MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MTADEORD, OR10GON, WEDNESDAY, July 6, .19.10.
A .
Half
A Chance
BY FREDERICK S. ISHAM.
Anlhor of "Tho Strollers." "Un
uder tVo Rose." "The Lndv of i
the Mount," Etc.
Convrieht. 1909. bv tho Boobs
Merrill Comowiv.
..
"You know how to write youi
nnrac?" His volco was firm, unwaver
ing. The revolver had disappeared I
from tho table and lay now In his
pocket
"All right, gov'norr The other
poke with alacrity. "I'm game. A
bargain Is n bargain, and I'll take yonr
Trord for It," leaning over and labori
ously tracing a few letters on the pa
per. "You'll do your part. You'll And
mo square and aboveboard, although
you did use me a little rough. There:
here's your affadavy,
When John Steele began to recover
ho was dimly aware that ho was In a
four wheeler which rattled along slow
ly through streets. At his side sat n
figure that stirred when he did, spoko
In crisp ofllclal accents. Tho police
agent had come well armed nud, more
over, had taken tho precaution for
this llttlo Journey of providing n cab
In front and one behind, containing
thoso who know how to act should
tho necessity arise.
Furtively the prisoner felt his pock
et Tho memorandum book contain
ing the paper that had cost so much
was gone. lie looked at tho agent
Tlad It been shifted to Mr. Glllctt's
possession, or (dimly he recalled his as
sailant's last words) had Itogcrs suc
ceeded In snatching tho precious evi
dence from his breast before escaping?
In the latter case It had undoubtedly
ere this been destroyed. In tho for
mer It would presumably soon be trans
ferred to the police agenf s employer.
To regain the paper, If It existed,
would bo no light task. Yet it was the
pivot upon which John Steele's for
tunes hung. Tho principal signer was
in all likelihood making his way out
of London now. lie would In a fow
hours reach tho sea and after that
disappear from tho case.
The carriage suddeuly stopped be
fore an eminently respectable and se
date front, and not long after John
Steele, somewhat to his surprise, found
himself in Lord Ronsdale's rooms. The
John Steele moved uacc to a corner nouiomnn 8at behind a high desk. One
9t the room and pulled a wire. In arawcr 0f the desk was slightly open
ome faraway place a bell rang faint-, Tho poiico agent he addressed
ly. "Are"-he spoke a woman's name, j flr8the should remain In tho hall with
enviously a soonquei, -ana ner unugu-, me
Roosevelt Either the Greatest Mystery or the
Greatest Sham
ter still hero?"
"Dowr
"Never mind; answer!"
"Yes: they're here, gov'ner. You'll
.irant them for witnesses. I suppose."
Not long after, the paper, duly wit
nessed, lay on the table. The land-
"Thero is no need for many words
between us, Mr. Steele." Lord Rons
dale's accents were sharp. "Had you
listened to what Mr. GUlett, on my
behalf, would have said to you that
night In the gardens at Strathorn
Housowe mightposslbly,both of us,
r v' HMK lBlfc 'Vfv V r TlttB v
isTOPI" THE VOICE WAS JOHN STEELE'S.
lady and her daughter had gone. John
Steele only waited for the ink to dry.
He had no blotter or sand. The fluid
-was old. thick. The principal signa
ture In Its big strokes, with here and
there a sputter, would bo unintelligible
If the paper were folded now. So he
lingered. Doth men were silent A
few tense minutes passed. John Steele
leaned against the wall. His temples
throbbed. The fog seemed creeping
fcito the room, and yet the door was
closed. Ho moved toward the paper.
Btill maintaining an aspect of outward
vigilance, he took it and held It before
him as if to examine closer.
The other said nothing, made no
ttovemunt When the women had
como In his accents bad been almost
too frank. The gentleman had called
on a little matter of business. He,
Tom Rogers, had voluntarily signed
this llttlo paper, and they could bear
witness to the fact
John Steele folded tho paper and
placed It In an Insldo pocket. The
other suddenly breathed heavily. John
Steele, looking at him, walked to the
door leading to the street. He put his
baud on the key and was about to turn
It but paused. Something without
held his attention u crunching sound
as' of n foot on a pebble. It abruptly
revived misgivings that had assailed
him beforo entering the place.
Involuntarily bo turned bis head.
Tom Rogers sprang behind in a flash
and seized John Steelo by the throat
It was n deadly, terrible grip. The flu
gers pressed harder. Tho other strove,
but slowly fell. As dizziness began to
merge Into oblivion itogcrs, without
releasing his hold, bent over,
"You fool! Did you think I would
let you get away with tho paper
that I couldn't seo you were about
done for?"
Ho looked at the white face and
Urted to unbutton tho coat, As ho
reached In his attention was suddenly
arrested, no threw back his head,
"The traps!"
Voices below resounded without.
"So that wiib your game! Well,'"
avagoly, "I think I have ko tiled with
you."
He hud but time to run to tho icnr
have been saved" 8omollttTe annoy
ance. We now start at about where
we were before that llttlo contre
temps." (To Bo Continued.!
You haven't rend all of today's
news that's lmporthant to you until
you've read tho ads.
SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND ELEC
TION NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that a
school meeting of School District No.
49 of Jackson County, Oregon, to be
held at the hluh rchool building, in
said district, on the 15th day of July,
A. D. 1910, there will be submitted
to the lejU voters of said district
the question of contracting a bonded
debt of fifty thousand ((50,000.00)
dollars, thirty thoi sand ($30,000.00)
dollars thereof to be used for tho
purpose of erecting and equipping an
east side school building, and twenty
thousand (20,000.000) dollars
thereof for tho purposo of repairing
and constructing nn annex to tho
Washington school and Installing a
now heating phmt therein, the vo4e
to bo by ballot, upon which shall be
tho words, "Bonds Yea," and tho
words, "Bend-' No." Polls to bo
open at 1 o'clock p. m, and remain
open until 4 o'clock p. ni.
By order of the Board of Directors
of School District No, 40 of Jackson
County, Oregon.
Dated th'i 25th day of Juno, A.
D. 1910,
ORIS CRAWFORD,
Clerk.
1- -
DR. COBLE'S OPTICAL
PARLOR REMOVED TO 235
E. MAIN STREET, OVER
STRANG'S DRUG STORE.
"Air. ltoosovelt is either tho great
est mystery or the greatest sham of
modern times. Eon 1, with my pro
science, fail to fathom him," savs
George Bernard Shuw in tho Now
York World.
"llo is supposed to ho great man,
hut I enn find no attributes of great
ness about him. 11 ho is considered
jjront by tho eighty millionns of peo
plo over whom he ruled, then I can
only supposo that ho is groat. Apart
from this, I can find nothiug which
ho has cither said or done which
makes for greatness.
"His utterances are of the most
elementary erder: 'God is lovo,'
'honesty is tho best policy' and 'pro
crastination is the thief of time' is
nbout tho best thnt Mr. HoofcoveU
eau do. Thoy are denr old phrases
to be found n every copybook and 1
am loft wondoring whother Mr.
Roosevelt's imnginntion cuds here. I
can only sny thnt unless his inner
mind is a littlo better thnu the out
ward mind ho shows us ho must be
a very ordinary creature.
"On the other hand, Mr. Roosevelt
has apparently done things which nn
ordinary creature could not do. Per
haps ho clinches his arguments with
tho toe of his boot. I do not know,
but I fancy it must bo so. Othorwiso
his success cannot possibly bo ex
plained. Shooting Exploits Horrible.
"You want to know what I think
og his big gnmc shooting exploits 1
All I can sny is that as far ns I nm
personnlly concerned I regard them
as horrible. I look upon them ns a
most detestable and reprehensible
form of murder. I cannot under
stand the mind wtiich, tired with the
course of office, seeks recreation in
the undiscriminnting slaughter of
beautiful erenturos which hear him I should Imvo been iiiokI deservedly
PROGRESSIVES ORGANIZE
TO FIGHT NEBRASKAN
LINCOLN, Neb., July C Con
gressman Norris of Nebraska, insur
gent, today announced that he is not
a candidate for senator from Ne
braska, but that he intends to seek
re-election to congress.
Senator Burkett is a candidate for
re-election. Tho "progressives" of
the state, as well ns the leaders in
tho movement outside, arc organizing
to fight him. Senators Ln Follctte,
Bristow and Cummings, it is under
stood, will take the stump to urge
his defeat in Nebraska.
TALENT REBEKAH LODGE
INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS
Talent Rcbcknh lodge installed the
following efficers:
Noble grand, Mrs. Ilnzcl Ferns;
vice-grand, Mrs. Effio Semnn; secre
tary. Miss Clara Terrill; treasurer,
Mrs. Blanche Robinson.
About thirty members of Hopo Rc
bcknh lodge of Ashland were pres
ent. Ice cream and cake was
served and all had n jolly time in
the lodge room. All were invited
to Ashland next Thursdny evening.
ESTRADO AWAITS RESULTS
OF MENA'S INVASION
SAN JUAN DEL DUR, Nicnrnpun,
July C. General Estrada and his
followers have decided to nwnit tho
outcome of General Menu's invasion
of Chontales before declaring tho
independency of Eastern sections of
Nienrngun, ncconling to relented
prisoners returning hero from Blue
fields. This decision was reached
nfter n conference between General
Estrada. General Diaz, General Cha
morra and other leading insurgents.
Tho originnl plans were to declare
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UUildent (upu uiut ba ovir II jer of axo u4
Mil rvrommandad. The nnubtr 1 limited to
ttltr. Application thoalU lie made Mrlr.) Addreu
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no ill-will.
"Some people call thN sport. It
may he sport, hut, frankly, I do not
umlorstmid it. Tho killing of hltuuu
less erenturos is, nfter nil, n very
ordiunry occupation. The hrokon
heartcd horo of romance invnrinhly
gous abroad to shoot hig game nfter
his ladylove has refused him.
"lung Edwurd was no exception to
this peculiar frmno of mind. One
of the things which astonishes mu
most is that tho mini who earned the
reputation of King Edwnrd tho
Peacemaker, immediately nfter re
covering from nn illnosa during
which ho lay nt dealh'H door, wont
up to Scotland to shoot beautiful
and harmless birds.
"Itoosovolt belongs to tho class of
man who is never so happy ns when
he has a gun in his hand uud can
kill something. I am not blaming
him I nm simply saying that I can
not understand such a frame of
mind. I can sec, of course, that it
cannot be any fun unless something
drops every timo you fire.
"Of course, if I had been presi
dent of tho United States I should
have done very differently. The
supposition, howover, that I could
ever have become- president of the
United States is a supposition which
nrgues u perfectly unthinkable com
mon sense insanity on the part of
the people of America. Still, if I
had been president I t-liould Itavo in
dulged in n different kind of sport.
I should hnve organized n bnttenit of
capitalists. It would have been
splendid fun to seo tho bosses of the
tmsts drop one by one beneath my
gun
"Then when I had finished 1 1 has over known."
lynched. Still, being tho lender of
forlorn hopes, 1 should huo at
tempted it.
"President Itoosovolt .naturally
knows too much to attempt such u
thing. Hu know porfeutly well
whon ho was President that it would
have been ridiculous folly on his
pnrt to try to improve tho American
government. lie would Imvo boon
howled down mid probably killed,
lie contented himself with educating
people up to tho heliuf that 'God is
Love,' 'Honesty is tho best policy,'
and that tho lust thing which is nec
essary is change of any sort or de
scription. "I mu told that ho will return to
tho United States and that, after Mr.
Tnft hua served his term of office
ho will become President again, lie
will then tell tho American people
that ho is not only tho best of Pies
ideuts but that the destinies of
America can only be intrusted to tho
House of Itooscvclt. Ho will bo
crowned emperor amid the plaudits
of S0,000,000 of people nnd Kenmt
Roosevelt will reign after him.
"Thnt is, of course, if my Hurmi-o
is correct, nud thnt Mr. Itoosovolt
has anything in him nt nil. It is,
however, very difficult to guago his
character. Ho veils his perhonality
hencnth n cloud of tho commonplace.
And, if ho hud not apparently done
a great deal I should regard Roose
velt ns tho most ordinary uud child
ish nvorngo mnu. So far us I can
see ho lino novor done anything
which could not bo thought of by the
most ordinary schoolboy.
"As I said nt tho beginning, he is
either an unknown quantity or the
most colossal bluff which the world (
independency nnd call tho now re- the American govomuut.t nnd Gon
public Now Nicnragua. It was to I oral Estrada was to have been tho
hnvo como under tho protection of) first president.
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COE. MAIN AND CENTRAL AVE.
Sacramento Valley Lands
440 acres, in Olonn county; live strentn runs through tho prop
erty; 100 acreB of creek bottom, 75 acres now in nlfnlfa, 225 ncros
,'ino grain lnnd, balunco pasturo land; thorc goes with the plnco -2
dairy cows, and cornplcto dniry equipment; 4 horses nnd hurnoss
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world of small tools; 40 hogs nnd pigs, 150 tons of nlfnlfa hay, 25
tons of oat hay; all tho furnituro in tho house; tho homo is n two
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$20,000, worth double.
800 ncros 35 acres in nlfnlfa, 35 acres in orchard, 200 acres
more can bo put in alfalfa; good buildings and barns; live stream
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is only $15,000; terms.
1000 acres Fino, lovel whoat land at $25 per aero; this is a
bargain, nB the adjoining lands aro soiling at double, ovory noro has
been nnd can bo farmed.
000 acres Good improvements, 100 acres of fino creek bottom
lnnd that could bo put in alfalfa; 200 acres of summer fallow. Prico
is only $25,000; will sell for doublo within 12 months; two live
streams through this property all year.
14,000 acres In Glenn county; this is tho host hig buy in tho
stnto and bettor than nn oil well; 40,000 lings of whoat was raised
on this tract ovory your for years; plonty of living wator all year
on tho property; for a stock and grain ranch thoro is no investment
in California that will pay ns largo a rato of interest. My prico is
$14 por acre; half cash.
00,000-acro stock ranch Best property of its kind in tho stnto
of California. Price is $4 por acre, good terms. This place will
carry 7500 bond of cattl'i tho year round.
3500 acres of fino fruit land 40 ncros now in trollised hops that
will pay a proiit of $1000 por noro this year. This placo is ono of
tho best land investments over offered. Tho prico if only $17.00 por
aero, with easy torms.
SACRAMENTO VALLEY LANDS AltE GOOD THEY HAVE
THE VALUE- THEY ARE INCREASING VERY RAPIDLY. THE
TIME TO BUY IS NOW, IN ORDER TO GET GOOD PROPERTIES
AT REASONABLE PRICES. Address
GEORGE X. FLEMING
505 "J" STREET, SACRAMENTO, CAL.
THE BEST POSTED MAN IN CALIFORNIA ON SACRAMENTO
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POR SALE
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It will tako $2,000 cash to handlo this property.
Easy terms on balance
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JOUN S. ORTII, Cnshier. W. II. JACKSON, Ass't Cushion
The Medford National Bank
Capital, $50,000
Surplus, $10,000
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300 ACRES Alfalfa land, covered with irrigation
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also rooms with bath
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Hotel Moore
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Proprietors.
European Plan
"Wo will serve Christinas Dinner at "Tho Hotel
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