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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-09-09

On August 10 seven big steamers
were loading lumber at Willamette
River mills for export. The com
b;ned feet took away more than 20
100000 feet OF Oregon hr lumber to
foreign ports. ch efy to China. Japan
and other countries OF the ORIENT took
their share, however, and the showing
IS considered . remarkably strong
one.
The Rogue River district IS now
Shipping its famous pears 10 the
worlds markets. This prime fruit
las earned grea, publicity for South
ern Oregon. Il brings the highest
prices. Estimates Of the years crop
state that $50 cars Of Rogue Rivers
finest fruit will be shipped away TINS
season. adding largely 70 the wealth
OF ,ha. favored section OF the state,
An educational feature Of the com
ing Portland Haryes. Festival, Sep
,ember $40. that will be Of great
value to the farmer Is that TO be
given by Dr. w H. Lytle, state vet
erinary. He will make tests OF dairy
stock for tuberculosis, and will
Slaughter animals thought to be in
tec.et with the disease, lecturing on
the .es, and explaining its value. Tu-
tsrculoss in cattle has long been the
huCaboo OF the dairymen, and such a
demonstration, showing the methods
Of detection OF the malady in cattle
viii be OF much practical benefit
North Dakota people are coming 10
>.zaie,d. Uma;.lla County, is quite
's-Ee numbers Il IS reported that
new settlers are arriving and taking
no Ind which they are transforming
into homes Lands embraced in the
pro;ec: were, only 4 few years 1go.
locked upon as practically worthless,
good only fer sheep pasture and dry
farming. bu: with the introduction D
scientific irrigation the land IS found
10 be very rich indeed. and capable OF
producing large crops Settlement OF
the district IS now going forward rap
idly
The caterpillar traction engine
promises 10 replace the large numbers
%. horses and mules used at presen;
in hauling combined harvesters over
The wheat fields OF the interior. The
engine Is being tried out on several
outfits in Eastern Oregon, and is re-
ported to be a grea; success. The
horse and mule outfits were able to
cover 25 acres OF grain in day, bu;
the engine is said TO haul the har
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-09-09
Thoughtful on His Part

Did ye get damages fer being in
that railway accident, Bill|
Sure; fifty dollars for me and fifty
fer the missus'
The missus didn't hear she was
hurt"
She wasn't; but | had the presence
o mind to fetch her one on the head
with me ioot'-Harper's weekly.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-09-09

caring for the large number OF ami
mails required to do this work is done
away with by the new method. 1t Is
likely that within few years horses
will be almost unknown in the farm
work OF the big wheat ranches, these
big traction engines doing all the
blowing, seeding and harvesting.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-09-09
A Literary Man

Sir, I'm a well red (read) man.
Have you read Longfellow?'
no, sir"
Have you read Shakespeare''
NO, sir"
Have you read Whittier"
NO, sir"
What have you read, them"
I've read whiskers."
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-09-09
Queen Of Cards
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IContinued from Page 8
She had won from US, and saying she
had merely played for pleasure"
This was astounding news to the
gambler, and he returned home to his
hotel in deep thought
The sailing day OF the Eclipse
rolled around. and determined not to
be again caught, Dirk D:lmont made
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-09-09

'a''oI''S HiihseiI al the ladjes' =.
trance to the hotel, he awai,aS s' En-
Slowly the time wen. b,'
within an hour the Eclipse nn., nv, until
part, and then, as he mus; 'Iust DE-
glanced at his watch, he brsr5 uTnily
rustic OF silk, and the o5iert {. iat
thoughts passed down he VI d.
staircase, and gliding by him gran grand
bow, stepped upon the sifew,i,h m'h
entered a carriage. "'iS and
Instantly Dirk Delmos, fon
in another, and when the P;'Ts5d Por5d
sailed that afternoon she rsrri.S nSnp'
gamblers King and Queen oi ~ c. ne
That night, as on her formsr Ie'us ~,
the unknown beauty glided ;nt, UP
forward cabin, and boldly asked ,aiO n.lt ne
belmont to join her alone in - DIX Dlrk
Flattered, he readily cg1sents5 game
the game began, and from tbs @ ano
first the unknown won, until ~ n,;iy nS'y
night, she had ten thousand d doWl Ilil'
Of her opponents money 10''d's
And through the whole vor,.
went on thus, until the las, iaSe n;aSt II i
the return trip. s"' o.
Then the two sat at the tsh,s /,
playing slowly and deliberafeIv ,'9 Oo,9
at last the Queen OF Cards said ur,i nni
etly: 1'u' qu'
Il will not play any more"
1T is not twelve yet and vor
might give me a chance 10 win b!.I WV
for l have lost heavily and I9Sl DrI
belmont was very pale N
yes, | have won from vou ;r.. b
and she hesitated to calculateNs;n.
one hundred and five thousand da i@I
lars, and it is exactly the sum NG \.
sired to win, as that amount Won will
fully cheated my father out Of" ;"
Hold! you are a woman and tb,,
protects you" springing to his fea I
in trembling passion ~"
Il am woman, yes; but am ro
so defenseless as the poor old or.v ,v
haired man you ruined and wbo. S
you drove to suicide, nor the brotSsr
you killed in a duel for taking IN II.
quarrel OF his father"
Il am the daughter Of Merton H,,
ney, and the sister OF Edgar Harnsv
Dirk belmont, and l have doqpei
your steps to avenge them" "
AS she spoke she drew from he,
pocket small pistol, and ere anvons
could prevent, fired.
The shot went true to its aim and
Dirk belmont fell dead across tbe
table, while the daring and reckle,,
woman glided away, and when looked
for half an hour after, could NOT he
found; but the mate said a youth ran
ashore at the last wood yard, where
the steamer landed at the time Of tbe
scene in the cabin, and in her State.
room was found her feminine attire
proving how she had planned her
escape.
OF course her desperate act created
the widest excitement in New
Orleans and along the river but no
one could tell aught regarding her.
and in time the affair was alnost for
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-05
OFFERS PURSE FOR
MOORE DRISCOLL BOUT

WASHINGTON, September 20-The
National Sporting Club Of London has
offered purse for a twenty round bout
between Pal Moore, the New York
feather, and .Jem Driscoll, holder of the
English featherweight championship.
Jimmy De Forest, manager of Moore,
may accept the offer. but would first
like to sign Moore with WOlgast for a
siX-round contest here.
De Forest no longer styles Moore a
bantamweight, a class which he out,
grew nearly a year ago. When Moore
met Jem DriscolI in this city last
spring. and had all the better of the
famous British crack, the absurditv of
billing him as a bantamweight became
so palpable that De Forest gave it up
and declared that Pal had developed
into full-blown feather
The truth of the matter is that Moore
Is a young chap who is growing rapid
y. and it would not be strange if he
hlossomed forth as a genuine light
weight before many months have
passed.
His challenge to Wolgast gives sup
port to the supposition, as well as the
fact that the weight named for the
proposed bout with Driscoll, 126 pounds
six hours before ring time, is agreeable
"a him and his rn1naUar
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-05
HIKING INTERPRETERS
WITH PLANNED bOUT

There is a new scrapper in the burg,
aaiIina from the Land of the Southern
Cross. He IS a heavyweight and an
Australian and knows how to work with
his dukes. Australia is the land where
the kangaroo grows and it is a we'll
known fact that many d prizefghter
has learned a trick OF two from a live
" Kangaroo. Hall VII show them
something in Honolulu worth seeing.
He weighs I75 pounds.
Promoter Love wants to match Hall
with George Nelson but that is not
as vet decided. Love has numerous
plans for good serapping, but it hap
uens that some Of the neatest scrappers
are soldiers ana most of the soldiers
are about this time busy "hiking -
When the hiking is over there will be
time to arrange a bunch Of good meet
zngs.
Love will try to match Joe McGurn
with Soldier Mccullough, and jim Hoao
with Trooper BaGe~s0eks
George Nelson fought Pat Cornyn in
MS first 90 here and was knocked out.
Loves idea is to make the exhibition
an inexpensive luxury, admission run
ming from fifty cents to two dollars.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-05
LOWERS THREE TRACK
RECORDS AT A. 4. u. MEET

NEW YORK, September l0-At
! Ir5vrrs Island today the annual senior
championship contests of the MetropoIi-
ran Association of the A. A. [. were
marked by the breaking Of Three AneIt-
, can records in the fye-mile run bv
George Y. Bonhag Of the American
]rlsh-American \. G., and the failure
of Melvin ". sheppard to get away a
tie start Of the first trial heat of the
440-yard race.
Bonhag practically led all the way in
I. the fiye-miIe run, which he won easily
by a fifth of mile in 25:09 10, a new
American record.
The former record was made by L. c.
Carter of the New York A. G., in
23:23 80, September Il, 1887 Bonhag
today made two other American records
IN the same race, the first being POLL
for four miles, heating 20:15 4-5. made
by the late William Day twenty-onc
years ago. and the four ami one-haIf
mile record of F.. G.. Carter, made TWEEN
ty-three wears ago.
Carriers time then was $3.50 A., but
Bonhag today just romped past the
mark in 22:43 10
The start in the first heat of the
Quartermile event was spoiIed by
Gissing of the New York Athletic Club.
He beat the starters gun, and Shep-
pard, seeing this. did not leave his
mark. He appealed to Referee James
+. Sullivan to allow him to 90 in the
second heat, but under the rules the
referee had no power to accede and
Sheppard was shut out.
The keenest rivalry for club point
honors existed all through the games,
the final point scores resulting in vic
tory for the New York Athletic Club,
with seventysix points against sixty
nine for the IrishAmerican Athletic
Glrh
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-05


William Williamson, president Of the
Honolulu Stock and Bond Exchange
since March Of last year. is a candi-
date for ,he house Of representatives on
the Republican ticket He has q host
Of friends throughout the Islands,
friends made largely during the years
he taught school in this Territory and
toured the Islands as salesman.
William Williamson is a young man
Of great energy, undoubted integrity.
quick initiative, vigorous application,
clear headedncSs and clean ambitions.
He was born in Manchester Ohio. thir-
tT-sIX years ago, and was educated at
the Manchester High School and Viii
Iams College.
He taught one year in Williams Col
legc, from which he graduated in 1896.
For two years he taught in the Kenyon
College and Military Academy, Dan
vile, Ohio, then coming 10 Hawaii in
1899 and teaching for two years at
Oahu College, Punahou
During the troubIous plague times
here. in the latter part of 1899 and the
first few months Of 1900. Mr.. William
son was in charge of the MOanalua and
Pail camps, assisting materially in the
discipling of those who had to be seq
+egated on account of quarantine. His
work was effective and sincere and he
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-05
SHILLING BEST JOCKEY,
SAYS SAM HIlDRETH

NEW YORK. September 10.-The
best race horse of the year, according
to facetious remark recently made
by Sam Hildreth, who tops the list
of winning owners, is Carroll Shilling.
Hildretb owes a lot to the ability of
this star rider, and but for his engage
ment at big salary early in the year,
when the outlook was not any too
bright, many valuable purse might
have gone to some one else's credit.
Shilling has surely proved himself a
wonder as a race rider. He has won
more races than any other rider and
wound up the season by landing the
Futurity, adding $4,000 to the Hill
dreth bank roll and making his own
grand total of purse winnings $4,000.
Shilling stood out among HE compel
i+o~e in the Jockey world this season,
Oldtimers who remember Sloan, Shaw,
Mclaughlin, Isaac Murphy, Garrison,
Daredevil Fitz and the rest of them
are inclined to stint the praist due
Shilling on the ground that the riding
talent this year was very poor They
say in the old days. when there were
six or a dozen riders all in the same
notch, Shilling would not have figured
IN comparison. Despite this many of
the present day horsemen regard Shil-
ling as one of the best race riders they
ever saw. He has a knack of getting
lot out of horse He could win
on horses that other boys could not
make extend themselves. So remark,
able was his ability during the recent
meeting at the Spa that it was often
said that he could make 25-cent horse
beat stake animals. "He can get
awav,' as they say on the track, and
the- is half Of the race.
Any other boy but Shilling on Novel
ty, and the rich Futurity would almost
certainly have gone to Bashti. Sam
Hildreth knew this. and that is why
he kept the boy on the ground at a
cost of $500 day, so as not to run
the risk of having him set down and
his services lost on Futuritv day.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-05
MANOA NIGHT TENNIS
STARTS THURSDAY EVE

The night tennis tournament Of the
Manoa Tennis Club will start tomorrow
instead Of tonight, as originally planned
and al! entries viii be closed at noon
today a f. o. Hall 4 Son : store. The
tournament wilt coa.prise singles.
double, ana mixed doubles. and will be
one Of the most .nJeres ny sario. Of
the season.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-05
TOW A HULL
ACROSS PACIFIC
New Dredger for Pearl Harbor
Will Have Very Long
Journey.

With the arrival of G. c. Hickman
on the Wilhclmina yesterday in CON
nection with further development of
the dredging operations at Pearl Har-
bor came also the news that a great
dredger hull was being built on the
Coast to be sent over here this month.
r. W. Atkinson, who is acting for
the Hawaiian Dredging Company in
the absence Of President w F. Dill
lingham, stated last evening that the
company had ordered a turbine engine
from the Coast and expected it here
shortly, and that the hull was being
built on the mainland and would be
lowed across the Pacific.
The hull is reported to be very large
and rather than ship it in sections it
was built strongly and will be shipped
as one vessel, at the end of tow line
Just what vessel is to tow the huh
is not stated. Mr. Hickman will in
still the machinery in the dredger,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-05

won mach praise for ms earnest atten-
ton to duty.
For five years Mr.. Williamson travel
ed these Islands for the Won Hamm-
Young Company, as salesman. During
these busy years he became well ac-
quainted with the Islands and the Is
lands gathered a favorable impression
of him.
Now Mr.. Williamson is engaged in
the stock and bond business, with of
fees on Merchant street. and is con
sidered an ACQUISITION to q the street -
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23
LIeHTNING'S QUEER STUNTS

Lightning has been known to play
queer freaks, but a streak OF the Jer'
sey brand which struck the home OF
John Ackerman in Rochelle Park, NJ.
j., a few days ago seems TO have
done more queer things in a moment
than had been done since Ajax dehed
the fluid From removing the four
castors of a table 10 shipping off the
steel stub of a pen with which
young woman was writing In an ad'
joining house, the zigzagging bolt
managed to disrupt or injure most
everything IN its path.
The bolt melted the telephone wire
and hurled the molten metal against
a window with such force as to make
mosaics of several panes, the spatter-
ing hot metal so deeply ENGRAVING
itself in the glass that there has been
no getting 1t out.
One side Of the hall was ripped out
and from there the lightning flashed
into the parlor, where a broken lamp
and scattered and broken bric-a-brao
told of its passage through that apart
ment.
Then # journeyed to the dining
room, where Mr.. Ackerman was sit
ting. The walls, blackened, scared
and bulged out on three sides, show
that the bolt struck the room In
three places, and Ackerman is still
marveling how it was that the light
ming flashed all around without ever
touching him.
In the kitchen was an old-fashioned
clock, quite heavy and fully two feet
in height. The lightning removed this
from the kitchen and deposited the
wreck in the dining room. The west
side of the kitchen wall was blown
out. The kitchen floor was blown up
ward. The kitchen table was splin.
tered into bits and the range was
shattered into many pieces.
A young woman next door was wri.
ting a letter and her pen-point disap
peared as the bolt shook the place.
Yet, strange to say, although there
were four persons in the house at the
time not one Of the occupants suf-
fered any injury from the freakish
bolt, other than the shocked surprise
that would be expected on such an
exciting occasion.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23
Gold and Silver Table,

Nemise Ventura of Porto Rico spent
most of thirty years making a table
out of silver and gold. He was a mi
ner and conceived the idea Of depos
lting the precious metals in the form
of this table The legs are of gold,
The top is of silver. Around the edge
Of the table are designs of ancient
coins; the center part represents
map Of the United States, all being
outlined in silver. The table is 12
inches in height, 16 inches long and 10
inches wide. The maker estimates It's
value at 100000 He is in New York
city now, hoping to dispose of his
prize, but he is so afraid that some one
will steal 1t that he scarcely leaves II
,or a moment. He desires very much
10 witness the sights of New York.
,ut says he will not run any risk Of his
able getting away from him This
nan has manifested great skill and In
iustry and 1t is to be hoped his thirty
years of labor will be rewarded with a
generous purchaser The world is full
Of gold and silver tables that so hold
men down that they cannot get much
ime or opportunity to see anything
Else or do anything beside keeping
thieves away from their fathered
riches.-The Christian Herald.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23
SNAKE IS BABY'S MASCOT

The following story taken from a
Purulia Qndia) paper, has the flavor
of the Arabian Nights:
"A child was born to a Brahman in
the village of Shapur six months ago,
and since the very date of birth a
serpent has been a constant attendant
on the babe. One day the reptile was
caught and thrown in the river At
night the Brahman heard the serpent
say to him in a dream, If you kill
me l shall completely destroy your
family If you do not, shall not
harm you, but, on the contrary, do
you good Since this oracle from the
serpent the Brahman and the men,
bers of his family have left 1t alone.
when the child is on the ground
asleep or awake the serpent spreads
its hood over its head like an UNI
brella. When the child is on the bed
the reptile quietly lays itself down
under the cot. Once the child's
mother took the child to the house of
a relation near. The father was fol
lowing her with an umbrella under
his arm. On opening the umbrella he
saw that the serpent was inside 1t.
He threw it away, but it forthwith
to his house.
The serpent is still there. The
Brahman gives the reptile milk twice
a day, which he drinks"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23
Don't XII Snakes and loads.

The French town authorities post
village bulletin boards, for public in.
struction One of these reads Hedge.
hog; live on mice, snails and wire.
worms-do not kill hedgehog. Toad:
helps agriculture, killing twenty to
thirty insects every hour-do not kill a
toad. Cockchafer: deadly enemy to
the farmer; lays one hundred eggs at
a time-kill the cockchafer" 1t would
be a good idea for our own government
to post bulletins of this sort, instead
of printing so many for circulation.
In the south most of the snakes
are of great value, and that is rela
lively true everywhere. The blue
racer a handsome fellow, is estimated
to be worth ten dollars a year to de-
stroy mice and gophers. The bull
snake and garter snake destroy in
Bects and rodents, without themselves
hurting the garden. In my Clinton
ground we have so long protected the
garter snake that he suns himself on
the compost piles without fearing us
at ALL Why not? Why carry a spite
because a serpent is said to have
tempted Eve? Was it not fair match?
Poisonous snakes are nearly as rare
as those that talk.-E. d. Powell in
Outing.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23
EIoplng In a Basket.

in every direction to arrest the fugi
tives, but the plans Of the lovers hat
been carefully laid and before then
whereabouts we're discovered Eliza
beth Spencer had became Lady Comp
ton. The rage of the father knew nc
bounds and he roundly swore that Sh
William had seen the only sixpenct
of his money he would ever touch
This determination would very likely
have been adhered to were 1t not foI
the appearance on the scene of an
other actor.
Queen Elizabeth years before hat
met Elizabeth Spencer and had takeI
some interest afterward in her af
fairs. Driving through the city one
day the queen saw Elizabeth and
beckoning her to the royal carriage
paid her the compliment Of pro
nouncing her the owner of "the sweet
est face l have seen in my city OF
London" Naturally, she learned Of
the beautiful girls elopement and
later concocted a plan of effecting g
reconciliation between daughter and
father.
A year after the elopement Sir John
was summoned to the presence Of the
queen. After expressing her sym
pathy with him over the ingratitudt
of his daughter she asked him to be
come sponsor with her at the baptism
of a baby, who was just born to q
couple who had married against the
wishes of the mothers father Hon
ored by the request, which Of course
was tantamount to a demand, Sill
John readily consented and also will
ingly acceded to the queens desire
that he permit his own surname to be
used as the Christian name of the
child. Flattered beyond measure by
the queens graciousness, Sir John de.
clared that as he had discarded his
own undutiful daughter he would
adopt the infant as heir to his for
tune. He was then told that the child
was his own grandson, the offspring
Of his daughter Elizabeth. A recon.
ciliation was then effected and years
afterward, when Sir John was gath
cred to his fathers, the son-in-law, Sir
John, or Lord Northampton as he had
then become, erected magnificent
tomb on which the disobedient daugh
ter, In contrition for her fault, is seer
kneeling at her fathers feet