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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-14
ANNUAL MEETING

",rhc annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Virginia Brick Co.,
will be held at their plant at South
Washington, Virginia, on Tuesday,
May 10th, 1921, at 1900 o'clock
room"
92-Iw. ". T.. Pearson, President
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-14

attempt. was made to. create
some new kind of a general
headquarters with the Cen
eral in charge but it was obi
viously a thinly disguised eff
fort to find something! fos
him to do and i has been III
effecttabandonad. l
The .services?of Gen. Perish
ing to the American peo5
|ple clearly entitle' him to the
highest military rank and q
position in the military esI
Establishment commensurate
with it. The Army and the
nation are to, be congratulate
ed that this is to be recognize
ed and the Genera .ln1ade
| Chief Of. Staff. St T.,,s i
And in this connection it
should be said that the re-
firing Chief of Staff, Cen
eral Peyton c. March, fulfill
ed the arduous and difficult
duties Of the position during
the greatest military peril
this country has ever been
called upon to face, and that
he fulfilled them in a way
creditable to American arms
and conducive to American
victory. The arrows and
! sings of outrageous fortune
and political turn overs can
mot rob him of that distinc-
ton.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-14

into which to silelve Genera;
Polishing, the Secretary Of
War and the General StatF
have finally bowed to the IL
evitabie and accepted him
as Chief Of Staff.
Il would have been ridicul.
ouS3to do anything else. The
highest officer in the Army:
by act Of Congress and III
recognition of paramount
services rendered, General
Pershing has been for some
time in the preposterous posi-
ton of being a full General
serving under a Major Gen
eral. That it could not last
was seen from the start. An
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-14

The irreconciliab1es Of the
Senate with lie low, the.ytan,
nounce, in the matter of pro.
testing against the Presi
dents foreign policy. Yes
until after the pie is cut and
distributed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-14

Miss Hamilton Shields!of
Virginia is made a chevalief
of the Legion of Honor by
the French Government on
account Of her services If
nursing the wounded Of the
World War, according to a
dispatch from Paris. Old Vii
gilia never tires. IL.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-05-13
PAGE THREE

else"
She nodded, shuddering an instant
at a menacing shadow that moved
within 60 feet of the fire.
''Then goodby, Dan 7" she told him.
And she stretched up her arms. "The
thing | sald-that day on the hillside
doesn't hold any more"
His own arms encircled her, but he
made no effort to claim her lips. Len
nox watched them quietly; In this
moment OF crisis not even pretending
to look away. Dan shook his head to
her %entreating eyes. ut isn't just a
kiss, darling" he told her soberiy. 1T
e deeper thar that. It's a symbol.
1t was your word, too, and mine; and
words can't be broken, things being as
they are. Can't I make you under
standr
She nodded. His eyes burned. Per-
haps she didn't understand, as far as
actual fu~nctionIng OF the brain WIS
concerned. But she reached up to
him. as women--knowing life in the
concrete rather than the abstract
have always reached up to men and
she dimly caught the CLEAN Of some
eternal principle and right behind his
words. This strong man of the noun
talns had given his word. had been
Witness to her own promise to him
and to herself. and n law that goes
down to the roots Of life prevented
him from claiming the kiss.
Many times, since the world was
new comfort-happiness-llfe itself
have been contingent on the breaking
OF a law. Yet In spite Of what seemed
common sense, even though no punish
ment would forthcome II II were
broken, the law has been kept. II was
this way now, II wouldn't have been
Just a kiss such as boys and girls have
always had In the moonlight. II meant
the symbolic remuneration Of the debt
that Dan owed Cranston-a~ debt that
In his mind might possibly 20 unpaid,
which no weight OF circumstance could
make him renounce.
His longing for her lips pulled mt
the roots OF him. But by the laws OF
his being he couldn't claim them until
the debt incurred OF the hillside.
months ago, had been paid; to take
them now meant TO dun the fine edge
Of his resolve to carry the Issue
through to the end. to dim the star
that led him. 10 weaken him, by bend
ing now, for the test to come. He
didn't know why. II had its fount In
the deep wells OF the spirit. Common
sense can't reveal how the holy man
keeps strong the spirit by denying the
flesh. II goes too deep for that. Dan
kept TO his conservation.
He did, however, kiss her hands,
and he kissed the tears out OF her
eyes. Then he turned into the dark
ness and broke through the ring OF
the wolves.
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the house down to destroy" he ex-
planned. I'm learning to know this
mountain breed, Lennox. I kept it I'm
my pocket where l could fight for It.
at any minute"
Cranston had been mistaken, after
all, in thinking that in fear of himself
Dan would be afraid to keeS the
packet OF his person, and would crav-
emily conceal 1t In the house. He would
have been even more surprised to
know that Dan had lived In constant
hope of meeting Cranston on the
ridges, showing him what 1t contained,
and fighting him for 1t, hands to
hands. And wen yet, perhaps the day
would come when Cranston would
know at last that Snowbird's words,
after the fight of long ago, were true.
The twilight was falling over the
snow, so Snowbird and Dan turned to
the toll of building a sled.
The snow was steel-gray in the
moonlight when the little party made
their start down the long trail. Their
preparations, simple and crude as they
were, had taken hours of ceaseless
labor on the part Of the three. The
ak, its edge dulled by the flame and
its handle burned away, had been
cooled In the snow. and with n
sound arm. Lennox had driven the hot
nails that Snowbird gathered from
the ashes Of one of the oHtbuildlngs.
The embers of the house itself still
glowed red In the darkness.
Dan had cut the green limbs OF the
trees and planed them with hts TX.
The sled had been completed. handles
attached for pushing 1t, and a piece of
fence wire fastened with nails as a
rope to puIl It. The warm mackinaws
Of both of them as well as the one
blanket that Lennox had saved from
the fire were wrapped about the old
frOntiersman's wasted body-Dan and
Snowbird hoping to keep warm by the
exercise Of propelling the sled. Ex-
cept for the dull ak and the half
empty pistol, their only equipment
YVES a single charred pot for melting
snow that Dan had recovered from
the ashes Of the kitchen.
The three had worked almost in
silence. Words didn't help now. They
wasted no sorely needed breath. But
they did have one minute TO talk when
hey got TO the top Of the little ridge
that had overlooked the house.
Wen travel mostly at night" Dan
told them. "We can see 10 the snow.
and by taking u rest in the daytime.
when the sun is bright and warm. we
can save our strength. We won't have
TO keep such big fires then-and at
night our exertion win keep Us as
arm as we can hope for. Getting up
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p ~.

49, %&
Dan Failing was never more thank
full for his unerring sense OF direction.
He struck Off nj a forty-ive-degree
angle between their late course and a
direct road to the river, and he kept
II ms n by n surveyors line. All tho
old devices OF tho wilderness-the
ridge on ridge that looked Just alike,
inclines that TO the casual eye looked
like downward slopes, streams that
vanished beneath the snow, and the
snow-mist blowing across the face OF
the lnndmnrks-could not avail
against him.
A half dozen OF the wolves followed
him at first, But perhaps their fierce
eyes marked his long stride and his
powerful body. and decided that their
better chance was with the helpless
man and the girl beside the pickering
fire. They turned back, one by one.
Dan kept straight on and In two hours
crossed Cranston's trail. He dldn't
doubt but that he would find Gran
ston In his camp, II he found the camp
at all. The man had certainly re-
turned 10 II Immediately after setting
FIRE 10 the buildings. II for no other
reason than for food. II isn't well
TO be abroad OF the wIntry mountains
without n supply Of food; and Gran.
ston would certainly know this fact.
Dan didn't know when u rifle bullet
from some camp IN the thickets would
put an abrupt end "a his advance. The
brush grew high by the river. the ele.
walton was considerably lower. and
there might be n hundred camps out
OF the sight OF the casual wayfarer.
II Cranston should see him. musbing
across the moonlit snow, IL would give
him the most savage Joy TO open FIRE
upon him with his rife.
Dams keen eyes searched the thick |
cts, and particularly they wntched the
sky line for a faint glare tina. might
mean a camp fire. He tried to walk
silently. II wasn't an easy thing TO
do with awkward s%nowshOcs; but the
river drowned the little noise that he
made, lie tried 10 take advantage OF
the shelter Of the thickets and the
trees. Then, az the base of n little
ridge, be came 10 n sudden halt.
He had estimated just right. Not
two hundred yards distant. q camp
fire fickered and glowed IN the shell
ter OF a great log. He saw II. by the
most astounding good fortune. through
a little rift IN the trees. Ten feet on
either side. and n was obscured.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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He meant what he said. If mortal
strength and sinew could survive such
a test, he would succeed. There was
nothing in these words to suggest the
physical weakling that both of them
had known a few months before. The
eyes were earnest, the dark face in
tent, the determined voice did not
waver at all.
Dan Failing speaksl" Lennox re-
piled with glowing eyes. He was re-
calling another Dan Failing of the
dead years, a boyhood hero, and his
remembered voice had never been
more determined, more masterful than
this he had just heard.
And Cranston didn't get his pur-
pose, after all" To prove his words,
Dan thrust his hand into his inner
coat pocket. He drew forth a little,
Nat package, half as thick as a pack
of cards. He held it up for them to
see. "The thing Bert Cranston burned
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~fast-falling sun. The twilight deep
ened. the snow turned gray, and then,
in a vague way, the journey began to
partake of a quality of unreality. II
was not that the cold and the snow
and their hunger were no entirely
real. or that the wilderness was no
longer naked to their eyes. 1t was just
that their whole effort seemed like
some dreadful. unburdened journey in
a dream-a stumbling advance under
difficulties too many and real to be
true.
The first sign IVES the far-off cry
of the wolf pack. II was very faint.
simply a stir in the eardrurls. yet II
was entirely clear. That clear. cold
mountain air was a perfect telephone
system. conveying a message distinct.
ly. no matter how family. There
were no tall buildings or cities to dis
turb the ether W And all three
of them knew al the same instant II
was not exactly the cry they had
heard before.
They couldn't have told just why,
even II they had wished to talk about
1t. In some dim way. 1t had lost the
strange quality of despair It had held
before. 1t was as If the pack were
running with renewed life, that each
wolf was calling to another with a
dreadful sort of exultation. II was on
excited cry, too-not the long, sad
song they had learned to listen for. II
sounded Immediately behind them.
They couldn't help but listen. No
human ears could have shut out the
sound. But none OF them pretended
hat they had heard. And this was the
worst sign of all. Each one Of the
three was hoping against hope In his
very heart; and at the same time, hop
ing that the others did not understand.
For a long time. as the darkness
d%eepened about them. the forests were
still. Perhaps, Dan thought. he had
been mistaken after all. His shoulders
Strengthened. Then the chorus blared
again
The man looked back at the girl,
smiling into her eyes. Lennox lay as
IL asleep, the lines of his dark face
curiously pronounced. And the girl,
because she was of the mountains,
body and soul, answered Dams smile.
Then they knew that all OF them knew
the truth. Not wen an inexperienced
ear could have any decisions about
the pack song now. 1t was that cid
est of wilderness songs, the hunting
cry-that frenzied song of blood-lust
that the wolf pack utters when 1t is
running on the trail of game. 1t bad
found the track of living flesh at last.
There's no use stopping, or trying
to climb a tree Dan told them sim
ply. "In the first place, Lennox can't
do 1T. In the second, we've got to take
a chancellor cold and hunger can get
up a tree where the wolf pack can't"
He spoke wholly without emotion.
Once more he frightened the traces of
the sled.
I've heard that sometimes the pack
will chase a man for days without at
lacking" Lennox told them. ut all
depends on how long they've gone
without food. Keep on and try to for
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get EN-. Maybe we can keep 'em
bluffed."
Bur as The hours passed. II became
increasingly difficult TO forget the wolf
pack. II was only a matter Of turning
the head aud peering for an instant
INTO the shadows TO catch a glimpse
Of one Of the creatures. Their usual
fear Of men. always their first emo
ZION. had given way wholly TO a hunt.
ing cunning an effort to procure their
game without too great risk of their
own lives. In the desperation Of their
hunger they could not remember such
things as the fear OF men. They.
spread out farther, and at last Dan
looked up TO find one Of the gray
beasts waiting, Ike n shadow himself.
In the shadow Of a tree not one hun
dred feet from the sled. Snowbird
whipped out her pistol.
Don't darei' Dams voice cracked
out to her. He didn't speak loudly yet
the words came so sharp and com
handing. so like pistol fire Itself, that
they penetrated into her consciousness
and choked back the nervous refexes
that In an instant might have lost
them u Of their three precious shells.
She caught herself with q cob. Dan
shouted at the wolf. and # melted into
the shadows.
You won't do II again. %SnowbirdT'
he asked her very humbiy. But his
meaning was clear. He was not az
skilled with o pistol as she; bur II her
nerves were breaking. the gun must
be taken from her hands. The three
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1921-05-11
GALLATIN TOWN HITS
SAT- GAIT ON SALE
OF u. S. THRIFT STAMPS

Avant Antrim, N H; skidoo Hud-
son, Wis; enter West Yellowstone,
Montana.
Whatsmatter?
Only this: Antrim has been wear
ing q crown on one side of her head
because the postmaster there had sold
thrift stamps and treasury savings
stamp to the amount of 1854 for
every reident of his thrifty, patriotic
town. Hudson, Wis, with a some
what larger population than Antrim,
reflected glory on the ninth district
with sale of AZ cents per capita.
But now comes West Yellowstone,
Gallatin county, Montana, Samuel P.
Eagle, postmaster, with a sale for the
government savings securities during
the month of March amounting to
SAT per capita.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1921-05-11
LEONARD MCCARTNEY
COMMITS SUICIDE
AFTER WIFE'S DEATH

Continued from Page One.)
into the hay NOW with him, mounted
a board railing used to keep hay back
from the hay chute, buckled the hal
ter about a rafter and tied the rope
about his neck. A leap from the top
of the railing, about four feet above
the floor, brought death instantane-
Ously. The mans feet were barely
off the floor when the body was
found. The condition of the body led
the four men to testify that suicide
had been committed, probably within
a short time after the departure of
Adams from the farm in the morning.
w. D. Bell, county treasurer, ar
rived at the farm with Frank M. Gray
at about the same time as the sher-
hf's car. The evidence of Bell and
Gray We're corroborative of the state
ments of the deputy sheriff and act
ing coroner.
While evidence showed rather COM
plete dependency on the part Oh Nc
Cartney Friday night, both Adams
and Gray testified that the man ap-
peared entirely normal and rational
Saturday morning before going to
the farm, and Adams saw nothing
IN the mans demeanor Saturday
morning to indicate continuation OF
the broOding of the night before.
Mr.. Mccartney is survived by his
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Mccartney, of Cambridge, Ohio; by a
sister, Mrs. Frank Gray of Bozeman;
by a sister in Ohio, and another in
Polk, Pa, by two brothers in Ohio
and his two children, born last Fri
day morning. Mr.. Mccartney was q
memberof the M. w. A. Lodge.
The funeral services for both Mr.
and Mrs. Mccartney were held Mon
day afternoon at one o'clock from the
West Undertaking parlors. The Rev
Frank B. Lewis preached the funeral
services. H. F. West, E. w. Harland
and F. w. Caven had charge of the
service. A quartete consisting OF
MIS- A. j. Walrath, Mrs. j. ii. Harris
w. 7. Brandenburg and w. o. Bel
sang at the parlors and the grave
Mrs A. M. Brandenburg was accom-.
PIANIST.
There were large floral offerings
from the friends of both the youn7
people, and many people payed then
last respects at the funeral. The pal
bearers were brother lodge members
of Mr.. Mccartney and were George
Finch, w. F. Cowan, George Ramels
j. w. McLees, H. Rohrer and E. w
Thompson.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1921-05-11
GALLATIN HIGH TRACK
TEAM LEAVES FOR MISSOULA

The Gallatin county high school
track team leaves today for Missoula
to enter the annual inter-scholastic
track meet which starts there tomor-
row. The local high school has not
got strong track team this year, but
according to Coach Gibson has three
point winners, and three other men
who are promising track material are
going along for the experience.
eve expect George Axtell to break
the state record for the shot put this
year., said Mr.. Gibson just before he
left. "The big boy has thrown the
shot for nearly five feet farther than
the state record, and he can equal the
record every time he steps into the
ring" The state record for the shot
put is 4S feet and four inches, and
Axtell has thrown it 48 feet and six
inches in practice.
Six men are going with the team
this year. Missoula only pays the ex-
pences for two men but the addition
al money has been raised this year
by the declamatory contest and q
dance given by the &c" club. The
six men who go are Geo. and Leslie
Axtell, John Wright, Wesley Boss
Marshall Mason and Clifford Bridges
Miss Thelma Shaw represents the
school in the declamatory contest, and
Miss Ida Davis and Miss Schuster will
go chaperones.
George Axtell will enter the IL
pound shot put, the javelin, 100 yard
dash, discus throw, 220 yard dash and
the relay. Leslie Axtell enters the
120 yard high hurdles and the 22O low
hurles. Clifford Bridges is in the
$50 yard run, the one mile run, broad
jump, javelin and relay. John Wright
will try the high jump. Wesley Boss
enters the 440 yard dash and the 88C
yard run, the mile run, and the dis.
Gus throw. Marshall Mason is enter.
ed in the 220 yard low hurdles, the
so and 100 yard dashes, discus throw
broad jump and relay.
Gallatin high has better track rec
ord than any other high school IL
the state. having won five consecutive
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1921-05-11
HOWARD TALKS ON FARM
CONDITIONS LIKES GALLATIN

Continued from Page One.)
Lawrence river. If this is completed
it will permit ocean going vessels to
load grain at Duluth, Chicago and
other lake ports. Inasmuch as the
price of grain is determined by what
it will bring in the Liverpool world
market and by the use of these ocean
going vessels the freight rate to Liv-
erpool can be cut at least 10 cents,
the completion of such project would
mean that every bushel of wheat rails
ed in Montana would net the grower
at least 10 cents more than the pres
ent price. The federation is backing
this project and working for it in the
halls of congress, and with, we be-
lieve, good chance of success"
eve are also working for lower
freight rates on basic farm commodit-
les like grain and livestock" continu-
ed Mr.. Howard, in discussing the
work of the federation owe are stric
thy against the provision of the Esch-
Cummins bill that guarantees the rail-
roads six per cent interest on their
valuation. The farmers of the coun-
try are absolutely dependent on frei-
ght rates for their profit and at pres
ent these are altogether too high. The
farmer is the man who suffers. The
federation hopes to lower the freight
rates on farm products like the ones
mentioned and as we represent the
most powerful body of farmers in the
world, We believe We will be success
: full"
Mr.. Howard together with Mr..
Schilling and Mr.. Burdick, left on the
afternoon train for Helena where a
!, conference was held with the agri-
cultural leaders of the state, includ-
ing the heads of the different farm
T organizations such as the Farmers
: Union, the Equity, Grain Growers anc
d several more. He spent the day in
t Bozeman and on short trip through
e the valley and spoke very highly Of
t the community. "The Gallatin," saiC
F" Mr.. Howard, sis the best looking farm
d community l have seen since coming
e west. l do not have to be told tina
IL you have good farms here, your tow
+ reflects that. We walked around earl,
J" this morning before anyone was u
and from the very looks of Bozemal
r, we could tell that it was surrounde
n by a wonderful country. The NOR
l have seen of the valley the better
- like it and hope may come bac
- some time in the summer when ca
see. your valley at its best"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1921-05-11
DAIRY MONEY MAKING
BUSHES SAYS SCHILLING

CONTINUED from Page One.)
Schilling's herd today is one Of his
daughters who has the reputation of
being the greatest mother in the herd.
The four cows sold the college were
Kaan Maria de oil, Reinschje Parthe-
MIA, Jessie Forbes 9th. Homestead
and Nora Konigen. While these were
all good cows the offspring of Norma
KOningen turned out to be the best
producers and most of the college
herd today is of that family. Mr..
Schilling was much interested in the
college cattle and spent several hours
looking them over.
Speaking Of the dairy prospects in
the Gallatin Mr.. Schilling said that
in his opinion Dairying should be a
pronounced success here. 81 have not
been able to see your wonderful pas
lures" he said ''but l hear they are
even better than what we have in
Minnesota. With them for a founda-
ton and with the cheap roughage you
raise here, l should think this would
make a wonderful dairy country. o.
course you need a cooperative cream
cry. The cooperative feature Of oul
milk producers association is wha
made it a success and Minnesota i
thicl1ly dotted with successful coop
erative creameries. Why back Their
they are paying the farmers more 70
butter fat by ten cents than you
farmers get here and at the sam
time their butter sells for a lowe
price than your butter is selling fol
At least that is so if the figures
have been given today are correct.
Mr.. Schilling is strongly in fave
Of good cows. He keeps in the ne
ghborhood of 100 head of registere
Holsteins on his farm and says thu
they pay far better than even IL
best grades. "You never can coui
on the production of a grade cow
said Mr.. Schilling, "while a purebrt
may cost more in the beginning 81
will pay her way, for not only w
she be better milk producer, but h
offspring will be worth more money