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The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-06-16

IA his teens. Of tQe name Of Dennis.
who wore tall beaver hat. tlited
saucliy or one side Of his head. and
ragged blue coat with brass buttons.
as he walked beside the oxen. whip
In hand. with trousers tucked In The
tops Of his big cowhde boots. There
was also handsome young man In
this party Of the name of John Nc.
Nell who wore a ruffled shirt and
swallow-tall coat. now much soiled by
the journey. lie listened to Samson's
account OF the Sanganon country and
said that he thought he would 70
there.
Sarah gave the Irish family good
supply OF cookies and jerked yenlson
before she babe them good.by.
When our travellers left, next morn
Ing. they stopped for last look at
the great falls.
children" said Samson, Il want
you TO take good look at that It's
the most wonderful thing in the world
and maybe you'll never see It again"
THE Indians used to think that the
Great Spirit was In this river" said
Sarah.
Kind O. seems to me they were
right" Samson remarked thoughtfully,
kind o. seems as II the great spirit
Of America was In that water. IL
moves on In the way It Wills and no.
thing can stop II. Everything In Its
current goes along with H."
"And only the strong can stand
the Journey" said Sarah. "-+-'
These words were no doubt inspired
by an ache In her boneg. A hard seat
and the ceaseless Jolting of the wagon
through long, hot, dusty days had
wearied them. Even their hearts were
getting sore as they thought of the
endless reaches Of the roads ahead.
Samson stuffed a sack with straw and
put II under her and the children on
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-06-16

crossed the river doors Of basam
ana pine and tamarack came in
"Elt cool breeze up tile river valley.
90. - guess wen stop at this tavern
'III tomorrow" said Samson.
Joe was asleep and they laid him
VII the blankets until supper was
ready.
soon after supper Samson shot
ueer which had waded into the rapids.
fortunately, It made the opposite
Shore before It fell. All hands spent
,hat evening dressing the deer and
jerking the best Of the meat. This
'heE ala by cutting the meat into
Strips about The size Of a mans hand
ana sailing and laying II on n rack,
some TWO feet above a slow fire, and
covering II with green boughs. The
neat and smoke dried the meat I'm
me course Of two or three hours and
gave II fine flavor. Delicious be-
You'd any kind OF meat is venlson
treated In this manner. II kept dry,
II VIII retain its flavor and its sweet
hNHo ioI u mOntn or more,
They set out rather late next morn
ing. As usual, Joe stood by the head
OF Colonel while the latter Tapped
brown sugar from the tlmld palm Of
the boy. Then the horse was wont to
touch the face of Joe with his big,
hairy lips as a tribute to his generos-
ity. Colonel had seemed TO acquire
singular attachment for the boy
and the dog, while Pete dlstrusted
both Of them. He had never q mo-
ments leisure, anyhow, being always
busy with his work or the flies. A
few breaks In the pack basket had
been repaired with green withes. 1t
creaked with its load of jerked veni-
son when put aboard.
Farther on the boy got sore throat.
Sarah bound slice OF pork around
II and Samson built a camp by the
roadside, in which. after a good fire
was started, they gave him hemlock
sweat. This they did by sleeping
hemlock In pals OF hot water and,
while the patient sat In a chair by
the fireside, blanket was spread
about him and pinned close to his
neck. Under the blanket they put
the pals on steaming hemlock tea.
After his sweat and a day and night
In bed, with warm fire burning In
front OF the shanty, Joe was able
to resume his seat In the wagon. They
spoke Of the Brimsteads and thought
1t strange that they had not come
along.
On the twenty-ninth day after their
journey began they came In sight of
the beautiful green valley Of the Mo-
hawk. AS they looked from the hills
they saw the roof OF the forest dip
ping down to the river shores and
stretching far TO the east and west
and broken, here and there, by small
6learings. Soon they could see the
smoke and spires OF the thriving vii
lage OF Utica.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-06-16
CHAPTER u.
Wherein Is a Brief Account Of sundry
Curious Characters Met on the Road.

At Utica they bought provisions
and tin trumpet for Joe, and doll
with real porcelain face for Betsey,
and turned into the great main thor
oughfare Of the North leading eastward
10 Boston and westward TO a shore
once the great trail Of the Iroquois,
by them called the Long House. be
cause 1t had reached from the Hudson
to Lake Erie, and in their day had
been well rooted with foliage.
Soon they came in view of the
famous Erie canal, hard by the road.
Through It the grain Of the Far West
had just begun moving eastward In
tide that was flowing from April
to December. Big barges, drawn by
mules and horses on its shore, were
cutting the still waters OF the canal.
They stopped and looked at the barges
and the long tow ropes and the tug
ging animals.
There Is real artificial river,
hundreds o miles long, hand nNde
of the best material, water tight no
snags or rocks or other imperfectlOns.
durability guaranteed" said Samson.
1T has made the name OF Dewitt
Clinton known everywhere
81 wonder what nextw Sarah ex-
claimed.
They met many teams and passed
other movers going west and some
prosperous farms on road wider
and smoother than any they had tray
eled. They camped that night. close
by the river, with a Connecticut fam
fly on it's way TO Ohio with a great
load Of household furniture on one
wagon and seven children In another.
SO they Jared along through Canaan
dalgua and across the Genesee to the
village of Rochester and on through
Lewiston and up the Niagara river
TO the falls, aud camped where they
could see the great water flood and
hear IT'S muffled thunder. When near
ing the latter they overlook a family
of poor Irish emigrants, OF the name
OF Flanagan. who shared their camp
site at the falls. The Flanagans
were on their way to Michigan and
had come from the OLD country three
years before AID settled In Broome
county, New York. They, too, were
on their way TO a land of better prom
Use. Among them was rugged,
frech1ed. red-headed lad, well along
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-06-16
CHAPTER I.-contlnued.

The man looked around and leaned
over the wheel as II about to lmpart
a secret.
"Say, I'll tell ye,' he said in n
low tone. "a real, flrst-class idiot
never does. You ought TO see my
actions"
"This land Is an indication that
you're right" Samson laughed.
1T proves IT," the stranger whis-
pered.
Have you any water hereY" Sam
son asked.
The stranger leaned nearer md
faid In his most confidential tone. "Say,
mister, it's about the best in the
United States Right over yonder in
the edge O. the woods-a springfield
as ice-Simon-pure water. Bout the
only thing this land'll raise is water"
This land looks to me about as
valuable as so much sheet llghtnln'
and ! guess II can move just about
as quick" said Samson.
The stranger answered in a low
tone: Say, I'll tell We, it's a wild
cow-don't stand still long 'nough to
give ye time to git anything out of
It. I've toiled and prayed. but it's
hard to get much out Of IT,"
Praying won't do this land any
good" Samson answered. "What 1t
needs is manure and plenty OF 1t,
You can't raise anything here but
feas. II isn't decent to expect God
10 help run a flea farm. He knows
too much for that, and II you keep
II up He'll lose oil respect for We. II
you were to buy another farm and
bring II here and put II down on
top o. this one, you could probably
make living wouldn't like to live
where the wind could dig my pota-
toes"
Again the stranger leaned toward
Samson and said In a half-whisper:
Say, mister wouldn't want you
to mention 1t, but talkin' o. fieas, I'm
like dog with 80 many OF 'em that
he don't have time to eat. Some
body has got to soap him or he'll die.
You see, traded my farm over In
Vermont for five hundred acres o
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-06-16

fer the following lucid explanation:
"A sock back Of the neck with the
fist and forearm. Dempsey gets his
opponent into position for the rabbit
punch with a left hook TO the body.
This doubles up the victim and then
Dempsey steps TO the right and lets
go back OF the neck"
To our own knowledge Jack Demp-
sey pulled this same stunt against
Homer Smith at Racine one night
when he won In the first round. He
also repeated In his first battle with
Bill Brennan Mt Milwaukee In the sec
ond round, when he pulled Bin for
ward and down, at the same time
twisting Blll's ankle.
Punch Not Needed.
Dempsey doesn't necessarily have 10
win all his battles with the rabbit
punch. Against Billy Miske the cham
pion just let go blows In any old d.
rection, and they found their marx.
Again. when Dempsey won the heavy
weight title from Jess Willard at To
ledo Big Jess was 50 tan and big that
Dempsey never had chance to use
the rabbit blow.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-06-16

This sheet lightnln', unslghted an I'M
Seen We was all crazy TO go west
an here we are. If II wasn't for the
aeer an the fish | guess we'd "a
starved to death long ago"
Where did We come fromT
Orwell, Vermont"
WHAT'S yer nPmef"
Henry BrimsIead," the stranger
Whispered.
Son of Elijah BrimstesdT
Yes, sir"
samson took his hand and shook
y warmly. swell, l declare !" nc ex-
claimed. elijah Brimstead was a
friend o. my father"
Who are your Brimstead asked.
I'm one o. the Traylors o. Vergen-
My father used to buy cattle OF
Henry Traylor."
Henry vas my father. Haven't
~ let EN- know about your bad
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-06-16
WINTERS is TEMPERAMENTAL
Pitcher Released to Toronto by Giants
Must Make Good In lnterna-
tlonal League.

Jesse Winters, released by the
Giants TO the Toronto club Of the In
ternatlonal league under an optional
agreement, must make good this year
or John McGraw viii lose interest IN
him. This fellow has all the stuff
necessary to make him frst-elass
hurler, but for some reason or other.
probably because he is very high
strung, he has failed to make good In
fast company after an extended trial.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-06-16
UNUSUAL BASEBALL RULE

A rule seldom called on was
Invoked In the game between
GIants and Braves on May 2.
Burns hit grounder 10 Barbara
and the Boston man booted II.
In his anger he threw his glove
at the ball and hit II. Umpire
Barry Mccormick gave Burns
three bnses on the hit, which
had landed him at first base
originally. That scored Barnes
from first and gave the batter a
triple on what should have been
an easy out.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-06-16
A LONG JOURNEY

Synopsis. Samson and Sarah
Traylor. with their two children,
Josiah and Betsey, travel by wagon
in the summer OF 1881 from their
home in Vergennes, VT, to the
West the land of plenty. Their
destination is the Country OF the
Sangamon, In Illinois. They had
read a little book on II. Sagamon
was a word OF the Pottawatomles
meaning land of plenty. 1t was
the name OF a river In Illinois
draining "boundless, flowery mead
ows Of unexampled beauty and fer
tlity. belted with timber, blessed
with shady groves, covered with
game and mostly level, without a
stick or a stone to vex the plow-
man." Thither they were bound,
10 take up section OF government
land. Through New York state
they camp by the way. often they
are invited In by farmers Tor the
night
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-06-16
NOW wen 60 over and see
Abe Lineoln."
CTo BE coNTINUED,y
Coed Llterature sam Produosd.

Good Literature Still Produced.
Amid the making of many books,
good literature is still produced, as II
was in the days Of Thaekeray and
Dickens, Carlyle and RuskIn, Tenny-
son and Browning. Irving and Haw-
thorne and Lowell and Emerson, out
of the hearts OF men and women who
write because they love II, and who
do their work in their own way be-
cause they know that, for them, II IL
the best way.-Henry van Dyke
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-06-16
BAIL
STORIES

Many path that leads TO the home
plate is paved with bases on balls.
minor Lacquer Isn't judged by his
association, but by the work he does
In II.
Babe Ruth admits he'd rather be
four-ply guy than to hit 700 In mere
singles.
ST. Louis Americans have released
Pitcher Nick Cullop TO the louisville
A. A. club.
F1agstead is q valuable ball play
err and can ill In at an inneld or
outfield position.
Government officials have not yet
made any plnches among the millions
OF baseball dope users.
The Mails arrived In Cleveland this
spring. The left-hander has n special
delivery stamp on his offerings now.
Chief Poolaw was not good enough
for the Southern league. hut he Is
quite a big Indian In the Western as
soclatlon.
ANY man who has filled out an IN
come tax blank ought 30 find the job
Of figuring a batting average com
paratlyely easy.
Big Lacquer scouts will now HE
forth TO Wilkesbnrre, Pa. Harry
Williams, high school hurler, pitched a
no-hlt, no-run game.
HughIe Jennings size.np OF Ty
Cobb's Tigers Is that they'll finish,
one-two-three Hughie once was CON
sidered good guesser.
The Dies Moines club gave Pitcher
Glenn Meadows his unconditional re
lease, Pitcher Fred Delbern. has beer
put on the voluntary retired list.
When they hoisted the champion
ship pennant at Cleveland, the frs
that Cleveland ever had beheld, eveI
the wind paused In curiosity L
greet IT,
Joplin's rookie outfelder, Gabby
Strain, has been going so good that NJ
least one big league scout has made a
trip to the Western league to give him
looking over.
Some deep deliver into statistics has
figured that Eddie Roush this year VIII
draw % cents for every step he takes
IN playing the season out for the Gin
cinnati club. That means $1,000 steps
In 40 or so games.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-06-16

Perhaps year In the minors win
steady him and teach him to get the
most out OF his natural skill ia manlp-
ulating ball. Fortunately, Winters
has been sent to club managed by
a man who knows his capabilities and
his faults thoroughly. Larry Doyle
win know how to handle the tef0pers-
mental Texan, and win aid him mara
than any other minor league Ieades
could.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-06-16

Some deep deliver into statistics has
figured that Eddie Roush this year VIII
draw % cents for every step he takes
IN playing the season out for the Gin
cinnati club. That means $1,000 steps
In 140 or so games. 81.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-06-16

Joplin's rookie outfielder Gabby
Strain, has been going so good that Mt
least one big league scout has made
trip to the Western league to give him
a looking over.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-06-16

When they hoisted the champion
ship pennant at Cleveland, the first
that Cleveland ever had beheld, even
the wind paused in curiosity to
greet II.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-06-16

The Dies Moines club gave Pitcher
Glenn Meadows his unconditional re-
lease, Pitcher Fred Delbern. has been
put on the voluntary retired list.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-02-21
Harding Given
Clean Slate on
PeaceProgran1
Withdrawal of American Rep.
resentatives From Repara-
tions Commission Leaves
Clear Way for New Ad-
nlinistratlOn.
Chicago Tribune-omaha Bee Leased Wire

Chicago Tribune-O omaha Bee Leased Wire
Washington, Feb. 20-With-
drawal OF American representation
from the inter-alied reparations
commission announced yesterday en-
ables the incoming administration
to take up Nhe entire problem OF
peace as it sees fit, according to
State department officials.
The American action was charac-
terized not as disassociation, but as
a discontlnuance Of unofficial dis
cussions. While this government has
not ratified the treaty OF Versailles
it was explained, it assisted in the
drawing of that pact, and until some
definite action is taken with regard
to the treaty, there will be nothing
to guide the government III its rela-
tons with the questions arising from
that convention. ,@...
The State department. it was as
serted, does not have the authority
to agree or approve OF possible
changes in the treaty until the treaty
shall have been acted OIL definitely,
and therefore it was necessary to
end all anomalous situation by retir-
ing from even unofficial connection
with the intcr-allied reparations and
military commissions. 1t was eX-
planned that this country still is at
war. or in state of armisticc with
Germany. and therefore the occupa-
ton of portion OF the Rhineland
by American troops has no assocla-
ton with the question of reparations.
1t was declared enphatically at
the State department that its action
in recalling Roland w. Boyden and
other Americans from the repara-
tons commission and its sub-bodies,
was not to be taken In any sense
as an action hostile to the allied
powers. On tthe contrary, the
reparations question must be handled
by unified action. as the United
States is morally bound to CO.
operate with the allies in an effort
to solve the reparations problems
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-02-21
Legion Asked to
Guard Against
New Propaganda
Plans for Pro-German Mass
Meetings in Many Cities, In
Guiding Omaha, Bulletin
Sent to All Parts, Says.

indianapolis, Feb. 20. - American
Legion posts were asked tonight by
the Legion's national headquarters to
watch for q revival Of German pro-
paganda.
A bulletin sent all state headquar-
ters said that mass meetings in sew
eral cities. including Omaha, have
been plannew. as 'one of the first
national manifestations" OF the pro-
paganda campaign, the object OF
which is the bulletin outlined as fol-
lows:
"Risruption Of the accord which
exists between the United States
aands oisr allies, 4ritir1 particular ref-
ercnce 10 France and Great Britain,
BY the turning Of American popular
sentiment against the governments
of those countries, and
"Methodical creation Of power
full national political machine, by
the analgamation of the disloyal ele-
ments of our nation, and the e1eva-
ton to place OF power in American
politics by the invisible influence OF
this organized minority"
One of the first national maniies-
tations OF this activity will probably
take the form OF mass meetings" the.
bulletin continued, "ostensively in
protest against the occupation OF the
Rhine by French negro troops. The
alleged presence OF French colonials
is TO be used as a motive to turn
American sentiment against France.
Negro troops were withdrawn from
the French army OF occupation
months ago.
Identified with this movement
are individuals who disloyalty and
whose efforts in the interest Of
Germany have been notorious in
the past and who are now again in
direct communications with Berlin.
National headquarters has re-
ceived reports of pro-German acti-
vities from many sections which ap-
pear to connect directly with the ma
tional propaganda campaign out
lined.
Department officials are request
cd to make not or any dramatic acti-
vities in their community and to
forward reports to national head
quarters"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-02-21
Tenants Score In
Chicago Rent War
Landlords Agree Not to Raise
Rates-Retaliation in Form
Of Taxes Threatened.

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire
Chicago, Feb. 20.-First blood III
the high rent war was drawn by
the tenants yesterday when&a num-
Der of landlords, summoned into
the office of Joseph F. Peacock
city real estate agent, agreed not
to raise their prices.
Landlords and real estate agents
poured into the city hail during the
day with explanations intended to
justify their rent increases. In
greater numbers came comnlunica-
tons giving reasons.
Most of those who called person.
ally we're unable to give cxplana-
tons that were deemed satisfactory,
They were told that unless they re-
ceded at once from their positions
the board of review and the asses
sors would act accordingly in deter
mining their taxes.
Mr.. Peacock emphasized this
point and the result was that a
large number of landlords and
agents remain where they are.
Among those VINO agreed not 10
raise rents was Mrs. NJ. Rather,
owner of a large apartment build
ing. She had been sent a notice by
mistake.
II am not raising rents-1 am
reducing them she said. 81 am
cutting the rent of my four-room
flats from 500 TO SIS, Nv five-room
flats, which have been SO, will be
500 after May i, and my six-room
flats will be reduced from $50 to
$40"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-02-21
Rat on Wife's Photo Has No Bea
On Divorce Case, Opinion d
Failure of Rodent to Bite Husband as He Plucks it
From Picture Sign of Innocence,
Says Daughter.

Bazelmau, announced that he would
reserve decision until further inyestl.
CATION. None but Bazelnlan and the
children saw the rat OH the picture
Bazelman. who is 4 member of the
firm of Bazelman Lumber company,
operating a lumber yard and gen.
eral store. is Belgian. He has en-
deavored TO make up with his wife
since the divorce action was started.
The photograph on which the rat
was draped when Bazelman picked
off. hangs six feet down from the
floor, and two and one-half feet
from a window. on smooth wall.
Rat Calm and Collected.
The children testified that they
were III another room when their
father first entered the room and
that he threw open the folding doors
between, and called them to see the
rat before he walked over and picked
it up. They testified that the rat was
calm and collected and made no ef-
fort to bit him, and that it raced
around on the burning Goals for
about half an hour after being put i'll
the stove. ....
Following is the letter to Mrs.
Bazcllnan. from her little daughter,
Agnes, that gave the court knowl-
edge OF Bazelman's peculiar effort
to adjust their differences:
Dear Mamma: Well as this is
the first day Of Lent, | will tell you
something queer that happened in
Turn to Page Two. Column One).
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-02-21
Condition Of Caruso
Steadily Improving

New York, Feb. 20 = Enrico
Caruso watched the falling snow
from window near his sick bed and
with the yearning OF a school boy
with the measles, declared 1T looks
fine"
The tenors physicians, ii bulle-
tin, indicated his condition was I'M
proving.
The bulletin indicated no great
anxiety for the patient, who a few
weeks ago was stricken with pleurisy
and hovered between life and death
for a few days after suffering re-
lapse Tuesday night.
1t said: "Mr. Caruso has had a
good night and he is quite refreshed
this morning. His condition is fever
ish. but quite satisfactory"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-02-21

O'Neill, Neb,. Feb. 20--(Special.
-Necromancy and weird manifesto
tons which might influence super
stitious litigant to compromise case
pending i'll court before it is adjudi-
Gated have no standing in the court
of Judge Robert r. Dickson of the
Fifteenth judicial district.
Saturday morning Judge Dickson
threatened 10 send to Jail Fred Bazel-
man, prominent O'Neill merchant,
because lie picked rat off the frame
OF a photograph OF his wife and
threw the rat into a stove filled with
burning Goals. Bazelman's wife is
suing him for divorce and, incit
dentally. for goodly chunk OF ali
mpny.
After Bazclman had burned the rat
one of his little daughters, influenced
by the fact that he came unharmed
through the ordeal, wrote letter to
her mother, telling about the affair
and assuring her that because papa
came through the ordeal without a
scratch he must be the innocent party
i'll the divorce action
Mrs. Bazclman turned the letter
over to her attorney, who introduced
it in court Saturday morning as the
Judge was about to decide the case.
Judge Dickson promptly called as
witnesses the little children who saw
the rat plucked off the picture. others
who saw the bones OF the rat in the
stove afterward and then, alter adj
ministering a scathing lecture to