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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01

old Indians face as he denvereS LIN
self OF an oraeular grunt.
"White man? No. Indian? MOI
Coyotel'
Though he suspected Maldonad0
would lie on principle. though it might
be that two-thirds of his glib tissue
were false, yet a thread of truth CO.
incident with the others, Brandon and
Hamlin and Cor'nel, might be pulled
out of his romantic fabric.
"When the waters of the ella run
red look out for troubleI" He doubt
cd that they ever ran red. He would
ask Cor'nel. He had also spoken OF
cycle, known to Indians, of hum
dredth year, when the Dragon grows
restless; this he had declared was a
hundreath year.
Following his talk with Maldonado
and the accidental happy chance meet
ing with Coronel at the Crossing Rick
ard had written his first report to Tod
Marshall. Before he had come to the
Heading he had expected 20 advise
against the completion of the wooden
headgate at the Crossing. Hamlin
had given him new viewpoint. There
was fighting chance. And he wanted
such a bad ideal He picked up his
hat, and went out.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01

confirmed their portents while they sat
together under his oleander, famous
throughout that section of the coun-
try. And powerfully had Cor'nel, the
Indian who had piloted Estrada's party
across the desert, whom Rickard had
met at the Crossing, deeply had he i'm
pressed him. The river grew into a
malevolent, mocking personality; he
could see it dragon Of yellow waters,
dragging its slow, sluggish length
across the baked desert sands; deceiv-
ing men by its inertness; Turing the
explorer by mild mood to rise sud-
denly with its wild fellow, the GiIa,
sending boat and boatmen to their
swift doom.
Rickard was thinking Of the half
breed, Maldonado. as he inspected the
new stretch of levee between the
towns. He had heard from others be-
sides Estrada Of the river knowledge
of this descendant of trapper and
squaw, and had thought 1t worth while
to ride the twenty miles from down
the river to talk with him. The mans
suayity, his narrow slits of eyes. the
lips thin and facile, deep lines of cru.
city falling from them. had repelled
his visitor. The mystery of the place
followed him. Why the 'dobe wall
which completely surrounded the
small. low dwellings? Why the eau.
tious admlttance the atmosphere OF
suspicionf Rickard had seen the wife
a frightened shadow of a woman; had
seen her finch when the brute called
for her. He had questioned Cor'nel
about the half-breed. He was remem
bering the wrinkles Of ccr.t--..... -. =. sll
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01

A new gown would appear tonight,
made secretly. An exquisite meal,
and no one must comment on its elab-
grafton. Twice Tom and she had
been asked to take their lunch at the
hotel. Because of headache" A
headachel
Toms wife could not even shop
openly Bundles had always the air
Of mystery never opened before Tom
or herself. She must have yards of
stuff laid away, kept for sudden emer-
gencies.
"She can't help it. It's her DISPOSE
tion. She can't help being secretive.
Look at your face, Innes Hardin I"
What was IL to her, the pettiness of
woman whom an accident of life had
swept upon the beach beside her?
Gerty was not her kind, not the sort
she would pick out for friend. She
was an oriental, one of the harem
women, whose business 1t Is in life to
please one man, to keep his home soft,
his comforts ready, keep him con-
vinced, moreover, that 1t is the desire
Of his life to support her. Herself dis
satisfied, often rebellious, staying by
him for self-interest, not for love--ah,
that was her impeachment. "Not low
ing"
Soberly she covered her plain bras
siere with a white waist of cotton
ducking, A red leather belt and Grim
son tie she added self-consciously.
"Where Is my bloodstone pin?'
Hadn't she spent an hour at least
matching that particular leather belt?
But he was a man, in battle. The
headgate held up; it was too bad.
Silent, Bodefeldt, Wooster Grant all
Of them fighting mad because Of the
deadlock at the Heading All up in
arms, at last, against Marshall, be-
cause of this cruel cut to their hero,
Hardin. Her eyes glowed like yellow
lamps as she recalled their fervid par
tisanshlp.
"Only one man who can save the
! valley, and that's Tom Hardin" W0os-
ter had said that; but they all be-
lieved 1t. The loyalty Of the force
made her ashamed Of her soft woman
fears. For there were times when
she questioned her brothers ability.
He had a large, loose way of handling
things. He was too optimistic. But
those men, those engineers must know
1t was probably the mans way OF
sweeping ahead, ignoring detail The
verdict Of those field-trled men told
her that the other, the careful, plan.
ming way, was the Office method Rick
ard. as a dinner neighbor, she had
found interesting; but for great I'M
dertaklngs a man who would let q
Gerty Holmes jilt him, ruin his life
for him The whole story sprang al
last clear from the dropped innuendos
She adjusted a barrette in hel
smoothly brushed hair Slowly she
walked over to the neighboring tent
Gerty frowned at the white duck
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01
CHAPTER XIII.
The wronq Man.

Mrs. Hardin heard from every
source but the right one that Rickard
had returned. Each time her tele-
phone rang, it was his voice she ex-
pected to hear. She began to read a
meaning into his silence. She could
think of nothing else than the strange
coincidence that had brought their
lives again close. Or was it coinci-
dence? That idea sent her thoughts
far afield.
She was thinking too much OF him,
for peace of mind, those days Of wait
ing, but the return of the old lover
had made a wonderful break in her
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01

"You might at least have worn your
bluew
"You're elegant enough for the two
of us. Isn't that something newT'
Gerty said carelessly that she had
had II for long time For she had
had the material long timei It
wasn't necessary to explain to her
husbands sister that 1t had been
made up that week. She hoped that
she didn't look 'fussed up" Would
Mr.. Rickard think she was attaching
any Importance TO the simple little
visit7 For it was nothing to him. of
course. A man of his standing, whom
the great Tod Marshall ranked so
high, probably dined out several times
each week, with white-capped maids
and candelabrai If Tom had only
made the most of his opportunities.
What a gamble. life to womanl
She made a trip into her bedroom
and took reassuring survey In her
mirror The lingerie frock would look
simple to a man who would never
suspect II of handmade dupllcity.
Her glass declared the hand-whipped
medalllons enana. a.-s = 49, -----
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01

Of the hands. chafe as he might at
the situation, it was to be guerrilla
warfare. Not fight in the open. he
knew how to meet that. but that baf-
fling resistance, the polite silence of
the office when he entered-"Well.
they'll be doing my way pretty soon,
or my name isn't Rickard. That's
nat"
He was fretting to be at work, to
start the wheels Of the o. p. its vast
machinery toward his problem. He
knew that that organization, like we'll
drilled militia, was ready for his call.
The call Jagged. not that he did not
need men, but there was no place
ready for them. The camp. that was
another rub. There was no camp 1t
was not equipped for sudden infla-
tion of men. The ineficfeney of the
projectors of this desert scheme had
never seemed so criminal as when he
had surveyed the equipment at the in
take. "Get ready first; your tools,
your stoves, your beds" That was the
training of the good executive, OF men
like Marshall and MacLean. Nothing
to be left to chance; to foresee emer.
gencies, not to be taken by them un-
aware. The reason Of Hardin's down.
fall was his slipshod habits. How could
he be a good officer who had never
drilled as a soldier? There was the
gap at the intake, Hardn's grotesque
folly, widened from one hundred feet
TO ten times the original cut; widening
every day, with neither equipment nor
camp adequate to push through work
Of half the original magnitude. Cut
ting away, moreover, was the island,
Disaster island it had received apt
christening by the engineers, its bap-
tismal water the Colorado. The last
floods had played with it as though it
were bar of sugar. There was no
rock at hand; no rock on the way, no
rock ordered. Could anyone piece to-
gether such recklessness?
Rickard knew where he would get
his rock. Already he had requisitioned
the entire output Of the Tacna and
Patagonia quarries. He had ordered
steam shovels to be installed at the
quarry back of old Hamlin's. That
rock pit would be his first crutch, and
the gravel bed-that was find! As
he paced the levee west of the towns,
he was planning his campaign. Por-
ter was securing Zacatecas for men
he himself had offered, as bait, free
transportation; the o. p. he knew
would back him. He was going to
throw out spur-track from the Head.
ing, touching at the quarry and gravel
pit, on to the main road at Yuma,
Double track most of the way; sidings
every three miles. Rock must be
rushed; the trains must be pushed
through. He itched to begin. 1t never
occurred to him that, like Hardin, he
might fail.
"Though it's no pink tea," he told
himself, 'its no picnic" At Tucson
he knew that the situation was o
grave one, but his talk with Brandon
who knew his river as does good In
dian, made the year a significant
eventful one. Matt Hamlin, too, whose
shrewd eyes had grown river-wise, he
too, had had tales to tell Of the tricky
river. Maldonado, the half-breed, had
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01
CHAPTER XII.
The Fiohtinu Chance.

"Casey's back, spying!" announced
Wooster at mess one evening. BY that
time the feeling against "Marshalrs
man" was ACTIVELY hostile. There had
been smudgc Of slumberlng fires be-
fore Richard had left the towns.
Famed by much talk during his alb
sence, 1t had burst into active blaze.
They were ready to show their resent
ment against the man who had sup
planted Hardin. their Napoleon, IL 1t
cost them their places. BY this time
the cause of the desert was as COM
sclllna Il ihese hardx soldiers were
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01

She had already settled o. the archi-
tectl
"Are you going to Los Angeles
soon?" She heard the new manager
address his host.
'Tm taking orders."
There was another awkward mo-
ment when Hardin pushed back his
plate declaring he had reached his
limit; it was too big 4 spread fof him I
1t was the stupid rudeness Of the
small bad boy; even Innes flushed for
her sister-inJaw.
With resolution Gerty assumed con-
troll of the conversation. Her role
sounded casual; NO one could have
suspected 1t of frequent rehearsal.
They must not talk of the river; that
was taboo. Railroad matters were
also excluded. Equally difficult
would be "reminiscences Of Lawrence
days. So she began brightly with a
current book. The theater proved a
safe topic. and by that natural route
they reached New York. Innes. wht,
had never been farther east than Chi
cago, was grateful to play audience.
Hardin, who knew his New York per-
haps better than either, refused to be
drawn into the gentle stream.
Things must be kept sprightly. Had
Mr.. Rickard met many of the valley
people2 And 1t was then that she
threw her bomb toward the listening
silent Hardins. She would like Mr.
Richard to meet some OF their friends
He said that he would be delighted
but that he was planning to leave
shortly for the Heading.
'Of course" She did not give hel
husband time to speak. She meant
afterwardl She was planning to give
something bit novel in his honor
She refused to see the glare from the
angry man in his outgrown dinner
coat. She did not glance toward the
sister. What did Mr.. Rickard think
about progressive ride?
ut sounds very entertaining, but
what do you do?"
There was a loud guffaw from Tom
With deepened color Gerty told hel
idea. A drive. changing partners, SC
he could meet all the guests.
Il think it will surprise you to find
so many nice people in here; it GER
tainly did me. One doesn't expect tc
find congenial people in new country
like this"
Rickard remembered that he hat
to get back to his hotel. He had let
ters to write. 1t had been splendid
dinnerl And what wonderful home
she had made out of q sand-baked lot
out Of a tent He spoke of the roses
and the morning glories. His eyes
fell on the open piano, the reading
table with the current magazines
Now he couldn't understand why they
ever went to that hotel
Gerty's eyes were shining as deeI
pools of water on which the sun plays
She looked almost infantlle as sht
stood by the two tall men, her heat
perchcd birdlike. "Good-by! and
hopo you'll come again!"
or course he'd come again!
sand you will let me know wher
you return, so that | may set the date
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-14

The McCashland-Shank mily re-
union will be held Sunday at Glen
Miller park. A picnic dinner will be
served at noon. All relatives are In
vited to attend.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-14

Mrs. Willard Warfel was hostess for
a meeting of the Penny club yesterday
afternoon at her home on South Tenth
street. Following the business meet
ing, Miss Glenna Miller enterta ined
the women with readings and violin
selections, her mother playing her &C
compartments. A two course lunch
con was served. The club will meet
in two weeks with Mrs. r. J. Wigmore
at her home on Ridge street.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-14
Cocoanut Oil Fine
For Washing Hair

If you want to keep your hair in
good condition, be careful what you
wash it with
Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali. This dries
the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and
is very harmful Just plain mulsiied
cocoanut oil (Which is pure and entire
ly greaseless), is much better than the
most expensive soap or anything else
you can use for shampooing, as this
can't possibly iniure the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with wa
ter and rub it in. One or two tea
spoonfuls will make an abundance OF
rich, creamy lather, and cleanses the
hair and scalp thoroughly. The lather
rinses out easily, and removes every
particle Of dust. dirt, dandruff and ex
cessive Oil. The hair dries quickly
and evenly, and it leaves 1t fine and
silky, bright, fluffy and easy to man
age.
You can get mulsifed cocoanut oil
at most any drug store. 1t Is cheap
| and few ounces Is enough to last
| everyone in the family for months
| Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-14
Discolored or Spotted
Skin Easily Peeled Off

The freckling, discoloring or rough
ening to which most skins are sub
ject at this season, may be readily got
ten rid of. Ordinary mercoliZed wax,
spread lightly over he>face before re-
firing and removed in the mornin e
with soap and water, completely peels
off the disfigured skin. You need not
get more than an ounce of the wax
from your druggist
There's no more effective way Of
banishing tan, freckles. liver spots,
moth patches, or other cutaneous de-
fects. Minute, almost invisible skin
particles come off each day, so the pro-
cess itself doesn't even temporarily
mar the complexion, and you soon &C
quire a brand new, spotless. girlishly
beautiful face.-Adv
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-14
Franchise League News

The legislatures Of Wyoming, Colo
RADIO, South Dakota, Utah, Arizona
and California, will soon meet In spe-
cial session for ratification Of the
federal amendment These are all
full suffrage states, where the political
interests Of women are Of as much
importance as those Of men.
In order to secure ratification Of the
amendment before the next general
election. special sessions of the legis-
latures Of Connecticut, Delaware, Flor
ida, Idaho, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota,
Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico,
North Carolina, North Dakota, Okla
homa, Oregon, Tennessee, Vermont,
Washington and West Virginia will
be necessary. as these states have no
regular session until 1921.
Mrs. Olive Belden Lewis has COM
pleted the organization Of new Fran
chise league at Danville, Ind. The
high standing Of the following officers,
who were elected, bespeaks success
for the new league: President, Mrs.
w. A. King; first vice president, Mrs.
J. w, thompson; second vice presi-
dent, Mrs Alvin Hall; secretary, Miss
Elsie McLane; treasurer, Mrs. John
Taylor Mrs. Joseph Feree, of Dan
vile, will continue in the office OF
Hendricks county chairman.
The citizenship Schools" planned
for by the Franchise league when
Governor Goodrich had promised to
call special session Of the legislature
for this month or next, will proceed
with their work, Notwithstanding the
goernors change of plans.
The indianapolis league will hold a
citizenship school during the latter
part of September. Mrs. Walter
Greenough will be general chairman,
acting in conjunction with Miss Sara
Lauter, president of the indianapolis
league. Leagues from all parts OF the
state will send Representatives to this
school, in order that they may fit
themselves to take up similar work in
various parts of the state. A sort OF
normal course will be given, and the
women taught ward and precinct Or
ganization,. parliamentary law, meth
DDS of voting, etc. Special accommo-
dations will be arranged in Indiana
polls for the women attending the
school who have no place to visit
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-14

came with baskets of lunch. The even
ing was spent in playing euchre at
five tables, the favors going to Mrs.
Howard Geier and Mrs. Joseph Stole.
Late in the evening an elaborate pic
mic supper was served. The guests
wer Mr.. and Mrs. Siekman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Leo Weiss, Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Stole, Mr.. and Mrs Howard
Geier, Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Stauber
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Beckshult, Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Morrell, Mr. and Mrs
Henry Farwig. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard
Sostmeyer, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ayers
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Calling,
Mrs. Peter Geier, Mrs Anna Weiss
Mrs. Martha Torbeck, and Miss Nora
Robe.
The Ben Hur lodge will meet this
evening at 8 o'clock in Vaughn hall
Following the regular meeting a dance
will be given for members and their
friends. Special music will be provid
ed for the dance.
Paul Price will leave in a few weeks
for Los Angeles, Cal, to join his wife
and little daughter in visit with Mrs
Prices mother, Mrs. -Ahce Eliason
Mr.. and Mrs. Price and daughter will
return in September.
The jolly Twelve club met Wednes
day afternoon with Mrs. c. A. Reigel
All members brought their needle
work. A two course luncheon was
served. The guests of the afternoon
were Mrs. Clifford Thomas, Mrs. viii
liam Gertson and her daughter Mar
guerite, all of Cincinnati. who are
the guests of Mrs. Frank Brown.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-14
GROW YOUR HAIR
Free Recipe

After being almost totally bald a
New York business man grew hair
and now has a prolific growth at age
OF 66-for which he will send the gen.
uine recipe free on request to any
man or woman who wishes to over
come candruff or gain new hair
growth His address is John H. Brit
tain. BA-747. Station F. New York,
N Y. This Is genuine.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-14

Delay in calling the legislature
means much more work for the Fran.
chise league, and the necessity OF
raising additional funds to carry on
the work. The Marion, Indianapolis
and several other leagues are prepar
ing to hold large Salvage Sales" in
the early fall, for the raising OF
funds.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-14
WOULD FIX PRICES.
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE House Of
Commons adopted an amendment to
the profiteering bill. empowering the
board Of trade to fix wholesale and
retail prices.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-14

Miss Julia C. Lathrop, director of
the federal bureau of children's re-
lief in Washington, has been asked
by the Czecho-Slovak government to
visit Europe and give advice on
child relief work Announcement of
the invitation was made recently
through cable message sent by MIR.
Herbert Hoover to Edgar Richard,
joint director of the American re-
lief administration.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-14
LET'S ARRANGE LOAN.

LET'S ARRANGE LOAN.
LONDON, Aug. IA Russian
soviet government wireless dispatch
from Moscow states that the Lettish
government has arranged loan OF
$50 900, 900 in America.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-14

while there, in order that the expense
to the women and the league may be
reduced to the minimum
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-14

Mrs. Elgin Wood and children
George and Melba Of Billings, Okla.
Mrs. Daniel Habaker of Berne, Ind.
and Mrs. Sol Mosier of Wiltshire, O..
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Chrisman at their home on Kinsey
street
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-14

Social No. of the Pythian Sisters
will meet tomorrow afternoon with
Mrs. Huber at her home, 101 North
Fourteenth street.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-08
SICKNESS WON'T COST
THE "CONSUMER" MORE

t.,D- up' There i, al least one
thing safe from ,he H. { Of J.. ior
som. time ,u Oklahoma City Accord
ina to men of the medical profession,
you may be SICK to your hearts con
tens ard w.,h 90 fear vi any further
advance m prices.
The old standard OF 81 for an Of
flee ra'l 3 ior a day residence call,
and S. for a night residence call were
abandoned some time ago, and the
standard which ha, been on force i1r
about SIX months calls for s. for an
office call 81 for a day residence call
and s. ior a night residence call.
The physicians promise, however,
that these prlceS will not he pushed
skyward for long long time. and
probably never But It IS the opinion
oi several Oklahoma City doctors that
the prevailing prices will probably re
main as they are for two or three
years. despite the decrease IN other
things Z they do decrease.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-08
FLAG PRESENTATION
TO DRAW VETERANS

Several hundred Oklahoma veterans
OF the great world war are expected
to he at the capitol tomorrow after,
noon for the lorna presentation O.,
the colors al the fighting units which
included Oklahoma men, It was said
this morning by Adjuian, General
Barrett
The presentation will he in front
Of the capitol. The colorS will be
presented hy committee Of the vet
Grams, which will act as an escort
and will he received on behalf OF the
state by Governor Robertson HE
tolor< are those OF the various units,
which have IN their rrganization 4
prcpuudcrlncc OF Oklahoma men.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-08
England Honors
Memory of Brave
Captain Fryatt

LONDON, July s-N national
tribute OF honor was paid today to
the memory of Capt Charlie, Frya't
executed by the Germans ~ l9,o ior
attempting 10 ram a U-boat, 10y a ma
tioual memorial service At ~ Paul
cathedral. The ceremonies were gen
orally a repetition OF those i'm mem.
ofy OF Miss Edith Caycll, who also
was executed by the Germans, The
clergy received the body at rhc west
door OF tine cdiicc. an orchestra
playing a funeral march as the coffin
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-08
Sheriff Arquitted OF Killing

HAITlESBURG. Miss, July 8
Sheriff \ h. l,arhi>on Of Forrest
county today was acquitted at a pre-
limlnary hearing on a charge Of kill
lng Kabcr, MrInul,. lailcr The dc
icndaut proved scli-deicu,e and was
released ou recommendation OF the
MINtlAt AltnlmeN-