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search, he began to look for lakes. He
found them in plenty-vast, unmeas-
ured lakes that seemed to be distrib-
uted without reason or sense over the
whole southern end of the state. Near
the klamath lakes, seemingly the
most imposing Of all the fresh-water
lakes that the map revealed, he found
a city named klamath Falls. He put
the name down in his notebook.
The map showed particularly
high, far-spreading range of noun
tains due west of the city. Of course
they were the Cascades; the map said
so very plainly. Then Dan knew he
was getting home. His grandfather
had lived and trapped and died in
these same wooded hills. Finally he
located and recorded the name of the
largest city ON the main railroad line
that was adjacent to the Cascades.
The preparation for his departure
took many days. He read many books
on flora and fauna. He bought sport
ing equipment. Knowing the usual
ratio between the respective pleasures
of anticipation and realization, he did
not hurry himself at all. And one
midnight he boarded q vest-bO1nd
train:
He sat for a long time in The vesti-
bule Of the sleeping car, thinking in
anticipation Of this final adventure Of
his life. He was rather tremulous and
exultant as he sank down into his
berth.
He saw to It that at least a meas
ure Of preparation was made for his
coming. That night long wire went
out to the Chamber of Commerce of
one Of the larger southern Oregon
cities. In 1t, he told the date of his
arrival and asked certain directions.
He wanted to know the name of some
mountain rancher where possibly he
might find board and room for the re-
mainder of the summer and the fall.
The further back from the paths OF
men. he wrote, the greater would be
his pleasure. And he signed the wire
with his full name: Dan Failing. with
a Henry in the middle, and q "III' at
the end.
He usually didn't sign his name in
quite this manner. The people of
Gitcheapolis did not have particular
ly vivid memories of Dams GRANDPA
ther. But 1t might be that legend
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sYMoPsis.

Warned by his physician that he
has not more than afx months to
live, Failing sits despondently on a
park bench, wondering where he
should spend those six months. A
friendly squirrel practically decides
the matter for him. His blood Is
pioneer blood, and he decides to
end his days in thu forests Of Ore
gon. Memories Of his grandfather
and a deep love TOR all things of
the wild help him in reaching q
decision.
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paeno,.e = Fast Swimmer.

There is another mammal that Is %
fast no one has ever been able to f1nd
out how fast he is. This is the p0r-
poise. The porpoise can do stunts In
front Of the fastest boat that travels
the bounding wave and when he is
through after several hours Of clown
ing he flirts his tail and nonchalantly
speeds beyond the horizon The Dor
poise win do his tricks under the bow
Of a nfne-knot cargo tramp or q p
knot ocean greyhound He is like the
antelope In that he sets his pace &C.
cording to the speed Of the pursuer.
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Riuht and Wons.

There is no such thing as neu-
trality where right and wrong are
concerned. Cowardice may counsel
taking no side. but the challenge will
ring out at every turn: "Who goes
there?' and however much we may
desire to avoid it, we will be num-
bered among friends or foe. 'He that
ia not with Me is against Me- said
the Master. and the same division sttll
h0ld1 good
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An idle rumor only awaits the
chance to gat busy.
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disappointment turned into
rapture at sight Of the wild
country and through warm
welcome accorded BY Silas
Lennox, Dan Feiling's host,
characterize the next Install
ment of this story.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19

hands, her face uplifted, her puckered
lips pouring forth the song that had
drawn him to the spot A sunbonnet
swung from her arm; her shoes and
stockings lay upon the rock beside half
an armful of wild roses.
A twig flIpped back into place as the
Pearlhunter strained his face a little
closer. The song stopped; the girl
whirled her eyes toward the swaying
twig The man flattened and held his
breath.
But the woodland song was DONE
She slid back on the rock and reached
for her stockings and shoes. Such
feet! The rough shoes she picked up
dishonored them. 1t would be giving
the Pearlhun -er uncertain praise to
say he didn't look. Besides, 1t wouldn't
be true. He did look. 1t Is but simple
justice to him to state, also, that after
the one glance-a glance he could no
more help than the branch could help
flowing--he dragged his eyes away
and held them away till he heard the
girl scramble to her feet on the rock
AS she gathered up her armload of
wild roses he had leisure to observe
her.
With the mass of color close to her
face, 1t was hard to tell the one from
the other-the flowers from the face ;
where the roses left OF and the face
began. Her hair hung loose, soft and
wavy-the kind Of hair a roguish shaft
of morning sun can change to spun
gold; lips like the song p moment ago
upon them; eyes like the little patch
of sky at the bottom Of the pools
eyes that opened wide; that had moth
ing to conceal.
She was turning to spring to the
bank when the Pearlhunter rose and
quietly stepped through the bushes.
She whirled: and the two stood star
ing Mt each other across the pool. The
lowers struggled from her arms and
dringled down upon the rocks.
The Pearlhunter's eyes were the
first to fall. Dragging of his battered
hat. half awkwardly, he bowed his
head and strove for a word to justify
his intrusion. But he was slow OF
speech. Words came hard to him.
After q time, his eyes Travelled back
across the pool; past the patch Of sky
at the bottom; up the side Of the rock
where her feet had dangled.
The rock was bare. The girl had
gone.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19
Tree Saw ALI Presidents.

The Morse elm at the corner Of
Pennsylvania avenue and Fourteenth
street In Washington that has seen
nearly every Inauguration parade, has
been nominated for place in the hall
Of fame of the American Forestry asso-
citation by the Washington Evening
Star. The old tree has cast it's shade
over famous men for century, for 1t
was the meeting place, being at the
Willard hotel corner, of these famous
men In the years gone by
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19
CHAPTER II.
The Red Mask.

Amazed at the woodcraft that had
enabled the girl to disappear under
his very eyes, without so much as the
culver of a leaf, the Pear'hunter
crossed the branch on the rifle at the
lower edge Of the pool. by springing
from stone to stone, and went up to
the rock. There lay the flowers in
scattered confusion-a tumbled mass
of refreshing color; the half an arm
full of pink and white and red wild
roses. He picked up three-a pink |;
a red; white-and stood gazing
down upon them. The true woods
man is instinctive.y gentleman. He
did not know-he did not try to know
that the girl watched his every
move from behind big oak a few
yards up the bank.
Like her--somehow," he muttered.
"syild Rose 1t might be her name.
A namel l wonder what It's like to
have a namew
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19

and forth. the fingers Of her thin
hands lacing and unlacing nervously.
The breeze from the door was gut
tering the candle. He crossed the
floor to close 1t. As he brought 1t
around, 1t scraped small packet
ahead Of It along the floor. He picked
1t up and, after closing the door, car
ried 1t to the candle. 1t was not big
ger than the length and width OF a
mans two thumbs, and was wrapped
In brown paper He unrolled 1t. The
first glance. as the folds fell apart and
bit Of cloth dropped upon the table,
brought startled exclamation from
him. 1t was a red mask.
The IRON ray-W left her
chair and came to the table. The two
of them stood staring down upon the
bit Of flaming cloth.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19
ODE
Blue Moon
"A Tale of the FlatWoOds

did not appear to come from any tree,
but from some place down close to the
water Of another pool-another spot
just ahead where the water stopped to
rest.
Parting the bushes with the utmost
caution, he crept up to the edge Of
the pool and peered forth. A woman
"a girl-sat on fiat rock jutting out
from the opposite bank, her bare feet
swinging In the water, her body bent
slightly back and propped on her
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rouesd-had an uncomfortable knacx
Of seeming to - everything m sight.
They we're just now fitting furtiveay'
4 bit contemptuously. over the tall ng-
ure Of the young man facing him.
you're the fellow they call the
PearlhunterT
The gray eyes Of the man addressed
were blazing; his fingers mnnifestfng
an almost uncomfortable inclination
to tuck themselves into his palms;
but he held himself and answered
civilly:
"They do call me that"
"What are you doing in this cabinT
rs It yoursr'
mo difference whether 1t II or
whether 1t isn't. It's no place for river
scum to wash ashore"
A stranger ought to be pretty sure
Of himself before he says thing ike
that, especially when he says 1t the
way the Man-in-the-Fancy-Ves SAD
1t. He didn't know the Pearlhunter
not as the river men knew him-or
he would have considered long time
flrst. Almost any river man along the
Wabash could have told him that
things would happen. Things did
happen. Still, 1t probably would have
been just the same anyhow. A wildcat
couldn't have lodged the toll-calloused
fist that stabbed across the candle
light. 1t caught the intruder fat IN
the mouth and pitched him back
against the door, which slammed to
the wall, and thus saved him from 60
ing clear to the floor
He was up in a flash. His hand
dropped toward his hip. That II al
ways a dangerous motion to make in
the Flatwoods; never more so than
just then and there. The Pearlhunter
had anticipated such a move. Ills
own hand reached his hip the fash Of
a second ahead. The two stood cycling
each other. crouched and tense.
There came scream from the
Iron Gray Woman. She had risen
from her chair. The Pearlhunter
dared not look, but he saw the eyes Of
the man he faced turning irreslstibly
toward the sound. With the first
glance a startling change came over
him; his eyes strained; stared; his
hand left his hip and went to his face.
He Strengthened and shrank back
against the cabin door. The Pearl
hunter dared not look around, yet he
knew his mother was coming. With
c%o ho hor holf q
possible for her to take she was be-
tween them, her face ablaze with i'm
perious dignity; her eyes like the pam
Their before the door Of her den. She
had shed her weakness as a mantle.
The intruder covered; his lips moved.
She raised her hand and pointed to
the door. Again he tried to speak.
Her body stiffened; her arm grew
rigid. Like man compelled to re-
treat before a blaze, he half turned
and backed away.
The Pearlhunter followed him.
trailed him up the bluffs, through the
woods and out to the river road,
where 1t came down from the north,
right angled east and led away up the
river to the village.
When he hurried back his mother
was again In her chair, the imperious
outburst over, spent and trembling.
She looked up at him curiously. He
thought she was about to speak. She
hesltated: looked down.
II haven't seen him for twenty
years. He's the-the-other man."
The Pearlhunter started; glanced
quickly at her. She was rocking back
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19
A Predicament,

"Im In predicament"
whats the troubIe?"
''Tm running for office"
'Well?'
II can't make up my mind what to
do. You see, | can't think up any real
good reason why / should be elected
and hate to conduct mud-sllnging
campaign and spend all my time tell
ing the people why the other fellow
shouldn't be."-Detroit Free Press.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19
WILD ROSE.

6ynopsis.-Never having known
his father. and living with his
mother on . houseboat on the Wa
bash river, "Pearlhunter-the only
name he has-learns from her \
part OF the story OF her sad life.
Tho recital 10 interrupted by fear
full Mt of coughing. But Pearl
hunter learns how and why his
mother left his father; also that
he has the best blood of Virginia
In his veins-he, man without
name, a frsshwater pearlhunter in
the Indiana fats OF the Wabash
river.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19
To Raise House Plants From slips.

To grow house plant from slip
take a half-ripe branch and cut slip
three inches long. After taking off all
leaves except the upper two, plant 1t
in wet sand, exposing only half Of the
slip. Th4 sand should be kept moist.
When the roots begin to grow, trans
plant the slip into pot with ordinary
soil. Plants such as oleander and Ivy
will root In water.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19

A man is success when he can do
one thing rs well as or q little better
than anybody else.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19

Why does it take so much advertis-
Ing to sell soap II It's true that clean
illness is next to godliness?
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19
ParadoxicaI Result,

did Sue succeed in her caramel
makingw Eyes, and yet she made q
sweet mess Of it,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19

Yes, Wilher, you can buy lot Of
trouble with 81 bill--if you invest
1t in = marriage license.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19

Tie individual who gets into the
habit Of giving way to depression is on
the byond road 10 ruin.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19

1t is easy for a man to behave after
he breaks into the has-been class.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19

1t must be awfully hard on fussy
old bachelor to have to live In the
same house with clever child.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19

The trouble with the average S18
umbrella is that about nine-tenths of
Its cost is for the handle.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19

A man stands high with girl when
she refuses to introduce him to a girl
who Is prettier than she is.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19

Although truth Is stranger than flc-
ton to many people, they don't seem
to care for sn Introduction.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19
The Blue Moon.

GRO BE CONTINUED
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19

II man is big and fat and able to
keep his mouth shut he can bluff al
most anybody.
Pleasures are the commas used to
punctuate llfe's sad story.
II you would flatter man tell hin.
he Is proof against fattery.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-19

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-02
BUILDING AND LOAN EXPONENT COMING Local Interests Secure P. G. Kicks of New Orleans
 to Speak Here

l In order to stimulate interest in build
 sion which they perform in the solution
 l of the housing problem. Phil G. Kicks of New Orleans, president of the National League of Building and Loan Associa- tions, will come to- Birmingham at an early date and address a mass meeting | to be held in the Civic Association rooms and under auspices of that body. It is. probable that in conjunction with this event, the officers and representa- tives of the building and loan associa- tions in Alabama will also attend mad that league of the Alabama building and loan associations will be formed. There are only eight of these associa- tions in Alabama will also attend and dreds in other industrial states such as Ohio, Indiana and others. North Caro- lima has about 150 Louisiana has several hundred
 There arc only three of these organi- zations in the great industrial center of the south. the Birmingham district. They have aggregate resources of A,00c.00o Youngstown, Ohio. very much like Bir- mingham in every other respect. has fifty, with aggregate resources of twenty millions.
 The mission of the building and loan association is to build homes. The larger their resources the more homes they can finance. They have played an im- rortant part iD the building of homes in the east for generations and are dc- ing a great deal to relieve the housing problem at this time.
 The Dominion of Canada has recently loaned $25 50o0.0o0 to building and loan as- sociations to enable them to build homes.
 It is believed by those acquainted with the operation of the building andiS loan associations in this district that they are not valued in degree conmensu-,
 rate with the service which they perform or the facilities which they offer the investor and the home builder. The three Birmingham organisations have gotten together and will join in bringing Mir Kicks to the city with the desire of familarzing the public with the operation of building and loan asso- citations in other states and promoting the general movement in Alabama Several cities other than Birmingham are reported at this time to be organix- ing associations. Gentlemen interested in them will be invited to attend the meet ing to be addressed by Mr Kicks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-02
]. KENDR|CK SAYS
 ADVISORY BOARD
 SHOWS IGNORANCE
Judging By Their Statements, City Engineer Has Little Pa- tience With What They
 Have Stated

Declaring that members of the county board of revenue showed their ignorance in sev- eral printed statements con- corning the recommendations of the advisory board of en- gineers in regard to paving county roads, Julian Kendrick, city engineer, issues a state ment explaining these recom- mendations.
 The statement is in the nature of a reply to one made by Thomas E. Huey, member of the board, in regard to the types of paving recommended by en- yineers acting in advisory capacity at the recent awarding of county road con tracts. MT. KendriclS declared that Jere Gwin president of the board, was in favor os the adoption of the engineers reeom- mendations.
 If the published signed statements ap- bearing in the press since that time ac- tually represent the understanding of the members of the board Of revenue az to what form of construction the engineers were advocating, I do not blame the members for having utterly ignored the t6COInHleHldIlO Sdlu MT. INGHUTlCk. The engineers were not experimenting and the members of the poarc showed an Utter ignorance of what they recom- mended.
 The statement follows:
 THE STATEMENT
 Tn a published statement from MT. Thomas Huey, member of the board of revenue. among other things, he refers to certain recommendations made by $. n -s.- T kl.~ writer, with reference to the awarding of the contracts for county highway paving last spring. He fails, however, to state that this report and recom mendations were concurred in by the United States district engineer, depart ment of public roads, in charge of all government aid work-in the six southern states, and the principal assistant state highway engineer who is the paving ex- pert of that department One would in- fer from MT. Huey's statement tna, this board of engineers recommended the use of the reconstructed slag or macadam base on all the projects which wert awarded to contract at that time.
 .As a matter of fact the board of en- gineers recommended it's use only on one of these roads, which in their opinion, was peculiarly well adapted for such con- struction, and would have resulted in a saving to the county amounting to ap- proximately one dollar per square yard. Since Mir Huey states in substance that this report made by the board Or c-1- gineers and it's subsequent rejection by the advisory committee and the board of revenue, has been largeiy responsible for much of the discussion and dissatis- faction which has arisen with reference to the entire road project, and since whilst numerous publications have been
 (Continuea on Page TweIvel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-02
WATERWAYS MEN SOL|DLY BACKING
 PORT AMENDMENT
Recently Formed Association Will Join Movement to h. tereSt Men and Women of
 the State In Work

Pursuant to a meeting of the president and congressional district vice presidents of the Alabama Waterways Associa- tion, held in Birmingham yes terday, the entire strength of this organization will be placed actively behind the state port aid amendment to be voted on in the November election. The meeting was attended by the president, P. T. Shanks of Selma. and most of the vice presidents, including George Lining of Mobile, w. F. Acller |of Anniston, H. F. Gibson of Prattville, 1 W. H. Mitchell of Florence, R. F. Dun ham of Tuscaloosa, J. Frank Rushton of Birmingham
 The following gentlemen were also present: Murray Brown, president of the state harbor board; W. D. Nesbitt, president of the Port of Birmingham Corporation; T. P. Hay. director of the port aid campaign, and others. The Alabama Waterways Associa- ton is permanent body, organized
 recently in Montgomery in the interest of all Alabama waterways This body intends to busy itself with the inter- ests of Alabama streams and her ports from now on and to be constantly on the alert to secure their development, The port aid amendment being tie outstanding matter of present impor tance, the association has pledged it's hearty cooperation in seeing that the amendment gets a favorable vote in November.
 In order that the permanent asso citation may become a vehicle of real strength with numbers back of it, the officers decided to conduct campaign l for new members throughout their lcongressional districts. The fee for ] firms is fixed at $10 and that of iH- dividuals at s1. This places member
 ship within the reach of every bus-
 ness concern and every individual in
 l the state of Alabama
 l The consensus of opinion was that
 | the port aid amendment will carry. ] but it was determined to take no l chances and each official pledged him.
 self upon his return home to inauG-
 l urate an intensive campaign in favor of | the amendment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-02
MOBILE READY, OFFER SITE FOR
 COAL TERMINALS
Lining, President of Chamber of Commerce of Gulf City, Says Free Site Has
 Been Selected

The city of Mobile is ready to present the free site for the government coal terminal on notice from the waterways management that is prepared to take it over and build the s4oo,0oo terminal" said George H. Lining of Mobile, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the Gull City.
 He added; "The site has been selected by federal engineers. The matter has been financed. Mobile is ready to place the site in the hands of the government Don't worry about Mobiles part
 Latest advices from Senator Under wood are to the effect that Gen. W. D. Connor new director of inland water ways, who recently visited Mobile, is m favor of carrying out the policy of his predecessor as to the Mobile terminal. General Hines was strong advocate of the terminal on condition of free site It is presumed that the site matter be- ing settled, General Connor will take steps authorizing the coal terminal
 The terminal proposed will have a bin capacity of 4O,000 tons of coal and a large ore capacity as well, with facilities for loading direct from barges or cars into ships. from cars or barges into the bin and from the bin into ships or cars and barges.
 The demand for Alabama coal for ex- port out of Mobile is almost unlimited and the terminals are all that stand in |$he way of q. really great business.
 The Mobile coal and ore terminals seen, at last nearing the point of reaization.