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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-02-16


was growing excited, hurried in his
narrative.
fright out then Nell swore she'd
go after Thorne If them cavalrymen
couldn't ride with a western girl to
save a brother American-let them
hang back! One feller under orders
tried to stop Blanco Sol. An that
Teller invited himself to the hospital.
Then the cavnlrymen went flynn for
their bosses. 1t didn't take long for
every man In that camp to get wind
Of what was comm Off Shore they
musta been wild. They strung out
after Nell In a thunderin' troop.
"Rojas and his men vamoosed with
out a shot. That amt surprisin'.
There wasn't shot fired by anybody.
The cavalrymen soon found Thorne
an hurried with him back on Uncle
Sans land. Thorne was half naked
black an blue all over, thin as a rail
He was given food an drink. Shore
he seemed a starved man. But he
picked up wonderful, an by the time
Jim came along he was wantin to
start for Forlorn River. So was Nell.
By main strength as much as per-
suasion we kept the two men quiet
till next evenin' at dark.
well, we made as sneaky start
in the dark as Jim an me could man
age. an never hit the trail till we
was miles from town. Thornes nerve
held him up for while. Then all at
once he tumbIed out Of his saddle
We got him back, an Lash held him
on. Nell didn't give out till daybreak."
AS Ladd paused In his story Bedding
began to stutter, and finally he ex-
pioded. His mighty utterances were
incoherent. But plainly the wrath he |
had felt toward the wiIlfui girl was
forgotten. Gale remained gripped by |
silence
daddy, what knocks me is Rojas |
holding Thorne prisoner. trying to
make him tell where Mercedes had |
been hidden" said Bedding.
"Shore It'd knock anybody"
1.-The bandits crazy over her. That's
the Spanish Of It." replied Bedding
his voice rolling. "Rojas loves Mer-
cedes as he hates her He wants this
girl only to have her. then kill her.
It's d-n strange. boys. and even with
Thorne here our troubles have just
begun"
TON. you spoke correct" said Jim
Laid. in his cool drawI
"Shore I'm not sayfn' what think"
added Ladd. But the look OF him was
not Indicative OF tranquil optimism
Thorne was put 10 bed IN Gales
'oom. He was very weak, yet he
would keep Mercedes hand and gaze
II her with unbeIieying eyes. Then.
ighting sleep with what little strength
re had left. At last he surrounded.
For all Dick could ascertain his
neDd never Stirred an eyelosh nor
niger for twenty seven hours. When
's a"oks be was pale, weak. but the
I'D ThorDe
Hello, Dick didg'f dream Il,
hem hs said There sou are. nno
W darling with tbs proud DARK
yea she's hare1 hescedes ~ yell
affi on buf say. ! hayeni
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lopey Dlek AND those robbers sfolo /
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-02-16

now. There's grass. an we can do the
job In six days"
TITS three hundred miles 70 Yuma"
"Beldin'. Jim's idea hits me as
pretty reasonable" interpreted Laid
Lord knows that's about the only
chance we've got except 1ghun'."
but suppose we do staye Rojas on
and you get safely away With Mer
cedes, Isn't Rojas going 20 ind IL
our qulek7 Then whatll he Try 70 DO
90 ~ who're lefi here|
= reckon he'd lnd 0ui by daylishl
replied Jlm. "iuf Tom he ainf
p'goin' 10 starr q scrap then You SCI,
lm nggerin' on mo oraFy 9FeaseF
BAnt'n ihe F.u hut hes 200 smart
~ nghi you f0r p0ihln h0ias may
hf puiiy abQuf HoWfn bHf he's AFRAID
~ ihe a. y Take ~ W0fd for q
300 discover ihf uau p ihe m0Wlu
ava llRu ovi pp q Z reckon blih ~
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-02-16
taciturn as to his Idea Of forthcoming

| taciturn as e bis Idea Of Forthcoming
| events.
| About an hour after sunrise Yaqul
ran In with the information that rar'
of the rebels were crossing the river
THAT can't mean a fight yet" de
clared Bedding. But get in the house
boys, and make ready anyway. I'll
meet him.
Bedding, you're an officer OF the
United States. Mexicans are much
| impressed by show Of authority. I've
seen that often In camp" said Thorne
"Oh, know the white-liveret
Greasers better than any of you, don't
mistake me-" replied Bedding. He was
pale with rage, but kept command
over himself.
The rangers, with Yaqui and
| Thorne, stationed themselves at the
several windows of the sitting room.
Rifles and smaller arms and boxes of
shells Uttered the tables and window
seats. No small force of besiegers
could overcome a resistance such as
Bedding and his men were capable OF
making.
The horsemen halted at the corrals.
They were orderly and showed no evi.
dence Of hostility. They we're, how
ever, fully armed. Bedding staIked
out to meet them. Apparently leader
wanted to parley with him. but Bel
ding would hear nothing. He shook
his head, waved his arms, stamped to
and fro, and his loud, angry voice
could be heard clear back at the house.
Whereupon the detachment of rebels
yond the white post that marked the
boundary line, and there they once
more drew rein. Bedding remained by
the corrals watching them. evidently
still In threatening mood. Presently
single rider left the troop and trot.
ted his horse back down the road.
When he reached the corral he was
seen to halt and pass something to
Bedding. Then he galloped away to
Join his comrades
Bedding looked at whatever 1t was
he held In his hand, shook his burly
head, and started swiftly for the
house. He came striding into the
room holding piece of soiled paper.
Cant read 1t now and don't know
as 1 want to-" he said, savagely.
Not one of the men was able to
translate the garbled scrawl.
Shore Mercedes can read It." said
Ladd.
Thorne opened a door and called
her She came into the room followed
by Nell and Mrs. Bedding.
my dear. we want you to read
what's written on this paper" said
Thorne, as he led her to the table.
Mercedes gave the writing one swift
glance, then tainted In Thorne's
arms. He carried her to q couch. and
with Nell and Mrs. Bedding began to
work over her.
Bedding looked at his rangers
lady, It's Rojas all right. How
many men has he out there?'
"Mebbe twenty. Not more.r
eve can lick twice that many
Greasers."
Shore"
Jim Lash removed his pipe long
enough to speak. Lets stave the
Greaser of till dark. Then Laddy an
me an Thorne will take Mercedes an
hit the trail for Yuma"
Canine del Diabloi That awful
trail with woman Jim. do you for
get how many hundreds Of men have
persisted on the DEVILS road?"
81 reckon l amt forgettin' nothin',"
replied Jim. 1.-THE waterholes are full
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-02-16
CHAPTER x.-Continued.

"Blanco Sol gonel" yelled Bedding,
In q rage.
Raiders I" exclaimed Jim Lash.
Lord only knows. YaquI says 1t
wasn't raiders"
"Send Yaqui to find the boss trail,
an let's f1gger," said Ladd. "Shore
this g no raider job"
In the swift search that ensued Gale
did not have anything to say; but his
mind was forming conclusion. When
ne found his cid saddle and bride
missing from the peg in the barn his
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-02-16
Transmission.

Sue-"He actually blushed after he
mad kissed me-" Lou-"My dear. you
shouldn't apply your rouge 80 thickiy.-
Judge.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-02-16

Did you ever hear Of a doctors tell
Ing a rich man that there was no hopa
for him?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-05-03
Continued on last page)
District Buttermakers Are
Meeting in City Today
Thirty-Five Delegates From Stearns,
Todd and Douglas Counties in At
tendance-Live Organization

The Buttermakers and Creamery
Managers Association of the Eighth
District of Minnesota are meeting in
Sank Centre today, Thursday.
The session opened at noon at the
Commercial Club rooms, presided ov-
err by George Baltes, Long Prairie,
with Alex Meierton of Sank Centre
secretary. Buttermakers and cream
cry managers in Stearns, Todd and
Douglas counties are eligible to
membership in the Eighth district as
ISOLATION. There are about 35 dele
gates in attendance at the meeting.
Field Manager M. P. Mortonsen of
the Minnesota Cooperative Cream
cries Association, Inc, and L. Lohn-
bakken, inspector of the Minnesota
Dairy and Food department are in
attendance and gave a demonstration
OF the proper composition of butter.
Dinner will be served at the Wal
dorf Cafe at 5 100 o'clock.
The Eighth District was one of the
last to organize in the state. but is
generally recognized as one of the
IL. est organizations of it's kind in
Minnesota. Of course the member
ship is confined to managers and but
termakers of cooperative creameries.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-05-03
TUESDAY MORNINGS BLAZE

Tuesday morning, shortly before
7 100 o'clock the small building owned
by the Standard Oil Company, near
the tracks on the Great Northern
RICH of way, was struck by light
ming and there was considerable ex-
citement in that portion of the city
until the city's most efficient fire
department kept the blaze from
spreading I'd the tanks. The build
ing was filled with lubricating oil
which was completely destroyed to-
gether with the building, and the
Herald understands that the company
places their loss at about $4,000. 1t
is reported that immediate steps have
been taken for the rebuilding, and
that the new structure will be much
more substantial and modern. Be-
sides the Standard Oil tanks there
are a half dozen other oil tanks in
close proximity to the Standard Oil
location and had the fire got full con-
troll there would probably have been
much loss of property followed very
likely by the loss of lives and injury
to human beings.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-05-03

ter he had served several terms in the
Wisconsin legislature. After six years
in the lower house he retired, intend
ing to be contat with the practice
of law. But in 1892 he was prevailed
on to enter the gubernatorial race
and he was elected. He resigned in
1895 to become United States sena-
tor, to which office he was reelected
h 1901, 1907, 1913 and 1913.
The home life of the Nelson family
was characterized by the same sim
rlicity that marked the personality
of the lawyer and statesman, as
neither the senator nor his wife cared
for the. distractions of social activity.
Mrs. Nelson, long after her husband
became a figure attracting national
attention adhered to Old World Gus
toms of housekeeping, among them
the practice of sanding the floors.
Mrs. Nelson died in August, 1922, in
Washington.
Five children were born, but four
have died, leaving Mrs. Ida Nelson
the only surviving child.
Senator Nelson's amusements and
recreations were simple. He was
fond of the out of doors, but when in
the house his chief pleasure was
found in his library where he read
almost daily, his favorite books be-
ing historical. The Alexandria home
is on large well managed farm and
the senator was pleased when he was
referred to as Farmer Nelson. "
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-05-03
Minnesota Public Health
Speaker Coming May II
DR.. Lochead Has Important Message
Which He Will Deliver at Junior
High Auditorium

DIR. D. C. Lochead, field secretary
Of the Minnesota public Health As
ISOLATION, will spend the week start
ing May 7th, in Stearns county, and
he will address the citizens of Sank
Centre at the Junior High School
Auditorium Friday evening, May II.
DIR. Lochead's lecture is called "The
Romance of Public Health" In this
talk he will take up the history of the
public health movement, touching
upon the conditions that existed be-
fore this work was inaugurated, and
results obtained; activities along this
line, and the means ensued to bring
about these results. DIR. Lochead is
said to be most excellent speaker
entertaining and not too technical,
and it is predicted that everyone
who hears him will enjoy his lecture.
The doctors visit to Stearns coun-
ty is arranged by the Stearns County
Public Health Association which is
supp ,rted by the sale of Christmas
seals. The lecture is free to all
adults and it is to be hoped that a
large number will take advantage of
this opportunity to hear the field sec
rotary of the Minnesota Public
Health Association.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-05-03
Senior Class Score Hit
in Annual Class Play
Largest Audience Ever Attending
Home Talent Show Enjoy "Strong-
heart" Thursday Evening

The Senior Class of 1923, Sank
Centre Public School, scored a decid-
ed success with their presentation of
"Strongheart," at the Junior High
School Auditorium Friday evening of
last week. The entire plot of the
story hinges around the college life
of a full blood Indian, Soangatha,
(Strongheart) who won collegiate
and athletic fame at Columbia Uni
versity. His trouble started when$ he
shielded a member of the foot ball
team from an unjust charge, and lat
er when his love for a white girl
eliminated in an offer of marriage.
Ted Lewis as Strongheart carried
the show and his Interpretation and
rendition of this most difficult role
was one of the best pieces of amateur
dramatic work ever witnessed in
Sank Centre. The cast was an ex-
tremely large one and while each in
dividual was "feeder" to Strong
heart, every member of the company
handled their roles in splendid shape,
rejecting credit upon themselves,
their school, and their coach, Mrs.
Enid Richards.
Special scenery had been built by
the Manual Training Department, the
stage settings were timely, and the
wardrobes elaborate, making the
whole a finished production.
The largest crowd ever witnessing
all amateur performans in the city
attended the Senior Clas Play, the
ticket sale receipts beieng in the
ncighborhood of $3.50. 90.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-05-03
Stearns County Wool Men
to Organize Pool May 4
Meeting Has Been Called to Examine
State Plan and Hear Talk on
Sheep Business

Wool growers of Stearns, Benton,
and Sherburne Counties, will meet
at st. Cloud on May 4, to hear an ex-
PLANTATION of the marketing plan of
the Minnesota Cooperative Wool
Marketing association. Axel Huddles-
ton, president of the new association
and A. A. Dowell, sheep extension.
specialist at the University Farm, St..
Paul, will be the principal speakers.
Arrangements for this and other
meetings that are being held in wool
growing sections of the state, were
made with local leaders through the
st. Paul office of j. H. Jones, secre-
tary of the Minnesota Farm Bureau
Federation, which organization to-
gether with the State Department of
Agriculture is cooperating in wool
pool organization work.
The meeting will be in the nature
of a short course on sheep raising and
wool marketing. Plans of the state as
ISOLATION for conducting the 1923
pool will be explained and details of
amounts to be advanced at the time
of pooling made public. The impor-
lance of the sheep to this section. its
care and feed also will be explained.
The coming season promises to be
a satisfactory one to sheep growers.
"A part of the Jericho pool, formed in
the western states and made up of
early and high grade wool has been
sold at 81 cents.
The effect of the wool pool on
prices may be judged from the 1921
% record, the two years in which the
Minnesota pool has had an opportun-
ity to show results. In 1921. the
average price at shearing time was
IL cents, while poolers received net,
14.6 cents. In 1922, the price at
shearing time was 20 cents and pool
ers received $685. cents, net.
The approaching meeting here is
a part of series that has been ar
ranged. When the meetings have
been held the speakers will have
covered the wool producing sections
of the state. Last week, Mr.. Dowell,
Mr.. middleton, and j. H. Hay, deputy
commissioner of Agriculture, were
speaking in the Red River valley
counties. This week meetings are to
be held at Mahnomen, Detroit, Vern-
dale, Bemidji, Little Falls, st. Cloud,
and Waseca.
The new state organization has
completed its arrangements for pool
ing and selling this year, contracts
having been executed with those who
managed the Wabasha and Farming
ton pools last year.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-05-03
WHITE WAY SYSTEM
WILL BE COMPLETE
COUNCIL MAKE MATERIAL ADJ
DITIONS OF POSTS OVER
ORIGINAL PLAN
WILL BE READY SOON
is MADE THAT
LIGHTS BE TURNED ON WITH
CELEBRATION

At joint meeting of the City
Council and Water, Light and Power
Commission in the Council chambers
Thursday evening of last week, the
question of either extending or chang
in the route of the White Way was
discussed. The plan as laid out in a
general way by the city council, took
the White Way from the Great North
ern to the Northern Pacific depots,
striking Main street at the corner of
5th, and extending north to and
across the Sank River bridge. This
route, contemplated a White Way
light, at the Wallace and Library
corners, but did not have lights on
the Cooper and Dowswell corners.
The contention was made that in or
der to have the system harmonic,
lights should be installed on these
two corners and that lights should be
installed in the block leading north
from Third street. There was some
talk of removing some of the lights
around the High School property and
also taking the lights off of Oak
street leading to Main. However, af-
ter the matter was thoroughly dis
cussed it was decided to install six
additional lights, the expense to be
horne equally by the City Council and
by the Light and Power Commission.
The plan as now laid out will be
completed as soon as possible. 1t al
so takes in a portion of Third street
starting at the corner of Pine and
Third street and going west to the
Armory corner. In all about 70
White Way posts will be installed.
Contractor Hillerud has a large
force of men placing the cables under
ground but it will probably be held
up more or less by the laying of the
water mains on Third street. How
ever, the excavation for the mains on
Third street started at Pine, going
west, on Wednesday and at the rate
things are moving the work should
not he laid up for any great length
of time.
In most cities when the White
Way is completed a celebration is
at the time the lights are
first turned on, and the Herald be-
lieves that this would be good plan
for the citizens of Sank Centre to
follow. 1t is none too early to take
this matter up and discuss it because
it will take some little time to work
out details of the celebration if one
is to be held.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-05-03
REAL ESTATE CHANGES

Mrs. Sigrid Madison this week sold
to Carl Pauly, 10 acres in section 13,
Sank Centre township.
Frank Kircher has sold so acres
in section 5, Birchdale township to
Nels Anderson for $4,000.
J. T. Lynch sold to N. P. Ander-
son 80 acres in section 13 West I'm
ion township.
Pete Holmberg sold 80 acres n sec
ton "a Little Sank township to Gil
bert Freeburg.
Frank Peschek has sold to Frank
Weedeck 70 acres in section ID, town
of Getty for 500 per acre.
These deals have all been made
within the last two weeks and were
actual sales to home people and not
trades.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-05-03
Women Burned When Light
ming Hits Residence
Bolt Travels Down the Chimney of
House in Little Falls Tuesday
Morning

Two women were burned at Lit
tie Falls Tuesday during an electrical
storm when bolt of lightning struck
the residence of Mrs. Hubert Lentz.
Travelling down chimney, the bolt
struck Mrs. Lentz and her sister, Sis
ter Bonaventura of Portland, Ore,
tearing the clothes from the formers
body and severely burning her across
the back. Sister Bonaventura's arms
were burned. Both will recover.
The lightning bolt was attracted
from the chimney by an umbrella on
the other side of the room and leaped
across, the space, demolishing the UNI
brella. A wrist watch Sister Bona
ventura was wearing was torn from
her arm and hurled across the room.
Fire that started from the bolt was
extinguished without material dam
age.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-05-03

rock excavating and other unusual
work which run up the figure. Gravel
surfacing was contracted at $2,793
a mile on the average against 1888
the year before, and paving at $685.
276 compared with $35,520 paid the
year before.
Trunk highway averages of main
tenance costs are given as follows:
dirt roads $27s,90 a mile; old gravel
roads $511.65 a mile; new gravel
roads $368.86 mile and paving at
$1,000 a mile.
Commissioner Babcock's 1922 re-
port accounts for the years highway
funds in great detail, by counties,
trunk routes, revenue sources and so
fourth. 1t contains the full traffic
census report, tabulations on state
aid roads, numerous illustrations and
other informative matter.
The report covers the full year and
its publication is regarded as prompt
inasmuch as statements from sixteen
divisions were necessarily collected
and distributed in the many tabula-
lions it contains.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-05-03
DECORATION DAY OBSERVANCE

At a meeting of the Robert Swift
Post, American Legion held Monday
evening, preliminary steps were TAX
en- for the proper observance of Dec
grafton day in Sank Centre. Last
year the Legion did not take the
interest in Decoration day that the
occasion warranted, and it is the pur-
pose of the Legion of this city that
this lack of civic duty on behalf of
the service men shall not happen
again. Of course the Legion will
work in conjunction with the G. A.
r. and Public school in handling a
Decoration day program. C. H.
Child has been appointed general
chairman of the Legion committee to
make definite arrangements for the
Decoration day observance.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-05-03
knute Nelson, N1innesota's
Grand Old Man, Died on
Train Saturday Evening

Senator Knute Nelson died Satur-
day night on the way home to Mime
sofa from Washington on Pennsyl-
vania train shortly after it departed
from Baltimore.
Heart failure was the cause Of his
death.
Senator Nelson was 80 years old.
He was born Feb. 2, 1S43, in Norway.
He lad lived in the United States
since 1S49. He had served his coun-
try in some capacity almost continu.