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NEWS NOTES OF CURRENT W1 Resume of World’s Important Events Told in Brief. Comm issioner C am inetti, o f the im m igration aervlce, ia reported about to reaign. Silas Chriatofferaon succeeded in fly ing across the Coast range o f moun tain s in C alifornia. Mrs. Samuel A llen, widow o f a lum berm an and th e w ealth iest woman in th e H aw aiian islands, is dead. A New York commission finds th a t girls in candy factories in th a t city average about $5 to $6 weekly. Theodore Low DeVinne, dean o f p rin ters and au th o r o f several books on typeB and th e ir uses, is dead. A head-on collision of railroad tra in s in M ississippi injured 60 persons, five o f whom are not expected to live. I t is believed th e im m igration bill w ill be vetoed by P resid en t W ilson on account o f th e illiteracy te s t clause. John J . Kennedy, tre a su re r o f New York sta te , com m itted suicide. H is books w ere found in p e rfe c t condition. B lackm ailing le tte rs dem anding f 10,000 on pain o f death have been re ceived by H enry W. Longfellow, II, a descendant o f the poet. The steam ers P ortland and General H ubbard, both en route from Los An geles to Portland, collided in the Co lum bia riv er, b u t n eith e r was disabled. The six teen th anniversary o f th e de stru ctio n of th e M aine in H avana h a r bor was fittin g ly observed Feb. 16, by services a t A rlington national ceme tery. Follow-Up Campaign for Alfalfa, Corn, Livestock Spokane, W ash.—Governors E rn est L ister, of W ashington, John M. H aines, of Idaho, and Oswald W est, o f Oregon, as well as th e d ep artm en ts of education and s ta te colleges o f the th ree states, have indorsed plans made by th e Holden Im provem ent com m it tee for the follow-up cam paign in the in terests of more alfalfa, corn and live stock in the Pacific N orthw est. The central featu re in th is cam paign will be alfa lfa week in the schools of the th ree states, commencing March 9. In a le tte r to R. R. Rogers, o f Spo kane, chairm an of the Holden Im provem ent com m ittee, Governor L ister say s: " I am h eartily in favor of the cam paign. I feel th e idea of having a special week for th e public schools during which th is line shall be made a leading featu re is a good one. As a resu lt of such a week not only the pu pils o f the public schools, b u t also the p aren ts of th e pupils would w ithout doubt, receive g re a t b enefit.” Governor H aines commends highly th e resu lts o f the original Holden cam paign held la st fall, and hopes th a t all p a rts o f Idaho may be covered by the follow-up work. Governor W est announces his w ill ingness to co-operate in the follow-up cam paign in any m anner suggested by the Oregon im m igration agent. T h at th e alfa lfa cam paign has al ready had good resu lts is stated by C. B. K egley, m aster of the W ashington S ta te G range, who say s: "D u rin g the recent cam paign for a lfa lfa on every farm in th e Pacific N orthw est, the aw akening for a b e tte r system of farm in g was very marked. I have traveled over much o f th e te r rito ry since and find the prevailing sen tim en t very favorable indeed. Tho S ta te G range o f W ashington especially ap preciates th e educational featu re of the m ovem ent and extends effective support to th e Holden Im provem ent com m ittee from every possible a n g le ." Industrial School Club Contests Are Plannea Oregon A g ricu ltu ral College, Cor e n te r the S ta te F a ir Juvenile E x h ib it vallis— Club m em bership in the newly- contest. C ontestants may engage in organized in d u strial school club con more than one club project and enter te sts is livided into th ree classes. more than one contest but are not al Any Oregon boy o r g irl who is be low ed.^ e n ter the sam e work or exhib tw een th e ages o f fourteen and nine it for more than one prize in any club teen y ears on O ctober 1, 1914, and contest. has had less than five m onths tr a in G irls and boys who are not able to ing in dom estic science, dom estic art, e n ter school or county contests may or manual train in g , may become m em com pete in th e project special contest bers of Class A. Those betw een the or the ju venile ex h ib it contest, pro ages of ten and fo urteen y ears a t the vided they have enrolled for any club tim e specified will be m em bers of project. Class B. And those who have had All contestants muot be regularly more th a t five m onths’ tra in in g in the enrolled on the special enrollm ent foregoing subjects will co nstitute blanks provided. The blanks m ay be Class C. obtained from the S tate Superintend The club w inners contest a t the e n t of Public Instruction, Salem , from SYNOPSIS. s ta te fa ir w ill be open only to the the S ta te A gent of Club W ork, O re prize w inners in classes A and B in gon A gricultural College, Corvallis, C o w b o y s o f th e Flylnir H e a r t ra n c h are county contests. The aw ards will be o r from the teacher. j h e a r t b r o k e n o v e r t h e lo ss o f t h e i r n iu c h - based upon th e rules governing the A club project is the p articu lar ! p r i z e d p h o n o g r a p h b y t h e d e f e a t o f t h e i r respective club projects and will be kind of work in w hich a boy o r girl J c t h h e a m C p e i o n n t i p i e n d e a f r o a n o c t - h r . a c e A w h i t o h u s t e h e p c a o r o t y k o Is f made to th e co n testan t scoring the engages. I t is called a project from [ o n a t t h e F l y i n g H e a r t . J . W a l l i n g f o r d S p eed , c h e e r le a d e r a t Y ale, a n d C u lv e r highest general average in any club th e fa c t th a t th e work is so outlined ! C o v i n g t o n , i n t e r - c o l l e g l a t e c h a m p i o n r u n - project. th a t the club m em bers can m ake more ) n e r , a r e e x p e c t e d . H e l e n B l a k e , S p e e d ' s Any boy o r g irl in Oregon who has rapid process by first acquiring the j s o w f e t h e t e h e p a h r o t , n o b g e r c a o p m h e . s S i n h t e e r s e u s g t e g d e s i t n s t t h o e J e l o a s n s enrolled in any club p roject and c o m -' know ledge and skill which distinguish C h a p i n , s i s t e r o f t h e o w n e r o f t h e r a n c h . plied w ith the rules governing it, is efficient w orkm en from the untrained. h t k \T lUp h o n o g ^ r 1 1 ^ / 0 d«lare° eligible to e n te r th e S ta te F a ir club By learning how to do these things t h a t i f C o v i n g t o n w o n ’t r u n . S p e e d will. T h e cow boys a re hilarious over th e pros- p roject contest, regardless of having and by doing them in the m ost p ra c ti I p e c t . S p e e d a n d h i s v a l e t , I . a r r y G l a s s , enterciTany other. cal. scientific and businesslike way, t r a i n e r a t Y a l e , a r r i v e . H e l e n B l a k e a s k s Any boy o r g irl in Oregon who en the m em bers will discover a t the close S le p te e , e d , t o w r h a o c e h a a g s r i p i n o s s t e d t l i t e o C h e e n r t i a p s e d a e n m a a t h n . te rs an e x h ib it accom panied by a of the contest th a t they have gained T h e c o w b o y s j o i n i n t h e a p p e a l t o W a l l y , d h i m out, statem en t from p a re n t or guardian som ething more valuable than any a h n e d c o f n e s a e r n i n t s g . t h H a e t i H n s e i l s e t n s , w h il o l w e f in ver, t h a t he c ertify in g th a t the ex h ib it as actually prize —knowledge, pow er and efficien s h a l l b e e n t e r e d a s a n u n k n o w n , f i g u r i n g t h a t C o v i n g t o n w il l a r r i v e In t i m e t o t a k e produced by the e n tra n t, is eligible to cy. h is place. Speed begins tra in in g u n d er Lane County Pears Are A ll Taken B y France E ugene—An order for all available canned Lane county pears for ship m ent to France hag been received by the Eugene F ru itg ro w e rs’ association, following th e shipping, four months ago, of a carload of the goods. N ot only are th e cannery officials elated a t th e receip t o f th e order, but they are doubly so a t th e prospect o f open ing in Europe a m a rk e t fo r the Lane county canned fru its. “ This opens the way for a very large business in canned f r u it," said J . O. Holt, m anager. “ We are quoting prices to dealers in France, not only on pears, b u t on b erries and cherries. The French people have been accus tomed to buy C alifornia canned fru its, but they are learn in g th a t the Oregon fru its are b etter. “ The fru its and b erries on which A woman who declared she was Margaret Wilson to Wed, starv in g held up another woman on Is Washington Report th e steets of B ridgeport, Conn. She W ashington, D. C.— I t is p e rsist told the officers who arrested her th a t ently reported here th a t Miss M ar she had eaten nothing fo r a week. g a re t W ilson, eldest d au g h ter o f the W itness in copper strik e inquiry de P resident has become inform ally be clares m iners are not allowed to aver trothed to Boyd F isher, of P rinceton age more th an $76 per m onth, and are and New York, a well known social forced to work under such conditions w orker. th a t they do not la st m ore than five or S tren g th is given to th e rep o rt by six years. the freq u en t week end v isits of Mr. R etail prices o f eggs in Pacific F isher to th e W hite House and his Coast m ark ets fell 6 cents, and there constant appearance by the side o f Miss Wilson here. I t is known also are prospects o f a fu rth e r drop. th a t never a day passes during his ab O perators o f Colorado m ines adm it sences from W ashington th a t a le tte r buying arm s and machine guns fo r use is not sen t him on W hite House s ta o f the guards during the recen t strik e. tionery and one from him is in every The C ourt o f Appeals of New York day’s W hite House m ail. Mr. F isher was am ong the guests a t Wool Man Optimistic has decided th a t a woman w ith a baby cannot be allowed to teach school in the W hite House wedding and was the As to Future Outlook only man outside the im m ediate fam th a t state. ily and the bridal p arty invited to the Pendleton — "S ta tistic a lly , wool is Pendleton, O r., is w aging w ar upon b rid e’s table in the p riv ate diningroom . in a stro n g er position today than it the cig a re tte in every possible way. has been fo r a num ber of y e a rs ,” says I t is reported th a t th e king o f B ul Western Fuel Officials Dr. S. W. McClure, secretary of the g a ria will v is it th e U nited S tates in Are Guilty as Charged N ational W oolgrowers association. A pril. San F rancisco—F. C. Mills, superin The sta te m e n t was made in a le tte r P residen t W ilson w as obliged to re ten d en t; Jam es B. Sm ith, vice p resi received by S ta te S enator Burgess and m ain in bed several days on account of dent and general m anager, and E. H. in Which the n a t i o n a l s e c r e t a r y r e a bad cold. Mayer, w eigher, officers and employes quested Mr. Burgess to spread the The prem ier of R ussia has regisned, of th e W estern Fuel company, were hopeful tid in g s am ong local grow ers and the cxar ia reported to be "o n the found guilty of conspiring to defraud of wool. Dr. McClure says: the govrenm ent out o f customs duties "M y advices from Boston are to the w a te r w ag o n ." on im ported coal. Edward J. Sm ith, effect th a t th e m a rk e t has been prac An A m erican naval officer w as fired checker, w aj acquitted. tically cleaned up here and abroad. on and slig h tly wounded by a Mexican The first indictm ents in the case In London the Ja n u a ry sales closed on the stre e ts o f V era Crux. were brought by the U nited S tates stro n g er than they have a t any tim e A m erican The Prince of W ales, during his grand ju ry February 10, 1913, and in the la st 12 monthB. coming tour o f th e B ritish posses were directed agninst John H. How buyers bought considerable quantities. sions, will also trav el extensively in ard, p resident o f the W estern Fuel Since th e sale has closed, wool con com pany; J . L. S chm itt, Sidney V. tinues to advance. S ta tistic a lly wool th e U nited S tates. Sm ith and R obert Bruce, d irecto rs; is in a stro n g er position today than at F ive children—th re e boys and two Jam es B. S m ith vice p resident and any tim e for years. girls — w ere born to Mrs. B ertha general m anager; Edward J . Sm ith, “ About Ja n u a ry 20, E astern wool D rury, of T aylorville, K y., w ife of a his brother, and a checker employed buyers began co n tractin g wool in Spencer county farm er. The g irls by the com pany; F rederick C. Mills, U tah and -Idaho. A lready 8,000,000 died. superintendent, and E II. Mayer, pounds have been contracted a t prices Two y e a rs’ salary, $6760, w as voted w eigher. the sam e as last y ear and in some by the senate to th e widow of the late They charged th a t the defendants cases a h alf re n t h ig h e r; 163 cents Dr. Thomas D. M cClintic, of th e pub entered into an unlaw ful ag reem en t to has been paid for Soda S prings wool lic health service, who died from defraud the Federal governm ent in and 16 cents for U tah. I am unable, spotted fev er while discovering a th ree ways. o f course, to p redict th e fu tu re course successful tre a tm e n t. o f prices, b u t I believe th a t these facts should be given to your wool- Ohio Solona in Tumult. Columbus, O. — Scenes o f tum ult g ro w e rs." PORTLAND MARKETS which a t tim es bordered on rio t m ark Wheat—Track prices: Club, 88(31 ed th e closing day of the special ses Grants Pass Approves 88Je; bluestem, 98e; forty-fold, 89c; sion o f the leg islatu re, w hich adjourn City Bonds for Railroad red Russian, 87((t88c; valley, 89c. ed sine die late W ednesday night. G ran ts P ass— A t a special city elec Oats—No. 1 white, milling, $24@ An altercatio n in the house betw een tion the voters authorized th e issuance 24.60 ton. R epresentative W arnes, D em ocratic Corn—Whole, $33.60(0134; cracked, floor leader, and R ep resen tativ e of railroad bonds in th e sum of $200,- 000, to be used in building and equip- $34.60(03b ton. Cooper, a Republican, was prevented Barley — Feed, $22.60(023 ton; by o th er mem bers, who separated ing the 10-mile line to W ilderville. The bonds are said v irtu ally to have brewing, $24; rolled, $26. them in a quarrel over th e autom obile Hay—No. 1 Eastern Oregon timo license tax bill, an ad m in istratio n been sold to K eeler Bros., o f Denver. Much encouragem ent is fe lt here, thy, $16.60; mixed timothy, $14; al m easure, which finally was passed and ns the m unicipal road will stim ulate falfa, $14; clover, $9(010; valley sen t to the governor. trad e betw een th is city and Illinois grain hay, $12(018.60. valley. Mill feed— Bran, $22 ton; shorts, Time Asked for Settler. Dr. J. F. Reddy says as soon as the $24; middlings, $30. ashington, D. C. — Tho senate ir m unicipal u n it is finished and equipped Vegetables — Cauliflower, $2.25 rig W atio n com m ittee has favorably re c a p ita lists will be on hand to build the crate; peppers, 12 Je pound; garlic. 12)«; sprouts, 11c; artichokes, $1.75 ported the bill am ending th e reclam a rem ainder of the way to Illinois v al dozen; squash, l|(0 2 |c ; celery, $3.60 tion act by allowing se ttle rs on gov ley, tap p in g 30,000 acres o f land crate; hothouse lettuce, 60<o76c box; ernm ent projects 20 y ears instead of which is under g ra v ity irrig atio n . The road also w ill open up a portion spinach, $1 crate; horseradish, 8(0 10 in which to pay for w ater. U nder the bill as reported se ttle rs will be re o f th e Rogue R iver valley and cross 10c; cabbage, 2i(02|c pound. Green Fruit — Apples, 76c(0$2.25 quired to pay 6 per cent building through A pplegate valley. The developm ent o f the road is one box; cranberries, $12(012.60 barrel; charge a t the tim e of filing an en try and be exem pt from fu rth e r paym ent o f th e big g est projects ever under pears, $1(01.60. Onions—Old, $3.25(03.60 sack; buy for five succeeding years. D uring the taken by any city in Oregon. The ing price, $3 sack at shipping points. second five years they m ust pay 5 per vote for th e bonds was 4 to 1. Potatoes—Oregon, 80(390c hundred, cent o f the total charge each y ear and Oregon Owes $704,701. buying price, 60(O76c at shipping 7 per cent yearly for th e last 10 years. points; sweet potatoes, $2.25(02.60 Saloons Win in Oakland. crate. Oakland, Cal. — An in itia tiv e ord i Eggs—Oregon fresh ranch, 24<025c. Poultry—Hens, 16)(0'16c; springs, nance doubling the sta tu to ry num ber 16|(016c; turkeys, live, 20(O22c; of saloons in Oakland was carried at dressed, choice, 26(026c; ducks, 14(0 an election here. Four hundred sa loons now are perm issible. W ith 122 18e; geese, 124 m 13 c . Butter — Creamery prints, extras, precincts reported, out of 168, the vote stood 13,040 for th e new ord i 36c pound; cubes, 32c. nance and 10,788 ag ain st it. The sa Pork—Fancy, lie pound. loon license is reduced from $1000 to Veal—Fancy, 14(0144c pound. Hops—1913 crop, prime and choice, $660. The action was a repudiation o f an ordinance passed by the city 18(09e; 1914 contracts, 14(016c. Pelts—Dry, 10c; dry short wool. commission last October. 7c; dry shearings, 10c; green shear ings, 10c; salted lights, 60@76c; salt Geographers to Honor Goethals. W ashington, D. C.—Colonel George ed heavy. 76(O90c. Wool — Valley, 16(Ol7c; Eastern W. Goethals. governor of th e Panam a Oregon, 10(016c; mohair, 1913 clip, Canal zone, will be the guest o f honor and will receive the N ational Geo 26(027c pound. Cascara Bark— Old and new, 6c. graphic society'* medal of honor a t its Cattle — Prime steers. $7.60(08; annual banquet here March 6. Secre choice, $7.40(07.60; medium, $7(0 tary Bryan will be to astm aster. 7.25; choice cows, $6.26(06.76; me 7107 Banks Ask Admission. dium, $6(06.26; heifers, $6(07; light calves, 68(3:9; heavy. $6(o7.50; bulls, W ashington, D. C .—Official count $4(06.60; stags, $6(07. ■hows th a t 7067 national banka and 40 Hogs — Light, $7.76(38.66; heavy, sta te banks and tru a t companies have made form al application to become $7427.66. Sheep — Wethers, $6(06; ewes, , m em bers in the new Federal reserve I banking sysem. $S.604$4.76; lambs, $6®6.76. CHAPTER V I I __ ontlnued. “No, indeed,” Jean corrected, “he will m erely use this room to train in.” ."How do you train in a room ?" Stover asked her. “Why, you—ju s t train. I suppose." we have been quoting prices are o f the Miss Chapin turned to Glass. “How highest grades, and are sold f. o. b. does a person train in a room ?” Eugene. In sp ite o f the high fre ig h t “Why, he—ju s t trains, th a t’s all. A charges, we are able to book the or guy can ’t train w ithout tra in in ’ quar ders, and w ith the opening of the Fan ters, can he?" am a canal, and the reduction o f proba “We thought it would m ake a nice bly one-half o f the fre ig h t cost, we gym nasium ," offered Miss Blake. should be able to book large orders in "Looks like business.” Stover's ad Europe, fo r then we will be able to m iration was keen. “I rode over to deliver our goods on the eastern side G allagher's place last night and laid of the A tlan tic as cheaply as a t New our bets.” Y o rk .” “How much have you w agered?” The Eugene F ru itg ro w ers’ associa asked Fresno. tion last y e a r sold $20,000 w orth of “More’n we can afford to lose.” dried prunes in London alone, and sub "B ut you a re n 't going to lose,” Miss stan tial shipm ents w ere made to Blake said, enthusiastically. points in Holland and Sweden. “I got G allagher to play som e rec- The E astern broker fo r the Eugene 1 or(ja for me . cannery is now booking orders for “ ‘Silas on F ifth A venue’?” canned fru its and vegetables for de "Sure! And 'T he Holy City,’ too! livery in the fall of 1914. W illie stayed out by the barb-wire fence; he didn't d ast to go in. W hen 1 come out I found him ready to cry. Many New Features for T hat desperado has sure got the h eart Coming Rose Festival of a woman. I reckon h e ’d commit Industrial and historical Oregon will m urder for th a t phonograph—h e’s so play an active p a rt in the coming full of sentim ent." F resno spoke sym pathetically. Rose F estiv al. T his will be the eighth "It's a fortunate thing for you fel annual Rose Festival, and for th e first lows th a t Speed cam e when he did. tim e in th e history o f th is classic I'm anxious fo r him to beat this cook, event th e m an ufacturing concerns and I h ate to see him so careless with throughout th e sta te will be rep resen t his training." " C a r e l e s s ! " c r ie d H e le n . ed in the pag ean t th a t will pasa in re "W hat's he done?” inquired Stover view before the public. "N othing, so far. T h a t’s the trouble. The board of governors is having constructed fifteen floats to rep resen t H e’s sure he can win. but"—Fresno the Rose Festival, w hile a t least as shook his head, doubtfully—“there's many more have been ordered, and al such a thing as overconfidence. No ready four have been completed. m a tte r how good a man may be, he These floats will ty p ify the historical should tak e care of him self." "W hat’s w rong with his tra in in ’?” grow th of Oregon from its earliest days down to the present. I t has dem anded Glass. “I think he ought to havo more rest. taken the association’s a rtis t many m onths of close study and much read I t’s too noisy around th e house; he ing of d a ta p erta in in g to the early his can 't get enough sleep.” “Nor anybody else,” agreed ’ Glass, tory of Oregon before he began the work of draw ing designs typical of m eaningly; “th ere's too much singin’.” “T h at's funny,” said Stover. “Music the rapid passing events which have made P ortland and O regon g re a t as soothes me, no m atter how bad it is. L ast night when we come back from they are. The P ag ean t of th e H um an Rose the C entipede Mr. Fresno was singin’ buds w ill again be a fe atu re of the 'Dearie,' but I dozed rig h t off in the Rose F estival. The board o f govern middle of it. An' it's the sam e way ors has issued in v itatio n s to ton thou w ith cattle. They like it. It's part sand school children, both boys and girls, and plans are being considered for safeg u ard in g the to ts w hile m arch ing. “Juice” to Aid Plants. P ortland — E lectricity may be used t0 imProve 8Cho° l *ardenB at Wood- lawn, a suburb o f th is city, if the plans o f L. M. L epper work out sa tis factorily. T his will be the first tim e such an a tte m p t will have been made here. In E ngland m ark et gardeners use elec tricity to stim u late the grow th of vegetables. The vegetables are said to be b e tte r, crisp er and firm er. A ccording to the plan employed the ground is w ired and cu rren t turned on periodically. Bugs and pests are said to be killed, and production increased. O.-W. P . & y . Buying Land. Pendleton — E llsw orth Benham, of Portland, rep resen tin g the O.-W . R. & N. Co., has arrived a t Stanfield and a t once began buying land for the rig h t of way o f th e proposed Coyote cut-off. This action apparently con firms the rep o rt which has been cur re n t for the past few days th a t the railroad company expects to commence operations th is spring. The proposed line connects w ith the present line a t Stanfield on th e east and Coyote on the w est, shortening the road eight Salem —The o u tstanding s ta te w ar miles. ra n ts Ja n u a ry 1, totaled $704,701.85, Wool Buyer Now Out. according to a report made by Secre Pendleton— A ccording to reports re tary of S ta te O leott. The w arran ts date back to 1897, the sta te ow ing for ceived by local sheepm en, R. F. Bick- th a t y ear and 1898 o u t o f th e general well, a buyer o f sheep and wool, is now in Morrow county endeavoring to fund $294.23. Small am ounts, payable from the co ntract for the 1914 clip a t prices ap sam e fund, owed for each succeeding proxim ately 2 cents in advance of y ear until 1909 being $668t.73. For those paid last year. A ccording to 1913 and 1914 th e re is $686,093.94 these reports some sales have been owed on w arrants, due to the small made, b u t m ost o f the grow ers are re levy last y ear and ap propriations by fusing to contract. B ert Sm ith, o f the J. E. S m ith Livestock company, said th e legislature. local grow ers told th e ir wool last sea son a t least 2 cents too low. Road Bonds Are Urged. Hood R iv e r - T h e m em bers of the Hood R iver county court have outlined a plan o f cam paign for a proposed bond election to raise funds to con stru c t perm anent highw ays in the county n e x t year. A ccording to plans rep resen tativ es will be chosen by the different road d istric ts and the Com m ercial club to act as a com m ittee. One o f th e problem s th a t will con front th e com m ittee will be th a t of proportioning Ike am ount to be ex pended in th e im provem ent o f the Co- I lumbia riv e r highw ay. G l a s s ’s d i r e c t i o n . T h e l a d i e s fix u p t r a i n in g q u a r t e r » fo r Speed. Bunny Scorns Poison Bait. Pendleton Ray T. Jackson, a repre sen tativ e o f the bureau of biological survey, who has been in U m atilla County for several days in an effort to assist farm ers in ridding th e ir fields o f jack rab b ita, reports poor success. H is specialty ia feeding poisoned w heat, and he finds the rab b its of tb it p a rt of the country p refer th« green feed, which is to be had in abundance, to th e poisoned grain which he h at scattered about. | “A in't He No Cham pecn?” \ of a m an's duty when he's night-rldtn' a herd to plzen the atm osphere with melody." "W e c a n 't afford to spoil Speed's chances,” argued the young man. “T here is too much at stake. Am 1 right, Mr. G lass?” Now. like m ost fat men, Lawrence Glass was fond of his rest, and since his arrival a t the Flying H eart his sleeping hours had been shortened con siderably, so for once he agreed with (he Californian. “No question about it,” said he. "And I’ll sleep here w ith him if you'll put a couple of cots in the place.” "B ut suppose Mr. Speed w on't do it?” questioned Miss Blake. "You ask him. and he won’t refuse,” said Jean. “We don't w ant to see him defeat ed.” urged H elen's o th er su ito r; at which the girl rose, saying doubtfully: TWO OPINIONS AS TO MERIT Mr. Blank's Verdict on Dancar Did Not at All Agreo With That Expressed by His Wife. At a social gathering a bachelor with a som ewhat satirical opinion of 'em inlne prejudice approached a party >f women who happened to be speak ing of plays and player* they had ■een dui tug ?!>• last season In New fork. “By the way," he ventured casually. ond, a m andolin ha* proved to ba many a young m an's ruin." Glass exam ined the bow of ribbon upon the lonesome piece of exercising apparatus. "It looks like th e tratnln'-etable for the Colonial Dames. W hat a yelp this place would be to Covington or any o th er athlete.” "It is not an athletic gym nasium .” Speed sm iled as he lighted a cigarette. “It is a rom antlo gymnasium. As Socrates once observed—" ‘S o c ra te s! I'm hep to him ,” Glass in terrupted, quickly. "I trained a G reek professor once and got wised up on all th a t stuff. Socrates was the —the H emlock Kid." "E xactly! As Socrates, the Hem lock Kid, deftly put It, ’in hoo signa tu re vintage.’ ” "I don't get you." "T h at is archaic Scandinavian, and, translated, m eans, ‘Love cannot thrive w ithout h er bow er.’ ” “No answ er to th a t telegram yet, eh?” "H ardly tim e.” "B etter w ire Covington again, hadn't you? Mebbe he didn’t get it? ” "I prom ised Mrs. Keap th a t I would, but—” Speed lost him self abruptly in speculation, for he did not know ex actly how to m anage this unexpected complication. Of one thing only was he certain ; it would require some thought. "Say, W ally, suppose Covington don’t come?” "T hen I shall sprain my ankle.” said the other. “Hello! W hat in the world—” Still Bill Stover and Willie came into the room carrying an arm ful of lum ber. Behind them followed C arara w ith a huge wooden tub, and Cloudy rolling a kerosene barrel.” “W here do you w ant it, gents?” inquired the forem an. "W here do we w ant w hat?” “The show er-bath.” “Show er— I didn’t order a shower- b a th !” "N o; but we aim to m ake it as pleas a n t for you as we can.” “If there is anything I abhor, it’s a show er-bath!” exclaimed the athlete. "You Just got to have one. Mr. Fresno said all this gymnasium lacked "Of course I’ll do my best, you think it’s really im portant.” "T hank you,” said Stover gratefully, while Fresno congratulated him self upon an easy victory. The two girls took Speed’s train er with them , and w ent forth In search of the young man. "It's up to you fellows to see th a t he gets to bed early," said Fresno, when he and Stover w ere alone. "L eave it to us. And as for g ettln ’ up. we turn out at daylight. I don’t reckon he could sleep none a fter th at if he tried .” Stover pointed to the striped elastic coils of the exerciser against the wall. "I didn’t w ant to speak about it while they was here," said he, "but one of them young ladies lost h er g a rters.” "T h at's not a pair of garters, th a t’s a chest-w eight.” "Je st w ait for w hat?” "C hest-w eight—chest-developer.” “O h!" Stover exam ined the device curiously, “I thought a chest-develop er cam e In a bottle." Fresno explained the operation of the apparatus, a t which the cowman rem arked, adm iringly: "T h at young feller is all right, ain't he?" "T hink so?" "Sure! Don't you?” Fresno explained his doubts by a crafty lift of his brows and a shrug. "I thought so—a t first.” Stover wheeled upon him abruptly. "W hat's w rong?” "Oh, nothing.” A fter a pause the forem an rem arked, vaguely: "H e’s th e Intercolleglt cham peen of Yale.” "Oh no, hardly that, or I would have heard of him .” "A in't he no cham peen?" "Champion of the running broad sm ile and the half-mile talk perhaps "A in’t he a foot-runner?” "Perhaps. I’ve never seen him run, but I have my doubts." "Good L o rd !” m oaned Stover, w eak ly. “He may be the best sp rin ter in the country, mind you, but Ml lay a little bet th a t he can ’t run a hundred yards w ithout sustenance." "W ithout w hat?" C arara Followed W ith a Huge Wood "Sustenance—som ething to e at.” en Tub. “Well, we've got plenty for him to was a show er-bath, a pair of scales, eat,” said the mystified forem an “You don’t understand. However, and a bulletin board. He said you’d su re need a bath a fter w orkln’ th a t tim e will tell.” chest-developer. We a in 't got no "B ut we a in ’t got no time. W e’ve scales, nor no board, but we’ll toggle made this race 'pay o r play,’ a week up some so rt of a bath for you. The from Saturday, and the bets are down. blacksm ith’s m akln' a sq u lrter to go We was afraid the C entipede would on th e b a r’l.” welsh when they seen who we had, so "V ery well, put it w herever you we fram ed it th a t way. W hat's to be wish. I sh a ’n ’t use it.” done?” "I wouldn’t overlook nothin’, if I Again Fresno displayed an artistic was you,” said W illie, in even m ilder re stra in t th a t was adm irable. “I t’s tones th a t Stover had used. none of my business," said he, w ith a "You overw helm me w ith these lit careless shrug. tle atten tio n s,” reto rted Mr. Speed. "I—I guess I'll tell W illie and the "W here you goin’ to run today?” in boys," vouchsafed Bill apprehensively. quired the first speaker. “No! no! Don’t breathe a word “I don’t know. W hy?” I've said to you. He may be a cracker- "W e thought you m ight do a hun jack, and 1 w ouldn’t do him an injus dred yards agin tim e.” tice for th e world. All th e sam e, I "N ix !” interposed Glass, hurriedly. wish he hadn’t broken my stop-w atch.” "I can ’t let him overdo a t the start. •'D' you think he broke it a-pur- Besides, we a in ’t got no stop-w atch.” pose?” "I got a reg 'lar w atch,” said W illie, “W hat do you th in k ?”* “and I can catch you p retty close. Stover mopped the sw eat from his W e'd adm ire to see you travel some, brow. Mr. Speed.” “C an’t we tim e him with a ordinary B ut G lass vowed th a t he was in w atch?” charge of his protege’s health, and “Sure. We can tak e yours. It won't would not perm it it. Once outside, be exact, but—” how ever, he exclaim ed: "T h at's more “I ain’t got no watch. I bet mine of F resno's work, W ally! I tell you, last night a t the Centipede. W illie’s he's Jerry . H e’ll rib them pirates to got one, though.” clock you, and if they do— well, you’d "Mind you. he may be all rig h t,” b etter keep runnin’, th a t's all.” “You can do me a favor,” said Fresno repeated, reassuringly; then hearing th e object of th eir discussion Speed. “Buy th a t w atch.” "T here's o th er w atches on the farm .” approaching with his train er, the two ‘‘Buy them all, and bring me the strolled out through the bunkroom, Stover a prey to a new-born suspicion, MU.” Before setting out on his daily Fresno m using to him self th a t diplo macy was not a lost art. grind. Speed announced to his train "Y ou're a fine friend, you a r e ! ” e r th a t he had decided to take him Speed exploded, when he and Glass along for company, and when th a t were Inside th e gym nasium . “W hat corpulent gentlem an rebelled on the ground th a t the day was too sultry, made you say 'y e s ? '” his em ployer would h a re none of it, “I bad to." “Rot. L arry! You played into so together they tro tted away la te r in Fresno's hands deliberately! Now I’ve the m orning. Speed in his silken suit. got to spend my evenings In bed while G lass running flat-footed and w ith he sits in the ham m ock and sings g reat effort. B ut once safely hidden Dearie.' ” He shook his head gloomily. from view, they dropped into a walk, and selecting a favorable resting place, "Who knows w hat may happen?" "It will do you good to get some paused. Speed lighted a cigarette. Glass produced a deck of cards from sleep. W ally.” "B ut I don't w ant to sleep !” cried his pocket, and they played seven-up. the exasperated suitor. "I w ant to H aving covered five m iles In th is ex m ake love. Do you think I cam e all hausting fashion, they returned to the the way from New York to sleep? I ranch in tim e for luncheon. Both a te heartily, for the exercise had agreed can do th a t a t Yale.” "T ake it from me. Bo. you’ve got w ith them. (TO B E C O N TIN U ED .) plenty of tim e to win th a t dame. Eight hours is a w orkln' day anyw here.” Extravagance Waated. Glass chuckled. “The whole thing is “W h at's doing?” asked th e tall a hit. Look a t this Joint, for Instance.” plum ber. "You're all dolled up.” “Had He took in th eir surroundings w ith a a date with my best girl." explained com prehensive gesture. "It looks about th e short bricklayer. “But a re n 't you as much like a gym nasium as I look going to keep It?” "I showed up all like a contortionist. W hy don’t you right, but she w asn’t there." "T h at get a M orris ch air and a m andolin?" was p retty tough ” "I w ouldn't care,” "T here a ie two reasons," said Speed, said tho short bricklayer, “only I facetiously. "F irst, it takes an ath lete w ent and had my shoes shined all for to get out of a M orris chair; and, sec nothing."—Youngstown Telegram . "did any of you go to see Gaby Dea Lys while you w ere there?" "W e saw her In London." replied Mr*. Blank. 'W hat did you think of her?” “Oh, she was positively nil. She couldn't sing or dance and she was so bold th a t Mr. Blank and I were both disgusted as well as disappointed," came the ready criticism . The topic changed and the bachelor excused him self to join the men in an. other room HU curiosity was arous ed. and finding Mr Blank’s tar* not directly engaged, he singled him out for a c h a t "Yon saw Gaby Des Lys In London, did you not?" he began. "Gaby?" responded Mr. Blank with a sudden Im petus of interest. "Tea, I saw her in London and I sneaked off and saw her again in New York, too. She certainly la a peach!” Some men a re Johnny on the-spot when It come* to paying a grudge, but when It come* to paying the butcher and grocer—well, th a t • another story.
