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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-07

NOTICE-Don t forget the recital at
the Bungalow Christian church on
Friday night at o'clock. Corner
18th and Court SITS. 3S
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-07-05

incest girls of the land for half as
m any years. And with thoughts burn
ing, passionate, and words embarrass-
ingly torrential at hand to give them
utterance, they only spoke common
placesl
GLOW is the bridge getting along?"
asked the girl, repeating her fathers
words of a few minutes before, as
these two fell behind the others march
ing down the long pl atform, while the
maid standing by the private car with
the porter looked curiously after the
moving group and wondered if that
gray-green, long-legged young man was
the reason for the New York gown!
'It's doing splendidly," was the an
swer, and even with his heart full Of
the girl by his side whom he longed
to clasp in his arms but did not even
are touch the hem Of her garment,
some little enthusiasm came into his
voice. 1T is the greatest bridge that
was ever erected" he said.
GLOW you love It," said the girl.
Did Meade love the bridge? All,
there could be no doubt as to that.
He had studied its growth hour by
hour. AS the great steel web rose, his
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-07-05

ct have heard so much about It,"
said the girl, standing by the door.
IT want to see it when the workmen
are all off and it is all quiet, In the
moonlight"
every we'll. You had better change
your dress, Helen, before you co." said
the colonel, turning to Abbott and en-
gaging him In conversation on techni.
cal matters.
''rll wait for you at the front door
of the car" said the engineer, his heart
beating like a pneumatic riveter and
sounding almost Us loud in his ears.
II won't be long," she whispered as
she left him.
Helen did not want to waste time
any more than Meade did. So, instead
of taking her fathers advice, all she
did was to cover her beautiful Shout
ders with q light wrap and hasten to
the car door in the shortest possible
time. Every moment they were apart,
since the sum-total in which they could
| be together was so small, was a mo-
ment lost.
"Now," she said, coming out Of the
= ~r of the car and descending th@
, steps toward him, eagerly expectant,
II want prize for my swiftness."
"A prize /" returned the man, "why,
you've been gone years. and you
haven't even changed your gown. You
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-07-05
CHAPTER II.
The Witness for the Defense.

The Witness for the Defense.
One Of the pleasant evidences OF the
possession of riches is In the luxury
Of a private car. Although Colonel
Illingworth was personally man OF
simple tastes as became an old CAM
paigner, there was no appointment
that wit could devise or that money
could buy which was lacking to make
his private car either more comfortable
or more luxurious in its napery, glass,
china and silver, the dining table need
ed not to apologize to any other any
where. The colonel was most pune
tlious in dressing his part and Meade
and Abbott were both scrubbed to
within an inch of their lives, but,
climbing about the bridge, their hands
were scratched, roughened, stained and
torn. Aside from that, Meade was GER
tuinly most presentable, and old Alb
bolt, in spite Of his Indifference to
such matters, looked the able and pow
erful man he was.
The conversation at dinner was at
first light and frivolous
I'm lost" began Abbott, "overpow-
cred with all this silver and glass and
china"
EYES," laughed Meade, 1--WE should
have brought along our granite ware
and tincups, then we would be free
from the dreadful fear that we are 60
ing to drop something or break some
thing"
"You can break anything you like"
said the colonel with heavy pleasant
try, $50 long as the bridge stands"
"And that is going to be forever, isn't
it, Mr.. Meade?" asked Helen quickly.
II don't think anything built by man
will survive quite that long," he an
swered as much to her father and the
others as to her, "but this gives every
promise of lasting its time."
"You know" observed Curtiss, "there
was some question in my mind about
these big compression members. When
I first studied your fathers drawings,
wondered If he had made the lacing
strong enough to hold the webs"
''That matter was very thoroughly
gone into," said Meade quickly. 1T
was the very point which I myself I'D
questioned, but father is absolutely
confident that we provided latticing
enough to take up all the stresses. l
looked into that matter myself" he
went on with much emphasis.
IT guess it's all right" said Curtiss
lightly. II examined the webs and lac
ings carefully this afternoon. They
seem to be as right as possible"
''Those trusses," said Abbott emphat-
ically, twill stand forever. You need
not worry about that"
"Are you going to finish this job on
timer" asked Severance, the vice presi-
dent. "You know the financial end OF
it is mine, and much depends upon the
date of completion"
'That depends upon you people at
the shop, doctor. If you get the stuff
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-07-05
They Saw Her Round, FED, Full Face.

They Saw Her Round, Red, Full Face.
can't go out on a bridge In that gown
and those slippers, tramping over dirty
tracks, piles Of steel, rough wooden
planks, print and"
"Can't II" she said; you Just see."
II hate to see you spoil your Dress"
he said uncertainty Us she stopped.
Really what gown on earth was
worth half an hour of her society? At
least that Is the way he felt about it.
and evidently she felt the same way.
1T is settled, then," she said, slip
ping her arm through his as they
walked down the long wooden plat
form near the siding. At the end Of
the platform, rs they turned about the
temporary station and storehouse, be-
fore them rose the bridge. The moon
was rising over the high hills that
sprang up from the steep clifflike bank
Of the other side of the vast river.
They saw her round, red, full face
through an interlacing tracery of steel
The lower part Of the bridge was still
in deep shadow. Indeed, the moon had
just cleared the hills Of the opposite
bank Of the great gorge cut by the
broad river flowing swiftly in its dark
ness far below. At the farther end OF
the suspended arm extending far over
the water the top Of the traveller glis-
tened. The cantilever on the opposite
shore, incomplete and sunk under
high rise of sand, was still in shadow
on5 MT uof S1iccarpih1o
Unwittingly the woman drew a little
near the man. He became more con-
scious than before Of the light touch
of her hand upon his arm. 1t was very
still where they stood. The shacNs
of the workmen had been erected be-
low the bridge about quarter Of q
mile to the right along the banks OK
the little afIluent Of the main stream.
They could hear faint but tndistiI'-
guishable noises that yet indicated hui
mainly coming from that direction
The fires in the machine house and In
the engines were banked. Lazy curls
Of smoke rose to be blown away in ths
limitless areas Of the upper air. In the
darkness all the unsightly evidences OF
construction work were hidden.
"Oh," said the woman, drawing o.
long breath, II don't wonder that you
love it. Isn't it beautiful, flung up in
the air that way? One would think 1t
wasn't steel but silver and gold and"
"Time was" said the man, when I
loved q thing like that above every
thing except my father, but now"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-07-05

heart expanded with it. He took pride
in it even more when they began to
push the suspended span across the
river on the outer end Of the completed
antilever, toward it's fellow rising on
the other side. He fingered about 1t
when the rest of the workaday world
which was concerned with it had with
drawn to rest. Frequently late In the
night he had arisen and had left the
sheet-iron shack he occupied near the
work (for the topography of the land
and the course of the river had deter
mined the loo alton Of the bridge far
from any town., and in the moonlight
he had gazed bewitched by the great
web Of steel, all its mighty tracery deli
cately silvered, family outlined, lace
like, lofty, lifted high into the heavens
He fell into a little reverie for
brief moment from which she recalled
him.
"Well?" she asked.
Eyes, naturally" he found himself
saving in a conventional tone Of voice,
lit means q great deal to me. MY
father"
"Oh. your father" she began fndif-
ferently, although she knew and liked
the great engineer.
ut is his GROWING work and"
"Your beginning"
ut is not in me, or in any engineer
to begin where my father left off" he
said. "But this will count a great
deal, because through fathers Kindness
I had some hand"
II believe you did it ALL" interrupt
ed the girl.
He broke into sudden laughter, and
his merriment had that boyish ring
she liked. He seemed to think that
was q sufficient answer to that state
ment, for he went on quickly.
GLOW long shall you stay?"
And in spite Of himself he could not
keep his anxiety out Of his voice.
81 think fathers going on to the city
sometime tomorrow-probably In the
morning."
Meade's face fell.
$50 soon as that?"
81 will try to persuade him to stay
longer. I've seen lots Of bridges built
but never one like the international,
and I should enjoy. standing by and
watching you work."
81 don't do the work. Abbott does
that, and the men, Of course"
"Your work is the work tn at makes
possible and profitable the labor Of the
Others" she answered. "You plan, you
lead, the rest only follow. By the
way, father told me to ask you and
Mr.. Abbott to dine with US tonight in
the car"
Meade's mood changed into positive
gloom.
81 can't" he said dejectedly. 81
haven't any clothes, neither has Alb
bolt. We left our dress suits behind
us when we came into the wilderness
to work"
"Oh," she laughed. what difference
does that make? Come just as you are.
It will be relief. ] Like you that way.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-07-05

care, constantly reporting the prog
ress to his father, every step taken
under the superintendent Of Abbott,
a man of great practical ability as an
erector, but Of much less capacity as
scientific designer or Office engineer.
Meade had watched its daily growth
with the closest attention. Like every
other man in similar case, the work
had got into his blood. 1t had become
q part of his life. He loved the bridge;
vet more he loved Helen IllingWOrth.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-07-05

here to me I'll get it in place in short
order," answered Abbott.
eve aren't worrying about anything
with you and Meade on the job, Abb
bott," said the colonel genially.
Eyes, you are, father" said the girl.
ever since the International has been
started you have scarcely been able to
give a thought even to me. I'm tired
of it. I hope the old thing will soon
be finished, so that we can all go back
to normal life again"
II hope so, too" assented the colonel,
land I guess you are right The fact
Is the bridge is an obsession with us
ALL It is the biggest job the Martlet
has ever handled. Indeed. it is the
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-07-05
CHARACTER TEST

~oNFIDENcE and good-na-
ture are easy for folks who
are already prosperous and
successful. The true strength OF
a mans character is revealed,
however, In adversely. Tear the
foundation from beneath one
who has always enjoyed advan-
tages of wealth and position, and
see if he has the backbone to
conquer evil days-to rise above
circumstances and win. In "Web
of Steel" we have the story Of a
man whose foundation is de-
stroyed. His fight to rebuild it
makes the novel. 1t is not mere
Iy entertaining fiction; It is a
piece of inspiring literature. We
feel sure all of our readers will
enjoy this Cyrus Towsend Brady
serial.
THE EDITOR.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-07-05

Young Meade comes out OF
his dream with a terrific bump
the real story begins with the
next instaIIment. Tell your
friends to read "Web of Steel"
the best serial Of the year.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30

RncaIep confident knew that the values Of
$50 fered in COAT SALE SATURDAY real
Economy Vaues-they and ConvnCed-as shown
by the SALE OF IS NEW FALL COATS. REAL VALUE
- FINE QUALITY.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30
REGULAR THEATERS FOR
BOYS OF THE ARMY

LONDON. Sept >. Slight Off
cial army theaters. regularly sup
piled with comedy. melodrama.
musical comedy and vaudeville. are
10 oe established bv the entertain
rlent department OF the canteeL
board for the amusement of the
British soldiers.
In time. if the war continues. il
is possible that this list will grow
II is the aim of the authorities not
merely 10 provide the soldiers with
good acting, but 10 conduct the
theaters on a business basis, and
hand something over 10 the Cen
trail Regimenral institute fund
At present a repertory company
is on tour of the army and navy
camps and stations and melOdram:t
and musical comedy companies
have been recruited 10 entertain
the fighting men. Vaudeville
roupes are being organized. There
is a common charge at all the
theaters Of six cents for the cheap
est seats and L cents for the front
rows. At the second house"-for
the theaters are run on the twice
nightly" system few rows are
set apart for officers and sergeants
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30

porousness and liehtness. is almost
self-cleanins and comes up fresh
and smiling after a shower
I was talking with a group Of
prominent officers of the army
medical cOrps-colOnels of the sani-
taIy staff-and the questions hap
pened to come up: What has been
the greatest medical invention Of
TIE war2' one said the anti-ty-
phoid vaccine, another the Carrel
treatm. mt but the third said: mo,
the "duck-boards'' - And he pretty
nearly succeeded ia convincing the
other two that he was right.
4 had equally convincing testi-
mony from another point of view in
conversation with an army enei-
nccr on the western front After
talking about the great variety and
huge amounts OF material required
by a modern army, he asked me.
Now, what do YOU suppose. doc
tor, is the most pressing need o.
the army at present p"
I guessed steel rails.
no" he said, 1T isn't. rs
crushed stone for the paths about
the camps and the roads LEADING w
TO the rerches."
Swift. safe, certain movement i'm
all weathers. whether of men. mu-
uitiOns OF food or wounded. is
the very fe-blood of any army.
The name "duck-bOards" seems
10 have been given TO them in af-
fcetionate derisiou because they re-
scmbIe the little ladders or SLATED
walks laid for poultry to walk up
20 their houses or roosting places;
perhaps. also. in allusiOn to their
web footed and unsuitable quail
ties
The French troops, who have
also adopted them, have an equally
farmyard name for them. "caille-
bot5is." which means milk racks or
cream raCks-thC Slated racks o.
shelves on which milk is placed for
cream 10 rise i'm the dairies.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30
SAILORS ANSWER
MUSICAL CALLS
tackles Have Each Day Crowd
ed Full of Bugle and
Whistle Notes.

GREAT LAKES. H., Sept. 29-
Music plays no small part in the
days routine for the training OF the
American man-o'-war's man at the
Great Lakes training station From
reveille at o'clock every morning
until taps at o'clock at night, the
day is full Of bugle-blown tunes.
each having a different meaning
which must be quickly understood
if the recruit is TO become an eff
cient seafaring man. To make mat
tiers more difficult there are the
boatswain's piped calls, sounding
much 10 the unframed ear like a
corner peanut stand whistlc. each
infection of the pipe means that a
certain action is 70 be carried out
Now not every sailor-to-be is
musically inclined. and the problem
of teaching the 200 bluejackets in
training to recognize the many
calls on pipe and bugle is something
of a problem.
1O5 Different Calls.
There are 1O5 different calls play
ed by the ships buglers, and 16
different piped commands with
which the recruit must familiarize
himself. Every one Of the ia de-
daa's' must necessarily be under
stood. and at once, If efficiency is to
be maintained Jackie must learn
that ''te-da te-daa" means attention
and not squads left. which is "te-
de-de- de-taa". or "toodle-d e-doO'.
which means knock off bright
work When the boatswain pipes
stand by your scrub and wash
clothes, he must know that il does
not signify light smoking lamp.
the only difference being a tongued
trilling Of the pipe
a number of naturally unmusical
jackies who seemed never TO be
able TO master the calls were recent
" assigned TO take music lessons
every night for two weeks. At the
end of that time there was not one
but whose ear was trained TO recog-
niZe the musical commands. not only
increasing his efficiency as a lighting
man, but training his aesthetic self
as we'll
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30
NEED DOUBLE NUMBER
OF DOCTORS IN THE
MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS

bounle the present mum OF
doctors 'hioiieu III lHe ileulSdl re-
serve corps Is heeded 10y the govern
menI' aceoTalhE 10 d lelleI rom lIle
surgeon genera .ii'l'Alils the lHul
ana STATE Neolcal ''SsoSItll u LOT It's
eIlorl7 10 o"'',I' d suii'1ie'' eHl oil-
ment 20 supply the hauoIal army
According To- the war department
hot less IMAM iV'ovV iieuie8l olllosis
mp TO 80 years Ola are heeded lot
service with tne troops IN the Helo'
ana al present Only tf'V' are III
sight
second class S"uEht uy the gov
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30
sTORM NIOVEs NORTH.

International News Service.
WASHINGTON. Sept. % - The
gulf hurricane is moving northeast
ward today with decreased velocity
according 10 reports reaching the
weather bureau. Much damage &c
property has been done IN northern
Alabama. Weather bureau dis
patches carried no estimate of the
damage. however, nor did they
mention any losses Of life.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30
WOULD COOPERATE
WITH DAIRYMEN
Or. Barnard SAYS City Health
Officers Should Help Not to
Hinder Milk Supply.
News-Times Special Service:

News-Times Special Service:
INDIANAPOLIS. Sept 29-The
need for greater cooperation be-
tween public health officers and
dairymen IS explained by DR.. H. K.
Barnard. state food and drug COM
missioners. in a statement issued to-
day. Or. Barnard explains that the
business Of the health officer is not
10 put the dairyman out of business
through the demands for the most
careful handling Of milk, but that
the health officers duty is solely 90
insure tie best Of milk 20 safeguard
the health Of the public. especially
the health Of children.
In his statement. DR.. Barnard
says:
Health officers have always been
Interested iu milk supplies. once as
the farmers saw il. their CHIEF con-
Germ seemed 10 be 20 put the dairy
man out OF business OF course that
was nos true-all the health depart
ment wanted was good milk. But
now they are more interested in
milk than ever for they are alarm
ed at the scarcity OF milk and see
in the Disappearance of the dairy
COW menace 70 the health Of grow
ing children
Every increase i'm the cost Of
milk at the farm or at the con-
sumer's door cuts down the use Of
milk and the first cut is made i'm
the families of the poorer classes
whose children can I'm afford 20 go
without the milk that is absolute
IS necessary TO their health. The
health officer would have every
family use more milk instead Of
less. lie would repeat the advice
Of DR. Graham Lusk who says:
Every family of five has no right
10 eat meat until it had used three
quarts of milk a day
Health Board Rules.
THE state board of health last
spring fOresaw the coming milk
scarcity and passed a rule, effective
Jan. I, 1918. which puts into effect
LLe ideal milk regulations that are
force i'm Massachusetts New
York and California and i'm many
cities which so far are not suffering
from a diminished milk supply The
health board realizes that bad
milk is quite as great a danger as
too little milk. IL could not afford
10 say 10 the dairyman whose
barns were poor. you are not
equipped TO produce good milk. Go
out OF business IL could not say,
bovine tuberculosis is q terrible
menace To health. Kill your cows
before they kill children So il said
10 the dairyman. make your milk
safe by pasteurizing it before deliv-
cry. Then we shall know it will
do its great duty as the one essen
tial food without injuring the health
OF children or causing as in the
past. much Of the deplorable waste
in little lives. Infant mortality Ia
bles and bad milk have a direct con-
nection Now with an market milk
pasteurized. this connection is
broken and the dairyman absolved
from the horrid charge So often laid
at his door by the mourning par
ents'
AS n matter Of fact % percent
of the market milk supply of In
diana is pasteurized and under the
new rule of the board the other
8 percent viii be taken care Of
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30

Don't say you saw it In the
newspaper. Say NewS-TimeS.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1917-08-31
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mnrtct.
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Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1917-08-31
Ger Satbolifentag.
Annins Gitn. Mln- 2S. VI

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Ger 9ieiolutions 9lusIhuB oes
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tagt, nabm om 9ienstag 3mei &ciolu-
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3ieben olrf 9lfflomotion an. GSn
Der einen HeIollttion mir6 ser 5Srie-
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luton euthGIt ieooh einc &Ioltiel
in lucldcr 0ie ReQierlmg eriudt miro,
sic 5SrieOcnaporihldge on3uHebmen
Cine neitere Reiolution protcltirt
9egen ste oirreligi0Ie Gpronnci, oic
inter Ser 0to5fe Der Genofrotie IN
Mcrifo beitebt" ulo iorocrt oic ome-
rifoniihe Regierung oui, Oterifo
feine 2(nleiben 3ll gelp0hrcn, bis BORT
&cliaion5freib6it 9ciitert lit"