PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
General News of the Industrial and Educational Development
and Progress of Kural Communities, Public Institutions, Etc.
Tariff Reform Only Is Subject STATE ENGINEER CRITICIZED
Governor Say» Land Board Cannot
Invite Co-operation.
of Communication.
Salem—That the desert land board
under the mandates of the act passed
by the recent legislature providing an
appropriation for the Columbia South
Protection Principles of Twenty Years Ago Are ern project, has no right and is given
no power to develop that project to a
Entirely Out of Date—Would Place Busi­
greater extent than reclamation of
ness On Its Merits and Stop Abnor­
landB included in desert land selection
No. 13 for this state and private lands
mal Protection of Monopoly.
included in the act, is the declaration
made by Governor West following the
return of State Engineer Lewis from
Among other
To t h e S e n a t e a n d H o u s e o f R e p r e - i g r e a t e r f r e e d o m o u r m e t h o d s m a y In Washington, D. C.
se n tatlv e s-
so m e r e s p e c t s a n d a t so m e p o i n t s se em things the state engineer took up the
• h a v e called t h e C o n s r e e . t o g e t h e r h e r o i c a n d y e t b e r e m e d i e s I t 1. o u r
| b u s i n e s s to m a k e s u r e t h a t t h e y a r e question of development of an
In e x t r a o r d i n a r y se s s io n b e c a u s e a d u t y g e n u i n e r e m e d i e s . O u r o b j e c t Is clear.
Columbia Southern project
w a s l a i d u p o n t h e p a r t y n o w In p o w e r I f o u r m o t i v e is a b o v e J u s t c h a l l e n g e larged
a t t h e r e c e n t e l e c t i o n s w h i c h It o u g h t a n d
only
an
occasional
error
of through federal co-operation.
t o p e r f o r m p r o m p t l y , In o r d e r t h a t t h e J u d g m e n t is c h a r g e a b l e a g a i n s t us, we
The governor plainly asserted that
b u r d e n c a r r i e d b y t h e p e o p le u n d e r ex s h a l l be f o r t u n a t e .
l s t l n g l a w m a y b e l i g h t e n e d a s soon as
W e a r e c a lle d u p o n to r e n d e r th e the state engineer in desiring federal
p o s s i b l e a n d in o r d e r, also, t h a t Die c o u n t r y a g r e a t se r v i c e in m o r e m a t ­ co-operation is doing it merely to shift
b u s i n e s s I n t e r e s t s o f t h e c o u n t r y m a y t e r s t h a n one. O u r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y s h o u ld responsibility from himself to the gov­
n o t be k e p t to o l o n g In s u s p e n s e a s to be m e t a n d o u r m e t h o d s s h o u l d be ernment, that the engineer is afraid
w h a t t h e f i s c a l c h a n g e s a r e to be to t h o r o u g h , a s t h o r o u g h a s m o d e r a t e a n d
w h i c h t h e y w ill be r e q u i r e d t o a d j v s t w ell c o n s id e re d , b a s e d u p o n t h e f a c t s of the estimates that he has proposed,
them selves.
I t is c l e a r to t h e w h o le a s t h e y are, a n d n o t w o r k e d o u t a s If and that in event the project is a fail
c o u n t r y t h a t t h e t a r i f f d u t i e s m u s t be we w e r e b e g i n n e r s . W e a r e t o deal ure under those estimates it is the
a l t e r e d . T h e y m u s t be c h a n g e d to m e e t w i t h t h e f a c t s o f o u r o w n day, w ith plan of the state engineer to hide be­
t h e r a d i c a l a l t e r a t i o n In t h e c o n d i t i o n s th e f a c t s of n o o t h e r , a n d to m a k e l a w s hind the government and accuse it of
o f o u r e c o n o m ic life w h i c h t h e c o u n t r y w h i c h s q u a r e w i t h t h o s e f a c t s . I t Is
h a s w i t n e s s e d w i t h i n t h e l a s t g e n e r a ­ bes t, in d e e d It Is n e c e s s a r y , to b e g in being responsible for his own failure.
I w ill u r g e n o t h i n g
“ The State of Orgeon cannot under
tio n . W h i l e t h e w h o l e f a c e a n d m ot.iod w i t h t h e t a r i f f .
o f o u r I n d u s t r i a l a n d c o m m e r c i a l life u p o n you n o w a t t h e o p e n i n g o f y o u r the act of the legislature enter into
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w e r e b e i n g c h a n g e d b e y o n d r e c o g n i ­ o b j e c t o r d i v e r t o u r e n e r g i e s f r o m t h a t co-operation
on tnis project,” contin­
ti o n t h e t a r i f f s c h e d u l e s h a v e r e m a i n e d
c l e a r l y d e f i n e d d u t y . A t a l a t e r t i m e ues the governor.
“ The act itself
w h a t th e y w ere before the c h a n g e be­ I m ay ta k e the lib erty of c a llin g your
g a n , o r h a v e m o v e d in t h e d i r e c t i o n th ey a t t e n t i o n to r e f o r m s w h ic h s h o u l d p r e s s provides that ‘the desert land board
w e r e g i v e n w h e n no l a r g e c i r c u m s t a n c e clo se u p o n t h e h eels of t h e t a r i f f is hereby authorized and directed on
o f o u r i n d u s t r i a l d e v e l o p m e n t w a s w tia t c h a n g e s , if n o t a c c o m p a n y t h e m , of behalf of the State of Oregon to com­
It is to d a y . O u r t a s k Is to s q u a r e t h e m w h i c h t h e c h i e f Is t h e r e f o r m of o u r plete as far as can be done with the
w i t h t h e a c t u a l f a c t s . T h e s o o n e r t h a t b a n k i n g a n d c u r r e n c y l a w s ; b u t Just
is d o n e t h e s o o n e r w e s h a l l e s c a p e f ro m n o w I r e f r a i n . F o r t h e p r e s e n t , I p u t appropriation made by this act, the
s u f f e r i n g f r o m t h e f a c t s a n d t h e so o n e r t h e s e m a t t e r s on o n e side a n d t h i n k reclamation of lands included in the
o u r m en of b u s i n e s s w i l l be f r e e to o n l y o f o n e t h i n g — o f t h e c h a n g e s in Oregon desert land selection list No.
t h r i v e by t h e l a w o f n a t u r e ( t h e n a t u r e o u r fi s c a l s y s t e m w h i c h m a y b e s t s e r v e 13.”
o f f r e e b u s i n e s s ) I n s t e a d of b y t h e l a w
of leg islatio n and a rtific ia l a r r a n g e ­
m e n t.
W e h a v e se en t a r i f f l e g i s l a t i o n w a n ­
d e r v e r y f a r a f i e l d In o u r d a y — v e r y
f a r I n d e e d f r o m t h e f ield In w h i c h o u r
prosperity m ig h t hav e
had a norm al
g r o w t h a n d s t i m u l a t i o n . No o n e w h o
l o o k s t h e f a c t s s q u a r e l y In t h e f a c e o r
k n o w s a n y t h i n g t h a t lies b e n e a t h t h e
su r f a c e of a ctio n c an fall to perceive
th e principles upon w hich re c e n t ta r iff
l e g i s l a t i o n h a s b e e n b ased. W e l o n g
a g o p a s s e d b e y o n d t h e m o d e s t n o t i o n of
“p r o te c tin g ” th e in d u str ie s of th e co u n ­
t r y a n d m o v e d b o l d l y f o r w a r d to t h e
I d e a t h a t t h e y w e r e e n t i t l e d to t h e d i ­
re c t p a tr o n a g e of the G ov ern m en t. F o r
a l o n g t i m e —a t i m e so l o n g t h a t t h e
m e n n o w a c t i v e In p u b l i c p o llo y h a r d l y
rem e m b e r th e conditions t h a t preceded
i t — w e h a v e s o u g h t In o u r t a r i f f s c h e d ­
ules to g iv e each gro u p of m a n u f a c t u r ­
e r s or p ro d u cers w h a t they them selves
t h o u g h t t h a t t h e y n e e d e d In o r d e r to
m a in ta in a p r a c tic a lly exclusive m a r ­
k e t a s a g a i n s t t h e r e s t o f t h e w o rld ,
c o n scio u sly or unconsciously, we have
b u ilt up a se t of privilege s a n d ex e m p ­
t i o n s f r o m c o m p e t i t i o n b e h i n d w h i c h It
w a s easy by any, even th e crudest,
f o r m s of c o m b i n a t i o n to o r g a n i z e m o ­
n o p o ly ; u n t i l a t l a s t n o t h i n g Is n o r m a l ,
n o t h i n g Is o b l i g e d to s t a n d t h e t e s t s of
e f fi c i e n c y a n d e c o n o m y , In o u r w o r l d of
b i g b u s i n e s s , b u t e v e r y t h i n g t h r i v e s by
concerted a r r a n g e m e n t. Only n ew p r in ­
c ip le s of a c t i n g will s a v e u s f r o m a
final h a rd c r y s ta lliz a tio n of monopoly
a n d a c o m p l e t e lo ss o f t h e i n f lu e n c e s
th a t quicken enterp rise and keep Inde­
p e n d e n t e n e r g y aliv e.
I t Is p l a i n w h a t t h o s e p r i n c i p l e s m u s t
ba. W e m u s t a b o l i s h e v e r y t h i n g t h a t
b e a r s e v e n t h e s e m b l a n c e o f p r i v il e g e
o r of a n y k i n d o f a r t i f i c i a l a d v a n t a g e ,
a n d p u t o u r b u s i n e s s m en a n d p r o d u c e r s
u n d e r t h e s t i m u l a t i o n of a c o n s t a n t n e ­
c e s s i t y to be e f f i c i e n t , e c o n o m i c a l a n d
e n t e r p r i s i n g , m a s t e r s of c o m p e t i t i v e
suprem acy, b e tte r w o rk e rs an d m e r ­
c h a n t s t h a n a n y In t h e w o r ld . Aside
f r o m t h e d u t i e s laid u p o n a r t i c l e s w h ic h
w e do not, a n d p r o b a b l y c a n n o t , p r o ­
duce, t h e r e f o r e , a n d t h e d u t i e s l a i d u p ­
on l u x u r i e s a n d m e r e l y f o r t h e s a k e of
t h e r e v e n u e s t h e y yield, t h e o b j e c t of
t h e t a r i f f d u t i e s h e n c e f o r t h laid m u s t
be e f f e c t i v e c o m p e t i t i o n , t h e w h e t t i n g
o f A m e r i c a n w i t s by c o n t e s t w i t h t h e
w i t s of t h e r e s t o f t h e wo rld .
I t w o u l d be u n w i s e to m o v e t o w a r d
t h i s en d h e a d l o n g , w i t h r e c k l e s s h aste,
o r w i t h s t r o k e s t h a t c u t a t t h e v er y
r o o t s o f w h a t h a s g r o w n u p a m o n g s t us
by long process an d a t o u r o w n Invi­
tation.
I t d o es n o t a l t e r a t h i n g to
u p s e t It a n d b r e a k It a n d d e p r i v e i t of
a c h a n c e t o c h a n g e . I t d e s t r o y s It. W e
m u s t m a k e c h a n g e s In o u r f i s c a l law s,
In o u r f i s c a l s y s t e m , w h o s e o b j e c t Is
developm ent, a m ore free and w hole­
som e developm ent, n o t rev o lu tio n or
u p s e t o r c o n f u s i o n . W e m u s t b u ild u p
trade, especially
foreign trade.
We
n e e d t h e o u t l e t n n d t h e e n l a r g e d field
of en erg y m ore th a n we e v e r did b e ­
fore . W e m u s t b u i l d u p I n d u s t r y as
w ell, a n d m u s t a d o p t f r e e d o m In t h e
p l a c e o f a r t i f i c i a l s t i m u l a t i o n o n l y so
f a r a s It w ill b u ild , n o t p u l l d o w n .
In d e a lin g w ith the ta r if f the m ethod
b y w h ic h t h i s m a y be d o n e w i l l be a
m a t t e r o f J u d g m e n t , e x e r c i s e d I te m by
item . T o s o m e n o t a c c u s t o m e d to t h e
ex citem ents
and
re sp o n sib ilities
of
to o p e n o nce m o r e t h e f r e e c h a n n e l s
o f p r o s p e r i t y to a g r e a t p e o p l e whom 1 r n n n R O A im ARP.
w e w o u ld s e r v o to t h e u t m o s t a n d , U U U
t h r o u g h o u t b o t h r a n k a n d file.
W O O D R O W W ILSON.
Lane County Pomona
T h e W h i t e H o u s e , A pril 8, 1913.
INDORSED
Grange Is
Guest of Springfield.
GERMAN AIRSHIP IN FRANCE
Lost Dirigible Captured By Mili-
tary Authorities.
Luneville, France—The German mil­
itary dirigible airship Zeppelin IV
made a landing In the military parade
grounds here and was seized by the
French authorities. The incident has
caused tremendous excitement.
The German officers aboard the air­
ship explained that they had been lost
in the clouds and did not know they
had crossed the French frontier.
The inhabitants of the eastern fron-
tier regions of France have been much
agitated the last few weeks over re-
ports that German dirigibles had been
observed or heard nightly hovering
over the forts. The stories, like those
of the phantom airship of England,
never were properly substantiated.
The chief officers of the engineer
corps at Luneville removed the mag­
netos from the engines in order that
the airship could not gut under way,
and the cabin was searched for pho­
tographic apparatus, sketches or sim-
iar evidence of spying operations, but
nothing of that nature was found.
Springfield—Springfield entertained
the Lane County Pomona Grange Sat-
urda in Woodmen hall. There was an
attendance from all the granges in the
county. The various topics discussed
were salient and much interest was
manifested in the meeting.
The later session was turned into a
good roads meeting. M. Svarverud,
of Eugene, made an appeal for better
roads.
M. J. Duryea, manager of the Eu-
Commercial club spoke on the
8ubJect ,of Transportation Necessary
Î? Development of the Farm
and
P~ fe“ ° r McA1‘i*t?r> , ofJ
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a ty
0reK°">
° f ‘.he P°s,,bl11
‘,es of Çoncrate construction for coun
tr,y ™ 8 T e*Pla)ned } he new m eth'
<>d ^
he b aadeveloped,
Good roads from the County Court s
■tandpomt were discussed by County
1—1— Thompson.
Judge
He urged the
grange to study the question of expen­
ditures. “ The roads belong to the
people, ” said the judge, “ and not to
the County Court. The good roads
question is one that will be solved
largely by the people. If they want
good roads, they must say so, for they
will have to pay for them.”
YOUNG EDISON UNDAUNTED
Homeseekers Are Arriving.
Glass Bottle Bomb Blown Up but
Klamath Falls—-The trains on the
main line of the Southern Pacific are
He Will Try Again.
West Orange, N. J .—Theodore Ed­
ison’s “ bully invention,” a glass bot­
tle bomb, designed to sink the ships of
“ the enemy,” smashed itself to pieces
while the 14-year-old son of Thomas
A. Edson was experimenting in his
father’s laboratory.
Bits of glass were imbedded in
young Edison's right hand. No injury
resulted that will be permanent.
The boy’s idea was a floating bomb
constructed to explode upon coming in
contact with another object.
“ Some of your first inventions blew
up, didn’t they, dad?” young Edison
asked after the accident.
“ They did,” replied his father, “ but
I went back at them.”
To which Teodore replied: “ So
will I.” _______________
Disposed to Laugh at Germans.
now crowded with homeseekers. Some
are stopping here.
The opportunities to buy good land
here are better now than for several
years, as speculative holders are being
compelled to sell. Good farms which
will come under the irrigation system
of the government next year, can be
bought for $20 to $25 per acre. One
tract of several hundred acres, offered
at $21 an acre, is said to have no poor
land, all being good soil of good depth
and irrigable. These lands are from
10 to 15 miles from Klamath Falls,
and in one of the prettiest valleys of
the state.
Cattle Values Shown.
Klamath Falls One year ago'a herd
of 240 young steers was sold by H.
H. Van Valkenburg at an advance
over the purchase price, which aver­
aged about $20.
The cattle have been wintered near
Merrill by J. L. Beckly and have just
been resold to Mr. Valkenburg for $55
a head.
They will be run on the range this
summer and fattened for market in
the fall, when, if prices are equal to
those of last fall, they should bring
$80 each.
Paris — While the first news of the
landing of the Zeppelin airship on
French soil caused a greRt sensation,
later accounts gave the incident a
somewhat diminished importance and
public opinion w h s inclined to view
the plight of the Germans as rather
Darrow Plans to Retire.
Los Angeles—Clarence S. Darrow, ludicrous. The explanation thHt the
officers lost themselves and that the
former chief counsel for the McNa­ airship became unmanageable gener­
maras, who has been tried twice for ally is accepted.
It was announced
Farmers to Test Game Law.
alleged jury-bribing in connection the minister of war would make no
Hillsboro—Hundred« of farmers in
with the famous dynamite trial, left decision until he had received the re­
Saturday for Chicago, whence he came port of the officer sent to investigate. Washington county are in arms
two years ago to defend the two broth­
against section 41, amendment to the
ers now in the state prison at San
game laws of the state, giving anglers
Army Aviator la Killed.
Quentin.
If he is not called on to
the right to use as a highway for an­
San
Diego,
Cal.
—
While
scores
of
face another trial, Mr. Darrow said,
gling purposes all territory between
he will never practice law again, persons on Point Iaima were watching the streams and the high water lines.
but will retire to a ranch he has in a flying boat sailing about 100 feet This would mean, in many instances,
Northern California and devote him­ above the bay Wednesday morning, that a fisherman could walk over half
they were horrified to see it turn
self to literature.
sharply to the right and shoot into the of an owner’s place, a3 the Tualatin
water. The occupants of the flying river Hnd Dairy creek ofttimes flood
Buffalo Hears Explosion.
boat or hydro-aeroplane were Lieuten­ acres of territory.
Buffalo, N. Y.—A terrific explosion ant Rex Chandler, of the Coast A rtil­
A number have signified their inten­
was heard in the northern part of this lery corps, and Lieutenant Lewis H. tion to test the law.
city and at Tonawanda at 2:30 o'clock Breereton, of the same service. The
Soil In Fine Condition.
Wednesday morning. It is reported former, when taken from under the
wrecked machine in the water a few
The Dalles — Farmers of Wasco,
that a trestle on the Niagara Falla line minutes later was dead.
Sherman and Gilliam counties are’ju-
of the Inemationl Railway company,
bilant over the moisture which has
whose employes are on strike, has
Gavnor Peeves Cavalieri.
been experienced during the past three
been blown up. No verification of the
New York -L ina Cavalieri, the not­ days. Rain came down slowly and
report can he had.
Many persons ed Italian songstress, much disgusted while the total precipitation was only
started at once for the scene, but as with Mayor Gaynor, sailed for Europe half an inch, all of it went into the
there is no wire communication from Monday. She said:
ground. The days being cool and
the vicinity, no details are as yet
“ New York under that Gaynor is cloudy none of the moisture evaporat­
obtainable.
not a city at all, it is a village. A ed. The soil has been placed in excel­
city is where one enjoys one's self. lent condition for spring cultivation
All Save Two in Army Desert.
New York is not that any more. It is and plowing will now progress rapidly.
I love life and Rivermen do not anticipate unusually
Guaymas. Sonora — Commandant a Puritan village.
I have not had it high water here this spring.
Sanchez, of El Cob re, was left with must have life.
an army composed of hit aide and while I was in New York, and so I
State Butter'Contract Awarded.
first sergeant Saturday when state am sailing away.”
troops demanded the surrender of the
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Monmouth The Monmouth Cream­
town. All the federal soldiers of the
^ c a r’s A rresta 83,853.
ery company has been awarded the
El Cobre garrison promptly deserted,
Chicago -There were 83,863 arrests contract of supplying the state insti­
only to march in with the victorious in Chicago in 1912, according to the tutions at Salem with butter for April.
insurgent state troops. Sanches and report of Chief of Police McWeeny, This will amount approximately to
his two loyal followers were taken which has just come from the printer, 3000 or 4000 pounds of butter. The
prisoners.
El Cobre is near the Nearly 11,000 of them were unem- creamery is now under the manage­
smelting center of Fundición.
[ ployed.
ment of Frank E. Murdock.
WILL LEARN
NEW
I H^Cbronidei of
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THINGS
strutted in Summer Session.
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Oregon Agricultural College, Cor-
vallis—The women of the household
who have their hearts set on some day
owning a piece of land, and the young
people just out of school who are look­
ing for opportunities, will find as
much of real interest to them in the
O. A. C. summer session, which opens
June 16 and lasts six weeks, as will
the school teachers who are anxious to
prepare themselves for advanced posi­
tions and bigger salaries.
The beautification and sanitation of
the home premises, the kitchen gar­
den, the economical and hygienic prep­
aration of food, the solution of all
sorts of home problems, these are in­
cluded in the plan of instruction out­
lined by Prof. E. D. Ressler, director.
The teachers will also be given spe­
cial work besides the regular courses
for elementary and high schools, such
as the beginnings of agricultural work
for those in districts where such in­
struction may be included in the schools
next year, domestic science and art,
manual training, business courses,
music and drawing, physical training,
school law, supervision and manage-
ment, especially in the country
schools.
For the convenience of those who
cannot remain the whole six weeks,
some of the courses are arranged to
give a complete lecture schedule in
two weeks. This work includes also
two week courses in manual training
and domestic economy for boys and
girls of the high school and upper
grades. The idea is to give them, at
thé formative period of their lives,
some comprehension of the value and
true dignity of the professions of
farming and home-making. I t is fe lt
that in the past the emphasis in the
public schools has been too much on
the professions more commercial, too
little on those of the farm home, and
that this may be in some degree re­
sponsible for the present necessity for
the “ back to [the farm” movement-—
or, more properly, the “ stick to the
farm” movement.
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DIAMOND
(Continued.)
Quite half an hour had dragged by
when th e cab door was sw ung o pei
and th e detective sprang In. At the
sam e tim e I noticed a covered cart
w ith a black pony In the shafts pass
the other window at a leisurely pace.
Our driver m ust have had his orders,
for he turned his horse and followed
In the sam e direction.
Peace rem ained silent, so 1 left him
alone and contented myself w ith s ta r­
ing out of the window. We w ere
going northw ard tow ards H am pstead
T he lines of houses broke up Into sep­
a ra te villas. Lilac and laburnum
bushes peeped over the garden walls.
The throng of traffic grew thinner, the
pavem ent less crowded, i t was past
five when we drew up a t a little pub­
lics house. Peace toddled out, and 1
followed a t his heels.
“He Is unloading his c a rt in Ashley
street, yonder," said the driver, lean­
ing from the box, as be pointed with
his whip to a side road. “Do you w ant
me to w ait, sir?"
The inspector nodded and disap­
peared through th e Inn door, leaving
m e on the pavem ent. As he had given
m e no orders I strolled back to the
corner and peeped down the road,
whloh ran a t rig h t angles to the one
In w hich I was.
About forty yards aw ay stood the
little covered cart w ith the gray-
haired dealer of the auction room
talking to a lad beside It. Presently
the lad craw led under the canvas
hood and handed down the Identical
" long-tailed horse th a t had brought
about the public discom fiture of the
g allan t Colonel Gunton. T he dealer
GRANGE MAKES BIG SAVING pushed It across the stone pavem ent
Into a little fu rn itu re shop, and the
boy, whipping up the black pony,
Members Get $250 Worth of Grocer­ drove quickly away.
ies on Co-operative Plan.
I turned back to find th e detective
Portland—The hall of Evening Star a t my elbow.
"P eace,” I said, "w hat Is your In ter­
grange, Secton Line road, might have
been taken for a grocery store Satur­ e st In th a t bicycle horse?"
“I t happens to play the comedy p a rt
day, as the front rooms on the lower
floor were filled with articles which In our little m ystery.”
had been purchased by Andrew Holm,
"W hat do you m ean?”
the manager of the new plan of co- I “Only th a t It has a hole In th e sad­
operative buying for grange members. dle for a pommel should a little girl
It was delivery day for the past month. ride In it, and the hole leads down to
About $250 worth of articles, feed for a hollow Inside. Do you guess w hat
stock and groceries, covering every­ i t w sb th a t dropped Into th e hollow
thing used in the family, were stored Inside?”
in the hafl, and later taken to the
“N ot Mr. T aubery’s diam ond?”
homes of the members. They saved
Exactly. Yet we
have still to
an average of 10 and 15 per centjunder And out the man who put It th ere.1
this method of co-operative buying.
But, In the m eantim e tho old dealer
On the amount delivered Saturday may—’’
the saving, under the co-operative
"T ut, tut, Mr. Phillips. The old
buying plan, was between $25 and $30. dealer has nothing to do w ith It. He
Manager Holm explained that this was la only obeying an order to buy the
just a starter, and that it is hoped to toy w hatever it cost, and to keep It
develop an extensive plan of co-oper­ until called for. We may have to
ative buying throughout the county, w aste some tim e, so I have ordered a
when it has been demonstrated that a steak and fried potatoes In an upper
saving can be made.
room th a t conveniently overlooks the
The greatest saving on ’the goods door of his shop. Let me show you
bought and delivered Saturday was on th e way.”
feed for stock, which was 15 per cent
We passed through a long bar at
over the regular prices paid.
w hich a dingy assem blage lounged
There is space in the grange ground, and sm oked, and so upstairs Into a
at the corner of East Eightieth and private room, the windows of which
Division streets, on which a general comm anded Ashley street. We ate our
delivery store may be built.
m eal In relays—one w atching a t the
window, while the other disposed of
Rural Sidewalks Urged.
his section of stringy steak and
Orenco—At a special meeting of the heavy beer. The daylight softly faded,
Orenco Civic Improvement league the gas jets sprang out along the
steps were taken to build sidewalks to street, the tram p of home-coming
Quatama and towards Reedville and in fath ers dropped into silenc but th ere
several other directions to connect the was still no caller a t The furniture
outlying districts with the town. The shop. T he sh u tte rs had been put up
farmers living along these lines have for the night. It seem ed plain to me
agreed to assist in the building. th a t nothing would happen for th at
Those living near Quatama have evening a t least, though Peace did not
agreed, if the town buys the lumber, seem to despond.
to haul it from the mi!!, furnish the
Nine o’clock—ten
o’clock—ten-
cross pieces and build the walk. M. th irty , and the custom er arrived.
McDonald, W. J. Head, Thomas Gflod-
I had w atched his cab come rattlin g
in, Mr. Green and Mr. Dunsmoore down the stre e t with a casual interest,
were appointed a committee to report for many had come and gone since we
the best means of raising the funds.
first mounted guard. It had passed
At the last meeting of the city coun­ the little shop and was alm ost be­
cil ordinances were passed fixing the neath us, when a head was th ru st out
width of sidewalks, prohibiting hogs of the window and a voice cried Irri­
inside the fire limits, warning owners tably to the cabman. A stre e t lamp
to keep poultry on their own premises, showed him to me clearly—a w hite­
licensing moving-picture shows and faced youth with a straggly, brown
prohibiting them on Sunday.
m ustache and an indecisive chin.
T he cab turned about, and pulled up
State Funds Decreasing.
opposite the shop door. The inspector
Salem—The quarterly report of his touched my arm , and we walked down
office, just prepared by State Treas­ the stairs, picked up our driver, who
was sm oking In the bar, and so bun­
urer Kay, shows that the balance in dled Into our own vehicle. A few
the general fund March 31 was $555,-
w hispered Instructions, and we drove
309, while the balance January 1 was
$1,072,613. With the large appropri­
ations made by the last legislature the
balance in the general fund will be
rapidly eaten up, according to the pre­
diction of Mr. Kay. The report also
shows that practically all of the $6,-
321,358 in the common school fund
principal is loaned out at 6 per cent
interest, there being only $1479 left.
Malheur Mine Productive.
Malheur— Mining has been given
new life for a rich gold strike made in
the Humbolt mine, situated on the
north boundary of Malheur county in
Monon Basin, six miles east of Mal­
heur. On March 29 a cross cut reached
a body of ore on the 400-foot level car­
rying $1200 a ton in gold. Some of
the ore showed more gold than waste.
There is now over 300 feet of stoping
ground. The mill is running night
and day and is producing at least $60,-
000 a month.
Electric power has
greatly simplified the handling of ore.
Ijine Protests Siuslaw Policy.
Washington, D. C. — Senator Lane
filed a written appeal with the board
of engineers of rivers and harbors,
protesting against the'decision of that
body against dredging the Siuslaw
from Florence to Acme and requested
an opportunity to make oral presenta­
tion in the Nedds case.
ORIGIN OF BARREL UNKNOWN
T h i s R e c e p ta c le f o r A ll M a n n e r
T h i n g * H a a B e e n U a e d S in c e
T im e Im m e m o ria l.
of
Nobody knows who Invented the
barrel. It has been used since tim e
Immemorial.
B arrels are used for all m anner of
articles, solid and liquid. T here are
barrels for holding sugar, salt, apples,
potatoes, and so on; for all so rts of
oils, from th e heaviest lubricants to
the most volatile products of petro­
leum ; for beers, wines, and all aorta
of beverages. It Is contended that
the barrel Is the strongest stru ctu re
of Its site th a t can be made from an
aqnal am ount of wood. Its contents
are frequently th e stro n g est th a t can
be m ade from liquids.
The b arrel has trem endous power
of resistance to pressure from w ithin
and from without. A b arrel aet on
end will. It Is claimed, support
slowly round the corner Into Ashley
street.
The custom er had been expected.
As we passed the shop a t a w alking
pace I could see th a t the dealer and
his assista n t were hoisting the bicycle
horse to the roof of the w aiting cab.
Fifty yards m ore and we drew up Dy
th e pavem ent.
Peace kept th e windows closed, so
th a t I could not look back along th e
road; but through the glass In front
I could see th a t our driver was quietly
taking note of affairs. It was not the
first tim e th a t the Inspector had em­
ployed him, as I learn t afterw ards,
and the man knew his business.
Suddenly our cab whisked round
and sot off at a rapid pace. The stra n ­
ger had selected a fa s t horse, th a t
was evident. We sw ung through a
maze of narrow streets, tugged up a
long hill, skirted a stretch of open
common—a p art of H am pstead H eath,
I believe—and finally stopped In the
shade of some tall trees. As I got out
I saw th e lights of the chaise statio n ­
ary a t som e distance up the road.
“T here may be trouble, Mr. Phil­
lips," w hispered the little detective.
"I’m not certain I ought to bring you
along. If anything—”
"N onsense!” I Interrupted, glancing
down a t him w ith some am usem ent.
“W ell, take this, anyway. I had It
from a G erm an burglar."
He th ru st a strip of hardened rub­
ber Into my band, about eighteen
Inches In length by two In thickness.
"It will stun a man w ithout leaving
a m ark," he said gently.
The four-wheeler th a t we had fol­
lowed was w aiting before a green door
set In a high brick wall. W ithout any
attem p t a t concealm ent, Peace walked
the moaning w retch who squirm ed on
the gravel a t bis feet.
“Now, Jack Steadm an, th a t la quite
enough," said the Inspector, pushing
his way through the laurels.
"And who may you be?” cried the
other, w ith a furious oath.
"My nam e Is A ddington Peace of the
crim inal Investigation d epartm ent of
Scotland Yard, and I a rre s t you both
for being concerned In the robbery of
a valuable diamond, the property of
Mr. Julius T aubery.”
"Stolen a diam ond!" he bellowed.
"Do you call th a t a diam ond?"
He flung down a stone th a t sparkled
In the lights behind him, and stam ped
it Into the gravel w ith his heel.
"I am aw are th at It Is the Im ita­
tion,” said the Inspector. “B ut it was
not your fault th a t you m issed the
real thing. I have a cab waiting. You
had b e tte r come with me quietly. And
I w arn you, Steadm an, th a t anything
you say will be used in evidence
against you."
It was a fter two In the m orning be­
fore th e Inspector tapped a t th e door
of my rooms. I had made th e fourth
of th a t odd cab load to the nearest
police statio n ; for, though Mr. Jack
Steadm an had blustered, and the Hon.
George C arstalrs had groveled and
whined thither, they had consented to
go a t last. And th ere I had left the
detective and his prisoners, driving to
my room s to aw ait hts return.
“The case was not quite so difficult
as you suppose, Mr. Phillips," he
said, in answ er to my question. “ You
rem em ber th a t I believed the diamond
to be still In the bouse?”
“Certainly."
"It would be bard to Im agine a more
useful bait. It w as certain th a t th e
thieves would have another bite a t
It; It w as also certain th a t I ought to
be able to hook them when they did.
Y et I very nearly lost the diam ond,
a fte r all. T aubery, Gunton and the
servants had all declared th at, since
the robbery, nothing bad been moved
from the dining room, passage or li­
brary. T here they made a m istake.
‘■Taubery’s little grandson, George,
happened to leave his toy horse In the
passage from the dining room, and
Into the bole made for the pommel
th a t poor creature. C arstalrs, had
dropped the diamond with a last de­
spairing effort to get rid of It before
Vu
NOW , JACK STEADMAN, THAT 13
QUITE ENOUGH ”
to th e door and tried the handle. It
was not locked, and we passed Into a
fair-sized garden, set about with flow­
e r beds and clum ps of laurel. In the
middle I could see the outline of a
square gray house. Two of the ground
floor rooms glowed behind th eir cur­
ta in s; th e rest w as darkness.
We crossed a corner of th e lawn,
and stopped behind a patch of bushes
directly In front of the entrance
porch. The night w as very still and
silent. W hat d esperate men were
gathered In th a t quiet place? How
could we hope to a rre s t them flushed
w ith the trium ph of so splendid a
prize? To be truthful, I began to feel
a certain anxiety for our position;
though upon Peace's face, showing
w hite in the gloom, w as a look of per­
fect seren ity —a look th a t I could not
understand.
"M ercy, oh, m ercy !”
It w as a trem bling wall of terro r, a
wall th a t was suddenly blotted out by
a ro ar like the challenge of a bull.
From w ithin the house cam e the crush
of overturned chairs and the Jingle of
breaking glass. And all the tim e the
shrieks and hoarse ravings drew n ear­
e r and louder, until, w ith a loud bang,
the hall door was flung open and a
man tum bled down th e steps as If
throw n from a catapult. His assail­
ant, In black silhouette ag ain st the
hall lights, hesitated for a m om ent,
stick In hand. Then, w ith a shout of
rage, he sprang forw ard and struck at
Colonel Gunton searched him. Ten
m inutes afterw ards the little boy
w ent out for a walk w ith his nurse,
taking th e horse w ith him. W hen he
returned It was left, as usual. In the
servants' quarters a t the back. I
never set eyes on It until a day later.
Even then I should not have su sp ect
ed w hat It contained had not th e
nurse complained to me of a m an who
followed her when she took George
for his dally airing In the park. T h at
was th e sign for w hich I had been
looking. I accom panied the p air on
the following m orning. I saw the
man, but did not recognize him.
“N either the nurse nor the boy
could well be carrying the diam ond
about with them. T here rem ained the
horse. T hat night 1 extracted th e real
diamond, and not w ishing to spoil my
bait for the sby fish, I dropped the Im­
itation stone Into Its place.
“The toy was w atched by night and
day. It was through a h in t from me
th a t It was Included in th e sale. Poor
Colonel Gunton! I adm it th a t his eo
centric bidding startled me for a mo­
ment.
"You can understand Steadm an's
fury when, a fte r all his plots and risks
and expenditure, his silly dupe brought
him back the Identical Im itation stone
th at had been m ade to deceive old
T aubery. I don't believe th a t th e Tro­
jans could have been more astonished
when the G reeks em erged from the
wooden horse than w as Steadm an
when he took out th e diam ond from
the toy and found it to be the Im ita­
tio n !”
"And who was Steadm an?”
"A very dangerous fellow, Mr. Phil­
lips. I recognized him the m om ent he
appeared at the door. For years he
was a bookm aker In P aris, b u t left
when the place got too hot for him.
the weight of a railw ay car while the As a card player he Is well known and
He has been In low w ater
truck is taken from beneath for re­ avoided
pairs Y et the prim itive barrel Is put lately. So has bis dupe, C arstalrs, as
to g eth er w ithout nr.tls, screws, bolts, I now discover. Lord W lntone, th e
young m’an's brother, set him up as a
or pins— It Is entirely seif-fastened
The barrel is sm aller a t Its ends I coffee p lan ter In Ceylon, but he spent
than it Is in Its middle, so th a t the I all the money given him and re­
wooden hoops, self-locking, may be turned six m onths ago. C arstalrs was
driven on. tightening th e staves and ' a distan t connection of Mrs. T aubery's
pressing the heads into the chines and both she and her husband had
A lthough not calked, barrels are wa­ been very kind to him. He w as al­
ter-tight. A sm all barrel Is a keg, a w ays loafing about the house, getting
big barrel Is a cask, and a still bigger ] free m eals and now and then borrow ­
ing a fiver. He m ust have heard of
barrel Is a hogshead.
the new diamond and m entioned it to
Steadm an; for Steadm an hatched th e
Willing to Be Frightened.
They were seated In the dim light plot—th ere Is no doubt about t h a t
of a conservatory She was playing C arstalrs was m erely a dupe and a
w ith h er fan, and he w as m urm uring foolish, vicious dupe at th a t—he never
eoft apeechea In her ear. Suddenly be had the ability to rise higher In crime.
How the two becam e acquainted I do
leaned forw ard and Im pressed a kiss
not know ; but they have been seen
on h er soft cheek.
together several tim es lately. You
“Oh, C harlie.” she cried, "how you may tak e my word for I t th a t tha
frightened m e!'
public will be well rid of them for a
Then a fte r a few m lnntee she said: y ear or two.“
'‘F righten me again, C h arlie"
(C H ltO N ICLB TO BE OONTIXUtD.)