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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-09
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A MESSAGE FROM THE BUSH.
~ nee they were well into the
thick bush. the horses had TO
be abandoned. Papehara was
left in charge. while Joan and
Sheldon and the remaining Tahitians
pushed ahead on foot. An hour later.
following along a wild pig trail. Shel
don suddenly halted. The bloody track
had ceased. The Tahltlans cast on.
in the bush on either side, and a cry
from Utami apprised them OF find
Joan waited till Sheldon came back.
"Its Mauko," he said. "Kwaaue did
for him. and he crawIed in there and
died That's two accounted for. There
are ten more"
Crossing one Of the quiet jungle
spaces. where naught moved but vel
vety twelve inch butterfly, they heard
the sound of shots
''EagnT. Joan counted. at was only
Que gun. II must be Papehara."
They hurried on. but when they
reached the spot they were In doubt.
The two horses stood quietly tethered.
and papehara. squatied on his hams.
was having peaceful smoke. Ad-
vancing toward him. sheldon tripped
on a body that lay Ia the grass. and as
be saved himself from falling his eyes
lighted on second Joan recognized
this one. II was Cosse. one OF Co
goomy's tribesmen. the one who had
promised to catch ut sunset the pig
that was 70 have baited the hook for
Satan.
''No luck. missile" was Papehara's
greeting. accompanied by a disconso-
late shake Of the head. Catch only
two boy. have good shot at Co
goomy. only miss"
but you killed them." Joan chlded.
"YOu must catch them alive"
The Tahitian smiled.
"Howy' he queried Il am have
smoke. I think about Tahiti. and
breadfrult. and jolly good time at Bora
Bora. Quick. just like that. ten boy he
run out Of bush for me. Each boy
have long knife Gogoomy have
Tong knife one hand and Kwaque's
head in other hand no stop to catch
'em alive. ] shoot like b.. How you
catch 'em alive. ten boy. ten long knife
and Kwaque's beadT
The scattered paths OF the different
boys. where they broke back after the
disastrous attempt TO rush the Ia
hitian. soon led together. They traced
It 70 the Berande. which the runaways
had crossed with the clear intention OF
burying themselves In the huge man
grove swamp that lay beyond.
There is no use our going any far
ther.~ Sheldon said "Seelee VIII turn
out his village and hunt them out Of
that
lTo be Confined next Tuesdnyl
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-09

NONEhAbANDs
~ HELDON did not mention the
- subject again. nor did his con-
~ duct change from what IT mad
always been. There was moth
ing OF the pining lover. nor OF
the lover at all. in his demeanor Nor
was there any awkwardness between
them. They were as frank and friend
ly In their relations as ever
The tabor situation in Berande was
improving. The Martha had carried
away fifty of the blacks whose time
was up. and they had been among the
worst on the plantation five year men
recruited by Johnny Be-blowed. men
who had gone through the old days OF
terrorism when the original owners OF
Berande had been driven away. The
new recruits. being broken in under
the new regime. gave better promise.
Joan had Joined with Sheldon from the
start in the program that they must
be gripped With strong hand.
Il think it would be good idea to
put all the gangs at work close to
the house this afternoon she an
hounced one day at breakfast. I've
cleaned up the house. and you ought
to clean up the barracks There is too
much stealing going on"
Joan and Sheldon. both armed, went
through the barracks. house by house,
the boss boys assisting.
A wealth OF loot was recovered.
There were fully a dozen cane knives,
big hacking weapons. with razor edges.
capable of decapitating man at a
stroke. but most astonishing was the
quantity of ammunition cartridges for
Lee Meifords. for Winchesters and
Martins. for revolvers from 81 caliber
to As. shotgun cartridges. Joan's two
boxes of 81 cartridges of prodigious
bore for the ancient Sniders Of Malaita.
TASKS OF black powder. sticks OF dy-
Mantle, yards of fuse and boxes OF
detonators. but the great find was IN
the house occupied by tiogoomy and
five Port Adams recruits. The fact
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-09


that the boxes yielded nothing excited
Sheldon's suspicious. and ne gave or
ders to dig up the earthen hoor'
Wrapped In mating. well oiled. free
from rust and brand new. two Win-
chesters were first uDearthed shel-
don did not recognize them. They naa
not come from Berande: neither bad
the forty TASKS or powder found under
the corner post OF the house; ana.
while be could not be sure. ne eould
remember no loss OF eight boxes or
The absence Of any car
ridges made sheldon persist IN the
digging up Of the door. and nfV
pound four tin was his reward. WIN
elowering eyes Gogoomy looked on
while sheldon took from the tin a
hundred rounds each for the two Win
ehesters and fully as many ROUNDS
more OF nondescript cartridges OF an
sorfs and makes and caiibres-
The contrabaDd and stolen properly
was piled IN assorted heaps on the
back veranda OF the bungalow. A
fen naces from the bottom Of tue
stems were grouped the forty odd cui-
urits. while behind them, IN solid array
the several hundred blacks Of the plan
tation. At the bead Of the STEPS Joan
and Sheldon were seated
Look AZ it. sheldon said 70 Joan
we've been sleeping over q Volcano.
Tbey ought TO be whipped
No whiD ne GogoOmy crleo on
f-,n belou. Father belong ne ois
fela chief Ne whip. too mnel
froub,e along you. close up. ny word
what name y0u feiia Gogoony. Z.
Sbalson sboured. 7 knot seren r,.'.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-09

Here, you felIa Babafani. ron talk
IN mouth belong you."
Babatani stepped forward In all the
pride Of one singled out from among
his fellows.
AGogoomy he finish along Kwaque
altogether" was Babatani's explana-
tion. "He take m head 'b'lOng him run
like h."
In brief words and with naucity OF
imagination he described the murder,
and sheldon and Joan rode on.
mile farther on, where the run
aways' trail led straight toward the
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-09

No. g. 80 acres 2 1-2 miles from
Salem near boat landing and sta
ton on Salem, Falls City & West
en Ry., IL mile from school,
church and store, 7 room house,
barn 55x75, two good chicken
houses, hog houses, water piped
from good spring to house, all
fenced with woven wire, large fish
pond, etc. go acres in high state
Of cultivation, balance pasture and
timber, five acres under irrigation
and more can be irrigated. Price
$500. Terms if desired.
No. 49, 80 acres of land all level,
soil dark rich loan and all in crop,
on a good wagon road and joins
railroad. Will sell all or in 10
acre tracts. Price $l10 per acre.
No. 81. so acres of level land all
in cultivation, 7 miles from Cor
wallis, on the new Electric R. r.
now building to Eugene, IA mile
from station, near school and good
road to town. 5 room house near
ly new, barn and other buildings,
all fenced. Price $50 per acre.
No. l27. so acres of good land all
In cultivation, 4 miles from Mon
mouth, in fine farming country;
room house, barn 6Ox3O, two hog
houses, chicken house, smoke
house, wood house and good orch
ard of about 13O trees, good well
and spring. Price $125 per acre.
Good terms.
No. 80. 3 acres just one mile from
town on a good road; plank walk
all the way to town. All in cul-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-09
If you are interested in Property of
hny kind it will be to your advantage
to see me first. If you want to Sell
|Vour Property Come in and List it. If
you are interested in buying, Read
carefully the following Lists, and then
Let me know what you Want.

tivation and part in crop. New
four room house, wood house,
chicken house and good well; "a
young fruit trees and some ber-
ries. Price $17O0 Good terms.
No. Az. 141-2 acres l-2 mile from
town. Barn 2Ox4O, lumber on
place for house. Soil dark loan,
all in crop. Price $4,000. Terms.
CITY PROPERTY.
No. A3. One of the best bargains IN
Dallas consisting of a strip of land
lOOxl4O feet on Main St., near
Court House. Two good 6 room
dwellings with modern improve
ments, wood shed, and % bearing
fruit trees. This is a very good
investment. Price $500.
No. All. Close in 6 room dwelling
in first class condition. Lot 5Ox
l4O. good new barn, wood she'd
etc. This is a good home and the
price and terms very attractive
Price $1,000.
No. Oh. Five room cottage IN first
class condition, wood shed and
well, lot 5Oxl44; in a desirable
part of town. Price $lO5O.
No 20 LARGE Q room two story
house, plastered and in good con-
dition; cellar and cement base
ment, good well, chicken house
woodshed. 4 large lots, 90 bearing
fruit trees. Price $500. One-hali
cash. balance easy terms. VII
consider a trade.
No. 62. Choice lot 5Oxl4O, two
blocks from Main St. Price $3.50
Easy terms.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-09

back. sutherlaud's Eagle Eye salre
cured his eyes and be did not want
it. Painless and harmless. Pc az
Siafrin's drug store.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-09

-I wonder what has become of Tu-
dor. It's two months since he disap-
peared into the bush. and not word
OF him after be left Binu."
loan Lakeland was sitting astride
her horse by the bank Of the Balesuna'
where the sweet corn had been plant
ed. and Sheldon was leaning against
her horses shoulder
"Yes. II Is long time for no news
to have trickled down." be answered.
watching her keenly from under MS
nat brim and wondering as TO the
measure OF her anxiety for the ad-
venturous gold hunter. But Tudor
will come out all right He did thing
at the start that wouldn't have given
MIN or any other man credit for-per-
suaded Binu Charley TO go along with
him IN wager no other Binu niger
mas ever gone so far into the bush
unless 10 be kai kai'd"
Look! Lookr' Joan cried in low
voice. pointing across the narrow
HIFeIIu 10 CAalAA NAAff
crocodile drifted ike a log aWash
Ugh. The nlthy beasts ! hate theml
+ hate them
-And yet you go diving among
sharks.- Sheldon chided Just the
same. 4 wisB I could swim as weii as
you. Maybe IL would Deget eOnhdeDee
such as you have"
do you know think Il would be
nice to Be married 70 a man such a.
You seem to Be becoming. she remark
Cd. with one Of her abrupt changes that
always astounded him 4 should think
you could be trained into a Very gooa
husband-you Know. not one OF the
domineering kind. but one who con
ridered MS wife was just as mocn
an individual a. himself and just as
much a free agent Really. you Know.
4 think Jon are improving
she laughed and rode away. cav.
ing him greatly cast down u be uao
rbournf fhrre nad bcen- -oDe bif - eoJ'
aAN
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-09


bush, they encountered the body Of
Kwaque. The head had been hacked
off ana was missing, and Sheldon took
II on faith that the body was Kwaque's.
He had evidently put up fight for
a bloody trail led away from the body.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-09
A. g. RENPEL. President
MRS. WINNIE BRADEN, Seq.

Thiriy-f0ur inches Of rain lsIl a.
Aihsry IN lqlf There rfrc 22s
,-rler i1T-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-09

A meeting Of the Polk County
Poultry association win be held ~
the Court House, in Dallas, at ? p.
M. Wednesday, January 10, 1872
for the purpose Of conducting The
annual election and deciding on the
time and place Of the 1912 show. All
members are urgently requested 30
attend.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-09

out of you. Here. you Kwaque. put
m irons along that fella Gogoomy."
Kwaque. strapping gang boss.
plucked Gogoomy from out OF his fol-
lowing. and helped by the other gang
bosses twisted his arms behind him
and snapped Oh the heavy handcuffs.
ME finish along you. close up. you
die altogether" Gogoomy, with wrath
distorted face. threatened the boss
boy.
please. no whipping" Joan said in
low voice III whipping Is neces-
sary, send them to Tulagi and let the
government do 1t. Give them their
choice between a fine or an official
whipping"
sheldon nodded and stood up, facing
the blacks.
"Manonmier. he called.
Manonmie stood forth and waited.
You telia boy bad ieIla too much"
Sheldon charged. You steal m
plenty Me cross along you too much.
S'pose. you like IN, me take m one
fella pound along you in big book
Spose you no like IN me take IN one
fela pound. then me send you fella
along Tulagi catch IN one strong fella
government whipping. Plenty New
Georgia boys, plenty Ysahel boys stop
along Jail along T'ulagi Them fela
no like Malaita boys little bit. My
word, they give N you strong feIla
whipping Wnat you sayy'
"You take M one fela pound along
me-" was the answer
And Manonmie. patiently relieved.
stepped back. while Sheldon entered
the tine ID the plantation labor jour
nal.
Boy after boy. he called the Of
tenders out and gave them their choice.
and boy by boy each one elected to
pay the fine imposed.
Gogoomy and his five tribesmen were
fined three pounds each. and at TO
goomys cultural command they re.
: fused TO pay.
"S'poSe you go along Tulagi." Shell
don warned him; you eaten m strong
VelIa whipping and you stop along
jail three feIia year SAWYER
Csogoomy wavered.
lyon take m three fella pound along
me-" tiogoumy muttered. at the same
time scowhng his hatred at Sheldon
ana transferring nalf the scowl g
Joan and Kwaque. me finish along
you. you catch NJ big felIa trouble
my word. Father belong me big fella
chief along Fort Adams
THAT will do" Sheldon warned him
"You shut mouth belong you
ME no fright" the son of chiei
retorted. by his insolence increasing
his stature in the eyes of his fellows.
Lock him up for tonight" Sheldon
said 10 Kwaque. sun be come W
put m that fella and i've fella belong
him along grass cutting. Savvee?"
"There will be trouble with GogoomS
yet" sheldon said to Joan. as the bOs;
boys marshalled their gangs and lee
them away TO their work. keep al
eve on him. BE careful when you are
riding alone on the plantation Th'
loss of those winchesters and all tina
ammunition has bit him harder thar
your cutting did. He is dead ripe tol
mischief"
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-15
JAMES BENNETT DEAD.

James Bennett died at Mercy hos
pital this morning at 10 o'clock from
stroke of apoplexy. Mr.. Bennett
had apparently been in robust health
and was working as usual at noon
yesterday when he was taken with a
severe spell of bleeding at the nose
and, as it seemed impossible to stop
the flow, he was taken to the hos
pital. This morning he appeared to
be getting along all right, was in good
spirits and planning to leave the hos
pital in day or two but, all at once,
he gasped and fell over dead.
"Jim" was one of the best known
men in the city. He came to the
country in the early 'SOs and served
as city marshal Of Montrose and, for
two terms, in this city. The deceased
was widower and leaves two young
sons.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-15
INsuRING AGAINST HEN LICE.

The time to fight lice is all the
time. Absolute cleanliness must be
maintained at all times. The drop
pings should be removed at least once
a week
Twice year, in spring and autumn
a general cleanup should take place.
The perches should be removed and
burned until the outside is thorough
ly eharred. The building should 10
thoroughly whitewashed. For this
purpose spray pump not only facill.
tates the work, but does much bet.
ter job, the spray putting the white-
wash into cracks and crevices that
would be difficult to reach with a
brush.
A good spray pump will do as much
in an hour as could ordinarily bs
done in a day with a brush. The
perches should be thoroughly sprayed
feyery week or 30 with kerosene to
keep down the red mites. These
mites attack the fowls only at night,
and are found on the perches, or in
cracks and crevices near the roost-
ing place. Kerosene Is an effective
remedy, but it should be applied fire.
quently.
The litter should be replaced with
clean material at least once a month.
The nests should be looked to fire.
qusntly. Straw is poor material for
nests, as the hollow straws make nice
hiding and breeding places for red
mites. Excelsior is preferred by
many. However, the best material for
nesting purposes is tobacco stems.
When the house has been thorough
ly rid Of the pests the fowls should
receive attention. There are many
lice powders on the market, but the
safest plan is to make your own at
home as needed. Farm and Home
says the best formula is two ounces
crude carbolic acid, four ounces gaso-
line and one pound air-slaked lime
The carbolic acid and gasoline should
be thoroughly mixed and poured over
the lime, stirring the whole mass
thoroughly. Keep away from fire.
After standing for several days fine
powder is the result. Use SITTER
top can. Experience has shown that
this powder is very effective.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-15
d. & r. G. TO HELP
SAN JUAN BASIN

The San Juan committee which was
appointed by Allison Stocker, presi-
dent of the chamber of commerce, hel,.
its first meeting yesterday afternoon
and visited the officials of the Gen
yer & Rio Gfande to take up the
matter of having he railroad leading
into the San juan u.s.rici, standard
gauged. The committee was ch'er
tanned by e. i. Brown, vice president
and general manager, and by ] p
Andrews, assistanp to the vice presi.
.d.I who said tnat the work of I'm
proving the line from Alaaiosa 70 Du
range would be started in the ncai
future.
Mr.. Brown said that the company
appreciated the future of that coun.
try and realized that standard gauge
road would soon be necessary to han
die the business which will be COM
ing out of it within the next two
years.
The committee from the chamber
consisted of A. l.. Fellows, chairman;
Gilbert H. Denton, Zeph Charles Felt
W. d. Hoover, Edward Keating, Ar
thur Ponsford, E. E. Shumway, T. E
Williams and A. T. Young.-Denver
Post, April II.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-15
SCHOOL CENSUS FOR
LA PLATA COUNTY

County Superintendent Mrs. Rose
pha pulford mas just finished correct
ing the census reports of the county
schools as taken on April of this
year. The entire number of persons
of school age in the county is 3,067,
which is an increase of forty over
last year.
District No. 8, Durango, has total
of 1874. While this is slight de-
crease in the attendance in the city
schools, there are a number of rea-
sons for this, one of which is the de-
crease in the population due to busi-
ness conditions arising out of the flood
of last October. When the smelter
closed down great many families
moved away, and most of these had
several children of school age.
For the past eight years, the school
census has increased each year, a
large per cent of this being in the
agricultural districts, which are set
Ting up rapidly throughout the coun-
4
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-15
DEATH OF MISS LYDIA SWIFT

At z o'clock last evening Miss Lydia
NJ. Swift passed away after linger-
ing illness at her home on Fourteenth
street. For some months she had been
an inmate Of Mercy hospital where
she was operated on some time ago
for cancer, but about six weeks ago
she was removed to her home.
Miss Swift had been in La Plata
county for about ten years, most Of
that time being a teacher in the
schools. When attacked with her last
illness, she was teaching at Rock
wood, where she had taught for the
past two or three years.
Her mother and three brothers, two
of whom live at bayfield,, survive her.
Miss Swift was very efficient in her
chosen profession and during her
years Of service in the school room
made many friends among pupils and
parents, as well as outsiders, who
regret her passing. She was kindly
and pleasant in her manner to every
one with whom she came in contact,
so that even people who did not know
her well will remember her with pleas
ure.
The funeral will be held on Mon
day at 10 o'clock, from the Presby
terian church.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-15
ARIZONA is
FOR CLARK
LEGISLATURE DECLARES FOR
CHAMP CLARK FOR THE
NEXT PRESIDENT

Western Press
PHOENIX, Ariz., April 13.-By q
vote of four to one the Democratic
members of the first Arizona state
legislature declared themselves in ia
vor of Champ Clark for president over
Woodrow Wilson. Every member was
questioned regarding his preferences
The results show that out Of q ,sotal
Democratic membership of thirty-one
in the lower house Speaker Clark re-
ceived twenty-five votes. Wilson was
second with five votes while one mem
Der expressed preference of Gov
Thomas Marshall of Indiana. In the
state senate, which is composed of
fifteen Democrats and four Republic
ans, Speaker Clark received ten votes.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-15
Big FIRE
IN OMAHA
SWEPT AWAY PRINCIPAL BUSI-
NESS BLOCKS WITH LOSS
OF HALF MILLION
W esiern Press

Western Press
OMAHA, Neb., April 1s.-A fire
which early this morning swept away
one of the principal business blocks
in the retail section of the city caused
a loss of nearly half million dollars
and put out of business several very
Importance retail concerns. Two of
the largest banks We're at one time
threatened with destruction and only
extraordinary efforts on the part of
the fire department force responding
to general alarm prevented much
larger loss.
The fire was the most spectacular
seen here for years, at one time when
"a large stock of fireworks began to
explode, it nearly caused street pan
ic among thousands who had gather
ed to witness the blaze. Extra squads
Of police, however, soon had the sit
uation under control. The losses are
well covered with insurance.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-15
MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT BY
THE MOZART CLUB OF
THE HIGH SCHOOL

It is seldom that good concert,
equal to that which will be rendered
by the Mozart club on April 10, is
given IL Durango. This club, con-
posed chiefly of the students of the
high school, has been under the di-
rcc.ien of Miss Marie SENEGAL, whose
efficiency in such work is well known
to all Durango citizens. Selecti ,iis
fium the standard operas and COW.
posers will be rendered. Tickets VIII
be on ssle Saturday morning, April
I at The high school. Tickets may
he ob'aned by telephoning to the
suroi intendent of schools or fr IN
high fctocl pupils. Admission, 70
cents.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-15
INJURED IN A RUNAWAY.


Yesterday afternoon Josephine Deti
the 12-year-old daughter of Mr.. ans
Mrs. James Deti Of the Florida mesa
was seriously injured in runaway
Late last evening the little girl was
brought to town and taken to Mercy
hospital.
Examination revealed the fact that
both legs were broken below the
knee, the bones of one member pro
truding through the skin. Everything
that medical and surgical skill coult
do to save the child's life has beer
done, but she is in a very serious con
dition, and life hangs almost by :
thread today.