Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-12-26

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and in a bad climate. Some of our folks
emigrated there last year and had 70
come back"
Il don't mean away of there" Fas-
sett replied, II mean RICH. mere. This
forest is full C, trees in which there
isn't single crows nest, and on each
side of it there are cornfields full of
worms in which you won't find more
than one small flock of crows. WHY
don't you go to work scratching in these
fields and building nests in these trees?''
1--WE can't pay the remit" was the re-
ply in chorus.
why should you pay rent? Haven't
you as much right to scratch in these
fields and build nests in these trees as
any other crow?"
For little while there was silence.
Every crow was thinking The quiet
was broken by voice from above: "Agi-
tator! Socialist! Com-meac-nist! Rob-
Der. Thiefr' it croaked
Qui looked up and saw an angry crow,
whose feathers were tipped with red
That's Roger Rocks chaplain" said
| Outs chum under his breath.
just then there was great croaking
among the flock at the appearance
OF another crow with redtipped wings.
To him the whole situation was ex-
planned, and turning to Qui he said:
''My friend, believe you are right
There are plenty of trees and plenty OF
corn folds here, and no crow need be
hungry or without nest. But some of
these crows with the devil in them have
called these trees and cornfields theirs,
and the police keep other crows off, and
SO most of our crows have to work for
other crows for almost nothing or starye.
It's shame and a sin, and if our i'm
poverished crows knew their rights they
would stop it.
but, Father Cav" one of the crows
asked, you would pay Roger Rock, and
jim Crow, and the rest of the crows that
own fields and trees, wouldn't you?"
IF / could" said Father Cav indig-
nantly, II would confiscate every field
and tree without one barleycorn of COM
pensation to their miscalled owners"
The anger of Roger Rocks chaplain
when he heard this was beyond descrip-
ton.
We'll see about that, you villain!
we'll see about that" he fairly shrieked
as he flew away. Pretty soon he re-
turned with crow whose breast was
covered With red, followed by flock after
flock, an immense throng of crows, all
croaking and screaming, They want to
rob u.s." Call the police!" kill the an
archists!' Society is in danger" Com
mew-nists!" and so on
Tho crauf with AZ ra1 l,oo.+ ,,,,a .x..-
mild of manner toward Father Cav.
such sentiments as Roger Rock chap
lain reports to me are unworthy of you.
Father Caw," he said There must be
mistake, Surely you would not take
away crows property and let any other
crow use it. Think of the labor that has
been spent in building crows nests in
these trees and in gathering grub of diff
ferent kinds. 1t would be robbery to
take these away from their owners with
out pay"
81 did not say that, your redness,"
replied Father Cav, humbly. 81 said I
would take away the trees and fields and
let all crows use them to scratch for
grub and build nests"
but it is the same thing" his red
ness responded. mo crow would
scratch for worms if he didn't own the
field, nor build nests If he didn't own
the tree"
Eyes, he would" Qui interrupted.
MY boss didn't own the field: he only
hired it, and not one of his flock had any |
interest in it
His redness glanced superciliously at
Qui, and Roger Rocks chaplain ex,
claimed, "What impudence!' at the same |
time twisting his neck first one way and |
then the other for the approval of the |
crowd.
When the excitement caused by Outs !
interruption had subsidized, Father Cav |
said
"Your redness, it is not necessary to |
own forest of trees for the purpose of
building nests in one. See all these |
empty trees and see these poor crea-
lures without nests! Nor is it necessary
to own whole corn-feld in order to
scratch for grub. See all the corn-fields
in our region-how few crows are allow
ed to scratch in them-and see these
famished crows! 1t is one thing to own
the grub you scratch, and another to
own the field in which you find the grub.
1t is one thing to own the nest you
build and another to own the tree in
which you build it, or worse, to own
empty trees in which you allow no 9TH
err crow to build. Crows make nests and
scratch for grub, but crows neither make
trees nor plant grubl"
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