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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-11-15
CLEARWATER COUNTY
LARGELY REPRESENTED
At CR0OKSTON SCHOOL
L. Jensen Has Fine Herd
of Guernseys; Electric
Lights Going In
(Snecial to PiOneer.)

Especial to Pioneer)
Clearbrook, Nov. 15.-"Do your
Christmas shopping early Is the
question of the day.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-11-15

Melvin Weinberg is back from
Warren, this states, after his opera
ton for appendicitis, looking mos'
excellent after his experience.
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CHAPTER Iv-contlnued.

Bath right across the hall. Only
room left In the house." The proprietor
awarded him the valley stare, "Going
20 be here longT He passed the last
key on the rack TO the darky stagger-
Ing under a motley of bags and suit
cases. Richard recognized his, and fol-
lowed.
Il may get you another room tomor-
row." called the proprietor after him
ms he climbed the dusty stairs.
The signals of a new town were
waving In the dining room. The ma
jorlty Of the citizens displayed their
shirt sleeves and %unblushlng suspend
ers. One large table was surrounded
by meu In khaki the desert soldiers,
engineers. The fup blown mattresses,
deliberately pompadoured. were push
ing through the swing-dOors, carrying
heavy trays. Coquetry appeared TO be
thedr occupation. rather than meal
serving. the diners accepting both yarle-
ties Of attention With appreciation. The
supremacy OF thase superior maidens
was menaced only by two other wom-
en- who sat at a table near the door.
Richard did not see them at first. The
room was as masculine as a restaurant
IN a new mining town.
Richard left his indoor view to look
through the French windows opening
GA a side street. He noticed a slender
hut regular procession. All the men
passing fell In the same direction.
Cocktail route" explained one of
his neighbors. his mouth full OF boiled
beef.
Oyster cocktaili" smiled the new
conner.
"The real thingi Calexico's dry, like
che whele valley. that Is. the county.
See that dltchf That Is Mexico, on
the other side. Those sheds you can
see are In Mexicaii, Caiexico's twin
sister. That painted adobe Is the Gus
ton house. Mexicali's not dry. ever I'm
suIameri You can bet your life on
shat. You can get oil the bad whisky
and stale beer you've the money to
Guy. We work In Calexico. and drink
IA Mexicali. The temperance pledge Is
Kept better In this town than any other
town IN the valley. But you can see
this procession every night"
The Amazon with a handkerchief
apron brought Richard his soup. He
was raising his first spoonful to his
mouth when he saw the face. carefully
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CHAPTER v.
A Game Of Checkers.

The uneasy mood Of the desert, the
wind-blown sand. drove people indoors
the next morning. Richard was served
a substantial. indiffarently cooked
breakfast in the dining room Of the
Desert hotel, whose limitations were
as conspicuous to the newcomer as
they were nonexistent to the other
men. They were finding 1t a soft con,
trast to sand-blown tents. to life In the
open.
Later he wandered through the
group Of staring idlers In the Office,
past the popular soda stand and the
few chair-tilters on the sidewalk, GO
Ing on. rs II without purpose. to the
railroad sheds, and then on, down to
the offices OF the Desert Reclamation
company. He discovered Y 20 be the
one engaging spot In the hastily
thrown-together town. There were
oleanders. csc and white. blooming IN
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He Saw the Face. Carefully Avsrtsd.


averted. OF the girl he had met at the
Afarshails' table. Innes Hardin. His
eyes 3uEaped to her companions. the
man a stranger. and then. Gerty
Holmes. At least, Mrs. Hardin ! Some
how. Il surprised him to ind her pretty.
she had achieved q variety OF dis
tinction. preserving. moreover. the
Iciear-cut babyish chin which Ind made
kts early appeal to him. There was the
bsame fluffy hair, its rinslets a bit arti-
Incial to his sophisticated eyes.
'khe same w~ell-turned nose. He had
been wondering about this meeting he
Wound that he had been expecting some
sort OF shock-who said that the love
Of today is the jest Of tomorrow The
discovery that Gerty was not a Jest
brought the surprised qualification
whj4h we award a letter Or composition
written In our youth. Were we as
clever ns that. so complete at eighteen
f,renty-ono? Could we. now. with
our experience, do any better, or in
deed as well7 That particular sem
lsncr With wingst oeuld " nahs =
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By
EDNAH
AIKEN

the patch Of purple blooming alfalfa
that stood for a lawn. Morning-glories
clambered over the supports Of the
yeranda. and on over the root. Rick
ards deductions led him to the Har.
dins.
What school Of experience had so
changed the awkward country fellow
He had resented his rivalry, not that
he was q rival. but that he was a boor,
His kisses still warm on her lips, and
she had turned to welcome, to coquet
with Tom Hardin! The woman who
was to be his wife must be steadier
than that! 1t had cooled his fever,
Not for him the aspen who could
shake and bend her pretty boughs to
each rough breeze that blew!
Men tossed.into a desert, fighting to
keep a foothold. do not garland their
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offices with morning-gloriesi Was 1t
the gracious quiet influence Of q wife,
a Gerty Hardinf The festive build
ing he was approaching was as unex-
pected-as Captain Brandon Richard
walked on, smiling.
He was fairly blown into the outer
room, the door banging behind him.
Every one looked up at the noisy inter
ruption. There were several men In
the long room. Among them two alert,
clean-faced youths. college graduates,
or students out on furlough. the kind
Of stuff In his class at Lawrence. Three
Of the seasoned. road-coached type
were leaning their chairs against the
cool thick walls. One vas putting at
a cigar. The other. a big, shy giant,
was drawing clouds of comfort from a
pipe. There was a telegraph operator
at work In n end of the room, her
instrument rapidly clicking. In an OPP
posite corner was q telephone ex-
change. A girl with a metal band
around her forehead was punching
connections between the valley towns.
Richard lost the feeling of having
gone into a remote and isolated re-
gion. The twin towns were on the
map.
One Of the older men returned his
nod. The young men returned their
hastily withdrawn attention to their
game Of checkers. The other smoker
was watching with cross-eyed ABSORB
ton the rings his cigar was sending
into the air. Richard might not have
been there.
One OF the checker players looked
up.
Anything I can do for your Do you
want to see anyone In particular"
NO." II was admitted. "No n In
particular. / was just looking round"
tits the show place of Calexico. I'll
take you around. 1t Is the only place
in town that Is comfortable when it's
hot, or when the wind blows, and
that's the program all summer. Take
my place, Pete"
Pete. the young giant, with the face
Of his infancy enlarged rather than
matured, slipped into the vacant chair.
He had been the first to discover the
stranger, but he had evaded the re-
sponsibility. The game Immediately
absorbed him.
cts nice here" repeated the young
fellow. leading the way. They were
followed by a few idle glances.
Richard looked with approval at the
tan slim figure which was assuming
the courtesy Of the towns. The fine
handsome face was almost too girlish.
the muscles. of the mouth too sensitive
yet for manly beauty. but he liked the
type. 1.-the as a young desert-reared
Indian, his manner and carriage told
Of . careful home and rigid school dis
cipline.
He WAS ushered into a large cool
room. The furnishings he fnventoried :
a few stiff chairs, a long table and a
typewriter desk, closed for the Sab
bath.
'"The stenographer's ROOM" an
noulced the lad superfuously.
"Whose stenographer"
General property now. Everyone
has a right to use her time. She used
to be Hardin's, the general managers.
She Is his still. In a way. But Ogilvie
keeps her busy mes. cf the Tine.
Richard had not heard Of Ogilvie.
He made d mental register.
.When did Hardin 60 outlS He
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HOW WILL HARDIN AND HIS WIFE RECEIVE HIM?-RlCKARD
is NOT LEFT LONG IN DOUBT.

synopsIs-K. @. Richard. ar engineer of the Overland Pacific rail-
road, is called 20 the office OF President Marshall In Tuscon, Arz. While
waiting Richard reads a report on the ravages Of the Colorado river,
despite the efforts OF Thomas Hardin, head OF the Desert Reclamation
company Hardin had been a student under Richard in eastern col
lege and had married Gerry Holmes, with whom Richard had fancied he
was In love. Marshall tells Richard the Overland Pacific must step in TO
save the Imperial valley and wishes to send Richard to take charge.
Rickard declines because he fOresees embarrassment In supplanting
Hardin. but is won over. Richard goes to Calexico and, o n the way
learns much about Hardin and his WORK.
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might say, adjusted as 1t now H. than
1t did before"
II heard that they had sent a man
from the Tucson Office to represent
Mr. Marshall
did you hear his nams7" STAN
mered OEilvie.
"Rickard."
The auditor recovered himself. 81
would have heard of IL were it trxe.
I am In close touch with the Los An
geles Office"
at is true"
SLOW do you known" Ogilvie's dis
may was too sudden; the flabby facial
muscles betrayed him.
"Tm Richard" The new general
manager took the swivel chair behind
the fiat-top desk. "Sit down. I'd like
to have a talk with you"
"If you will excuse me,"-Ogiivie's
bluff was ss anemic as his crushed ap-
pearance> I'll am busy this morn
ing. Might trouble yOu-for a
few minutesf Ny papers are In this
desk"
Richard now knew his man to the
shallow depths Of his ~white-eorpus-
I'll hang around here. I've the day to
kill"
His sarcasm was lost In transit
0gilvie said that Mr.. Richard would
not be In his way. He would owe
his papers into the next room tomor-
row.
The engineer moved to the French
windows that opened on the alfalfa
lawn. A vigorous growth Of willows
marked the course Of New river,
which had cut so perilously near the
towns. A letter 3D." picked out in
quick river vegetation, told the story
OF the flood. The old channel-there
1t was, the curved arm of the b." one
could tell that by the tall w~illows-had
been too %tortuous, too slow for those
sweeping waters. The flow had d.
vided, cutting the stem Of the letter,
carrying the flood waters sw1fter
down grade. The flow had divided
Inn divided perhaps the danger too
An idea In thati He would see n
better from the water tower he'd spied
lat entering. Another flood, and a
gamble whether Mexicali or Calexice
would get the worst of it. Unless one
was ready. A levee-west Of the
American town.
Excuse me, sir-d0 you need met"
He turned back into the room He
could see that MacLean was aching to
get out of the room. Ogilyie had Wis
IDLY withered. A blight seemed TO fall
or him as his white, blue-veined fin
gers made a bluff among his papers.
"Thank you" Richard nodded at
MacLean, who burst into the outer Of
fee.
"It's the new general manager from
Tucson-Rickard's his name" His
whisper ran around the walls Of he
room, where other arrivals were tilt
ing their chairs. "The new general
manager! Ogilvie woozled for moth
ing. You should have seen his facet"
did anyone know that he vas com-
ing?" Silent, the tanned giant, spoke.
That's Marshall all over" said
Wooster, bright-eyed and wiry. re-
moving his pipe. HE likes to move In
a mysterious way his wonders TO per-
form. tUsed to sing that when I was
a kidd No announcement Simply.
Enter Richard"
"More like this" said Silent. EXIT
Hardin. Enter Ogilvie. Enter Rick
ard"
"And exit ogilvie," cried MacLean-
tits Add shame" burst out
Wooster. No one asked him what he
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meant. Every man in the room was
thinking of Hardin, whose shadow Tits
reclamation work was.
whats Richard doingr' asked the
lnfantile Hercules Mt the checkerboard.
The forcecalled him Pete. which was
a short cut to Frederick Augustus
BOdefeldt.
Taking 0gilvie's measurer-this
from MacLean.
Then he's doing something else b.
this time. That wouldn't take him i've.
minutes unless he's a gull" snapped
Wooster. who hated Ogilvis a. . Sss
does a snake.
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Richard moves to AVE the
valley In what seems to him che
only possible way. His views do
not coincide with those Of Har.
din. The next instalIment tends
to Justify the forebodlnos with
which Richard undertook hls
great task. Do not fail to read h.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-04-17
GRO BE CONTINUED,
Spoiled It

Spoiled It
Jack said you were a BIRD sFnsea
"" she exclaimed, delighted. vxsAa
parrot"-Boston Transczipt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-09
Business House Returns.

Employers and others who paid wages, salaries, rents, interest or sim liar determinable gains in an amount Of $1 900 or over during 1918 to any person must file an information return with the Government. Blanks may be secured from the Collector.
 Every partnership must file return showing its income and deductions and tue name and address of each partner, during the past year. Personal service corporations will file similar informa. ton for 1913.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-09
AUTOMOBILE NEWS
AUTOMOBILE NOTES

r. c, Smart Auto Co.,, reports the following sales: Buffalo Hat Clean
 CTS, one d0liery car. oGod Luck store, cne delivery car, B. B. Moore. Sheri-
 dan ,one-ton truck; Joe Hardin, Grady, one touring car; O. B. Adams, Grady, one touring car; Mr. Tullis
 ont touring car Mir. Davis Veil, one i touring car: Dr. Glover. one touring
 car; Homer Critchfield. Prattsville,
 one touring car: Bradley X McCove,
 one Fordston, P. c. Galloway. Mos
 COW. one Fordston
 The s. R. Thomas Auto Company reports the following sales: A. Will lerford, 1872 Pullen. touring car; Dr. l.. E. Campbell, one Dodge touring ] car; MT. Brown, Noble Lake, one
 roadster; MT Harris, Faith, one Dodge touring car, they reported they had received three car of Dod-
 ges.
 The Kyle repair shop, has added a painting department, this gives them one of the most complete shops in Arkansas.
 Toney Calberetta the expert tire
 man has moved to 314 West Barraque. The following Pine Bluff people at tended the Little Rock Auto show last Wednesday. Messrs l.. K. Dun
 can, Jno. Rutherford, M. l.. Elkins, Roy Kemp, Walter Adams, c. Sif- 1 ford, E. Owen, J. w. Julian, c. c. Brewster, s. c. Veil. Geo. H. Adams, Slaton McGehee, Hicks Riley, F. c Smart, NJ. S. Pougue.
 Hal A. Irish, president and l.. C. Graham of the Dixie Battery Con- pany spent three days in Little Rock at the Auto Show where they had a creditable exhibit.
 MT. s. c. Veil, was in Little Rock this week, demonstrating one of his new Stutz cars.
 R. B. Williamson of the Ford ser ice station reported that he picked
 up R. G. Langston, of Sherril who
 had an accident. and that he was now
 on the road to good shape again. Fred Harrington. who had broken
 aXel sustained when he cOlljded with
 Albert Russell on the DollarWay was
 picked up. <.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-09
Our Wonderfus Iznduaae.

A certain merchant dted, leaving to nfs only son the conduct of his 'exten- s'ye business. and great doubt was ex- pressed in some quarters whether the young man possessed the ability to car ry out the fathers policies. "Wcll,' said one kindly disposed friend, 'for my part, l think Henry is very bright and capable. Im sure he will succeed" Perhaps you're right" said another friend. "Henry is undoubtedly clev. CT fellow, but, take it from me, old h1an, he hasn't got the head to fill his fathers ShUes."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-09
Cause of Sun's Eclipse.

fcclipses of the sun are caused by the moon coming between the earth md the sun in such manner as to ob- Seure tie sun or portion of it from the view of a section of the earth. An eclipse of the moon results when the earth comes between the sun and the moon so that the shadow Of the earth falls upon the whole or a part of that portion of the moon visible to tue darth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-09

Learn When to Be Silent.

The union of good tnlker and lis
 tener Is Irresistible. Tact should teach us when to be silent. We have made necessary to continually be explaining everything in detail. We flee from the statistical flen1, and the teo per sonal "I' in conversation, personally :eiterating the "l have done' and "I have not doDe"-an attitude sign.A. can't perhaps of wonen's .pcnchant for failing to grasp Ideas In lprge way
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-09
Gcttlno Too Realistic.

Rosemary and her brother Edward were playing when Rosemary said <: "Now, let's play supposing yor be papa and I'll be mamma" The game proceeded nicely until Rosemary said i: "Papa, Edward was bad boy today" Whereupon Edward said: "Oh, I ain't going to play no mOrn-you're not sup posing, you're playing real"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-09
Mills & Sons Sales.

R. H. M. Mills and Sons report the sale of cottage in BattlesvillS to Madeline Woods. The property belonged to Mrs R. H. NJ. Mills Also the sale of residence to c. F. Herrick to E. o. Reynolds is re- DOrtpd
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-09
INCOME TAX PAYS
 FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS.

"Viewed in its largest and tru- est sense, the payment of taxes Is payment for benefits received or expected. Only from mar row and essentially selfish and shortsighted viewpoint can the individual propose to himself the evasion of tax liability as a desirable course of actiOn."- Daniel c. Roper, Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-08-29
She Objected To
Stone Age Love

The course of true love has lots Of
snaGs in it, as Marie Francisco and
Alfonso Abata have found out. Marie
and Alfonso have been sweethearts,
and Marie has been doing Alfonso's
washing. Each Monday as Alfonso
brought the washing to Marie's house,
at Camp One, Puunenc, he has linger-
ed around the door and passed the
time of day, not forgetting to tell
Marie the nice things he thought of
her Last Monday, Alfonso, as per
usual took his washing to the fair
Marie's house, but on the way he
must have met a friend, because by
the time he got there, one could plain
ly see that he was feeling genial not
to say extremely friendly. He gave
the washing to his beloved Marie, but
he fingered not by the door. Instead
he walked boldly into the kitchen and
became talkatiye. Marie responded
to his sallies with Indignation and
lliltlilS i'LuHNu " w MS Ne'HiilhS
Whereupon the bold Alfonso lost his
head, temper and high regard, clutch
ed his loved one by the throat and
otherwise beat and abused her person
But being a woman of spirit, Marie
loved Alfonso the less for these stone
age evidences of Alfonso's affection
and had him arrested for assault and
battery. She also charged him with
stealing $40 from her room while she
was lying prone from his attack. This
Abata denied, but pleaded guilty tc
the battery charged. He was given
60 days.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-08-29
DOminOeS Disturb
Peaceful SlumberS
Night Made Noisy By Click OF The
Festive 0blOng Say NeighbOrs Who
Object And Have Players Arrested

Look not on the frisky domino lest
you in the net OF the law. All Pong
and seven convivial souls were led
into an exciting domino game one
Saturday night early this month. They
had a nice wide hardwood table, and
several sets of shiny ivory dominoes,
which made a delightful click as they
position each to the other and first
one man and then another won his
down. 'Tis said they played for so
cents corner, or maybe it was a
dollar. Anyhow the game was eXcit-
ing, absorbing and profitable to some,
and occupied the hours of Saturday
of the early Sunday morn. Where
upon the neighbors, whose sleep had
been punctuated with dominoish clicks
throughout the night and triumphant
cries as the winners bested their op-
ponents, became peeved at this dis
turbance of their early Sunday morn
ing slumbers and bright and early
Monday morning swore out war
rant against the sociable All Pong
and his boon companions on charge
of disturbing the quiet of the night.
The case was heard in police court
this week before Judge Mckay and
the defendants waived examination
and demanded a trial by jury.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-08-29
AN ENCOURAGING SIGN

In an article which appeared in
ese young man answers the vital
question, (which OF the two differing
elements should we affiliate ourselves
with, the Japanese or the Americana"
He writes, Provided we know that
our conduct is admirable from the
American viewpoint and from the
dictates of our conscience, We should
make ourselves deaf and dumb to
outside comments. AS American
citizens, although OF Japanese descent
we should live up TO American stand
ards in every way. Using the teach
ings of our parents to good advantage,
insofar as they conform with Ameri-
can ideas, utilizing the education
which we have received from the pub
lie schools, and disregarding all other
sources of influence having a retard-
ing eject in Cur advance toward Am
erican standards, we must determine
now to begin -never-ending march
until we reach our goal-Americaniza-
ton in the sense of the word. With
this thought upper-most in our minds,
although not coming up to the high
est standard of Americanism right at
this r.oment in the judgment of our
-
SiDerican friends, we are prepared to
say with confidence in ourselves and
justice to the country of our birth,
that we are well on our way to be-
coming useful citizens of the United
States of America"
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-08-29
Chinese Opium Users
Skip Their Bail

Opium caused the downfall of two
Chinese in Wailuku this week the
first offender being Wong Young,
Young was arrested on Market street
last Sunday night, being found smok-
ing opium. He was placed under a
bail of $40, but when the case was
called Monday Young was conspicu-
Gus by his absence.
Long WO, was found in his laundry
indulging in the same delightful past
time of opium smoking. He was ar
rested on August 26, and followed
close in the footsteps of his confrere,
putting up a bail of so and failing to
appear when the case was called. But
both the Chinese believe the dreams
they had were worth the so forfeited.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-08-29
CARNEGIE LEFT $3o,ooo,ooO

NBy Inc Associated IresS)
NEW YORK, Aug. 2S Andrew Car
negie's will gives the estimated value
of the estate between $25,OOO,OOO and
$3O,0O0,OOO The real estate, works
of art and household goods are left
to wife. The same financial proyi-
sion was made for his wife and
daughter as was made during Carne-
gie's lifetime. During his life Car
negie's gifts to charities were more
than S35OOOO,OOO. The following
legacies were left to charities and
annuities to relatives and friends;
$4,000, to VIM. Howard Taft, $4,000
each to Mrs. Cleveland, now Mrs,
Preston and Mrs, Roosevelt; $4,000
annuity to Premier Lloyd George of
England.