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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-09-02
EARLY FALL CHARMS
In Our Dry Goods Department

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Make selections early.
OF the popular shades prices from soc $l75
the yard
HOpsacingO the goods be had in blue black
myrtle 54 inches, $1.38 the yard
NOveyThi the basket and in blue black myrtle 81
inches wide, $1.25 the yard
strong line of Fancy SO inches wide
elderberry. These all great value $1.5O the yard
TaeaThese great wool goods all the leading shades Al inches
widc $500 the yard
POpIns-Ask goods ~ inches wide $3.50 the yard
Plads-Wc strong hdrcns dresses 36nches
WIDE soc the yard
extremely strong line Fall Dress Goods for in
spccton
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will be plowed and sown to winter wheat
and will yield harvest.
What proportion Of western Nebraska viii
eventually be brought under irrigation
either direct OF indirect we have no means
of determining At present 1t would be idle
to guess. It all depends upon the water
supply and that depends upon the skill
with which the flood waters are impounded.
irrigation systems that are constructed to
use only the normal river flow Will always
be unsatisfactory and meager in their re-
suits. The trouble is that the supply Is
not under the absolute control of the irri-
gator. On tho North Platte, both in Ne
braska and Wyoming, numerous irrigation
enterprises are in progress. Some of them
are complete, but most are in q state OF
construction. Along this valley between
Northport, Neb., and Guernsey, Wyo., are
10000 acres of rich land susceptible OF irri-
CATION and with water supply apparently
sufficient to do the business. The land
adjacent to the Niobrara is as yet practi-
cally untouched and uninvestigated but the
possibilities are, no doubt, equal to those
on the South and North Platte.
Irrigation in western Nebraska is in its
infancy. As in the case Of any other in
surance. the public must be educated up
to It. Like the old salt who prefers the
three-master, with all the uncertainties OF
the wind, to a steamer and sure thing,
the old farmer prefers to depend upon the
rain that comes in ard out OF season TO a
quiet mind based upon a dead cinoh under
a system of irrigation.
large per cent OF these enterprises are
stil in the experimental state Few have
adopted the reservoir system and few con-
troll the land adjacent to the canals. What
the possibilities Of western Nebraska are
in this line may be appreciated when we
remember that the 100000 acres Of irri-
gated land In Colorado produced a revenue
Of s5O,OOO,OOO as much as the combined
mines of the entire state, and Colorado is
a mining state.
Land stiH Very Reasonable.
Land is cheap in western Nebraska. Its
price depends upon Its location. it's prox-
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of the

that they had left the KaatersSill behind.
and were nearing Black Head mountains
though he confessed to himself that the
crags revealed by the lightning might be
the Hunter peaks, or even the submits Of
Slide mountains. All he really knew was
that he was far above the Catskills. and
that unless he could out-maneuver the ele-
ments, they faced an encounter with rain
wind and great possibilities in the way OF
lightning. The domes Of thunder cloud a
few miles TO their right seemed almost low
enough TO be overpassed so he set the
levers Tor an ascent; and the Virginia rose
like an osprey chased by an eagle.
Which way does that shoot u.s." Queried
Craighead. III foremost tar may in
quireg'
'Fory-nve degrees up" answered Car
SON
Afraid OF contamination by low assoeia-
tons or whatg'
I'm trying your suggestion" answered
Carson. I'm scaling the front OF that
shower"
Thank YOU" said Craighead. "A dash
into a bliEzard may give me an appetite.
oh. Tor a hard-boiled hailstonei Blu,
man. man. the audacity OF itl"
Even Craighcad's voice was hushed IN
awe. Like the fairy domes Of some city
OF oriental fable. rose the cloud castles
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unity to water. There is government land,
too. miles OF II to be had for the taking.
But he who goes TO western Nebraska must
20 with a fun understanding Of the condi-
tons There is money for the industrious
smell farmer who win raise stock for beef
and butter fat. There is money for the in
dustrious man who secures land under an
irrigation ditch. In some sections Of this
region there is money in winter wheat. in
alfalfa, in hogs and under irrigation in
sugar beets.
Semi. arid Nebraska has its drawbacks,
but Il has it's compensationB a. well. The
climate is heAlthfuI for both man and
brute. The markets are good, both to the
east and west. Its powers are great, Rnc
it's evolution has Just begun.
with the immense drops of the last three
or four seasons the farmers have paid their
debts, lifted mortgages and filled the bank
vaults with money to loan.
The history OF modern Nebraska dates
from the opening OF the Union Pacific rail-
way, after the close OF the civil war.
Omaha then a noisy wagon train village
perched on the mud banks OF the Missouri
where passengers bound east and west over
the Union Pacific line had to wait some
times two days for the wind to change so
that they could cross the tremendous roll
ing tide OF mud and sand IN the creaking
steamboats, which did duty at the ferry.
Tremendous crops cover the ground as
far as the eve can reach, where a few
years ago the Sioux and Comanche indians
chased buffaloes and college professors
hunted fossils. Nebraska alone has re-
sources ana area enough to pay the ma
tional debt II it were TO work Its wand OF
OF prosperity to the limit. Although Ne
braska forms the geographical center Of
the United States, the phenomenon Of set
Element has made it appear far to the
west. We are apt to look upon Nebraska
as a young state, young in its geological
formation in its political existence and in
It's historical record
Nebraska Well Watered.
II is doubtful II any prairie state is as
wen watered as Nebraska. An extensive
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lay brown In the bleak winds Of February
"a bare as a fsllOw field.
Another potent influence in the evolution
Of semi-arid Nebraska lsethe creamery and
the Swimming station. Here is combina-
tion--a merger--to which the granger offers
no objection. This is not ideal dairying,
neither Is II ideal stock raising, but 1t is a
combination OF dalrying and beef raising
that brings the proper financial results,
and gradually changes a wild range coun-
try into a settled community dotted with
homes and churches and school houses
Owing to the peculiar geological forma-
ton underlying semi-arid Nebraska from
ten TO fifty feet, is what u called sheet
water"-R vast system Of subterranean
drainage. This water is reached by wells
and lifted by the aid of windmills for stock
use and for purposes of garden irrigation.
The part which this subterranean water
and the windmills will play in the future
development OF western Nebraska is as yet
problematcal.
1t is owing to the presence Of this sheet
water that alfalfa is able TO perform its
yearly miracles. Wherever the sub
drainage is not more than twenty feet
below the surface the natural well digger
will find II. Its roots are so many tiny
pumps that, guided by some mysterious
instinct, find the water and bring it to the
surface to be stored for use. Indirectly
alfalfa Is the great irrigator. It not only
brings water from the depths for hogs and
cattle, but 10 draws from the soil and the
air and the sun food for tissue building
Rain Comes EARLY.
The rain OF semi-arid Nebraska falls
largely during the early part Of the grow.
Ing season. A crop that will mature before
July has, as a usual thing. sufficient mois-
ture. Bearing this in mind, 1t is easy tC
see what effect the discovery that winter
wheat win stand the Nebraska climate will
have on the western half of the state
Thousands OF acres that have felt nothing
but the tread Of the grazing herds-acrel
that cannot be reached by irrtgauon-acrei
that will not produce corn or even alfalfa
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cliffs Overlooking the region, as its owner
overloaded his fellows. the Hold was a
place OF mystery. holding no nelghborship
with the people below, who sometimes
heard bursts OF sweet music, a voice lifted
high in song. or the pealing OF a great
organ, descending as II from Olympus.
FOresters and woodmen, tramps aud camp
ers. rich and poor, were shut out from this
terrestrial paradise, fenced from the world
Ike Eden Of old by mountain walls. and
by masonry as firm as the hills. The
huge aeronats came IN sWarms, some
times, like fabulous birds cOngregatinR for
some mysterious purpose not understood
by those who looked with upturned faces,
and with hating hearts-for the man below
always resents the Haunting and DONNA
ton OF him above. For this. however. Mr.
Shayne and his guests, I'm the high alti-
tudes of GOODNESS and health. with every
thing that wealth could furnish isolated
IN a world OF their own, cared nothing. The
sailing OF the seas Of air had made this
place possible; and by no other means
could II be reached. 1t was a real Laputa
an island in the air; and those only
could reach IL who could fly.
Seen from above, II seemed a precipita-
tion IN stone OF the vision OF a Bedford.
The cliffs formed circle so artificialzed
as to impart the impression that the noun
tain itself had been built by man. Damned
in the old ravines, glimmered three TRAN
guiar lakes sWarming with pleasure craft
and ornate with boat houses and pergolas
sklrting the cliff ran a line OF arc-lighi
clusters, patroled by a guard against in
truders from below-thelr long vigil as YET
unrewarded by single trespass. The
Eghts-afiery wreath for the brow OF q
mountain Baechus-made twilight in ths
hollow where stood the beautiful house, Sc
built as 70 seem already enwrapped In this
Ivy, and drab with the weatherlng Of age
About the peak ran a labyrinth OF birdie
paths and carriage roads. all outlined from
above by winding lines OF lights, ike the
route OF an army OF bewildered glow
worms. Hidden by a spur OF cliff. was
the immense airshlp garage the most com.
modious IN the world save those Of ths
king OF England and the president Of ths
Russian republic. There were summer
houses and Conservatives; Osllarage foi
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mountains, high, craggy, jostling the lower
clouds From this region OF shadow they
emerged into the moonlight again, and
began their search for signs OF human
habitation--a quest seemingly hopeless. not
from any lack OF houses, but from the I'M
likelihood OF finding the one place sought
Even by day II might not have been easy
Yet the Virginia, systematically scouting,
no longer pursued her flight like a migrat-
ing bird. but flew here and there as II for
prey. At every lightning flash Carson
peered about for white walls open pools,
or other signs OF 80 rich a dwelling. Wher-
ever the scarped mountain side simulated
masonry, they lowered and made sure It
was not a wall Finally, just as Theodore
was at the point Of retreat, both at once
saw what neither doubted was Shayne's
Hold.
The Hold was on a triple peak OF one OF
the ruggedest and highest masses of the
Catskills, rising steep as q wall. hundreds
OF feet IN the air, to three submits, In the
midst OF which stood the mansion. Soil
from below had been placed In the hollow
between the peaks, and gardens planted in
H. The huge buildings had been built; the
animals had been introduced; the last lux
ury had been supplied-and shaynes Hold
had been sealed up. Down from the noun
tains flowed three streams, up which had
run the precipitous roads TO the top; and
when the time came for closing the Hold
to those who had no way OF navigating the
air, Mr.. shayne had built across them i'm
mense dams. using materials blasted from
the mountain sides at such places as 20
render quite unscalable every place where
ascent might have been possible before.
The steopened precipces thus carried
across the ravines In masonry made a
lofty wall entirely around the mountain.
The water filled up the abysses behind the
dams; and thus where roads had been.
were now deep lakes stocked with fish.
and eruised over by every craft which saIi
or oar or motor might III for ministry 70
luxury and pleasure.
The dams furnished electricity 10 light
and heat the Hold, and 10 propel rs vehi-
oles- Every effect that could be produced
BY lights. white and ooiored, the electri-
clan artists had worked out for the nlumi-
nation Of this enchanted palace hung on
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a Luoullus; stables and kennels courts.
alleys and halls for games; nbraries gal
leriesi ObservatOries-an alter cribs i'm.
mune to the airs, diseases, noises, tumults,
and unchosen companionHhips OF the lower
earth-and, indeed, TO a great degree im-
mune In its laws; for Shayns's Hold was
by special act a unit OF civil government.
With magistrate and constables chosen by
form OF law from it's own servants. Thus
the Hold drew up its rocky skirts and
Hpurned the contamination Of the neighbour
hood and the trammels OF local law.
The lightning had disabled its lighting
system for the most part, and the Hold
had gone dark. Carson had made two or
three reconnaissances over the very spot,
but had not suspected its presence, for the
sky was clouded and the luster OF the
pools too feeble to reach his eyes; 80 that
the sudden outfiash OF the myriad lights,
when the currents were restored, carne 10
both men with astonishing unexpectedness.
Cralghead was clamoring for an abandon
ment OF their search
Il ask not for human grub" said he.
hut turn me loose to dig roots, or may
hap snare a toad or sxhume a worm. /
would not live Away but how would you
bury me up here, old scout? Thinkr
Il have been thinking" replied Carson
and must admit that you are correct
look there"
The Hold had blossomed suddenly IN fire
The lakes edged with light glimmered ike
mirrors the clustered arc lights dellmited
the high mesa like mapi the winding
labyrinth OF ineandescents netted the
peaks Ike glowing IAlliputlan threads
about the recumbent CULVER; and IA the
midst stood a great roomy, columned
mansion, its wings in shade its central
court agleam, tile radiant heart OF an
elaborate splendor. Carson drew in his
breath sharply.
MY Cod" said he. who could ever
think OF such a thing?"
Craighead was silent until Carson un-
hestatingly turned the PROV Of the Vir-
ginia directly toward the Hold
What would you do now2' he asked
PLAY we're kids going after hgers-and
finding them
Go Be- ConHnusdl
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an archangels sword-its slashing blow
barely missing the speck OF man-made
mechanism which blindly felt it's way
through the lair OF the lightning. like shall
lop in the home OF the Mdgard Snake The
thunder pealed out In a swift tearing
crash sudden as a gunshot. The metallic
points Of the Virginia blazed with white
flame. The electric lights winked out like
closed eyes. and then shone forth again.
The men felt tnglings In their fingers and
toes. their hair stood out stiff as II frozen
while wet-and then came back the dark
ness, the cold. the rain and mist and the
beating OF the wind.
Carson sat with his hand on his levers,
pale as II dead; Craighead elutched a
hand rail, his eyes turned aloft as n IN
invocation. A more remote flash, and
darkness returned but not so densely; the
space before them grew softly light; and
in a moment they swan into the moonlight
above great masses OF woolpack nacreous
like the inside OF shell and etched with
the shadow OF the Virginia. surrounded by
q glorious lunar bow.
All about lowered the higher clouds Tx,
those through which they had come. Ahead
was a great cavern, miles In he ght, int
which they winged their way like a bal
into its cave. But this grOtto was neither
dark nor noisome, but whitley shadoWy
with huge stalactitea dangling from roo
so high that one almost expected 70 Sc,
impr. soned stars under IT, Rising from
the abysmal hollows Of the cavern flooi
lowered immense stalagmites, Thousands
Of feet high; and under the diffused ngh
OF the moon. reflected into the cave moutl
from the alabaster fields astern and mul
tiplied in the eolorless spaces Of the enor
nous chamber, the staiaotites ans
stalagmites changed melted awav re
formed, and detaching themselves, floate,
away IN broken masses.
In all this memorable voyage nothing
else was so lncomprehensively immense. d
beautiful as this; but il lasted for q fey
moments only. Through the immeasurabl
chamber OF cloud darted the aeronef, int
a second smother OF rain and mist an
out on a lower level. into the calm spac
behind the storm; where. under a shee
Of low-lying vapor from which dropped tn
last Of the rain. lay the peaks Of tn
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their SUBMITS white in the moonlight,
their folds dark like a doves wing. Sud-
denly the lightning blazed out in the heart
OF the black base on which the city OF
enchantment was reared; and instantly the
whole vast fabric grew white and palpitant
and terrible, while the blue sky beyond
and above il turned black velvet by con-
trast. The lightning ceased; and there
hung the billowy cloud, silver white and
drab on q base OF darkness as before; and
climbing toward the pearly summit like
black insect winging It's way over
mountain top, scared the audaoious air
ship. seen OF no eye but that OF the In
finity OF the infinite spaces whose arcana
It dared invade: while, as II to turn back
the intruders, the lofty ramparts were
mOmently reared higher and higher. new
towers surmOunting those OF a few mo-
ments before, old domes curving toward
the zenith as II boiled up from beneath
as they were, He who will watch the
ascension and initiation Of the thunder
clouds OF an increasing storm will see the
impossibility against which the Virginia
was pitted by her presumptuous builder.
For Il was an impossibiuty. The air
had grown chill as with frost and stu
the clouds were far above them. The bite
OF the propellers on the air seemed tc
fail; for the cloud masses no longer APP
peared to fall as when the aeronef was
rising
I'VE can't make IT," said Carson.
Don't tFy!" exclaimed Craighead. 1T,
sffronteryl"
Changing a lever or So Carson drov,
straight toward the pearly bosom OF tn,
cloud He was Tar above that level lin,
from which the spectator Of storm seei
falling the fringe Of rain, and among IN,
rounded masses OF the lower eumulus. Th'
Virginia again seemed TO make speed; 10
the clouds swooped down on the aerone
wsibly, as Il 20 destroy her; over then
went the murky pnions OF the squsll. anS
then came darkness and cold in which thel
swan through binding and beating shcet
OF rain and huge worthless OF chill mist
sudden darkness wrapped them. torn
through with stlll more sudden light, 81
binding. 50 prismatio that Il smote thi
eye balls Ike a whip. as a tremendous dis
charge % flame cut through the cloud Xix
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loopyrIsA.. l1l0 y B06ss-AIsrrIn -
CHAPTER xxvI-Continued.


CHAPTER XXVI-COntinUed.
As he spoke they passed under the rain
cloud, and the wind turned and swept the
Virginia's decks in a gale. To left and
right the binding flashes revealed hills
dashed by the torrential downpour, and
forest bowling In the storm blast while a
deep, rushing roar rose from the earth.
like tho sound Of Niagara There was a
moment OF the sharp dashlng Of huge
drops with strokes like hailstones; and
the Virginia slipped through the thinned
phalanx OF the rain and winged her way
on-0nly 70 find herself face 70 face with
a stronger army following the first. Tow
erins so high as 70 overhang the interspace
between showers, came another storm its
front solid and heavy and uncompromising
Surrounded cried Craighead. Now
must We surrender az discretion. or sell our
lives dearly Me for surrsnder-if we can
find an inn, Some would be a live coward
rather than a dead hero but I'D rather
be live tumble bug than dead anything.
Come, brave southron, surrender Let's 70
an 'oteL"
Carson MISUNDERSTANDING OF shayne
Hold. and eonjecturing as 90 It's where
abouts. II ~ read his chart correctly. the
lights seen afar 10 the northeast indicated
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Occasionally slightly sandy districts are
found as far east as the Logan, but they
rerely approach even a small hill in mag
nitude. A few sand ridges are also found
on the Elkhorn They are, indeed, found
100 miles west from the mouth of the Rapid
river but they are not continuous, and
from eight to twenty miles south OF the
Niobrara there are spots Of greater or less
extent where the soil seemed TO be a mix
ture of drift and loess and Of high fertility
as is indicated by the character and rank
ness of the vegetation, Sometimes these
hills are comparatively barren, and then
again they are fertile enough to sustain a
covering OF nutritious grasses, so that this
region is by no means the barren waste
that It has sometimes been represented to
be. 1t has been a favorite range for buff
falO, antelope and deer. Il is now extern
sively used for stock raising.
Hunting in this wild tangled region is
sport, just such sport as the true wilder
ness hunter seeks, and usually when he
bags his quarry he has fairly won It. The
ingenuity, endurance and skill Of the
hunter are pitted against the waFiness and
instinct Of the wolf and jackrabbit, It be-
ing often almost a case OF blind man S
bluff" And even should the sportsman
fail as sometimes he must. he has gener-
ally had fair run for his money" Tired
legs hungry stomachs with open air appe-
tites, are apt TO be a part OF ones expert
ences.
In recent years the game protective laws
have resulted in an enormous increase OF
game in this section
As far as feathered game goes. the en-.
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tire state may be said to be good shooting
ground In normal years. Prairie chickens
abound, both in the unthronged prairie
regions and the stubble fields Of the settled
communities, and one can hardly go amisa
Of these once one IL well clear Of the
towns.
snipe and sandhill cranes are found ae
many points Nebraska abounds IN feath-
cred game. AS a country in which to hunt
geese and prairie chickens, northwestern
Nebraska excells, The chickens are plenti-
full and their whirr can bo heard every
where in the country along the main and
branch lines OF the Northwestern. and all
kinds Of small game are found In eivored
places.
Wild geese are to be seen In countless
numbers IN all the sand hill country. Time
was when their presence was a positive
nuisance, they so ravaged the fields This
may seen a far-fetched statement, but II
is simple truth. Wild geese In the valles
are, in the season, as plentiful as domestic
fowls in an eastern poultry region. And
they are mighty good eating. These birds
are of two varieties and they breed far up
in the northern country and winter in
Texas and the gulf region. They are wary
birds, which adds the more to the sports
mans zeal to produce them. and yet they
decOy well,
The people of this new country have q
wonderful inheritance Of wealth, beauty
and outdoor life In their fine climate, ana
as they become conscious OF this, they
Will more and more lend a helping hand
to the processes OF nature for the develop
ment and utilization of the material wealth
Of northwestern Nebraska