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The Holly chieftain., 1923-04-19
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Greatly influenced by constitutional
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to be adventures which | haven't told
you about and you will have to be
quick and use your brains
1--WE will, Mother Bear. Never fear,
never fear.
And, Mother Bear" they added,
''do you think W. are too old to have
a few games, as 1t is vacation time and
our lessons are over? You do not
think it will be u~ndignified of us to
play games, do yOu?"
Not a bit of it," said Mother Bear.
So the bears played and had a very
tine time, and when their playing was
oil oyer with Mother Bear said:
II know a nice berry patch down
the woods a short distance. How
about ending off with a dish of Der.
pieS?"
-"We won't bother about the dish
part Of it, but how about ending of
with a meal of berries?"
"Fine," said all the bears.
"And we will grow so fat that we
will not need to eat all winter, but
will curl up in our den homes in the
old trunks of trees, and will not need
to think of food.
1--WE will eat enough, quite enough"
Lets be sure that we do" said the
first bear.
Lets be certain that we do" said
the second bear.
"Ah, yes, let's be sure Of that" said
the third bear.
"We most certainly want to be sur
that we do eat enough" said the
fourth bear.
And they all ate enough so that
they would not feel hungry later on.
For that Is the way the bears do!
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SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER I-ht the death OF his foster
father, Bruce Duncan, In an eastern city,
receiver n mysterious message, sent by h
Mrs. Ross. summoning him peremptorily TO
southern Oregon-tO meet Linda
CHAPTER H-Brucc has vivid but baf-
ding recolections of his childhood in an or
phanage, before his adoption by Newton
Duncan, with the girl Linda.
CHAPTER IIL-At his destination, Trails
End. news that a message has been sent
TO Bruce is received with merked displeasure
by a man introduced to the reader as
simon"
CHAPTER Iv.-Leaving the train, Bruce
is astonished at his apperent familiarity
with the surroundings. though to his know
ledge he has never been there.
CHAPTER V.-Obedient to the message,
Bruce makes his way to Martins cross
roads store, for direction rs to reaching Mrs.
Ross cabin.
VL-On the way, simon
sternly warns him to give up his quest and
return East, Bruce refuses.
CHAPTER VII-Mrs. Ross, aged and in
firm, welcomes him with emotion. She has
tens him on his way-the end OF pine
Needle Trail"
CHAPTER VIII-Through a country puz-
zlingly familiar, Bruce Journeys, and finds
his childhood playmate, Linda.
T. IX.-The girl tells him Of
wrongs committed by an enemy clan on
her family, the Rosses. Lands occupied by
the clan were stolen from the Rosscs, and
the family with the exception OF Aunt FL.
mira CMrs. Ross) and herself, wiped out by
assassination. Bruce's father. Mathew Fol-
ger, was one Of the victims. His mother
had fled with Bruce and Linda, The girl,
while small, had been kidnapped from the
orphanage and brought to the mountains.
Linda's father had decided his lands to
would confute the enemy's claims to the
property, has been lost.
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HTn be careful. And this reminds
me Of something"
"What?"
"That for all the time I've been
away-and for all the time I'm going
to be away now-I haven't done any
thing more-well, more intimate
than shake your hand"
Her answer was to pout OUT her lips
in the most natural way in the world.
Bruce was usually deliberate in his
motions; but all at nee his delibera-
ton fell away from him. There
seemed to be no interlude of time be
tween m position and another. His
arms went about her, and he kissed
her gently on the lips.
But 1t was not at all as they expect
ed. Because Linda had not known
many kisses, this little caress beneath
the pine went very straight home in
deed to them both. They fell apart,
both of them suddenly sObered. The
GIRLS eyes were tender and luStrOus,
but startled too.
"Good-by, Linda" he told her.
"Good-by, B~wovabOo,' she answered.
He turned up the rail past the pine.
He did not know that she stood
watching him ii long time, her hands
claSped over her breast.
Ito be continued
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MAKING CARBON FROM STRAW
(tO be continued

Carbon. a by-product of the lowly
strawstack, now is being turned out
at the rate of 100 barrels a day at the
first plant of its kind in the world, the
Manufacturing Chemical company,
which occupies a tive-acre tract in ST.
Paul Park and has begun operations
there.
Charles Harrison, a mechanical Ell.
gineer and former owner of extensive
steel works in Western Canada, is at
the head Of the company composed Of
st. Paul capitalists who have spent
more than $150,000 on the lately com
pleted project, it was disclosed Tues
day. According to Mr.. Harrison, the
farmers car now market their straw
the same as their grain. We have
found that this by-product will return
a revenue Of $50 from a single ton
of straw"
Straw is being shipped to St. Paul
Park by the carload every day for use
in the plant, which supplies its own
fuel and power from the gas generated
there, Mr.. Harrison declared.
Thirty men are employed and it is
the intention of the promoters to make
this the first of a chain of factories in
various parts of the United States.
Mr.. Harrison came to st. Paul from
Canada about two years ago and has
been conducting research work to per
feet his scheme for revolutionizing the
straw waste problem on the farm.
Knowing that there were millions of
tons of straw going to waste annually
he worked in chemical laboratories
until convinced that a great deal more
gas can be generated from a ton OF
straw than a ton of coal.
The school of chemistry at the Uni
versity Of Minnesota investigated his
pan of building a factory to make car
bon from straw and thought so we'll of
il thai he was offered a research lab.
oratory at the University about five
months ago, he said.
Carbon, which is a vegetable prod
uct and nonpoisonous in this form, is
Of the consistency of thin liquid tar
and as black. 1t is manufactured in
many places in this country and Eur
ope from artificial gas but never be
fore, according to Mr.. Harrison, has
straw been used to generate the gas
From the coloring in black gumdrops
to that used in automobile bodies and
ponderous machinery, carbon is uset
in hundreds Of ways throughout the
world.
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BOOK TWO
THE BLOOD ATONEMENT
CHAPTER xI

MEN wv the day, hut the night Is
ours" is an old saying among the
wild folk that inhabit the forests Of
Trails End. The saying originated
long and long ago when the world was
quite young. Before that time, likely
enough, the beasts owned both the
day and the night, and you can imag-
Inc them denying mans superiority
just as long rs possible.
OF course the saying Is ridiculous If
applied to cities or perhaps even to
the level, cleared lands OF the Middle
West. The reason is simply that the
wild life is practically gone from
these places. But a few places remain
in America where the reign of the
wild creatures, during the night hours
at least, is still supreme. AnG Trails
End is one of them.
Bruce dressed slowly. He wouldn't
waken the two women that slept in
the X room. he thought. He crept
slowly out into the gray dawn. He
made straight for the great pine that
stood a short distance from the house.
For S unknown to him, the pine
had come often into his dreams. He
had thought that it's limbs rubbed to-
gether and made words-but of the
words themselves he had hardly
caught the meaning. There was some
high message in them, however; and
the dream had left him with a vague
curiosity. nm uneXplainable desire to
see the forest monarch in the day.
light.
He found to his delight that the
tree was even more impressive in the
vivid morning light than II had been
at night. He was constantly aweG
by the size of 1t. He guessed it's cir
conference as about twenty-five feet
The great lower limbs we're them,
selves like massive tree trunks. It's
top surpassed by fifty feet any pine
In the vicinity.
He felt stilled and Gained. Suci
was Its influence. And he turned with
a start when he saw Linda In the door.
way.
I've been talkirs, to the pine-all
the morning." he told her.
"But 1t won't talk to you,~ she an.
swered: 1T talks only to the stars.'
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p X

When the second hand of the watch
In his pocket had made one more cir
cult, both Bruce and Linda found
themselves upon their feet. The ten
sion had broken at last. Her emotion
had beer curbed too long. II broke
from her in a flood.
She seized his hands, and he started
stand?' she cried. "You-you-yOu
are Folger's son. You are the boy
that crept out-under this very tree
to find him dead. All my life Elmira
and ! have prayed for you to come.
And what are you going to dO?"
Her face was drawn in the white
light Of the moon. For an instant he
seemed dazed.
"Do?" he repeated. 81 don't know
what I'm going to do"
"You don't!" she cried. in infinite
scorn. "Are you just clay? Aren't
you a man? Haven't you got arms to
strike with and eyes to see along a
rifle barrel? Are you a coward-and
a weakllng; n OF your mothers
blood, to run away? Haven't you any.
thing to %avenge? | thought YOU were
a mountain man-that all your years
In cities couldn't take that quality
away from you! Haven't you any
answer"
He looked up, a strange light grow
ing or his face. you mean-kill-
ing?"
"What else? To ~kill-never to stop
killing-one after another, until they
are gone, Till Simon Turner and the
whole Turner clan have paid the debts
they owe"
Bruce recoiled as IL from a blow.
Turner? Did you say Turner" he
asked hoarsely.
"Yes. That's the clans name. l
thought you knew
Bruce understood now his unpro-
voked attack on the little boy when
he had been taken from the orpho--
age on trial. The boy had been named
Turner, and the name had been enough
to recall n great and terrible hatred
that he had learned in earliest baby
hood. The name now recalled it again ;
the truth stood clear at last. 1t was
the key to all the mystery Of his life;
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Fairy Tale
" NJ ADV EDAHAM PONNED
MOTHER BEAR.
"NARY GRAHAM BONNER

"Ah, you have all learned your les
sons said Mother Bear, "and school
IS over"
The little bears threw up their paws
and shouted:
"Hurrah, hurrah! vacation time has
come"
yes" said Mother Bear, you have
all learned TO play happily and 70 feed
well. You know what is good to eat
and what isn't. You've learned how to
climb trees and you will know how
you must go TO sleep when the winter
time comes, and how you must roll
yourselves up in your own furry beds
and have nice bear dreams in the win
ter denS.
"You have learned to play all the
games hal bears should learn. And
it is well to know how to play. Any
one is 50 much happier who knows
how to play.
THE kind Of Il person who can't
play anything is not very happy.
"You have learned that the place
where the bees al sting YOU when
you steal their honey is upon your
dear little unprotected noses.
"You've learned all of this. You've
learned to fight bravely and we'll If
need be, but you've learned that you
needn't fight for the sake Of fighting.
You know that you mustn't 90 after
men. If they attack you ii Is n diff
ferent matter. But never, never u
you attack men first.
You know that berries and fruits
and nice, delicious roots make the best
meals for you.
"Such meals make you healthy and
wise. And all bears should be healthy
and wise.
"Yes, you know all these lessons.
And you know how to smell from a
distance so you know whether there
is food ahead or whether there is dan
ger in front Of you.
You know that you have cousins
such as the Black Bears and the Gin
namon Bears, but you are the Grizzly
Bears and you belong to a wonderful
family of bears.
81 would rather belong to the Grizzly
family than any other family. We're
big in size and we are very fine.
"YOu know that when it is neces-
sary for you to strike you must stand
on your hind legs. Then you will not
only be able to defend and look after
yourselves better, but you will look so
powerful and so strong.
"Yes, you know all of these things.
/ cannot think Of anything else which
I haven't taught you which you should
learn.
"Ah, you've been a pride and a joy
to Mother Bear and she has been so
happy teaching you the lessons you
have learned.
"And when you go off for adventures
think wisely for there are always apt
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A WELL THAT YIELDS ICE

More than eight years ago, John
Spotted Wolf, an Indian of the Chey-
enne reservation in eastern Montana,
decided that he would like to have 6
we'll near his cabin. So he and his
wife chose a spot near a large pine
and then John began to dig.
By noon of the second day, accord
ing to the newspaper account, he haA
dug down 10 feet. Although the wea-
Their vas mild he had complained of
being cold while at work. After eat
ing he put on an extra coat and went
to work again. He kept Mary and her
brother, Rolling Bull, busy hauling up
and carrying away the dirt hat he
loosened. In spite of Johns extra
clothing he still was cold. On the
third morning he added more clothing
but when night came and the well
reached the depth Of Is feet he was
almost frozen.
The next morning he again descend
ed the well and worked as rapidly and
as his many layers Of clothing per.
mitted. After a while water began
to appear. Suddenly he shouted, Pull
me up! Pull me up"
John had barely reached the surface
before the well filled with water within
a foot Of the top and began to freeze
around the edges. In a short time only
a small opening perhaps a foot in d.
ameter, remained.
The we'll remains the same way year
after year. During the summer the
sun melts the ice around the top. but
at night it freezes again. The well
which furnishes a permanent ice sup
ply for the people in the neighborhood
is a strange freak Of nature, which
many tourists to the reservation re
gard as a great curiosity.
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CHAPTER XII

Bruce and Linda had a long talk
while the sun climbed up Over the
great ridges to the east and old FL
mira cooked their breakfast. There
was no passion in their words this
morning. They had got down to a
basis Of cold planning.
Let me refresh my memory about
II few Of those little things you told
me-" Bruce requested. "First-on
what date does the twenty-year pc
riod-of the Turner's possession Of the
land-eXpire?"
con the thirtieth of October, Of this
year"
Not very long, is it? Now you I'M
derstand that IN that date they will
have had twenty years of undjsputed
possession Of the land; they will have
paid taxes on it that long; and unless
their title is proven false between now
and that date, we can't ever drive
them out"
That's just right
"And the fall term of court doesn't
begin until the fifth of the following
month"
Yes, we're beaten. That's all there
is TO il. Simon told me so the last
time he talked to me-"
at would be to his interest To have
YOU think So. But Linda-we mustn :
give up yet. We must try MS long az
one day remains. 1t seems to me that
the first thing to 60 is to ind the trap.
per. HVdsou-the one witness that is
sTjll alive. He might he able to
prove to The courC that as my ia.
ther never owned In" land in r"Ality.
ht couldn't uoS>iblv have dor1nd II
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to the Turner's. Do you know where
this Hudson ISL"
II asked old Elmira last night. She
thinks she knows. A man told her he
had his trap line on the upper imp
qua, and his main headquarters-you
know that trappers have a string OF
camps-was at the mouth Of Little
river, that flows into the Umpqua.
But it Is a long way from here"
Bruce was still a moment. 'How
far?" he asked.
1.-TWO full days tramp at the least
barring out accidents. But If you
think it Is best-yOu can start out to-
day."
Bruce was a man who made deci-
sions quickly. Then I'll start-right
away. Can you tell me how to find
the trail?"
81 can only tell you to go straight
north"
"Then the thing to do is to get ready
at once. And her try to bring Hud-
son back with me-down the valley.
After we get there we can see what
can be done"
Linda smiled rather sadly. "I'm not
very hopeful. But it's our last chance
and we might as we'll make a try.
There is no hope that the secret
agreement will show up in these few
weeks that remain. Wen get your
things together at once"
They breakfasted, and after the
simple meal vas finished, Bruce
packed for the journey. The two
women walked with him, Out under
the pine.
hand: her she turned back at once
into the house. The man felt singu-
larry grateful. He began to credit
the old woman with a great deal OF
intuition, or else memories from her
own girlhood Of long and long ago. He
did want a word alone with this
strange girl Of the pines. But when
Elmira had zone in and the coast was
clear, 1t wouldn't come to his lips.
ut seems strange" he said, ito
UNIV AS'S "his ioSN hAShi uhu lhNi
to be leaving again"
1t seemed to his astonished gaze
that her lips trembled ever so slightly.
"We have been waiting for each other
a long time, Bwovaboo," she replied.
She spoke rather low, not looking
straight ut him. "And l hate to have
you go away so SOON"
but I'll be back-in a few days."
you don't know. No one ever
knows when they start out in these
mountains. Promise me, Bruce-to
keep watch every minute. Remember
there's nothing-nothing-that Simon
won't stoop to do. He's like a wolf.
He has no rules of fighting. He'd Just
as soon strike from ambush. How do
l know that you'll ever come back
again"
"But I will" He smiled at her, and
: his eyes dropped from hers to her lips
He reached out and took her hand.
"Good-by, Linda" he said, smiling.
She smiled In reply, and her old
cheer seemed to return to her. "Good.
By, Bwovaboo. Be careful"
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Purebreds yield 4S per cent more
than other livestock.
Plan now to get a hive or two of
bees in the spring and thus add to
your income and obtain an additional
dainty for your table next winter.
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of his was reconod-the
hushed talk his parents the
ootbs tbe flames in thair eyes and
finally the BODY he had found living
81 sin heneoth the nines II WAS
ALWAYS the Turner's the dreod name
thot had filled his haby DAYS with
horror He hadn't understood theu
II had been Hind Naturalization ,,ith-
out understandings or s~elf-anoIysis3
As she watched his mountain hi,
mountcd to the ascendency, 4 strange
transformation came over him The
ycntlrneSs that he had acquired in his
years of city life began 10 fall away
from him. The mountains were claim
Ing him again.
His voice was cold and hard when
ne spoke.
Then you ana l are no relation
whatever"
None.
BUT we hght the same hght now
Yes. Until we both win-or both
ole.
Before he could speak again, n
strange answer came out OF the dark
ness. Not two OF YOU a croaking
old voice old him. 1t rose, shrill and
cracked, from the shadows beyond
the fire. They turned, and the moon
light showed a bent old figure hob
bling toward them.
In WAS ola EltnirA nor cane tanning
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BIRDS EYE VIEW OF BROoKINGs

One Florist
Two Bands
Two Hotels
Ten churches
Five dentists
Candy kitchen
Good creamery
Steam laundry
One ice plant
Two osteopatns
Two state banks
$25, 600 City Hall
Chinese laundry
Five restaurants
Seven physicians
Three drug stores
Three tailor shops
one general store
Three chiroprators
Two Tobaccoaists
Growing every day
One Cigar Factory
rive Auto Garages
Four Billiard Halls
Two good Bakeries
Four Lumber Yards
Four Weekly Papers
Fine Lake near City
Two National Banks
Exclusive Shoe Store
Three Grain Elevators
s~l25.0O0 Court House
Two Furniture stores
Two Hamburger Joints
-Four Jewelry Stores
Four Barber Shops
Two Hardware stores
Tire NulcaniZing Plant
Three achin Shops
Two Department stores
Four Blacksmith shops
Four Exclusive Groceries
City OF Beautiful Homes
Two Shoe K pair shops
Best schools in the State
Good Water Near Surface
Six Miles OF Paved Streets
Marble a n Granite Works
ID a k o "A Deaconess Hospital
Five Auto livery Stations
Three Photograph Galleries
one Exclusive s h n g Parlot
one Gents Furnishing store
one Cement Block Factory
one Tea and Coffee House
$4,000 Government Bull ding
Two Electric Supply Houses
Two Battery supply stations
one Harness and Repair Shop
state Circuit Court held here
100000 Brick Sch, II Building
Three Mo"ing Picture Theatres
$3.50, 900 High S school Building
Two Exclusive Clothing stores
Culhane Adjustment Company
For'y-tve II u n d Inhabitants
Educational Center OF the State
l.4O0 Students in state College
County Seat of Rrookings County
United states Experiment Station
Five Rural Free Delivery Routes
Free Delivery Service OF City Mail
High School on the Accredited List
Over 81 900. 600 Invested in Education
One Exclusive Tin and Repair Shop
one Variety Store and China Shop
Three Exclusive OIL Service Stations
Eye. Ear, Throat and Nose Specialist
Nineteen Miles OF Cement Sidewalks
Three Plumbing and Heating Firms
Finest Church Buildings in the State
New stock Pavilion at State College
$4,000 Invested In Beautiful Churche.
New 500. 600 Armorv at state College
one Exclusive Ladies' Furnishing Store
New sl25, 900 Girls Dormitory at State
College
Two Exclusive Dry Goods and Ladies' Fur
uishing Store.
Good Volunteer Fire Department with
Motor Equipment.
Bookings Produce Co., Cash Market for
All Farm Products.
South Dakota State College OF Agriculture
ana Mechanic Arts.
Ericsson Manufacturing Company, makers
OF the Brictson Tire Tread.
New 5000. 600 administrator Building At
South Dakota State College.
Surrounded by the Best Farming Land in
the state, Where Crops are Sure and Boun-
tiful.
Municipality Owned Telephone, Electric
Light, Heating and Water Works Plants.
Strong Commercial Club with 200 Mem
bers in Good Standing Fine Club Rooms.
Brookings Is Located on the Main Line OF
the C. & NV. Ry. from Chicago to Pierre.
the Capital OF the state. Also Headuuarters
for Train Crews Running North to Water
town and on to Redfeld and Gettysburg.
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Aeassurino.

WELL. my boy. any college debtsf''
Nothing, sir, but what with dill
gence, economy and stern self-deniAj
you will be able 70 pay"
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WHAT WE NEED

WHAT WE NEED
A Gas Plant
Canning Factory
More Business Enterprises
Another good Meat Market
More Manufacturing Enterprises
More Young People Who Want an Educa.
ton.
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over two hundred New Dwellings Built
during the past three years. Besides many
provements.
Beautiful trees line the streets and the
CITY presents a fine appearance. matted as
II is in the midst OF a fine growth of shade
and ornamental trees. Her citizens are will
ing and ready to encourage and assist every
helpful industry.