l MUFORD A! A II I Ul HUN1S. MEDM)ftD. OttWGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, .1910.
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Herbert Quick
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;! Inventor of an airship, rescues from
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'Aelicopter, a beautiful younR prl.
In tt -j m r.rcnn iii infatuated
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l&mrounicate with her friends.
j IT Carson visits mo ixov, a "
lijiurship owned Dy onayne, uuciu u..
llWirpinia Suaror, the pirlne rescueu,
nd, beinR coiaiy reccieu, i.-k
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f$Prnchute, , . ..
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Iffciohriates, where ho makes a friend
)li! .. n-nlrrVnod TfVin TllntlS tO 111130
ffeapitnl to manufacture the now style
':ci,in Pnrnn huR invented. Thus
ithey hope to rival Shayne, who con-
itrols the airship industry.
y VI II Mr. Wnddy decides condi-
Itionnlly to capitalizo the Carson-
KCraichead project.
g IX Carson cocs to Florida to
fcomplete a sample airship to exhibit
'to Mr. Woddy, and he finds YirRinia
rikero.
R X He is in lovo with Vixfnin.
LiWimer, a rival inventor, conspires to
Skill Carson.
U "XT. XTI. XITI nnd XIV Wizner
lwith a submarine in a sensational
manner aunosi uctuuiimauua mc
identh of Carson and Virmnia and
t the destruction of the airship, a ense
of "devilfish versus bird." Virginia
iflecs from Carson in the Roc.
""Well," said the man on tho other
Geek, "you've got the world by the
tall, and If you need money apply to
Calvin J. Fry of Spokane. Hold on,
please"
But the Virginia, gently Increasing
her speed, left the hustling Calvin J.
Fry gesticulating far out of bearing.
"That, to originate a locution," Bald
Craighead, "ought to hold them for a
1 brief period. Looks as If they were
? linlr nArtlllnr'M
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I Will UUU lUL'UI. BUIU UII3UU, Kl- j
dently meaning something else, "If
they have bidden her In the farthest
cave f that thundercloud."
"XOU'ltE OOINO FOOL OF IIEK. LOOK
down!"
r CHAPTER XVI.
A RACE WITH HIE ELEMENTS.
PAST Richmond, they left the
domed uipliol at Washington
fur to port, passed between
Baltimore and Dover and di
rectly over Philadelphia, where Car
eon made n wide clrclu above the
vast aerial harbor, scanning the berths
for a huge silver neromit of tho Con
dor type, hut Uudlng none. It was
growing dual:, and the west and north-
.vest were ramparted with towering
thunder heads, qulvcrlug with light
ning, toward which Carson hurled tho
Virginia like a bullet. The town stud
ded suburban region of New Jersey
wept under them as if drawn by
swift mechanism, and the harbor of
New York lay beneath, alive with
hipping. The lights wcro already
burning, and the far spread Babylon
of tho modern world hung llko a fairy
dream from the foreground to tho far
thcr rim of tho concavo cup of tho
earth. Carson was amazed and stun
ned. Ho bad uover seen Now York,
and his Ideas were all Inadequate to
the actualities beforo blm. The streets
flashed Into sight as the Virginia pass
ed Into positions permitting a vlow of
the bottom of one metropolitan canyon
after another. The boy wns afraid
The huge city roaring up at them like
a ravening beast struck blm with terror.
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"Why dost circle about llko a sand
bill crane" said Craighead. "Why
don't you Might T
"Llko the sand hill crane." replied
Carson. "I'm nfrold. Where can wo
alight V
"Gad." said Craighead, "I never
thought of thatl New York has al
ways reached out for me so lovingly
that the Idea of there being any dif
ficulty In getting Into her embrace
never entered my brain. Wo are n lit
tle shy of knowledge of how to got In
from above, aren't we?"
"What are the harbor rules?" asked
Carson.
"Hanged If 1 know." replied Craig
head. It was quite dark now, save for the
moon, which, nearly full, was climbing
the eastern sky. still clear. To tho
northwest towered the pearly clouds
palpitant with lightning. Craighead
expected Theodore to turn the Virginia
to some far New Jersey village and
was astonished when ho entered upon
a swift flight up the Hudson, which
lay shining In the moonlight. Inced
with the wakes of boats. Far ahead,
on both sides, quivered the lightning
of the storm, nnd from afar came the
rumbling of thunder Carson seemed
to be seeking night in the heart of n
thunderstorm. Craighead seized his
arm and tried to glean something of
his mood from a scrutiny of his face.
"I'm going to the Catskllls," said
Theodore. "Beforo I sleep I'm going
to And Shayne's Hold!"
Carson crossed the nudson In a slow
drizzle at Kingston and stood north
west toward heavy dense masses of
towering clouds screening the high
peaks of the Catskllls and Shayne's
Hold.
"Why not hurdle the tempest, cai
tiff?" cried Craighead.
"Those highest towers," replied Car
son, pointing to the thunder heads now
again snowy In the moonlight, "are
thirty, forty, fifty thousand feet high."
"Well, what do we carer' protested
Craighead.
"There's an opening yonder In tho
rain," said Carson. "If It doesn't close
up we may slip through to the back of
the storm again."
As If the wings of the advancing
army had extended Its lines until they
pulled apart In the center, the rain
opened.
"We must go lower." said Carson,
"and pass under. The rain Is closing
In, but I reckon we can slip through
pretty dry '
Tho oncoming black arch, lighted to
whiteness when the lightning blazed,
swelled fearfully as they approached,
its rainless gap narrowing momently
It was a race with the elements. The
penalty If they lost was, to be cure,
nothing more than a drenching, but
it was none the less exciting for that.
The curtains of water, drawn aside as
If to let the travelers through, swung
together as they approached.
"Whoop!" cried Craighead. "The
Virginia wins!"
As bo spoke they passed under the
rain cloud.
Carson was thinking of Shayne's
Hold and conjecturing as to Its where
abouts. If he read bis chart correct
ly the lights seen afar to the north
east Indicated that they bad left the
Kaatersklll behind and were nearlng
Blank Head mountains, though be con
fessed to himself that the crags reveal
ed by the lightning might be the Hun
ter peaks or even the summits of Slide
mountain. All he really knew was
that he was above the Catskllls and
that unless he could outmaneuvcr the
elements they faced an encounter with
rain, wind and great possibilities In
tho way of lightning. The domes of
thundercloud a few miles to their right
seemed almost low enough to bo over
passed, so he set the levers for nn
ascent, and the Virginia rose like an
osprey chased by an eagle.
"I'm trying your suggestion," said
Carson. "I'm scaling tho front of that
shower."
Even Craighead's voice was hushed
in awe. Like the fairy domes of some
city of oriental fable rose the cloud
castles, their summits white In tho
moonlight, their folds dark like a
dove's wing. Suddenly the lightning
blazed out In the heart of the black
base on which the city of enchantment
was reared, nnd Instantly the whole
vast fabric grew white and palpitant
and terrible, while tho blue sky be
yond and above It turned black velvet
by contrast Tho lightning ceased,
nnd there bung the billowy cloud, sll--er
white and drab on a base of dark
ness, as before. The air had grown
chill as with frost, und still the clouds
wero far above them. The bite of the
propellers on the air seemed to fall,
for the cloud masses no longer appear
ed to fall as when the aerouef was ris
ing. "We can't make It," said Carson.
"Don't try!" exclaimed Craighead
"It's effrontery:"
Changing u lever or so, Carson drove
straight toward the bosom of tho
cloud. k
Carson sat with bis hand on his
levers, pale as If dead; Craighead
clutched a band rail, his eyes turned
aloft as If In Invocation. A more ro
tnoto dash and darkness returned, but
not so densely. Tho space before tbem
grew softly light, and In a moment
tbey swam Into -the moonlight.
Through an Immeasurable chamber of
cloud darted the ncronef into u second
smother of rain and mist and out on
a lower level Into the calm space be
hJnd tho storm. From this region of
shadow they emerged Into tho moon
light ngaln nnd began their search for
signs of human habitation. Finally,
Just as Theodore wns at tho point of
retreat, both ut onco saw what neither
doubted jvas Shayne's Ilold.
(To Be ContuiucrY'
Match tho classified advertising
campaign to tho Importanco of tho
Bale you want to make. You wouldn't
trust a ten-horso power task to a
ono-horse powor englno.
WOMEN AND THE
It becomes necessary to reBlat cor-
ttthv narrownesses In certain phases
of homo economics. Ono ot thoso
narrownesses Is tho assumption that
because a thing happo-is to bo close
to us It Is therefore Important. Wo
have heard lecturers Insist that be
cause a houso contains drnln plpos
a woman should learn r.U nbout
drain-pipes. But why? In most
communities urnin-pipcs nra umiau-
ed and repaired and In every way
controlled by gentlemen vyio are
dmln-plpo upeclnllsts. Tho woman
who lives In tho houso has no more
real need of ... knowledge of tho
structural mysteries of drain-pipes
than a reporter has a knowledge of
the structural mysteries of his type
writing macllne.
Another posslblo narrowness Is
tho attempt to manufacture "cul
tural backgrounds' for various Im
portant but qulto safe-and-sano
house-hold tanks.
For Instance In tho books and In
tho courses of Instruction (ot college
grade) on "Tho Houso" wo havo
sometimes observed olaborato ac
counts of the cvoltlon ot tho hu
man homb, beginning with tho huts
of tho primitive Slmlanlnns. And In
pursuing tho very essoatlnl subject
ot "Clothes nud Fabrics" wo havo
not" infrequently found ourselves In
the midst ot spacious preliminary
dissertations on tho structuro of tho
loom, beginning with that which was
used by tho Antmropengulns.
Xow wo would not for tho world
speak disparagingly of looms or huts.
Wo havo oursolves examined somo
ot fiem In tho Hull Houco Museum
In Chicago rnd In tho woods of Can
ada, and havo found them Instruct
ive. We suggest only that collcgo
life Is short, that tho col'eso curri
culum Is crowded, and tVtt (except
possibly those students who nro es
pecially Interested In anthropology
or In Industrial evolution) It would
surely be a misfortune to learn the
SImlanlan hut and to miss Rossettl's
"House of Life," or get tho Impress
ion that as a "cultural background"
for shlrtwnlsti. tho Anthropcnguln
tan loom can really compcto with
Carlylo's "Sartor Resartus."
If this occasional tendency to
ward exaggerating tho Importanco of
drain-pipes, wlndow-curtrlns, and
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WILL SELL 369 ACRES IN BLACK AT $30 PER ACRE
Price includes 700 shares in the Kcrby Irrigating Ditch.
ASK POR TERMS. This midsummer price will be with
drawn SEPTEMBER 4, when this advertisement will re
appear at slightly advanced figures.
H. B. REED
748 NORTH SIXTH ST., GRANTS PASS, OR.
Crater Lake Route
1910
LOCOMOBILES
The cars of the Crater Lake Company will leave
Hotel Nash on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
at 8 a.m.
Round Trip $25.00
Children under 12 years, half fare.
Secure your tickets at the hotel,
CRATER LAKE TRANSPORTATION CO.
J. 0. NEPP, Manager.
Medford Address: Nash Hotel.
DRAIN - PIPE THEORY
door-tuats wore to grow fitroug,
nud If gtrla as u class, should bo re
quired to upond any largo propor
tion of their tlmo on tho npoclnllxod
history and sclology 0f foinlnlno Im
plements nnd tasks wlillo tho boj'H
wore still In tho current of tho af
fairs ot tho race, wo should lml cod
want President Thomas of llryu
Mnwr to repeat on a thousand lec
ture platforms her Indignant r.ssor
tlou ot tho fact that "nothing more
disastrous for womon, or for men,
edit bo conceived of than specialised
education ot women as a sex."
William Hard In the September Ev
orbody's. RIOTING IS FEARED
IN THE ISLE OF PINES
HAVANA. Aug. 33. United Stntes
Minister Jackson Is today L'urrylnr;
toward tho IbIo ot Pines to Investi
gate conditions which, according to
messages received hero, threaton to
result In rioting In tho American
colony on tho Island.
Messages received by tho secretary
of stato that tho Americans on tho
Islo of Pines nro preparing to storm
a Jail and forcibly releaso eight Am
ericans charged with arson and m ur
ban. Minor rioting already hns oc
curred. It Is stated, and thoro Is
momentary danger of more serious
disorder.
Tho secretly of state has wired
tho Judge who presided ovor tho
cases to rolorsa tho Americans on
by the United States authorities.
imUXKEXNKSS CUItEAMiE
Drunkenness Is no longor consider
ed a crImo:omlnent scientists nnd
physicians bavo agreed that It Is n
disease and must be treated an such.
Tho homo treatment that has been
used for a number of years, and Is
highly successful, Is Orrlne. It Is
sold upder o positive guarantee thnt
If It does not effect a euro your mon
ey will be refunded. When desiring
to glvo secretly purchaso Orrlno No.
1, and If patient will taks treatmont,
Orrlno N'o. 2 should bo given. Orrlno
costs but $1 por bov. Mnlold on re
ceipt of price. Wrlto for freo booklet
on "Drunknncss." The Orrlno Co.,
C32 Orrlno Building, Washington D.
C. Sold In this city by Leon B.
Hasklns.
1910
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HOTEL BURNS; HEROIC
RESCUE OF CHILDREN
SAN ltAFAKL, Cttl., Auk. 2.1.
Marked by huroto rosouo of loop
ing women and children, a flro de
stroyed Cypress Villa a threo-Htory
hotel hero today.
Tho flro Htnrted In ll.o laundry
shortly beforo dawn and beforo
guest wore aroused had cnton Uh
way to tho rot mo on thu tVird floor
of tho hotel.
Mrs. I. 0. Bethel made hor way
through the emoko-flllcd halts to
tho room of her two children Alice,
tt yunrs, nnd Agnes, I mondis old.
After cnrrylng them to tho street
sho returned to tho liliuln;: villa and
aroused other guestB.
Howard Frlol, n guest, came upon
.Miss Mary Ward, who wi h uncon
scious, nnd carried her to Bnfety. Ho
also aided Mrs. A. Zlnsky to rescue
hor cl.lld.
Tho upper part ot tho hotel was
consumed. Tho loss Is about $5000.
Hnsklns for Health.
When
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EVERY
STUDENT JSH
WILL NEED A
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IS
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FouQjtxmPen
4 $2.50 TO $4.00
Medford
Book Store
Granite City
Hospital
Most modcrnly equipped hospi
tal between Portland nnd Sac
ramento. Shows each doctor
.ho Bnmo courtcBy and jriveH
nil patiouts tho same care. In
chariro of Oatrom & Nelson,
Graduate nurses.
0STR0M & NELSON,
Props of Granite City Hospital,
Ashland, Orerjon.
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NOTIt'K.
In thu district court ot tho United
States for tho dlntrlot of Orogon,
In tho matter of (leorgo A, Butt,
bankrupt.
Tho undersigned tniHtoo ot the
above entitled ontutu In bank
ruptcy will rocolvu noaloil bldi
at tho JnrlcHon County bank.
In Medford, Oregon, up to
12 o'clock uo'"i, ot Friday, August
11), 1H10, for thu following described
uroperty belonging to nald ustato,
namely, n utock ot inori.rndlno, con
sisting principally of Jowolry ut tho
Inventory vsiluo of J2U87.-17, together
with a lot of store fittings ! tho In
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PLUMBING
STEAM AND HOT WA1ER HEA1ING
All Work Guaranteed PricoH KuiiHonnblo
COFFEEN O. PRICE
11 North D St.. Medford,
;; J. E.i:NYAUT. President. J
;; JOHN S. OHTH, Cashier. V
THE MEDFORD
CAPITAL
SURPLUS
UNDIVIDED PROFITS
:: SAFETY BOXES FOR RENT. A GENERAL BANKING BUSI-
:: rtEss transacted, we solicit your patronage.
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Make Every Dollar Worth
More Than a Dollar!
An educated ad reader will novcr be poor.
MV
Po "know advertising" is to have a prac
tical knowledge of values of jthings of
when and how and whero to buy. No one,
having and utilizing such knowledge, could
over be unthrifty, or in any sonso careless
or reckless of expenses. !Kor such knowl
edge makes for thrift for saving. It makes
one proof against shams false values
manipulated reductions.
The intelligent ad reader uses as much
thought and ability in buying things as is
required in earning tho money that is spent
for thorn. And that amounts to a substan
tial increase of tho value of every dollar
of the family revenue 1
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WHERE COMFORT REIGNS
In tho homo oqulnpodth ojpotrlolty Comfort
Is tho nrosldlng aodcloaa. Tho Illumination of tho
Intorlor may bo augmontod by a lighting arrnngo
mont on tho porch that will add Immeasurably to
tho Joy of tho homo on hot Bummpr ovonlngs.
XiYdo from good lighting a houso wlrod I for
oloctrlclty Is proparod for oloctrlo fane, whoso
soft broozoa aro llko, balm on Humid .nights.
Fans aro portablo and may bo connoo tod with
oloctrlo socUots olthor Indoor or on tho 'vorandah.
Sond for tho ostlmato man and lot us bring
boauty and comfort to your homo.
ROGUE RIVER ELECTRIC. CO
vontory value of f 1 75.50, nil now In
ountudy of the undoritlKiinl at Mod
ford, Oregon. Cash or a certified
check for ton por cent of tho mucin at
offered must accompany oaoh bid and
tho nalo In made uubjoct to ccmflrmn
tlon by tho court, tho rlrjK being ro
mirvod to rojeul any and all bldn. Tho
paid prouorty and an Inventory there
of may bo Imported upon appllrntlim
to tho uudoruliMiod. at Medford, Ore
gon. WM. ULHICH, Trtintoo.
Dateil at Modforu, Oregon, August
8, ID10.
HnitkttiM for Health.
Ore.
Phone 30fl
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A. PKKItY. Vien-ProHidont.
II. JACKSON. Ahh'I Cnnhior.
NATIONAL BANK
$100,000.00
20,000.03
15,000.00
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