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from the page he closed the book and
laid it gently down on the white cloth.
CHAPTER wi.
Nioht Wind.

Night Wind.
From that time forth Sandry began
to take a keener interest in Siletz. For
n thing, he noticed that everyone
called her Slets, with a soft slurring
Of the first syllable, and he found him
self using the name which he thought
particularly beautiful. 1t was the
Of the reservation to the north
and Of a small part of the odds and
ends Of tribes thrown in there by a
beneticent government. What was her
other name? He had always thought
OF her as Ma Daily's daughter; and
yet, now that he came to think Of 1t,
she had never seemed akin to the easy
going, open-minded foreman who was
SO like the old woman. She was alien
to both with her %silences, her whimsi-
cal speech and her look Of hidden fire.
One day in the late fall, when the
white mist and the evergreen Of the
forest had got on his nerves unbear-
ably, Sandry left the office and went to
the shed for Black Bolt, only to find
him gone. He had meant to ride of
the fit Of blues. Failing that, he decid-
ed to walk it off, and struck up the wet
green valley to. the north.
Almost Immediately the tumbling
hills closed in upon him and he found
himself In a wilderness Of towering
frs, Of dripping vine naples and mys-
tnTtOnG Maths Loot in Tho nrnuudtnO
ferns. He was standing at rest in a
small glade carpeted with pine nee
dies and ~surrouhded with ferns, when
he caught the sound of voices. They
came from the dense wall Of the woods
at his right and unconsciously he lis
tened, tipping his head and straining
his ears. Presently a look Of blank
ness spread upon his face.
One of the voices was familiar, soft
and sliding with minors, the voice Of
the girl Siletz, and she was speaking
jargon.
Even as this amazing knowledge
was borne in upon him the tangle
parted and she stepped out before him.
"A oibOt ctuo" lolioWCu iSl q oAoiS
brown creature Of comely features,
clad in brilliant flannel, a towering
pyramid Of baskets slung to n shout
der. Nosing eagerly at the girls ell
bow stepped Black Bolt, while Coos
nah brought up the a They per-
ceived him instantly and the Indian
woman turned away with a few gut
turals which Siletz answered gently.
But in the moment that she had con
fronted him, Sandry had seen her face
and received a shock.
Beginning just under the lower lip
and running downward to the base of
the chin there stood out three blue
bars, each composed of infinitely tat
tooed designs. ~Unconsciously his star
tied eyes flew to the dark face of the
girl. There, on her lighter skin, tell
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WHAT WE NEED

WHAT WE NEED
A Gas Plant
Canning Factory
More Business Enterprises
More Manufacturing Enterprises
More Young People Who Want an Educa-
ton.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-23
IhG TQE
NIGHT WCNQKZ
ASTORY OF THE GREAT NORTH WeST~
BY VIN0tE E. ROE AA&N
ILLUSTRATIONS 6y Ry MAf7=EsK
CHAPTER VI.
Trouble With the Yellow Pines.
SY DODO MHD HW COHh0NNT

Trouble With the Yellow Pines.
Walter Sandry sat in the office at
the slough's edge, busy with file and
ledger. Two months had passed and
something had lifted from him In
these two months: q weight had light
ened. Where had been a huge dis
gust, almost intolerable in it's in
tensity, for this rain-soaked land, there
had crept In an insidious admiration.
Often now he looked down the green
little valley sharply defined between
its binding hills and felt the subtle
charm of the intimate shadows, the
near white dusk and the great trees
under whose dropping feathery boughs
there lay silence and a sense Of ref
uge.
Suddenly there came to him a clam
or of voices, oaths and the throaty
tones of strong men in anger. Up from
the lower rollway a group of loggers
came stalking in their spiked boots.
Behind them Murphy rocked excitedly
along in the tiny locomotive.
Sandry shut his ledger and stepped
outdoors.
whats the matter, Collins?" he
asked Of a huge man in the lead, a
perfect type Of the logger Of the great
Northwest, su~n-browned, hard-mus-
cled, wiry of figure and with the en-
durance and power of a bull elephant.
Matter enough. Them damned
Yella Pines's sawed five piles In tn
rollway an tore up two lengths Of
track"
Sandry went ahead down the track
and found a state Of things sufficient
to raise the ire Of any riverman or
timberjack.
Where the track approached the roll
way it had been torn up bodily, the
ties and rails thrown into the narrow
slough, as evidenced by a few pro-
jecting ends, and the rollway itself, a
slanting floor Of logs some two feet
thick supported on a group Of gradu-
ated piles, sagged in the center where
two piles had been cut and pried side
wise. The lower edge also dropped
for the same reason. 1t had been the
work Of pure malice, that he saw at
a glance.
Collins" he said as the men came
up in a sullen group, get to work and
see If you can raise those sawed sup
ports and pry them back On their
bases"
The gang went slowly down the
sharp bank of the tidewater slough.
Johnny Eastern" said one softly,
"all right, all right! Prize up a roll
way! My Aunt Maria!"
Sandry stood near, realizing his linn
itations and raging helplessly, watch
ing them lazily testing and pushing
here and there.
Hadn't we better just spike EN-
on to the sides?" asked Collins, with a
droll upward glance.
Sandry was about to reply when
John Daily slipped down from the track
beside him under the lee of the dam
aged rollway.
Collins" he said sternly, you get
back to camp and bring tools-peavies,
hooks, a couple Of chains and some
picks. Bring a couple of axes, too.
What do you mean by such business?'
ORDERS" said Collins with a grin.
"You see, Mr.. Sandry," said Daily
apologetically, there's no fixin' such
timbers as them, not. when they've got
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"Seen EN- Grow From Three Cabins
An a Covered Wagon"
to carry such weight. They'll have to
be taken out entirely an new ones
set"
81 didn't know" returned Sandry
frankly: won't they hold back the
work."
"A day or SO. mebbe. We can take
the fallers out an put them on with
Collins an the rest. There's enough
down to keep the buckers busy a day
or two, anyway. We won't lose much"
do you think this Is the work OF
the Yellow Pines people. Daily?"
"Sure." said Daily with certainty,
they've done worse than this before
now. Cut our best cable two years
ago and twice they've u the dinkey
on the track into the slough. They're
bad actors"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-23
BIRDS EVE VIEW
OF BROOKINGs

OF BROOKINGs
No Saloons
Two Bands
Two Hotels
Music Store
Six Physicians
Three Dentists
Candy Kitchen
Good Creamery
Steam Laundry
Eight Churches
Two Osteopaths
One State Bank
City News Stand
Chinese Laundry
Five Restaurants
$4,000 City Hall
One Machine Shop
Three Drug Stores
Three Tailor Shops
Two Livery Stables
Seven Auto Garages
Four Barber Shops
Growing Every Day
Four Weekly Papers
Three Meat Markets
Two Cigar Factories
Four General Stores
Exclusive Shoe Store
Three Lumber Yards
Five Grain Elevators
Fine Lake Near City
Three Jewelry Stores
Two Furniture Stores
$125, 900 Court House
Two National Banks
Four Blacksmith Shops
Two Department Stores
Carnegie Public Library
Two Exclusive Groceries
City of Beautiful Homes
Best Schools In the State
Two Photograph Galleries
Good Water Near Surface
Marble and Granite Works
Dakota Deaconess Hospital
One Gents Furnishing Store
$50. 900 High School Building
SIS, 900 Government Building
State Circuit Court held here
Two Cement Block Factories
Culhane Adjustment Company
Two Moving Picture Theatres
1850 Students in State College
$40, 900 Brick School Building
Two Exclusive Clothing Stores
Wholesale Photo Supply House
Forty-fve Hundred Inhabitants
Educational Center of the State
Three Exclusive Millinery Stores
Good Volunteer Fire Department
County Seat OF B~rookings County
High School on the Accredited List
United States Experimental Station
Three Plumbing and Heating Firms
Over $500. 900 Invested In Education
Finest Church Buildings in the State
Best Bakery in Eastern South Dakots
800, 900 Invested in Beautiful Churches
Finest County Fair Grounds in the Stat
First-Class Opera House and Auditorium
One Thousand Students in Grade School
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
AIRMEu TO HAVE
MOTOR TRAINING
Members of Aviation Corps of Army
and Navy to Be SchO0led in Auto
mobile Shops.

New York. Dec. ga plan by which
members of the aviation corps Of the
United States army and navy will be
enabled to obtain three months Of
training in automobile shops in the
handling of motors has been arranged
by members of the naval advisory
board and of the Automobile Club of
America. Announcement was made by
Fl. F. Coffin, chairman Of the commit
tee on production, organization, man
ufacture and Standardization in con-
nection with the meeting here Of the
naval advisory board.
During the present war said Mr..
Coffin, mo power has been able to
keep more than thirty per cent Of its
aeroplanes in operation at one time.
One of the greatest difficulties has been
the training of a sufficient number of
air pilots in the repair Of motors, which
is one of the most essential parts Of
an aviator's knowledge.
Some time ago we suggested this
plan to the Automobile Club Of Amer
lea. We have received word that the
plan was agreed to with enthusiasm
and that all of the large automobile
manufacturers had offered their plants
as laboratories for government avia-
tors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
BERLIN PAPER IN
ATTACK On JEWS

Berlin, Dec. %, (via London. noon) 4.
-Anti-semitism, an issue which has
been almost dead since the beginning
of the war, has been revived this week
by the Tages zeituDg and other news
papers. In consequence controversy
which may be described as almost bit
ter has broken out between papers of
the Tages Zeitung stamp and those
like the Tageblatt, which adopt lib
eraI attitude in regard to the Jewish
question.
Theodor Wolff of the Tageblatt, who
is perhaps the most prominent editor
Of Germany, declares that, "notwith-
standing the recent revival Of anti
semitism the feeling against Jews in
Germany is gradually on the wane,
existing nowhere to great extent eX-
cept possibly among the minor nobility.
/ look for eventual liberty for Jews
in Germany such as exists in America
today"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
THE WAR TODAY

The Japanese liner Yasaka Maru
was sunk BY a submarine without
warning, according 10 reports
from her agents. The vessel went
down in the Mediterranean while
bound from London to Japan with
100 passengers, one OF them an
American, all OF whom were saved.
The Dardanelies expedition has
cost the British 1881 men. these
being the official figures of cas-
Halfies up TO Dec. II. OF this
number 1868 officers and 1850
men were killed.
C0nstantinopie records only ar
tiilery actions and bombing en-
counters on the Gailip0ii penin-
sula, instead Of the intense activity
that preceded the allied retire
ment from the SuVla and Amaze
zones.
An Athens correspondent says
1t is expected there that The leu
tonic forces concentrated at Giey-
geIi in the southeastern part of
Serbia will begin their advance to-
ward SaloniM before the week is
over.
Petrograd adTices contradict the
reports of the landing OF Russian
troops at Narna, on the Bulgar-
ian Black Sea coast. There was
only brush With the coast bat
teries there by warships pursuing
Bulgarian torpedo boat, it is de.
eiared.
The Germans are continuing
their counter attacks Mt Hartmans.
Eieilerkopf. In the Vosges. the
summit OF which was taken by the
French on Tuesday. Paris declares
the attack on the French left
wing has resulted In no change in
position, while ON the right the
French have advanced still fur
Their.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
ONE AMERICANOn
JAP BOAT SUNK
BY 4 SUBMARINE

London, Dec. %, (10;52 a. m)-The
new japanese liner Yasaka Maru,
which was sunk in the eastern Med
iterranean Tuesday by q submarine
while the steamer was on her way
from London to Japan with 100 pas
sengers and a crew Of 100 aboard, was
sent to the bottom without warning,
according to a report received from
Port Said from the agents Of the own
ers. All of those on board the ship, in
Guiding one American passenger, w.
J. Leigh, were saved. The nationality
Of the submarine is not mentioned by
the agents, and previous reports re-
ferred to the sinking OF the ship as
done by either an Austrian or Ger
man submarine.
The Yasaka Maru was sunk Tues
day afternoon. A French gunboat
picked up the passengers and crew at
midnight and landed them at Port
Said Wednesday morning. The COM
pany provided hotel accommodations
for them and is arranging to forward
them to their destinations. On the pas
senger list were 81 men. Sd women and
10 children, most Of whom were Brit
ish subjects. The agents in their re-
port say further:
The passengers express great ad-
miration for the skill of the captain
and officers and for the discipline Of
the crew. Perfect order was maintain
ed during the embarkation, which was
carried out with the greatest prompt
tude."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
NO LAW TO APPLY
TO DR.HAISElDEN

Springfield, Ill, Dec. 23.-There is
no law in the state of Illinois where
by DR.. Harry J. Haiseiden, the Chi
cage physician who refused to save or
prolong the life of the Bollinger baby
in that city Nov. II, can be indicted
by a grand jury investigation. Such
was the information received by At
torney General P. J. Lucey in letter
from States Attorney Maclay Hoyne
of Cook county this morning. The let
ter was In reply to request of the
attorney general for an investigation
of the case by the Chicago official.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
PACKERS To SEND
MAN TO ENGLAND

Chicago, Dec. 23.--Alfred r. Urion,
attorney for the Chicago meat packers,
announced today that he will sail for
England on Tuesday to endeavor to
obtain an adjudication of the $15,000,-
900 claim of the packers for cargoes
of meat seized by British authorities
and withheld from British destination.
Twenty seven ship loads of Ameri-
can meat consigned to European mar
kets were seized. The seizures began
a year ago in October and ended last
June. Mr.. Urion expects to obtain full
settlement Of the claims. He will be
accompanied by Chandler Anderson OF
New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
EMPEROR PRAISES
LIECE CONQUERER

Berlin, Dec. %, (by wireless to Say
vile, n. Y.)-Emperor William has
sent a telegram of coincidence to the
widow of General Won Emmich, whose
death was announced yesterday at
Hanover, it is stated by the Overseas
News Agency. which quotes the ruler 6
message as follows:
81 have lost an officer whom highly
esteem as a paragon of fidelity and de-
votion, as a soldier and man. and
when history describes the most glor-
fous achievements of this war-Liege
Saint Quentin, Galicia and Poland-his
name will occupy one OF the first
places"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
Villas Brother Is Arrested
to Prevent Habeas Cor
pus Proceedings.
PREVENTS HIS LIBERTY
Action Taken by Authorities
Intercepts All Possible
Liberation Steps.

San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 23.-To
forestall habeas corpus proceedings
by which Colonel Hipolito Villa. broth
er Of General Francisco Villa, might
have obtained his liberty before doc
umentary proof could have been OBJ
tanned from Ell Paso, Colonel Villa,
accompanied by detective, was start
ed for Ell Paso this morning.
Villa was arrested last night in the
drawing room of the Southern Pacific
train from the west, the arrest being
based on a message from the Ell Paso
chief Of police charging Villa with
swindling. Villa agreed to return and
face the charge without formal court
order and even consented to pay his
and the detectives fare.
Local officers were informed today
that villa will be met by the FL Pasc
chief Of police some distance out Of
Ell Paso and taken to Jail to await the
fixing of bond by the court.
Juarez is Quiet.
Ell Paso, Dec 23.-General Alvaro
Oregon, Carranza commander-in-
chief of northern Mexico, arrived here
last night from Nogales, Sonora. He
said he would not go to Juarez, just
across the border, until late today.
Juarez passed It's first night under
Carranza control peacefully and with
/ less Of the hustle characteristic of its
night life.
Gambling had ceased, the disorderly
/ resorts closed. and the "wickedest
town in Mexico" was dull and respect
able to the average tourist.
| Constituencies currency issued TO
the soldiers last night had a purchas-
I ing value in the stores and doubt as
to its worth was removed.
| Rodriguez Causes Worry.
| The only uneasiness felt in tIse town,
shared by the de facto government Of
/ flcials in this city, was the attitude of
General Jose Rodriguez as to the sur
render agreement and the wherea-
| bouts OF General Villa,
| General Manuel Banda is attempt
+ ing by emissaries to secure the adher-
| ence Of Rodriguez to the agreement.
} A telegraph line to Casas Grandes,
where Rodriguez is located with 1900
men, has been repaired, but no opera
tor is there.
/ General Porfrio Rodriguez, com
! ,,,a1dar Of +t,a sr1o,, tr,;1e v,.bfoI, ,,ae.
terday brought the last of the Chi
/ huahua garrison to Juarez, stated to-
| day that General Villa had sent his
| (Rodriguez's} force of more than 200
men as a vanguard to Buslllos ranch,
west Of Chihuahua City, when Villa
determined to leave the capital In
stead of preceding villa to Bustillos,
| Rodriguez said he had circled back to
the city and had barely time to en-
/ train his men for Juarez before the
vanguard of CarTanza troops arrived
! from the south. Rodriguez said he
had burned a bridge 80 miles north of
Chihuahua to delay the pursuit by
( Carranza troops until he could get
them to Juarez and surrender.
Chihuahua City was occupied yes
/ terday by a combined column compos-
ed of Generals Jacinto Trevino, For
/ tunato Mayeott, Luis Herrera and Co
lionel Enriquez. the latter being the
new governor of the state, according
to messages late last night at the
| Mexican consulate here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
LANSING ASKING
FOR AN INCREASE

Washington, Dec. 23,--An additiunn&
appropriation of s143.66G to caro- f0e
the increased work of the state de-
partment resulting from the European
war is asked by Secretary Lansing in
a memorandum submitted to congress.
Complex and difficult problems arising
from changed conditions of warfare,
according to the secretary. have i'm
creased the work of the department
over 70 per cent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
MARTIAL Law I'm GREECE |mm|N EN-
British Glue
List of Lost
at Turk Fort

London, Dec. %, Q2;4s p. M
Great Britain's loss OF officers and men
at the DardaneiIes up to Dec. 1 was
1t2,921.
This is the grand total of officers and
men, including the naval lists of killed
wounded and missing. The number
killed was 25,279. In addition to the
total OF casualties, the number of sick
admitted to hospital was 96.6S3.
The losses were distributed as fol-
lows:
Killed, officers. I,609; men. $3.50.
Wounded. officers, 1858; men. 72,222
Missing, officers, 337; men, 12,114.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
AWAIT REPORT OF
SHIPS CAPTAIN

Washington, Dec. 23.-Ambassador
Sharp at Paris today notified the state
department that France would not re-
ply to the American note protesting
against the removal OF Germans and
Austrlans from American vessels on
the high seas by the French cruiser
Descartes until the commander OF the
warship had reported
The French government Is eudeavor-
ing to get this report.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
CHIEF HUNT BUSY
FIRST DAY ON JOB

Chicago, Dec. 23.-Nicholas Hunt,
newly installed chief of Chicago detec-
tives, found work waiting for him
when he reached headquarters today.
Cracksmen had blown a safe in the
downtown district and escaped with
$1,000. Entrance was made through a
skylight and the thieves were eau
tious enough to leave $500 worth of
perforated stamps which they took
from the safe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
BREITUNC ADMITS
HELPING IN PLOT

New Tark. Dec. 23.--Max Breitung,
under Indictment witt. Robert Fay, DR..
Herbert Kienzle, Walter Scholz and
Paul Daehs on charges of conspiring
to blow up munition ships leaving this
country, today admitted through his
attorney, John B. Stanchfeid, that he
bought $50 pounds OF chlorate of pot
ash for Fay.
Breitung purchased the potash, one
OF the chief components in certain
forms of explosives, at Fay's request,
Mr. Stanchfield said. but acted in good
faith and was entirely innocent OF
any plan to destroy ships. Decision on
the motion was put over to Jan. 8.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
SHIP OLOSPANIsH
COINSTOlI,S.MINT
Twenty-Five Kegs to Value Of $780,.
600 Are Sent Here to Be
Transformed.

Philadelphia, Dec. 23.---Old Spanish
and French coins to the value of ST.
100000 arrived at the United States
mint here today to be transformed
into current money for the republic
of Cuba. The coins were packed in
y kegs and came here from Cuba by
express. Some of the coins are said
to be more than one hundred years
old and to be of considerable value to
numismatists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
Vacancy ON Naval Board.

Washington. Dec. 23,-The vacancy
on the naval advisory board caused by
the resignation of Henry A Wise Wood
Of New York win be filled by the
American Society Of Aeronautic Engi-
neers, which selected Mr.. Wood, Sec
rotary Daniels announced today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
FAIRBANKS CHOICE
OF INDIANA G.. O. P,

Indianapolis, Ind. Dec. 23.-Sixty
out of the 90 counties Of Indiana have
sent in petitions asking that the name
of Charles ". Fairbanks be placed on
the ballots for the primary next March
for the preferential vote for the repub-
ilcan nomination for president, accord
ing to a statement made today by L.
". Henley. secretary of the republi-
can state central committee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
dunno COMPUTES
HALP|N kCCUSERS

Springfield, Ill. Dec. 23.-The SEN
fences of Christian Paul Bertsche and
Charles P. Crane, alias James Ryan,
whose testimony resulted in the con-
yiction of John J. Halpin and other
Chicago police grafters were commut-
ed today by Governor Dunno. acting
on the recommendation of the state
board of pardons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
Out
on the Links
Early To-day

Hot Springs, Va, Dec. 23-The pres
ident and Mrs. Wilson made their first
appearance on the golf links here
early today. Other players were on
the course and with these the presi-
dent and his wife chatted during the
round.
Mrs. Wilson wore a light blue tail
ored suit, tan walking shoes and a
black toque.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
THE WEATHER
Forecast Till ! P. II. Tomorrow, for
Rock Island, Davenport, Moline
and Vicinity,

Fair and somewhat colder tonight
with the lowest temperature about 25
degrees. Friday increasing eloudiness.
Temperature at a. N. 30. Highest
yesterday IL, lowest last night s..
Wind velocity at Z a. N. l2 miles
per hour.
Precipitation at 7 a. m none.
Relative humidity at I p. N. 20. at
a. N. Ga, at p. m 10.
Stage of water at Z a. m, 2 feet a
rise of s Of foot in the last "a hours.
J. NJ. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-23
CHICAGO POSTOFFICE
BREAKS LAST RECORD

Chicago, Dec. 23-Six hundred mot
or trucks and wagons were required
to transport yesterdays Christmas
mail. the largest amount handled in
the history of the Chicago postofflce.
More than 100000 pounds of mail.
exclusive of 100000 pieces Of mail
af other classes, were handled, offic-
iais said today.