Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-19

 | cd "boomerang."
 "Secret invention just yet" he ex- plained to Newmark. I'm going to hold up the drive in the main river until we have things punched; then Pm going to throw big crew down here by the swing. HeinZman antici- bates, of course, that I'll run the en- | tire drive into the booms and do all my sorting there. Naturally if turn his logs loose into the river as fast as | run across them he will be able to nick them up one at a time, for he'll | only get them occasionally. If l keep them until everything else is sorted l 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?"
 "Yes, sec" said Newmark.
 'Well," said Orde, with laugh, ''here is where fool him. Pm 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 doT' asked Newmark skeptically. "He gets them sorted just the same, doesn't he?"
 "The currents fairly strong" Orde pointed out. "and the rivers almighty | x,-;,lo XVban yn,, cprinU Sayan Or nipht million feet on a 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 charm. Orde, in personal charge, watched that through the different openings in his boomerang the III" logs were shunt- cd into the river. Shortly the channel was full of logs floating merrlly away
 i've 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- citement. 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 chuckle. just wait until you begin to get logs. Whats he doing with that tug?' thought he. "Oh ho! He's stringing booms across the river to hold the whole outfit"
 He laughed aloud and drove fran tically back to the booms.
 Hes shut down his mill" shouted Orde. "and he's got all that gang of highbankers out and every old rum blossom in Monrovia, and I bet if you say logs to him he'd chase his tail in circles. I'm going to take Marsh and the Sprite and go to town. Old Heinzman," he added as an after thought. "is stringing booms across the river-obstructing navigation"
 "Marsh," he called, "got up steam?" There appeared a short, square man, eyes blue as the sky.
 Up in two minutes," he answered. Harvey, fire her up"' 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 lodgment among the reeds and in the bayous and inlets. One at time. and painfully, these f would have to be salvaged. Shortly Orde, standing by the wheel , in the pilothouse, could see down the stretches of the river a crowd of men working, antlike.
 They've got em stopped" comment , ed Orde. Look at that gang working from boatsw
 "What do you want me to doT' asked Captain Marsh.
 'This is a navigable river, isn't itT' replied Orde, Run throughr'
 The tug headed straight for tie slender line of booms stretching quito 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. Wat you do? Stop" cried Heinzman from a boat.
 You're obstructing navigation!' yelled Orde. i've got to go to town : to buy postage stamp"
 The prov of the tug, accurately aimed by Marsh, hit square in the junction of two of the booms. There : ensued moment of strain; then the links snapped. and the Sprite plunged joyously through the opening. The booms. swept aside by the current, floated to either shore. The river was open.
 , "Slow down, Marsh" said Orde. Lets see the show"
 Up river all the small boats gathered in line. connected one to the other !