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horseshOes available would do for the
players. But that time has been sue
ceeded by those who would play the
scientific game.
The horseshoes must be regulation
built and weight not more than two
pounds and eight ounces The heel
and toe corks must not be over q of
an inch long and there must not be
more than 81 inches between the
narrowest points Of the heel corks. No
freak shoes are allowed.
AS to external measurements, the
shoes must not measure over seven
and half inches in length nor more
than seven inches wide.
No Coaching Allowed
The ancient pastime of getting your
opponents goat" and coaching from
the side lines has likewise gone down
the long, long trail to oblivion.
In the modern game no coaching or
molesting is allowed from the side
lines not between opposing players.
Partners may coach each other, how
ever.
Coming American Game
Horseshoes has taken it's place
alongside of baseball tennis, basket
ball and other American sports
among the people of the United
States and bids fair to become the
one absorbing pastime of communities
at least temporarily.
1t has all the advantages of other
sports minus few of the disadvantage
es. 1t takes business men out Of
doors, creates point of friendly riv-
airy between two communities and
gets the citizens of one place to mingl-
ing with the citizens of another in a
good natured and sportsmanlike way.
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RULES HORSESHOE
game EXPLAINED
DIFFERS CONSIDERABLY FROM
ANCIENT METHODS
EMPLOYED

Regulation horseshOes are as diff
erent from the ordinary game played
by the ordinary citizen of the country
since George Washington first com
manded the U. S. armies that 1T has
become a pertinent question in the
lives Of those who would like to play
according to Hoyle.
Perhaps the main difference be-
tween the ordinary horseshoe game
and the game worked out by experts
has to do with the fact that regula-
ton horseshoes like any other nation
allied sport has a certain standard
for every element Of the game.
In the first place regulation game
is fifty points in single entry con-
test. In matches and exhibition
games eleven series of fifty point
games are required. The one win
ming six of the eleven games is de-
clared winner.
The old fashioned method of count
ing horseshes was to allow five for
ringers and ten for double ringers or
for ringer thrown on top of the OPP
ponents ringer. But that has been
abolished.
The modern, up to the minute rules
count a ringer three points and all
other shoes, including leaners, which
used to net the throwers three points,
one. A ringer thrown over the OPP
ponents ringer simply cancels both.
Moreover, shoes mus be six inches or
closer to the peg to count at ALL
In the games that used to be play
ed by farmers, harvesters or village
blacksmiths, the pegs were of any
material, set any distance apart. And
set straight up, forward or backward.
Not so today.
Stakes Forty Feet Apart
On the modern regulation court, the
stakes are set forty feet apart at the
base. They must be Of iron one inch
in diameter and must stick eight inch
es above the ground with the tops
inclined one inch towards the Oppo-
site peg. For women players the dis
lance apart is 80 feet.
Around the peg an eighteen-inch
area Of potters clay, or other soft clay
must be laid in such a fashion that
it can be kept soft.
Where q single set of stakes consti-
tute the court the box for the peg Is
SIX feet square. Where there are sew
eral sets of pegs in one court each
stake on each end of the court must |
be eight feet from it's next nearest
stake. They are set in q row like !
this.
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fare service, finance department AM

fare service, finance department and
Philippine scouts.
Preliminary examinations will first
be conducted under corps commanders
to determine whether or not the can
didate for a commission 10 justified
with proceeding with the final exam
nations.
Eligibility for appointment is fixed
by law and those desiring infOrma-
ton as to the details of the exam
nations or information concerning
the different branches of the service
or enlightenment on any other details
may secure 1t at the office Of the
commandant of the university of Ida
no r. O. 7. G.
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UNCLE SAM Will HOLD
TEXANS FOR COMMISSIONS

Final examination for the appoint
ments of second lieutenants in the
various branches OF the United States
military forces will be held during the
week beginning September at the
various places designated by the ord
er disclosing the holding Of the ex-
aminations
The appointments are to be made
of the following branches of service:
infantry, cavalry, field artillery, coast
artillery, corps of engineers, air serv
ice, signal corps, quartermaster corps,
ordnance department, chemical war
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ley, has just bought the new crop of
Arthur Snow for quick delivery, pay
ing him 97c per bushel for number
1, white club, sacked, delivered to
their elevator in Moscow The Milling
company evidently is out with strong
price and if the grower is after the
long price he may save little money
by seeing where he can do the best.
E66
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COUNTY RECORDS

1883 w D: Margaret e. Smith ct
vir James T. of Southwick, Idaho to
and E7sNWA and NEA VIZ 29-38-3
W. cont. 100 A.
1859 @ c d: City of Moscow to
Julia M. Rathbun ct viz Erastus A.
s., strip of land $50 feet by So feet
in 1896 and another strip $50 feet
by So feet in same sec and twp.
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The last cover spray for the control
OF the coddling moth should be ap-
piled now. Protect your apples by
spraying with arsenate Of lead. III
lbs. to so gal. Of water.
e. X. KROH,
Horticulture Inspector, Dist 2.
261-266
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Pays 81 Cents for Wheat
The Mark p. Miller Milling Co..
through their agent, Mr.. Art Boards
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. . = = . =
Must Use Standard Shoes
It used to be that any pair Of old
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By EDISON MARSHALL

light did not answer i'm the least de-
gree the picture he had carried OF
Linda.
He remembered her as q blend
headed little girl with irregular fea-
lures and a rather unreasonable al
lowance of LONELINESS. All the way
he had thought of her as a baby sis
ter-nOt as a IN in her flower.
For a long second he gazed at her in
speechless amazement.
Her hair was no longer blond.
True, il had peculiar. red lights when
the freight shone through it; but he
knew by the light of day 1t would be
deep brown. He remembered her as
an awkward little thing that was
hardly able TO keep her feet under
her. This tall girl had the wilderness
grace-which is the grace of d deer
ami only blind eyes cannot see 1t. He
dlmly knew that she wore a khaki
colOred skirt and a simple blouse of
white tied with a blue scarf. Her
arms were bare in the fires CLEAN.
And there was a dark beauty about
her face that simply could not be
denied.
She came toward him. and her
hands were open before her. And her
lips trembled. Bruce could see them
in the freight.
1t was a strange meeting. The fire.
light gave it a tone of u%nreality, and
the whole forest world seemed to
pause in its whispered business as If
to watch. 1t was as If they had been
brought face to face by the mandates
of an inexorable destiny.
80 you've Gomez" the girl said.
The words were spoken unusually
soft, scarcely above a whisper; but
they were ineXpressibly vivid to
Bruce. They told first of q boundless
relief and JOY at his coming. But
more than that, i'm these deep vibrant
tones was the expression of an un
~quenchable life and spirit. Every
fiber of the body lived in the fullest
sense: : he knew this fact the instant
that she spoke.
She smiled at him, we so quietly.
"~Bwovaboo," she said, recalling the
name by which she called him in her
~babyhOod, you've come to Linda
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her. Perhaps the faintest flicker of
admiration came into her eyes.
He tried TO stop you, did he? OF
course he would. And you came, any
way. May heaven bless you for il,
Bruce" She leaned toward him, APP
pealing. And forgive me what ]
said"
Bruce stared at her in amazement.
He could hardly realize that this was
the same voice FRAT had been so torn
with passion a moment before. In an
instant all her hardness was gone,
and the tenderness Of q sweet and
wholesome nature had taken It's place.
He felt a curious warmth stealing
over him.
They meant what they said, Bruce.
Believe me, II those men can do no
other thing. they Fan keep their word.
They didn't just threaten death to
me. | could have run the risk of that.
Badly as | wanted to make them pay
before ] died. ! would have gladly
run that risk.
you are mazed at the free way !
speak OF aeatn. I'm girls you know,
In the city, don't ever know the word.
They don't know what II means They
don't understand the sudden end Of
the light-the ~darkness-the cold
the awful fear that II isl It's a real
ity here, something TO fight against
every hour Of every day. There are
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CHAPTER TX

As the fire burned down TO Goals
and the stars wheeled through the
sky. Linda told her story. The two
of them were seated in the soft grass
in front of the cabin, and the moon
light was IN Linda's face as she
talked. She talked very low at first.
Indeed there was no need for loud
tones. The whole wilderness world
was heavy with silence, ana y whis-
per carried far. Besides, Bruce was
just beside her, watching her with
narrowed eyes. forgetful of every
thing except her story.
"Tve waited a long time to tell you
this" she told him. "Of course, when
we were babies together in the or
phanage, / didn't even know it. II
has taken ME a long time since TO
learn all the details; most of them |
got from my aunt, old Elmira, whom
you talked to on the way out. Part
Of il | knew by intuition, and a little
of Il is still doubtful.
you ought to know first how hard
y NdNN iilth " ShNh i'u. vi tbuTSe,
! didn't try openly except at first.
the first years after ! came here, and
before | was old enough to under
stand" She spoke the last word with
a curious depth of feeling and a per-
ceptible hardness about her lips and
eyes. 81 remembered just two things.
That the man who had adopted you
was Newton Duncan; one of the
nurses at tie asylum told me that.
And | remembered the name of the
city where he had taken yeu.
"You must understand the difficult
ties | worked under. There is no
rural free delivery up here. you know,
Bruce. Our mail is sent from and
delivered to the little post Office at
Martins store over fifteen miles
from here. And some one member of
u certain family that lives near here
goes down every week to get the mail
Tor the entire district.
AT irst-and that was before I
'eaily understood wrote you many
letters and gave hhem to one of this
family to mail for me. was just a
hid then. you must know, and I
lived In the same house with these
people. They were just baby let
ers from-from Linda-Tinda to Bwov-
,'boo-ietters about the deer and the
'erries and the squirreis-and all the
wild things hat lived up here"
"Berriesf I" Bruce cried. 81 had some
on the way up" His tone wsvered,
and he seemed 10 be speaking far
away. II had some once-iong ago"
"Yes. You will understand, soon.
| didn't understand why you dida't
answer my letters. l understand now.
though. You never got. them"
mo. l never got them. But there
are several Duncans In my city. They
might have gone astray.
They went astray-but IL was be
fore they ever reached the post Office.
Tiey were Level mailed. Bruce. I
was to know why, later. Even then
L was part Of the plan that / should
never get in communications with o
sEaiIr-f;,at sou would be lost 70 me
forever.
when I got older. i tried other
tacks. ] wrote to the asylum. entIos-
ing a letter tn you. But those letters
were not mailed, either.
.Now we can skip a long time. I
grew up. l knew everything at last
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and no longer lived with the family
this old house-and made II decent
10 live IN. ! cut my own wood for my
fuel except when one OF the men
tried to please me by cutting it for
me. i wouldn't use il at first. Oh,
Bruce wouldn't touch itG
Her face was no longer lovely, II
was drawn with terrible passions.
But she quieted at once.
"At last / saw plainly that | was a
little fool-that all they would do for
me, the better off | was. At first, |
almost starved to death because ]
wouldn't use the food that they sent
me. ] tried to grub it out Of the hills.
But / came to ii at last. But, Bruce,
there were many things / didn't conn
TO. Since | learned the truth, | have
never given one Of them a smile e
cept in scorn, not a word that wasn't
a word OF hate.
"You are "a city man, Bruce. You
don't know what hate means. 1t
doesn't live in the cities. But it lives
up here. Believe me, If you ever be
lieyed anything-that it lives up here.
The most bitter and the blacklist hate
from birth until DEATH II burns
out the heart, Bruce. But / don't
know that i can make you under
stand"
She paused, and Bruce looked away
into the pine forest. He believed the
girl. He knew that this grim land
was the home OF direct and primitive
emotions. Such things as mercy and
remorse were out OF place in the
game trails where the wolf pack
hunted the deer.
when they knew how l hated
them" she vent on, 'they began to
watch me-. And once they knew that
| had fully understood the situation,
I was no longer allowed to leave this
little valley. There are only two
trails, Bruce. One goes to Elmira's
cabin on the way to the store. The
other encircles the mountain. With
all their numbers, 1t was easy to keep
watch OF those trails. And they told
me what they would do IL they found
me trying to go past"
you don't mean-they threatened
your"
She threw back her head and
laughed, but the sound had no joy In
II. Threatened! II you think
threats are common up here, you are
a greener tenderfOOt than ever | took
you for. Bruce, the law up here is
the law of force. The strongest wins.
The weakest dies. Wait till you see
Simon. You'll understand then-and
you'll shake in your shoes"
The words grated upon him, yet he
didn't resent them. i've seen 81
mon" he told her.
She glanced toward him quickly,
and ii was entirely plain that the
quiet tone in his voice had surprised
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into the darkness and spoke Almost in
a monotone.
but Simon-iust a boy then-and
Dave, his brother, and the others of
them kept after us like so many
wolves. There was no escape. The
only thing we could do was to fight
back-and that was the way we
learned to hate. A man can hate.
Bruce, when he is fighting for his
home. He can learn Ii very well when
he ees his brother fall dead, or his
father-or a stray bullet hit his wife.
A woman can learn IL, too, as old FL
mira did, when she finds her sons
body In the dead leaves. There was
no law here to stop Ii. The little sem
blance Of law that was in the valleys
below regarded II as n blood-feud, and
didn't bother itself about Ii. Besides
at first we we're too proud to call for
help. And after our numbers were
few. the trails were watched-and
those who tried to go down into the
valieys-never got there. ~
"One after another the Rosses were
killed, and ! needn't make IL any
worse for you than | can help-by
telling of each killing. Enough to say
that at last no n was left except
q few old men whose eyes were too
dim TO shoot straight, and my own
father. And was a baby then-just
born.
'Then one night my father-seeing
the fate that was coming down upon
them-took the last course to defeat
them. Matthew Folger--a connection
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by marriage-was still alive. Simon's
elan hadn't attacked him yet. He had
no share in the land, hut instead lived
in this house | live in now. He had
a few cattle and some pasture land
farther down the Divide. There had
been no purpose in killing him. He
hadn't been worth the extra bullet.
zone night my father left me asleep
and stole through the forests to talk
10 him. They made an agreement. I
have pieced It out, q little at a time.
~aIy father decided all his land to Fol
ger.
II can understand now. The enemy
elan pretended II was a blood-feud
only-and that II was fair war to kill
the Rosses. Although my father knew
their real aim was TO obtain the land
he didn't think they would dare kill
Matthew Folger to get 1t. He knew
that he himself would fall, sooner or
later, but he thought that to kill Fol
ger would show their cards-and tlia.
would be 100 much, even for Simon's
people. But he didn't know. He
hadn't foreseen to what lengths they
would go"
Bruce leaned forward. $50 they
killed-Matthew l'olger?" he asked.
He didn't know that his face had
gone suddenly stark white, and that
He spoke breathiessiy. For the name
Matthew FOlger-called up vague
memories that seemed to reveal great
truths TO him. The girl smiled grimly.
Let me go on. My father decided
Folger the land. The deed was to
go on record so that all the world
would know that Folger owned II, and
II the clan killed him 1t was plainly
for the purposes Of greed alone. But
there was also n secret a,rc2m -
drawn up In black and white and to
be kept hidden for twenty-one years.
In this agreement. Folger promised to
return to me-tlIe only living heir of
the Rosses-the lands acquired by the
deed. In reality. he was only holding
them in trust for me, and was to re-
turn them when l was twenty-one.
In case OF my fathers death, Folger
was to be my guardian until that time.
"Foiger knew the risk he ran, but
he was a brave man and he did not
care. Besides. he was my fathers
friend-and friendship goes far in the
mountains. And my father wal shot
down before a week was past.
The clan had acted quick, you see.
When Foiger heard Of 1t. before the
dawn, ne came to my fathers house
and carried me away. Before another
night a done he was killed too"
The perspiration ieaped out on
Bruce's forehead. The red glow Of
the fire was In his eyes.
"He fell almost where this fire Is
built. with a thirty-thirty bullet In his
brain. Which me Of the clan killed
him l do not know-bat in all prob
ability II was Simon himself--at that
tine esls eighteen J5ST5 % i. And
Folger's little boy-something past
four years eld-wandered out in the
moonlight, to find his fathers body"
The girl was speaking slowly now.
evidently watching the effect OF her
words on her listener. He was bent
forward. and his breath came in queer,
! whispering guseaL Go onl" he or
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The Strength ofthe Pines
Linda!

SYNOPSIS.-At the death OF his
foster father, Bruce Duncan, In an
eastern city. receives a mysterious
message, ent by a Mrs. Ross. sum-
moning him peremptorily to south
ern Oregon-to meet Linda"
Bruce has vivid but battling recol-
ectons of his childhood in an or
phanage. before his adoption by
Newton Duncan. with the girl Lin.
da. At his destination. Trails Enc.
news that a message has been sent
TO Bruce is received with marked
~dispieasure by a man introduced
to the reader as "Simon.'' Leaving
the train, Bruce Is astoaished at
his apparent familiarity with the
surroundings, though to his knowl-
edge he has never been there.
0bedient to the message. Bruce
makes his way to Martins cross
roads store. for direction es 10
reaching Mrs. Ross cabin. On the
way, simon" ~sternly warns him
to give up his quest and return
East. Bruce refuses. Mrs. Ross,
aged and infirm, welcomes him
with emotion. She hastens him on
his way-the end Of "Pine-Needle
Trail"
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He put his arms about her
and he kissed her gently on
the iips.
GRO BE CONTINUED,
Origin Of the zu!osr Eco.

Origin Of the Zu.der Eco.
The Zuider Zee n q result Of the
bursting of the dykes. THIS happened
m the Thirteenth century. and. In
addition to Holland being cut IN two.
and Friesland being separated from
the rest of the country By q large
sheet vf wntcr. hundreds OF villages
were submerged and about $1,000 pery
sons were drowned.
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judgment.

Judgment
Matrimony seems, generally speak
ing. to be a court proposition. He be-
gins by suing for her hnnd. and sLs
ends by suing him for alimcny.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-12

Z LAST FEVERISl
ER TRADING TR
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-10-13
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Letters
Testamentary upon the estate of
John Harter. deceased. have been
granted to the undersigned, by the
Probate Court of st. Francois county,
Missouri. bearing date the 30th day
of September, 1922.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to Frank Harter for allowance
within six months from the date of
said letters or they may be precluded
from any benefit Of such estate; and
if said claims be not exhibited within
one year from the date of the grant
ing Of letters on said estate they shall
be forever barred.
FRANK HARTER, Administrator.
Attest: X. G. Weber, Judge.
Oct. 6, Is, 20, n.
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..:,-ib i,:iss Nnuforti. 0e're en-,
gagged to be married It's very iii.
porlnnt that | see HIM"
ayes. miss. | know"
The man was perfectly well awar
that his master wanted Of all things
to avoid q meeting with her. Fo'
some reason or other. Br0mfield wa
In a state Of collapse this morning III,
valet could not understand. The maA'i
business was 10 protect him until ht
Ind Recovered. But he could not fiat
~ turn his masters finncee out Of the
apartment. His eyes turned to Whit.
ford and found no help there. He fell
back on the usual device Of servants.
II don't really think he can see yol,
miss. The doctor has specially tOid
me to guard against any excitement.
But I'll ask Mr. Bromhcld Tiff he
feels up to H."
The valet passed into what was evil
IDENTIFY n bedroom and closed The door
behind him. There was u faint MUIR
muir of voices.
"I'm going in now" Beatrice an
nounced abruptly to her father.
She moved forward quickly, before
Whitford could stop her. whipped
open the door and stepped into the
room. Her father followed her re
luctantIy.
Clarendon, in n froggcd dressing
gown, lay propped up by pillows. Be
side the bed was a tray, upon which
was a decanter Of whisky and q
siphon of soda. His figure seemed t.
have fallen together and his scanned
face was that Of an old man. But il
was the eyes that held her. They
were full of stark terror. The look IL