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tree. A minute later, it was dancing
down the stream. They raised the
bank against the pressing tapping
waves. There, the tree had struck
again They ran down the levee with
their long poles. Each time that hap
pened, unless the obstruction were
swiftly dislodged, she knew it meant
an artificial fall somewhere, a quick
securing out of the channel. The men
were working like silent parts of a big
machine; the confusion of the first
night was gone. From their faces one
would not guess that their fortunes,
their homes, hung on the subduing of
that indomitable force which had not
yet known defeat, which had turned
back explorer and conquistador. All,
there was the lurking fear Of it! Vic
tory still lay to it's credit; the other
column was blank.
She saw Wooster coming toward
her. His swapping black eyes shot out
sparks of anger.
'He won't let me co."
"Who won't let your But she knew.
"Casey. Says he'll send some one
else. I said as nobody else'd make
Hardin stop. He said as that was up
to Hardin"
OF course. he wouldn't let Wooster
go!
"Orders me to bed" spat Wooster.
wonder why he didn't order Cruel,
too. It's spite, antagonism to Hardin,
that's what it isw She believed that,
too. Tom was right. Richard did take
advantage of his authority.
She did not see Richard until he
stood by her side.
I'm sorry not to spare Wooster,
Miss Hardin. But there's stiff work
ahead. He's got to be ready for call.
If Hardin insists on spelling one good
soldier, that's his affair. / can't let
him spoil two"
Wooster shrugged, and left them.
Spelling good soldiers !"
"rve taken Bodefeldt off duty. ]
told him to relieve Hardin"
Bodefeldt who blushed when anyone
looked at him! He would be about as
persuasive to Tom as a veil to des-
ert wind! She turned away, but not
before Richard saw again that trans
forming anger. Her eyes shone like
topazes In sunlight. She would not
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-08-01

went off in such hurry, guess he
told nobody" chuckled the engineer,
still glowing.
''Then I'm it," cried Innes Hardin.
"Will you take my orders, Silent"
"Sure," he chuckled again.
Through the rush of the wind and
water came the whistle of locomo-
tive.
"a special" cried Silent. Hardin's
sister and his friend looked at each
other, the same thought in mind !:
Richard, in from the Heading!
On her face Silent saw the same
spectacular impulse (which had flashed
over Hardin's features short time
before.
She put her hand on his arm. "Si-
lent, you're his friend. Straighten this
out. We can't have him come back
spying find this" She waved her
hand toward the disorganized groups.
I'D take more ORDERS" suggested
the engineer.
Then send third of them home,
tell them to come back tonight at six.
Send away the other third, tell them
to come back at noon Keep the other
shift. Say youth have coffee sent
from the hotel, tell them Hardin says
to stop wasting stuff. Tell them, oh,
tell them anything you can think of,
Silent, before he comes. I" Her break
down was girlish.
She could hear the signal of the To-
connective; coming closer. Then she
could hear the pant of the engine as
it worked up the grade. 1t was a
steady gentle climb all the way from
the junction. two hundred feet below
sealevel, to the towns resting at the
level of the sea. 1t quiekened her
thought of the power of the river.
Nothing between it and the tracks at
Salton. Nothing to stop its flow. into
that spectacular new sea whose basin
did not need drop Of the precious
misguided flow. She could hear the
bells; now the train was coming into
the station; she would not wait for
Silent. She did not want to meet
Richard.
No one saw her as she left the levee
She passed Silent, who was issuing or.
ders She heard him say. "The boss
lsays SOY
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-08-01
er was running close 10 the station

fer was running close 10 the station
house.
She saw Wooster standing near, cal
culating the distance, the time. per-
haps, before the new station would go.
She hailed Wooster. Ruin was pre-
saged In the lines of his forehead.
Pretty bad?" she cried.
He shook his head.
SIS Tom backf"
"He's over there, now. Fighting like
all possessed. He'll work till he
Drops Wooster was proud of that
method.
1--WE all know Tomw Her pride
sprang up. "But he's got to stop for
a while. I'm going up after him."
mot If my names Wooster. IN go.
He'll mind me-
She watched the flowing river, swol-
len with wreckage. She saw, with
comprehension, section of a fence (;
somebody's crop gone. There was a
railway tie, another! The river was
eating up Estrada's new roadbed? A
cry broke from her as a mesquit on
the coffee-colored tide caught on a
buried snag. The current swirled dam
gerously around 1t. Instantly, the wa
ter rose toward the top of the levee.
Men came running to pry away the
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"Who is in charge here?" woman's
voice was piercing the racket of wind
and wave
The dawn was breaking. Down the
New river he could see the wind whip
ping the water into whitecapped fury.
Vicious" he muttered. "Those heavy
waves play the Old Harry with the
leyee"
"Where is my brOther?"
miss Hardini" cried Silent.
"Where is he?" demanded Innes.
Her hair streamed away from her face.
Her cheeks were blanched. Her yellow
eyes, peering into the dusk, looked
owlish. Her wind-spanked skirts chung
to her limbs. 70 Silent she looked
boyish. as though clipped and trou-
sered. where is my brother?" she re-
peated.
Silent told her without reservations
where he had gone and why. There
was no feminine foolishness about
that sister of Hardin's. A chip of the
old block. Funny, the men all thought
of her as Hardin's daughter on ac-
count of the difference of age. As to
comrade. proudly, he Dragged of the
taking of the dynamite over that road
less waste.
"Whom did he leave in his placer
Silent knew, only, that he himself
was not in charge! Hardin had or
dered him to bed.
maybe Mr.. Estrada?" she haz-
arded. "-.
"He is not here, he went down the
road to look after the track. Hardin
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CHAPTER XVIII.
The Passing Of the Waters.


Babcock came rushing down from
Los Angeles that morning to see what
in thunder it was all about. He asked
every one he met why some one didn'
get busy and stop the cutting back OF
that river? There was no one at the
offices of the company to report to
him! Why, the building was desert
ed. Ogilvie's letters had prophesied
ruin. 1t all looked wrong to him. Go
ing on to the leyee, he met MacLean
Jr., who was coming away. The boy
told him vaguely that he would find
Richard around there, somewhere.
'I1l hunt him up for you"
"Why, they are letting it get ahead
of them!'' Babcock's manner sug-
gested that he was aggrieved that such
carelessness to his revered company
should go unpublished. Something, he
told MacLean, might have been done
before the situation got as bad as
this
His excited stride carried him
across the dividing ditch, which now
was carrying no water, into Mexicali
MacLean had to lengthen his step tt
keep pace with him. The havoc done
to the Mexican village excited Bah,
cock still more.
Estrada, just in from his submerged
tracks, was lounging against an adobe
wall. His pensive gaze was turned
upstream. The posture of exhaustion
suggested laziness to Babcock, who
was on the hunt for responsibility. He
was more than ever convinced that
the right thing was not being done.
Estrada!
Estrada took his eyes from the river
Babcock looked like swapping ter
rier taking the ditch at a bound. Mac
Lean. Jr., 1.-THE greyhound, followed.
"What the devil. are you doing to
stop this2" A nervous hand indicated
the Mexican station cleaning in it's
fresh coat of paint; to the muddy wa
ter undermining its foundation.
Estrada drew cigarette out of his
pocket; lighted it before answering.
mot a thing. What do you sug-
gest?'
A big wave struck the bank. The
car on the siding trembled.
Another wave like that and that
carll go over" cried Babcock, jump
ing, mad. "Why don't you do some
thing? Why don't you hustle-all Of
you?" He would report this incompe-
tency.
Down the stream came a mass of
debris, broken timbers, ravaged brush,
wrenched fence post. chicken coop.
A red hen, clinging to its swaying
ship. took the rapids.
"Hustle-what?" murmured Es-
trada.
Babcock glared at him, then at the
river. His eye caught the approach
ing wreckage. Men came running
with their poles. The caving bank was
too far gone. The instant the drift
ing mass struck it, there was shud-
der of falling earth, the car tOppled
toward the food waters, the waves
breaking into clouds of spray.
Human responsibility fell to cipher.
The rivers might was magnificent.
Even Babcock, come to carp, caught
the excitement. "Come, MacLean,'
he cried. Watch this! The stations
going!" He joined Estrada by the
adobe wall.
"Have a cigarette?" murmured
Eduardo.
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trust herself To- e.s
waiting for her. Riekard could h
the man repeat. "I'm sorry, Miss Ha
din. It's an outrage. That's what
is"
Queer. they couldn't see that 1t wa
Hardin's fault; Hardin who was "
the river fighting like a melodramati'
hero; fighting without caution or re
serve. demoralizing discipline; b.
couldn't help admiring the bulldog en-
ergy, himself. That was what all thes'
men adorec. He'd clenched the girl''
eyes had flashed at hint
Helloi There was a tree floating
down toward the station house.
Bring your poles!" he yelled.
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Heavy Toll Of Grain SHUTS.

It would doubtless be safe to say
that we are paying out annually as a
price for what amounts to national
negligence grain enough to fill an ele-
vator of 100000 bushels capacity.
This vast and really inexcusable toll is
exacted by preventable smuts. 1t is a
waste of sufficient wheat to supply our
allies with 100000 barrels of flour,
and oats enough to feed 100000
horses for a year. The simple and In
expensive formaldehyde treatment of
seed will save most of this loss.
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CHAPTER XVI.
Opposition.

The second night Of the flood, the
women of the towns dragged brush
and filed sacks for the men to carry.
It was past midnight when Innes Har-
din left the levee. While her feet and
fingers had toiled, her mind had been
fretting over Tom. Two nights. and
no restl 1t was told by men who came.
down the river how Hardin was hero
ically laboring. She yearned to go to
him; perhaps he would stop for few
hours to her entreaty. But an uncer-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-08-01
Finland Bonfires.

Originally the Finlanders were. fire.
wOrshipers, and to this fact, doubtless,
may be traced the custom, never neg
lected at midsummer and other sea-
sons, of lighting on the hills bonires.
around which the country folk dance,
while they join their voices in musical
chorus. At the coast this traditional
fire is often Lit upon raft some short
distance from the shore, and there the
festive throng row in a circle, singing
almost as long as the flames continue
to illuminate the somewhat weird
scene.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-08-01
By
EDNAH AIKEN
WITH HARDIN GONE, HIS AIDS Dls0RGANlzED WHAT
WILL RICHARD SAY7 iNNES ACTS TO SAVE
HER BROTHERS. FACE.
HER BROTHERS. FACE.

c. Richard of the Overland Pacific is
of the Colorado
Hardin the
Reclamation has failed Richard oesees embaras
Hardin,
college, married Gey Holiness with whom Richard
himself offices Calexico Richard
Hardin Inns Hardin half sister nns
bitter Richard suppantng brother Hardin dis
Richard
incompetent Gey thinks
Richard pushes ordered Marshall
that the river
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HOW
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not smile back at him, but rode OF
toward the levee.
Was this the river? West of the
levee, sea of muddy water spread
over the land. There was yet a chance
to save the towns, the town, she COR
rected herself, as her eye fell on the
Mexican village across the ditch. For
Mexicali was doomed. Some OF the
mud huts had already fallen; the wa
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-08-01
Anxious Moment.

Agitated Daughter Con the links)-
Oh, mother. whatever shall we dot
Fathers in that bunker and here come
the parson and his Wife Boston
Transcript.
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am Mixed.

Mrs. Mix-"There was a time when
you minded what I said, but now it's
like water on ducks back-in at one
ear and out at the other" -London
Answers.
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PATONlc
CFoR YOUR AcID-sToMAcD
Phenomenal Feat.

Phenomenal Feat. -..-l
"The dentist who operated on young
Brassy is possessed of miraculous pow
ers"
what makes you say that?'
"He did what never thought It pos
sible for anybody to do. He killed.
Brassy's nerve"
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What will the valley do? Fac
ing tremendous losses If 1t does
not push the damage suits filed
against the railroad, it faces ut
ter ruin If the railroad abandons
the fight against the river.
Marshall puts the issue squareIy
up to the ranchers, but is he
bluffing? Go on with the story
in the next issue Of this paper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-08-01

The bravest of men have the least
Of brutal, bullying insolenee.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-08-01
Daily fhcuuht.

j die content; die for the liberty of
my country.-De Lannes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-08-01
It is not permissible to photograph
women In China.

Many a man salts away money In
the brine of other peoples tears.
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"BAYER CROSS" ON
GENUINE ASPIRIN
~
~

'tBayer Tablets Of Aspirin" to be
genuine must be marked with the
safety "Bayer Cross" Always buy an
unbroken Bayer package which con-
tains proper directions to safely re-
lieve Headache, Toothache, Earache,
Neuralgia, Colds and pain. Handy tin
boxes Of II tablets cost but few
cents at drug stores-larger packages
also. Aspirin is the trade mark OF
Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetic-
scidester Of Salicylicacid.--Adv.
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Queen = Photnnraner.

Queen a Photographer.
Queen Helena of Italy is clever
amateur photographer, her favorite
subject being her children at their out
door play.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-11
FORT MADISON
COUNTRY CLUB
The Other County Seat is Trying
to Organize One to Acquire
Grounds on Shore Of Lake
keokuk.

Fort Madison people are moving
toward the establishing of country
club there.
A committee for each ward has
been selected to seek two hundred
members to finance the project, and
1t is hoped that Keokuk, Burlington
and Galesburg people will contribute
as associate members
Blackhawk Hollow, Prison Hollow,
White Hollow and Spring Hollow are
the present picturesque names in the
proposed location of the new country
club. This is to be high above the
shore of Lake Keokuk, up the river
short distance from the business
center Of Fort Madison.
Some citizens have bought a strip
OF land there and have taken an
option ON the Schroeder farm adj
joining, making total of seventy
five acre in the tract, and another
twenty-acre tract may be added to
the site.
The option run until October 1, but
the result OF the campaign for
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-11
They Become Objectionable Up State
and Shot Guns are Used to Keep
Them From Aliehting In
Fields
HOG CHOLERA AND GATES
One Charged with Leaving Gates open
and Another Charged with Bring
inc in the Fatal Swine
Disease.

WATERLOO, Iowa, July 11.-Avia
ton in the rural districts of Iowa ar
NOT without the tragic and conf
aspects.
Since their invasion of small town
on their flying exhibitions Lieut.
Milo Miller and Lieut. Earl Camp
bell. pilots of Miller-Scales air
planes. have had several interesting
experiences
Lieutenant Campbell was seized
MED to fly at Belle PLANE on july
1. When he arrived he found tht
landing place that had previously
been selected as inadequate, and sc
he picked another for himself
UnknowingE, he selected a nice
green field owned by farmer sale
10 be the wealthiest In that vicinity
When Lieutenant Campbell landed
he was greeted by the farmer, who
carried a gun in his hand and MADE
businesslike gestures.
you can't land here" yelled the
farmer.
why asked the aviator.
sBecause some other fellow landed
here a spell back and tore down my
fences when he dew away, dern
him
~wen, I'll not tear down any
fences reassured Campbell. -
How long do you want to stay
.An day" -
aWen by cracky, you won't; you'n
ut right now and the gun came
into evidence again.
Lieutenant Campbell looked to-
wards the gate leading into the field,
q short distance away, and saw Mrs
Farmer with another gun with which
she was keeping out the spectators.
Campbell came to the conclusion
there was too much artillery In
sight and flew to another field half
mile from Belle PLANE, where he
made his flights. Lieutenant Miller
was to have given an exhibition at
Traer, but his plans were knocked In
the head by another farmer who sin
cerely believes airplanes carry dis
ease germs Recently plane land
ed In his field, and soon after his
hogs became III and died Of cholera.
The farmer laid the cause OF the
demise of his swine to the landing
of the plane, according to the pilot.
Lieutenant Miller flew to Traer
yesterday to arrange for hts exhibit
ton. He landed in field and the
farmer ran out. breathless and ex-
cited. He was unarmed, but had
vocabulary that popped like ma
chine gun
"You can't land here. Get ,ight
OF my place." he ordered.
why can't land! TIL not hurt
anything" replied the pilot.
'rYou can't land because the last
fellow who landed here gave nv
hogs the cholera and the whole herd
died"
It was necessary for Lieutenant
Miller to give up his intended flights.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-11

everywhere, 50 wrought out OF tho
stuff of all that was heroic. that the
whole world saw at last, in the flesh.
in noble action, a great ideal asserted
and vindicated by nation they had
deemed material and now found to be
compact of the spiritual forces that
must free men of every nation from
every unworthy bondage. 1t is thus
that new role and new RESPONSE
bility have come to this great nation
that we honor and which we would all
wish to lift to yet higher levels and
service and achievement.
The stage Is set, the destiny dis
closed. 1t has come about by no
plan Of our conceivfng, but by the
hand Of God who led us into this war.
We cannot turn back We can only go
forward, with lifted eyes and fresh
ened spirit, to follow the vision. 1t
was OF this that we dreamed at our
birth. America shall in truth show
the way. The light streams upon the
path ahead, and nowhere else.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-11
LEMON JUICE
FOR FRECKlEs
Girls! Make beauty lotion FOR
a few cents-Try 1t!

Squeeze the Juice OF two lemons
into bottle containing three ounces
of orchard white, shake we'll, and you
have a quarter pint Of the best
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Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces OF orchard white
for few cents. Massage this sweet
ly fragrant lotion into the face, neck,
arms and hands each day and see
how freckles and blemishes disap-
pear anil how clear, soft and rosy
white the skin becomes. Yes! 1t in
harmless and never irritatos.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-11
Girl Couldn't Stand
Clothes to Touch Her

my father got me a bottle of
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy for stom-
ach trouble and am feeling so much
better since taking 1t. My stomach
was 80 painful l couldn't stand my
clothes to touch me-" It is a simple,
harmless preparation that removes
the catarrhal mucus from the intes-
final tract and allays the infamma-
ton which causes practically all
stomach liver and intestinal all
ments, including appendicitis. One
dose will convince or money refund
ed. Wilkinson & Co. and druggists
everywhere.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-11
POSlAM CAN
HEAL SICK SKIN
50 QUICKLY

Your urgent need for something
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pimples and blemishes. is splen0ldly
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It is safe, easy to use and so nttie
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Sold everywhere. For free Sample
write to Emergency Laboratories, z4'
West 47th St., New York City.
Poslam Soap is a daily treat "
tender skin or skin subject to eruP
tional troubles
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-11

Don't Hide Them With Veil; Re.
move Them With Othine-
Double Strength.

This preparation for the removal of
freckies is usually so successful in
removing freckles and giving a clear,
beautiful complexion that it is sold
under guarantee to refund the money
If it fails.
Don't hide your freckles under a
veil; get an ounce of Othine and re-
move them. Even the first few ap-
plications should show wonderful
Improvement, some of the lighter
freckles vanishing entirely.
Be sure to ask the druggist for the
double strength Othine; 1t is this that
is sold on the money-back guarantee.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-11
WINDING UP
WILSON'S TALK
Final Words Of Presidents Address
Before Senate on Peace Treaty
and League Of
Nations.
rs HOPE OF THE WORLD
Work Of Paris Conference Squares, as
a Whole With Principles Agreed
Upon as Basis Of
Peace.

President Wilson'S address before the
senate Thursday noon, considered oy
many as one of the most important
events In American history, was rot
concluded in the last issue OF The
Gate City. which went to press before
the telegraph report was finished. The
balance of the address, is herewith
published for those who desired TO
read the full text:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-11
OLD LICENSES
PROSECUTED
Meny Automobile Owners In Fort
Madison Did Not Take Out
New License For This

Chief OF Police Engstrom, Of Fort
Madison, is beginning a campaign OF
prosecution OF automobile owners who
have not taken out licenses for 1918
There are large number of auto
mobiles operated in Fort Madison on
the 1915 license plates, and the rather
heavy penalties are to be collected
from the owners, the chief of police