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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09

encompassments, a we'll man might
rejoice in the mere fact of life. Also,
it was less difficult TO comprehend
the reluctance of one Angus the
First to abdicate and go into exile at
the decree of any syndicate of them
all. 1t was a hopeless lapse into
medievalism, one would say, but at
the moment / could cheerfullv have
seen the plans of the land company,
with all the prospective benefits to
the many which they contemplated,
come to naught to the end that this
sequestered corner of great natures
domain should not be marred by dis
figuring plowshares.
This thought and it's entail rang
the reflective changes what time the
bronco was topping the swell from
which the settlement at Valley Head
came into view. Curiously enough,
the clustered farmsteads and titled
fields of the small colony were far
from suggesting that they were the
precursors of the ttla! wave of ag-
riculture and banality which would
presently sweep down the pleasant
valley in the wake of the great irri-
cation canal. The line between Wild
flowers and weeds is not sharply
drawn. The bull-thistle is a thing of
beauty as a single plant, and it is
only when it becomes a ruthless in
vader that we wage war upon it and
strive to stamp it out. Macpherson's
cattle on the rolling swells, and this
small seasoning of humanity at the
meeting-point of the mountains, were
the artistic accent in great natures
picture. But they sufficed
At the summit of the swell COM
manding a view of the mountain
guarded strath of the settlers, l was
minded to turn back; but the club
footed one shifted the cool breeze
pouring down from the upper can
yon and asked, horsewise, with
gentle tuggings and champings, for
free rein. 1t was given, and we
drifted on, past the deserted school
house, across the freshly turned fur
rows of the land company's canal,
and, in due course of leisurely equine
stumblings, beyond the last farm
house and so on up to the dam at the
canyon gateway.
ITO Be Continued
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09
CHAPTER VI.
FACILIs DECENsUs AvERNI.

Macpherson left me to my own de-
vices after the snack-luncheon and
went his way hillward to look for
strays in the northern gulches.
IF you feel like riding a few lines
after awhile, have Andy saddle
'Clubfoot' for you. He's forgotten
how to buck and if you can keep
him from breaking his leg in 4 dog
hole he'll bring you back all right"
he said, at parting; adding, as a
stirrup-word: "But | shouldn't ride
too far, if l were you. You're gain
ing by kangaroo-jumps now, and
you mustn't get setback"
SO much for a well mans advice to
an i'll one who, having ridden more
than was meet the previous day, was
minded to stay at home and let the
saddle-bruises heal. But in mid
afternoon one of the microscopic in
cidents which change the courses of
rivers, decide the fate of nations,
and reverse the plans of mice and
men, came between, and the horse
with the epithetical name had his
amble afield.
The incident was the inability of
Andrew the Desperate to maintain
his fair share of any conversation.
BY two o'clock ne was answering in
monosyllables; by three a direct
question elected no more than a nod
or head-shake; at half-past he was
quite dumb-a mute and inglorious
camp-cook, fit company for neither
gods nor men. At four loquacity
surrendered at discretion, the animal
with the opprobrtous name was put
in requisition, and rode away to be
with a silence of Natures making.
Behold, now, how great a matter a
little fire llindleth! If the well-in-
tentioned desperate had possessed a
few more phrases to be rehearsed at
need, there would have been for his
would-be gossip no meditative amble
up the valley in the cool of the day;
no attack of unreasoning and alto
gether uncalledfor curiosity; no
meteoric descent into the Torolitan
| Avernus; and no-but let us not an
| ticipate.
Barring the saddlebruise remind
ers, and the pricliings of the thorn
in the flesh of illness-w which use and
| time win finally dull for the least
heroic sufferer-the ride up the val
ley was pure delight. The after
noon was perfect. The atmosphere
was like a draught of fine old wine;
the tumbling thunder of the river
was sweet music to any traffic
bruised ear of the cities; and the
color-scheme of the mighty noun
tains on either hand was full of soft
grays and soothing browns. The
completeness of it was soul-satisfy-
ing, and it was easy to understand
how, upon such day and with such
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09
IMPORTANT COAL DEAL.
The Pittsburg Coal Co. Secures the
Properties of the Shaw Coal Go.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 4.-One of the
most important acquisitions of the
Pittsburg Coal Co. during the year
was secured Friday, when final pa
pers were signed for the transfer of
all the properties and interests of
the Shaw Coal Co. to the big COM
bine. The deal involves several mil
lions, but the actual price paid is not
made public. The negotiations, which
were on for several months, were
conducted by f. L. Robbins for the
combine and II. c. Frick, who owned
the controlling interest in the Shaw
company.
The property lies in the PanHan-
die district, contains 4,300 acres of
the finest thin vein of Pittsburg
steam coal and has five large shafts
with capacity of 100000 tons a
year. In addition to the mining
property, the Pittsburg company al
so secured the Midway and Oakdale
railroad a short line, which con-
meets the mine with the Panhandle
road, and will give the combine an in
dependent outlet for the general
market
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09
STOOD MY GROUND WHEN THE
PAIR GALLOPED UP.

full minutes shtart av the 45 I'll
give the pair av yez. Vamoose."
Notwithstanding his apparent un-
balancing on the passionate side, Wy
kamp was no coward. Unarmed as
he was, ] think he would have tried
to ride the lrishman down; but the
Mexican set the discreet example and
the bay took it as a challenge for
race. AS long as they were dis
tinguishable, | could see Wykamp
struggling with the big horse; and,
being man of peace, | was glad
when Connolly laughed and dropped
his weapon into its holster.
Score wan for the 'X-bar-Z,'" he
said. "If the capt'in would but
shut wan eye an lux away wid't
t'other, in tree days there wouldn't
be a shtake in the Torolito or a man
to dhrive ut" He picked up the Mex
leans revolver and passed it to me,
butt foremost. "1he arrmamint av
the inimy, wild the complimints av
Sargint Connolly. Hold ut at arms
lingth whin yez toy wild ut; thin for
run tools shpit betune the cylindher
an the barr'l whin they go off. Now,
thin, sorr; if you've the letther I'm
at your service"
| explained as we'll as I could
without going into details, that the
engineers visit had Cancelled the trip
to the fort; and Connolly rode afield
to report to his employer. Macpher-
son came in at noon, and we held a
council of war over the cold snack
served in the bunk-room by Andrew
| the Mild.
"Honors are easy, so far" said
| Macpherson, when we had discussed
the stake-pulling incident. while
! Wykamp was here filing his allega-
ton against KiIgore, | was at his
camp, notifying his foreman that an
! injunction would follow any en-
croachment on my placer claim"
ITS a declaration of war on both
| sdes. You're in for 1t now"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09
Will Pension EmDloyes.

Chicago, Jan. 4.-Notices were post
ed Friday in the various mills of the
American Steel and Wire Co., an
nouncing that a pension department
had been created for the benefit of
the 10000 employees of the concern.
According to the general notice,
which is signed by President William
p. Palmer, the new department will
have for it's purpose "the retiring
from active service and placing on a
pension roll all employees who have
rendered the company or its prede-
cessors long and faithful services and
who have attained an age or physical
tend which necessitates relief from
duty"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09
twenty Years for MansIauehter.

Winfield, Kan, Jan. clyde
Moore, the 17-year-old boy, convict
ed of murder in the second degree
for killing c. l.. Wiltberger, a far
mer, near here, last April, for his
money, was sentenced Friday to 90
years in the penitentiary. He re-
ceived the verdict with a smile. The
prisoners attorney pleaded for re-
form school sentence, but Judge Me-
Bride said the boy was sufficiently
mature to know what he was doing
when he committed the crime.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09
RIeyy rsimseIrto Pieces,

Norris, H., Jan. 3.-There was a
frightful suicide Friday at Coal City,
10 miles southeast of this city.
Joseth II. Bovine leader among the
Bohemians in the coal fields, had
trouble with his wife in the morning.
He brooded over the matter till af-
ternoon when he went to the village
and secured stick of dynamite. On
his return home he went back of his
barn and lying on his back placed
the dynamite beneath his vest. With
his hands he struck the cap and eX-
ploded the dynamite. The explosion
tore a great hole in the earth and
blew the mans body into countless
Dieces
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09
INTO SOUTH AMERICA.
The London Saturday Review
Advises Alliance Between.
ENGLAND AND GERMANY.
Says Ii Would BE Wsse Policy to
Encourage the Advance Of Germany
in the New World as "a COunterpOise
10 PredOmlnence of United States.

London, January 4.-The Saturday
Review to-day prints remarkably
free spoken editorial, in which it
strongly advises Great Britain to
form a working alliance with Ger
many, in order to check the "con-
tinued and apparently inevitable adj
vance of the United States into South
America"
According to the Review, sit is the
wisest policy for this country to en-
courage the advance of Germany in
the New World, as the most use
full counterpoise as to the over
whelming predominance of the
United States, which is the only other
possible outcome of the existing po-
litical conditions"
The Review disclaims all hostility
to the United States, but says: The
solid interests of our own people,
which is the basis on which the
United States always works, is the
only sure ground on which to build"
Continuing, the Review says "If
we would only remember that the
Americans are to be believed when
thcv describe themselves as actuated
by purely business considerations, we
would save ourselves from a large
number of gratuitous humiliations
and Improbable speculatfons in stock
having no real market value, viz, the
presumed gratitude of our political
and commercial rivals. With a
strong European power established
in the south and a great world power
in the north, too eXuberant aspira-
tions of Pan-Americanism would be
be checked, saving our empire from
grave menace"
In conclusion, the Review points
out that the United States will in
evitably gobble up the weak, turbu-
lent states southward, when it is cer-
tain to formulate. a PanAmerican
tariff union against the remainder
of the world, and then, controlling
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Isthmian
canal, convert the Caribbean Sea into
an American lake"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09
IRVING TO Ruy Out Rrmsh.

Cincinnati, Jan. 4.-John T. Brush,
president of the Cincinnati League
Base Ball club, and Judge Howard
Ferris, who is at the head of local
syndicate that is anxious to pur-
chase Mr.. Brush's holdings in the
club. held long conference here yes
terday, but so far as actual results
are concerned the conference was ap-
parently fruitless. 1t is generally be-
lieved that Mr.. Brush will decline to
sell at any figure that the Cincinnati
canitalists will consider reasonable.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09

w mere Is MaCpneTsoh He oe-
manded.
"Misther Macpherson, av We Place "
corrected the ex-trooper, mildly.
"WeIl, Mr.. Macpherson, them
with a contemptuous flip to the pre-
fix which was not thrown away upon
the Irishman. where is hep"
IT'S lukin' for the hide an horns
that he is" Connolly retorted, let
ting fly the first imaginative arrow
that came to hand.
Much to my surprise, and much
more to that of the eX-trooper,
fancy, the engineer frowned and
marked down the random shot.
ut was a mistake" he said; "Pl
pay for the steer. But that is an
other matter. My errand this morn
ing is with your employer, but you
can pass it along. You have a man
here named Kilgore who should go
to jail. Say to Macpherson-Mr.
Macpherson-from me that if he dis
charges Kilgore and sends him out
of the valley it will save trouble"
Connolly grinned. ITS foine,
clane-hearted gintleman, yez are,
Misther Wykamp, for givin' the
blagyard a chance to layvant," he re-
joined, with honey on his tongue
would yez be afther tellin' US fwhat
that profayne divil av cow
drivers been up to?-so we c'u'd
tell the captain in avic?"
He's been pulling my location
stakes. Don't misunderstood me;
I'd give him a taste of the law il
there were a court within reach"
Listen to that, now, would yez!'
quoth Connolly. "Pullin' the shtakes
av him! An some av yez caught him
red-handed, av coorse?"
mo; he had the nerve to bring a
bundle of the stakes into camp and
leave them in my tent, with his com
| pliments."
"The impidint offal!" said Dan
laughing decorously behind his hand
But, Misther Wykamp, dear; he's
not the on'y wan
whats that you say?"
I'm sayin' he's not the on'y wan
| Sure, it's meself as cooked me Bit
! av a breakfast wild a fagot av thin
same shtakes wan day lasht week
/ It's kind-hearted man yez are
Misther Wykamp, to be disthributin
fuel for the likes av us harrdwork
in min
What followed confirmed my di
| agnosis of the engineers character
touching his weakness on the pas
sionate side. He rode with the wrist
thonged riding-whip of the east, an6
the stiff bit of rawhide cut quick
half-circle above Connolly's head
! The Irishman caught the blow on his
arm and parried it with the skill ot
practiced swordsman. Before
realized what was toward, the ex
troopers pistol was out and leveled
not at Wykamp, but at the Mexican
"Ye would, would yez?-ye black
iowled haythin! Down wild that
gun!"
A heavy revolver dropped in the
dust on the opposite side of the
Mexican's horse.
"Now, thin,-Mr. Halcott, dear;
your watch, av ye plaze now, thin
ye murtherin' Paythans, it's war
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09
Forerunner of His Flock.

\ country minister in a certain
American town took permanent leave
of his congregation in the following
pathetic manner: "Brothers and sis
ters, I came to say good-by. 1 don't
think you love each other, because you
have not paid my salary. Brothers, l
am going away to a better place. L
have been called to be chaplain of a
penitentiary. l go to prepare place
for you. ."-Household Words.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09

"Yes, and I'll fight 1t out to the bit
ter end. / didn't mean to, at first.
| had some talk with Lovatt and the
others, and they proposed to buy me
out at a fair figure and do the
square thing all around. That was
before they got hold of Settlers
water-right, of course. Now they
send a fellow in here who is evident
ly spelling for a fight; who shoots at
my men and kills my stock. They
propose to ignore me-to freeze me
out of the game without giving me
show for my Investment. They may
do it in the end, but I'll give them a
run for their money"
| laughed. LETS be frank with
each other, Angus. 1t goes a good
bit deeper with you thanany struggle
to hold the Torolito. You will have
to admit that if Wykamp hadn't"
"But he has" broke in Macpher-
son. with rising wrath. ''IIe might
have had the Torolito and welcome
| if he had left me that which is worth
more to me than all the stock ranges
that lie out of doors. But he
! WOulul L, anu IIOW llC SOI W ldhC
the consequences. She won't let me
obliterate him, but I'll break him
world without end before I'm
| through with him."
There was a vindictive emphasis
in the threat which started the mill
stones of reflection. Could circum-
stances, and a sharp turn of the
purely personal thumb-screws, trans
form a frank fighter into a vengeful
enemy? Macpherson had always
been a hearty combatant, but his an
| tagonism was of the kind which
seeks an early handshaking after
the fact.
"Break him in business way, you
mean? How can you do that?"
His smile was inscrutable. "There's
more in my placer claim than APP
pears on the surface. Do you know
where it is?"
ITS anywhere you see fit to locate
it-on the line of the ditch, l sup
pose"
That's where you're wrong. I
didn't invent it. 1t is an actual gold
| bearing DdIs anu II IiCS at tHC lllOubh
of the upper canyon just above the
site of the Glenlivat company's pro-
posed dam"
$50 Wyl<amp will have to go above
or below it; is that it?"
Eyes; without the choice. He'll
have to go above. The lay of the
land is such that he can't build below
the gap in the 'hog-back,' and if he
builds on the site selected by the
man who made the preliminary sur
vey last summer, my claim will be at
the bottom of his reservoir"
Il see. But he can go above, can't
he?"
IT'S possible, but it will be ex-
pensive. He will have to tunnel a
small mountain to get his outlet
from the headgates. And that isn't
the worst of it."
what is the worst of it?"
Macpherson pushed his stool from
the table and began to fill his pipe.
He was provokingly deliberate, and
when the tobacco was fairly alight
his explanation was of the vaguest
"If he hasn't already done so, he'll
go farther up the canyon and find
his site ready-made and waiting for
MIN. l only hope he'll take it,"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09
Granted Their Demands.

Grand Haven, Mich, Jan. THE
strike of the longshoremen employedl
by the Crosby transportation Coz,
was settled Friday, the company
granting the demands of the men for.
the restoration of the old wage scales
of 90 cents an nour. The men havS,
organized branch of the Nations1
Longshoremen's association.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09
Peayeyss VIII,

Minneapolis, Jan. 4.-The wnl of
Frank II. Peavy, who died in Chicago
last Monday, was filed in this city
Friday. 1t places the value of the
estate at $2.300,000 personal property
and $4,000 real estate, but the total
probably will be in excess of this.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09
Retired Naval officer Dies.

Philadelphia, Jan. AFTER serv-
ice of u years in the United States
navy and Il long period of honorable
retirement, Lieutenant Horace f.
Frick died Friday at mis- home in this
city. He was so years old.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09
Denies Knowledge of Sale.

Toledo, Jan. 4.-President Norton,
of the Glover Leaf, last night dis
claimed knowledge of the sale Of
the road to the Nanderbilts, as given
out by the press dispatches from
New York.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09
Nero Murderer Hanged.

Dublin, Ga, Jan. 4.-John Robin
son. negro, was hanged here Fri
day for assaulting ana numbering
Rertha simmons, colored, last May.
Robinson denied his guilt and cursed
everybody within hearing from his
cell door to the gallows.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09

"The doctor would like to see you
inside" said the physicians maid to
the man who was waiting on the
porch.
''Not much," said the bucolc pa
tient; she don't try none of them X
rays on me!"-Yonkers Statesman.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09
In the Ballroom,

She-Do you dance, Mr.. Singleton?
He (modestly)-Well, my teacher
said I did when | left the academy, but
those ladies / have danced with since
express a different opinioa.-Detroi
Free Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-01-09

She-The men continually dance at
tendance on Miss Bullion. What is the
attraction?
He-She refused duke Town and
Country.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-06-19

} b Merrill, of Hindsbo 70,
nine miles east Of Arcola, HI, is
the owner Of a colt said to be the
smallest ever born. 1t Is now two
weeks old, but is not as large as a
shepherd dog 1t is only %
inches tsll and weighs just 80
pounds. Notwithstanding its di-
minuuye size, it Is healthy and
fully developed, and Is ss lively SIS
any colt ef the same age The
little fellow is proving a great
curosity.-St Louis t-DIspatoh.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-06-19

The executive committee of the
Union County Pioneer Associa tiou
met in the Cove Wedn esdsy after
noon and decided to hold the sn-
nual pioneer day in the Cove. on
July / This will give Cove con-
tinuous celebration. July !, Pho,
neer day, 2nd, g. A, 3. day the 3rd
" r. c. day and the celebration
the 4tb. our national birthday
Governor Geer, himself pioneer
of Union county will deliver tAe
address.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-06-19
NOTICE FOR FERTILIZATION

n EP PARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. LAND
~ Office at La Graude, o. May IT, 1902
Notice is hereby given that the following
nau ed settler has flied notice of her inten.
Won % make dnal proof in support Of
before County Clerk OF Morrow county. At
Htrpuer Oregon. on July :. 1872. viz. Home
'gsd entry No 1910 ot
MAGGIE poNEY, formerly Maggie Hyrd of
Heppner, OF.
For the Lots and ! sec {. rp : y " NJ
>Ge names tile following witnesses 10 prove
her continuous residence upon and cultivation
of s4't la't. VIZ
lFtls NnWetl. W. B Barratt. A Andrews
aui Z IL Andrews AL OF Heppuer. oregon
>N5-t- r. y. ~ 2rLET~. Register.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-06-19

George Q Carey Of Omaha, Seb.
is at Burns for the purpose of buy
ing horses. Mr.. Carey takes stock
of all clssses, ard expects to buy
10000 head. He declines TO pub
lish prices, bat evidently makes
satisfactory ofer- s. he has a..
ready bought l9q9 head from Hsr-
ney and Crook county men. 4
like number i now ready for ship
ment to him from Happnar, Dur
kee and Ontario. The stock j. 10
be delivered June p
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-06-19
yIRULENT CANCER CURED

Start.oa proof ot v-al-ttal al-
vance 10 ue1 cine j. gwen by i-7.g a.
g " Roberts OF T z41=,L, ~ \a
An oi man there LsI .eIE suf---1
wItb whst good doctors proUoauc-i .u-
curaule cancer. Ta-y believed : Case
hope ess TIL be used Electric 3 tiers
ard sppliei B7ckl=u's Armies sslve
which treatment com plet4ly cured bm
When Electric Bltters sre used 10 eI-
pei billions. kidney sui mlcrobe polsons
ST the same ne this ssive exerts lts
nA,chlsss beaI8s power blood diseases
skin err ptIoDs GERS snd sores vanish.
B'tters 5oc, >ssye 25c at Siocum D'us
Cos. store
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-06-19

There are 1884 Odd Fellows and
6055 Rebeka- in Oregon.
The BARRIERS of Salem, Ore have
organized union. W. W Battle
is president
Patents have been issued to Ore
gonians as follows: George NJ
Brous, Houlton, starting or stop
ping mechanism; Beecher |. Plum
mer, Grants Pass. butchers block
scraper; Elisha l.. Weed, Baker
City, egg-beater.
An Illinois justice has decided
that a mans wife is entitled to the
money paid for the eggs laid by
their hens. Oh, wise judge, Let
the old man and the old rooster
divide their profits; but the lady
is surely entitled to the hen and
/ the emoluments derived there
from. Chicago Record Herald.
Mrs. julia A. La ton, the newly
elected president Of the Woman 8
Relief Corps, department of Ore
gon, is resident Of Portland and
leading worker in the circles Of
the corps. Mrs. Lswton is the
wife OF Colonel Lawton, a veteran
OF the civil war. Her father and
brother were in the service, and
her father was killed in battle.