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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
CHAPTER vi.
The Corral in the canvon.

The Corral in the Canyon.
QUITE suddenly, just at sundown,
" Billy Louise's journeying was in
terrupted in a most unexpected
manner. She was dreaming along
fat bOttomed canyon, looking for an
easy way across, when Blue threw up
his head, listened with his ears thrust
forward and shifted with widened nos
trils. From his manner almost any
thing might lie ahead of them. And
because certain of the possibilities
would call for quick action if any of
them became a certainty Billy Louise
twisted her gun belt around so that her
six shooter swung within easy reach
of her hand. With her fingers she made
sure that the gun was loose in it's hol-
ster and kicked Blue mildly as a hint
TO go on and see what it was all about.
Blue went forward, stepping easily
on the soft side hill. In rough country
whatever you want to see is nearly al
ways around sharp bend; you read II
so in the stories and books of travels
and when you ride out in the hills you
for three or four minutes before she
received any inkling of what lay ahead
though Blues behavior during that in
terval had served to reassure her some
what. He was interested still in what
ny just out Of sight beyond shoulder
the hill, but he did not appear to bC
the least alarmed. Therefore Billy
louise knew it couldn't be a bear, al
ny rate.
They came to the point of the hilpi
'oulder and Billy Louise frightened thu
,ins instinctively while she stared a
! what lay revealed beneath. The hea(
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
A Map Puzzle,

A few years ago two brothers who
lived in a city of twenty thousand in
habitants made a jig-saw picture puZ-
zle from a colored map of their city
glued to a thin piece of board. By
playing the game of putting the ire
gular little pieces together, relates the
Youths Companion, they soon learned
the names of the different streets, ave-
nues, parks, public buildings, factories
and churches as they appeared on the
map, and before long they could point
to any one of the places and name it.
Recently the brothers have formed a
partnership in the business of deliver
ing parcels, hand-bills and messages.
They are famous for quick service /;
they can go unerringly and swiftly to
any place in the city Their map game
has proved to be of practical value.
Other boys who may have no intention
of starting delivery service will find
the game Interesting, and will also dis
cover its practical value; for a thor
ough knowledge of the region round
you, whether it be country, town or
thickly settled city, always Brings
some advantage to its possesser.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31

Of the gulch was blocked with a corral
small, high, hidden from view on all
sides save where she stood, by the
jagged walls of rock and heavy aspen
thickets beyond
The corral was but the setting for
what Billy Louise stared at so unbe-
lievingly. A horseman had ridden out
of the corral just as she came into
sight, had turned a sharp corner and
had disappeared by riding up the same
slope she occupied, but farther along
and in shallow depression which hid
him completely after that one brief
glimpse.
OF course the gulch was dusky with
! deep shadows, and she had had only a
glimpse. But the horse was a dark bay
and the rider was slim and tall and
wore a gray hat. The heart of Billy
Louise paused a moment from its steady
beating and then sank heavily under a
| great weight. She was range born and
range bred. She had sat wide eyed on
her daddy's knees and heard him tell of
losses in cattle and horses and of cor
rails found hidden away in strange
places and of unknown riders who dis
appeared mysteriously into the hills
She had heard of these things; they
were a part of the stage setting for
wild dramas of the West.
With a white line showing around
her close pressed lips and horror in
her wide eyed glance she rode quietly
along the side Of the bluff toward
where she had seen the horseman dis
appear. He was riding a dark bay and
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
KILLING Seals in Eraser River.

The European war has furnished
an idea to the provincial authorities,
who have for years been seeking to ex-
terminate the hair seals, which kill
enormous quantities of salmon at the
mouth of the Fraser, says a Vancouver
dispatch to the Buffalo News.
Note was taken of the favorite bask-
ing places of the seals on the Fraser
sandheads. One of these was mined
with high explosives and charges of
metal were placed in cans below the
surface of the sand, which the next
high tide smoothed over At low tide
the seals returned to their place in
the sun and were not disturbed.
The next day nearly 200 seals gath
cred on the sands and the explosion
was touched off by battery from
which wires led to the seal ground
The explosion killed every seal.
Other blasts will be set off, for this
is the big sockeye salmon year, and
protection of the run is vital.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
Spouse Induced Him to CurtaiI Ex-
penses at Celebration, Then Di-
vided Money Equally"

Adolph Dumkopff had made kill
ing at poker, says the Detroit Free
Press.
"Oh, Adolph, how lovely!" scuggled
his wife. you must have held Won
derful hands, Adolph. What did you
have-Jacks down, or full kind, or
something?"
"How about a little celebration?"
said Mr.. Dunkopff, jovially. "How
about a little theater party, and then
u little something to eat at Snoozen-
macher's?"
"Now, Adolph," demonstrated Mrs.
Du1nkOpff, whats the good of squan-
dering it right away? Now that you've
got it, you may as well keep it for a
rainy day. Well celebrate reasonably,
that's what We'll do
And after supper they went to the
movies to see the beautiful Snoozles
Wonderful in Looping the Loop" in
five parts, after which they each had
pickle sandwich In Childish's.
/ ''Now, wasn't that reasonable cele-
bration?" said Mrs. Dumkopff, when
they had returned home. "Only eighty
| five cents altogether"
"Cheap at half the price," agreed
her husband, as he dropped off to
sleep. Half an hour later Mrs. Dunn
kopff carefully removed his trousers
| from the chair by his head, extracted
his roll from the right-hand pocket,
divided it with scrupulous fairness
into two equal parts, kept the six tens
and replaced the siSfives in her hus-
bands trousers.
''Tll buy something for the house
with this, such as the prizes for my
card party next week." thought Mrs
Dumkopff, as she tucked the bills into
her back hair and slipped into bed to
sleep the sleep of the foxy.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
Odd Church Bells.

A curious story is told of the bells
of Messingham church, England. 1t is
said that a long time ago a traveller
passing through Messingham noticed
three men sitting on a stiIe in the
churchyard and calling out, "Come to
church, Thompson 20 "Come to church,
Brownp "Come to church, Wilkins !"
And so on. Greatly surprised, the
traveller asked what it meant. He
was told the place having no bells,
they called the folk to church in this
way. The traveller remarked that it
was pity that so fine a church should
be without bells, and at the same
time asked the men if they could
make three for the church if he would
pay for them himself. They readily
agreed to do this. By trade the three
men were a tinker, a carpenter and
shoemaker. When next the traveller
passed that way he found the three
men ringing three bells, which said
'"Ting, tonk, pluff," being made re-
spectively of tin, wood and leather.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31

wolfing, and every dollar he gets hold
OF he puts into that ranch. We've
known him a long time He doesn't
blow his money, you see, like most fel-
lows do"
Floyd found occasion to have a
slight argument with his horse Just
then. He happened to be one of the
most" fellows, and the occasion of
his last blowout" was fresh In his
mind
"well, OF course If you know he's all
straight that settles it. But it sure
seems queer"
.That fellow is as straight as a
string. Don't you suppose it's some
gang over on the river, Floyd2 I'd
look around over there, believe, and
try to get line on the unaccountables.
There's a lot Of new settlers come In
just in the last year or two, and there
might be some tough ones scattered
through the bunch Better see II there
has been any cattle shipped or driven
through that way. don't you thinkT'
"we can try" Floyd assented with.
out eagerness But as near as we
can figure it's too much of drib drst
proposition for that A COW and cali
here and there, and so on. We goI
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
CHAPTER v-continued.


Far over to the eastward black dot
moved up a green slope and slid out G
sight beyond That might be Ward
taking short cut across the hiii to his
claim beyond the pine dotte< ridge that
looked purple In the distance. Billy
Louise sighed with a vague disquiet
and turned to look away to the north,
where the jumble of high hills grew
more rugged, with the valleys narrow
er and deeper.
Here came two other dots, larger and
more clearly defined as horsemen.
From mere objects that stood higher
than any animal and moved with a
purposeful directness they presently
became men who rode with the easy
swing Of habit which has become a
second nature. They must have seen
her sitting still upon her horse in the
midst Of that high. sunny plateau, for
they turned and rode up the slope to-
ward her.
Billy Louise waited, too depressed to
wonder greatly who they were. Sea-
beck riders probably. And so they
proved At least one of them was a
Seabeck man-Floyd Carson, who had
talked with her at her own gate and
had told her of the suspected cattle
stealing The other man was a stran-
ger. whom Floyd introduced as Mr..
Birken.
They had been ''prowling around"
according to Floyd, trying to see what
they could see. Floyd was one of
those round-faced, round-eyed young
fellows who do not believe much in
secrecy and therefore talk freely when
ever and wherever they dare. He
said that Seabeck had turned them
loose to keep cases and see If they
couldn't pick up the trail of these rus
tiers who were trying to get rich off a
running iron and long rope. Of you
are Of the West you know what that
means, and If you are not you ought to
guess that it means stealing cattle and
let It go at that) 1t was not until he
had talked for ten minutes or so that
Billy Louise became more than mildly
Interested In the conversation.
Say, Miss Macdonald" Floyd asked
by way Of beginning new paragraph,
show about that fellow over on Mill
creek? He worked for you folks a
year or so ago, DIDN'T he7 What does
he do?"
..'He has a ranch" said Billy Louise
with careful calm He's been work
ing ON Il this summer, believe"
"Uh-huh. We were over there this
morning. Them Y6 cattle up above
his place are his, reckonT"
Yes" said Billy Louise. Hes beer
putting his wages into cattle for yeai
or so. He worked for Junkins las
winter whyT'
''Oh. nothing. guess. only he's th'
only stranger In the country, and hii
prosperity amt accounted for"
"Oh. but II isr' laughed Billy Louise
Il only wish had half as clear a tick
e. When he isn't working out he'
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31

the muscles of her face relaxed a little
from their look of pain.
Billy Louise bent and laid her lips
| lightly on her mothers cheek. Poor
old mommie! I'd have come home
a-running if I'd known she was sick
and had to have nasty, soppy stuff"
In the kitchen a very different Billy
Louise measured spices and asked q
question now and then in a whisper and
breathed with a repressed unevenness
which betrayed the strain she was un-
| der
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
How to Meet Trouble.

Rise above small things, says a
woman writer The woman who let's
small things worry her will be COM
pletely undOne the first time she meets
with a really big problem. 1t is dis
integrating to your mental and nervous
condition, not to mention your phys
ical condition, to worry. You need NOT
be resigned to fate nor slip your
troubles off as the old friend duck s
back throws water. But you can meet
troubles with a will to conquer them
or adjust them-and, after that, they
should worry" but not you.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
Turks and Caicos Islands,

Turks and Caicos Islands form
dependency under the government of
Jamaica, but geographically they are
a portion of the Bahamas, of which
they form the two southeastern groups.
There are upwards of 80 small islands
with an area of 165 square miles, but
only eight are inhabited. The popula-
ton is about 5000, of whom only 300
are whites. The most important in
dustry is the salt raking.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
Probably keenyv sbarpened.

In olden times it was customary for
an officer to go around the towns and
villages to see that the inhabitants had
no weapons of war. On one of those
tours an officer called at the house of
worthy Scotch couple and put the
question to the old man;
ANY weapons of war in this house?"
Deed, aye; pit cot your tongue.
guidwife ]"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
You Nav Trv cuticura Free

Send today for free samples of Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment and learn
how quickly they relieve itching, skin
and scalp troubles. For free samples,
address, "Cuticura, Dept. K, Boston" !"
At druggists and by mail. Soap %,
Ointment 25 and 50.-Adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
Mo PersnnaI Quarrel

A man, when asked why he wished
to be exempted, said he had no per-
sonal quarrel with Germany. The Off
Ger in charge said:
s'What would you do if on going
home you found a cutthroat in the
house with your wife?"
81 would leave him to his fate" the
man replied.
Love that lacks simplicity isn't
(ove.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31

synopss-Marhy Melke pioneers twenty
yenrs their the Wolverine
Idaho Their neghbors the
MacDond living several miles daughter Billy Louise
old whom Marthy has
the the Billy Louise spending the
Marhy. way
stranger stay
Macdonald Ward Billy
Marhy
nephew
stealing
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31

Billy Louise discovers that
her love for Ward is darkened
by suspicion that he is connected
with a gang of bad men and she
treats him with cooIness, much
to his puzzIement.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
WHEY GOT DUMKOPFF's ROLL

CTo BE CONTINUED
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-18
QUICK FIRING SPEAKERS


be depended upon to hold the atten-
ton of an audience in a mOtion-pic-
ture theatre.
But why so much speaking? Why
not rely upon the newspapers-and,
if necessary, monographs? Because,
in the campaigns that, in the pic
turesque phraseology quoted by the
bulletin, called for the everlastin'
teamwork of every bloomin' soul"
facts had to be presented "in a man
the listeners of their truth and sound
ness and make them want to do the
thing requested" For achieving this
end, new speakers were found to be
as good as old, if not better. A wealth
of local talent was discovered. There
were even four-minute boys and girls.
What was wanted was speakers with
the essentials of every effective speak
er: to have something to say, to say
it, and quit. "If," philosophers the
bulletin, "the war has taught $4,000
men to do that one thing, surely it
has not been fought in vain" 1t even
draws a comparison between the win
ming OF the war by non-military peo-
pies and the winning Of audiences
by unframed oratorsI
Ond what of the audiences? In
stances of resentment, we are told,
were very few, and were due, not to
four-minute speaking as an institu-
tion, but to lack of preparation or
personality on the part OF the speak
er. Thus, These instances might be
regarded as an evidence of fine dis
elimination on the part of the audi
ence rather than an exhibition of
disloyalty"i Besides, if an outsider
may say so, IOwans had been accus-
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-18

toned to Chautauqua speakers, and
so may have had special cause for
welcoming the four-minute man. So
popular did he become that theatre
less towns soon began to feel that
they were being Disseminated against
In the background. as is apt to be
the case with great movements, was
the busiest figure of all, the local
chairman-''the man who is Obliged
to look up the auctiOneer and ask
for four minutes at the next sale, or
call on the president of the agricul-
tural society and make an appeal for
a little time at the approaching meet
ing, who must persuade the minister
to give up his pulpit to the cause on
Sunday morning, or convince the
cemetery association that the Govern
ment has a special message which it
wishes to deliver at the next session" 4"
The four-minute innovation must have
added to our stock, not of speakers
only, but also of diplomats.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-18
AIR MAIL GOES AHEAD

The presence in Columbia of an air
plane on its way to chart landing
places for air mail routes in Kansas
brings more vividly before US the
meaning of the Governments air mail
plans.
These routes have now passed far
beyond the field of speculation, and
are solid fact The Postmaster Gen.
erals report, written largely before
the signing of the armistice. told of
plans for two great trunk lines
through the country, with numerous
feeders, and also of plans for lines to
Panama and to South America.
The link from Washington to New
York has been running, rain or
shine, for several months. 1t was ex-
pected to go ahead with the other
routes without waiting for the end
of the war. With the fighting now
closed, and with Uncle Sam in pos
session of more airplanes than he
ever dreamed of having five years
ago, the air mail routes are bound
to be put into operation speedily.
1t is not too much to expect that
the lines described by the Postmaster
General will soon be only small
part of the network which will cover
the country.
News comes from New York that
group of wealthy men is backing Cap
tain Benjamin E. Lipsner, who re-
Gently resigned as superintendent of
the Government air mail service, in
a plan to start regular aerial passen-
ger and express lines. The announce
ment causes little of the incredulity
with which it would have been receiv-
ed few years ago. In fact, many of
US now living are hopeful of taking
a trip in a passenger plane before we
die.
Columbia was missed when the
railroad main lines were passed
around, but there is no reason why
this city should not be a mainline
stop for airplanes. In fact, it is al
ready, and it only remains to keep
it so. The fact that airplanes have
stopped here so frequently in the last
few months has put Columbia on the
aviators' maps as a safe landing place.
The next step, we may expect, will
be the erection of gasoline stations
and repair shops, not in the heart of
a city, but in the open country. By
placing them on a main road, and
combining airplane and automobile
patronage they might be made profita-
BILE while the new lines are growing
up. In fact, the airplanes and auto
mobiles would have to work together,
for few cities have sufficient clear
space for a landing station near the
downtown district. Trucks will have
to be provided to carry mail and
packages from the stations on the
edges of cities.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-18

From the New York Times.
The part played by organized
speaking in Iowa during the war"
is regarded by the Historical Society
of that State as deserving Of record
in one of the bulletins issued by it
under the general title, Iowa and
War" The speaking was of two
sort: that of the Four-M Minute Men
and that of More than Four Minute
Men. The latter are old friends. 1t
is in no spirit of self-glorification
that we say that Iowa has nothing
to teach US about them. OF New
York as of any other State or coun-
try it might be written:
When it came to the test the man
who had been accustomed to taking
ten minutes to get the audience"
who had been in the habit of embel-
fishing his talks with anecdote and il
lustratiOn proved to be a failure in
the four-minute business. No amount
Of coaching on the part of the chair
man or critic and no warning of the
exhibitor could induce him to start
and finish within the stated time"
One Iowa chairman reported to the
minutes by local celebrity to whom
he had "tactfully pointed out" that
to occupy the platform longer than
four minutes was a direct breach of
contract. What did you do about
it?" asked a chairman from an ad-
joining county well, believe me-"
was the good-natured reply, Il for
got him in the next assignment"
How did the Four-Minute Men
originate? The Iowa bulletin SOL
emnly states: they "sprang into ex-
istence without the aid or comfort of
the National Security League" This
would be incredible except upon the
authority of an historical society.
Credit for the idea is given to Mr.
Donald NJ. Ryerson, of Chicago, who,
late in March, 1917, "foreseeing our
inevitable participation in the world
struggle, determined to do his part
in awakening the people to the grav-
ity of the national danger" With a
friend or two, and the endorsement
of dozen prominent citizens, he be-
gan to make four-minte speeches be-
tween numbers at the motion-picture
theaters. His subject was Universal
Military Training" and he was an
nounced on the screen. But why
four-minutes? For the simplest of
reasons:
Four minutes as the time limit
seems to have originated in the fact
that it takes approximately four min
utes to run off short film in the mo-
tion-picture theatre.
Moreover:
Mr.. Ryerson and his colleagues felt |
that more than that time would not |
be just request to make of the thea
tre managers; and further. it was the
general feeling that four minutes was
as long as the average speaker could
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-18
PRAISES U. s. DRY MEASURE
London Spectator Tells OF Wartime
Prohibition Bill.
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
LONDON, Nov % (By MaiD D.-"If
people here do not recognize that the
adoption of prohibition for the whole
of the United States during the war
represents the measure of American
enthusiasm, nothing can ever make
them appreciate the extent of that
enthusiasm" says the spectator.
THE breweries are TO be closed
on December l, and it is believed that
the bed will run dry in about six
weeks afterwards.
Canada has voted for prohibition
"for the duration" Except of course,
the province of Quebec, but one of
the Allies has done exactly what the
United States has done.
when we reflect upon the distance
of America from the theater of war
distance is always said to be a great
factor in chilling the imagination
the decision of the American people
to lay this obligation of abstinence on
themselves seems the more wonder
full.
Even the fact that Americans have
been feeling their way toward a dry
policy for years does not take the
bloom off this most remarkable event.
Mr.. Lloyd George once said that the
drink was a worse enemy than Ger
many. 1t seems now that it is to be
our part to defeat only our less for
midable opponent"
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-18
BLAME "WAR NERVES"

No sooner is the fighting ended in
Europe than Chile and Peru shake
their fists at each other. With that
uuieted for the moment at least, Mex
leo starts another revolution.
Even at home there is wrangling OF
numerous sorts. AS one Columbian
put it, Everyone is carrying chip
on his shoulder since the armistice
was signed"
Undoubtedly "war nerves" are not
a little to blame. The world has been
under a tremendous strain, which
makes another, and very real, count
against Germany
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-12-18
PROUD OF LIEUTENANT MOORE

Columbia is proud of Lieutenant
e R. Moore, who paid no attention to
eight German airplanes which were
shooting away parts of his machine,
but who went steadily on his way
until his observer got exactly the
photograph the American command
wanted
It's one thing to fight against odds,
knowing one must win or be killed.
It's quite another to let the other fell