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.
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“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.