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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-12-09

loose from us and busted up ear f'r
the railroad; them yoddleheads said
they'd seen him workin' In the Lost
Greek placers."
"A looney?" said Daddy Hiram, as
innocent as a two-weeks-old lamb.
"Yep; that feller that stole an in
spection car and got II smashed up
and then took TO the hills. You hain't
seen anything of him. have ye?"
"Nary lunatic." said Daddy Hiram
calmly.
His breakfast eaten. Friend Isaac
showed no disposition to hurry away
much to my chagrin. He took time
to smoke Ieisurely pipe with Daddy
Hiram and to ask lot of Indifferent
questions about the drowned mine.
"Hain't heard nothin' firm yer own
ers yit. have We, Hiram?r he wanted
70 know, after-as it seemed TO me-
the subject had been pretty thoroughly
talked to death.
l heard Daddy's reply, made as to
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-12-09

/ vnack in some way. Where does the
discharge water empty itself?'
Daddy knew this. too.
"Over in the left-hand gulch-into
the creek"
"Show me-" I directed.
We found the discharge from the
pumps a little way below the end of
the path a ten-inch pipe which had
been laid underground from the shaft
house. presumably to keep Ii from
freezing in winter. The end OF the
pipe stuck out over the stream and II
was projecting pretty nearly a solid
ten-inch Jet OF water The pumps were
working all right; there was ne doubt
about that. | dug up enough OF my
college math to figure that two six
inch streams would just about oil a
ten-lnch pipe. and here II was, running
full and pouring like another torrent
into the gulch. So back we went TO
the mine buildings to pile more wood
into the furnaces and TO resume our
watching Of the Indicator and Its pen
cil-marked scale.
Noon caught up with US after
while-with nothing doing save that
we were rapidly diminishing our wood
pile. For solid week we chopped
down trees and split them up. DADDY
and I. and kept the fires roaring under
the boilers and kept those monster
pumps whirring and grinding away at
the shaft mouth-night and day, mind
you: watch on and watch of. And
right straight through II all. that little
Indicator weight had rugged up stood
stock still; never moved the width of
one Of the pencil marks | had drawn
on its gauge board.
BY this time my stubbornness was
yielding something to the still more
stubborn fact. If all this pumping
hadn't even started the flood toward
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-12-09
I Consented to Let the Fires Die Down.

its diminution, truly all the waters I'M
der the earth must be backing the I'M
failing well of that drowned shaft.
Toward the last | think we kept
on more from force of habit than any
thing else. but at the end of the week
| gave in and consented to let the
fires die down, though it was like pull
ing teeth to do 1t. Something, indeed,
| brought out of the overtime work,
| major sense; | was muscled up as
hard as a keg of nails; as strong as
mule, and the fierce toll of wood
| chopping and boiler-firing had given
me an appetite for real work that fair
| ly made me ache when / thought of
| stopping. We thrashed ii out that eve
ming, the three of us before the living
room fire, after Daddy and had final
ly stopped the pumps and let the steam
run down.
II reckon you hain't no call to take
Ii so hard, StannIe." Daddy said, after
I had growled and grouched like
bear with a sore head over our fall
ure. after all, you must rcollect
that II amt no skin off IN you If the
old Cinnabar stays right where she is
and soaks till kingdom come"
mo skin off of ne?" l yelped, with
sort of wild laugh. "Listen-both
of you" and then told them the en-
tire heart-breaking story of Cousin
Percy's letter and my grandfather's
joke; of my starting out on the fan
tastic search for the girl, horse and
a dog-a search which would doubtless
have failed before II had fairly begun
IL hadn't happened TO ride In Pull
man smoker with the man, Charles
Fullerton.
| remembered afterward that | had
got just that far-to the naming of
Builerton-when Barney. the pIe-faced
collie. got up from his corner of the
hearth. stalked to the door and began
TO growI. The next minute we heard
a horses sh-r-r-, and Daddy Hiram
rose. pushed the dog aside and opened
the door. Then jeanne and I. still
sitting before the fire, heard him say
grufliy: We'll, hello. Charley Butler
toni What in Sam Hill are you dom
up in this neck o. woods?"
] turned TO look at Jeanie-and
missed. In the moment when had
glanced aside she had vanished.
When Fullerton came in. which was
after Daddy Hiram had lighted the
lantern and shown him where to put
his horse he didn't seem half as much
surprised to find me sitting before the
TwombIy house fire as thought he
might have been.
"Well. well look who's here I" he |
bantered. How are you. Broughton? |
This old world isn't so Internally big |
as it might be. after all, is it? Who |
would have thought that our next |
meeting would be in such an out-of- |
the-way corner Of the universe as this |
| hope you've been well and clipper,
all these weeks"
said what l was obliged to, and |
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When | came To myself again IL wa
night. and was lying undressed ans
In real bed In room that was total
| ly unfamiliar. In the looking-glas,
which hung on the opposite wall go
a glimpse Of myself with a regular
Turks turban of white stuff wounc
around my head and skew-angled t,
cover one eye. When stirred Jeanis
popped in from somewhere to ask what
she could do for me.
what was it," | asked IAN earth
quaker"
Daddy says you hit yourself with
wrench. Does It hurt much now7"
Not more than having sound tooth
pulled; no. But | was inside the boil
er, wasn't II How did you manage
TO get me out?"
She turned her face away and even
with one eye could see that she was
trying to hide smile.
1T was funny" she confessed.
though we were both scared stif at
the time. Daddy called me and | ran
over. You were all doubled up inside
Of the boiler. and there wasn't room
for Daddy to crawl in and straighten
you out And unless you could be
Strengthened out. we couldn't pull you
cut"
Il see. What did you do7-send for
a boiler-monkey
"What is boiler-monkeyr
at isn't what it's man: usual
ly the littlest man IN the shop"
81 was the monkey" she said.
tried to sit up. but the binding
headache ! had somehow acquired said
No.
you crawled into chat rusty old
coffin?"
She nodded.
Daddy lent me his overalls and
jumper. 1t wasn't hard; but when |
got in and saw how badly you were
hurt there wasn't anything to
laugh at, then. Daddy says you'll be
apt to carry the scar as long as you
live"
Honorable scars" | muttered. you
Strengthened me around-rll believe
ii if you say so--and then what?"
''Then got out and we pulled you
and |. ! was glad you
didn't know; that you were past feel
ing things, | mean. We must have
hurt you frightfully. | don't see how
you ever crawled in through that lit
tie hole"
IT'S much easier when you're alive"
offered.
I'm going to bring you a cup of
herb tea, and then I'll go and lie down
for a WHILE"
Since. as | afterward learned, the
lose she gave me was some sort of |
sleeping draft, | very
nearly slept the clock round Daddy |
came in and helped me into my clothes
they were eating their noon meal |
when | woke up and called-and apart |
rom being still a bit headachey and |
ottery, | was all right again. But
or two whole days they made me sit
Iround and be waited on. hand and
DOT, and coddled and petted. those
wo; for their own flesh and blood
hey couldn't have done more.
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The Girl, a Horse
and a Dog ,e4ss!: !z4g.

desperadoIsh-Iookip Anglican who
he belonged to the Ancient and Honor.
able Order OF the Silver Star. I'll have
TO tell about that visit, because II
proved what tremendously lucky
thing II was for me that | had fallen
among friends.
II was this way On the second day
| OF my stay In the bosom OF the Twom-
bly, family noticed that battered
surveying instrumental transit which
was probably a leftover from the time
4 when the Cinnabar was working
proposition, with an engineer to figure
out its dips and angles-had been
moved from its place In the corner Of
the living room and was stood upon
its three legs at a small. square win
dow which looked out over the plateau
bench OF the mountain to the south
eastward.
Two mornings afterward | found out
the why and wherefore of the old
transit and its "set up" as an engineer
would say. Daddy Hiram and | were
fire, waiting for breakfast to be put
on the table, when jeanne came in
from the kitchen with great stack
of hot batter-cakes. AS she darted
out again after the coffee and bacon,
she paused just fraction of second
to put her eye to the telescope.
didn't see what kind of a signal it was
that she passed to Daddy Hiram but
whatever its nature, 1t made him get
action in a tearing hurry.
up into the loft with you, quick,
Stanniel" he TYPED at me; and as I
went stumbling up the ladder in blind
obedience / saw him hastily helping
his daughter TO remove my plate, knife
and fork. spoon, coffee cup and chair;
in other words, to obliterate swiftly
and completely all signs of the pres
ence of third member of the family.
In minute or so there was a gruff
hail from somebody outdoors and Dad
dy got up to go and look out.
"Why, hello, Ike, you old geezer"
he called. "What under the shnin' |
sun fetches you up on old Cinnabar
this early in the mornin'? Light down |
and come in; you're just in the nick
o. time for breakfast"
While | was cudgeling my brain In
a vain effort to recall what, If any,
association there should be
awakened in me by the mentian of an
Ike" person, this particular Isaac pre-
sented himself at the cabin door and
dumped In with the stiff-legged walk
Of a man who has ridden horseback
lar and hard. l knew then why |
should have been able to dig that men,
Try association. This was Mr.. Isaac
3easley, my Angelic friend of the over
,rown silver star and the unshaven
"Huhi Z" he grunted, ''them griddle-
axes shore do look mighty righteous
o mel been ridin' sense two hours
fore sun-up; wild-goose chase clear
yer on t'other side o. Lost mountain.
'ouple o. prospectors blew into Angels
ay afore yistidday and said they'd
cen that con-dummed lunatic that got
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FULLERTON AGAIN.

Synopsis. Under his GRANDPA
theirs will. Stanford 6roughton.
society idler. finds his share OF the
estate. valued at something like
$4,000. lies In safe repository"
latitude and longitude described.
and that is all. II may be identi-
fed by the presence nearby OF a
brown-haired. blue-eyed girl, a pie
bald horse. and dog with a split
face. half black and half white
Stanford at nrst regards the be-
quest as a joke. but after consider
alton sets out to ind his legacy.
On his way to Denver Stanford
hears from fellow traveller,
Charles Fullerton, a mining engi-
neer. q story having to do with a
flooded mine. He has ''hunch"
this mine is the safe repository"
OF the will. Fullerton refuses him
information. On the station plat
form at Atropia, just as the train
pulls out, Stanford sees what APP
pear to be the Identical horse and
dog described In his grandfather's
Will. Impressed. he leaves the train
at the next stop. Angels. Unable
TO secure a conveyance, Broughton
seizes a track-inspection car and
escapes. leaving the impression on
the town marshal. Beasley. that he
is demented. Pursued, he aban-
dons the car. which is wrecked.
and escapes on foot. In the dark
ness he is overtaken by the girl,
the horse and the dog. After he
explains HIS presence. she invites
him TO her home. at the Old CHINA
bar mine. Broughton's hosts are
Hiram Twombly. caretaker OF the
mine. and his daughter Jeanne.
Stanford does not reveal his iden-
tity. Hiram and Stanford 90 put
tering about the mine.
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CTo BE CONTINUED
United states MIIIionairss.

There are 10000 millionaires In the
United States. with family population
of $4,000. or one to each 2.100 units OF
the population, according to an analy-
sis of the 1919 income tax returns.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-06-16
Three Meetings Held So Far in Dis.
cussion of Farm Bureau
7. Referendum

On Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
David G.. Stake, local chairman and
the assistant county agent held a
meeting in the Surrey Township hall
and discussed the 16 questions sent
out by the National Farm Bureau.
On Tuesday, E. r. Smith, chairman
of the South Prairie district called a
meeting to order in the school house,
one mile west of Kavanagh's store.
Mr.. Charles Fuller Of Burlington and
the assistant county agent helped in
the discussion and explanation Of the
referendum. The sentiment of the
meeting was favorable to all the
questions.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Logan
was held at Logan Hall in
charge Of Clyde Nelson. Mr.. Charles
Ouradnik Of Burlington assisted ably
i. the discussion Of the 16 points sent
out in referendum form by the legis-
ative committee Of the National
Farm Bureau.
Today meeting is being held at
the Sawyer hall in connection with
The big Strawberry Shortcake Festival
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-06-16
800 JOIN MANHUNT IN S. D.

Huron, S. D., June 1O.-Posses ag-
gregating 300 persons, armed with
pistols, rifles and shotguns, are beat
ing the wooded spots along the James
river and combing the surrounding
territory in search Of highwayman
who attacked Dora Schroeder, II year
old girl, late yesterday. The posses
searched throughout the night.
According to her story, told just be-
fore she lapsed into Inconsistencies,
she was driving team Of horses from
Hitchcock, II miles north Of here, to
her home on farm when man APP
peared and threatened to shoot her it
she refused his Ge!nar>>
When she resisted, the girl said,
the man dubbed her over the head
with the butt of pistol. She was
found half hour later by neighbors,
suffering serious decorations on her
head. Her condition is critical, ply
slclans say.
Huron and Redfeld county officials
are aiding in the manhunt.
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north DAKOTA news

A Glenburn woman, who considers:
butter too low in price, is making
soap out of her dairy products.
John Severson, a Berthold pioneer,
suffered paralysis of the muscles Of
the throat and has been unable to
swallow anything since.
A party of Kenmareites captured a
coyote in the hills west Of Kenmare
with the use of a pack of hounds but
instead of killing the animal will turn
her loose and give her another chance
for life.
Reuben Gustafson suffered several
fractured ribs when his Ford turned
over near Coulee.
E. D. Skinner Of Sawyer, who has
lived in the state 35 years, says that
promising for the farmers.
Donnybrook Courier: A car full of
young people returning from dance
at Tolley Tuesday morning was
stopped by what seemed to be squad
Of Watkins law enforcement officers.
Arven Peterson who was driving says
the official sign to stop was planted
in the middle Of the road and five men
with rifles appeared from the road
side to search the car. The men
soon saw that it was no booze car and
allowed the party to drive on.
Williston Herald: The "conscien-
tious objector," who died recently af-
ter fast Of sixty days, upon which
he entered at his home in Iowa after
his release from prison, received very
little notice at the. time of his death,
and none that we know of during the
period of the fast, which shows that
he had neglected the appointment of a
press agent, who might have given the
world daily bulletins on his health and
how he passed the time.
Whether it was Hatfield's science
or an act of Providence, the farmers
of Medicine Hat, Canada, are salts
fled to pay the "rainmaker" $4,000 for
the three inches Of rain which they
have received during the month he
has been operating there under con-
tract to produce rain at 1000 an
inch. Somehow we incline to the be-
lief that the rain would have fallen
even though Mr.. Hatfield had not APP
peared on the scene; but there is no
doubt that three inches Of rain, spread
over as large an area as it was in this
instance, may be considered a rare
bargain at $4,000.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-06-16
Early Wheat Suffers Severe Damag

Early Wheat Suffers Severe Damage
Theo. H. Elarth from southwest of
the city informs the Independent that
the early wheat has already suffer
ed severe damage from drouth. There
appeared to be plenty of moisture,
good rains having fallen thruout the
district, but there was no reserve
moisture from last year and that
which did fall kept going right down.
A week ago Monday the early wheat
looked good for 20 bushels but within
a week it began to get brown and
many Of the stools have died, leaving
the main plant alive. Under favor
able conditions, Mr.. Elarth says he
believed the early sown wheat may
yet average ten or twelve bushels per
acre, though it is uncertain just what
kind Of weather we will get. The
early wheat was mostly sown on land
plowed dry last fall. Such fields will
not retain the moisture we'll and
farmers do not consider this very safe
farming, but say they have to run
some risk in order to get in much of
crop. The later sown wheat looks
very well yet, but will need rain and
favorable weather,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-06-16
BOYS BROWNS AFTER
SAVING COMPANION

Mandan, N. o., June 1O.-Exhaust-
ed through his successful efforts to
save boy chum, Walter Keuhn, IL
year old son Of Frank Keuhn, cashier
Of the German State bank at Hebron.
N. D., was unable to make his way to
shore and drowned. Rudolph Yaeger,
Ernest Schwenk and Walter Keuhn
went swimming in the Northern Pa
cific reservoir near Hebron. Rudolph
got into deep water and called for
help. The Keuhn boy, going to his
hescue, managed to seize him as he
was going down the last times He
struggled with him towards shore,
calling for help.
The third boy assisted in pulling
Rudolph to safety, but young Keuhn
sank and was drowned.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-06-16
SURREY MAN STUDIES
FORESTRY

Lehman Lambert, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. D. Lambert of Surrey, has
returned from Missoula, Mont, where
he has attended the University of
Montana during the past year, where
he is studying civil engineering and
forestry. The students of his class
spent two weeks camping in the tim
Der, in charge Of special instructors,
just before the institution closed for
the summer. Forestry is one of our
most important fields of endeavor as
the visible timber supply of the ma
ton is fast being depleted and at the
present rate unless curative methods
are taken, within rs years, the supply
will be entirely exhausted. No field
offers fine opportunities for our
young men today than forestry.
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and Band Concert. Charles Booth has
charge Of the meeting, the assistant
county agent and some prominent
farm bureau members assisting.
Tomorrow another meeting will be
held at Burlington in charge Of local
chairman, Charles F. Fuller.
Additional meetings will be held
as follows:
June l8th-Carpio, P. o. Hall.
June 2Oth-Foxholm, j. O'Leary.
June 21st-Des Laos, Lee johnson.
June 22nd-Ryder and Makoti,
Underwood picnic grounds, Fred o.
son and Sever Fedji.
June 23-Douglas, Oscar l.. Olson.
June 24th-Berthold, A. Limbaugh.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-06-16
NORTH DAKOTA PLAN
OF RECALL SPEEDED

Fargo, June 9.-The committee of
AZ (anti-Nonpartisan) has decided on
j. A. Kitchin, Sentinel Butte, Golden
Valley county, farmer and state legis-
lator, as the independent candidate
for commissioner Of agriculture and
labor, in the recall election, set for
November. This election is aimed
at the present Nonpartisan officials
who compose the industrial commits
sion-Governor Lynn j. Frazier, AT.
torney General William Lemke and
John N. agan, commissioner Of agr,-
culture and labor.
Independent candidates for the
other two positions were chosen at
recent anti-Nonpartisan convention at
Devils Lake, when the recall election
was decided on.
The committee urged that persons
circulating recall petitions and petit
tons for initiation of state laws, in
Guiding changes in the state consti-
tuition, expedite the work. The in
dependent officials pointed out that
this action controverts rumors that
there would be no recall election. Inc
committee also provided for tinan-
cial committee Of seven.
A resolution was adopted enlarging
the joint campaign committee from
three to five. 1t is now composed of
one representative from the state
democratic committee, the state re-
publican committee opposed to the
Nonpartisan league and the indepen-
dent committee.
There is no middle ground in this
fight in North Dakota" said T. G. Nell
son, state secretary of the Indepen-
dent Voters association. Every vot-
er, by his or her action must either
help the present members of the in
dustrial~ commission to stay in office
or to get them out of office"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-06-16
MINOT WINS TWO FROM
BISMARCK

The Minot baseball team returned
from Bismarck Sunday night where
they played three games with Bis
marck. They lost the first game Sat-
urday, 6 to 8, with Morris pitching.
The second game was won by Minot,
9 to 0, with Shirley pitching, and
Minot won the third, 10 to 6, High
tower pitching. Moore, the Minot
catcher made home run and two
three baggers, sustaining his reputa-
ton. A total of 2,400 people attend
ed the three games.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-06-16
Mother Returns for Her Child

Mrs. Bert Inks, formerly OF Glen-
burn, arrived from Spokane, Wash.
las, week and is making an effort to
secure possession of her twc.year.old
daughter, left with Mr.. and Mrs.
Matt Hamilton Of Glenburn more than
a year ago. The mother, following
the birth of the babe, became Ill and
was sent to hospital for treatment.
While she was absent her husband
placed the babe at the Hamilton home
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-06-16
ZIMMERMAN TOUR STATE

G. H. Rogers, vice president Of the
Rogers Lumber Co., arrived from his
home in Minneapolis and spent last
week touring the company's territory
represented by the various yards in
North Dakota. He was accompanied
on the motor trip by r. NJ. Graham,
general manager; II. NJ. Gray and
L. H. Winnie, superintendent, and A..
motored from Wimbledon west to Nc
Kenzie county. They found conditions
very bright all along the line.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-06-16
N d. TO HAVE Is FAIRS

Grand Forks-Nortn Dakota will
have Is fairs during the 1921 season,
according to the schedule made pub
lie by +. R. Montgome:., secre AIRY
of the North Dakota State Fair as
ISOLATION. The largest Of tnese are
the North Dakota State fair at Grand
Forks, July 1S to %; the Interstate
fair at Fargo, July II to 16, and the
Missouri Slope fair at Mandan, Aug.
"a to q.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-06-16
CITY news IN BRIEF

Mr.. and Mrs. F. l.. Blume left Sun
day for Cakes where Mrs. Blume's
parents reside and after a short visit
there will proceed to eastern cities
where Mr.. Blume will purchase his
fall and winter lines for the Toggery.
Frank w. Roach and his mother,
Mrs. Jos. Roach, Mrs. Axel Roise and
Miss Eleanor Roach left by auto Tues
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-06-16
Pennsylvania Big Educational
Drnyran1

DR.. VIM. F. Clarke received letter
from A. G. Crane, former president
of the Mnot Normal, now in charge
of the State Normal school at Ldin-
boro, Pa, stating chat the Pennsyl-
vania legislature has appropriated
more money for Normal school work
this year than has been given in all
the years previous.