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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-03

much l hurry? There is such a
long way to go yet, and am dead
beat 1t cannot be that all my mon
ey and toll have gone in vain? All,
we'll. I must do my best"
Pakhom pulled himself together,
and broke into a run. He had
torn his feet till they were bleeding,
yet he still ran on, ran on, ran fur
Their and further. Waistcoat, boots,
flask, cap-he flung them all away.
"Ahl" was his thought, II was too
pleased with what l saw. Now ey-
erything is lost. and I shall never
reach the mark before sunset" His
fears served to render him only the
more GREATNESS, but he still ran on.
his shirt and breaches clinging 10
parched. In his breast there were
pair of blacksmith bellows work
ing, and in his heart a steam ham
mer, while his legs seemed to be
breaking under him and to be no
longer his own. He had lost all
thought of the land now. All that
he thought of was to avoid dying
from exertion. Yet. although he
was so afraid of dying, he could not
stop. ITO have gone so far" he
thought, 'and then to stop Why.
they would think me a fool" BY
this time he could hear the Bash
kris cheering and shouting to him,
and Their cries stirred his heart with
fresh spirit. On, on he ran with
his last remaining strenth, while
the sun was just touching the hori-
zon. All, but he was close to the
spot now, He could see the people
on the knoll waving their hands to
him and urging him on. He could
see the foxskin cap lying on the
ground, the money in it, the Star
shina sitting beside it with his
hands pressed to his sides. Sudden
ly Pakhof remembered his dream
yet l have much land now" h G
thought, IF God should bring me
safe to live upon it.But my heart
misgiyes me that l have killed my
self" Still he ran on. For the
last time he looked at the sun.
Large and red, it had touched the
earth, and was beginning to sink be-
low the horizon. Pakhom reached
the knoll just as it set. "Ah!" he
cried in his despair, for he thought
that everything was lost Suddenly |
however, he remembered that he |
could not see from below so well as !
could the people on the knoll above |
him, and that to thief the sun would |
still seem not to have set He
rushed at the slope, and could see
rs he scrambled up it that the cap
was still there. Then he stumbled
md fell--yet in the very act of
falling stretched out his hands to
wards the cap-and touched it!
"Ah, young man." cried the Star
nina, you have earned much land
Pakhom's servant ran to his mas
er and tried to raise him, but
Hood was running from his mouth.
'akhom lay there dead. The SER
ant cried out in CONSERVATION, but
he Starshina remained sitting on
is Misunderstanding. and holding
lis hands to his sides.
At length he got up, took spade
rom the ground, and threw it to
he servant.
Bury him." was all he said.
The Bashkirs arose and departed.
'nly the servant remained He dug
grave of the same length as PAX
nm g Form, f,.o,, bod
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Concluded from last week.
vi. (continued)

SO Pakhom accepted these terms,
and it was agreed to make an early
start on the morrow. Then the
company talked again, drank moro
kumiss, and ate more mutton, pass
ing on thence to tea, and the cere-
monies being prolonged until night
fall. At length Pakhom was led to
a bed of down and the Bashkirs
dispersed, after first promising to
gather on the morrow beyond the
river and ride out to the appointed
spot before sunrise.
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V H.

Pakhom lay on his bed of down,
but could not get wink of sleep
for thinking of the land which, as
he said, 81 am going to farm here. "
large Promised Land tomorrow, =
he continued to himself. Il can CO.
yer at least fifty versts in the day,
and fifty versts should enclose some
where about 10000 dessiatins.
Then / shall be under nobody's
thumb, and be able to afford a pair
OK plough and two labourers. l
shall plough up the best land, and
and feed stock on the rest"
All that night Pakhom never
closed his eyes, but dozed off for a
short while just before dawn. The
instant he did so he had dream.
He seemed to be lying in this iden-
tical wagon and listening to some
body Laughing and talking outside.
Wishing to see who it was that was
laughing so much. he went outside,
and saw the Starshina sitting on the
ground and holding his sides as he
rolled about in ecstasies of mirth
Then in his dreaf Pakhom walked
up to him and asked him what the
joke was and Immediately saw
that it was not the Starshina at all,
but the merchant who had so late
ly visited him to tell him about this
land. Then again, he hal scarcely
so much as said to the merchant,
I'D ! not see you at my home n
little while ago?" when the mer-
chant suddenly changed into the
peasant from away down the Volga
wao had called at his farm in the
old country Finally Pakhom per-
ceived that this peasant was not a
peasant at all, but the Devil him.
self, with horns and hoofs, and that
he was gazing fixedly at something
Pakhom thought to himself: what |
is he looking at, and why does he I
laugh so much?, And in his dream !
he stepped a little aside to look,
and saw a man-barefooted and 1
clad only in shirt and breeches-
lying fiat on his back, with his face
white as sheet. And present
ly. looking yet more attentively at
the man, Pakhom saw that the man
was himself!
He gave a gasp and awoke -
awoke feeling as if the dream were
real. Then he looked to see if it
were getting light yet, and saw that
the dawn was near.
at is time to start" he thought.
Il must arouse these good people"
Pakhom arose, awakened his
inthe tarantass, and told
him to put the horse in and go I
round to call the Bashkirs, since it I
was time to go out onto the steppe
md measure off the land. So the 4,
Bashkirs arose and got themselves
ready, and the Starshina also arriv- :
al Tbov hraa lxfactad off kumicc |
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department Of the Interior, U. g.
Land Office at HALEY. Idaho. Nov
ember 2, 1921.
Notice is hereby given that John
C. Richards, of Almo, Idaho, who.
on December IA, 1921, made Second
Homestead Entry Serial, No
02133S, for WIZ SW1-4 Section 2,
Mel 4NE1-4 an d SE1-4SE1-f
Section IS, W1-2NW1-4 and
W1-2SW1-4 Section II, Township
Is South, Range "a East. Boise Mer-
idian, has filed notice of intention
to make three year Proof, to estah-
lish claim to the Hand above describ-
ed. before Frank Riblett, U. S.
Commissioner, at Malta, Idaho, on
the 2Srd day of February. 1922.
Claimant names as witnesses:
John A. Ellison, Frederick ]. Nye
and Orson S. Sanders, all of Malta,
idaho. and Franklin J. Richards of
Almo, Idaho.
BEN R. GRAY, Register.
First publication Jan. 1S, 1922
Final publication Feb. 10, 1922
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)bs; ruction Of their upward effpr
We as city people. see in high am
speculatively manipulated prices
spoilage, waste. scarcity, the result
# defective distribution of farm pr
acts. Should it not occur 10 rs flai
we have a common interest with ilr
farmer IN his attempts to attain de
gree of efficiency in d..tributinn c.r
responding to his efficiency in produc-
tionl 10 not the recent nuctuations
In the May wheat option. apparently
unrelated to normal interaction "
supply and demand. offer timely
proof Of the need Of some such stahil-
izing agency as the grain growers have
in contemplation?
1t is contended that If their pro-
pesed organizations be perfected and
operated The farmers VIII have in
their hands an instrument that will be
rapahle Of dangerous abuse. We are
told than il will be possible to pervert
II 10 arbitrary and oppressive price
liking from its legitimate use Of order
ing and stabilizing the flow Of farm
products 10 the market. TO the mutual
benefit of producer and consumer. I
have no apprehensions on this point.
In the first place, a use orsaniza-
tlon. such as any union Of farmers
must be at best, cannot be so arbi-
trariy and promptly controlled as a
great corporation. The one is lum-
herring democracy and the other an agile
autocracy In the second place. with
all possible power of org nization. the
farmers cannat succeed to any great
extent. or for any considerable length
Of time, Ia fixing prices The great
law of supply and demand works in
various and surprising ways. to the
undoing If the hest laid plans that
attempt to foil II. In the third place
their power will avail the farmers
nothing IL ii be abused In our zine
and country power is of value to its
possessOr only so long as IL is not
abused. 1t is fair to say that ! have
seen no signs in responsible quarters
of disposition to dictate prices.
There seems, on the contrary, to be a
commonly beneficial purpose to realize
a stability that will Civ an orderly
and abundant flow Of farm prodSts
to the consumer and ensure reasonable
and dependable returns to the pro
Queer
In view If the supreme Importance
to the national well-being Of pros
porous and contented agricultural pop
we should be prepared to go
a long way in assisting the farmers to
get an equitable share of the wealth
they produce, through the Inaugural
tion OF reforms that will procure d |
and increasing stream Of
farm products They are far from get :
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4 Ter now. As soon as l have Gov
cred another five versts," he reflec-
ted, Il will begin to bend round 10
the left. That spot was exceeding
iy well chosen. The further l go,
the better the land is SO he kept
straight on. although, when he look
ed round, the knoll was almost out
of sight, and the people on il
looked like little black ants
Now he said to himself AT
length, 81 have made the circle
large enough, and must bend
round" He had sweated a good
deal and was thirsty, so he raised
the flask and took a drink. Then
he had a stake put in at that point,
and bent round sharply to the left.
On he went and on, through h {
high grass and the burning heat. He
was beginning to tire now, and
CHANGING at the sun, saw that it was
dinner-time. Now" he thought
to himself, II might venture to take
a rest" SO he stopped and ate
some bread though without sitting
down, since he said to himself, " If
once sat down | should go on to
lying down. and so end by going off
to sleep" He waited little there
fore, till he felt rested, and then
went on again AT first he found
walking easy, for the meal had re-
vived his strength, but presently
the sun seemed to grow all the hot
ter as it began to slant towards ey-
ening. Pakhom was nearly worn
out now, yet he merely thought to
himself can hours pain may be
century gain"
He had traversed about ten versts
of this lap of the circle, and was
about to bend inwards again to the
left, when he caught sight of an ex-
cellent bit of land in a dry ravine.
1t would be a pity to leave that
out. FLAX would grow so splendid
ly therel" he thought. So he kept
on until he had taken in
the ravine, and, having had stake
planted at the spot, again wheeled
inwards Looking towards the
knoll he could see that the people
were almost indistinguishable. They
could not be less than fifteen versts
away Well" he thought, 81 have
covered the two long laps of the
circuit, and must take this last one
by the shortest cut possible" So
he started upon the last lap, and
quickened his pace. Once again he
looked at the sun. 1t was drawing |
near to the time of the evening |
meal, and he had only covered two |
gersts of the distance The start
ng point was still thirteen versts
away. Il must hurry straight along
low," he said to himself, however
-ough the country may be. | must
rot take in a single extra piece on
he way. | have enclosed sufficient
is it is. And Pakhom headed
straight for the knoll.
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How Much Land Does A Man
Require ;?
BY COUNT LEO TOLSTOI
m kH h A story %


and were for giving Pakhom some
tea, but he could not wait IF we
are to go. let us CO." he said IA
is fully time So the Bashkirs
harnessed up and set out, some on
horseback, and somein carts. while
Pakhom drove in his tarantass with
his workman. They came out onto
the steppe just as the dawn was
breaking, and proceeded towards a
little knoll-called in the Bashkir
dialect a shichan. There the people
in carts alighted, and everyone col
lectedt ogether. The Starshina tp-
preached Pakhom and pointed all
round with his hand. Whatsoever
land you see from here" he said,
SIS ours. Choose whichever direc-
ton you like Pakhom's eyes
glowed, for all the land was grass,
level as the palm of his hand, and
black beneath the turf as a poppy
head Only where there was ra-
vine was there a break in the grass
grass which was everywhere
breast-high The Starshina took off
his foxskin cap, and laid it in the
exact centre of the knoll. This,
he said, will be the mark. Lay
your money in it, and your servant
shall remain beside it while yod
are gone. From this mark you VIII
start, and to this mark you will re
turn. AS much land as you circle,
al of it will be yours"
Pakhom took out his money, and
laid it in the cap. Then he dives
ted himself of his clock, stripped
himself of his waistcoat, frightened
his belt round his stomach, thrust a
wallet with some bread into his bos-
ON, tied a flask of water to his
shoulder-strap, pulled up his long
boots, and prepared to start. H o
kept on debating within himself
which direction it would be best TO
take, for the land was so good ev
erywhere "Oh, well, as it is all
the same, / will wark towards the
rising SUM-" he decided at length.
So he turned his face that way, and
kept trying his limbs while waiting
for the sun to appear. 81 must
lose no time" he thought. "for !
shall do my best walking while the
air is yet COOL
Then the mounted Bashkirs also
assembled the knoll, and stationed |
themselves behind Pakhom. Nc
sooner had the sun stot his first
rays above the horizon than PAX
HON started forward and walked
out into the steppe, the mounted
men riding behind him.
He walked neither slowly nor
After he had gone about
4 verst he stopped, and had a stake
put in. Then he went on again.
He was losing his first stiffness and
beginning to lengthen his stride
Presently he stopped again, and had
mother stake put in. He looked up
1t the sun-which was now lighting
he knoll clearly, with the people
standing there-and calculated that
lie had gone about five versts. He
vas beginning to grow warm now,
70 he took off his waistccat and
hen fastened up his belt again. J
then he went on another five versts.
nd stopped 1t was growing real !
y hot now. He looked at the sun !
gain, and saw that it was break I
asst time. zone stage donel" he /;
bought. But there are four of :
hem in the day, and it is early {
ct to change my direction. Never 4;
heless. l must take my boots off " [
% he sat down, took them off, and /
rent on again. Walking was cas-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-02-03

To take a tolerant and sympathetic
view Of the farmers strivlngs for bet
ter things Is not to give blanket
endorsement to any specific plan. and
stlll less to applaud the vagaries of
some Of their leaders and groups
Neither should we, on the other hand,
allow the froth Of bitter agitation.
false economics, and mistaken radical.
ism to conceal the facts of the farm
ers' disadvantages. and the practicable
ity of eliminating them by well-con-
sidered measures. 1t may be that the
farmers will not show the business
sagacity and develop the wise leader
shin t. carry through sound plans but
that possibility does not Justify the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-13
Highway Meeting
Continued from Page y

coast counties to emerge from its
bottled up conoition, there is mere or
less interest taken in the prospect Of
driving through the entire length Of
that county by automobile.
The afternoon conference was pre-
sided over by B. f. Jones, of Newport,
Ore. when the Roosevelt highway was
the topic, and the speakers were Col
onel B. X. Lawson and County Judge
/ w. A. Woods of Curry County; John
C. Kendall and County Judge Wade Of
Coos county; Fred Assenheimer Of
Douglas county; w. J. Kyle and Coun-
ty Judge c. P. Barnard of Lane coun-
ty; Geo. r. Dickinson, of Lincoln
county; H. T. Bolts and Rollie W..
Watson of Tillamook county, and men,
bers of a delegation from Clatsop
county.
{ Worlds Scenic Route
! The party saw unsuspected and
beautiful scenery through Curry coun-
Skies and south Of Bandon are wild
flowers in profusion and travel Over
rocked and gravel road in an almost
uninterrupted stretch of As miles to
within six miles OF Corbin. the result
Of efforts of residents of Coos and
Curry counties in raising road funds
by bond issues and of help supplied in
Curry county by the Oregon state
highway corr mission. Sixteen miles
south Of Bandon is Coos cCunty's own
work.
! South of Port Oxford the Roosevelt
highway curves along the ocean shore
in sight Of reefs. Port Oxford harbor
Humbug mountain, with about ten
miles of completed highway, finished
last year. Dropping down at C1rbin
the motorists obtained a view of the
ocean from sea level. Following or
southwark were changing views Of the
sea from greater heights and then in
to the interior for few miles north
of Rogue river, before they reached
Wedderburn and Gold Beach.
South Of Gold Beach there is just
road" and it is not very good one
Forty five miles intervene betwee,
Gold Beach and the California line
near BrookingA Four and a hall
miles Of highway, however, is undeI
way few miles south Of Gold Beach
financed by the state highway depart
ment and is the most difficult of any
construction jobs in the state. The
party had splendid views Of the ocear
for a large portion of those As miles
but not as many as when the state
highway commission completes Its
work.
The possibilities of the Rooseve.
highway was thoroughly explained tt
the guests in the expedition, and they
are certain to be impressed with the
arrangements News.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-13
ROCK CREEK

One of the county tractors and
graders came over Saturday and did
some much needed work on the Steer
Creek hill and road along littis Rock
Creek. j. M Reeder manipulated the
grader and Clarence Ofstedahl the
tractor. They did good job.
Mrs. Barbara Blosser Of Hubbard
is visiting her two sons ere, Chas.
and John.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eglund and son, Har
old. Of Portland, visited their old home
here. and spent the Fourth Of July
with J. M. Reeder and family.
Read supervisor Southweil and
county engineer Porter made a flying
trip up this way last Sunday
Julius Miller of Dallas, formerly a
resident of this neighborhood, is Wis
iting at the home of G. H. Horsfall.
The people of Rock Creek and vi
cinity celebrated Independence Day
by holding a picnic at Blosser's bridge
A nice program was arranged by Miss
M. l.. Hampton. which consisted
mainly of recitations and music. All
did their parts well, but the piano
music rendered by Miss Beryll Bios
ser, several recitations by Mrs. Vel
ma Towsley, and some old fashioned
tunes on the violin by Henry Luthsc
are worthy of special mention. Ice
cream and plenty of good eats
were served and every one had a good
time.
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gineer Mcmillan.
City To Build Dam.
Continued from First Page)

gineer Mcmillan.
City To Build Dam.
At the regular meeting of the coun-
ell Monday, July 8, bids were opened
for the construction of the dam to be
built on Mlil creek. All bids submit
ed were far in excess Of the estimates
of engineers and the city dads reject
al lnci .he mill will now be con-
structed by the city Itself, under the
direction Of City Engineer Mcmillan
and Mr.. Hammond, of the Pacific
Spruce Cooperation. Mr.. McM IAN
has recently returned from trip to
Salem where he consulted with the
state forestry department, the state
engineer and also the state health de.
partment in regards to the dam. He
will receive the cooperation of all
three of these departments, the for
estry department to grant the city all
rights necessary for the dam site, the
state engineer to inspect the construc
tion work and the state health depart
mont will take care af the sanitary
work.
MIR. Ward Mayer came before the
council and asked that delay be made
in awarding the paving contract fer
the street in front of the postoffice,
until he could get data for the laying
of concrete. Mr.. Mayer believes tha
concrete will be much more durabl
tor this particular job tnan the play
of putting in asphalt without the ne
essary plant.
Outside Of the regular routine O.
/ business and few minor matters the
above was what was accomplished a.
the meeting. The next regular meet
ing of the council will be held on Mo-
day, July 18th.
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Warren Willoughby of Eddyville
was brought to Toledo Tuesday by
Deputy Sheriff McElwain and examin-
ed before Judge James as to his san
ity. 1t is expected that he will be
committed to the asylum at Salem.
q a. a a
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1922-10-18
MASON DO1NGS

Mrs. Chas. Shirtz, accompanied by
Vivian. left for Tonopah Saturday or
visit to her sister. Mrs. Ed. kir-
chen
There was quite a good attendance
at the service held by Mr. Shelly OF
Sunday evening.
Mr. Charles Hillygus, brother OF
H. f. Hllygus, is quite sick at the
Mason hospital
The Woman's. Club will give a
Ditch Jubilee dance next Saturday
evening, October l4th, at Spragg hall
Everybody come and have good
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. H. Barlow and
Miss Ruth, of Reno, were visiting with
Mr.. and Mrs. | s. Dickson Saturday.
Mrs II. Long returned to Fallon on
Thursday after business visit.
Mesdames M. r. Penrise, Vim.
Powers, l.. Brooks Franccs Fried
hoff were Mason visitors Tuesday.
Mrs. H. C. Hensen left Sunday
with her father, DR.. Mcclellan, for
Los Banos. California. to recuperat'
after her recent illness.
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