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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-04-22

eyes blue as the sky. 20
up in two minutes" he answered.
Harvey, fire her upr' &%
Captain Marsh guided his energetic
charge among the logs floating in the
stream with the marvellous second in
stinct Of the expert tugboat man. Orde
noted with satisfaction that many Of
the logs had found Judgment among
the reeds and in the bayous and inlets.
One at time, and painfully, these
would have to be salvaged.
Shortly Orde, standing by the wheel
in the pilothouse, could see down the
stretches of the river crowd Of men
working, antlike
They've got EN- stopped" comment
ed Orde. "Look at that gang working
from boats"'
What do you want me to dow
asked Captain Marsh.
''This is navigable river, isn't i"
replied Orde. run through
! The tug headed straight for the
slender line Of booms stretching quite
across the river.
Orde looked at his watch.
"We'll be late for the mail unless
/ we hurry" said he.
. Marsh rang the engine room bell.
The water churned white behind
vat you do? Stop" cried Heinzman
from . boat
You're obstructing navigation"
yelled Orde. i've got to go to town
to buy a postage stamp"
The PROV of the tug, accurately
aimed by Marsh, hit square in the
junction Of two Of the booms. There
ensued a moment of strain; then the
links snapped. and the Sprite plunged
joyously through the opening. The
booms. swept aside by the current,
foated to either shore. The river was
open. &
"Slow down. Marsh" said Orde.
Lets see the show"
Up river all the small boats gathered
in a line, connected one to the other
by q rope. The tug passed over to
them the cable attached to the boom.
Evidently the combined efforts Of the
rowboats were counted on to hold the
half boom across the current while the
tug brought out the other half. When
the tug dropped the cable Orde laughed
.Nobody but a Dutchman would
have thought Of that!' he cried. Now
for the funr'
Immediately the weight fell on the
small boats they were dragged ire
sistibly backward. Marsh lowered his
telescope. the tears Of laughter stream
ing down his face.
They'll have to have two tugs be
fore they can close the break thai
way" commented Orde.
''Sure thing" replied Captain Marsh
But at that moment blackssmoks
rolled up over the marshes, and shortly
around the bend from above came thu
Lucy Belle.
The Lucy Belle was the main excus,
! for calling the river navigable. In ap
peerance she was two stored, witt
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Ito BE Continued
Feathered Mail Box Robbers.

Feathered Mail Box Robbers.
A mail box on rural route No. 3, out
of Greenville, Ind, has been robbed
Of several letters in the past few days.
When the letters first began to disap-
pear it was thought some person was
getting them, but they were found
unopened in fence corner near by.
The owner decided to watch the box
from a distance and was rewarded for
his trouble. He saw English sparrows
fly to the box and work their way
through the slot for letters. In a few
moments they reappeared with a let
ter and worked away until they got it
out. Then one of the birds flew to the
fence corner with it.
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noIu up the drive in the main river
until we have things punched; then
I'm going to throw a big crew down
here by the swing. Heinzman antici-
pates, Of course, that I'll run the en-
tire drive into the booms and do all
my sorting there. Naturally If l turn
his logs loose into the river as fast as
l run across them he will be able to
pick them up one at time, for he'll
only get them occasionally. If l keep
them until everything else is sorted
only Heinzman's logs will remain. and
as we have no right to hold logs We'll
have to turn them loose through the
lower sorting booms, where he can be
ready to raft them. In that way he
gets them all right without paying us
a cent See?"
eyes, l see." said Newmark.
"Well." said Orde, with laugh.
"here is where l fool him. I'm going
to rush the drive into the booms all at
once, but I'm going to sort out Heinz
mans logs at these openings near the
entrance and turn them into the main
channel"
"What good will that do" asked
Newmark skeptically. "He gets them
sorted just the same, doesn't hep
"The currents fairly strong" Orde
pointed out. "and the rivers almighty
wide. When you spring seven or eight
million feet ON man all at once and
unexpected and he with no crew to
handle them, he's going to keep al
mighty busy. And If he don't stop
them this side his mill he'll have to
raft and tow them back, and If he
doesn't stop 'em this side the lake he
may as well kiss them all goodby."
The boomerang worked like a charm.
Orde, in personal charge, watched that
through the different openings in, his
boomerang the III" logs were shunt
ed into the river. Shortly the channel
was full of logs floating merrily away.
1--WE got to go down and see how the
Dutchman is making it," announced
Orde.
He drove to Heinzman's mill. There
he found evidences of the widest ex-
element. Boats piled in all directions
A tug darted back and forth. Con
stantly the number of floating logs
augmented, however. Many had al
ready gone by.
''If you think you're busy now" said
Orde to himself, with a schuckle, Just
wait until you begin to get logs. What's
he doing with that tug?" thought he
"Oh, no! He's stringing booms across
the river to hold the whole outfit"
He laughed aloud and drove fran
ideally back to the bOoms.
Hes shut down his MILL" shouted
Orde, land he's got all that gang Of
highbankers out and every old run
blossom in Monrovia, and l bet i
you say logs to him he'd chase hi
tail in circles. I'm going to take Marsl
and the Sprite and go to town. Ok
Heinzman," .he added as an after
thought. sis stringing booms across tn
river constructing navigation"
Marsh" he called, 'got up steam:
There appeared short. square man
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RiverTlldn
By STEWART
EDWARD WHITE
Copyright. 1908. by the Mcclure Com
pany. Copyright. 1907. 1908. by
Stewart Edward White
Chapters
! Is |
CONTINUED

T@HREE days later the jam of the
drive reached the dam at Red
ding. After the rear had drop
ped down river from Redding
Carroll and Orde returned to their de-
serted little box of house at Mon
rovia.
. Orde breathed deep of new salts
faction in walking again the streets Of
this little sandy, sawdust paved, shan
tyfied town. with it's yellow hills and
it's wide blue river and it's glimpse Of
the lake far in the offing.
"Hanged if ! know what's struck
me- he unused. ''Never experienced
any remarkable joy before in getting
back to this sort of truck"
Then. with a warm glow at the
heart, the realization was brought to
him. This was home, and over yonder
under the shadow of the heaven point
ing spire slip of girl was waiting
for him.
The rest Of the week Orde was alb
sent up the river, experimenting in
general way the latter progress Of the
drive.
At the booms everything was in
readiness to receive the jam. The
long swim arm slanting across the
river channel was attached to its
winch. which would operate it. When
shut it would close the main channel
and shunt into the booms the logs float
ing IN the river. There, penned at last
by the piles driven in row and held
together at the top by bolted timbers,
they would lie quiet. Men armed with
pife poles would then take up the
work Of distribution according to the
brands stamped on the ends. Each
brand had its own separate sorting
pens" the lower end leading again
into the open river. From these each
owners property was RATED and towed
to his private booms at his mill below
Orde spent the day before the jan
appeared In constructing what he call
ed a boomerang" .,,.....s..........,..,..
"Secret invention just yet" he ex
planned to. Newmark. I'm going t
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-04-22

THE first season of the Boom
company was most successful.
Its prospects for the future
were bright. The drive had
been delivered to its various owners
at price below what it had cost them
severally and without the necessary
attendant bother. Therefore the log
gers were only too willing to renew
their contracts for another year. This
did not satisfy Newmark, however.
what we want" he told Orde, lis a
charter giving us exclusive rights on
the river and authorizing us to ask
toll. Pm going to try and get one out
of the legislature"
He departed for Lansing as soon as
the assembly opened and almost i'm.
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mediately became lost in one of those
fierce struggles Of politics not less BIT
ter because concealed. Heinzman was
already on the ground. Newmark had
the shadow Of right on his side, for he
applied for the charter on the basis Of
the river improvements already put in
by his firm. Heinzman wanted the
Improvements already existing con-
demned and sold as n public utility to
i the highest bidder. He offered further
guarantees as to future Improvements.
In addition were other and more po-
tent arguments proffered behind closed
doors. Many cases resolved themselves
into a bald question of cash. Others
demanded diplomacy. Jobs. fat con-
tracts. business favors, influence, were
all flung out freely, brides as absolute
as though stamped with the dollar
mark Newspapers all over the state
were pressed into service. Among
these delicate and complicated cross
currents Newmark moved silent, cold,
secret. He seemed to understand them,
to play with them, to manipulate them
as elements of the game.
The fight endured through most OF
the first half of the session. At the
list, however, the bill passed the board.
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,"Vdt you dO9" he de- with"
mdnded But my logs"
IT have nothing to do with your logs.
You are driving your own logs" Orde
reminded him.
Heinzman vituperated.
go ahead, Marsh" said Orde.
n For Il second time the chains were
snapped. The severed ends Of the
booms swung back toward either shore.
Between them floated rowboat. In
the rowboat gesticulated a pudgy man.
The river was well -sprinkled with logs.
Evidently the sorting was going on
well.
MAY as well go back 10 the works.
said Orde. HE won't string them to-
gether again today. not If he waits for
that tug he sent Simpson for"
Orde detailed to an appreciative audi
snce the happenings below.
why, he hain't sorted out more'n a
million feet Of his logs" cried Rollway
Charlie. HE hain't seen no logs yet.
They. turned with new enthusiasm
to the work Of shunting III" logs into
the channel.
A stableman picked his way out over
the booms with message for Orde.
mr. Heinzinan's ashore and wants
to see you," said he. W
Orde found the mill man pacing rest
lessly up and down before'a steaming
pair of horses. Newmark. pcrched on
a stump. was surveying him sardOnic-
ally. -ss-.e W.
Here you poth arev burst out
Heinzman. 81 must not lose my logs!
Vat is your PROPOSITION"
Newmark broke in quickly.
"I've told Mr.. Heinzman," said he,
chat we would sort and deliver the
rest of his logs for 50 thousand"
'1rhat viii be about it," agreed Orde.
"But." exploded Heipzman, ''that is
ms much as you agreet to drive and
deliffer my whole cut!'
precisely" said Newmark.
"Put hat all the eggspence Of driv-
ing the logs myself. Why shout pay
you for doing what hat alretty paid
to hat dOne!"
Orde chuckled.
"Heinzman," said he, I'VE aren't
forced to bother with your logs, and
you're lucky to get out SO easy. If
turn your whole drive into the river
you'll lose more than half of it out
right. and it'll cost you heap to
salvage the rest. And, what's more
I'll turn 'em in before you can get
hold of a pile driver. I'll sort night
and day." he bluffed, land by tomor
row morning you won't have stick
Of timber above my booms." He
I laughed again. you want to gel
down to business almighty sudden"
When finally Heinzman had driven
sadly away and the whole drive, 'sH'
logs included, was pouring into the
main boom Orde stretched his arm:
over his head in luxury of satisfac
ton.
'sThat just about settles that cam
paign," he said to Newmark.
"Oh, no, it doesn'tv' replied the lat
ter decidedly.
"WhyY asked Orde, surprised. "Yor
don't. imagine he'll do anything more?'
i mo. but I viii" said Newmark.
Early in the fall the baby was born
1t proved to be boy. Orde, nervous
as q cat after the ordeal Of doing
nothing, tiptoed into the darkenet
room. He found his wife weak ant
pale. her dark hair framing her face
new look Of Tapt inner contempla
ton rendering even more mysteriou
her always fathomless eyes. She he'll
her lips to him. He kissed them.
4 a0snndma orde brought the new
cor In Tor Orde's inspection. H
J. load gravely down on the puckered
| iiacolored bit of humanity with
} faint unsasiness. IS
;. lido you think IT, 81
hesitated. Docs the Doctor say be
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twin smokestacks, an iron Indian on
her top and "splutter behind" paddle
wheel.
"There comes his help" said Orde.
Sure enough, the Lucy Belle stopped.
After a short conference she steamed
clumsily over to get hold of one end
Of the booms. The tug took the other.
In time and by dint of much FLASHING,
some collisions and several attempts
the ends of the booms were united.
BY this time. however, nearly all the
logs had escaped. The tug, towing
string of rowboats, set out in pursuit.
The Lucy Belle turned in toward the
tug.
"She's going to speak u.s." marveled
Orde.
"Tug ahoyw beloved red faced in
dividual from the upper deck. He was
dressed in blue and brass buttons and
was literally festooned with gold braid
and embroidered anchors.
"Helo there, commodore! What is
it," replied Marsh.
"They want tug up there at Heinz
mans. Can you go?"
"Surew cried Marsh, choking.
The Lucy Belle sheered off magnifi-
Gently.
"What do you think of that?" Marsh
asked Orde.
Head upstream again."
Heinzman saw the Sprite coming
and rowed out frantically, splashing
at every stroke and yelling with every
breath. ~
Don't you go through there! Wait
minute! Stop, tell your
Hold upw said Orde to Marsh.
Heinzman rowed alongside.
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going to be all right p


"All rightv' cried Grandma Orde In
dignantly. "I'd like to know If he isn't
all right now! What in the world do
you expect Of newborn baby?"
But Carroll was laughing softly to
herself on the bed. She held out her
arms for the baby and cuddled it close
to her breast.
Hes little darling" she crooned,
land he's going to grow up big and
strong, just like his daddy" She put
her cheek against the sleeping babes
and looked up sidewise at the two
standing above her. But know how
you feel" she said to her husband.
"When they first showed him to me
thought he looked like peanut a
thousand years old"
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Wat you do|'
he demanded.
81 forgot the
money to buy my
stamp with" said
Orde S W e e t Il y.
"I'm going back
to get it."
IN o t through
my pooms!"
"Mr. H e i n q
man." said Orde
severely, you are
obstructing a
navigable stream.
l am doing bust
ness. and l can
not be interfered
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to these fellOlUs nO1U."
won't pay quite so big us we thought
it would" he concluded. with rue
full little laugh.
sit will pay plenty well enough" re-
piled Newmark decidedly. land it
from. You don't suppose we are go
ing to quit ut river driving, do you?
We want to look around for some
timber of our own. There's where the
big money is. And perhaps we can
buy a schooner or two and go into the
carrying trade. Newmark & Orde
means something to these fellows
now"
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The company had It's charter.
Its cost us plenty, anyway" Orde
said when the charter bill became a
law. "The propositions got a load
on it. 1t will take us a long time to
get out of debt. The river driving
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1910-06-30
DETROIT PARTY
IN ELKS' Filler
TAKES TO ROAD
Long Journey of $500 Miles
Is Commenced Early Yes
terday Afternoon in Pres
enCe of Great Crowd.

The Bisbee Elks Flyer. bound from
this city to Detroit. Mich. made its
start yesterday afternoon at 1876
upon the journey of $500 miles which
according to the calculations NJ tha
eAIV VIII be accomplished in If
Teen days. The departure of the
car was the signal for an ovation on
'he. part OF an assembled crowd
Wnlch lined Main street from the
hoOdsate to the Bank OF Bisbee
blily Ferguson sat at the wheel
John Griffith a, factory mecbanicia
VINO assisted in putting the big
Michigan Six in running trim sat
with him. In the rear seat were
hooert Newcomb publicity agent of
the party, and Dr. E. w. Baum.
II had been the intention of the
party to start about 9 O'Clock. but
several small parts which needed at
tenuon were discovered and made
ready for the hard strain to be put
upon them. It was. not until after
l O'Clock that the car was fully pre-
pared for the journey At 1880 start
was made from the Bowen and Hub
bard garage on Upper Main street.
Before leaving. NJ. A. Paterson. eN-
allied ruler of the local lodge of
Elks, and Joe McKeehan secretary,
were photographed with the party.
following which the car with others
which attended it far out on the
road drove to Schwartz Bros, where
additional baggage was taken on
and the real start made.
The occupants of the car expected
to arrive in FL Paso tonight and to
push on from there tomorrow morn
ing on their long ride across the
state Of Texas along the line of the
Rock Island, which will be followed
into Chicago.
A number of bets were made locally
as to whether the party would arrive
safely at its destination within the
time limit set. All offers found ready
takers, however, as with two mechan-
icians in the car there is no reason
why this should not be accomplished. /
Word was telephoned ahead to
Douglas OF the cars coming and the
Eiks at that place gave the party a
reception as it drove into I
the Smelter city, a number of auto
going out to meet the flyer /
One of the features which attract I
ed the greatest attention was the le-
gend inscribed on the hood on each 1
side bearing the inscription "Bisbee /
Elks Flyer. p. p. o. T., 672." On /
the back of the rear seat was paint
ed, "Oh you Detroit"
News of the progress of the car
and adventures encountered will be
received from time to time from
Newcomb who is to act as special
correspondent for the Review
throughout the trip.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1910-06-30
FIREWORKS ON
FOURTH CAUSE
GREAT LOSSES
Custom of Exploding Crackers
on Street Leads to DeStIuc-
ton of Life and Property
Every Year

NO one will be happier than the
4 fire insurance underwater when the
present movement for safe and sane
Fourth Of July crys;alizes public
sentiment into abolishing the prevail
ing custom of noise and flame with
its sacrifice Of human life and its
useless loss Of property by fire" said
T. A Hughs, of the Arizona insur-
ance Agency, the local representative
of the Hartford Fire Insurance com
pany.
There is much 10 be done to elm
mate the belief that only by some
barbarous display OF fire and smoke
to say nothing OF the nerve racking
noise Of the past years, can we show
our patriotism.
Looking at the matter from the
standpoint OF the fire underwater It
seems the height OF folly to pass laws
and ordinances regulating the stor-
age Of every kind OF combustibles
and prescribing the amount OF pow
der or gasoline a dealer may keep.
yet permit anyone to shoot fire
crackers, cannon. Roman candles
etc. at will.
Last year the fire loss. chargeable
to Fourth of July celebrations
amounted to over one million dollars
and when We take into consideration
the lumber Of lives lost and the in
juries resulting from the barbarous
and murderous feature of the
Fourth, it is no wonder that there
is cry that it is time to make
change; for in 1909 alone sixty-twc
were killed and 1926 injured.
1t is safe to say that outside of
fire crackers. rockets, Roman candles
pinwheels. cts, the average persons
idea Of what they are handling is
very crude. About 25,0e0 persons
are engaged the year round prepar-
ing the material that is burned each
year. We manufacture everything
ourselves except the fire crackers, Of
which China has always had a mon
opoly. The chemical ingredients of
fireworks are almost unknown to all
but the makers; chlorate Of potash,
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1910-06-30
Racing Matinee sunday.


A matinee race meet will be held
by the Warren District Driving club
at the Country club track Sunday af-
ternoon. the first race being started
promptly at , O'Clock All events
will have been completed by 4 O'Clock,
according to the calculations of the
management. -Four classy events are
included. three harness races and a
running race. which will fill the card
to repletion.
The first event will be heats three
best in five. taotting for purse Of $3.50.
Entries Maud c., owner, DR.. F. r. VIII
liams; Katie X, owner Ed Barnett;
Black Jack, owner ]. J. Bowen.
Second event:-Trot or pace half
mile heats. three best in five. Purse
$3.50. Entries. Judge Murphy. owner
W. G. Hansen; Brodie, owner E. f.
Hughes.
Third event. trot or pace, stallion
race for any stallion owned by Co
chise county man. purse $3.50. En-
tries not yet announced.
The fourth event viii be a half mile
dash for purse of $50. Entries
Prince Blaze. owner A. S. Hanks; Tn
known. owner J. G. Smith.
The most interesting feature Of the
meet is that no entries in any of the
races have ever before been tried out
against the horses with which they
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1910-06-30
noosTINe FoR ouR EouRrH.

DOUGLAS, June Especial >
For some time past the chief or
ganizer in Douglas, Dan ODonovan,
has been working on plans to bring
an excursion to Douglas and to Bis
bee from Cananea- While Indepen-
dence day, or Fourth of July as we are
prone TO call the birthday of the
nation, is not a legal holiday in
Cananea the -Four Cs company en-
ployees and other "Gringos" in the
big Mexican camp are accustomed to
observing the day just the same.
There is nothing the same Cananeans
like quite so well as the national
game, and their home team is to be
away from hime over the Fourth. in
FL Paso. Hence the Don got busy
on an excursion proposition for Doug
las on Saturday and Sunday and
Bisbee Monday. His plan was to
have a one fare round trip rate for
the three days good coming each
day and for a special train to run
from Bisbee back on Monday night
The rate he has already obtained
and he IS still working for the return
special excursion train
The plan of oDonovan was to
bring the Cananeans to Douglas first,
as many as possible for two days,
those who could not come on Satur-
day for one day at least, then go
to Bisbee for the two games and
celebration there. There are many
Cananeans who want to see their old
hero, Guynup, working for Douglas
against another club than the Quien
Sabes. There are many who want TO
see a game and who want to spend
the greatest of national holidays on
native soil. For these O'Donoyan OBJ
tanned the rate and is trying to OBJ
tain a return excursion train. The
rate. without the return train will
not accomplish the best results.
OF course the Don has an interest
in the matter. That is. Douglas has.
and the interests OF Douglas are al
ways made by O'Donovan his own.
This interest is that the receipts
of the coming four games with Bis
bee. here and there. are to be split
equally. between the two clubs. The
Demon manager wants 70 see those
receipts swell.