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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-10-26

Cl8 II H6116d u 0e BneKEE wM6h
told Of HARRIS presence below, 49,
slowly lowered himself Into the -
cesses Of the shaft and 10 the 6rA1t
leading to the stope, where only 4 few
days before they had found thet
gaunt, whitened, haunting thing wfick
had brought with It a new misfortaae,
A light cleaned ahead, and -
sound Of a single jack hammering -
the end of a drill could be heard. Falr-
child called and went forward, to fnA
Harry, grimy and sweating, pounding
away at a narrow streak Of black 6oC-
nation which centered In the top s(
the stope.
tits the vein," he announced, aftsr
he had greeted Fairchild, land It dsnft
look Hike It's going to amount to
much" ~
"NO?"
Harry withdrew the drill from the
hole he was making and mopped -
forehead. .
1T amt q world-beater," came Dis
consolately. ~ doubt whether itll r.
more'n twenty dollars to the ton, tn
wye smelling prices ave gone up4
and there amt much money In thak-
What 'appened In DenverT
Another frame-up by the Rodaines
to get the mine away from us. 1t was
q lawyer. He stalled that the offer
had been made TO ING by Miss Rich
u4ond."
"dow mnch?'
"Two hundred thousand dollars and
Us to get out Of all the troubles W
are In"
"And YOU took 1t, of c~ourse?"
II did mott!
Nor Harry mepped his forehead
again. Wen, maybe you're right
Maybe you're wrong. RBt whateves
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CHAPTER XIII.

Fairchild did not show the item to
Harry. There was little that 1t could
accomplish. and besides. he felt that
his cOmrade had enough to think
about. The unexpected turn of the
coroner's inquest had added to the
heavy weight Of Harry's troubles; it
meant the probability in the future of
4 grand jury investigation and the
possible indictment as accessory after
the fact In the murder of '"Sissie"
Larsen. Not that FairchiId had been
Influenced In the slightest by the tes-
timony Of Crazy Laura !; the presence
Of Squint Rodaine and his son had
shown too plainly that they were con-
nected in some way with 1t. that, In
fact. they were responsible. An OPP
p~ortunity had arisen for them, and
they had seized upon 1t. More. there
came the shrewd opinion Of old Moth
Or Howard, once Fairchild and Harry
had reached the boarding house and
gathered In the parlor for their con-
~sultation:
~Ain't 1t what I said right In the
6egfnningr" Mother Howard asked.
She'll kill for that man. II necessary.
lf wasn't as. hard as you, think-all
equint Rodaine had to do was to act
nice to her and promise her a few
things that he'll squirm out Of later
On, and she went on the stand and
He'd her head of" , -..~.~,
'But for h crazy woman"
sLaura's crazy-and she amt crazy.
Tve seen that woman AZ sensible and
q shrewd A. any sane woman who
1ier l6rer hreath Then again-I.s
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sonable figure, other things that
would eat quickly into the estimate
placed upon the total. And with q
capital already dwindling, it meant
IN expenditure which hurt, but which
was necessary. nevertheless.
Slow, putting and wheeling, the
train made it's way along Clear Creek
canon, crawled across, the newly built
trestle which had been erected to
take the place of that which had gone
out with the spring flood Of the milky
creek, then tangled into Denver. Fair
child hurried uptown. found the old
building to which he had been direct
ed by the telegram, and made the up
ward, trip In the ancient elevator. at
last to knock upon q door. A half
whining voice answered him, and he
went within. #~ .'
A greasy man was there. greasy In
his fat. uninviting features, In his
seemingly well-oiled hands, a. they
circled In constant kneading. n Nh
lnk-4EAkgiinx AaiE u III oll -
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-10-26
CHAPTER XIV

Had 1t been any one else, Fairehild
would have shouted for happiness and
Joined the parade. As 1t was. he
stood far to NJ side, q silent, grim
figure, watching the miners and towns
people passing before him, let ping
about In their happiness, calling to
him the news that he did not want to
hear:
The Silver Queen had hit" The
faith of Squint Rodaine, maintained
through the years, had shown his
perspicacfty. It was there; he al
ways had said It was there, and now
the strike had been made at last, sead-
silver ore, running as high as two hun
dred dollars a ton. 1t meant every
thing for Ohadi it meant that mining
would boom now, that soon the hiIis
would be clustered with prospectors,
and that the little town would blossom
&C a result of possessing one Of the
rich silver mines Of the state.
Fairchfld felt cheap. He felt de-
feated. He felt small and mean not
to be able to join the celebration.
Squfnt and Maurice Rodaine possessed
the Silver Queen; that they, Of all
persons, should be the fortunate ones
was bitter and hard to accept. Why
should they, Of every one In Ohadi be
the lucky men to find a silver bonanza,
that they might haunt 1t before him,
that they might increase their stand
ing in the community, that they might
raise themselves to a pedestal In the
eyes Of every n and thereby rally
about them the whole town In any
difficulty which might arise In the fu-
ture? 1t hurt Fairchild, 1t sickened
him. he saw now that his enemies
were more powerful than ever. And
for a moment he almost wished that
he had yielded down there In Denver,
that he had not given the ultimatum to
the greasy Barnham, that he had az
cepted the offer made him-and gone
on, out Of the fight forever.
Anita! What would It mean to her.
Already engaged, already having givea
her answer to Maurice Rodaine, this
now would be an added incentive for
her to follow her promise. 1t would
mean a possibility Of further argument
with her father, already too weak
from illness to find the means Of
evading the insidious pleas Of the two
men who had taken his money and
made him virtually their slave. The
future looked black for Robert Fair
child. Slowly he walked past the
happy. shouting crowd and turned up
Kentucky gulch toward the Inflated
Blue Poppy.
The tunnel opening looked more for
lorn than ever when he sighted n, q
bleak, staring. single eye whicf
seemed to brood over is own nisfor
tunes, . dead, hopeless thing which
never had brought anything hut disap-
pointment. A choking came into .Fairs
child's throat He entered the tunnel
SLOWLY, plpddllxlly With hering ms
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-10-26

child; could It fave Been possible f5at
this friendship might have entafled
the telling Of secrets which had not
been related to anyone else? The
matter of the finding of the skeleton
could be handled easily, Fairchild
saw, through Maurice Rodaine. One
word from him to his father could
change the story of Crazy Laura and
make it, on the second telling, only
herb-gathering woman. Anita could
have arranged it, and Anita might
have arranged it. Yet, why should
she have gone through this procedure
TO reach him? Why had she not gone
to Farrell with the proposition-to a
man whom she knew Fairchild trust
ed, instead of to a greasy, hand-rub-
bling shyster? And besides
But the question was past answer
ing now. Fairchild had made his de-
cision, and he had told the lawyer
where to go. But one thing was Ger
tain: the Blue Poppy mine was worth
money. Once before an offer had
come, and now that he thought of It,
'altchiio 1a' aih"s' certain mat IL
had been from the same source. That
was for fifty thousand dollars. Why
should the value have new Jumped to
'oui 'i,'es us o1s.nai hsures' II was
more than the adventurer could en-
compass; he sought to dismiss It all,
went to a picture show, then trudged
- n''0' OIL" ~ ''0ep'
Inc heA' "ay 'ouho MIN Slf strf'-
'nH ~ P0' ''T i''oiehi away from HIN
"' "'N' "'""' '"e '"'i"us e'fahu
"u'''''', ~ ''n'''' y nay a'ter Inc
'''' we '"''''' ~'''|''hS' narrow
I,o ''' u ~" ~ ''''h nroag
l. '''N 10 onao1'
49,, !'' ''} deserted.
"' ''A tof the
hotel, rne station agent wrestling with
a trunk or two-that was all. Fair
child looked about him In surprise,
then approached the agent.
whats happenedT'
"A lot. From what I hear it's a
strike that's going to put Ohadi on
the map again"
"Who made it?"
Don't know. Some fellow came
running down here an hour or 81
and said tbere'd been q tremendous
strike made ON the hin. and everybody
beat It up there"
Faircbild wont m m +prn into a de-
sorted strae+ -a s+rea+ whore the
Doors 30 tho s+oras bod haan loft ooen
and tho ounore oore r~varvvhere II
u,as tho sora. - voc .e ~ Obad, s,,d-
aon,v had haen s+rnrh nv come catas-
tronbo u.bicb bod u,;nod ont tho whole
non,1oa,, o,1u 49, ond tho, o br.
man being anneared. q few nersons
loft hohind Of tho hanks hut that Was
ahont all Than from far awsv. nm
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-10-26

$O0 0IO-Wel, EnaLS JU2I = G1lEk i
would ave done. Only" and Harry
was staring lugubriously at the vein
above him, FITS going 20 take us q
long time to get two hundred thou
sand dollars out of things the W.
they stand now"
"But we're going to keep ut q.
Harry, sink or SWIM"
you know itr
"Tbe Redaines have hat-maybe wa
can have some good luck too"
"The RodainesT Harry stared. "Tt
what?'
1.-TWO hundred dollar a ton orer'
A hong whistle. Then Harry, wins
had been balancing q single jack, pro.
paratory TO going back to his WORK.
threw It aside and began to roll down
his sleeves.
"Were going to ave a lock ut IT.
"A look7 What good would TT"
"A cat can Ie0k ut a king" miG
Harry. "They can't arrest us for p.
ing up there like everybody else"
But to go there and ask them .
look at their riches
There amt no law against 1T"
He reached for his carbide lamn.
hooked to a enaH ehink Of the hang
ing wall, and then pulled hts hat ovu1
his bulging forehead. Carefully -
attempted to smooth his straying mus
tache, and failing, az always, gavo %
the job.
I'D be Apply, just to lock ct it."h
announced. "Come on. LeeAs fuF.ue
90 they r and just b looksEsoa.s
Fairchild agreed against hts vm
Out Of the shaft they went md On -
the hill to where the townspeopao
again were gathering about the open
ing Of the Silver Queen. A few were
going In. Fairchtld and AIRY Joined
them.
A hong walk, stepping NEST Of the
way, as the progress was made
through the narrow, low-roofed tun-
mel then a slight raise which travelled
for a fair distance at an easy grade-
at last to stop; and there before them.
jammed between the reek, was the
strike, a great, heavy streakinx vein.
nearly six feet Wide, In Vhtch the ore
stuck forth In tremendous chunkg
embedded in a black BACKGROUND.
Harry eyed it ~ssdiousiy.
You can see the silver sticking
out !" he announced at last, It's won
derful-even II the Rodaines did do II.
Come on, Boy, let's M get cut e 'sre.
be getting the blind ~staggegg n
stay much longer"
Fairchfld accompanied him word
lessly. 1t was as though Fate had
played a deliberate trick, that Il might
laugh at him. And as he walked
along he wondered more than eve
about the mysterious telegram and the
mysterious conversation Of tie grsa1
Barnham In Denver.
For once q ray Of cheer came 10
him. The Rodaines had known or thia
serfke long before he ever went X
that Office IN Denver. They had wait-
"a long enough to have their assayn
made and had completed their nruf
shipment to the srnelter. Ehere -
70 necessity that they buy the Blna
Poppy mine Therefore, was It siuaptv
smother trick 10 break him, b 80
him up to = paint or high expsctar
t1cns, then, with q laugh e ~ a.
appointment. throw him down ssninH
shoulders strAightenea - IT,
ssached the outside IN, ana - moye
0sse 10 Harry % De told him II -
9sctures- Ths Oornishman $3.50
, 1922-03-22
PREVIOUSLY
ACCUSED OF BRIDE.

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. March
fl. b. a. Robertson, fourth gov
n OF Oklahoma office
January 1, 1918, having been elected
on h Democratic ticket the preced-
ing fail. He has been a resident of
Oklahoma since 1893.
Governor Robertson was born IN
Keokuk county. Iowa. in 1871.
The indictment accusing Governor
Robertson of connection with alleged
Illegal transactions in connection with
the failure of the Bank of Commerce
at Okmulgee is not the first time his
name a been linked with the Okmul-
gee bank situation.
In a sensational report returned By
tho investigation committee of the
house OF the eighth Oklahoma Iegisla-
ture of March IL. of last the gov
ernor was charged with having accept
ed a bribe for misuse OF ais official
powers in connection with alleged H.
legal transactions involving the Guar
anty State bank of Okmulgee- BIS
Impeachment was recommended but
in a spectacular scene in which a
Democratic member OF tho house was
brought to the chamber in an ambul-
Continued on Page F1vel
, 1922-03-22
stand Dance
Above Shimmy,
Quartet Free

NEW YORK, March 22.-Soothed
with the judicial verdict that the
dance art OF the South Seas, grass
skirts and all. can't be worse, II as
bad. as or native shimmy. four fair
dancers arrested when they shock
d Manhattan police detectives to-
day were r to practice their i'm
ported movements as they will.
Gfda Gray. Betty Wonders, Dor
othy Conroy and Helena KusAd SO
stirred watching detectives who WIS.,
tied tho uptown cafe in which thsy
were engaged that they were arrest-
ed as stagers of an immodest exhi-
bition- Their costumes, Detective
Andrew Mclaughlin told Magis-
trate Douras, were modelled after
Gunga Din's Justly famous uniform.
Tive e all kinds of dancing,
but newer anything half as bad as
that" said the detective
Then one of the fair defendants
donned her dancing garb-over her
street dress-for the ~ediication of
the court w~hereupon # was decided
that Manhattan's modesty remain
ed unscathed
Tho court also dismissed the cafe
proprietor who had been arrested
for engaging the dancers
, 1922-03-22
MYSTERY Seen
I'm MURDER OF
TWO RANCHERS

SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. March u
Mystery surrounds the deaths Of
Charles Bradford md his nephew
George Bradford. who were found shot
and killed. six miles Of Monticello
southeast of UtaUh. Monday after.
noon, according to word received here
today.
The Bradfords were on their wag
home to their ranch. ten miles east
OF Monticello. after a trip to town
when they were shot
The team driven by tho men reached
The ranch driverless and Mrs Charles
Bradford discovered blood on the
wagon seat Tho sheriff was called
End the body of George Bradford was
foun on the roadway Monday night
The body of Charles Bradford was
found about a half mile east of where
tho nephew's body was discovered
Sheriff Lynn declared that he was con
WINGED murder had been committed
but so far as he has been unable &c
unearth any clues leading to the
Rlayers-
, 1922-03-22
Poetry Cited
In Complaint,
Decree Issued

CHICAGO. March 22.-Poetry.
penned years ago by Edgar Lee
Masters. author of Spoon River
Anthology" was cited as the basis
for court ACTION here yesterday.
wherein Mrs. Helen jenkins Mas
tiers was granted a decree of sepa-
rate maintenance by Judge Ira
Raynor.
Mrs. Masters told the judge that
the poet deserted her March 1, 1919.
and has refused to support her and
their two daughters She said that
while he was travelling in Egypt
and Europe. collecting material for
his writings, she was compelled to
open q boarding house. in order to
make a living and educate their
children.
Mr. Masters yearly income was
said to be more than 81, 900, &C
cording to Mrs. Masters. Her at
torney. Francis W. Walker, said
Spoon River Anthology has gone
into its twentieth edition. and since
then Masters has published "The
Great Valley" Toward the Gulf"
III Lhc oOollAEtAN oOOh. Win
the publication OF his Anthology"
Masters was heralded throughout
the Engiishspeaking world as a
new voice in contemporary poetry.
Mrs Masters, in addition to be-
ing granted the decree of separate
maintenance. was awarded $1,000
back aiimony and $500 a month as
alimony and support of tho two
daughters, was ordered paid by
Masters
According to the evidence intro
duced Masters declared no was tired
of Mrs Masters and expressed his
intention to get another woman"
Get a DIVORCE a letter intro
duced in evidence said. I'm through.
I'm tired II you don't get q di.
I nm going to get another
woman in London, where I VIII be
appreciated and where we will be
accepted for our talents"
Masters is said to be at his sum-,
mer home at Springlake, Mich, at
present
, 1922-03-22

they got caught Richard was under
arrest at the time for assaulting Alice
Ruck. fifteen
isn't it too bad Sarah quoted
Richard as saying. that Alice had to
tell such lies about mo. 1 am awful.
awful sorry for her and wish I could
help her."
Continuing the girl said: -He said
We mustn't tell ON him because IL we
did we would be locked up until we
were IS years old and we couldn't visit
our friends and ave IN more good
times"
Sarah said that after coming put of
the park, Richard row them to nm
elevated railway station near their
home.
Max D. Steur. Richards counsel. OBJ
Jected to several portions of the girls
testimony. Ono sustained objection
referred to a telephone conversation
that the witness said Nellie had with
Richard soon AFTER Richards arres
soon after Richard was arrested.
Sarah said, she went to Nellie's home
and learned that her chum had been
taken into custody by the C~hildren's
Aid society. The witness said she told
Richard about 1T and he advised her
to keep away from Madison Square
Garden for awhile.
In winding UP his direct examina-
ton, Assistant District Attorney
Peccora asked:
Sarah. % owe were married TO
this defendant were your
mo SIR she replied.
Mr.. Steuer opened tho Go@exam-
nation by asking the girl where she
FIRST had met Nellie
"In h swimming pool at Coney
Island known as the fountain of
joy.'-
Asked why she went to see Richard.
Sarah said: IT wanted some money of
him."
, 1922-03-22

restore TO { my its old volunteer
constitution = = which it elected
its own execu The constitution
was abandoned when the Dali Eircann
was established Mulcahy declared
o'Connor. had pledged himself in the
Dan to maintain the army as a Re
publican organization. but the pledge
had been violated by tho invitations
given to the members OF h army to
forum the nucleus OF the army Of the
FREQ State. He said tho army con.
ventiOn would be held Sunday ar
there was no government in Ireland
at present 20 which the army owed
allegiance.
a resolution would be submitted to
tho convention. said o'Connor. re
newing allegiance to the Irish repub-
lie
You may. II you like. call US mu-
tineerB." added O'Connor. but the
rank and file is always right II Is
the leaders who have failed
, 1922-03-22
Bloody Conflict In
Sight on Ulster
Border, Report

LONDON, March 22.-By
The Associated Press.)-The
situation on the border be-
tween Ulster and southern
Ireland is going from bad to
worse, and is such that some
trihing incident may draw the rival
forces into n conflict which viii shat.
ter all prospects o. peace in Ireland.
says tho Dublin correspondent OF tho
Times
he adds. consists in the fact that
tho vast majority of citizens OF all
parties deplore the danger, but seem
unbale TO ver it Each side daily
takes some OF defense which
it regards rs legitimate but which
produces prompt retaliation from the
other side. with h result that polit-
ical passions are intensified and the
plcadings OF common sense fail to ind
hearing.
The chief cause of resentment on
tho northern side OF the border Is the
existence there in organized forces of
tho Irish Republican army which the
northern government insists must de
part or be expelled before there can
be n tnlk Of peace
"on tho other hand, tho southern
nationalists claim the right to pro.
tcct h Cthoiic minorities in the
northeast by every means IN their
power. They believe the northern DO.
lice cannot DO trusted to act impair.
TALLY. The southern newspapers
print daily reports OF outraEes in
which these police arc anegedly con.
cerned.
TT IS notorious that certain sec,
lions Of the Irish Republican army
do not necessarily take orders from
Dublin. and that raids OF armed Re.
pubiicans irto the northern area oc-
at times"
The correspondent adds that the
sentences melted out to captured raid.
ers have added to tho trouble, being
denounced as savageiy severe and in
tended to degrade the captives. while
the incidents In Belfayt add fuel to
h anger. Southern opinion is con.
WINGED that the nogging penalty will
be reserved chiefly. and postpone en-
tirely. for Catholics found in posses.
sion OF arms.
While tho north refuses to obey
order never viii be maintained in the
south, the attitude of either side is
looked on by the writer as prcgnan,
with a thousand of disaster.
He contends that the only thing neces.
sary to avert a calamity is a frand
exchange OF views by the two govern.
ments. but this mas not yet been ut.
tempted He say tho situation is
grave enough to justify n meeting of
all the members OF both govern.
ments. or If this cannot be arranged.
n conference between Michael Collins
and Sir James Craig. Moderate opin-
son in Dublin is represented as most
anxious for such n conference
, 1922-03-22
FIRING CONTINUES
ALONG BATTLE LINE.

BELFAST. March 2s.-By The As
ISOLATED PressGDesultory firing con.
tinued all day yesterday from the
free state side OF the border along
h frontier OF counties Tyrone and
Monaghan. between Aughnacloy and
Caledon. mostly from Shippers located
In houses inside the boundary line
according to reports from the Dor
der received here today. Tho Ulster
border commissioners visited last
evening tho locality where the shipping
activities were in progress and heard
the shooting going on during a visit
to Baiiagh bridge. which divides the
two counties. while Captain Thomp-
son and Head Constable Han of the
Caledon platoon. accommodating near
the border, became targets for the
Shippers on the side.
Other officers were similarly c.
posed while proceeding toward Bal
lagh bridge and had to seek safer
quarters.
moved from NewtownbutIer, county
Fermanagh, to within a few hun.
bred yards of Clones, in the Free
State. where there is a strong gar,
rison of the Irish Republican army.
Five mobile p~latoons OF specials from
omagh, Dunganon. Cookstown. Stra.
bane and KIDeter we<e concentrated
last evening in the Tyrone hills from
Pomeruy to the SPERM mountains
and searched the countryside. The
Cookstown platoon found a number
of rifles n made five arrests
Two families in tho danger zone
moved their effects to a safer place
IN the Tyrone county interior In con-
sequence of their farm houses being
riddied by bullets. When a farmer
in the Caledon district moved out his
house vas Immediately occupied by
Shippers.
The police report that the Shippers
are virtually good marksmen and pos
sess up-to-date field glasses, Judging
by the prompt way in which they spot
the movements of the opposing forces,
The large bodies of police have been
moved TO the district. and this is re.
assuring tho loyalists to some extent.
, 1922-03-22
HOUSE LIMITS
u. S. ARMY TO
$4,000 men

WASHINGTON. March 2s.-The
house today approved provisions OF
the army appropriation bill which call
for a reduction in the enlisted strength
of the regular army to $4,000 men
by July 1.
An amendment by Representative
Quinn. Democrat. Mississippi. to de,
crease the enlisted personnel to So.
900 men, was showed under a viva
voce vote.
By a vote OF 81 - IS the house de.
feated an amendment by Chairman
Kahn of the military affairs commit
tee. to provide pay sufficient for 143,
900 men exclusive OF 1000 Philippine
scouts-the number for which the
war department asked congress to
provide.