THE MEDFORD mJL TRIBUNE, MEDluin.,
OREGON, FRIDAY, T) 150 KM WAR . 1909.
TONG WAR AGAIN
IS
FRISCO
After a Truce of Five Days Hostili
ties Will Be Immediately Re
sumedNo Settlement
. Possible.
'jf I -
iverman
; SAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., Dec. 3.
After i truce of five days, during
which every effort was mnde to ef
fect a settlement between the warr
ing On Yick tong mid the Yce family,
open hostilities will be resumed im
mediately. Called together by the council of
tire powerful Six Companies, repre
sentatives of both factions met last
evening to consider terms of n
trenty. The proposal of an addi
tional truce during which nn attempt
would be made to adjudicate the dif
ficulties, was turned down uncondi
tionally by the Yces because of a
clause binding the Yees to cause no
arrest among their enemies during
that time.
At the conclusion of the meeting a I
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McCtur
Comp4njr.
v'ojijrijht,
1907. 1905. bj
Stcwtrl
Edwn.nl
s
By
Stewart
Edward White
Chapter
12
S
lUNDAV afternoon Orde. lenvlug
Newmark to devices of Ills own,
walked slowly up the main
street, turned to the right
down one of the shaded side resldeuce
streets that ended Anally In a beautl
1 ful glistening sand hill. Onle seated
himself on the smooth, clean sand nud
removed his hat. lie saw these things
and In Imagination the far upper
stretches of the river, with the mills
' and yards and booms extending for
list of the lenders of the Yees with , miles, and still above them the marshes
ihe prices set upon their heads. Is and the flats where the river widened
said to be posted at the On Yick! below the Big Bend. That would be
headquarters. At the fiend of the; locat,on ff thc boon of tno
ft with S1000 posted after it JJJgr jyi
reported to have been the name ofiva,uat,on To rlpht nnd left stretrhed
Yce Sing, lender of the lees. , tho on: .Michigan coast, with hills
Surrounded by five white guards, . t0ppC( wjth the green of twisted pines.
Yee s-ing left yesterday for Sacra- flrs and beeches, with-nl ways Its beach
mento, where he was subpoenaed to ' of sand, deep and dry to the very edge,
nupenr as a witness in a civil case. After he had cooled he arose and
Ever since hostilities between the two ' made his way back to a pleasant hard
elements began, Sing has been in hid-' wood 0Tf nmb
ing in tho Chinese quarter, nntleri wed slowly farther and farther Into
"How would you like to live In a
place like that all your life?" asked
Orde.
"1 don't know." She weighed her
words carefully. "It would depend
heavy guard.
The police are making prepara
tions ot put n stop to any attempt
on the part of the tong men to renew
the forest.
A fresh breeze darkened tho blue
velvet surface of the water, tumbled
the white foam hissing up the beach,
blew forward over the dunes a fluo
five deaths. Special officers prob
ably will be assigned to the China
town squad.
HEW METHODIST PARSONAGE
ns tho present onejins outgrown its
usefulness. Several siteshnve been
offered the board and they will reach
a decision soon.
the feud thnt already has resulted in j hurrying wist of sand and bore to
i Orde nt last the refreshment of the
I wide spaces. A woman, walking slow
i ly. bent her head ngnlnst tbe force of
; this wind.
j Orde watched her Idly. lie caught
Id auun iu dc. tncui lu i and sdden movements nm tne 8Way
! of her willowy Ogure.
GRANTS PASS, Or., Deo. 3. The As though directed by some nnseen
contract for the building of the new guide, her course veered mora and
Methodist parsonage has been let to more until It led directly to the spot
Contractor Mnrk Day, and bnilding wbere Orde stood,
operations will commence shortlv. ' WneD 800 wns
This will be one of "ie finest resi- uTlteVt'lMt
fences in the city. The school board hc
is nlso considenng the possibility of i so the young man
i i t...:i.i: , . .
vrucuuK a uvw infill m-uuui uumuuf., ; COUIU SCO some
thing besides tbe
top of her hat.
Orde looked
plump Into ber
eyes.
Hello!" she
said cheerfully
nnd unsurprised
and sank down
crosslecced at bis
feet. f?
o.wl n..Ui '
motionless, over- v(i
come by astonish
ment. Her face,
its long oval
framed In tbe
bands of the "Hello r the tald
gray veil and tbe cheerfully.
down turned brim of the bat, looked
up smUlng Into his.
"Why. Miss Bishop!" cried Orde. find
Ing his voice. "What are you doing
here?"
A faint Ebado of annoyance crossed
her brow.
"Ob. I could ask tbe same of you,
and then we'd talk about bow sur
prised we are, world without end." said
JOSEPHINE DEPUTY SHERIFF
CROSSES HIS LAST DIVIDE
GRANTS PASS, Or., Dec. 3.
Walter Smith, deputy sheriff for Jo
sephine oounty, died this afternoon
from tuberculosis. He has been dep
uty sheriff for the past three years,
aud the close confinement in the of
fice, he doing all the office work,
evidently hurried on Hie disease. lie
-was raised in Southern Oregon, his
father being one of the first settlers
in this town. He leaves n mother,
.brother and two sisters.
FIND NEW WAY TO
DRIVE OUT MONEY SHARKS
y ft
11 IVV1
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01
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 3. Cor
poration Counsel Connor believes he
1ms found a way to assist Mayor , she. "The Important thing Is that here
Nelson S. Pratt in his efforts to rid Is sand to plsy In. and there la tbe lake.
Spoknne of sulary lonn and chattel 1 and hero are we, and tbe day Is charm-
morttraco neencies which charco , big, and It's good to be alive. Sit down
more tkun the legal rate of interest.
Instead of compelling the "sharks" to
forfeit notes, whereon interest ex-
and dig a bole! We'vo all the common
days to explain things In."
Orde laughed and seated himself to
face her. Without further talk and
ceeding the principal has been PJ, quite gravely they commenced to scoop
lie purposes prosecuting tho owners I out an excavation between them, pll
of buildings in which these agencies , ing the sand over themselves nnd on
are located upon the charge of keep- j sltber side as was most convenient,
ing disorderly houses. This will , As tbe hole grew deeper they bad to
force tho agencies to the street. Thc ! ,can over more nD(1 rooro- Their bends
code in tho state of Washington des- I foretimes brushed ever so lightly:
ignutes as a disorderly house "any I J0, tbaDaf perforco touched. Sho
,,. i . , .. ' ooked up bnppl y at Orde. thrusting
Place where illegal practices are , te 00Bemlr , front of hPr cyc
habitually earned on," and, as tho , sbe nroso t0 ber feeti Bnaklng the
Btututes soy that tho tukmg of usury 8an(i frco from her skirts. "Now let's
is an unlawful uct, though tho law j go somewhere else," sbe said. "I
does not prohibit tho borrower from ; think through these woods.. Can wo
paying it, Mr. Connor believes thnt ! get back to town this way?"
prosecutions can bo carried to sue- "Ves," replied Orde. "Tho lumber
eossful conclusion. Ho contends tho 3acks 8l,y thnt tho woods aro tho poor
stntuto menus that any person who 'n"n'f overcoat."
maintains a place of business, in Orde followed her In silence. She
i..... . i t i seemed to uo quite w unout respons -
:yhuh tho law against usury is linb- Wllt ln rt!Kanl( hlm, aud yet nI) oc.
itunlly yio ated,,is gu.I y of keep.ng j nrnaoin remu llirowt. In his
n disorderly house, and ho purposed j direction proved that ho was not for-
iiriiunng urresis io mnKO a test.
"Good ntghf."
Thc place Isn't of so much lmKrtnucc,
It seems to me. It's. the life one Is
called to. It's whether one finds her
soul's realm or not that a place Is liva
ble or not."
Orde looked out over tbe raw little
village with a new Interest.
Her whole nspect seemed to have
changed with tbe descent Into the con
ventionality of the village street. Tbe
old, gentle, though self coutained re
serve had returned.
"I came down with 'Jane nnd Mrs.
Hubbnrd to see Mr. Hubbard off on
tbe boat for Milwaukee last night,"
she told him. "Of course we had to
wait over Sunday Mrs. Hubbard and
Jane bad to see some relative or other.
but 1 preferred to take a walk."
"Where are you staying?" asked
Orde.
"At the Bennetts'."
Tbcy said little more until thc Ben
netts' gate was reached. Ordo de
clined to go ln.
"I want to thank you," sbe said.
"You djd not once act. as though, you
thought I was silly or crazy. And you
didn't try, as all the rest of them
would, to act silly too. You couldn't
have done It. Ob. you may bavo felt
It I know!" Sbe smiled one of her
quaint and quizzical smiles. "But men
nren't built for foolishness. They have
to leave that to us. You've been very
nice this afternoon, and It's helped a
lot. Good night."
Orde. however, wnlked back to the
hotel in a black rage with himself over
what be termed his Imbecility. As he
rpiui'tnlKTed It he had tnadt Just ono
consecutive speech that afternoon.
Uoc." said he to Xewmark, "what's
tbe plural form of Incubus? Isn't It
busses?' "
"Incubl." answered Xewmnrlc.
"Thanks," said Orde gloomily
Cost of Electricity
Per week for the average family for
heating and cooking
Ilrrnkfnnt llaklni; Ironlni; I)lnmr Mine Huppor Mine.
8:30 S:0O 7:00 11.30 Da)1 4:10 NlRht Totnl
S:00 11:00 11:00 1. 00 S.00
Monday ;kwh. 1 kw.h. 0 kw.h. IWkwh Hkwh. Vi Kv h. 0 kw.h. i kw.h.
Tui'Mlny ..1 kwh. Olfw.h, 2 H kw.h. lHkwh. tkwli. 1 kw h. Hkwh. 7 kw.h.
Wednesday kw.h. 3 kw.h. 0 kw.h. kw li. 0 kw h. H kw h. 0 kw li. S kw.h.
Thursday . . kw.h. 0 kw h. 0 kw.h. 1 kw.h, U kw.h. 0 kw h. 0 kw It. 2 kw.h,
Friday . ...1 kwh. 0 kw.h. kw.h. 1 kwh. 0 kwh, H kw h. H kw.h. S kw.h.
Saturday . . i kw.h, 3 kw.h, 0 kw.h. m kw h. I kw h. V kw.h. 0 kw.h, kw.h.
Sunday .... H kw.h. 0 kw.h. 0 kw.h. IHkwh. 0 kwh. 0 kw.h. 1 kw.h. 4 kw.h.
Total.. .5H kwh. 7 kw.h. : kw.li. o kwh. 2 kw.h. 3 kwh. 3 kw.h. 31 kwh.
Our rate for cooking and heating is 5c per K. H.,
making the cost $1.55 per week
ROGUE RIVER ELECTRIC CO.
MEDFORD, OREGON
(To bo continued.)
Special School Meeting.
Notice is horcBy given to the legal
voters of School District No. 40 of
Jackson county, State of Oregon,
that a special school meeting of said
district will bo held at tho high school
on tho 8th day of December 1009, nt
2 o'clock, for tho following objects:
For voting a special tax.
Dated this 27th day of November.
J. B. WATT,
Chairman Board of Directors.
Attest: ORIS CRAWFORD,
District Clerk.
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On your sowing machine. Table Unon,
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demonstration at Deuel & Kentnor's
Btoro. Special prlco this weok, 35
conts. 221
gotten. Finally they emerged from
the beech woods,
Shu turned aud waved her hat at the
beech woods fulling Hombur ngalimt
the lowering sun.
"Goodby," sho said gravely, "and
pleasant dreams to you. I hope those
very saucy little birds won't keep you
awake." She looked 'up at Orde. "He
was rather nice to us this afternoon,"
sho explained, "und It's always well to
bo pollto to them anyway." Sho gnzed
steadily at Orde for sigus of aintne
ment. lie resolutely held his face
sympathetic,
"Now I think wo'll go home." said
sho.
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YOU CAN BEAT THIS:
Thirty-two acres in this tract, fine
fruit land, about two miles from
n shipping point. Tho buildings
consist of a fivc-rom box house,
good-sized barn, etc. Thore are
12 acres of 5 nnd 0-yenr-old ap
ples, mostly Nowtowns, with com
mercial peaches planted between
ns fillers. Also threo acres of
young pear treos und somo family
orchard. Four acres in alfalfa.
Six or eight acres of timber, mont
l.y oak nnd laurel, Thoro is a
pumping plant on tho place which
supplies water for tho garden and
nlfnlfa, equipped with gasolino
ongino. About 40 rods from a
cood school. Has rural mail do
livory and tolephone. Prico
10,500. Terms.
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Costs One Cent for Six Continuous Hours' Burning.
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burns without noise or odoi" can't cxplodo. lor salo by
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AGENTS WANTED.
Lamps1 may bo seen nt Shorty Darnell's storo.
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5-10-20 Acres
Adjoining Hlllcrest orchard and con
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