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CHAPTER VIII.

What Happened Thirty Years Ago.
When Shirley came across the lawn
st Rosewood, Major Montague Bristow
sat under the arbor talking to her
mother.
The major was massive-framed,
With a strong jaw and a rubicund
|complexion-the sort hat might be
supposed to have attained the utmost
benefit to be conferred by a consist
emit indulgence in mint-juleps. His
blue eyes were piercing and arched
with brows like sable rainbows, at
variance with his heavy iron-gray hair
and imperial. His head was leonine
snd he looked like a king who has
BUNDLED his enemy. 1t may be added
that his linen vas fine and immacu-
bate, his black string-tie precisely tied
and a pair Of gold-rimmed eyeglasses
swung by a fiat black cord against his
white waistcoat.
Shirley" said her mother, 1.-THE ma
ior's brutal. and he shan't have his
%mint.iulep."
What has he been doing?" asked
The other. her brows wrinkling in a
delightful way she had.
He has reminded me that I'm grow
tng old"
Shirley looked at the major skep-
ideally, for his chivalry was I'M
doubted. During a long career in law
|and Legislature it had been said of
him that he could neither speak on
the tariff question nor defend a man
for murder, without first paying a
tribute to "the women of the South,
|sah."
Nothing of the sort" he rumbled.
Mrs. D~andridge's face softened to
Usefulness. Shirley, am II" she
asked, with a quizzical, almost a droll
|uneasiness. why, I've got every emo
|tion I've ever had. | read all the new
French novels, and I'm even thinking
'of going in for the militant suffragette
movement"
The girl had tossed her hat and
|crop on the table and seated herself
by her mothers chair. What was it
|he said. dearest?"
He thinks ! ought to wear a wor.
|sted shawl and a~rctics." Her mother
thrust out one little thin-slippered foot.
with its slender ankle cleaning
Through its %open-work stocking like
mother-of-pearl. Imagine! In May.
And he knows I'm vain of my feet,
Major, If you had ever had a wife.
you would have learned wisdom. But
you mean well. and I'll take back what
said about the julep. You mix 1t.
Shirley. Yours is even better than
|Ranston's."
She makes me one every day, Mon
|ty," she continued, as Shirley went
into the house. And when she isn't
looking, I pour 1t into the bush there"
Major Bristow laughed as he bit
the end of a cigar. "All the same"
he said in his big rumbling voice,
you need 'em, I reckon. You need
more than mint-juleps. too You leave
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which illustrate better than anything
else this durable quality. They are
both from a wreck which was sub
merged eighteen years OF the west
coast OF Scotland. The one specimen
-greenheart-is merely slightly pit
ted on the surface. the body Of the
wood being perfectly sound and un-
touched, while the other-teak-is al
most entirely eaten away.
1t is extensively used in shipbuild-
ing for keelsons. beams, engine bear
ings and planking. and 1t is also used
in the general arts. but Its excessive
weight units 1t for many purposes for
which It's other properties would rem
der 1t eminently suitable.-Below the
Rio Grande.
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Inc whiskey to me and the doctor. and
you take Shirley and pull out for
italy. Why not? A year there would
DO YOU a heap of good"
She shook her head. mo, Monty.
IT isn't what you think. It's-here."
one lifted her hand and touched her
neart, IT'S been SO for a long time.
nut 1t may-it can't go on forever.
you see. Nothing can"
The major had leaned forward in
MS chair, Judith" he said, and his
nahd twitched. at isn't true!" And
men, How do you known"
She smiled at him. You remember
when that big surgeon from Vienna
zane to see the doctor last year?
wen the doctor brought him to me.
ia known 1t before in a way, but 1t
aad gone farther than I thought. No
one can tell just how long 1t may be.
II may be years, of course, but I'm not
-tlhg any sea trips, Monty"
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and open behind. with a bar adjusted
to slip behind the SOW above the
hooks, and a two by four inch strip
attached to the forward end of the
crate on either side at about where the
sow's head comes. and extending to
the rear and bottom where it is fas-
tened. These strips are for the boar's
rwa feet to rest upon n hold
his weight off the SOW. A very good
size for such u crate is five and one
half or six feet in length, two feet
four inches in width, and three feet
high. Cleats can be nailed crosswise
OF the crate floor to prevent the sow's
slipping. When necessary. in breed
ing a small boar to a large SOW. a
raised platform for his hind feet. such
as the illustration shows. can be pro-
duced."
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SYNOPSIS.

John Valiant. a rich society favorite,
|rddenly discovers that the Valiant COR
|%,oratlon. which his father founded and
|Fbich was the principal source of his
|Tsalth. has failed. He voluntarily turns
liver his private fortune to the receiver
|tor the corporation. His entire remaining
rossessions consist of an old motor car. a
White bull dog and Damory court, n neg
|lscted estate In Virginia On the way to
|Damory court he meets Shirley Dand
|eides that he is going to like Virginia i'm
|nensely. An old negro tells Shirley's for
hume and predicts great trouble for her
Ion account of a man.
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Yes" she agreed, with a little sigh,
I've lived. I've had Shirley, and she's
twenty and adorable. And I've had
people enough, and books to read, and
plenty of pretty things to look at, and
old lace to wear, and I've kept
my figure and my vanity-Tm not too
old yet to thank the Lord for that!
So don't talk to me about worsted
shawls and horrible arctics. For I
won't wear EN-. Not II l know my
self! Here ONE Shirley. She's
made two juleps, and If you're a gen.
tleman. you'll distract her attention
TIL I've got rid Of mine in Ey usuaI
way"
The major, at the foot of the cherry
bordered lane, looked back across the
box-hedge to where the two figures
sat under the r%ose-arbor, the mothers
face turned lovingly down to Shirley's
at her knee. He stood a moment
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The next room hat he entered was
big and wide. a place of dark colors,
nobly smutched of time. 1t had been
at once library and living-room. A
great leather settee was drawn near
the desk and beside this stood a read
in%g-stand with a small china dog and
a squat bronze lamp upon it. In con-
trast to the orderly dining-room there
was abou this chamber a sense of
untouched Disorder desk-drawer
jerked halfopen. a yellowed news
paper torn across and flung into a cor
ner, books tossed on desk and lounge,
and in the fireplace a little heap of
whitened ashes in which charred frag-
ments told of letterl and papers
burned in haste.
Suddenly ne lifted his eyes. Above
the desk hung a life-size portrait of a
man, in the high soft stock and vel
vet collar of half a century before.
The right eye. strangely. had been cut
from the canvas He stood straight
and tall. one hand holding an eager
hound in leash, his face proud and
forid, his single, cold, steel-blue eye
staring down through its dusty curtain
with a certain malicious arrogance,
and his lips set in a sardonic curve
hat seemed about to sneer. 1t was
for an instant as IL the pictured figure
confronted the young man who stood
there, mutely challenging his entrance
into that tomb-like and secret-keeping
quiet; and he gazed back as fxedly,
repealed by the craft of the face, yet
subtly attracted. II wonder who you
were,' he said. You were cruel.
Perhaps you we're wicked. But you
were strong. too"
He returned to the outer hall to find
that the negro. had carried in his
trunk, and he bade him place it. with
the portmanteau, in the room he had
Just left. Dusk was falling.
Uncle Jefferson said Valiant alb
ruptly, have you a family?"
No. sub Jes' me en- NAH oil
CONAN"
Can she cook?"
Cook" The genial litter again
captured his dusky escort. When
she got de fixens, All reck'n she de
beaten'es cook in his heah county"
How would you both like to live
here with me for a while? She could
cook and you could take care of me-"
Uncle Jefferson's eyes seemed to
turn inward with mingled surprise n
in~trospection. He shifted from one
foot to the other, swallowed difficulty
several times. n said. "Ah ain neb-
bah seed yo' befo', sub"
We'll I haven't seen you either,
have II"
OATS de trufe. sub. deed ct is!
Hyuh, hyuh! Whut All means ter
say is dat de oil CONAN kahn cook
no fancy didoes like what dey eats up
Norf. She kin jes' cook de F%erginey
style"
That sounds good to me-" quoth
Valiant. iii risk 1t. Now as to
wages"
"Ah ain specticulous al ter de
wages" said Uncle Jefferson. "Ah
knows err gemman when All sees one"
Then it's a bargain" responded Va
liant with alacrity- Can you come at
once?'
Vas, sub. me en- Daph gwineter
come ovah fus' thing in de mawnin'.
Whut yo'all gwineter do TO- yo' SUI
pah?"
III get along" Valiant assured him
cheerfully. Here Is five dollars, You
can buy some food and things to
cook with. and bring them with you
Do you think there's a stove in the
kitchen?"
"Ah reck'n." replied Uncle Jefferson
En- eff dar ain Daph kin cook er
Christmas dinnah wild TO stones en- er
tin skillet. Vas, subj"
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
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What Happened Thirty Years Ago.
When Shirley came across the lawn
,t Rosewood, Major Montague Bristow
kat under the arbor talking to her
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BREEDING CRATE FOR SWINE
Stout Frame Made OF Two by Four
STUFF, Closed in Front and Open
Behind, Is Useful Device. ;

In answer to a query for an Illus
tration and description OF a breeding
crate for hogs, one is taken from
Swine in America" by Coburn. and is
given herewith
1T is a stout frame made. say. OF
two by foul inch stuff, closed IN front
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slouched hat-brim.
You looked at me that way.
Judith. did you!" he sighed to him
self. It's been a long time, too. since
l began to want you to-'most forty
years. When it came to the show
down. l wasn't even as fit as Tom
cambridge"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-10
DELANO BOY is RUN DOWN
BY HARPER'S AUTOMOBILE
Lad is Badly Bruised About Head
But His Injuries are Not
Serious

While crossing Second street Tues
day, Herbert Delano, 9-year-old SON
Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Delano was run
down by an automobile driven by
Neil Harper. The boy was knocked
to the ground and severely bruised
about the head, but not seriously in
jured. That the boy was not dam
gerously or fatally injured is due to
the fact that Harper was driving at
slow rate of speed when he struck
the boy.
The accident happened between
Yakima and Washington street. The
boy started to run across the street
and darted from the sidewalk around
in front of the Valley Barns express
wagon and directly in front of the au-
to just as it was passing the team.
Harper brought the machine to a stop
within its length, but not in time to
save the boy.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-10
FARMER SMITH TO BE
HERE WEEK AFTER NEXT
Agriculturalist for O-W. will Address
Business Men at Noon and the
Farmers in Evening

Farmer Smith, of the O-W. r. &
NJ, will be in Kennewick Wednesday,
June 90, to talk to the business men
and farmers. Mr.. Smith will speak
at the regular noon luncheon of the
Commercial club and will address q
meeting at the Kennewick Valley club
house in the evening. AS an after
noon meeting is not deemed practical
at this time of year, Mr.. Smith will
spend the afternoon calling on the
farmers of Richland at their ranches.
He wishes especially to meet and talk
with those farmers who are engaged
in dairying and hog raising.
Mr.. Smith is still preaching the doc
trine of diversified farming and has
announced that his subject will be:
"More Corn, More Hogs, More Cows,
and More Money"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-10
WOMEN AND GIRLS SHOW
INTEREST IN CANNING
Mrs. King Demonstrates Methods to
Large Crowd at the O-W. r. &
N. Passenger Station

The waiting rooms at the O-W.
station were crowded yesterday after
noon by an interested audience of
women and girls who came to learn
new and economic methods of cam
ming and preserving fruits, as pro-
pounded by Mrs. M. r. King, of Port
land, who has been engaged by the
railroad company to give series of
demonstrations in the towns along its
lines. Yesterdays audience showed
the keenest interest and kept Mrs.
King busy answering questions and
handing out recipes.
Travelling Freight & Passenger
Agent C. F. Van de Water, who ac-
companied Mrs. King expressed him
self as greatly pleased with the after
moons work. "The officials of our
company have learned that they can
always depend on Kennewick's re-
spending to any effort put forth for
the benefit of the community. The
crowd yesterday is one of the best
we have had"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-10
BLIGHT MEETING FRIDAY
EVENING OF THIS WEEK
Every Orchard Owner in District is
Requested to be at the Com
mercial Club at 1880

The attendance at the meeting of
the Kennewick Fire Blight associa-
tion last Saturday afternoon was not
as large as it should have been, so
another meeting has been called for
tomorrow friday evening at 7:3O
at the Commercial club room. At this
meeting officers will be elected and
plans perfected for carrying on the
fight against the blight evil. It is
hoped that representative attend
ance of orchardists will turn out. No
grower of pears or apples can afford
. neglect this matter with the idea
that the other fellow will be there to
look after his interests. There is
work for all to do in this campaign.
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New Department of Commercial
Club is Created to Direct
Development Work
TO FIND OUT WHAT
THE OPEN RIVER MEANS
Organization Acknowledges Handicap
Because of Lack of Definite
Facts and Figures

For the purpose of determining, if
possible, just what Kennewick's place
is to be under the sun and to hurry
the town along to that place, there
has been created in the Commercial
club new department to be known
as the Development Bureau. This
bureau is to be composed of seven
men who expect to give part of their
time to close study of existing con-
ditions and to follow up every lead
that may contribute to the upbuilding
of the community.
This new bureau owes its existence
undoubtedly to the opening of the
Columbia river. Now that the river
is open, nobody seems to know exactly
what benefits have been secured to
Kennewick by reason Of it, nor what,
if anything, can be done to hasten the
coming of these benefits. The general
impression is that water transporta-
tion carries with it great possibilities
for trade but nobody seems to have
an intimate knowledge of what those
possibilities are or what steps are
necessary in developing them.
One phase of the new bureaus work
will be to make careful study of
the freight rate question. Definite
facts and figures will be collected and
compiled to ascertain whether or not
Kennewick can be made a cargo
breaking and distributing center.
Other data relative to the possibilities
for industrial development will be
collected and by means of frequent
reports the bureau hopes to educate
every member, of the club in the pos
sibilities of future growth.
It is probable that the membership
of the bureau will be divided into two
departments and that one section will
busy itself with irrigation matters,
the goal being the construction, by
the government, Of the proposed Ben
ton Unit of the Yakima Reclamation
project.
The formation of this. bureau was
made a special order of business at
the regular monthly meeting of the
club Tuesday evening and at Wednes-
days luncheon the president announc-
ed the personnel Of the bureau as fol-
lows: M. M. Moulton, E. M. Sly, j.
H. Siegfried, R. w. Story, Geo. F.
Richardson. J. J. Rudkin and l.. E.
johnson.
These seven mn are to work out a
definite plan of organization and re-
port the same to the club.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-10
may PUT MORE OIL
ON THE FINLEY ROAD
Assistant Engineer Inspects the
Work but Will Not Make
Recommendation Now

Assistant State Engineer Eye, ac-
companied by County Engineer T. ].
Wright, again inspected the state
highway which w. A. Morain is build-
ing between this city and Finley. Up
on q, former visit here Mr.. Ege asked
that he be notified when the oiling Of
the road was started, that he might
be in position to advise the state
department what action should be taxi
en- upon request for more oil.
After going over the road yester-
day Mr.. Eye suggested that the road
be completed according to the present
specifications and it could be detefs
mined later whether sufficient oil had
been used to effectively bind the sur
facing. Until the rolling has been
completed and the road travelled some
it is impossible to tell whether more
oil will be needed or not. The speci-
fications under which Mr.. Morain is
working call for one-half gallon to
the square yard.
1t is the opinion of ranchers living
along the road that more oil should
be used. w. H. Allison and I. N. New
kirk, representing the Kennewick Val
ley club, appeared before the, county
commissioners Monday and asked that
the board request the state highway
department to put on more oil. The
commissioners deferred action until
the matter could be reported on by
the county engineer but gave the pc
titioners to understand they would
recommend more oil if it were needed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-10
MH|KLE ASSISTANT
TO LUKE POWELL
High School Instructor Will In
spect KenneWick Orchards
During the Summer

VIM. Meikle, head of the agricul-
tural department Of the high school,
yesterday began his duties as assist
ant to District Horticultural Inspector
Luke Powell. Mr.. Meikle will be sta
toned at Kennewick and will devote
his entire time to the inspection of
orchards up and down the valley.
Mr.. Meikle's appointment was made
possible through the action Of the
county commissioners in authorizing
the appropriation of sufficient funds
to allow Inspector Powell one field
assistant. No sooner had the board
taken this action than Mr.. Powell no
titled the local man Of bis appoint
ment by telephone and Instructed him
to get busy. Mr.. Meikle will use his
own automobile in making the rounds
of the orchards and its up-keep will,
be paid by the county, ~ 8 ssss-sa
The commissioners acted upon the
recommendation of Mr.. Powell that
the blight situation around Kennewick
demanded the services of an addition
al man and upon the petition Of the
Kennewick Commercial club, the Ken
newick Valley club and the Highland
Improvement club. I's5s' 3
Mr.. Meikle last summer was in
charge of the orchard inspection work
in Yakima county below the gap as
assistant to District Inspector F. E.
DeSellem and is regarded as one of
the best blight sleuths in the country.
In speaking of the blight situation
last evening, Mr.. Meikle said the dam
ger period had by no means passed.
In fact, there is probably more dam
ger now than there was week ago
for the reason that the first scare is
over, most of the orchards have been
inspected once and the owners will
be inclined to become rather careless.
By quick and determined work the
orchardists have blight under control
but if inspection becomes lax another
serious outbreak will be the result.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-10

1t was jolly bunch of fellows
who enjoyed the hospitality of Guy
Hayden and Bert Lloyd last Saturday
evening at the formal opening Of the
new Kennewick Club. All games and
smokes were free and music by a
special orchestra gave "pep" to the
evenings fun. The club room has
recently been thoroughly overhauled
and remodelled. Two new pool and
one combination pool and billiard ta-
BILE have been installed and num-
Der of little features worked into the
appointments which provide COM
forts for the Clubs guests.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-10
AUTO OWNERS MUST
TAKE out LICENSES
County Auditor L. L. Lynn to be
Here Next Week to Take
Local Applications

When L. L. Lynn retires from the
Office Of county auditor, if he ever
does, he expects TO be able TO mani
age q garage or build. an automobile,
through the knowledge, acquired in
taking applications for licenses under
the states new motor vehicle law. q
"a few Of the things which the
owner of an automobile must tell the
county, auditor in making application
for license are: name Of manufactur-
er, address Of manufacturer, trade
name Of vehicle, model number or
letter, year built, factory number, en-
gine number, power, horse power, adj
vertised horse power, diameter cylin-
der bore, number Of cylinders, type
of body, color of vehicle, passenger or
tons capacity, previous license num-
Der, to be used for demonstration,
pleasure, delivery, hire, stage.
When the auditor has received this
information and the statutory license
fee, based upon horse power of ma
chine, he issues to the owner tenn
porary license number plate which is
to be returned to him when the per-
manent plate has been issued by the
secretary of state.
For the accommodation of Kenne-
wick auto owners Mr.. Lynn will be
in Kennewick Friday and Saturday of
next week and will receive applica-
tions for licenses at the Commercial
Hotel. All owners Of motor vehicles
are required to take out new licenses
for the fiscal year ending February
20, 1916, whether they have licenses
ow or not.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-10
COMMITTEE NAMED FOR
ANNUAL GRAPE CARNIVAL
DR.. Crosby, E. w. Trenbath and F. h.
+. Jeffrey Will Have General =
Supervision This Year

DR.. F. M. Crosby, E. w. Trenbath
and F. R. Jeffrey, as special COM
mittee of the Commercial club, will
have general supervision of the stag
ing of the sixth annual Grape Carni-
val. The committee was announced
at the club luncheon Wednesday and
it is probable that Chairman Crosby
will call a meeting Of the committee
this weeh when the dates will be def
initely set and general plans out
lined.
Whether salaried manager is to be
engaged or the work subdivided and
a committee placed in charge OF each
department will be matter for the
determination Of the committee.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-06-10
SOUTH TO DRINK
KENNEW|CK JUICE
M. III. Church Finds Dealers of
California Eager to Handle
a Western Product

The leading fountains and soft
drink parlors of San Francisco, Los
Angeles and Sacramento will be ad-
vertising, serving and featuring g
Church's grape juice just as soon as
shipment of that product can reach
those cities from Kennewick.
Regardless of the fact that Cali
fornia boasts of the largest vineyards
in the world, M. H. Church found the
Golden state one of the most promis-
ing fields for the distribution of his
product he has yet visited. Califor-
has never been able to manufacture
dark juice to compete with that
manufactured in the east and with
out exception the dealers there ex-
pressed willingness to replace an
eastern product with one manufac-
tured in the west.
81 am certainly glad to find out that
a grape juice just as good as any
manufactured in the east can be made
on the Pacific Coast" said the presi-
dent of the California Wine Merchants
association after he had submitted the
Kennewick product to a careful analy-
sis and compared it with the best
known brands on the market. Similar
statements were made by every dealer
Mr.. Church called upon, many. of
them pronouncing Church's Grape
Juice superior to any juice they had
ever seen. Without exception every
dealer which Mr.. Church visited in
California agreed, not only to stock
his juice, but to push the sale of it.
He booked large number Of orders
and perfected selling campaign
which practically assures that every
gallon of juice pressed by the COM
pany last season will go into con-
sumption this year.
On his return. Mr.. Church stopped
in Portland and booked orders from
Swetland's, Stout's, Meier & Frank,
Woodward & Clark and other leading
dispensers of that city. One Of the
first matters of business which de-
manded his attention after returning
to this city was the loading of a car
of grape juice for jobbing firm at
Nampa, Idaho. On the whole Mr..
Church is elated over the prospects
for this years business.