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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-04-05
CHAPTER rl-cOntinued.

Il was just telling Van Bruce that
hss laundering fish cartridge would
raise the neighbors." the trail climber
went on with a stout mans chuckle
And then: You're one of the reclama-
ton engineers? Great work the gov
eminent is undertaking here. You
are connected with it, aren't you?"
Brouillard's nod was for the man,
but his words were for the young
woman whose beauty refused to be
quenched by the touring handicaps.
Yes. am in charge of it." he said.
Hal" said the stout man, and this
time the exclamation was purely APP
probative. Chief engineer, Ell? That's
fine, fine! My name is Cartwright
]. Wesley Cartwright of Chicago. And
yours isl"
Brouillard named himself in one
word. Strangers usually found him
bluntly unresponsive to anything like
effusiyeness, but he was finding it Gu
~iously difficult to resist the good
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-04-05
New interpretations.

New interpretations.
The A. II. Kranstover company Mil
waukee; dyestuffs; capital, $4,000;
incorporators. Fl. F. Friedrich. Paul ID.
Durant and A. C Jorgensen.
The Oshkosh Industrial Promotion
company. Oshkosh: capital 100000;
incorporators, Il. C. Brown. II. / Weed.
Louis Schriber. Burton Clark and VII
liam Wallen.
The Chetek Cooperative Canning
company. Chetek: capital $4,000; In
corpOrators. Harry C. Norton. A. NJ.
Simpson, Don Speed. George L. siaw-
son and J. Z. Sauer
The Sedlachek Construction com
pany. Superior; capital, $4,000; incor-
porators. Emil Sedlachek. Rudolph
Sedlschek and W. r. Foley.
Menomonie Fuel and Supply COM
pany, Menononie; capital $4,000; In
corporators. Frank s. Peck, X. z. Bun
dy and Grace Myers.
The Rice Lake Journal company,
Rice Lake: capital, $1,000; incorpora-
tors, T. c. Surdson. II. knutson, c. E.
Crosby and f. G. shervey.
The Middle Inlet Cheese company,
Middle Inlet; capital, $3.50; incorpora-
tors 7. W. Baker. Richard Lage, s.
Kniskern. A. Kimont and J. Romano.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-04-05

We are in luck on the cement prop
osition," Brouillard told the eager
money-maker I'VE shall probably
manufacture our own supply right
here on the ground"
Him." said the millionaire; "a ce-
ment plant, Ell? The materials have
all been tested. | suppose?"
"Oh, yes; we've had experts in here
for more than year. The material is
all right"
And your labor?"
ION the dam, you mean? We shall
work all the Indians we can get from
the Navajo reservation, forty-odd miles
south of here; for the remainder we
shall import men from the States
Mr. Cortwright's calculating eye
roved once more over the attractive
prospect.
Fuel for your power plant wood
| take. it," he surmised; and then:
"Oh. forgot; you say you have coal. :"
Yes; there is coal, of sort; good
enough for the cement kilns. For
power we shall utilize the river. There
is another small canyon at the head of
the valley where temporary dam can
be built which will deliver power
enough to run anything-an entire
manufacturing city. if we Rad one"
NO chance for a man TO get the
thin edge OF a wedge in anywhere"
lamented the money-maker despair
ingly. Then his eye lighted upon the
graybeard dump of a solitary mine
high up on the face of Mount Chi
gringo. What's that up there?" he
demanded
1T is mine" said Brouillard, show
ing Miss Cartwright how to adjust the
fieldglass for the shorter distance.
Two men named Massingale. father
and son. are working it. I'm told" And
then again to Miss Genevieve. THAT
is their cabin-on the trail a little to
the right of the tunnel opening"
Il seedt quite plainly" she returned.
Two people are just leaving it to ride
down the path-a man and a woman.
/ think, though The woman-if it is a
woman-is riding on a mans saddle"
BrouiIiard's eyebrows went up in a
little arch Of surprise. Harding. the
typographical engineer who had made
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-04-05

natured heartiness which seemed to
exude from the laxative gentleman,
OVERLAPPING him like the honeydew on
the leaves in a droughty forest.
IL Mr.. j. Wesley Cortwright's sur
prise on hearing the Brouillard sur
name was not genuine it was at least
an excellent imitation.
Well, well, well-you don't say!
Not of the Brouillards of Knox county.
Indiana but, of course. you must be. "
Yes" said Brouillard. Our branch
of the family settled near Vincennes,
and my father was on the bench. when
he wasn't in politics.
What? Not Judge Antoine! Why,
my dear young man! Do you know
that / once had the pleasure of intro
ducing your good father to my bank
ers in Chicago? 1t was years ago, at
time when he was interested in float
ing a bond issue for some growing in
dustry down on the Wabash And to
think that away out here in this howl
ing wilderness, thousand miles fro n
nowhere, as you might say, | should
meet his son!"
Brouillard laughed and fell headlong
into the pit Of triteness.
The world isn't so very big wien
you come to surround it properly, Mr.
Cartwright" he asserted.
You are wondering what fool no.
ton chased US away out here in the
desert when we had a comfortable ho-
tel to stop at" he ratified on. IN
tell you, Mr. Brouillard-in confidence.
1t was curiosity-raw, country curios-
ity. The papers and magazines have
been full of this Buckskin reclamation
scheme, and we wanted to see the
place where all the wonderful miracles
were going to get themselves wrought
out. Have you got time to put us
next p"
Brouillard as the son of the man
who had been introduced to the Chi
cago money gods in his hour of need.
could scarcely do less than to take the
time. The project, he explained, con-
templated the building of high dam
across the upper end of the Niquoia
canyon and the converting of the in
land valley above into a great storage
reservoir From this reservoir a series
of distributing canals would lead the
water out upon the arid lands of the
Buckskin and the miracle would be
fact accomplished
Sure. sure," said the cheerful quer-
list. feeling in the pockets of the au-
tomobile coat for a cigar. At the
match-striking instant he remembered
a thing neglected. "P- George! you'll
have TO pardon me. Mr.. BroIillard; I'm
always forgetting the little social dew
dabs. Let me present you to my
daughter Genevieve. Gene, shake
hands with the son of my good old
friend, Judge Antoine Brouillard Of
Vincennes."
II was rather awkwardly done, and
somehow Brouillard could not help
fancying that Mr. Cartwright could
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-04-05
By Francis Lynde
Copyright By
Charles Scribnsr's Sens

have done it better But when the
unquenchable beauty stripped her
gauntlet and gave him her hand, with
dazzling smile and a word of ac-
acknowledgement which was not Dor
rowed from her fathers ELUSIVE vo-
cabulary, he straightway fell into an
other pit of triteness and his saving
first impressions of Mr.. j. Wesley Cort-
wright's character began to fade.
I'm immensely interested" was
Miss Cortwright's comment on the out
lining of the reclamation project DO
you mean to say that real farms with
green things growing on them can be
made out of that frightful desert we
drove over yesterday afternoon?P
Brouillard smiled and plunged fatu-
ously. "Oh. yes; the farms are al
ready there Nature made them. you
know; she merely forgot to arrange
for their watering" He was going on
to tell about the exhaustive expert
ments the department of agriculture
experts had sheen making upon the
Buckskin soils when the gentleman
whose name had once figured upon
countless thousands of lard packages
cut in.
Mr. Brouillard, how far is it up to
where you are going to build your
damn"
I'll be glad to show you the way If
you care to try" Brouillard offered
and the tentative invitation was
promptly accepted.
The transfer of viewpoints from the
lower end of the canyon to the upper
was effected without incident save at
its beginning, when the father would
have called down to the young man
who had waded ashore and was drying
himself before the campfire. Van
Bruce won't care to CO." the daughter
FASTENED to say; and Brouillard. whose
gift it was to h. able to pick out and
identify the human derelict at long
range, understood perfectly well the
reason for the young woman's hasty
interruption. One result of the sue
cessfully marketed lard packages was
very plainly evident in the dissipated
face and hangdog attitude of the mar
keter's son.
Conversation tagged on the climb
from the Buckskin level to that of the
reservoir valley; but when they
reached the pine tree of the anchored
blueprints at the upper portal Mr.
Cartwright recovered his breath suffi
GENTLY to gasp his appreciation of the
prospect and its possibilities.
why. good goodness, Mr. Brouil
lard, it's practically all done for you'll"
he wheezed, taking in the level, noun
tain-inclosed valley with an appraisive
eye-sweep. What will you do?-build
your dam right here and take out your
plan?"
Brouillard nodded and went little
further into details, showing how the
inward-arching barrier would be an
chored into the two opposing mountain
buttresses.
And the structure ITSELF ow high
is it to be-"
Two hundred feet above The spill
way apron foot; concrete and STEEL"
Then you are going to need Port
land cement-a whole lot of it, Where
will you get it? And how will you get
it here?"
Brouillard smiled inwardly at the
pork packers suddenly awakened in
terest in the technical ways and
means His four years in the desert
had taken him out of touch with a
money-making world, and this momen-
tary contact with one of it's successful
deYotees was illuminating.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-04-05
Banks Show Gain.

That the people of Wisconsin are
unusually prosperous is shown by the
abstract of reports of the condition
of state and mutual savings banks of
Wisconsin on March z, which was
made public by State Bank Commits
sioner A. e. Kuolt.
The total resources and liabilities of
the III state banks doing business in
Wisconsin on March were S270,l25.-
9S1.S2 This was an increase of Sill
930,915.63, as compared with the last
preceding report on December 81 last.
aud an increase Of $22. 5S0,46794. as
compared with the report made on
March 4, 1915. This means that the
money of the people doing business
with the state and mutual banks of
Wisconsin increased at the rate OF a
little less than $1,000 600 a month dur.
ing the last twelve months.
The total deposits of the banks on
March Z were $225,SS3, 33771, an in
crease OF 2.437. 069.04 over those Of
December 81 last.
The number of state and mutual
savings banks increased from TIA to
1T during the period between Deem
Der 81 and March T. II is estimated
that the state and mutual banks do a
little more than so per ceIt Of the
banking business of the people of Wis
consin. the rest being done by nation
al banks.
The increase in business Of national
banks In the state was practically the
same as that Of state and mutual
banks. The increase in banking wealth
of the people of Wisconsin during the
last year was probably about $4,000
600.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-04-05

have to be struggling back to the
chug-wagon. Much Obliged to you,
Mr. Brouillard. WIN you come down
and see us off"
At the final descent in the trail. with
the Buckskin blanknesses showing
holly beyond the curtaining pines.
they passed at step from romance TO
the crude realities.
The realities we're basing themselves
upon the advent of two newcomers.
riding down the Chigringo trail to the
ford which had been the scene Of the
fish slaughtering; a sunburnt young
man in goatskin chaps flannel shirt
and a tapping Stetson, and a girl
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-04-05

Which is the more guilty, the
rich man who brides one who
needs money or the man who
takes it? If trouble comes, the
man who takes the money usu-
ally goes to prison. Should the
rich brihe-eiver-tlle tempter-
spend just as much time behind
the bars7
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-04-05

NOR So large as q
child's head. The
doctor said it was
three years coming
and gave me medi-
cine for it until I
was called away
from the city for
IS om e time. OF
course / could not
lgo to him then. so
my sister-in-law told
Ime that she thought
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-04-05
As 20 a Friend.

why doesn't Mrs. Flubdub attend
to her own business?"
"she can afford to hire lawyer for
that purpose. That gives her plenty
OF time for more congenial pursuits"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-04-05
weariest WAITING.

Paw, what's the longest period of
timer"
From one payday to the next -
Buffalo Express.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-04-05

What will be the first step
Brouillard takes TO thwart the
great efforts Of Cartwright and
congressional politicians in their
concession-grabbing sche me?
Watch for developments in the
next installmenA
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-04-05
paradoxioal Fitness.

1--WE need efficiency in the army"
"But at the same time we do not
want 1t In too good running order"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-04-05
SYNOPSIS.

Brouillars. chief engineer on the Nj
quota irrigation dam. goes out from camp
to investigate a strange light and ftnds
an autor Iobils party camped at the can
yon portal. 3rouillard meets j. Wesley
Cartwright.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-04-05
HOW MRS. BEAN
met The CRISIS
Carried Safely Through Change
of Life by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Nashville, Tenn.-sfWhen was going
through the Change of Life had a tu-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-04-05

Many a physically tall man is fnan,
cially short.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-04-05

Luck must be feminine because it is
so uncertain.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-24
IAN OUNCE OF REMEDY WORTH
A POUND OF CURE"

A large number Of the students
have been sick this winter due to
colds and many Of those colds were
caused by wet feet. Slushy sidewalks
furnished the water and all the stu
dent had to do was to come to
school Most of the students have
five blocks or more to come to
school, which distance covered four
times a day means several hundred
miles every day, through slush for
high school students, to say nothing
of the grades. Now If every home
that has a boy going to high school
would set that boy to cleaning the
walks and everybody else would
clean their share OF the walks, all
this uncalled-for sickness would be
avoided.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-24
s11, $3.50 TO STATE SCHOOLS
Dickinson Is Fourth Heaviest Payer
in Kansas

Dickinson county municipalities,
which includes county, towns, school
districts, townships and drainage
districts, will pay $11,S49.59 into
the different state school funds this
year, according to figures compiled
in the office of Earl Aker, state
treasurer. All state municipalities
will pay in a total of nearly one
half million dollars to the states
educational cause this year. This
county is the fourth heaviest inter-
est and bond payer, Shawnee being
the largest Wyandotte, Sedgwick
and Greenwood are the other coun-
ties paying more than Dickinson.
Wallace, which has only IS to pay,
is by far the smallest debtor as a
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-24
TIP IN ARAms
OVEN LAND HEIRUwE

About fifty Saline county farmers
affected by the supreme court do
cisioa und@ whisA the UAioA Pc
cifie railro@d comRaAg ID claiming
zoo feet Of gEoaAA on s@sA side OF
its risAa OF way, sAtAesUd ut the
city hall auAitogian IN RSsanA to
further consider pls@s fss NShttAs
the railroad coApsAy.
The railroad comp@Ay originally
claimeA 100 f~st Of riSAt Of way. 50
feet on each side Of tAS trSeRa but
nov IL claims geo fsSt on sAAh side,
a total OF 40e under an old grant
As result the company IL claiming
a $50 additional strip OF the farms
on either side. The farmers are up
In arms over this taking away OF
their property
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-24
MP" HAS FOURTH MATE
CAey Purchases New Fire Horse That
Promises b BE Beea Yet

Nip" of Abilenes original fire
team, has another mate. Rex" the
@st hoFSa, was becoming too heavy
sAA @Ow FOO his work, even though
As wSs red on half ration, and so
he has bSsa dispossd OF and another
purchase. The lAss horse, which
has been Hvsa the name OF his pre-
dsseBor, was purchased from X.
NesiaV, whs lives q mile south OF
Acne, ahd promisss to come the
nearSss mating Nip Of the three
Aorsss he has worked with during
the seven years he has pulled the
AhlsAs fire wagon.
The new horss IL q little under
wsisht At 114o pounds, while Nip
weighs 1852. bat be shown promise
OF boso@iAG . faster and better
hoVus thAa the original Tuck" In
the oVAAlsa Of A. l. HAasarrAn. the
drive. He vss led into the hAF-
49, - tAS fts1 ina lASt Saturday
AAA lsgt AasAa he jumped into the
hAgnass vttASwt rOpes and like q
VOea@sA he - rONaA Appearing aaA
p~W bat AuSM@anA b bidtRx the
nHS wh0 - vM have ASAh The
AHes@ nm us&@ IN tAa slnes
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-24
PROF. FRENCH INVITED
TO SPEAK AT LAWRENCE

The Abilene High School is again
to be honored, this time in being
represented at the meeting Of Kan
sas School superintendent and
Principals to be held at Lawrence
March 1913. Prof French recent
ly received an invitation from the
Economics department Of the Kan
sas University, asking him to speak
at that time on Teaching Econo-
mics in the High School," Prof.
Marshall of Chicago University will
deliver the principal address, and
two Kansas high school principals
will speak at the Economics round
table. Mr.. French will treat his
subject from the standpoint of
teaching Economics in magazine
course which method is proving
in the Abilene High
School.
A. II. S. is proud to have her
principal one of the chosen two"
and since Mr.. French has already
proven himself an able speaker, his
talk will doubtlessly prove both
interesting and instructive to his
fellow workers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-24
Baseball and Track Begin

Warm weather, returning, brought
out the usual burst of spring en-
thusiasm in baseball and track.
Men for both teams were called out
Wednesday, 80 baseball men for a
talk over training and the distance
men took a little Jog around on
the pavement for wind" The boys
are tired of winter and each fine
day brings a longing for some spring
sports. The High School will at
tempt to support both baseball and
track teams although the present
state of treasury does not augur
well for extensive schedules Cham
pionship teams in both lines are
expected
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-24

II ysuF Asss vOAld snN ny Via
$50 are hisA. why sAOaldA't tAsyi
Same hsas de. The hen thaa lays has
a healthy pinh toAgas ana ella
Those not laying are pAla n The
Silla, their tOnEus o. paAss hn@ .
whiteiah look. Whaa's tha matter!
What's the matte with vou wAsn
your tongue 10 Whitsf BMous!
That's just what sls thS haA. Start
her liver and Sc her set busy. B.
A. Thomas Poultry Powder 70 guar
anteed to start her liver and to star.
the eggs. c. S. Kraybill. WITT
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-24
SAND SPRINGS IMPROVES
Late Analysis Gives Purity Percent.
age as 99.9829

Sand Springs water has improved
its already high established quality
since last July. A report on an analy-
sis completed February IL at the
state water testing laboratories at
the University, which was received
at the city clerks office, gives the
percentage as 99.9S29 per cent pure
which is higher than the July re-
port which was 1896 per cent
pure. C. A. HAskins, state engineer
of the division of water and sewage
of the state board of health, In
commenting on the report pronounc-
90 the water to be in excellent con-
ditiOn. The sample WAS taken for
analysis ~ J. r. Welksr. = travelling
representative. from = hotel in the
city, unknown to the city authori-
ties.
The mineral composition In parts
pr mhliOa - ahown In the report
v; Silica 6, iron Aad Aluminsm rs,
claAm t5.a. mA@@an IS, sod
lun Gnd postum I5t. chlOrfns
IL. Sulfats ls.T. bi0rboAakss 1917.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-24
q CMaar~.a o.

ToU eannst 49, aRTthiAg hSAm
for your shild's ssaa& And cola thAn
DR.. Rags New Dtss0wwy. II y prs-
pared iron Pins Tar mfRwA vita
healing AID s00tAinE bAlaama. II
does not e0ntadn anything harmful
aAd d sngAuy lAnuva. inm easamA
V expa the psissaa rom tAs @p-
ts@. DR.. Kings New DtnssV@T n
an tts~wtis-killa the esld w~-
raie@ the phlsgm -1e@mmm 90
eoaGA ard soo<h@ 10 Irrfmanm.
Deaf put of treAAmH Caagha
and colds o. lead to serious lang
troubles Il II also good for adults
and the aged. Get a bottle today.
All druggists.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-24

TAs gtroAO@m resonR1datioR
uny ng@alS meg rosuve n a favor
abe woaa fr@@ ths uGr. II Il the
rOeGml@ a tt&ss e @om who have
unDd n that mMa&@ ChAm bsxiAfn's
CoG9A Remedy - popular. MrS.
ARAAdM GiGFAar1 WaynamnsM,
OAia. wwSA ~Chnmb@rlAln's CouRA
ReR@dV has bann used In my family
on and on for twenty years and IL
has never failed to cure a cough or
cold" Obtainable everywhere.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-24

Thoss who hate aAsey medicine
should try ChambsrlAtn's Tablsts
for constipation. They are pleasant
to take aAd thdP effect IL 50 agree
able and % natural that you will
not realise thaa il las hen prodA0
ed By = mediaAia ObtAiAAhAs ev-
eryWhsrA
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-24

Philadelphia, PA started the Change of Life
five years ago / always had headache and back
ache with bearing down pains and | would have
heat flashes very bad at times with dizzy spells and
nervous feelings. After taking Lydia <. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound l feel ike new person and
am in better health and no more troubled with
the aches and pains had before took your won
derful remedy. recommend it to my friends for
cannot praise 1t enough."-Mrs. MARGARET GRASS
Man, 7S9 n. Ringgold St, Philadelphia, Pa.
Beverly Mass took Lydia T. Pnkham's
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-24
HWoman'5
9r0bLem
How to Feel Well During Middle
Life Told by Three Women Who
Learned from Experience.

The Change of Life is a most critical period Of
womans existence and neglect Of health this time invites
disease and pain. Women everywhere should remember
that there is no other remedy known medicine that will
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound, made from
native roots and herbs Read these letters:-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-24
A. II. S. TO GIVE "soNG FEST"
VIII Observe National Week OF Song
February 21-25

AS O grand ending for National
Song Week, February 21-25, plans
are being made to hold a Sing al
the high school next Friday evening.
Patrons and students of A. II. S.
are invited and the evening will be
spent in singing our national songs
and the old fashioned songs which
might we'll be called the American
folk songs. The German club will
sing ode Wacht am Rhein" and ar
rangements are being made for the
rendition of other national hymns.
The high school chorus, too, will
sing some special numbers.
The reason for having a National
Song Week is to revive the "old
time favorites," which, it is feared,
are being forgotten in the rage over
the popular "catchy" sonsg. No adj
fee will be charged at the
high school "song fest" and it is
hoped that as many patrons as pos
sible will attend, even though the
limited space of the high school
makes it impossible to
hold real community sing"