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NEWS NOTES OF CURRENT W1 Butte, Mont., Is Under Rule of State M ilitia PLACE ^ UQNEY- Suit to Recover 50,000 Acres State Land Urged might have felt pity for the young man who leaned heavily against the gate, his burning face pressed upon his rain soaked sleeve. W hen C ourtlandt knocked at the door and was adm itted, he apologized. "I came back for my um brella.” "U m brella!" exclaimed the padre. "Why, we had no um brellas. We came up in a carriage which is probably w aiting for us this very m inute by the po rter’s lodge.” "Well, I am certainly absent-m ind ed!" • "A bsent-m inded!" scoffed Abbott. “ You never forgot anything in all your life, unless it was to go to bed. You wanted an excuse to come back.” “Any excuse would be a good one In th at case. I think we’d b etter be going. Padre. And by th e way, H err Rosen begged me to present his re grets. He is leaving Bellaggio in the m orning.” Nora turned her face once more to th e window. left outside. B ut who can help loving Nora?" he repeated. “Who Indeed!” "And there's not the least chance in the world for me." "You never can tell until you put it to the test.” "Do you think I have a chance? Is it possible th at N ora may care a little for m e?” He turned his head toward her eagerly. "W ho know s?” She w anted him to have it over with, to learn th e tru th th a t to Nora H arrigan he would never be more than an am iable comrade. He would then have none to tu rn to but her. W hat m attered it if h er own h eart ached so she m ight soothe the h u rt in his? She laid a hand upon his shoulder, so lightly th a t he was only dimly conscious of the contact. “It's a rum my old world. H ere I’ve gone alone all these years . . .*’ “T w enty-six!" smiling. "Well, th a t's a long time. N ever bothered my head about a woman. Selfish, perhaps. Had a good time, cam e and w ent as I pleased. And C H A P T E R X II. then I m et Nora." "Yes." T h e Ball at the Villa . "It is all very petty, my child,” said “If only she'd been stand-offish, like the padre. “Life is made up of bigger these other singers, why, I'd have been things; the little ones should be Ig all right today. But she's such a brick! nored.” She's such a good fellow! She tre a ts To which N ora replied: “To a wom us all alike; sings when we ask her an the little things are everything; to; alw ays ready for a romp. Think they are the dally routine, the expect of her making us all take the Kneip- ed, the necessary things. W hat you cure the other night! And we m arched call the big things in life are acci around the fountain singing 'Mary had dents. And, oh! I have pride." She a little lamb.' B arefooted in the grass! folded her arm s across her heaving W hen a man m arries he doesn’t w ant bosom; for the padre's directness this u wife half so much as a good com morning had stirred h er deeply. rade; somebody to slap him on the “W ilfulness is called pride by some; back in the m orning to h earten him and stubbornness. But you know, as up for the day's w ork; and to cuddle well as I do, th a t yours is resentm ent, him up when he comes home tired, anger, indignation. Yes. you have or disappointed, or unsuccessful. No pride, but it has not been brought into m atter w hat mood he's in. Is my this affair. Pride is th a t w ithin which English getting away from you?" prevents us from doing mean or sor "No; I understand all you say." H er did acts; and you could not do one or hand rested a trifle heavier upon his the other if you tried. The sentim ent shoulder. in you which should be developed “N ora would be th a t kind of a wife. 'H onor, anger, valor, fire,’ as Steven “Is m ercy?” son says. H ang the picture; w hat am "No; justice, the patience to weigh 1 going to do w ith it?" the right or w rong of a thing.” “ ‘Honor, anger, valor, fire,' ” Celeste “Padre, I have eyes, eyes; I saw .” repeated slowly. “Yes, th a t is N ora.” He tw irled the middle button of his A b itter little sm ile moved her lips as cassock.” The eyes see and th e ears she recalled the happenings of the last hear, but these are only witnesses, two days. B ut no; he m ust find out laying th e m atter before the court of for him self; he m ust m eet the h u rt the last resort, which is the mind. It from Nora, not from her. "How long, ie there we sift the evidence." Abbott, have you known your friend “He had the insufferable insolence Mr. C ourtlandt?” to order H err Rosen to leave,” going “Boys together,” playing a light ta t around the barrier of his well-ordered too with his m ahlstlck. logic. "How old is h e?’ "Ah! Now, how could he send away “About thirty-tw o or three." H err Rosen if th a t gentlem an had “He is very rich?” really preferred to stay?" “Oceans of money; throw s it away, Nora looked confused. but not fast enough to get rid of it." “Shall I tell you? I suspected; so “He is w hat you say in English . . . I questioned him last night. Had I wild?” "W ell,” w ith mock gravity, “I shouldn't like to be the tig er th a t crossed his path. W ild; th a t's the word for it.” “You are laughing. Ah, I know! I should say dissipated.” “C ourtlandt? Come, now, C eleste; does he look dissipated?” “No-o.” "H e drinks when he chooses, he flirts with a p retty woman when he chooses, he sm okes the finest tobacco there is when he chooses; and ho gives them all up when he chooses. He Is like the seasons; he comes and he goes, and nobody can change his h abits.” “ He has had no affair?” “Why, C ourtlandt h asn ’t any heart. It’s a m echanical device to keep his blood in circulation; th a t's all. I am the m ost intim ate friend he has, and yet I know no more th an you how he lives and w here he goes.” She let her hand fall from his shoulder. She was glad th a t he did not know. “But look!” she cried in warning. Abbott looked. A woman was coming serenely down the path from the wooded prom ontory, a woman undeniably handsom e in a cedar tinted linen dress, exquisitely fashioned, with a touch of vivid scar let on her h at and a m ost tantalizing flash of scarlet ankle. It was Flora “ Y c u r H ig h n e s s !” Desimone, fresh from her m orning beer, in his place, I should have chas bath and a substantial breakfast. The tised H err Rosen instead of bidding errand th at had brought her from Aix- les-Bains was confessedly a merciful him be gone. It was he." "Positively. The men who guarded one. But she possessed the dram a you were two actors from one of the tist's instinct to prolong a situation. theaters. He did not come to Ver Thus, to make her act of mercy seem sailles because he was being watched. infinitely larger than it was, she was He was found and sent home the night determ ined first to cast the Apple of Discord into this charm ing corner of before your release.” “Pm sorry. But it was so like him." Eden. The Apple of Discord, as every The padre spread his hands. “What man knows, is the only thing a woman a way women have of modifying either can throw with any accuracy. The a rtist snatched up his brushes, good or bad im pulses! It would have been fine of you to have stopped when i and ruined the painting forthw ith, for all time. The foreground was. in his you said you were sorry.” "Padre, one would believe th a t you ' opinion, beyond redem ption; so, with a savage humor, he rapidly limned in had taken up his defense!” "If I had I should have to leave it a score of im possible trees, turned a fter today. 1 retu rn to Rome tom or midday into sunset, with a riot of col row and shall not see you again be ors which would have made the Chi fore you go to America. I have bid nese New Y ear in Canton a drab and den good by to all save you. My child, sober event in comparison. He hated my last admonition ie, be p atient; ob Flora Desimone, as all Nora's adher serve; guard against th a t impulse ents properly did, but with a hatred born in your blood to move haetily, wholly reflective and adapted to N ora's to form opinions w ithout solid founda moods. (TO BE CONTINUED.) tions. Be happy while you are young, for old age Is happy only in th a t re flected happiness of recollection. CRADLE OF AMERICAN NATION W rite to me, here. I retu rn In No- | vember B enedlcite?” smiling. T h a t Bro ug ht O v e r on the Mayflo w er Nora bowed her heard and he put a M a y P ro p e r ly Be Given hand upon It. B utte, Mont.— B utte is under m ar tial law under a proclam ation issued by Governor Samuel V. S te w a rt W ed Salem — C. B. McConnell, a law yer cattle companies. According to the nesday. of Burns, has conferred w ith A ttorney lawyer, the land was obtained several A proclamation issued by M ajor D. General Craw ford in regard to in sti years ago through the use of dummies J . Donohue, commanding officer, p re tu tin g su its for the recovery by the and other alleged settlers, who worked scribed the rules for the conduct of state of large tra c ts of grazing land in in conjunction w ith the company. The Pacific Livestock company is Butte. All saloons are ordered closed H arney ami M alheur counties, control fighting the suit of the sta te on the until fu rth e r notice and public g a th e r , of which Mr. McConnell charges was grounds th a t it obtained the land in a P rem ier A squith praises th e Belgian Suit is pending legal way and th a t action by the state ings o f any ch aracter are forbidden obtained by fraud. heroism in the house o f commons. w ithout perm ission of thp commanding ag ain st the Pacific Livestock company should have been started earlier. Queen E lizabeth, of Belgium, with for th e recovery of 27,000 acres of C ircuit Judge H arris recently, in the officer. Women are not perm itted on school land. The company has entered Hyde-Benson school land case, which her children, has arriv ed in Englcnd. the stre e ts a fte r 8 p. m. nor before 6 su it to prevent the adjudication of is sim ilar to the one against the live- 1 Tacoma suffers a $150,000 fire, o ’clock in the morning. w ater rig h ts on th e Silves river, and stock company, decided th a t the state which destroyed a large packing plant. Even the courts are closed, and it is it was while m aking investigation of would have to show a good excuse for P ic tu re s The Germans have imposed a fine of commanded th a t all cases of law vio its allegations th a t Mr. McConnell says its delay in bringing suit. The a tto r $300,000 on th e Belgian town of C har lations will be tried by th e m ilitary ho found th a t about 50,000 other acres ney general has appealed on the au thorities, the court to be presided had been obtained through fraud. leroi. ground th a t laches do not apply to the over by Major Jesse B. Koote, as ad This land, he said, is largely held by state. A report from A ntw erp says the ju ta n t general. F rench defeated 50,000 G erm ans in The proclam ations w ere spread £ u g e n e Light and Power Burns, Or., Fire Destroys b attle. broadcast and it was announced th a t Companies in Rate War A Japanese liner was chased into the N ational guard would tak e up th e ir $60,000 Worth ot Property port a t San Francisco, by a German positions throughout the city. They Eugene — A long-anticipated rate B urns—The w orst fire in the history gunboat. are in control now according to the w ar betw een th e m unicipal power plant of Burns began Monday a t m idnight A sm all German cruiser which ran comm anding officer, but the laws of 13 and th e Oregon Pow er company was and in th ree hours a large num ashore in a fog, w as blown up by the th e sta te require a 24-hour notice by ber of business houses were in C H A P T E R X I — Con tinued. proclam ation of m artial law before the opened here th is week w ith the an Russians. ruin. The blaze was started in th e hay Nora, w ithout relaxing the false soldiers actually march into the stre e ts nouncement by th e power company loft of M cKinnon’s livery barn, sup smile, suddenly found em ptiness In More than 4000 prisoners w ere taken of the city. th a t it will not only m eet but will un posedly by someone sleeping there, and everything. by th e Russians in b a ttle w ith the “Sing!" said H err Rosen. dercut th e reduction announced by the it quickly spread to every building in A ustrians. th a t block, including the Hotel French "I am too tired. Some other tim e." j city plant. The Russian arm y is reported crush and a large tw o-story building contain He did not press her. Instead, he The p riv ate company has filed its ing a pool hall and living rooms. w hispered In his own tongue: “You ing th e P russians and m aking headway tow ard Berlin. new schedule of ra te s w ith th e S tate Three sm all dw ellings in the block to are the most adorable woman In the W ashington, D. C.—A German vic railroad commission, declining to an- the east were burned and the flames w orld!" A bout 30,000 Grand Army veterans spread to the block to th e south. They And N ora turned upon him a pair are holding the 48th national encam p tory a t A ltenstein, in which three j nounce th e e x ten t of the cut. Russian corps were d efeated and 70,- The c ity ’s reduction am ounted to 11 jum ped the H arney County N ational of eyes blank with astonishm ent. It m ent a t D etroit, Mich. 000 prisoners, including tw o Russian per cent and before th e cut was made bank, which is of stone, and caught in w as as though she had been asleep The conclave of cardinals to elect a commanding generals w ere taken, was the m aximum ra te of 9 cents for lig h t tw o fram e buildings, which were and he had rudely aw akened her. new pope was inaugurated in Rome reported Wednesday to th e German ing and 5 cents fo r power was lower quickly destroyed. Then they com His Infatuation blinded him to the w ith im posing cerem onies. embassy from Berlin by w ireless via than offered in any city in the W il m unicated to the roof of the stone tru th ; he saw in the look a fem inine N early 8000 reserves o f Germany Sayville, L. I. The dispatch says: lam ette valley outside of the vicinity building occupied by the Bedell saloon desire to throw the others off the “ Official report of the victory at o f Portland. The new schedule of 8 and barber shop and also to another track as to the sentim ent expressed and A u stria are being held prisoners A ltenstein shows th a t it was even cents m aximum for lighting and 4J stone building, occupied by the Donne- In his w hispered words. by th e B ritish in South A frica. g re a te r than known before. Three gan & Logan ab stract office and Frank The hour passed tolerably well. Boston will have no grand opera this Russian arm y corps were annihilated. cents m axim um for power, w ith a m in D avies’ and Charles E llis’ law offices. H err Rosen then observed the tim e, w inter, owing to th e en listm en t of Seventy thousand prisoners were taken, imum of 1.2 cents for 10,000-kilow att The postoffice and H arney County rose and excused himself. He took q u an tities, is alm ost half the rates in many members in th e European war. including tw o comm anding generals, Eugene tw o years and a half ago, be News office, adjoining these, were the steps leading abruptly down the B utte, Mont., m iners have th re a t 300 officers and th e com plete artillery fore the entrance of the city plant, saved. In the livery stable 27 horses terrace to the carriage road. He had ened to lay the city in ashes if the of the Russian arm y .” come by the other way, the ram bling which claims th e credit for the reduc were burned to death. The losses will reach $60,000, w ith stone stairs which began a t the por sta te o r federal troops a tte m p t to en ter tion. the city. t e r s lodge, back of the villa. The present ra te w ar w as forecast about $30,000 insurance. German Monoplanes Drop Several buildings on th e w est side “Padre." w hospered Courtlandt, "I when th e w ater board asked A m ericans and all o th er foreigners More Bombs Into Paris recently the S ta te railroad commission to curb of th e stre e t caught fire, but the am going. Do not follow. I shall ex in Brussels are safe, according to a plain to you when we m eet again." P aris A German monoplane dropped th e a c tiv itie s of th e p riv ate company flames w ere extinguished. m essage from A m erican M inister The owners of the destroyed proper The padre signified th at he under several more bombs in th e s tre e ts of and th e la tte r responded w ith a re W hitlock. stood. H arrigan protested vigorously, P aris about 6:30 o ’clock W ednesday quest for u n restricted com petition. ty w ill rebuild. A rm ies of the allies are b attlin g to night. One fell a t the Rue Michiodere N eith er was wholly granted. A heroic fight w as made ag ain st the but sm iling and snaking his bead, save P aris from the Germ ans. A con and the Rue du M atre Septem bre, near blaze by firemen and citizens. I t was C ourtlandt went away. flict betw een millions is believed to be th e C redit Lyonnais, and another near due to this and favorable wind that N ora ran to the window. She could Highway Condemnation in progress. the en tire city was not wiped out. St. Lozane station. see H err Rosen striding along, down Suits Are Being Tried One bomb fell in Rue de Hanovre, the winding road, his head in the air. It is officially announced th a t the P resently, from behind a cluster of R ussians have occupied T ilsit, a town near Avenue de l ’Opera, w ithout doing St. H elens—A bout 100 farm ers, sev Five Fires Burn Over 60 m iles northeast of K oenigsberg, dam age. A nother in Rue Mail did not eral atto rn ey s and S tate H ighw ay En Tract ot 2000 Acres m ulberries, the figure of another man came Into view. H e was going a t a explode. It broke through th e roof of g in eer Bowlby and his assistan ts, ap E a st Prussia. C ottage Grove—N early 2000 acres dog-trot, his hat settled a t an angle a house, but did m inor dam age. A The ballot in the C alifornia election bomb fell in the court of a house in peared before the County court in the of the forest reserve was burned over th a t perm itted the rain to beat square th is fall will be four fe e t long and con Rue Ju b e rt and blew out th e windows, condemnation proceedings for rig h t of in the recent fires in the London coun ly into his face. The next turn in the try . Probably 200,000 or 300,000 feet road shut them both from sight. But tain fo rty-eight in itia tiv e and refe re n but did no dam age. A nother bomb way for the Columbia Highway. Claims for back-hill places on dum measures. N ora did not stir. has been found in Rue de Moscou. It logged-off lands have been put in at of tim b er was destroyed. T here w ere five fires in progress at H err Rosen stopped and turned. One of the larg est liners in the w as loaded w ith bullets. T his was evi $500 an acre and for agricultural land one tim e, th a t on L ittle riv er, near "You called?” world, th e K aiser W ilhelm der Grosse, dently aim ed a t the St. L a z a rre 'sta th a t is tak en nothing less than $1000 Black B utte, being the most serious. “Yes.” C ourtlandt had caught up was sunk by a B ritish cruiser oflf the tion. an acre is being asked. F ire Warden F rank Brumbaugh and coast o f A frica. As th ere are more than 100 claims, a crew of eight men have this and with him Just as H err Rosen was about to open the gates. “Ju s t a moment, 7751 Hanks Are National. the County court w ill tak e several days sm aller fires under control. I t is said th a t B ritish m arines have H err Rosen," with a hand upon the W ashington, D. C.—T here w ere 7751 for th e hearings, a fte r which its decis occupied Ostend to p revent th e G er F ire W arden S. P. Shortridge has bars. “I shall not detain you long." mans from g e ttin g a foothold on the N ational banks doing business in the ion will be given on all claims a t the gained control of th ree fires in the T here was studied insolence in the sam e tim e. U nited S ta te s a t the close o f business E nglish Channel. sam e territo ry . The blaze on Wilson tones and the gestures which accom A ugust 31, according to a statem en t creek is still burning, required a X avier de Castelnau, th e 12-year-old issued by the controller of the cu r panied them. m onth’s fighting w ith crew s ranging Hour Holds at $5.20. son of General C astelnau, chief of staff rency. They had an authorized capital "Be brief, If you please.” from th ree to six men. F ive hundred The low est wholesale price of flour of the French arm y, was among the of $1,073,524,175, and circulation out “My nam e is Edw ard Courtlandt, as acres w ere burned over in the three in the Portland m arket now is $5 a killed in a recent action. standing of $877,540,281, of which Imrrel, th e only mill th a t quoted less fires handled by Mr. Shortridge and doubtless you have heard." "In a large room It Is difficult to An official statem en t from th e B rit $126,241,760 was secured by other than th a t figure having advanced its about 100,000 fe e t of tim ber de rem em ber all the introductions.” ish consulate in Galveston, Tex., says than by U nited S ta te s bonds. He thinks th a t the fires price 20 cents only a day or tw o ago. stroyed. "Precisely. T hat Is why I tak e the Eleven applications w ere made d u r O ther m ills are asking $5.20 a barrel. handled by Mr. Brumbaugh covered three B ritish w arships have been sent liberty of recalling it to you, so th a t ing A ugust for conversion or reo rg an i a t full speed to p rotect rotton and oil It is probable th a t at you will not forget It,” urbanely. The flour m arket is keeping pace w ith 1500 acres. zation of S ta te banks as N ational traffic in the Gulf of Mexico. the advance in m illing w heat. Blue- least 200,000 feet of tim ber was lost. A pause. Dark patches of w ater banks, and 13 formal applications for stem sold a t $1.03 a bushel, a gain of Several fires occurred in the Row were spreading across th eir shoulders. Home Secretary McKenna, of Lon organization of N ational banks by in river country during the past week. a cent over a preceding day 's price. don, said th a t no spies had been shot L ittle rivulets ran down C ourtlandt's dividuals not connected w ith sta te or | F arm ers are holding very firm and are in England. There have been rum ors arm , raised as it was against the bars. National institu tio n s. Ten of the Two Months' Work Needed. tak in g advantage of the situation to th a t many (versons in th e secret em la tte r w ere approved. “I do not see how It may concern get all they can for th eir w heat. ploy of Germany had been executed. A storia — C aptain Groves, superin me,” replied H err Rosen finally with The presen t price of $5 a barrel for tendent of dredges for the P o rt of an insolence more m arked than Court- P rem ier Asquith and A rth u r J . Bal Rich Men Save Hnissels. j flour com pares w ith the quotation of landt's. four, one of the lenders of th e opposi London A dispatch to th e E xpress j $4.70 on th is d ate last year, $5.10 on Portland commission, says he expects "In P aris we m et one night, a t the tion in th e house of commons, are to about tw o m onths’ work w ith the from The Hague says the four richest the sam e date in 1912, $4.95 three stage entrance of the Opera. 1 pushed speak in th e historic Guild hall, in the dredge Multnomah w ill be required men in Belgium have guaranteed the years ago, $5.35 four years ago, $6.25 city of Isindon, this week in an effort to open up the Tongue Point channel. you aside, not knowing who you were. paym ent to Germany of the w ar tax five years ago, and $4.85 in 1908. to encourage recruiting. The intention is to dig a channel 300 You had offered your services; the which the G ermans levied ag ain st feet wide and 25 feet deep from No. 2 door of Miss H arrlgan's limousine.” The U nited R ailw ays company of Belgium. The four are E rn est Solvay, Water System for Fair. "It was you?" scowling. buoy down, a distance of approxim ate San Francisco, has inaugurated a plan “ Alkali K in g ;” Baron L am bert, Bel "I apologize for that. Tomorrow Salem An independent w ater sys ly 4000 feet. whereby employes may receive small gium rep resen tativ e of the R othchilds; tem for the S tate F a ir grounds has The operation of the dredge entails morning you will leave Hellaggio for loans from th e company a t 5 per cent Raoul W aroeque, mine owner, and V arenna Somewhere betw een nine been decided U|>on by the board o f d i a year. The system is to save em Baron Kmpnin, railw ay m agnate. rectors, and the drilling of the first an expense of betw een $8000 and $9000 and ten the first train leaves for a month, which is being paid by the ployes from the loan sharks. "H ad not th is g u arantee been g iv e n ,” well has been started . Milan " Commission. The official press bureau of London, says the correspondent, "B ru ssels "V arenna! M ilan!" A ccording to Mr. George E. Scott, in an announcem ent says the govern would probably have been tre a te d as the contractor, a large riv er flows un “Exactly. You speak English as Dahlia .Lovers Exhibit. Louvain was. Big guns w ere mounted naturally and fluently as if you were ment has g ratefully accepted an offer der th e grounds and Salem , and he ad W heeler — The Nehalem Valley In in front o f the palace ready for bom from the people of A lb erta of a h alf born to the tongue. Thus, you will vises th a t th e city eventually obtain dustrial and Floral F a ir a t Nehalem leave for Milan. W hat becomes of million bushels of c a ts for the arm y b ard m en t.” its w ater supply from the stream . | was well attended. The exhibits in- you a fter th at Is of no consequence and from the governm ent of Quebec of S ecretary M eredith announced th a t the I eluded dahlias, vegetables, woodwork, to me. Am 1 m aking myself clear?" Cotton Men Want Help. 4,000,000 |N>unds of cheese. cottag e city d is tric t a t the fair Fort W orth, Tex. V irtual tak in g grounds would be moved to a tra c t | needlework, cheese and cream ery prod "V erdam pt! Do I believe my e a rs ? ” ucts and w ere such as to reflect the furiously. "A re you telling me to leave Both Germany and G reat B ritain w est of th e new pavilion before the grow th of industries in N ehalem val Hellaggio tom orrow m orning?” have accepted the pro|s>sal of the over of th e 1914 cotton crop by the opening of the fa ir Septem ber 28. ley. The dahlias w ere especially U nited S tates th a t th e w ireless s ta governm ent because of th e m arket "As directly as 1 can.” effective, nearly 2500 plants being a r tions at Tuckerton, N. J ., and S ay ) stagnation caused by th e w ar in Eu- H err Rosen's face became as red Ilig Fstate Is Inherited. l rope was urged by prom inent planters ranged in the big centerpiece. The ville, L. I., be perm itted to send code as his name. lie was a brave young ¡of half a dozen sta te s a t th e conven Pendleton John Guriado and his prizes w ere evenly divided between the man, but there was danger of an act m essages to belligerent countries, sub ject to censorship by A m erican naval tion of the F arm ers’ Educational and sister, Mrs. T u lita Adams, w ife of a exhibitors. The N ehalem contingent ive kind in the blue eyes boring Into ! Co-operative union. C. S B arrett, of laborer, are on th e ir way to Los An of the Tlilamook county boosters band officers. his own. If it cam e to a physical con | Union City, Ga., president, advocated furnished the music. test, he realized th at he would get the The B ritish steam ship Holmwood has an appeal to congress to provide for geles w ith Colonel Jam es A. Raley, worst of it. He put his hand to his been sunk by a German cruiser off tin the outright purchase ot the crop and a prom inent attorney of Pendleton, to Hood River Relic does. throat; his very im potence was chok coast o f South A m erica, according to urged th e indorsem ent of a bill in tro claim th e ir shares in the estate of th eir Hood R iver The oldest structure a cablegram received by th e owners of duced by R epresentative H enry, of fath er, John Guriado, who died recen t now standing in Hood River, built 28 ing him. ly. leaving $150,000 and no will. T heir "Your H ighness . . ." the K atherine Bark, a t New York, Texas, w ith this end in view. identity hns l>eon established, attorneys years ago by Robert Rand, and occu "H ighness!” H err Rosen stepped which has the crew of the ship aboard. say. The elder Guriado anil his w ife pied by th e c ity ’s first bnrber, was back. The cablegram , which was from Rio Nome Is Storm-Stricken. The quarreled when the children were destroyed by fire W ednesday. "Yes. Your H ighness will readily Janeiro, did not sta te the tim e or place Nome, Alaska Nome is in the young, and the fam ily became split up, stru ctu re was occupied by a plum bing see the wisdom of my concern for of the sinking, nor did it give the clutches of a storm th at th re a te n s to company and the fire started in a pile the children going w ith th eir m other. your hasty departure when I add th at name of the German cruiser. of tar-covered ropes. Its fram e walls I know all about the little house in repeat the destruction w rought by The m other died a few years ago. were dry as tinder, and the flames Versailles, th at my knowledge Is An A m erican w arship has been d is the gale w hich d evastated the d istric t w ere pouring from doors and windows shared by the chief of the Parisian patched to Turkey, presum ably to last spring. The surf, lashed by a Scouring Mills Close. in an instant. A djoining business police and the m inister of war. If southeast gale from the sea, had carry gold to American m issionaries. Pendleton A fter a successful sea T h a t T i t le . reached the front of the life-saving son covering deals ag g reg atin g over blocks w ere saved by quick work of you annoy Miss H arrigan with your • • • • • • • S ecretary Bryan cabled all American station and m erchants were preparing the volunteer fire departm ent. equivocal attentions . . ." C eleste stood behind Abbott and $500,000 since March, the Pendleton em bassies and legations in Europe to to move stocks of goods to places out A tenem ent m ight have sheltered It "Uott! This is too m uch!" studied his picture through half-closed, urge Americans to leave Europe w ith of reach of th e waves. The wind is Scouring Mills have closed down until Car Line Pays $7t,000. Still it's A m erica's "W ait! I am stronger than you critical eyes. "You have painted It —no palace. next spring. Edmund J. Burke, head out delay. increasing. Oregon C ity More than $100,000 are IX) not make me force you to over too many tim es.” Then she birthplace. It's th e cradle of a new of the concern, paid off all the men Before the storm reached its present and left for Portland, from w here he was collected Tuesday in the tax col h ear me to the end You have gone looked down at the shapely head. Ah, nation, says the M other's Magazine A Boulogne dispatch to th e Standard at London says the tow n of Tournai, stren g th , th e steam ers V ictoria, Cor late r will retu rn to Philadelphia. The lecting departm ent. Tuesday was tne about this intrigue like a blackguard, the longing to put her hands upon It, In an interesting article on cradles. capital of the D epartm ent of llain au t, win and Bear steam ed out to sea. m ills employed about 40 men. The last opportunity for the taxpayers to and th a t 1 know- Your H ighness not to to run her fingers through the tousled Brought over on the Mayflower, It Belgium, occupied by th e Germans, output of th e season was 4,000,000 settle th e ir account w ith the county be The m atter Is, you a re young, you hair, to touch it with her lips! But sheltered the first child. P eregrine Hritish Keep Their Jam. was compelled to pay an indem nity of pounds o f wind baled and 1,500,000 w ithout paying the 10 per cent added have always had your way, you have no! "Perhaps you are tired ; perhaps W hite, who was born to the Pilgrim s $400,00(1 w ithin an hour, the burgol W ashington. 1). C. W ar on the pounds scoured. Mr. Burke predicted penalty. The Portland Railway. L ight not learnt restraint. Y cur presence you have worked too hard. Why not in Plym outh bay In 1620. Not a bit m aster being held as a hostage u n ti C ontinent and mobilization in England a b e tte r season next year ami says this A Bower company paid more than here Is an insult to Miss H arrigan. put aside your brushes for a week?" Imposing, is it? But it's a rare nest, $74,000, the largest amount. Less and if she was pleasant to you this the money was paid. will not ta> allowed to affect th e B rit year was b e tte r than he expected. "I've a good mind to chuck it into and the most valuable In America, it than $50,000 will be turned over to the afternoon it was for my benefit. If , the lake. I simply can't paint any i we m easure by history. ish break fast. Ambassador Page, at Prince A lbert, King G eorge's second sheriff's office on the delinquent tax you do not go, 1 shall expose you.” m ore." He (lung down the brushes. J l.ondon, reported to the S ta te d e p a rt Not another country in the world Canadian Company Sued. son, who has been with th e N orth Sea list. C ourtlandt opened the gate. ment th at exportations of jam and "I'm a fool. Celeste, a fool. I'm crying can show us th eir cradle. W e ought Salem A tem porary restrain in g o r fleet, was recently taken ill w ith ap "And if l refuse?” m armalade, an essential p a rt o f the der against the N ational M ercantile for the moon, th a t's w hat the m atter to feel mighty proud of it. T here's Huena Vista Clover Poor. pendicitis. As rest ami q uiet were "Why. In that case, being the Amer is. W hat's the use of beating about ' som ething a bit im m ortal about these B ritish b reak fast, had been forbidden company doing business in Oregon was Buena V ista Clover hulling, which necessary, th e prince was landed at a by English authorities. ican th at 1 am, w ithout any particular sued by C ircuit Judge Galloway. The is in progress in this d istrict, is expos reverence for royalty or nobility, as the bush? You know as well as I do strip s of w icker For the m atter of port in Scotland. His condition causes th at It's Nora.” th at, there Is about all old cradles, ing a poor yield. The midge, grass- action was sta rte d by A ttorney G eneral no anxiety. it Is known. I prom ise to thrash you H er heart contracted, and for a little historic or unknown. 500 Are Left Homeless. Craw ford at the instance of Corpora hopj'ers, and th e long dry spell are roundly tomorrow morning at ten while she could not see him clearly. They come down from past genera The Ix>ndon Chronicle in a long a r W arsaw. Iml. E tna G reen, a town tion Comm issioner W atson, who al blamed for the noted decrease. From "B ut what earthly chance have IT" tions. They've seen life. T hey've ticle w arns the English governm ent of 10 miles w est of here, was burned and leged th a t th e company had not com one bushel to two and one-half bushels o clock. In the dining room. In the the danger of E ngland's la-coming em 500 residents were made homeless. plied w ith the corporation laws of the are being obtained. Some grow ers bureau, the draw ing room, wrherever I he w ent on. Innocently but ruthlessly. been rocked for hundreds of years In "No one can help loving N ora." old homes. They've been associated broiled w ith the U nited S tates over L ightning set fire to a railw ay depot, sta te . The company is a foreign cor- report even less than a bushel an acre. may happen to find you " C ourtlandt turned on hts heel and "No," In a sm all voice. w ith g reat business—th e m aking of questions of contraband of war, and the flames spreading and alm ost every l-oration. having headquarters in V an The Polk county acreage this year is hurried hack to the villa. He did not "It's all rot, this talk about affini men and w-omen who have made h is argues th a t any estrangem ent la-tween structure in th e hamlet was const]mod, couver, B. C., ansi, according to the said to be the largest yet planted and th e tw o countries would bo the ex trem e despite a severe rain storm . The dam- corporation comm issioner, is conduct estim ates for its value has been at a look over his shoulder. If he had. ha ties. There s alw ays some poor devil I tory. of bad m anagement. | age is estim ated at $150,000. high m ark. ing in P ortland a bum business. Resume of World’s Important Events Told in Brief. MACGRA' k & CD. RHODES M i GERMAN CAPTURE OF 70,000 RUSSIAN TROOPS REPORTED $ t