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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-12-11


do exactly as she
says. But l heard that Santa Claus was
going to get ON the train tonight at
Buffalo, and ! believe that If he found
a pair of small black stockings hanging
from hat section he'd fill them"
Her eyes sparkled.
'Then I'll ask Mana" she said. "And
If she says l may hang them | will.
But one" she added conscientiOusly.
"has a teeny, weeny hole in the toe.
Do you think he would mind that?"
He treasured her on this point and
turned to the nurse.
81 beg your pardon" he said. i've
taken a great fancy to your little
charge. and / want your help to carry
out a plan of mine. | have suggested
to Hope that she hang up her stock
ings tonight. | have every reason to
believe that Santa Claus win get on
this train at Buffalo. In fact" he add
ed, 81 mean to telegraph him."
The nurse hesitated a moment. He
drew his cardcase from his pocket and
handed her one of the bits of paste
board it contained.
81 have no evil Designs he added
che%erfully. IF You are a New Yorker.
you may possibly know who | am"
The woman's face lit up as she read
the name. She turned toward him i'm
pulsively, with a very pleasant smile.
Indeed l do, DOCTOR" she said.
"Who does not? DR.. Abbey sent for
you last week" she added. "for a
consultation over the last case | had
this child's mother. But you were out
Of town. We were all so disappointed"
patient died." asked the physician.
with professional brevity.
Eyes. doctor"
He rose from his seat.
"Now that you have my creden
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-12-11

indicating both
sets of posses
sions with a
sweep of his
arm. II shall
have my hands
full with my
little daughter"
He gathered
her into h ! S
a m s a S b 2
spoke, IN Sne
nestled against
his broad chest
with a child's
unconscious sat
~isfaction in the
strength a II d
frmness of his
clasp.
"MerryC Christ
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VIVA A&of hSh hANhA0 6AAa
alone in the world"
DR.. Van Valkenberg sat silent. 1t
was true, then. This was K~atharine's
child. He had not known of the death
of Armitage nor of the subsequent
poverty of his widow, but he had
known Katharine's baby, he now told
himself, the moment he saw her.
"Well," the nurse resumed, latter
she died we raised a small fund to buy
some clothes for Hope and take her
to Chicago to her new home. Mrs.
Armitage has a cousin there who has
agreed to take her in. None of the
relatives came to the funeral. There
are not many of them, and the Chica-
go people haven't much money, l
fancy"
DR.. Van Valkenberg was hardly sur
prised. Life was full of extraordinary
situations, and his profession had
brought him face to face with many
of them. Nevertheless a deep solem-
nifty filled him, and a strange peace
settled over him.
II want her." he said briefly. Her
Oii aAo IatbCi NCAG IN IliCBoO VI
mine, and this thing looks like fate.
Will they give her to me-these Chi
Gag people-do you think"
Tears filed the woman's eyes.
Indeed they WILL" she said, land
gladly. There was"-she hesitated-
there was even some talk of sending
her to an institution before they finally
| 1anf1od IN t0 In hnr nnar litfla IInnnt
How happy she will be with you'll"
He left her and went back to the
seat where Hope sat grooming to the
doll. Sitting down, he gathered them
both up in his arms, and a thrill shot
through him as he looked at the yellow
curls resting against his breast. Her
child-her little, helpless %baby-now
his child to love and care forl He
was not a religious man. Nevertheless
his
heart.
Hope" he said gently. "once long
ago | asked a little girl to come and
live with me. and she would not come.
Now | want to ask you to come and
stay with me always and be my own
little girl and let me take care of you
and make you happy. Will you Gomez
The radiance of June sunshine broke
out upon her face and shone In the
brown eyes u%pturned to his. How well
he knew that look! Hope did not turn
toward Mana, and that significant omis-
sion touched him deeply. She seemed
to feel that here was a question she
alone must decide. She drew a long
breath as she looked up at him.
"Really, truly?" she asked. Then,
as he nodded without speaking. she
saw something in his face that was
new to her. 1t was nothing to fright
en- a little girl, for it was very sweet
and tender, but for n second she
thought her new friend was going to
cry. She put both arms around his
neck and replied softly, with the ex-
quisite maternal cadences her voice had
taken on in her first words to him
when she entered the car:
"IIl be your own little girl, and I'll
take care of you too. You know, you
said / could"
DIR. Van Valkenberg turned to the
nurse.
Il shall go with you to her Cousins
from the train" he announced. I'm
ready to give them all the proofs they
need that Pm a suitable guardian for
the child, but" he added, with a touch
of the boyishness that had never left
him, 81 want this matter settled ROW."
The long train pounded its way into
the station at Chicago, and DR.. Van
Valkenberg summoned a porter.
'Take care of these things" he said,
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UOSStnEGu a II II
fully four years old. She was looking
up at him with dark brown eyes and
was Sc delicious in her almost maternal
solicitude that he smiled irrepressibly.
why, no, thank you" he said. 81
am not hurt. Didn't you see the kind
man help me- on to the carr"
I'm very glad" she said, with dig
nifty. 81 was 'fraid he hurt you" She
turned as she spoke and toddled into
the section opposite his, where a plain
but kindly faced elderly woman sat.
won't you come over and visit me?'
he asked. ~ am very lonely, and l
have nc one to take care of me-"
She slid off the seat at once, with
great alacrity.
I'D like to-" she said, "but I must
ask Mana. I must always ask Mana
now" she added, with dutiful empha-
sis, "'fore l do anything"
She laid her hand on the gloved fin
gers of the nurse as she spoke, and the
woman opened her eyes, shot a quick
glance at the man and nodded. She
had not been asleep. DR.. Van Valken-
berg rose and lifted his visitor to the
seat beside him, where her short legs
stuck out in uncompromising rigidity.
81 can take care of you" she said
brightly. VI taxed care of ANN a
great deal, and l gave her her med
Gin"
Every WE'LL" he said. with the smile
women loved; eff you really are going
to take care of me l must know your
name. You see," he explained, Il
might need you in the night to get me
a glass of water OF something. Just
think how disappointing it would be
if I should call you by the wrong name
and some other little girl Gamer
You say funny things" she said
c%ontentedly. But there isn't any other
little girl in the car. l looked soon as
1 came in. eos | wanted one to play
with. l like little girls. l like little
boys, too" she added, with innocent
expansiyeness.
You'd never believe 1t. but l used to
be. You haven't told me your name"
Hope" she said promptly. "Do you
think it is a nice manner" She made
the inquiry with anxious interest.
81 think Hope is the incest name a
little girl could have except one" he
said. "The incest little girl l ever
knew was named Katharine. She grew
to be a nice big girl, too, and has little
girls of her own now, no doubt" he
added, half to himself.
"Were you a little boy when she wal
a little girl?" asked his visitor.
ooh, no; ! was a big man, just as !
am now. Her father was my friend.
and she lived In a white house with
an old garden where there were all
kinds of flowers. She used to play
there when she was a tiny baby, and
I would carry her around and hold hes
high up so she could pull the apples
and pears off the trees. When b
grew larger l gave her a horse and
taught her to ride. She seemed like
my very own little girl, but by and by
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-12-11

AseS1--S4aRnp tke-neRS-Aad-g gene.
from u end TO the other of the
limited" that a little girl in section 8.
car F~lorodora. had hung up her stock
ings for Santa Claus. The hearts of
fathers. mothers and doting uncles re-
sponded at once. Dressing cases were
unlocked. great valises were opened,
mysterious bundles we're %unwrapped.
and from all these sources came gifts
of surprising fitness.
A succession Of long dra WI. ecstatic
breaths and happy gurgles awoke the
passengers on the ear Florodora at an
unseemly hour Christmas morning, and
a small white figure, clad informally
in a single garment, danced up and
down the aisle, dragging carts and
woolly lambs behind 1t. Occasionally
there was the squeak of a talking doll,
and always there were the patter Of
small feet and soft cooling of a child's
laughter. Dawn was just approach
ing. and the lamps, still burning, fared
pale in the gray light. But in the
length of that car there was no soul
~ pAoN 40 w luis III HiiOn1t II liz
pillow. Grabbed old faces looked out
between the curtains and smiled. Eyes
long unused to tears felt a sudden.
strange moisture.
Throughout the day the snow still
fell, and the outside world seemed far
away and dreamlike to DR.. Van Val
kenberg. The real things were this
tno - ...Efspw r., 4B.ra.,~I. 1In
snow, and this little child. growing
deeper into his heart with each mo-
ment that passed. The situation was
unique, but easy enough to understand.
he told himself. He had merely gone
back twenty-five years to that other
child whom he had petted in infancy
and loved and lost in ~womanhood. lie
had been very lonely-how lonely he
had only recently begun to realize-and
he was becoming an old man whose
life lay behind him. He crossed the
aisle suddenly and sat down beside
the nurse. leaving Hope singing her
doll to sleep in his section.
Twill you tell me all you know
about the child?" he asked. "She APP
PSdiS " III Nti9 SbAOLSiS PlOpapiy OC-
cause she's so much like some one /
used to know"
The nurse closed her book and look
ed at him curiously. She had heard
much of him, but nothing would ex-
plain this interest in a strange child.
He himself could not have explained
it.. He knew only that he felt 1t pow
erfully and compellingly.
Her name is Hope Armitage," she
said. Her mother, who has just died,
was a widow, Mrs. Katharine Arml-
tage. They were poor, and Mrs. Ar
mitage seemed to have no relatives.
She had saved a little. enough to pay
most of her expenses at the hospital.
We all loved the woman She was
very unusual and patient and charm
ing. All the nurses who had any
thing to do with her cried when she
died. We felt that she might have
been saved If she had come in time,
but she was worked out. She had
earned her living by sewing after her
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on every side. Everybody was abb
sorbed and excited, yet there were few
who did not find time to turn a last
look on a singularly attractive little
child held above the crowd in the
arms of q tall man. She was laugh
ing triumphantly as he bore her
through the throng. and his heart was
in his eyes us he smiled back at her.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-12-11
In ~Ircninn Lace.

If you iron your lace or embroidered
muslin on q fine board or table COW
cred with several thicknesses of fan
mel and no muslin over them they will
look much nicer than If ironed In the
ordinary manner, as the flannel "giyes's
and the raised work stands out.
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and PEI &
through the cur
tainS to catch
Santa Claus, a
part of Hopes
extraordinary
repose of man
ner s t e d
her, but she fell
asleep at last,
with great reluc-
lance
When the cur
tains round her
berth had ceased
tire 10 bling a
most unusual
procession wend-
ed its silent way
toward DIR. Van
V a lkeDb erg's
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section. In some
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-12-11

laughter, W hich
ef1ectually clear
ed the atnos-
pheIe of senti-
mental memories
wv here ire you
going TO hang up
your stockings to
night?' he asked
Il can't hang
them up" she an
swered %soberly.
IS ella Il S
doesn't travel on
train s.. a a
says
Mana is al
ways right" said
the doctor oracu-
larly. and of
RnfTIsEn Won m11Et
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tails" be said cordially. ~ want you
and Hope to dine with me. You will.
won't your
Later, in the feverish excitement of
hanging up her stockings, going to bed
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-12-11

hurled after him
and sought his
haven in the
sleeping car.
"O-ohi Were
you hurt?" said
IA voice behind
him. II was so
'fraid you were
going to fall"
DR.. Van Val
kenDerg, W D o
was a tall man
of sixty, turned
and looked down
from his great
height. AT his
feet S t o o d q
baby. At least
she seemed a
baby to him, al
though she was
very dignifed
and wholly sell
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SUMMONS.
In the Circuit court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.

In the Circuit court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
L. A. shellenberger, Plaintiffl summons
James C. Dingmap, Defend't ( Publication
To James G. bingham, The Above
Named Defendant: In the name of
the State of Oregon, you are hereby
required and commanded to appear and
answer the complaint filed against you
in the above entitled cause and court on
or before Friday the 21st day of Feb
ruary, A. D. 1908, which said date is
the last day of the time pl escribed in
the order for publication of summons
herein.
And you will take notice that if you
fail to appear and answer the said
complaint or otherwise plead thereto
within said time, the plaintiff, for
want thereof, will apply to the court
for the relief prayed for and demanded
therein; viz, for Judgment against
you in the sum of 1928. so balance due
as principal and interest upon the
promissory note sued on, and for de-
cree foreclosing that certain mortgage
executed by you to one John L. Bart.
ley to secure payment of said note and
thereafter transferred, assigned and
endorsed together with said note to
plaintiff herein and which said mort
gage is duly recorded in volume num-
Der 33 at page 372 of the record of
mortgages for Umatilla county, Ore
gon, and for foreclosure sale of the
real property therein described as Lot
numbered 5. and the South half Of lot
in block 8, and lot aud the south
half of lot in block 10. all in Nc
Arthur's Addition to the City of Wes-
ton, Umatilla County, Oregon, to sat-
isfy said Judgment and mortgage lien,
and for fifty dollars attorney fees, for
costs and disbursements, and for other
equitable relief.
This summons is published pursuant
to an order of the Hon. H. j. Bean,
Circuit Judge of the Sixth Judicial
District of Oregon, duly made and en-
tered on the 9Th day of January, A.
d. 1908. and will appear once week
for six successive weeks, the first pub
lication being made on Friday the 10th
day of January, 1908 and the last one
on Friday the 21st day of February,
1908.
Peterson, Peterson & Wilson,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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GASOLINE FOR PL0W
Engines for Lessening Expense OF
Flowing and Threshing to In
land Empire Farmer.

Tie experiment of plowing with
power furnished by gasoline engines is
to te tried in tie Walla Walla wheat
fields in few days. Three large gas
oline traction engines have arrived
from Chicago and will be used by
large farm instead of horses to do
the heavy work on the farms.
Last fall two or three gasoline en-
gines were used in the wheat fields in
stead of steam enignes, and the sue
cess was SO marked that the new power
will now be tried in other work. The
threshing engines had no traction, but
the new pattern just received have
equipment for pulling load and for
hill climbing as we'll. There is every
indication of success in the new ven
ture.
For several years the price of horses
has been climb bing skyward, and feed
has also increased in cost about one
half. This has forced farmers to do
something to relieve the situation. In
some cases mules have been introduced
with good effect, but still the effort to
reduce the number of livestock needed
and save feed has been earnestly fol-
lowed up. Steam engines have, been
used, but in some localities water is
scarce and trouble ensues in their use.
The idea of using gasoline was urged a
few years ago. but no equipment could
be secured from the east until last
year, when the threshing engine was
first used.
The engines now proposed to be used
are of light pattern, with patent cool
ing device, large and wide driving
wheels for soft ground, and full trac-
tion power. Each is equipped with
pulley for power purposes. One man
handles the machine except when on
the road on hills. A powerful brake
is provided, SO that the machine can
be stopped any place, even on the
steepest hillside.
The test of the new machines will
be watched with keen interest by every
large landholder in the northwest.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the County Court OF the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In the matter of the estate of John
Fl. James, deceased.
All persons whom it may concern
are hereby notified that Lydia James
was appointed administrative Of the
estate of John H. James, deceased, by
the above court on the 7th day of Feb.
ruary, 1908, and that she has duly
qualified as such.
All persons having any claims against
the sail estate are notietid and re.
quired to present them, with proper
vouchers as by law required, to the
said administrators at the office of
her attorney, Will M. Peterson, in
Pendleton, Oregon, within six months
from the date of this notice.
Dated at Pendleton, Umatilla County,
Oregon, on this the 14th day of Feb
ruary, A. D. 1908.
Lydia James, Administrative,
Will M. Peterson, Attorney.
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FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Corrupt Practices Act May Be Con-
stitutional- -FOrbids the
"Glad Hand"

That the corrupt practices bill, to
be submitted to a vote OF The people
under the initiative and referendum, is
in direct conflict with that section Of
the constitution which guarantees
freedom of speech is believed by many
who have read the measure. The bill
makes it crime for any person to ask,
solicit or in any manner try to induce
or persuade voter on election day to
vote for or against any candidate or
measure. This would bar the use of
any kind of argument on election day
and there is doubt whether it would
be constitutional.
Under this section of the law it is
probable that newspapers published on
the morning of election day would be
prohibited from printing anything cal
culated to influence voters in deter
mining how to mark their ballots.
The words Sin any manner try to
induce or persuade" would cover a
multitude of acts. Candidates who
went to the polls and extended the
glad hand to voters would unquestion-
ably come within the terms of the act,
for it is common knowledge that a
warm handshake is one of the most
potent means of getting votes.
One of the penalties for violation of
the corrupt practices act is that the
offending candidate may be ousted
from office. A candidate who should
talk to the voters ON election day,
putlicly or privately, or in any other
manner Try to induce or persuade them
to vote for him, even if the persua-
sion were in an honorab BILE manner,
would be in danger of forfeiting his
election if a friend of an opposing can
didate should see fl to call him to ac-
count before a court having jurisdic-
tion of election CONTESTS.
This bill has the effect of closing the
lid tight on all campaigns at II O'Clock
midnight preceding the day of elec-
ton. The measure of course prohibits
all forms of treating for the purpose of
influencing votes. whether the treat be
to drinks or any other tempting lux
ury. 1t also prohibits the corrupt or
excessive or improper use of money,
and in many other ways prevents un
due influence, deception and fraud.
Most of the provisions are considered
salutary in their effect, but section 81,
which prohibits the use of legitimate
argument on election day, is believed
by many to be unconstitutional. The
section reads as follows:
1t shall be unlawful for any person
at any place on the day of any election
to ask, solicit, or in any manner try
to induce or persuade any voter on
such election day to vote for or retain
from voting for any candidate, or the
candidates or ticket of any political
party or organization, or any measure
submitted to the people, and upon con-
viotion thereof he shall he punished
by fine of not less than IS nor more
than 500 for the first offense and for
the second aud each subsequent offense
occurring on the same or different elec-
tion days, he shall be punished by fine
as aforesaid, or ny imprisonment in
the county Jail for not less than five
nor more than 30 days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
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Back from Alaska.

Ben Burroughs, the we'll known pio-
neer printer aud ex-county clerk, re-
turned to Pendleton from Alaska,
Monday, in bad physical condition.
In November, Mr.. Burroughs fell on
the ice at Katalla, Alaska, and sus-
taiued fracture and dislocatlon of his
hip. The injury has never properly
healed and he is now in serious con-
dition.
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A Stitch in Time

will save nine. So will bottle of
Ballard's Horehound Syrup always
kept on hand save many a spell Of
sickness. A sure cure for Coughs,
Colds, Bronchitis sand Whooping
Cough. Mrs. s.. Hot Springs, Ark.
write: 81 keep bottle of Ballard's 8
Horehound Syrup in my medicine
chest, and thank my forethought many
times. 1t has prevented many severe
spells of sickness. Sold by Palace
Drug company.