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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02
He Grinned Good-NaturedIy and Ac.
cepted Another Cigar.

sheep-in the Wall Street sense of the
term. He had owned stock in the mine
for long time. and 1t had been pay
ing him dividends, right along. So
naturally, after the new strike was an
nounced, he was perfectly willing to
own more. | don't know what his in
vestment was, but he gave me to I'M
derstand that 1t was something like
half a million. In less than q month
after the deal was closed the mine was
drowned and went out of business"
still, 1 don't see your lost oppor.
tunity," threw In.
I'm coming to that. AS 1t happens.
my speciality as an engineer is the un-
watering of wet mines. The old gem
tieman had maps and profiles with
him; the records of very careful and
excellent Typographical survey. I'm
reasonably certain that / discovered a
way in which that mine can be drained
at comparatively small expense.
i told him thought could do II !:
but didn't give my plan away. In
stead, l made him a proposition: Of.
fered to undertake the drainage iob
at my own costs, If l should succeed.
ne was to deed me fourth interest in
the property. II l didn't succeed. 1t
was to cost him nothing-sort of a
| contingent fee, as lawyer would saw"
1 laughed. "You made an offer like
that to stranger? and on a mine that
4 you had never seen?"
de grinned good-naturediy and got
back at me, quick.
All business Is taking of chances
AS the matter stood at that stage Of
the game, had everything to gain and
nothing to lose, and the only chance
was taking was in the bet on my own
aollity as an engineer. The old man
was queer old codger in some re-.
spects; as secretive and cautious rs
an old fox. For example: he had care
fully clipped the name of the Minis
from the blue-prints and other papers
ana In all our talk he never once let
that name slip. and never even men
TONED the name of the district II
which the mine was located. Bpt !,
spite of all this caution he drew nm
sort OF option agreement with me.
we found lawyer and had th,
agreement drawn up in legal form
me time limit was to be year. an,
each of us was to put up thouaan,
dollars to make the agreement bind
ing II either Of us should wish /,
Withdraw within that time. he was 4
liberty to do so by forfeiting his ant
OF thousand dollars to the other. i
neither OF us withdrew by or befor
the end of the year. | was TO be at M
, erty TO go ahead with my drainar
project, and the agreement bound m
iewner to turn over one-fourth later
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02
CHAPTER n.
A Needle In a Haystack.
begun.

Since my happy hunting-ground be-
gan in the middle Of Colorado, I took
ticket to Denver by way of Chicago
and Omaha. AS recall 1t now, II was
after the train had passed North
Platte that first became sensibly con-
scious, as you might say. of the fact
that the man in the opposite section of
the sleeping-car had little Pullman
table set up In front of him, and was
studying maps-and blue-prints. He
was rather efficient-looking fellow of
maybe thirty-two or three. with dark
hair and eyes, and what Lisette would
have called a determined nose, and he
sported beard and mustaches, nut
brown as to color. and neatly trimmed.
Farther along we met In the smoking
room, at a time when the stuffy little
den had no other occupants. Mr.. Op-
posite Sections only cigar turned out
to have broken wrapper. so natural
ly rendered my own pocket-case. That
served to break the ice and we talked.
dribbling along from one commonplace
to another until finally Brown-beard
said:
''You don't by any chance happen to
be a mining engineer, do you?"
Far be it from me-" laughed :
nothing so useful as that"
Il didn't know" he fastened to say,
half alphabetically. II saw you study.
ing maps as we came along"
Now, ordinarily I'm apt to talk LOT
too much about my own affairs-ru
admit It; but this was one time when
had a sort of bunch not to. So j
merely said:
Il saw you doing the same thing"
"Sure you did, he admitted cheer
fully. Then he told me his name
which got as Bullion, or Bulletin, OF
something like that--and said he was
a mining engineer, which was the rea
son why he had asked me If | WASH
one.
Past that, the talk ran mostly upor
his profession, and since the mysteri
GUS huneh was still nudging me. lie
him have the floor, so to speak, figur
ing chiefly myself as good listener.
Yes; we do run across some rattle
queer propositions in our trade" HI
said. after he had given me some sor
OF an idea of what mining engineer
job Is like. 'In my own experience
for example, the only sure shot l hav
ever had--or possibly ever will have
got away from me-"
j 1t was up to me to lite, and, o
course, did 1t.
"How was thatf"
1.-THE man died." he replied lacon
cally.
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II could ace by his sxPrss'
sion that he still thought me
crazy"
GRO BE coNTINUEDl
Electric Refrigeration.

A brine tank In place OF ice W,"s w.
by means OF an electrical instrlipes'
keeps mean temperature In tne = !.
frigerator, is growing in populaf's 10 :
suburban and country places whefe -
is difficult to obtain. Its adVah'as,
are that 1T does away with the iceln .sa.
1t gives dry temperature auss VA
geous for the preservation Oh .o !
and there is no slime, dirt or u1.p s i
with the use of Ice. II is arrane ',,ssa
freeze little ice for table use "a" IAN.
that is desired. 1t Is not an N.Y. n.
sive luxury. costing about $4VV y
stall In any refrigerator.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02
4sTAAnlE, OLD BOY, THERE'S YOUR FoRTuAEp

Yor portion 81 Grandfather Japers property port
ito latest vauatioH something like $4,000 hes perfectly
safe repository situated degrees of ong
tads nest from Grenc and the s5M and 10th degrees north M
fade When find it, you W DO able TO identity By the pres
Of girl with broWn hair and blue eyes and small mole
left shoulder pebad horse whch the girl rides and dog With
split face half black half white You Do more than
likely find he three together; and you make the acquaintance
of the girl. you'll Be on the trail Of your legacy"
that young
Bt the will all tangible sanords
you've 20 do IL o. work and find IT,"
He 6Hds che dog and the Next he 6nd the
discovers that the pfsy safe
nne
and but gets
pustering no
In fact they bad kill loft
girls father get
RRes sulphur his
10 be And forth he
shes worth a dozen gold mines.
Francis Lynde this He
shade himself famous BY his railroad stories Doa
proud Of this mining
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Naturally. had quiet little laugh
over this screed Of Percy's, taking II
for Joke; poor Joke and In rather
bad taste. | thought. In that mood l
handed the letter to Lisette FOR her to
read. She didn't laugh, but she did
look bit scornful and put about, II
| you know what mean
II don't suppose the blue-eyed girl
would appeal to you." she said,
though the horse and the dog might.
When do you start?"
We discovered that Meridian los
west of Greenwich split the state Of
Colorado just beyond Denver, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo, and the hunting
ground plotted out for me took In
three-fourths Of the remainder of the
state. a slice of Utah. good bit bigger
slice of New Mexico. with bite out
OF the northeastern corner OF Arizona,
just for good measure
me for the wild and wooliyi"
prayed. "Don't you see me rugged out
In n nice, hairy pair of snaps and
riding Observation-Disclosures believe
that's the Dhrase-over the snow
capped peaks or the boundless prairies,
MS the case may be7 But just imagine
Percy the immaculate pulling bone
head Joke like this r.
"You are taking 1t for a joker she
questioned.
"Sure am; and It's rather rotten
one at that, ! should say--considering
the source"
Then You won't 60 to look for the
blue-eyed girl with nut-brown hair and
the cunning little mole? Think of what
you may be missing! !"
For just one crazy minute had a
bunch, or a premonition, or whatever
you like to call It, that the letter might
not he joke Grandfather Jasper had
always been a bit eccentric--a rich
mans privilege and rich old mans
incontestable right. What If he had
actually done this thing to me?-a
| thing scarcely less devastating than
cutting me off without a penny7 On
the spur of the moment said:
IF should go, would you wait for
me, Lisette?"
| She took her time about answering
Ia good and sufficient plenty of 1t.
Il think perhaps I'd better not
change the ring back, Stannie," she
| said. sort of wintrily. ''If there is any
money and you should happen to find
| 1t, you would probably fling 1t all
away before you could get back to Bos-
ton. Besides, there is the blue-eyed
girl; If she should bring you fortune,
you'd have to marry her, wouldn't you?
You are big and strong, and-well--e
nice In good many ways, Stannie,
and much too good-loolSing for your
own good; but when you marry--if
you do marry-you'd better be sure
that the girl has money enough to buy
her own hats. ! haven't enough, as
i you know"
! Il know only too well that the love-
in-a-cottage Idea has never appealed
to you," said, with the regretful stop
pulled all the way out In Difference to
the sentimental decencies.
"Not In the least, Stannie, dear; not
In the nttiest least"
This appeared to be the end of our
rather lukewarm love-dream, and to
be really honest and aboyeboard about
| 1t, am obliged to confess that 1t
didn't break as many bones for me as
| suppose 1t should have. Anyway, a
half-hour or so after had said good
by to Lisette met Jack Downing
and when he asked me if didn't want
to so with him and bunch of the
fellows for little spin down the coast
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That sounded rather interesting. 50

That sounded rather interesting, SO
I gave him another pinch.
"Tell me about It; IL Il won't bore
YOU"
He grinned ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ac-
cepted another cigar out of my pocket
case
you'll be the one to be bored. It
was this way: A little over year
ago was on my way to Chicago with
report that | had been making ON
some properties In the Cripple Creek
district. In the Denver Omaha Pull
man fell In with a nice old gentle
man who had been buying himself a
gold brick in the shape of a flooded
mine. The mine had at one time been
a producer though not by any means
what you'd call a bonanza After a
rather extended dividend-paying period
II don't know just how long, though
1t was some years-the luck changed,
as sometimes happens. In sinking and
drifting the operators had uncovered
another vein which was exceedingly
rich. Don't let me talk your arm OFF. /"
go ahead said |. My arms are
insured"
''Well, at about the time that they
struck this new underlying vein, they
also struck water; so much of 1T as to
lead them to suspect that they had
tapped an underground lake. The old
gentleman wasn't exactly woolly
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est In the property to me NM, !.
completion OF the Job and the nnw.,.A
Ing Of the mine. 'a'sR Z
AT the moment was under sn...
menf TO 30 to Peru for a Chicago ~
dictate, and ! expected to be ont !, 4.
United States for at least six mor,s.
and maybe longer. AS II turned -
the South American Job was Ia AL
ger than had anticipated, aud \.
that reason the time limit Of ! a..
expired a week ago, on the day tha,
landed In New York. Yesserdav
called upon the Omaha banker. and I.
gave me the cheering information th.,
my old man was dead-had died ,u,,
a few days earlier"
aStill, ! don't see how you have la,
out" put In.
wait; here comes the funny mar,
of 1t. Mr.. Banker tells me solemnI,
that ! am remembered In my old een.
tleman's disposition of some cash legs.
cies made just before his death An
I'm to have the thousand dollars which
he put up as forfeit. took the priza
down and spent some of 1t within fla
next few minutes wiring the old mans
home lawyer, whose name and address
the banker had given me. briefed
the situation for the lawyer, said | was
ready to fulfill my part Of the con.
tract, and asked him to wire me tia
name and location of the mine. You'd
never guess In thousand years The
kind of an answer got"
/ shook my head.
'No; probably not. What was Itr
ut was bolt from the blse, al
right. Mr.. Home Lawyer wired that
his client had never owned share Of
mining stock in his life, that there was
nothing in his papers or records bear.
Ing upon the subject of my telegram,
and that must be either drunk or
crazy. OF course. he didn't put It Just
that way in his reply, but that Is what
he meant"
"How do you sort 1t out?" inquired
The lawyers telegram? put II up
that my cautious, secretive old gentle
man never told anybody at home about
his mining investments kept them 10
a separate pocket, so to speak. Quite
possibly he didn't have any other er
cepting the one I've been telling you
about, and the one he regarded as a
dead cock in the pit. That would er
plain the situation nicely, don't you
think?"
The story had left me a bit logged
as to the present state and standing
of the thing, and said so.
"Well, 1t stacks up about this way"
said Brown-beard. "There is per
fectiy good mine somewhere west Of
us that Is worth anywhere from
quarter to half million, and at the
present moment it Is kicking around
without an owner. So far as can see,
I'm the only man on top of earth VINO
has claim on any part of 1t. And !
have no more idea than the man In the
moon where 1t is at No; I'm afraid
my handsome IOTtuhe Is loSt uob' ~
far as I'm concerned"
His mention of lost dog hit me
right in the center of the solar plexus
and | laughed like fool.
"What struck your funny-boneY ne
demanded, sort of obviously, fanciea.
Nothing" l gurgled; nothing
| worth meDtioning-Only I'm hunting
for lost dog, too"
But didn't tell him any more. Aftef
we'd smoked a while longer. anu
Brown-beard had apologized for max
Ing me listen to his rather longish tais
of woe, we took the porter's hint taa'
he'd like to have the smoking room to'
his nightly shoe-shine, and turned Ia.
i
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02
Torrens Registration System

This is system of regis'ra,,v sr
titles to real estate Introduces - nd
Robert Torrens in Australia, m.
bears his name. This system - Il
cial examination and registtauU sa,,a.
titles has been adopted in Aus s,a,,u,.
England, New Zealand. British I'D .aadl.
bia and parts of Canada. In u - !,
fed form II Is used in several sur mil.
the Union, In Hawaii and In the
ippines.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02
peouIlarities Of Hair.

Examined through a mieroseops1 .,ss.
hair may show certain pecu''a. so,,.
the hairs of different people Na. ssy
slderably. Apart from color, tue, .ssss
be coarse. medium, or fne' ~ s,,ue
they may be round or oval 10 "a n
ture they may be made up OF 'ae ss,a
small rings. Certain races. 'Vo'
hair of very distinctive u9e'
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-02

You Can Figure Me, IL You Please,
Spinning the Wheel Of One OF the
Nattiest Little Boats on the North
Shore.
of Maine In his motor cruiser, fell
for the invitation SO suddenly that he
hadn't ghost of a chance to back out,
If he had wanted TO.
So, few hours beyond that touch.
ing little scene at "The Rockerie." you
may figure me, If you please, spinning
the wheel of one Of the nattiest little
boats on the North shore, with fresh
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1921-07-01
500 TRAIN LEAVES TRACK !,
NEAR MAX; BAGGAGE CARS
q TURN OVER; BAGGAGE MAN
), REPORTED SERIOUSLY HURT

81 The 500 Line train No. 25S, which
arrives te,e ct 9:2O A.. NJ, when max
ing the run between Bismarck and
Minot, jumped the track in a cut be-
tween Max and Benedict Tuesday.
No fatal accidents were reported,
but the baggage man was reported to
be seriously injured, and the express
man, mail clerk, engineer and fireman
were, more or less badly injured. The
engine and tender, as well as both
the baggage and mail coaches left the
track. Both the coaches turned over,
which caused the baggage man to re-
ceive his serious injury. 4.
Passengers on the train from Minot
were taken care Of by a combination
freight and passenger train, which
was made up of the train which runs
on the sSanish branch. Half of the
train wont on to Sanish and the other
half came on to Bismarck The reg
ular, train went back to Minot.
The cause of the wreck is not spe-
cifically known, but is supposed to
have been spread rails, caused by the
heavy rains. :.-:-
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ELEVATOR COMPLETED

4 y 90 : VI ,
The Farmers Eeleyator under the
efficient management Of s. A. Pritz
is now open and ready for business.
The new elevator was built by the l..
Buege Company of Minneapolis and is
one Of the finest buildings of its kind
in the. state. Equipped with modern
up to the minute machinery through
out, the elevator has a ten ton scale
with a truck dump = an automatic
shipping dump; hopper bottom bins
and cistern underneath the engine
room, which supplies the engine with
water Set of from the engine room
is fireproof room for oil and rags,
making fire from spontaneous COM
bustion impossible. Besides the large,
spacious Office there is also fire.
jroof vault, very essential feature
In such q building.
The building Is an attractive one
and is,a valuable addition to the will
ssge and the company is to be com
.mended Tor housing their business in
such structure: Underwood Times.
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EDITOR 90, STARTS Z PAPER AllE'l

st Pablo. Mont Despite his four score
years, r. r. Copeland, formerly editor
Of the Williston Graphic, at Williston,
AZ. D., launched the Pablo Times. Not
;deeming the newspapers field Of snf:.
Ifcient magnitude to keep him busy
during the day, Mr. Copeland also OPP
ened law Offices here. Sc. q.
IN the early days Mr.: Copeland was
employed on the Vashburn Leader,
and many Of the old timers. Will re.
member him yg;s!s s:SSss
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1921-07-01
Aged Citizen Dies
At Sons Home.
John August Hansen Dies Wednesday
at Home Of Son, Commission
er Chas. Hansen

Commissioner Chas. Hansen of the
first district was in town Wednesday
morning and stated that his aged faith
er, John August Hansen, had died at
his home late that morning. His faith
er, who has been confined to his bed
for several years, had been poorly for
the past few days, although the family
did not think it serious. The night
before Mr. Hansen had sat up with
him to give him water, as the night
was very hot for him. In the morn
ing Mrs. Hansen had given him his
breakfast as usual and on being asked
if he wanted anything more had told
them no. But few minutes later
when they entered his room he had
quietly passed away, lying back on
his pillow as if asleep. Death had
come to him swift and silently and he
had given up without a struggle.
The funeral will be held this after.
noon from the Hansen home in charge
of Rev. G. w. Stewart of Wilton, and
burial made in the Swedish Lutheran
Cemetery at. Slaughter beside his
wife. ,e~.. In
John August Hansen was born in
Sweden in the year 1884, and died at
the home of his son in Mclean coun-
ty, June 20, 1921. At the time of his
death he was 81 years, 4 months and
2 days old. He came to this country
in 1869 and settled in Minnesota. For
a time he and his family lived in
Wisconsin and later in Montana. In
1881 he moved from Minnesota to
North Dakota and settled on the land
which now belongs to his son in the
Painted Woods .neighborhood. Mr..
Hansen had seven children, four Of
whom are living: Gust Hansen OF
Canada, Mrs. F. j. Cavanaugh Of Min
eapolis and Portland, Ore, G. o. Han.
sen Of Wilton and Louie Hansen,
whose address is not known.
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Farm Burc;au Work |.
. Progressing Fine
County Agent Norlins and O. N. Hec.
tor Holding Meetings Thru
]. 4 out Mclean County

: i =
County Agent A. l.. Norling and Q.
M. Hector, president of the Divide
County Farm Bureau this week and
last were holding meetings over the
county to explain the Farm Bureau
movement to the farmers. Mr.. Hec-
tor stated that their success was ex-
ceptionaily good and that the farmers
of the county were taking a real in
crest in the movement.
SAt the meetings township chairmen
were-elected whose duty 1t will. be to
organize their township. A tsome of
the places those present requested
that another meeting. be held in. order
that more could be there to elect a
chairman. Some of the meetings had
small, attendance because Of various
picnics over the county. q few Of the
chairmen selected were: Mr. Sheldon
Of Coal Harbor, for Victoria; Fred
Reibhof, OF Coal Harbor, for Malcolm;
v. ", Hanson, Of fl Rpso,1 for Otis;
Mack Boyko, OF Russo, for Greatstone;
Fred, Miller, Underwood, g w. Gan
non, Underwood.
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GRAIN GROWERS, INC, {
NOT IN POLITICS

Fargo June 18.-The United States
Grain Growers, Inc, is in no way af-
filiated with any political organiza-
ii, according to a statement issued
by Usher L. Burdick, president of the,
North Dakota Farm. Bureau Fedora
tion and member of the board of di.
rectors of the Grain Growers.
"Organizers for the Grain Growers
are not selected because of any po-
litical views they may have" said
Mr.. Burdick. I'm instructing our or
ganizers we have informed them that
if the marketing movement is to be
a success political questions and is
putes must be eliminated. . :
THE Grain Growers, Inc, are not
in any way conected with the Nonpar-
tisan League, nor are they connect
ed with any other political organi-
cation in any way whatsoever. Any
effort that is made to connect the
Grain Growers with any political
movement is blocking the success Of
the best marketing plan that the
farmers have yet devised"
The school Of instruction for orr
ganizers Of the North Dakota wheat
pool which has been in session this
week under Mr.. Burdick and H.. b.
Fuller Of the Federation, closed yes:
terday, and eight organizers will be
started out in Barnes county Monday
to organize the farmers of that coun-
ty for the pooling Of their wheat. Mr.
Burdick explained that the work will
be in full force all over the state
within few days.
I Hessai that In the states Of Miss
sonri, Kansas, Ohio and Indiana or
ganization work has been started and
is progressing with satisfaction.
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:pRoWNss DURING cLoupBURsT

= j q
81 Walter Hagen, son Of Martin Hagen
Of. PAINTED Woods, former resident OF
Bismarck and well known throughout
Mclean and Burleigh counties, drown.
ed during a cloudburst northwest Of
Glendiye, Mont, according to infor-
ma tion. received by his father.
Young Hagen, who was about 21
years Of age, was at his brothers
ranch: He had gone to the barn,
which was in q draw, it %is said, when
the storm broke and ,a wall Of water
came down the hills, sweeping him
away His body was found several
days later, His brother saved him;
self by clinging to- 9 fence. s:
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CAAO nAOQOA
Program ! :! I b d
Friday, July81

:sz 900 "a. M. Junior Town. 1880 P.
( Mcclure, "In the Other Fellows
Shoes Oney Fred Sweet, admission
soc, tax 5, total 55c. $500 r. M.-En-S
tertainment, .The Bubble" with an
All Star Cast, admission 6sc, tax 7c,
total 75c. 6. S
;5sss Saturday, July 2
100 "a: M Junior Town. $3.50 p.
M.-Pageant, "a Mother Goose Par
:ity.'', Lecture, Whats in the Farmers
Mind, 3. y f. Conner. Admission Soc,
tax SC, total 55c. $500 P. N. Concert
Adanac Quartette, admission SOC, tax;:
&c, total 55c. .,.S.3
sund July 3 s55,5.ss III
$50 ii. Prelude. Barnaby 1n-s
tertainers. Lecture. he battle-ground
sof the Nation, II HI Richmond NILS:
admission soc. tax SC, total 65c. 800
yesper Service. sS: 100 2. A,7---i ~
Entert tainment. Barnaby Entertainers.
admissin 5Oc, tax Sc, total Sc. ..isssss III;