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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-04-03

no question. That would come later.
He stepped silently to Sadie's stall.
In an incredibly short space of
time the rest of the boys came leaping
out of the ranchhouse, slamming the
door behind them. To be up and do
ing was the meat they fed on. In less
than ten minutes they were all mount
ed and ready, five of them, silent, full
to the brim of reckless hardwood
prime for any adventure that would
serve to break the monotony of their
lives. More than that, every fiber OF
their being, when touched, would re-
spond, a tuneful, sounding string OF
loyalty to the traditions of the Three
Bars and to its young master. Each
was fully armed They asked no ques-
ton. Yet there could be no doubt of
a surprise when the time came for
action. They were always prepared,
these boys of the most popular ranch
outfit west of the river. Right in the
face of this popularity, perhaps be-
cause of it, they were a bit overbear-
with any outside the Three Bars a
thing not to be lightly entered into.
It was a fine thing to work for the
boss, and out of the content accruing
therefrom sprang a conservatism like
that of the proudest aristocrat of the
land.
Langford took the trail first. Jim
had said but the one word, Willis
ton" 1t was enough. Nothing was
TO be heard but the rapid though reg
ular pound of hoof-beats on the level
trail. 1t is a silent country, the cow
country, and its gravity begets grav-
ity.
Langford, riding slightly in advance,
was having a bad time with himself.
The keenest self-reproach was stab
bling him like physical pain. His
honor-his good honor, that he held so
high and stainless-was his word not
given by It that the Willistons might
count on his sure protection? What
had he done to merit this proud boast?
knowing that Jesse Black was once
more at liberty, fully realizing Of what
vast import to the state would be VIII
liston's testimony when the rustlers
should be brought to trial, he had sat
stupidly back and done nothing. And
he had promised. Would Williston
have had the courage without that
promise? Why were not some of his
cowboys even now sleeping with an
eve upon that little claim shack where
lived that scholar-man who was not
at for tho rough life Of the plains,
maybe, but who had been brave
enough and high-minded enough to lay
his all on the white altar Of telling
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-04-03
Copyright by A. C. McClurg & Co., 1907
SYNOPSIS.

!, George Williston, a poor ranchman,
high-minded and cultured, searches for
cattle missing from his ranch-the Lazy
s." On a wooded spot in the rivers bed
that would have been an island had the
Missouri been at high water, he dis
covers a band of horse thieves engaged
in working over brands on cattle. lie
creeps near enough to note the chang
irg of the Three Bars" brand on one
steer to the ~. r." brand. Paul Lang
ford, the rich owner of the Three
the, gang, of cattle thieves-a band Of
outlaws headed by Jesse Black, who
long have defied the law and authori-
ties of Kemah county, South Dakota
Mary, commonly known as "Williston,s
little girl" Louise Dale, an expert
court stenographer. who had followed
her uncle, Judge Hammond Dale, from
is living, with him at Wind City, Is
Richard Gordon. to come to Kemah and
hearing Of jesse Black. Jim Munson, in
waiting at the train for Louise, looks
at herd of cattle being shipped by
Bill Brown and there detects old
Mag" well known "ornery,, steer .. be-
longing to his employer of the "Three
Bars" ranch. Munson and Louise start
for Kemah. Crowds assemble in Justice
James r. McAllister's court &n for ,,a the
preliminary hearing. Jesse black
springs the first of many great sur
prises, waving examination. Through
Jake Sanderson, a member of the out
law gang. he had learned that the
steer Mag had been recovered and thus
saw the uselessness of fighting against
being bound over. Richard Gordon. the
county attorneys who is unpopular be-
cause of his many failures to secure con- NJ
victions in court wins the admiration OF
Louise. which is mutual County Attorney
Gordon accompanies Louise. Dale or. her
return to Wind City. He, tells her OF the
III, . Of witnesses
that can be bribed and of the system OF
tampering with justice which prevents
him from securing conviction. he mas
stands in the light in his door at night
shot is fired at him. The house Is attacked
and a battle ensues between Williston and
his daughter, on one side. and the out
laws on the other The house Is set
on fire AS an outlaw raises his rifle 10
shoot Williston a shot from an unknown
source pierces his arms and the rifle falls
to the ground. Aid has come to winston;
but he and his daughter are captured ana
borne away by the outlaws.
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toms door, and thus satisfy himself
as to what was doing so mysterlously
There was not cowardly drop in
Jim's circulation. But If foul play was
abroad for Williston that night, he
Jim, of course, was spotted and would
never be permitted to reach the
house. 1t would mean useless sac
rifice. Now, he needed to be alive.
There was a crying need for his good
and acuIve service. Afterwards-wel
1t was all in the days work. 1t
wouldn't so much matter then 1t
touched spurs lightly, bent his head
against the friction of the air and
urged his horse to the maddest, wild
est race he had ever run since that
day long ago, to be forgotten by
neither, when he had been broken to
his masters will.
Paul Langford dropped one shoe
nervelessly to the wolfslin in front of
his bed. Though his bachelor room
was plain in most respects, plain for
the better convenience of the bachelor
tlliI Iiu IL W pun III li6hto
every day-with the exception of a
cook, Langford kept no servant-the
wolfskin here, ain Indian blanket
thrown over a stiff chair by the table,
a Japanese screen concealing the ugly
little sheet-iron stove that stood over
in its corner all the year round, gave
evidence that his tastes were really
luxurious. An oil lamp was burning
dimly on the table. The SCOT of many
burnings' adhered to the chmney's
inner side.
The sound of galloping hoof-beats
on the hard road below came up to
him. A solitary horseman was COM
ing that way and he was putting his
horse to the limit, too.
"Who the-deuce," began Langford.
ITS Jim's COW pony as sure as I'm
sinner! What brings him home at
that pace, wonder? Is he drunk"
He peered out indifferently. The
hoof-beats rang nearer and nearer
clattered through the stable yards and
before they ceased, two or three re-
volver shots rang out in rapid success
sion. Jim had fired into the air to
arouse the house.
Springing from his reeking bronco,
he ran quickly to the stable and threw
wide the door Here the boss, the
first to gain the outside because al
ready dressed, found him hastily sad
ding a fresh mount. Langford asked
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-04-03
Interesting Use of Gas.

a very interesting use for prod oer
gas is made in a factory in Jersey
City, where tempering of metal to be
made into curtain springs is success
fully and economically done with its
heat. Coke fires were formerly util
lied for the purpose. but the temper
AZURE varied to such an extent that
a great deal of the material was
spoiled. With producer gas an abso
lutely constant temperature is Sc
cured and the work is done in a more
clearly manner. with no possibility Of
error as to the degree Of heat. Con.
seQuently the waste heretofore en-
countered has been reduced to a
minimum and the quality Of the prod
uct is absolutely uniform.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-04-03
CHAPTER X.-Continued.

ut beats the devil-for fac" He
looked helplessly over his shoulder.
The man was beyond sight and sound.
eff he hadn't said he was goin for
doc and belonged to the X Y T." he
Wondered. He was swearing because
he could not think of way out of the
maze of contradiction. He was so
seldom at loss, this braggadocio Jim.
"Well, | reckon l won't get any hep
a moonin' here lessn ] wait here till
that son-of-a-gun comes back from
SEEM doc. Lord, I'd have TO camp
out all night. Guess I'll be a movin'
on. But I'm plumb a-foot for an idee
as to how that idjit got here from the
KY D."
He shrugged his shoulders and pick
ed up the fallen bride rein. He kept
on straight ahead, and it was well for
him that he did So 1t was not the
last of the affair. The old, prosaic
trail seemed fairly bristling with
ghostly visitants that night. He had
gone but a scant quarter-mile when
he met a second horseman, and this
time he would have sworn on oath
that the man had not been on the
forward trail as long as he should
have been to be seen in the starlight.
Jim was not doing now and he knew
what he was about. The fellow struck
the trail from across country and from
the direction of Williston's home cat
tie sheds.
THE DEVIL" he muttered, and this
time he was in deep and terrible earn
est.
"Hullo!" the fellow accosted him,
genially.
TOO damned pleasant-the whole
bunch of EN-" found quick lodgment
in Jim's active brain. Aloud, he re-
sponded with answering good nature,
'Hullo!"
where We goin'?" asked the other,
as If in no particular haste to part
company. If he had met with sur
prise. he carried 1t off well.
Home. Been to town." Jim was
ON tender hooks to be off.
Belong to the Three Bars, don't
your"
"Yep."
Thought so. Well, good luck to
you"
SAY" said Jim. suddenly, you
don't happen to hang out at the X Y u
do your"
Nav! What dye suppose I'd be
doing here this time Of night II
did," There was scorn in his voice
and suspicion. too. "Why?" he asked
"oh. nothin'. Thought knew your
build. but guess was mistaken. Sc
long"
He had an itching desire to ask II
This night traveller, too, was in quest
NJ the doctor, but caution held him
silent. He had need TO proceed wari
lv He rode briskly along until he
indred he had gone far enough to
aIlay suspicion. then he halted sud
denly. Very wideawake was jim
now His hand rested unconsciously
ON the Colts As, protruding from his
loosely hanging belt. His impulse was
20 ride boldly back and up to Willis
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-04-03

Rag Time.
Why carve lizard in beautiful
silver?
The suicide is coward who is
afraid to live.
= 4 r
Life should not be counted by days,
but by heart throbs.
Il Il z.
Better false teeth and clean, than
natural ones and dirty.
Z q =
And after all, the man who forgets
himself most, is happiest.
= Z 4
Many men who undertake great
things are their own undertakers.
Z Z 4
In after years how tickled we are
that the engagement was broken.
= = z
All people are in want. Those who
do not want for food, want the earth.
= Z Z
One of the Japanese rules for wives
is: Always be amiable to your moth
er-in-law."
A man never experiences any diff
Guilty in living on love from p. m.
until midnight.
Even a man who gets cleaned up in
a S.ker game needs a hair cut and a
sh Ne occasionally.
4 = 2
A man who fails is good thing for
-. 90 10 fv,4 e, hn
not overly ambitious son.
= = =
A Kansas editor wants to know why
it is necessary for so many rich wild
ows to advertise for husbands.
Z 4 =
Sometimes a mans liquor is better
than his story-but the story, seem
ingly, is always the applaudsd one.
Z Z 4
If Milwaukee is the healthiest city
In the United States, as announced.
that puts beer above breakfast food
and Battle Creek.
y Z z
Never put of until tomorrow the
shave you should have to-day. II You
are married, your wife will kick, and
If you are not. you may lose the very
woman you need in your business.
Z 2 =
My birthday comes on the 10th Of
March, one day before st. Patrick ar
rived. It's a good thing for st. Pat
rick that 1 wasn't born one day later
If had been, where would his cele-
bration be?
Z 2 2
In the average life time. wonder
how many times We ask Of om
friends: How do you do?" Instead Of
questioning them. wouldn't II be a
whole lot better to say: You are
looking we'll today"
Ss.1>Me4ee.s
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Serious. Indeed.

Lady" said the tattered tramp at
the gate. cant yer spare me a dime
on a very urgent collection" What
do you call an urgent collection? ,"
asked the busy housewife. why. yer
see. I have just been fined s29.240. 900
for ridin' on an oil car an I've only
got two days to yet It together
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-04-03

When tn pussy willows, noddin',
Bust their blossoms in tn breeze,
An tn mellow zephyrs, cooin'.
Tease tn tassels on tn trees.
We allow that spring is comm
But she mayn't be very nigh
So we sit Ground awatchin
Fer
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-04-03

When TIL Geese Is FLYNN High.
When tn babblin' brooks is laughin'
And tn robins pipe t sing,
Deep within our hearts we're longin'
Fer tn comm o. tn spring
But we know tn maid is tickle
An we watch tn turquoise sky
Fer tn movin' V-shaped tigser
OF
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-04-03

Yew may git a little nippin'
An perhaps a dab o. snow
While tn geese is flynn northward
An tn gander's on tn go,
But tn sign is allus staple
That tn spring is very nigh
When tn wimmen start t cleanin'
An tn
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-04-03

caney Gasser Not "Dead."-The re-
port that the big burning gasser at
Caney had played out is untrue. Inc
Kansas Natural Gas Company. when
owns the we'll. finished cleaning it out
and 1t came in as strong as ever. the
force of the gas had caused caVe-in
below the casing which shut of the
Cow. When the cap was taken on a
few days ago It was found that the
gas was weak and the report went out
that Il was dead. The big well Is as
strong as ever and the pressure >
Just as great The company cannot
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-04-03

Black Hand in coffeyvilIe. - c. T.
Carpenter. vice-president of the Con-
don National Bank. of Coffeyville, re-
ceiycd a letter telling him to be
ready to pay a stranger $500 upon
demand. upon penalty. OF having his
bank and residence destroyed by
dynamite. The letter was unsign-
ed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-04-03

Yew kin fool yerself like sixty
Thinkin' spring hez cum t. stay,
BY fergettiR. that tn springtime
Isn't made In gist a day.
But yew cannot trick tn gander
With day O. sunny sky
So. it's purity safe t. watch fer
When tn
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use this enormous gasser. as the laws
of Oklahoma are such that the COM
panv can pipe it across the line only
a shcrt distance.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-30
.WIFE ELOPED
WITH COACHMAN

NEW YORK, April 29.-Alfred E.
Dieterich. wealthy young man of
the Standard Oil Company. was to-
day granted an interlocutory decree
of divorce from his wife, Edna Young
Dieterich, who eloped to Europe last
December with Harry S. Brenchley,
a coachman employed by Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt.
BY the decree Mrs. Dieterich is for
hidden to marry again, but this will
have no effect in France, where she
and Brenchley are now living. Her
family Is bitterly opposed to her mar
rying the coachman, and with the
hope that she may be induced to leave
him, her mother, Mrs. Albert Young,
will shortly go to Europe. This will
be her second trip abroad i nthe hope
OF inducing Mrs. Dieterich to leave
Brenchley.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-30
CONTEMPLATE BIG
LEASING OPERATION

Jack Sowell has secured bond
and lease on seven claims at Silver
Point from l. Morasci These claims
adjoin the acreage of the Royal 'Ha-
waiian Mining Company on the north
and they are just short distance to
the south of the property of the
Round Mountain Lehigh Mining and
Milling Company, being between
those two corporations.
Associated with Mr.. Sowell are P
c. Drescher, we'll known wholesale
merchant of Sacramento, and Henry
Mitau of the same firm.
1t is the purpose of these gentle
men to begin sinking at once to q
depth of two hundred feet and al
that point to crosscut to lead tow.
ard the north. They have a four
foot body of ore which outcrops ant
can be followed along the surface O
the ground for a distance of owe
1900 feet. What the value or extern
of this ore body is cannot be know
until Il has been properly opened III
and it is with view to doing thi
that the above campaign has bee;
outlined.
On the property is shaft whic,
was worked nthe early days by var;
GUS companies and which is noy
down to a depth of 155 feet will
some forty-five feet of stopping done
Mr.. Sowell has been sampling IN thi
old shaft and has had some excellen
assay returns.
The following assays were made b
A. D. Sly from average samples take
by disinterested parties. along tn
whole depth of the shaft, viz: $1S3
81, $177.32, $120.34, $1O.12, an
E$S2.60. Percy Train, the Manhatta
assayer got returns of $1S9.29 an
a4 att
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-30

$546.42 from samples which were de
'livered to him for assay.
With the present day facilities for
mining. handling and milling such
ore can be extracted at big profit,
whereas in the old days it was quite
different matter
Eight hundred feet from the shaft
is an outcropping from which SAM
pie broken off at random assaye1
$3O.85. All of the foregoing figures
represent silver values with small
amount of gold and about four per
cent of copper.
A whim, car and track are at pres
ent being installed and later gaso-
line power hoist will be used to carry
on the work.
About mile above the property is
spring from whence the water will
be piped Men have already been put
to work developing this spring. Mr..
Sowell also states that the present
townsite Of Shoshone is included il
the bond and lease, having been orig
inally located as millsite and all the
requirements fulfilled by which to re-
tain possession of the same. This wa;
done by Mr.. Morasci, who has been in
and about the district for some years
prior to the discovery of gold.
| Mr.. Sowell estimates that there ary
at present about 1000 tons of ore Oh
the dump which will run from $40 t.
$50 in silver, which it did not pay t.
] ship in the early days.
! Messrs. Drescher, Mitau and Sow
ell also have lease on the Antelope
their block being 500 feet by SIT
feet in extent. On this ground shat
has been sunk forty feet, besides al
incline shaft Of seventy-two feet, an,
Mr.. Sowell is confident that there i
a good body of ore included in tn
area which he considers one of tn
best leases in the camp. The Paulsen
Blaisdell lease, the Husband Cushin
lease and the Bartlett-Travers leas
! are all on this same claim.
BY Monday Mr.. Sowell expects &
have within at work. He intend
to run 371 feet in westerly direc
ton on the lead which will take hir
to the boundary line. According t
the terms OF, the lease, steam hois
of no less than 25-horse power is
be installed not later than the mont
! OF August.
Fourteen feet of ledge has alread
been cut through, which give par
nings of wire gold, and the propose
! incline will go down on this lead an
, it is expected that good values wi
: be found as the men go down.
Mr.. Drescher is expected in ROM
! Mountain any day. Round Mountai
Nugget.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-30

II you desire Iuling or binding In
, first-class manner call up the Bo-
lanza and our solicitor will ATTEND
10 your wants
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-30
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS
2 = y ~ M 1HFO
PANY OF NEVADA.

PANY OF NEVADA.
Tonopah, New, March 10, 1905,
the annual meeting of the Sylyania
Mining Company of Nevada, will be
held at their Office in T. ]. McMa-
hons office, at 2 p. m. on Monday,
April 13, 1908, for the purpose OF
electing officers for the ensuing
year, and to take a vote to change
the place of meeting from Tonopah,
New, to Bishop, Inyo county, State
of California, and the transaction OF
such other business as may properly
come before it.
E. r. SHIELDS, Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
The above meeting has been post
poned until April 20, 1908.
E. r. SHIELDS, Secretary.
Dated April IS, 1908.
SECOND POSTPONEMENT.
The above. meeting has been post
poned until May 5,e19OS.
E. r. SHIELDS, Secretary.
Dated April 90, 1908.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-30

Five year old claret at $3.50 pc,
gallon. H. j. Hail & Co. IT
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-08
AL kI Wy IND
EcIo ANSWERS WHY
The MAyor ot Ivy Lane r. ID.
Spring "WhOle Cheese"
on Orange Avenue.

The Mayor Of Ivy Lane" and num-
Der Of other citizens were trying out the
scraper-levelcr Saturday and the Mayor
was very chesty over having the Lane
properly graded and smoothed lie was
being numerously felicitated for the in
terest taken in the walled-in thorough
fare and wore broad smile that doesn t
wear off.
The Daily News man paused in pass
ing. noting DR.. French at the wheels Of
the machine, II. T. MacFadden, Inspec-
tor at the Beach street end, and the
Mayor" General Superintendent at
the Palmetto end of the Lane
The demonstration work seemed to be
attracting considerable attention of
passers by and attention and approval
of residents of contiguous territory. 1t
was remarked that the Mayor of the
Lane had received the fluctuations and
thanks of the ladies of Orange avenue;
why the thanks, or even the Fluctuations
for that matter. was not explained.
Just why the smiles and approval should
60 to the Mayor any more than to the
editorial, reportorial, compositoral OF
Devil forces of this Office or to the
florid-complexioned pr 'prietor of the
curio house below or to the less horid
dispenser Of phizz drinks also below i.
something the News would like to have
explained.
| Tom Marshall celebrated kentucky
wit is credited with the observation thai
woman's love is freakish, capricious that
like the gaudy butterfly it is just as ap,
to nlight upon wOrty fungus growth
as it is upon an American beauty rose.
! Accepting Marshall as authority it car
be seen why the 'American beauties
become wall flowers and the mayor ol
Ivy Lane" smiles gaily along.