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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-03-18
SMOKE
BELLEW
SYNOPSIS.
By
JACK
LONDON
Copyright. 1914, by the Wheeler
Syndicate

Christopher Bellew, a tenderfoot. starts
for the KIondike in a gold rush and pluck
fIv works at the back breaking toll OF
packing freight
He meets beautiful girl, Joy Gastel,
deserts his own party. and he and shorty
new acquaintance hire out TO two
wealthy prospectors. Joy has nicknamed
hin Smoke"
Smoke and Shorty befriend a man nam
"a Rreck and nearly perish in attempting
to cross Lake Lebarge because OF the
useIessness Of their employers.
Smoke and Shorty take command by
force and get through to Dawson City,
where they are discharged. On Breck's
tip they stampede for Squaw creek
They overtake Joy Gastell and her ia
Their TO help the Sea Lion crowd JOY
treacherously leads them away from
Squaw creek.
Smoke saves the girls feet from freez-
ing He and Shorty by mistake Jump
miners claim and lose 1t. Then Smoke
finds Surprise lake. the bottom OF which
IS covered with gold
Smoke is shot at. witnesses the murder
Of a miner by the unknown marksman
and is arrested for murder himself.
Rreck shows a Surprise lake nugget
Smokes life is saved Smoke wins money
at roulette
lie continues TO win and the gamblers
buy him off His system was based on
the discovery that the roulette wheel was
warped.
Prompted by Joy Gasten. Smoke enters
a race for million dollar claim against
some Of the best dog mushers.
At a critical moment JOY supplies Smoke
with q fresh dog team, and he runs
dead heat with Zig Olaf for the claim
smoke goes to Surprise lake. He falls
into a crevasse in a glacier. and 2 miner
Carson. makes heroic efforts to rescue
him.
Smoke cuts rope to save Carson. falls
himself and is caught in a pocket below,
from which ne is rescued by Carson and
Joy.
Smoke and Shorty find a tribe Of starv-
ing Indians. and Smoke goes to Mucluc
TO secure food and help.
Smoke forces Cultus George, an Indian,
to assist by stringing him up with rope.
Smoke and Shorty find several dead men
In the snow.
They discover Laura Sibley's party dy-
ing Of scurvy and start heroic nursing
measures. One man, Wentworth. is mys-
teriously free from the trouble.
They discover Wentworths secret hoard
Of potatoes and save many lives Lu-
ellie ArraI wants Smoke to corner the egg
market and discipline her lover. Wild
Water
Wild Water wants eggs for Miss Arral.
He agrees to pay $40 per egg if two dozen
sold him win her smile.
by clever ruse Wild Water unloads
bad eggs on Smoke and Shorty and they
lose $1,000 They are captured by In
dams.
1nass. a Scotchman. is their chief. NO
white man is permitted to escape. La
bisllwee. daughter of Snass. admires
Smoke.
Smoke, Shorty and Dan McCan, another
prisoner plan to escape. and Shorty gets
away. LabiskWee loves Smoke and wants
to go with him.
McCan joins them and steals food. La
biskwee tries to kill McCan. They are
nearly strangled by the white death and
are fired upon by pursuing Indians.
McCan dies. Labiskwee starves herself
to death to save Smoke. who finally gets
back to civilization. approaching Labisk-
wees great sacrifice and more in love
With Joy Gastell than ever.
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curiosity that made him pull the draw
string, he opened it. Out poured a
tiny food of food. There was no par
ticle of it that he did not recognize, all
stolen by LabiSkWee from LabiskWee-
bread fragments saved far back; strips
and strings Of caribou meat, partly
gnawed; crumbles of suet; hind leg
Of the snowshoe rabbit, untouched; a
hind leg and part of a fore leg Of the
white weasel; q wing, denied still by
her reluctant teeth, and leg Of the
snowbird-pitiful remnants, tragic re-
nunciations, crucifXions Of life, NOR
sells stolen from her terrible hunger by
her incredible love.
With maniacal laughter Smoke flung
it all out on the hardening snow crust
and went back into the blacknesS.
He dreamed. The Yukon ran dry.
In it's bed, among muddy pools Of wa
ter and ice secured rocks. he wandered,
picking up fat nugget gold. The
weight of it grew to be a burden to
him till he discovered that it was good
to eat. And greedily he ate. After
should prize it so, save that it was
good to eat?
He awoke to another sun. His brain
was strangely clear. No longer did his
eyesight blur. The familiar palpita-
ton that had vexed him through all his
frame was gone. The juices Of his
body seemed to sing as if the spring
No.
come to him. He turned to awaken
Labiskwee and saw and remembered.
He looked for the food flung out on the
snow. 1t was gone. And he knew that
in delirium and dream it had been the
Yukon nugget gold In delirium and
dream he had taken heart of life from
the life sacrifice of Labiskwee, who
had put her heart in his hand and
opened his eyes to woman and wonder
He was surprised at the ease Of his
movements. astounded that be was
able to drag her fur wrapped body to
lhe exposed thawed gravel bank. which
be undermined and caved upon her.
Three days, with no further food, he
fought west In the mid third day be
'SII USuSdtn IOu0 spruce UeSlQG u
wide stream that ran open and that
he knew must be the Klondike. Ere
biackness conquered him he unlashed
bis pack, said goodby to the bright
world and rolled himself in the robes.
CHIPPING, sleepy noises awoke him
The long twilight was on. Above him
among the spruce bows were ptarmi-
gan. Hunger bit him into instant &C
ton. though the action was infinitely
slow. Five minutes passed before he
was able to get his rife to his shout
der. and a second five minutes passed
ere he dared. lying on his back and
aiming straight upward, to pull the
trigger. 1t was clean miss. No bird
fell, but no bird few They ruff1ed
and rustled stupidity and drowsily. His
shoulder panied him. second shot
was spoiled by the involuntary vince
he made as he pulled trigger.
The ptarmigan had not flown. He
doubled and redoubled the robe that
had covered him and bumped it in the
hollow between his right arm and his
side Resting the butt of the rife on
the fur. he fired again, and bird fell.
He clutched it greedily and found that
he had shot most OF the meat from it
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-03-18

Office stationery of all kinds
printed on the best of stock at the
most reasonable prices at the
Journal lob Office. -adv.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20

| Edison made his first record as
a telegraph operator in Memphis.
He walked into the office there
one morning looking like a veri-
table hayseed. He wanted a job.
and although his appearance was
not prepossessing, the office was
short handed, and he was assign
ed a desk at the St. Louia wire,
the hardest in the Office. At the
end of the line was an operator
who was chain lightning and
knew it, says Francis Arthur
Jones Life of Edison,'
Edison had hardly got seated
before st. Louis called, The
newcomer responded, and St.
Louis started on a long report,
which he pumped in like house
a fire. Edison threw his leg over
the arm of his chair, leisurely
transferred a wad of spruce gum
from his, pocket to his mouth,
took up a pen and examined it
and ssal ted in about fifty words
behind. He didn't stay there
long though. st. Louis let out
another link of speed and still an
other, and the instrument on Ed
ison's desk hummed like an old
style Sewing machine, Every
man in the Office left his desk and
gathered around the jay to see
what he was doing with that cleo
trio cyclone.
Well sir, he was right on the
word and taking it down in the
prettiest copperplate hand you
ever saw, even c'ossing the t's
and dotting the is and punctu-
1ting with as much care as
man editing telegraph for prin-
ters. st. Louis got tired by aud
by and began to slow down.
Then Edison opened the key and
said: Hello there! When are
you going to get hustle on?
This is no primer class.
"Well SIR" said the gentleman
who told the story that broke
st. Louis all up. He had been
'awhiding Memphis for a long
line, and We were terribly sore,
md TO havea man in our office who
,ould walk all over him made us
eel like a man whose horse had
Won the Derby"
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20
EDITORIALS
eas ~ - = :. - =: -
FOREST NOTES

An innovation which the
Forest Service has planned fol
the summer is the placing OF
a patrolman on the recently
completed Prineville-M Mitch
ell road in the Ochoco Forest
in central Oregon. This idea
is copied from a foreign coun-
try, and is koown as "maln-
tenance patrol"
The patrolman will drag
the road periodically, keep
ruts filled, bitches open,
weeds out, brush down, and
look after such work as will
keep the road open and
smooth for traffic. In fact.
his duties will be similar to
those of a section man on a
railroad. 1t is certain that
the close attention of one
man will keep the road in
such good shape that there
will be an economic saving
that Will more than justify
the expense.
This Mitchell Prineyille
road formes the connecting
link between Prineville and
the John Day watershed in
northeastern Oregon. The
thirteen miles which was
built by the Forest Service
extends across the National
Forest from the Ochoco Ran
ger Station to the Beaver
Ranger Station. In building
this road, the Service located
it two hundred feet lower
than the old route, and re-
duced the MAXIMUM grade |
from 20 to 8 per cent. The .
work cost the Government |
approximately $4,000, Of
which sum Crook and Whee-
Ter Counties each contributed
$1,000. The traffic on the
road is heavy, for it furnishes
an outlet for the fruit coun-
try in the John Day Valley,
and enables the people of
that region to reach Prime
Vile. Bend and Crooked
River Valley.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20

Why be Il "knocker?
Some men and women are
never satisfied unless they
are doing or saying something
that will injure Others. They
talk eloquently of others
faults, and if some one who
Processes to be moral, makes
Il misstep they publish it
from the house top. we do
not know ol country that
is not infested with these be-
ings. They accept a good
deed, as a matter of fact not
worthy OF notice, but let some
one do a wrong, unintention-
al or otherwise, the world
knows of it in the least POS
sible time.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20

Dates for the Gillian
County Fair have been set
for September the "A and 20.
The Condor Business Mems
Association will have charge
of the fair and will employ
an experienced man to visit
every part of the county and
collect exhibits.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20

At a meeting of swine
breeders OF North Portland
last Tuesday, arrangements
were perfected for furnishing
the boys and girls of all sec
tons of the state with breed
ing animals with which to
make a start in the raising
of pork for market. The
plan was inaugurated 10y the
Union Stockyards some
weeks ago, but the call for
sows was so great that it WAS
found ssary to enlist the
aid of professional hog breed
ers in order to supply The de-
mand. The stock yards will
receive orders for sows, already
bred, pass them ON to the
breeders who have agreed to
furnish stock, and on receipt
Of a properly mdorsed note
from boy or girl, the animal
will be shipped direct. The
notes will become due and
at time the pigs are
mature and ready for market.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20
Subscription, sI.oo per year

Subscription, Si,oo per year IN
advance.
Enterca as second-olass matter apr"
s. lsli. q, he post -oifce at spray oregon"
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Professional Cards 10 cts. per month
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Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20
The Spray Courier.
ThursdayMay 20 1918.

Published Every Thursday by
r. d. PKrcE Editor and Publisher
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20

Under the leadership of the
American Humane Society, May
the % is set apart to be observed
all over the United States as HUI
name Sunday, The Oregon HUI
name society receives recognition
in our state laws and by state ap-
preparation to carry on its work
and prosecute cases of cruelty
under City and State laws.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20

A boy is like a locomotive, 1t
takes a certain amount of switch
ing to get him on the right track.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-01-08

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CLASSIFIED
(First Published In Daily Leader, Dec.
DIS, 1919

WANTED. BIDS AND PROPOSALS
Proposal FOR the construction OF the
mechanical equipment OF the Oklaho.
ma State Capital Building proper al
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Office Of the State Capitol Comm.s
sion, Oklahoma City, Okla, Dee IA
1914.
Sealed proposals will be received
at this office until p. m. en- the
18th day Of january, 1915, and then
publicly opened, for the construction
including mechanical equipment, o.
the Oklahoma State Capitol building
proper at Oklahoma City, Okla, in
accordance with drawings and speci-
Mcations, copies Of which may be
had at this office or at the office ar
chitects, Layton & Smith, 70l Majestic
Building, Oklahoma City, Okla. APP
plications must be accompanied by
certified check for $4,000, which will
be held until the return of the draw
ings and specifications.
Sealed proposals will be received at
Ills office until 2 r. m. on the l4th
day of January, n915, and then open
en- upon the following sub contracts.
Reinforced concrete and rough car
penter work. Cement floors and con
crete filling. Water proofing. Brick
and stone work. Structural steel and
iron work. Roofing and sheet metal
work. Ornamental and miscellane-
Gus iron work. Hollow tile partitions
Plastering. interior marble and ter
razzo. Hollow metal doors and trim
Mail chute. Painting. Glazing
Hardware. Plumbing and drainage
Heating and yentilating Vacuum
system. Electric conduits, and wiring
Elevators.
Bids shall he made In duplicate, the
original to be filed with the Capitol
Commission and an exact copy ct
same properly sealed, must be filed
with the Secretary OF State. An af-
fidavit shall he enclosed with the or
iginal bid to the effect that the copy
filed with the Secretary OF State is
a true and exact copy of the original
bid,
Each proposition must be accom-
panied by a certified check for the
sum of per cent Of the amount OF
his bid to be forfeited as assessed
and liquidated damages in case the
bidder fails, neglects or refuses to
comply with the conditions or agree
ments Of his bid
All bids will be submitted to the
legislature or duly authorized COM
mittee thereof for its advice and ap-
prevail
The Commission reserves the right
to reject any and all bids,
STATE CAPITOL COMMISSION.
BY W. B. Anthony, Chairman.
Attest
ira Mitchell, Secretary.
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PROPOSITION.

Shall the City OF Guthrie Oklahoma,
incur an Indebtedness in the aggre-
gate sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars
$3.50, 100000 by issuing its negotiable
coupon bonds for that amount at q
rate of interest not to exceed five
per cent. 6 per cent? per annum,
payable semi annually, to become due
not later than twenty-five (25) years
from their date; Thirty Thousand
Dollars s30000.OO) of said sum or
such part thereof as may be required.
to be used to obtain and conserve an
adequate water supply for said City
Of Guthrie by improving the Cotton
wood River by the repair OF the old
dam or the construction Of new dam
in what is commonly known as the
Santa Fe Cut Off and the construction
Of such other dams, sluice gates, inn
pounding reservoirs and improve
ments incidental thereto in and along
the Cottonwood River as may be
necessary to obtain and conserve an
adequate water supply for said city;l
and Twenty Thousand Dollars ESQ.,.
900 00) of said sum or such part
thereof as may be required to be-
used in the repair and Improvement
Of the present pumping plant by the
purchase and installation of pumps
boilers, engines and other equipment,
together with such foundations and
incidental improvement as may be
to supply said water to the
stand pipe and water mains of said
city. all OF said improvements to be
owned exclusively by said City OF
and levy and collect tax in
to all other taxes upon all
the taxable property in said city to
pay the interest on said bonds as it
falls due and also to constitute al
sinking fund for the payment OF the
principal thereof when due.
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Patriotic Uncle Rod.


When Uncle Rod. the old colored
man who worked about the place,
came one morning Mrs. Stone said:
We'll. Uncle Rod, hear you have
another pair of twins at your house"
"Yaas, missus," responded the man.
we has. Bress dey little hearts!"
Have you named them YETI" asked
the woman
"Yas'm," said Rod Done named
EN- aftah two os de fust presidents OBJ
lis country"
Indeed said Mrs. Stone. which
two?"
"0le CEristofo Clumbus an Juleyous
Caesar" said the man. Yves great
On namin de chillun TO de presidents
t our house. National Monthly.
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.ra Mitchell, Secretary.
(First published in the Guthrie Daily
Leader December 90, l914.)
LEGAL NOTICE.
cLAMATlON.

Whereas On the 23fd day Of De-
ccmber, A. d., 1914, at a regular
meeting of the Mayor and Board OF
Commissioners of the City of Guthrie
Logan County, Oklahoma, there was
duly passed by said Mayor and Board
of Commissioners and afterwards ap-
proved by said Mayor and published
according to law, and Ordinance
Number 1897, authorizing the Mayor
of said City Of Guthrie, Oklahoma,
to call special election for the pur-
pose of submitting to the electors OF
said City of Guthrie the question OF
the issuing of Bonds of said City OF
Guthrie in the total sum Of $50,000.O0
to be used in obtaining and consery-
ing an adequate water supply for said
city and purchasing and installing a
pumping plant to pump the same,
which question is hereinafter more
particularly set forth and described,
and declaring an emergency;
Now, Therefore, By virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Con-
stitution and Laws Of the State OF
Oklahoma and the Charter of the City
of Guthrie, and pursuant to said
Ordinance, hereby proclaim and give
notice that special election is here
by called to be held in said City OF
Guthrie on Thursday, the 14th day OF
January, A. D.. 1915, for the purpose
of submitting TO the qualified property
tax paying voters residing within the
corporate limits of said city the fol-
lowing proposition:
PROPOSITION.
Shall the City of Guthrie, Oklahoma,
incur an Indebtedness in the aggre-
gate sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars
by issuing its negotiable
coupon bonds for that amount at a
rate of interest not to exceed five
per cent, 6 per cent? per annum,
payable semi annually, to become due
not later than twenty-five (25) years
from their date; Thirty Thousand
Dollars s30.00O.00) of said sum orl
such part thereof as may be required,
10 be used to obtain and conserve an
adequate water supply for said City
IF Guthrie by improving the Cotton
wood River 3y the repair OF the old
lam or the construction OF new dam
n what is commonly known as the
Santa Fe Cut Off and the construction
II such other dams. snfce gates. i'm
reservoirs and improve
nents incidental thereto in and along |
he Cottonwood River as may be
to obtain and conserve an
adequate water supply for said city;
md Twenty Thousand Dollars (S2J,-
,0000) Of said sum or such part
hereof as may be required TO be
ised in the repair and Improvement
" the present pumping plant by the
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CLASSIFIED

Total n -..........s...s5,29 ,294. .0S
And the Mayor and City Clerk are
hereby directed to draw warrants on
said accounts for the same III favor
of the persons to whom said bills
were allowed
Section 2 Fer the preservation of
the public pea.e health and safety,
an emergency is hereby declared 10
exist 'hy reason whereof this ordin-
ance shall be in force from and af-
ter its passage, approval and publi-
cation.
Passed by the Commissioners and
approved by the Mayor this End dai
of January, 1915.
J. f. NIssLEY,
Seal: Mayor
R. ~ DUNHAM.
City Clerk.
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WAN S
CLASSIFIED


The polls at said election shall b'
opened at the hour Of six o'clock II
the forenoon and shall be closed a.
the hour of seven O'Clock in the after
noon on said Nth day OF January
1915. The result Of said election shal
be returned and canvassed pursuant
to law and the Charter of said City
Of Guthrie, in sush cases made an
provided.
Given under my hand and the sea
Of the City Of Guthrie, Oklahoma
this 23rd day of December, 1914.
J. E., NISSLEY,
Mayor.
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(sEAL.)
Attest: r. N. DUNHAM,
City Clerk.
ORDINANCE NO. 1898.

ORDINANCE NO. 1888
An Ordinance Appropriating Certain
Moneys to the Payment OF Sundry
Accounts and Expenses, and De-
claring an Emergency.
BE ut Ordained by the Board OF Com
miss.oners Of the City Of Guthrie,
Oklahoma:
Section I That the sum OF s5,294,-
0S is hereby appropriated for the
purpose of paying bills upon the fol-
lowing accounts, and which bills have
heretofore been approved by the Com
missioners, o-wit:
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ANTS
CLASSIFIED


boilers, engines and other equipment,
together With such foundations and
incidental improvement as may pc
necessary to supply said water to the
stand pipe and water mains Of said
city all of said improvements TO be
owned exclusively by said City OF
Guthrie, and levy and collect tax in
addition to all other taxes upon all
the taxable property in said city 70
pay the interest on said bonds as it
falls due and also to constitute y
sinking fund for the payment Of the
principal thereof when due
Said election shall be held at the
following places in the City Of Guth'
rie, Logan County, Oklahoma, to-wit;
First Ward, Precinct "A,' SO3 East
Oklahoma Ave.
First Ward, Precinct 'B,' Capitol
School Building.
Second Ward, Precinct a. Cen
tral School Builidgn.
Second Ward, Precinct 3D." City
Hall.
Third Ward, Precinct a." Opera
House.
Third Ward, Precinct B." lOs
South First Street.
Fourth Ward. Precinct "a 7ls
West Noble Avenue.
Fourth Ward, Precinct 3D." Corner
Fifth Street and Harrison.
Fifth Ward, 1924 West Warner.
The following persons are hereby
named and appointed judges and
Clerks for each of said voting places,
as follows:
& First Ward, PrecIncr "A"
Judges Clerks.
E. C. Dodd A. H. BGes
J. H. Nehr NJ. ]. Armantrout
First Ward, Precinct 3D."
Judges Clerks
Chas. Woods A. O. Whitcomb
A. r. Rankin M r. Mercer
Second Ward, Precinct a."
Judges. Clerks.
S. Evans ]. n. Curl
G. w. Ball William F. Stiles
Second Ward. Precinct "B.'
Judges. Clerks
w. D. Williamson j. B Fairfield.
Shelton Morris Birney Merten
Third Ward, Precinct "a"
Judges Clerks.
J. J. McNulty c. H. Scrutchfield
L. F. Leach. Sr. H. D. Todd
Third Ward, Precinct 3d."
Judges. Clerks.
c. L. Nichols VIM. A. Broxson
J. H. Cassali Robt. A. Traver
Fourth Ward, Precinct a."
Judges. Clerks.
J. S. Marshall ]. f. Jones
j. A. McCreight Fred Humble
Fourth Ward, Precinct "B."
Judges Clerks.
Mike White H. D. butcher
Furmau Upham Robert Henderson
Fifth Ward.
Judges. Clerks.
J. ID. Maurice Tell Walton
]. E. Douglas W. p. Hardwicll
The ballot to be used at said elec- !
tion shall he substantially in the fol-
lowing form, to-wit;
OFFICIAL BALLOT.
Special Election.