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Evening journal., 1919-12-05
AMT NATURE WONDERFUL

Annual schedule begins for remind
ing folks there are so many shopping
days left to put or until Christmas
Eve shoppers look for bargains even
In shopping days and walt for ihe
amount to come down or said earful.
that ihe early warbler winds up the
Evening journal., 1919-12-05
FASHIONS AND rADs.

The newest silhouette IN Paris IS
known as beetle.
II is hinted that the hour-glass figure
is returning.
Frilly styles Of neckwear are IN the
prettiest vogue.
The most popular outer wrap con
tlnues to be the cape.
The low French heel has gained enor-
nous popularity
Rows of stitching in bright colors are
chic trimming.
Long sleeves continue in favor for all
The practical waists.
Evening journal., 1919-12-05

is shift the cigar to humble "awright,
wrap ll up" Women shoppers Use up
the shopping days to get line on the
articles they figure viii be marked
down after Christmas so they can do
their Christmas swapping early.
Evening journal., 1919-12-05

Let's gol Where7 To Ye Old COun'
by Fair, given by Fairfax Lodge No. 8
T. q. o. +, Odd Eel ows Buld ng, Tenth
and KlGg streets, Nov. 30 10 Dee. G, 1879
ADV.
Evening journal., 1919-12-05
~ "PEERESSEs" MAY
SIT IN HOUSE or IORnS

LONDON. Dec. 5.--Therc are 10 peer
esses lin their own right in the Brit
ish Isles. These are the women who
may be admitted to the House OF Lords.
Evening journal., 1919-12-05

To be successful IN canning fruit one
should sterilize as carefully as a sur
geOn does.
Cheyenne record., 1919-07-24
CHAPTER VI.
Red Tape.

At ten o'clock the next morning Har
din, entering the office, again the gen.
eral managers. found there before him
George MacLean, the new director, and
Percy Babcock, the treasurer. who had
been put in by the Overland Pacific
when the old company was rrorgan.
ized. They had just come in from Los
Angeles. the trip made in MucLeaD's
private car. to attend n directors meet
ing.
Richard entered n few minutes later
Estrada behind him. Ogilvie followed
Richard to his desk.
"Well?" inquired the new manager
Ogilvie explained lcngthily that he
had the minutes of the last meeting
leave them here" Richard waved
him toward Estrada who held out his
hand for the papers.
Reluctantly the accountant relin.
quished the papers. His retreatine
coattails looked ludicrously whipped
but no one laughed. Hardin's scowl
deepened.
Showing his power" no thought
Hes going to call for n new pack
Estrada pushed the minutes through
with but few unimportant interrup
tons. He was sitting at the same desk
with Rickard. Hardin, sensitive and
sullen, thought he saw the meeting
managed between them.
Several times he attempted to bring
the tangled affairs of the water .om.
panies before the directors Rickard
would not discuss the water compa.
MES.
Because he's not posted! He's BE-
Cheyenne record., 1919-07-24
CHAPTER VII.
A Garden In a Desert.

His dwelling leaped into sight as
Hardin turned the corner Of the street.
There was but one street running
through the twin towns, flanked by the
bitches of running water. The rest
were bitches of running water edged
by footpaths. Scowling, he passed un-
der the overhanging bird cages of the
Desert hotel without greeting for the
loungers, whose chairs were drawn up
against the shade of the brick walls.
The momentum Slackened as Hardin
neared the place he called his home.
An inner tenderness diluted the sneer
that diSfgured his face. He could see
1nneS as she moved around in the lit
tie fenced-in strip that surrounded her
desert tent. She insisted on calling 1t
garden. in spite of his raillery.
"Gerty's in bed, suppose" thought
Tom. He had a sudden vivid picture
Of her accusing martyrdom. His mouth
hardened again. Innes, stopping over
rose, passed out Of his vision.
1t came to Hardin suddenly that a
man has made circle Of failure when
he breads going to his office and
shrinks from the reproaches at home.
"a 'has-been' at forty!" he unused.
Where were all his ships drifting2
Innes, Strengthening, waved a gay
hand.
"She's raising a goodly crop of bar
rels." His thought Knocked and ca
ressed her. Her garden devotion was
tender joke with him. He loved the
Hardin trait in her, the persistence
which will not be daunted. An occupa-
ton with a Hardin was a dedication.
He would not acknowledge the Innes
blood in her. Like that fancy mother
of hers? Innes was a Hardin through
and through!
ITS in the blood" ran his thought
"She can't help it. All the Hardins
work that way. The Hardins always
make fools of themselves !"
Innes, lifting her eyes from a Grip
pied rose, saw that the black devils
were consuming him again.
"Will you look at this wreck" she
cried.
Cheyenne record., 1919-07-24

to a ghost of tunefulness. "And it's
nothing. A blank-I know then it's
not going to happen. 1t is terribly
final! It's happened, often. Now. l
wait for that-veil. Whep It falls, I
know what it means"
"And you have had that-sense
about this river business?"
Estrada turned his pensive gaze on
the American. "Yes often. I thought,
after fathers death, that that was
what 1t meant. But it came again. 1t
kept coming. had it while you were
all talking, just now. l don't speak OF
this. 1t sounds chicken-hearted. And
I'm in this with all my soul-my IA
ther-I couldn't do it any other way.
but"
you think we are going to fail?"
II can't see it Finished" was Estra-
da's mournful answer. He turned
again to stare out of the window.
"Who are the river men in the val
ley" demanded the newcomer. Il
want to meet them, to talk to them"
"Cor'nel, he's an Indian. He's worth
talking to. He knows its history, its
legends. Perhaps some of it is his
tory"
where's he to be foundT'
you'll run across him! Whenever
anything's up, he is on hand. He senses
it. And then there's Matt Hamlin."
"I'll see him, of course. Has he
been up the river?"
mo, but I'll tell you two who have.
MaldOnado. a half-breed, who lives
some twenty miles down the river
from Hamlin's. He knows the Gila as
though he were pure Indian. The
Gila's tricky! Maldonado's GRANDPA
ther was trapper, his great-grandfa-
ther. they say, priest. The women
were all Indian. He's smart. Smart
and bad"
EStrada's Japanese servant came
back into the car to offer tea, freshly
iced.
THAT'S what I want, smart river
men, not tea!' laughed Rickard. -"
want river history"
"There's another man you ought to
meet. He was with the second Powell
expedition. He's written the best book
on the river. He knows it, if any man
does. You wanted these maps" Es-
trada was gathering them together.
THANK you. And you can just
strangle that foreboding of yours, Mr.
Estrada. For 1 tell you, were -ning
to govern that river!" 4N
Estrada's pensve smile followed the
dancing step Of the engineer until 1t
carried him out of sight. Perhapsf
RaaonSn 70 hn of r.; f,%
he must work as hard as If conviction
went with him. as if success awaited
at the other end Of the long road. But
1T was not going to be. He would never
see that river shackled-
Cheyenne record., 1919-07-24

Estrada's thoughtful glance rested
on the angry face. Was this genuine,
or did not Hardin know Of the years
Rickard had served on the road; of
the job in the heat-baked barrancas
Of Mexico, where Marshall had found
him? But he would not try again to
persuade Hardin to give up his trip
to Los Angeles. 1t might be better,
after all, for the new manager to take
| charge with his predecessor out of
the way.
"MacLean's coming down tonight"
he threw out still watching Hardn's
face. with Babcock"
II won't be missed" Hardn's
mouth was bitter. ESTRADA, IL l had
the sense of goat I'd sell out, sell
my stock to MacLean ana quit. What's
in all this for me? Does anyone doubt
my reason for staying? 1t would be
like leaving sinking ship, like de-
serting the passengers and crew one
had brought on board. God I'd like
to go! But how can I? I've got hold
of the tail of the bear and can't let
go!'
mo one doubts you" began Es-
trada. Hardin turned away, with an
ugly oath. The Mexican stood watch
ing his stumbling anger. "Poor Har-
dinw
In the office Richard was speaking
to MacLean, whom he had drawn to
one side out of earshot of the checker
players.
81 want you to do something for
me, not at all aEreeable!" His tone
implied that the boy was not given
the chance to beg off. what time
does the train pull out in the morn
ing?"
"Six-fiftecn."
"Ill have letter for you at the
hotel at six. Be on time. I want to
catch Hardin before he leaves for Los
! Angeles. If he's really going. I'll give
him today to think it over. But he
can't disregard an order as he did my
invitation. | didn't want to rub it in
before the men,
MacLean stared. then said that he
thought he was not likely tot
Rickard left the office in time to
see Hardin shutting the outer gate
behind him. His exit released cho-
rus of indignant voices.
IAN Outrnge!"
"A ID shamel" This from
| Wooster
| "Hardin'S luck !"
On the other side of the door Rick
| ard deliberated. The hotel and Its curl,
| GUS loungcrs, or his new office, where
Ogilvie was making II great show of
Cheyenne record., 1919-07-24

cool and impersonal. adding to his
points. and MacLean slowly won to
the stronger side. Hardin, on his feet
again, was sputtering helplessly at
Babcock, when Rickard called for a
vote. The appropriation was carried.
Hardin's face was swollen with rage.
Rickard then called for report on
the clam-shell dredge being rushed at
Yuma. Where was the machinery?
Was it not to have been finished in
February?
"Why not get the machinery herel
What's the use of taking chances?" de-
manded Rickard.
Hardin felt the personal implication.
He was on his feet in second. ''There
are no chances" He looked at Mac
Lean. "The machinery's done. It's no
use getting it here until we're ready"
'"There are always chances" inter-
rupted his opponent coolly. 1--WE are
going to take none. l want Mr.. Har-
din, gentlemen, appointed committee
of one to see that the machinery is de-
livered at once, and the dredge rushed"
The working force was informally
discussed. Hardin said they could de-
pend on hobo labor. Rickard agreed
that they would find such help. but it
would not do to rely on it. The big
sewer system Of New Orleans was
about completed; he had planned to
write there, stating the need. And
there was man in Zacatecas, named
Porter
Frank Porter?" sneered Hardin,
"that-murdererT
"His brother" Rickard answered
pleasantly. "Jim furnishes the men
for the big mines in Sonora and Sina-
loa He'll send US all the labor we
Cheyenne record., 1919-07-24

occupation. He had not seen Estrada.
He was making sudden dive for his
hotel when the gentle voice of the
Mexican hailed him.
"Will you come to my car? It's on
the siding right here. We can have a
little lunch and then look over some
maps together. I have some pictures
of the river and the gate. They may
be new to you"
Richard spent the afternoon in the
car. The twin towns did not seem so
hostile. He thought he might like the
Mexican.
Estrada was earning his fathers
mantle. He was the superintendent
of the road which the Overland Pa
cifc was building between the twin
Cheyenne record., 1919-07-24

want, the best for our purpose. When
peon or an Indian.
you'll be infringing on the interna.
tional contract law" suggested Mac
Lean.
mo. The camp is on the Mexican
side" laughed Casey. "Td thought of
that. Well have them shipped to the
nearest Mexican point, and then
brought to the border. Mr.. Estrada
will help US"
The meeting had already adjourned
They were standing around the fiat
top desk. Estrada invited them all to
lunch with him, in the car on the sid
ing. MacLean said that he had to get
back to Los Angeles. Mr.. Babcock
was going to take him out to Grants
Heading in the machine. He had new
er been there. They had breakfasted
late. He looked very much the colonel
to Richard. his full chest and stiff car
riage made more military by his trim
| uniform of khnki-colored cloth.
May speak to you about your boy,
Mr.. MacLean?"
Hardin caught a slight that was not
| intended. He pushed past the group
at the door without civility or cere-
| mony.
The steady grave eyes of the big
frame looked at Rickard inquiringly.
HE wants to stay out another year.
I hope you will let him. It's not disin-
terested. 1 shall have to take stenog-
rapher to the Heading this summer.
| There is a girl here; l couldn't take
her, and then. too, I'm old-fashioned; /
don't like women in offices. My posi-
ton promises to be peculiar one. I'd
like to have your son to rely on for
emergencies a stenographer could not
cover"
MacLean'S grave features relaxed as
he looked down on the engineer, who
was no small man himself, and sug-
gested that his son was not very well
up in stenography.
That's the least Of It."
Il hope that he will make good
stenographer! Good morning. gentle
men,"
At table, neither Estrada nor his
guest uncovered tnelr active thought
which revolved around Hardin and his
hurt. Instead, Richard had questions
to ask his host on river history. As
! they talked, 1t came to him that some
thing was amiss-Estrada was ac-
curate; he had all his facts. Was It
enthusiasm, sympathy, he lacked? Pres
emily he challenged him with 1t.
Estrada's eyes dreamed out of the
window. followed the gorge of the New
river. as though out there. somewhere.
the answer lowered.
"Do you mean, do you doubt it?" ex-
claimed Richard. watching the melan-
choly in the beautiful eyes.
Estrada shook his head, but without
decision. Nothing you'd not laugh at.
can laugh at 1t myself, sometimes"
Rickard waited, not sure that any
thing more was coming. The Mexi-
cans dark eyes were troubled; puzzle
brooded in them. "It's purely mega
tive sense that I've had, since I was a
child. Something falls between me
and a plan. If I said 1t was a veil, it
would be-something His voice fell
Cheyenne record., 1919-07-24
RICHARDS VIEWS DO NOT COINCIDE WITH THOSE OF HAR-
DIN, AND THE INEVITABLE COMES TO PASS

synopsis-k c. ca engineer of the Overland Pacific rail-
President Marshall While
Marshall Rckard
the Imperial valley and wishes Rcad
Rickard on
Hardin
to
Cheyenne record., 1919-07-24


towns and the Crossing; a director of
the Desert Reclamation company, and
the head Of small subsidiary com
pany which had been created to pro-
tect rights and keep harmonious rela-
ton with the sister country. Rickard
found him full of meat, and hear d, for
the first time cOnsecutively, the story
of the rakish river. Particularly In
teresting to him was the relation of
Hardin to the company.
"He has the bad luck, that imam ~
exclaimed Estrada's soft, musical
voice. "Everything is in his hands
capital Is promised, and he goes to
up. The day he gets there the Maine
is destroyed. OF course capital is shy
He's had the devils own Luck with
men: Clifford, honest but mulish
Sather, mulish and not hon est-oh
there's a string of them. Once he
went to Hermosillo to get an OPTION on
my fathers lands. They were already
covered by an option held by some
men in Scotland. Another mai would
have waited for the three mdhths to
pass. Not Hardin. He went % Scot
land. thought he'd interest those men
with his maps and papers. I'D owned
vey."
Estrada repeated the story Brandon
and Marshall had told, with lii lie dis,
crepancy. A friendly refrain followed
the narrative. "He has the BAD luck
that man!'
"And the ,Scotched option?" emind
ed Rickard. smiling at his owAl poor
joke.
1T was just that. A case of Hardin
luck again. He stopped off in London
to interest some capital there Ollow'
ing up lead developed on the team.
er. He was never man to ne ect q
chance. Nothing came of 1t, though
and when he reached Glasgow he
found his man had died two dayAbe-
fOre-or been killed. I've forgotten
which. Three times Hnrdln's crossed
the ocean trying to corner the oppor'
tunity he thought he had found. 1t
isn't laZiness. Is his trouble. It's just
Internal luck"
"Or over-astuteness, or procrastina,
tion," criticized his listener to himself
He knew now what it was that had
so changed Hardin. A man cannot
travel, even though he be bounding
down quick scent, without meeting
strong influences. He had been thrown
with hard men. strong men. It was
an inevitable chiseling, not a miracle
II want to hear more of this some
day. But this map. I don't under
stand what you told me of this by.
pass, Mr.. Estrada.
Their heads were still bending over
Estrada's rough work bench when the
Japanese cook announced that dinner
was waiting in the adjoining car
MacLean and Bodefeldt and several
young engineers Joined them.
1t had been outwardly a wasted day
Richard had lounged, socially and
physically. But before he turned in
that night he had learned the names
and dispositions of his force. and
some of their prejudices. Nothing, he
summed up, could be guessed from the
gentleneSS of the Mexican's manner
Woosters antagonism was open and
snappish. Silent was to be watched
and Hardin had already shown his
hand
The river. as he thought OF 1t, ap
peared the least formidable of his op'
pOnents. He was imaging it as n high
spirited horse, mnddencd by the fun
bling of its would-be captors His task
it was to laSso the proud stallion, lead
it in bridled to the sterile land. Nc
wonder Hardin was sore; his moose
had slipped OF one time too many
Hardin'S luck
Cheyenne record., 1919-07-24
Oldest Known Element.

Sulphur Is one of the oldest known
elements; the ancient ASSyrian nlchem-
lists regarded it as the principle of
combustion and termed it -briinx,ODe.'
literally burning stone
Cheyenne record., 1919-07-24

Innes Hardin feels a bitter re-
sentiment against Rickard be-
cause Of his suppIantino her
brother, whom she loves devot-
edIy. Gertys emotions are Of q
different character, but she care
fully conceaIs them. Storms
hover over the Hardin house
hold. Watch for the next In
stalIment
Cheyenne record., 1919-07-24
(TO BE CONTINUED }
UnskilIed Labor.

A man never realizes what the term
"unskilled labor" can mean until he
boldly volunteers to repair the water
faucets and take down the screen
doors.- Washington Star.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-04-18

OF course, the sunfowers would not
mature seed when sown so late.
Method of Seeding
Various methods of seeding sun
flowers are practiced. Either a corn
planter or an ordinary grain drill is
used, sufficient number of seed cups
must be stopped up so as to provide
the required distance between rows
In western Colorado the rows run
from 30 10 42 inches apart, and the
plants generally 3 to 5 inches apart
in the rows. One of the heaviest of
the yields so far reported. 37.6 tons.
was obtained on the Experiment
Farm, Huntley, Montana. where the
rows were 20 inches apart and the
plants inches in the rows. Twenty
four TO thirty inch rows are reported
most practical by the Montana Sta
ton at Bozeman. A distance between
rows, such that the ordinary cultivat-
ing machinery on the farm may be
dsed, will generally be satisfactory.
The plants should be comparatively
close in the drill rows, to inches is
the best distance. II farther apart.
the stalks are apt to become quite
coarse and woody and not make good
quality of silage. Occasionally the
sunflowers are check-rowed on irrigat-
ed land, nj which case two to three
plants are allowed TO each hill. Depth
Of seeding is usually about inches,
altho this will depend upon moisture
and soil conditions. From to 10
pounds of seed per acre are usually
sufficient on irrigated land. On dry
land the sunHowers are sown either
in check-rows and cultivated both
ways, or in drills with the plants 12
to Is inches apart in the rows. The
rows should be SO to AZ inches apart
on dry land and from 5 to 6 pounds Of
seed per acre used.
tTo be Continued)
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-04-18

Cattle and sheep relish it. Practical
ly every feeder says that stock will
eat il as readily as they do corn sil-
age Sometimes IN changing from
corn silage TO sunhower silage, il
takes a few days for stock 70 become
accustomed 70 it, but they soon
learn 10 like IL One farmer in west
m Colorado expressed the opinion that
sunhower silage is not quite as palat-
able as corn silage. Nevertheless,
his sheep we're eating il very readily
and cleaned up every bit given them.
Feeding Value
In feeding value, sunhower silaSe
ranks high One dairyman in west-
ern Colorado who fed this silage for
four seasons, reports that there is no
decrease in milk production when
changing from feeding corn silage to
sunfower silage. Other dairymen
bear him out in this statement The
Montana station has fed sunfiower sill
age in place of part clover hay in the
ration Of dairy cows and found no re-
duction in milk and butterfat produc-
ton The dairy herd at the Univer-
sity of Nevada was fed sunfower sill
age in connection with alfalfa hay and
rolled barley. with excellent results.
The following table shows the re-
suits of analyses of corn and sunfiow
er silage:
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-04-18

Soil and Seed Bed
Sunfowers do best on fertile soil
rich in humus. The field in which
sunfowers are to be planted should
receive about the same preparation as
one would give il for corn. A fine.
well-firmed seed bed is essential for
better results. Sunfiowcrs respond
readily to increased fertility due TO
the application of manure.
When to Sow
Sunilowers may be sown earlier
than corn Light frosts, after the
plants are up. do not injure them. In
southeastern Russia, where sunfowers
have been grown more extensively.
than any other place, they are sown
just as early in the spring as is pos
sible TO get onto the land. There. an
early start is considered so essential.
that sometimes the seed Is sown in the
late fall and IT then lies in the ground
and is ready to gerIninatc in the
spring just rs soon as the ground be-
gins 10 warm up. The earlier the
seeding the greater the seed produc-
tion and hence, even for silage il will
be well to plant as early rs possible.
Sunfiowers grow so rapidly, however,
that they are soetimes sown very late
in the season, and still make n fairly
satisfactory growth for silage, a
growth much more satisfactory than
corn would make in the same length
Of time. Where the corn planting, for
example, has failed to make start
for one reason or another. sunfowers
have been sown late in the season,
July ! to 15) and the silage obtain
ed has been quite satisfactory, both
from the point of yield and Of quality.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-04-18
FARM ADVERTISING

That display space in the newspa-
pers possesses far greater value TO
the farmers of the country than is
realized is the conviction of Ralph L.
Crossman, publicity expert for the
Colorado Agricultural college. Mr..
Crossman advocates the setting aside
Of space in newspapers to be devoted
TO farm advertising in display form.
He reasons that not only would such
advertising be of value for the quick
sale Of horse, q cow, a machine, or
seed grain and the like, but that it
should be effective in building up a
direct to consumer" system for hand
ling butter, eggs, poultry and other
products. This, Mr.. Crossman says,
would lead to more extensive con-
sumption Of local produce supply by
local consumers, thus cutting out sew
eral items of cost and benefiting all
concerned. This new phase of adver-
tising was discussed by Mr.. Crossman
at a recent monthly meeting of Weld
county editors.
A number of Gunnison ranchmen
are using space this way and find
they get results.
A good-sized diplay ad is little
more expensive than a Want Ad, but
there are times when the importance
of the sale demands the force which
an ad brings. For instance, the two
large ranches advertised this week
and the big stock sale in Denver.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-04-18

The Price of Peace