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The Green Forest tribune., 1916-05-05
1EhE CITY OF $ DAYS
 mFRANCI9 lYNQE A 5TRATI0NS yC.D.RH0OES .
fniEHT BY CHARLES srRIbnER'5 SONS

intuition. He means to give you the casting vote? He will build the exten sion if you advise it? Then it will lie in your hand to make US rich or to keep us poor" she laughed. Be a good god-in-the-car, please, and your petitioners will ever pray" Then, with an instant return to seriousness: But you mustn't think of that-of course, you won't-with so many other and greater things to consider"
 'On the contrary, shall think very pointedly of that; pointedly and re- gretfully-because your brother has made it practically impossible for me to help"
 My brother?" with a little gasp
 "Yes. He offered to buy my vote with block of Little Susan stock. That wouldn't have been so bad if he hadn't talked about it-'
 When MT. Ford comes you must forget what Stevie said and what I have said. Good-by."
 An hour later Brouillard was closet ed in his log-built office quarters with a big, fair-faced man, whose rough tweeds and unbrushed soft hat pro- claimed him fresh from the dusty-dry reaches of the Quesado trail
 Tt is your own opinion that I want, Victor,' the fair-faced man was saying, mot the government engineers. Can we make the road pay if we bring it here? That is a question which you can answer better than any other liv- ing man. You are here on the ground and you've been here from the first"
 You've had it out with Cort- Wright?" Brouillard asked. And then: Where is he now-in Chicago?"
 sNo. He is on his way to the Mi quoia, coming over in his car from Fl Cato. But never mind J. Wesley. You are the man came to see.'
 'I can give you the facts" was the quiet rejoinder.
 A smile wrinkled at the corners of the big mans eyes.
 You are lodging the issue, Victor, and you know it." he objected. What want is your personal notion. If you were the executive committee of the Pacific Southwestern, would you, or would you not, build the extension? That's the point I'm trying to make"
 Brouillard got up and went to the window. When he turned back to the man at the desk he V as as5--f -ffo@Wlidg @ 1T 2 thoughtfully, and his eyes were the eyes of one who sees only the clearly etched lines of a picture which ob- scures all outward and visual objects. ;. the picture he saw was of sweet-faced young woman, laughing through her tears and saying: Be- sides, the railroad is coming; it's got to come."
 "If you put it that way" he said to the man who was waiting, 'if you in- s1st on pulling my private opinion out by the roots, you may have it. I'd build tba nytonciop
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CHAPTER VIII
 Mirapolis

During the strenuous weeks when
 Camp Niquoias struggling street was
 acquiring plank sidewalks and getting | itself transformed into Chigringo ave-
 nue, with double row of false-fronted "emporiums" to supplant the shack | shelters, Monsieur Poudrecaulx Bon- gras, late of the San Francisco tender
 loin, opened the camps first counter grill.
 Finding monsieur's name impossible in both halves of it, the camp grinned and rechristened him "Poodles." Later, discovering his dual gift of past mas tership in potato frying and coffee making, the camp gave him vogue Out of the vogue sprang in swift suc- cession cafe with side tables, a res taurant with private dining rooms, and presently commodious hotel, where the food was excellent, the appoint ments luxurious, and where Jack clothed and in his right mind and with money in his hand-was as good as his master.
 It was in one of Bongras' private uihiAio 1OODuo IudI MT. J, w GSlOy COTC- wright was entertaining Brouillard, with Miss Genevieve to make har- monizing third at the circular table. The little dinner had been a gustatory triumph. Nevertheless, when Miss Cartwright had gone upstairs, and the waiter would have refilled his glass, Brouillard shook bis head.
 If the millionaire saw the refusal he was too wise to remark it. He was still the frank, outspoken money maker, hot upon the trail of the nimble dollar. Yet there was a change of some kind. Brouillard had marked it on the day, fortnight earlier, when (after assuring himself morosely that he would not) he had gone down to the lower canyon portal to see the Cartwright touring car finish it's sec ond race across the desert from Fl Cato.
 "Of course I was quite prepared to have you stand off and throw stones at our little cob house of a venture. Brouillard," the host allowed at the lighting of the gold-banded cigars. You're the government engineer and the builder of tbe big dam; but you can't build your dam in one day, or in two, and the interval is ours. tell you, we're going to make Mirapolis a
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"lf You Insist on Pulling My Private
 Opinion Out by the Roots, You May Have 1t. I'd Build the Extension"

road gets in. When our government orders are filled we can afford to wreck the plant for what it will bring
 That is only one instance" object ed the guest.
 Well, Bongras, here, is one more, T laughed the host. And our power plant is another. You made your little kick on that to Washington-you thought the government ought to con- trol it's own power. That was all right, from your point of view, but we beat you to it. Now the reclamation service gets all the power it needs at a nominal price, and we're going to sell enough more to make us all feel happy"
 Sell it? To whom?"
 MT. Cartwright leaned back in his chair and the sandy-gray eyes seemed to be searching the inner recesses of the querying soul.
 That's inside information, but l don't mind taking you in on it." he said between leisurely puffs at his ci- gar. We've just concluded a few con tracts: one with Massingale-he's go- ing to put in power drills, electric or g. cars, and modern equipment gener- ally and shove the development of the Little Susan; one with a new mining syndicate which will begin operations at once on half a dozen prospects on Jacks mountain; and one with a lum- Der combination that has just taken over the sawmills, and will install oth- CTS, with blaming mill and sash fac tory"
 Brouillard nodded. The gray eyes were slowly hypnotizing bim.
 But that isn't all," continued the promoter We are about to reincor- porate the power plant as the Niquoia Electric Power, Lighting and Traction Within a fortnight we'll be lighting Mirapolis, and within month after the railroad gets in we'll be oper- ating trolley cars."
 The enthusiast paused to let the
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buzz-hummer while the daylight lasts. Don't you forget that"
 Mirapolis 9 queried BrouiIlard. "1s that the new name?"
 Cartwright laughed and nodded. "It's Genes name-Miracle City, Fits like the glove on a pretty girls arm, doesn't it?"
 It does. But the miracle is that there should be any money daring enough to invest itself in the Niquoia." i"
 Why, bless your workaday heart, Brouillard," chuckled the host, moth ing is permanent in this shuffling, growing, progressive world of ours absolutely nothing. Some of the big gest and costliest buildings in New York and Chicago are built on ground leases. Our ground lease will merely be a little shorter in the factor of time."
 "So much shorter that the parallel won't hold" argued Brouillard.
 "The parallel does hold; long time, small profits and slow return; short time, big profits and quick return. You've eaten here before; what do you pay Bongras for reasonably good dinner?"
 Brouillard laughed. "Oh, Poodles. He cinches us, all right; four or five times as much as it's worth-or would cost anywhere else"
 That's it. He knows he has to make good on all these little luxuries he gives you-cash in every day, as you might say, and come out whole be- fore you stop the creek and drown him. When we get in motion we're going to have Alaska faded to a frazzle on prices-and you'll see everybody paying them joyfully."
 And in the end somebody, or the final series of somebodies, will be left to hold the bag" finished Brouillard.
 There needn't be any bag holders, Brouillard. Let me put it in nut shell: we're building a cement plant, and we shall sell you the output-at a good, round price, I promise you, but still at a lower figure than you're pay ing for the imported article now, or than you will pay even after the rail-
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To Urge Troop Removal.

ChihVahua.-General Alyaro Obre. gon, minister of war of the Carrranza government, will submit his assur. ances to Major Generals Scott and Funston at their conference that the Carranza forces are now fully able 70 cope with the Villista bandits. The minister of war said he hopes to ar. range for an early retirement of the american troops from Mexico.
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Snrinn.Rice Threatened

Washington.-Th British ambassa- dor, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, received and referred to the State Department an anonymous threatening communt- cation declaring that any treatment of Sir Roger Easement other than that due a prisoner of war of the highest rank would be a sentence of death against "him and other Eng. fish servants in this country
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In Danger in Torreon.

Torreon, Mex.-American Consul Coen at Durango City has advised all Americans to leave the city and is himself considering the advisability of going to the border. A serious situa- tion has been caused through the yio- lent anti-American agitation which has been carried on by the Durango since the American sol diers and MeXicans clashed at ParraI.
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ARK. ON WHEELS" EXHIBIT

Business men throughout the state are taking great interest in the fourth tour of the Arkansas on rain, which is to be run this fall. ac- cording to T. E. Wood, Chairman of the Railroad Commission.
 As has been announced the train will be composed of twelve cars. all steel, and will be the most elaborate train ever operated to accommodate a project of this nature Many of the states most successful and thoughtfuI captains of industry, men who stand pre-eminent as state builders, have signed contracts to go on the trip and are enthusiastic as 10 what it means to Arkansas According 10 the mana gers, Messrs. Wood and Folsom the personnel of the party will be just as much of an advertisement for Arkan- sas as will be the exhibits on board. Men who will be reflective of the best type of Arkansas citizenry and who can tell of the resources and op. portunities that await the homeseeker and investor here in a convincing manner, free from "bombast"
 MT Chas. s. Stifft leading jeweler of Little Rock, and a former presi- dent of the Little Rock Board of Trade, has announced his intention of making the trip Mr. Stint said he was going to carry along an ex- hibit of Arkansas diamonds. "as seeing is believing" just to convince the skepticaI. Other prominent citizens who have already signifed their intan- tion of going are w. B. Smith. pres1, dent of the Little Rock Board of Commerce. II, C. Couch Of Arkadel- phia, president of the Arkansas Lignt & Power Company MT Couch is in- tesested in number of public utili. ties in various cities of Arkansas}. w. N. Adams, of the Philadelphia Milling Company, J. R. Case of Ruddels of Arkansas Lime &s Cement Company; c. J. Griffith of the Little Rock Street Railway Company and Carl !. Baer, one of the liyest of the very live wires of the state. pr. (. H. Brough, DemQcratic nominee for governor of the state, has accepted an invitation to be one of the party, as has Dr. F. M. Waldrip, one of the mosr pleasing speakers in the state Mayor Chas. E. Taylor is endeavoring to arrange his affairs so as 0 go.
 Every county in the state will be given an opportunity to have repre- sentation on the train, both by exhib- it and in person. the personal repre- sentatives will be limited to two from each county wfth exception of Pulas- Xii Little Rock has been awarded five. The train will be run to Wash ington, D. C., going by the Southern route and returning by the Northern. -fSif-y I sixty stops will be --.saaa. and
 aA ~ls22a sa sa
 enjoyed in Memphis, Birmingham, At lanta, Charlotte, Richmond, Pittsburg, Columbus, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and St Louis. as the train will be scheduled to make these cities for night stops
 There promises to be an abundance of high-class music on the train. One of the best bands in the state will be carried and in addition the Dixie Male Quartet of Argenta, a musical organization that has acquired state wide fame, will be aboard
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50.OnO Given a Raise.

New Bedford, Mass.-Fifty thous- and cotton mill operatives will bene- fit by wage advances granted by the Manufacturers Association in this city and Fall River. The increases be- come effective May 1, and will amount to 10 per cent, bringing the scale of wages to the highest point in the his- tory of the industry in this section.
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Hold Germans at lishon.

Paris.-A report that two Germans had been arrested on the charge or setting fire to the naval arsenal at Lisbon on April IS is confirmed by newspapers of that city, says a Havss dispatch from Lisbon.
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Bomb Misses Mark.

Athens.-A bomb thrown with the supposed intention of blowing up the Bulgarian legation, rebounded into the court yard, where it exploded. No one was injured.
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SYNOPSIS.

,l lSi mara, chief engineer of the Niquoia < {ion dam, goes out from camp to 2 SfA strange light and finds an 4 7SS SlIe party camped at the canyon a15 1577i I3e meets J. Wesley Cartwright 2 &ie daughter, Genevieve. of the auto TT nHd Explains the reclamation work @ }6t11. Cortwright sees in the project &kS1ce to make money: Brouillard
 fxiotls to hints from the financier. &o nm Genevieve that the engineer a&MI ccane down and hook himself if the 2Sff FeN covered" Cartwright organ
 Y company and obtains government
 S36fn <o furnish power and material 1 t1S dam construction. A busy city 3 3Fl61 ID about the site. Steve Massin Al9 1hreatens to start gold rush if 86111Sfd does not influence President 423 to build a railroad branch to the Sc0 khNS opening an easy market for s0$e from the Little Susan" mine. 1UHrd and the company's promoter
 1ks but on orders from Washington, ui1lafd turns over the plans for the \ Sf inptallation.
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2 (o You believe that really sh6f1e0t man can be persuaded to
 ttlitl a shady trick in order to ,l3SIo. the material fortunes of the 4Ttt1 b1e loves-even if he be- SI3&Ves the trick will never be
 f0und out on him?
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INTERNATIONAL, SUNDAYSCID)(L
 LESSON

(By F. o. SELLERS Acting Director of Sunday School Course of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago)
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Do you believe that Brouisard will permit himself to be se- duced by Cortwright's smooth form of bribery7 Does BrouiI- lard understand Cartwright?
 
 (TO BE CONTINUED1
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-29

enough for the battleships now build
ing or authorized. Such big projecules,
departments specifications for them
are so severely exacting that the mu-
milton manufacturing concerns are re-
luctant to make bids for supplying
them.
shortage of six Inch shells.
Admiral strauss says the navy has
plenty of Is inch, u inch, 10 inch. eight
inch and seven inch prOjectiles on
hand. But there is a 20 percent short
age of six inch shells, a 80 percent
shortage of five inch, a 40 percent
shortage of four inch and So percent
shortage of three inch. Such short
ages, needless to say, are OF very Sc
riOus and even alarming Importance
under present circumstances.
1t takes time to make shells Tor big
guns. If proof of this were required,
it would be furnished by the tact that
((according to admiral strauss no
proJectiles were delivered TO the allles
by American manufacturers until ten
months after the war began, aIthougn
there was all the money In the world
10 hurry production. In the making
or contracts with our own government
for armOr-piercing shells, private con-
Germs customarily have been unwtll-'
ing to agree to deliver the goods with
in less than a year and a hal1- Otteh
they have demanded two years and a
1t is argued that the government
should have its own plants for the
making of projectiles. The navy de-
partment is asking congress to give
money for the building Of such a plant
at or near Indian Head. especially for
large caliber shells. To construct and
equip il will take at least two years.
Once i'm fun operation Gas planned). it
will have a capacity Of 10000 IA inch,
10000 five inch and 10000 four inch
prOjeCtiles per annum.
A IA inch shell must be forged COM
plete. and the steel for 1t made in the
plant that turns it out. On the other
hand. five inch and four inch shells
can be made from bars bought Of any
rolling mill that would supply them.
a IA inch armor- piercing projectile
costs $40. 1t is Of very high grade
of steel But the target practice shell
of like caliber is Of cast iron and costs
From what has already been said it
will be understood why. when the
building of a new snip IS authorized
by congress. the full supply of pro-
jectiIes of all calibers she will require
is. Immediately ordered. II this were
not done, she would be likely to lack
ammunition when put into commits
sion. the manufacture Of shells being
so slow.
Meanwhile the government is hurry
ing things as much as il can. The
various navy yards are turning out
shells, mostly six inch and three inch,
at the rate of 10000 perannum- And
congress has been asked to apprOpri-
ate s13,S60,00O for proJectiles, for the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-29

the very important question OF carbOiic
acid. 1t is the basis of all high eN-
plosives. Pierre acid is made by treat
ing carbolic acid with nitric acid, and
by this method is obtained our own
explosive D." or "dunnite.' used by
both the army and navy. From pierre
acid, by processes substantially the
same, are derived the French "melin-
ite," the English "lyddite" and the
Japanese "shimose."
We have been accustomed to OBTAIN
our supplies Of carbolic acid derived
from coal-tar) from Germany. When
the war broke out. We had only so tons
of it in the United States, and, imports
being shut off, the price rose from
eight cents to Sl.25 a pound. LUCKILY,
however, our coke ovens yield practl-
cally unlimited quantities of carbOlic
acid as a byproduct, hitherto thrown
away. The war and navy departments
propose to acquire an adequate stock
of il as quickly as possible. 1t Will
keep forever: but the contemplated
method Of storing it is to make it up
into explosives and load the latter into
shells. ready for immediate use when
ever wanted.
Admiral Joseph Strauss said. the
other day; The navy's powder situ-
alton is excellent We have on hand
all the gunpowder. including reserve
supplies, required for all capital ships
stoned. We have full allowance for all
other war vessels, and nearly all the
reserve needed. We are attending to
the business of supplying powder for
the five battleships, now building, Of
the California class"
All Made Near Washington.
All the gunpowder for the navy is
manufactured at Indian Head. on the
Potomac. 40 miles below Washington.
The government maintains there a
huge plant, the output of which for a
number of years past has been 4,000,-
600 pounds per annum. Its size has re-
Gently been increased, and from this
time on it will produce 5000, 600
pounds a year, or at the rate Of half n
million pounds per month. But adj
miral Strauss says that even this will
not be enough if the contemplated
naval program. which calls for the
building Of four battleships a year, is
carried through.
An up to date dreadnaught carries
in her magazine 672. 900 pounds Of
powder 1t is the same in war or
peace: for the fighting ship is always
on a war footing. A battle cruiser
carries somewhat less. because her
guns, though equally big, are fewer in
number. For each ship Of the navy
there is stored, in magazines on shore
Casually in the near neighbOrhood of
navy yards), a reserve" Of powder.
as well as Of other ammunition The
quantity of this reserve is a carefully
guarded secret.
The big guns on our newest dread
naughts are Of IA inch caliber Enough
shells for them are already on hand.
for ships in commission and about to
be commissioned. But there are not
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-29
WASHINGTON. D. c., April %
u The navy department. as a
practical measure Of prepar-

M Ine navy department. as
w practical measure of prepar-
edness. has made provisional contracts
for the purchase of 100000 pounds
Of saItpeter in Chile Ito be paid for as
soon as congress provides the nancy,
and arrangements have been made for
shipping the stuff to San Francisco, on
Golfers. From the Golden Gate IT VIII
be forwarded by rail across the CONT
nent, to be stored where II is likely 10
be safest. The places OF storage VIII
be a government secret.
Contracts for the material have been
made at / IL cents pound, remark
ably low price; less, in fact, than could
have been obtained before the war.
The reaso nwhy is that the war has
cut off Chile's exports Of saltpeter to
great extent. The allies, Of course,
can get all they want from that
source; but they find it more conven-
lent, under present circumstances, 10
manufacture nitric acid, for explosives,
from atmospheric air. their supplies
being derived from great hydro-elec-
trio plants in Norway, owned by BRIT
ish capital AS for Germany. she Is
obliged to depend altogether upon sim
liar plants in the Bavarlan Alps. sup
plemented by steam power, FOR thls
Indispensable necessary Of war.
VIII Last Two Years.
It is reckoned that 100000 pounds
viii last the navy (for making gun
powder and high eXplosivesl through
two years of war. In all Likelihood
the war department will make even
larger purchases of saltpeter in Chile.
Without an adequate supply OF it we
could not fight, inasmuch as we pos
sess no plants for making nitric acid
from air and they could not be eN-
tcmpOrized. The stuff is very absorb
ent of moisture, and some experts
have asserted that it would. on this
account, quickly deteriorate in storage.
But the navy department is of the
opinion that this can be prevented by
the adoption of suitable precautionary
means.
Two and a half pounds of saltpeter
are required for the making of one
pound Of smOlSeless gunpowder It is
absolutely Indispensable Gin the alb
sence Of means for obtaining nitric
acid from the air) for the manufac-
ture Of powder and high explosives.
The other chief essential is sulphur.
for supplies OF which our army and
navy depend upon deposits in Louisi
ana and Texas.
From these sources of supply the
north, in case OF war with a great Eu-
ropean power, might possibly be cut
Accordingly. It is proposed by the war
and navy departments to lay in a
stock OF sulphur sufficient to last for
two years There is no difficulty
about storing it, inasmuch as il will
keep for any length of time without
physical or chemical change.
CarbOlic Acid Needed.
Meanwhile there is to be considered
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-29

and opened a little store in Chicago in
which city her daughter was educated. She
has now come back to Alaska and IS doing
well.
Social Life in Anchorage.
Anchorage is less than year old but II
already has its social life and amusements-
on the hill TO the north IS a tennis court
and down in the government reservation Is
a base ball grounds. so made that 1t can be
flooded and turned into a skating rink dur
ing the winter. The town has its parties
and dances and on the last Fourth OF July
It held a baseball match in which team
made up OF the girls competed with one
formed Of the boys
The town has its commercial club, with
something like zoo members. and this con
sists OF women as well OF men, attend
ed one OF the meetings The people were
enthusiastic and they seemed unanimous in
their votes for municipal improvements,
such as telephones. electric lights and bet
ter means Of protection from fires They
are all democratic and so FAR the best OF
civic spirit seems TO prevail.