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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-06
By REX BEACH
coprarcHr 1909 By

The old Russian village of Kadiak
hes on the opposite side of the island
from the canneries. n bleak, wind
swept relic OF the country's first occu-
patton, and. although peopled largely
by natives and breeds. there Is also
n considerable white population, to
whom Christmas is a season Of thanks
giving and celebration. and ii caused
much comment when late OH Christ
mas afternoon an ice burdened canoe,
bearing three strange white men, land
ed on the beach beside the dock-or
were they white men. after all? Their
faces were so blackened and split from
the frost they seemed 10 be raw bleed
ing masks, and their hands were crack
ed and stiff beneath their mittens. They
were hollow eyed and gaunt. their
cheeks sunken away as If from n vast
ing illness. and they could not walk,
but crept across the snow covered
shingle on hands and knees, then,
reaching the street, hobbled painfully,
while their limbs gave way as II paral-
yzed.
A week later Boyd and George were
watching the lights of Port Townsend
blink out in the gloom astern. A quick
change OF boats at Juneau had raised
their spirits. enabling them TO COM
plete the second stage of their journey
In less than the expected time.
IL suppose Teller has got TO dress
pretty swell back there I'm Chicago"
George ventured. Full dress suits OF
clothes, ehT"
EYES,"
"Did you ever wear oneY
Certainly"
"Well, I'll be- The fisherman
checked himself and gazed at his com
panlon as IL he saw him suddenly in
d new light, Right alongf" he ques-
toned incredulously.
"Why, yes; pretty steadily"
"All day at timer"
Boyd laughed. II haven't worn one
In the daytime since ! left college.
They are used only at night"
"a Teller told me funny thing
once" went on George. He said them
rich men back east had women come
around and clean their finger nails and
shine 'em up. Is that right?"
"Quite rightr
"Well, don't suppose-you ever had
'em-shine your finger nails. did your
YES"
The big man opened his mouth to
speak. then. evidently changing his
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-06

timidity and defiance. This done. he
FASTENED TO one OF the leading banks,
and two hours later returned to the
I hotel. jubilant
He found Big George I'm the lobby.
staring with fascinated eyes at his
singer nails. which were strangely puri.
fed and glossy
"Look at EN-" the fisherman broke
out admiringly. They're as clean as
hounds tooth They shine so | das.
sent take hold of anything"
II have made my deal with the
bank" Boyd exuIted "All need to
raise now Is 100000 The bank will
advance the rest. That $1,000 makes
task is easy now We will make it
go sure. These bankers know what
that salmon business is. Why. | had
no trouble at all. They say we can't
lose II we have good site on the
Kalvik river"
That evening Boyd and George start
ed away but could not locate Fraser
When the train pulled out a familiar
voice greeted them:
Hello, you"-and there was Fraser,
grinning
what are you doing here"
''Oh. I'm on my way east"
Whereabouts east?'
Chicago, amt it? | thought that
was what you said" He seated him
self and lighted another long cigar.
Are you going TO Chicago" George
asked.
''Sure. we've got to put this cannery
deal over" the crook sighed luxurious
ly and began TO blow smoke rings.
Pretty nice train. amt it?''
YES" calculated Emerson. undecid-
ed whether TO be pleased or angered
at the fellows presence. Which is
your carr"
This one-same as yours. I've got
the drawing room"
What are you going to do in Chi
cago?"
"oh. amt fully decided yet, but
might do a little promoting. Seattle
is too full OF Alaskan snares."
The younger man shook his head.
"You are impossible" said he. land
yet ! can't help liking you."
In Chicago, rs in Seattle. Fraser ac-
companied his fellow travellers to their
hotel and would have registered him
self under some high sounding alias
except for whispered threat from
Boyd
Promptly at 4 O'clock Emerson call
ed cab and was driven toward the
north side AS the vehicle rolled up
Lake Shore drive the excitement under
which he had been laboring for days
increased until he tapped his feet nerv
ously, clinched his gloved fingers and
patted the cushions MS If TO accelerate
the horses footballs Would he never
arrive?
The vehicle drew up at last before
one OF the most pretentious residences.
massive pile of stone and brick
fronting the lake with what seemed
to him singularly proud and chilling
aspect. During the moments that he
waited he found his body pulsating To
the slow. heavy humping of his heart
tLen a familiar face greeted him.
How do you do. Hawkinsr' he
heard himself saying "a liveried old
man ushered him In. lis Miss Way
land in?"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-06
CHAPTER WI.

- ND 80 all your privations and
IA hardships went for nothing. |"
h said Mildred Wayland when
e. Boyd had recounted the his
tory Of his pilgrimage into the north.
Eyes," he replied; ''as miner I am
4 very wretched failure"
She shrugged her shoulders in dis
approval.
~Don't use that termr' she cried.
There Is no word so hateful to me
as 'failure'-I suppose because father
has never failed In anything Let us
say that your success has been de-
layed."
VERY we'll THAT suits me better
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-06


"Yes. sir; she Is expecting you. This
way, please"
Boyd followed, thankful for the sub
dued light which might conceal his
agitation. He knew where they were
going: she had always awaited him in
the library. so 1t seemed.
Hawkins held the portieres aside.
and Boyd heard their velvet swish at
his back. yet for the briefest instant
he did not see her. so motionless did
she stand. Then he cried softly:
MY ladyw and strobe forward.
Boyd! Boyd. she answered. and
came to meet him. yielding herself to
his arms. She felt his heart pounding
against hers like the heart Of run
ner who has spenl himself at the tape.
felt his arms quivering as II from
great fatigue. For long time neither
spoke.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-06
FIRST GUN FIRED IN BATTLE FOR
FISHERIES!
N. A. r. A. Promised Bitter Fight For
Supremacy OF Alaskan Waters!
81 don't know"

81 don't know"
You don't know?"
mo: never read anything but the
past performances and the funny
page. What does il say?'
1T is the whole story Of our enter
prise. but ridiculously garbled and ex-
aggerated. 1t says have headed a
new canning company to buck the
trust 1t tells about Georges feud
with Marsh and says we have both
been secretly preparing to down him.
Good Lord! It's liable to queer us
with the bank and upset the deal"
Il didn't give it out"
1T is all done in your particularly
picturesque Style" declared Emerson
angrily. Alton swears he knows
nothing about it, so you must have
done it. 1t is too nearly correct to
have come from a stranger"
'Well?" inquired Fraser quietly.
The harm is done. but | want to
know who is to blame" When the
other made no answer except to stare
at him curiously he famed up. "Why
don't you confess?"
For the first time during their ac-
quaintance "Fingerless" Fraser seemed
at a loss for words. but whether for
shame or some other motive his COM
panion was unable to tell. His nature
was so warped that his emotions ex-
pressed themselves in ways not always
easy TO follow. and now he merely re-
marked, with apparent sullenness:
I'm certainly hot favorite with
you" He clambered stiffly back into
bed and turned his defiant face to the
wall. nor would he meet his accuser's
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-06

through white lips. thrusting morn
ing paper before Fraser's sleepy eyes.
era regular newspaper
Where did this story come from
With menacing finger Boyd indicated
front column. headed:
NEW ENEMY OF THE SALMON
TRUST!
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-10-06

ARPER IL THEIRS
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14
VOTERS TO DECIDE ON
THIRTY-TW0 MEASURES

SALEM.-Time for filing initiative
petitions has closed and the people of
Oregon will be called upon to vote
on grand total of 32 measures at the
coming general election. With practi.
cally each county having some local
legislation coming before 1t and a
great number of precincts voting on
the question of wet" or "dry" there
will be practically S5 measures to vote
on In the majority of precincts, among
which are the following:
Womans taxpaying suffrage amend
ment granting to all taxpayers the
right of suffrage.
A bill for the establishment of an
Eastern Oregon branch State Insane
asylum.
A bill to elect delegates to con.
stitutional convention the second
Monday in October, 1911.
A constitutional amendment to pro.
vide separate district for the cleo.
ton of each state senator and each
state representative.
A constitutional amendment to cause
taxes to be collected for public pur.
poses only and providing the power of
taxation shall never be surrendered,
suspended or contracted away.
An amendment providing for state
railroad building.
An amendment providing uniform
rule of taxation.
An act to increase the salary Of the
Judge of the eighth judicial district.
An act to create the county OF Ne.
smith.
A bill to provide for the mainten.
ance Of the normal school at Mon.
mouth.
A bill to create the county of Otis.
A bill to create the county Of vii.
liams.
An amendment providing for people
of each county to regulate taxation
and exemptions.
An amendment giving cities and
towns control over sale of liquor.
A bill for liability OF employers.
A bill to create the county Of Or.
chard.
A bill to create the county of Clark.
A bill for the support and mainten.
ance of the normal school at Weston.
A petition to establish and maintain
q normal school at Ashland.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14
GENERAL NEWS NOTES

Waller Brookins. in a Wright bi.
plane, broke the worlds altitude rec.
ord at Atlantic City, N. j., when he
attained a height OF 6175 feet.
Clipper as boy with a smile and
a real handshake for all well -wishers
John D. Rockefeller celebrated his
list birthday at Forest Hill, his splen.
did summer home In Cleveland, Ohio.
Women teachers showed their
knowledge of politics by forcing the
triumphant election OF Mrs. Ella
Flagg Young. superintendent OF the
public school of Chicago. as president
of the National Educational associa.
tion.
Walter Wellman and e. Van Inman
will attempt this Fall to cross the At
lantic ocean in the dirigible balloon
America, which was built for the Well.
man Polar expedition and has been
twice tested In voyage over the Arc.
tic ocean north of Spitzbergen.
On petition OF the the international
Paper company. Judge Colt. in the
United States circuit court, at Boston.
appointed John Norris, of New York.
an officer OF the American Newspaper
Publishers association, and Charles
+. Weed, an attorney Of this city. re-
ceivers OF the Boston Herald company.
Including a bond issue OF sI,70O 900.
the indebtedness is about $2,200,OOO.
Results Of great Importance and
lasting benefit to the United States.
as well as to the in-American re-
publics, are expected from the fourth
Pan-American conference, which met
in Buenos Ayres
The notable conventions OF the
week include the Elks at Detroit. the
international convention of the Ban.
tist Young Peoples Union, at Sara.
toga, the annual saegerfest of the
Northwestern Norwegian-Danis Sing.
ers' association at Sioux Falls. the
convention of the Upper Mississippi
River Improvement association at st.
Paul. and the summer meeting of the
America Chemical society in San
Francisco.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14
DIAz AND TAFT
EXCHANGE NOTES
President OF Mexico Suggests
Change in Nicaraguan
Policy.

WAsHlNGToN.-The attitude of
the Mexican government toward the
Madriz cause in Nicaragua was made
palmer, when correspondence which
recently passed between President
Diaz and President Tart on the sub
ject became public.
President Diaz wrote President Taft,
as the result of the circulation of a
telegram Madriz sent to Central Amer
ican governments protesting against
the attitude of the United States in
Nicaragua.
IF these facts are exact in all de-
tails" said President Diaz, after refer
ring to Madriz' protest. 81 permit my
self In the most friendly spirit. to rec
ommend most earnestly to your ex.
cellency that you reconsider those in.
structions Of which Nicaragua com.
plains to the end of permitting the
government of Madriz within a pru.
IDENTIFY brief period. to accomplish that
complete pacifcation which is Of
fered."
Information Erroneous, Says Taft.
Mr.. Taft, in reply, said:
u esteem your excellency's friendly
interest in the relation of the United
States with Nicaragua AS your ex.
cellency will have surmised, the tele.
gram which Dr. Madriz ordered sent
to you, as well as kilograms sent to
other governments in which the con.
tinuation of the struggle in Nicaragua
Is attributed to the policy OF the
United States. has evidently been
transmitted under erroneous informa.
tion with respect to the actual facts
and the principles of international
law applicable to the case"
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14
WASHINGTON, 0. c., NOTES

Declaring that some companies en-.
gagged in the planting OF the sucalyp-
tus tree In this country have eudeav.
ored to place the government behind
exaggerated statements as TO the pos
sibls results. Forester Graves has Is
sued a warning to the public against
sxtravagant predictions.
Postmaster-Gene Hitchcock has
expressed the opinion that no postal
savings bank could be established be.
fore January /. 1911.
Controller OF the Treasury Trace.
we'll has rendered a decision holding
In effect that In the future he will not
allow expenses Of Office deputies In
serving John Doe warrants. The issue
came before him on an appeal by
Marshal p. M. Long. OF the northern
district OF Alabama. from a ruling by
the auditor OF the state and other de-
psrtments In disallowing travelling ex.
psnses incurred In endsavoring TO
serve such warrants In internal rev.
enue cases where the EFFORT to arrest
was unsuccessful.
The proposal to transport freight by
Airship from Arizona to New Mexico
Will have the eject Of bringing the
United States and Mexico into an
early agreement relative to the nrst
aerial treaty. The Mexican govern.
msnt has approved In q general way
the original draft Of the treaty which
Ambassador dc Ia Hsrra suggested to
Secretary Knox.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14
ENGINEER SAVES HIS
TRAIN FROM HOLDUp
Clever Ruse Prevents Lootinq
of Baggage and Passenger
Coaches.

ST. LOUIS-Cleyerness on the part
OF the engineer prevented three men
from robbing the Missouri, Kansas q
Texas Southwestern flyer No. 8, near
Larimer, ST. Louis County. Is miles
from st. Louis, early Sunday morning
Three men were arrested as suspects
but were released after investigation
Engineer Quinn, through ruse, pre-.
vented the baggage car and passenger
coaches from being looted. The rob.
bers at the point OF reyolvers com.
PEELED the engineer and fireman to
descend from the cab and 20 with
them to the baggage car to assist in
uncoupling II. When tinkering about
the coupling the engineer and fireman
managed TO slip away in the darkness.
The two started on a run for the
cab. The robbers soon became aware
that the crew was dashing for the
cab and opened fire.
Springing into the cab, the engineer
threw the throttle wide open and
washed away with the train.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14
PROGRAMME CAUSES
EMBARRASSMENT
Administration Men Charge
Pinchotites With Packing
Congress at ST. Paul.

ST. PAUL. Minn.-Charges that the
national conservation program. for the
ssssison here in September. has been
packed" with antkadministratio
speakers. has created a furore In st.
Paul. Governor A. o. Eberhardt. dis
cussiny the situation. said:
Il think the men at the head OF the
movsmen. for the congress here are
fair-minded enough to change the pro-
gram II It ia not properly balanced"
The Observation-Disclosures" want sena-
tor Nelson. and possibly President
Taft. placed on the list OF speakers.
but II is not probable that the presi-
dent would consent. because his at
utude might be misconstrued.
The souabble that has arisen here
gives rise TO the fear that the con.
grsss may be moved to Denver or Kan.
sas City. both OF which have made
strong bids for II.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14

A. G. Spalding. head OF the sporting
goods house OF Chicago. has been
formally requested by the business
men OF San Diego, Cal. to accept the
nomination to succeed Frank p. Flint
in the United States senate.
Colonel Roosevelt declares Con.
gresham Poindexter did not discuss
the Washington senatorial contest
with him. my relations with all the
candidates TO succeed Senator Plies
have been. so far as can recall, most
cordial. | will not take any side In
the contest, he said.
1--WE have a fight before us. I have
decided what am going to do. Those
who may want to come with me, come.
Those who want to stay at home,
stay" With these words william J
Bryan closed one OF the most drama.
tic speeches Of his career at the dem.
ocrauc county convention at Lincoln.
Neb. He spoke In support OF a posi-.
tive declaration for county option. and
at the conclusion OF his address the
plank was adopted by an overwhelm.
ing majority.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14
POLITICAL NEWS
Political News.

Albert j. Beveridge. United States
senator from Indiana and one OF the
most prominent and consistent OF the
progressive" republicans, after a
visit to Sycamore HIM. came away
with a promise from Theodore Roose.
welt to deliver a campaign speech In
his favor in his fight for reelection to
the senate.
Following the receipt OF letter
from Colonel Roosevelt. Governor
Hughes announced that the former
president had fixed Tuesday as the
day for their meeting at Sycamore
Hill.
Lee o'Neill Browne, democratic leg.
islatiye leader. under indictment at
Chicago and Springfield. announces
himself candidate for denomination
as a member of the legislature.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

Baroness de la Roche. driving a
voisin biplane. at Rheims, France. lost
her nerve at heigh of SO meters,
shut OF the power and fell with her
machine to the ground. Her legs and
arms were broken and she suffered
severe contusions
Joseph Smith. president of the Nor.
mon Church of Utah, was passenger
on the liner Vaderland. which sailed
for Dover and Antwerp.
A great scandal. involving EXPIRE.
mier George Clemenceau. has broken
out In connection with the trial of
Henri Rochelle. the well-known
French promoter. whose financial in.
stitutions, the Franco-Spanish bank
and the Credit Miner. were closed In
March. 1908, when Rochelle was ar
rested on charges of extensive swind.
ling. The testimony shows that i'm.
mense sums OF money were made BY
spectators Immediately before the
failure.
Secretary OF the Interior Ballinger
has started on a trip OF inspection
westward. which may cover a period
OF several months. He is accompanied
BY e. c. Finney. assistant to the sec.
retary and stenographer.
Governor StubSs received a tele.
gram from Theodore Roosevelt, fix.
Ing the day of his one Kansas speech
at August 81. He will speak at the
John Brown celebration at ossawa.
tomie. Kan.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST
THROUGHOUT OREGON
Chronicle Of Important Events
of Interest to Our
Readers.
Road Building His Study.

SALEM.-Mayor Rodgers has de.
parted for Belgium, where he will at
tend the meeting of the International
Association of Road Congresses as the
only representative from Oregon. He
leaves New York in the steamer Car
mania and will land at Antwerp. The
association meeting opens July 81 and
will continue until August 8. During
his absence the mayor will make a
special study of road-making and mu
nicipal conditions. The king of Bel
GUM is president of the roads assoeia-
ton and Mayor Rodgers will go sfmed
with letters to him.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14
LYNCH BLiND-PIG DETECTIVE
Antlssloon League Raid Rssuits In
Mob Vlojence.

Mob Violence.
NEWARK. ohio.--The trouble which
eliminated In the lynching Of Detec.
tive Ethsrington was the outgrowth
OF an attempt By the Anu.SaIoon
league to show the presence OF a
blind tiger" In Licking county. which
10 dry" under the Rose local option
law. Detectives. Of which Ethsring.
ton was one. were sent to Newark To
make series OF raids. In raid on
the Last Chance" restaurant. con.
Quoted by William Howard. former
chief Of police OF Newark. there was
clash and Etbering.on shot Howard
The wounded man died shortly after
reaching the hospital.
Upon the death OF Howard the jail
was surrounded by a mob and Dstec.
tive Etherington was taken out and
lynched.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14
Bears Blood sespatssrs.

ALBANY-With an immense black
bear running so close to nim that u
threw blood all over him from a wound
he had inflicted, a young man named
Moore, residing near Yaquina, under
went an exciting experience A pecu.
liar feature Of the incident is that the
bear, though badly wounded. got away
from the hunters and has not been
killed.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14
Coach Drops over Gin.

YOSEMITE, Gala 4-horse stage.
coach. carrying II passengers, for El
Portal. the gateway OF the Yosemite
National Park. went over cliff into
the Merced River. fall of 100 feet,
Sunday. One man and three women
were carried down with the stage and
injured severely. The other passeng.
ers and driver jumped in time. Two
horses we're killed.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14
spoksn. suffer. Loss.

sPoKANE.--Fire. supposed to have
been caused by the careless dropping
OF a match or q cigarette stub into
shaving bin at the rear of the main
factory OF the springston Lumber Co.
early Sunday night. swept a two.block
area, entailing property loss Of ss7,.
800. covered by insurance amounting
TO t50.750.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14
Ashton Is Doomed

TACOMA, Wash.-In the interest OF
the candidacy OF James NJ Ashton, OF
Tacoma, who is seeking to become U.
s. Senator, q plan is being formulated
70 have all the timber interests Of
Washington center their strength ON
Ashton and get busy in his behalf.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14
New Jap Alliance Due.

BERLIN.--A new political align.
ment with Japan breaking away from
England as soon as the present
treaty between these two has expired,
is predicted by Prof Albrecht wirth,
one OF the most prominent Pan-Amer-
ican politicians and writer's.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14
Girl is cremated Alive.

HEPPNER.-Miss Emma Zinck
dropped a lighted match and the
flames quickly spread to her clothes,
enveloping her in sheet of flames.
She rushed screaming i2to the yard,
where all of her clothing burned Off
her before being extinguished by the
neighbors. Miss Zinck died a few
hours later.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14
viii Die on GaIlows.

KLAMATH FALLS.-Ike HarrroIl
was sentenced to be hanged at Salem
on December 9 for the murder of Wal
ter Newell. Harroll was a sheep
herder in the employ of Walter and
Frank Newell, two brothers, who were
taking a band Of sheep to the Lake
county shearing pens at Plush. In an
alteration Harroll shot and killed the
two brothers.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-14
Doors and windows and all kinds
Of builders hardware at Keltner's.

T. j. Elledge and family who have
been camping at the head Of the
lake for several days, returned to
their home Thursday. They stopped
en- route % visit with the
family of Sheriff Marvin, afterwards
con tinuing to Wallowa.