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CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK BURDEN8 ON SETTLERS. Senator Borah Proposes to Cost o f Failures. Ehifi Washington, D. C.— Shall settlers on government irrigation projects pay for the mistakes o f the reclamation service, or shall that loss be saddled upon the government? That question was raised in the senate a few day ago and will be more extensively pre Ganaral Return* o f Important Evento sented on behalf o f the settlers by Senator Borah, o f Idaho, who is n< Presented In Condentad Form at work upon a speech on the subject fo r Our Busy Readers. Under the reclamation act, all mon eys spent out o f the reclamation fund One aviator was killed at Paris and have to be paid back by the settlers, who acquire water rights. This one at Sebastopol Tuesday. means that the settlers not only are President T a ft will be officially in required to pay the actual cost o f con formed o f his nomination August 1. structing the projects, but have to W Prospects o f a huge wheat crop are make up any losses, the losses being This makes the sending the prices down in the Chi added to the costs. burden heavy upon the settlers when cago markets. any mistakes are made, for under the Lorimer has decided to go back to prevailing system o f book keeping the Chicago and go to work. He may full expenditure is figured as cost. seek re-election. This subject first arose in connec President T a ft sent a message of tion with a bill authorizing the sale o congratulation to the American ath the government plant and project at Garden City, Kan., a project that letes at Stockholm. proved to be an utter failure. This England’s protest against the pro was a unique project, in that there posed Panama bill finds considerable was no flowing water to depend upon support in the senate. and all the water for irrigation was Two Klamath fishermen claim a to be pumped to the surface from an trout weighing 11 pounds jumped into underground flow 20 feet below the surface. The government spent about their boat on Lake Ewauna. Three women bathers were drowned $300,000 on a big pumping plant near Santa Cruz, Cal., while one o f built its distributing system, and then them was trying to save the other two. found the project was an utter fail ure, for it could not get the water to The United States circuit court o f the land at a cost the farmers could appeals has decided that an Indian pay. The land owners under the proj tribal marriage according to rites of ect, however, had obligated them the tribe is a legal marriage. selves to repay the cost o f construe More Pullman cars were taken to tion, and being without water they and from Portland during the Elks were unable to raise crops or meet convention week than were handled at their payments. So the project has Los Angeles during the convention in been abandoned, and it is now pro posed to sell the government plant, that city in 1909. release the settlers, and recoup the The United States court has limited loss as far as possible. But there the liability o f the steamer San Pedro will be a substantial loss on the proj to $16,600 for sinking the steamer ect at best, and the problem has Columbia off the California coast in arisen, upon whom shall this loss fall? 1907, when 80 lives were lost. It cannot fall upon the settlers on the A woman rancher in California was Garden City project, for they have lost bitten by a rattlesnake while irrigat everything and cannot pay; in fact ing her alfalfa field. She killed the they never had water for irrigation, snake and then walked a mile to her and the government did not keep its part o f the contract. The fear has house and applied home remedies. been expressed that this loss will be H etty Green, the richest woman in distributed upon other projects, and the world, has joined the church at that settlers in other states will pay the age o f 78 years. for the Garden City fiasco. Denver authorities turned down a bill for autos used to haul voters to APPLE C R O P 4000 CARS. the polls. Doings of the World at Large Told in BHeL Canal tolls Issue leads to protest Wenatchee Will Ship More Than at from England, and a diplomatic strug Any Previous Season. gle is on. Wenatchee, Wash.— Four thousand Puyallup valley, Washington, is carloads o f apples will be shipped calling loudly f o r harvest hands and from Wenatchee valley this year, rep resentatives o f growers’ unions say, berry pickers. after a trip through the valley. This Two women were killed and a third is practically twice the crop o f 1911, badly injured by being run down by a and the largest apple yield in the his Milwaukee train near Seattle. tory o f the valley. The increase is due largely to increased acreage. Burglars stole some wine and sever Wenatchee apples will compete al boxes o f cigars from the residence with those from other districts on tho o f Bishop Scannell, in Omaha. California and Canadian markets this A plague o f gnats hit Wenatchee, season, as well as from the East Wash., and surrounding country, The Great Northern railway has just many horses being seriously injured announced a reduction from $1.03 a hundred to 46 cents a hundred to Cali by the pests. fornia. A three-hours’ conference has been arranged between Champ Clark and W ALLACE BANKERS PAY UP. his successful rival for the Demo cratic nomination. Paulson, Easton and Ureenough Es The big new Austrian dreadnaught, tate W ipe'Out $76,000 Liability. built at a cost o f $12,000,000, is found Wallace, Idaho— The offer made by to be practically useless, owing to August Paulson, Spokane millionaire; faulty designing and construction. Stanley Easton, manager o f the Hun It is estimated that 10,000 Elks were in line in the grand parade in Portland. Street cars and railroads leading to the city did tho heaviest traffic ever known. President Mohler, o f the Union Pacific, announces that an order has been given for $2,000,000 worth o f new rolling stock for the Union Pa cific and Oregon Short Line. P O R T LA N D M A R K E TS. Fresh F ru its— Cherries, 2 (4 l0 c per pound; apples, old, $1.60(4)3 per b o x; new, $1.600(1.76; peaches, 660 / 75c; currants, $1.6001)1.75; plums, 90c@ $1.26; pears, $1.76(42; apricots, $1.26; grapes, $2.60 per crate. B errie s — R aspberries, $1.60 per cra te ; loganberries, $1.26(4)1.60; black caps, $1.60. Melons — Cantaloupes, $2.76 crate; waterm elons, 1(41 fc per pound. V ege tab le s — Artichokes, 66(4?6c per dozen; beans, 8 (a 9 c ; per pound; cabbage, l( 41 i c ; cauliflow er, $1.26 per dozen; 'celery, $50/6 per crate; corn, 30c per dozen; cucumbers, $1 per b o x ; 'e ggp lan t, 25c per pound; head lettuce, 12c dozen; peas, 8(49c pound; peppers, 120016 c; radishes, 16(d}20c dozen; spinach, 4(46c pound; garlic, 8(410c; carrots, $1.76 sack; turnips, $1.26. Potatoes — lo b b in g prices: B u r banks, old, '$1(41.26 per hundred; new, per pound, l } ( 4 l ) c . O nions— C alifo rn ia red, $1.26 sack; y ellow , $1.60. W h e a t — Track prices: Blueatem, 88 (489c; club, 84(<t86c; red Russian, 84 (48 5 c; valley, 840l'86c; 40-fold, - 84(4- 85c. H a y — Tim othy, $14(416.60; a lfa l fa , $1.26; clover, $ 10 ; oats and vetch, $12; grain hay, $9. MillstutTs — H ra n ," $26.50 ton; shorta, $26; m iddlings, $32. Corn— W hole, $39; cracked, $40 ton. O ats— No. 1 white, $34(436 ton. E g g s — Case count, 24c; candled, 26c; extras, 27c. B u tter— Oregon creamery, cubes, or ■olid pack, 28c pound; prints, 2 tc. P o rk — Fancy, 10f4l0$c pound. V e a l— Fancy, IS 01 I3$c pound. P o u ltry — Hens, 12$c pound; b ro il ers, 1 7 (4l7$c; ducks, young, 10(411«; geese, 10(411c; turkeys, live, 18c; dressed, 24(426c. C a ttle — Choice steers, $6.76(47; good, $ 6 ( 46 . 60 ; medium, $ 6 . 76 ( 4 6 ; choice cows, $6.76(46.26; good, $6.60 ($6.76; medium, $6(46.60; choice calves, $7(48.26; good heavy calves, $6(46.60; bulls. $3.60(46.10; [stags, $4.76(46. H ogs — L igh t, $8($8.S5; heavy, $6.26(47. Sheep— Y ea rlin gs, $3(44.26, w eth ers, $8.90(44.60; ewes, $3(43.76; lam bs, $4.6(X<eo. 60. ker Hill & Sullivan mine, and the es tate o f T. L. Greenough, o f $75,000 in settlement o f all their liability in con nection with the failure o f tho W al lace State Bank o f Commerce last Au gust was accepted Wednesday. Ber nard F. O ’Neil, former president of the bank, who was extradited from Vacouver, now I b awaiting trial on charges in connection with the failure o f the bank. The offer was made in a petition to the District court, which was asked to authorize the receiver o f the bank to accept the money. > Cotton Futures Banned Washington, D. C.— Heavy penalties for gambling in cotton “ futures” are provided in the Beall bill passed by the house by a vote o f 95 to 25. Efforts were made to amend the bill to include provisions prohibiting gam bling in grains, but these failed. The bill would prohibit all dealing in cot ton futures and fix heavy penalties for the purchase or sale o f cotton not actually in existence. Heavy fines would be imposed for the use o f the mails or telegraph for the dissemina tion o f cotton speculation information. Sheriffs Oppose Paroles. St. Paul—An address opposing the parole and pardoning o f prisoners was the feature o f Wednesday’s session o f the National Sheriff’s association. C. E. Reudick, sheriff o f Santa Ana, Cal., said seven o f every ten crimes om m itted in his county were the work o f former convicts, paroled men and men on probation. Sheriffs J. J. Dillon, o f Iowa; J. M. Lingenfelter, o f Kansas, and Michael Zimmer, o f Cook county. Illinois, agreed with the California officer in opposing the par oling o f prisoners. Engineer Presents Case. New York— Warren Stone, chief o f the locomotive engineers, resumed his presentation o f the case o f the en gineers o f the Eastern railroads when the arbitration committee met here. He said that when he had completed his outline o f the claims o f the engin eers and submitted statistic* to prove their contention for shorter hours and increased pay was justified, he would call as witnesses the engineers o f 18- hour New York and Chicago trains. Excursion Steamer Sink*. New York— The excursion steamer Roaedale, while passing out o f Rork- away inlet, with 700 passengers on board, collided with the steamer Nas sau. A hole was torn in the Rosedale’s bow and her captain headed for shal low water, where she sank. The Nas sau was damaged only slightly and took off the passengers and crew o f the Roaedale. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE IN TERESTED IN OREGON. Southern Pacific Will Invest $8,000,- OOO In This State. Portland—‘ ‘ It is only because the conditions in Oregon warrant vast railway expenditures and improve ments that the Southern Pacific has planned to spend upwards o f $8,000,- 000 within the next few years,” de clared President W illiam Sproule, o f the Southern Pacific company, at a luncheon given in his honor by the board o f governors o f the Commercial club. “ It is very natural,” said President Sproule, “ that in appropriating money for investment in this state there must be a justification. I am in the city on official business, which is the general cause o f my coming here or going eslewhere. The situation in Oregon in relation to the Southern Pacific is one o f peculiar interest to myself because the question o f what should be done here in respect to de velopments are put up to me. It is on my own recommendation that things are done. In assuming re sponsibility for the large investments and appropriations in Oregon there of course is something to justify it. “ The railroad business is the same as all other business conducted on le gitim ate lines. The man who puts his money into it ¡must be assured of a reasonable return on his investment or at least the same return as is real ized from other lines o f business. "M oney is hot placed into railroad projects unless there is a fair prospect o f returns on the investent, and for that reason we must have something to go on before we can place the mon ey we have [to spend in development and improvements o f railway facili ties. “ Our confidence in Oregon is very apparent in our announced intention of making expenditures here. All we ask in return is for the co-operation o f your business people to make possi ble the returns which we have to have. It is the ambition o f my worthy corps o f officials over the Ore gon lines o f the company to have the support o f every community.” C LE M E N T H ITS OREGON. Lack o f Corporation Law “ Crookedness ’’ Cause o f Salem—That Oregon is the stamp ing ground for crooked promoters from other states, who make it a practice to come here to organize fake companies because the laws o f Oregon do not give the state authority to look into the affairs o f corporations is one o f the declarations made by E. C. Clement, United States postoffice in spector. Among other things, he told o f one 8YNOPSI3. person alone who was fleeced [of $40,- A t the b e g lr ' n g o f g rea t autom obile 000 by the Columbia River Orchards race the m echanician o f the M ercu ry. company and the Oregon-Washington Stanton's m achine, drops dead. Strange Trust company, in which these com youth. Jesse F loy d , volunteers, and Is ac In the rest du ring the tw e n ty - panies deliberately led him into a trap cepted. fou r hour race Stanton m eets a stran ger. to secure the money and branding him Miss C arlisle, w ho Introduces herself. as a “ sucker” in letters which passed CHAPTER II.— (Continued.) back and forth between those inte "M y father Is president of a tire rested. “ I am now on the trail o f certain company," she Idly remarked. "His men who did not dare organize in the tires are being used on some of the state where they live, but have come cars, the Mercury for one, I believe, to Oregon to file their papers and have and he wanted to watch their testing already floated millions o f dollars o f under use. So, after a dinner engage worthless stock all over the W est,” ment we could not escape, we mo tored down here from the city. You he declared. “ The Columbia River Orchards com see I have not viewed much of the pany affairs furnishes a good illustra race. I admit this does not look very tion of the way in which grafters flock perilous and I am a bit disappointed. to this state to float their crooked en I," again her short crystal laugh, "I terprises. These people had to have a ■hall hope better things of the famous dummy corporation to act as a trus 8tanton; I want to admire him very tee. They couldn’t organize it under much. But I am detaining you, and the laws o f Washington, so they came you were leaving! Every thanks for to Portland and organized the ,Oregon- your patience." Washington Trust company under the "Hardly leaving, since the twenty- lawB o f Oregon. This company was four hour race is not six hours old," supposed to hold $125 worth o f securi he corrected briefly. "I am glad to ties for every $100 worth o f the obli have been of any use to you.” gation o f the Columbia River Or She returned his salute; then, upon chards company. When the crash the cool Impulse of one accustomed to came it developed that their alleged doing as she chose, put her question securities were absolutely worthless. directly: Even the office furniture was not paid "Ah—I am Miss Carlisle; I would for and the stenographer was cheated like to know who has been good out o f her salary. The public was enough to aid me in my ignorance." fleeced out o f about two and a quarter "My name Is Stanton,” he complied, millions o f dollars on this graft, which and went on. would not have been possible if there From the shelter of the obscurity he had been a state law providing for the looked back. She had taken a step supervision o f corporations, such as forward Into the light and her veil the proposed blue-sky law, which I had slipped aside as she gazed after earnestly hope may be adopted. I do him with an expression of acute and not know o f anything that would be o f eager interest. She could not have HOOD RIVER C LU B FORMED. greater benefit to honest corporations been older than twenty-four or five, than some such act to give the state West Side Ranchers Will Co-operate control o f crooked promoters and cor with a finely cut, beautiful face framed In waves of fair hair. for Mutual Improvemet. porations.” Floyd was sitting on a camp-stool Hood River— A lively interest is outside the tent, chatting with a TA R IFFS PLACED ON FILE. being taken by the residents o f the group of men, when Stanton returned. West Side o f the Hood River m a The rest had brought back the mech series of discussions tending to create Roads Named on Which Interchange anician's color and animation; In fact, u greater diversity o f industries in the able Books Are Good, he looked ridiculously young and Ir district. [The organization o f West Salem — Tariffs for the new inter responsible. But he sprang up read Side ranchers, known as the West changeable mileage books have been ily at the driver's nod. Side Improvement club, has arranged "Tim e?” he asked, his gray eyes filed with the State Railroad commis for a number o f talks to be given in like burnished steel. sion, to become effective August 15. the near future, when the cultivating 'Yes," Stanton confirmed. And to The mileage books will be good at season is over and the citizens have the rate o f one coupon a mile on the the nearest man: "Bring in the ca-.’’ leisure. There was an obedient commotion. following roads: Camas Prairie; Among the topics to be discussed Chicago, Milwaukee Puget Sound; Several men ran to flag the other arc such subjects as “ Hog Raising in Corvallis & Eastern; Idaho, Washing driver; Floyd caught up goggles and the Orchard,” “ Poultry,” “ Garden ton & Northern; Northern Pacific; cap, and knelt to tighten a legging Truck” and “ Cover Crops.” “ It is Oregon Electric; Oregon Trunk; O.- strap. As Stanton made his own prep the aim o f the club,” said one o f its W. R. & N . ; P. R. & N . ; Port Town arations, Mr. Green bustled up to him. members, “ to have every orchardist send Southern; Salem, Falls City & "W e’re leading," he reminded su produce his own garden truck, his Western; Spokane & Inland; Spokane perfluously. “ There Isn’t, really, any poultry and his own m ilk.” International; S. P. & S .; Southern need for extra fast work, Stanton.” The club is also planning for a Stanton snapped a buckle, saying Pacific in Oregon, including towns on Chautauqua, to last about a week, in Klamath Falls branch via Weed, Cal.; nothing. the cool region o f the upper valley, Tacoma & Eastern, and Washington, “ I telephoned to the office and told where the ranchers and their families Idaho & Montana. Rupert he needn’t come. I told him will repair to enjoy the fishing o f the The roads on which mileage from that you had a new man.” district and to discuss matters o f in mileage books will be accepted on the "W ell?” terest among themselves.” basis o f the local fare are as follows: "H e said, ‘Poor mut.’ ’’ Coeur d’Alene & St. Joe Transporta The driver straightened to his full Hawthorne Is Appointed. tion company. Great Northern in Brit height, his firm dark face locking to Klamath Falls— Irrigation matters ish Columbia on loeal lines, Pacific & bronze Inflexibility. always receive instant attention in Eastern, Reid Transportation com “ You had better report his sympa this dry region. Thomas Hawthorne, pany, and United Railways. thy to Floyd, whom It’s meant for," he o f Eugene, for several years in the advised hardly. " I ’m not interested. reclamation service at Umatilja and Brook Trout Planted. If the company doesn’t like the way I on Klamath projects, has been ap Portland — The work o f stocking drive, let them get some one In my pointed state engineer on the Paisley place; but while I do drive the car, I project, which, is under the Carey act. Oregon streams with brook trout is drive, and not Rupert or Floyd, or— The Warner and Chewaucan valleys going forward rapidly. Ten cans o f any one else. I'll neither take risks contain much o f the best sage land in trout fry were taken down the river to nor shirk them to order.” this region and that section will be on be liberated in streams near Scap The assistant manager choked, the railroad when it is extended north poose. The work o f distributing speechless. He had no way of know from Lakeview. Paisley is about 100 these fish is being shared by members ing why Stanton flashed a sullen miles northeast from Klamath Falls. o f the Multnomah Anglers’ club. glance toward the row of automobiles An irrigation enterprise nearer home Cans o f fish are being transported to before the grand stand, or who was in the Antelope valley, 15 miles various points in automobiles belong meant by that "any one else.” Mean northeast from this city. ing to club members. Another ship while, he was Intractable, he was In ment o f Eastern trout is soon to be subordinate, and he was obstinate— dsckrsbbit Bounty Fixed. taken into the mountains o f the Cas but he was Stanton. Burns—The Harney county court cade range for liberation in the lakes. The Mercury rolled In, the two men has determined to place a bounty o f 2 climbed from their seats, and there Rain Ruins Big Hay Crop. was a momentary delay for tank fill cents per head on jackrabbits. The Forest Grove— Heavy rains have ing. Stanton took his place, experi system under which this bounty will be paid will relieve the county clerk’s destroyed thousands o f dollars' worth mentally speeding and retarding his office o f the necessity o f counting o f hay in this section, besides the late motor while he waited for the work cslps. Rabbit drives will be organ- strawberry yield and the early cher men to finish. “ Stop a minute while I fix the car zed in different localities and those ries. Clover hay for the most part participating will appoint a commit has been ruined, as the greater por buretor,” requested Floyd, from be tee authorized to count and certify to tion o f the crop was cut at the be side the machine. "It's colder late Much at night like this. Walt, you’ve the number killed and upon this cer ginning o f the rainy weather. tificate the bounty will be paid, the timothy hay also has been destroyed. dropped your glove.” Stanton silenced the engine. Some money to be used in paying the ex One farmer cut 100 acres during a period o f far weather but with the thing In the fresh voice, the boyish penses o f the drives. heavy rains he w ill suffer a total loss. grace of the slight figure, the ready The rains, however, were o f special courtesy of the act. stirred him with a Salmon Catch Fairly Good. benefit to potatoes. strange sensation and pricking shame Astoria— There has been quite an at his own brutality. "Poor mut," a improvement in the catch o f salmon Fair to Get New Buildings. whisper repeated to his Inner ear. during the past few days and the de Astoria — A t the meeting o f the When Floyd offered the gauntlet, the liveries at the packing plants, while not large, are fairly good. Some o f board o f directors o f the Lower Co other dropped a hand upon his shoul lumbia Fair association, the bid o f der. the specimens weigh over 70 pounds. Fred Elliott & So nr o f Gearhart, tor "Are you riding with me because The quality is excellent and as the the erection o f four o f the exhibit you want the money badly enough to spawn has not commenced to mature buildings was accepted and President chanc£ anything." Stanton demanded the indications are good for the spurt G. L. Rees was authorised to enter harshly, "or because you are willing to continue. The catches on the up into a contract with them at once. The to trust my driving?" river seining grounds are also much buildings are to be completed by Sep Taken by surprise, open astonish improved and there is a chance that tember 1. Mr. Rees was also appoint ment crossed the younger man's face, the shortage in the pack may be over ed to arrange for the clearing o f the but hts eyes did not flinch from the come before the season ends. grounds. ones behind the goggles. "I think you're the best driver on Gooseberries Show Good Profit “ Business Form " Is Lost. the track," came the steady answer Salem -Gooseberries in Polk county Oregon City— The business form of “ And I'd rather trust myself to your hills are good money-makers, accord government proposed for Oregon City recklessness than to some one else'* ing to a report o f L. D. Gibson, who in place o f the present councilmanic mistakes. If you want to know. 1 lives on the Oak Grove road a few form, was voted down at a special guess you can steer straight enough miles from Salem. He is owner o f an election by a vote o f 342 to 66. Like for both of us.” acre and one-half o f gooseberries wise the proposed bond issue to the Stanton's hand relaxed Its hold. which brought him a check for $617.10 amount o f $17.000 to erect a munici "Qo fix your carburetor. Yes. I can for 30,855 pounds, or a net sum o f pal elevator to take the place o f the steer—straight.” practically $500 for the patch. So long stairsteps leading up to the resi Again the blue-black eyes flashed fortunate has he been with the crop dence section, was voted down t\y 222 sneering defiance toward the grand that he has set out two and one-half to 175. stand; for the moment. Miss Car acres more. lisle's hope of witnessing desperate Hawley Secures New Rout*. feats by the Mercury car seemed far Hood River Camping Point. Salem— A fte r repeatedly having the from realization. Hood River— The midsummer camp proposal to establish rural route No. 7 But the Mercury had not circled the ing season has begun here. Many from Oregon City rejected. Represent mile oval four tlmos when the Duplex. Portland people have joined the local ative Hawley continued to collect It* choked feed pipe cleared at last, vacationists in 'seekin g an outing in facts and arguments from the people burst from the paddock with Its mas the foothills at the base o f Mount living along the W illam ette river on ter driver at the wheel and bent on Hood. Numerous ramps have been the Clackamas county side, opposite the recovery of lost time. The Mer established in the Ixist Lake region, the town o f Willamette, and has at cury was on the back stretch of where excellent fishing is to be found, last secured a favorable decision from track, running casually near sixty and many visitors are passing through the department permitting the desired •wiles at the momen* the valley to and from Cloud Cap Inn. I service. [ ot th« men. ’‘They’ll wither fast enough.” The new tire was on. As Stanton turned to his machine, after tearing 1 the card to unreadable fragments, he 9aw Floyd watching him with curious intentness. A raw, wet mist had commenced to roll In from the nearby ocean. The promise of dawn was recalled, a dull obscurity closed over the motordrome, leaving even the search-lighted path dim. The cars rushed on steadily. The night had been singularly free from accidents. Only one machine had been actually wrecked, although He FLjtn^ Merçitrij etc. three had been withdrawn from the contest. The officials In the judges’ stand were congratulating one an other, at the moment when the second “ Car cornin',” Floyd cautioned sud disaster occurred. The mist had grown thicker, In the denly. Stanton raised his head, alert a frac lights a dazzling silver curtain before tional second too late, and his closest men's eyes, and the track had been rival shot past him, roaring down the worn to deep grooves at the turns. white path. It was too much; Floyd The Mercury was sweeping past the and Miss Carlisle sank out of memory grand-stand, when one of the two together, as Stanton reached for Blower cars, being overtaken, slipped throttle and spark. The Mercury Its driver's control, caught In a foot- snarled and leaped like a startled cat. deep rut, and swerved crashing into the machine next It. Twice over it The dull period was over. The Mercury car was slightly the rolled, splintering sickeningly, but faster, but the Duplex held the inside flinging both of its men clear of the line, and the difference between the wreck. The car struck, plunged on drivers was not in skill so much as In around the curve Into the mist, ap daredeviltry. Slower machines kept parently unhurt. Out across the damp dusk pierced conservatively out of the way as the dangerous rivals fought out their the shriek of the klaxon, mingled with speed-battle. Three times Stanton the cry of the people and the tinkle of hospital telephone. Stanton, hunted the Duplex around the track, the gaining on each lap, until the last cir swinging wide to avoid the pitiful cuit was made with the cars side by wreckage, kept oh his course. “ Stop!” Floyd shouted Imperatively side, a flaming team. The spectators, scanty at this hour before dawn, rose, beside him. “ Stop, Stanton, stop!" Stanton sped on, disregarding what applauding and cheering, as the two passed again, still clinging together. he supposed was a novice's nervous He could not aid the But gradually it became evident sympathy. that Stanton, who held the outside, stunned men lying on the track, and was steadily crowding the Duplex one glance had told him that they toward the paddock fence. Nor could could be safely passed; as Indeed they — the Duplex defend Itself from the ma had been. “ Stop!” the command rang again; neuver which must ultimately force It to fall behind at one of the turns or and as Stanton merely shook his accept destruction by collision. The head with Impatient annoyance, the machines were so close that a swerve mechanician swiftly stooped forward. The motor slackened oddly. Before on the part of either, the blow-out of a tire or a catch in the ruts cut In the astounded driver had time to grasp the track at certain points, meant un the situation, the power died from gentle death. Mercilessly, gradually. under his hands and the car was only Stanton pressed his perilous advan carried forward by its own momen tage. And at the crucial moment he tum. Automatically he Jammed down the brakes and turned in his seat to heard a low, exultant laugh. “ Cut him closer!" urged his mech confront his companion in a wrathful Floyd anician's eager, excited accents at his amazement choking speech. ear. “ W e’ll get him on this turn— faced him, even his lips white beneath his mask, but with steadfast eyes. he's weakenin’— Cut him close!” "I know,” he forestalled the tem The comrade triumph came to Stan ton as an unaccustdmed cordial. They pest. “ You’ve got the right to put were passing the grand-stand, just me off the car— I threw your switch. I’ve got nothing to say. But the mist ahead lay the worst curve. lifted and I saw what lay ahead.” It was partly reputation which won. What lay ahead? The klaxon was If the Duplex had held firm, the Mer shrieking madly, from all around the cury niust in self-preservation have track came the sound of halting cars. yielded room. But the driver knew The rising wind pushed along the fog Stanton, guessed him capable of walls again, and they opened to reveal wrecking both by obstinate persist the second machine of the late acci ence in attack, and dared not meet dent, not twenty-five feet ahead, * the Issue. There came the gun-like tilted, motionless heap. After the reports of a shut-off motor, tho Du collision it had staggered this far, to plex slackened its furious pace, and go down with a broken rear axle and Stanton hurtled past him on the turn two lost rear wheels. Its men were itself, lurching across the ruts, and still in their seats unhurt. led the way down the track. There was an instant of silence. The The witnesses in stands and pad- avoided disaster was no excuse for the dock went frantic. Floyd pumped oil. mechanician’s Interference, nor did Stanton snatched a glance at the min Floyd offer it as such, well aware iature watch strapped on his wrist, that his driver was perfectly Justified over his glove, and slightly reduced in any course he chose to take. There speed. The maneuver had been suc can be but one pilot at any wheel. cessful, but the driver knew that. It “ Since I suppose you are not equal might have called down upon him the to cranking a ninety* Mercury, you judges' just censure and have sent him hud better fix the spark and gas while from the track, disqualified. I start It,” dryly suggested Stanton. The number of laps steadily grew “ And— never do that again." on the bulletin register. A faint, dull He stepped out and went to the tight overspread the sky, the fore front of his car, seizing the crank runner of the early summer dawn. At and starting the big motor with an ex four o’clock the Mercury unexpected ertion of superb strength which would ly blew out a tire, reeling across to Indeed have been Impossible to the the fence line from the shock and the slender Floyd. When he retook his Jar of sharply applied brakes. Stanton seat, the mechanician made his equal said something, and scut his car limp ly laconic apology and acknowledg ing cautiously around to the camp ment of error. where its repairers stood ready. "I never will,” Floyd gave his word. Floyd slid out of his hard, narrow The wind shook the mist more seat rather stiffly. The cold grayness strongly, streamers of pink and gold was bright enough now to show the trembled across the sky. The day had streaks of grimy dust and oil wher commenced. ever the masks had failed to protect WINSJ 'JELEANOR M X T o f i f G ame and ile Candle L FREDERIC THORNBURGS (T O B E C O N T IN U E D .) GAVE OF SURPLUS WEALTh Rich Men In Other Days Lavish In Their Donations to Their Fa vorite Cities. 'For Mr. Stanton," the Boy Insisted. the men's faces, and the effects of fa tigue and strain of watching. Stanton looked for the Inevitable pitcher of water, but found himself confronted Instead with a grinning, admiringly awed messenger boy who held out ■ cluster of heavy purple flowers. “ What?" marveled the disgusted driver. "What Idiotic trick—” "For Mr. Stanton, sir,” deferential ly Insisted the boy; who would have addressed the president as "bo,” and gibed at the czar. Stanton caught the blossoms rough ly. anticipating a practical Joke from some fun-loving fellow-competitor, and saw a white card dangling by a bit of ribbon. "Thank you," he read In careless penciling. “ I have no laurel wreaths here, so send the victor of the hour my corsage bouquet.” She had had the Imprudence, or the cool disregard of comment, to use one of her own cards. Valerie Atherton Carlisle, the name was engraved across the heavy pasteboard. She had thought that wild duel with the Duplex was an exhibition given for her.that at her wanton whim he had jeopardized four lives, one his own. With a strong exclamation of con tempt Stanton moved to fling the flow ers aside to the path before the Mer cury's wheels, then checked himself, remembering appearances. The or chids curled limply around his warm fingers; suddenly the magnificent ar rogance of this girl struck him with angry humor, and be laughed shortly. "Throw them In the tent, Blake,” he requested, tossing the bouquet to one "Many a man who has Inherited mil- lions,” once said Frederic Harrison, "is gnawed with envy as be watches a practical man turning an honest penny. How he would like to earn an honest penny! He never did; he nev er will; and he feels like a dyspeptic invalid watching a hearty beggar en joying a bone or a crust. Many a rich man Is capable of better things; but he does not know how to begin!" The ancient law suggests a restoration of the liturgies, the public services of rich men as they were organized In the model Greek republics. "A t Ath ens the liturgies were legal and con stitutional offices Imposed periodically and according to a regular order by each local community on citizens rat ed as having capital of more than a given amount . . . It always re mained a public office, a duty to ha filled by taste, skill, personal effort and public spirit. Rich men contend ed for the office. The chief ambition of a rich man came to be that of mak ing splendid gifts to his fellow citi zens, and theaters, stadiums, colon nades, aqueducts, gardens, libraries, museums, pictures, statues—all were showered upon favorite cities by wealthy men who possessed or covet ed the name of citizen." A few mul timillionaires In our American repub lic have made public benefactions. May their tribe Increase! The gift of a public hospital or a school build ing is always in order.— The Christian Herald. Fireman's Unique Wedding. A fireman's wedding in a burnt-out church is certainly something of a nov elty. Such a wedding haa Just taken place In the chancel of SL George’s, Leicester, the greater part of tbs building having been destroyed by firs last year. It was the first fireman's wedding In Leicester, and the brid* groom's colleague, formed a guard ol honor and arranged an arch of axes, etc under which the bride and bride groom passed out after the ceremony Fireman Sturges. the bridegroom, was among those who fought the Hamas at St. George's last October.— London T it Bits.
