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| intuition. HE means to give you tn
casting vote? He will build the exten
sion If you advise it? Then it will lii
in your hand to make us rich or t,
keep us poor" she laughed. "Be
good god-in-the-car, please, and you
petitioners will ever pray" Then, will
an instant return to seriousness: "Bu
you mustn't think of that-of course
you won't-with so many other ant
greater things to consider"
"On the contrary, / shall think very
| pointedly of that; pointedly and re
gretfully-because your brother ha,
made it practically impossible for me
to help"
"My brother" with a little gasp.
Eyes. He offered to buy my vote
with a block of Little Susan stock
That wouldn't have been 80 bad If he
hadn't talked about it"
when Mr.. Ford comes you must
forget what Stevie said and what ]
have said. Good-by"
An hour later Brouillard was closet
ed in his log-built office quarters with
big, fair-faced man, whose rough
tweeds and unbrushed soft hat pro-
claimed him fresh from the dusty-dry
reaches of the Quesado trail.
ut is your own opinion that 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 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?"
mo. He is on his way to the Nj
quota, coming over in his car from Ell
Cato. But never mini ]. Wesley. You
are the man 1 came to see."
81 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 was frowning
thoughtfully, and his eyes were the
eyes of one who sees only the clearly
etched lines of a picture which OBJ
scures all outward and visual objects.
the picture he saw was Of a
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
sist on pulling my private opinion out
BY the roots, you may have it. I'd build
he extension
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PRINCIPAL EFFECTS
OF LIME UPON SOIL
SWeetens Sourness and Corrects
Acidity-CIammy Soil Does
Not Yield Well.

1t may be said that lime has two
principal effects upon soil. It sweet
ems sour soil; it improves the physical
defects. Crops will not do well in sour
soil. This is readily shown in alfalfa
and clover. The leaves turn yellow
and the plants look sickly when tho
soil is sour. Such son needs lime to
neutralize the acid.
Heavy, cloddy, clammy BoiI win nOe
yield well. Such soil does not easily
admit air and water and does not sup
port soil bacteria 20 important n =
fertile soil. Use lime II y0u have sucb
sol
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CHAPTER VIII
Mirapolis

During the strenuous weeks wher
Camp Niquoia's 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 sue
cession a cafe with side tables, 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
dining rooms that Mr.. J. Wesley Cort-
wright was entertaining Brouillard,
with Miss Genevieve to make a 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 his head.
II 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
sUnle kind. Brouillard had marked 1t
on the day, fortnight earlier, when
latter assuring himself morosely that
he would not) lie had gone down to
the lower canyon portal tn see the
Cartwright touring car finish it's sec
ond race across the desert from Ell
Cato.
"Of course / was quite prepared to
have you stand on and throw stones
at our little cob house OF a venture,
the host allowed at the
lighting Of the gold-banded cigars. |
You're the government engineer and
he builder of the big dam; but you
,an't build your dam In one day, or |
n two, and the interval Is ours. ! tell |
ron, we're going to make Mirapolts .
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| The capacities of circular tanks
may be found in the following: Ca
| pacity in gallons equals diameter in
feet, squared, multiplied by 0.7854,
multiplied by the depth in feet, null
| tiplied by 7.4S. One cubic foot equals
| 7.8 gallons. When located in build
| ings wooden tanks are commonly
made rectangular. They may be lined
with timed copper, but never with
| lead. To obviate the use of heavy
planking, rods are used to rigidly
tie together the end and side braces
The pneumatic tank system consists
of a force pump, an air-tight steeI
tank, necessary pipe, valves, fittings
etc.. and power for operating the
pump. The system may be a small
one, operated by na..j, windmill or
small engine; or it may consist of
large pump operated by a powerful
engine with two or more tanks of
large capacity.
The tank may be placed in the base
ment or underground, thus keeping
the water cool and preventing freezing.
In the operation of the pneumatic
system water is forced into the air.
tight tank, thus COMPRISING the air
into smaller space and creating an
air pressure which forces the water
to the discharge cocks.
In determining the capacity of the
tank, it is necessary that about one
third of the computed storage capacity
be added to provide space for the COM
pressed air.
In the auto-pneumatic system the
water is delivered fresh from the we'll
to the faucets. This system consists
essentially of an air compressor driven
by a small gas engine or electric
motor, an alright steel air-pressure
tank, and one or more auto-pneumatic
pumps. No water tank is required,
since nothing is stored, but compressed
air. The pump consists of two small
metallic chambers submerged in the
water, and when faucet is opened
they automatically fill and discharge,
owing to the air pressure from the
storage tank, thus giving a continuous
flow Of fresh water.
The auto-pneumatic pump can be
Used in wells, springs or lakes where
he water is free from sand and mud
md does not have to be lifted more
han 100 feet or where the working
PRESSURE does not exceed IS pounds.
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buzz-hummer while the daylight lasts
Don't you forget that"
| 'Mirapolis?' queried Brouillard
rs that the new name?"
| Cartwright laughed and nodded. '1t'f
Genes Miracle City, Fits like
the glove on a pretty girls arm
doesn't it,"
| 1T does. But the miracle is that
there should be any money daring
enough to invest itself in the Niquoia y
"Why, bless your workaday heart
Brouillard," chuckled the host, moth.
ing is permanent in this shutting,
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 little shorter in the factor of
time"
$50 much shorter that the parallel
won't hold" argued Brouillard.
1.-THE parallel does hold; long time,
small profits and a 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 FRAGILE
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 cement plant,
and we shall sell you the output-at a
good, round price, 1 promise you, but
still at 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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road gets in. When our government
orders are filled we can afford te
wreck the plant for what it will bring.
THAT is only one instance" object
ed the guest.
well, Bongras, here, is one more,
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-
troll 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?"
Mr.. 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 /
don't mind taking you in on it," he
said between leisurely puffs at his CT
gar. We've Just concluded a few con-
tracts: one with distinguishes go
ing to put In power drills, electric ore
cars, and modern equipment gener-
ally and shove the development OF the
Little SUSAN one with new mining
syndicate which will begin operations
at once on half dozen prospects on
Jacks mountain; and one with lum-
Der combination that has just taken
over the sawmills, and will install 9TH
ers, with a planning mill and sash fac
tory"
Brouillard nodded. The gray eyes
were slowly hypnotizing him.
But that isn't ALL" continued the
promoter. I'VE are about to reincor-
porate the power plant as the Niquoia
Electric Power, Lighting and Traction
company. Within a fortnight we'll be
lighting Mirapolis, and within = month
after the railroad gets In well be oper-
ating trolley cars"
Tho enthusiast paused to let the
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Farm water supplies may be divided
| into three classes, which in the order
of their liability to pollution are sur
face supplies, shallow underground
supplies, and deep underground sup
plies. The surface supplies are OBJ
tanned from streams, ponds, reservoirs
and cisterns; both shallow and deer
underground supplies are obtained
from dug, bored, driven or drilled
wells, and from springs.
Surface water supplies should not
be used for household purposes or for
washing milk cans. They should not
even be used for laundry purposes
unless no other supply is available.
Rain water from the roof is often
polluted by dust, leaves and the drop
pings from birds. Any person who
drinks water from surface supplies
endangers his health if such supplies
are not adequately protected and then
purified.
Where underground waters are hard
to obtain, cisterns may be used where
the store of rain water and surface
supplies will be filtered and partially
purified.
The cistern should be of water
tight construction, to prevent leakage
and to prevent pollution from the
neighboring soil. 1t should have an
overflow drain and a tight cover.
There should also be suitable pro-
vision for straining or filtering the
water previous to it's entrance to the
cistern.
Unpolluted springs are, as rule,
good sources of water supply, since
the water usually comes from great
depths within the rock or is filtered
through many layers of sand and
gravel. However, springs are subject
to pollution from the same sources as
wells, and should be closely watched
In this respect. Farm spring supplies
are often polluted by the drainage
from buildings and stock pens. Spring
water supplies from limestone are also !
subject to pollution from distant gar
bage and sewage dumped in sink |
holes. The same precautions should |
be taken for safeguarding spring sup
plies as in the case of wells, and in
addition the spring should always be
fenced to keep out stock.
After pure-water supply has been
made available for the farm home
he quantity of water needed must
,e considered. A suitable pumping
equipment must be chosen and then
satisfactory means for distributing
md storing the water must be pro-
-ided.
There are three general systems Of
forage and distribution which may be
eadily applied to farm conditions:
he gravity, pneumatic, and auto
neumatic systems.
In the gravity system water is
breed into the elevated tank placed
igher than the highest discharge
ock. A storage tank may be placed
1 the attic, on the roof, or on tower /
Inside. The agricultural experiment I
tation at Ames, Ia. has designed = (
10 with storage tank placed on top. {
Since there is considerable FRACTIONAL
assistance to the flow Of water through
10 distribution pipes, the tank should
, placed at least ten feet higher than I
70 highest discharge cock to insure
dow under pressure. y
Water weighs 62.5 pounds per q
lbic foot or about s.4 pounds per ?
lion, so that in placing : tank in 4
9 attic or on the roof the supports .
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SYNOPSIS.

s.
Brouillard, chief engineer Of the Niquoia
nrgaton DAM goes out from camp 10
automobile party camped at the canyon
portal. He meets j. Wesley Cartwright
and his daughter, Geneveve, of the auto
party and explains the reclamation work
to them. Cartwright sees in the project
4 big chance to make money, Brouillard
ls impervious to hints from the financier.
who tells Genevieve that the engineer
''Wtll come down and hook himself If the
tait Is well covered" Cartwright organ
ICES a company and obtains government
contracts to furnish power and material
for the dam construction. A busy city
springs up about the site. Steve Massin-
gale threatens to start a gold rush II
Brouillard does not influence President
Ford to build a railroad branch to the
place, thus opening an easy market for
the ore from the Little Susan" mine.
Brouillard and the company's promoter
clash, but on orders from Washington,
Brouillard turns over the plans for the
t'ower installation.
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Do you believe that a really
honest man can be persuaded to
turn a shady trick In order to
help the material fortunes of the
girl he Ioves-even If he be-
Iieves the trick will never be
found out on him7
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Do you believe that BrouiIIard
viii permit himself to be So
duced by Cortwri0ht's smooth
form Of bribery7 Does BrouIl-
lard understand Cartwright?
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s-s--ss-s-s
(TO BIZ CONTZN-rEDl
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-18
How to Prevent
Acid Stomachs And
Food Fermentation

You may complain of stomach trouble
and yet your stomach may be absolute
" normal and healthy. The real
trouble--the trouble that nearly every
body has at times-is probably or
cessive acid in the stomach. You NAV
be quite sure that this is your trouble
if your food ferments, turns sour,
causes 'belching, distress after eating,
etc. Excessive acid irritates the deli.
cate lining of the stomach abnormally,
causing that full bloated feeling. Thus
both acid and fermentation interfere
with and retard the process Of diges-
ton. The stomach wall is usually
healthy and normal, but irritated al
most past endurance by these foreign
elements-acid and wind. In all such
cases-and they comprise great ma
.ority of all stomach difficultes-th
first and only step necessary is to neu-
tralize the acid and stop fermentation
by taking in little warm or cold
water Immediately after eating, from
one to two teaspoonfuls of Bisurated
Magnesia which is a remarkably ef-
fectiye antacid and food corrective.
The excess acid will be neutralized and
the food fermentation stopped i'm
mediately so that your stomach may
then proceed to digest the food in
healthy normal manner. BE sure to
ask your druggist for Bisurated Mag
nesia rather than Magnesia in any
other form.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-18
Monmouth News Items.
Capital journal Special Service.) }

Capital Journal Special Service.)
Monmouth, Or, Jan. 1S.-The city
council held its regular meeting last
Tuesday evening. The Following com
mittees were appointed by the new
mayor, j. L. Murdock: Water board,
James Goodman and d. NJ. Hampton;
street committee, John A. Riddell, II.
G. Ostein and d. NJ. Hampson; finance
committee, James Goodman, II. G. Os-
tien and John A. Riddell; tax com
mittee, II. G. Ostien, John A. Riddell
and d. NJ. Hampton; auditing commit
tee, James Goodman and II. c. Ostien.
Mr.. Gordon Bowman, proprietor Of
the Monmouth Livery and Feed Stables
has transformed all his buggies and
hacks into sleigns and they are very
much in demand as sleighing is now
much better here than it has been for
several years.
President j. H. Alderman, Of the o.
n, s., received word that his father,
who lives in Iowa, is seriously i'll and
in all probability will not recover.
Last week end was busy one for
the students Of the Oregon Normal
school. Interest centered largely in
the preliminary try.outs for the final
contest waich is to decide the two
winners of the local contest for can
didates to represent the school in the
intercollegiate oratorical contest which
will be held here in March. The two
tryouts. Friday, one in the afternoon,
the other in the evening, were charac-
torized by fine snirit The students all
made very good showings. From the
following Afternoon contestants, Mr.
Whitten, Miss Jacobs Miss Anderson,
Miss Chute, Mr.. Evans, Miss Gall.
braith, Miss Nystrom, these two were
chosen winners: Senior, Miss Phena
Anderson; junior, Miss Jacobs. The
evenings contestants were; Mr.. Corn.
wall, Miss Brett, Miss Ruggles, Miss
Meyers, Miss Rouce, Miss Mette, Miss
Rand. The winners were: Senior,
Miss Marie Meyers; junior, Miss
Georgia Rouse. The Judges were: DR..
Dunsmore, Of Independence; Prof. II.
l.. Kiezel, Of the Monmouth high school
and Miss Davis, of the Salem higa
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-18
Northwest 1916 Wheat Crop
May Reach 9O,OOO,O 900 Blu.

previous seasons. This season S acre
age is somewhat greater than normal
The present condition of the winter
wheat crop in all three Pacific north.
west states is as near perfect as ever
shown-and there have been exception
al prospects before this.
Most Of the damage to last season 3
wheat crop was in the winter planting,
due to lack Of sufficient moisture dur.
ing winter and spring months. This
winter the entire crop has been treat
ed to i very liberal supply of moisture
with the greatest amount Of snowfall
in the light land sections for many
seasons.
In Oregon last season most Of the
damage was done is light land sections
and this was true to some extent in
Washington, although Idaho suffered
very little. This accounts for Ore
gon S poor showing as compared with
the other two states last year. Now
conditions are exceptionally good ov-
erywhere.
The high price of wheat during the
season is likely to aid the area of
spring planting, and unless weather
conditions are utterly out of line here.
after during tae season, the outlook
for the 1916 harvest could scarcely be
more promising.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-18
Pugh Elected Vice. President.

C. j. Pugh, of Falls City, the logan
berry king of Polk county, was elected
vice-president of the North Pacific
Loganberry Juice Manufacturers at II
meeting held in Portland last week. A
national advertising campaign will be
carried on by the members Of the organ
ization to boost the new drink made
from these berries. Since the state has
gone dry the loganberry juice has be-
come the most popular drink at the soft
drink establishments and it is the de-
sire of the organization to boost the
sale of the Oregon product in other dry
states Of the Union.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-18
HAVE YOU WRITTEN?
IF NOT, Do IT TODAY
"Everybody's DOM 1t" So
Get Busy With Those Let
ters to Eastern Friends

Do not forget to write those letters
today.
And when you are writing, after tell
ing of the Columbia Highway, Mount
Hood and Crater Lake and the seashore
drive from Tillamook south, do not fail
to tell about the Willamette Valley.
1t has the finest summer climate in
the world. That is a big item for those
who are out for months summer
travel.
While we want tourists to see Port
land, yet we also want them to motor
down through the Willamette valley
and stop off few days in Salem.
Tell your friends there is no city on
the coast from "city beautiful"
standpoint that can compare with
Salem.
There is no city in the east that can
surpass us in civic center, or can show
such beautiful wide streets.
School children in all the junior high
schools as well as the senior high school
will begin doing their share today in
the great letter writing week.
Additional business firms are com
ing in with orders for multigraph let
ters and it is evident that Salem has
caught the patriotic spirit.
Form letters may be secured from
the Commercial Club. All that is neces-
sary will be to fill in the name. This
is done for the convenience of those
who have no time, or find letter writ
ing troublesome.
Deposit your letters in the letter
box at the Portland Railway Light &
Power Company's offiSe, State and
Commercial streets.
Get in the moving picture to be TAX
en- by the Pathe company at 1880
O'Clock Friday morning, when the mail
is carried from the corner of State and
Commercial streets to the postoffice.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-18
HERE'S NEW VIGoR FOR
oVERWORKED STOMACHS
y y 4 * x 4 Il = y * y x y i

Daniel j. Fry, the popular druggist,
has been in the drug business long
enough to have his own opinion of the
best way of selling medicines. He says
the plan adopted by Mi-o.na, the great
dyspepsia remedy, is the fairest he has
ever heard Of. He doesn't believe that
medicine ought to be paid for unless
it does the user some good. And Mi-o
ma is sold under a positive guarantee
to relieve dyspepsia or to refund the
money. You simply leave so cents on
deposit with Daniel ]. Fry and if, after
you have used the box of Mi.o.na you
decide that it has done you no good, all
you have to do is to tell him so and he
will return your money
Hundreds Of people have been relieved
of stomach agonies by using this re-.
markable remedy. 1t is not simply a
food digester; it is medicine that puts
all Of the digestive organs into normal
condition and gives ruddy, glowing, Wig
orous health. A change for the better
will be seen after the first few doses
of Mi-o-na, and its continued use will
soon give the power to cat anything at
any time and not suffer distress after.
ward.
Mi'o-na is sold under a positive guar.
antee to refund the money if it does
not cure. This is the strongest proof
that can be offeredias to the merit of
the medicine.
Nothing lessons mans success in
his work or a woman IS fascinating per,
sonality more than weak stomach,
with its attending evils. Use Mi.o-na
and see how much more there is in life.