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The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1916-04-21

Of that sort-if the first one isn't con-
elusive"
But here mustn't be this time"
Cashier insisted warmly. I'VE must
stop it; it is our business to stop It,"
Your business maybe; 1t falls right
in your line. doesn't it,"
mo more in mine than in YOURS"
was the quick retort.
Am / my brothers keeper?" said
the engineer pointedly. catching step
with the long-legged stride Of the ath-
letic young shepherd of souls.
Not II you claim kinship with Cain,
who was the originator OF that very
badly outworn query" came the an
swer shotlike. Then: What has come
over you lately, Brouillard? You are a
friend Of the Massingales; I've had
good proof of that. Why don't you
carer"
Great heavens. Cashier, do care.
But IL you had cut finger you
wouldn't go to man in hell to get It
tied up. would you?"
You mean that have brought my
cut finger to your"
LES, tndl, ana tne rest OF
1t, too I'm no fit company for de-
cent man today. Cashier You'd better
edge off and leave me alone"
Cashier did not take the blunt inti-
nation. For the little distance inter
vening between the power company's
new Offices and the Niquoia building
he tramped beside the young engineer
in silence But at the entrance tn the
Niquoia he would have gone his way IL
Brouillard had not said abruptly.
81 gave you fair warming; I'm not
looking for a chance to play the Good
Samaritan to anybody-not even to
Stephen Massingale. much less Van
Bruce Cartwright. The reason is be-
cause have pretty decent backload
of my own to carry. Come up to my
rooms II you can spare few minutes
/ want to talk to man who hasn't
parted with his soul for a money
eQuivalent-if there is such man left
In this bottomless pit OF town"
Cashier accepted the implied chal.
lenge soberly. and together they as
cended TO Brouillard's Offices. Once re.
hind the closed door. Brouillard struck
out viciousIy. ft q
You fellows claim TO hold the keys
to the conscience shop; suppose yop
open up and doie out little OF the
precious commodity to me, Cashier. II
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1916-04-21
Wa CHAPTER XIX A
The. Man on the Bank

Brouillard. walking out of Mr. Cort-
wright's new offices with his thoughts
afar. wondered If it were by pure coin
cidence that he found Cashier appar-
emily waiting for him on the sidewalk.
Once more you are just the man l
have been wanting to see." the young
missionary began. promptly making
use of the chance meeting. May
break in with hit of bad news?"
There is no such thing as good
news in this God-forsaken valley. Cast
ner. What's your grief?"
There is trouble threatening for
the Cortwrights. Stephen Massingale
is out and about again. and l was told
this morning that he was filling him
self up with bad whisky and looking
for the man who shot him"
Brouillard nodded unsympathetic-
ally.
You will find that there is always
likely to be second chapter in book
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1916-04-21

ness matter OF mine very pcintedly.
What became of the one hundred thou
sand dollars you gave old David Mas
singale?"
How do you know 1 gave him a
hundred thousand dollars?"
That's dead easy" laughed the man
In the pivot chair, once more the genial
buccaneer. You drew a check for that
amount and cashed It. and a few min
utes later Massingale. whose account
had been drawn down to II ,thing. hobs
up at Schermerhorn's window with ex-
actly the same amount in loose cash
What did he do with it--gamble III"
THAT il his own affair" Brouillard
countered briefly.
well. the future-next months fu-
ture-is my AFFAIR. II you've get money
enough TO interfere again-don't.
You'll lose II. the same as you did be.
tore. And perhaps sha'n't take the
second interference as good-naturedly
~ did the nrst" - M
'Is that all you have to say?" Brou
,esserA ssked impatientiv.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1916-04-21

.-..aseu ana voluntarily withdraw.
Would the department place the men
and the means instantly at his dis
posal? i.
eff I were the honest man am
supposed to be. that is precisely the
message ! ought to send" he unused
refectively 1T is only as the crooked
devil In possession of me will drive me
to nullify the effort and make It OF no
effect that It becomes a crime: that
and the fact that ] can never be sure
that the Cartwright gang hasn't the
inside track and will not win out in
spite of all efforts. That is the touch
stone OF the whole degrading bust
ness. ! am afraid Cartwright has tho
inside track. II could only get a lit
tie clear-sighted daylight on the damn
able tangled"
ITO be continued)
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1916-04-21

monotone ''But while we are Still on
the knife blade edge a little
push Mr.. Cartwright, IL there
were one solitary righteous man left
in Mirapolis-"
There isn't" chuckled the promoter.
turning back to his desk while the en-
gineer was cropping for the door knob
-"at least. nobody with that particu-
lar brand of righteousness backed by
the needful inside information. You
&C ahead and do your part and we'll
DO the rest"
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1916-04-21
A PusIIIanlmous ProposaI.

Representative William A Jones,
the veteran Virginia congressman who
is chairman of the House committee
on Insular Affairs, frankly throws
aside the false prretenses OF his fell
low-partisans and confesses that he
wishes to be rid of the PHILIPPINES
before some power takes them away
from us or we have to spend several
,million dollars for their defense. Per
haps no such parsimonious and pusil-
luminous proposal was ever before
reported by n majority of COM
nittee in n representative assembly
OF n mighty nation. Certainly not in
the richest nation In the world. one
that from its youth up has never
failed To assert and defend its rights
against all corners.
The party accidentally in power
through temporary division of the
great body OF political thought on
other question. seems bent on carry
ing out the policy II made the para
mount issue in the campaign OF 1900
and against which the >peopie gave
a plurality OF S49.790. But It Ia doing
It on new grounds There is no af-
lection for the little brown brothers,"
There are no tears for Aguinaldo.
now harmless and inconspicuous
amigo. but then another Washington.
esteemed almost ms highly as villa was
by President Wilson year ago The
Declaration of Independence is not in
voked. II is not asserted that We have
exploited" the PHILIPPINES. The
world agrees that we have done more
for the PHILIPPINES than any other ma
ton ever did for n dependency in like
time. The Senate has voted and the
House is to be asked to vote for plain.
cowardly scuttle. The flag is to be
lowered through fear and as stroke
OF economy. Our treaty pledges are
10 be repudiated. We are not to main
tain protectorate. for that would be
as expensive as possession and infin-
itcly MORE troublesome, for we should
have to be responsible for the Phil
pinos without any control over their
acts.
II we are to turn the PHILIPPINES
over to anarchy or to be gobbled up
by some other power. why wait two
or four years? What miracle of prep
aration can be worked in that period?
is there not danger in delay? Can
our enemies restrain their impaticnce
that long? Why not throw the Philip
pines to the wolves and make good
our escape. without losing anything
except the Islands and our self-respect?
-Globe-Democrat.
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IHEL!IY ,9gEn1<
6yFRANCl3 lYN0E
ILLUSTRATIONS byC.D.RH00E5
COPYRIGHT BY CHARLES SrRienER5 SDt
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Brouinard. chief engineer
On the Niquoia irrigation dam, goes out
from camp to investigate a strange light
and finds an automobile party camped at
the canyon portal.
CHAPTER II-Brouillard meets ]. Yves
10y Cartwright and his daughter Gene
We've Of the auto party and explains the
reclamation work to them.
CHAPTER III-Cortwright sees in the
project big chance TO make money and
no chance for a man to get in anywhere"
Brouillard Is impervious to hints from the
nnancier. who tells Genevieve the engi-
neer will come down and hook himself
II the bait is well covered"
CHAPTER Iv-Cortwright organizes a
company and obtains government con-
tracts to furnish power and material for
aSost se Steve SaSy sy
gale threatens to start a gold rush II
Brouillard does not influence President
place. thus opening an easy market for
the ore from the Little Susan" mine.
CHAPTER v-Brouillard and the COM
2any's promoter clash but on orders from
Washington Brouillard turns over the
plans for the power installation.
CHAPTER Won visit to Amy Mas
eingale at her fathers mine Brouillard
nnds she understands him better than he
had thought.
CHAPTER Willie tells her of his need
for money to pay off his dead fathers
debts and that to be free he would sacri-
f1ce anything save his love for one wom-
building of the railroad extension she
tells him to be true to himself He de-
cides for It
CHAPTER yIII-Mirapolis. the city OF
numbered days. booms. Cartwright per
engineer Of the consolidated electric DOW
er company in return for 100000 stock.
CHAPTER Ix-Rumors that the govern
ment will call halt on the dam cause
Grislow to tell Brouillard that he is lean
ing to the Cartwright side to make the
CHAPTER x-Permanent building in
fuli swing When the stoppage of work on
the railroad threatens panic. Brouillard
spreads the Massingale story of placer
gold IN the river bed and starts a gold
rush.
CHAPTER xvI-Stories of the dams
abandonment revive. Foreclosure on the
Little Susan" is impending and Brouil-
lard loans Dave Massingale his $10O. 900 to
clear him.
CHAPTER xvII-MassingaIe CANDLES
away the 100000.
CHAPTER xvIII-Cortwright proposes
to Brouillard to carry on the dam work
until the last minute and then call 1t on
and make Mirapolis permanent Brouil-
lard agrees to rush the work.
"Ah!" said the millionaire. Now
you have brought it around to the
point was trying to reach. You don't
want to have anything more to dc
with me. but you are not quite ready
to cash in and pull out of the game.
How much money have you got?"
The cool impudence of the question
brought dull flush to the young mans
face, but he would give the enemy no
advantage in the matter of superior
self-control.
THAT is scarcely a fair question
even between armed neutrals." he OBJ
5ected. why do you want to know"
I'm asking because you have Just
proposed the noninterference policy.
and I'd like to know how fairly you
mean to live up to it. A little while
back you interfered in small bust
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-03
WOMAN TELLS HOW
T0|MPR0VES SCHOOL
RURAL TEACHER At klRkSVILIE.
NO., HAS INSTITUTION IN
GLASS BY ITSELF,

Mrs. Marie Turner Harvey, who ad-
dressed the women's clubs of Des
Moines recently tells a story which
will be of interest to rural teachers.
1t is given below as it was written by
Nita Cherry in 4 recent issue Of the
Des Moines Daily Capital:
"A country school teacher, but not a
typical one, is Mrs. Marie Turner Hair
vey, who addressed the city federation
of women's clubs yesterday. Former
ly a city teacher in St. Louis and an
instructor in the state normal school
at Kirksville, Mo, she voluntarily
chose the life of a country school
man to prove that her ideas of what
might be done in rural education were
not pure theory.
Taking a little one room school
house three miles north of Kirksville-
a %forlorn, dreary specimen without a
single convenience-in three years she
has made it an educational center
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-03

the country. The public school of
the United States has never meant SO
much as now in the light of conditions
in Europe. The public school is the
hope Of democracy because it is the
institution through which public opin-
ion can be directed. The consoli-
dated school will come by creating a
sentiment that will bring about laws
to make 1t possible.
Higher Salaries Needed.
Mrs. Harvey laid stress on the fin
ancial side of the problem. The rural
school needs men and women of Wis
ion, of scholarship, of character. But
what will induce teachers of this
class to enter into this social service.
when they have only the paupcr house
or a pension to look forward to in old
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-03
MEATS ARE
CAUSE OF FIRE ALARM

Some meat and lard smoking in the
basement of the Boston Market, 1913
East Second street, about 1880 Tues
day evening, caused a passerby to turn
IN a fire alarm to the central station,
The trucks responded but there was
no work to be done although the de-
partment men investigated the cause
of the trouble thoroughly before leav-
ing the place. The early hour, when
SO many people were on the street,
helped to swell the crowd that RAPIDLY
gathered when the sirens on the
trucks were heard.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-03
ISLAND TRAIN
HITS INTERURBAN

Des Moines, Feb. 2.-Three passen-
gers were seriously injured and sever
al others were bruised Tuesday when
a Rock Island freight train crashed
into g FIT. Dodge interurban car head
ed for Des Moines at SwanwOOd
Junction this morning.
The traction car was well filled.
Two of the injured were women. A
Rock Island passenger train from st.
Paul brought the injured into Des
Moines. %Interurban traffic was tied
up for several hours.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-03

lieve that anything approaching pro-
g~ressiveness means bankruptcy said
Mrs. Harvey. and they had to be
shown. Nothing convinces like a
demonstration. Our school has made
land worth $40 more an acre in an
area nine acres square,
Mrs. Harvey made a plea for the
club women to interest themselves IN
the rural school problem and to real
ize it's Importance. An intelligent
rural population makes an intelligent
rural vote. The chances for the cOun-
try boy to become a good citizen are
not equal to those of the city boy until
his educational facilities are equal.
His isolation is tragic. Among the
twenty million school children in the
United States twelve million live in
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-03

which is becoming famous. It's effect
on the community has been wonderful.
Fathers and mothers clubs and short
courses are some o. the innovations
for which it is responsible. The
school has a furnace, a water system,
artistic wall coverings. facilities for
cooking, a wagon to convey the pupils
to and fro, not to mention gardens II
outdoor appliances for play.
For Consolidated Schools.
Mrs. Harvey is a firm believer in
the consolidated rural school and has
worked hard toward it's accomplish
ment, but in the meantime has proved
that much may be done with the in
dividual school if enough effort is
spent in educating the community to.
the schools needs. Some people be-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-03
LEO STEVENS TO
ATTEND MEETING

Des Moines, Feb. mime men will
leave Des Moines Saturday night to
represent this city in the convention
of the National Chamber Of Commerce
IN Washington, D. c., next week.
They are Ashton Clemens, E.. r.
Meredith, L. E. Stevens, H. c. Down
ing, j. w. Powell, Homer A. Miller,
Harry H. Polk, c. L.. Herring and
Ralph E. Faxon.
The national chamber will consider
the business affairs of the nation, par.
ticularly the situation that will arise
when the war is over.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-03
ADMINISTER TOXIN
TO SAVE MANS LIFE

Perry. Feb. 2.-Eighteen thousand
units of tetanus toxin was administer
ed to Vernon Pagan, a young farmer,
in a local hospital when the man de-
veloped lockjaw as a result of having
caught his hand in a corn shelter two
weeks ago. His jaws began to set
Thursday. They were almost COM
pletely closed when the serum was adj
m%inistered. Hopes for his recovery
are entertained.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-03
ORGANIZE CITIZENS
BANK AT RUSSELL

Russell, Feb. 1.-THE Citizens
State bank was organized here today.
E. G. Latham was elected president.
w. A. Elliott, vice president: P. F..
Sprague, cashier, and G. s. Mckinley,
Sherman L%ockridge, H. D. Calvin and
J. A. Vinsel. directors. In all proba-
bility they will build a new bank
building this coming spring.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-03
Mrs. Enaa Maria Bloom.

The funeral services of Mrs. Enga
Maria Bloom, who passed away at
Burlington hospital Sunday morning,
were held this afternoon, the cortege
leaving the home at 1890 and services
we're held at the Swedish Lutheran
church, West Burlington. Interment
took place in Aspen Grove.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-03
HORSES NECK BROKEN.

Grinnell, Feb. Frank Barnes,
mail carrier on route No. 6 had some
bad luck coming in from his route. On
Tenth avenue his horse slipped and
fell, breaking it's neck, and died in
stantly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-03

hours with good books, bacon bats,
corn roasts, athletics and aquatic
sports of all kinds according to the
physical advantages of the location of
these homes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-03
Obituary
Emma Roberta Lenberoer

Emma Roberta Lenberper.
Mrs. Emma Roberta Lenberger of
Abba passed away at the Ottumwa
hospital Monday evening at S:45
o'clock at the age Of SO years. The
remain were taken to Abba at 1880
O'Clock this afternoon.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-02-03

age? The public must be educated to
demand from the state higher salaries
for it's teachers
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-21
Lucky Bennington.
{ bennington Banner.)


With a gift of 100000 for the new
hospital added to property worth $780,
coo to support the institution; with a
new library to be built at q cost of
100000 or thereabouts; with a new
postofce that cost $4,000; a new
high school erected at a cost of $92,
500; with three new factories in
three years and another in prospect
with one hundred new houses during a
short period; with $25,0 900 half of
which was given to the town to be
spent on the roads this year; with
every mill and factory running on full
time and most Of them over time
with practically every tenement oceu-
pied; Bennington is the luckiest town
in Vermont. After all though good
fortune is only a part of it. Good
fortune and being in good company
may have brought us the hospital and
library but the other good things
came from hard work and public
spirit. And the best of it is there ism t
| feud or fractional fight of any kind
in town. The outlook for the future
was never so good and the future of
the town viii be exactly what the peo-
pie deserve and strive for-not with
words alone but with works and faith
A few years ago the knockers were in
the majority in Bennington. Now
| they have all been converted or died
! off except twenty-three and two OF
these are not in very good health.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-21
People Have Rights.
(Rutland News

hutiHnu News
4 Young man in Brattleboro who
has none too good a reputation, having
been in court twice on charges Of in
toxication and having been fined once
for operating an automobile while I'M
der the influence of liquor, surreptitious
" took the automobile belonging to his
father and disappeared After two or
three days Joy ride, the young man re
turned and his father, who had made a
complaint to the officers, then asked
that the ease be dropped.
This request should be refused, and
State s Attorney 0. B. Hughes proposes
to see that the young man is punished
for his malfeasance. The public have
an interest in case of this kind, that
/ the father s forgiveness cannot elimi-
/ mate.
/ The youth had no license to drive
an aat omobile and had given evidence
of his being an unfit person to be han
ding an automobile. Furthermore, the
presumption is that if he would take
J without permission one car he would
take another ear in a similar way. The
officer viii discharge his sworn duty tC
the people by prosecuting this case sc
that it will stand as an effective warn
ing to the one implicated and as a deter
rent to others lawlessly disposed.
This suggests the whole theory o.
which our laws are based, and that i
the rights of the people and their preser
walton. A parent may have bowels o
mercy. and it is we'll that he does. How
ever, parental sympathy and indul
| genee should not be permitted to stan,
: between the people and the proper en-
forcement of the laws they make and tn
penalties thew prescribe. IN the
l words, our laws, civil and criminal, ar
F. made for the benefit of the whole pee
= pie, rather than as family affairs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-21
STATE NEWS NOTES,
Bethel Chrome Tanning Co. Prospers

Bethel Chrome Tanning Co. Prospers.
Eugene Fisher, manager of the tan
merry at Bethel, states that the company
has on the road 100000 raw hides and
$4,000 hides for sole leather These are
all horse hides and over so per cent of
them come from the battlefelds of Eu-
rope, mostly by the way of Switzerland,
Norway and Sweden or England Many
of these hides are pierced by shrapnel
bullet holes. At present the Bethel tan
merry is capable of turning out 1900
hides per day, and this new order, with
what other orders come to them in the
course of business, viii swamp the con
Germ with work if they do not build an
addition.
Now Mr.. Fisher states that he will
build an addition to the tannery, which
viii double the present working force
of 100 men and 25 women, if the town
will vote to exempt the addition from
taxation for a period of ten years. If
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-21

The report of 80 deaths among the
Grand Army men of Vermont during
the past year, when we consider that
the membership lis less than 1000 and
that it is 81 years since the war
closed, shows that our old soldiers
are still vigorous body of men. They
are. however, on the sunset slope of
life Ten years from now almost all
of these men who are living will be
beyond the four score mark. Their
ranks will be rapidly depleted from
now on. We Of younger generation
should stand by the old soldiers ana
in every way help to make their de
Ginning years pleasant. We ought on
all occasions to show them our venera-
ton and affection, and our apprecia-
ton of what they did in the DARK
days of the republic. A kindly wore
whenever it can be given, a show OF
interest in the affairs and lives OF
these men, a little assistance in help
ing them keep their fraternity intact, O
any attention which will brighter
their lives, ought for thousands of Il
to he service of pleasure and love.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-21

President Nichols of Dartmouth col
lege has a plan for that institution to
interrelate further its interests with
those of the business world. Students
are to be given opportunities for en-
ployment with business houses during
the summer months, with the arrange
ment looking to permanent employment
upon graduation. One trouble with the
ordinary college graduate is that he is
not fitted for anything in particular
when he gets his diploma, and he fire.
quently goes through a trying process,
sometimes years, before he fits into an
occupation for which he has an apti-
tude, or in other words he must strug-
gle to find himself With the
young man really serving an appren-
ticeship while studying for his degree
he would have a great advantage for
rapid advancement over his friend who
simply dawdled through the summer
months.