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The Dolores star., 1916-05-12

Beat it" the outlaw yelled to
Thorn. Thorn hesitated. whereat the
outlaw fired. the bullet knocking the
But still the sheriff hesitated.
McCracken freI again and the bul.
let went through Thorn's coat. be-
meath his arm, and he hesitated no
longer, but fed.
Hance, realizing. as had Thorn, that
he could not shoot McCracken without
the risk Of hitting Mrs. McCracken,
turned and was squirting his horse for
the breaks as fast as he could 60
when McCracken ran around the
house and emptied his rife at him.
After the shooting the outlaw went
to the barn. got his saddle horse and
started away. Thorn and Hance got
together and followed him for several
miles, but the outlaw was we'll mount.
ed and they could not. or did not wish
to get near enough to have a shoot
ing match with him.
Next day a posse was formed. and
with a blood hound. Dude" famous
in that region. took up the outlaws
tfa1l again.
The hound followed the trail for
forty miles through that most desc
late spot Of land in all the Northwest
the Badlands of southeastern Mon
tana, finally bringing the outlaw to
bay in lonely patch of pines. The
sheriff then called upon him to sur
render. The answer was a shot fol
hNy nd hr
bullets whizzing so close, that the
whole posse were held at bay until
darkness, when McCracken made good
his escape.
Mrs. McCracken and her little sop
still continue to reside at the Thomp
son Creek ranchSand there are stories
that the HUSBAND and father is a fire.
quent visitor thS Re. going and coming
about as he Piled yes.
It is also stat that there is a tun
mel leading frd m the house to the
creek. and that swift horse. fully
equipped. is kept tied in the creek
bed out OF sight and when any sus
picious person is seen approaching
the outlaw reaches his horse through
the tunnel. mounts. and is soon far
away into the Badlands
Horses are still being stolen in the
country around the McCracken ranch
and officers have tried time and again
to capture McCracken. who they feel
sure is leader of the gang. but have
SO far failed. This gang operates over
a large portion of Wyoming. Montana
and South Dakota.
McCracken and those OF his gans
still at liberty know every foot of the
desolate country that surrounds their
headquarters at the Thompson creek
ranch and have. besides. scores OF
friends. who. while they would not
steal anything themselves. are true
Westerners. in that they will not 70
fuse food and shelter to a friend al.
though he be a thief.
1t is the opinion of Sheriff TAFT, who
is as loyal in his off cial duties as he
was in friendship when punchine
cows on the open range, that the gang
is safe from capture for a long time
The country is sparsely settled and
will so remain great while, as few
people would desire or attempt to
make home in that region, except
those Of the outlaws own kind, and
to anyone who Graves fame or ad.
venture the McCracken ranch on the
head Of Thompson creek awaits inves-
tigation.
The Dolores star., 1916-05-12
CHAPTER %.
Ny Farmer Comes.

Three days later l closed the deal
and hastened back to college. Profess
sor Grey of the college botanical de-
partment assigned his chief assistant
ut the gardens to my case. He took
ne to Boston, and in one day spent ex-
actly $841 of my precious savings.
rance. He bought, 1t appeared to me.
barrels of seeds, tons Of fertilizers,
thousands Of wheel hoes for horse and
man, millions Of pruning saws and
spraying machines, hotbed frames and
sashes, tomato trellises, and I knew
not what other nameless implements
and impedimenta.
This was rather disconcerting. But
the die was cast, and came to sud-
den realization that seven years Of
teaching the young idea how to punctu-
ate isn't the best possible training for
running q farm, and II were to get
out Of my experiment with = whole
skin I had got to turn to and be my
own chief laborer, and hereafter my
own purchaser, a. well.
All that night packed and planned.
and the next morning I left college
forever. I slipped away quietly, before
the chapel bell had begun to ring.
avoiding all tender good-bys. had q
stack Of experiment-statio bulletins in
my grip. and during the four hours
spent on the train my eyes never left
their pages. -Four hours is not enough
to make a man q qualified agricul-
turist, but 1t IL suflicient to make him
humble. landed at Bentford station,
hired hack, and drove ut once to my
farm, and my first thought on alight-.
ing was this: Good, Lord, never
realized the frightful condition of that
orchardi 1t will take me solid week
to save any Of II, and I suppose I'll
have to set out lot of new trees be-
sides. More expenser'
ITS a dollar up here" said the
driver of the hack, in a mildly insidi-
Gus voice.
paid him brusquely and he drove
away. I stood In the middle Of the
road, my suitcase beside me. the long
afternoon shadows coming down
through my dilapidated orchard. and
surveyed the scene. Milt Noble had
gone. So had my enthusiasm. The
mouse was bare ana desolate. IL hadnt
Deen panied Tor twenty years, at least,
decided. My trunks, when mad
sent aneao by express were standing
disconsolately on the kitchen porch.
Behind me heard my horse stamping
IN tne STABLE, and saw my TWO COWS
teedlng IN the pasture. A postcard
iron one bert Iemple' my nearest
nelsnpor up tne SAP CITY ROAD had IN
FORMED me tnat ne was milking them
Ior me-and, l gathered Tor the milk.
well II ne dldnt, goodness knew who
wouio' never ieit so lonely, SO nelp-
aess, 30 hopeiess' IN my lie.
linen an odd fancy struck me. George
Meredith made his living, too, by read
ins manuscripts Tor pubhsner! The
picture OF George Meredith trying to
lec'am new England larm as an
avccauon restored my spirits' though
just why perhaps 1t would be difficult
-. ~. ieno" nnsiisn
$50 suuueniy
S"~"n s.ase in'o .ne oarn' anu
49, .oof VI inspec'ion over my
Anefe was tonic IN tnat turn! mat
oLooA iah south close 10 tne road
s,n .ofnieu my eastern boundary
a.ons ,ne enure extent OF tne farm
, n 'u ..e nunurea Sarus. AS l toi,
The Dolores star., 1916-05-12

The practical thing for this
wouid-be farmer to do would be
10 rent his nsw-bousht farm
and become IN earnest student
ut the nearest agricultural COL
leoe. viii he DO like most
other teachers snd persuade
himself that he knows Il all be-
fore he has really learned any
thlnsf
The Dolores star., 1916-05-12

(TO BE CONTINUED,
The Dolores star., 1916-05-12
Theory and Practice.

Theory and Practice.
DO you believe in the theory of re-
incarnation"
Yes. think the theory is all
right. But l have my doubts about
its practice amounting to much"
The Dolores star., 1916-05-12
Chanqefulness.

"A wise man may change his opin-
ion."
Yes" replied Senator Sorghum.
But it's like changing a twenty-dollar
bill. II you're careless about it you
finish with nothing worth mention
ing"
The Dolores star., 1916-05-12

G A T T K X Z d over the
ranges of Montana. Wyo-
ming and the Dakotas are
more than six million
horses. These are round
ed up once a year by their
owners and those in shape
are sold. The rest of the
horda oro loft IN roarn at
The Dolores star., 1916-05-12

There! After a whirl of ex.
pense and figuring the profess
sor calls his farm a "pIant."
And he expects to "earn his Iiv-
ing!" He may earn It, but will
he get it3 His first days work
at his "pIant" may tell US some
thing about that.
The Dolores star., 1916-05-12
sYNoPsIa

I grow tired OF my work as . college
Instructor and buy New England farm
on sight. ...
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17
EXPORT DEMAND FOR
RAILS KEEPS STRONG

Exporters again came into the mar
ket yesterday for $4,000 to 10000 tons
of standard section rails for European
shipment. Closing foreign contracts for
track equipment is slow work. Includ-
ing the inquiries previously noted,
nearly 100000 tons Of medium and
heavy section rails are now under nego-
tiation for Great Britain, France, Italy,
Spain and South America.
Great Britain and France, through
J. =. Morgan e. Co., are still negotiating
for a round tonnage of standard Bes-
semer and low phosphorus pig iron for
shipment as soon as possible. AS the
British and French governments fur
nish their own ships for this metal tho
principal cause of delay in closing con-
tracts is the inability TO secure prom
ises for shipment during the next six
months. It is understood that some re-
sale iron is available, but this is held
at higher prices than agents have paid
thus far.
There are several new inquiries in
the market for foundry iron for neu-
trail European countries, including one
lot of 1000 and another OF 1000 tons
for this years shipment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17
Boston & Maine Hearing

Boston, Oct. 16.-The methods by
which temporary receivership Of the
Boston & Maine Railroad was effected
we're discussed in the Federal court
here to-day at hearing on the petition
Of Francis V. Streeter, of Medford.
minority stakeholder, to intervene in
the proceedings.
Asa p. French. counsel for Streeter,
stated to the court that there was "some
reason to believe, although it is not so
alleged in the petition, that the Inter-
continental Rubber Company of New
Jersey, upon whose petition receiver
ship was granted, was made a creditor
for the purpose of qualifying as petit
TONER" He declared that certain infu-
entail banking houses, in which some
of the directors of the Boston & Maine
are interested, were seeking TO obtain
control of the road. Other directors. he
said, were being used as innocent
tools"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17
BIGGER LOAN TO
GREAT BRITAIN
NOW AWAITED
J. P. Morgan Negotiating
Terms in London-Much
Collateral in Sight

Another British loan will be offered
in this country before the end OF the
year, possibly within few weeks.
The size of it will be determined by
the Judgment of bankers as to the
amount the market can absorb. That
might be as much as $1,000, 100000. A
more conservative opinion puts 1t al
s5OO,OOO,OOO.
Negotiations are now going forward
between the British Treasury and the
two members of the firm of j. +. MOT
Gan e. Co. who are in London. They are
Up. Morgan and Henry P. Dawson.
No terms have so far been mentioned
It is unlikely that they have been
agreed upon. 1t is supposed, however
that this loan will be secured, as the
last one was, by acceptable collateral.
By its mobilization scheme the Brit
ish Treasury must have accumulated an
enormous amount of securities from
the hands of private investors. Indeed
there has been lately published by the
mobilization committee list Of Cana
dian. Argentine and Japanese securl-
ties Of which further deposits Will
h. declined. The securities specifically
mentioned are:
Buenos Ayres Ct Southern Railway ~
Preference. ~.
Canadian Northern Pacific Railway -
LET Mort. Debenture guaranteed by BRUSH
Columbia. 1850. ,,.
Central Argentine Railway 49, Prefer
Grand Trunk Railway Company Perpet'
nal 4c, Consolidated Debenture.
Grand Trunk Railway Perpetual D" De
Grand Trunk Great Western Railway
Perpetual So Debenture.
Japanese Government AZ Sterling Loar
Japanese 4rs Sterling Loan 0905l.
Japanese ~ Sterling Loan lslOl.
japanese ~ Sterling Loan lsoo)
First Series. <,oo-,
japanese Az. Sterling Loan 5000
Second Series. ,,,o-.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17
VANDERBILT CHEERFUL
ON RETURN FROM WEST
Banker Finds Many Evidences or
an Astounding Prosperity

Frank A. Vanderlip, president OF the
National City Bank, brought back words
of cheer concerning the condition OF
the country on his return yesterday
from a Western trip. The banker
stated that he found a large Hughes
following in all the sections he visited
and that he strongly hoped for the
election of the Republican party's
choice for the Presidency.
81 am still strong for Mr.. Hughes"
declared Mr.. Vsnderlip. "You may re-
call that announced him as my choice
at the time of his nomination"
Mr.. Vandcrlip said there were evil
dences of great prosperity all over the
country. The only fly in the ointment
h. found was disposition to ponder
over what is going to happen after the
war. "Can present conditions continue
long after peace has been declared" is
the question people are asking, said Mr..
Vanderlip.
Commenting on peace talk in Wall
Street, Mr.. Vanderlip said he could not
see that it had any foundation. He be"
lieves that prospects for an end to the
hostilities abroad are still remote. For
this reason he predicted that active
business in this country will continue
for long time. He added:
"The banks are flooded with money,
as attested by unprecedentedly low
rates for interest. They are piling up
the largest SURPRISES in their history
and deposits are breaking all records"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17
BOYCOTT OF THE
FORD PROPOSED
To Save Allied Markets
from Deluge of Cheap
American Cars

Now that Henry Ford has announced
bis intention of invading the Bri'ssn
field by building an automobile manu-
featuring plant in England, the trace
over there is awakening to tho posi-
bilities Of the so-called cheap car" IN
that market. Up to the present the
British motor manufacturers have PAD
scant attention to the little car, for
the reason that they have had more
orders for their expensive and better
class cars than they could execute.
Conditions are changing, however, as
one authority points out in The Lon
don Daily Telegraph" saying:
But IL that has been the condition In
the mast. the present, and more especially
m. future. have to be considered from an
altered standpoint-the effect OF the war
upon the equipment Of motor works. The
small shop is now big shop, large works
bav. become factories, and those works
that were approaching factory proportions
bav. so grown as TO cover acres and acres
of ground, fully equipped with tools and
appliances for large production. Az
present they are occupied with war work.
but the time must come. sooner or later
when these shops will have TO depend Tor
orders upon the motor using public.
The British automobile industry par
ticularly well equipped for rapid produc-
ton. and so there seems no reason why
II should not, in a very short while afnr
IN. war. produce the desired cheap cars.
Nv cheap cars one means good cars at
low price" because low-priced vehicles
are not necessarily cheap nor hlgh-priceo
cars expensive II America could produce
a four-seated vehicle fitted with an cleo
,rical equipment for lighting and starting
nm for flOo. this country should certainly
he able to produce an improved article Tor
s15O or so. In Great Britain there must
he at least 100, 900 people who can anord
70 nav that sum of money for motor
ear and also the annual expenditure for
running il.
The suggestion comes from the same
quarter that all cars excepting those
manufactured by the Allies be excluded
from the British markets after the war
British motor car makers hold that
some such agreement should be reached
on the ground that as soon as the war
is over and freights drop to normal
Europe stands a great chance of being
flooded with cheap American cars sell
ing from $3.50 upward. If American and
German competition is shut out it is
believed in London that England, France
and Italy would be able to supply sue
cessfully not only their own needs,
but also those of Russia, Japan, Ru-
mania and Serbia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17

That United States Steel common,
distrusted and unwanted one day at
1OS. should the next day be clamor-
ously pursued up to 113 is an in
trinsic absurdity. There was no real
reason why people should be anxious
to pay S. a share more for that stock
on Monday tn on Saturday; there
was only a notion of its going up.
But that Wall Street for whole
week should have been torn by con-
troversy over the motive of the presl-
dent of a great trust company in CIV
ing out an interview that caused the
stock market to break is greater
absurdity still. Wall Street is not
dealing in stocks so much as in con-
tracts; it cares less about values than
fluctuations. The market goes down
because it is so overbought that 1t
cannot go up any more; and then 1t
goes up because it is all sold out and
cannot 90 down any further. Those
who can guess the point at which it
turns get all the money. There is an
illusion of wealth where there is only
2 swapping of credits. This has moth
ing to do with wealth. 1t deserves
hardly to be classified as financial
phenomena.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17
BLANKET MORTGAGE
FOR ERIE RAILROAD

Stockholders Of tho Erie Railroad
Company on December 1 will vote on
plan authorizing a refunding and i'm
provement mortgage, to be limited &c
$500 900, 900. This action will supersede
the authorization in October, 1914, OF
a refunding and improvement mort
gage limited to three times the capital
stock at any time outstanding.
The mortgage now proposed is IN
tended to make provision for the pay
ment of all prior or underlying bonds
of which 1851, 500 will mature prior
to 1922, and Of equipment trust obli'
cations, payable in varying amounts
from year to year; also for obtaining
moneys for future capital expenditures
for additional improvements and bet
terments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17
'COST OF MONEY
HIGHER IN PARIS
German War Expense
Equals Britain's, Ex-
ceedS Frances
BY YVES GUYOT
TBy Cable To The Tribunal

Paris, Oct. 16.-The price of
money went up l per cent for
liquidation on the Bourse on account
of the number of securities with
drawn for investment in the new war
loan. The Russian railroad loan pro-
duced 700,OO0,000 rubles, thus cover
ing twice over the amount asked for.
1t is possible to-day, in view Of the
French and German loans and the
recent English budget, to make q
comparison of the cost of war to
France, England and Germany. The
figures show the German expense
equals that of England and passes
Frances by 32 per cent, although
Germany prides itself on making
war with economy.
Comparison of Credits
For France the credits asked for
in 1916 were 32,OOO,OOO,OOO francs,
while for 1914-'15 the war expense
was 1000, 100000, a total to the end
of December this year of $1,000
100000.
Premier Asquith showed in the
House of Commons that the English
expense from April, 1916, to April,
1917, would be 34,OO0,OO0,00O francs,
if no more were demanded. This
makes the total credits of England
for the war S5,S00,000,O00 francs.
Loans to England's Allies and col
onies have been 11,300,0OO,O0O
francs.
To March, 1916, German expenses
totalled 5O,OOO,0OO,OO0 francs, while
at their announced monthly rate
since then the total at the end of
the year will be 81 900, 1000, 900. Thus
German expenses about equal the
English and pass the French by
| 2O,OOO,OOO,OOO.
German Loans Smaller
Germany, however, has come far
from giving the Turks and Bulgars
the 1000, 100000 which England
furnished her allies and colonies.
In September last the French
debt was $4,000 100000 francs, in
Guiding S,5OO,OOO,OOO borrowed from
the Bank of France.
Part of the new loan is to be COW
cred by the conversion of old loans,
so it is certain after subscriptions
&c the new loan are closed the French
debt will not exceed 45,000,000,000
| francs.
The German debt was $4,000, 0O0,-
600 last March, and if her new loan
is covered her debt will be at least
60,O00,000,000. Before the war the
/ German and French debts were
nearly equal, at the total for Ger
many-empire and states-25,O0O,-
100000 and for France one or two
billion more. Thus it is evident the
/ German debt at the end Of the year
will pass the French by 10000 0O,-
600 to 15,OOO,OOO,OOO francs, while
tie German war expenses will ex-
coed the French by 20,000,000,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17
RAILROAD BUILDERS
CAUTIOUS IN CHINA
Opposition to American Project
Is Not Unexpected

Officials of the American Interna-
surprised yesterday over the report
that Japan and Russia had entered
protests against concessions for rail-
way construction in China, granted to
the company, working in conjunction
with Stems g. Carey, of st. Paul. They
pointed out, however, that as yet there
were no real grounds for complaint,
as the location of the railroad lines
which the American International had
contracted to build has not been de-
termined.
An indication that the American In
ternational expected opposition from
Japan, at least, to its plans for de-
velopment work in China is disclosed
by the way in which the management
has been careful to avoid spending any
large sums of money. While the Off
cial announcement of the signing OF
the railroad contract stated the COM
pany "has already advanced S5OO,0OO
TO the Chinese government, to be util-
lied in investigation, survey and loca-
ton Of lines and other preliminary ex-
penses." it was learned yesterday tina.
to date only $4,000 of this amount
has actually been expended. And this
has been entirely under the supervision
OF tho companys engineers.
The day apparently has not yet ar
rived when American capital will be
used or n large scale for China's re-
Mobilization - - .....-.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17
Monday, October 16, 1916.

If the railroad presidents of this
country had not predicted so much
calamity that never came to pass
their coming out for Wilson in this
sequential manner would be much
more interesting. However, 1t IS
worth something to know that they
have so soon reconciled themselves to
the thought of continuing to live and
attend to the business of transporta-
ton in a country which in their re-
cent opinion had been delivered over
by its Congress and President to a
state of anarchy. 1t is possible
barely possible-that they have
fallen under the spell of their own
earnings and begin to believe IN
them. That has never happened be-
fore. But never were earnings SO
large and cumulative.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17

population. This is much better for
all concerned, even for the American
consumer. 1t is strong protection
against such fantastic prices as
might easily result from uncontrolled
speculation in an abnormal situation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17

The above rates express the cost Of
foreign money in terms OF the Ameri-
can dollar. You buy an English pound
sterling for 34.755s; the intrinsic par
ity Is s4.S6% per pound. Thus, you
say either that pounds are at dis
count or that dollars are at pre-
MUM, which is owing TO the fact that
In England the demand for dollars
with which to settle accounts in this
country ia greater than the demand in
this country for pounds with which to
settle accounts in England. ...-..-.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17
Money andCredit

Money on call at the New York Stock
Exchange ruled at 21a per cent, with
a low rate of 2A.
Rates on time funds on brokers
stock exchange collateral opened the
week unchanged. The demand con-
tinues in moderate volume.
Ruling rates on money yesterday
compared with a year ago were as fol-
lows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17
A year
Yesterday. az

Commercial Paper.-Aside from in
creased dulness the commercial paper
market presents no new feature. Offer
ings are extremely light and account
for the limited trading, as the few in
stitutions in the market continue TO
absorb the supply on hand. Rates are
quoted unchanged at 3h@3%9o for
the best six months maturities.
Official rates of discount at each Of
the twelve Federal districts are as fol-
lows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17
Motors Plan Effective NOV. :

Shareholders OF the Genera :, d,
c rs.ajas;m. .ns plan recently .s s.s.
by the directors will eee0m. .,.r, Ger
November /. The General N0' w., ~
poration, as provided for - us' !, -
terms, ha. been organized s 'ns oss i
, sssh $50 100000. 100000 i: common , .'s.ss
$50. 900, 900 is non-vo'ins
stock. ss Of the rs
:: sa' the s:1 '::;ss e &, ;' + il
new new p ss@mcn for for Of Old; ,.,i'i.
preferred pre- stock will iillll,d cs Il ~
receive cumulative dlviasas
nusl rate Of E pss Con-"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17

Below is given the current exchange
value of foreign money in dollars and
cents, together with the intrinsic gold
parity, as calculated by the United
States Mint: