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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-24

VAS finally closed cut. IN order TO pei.
feet title 20 the new owners.
The road is nos known as the Wood
vile Branch. tofileially Moodylllp dis
trictl of the y. 4 VI. v Railroad
Shortly after It's purchase by the latter
road, the road was laid 10 connect " "a
the main tine at Slaughter The station
which was formerly on the river iroN
Bayou Sara. Is now at the foot of hlli
and Is really IN 81 Fraucisyilte though
still known as Bayou Sara station
L. " Rogers has been the agent for
nine or ten years. There are two
trains daily mixed train between
Noodyilte ard Slaughter and a night
train from New Orleans, called lnlor
mally the Bayou sara Aceommoda.
ton II ls
Magnitude Of Undertaking
When II IL considered that the first
steam train was the one run BY
George Stephenson over the stockton
and Darlington Railway In England n
September. 1925. that France did NOT
even plan a railway TN 1888, and Bei
gums begun In 1890 VAS not finished
It'll 1888. that Grrmauys FIRST railroad
vas opened in 1885, and Russia did not
have a practical road till 1850. and that
this little West FeliclanaRailfoad was
possibly the second certainly the third
Ia the United States. the achievement
marks wonderful foresight and pro.
grcsslyeness
1T IL remarkable that a small Coterio
Of Mississippi planters should organize
In 1884 a railroad intended entirely for
steam, and have II In operation before
and certainly completed in 1871 The
thoroughuess and good Judgment with
which ihey did their work Is proven by
the fact that the original gauge and
grades are being used at this day"
To urge that their course WIS almost
forced upon them by the impossible
roads of red clay suhstratum, and the
necessity of transportation go the
Mississippi River twenty-five miles
away. Is a harsh view 10 take. The
necessity no doubt, existed as It
does nov In other localities almost
identical In situation, bat despite the
fact that the practically Of railroads
Is no longer debatabic, nor their con.
struciian an antried experiment oppo.
sition Is frequently as pronounced as
what the builders OF the old West
Feliciana Railroad encountered All
hoaor then 10 these pioneers. who had
the vision the patience. the persever,
anoe to venture aud 60 do
tFor the data and many striking
passages of the above. the writer is
indebted to the Biography OF Judge
Edward McGchce referred to. aud to
an exhaustive article on this subject
by {. II Calvert. Travelling Freight
Agent Y a NJ = Railroad. In the
Illinois Central Magazine
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-24

Better order few extra copies of
this Silver Anniversary Edition of The
True Democrat In later years you
will want 20 refer 10 them.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-24

Quit existing elsewhere; come 10
West Fellciaaa and live.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-24

The spirit, Of progress Ia abroad la
West FelleEana.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-01-18

Looping along In his rear. lie paid NJ
more attention to them, md With teeth
set he faced ahead, grimmer now 10
his determination to foil them.
Sight OF the village ahead surprised
Duane. lie reached II sooner than no
expected. Then he made n discovery
he had entered the zone Of wire fences
As he dared not turn back now, no
kept on, intending to ride through the
village. Looking backward, he saw
that his pursuers were half n milo
distant, too far to alarm any vlllngers
In time to intercept him In his flight
AS he rode by the first houses his
horse broke and began to labor.
Duane did not believe he would last
long enough to go through the village.
Saddled horses In front of n store
gave Duane an idea, not by my means
new, and one he had carried out sue.
cessfully before. As he pulled In his
heavlng mount and lenped of, n couple
of rnnchers came out of the place, and
one Of them stepped to n clean-limbed,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-01-18

unusually tall figure. When II mp
peared nearer he was seen to be walk
Ing with both arms raised. hands high.
lie slowed his stride.
"Doea Burt Jones live herel" he
asked. In n low, hurried voice.
II reckon. I'm Burt. What can I
do for your" replied Jones.
The stranger peered around. stealth
lily came closer. still with his hands up.
ut Is known that Buck Duane Is
here. Captain MacNelly's camping on
the river just out of town. lie sends
word to Duane to come out there after
dark"
The stranger wheeled and departed
ms swiftly and strangely as he had
come.
Bust me! Duane. whatever do you
make OF that3' exclaimed Jones.
"A new one on me-" replied Duane,
thoughtfully.
First fool thing I ever heard OF
MncNelly doing. Can't make head nor
tails OF It. I'd have said or.hnnd
that MacNelly wouldn't double-cross
anybody. lie struck me n square man,
sand all through. But hell he must
mean trrachery. I can't see anything
else In that deal"
Maybe the Captain wants to give
me n fair chance to surrender without
bloodshed," observed Duane. Pretty
decent OF him, II he meant that"
"IIe invites you to come to his camp
after dark. Something strange about
this, Duane. But MacNelly's n new
man out here. lie does some queer
things. Perhaps he's getting n swelled
head. Well, whatever his intentions,
his presence around Mercer Is enough
for US. Duane, you hit the road and
put some miles between you and the
aminble Captain before daylight. To-
morrow I'll go out there and ask him
what in the devil he meant"
THAT messenger he sent-he was a
ranger" said Duane.
"Sure he was, and n ncrvy one! II
must have taken sand TO come bracing
you that way. Dunno, the fellow
didn't pack a CUR. III swear TO that.
Pretty odd, this trick. But you can't
trust It. Hit the road, Duane"
A little later n black horse with
mutlcd hoofs, bearing n tall dark rider
who peered keenly into every shadow.
trotted down a pasture lane back Of
Jones' house, turned into the road.
and then, breaking into swifter guilt,
rapidly left Mercer behind.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-01-18
CHAPTER XII.

Next morning Duane was or again,
working south. During the mex few
days he paid brief visits to several
villages that lay In his path. And In
each some particular friend had q
piece Of news to impart that made
Duane profoundly thoughtful. A
ranger had made n quiet, u~nobtrusive
call upon these friends and left this
message, Tell Buck Duane to ride
into Captain MacNelly's camp some
time after night"
Duane concluded, and his friends all
agreed with him, that the new rangers
main purpose In the Nueces country
was TO capture or kill Buck Duane,
md that this message was simply an
original and striking ruse, the daring
Of which might appeal TO certain out
laws.
But 1t did not appeal to Duane. His
curiosity was aroused II did not, how
ever, tempt him TO any ~foolhardy act.
He turned southwest and rode n hun
dred miles until he again reached the
sparscly settled country. Here he
heard no more OF rangers.
lie got into rough country, rode for
three days without covering much
ground, but believed that he was get
ting on snfer territory. Twice he came
to a wide bottom-land green with will
low and cottonwood and thick ms
chaparral, somewhere through the
middle OF which ran n river he de-
cided must be the lower Nueces.
One evening us he stole out from
n covert where he had camped, he saw
the lights OF a village. lie tried TO
pass Il on the left, but al he mounted
II ridge he noted that the road made a
sharp turn, aud he could not see what
was beyond II. He slowed up aud
was making the turn, which was down
hill between high banks Of yellow
clay, when his mettlesome horse heard
something to frightcn him or SHE'D at
something and bolted.
The few bounds he took before
Duane's iron arm checked him were
enough to reach the curve. One
flashing glance showed Duane the open
once more, n little valley below with a
wide, shallow, rocky stream, a cluinp
OF cottonwoods beyond, n somber
group OF men facing him, and two
dark, limp strangely grotesque figures
hanging from branches.
The sight was common enough In
southwest Texas. but Duane had never
before found himself 30 unpleasantly
close.
A hoarse voice pealed out "By hell
there's another onei"
stranger, ride down an account fer
yourself" yelled another.
"Hands-upv"
"Thet's right, Jack; don't take nc
chances. Plug him u
These remarks were so swiftly ut
tered as almost to be continuous,
Duane was wheeling his horse when q
rifle cracked. The bullet struck his
left forearm and he thought broke It
for he dropped the rein The frtghten'
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-01-18
The Lone Star Ranger
A Fine Tale of the Open Country BY ZANE GREY

clear stream between yellow cliffs,
stood a small deserted shnk OF cover
ed mesquite poles. II had been made
long ago, but was well preserved. A
door faced the overgrown trail, and
another faced down into n gorge OF
dense thickets. On the border fugi-
tives from law and men who hid In
fear Of someone they had wronged
never lived In houses with only one
door.
1t was n wild spot, lonely, not At
for human h%abitation except for the
outcast.
On clear days-and rare indeed were
cloudy days--with the subsldlng OF the
wind at sunset n hush seemed to fall
around the little hut. Far.dlstant dim
blue mountains stood gold-rimmed
gradually to fade with the shading OF
light.
At this quiet hour n man climbed
up out Of the gorge and sat In the
westward door of the hut. This lonely
watcher of the west and listener to the
silence was Duane. And this hut was
the n where, three yenrs before,
Jennie had nursed him back to life.
The killing of n man named Sellers.
and the combination Of circumstances
that had made the tragedy a
able regret, had marked. IL not a
change, at least a cessation In Duane's
activities. He had trailed Sellers "a
kill him for the supposed abducting
Of Jennie. Vague runors, a few words
here and there, un~authenticated stor-
les were all tina. Duane had gathered
In years TO substantiate his belief
that Jennie died shortly after the be-
ginning Of her second captivity.
Sellers might have told him. Duane
expected. II not TO force II from him
at the end, to read II In his eyes. But
the bullet went too unerrlngly; 1t
locked his lips and fixed his eyes.
After that meeting Duane lay long
at the ranch-house OF n friend. and
when he recovered from the wound
Sellers had given him he started with
W horses and a pack for the lonely
gorge on the Nueces. There he had
been hidden for months. a prey to re-
morse, a dreamer, q victim Of
phantoms.
It took work for him to find sub
sistence in that rocky fastness. And
work, action, helped to pass the hours.
But he could not work all the time,
even II he had found II to do. Then
In his idle moments and ut night his
task was to live with the hell In his
mind.
The sunset and the twilight hour
made all the rest bearable. The little
hut On the rim Of the gorge seemed to
hold Jennle's presence. II was not
as II he felt her spirit. II It had been
he would have been sure OF her death.
He hoped Jennie Ind not survived her
second misfortune; and that intense
hope had burned into belief, II not
surety.
A strange feature Of this memory
Of Jennie was the freshness Of 1.-THE
failure OF years, toll, strife, death
dealing to dim ito deaden the
thought Of what might have been. lie
had q marvellous gift OF INSTALLATION.
he could shut his eyes and see Jennie
before him Just as clearly as IL she
had stood there In the flesh. For
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-01-18

hours he did that, dreaming. dreaming
OF life he had never TASTED and now
never would taste. lie thought OF her
beauty and sweetness, Of the few
things which had come to mean 10
him that she must have loved him ;
and he trained himself TO think OF
these In preference to her life at
BANDS, the escape with him. and
then her recapture, because such mem-
cries led to bitter, frultless pain. He
had to fight suffering because 1t was
eating out his heart.
Sitting there. eyes wide open, he
dreamed Of the old homestead and his
white-haired mother. He saw the old
home-life. sweetened and filed by dear
new faces and added Joys. go on be-
fore his eyes with him a part Of It
Then In the inevitable reaction, In
tho reiux Of bitter reality no would
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-01-18

h Sight Wac Common Enough.
fiery bay. He was about to get into
his saddle when he saw Duane, and
then he halted, n foot In the stirrup.
Duane strobe forward. graspcd the
bride OF this mans horse.
Mines done-but not killed." he
painted. "Trnde with me-"
"Wal, stranger. I'm shore always
ready to trade" drawied the man.
but mint you u little swift"
Duane glanced back up the road.
Ills pursuers were entering the village.
"Tm Duane-Buck Duane" he cried,
m~enacingly. "Will you trader Hurry"
The rancher, turned white, dropped
his foot from the stirrup and fell back.
II reckon Ill trade" he said.
Bounding up, Duane dug spurs into
the bays TANKS. The horse snorted
In fright, plunged into O run. He was
fresh, swift, half wild. Duane flashed
by the remaining houses on the street
out into the open. But the road ended
ut that village or else led nj from
some other quarter. for he had ridden
straight into the fields and from them
into rough desert. When he reached
the cover Of mesquite once more he
looked back to find six horsemen with.
In rifle shot Of him. and more coming
behind them.
His new horse had not had time to
get warm before Duane reached a high
sandy blum below which lay the willow
brakes. AS far Us he could see extend.
ed an immense fiat strip or red-tinge6
willow. How welcome II was to his
eye! He felt like a hunted wolf that
weary and lame, had reached his hole
in the rocks. Zigzagging down the
soft slope, he put the bay to the dense
wall Of leaf and branch. But the
horse baked.
There was little time to lose. Dis
mounting he dragged the stubborn
beast into the thicket. This was
harder and slower work than Duane
cared to risk. II he had not been rush.
ed he might have had better success.
So he had to abandon the horse-a
circumstance that only such sore
straits could have driven him to. Then
he went slipping swiftly through the
narrow aisles.
He had not got under cover any
too Don For he heard his pursuers
pillng over the blum. loud-voiced, con-
ident, brutal. They crashed into the
willows.
"Hi, Sid! Heah's your boss I" called
one, evidently to the man Duane had
forced into q trade.
"Say, II you locoed gents II hold up
n little I'll tell you sOmethln'," replied
Il voice from the blun.
"Come on, Sid! We've got him
corralled," said the first speaker.
"Wal, mebbe, nm II you hev it's liza
BILE to be damn hot. Thet Teller was
Buck Duanel"
Absolute silence followed that state
ment. Presently It was broken by q
rattling OF loose gravel and then low
voices.
"He can't git acrost the river, I tell
you" came to Duane's ears. ale.
corralled In the brake. l know tibet
hole"
Then Dunno, gliding silently ana
swiftly through the willows, heard no
more from his pursuers. Tie headed
straight for the river. Threading a
passage through n willow brake a
an old task for him. Many DAYS and
nights had gone to the acquiring OF a
skiil That might have been enyled by
nm Indian.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-01-18

Considering all the domestic
troubles, family scandals and
love affairs that turn out badly,
n might BE- cynical indeed
about the power Of woman's az
lection and trust to keep a man
on the path Of honor In the face
Of alIurins temptation, But
there comes Into Buck Duane's
life q feminine influence so hns
AS depicted by the author
that the reader Of "The Lone
Star Ranger" cannot resist the
charm OF II all. ~ you want the
cream Of romance and adven.
ture, don't miss this lnstalIment.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-01-18
SYNOPSIS.

The time of the story: about isM The
place: The Texas COW country. The chief
character: Buckley Duane. n young man
who has Inherited a lust to kill. which he
SURPRISES. In self-defense he shoots dead
4 y bully and Ia forced to he to
the. wild country whore he joins BANDS
tells him about Jennie, a young girl who
a been abducted and sold to Bland for a
bad fate. They determine to rescue tho
sfrl and restore her to civilization. Eu-
chre Is killed. Buck kills bland and is
dangerously wounded by Mrs. Bland, but
escapes with Jennie.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-01-18
CHAPTER xI.

a hundred miles from the haunts
most familiar with Duans's deeds. far
up where the Nusces ran q trtckling
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-01-18

Do you believe that Captain
meNelly 10 trying to lure Duane
to his camp at night time In or.
der to shoot him from ambush
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-01-18

go BE C~oNTINUEDy
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-01-18

Buck and Jennie are sitting In the
wilderness cabin discussing their ~.
ture.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-10

PASS COAL SHORTAGE BUCK TO
JEHOVAH AND PROSPERITY
Who is to blame for the scarcity of
coal, the buyer, the dealer or the
railroads? The other guys to
blame" says each.
1.-The coal dealers won't fill their
contracts with US" says the Apart
ment Bldg. assn.
1.-The railroads won't haul us the
coal we order from the mines" say
the dealers.
We've supplied the dealers with
all the coal they needed" says the
Assn Of Western Railways.
'EverybOdy's to blame, including
Providence and the mine operators, "
says the Public Utilities commission.
Absolutely no blame can be at
tached to the railroads" said J. w.
Higgins, chairman of the Assn of
Western Rys., today. The roads
have supplied the dealers with plenty
of coal Long ago the railroads
made coal preferential freight, rush
ing it into Chicago ahead of even
fOOdStutfS. Cold weather reduces the
ability Of locomotives to get the
trains over the division. Storms and
cold cause delays in coal transporta-
ton"
THE railroads have supplied US
with an amount Of coal that at times
was scarcely sufficient to meet de-
mands, said Fred Upham, president
Of the Consumers Co. In fact,
there have been instances of actual
shortage and no fires. Today we
have on hand $4,000 tons of coal; we
should have 100000 tons"
Everybody is partially to blame"
said VIM. L. O'COnneI, sec'y of the |
PubHcUtilities commission. Opera
tors have not been supplying sufi- |
cient coal to the railroads, the roads |
have often delayed shipments, the |
dealers could have given better dis
tribTtiOD in instances and the Inv
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-10

Judge Garrett ordered bench war
rants Tor Mickey Frank" and men
known as GilhOOIey and Williams on
charge of trying to bride jury in VIM.
Rooney murder case.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-10
HoYNE NAMES LIEUTENANTs

HOYNE NAMES LIEUTENANTS
Lieut. VIM. Coles, head of flying
squad; F. J. Matchett, Sylvester J.
Cotter, Michael Lee, VIM. B. Friel,
W. L. Malone, Bart Fleming, John w.
Lofts and Michael Delaney named
by States Atty HOyne as~paying for
promotion to lieutenancies in July,
1916.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-10

| so per cent on cold days and storms
cause further delays.
But the thing most to blame is
our prosperity. Shipments for ex-
port are so overtaxing the equipment
of the railroads that they simply
can't meet the requirements. Then
the busy factories are using from 25
to 80 per cent more coal than in 9TH
er years.
Here's an instance of the way the
buck is passed: Complaint was made
to us by a manufacturer that he
could not get the coal that was de-
hvered in the cars in Chicago four
days ago. We found an eastern road
had turned the cars over to the Belt
Line for delivery to the Lake Shore.
Manager BrinkerhOff of the Belt
Line told us: We've been ready to
deliver those cars to the Lake Shore
for three days, but it won't take
them l called up the superinten-
dent of the Lake Shore road, who
said: We've been begging the Belt
Line for three days to give us those
cars of coal, but it won't give them
to us
I'VE have cut out most Of the ship
ping of coal through the Belt Line
and got the roads to deliver cars di-
rect to each other, Saving two to four
days in shipment. We have induced
the roads to make coal preferential
freight and have put such a stiff fee
on demUrrage and recOnsignments
that it doesn't pay a dealer to hold
car of coal for speculation"
-O-O-
HOYNE NAMES LIEUTENANTS
Lieut.. VIM. Coles. head of lYing
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-28
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Some Questions.

MT. Editor: Would it bc real nice for the receivers to start up the Hop kins &, Allen Go. before the committee appointed by the Chamber of Com merce to investigate the plant to find out what ailed 1t and report back to the board of directors have a chance to make their report? Let us hope nothing rash will be done to cast a blight OF the fair name of our Cham Der of Commerce.
 Mir Editor did you ever see such a mess as our trolley accommodations are in. and to think never a peep from our Chamber of Commerce? What do you suppose the reason is? Our Chambe% of Commerce has a commit tee to help run state affairs, so why could they not have a committee to help run the trolley, as the present management does not seem to be able to keep the cars going within a row of apple trees of the timetable. If they could have some of the executive ability that is left in the Chamber of Commerce after state affairs are regu- lated to straighten out the trolley system. a suffering public would be very grateful.
 ONE OF THE SUFFERING PUBLIC.
 Norwich, Aug. 27, 1917.