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.