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The Lamar register., 1918-04-03
CHAPTER X.
En- Route.

Long since Hazel had become aware
that whatsoever her husband set about
doing he did swiftly and with infiex-
ible purpose. There was no mallnger-
ing or doubtful hesitation. Once his
mind was made up. he acted. Thus,
upon the third day from the land stalk
ing. they bore away eastward from the
clearing, across a trackless area. trav-
cling by the sun and Bits knowledge
of the country.
"Some day there1l be trails blazed
through here by a paternal govern
ment," he laughed over his shoulder,
'for the benefit of the public. But we
don't need 'em, thank goodness"
The buckskin pony Hazel had
bought for the trip in with Limping
George ambled sedately under a pack
containing bedding, clothes and light
shelter tent. The black horse, Niger.
he of the cooked ear and the rolling
eye, carried In a pair of kyaks six
weeks supply of food Bill led the
way, seconded by Hazel on easy-gaited
Silk Behind her trailed the pack
horses like dogs well broken to heel
patient under their heavy burdens. on
in the east the sun was barely clear
of the towering Rockies, and the
woods were still cool and shadowy,
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THE PLEASANT VALLEY DRAINAGE
DISTRICT.

NOTICE OF MEETING To HEAR Or
JEcTIoNs TO CLASSIFICATION OF
LANDS FOR ASSESSMENT FOR
DRAINAGE DISTRICT PURPOSES
State OF Colorado.
county of prowers.
To The Arkansas Valley Sugar Bee
* Irrigated Land Company. c. s Card
er, Florence Garder. Helen l.. cardyL
Hanna. W. l.. Holland, Albert ii. Kern.
Andrew Kern. c NJ. Lee. Gale n Lee.
John u. Morse. " Theresa % A. Pheiam. ,ii, n
Theresa \. Pholan. Guardian. Theresa
NJ. phelan. John l.. Phelan. William +
Phelan. Francis J. Phelan. George Sief-
fert, Fannie NJ. SOmers. l.. Writ Mark
ham, Clara J. Deeter formerly Swad-
leyJ. Henry Weinler. and to all other
persons whom 1t may concern.
You are hereby notified that th'
Board of Directors Of The Pleasant
Valley Drainage District is now max
iul special assessments on all the iands
within said District for benefits OF
account OF the contemplated drainaEs
thereof by classifying the said lands
in tracts Of forty tf0) acres. more OF
less. according 10 the legal ana re-
scale. and has graded and numbered
them according TO the benefits to b.
received by the contemplated drainage
Of all the lands within said District g.
ana in so classifying. grading and
marking said lands. said Board has
marked the tracts or land which will
the most and about equal benefits. 100
and such lands as are adjudged TO re
ceve less benefits are marked with
less number denotiug its per cent. OF
benefit. You are further notified that
the said Board OF Directors will meet
at the office of said District in the
silver Building. in the city OF Lamar
Prowers County. Colorado. on the fth
day OF April. 19ls. at nine o'clock in
the forenoon. to hear any and all OBJ
iections that may he made to the
classifications OF lands upon the gradu-
atcd scale as above mentioned. and thaf
such meeting viii be adjourned from
day to day until all objections shall have
been heard: and that such classifica
ton when finally established will be
used as a basis for levy OF such taxes
Ms may be needed for the lawful ans
proper purposes Of said Drainage DIST
rict. subject to amendment and re
classification as provided by statute
Dated at Lamar. Colorado. this 1Ith
c. VI. LEE.
w. a. MACPHERSON,
ADOLPH MARBURG
Board of Directors Of
The Pleasant Vallev
Drainage District.
DRAINAGE DISTRICT SEAL)
First Pub. March l3, 1918.
Last Pub. April 3. 1919
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She nodded appreciation of this. The
cabin in the clearing stood for some
of those moments that always loom
large and unforgettable in every wom-
ans experience. She had come there
once in hot. shamed anger, and she
had come again as bride. 1t was the
handiwork of n man she loved with a
passion that sometimes startled her
by Its intensity. Just the mere pos
sibility of that place being given over
to others reused in her a pang of re-
sentiment. II was theirs, hers and
Bil's, and, being n woman, she viewed
its possession jealously.
So she watched with keen interest
what he did. Which, in truth, was
simple enough. He worked his way
to a point southeast of the clearing
till they gained little rise whence
through the treetops they could look
back and see the cabin roof. There
Bill cut of an eight:inch Jack pine,
leaving the stump approximately four
feet high. This he. hewed square, the
four fiat sides of the post facing re-
spectively the cardinal points of the
compass. On one smoothed surface
Bill set to work with his pocketknife.
Hazel sat down and watched while he
busied himself at this. And when he
had finished she read, in deep-carved
letters:
W. wAGSTAFF'S s. L. CORNER.
Then he penned on a sheet of let
ter paper n brief notice to the effect
that he, william wagstaff. intended to
20 ha Of h.a lo am.
braced in an area half mile square,
Of which the post was the southeast
corner mark. This notice he fastened
to the stump with n few tacks, and sat
down to rest from his labors.
"How long do you suppose that will
stay there. and who is there to read It
II 1t does7 Hazel observed.
Search me. The moose and the
deer and the timber wolves. / guess"
Bill grinned. "The chances are the
paper won't last long. with winds and
rains. But II doesn't matter. It's sim
ply a form prescribed by the land act
Of British Columbia. and, SO long as I
20 through the legal motions. that let's
me out. Matter of form. you know"
"Then what else do you have to dot"
Nothing but furnish the money
when the land department gets around
toeaccept my application" he said. II
can get an agent to attend to all the
details. Well. let's take a look at our
estate from another corner"
This, roughly ascertained by sight
ing a line with the compass and step
ping off $50 yards. brought them up
on a knoll that commanded the small
basin of which the clearing was prac-
tically in the center.
.AhaI" Bill exclaimed. Look at
our ranch. would you; our widespread
acres baslking in the sun. A quarter
section is quite a chunk. Do you
know I never thought much about 1t
before. but there's a piece Of the finest
land that lies outdoors. If this coun-
try should get n railroad and settle up,
that quarter section might produce all
the income we'd need. Just out of hny
and potatoes. How'd you like to be
farmers wife, huhf'
"Fine," she smiled. Look at the
view-it isn't gorgeous. lists sim
ply peaceful and quiet and soothing.
hate to leave it."
Better be sorry to leave a place
than glad to get away" he answered
lightly. "Come on, let's pike home and
get things in order for the long trail.
woman o. mine. I'll teach you how to
be a woodland vagabond."
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miration at Hazel.
them looked at Hazel in frank sur
prise, and stared long after she passed
by. And when an open bottom beside
noisy little creek showed the scat
tered tents of the survey camp, Hazel
said:
Lets not stop, Bill"
He looked back over his shoulder
with comprehending smile.
Getting shy? Make you uncom-
Portable to have all these boys look at
you. little person?" he bantered. "All
right. we won't stop. But all these
fellows probably haven't seen white
woman for months. You can't blame
them for admiring. You do look good
to other men besides me, you know"
So they rode through the camp with
but nod to the aproned cook. who
thrust out his head, and gray-halred
man with glasses, who bumped over
a drafting board under an awning.
Their noon fire they built at spring
five miles beyond.
At length they Jared into Hazleton,
which is the hub of a vast area over
which men pursue gold and furs.
Some hundred odd souls were gath
cred there. where the stern-wheel
steamers that ply the turgid Skeena
reach the head of navigation. A land
recording office and a mining recorder
Hazleton boasted as proof of its
civic Importance. The mining recorder.
who combined in himself many capaci-
ties besides his governmental function,
undertook TO put through Bilrs land
deal. He knew Bill Wagstaff.
"wise man." he nodded. over the de-
scription. -If some more uh these boys
that have blazed trails through this
country would do the same thing.
they'd be better of. A chunk of land
Continued on Page 81
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CzndAber1y<San 1915
A SOLDIERS PLEA FOR THE LOAN.

I'm sit ere slime and mud.
to the their thud;
hoath the
1 soldiers cheer
around the fire
pockets; comfort they desire?
like would
doing will help bring
For it axes a 10 OF e the the
gotm the profits
boarding centr
I'm rntoldth my Ame asking for a
Tbat ellngU a
nteIing
And siack is a traito the U. s. soldiers
The didn't let them shrk
Forif should and the
Every would the day he didn't buy bond.
n
The Lamar register., 1918-04-03

NOTICE OF MEETING To HEAR Oh
JEcTIoNS TO CLASSIFICATION OF
LANDS FOR ASSESSMENT FOR
DRAINAGE DISTRICT PURPOSES
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-15

Carburetor Company. talked on car
buretors: a represen tative OF the Good
year Tire Company talked on tire
trouble, and on Aug. 81 Capt. j. ".
Woodland associate director OF motor
transportation in France. talked to the
men regarding conditions in France.
and what will be expected Of each
man.
break down or trouble Is covered by
lectures and actual field demonstfa.
tons
Arrangements hae been made With
one hundred garages and repair shops
in Chicago whereby the men will daily
spend seeral hours in actual repair
work and in many cases building new
cars. The work In graded and marks
are glen daily. the methods Of grading
being the same as used in technical
schools.
These garages are dispia y1ng a sign
which reads as follows: "All Repair
Men and Mechanics in this Garage are
Red Cross Men training for OeDeas
Duty Stand by the Colors." A
nominal charge Is made to the public
for their serices which IL turned in to
the Red Cross and used for the pur-
pose of purchasing more equipment
Forty dollars a month and main
tenance is paid while oerseas and half
pay and maintenance while in train.
ing.
This department is open for men
under IS years OF age and Ger 4S or
for those ih\ Class 5, I. 3. 2.
A paid up insurance policy Of 4f!~0s
is glen each man on date Of euJ0afka-
ton. Headquarters 52S Peoples Gas
Building, Chicago. Ill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-15
HIGH on THE ALTAR.

Alas for those who never sing but
die with all their music in them"
Alas for the boys who proffered their
lives for their country and who have
fallen by disease before they were
given to strike a blow in battle.
But the boy WHO died in camp has
given as much to his country as any
who thru the fortunes of war fell in
the struggle OF battle amid the shout
ing of the captains. Indeed he has
given more. Than his sacrifice none
IS greater.
Pete" used to go down Boone street
driving his little herd Of cows back
and forth to pasture. Just kid with
Irish wit and Irish sudacity. Pete
broke staid old COW to carry him and
rode in exaggerated ease upon her
back Everybody along the street
knew Pete" which wasn't his name
but his moniker A fighting man was
pete" defending himself and his
friends and herd against an corners
but withal happy. hopeful, smiling and
essentially companionabfe. Just an
ordinary and lovable lad. That was
only yesterday 1t seems but Pete was
soldier waiting to go overseas when
the influenza came. Pete" is dead in
a camp in the south and there is
sorrow in the homes of those who
were wont to see him in his triumphal
procession OF kline along the street
Pete failed to cross the seas as he
had hoped and striven. And one OF
the pangs that come to his
acquaintance and those who know
him lies in that. He would have been
abreast of the bravest over there. But
poor "Pete" was denied the opportunity
to die fighting as he would have
chosen.
Life may be given in many ways.
But life is life and the supreme sacr-
flee and the final gift however 1t may
be given. Those lads who arc making
that sacrifice in the camps have placed
their gift upon the affairs Of high
sacrifice as high as any life that has
been risked or given in this war. To
| them all honor and may their memories
be greener than their graes: for they
have deserved we'll OF their country.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-15
NO COMPROMISE PEACE CONTEMPLATED

Germany has received a second note
from President Wilson but it does not
attempt to give the answer Of our
allied governments to Germany's main
question as to what terms she can
get on which to surrender. This the
president says must come from a con-
ference Of our allied governments and
military leaders.
The purpose OF the last note mani
testify was 20 allay fear which had
arisen in the United States and in
our allied countries outside their ad-
ministrative circles that military adj
vantage was about TO be given away
in some sort of a compromise peace.
II should have been noticed that
Premier Lloyd George, Chancellor
Bonar Law. Lord Cecil and the chief
of the imperial staff of England were
in conference in Paris with the French
Premier Orlando. together with the
French and Italian foreign ministers
last Tuesday when the presidents
first note of inquiry was sent to Ger
many. This note was promptly ap-
proved by French and Italian and
English governments and it was only
fair to our own administration to as
sumo that it's note had been inspired
by consultation.
The Times Republican has believed
that no armistice which would sacri-
flee military advantage had at any
time been contemplated but that the
purpose was to draw Germany into an
admission OF defeat and willingness
to surrender. However. the fear was
common to the press and people of all
OF our allied countries, including our
own, and this the president has set
at rest by his second note in which
ne tells Germany that TO armistice
will be considered which does not
privide for the maintenance Of the
present supremacy of the armies OF
the United States and her allies In the
field"
Why Germany should now be told
that her juuGer- kaiser government
must be made impotent before peacs
can come Is not SO apparent because
1t has always been obvious unless
the secret service Of our government
has advised The president OF an In
rsrnaI political crisis In the German
empire OF which our people are not
, advised. When the German note ac-
! eepttiirs wilson's peace platform waA
made public in Berlin. great public
demonstrations Of Joy and satisfaction
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-15
ATROCITIES CAN NOT &c EoReoTrfN.

Warning that peace can not even
| bc discussed with government thu.
commits the atrocities which Germany
has committed remiads US ;Hat even
" hen this war shall have ended
armies be disbanded and all arsu-
ment or fear as to military. poilti-
cal or commercial advantage be for
gotten the atrocities of this war VIII
live as the horrors of murder scene
recur in the imaginations OF an eye
witness.
Emerson uses as an illustration the
fact that after VIC have Sathcr'u
apples in the sunshine the form ana
color OF the fruit appear to us when
we close our eyes. 50 repentivc are
the images printed upon the mind.
After the war is over for many years
we shall see the horrors brutal ma
ton perpetrated upon the helpless.
The l.usitania will go down again with
it's shrieking freight Of women and
children: the horrors of Belgium Will
be re-enacted as they were printed up
on the retinas Of the world.
No logic that deals with ages and
argues from the departed centuries
can obliterate those pictures OF the
mind. As men who have suffered
deadly danger wake from dreams OF
their desperate plight sweating with
the mimic terrors of their dream,
shall we wake from horrid visions OF
the uuspeakable barbarity of the Hun.
Time heals all wounds, time enough.
The grass creeps back alons the
SCARED mountain side where the lava
ran to destroy villages and men follow
it and build homes again in the
shadow of an ancient terror; so shall
the peasants of France and Belgium
creep back to cover the devastation OF
their fields with the toll Of years.
But neither they nor we can ever for
get while the eyes that looked upon
modern barbarism while it slammed the
savage are closed forever and the
brain behind them cold. Across the
face of civilization runs a red scar
craven in cruelty and barbarity by Il
nation thai had kultured heathenism.
There will be peace but with peace
shall not come forgiveness. Genera
| tions must pass away before mankind
can contemplate without resentment
| that rises to rage the unSpeakable
shame that Germany's kultur has
brought upon the world.
The nation that gave the word
atrocity more cruel meaning than the
ancient Huns conceived will be given
permission to live and perhaps repent
| but the government which ordered the
| blacklist crimes in all history will be
destroyed from the outside or rendered
| impotent at home before the armies Of
civilization will dare to slack arms in
any permanent place.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-15
Topics Of The Times

When Hindenburg resigns next time
and will he final.
The urgency of the eastern papers
pleading with the east to buy bonds
arouses curiosity in Iowa to know just
what sort of folks live east OF the
Mississippi and what they expect ia
do with their money in war time any
how.
The kaiser is licked as he stands. II
Germany could hold or gain the whole
kit and crowd of junkers would be
yelling ION to Paris" and dividing the
world into German kingdoms instead oil
writing peace notes. The question Is
whether he is licked enough to stay
licked.
One dye Americans seem to have
been making outside of Germany sue
cessfully is Prussian blue.
The American people are slow TO
anger anu dHAious W o'S'e
when they do start they fall into a
steel like rage that cools slowly. And
America is mad clear thru.
IL Secretary McAdoo desires to I'M
dcrstand how to sell bonds properly
and get it over with and will run out
to Iowa we shall be glad to take time
to explain just how we do it. 1t is as
simple as paying taxes.
A writer in the New York Times sug-
gests that the labor of rehabilitating
Belgium should be done by unarmed
German soldiers after the war. The
mortality list in that gang would be
greater than the losses the French had
when they attempted to dig the Panama
canal. And it would not be from
typhoid or sunstroke at that.
II the Amsterdam report is correct
Turkeys in the straw.
The news that 500 people have been
burned to death in forest fires fails to
bring the horror to the reader that 1t
would in ordinary times. We have
grown used to death and calamity I'M
der the shadow of that greatest calam :
ity-war,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-15
nv David Cory.1

Wei. as soon az bad Robber Hawk
flew away. as ] told you In the last
story, the Friendly Brown Bear. who
had frightened the wicked bird you
remember said to the little rabbits:
Come over TO my cave and I'll give
you some honey"
So the two little rabbits took the
Brown Hear In their I.uckymobile. and
pretty soon they came to his cave,
Now here il some honey,
without any money.
For | am friend. don't you see.
You don't have to buy when you come
here. for I
Got II free from the big honey bee
And when Uncle Lucky had eaten
all the honey he wanted. he went and
stood outside the cave door and Just
then old Prof Crow flew by. And
when he saw the old gentleman rabbit
he flew down and took out his little
black book.
"Now let me read you something,
he said. putting on his big gold trimmed
spectacles. and turning TO page 3. ?. i.
Wait till call Mr.. Bear and Billy
Bunny" said Uncle Lucky. for those
two friends were stiiI eating honey in
the pantry of the big cave. you see.
Now we're all here said Prof.
Crow. looking up over the golden rims
Of his spectacles, I'm read you some
thing you'll never forget. IL you have
"A good memory and a good digestion:
'"'A kindly heart and a generous
hand are the loveliest things in the
land"
And would you believe it? The
Friendly Brown Bear began to blush I
suppose he thought the wise blackbird
was saying something nice because he
had just given the two little habits
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-15
The CASE OF woopxoR1n cluM.

Anything Jim Pierce says Is to be
scanned with caution. But direct
accusation with acceptance of personal
responsibility by a man and a period
ical financially responsible and subject
to the libel laws can scarcely be
passed over by the accused without
reply. So when Pierce in his Home
stead directly accuses Woodwork
Clum, secretary OF the Greater Iowa
Association Of having brutally as
saulted a civil war soldier rs years Of
age at Grand Junction giving names
and circumstances in detail II seems to
be directly up to Mr.. Clum to defend
himself. In such cases silence Is con-
fession.
Pierce goes farther In accusation
against Mr. Clum in connection with
funds expended in connection with the
Frisco exposition but the assault story
is a new one. Pierce. Of course, brings
the Grand Junction affair up in his
fight against the Greater Iowa Asso-
citation. Clum would not mean much
to Pierce nor would the striking Of a
veteran annoy Pierce overmuch were
it not that both afford a parallel Of
attack against the Greater Iowa Asso-
citation.
But, be that as It may. the assertions
stand bold and black IN print. II they
are true the Greater Iowa Association
can not afford to ignore them and con-
tinue Mr.. Clum in his present position.
for the difference between the police
man at Mason City who struck a con-
script on his way to WAR in an excess
Of anger and over authority is not es-
sentially different from striking an old
man who had served his country in the
field and whose deafness prevented
him from ooeying promptly Mr. Clum's
arbitrary commando Pisrce's story
Is true.
Is 1t true? That seems to be about
all that is is necessary to go into. II
it is untrue the Islander on Mr.. Clum
should be corrected and punished, II
IL is true the sooner Mr.. Cium Is re-
moved from official place by the asno.
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Billy Bunny and His Friends

some honey. And just then q poor
little beggar dog came by. so Uncle
Luck handed him ten carrot cents and
Billy Bunny gave him lollypop and
the Friendly Brown Bear made soml
bread and honey. and then OF New the
old crow and the little dog limped
away, but he felt much better,<let me
tell you, with ten carrot cents In hts
pocket and lot of bread and honey
In his little hungry stomach. and n
lollypop In his paw.
Wei, after that. the two little rAb-
bits hoped into the Luckytnobile and
drove away from the Friendly Forest
to Carrot City.
Lets go there" said Uncle. II need
some carrots for the winter SO off
| they went and by and by they came to
a bridge where an old Eander let the
toll gate up and down. but ne never
let II ND unless you paid him five cents.
1T will cost you twenty cents!" he
said. when the two little habits came
to a standstili right in front of the
old gander's little wooden house by the
bridge.
"All right, Mr.. Camden" laughed
Uncle Lucky. Here's the money. SO
lift UP the gate. and hurry up, please,
or we shall be late SO the old gan
der turned crank and up went the
gate, and then the two little habits
started over the bridge. But. oh, dear
me! Something always seems to hap
pen when you least expect 1t. But
| then. that isn't so strange. For II you
| expected 1t you wouldn't let II happen
maybe, and then maybe you couldn't
help It anyway. And in the next story
I'll tell you how a big ish hook caught
dear Uncle Iucky's hat and pulled it
off his hand -,-