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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-15
|DR. GADE SPOKE
0BlGC CROWD
President of League Of
Norsernen Told Of Mother
Country.

DR.. F. G. Gade of Christiania, Nor
way, speaking last night before a
record crowd in the large council
chamber in the city hall. on Norway
OF the present day. dealt with the
geographical. physical and climatic
conditions of that country and their
influence OF the technical,
cal n industrial development of the
nation.
DR.. Gade is president Of the Nor
mandsforbund. an organization with
headquarters in Christiania, and in
Guiding members all over the world
where Norwegians have settled He is
touring America on this. his first visit
to the country, and is accompanied
by Mrs Gade.
The speaker was introduced by
Rev. A. j. Hulteng. Before and after
the address songs were given by the
Bjarne and Warden male chorusea,
ending with America"
Functions Of League.
The speaker briefly described the
mandsforbund (League Of Morse
men): 1t is an organization number
ing members all over the world where
natives Of Norway have settled.
through a magazine which is pub
ushed at the head Office in Christian
Ia. people in Norway are kept inform
ed about the doings of their emigrat-
ed countrymen. and, vice versa, Nor
wegians abroad are being told Of the
developments which take place in
their old country.
The object of the league is wholly
cultural, it was pointed out, but an
effort is being made to establish on
a larger scale than now is possible. a
clearing house of information in
Ch~ristiania where Norwegians who
return for a visit from abroad may
be able to obtain all kinds of useful
information n advice. Under pres
ent conditions a card index Of news
paper clippings pertaining to the ac-
t~ivities of N~orwegians in many coun-
tries, and comprising many thousand
items, is being maintained.
"Glimpscs Of Norway
DR.. Gade then revealed what he
called some "GNmpscs of Norway"
telling his auditors of the peculiar
geographical and physical features
which have made Norway unique in
the remarkable difference in climate
between other extreme northern re-
giOns and Norway, instancing the
frigidity of the southernmost point Of
Greenland, situated on the same lati-
tude as Christiania where the summer
neat Is just ABOUT the most terrific
known in Europe. -
The characteristics OF the fjords,
especially their great depth, were also
described, and interesting references
were made to the $1,000 rocky isIets,
most Of them uninhabited, which are
situated OF the west coast OF Norway.
The influence of the physical features
Of the country on the mental and in
tellectual development Of the Nor
! yDo ola n nation n a @nu~~{hA% t. ~~--4
detail. and attention was also called
to the fact that in Norway there are
no illtterates outside the insane asy-
luma. Statistics showing the hygie1$!
status OF the Norwegian population
were quoted and DR.. Gade told OF the
immense popularity OF open-air sports
which did not aim 60 much at de.
veloping new records as at benefitins
the entire youth of the nation by in.
creasing its health II virility. &
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-15
SENATOR PITTMAN INJURED.

Washington, Nov. Ex-senator, Key
Of Nevada was reported to
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-15
LETTER TIL; FROM
WHITE Whit HOUSE
TO MAS0NS.
Answer to Scottish Rite
Fraternal Greetings is
Received.

at zE-s,- 'f- aH.kr- Fl" r=-1
D.. M. Holmes venerable master
Carmel Lodge of Perfection Nc. 2, to-
Day received q letter from the White
Hou acknowledging the receipt of
the telegram Of %:fraternal greetings
sent by the Scottish Rite bodies of
Grand Forks to President Harding on
the v OF the opening of the confer
ence on the Limitation OF, ornaments.
President. Harding is a Scottish Rite
Las and a holder of the honorary
thirty-third degree, conferred upon
him by the Northern Jurisdiction.
The letter from the presid ent's sec
rotary to Mr.. Holmes follows:
The White House,
Washington.
November IL, 1921.
MY Dear Mr.. Holmes: :
The president has received your
telegram of November 10 and wishes
me to thank you and all concerned
most heartily for it. Please be assur-
ed that he is deeply appreciative for
this expression of good will and that
he ~reciprocates in the same spirit
which prompted the sending Of your
message.
Sincerely yours,
signed Geo.. r, Christian. Jr.,
Secretary 10 the President"
."Mr. David M. Holmes, Venerable
Master, Carmel Lodge Of Perfec-
ton No. Q, A. A.. s. R., Grand
Forks, North Dakota"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-15
RUBINOW WILL
D R MEET
In CROOKSTON

8. G. Rubinow, general manager @,
the Red River Valley Sweet Glover
Growers Exchange, will address A
meeting Of clover growers in Crooks
ton Monday night, November Il. The
meeting has been called for the pur-
pose of organizing a Minnesota Sweet
Clover Growers association.
The Crookston, meeting was called
by Hugh +. Hughes, director of mar
kets in Minnesota. 1t will determine
whether or no the Minnesota organ
ization is to sell through or with the
Grand Forks exchange or work indie
p~endently.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-15
"Y" Will Again Hold
Fellowship Meetings

Plans are being made by Arthur
Tweet, dormitory secretary of the Y.
NJ. c. A., to reopen the ~" fellow
ship work started about a year ago
and carried on all last winter.
The idea is to form a Fellowship
club, composed of all men residing
in the 7. M. c. A. building, these men
to gather each Sunday evening for an
address and luncheon. Last winter a
number Of prominent men, such as
university faculty members. were Sc
cured to address the meetings, the
talks beginning at 5 o'clock and fol-
lowed by the luncheon one hour later.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-15
COUNTY COMMISSION
in SESSION TODAY

Grand Forks county commissioners
are in session today. Since converting
this morning the greater part Of their
time has been taken up with the al
loving Of bills and other routine mat
tiers.
While 1t Is not known that any
thing special is scheduled to be taken
up at this time 1t Is possible that the
county fathers will find 1t necessary
to meet again tomorrow.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-15
WILLIAMS HOME
FROM BURROUGHS
MEET in R

!. J. F. Williams, local agency man
ager for the Burroughs Adding Ma
chine company. returned this morn
ing from Detroit Mich, where he at
tended a convention of all the agency
managers in the country.
Mr.. Williams said hat over 800
men were at the meeting. and that
throughout all the sessions there waa
evident a spirit of optimism. Agency
managers from every section of the
country said that the 1922 outlook
was exceptionally bright.
GRAIN RECEIPTS.
Minneapolis, Nov. 15.-Wheat re-
ceipts 227 cars, compared with SIS
cars a year ago.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-15
Conference On Forest
Fire Prevention Is
Started In California

Sacramento. CAL, Nov. ia con-
ference to last two weeks. called for
the purpose Of formulating a national
program for the prevention Of forest
fires is being held at Mather field.
More than fifty state foresters and
representatives Of the United States
forestry service were present. at the
first session yesterday. A program was
outlined and routine business trans-
acted.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-15

have suffered slight burns early today
In a fire which did some damage to
the senator's home on Sixteenth
street.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-09

the last man In the world to have con
fessed that he had been bitten, even In
directly. by "gold-brick" game. Then,
too, the course be had pursued with
tie mining engineer always granting
the truth of Brown-beard's story was
just like him; he would have wanted a
year In which to think II over-or may
be longer. Also. 1t was like him to
keep all the Identifying marks as
carefully hidden as nut meat In Its
shell.
AT this point began to think about
getting action. One word from Bull
ton, or Bulletin, or whatever his name
was, would settle the identities beyond
question, and that word was his "old
gentleman's" name. He hadn't mem
toned II once In telling his yarn
which might have been by design, or
Just happen-so. But, by heavens, I'd
make him mention It'll
happened to think of the Mining
exchange, and to wonder II somebody
connected with 1t might not have list
Of engineers and mining experts. A
hike through the streets brought me to
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-09
CHAPTER w.
At the Back Of Beyond,

To my chagrin, the railroad ticket
Offices In Denver didn't know any such
place as Plaeeryille In the Red desert
region. which was then. as now, trav-
ersed only by one railroad. The sin
gle "Placeryille" they had listed was
station not far from Telluride, In
quite another part of the state. Nor
could the Mining exchange gentleman
help me. However, he suggested that
If could find some old resident cold
timer" was the word he used) whose
memory reached back ways, there
might be- something doing.
steer me-" begged; sym half
orphan and total stranger in Den
ver.'
lie laughed, and then thought for a
minute, and said:
THE Du Pont Powder people have
been doing business here for good
many years, and they know the pow
| der buyers all over the state. It's just
possible that they could tell you. Sup
| pose you ask at their Office"
! | went, forthwith; and the gentle
man 10 whom presented my card at
the cashiers window had the dope.
/ The Red Desert Placeryille. he told
me, was strictly has been" The
| placers had long ago been exhausted,
and the place had afterward figured as
a shipping point for some mine or
mines on the desert slope Of the East
ern Timanyonis. He was not quite Ger.
tain, but he thought the name Placer.
vilie'' had been changed to something
i else.
4 AS to the manner of reaching the
"has been" this, as he pointed out
was simple enough. There were
through sleepers by way of the P. S-W
and Copah all the way to the Pacific
4. coast.
Armed with this information,
quickly shook the dust of Denver (nc
slam here Intended at the Queen cit,
of the PIain) from my feet. taking
through ticket to Angels; and the fol
lowing morning, when ran my win
dow shade up previous TO turning gu
. for breakfast, the train was rollIckin,
along over endless reaches or th
dryest. dreariest. most barren-lookin,
country that the sun ever sfone upon
/ ! red sand. II appeared to be. with with
cred bits OF grass here and there an,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-09

=
telling him who was, and perhaps
giving him chance to join forces
with me In the search, IL 1t should
prove to be my grandfather's mine that
he was looking for. Grabbing this inn
pulse by the neck, SO to speak, took
the first train for Cripple Creek. The
next morning, when made inquiry, /
feund that Fullerton had left town,
though where he had gone the bank
folks couldn't say.
had gone irfto the chase more than
half for the sheer fun of IT; pretty
much us the dog runs after the stick
you've flung into the bushes, and
which he hasn't much hope of finding.
But now 1t was appealing to me as
more Of mans job. There was a
legacy; and however valueless 1t might
be In its present condition, 1t had once
been worth nearly half million--and
might be again. And a half-million Is
a whole lot of money. when you come
to consider 1t.
From what little the bank folks told
me 1t appeared that Fullerton was
fairly well known In Cripple Greek
and the region roundabout Therefore,
somebody In the near vicinity must
know more than had as yet been
able to learn about the manner of his
disappearance and his probable desti-
nation. My job was to find the some,
body.
About the time thought had ex-
hausted all the combinations, found
the one particular Fullerton friend
was hunting for. His name, as / re.
call 1t, was Hilton, or something like
that, and he was the superintendent OF
big drainage-tunneI undertaking de,
signed to unwater lot of flooded
mines on the hills above the tunnel
site.
II can give you little information
but not much" was his answer to my
| Inquiry. Fullerton is bughpuse or
| the subject of lost mine-not an un
usual disease in any mining country
| and he has gone to hunt for It. Ht
has sketch map of the location, but
nothing to tie 1t to. didn't ask hin
where the location was-or rather
| where he thought 1t was.''
"Then. Of course, you have no Ides
where his hunt was to begin?". threw
| In.
| "Only guess. In our talk, he asked
me If | knew anything about q place
called Placeryille, in the Red desert
wharf sort of a town 1t was, and If {
man could outfit there for prospect
ing trip. took 1t from this that HI
might be heading for Placerville
though he didn't say that he was"
AS you'd imagine, this was enough
for me. The next morning | was bacl
In Denver. figuring out the quiekes
way to get to Placervllle in the Re,
desert. / hoped Fullerton was on TIL,
true scent, but was nightly afraid h
wasn't--in which case |, too, would g
beautifully astray. But If he SHOULD
happen to be on the right track, thel
i | must beat him to the goal. True, h
had map to guide him, and was tina
much better off than was. But, OF
the other hand, had the girl, a hors
I. and a dog.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-09
CHAPTER v
The Magic Triad.

To be stopped before coud 4
my goal was no part of my pun Il
opened things up and gave tne
three-wheeied dinky all the vi
could use, keeping a sharp ~
ahead, and meaning to pull up "
way short of the graveyard cV, 4
doning the car and making tne II
approach on foot.
Judging from the way the WI
was racing backward, | estimates n
the little car must be doing y
thirty miles to the hour; Whlca 4
forty minutes or such o na.pa
cover the twenty-one miles. 4 "
ing train or trains, whatever
might be, would only keep ous =
way for those precious iuq
minutes. h \
| pushed the small motor to y
and was getting along beautilula
suddenly, on a grade that wus :,
sleeper than usual, the poppls
haust quiz short off. the enslns "
down, and the car, squeahins
grinding, came to a stana - 4,
embankment between TWO u :
cuttings. u.
There wasn't anything very Il
Gated about the little motor, ana !
discovered that a broken ignl', ~,
was what had killed Il. n1 =
there was d small tooloox ~,
seat. and in the kit there wassI
Of pliers. But sometlmss-s,m =,
was one of them--a BIT o. 1 na,,', !
as important as the tools lo. y, II
The broken wire was too sn0 q, NJ
Bile up again, and there WASH \ +
of spare wire to be lounu
kit. ~ h
They say that necessity y :, - ia
er Of invention but I'll dely 3 Il n
to invent a piece of wire ID ~ 4
Of the Great Sahara deseis IT,
minute. / was expecting y
rumble and roar of a tram, I
In this extremity It was u
desert zephyr that gave ny .isss
idea. A gentle breeze came 1910 ~ !
the draw from some ovein M
cut beyond, and finding y ,,tIss
the barren hills, It sang ~ III WA
in the thickly clustering M
wires on the poles. why, IL Il
said to myself; here Was nsda
miles and miles Of 1t. Al
was to climb up and get y
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-09

scattering punches of what after
ward learned was called 'greasewood.
1t was while luncheon was getting IL
self served that the train stopped TO
water the engine at the most desoiate
place that ever lay out OF doors, 90
think. The place was utterly deserted
there wasn't human being In sight,
either on the platform or In the street
upon which the station faced; not even
the bunch Of loafers which usually ma
terializes out of nowhere to see q
train came and go. | was looking out
Of the window and wondering how any
body, even hermit telegraph opera
tor, could stand 1t to live In such a
graveyard of place when got my
shock.
1t was dog that connected up the
high-voltage wires for me; a shaggy
mongrel with his ears cooked and
red ribbon of a tongue hanging out as
he jumped up on the high station plat
form as If to say Hello, strangerP to
me. For, right down the center of that
dogs face and dividing 1t as accurate
ly as If 1t had been drawn by some
mathematical craftsman, was line
marking off black half from a white
half!
was just taking swallow of hot
chocolate when the dog appeared, and
1t nearly choked me. Luckily, got
the swallow down before saw the
horse-a grasshopper-headed COW
pony, saddled and bridled and standing
hitched to a gnawed wooden rail in
front of one of the tumble-down
shacks. "Piebald" is sort of an elias
tic word, as the dictionaries define 1t,
and 1t might apply to almost any
beast-markings out of the ordinary.
But the horse was gaping at fell cas-
lily within any or all of the definitions !;
| it was true "calico," white and light
sorrel In grotesque patchings; unmis-
takably "piebald," IL purist in the
use of the interchangeable Cousin
Percy, for example-wished to call 1t
| so.
Before / could rush back to the
| stewards sentry-boX in the vestibule of
the car our train was chasing along
again.
"Heyr" l shouted; whats the name
of that place where we stopped to wa
ter the engine?"
"Atropia."
"Death-sleep," I translated with q
grin. ut fits, all the way down to the
ground. What are the industries OF
Atropia?"
| Il don't get you"
Excuse me-. Til try to put it In
simpler form. Why is Atropia?"
He appeared to have reached the
conclusion that was an escaped luna
tic, safe enough, most probably 6
harmless one. He looked first at the lit
tie coiored slip sticking in my hat-bant
and then consulted a notebook drawn
from his pocket. ~
HIN; tlcketed to Angels" he NUT
tered half to himself. And then to me
"Was you expectin' to have friend.
meet you at Angels?"
This was too much, and, anxious a.
l was to find out something more abou
Atropia, felt it an imperative duty
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-09

fooi-tike-to do my small part towa.ti
eniivenlng a rather sad world s., I
said, solemnly:
i Shall be met by parade of ne
Angels fire department, In unAforu,
and with the apparatus, headed by .
brass band. But this Is irrelevant RI
the present burning question. WHAT !
am thirsting to know is WHY there
should be dog with face bo,f
White and half black standing on rho
Atropta station platforma and a mic.
bald pony hitched to the horse-rack
on the Atropia public square"
That finished him.
Say, young Teller. you've got .em
bad. he commented. .But thnt'i ~
MI right. Just you wall til we Ger q
Angels, and then you can end gu, m
these funny things you're 80 dead any.
ious to know
Hold on a Minute. | lGss.crposad !,
as was trying - .Atrot,i,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-09
FULLERTON.

Synopsis. Under his GRANDPA
theirs will. Stanford Broughton,
society idler. finds his share OF the
estate. valued ct something like
$4,000. lies In a safe repository
latitude and longitude described.
and that ID all. 1t may be identi-
fed by the presence nearby OF
brown-haired, blus-eyed girl. pie
bald horse. and a dog with split
+, face, half black and half white.
Stanford at fest regards the be-
quest as practical Joke. but after
consideration sets out to find his
legacy. On his way to Denver, the
city nearest the spot indicated In
his grandfather's will, Stanford
hears from a fellow traveller,
Charles Fullerton, mining engi-
rieer. a story having to do with a
Hooded mine.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-09

masters and other railroad ),
making quick trips over .h S'sa Y
tances. = sauFl III
In half q minute the m.
tied up TO the station a. sat Y
quick stop, the two men ss.. alaae
brakes and hopping of Il Sasal "
the telegraph office. They ~ esis Y. VI
tle pop-popping engine ruu,l y
idling speed, and in fash sl, ..s n
chance OF course, il | shou, ~ 4. \
the car, I'd be caught and arsss, u q
hauled of somewhere to Be nv N.Y. n Y
fned; but before any Of ths ~ Y
ward things could happen { ! W
have settled that biting que,t, ~, /
the ownership of the piebald p0as N Y
the harlequin-faced dog. ~ Y
With a quick glance over /, !.
der to make sure that ths eo.. ~
stiii clear, | slipped Into thu d,',' "
seat. jerked the throttle omen !, !
leased the clutch, praying fs,,ss Y
that the switches might be- sst ~
for me at the upper end Of H. ~, VI
yard. y aAss
AS the machine began d nal
speed, 1 looked back. What a. -
a-plenty. Three men, one 4 T.
whom ! took to be the Telegram \, !
orator, In his shlrt-sIeeyes. cana 7
ming up the station platform N
shirt-sleeved man was yelling and e
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-09
What | Saw Was a-Plsnty.

ing something that gllstened lnl
sunlight. Next l heard the dlstA
diminished crack of a pistol %
blunt-nosed bullet sang a whining
tie lullaby to me as it tore past
/ flung up an arm to show the p
f1rer that he had missed, and thsl
small car swung around the shid
of the nearest hill and Angels Dsa
only O backward-fitting memorE
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-09

the exchange and the secretary not
only had such list, but was willing
TO show 1t to me. III Its proper place
found the name, "Charles Bullerton."
A query shot at the man behind the
desk elected the Information that MFR.
Charles Fullerton was In South Amer
lea AT this, / could have shouted for
joy, because It proved conclusively
that Charles Fullerton was my man.
and that the tale to which had lis
tened wasn't altogether made up out
of whole cloth, as 50 many Pullman
smoke-room romances are.
Bullerton's usual address, when he
was In Colorado and not In Denver,
was In care OF certain bank In Grip
Pile Creek or at least, that was the
way 1t had been before he went to
South America.
A telegraph office was the next thing
on the program, and when found one
1t seemed to be about hundred-to-
one shot that I'd never touch bottom
since had no hint that Fullerton had
| been headed for Cripple Creek. My
message, prepaid and answer prepaid,
contained only single question :
what vas the name of the old gem
tleman who bought the watered mine
| and then dled2" An answer to that
would tell the story.
For two whole days. an Interval
/ which spent In hither-and-yon chas-
ings Of piebald ponies and harlequin
! faced dogs about the streets OF Denver
land found no blue-eyed girls at
| tached to any of theml thought
had merely shot up Into the air with
my telegram, and missed the whole
face Of the earth. Then. one morn
Ing. The answer caae in just two
words, ike this:
10 stanford Broughton,
"Hotel Savoy,
Denver.
s.John Smith.
"CHARLES FULLERTON
That settled IL with vengeance
q you'd say. And yet II didn't. Il
merely proved chat Mr. Charles Butler
ton had acquired sudden excess Of
i cluLtOlis am WAS ptOuupiS tuSSiitS ifitu
self plentftuliy for having been to,
loose-tongued With a perfect strangei
In Pullman smoker. He had an
swered my wire with name thai
meant just us much or rs little us i
he'd said alexander the Great AM
that was precisely the amount ~ In
. formation he Lad Intended 20 convey.
Whether or not Bullerton's memo
; randum agreement with my GRANDPA
j ther would be binding upon me Il
Grandfather Jasper's heir, was ques
tion for the courts 10 decide. But on
: thing was certain-that Is. granting al
the assumptions; If he should find tn
! mine and 20 to work on his unwafer
! ing scheme, he would have grip o
things that might be handsomely trot
: blesome to shake loose.
r After | had argued IT out thus ia
: the next step suggested itself 10
: jiffy. | must have q heart-to-heal
e taIk with the cautious Afr. Dullertoi
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-09

Whale fat Is used on I,a.omatsst'
Denmark In making ole0D''
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-09
"Have you q sHas ihiasrf
mole on your left sh0a
eTo BE CONTINUED

shouldn't Get Lo o. y
Scientists claim the ei,, co. ~
revolving around the s a,l,, h II
100000 years. Web, n oO'
the way by this time.