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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
House Committee EE17|ai3S
Chief Of CheE,. n BI,GI
GIVEN CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH
Republican and Democratic Members
Join in Declaring Charges Are
Wholly Unfounded.

Washington, Jan. 20.-Dr. Harvey
". Wiley, chief of the chemistry blu.
reau of the department of agriculture,
the storm center Of the food admins
tration controversy last summer, is
given a clean bill of health In the re-
port of the house committee that in
vestigated the charges and counter
charges.
In its report the committee sustains
DR.. Wiley all along the line except on
technical unimportant details. The
Republican members Of the committee
Joined with the Democrats in making
the report unanimous.
There is no politics in the report"
said Chairman Moss of the commit.
tee. This fact, together with com.
promises on some of the matters
about which the members of the CON-
mittee had differences of view, per-
mitted a full agreement"
The committees recommendations
In general are that DR.. Wiley be given
a free hand in the enforcement OF the
pure food and drug law, thus limiting
largely the power formerly exercised
by Solicitor McCabe. This limitation
already has been put into effect under
the action taken by President Taft.
Shortly after the adjournment OF the
extra session brought the active con-
gressional investigation to a close.
The committee declined to announce
the recommendations In detail until
the report is made public next Mon.
day.
Virtually the only dissent from the
sweeping verdict for DR.. Wiley is
based upon the irregular employment
Of DR.. II. II. Rusby of New York as a
$40 a day expert, a compensation
which was not to aggregate more than
81, 900 in any one year, the amount
authorized under law. 1t was for this
employment that the personnel board Of
the department and Attorney General
Wickersham recommended the remov.
al Of DR.. Wiley from office.
DR.. Wiley testified before the com.
mittee that he had fully explained to
Secretary Wilson the terms Of the ar.
rangement with DR.. Rusby.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
FIERCE BATTLE
NEAR CUAYAQU|L
Ecuador Government Forces De-
feat Rebels.

Guayaquil, Ecuador, IAN. 20.-Oyer
1000 men were killed and wounded in
a battle at Yaguache, to the northeast
of this city.
An army supporting the Quito gov
eminent, under the command Of Gen.
eral Julio Andrade, formerly Ecua-
dorean minister to Colombia, attacked
and defeated an army of Guayaquil
troops, supporting the provisional gov
eminent proclaimed by General Mon
tero, under the command of General
Flavio Alfaro.
General Flavio Alfaro was wounded
during the fight.
General Eloy Alfaro has now been
appointed commanderin-chief Of the
Guayaquil army.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
CUMhINS Gets
into CONTEST
Willing TO Accept Presidential
Nomination.
SITUATION IS COMPLICATED
ioWan's Entrance Into the Field Makes
Three Avowed Candidates for
the Place.

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator AL.
bert Baird Cummins of Iowa, Progress
sive Republican, has announced his
candidacy for the Republican presi-
Dental nomination in a statement in
which he says that If the Republicans
Of Iowa believed him a fit nan to urge
before the Chicago convention he will
accept their decision.
The entrance of Mr.. Cummins into
the presidential fight materially com
plicates the Republican situation. Pres.
ident Taft now is openly opposed for
the nomination by Senators La Fol
!ette and Cummins, both progressives,
while still other progressives are urg-
ing the nomination of Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Senator Cummins'
statement follows:
$50 much has been published in the
newspapers, so much written and said
to me concerning the presidential mat
ter that / feel it to be my duty to
make the Republicans of Iowa a plain
statement upon the subject.
Immediately upon my return from
the last session of congress l gave
out through the press my opinion with
respect to the presidency. That opin-
ion remains unaltered.
Says Situation Has Changed.
"The situation, however, has mate
rally changed and it now seems prob
able that more than two candidates
for nomination will be seriously o
sidered by the national convention.
Under these conditions, il the Re-
publicans of Iowa believe that am a
fit man to be presented to the national
convention as a candidate for the pres
idential nomination and desire to so
present me ! will appreciate and ac-
cept their confidence as a most graft
flying evidence of their continued faith
in my purpose to serve, as best l can,
the general welfare of the people,"
Senator Cummins called together all
the Republican members of the Iowa
delegation in congress who were in
the city and read to them the state
ment announcing his candidacy, which
they approved. Senator Kenyon, Mr..
Cummins' colleague in the senate, has
not returned from Chicago.
AT the Progressive Republican cam
paign headquarters here the declara-
ton was made by w. L. Houser, in
charge, that the fight for Mr.. La Fol-
lette would continue as II there were
no other progressive candidates on the
horizon; that it was "Mr. La Toilette,
arst, last and all the time"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
THR0NGS WELCOME FARLEY
Receives Ovation at Ne WORK on Re-
turn From Rome.

New York, Jan. 1S.-Illumination OF
st. Patrick's cathedral with $4,000
electric lights strung to the very tips
of its two great spires ended a memor-
able day OF ovation for Cardinal Far
ley on his return to America as a new-
ly created prince Of the church. II
is estimated that th~ree-quarters of a
million people saw his eminence driven
from the Battery. where he landed, up
Broadway and Fifth venue to the
cathedral. So unbounded was the en-
thusiasm of many who sought to kiss
his ring that mounted police were
obliged to charge the throngs repeat
edly.
Dressed in his scarlet robes the car
dinal rode In an open carriage through
a lane of people and friends for more
than four miles.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
CUBANS HOLD CONFERENCE
Veterans Assure President Gomez Ag.
itation Will Cease.

Havana, Jan. 19.-With the assur-
nee made to President Gomez by
leaders of the veteran movement that
agitation would cease and that the
veterans Loyalty would support the adj
ministration in bringing all Cubans to-
gether in patriotic accord and In re.
moving the faintest excuse for Amer.
lean Intervention there appears to be
no doubt that the crisis in Cuban af-
fairs has been passed successfully.
The conference of the president with
the prominent men of all factions,
which it was believed was held to de-
fine a policy OF amicable accord and
Of agreeing to the terms of the reply
to Secretary Knox's note of warning,
proved merely to be an exchange of
views, no defined policy being formu-
lated.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
HAS FEW MONTHS TO LIVE
Banker Charles w. Morse Given Free
dom by President Taft.

Washington, Jan. 19. - President
Taft committed to expire Immediately
the fifteen-year sentence for violation
Of the national banking laws under
which Charles W. Morse, the New
York banker and "ice king" served
two years in the federal penitentiary
at Atlanta, Ga. The Communication of
sentence, which gives Morse his com.
plete freedom-but which, unlike a
pardon, does not restore his civil
rights-was granted upon recon-
mendation of Attorney General Wick
ersham and Surgeon General Torney,
United States army. According to the
surgeon generals report to the presi-
dent on his condition Morse co not
live n month longer In confinement
and even at liberty probably would
not live six months.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
Laughing Fit Nearly Fatal.

Ames, Ia, Jan. 21.-Chloroform and
three doctors were necessary to pre-
vent Mrs. A. Fox of this city from
laughing herself to death " a story
told by her daughter concerning an In
cident at a circus. She Is slowly re-
covering from the illness which re-
suited from thu laughing spell
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
OFFICIALS
KILLED IN WRECK
J. 7. Harahan, ST., and -Four
others Die in Collision.

C~entralia, H., Jan. 22.-Five per-
son were killed and more than a
injured, when Seminole limited
No. 8, running fifty miles an hour,
crashed into the real and telescoped
passenger train No. rs standing at the
station at Kinmundy, III. A private
a Of the Great Northern, attached to
the rear of train No. 25. was demol-
ished.
The known dead are: J. T. Hara-
han, Sr, 4. B. Pierce, general solic-
itor; e. e. Wright, lawyer, OF Mem
phis.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
Five Go Down with Launch.

Marshfield, Ore, Jan. 22.--The gaso-
line launch North Star. Captain Jo-
seph Yoamaker, with William Brain
ard, Frank Tanner. Con Ferri and Ira
Albee. broke down near the bar, drift
cd out to sea and was capsized. All
ON board were lost
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Jan. 20.-Wheat - May,
$1.00A; July, 95Mc; Sept, 93Ac. Corn
May, 66hc; July, 66A @66%c; Sept,
$3.50. Oats-May, 49%c; July, 45%c:
Sept, 40hc. Pork-Jan., s15.40; May.
1910. Butter-Creameries, 30@3Sc;
dairies, 26Q34c. Eggs-19932c. Poul-
try-Turkeys. 13@1Shc; chickens, IL
913c; springs, lie.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
SIX KILLED IN TORNADO
Dozen Houses Destroyed by Storm in
Mississippi.

Winona, Miss, Jan. 21.-Six persons
were killed, more than a score injured
and a dozen houses destroyed by a
tornado which swept the country be.
tween Newston and Winona.
All of the dead so far reported are
negroes. except the little daughter oil
Albert Wales, a farmer.
The tornado carried all wires down
and reports from the storm swept sec.
ton are meager.
Many narrow escapes from death
are reported.
The brick chimney on one house at
Newston fell, crashing down upon the
bed where two infants were sleeping,
but they escaped unhurt.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, Jan. 20.-Wheat-May.
$1.o6; July. $1.06% @1.o6%. Cash close
on track: No. / hard. $1.061x; No. 1
Northern. $1.06; to arrive. $1.06: No. 2
Northern, s1.04; to arrive. $1.04; No.
8 Northern. s1.02; No. 8 yellow corn.
e2062hc; No. 4 corn. 5S061c; No. 3
white oats, T@47kc; to arrive.
l7xc; No. 8 oats. 45046c; barley.
soc0$1.25; fiax, $2.15h; to arrive.
t2.12k.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago. Jan. observation-disclosures,
s4.S5@S.50; Texas steers. $4.5005.9O;
Western steers. s4.S0@7.25; stockers
and feeders. s4.7596.00; cows and
heifers, s2.25@6.75; calves. s6.50@9.-
rs. Hogs-Light, s5.7506.20; mixed.
s5.90Q6.35: heavy, s5.95@6.35; rough.
$5.9506.10; pigs. s4.4006.7o. Sheep
Native, s3.75@4.70; yearlings, $4,000
SIS; lambs. $4.50Q6.S0.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
STEEL TRUST NOT ANTI-TAFT
Chairman Gary Says Corporation
Keeps Out Of Politics.

New York, Jan. 20.-Referring to re-
cent reports that the United States
Steel corporation is supporting a
movement to defeat the denomination
of President Taft, Chairman Gary said:
"There is no foundation for the
statement that corporation or any
Of its officers or any n in authority
has done or said anything to favor or
oppose the nomination of any one for
president. We keep out Of politics"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
Building Industry ParaIyzed.

Chicago, Jan. 21.-The long spell OF
cold weather has completely paralyzed
the building industry in this city. La.
Dor leaders estimated that $1,000 of
the $4,000 members of building trades
unions are out Of work because OF
weather conditions.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
WRONG Place.

Parson Ito youngster INDUCING in
Sunday morning 6%shing)-I am sur
prised to find you fishing here, my boy.
Boy-Why? Dye know any place
where they bite better, guy'nor?-Phil-
adelphia Bulletin.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
ST. Paul Live Stock.

st. Paul, Jan. 20.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $6.00@7.0O; fair to good.
s5.00q6.00; good to choice cows and
heifers, $4.75@5.75; veals, $6.50QS.00.
Hogs-$5.7596.15. Sheep-Wethers.
s3.0094.00; y~earlings, $3.25@5.00;
spring lambs, $4.25@6.00.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Jan. 20.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. l hard, $1.06H; No.
1 Northern, $1.05h; No. 2 Northern,
s1.02h; May, $1O5h. Flax-On track.
$2.14h; to arrive. s2.12k; May.
s2.12%; July, $2.12h.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
MORE FIGHTING IN MEXICO
Forty-seven Revolutionlsts Killed In
Battle With Federal Troops.

Mexico City, Jan. 21.--In i all
night battle at Puebla between 200
Zapata sympathizers and a force OF
federal troops forty-seven revolution
lists were killed and many " ,unded
before they broke and fed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
sEvEN. ARE AsPHYxIATED
Wadena (Sask.) Woman and Six Chill
dren Killed by Coal Gas.

Yorkton, Sask.. Jan. 17.-At Wadena,
sask., Mrs. Duncan McNichol and her
six children, ranging from five to IF
teen years Of age. were asphyxiated
while asleep by the fumes from a coal
stove. McNichol is a general mer.
chant.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
STEPHENSON is ACQUITTED
Senate subcommittee Agrees on Report
Declaring Charges Not Proved.

Washington, Jan. 19.-The Hepburn
subcommittee which has been investi-
eating the election of Senator Isaac
Stephenson of Wisconsin unanimously
agreed upon a report which holds that
the charges of corruption and bribery
made against Senator Stephenson
have not been proved. The report
will be made to the senate committee
on privileges and elections.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
A Monster Clam.

The largest clam of record weighed
527 pounds. the shells weighing 5O7
pounds and the meat twenty.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
FORGOT to Look at His Feet.

Forgot to Look at HIS Feet.
7"I'm getting absentminded."
"SoT"
"Yes, l stood for an hour In the
vestibule yesterday trying to remem-
Der whether l was going out or COM
ing in."-Louisville Courier,Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-01-25
A Chaser.

"But, John, how did you get rid Of
all the creditors?" IL lit n Of your
cigars.'-Fliegende Batter.
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CHAPTER ~.
The Story and tho Letters.


Imagine. II you please. the forest
primeval: yes, the murmuring pines
and the hemlocks OF the poem as well
by the side Of rapidly rushing noun
tain torrent fed by the eternal SHOWS
OF the lofty peaks OF the great range
A level stretch OF grassy land where
a mountain brook Joined the creek
was dotted with clumps OF pines and
great boulders rolled down from the
everlasting hills-half an acre OF open
clearing. On the opposite side OF the
brook the canon wall rose almost
sheer for perhaps five hundred feet,
ending In jagged. needle-edged pin
nacles OF rock, sharp. picturesque and
beautiful. A thousand feet above ran
the timber line. and four thousand
feet above that the crest OF the great.
est peak In the main range.
The white tents OF the little encamp.
ment which had cleaned so brightly
In the clear air and radiant sunshine
OF Colorado. now stood dim and ghost.
like In the red reflection OF q huge
campfire II was the evening OF the
first day In the wilderness.
For two days since leaving the
wagon. the Maitland party with its
long train OF burros heavily packed.
It's horsemen and the steady plodders
on foot. had advanced into UNEMPLOYED
and almost inaccessible retreats OF
the mountains-into the primitive In.
deed! In this delightful spot they had
pitched their tents and the perma-
nent camp had been made. Wood
was abundant, the water at hand was
as cold as ice, as clear as crystal and
az soft as milk. There was pas.
turage for the horses and burros on
the other side OF the mountain brook
The whole place was little amphi
theater which humanity occupied per.
haps the first time since creation.
Unpacking the burros. setting up
the tents. making the camp. building
the IRE. had used up the late remain.
der of the day which was theirs when
they had arrived. Opportunity would
come tomorrow to explore the coun-
try. to climb the range. to try the
stream that tumbled down q success.
sion Of waterfalls to the right OF the
camp and roared and rushed meFrily
around its feet until. swelled BY the
volume Of the brook. II lost itself in
tresclad depths far beneath. Tonight
rest after labor. tomorrow play after
rest.
The evening meal was over. Enid
could not help think with what
scora and contempt her father would
have reGnrdsa the menu. how his gorgs
would havo riee1-hsrs. too. for hat
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cially into this tale. was a vestryman
OF the church In his home In the
suburbs OF Philadelphia. His piety
had been put to a severe strain In the
mountains.
That day everybody had to work on
the trail-everybody wanted to for
that matter. The hardest labor con-
sisted In the driving Of the burros
Unfortunately there was no good and
trained leader among them through
an unavoidable mistake. and the camp
ers had great difficulty In keeping the
burros on the trail. To Arthur Brad
shaw had been allotted the most OBJ
stinate. cross-grained and determined
Of the unruly band. and old Kirkby
and George paid particular attention
to instructing him In the gentle art
OF manipulating him over the rocky
mountain trail.
WALL" said Kirkby With his some
what languid. drawing. nasal voice.
that there burro's IKE Q ship wish
often seed EN- w'sa vas . lid down
east afore ! come out 70 Gods coun.
Try. Mature has psrvided EN- with q
kind q hellum. ] rsme0ber Il you
wanted Tie beat 70 . - u rish&
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matter!-had II been placed before
him on the old colonial mahogany of
the dining-room in Philadelphia. But
up there in the wilds she had eaten
the coarss homely fare with the xest
and relish OF the most seasoned ranger
of the hills. Anxious to be of service.
she had burned her hands and smoked
her hair and scorched her face BY
usurping the functions Of the young
ranchman who had been brought along
as cook. and had actually fried the
bacon herself! Imagine a goddess
with q frying pan! The black thick
coffee and the condensed milk. drunk
from the granite ware cup. had more
delicious aroma and q more delight
full taste than the finest Mocha and
Java In the daintiest porcelain OF
France. Optimum condimentum. The
girl was frankly ravenously hungry.
the air. the altitude. the exertion. the
excitement made her able to eat any
thing and enjoy II.
She was gloriously beautiful, too;
even her brief experience In the west
had brought back the missing roses
to her cheek, and had banished the
bistre circles from beneath her eyes.
Robert Maitland. lazily reclining
propped up against boulder. his feet
to the fire. smoking an old pipe that
would have given his brother the hor-
rors. looked with approving COM
placency upon her, confident and sat
isfied that his prescription was work
ing well. Nor was he the only one
who looked at her that way Marion
and Emma. his two daughters, wor-
shipped their handsome Philadelphia
cousin and they sat one on either side
Of her on the great log lying between
the tents and the fire. Even Bob
Junior condescended to give her ap,
proving glancss. The whole camp
was at her feet Mrs. Maitland had
been greatly taken by her young
niece. Kirkby made no secret OF his
devotion, Arthur Bradshaw and Henry
Philips. each "tenderfoot" OF the ex-
tremist character. friends OF business
connections In the east. who were
spending their vacation with Matt
land. shared in the general devotion |;
to say nothing OF George the cook and
Pete, the packer and horse wrangler.
Philips. who was an old acquaint-
ance OF Ends, had tried his luck With
her back east and had sense enough
to accept as final his failure. Brad
shaw was q solemn young man with
out that keen sense of humor which
was characteristic OF the west The
others were suitably dressed for ad-
venture. for Bradshaw's idea OF an ap-
propriate costume was distinguished
chiefly by long green felt puttees
which swathed his huge calves and
excited curious inquiry and ribaid
comment from the surprised denizens
OF each mountain hamlet through
which they had passed, to all OF which
Bradshaw remained serenely oblivious
The young man. who does enter espe-
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what troubled present aspect. She
threw on her preoccupation instantly
and easily. however. and joined read
lily enough in the merry conversation
OF the way.
Mr.. Robert Maitland. as Armstrong
has said. had known him from a boy.
There were things in his career OF
which Maitland did not and could not
approve. but they were Of the past. he
reflected. and Armstrong was after
all a pretty good sort. Mr.. Maitland's
standards were not at all those Of his
Philadelphia brother, but they were
very high. His experiences OF men
had been different; he thought that
Armstrong. having certainly by this
time reached years of discretion. could
be safely entrusted with the precious
treasure Of the young girl who had
been committed to his care. and for
whom his affection grew as his knowl-
edge OF and acquaintanceship with her
increased
As for Mrs. Maitland and the two
girls and the youngster. they were
Armstrong; devoted friends. They
knew nothing about his past, indeed
there were things In 1t OF which Matt
land himself was ignorant. and which
had they been known to him might
have caused him to withhold even his
tentative acquiescence in the possibili-
ties.
Most OF these things were known
IN oil hv N Is,
skill. amusing nonchalance and amaz
ing profanity. albeit mos: Of It under
his breath lest he shock the ladies,
fooled along the four nervous. excited
bronchos that drew the big supply
wagon. Kirkby was Maitland's oldest
and most valued friend. He had been
the latter's deputy sheriff. he had
been a cowboy and iumberman. q
mighty hunter and Q successful miner.
and now, although he had acquired q
reasonable competence, and had nice
little wife and o pleasant home In the
mountain village at the entrance to
the canon. he drove stage for pleas
ure rather than for profit He had
given over his daily twenty-five mile
J8uUI trOm AOIIteOo " AIOutO8l0 10
other hands for Q short space that he
might spend q little time with his old
friend and the family who were ali
greatly attached to him on this cutting.
Enid Maitland. girl OF q kind that
Kirkby had never seen before. had
won the old mans heart during the
weeks spent on the Maitland ranch.
He had grown fond Of her. and he did
not think that Mr.. James Armstrong
merited that which he evidently %
Overwhelmingly desired. Kirkby was
we'll along In years. but he vas quite
capable Of playing Q mans game for
all that. and hs intended to play Il In
this inataMea
Nobody scanned Enid Naitland's
faeo more closely tAAn u. sitting
bumped ~ O tks fruot eat Of the
wagon. 90 foot % IL higA hreak, ~
bed sunk alnsGe = ~ lsvsl g ~
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knee. his long whip in his hand. his
keen and somewhat fierce brown eyes
taking In every detail OF what was go
ing on about him. Indeed there was
but little that came before him that
old Kirkby did not see.