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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-29
PricesPaid Wholesale Deal
ers For Vegetables, Fruit

Fruits-Native appfes. 1904.
Bananas, 4hc lib. Jap oranges.
box, 75c. Oranges, Navels,
s2@2.25. Lemons, $50 $50.
Grape fruit, $3.50 box. Call grape
fruit, $3.50 box. Persimmons.
10c lb. Pomegranates, 50 box.
Spanish Malaga grapes, $3.50 key.
Pineapples, $3.50 doz. CalifOr-
mia strawberries, SO box.
Vegetables---Gr'n onions, box,
81; Ore. yellow, cwt., $1.5o.
Head lettuce, Cali, $2.25 per
crate; leaf lettuce, 81. Yaki-
man turni2s. s1.26: rutabagas.
S1.75 sack; carrots, SIPS. Pota-
toes, Melted Gems, $2S ton;
Idaho, $27 ton. Cabbage.
81 cwt. Oregon cauliflower,
1895 or. Walia Walla spinich,
s1.10 box. Chill peppers, $1.35 bx.
Wax beans, SC. Pumpkins, NC.
Ore. cider, 25 q 30c. Celery. $40
$50 crate. Sprouts, SC lib. Flor
ida tomatoes, IS crate. Rhubarb,
&c ID. Sweet potatoes, cwt., $3.50;
seed potatoes. $4,000. Calf
fornia radishes, 30c doz. bu. Illi-
nois cucumbers, $3.50 doz. Grsen
peas, 1Sc ID. Asparagus. h., 10
peas, 12c ID. Asparagus, h., 10
@12c. Rhubarb, 81 box.
Hops, 1914 crop. nominal; 1913
crop. nominal.
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-29

| succeeded in setting and trim
ming II, and with the steering
oar In my hands hauled on the
wind.
There lies Japan" l remark
ed, straight before u.s.
Humphrey Van Weyden.r she
said. you are brave man."
Nay" l answered, st is you
who are brave woman"
We turned our heads, swayed
by common impulse to see the
last of the Ghost. Her low hull
lifted and rolled to windward on
a sea: her canvas doomed darkiy
In the night; her dashed wheel
creaked as the rudder kicked:
thensight and sound OF her faded
away and We were alone on the
dark sea.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-29
YOU MUSTN'T PRAY
in TACOMA'S PARKS

The ruling of the Metropolitan
Park Board against public pray
ing in the parks has aroused the
ire of Tacoma's ministers.
The ruling came as a result of
an application by the Y. w. c. A.
for permission to hold open-air
religious meetings in the parks
this summer. Secretary Cover
Of the board replied the associa-
ton might do so, provided that
no meeting shall be opened or
closed with prayer or have prayer
for any portion Of the exercises"
Here is what a few Tacoma
ministers think about the situa-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-29

ton:
The Rev. F. L. Moore, Trinity
Methodist church-'A piece of
foolishness-a most peculiar rul-
ing"
The Rev. Frank Dyer.-"The
American people do not discuss
the issues of life enough. / be-
lieve in free use of the parks.
Think of permitting a Christian
meeting in a Christian country
and then prohibiting a Christian
prayer to Christian God!"
The Rev. Delmer Trimble. -
at would seem that God is not
in the parks
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-29
WHOLESALE
QUOTATIONS
Selling Prices to Retailers
For Butter, Eggs and Cheese

Cheese Washington. 16c: Til
lamook, $50 tic.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, zoo 22c;
Butter--wasnington creamery.
29@ soc; California, 27 q Csc.
Wholesale Meat Prices.
Fresh Meats - Steers, IL " q
lie; cows, liz a 12c; heifers,
12c; hogs, trimmed sides, 15c;
ewes, 13c; mutton, wethers,
12hc; lamb. lee; veal, dressed,
9@11c.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-29
EPIDENuCs IN MEXICO.

LOS ANGELES, MATCH W.
Reportsa from Mexico City pub
lished here are that typhus and
smallpox ehidemics are raging In
the southern capital, that the
diseases have Aeen Intentionally
spread and that staryation is 80
general that rate horses. dogs
and cat have become common
with the masse
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-29
Prices Paid Producers For
Meats, Butter, Eggs, Poultry

Livestock--Cows. g &c: calves
S@sc: hogs. INC; sheep. 40 &c;
lambs, SC. Dressed hogs. 10c.
Butter ana Eggs--Nancn but
ter, 27 @28c; strictly fresh ranch
eggs, 1870 19c.
Poultry - chickens, dressed.
100 lie; ducks, 12c; squads, $40
2.25; chickens, live, So 0c.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-29

If you have eczema, rash, PIN
pies, or other distressing, UNI
slightly skin eruption, try Resinol
Ointment and Resinol Soap, and
see how quickly the trouble
disappears, even in severe and
stubborn cases. They stop itch
ing and burning instantly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-29

Physicians have pre-
scribed Resinol for 20 years.
for skin troubles. pimpless
dandruR. sores. ulcers.
burns. wounds. and piles.
Every druggist sells Res
inol Ointment, and Resinol
Soap. but for free samples
write to Dept IS. Rssinol.
Baltimore. Nd.
Resinoi Soap Il delight
fully pure. perfectly suited
tpsrsrydAy ussin the toiisl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-29
Wholesale Hay and Grain
Prices

Wheat hay, s1401b; clover,
t16017; alfalfa, $14015; corn,
3s7; cracked. $40; wheat. s4s;
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-08

my opinion, and with no one to stop
them they may stumble upon some
thing worth while. What shall we do?"
"The captain will be here shortly"
said madame. Wen talk 1t over when
he comes. If we move at all 1t must
be at the same time as they move"
And Radcliffe when he arrived read
lily agreed with this. He had no desire
to leave the comforts of New York,
and he growled not a little, but he
realized that he had no choice.
with Hunt and Baird out Of the way
/ might be able to induce Zudora to
take a vacation" suggested madame.
"She has beaten me dozen times, and
it rankles."
"Suit yourself about that What's
the matter with sending her to visit
Beggar Mary at Craig island? There's
no need now Of putting her out Of the
way for good"
but we could make good terms with
the enemy If we had Zudora where we
wanted her"
on, Bruce. We may find it difficult to
get decent booking"
"On South Africa tub? Leave that
to me. But we must agree upon some
corking good makeup If we are to es-
cape the old hawk eyes of Hunt"
On the day of departure Hunt said to
Baird that 1t would be wise to make no
! acquaintances In the smoke room. They
both played chess, and they could very
well while away the time at this pur-
suit without any outside assistance.
With equal cunning Radcliffe impress
ed Bruce with the fact that they had
better dine in their staterooms and
keep off the promenade deck as much
as possible. They both might escape q
casual glance from Hunt, but there
was small need of courting discovery
by hanging around in the vicinity Of
the old thief taker.
The voyage was uneventful. Six
weeks later Hunt and Baird arrived at
the Zudora mine and set about the task
of locating the second mine One end
of the survey they could locate, but
whether 1t ran north, east or west re-
mained for them to find out. They
employed the services of an expert
miner to spot blue clay"
II guess you chaps are up against
It," he admitted after the first week.
From your map the claim might be
ten or twenty miles north or east or
west. What you have shown me is
merely your mans starting point. You
go somewhere from here, but wherep
''It's wild goose chase, all right,
replied Hunt But we had to find
out for ourselves. And, by the way
Baird, have you noticed the man or
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Jersey coast. An island rose up pres
emily, and the man at the wheel set
his course for this. Zudora heard Il
word or two--ransom, fortune. She sat
perfectly still. She determined to waste
no effort. When the right time came she
would make dash for liberty, She
had had some experience In affairs like
this, and she had always managed to
find loophole,
When they landed they were bidden
to walk on straight ahead into the
scrub oaks behind which stood ram
shackle house. The sea encroached at
the left within dozen feet.
A wretched old woman greeted them
"Oh. the dearics!' she gurgled. Come
right in! Come right in! Fine clothes
an jools too! Here, you, step faster!'
she suddenly called Mt Nine. Du Val,
whom she caught roughly by the arm.
"Tie her up. mother, while | take
care O this one said one of the alb
ductors, pushing Zudora on ahead of
him.
'I'll tie her up, never you mind" the
hag sent back, and under Xudora's eyes
Nine. Du Val was made fast TO the
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-08

They'll follow u.s." said Radcliffe.
crutches and the chap with the big
beard we've been running into lately?"
"Yes; I've been watching them, and,
what is more, they've been watching
u.s."
Same idea here. Well. let 'em
watch. Much good it will do them"
They'll probably carry away some
gems. There is no injunction to hold
the rogues in the leash. Hunt, I'm
sentimental about this DEAL" continued
Baird Gravely. IL want that girl to
come into her own. There was a day
when / made things mighty upcom-
Portable Cor her"
That night Bruce and Radcliffe in.
dulged I'm bottle Of champagne.
Hunts mission TO South Africa was
failure, and that was all they cared
to know. The crutches of Bruce were
neatly followed out and about ten or
twelve fine stones secretcd In each
hollow, then filed with wax. Why
pay duty to Uncle Sam when It wasn't
at all necessary?
They went out to the mines for a
final look about the next day and pass.
ed both Baird and Hunt.
They'll follow u.s." said Radcliffe.
"Let 'em. Wen play Joke on
them. Fill up an old watch with peb.
bles Hunt will have his eye peeled
for bit Of smuggling. and we'll trip
him up. oh, he is not so wise as to
look at the crutchesv'
Baird picked out Radcliffe to shad
ow, and the latter lured him to the
window Of the room. Radcliffe picked
the watch out OF the wastebasket,
emptled It and enacted little come
dy for Balrds particular beneat He
replaced the pebbles. smiled and drop
ped the watch into the basket again,
then went out. Bnird swallowed the
bait quickly enough. He recovered
the watch. but MS be climbed out OF
the windowShe ran into Radcliffe. who
grappled with him. Baird. however,
managed to hit 6rst and downed his
opponent, who staggered to his feet,
mad with rage. He determined forth.
with to put Baird out Of the game for
keeps.
There was a large sand dune beyond
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-08
NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE
Mary A. Stone, Plaintiff,

-N' 'S'N' 'N'h'iihb
VS..
Henry Humphrey and Elizabeth
Humphrey, his wife; J. W. Wake
field, Trustee; Medford National
Bank, and Ladd & Tilton Bank,
also known as Ladd & TiIton. De-
PENDANTS.
BY virtue of an Execution dated
the eth day of March, 1915, De-
cree and an Order of Sale duly issued
out of and under the seal of the Cir
cult Court of the State of Oregon, in
and for the County of Jackson, in a
certain cause therein, wherein Mary
A. ST. ne, as plaintiff, was decreed u
judgment against Henry Humphrey
and Elizabeth Humphrey, on the gath
day of March, 1915, for the sum of
Six Hundred Forty-siX and $1,000
($646.5O) Dollars with interest
thereon from said oath day of March,
1915, at the rate of s per cent per
annum, and Fifty ($50.00) Dollars
attorneys fee, and the further sum
of $17.25 costs, which Judgment and
decree was enrolled and docketed in
the Clerks office of said Court in
said County on the cath day OF
ldlNis = - 10 VI lN'Olu III
| Volume % of the Circuit Court Jour
nal at pages 4S6 and 4S7 thereof.
am commanded by said Execution
and Order of Sale to make sale of
the hereinafter described real prop
erty. | will therefore, on Saturday.
the 1st day of May, 1915, at the hour
of 10 o'clock a. m, at the front door
OF the Court House in Jacksonville.
Jackson County, Oregon, offer for
sale and will sell at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash, sub
ject to redemption, as is by law pro-
vided, oil the right, title and interest
that the above named defendants had
on January 15tI, 1915, in end to the
following described real property, ly-
ing and being situated in Jackson
County, State of Oregon, and being
more particularly described as fol-
lows, to-wit:
Beginning at point 1891 feet
North and 80 feet East of the South
west corner OF Donation Land Claim
No A in Township 81 South of
Range / West OF the Willamette Me-
ridian, in Jackson County, oregon,
and running thence North 75.j feet:
thence North 7312 degrees East 175
feet; thence South % feet; thence
approximately South 81 Y degrees
West rs feet to the place Of begin
ming.
Also, the Lot numbered Five go
in Block number One C) of the Ken
wood Addition to the City of Med
ford, Jackson County, Oregon, ac-
cording to the official plat thereof,
now of record.
All of the above described real
property will be sold at said time and
place in the manner provided by law
for the sale Of real property under
execution, to satisfy the Judgment
above named, together with attor-
neys fees, costs and accruing costs
Of sale.
Dated March 30, 1915.
w. II. SINGLER, Sheriff.
BY Il. w. Wilson, Deputy.
S95t-Thur.
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"Wait until call hin, up,o said Hunt
at home as much as possible. Don't
answer any strange letters. II you
should receive one from either Baird
or myself saying that we were In trou
BILE, tear 1t up and sit tight. PromiseT
Il PROMISE" said Zudora.
Honest InjunT
Honest Injunm she laughed.
"All right. I'll let you know when
we sail. But you mustn't come down
to see us off. We are being watched
all the time"
On the following day Hunt and Baird
entered booking Office and applied for
tickets for Cape Town.
"What do you think about 1t, Hunt?"
"a wild goose chase, but there is al
ways the possibility of something turn
ing up. If that superintendent was
alive be could help us. We've just
got to trust to luck. But I'll tell you
this much. Baird. I'm in this affair to
the hilt. I'm going to win, blind.
feel 1t In my bones that If can get
the right stuff can break up the big
gest smuggling gang In the country
They are all clever, well educated
They can walk In muck without bring
ing any of it away. And when we do
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-08


man following was dangerous mad
man and was attempting to kill him.
"Ten pounds to carry me to the sta
tionr' said Baird.
But my orders are to wait for the
expressT
well, you can go few miles, drop
me and return before the express ar
rives."
I'm ready to do that" agreed the
engineer.
As the train started Radcliffe man.
aged to get aboard. He staggered into
the coach where Baird was and fierce
hand to hand fight took place. The
blood lust went to Baird's head also,
and he fought to kill. What the re-
suit would have been no one can say,
for the battle was strangely interrupt
ed. A spread rail threw the engine off
the track, and the whole train fol-
lowed 1t down the embankment. Baird
was stunned for moment, but man.
aged to get up and stagger away. The
much the better, was Bairds opinion.
He limped back to his lodgings and In.
formed Hunt,
I'VE can't get anywhere" said Hunt.
I'VE are only wasting time and money
here. I've booked to sail Saturday. II
these two book for the same boat III
have their cuticle taken off and search
ed when we reach New York. Take 1t
from me, they'll be up to the old game
of smuggling In gems. II that bearded
chap is dead, well and good. But you'll
find that he was merely knocked sense
less"
An hour before sailing for America
Hunt cabled the United States Gus.
TOMS warning Of the approach of SNUG.
glers following this with code de-
scription.
Bruce came aboard llmplng. n crutch
under each arm. Radcliffe was no.
where to be seen.
keep away from him." warned
Hunt IF you see him in the smoke
room. keep out. Well play the same
game we played coming over But I'll
hang him up to dry when he sets foot
In little old New York"
Bruce was searched thoroughly
enough, but not stone as big as q
pinhcad came to light. Hunt went
home, thoroughly disgusted with the
whole adventure.
Now, meanwhile-in fact. the day
after Baird and Hunt sailed for Soutl
Africa Storm and Zudora entered q
jewelers. shop and found Nine. Du Va
making some purchases.
"Take ride with me-" she invited.
Storm shook his head decidedly. bu
today Zudora was a bit willful. She
considered herself n match for any ont
woman, and perhaps she was.
81 shall be delighted to CO." replied
ZudCra.
Storm accompanied them to the auto
bowed curtly and took himself off
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was with her, and they would know

was with her, and they would know
what to do.
There had been a series of automo-
bile holdups about this time, so when
the three men sprang out from an al
leyway and overpowered the chauf-
feur Zudora was quite innocent so far
as suspecting the truth. Nine. Du Val
struggled valiantly. but she, too, was
bound and gagged. The men started
the car at once and headed for one of
the nondescript docks along the water
front Here the two women were COM
manded on the pain Of death to alight
from the automobile and step into the
motorboat that was waiting in the
slip.
Madame walled and wept, offered her
jewels, implored The men paid no at
tention to her. Zudora. on the con-
trary. uttered not a sound. She read
these brute faces tolerably well. There
was no particle of mercy in any one of
them. Where were they taking them?
What were they going to do with
them? Down the river sped the high
power boat, across the bay toward the
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-08

10 Beaver street, that zudora is heIdl
prisoner for ransom ON Craig island"
On the seventh day she found an
empty beer bottle with patent cork
She stuffed her message into this and
cast 1t out of the window into the sea
at high tide. She had little hope, how
Lver, Of its going far. The next day
might see the bottle stranded on the
| beach.
Eight weeks after a fisherman inl
open water picked up the bottle. Al
stiff land breeze had blown it out into
deep water. The fisherman received
for this message sum that exceeded
years work.
At once Storm set out for Craig IS,
land. And woe to those he found
therel This time some one should pay
and pay well
lTo RE Continued
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-08
ZUDORA
In the Twenty Million
Dollar Mystery
By HAROLD MACGRATH
Copyright. 1914 and 1918. by Harold Maccrath

the counts Of abduction and attempted
murder, but the gold and diamond
mines would still be under their con-
troll. No, Miss Keene, we've got to
keep away from the courts until we
have the goods on those fine birds. I'll
go to Africa, but on one condition"
whats that?"
THAT l can take Jim Baird along
with me. He's familiar with the
ground"
I'VE would be glad to have him 60
with you"
"Wait until call him up" said
Hunt, reaching for the telephone.
Presently he hooked the receiver and
turned to Zudora with a smile. Africa
1t is. Baird says he will be glad to go
with me. Now, listen to my advice.
While I'm gone you two children stay
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Weed Lumber Co.
ReneWS Activity

The Weed Lumber Company has
sent 800 men into their logging
camps and work is to start immedi.
ately. More men will be put on in
the near future. A large force of
carpenters are busy rebuilding the
lumber shacks lost in the recent
100000 fire.
The Weed company has been work.
ing with a greatly reduced force since
last fall, and the renewed activity is
taken as an indication of better times
in the lumber industry. Several Ash
land boys are included among the
crew which was just put on.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-08
CHAPTER XVII.
The Island of Mystery.

iHO loldhd " "JoNS'J'
~ URING one of his visits as La
Fontaine, the artist. Detective
IL Hunt was fortunate enough to
secure copy of the new dia'
mond find which Radcliffe had pur-
loined from Zudora's room. But his
best efforts failed to find the secret OF
the onyx table. Ii was something to
know, however, that valuable papers
reposed In 1t. Sooner or later he knew
that he would overcome the obstacle OF
the secret spring. Hunt sent the copy
Immediately to Zudora, and one day
she and Storm paid Chc detective
visit
Suppose We could locate this find,'
suggested Storm. we could stake II
out and make 1t legally Zudora's auto
maticaIly as new found claim"
But this map gives US only one end
Of the survey" replied Hunt. "The
rogues have just as good chance as
we have"
But IL we should start frst?" said
Zndora.
You want me to 20 to African
"lf you will 1t would be the great
est pleasure in the world to cut under
their feet" went on Zudora. II know
OF nothing that would please me more
than to set up claim next door to the
old mine and make II pay"
why not bring the whole business
into court and have done with itT
asked Storm.
"You have told me repeatedly that
VIC would lose," she answered.
That's fact" assented Hunt. I'VE
might send them ull to Sing Sing on
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Ire house, and Baird made for this,
with Radcliffe at his heels. Had Baird
been armed he would have waited, but
Radcliffe might do some real damage,
and he concluded that discretion was
the better part Of valor. Beyond the
dunes a train stood on a siding wait
ing for the express to pass. Baird ran
to the engineer and explained that the
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-08

throw the net there mustn't be hole
large enough for perch spawn to
swim through"
There was one thing the consplrutors
did regularly, and that was to search
once n week the South African sailing
lists. Sometimes Radcliffe performed
this service. sometimes Bruce. some
times Nine. Du Val herself. So one
day. when Bruce was making the
rounds, he came across the two names.
He jumped into II taxi and spun away
TO the Du Val villa to acquaint the
mistress with the news.
"Hunt and Baird are of to South
Africa on Saturday" he announced.
This means new stunts for us. They're
having a good deal Of luck, II you want
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-08

And Immediately Zudora regretted her
impulse But she was too plucky to
admit this fact to Nine. Du Val.
Later she remembered Hunts explicit
warning to stny Mt home Nine. Du
Val declared that she was first bound
to the customs Office, MS she had been
notified of the receipt Of package Of
Italian laces. After this duty was
over they would ride out to the Bronx.
At the customs Office she merely call
ed up three men she could trust to
meet her at certain spot. Zudora
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-08

A line of platinum rings for dia-
monds just in. Your diamonds will
look better in platinum. Better let
us reset yours. Whited, the jeweler.
90-2t
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-08

wall. "The two OF 'em are worth ten
thousand II cent. an you men see
that you get it,
Nine. Du Val was good actress,
and Mt no time did she overdo her part.
The moment ZudOrn was secured in
the rear room. the window of which
overlooked the arm of the sea. she let
out shrll scream as II some one was
torturing her. The scream ended In
bitter sObs. Presently Iudora heard
nothing more. The reason for this was
that madame had returned to the boat
and was on the way bnck to the city.
Then John Storm began his long and
weary search. lie had II dozen detec.
tives shadowing Nine. Du Val and all
those who entered her villa. When
confronted by Storm she hnughtlly de
clared that Zudora had left her ut the
park. She was terribly sorry. but be
yond that she knew absolutely nothing
anu thought II was rather strange that
John Storm should come to her for In.
formation.
On the firth day OF her Imprisonment
Zudorn found a bit OF lead pencil.
which she hid. She was now free to
wander about the room. Even II she
got out there was no way OF leaving
the island. On the sixth day she man.
aged TO find n newspaper. She tore
Off a strip'of margin and wrote:
"The finder will n0tlfy John Storm.