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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-02-14

ter had told him 80, the girl with the
odd bronze eyes; opal matrix they
were, With glints Of gold, or was Ii
Ereenf She herself was as unlike the
raw boor Of his memory as a noun
tain lily Is like the coarse rock OF Its
background, Even half.sister to
Hardin, as Marshall, their host at din.
iier the week before, had explained
it--no, even that did not explain IL.
That any Of the Hardin blood should
be shared by the veins OF that girl,
why Il was incredlblei The name
Hardin suggested erudIty. loud
mouthed Dragging; concelt. He could
understand the failure Of the river
project since the sister had assured
him that II was the same Tom Hardin
who had gone 70 college nt Lawrence
had married Gerty Holmes. Queer
business, life, that he should cross,
even 50 remotely, their orbits again.
That was a chapter he liked to skip.
He walked over TO the windows,
shielded BY bright awnings, aud
locked down on the city where the
next few years of his life might be
caught Comforting 10 reflect that an
engineer II like a soldier never can
he certain about tomorrow. Time
enough to know that tomorrow meant
Tucs0nl Whit was that threadbare
proyerb In the Overland Pacific that
Tod Marshall always keeps his men
until they lose their teoth7 That de-
fined the men who made themselves
necessary
Ills eyes were resting on the bnnaIi.
ties OF the modern city that had robbed
"old town OF It's favor. Were Il not
for the beauty OF the distant hills. the
Jar and rumble OF the trains whose
roar called 10 nearby pleasure cities,
twtnkling lights and crowded theaters,
stretches Of parks and recreation
grounds, he, who loved the thrill and
confinement OF an engine, who had
found entIcement Ia desert, chap
ter Of adventure IN the barrancas Of
Mexico. would stiiie In Tuesonl Amer
lean progress was as yet too thin, a
veneer on Mexican indifference to
make the place endurable-as city.
'f'm good for a lifetime here, Ii I
want IT. his thoughts would work
back to the starting place. 'If /
knuekle down to 1t, let him grow to
depend on me, It's as good as settled
that | am buried in Tucsonl" Hadn't
he heard Marshall himself say that he
"tlda't keep klndergarten- that his
Office wasn't u training school for
meui" He wanted his men to stay
That, one q the reasons OF the great
mans power; detail rested on the
shoulders o. his employees. II kept
his own brain clear. receptive to big
achievements.
sPerhaps as the work unrolls, as I
see more Of what he wants of me, why
he wants me,.I may like Il, may get
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-02-14
CHAPTER II.
A BIZ o. oratory.

Marshall threw his hat on chair.
the morning paper ON his desk. He
aimed his hurned-eutscIgar at the near
est cuspidos, but 1t fell foul, the ashes
scattering over SAINTS lately secured
llnoleum. Instantly there was appear
ance OF settled disorder. Marshall
emptied his pockets Of loose papers,
spreading them out on his flatstop
desk.
"Sit down T.
Richard took the chair at the other
side OF the desk.
Marshall rang a bell. Instantly the
shirtsleeved clerk entered.
II shall not see anyone" the chief
announced. Il don't want to he Inter
rupted- Take these % Smythe."
HIS eyss followed the shutting of
tae door, then turned square upon
Richard. Il need you. It's a hi Of
a mess :"
The engineer wanted to know what
kind of a mess II was.
'4rhat river. It's running away from
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-02-14

Won want me to fill?" His voice
sounded queer to himself-dry, mock
ing, as if anyone should know what
an absurd thing he was being asked
to do. He felt Marshall's sharp In
dian eyes on him, as If detecting a pet
tiness. Well, he didn't care how Mar
shall interpreted it. That place wasn't
for him.
81 want you in control down there"
Richard knew he was being appraised,
balanced all over again. 1t made no
difference
"Tm sorry" he was beginning, when
Marshall cut in.
"Good Lord, you are not going to
turn it DOWN."
He met Marshall's incredulous
stare. "It's a job I'd jump at under
most circumstances. But / can't go,
SIR
Tom Marshall leaned back the full
swing of his swivel chair, blankly
astounded. His eyes told Richard
that he had been found wanting-he
had white blood in his veins.
"It is good of you to think of me-
pshaw! it is absurd to say these
things. You know that know it is
an honor to be picked out by you for
such a piece of work. I'd like to-
but can't"
The president Of railroads, who
knew men, had been watching the
play of feature. stake your time" he
said. Don't answer too hastily. Take
your time"
He was playing the fool or worse,
before Marshall, whom he respected,
whose partisanship meant so much.
But he couldn't help it. He couldn't
tell that story-he knew that Marshall
would brush it aside as a child's cpl
sode. He couldn't make it clear to
the man whose stare was balancing
him why he could not GUST Tom Har-
din.
rs it a personal reasonT Mar
shall's gaze had returned to his ring
making.
Richard admitted it was personal.
"Then don't accept it. I wouldn't
be your friend if l didn't advise you
to disregard the little thing, to take
the big thing. Maybe you are going
to be married" He did not wait for
Richards vigorous negative. "That
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-02-14

Gan wait. The river won't. There's
" river running away down yonder.
running the valley, running the homes
~ lalnliLes men have carried in with
, mem. I've asked you to save them
1 rHeres a debt of honor to be paid
!, NY promise. l have asked you to nav
- Iheres history being written in
u desert, I've asked you to write
IT, And you say No"
~, MOI say yesp' clipped Richard.
= Inc Marshall oratory had swent him
to his feet. s"epe nila
=, me dramatic moment was chilled
Dy their Anglo-saxon self.cons sc,,,vu
ue u.s., An awkward silence hung Then !.
When can you goY' W
out" 'o"' the nrst train
"Good!"
ANY instructlonsT
,., lust stop that riverp
nao Inc eKpense" demanded the ano,-
ne .eG How far can I co. 'As ensi-
,r.ln the expenser, cried roa
Marshall. 'Just 50 ahead ''eu iOd
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-02-14

70 shout for Tacsonls II was impos,
sible enough 20 smile overt Child's
work, compared to Mexico.
The distinction OF serving Marshall
well certainly Ind It's drawbacks. He
wanted TO sweep ON. Whether he had
a definite terminal. a concrete goal,
had he ever stopped to thinkg Spe-
eialization had always fascination
for him. II was that which had
thrown him out Of his instrueto.Saip
Into the firebox of western engine.
II had governed his course at college
to know one thing well, and then to
prove that he knew 1t we'll Content
ed in the Mexican barracks, here he
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-02-14

them. I'm going TO send you down to
stop It,.
'sfhe Coloradop exclaimed Richard
II was no hose to be turned, simply,
on from garden bed.
"Of course you've been following it?
It's one of the biggest things that's
happened In this part Of the world.
Too big fog the men who have been
trying to swing 1t. You've followed
it2p
Eyes" Queer coincidence, reading
that report just nowi "Tve not been
there. But the engineering papers
used to get to me in Mexico. I've
read all the reports"
His superIor's question was unchar-
acterIstieally superfluous. Who had
not read with thrilled nerves Of that
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-02-14

wild river which men had been trying
to put under work harness? Who,
even among the stay-at-homes, had not
followed the newspaper stories of the
failure to make meek servant and
water carrier of the Colorado, that
wild steed of mountain and desert2
What engineer. no matter how remote,
would not follow" that spectacular
struggle between men and Titans7
Going to send me to Salton?' he
inquired. The railroad had been kept
jumping to keep its feet dry. His
job to be by that inland sea which
last year had been DESERT
"No. Bralnerd is there. He can
manage the tracks. / am going to
send you down to the break"
Richard did not answer. He felt
the questioning eyes Of his chief.
The hreak--where those Hardins
were-how in thunder was he going
to get out of that, and save his skin?
Marshall liked his own way
"We'll consider 1t settled, then"
"Who's in charge there?' Richard
was only gaining time. He thought
he knew the name he would hear.
Marshalrs first word surprised him.
mo one. Up to a few months ago
he was Hardin, Tom Hardin. He was
general manager of the company. He
was allowed TO resign, to save his
face, as the Chinese say. may tell
You that 1t was case of firing. He'd
made terrible tiuke down there"
II know murmured Richard. 1t
was growing more difficult, more dis
tasteful. II Marshall wanted him to
supplant Hardiul 1t had been incred-
ible, that mans folly! Reckless gam
bling, nothing else. Make a cut in the
banks of a wild river, without put
ting In head gates to control it;
child would guess betterl 1t was a
problem now, all right; the writer of
the report he'd just read wasn't the
only one who was prophesying failure.
Let the river cut back, and the gov
eminent works at Laguna would be
useless; a pickle Hardin had made.
Still TO gain time he suggested that
Marshall tell him the situation. "rve
followed only the engineering side of
II. I don't know the relationship Of
the two companies
''Where the railroad came in? The
inside of that story2 I'm responsible
~ guaranteed to Faraday the closing
of that break. There was a big dis
trict to save, district that the rail-
road tapped---but I'll tell you that
later" He was leisurely putting blue,
perfectly formed rings into the air,
his eyes admiring them.
"Perhaps you've heard how Estrada.
the general, took party Of men into
the desert TO sell q mine he owned.
After the deal was made he decided
to let Il slip. He'd found something
bigger to do, more to his liking than
the sale of mine. Estrada was
big man. great man. He had the
idea Powell and others had. of turn
ing the river, of saving the desert. He
dreamed himself Of doing it. If sick
ness hadn't come 10 him the Colorado
would be meekly carrying water now
instead of flooding country. Pity
Eduardo, the son. is not like him. He's
like his mother-you never know what
they are dreaming about. Not at all
alike, my wife and Estrada's."
Then II came to Richard that he
had heard somewhere that Marshall
and General Estrada had married sis
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-02-14
When Man and Nature clashed.

y aa bat heys tins thrilled BY
Hsw or mighty struggle In which
sed aaainat th the Great
yellow Dragon the indians tricky
had dsAed I'll Finally
ssshs ns rich Imperial valley ~ southern California
desperate battle tuphed
valley saysd Ednah Aiken realized at
wonderful ssory could bs thrilling chapter western
hssorx ard this hs The
Ns y story Of the eutofdoers strone
Get shsr differences and property
81 comfort and convsn
eresf and o other their aoua fa "a
meet re test u s that enjoy start finish
800 II
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-02-14

ood Ri'kard goes in" and as he
s soga hs begins to comprehend
trusts earns rms why the valley dis.
calls the 'e 80, :, &, as the valley
fsthssas s company which Hardin
s ds.nsted a., and which peopIed the
:" the next inssallment. Nao
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-02-14
Vlo BE coNTINUFD',7-1'

selt v.rtue Can Be overdone.
beoutis gSsn e.. and complaisance arc
that p, J vl., virsues, but do not sor are
Of failings. 'aang and difficult
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04

loon' were being manufactured in Yorkshire IS balloon fabric. When if became certain that no more would be required for war purposes, the minis try of munitions took steps to later the weave, and cloth was produced much more like dress serge
 In its original form shaIIoon might perhaps, have found a market as bunt- ing for flags. If disposed of in this way net loss of from SIS. 900 to $l60,000 would have been incurred. But as a result of altering the weave the ministry have succeeded in producing a commercial cloth which will yield a net profit on sale of over s5,O0o
 Gravest fears are entertained as to the condition of Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The poetess has been a suf- terer for many years: yet. even sc, her remarkable spirits and will power have triumDhed in no little degree She has actually produced a number of poems while in the sick chamber and these may possibly come to have a special and tender significance when publish ed.
 Her three best known and best liked poems. according to her own words, are Beyond. Worth While. and What ever Is. Is Best. And the mere titles of these seem to indicate not a little O. that stedafast voicing of the human emotions by which she is so justly famed. There is no doubt that the best known lines she ever wrote are: Laugh and the world laughs with you Weep and you weep alone.
 London Chronicle
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04

met by the Orpington police and other detachments which had been drafted from other places in motor cars and trouble was averted. In the evening manding officer and. by the mayor of Bromley, Kent.
 The Canadians assert that one of their number who. was blind, was wounded. The licensed premises in the village were closed. and last night all was quiet.
 A Belgian faFme1~~ho has returned to his she'll l-shattered fields near Poel- capelle has solved his own particular housing problem by converting an un- damaged "pillbox'' into a temporary home for himself and family.
 ''Pillbox'' was always an unfortunate and misleading term for these concrete forts. Nearly all were rectangular and contained four more large rooms. Very little work would be necessary to turn them into comforta ble and ever lasting homes. Some near Boesinghe are already being fitted up as cafes in anticipation of the tourist parties which will throng the battlefelds as soon as passport and travel restric- tions are relaxed
 In Banbury's forthcoming peace pageant there is to be the lady on white horse" which is very right and proper. But the cross is a poor thing to ride to in these days The original or nursery rhyme 1aInes Ealthfutly de- scribed by Leland. disappeared long ago. It was eventually replaced by the ugly spire-cros and fountain erected to commemorate the marriage of the princess royal with the ex- kaiser's father in 1858.
 One recalls that about a year before the war an order was placed with ar chitectural sculptors for the filling in of the empty inches of the cross with figures of Queen Victoria. King Ed ward and King George, to commence rate the latter's coronation.
 Before the arni istics large quantities of a worsted material known as ''shaI-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04
RIGHT STAND ON LYNciINes.

Quite in contrast with the action of the governor of Mississippi in decIar- ing that he could take no action to prevent the fyEching of a Negro, when warning WIS given to him that such 2 movement was underway. is th@ ac- tion that has been taken by the gov ernor of the neighboring state of Ala bama. In the latter state the lynch ing of farmer last mon-n was not prevented and it does not appear that there was opportunity for the gov ernor to accomplish such thing but in view of the fact that such an un- warranted crime was committed the governor immediately ordered an in vestigation of the circumstances sur rounding the shooting of a farmer while under srIc5t in jail for killing another farmer following a dispute over a mule The jailer was overpow- cred and armed men shot the accused in his cell while awaiting trial
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04
DIR. ANNA H. SHAW.

A long life of hard work but of i unquestioned usefulness is that which is closed by the death of Dr. Anna Howard Shaw. but like others who have taken the vision of life that she did and who have gone through a
 similar struggle for an education sig nal success crowned her efforts. Though not a native of this coun- try all but four years of her life were spent here and like many another she got her early inspirations in a log cabin where the meaning of work was
 thoroughly understood. With a de-
 termination to succeed she applied
 herself thoroughly to whatever she undertook, whether it was in the early days a country school teacher or later as a preacher and a champion of the cause of women. It was not long before it was evident that she had a mission outside the backwoods of Michigan and whether in the Chris tian ministry. as a doctor of medicine for which che received her first doc tors degree. or as a teacher in the broad school room Of the world she made a mark that will not readily be effaced.
 She was a woman of foresight and optimism. She possessed a keen sense of humor, as was plainly dis closed to any who were favored with an opportunity of hearing her speak and she was persistent and aggressive in the face of discoura cement. She was an early champion of the policies Of Susan B. Anthony and was a pow erful factor. without descending to the militant methods. in bringing about the passage by congress of the .wo- man suffrage amendment to the con- stitution Her last years were as ac- nd a and it could not have been other than with keen satisfaction that she saw the progress of the movement to which she was so thoroughly devoted and in which her influence was so strongly felt.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04
FOURTH OF JULY.

It was 143 years ago today that our forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence. It was a move in be- half of liberty and justice that in this country and started it on it's way to the great nation that it is to- day.
 There have been momentous strug- g1es since that time in upholding the principles that were set forth in that great document and once again the nations birthday will be observed with the country at peace and cele- brating the victorious outcome of one of the worlds greatest struggles against tyranny.
 many years of our Americanism but we cannot fail to realize. as the re- suit of developments that have taken place in this country that there never was a time when there was greater need of devoting our best efforts to the strengthening of the same. We have seen what forces have been and are at work trying to break it down. This very thing was feared following the Revolutionary war. and Abraham Lin coin when a young man way back in 1887 gave this excellent advice: 'Reason-cold, calculating, unimpas- stoned reason-must furnish all the materials for our future support and defense. Let those materials be molded into general intelligence, sound morality and in particular, reverence for the Constitution and laws. Upon these let the proud fabric of freedom rest as the rock of its basis: and as truly as has been said of the only greater institution. the gates of hell shill' not prevail against it"
 Americanism was needed the1. and today almost a century since, it is likewise of the greatest importance. The birth of our nation was tre- mendous event Never did .- stand higher among the nations of the world and it is our duty to see that it rc- mains tI-e~e. Each succce1-rg, ar- 1iversary should find Americanism more firmly entrenched
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Taking aNacation.

MT. Editor: So old King Booze is to take vacation. I know of no king who has worked so hard and so long as he. I wonder not that he is so tired and footsore after having yielded his grim reaper for hun dreds of years. I do not know just how many. The government has talk en pity upon him and has given him a back seat. Perhaps if Carrie Ma ton was here 0n earth she might find use for her hatchet in breaking up the bottle of beer and rum that the lovers of both could not get away with. Is us hope that while he is resting from his hard labors, the men va have wasted so many hours and spent too many dollars in the saloons, will put their money to a better use, and vS;ll be seen vending their way hon eward, better and wiser men than ever before and gay they thank God that their eyes were opened to see their faults and mistakes before they have gone to drunkards grave.
 MRS. F. J. NJ.
 Norwich, July 3. 1919.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04

which will begin on July 13. The news that the city is once more to be able to enjoy the excellent n7u- sic means that the music <v,As programme in New Haven extenis now nearly the year round. the only gap being the month of September New Haven Register.
 Why the anti -prohibitionistsS have chosen the daisy for their emblem is hard to understand. No flower could be less associated with the Demon Rum. TherV would be far more poetic fitness in a hop blossom, or a whisp of barley. or a grape leaf, or a night blooming Cereus, or suft of corn tassel, or even a butter cup, if a wild field flower must be John Barleycorns favorite flower.- Waterbury Republican.
 Bridgeport never had a better chance in history for a real Fourth of July celebration than this one. The peace treaty has been signed, ending the greatest war the world has ever seen-a war in which Amer ica played an important and culmi- mating part. Our men are home from their oversees service or returning
Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-04
NOT A CHANGE.

Not a little attention has been given to the question of unskiIied Ia : DOT in this country and particularly SO since this country went into ..e war. Just now there are many thousands who have been getting the benefit Of American industrial activ- ity who are headed for Europe and carrying with them large sized bank rolls that have been accumulated un- der most favorable conditions in this country. The departure of such peo- pie is unquestionab1y overcoming the large amount of unemployment that existed following the return and de- . mobilization of the troops. The re- adjustment and the entering upon peace work would have taken care of this though it might have required a bit longer without this large move ment of aliens eastward.
 But there are fears that there is going to be a shortage of labor in the country even as there was a surplus only d short time ago. This is evil denced by the plea made in connec- ton with the housing problem throughout the country that the build CTS and producers of building material can see no way of lowering the cost of materials or Of interesting capital more freely in such undertakings un less they get the benefit of cheap Chi nese and Japanese labor.
 Such suggestions have been heard before and it is Of course recognized that there would be plenty of such labor at hand very quickly if con gress should take down the bars now erected against it. Such labor is un- questionzbly low priced and quick to learn. The danger of it has long been recognized. hut regardless of the
 tha situation that exists there is every reason to believe that advantage will not be taken of such a chance. Con- gross and the country are opposed to 1t and the problem will have to bs solved in some other way.