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THE DAILY CAPITAL JO RNAL, SALEM, OREGON SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1916. BY A.C01JAII DDYLE Copyright, 1912, CHAPTER VII. 'Tomorrow W Disappear Into the Un known." . "rVUX nlit bore tliosp whom this f'S II... ....... ........ I, I... n .... - count of our liiJiiirimis voynne upon tint occui liner, nor will I ut our nick's Hliiy at I'ma (.jhvo (nut I should wish to ni'knou U'd-e t tit jjrwit kindness of (lie company In Ui'lp 1iii us to get tOKOtlipr our eipilpiuent). I will also ulliitle very briefly to our rivrr journey up II With", slow moving, -l;iy tinted sti'piini in a steamer which w as til tie smaller than that which lutil earrieil list across the Atluutie. Krentu lly wo found ourselves tlironnh lh ii'urows of Olililim anil readied the liwn of Manuos. Hero we were res ided from (lie limited attractions of i lie local Inn by Mr. Sliortniaii, the rep resentative of the British aud lliuail j in Trudliir company. In his hospital I anemia we spent our time until the day when we were empowered to open (lie letter of Instructions given to us ly l'rofessor Challenger. , Before I reach the surprising events of that duto I should desire to Hive elearer sketch -r my eomnules in this enterprise and the ossoelates whom we had already gathered together lit South America. I Hpeak freely, and I leave the use of my material to ymir own discretion, Mr. MeArdle, since it Is through your hands that this report must puss before It 'reaches the world. The sclentllie attainments of rrofea itor Siimmerlee are too well known for me to trouble to recapitulate tliem. lie Pi belter equipped for a rough expedi tion of this sort than one would lui unine at first sight. Ills tall, gaunt, Hlringy figure Is Insensible to fatigue, mill his dry, half sarcastic nnd often wholly unsympathetic manner Is iiiiln (luenced by any change in his sur loiindings. Though In his sixty-sixth year. I have never heard him express iniy dissatisfaction nt the occasional hardships which we have hail to en counter. I had regarded his presence or, an encumbrance to the expedition; bill, as a matter of fact, 1 tun now well convinced that his power of endurance la as great as my own. In temper he I I naturally acid and skeptical. Urd John lloxtou has Home points in common with l'rofessor Sumuierleu and others In which they are the very antithesis to each other, lie Is Iwen Iv years younger, but bus something of (he same spare, scraggy physique. As lo Ids appearance. I have, as I rec ollect, described It In that portion of my narrative which 1 have left behind mo In London, lie Is exceedingly neat and prim In his ways, dresses always villi great care In white drill suits mid hUh brown mosquito boots and niiaves at least once a day. Like most men of action, be Is laconic In speech mid sinks readily Into bis own thoughts, but h Is always quick to answer a question or Join In a con versation, talking In a queer, Jerky, Icilf humorous fashion. His knowl edge of the world, and very especially or South America, Is surprising, and be lias a whole hearted belief in the peclblllties of our Journey which Is not be dashed by the sneers of l'rofes nor Siiinineilee. lb; has a gentle voice mid :t quiet milliner, but behind his (Inkling blue eyes there lurks a oh puclly for furious wrath nnd Implaca ble resolution, the more dangerous be cause they are held in leash. i'o much for the moment for my two white companions, whose characters nnd liniiialions will he further ex posed, as surely as my own, us this n niativv proceeds, lint already we have eprolled certain retainers who may play no small part: In what Is to (nine. Tile Ural Is a glganlle negro niined umbo, who Is a black Her cules, ns willing as any horse aiid ali nit as Intelligent. 1 1 i ill we enlisted nt IVirii on the ici ommcii'hitloii of the oi.'iiiiishlp company, on whose vessels ln li nt leiiineil to speak a hailing I'ng I . . U M was at t'aru also that we engaccil i. imicz and Manuel, two half breeds ii. nn up Hie rive, Just cmno down Willi a cnr,'o of redwood. They were ." nnh.v lellows, bearded and tierce, as aeiiie ami wiry as panthers, limb of (loin had spent their lives in ilmse iioiv waters of (lie Alua:'.oli which we were about lo explore, and It wat til la iveouiliieudutloii which iiad caused Lord ,lohu to engage llicni One of lli.-ui. i ioniej. -ha.l the I'mihcr advan fa go that he could speak e client I'milMi. These men were willing lo : I as our personal servants, to conk, lo lov. or to make themselves useful in any way at a payment of M." a in mill. I'.c ildes these, we had eiiLiig isl three Mo.lo Indians from Itollvla. h i are the most skillful at. Ilshlug ami boat work of all the river tribes. Tlio chief of Ihoise we called Mojo, H iter tils tribe, and the others miv known as Josn and I'oi.mixbi Three "while men, then, two half breeds, one uegiM .aii'l '.hi'ee Indians made lip the p.-i soiiuel of tile little cxpeilil 1,M which la waiting for lis InMriioUi'tis H'. by A. Conan Doyle. Miliums before stiirtlni upuu Its singu lar quest. At last, ufler a weary week, the duy had come and the hour. I ask you to picture the shaded silting room of the 1 a.enda St. Igmitlo, two miles inland from the town of Manaos. Outside lay the yellow, brassy glare of the sun shine, v.il the shadows of the palm trees as black und definite as the trees themselves. The ulr was calm, full of the elurmil hum of Insects, a tropical chorus of many octaves, from the deep drone of the bee to the high, been pipe of the mosquito. Iieyond Hie veranda was n small cleared gar den, bounded' with cactus hedges and adorned with clumps of flowering shrubs, round which the great blue butterflies und the tiny humming birds tluttered and darted In crescents of sparkling light. Within we were seated round the cane table, ori which lay a sealed envelope, inscribed upon It In the Jagged handwriting of 1'ro 1'es.sor Challenger were the wwrds: Instructions lo Lord John Iloxton anil purtv. To he opened at Munuos upon July li, at 12 o'clock precisely. Lord John had placed his watch upon the tabic beside him. "Wo have seven more minutes," said be. "The old dear Is very precise." 1'rofessor Siimmerlee gave an add smile as he picked up the envelope In Ids gaunt hand. "What can It, possibly matter wheth er we open It. now or In seven min utes?" said he. "It is all part and parcel of (ho sauie. system of quackery and nonsense for which 1 regret to say that the writer is notorious." "Oh, come! We must play the game nccordln' to rules," said Lord John "It's old man Challenger's show, and we are here by his good will, so it would be quite bad form if we didn't follow his Instructions to the letter." "A pretty business it Is!" cried the professor bitterly. "It struck me lis preposterous In London, but I'm hound lo say Unit it seems even more so upon closer acquaintance. I don't know what Is inside this envelope: but, un less It. Is something pretty definite, 1 shall lie much templed to take the next down river boat and catch the liolivlii at 1'nii. After all, I lme some more responsible work In the world than lo run about disproving the assertions of u lunatic. Now, ltox ton, surely it Is lime." "Time 11 Is," said Lord John. "You can blow the whistle." He took up the envelope and cut It with his pen knife, l'l-om It he drew a folded sheet of paper. This he carefully opened nut and flattened on the table. 11 was a blank sheet. He turned It over. Again It. was blank. We looked al each other In a bewildered silence, which was broken by a discordant burst of derisive laughter from l'ro fessor Siimmerlee. "It Is an open admission!" lie cried "What more do you want ' The fellow Is a self conl'essl humbug. We have only to return home and report h 1 in ns the biaxeii Impostor that be Is." "May I come In?" boomed a voice from the veranda. The shadow of a squat figure had stolen across the palih of sunlight. That voice, that monstrous breadth of shoulder! We sprung to our feet wllh a gasp of astonishment as Chal lenger, In a round, Isiylsh slraw hat wllh a colored ribbon-Challenger, with Ids hands In his Jacket pockets and his canvas shoes daintily pointing as Io wa Iked - appeared In the open space be fore ns. lie threw back his head, and there he stood in golden glow with all if .M;:',V!'SM r-i4 viUiv-sci-. ..." "May I come In?" boomed a voice fron the voranda. bis old Assyrian luxurbiuce of lnap' ail his n.Uhe Insolence of drooping ej e IMs aud Intolerant eyes. i ( , uc limn- i 1 v Mm t A I KJl ii 1A "I fear," said he", taking out hU watch, "that 1 am a few minutes too late. When I gave you this envelope I must confess that I had never Intend ed that you should open It. for It had been my fixed Intention to he with you 1 efore the hour. The unfortunate de lay can be apportioned between a blun dering pilot and an Intrusive sand bank. I fear that it lias given my col league, l'rofessor Siimmerlee, occasion to blaspheme. You need no chart of di rections now, since you will have the Inestimable advantage of my own guidance. From the first I had deter mined that I would myself preside over your Investigation. The most elaborate charts would, as you will readily ad. mil, be a poor substitute for my own intelligence und advice. As to the f small ruse which 1 played upon you In the matter of the envelope. It Is clear that had I told you all my intentions I should have been forced to resist un welcome pressure to travel out with on." It was Aug. 2 when we snaped our last link wllh the outer world by bid ding farewell to the Esmeralda, a si en in launch which Lord John Uox ton chartered to take us up the river, rinee then four days have passed, dur lag which we have engaged two lurge canoes from the Indians, made of so light a material (skins over a bamboo framework) that we should be able to tarry them around any obstacle. Yhese we loaded vllh all our effects mid have engaged two additional In dians to belli us In the navigation. 1 understand that they are the veiy two Adieu and Ipelu by name who ac conipanled l'rofessor Challenger upon his previous journey. They appeared to be lerrlllod at the prospect of re penting It, but the chief has patri archal powers in these countries, and If the bargain Is good In his eyes the clansman has little choice In the nutt ier. So tomorrow we disappear Into the unknown. This account I am trans mitting down the river by canoe, anil It may be our last word to I hose who are Inlerested In our fate. I have, ac cording to our arrangement, addressed It to you, my dear Mr. McArdle, and I leave It to your discretion to delete. alter or do what you like with it I'loin the assurance of Professor Chal lenger's mu liner and In spite of the continued skepticism of l'rofessor Sumnierlee I have no doubt that our leader will make good his stulcWnt and that we are reully on the eve of some most remarkable experiences. When I wrote last we were about to leave Hie Indian village where we bud been deposited by the Ksinerahla. I have to begin my report by bad news, for the first serious personal trouble (i pass over the incessant blckerltii'S be tween the professors) occurred this evening and might have had a tingle ending. I have spoken of our Kngllsh speaking half breed ininez-a Hue worker and a willing fellow, but allllct- ed, 1 fancy, with the vice of curiosity, which Is common enough among such men. On the last evening he seems to have hid himself near the hut tu which we were discussing our plans, and, be ing observed by our huge negro .umbo, who Is as fall hi Hi as a dog ami lias the hatred which all his race bear to the half breeds, lie was dragged out and carried into our presence, (lonie. whipped out his knife, however, and but for the huge slrength of his captor, which enabled lilin to disarm him with one hand, he would certainly have stabbed him. The matter has ended in repi'liniiiids, the opponents have been compelled to shake hands, and I here is every hope that all will be well. Kor two days we made our way up a good sized river, some hundreds of yards broad and dink In color, but transparent, so that one could usually see the bottom. The nllluents of I he Ama.oii are, half of them, of this na tine, while the other half are whitish and opaque, the difference depending upon l he class of cmintrythioughw hlch they have flowed. The dark Indicate vegetable decay, while the others point to clayey soil, Twice we came across rapids mid in each case made a port age of half a mile or so to avoid them The woods on ell her side were prime val, which are more easily penetrated than woods of the second growth, and we iiad no great dltllculty In carrying our canoes through them. How shall 1 ever forget the solemn mystery of It' The height of the trees and the thick ness of the holes exceeded anything which I in my town bred bl'e could have imagined, shooting upwind In inagnlllcent columns until, nt an enor mons distance above our heads. we could dimly discern the spot where ihey threw out their side branches Into tlothlc upward curves which conies -ed lo form one great matted roof of ver dure, through which only an occasional golden ray of sunshine sli it downward lo trace a thin dazzling line of lUhl amid the majestic obscurity. As wo walked noiselessly anii'l fie thick, sot't carpet of decaying vegetation the hush fell upon our souls whl' h conies upon us In the twilight of the abbey, und even Professor ( 'hal'i'iiuer's full chest ed uolcs sank Into a whisper Alone I should have Im-oii Ignorant of the lauics of these of giant growth, Put out men of science pointed out the cedars the great silk coiion trees and the red wood trees, with all that profusion of virion plants which has mai'.e this continent the chief supplier to the hu man race of those gifts of nature which depend upon the vegetable world, while It Is the most buck ward hi those products which come from inlin.il life. CHAPTER VIII. Evidence! of Human Life, T yet there were li.-ll, atlons that even human life II sell was not fur from us In those mysterious recesses. On the (Mrd day out we were aware of a sin gu!ar deep throbbing in the air, rhythmic aud solemn, coming ami go ing fitfully throughout the morning. 1'he two boats were paddling within a few yards of each other when first we beard it, and our Indians remained mo tionless, as If they had been turned to' bronze, listening Intently with expres sions of terror upon their faces. "What Is It?" I asked. "Irums," said Lord John carelessly, "war drums. I have beard them be fore." "Yes, sir, war drums," sa(d Gomez, the half breed. "Wild Indians, bravos, not inansos. They watch us every mile of the way. Kill us If they can." "How can they watch us?" I asked, gazing into the (lurk, motionless void. The half breed shrugged his tlmuA shoulders. "The India ns know. They have their own way. They watch us. They talk the drum talk to each other. Kill us if they can." All day the drums rumbled and whis pered, w hile their menace reflected It self in the faces of our colored com panions. Even tlio hardy, swaggering half breed sCcined cowed. I learned, however, that day, once for all, that both Sumnierlee and Challenger pos sessed that highest type of bravery, the bravery of the sclentllie mind. Theirs was the spirit which upheld Ilaruin among the gauchos of the Ar gentine or Wallace among the bead hunters of Malaya, it is decreed by a merciful nature that the human brain cannot think of two things simultane ously, so that If it lie steeped In curi osity ns lo Science it has no room for merely pcfsonul considerations. All day n in Id rhat Incessant and mysteri ous menace our two professors watched every bird upon the wing and every shrub upon the bunk, with nun y a sharp wordy contenllou, when theiuiarl of .Suininerlee came quick upon the deep growl of Challenger, but with no more .sense of danger mid no more ref erence to drum beating Indians than If they were seated together In the suiok ing room of the ltoyal society's club In St. James' street. '' That night we moored our canoes with heavy stones for anchors In the center of the stream and made every preparation for a possible attncX Nothing came, however, and with the dawn we pushed upon our way, the drum beating dying out behind us. About 3 o'clock In the afternoon we came to a very steep rapid, more than a mile long -the very one In which Pro fessor Challenger had suffered disaster upon his first journey. I confess that the sight of it consoled uie, for it was reullv the first direct corroboration. It Was Really the First Direct Corrob oration, Slight ai It Was. slight !is It was, of the truth of bis sto ry. The Indians carried first our ca noes and then our stores through the brushwood, which is very thick at this point, while we four whites, our rifles on our shoulders, walked between them and any danger coming from the woods. '.efore evening we had suc cessfully passed the rapids and made our way smye ten miles above them, where we anchored for the night. Al this point I reckoned that we had coinc not less than a hundred miles up the tributary l'""in tlu main stream. It was In the early forenoon of the next day that we made the great de pai'lure. Since dawn Professor Chill leager had been acuiely uneasy, con thiuaily si mining each bank of the rlv er. S;u! h nly he gaxe nu exclamation of satisfaction and p.iinted'to a single tree which rojc ted at a peculiar angle out the side of I he stream. "What do yo'i make of llrat?" he asked. "It Is surely an Assai palm." said Sunimerlee. "L.xacliy. It was an Assal palm which I l :ek tor iu.v landmark. Th secret opening Is half a mile onward upon the ether side of the I'iuT. There is no break in III- trees. That Is til-' minder and the luvsiery of it. There w her" you see light given rushes In stead of d irk green nn leigrew lb, there lielween the great rolionwoods. that is my private gate Into the unknown. Push through and oii will under .t.uid." It was. indeed a wonderful place. Having reached the spot uiarftcd by a Hue of light green rushes, we poled out two canoes through" them for some hundreds of yards and eventually emerged into a placid aud. shallow Hiivaiu, running char aud transparent vver a snodv boitoni. It may have cJ) -I4.X been twenty yards across aud was banked In on each side by most luxu riant vegetation. No one who had not observed that for a short distance reeds had taken the place of shrubs could possibly hare guessed the exist ence of such a stream or dreamed of the fairyland beyond. Tor a fairyland it was, the fnost wonderful that the imagination of man could concelw. The thick vegetation met overhead, Interlacing into a nat ural pergola, and through this tunnel , at verdure In a efoldeu twilight flowed the green, pellucid river, beautiful In itself, but marvelous from the strange tints thrown by the vivid light from above, filtered and tempered In its fall. Clear as crystal, motionless as a sheet of glass, green ns tbo edge of an ice; berg, it stretehol lu front of us under Its leafy archway, every stroke of our paddles sending a thousand ripples across Its shining surfuce. It was a lilting avenue to a land of wonders. All signs of Hie- Indians had passed away, but animal life was more fre quent, and the tnmenoss ofbe crea tures showed that they knew nothing of the hunter. Fuzzy little black vel vet monkeys with snow white teeth and gleaming, mocking eyes chattered t us ns wo passed. With a dull, heavy splash an occasional cayman plunged in from the bank. Once a dark, clumsy tapir stared at us from a gup In the bushes and then lumber ed away through the forest. Once, too, the yellow, sinuous form of a great pinna whisked nmld the brushwood, and Its green, baleful eyes glared ha tred at us over its tawny shoulder. P.lrd life was abundant, especially the wndiug birds, stork, heron and Ibis gathering In little groups, blue, scar let and white, upon every log which jutted from the bank, while beneath us the crystal wnter was alive with fl.sli of every shape and color.- 1'or three days we made our way up this tunnel of hazy green sunshine. On the longer stretches one could hard ly tell as one looked ahead "where the distant greeu .water ended and tlio distant green archway began. The deep pence of tills strange waterway was unbroken by any sign of man. "No Indian here. Too much afraid Curupui l." said Gomez. "Curupurl Is the spirit of the woods," Lord John explained. "It's a name for any kind of devil. The poor beg gars thinks that there Is something fearsome In this direction, and there fore they avoid it." On the third day It became evident I lint our journey in the canoes could not last much longer, for the stream was rapidly growing more shallow. Twice in ns many hours we,stuck upon the bottom. Finally we pulled the boats up among the brushwood and spent, the night on the bank of the river. In the morning Lord John and I made our way for a couple of miles through the forest, keeping parallel with the stream, but ns It grew ever shallower we returned and reported, what Professor Challenger had already suspected, tlint we hnd reached the highest point to which the canoes could be brought. We drew them up, there fore, nnd concealed them among the bushes, blazing rt tree with our axes so thut we should find them again. Then we distributed the various bur dens among us guns, ammunition, food, a tent, blankets and the rest and. shouldering our packages, we set forth upon the more laborious stage of our Journey. Advancing In single file along the bank of the stream, we soon found that it narrowed down to a mere brook, and finally that it lost itself in a great green morass of spongelikc mosses. Into which we sunk up to our knees. The place was horribly haunted by clouds of mosquitoes nnd every form of flying pest, so we were glad to And solid ground again and to make n cir cuit among the trees, which enabled us to outflank (his pestilent morass, which droned like an organ in the dis lance, so loud was It with Insect life. On the ninth day after leaving the canoes, having done, as I reckon, about I'-'O miles, we begun to emerge from the trees, which had grown smuller un til they were mere shrubs. Their plnce was taken by an immense wilderness of bauiboo, which grew so thickly tlint we could only penetrate It by cutting a pathway with the machetes and bill hooks of the Indians. It took us a long day, traveling from 7 In the morning till 8 at night, with only two breaks of one hour each, to get, through this obstacle. Anything more monotonous and wearying could not be imagined, for, even at the most open places. 1 could not see more than ten or twelve yards, while usually my vision was limited to the buck of Lord John's cot ton jacket in front of me nnd to the yellow wall within a foot of me on ell her side. 1'roin above came one I thin knife edge of sunshine, and lifted! feet over our heads one saw the tops i i f the reeds sw aying against the deep ; blue sky. I do not know what kind of creatures inhabit such a thicket, but j several times we heard the plunging of large, heavy animals quite close to us i I'rein their sounds Lord John judged I them lo be some form of wild cattle I Just as night fell we cleared the licit j of bamboos and at once formed our camp, exhausted by the Interminable " day. j Larlv next morning we were again afoot and found that the character of j the lountry bad changed once again j I'.ehlnd us was the wall of bamboo, as : definite us if It marked the course of j a river. In front, was ifn open p'aln. sloping slightly upward ami dotted I Willi umps of tree ferns, the whole i curving before us until it ended In a long, whale backed ridge. Tills we reached about midday, only to And a shallow valley Iieyond, rising once Hgabi Into a gentle Incline which led to a low, rounded sky line. And now, my readers, If ever I have any, 1 have brought you up the broad liver, and through the screen of rushes, and down" the green tunnel, and up the long slope of palm trees, and through the bamboo brake, and across the plain of tree ferns. At last our destination lay In full sight of us. Wheu we had crossed the second ridge we saw before us an irregular, palm studded plaiu and then the lino of high red cliffs which J. have seen in the picture. There it lies, even as 1 write, nnd there can be no question that It is the same. At the nearest pojnt It is about seven miles from our present camp, and it curves away, stretching as far as I can see. Chal lenger struts about like a prize pea cock, and Siimmerlee is silent, but still skeptical. Another day should bring some of our doubts to an end. Meanwhile, as Jose, whose arm was pierced by a broken bamboo, Insists upon returning, I send this letter back In ids charge and only hope that It may eventually come to hand. I will write agnin as the occasion serves. I have inclosed with this a tough chart of our Journey, which may have the effect of making the account rather easier to understand. (Continued next Saturday) "SH Your Liver Must Be Active if. you would be healthful. A lazy liver soon upsets the entire digestive system but you can avoid this condition with the assistance of HOSTETTER'S Stomach Bitters ODE TO A SKELETON. Behold this ruin. 'Tis a skull, Ouce of ethereal spirit full; This narrow cell was life's retreat. This spuce was thought's mysterious seat, What beauteous visions filled this spot, What dreams of pleasure long forgot, Nor joy, nor grief, nor hope, nor fear, Has iet't one trace on record here. Beneath this niohlering canopy Once shone the bright and busy eye; Yet rftart not nt the dismal void, If ho.y love that eye employed, If wiili no lawless fire it gleaned, But through the dens of kindness brained, That ive shall lie forever blight. When stars and sun are .sunk in night. Within this hollow cavern hung The reioiy, swift and tuneful tongue; If falsehood's honey is disdained, Aiiti when it could not praise, was !,:. ineil: If bold in viitne's cause it spoke, Yet gentle concord never broke, That silent tongue may plead for thee. When Time unveils Kteniity. Say, did these fingers delve the mine Or with its envied rubies shine. To hew the rock or wear the gem Can little now avail to tliem; But if the page of truth it sought. Or comfort to the mourner brought, These hands a richer meed slinll claim Than all that waits on wealth or fame. Avails it whether bare or shod. These feet the paths of duty trod! If from the bowers of ease they fled To seek affection's humble shed' If grandeur's builty bribe they spurned And home to virtue's cut returned, These feet with angel's wings shall vie And tread the palace of the sky. Selected. GET A TRANSFER. If yoii' are on the the Gloomy line, Get a transfer. If you lire inclined to fret and pine, Get a transfer. Get off the track of doubt nnd gloom, Get on the sunshine train; there's room. If you are in the worry train, Get a transfer. You must not stay there and complain, Get a transfer. The cheerful cars are passing through. And there's lots of room for you. (Jet a transfer. If you are on the grouchy track. Get a transfer. Just take a happy special back. Get a transfer. .Tump on the train ami pull the rope. That lands you nt the station Hupe, Get a transfer. Selected. MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED. Clarence A. Bloom and llael llous er; Krnest Houulas and Susie K. Kam sey; Irvia A. Jnlin and Grnce M. Ben nett; Wilbert Flood and Maude M. Mc Kinsev. -I'ulk County Itemier. BIN SU Best Chinese Dishes Noodles 10c Chop Suey 25c j Rice and Pork 10c j 410 FERR7 STREET Thess tfny CAPSULES are iu lienor to Bilsam of GoDJiba, Cubvbs or Ipiectior.s.md RELIEFS In MZi) 24 Huoni Ihi V-V tarns diM-ces" it cut inconvtieoce. mm Digestive ,. Troubles cause headache, biliousness, constipation, impure blood and other unpleasant symp toms. If these troubles are neglected they weaken the body and open the way for serious illness. Many chronic diseases may be traced back to indigestion that could, have been immediately relieved by Beecham's Pills. This well known home remedy has proven itself dependable, safe and speedy during sixty years' use. The fame of having a larger sale than any other med icine in the world proves the' dependable, remedial value of Largatt Sale of Any Medicine in tha World. Sold Erarjrwbcra. In boxei, 10c, 25c SEEKS TO RECOVER DAMAGES The case of N. C Swanson against the Southern Pacific railroad com pany, in which the plaintiff seeks to recover dnmnges for the killing of a horse and calf by one of the defend ant company's locomotives on the Sa lem & Falls City branch, will be heard before Justice Hardy Holman within the next few days. The railroad passes through Mr. .Swansea's farm, east of Dallas, and the right of way is not fenced nt this point. The claim is set up by the defendant that the pub lic service commission granted per mision to lenve the track there with out this sn'feguard, and hence that it is not linble for damages. Air. "swan son asks that he be givcu a verdict for $100 for the killing of the horse and !H2..)0 for the calf. Dallas Ob server. PREPARES STATISTICAL MAP For the use of the convention of the West Willamette Association of Baptist churches which will be held in Newherg, June 12, lil and 14, Kdw. Himes lins reported a map of 1'olk county showing its school districts, the exact locution of st-.hnn) houses, the number of school fhildren, and the school districts in which religious services nro held. Mr. Himes has about completed the map which gives nil this data for the 74 suliool dis tricts of Polk county. . Among the Dullas people who are expected to at tend the convention are: Itev. and Mrs. W. T. Tapscott, llr. and Mrs. S. M. Nelson, Miss Amy Hiblmrd, Henry Johnson and William Jnrkaiuu. Dallas Observer. PEDEE SELLS SHIP KNEES With the revival of the wooden ship building industry on the Pacifie coast comes a renewed demnnd for fir ship knees, ns evidenced from the or der given Pnrker Brothers, of l'edee. for LI cars of fir knee to be deliveerd to Aberdeen, Wash. Four ours have ul rend.v gone through Dallas and about 10 empties awiit loading by Parker Broth els at l'edee. Otto T. Brandt, traveling freight agent of the I'nion Pacific, was in Dallas recently investigating the ship knee possibilities of this section. Ship knees are made from the gnnrlcd and twisted grain stumps of tree stumps. The natural curve of the stump makes an ideal curve for the ship hull. Dal las Observer. DALLAS CONTRACTORS GET JOB Four Dallas contractors, Arthur P. Starr. Lou Mnscott, James V. Chitty and Joe Tito, who were given the contract by the Tillamook nnd Yam hill county courts in a recent meeting for rocking the Sour Grnss road, a 1 5,000 job, will start work about the first of the month. In all about 0,000 yards of crushed rock will be put on the 10 mile piece and the longest haul is seven miles. The improvement is a cut-off around Dolph hill. The road work commences at the Bee ranch. 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