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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-03-08

eyos was . guaranty Of his EARNEST,
ness and Sandry returned It with =
glance as earnest you speak in rid.
oies, Mr.. Hampden." he said coldlv.
ana I'm inclined to think the pumme,.
Ing John, gave you has injured your
mentality"
The Preacher reached him as the
ether turned away. followed by his
men. who shouldered their tools and
disappeared through the underground
In a shambling file. abandoning the
hight for other means.
A stranger" asked the newcomer,
extending that fine white hand. "a
stranger at the camp?"
The new owner, father" yolun-
teered Daily. "Mr. Sandry."
All, yes! You are young, sir. in the
ways of the world! But God guides the
feet OF the young. 1t is labyrinthian
path-the way Of youth! There are
butterflies along it and primroses, and
both are so easily trod underfoot!
An, 80 easily! And a little farther
along there is regret and shadow. All,
me! All. me! What is the way out?"
he turned troubled blue eyes to the
foreman and the latter. strong and
numbering as an OK, laid light touch
upon the sacred flute.
The troubled eyes dropped thereon.
Why-certainly. How could / for
get!"
And lifting the instrument and his
silver head he answered his wistful
query with the plaintive sweetness of
Jesus. Lover of My Soul"
That" he smiled, sis the way out,
son, in case you should lose yourself
in the shadows-the lonely shadows
Of dishonor and SIM"
He laid his hand on Sandry's arm
and slowly the young mans face grew
darkly crimson. His lips twitched and
he turned away. 'Ill go down to camp,
son." said the preacher to Daily,
there are those there who are al
ways there?"
There was q quick sliding of some
thing like fear in his voice.
All there" said Daily kindly as the
peculiar arrival turned away.
He is bit embarrassing at times,
Mr.. Sandry." he apologized, "but inno-
cent-and bit O. the God he breaches.
Says he's the father of all things faith
erless. It's the strongest grip of his
trouble, the idea that he's a father to
everybody an everything that needs
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-03-08
SYNOPSIS.

sletz Of Daily's lumber camp directs
4 stranger to the camp. Walter Sandry
Introduces himself to John Daily, fore
man. as "the Dillingworth Lumber Co,
ar most of it," He makes acquaintance
With the camp and the work he has come
from the East to superintend and make
successful He writes to his father that
ne Intends to get a handful Of the wealth
in the uncut timber of the region. He
Owes Siletz permission to ride Black Bolt,
bis saddle horse In an emergency he
proves to the foreman that he does not
lack judgment. Siletz tells him of the
Preacher. He discovers that Siletz bears
the sign of the Siletz tribe OF Indians and
wonders what her surname is. In the
flush Of a tender moment he calls her
the Night Wind in the Pines" and kisses
her. Poppy Ordway. a magazine writer
from New York. comes to Daily's to get
material for a romance of the lumber
region. Hampden OF the Yellow Pines
Co. warts Sandry to keep off a tract of
stumpage he claims title to and Sandry
thinks ne has bought as the East Belt.
Hampden sets up a cabin on the East
Belt and warns trespassers OFF. Sandry
can find no written evidence of title to
the tract. HIS men pull down the cabin.
Sandry compares Siletz and Poppy.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-03-08
CHAPTER XII.
An Unrecorded Deed.

The Preacher proved to be the
strangest thing in all this strange
country to Sandry as he watched him
In the days that followed. He spoke
but seldom and then with quaint pre-
cision, beauty of speech and thought
that amazed the man from the East.
But they were old thoughts, Sandry
found at last, thoughts formulated In
the fire and enthusiasm of youth. hence
still burning when youth had fed and
age had brought its empty seeming.
"And it is there" he said to himself,
that S'letz gets her manner of speech,
though her visions are her own, born
of her conferred soul"
At the end of the week Sandry went
to Salem. When he returned his face
was drawn as If from loss of sleep,
and he summoned Daily to the office.
Sandry pulled open drawer in his
desk and took out the deed to the East
Belt.
This he said tensely, has never
been recorded. searched the records
at the land Office and our deed is not
there. Instead there is brand new
homestead filing in the name of T. j.
O'Connel. Daily, either old Frazer was
crooked or fool"
There was q strained note in the
owners voice. His foreman sat In the
tip-tilted Office chair. open-mouthed
and round-eyed.
~ et n
holt-damn his soul to hell! He
knows about the contrack an he'll blk
1t II he can But Frazer wasn't crook
ed. Mr.. Sandry, I'd stake my life on
that"
"Then why did he sell me the East
Belt stumpage-the prize card in the
Dillingworth pack-without record
cd deed? This isn't worth it's paper.
He waved the folded alp.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-03-08
KNEW USE OF ANESTHETlCS
Conclusive Evidence That Ancient
Surgeons Were Familiar With
Methods of AIleviatin9 Pain.

Those who imagine that surgice'
lions, and that the discovery OF
chloroform. revolutioniZed the science
should read an article recently pub
lished by DR.. j. de Fenton in the South
African Journal of Science.
Various anesthetizing media and
methods were well known both In
antiquity and during the Middle Ages
Homer mentions the anesthetic ef
fects of nepenthe; Herodotus states
that the Scythians obtained similar
effects from the vapors of hemp. pro-
duced by throwing hemp seed on hot
stones. A Chinese physician OF the
third century B. C. gave his patients
preparation of hemp to make them
insensible during surgical operations.
The most important anesthetic OF
ancient and medieval times was. how
ever, wine of mandragora, the use OF
which mentioned by great number
of early writer's, and is referred to
by Shakespeare. More recently. in
the year 1850, the German surgeon
Weiss, better known as Albinus. am
putated the foot of Augustus Ill. king
of Poland. while under the influence
of mandragora.
Two other anesthetizing agencies
were employed in very early times.
viz, arterial compression and hyp-
notism.
1t is said that the ancient Assyr-
ians produced a lethargic state by
compression of the carotid artery be-
fore performing the operation OF cir
cumciSion.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-03-08

him-regular lunatic on the point.
Pitiful sometimes in his eagerness.
But he's loved from Seattle to Santa
Barbara, and known all over the
coast"
Lets go down to the TRAIL" said
Sandry, changing the subject; well
rush the work on the double quick. Put
on an extra crew. I'm going to take
heed to that swindlers words. He
meant what he said. There's some
thing crooked here"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-03-08
Stopping Him.

81 shall never ask you to promise
to come home early again" she said
sorrowfully when he let himself IN
at 3 q. N.
why not. my dearf- he inquired
quietly.
Its bad enough to be married to q
nighthawk andes loafer without max.
inr Z liar Of you, too" she replied.
and he had no comeback
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-03-08

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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-03-18
Attends County
Commissions Meeting

w. ii. Whalen went down to
Gunnison last Sunday to attend
the regular meeting of the County
{ commissioners on Monday and
Tuesday. As they had not met for
two months they found n good deal
to do. AS usual, tax matters came
first and a number of complaints
were looked into and adjustments
made. The matter of a road over
Trail Greek to the Forest Hill was
brought up and an engineer will as
soon as possible, be sent out to in
vcstigate. This road is purposed to
connect the Forest Hill group with
the Doctor Mine road, allowing the
former to ship from Almont instead
of the much longer haulto St. Elmo.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-03-18
Forfeiture Notice
Gunnison, Colorado,
January Sth, 1916

To Sarah M. North, and to
Sarah NJ. North, as sole and only
heir-at law of ]. M. Harris, de-
ceased.
You are hereby notified that
we have expended, during the
year 1916 one hundred dollars in
labor and improvements upon the
Bunker Hill Lode Mining claim,
situate in the CementC Greek Min
ing District, County of Gunnison,
and State of Colorado, the loca-
ton certificate of which is record
ed in Book 143, at page 436, in
the Office of the Recorder of said
county, in order to hold said claim
under the provisions of Section
1924 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, and the a.
mendment thereto approved jan
uary 2, 1880, concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said
lode for the period ending on the
3lst day of December A. D. 1915.
And if, within ninety days after
the publication thereof, you fail
or refuse to contribute your pro-
portion of such expenditure as
co-owner, which amounts to
Thirty-three Dollars and Thirty
three cents, your interest in the
claim will become the property
of the subscribers. your co-own-
ers, who have made the required
expenditure, by the terms of said
section:
l.. C. ESTES.
w. A. ESTES.
First publication Jan. 15, 1916.
Last . Apr, Is, 1916.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-03-18
The Towns True
p Sentiments

Only those who have lived in the
mountains in winter can even
family realize what the railroads
have to contend with. Days of
hard work may be obliterated in
short time. The crew of rotary
never knows what is ahead oft.
At the time of the recent blockade
there were many places needing aid
rs badly or worse than this. Black
Canon with its toll of death, was
the worst, Baldwin and Pitkin were
as badly off as this place was; in
fact the entire Third Division was
in the grip of one of the worst SNOW
conditions in its history. Superin-
tendent Deuel. was straining every
nerve and doing the work of several
men. Every man under him was
working more than treble time, and
it was comparatively very short
time before Supt. Deuel. had brought
order out pf chaos and every branch
and line is now in as good running
order as in summer. This shows
the character Of the man who is
superintendent of this division. and
his employees. Aspersions on such
man and his employees rebound as
n rubber ball would from wall,
and are not worth noticing.
If some of those who have been
quickest to find fault will Just sit
down and try to figure ont what this
part Of the country would be now if
the Little Giant had not overcome
the Almost unsurmountable obstacles
in its way. they would change their
tune. In consideration of the vast
lenetits this road has conferred up
on us we think little blockade can
lie stood once in awhile.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-03-18
Railroad Open Again.

After days of hard work the road
to Gunnison was opened last Satur-
day afternoon, and at seven O'Clock
a train steamed in with the first
mail since the previous saturday.
Fifty-seven large mail sacks was the
accumulation and took the post
Office force some hours to get it all
Strengthened out. Every body was
happy to get in touch with the
'mail' once more.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-03-18
Forfeiture Notice.
Crested Butte, Colorado, Janu

Crested Butte, Colorado, Janu-
ary Is, 1916.
To John Saunders. John Tobin,
Ray Perkins and Charles Hub
bard. your heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that l
have expended during the years
from 1902 to 1916 inclusive. the
sum of $500 annually in labor
and Improvements upon The Wiz
ard Oil Nos. /, 2 and 9, claims,
situate in the Spring Creek min
ing district, County of Gunnison,
State of Colorado, the location
certificate of which is recorded
in the Office of the Clerk and Re-
corder of Gunnison county, Colo
RADIO, in order to hold said claims
under the provisions of section
1921 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, and the amend
ment thereto approved January
22nd, 1880, concerning annual la
Dor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said
lodes for the period ending on
the 31st day of December, 1915,
and if within ninety days from
the personal service of this notice
or within ninety days after the
publication thereof, you fail or
refuse to contribute your proper
ton of said expenditure as CO.
owner, which amounts to the
sum of 81, 200 for the said four
teen years, your interests in said
claims will become the property
of the subscriber, your co-owner,
who has made the required ex-
penditure by the terms Of said
section.
AMASA SALISBURY,
First publication Jan. Is, 1916
! Last +" April IS, 1916.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-03-18

Mrs. Ralston. Mrs. d. l.. Glad
stone sang Lindsay's musical adap-
OF The Bridge" by Longfelow, nf-
ter which a short business session
was held.
The next meeting which is to be a
social one will he held at the home
of Mrs. J. V. McClenat'ian on Mar.
"a. Mrs. McClenathan, Mrs. Raj
ston, and Miss O'Neill being h e
hostesses.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-03-18
Summer is coming
Springtime is (alnost) here.
Benefit of First Aid
Pointed Out.
Washington Times il the Mining &c

Washington Times il the Mining Congress
Journal.
A convention of medical experts
held in Washington last summer
has borne fruit in the appointment,
by President Wilson, of board Of
first aid standardization. At the
time of the convention fignros were
presented which indicated sur
prising loss of limb and life in in
dustrial and. transportational work
because of n lack of knowledge of
first aid measures among those who
ought to have such knowledge.
A principal factor in retarding
h e dissemination of such knowl-
edge was that physicians themselves
have been in dispute about proper
tirst-aid packages to he made avail
able to industrial workers and rail-
road men, Too often these lavmen
have been equipped with material
only the trained physicians could
apply.
The Standardization board is to
work out satisfactory first-aid
package to be placed in the Hands
OF the laymen, and another to be
used by physicians. In view of the
industrial accidents in this country,
such an effort is more of a boon
than might seem at first sight.
This training will he of mark ed
benefit if this country ever is called
to war. European nations have
learned that field hospitals service
and relief of the wounded are mat
ters of primary importance. Train
ing large numbers of physicians and
laymen in the art of applying first
aid measures will be of lnestimable
value in time of stress.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-03-18
The Ladies' Social Club.

The literary meeting Of the Ladies'
Club held at the home of Mrs. G..
H. Wise Maief 10th, was much
enjoyed.
The subject was Longfellow and a
unmber of his shorter poems were
read by the different members after
4 sketch of his life had been read by
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

cut farm to make ideal potato SOL. MT. Pagan learned how to build up the ideal potato plant. but rot ana blight came from without and from within to upset his plans. It must be admitted that the climate of the Con- necticut valley was never built for th2 potato plant. The plant must be t1t- ted to the climate. The state is not noted for large potato yields, for in this humid valley the blight is always on deck. And so MT. Pagan. aftcr some years of work and after seeing his beautiful plants throw up their hands and fall down before their work was completed, found at last that he must go to a new teacher. U l~arn how to fight off disease.
 The Reward.
 Thus it was that Joe Pagan, a man
 nearly sixty years old, went to school, as he calls it, to Prof. George P. Clin- ton, of the Connecticut Experiment
 Station. Fagan's part of the agree ment was to do everything that he was told in soaking and spraying and blight fighting.
 And he had his reward. Last year he planted twenty acres of potatoes and carried out Professor Clinton's dl- rections to the dot on the i. These directions seemed sometimes against experience, but Pagan was game pu- pill, ad hestuck to the job. AS re- suit, they dug 5000 bushels of pota- toes from the twenty acres and the crop sold at an average of 70 cents bushel This year of wet weather, Professor Clinton tells me that MT. Fagan's persistence in spraying, In season and out, has added 100 bushels per acre to his yield
 And so this fine old farm has come potatoes more than paid the entire original price for this big farm, and it has only begun to show itself. And the farm has done more, for it has brought the surrounding land back along with it. Whenever a man goes hunting for a farm now they show hiul the land as it stands, and then they take him to the farm that has come back, and point out it's possibilities. As a result of this potato crop this pa1t of Connecticut is likely to become as famous for potato culture as it now is for tobacco. Yes, indeed, a farm is like a, man. The greatest glory and joy of life is found in "coming back hon. orably and through self-help. And when in October, after the first hard frost has put plant life out of commas
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

sion. Joseph Pagan looks out across the farm that has "come back" and thinks of the time when it did not pro- duce grass enough to set a hen, one might pardon him for thinking that he has done his share of a great thing yet when you ask him about it he will tell you, as he did me the other Gay, The good God gave us fine weather, and I did my best by trying to under ! stand what potato wants and needs. 'N
 Congratulated by Bank Man.
 An appreciation of MT. Fagan's ef- forts is contained in the following let ter from A. A. Macleod, treasurer of the Plainville Trust company, who read MT. Collingwood's letter: MT Joseph Pagan,
 Plainville, Conn.
 My dear MT. Pagan;
 1 have been delighted to read in Country Life in America the story of how potatoes from a worn out farm in New England can be grown. This beautiful story as told by Mir. H. ". Collingwood is very real, and having had my eyes on your work and on your home since my coming to Connecticut eight years ago, I know that there is beauty in truth.
 Having been brought up on farm in Florida where corn, peas, cotton (Sea Island long staple) potatoes, pea nuts, and many other farm products are grown, I naturally have a soft" spot in my heart for the farm. And to show you how that old time farm feeling comes back to the boy who has it in his system, I am now on a trade for a small farm about one mile from town with eleven acres. In the spring time the feeling comes over me that would like to get close to nature, and watch plant growth.
 MT. Pagan, may I whisper to you that I believe the Bounce to which MT. CollingWood refers is contagious for am delighted to note the neighborhood chair warmers are in much better con tlition today than they were before your coming to Scotch Swamp. It looks as if some one has caught the germ and if is spreading.
 I know you must feel happy, MT. Pagan, to have your Bounce so well recognized. and I trust you will permit me to rejoice with you.
 With kind sincere best wishes, I am,
 Cordially yours,
 A. A. MCLEOD
 Treasurer
New Britain herald., 1916-02-19

Very likely you have seen a young heir eagerly waiting for the distri- button of his estate, so that he may scatter the liquid portions as ne would a barrel of water. If this were handed him Tn available form, he
The Washington herald., 1916-04-15

q. Saturday, April Is, 1915.
tceurisht, SIS By Mcclure Newspaper syndiost<J
According to planetary influence this is
read as an unimportant day. Neptune is
mildly adverse.
Venus Is In a place foreshadowing seri-
Gus snxieties for England. but reverses
are to be followed by successes. The gov
ernment will meet new and complex
problems.
Mexico is still subject to a rule that is
held to cause unrest and frequent trou-
hles, but the trend is toward a peace in
which the United States benefits. Within
two years a stampede for land will be
made by Americans' living near the bor-
ders. the seers declare.
Italy has a sinister sign bodinE I'll for
the summer. The Pope will be troubled
and his health may suffer.
Religious agitation that may have a po-
litical bearing Is prophesied. This will
affect the West. II the stars are read
Alright.
Astrologers declare that the most star
fling message of the stars pertains to the
occult world and the foreshadowing OF
various means of communication. Per-
sons of culture and wealth will engage in
serious investigation. Il is predicted.
Honors for a woman little known are
forecast She will be called to a high Of
hce in an organization of great infiu-
encs
Nursing comes under a sway that prog
nosticates widespread interest in the Uni
The Washington herald., 1916-04-15
Easter Millinery

ted States. Women OF station will enter
hospital trsining-schools. the seers an
nounce. and will do much toward aiding
preparedness, which will become an
issue in society as well as politics.
Owing TO the forecast for Chicago
and its relation to predictions con-
corning the Democratic national con-
yention, startling events are forecast
There is one sign that appears to
contradict all logical conclusions.
Economy in food supplies is coun-
seled for Americans during the COM
ing months
There is a planetary government
that promises much for proprietors OF
summer hotels.
Persons whose birthdate It is have
the augury of a quiet. successful year
with few anxieties.
Children born on this day probably
Will have uneventful happy lives
These subjects Of Aries may partaks
OF Taurus qualities and may be self
reliant and dominant
Copyright IslsJ
The Washington herald., 1916-04-15

Highlands in honor Of Miss May d Alton
Power. whose marriage, to Lieut.. Will
lam T. Lightle will take place May ?, and
Miss Helen Kelly, OF New York, who is
the house guest of the hostess.
The guests, who numbered twenty-five,
were seated at a large table decorated
with white tulips and ferns in silver
baskets adorned with white tulle bows
Mrs. c. H. T. Lowndes entertained at
a luncheon yesterday at her home in r
street. Her guests included Mrs. James
A. Reed Mrs. Ernest Roberts, Mrs.
Harry Covington, Mrs. James Duncan
Gatewood, Mrs. Frank L. Pleadwell,
Mrs. Jouett Shouse, Mrs Taylor, Mrs.
Alexander Bentley, Mrs. Calvin Paige,
and Clement A. F. Flagler.E .~- r..
Mrs. Lowpdes will be hostess at lunch
con again today. ..
Mrs. Henry T. Bull. wife Of Lieut.. Bull,
L. S. A, will give dinner this evening
at her home at Fort Myer. Lieut.. Bull
is with the troops in Mexico.
Mrs. Ernest Darlington, wife Of Brig.
Gen. Darlington, entertained ten guests
at luncheon yesterday in compliment to
Mrs. s. c. Mills, of Governors Island,
who is guest OF Maj. and Mrs. w. F.
jackson.
Miss Aida Henriques was hostess at an
informal bridge party yesterday after