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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1902)
m I A STUDY IN SCARLET BY A. CONAN DOYLE. 3 I'AIiT II Chapter II Continued. , . , In the meantime. Ferrler. having re - covered now nis pnvuuuun, ''- Kufsbed himself as a useful guide and an indefatigable hunter. Bo raululy did he Rain the esteem of his new companions, that when they reached the end of their wanderings, it was unamimourily agreed that he should be provided with as large and as fertile a tract of land aa any of the settlers, with the exception of Young himself, and of Stangerson, Kimball, Johnson and Drebber. who were the four principal elders. On the far.m thus acquired John Fer rler built himself a substantial log houde, which received so many addi tions in succeeding years that it grew into a roomy villa. In three years he was better off than his neighbors, In six he was well-to-do, in nine he was rich, and ' In twelve there were not half a dozen men In the whole of Salt Lake City who could compare with him. There was one way, and only one, In which he offended the susceptibilities of his co-religionists. There were some who accused him of lukewarmnestf In his adopted relig ion, and others who put It down to Breed of wealth and reluctance to In cur expense. Whatever the reason, Ferrier re mained strictly celibate. In every other respect be conformed to the re ligion of the young settlement, and gained the name of being an ortho dox and straight-walking man. Lucy Ferrler grew up within the log house and assisted her adopted father in all his undertakings. The keen air of the mountains and the balsamic odor of the pine trees took the place of nurse and mother to tue young girl. As year succeeded to year she grew taller and stronger, her cheek more ruddy, and her step more elastic. Many a wayfarer upon the high road which ran by Ferrler's farm felt long forgotten thoughts revive In his mind as he watched her lithe, girlish figure tripping through the wheat fields, or met her mounted upon her father's mustang, and managing It with all the case and grace of a true child of the WeEt. So the bud blossomed Into a flower and the year which saw her father the richest of the farmers left her as fair a specimen of American girlhood as could be found in the whole Pacific slope. It waa not the father, however, who first discovered that the child had de veloped Into the woman. It seldom is In such cases. That mysterious change Is too sub tle and too gradual to be measured by dates. Least of all does the maiden herself know It until the tone of a voice or the touch of a hand sets her heart thrilling within her, and she learni, with a mixture of pride and fear, that a new and a larger nature hps awakened within her. There are few who cannot recall that day and remember the one little Incident which heralded the dawn of a new life. In the case of Lucy Ferrler the occa sion was serious enough In Itself, apart fiom Its future Influence on her desti ny and that of many besides. It was a warm June morning, and the Latter-Day Saints were as busy as the bees whose hive they have chosen for tholr e.mblem. In the fields and In th ftreets rose th" sarre hum o' human Industry. Down the durty h'qhroads defiled long streams of heavily laden mules, all heading to the west, for the gold fever hnd broken out In California, and the Overland route lay through the cltv of the Elect There, too, were droves of the Bheep and bullocks coming In from the out- lvlns pasture lands, and trains of tired Immigrants, men and horses equally weary of their Interminable Journey. Through all this motley assemblage, threading her way with the skill of an accomplished rider, there galloped Lucy Ferrler, her fair face flushed with the exorcise, and her long chest nut hair floating out behind her. She had a commission from her father In the city, and was dashing In as she had done many a time before, with all the fearlessness of youth, thinking only of her task and how it wps to be performed. The travel-stained adventurers gazed after her In astonishment, and even the unemotional Indians, Journey ing in with their peltry, relaxed their accustomed stoicism as they marveled nt the beauty of the pale-faced maiden. She had reached the outskirts of the city when she found that road blocked by a great drove of cattle, driven by a half dozen wild looking herdsmen from the plains. In her impatience she endeavored to pass this obstacle by pushing her horse Into what appeared to be a gin. Scarcely had she got fairly Into It. however, before the beasts closed In behind her. and she found herself com pletely Imbedded In the movlne stream ot fierce-eyed, lone-horned bullocks. Accustomed as she wag to deal with cattle, she was not alarmed at her situation, hut took advantage of every opportunity to r?e her horse on In the hope of pushing her way through the cavalcade. Unfortunately, the horns of one of the creatures, either by accident or design, came In violent contact with the flank of the mustang, and excited it to madness. In an Instant It reared upon Its hind lega with a snort of rage, and pranced and tossed In a way that would have unseated any but a most skillful rider. The stuatlon was full of peril. Every plunge of the excited horse brought it against the horns again, and goaded it to fresh madness. It was all that the girl could do to keep herself in the saddle, yet a slip would mean a terrible death under the hoofs of the unwieldy and terrified animals. Unaccustomed to sodden emergen cies her head began to swim, and her grip upon the bridle to relax. Choked by the rising cloud of dust and by the steam from the struggling creatures, she might have abandoned her efforts In despair but for a kindly Vice at her elbow which assured her o' assistance. At the same moment a sinewy brown hand caught the frightened horse by the curb, and, forcing a way throngh the drove, soon brought her to the out skirts. "You're not hurt. I hope. Miss," said her preserver, respectfully. She looked up at his dark, fierce face and lauehed saucily. I'm awfully frightened." she said, eaheljr; "whoever would lave thought ( 7 I that Ponsho would have been bo Beared by a lot of cows?" , ..Xnanlt God you kept your seat," the other said, earnestly. He was a t lnnWnI, Voune fellow mounted on a nowerful-j-oan horse. on and clad In the rough dress of a hunter, with a long rifle slung over his shoulder. "I guess you are the daugh ter of John Ferrier," he remarked. I saw you ride down from Wb house. When you see him, ask him if he re member the Jefferson Hopes of St. Louis. If he's the same Ferrler, my father and he were pretty thick." "Hadn't you better come and ask yourself?" she asked demurely. The young fellow seemed pleased at the suggestion, and his dark eyes sparkled with pleasure. "I'll do so," he said; "we've been In the mountains for two months, and are not over and above in visiting condi tion. He must take us as he finds us." "He has a good deal to thank you for, and bo have I," she answered; "he's awful fond of me. If those cows had Jumped on me, he'd have never got over It." "Neither Would I," said her com panion. "You? Well, I don't see that It would make much matter to you, any' how. You ain't even a friend of ours." The young hunter's dark face grew so gloomy over this remark that Lucy Ferrler laughed aloud. "There, I didn't mean that," she said; "of course, you are a friend now. You must come and see us. Now. I must push along, or father wont trust me with his business any more. Good-bye." "Good-bye," he answered, raising his broad sombrero, and bending over her little hand. She wheeled her mustang round, gave It a cut wth her riding-whip, and darted away down the broad road In a rolling cloud of dust Young Jefferson Hope rode on with his companions, gloomy and taciturn. He and .they had been among the Nevada mountains prospecting for sil ver, and were returning to Salt Lake City In the hope of raising capital enough to work some lodes which they hnd discovered. He had been as keen as any of them upon the business until this sudden In cident bad drawn his thoughts into an other channel. The sight of the fair, young girl, as frank and wholesome as the Sierra breezes, had Btlrred his volcanic, un tamed heart to its very depths. When she had vanished from his sight, he realized that a crisis had come In his life, and that neither sil ver speculations nor any other ques tions could ever be of such Importance to him as this new and all-absorbing one. The love which had sprunsr un In his heart was not the sudden, changeable fancy of a boy. hut rather the wild, fierce passion of a man of strong will ind Imperious temper. He hd been accustomed to succeed In all that he undertook. He swore "n his heart he would not fall In this If human effort and human perseverance could render him suc cessful. He called on John Ferrler thst nlsrht ind mfny times arnln until his face wns a familiar o"e at the frTnhon!e. John, cooned up In the valley, and ihsnrbed In hi work, had little chnnr-p nf leornlnp the news of the outside world rlnrlne the last twelve years. All this Jefferson Hone won ahle to tell him. and In a stvle which Interest ed Lucy na well as her father. He hnd been a pioneer In Callfornlq nrf could narrate manv a strange ta'e of fortunes made and fortunes lost In thnr wild, halcyon days. He had been a scout, too. and a trnn ner. a silver evnlnrer. and a ranchman. Whnrpvpr stirring ayppfren were n be had. jpfforanY) Hope had been thorp In search of them. Hp soon became a favorite with the old farmer, who spoke elomtPntlv of virtues. On such occasions Lucy was silent b"t her blnshtnr chek and her bright, hanpv eyes showed only too clearlv that her young heart was no longer her own. Her honest father may not have ob served these symptoms, but they were assuredly not thrown away upon the man who had won her affections. It was a summer evening when he came galloping down the road and pulled up at the gate. She was at the doorway, and came down to meet him. He threw the bri dle over the fenco and strode up the pathway. "I am off, Lucy"," he said, taking her two hands in his, and gazing tenderly down into her face; I wont ask you to come with me now, but will you be ready to come when I am here again?" "And when will that be?" she asked, blushing and laughing. "A couple of months at the outside. I will come and claim you then, my darling. There's no one who can stand between us." "And how about father?" she asked. "He has given his consent, provided we get these mines working all right. I have no fear on that head." "Oh, well, of course. If you and father have arranged It all, there's no more to be said," she whispered, with her cheek against his broad breast. "Thank God. ' he said, hoarsely, stooping and kissing her. "It la set tled then. The longer I stay the harder It will be to go. They are wait ing for me at the canyon. Good-bye, my own darling good-bye. In two months you shall see me." He tore himself from her as he spoke, and, flinging himself upon his horse, galloped furiously away, never even looking round, as though afraid that his resolution might fait him If he took one glance at what he was leaving. She stood at the gate, gazing tfter him until he vanished from her sight Then she walked back to the house, the happiest girl In Utah. CHAPTER III. Three weeks had passed since Jef ferson Hope and his comrades had departed from Salt Lake City. John Ferrler's heart was sore within him when he thought of the young man's return and of the Im pending loss of his adopted child. Yet her bright and happy face re conciled him to the arrangement more than any argument could have done. He had always determined, deep down In his resolute heart, that nothing would ever Induce Urn to allow his daughter to wed a Mormon. Such a marriage he regarded aa no marriage at all. but as a shame and a disgrace. Whatever he might think of the Mormon doctrine, upon that one point be was inflexible. lie had to seal Ida mouth oa the subject, however, for to express D unorthodox opinion was a dangerous matter in those day. In the Land of the Saints. Yes, a dangerous matter so dan gerous that even the most saintly dared only whisper their religious opinions with bated breath; lest some thing which fell from their Hps might me misconstrued and bring down a swift retribution upon them. ' The victims of persecution Bad now turned persecutors on their own ac- , count, and persecutors of the moat terrible description. Not the Inquisition of Seville,' nor the German Vehmgericht, nor the se cret societies of Italy, were ever able to put a more formidable machinery In motion than that which cast a cloud over the Territory of Utah. Its Invisibility and the mystery which was attached to It made this' the chief deikt of the country for mak-, a capacity of 5,000 bushels. The fore- of tl,e """"dan possession is the official organization doubly terrible. It ap- luj the transfer from the producing mnn in charge of the ship loading hud Greek priest of the established church, peared to be omniscent and omtripo-; points to those where the graius are to nn arrniigenieut for telling how much ' AI1 Russian resources are at bis com tent, and yet was neither seen.: nor j be j)r(.,,Ured for consumption. gium there was In the bin, which made ' "ml'd and all Russian officials and sol- heThe man who held out against the' SIo,,t ot'ie Seat elevators of the It unnecessary for anyone to visit the ! dlwy usten to his bidding. Naturally Church vanished away and none city are located where they cau be bin and see how big a supply It con- lu building the city of Mai kova, the knew whither he had gone or What reached by both water and mil," for talntd. A rope reached over a pulley northernmost town of the world and had befallen him. His wife and chll- while the heavy receipts come by rod and Into the storage blu. A heavy , Russian outpost, an Imposing Greek dren awaited him at home, but no the most of the big shipments out of weight was attached to the end lu the church ' received first consideration, father ever returned to tell J.hem how tbe t,ty gQ at. If the Chicago el-: blu. The other end of the rope reac h- with all Its details of dTmc and minaret, he had fared at the hands of his secret vatorg w ere divided Into stories, as are ed to the first floor of the elevator, "'though lumber and timber must come A. rash word or a hasty act wns fol- lowed by annihilation, and yet none knew what the nature might be of thls terrible power which was bus- pended over them. ; main portions. These higher portions . ward the bottom. A knot was tied In trol over the souls of of nil the koryaks, At first this vague and terrible pow- nie uge(i for machinery and grain trans-' the rope and when a test was made by ' other natives, Russian soldiers, officials er was exercised only upon the recal- forrig devices, so there Is no need for loosening the rope and letting down and laborers of the province of Ama cltrants, who, having embraced the fl( greflt w,(Uh ftg the ,oww floflrg the wegilt to the surface of the grain ' dyr. He Is personally ncquulnted with pervertM -to abandon it Soon, how- wht're tne e'11 18 stcred In bins. the foreman could tell Just how much the physical conditions of all under his ever it took a wider range. ' When a tralnlond of grain arrives at remained In-the bin. By ropes the ! Jurisdiction. On arrival of strangers be The BUDDly of adult women wrs an elevator the cars to be unloaded I workman could also opeu or close a warns thorn thut they must seek his running short and polygamy without . 1 - .n..lnllnH wttUh r a female copulation on which to draw was a barren doctrine Indeed. Strange rumors began to be bandied about rumors of murdered Immi grants and rifled camps In regiond where Indians had never been seen. Fresh women appeared In the harems of the elders women who pined and wept, and bore In their faces the traces of an unextlngulshable horror. Belted wanderers upon the moun tains spoke of gangs of armed men, masked, stealthy, and noiseless, who flitted by them In the darkness. These tales and rumors took sub stance and shape, and were corro orated and re-corroborated, until they resolved themselves Into a definite name. To this day. In the lonelv ranches of the West, the. name of the Danlte Band, or the Avenging Angela, Is a sinister and an Ill-omened one. Fuller knowledge of the ormnlia tlon which produced such terrible re sults served to Increase rather than to lesson the horror which It Inspire! in the minds of men. None knew who belonged to this ruthless society. The names of the participators In the deeds of blood and violence, done undpr the name of religion, were kept profoundly secret. The very friend to whom you com municated your mlsrlvlngs s to the prophet and his mission mlsrht bo one of those who would comn forth at night, with fire and wo-d to exact a terrible reparation. Hence every man feared his nelphbor, and none spoke nf the things which were nearest his heart. (To be uontiuued.) AUTHOR SCORES ON PUBLISHER. Downtrodden Writer Who Oot Even with His Tyrant. Only the rattle of the wheels on the rails disturbed the quiet of the smoking car on one of the suburban trains the otiier morning, tav when a proficient card player announced the uumber to be scored at the end of a hand. A cer i tain publisher, who never failed to travel on that train, for a wonder was silent, and had no tales to tell of the enormous circulation of the iait look he had wheedled out of the author foi "almost nothing." Afler awhile the nutl'or, who occasionally travels on the eame train, got on at a small station. "Hello, Blank." roar.d the pub lisher as soon as the author loomed up in the doorway, fixing the attention of the car on the twain: "I say, did you get that check I sent you yesterday?" "I'm sure," replied the author, modestly, "I don't know; I got so many checks yesterday." "Why I uiuan the Dne for $70 for that ihort story. of jours I accepted," (aid the publisher in a loud voice. "Oh, yos," quietly replied the au thor. "I recollect now. Yes, I cot it. It was for that story I sent you last year which you returned saying it was dead 'rot' and paid seventy for this 9 r." With one voice the company of card players cried: "Score onel" But amid the laughter the hilarious . m . 111 .1 nsitA rf tl.A iiiilili. Baa linan1 I ijwit? ui uix) iiuuiieiin nao uui tiv-ni it Brooklyn Eagle. Retribution at Last. "ThPse ricm mtnmhil nht be suppressed," remarked the indig. nant nmn nant man. . "Oh, I don't know," replied the lowly citizen. "I get some enjoyment out of them." I "You! Why, you never rode ln one In your life." "Of course not, but think how In- tereeting they are making things for ,n b,M on the floor JU8t below. The the scorching bicyclists, who have weigher, by a system of levers con heretofore monopoliied the roads. I .trolling a cutoff, draws Into the In tell you it looks to me like righteous closed we'ghlng bin as much wheat retribution." as he pleases. When the yard rises in A Week's End Party. Phamliman You don't know how it feels to have half a dozen mouths to feed Batcheller Perhaps not, but I'll bet yon I realized last night what it meant to have at least a feed. hundred to Phamliman Suroly, yon don't en tertain that manyT Batcheller Mosquitoes. Small, but nourishing. Papa Yon were up late last night daugther. Daughter Yes, pap- Our fresh ait club met on the plari. Papa Who belongs to yonr fresh air club. Daughter (slowlv and somewhat re luctantly) Well, Jack and and me. Detriot Free Press. Apricot and Figs. The apricot, if aoaked In Its own bulk of cold water for 48 hours, is said to be almost like fresh fruit. Figs should be immersed injiot wter for an hour. Hard to Rear. The two most diOhult creature to keep alive in aquariums are the herring and the whale. 44,lWM--K- T . ,n . ... J CHICAGO GRAIN t City Has t for Handling All Cereals.... J .DURING the last days of sum- JLJ -mer wheat and outs pour Into ' : RrttiB elevators of Chicago at a great rate. The grain doesn't all stay there by nnjr, means. There wouldn't' be room, for it Tralus are constantly backing Into the eluvato.-s and botit pulling up to tlietr sides to take on loadii of the grain and tnins- port the eeroels eastward. Chicago Is ( ordinary buildings, they would be from en t0 un stories In height. Most of thorn have narrow upper sections only about half as 'wide as are the ' are backed right Into the elevator on i I 1 j -'Mi GRAIN CAR RECEIVING ITS CARGO. a track that runs down the center of the building. At frequent Intervals along the floor there are trap doors down which the grain may be emptied, The boxcar Is stopped with Its s.de door opposite one of the traps. The car door is entered and a man with a steam shovel climbs Inside. .A steam shovel Is made of boards fastented to gether and Is about three feet wide by four lu length. Neur the top are two bandies by which the workman may pull It about On the opposite side and near the bottom of the shovel are fas tened the two ropes which by uieuus of team power pull the shovel forward each time after the wcrkmau sinks it down Into the wheat. As the shovel lowers the wheat in the car tl.e work man removes, one after another, the side boards which were placed cue above the other In the car door to hold , the wheat while It was being trans ported In the car. As the wheat Is thus being shoveled out of the cur and down Into a re ceiving bin below the floor, the muehln- that M.a i,k .ki. rt : t tuut, U1UI lUlVUKU v - celvlng bin. The belt Is fitted with cups which fill themselves as they pass through the grain. Up, up mount these cP oa tue belt until they reach ti.e toP floor of the elevotor. perhaps 100 or 170 feet above the point where they ' nu ie nuure iue point wuere tney are ""'ted. re as the pelt turns : ln tue de8eent the cups empty their "" gram uuo ums w uicu aro to kold the eereal but temporarily. With .chutes at their bottoms these tempo- rery Dins are connected with the welgl dicating that the amount of grain for which be gauged the scales has poured Into the bins be cuts off the stream ; and records the amount which has been j weighed. By another lever the platform of the scales can be opened and the wheat dropped Into a chute which leads to the floor below. Here a unique contriv ance carries the grain to any of the storage bins desired. Two wide rub ber belts, full three and a half feet broad, extend from one end of the long building to the other. The chutes from the various weighing Wns depeud Just above one or the other of these belts. The belts are operated on roll ers which curve op in such a way at their ends that the belt is made to curve up In a corresponding way at the edges. On each side of the belt on the surface of the floor Is the rail of a track which extends the full length of the belt At various points along the Boor are openings Into the. bins below. To get the grain, which uo uvea aroppea iron) cue weiguing bin chute to these flying belts. Into the lower bins requires the se of still another unique device which runs on this track. This device la a receiver for the grain, nd tote this receiver the grain Is thrown from the belt Long f hutea lead from these storage bins to CLEVATORS.... Remarkable Facilities tlie places where the cars or boats come to be loaded. In an elevator vlclted by a newspaper correspondent there were eight mov able chutes le.'id.ng from as many bins to the pier of the ship, where the bouts came aiougxiue 10 receive tneir car- goes. The elevator had a caimeltv of almost 2,000,000 of grain, and the eight bins for loading b.ats each kid Various marks were on the wnll and at the side of each, such and Buch a number of bushels of grain was uiark- ed down, the larger numbers being to- valve, shutting off the grain or letting it flow down the chute from the bin into a bout When being filled the bout comes alongside the pier and her hatches are opened and as many chutes as can be used-whkh Is, of course, determined by the length of the vessel are placed lu operation. The chutes can be swung about from side to side, and there have been In stances in which six of them were employed at one time In send ng grain dowu into the hold of a long steamer. uown ine center or u;e elevator Is a second track on which Is ruu In the freight cars to be loaded with grain Cars are filled In a way somewhat sim ilar to bouts, but one double-kneed chute Is used for each car. The car Is rolled under the bin wh.ch Is to be emptied. A swinging chute connected; with the bin Is pulled up to the sl.le of the car. At the end of t'.e chute Is a double 'spout, the ends being slightly turned to one side so that they will go Into the door of the car, and pointing almost lu opposite direction, so that they will spread the wheat n much as possible. Hob" Burdot.te s Hcvcnge. Undoubtedly one of the most accept - able examples of the "club woman t husband" Is found in Mr. Burdette- genial Bob Burdetle, as he Is so hap plly called for he not only attends nl pnj cuueu ior ue uoi ouiy uueims an the biennials, but shows his hum rom hand from time to time In support of uis wue. Not long ngo, for Interesting Instance, the Atchison Globe, pending a visit of Mrs. Burdette to thut town, and In preparation of which the club women were making much ndo, published a sarcastic editorial headed, "Who Is Mrs. Bob Burdette?" When this came to the notice of Mr. Bob, he Industri ously set about sending the editor news paper clippings by the ynrd. Each day for weeks he posted an article about Mrs. Burdette's club work or home life. and finally added a note calling atten tion to the fact that In the same Issue with the editorial was a fine write-up of the lady on an Inside page. "Read your own paper." was the parting shot to the editor. "I do." Thereupon the paper came out with a second editorial headed, "We Eat Mud," and ln conclusion said: "If Mr. Burdette will quit, we will apologize for our lack of Information about his wife, trellis, where It has stood for thirty Mrs. Burdette seems to be a lovely ave years. It Is still sound, except character, all right" The rilgrlm. around the holes near each end, where ": ; rr there are signs of decay; Every love affair la like a progres- enough material of this slve game of cards. The player, have kn)1 nM , woulJ rVel?m J table where gooi idea to construct a track after this tiey had different partners, but the pattern as a part of the Illinola ex game they play Is he same, with the blb, gt Kporiton. same points and the same blunders.! It differs from a progressive game ofi cards only ln the fact that the prhte1 isn l as vaiunuie as iue pne given at cards. j her friends' A woman has to ask permission to wear a new style of hat, and her husband's permission to buy It After a man tires of amusements he' culls them foUIee CREEK CHURCH IS THE FURTHEST NORTH. Russian control has pushed Its way 10 ule extreme norm western up or si t)e,'i"' 1w)0 mil('8 "oltu of Vladivostock ! 1111(1 tl,e Siberian railway. At the van from long distances. In size It la larger and 'mure pretentious than all the gov ernment buildings combined. The Greek priest at once on' arrival assumed cou- ' advice before association with any na I 1 t . I I 1 . . lives In particular or take the conse- quence of contracting contagious ali ments, lie keeps a watchful eye on the subject natives of the Czar, encourag ing their labors and urging them to be seulous In their occupations of fishing and drying fish, collecting eggs of sea birds for food, etc. PROFITS OF RICE GROWERS. Industry In the Southwest Has Pasjed the Kxperiiueutal 8taice. The production In the Southwest bus long since passed the experimental stage, and the man who wishes to be come a rice farmer cuu secure an uiuplu fund of statistics from uny of the vari ous centers to enable him to calculate closely on the tilling a tract of 10, 100, or 10,000 acres, for he cuu find compan ies who have invested hulf a million dollars to purchase and prepare "farms" of the last-named size for the Industry, but the majority of the grow ers have confined their Individual effort to CO or 100 acres. Taking a group of the 100-acre projects und uveruglng the results, the expenses are as follows: Plowing and cultivating, $4 uu ucre; seeding, $U.50; harvesting, thrashing and hauling crop to mill or railroad sta tion, $5. Levee work and other Items swell the totul cash outlay of "inaklug" the crop to If 20 nu acre. The owner contracts with the Irriga tion company to furnish sufficient wa ter for the season for one-fiftb of the yield, .unless be controls his water works, which for hundred-nere farms cost from $1,000 to $1,500. The harvest, of course, varies considerably. It may be ten barrels of 1U2 pounds each to the acre. A specially favorable season may Inertia? It to fifteen barrels. Th price, too, fluctuates. Busing It nt $3.50 per barrel for the minimum yield, the farmer obtains $S00 from his rice alone Deducting interest at per cent on the cost of his land at $20 an acre, taxes and Insurance, be nets a profit of $000. But to this he can udd $500, the value of the straw and brau left after thrash lug. Thus 50 per cent of the original land value may be paid by the pro ceeds of one year's harvest. ' Usually enough vegetables, perhaps fruit, ore raised fi r the family supply, and the tendency to diversity is becom ing yearly more pronounced; for the energetic grower has nn opportunity to produce some other staple during the half-year when the rice la not under cultivation. The profit may average near $25 or $30 un acre. American Ite- vlew of Reviews. AN OLD RAILROAD TIE. Did Service a TrellU After Thirty Year' Usage. "I saw an old railroad relic the other day that was quite a curiosity," said a contractor. "It was lu the posses sion of a farmer near Springfield. It was one of. the ties used In the con' structlon of the first railroad built In Illinois, 'The Northern Cross,' extend ing from Springfield to Naples on the Illinois Itlver, and now a part of the Wabash system. It was built, or at least begun, In 1830, and was of a con structlon now strange to railroad peo ple. "The ties were of red cedar and were laid farther apart than Is now the cus tom. On the ties running lengthwise were laid oak stringers, as they were called, to support the rails. These stringers were timbers about six Inch es square and from twenty to thirty feet long. They were held In place by ash pins about an Inch In diameter, which were driven through boles bored In the stringers and ties. The rails were mere straps of Iron about two and a half Inches wide and a half to three-quarters of an Inch thick. The straps were fastened to the stringers with spikes driven through' tbelr center and the heads of the spikes were coun tersunk so that the straps presented a smooth surface upon which the wheels revolved. The tie of which I speak had been taken from the track In 1800, after thirty years of use, bad passed Into possession of Its present owner and been used as a post to support a grape - Great la the A mason, gt river la the Amazon. It ta navlgable for ocean steamers for 2.000 miles from Its mouth. At parts of Ha course one bank cannot le seen from the other; the observer seems to be Icoklng out upon a sea of freta water. Duties of other people are always doubly clear to ua. GEO. f . GROWELL, Successor to E. L. Smith, Oldest Eeublishvd IIoujc in the valley DEALER IN Dry Goods, Groceries", Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Flour and Feed, etc. This old-established house wi I con tinue to pay cash lor all its goods; it pays no rent; it employs a clerk, but does not have to divide with a partner. All dividends are tnad with customers in the way of reasonable prices. Lumber Wood, Posts, Etc. Davenport Bros. Lumber Co. Have opened an office in Hood River. Call and get prices and have orders, which will be promptly filled. Regulator Line STEAMERS Regulator and Dalles City Between The Dalles and Portland ' l)aily Except Sunday. Leavo Dalles 7A.M. Arrive Portland 4 P. M . Ix'Hvu Portland 7A.M. Arrive Dalles 5 P. M. Leave Hood River (down) at 8 :30 A.M. Arrive Hood River (up) at 3:30 P.M. "W. C ALLAWAY, Gcn:ral Agent. White Collar Line Portland -Astoria Route Sir. "BAILEY GATZERT." Daily round tripa except Sunday. TIME CARD. LeHve.Portlinl 7:00 A. M Leaven Astoria 7:uo p. M Throuuh Portland connection with Hteamer Kahcotta from llwaco and 1-oiitf lleavh pointa. White Collar l.lne tickets interchangeable with O. K. t K. Co. and V. T. Co. tickets. TheDalles-Portland Route STEAMERS "TAHOMA" nd "METLAKO" Daily trips except Sunday. Str. "TAHOMA." I.cvs Portland, Mon., Wed., Kri 7:00 A. M Leaves The lallus, Tuea., Thurs. HaL,7:U0 A. M Str. "METLAKO." l eaves Portland, Tues., Thu., bat 7:01) A. M. Leaves The Dalles Mon., Wed., Kri 7:00 A. M. 1-andlnu and office: Foot Alder Street. Uotb phones Main oil. Portland, Oregon. AGENTS. .t. W. CRK HTON The Dalles, Ore. A. K. KPM.r-.K Hood Ulver, (Ire. WCII.KOUU & WYKRS... .White Halim.n, Waah. HKNKY (tt.MSTKD C'arRon, Wash. JOHN C. TOTTON Stevenson, Wah. J. C. WYATT Vancouver. Wash. A. J. TAYLolt Astoria, Ore. E. W. CRICHTON, Portland, Oregon Oregon Shoit Line and Union Pacific Ho MtWo !i lo ' PortUnd. Or. Chicago Rait Lake, Penver, 4:30 p m. Portland Ft. Worlh.Omalia, Special Kansas City, St. S:0Ua. m. Loiiis,Chivagoatid vl haL Huntington. At antlo ' Walla Walla Uwls- 8:10 a.m. Express I hm.Hpokane.Miti S:u0 p.m. neapolis.st. Paul, via I Dtiluth. MilKail Huntington. kte.t.'liicauo.tiKan 1 St. Fatil Rait Lake, Denver, 7;0Ua. m. Fast Mail Ft. Worlh.Omalia, S:lp. m. Kansas Citv, St. via Louia,CaicaguaiiJ Spokane feast. OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE KOM I-OltTLANI. i . . IMip.as. All sailing datesj :n0 p. m. subject to change For San Franol.ro -bail every a days Dally CelttMDla Rlraf 4 00 p.m. Ex. fcundajr tteaasrs. Kx. 8,"d.y a :uu p. m. Satnrdaf To Astoria and War Hi UU p. m. Landings. :45a m Willamette aW. 4:n.m Won., Wed. Water permit!!.,. Ks. Huadaf andrri. Oreon city, New f bert:. Salem, Inde pendence, Corvai. lis and War land- Ingfc rooa m. Willsswtte s-. Tsai- :., Tu;-i J.1""- -. ,"' "'' , ' Hon. .VS,t andSak Water Krniittln. and Kri. Oreson .Ur, limy ton, A War Laud- lugs. L4Tn6a!m" "''". LT.Ui,tOB A. L. CRAIO, General Passenger Agent. Portland. Of. A. . HOAK. A gear, Um4 River.