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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-04-03

on the first; that he'll be free on the
second" =,
For half IN hour, I'll listen to Mrs,
Youngberg tell me how hard It Is to
have to do without servants, as she's
never done It in her life before. For
another half-mile. Mrs. Hatfield will
fiirt with me, and Mrs. Middleton will
tell me all about her dear little kid
dies Sounds cheerful. Why didn't
you choose cards? No one has to
talk then"
There was m interval when his wife
appeared to be balancing his sugges-
ton. mo. think 1t will have to be
drive; for I've told every one about
it."
SWELL" remarked her husband, II
only hope something will happen to
prevent it."
"Tom!" exclaimed Gerty Hardin.
'What dreadful thing to say. That
sounds like curse. You make my
blood run cold"
"Shu" said Hardin, picking up his
hat. '"That was no curse. You
wouldn't go If it rained, would your"
"Oh, rain:" She shrugged ut that
possibility.
swell, you wouldn't 90 IL the wind
blows!" retOrted Hardin, leaving the
room.
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Dragon Takes a Hand.

The Dragon Takes Hand.
The company's automobile honked
outside. Hardin frowned across the
table at his wife. "You're surely not
going such night us this?"
Gerty gave one of her light. elusive
shrugs. No need to answer Tom when
he was in one of his black moods.
This was the first word he had spoken
since he had entered the tent. She
had warned lines by lifted aye-
brow-they must be careful not to
provoke him. Something had gone
wrong ut the office, Of course! How
much longer could she stand his hu-
mors, these CHASTITY silent dinners?
1.-THE river on rampage. and we
go for drlve!" jeered Hardin.
The flood wns not serious-yet I
Tom loved to cry "Wolf!" No one
was alarmed in town-Patton, Mrs.
Youngberg, would have told her. OF
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course, one never knew what that
dreadful river would do next, but If
one had to wait always to see what
the rivers next prank would be, one
would never get anywhere!
lines was leaving the table. "Well,
I suppose should be lashing on my
hat" Gerty's pretty lips hardened rs
the girl left the tent. These HardIns
always loved to spoil her enjoyment.
They would like her to be u nun, u
cloistered nun!
At the opening of the door, the
wind tore the pictures from the piano.
Gerty ran into her room. shutting
herself in against further argument.
She came back into the room, pow
dered and heavily yelled against the
wind. A heavy winter ulster covered
the new null gown which she had not
worn at supper, though lines could
have helped her with the hooks! But
there was always so much talk about
everythingi
They had to face the gale as the
s"u>sAuS o"SPl OOWA luc Wluu-CEdZcu
street.
It was too bad to have a night like
thisl And all her work-Tom and
his sister would have it go for moth
ingl She was made of stubborner
stuff than that. Life had been deal
ing out mean hands to her. but she
would not drop out Of the game, &C.
knowledge herself beaten-luck would
turn, she would get better cards.
In the hall Of the Desert hotel. the
party was assembling. Mrs. Hardin's
rowing eye secured the hall. Richard
was not there. Patton called her from
the desk. Some one wanted her at
the telephone. 1t was Richard, Of
course. at the Office; to say he had
been Detained. The fear which had
been chilling her passed by.
1t was not Richard on the wire, but
Mrs. Hatfield, loquacious and coquct.
fish. She urged frightful neuralgia,
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(To BE coNTrNUED.I
Seek Truth Even In Fro,

Seek Truth Even In Error.
There Is no error 80 crooked but n
hath in II some lines Of truth. NOR
Is any poison 30 deadly that II serveth
not some wholesome use. Spurn not
seeming error, but dig below its
surface for the truth.-TuIpee.
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HARDH's Luck7 HARDLY, THINKS RICHARD, AS NE
F0REsEEs DISASTER FROM cARELEssNEss OF
HIS PREDECESSOR. ~
HIS PREDECESSOR.

synopss-K Richard engineer Of the Overland
sent by President Marshall the
In the Imperial valley task which
Desert Reclamation
ment because he knows
eastern college married Gery Holiness with
thought himself In love- At the
finds the engineers loyal Hardin
Mr. and Mrs Hardin sister lines
is bitter against Richard for suppantng dis
covers that ckard planning evee protect
him down as INCOMPETENT Gery thinks
invites Richard to dinner
is ordered nv
to take lighting chance" the
a gate to shut the break
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cNAPTER xlli.
The vNroco Man.

MA Hardin heard from every
sourcs sst the right one that Richard
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What will Riekard think when
he reaches the levee to find Har-
din gone on melodramatic, II
useful, dash up the river, leaving
the men fighting the rising river
ieaderless and dIsorpanixed7
innes grasps the situation and
jumps into the breach. Don't
miss the next instaliment
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-31

The fearful unbelief IL unbelief in
yourself.-Carlylo
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-31
Paradise.


There IS nothing that Is nearer to-
you than heaven. Paradise and hell.
into which Of them are you inclined.
and to which Of them you tend to
walk, to that In this lifetime You are
most near. You are between both; ;
and there is a birth between each OF
them. You stand IN this world BE-
tween both the gates, and you have
both the births in you. God beckons
to you in one gate, and calls you the
devil beckons you in the other gate
and calls you; with whom you 60. with
him you enter In. The devil hae
in his hand power, honoe, pleasure an4
worldly Joy. On the contrary, God
has in his hand crosses, persecution.
misery, poverty and sorrcw; but in the
root Of these Is q fire; In the fre thers
IS light, and In the light the virtue,
and in the virtue the paradise.-Jacob
Boehme.
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-31
CHAPTER TX.
Tho Key.

Stairway had already recognized the
voice coming to them family from
the far eastern end of the building
q great fear for Teresa had already
leaped out upon him, and he had
flung open the door, running toward
her rooms.
"Remernber shouted Tore after
him, "if I die"
"Gaucho, Esteban, come with me T.
called Stairway, his voice cutting
through Torres swift words. '"The
rest of you stay with your prisoners.
Do not harm them-until 1 come back.
They alone can help US save your
master and mistress. But II they try
to escape then shoot them like dogs!
And he was gone, running swiftly
through the long hall, his words
floating back across his shoulder, the
heavy boots of Gaucho and Esteban
pounding Just behind him.
Door after door he flung open as
he raced on through the darkness,
waiting for no candle. He came at
last to the broad stairway leading up
to Teresa's rooms, Gaucho and Este
ban at his heels.
Here there was light, a candle burr
Ing low upon the floor at the side OF
Petiro's couch. And Pedro
They have killed hint" It was
Gaucho's voice in a little expression
less grun:. 49,
Pedro lay upon the floor at the side
Of his couch, his body half covered
with the blankets which had fallen
with him, bis face very white, . smear
of blood oero0 tcmple and cheek
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-31
On tlse PlkA

The old national pike, that nagnif.
cent road that used to run from Mary
isnd to Illinois, witnessed some sharp
brushes Of fast driving and many an
adventure of travel. The New York
Tribune tells one story about Henry
Clay, who was sometimes called the
Father Of the Turnpike" he Wa
travelling along the pike In . coach,
when the horses ran and spilled hin
out headlong into the miry road. Ne
harm DONE" he said when the 0EivsR
rushed to pick him up. "Only q PED
mixture Of Pennsylvania saud va
Keotucky elayr
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-31
FARM LOAN FACTS.

The grand total Of loans closed by
the Federal Land bank to March 81,
1919, was $198,609,626. The total is
divided among 79,949 farmers. The
Spokane (Wash.) district shows the
largest number of successful borrow
ing farmers, the number being 11,727.
The St. Paul (Mihn.) district is next
with 1886.
The official figures also show that
since the beginning 1S5,643 farmers
have applied for loans, or more than
twice the number who have been sue
cessful in closing loans with the bank.
Would-be borrowers to the number of
63,435 were evidently turned down
by the bank and 3O,666 withdrew or
cancelled their loans after they had
been granted. The first figure would
tend to show that the bank is rigor-
GUS in applying loan rules and the
latter would support the common con-
tention that the bank is too slow in
getting money to the farmers. Part
Of the delay is due to the hostile
agencies through which the bank must
deal in such work as searching titles
and q part may we'll be due to lack OF
administrative efficiency in the bank
itself.
Compared with the mortgage loan
needs of the American farmers, the
amount put out by the farm loan bank
Is, Of course, very small indeed.
North Dakota farmers alone carry at
least 500, 600, 900 more in mortgages
than the bank has 50 Tar loaned. But
the banks competition is effecting
changes in rates and terms in favor
of the farmers throughout the nation.
As its work grows its influence on
outside loans will be even moro pro-
nounced.
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-31
Ex-senator McLaurin Tells Ct
State. Owned Cotton Ware
houses at Home.
LIKE N. D. WHEAT PLAN
Farmeas Store Coeron and Borrow
Money on Receipts-HoIdf for Bet
ter Prlcee-North Carolina,
Louisiana, Texas Adopt
Plan.

Bismarck, N. D.-Ex-senator John
[. McLaurin Of South Carolina 10 one
Of several nationally distinguished men
who came to North Dakota to aid In
defending the new industrial IegIsIa.
ton from special interest attack.
He brought with him the story Of
South Carolina's success with state
owned warehouses for cotton and the
adoption Of the system by several other
big cotton states.
The slump In cotton prices during
the first months Of the war put tho
entire South In bad shape. II was the
time Of the "buy a bale Of cotton"
movement and number Of other
quaek and semi.quack remedies for
serious market conditions which forced
the cotton grower to sacrifice his crop
In the early fall.
Then United States Senator Nc
Laurin and a few other prosresslves
worked out the state system Of cot.
ton warehousin0 to protect the grow
ers and succeeded In getting i
through the legislature.
Plan Succeeds.
State-0wned warehouses were eth.
er leased, bought or built and the
farmer was given q warehouse receipt
for his cotton. It was then expected
that the farmer could borrow the lit.
tie money he needed in the near fut
ure on this security and hold his cot.
ton for q better price. In short, It
WIS the same plan which North Da'
kota has now devised for storing and
lending on wheat.
40915-W. N. U.-Four Rardin
But the local South Carolina banks
refused to accept the receipts as Sc
curity, not because they we're not good
security but because the banks feared
to offend the middlemen and to give
aid to "socialistic" venture.
McLaurin then took a big sheaf of
this cotton paper to New York City
and came back with money at a rate
below anything the South had known.
Thus the day was saved. When the
local bankers found that New York
City financiers were willing to grab
at their hitherto exclusive territory,
they discovered that warehouse re.
ceipts were excellent security.
North Carolina, Louisiana, and Tex.
as have since adopted the state-owned
warehouse plan.
State Bank Needed.
The system, however, has not had
smooth sailing because It makes more
Independent q class of producers whom
powerful private interests have tried
to keep under their thumbs. Bankers
and insurance agents we're able to
place many obstacles in the way.
Senator McLaurin then began to ad.
vocate state banking to finance the
state-owned elevators on the princi-
ples followed In North Dakota and
state insurance. These measures have
stirred up a campaign against him sur
passing in bitterness the campaign
waged for state-owned warehouses
and his personal campaigns with
"Pitchfork" Ben Tillman for the SEN
ate seat.
He sees the need in South Carolina
of an organized farmer movement to
protect what has already been
achieved and 70 make progress posi-
hln-
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your thanks" returned Stairway.
nm waiting."

your thanks" returned Stairway. n
am waiting"
"Bucno. Now first I want you te
remember this: I am in the position
to be the key to the situation, and
you must see that. II for any reason
the vaqueros in some sudden fit OF
rage should seek to put violent end
to my gay little existence He
shrugged. 1T would be like man
in a prison cell destroying the key
to his liberty, senor."
"Go on. Needless to say I don't
understand"
"You will in a moment" He
glanced at his watch. 1T is almost
three. This you must understand: II
such a thought should come into the
vaqueros' bloody minds shall look to
you as my protector. .
"Now"-his air, his smile, his very
carriage eloquent of laughing i'm
pudence, he stepped close to the
shuttered window-"now something
is going to happen"
Suddenly his hand shot out and q
pane fell from the window, broken
into many pieces, >ttnkling upon the
carpet. Tore put his face to the
opening he had SO rudely made and
called out sharply, aloud:
"Ahora, companerosl Strike "
A revolver flashed into sight in
Stanway's hand; a revolver was in
the hand of each vaquero in the
room. The air was charged with ex-
pectancy.
"Watch him!'' called out Stairway.
"Jerk him back from the Window
While he was speaking he had
struck one of the candlesticks from
the table; Gaucho had understood
and had put out the other lights. The
room sank into swift, impenetrable
darkness. y
|. Three of the cowboys had thrown
themselves upon Tore, dragging him
back, holding his arms pinioned at
his sides. Stairway, with no minute
lost, threw open the shutters, raised
the window and peered out into the
night.
It was very still. He could see
little enough, but his straining eyes
ran back and forth along the wall OF
the house and were certain that there
were no lurking forms there. His
ears told him of the heavy breathing
of the men behind him, but brought
him no sound of men without.
"Remember. senor," called Tore,
his painting voice telling Of the treat
mept he was being accorded by men
who hungered to take justice into
their own hands. Remember about
the keyw
Stanway closed the window and the
shutters, calling to Gaucho for a
light. The flicker Of the match
showed him Tore in the grip of the
three men, his face looking a little
pale, his eyes very bright.
IF we are attacked" cried the
rancher sharply, 1T is Tore who has
given the signal. Remember he Is
not to go free,"'
Fierce fires leaped up in the sav.
age eyes OF the VaQuerOs, anu tne
big, brown, muscular hands corded
OminOusly.
A clock somewhere in the house
struck-one, two, three. Stairway
counted, every sense on the alert, his
mind expecting, his heart dreading
he knew not what.
And then came the thing he had not
looked for.
It was a scream-a Woman's
scream, rising sharp through the
sudden silence, telling Of sudden, rude
awakening. of blind, gripping terror.
"The senorlta y shouted Gaucho.
"Madre de Dlos! They are killing
the senOrita!"
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-31

Celestino, the vaquero who had spent
the night at Pedro's side, was not to
be seen. -.
T Stairway, rushing up the stairs, his
revolver In his hand, bestowed only
one look upon the unconscious Pedro
|. and rushed at the door Of Teresa's
room.
The door was locked. He called.
There was no answer. Everything
was perfectly still. He knocked at
the door loudly, calling again. And
now, when silence answered him, a
great fury swept through him, his
brain seemed to be on fire, his voice
seemed to him to come from q great
distance, as he shouted for ap ak.
The az came, but he had not waited
for 1t. A heavy chair had splintered
against the oak panels, but the panels
themselves were no obstacle to the
fury OF his attack. They burst at
last, his hand found the key in the
lock upon the other side of the door:
the door was flung open.
Nothing, nothing but emptiness and
a wild disorder which told, had le
needed the telling, of the girls alb
duction!
That cry Of hers had bespoken a
struggle. brief and ineffectual.>
And Teresa was gone with nothing
behind to show whittier.
Stanway ran through all the rooms
OF her dainty suite, calling. Silence
and emptiness were his answers. He
threw open the windows to her bal
cony.
"Horses." he shouted. "Gaucto.
run to the stables. They are taking
her across the border!"
The vaquero, too, heard the thud
of running hoofs out there in the
darkness beyond the oranges, UNDER
stood, and sped upon his errand.
'Here is poor Celestina, senor," said
Esteban. He was kneeling on the
little landing a few PAGES removed
from the spot where Pedro lay. II
think that he is dead. They have
struck him on the head. Jesus Ma
ria but it is q nasty blow, and from
behind"
Stanway scarcely heard the man.
He, was looking for ladder, seeking
to see how Teresa had been carried
from the house.
There was nothing.
He thought that there had been
many men here; that man below
had caught the girl in his arms as
she was dropped down to him; he
shuddered at the thought, and once
more was running. now down the
stairs, which he took almost at a
bound, through the dim corridors, and
toward the drawing room.
'The senorita?" several voices were
clamoring at him. "Have they
harmed her? Blood Of the Savior,
have they dared lay hand upon herr"
"She is gone," he answered crisply:
"Listen, companeros. This is the
work of Dorre yonder. You know that.
But you must not harm him-yet!
There is time. See that he does not
escape. If he does not bring the Sc
norita back to US safe, unharmed-
then we shah know what to do, shall
we not, companeros?"
They answered him by silence and
the quick turning of black, fierce eyes
upon the man who had this second
thing to answer to them for. Tore,
summoned his old bravado and the
smile which went with 1t.
Tore did not speak, but, turning
away, made a cigarette, Captain Ju-
arez, seemingly just awakened, threw
his blanket aside and sat up on his
couch, his eyes rowing from face to
face, coming to rest at last upon Tor
res as though he were awaiting
leaders move. His eyes were IA
grave as Torres, his sense of crisis
Gro BE. CONTINUED,
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-31
Total .. ..TO,O97,143 2E,562,714

To these figures which include
only the fighting forces should
be added as many more non.com-
batant men, women and children
who were victims of the fight
ing, of starvation or of starva.
tion diseases. Also practically
all the people except the favored
profiteers have felt the serious
pinch of war. No one of the
nations with these figures in
view can find any profit in war.
II we put the war question to
the people who have borne these
losses, there would never be an
other resort to arms.
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-31

The ragged farmers child hoefng
and picking cotton, the dairyman
whose family cannot afford to eat but.
ter, the carpenter who builds nests
for other birds and none for himself,
the booxkeeper who records many q
fortune for others but none Of his
own-these and many other things OF
similar kind we see in what we are
told Is the last word In civilization.
The people, however, are going to add
another word or two. To profits" !"
which is the handspring Of this pres
ent so-called civilization, they are 60
ing to add "of farmers and workers" !"
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-31
WAR COST IN LIVES

Statisticans place the number
of lives lost by the different ma
tions involved in the. world war
Just closed and the number Of
casualties at the following fig
ures:
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-31

The Irish are having . hard time.
under foreign military occupation. II
a man walks with . slouch, he IL ar.
rested for showing signs Of intoxica-
tion; II he walks sprightly and erect.
he Is arrested for drilling.
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-31

Washington authorities are stiH
worrying over the problem Of how to
give decent conditions to over 2.oo0..,
900 soldiers and sailors without im@>
proving conditions for the rest q 10,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-18

) IItngariucr IN the southeast OF the
northeast 81 the northwest Of 2S.25-
iw is shut down a. 2ig feet for 90
.n,h pipe
Garfioli on 4 refining co. No
Potter In the extreme s"uthwcs, ot
80 jW ~ dr.UIuB A. 100 feet
j j schumacher No. / seaman In
mo northeast of the northeast Of
- - 5w t~ uuicrrcamIng with the
D. 'u,b casing al S2o feet
Humphrey so. / Nrinkcr IN ihN
,'u'cr OF the southwest Of 2S-2i- -IW
b. drillluE At $50 fees
y q Jennings and oiherH no }
Elliott boo tho extreme HOuthwcs' OF
the uUrthDI.i ~ lg-1t.5 liz "A rig
Md 60 80 ~ D'Nril IN tho north
wnal ~ mi" southoast Of the south.
'pr' ot 10 'a.2' ls pumping 10 bar
uI'Is per iHy az o 900 fcef
Md go Nu. Uumfield In the
norlhWotf OF 22-aI.2w IL pumping
$50 barrels per day ~ g.013 feet
Hartman and others are fishing
Tor tools ~ az fccf In the 40 !
r'n'uu 100 mo northeast of m" north
Wtv' nf lhc auu hsist Of % I2-lw
H. buuihuc is underreaiuiug
Nl'n 90, h.inCh casing at 2.lJ0 feet
% iu' Shuup No. iu the rOulhwcs'
uf lho northeast 0f the southwest of
rare 'w Ilr viii shu' OF the water
.HuJ ur.u deeper
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-18

IN" fp~'word ~ SIucltlr'a maya
f,n" FOR March Ia IN part as follows
'lDiDo siaukcrs deserve as much
contempt Hv war slackers \ peace
r.t,h'r IL, ono who can. but Will not
produce go the extent Of his ability
liu,pusDrue+tnn problems viii vanish
~ each individual tries and Keeps ON
irving 10 use the energies ofh'H mind
and uf hIs body go as 10 make those
energies mos, productlv" Of practical
tDSults SO man ,dnnprOducC much
uulii h" learns how tu supplmcui his
own energies hy utilizing the ma
t"rlai- ana forces Of nature The
war has provided tho most striking
illustrations ~ this TACT Tho lcr
sons learned through war will bc ap.
Piled In peace. and those who apply
'h"m best viii he leaders In recon.
.suuuoiion. llul tho lessons OF tho war
cannot DO applied with the greatest
success unless our social structure In
sound \ comparatively few mnlir-
tpus men. and many consc icntiolr'
men Arc hacking at the very foundn
ton Of that structure The suhjeC,
Ire of fundamental importance
THE EDITOR"
Ana III" question ITSELF In ably dis
curscd. but should be read 10 be az.
proCtl'od.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-18
". J. LdmbcrtOn'S Death

The death Of " i IambcrIon
which occurred Yesterday ~ hI,
home on olympia street, Ja the 20.
suit Of - sudden attack or heart
failure, has caused sincere regret
among q large circle ur tri"uda who
knew him IA tho porruulGcauon OF
honor and uprlghtucts In business.
His family accompanied hy q
few Intimate friends. lott last night
for Pittsburgh for tho funeral. aud
he viii bc buried among those
whom hc loved IN the old cemetery
at Ncllcnoplr. Fuburb of Puts
burHh
Tom Wolfe. with whom he was
associated, had only left him an
hour or 40 before his death md
left him fun OF energy ana hope for
the future with no thought uf the
impending call TO the great he
vpnd Ills death has affected MI
wolfe and his other business as
socintcs as perhaps nothing else
that has come to rhcm in an the
years has ever done
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-18
Master Cnr Buiidcrs and Traffic Man.
ayers to Meet

Master car builders and traffc
managers of Tulsa and Vicinity VIII
meet iu Iho assembly room of tho
,hambcr II commerce next Monday
at = w iu discuss the present
hook or rules and 10 outline certain
change They viii also select a
committee 10 go before the Master
car Builders convention iu be held
IN A'laniI, city In June