NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT W EES
Resame o f World’s Important
Events Told in Brief.
INSIST ON EXCLUSION BILL
California Will Oppose Wilson and
Stand on State’s Rights.
Sacramento—Through the exchange
of telegrams between President Wil
son and Governor Johnson, the settled
policy of the California administration
on the question of alien land owner
ship, as agreed on last Sunday was
officially made known.
Governor Johnson and his party
leaders in the senate favor a land bill
excluding from ownership all aliens
who are ineligible to citizenship under
the laws of the United States, and
such law probably will be passed, in
spite of the objections from Washing
ton.
The assertion is made by the gover
nor that the state has full authority to
enact such a law, and that it would
not be in contravention of any exist-
¡ng treaty_ He ¡s upheld in this view
by the majority leaders in the senate,
who met with him and agreed on the
form of the telegraphic reply that was
sent to President Wilson’s message.
Opposition to the administration
program will come from the Demo
crats, aided by a few Republicans who
are opposed to anti-alien legislation of
any kind. Senator Camanetti will
seek to avoid using the words “ ineligi
ble to citizenship” in the bill, as be
ing offensive to the Japanse, and on
this point the real fight of the meas
ure will be waged.
California refuses to honor the ex
pense bill of Secretary Knox’a trip to
the Coast.
War talk led to a fight between a
Jap and a Finn at San Francisco.
Both were arrested.
Tne government sees a possibility of
being forced to intervene in Califor
nia’s lawmaking program.
.
A lapdog belonging to a princess of
Saxony went mad and bit the princess
and several of her attendants.
Belgium Socialists expect a compro
mise on the question of manhood suf
frage for which they are on strike.
Robert S. Lovett, of the Union Pa
cific, has a new plan for the “ un
merging” of the transcontinental rail
way lines.
A hitherto peaceable Chinese tong
in San Francisco threatens to begin
fighting unless the two warring tongs
are stopped.
None of the three auto bandits who
were guillotined in Paris would touch SCOTCH TO REPLACE CHINESE
the glass of rum which is always
given before execution.
Employment of Girls in Canneries
A senate resolution by Chamberlain
Innovation on Frazer River.
would abrogate existing treaties with
Seattle—Girls from Scotland will
Great Britain, thus ending all disputes
replace Chinese labor on the Fraser
regarding Panama canal tolls.
River, according to a report received
Unemployed miners at Cananea, here and which local cannery men said
Mex., became riotous and forced the was an innovation on the other side of
manager of one of the principal mines the line, but no novelty here, where
to flee across the border for safety.
hundreds of girls and women are al
President Wilson will make a tour ready employed in the industry.
Captain H. M. Fleming, manager of
of New Jersey early in May to speak
in favor of jury reform and the call the Canadian Canning company, is
for a state constitutional convention. now bringing 24 girls from Scotland
Clarence S. Darrow has returned to who are experienced in the canning
Chicago after spending two years in business, and he will give them work
Los Angeles defending the McNamara in the company’s plant near Steves-
brothers, and will again practice law ton. Nine young Scotsmen will also
be brought to fish on the Fraser dur
there.
ing the big run of salmon.
Winston Churchill, first lord of the
Mr. Fleming aims to replace
admiralty of England, was robbed of Chinese with white labor and believes
$2500 in cash and valuable secret na the Scotch girls will more than make
val plans and data exceedingly impor good.
Quarters for the white em
tant to any unfriendly nation.
ployes will be established on the can
Secretary of War Garrison proposes nery premises along lines of those in
that college undergraduates spend Scotland.
their vacations in the summer camps
under the instruction of army officers, TREATY IS LIKE CONTRACT
thus fitting them as officers for volun
teer troops in time of war.
Chamberlain’s Abrogation Resolu
Armistice between Turks and Bul
tion Encounters Legal Point.
garians was agreed upon.
Washington, D. C.—Senator Cham
A French military balloon collapsed berlain’s resolution for the abrogation
suddenly while 650 feet in the air, and of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, in the
all five of the occupants were killed by opinion of the State department offi
the fall.
cials, will be confronted with the con
that neither that treaty nor the
The Missouri river is out of its tention
treaty can be abrogat
banks at points in Nebraska, and Clayton-Bulwer
ed by the action of the United States
many trains are blockaded.
without the consent of Great Britain.
A meeting of the executive com
These treaties, the officials point
mittee of the Progressive party de out, are in the nature of civil con
clares that party will never fuse with tracts, and where one party, the Uni
any other.
ted States for instance, has acquired
Governor Major, of Missouri, vetoed a valuable consideration under their
a bill relieving accident insurance terms, it cannot escape the liability
companies from payment for deaths without the full consent of the second
party.
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by suicide.
Officials of an American mining
company at Cananea, Mex., are being POLICE JUDGE IS RECALLED
held for $500,000 ransom, either by
San Francisco Women Rid City of
Mexican rebels or strikers.
The Chinese government has set
aside a day on which all Christian
churches in the land are requested to
pray for the success of the new gov
ernment.
Women members of the Portland
city council refused to vote against
smoking in the jury room, and later
carried measures of their own without
opposition.
A cadet has been dismissed from
West Point for hazing, and Secretary
of War Daniels declares not only dis
missal but imprisonment awaits fu
ture offenders.
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PORTLAND MARKETS
Wheat—Track prices: Club, 87(d)
87Jc per bushel; bluestem, 98c; red
Russian, 85c; valley, 87|c.
Oats--No. 1 white, $27.60(<i’28.60
per ton; valley, stained, $240(26 ton.
Corn—Whole, $27; cracked, $28 ton.
Millstuffs — Bran, $220(22.50 per
ton; shorts, $24; middlings, $80.
Barley Feed, $23,500(24 per ton;
brewing, nominal; rolled, $25.500h
26.50 per ton.
Hay — Eastern Oregon timothy,
choice, $160017; alfalfa, $120113;
clover, $9; straw, $7(<(8.
Vegetables Artichokes, 90cOC$l pr
dozen; asparagus, white. He pound;
green, $2,250(2.75 per box; cabbage,
li0 ( ljc pound; celery, $2 50 crate;
hothouse lettuce, 75c(x$l per box;
onions, green, 20or25c per dozen;
peppers, 350(.40c per pound; rhubarb,
2i0(4c per pound; spinach, 75c per
box; sprouts, 10c; garlic, 5o(6c; tur
nips, 90cot$l per sack; parsnips, 90c
0($1; carrots, 90c0($l.
Onions Oregon, 85o( 90c per sack;
Spanish, $2.50 per crate.
Potatoes
Burbanks, 450(50c per
hundred; new, 7c per pound; sweet,
4c per pound.
Green Fruit AppleH, 30c6( $1.60 per
box, strawberries. Florin, $2.50 per
crate.
Poultry — Hens, 17c per pound;
broilers, 35c; turkeys, live, 20c;
dressed, choice, 25c; ducks, 18(d20c;
geese, 12(<(13e.
Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, 20c per
dozen.
Butter Oregon creamery, rubes,
30ic per pound; prints, 31i(<(32c.
Pork Fancy, 12c per pound.
Veal Fancy, 13)r<i:14c per pound.
Hops 1912 crop, 10(uT5e pr pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 14(<(.17c per
pound; valley, 14( k 18 c .
Cattle Choice steers, $7.76<i('8.15;
good, $7.60(<i7.76; medium, $7.30(0.
7.50; choice cows, $6.75f<(7.25; good.
$6.60((t6.75; medium, $6(<(6.50; choice
calves, $8(09; good heavy calves,
$6.50(<i7.50: bulls. $6,560(6.26.
Hogs
Light, $8.95(q9; heavy,
$7,700(8.
Sheep
Yearling wethers, $6.26ot
7.26; ewes, $4,750(6.25; lambs, $7oi8.
Alleged Incompetent Official.
San Francisco—The first application
of California’s new law for the recall
of the judiciary has been successful.
By a margin of 815 votes Police Judge
Weller, accused of incompetence, was
removed from office at a special elec
tion here.
Wiley F. Crist, an attorney put for
ward by women voters, who were
chiefly active in the campaign, was
named as Weller's successor.
The vote was light, but the recall
contest was spirited and close. Crist’s
total was 30,722, against Weller’s
29,907.
Wilson Auto in Peril.
Washington, D. C. President Wil
son and his youngest daughter, Elea
nor, are being congratulated on a nar
row escape from accident while auto-
mobiling. Just as the President's au
tomobile turned a corner at Peace
Monument near the Capitol, a street
car was brought to a sudden stop with
in a few inches of the Presidential
motor. The President was somewhat
disturbed by the incident, but did not
stop. The motorcycle men trailing the
President took the name of the motor-
man, but the matter was dropped.
Inquiry is Made Easy.
Washington, D. C.
A voluminous
bill providing an elaborate scheme for
investigating alleged monopolies, com
binations and trusts was introduced by
Representative Levy, of New York.
It provides that an investigation of
any combination may be ordered by
any Federal judge on complaint of six
or more persons.
The investigation
would be made by boards of three
persons appointed by the secretary of
commerce for each case.
The bill
gives the President [lower to revoke or
lower duties on trust-made articles.
Federal Judges Cannot Agree.
New York -Judges Lacombe, Coxe,
Noyes and Wan! have filed In the
United States District court a memo
randum to the effect that they were
divided in the matter of the govern
ment's Sherman law suit against the
Periodical Clearing house and other
defendants, constituting the so-called
magazine trust.
Being unable to
reach a conclusion, they will send the
case to the Unit«! States Supreme
court for review.
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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
General News of the Industrial and Educational Development
and Progress of Rural Communities, Public Institutions, Etc.
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COLLEGE COW IS PRODUCTIVE COFFEE CLUB IS ATTRACTIVE
Nine Hundred Pounds Milk and 47 Various Cities and Towns in State
of Butter Yielded in Month.
Watch Eugene Innovation.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis—Students of dairy husbandry at
Oregon Agricultural college who have
been keeping records of milk and but
ter fat production of a number of the
younger cows in the college herd have
just closed a month’s test on Amy’s
Euybria Daughter (260,822), a 3-year-
old Jersey, and the report showing
that the produced 46.77 pounds of
butter fat indicates that she may
easily establish a record making her
eligible for the Jersey register of
merit.
The requirement of butter fat from
a Jersey of this age is 292.8 pounds
during the year, an average of 24.4
pounds per month.
Amy’s Euybria
Daughter has given 22.37 pounds
above the standard. Her total pro
duction during the month was 975
pounds of milk with an average per
centage of fat amounting to 4.797.
This is equivalent to 55.02 pounds of
85 per cent butter.
This test was supervised by E. R.
Stockwell, of the department of dairy
husbandry, who says that the record is
not remarkable, but above the average
of many dairy cows which return a
good profit for their keep.
IkCLronicta of
Æ ldiriçlon Peace
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Eugene — Much interest throughout
the state is being taken in the Eugene
Coffee club, according to Professor E.
E. DeCou, president of the organiza
tion backing the undertaking. Two
students of Pacific University have
written him for information, as they
plan to open a similar institution in
the “ North End” of Portland this
summer.
Dr. Alfred G. Schmidt, banker and
a philanthropist of Albany, has in
vited Professor DeCou to go to that
city and address a meeting of business
men on the subject of a coffee club, and
President Homan, of Willamette Uni
versity, when he was here attending
the dedication of the Methodist church
recently, said Salem would do well to
follow the plan.
The Eugene Coffee club is intended
to be a self-sustaining club for work
ingmen, offering free reading and
game rooms, and a lunch counter,
where plain food may be obtained at a
minimum price. A free employment
bureau is maintained in connection
with the club.
The Coffee club was an outgrowth
of discussion in the Municipal league
nearly a year ago of methods to be
MUST TAKE WHAT’S OFFERED used in keeping Eugene in the “ dry”
column.
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Pesos brought out the words with
a snap, but the keeper answered him
without hesitation.
“T hat 1s the point, elr,” he said.
“T h at Is why I am not lesponslble tor
the m aster's death. I set the gun
a t a level of eight Inches from the
ground, which I reckoned would take
the fox about the shoulder. Some
one altered the elevation of th e muz
zle a fte r I had gone.”
"T he second forked stick th a t sup
ported the gun was In th e mud. Might
It not have sunk under th e weight,
and thus raised the m uzzle?”
“No, sir. I had pushed It through
the mud down to the gravel. It w as a
good foot deeper when I w ent to look
a t It. A m an m ust h av e used g reat
lorce to get it so far through the
gravel.”
“ W hat becam e of the gun?”
“A fter they carried Sir Andrew
away, I m ust have gone off my head
for awhile. W hat would they say to
me for settin g such a tra p for my m as
te r? T h at was the only thing I
could think about. I ran back and
pulled up the sticks, and carried aw ay
the gun to the cottage here."
"B ut you saw th e policeman a rre st
the man whom we may presum e to
be the m urderer?”
"Yes, sir; but I w as too wild to
reason it out. I m ade up my mind
this m orning to tell them all about It
at the Inquest. T hat Is the tru th .”
"Did you use the punt last n ig h t?”
“No, sir, It m ust have been the
m an th a t w as caught. I missed her
this m orning, and a fter a search
found her In the reeds n ear the Island
w here she had drifted.
Though I
don't see how you could have known
anything about th e punt, sir.”
"T he Iron-shod pole had chipped the
landing-stage. The other m an had
ferried him self across rath e r than use
the causeway. And now please fetch
me the plans and the gun.”
W hen W arner returned
Peace
slipped the envelope into his pocket,
and exam ined th e weapon w ith g reat
care, snapping the lock twice.
“You had eased the trigger, eh ?”
“Yes, sir; I thought a light pull
would be best, so I oiled and loosened
the screw s.”
The little man handed It back to
him and turned away, starin g over
the lake tow ards th e distan t wood
lands, with his hands clasped behind
his back.
“T hat fellow, sir—he m ust have
done it, don't you th in k ?” asked the
under-keeper.
"So It would seem, W arner,” said
A ddington Peace over his shoulder.
when I fell In w ith a middle-aged,
spectacled gentlem an, who was stroll
ing along with a tin collecting-case
TH E M YSTERY OF
on his back, such as botanists use.
fell to talking, and one thing led
T H E C A U S E W A Y We
lo another, until, when I turned off
down to th e lake to see a fter my
ducks, he cam e with me
He never
(Continued.)
“Well, well, no one can think of m eant no harm as I know of, but I
everything," said Peace, w ith a flick would give all I have never to have
e r of a smile. “Come and show me seen him .”
"W hat was he like?” asked the in
w here you found him .”
The dark stain upon the slabs be spector.
"A sh o rt fellow, w ith a brown full
tw een the nodding reeds was sign-post
Very
sufficient. The little detective took beard and a slight stu tte r.
pleasant
he
was
to
talk
to;
but
this
Is
one look at the spot, and then stood
with his hands behind his back, peer outside th e point, sir, as you will see.
We walked down the causeway, and
ing about him.
“W ere the prisoner’s clothes w et?” Just before the pavilion w hat should
we come across but th ree dead birds,
he asked quietly.
all
wltb tb elr heads bitten clean ofT.
"No, sir; quite dry.”
It m ade me wild, for the foxes have
“And how deep Is the lake?"
“From th ree to six feet deep, or so been plaguing me cruel this spring.
Sir W illiam never would have one
I’ve alw ays h eard.”
shot, though he had given up hunting
"Is th ere a boat on It?”
“Jak e keeps an old punt, I believe, m any years. As for the young m as
but th e pleasure craft are under lock ter, I couldn’t say as to his views,
and key In the boathouse. Th6y’ve for I had never se t eyes upon him.
“The stran g er, he sym pathized very
not been In the w ater for years, and
kindly with me, and I told him my
would leak like sieves.”
"T h at Is all. Go up to th e house troubles. ‘How they can expect a
State Cannot Control Distribution
and w ait for me there. I shall be keeper to re a r a decent lot of wild
TORRENS
LAW
MOVE
IS
MADE
of Reclamation Fund.
duck with a plague of foxes In his
back In an hour or so.”
Washington, D. C.—Congress hav-
The policeman saluted and retired m idst, I'm dashed If I know,’ I said.
ing once repealed section 9 of the Land at Issue Consists of 84.78 down th e causew ay, his heavy boots He allowed th a t a fox who would ki*1
Acres in Elliott Prairie Country. clatterin g upon th e stones.
ducks like th a t was as bad as a mav
original National reclamation act,
there is no chance that that section
"Now we can get to work, Mr. Phil eating tiger. ‘She’s a cunning old
Oregon City—Application for in
or any equivalent provision will ever itial registration of land under the lips,” said the little man, cheerfully, vixen as w on’t let me get w ithin shot
be restored to the law, and the only Torrens law, rarely used in this coun his eyes dancing w ith a pleasant ex of her,’ I told him, ‘but I’ve half a
way in which Oregon ever will receive ty, but much simpler in form than the pectation. “W hile I am m aking a lit mind to set a spring gun for her on
equitable recognition under that law usual method of quieting title, has tle exam ination of the causew ay, I the causew ay h ere.’
"Bless my soul, how th a t fellow
will be through the good grace and been made by L. A. Coldren. The should be obliged If you will w ait for
fair-mindedness of the Secretary of land at issue consists of 84.78 acres in me a t the cottage on the Island yond laughed. He threw back his head and
crowed with Joy a t my idea. 'A spring
the interior and the President.
the Elliott Prairie country, and is val er.”
Under section 9, the secretary of ued at about $80 an acre. Through
The last thing I saw of him was a gun for a fox,’ he says; ‘why, keeper,
the interior was required to expend in confusion of previous deeds and mort neat boot sticking out from the reeds It’s the very thing! Think of the sim
every state the major part of the gages on the property, title to it is Into which he was r-aw lin g on hands plicity of It and the certainty of It
moneys contributed by such state to confused now, and as Coldren has a and knees.
and the security of It.’ Those were
the reclamation fund, and to make an purchaser for the land, he desires to
The cottage was an old-fashioned, his words. A fter th a t he sobered
adjustment on this basis once in ten clear up this legal tangle.
one-storied building. The red tiles of down and began talking more serious.
years.
In acting on the case the court will Its gabled roof had been delicately Did I really understand how to set a
Section 9 was repealed when the order the recorder of the county to is toned by age until they had sunk to spring gun? I told him no; and then
Borah $20,000,000 loan bill was sue a certificate of title to the prop a color very restful to an a rtis t’s eye. he explained how he had a friend
passed, and under circumstances fully erty, and on this certificate all encum Wooden sh u tters blocked the win from India who had often used them
It was eleven o'clock on the follow
explained at the time, and no matter brances to the property will be en dows; Its door of stained and worm- to kill Jackals. W hether I did right ing day when Peace w as announced.
how much the Oregon delegation or tered.
eaten oak was firmly secured. A path or wrong, the fact Is th a t I agreed I w as sittin g In the garden of my
future delegations may strive, they
to se t the gun when he sent me the friend’s cottage sm oking my pipe and
will never get that section back into FINE IMPORTED CATTLE HERE led through straggling laurel bushes Instructions.
reading the paper. From w ithin the
from
th
e
door
to
the
lake,
and
I
walked
the law, for Oregon is practically the
“Well, sir, his le tte r arrived yes villa came the sound of w histling th a t
only state that would benefit under Bank President Brings in Wiscon down to It to the loud outcry of the terday m orning w ith careful little told of my host w orking a t his Acad
nesting ducks th a t rose with flapping
that provision, and every other West
w ings about me and circled round to plans and all. I loaded my gun with em y picture.
sin and Iowa Herds.
ern state coming within the law bene
buckshot and carried it down to the
“Why, Peace,” I said, “w hat brings
fits through the repeal of section 9.
Cloverdale—Charles Ray, president splash Into th e w ater a t a safe dis causew ay shortly a fte r dusk. I had
you h ere?”
tance.
By
a
dilapidated
wooden
land
of the Nestucca Valley bank, of this
He seated him self on a corner of
stage I stopped to light a ciga lost several more ducks each day, and
TAX COMMITTEE IS SELECTED place, has received a carload of pure- ing
my mind w as made up to have th a t
blood Holstein cattle, which he pur rette. As I threw away the m atch old vixen. I fixed the gun, w ith a the garden bench and lit a . cigarette.
“I w ent to London la s t night,” he
a ragged (ear in the deep moss th a t
Four Senators and Six Representa chased in Wisconsin and Iowa, having covered the planking caught my eye. thread of strong cotton across the told me. "And as I had to pass your
sent an experienced dairyman from
path and round the trigger. You may
tives Named by Officials.
Portland early in January intending to I stooped to exam ine It. U nder the th in k I took a wicked risk, but I had friend's house on the way from th e
station to A irlle Hall, I thought I
moss
the
wood
Itself
was
splintered
Salem—C. N. McArthur, speaker of buy two carloads, but was unable to
hardly ever known any one to pass
the house and Dar. J. Malarkey, pres secure more than one car, good cattle with a deep, fresh scar! I studied along the causew ay In the daytim e, would call in and see you.”
"Any fu rth e r new s?”
the re s t of the landing stage w ithout
ident of the senate in the recent legis being scarce there as well as here.
far less a t night. Yet, for safety ’s
”1 hav e had an in terestin g visit.
This carload consists of 30 heifers result. N either the moss nor the ex sake, I m eant to tak e It up again a t
lature, have announced important com
The b otanist w ith th e beard has
mittee appointments made under and and five bulls, all yearlings. They posed patches of woodwork showed dawn.
stepped into a leading p a rt in our lit
by virtue of resolutions which were will be sold one or two head to differ any sim ilar signs. The one fresh
“I
walked
home
and
sa
t
sm
oking
tle tragedy, Mr. Phillips.”
ent ranchers in this valley. Pure- scar—th a t was all.
passed at that session.
“Do you m ean—’’
I was still considering the problem my pipe for a while. But I was w or
Probably the most important of blooded cattle are becoming more pop
and disturbed. 1 couldn't get it
“Yes, I believe him to be the m ur
these appointments were made in re ular in this vicinity each year, since when Peace Joined me. He was In ried
my mind th a t th ere was danger d erer of Sir Andrew Cheyne.”
ference to the legislative tax commit they are the best producers and de high good humor. For a tim e he from
“T hen the man under a rre st is In
stared a t the m ark with his head on in th a t spring gun left to itself as it
tee, which will serve in much the mand the highest prices.
one side like a m editative sparrow , were. Even If I bagged the old vixen nocent.”
same cnpacity as the legislative tax
“T h at scarcely describes him —but
and then, seizing me by the arm , led some one m ight h ear the shot and
committee of two years ago. That
Road Ordered to Improve.
find th e body. A dead fox would he had no hand in this crim e.”
me back by the way we had come.
committee took an active part in de
Salem—-An order issued by the State
"Confound you and your riddles,” I
"Picturesque, e h !” he said, pointing m ake me a m arked man am ongst all
feating single tax and also promoted
the amendment to repeal the county Railroad commission requires the Cor to the old pavilion. “It catches your the hunting people about. I didn’t said. “W here is th e m urderer? Have
like
th
a
t
thought
neither.
At
last
I
you caught him ?”
tax amendment, or single tax amend vallis & Eastern railroad, within the a rtistic eye. P erhaps you will have
“T here is a carriage a t the door. If
next two years, to replace its present tim e to m ake a sketch of it this couldn’t stand It no longer, and set
ment of 1910.
off back to th e causew ay. I was more you care to come along perhaps I
This committee for the next two 50-pound steel tracks between Corval afternoon.”
years will consist of Senators Calkins, lis and Yaquina with 75-pound steel
"N onsense,” I said. Irritably enough than half-way when I heard the shot, may be able to show him to you."
and th a t set me running. W hen I saw
It was a sw ift horse from the sta
MeColloeh, Mosier and Neuner and rails. It also recommends that the "W ho shot this poor fellow ?”
the policeman I w as mightily afraid bles of Airlle Hall, and we covered the
Representatives I.aughlin, Barton, road be ballasted and the roadbed im
"No one.”
he
would
be
finding
the
vixen
dead.
Blanchard, Brunk, Murnane and Stan proved in certain places. It is esti
ground quickly. T here w as little talk
"W hat—suicide?”
mated that the cost of the improve
field.
betw een us. Twelve had struck when
"N othing so simple, I’m afraid. T h a t’s why I lied to him .”
”1 know th e rest, W arner," said we stepped out a t the overhanging
ments will be in the neighborhood of Now don’t lose jv u r tem per. You
$500,000. This order follows the re will understand w ithin the hour. P eace; “but I w ant a few details. Did porch of the old gray m ansion and
Strawberry Acreage Increases.
you see any sign of another m an?”
walked through into th e library th at
Hood River—The acreage of straw cent trip of inspection made by the Come along ”
“No, sir.”
overlooked the terrace and the lake.
berries of this community will be commission over the road to Yaquina.
“W here are we going?”
“W here was Sir Andrew h it?”
By the window, tw isting his cap in his
slightly increased this year, and be
"To visit our esteem ed friend, Jake
“The chest, sir; he got it full In the nervous fingers, stood Jak e WAirner.
cause of the new fields coming into
Ontario Creamery Opens.
W arner. T here Is Just a chance he
Peace nodded him a good morning,
bearing, present estimates place the
Ontario — The Ontario creamery may show tem per. Shall we risk It, chest.”
"So I understood. A curious ele and then slipped away with a word
year’s crop slightly greater than that opened the first of the week. The Mr. Phillips, or shall we call th e po
vation of th e muzzle, eh? Did you of apology.
of last season, when 76 carloads were plant will make fancy butter and ice licem an from the house yonder?”
marketed from the valley. A number cream. R. J. Smith, the manager, is
(C H R O N IC L E S T O B E C O N T IN U E D .)
I told him quite briefly th a t I would expect a fox over five feet high?"
of the older fields near the city an experienced butter maker. The see the policeman condemned first.
have been plowed under, but growers machinery and equipment is of the
W arner’s cottage
was a straw-
in the more remote parts of the valley most modern and improved type. thatched, ivy-covered little place,
have increased their acreage to such Farmers of this section and dairymen built on the slope of the park. Be
an extent to more than make up for in the Eastern states are just begin neath it a brook th a t carried the
this decrease. Large plantings have ning to realize the opportunities of overflow from the lake gurgled mo
been made in the Upper valley and in the dairy business here. The market notonously by. A thin, long-legged
the Oak Grove district.
The total for butter fat is always higher here man, who was digging in a patch of
acreage will be in excess of 300.
than it is at Elgin, III., the center of garden, stopped his work a t sight of
the Eastern dairy industry.
us and w aited, leaning on his spade.
For Boats on Snake River.
"Jake W arner, Isn't It?” P eace in
Pendleton—With the view of having
Tax No Longer Exempt.
quired over the low fence of split
Portland—In a long opinion citing pine.
boats reinstated on the Snake river,
w hat we a re about to enjoy. In Am er
G R E A T IS T H E BU C KW H EAT ! ) ica
"Yes, sir.”
th ere is nothing sectional about
resolutions were adopted by the fourth many authorities, sent to County As
“I am Inspector Addington Peace of Only Pumpkin Pie May Be Likened to the buckw heat cake; it springeth up
annual convention of the Columbia and sessor Reed, the ruling is made by At
as a lowly flower, and, in th e common
Snake rivers Waterways association, torney General Crawford that person the Crim inal Investigation D epart
the Tasteful Cereal Cakes.
ta s te for It, is to be likened only to
calling upon the Portland chamber of al property of insurance companies is m ent.”
Says Phapsodist.
the unpretentious pumpkin pie.—Phila
W arner said nothing, but I saw his
commerce to put forth every possible no longer exempt from taxation. The
reason is that an amendment to the ttngers clench upon hts spade, as be
effort to bring this action about.
This modest flowering plant makes delphia Press.
Scott Z. Henderson was appointed law providing for the taxation of in gave the detective stare for stare. I but a poor showing In our annual
Good Model.
"A fairly good breeding season for crop re tu rn s—some 10,000,000 bush-
delegate to meet the Portland chamber surance companies does not provide, as
He was som ew hat eaten up with a
to secure its aid, and every town in the statute did formerly, that the com the ducks, I should Imagine.” con j els, perhaps. As a grain It figures
the country tributary will send at panies shall pay 2 per cent of their tinned the little man, with a benevo insignificantly, outside of New York m istaken consciousness of his own
least one delegate to Portland to sup net receipts in lieu of taxation of all lent interest.
! and Pennsylvania. But it is to be im portance, and when he was making
kinds except taxation on real estate.
T here was still no reply.
port Mr. Henderson.
! noted th at the honey bee Is aw are of his g reat speech in th e Muddlecombe
"I understand the foxes are very ! its peculiar virtue, preferring alone mock parliam ent, he noted th a t one
troublesom e.”
Ashland Chautauqua Set.
Stock Raising Advocated.
the w hite clover to the buckw heat of the local pressm en appeared to
W arner threw down his spade and i blossoms.
Ashland The dates of the Southern
F arm ers who keep bee- be sketching him. W hen the “house”
The Dalles -— William Daughtrey.
His | hives know th is and plant patches of adjourned he buttonholed the artist.
president of the Portland Union Stock Oregon Chautauqua assembly have strode up to w here we stood
"I believe—aw —you were—aw—
yards, was in the city recently. He been set for July 7-18. President eyes had In them th e dumb agony of | the grain
sketching me; isn 't th a t so—aw ?” he
a
wild
thing
in
a
trap.
Rillings
has
selected
the
main
portion
has just returned from an extended
W ise as the bee Is the man who
“I am a m arried man. sir,” he said. | aw aits the honey from the hive, the inquired.
trip to Texas, Arizona, Wyoming, of the talent, and the grounds are
"T h at is so,” replied the artist.
"F
or
my
w
ife's
sake
tak
e
me
away
being
prepared
for
the
event.
The
Montana and other stock-raising states
' flour from the buckw heat; then fol-
“W ell—aw —would
you—aw —tell
to investigate conditions of the cattle Atkinson bridge, a concrete structure quietly.”
! low s the griddle cake.
me w hat noospaper you—aw —rep re
"1 have not come to a rre st you,
business. He states that cattle are spanning Ashland creek, is completed,
Its tim e Is at hand
It goes with sen t—aw?”
scarce in all localities where, in for while the Anderson arch, another me Jak e W arner.” said Peace. "If you sausage or Philadelphia scrapple
"I don t represent any new spaper,"
a
re
responsible
for
your
m
aster's
morial
feature
promised
in
the
near
mer years, the stock was raised in
T here are such distinct American answ ered the artist. “I design comic
future,
will
be
a
notable
adornment
to
death.
It
was
by
sheer
accident.
But
large numbers. Mr. Daughtrey advo
products th a t one reads w ith keen
the question Is, are you responsible?” I sym pathy In th e latest life of the ex postcards."—Tidbits.
cates that all ranchers of Oregon and the entrance to Chautauqua grounds.
"No. sir. I am not. But I can never patriated genius. W histler, how he
Washinton go into the cattle business
His Art Instincts.
prove it."
to a greater extent.
Indian School Get* Ice Plant.
I w as so devoted to buckw heat cakes
Jones had invited a friend to dinner
"P
erhaps
It
would
be
best
If
you
ex
Chemawa The machinery and equip
th at “he Insisted alm ost a t the price and asked him to carve a chicken th at
Oregon City Rhubarb Staple.
ment fot the new ice plant at the plained.”
of friendship th a t others sh are hts was placed before him. The g u est 9
We
rem
ained
w
here
we
were,
with
Oregon City -I,ocal rhubarb, grown Salem Indian school were placed on
enthusiasm .” How could others be set to work with a good will, but a fter
near this city and Canby, is being the ground this week and will be in the fence betw een us, while he told expected to do so born outside the a deal of m uscular exercise was com
shipped to Portland and Seattle at the stalled in the new building being his story.
j buckw heat belt? W retched, hom esick pelled to acknow ledge him self beaten.
" It was on Monday afternoon, sir," j a rtist.
rate of from 60 to 75 boxes daily. Top erected for that purpose. For many
"W here in the nam e of leath er did
prices are being paid for the luscious years the problem of handling fresh said Ja k e W arner, addressing Ad
O ther countries are blessed with you get th a t bird?”
stems, and A. R. Cummings & Sons, food has been one of difficulty to those dington Peace of the C rim inal Investi j special foods, from the caviare of
“I don't know,” replied the host,
who have five acres planted to the in charge of affairs and has made it gation D epartm ent of Scotland Yard. | R ussia to th e m acaroni of Italy, but “u nless It should prove to be the off
sauce fruit, are averaging about $200 necessary that a cold storage plant be ”1 was crossing the public p ath th at they a re beyond the pale, pitiably spring cf seme hard boiled egg."—
Hamburg — The new Hamburg-
American line steamship lmperator,
919 feet long, ran aground off Altona,
in the Elbe. Tursday morning. She
was proceeding from the Vulcan Ship
building yards to the lower Elbe to
make ready for her official trial trip.
She was later floated and proceeded on
her way. The lmperator when she
goes into commission May 28 will be
the largest vessel afloat.
a day on their cut.
I
provided for use at the school.
runs near the other en l of th« Ink«, i ignorant of wbat they misa and of Chicago News.