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The Hope pioneer., 1922-10-26
THE. CROSS-CuT

forget Squint Rodaine and his chalky-
faced son; down here they could feel
that they were working toward goal
and lay aside the handicap which
humans might put In their path.
Day after day of labor and the in
dentation upon the cave-in grew from
matter of feet to one of yards. A
week. Two. Then, as Harry swung
his pick, he lurched forward and went
to his knees. "I've gone through!" he
announced in happy surprise. "1've
gone through. We're at the end of 1t I"
Up went Fairchild's carbide. Where
the pick still hung in the rocky mass
a tiny hole showed, darker than the
surrounding refuse. There was Joy
in Harry's voice as he made momen-
tary survey.
"It's fairly dry be'ind there" he an
nounced. "Otherwise we'd have been
scrambling around in water up to our
necks. We're lucky there, any'ow."
Again the attack and again the hole
widened. At last Harry Strengthened.
"We can go in now," came finally.
care you willing to go. with met"
"You mean-f''
But Harry stopped him.
Lets don't talk about it till we
ave to. Come on"
Silently they crawled through the
opening, the silt and fine rock rattling
about them as they did SO, to come
upon fairly dry earth on the other
side, and to start forward. Suddenly,
as they walked along, Harry took the
lead, holding his lantern far ahead Of
him, with one big hand behind 1t, as
though for a reflector. Then, just as
suddenly, he turned.
Lets go out" came shortly.
"Why?"
"It's there!" In the light Of the
lantern, Harry's face was white, his
big lips livid. Lets go"
But Fairchild stopped him.
Harry" he said, and there was de-
termination in his voice, "if it's there
we've got to face it. Don't you
think that certain people would make
an investigation If we should happen
" Qult liie lulllc uOW
'The Rodaines!"
Exactly. And how much worse
would it be for them to tell the news
than for us!"
"Nobody as to tell IT." Harry was
staring at his carbide fiare-''there's
q wye"
"But we can't take it, Harry. In
my fathers letter was the statement
that he made only one mistake-that
OF fear. I'm going to believe him
and in spite of what I find here, I'm
going to hold him innocent, and I'm
going to be fair and square and above
board about 1t all. There's nothing on
my conscience-and know that If my
father had not made the mistake Of
running away when he did, there
would have been nothing on his"
Harry shook his head.
"'E couldn't do much else, Boy. Ro-
daine was stronger in some ways then
than he is now. That was in different
days. That was in times when Squint
Rodaine could ave gotten a 'undred
men together quicker'n cats wink
and lynched a man without i'm 'aving
trial or anything. And If I'd been
your father, I'd ave done the same as
e did. I'd ave run, too-'e'd ave paid
for 1t with is life If e didn't, guilty or
not guilty. And" he looked sharply
toward the younger man 'you say
to go on?"
go on" said Fairchild, and he
spoke the words between tightly
clenched teeth. Harry turned his light
The Hope pioneer., 1922-10-26
CHAPTER XII.

Again there was long moment of
silence, while Harry stood paving at
his mustache and while Robert Fair
child sought to summon the strength
to do the thing which was before him.
All the soddenness of the old days
had come back to him, ghosts which
would not be driven away; memories
of time when he was the grubbing.
though willing slave of a victim of
fear-of man whose life had been
wrecked through terror of the day
when intruders would break their way
through the debris, and when the dis
covery would be made. And it had
remained for Robert Fairchild, the
son, to find the hidden secret, for him
to come upon the thing which had
caused the agony of nearly thirty
years of suffering, for him to face the
alternative of again placing that grue.
some find into hiding, or to square his
shoulders before the world and take
the consequences.
There was no time to lose in making
his decision. Beside him stood Harry.
silent, morose. Before him-Fair-
child closed his eyes in an attempt to
shut out the sight of it. But still it
was there, the crumpled heap of tat
tered clothing and human remains,
the awry, heavy shoes still shielding
the fleshless bones of the feet. He
turned blindly, his hands cropping be-
fore him.
"Harry," he called, "Harry! Get
me out Of here-I-can't stand It'll"
Wordlessly the big man came to his
side. Wordlessly they made the trip
back to the hole in the cave-in and
then followed the trail of new-laid
track" to the shaft. Up-up-the trip
seemed endless as they jerked and
pulled on the weighted rope, that
their shaft bucket might travel to the
surface. Then, at the mouth of the
tunnel, Robert Fairchild stood for
long time staring out over the soft
hills and the radiance of the snowy
range, far away. 1t gave him a new
strength, new determination. His
eyes frightened with resolution. Then
he turned to the faithful Harry, wait
ing in the background.
"There's no use trying to evade any
thing, Harry. We've got to face the
music. Will you go with me to notify
the coroner-or would you rather stay
here?"
"Tll CO."
Silently they trudged into town and
to the little undertaking shop which
also served as the office of the coro-
ner. They made their report, then ac-
companied the officer, together with
the sheriff, back to the mine and into
the drift. There once more they
clambered through the hole in the
cave-in and on toward the beginning
of the stope. And there they pointed
out their discovery.
A wait for the remainder of that
day-a day that seemed ages long, a
day in which Robert Fairchild found
himself facing the editor of the Bugle
and telling his story, Harry beside
him. But he told only what he had
found, nothing of the past, nothing of
the white-haired man who had waited
| by the window, cringing at the slight
est sound on the old, vine-clad veran-
da. nothing Of the letter which he had
found in the dusty safe. Nothing was
asked regarding tlht; nothing could
be gained by telling 1t. In the heart
of Robert FairchiId was the convlc-
tion that somehow, some way, his fa-
ther was innocent, and In his brain
The Hope pioneer., 1922-10-26

was q determination to fight for that
innocence as long as 1t was humanity
possible. But gossip told what he did
not.
There were those who remem.
bered the departure of Thornton Fair
child from Ohadi. There were others
who recollected perfectly that in the
center Of the rig was a man, appar-
emily "Sissie" Larsen. And they asked
questions. They cornered Harry, they
shot their queries at him one after
another. But Harry was adamant.
Il amt got anything to syel And
there's an end to It'll"
Late that night, as they were en-
gagged at their usual occupation of re-
lating the varied happenings of the
day to Mother Howard, there came a
knock at the door. Instinctively, Fair.
child bent toward her:
"Your names out Of this-as long
as possible"
She smiled in her mothering, know
ing way. Then she opened the door,
there to find q deputy from the
sheriff's Office.
They've impaneled Jury up at the
courthouse" he announced. "The
coroner wants Mr.. Fairchild and Mr..
Harkins to come up there and tell
what they know about this here skele-
ton they found" @
1t was the expected. The two men
went forth, to find the street about
the courthouse thronged, for already
the news Of the finding Of the skele-
tan had Travelled far, even into the
The Hope pioneer., 1922-10-26

Minneapolis, Minn.-'I want q
make this public expression of wins
DR.. Pierce's medicines have dom
for me. Some years ago I was In
weak, rundown condition With
neither strength nor ambition. A
neighbor suggested that I take Dr..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
I secured a bottle from the drug
store and this was so helpful that I
had no need Of second bottle. To
those whose condition needs build
ing up I can and do recommend DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
Mrs. Addie Hottell, I'll Bu-
chanan st., N. ID.
Gain health and vitality BY oh.
tanning DR.. Pierce's Discovery al
your drug store. In tablets OF liquid.
The Hope pioneer., 1922-10-26

uCtle inning camps which Skirted the
town. Everywhere were black crowds
under the faint street lamps. The
basement Of the courthouse was illu-
minated; and there were clusters of
curious persons about the stairways.
Through the throngs started Harry
and Fairchild, only to be drawn aside
by Farrell, the attorney.
"Tm not going to take a part in
this unless I have to-" he told them.
1T will look better for you If it isn't
necessary for me to make an appear
ance. How do yoq know but what
Thornton Fairchild was attacked by
this man and forced to kill in self-de-
tense? It's penitentiary offense for
a man to strike another, without suf-
ficient justification, beneath ground.
And had Sissie Larsen even so much
as slapped Thornton Fairchild, that
man would have been perfectly justi-
fed in killing him to protect himself.
Guide yourselves accordingly-and I
will be there only as spectator, un.
less events should necessitate some
thing else."'
They promised and went on, some
what calmer in mind, to edge their
way to the steps and to enter the
basement of the courthouse. The
coroner and his jury, composed of six
miners picked up haphazard along the
street-according to the custom of
coroners in general-were already
present. So was every person who
possibly could cram through the doors
Of the big room. To them all Fair
child paid little attention-all but
three.
They were on back seat in the
long courtr0om-Squint Rodaine and
his son, chalkier, yet blacker than
ever, while between them sat an old
woman with white hair which strag-
>gled about her cheeks, a woman with
deep-set eyes, whose hands wandered
now and then vaguely before her; q
wrinkled woman, fidgeting about on
her seat, watching with craned neck
those who stuffed their way within
the already crammed room, her eyes
ACNOA clAAAS uSA AApS A1OV4LS COuSIduC.
ly, as though mumbling some never
ending rote. Fairchild stared at her.
then turned to Harry.
"Who's that with the Rodaines?"
Harry looked furtively. "Crazy
Laura-1is wife,"
"But-"
"And she amt ERE for anything
good!" Harry's voice bore tone Of
nervousness. "Squint Rodaine don't
even recognize 'er on the street-much
less appear in company with 'er.
Something's 'appening!"
"But what could she testify tor?
SOW should know?" Harry said
1t almost petulantly. Il didn't even
know she"
"Oyez, oyez, oyez!" 1t was the
bailiff, using regular district-court
introduction Of the fact that an in
quest was about to be held. The crowd
ed room sighed and settled. The coro-
ner stepped forward.
1--WE are gathered here tonight to
inquire into the death Of man sup
posed to be l.. A. Larsen, commonly
called 'Sissle.' whose skeleton was
found today in the Blue Poppy mine.
AS sworn and true members of the
corOner's jury, l charge and command
you In the great name Of the sovereign
The Hope pioneer., 1922-10-26
Bright Idea.

An Evansville young man, whenever
out of the city, instead Of writing to
his best girl, sends her every few days
box Of candy. She is delighted with
his plan and boasts of it to her girl
friends. who straightway hint to their
admirers to do the same.
One Of the admirers went to the
drst-named young man on his return
from one Of these trips and made COM
plant Of this habit Of his. '.rhe other
girls are expecting US fellows to do It,
too," he said. 1--WE can't see why you
do it. It's expensive and"
"Yes," admitted the candy sender,
1T Is expensive, but it's mighty safe.
Candy could never tell tales in
breach-of-promise suit."-Indianapo-
lis News.
The Hope pioneer., 1922-10-26

An insignificant little pin in a WON.
ans belt often disturbs q mans men.
tai poise.
The Hope pioneer., 1922-10-26

Women have no business in poli
tics until they are able to throw mud
straight.
The Hope pioneer., 1922-10-26
"PIease come to Denver at
once. Have most important
news for you"
cTo BE CONTINUED

The average man has to change cars
very frequently on the road " success.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-20
TRAINING CAR
COMPLETES WORK

Tho u. 8. Bureau Of Mines rescue
car, No. 10, which has been at the
state university since last Tuesday, is
expected to complete its course Of in
struction at the institute tomorrow,
and to continue OF its itinerary We'd
nesday. Tho upper classes in the coll
legesNof engineering have been given
instruction as classes in first aid and,
rescue work under the supervision Of
the car officials and experts.
In charge Of the work are Foreman
Miner M. B. Orfald, and First Aid,
Miner BENJAMIN B%rockbank. The res
cue a was especially designed for
this work by the Bureau Of Mines at
Washington. Car No. 10 covers q
territory including the states Of North
and South Dakota, Minnesota, Wis
consin and the upper part of Michi-
gan. Its purpose - to not only give
instruction at colleges and universities
but also at mines. and to assist in
mine fires in the district. in case such
fires break out.
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ID Va r HISTO r Y
5Of GRAM FORKS

1.-The Civil war he served in the End
minnesota cavalry whichpp which was
engaged mainly In Indian hghting.
After the raj he went to Fort Aber-
crombie with = g~old-seeking party;
bound for Idaho, which became dis.
concluded to remain in the valley.
After working in the late sixties on q
paper started at Fort Garry, he en-
tered the. employment Of A.. w. Stiles,
| who a post trader at the new mill
tary post built at Pembina in 1870. In
the fall Of that ear he was sent up
to McCauleyville by Stiles to build
f1atboats and bring down to Pembina
a consignment Of traders goods.
Capt. Griggs had gone down tho river
with one Of his flatboat fleets and
Vaughn was busy supervising the
loading OF the last fleet to be gotten
off that season. Mr.. Winshtp has
published an interesting account of
his own experiences in flatboainH that
fall:
The writer Of this sketch happen
cd to be temporarily engaged at the
same time in the liver trafic. and
late in October loaded two fatboats.
one Of ten tom and the other Of for
ty tons capacity. with merchandise at
McCauleyville, for A. w. Stiles, post
! trader at Pembina. by whom he was
employed. Capt. Griggs was at the
time loading q feet Of f1atboats des-
tined for Fort Garry. A good-natur-
cd but nevertheless lively. rivalry ex-
listed between h different crews as
to the facility with which their boats
the writer's crew had their two fiat
boats finally loaded and set out for
Pembina, Captain Griggs' rev had
about half q days work before the
loading of its fleet could be complet-
d.; but the crew boasted with more
or less vehemence, that they would
overhaul the rival fleet before reach
ing Pembina. Our feet mot with no
difficulty in Its passage down the riv-
where. on account Of low water and a
rocky channel. the entire cargo had
to be reloaded to a lighter which was
carefully towed' over the rapids. Two
days elapsed before this work waa
accomplished. On the evening Of the
second day the shouts Of men were
heard up the river, and we knew that
the rapids. Confident Of maintaining
our lead, and exhausted by h hard
work of tho past two days, we deter
mined to tie up for tho night, and en-
Joy needed rest and sleep. Before
morning a violent sleet and snow
storm ragged. The smaller fatboat
which had been loaded down heavily
, filed with snow and water, with the
result that a portion Of the cargo
, consisting specifically. Of kegs joi
beer, washed overheard. and whe1
daylight dawned the kegs were float
ing down the river on their own &C
count. The boats started out and
succeeded in picking up all but one o:
the kegs, which escaped observation
; It appears that the stray contrabant
> package was espied by some membe'
0 Of the Griggs expedition following
h was taken on board and q j%olliflcatiol
ensued, with the result that more o
: less Of the crew were out Of commits
sion, and Captain Griggs found it nee
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with the newly apIpointsd physical
department council of the {. y. ca.
already tsEtnninE 70 function. pros
poets FOR very interesting winter -
the department are Of tho best, ne
cording 10 Physical{D Director aRays,W
EwArds, who now has the sorgAntsa-
ton perfected. The colncil,iA made mp
Of committees who will have charge
OF the various department activities
under the supervision OF the director.
Committees in charge :ofgthe noon
and evening business mems classes,
headed by Paul Griffith and Professor
Hanson, respectively, are recruiting
additional members for the classes:
Rev. Lawrence Robertson. chairman
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left 70 lpokS aftsr the Stored Hudson.
Hay company goods.
The drive 70 McCauleyvyille atthaxi
tseaSpn5of the year vaughn rsfsrs TO
- G tedious journey. ThSGgxrEl: had
become : well beaten road. Hun.
dreds3 Of carts In summer and dog
sleds in winer; passed over 1t,,"s said
Vaughn. T~eanisterS' wagons were
now being used In the valley. The Ser,
kirk wa not vet nearly completed,
but was expected & be ready for
!aunchins lathe spring. 'Iates in the
season Griggs left for henderson to an
terest somesof hfsfellow townstnsn 70
cometo Dakpta In the spring and-occu-
Py the Grand Forks townsite:About the
1r1t of JAnuaryys1aT1, VaG6hnssssre.
celved anNAppointInent In thSRSustofns
house at. Rembina and rssiEniNg his
position under Griggs; he mbNedYto
that place early in FebruaryIf0tiow-
George w. Aker. left Milwaukee,
Wis. for the Red River Valley in, Au-
gust, 1870. In the fall he was engag-
ed - aeteamster. hauling, supplies to
various points from McCauleyville.
making one trip to Fort Totten that
ton at Grand Forks, the first in No
supplies FOR GriEEs' woodchoppers.
WhensVaughn removed to lPembipal in
Fshruary- he waS accompanied as far
~ thu F9rkssby AkerT, whom he en-
gagged to. hold q claim ne had selected
uhtil.she could Me upon it himself.
This land 10 now contained In Skid
more's.. addition to Grand Forks and
Riverside Park. Aker cut and hauled
logs for q cabin on this claim, which
me. put up with the help Of q, man
named Jacob Whay, in April, 1871.
About that time the man whom
Griggs loft at the Forks to look after
the stored goods. put up more logs On
Gr1ggs cabin. said to have been twelve
feet square. but did not finish 1t. III
timately Vaughn turned his claim
over to Aker in part payment for his
services.
In March Mr.. cady informed
Vaughn that some Of the woodcLop-
pers. were pilfering the Hudson. Bay
company's goods, hence himself and
hudson LdMoure,e who vas deputy u
g. marshal, ) proceeded up to- the
Forks n q dog sled drawn by q pony
They were rendered snow blind By
the glare Of the sun on tho smooth
white expansssof the prairies. and be.
fore they could gather sufficient ,evi.
dence to warrant arresting the tsus'
pected parties. they took the ALARM
and ned. In regard to the goods, Mr.
Cady took q load Of them TO Pcmbina
before the snow came, which was late
In covering the ground that yea. III
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EVENING EDITION.

SoSltho hAndball committees, reports
that the Interest q 9rsaxer than ever
iinss Mis- mort, and schedule for
Itournanentssp 1sdngies "a now being
} mo 6ist pool touurr,naa1Emsn3 of thls
yserr#issaiready underway andfiSissSx-
ipected 10 run: on this week The
sirSt .gAtne1gx were played HGtutdiy.
Each ggams ~ Is I0-point, call shot
contest Plans Sare being forfnuIatsd
Tor ) billiard tournament TO start aft-
az the complstton q the pool con-
-othsr. cpnnnaittse chairmen VINO, IL
working, up activities for4 their ~
!partrnents Ire:s Max ;Kannowski,
swimming;$H 4. Geist, volhy bali:
Oscar Marks. boxing, and Angus Nc
Donald. wrestling rrangsments Tor
q bowling tournament on4the 5renovaf-
ed alleys are fast neutrality-suspicious..
There are nearly : hundred varieties
Of orange. " Es& Al u
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Mo3lN1sAY. MBE q ~

g|",0T-I-sNTfNg TStfgA
essary to TIC up the Meet when thsl
Forks Of RED lake rivers were
reached. aud wait for the effects d
the accident to b overcome. In the
meantime the weather turned cold.
and while the small Meet was able to
reach Pembina. Captain 0r1ggo' boats
were. unable to proceed any farther.
on account Of the river Pressing over.
Tho boats were finally unloaded.S tne
freight piled upon he shore. ana
lumber from the boats used in build,
ing q shed over them" I
Stories Differ.
Where two different narrators Of
the same transactions published their
memories Of the same many years nj
ter their occurrence, they are apt 70
agree in regard to the main parucu-
vary whore unimportant details are
concerned. H. r. Vaughn accompan-
led Griggs' last fleet a. far a. It was
able to proceed, and was therefore q
first hand witness in the matter. At
the same time, narratives related
from memory years after occurrence,
are not frst-class evidence as oppos-
ed to contemporary accounts. sue as
a well-kept diary. In regard to one
cause Of the delay that ensued: 1t
probably was not the beer alone that
was responsible: there wa . consisn-
ment Of .whiskey on board the : nat
boats and tho beer would have: incit-
ed the men to make q moro than or
binary use Of 1t. ~
There were seven hatboats in the
last feet sent down the river that TALL:
According to Vaughn. who does not
mention the beer keg incident Griggs'
fleet got o. far down the river as
Frog Point (Belmont) and got tenn
porarily frozen lin there. At this
place they met Capt. Griggs, who wa
returning up the valley with pony and
blackboard from his preceding nat.
melted and the :fatboats resumed
their trip, but only. got a. far as the
Forks of the river when another cold
snap ensued and closed the river tc
any further navigation that season.
Locate Hero.
Griggs and Vaughn had driven tc
the site OF Grand Forks and there be.
ling no prospect Of the river Jagail
! November, It was decided to unload
tho boats, pile the goods on shore
break up the boats and use tho 'lum'
Der to build q shed over Thorn. to pro
tect them from the weather. Thi,
was done a short distance above tn.
junction Of the rivers near where
building called "the old brewery wa,
afterwards located. Griggs had lonl
been familiar with townsites alont
the upper Mississippi and Minnesot.
rivers and probably had some concep
ton that the locality about tho Fork
Of Red river would likely furnish tn
next best townsite between the poin
where the Northern Pacific railroa,
was to cross tho stream and Winni
peg. Before leaving the - locality
GriEgl and Vaughn decided to ;locat
squatters. claims there. Township
lines had been run in that part Of tn
valley that year 80 that the locatio,
Of quarter sections could be approx
mately ascertained. II need be. b
ranging and measuring. They ha
tho fiatboat mon get out and lay dow
a few. logs for the base Of a cabin an
then left in the blackboard for NJ
Cauleyville. Such Of the fiatboa
crews as remained, had boon engage
by Capt. Griggs as woodchoppers t
provide cordwood for use on the Sci
kirk tho next year. A man vas ais
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the spring what fpmainsd&ofS$tke
Observation-Disclosures as6onAed ware
hOuso atSPHmbinas until they could be
tAkenNtosV HnnlpoK.s M II ~ az
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There are nearly . hundred varieties
of orange.