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New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
DIR. DoTY FOE OF MOSQUITOES.

As side line to his activity as Health ohlcer Dr'
Doty has played the role of mosquito exterminatoI
In staten Island Obtaining appropriation OK
"a 900 from the city OF New York, ne has super
yised the ditching Of some square miles of
swamp land with seven hundred miles OF ditches'
and the dweIIers the island have largely missed
the familiar buzz OF SOlIicitans in the last TWO
years pr Doty is carrying on experiments
nounce results in a couple Of months lie is na-
tive OF Albany, studied in the Rochester Nll,diy
Academy. entered the Bellevue Hospital MedicaI
School, and upon graduation in 1878. became a..
tached TO the Health Department of New YORK
City While chief Inspector of the division OF CON
tagious diseases he was appointed Health oihcSI
Of the Port Of New York by Governor Morton IN
1884, and has held that office since He y
ex oficio a member of the New York City Boaru
of Health He has a by early naTrlasV
and married a second time in 1901 His second VIC
was Miss Blanche IDA Rees, daughter or a Fltts-
burg manufacturer Dr. DOty plays a little soi-'
but his chief recreations are the opera, the the-
atre and social affairs.
DR. Edward s Rimer Deputy Health Ofneer ahS
one OF DR. Doty's chief undeTstudies, is noted IoE
his expertness in detecting the paleness OF Chnes7
and negro suspects-a feat which calls for the
highest skill In estimating color yalues-ano u.
the speed with which he can disinfect persons ana
things aboard the steamer James W. WadsWor'h
The appurtenances OF this floating dsinfectihs stA
tion include shower baths. tanks OF bichlorios u
mercury barrels Of carboIic acid. tons of sulphur
q formaldehyde chamber and compressed steam
chamber large enough to hold the contents OF
small fat
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
TERRA MARINE INN AND COTTAGES.

Terra Marine Inn on the beach near Hugusn0-s
Staten Island has arranged for special music ana
a special menu for the July holidays On Friday,
July 2 a reception for the patrons of the Inn VIII
be held. Special arrangements have also oesH
made for entertaining the full capacity Of the mn
over Saturday and Sunday.
Louis c. Mouquin. the well known resTauraeeuf
OF New York City. has taken one Of the Terra
Marine cottages for the Mr.. MOuqUtn mas
spent several seasons at the Inn Another OF tu7
Terra Marine cottages has just been taken DS
William b. Murray and family OF Brooklyn.
Congratulations. old man, suppose you II
tickied 20 death because it's boy"
Yes: In a few years now I'll have an excuse
for going to the circus. detroit Free PresA
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-22
o MUST

This is the way the Arlington Sun
views some of u new laws: II you
are asked to "step In and have one''
nows you must decline. The new anti
treating law Is in force. II a man
hands YOU a piece Of tissue paper you
had better not take 1t, for the anti
cigarette law is in force. II you take
q social glass; or accept the 'mak-
ms" you are liable to be punished.
A mar who gets drunk now can't lay
1t to "the boys he moy just as well
go home and acknowledge to his wife
that he bowled up and kept at It as
long as he could hang to the edge
Of the bar. What the effects of the
a~nti-treating law viii be is yet to be
determined, but the advocates of the
measure feel confident that the saloon
keepers and bartenders will heartily
cooperate "a Its enforcement. and that
if they 40 It will come within about
ore of ~abolIshing the liquor traffic in
re state. The vendors OF cigarettes
~ also expected to help in the en-
lorcem&nt AZ the law against their
huline6C md ths co6ln nails likewise
1G1ll 61tS - thing 81 the past. Let
1 hops that 4 may b -.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-22
TAFT'S WARNING.

President Taft's suggestion at the
| Yale alumni dinner that IF the repub'
| lican party does not live up TO what
the people expect Of 1t 1t may be
relegated to her majesty's opposition,
ought to enlighten those republicans
In Washington who have labored to
obscure and nullify what the public
understood to be party pledges OF
| downward tariff revision. Mr.. Taft
takes a serious view Of party obliga-
lions and has no sympathy with the
| sophistical argument advanced in the
senate that the republican national
platform Of 1903 as interpreted with
out challenge Of any sort by the re-
publican presidential candidate, left
the party's representatives in con-
gress free to re-enact practically un-
changed a law declared out OF date
because Of the enormous changes in
commercial and Industrial conditions
which had occurred since 1t was put
on the statute book. There can be
no doubt that the voters believed it
to be the intention Of the republican
party to make an adequate revision Of
the Dingley rates, with material re-
duction in many schedules, Good
faith and sound party policy require
thn trlGIlp,nnf nnuy NJ HndiGDlItod
prediction promises.
The president Is shrewder than
the party leaders in the senate
foreseeing the political dangers in
volved in disappointing just popular
expectations. No party a success
fully livedown a record Of broken
pledges. A competent handling of the
tariff question in this congress-the
general acceptance, for Instance, OF
the program of revision which the
house Of representatives and the
president support-would make the
republican party invincible in the
nation, removing the only issue on
which in recent years it has been
successfully attacked. The senate
has done nothing to secure such a
notable party advantage. On the con-
trary, it has done a good deal to
show that on the tariff Issue re-
publican leadership in one branch of
congress Is not alert and progressive.
The presidents remark at New Haven
suggests that the great weight of his
personal and political authority will
used to repair the senate's blum
der. The country will gladly infer
that he will do his best to enforce
dealing with the public and a
satisfactory fulfllment of party duty
and party promises.-New York Tri-
bune.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-22
Personal and Local

Frank Alton was over from Volga
Tuesday.
f. C. Paige made a business trip
to Gettysburg the first of the week.
Fifty-three tickets were sold from
here on the excursion to Hot Springs
Saturday.
Russell Knappen left last evening
for a visit to various points on the
Pacific coast.
Clyde Tidal went to the Twin Cities
the last Of the week and spent a
couple Of days.
Miss Cora Gullick went to Mitchell
the last of the week for a visit with
Mrs. Orrin Martinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Katz, who have
been spending the week at the Colum.
bia store, left for st. Paul Tuesday.
B. w. Lanphier left this week for
Great Falls, Montana, where he will
spend some time looking over the
country.
The Brookings kid ball team went
to Estelline this morning with the
intention Of cleaning up the youths
Of that burg.
Miss Freda Green arrived from Lit
tie Rock. Iowa Monday evening FOL
: visit with her brother. DR.. B. +
Green and family.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-22

Up in Sphinx county the judge of
the circuit court was about to dis
miss a divorce suit on the grounds
of insufficient evidence when the wife,
who was the defendant in the case,
offered to furnish some ready-made
evidence by beating her husband over
the head with a brick. This on
WINGED the court that there was no
use in compelling the couple to live
together and he granted the divorce.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-22
HARRY WENTZY UP AGAINST IT.

This Is a big world and there are
a good many people in 1t, but man is
a cunning kus and some Of them can
keep pretty close tab on the other
fellow and whatever part of the globe
he may be standing on. This all came
home to Harry Wentzy, publisher of
the Rapid City Guide and Puckwana
Press, now visiting the land Of his
birth, accompanied by his father, on
the southern border Of Germania.
Some of the Cars uniformed minions
seized the South Dakota editor under
the German military law and it was
up to him to either serve the statu-
tory term in the German army or sum-
non q few Of his Uncle Samuel's war
ships to get him out of the predica-
ment. The military authorities final
ly released him, but 1t cost him $3.50
in good hard plunks to accomplish 1t.
The military laws of Germany COM
pei every male born in that country
to serve a certain length of time In
the army, and it appears that citi-
zens of the United States are no ex-
ception If caught within the German
border at any time. 1t is nearly thir-
ty years since Harry left that country
with his family and of course he
never dreamed they'd conscript him.
If he had it all to do over again he'd
be born in a white mans country
Kimball Graphic.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-22

The democrats of the House of Rep
resentatives defeated the republicans
in a ball game Friday, the score being
2S to 16. Uncle Joe Cannon explained
the defeat on the ground that the re-
publicans have had the democrats on
the run SO long that they couldn't
help but make the most runs
Neither side displayed much base ball
ability, but the game furnished lots of
fun for the onlookers.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-22

The people of Mitchell are very
much aroused over the prospect of
having a colony Of Mormons for neigh
bors, and a meeting Of the different
churches was held to see what could
be done about the matter. There has
been so many Mormon stories float
ing around the past few years that
the report OF a settlement at Mitchell
may be only a myth.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-22

1t is not very hard to write sizzl-
ing editorials at this time of the year,
but we notice that very few of our
exchanges are doing 1t. Strenosity
does not work well In this kind Of
weather.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-22

The national association Of clothing
manufacturers announc that all ready
made clothing will be advanced
twenty-five per cent II the present
wooden schedule in the tariff law Is
adopted. Other lines are yet to he
heard from, and the householder with
a growing family seems to have a
merry time ahead Of him.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-22
President Taft has given an ulti

President Taft has given an ulti-
matum to congress that he will @
pect a decided downward revision OF
the tariff bill now in the hands Of the
conferees. The high p~rotectionists are
inclined to be peaved at the presi
dent for what they call Quitting in
and there is likely to be some warm
times before the bill is finally agreed
upon.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-22

Mrs, Ross of the 500 Critic has
been granted a divorce from her hus-
band and that individual can now pur-
sue his affinities in peace.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-22

DR.. William Osler, who several
years ago stated that all men should
be chloroformed when they reached
the age OF sixty, passed that mile
stone last Thursday. He is well and
hearty and has no immediate desire
TO quit the world.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-22

The first arrest under the anti-cig-
arctic law was made at Mitchell last
week, and the accused was given a
$40 fine. This looks as though the
new law will be enforced In some
parts OF the state, anyway.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-22

We thought we had heard the last OF
the Kaufman case, but it seems not.
The Sioux City News is now giving
n complete history Of the case from
a non-partisan standpoint. However,
it Is getting very tiresome from any
standpoint.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-09-16
"rm Coming to Medicine Bend superintendent"

flagman over. Tell Whitmyer we will
stay at Cold Springs tonight"
Il thought you we're going through
to Medicine Bend" suggested Smith
as the tralnman disappeared.
"McCloud." repeated Bucks. taking
up his cigar and throwing back his
head In cloud of smoke.
YES" assented his companion:
but am going through to Medicine
Bend. Mr.. Bucks"
DO"
How am / to do IT."
Take the car and send II back to-
morrow on Number Three"
THANK you, II you won't need 1t to-
night"
Il sha'nt. ! am going to stay at
Cold Springs tonight and hunt up Nc
Cloud"
But that man Ia In bed in a very
bad way; you can't see him. He is
going to die"
mo. he isn't. am going to hunt
him up and have him taken care Of"
Ten weeks later McCloud was sent
from Medicine Bend up on the Short
Line as trainmaster, and ON the Short
Line he learned railroading.
That's how I came here" said
George McCloud to Farrell Kennedy a
long time afterward. at Medicine
Bend. Il had shrlveIed and starved
three years out there In the desert.
lived with those cattle underground
till had forgotten my own people,
my own name, my own face-and
Bucks came along one day with Wits
pering Smith and dragged me out OF
my coffin. They had IL ordered. aud
II being a small size and 'onhandy.' as
the undertake. said, paid for it and
told him to store 1t for me. Well. do
you think l ever could forget either
of those men, Farrellg"
In all the group Of young men then
on the mountain liyisios, obscure and
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not out of the brother. Yes, I've
talked with him. He can't do anything
but figure elevations, and, by heaven,
we can't feed our own engineers here
now" So George found himself
stranded In the mountains.
Morris Blood was cut up over It, but
George McCloud took 1t quietly. I'm
no worse on here than / was back
there. Morris" Blood. at that, plucked
up courage to ask George to take a
job in the Cold Springs mines, and
George jumped at IL. II was impos-
sible to get a white man to live at
Cold Springs after he could save
money enough to get away. so George
was welcomed as assistant superin-
tendent at the Number Eight mine,
with no salary to speak of and all the
work.
One day. coming down special"
from Bear Dance, Gordon Smith, who
bore the nickname Whispering Smith,
rode with President Bucks In the
privacy Of his car. The day had been
long. and the alkali lay light on the
desert. The business in hand had
been canyassed, and the troubles put
aside for chicken. coffee and cigars,
when Smith. who did not smoke. told
the story of something he had seen
the day before at Cold Springs that
pleased him.
The men In the Number Eight mine
had determined to get rid OF some
Italians. and after a good deal Of
rowing had started in to catch one OF
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CHAPTER ~.
George Mecloud.


McCloud was an exception to every
tradition that goes to make up a noun
tain railroad man. He was from New
England, with mild voice and a hand
that roughened very slowly. McCloud
was a classmate of Morris Bloods at
the Boston Tech" and the acquaiut-
ance begun there continued after the
two left school, with scattering fire
of letters between the mountains and
New England, as few and as far be-
tween as mems letters usually scatter
after an ardent school acquaintance.
There we're just two boys in the Nc
Cloud family-John and George. One
had always been intended for the
church. the other for science. Some
how the boys got mixed in their era.
dies, and John got into the church. For
George, who ought to have been a
clergyman, nothing was left but long
engineering course for which, after he
got 1t, he appeared to have no use.
However, 1t seemed a little late to
shift the life alignments. John had
the pulpit and appeared disposed to
keep It, and George was left, like
New England farm. to wonder what
had become of himself.
1t is, nevertheless, odd how matters
come about. John McCloud. a pros
porous young clergyman. stopped on a
California trip at Medicine Bend TO
see brother Georges classmate and
something of real western town. He
saw nothing sensational-it was there,
but he did not see it--but he found
both hospitality and gentlemen, and,
II surprised, was too well-bred to ad-
NIT 1t. His one-day stop ran on to
severa; days. In leaving. John Nc Cloud,
In a seventh heaven OF enthusiasm
over the high country, asked Morris
Blood why he could not find some
thing for George out there; and Blood,
not even knowing the boy wanted to
come, wrote for him, and asked Bucks
to give him job. Possibly, being
oversolicitous, George was nervous
when he talked to Bucks; possibly
the impression left by his big, strong,
bluff brother John made against the
boy; at all events, Bucks, after he
talked with George. shook his head.
Il could make a first-class railroad
man out Of the preacher, Morris, but
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them and hang him. They had chosen
a time when McCloud, the assistant
superintendent of the mine, was down
with mountain fever. 1t was he who
had put the Italians into the mine.
He had already defended them from
injury, and would be likely, It was
known, to do so again II he were able.
On this day a mob had been chasing
the dagos, and had at length captured
one. They were running him down
the street to a telegraph pole when
the assistant superintendent appeared
in scant attire and stopped them.
Taking advantage of the momentary
confusion, he hustled their victim into
the only place of refuge at hand, a
billiard hall. The mob rushed the
hall. In the farthest corner the I'M
lucky Italian. bleeding like a bullock
and insane with fright. knelt, clinging
to McCloud's shaky knees. In trying
to make the back door the two had
been cut off, and the sick boss had
got into corner behind a pool table
to make his stand In his pocket he
he&a q PAotVAg tAdt " uoC ~
meant death TO him as well as to the
wretch he was trying to save. Fifty
men were yelling In the room. They
had rope, hatchets, sprinkling OF
guns, and whisky enough to burn the
town, and in the corner behind pool
table stood the mining boss with
mountain fever, the dsgo and broken
billiard cue.
Bucks took the cigar from his
mouth, leaned forward In his chair,
and stretched his heavy chin out of
his neck as II the situation now
promised a story. The leader, Smith
continued, was the mine blacksmith
strapping Welshman. from whom
McCloud had taken the Italian In the
street. The blacksmith had a revol-
yer, and was crazy with liquor. Nc
Cloud singled him out in the crowd,
pointed a finger 81 him. got the atten-
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-09-16

ton Of the mon, and dashed him across
the table with his tongue until the
blacksmith opened fire on him with
his revolver. McCloud all the while
shaking his finger at him and abusing
him like a pickpocket. THE crowd
couldn't believe its eyes," Gordon
Smith concluded, "and McCloud was
pushing for the blacksmith with his
cue. when Kennedy and squirmed
through TO the front and relieved the
tension. McCloud wasn't hit"
What is that mining mans manner"
asked Bucks. reaching for a message
clip.
'McCloud."
First name" continued Bucks.
mechanically.
George"
Bucks looked at his companion In
surprise. Then he s21lxe. and feel
ing of establishment was reflected In
his words. George McCloud." he
echoed. did you say George? Why.
I must know that man. turned him
down once for Job. He looked so
peaceable / thought he was too soft
for u.s." The president laid down his
cigar with a gesture Of disgust. "And
yet there really are people along this
line that think I'm clever. I haven't
judgment enough to operate a trolley
car. It's a shame TO take the money
they give me for running this system.
Gordon. Hanged II didn't think that
fellow was too soft" He called the
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Cant l ride him DOWN."

Oaa AAaO AAAA aChas
1T would be pretty rough riding"
"Oh. Jim goes anywhere" she said
with her attractive indifference to sit.
uations. IF you don't mind helping
me mount"
with pleasure"
She stood waiting for his hand and
McCloud stood, not knowing Just what
to do. She glanced at him expectant.
ly. The sun grew intensely hot.
You will have to show me how,
he stammered at last.
Don't you know?"
He mentally cursed the technical
education that left him helpless at
such a moment. but it was useless to
pretend. Frankly, l don't"
"Just give me your hand. oh. not
In that wayl But never mind. I'll
walk" she suggested, catching up her
skirt.
The rocks will cut your boots all
to pieces. Suppose you tell me what
to do this once" he said, assuming
some confidence. "I'll never forget"
"Why, if you will just give me your
hand for my foot, 1 can manage. you
know"
He did not know, but she lifted her
skirt graciously. and her crushed boot
rested easily for a moment in his
hand. She rose in the air above him
before he could well comprehend. He
felt the quick spring from his sup
porting hand. and it was an instant Of
exhilaration. Then she balanced her
self with a flushed laugh in the sad
die. and he guided her ahead among
the loose rocks. the horse nosing at
his elbow as they picked their way.
Crossing the track. they gained bet
ter ground. AS they reached the
switch and passed a box car, Jim
SHE'D, and Dicksie spoke sharply to
him. McCloud turned.
In the shade OF the car lay the
tramp.
THAT man lying there frightened
him." explained Dicksie. oh" she
exclaimed, suddenly, 'he has been
hurtl" She turned away her head. rs
that the man who was in the wreck"
yes"
do something for him. He must
be suffering terribly"
"The men gave him some water
awhile ago, and when we moved him
into the shade we thought he was
dead"
"He isn't dead yeti" Dicksie's face,
still averted, had grown white. Il
saw him move. Can't you do some
thing for him."
She refined up at a little distance.
McCloud bent over the man mo-
ment and spoke to him. When he rose
he called to the men on the track.
you are right" he said, rejoining
Dicksie; "he is very much alive. His
name is Wickwire; he is a cowboy"
"a cowboy"
"A tramp cowboy"
what can you do with himT'
'I'll have the men put him in the
caboose and send him to Barnhardt's
hospital at Medicine Bend when the
engine comes back. He may live yet.
II be does, he can thank you for it,"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-09-16
CHAPTER ".
The Crawling Stone

The valley of Crawling Stone river
marked for more than a decade the
dead line between the overland route
of the white man and the last country
OF the Sioux. 1t was long after the
building OF the first line before even
an engineers reconnaissance was
made in the Crawling Stone country.
Then within ten years, three surveys
were made. two on the north sI6o OF
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-09-16
Unsympathetlc.

Mrs. Malaprop-Young Sharp win
have to apologize before III speak to
him again.
Miss Interest--Did he insult you?
Mrs. Malaprop-Did he? The last
time | met him told him that my
uncle. Lord de Style. had locomo
tive atacksia, and he had the !mpu
denee to ask II he 'wnistled at cross.
ings." He's an unsympatheti1 brute
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-09-16
SYNOPSIS.

Murray Sinclair and his gang Of wreck
ers were called out TO clear the railroad
tracks at Smoky Creek. McCloud,
young road superintendent, caught Sim
clair and his men in the act of looting
the wrecked train. Sinclair pleaded In
nocence, declaring II only amounted 70 a
small sum-a treat for the men. McCloud
discharged the whole outfit and ordered
the wreckage burned. McCloud became
acquainted with Dicksie Dunning. a girl
of the west who came to look at the
wreck.
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