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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-09-25

Part OF This Wild and Unaooountable
Country.
she spoke with an intensity OF interest
which led Mrs Yancy to say privately:
"'pears like that young lunger' amt
goln' to forglt We If he can help It."
What makes you think he's 1un.
gerT"
Don't haf to think. One look at him
IL enough"
Thereafter softer lIght-the light OF
plty-shone IN the eyes of the girl.
Poor fellow! He does look kind o.
peaked. But this climate will bring
him up to the scratch she added, with
optimistic faith in her beloved hills
A moment later the downcomIng
stage pulled IN loaded to the side lines,
ana everybody on II seemed to know
Berea McFnrlanc. II was hello here
and hello there and how are ye be.
tween, with smacks from the women
and open cries of "Pass 1t around' on
the part Of the men, TIL Norcross mar.
yeled at the display.
"She seems a great favorlte," he OBJ
served TO Yancy.
"Who-BerrleH She's the whole
works up at Bear Tooth. Good thing
sho don't want to 80 20 congress shed
lay Jim Worthy on the shelf"
Berea's popularity was not so re.
markNble as her manner Of receiving
II. She took II all as a sort OF Joke a
good, kindly Joke. She shook hands
with her male admirers and smacked
the cheeks OF her female friends with
an air Of modest depreciation. "0h,
you don't mean H." was one OF her
phrases. She enjoyed this display Of
affection. but II seemed not TO touch
her deeply, and her impartial. humor.
GUS acceptance OF the courtshlp OF the
men was equally charming, though
this was due. according to remark. to
the claims OF some Nncher up the
line.
She continued to be the theme OF
conversation at the dinner table aud
yet remained unembarrassed aud gave
back quito as good as she received.
"lf was Clltr," declared one lanky
admirer "rd be shot II l let you out
ot my sight. II amt safe"
She smiled broadly, 81 don't feel
scared"
"oh. you're al right It's the other
teller-llke me--that gets hurt"
The northbound coach got away
nSst and as the girl came out to take
her place Nocross said. won't you
have my seat with the driverr
She dropped her voice humorousls,
mo, thank you. can't stand for Bllrs
rlack."
NorcrOss understood. She didn't rel.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-09-25

what kind Of a place is itT'
"very charming. You'll like 1t. Real
mountain country"
This officer was plain featured
man of about thirty-6ve, with keen
and clear eyes. His voice, though
strongly nasal. possessed a note OF
manly sincerity. As he studied bis
visitor he smiled.
"You look brand new. Haven't had
time to season check, have you?"
"No. I'm a stranger in a strange
land"
"Out for your heaIth?"
"Yes. My name is Norcross. I'm
Just getting over a severe illness, and
Pm up here to lay around and fish and
recuperate-if can."
''You can-you will. You can't help
it." the other assured him. Join one
of our surveying crews for week and
I'll mellow that suit Of yours and make
a real mountaineer of you. i see you
wear a Sigma Chi pin. What was
your school?"
81 am Son of Eli Last years
class"
The other man displayed his fob.
I'm ten classes ahead of you. My
name is Nash. Pm what they call an
expert. I'm up here doing some es-
timating and surveying for big ditch
they're putting in was rather In
hopes you had come to join our ranks.
We sons Of Eli are holding the conser-
yation fort these days, and we need
help"
"My knowledge of your work is rath-
er vague" admitted Norcross. my
father is in the lumber business, but
his point of view isn't exactly yours"
"He Stays 'em, does he?"
"He did. He helped devastate Michi-
gan"
After me the deluge! know the
kind. Why not make yourself sort
Of vicarious atonement?"
Norcross smiled. 81 had not thought
of that. 1t would help some, wouldn't
it?"
ut certainly would. There's no great
money in the work, but it's about the
most enlightened Of all the govern
mental bureaus"
Norcross was strongly drawn to this
forester, whose tone was that of a
highly trained specialist. ~ rode up
on the stage yesterday with Miss Ber-
rie McFarlane."
"The supervisors daughter?'
"She seemed fine western type"
"She's not type; she's an individual.
She hasn't her like anywhere I've gone.
She cuts wide swath up here. Being
an only child, she's both son and
daughter to McFarlane. She knows
more about forestry than her father.
In fact, half the time he depends on
her judgment"
Norcross was interested, but did not
want to take up valuable time. He
said, will you let me use your tele.
phone to Meeker'sT'
VERY sorry, but our line Is out of
order. You'll have to wait day or SO,
or use the mails. You're too late for
today's stage. but It's only a short ride
across"
As they were talking girl came gal
loping up to the htching post and slid
from her horse. 1t was Berea McFar-
lane. Good morning, Emery" she
called to the surveyor. Good morn
ing" she nodded at Norcross. How
do you find yourself this morning?"
"Homesick," he replied smilingly.
"Why soT
I'm disappointed in the town"
Berrie looked round at the forlorn
shops, the irregular sidewalks, the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-09-25

Enornina2"
grassless yards. at isn't very prettv
that's fact, but you can always for.
get II by Just looking up at the hleb
country When you going up to the
mlllg" '"'
Il don't know. haven't had anv
word from Meeker. and can't reach
him by telephone"
u know. The line is short circulted
somewhere. But they've sent man
out. He may close It any minute"
Where's the supervisory asked
Nash.
Hes gone over to Moore's cutting
How are you getting on with those
platsT" "'''
Very well. III have EN- an in shapo
by Saturday"
Come In and make yourself a,
home" said the girl to Norcross
You'll find the papers two or thrcs
days old" she smiled. "we neve,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-09-25
CHAPTER /.


TNHE stage line which ran from
Williams to Bear Tooth Zone OF
the most authentic then to be
found In all the weslD possessed
ut least one genuine Concord coach.
40 faded, so saddened, so cracked and
40 spllntered that lts passengers en-
tered Il under protest and alighted
from Il with thanksgiving, and yet It
must have been built by honorable
men, for IN 10 II stlll made the run
OF 100 miles twice each week without
loss Of wheel or even 80 much as molt-
ing scrap Of paint
And yet whatever Il may have been
IN It's youth II was In its age no longer
q gay dash Of color IN the landscape.
On the contrary, 1t fitted into the dust
brown and sage green plain as de.
fensirely AS beetle In a dusty path.
Nevertheless II was an Indispensable
part OF very moving picture as II
crept, creaklng and groanlng (or 1t
may be II was the suffering passenger
creaklng aud groaningl, along the hill.
aide.
After leaving the Grande river the
road winds up pretty high divide
before plunglng down into Ute park,
rs they call all that region lying be.
tween the Continental range on the
east and the Bear Tooth plateau ON
the west II was big spread Of land
and very far from an eastern mans
conception OF park. From Dome
peak u seems a plain; but, In fact,
when clouds shut or the high sum.
inits to the west this valley" becomes
ycrltahle mountain land, a tumbed,
lonely country. over which an occa.
sionai horseman crawls, a minute but
persistent insect II is, TO be exact, Il
succession OF ridges aud raylncs, sculp.
tured Qn some far on, post glacial
tlmcl by floods Of water, covered now,
rather sparsely. with plnons, ccdars
and aspens, dry, forblddlng but ma
iestic landscape.
In late August the hills become lri
descent, opallne with the translucent
yellow Of the aspen. the coral and
crimson OF the lrc weed, the blood red
OF hucklebefry beds and the royal pur'
pie OF the nsters. while lowing round
nll as solvent aud neutral setting, lies
the gray-grcen " the ever present and
ever enduring sage brush.
Through this gorgeous land or mist
VI stiffness and OF death a few years
ago pale young man (scated beside
The driver rode one summer day IN a
yolcelcss rapture which made BIN Me
Coy weary.
III you'd hnd rs much OF this as !
have you'd talk OF something else,' he
growled after a half doaon attempts
al conversation. Blll wasn't much to
look at, but he was a good driver, aud
the stranger respected him for t.
Eventually this simple minded horse
mnn became curious about tho slim
young fellow sitting beside him
"what you doing out hero anyhow
fishing or just rebuilding a lungr'
"Rebuldlng two lungs" answered
tho tourist
"well this climate VIII Just about
put lungs into a coffee can" re,or,ed
Blll. with ofIicial loyalty 10 hls coun-
Try
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-30
CONDITIONS in
SOUTH IMPROVE
Flood Waters Are Receding at
New Orleans, Says Wire
less Dispatches
By Associated Press

San Antonio. Texas. Sept so. - A
wireless message from New Orleans
TO the station at Fort Sam Houston
at 1910 this morning says:
Report conditions are not very
bad"
A message received at 7.S0 a m. re-
leyed from Galveston, said:
Last heard. water nearly drained
from streets of New Orleans. Going
down rapidly"
Galveston. Texas, Sept. 30. A
wireless message received here this
morning from New Orleans stated
that at 2 o'clock the water in the
streets of the city was receding rapid
ly and that the stage of the river was
also going down. This message re-
ported the number of dead in New Or
leans at five. Indications were. the
message said, that the damage to
property had been considerable.
Mobile. Ala, Sept. 80. - The wind
here during the storm last night aver
aged from % to so miles. Mobile
river early to-day was two and a half
blocks up in the wholesale district.
One fishing smack is missing. young
man going to work early this morning
was electrocuted when he stepped on
a live wire which had been blown
down.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-30
WHARTON DINNER
IS BIG SUCCESS
Ways and Means of Boosting
Extension School Dis
cussed by Club

The Wharton Club last night at a
beefsteak dinner held in the Engi-
neers' Club discussed ways and means
of boosting the membership of the
Harrisburg extension of the Wharton
School of Finance and Commerce.
Among the speakers were Thomas
Lynch Montgomery. State Librarian;
e. Harry Kahn. head of the Rotary
Clubs Wharton booster committees
Josiah 3. Kline, president of the
Wharton Club; NJ. II. Dean, attorney
of the Elliott-F Fisher Company, and
Professors c. n. Calender. W. P.
Raine and W. w. Pierson and Dr. S. Il.
Shope.
7. ]. s. Kishpaugh was POSTMASTER
and chairman of the committee on ar
rangements.
All of the speakers spoke of the
advantages to be gained in the pursuit
of advanced business training and each
urged the Wharton members to go out
and bring their friends into the school.
DR.. Shope declared that Harrisburg
is lacking in school interest as evil
denced by the failure to provide q
much needed high school. DR.. Mont
gomery reviewed the history of the
University of Pennsylvania and the
Wharton school. Mr. Dean declared
that the Wharton students have ten
chances for success where the fell
lows who loaf at Third and Market
streets every night have one"
Professor Calender said that the
day is not far distant when the uni
versity extension courses will include
engineering and the sciences as we'll
as business. Professors Raine and
Calender spoke on the work of the
year.
The guests included Josiah B. Kline.
Bland Cornell, Wilbur Minich. Lorns
Hummel. Sam. 6. Hecker, Silas Ruth
crford. j. T. S. Kishpaugh, Marshall
Is Keister. William Lewis. Monroe Vance.
Charles Cumbler. L. W. Kline, Robert
Neck, Laurence Guarin, Walter Seller.
Daniel Becker Robert Lands, Charles
Kochenour, Thomas Rogers, William
Kirby, William Hoy. Stanley Living
stone, Robert Boil, Richard McAllis-
ter, John Hoffman. Joseph Lehman,
Ira Appler. Harold Buch, William
Haertter. Wilson Black. Herbert
Schaner. Professor w. p. Raine, Pro-
fessor w. W. Pierson. Professor c. n.
Calender. DR.. S. u. Shope, DR.. Thomas
L. MONTGOMERY. c. Harry Kain, NJ. II.
Dean, William Kirby, Wayne Jefferies.
Earl Eastright, Paul Esmer and Elman
Frey
The committee on arrangements in
Guided T. ]. S. Kishpaugh. chairman.
Norman RintZ. Sam. S. Hecker. Will
bur Minich. Bland Cornell and Pro
fessor w. P. Raine
The officers of the Wharton Club
are: Josiah E. Kline. president; Rich
ard McAllister, president and
Sam. s. Hecker, secretary and treas
urer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-30
OVER $5,OOO,OOO
FOR THE CROSSINGS
Estimate of What 1t Would
Cost to Free the Lincoln High
way Surprises Capitol

The first estimate of what II would
cost to eliminate the thirty-eight
grade crossings on the portion of the
Lincoln Highway through Pennsyi-
vania as originally planned and not
counting any detours. was submitted
to the Public Service Commission to-
day by Chief Engineer +. Herbert
Snow. The chief engineer made a
personal survey of the highway cover
ing Ss1 miles and presented to Chair
man Afney a comprehensive discussion
or each crossing with description, pho
tographs. drawings, plans and sugges-
uons for temporary protection.
The figures show that the total cost
of elimination would be $S,340, 900, OF
which $5.10O.000 is the estimate for
grade crossings In cities. s2,20s.0 900
for borough crossings and $1,302.0O0
for such crossings as are in town
ships.
The commission will consider the
report at length next week when a
number OF grade crossing cases are
to come up.
Chairman Ainey has arranged for
session of the commission to be held
in Scranton, during the week begin
ming October IL. The list OF cases to
be heard will include, citizens of Mont
rose against the Consumers Water
Company, several jitney complaints
| made by the Scranton Railways Com
pany, against NJ. j. Walsh, Forrest
City, w. II. owens, of Scranton, and
S. Wilson and F. Williams, of Wand
ling. are amongst the number to be
heard: also the commission expects TO
take the evidence in the case of Will
liam T. Boland against the Lacka-
wanna Railroad Company, in which 1t
is alleged Illegal switching charges
were collected. About fifteen cases
are on the Scranton calendar.
j. B. Swoveland filed a complaint
with the commission this morning al
leging that the regulation of the Peo-
pies Natural Gas Company in requir-
ing a deposit of $40 before furnishing
service, constitutes a discrimination
against the petitioner and other con-
sumers of gas in the city of Altoona.
The borough of Hamburg lodged a
complaint against the Hamburg Gas
d Electric Company. relating to the
schedule of rates which the electric
company has filed for furnishing cleo
tricity for lighting the streets of the
borough, which rates it is averred, are
unreasonable, unfair and unjust.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-30
STOLE CHICKENS
BY WHOLESALE
State Cops Tell Court About
Epidemic in Lower Pax
ton Township

How couple OF troopers of the
Pennsylvania State police broke up
the epidemic" OF petty thieving that
had Paxtang and the neighboring
farms of Lower Paxton township by
the ears for the last several weeks,
was told in the Dauphin county
criminal court to-day when Harvey
Bowers. Russell Nader, William Pot
teiger, John and George Albright were
arraigned before Additional Law
Judge McCarrell to answer charges of
chicken and harness stealing.
The officers who ran down tho
youthful thieves and made the arrests
were Corporal c. A. Davies and Clyde
Moody. and they have been operating
in plain clothes for several weeks.
Wholesale Thicving
The trial of the trio in two other
charges was we'll under way when
court adjourned at noon.
The Albright brothers pleaded
guilty to wholesale chicken stealing
but sentence in their case was CON
tinued until October Is. Attorney
James G. Hatz is their counsel but he
is too i'll to appear in court. One OF
the State policemen told of finding the
boys busy cleaning slain chickens "by
the tub full"
September quarter sessions dragged
Royalton constable who was convicted
of assault and battery upon a Royalton
man will likely ask for a new trial.
I'm the Wrong House
In No. I room before Judge Kunkel
most of the morning was taken up
with the trials of George Pantic
George was accused first by Mrs. Helm
rich Klein of defrauding her of some
s15 hoard money. Immediately after
ward he faced another jury on a
charge of feloniously entering tho
home of Mary Grimler Pantic in tho
latter case it developed simply missed
fire on the choice of his houses Ms
they all looked alike to him when he
got home n trifle early one morning
Judge Kunkel directed the jury to ac-
quit him on the felonious charge but
the twelve went out to deliberate on
charge of malicious mischief Just
before noon adjournment. The mis-
chief II was charged lay in Georges
method of entering the house. He
cody battered in a panel in the base
ment window.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-30
COLONIAL TODAY
''THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE

"The Circular Staircase" the five-reel
Selig Red Seal Play to be shown at
the Colonial theater to-day is said to
be one of the best offerings of the
year Tt is a mystery film, based upon
the novel of the same title by Mary
Roberts Rinehart and features Eugene
Besserer. murder occurs in a house
and suspicion is cast upon almost all
of the characters in turn. There seems
to be some solution that the detective
who is working on the case has not hit
upon but this Is so carefully covered
up by the events which occur that no
one who sees the film can imagine what
il can be. Not until the climax oc-
ours is the real culprit exposed and
then it is sprung as the greatest OF
the many surprises which occur
, throughout the film.
Monday and Tuesday the Colonial
will present the distinguished star,
Robert Edeson. in the Vitagraph's i've
sensa tional and weird story OF the mys-
teries of medical surgery.-AdY.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-30
Held For Conspiring
to Defraud Uncle Sam

New York, Sept. 3O.-Andrew D..
Meloy, who was arrested by Depart
ment of Justice agents when he ar
rived to-day on the steamer Nieuw
Amsterdam was arraigned before
United States Commissioner Hough-
ton charged with conspiring with
Frans Rintenelen, a German wine
merchant, to defraud the United
States government in securing a pass
port for Rintenelen. Meloy, who said
he had recently been engaged in;
promoting Mexican enterprises. was
held in $4,000 bail for a hearing Oc-
tober Z.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-30
No Appointments Today
Says the Governor

Governor Brumbaugh said to-day
that he would have no appointments
to announce.
The appointment of Fred A. God
charles to succeed William Hertzler as
Deputy Secretary of the Common
wealth will probably be made by Sec
, retary Woods tomorrow.
The presence of EX-Congressman C.
f. Patton last night led TO rumors
that he was being considered for
Secretary of Agriculture, but there
was no information on it to be OBJ
tanned to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-30
14-Year-Old Girl
Tells Ugliest Story
of Dauphin's Courts

The ugliest story ever heard in a
Dauphin county courtroom was told
to-day by 14-year-old Myrtle Walter.
Of Dauphin. Within a few feet of the
witness stand sat the childs softly
weeping mother; across the counsel
table. face hidden in his arms, sat her
father, Ear Walter. the defendant.
Crowded courtroom No. sat hushed,
horror stricken throughout the child
ish recital.
And, when the story was finished
the jury returned a verdict of guilty.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-30

school; third, the association must haev
at least two committees, executive and
missionary.
Philadelphia. secretary OF the Sunday
School Board, addressed the Presbytery
upon Sunday school standards, which
euce.
The Rev. George Fulton. OF Me-
chantcsburg. presented resolutions OF
thanks to the pastor. congregation and
choir Of the Big Spring Church for
their geenrous hospitality in so graci-
ously entertaining Presbytery.
Presbytery adjourned to met in the
Pine Street Church. at ESQ p. M. the
second Tuesday of April.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-30
KILLED BY AUTO

Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. 30.-Mlss
Clio Davenport, sister of the late Car
toonist. Homer Davenport, is dead and
her fiance, Frank Travers, an official
of the Panama Pacific Steamship
Company. was in a precarious condi-
ton to-day g. the result OF an auto
m 1bile accident last night.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-30
Germans Pushed Back
by Russian Forces

Petrograd. Sept. 80, 11.3O A. NJ.
via London, 1.55 p. M.-Territorial
gains of considerable extent by the
Russians are indicated by the latest
information received at the war office.
The Germans have been pushed back
from the terminal station at Clubo-
koi. on the svientsyanvo Glubokoi
railway to a point midway to the
Wilma Dvinsk ra ilway. The position
thus reached is the station of Postawy.
a gain of 35 miles.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-30
Imprisoner Men Are
Believed to Be Dead

Pottsville. Pa. Sept. 80. - No trace
of the men imprisoned at Coaldale
had been discovered up until late this
morning. Efforts to reach the mon
are being made from two directions
and the oS cials are prepared for an
announcement of the recovery of the
victims at almost any hour
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-30


York, September eg
and
NJ
Thomas
Moorhea Thomas while Meredith Michael May Thomas will hereafter be
o Mr. Thomas
On April
them shortened
Thomas the daughter Charles
PHILADELPHIA called "he beautiful
a Of
banking of Drexel and Co, philadelphia
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-30
Deaths and Funerals
hrs. SARAH ANN sELLHANIER

MRS. SARAH ANN SELLHAAIER
Mrs. Sarah Ann Sellhamer died last
night at the home of her daughter.
Mrs. III. F. Guyer. 1417 Vernon street,
aged II. She is survived by the four
sons and four daughters. She was a
member of the Methodist Church. The
funeral services will be held at the
home of her daughter this evening at
Z o'clock. The remains will be taken
to Newburg tomorrow where further
services will be held.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-30
JURY ACQUTrs MRS. KELSEY

When four-vear- Gertrude Haw-
kins quarreled with the small daugh-
ter of Mrs. Benjamin Kelsey, neigh
hor. the latter interfered and chased
Gertrude around the block. On the
way around the child fell on the pave
ment. This was the story her father
Jesse Hawkins told when he arrested
Mrs. Kelsey on an assault and battery
charge Dauphin county criminal
iliry to-day acquitted Mrs. Kelsey and
placed the costs upon the prosecutor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-30

ment. One son, Eugene Brownell, of
Iowa, survives Funeral services will
be held at the Jeffries home to-mor-
row afternoon at o'clock. The Rev.
C A. Hare, pastor of the Tabernacle
Baptist church, will officiate. Burial
will be made in East Harrisburg ceme-
terry. 4
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-30
JOSEPH SHANNON

Joseph shannon died at his home
127 Linden street. last night after an
illness of two months, aged 81. He
is survived by his wife and three chill
dren, Lincoln. Anna and May. The
funeral will be held et his late home
Friday evening at 7.45 o'clock. The
body will be taken to Gravel Church
Saturday morning, where further SER
vices will be held.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-30
ROBERT S. BRoWNELL DIES
AT AGE OF 81 YEARS

Robert s. Brownell. aged 81 years
died at the home of c. L. Jeffries, 407
Woodbine street, last evening. Mr..
Brownen was formerly connected with
the New York City Highway Depart