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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
The Man From The West

neishbors instead o. askin US to buy
EN-
The widow Mefriil's face flushed q
dull, miserable red and a sick look
came into her old eyes. Seems like
I'D ought to pay my own fare out
there. when he's a-goin' to do so much
for me-" She tried to make her voice
steady. but it would tremble. Seems
like / might at least do that much.
Well. gday. Mis- Beagle" And she
was of for the next house II wonder
II she believed me?" the old woman
questioned herself as she went IL
wonder if she does think I'm goin' to
rich brother, instead of jest TO the
the--poor farm"
Everywhere it was the same They
all questioned and commented, some
kindly. others In a spirit of jest at the
old woman.s- pitiful attempt at decep-
ton. Not one OF them believed the
story of the rich brother.
House by house she made the
rounds; then hurried back to take a
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
By Phil Moore

country, doing odd Jobs here sn4
there, never getting ahead. Then sud
deniy--1 don't know why--I came to a
realisation Of how l was wasting my
life, drifting. I settled down to a
steady position. worked hard, invested
my savings. l never expected to be-
come rich from my small investment,
but war orders made the stock rise
with jump and keep rising. Last
week sold out and--well. none Of us
need ever worry sbout rent and gro
ceries now. You and VIII and l."
"Not--will.". whispered the Widow
Merrill. and they held hands in vi.
ieDce for a while.
A krock at the door. and there stood
the suctioneer and the ncighnors.
Soc!e came in spirit Of friendiincss.
sorne our of curiosity; but they were
all thcrc.
As fhey ned away Grandma Ppesle
waD Heard to say, In a tone OF great
respect. her brothers awful rich. an
he always thought heap o. her"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-10

"oh. can't tell that TO any body. not
even TO you. He wants me to marry
him fight away, within six weeks. But
Tom. don't -you thirs ought to tell
him that ws>had up a wager on what
we would do when our engagement
was announced and that It was just
scheme 10 make him acknowledge his
love for mef"
For heavens sake. mol That would
spoil the whole thing" said Tom.
Tom Haldron threw a cigarette, az
yet unlighted. into an ash tray.
wouldn't have been In the deuce of
a fix II Dick hadn't taken her off nv
handsl BY George, that was a close
shave"
Suppose the scheme had failed and
i had been compelled TO marry hiui-
Mary soiiioquited. secretly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-10

~1E news flashed around the
crowded ballroom at the
alarming rate Of speed with
which sensational gossip usually trsv-
ais. Tom Haldon. the much courted.
spsiied bachelor of the town. was en-
gagged 20 Mary McManners. Everybody
thought that Mary would marry Dick
Tyler. who presented the extraordi-
nary spectacle of a rich mans son
working ss hard as IL he did not ex-
pect TO inherit a dollar. To see him.
clad in rough clothes. rushing here
and there in bis fathers big munition
factory. one would never dream that
be vas sole heir 20 several million.
Mary McManners was the only girl he
had ever noticed. and II was a fore
gone conclusion in the little town that
she was far too clever . girl 20 allow
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-10

old Grandma Beagle, who lived down
by the river road and whose son own
ed Mayhurt's laundry and vas well to
do. Grandma Beagle's eyes were
sharp and black and when she asked
a question they fixed themselves upon
you in a way that dared you to tell
her an untruth.
Tim going to my brother in the
West" answered the Widow Merrill.
and her voice .faltered as she told the
pitiful little lie. MY brother isis
rich" she continued, "and last week
/ got letter from him saying he
wants 10 give me home and make me
happy the rest of my life My brother
always thought a4.heap o. me-" the
Widow Merrill ended lamely.
"Humph! He's taken his time about
showin' it," remarked. Grandma Bea-
gle We'll, better late than never, I
s'pose But it seems to me like, seein
you're goin' to be rich an prosperous
for the rest of your life. you might
give away your belongings to your old
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-10

must have noticed the contrast"
They had rather sleepless night
each in her own roouf, and In conse-
quence they met at the breakfast Ia
BILE In state of armed neutrality. An
gelica was languid but polite. Anna
brittle but silent.
Into this rarehed atmosphere en-
tered little Pauline even rosler aud
brighter eyed than she bad been the
evening before.
why arc you not at work." de-
manded Anna. you aren't III? sit
down and have a cup of coffee ana
some toast"
"oh. thank yo1. cant eat. I'm too
happy 10 eat" Pauline painted "oh.
girls. 1t doesn't seem possible--l can't
realize It yet--it was SO unexpected
oh, girls,"
What are you talking about?" ask
ed Anna.
Don't go on so. Tell us what you
have 10 say" said Angelica
Pauline looked from one face 10 the
other. I'm going to marry Mr. Brad
ish,' she burst out.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
roHN MARSHALL MCKENZIE

RoHN MARSHALL MCKENZIE
took the three front door steps
u to his boarding house with one
bound. But when he entered the dingy
little hall where commingled odors
Of cabbage and soup greeted his nos
trils. his footsteps became languid
and he mounted to his hall bedroom on
The third fioor under an unusually
heavy depression.
II was the third time this week he
had entered with the same feeling. 1t
vas discouraging. to say the least, but
more SO because he reckoned it was
no fault of his own; yes. he found him
self suddenly thrown out Of employ
ment, a week behind in his room rent
and no prospects of job in sight
One OF the principles OF business his
successful father before him had al
vays impressed on his mind came TO
him now with mocking force.
Never allow the next fellow to
know you're down and out To him
who hath shall be given" he would
say nodding his wise old head
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
A Desperate Sch e m G

or navy. I'm trained for that, you
know, while In the field would be
merely raw recruit"
That's so. by the way, Dick" said
the old lady, unable to restrain her
curiosity any longer. what do you
mean By letting Tom Haldon carry
Mary McManners OF right before your
eyes? You are the better man"
II don't believe | quite under
stand" began Dick hsltfngiy.
/"Well, Mary has announced her en-
gsgement to Tom. You knew that.
didn't you7"
There was curious tightening
around Dicks wide mouth. mo-" he
said quietly. Il hadn't heard the
news"
Why, why" began old Mrs. Pstter-
son, a bit, frustrated TO hear that he
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-10

such good chance to slip through her
slender fingers
Here comes Dick Tyler now
wonder how he took the news or do
you suppose be knows? She waylaid
him, her hand out in friendly disguise
She had the curiosity Of the MAORI
ty Of people to hnd out how Dick was
going 70 take the news"
How are you. Dick?" she asked
pleasantly. You're late. ss usual. due
to overwofk. ] declare. you are 3
marvel TO me, working as hard as If
you did not have q cent"
Dick Tyler laughed, his eyes eager
ly searching the crowd as il in quest
Of one face. I'm doing my bit. that's
all It's q matter OF patriotism /
can serve Uncle Sam better in the
factory than in the ranks of the army
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
u KR. BRADIsH was spending the
N evening with the Misses
Watson. and they had asked

in little Pauline Porter TO take the
fourth hand at pedro. They sat about
the green felt-covrred card table with
three electric light bulbs shining down
upon them with full force. The Misses
watson's eyes. even though assisted
by glasses. required plenty OF light
Anna was the elder Miss Watson,
although there was little difference in
their ages She was rather gray and
sallow. but she had vivaeity and wit.
and her fame as a cook was noised
abroad in the land. Miss Anna had
bad her chances 10 wed but being par
ticulsr she had waited too long. II
was case Of the man who went to
the forest to cut a cane; he was not
easily suited. and the first thing he
knew be had passed clear through the
woods 20 the other side, so il was then
necessary TO take the last stick, which
was a crooked one. or none at all. Mr..
Bradish was in no way a crooked
stick" but IT is true that twenty years
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-10
LTHoUGH her heart was very
sad, the Widow Merrill that

morning dressed herself In
her shabby best and went from house
TO house among her neighbors. inform
ing them Of the auction OF her effects
that day and OF her own impending
departure the NEXT
ITS almost like asking them for
charity" she mourned in her sensi-
tive heart. letting them know I'm
selling my things this way. SOS they'll
all be there. still everything'll 90
cheap and they'll be saving on what
ever they buy" she added, conscien-
tiously. "and of course nobody has TO
buy that don't want to-
t-Aevertheiess. it was hard; and hard
or still to answer her neighbors' curl
Gus questions for lying was not easy
for the honest little soul, and for once
she felt that she could not tell the
truth.
well, weili So you're a-leavin' US.
And where may you be goin'?'' asked
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1920-10-28
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN
SHOULD BE ELECTED WITH
! REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT.
Voter. of 10th Dist. alould Choose
Man in Nord With New Adj
Llimistratiun-Sam shelton
L. The Man.

The nos important question be-
fore the people OF this congressional
district is whether we will elect a
Congressman who Will Se in accord
with the new national administrat-
ion and who will therefore be bes,
able 70 serve the district.
There is no doubt according to all
uDpreiudiced political forecasts that
HARDING and CooIid-e will be elect
ed and that the Republicans will
have large maIorities in both the
House and the Senate. Under these
conditions il would be folly for US
to elect a Democratic Congressman
who would go back to Washington
merely as an obstructionist and who
would have no influence With the
new Republican administration.
The wise thing for US 70 do is 10
elect a Republican congressman, a
man who will be d member of the
administration. on the side Of the
majority with the power and infIu-
ence TO accomplish the things that
are best FOR this district.
Sam A. Shelton of Marsh1eld is
the man. He is the Republican nomi-
nee. He has the qualifications, the
integrity. the high standing, the in
fuence, the energy. to 20 TO Wash
iugIOn as a TUE rgDrpsenta1iya NJ all
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-09-30

at Baraboo, as official at Washington,
he performed his duties with the
same zeal that characterized his efforts
in the preservation OF the union. He
was force for good things in Bara-
boo and the community and enjoyed
a wide circle of friends who deeply
regret that he has passed over the
Great Divide. The going of such good
men as Colonel WEIGH is always a
loss to the region where they live. Al
way kind, always fair, always discern
ing, always tolerant, the taking away
of such a character leaves void.
The community always owes a debt
to such citizens and for Colonel WEIGH
the debt is large.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-09-30

1t has become automatic in the
paper industry that there is no sub
stitute for spruce wood in making
paper pulp And so they have re-
ceived with a great deal of skeptic-
ism the recent announcement that a
satisfactory paper can be made from
the saw grass of Florida and that
a practical method of production has
been developed.
Engineers connected with the en-
terprise say that a preliminary sur
vey reveals that there is in Florida
nearly 100000 acres of saw grass
This can be harvested twice year
yielding 90 tons Of paper per acre
to each cutting 1t would seem there
fore that Florida might eventually fur
nish paper to the whole world, for it
is claimed all grades of the commodity
can be made from the grass.
It is not surprising, in the light
Of past experiments, that relief to
the present paper situation should
come from such source. Fiber suit
2ble for paper making has been pro
uuced from number of plants, among
them corn and cotton stalks. But two
chief difficulties stood in the way OF
commercial exploitation of the pro
cess. In the first place there is not a
sufficient supply of any one material
and it is too expensive to gather corn
or cotton stalks from a wide area
The second, and perhaps the most i'm
portant, difficulty is that, because the
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-09-30

the Lower Narrows of the Baraboo
river, Much grading has been done on
State Trunk Highway SO between the
county line and the Butterfield bridge
and much more will be done west OF
the river. AS before stated the ends
of the new cement culverts were
knocked off and made wider. This
side of the river the telephone poles
west of the highway will be set over
and more width added to the road
bed. AS the II H. Porter farm Is ap-
preached curves will be removed.
Some months ago the Porter house
was moved across the highway and
a new well made Now the farm will
be dug into again and the occupants
of the place have about come to be-
lieve the highway commission can do
almost anything to them. Automobiles
are going faster and more of them are
OF the road; highways must be as
good as possible. The Lower Narrows
road will be surfaced the entire width
so that the speed cop will have good
catching.
4 4 y
This paving Of streets is by no
means a modern invention, although
in the last thirty or forty years diff
ferent materials and different methods
have been used with more or less
success. The people of Carthage are
said to have Daved their town the
Romans in the time of Augustus had
pavements in many of their streets;
the Appain Way in Rome a paved
road was built in 312 B. c. Pavements
Of blocks Of lava worn into ruts by
wheels were found N Pompeii. Roads
built of heavy flags of freestone of
unknown age 1900 to 1000 miles in
extent, exists in Peru. In Mexico,
among the ruins of Palenque are
found pavements of large square
blocks Of stones.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-09-30
VICTORY FOR THE REGULARS

The Republican state convention at
Madison was a victory for the reg
ulars' of Wisconsin. Instead of La
Toilette and his admirers getting the
state Craftsmanship it went to the
Lenroot faction--Alvin B. Peterson re-
ceiving the honor. In two years La
Toilette will be candidate for re-
election and many are wondering just
what effect this will have on his cam
paign. Electing Peterson chairman
will not add any buoyancy to the La
Toilette craft. The result was also
setback for Blaine, for he is out of
harmony with the ideas of the chair
man. Both Senator Lenroot and Sena-
tor La Toilette were absent from the
convention.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-09-30
Thursday, September 30 1920
THE NEW CENSUS OF BAKABOO

While the number of people in Bara-
boo is reported by the census gather
ers as trifle less than ten years ago,
there should be no Encouragement.
People are living better than de-
cade ago. There are more automo-
btles, more vtctrolas, better moving
pictures, fine theatre, better streets,
and moro families taking daily pa
pers. Less money is going for booze
and more for better things
1t is not the number of people in a
town-although that is a great help
Jut the way those people live that
counts!
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-09-30
SAW GRASS FOUND TO BE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SPRUCE WOOD In PAPER PULP MANUFACTURE

material is not compact, only a small
amount can be placed in the pulp 'di-
gester' at one time, making the pro
duction very expensive.
The first objection-that of insult
ficient supply-at first applied even
to saw grass, for although there is
an enormous quantity it grows in
almost inaccessible swamp lands,
and cannot be harvested by ordin-
airy methods With the later devel-
Opment of special harvesting
machine, a model of which has been
successfully operated, this objection
seems to have been eliminated. This
machine is an amphibious modifica-
ton of the wheat harvester that
works equally we'll on land and water
its cutter bars being so arranged that
they can be lowered beneath the wa
ter as much as four feet, if necessary.
The second difficulty-inability to
get a sufficient quantity of material
into the digester-has been removed
by an entire revision of the pulp-mak-
ing process Different chemicals are
used, and in order to get large
quantity of grass into the digester, il
is first put through a shredder and re-
duced to a mass of which II tons or
more can be treated at once.
Sample runs of the paper have been
made by the Bureau of Standards, and
some commercial mills, and these are
declared to have been satisfactory.
BY Harry A. Mount in Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-09-30
ONE MORE LONG LOOK AHEAD

Svante August Arrhenius, Scandi-
navian scientist, has studied the raw
energies Of the earth. Petroleum, coal
water, sunlight are the sources of
power from which man gets his sup
plies, Svante August Arrhenius
knows how long petroleum and coal
will last and what will happen when
they are exhausted.
Petroleum for ninety years is his
prediction; coal in England for zoo
years,in continental Europe for LOCO
years, in the United States for 1000
years.
Water power? The United States
is we'll supplied but Europe and Asia
are poor in this kind of energy. They
will have less than one fifth of a
horse power per human being.
Europe will become gentle pastor
al country for lack of energy to make
the wheels turn. Down in the hot re-
gions-the Sahara, Mespotamia, the
Mohave desert and the people
will crowd to work in the sun mills.
Sunshine will supply twenty-five times
the power that coal now can supply.
Back again into Egypt and Babylonia
into the land Of the Aztecs, into
Arabia, where the varieties of civiliza-
ton began, we shall all crowd to
work in the sun mills.
Four thousand years hence, says
Svante August Arrhenius but there
are plenty of things to worry about
that are considerably nearer III point
of time.-Chicago News.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-09-30

sink being a short distance away He
shot at a duck, several of the shot
striking Mr.. Koenig. One was imbed-
ded in his head and several struck
him on the hand and shoulder. One
shot penetrated just below the eye
and is causing most of the trouble,
the physicians being unable to locate
it, and complications may arise which
will cause loss of the eye Mr. Den
ninger Immediately brought the wound
ed man to Fox Lake where he was
given medical attention. At this time
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-09-30
l. 400 SERVICE
MEN ENTER u.

At least 400 former soldiers, sailors
marines and nurses are expected to-
take advantage of Wisconsin's soldier
educational bonus law to attend the
university of Wisconsin this fall. ac-
cording to information in the office of
the university officer who advises sol
der bonus students. About 1900 SOL
der bonus students including those in
short courses and regular sessions, at
tended the university last year.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-09-30
MUSTERED OUT

Colonel D. E. Welch, early settler,
soldier. postmaster, and genial citi-
zen has been laid away in his little
green tent in the Baraboo cemetery
on the hill. Colonel WEIGH was the
highest type of citizen, kindly, ben
evolent, cordial and courteous. He
went away to the Civil war from Ohio
and then came to Wisconsin to en-
JOY the remainder of long life. AS
legislator at Madison, as postmaster
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-09-30
BY The Way

Governor Philip has named W. G..
Kirchoffer Madison as delegate to
the national drainage congress to be
held at Atlanta on November 10 to r..
Mr.. Kirchoffer was formerly city en-
gineer in Baraboo
y s. y
Women are more and more getting
into politics. Mrs. Alice Roosevelt
Longworth has gone on the stump in
Ohio to assist her friend Husband in
his race for reelection to congress
and Mrs. Corrine Roosevelt Robinson,
sister Of the late president, will devote
some time this fall in the middle west
delivering Republican speeches.
= s. =
Judge James O'Neill says since the
lid has been clamped down on Old
John Barleycorn the number Of Grim
inal cases in his circuit has become
negligible. In the Sept therm Of
the circuit court in Sank county there
were no cases OF a criminal nature
and the judge reports this condition
in all the counties he visits. Prohibi-
ton has greatly reduced the cost OF
holding court in the several counties.
~ 3. :: y
F. D. Galway, court reporter for
Judge O'Neill, says the county agent
in the county in which he resides,
Clark, earns fifty times the salary
paid him. He says an expert for the
farmers is a move in the right direc-
ton. There is an agitation at pres
ent in this county for an agent and
he says it would be a step forward
for the county board to employ an
expert.
On the Williams place, between
Baraboo and Portage there is fine
retreat known as Fern Glen. A dry run
crosses Trunk Line 33 where the
Columbia-Sauk county sign Is located |
the Glen being very near the county |
line. Here may be seen great lodges |
of conglomerate, much the same as |
one sees at Durward's Glen, Parfrey's |
Glen and elsewhere in the Baraboo |
range VI DlunS. -al A1lCludu Tic CO44- 1
glomerate is crushed sfor road mater |
ial and makes fine highway. If Fern
Glen were located in a region where |
there are not SO many famous places |
it would have wide reputation, it's i
beauty being striking and unusual
* * 8.
More new scrapers have gone to
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-09-30
FOX LAKE CITIZEN
SHOT HUNTING DUCKS

E. G. Koenig of Fox Lake, was &C
cidentally shot a few days ago while
hunting on the lake, the shot being
fired by VIM. Gossing of Waupun. Koe-
mig and Rev. Denninger were located
in the marsh near Sauers Bay. Cos
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-09-30
REV. COLEMAN HAS MOVED
FROM NORTH FREEDOM TO
THE VILLAGE OF WoNEWOc

Rev. L. B. Coleman has moved from
North Freedom to the village OF
Wonewoc where he VIII preach in the
M. e. church during the ensuing year.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-09-30
HARD ON NON-PARTISANS
the debt is large.

Both the Democratic and Republi-
can platforms in Wisconsin are OPP
posed to the Non-Partisans, a blow
to that organization. Blaine was en-
dorsed by the organization then he
filed to land the craftsmanship of the
state central committee, also failed
to have a voice in the platform. In
stead Of the would-be- governor favor
ing the Non-Partisans the platform
framed for him is opposed to the
ideas for which he is supposed to
stand. Here is the gist from the two
platforms; read for yourself:
Republicans
1--WE denounce the leadership Of the
Nonpartisan league, the I. W. W, the
communist party and all other agen-
cies seeking to undermine the princi-
pies of democracy and advocating a
program of state socialism, bolshevism
or anarchy. We denounce the attempt
of non residents of Wisconsin through
the leadership of the Nonpartisan
league to control the Republican party
in Wisconsin.
Democrats
wisconsin is facing a crisis. So
cialistic, undemocratic and un-Ameri-
can principles which have been trans
lated into enactment in a sister state
and are now being advocated in the
state of Wisconsin have reused con-
sternation, and challenge the consid-
Grafton of all who have at heart the
interests of good government, the safe
ing Of constituted interests and
the enactment of progressive remed-
ial Legislation. We invite the coopera-
ton Of all regardless Of previous party
utilization, to join with us in the fight
for good government based upon,
sound principles, representing no
class interests and having for it's
primary object the good of ALL