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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-19
CHAPTER II.
A Bit of Oratorv.

Marshall threw his hat on q chair
the morning paper on his desk. He
aimed HIS burned-oEt cigar az the near.
est cuspidor, but it fell foul the ashes
scattering over Sans lately secured
linoleum. Instantly there was appear
ance of settled disorder. Marshall
emptied his pockets of loose papers,
spreading them out on his flat-top
desk.
'Sit DOWN.
Richard took the chair at the other
side of the desk
Marshall rang a bell. Instantly the
shirt-sleeved clerk entered
Il shall not see anyone" the chief
announced. 81 don't want to be inter
rupted. Take these to Smythe."
His eyes followed the shutting of
the door, then turned square upon
Richard. 81 need you. It's HI of
a mess :"
The engineer wanted to know what
kind of mess" it was.
'That river It's running away from
them. I'm going to send you down to
stop it,"
The Colorador' exclaimed Richard.
1t was no hose TO be turned, simply,
Oft from a 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 for the men who have been
trying TO swing it. You've followed
it,"
Yes" Queer coincidence, reading
that report just now 1--WE not been
there. But the engineering Oapers
used to get to me in Mexico. I've
read all the reports
His superior's question was unchar-
acteristically superfluous. Who had
not read with thrilled nerves of that
wild river which men had been trying
70 put under work harness? Who.
egen among the stay-at-homes. had not
followed the newspaper stories of the
failure to make a meek servant and
water carrier of the Colorado, that
wild steed of mountain and desert z
What engineer, no matter how remote.
would not follow" that spectacular
struggle between mon and Titansf
Going to send me to SaltonT' 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!
mo. Brainerd 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 break--where those HardiDS
were-how in thunder was he going
TO get out Of that. and save his skim
Marshall liked his own way
Wen consider II settled. then"
"Who's IN charge there?" Richard
was only gaining time He thought
he knew the name he would hear.
first word surprised him.
NO one. Up to q few months ago
It was Hardin, Tom Hardin. He was
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the next day. A month later and he
was shoyeling coal on the steep grades
of Wyoming.
Marshall keeps his men with him -
The engineers glance travelled around
the fieckless Office. A stranger to Mar
shall would get wrong idea of the
man who worked in it Those precise
files, the desk. orderly and polished,
the cleaning linoleum--and then the
man who made the negro janitor's life
n proud burden His clothes always
rumpled-spots, too. unless his Clau-
dia had had chance at them! Black
string tie askew. all the outward Wis
ible signs of the southern gentleman
of assured ancestry. Not even a valet
would ever keep Tod Marshall up to
the standard of that office What did
he have servants for he had demand
ed of Richard, if it were not TO jump
after him, picking up the loose ends
he dropped?
Curious thing. magnetism. That
mans step on the stair, and every
man-jack of them would jump to at
tention, from Ben, the colored ianitor.
who would not swap his post for a ST.
mcclure so long as Tod Mashalrs one
lung kept him in Arizona, to Smythe,
the stOop-shouldered clerk, who had
followed MarShall's cough from San
Francisco. 1t was said ia Arizona
he himself had met the statement in
TucsOn-that any man who had ever
worked for Tod Marshall would rather
be warmed by the reflection of his
greatness than be given posts of per
sonal distinction.
Was it office routine Marshall in
tended him for? He admired without
stint Tod Marshall, but he preferred
to work by the side of the other kind,
the strong men, without physical han
dicap, the men who take risks, the
men who live the life of soldiers. That
was the life he wanted. He would
wait long enough to get Marshall's in
tentiOn, and then, if it meant-this
he would break loose. He would go
back to the front where he belonged
back to the firing line.
AS the hands of the round clock in
the outer office were pointing to ten
the door opened and Marshall entered.
His clothes, of indefinite blackish hue.
would have disgraced an eastern man.
His string tie had a starboard list,
and his hat was ready for a rummage
sale. But few would have looked at
his clothes. The latent energy of the
dynamic spirit that would frequently
turn that quiet Office into a mael-
strom cleaned In those Indian-black
eyes. Beneath the shabby cloth one
suspected the daily polished skin; I'M
der the old SLOUGH hat was the mouth
of purpose. the lips that no woman.
even his Claudia, had kissed without
the thrill of fear.
Marshall glanced back at the clock,
and then toward his visitor.
"On time ~ he observed.
Richard, smiling. put his book in
his pocket.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-19
out Of the Mouths Of Babes.

The trouble was caused by fathers
chickens and his habit of calling them
"Clhcks" Tor short. At least Bobby
thinks it WAS. He and mother were on
the car when one Of mothers friends
entered. She wore a new hat which
&as adorned with a beautiful green
'euther. Bobby was cycling the feath-
~ when he heard mother say TO the
woman. You're so chic. you know"
So he drew his own differences and
acted accordingly when the cross next
door neighbor, respondent In new
yellow furs. came TO call. He looked
at the furs on the woman and then at
his mother. Then
Now. you can call her a cat. moth,
err" he Informed her.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-19
MODEL ON AMERICAN CLUBS
France Considering Adoption Of Our
Methods Of Teaching Farming to
Boys and .T'1.

France Is consider the adoption
of Uncle Sans methocs Of teaching
better farming and horae making to
boys and girls. Representatives from
the French high commission, lately In
this country. made point Of studying
carefully the methods of the federal
department Of agricuItur" and the
state agricultural colleges IN conduct
ing boys and girls clubs. Much of
the information thus collie, ted has
been widely reprinted by tn, French
press. accompanied by editorial com.
ment expressing the view that, the
man or woman power Of Frame hav-
ing been depleted or disOrgani=ed by
war service, France for some tine to
come win be dependent In large part
upon It's younger population fot its
food supply and suggesting the fOt.na-
ton in France of nationwide system
of boys and girls clubs patterned on
those in America. II is expected that
these clubs win grow staple produces
garden produce. wool, farm grain
and forage crops. poultry and farm
animals on farms not devastated. the
very soil Of which must first Of all be
out In condition. They will stimulate
production by the young people Of
France through organized contests NOT
only in farming but In home enter
priSes such as bread making, garment
making, cooking and home manage
ment.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-19
Weekly Health Talks
Where Most Sickness Begins
and Ends
BY FRANKLIN DUANE, N. D.

1t can be said broadly that most human
Ills begin in the stomach and end in the
stomach Good digestion means good
health, and poor digestion means bad
health. The minute your stomach fails TO
properly dispose of the food you eat, trou-
bes begin to crop out in various forms.
Indigestion and dyspepsia are the common
est FORMS but thin, impure blood, head
aches, backaches, pimples ,lotches, dizzi-
ness, belchng, coated tongue, weakness,
poor appetite. sleeplessness, coughs, colds
and bronchitis are almost as common.
There is but one way to have good health,
and that is to put and keep your stomach
in good order This is easy to do if you
take DIR. Pieree's Golden Medical Discov-
cry. Ii is a wonderful tonic and blood
purifier, and is so safe to take, for it is
made Of roots and herbs. DIR. Pierce, of
Buffalo, N. Y, stands behind this stand
ard medicine, and it is good to know that
80 distinguished a physician is proud TO
have his name identified with it. When
you take Golden Medical Discovery. you
are getting the benefit of the experience of
a doctor whose reputation goes all around
the earth. Still more, you get temper
ance medicine that contains not drop OF
alcohol or narcotic of any kind. Long ago
DR.. Pierce combined certain valuable vege-
table NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the use of alco-
hol-so that these remedies always have
been strictly temperance medicines,
II piles are torturing you, get and US
P.erce's Anodyne File Ointment. Thy
quick relief it gives is hard to believe unti
you try it. II constipated DR.. Pierees
Pleasant Pellets should be taken whik
using Anodyne Pile Ointment. Few in
deed are the cases which these splendid
remedies will not relieve and usually over
come They are so good that nearly every
drug store has them for sale.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-19

him that it was the same Ton Hardin
VINO had gone to college at Lawrence {;
had married Gerty Holmes. Queer
business. life, that he should cross,
even so remotely. their orbits again.
That was chapter he liked to skip.
He walked over to the windows,
shielded by bright awnings. and
looked down on the city where the
next few years of his life might be
caught. Comforting to reflect that an
engineer is like a soldier, never can
be certain about tomorrow. Time
enough to know that tomorrow meant
Tucsoni What was that threadbare
proverb in the Overland Pacific that
Tod Marshall always keeps his men
until they lose their teeth? That de-
fined the men who made themselves
necessary!
His eyes were resting on the banali-
ties of the modern city that had robbed
"old town" of its flavor. Were il not
for the beauty of the distant hills, the
jar and rumble of the trains whose
roar called to nearby pleasure cities.
twinkling lights and crowded theaters,
stretches of parks and recreation
grounds, he, who loved the thrill and
confinement of an engine, who had
found enticement in desert, a chap
ter of adventure in the barrancas of
Mexico, would stifle in Tucson. Amer
lean progress was as yet too thin a
veneer on Mexican Indifference to
make the place endurable-as city.
I'm good for lifetime here, if 1
want it," his thoughts would work
back to the starting place. "If
knuckle down TO it. let him grow to
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-19

depend on me, it's as good as settled
that l am buried in Tucson!" Hadn't
he heard Marshall himself say that he
didn't keep kindergarten-tha his
Office wasn't training school for
men - He wanted his men to stay /
That, one of the reasons Of the great
mans power; detail rested on the
shoulders of his employees 1t kept
his own brain clear, receptive TO big
achievements.
Perhaps as The work unrolS. as
see more of what he wants of me- why
he wants me, may like it, / may get
to shout for Tucson!" 1t was impos-
sible enough to smile over. Child's
work, compared TO Mexico
The distinction of serving Marshall
well certainly had its drawbacks. He
wanted toSsweep on. Whethe' he had
a definite terminal. a concrete goal,
had he ever stopped to think Soc
cialiZation had always fascination
for him. 1t was that which had
thrown him out of his instructorship
into the firebOx of a western engine.
1t had governed his course at college
to know one thing well, and then to
prove that he knew it well Content
ed in the Mexican barracks. here he
was chatting, FESTIVE. after few
weeks of Tucson. For what was ne
getting here? Adding what scrap of
experience to the rounding of his pro-
fession?
Retrospectively engineering could
hardly be said to be the work of his
choice. Rather had it appeared to
choose him. From boyhood engineers
had always been. to him, the soldiers
Of modern civilization. To conquer
and subdue mountains, to shackle wild
rivers. to suspend trestles over dizzy
heights. to throw the tracks of an adj
Nancing civilization along a newly
blazed trail, there would always be
thrill in it for him. II had changed
the best quarterback of his high school
into the primmest Of students at col
lege. Only for short time had he let
his vanity sidetrack him. when the
honor of teaching what he had learned
stopped his own progress. A rut -
He remembered the day when il had
burst on him. the realization Of the
rut he was in. He could see his Law
renee schOolroom. could see yet the
face under the red-haired mop belong
ing to Jerry Matson-queer he remem-
bered the name after all those years
He could picture the look Of eonster-
nation when he threw down his book
and announced his desertion.
be had handed In his resignation
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-19
When Man and Nature Clashed.

but short time that the whole nation thrilled by
mighty which ingenuity and
irresistible
Yellow the tricky Colorado
efforts it. Finally
overhem the Imperial valley of southern California
Aiken,
thrilling
history,
Rver 1t of the outofdoors,
differences the battle
other who the maness
that will
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-19
Good and Bad Men.

Good men can easily see through
bad men. but bad men can't always
see through good men. Perhaps it's be-
cause there's no goodness In the bad
man that the good man can see
through him. and because there Is n
the good man that the bad man can't
see through him.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-19

Richard "goes in" and as he
goes he begins to comprehend
something Of the difficulties Of
the job that he has undertaken.
He learns why the valley dis
trusts the D. r., as the valley
calls the company which Hardin
fathered and which peopIed the
desert. go in" with Richard
in the next instalIment.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-19
Japan Takes Germany's Trade.

There are ut the present more than
twenty lead-pencil manufactures in
Tokyo alone, ard monthly exports
reach 100000 gross. The graphite
is found in Japan, but is not of good
quality. Before the war Japan made
only 100000 gross n year, and Ger
many held almost all the trade.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-19

then that he ran over into Mexico.
50 as 10 get better gradient for his
canal. and made his cut there. You
know the rest. 1t ran away from him.
Ii made the Salton sea"
ibid he ever give you any reason. 81
frowned Richard renlniscently. ''any
reasonable reason why ne made that
cur without any head CATER
No money :" shrugged Marshall
getting out another cigar. Il told you
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-19
Shave With cutieura soan

And double your razor efficiency as
well as promote skin purity, skin COM
fort and skin health. No mug, no
slimv soap, no germs. no waste, no
irritation even when shaved twice
daily. One soap for all uses-shaving,
bathing and shampooing.-Adv.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-19

Selflessness and complaisance are
beautiful virtues, but do not forget
that virtue carried 10 excess may be.
come the most irritating and difficult
Of falIlugs.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-19
STOMACH ACIDITY,
INDIGESTION, GAS
QUlcKi EAT JUST ONE TABLET
OF PAPE'S DIAPEPSIN FOR
INSTANT RELIEF.

When meals don't fit and you belch
gas. acids and undigested food. When
you feel Jumps of distress in stomach,
pain. flatulence, heartburn or headache
Here is instant relief-No waitingi
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-19
Sim The nnlu

The hurt of burn or a tut stops when
Coles Carbolisalye is applied. Ii heals
quickly without scars 25c and SOC by
all druggists. For free sample write The
J. w. Cole Co. Rockford 1ll.-Adv.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-19

Who can remember the old days
when he used TO have to wonder what
to do with his spare time?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-19
WomanIV.

and offered my sympathy-black is SO
unbecoming to her, you know.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-19

Just as soon as you eat a tablet of
Pape's Diapepsin all the dyspepsia, In
digestion and stomach distress ends.
These pleasant, harmless tablets OF
Pape's Diapepsin never fail TO make
sick. upset stomachs feel fine at once,
and they cost so little at drug stores.
Adv.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-02-19

She-Oh, no; the jury awarded me
$1,000 damages.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-17
CITIZENS OF MORALES PLAN
RECONSTRUCTION OF STATE

Citizer5 Of the state Of 1IoreI0s
which was overrun and controlled by
the rebel chieftain Ameliauo Zapata.
until he was killed. and hy his follow
ers more or less since. have formed
what thev-term a reconstruct ion
junta" for the rebuilding Of the state
ana especially its great sugar planta-
lions and mills. AT q resent session
Of the llnta memorial was prepared
and sent 10 president CarEanza asking
that an acting governor be named
who VIII be authorized 70 call cleo
lions ana thereby reasrahlish q constf-
tutional regime The members Of the
Iunta set forth that the officials IL
llorelos are nonresidents and not In
-erestsd in the state and its recon-
structiCn.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-17
Officer Denies
Nezg Contracts
Are Being Made
Mission Of Gen. Aguillar to
Settle Up Old Con
tracts IN Europe.

Mexico City. 3Iez-.f,Sov. 17.-Deniai
that Gen. Candido Aguilar Mexican
foreign. minister, went to Europe 70
negotiate new contracts for muni-
lions, IS made by Juan Barragon.
chief OF staff for president Carranza
The statement says his erTand was
70 arrange with factories in Belgium
and Spain either for shipment Of
arms and ammunition or the return OF
money paid as initial payments on
contracts entered into during the
Diaz and Huerta regimes
The old contracts, adds the state
ment, called for arms and munitions,
now greatly advanced in price and
the Mexican government, il says
merely wished 10 come to an under
standing regarding the fulfulment or
nonfulfillment of these old agree
ments.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-17
TAaUT INDIANS LOSING
HEAVILY IN SEVERE FIGHTING

Nogales, Arizs Nov. II. - Heavy
losses in men and mounts have beeu
suffered BY the Yaqui Indians in
severe fighting with Mexican federal
troops that has been n progress Tor
the past Two days near san Javler
and Sayopa. in Sonora according 10
reports received here tonight
Francis J. Dyer. American consul
at Nogales, opposite here Saturday
night received a telegram from GOV.
Adolfo de Ia Huerta al Harmosllcs
saying that the Mexican military zu-
thorities had been forced 10 take OF
che federal troop guard accompany
ing American ore and freight trains
in order TO enable them 70 throw an
available forces into the field against
the redskins
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-17
HIP0LIT0 VILLA
IS IN CHIHUAHUA
Brother of Bandit Leader
Crosses From the United
States.

According 10 Chihuahua city re-
ports from Carranza sources, Hipolito
villa. brother Of Pancho villa, Is IN
south Of OJinaga IN eastern Chihua-
hua. TIE former is said 70 have IS
followers. II IS claimed that he has
been in hiding in the United STATES
for several months under medical
treatment. BE has hardly been hearo
from since the PanchO Villas ar
tack on Juarez last June, when the
former was III. Il is also claimed that
Hiuolito crossed over into Chihua-
hua to help some scheme to smuggle
arms and ammunition to Pancho,
some Of whose forces were reported
defeated by Carrancistas at Palomas
a few DAYS ago.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-17
FIXING The VALUE OF
PROPERTY IN CHIHUAHUA

chihuahua, Mex, NOV. To-day
the "juntas calircadorazT started an
over Chihuahua fixing che valuation
OF al property ia order 10 assess ev-
cry owner the taxes he should pas
during the next two years. In all the
municipalities a junta' viii work
and every owner Of property OF any
kind must report what he owns and
its value. under penalty Of heavy
fines ard OF highest valuation IL the
law U.s. not obeyad.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-17
BANDITS CAPTURE SPANIARD
AND HOLD HIN FOR RANSOM

Jose lIendez a Spaniard, who IS the
manager OF the san Bartoio Grandillo
hacienda, near sam Martin Te1-m lu-
can, IN that state, has been captured
By the"Arenista" rebel Isabel Guer-
rero. uicznamed "El Chacharron, ac-
cording to report from Ruebla, Mex
aIendez was taken out to a point
called Pelagallinas, In the mountains
and was held there until ransom OF
1900 pesos was paid by Marcelino G.
Bresno. the Spanish owner OF the
hacienda.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-17
HERFORCElTENTs ARRIVE
To MARCH AGAINST VII

oiinaga, Mexico, Nov 17.-General
Joaquin Amaro, with 600 cavalry. ar
rived here late today 70 reinforce the
federal garrison Of 400 men Under
General 1sidro Cardona-
Following q conference betW cen
Generals Amaro and Cardoua 10 was
reported the federals viii march
against the villa rebel forces under
AlTino Amanda who have been operat-
ing in the Paiomas region. 100 miles
southeast OF here. The federals from
oiinaEa will cooperate with the
forces OF General Pablo Quirosa who
g now at Sierra 1iojadas 100 miles 10
the south.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-17
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
CELEBRATE ARMISTICE DAY

'Excelsor." a leading daily OF Mex
ico City On its issue Of November II,
stated that al the citizens Of the al
lied countries and Of the United
states. resident in that capital, cele-
brated that day there as the first
Anniversary Of the signing Of the an
niversary Of the armistice in the
world war A joint committee Of the
different colonies had issued a circu-
lar and all OF the RESIDENCES. places
Of business OF the citizens and the
legations OF the allied countries were
decorated with the flags Of those
countries. Appropriate ceremonies
were also had
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-17
LETTER TELLS OF ATTACK
ON TRAIN BY MEX. BANDITS

A letter received here recently tells
IN q stirring manner how an Ameri-
can business man, we'll known in Fl
Paso, vas robbed and beaten in q
hold ID Of train which LETT Guadala-
lara for the capital on October 81
Abuut I o'clock in the morning the
train was ditched and attacked By a
band OF about 40 men, armed mainly
with mGchettes- According to the
writer, % Of the trains escort Of go
were killed .n the fight that followed
Ibs bandits also fired into the pas
ssngersi killing five and wounding
nine
The Uriter was sent among the pas
sengers 20 secure money. on not re-
turning with enough, he was beaten
badly about the ribs The bandits. he
writes. abused president Wilson and
said they were after American crooks.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-17
WHEELER SYNDICATE Lands
IN SONORA COKFISCATED

The National Association fer the
Protection Of American Rights al
Mexico has announced IN sew York
that the lands Of the Wheeler Land
company. near Hermosillo. Sonora.
Mexico. had been confiscated ostsn-
5ibIy for default Pa payment Of slm-
posts or taxes on the production Of
The property Tor the past % years
The report also stated that the com
lauF, which rs an American con-
cern, had presented to the state de-
department in Washington clatns
for the restitution o. its property and
Tor 100000 damages.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-17
JAPANESE MAY BUILD ROAD
ACROSS TEHUANTEPEc ISTHMUS

topography Of the Isthmus Of TehUan-
tepec, a Japanese commission o. rail-
way and civil engineers has arrived in
Mexico City, according 70 word re-
eeived here. This fact has led 20 the
report that the japanese probably
viii build railroad across the
-sthmus, presumably in connection
with the japanese merchant marine
Recently is was announced that
japanese merchant ships were max
ing Veracruz a call port II also is
reported that the japanese have pur-
chased a huge ranch ia the state OF
Tamaulipas for colonization purposes,