Mosier bulletin., June 06, 1913, Image 2

NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEES
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Resume of World’s Important
Events Told in Brief.
said
FORESEE BIG CROP INCREASE
Survey of Northwest Spells Pros­
perity for Everyone.
S eattle, W ash. R eports from near-
ly 500 bankers in W ashington, O re­
gon, Idaho and M ontana insure an era
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«?reat prosperity for the Pacific
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
General News of the Industrial and Educational Development
and Progress of Rural Communities, Public Institutions, Etc.
^rorweiesof*
“T b tbe m eanw hile get to sleep.
I will keep the first w atch.”
I sh u t my e y e s; but th ere was no
rest In me th at night. I lay listening
to the silence of the old house w ith a
dull speculation. Som ew here far down
In the low er floor a g reat gong-llke
clock chimed the hours and quarters.
I heard them every one from tw elve
to one, from one to two. Peace had
stopped smoking. He sat as silent as
a cat at a mousehole.
It muBt have been some fifteen m in­
utes a fter two th a t I heard th e faint,
faint creak of a board In th e corridor
outside. I sat up, every nerve strung
to a tense alertness. And then th ere
cam e a sound I knew well, the soft
draw ing touch of a hand groping In
the darkness as some one felt his way
along the panelled walls. It passed
us and was gone. Yet Peace never
moved. Could he have fallen asleep?
I w hispered his name.
“H ush!"
The answ er cam e to me like a gen­
tle sigh.
One m inute, tw o m inutes m ore and
the room sprang Into sight under the
glow of an electric hand-lamp. The In­
spector rose from his seat and slid
through the door, w ith m e upon his
heels. The light he carried searched
the clustered shadow s; but th e corri­
dor w as em pty, nor w as th ere any
place where- a man m ight hide.
"You w aited too long," I w hispered
Im patiently.
'T h e man Is no fool, Mr. Phillips
Do you Im agine th a t he was not listen­
ing and staring like a hunted beast.
A noisy board, a stum ble, or a flash of
light, and wa should have w asted a tir­
ing day.”
“N evertheless he has got clear
aw ay.”
"I think not.”
As we crept forw ard I saw th a t a
strip of the oak flooring along th e
walls was gray w ith dust. If it had
been In such a neglected sta te In the
afternoon I should surely have noticed
It. In some curiosity I stooped to ex­
am ine the phenomenon.
"Flour,” w hispered the little man.
touching my shoulder.
“Flour?”
“Yes. I sprinkled it myself. Look—
th ere is the first resu lt.”
He steadied his light as he spoke,
pointing w ith his o th er hand. On the
powdery surface w as th e half foot­
p rint of a man.
The flour did not extend m ore th an
a couple of feet from th e walls, so th a t
It was only here and there th a t we
caught up the trail. We had passed
the bedroom on the left—yet the foot­
p rin ts still w ent on; w e w ere a t the
store-room door, yet they still w ere
visible before us. T h ere was no other
egress from th e corridor. T he tall
window a t th e end was, as I knew, a
good tw enty feet from the ground. H ad
this m an also vanished off the earth
like Silas Ford?
Suddenly the Inspector stopped,
grasping my arm . The light he held
fell upon two footprints set close to­
gether. They w ere at rig h t angles to
th e passage. A pparently the man had
passed Into the solid wall!
“Peace, w hat does this m ean?”
Æddir$tonH&ce
N orthw est, according to inform ation LONG CREEK ROAD USABLE WRONG CROPS ARE GROWrN
in th e T rade and Crop B ulletin of the
S e a ttle N ational Bank.
Expense of Construction of 30 Miles Sheep, Hogs and Corn Are Natural
The bank has issued a review o f th is
Estimated at $50,000.
Oregon Products.
kind every sum m er for some years,
Jap a n has accepted, in principle, and the publications have been accept­
P ra irie C ity—The prelim inary sur­
Eugene— D eclaring th a t farm ers in (áW<v//íús hv / ïî f¡. Cu/kmDoy/e o f The flow n! of!he &iiken/Ule£&t
B ryan’s plan fo r universal peace.
ed universally as standard and au th o r­ vey m ade by W illiam N arkus and E. the W illam ette valley can produce
C tp yr/y/O ó y tV ÚL C ei4P M 4/t
C. Jones, under direction o f the c iti­ b u tte r 50 per cent cheaper than can be
U
A fight betw een bears in the P o rt­ ita tiv e .
ease. He stood there—a tall figure of
zens
o
f
th
is
place,
fo
r
a
new
road
e
x
­
made
in
New
England,
and
th
a
t
The
m
ost
im
p
o
rtan
t
rep
o
rts
con­
land zoo resulted in the d eath o f one
all th e respectabilities.
tained in the review , as affecting con­ ten d in g through th e m ountains in a pound o f pork can be raised for
o f them .
"T he Inspector here w ishes you to
d irection
to Long m ark et fo r less than it can be ra
ditions in W ashington, are sum m ar­ no rth w esterly
V
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S
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D
< THE
Indications are th a t th e 1913 hop
go to London, Jackson," said the m an­
Creek, a distance of 30-odd miles, was fo r in the com regions o f the Mi
ized S3 follow s:
crop o f Oregon may not equal th a t of
"H e will explain the details.
The view ers W est, P rofessor Thomas Shaw, 1
- '
"F o rw a rd again is the rin g in g note com pleted Saturday.
M I L L I O N A I R E ager.
last year.
T here Is a fast train from Camdon at
d
in the reports ju s t g athered from the pronounce the pro ject o f building th is cultural ex p ert of th e H ill rail
eleven.”
The senate finance com m ittee has Pacific N orthw est. We have received road e n tirely feasible a t a reasonable system , told the U niversity stud
S
"Certainly, sir. Do I retu rn tonight?"
th a t W illam ette valley farm ers are
proposed to ta k e m eats and flour from from nearly 500 banks rep o rts cover­ cost.
(Continued.)
“No, Jackson," said Peace. "It will
The o b ject in building th is new road grow ing the w rong kinds of crops.
in g every county in the sta te s of Mon­
th e free list.
I woke with a s ta rt th a t left mo sit­ take a day or two.”
is to open up to P ra irie C ity trad e the
The W illam ette valley, he said, is ting up In bed, with my h eart thum p­
General Joseph B. Leake, one of the tan a, Idaho, W ashington and Oregon,
The man took a couple of steps t o
e n tire N o rth w est section o f G rant the one place in the U nited S tates ing In my ribs like a piston-rod. I am
youngest b rig a d ie r g enerals o f the a te rrito ry ru n n in g over 1000 miles
e a st and west, and 700 m iles n orth county, a trad e th a t has h ith erto gone w here sheep can be grow n to equal not generally a light sleeper, but th a t w ards the door, hesitated, and then re­
civil w ar, is dead.
B ut instead of night, even while I snored, my nerves turned to his form er place.
and south. The products of th is g re a t out by way of A ustin by m eans o f a those o f England.
"I beg your pardon, sir,” he began,
B arbers and bootblacks o f Boston domain cover alm ost ev ery th in g which much longer haul.
W ork on the road raisin g sheep, pork and dairy cattle, w ere active. Some one had tapped at
are on s trik e and m any non-union is grow n in the tem p erate zone, and, will begin a t once and be rapidly the farm s of this d istric t, he said, are
addressing Ransom.
“B ut I would
my door—th a t was my Im pression.
shops have been stoned.
rath e r rem ain at Meudon under pres­
| raisin g hay, w hich can not be cut, o ft­
w ith few exceptions, the rep o rts indi­ pushed to completion.
I listened with the uncertain fear
en t circum stances.”
The expense of construction, about en, because o f rain.
A freshm an a t Yale u n iv ersity died cate a g re a t increase in productiveness
th a t comes to the newly waked. Then
“W hat on e arth do you mean ?’’ th u n ­
$50,000, will be borne in larg e p a rt by
H e advocated the cause o f dry farm - I heard It again—on the wall n ear my
from an injury to the spine, caused by throughout.
dered the m anager.
the
county.
It
is
reported
th
a
t
the
|
ing;
declaring
th
a
t
the
g
re
a
t
barren
"
I
n
the
analysis
of
replies
lum
ber
a baseball several years ago.
head this time. A board creaked.
"Well, sir, I was the last to see Mr.
leads w ith reg ard to th e proportion of S um pter Valley R ailw ay people will areas of E astern Oregon can by this
An accident to T acom a’s w a te r sys­ increase, as compared w ith decreases aid th e e n te rp rise in every possible system be farm able, and th a t, w ith Some one was groping his way down Ford. T here is, at It were, a suspicion
th
e
dark
corridor
w
ithout.
P
resently
tem le ft th e h ig h er portions of the indicated. T here are 75 predictions way.
dry farm in g as it is now being p rac­ h e stopped, and a faint line of Illu­ upon me. I should like to be present
city w ithout w a te r for several days.
while the search continues, both for
ticed in M ontana, 30,000,000 acres in
for increase to every prediction for de­
ination sprang out under my door. It his sake—and my own."
CUTWORMS BECOME EPIDEMIC 14 sta te s th a t are now barren may be m
winked, and then grew still. He had
Senators defend the actions of tariff crease. In logs th e re are 20 predic­
"Very kind of you, I’m sure,”
m ade to raise enorm ous q u an tities of lit a candle.
lobbyists, saying they know nothing tions o f increase to £one o f decrease.
growled Ransom. “But you eith e r do
w
heat.
By
dry
farm
ing,
he
declared,
In
hay,
15
to
1;
livestock,
10
to
1;
Condon
Merchant
Looks
for
Little
A
ssurance
cam
e
with
the
streak
of
of the alleged “ insiduous” m ethods.
M ontana has increased its w heat crop light. W hat was he doing, groping In w hat I tell you, Jackson, or you pack
dairy in g , 6 to 1; oats, 5 to 1; w heat,
Effect From Austrian Beef.
your boxes and clear out. So be quick
from 250 carloads to 20,000 carloads.
E arly retu rn s of P o rtlan d ’s city elec­ 3 to 1; sm all fr u it and vegetables, 3
th e dark, If he had a candle w ith him ?
P o rtla n d —The late sp ring has caus­
U nless th is land is pressed into this I crept over to the door, opened it, and and m ake up your mind.”
tion give A lbee a safe lead fo r m ayor to 1, and fr u it 1} to 1. In th e case of
“I think you are treatin g me most
under th e commission form o f govern­ wool, th e percentage o f increase p re ­ ed an epidem ic o f cutw orm s in the use, the U nited S tates has reached its stared cautiously out.
dicted is slig h tly in excess o f th e p e r­ w heat fields o f E astern Oregon, ac­ lim it in w heat production, he said.
m ent.
About a score feet away a man was unfairly, sir. But I cannot be per­
cording to L e ste r W ade, a young m er­
centage of decreases predicted.
The grow ing of sw eet clover and standing—a striking figure against the suaded out of w hat I know to be my
The W h ite L um ber company, of
“ From N o rth w estern W ashington chant o f Condon, who was in Portland rape he advocated as profitable crops light he carried. His back was to­ duty.”
Pendleton, O r., whose p la n t was burned logs and lum ber production are p re ­ for several days on a business trip . fo r Oregon, in the
"You Im pertinent ra s c a l!” began
production of w ards me, but I could see th a t his
recently, will rebuild im m ediately on dicted to be 25 p er cent h ig h e r; from The sam e reason is responsible for a sheep, hogs and cattle.
the furious m anager. B ut Peace was
hand
was
shading
the
candle
from
his
a much la rg e r scale.
S k a g it county, 25 p er c e n t; from shortness of range g rass and the f e e ­
eyes while he stared Into the shad­ already on his feet with a hand out­
stretched.
ing o f c a ttle , he says, is progressing
Fish Obstructions May Go.
ows th a t clung about the fu rth er end
The In tern atio n al Bible S tu d e n ts’ Lew is county, 40 p er ce n t; from K ing slowly. In sp ite o f th ese draw backs,
"Perhaps, a fter all, I can m ake oth­
A sto ria— D eputy F ish W arden L a r­ of the corridor.
association declares th a t hell and hell- county, predictions ran g in g from 20 however, Mr. W ade is o p tim istic th a t
son returned last evening from a trip
P resently he began to move forward. er arrangem ents, Mr. Ransom ,” he
fire are b u t m yths, and requests m inis­ per cent to 50 p er c e n t; from Stevens
the sum m er will be successful from an to the U pper Lewis and Clark river,
The picture gallery and the body of said. "It Is n atu ral th a t Jackson
ters to cease using the "offending county, 75 per cen t on lum ber.
ag ricu ltu ral standpoint.
“
Hay
production
is
predicted
to
be
w here he w ent to inspect some dams th e house lay behind me. The corri­ should consider his own reputation In
w ords.”
Mr. W ade, who conducts a retail th a t are obstructions to fish in w ork­ dor In which he stood term inated In a this affair. T hat Is all, Jackson; you
in O kanogan county 25 p er cent g re a t­
R ep resen tativ e McCormick, N ation­ e r; K ing county, 25 per ce n t; Benton store in Condon, is also an extensive ing th e ir way to the n atu ral spaw ning window, set deep Into the stone of the may go now.”
It was half an hour afterw ards,
al P rogressive leader, served notice on county, 25 p er c e n t; Cowlitz county, feeder o f c a ttle a t his ranch. He grounds in the upper reaches o f the old walls. The man walked slowly,
Governor D unne, o f Illinois, th a t he 25 per ce n t; Lew is county, 25 per looks for little m aterial effect from stream .
throw ing the light to rig h t and left. when the end of breakfast had d is­
would a tte m p t to hold up all the ad­ c e n t; Y akim a county, 10 per cen t; | the im portation of A ustralian and
H e found two such dams, one locat­ H is attitu d e was of nervous expecta­ persed the party, th at I spoke to Peace
M exican c a ttle for beef, declaring the ed about eig h t m iles above Stavebolt tion—th a t of a man who looked for about It, offering to go to London my­
m in istratio n m easures u n til th e wo­ W hitm an county, 10 per cent.
self and do my best to carry out his
" A s to livestock, Cowlitz county native anim als fa r superior for the Landing and the o th sr four m iles fu r­ som ething th a t he feared to see.
m an’s suffrage bill is p u t to a vote in
th e house, w here it is on th ird read­ predicts 25 p er cen t increase; Y akim a fancy trad e a t least.
th e r up. E ach is an old splash dam
A t th e window he stopped, starin g Instructions.
county, 15 p e r c e n t; Lincoln county, I
"I had bad luck In my call for vol­
ing.
put in by the loggers long ago, and about him and listening. H e exam ined
10 per cen t; one section o f Benton ORENCO SCHOOL IDEA NOVEL they have not been in use fo r several th e fastenings, and then tried a door unteers," he said.
Senators and rep resen tativ es are county, 100 per c e n t; Stevens county, j
“I should have thought they would
years. Mr. Larson found th a t the ob­ on his right. It was locked against
tired o f repeated allegations th a t they 50 per ce n t; Spokane county, 10 per
have been glad enough to get the
stru
ctio
n
s
en
tirely
block
th
e
progress
him.
As
he
did
so
I
caught
his
pro­
Children
Have
Elaborate
Flower
hire new spaper men to w rite th e ir cent.
o f the fish, as they are 21 fe e t high file against the light. It was H arbord, chance of work. They can find no
Gardens on Vacant Blocks.
speeches and co rrect th e ir spelling,
“ W e have abundant evidence o f the j
and th ere is not a sufficient flow o f j the secretary. From w here I stood he particular am usem ent In loafing about
and an old-fashioned spelling bee is to fa c t th a t the ra isin g o f livestock is on
Orenco— Most citie s and towns are w ater over them to p erm it th e fish to j was not m ore than forty feet away. the place all day.”
be held betw een them.
the increase, th is being p a rt o f the I satisfied when they have prepared jum p them . In the num erous ponds T here was no possibility of a m istake.
"D oubtless they all had excellent
R ep resen tativ e Johnson, of K en­ tendency to d iv ersify farm products.
school gardens fo r th e ir children, but below the dam s he saw large num bers
As he turned to come back I re tre a t­ reasons,” he said w ith a smile. "B ut
tucky, a fte r being unanim ously elec­
“ From Lincoln county: ‘The pros­ not so w ith Orenco.
In addition to o f steelheads playing about, and it is ed Into my room, closed the door. The anyway, you cannot be spared, Mr.
ted chairm an o f th e D em ocratic con­ pects for a larg e crop o f w heat and having school gardens o f early and said in the fall hundreds of silversides fellow was In a state of g reat agita­ Phillips.”
gressional com m ittee, sp ran g a su r­ o th e r sm all g rain s in th e B ig Bend j late vegetables a t th e ir homes the ascend th e stream .
"You flatter me.”
tion, and I could h ear him m uttering
prise by asking unanim ous consent to country to th is date, May 20, are the children have sta rte d an elaborate
“I w ant you to stay In your bed­
Mr. I.arseon has forw arded a report j to him self as he walked. W hen he had
w ithdraw his name, which w as g ra n t­ m ost prom ising they have been for the flower garden on a vacant block.
to the fisheries dep artm en t, which is passed by I peeped out to see him and room. W rite, read, do w hat you like,
ed.
la st ten y e a rs; th e av erage o f w in ter
Plans for th is g arden w ere prepared expected to tak e steps to have the ob­ his light dwindle, reach the corner by but keep your door ajar. If anyone
w heat is fully 50 p e r cent g re a te r than free o f charge by C harles P. Mac- structions removed.
the picture gallery, and fade Into a re­ passes down th e corridor, see where
The house is puzzled over th e prob­ w as ever sown before in th is section Dougall, a landscape a rc h itect of
he goes, only don’t let him know th at
flection—a darkness.
lem of equalizing the duty on cattle, of th e coun try .'
P ortland. W inding walks are laid off
I took care to turn the key before I you a re w atching him If you can help (C H R O N IC L E S T O B E C O N T IN U E D .)
Bad
Hill
Being
Blanked.
w heat, oats, and th e ir products.
It. I will tak e my tu rn a t half-past
“ From a rep o rt from a highly v al­ betw een th e beds o f flowers w ith bor­
C herryville—N early all the plank­ got back Into bed.
Good Conversation.
I woke again at seven, and, h urry­ one. I don’t m ean to starv e you."
The Union Pacific board of directors ued source, which has covered th e en­ ders of tall grow ing flowers around the ing on the C herryville hill has been
I obeyed. A fter all, it was, In a
I heard som eone planning a lunch­
o
u
te
r
edges.
A
lthough
the
en
tire
tire
I'alouse
country,
wo
have
th
e
fol­
ing
on
my
clothes,
set
off
to
tell
Peace
has offered two new plans fo r th e un­
low ing:
school has only about 100 pupils of all com pleted and w ith a few days more I all about It. I took him to the place, m anner, prom otion th a t the Inspector eon lately, and she said she'd selected
m erging of th e W estern railroads.
“ ‘The condition o f w in ter w heat in grades, about 75 arc engaged in this o f good w eather the work will be fin­ and together we exam ined the corri­ had given me; yet It was a tedious, h er topics—w hat the people would
ished. This hill has been considered dor. T here w ere only two rooms be­ anxious time. No one cam e my way, talk about. She said she Intended to
A postoffice in v estig a tin g com m ittee the I’alouse country, a d is tric t com­ flower garden work.
Along the fro n t o f th e block in le t­ one of th e m ost difficult points on the I yond mine. The one on the left was barring a sour looking housem aid. I "keep the ball rolling.” Not a dull
attack s ex -P o stm aster G eneral H itch ­ p risin g the g re a te r p a rt of W hitm an
cock’s adm in istratio n as one of false county, W ashington, and L atah coun­ te rs 10 fe e t in h eight, and extending autom obile road to Mount Hood.
an unoccupied bedroom ; th a t on the
The hotels have prepared to tak e rig h t was a large storeroom , th e door
ty , Idaho, as a whole is reported as 250 fe e t parallel w ith the Oregon
economy.
care
o
f
the
sum
m
er
trav
el.
The
new
|
average, ran g in g from 5 p er cent E lectric line are laid o ut in flowers
»«»“(-/'S
of which was locked. The housekeep­
R esidents o f Coppcrfield,
Ore., above in w estern p a rt to 5 p er cent “ Orenco School G ard en s.”
hotel a t G overnm ent Gap w as finished e r kept the key, we learn t upon In­
worked all n ig h t to subdue a fire which below in the eastern . The acreage is
up la st w eek. I t has 38 rooms and a j quiry. Whom had H arbord followed?
did $30,000 dam age to th e business slig h tly increased.
dining-room for 125 persons. E. Coal­ The problem was beyond me. As for
Cherry Fair Dates Set.
p a rt o f the town.
“ S pring w heat on about 75 p er cent
Salem A m ovem ent was in au g u rat­ man will be the Mount Hood guide, as Inspector Peace, he did not Indulge In
in form er years.
verbal speculations.
The sen ate has ordered an inquiry of th e usual acreage is nicely up and ed a t a b ig m ass m eeting under the
of healthy grow th, except in th e e a st­ auspices o f the Board of T rade and III-
It was In the central hall th a t we
into W ilson’s ta riff lobby charges.
ern p a rt of the I’alouse, w here seeding ihee Club, to have the m ost elaborate
Cascade Locks Closed.
encountered the secretary on his way
Many w itnesses
testified as to and grow th have been retard ed by late cherry fa ir th is y e a r ever held in Sa­
Hood R iver— Hood R iver and points to the b reakfast room. T he man
R oosevelt’s so briety d u rin g his h u n t­ rains. T here is a m aterial increase in lem. The fu ir will be Ju ly 4 and 5,
above Cascade Locks are w ithout river looked nervous and depressed; he nod­
ing trip in A frica.
the barley acreage.
and a F o u rth o f Ju ly celebration will boat tran sp o rtatio n , all the Columbia ded to us, and was passing on, when
“ O ats occupy about h alf th e acre­ be held in connection w ith it.
The steam ers having been caught on the Peace stopped him.
Judge G ary, chairm an o f th e Steel
th e
C hautauqua, low er riv er w ith the stream running
corporation, Bays ho believes th e cor­ age of form er years. T im othy, a lfa l­ m anagem ent o f
‘‘Good m orning, Mr. H arbord," he
poration has se t a good exam ple for fa and clover show rank grow th on an w hich s ta r ts Ju n e 3, also w ill co-oper­ so high a t the locks th a t the officials { said. "Can I have a word w ith you?"
increased
acreage.
a te w ith th e fa ir m anagem ent.
"C ertainly, Inspector. W hat is It?”
the business world.
th ere dare not open them to allow the
“ Oregon reports by counties indi­
F red S. Bynon w as nam ed presi­
“I have a favor to ask. My assist­
I f th e w ater
Two g irls aged 18 and 20 a re w alk­ c ate a big increase in d airying, in hog d e n t; Joseph B aum gartner, secretary, steam ers to come in.
a n t and myself have our hands full
ing from D etriot, Mich., to San F ra n ­ and c a ttle raising. In the w h eat-rais­ and H arley W hite, tre a su re r, o f the continues to rise and reaches a point
four or five fe e t higher than a t pres- 1 here. If necessary could you help us
cisco, “ for th e fun it o f i t . ” One ing counties of th a t sta te the g ain in fa ir organization.
en t the vessels can m ake the rapids at by running up to London, and—”
man haB b et $500 they will be m arried g rain yield this y ear is e stim ated in
the locks. All of the lowlands north
"F or the day?” he Interrupted.
before they g e t back.
some q u a rte rs as high as 50 p er cent.
o f the city have been flooded, and the ! "No. It may be an affair of th ree or
Rule Fight Is Planned.
Idaho reports indicate prosperity
four days.”
A sto ria —Dr. A lfred K inney, presi­ w ater is h ig h er than for five years.
in both w heat and fru it raising. The
“T hen I m ust refuse. I am sorry,
PORTLAND MARKETS
d
en
t
of
th
e
com
m
ittee
of
direction
of
Snake riv e r country seem s to be espe­
but—”
Brookings to Have Bank.
cially prosperous, due to big yields of the P o rt o f A storia, has announced the
“Don’t apologize, Mr. H arbord,” said
Gold Beach—A rticles of incorpora­
W heat—T rack p ric e s: Club, 93(q)
appointm ent of the executive board of
wool, g rain , hay and fr u its .”
tion of the Brookings S tate bank have th e little man, cheerfully. “I shall have
94c; bluestem ,
$1.01681.02; forty
21 m em bers, w hich will have direct
been forw arded to the secretary of to find some one else—th a t Is all."
fold, 94(o 95c; red R ussian, 92c; val
charge o f th e en erg etic cam paign for
Demand for Children Big.
We walked Into the breakfast room,
sta te by George D. Wood, cashier of
ley, 94c.
equitab
le
rail
fre
ig
h
t
betw
een
this
Springfield, III.— The com m ittee in­
the C urry County bank here.
The and a few m inutes la te r Ransom ap­
O a ts—No. 1 w hite, $32 p er ton;
(H>rt and in te rio r (Hunts.
The com­
Btained and off grade, less.
v e stig a tin g home-finding in stitu tio n s m itte e w ill also iliri'ct the efforts for $30,000 cap ital stock was all sub- peared with a g reat bundle of letters
W hen Mr. Wood cam e to and telegram s In his hand.
Corn — W hole, $28.50; cracked, in Illinois reported to the low er house the imme«liate d r« !g in g of a 40-foot '• scribed.
Ransom said not a word to any of
Gold Bench th ree years ago to organ­
$29.50 p er ton.
o f th e leg islatu re as follows :
channel to the sea, and the eri'ction of
us, but droppe«! Into a chair, tearing
ize
a
bank,
he
received
little
encour-
M illstuffs — Bran, $24.506825 per
BIS ATTITUDE. WAS OF
“ In m ost o f tho home-finding in s ti­ modern port-ow ned docks, fo r the con­
to n ; shorts, $26.50(u.27; m iddlings, tu tio n s th e demand for children has stru ctio n o f which $800,000 in bonds ' ngem ent and could hardly g et enough open the envelopes and glancing at
NKVÜU3 EXPECTATION
assistance to form a board of direc­ th eir contents. His face grew darker
$31.
been g re a te r than the supply. The so­ are to be issued.
ns he read, and once he thum ped bis
tors.
B arley — Feed, $26.50 p e r ton; c ieties sta rte d o u t to find homes for
hand upon the table with a crash th a t
brew ing, nom inal; rolled, $28.6066 homeless children, but they are now
Land Case Is Important.
Oregon’s Attraction Felt.
set the china jingling.
29.50 p er ton.
seeking children for childless homes.
"W ell, Inspector?” he said a t la s t
I.akeview —• T estim ony w as tak en
Salem A v isit to Oregon five years
H ay — E astern
O regon tim othy The mom ent a society so fo rg ets its
The little detective's head shook out tried to argue out the case, but the m inute. E verything spicy and span
choice, $18oi 19 per to n ; a lfa lfa , $13- purpose, its license should be can- here this w«>ek in w hat prom ises to be ago by Mrs. Zella Nicholls, then of
a series of the m ost im portant land Knox, Ind., has « 'su ited in her becom­ a negative.
deeper I got th e more conflicting grew kllng and bubbling. T alk about one
0814.
1 celled, as it is a stan d in g m enace to
"P erhaps you require an Incentive," my theories. I was never more glad thing and then about another. Ring
Onions Oregon, $1.25 p er sack; the homes of th e poor and ig n o ra n t.” cases ev er trii'd in Oregon. It is the ing a perm anent ri'sident o f this city.
case o f th e governm ent vs. O. E. Mrs. Nicholls declares th a t a fte r re­ he sneered. “Is It a m a tte r of a re­ to see a friendly face th an when the the bell and change th e course. Press
new, $1.25.
Hocffler, o f A storia, whose desert tu rn in g home from her first v isit to w ard?"
little man cam e In upon me.
the button beneath th e table and
V egetables — A rtichokes, 76c per
Japanese Tide Varying.
“No. Mr. Ransom ; but It Is becom­
claim in th e C hristm as Lake country O regon she w as no longer satisfied
The sh o rt w inter's afternoon crept bring on your spicy story, as the maid
dozen; asparagus,
Oregon,
76coi
San Francisco The peak o f J a p a n ­ has been conL 'st«! on th e ground th a t elsew here and began m aking plans to ing one of my personal reputation."
Lord! Lord!
on, the Inspector and I taking tu rn and brings on the salad.
$1.25; beans, 106812c per pound; cab­
“T hen, by thunder! you a re In dan­ tu rn about In our sentry duty. D inner w hat a luncheon th a t m ust have been!
bage, 24oi 3c; cauliflower, $2 per ese m ig ratio n to this country, as Mr. Hoefller ha* not complied w ith the move to Salem, but it took her longer
shown
by
th
e
sta
tistic
a
l
a
b
stra
c
t
of
roquirem ents o f th e d esert land law. to dispose of her property in terests in ger of losing It. Why don't you and tim e came and went. I had been off Who, alas, can be spicy to order? Or
c ra te ; eggp lan t, 25c pound; head le t­
th e U nited S tates, compiled by th e bu­ It will be contend«! th a t instead of Im liana than she had expected.
your friend hustle. Instead of loitering duty from nine, but at ten-thirty I bubble o r sparkle or be b rilliant or
tuce, $2.50 per c ra te ; peas, 7088c.
around as If you w ere paid by the poured out a whisky and soda and even bright? T hese gifts are of the
Potatoes — B urbank, 40oi 50c per reau o f foreign and dom estic com­ clea rin g and a tte m p tin g to irrig a te
m erce and ju s t receive«! here, coin­ the claim , Mr. Hoeffler m erely burned
day? I tell you, man, th ere are thou­ w ent back to Join him. He was sit­ gods. Som etim es we are and some­
Port Harrow In Use Soon.
hundred; new, 246824c per pound.
Green F ru it — Apples, nom inal; cides w ith the su rg es of political find­ the fallen tim b e r from th e land.
A storia -T he castings fo r the big sands—hundreds of thousands—m elt­ ting In the middle of th e room amok tim es we a re not, but It's a cinch th at
straw b erries, Oregon, $1.75oi 3.25 per ing in C aiflorm a. Thus, th e highest
disc harrow being b u ilt for th e P o rt of ing. slipping through your fingers, Ing a pipe In g reat apparent satisfac­ none of us are b rilliant when we try
Pure Seed and Disease Laws.
c ra te ; cherries, 124c per pound; goose­ num ber of arriv als in any one y e a r as
to be. Good conversation consists in
A storia commission to be us«! in im ­ every hour, every hour.”
tion.
30,226 in 1907, a t th e tim e of th e a g i­
He sprang from his seat and started
Oregon A g ricu ltu ral College. Cor­ proving the channel across th e shoal
berries, 2«i4e p er pound.
“Bed tim e. Isn't It?” I grum bled, talk spontaneous. It has Its source in
tatio
n
suppressed
by
P
resident
Roose­
vallis The new laws on pure se«nl and a t the m outh of the riv e r are nearly his walk again—up and down, up and sniffing a t his strong tobacco.
a full mind and a full h e a r t Do I
P oultry—H ens, 1568154c; broilers,
hear som e one saying, "And In a full
25c turkeys, live, 19«; 20c; dressed, velt. A gain in 1912, before th e e n a c t­ on contagious diseases in O regi'n are com pleted and the harrow will be down, as we had first seen him.
"Ob,
no,"
he
said.
“The
fact
Is,
we
"Shall you be returning to London?” are going to alt up all night.”
glass?” Ah, but even the full glass
choice, 25; ducks.
old, 164(«18c; m ent o f the alien land law, the excess the su b jects o f im p o rtant articles in ready for use in a week o r ten days.
At the question the m anager halted
young, 24(u25c; geese, young, 14(>f 16. o f a rriv a ls over d e p artu res was 4617. the new issue o f th e Oregon Country It is to be V-shaped w ith a spread of
I threw myself on a couch by the brings out In talk only the native
m an. ju s t off th e O regon A gricultural 20 fe e t and will have eig h t three-foot In bis stride, staring sharply down In­ window w ithout reply. Perhaps I was w ealth o r poverty of the talker. I'm
Egg* - Oregon ranch, case count,
^Small
Cities
Affected.
to
th
e
Inspector's
bland
countenance.
College press. Dr. Jam«>s W ithycom be revolving discs.
19c per dozen; candled, 20c.
not In the best of tem pers; certainly sure th a t m ust have been an awful
"No,” he said; "I shall stay here.
H arrisb u rg , P a. — A sen ate bill desig n ates the new livt'stock san itary
luncheon.—New York Press.
B u tte r—City cream ery b u tte r cubes,
Mr. Addington Peace, until such tim e I did not feel so.
Temperature Near 100.
28c per pound; p rin ts, 29d(294c per which, if enact«!, will estab lish the law as one of th e b est efforts for con­
"You
Insisted
on
coming
down
with
comm ission form o f governm ent in stru c tiv e legislation e n a c t« ! in this
pound.
W hen M urray T ackles Oedipus.
Hood R iver — S atu n lay and Sunday as you have som ething definite to tell me,” he suggested.
third-class citit's of Pennsylvania, was s ta te fo r some years.
P rof. H. D. w ere the h o tte st days o f the season me.”
Pork— Fancy, 11(< i 114c per pound.
C
lassical scholars have not exactly
“I know all about th at,” I told him .
"I have an tnqulry to m ake which l
pass«! finally in th e house o f re p re ­ Scudder u rges every fa rm e r to read here. In p a rts of th e valley the tem ­
Veal— Fancy, 134c per pound.
com plained, but have pointed out
"I
haven’t
complained,
have
I?
If
you
would
ra
th
e
r
place
In
the
hands
of
se
n
tativ
es
by
a
vote
o
f
147
to
14.
the provisions of th e new see«! law.
Hop*— 1912 crop, 9'</14c p er pound;
p eratu re hoverod around the 100 m ark.
w ant m e to sh u t m yself up for a week th a t when Prof. G ilbert M urray tra n »
The bill was sent to the senate for
1913 contracts, 1266134c p er pound.
The w arm w eather will tend to hasten som e one who has personal knowledge
I’ll do It; but I should prefer to have lates E uripides Into E nglish verse he
Price of Wool Descends.
Wool — E astern Oregon. 1 0 eil6 c; concurrence in amendm«>nts. The bill
the ripening o f straw b erries, and all of Mr. Ford. N either Mr. H arbord nor
slides th a t dram atist over hts rough
valley, 146816c per pound; m ohair, abolishes the presen t form of govern­
Pendleton Sm ythe Bros, have dis- o f the pickers an«! pai'kers th a t grow ­ yourself desire to leave Meudon. Is some Idea of the reason why.”
spots by doing m ediocre Euripides
"I
don't
wish
to
create
m
ysteries.
m ent and vesta m unicipal affairs in pos«! o f th e ir A rlington wtwl clip to ers can collect will be in dem and d u r­ th ere anyone else you can suggest?"
1913 clip, 306133c.
Into gorgeous and splendid Murray.
"T here Is Jackson—Ford's valet,” Mr. Phillips," be said kindly; “but, be­ It Is b e tte r than E uripides, to be sure;
C attle— Choice steers, $8.25(<i8.50; th e hands o f a m ayor, and four com ­ J. P. P u fo u r. receiving 154 cents for ing the n ext few weeks.
said the m anager, a fter a m om ent’s lieve me, there Is nothing to be gained but It Isn't Euripides. T here will be
good, $7.75688.25; medium, $7.2568 m issioners.
«•arse wool and 121 cents f«>r fine
thought. "H e can go. If you think him tn vague discussions.”
Cherry Fair la launched.
7.75; choice cows, $7.26(>f7.50; good,
wool. T he to ta l clip was 260,000
no difficulty of th is kind In P rofessor
I knew th a t settled It as far as he M urray's new est task, th e Oedipus
Daniels to Visit Pacific Coast.
$6.60687; m edium, $ 6'u6.60; choice
pound*. This is one of the largest in­
Salem Plans will be made for ob­ bright enough. I'll send tor him .”
W hile th e footman who answ ered was concerned, so I nodded my head Colonut.
calves, $8(0 9 ; good heavy calves,
W ashington. I). C. S ecretary D an­ dividual clips in E astern Oreg«>n. For ta in in g subscriptions for the g re a te st
M urray a t hts m urrayest
$6.50667.60; bulls, $6.26m6.60.
iels. who re tu rn « ! W «!nesday from a a sim ila r clip last y ear Smvthe Bros, cherry fa ir ever held in Salem a t the the bell was gone upon his errand, we and filled a pipe. At eleven he walked will have all he can do to keep up to
Hogs — L ight, $8.25(it 8.50, heavy, trip which includ«! th e d « tieatio n of reivived 18 cents for « ia rse and 13{ nex t m eeting o f the finance com m it­ w aited In an uneasy silence. T here across tb e room and sw itched off tbe the sustained elevation of Sop hoc lee.
$7687.60.
the Maine m em orial in N iw York, for fine wool. T ariff agitation is said tee. If the w arm w eather continues w as the shadow of au ugly m ystery light.
But th e re Is hardly a living hand
Sheep— W ethers, $5tu6; ewea, $3.85 plans to leave in Ju n e for a to u r o f in- to be th e cause o f general depression in the display of cherries will be th e best upon us all Jacks««n, as he entered,
T f nothing happens, you can take w orthier of the task, and Joy be the
was
th
e
only
one
who
seem
ed
at
hts
<g)6; lambs, $5.66(<t7.
your tu rn tn four hours from now,” he consequence.—Boston T ranscript.
| spection on the Pacific Coast.
the wool market.
ever made.
% /Jyìi. F letcher R obinson
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