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P A U zT O N ^ G F
ETHEL HUESTON
Organization Perfected and Business
Commenced on First Day.
IL L U S T M A T F D BY
W .C .X A N N F
the m em ory of th a t first night for i
days. “I t m uy be h a u n te d for ail w s
know ," cried C arol deliciously. “J u s t
think, C onnie, th ere m ay be seven
ghosts cam ped on the head of y our bed,
w atting—”
“C a ro l!"
W hen th e fam ily g a th e red for w o r
ship on th a t first S a b b a th m orning.
Mr. S ta rr said, a s he tu rn e d th e leaves
o f his w ell-w orn Bible, “I th in k It
would be w ell fo r you to help w ith th e
m orning w orship now. W hen I finish
read in g th e ch ap ter, Connie, you will
rnuke the first p ra y er. J u s t p ray for
w h a tev e r you w ish ns you do s t night
fo r yourself. I will follow you.”
C onnie's eyes w ere w ide w ith respon
sibility d u rin g th e read in g of th e chap
ter, but w hen she began to speak h e r
voice did not fa lte r. C onnie had nine
y e ars of good M ethodist experience
back of h e r!
“O ur F a th e r, who a r t In heaven, w e
bow o u rselv es before th y footstool In
hum ility a n d reverence. T hou a r t o u r
God, o u r C re ato r, o u r Savior. B less us
th is day, a n d cause th y fa c e to shine
upon us. B lot out our tran sg ressio n s,
pardon o u r tresp asses. W ash us, th a t
w e m uy be w h iter th an snow . H ide
not thy fa ce from th e ey es of thy
children, tu rn not upon us in w rath.
P ity us. L ord, a s we kneel h e re p ro s
tra te before thy m ujesty and glory.
L et th e w ords of o u r m ouths and th e
m editatio n s of o u r h e a rts be a cc ep t
able in thy sight, O Lord, o u r stre n g th
and our R edeem er. And finally save
us, un unbroken futuily aro u n d thy
th ro n e in heaven, fo r J e s u s ’ sake.
Am en.”
T h is w as follow ed by a n electric si
lence. P ru d en ce w as b iting her lips
painfully, anil counting by te n s a s fa st
a s she could. F a iry w as m entally go
ing over th e p ray er, sen ten ce by sen
tence, and a ttrib u tin g each p etition
to th e individual m em ber In th e old
S la te C apitol, Salem . Ja n . 8.—T he
O regon le g isla tu re got off to a flying
(Copyright, by the Bobbs-MerrUl Company.)
s ta r t today.
In both s e n a te a n d house th e pre
th e girls, Mrs. Adams, I know you will.
siding o fficers w ere elected, desk
T hey really a re a gifted little hunch—
E vent« o f N oted People, G overnm ent»
IL STA RR,
a
w idow er
except me. I'm Just comm on little P ru
c le rk s chosen and ail d e ta ils of o rg a n
M ethodist
m inister,
ha«
and Pacific N o rth w est a n d O ther
dence of th e P arsonage— hut th e o th
ization com pleted w hen a d jo u rn m e n t
been assigned to th e con
e rs !"
And P ru d en ce flung out her
was ta k e n th is a fternoon.
T h in g s W orth K now ing.
g regation a t Mount Murk, Iowa.
han d s dram atically.
M ore a u sp icio u s fo r s successful
H e a n d his d a u g h te r. P ru
sessio n even th a n th is business-like
dence— she Is nineteen, and the
C H A PT E R II.
eldest of five g irls—have come
expedition w as th e fa c t th a t th ere
M any Belgian« who w ere deported
on ahead to get th e new p arso n
w
a
sn
't
so
m
uch
a
s
a
rip
p
le
of
inbar-
to G erm any fo r m anual labor purpose«,
T he R est of th e Fam ily.
age ready fo r the younger m em
' mony.
a re re tu rn in g to th e ir n a tiv e country
It w as S a tu rd a y m orning w hen the
bers
of
th
e
fam
ily.
O
f
course
In th e se n a te Gus C. M oser, of M ult
in p itifu l condition«.
fo u r young parso n ag e g irls arriv ed in
th e w hole town, especially the
nom ah, w as elected p re s 'd e n t by u n a n
M ount M ark. T h e elderly M isses Avery,
One young lady was killed and her
M ethodists, Is throbbing w ith
im ous vote. All five of th e D em ocratic
next door, looked out of th e ir windows,
s is te r seriously in ju red w hen a P o rt
c u rio sity uhout th e new com ers.
(lending th e ir a p p eu ra n ce on M ain
se n a to rs voted for him . and two of
land in te ru rb a n tra in stru c k th e ir a u
Mrs. A dam s, a m em ber of the
them . G arlan d and Baldw in, seconded
stre et, w ith in te re s t a n d concern. T hey
tom obile s t a crossing on th e E atacada
L adies’ Aid society, h u rried over
j his nom ination.
w ere E piscopalians them selves, and in
lin e T hursday.
to call on P rudence, and nosing
In th e house R obert N. S tanfield, of
all th e ir long lives th ey had never so
around found th e girl on her
E. L. McClure, of P ortland, one of
I U m atilla, w as elected s p e a k e r w ith
m uch ns h eard of a w idow er-rector
out a d isse n tin g voice a fte r he hail
knees p raying in the barn. So
th e prom oters of th e “ Forty-five Efli
w ith five d a u g h te rs a n d no housekeep
been n om inated by L ouis E. Bean, of
stie began a t once to “pum p”
ciency C lu b ," became fra n tic a t the
er. T h ere w as som ething blood-cur
lam e, his opponent for the position up
o rg a n iz atio n m eetin g a t th e L ib rary ,
th e girl for nil she w as w orth—
dling in th e b a re Idea.
to
la
s
t
night.
and th re a te n e d violence w ith a pocket
tt w ould be g re a t stuff to tell
A lthough th e house did not get
T h e M isses A very considered P ru
tile
neighbors—and
is
still
a
t
it.
knife.
q u ite so fa r a s th e se n a te on its first
dence h e rse lf ru th e r a sw eet, silly
day,
th
e
re
re
m
a
in
s
only
fo
r
S
p
e
a
k
er
J a u n a ry 10 has been te n ta tiv e ly
little thing.
S tanfield to an n o u n ce his co m m ittees
agreed upon by th e F ederal F arm Loan
"You have som e re al nice people In
to
put
the
tw
o
bodies
on
v
irtu
a
lly
the
C H A PT ER I—Continued.
Board as th e day fo r opening stock
the M ethodist c hurch,” M iss D ora had
sam e footing. Mr. S ta n fie ld will give
su b scrip tio n books to the 12 fa rm loan
—2—
out h is co m m ittee list e arly tom orrow .
told her. "I d a re say you will find a
B ut to re tu rn to the L adles— the p a r
banks. T he books w ill be opened in
In th e se n a te five bills w ere in tro
few of them very likable.”
each c ity w here th e re is a fa rm loan
sonage
girls
alw
ays
capitalized
the
L
a
, duced before final a d jo u rn m e n t for
“Oh, I will like them a ll,” Said P ru
dles
of
th
e
ir
fa
th
e
r
s
ch
u
rch
—“O
ne
of
bank.
the day. T he house a d jo u rn e d a t 4:05
dence quickly anil seriously.
us
should
go
and
help
the
d
e
ar
child."
o
’clock.
W P. MAtfTlN, LA
All clocks In New South W ales were
M tV F .ß L O N D O N , N .V i
“L ike them ull,” echoed M iss Dora.
Before th ey a d jo u rn e d , how ever, the -aid Mrs. Scott, the p re sid en t of the
■ P K C K ,U £ > 'i n /t
se t ahead one hour Ja n u a ry 1 to save
issue of p rohibition had been put up Aids, when they assem bled for th eir “Oil, Im possible!”
IR A C . ' C O P I E Y , IL L .
d a y lig h t, according to a cablegram re
“ Not fo r us," said P rudence. “We
to both house«, and they had faced the lusiness m eeting, "help her, and w el
/ ’V O G H A S S /v r J t
ceived by th e A u stra lia n T rad e com
1 issue sq u arely .
a re used to it, you know. W hen we
come
her,
a
n
d
advise
her."
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Tuoi a . s c h a l l ; m
m ission in San Francisco. A d a y lig h t
“ D ry" M em orial P asses.
“I wiih th in k in g o f going over." said dislike people n t first sight, we visit
It cam e ab o u t th ro u g h th e introduc
sav in g s e t has also been passed in th e j
one,
a n d un o th er, and several others. them , and talk to them , and Invite
1 tion in th e s e n a te by Eddy, of Doug
s ta te of V ictoria.
H ere are five o f the six independents D em ocratic a d m in istratio n . Mr. Ran- las, of a Joint m em orial petitioning
"Oh, th a t will not do ut nil,” said the them to the parsonage, and e n te rta in
An e stim a te th a t 60,000 persons in in th e H ouse of R e p resen tativ es, who B ill, of I/)« A ngleles, is a P rohibition- c o n g ress to p ass a hill pending to p resident. “ I think In a case like th is them w ith o u r best linen and silv er
M a ssach u setts a re addicted to th e dru g w ill have th e balance of pow er th ere is t; Mr. Copley, of Illinois, is a Pro- 1 m ake th e D istrict of Colum bia dry. i he p re sid en t h e rself should re p re se n t w are, und keep on g e ttin g frien d lier
h a b it w as included in a re p o rt of a w hen th e P re sid e n t calls th e new con g ressiv e, as a re T hom as D. Schall, of T h is m em orial w as b ro u g h t to im m e the society. T h erefo re, I will u n d e r und frien d lier, a n d —first thing you
know, we like them tine I"
com m ission appointed by G overnor Mc g re ss into session a fte r M arch 4. Not M innesota, and W. P. M artin, o f Lou (Bate vote on su sp en sio n of the rules tak e tills d uty fo r you.”
So the M isses A very concluded th a t
isian a. M eyer London, o f N ew Y ork, a fte r S e n a to r E ddy had explained th a t
Call to in v e s tig a te th e d ru g evil. T he i . . . . . .
.
...
B
ut
th
is
called
fo
rth
a
storm
of
pro
A lvin T. F u ller, of he d e sired its p a ssa g e today because test and It becam e so clam orous th a t lt Prudence w as not e n tirely responsible.
h a b it, it w as said, is not confined to »"'V ,loe" th e decision of th e speaker- is a S ocialist.
th e dry bill In questio n is to be con
any p a rtic u la r class of people.
j ship dejiend on them , b u t th e whote M assachusetts, se ts him self down as sid ered in th e U nited S ta te s sen ate w as unofficially decided to draw c u ts ! And they w ondered, w ith someth'! ig
| policy of th e house in re la tio n to th e an Independeht.
to m o rro w .. W ith th is e x p lan atio n of W hich w as done, n u d In c o n s e q u e n c e akin to un agony of feur, if the younger
P ostal clerk s and c a rrie rs , b oth u r
th e reaso n for ru sh in g it through, not of th a t d ra w in g of c u ts , Mrs. Adum s g irls "h ad it, to o !” a n d w hen Miss
ban and ru ra l, would receiv e increases n s n r n T D IIC T T fl DC D D flR F D th e evidence w a rra n t such action, and a se n a to r Voted a g a in st It. T h ere w ere now su t on th e fro n t (Kirch o f th e old Alice cried excitedly, "G ulck I Quick !
o f from 5 to 10 per c e n t ,,, th e ir sal-
I K U 5 I I U b t r K U D t U lt it) believed tho c rim in a , prooeed ings, tw o a b se n te e s, S e n a to rs B ingham and gray parsonage, c h e e re d by th e know l T hey a re com ing!” th ey trooped to
a r.e s by a bill agreed on by th e house
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if u n d e rta k en i wou|(J ^ preaae<1 ahead Olson, a n d 28 voted aye.
M iss A lice's window w ith a speed th u t
It had to w ait in th e house until the edge th u t every o th e r L ady o f th e Aid would h ave done c red it to th e p a rso n
postal c o m m itte e F rid ay .
T he in
w
as
envying
h
e
r
I
Manufacturers
to
Face
Prosecution
if
the
civil
proceedings.
o
rg
a
n
iz
atio
n
w
as
com
pleted.
T
he
rules
crease would affect about 200,000 c a r
P u b lish ers charged a t th e h e a rin g w ere su sp en d ed and th e q uestion cam e
“ Now, Ju st he reul sociable a n d tell age g irls them selves.
rie rs and cost 110,000,000 a year.
Evidence Proves Combine.
F irs t cam e th e m inister, whom they
th a t th e m a n u fa c tu re rs had com bined up prom ptly on its m e rits
D. C. me all a bout yourself, and th e others,
both to control prices and to re s tric t Lew is a tte m p te d to delay th e proceed- too,” urged Mrs. Adums. "I w an t to knew very well by th is tim e, and con
T he a ssa ssin a tio n of M. Jolios, an
H e w as
influential m em ber o f th e R ussian
W ashington, D. C .— A tto rn e y Gen- production. Som e m a n u fa c tu re rs had ings on th e tech n ical ground th a t the know all uhout every one of you. T ell sidered q u ite respectable.
lively, us w as to be expected of a
Duma, is re p o rte d by th e O verseas e r a | G regory has ta k e n o ver th e field re fu sed to sell to them iiecause of th e ir house w as not ready for b usiness. Ilr. mo everything."
a c tiv ity in exposing tho m an u factu r-
A nderson, lea d er of the "dry
N ew s agency. A ccording to th is re-
. ,
"T h ere Isn 't m uch to tell,” said P ru M ethodist m inister, und told jokes,
.
, f.
,
.
1 o f th e fediffsl tra d e com m ission s in- e r s ' m ethods.
O th ers declared th ey fo^ e8' ‘n8lsU'd
im m ed iate roll
und laughed ut th e m ! Now, u comical
port, M. Julios disap p eared m y ste ri
call and w as sup p o rted by S p eak er dence, sm iling. "T h ere a re five o f .u s ;
ously a sh o rt tim e ago. and it is be- <|ulr y into th e p rin t pap er m ark et, had been th re a te n e d w ith such re fu sal S tanfield.
l am th e o ld est—I am nineteen. T hen re cto r—oh, u very d iffere u t m atter-
lieved he w as the v ictim of a (tcliticsl w ith a view to d e te rm in in g w hether by m an u factu rers.
Mr. L ew is in sisted th a t he w as not com es Fulry, then the tw ins, and then lt w a sn ’t done, th a t's all I At any ra te ,
h e re cam e th e M ethodist m inister,
opposed to th e m erits of th e m easure the baby.”
m u rd er.
! th e re is a paper tr u s t and in s titu tin g
and', to d e m o n s tra te his good faith,
"A re th e tw in s boys, or a boy a n d a laughing, and on one side of him
B ent, w h iteh aired , although only Bo civil »™* crim in al proceedings a g ain st T an g led R ailroad B ro th e rh o o d
trip p ed a sm all, eurnest-looklng m aid
| moved Its adoption. But h is position girl?”
y e ars old, lle rm n n B illik le ft C hicago m an u fa c tu re rs or o th e rs who m ay have
Controversy ' Before Congress
'1,1‘ hei88,,e
* aK
brought
into
question
“N eith er,” suld P rudence, “ they a re en, clasping his hand, nnd gazing a lte r
v
1™
again
w
hen
he
voted
a
g
a
in
st
it
on
roll
F rid a y fo r C leveland to begin life v iolated th e a n ti-tru s t law s,
nately up in to his face a n d down nt
“ Q uick! T hey Are C om ing!”
both g irls.”
W ashington, D. C. A c tiv ity in th e call. 'J’he seven n e g ativ e votes w ere:
anew . B illik was freed a f te r se rv in g
P re sid e n t W ilson is understood to he
“M ore g irls !" gasped Mrs. Adam s. th e sty lish cem ent sidew alk beueuth church a t E x m ln ster to whom lt b e
tw
een
th
e
ra
il-!
'
'
“
Han,
C
orbett,
K
ubli,
L
ew
is.
M
ackay.
e ig h t y ears in th e s ta te prison a t Jo follow ing th e inq u iry closely. A m ass tan g led c o n troversy betw een th e rail
h e r feet. On th e o th e r side w as F airy.
“And th e baby?”
T h e tw ins w ere a little
lie t follow ing his conviction for m ur o f com plaints and testim o n y and a roads and th e ir em ployes w as resum ed Schim pff and S to tt.
T h e M isses A very knew th e girls by longed.
It is believed th a t th is is th e maxi
“She
Is
a
gtrl,
too.”
And
P
.u
d
e
n
c
e
d e r on testim o n y w hich now is a d m it larg e num ber o f se c re t re p o rts from Monday in tw o d iffere n t part» o f th e m um
i tw n g th in th e house, and laughed. “ In sh o rt, we a re all girls nam e a lre a d y —h aving talked m uch am azed, and q u ite proud. C onnie w as
an honor to th e pursonnge— but they
ted to have been perjured.
th e com m ission’s field fo rce o f inves (a p ito l, w here, six m onths ago, th e ^ ¡a probable th a t m o st of th is group except fa th e r.
H e couldn't be, of w ith Prudence.
w ere concerned lest th ey them selves
tig a to rs have been placed
in the Adam son hill, designed to blaze th e of seven will vote fa v o ra b ly w hen the
“ Such a F a i r y !” gasped M iss Milli-
course— or I suppose he would, fo r our
M uskogee, Ok la. — E leven school
should not do q u ite so w ell w hen th e ir
w ay to peace, w as e n acted in to law.
; "bone-dry" bill com es up. T h e tex t of
a tto rn e y g e n e ra l’s hands.
cent, und th e o th ers echoed the gasp
fam
ily
does
seem
to
ru
n
to
girls."
c hildren w ere killed, fo u r probably
days cam e.
W hile a tto rn e y s in th e Suprem e j th e jo in t m em orial w as tele g ra p h e d to
For several w eeks p ast d e p artm e n t
hut
w
ordlessly.
fa ta lly h u rt, and e ig h t seriously in
“P ru d e n c e is a very nice nam e fo r
B ut In less th a n n m om ent th e m in
officials have been in fre q u e n t consul co u rt a re m aking th e ir opening a rg u W ashington, I). C., to n ig h t
F
o
r
F
a
iry
w
us
very
nearly
a
s
tall
ju re d w hen a tornado w recked the
Two m ore jo in t m em orials, one ask a m in iste r's d a u g h te r,” said Mrs. Ad
iste r-fa th e r began his p ra y er. W hen
ta tio n w ith th e tra d e com m ission on m en ts on th e c o n situ tio n ality o f the
us h e r fa th e r, built upon generous
V ireton ru ra l schoolhouse, IS m iles
ing co n g ress for a n a tio n a l prohibition
he said “A m en,” P rudence w ns on h e r
.
| th e situ a tio n and a re understood to Adam son act. R e p resen tativ e A dam law, the o th e r a sk in g c o n g ress to bar am s suggestively.
n o rth w e st o f M cA lester, sh o rtly before .
“ Yes— fo r som e m in iste rs’ d au g h lines, ra th e r com m anding In a p p e a r feet and hulf-w ay u p sta irs before tho
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have under serio u s c onsideration the son, fa th e r of th e law, has begun a liquor a d v e rtisin g from the m ails, will
ance,
a
little
splendid-looking.
Even
noon T hursday, t h e one-room fram e
,
... ,
,
te
rs
,”
asse
n
ted
P
rudence.
"B
u
t
is
sa
d
o th ers w ere fa irly risen. F a iry stood
’
e a rly in stitu tio n of g rand ju ry pro- fight in th e house fo r prom pt passage be p re sen te d la te r by S e n a to r Eddy.
from th e ir w indow s th ey could discern
•ehoolhouse in w hich w ere 28 children
ly u n su itab le fo r m e.”
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railw ay
in-
gazing In ten tly out of th e window for
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| fe ed in g s at w hich in d ictm en ts charg- —
^ - bill,
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w as s h a tte re d by th e tornado, every inR violHtjon o f th t, com m ercial section tended to cover ev ery phase of th e sit-
Mrs. A dam s looked c ritically a t th is som ething d istin ctly Ju n o lik e in th is a m om ent, nnd then w ent o u t to th e
child except tw o being killed o r in
slxteeu-year-old
girl,
w
ith
th
e
easy
young d uugliter of th e parsonage.
D esks Filled by V eterans.
u stió n , and w ill resum e his efforts in !
o f th e law w ill lie asked
b a rn to see If th e horse w as through
ju red , according to re p o rts received bv
Salem .—T h e s e n a te has an a ll vet T hen h e r eyes w andered down to her e la stic strid e th a t m atched h e r fa eating. Mr. S ta rr w alked gravely and
T he form al ta k in g o ver o f th e in b e h alf of co n tin u in g th e life of the
telephone. R unners d ispatched from
th
e
r's,
a
n
d
th
e
grueeful
head,
well
c
a
r
q u iry by th e d e p a rtm e n t w as in re N ew lands ra ilw a y in v estig a tio n com- e ra n desk o rg a n iz atio n . W ith one ex- clothes, ami lingered. In silen t ques
soberly out th e fro n t door, and around
th e scene o f th e d is a s te r in S o u th e ast
ried. A young goddess— nam ed F a iry 1
sponse to a le tte r se n t th e a tto rn e y m 'tte e .
I ception, all the desk c le rk s and o th er tioning. on P ru d e n c e's dress. It w as
th e house. H e ra n into F a iry com ing
e rn O klahom a to Blocker, O kla., seven
B ehind them , luughing and (‘b u tte r
The new Adam son bill introduced re- officials of th e s e n a te elected today a very p ecu liar color. In fact. It w as
general by S e c re ta ry B racken o f the
o u t the k itc h e n door, and th ey glanced
m iles aw ay, rep o rted th e d isa ste r.
ing,
like
th
re
e
children,
us
they
were—
no
color
u
t
ull—no
nam
ed
color.
P
ru
com m ission.
cently would provide an eig h t-h o u r ,
d , (h
c a p a c i t y a t th e last
quickly u t each other.
Beyond a sse rtin g th a t th e in v estig a day m ake strik e s illegal and p e r m i t , spgilo'n
y fairly V i s i l e w ith ex dence's eyes hail follow ed Mrs. Ad cam e th e tw in s w ith P rudence, each
In reply to th e proffer of G erm any
“H u rry , pupa,” she w h isp e re d ; “you
w
ith
a
n
arm
aro
u
n
d
h
e
r
w
uist.
And
am
s'
glance,
and
she
spoke
fran
k
ly
.
th e d e p a rtm e n t th e ta k in g over o f railw ay line« by perience. Jo h n W. C ochran, re-elected
and her a llies fo r a peace conference, tio n and any action
c a n 't hold in m uch lo n g er! N eith er
P
rudence
w
as
a
very
little
ta
lle
r
thun
m uch th e m ilita ry on th e order« of th e Pres- | chief clerk , h a s been ch ie f cle rk for
“ I suppose you’re w ondering If th is
th e e n te n te allies, in a collective note, m ig h t ta k e would be h astened as
can I ! ”
“ ’
” Mr. G
“ regory declined
. . . . to ¡dent w hen public serv ice dem ands two sessio n s p re ce d in g th is one. Mr. d re ss Is nny co lo r! W ell. I th lu k It they. W hen th ey re ac h ed th e fence
declare th a t th ey ’ 're fu se to consider a as possible,
And together, choking w ith laugh
th
u
t
bordered
th
e
parsonage,
the
scone
such action.
C ochran, though, is a m ere in fan t In really Is. h u t It isn ’t any of th e re g u
proposal w hich is em pty and in sin com m ent on th e situ a tio n .
te r, they h u rrie d Into th e b arn and
D ra stic though the bill is a d m itte d | Point of se rv ice a s co m pared tQ, John la r shades. It Is my ow n invention, for a m om ent resem bled a m in ia tu re
I t is understood, how ever, th a t de
c e r e ." T he note w as handed to the
gave full vent to th e ir feelings.
A m erican am bassador, W illiam Grave» p a rtm e n t officials a re prep ared to in to be, Mr. Adam son e x p resses confi- I *'■ H oot, of W oodburn, th e capable b a t I'v e nev er nam ed it. F a iry grew riot. T he sm a lle r g irls Juiiqied nnd
S harp, Sunday, by P re m ie r Kriand, s titu te s|>eedily a dissolution su it dence th a t it w ill be enacted into law. ■ ¡18a'ata n t ch ie f c le rk in 1907. and he up and out a n d around, anil one day exclaim ed, and d a s(ie d th e ir hands.
any m a n u fa c tu re rs w ithin Save fo r the eig h t-h o u r day provision. ha8 not > 'ii» se d _ a je ssio n since,
w hen I w as so nearly out of clothes I F a iry ieuned over th e fence, und
and w as m ade public sim ultaneously in a g a in st
Doesn’t it seem th a t th e happy-
fe d era l ju risd ic tio n who a re believed th e m easu re is undertsood to h a v e the
h a rd ly fe lt I could a tte n d church any slu red Intently nt this, th e ir parsonage
Ixindon and P aris.
go-lucky houseful of parsonage
hom
e.
T
hen
th
e
se
rio
u
s
little
girl
Change* in A ct a re Favored.
| to have conspired in re s tra in t o f tra d e approval of th e P re sid e n t.
more, she suggested th a t I cut a n old
g irlt will win the frien d sh ip of
Ixvndon —- The c u tte r P ro te cto r ha« or to effect a mono|xily. A t th e sam e
Salem . T h e s ta te in d u stria l acci one o f h ers dow n for m e ! At first I scram bled u n d e r th e fence, follow ed
th e Avery sp in ste rs and te a r
been blown up. The n um ber of men tim e it was m ade c le ar th e evidence
The m ilita ry com m ander of Moscow dent com m ission an n o u n ced th a t It laughed, a n d th en I w as Insulted. F a iry closely by th e llthe-llm hed tw ins. A
aw ay the b a rrie r of snobbiahneaa
lost is not known. V essels rep o rted adduced by th e com m ission would be has closed th a t c ity to refu g ees, says would su p p o rt a n u m b er of am end 1 « th re e y e a rs younger th an I. a n d !>■— ». a Tory «Beet onn—a n d t l w P n t-
and reserv e which hedges them
sunk include th e B ritish ste a m e r Ape thoroughly
_ _ d ig este d so th a t no injus-
_
th e O verseas N ew s A gency, which incu ts to the w o rk m e n 's com pensation before th en she had got my handed- j donee, too. w a s w riggling b en eath the
in?
ley H all, 8882 to n s; D anish ste am er tic e m ight he done m a n u fa c tu re rs in- adds th a t th e c ity is crow ded w ith peo- act. Included in th e se is an am end dow ns.
B ut now th e tab le s w ere | feuee.
D anm ark, 2050 to n s; R ussian ste a m e r nocent of illegal practices.
pie fro m R oum ania. O dessa and all m ent to m ake it a m isd em e an o r for tu rn ed . From th a t tim e on F a iry 's
"H
old
the
w
ire
up
fo
r
me.
p
a
p
a
!”
an em ployer to com pel a new work
T uskar, 8049 tons, and th e N orw egian
In addition d e p a rtm e n t officials a re p a rts of S o u th ern R ussia. Roum anian
m an about to e n te r h is se rv ice to re clo th es w ere cut do w n fo r me. I still cried F a iry . “I ’m too fu t.” And n sec-
iTO B E C O N T IN U ED .)
ste a m e r Kdda. 137 tons. T hree o f the understood to be p re p a rin g to ask for refu g ees, th e agency says, will in the je c t th e act ; a n a m e n d m en t to extend f e d b itte r about tt. F a iry Is (lark, and ond in te r she wns ru n n in g gracefully
crew of th e T u sk a r w ere drow ned.
crim in al in d ic tm e n ts should a n aly sis of fu tu re be se n t to S ib eria.
p ro tec tio n to p riv a te em ployers, m ak d a rk blues a re becom ing to her. She a cro ss th e law n to w a rd th e parsonage,
ing it possible fo r any em p lo y er to handed dow n th is dre ss—tt w as d a rk T he M ethodist m in iste r laughed boy- O N E O F E A R T H 'S Q U IE T S P O T S
A c q u itted of th e charge of m urder
_
_
se cu re pro tectio n u n d e r th e law by hluc then. But 1 w as not w a n tin g a ishly, and placing his h an d s on the
T h re e Men S w ep t to D eath.
on D ecem ber 18, T hom as G reen has re-
'« n s p o r t L o ss D enied,
S e a ttle , W a s h .—One g ia n t sea th a t a g ree in g not only to pay th e w ork dark blue, am i I thought tt would be j feuce post, he v aulted lightly over, Very L ittle M ovement N oted In th a
fused to leave th e Cam den, N. J .,
B erlin “ One of our s u b m a rin e s,"
m en's c o n trib u tio n of t c en t a day. but
College T ow n D uring th e D row iy
county ja il u n til he succeed« in h e atin g say s an official s ta te m e n t issued Sun- thu n d ered down upon th e schooner a p e rce n ta g e acco rd in g to occupation. less recognizable If I gave lt a con- : and reached th e house w ith his daugh-
Sum m e.' M nth«.
tru stin g color. I chose lavender. I ters. T hen th e M isses Avery, school
his cellm ate a gam e of checkers. Both day by th e G erm an a d m iralty , " t o r - S um ner as she w as b a ttlin g w ith a
dyed It fo u r tim es, ond th is w a s the re tea ch e rs a n d elderly, Iboked a t one a n
checker p lay e rs a re well on in years.
O pposition to Be W ithdraw n.
pedoed and sank, D ecem ber 23, in th e g re a t w e ste rly gale, sw ept Ivan Jo
Only th e dead sleep m ore serenely,
other.
Salem . O r.—S e n a to r Dim ick will su lt,”
In sp ite o f th e high cost o f living, M ed iterran ean an enem y tra n s p o rt of hansen, Ira Atwood and Ole H arum ,
“ Did you ever?" gasped the oldest m ore b e au tifu lly th an the college tow n
"D o th e tw in s d re ss alik e ? ” Inquired
abandon h is a tta c k s on th e Oregon
m
ore
th
an
5000
tons.
T
he
vessel
was
S
e
a
ttle
fisherm
en,
to
th
e
ir
death
off
m ore m a rria g e licenses w ere issued at
in sum m er. W hen you e n te r tt you feel
Cape O m m aney, on D ecem ber 3, ac naval m ilitia a t th is se ssio n and from Mrs. Adam s, w hen she could control Miss Avery, and th e o th e rs slowly
th e m arriag e license bureau in New accom panied by w arships. ”
th a t a peace th a t pa sse th all under»
su rfa ce in d ic a tio n s th a t o rg an izatio n j b e r voice.
shook th e ir heads.
cording
to
C
ap
tain
M.
J
.
Rolie,
m
aste
r
York C ity in 1916 th an ev er before, it
will have a peaceful jo u rn ey through
u n fo rtu n a te ly fo r Connie.
Now, think ! Did you e v er see a rec- sta n d in g h a s som ehow descended upon
lavraion - C om m enting on th e G e r of th e c ra ft.
w as announced. T he to ta l fo r the year
th e session. D uring th e last six years,
T
hey
do
It
on
purpose
to
escape
th
e
to
r
Jum ping a three-w ire fence, nnd th e place. It Is a wom an w hose lover
T he Sum ner a rriv e d in S e a ttle Wed for th re e sessions. S e n a to r Dim ick has
w as 67,138 as com pared w ith 59,646 m an re p o rt of the sin k in g o f an en
hnnded-dow
n
*
!
T
hey
w
on't
even
h
av
e
ru
n
n
in g full speed a cro ss his fro n t is aw ay and who spends th e lazy days
te n te tra n sp o rt, th e London P ress Bu nesday n ig h t from the N orth, b rin g a ssailed th e nav al m ilitia a p p ro p ria
in 1916.
dream ing of him and w aitin g for tils
re au sa y s; "N o tra n s p o rt, B ritish or in g th e first d e ta ils o f th e loss of the tion. sta n d in g sp o n so r for bills to h a ir ribbons different. And th e result y a rd In p u rsu it of a Hying fam ily? It
re tu rn .
A t m idnight Sunday th e w hols island French, w as sunk in th e M ed iterran ean th re e m en in a terrific storm on th a (il«ilish th e o rg a n iz atio n , and one y ear Is th u t |Msir C onnie nev er g ets one m ay possibly h a v e occu rred w e have
D ow ntow n In the evening, g irls
piloted his bill th ro u g h th e s e n a te to new thing except shoes. She say s she ( nev er seen It. N either had th e th ree
of New Foundland w ent “ d r y ,'' a pro D ecem ber 2 3 .”
A laska h a lib u t banka.
victory, but it failed to pass both cannot help th an k in g th e Lord in her M isses Avery. Nor did th ey ever ex sa u n te r th e stre e ts In p a irs and a re
h ibition a r t becom ing effective,
A
houses.
long list of p ro p rietary m edicines has
p ra y e rs th a t all of us o u tw e a r o u r pect to. And If they h a d seen It, It not too scornful of th e w andering com
W om an to A rgue C a se .
P ro h ib itio n W o rk e r Dies.
m ercial salesm an. At the hotel lig h ts
T h is y e ar th e naval m ilitia is asking
been placed under th e him.
San
F rancisco
Mrs.
A n n ette
P o rtlan d T. S. M cDaniel, chairm an for 81S.960, 1900 In e x cess of th e a p hoes before we cun outgrow th em .— Is q u ite likely they w ould have joined a re low and th e lobby Is q u ie t; In th e
C
onnie
Is
only
niuc.
F
a
iry
Is
sixteen,
th
e
b
a
ck
slid
ers
a
t
th
a
t
Instant.
F o rty -six women w ere burned t o 1 Adam s, a ssista n t U n ited S ta te s d is of th e hoard of tru s te e s of W illam ette p ro p riatio n given tw o y e a rs ago.
and th e tw in s a re th irte en . T hey a re
B ut w ithout w astin g m uch tim e on b a r a re a few citizens, a dru m m er a n d
d eath in a fire th a t destroyed St. F e r t r ic t a tto rn e y here, begun th e a rg u U n iv e rsity and w idely known in Meth-
a very clever lot of girls."
th is gruesom e thought, th ey hu rried m aybe tw o o r th re e stu d e n ts who a re
dinand do H alifax asylum , a t St. F e r m en ts Monday of th e prosecution for o d ist c ircles of th e N orthw est and in
Few C h an g es in Rules.
“ And w h at a re you going to do?" In- to a window com m anding the best view tu to rin g th ro u g h the sum m er.
dinand de H a lifa x , M egantic county, th e conviction of F ra n c is Bopp, Ger- business circ le s in P ortland, died Wed-
Ralem —T h e house c o m m itte e on
M orning« on "T he H ill” you g et still
m an conaul general in th is city, and nesdav nig h t a t th e P ortland Medical rules m et and decided to recom m end q u ln sl Mrs. Adam s, looking w ith real of th e parsonage, nnd ra ised it. T hen
Quebec, la te S aturday night.
o th e rs indicted fo r alleged conspiracy h ospital. IV a th cam e a t 9:06 o ’clock th e adoption of th e ru le s used a t the affection a t th e b right, sw eet face. they c lu stered behind the c u rta in s, and m ore su rely th e sen satio n o f looelU
T h ere waa ness. T he clock In the lib ra ry tow er
T h ree billion d ollars is th e value put to d e stro y e n te n te m unitions, a breach and w as not unexpected, as h is life had 1915 sessio n w ith th e ex cep tio n of a "You ought to go to school. Y ou're w atched and listened.
Just a girl yourself."
on th e 1916 o u tp u t of A m erican m ines of th e n e u tra lity of th e U nited S ta te s been desp aired of for 48 hours.
P res few m inor chan g es.
plenty to h e a r ! From th e parsonage chim es the th ree -q u arte rs, and Uke a n
T he c o m m itte e on m ilita ry a ffa irs
in e stim a te s m ade to S e c retary L ane Mrs. Adsma w as preceded by A tto rn ey ent a t the d eath bed w ere Mrs Mc-
“ I don 't w ant to go to school," w indow s cam e th e sound o f scam per echo com e th e soprano voices of th e
by the geological survey C opper alone Sam uel P la tt, for t h e d e f e n s e , a f te r a D aniel and her b ro th er, C. M. Edmonds. is to he in cre ased from th re e to five !uiighcd Prudence. “ N ot any m ore. I ing feet and bunging doors. Once th ere little group of left-over coeds, singing
increased about 1300,000,000.
like It. Ju st tak in g cure of fa th e r and w as th e un m istak ab le c la tte r of a chair behind th e open window s of a con
final w itness ha* been placed on the Mr. M cD aniel w as p rom inent in th e m em ber«.
T he co m m ittee on in su ra n c e wtll be th ^ girl«— w ith F airy to keep me b al o v e rturned. W ith It nil th e re w as a servatory.
sta
n
d
by
th
e
defense
to
cle
ar
up
w
hat
pro
h
ib
itio
n
m
ovem
ent
of
O
regon
and
About $15,000 in m a rria g e license
allow ed a c le rk on a cc o u n t of the
T h e blue lak e below you Is un
had lived in th e s ta te about 32 years. heavy w ork due to c o n sid e ra tio n of anced ! I read, hut I do not like to c o n stan t ch o ru s of “Oh. look t” “Oh !
fees w as sp en t by Oregon couples who 1* said to he a m inor point.
study.— No. you'll have to get along O h !” “Oh. how s w e e t!” "Oh, p apa I” m arred by crew o r sail. E ven th e
j
th
e
new
In
su
ra
n
ce
code.
w ere m arried in Vancouver, d u rin g the
w ith m e Just th e w ay I am. Mrs. Ad “Oh. P ru d e n c e !” “Look. L arkle, look bronze Im age of th e frien d o f th e
E xplosion R ocks B utte.
L eg isla to rs L ose P a s s e s .
y e a r 1916.
founder. In th e quadrangle, seem s to
am
s. Ft's all I can do to keep th in g s a t th is ! ”
B utte. Mont. — For th e second tim e
N ashville, T enn. - T he Ix>uisvtlle A
W an ts Public K in d e rg arten s.
P resident W ilson fell on a slippery
T hen th e eld est M iss A very closed relax a bit In its c h air—and to be
Salem —S e n a to r C onrad P. O lson going now, w ithout spending h a lf th e
hillside w hile playing golf S a tu H n * w ,*hin 8i,‘
* ch arg e o f dyna- N ashville and th e N ashville. C h a tta
_____,__. . ;
*
! V m ite wa* exploded in th e local re stric t- nooga A St. Louie ra ilro ad s announced favors k in d e rg a rte n s fo r th e young tim e dream in g o f Mg things to do In th e window overlooking th e p arsonage w aiting fo r Septem ber and th e b re ath
of life.—C leveland P lain D ealer.
and w renched h i. an k le
lie w as sb le
d j, tri<.t about m jllnigM Sunday. T hursday th a t h e re a fte r no fre e passes s te rs of M ultnom ah county H e in tro th e fu tu re .“
and confronted h e r siste rs.
"D o n 't you have d re am s? " gasped
"W e m ust Ju st m ake th e bent of I t "
tM gmm*’ but. W* lk>d wiU> w hen a G reek r e . t . u r . n t c a te rin g to would be issued th ro u g h legislator« for duced a bill p roviding for k in d e rg a r
a d e c td e d l.m p th e re st of th e day.
th „ in m at„
Hie lr ir t w as the c o n stitu e n ts.
C areful.
F ig u re s produced by te n s In c o u n tie s of JO.iKK) o r m ore, on Mrs. Adam s. “ Ia in 't you have d ream s «he said quietly.
Lincoln, N eb., dry advocates have scene of a sh a rp explosion, w hich In te rs ta te Com m erce com m ission in- p etition of (» r e n ts o r g u a rd ta n a of 25 o f th e fu tu re ? G irl's in hooks oowa-
"H ad yo u r vacation yet. old m an ?”
B ut next door th e gray old parson-
or
m
ors
c
h
ild
re
n
betw
een
four
and
d ra fte d a law . w hich, if passed, would shook th e c en ter of th e city,
“N ot yet. I'm going to ta k e m ine
d a y s dream — "
age w as full to overflow ing w ith satts-
v e s tig s to rs show ed in one y ear m ore
m ake liable to a rre s t any (ier*on w ith
G lass w as broken for a d istan c e of a th an 22.IHM) passes, valued a t 8226,IHH), stx years. B rin g w ithin one m ile of an
"Y e a 1 dream .” In te rru p te d P m faction nod h appiness and love. Every- th e sam e tim e th e boas ta k e s his. Them
e le m en tary school building
Not less
a liquor b re ath . It would also be an block from th e explosion, but nobody
«sued by th e tw o roads, m ost of th an th re e n o r m ore th a n five k in d er deoce. I dream lots—b u t It’s m ostly of one h a t experienced th e ecstatic, creepy he c a n 't see bow easily th e office cam
offense to te ll a m an w here he could w as injured and th e p ro p e rty dam age th em a t th e req u est of leg isla to rs of g a rte n s could be e sta b lish e d th e first w hat F a iry a n d o th ers will do « b e n 1 sensation of »lee ping in n b ra n d n e w get along w ith o u t m e."— New I « m
g a t a d rin k .
i w as confined to s h a tte re d glass.
T ennessee and K entucky.
W orld.
get them properly raised. You'll Uka home. T he parso n ag e girls
1 y e a r un d er th is bill.
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