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Washington. January l0-Arousea oY
the spread OF the bolshevill menace,
South american countries are showing
interest in the Immigration and ex i9sio-l
laws OF the United States. accordiS TO
Anthony caminetti. commissioner general
of Enumeration, requests for information
on the handling of aliens here are being
received. he said. from representatives
Of the southern rerublies
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Frankfort ky-s January 1o-Gov.rnor
Morrow today appointed Henry Watter-
son, widely known newspaper man AMI
former editor CT the> Louisville Cour.es
journal. a colonel on his staff.
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San Juan. r. n, January I0.-Governof
Yaser IS CRITICALLY i'll following severe
intestinal hen orrlage which his ply 81
clans announce was the result Of q com
plication of diseases from which he has
been suffering for several months
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF

present time. He will accept politi-
cal nomination later, however. the
newspaper adds.
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birmingham is to get back in the run
ming as TO poulty shows IT has been a
long time since the local fanciers have
had chance to vie with each other
through their birds at a downtown
But beginning tomorrow. and eontin-
Ting until January IL. the Southern Poul-
Try and Pet Stock ,sssocia ton will hold
its first annual meet at 2i21-212s Second
avenue. in this city. The show will be
open until 10 o'clock each night.
The officers of this new organization
are as follows: Raymond Quinn, presi-
dent; DR.. J. G Anthony vice president;
Jap Bryant. second vice president George
Is. MeVay, Jr.. secretary treasurer.
There are also about 100 live members
who believe that better breeding of
poultry, pigeons and pet stock" will do
more to help the industry along than
anything else.
Judges selected are well known: A. F.
Rolf, New Orleans, ficense A. p. A.
judge, will handle the poultry depart
ment ]. 7. Rust, Birmingham, licensed
judge the rabbit and pet stock depart
ment
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New York, January 10.-Owins to
the strike of longshoremen a Havana
the Ward line steamship MORO Castle
arrived here today in ballast Hel
outward cargo was discharged by hel
own crew. Harbor conditions At Ha-
vana are much congested, 40 to so ves-
sells waiting to discharge and load, il
was said =
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New York. January 10.--W. Bonrke
Cochran. state chairman of the Irish
hcnd certificate loan. announced to-
M ht that the campaien to sell &c.
100000 worth of certificates Of the
irish republic would begin January
II
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New York. January The action of
the state assembly in suspendine the five
'oc'anst members was to determine
whether the organizations they repre-
sent advocate methods or employ tao
Ties to bring about the overthrow OF
the government, Thaddeus c. Sweet,
speaker ef the assembly. declared in a
letter to Charles r. Hughes. made public
tel isht-. It was in reply to the former
governors letter condemning the GUST
ing OF the socialist assemblymen
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San Francisco, January 1O.--Japar
and China have started negotiations on
the question Of the restoration Of Shan
tunE to China. according to a cable
gram received today by the New World
Japanese newspaper here from Toxic
Paris, January 10.--t Havas. 1.-THE
Temps says today it is informed Pres
ident Poincarc wishes to forego partici-
patton IN any electoral campaign at the
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Berlin. January 10.-The Lokal An
zeiser says the transport Buford will
remain at Kiel several DAYS for en-
cine repairs before proceeding to her
final destination. which II states is
Raltischport. Esthonia at the entrance
TO the Gulf of Finland.
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thousands of acres of virgin timber
that had already attained vigorous
growth when Christ was crucihed.
In sizes ranging from FIVE to twenty
feet in diameter, the brown trunks
rise perpendlcularly to height of
from ninety to hundred and fifty
feet before putting forth single
limb, which frequently is more mas
sive than the growth which men call
a tree In the forests of Michigan.
Scattered between the giants, like
subjects around their king. one finds
noble fir, spruce, or pines, with some
Valparaiso live oak, black oak. pepper
wood. madrone, yew. and cedar.
John Cardigan settled I'm Humboldt
county, where the sequola sempervir-
ems attains the pinnacle of Its glory,
and with the lust for conquest hot In
his blood, he filed upon quarter
section of the timber almost on the
shore OF Humboldt bay-land upon
which city subsequently was to he
built. With his double-bltted axe and
crosscut saw John Cardigan brought
the first of the redwood giants crash
ing to the earth above which II had
lowered for twenty centuries, and In
the form of split posts. railroad ties
pickets, and shakes, the fallen giant
was hauled to tidewater In ox-drawn
wagons and shipped to San Francisco
In the little two-masted coasttDg
schooners of the period. Here, by the
abominable magic Of barter and trade.
the dismembered tree was transmitted
into dollars and cents and returned
to Humboldt county to assist John
Cardigan In his task of hewlng an
empire out Of wilderness.
Time passed. John Cardigan no
longer swung an axe or dragged a
cross-cut saw through fallen red
wood. He was an employer OF labor
now, well known In San Francisco as
manufacturer of spllt-redwood prod
ucts. the purchasers sending their
own schooners for the cargo. And
presently John Cardigan mortggged
all OF his timber holdings with San
Francisco bank, made a heap Of his
winnings, ana like true adventurer
staked his all on a new venture-the
first sawmill In Humboldt county.
The timbers for II were hewed out by
hand; the boards and planks were
whipsawed.
II was a tiny mill. judged by present
day standards. for In a fourteen-hour
working Gay John Cardigan and his
men could not cut more than twenty
thousand feet of lumber. Neverthe-
less, when Cardigan looked at his mill
his great heart would swell with
pride.
"Here." said John Cardigan TO him
self exultingly when long-drawn
wall told him his circular saw was
biting into the first redwood log to be
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By PETER B. KYNE

her. and I'm thinking I'll have to come
here often for the same. She was
like this sunbeam, McTavish. She
She"
Aye" murmured McTavlsh huskily.
II ken. Ye wouldna gle her II common
or n public spot In which to wait for
ye. An ven be shuttln' down the
mill an loggin'-camps an layin' OF the
hands In her honor for bitT
Until after the funeral McTnvlsh.
And tell your men they'll be paid for
the lost time. That will be all, lad"
When McTavish was gone, John
Cardigan sat down on small sugar.
pine wlndfall. his head held slightly
to one side while he listened TO that
which In the redwoods Is not sound
but rather the absence OF Il. And as
he listened, he absorbed subtle COM
fort from those huge brown trees, so
emblematlc of Immortality; in the
thought he grew close to his Maker.
and presently found that peace which
he sought. Love such as theirs could
never die. The tears came at
last.
At sundown he walked home bear
Ing an armful of rhododendrons and
dogwood blossoms, which he arranged
In the room where she lay. Then he
sought the nurse who had attended
her.
"rd like to hold my son." he said
gently. "May II"
She brought him the baby and
placed II In his great arms that
trembled so; he sat down and gaZed
long and earnestly at this flesh of his
flesh and blood Of his blood. you'll
have her hair and skin and eyes" he
murmured. "My con, my son. shall
love you so, for now must love for
two. Sorrow | shall Keep from you
please God. and happiness and worldly
comfort shall | leave you when | &c
to her" He nuzzled his grlzzlet
cheek against the baby's face. Jus
you and my trees" he whispered
"just you and my trees to help ~
to hang on TO plucky finish."
Tor love and paternity had come t.
him late In life, and so had his frs
great sorrow; wherefore, since he wal
not accustomed to these heritages o.
all flesh. he would have to adjust him
self TO the change. But his son ant
his trecs-ah, yes they would help.
And he would gather more redwood
now!
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CHAPTER u.

A young nalf-breed Digger woman
who had suffered the loss OF the latest
OF her numerous progeny two days
prior TO Mrs. Cardlgan's death, was
Installed In the house as nurse TO John
Cardlgan's son. whom he called Bryce.
the family meme OF his mothers peo-
pie. A Mrs. Tully. widow of Cnrdi-
engaged as housekeeper and cook and
with his domestic establishment re-
organized along these simple lines.
John Cardigan turned with added
eagerness to his business affairs, hop
Ing between them and his boy to
salvage as much as possible from
what seemed to him, In the first pangs
OF his loneliness and desolatlon, the
wreckage OF his life.
While Bryce was In swaddling
clothes he was known only to those
females OF Sequoia to whom his half
breed foster mother proudly exhibited
him when taking him abroad for an
airing In his perambulator. With his
advent into rompers, however, and the
assumption of his American preroga-
tive OF free speech, his father develop
ed the habit OF bringing the child
down to the mill Office, to which he
added a playroom that connected with
his private Office. Hence, prior to his
second birthday, Bryce OWNED that
his father was closer 20 him than
motherly Mrs. Tully or the half-breed
girl. Moreover, his father took him on
wonderful journeys which no other
member of the household had even
suggested.
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merely furnished tonic for their
coarage. What mate for man
And she looked at him pridefully.
They were married before the ship
was loaded, and ON knoll of the
logged-over lands back OF the town
and commanding view of the bay,
with the dark-forcsted hills I'm back
and the little second-growth redwoods
flourishlng in the front yard, he built
her the finest home In Sequoia. Here
his son Bryce wGs born, and here, two
days later, the new-made mother made
the supreme sacrifice of maternity.
For half day following the de
struction of his Eden John Cardigan
sat dumbly beside his wife, his great,
hard hand caressing the auburn head
whose every thought for three years
had been his happiness and comfort.
Then the doctor came to him and men
toned the matter of funeral arrange
ments.
Cardigan looked up at him blankly
Funeral arrangements" He passed
his gnarled hand over his leonine
head. "Ah, yes, suppose so. l shall
attend to IT,"
He rose and left the house. walking
with bowed head out of Sequoia, up
the abandoned and decaylng skid
road through the second-growth red
woods to the dark green blur that
marked the old timber, up the skid
road recently swamped from the land
! ing TO the down timber where the
crosscut men and barkpeelers We're Mt
work, on into the green timber where
the woods-boss and his men were
chOpplng.
"Come with me. McTavish," he said
to his woods-boss. They passed
through narrow gap between two
lew hills and emerged in II long mar
row valley where the redwoods grew
thlckly and where the smallest tree
was not less than fifteen feet in diam.
eter and two hundred and fifty feet
tall. McTavish followed at his
masters heels as they penetrated this
grove, making their way with diff
Guilty through the underbrush until
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MODERN LIFE AMONG THE OLD, OLD REDwooDs

Here's good reading-a stirring tale by able author
about redblooded people an unique environment Peter
B. kyne as indigenous as the edW0odS OF which ne writes
with loving appreciation Nevertheless, he has sailed the
Pacific been soldier in the Philippines and has served as
captain in France with the A. E. F. And the sheer merit
of his literary workmanship has given this clerk in California
country store deserved nationwide popularity as short
story writer and novelist
The characters in "The Valley Of the Giants are flesh
andbood peOpe-Americans- sort we knoW-our kind:
John Cardigan, pioneer umberman among the redWoodS
strong with great heart the soul Of dreamer and the
unsaken faith OF the onersman he loves his redWoods
while he cuts his way to fortune through hem Colonel
Pennington the modern captain of industry with more con-
science than circular saw no bowels OF compassion, ana
contempt for the law except means OF camouflage.
Bryce Cardigan generation American Of the right kind
who takes up the fight when his father falls in the fray and
successfully battles against odds to save his heritage even
while his heart divided between his blind sire and his dear
est enemy Shirley Sumner niece OF Colonel Pennington,
frstcass American GIRL with mind Of her own, heart red
blood and good sportsmanshlp.
And the story is timely its environment is unique.
There is only redwood country and when the California
redwoods gone the redwoods gone from the earth
John Cardigan and his like have laid most Of them low and
threaten those that remain So is that great cry has
gone up from the people to for future generations some
of those forest giants that were fugown when Christ was
born-w their cousins the seqoas they are the Oldest and
biggest living things of EARTH So it that the Save the Red
woods" league has sprung into existence So is that
gess is investigating the conditions preparatory to egsa-
ton for the establishment of RedWoods national park
The American Of the future will be able to see the Big
Trees Secuoa ggantea all their glory; Yosemite, Sequoia
and General Grant national parks assure that But unless
money provided for the purchase OF great grove OF red
woods (SeqIoa sempervrens) by congress, California
public subscription the redwoods are doomed to the and
saw with the exception of few small and inadequate pre-
serves. And among these same redWoodS lies "he Valley
Of the Giants"
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CHAPTER I.

In the summer of 1850 a topsail
schooner slipped into the cove under
Trinidad head and dropped anchor at
the edge Of the kelp-felds. Fifteen
minutes later her small-boat deposited
on the beach a man armed with long
squirrel rifle and an axe, and carrying
food and clothing in brown canvas
pack. From the beach he watched
the boat return and saw the schooner
weigh anchor and stand out to sea
before the northwest trades. When
she had disappeared from his ken. he
swung his pack to his broad and pow
erful back and strobe resolutely into
the timber at the mouth of the river.
The man was John Cardigan; in
that lonely, hostile land he was the
first pioneer. This Is the tale OF
Cardigan and Cardigan's son, for In
his chosen land the pioneer leader In
the gigantic task Of hewing a path
was to know the bliss of woman's love
and of parenthood, and the sorrow
that comes Of the loss of perfect
mate; he was to know the tremendous
Joy of accomplishment and worldly
success after infinite labor; and in
the sunset of life he was to know the
dull despair of failure and ruin. Be
cause OF these things there Is tale
TO be told, the tale of Cardigan's son,
who. when his sire fell in the fray,
took up the fight to save his heritage
q 20 xxyfth 10 hOta
its battle, victory. defeat, labor. JOY,
and sorrow, a tale of that unconquer-
able spirit of youth which spurred
Bryce Cardigan to lead forlorn
hope for the sake not of wealth but
of an ideal. Hark. then, to this tale
OF Cardigan's redwoods:
Along the coast Of California.
through the secret valleys and over
the tumbled foothills of the Coast
range, extends belt of timber OF
an average width OF thirty miles. In
approaching II from the Oregon line
the first tree looms suddenly against
the horizon-an outpost. as 1t were, of
the host OF giants whose column
stretches south nearly four hundred
miles to where the last of the rear
guard maintains eternal sentry-go on
the crest of the mountains overlooking
Monterey bay. Far in the interior of
the state, beyond the fertile San
Joaquin valley, the allies Of this vast
army hold small sector on the west
slope of the Sierras.
These are the redwood forests OF
California, the only trees of their
kind In the world and indigenous only
10 these two areas within the state
Notwithstanding sixty years Of attri-
tion, there remain In this section OF
tbs redwood belt thousands upon
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they came at length TO little amphI-
theater, clearing perhaps n hundred
feet in diameter, Oval-shaped and
surrounded by wall of redwoods of
such dimensions that even McTavish.
who was no stranger to these natural
marvels. was struck with wonder.
"McTavish." Cardigan said, "she
died this morning"
I'm sore distressed for you, SIR"
the woods-boss answered "We'd a
whisper in the camp yesterday that the
lass was like to be In bad way"
Cardigan scuf:ed with his foot a
clear space In the brown litter
''Take two men from the sectIon-gang,
McTavish." he ordered. "and have
them dig her grave here: then swamp
trail through the underbrush and
out to the donkey-landIng, so we can
carry her In. The funeral will be
private"
McTavish nodded "Any further
orders, slr"
"Yes. When you come to that little
gap In the hills. cease your logging
and bear of yonder." He waved his
hand. "Pm not going to cut the tim
ber In this valley. You see, McTavish.
what 1t Is. The trees here-ah, man,
haven't the heart to destroy Gods
most wonderful handlwork. Besides.
she loved this spot. McTavish, and she
called the valley her Valley OF the
Giants. IL gave II to her for wed.
ding present because she had a bit of
dream that some day the town |
started would grow up TO yonder gap,
and when that time came and we could
afford II. twas In her mind to give
her Valley of the Giants TO Sequola
for city park. all hidden away here
and unsuspected.
"She loved II. McTavish, twas cur
playhouse, McTavish, and who am no
longer young-I who never played un.
I'll met her-I-.I'm bit foolish,
fear, but ! found rest and comfort
| here, McTaylsh. even before l sAs,
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here you would have been very happy
like l am" The happy moment
smiled and rushed away.
"And II you had only finished build
ing your nest you would have been
30 pleased because you would have
something to show for your time. I'm
one of the busy moments OF quarter
Of an hour sgo." said the second lit
tie creature. who looked like very
busy little brownie.
YOU'D better not waste any more
time"
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Wndts rouF Inty DtBuu tO iuiy
Manner" dream OF what
they would do
when suddenly they found something
on the beach which was ticking.
"Oh hello" said Johnny. "this mus
be something one Of the creatures they
call men have. They carry such
things In their pockets. What's your
name young fellowf"
"And what do you do with yourself
oil the timer asked Peggy or Mrs.
Johnny Penguin.
"What do do with myself all the
timer" said the watch ticking In a
most excited manner. ~ am the time.
I'll have you know. That is, I'm not
exactly the time itself, but ! keep
time as all of us do who belong to this
family. But II you want to talk to me
you must keep up with me. l hurry
along and no one can stop me. There
aie so many moments to come and
they must all be given chance"
'This is very interesting" said Peg,
gy Penguin. Let us walt and see what
the moments will do. Let us wait
and perhaps we Will see moment
we like more than any other moment
and we will go along with It and may
have adventures fine and rare"
Johnny Penguin nodded his head.
And so with the watch between them
they waited and waited. The watch
didn't speak again. He was busy look
| n af ha haI fol1 a
penguins enough, he thought.
A long time passed and still the
penguins did nothing. They didn't
even take a nap. for they were afraid
they would miss moment they liked
and so they would miss adventures
they might have. They grew weary.
very tired. and Peggys head was soon
upon Johnny's shoulder
I'm so tired" she said. I'm 80
tired Of doing nothing. oh, am SO
tired"
She had no sooner said this than
out ran number of little creatures.
"oh, stop and talk 90 u.s. said John
ny Penguin. "My mate and myself
are so tired OF doing nothing"
"What are you waiting for7" asked
one of the little creatures with hap
py, smiling face.
"We're waiting for q moment to
come which we will like and which we
can follow and have adventures WITH"
said Johnny Penguin. "But we're SO
tired Of standing still. We haven't
had our dinner and we didn't have
our breakfast and the nest isn't fin-
ished yet ut all, at all. And what
will the two little penguins do who
will arrive later on. when they ask us
to be their mother and daddy II they
find we have no nestf"
All the little creatures hurried as II
they were going away.
"Oh, please. don't leave u.s." said
Peggy Penguin. "Stay and talk to
us. We are 80 tired OF doing nothing"
1--WE can't sfsy." said one OF the
little creatures. "for we're all through.
And we must be on our way. Once
we have gone you can't call US back
Well be too far OF"
Peggy Penguin shed tear for shs
did so want to talk to the little crea-
lures. Still the watch kept ticking.
ticking as II lay beside them.
Lets tell them," said a little fairy
who came along at that moment. She
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wore a gown OF
bright red and
her cap was OF
blue. Her wand
was golden.
"You see," said
the fairy, "the
little creatures
here who are hur.
rylng away are all
moments which
have passed"
"Yes," said one
of the little crea-
lures. "You can't
catch me now.
I'm one of the
happy moments
of a half an hour
ago. II you'd
paid attention to
ma while | was
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Drought, cloudburst and
blindness threaten to bring
to naught John Cardigan's
fifty years OF endeavor.
GRO BE coNTINUEDJ
Scottish Center Of Industry,

Dundee ranks as one OF the leading
Industrial and commercial centers In
northeastern and central Scotland.
The district of Dundee Is the center
of the jute industry In the United
Kingdom and practically ,all the raw
jute imported into the country. which
averages 100000 bales annually. is
consumed there. II is the staple In
dustry OF Dundee and employs nor
mally about $4,000 workers.
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On the Other side-

Little Philip had cried all night with
toothache and upon receiving a nickel
the next morning he went as usual to
get candy again. His auntle, on COM
Ing home. and finding he had bought
candy with her nickel. asked him /:
"Why. Philip, l thought you weren't
ever going to eat candy againT To
which he replied: swell. auntie. I'm
not eating this candy on the toothachs
side."
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that that cousin
OF yours when he
gets his mate will
have nothing for
her. because he
will have offered
her the sky. and
OF course he can't
get that. He
won't pack his
knapsack full OF
goodies TO eat.
And we must all
eat"
SO these two
were now happy
mates, but In
stead of doing
much of anything
they began to idly
dream of what
they would do
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.DADDYy EVENING
IA AI IALE0:
INS@MAN RAHANDND \
N1JN ! BOWER \ y NRI
THE pENoulNs, DISCOVERY.

II suppose said Mrs. Penguin to
Mr.. Penguin, who was now her mate,