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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-03
Many Of the Roads in Empire Have
No Wider Gauge Than a Wheel
A,r

The most ancient and honorable
means OF travel is by the highway.
and writer's on China extol the splen-
did roads built by earlier dynasties.
So far as ! can learn, however. there
is not. outside the neishborhood of the
larr~ single main road which
CT ..spection Of 30 east
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-03

spent for the purpose Of securing chance to
shoot an antleerd buck he roams over his
tive heath. Preparations for these trips are made
long in advance. As old friend said one time
about fox hunting. Half the fun in the sport is
getting ready hacking to the meet and the long
ride home with plenty of good tobacco" So are
the days spent on the trail. getting into the big
game country nearly always from 80 to 200 miles
from the end of the railroad.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-03

II Emerson had it all to say over
again. he might advise us to hitch our
airships to a star.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-03

A girl never feels more important
than when she is getting married, and
a man never looks more inconspic.
uous.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-03

One day Dorothy came running into
the room wher her mother was read
ing.
"Oh, mamma" she cried excitedly,
come and look at nv kitten. She's
walking all around the room with her
stem sticking straight up in the air.
The Delineator.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-03

New version.-"There is provi-
dence that shapes our ends rough,
hew them how we will"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-03

T THIS season of the year hardly a
train leaves any of the railroad sta
lions of a great city but what it bears
half a dozen enthusiastic sportsmen
In search of the thrills to be found
only in the woods of the far north and
northwest Thousands of dollars are
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-03

Some people register their kicks. but
never vote them.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-03

The average man thinks his bump
of generosity is at least three times
as large as it actually is.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-03

Not all lawyers are legal lights;
some of them are legal light weights.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-03

Don't abuse the rich; we can't all be
paupers.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-11-03

i'er making camp In the open along the Yellowstone
river ON one OF these nights. supper being over and
thompson our guide starting of his Indian tales with
zen Nhes and himself as the heroes. punchers
rode up with pack horse and asked objected to
,hen making camp with saying others were
coming later with some cattle Several others did come
and with them 5000 head of cattle we slept with the
nero surrounding US on all sides; grazing while
DINERS would stand and look fire. while the
cowboys continually riding around the herd IN keen
tab ON the straggiers.
By breakfast time all gone and our party was
also In the saddle by six o'clock making for the game
country e
After three days travelling made camp near
the foot of saddle mountain. Bannock and about
10 miles from the national park line a line at
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-04

This fs q fale of Alaska, q bleak land where men and won'- en fight each ofher and fhe re- ientfcss elements for the precious gold that turks beneath the icy soil. Here IS told q story of w7d ambition, of uncontrolled passion, of men who know no iaw other fhon fhaf of their own making; q story of q girl whose bcauty and purity plunge her in. to deepest peril; q story of big men, big events, big thoughts aud big hopes. Read of Necia, the fascinating heroine, who iopes and is loved; of Gale. inc man of mystery; of Stark, the killer of men; of Runnion, prince of scoundrels of No Creek" Zee, who comes into his own of last; :; of simple souled, big hearted Poleon .Doret; of Licutenant BurreH, he gallant Kentuckiao who carries lav and justice into fhe Yukon wilds and forces des. perate men 10 recognise him oa fheir n,aster.
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eort of handle things that arc too tough for the miners themselves"
 q don't believe you will be very pop sIar with our people," Necia announc- sl meditatively.
 Now that l think it over." he con tinued, "I'd rather have you like me than have the men do so."
 "Of course" she nodded. '"They do anything l want them to-all but ia ther, and"
 "It isn't that" he interrupted quick iy. Tt is because you are the only we- man of the place, because you are such a surprise To think that fin the heart of this desolation should find girl Iike-like you. like the girls l know at home"
 "Am like other girlsT she inquired eagerly T have often wondered"
 "You arc. and you are not You are surprisingly conventional for these surroundings and yet unconveptionally surprising-fo any place. Who are you? Where did you come from? How did you get hereT
 q am just what you see. came from the States, and l was carried. That is all can remember"
 "Then you haven't lived here al waysY
 "Oh, dear, no. We came here while was very little. but of late I have been away at school" "Some seminary. eh?"
 At this she laughed aloud. "Hardly that, either I've been at the mission Father Barnum has been teaching me for five years. came up river a day ahead of you.'
 She asked no questions of him in re- turn, for she had already learned all there was to know the day before
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"MotheT needs me notr. G0odby."
 from grizzled corporal in whom was the hunger to talk. She had learned of family of Burrells whose name was known throughout the south and that Meade Burrell came from the Frankfort branch, the branch that had raised the soldiers. His father had fought with Lee, and an uncle was now in the service at Washington. On the mothers side the strain was equal ly militant, but the Meades had sought the sea. The old soldier had told her much more, of which she understood little-told her of the young mans sis ter, who had come all the way from Kentucky to see her brother off when he sailed from San Francisco: told her of the lieutenant's many friends in Washington and of his family name and honor. The old soldier, further more, had looked at her keenly and added that the Burrells were known as "divils among the weemen."
 Resting thus on the steps of Old Man Gales store, the two talked on till they were disturbed by the sound of shrill voices approaching. at which the man looked up. Coming down the trail from the town were squaw and two children. At sight of Necia the little ones shouted gleefully and scam- pered forward, climbing over her like half grown puppies. They were boy and girl, both brown as Siwashes, with eyes like jet beads and hair that was straight and coarse aud black. At a glance Burrell knew them for breeds" and evidently the darker half was closer to the surface now, for they choked, gurgled. stuttered and cough. ed in their Indian tongue. while Necia answered them likewise. At word from her they turned and saw him, then, abashed at the strange splendor of his uniform, fell silent, pressing close to her. The squaw also seemed to resent his presence. for after q low ering glance she drew the shawl closer about her head and. leaving the trail, slunk cut of sight around the corner of the store
 Burrell looked up at his companions clear cut delicate face, at the wind tanned cheeks, against which her long braids lay like the blue black locks of an Egyptian maid, then at her warm, dark eyes, in which was a hint of the golden light of the afternoon sun.
 The bitter revolt that had burned in him at the prospect of a long exile died out suddenly, How fresh and fowerlike she looked, and yet the wis dom of her. He spoke impulsively:
 T am glad you are here. Miss Necia. l was glad the moment saw you. and l have been growing gladder ever since, for l never imagined there would be anybody in this place but Inen and ,sguaws-Amen who hate the law and sqnaws who slink about-like that" He nodded in the direction of the h. dian woman's dis..--oearance.
 (To be continued.)
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and bit sharply at the pipe between his teeth.
 '-The salmon berries are ripe" she announced, 'and the hills back of the village are pink with them. took Constantine's squaw with me, and we picked quarts and quarts. ate them allw
 Her laughter was like the tinkle of silver bells. Every move of her grace fnl bcdy was urrestrained and flow ing. with hint of Indian freedom about it. Beaded and trimmed like a native princess. her garments mani-
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-04

 turn his head
 fested an ornature that spoke of sav- agery, yet they were neatly cut and held to the pattern of the whites.
 Constantine was drunk again last night. and had to give him talking to when we came back. Oh, but l laid him out! He's frightened to death of me when I'm angry"
 She furrowed her brow in q scowl-- the daintiest, most ridiculous pucker of brow that ever man saw-and drew her red lips into an angry pout as she recounted her temperance talk till the trader broke in, his voice very soft. his gray blue eyes as tender as those of woman:
 Its good to have you home again, Necia. The old sun don't shine as bright when you're away, and when 1t rains 1t seems like the moss and the grass and the little trees was crying for you. reckon everything weeps when you're gone. girl, everything ex- ccpt your old dad. and sometimes he feels like he'd have to bust out and join the rest of them"
 "I missed you dreadfully, daddy" she said. Tt seemed as if those days at l the mission would never end. Father i Barnum and the others were very kind, and studied hard, but there wasn't any fun in things without you"
 q reckon you know as much as a priest now. don't youT"
 ''Oh, lots more," she said gravely. You see, am woman"
 He nodded refectively. 'So you are! I keep forgetting that" Their faces were set toward the west, where the low sun hung over a ragged range of hills topped with ever lasting white Beyond were other ranges thrust skyward in q magniti- cent confusion, while still to the far ther side lay the purple galley of the Koyukuk. valley that called insist ently to restless men. welcoming them In the spring and sending them back in the late summer tired and haggard with the hunger of the north.
 When will Poleon get back, do you supposeT'
 Most any day now. unless the Daw- son dance halls are too much for him. It won't take him long to sell our skins if what l hear is true"
 What is thatT"
 About these Cheechakos. They say there are thousands of tenderfeet up there ard more coming in every day"
 Gale turned his eyes downstream to the barracks and noted that the long fagstaf had at last been erected. Even as he looked he saw bundle mounting toward its tip and then be held the stars and stripes fiutter out In the air, while the men below cheer ed nolsily. It was some time before he answered.
 "Poleon Dorct is like the rest of us men up here in the north. We have taken care of ourselves so far. and guess we're able to keep it up without the help of smooth faced Yankee kid for guardian"
 Lieutenant Burrell isn't Yankee" said Necia. "He is n Blue Grass man. He comes from Kentucky
 Her father grunted contemptuousIy. "l might have knowl it. A regular male man with any ginger in him would shed bis coat and go to work.
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instead of wearing his clothes but. toned up all day. It don't take much 'savvy' to run a handful of thirteen dollar month soldiers" Necla stirred a bit restlessly. and the trader con tinued: Tt ain't mans work; it's loafing. If he tries to boss us he'll get quite a surprise"
 "He won't try to boss you He has | been sent here to build military post and to protect the miners In their own self government. He won't take any part in their affairs as long as they are conducted pcaceably." The old man grunted again, with added contempt, while his daughter continued:
 "This rush to the upper country has brought In all sorts of people. good, bad and worse, and the soldiers have been sent to prevent trouble and to hold things steady till the law can be established. The Canadian mounted police are sending all their worst char acters down river, and our soldiers haze been scattered among the Amer ican camps fer our protection. think 1 it's fine"
 "YYhere did you learn all this?" "Lieutenant Burrell told me-" she re- piled, at which her father regarded her keenly She could not sec the curious look in his eyes, nor did she turn when, a moment later, he re- sumed in an altered tone:
 "I reckon Poleon will bring you something pretty from Dawson, ehg"
 He has never failed to bring me presents, no matter where he came from. Dear old Poleonw She smiled tenderly. Do you remember that first day when he drifted, singing, into sight around the bend up yonder? He had padded his birch bark from the Chandelar without thing to eat Hunger and hardship only made him the happier. and the closer he drew [ his belt the louder he sang"
 "He was bound for his new coun- 1 try"
 "Yes; he didn't know where 1t lay. but the fret for travel was on him, and so he drifted and sang, as he had drifted and sung from the foot of Lake Le Barge"
 "That was fcur years ago." unused Gale. and he never found his new country did her"
 No: we tied him down and choked 1t out of him." Necia laughed. Dear, funny old Poleon! He loves me like a brother"
 The man opened his lips, then closed them, as If on second thought, and rose 10 his feet, for, coming toward them up the trail from the barracks, he beheld trim, blue coated figure. He paered at the approaching officer a moment, set his jaw more firmly and disappeared into the store.
 "Well. we have raised our fiagstaff," said the lieutenant as he took a seat below Necia Its like getting set tied to keep house."
 Are you lazy?" inquired the girl.
 "I dare say I am," he admitted. "Pve never had time to find out. Why?"
 Are you going to boss our people around?" she continued, bent on her own investigation.
 No. Not as long as they behave. In fact. 1 hardly know what am to do
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-04

DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the best known pills and the best pills made, are easy to take and act gently and are certain. We sell and recommend them. Palace Pharmacy and United Drug Co.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-04

Maybe you can tell me-" His smile was peculiarly frank and winning. You see. it's my first command. and my instructions. although comprehcn- sive, are rather vague. am supposed 70 see that mining rights are observed. 70 take any criminals who kindly offer themselves up to be arrested and to
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-04
CHAPTER I.
rr.r LAST FRONTIER.

Trrr LAST FRONTIER.
 N ~ ANY men were in debt 60 the ~H trader at Flambeau, and I'VE many counted him as a friend. The latter never req
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-12

here two gobs iv knowledge have been
added to tn wurruld's store iv infOrma-
ton. We now know all there is to be
known about the north pole.
"Who do I think gets tn honor iv be-
in there first? Faith, I'm not goin' to
decide. As Dock Cook says, tn honor
is great enough FIR both, an there's lit
tie enough iv it, as it is. If tn Dock
wasn't tn first there, ne was tn first
to say he was, an I amt sure that it
don't take more courage t. be tn first
to say that We wint there thin it does to
be tn first to go there. I believe thin
both. 1 don't see amy reason FIR not
believin' thin. It's aisier 10 believe
thin thin not. I extind me hand to both
iv thin. I say: I congratulate We with
all me heart. No, no; don't show me
amy proofs. If we've got to prove it, it
amt so. But if ye'd come to me years
ago / wud've told We ali about it an We
might've been at wurruk all this time
at some useful occupation
How did they get up there, says We?
Tn doctor took what is known as tn
gum dhrop route. I discovered says
he, years ago that tn way to win me
way TO tn north pole was be means iv
a iidicyous distribution " gum dhrops.
This here delicious but sticky edyble is
priced beyond anything in thin grim
northern chimes as an ornymnit. TIL
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wealth iv an Eskymo or his station in
life is ESTIMATED be tn number iv gum
dhrops he has. a Jealous husband who
has discovered a necklace iv gum dhrops
In tn bureau dhrawer has been known
to harpoon his wife ony to die iv re-
was nawthin' more thin rubies crusted
with dimon pOwdher. I knew 1 cud
wiring tn secret iv tn pole firm N great
chief Wallo WaIlO if 1 cud procure gum
dhrops enough. Thanks to tn librality
iv wan if tn ladin' bankers iv Pain
Beach, Floridy, 1 was able to buy up
tn entire yield iv nineteen hundherd an
eight We have probably noticed that
there was a famine among tn school
childher in America OWN to me pur-
chases. Let it be a consolation to tn
little vans to know that they have
paved tn way to tn frozen north with
their sacrifices.
with this priceless threasure in me
possession, I was able to break through
tn silence in WalIo Wallo. It created
a great pollyticksI scandal in tn
frozen north.
a pathriottc pote has wrote pOme
about it, begiuniu': Just FIR a gum
dhrop he sold us, Just fr a gum dhrop
TO wear in his hair But what cared [?
Infamed with scientific zeal to get to
tn pole ahead " me old boss, 1 wud
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-12

Dye think" asked Mr.. Hennessy,
that both these lads has discovered the
north pole?"
Faith. I don't know" said Mr., Doc
ley. "Ayether they nave discovered it
or they've invinted it. It don't make
much ff'rence which. amt an arctic
explorer. All the polar observations I
have liver took has been took at a pint
about d foot an a half firm a base
I've had me theories an I'm glad to see
thin verified. Wan is thin was that tn
north pole was in northerly direction.
Another was that if liver discovered a
careful observer wud find ice in the
neighborhood Both contributions to
science has been established. TIL scicn-
tifc wurruld is no longer i'm doubt. TIL
north pole is sartinly i'm tn north. 1t is
not so far north to go to as / thought,
but IT is farther to come away firm. Ye
go up in tn AFTERNOON ON tn publick
sledge that meets tn two-thirty at Up
per Navik an We come back i'm firm two
TO five years. As f'r tn ice, it was not
uicissry 10 bring back specimens. Both
explorers agree that they noted distinct
thraces iv this precyous min'r3l indi-
catin' that there are yaIyabIe deposits
near by. Why, thin, ask me what good
does arctic exploration do whin these
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-12
Mr.. Dooley on the North Pole

miles in extint, which WallO WallO said
was a game presarve. We did not go
near it. A lack iv public spirit on tn
part iv tn polar taxpayers mas left tn
ice here in an extremely bad condition.
It is full iv ruts. Why will not these
people larn that their business will SUI
fer if they do not keep up tn highways?
AT o'clock we had dog FIR tea.
This rejooced our speed to sixty miles
an hour. But at five o'clock me heart
stopped beating, fr Wallo WaIlo cried,
Here we ARE" We were at last at
tn cool iv our ambitions. I will de-
scribe me sinsations. Me first sinsation
was: Thank hiven it's an American,
an it amt Peary that has won this
glory FIR tn old flag / Immediately
made scientific observations. He said
he knew tn district as well as knew
Fulton street, Brooklyn. FIR tn puT-
pose iv further satisfyin' tn skeptical.
I observed that tn pole was surrounded
an covered be ice. How wud ] describe
il? ] wud say that it looked like a
skating rink, although not so denseIy
populated. With regret at havin' to lave
this beautiful country, 7 FASTENED back
an be FORCED marches reached civ
vylization in wan year an six months.
was panied not to meet me old frind
an shipmate, Commander Peary. /
hope he's had an injyeable time in Gu
bia, or wherever he's spint tn winter
We'll, sir, tn enthrepid explorer had
hardly been back in Copenhagen long
enough to have his hair cut an take
dinner with tn king, whin opened UP
tn pa-aper an see that Peary had dis
covered tn north pole, too. Sthrange
he didn't see Doctor Cook. He must've
been on tn other side Nv tn pole at tn
time. 'Twud've been very affectin' If
these two men had met on tn top iv tn
earth. Thin there wudden't be amy
question iv which was tn first. TIL
wan that got home at all wud be tn
boy How they wud've embraced each
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-12

do anything. Laden down with gum
dhrops, with. hundherds iv these bar
barrie ornymints gleamin' in his dark
hair. tn potyntate led me to tn place
in his back yard where tn north pole
had been secreted FIR cinchries or
p'rhaps even longer.
Besides tn gum dhrops, L was
equipped with a watch to take tn mic
issry observations I lost tn watch. TIL
Eskymo chief an mesilf thraveled on a
sledge dhrawn be tn fastest dogs in
thin parts. 7 cannot speak too highly
Nv these faithful animals. ThrUsted an
thrue they sarved akelIy we'll as beasts
iv burden, familyar pets an quick lunch.
7 cud not refrain firm a sigh iv regret
as I ct tn last iv thin on me way home
an murmured: Farewell, faithful
frind.' Besides our dumb solaces, we
had an excellent brand iv blubber an a
light relish iv tallow candles which
WaTlo Wauo usu'Iy washed down with
a lick at his bracelet " sum dhrops.
AT two-thirty we put tn electhric
lights iv Upper Navik behind us an
were started on our journey. TIL days
flew with incredible speed. Our suffer-
ms were intense. Mote to iditor. In
sert sUfferin'sD At three o'clock we
stopped TO kill a musk-ox. At three
thirty we see on our right a vast island
iv thirty-six thousand FIVE hundherd
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By F. P. DUN NE
Copyright 1909, by H H Mcclure Company,

Tn toughest thing a man who discovers
tn pole has to face is to come home an
say he's done it, Tn amount iv ice he
has to cross i'm Greenland is nawthin'
to what me must penetrate i'm civvyH-
zation. Befure Dock Cook had got
shave. before he had poured out a saul
cerful 'iv tea at tn king iv Denmark's
palace prominent citizens was iuther-
viewed. am says they. Tt is impOsst-
BILE that this here thing cudve been
done. I know great deal about arctic
exploration, am I am prepared to say
that it wud have been out IN tn ques-
ton FIR Doctor Cook To get to tn north
pole tn way ne says he done 1T. no
wan cud stand such exposure 10 tn chill,
oastCrIy winds that blow up there with
out wearin' chest protictir, am hc
don't waust muton chest PROTECTORS
amongst mis- equipment. VIII ye kind
/ ly close the dUee T can't bear a dhraft.'
An whiH Peary come back tn professor
/ iv geology I'm wan iv our Iadu' institu-
tons iv Iarum said. Firm me Inowl-
edge fv geological formations. Z know
that Peary was 0ivor at the pole. J ann
prepared to say without hesitation that
human life can't bo maintained north
| iv Evanston. Uiuye'
! An soft goes. Thank tn Lord. I've
ufver di5sh-cred tn north pole, am So
mo reputation FIR truth am verarity viii
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