The daily Alaskan., 1913-09-30
A Strong Ahmed
 Widow
Copyright. 1913, by Associated Lie
 OrGry Press.
By M QUAD

slow town. All outsiders said 30, end Ils citizens readily admitted it
 Thero was never uny need for haste In GrnhansviHo. Folks died thorO now land then. but there was always lots of ,lnIu for holding the funeral.
 When this slow and conservative stato of affairs had continued for many years tho widoS Cameron struck the town, and struck 1t hand,
 Tho Widow Cameron was forty years old and tull and rAwboned. She had decisive. commanding way with her She wOs business, She might have como from Australia or town only twenty miles away. a'-
 Just what the Widow Cameron was going to do was soon public property Sho had an acre of ground with the house. and she put 45O chickens nt work scratching up the sOn and two lucubators working overtime She built her own coOps and wlre fencea.
 A roar went up
 There had been a time in the history | Of Grahamsvllle when every house holder bad hls chickens hnd his har- vest Of eggs. but tho growing ot roOst CTS hud awakened the people hours ahead of time, and by common consent all fowls had been bnnished. No crows nor clucks nor cOckles for the past ten years. and here was th6 Widow Cam. eron breeding thousands of them!
 Something must Do done.
 Suuiro Johnson must walt on her and tell her she can't keep chickens,
 "Of course che can't" said the squire as ho started for the widows house to | lay down the rules to her.
 "0h. I can't, chi" she replied to his oratory
 No, madam. wo urO very strict on thut point
 "Y0u and the rest Of the folks can ! go to grass"
 Ono oc tho ministers called to wres- tlo with her, She held the door against him whao hO said:
 Madam, our good people arc very much exEclsed oyer the fact, tho fact'-
 That am raising chickens" sho finished. Well, you tell your good people that fl they say much more will sell my fowls and so to raising skunks for their fur and ile"
 Not another objection came from O cltlzen. No ono was hankering Co eE' 1 ichange chickens for skuhks IT thoy kept no hons In Grahams vile they did keep hogs and cows The animals could run Rt large and feed themselves. The Widow Gamer on gave public notice through the county paper that tho owner of any hog or COW that trCspassed upon her property would heOr something drop.
 "sha can't mean itr' men said to each other. "why, our animals havo always run at large"
 Mr. SchormcrhOrn'B COW broke her way In one night. and al daylight she heard something drop. lt was one of her horns. Tho owner vented dam. agcg. but was told to go to.
 Mir. Todd's big spotted hog rooted bis way ln and got broken back for his pains. Ills owner was just foolish enough to call on tho widow and try to collect Ss ID cash. and it was over the fence for him.
 Solomon Prico was a widOWer who wanted second wife. Why not cap ture Ono Widow Cameron and her chickens md real estate and the mon. ey she must hav0 in tho bankH Good thing, except that Solomon had had no experience courtlng wldows Some one had told hlm that tho first move Co Do made was to chuck tho poor thing un. der the chin. Ho began that way. In return he received Q right hand swing that fractured his Jnw, and he went | out of the house followed by No, 8 caltshln shoe.
 A tin peddler came along and sold tho Widow Cameron some leRky utensils and got away before she discovered the cheat. A week later ho returned Co the village and WAS wsylaid by his victim and had both eyes put lnmourn- ing
 There was great jangling of three church bells on Sunday fOronOOns. It was to wdrp the people that Saturday had passed and Sunday had como and such of the population as cared Co could hcnr sermon at one of Che three churches. No guarantee as Co wheth- CT the sermon would be gOod bad or indifferent. The widow didn't Ike tho dangling, and she got out an injunction and had tho bells allgnced
 Thero were does ID GEabamsyille- many dogB. They had come to realize that they must not disturb tho peace by fighting. They could growi and brlstle as they passed by, but there must be no conflicts to determine which was tho better dog. The Widow Cameron went about encouraging dog of every breed to stand up for theil rights and to light at tho drop of tht hut. It got 80 there was scrap 6yory half hour.
 ] What the Widow Cameron didn't dE to tho town of GTahamsvillo could noI | Do told ln columns. She TOko it up . ! rgaU glftf