not been
Idle. W hen once he m ade up his
mind to do a thing he was not con­
C H A PTER XVI.—Continued.
"Ah! I begin to understand. You
knew R obert Underwood?
Howard
knows your voice—he heard you—ta lk ­
ing to him— Oh, Mrs. Jeffries! Are
you the woman who visited his a p a rt­
m ents th a t n ig h t?”
The b an k er’s wlfo bowed her head
and collapsed on a chair.
"Yes," she m urm ured In a low tone.
Annie looked a t h er In am azem ent.
“W hy did n 't you come forw ard at
once?” she cried. “Think of th e pain
which you m ight have spared u s !”
Alicia covered h e r face w ith h er
handkerchief. She was crying now.
‘(The disgrace—the d isg race!” she
moaned.
'‘D isgrace!” echoed Annie, stupe­
fied. Indignantly, she w ent on: "Dis­
grace—to you? Dut w hat of me and
H ow ard?” "
“Can’t you realize w hat It m eans to
be associated with such a crim e?” she
walled.
“D isgrace!” cried Annie contem ptu­
ously. “W hat Is disgrace when a hu­
man life 1s a t stak e?”
“It seem ed so useless,” moaned Al­
icia—“a useless sacrifice In the face
of «Howard’s confession. Of course
—If I’d known—If I’d suspected w hat
you tell me— I'd have come forw ard
and told everything—no m a tte r a t
w hat cost.” T earfully she added:
"Surely you realize th e position It
puts mo In?”
A new light shone In A nnie's eyes.
W hat w as this w om an’s m isery to
her? H er duty was to the poor fel­
low who was counting tho hours until
she could set him free. His step m o th ­
e r deserved no mercy. U tterly self­
tach Was Absorbed In His Own Thoughts.
ish, devoid of a spark of hum anity,
sha would have left them both to haven’t k ept you w aiting.” Noticing te n t w ith half m easures. N ight and
perish In o rd er to p rotect herself from h er agitation and traces of tears, he
sham e and ridicule. H er face w as se t looked surprised. He m ade no com­ day he w orked on the case, preparing
evidence, seeing w itnesses and ex­
and determ ined as she said calm ly:
m ent but turned to Annie:
perts, un til he had gradually built
"It m ust be done now.”
“I have been talking to Dr. B ern­ up a bulw ark of defense which the
“Yes," m urm ured Alicia In a low
stein over th e ’phone.”
police would find d ifficult. to tear
tone th a t sounded like a sob, “It m ust
Annie approached him softly and down. Yet he was no t wholly re a s­
be done now! Ob, if I'd only done It
sured as to th e outcom e until Annie,
befdre— If I’d only told Mr. Jeffries said In n w hisper:
“I’ve told Mrs. Jeffrlos th a t you have the day following the Interview In his
the whole tru th ! You speak of How­
office. Informed him b reathlessly th at
ard 's sufferings. If be didn't do It. u n dertaken lloward'B defense."
Judge B rew ster sm iled a t hts she had found tho m ysterious woman.
he has a t least the consciousness of
his own Innocence, but I—the con­ w ealthy client, alm ost apologetically, T he Judge w as duly elated; now It
s ta n t fear of being found out Is w orse Annie thought. Thun addressing her. w ss plain sailing, Indeed! T here had
alw ays been the possibility th a t How­
than any hell the im agination can con­ he said:
“Yes, I've been quite busy since I ard 's confession to the police was
jure up. I dreaded it—I dread It now
—It m eans disgrace—social ostracism saw you. 1 have put th ree of tho best true, th a t he had really killed U nder­
—my husband m ust knotf—the whole detectives we have on the trait of the wood. But now they had found the
woman who visited Underwood th a t one Im portant w itness, the m ysteri­
world will know.”
Annie w as n o t listening. Still be­ night. I don't think tho police have ous woman who w as In the a p a rt­
wildered, she gazed with th e utm ost been trying very hard to find her. m ent a few m inutes before th e shoot­
astonishm ent at her companion. To T hey’re satisfied w ith H ow ard's con­ ing and who w as In possession of a
think th a t this m ysterious woman fession. B ut we w ant h er and we'U le tte r In which Underwood declared
his Intention of shooting himself,
they had been seeking was H ow ard's get h er—”
doubt was no longer possible. Acquit­
stepm other.
“O h!” gasped Alicia.
“ So you’re th e m issing w itness we
T he Judge w as proceeding to tell of
have all been hunting fo r!” she said; o th er steps he had taken when the
“I can’t believe It even now. How door opened and the head clerk en­
did It happen ?’’
tered. followed by Mr. Jeffries.
“ Ha and I were once engaged. I
“I told Mr. Jeffries th a t Mrs. Je f­
broke It off when I found him out. fries wos here,” said th e clerk.
A fter I m arried Mr. Jeffries I m et Un­
“You m ight have told him th a t th ere
derwood again. Foolishly, I allowed were two Mrs. Jeffries h ere.” laughed
the old Intim acy to be renewed. He th e Judge.
took advantage and preyed on my
The clerk retire d and the banker,
friends. I forbade him my house. com pletely Ignoring the presence of
He w rote me a le tte r In which he his daughter In-law, turned to his wife
threatened to kill himself. I was and said:
zfrald he m eant It—I wanted to pro
“I regret, my dear, th a t you should
re n t him. I w ent to his rooms th a t be subjected to these fam ily annoy­
s ig h t I—didn’t tell Mr. Jeffries. ances."
When th e tru th Is known and I ac ­
Judge B rew ster cam e forw ard and
knowledge th a t I visited th is m an— cleared his th ro at as If prelim inary to Thst Price Hat Been Demanded for
can you sen w hat It m eans?—w hat a som ething Im portant he had to say.
Drawing by the Famous
fuss th e re ’ll be. Everybody will put Addressing the banker, ho said bold­
Leonardo da Vinci.
the w orst construction on It—”
ly:
“T ru st them for th a t!” said Annie
L et no one say th a t a rt does not
“ Mr. Jeffries, I have derided to un­
grimly. She was sorry for the wom­ d ertak e H ow ard's defense."
pay. when rig h t In Fifth avenue It Is
an’s distress, yet, being only human,
His aristo cratic client was taken offered a t $600 th e square Inch, which
■he felt a certain sense of satisfaction com pletely by surprise. For a mo­ Is considerably more th an the lots
In seeing her suffer a little of w hat m ent he could say nothing, but sim ­ th a t front In th a t exclusive thorough­
she had been made to suffer.
ply stared a t the law yer as If un­ fare would bring.
’’T hey’ll say th a t I—God knows able to believe hts ears. W ith an ef­
Stroll Into th e new galleries a t
what they'll sa y !” went on Alicia dis­ fort, he a t last exclaim ed:
636, and In a dingy little fram e, with
tractedly. “My husband will be
"Indeed!—then you will please con­ sev eral o th er patches, you will see a
dragged through the mire of another sider our business relatio n s to have draw ing by Leonardo da Vinci In red
public scandal—his social prestige will ceased from this m om ent,”
chalk. It Is only SU Inches square,
—oh, I d are not thin k of It—I know—
The law yer bowed.
and, tak in g ou t the trim m ing of Ita
my duty la to th a t unfortunate boy. I
upper corners. It contains ten square
"As you please," he said suavely.
m ustn’t think of m yself.”
The banker tu rn ed to his wife.
Inches.
“Have you th e le tte r th a t Mr. Un­
"Alicia—come.”
The price Is |6.000. It Is entitled
derwood w rote youf” dem anded her
He offered hla arm and turned to­ "T he Head of a Young Man," and.
companion.
ward the door. Alicia, In distress, sm all as It Is. th e skill of the Italian
“Ye*—I’ve never been able to de­ looked back a t Annie, who nodded p ain ter Inspires every line of the tiny
stroy I t I don’t know why I k ept I t reassuringly to her. Judge B rew ster m asterpiece.
but th an k God I have It!” Moaning, rose and, going to the door, opened
T here It not fa? *away a sm all draw ­
•h e w ent on:
I t The banker bowed stiffly and said: i n g by R em brandt.» which la there
tal was a foregone conclusion, no
M EX IC A N S W ARNED B A CK .
pleased was the Judge a t A nnie's find
th a t he did not Insist on knowing the
woman’s name. He saw th a t Annie Rebels (Charge Americana, But Bo!d
Front Stops Them.
preferred, for some reason, not to give
It—even to her legal adviser—and he
A t th e Boundary Camp of A m erican
let her have h er way, exacting only Troops N ear Fabens, T ex .—The cool
th a t the w om an should be produced
jud g m en t of an A m erican arm y lieu ­
the Instant he needed her. The young
woman readily assented. Of course, te n a n t and the aggressive stand of
th ere rem ained the "confession," but tw o T exas ran g ers in th e face of 200
th a t had been obtained unfairly, il­ M exican rebels
advancing on the
legally, fraudulently. The next Im por­ A m erican boundary line prevented
ta n t step was to arran g e a m eeting at
the judge's house at which Dr. B ern­ serious com plications early W ednes­
stein, the hypnotic expert, would be day betw een th e U nited S tates and
present and to which should be tnvl Mexico.
ted both Capt. Clinton and Howard's
“ D eath to th e m !” cried the M exi­
father. In front of all these w itnesses
cans, and a shoe rang o u t as they
the Judge would accuse the police cap
tain of brow beating his prisoner into spurred th e ir horses, drew th e ir c ar­
m aking an untrue confession. Per bines from th e ir saddle slots and
haps the captain could be argued Into charged forw ard to a wagon road
adm itting tho possibility of a m istake w here L ieu ten an t C. A. D ougherty
having been made. If, further, he could
be convinced of the existence of don and 35 men of Troop B, F o u rth U ni­
um entary evidence showing th at Un ted S ta te s cavalry, had stationed
derwood really com m itted suicide he them selves, th e ir rifles pointing to­
m ight be willing to recede from bis w ard lMexico.
C. E. W asster and
position In order to protect him self
C harles Moore, of th e T exas rangers,
At any rate It was w orth trying. The
Judge insisted, also, th a t to this m eet who have been accom panying the
ing the m ysterious woman witness A m erican troops on the border patrol,
should also come, to be produced at dashed forw ard.
such a mom ent as the law yer might
“ If you d are to come across th is
consider opportune. Annie merely de wagon road w e’U a rre s t your whole
ntanded a few hours' tim e so she could a rm y ,” shouted W asster. L ieu ten an t
m ake the appointm ent and soon re D ougherty, th in k in g perhaps he had
turned w ith a solemn prom ise that m iscalculated th e boundary line, gave
the woman would atten d the m eet the M exicans th e benefit o f the doubt
lng and come forw ard a t w hatevei and drew his men back a few yards,
m om ent called upon.
under cover of some sage and mes-
T h ree evenings later th ere was an quite, o rdering them under no circum ­
Im pressive gathering a t Judge Brew stances to fire u n til so commanded.
s te r’s residence. In the handsomely
“ T his wagon road is th e lin e ,”
appointed library on the second flooi W asster continued to call in Spanish
w ere seated Dr. B ernstein, Mr. Jef to the advancing rebels who formed
fries and the Judge. Each was ab into a fighting line, dem anding a t
sorbed In his own thoughts. Dr. Bern th e sam e tim e th a t they send o u t th e ir
stein was puffing a t a big black cigar; chiefs fo r parley. Colonels Jo se Cor­
the banker stared vacantly Into space doba and C arlos B ustam ente, in com­
The judge, a t his desk, exam ined some mand o f the rebels, who w ere m oving
legal papers. N ot a word was spo on G uadalupe, dism ounted and crossed
ken. They seem ed to be w aiting foi th e Sandy road. The M exicans de­
a fourth m an who had not yet ar clared they m istook the ran g ers for
rived.
P resently Judge Brewster tw o men for whom they had been
looked up and said:
searching.
"G entlem en, I expect Capt. Clinton
L ieu ten an t D ougherty cam e forw ard
In a few m inutes, and the m atter will and defined w hat he believed to be the
be placed before you.”
A m erican line. The rebel leaders
Mr. Jeffries frowned. It was g re a t soon turned th e ir troops aw ay and
ly against his w ish th a t he had been headed eastw ard tow ard G uadalupe.
dragged to th is conference. Peevish
A R T IS T . 86, IN P O O R H O U S E .
ly, he said:
"I’ve no wish to be p resen t a t the
m eeting.
You know th a t and yet Sitting Among Many Failures, He Re­
you sen t for me."
flects on Past Fame.
Judge B rew ster looked up a t him
San'
Francisco—
D eserted and le ft
quickly and said quietly yet do
penniless a t 86 y ears old, Joseph
clslvely:
“Mr. Jeffries, It Is absolutely neo Paudle, an a rtisa n who is alm ost an
essary th a t you be p resen t when 1 a rtis t, is now an inm ate o f th e C ity
tell Capt. C linton th a t he has either
willfully or Ignorantly forced your son and County R elief Home, w here w ith
to confess to having com m itted a bowed head and trem bling c h in .h e sits
crim e of w hich I am persuaded he 1> among a crowd o f o th er old men who
absolutely Innocent."
are m ostly failu re s, w hile he had con­
The banker shrugged his shoulders quered fam e as the man whose handi­
“If I can be of service, of course, w ork had cast the sta tu e of L ib erty on
I—I am only too glad—but w hat can W ashington capital.
I say—w hat can I do?"
D istressed by poverty and old age,
“N othing,” replied the Judge curtly he has existed for the p a st few years
“B ut the m oral effect of your presence on th e c h arity o f a few friends, but
Is Invaluable.” More am iably he went now, alone, he has come to pass his
on: “Believe me, Jeffries, I w ouldn’t la s t days in th e poorhouse.
have taken this step unless I w as ab
P au d ler is chiefly known to San
solutely sure of my position. I have F ranciscans fo r his w ork on th e Me­
been inform ed th a t Underwood com chanics’ m onum ent on M arket stre e t
m ltted suicide, and to-night evidence and the sta tu e of G eneral U. S. G rant
confirming th is statem en t Is to be in Golden G ate park, as w ell as th a t
placed In my hands. The woman whe in W ashington square.
T rem bling
paid him th a t m ysterious visit Just w ith age, th e w hite-haired old man
before hts death has prom ised to come described how the fire of 1906 took all
here and tell us w hat she knows. Now his possessions.
F o r th ree y ears he
If Capt. Clinton can be got to admit w orked on the figure o f L iberty,
the possibility of his being m lstak ei w hich now adorns th e cupola on the
It m eans th a t your son will be free capital a t W ashington, a w ork often
in a few days."
in terru p ted by the s tirrin g events of
“Who has given you this lnform a th e C ivil w ar.
tion?" dem anded th e b anker skeptic
“ A braham L incoln,” said the old
ally.
m an, “ took a g re a t in te re st in my
"H ow ard’s wife," answ ered
the w ork, and o ften he would stop and
Judge quietly. The banker started and speak to m e .”
the law yer w ent on: “She knows whe
He did m ost o f th e brass and bronze
the woman Is, and has prom ised tc w ork in th is city fo r 20 years.
bring her here to-night with docu
m entary proof of U nderwood's sul
Amateur Aviator Killed.
clde.”
X enia, Ohio.— Fred J . Southard, of
“You a re depending on h er?” he
M inneapolis, M inn., an av iato r, fell
sneered.
"W hy not?” dem anded the Judge 100 fe e t a t the W rig h t aviation field
“She has more a t stake than any ol n ear Osborne and w as in stan tly killed.
us. She has w orked day and night Southard, who w as 40 y ears old, had
on th is case. It w as she who arousec
ju s t bought the a e ro p la n t from the
Dr. B ernstein’s In terest and persuad
He obtained the
ed him to collect the evidence against W right brothers.
keys to th e h angar a fte r he had been
Capt. Clinton."
refused perm ission to tak e the aero­
T he b anker frowned.
“She Is th e cause of the whole mis plane out w ith o u t fu rth e r experience.
H e fell ju s t six m inutes a fte r he had
erable business,” he growled.
The door opened and the butler, en begun th e first flight alone. H is body
w as badly crushed.
terlng, handed his m aster a card.
“A h!" ejaculated the judge. "H ere's
War Footing Increased.
our man! Show him up.”
B erlin—The R eichstag has passed
W hen the serv an t had disappeared
Mr. Jeffries turned to his h o s t With th e th ird reading of the bills increas­
ing the G erm an arm y and navy. The
a show of irritatio n he said:
“I think you put too much faith In navy bill provides for an e x tra b a ttle
th a t woman, but you’ll find out—you'P squadron, for w hich th ree additional
b attlesh ip s and two cru isers are to be
find out.”
constructed before 1920.
The e s ti­
Judge B rew ster smiled.
m ated additional cost is $24.250,000
(T O B E C O N T IN U E D .)
this year, $31,750,000 n ex t y ear and
$28,500,000' yearly a fterw ard .
The
arm y bill provides for an incease of
29.000 men. excluding officers and non­
comm issioned officers and o th e r d etails
in the peace footing in the arm y.
Denver Tries New Deal.
D enver— D em ocrat and R epublican
h ead q u arters concede th e election of
H enry J . Arnold m ayor and p ra c tic a l­
ly the e n tire c itizen s’ tic k e t.
E arly
retu rn s showed th a t the citzen s’ tick et
had carried each of the 76 precincts
reported, by such a w ide m argin th a t
th e
scratched
ballots would not
change the resu lt. T his seem ed to in­
through the courtesy of the new own­ sure the re-election of Ben B. Lindsey
The
er, who bought It for $15,000 before as judge o f the juvenile court.
the dealers had a chance to hang It cam paign w as fought on local issues.
and has perm itted It to rem ain In the
Plan Monument for Musicians.
show. The draw ing, partly In sepia
P aris — A m ovem ent is well under
and here and th ere w ith a touch of
crayon, w as Intended as a study for w ay here fo r the erection o f a m onu­
a painting and Is entitled "C hrist and m ent to the mem ory of th e hero m usi­
th e Two Apostles." It Is eight by ten cians who stood playing ’’N earer, My
God, To T h e e .” as th e lin e r T itan ic
Inches.—New York H erald.
disappeared in the w a te rs of th e A t­
lan tic.
The A ssociation Sportive des
In the Year 2,000.
T ranelent—W ho’s th a t p rosperoa A stirteg M usicians de France o rig in a t­
ed the idea. A concert w ill be given,
looking fellow over there f
Native— T h at's Squire Shuvvell, the the proceeds from w hich w ill form the
m illionaire dltch-dlgger.
Everybody nucelus of the fund.
laughed a t him years ago when he re-
Haldane Goas to Berlin.
fused to become a doctor or a lawyer,
and even turned down the corre­
London— V iscount H aldane. B ritish
spondence schools’ offer to m ake him secretary of w ar. le f t for B erlin W ed­
a window dresser or an electrical en­ nesday. He w ill continue his mission,
gineer. Time proved hla wisdom, and begun in the early spring, of p rep ar­
to-day, aa the only unskilled laborer In ing th e ground for a m ovem ent to ­
this section, he can command alm ost w ard the restrictio n o f arm am ents and
fabulous prices.—Puck.
of im proving in tern atio n al relations.
A r t a t $ 6 0 0 a Square Inch
V
M
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR ROME STATE
U N IFO R M SA LA R IES IS AIM.
FARM ERS E X P E C T BIG C R O P .
Governor West Drafts Bill to Equal­ After Three ^Years of Poor .Yields,
ize Officials’ Pay.
Growers Say Success Assured.
Salem —A bill to m ake salarie s in
Pendleton— A fte r th ree years o f a l­
every county of th e s ta te on a more m ost total crop failu re s Morrow coun­
equal basis than under the p resen t ty w heat grow ers are already p re p a r­
system , and provide for an autom atic ing to h arv est w hat prom ises to be
ad ju stm en t every two or four years one of the b est crops in the history of
when a new apportionm ent is made, is th e county, according to C ounty Ju d g e
being w orked o u t by G overnor W est.
P atterson, o f H eppner, and J . B. H ud­
The system w ill be prepared care­ dleston, statio n a g e n t fo r the O.-W .
fully, and w ill be subm itted to m em ­ R. & N. a t the sam e point. These
bers of the leg islatu re before Jan u a ry men say farm ers re p o rt th e ground
so th a t each one w ill have an oppor­ w et fo u r feet, and w ith th e splendid
tu n ity to study w h atev er m erits o r de­ s ta r t w hich the g rain has it is believed
nothing can p rev en t the h arv estin g of
m e rits it may have.
a bum per yield.
“ S alaries
to
county
officials
Some of the grow ers say th ere have
th roughout th e s ta te , ” said Governor been y ears in th e p a st when the grow ­
W est, “ a re m ade w ith o u t relatio n to ing g ra in looked as prom ising as a t
each other. One county, fo r instance, present, b u t th a t it did not have the
m oisture in th e ground to back it up,
may pay its county judge $300, w hile so th a t the lack o f la te r rain s caused a
an o th er county m ay pay its judge n ear-failure.
$1200, though th e counties m ay not
The grow ers o f a lfa lfa along W illow
vary any or b u t little in th e ir respec­ and Ray creeks are looking forw ard to
tiv e populations, area or assessed v al­ heavier crops than usual. They are
uation o f p roperty. A gain, a county alw ays assured of a good first crop,
clerk m ay be g e ttin g m ore sa la ry than b u t the lack o f sufficient snow in the
a county judge or another official may m ountains has o ften
caused
the
be draw ing m ore th an a county clerk. stream s to dry up so early th a t sum ­
T here should be a uniform basis for m er irrig a tio n has been alm ost o u t of
salaries.
the question.
T his y ear th ere is an
“ W henever th e le g isla tu re con­ unusual am ount o f snow in the hills
venes, friends of some officials in a and th e stream s are all ru n n in g bank
county, who a re elected, come in w ith full a t the p resen t tim e, w ith the
bills to boost these officials’ salaries. prospect o f a good supply o f w a te r for
Officials w ith o u t friends in th e leg is­ six or e ig h t w eeks to come.
la tu re do not g e t any of the raises. A
score of bills to raise salarie s w ere in­
B UM PER C R O P O F A P P LES.
troduced a t th e la s t leg islatu re, b u t I
vetoed them all.
“ S alaries should be equalized and Yield to Be From r,000,000 to I ,-
260,000 Boxes,
reduced by some system . W hat I pro­
pose to do is th is : I w ill p rep are a ' The apple crop of Hood R iver th is
sta te m e n t show ing th e salarie s of y ear w ill be from 1,000,000 to 1,260,-
each county official in every county in 000 boxes, according to prediction
the sta te . These statem en ts fo r each made by P resid en t C harles N. C larke,
county w ill then be su b m itted to o f th e Hood R iv er C om m ercial club, to
G ranges and o th e r o rganizations as P rofessor C harles H. L ane, a g ric u l­
well as prom inent individuals in each tu ral e x p e rt from W ashington, who
county, and they w ill be asked to re ­ sp en t a day to u rin g the fam ous valley.
tu rn to me an e stim a te o f w hat they
Mr. C larke based his e stim a te on
th in k th e ir county should pay o u t in th e heaviness o f bloom and g enerally
salaries. O ut of all th a t a re su b m it­ favorable conditions,
w hich give
ted, an average w ill be stru ck for prom ise o f a crop from five to six
each county and a to tal secured fo r tim es as larg e as th e h a rv e st o f 200,-
the sta te . Each county w ill then be 000 boxes last year.
apportioned a share of th is to tal ac­
I t w as found th a t Hood R iv er peo­
cording to area, population and assess­ ple w ere grow ing m ore stra w b e rrie s
th is y e a r than ever before. T here are
ed valuation.
“ As the s ta te grow s, a new appor­ some 4000 acres in new ly planted
tionm ent would au tom atically ad ju st orchards and 3000 in b e arin g orchards.
T h lk p p le bloom, w hich a week before
the salarie s of th e county officials.”
h a ^ b e e n barely visible, had been
M IN ER AL B U L L E T IN O F F PRESS h ^ ^ g h t ou\ and n early - re tire d by the
w arm days th a t followed th e v is it o f
Book on Economic Geological Re­ the P ress club to Hood R iv er a week
or so before.
sources of Oregon Issued.
O regon A g ricu ltu ral College, Cor­
GR AN GER S U R G E R EFO R M S.
v allis—The new bulletin on “ The E c­
onomic Geological Resources o f O re­ Legislative Committee Favors Second
g o n ,” extension series No. 5, issued
Choice Voting.
by th e Oregon S ta te bureau of m ines
R oseburg—The second day o f the
a t th e O regon A g ricu ltu ra l college, of
w hich P rof. H. H . P arks is director, S ta te G range m eetin g in th is city
The various
is ju s t off th e press. I t is a book of daw ned fine and cool.
120 pages illu stra te d by 21 fine cuts, com m ittees began to b rin g in th e ir re ­
and is sen t fre e upon request to all ports, th e com m ittee on leg islatio n re ­
resid en ts of th e s ta te who are in te r­ p o rtin g favorably on second choice
voting in s ta te and county elections,
ested in th e subject.
"W ash in g to n , on the north, spends on changing th e tim e w hen nom inat­
annually $28,750 through her S tate ing p etitio n s shall be filed to 30 days
Geological Survey in v e stig a tin g her previous to th e p rim ary election, and
m ineral resouces.
H er m ineral pro­ on au th o rizin g th e county clerk to
duction is approxim ately $17,000,000 send every v o ter a sam ple ballot 10
a n n u ally ,” says P rof. P ark s in in tro ­ days previous to the election. I t also
duction. “ C alifornia, on the south, recommended a revision of th e elec­
spends annually $30,000 through her tion law s so th a t no candidate o r o th er
s ta te bureau of m ines in v e stig a tin g persons in b eh alf of a candidate shall
h er m ineral resources, and th e value spend alto g eth er m ore than 15 per
of h er m ineral production annually is cent o f the first y e a r’s salary except
$86,000,000. B oth these s ta te s have th a t th e m inim um lim it shall be $100.
m aintained (their bureaus o f in v esti­
gation for m any years.
Freewater Expects Big Crop.
“ O regon has sp en t about $1,200
F re e w a te r — T h a t crop prospects in
through the s ta te bureau of m ines in­ th is v icin ity w ere never b e tte r than
v e stig a tin g her m ineral resources, and
has an annual m ineral production of now is th e re p o rt from every section
On the foothills the
approxim ately $4,000,000.
Is i t il­ o f th e valley.
logical to think th a t some relation w h eat is alm ost a foot high, and th e
ex ists betw een th e m ineral production excessive ra in has deepened the root­
of a s ta te and th e funds sp en t in in­ ing of the w heat, in su rin g th e b ig g e st
In th e valley
v estig atio n of th e sam e?
Is it pos­ crop ev er harvested.
sible th a t M other N a tu re discrim inated proper w h eat in m any sections is al­
a g ain st the s ta te of O regon by c u ttin g ready heading o u t and h a rv estin g th is
off the m ineral resources a t a political y ear w ill be early. Local stra w b e rrie s
have appeared, th e first cra te coming
boundary lin e ? ”
from A rt Isley.
I t w as shipped to
Boise, Idaho.
Timely Rains Save Timber.
S e a sid e — T im ely rain s w ill save
thousands of fe e t o f valuable tim b er
from fo re st fires, w hich have been
rag in g for the p a st week in th e vicin­
ity o f H um bug m ountain. L arge areas
have been burned over and m any fam ­
ilies m ade hom eless.
D am age up to
the p resent tim e has not been e s ti­
m ated b u t w ill reach a larg e sum.
The tw o little statio n s o f H am let and
N ecanicum w ere in the p ath of th e fire
and w ere destroyed. These fires were
some distance south of here and did
not cause the recen t fire here.
Storm Drenches Pendleton.
Pendleton—C om m encing early Mon­
day afternoon, a heavy rain v isited
Pendleton and U m atilla county g en er­
ally w ith a high wind risin g tow ard
evening, w hich did considerable dam ­
age to electric w ires betw een th is city
and W alla W alla.
A live w ire w as
blown down on Jefferson s tre e t and a
cab horse w as eloctrocuted. All high-
pow er lines w ere cut e a rlie r in the
day. O th er live w ires w ere blown
down, b u t rep aired before any se ri­
ous dam age resulted. Many telephone
lines w ere disabled.
Cable Laid Under River.
Hood R iver—The Pacific Telephone
A T elegraph company has finished
m aking connections on each side of
the C olum bia riv e r w ith th e huge
cable laid under the riv e r tw o m onths
ago, and Hood R iver and W hite S al­
mon are now connected by cable line.
The form er telephone connections be­
tw een th e tw o c itie s w ere made by an
aerial line, crossing from the high
point o f S tanley Rock, un th is side of
the riv er.
Marion Prune Crcp to Be Good.
Salem —T h at th e prune crop south
o f th e city w ill be as larg e as last
y ear, when th e crop w as excellent, is
the sta te m e n t m ade by several o f the
leading prune men who have been in­
v e stig a tin g rep o rts th a t the crop
prom isee to be im all.
M arshfield S ta r ts Plant.
M arshfield—T he c o n tra c t le t by th e
C. A. S m ith L um ber & M an u factu rin g
com pany fo r th e new ele c tric pow er
p la n t here is th e la rg e st of th e kind
ever aw arded in th is p a r t o f th e sta te .
The cost of th e p la n t w ill be m ore
th an $100,000.
C. C. Moore & Com­
pany, o f San F rancisco, have th e con­
tra c t, and the m achinery is to be fu r­
nished by th e G eneral E lectric com­
pany. T he p la n t w ill be a t the Sm ith
m ill and w ill fu rn ish pow er fo r log­
ging, ru nning the saw m ill and th e pulp
m ill to be b u ilt to consum e the w aste.
Farmers Planning Fairs.
A storia— Stockholders o f th e Low er
C olum bia R iv er A g ricu ltu ra l company
held a m eetin g S aturday and o rg an ­
ized, elec tin g G. L. Rees president,
R obert C. K inney, vice p resid en t, and
C. S. Dow secretary . They also elect­
ed a board o f seven d irecto rs. T his is
th e company organized by th e farm ers
o f the county fo r the purpose o f hold­
ing annual fa irs.
A com m ittee w as
appointed to ascertain w here fa irs
shall be held.
Duckling Has Four Legs.
O iegon C ity— A {our-legged duck
m ade its appearance a£' th e home of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Robinson, of
Canem ah, Sunday, and the little fe l­
low is th riv in g , although i t has been
taken from th e m o th er hen. Mrs.
Robinson intends ta k in g special care
o f the freak of n atu re. Two o f the
d u ck lin g 's legs are in norm al position,
w hile the “ e x tr a ” tw o are fa rth e r
back and k e p t close to th e body.
Elgin to Observe Fourth.
E lg in — A t a c itiz e n s' m e etin g F r i­
day evening i t w as decided th a t E lgin
shall hold a th ree-d ay s’ celebration on
Ju ly 4. 5 and 6. A finance com m ittee
o f th ree w as appointed, who had al­
ready solicited funds fo r th e carry in g
on o f th e celeb ratio n , and reported
th ere would be betw een $800 and
$1000 w ith w hich to m eet expenses.