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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-04-14

permit me to say So" Snaith was
studying his hosts face intently. "Hig-
gins. poor fellow, had his faith shaken
to the foundations. This Anisty must
be clever actor as well as a master
burglar. Having cursed Higgins root
and branch. he got his second wind
and explained that he was-Mr. Matt
land! Conceive Higgins position.
What could be do?"
What he did, / gather"
Precisely"
And Anisty?"
over with the butt Of a revolver,
jumped out of the window and van
ished. BY the time the butler got
his senses back. Anisty, presumably,
was miles away. Mr.. Matt
land!" said Snaith. sharply.
"Yes?" responded Maitland, elevat-
ing his brows. refusing to be startled.
Why" crisply, didn't you send
the constables from Greenfieids, ac-
cording to your promise?"
Adu5ACd unCaoAig anu lOOhCu
down, visibly embarrassed, acting
with consummate address, playing the
game for all he was worth; and enjoy
ing it hugely.
why l Really,
Mr.. Snaith, must confess"
"A confession would aid US materi-
ally" dryly. THE case is perplexing.
You round up burglar sought by the
police of two continents, and listlessly
permit his escape. Why?"
Il would rather not be pressed" J"
said Maitland, with evident candor;
but, since you say it is imperative,
that you must know" Snaith in
clined his head afirmativelv "Whv
to tell the truth, / was bit
under the weather last night; out with
party of friends, you know. Dare
say We all had a bit more than we
could carry. The capture was purely
accidental; we had other plans for
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PRODUCT OF FAR-oFF BRAZIL.
Druggist Explains Where Seductive
Sarsaparlla Comes From.

The druggist served his warm and
thirsty patrons with icy sarsaparilla-
called ''sasp'rella" in the vernacular
did you ever stop to think where
this delicious stuff comes from?" he
asked.
"Sassafras, isn't it?" they hazarded.
"Sassafras nothing" said the drug
gist "Sarsaparilla is made of zarza
roots, and zarza roots come from the
Amazonas swamps of Brazil.
Fearful swamps they are. Smelly
black mud-mosquitoes in millions
snakes and crabs-heat, poison, or
chids, fever.
"And here the natives camp for
weeks at time, gathering zarza roots
for the summer sarsaparilla trade.
The vine runs along the ground, the
roots are located and half Of them are
taken, the remaining half is carefully
covered with soil again, so that they
will sprout for next year.
1T is because sarsaparilla, like
quinine, grows in fever soil that 1t is
good for fever"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-04-14
POVERTY NOT ALL AN EVIL
Writer Unable to Perceive Manifold
Advantage In Being Heir to
Great Riches.

Passing more OF less friendly COM
nent on the recent birth Of another
Rockefeller, a grandson OF the elder
Rockefeller. the Denver Republican
says: IF the tinkerers with and dab
olers in psychology and sociology can
show how to make this new boy a
Rockefeller in more than name they
VIII render the world a real service"
This latest possible heir to one Of
he worlds largest material fortunes
is problem. What manner of man
he will make cannot be determined by
all the psychologists. sociologists and
biologists of the world. Some allow
ance must be made for predisposi-
ions, for the inherency of the child,
and for environmental forces which
may either accentuate or check and
weaken his inherent inclinations. Like
begets like only sometimes. The law
OF variation. in favorable circum-
stances. is as unfailing as the law of
persistence. Often the boy is his
father or his grandfather enlarged or
| VI A@NACig A1OQlnCQ OAuCl
10 Mt into his own social groove.
Born to a fortune of staggering
magnitude, the Rockefeller baby can
not be regarded as a promising bio
logical asset; not that any fair man
Will hold aught against him on ac-
count Of his wealth, but It must be
realized that such a child can or
dinarily have little chance to develop
me carving qualities OF the pioneer,
initiative and originality of thought
and action, and. therefore, must be in
constant danger Of lapsing into life
OF Indifference. ease and Incidence.
Poverty is too much lamented,
riches too much praised; mere pow
erty makes a beggar of no man; on
the contrary. Want, lean-faced want,
is one of the worlds greatest bene-
factors. and the man or woman who
has not at some period of life known
the spice and impetus of this influ-
ence, has missed something worth
while.-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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Costly Necklaces.

The most costly necklace in the
world belongs to the Countess
Henckel, lady well known in London
and Paris society, the value Of which
is said to be s250,000. 1t is really COM
posed of three necklaces, each of his
toric interest. One was the property
of the ex-queen of Naples. sister Of the
late Austrian empress; the second.
once the property of Spanish gran
dee, while the third was formerly
owned by the Empress Eugenie. Not
long ago a necklace composed Of 412
pearls, in eight rows. the property Of
the late duchess of Montrose, was sold
for 100000. The Empress Frederick
OF Germany is said to have possessed
a necklace Of 35 pearls, worth at least
100000, while Lady Ilchester's neck
lace Of black pearls is valued at about
S125.000.
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SYNOPSIS.

Mad" Dan Maitland. on reaching his
New York bachelor club, met an attrac-
tive young woman at the door Janitor
OHagan assured him no one had been
within that day. Dan discovered wom-
ans finger prints in dust on his desk,
along with a letter from his attorney.
Maitland dined with Bannerman. his at
torncy. Dan set out foT Crecnfcl5s. 20
get his family jewels During his walk
TO the country seat, he met The young
woman in gray. whom he had seen leav-
ing his bachelors club. Her auto had
broken down. He fixed it. By ruse she
lost him. Maitland, on reaching home,
surprised lady in gray. cracking the safe
containing his gems She, apparently.
took him for well-known crook. Daniel
Anisty. Half-hypnotized, Maitland opened
his safe. took therefrom the jewels, and
gave them to her. first forming a part
nership in crime. The real Dan Anisty.
sought by police of the world, appeared
on the same mission. Maitland overcame
him. He met the girl outside the house
and they sped on to New York in her au-
to. He had the jewels and she promised
TO meet him that day. Maitland received
a Mr.. Snaith"
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the night and-well," laughing shortly,
Il didn't give the matter too much
thought. beyond believing that Higgins
would hold the man tight"
Il see. 1t is unfortunate, but
you motored back to town."
1t was not question, but Maitland
SO considered it.
I'VE did," he admitted.
And came here directly?"
Il did"
Mr.. Maitland, why not be frank
with me? My sole object is to capture
a notorious burglar. have no desire
to NEEDLE with your private affairs,
but You may trust in my dis
cretion. Who was the young LADY,"
ITO conceal her identity" said Matt
land, undisturbed, ''is precisely why
! have been lying to you"
You refuse US that information?
Absolutely. 1 have no choice in
the matter. You must see that"
Snaith shook his head, baffied, in
finitely perturbed, to Maitland's hid
den delight.
"Of course" said he, ''the policeman
at the ferry recognized me?"
You are well known to him." ad-
mitted Snaith. But that is a side is
sue. What puzzles me is why you let
Anisty escape. 1t is inconceivable."
From a police point of view."
From any point of view," said
Snaith, obstinately. THE man breaks
into your house, steals your jewels
This is getting tiresome," Maitland
interrupted, curtly. rs 1t possible
that you suspect me of conniving at
the theft of my own property?"
Snaith's eyes were keen upon him.
stranger things have been known.
And yet-the motive is lacking. You
are not financially embarrassed-so
far as we can determine. at least"
Maitland politely interposed his fin
gers between his yawn and the de-
tective's intent regard You have
ten minutes more, I'm sorry to say,
he said, glancing at the clock.
And there is another point, more
significant yet"
"Ah?"
Yes" Snaith bent forward, elbows
on knees, hat and cane swinging, eyes
implacable, hard. relentless. "Anisty."
he said. slowly, left a tolerably com
plete burglars kit in your library"
"Well-he's burglar, isn't he?"
Not that kind" Snaith shook his
head
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the thief pondered this; then, with a
laughing oath. seized the pen and
scribbled, with no attempt to initiate
the others handwriting, a message:
Regret unavoidable detention. Let
ter OF explanation follows"
To this Maitland's name was signed.
That ought to clear him neatly, If
understand the emergency"
The thief rose, folding the telegraph
blank. and returned to the bedroom,
taking up his hat and the murderous
cane as he went. Here he gathered to-
gether all the articles of clothing that
he had discarded. conveying the mass
to the trunkroom. where an empty and
unlocked kit-bag received 1t all.
That. ! think, is about all"
He was very methodical. this GRIM
inal, this Anisty. Nothing essential
escaped him. He rejoiced in the mi
nutiae of detail that went to cover up
his tracks so thoroughly that his cam
paigns were as remarkable for the
clues he did leave with malicious de-
sign, as for those that he didn't.
One final thing held his attention:
A bowl of hammered brass, inverted
beneath a ponderous book, upon the
desk. Why? In a twinkling he had
removed both and was studying the
Impression of woman's hand in the
dust, and nodding over it.
That girl" deduced Anisty. Nov.
ice, poor little fooli-or she wouldn't
have wasted time searching here for
the jewels. Good locker, though
from what little he"-with a glance at
Maitland-"gave me a chance to see
of her. Seems to have shared him, all
right, II she did miss the haul.
Little idiot What right has woman
in this business. anyway? Well,
here's one thing that will never land
me in the pen"
AS, with nice care. he replaced both
bowl and book, a door slammed below
stairs took him to the hall in an in.
slant. Maitland's Panama was hang
ing on the hatrack, Maitland's collec.
tion of walking sticks bristled in a
stand beneath it. Anisty appropriated
the former and chose one of the latter
Fair exchange" he considered, with a
harsh laugh. After all, he loses
nothing but the jewels"
He was out and at the foot Of the
stairs just as O'Hagan reached the
ground floor from the basement.
"Ah, O'Hagan!" The assumption OF
Maitland's ironic drawl was impec.
cable. O'Hagan no more questioned il
than he questioned his own sanity
Here, send this wire at once, please;
and" pressing a coin into the ready
palm, keep the change. / was hur
ried and didn't bother to call you. And
/ say, O'Hagan!" from the outer door:
"Yissor." .
IF that fellow Snaith ever calls
again. I'm not at home"
very good. sor."
Anisty permitted himself the slight
est of smiles, pausing on the stoop to
draw on the chamois gloves. AS he
did so his eye fiickered disinterested
ly over the personality of man stand
ing on the opposite walk and staring
at the apartment house He was a
short man, OF stoutish habit, sloppily
dressed, with a derby pulled down
over one eye, cigar butt protruding ar
rogantly from beneath heavy black
mustache, beefy cheeks, and thick
soled boots DULY polished
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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Eplcurlus.

Fp.rprius has been grossly SIAN
dered. He did not teach the doctrine
that our first business was to have
a good time" and that a good time
meant ''the qualification Of the appe-
tites and passions" He taught that
the greatest good consisted of peace
Of mind springing from virtue" He
distinctly declared that pleasures of
the mind were far superior to those
Of the mere animal nature, and that
the only way to be truly and lastingly
happy was to subordinate the appe-
tites and passions to reason and live
not Like an animal, but like a man.
1t was such happiness that he de-
clared to be the aim Of life.
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Australians Large Wool Product.

That Australia is first and foremost
a wool growing country is shown by
the latest statistics for the season
which closed in the fall, and which
show 1910 to have been the most
prosperous year in the history of the
wool trade OF the commonwealth
This has been due to abundant rain
fall which has helped the growth of
plenty of feed for the sheep, and to
high prices in the market for wool.
The focks of sheep in Australia and
New Zealand increased during the
year by 6,179.614 head, the total be-
ing now lis, 5,525,5S1 head. The sheep
have also shown greater production
of wool per capita than in previous
years. The actual oversee shipments
OF wool during the past twelve months
have amounted to 1921, ,705 bales from
Australia and 512,93S bales from New
Zealand, a total of no less than g.
434,643 bales, or S16,S61,6 pounds,
valued at s161.004 .490, an increase of
1859 bales and in money value $34.-
953,05S as compared with the record
clip of the previous season.
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CHAPTER v.-continued.

Maitland accepted the card and ele-
vated his brows. Obi" he said, put
ting it down, his manner becoming per-
ceptibly less cordial. Il say, O'Hagan." ="
"Yessor?"
Il shall be busy for Will half an
hour satisfy you, Mr.. Snaith?"
You are most kind" the stranger
bowed.
In half an hour, O'Hagan, you may
return"
Very good, sor." And the hall door
closed
80" said Maitland, turning to face
the man squarely. you are from police
headquarters?"
las you see." Mr.. Snaith motioned
delicately toward his business card
rs he called it.
'Well?"-after a moments pause.
81 am a detective. you understand"
Perfectly" Maitland assented, un-
moved.
His caller seemed partly amused,
partly-but very slightly-embar-
raised. Il have been assigned to
cover the affair of last night" he
continued blandly. Il presume you
have no objection to giving me what
Information you may possess"
Credentials ?"
The mans amusement was made
visible in fugitive smile, half-hidden
by his small and neatly trimmed mus
tache. Mutely eloquent, he turned
back the lapel of his coat, exposing a
small shield: at which Maitland
glanced casually.
Very we'll" he consented, bored but
resigned. Fire ahead, but make it as
brief as you can; I've an engagement
in"-glancing at the clock-'an hour,
and must Dress"
"I'll detain you no longer than is es-
sential. OF course you under
stand how keen we are after this man
Anisty."
What puzzles me-" Maitland inter-
rupted, sis how you got wind of the
affair so SOON"
Then you have not heard?" Mr.
Snaith exhibited polite surprise.
Il am just out of bed"
"Anisty escaped shortly after you
left Maitland Manor"
"Ah!"
Mr.. Snaith knitted his brows, evil
IDENTIFY at a loss whether to ascribe
Maitland's exclamation as due to sur
prise, regret, or relief Which pleased
Maitland, who had been at pains to
make his tone noncommittal. In point
OF fact he was neither surprised nor
regretful.
Thunder" he continued. slowly. 'T
forgot to phone Higgins"
That is why called. Your butler
did not know where you could be
found. You had left in great haste,
promising to send constables; you
failed to do SO; Higgins got no word.
In the course of an hour or so his
charge began to choke-or pretended
to. Higgins became alarmed and re-
moved the gag. Anisty lay quiet until
his face resumed its normal color and
then began to abuse Higgins for
thick-headed idiot"
Mr.. Snaith interrupted himself to
chuckle lightly.
You noticed resemblance" he re-
sumed.
Maitland, too. was smiling. Some
thing Of the sort"
1T In really remarkable, IL you will
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Made of Mood.

Kind Lady-But, my poor man. You
old me II gave you meal you
would keep warm with the snow
shovel.
Sandy Pikes-Right you are. mum.
I broke It to pieces an made a cozy
little blaze dat took all de frost out of
me bones.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-06-03
THE, WEEKS NEWS EPITOMIZED

Theodore Roosevelt has been asked
TO take the stand in the steel trust in
vestigation by the Stanley committee
OF the House.
For the first time in the history of
the service, it is said, the deficit in
the Postoffice Department has been
entirely wiped out.
With snow falling in Montana and
freezing temperatures in Nevada and
Oregon, hot wave is now centered
over the middle West and the South.
1t is announced that the Democrats
of the House will not stop with re-
vision OF the wool schedule, but will
follow with a revision of the cotton,
metals and chemical schedules.
President Taft has issued a drastic
order designed to prevent the return
of deported convicts to the Panama
canal zone. Any convict who has
served an Imprisonment sentence in
the canal zone and been deported and
then returns to the zone is to be
deemed" guilty OF a felony and pun
ished by Imprisonment for one year
and thereafter removed from the canal
zone.
President Taft has denied the appli-
caticn for the pardon of Charles W.
Morse of New York and OF John r.
Walsh of Chicago, the two most prom
inert bankers ever convicted and SEN
fenced to federal prisons under the
national banking law.
The battleship Michigan. command
ed ty Captain Nathaniel R. Usher, is
the premier shot of the American
navy. In the spring battle practice
Just concluded, the Michigan scored
99,s29 points Of merit and will be
awarded the gunnery champion ship
trophy.
An agreement to favorably report
the Sherwood 81 day service pen.
sion bill, affecting half a million old
soldiers, was reached at a meeting of
the House committee on invalid BEN
sions. The bill is estimated to involve
a total cost of $3S.00000O.
Declaring that SKINNED condensed
milk is endangering the lives of mil
lions of infants DR.. Harvey w. Wiley,
pure food expert OF the government.
has announced his intention of start
ing a crusade against all manufac-
turers who misrepresent that product
in any way.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-06-03
SPORT.
WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING.

Milwaukee.-John Neville, manager
of AL Kaufman, has agreed with To-
cal fight club to match Kaufman
against Jim Flynn for ten rounds.
Jim Flynn and Carl Morris finally
signed articles to fight fifteen rounds
in Tulsa, Okla, on the afternoon Of
July 4.
The University of Washington eight
oar crew defeated the varsity crew of
the University of California on Lake
Washington at Seattle, by ten lengths.
At the end of twenty rounds of vi
cious fighting frankie White of Chi
cago was declared the winner over
Kid Ross of New York at Cheyenne,
Wyo
Jack Twin" Sullivan and "Porky'
Flynn boxed ten rounds to a draw be-
fore the new Star Athletic Club in
Milwaukee. Both men finished strong.
Sullivan showed himself to be more
clever than his opponent
Outfought, outpaced, oatgeneraled,
everything but outgamed, frankie
Burns of Oakland was forced to hoist
the white towel of surrender as the
gong rang for the beginning of the
seventeenth round Of his fight with
Ad Wolgast, lightweight champion.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-06-03
Set 1000 Acres in Grapes.

HJtcukiss.-A syndicate OF men OF
Della county is planning to organize i
colonization company to raise grapes
on tract OF 1000 acres near Hotch-
kiss. Two hundred families are being
gathered together in Italy to come 10
Colol ado, and at the head of every
family will be an expert grape grow
er. 1t is planned to grow the same
quality OF grapes that have made Ital-
ian wines famous. o. Y. Baker OF
Hotchkiss, is at the head of the move
men. to start grape growing in Delta
county.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-06-03

Paul Revere's old homestead at
Sharon, Mass, and a powder mill
built in Revolutionary days, were de.
stroyed by fire recently.
Thomas F. Ryan, the traction mag
nate. is seriously i'll at his home in
New York, according to the reports
sent out by his physician.
The cut in price of steel bars an
nouncad by the Republican Iron &
Steel Company will be met by the
Carnegie Steel Company
Dreamland, one of the show places
of Coney Island, n. Y. was practical
ly wiped out by fire. Four lives were
lost and property loss is 100000.
Judge Lovett of New York, repre-
sen ing the Hartman interests, cor
fir the rumor that Mrs. Hartman
will establish on the Pac fic coast an
institution similar to the Carnegie
Pitssburg foundation.
The newest London styles for men
have made their appearance in Chi
cago and are screamingly ridiculous.
The coats look like a dinky shawl,
hung ever the shoulders, fastened
with one button and flaring out on all
sides.
The National Steamship line steam
er Taboga struck a rock off Punta
Mala and sank a short time afterward.
OF the 100 passengers on board only
forty are known to have been saved.
The scene of the accident is about 100
miles from Panama, the nearest tele-
graph station.
The General Assembly OF the South
ern Presbyterian church has with
drawn from the federal council of
the Church of Christ. While no Off.
cial reason was given. it was stated
the reason was because the council
was regarded as semi-political in
character.
Miss Eva Endurance H;rdler, of ST.
LOUIS. was graduated with a class OF
thirty-five men in mining from the
Missouri School Of Mines and Metal
iurgy. She is believed to be the on
ly woman who has ever received a di
plona as mining engineer in the
United States.
Fifty-three babies under 1 year old.
most of them only few weeks old.
died during the four days of extreme
heat, from May 10th to May 18th in.
elusive, in Chicago. The mortuary
records showed that the babies died
almost as rapidly as they came into
the world.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-06-03
w ES ERN.

Chief of Police Seymour OF san
Francisco, has been suspended from
duty by the Board OF Police.
A marked English coin lost twelve
years ago in Selma, Kans.. by Mrs r.
Parker, has been found in Cripple
Creek, Colo.
In bread daylight the State Bank
of Albany, Okla, was robbed by TWO
masked men who entered the bank and
secured $4,000.
-Four persons were killed and one IN
jured fatally at railroad crossing
near Rivers, Cal, in collision De
tween a Pacific Electric car ana an
automobile.
Three men have been indicted al
Los Angeles on the charge OF having
depcsite dynamite in the county
Hall of Records September 5, lSlo'
with intent to destroy it.
Gov. Colauitt of Texas las been put
out OF the Methodist church unless the
higher authorities or conference rules
with him that prohibition is political
and not moral question.
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, Artic explor'
er. who is in Sacramento, Cal, an
nounces that, by hitching his ship to
an iceberg he expects to float over the
North Pole, starting in 1913 and get
ting back to civilization about 1917.
Lured from his home on the pre-
tense that he was wanted to perform
a marriage ceremony. the Rev DR.. E
E Fairchild, pastor OF st. Paul's
Methodist Episcopal church at Hele
ma. Mont, was brutally and possibly
fatally assaulted on the street
In the hurry attendant upon the last
night OF the session of the Missouri
legislature, the revenue bill providing
the tax levy under which appropria
tions amounting to $19,5o0.000 are to
be raised got lost in the Senate and
failed to pass. The discovery was
made the next day.
In the case OF John j. Mcnamara
and his brother James, charged with
dynamiting the Times newspaper
plant last October, at Los Angeles, II
has been agreed that formal motion
by the defense for a delay would not
be opposed by the state. The trial OF
the labor leaders will not begin until
next fall.
After being separated from her hus
band, Peter C. Sharp of Pittsburg
Kan, since the Chicago fire in 1871
Mrs. Anna Catherine Sharp OF Oak
land, Cal, arrived and was welcomed
into her old home. Her husband and
his present wife, Mrs. Louisa Sharp
whom he married nine years ago. aft
er giving up search for his first wife
met her at the train.