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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-10-16
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truth. You'll find him, but not among
the land owners or among those who
have gone there for their health nor
yet among those who have good Jobs,
nor yet among the suckers who have
been caught and want to unload.
found them and there are plenty OF
them. Workingmen lured there with
the hope of good jobs but who failed
to find them or found that they hadn't
bettered their position any. The west
is full of men right now who can't af
ford to ride back and who would walk
back IL the distance was not so great.
Many OF them told me that as soon as
they could get enough together TO pay
transportation for themselves and
family. back they would come.
"But" would say 10 them, you will
not be satisfied back east after living
in this lovely climate amidst the
roses" I'VE can't live on the climate
nor eat the roses, was the reply OF
one man and Il voiced the sentiments
OF all. Another said to me, This
country is all right for an old man,
man broken in health or man Who
don't have to work, but it's no place
for a healthy. able bodied young
man. From these men learned that
the rain out west vets just as deeply
as the rain in the east; that the alb
sence of snow don't signify there is no
cold for the dampness and rain chills
as completely and effectively as
does the clean, dry snow Of Clover
land
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-10-16

We heard Pat O'Brien advocate. a
race track for the county fair grounds
last Monday. Two years ago whenswe
criticized the purchase Of the piece OF
ground that was secured for fair pur-
poses Pat jumped all over us and ac-
cused us of knocking Iron River. etc.
etc. In the light of recent events,
brother. are you not ashamed of your
hasty words.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-10-16
THE cARRANzA GOVERNMENT

Word from Washington says that
Pres. Wilson is going to recognize
the Carranza government in Mexico
When we were in Texas two weeks ago
we were told that this thing was going
to happen. Texans we talked with a.
greed that Carranza is "the best OF the
bunch" OF revolutionists In Mexico
There semed however, to be general
opinion that Carranza cannot over
come the opposition. All seemed will
ing that he should be tried and they
pray that he may not be found want
ing Ask any Texan what the final re-
suit will be and he will tell you Inter.
vention." Likewise, they will tell you
that Intervention will follow the fail
ure OF Carranza to pacify the country.
Texans tell me that they base their
opinion on the fact that the funda-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-10-16

But. while the west has it's knock
ers, they are not so readily met with
as the booster The booster is every
where and one booster puts a soft
pedal on dozen knockers. The
booster is always in evidence You
don't have to inquire for him. He
needs no introduction fact that is
one characteristic of the western peo-
pie. Introduction is not in their vo-
cabulary. They just butt In and es-
pecially IL they have any suspicion
that you're dispensing any anti-west-
ern talk Invariably you'll be told
this eff what you say of the west is
true. why is Il that people from the
east who get dissatisfied out here and
move back east always return here In
very short time to stay" There you
are You can't account for II II IL is
true and you can't say that Il isn't
true. Our western friend is playing
with a marked deck He may know
OF one such case or of dozen but he
always gives you the impression that
he knows OF lots of them. To be spe-
cihc isn't the trait OF westerner.
And so. II you were to ask me what
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-10-16

The great labor consuming indust-
ry OF the Pacific northwest is lum-
Der and lumber is drug on the mar
ket just now. Thousands OF men are
out OF work in the milling and log
ing fields or are working for less
wage than reigns in the east. talk
ed with a number OF working men
who had worked in the lumber woods
OF Wisconsin and Michigan. All of
them told me of working for wages
that would look small in the upper pc
ninsula camp. The logging :. camps
are all operated by big concerns out
west and wages of woods men can
be better regulated than in the east
where every man owning team may
become "jobber" and bid for labor.
was fortunate in having an oppor-
tunity to visit logging camp and see
for myself the class OF men and living
conditions. II looked TO me as II many
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-10-16
Watch Your Children

Often children do not let parents know
they are constipated. They fear some
thing distasteful. They win like Rexall
Ordcrlics--a mild laxative that tastes
like sugar. Sold only by us, 10 cents.
Sam Bridges
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-10-16


There was one point, however, up
on which heard the boosters say but
little and that was the relative pro-
portion of working men to jobs. Just
now there are many more men seek
ing Jobs I'm the west than there are
jobs TO be had. It's the one vulner-
able point in the westerner's armor
and he don't like to dwell upon IT, He
generally passes IT off with story of
how i'm the near future great manu-
featuring plants are to come that will
absorb the surplus labor Those
plants have, l am told, been coming
since the white man first began to de-
velop the west but they are not doing
business yet and, until the eastern
laboring man is assured that they are
open for business. my advice TO him is
TO keep away from the west There
are two men for every Job right now
with no immediate prospect of the
jobs multiplying
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-10-16

single thing In the west impressed
me most should have to answer that
it's the spirit or boost" among the
western people. II overtops their
highest mountain peak; Il spreads out
broader than their great valleys or
vast deserts" Boost. is the pass
word OF the west. II you don't boost
you are not OF the west
Boost for the climate. boost for the
soil, boost for the crops. boost for the
flowers, boost for the mountains.
Boost for everything to be found In
the west but above all else, boost for
the sIoyely climate.
That climate It's great saving
clause It's to a westerner what
"allege' is TO the publisher or "if' to
the physician. When you have routed a
westerner on all other points relative
TO his section he trouts out the court
OF last resort. He says, "But. this
beautiful climate" You might as we'll
quit theu for he's got YOU II YOU
happen to be there in the wet season
he points to the flowers and reminds
you OF the snow. frost and cold at
home. II in the dry weather he points
TO the crops, the certainty with which
work can be done or the advantage Of
not having crops spoiled by rain, as
is the case in the east.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-10-16

OF our northern lumber jacks are IN
the western camps. While there was
sprinkling OF the foreigner, the
proportion of natives" was greater
than is the case In the camps OF the
peninsula. was told that the same
holds true all over the logging sec
ton.
/ must say that the men are we'll
cared for and we'll fed The grub"
was as good as that served In any OF
the medium class hotels. The sleep
ing quarters were, IL any, better than
similar quarters in the east. This is
partly explained In the fact that OPP
erations are on a much larger scale
and the camp expense C. n be spread
over a much larger product, thus
lessening the per M charge. The camp
that I visited had been there three
years and had FIVE years more work
dhtdu. lhc OptIdtioho Nohtihuc th'
year around whereas ours rarely ex-
tend through the summer months.
The cook told me he has regular and
different menu for each meal and
the same plan is followed in all of the
camps with which he is acquaint-
ed | asked him about cooks wages
aud he told me that he never cooked
for less than 500 per month and that
wages of cooks rule from 800 to
s125 in the west.
The other large labor employing
industry in the west is agriculture
and under this head include the
fruit an& hop culture. In this line la
Dor may be divided into two classes;
viz, the steady ranch hands and the
job and piece workers. To my mind
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-10-16

And so, II you were to ask me what
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-30

glimpse of something moving near the
bushes fifty yards away. Raising his
weapon. he fired.
The whole household had been
reused by the lions deep voice and
the answering boom of the big rifle.
so that scarcely minute after Barney
and Curtiss reached the side of the
PROSTATE girl score of white men
and black We're gathered about them.
The dead body Of huge lion lay
scarce twenty feet from Victoria Gus
ter. but hurried examination of the
girl brought unutterable relief to them
all, for she was uninjured.
Barney lifted her In his arms and
carried her to her room, while the 9TH
ers examined the dead beast. From the
center Of the breast wooden shaft
protruded. and when they had drawn
this out-and 1t required the united ef-
forts Of four strong men to do itr-they
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-30

she was Nat-ul. daughter Of Tha. ant
II had not been a hundred thousand
years. but only yesterday, the day be
fore, that he had last seen her
Yet each time something deferred
him-a strange. vague, indefnable feaI
of this wondrous creature who was
Nat-ul and yet who was not Nat-ul, but
another made in Nat-ul's image.
The strange things that covered her
fair figure seemed to have raised a
barrier between them-the last time
that he had walked hand in hand with
her upon the beach naught but the soft
skin of red doe had clothed her
Her familiar association. TOO. with
these strange people, coupled with the
fact that she spoke and understood
their language, only tended to remove
her further from him.
M was very sad and very lonely,
and the sight of Nat-ul seemed to ac-
centuate rather than relieve his de-
preston Slowly there was born with
in him the conviction that Nat-ul was
no longer for Nh. the son of M. Why
he could not guess. but the bitter fact
seemed inevitable.
The girl had turned quite close to
him now and was retracing her steps
toward the bushes twenty yards away.
Behind their screening verdure Old
Rallies, the sheep stealer, twitched his
tufted tail and drew his steel thewed
legs beneath him for the spring, and as
he waited just the faintest of purrs
escaped his slavering jowls.
Too faint the sound to pierce the
dull senses of the twentieth century
maiden, but to the man hiding in the
rose thicket twenty PAGES farther from
the lion 1t fell sinister upon his un-
spoiled ear.
Like bolt of lightning-so quickly
his muscles responded to his will-the
cave man hurtled the intervening rose
bushes with single bound, and. raised
spear in hand. bounded after the I'M
conscious girl.
The great lion saw him coming, and
less he be cheated of his prey. leaped
into the moonlight before his intended
victim was quite within the radius Of
his spring.
The beast emitted horrid roar that
froze the girl with terror, and then in
the face of his terrific charge the fig
ure of naked giant leaped past her
She saw great arm. welding a
mighty spear, hurl the weapon at the
Infatuated beast-and then she swooned.
AS the savage note of the lions roar
broke the stiffness of the quiet night,
Curtiss and Barney Custer sprang to
their feet, running toward the side of
the bungalow from which the sound
had come.
Curtiss grasped the rifle he had just
reloaded, and as he turned the corner
Of the building he caught one fleeting
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-30

more.
Into the foothills past the tortured
strata of an ancient age II wound. At
sight Of the naked rock the girl shud-
dered. vet on and up she went until
rerkoz halted. bristling and growing.
before the inky entrance to gloomy
cave.
Holding the beast back. Victoria peer
ed Within. Her eyes could not pene-
trate the darkness.
Here evidently the trail ended, but
Of sudden it occurred to her that she
had only surmised that the bloody
spoor they had been following was that
of the man she sought.
II was almost equally as probable
that Curtiss' shot had struck Old Raj
fles' mate and that. after all. she had
followed the blood of Il wounded lion
ess to the creatures rocky lair.
Bending low, she listened, and at last
there came to her ears sound as Of a
body moving, and then heavy breath
ing and sigh
"Nu," she whispered. lis 1t you?
have conner Nor did 1t seem strange
to her that she spoke I'm strange
tongue. no word of which she had ever
heard in all her life before.
For moment there was silence. and
then, weakly from the depths Of the
cave. a voice replied:
"Nat-ulv'
1t was barely a whisper.
Quickly the girl CROPPED her way into
the cavern. feeling before her with her
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-30
Victoria kneeled Beside the PROSTATE
Form of NJ.

hands until she came to the PROSTATE
| form of man lying upon the cold.
hard rock. With difficulty she kept the
growing wOlfhound from his throat.
Terkoz had found the prey that he
had tracked, and he could not under
lowed to make the kill. But he was a
well trained beast, and at last at the
girls command he took up position
at the caves mouth on guard.
Victoria kneeled beside the PROSTATE
form Of M, the son of M, but she
was no longer Victoria Custer. 1t was
Nat-ul. the daughter of Tha. who kneel-
ed there beside the man she loved.
Gently she passed her slim fingers
across his forehead. 1t was burning
with raging fever. She felt the
wound along the side of his head and
shuddered. Then she raised him in her
arms SO that his head was pillowed in
her lap and kissed his cheek.
Halfway down the mountalnside, she
recalled, there was a little spring Of
fresh cold water. Removing her hunt
ing jacket, she rolled 1t into q pillow
for the unconscious man and then, with
TerkOz at her side. clambered down
the rocky way.
Filling her hat with water. she re-
turned to the cave.
All night she bathed the fevered head
and washed the ugly wound. at times
squeezing a few refreshing drops be-
tween the hot lips.
At last the restless tossing of the
wounded man ceased. and the girl saw
that he had fallen into a natural sleep
and that the fever had abated.
When the first rays Of the rising sun
relieved the gloom within the cavern
Terkoz, rising to stretch himself. looked
backward into the interior.
He saw a black haired giant sleeping
quietly. his head pillowed upon khaki
hunting coat. and beside him sat the
girl, her lOosened hair tumbled about
her shoulders and over the breast of
the sleeping man. upon which her own
tired head had dropped in the sleep of
utter exhaustion.
Terkoz yawned and lay down again.
After a time the girl awoke. For
few minutes she could not assure her
self Of the reality of her surroundings.
She thought that this was but another
Of her dreams.
Gently she put out her hand and
touched the face Of the sleeper. IL
was very real; also she noted that the
fever had left
She sat In silence for few minutes.
attempting to adjust herself to the
new and strange conditions which sur
rounded her. She seemed to be two
people-the American girl. Victoria
Custer and Nat-ul. But who or from
where was Nat-ul she could not faith
ON other than that she was beloved
by M and that she returned his love.
She wondered that she did not re-
greet the life Of ease she had abandon
ed and which she knew that she could
never again return to. She was still
sufficiently Of the twentieth century to
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-30
STOCK NOTES.

E. Pierce Hardaway, of Irvingtou,
sold to Robert L. Lyon. of the same
place. the fine chestnut gelding Nc. by
Burk Cochran. dam by Bourban Den.
mark, for figure near the $500 mark.
At recent Missouri sale fourteen
head of mules sold at prices averaging
ss07.50 each. Jennets sold up to sass.
The average prices of live stock p
the Chicago market last week, a. c0u|k
piled by Drovers' Journal, were: Cath,
IS. rs; hogs, s7.4s; sheep, S. Is. and
lambs. $3.50. On the corresponding
week of last year the averages were:
Cattle, $500; hogs, ss.ss; sheep. IS.
and lambs, %.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-30
CHAPTER VI.
The Ancient Trail.

YN the bushes was a little pool of
dried blood. and where the earth
near the roots was free from sod
there were several impressions Of
a bare foot.
He must have been wounded" ex-
planned Brown, by Curtiss' shot. !
doubt II the lion touched him. The
beast must have died instantly the
spear entered its heart. But where can
he have disappeared tor
Victoria Custer was examining the
grass little distance beyond the
bushes. She saw what the others fail
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-30

realize that the step she had taken
must cut her of forever from her past
life. yet she was very happy.
Bending low over the man. she kiss
ed bis lips and then. rising. went out
side and. taking Terkoz with her. de-
scended to the spring. for she was
thirsty.
Neither the girl nor the hound saw
the white robed figure that withdrew
suddenly behind huge bowlder ~
the two emerged from the caves
mouth.
Nor did they see him signal to others
behind him who had not yet rounded
the shoulder of the cliff at the base Of
which they had been marching.
l.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-30

Now the roar of a distant lion came
family to her ears. answered. quite
close, by the moaning Of anOther-a
sound that is infinitely more weird and
terrifying than the deeper throated
challenge. The cough Of the leopard
and the uncanny laughter Of hyenas
added their evidence that the night
prowling carnivora were abroad.
The hair along the wolf hounds spine
stiffened in little ridge of bristling
rage. The girl unslung her rife, shift
ing the leash to the hand that carried
the heavy spear of the troglodyte. but
she was unafraid.
Suddenly, just before her. a little
band of antelope sprung from the grass
in startled terror. there was hideOus
roar and great body hurtled through
the air to alight upon the rlimp of the
hindmost of the herd.
single scream of pain and terror
from the stricken animal. a succession
of low growls and the sound of huge
jaws crunching through flesh and bone
and then silence.
The girl made a slight detour to
avoid the beast and its kill. passing a
few yards above them. In the moon
light the lion saw her and the hound.
Standing across his fallen prey. his
tiaming eyes glaring ut the intruders.
he rumbled his deep warning to them.
but Victoria. dragging the growing
Terkoz after her. passed on. and the
king Of beasts turned to his feast.
II was fifteen minutes before Terkoz
could relocate the trail. and then the
two took up their lonely way once
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-30
CHAPTER v.
The Zebra Killer.

AYU was hungry again, and know.
~ ing no law Of property rights,
II he found the odor Of the Grey
afoka shpen ~ annetizinp as
The Prescott daily news., 1915-09-07
FORCES OF LIQUOR IN
 TERESTS HAVE SCATTERED

From present indications the 1917 legislature will be minus one of its most powerful Hobbies, for it is be coming more and more evident that the liquor interests will makes no ef- fort to repeal the Newberry statewide prohibition bill. The forces of the liquor interests have been permitted to scatter, and as most of the liquor men are either going into other busi- nesses, have already gone or will re- move from the state, there will be few in Arkansas when the legislature convenes, who are sufficiently inter- ested to make the fight.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-09-07
WANT JUDGE SHAVER
 TO BE CANDIDATE
Several Cases Disposed of Before Noon, When Court Adjourned until Tuesday MOrning.-Ev- cry Memeber Asso. Present.

Hope, Ark, Sept. 6.-Hempstead chancery court convened here this morning with Judge James D. Shay CT of TeXarkana presiding. Several cases were disposed of before noon, and the court was adjourned until Tuesday morning that the attorneys might attend the regular session of the Hampstead County Bar Associa- tion which was called to order in the court room at o'clock this afternoon. Every member of the association was present. Judge James H. CcCollun of Hope was elected chairman, and Judge w. Hetter of Washington, sec retary. At the close of the meeting a resolution was read heartily com mending the splendid speeches of Judge Shaver, who has served as judge of the chancery courts of this district for sixteen years, and urging him to allow his name to be used as a can didate for reelection. The resolu- tion was adopted and every member of the bar association, every county officer and all their deputies, and 9 large number of leading citizens sign ed it personally Each lawyer pres ent supported the resolution in an ap- propriate speech and Judge Shaver responded with a very feeling speech of we'll chosen words, thanking the members of the bar for the many courtesies they have shown him dur ing his long tenure of office.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-09-07
EFFORT TO PREVENT
 sa t..
Active Campaign Started in Lit tie ROck-Endless Chain Plan being Used and Will Extend to All Sections of State.

A final effort will be made this week by the Arkansas Commission of the Panama-Pacific International Exposi- tion to prevent the closing of the Ark ansas building in San Francisco. and the payment of salaries due those who have been in charge of the building and the exhibit booths in agricultural. Horticultural, and Mines and Manu- factures buildings.
 To every citizen of the state. whose name is obtainable, an appeal will be sent for assistance. Each will be asked to contribute $1 and if $500 can be raised in this manner, the build ing cannot only be kept open for the balance of the fair, but fresh exhi- bits can also be sent out Right now is the best time to secure horticultu- ral exhibits, and they can be trans ported to San Francisco in time for Judging.
 Unless the response to this last ap- peal Is as generous as anticipated, Arkansas will be forced to close it's building, and be the only state having representation at the fair, to take such action. If this becomes necessary the good work already done at the fair, according to the commissioners, will be more than overbalanced by the ad- verse advertising.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-09-07
HflpERIAN TORPE-
 DoED; MANY LOST
Contain Sticks to Doomed Vessel ''r fT.til it Sank. Rescued in
 = Escape with Life.-Nearly
 ~, '. Ream's end when She Sank

o,stown Sept. 6.-Six second
 passengers, six third cabin pas |c'Dn, ars and thirteen of the crew of the ssas ssasmer Hesperian, torpedoed 15o % s'uos from Queenstown Saturday ,nn,ning, aaro are unaccounted for tonight, according to the revised official ii fig ''sss a.s issued by the Allen line. This s,;ncs 1,a, the probable death list includ- ;a I Miss Carberry of St. Johns, N. F.. whose ,s body is here, up to twenty-six. |Tbe captain of the stricken liner re- n.;ned m by his ship until it sank. He l..l;ned to comment on the disaster for nublication, hence the official state
 rent that he fails to make must come from the admiralty, althought he is s,id to have told an Allen line official That the Hesperian was torpedoed.
 Most of the passengers and crew will lsave for Liverpool tomorrow. Cap
 tain Main and the officers who remain cd aboard the steamer were able to save some of their effects before the
 shin plunged to the bottom, seventy
 eight miles northwest of Fastnet, not far from the scene of the attack, talk
 ing with her 3,545 bags of mail, much
 of it originating in neutral countries. The flooding of the forward compart-
 ment, which caused the Hesperian to
 sink so much by the head as to throw
 the propellers out of the water. made
 the task of towing the liner to Qeens-
 town impossible in the rough seas.