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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-10-09
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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-10-09
ChaIoner's Mission Now to Fight "Lunacy Trust

head hunters will
NOwT has announced his intention
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-10-09

his income WHICH
a
Mr. Chaloner will begin
will continue the
PhIosophc Aspects of Chris
uani
New Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana
South fewer
paid organize iunacy trust there
John Astor
of valued at than He was
in his
later he escaped and took refus"
n 4
restored his fortune
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-10-09

mon
front
He learned for the -FOUR
recruiting officer recently
for
application osiae requested assignment
special
he teegaph
soldier
1918"
Oaley Preside in
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-10-09

devOting his life to fighting bogus
lunacy laws"
Summoning a group of newspaper
men, whom he insisted upon address
ing us Gentlemen Of the Fourth Es-
tate" Mr.. ChalOner said that five
years of warfare would be necessary
to defeat the "lunacy trust" in the
Upited States and then only two years
in Europe before there, too. he would
be victorious.
The ''lunacy trust" here ais rich
ind intrenched," he said, but asserted
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-10-09
"The Quick and the Dead Combined in One Soldier

q death notices
standing joke Of the
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-10-09

the government he's alive. Anyway.
to try to re-enlist in Uncle Sans army
and then be repeatedly told that he
Is dead Is the experience of James Q.
O'Malley OF Plymouth, Cal.
Although Col. T. E. Page, In charg.
Of army recruiting here. insists THAI
O'Malley is alive and produces the
man to support his contention. ohiciai
Washington insists that he IL dead.
And O'Malley's mother, despite
her repeated letters informing the war
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-10-09

: ): J: : !:
- GUILD johnny AppIeseed" find his way
to thousands of our schools this full he
GETfI4 would see something that would well re-
l\f>sR pay him for all the weary miles he
te,,Vk walked planting apple seeds years ago.
In many states Arbor day comes this
f.,u Int l,n schnol clildreu of the cOun-
Evening star., 1919-10-05

Nothing more was said until their
pipes were going in unison.
How long have you been down
here?" asked Mahk-so.
-Four sleeps"
"Why didn't hear about you at
the settlement
II leave my place at night NUT
tered Sammattoo. Il ride through
the settlement at night, and not spik
to any Of the boys"
"Why all this secrecy?"
The people laugh at me-" growled
Sammattoo, miserably. '"They say
Sammattoo is crazy. over woman.
JUS lax white man. He max
eight days ride to see a woman, the
fool! We have plenty women here.
good workers: what does he want?"
Mahk-so nodded understandings.
ME, l not the same lax those fell
las" Sammattoo went on. mot any
woman that works good is all the
same to me. do not want a worker
! want only one woman"
"Amlan Toma?" suggested Mahk-
So.
Sammattoo nodded. The bonds of
his speech were loosened now! "She
is not a good worker. they say! She
want too much dress up fine, and
dance and sing. don't care: If I
am fool 1 am fool. l want Amlan.
I see her always when she is not
there; in the tepee fire. in the lake
when ! fish, and in the stars when I
lie out l will have no woman but
Amlan."
go and get her." cried Mahk-so.
What for do you sit here like
bear in his winter sleep?"
Sammattoo relapsed into sullen ST.
lence.
won't she have you?" Mahk-so de-
manded to know. -.
when l come here she is glad,"
said Sammattoo. IL say, Marry me.
Amlan, and come live in my lodge
She say Yes, all right wait four
days and the priest comes to bap-
tize the babies this year. and we will
be married. Today the priest comes.
She say, No, ] not want marry you
now. Go back home, you"
Just like a woman!" commented
Mahk-so sagely. whats the matter
with her?'
There is a white man come" NUT
tered Sammattoo. scowling. She
lady"
Evening star., 1919-10-05

pretext in order to give another Joy.
linen he heaved huge sigh. The
beginning of a sob. a sort Of groan,
escaped from his throat.
Mechanically he went to the man
telpiece and picked up the pearl pin.
He turned it over in his fingers and
contemplated it without knowing ex-
actly what he was doing, with
wandering glance and a nervous ges-
ture, merely to distract himself from
his own torment. BY dint of looking
at 1t he finished by really seeing it,
then by distinguishing it's aspect,
form and quality. and then by identi-
flying it.
1t was one of his betrothal gifts.
He had bought this pearl because
Nine. Arbot-that first name of his
wife, by the power of resurrection
which certain words, certain airs and
certain odors have, revived in his
memory the whole epoch of his love-
because Nine. Arbot owned one al
ready, the gift of her first husband,
and wanted to have a mate to it.
This pearl he recognized we'll. 1t
was his. And suddenly he asked
himself why Nine. Serquet had sre-
Trained from selling the other one.
His glance, no longer clouded, fell
upon his wife. She calmly continued
her work. And now he noticed with
inquietude the indifference toward
him, of which she had just given
proof. He observed her, as he had
observed the pearl just now, no long
er in eif-deceived manner, through
the fog of his own regrets, but clear
ly. in hard reality, without losing a
detail of her movements and their
significance.
transformation had suddenly oc-
CURED; he had before him an image.
sharply detached, almost too exact
and ever brutaf-an image which ami
mated an automatic mechanism
whose very gestures he could tell in
advance. As Nine. SerQuet drew her
Jewels from the box he knew al
ready which she eventually would put
back again. He knew that she would
choose to keep the gifts Of jacques
Arbot. Instinctively she disposed of
the others. as II a stranger had given
them to her.
So he knew q secret which she had
never revealed to him: and, choking
under its ruins every other source of
misery. an Illusion crumbled which
he had cherished all through his mar
ried life. &
Evening star., 1919-10-05
TRANSLATED BY WILLIAM L. MCPHERSON.
IH ELL % asked l1 Nine Ser Ser
her husband had closed

her husband had closed
the door.
She read on M. Serquet's drawn and
harried face that the answer would
be unfavorable.
We'll? Could you get nothing?"
A brief silence followed-the time
1t takes hope to fall and shatter.
!''Nething. Daubert refused. Oh!
very politely. He has no fund avail
able"
Nine. serauet's'eyes flashed ironical-
ly. Friends! Can one never count
ON them! Then, coldly. realizing the
uselessness OF 'recrimination, she in
Quired:
"What next?
'There Is only one other solution,
my poor Helene. We must sell your
jewels"
She had, expected that. On several
occasions, already, she had envisag ged
such possibility: and now in fact.
There was no other way out. Within
three days 1t would be necessary for
them to pay some urgent debts For
months, since the failure of the Bank
OF Gevre. they had fought for time
and to save appearances, at least.
But in the immediate future there
could be no more. delays. 1t was
obligatory for them to liquidate the
past. And thereafter they would
have to live somehow.
Resigned to- the inevitable, Nine.
a4rQuet opened drawer, from which
she took box. Her husband fol-
lowed her with his eyes. distressed to
impose on her this deprivation-hu-
Initiated to be reduced to such an ex- :
pedient.
II would have preferred some other
way" he began, in a pitiful tone.
She stopped him, very brusquely,
very resolutely:
my dear. don't let us talk that
way. Let US look things in the face"
In the household she always had
shown the greater decision. She had
never allowed herself to be intimi-
dated by life, whose painful demands
she had already experienced when,
~ the widow OF Jacques ABBOT. her
4rst husband. she had found herself
alone, struggling with the difiiculties
Of . contested inheritance and op-
tosing her patience. her sang froid
ana her will to tho tricks Of lawyers.
Let us choose some things out Of
4 -'- -''-.. -. '-'' .-i.----..
Evening star., 1919-10-05
TRANSACTIONS
What white man?"

What white man"
"He stranger from outside. He got
horses, wagons. plenty big outfit. He
Is camp in the hay meadow by Mus
quasepi half a mile. II 1t was one
of my people j know what to do. me.
] run him quick" He looked away
with scowlng eyes full of pain and
helplessness. Il can't fight a white
man. Him think him better than me.
Him get police. Him got the whole
damn country now!'
Him. said Mahk- so with his most
Evening star., 1919-10-05

too had got down there without his
having heard of 1t at Fort Goussard.
Sammattoo displayed little joy in
his greeting. Mahk-so let that go for
the present. Knowing the people, he
did not blurt out his questions upon
landing. but was careful to make all
the polite inquiries that custom or
dains in the north. He and Sammat-
too were tried friends They We're of
the same age. Mahk-so respecte ed
Sammattoo because, for one thing, he
was the only redskin he knew who
washed himself regularly. A lot is
implied in that. Sammattoo. as the
possession of surname warranted,
boasted white ancestor a good way
back. He had retained other char
acteristics Of white blood.
Il had some SAIL Sammattoo," said
Mahk-so, cheerfully. He swung his
cramped arms vigorously.
you moch fool to go on the lake
by that yourself" said Sammattoo,
morosely.
Mahk-so laughed. Guess l was
born to be hanged" he said.
Mahk-so sat down and deliberately
filled his pipe. purposely keeping
silent to force the other to speak.
At last Sammattoo muttered:
Where you go?'
ITO the landing to see the boys
and hear the news. Come along with
me. Wen have a time"
Sammattoo shook his head. Il go
back" he said heavily.
where's your boat?' asked Mahk-
SO.
II ride by the Shore" said Sammat-
Once more Mahk-so kept silent,
hoping for condolences. but Sammat-
too was inexorably sullen.
you have forgotten" said Mahk-
so, meaningly.
Il forgot nothing" said Sammat-
too.
"You swore l was your brother"
said Mahk-so. "And now you show
me the face of an enemy. Very wen.
I'll be getting on" He made feint
of returning to his boat.
A spark of feeling shone in the
young redskins sullen eyes. "Mahk-
So" he muttered, don't go. 1 want
talk to you. l can't talk. 1 am froze
inside. My head is full of ice"
Mahk-so came back and sat down.
He offered his tobacco pouch. Fill
up," he said brusquely.
Evening star., 1919-10-05
MERE was no York boat at the
head of the lake when Mahk-
80 was ready to continue his

f0+. HedO VI the ldKe Wuen MINK
80 was ready to continue his
~ journey, 80 he bought little
ekiH and embarked alone. 1t was of
primitive construction. merely & few
rough-sawn planks nailed together.
She result about as seaworthy as the
bowl In which the wise men of
Gotham put to sea. Mahk- so christen-
ca 1t the Acorn from it's shape. For
three days he padded down the lake
In "dish-calm"; on the fourth, be-
coming impatient with his slow means
OF locomotion. he contrived mast and
sail out of poplar pole and a tar
paulin. He had no sooner put out un-
der this gear than whole gale bore
cut Of the west upon him. He could
not take reef or let his sail down. he
could not run ashore; there was moth
ing for It but to let her drive before
1T like leaf on the bald headed
prairie.
1t was roaring ride. How the
crazy little craft managed to hang
together and to keep on top of the
waves Mahk-so never could have ex-
planned. But at least he covered the
rest OF the way In surprising time.
The distant shore rose up out of the
water like magic. Then there devel-
acped the problem Of how to stop his
nying machine. The breakers were
pihng up on the sand in ugly lines of
white, and there was no sign of the
opening of the river. But the gods
were always good to Mahk-so. While
Ne was still looking for the river the
low points of sand few by on either
hand. he pounded over the bar and
found himself inside. Sweeping around
point he fioated in quiet water, and,
drawing long breath. looked about
to see II there were any of his friends
IN sight
There are none but redskins at this
end Of the lake. The tepees were hid
den from him by the willows that
lined the banks, but he saw a single
hgure squatting on the shore, arms
around knees and head sunk on
breast. Mahk-so was surprised. for
solitary brooding is not character
isttc OF the redskin. at least not of
tho modern kind. He was still more
surprised. on coming closer, to rec
ognize Sammattoo Mckenzie. who be-
longed at Ostachegan creek, nearly
800 miles northwest. Mahk-so was
unable to understand how Sammat-
Evening star., 1919-10-05
THE, CHOICE
BY DOMINIQUE SYLVAlRE

The jewels lay mixed together
against the blue velvet of two large
cases. Rings, collars, chainss brace
lets-evidences of fortune formerly
onsiderable-had been tossed there,
in disorder. on returning from some
entertainment or on the eve Of some
journey. They preserved, scattered
thus. the negligent grace of the ges-
ture with which their owner had de-
tached them.
Here are my pearls" said Nine.
Serquet.
She owned two, of equal beauty,
them TRANQUILITY. showing in her face
no regret at parting with them. Put
ting one on the mantelpiece, she said:
let us begin with this"
Calculating with the precision Of a
dealer, she added:
1T is worth today 10000 francs"
Then she proceeded to divide her
Jewels into two lots-the first des-
tined to be sold Immediately, the Sec
ond to be held till later. when neces-
sity should oblige her to raise fresh
sums She worked with complete as
surance, asking no advice, putting
aside. one by one, all the pieces which
she wished to keep, guided in her
choice by a sure instinct. And each
time she made, out loud, an appraise-
ment of the object, brief and lucid,
Nike that of an expert at his testing
table:
1.-TWO thousand eight hundred. Three
thousand three hundred
The figures as she announced them
conveyed no note of melancholy.
They sounded no knell like that
which accompanies the departure for
ever Of long-treasured things or
marks the passage by way Of the
auction block of some cherished cell
lection. Nine. Serquet acted as IL she
were merely another's agent.
But he. crumpled up in a chair, suf-
fered distress which, left him
speechless. Those jewels there
were they not the landmarks of their
happiness? Didn't q shred of their
past cling to each one? He looked at
them vaguely, occupied in recalling
under what circumstances he had pre-
scented them to her. thinking Of the
anniversaries and the fetes which
these gifts recalled. He was espe-
cially moved when they recalled a
special. obscure occasion-a day when
he had loved her more than ever, one
Of those moments of tenderness in
which the heart has no need Of a
Evening star., 1919-10-05


head. this is my mark. / says, and
here l squats."
"A likely place, all right" said
Mahk-so, "but-'' Ha paused sug-
gestively.
But what?" CLANCY demanded to
know.
"Of course, every place has some
drawbacks" Mahk-so said with pro-
voking evasiveness.
What are you gittin' at?"
Haven't you wondered why no.
body else has taken this place. right
here on the river with everybody go
ing up and down"
A look of anxiety appeared in Chan
cy's little blue eyes. Cant say as ]
have. What's the matter with it?"
Nothing to man like you, of
course"
"Onhealthy?"
Yes" said Mahk so, promptly. with
meaning look that caused the other
to pale a little.
How onhealthy" he demanded to
know.
Unhealthy for white men," said
Mahk-so. quietly
Chancy exploded in boisterous
laugh. which. however. did not ring
very merrily. Huh! the niggers!" he
cried scornfully. "They fall all over
themselves il you holler at EN-"
Sure. they'd never feaze man
like YOU" said Mahk-so. II only
wanted to warn you in case you
dndn't know what you were up
against"
CLANCY could no longer conceal his
growing agitation. What am up
against? he said. Everybody told
me they're as tame as sheep"
so they are" said Mahk-so. when
there are enough white men together
in place to keep them down. But
white man alone among 'em-well,
we don't like to talk about that up
here. Specially the natives down at
this end Of the lake have bad name.
They say they watch the river for
single travellers Nothing was ever
proved on 'em, Of course, but there's
more than one fellow started up this
way from the landing and never
heard OF again. They say they have
couple of mighty good -loolsing girls
they send out for decoys"
Chancy's cheeks slowly turned
gray under a network Of little purple
veins. "Wh-where's the mounted po-
lice?" he stammered.
What can they do?" said Mahk-so.
! III 1T was one OF us, now. maybe
they could prove something. But
these redskins are too sly for that;
they pick on strangers. Nobody
knows you or where you are going.
or anything. If you were to wake up
missing tomorrow who would know?"
CLANCY looked about him with
CHASTITY attempt to seem uncon-
cerned. "Tisn't such a much Of a
place, nohow." he said.
Mahk-so chuckled inwardly. Aloud
he said. very off-hand: ''Of course.
you can't believe all you hear; but
fellow up at the settlement told me
breed told him he was at tea dance
down here once where they showed q
fresh scalp. Yes, sir--yellow hair"
Evening star., 1919-10-05

casual air. "1ll have to look into this
for you"
Mahk-so dropped own-stream to
the place indicated by Sammattoo as
the camp of his rival Landing and
climbing the bank. he took rapid
mental inventory of what was before
him; two wagons, eight horses a tent,
dog, breed boy, and. finally.
huge blond. purplecheeked young
man. sitting before the tent mending
boot. The man jumped up and hur-
ried toward him.
Hello. partner" he bawled. 81 sure
am glad to see you! Amt talked to a
man in week. Come OH in and stop
awhile"
Mahk-so detected noise. buster and
effusiveness. Up north they do not
clap man on the back until they
have taken his measure. On the 9TH
er hand the job he had undertaken
promised to be easy with material as
soft as this to work in. He swallowed
his distaste with good grace.
Looking about to locate?" he asked,
agreeably.
Don't want to look for nothin' bet
ter than this right here roared the
settler.
They exchanged names The new
conner was Ned CLANCY. He was as
burly, strong and thick headed as a
young OK. handsome animal in his
way. but with a dull eye and loose
jowl. Born to be some woman's
slave" Mahk-so reflected.
you'll have something with me-" he
said with an elephantine leer.
While he went in to get the some
thing" Mahk so took further stock Of
his outfit. The two wagons had no.
been unloaded. They were piled high
with the useless things the average
immigrant brings in, such as an iron
bedstead. parlor table, a harmonium
and innumerable boxes Of Canned
stun The horses Were in good
shape. Mahk-so considered what
great wealth this must represent to
an Indian, the possessions of whose
entire family are contained in a dug
out. and blamed Sammattoo's girl less.
Mahk-so slipped the fiery contraband
spirit and covertly spilled most of 1t
on the ground. His host became
hoastful and communicative. Mahk-
SO drew him out. watching him wari-
". and forming his own conclusions.
These ox-like men are frequently as
timorous as mice. Mahk-so decided
that the way to work on this man
was through his fears.
CLANCY when he came to the end of
Ills story Immediately began 1t again.
"Yes, SIR" he roared, "the civilized
parts Is too narrer for a man like
me! A mans got to have room, a
man has. So sells out down in Ioway
and hits north. I'm one Of these free,
natural kind of fellas. I'll show 'em
how to raise horses and stock. I says
and make my little pile doin' 1t. When
! comes to this natural meadow by
the river. all SO level and clean, and
wild grass enough TO feed q thousand
The Holt County sentinel., 1919-01-03
Could Save 100000 Lives.

II believe We could easily save one
hundred thousand lives annually In
tic United States II all the people
would nhopi the system Of fresh air
living followed, for example, In iuber.
cnlosls sanatorln. There Is nothing
mysterious about tho specific mcdi.
cine, no vaccine, The important thin.
Is right living, good food nnd plenty of
fresh air.
The Holt County sentinel., 1919-01-03

--Johnson's Freeze Proof will pre-
vent Frozen Radiators--will not rust
will not eyaporate-will not corrode
metal or rubber--0ne application suf-
ficient for a winter. Sold under guar
anteet by Cook 4 Foster, Oregon:
Misses Mabel Elder and Hazel
Smith, Of Mound City, were guests at
the Tom Clark home q few days the
past week.
Roy Campbell and wife, and all
the little "camels," are here from
Holyoke, Colorado, to enjoy q visit
with Pa and Ma Lin Carroll. y.
-Lost-A chain from . Dodge Car.
about two miles north Of Oregon.
Finder please leave at the Sentinel
office. ~ -
w. c. Proud, n. D., Eye, Ear.
Throat and Nose Specialist O@ics,
'faysieiaas--aad eurgssnf Duildin9,
It'll snd Francis Sta st. JesssA. No.
The Holt County sentinel., 1919-01-03
COMING BACK HOME.

Doyle Littcl, Of Maitland, n gunner
and diver In the Navy who has been
stationed ut Washington, ID. c., has
been discharged, and after a visit ut
home. has got his job back--shipping
clerk with the Navc-McCord Company,
Of st. Joseph.
Harry Allen. Of Corning. in training
nj Camp Macarthur. has got his dis
charge and Is back home.
Owen Buterick. Of Bigclow, who has
been In the officers training camp at
Camp Grant. Ills, Is discharged.
Paul Adams, Bigclow. discharged,
In training ut Camp Funston.
Ohio Hinklc, Bigclow, Camp Grant,
officers training camp. IL discharged.
hen Fell, Mound City, from Waco,
Texas.
Harry and Joseph Thomas, Mound
City, from Tarkio, 5. A. 7. G.
Clarence Carmichael, Noun City,
s. A. 7. C., ut Tarkio.
Emmett ellis. Mound City, S. A.
7. C., ut Tarkio.
Geo. Kruzor, Craig; S. a. 7. C., ut
Tarkio.
Jno. Davis, Craig; S. A. T. G., at
Tarkio.
David Browning, Craig; S. A. 7. C.,
ut Tarkio.
J. T.. Morris, Of Craig, Of the mir
service In France, " home, having
been discharged, and saw much serv-
ice.
Fred Cook, who has been in the
service in the quartermastcr's depart
The Holt County sentinel., 1919-01-03
Farm Bureau Notes.
W. c. Swarner, County Agent,

There Is no reason why several
farmers Of Holt county should not
enter exhibits in the Annual State
Corn and Grain Show and carry away
premiums. The show will be held
during Farmers Week ut Columbia.
Mo-. January 20-24, 1919.
You think that, owing to the dam
age by the hot winds, your corn Is not
good enough TO exhibit. Well. the
other fellows have had no better
chance than YOU to raise showroom.
As a matter Of fact, some farmers OF
conditions for producing showroom
state.
There are three general classes Of
premiums, namely: u Professional;
~ Amateur; (3) Boys Class. Tho
professional class Is open TO everyone
IN the state. Anyone winning a
championship or swecpstakc ribbon in
the last four shows will not be per.
mitted 70 compete in the Amateur
Class. The Boys Class Is open 70
every boy In the state not less than
10 nor more than ~ years old. All
corn and grain exhibited must have
ss'H kIoWu ny NUt III MIS-
souri,. during 1918.
The premiums vary from 81 10 SIS
for the ten ear exhibits and from 81 TO
$3.50 for the one ear exhibits. There
are other premiums for special
classes. The first premium for the
best peck Of oats, wheat. etc. l.,
$3.50. The first premium In the Boys
Corn Judging contest is $1,000.
The state Is divided ir.o two sec.
tions, north an dsouth. by the Mis-
souri, River, from the Mississippi
westward TO Saline county. and then
by the southern boundaries of Saline,
Lafayette. and jackson counties.
There will be Amateur and Boys
Glasses Tor each section OF the state.
And there will be classes for white
and yellow corn In each general class.
Only members Of the Missouri Corn
Growers Association in good standing
shall compete for prizes In the mems
classes. The membership fee is>onr
dollar. Blanks for application for
mem bership may be received from the
county. agent. Mound City, Mo-, or
j. G. Hackleman, secretary Of the Az
sociation, Columbia, Mo. All corn
and grain exhibited must have been
grown by the exhibitor in Missouri,
In 1918.
All exhibits must be delivered to
the secretary with carriage prepaid
1910.
For further particulars concerning
the show write or call on the County
Agent. He has a supply Of premium
lists and Will be glad to assist anyone
fraa nf ahnVDn In. SaIa.t.,,.. r..