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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-05

Sacramento, Calf, Feb. 5.-A mo
ton to postpone the reconsideration
OF the Johnson bill until Tuesday car
rcd uns nimously at the request o.
Johnson, following an appeal for de,
Jay by Speaker Stanton. The same
disposition was made of Johnson.
anti-Jap municipal segregation and
corporation bills.
Gillette worked late last night. pre-.
pairing his message, which was read
and which in substance is as follows
Believing there should be further
most careful consideratin by the as.
sembly of bill No. Il, providing that
boards of school trustees have power
to establish separate schools for Jap
anese children and that thereafter
they shall not be admitted into any
public school,
81 further believe the enactment of
the provisions of such bills will at
this time affect the interests of
international importance. perhaps Sc
riously.
respectfully ask you to recon-
slider the vote by which the said bill
was passed and take the matter up
for further consideration.
"Within a few hours after the pas
sage of the bill the president of the
United States. alarmed at the pos
sible consequences of the enactment
# such a bill, sent me n telegram in
which he said: This is the most Of
fensive bill of all. In my judgment,
i is clearly unconstitutional. We
should have a test in the courts. Can
t not be stopped in the legislature or
~ veto?'
"A telegram so forcible as this.
coming from the president of the
United States is entitled to full con-
Liberation -
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-05

at all times and continued up to the
time of his death.
on the third day of September
1898, Young made a will before Joe
II. Parkes in which ne gave a half
section of wheat land in township 4
n. r. 32, to his niece, Nora Watts,
the wife Of DR.. Watts. In this win
he made no other disposition of any
of his property.
When Young died in 1898, this will
was rushed to probate and b. B. Hall
of Weston was named as executor.
Second VIII Discovered.
One day Mabel Young Warner
came to Hall in the bank asking for
permission to go through the vault
box of Mr. Young Hall, Mrs. Young's
brother, and Mrs. Young went into
the private office Of the bank, opened
the box and began looking through
the papers. Hall claims that 1t was
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-05
Message Disregardcd.

Directly after Governor Gillette's
special message was read in the SEN
ate this morning. Senator Carminett
showed his utter indifference to the
executives appeals by introducing
Grove Johnson's anti-Japanese school
children segregation bill. which pass
ed the lower house yesterday, and
was made a subject for a second de-
bate on reconsideration this morn
ing,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
Long and Stern Chase Of College Stu.
. dents That Ended in Something
of a Fiasco.

t. .
Once, in a college town, the rumor
that students were carrying concealed
weapons reached the ears of the local
police. Their chief at once issued strin-
gent orders that the heinous practice
should be stopped
In this particular college town the
students were no different from stu.
dents the world over; in other words,
they dearly loved to bother the police
to the best Of their ability. So one day
a group Of them nonchalantly passed a
policeman and one of the students, in
SO doing, PVT his hand to his hip peck.
ct. Then. as II recollecting himself In
time. he hastily withdrew it and looked
sheepishly at the policeman.
What have you In that pocket?' the
latter asked sternly.
Instead of answering, the student
and all his companions. as II panic
stricken, started to run. immediately
the policeman blew his whistle, sum.
moned several Of his companions, and
started after the group. After CON
siderable chase in the course Of which
the policemen were badly winded and
reused to great pitch Of anger, III
the students were cornered. and sum.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20

/ am inadvertently overhearing your
conversation"
He looked at Dicksie as he spoke,
chiefly because he could not help 1t,
and this made matters hopeless.
She flushed more deeply. Il can.
not conceive why our conversation
should invite a listener"
Her words did not, of course, help
to steady him. II tried to get away"
he stammered. when / realized was
a part OF 1t"
in any event." she exclaimed, hasti.
ly, IF you are Mr.. McCloud I think
1t objectionable to do anything like
that"
Il am Mr.. McCloud. though / should
rather be anybody else; and l am sor-
ry that was unable to help hearing
what was said: T."
Marion, will you be kind enough to
give me my gloves?' said Dicksie,
holding out her hand.
Marion, having tried once or twice
to intervene, stood between the firing.
lines in helpless amazement. Her ex-
CARNATIONS were lost; the two before
her gave no heed to ordinary inter-
vention.
McClouud flushed at being cut of,
but he bowed. "Of course" he said,
III you will listen to no explanation
can only withdraw"
He went back. dinnerless, to work
all night; but the switchbacks were
doing capitally. and all night long
trains were rolling through Medicine
Bend from the west in an endless
string. In the morning the yard was
nearly cleared of west-bound tonnage.
Moreover, the mail In the morning
brought compensation. A letter came
from Glover telling him not to worry
himself to death over the tie-up, and
one came from Bucks telling him to
make ready for the building Of the
Crawling Stone line.
McCloud told Rooney Lee that II
anybody asked for him to report him
dead, and going to bed slept "a hours.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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though not prepared felt as he saw
him that anything might occur. Nc
Cloud being in possession of the little
room. however, the initiative fell on
Sinclair, who, looking his best,
snatched his hat from his head and
bowed ironically. my mistake" he
said blandly.
Come right in" returned McCloud,
not knowing whether Marion had q
possible hand in her husbands unex-
pected appearance. "Do you want to
see me?"
Il don't" smiled Sinclair; land to
be perfectly frank" he added with
studied consideration, Il wish to God
I never had seen you. Well-you've
thrown me, McCloud."
you've thrown yourself, haven't
you, Murray?"
From your point of view, of course.
But, McCloud, this is small country
for two points of view. Do you want
to get out of it, or do you want
me to-"
"The country suits me, Sinclair"
room. McCloud in a leisurely way
rose, though with a, slightly flushed
face, and at that juncture Marion ran
into the room and spoke abruptly.
Here is the silk, Mr.. Sinclair" she
exclaimed, handing to him package
she had not finished wrapping. II
meant you to wait in the other room"
1T was an accidental intrusion" re-
turned Sinclair, maintaining his irony.
Il have apologized, and Mr.. McCloud
and l understand one another better
than ever"
Please say to Miss Dunning," con-
tinued Marion, nervous and insistent,
that the band for her riding-hat
hasn't come yet, but it should be here
tomorrow"
AS she spoke McCloud leaned across
the table, resolved to take advantage
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
"You wouldn't, Why, Mr.. Mccloud

"You wouldn't! Why. Mr.. McCloud
is delightful"
"Oh. not for worlds, Marion! You
know he is discharging all the best OF
the older men. the men that have
made the road everything it Is. and Of
course We can't help sympathizing
with them over our way. For my part.
l think it is terrible, after a man has
given all of his life to building up
railroad, that he should be thrown out
to starve in that way by new man
ayers. Marion"
McCloud felt himself shrinking
within his weary clothes. Resentment
seemed to have died. He felt too ex-
hausted to undertake controversy,
even if it were to be thought of, and
it was not.
Nothing further was needed to COM
plete his humiliation. He picked up
his hat and with the thought of get
ting out as quietly as he had come in.
In rising he swept tumbler at his
elbow from the table. The glass broke
on the floor, and Marion exclaimed:
What is that?" and started for the
dining room.
1t was too late to get away. Nc
Cloud stepped to the portieres Of the
trimming room door and pushed them
aside. Marion stood with hat in her
hand, and Dicksie, sitting at the table.
was looking directly at the intruder as
he appeared in the doorway. She saw
in him her pleasant acquaintance of
the wreck at Smoky Greek. whose
name she had not learned. In her sur.
prise, she rose to her feet, and Marion
spoke quickly: ooh, Mr.. McCloud, is
1t you? did not hear you come in"
Dicksie's face, which had lighted,
became a spectacle of confusion after
she heard the name. McCloud, con.
scious Of the awkwardness of his pc.
sition and the disorder of his garb,
said the worst thing at once II fear
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
! CHAPTER v.-continued.

Betty came with only her colored
maid. old Puss Dunning, who had
taken her from the nurses arms when
she was born and. taken care of her
ever since. The two-the tall Ken
lucky girl and the bent mammy-ar-
rived at the Stone ranch one day in
June, and Richard, done then with
bridges and looking after his ranch
interests, had already fallen violently
In love with Betty. She was delicate,
but, II those in Medicine Bend who re.
membered her said true, lovely
creature. Remaining in the mountains
was the last thing Betty had ever
thought of, but no one, man or woman,
could Withstand Dick Dunning. She
fell quite in love with him the first
time she set eyes on him in Medicine
Bend, for he was very handsome in
the saddle, and Betty was fairly wild
about horses. So. Dick Dunning
wooed fond mistress and married
her and buried her, and all within
hardly more than year.
But in that year they were very
happy, never two happier, and when
she slept away her suffering she left
him, as legacy, a tiny baby girl. Puss
brought the mite of creature in it's
,swaddling clothes to the sick mother
very, very sick then-and poor Bet
ty turned her dark eyes on it, kissed
1t, looked at her husband and whis-
pered "Dicksie," and died. Dicksie
had been Betty's pet name for her
mountain lover, so the father said the
nothing else; and his heart broke and
soon he died. Nothing else, storm or
flood, death or disaster had ever
moved Dicl, Dunning; then a sin
gle blow killed him. He rode
once in while over the ranch, a
great tract by that time of 10000
acres, all in one body, all under fence,
up and down both sides Of the big
river, in part irrigated, swarming with
cattle-none of 1t stirred Dick! and
with little Dicksie in his arms he
slept away his suffering.
So Dicksie was left, as her mother
had been, to Puss, while Lance looked
after the ranch, swore at the price of
cattle, and played cards at Medicine
Bend. At ten, Dicksie, as thoroughly
spoiled as a pet baby could be by a
fool nanny, a fond cousin, and a
galaxy of devoted cowboys, was sent,
An spite Of crying and finging, to a
Sfar-away convent-her father had
planned everything-where in many
tears she learned. that there were 9TH
er things in the world besides cattle
and mountains and sunshine and tall,
,broad-hatted horsemen to swing from
their stirrups and pick her hat from
the ground just to see little Dicksie
laugh-when they swooped past the
house to the corrals. When she came
back from Kentucky. her grandmother
dead and her schooldays finished, all
the land she could see in the valley
was hers.
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claimed McCloud, reaching for the
message. "How could it catch FIRE?
Is it burned up?"
Il can't get anything on that yet;
this came from Candy. I'll have good
wire In few minutes and get it all
for you"
Have Phil HALEY and Hyde noti-
fled, Rooney, and Reed and Brill
Young, and get up train. Smoky
Creek bridge! By heavens, we are
ripped up the back now! What. can
we do there, Rooney?" He was talk
ing to himself. There isn't thing
for it on Gods earth but switchbacks
and fiye-per-cent. grades down to the
bottom Of the creek and cribbing
across 1t till the new line is ready.
Wire Callahan and Morris Blood, and
get everything you can for me before
we start"
Ten hours later and many hundreds
Of miles from the mountain Z sion,
President Bucks and companion
were riding in the peace of a June
morning down the beautiful Mohawl,
valley with an earlier and illustrious
railroad man, William G. Brown. The
three men were at breakfast In
Browns car. A message was brought
in for Bucks. He read 1t and passed
it to his companion, Whispering
Smith, who sat at Browns left hand.
The message was from Callahan with
the news of the burning of Smoky Creek
bridge. Details were few, because no
one on the west end could suggest q
plausible cause for the fire.
What do you think Of 1t, Gordon ?"
demanded Bucks. bluntly.
Whispering Smith seemed at all
times bordering on good-natured sur
prise, and In that normal condition ne
read Callahan's message.
He was laughing under Bucks scru.
tiny when he handed the message
back. why, I don't know q thing
about II, not . thing; but taking .
long shot and speaking BY and far,
/ should say It looks something Ike
lirst blood for Sinclair" he suggested.
and to change the subject lifted his
cnp Of coffee.
Then It looks like ron for the
mountains tonight instead Of q fof
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carrying packages for Dicksie Dun
ming. 1t was Sinclair's trick to do
things for people, and to make himself
so useful that they must like first his
obligingness and afterward himself.
Sinclair, McCloud knew, was close in
many ways to Lance Dunning. It was
said to have been his influence that
won Cummings consent to sell right
of way across the ranch for the new
Crawling Stone line. But McCloud
felt it useless to disguise the fact to
himself that he now had second
keen interest in the Crawling Stone
country-not alone dream of line,
but dream of a girl. Sitting moodily
in his office, with his feet on the desk,
few nights after his encounter with
Sinclair, he recalled her nod as she
said good-by. 1t had seemed the least
bit encouraging, and he meditated
anew on the only 20 minutes of real
pleasurable excitement he had ever
felt In his life, the 20 minutes with
Dicksie Dunning at Smoky creek. Her
intimates, he had heard, called her
Dicksie, and he was vaguely envying
her intimates when the night dispatch.
er, Rooney Lee, opened the door and
disturbed his reflections.
How is Number One, Rooney"
called McCloud, as if nothing but the
thought of a train movement ever en-
tered his head.
Rooney Lee paused. In his hand he
held message, and he faced McCloud
with evident uneasiness. Holy smoke,
Mr. McCloud, here's ripper! We've
lost Smoky Creek BRIDGE"
'Lost Smoky Creek bridget" echoed
McCloud, rising in amazement.
Burned tonight. Seventy-seven
was tagged by the man at the pump
station"
That's a tie-up for your life!" ex-
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
"Here Is the silk, Mr.. Sinclair"

of the opening, If it cost him his life.
"And by the way, Mr.. Sinclair, Miss
Dunning wished me to say to you that
the lovely bay colt you sent her had
sprung his shoulder badly, the hind
shoulder, think, but they are doing
everything possible for it and they
think it will make great horse"
Sinclair's snort at the information
was marvel of indecision. Was he
being made fun of? Should he draw
and end it? But Marion faced him
resolutely as he stood, and talking
in the most business like way she
backed him out of the room and to
the shop door. Baked of his oppor-
tunity, he retreated stubbornly but
with the utmost politeness, and left
with grin, flashing his tail, so to
speak.
Coming back, Marion tried to hide
her uneasiness under even tones to
McCloud. I'm sorry he disturbed
you. l was attending to a customer
and had to ask him to wait a mo-
ment."
Don't apologize for having Gus
TONER"
He lives over beyond the Stone
ranch, you know, and is taking some
things out for the Cummings to-day. He
likes an excuse to come in here be-
cause 1t annoys me, Finish your din
ner, Mr.. McCloud."
THANK yoH, I'm DONE"
But you haven't eaten anything.
Isn't your steak right?"
Its fine, but that maxwell, you
know how like him and how he likes
me. I'll content myself with digesting
my temper"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
SYNOPSIS.

Murray Sinclair and his gang of wreck
ers We're called out to clear the railroad
tracks at Smoky Creek. McCloud a
young road superintendent, caught Sin
clair and his men in the act of looting
the wrecked train. Sinclair pleaded in
small sum-a treat for the men. McCloud
discharged the whole outfit and ordered
the .wreckags burned. McCloud became
Of the west. who came to look at the
wreck. She gave him a message for Sim
clair; whispering" Gordon Smith told
Clouds brave fight against a gang Of
crazed miners and that was the reason
i Tor the superintendent's appointment to
MS high Office McCloud arranged to
board at the boarding house Of Mrs. Sin
clair, the ex-foreman's deserted wife.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
CHAPTER vi,
In Marlon's Shop.

In Boney street, Medicine Bend,
stands an early-day row of one-story
buildings; they once made up pros
porous block, which has long since
fallen into the decay Of painless days.
There is in Boney street a livery
stable, a secondhand store, laundry,
bakery, a moribund grocery, and a
bicycle shop. and at the time of this
story there was also Marion Sinclair's
millinery shop; but the better class of
Medicine Bend business. such as the
gambling houses, saloons, pawnshops,
restaurants, barber shops, and those
sensitive, clean-shaven, and alert es-
adjustments known as gents stores
had deserted Boney street for many
years. Bats fly in the dark Of Boney
street while Front street at the same
hour Is blaze Of electricity and from
tier hilarity. The millinery store
stood next to the corner of Fort
street. The lot lay in an H." and at
the rear OF the store the first owner
had built small connecting cottage
to live in. This faced on Fort street,
so that Marion had her shop and liv.
ing rooms communicating, and yet
apart. The store building is still
pointed out as the former shop OF
Marion Sinclair, where George Nc.
Cloud boarded when the Crawling
Stone line was built, where Whisper.
ing Smith might often have been seen,
where Sinclair himself was last seen
alive in Medicine Bend, where Dicksie
Dunning's horse dragged her senseless
one wild mountain night, and where,
indeed, for time the affairs Of the
whole mountain division seemed to
tAngle In very hard knots.
In her dining room, which con
,.'.No man that has ever played me
dirt can stay here while / stay" Sin.
clair, with q hand on the portiere, was
moving from the doorway into the
,nected through a curtained door with
the shop. McCloud sat one day alone
eating his dinner. Marion was in
front serving q customer. McCloud
heard voices In the shop, but gave nc
heed till q man walked through the
curtained doorway and he saw Murray
Sinclair standing before him. A
stormy interview with Callahan and
Blood 1t the Wickiup had taken place
Just week before. and McCloud aftel
what Sinclair had then threatened
SO. \ : q : 4
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
Bean Milk.

Pigeon milk Is a myth" said q
milkman. but there actually is bean
milk. 1t is drunk, put in tea and cot.
fee, and even frozen for ice cream.
The Japs are its inventors. This milk
is made of the Sofa bean. The bean
is first soaked. then boiled in water,
After the liquid turns white sugar and
phosphate OF potash are added, and
the boiling is kept up till substance
of the thickness of molasses is OBJ.
tained. Nobody could tell this bean
milk from condensed milk. and when
water 10 added 1t can't be told from
the fresh. The Japanese poor use
nothing else"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
Good Joke on the Officers

marily ordered to deliver up what
ever they had in their hip pockets.
Meekly they obeyed Each one car.
ried a corncob. The remarks Of
the policemen cannot possibly be re.
corded
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
CHAPTER VII.
Smoky Creek Bridge.

It was not alone that defiance
makes q bad dinner sauce; there was
more than this for McCloud to feed
on. He was forced to confess to him
self as he walked back to the Wickiup
that the most annoying feature of the
incident was the least important,
namely, that his only enemy in the
country should be intrusted with COM
missions from the Stone ranch and be
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20

Puritanism, of
which orthodox
Congregationalism
was a part, has
blessed the world
1) by freeing the
state from the
tyranny of the
church, CD by
t r e eli n g t he
church, in turn,
from the tyranny
of the state, and
cay by freeing.
finally the indi-
yidual from the
tyranny of both,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20

How much easler 1t q Tor I man "a
de worms Tor batt than 10 loosen the
iaotl around the cutrant bushes II tbs
GARDEN. .73ssSE
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
says the { Phil opher

Ef yon cant Git up the ladder Of
success on your own feet don't grab
the cut-tails of the Teller ahead @
. last resort ~
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
What the
World Owes to
Congregationalisrn
By REV. A. c. DIXON, D. D.,
+ Pastor Of the Chicago Ave. (Moody's)
Church. Chicago.

The truth shall make you Free.
John S.32.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-07-08
FOR BOWEL COMPLAINTS.

Rexall Orderlies are exceedingly pleas
ant to take, and are ideal for adult or child.
They act directly on the nerves and muscles
of the bowels. They do not purge or cause
any annoyance whatever. We will refund
the money paid US for them if they do not
thoroughly relieve chronic OF habituai con-
stipation. Two sizes, Ioc. ane 2Sc.
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TAKEN UP-At my home one-half
mile west Of Surrey, N. D., q bay pony
gelding white feet. white spot on
forehead and nose nose several white.
spots on body. weight 800 lbs, age
about IS years. Owner pay charges.
Pony followed me from Minot.
John Crawford, Surrey, N. D.
II 7-15 chg
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C. A. FISHER, Photographic
art studio, first-cIass work, all
sizes, BOB s. Main st., Minot
N. D. ~: .~. .as.-.7s. 7-18t.
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Strayed or Stolen

One dark bay mare 10 years old
branded on left shoulder, cut on
left hind foot, ringbone on right
front foot. One light bay mare colt
2 years old, left hind foot white and
small star in forehead. Any infor-
nation leading to recovery of the
same, will be satisfactorily reward
ed. Justin L. Miller, Burlington,
Ward county, N. D. 6-24 tt
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Estrayed from my home, at Nor
witch, N. D., on Friday night, June
10, light bay mare, weight 1000 lbs.
age 2 years. branded bar K on left
hin, For reward notify E. H. Ken
dali, Norwich, N. D. 6-24 I'll chg
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ESTRAYED-From my farm, 8
niles west of Minot, April, one black
mare s years old, two white hind feet
white In forehead, weight 1000 lbs.
Martin Jacobson. Minot, N. D.
ga tt