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MUCH «DO «DODI D O » walked another block again it was, “ Hold my suit ease* dear, there’s a man in here 1 know.” A n d then they walked on to the corner and Dad once more said, “ Hold my suit case, dear, there’s a man in here 1 know.” When he came from the building this time the little girl looked up into her father’s face and said, “ Dad, you must know nearly everybody in Frisco.” D a d ’s Frisco Acquaintances W e have been attempting to learn the identity of the individual concerned in this story but thus far have been unsuccessful. The only two Independence fellows we know of who have been in California re- i cently are K. C. Eldridge and Ross Nelson,; Scratches Out of the Cat Business but neither has a daughter. \\ illiain Buster Barnett has concluded he Anyway, an Oregon man took his 9-year-1 can scrach out a living otherwise and will old daughter with him to San Francisco a not go into the cat business as intended, and few days ago. A fter arriving at the Ferry j requests that Bill Scott and Sam Carmack station they started up town and when come and get their cats they brought him. about two blocks from the depot, the man i.n? g a tin g too old to skin a cat,” said said to his daughter, “ Hold my suit case, AN illiain,who is nearing his (54th birthday, dear, there’s a man in here I know.” Thev “ 1 could do it when I was a youngster, but « » ’ o The Rhyming Summarist lately there ^cricks in my carbulator, spav- ins in my dithdential and corns in my sewer W e must w ear’em now or never, pipe.’ Despite his age, Mr. Barnett That is, patches on our pants, can still climb a telephone pole like a tish. I ho they show most conspicuous , 0 . And b ig a s ele-phants; Bucking the Dandelion Trust Only one shirt now is working Clyde Williams, who has made pharrya-1 A nd sockless we are going, cal study of the < dandelion pest, reports *8o back up ten that progress is being made toward its Or twenty when eradication. This Spring he started in with | W e were young and beauing. 422 on his lawn and after three months „ 0 labor the number has been reduced to 418. Fashion Note Eventually some ingenious, soul will dis Some of the girls have worn overalls cover that a good brand of home made beer and other men’s togs so long this summer can be made out of dandelions, then the that when they put on dresses, they walk lawns will look as if there were more hpgs just like a woman. , in town than people. 0 A es. we knew that somebody would ex Homer \\ ood says that Leonard A\rood claim, “ Hasten that glad d ay !” is not his sister. \ ■ # ***> Must Come To It TJie Men of Forty Mile Malemute Kid Leaves the M a in Question Unanswered By JACK LONDON Copyright by Jack_London **********3M ***************** ^ . y THEN Big Jim Belden ventured same as so many gardens under the the apparently innocuous sea. There it was, the anchor led, proposition that much lee d in gin ’ an' clusterin’ to Ivery rock, was “ rather pecooliar” he lit after the manner o f the white coral. “ But the best o f tbe sight was to tle dreamed of what It would lead to. 1 Neither did Lon come. Just after clearin’ the tall of McFane when he atlirmed that an the rifflq the water turns quick the color o f milk, an' the top o f It In wee chor ice was even ¡more so, nor did Bet- circles, as when the graylin’ rise in the " ties as he InstantlyNdlsagreed, declar spring or there’s a splatter o f wet ing the v iry existence o f such a form from tbe sky. ’Tw as the anchor Ice to be a bugaboo. cornin’ up. T o »(lie right, to the lift, ‘‘An’ ye’d be tellin’ me this,’’ cried as far as lver a man cud see, the water Lon, “ after the years ye’ve spint In was covered with the sume. An’ like the land! A n ’ we eutln’ out the same so much porridge it was, slickin' along pot this many’s the day!” the bark o f the canoe, stickin’ like “ But the thing’s agin reason,” In glue to the paddles. It’s many's the sisted Betties. “ Look you, water's time I shot the selfsame riffle before, warmer than ice” — an’ it's many’s the time after, but niv “ A n ’ k ittle the difference opee ye er a wink o f the same have I seen. break through.” T w a s the sight o f a lifetime.” “ Still it’s warmer, because it ain’t “ Do tell!" dryly commented Betties. froze. An' you say it freezes on the “ D’ ye think I ’d b’lleve such a yarn? bottom?” , I ’d ruther say the glister o f light'd “ Only the anchor ice, David; only gone to your eyes an' the snap o f the the anchor lee. A n ’ have ye niver air to your tongue.” drifted along, the water clear as glass, “ 'Tw as me own eyes that beheld It, whin suddln, belike a cloud over the an' i f Sitka Charley was here he’d be sun, the mushy ice comes bubblin’ up the lad to back me.” an' up till from bank to bank an' bind “ But facts Is facts, an' they ain’t no to bind it’s drapin’ the river like a gittin’ round ’em. It ain’t in the na first snowfall?” ture o f things for the water furtherest “ Unh hunh, more’n once when I took V away from the air to freeze first.” a doze at the steerin’ oar. But it alius “ But me own eyes’’— come out the nighest side channel an’ “ Don’t git het up over It,” admon p o t bubblin’ up an’ up.” ished Betties as the quick Celtic anger “ But with niver a wink at the helm?” began to mount. “ No, nor you. It ’s agin reason. I ’ll “ Then yer not after belavin' me?” leave it to any man!” “ Sence you’re so blamed forehanded Betties appealed to the circle abont .• ‘-T > .isf about it, no. I'd b’lieve nature first ' ;YV-‘ the stove, but the fight was on be an’ facts.” tween himself and Lon McFane. The Next Instant Lon McFane Stretched Him oi^the Floor. “ Is it the lie ye'd be givin' me?” “ Reason or no reason, it’s the truth “ No; the lop eared one. and tongue rapiff as he nauntea in threatened Lon. “ Y e’d better be ask I ’m tellin’ ye. Last fall a year gone “ The devil! Nothing the matter with surrection in the face o f the church. in' that Siwush w ife o f yours. I'll lave 'twas Sitka Charley an' meself saw the ‘Then, father,” he cried, “ it’s with an him.” it to her, for the truth I spake.” sight, droppln’ down the rlflle ye’ll re a lay heart I ’ll roll In me flamy blank “ Come out and take a look." Betties flared up In sudden wrath. member below Fort Reliance. An’ reg ‘T h a t’s all right, after all. Guess ets, the broad o f me back on a bed of The Irishman had unwittingly wound ular fall weather It was—the glint o’ ed him, for his w ife was the half he’s got ’em too. Yellow Fang came coals. Niver shall It be said Lon Mc the sun on the golden larch an' the breed daughter o f a Russian fur trad- i back this morning and took a chunk Fane took a lie ’tw ixt the teeth with quakin' aspens, an' the glister o f light j er, married to him In the Greek mis ! out o f him and came near to making out h e r liftin ’ a hand! A n ’ I ’ll not on ivery ripple, an’ beyand tbe winter sion o f Nulato. a thousand miles or so a widower o f me. Made a rush for ask a bleasln’ . The years have been an’ the blue haze o' the north cornin' j 7 , , .u , down the Yukon, thus being o f much ZarlUska, but she whisked her skirts wild, but it’s the heart was In the down hand in hand. It s well ye know than the eommdu Siwash. In his face and escaped with the loss right place.” the same, ime, with a fringe to the river * ., ...... _______________ ____ “ But It's not the heart, Lon,” Inter or native, w ife. It was a mere north- o f the) same and a good roll In the an’ the Ice formin’ thick In the eddies, laud nuance, which none but tbe north- snow. Then he took to the woods posed Father Roubeau; “ It’s pride that an’ a snap an’ sparkle to the air, an’ again. Hope he don’t come back. bids you forth to slay your fellow land adventurer may understand. ye a-feelin’ It through all yer blood, man.” “ I reckon you kin take It that way,” Lost any yourself?" .a-takin' new lease o f life with Ivery “ One, the best one o f the pack—8hoo- “ Yer Frlneh,” Lon replied, and then, suck o f it. 'Tls then, me boy, the was his deliberate afflrmatlon. kum. Started amuck this morning, turning to leave him, “ An’ w ill ye pay The next Instant Lon McFane had world grows small an’ the wandther- stretched him on the floor, the circle but didn’t get very far. Ran foul of a mass if the luck is against me?” lust lays ye by the heels. Sitka Charley’s team, and they scat But the priest smiled, thrust his moc- “ But it's meself as wandthers. As I was broken up, and half a dozen men tered him all over the street. And now caslned feet -to the fore and went out was sayln’, we a-paddlln’, with niver j *lai' stepped between, two o f them are loose and raging mad. upon the white breast o f the silent a sign of lee, barrin’ that by the ed- | Betties came to his feet, wiping the So you see he got bis work In. Tbe river. A packed trail the width o f a dies, when the Injin lifts his paddle blood from his mouth., “ It hain’t new, dog census w ill be small In tbe spring sixteen inch sled led out to the water an’ sings out: ‘Lon McFane, look ye j this takin’ an’ payin’ o f blows, an’ If we don’t do something.” hole. On either side lay the deep, soft below! So have I heard, but niver | don’t you neyer think that this w ill be “ And the man census too.” snow. The men trod In single file thought to see!’ As ye know, Sitka 1 squared.” “ b o w ’s that? Whose In trouble without conversation, and the black Charley, like meself, niver drew first “ A n ’ niver in me life did I take the now?” , breath In the land. So the sight was I He from mortal man,” was the retort “ Oh, Betties and Lon McFane had stoled priest In their midst gave to the new. Then we drifted, with a head . courteous. “ An’ It’s an avll day I ’ll an argument, and they’ll be down by function the solemn aspect o f a funeral. over ayt her side, peerin’ down through not be to hand waitin’ an’ w illin’ to tbe water hole In a few minutes to It was a warm winter's day for Forty the aparkly water, for tfTe world like help* ye lift yer debts, barrin’ no man Mile—a day In which the sky, filled settle i t ” the days I spint with the pearlers, ner o f way.” The Incident was repeated for his with heaviness, drew closer to the watchln’ the coral banks a rro w in ’ the 1 “ Still got that 38-55?” benefit, and Malemute Kid, accustom enrth, and the mercury sought the un inasmuch as It affected himself. Kare- ed to an obedience which his fellow wonted level o f 20 below. But there Lon nodded. ly had combined action been necessary, men never failed to render, took charge was no cheer In t ie warmth. There “ But you’d better git a more likely and never In all the dreary history o f o f the affair. His quickly formulated was little air lm t ie upper strata, and caliber. M il.ell lip boles through you the camp had the eighth article o f the plan was explained, and they prom the clouds hung motionless, giving sul the size o f walnuts.’1 Dccaloj. ,e been polHted. len promise o f an early snowfall. And ised to follow his lead Implicitly. “ N iver fear. It’s me oWn slugs smell Big Jim Belden culled an Impromptu “ So you see,” he concluded, “ we do the earth, unresponsive, made no prep their way with soft noses, an’ tney’ll meeting. Scruff Mackenzie was placed not actually take away their privilege aration, content in Its hibernation. spread like flapjacks against the corn as temporary chairman and a messen When the water hole was reached o f fighting. And yet I don’t believe in’ out beyand. An’ when’ll I have the ger dispatched to solicit Father Rou- they’ll fight when they see the beauty Betties, having evidently reviewed the pleasure o f waitin’ on ye? The water beau’s good "offices. Th eir position was o f the scheme. L ife ’s a game and men quarrel during the silent walk, burst hqle’s a strikin’ locality.” paradoxical, and they knew It. By the tbe gamblers. T h ey’ll stal^e their whole out in a final “ ’T w a ’n’t called for,” “ ’Taln’t bad. Jest be there in an right o f might could they Interfere to pile ton tbe one chance In a thousand. while Lon McFane kept grim silence. hour, an’ you won’t set long on my prevent the duel, yet such action, while Take away that one chance and they Indignation so choked him that he cornin’." In direct line with their wishes, went won’t play.” could not speak. Both men mlttened uud left the post, counter to their opinions. While their Yet deep down, whenever their own He turned to the man In charge their ears closed to tbe remonstrances rough hewn, obsolete ethics recognized o f the post. “ Storekeeper, weigh out wrongs Were not uppermost, both men o f their comrades. It was such a little the Individual prerogative o f wiping three fathoms o f jo u r beet half Inch wondered at their comrades. They thing, yet with such men little things, out blow with blow, they could not bad expected opposition, and this tacit manila.” nourished by quick tempers and stub bear to think o f two good comrades It seemed ‘ ‘W e’ll establish a precedent which acquiescence hurt them. born natures, soon blossomed Into big such as Betties and McFane meeting w ill last the men o f Forty M ile to the more was due them from the men they things. Besides, the art o f burning to in deadly battle. Deeming the man end o f time," he prophesied. Then ho had been so close with, and they felt bedrock still lay in the womb of tbe who would not fight on provocation a colled the rope about his arm and led a vague sense o f wrong, rebelling at future, and the men o f Forty Mile, dastard, when brought to the test It hla followers out o f doors. Just In time the thought o f so many o f their broth shut In by the long arctic winter, grew seemed wrbng that he should figh t ers coming out, as on a gala occasion, to meet tbe principals. high stomached with overeating and But a scurry o f moccasins and loud “ What danged right'd he to fetch without one word o f protest, to see enforced Idleness and became as Irrita cries, rounded off with a pistol shot, my w ife In?” thundered Betties to them shoot ekeh other down. It ap ble as do the bees In the fall o f the Interrupted the discussion. Then the the soothing overtures o f a friend. peared their worth had diminished In year when the hlvea are overstocked tstorm doors opened and Malemuts K id “ 'T w a 'n 't called for,” he concluded de the eyes o f the community. The pro with honey. entered, a smoking Colt’s in his band cisively. “ ’T w a 'n ’t called for," he re ceedings puzzled them. There was no law In the land. The and a merry light In his eye. “ Back to back, David. A n ’ will It iterated again and again, pacing np mounted police was also a thing o f the " I got him.” H i replaced the empty and down and waiting fo r Lon Mc be fifty paces to the man or double future. Each man measured an o f shell and added, “ Your dog. Scruff.” the auantitv?” Fane. fense and meted out the punishment “ Yellow Fang?” Mackenzie asked. And Lon McFane— bla face was hot 'k (Continued Friday.) 1 (Continued from P age 2.) mountain streams, but if the state would back the under taking it could be made a success, the value of the coun try greatly increased and every dollar invested by the state j/aid back. 1 his isn’t a socialistic dream. It is a proposition fo r the state to do in a smaller scale what the nation has done at Roosevelt dam in Arizona, what it has done at Zuni in New Mexico, what it is doing in Alaska and elsewhere. It ’s too big an undertaking for private capital to take a chance onViow with the present rural populaton of the state. If there were a way of getting Oregon’s real big men in the legislature and keeping them there, there might be a chance tor some great things for the state in the way of irrigation and development,of our wonderful water pow ers, but there is little hope with the calibre we send. KINGS VALLEY OUR GREAT TASK By Herbert Hoover. Ir you could stand iu the middle of Europe today and survey the land to its borders, you would discover its whole population of 400,000,000 human beings short of food. Millions of peo ple in -Poland, Finland, Serbia, Ar menia and Russia are dying of starva tion and other millions are suffering from too little food. Our Allies and the neutrals are living on the barest margins that will support life and strength. This, the most appalling and dread-\ ful thing 'that has come to humanity since the dawn of civilization, Is to me the outstanding creation of Ger man militarism. The Germans them selves are not the worst sufferers. They are extorting at the cannon's mouth the harvests and cattle of the people they have overrun, leaving them in desolation^ If the war were to cease tomorrow, the toll of actual dead from starvation within t^e Oyr man lines would double or treble the 5,000,000 or 6,000,000 of men who hay» been actually kü.lsd by Germany and her allies la arms. The 10,000.000 peo- pie In occupied Belgium a id Northern France would have died of starvation had it not been for us and the Allies. W e must build our food resources to stand ready for any demands upon us by the Allies. It Is of no purpose to us to send millions of our best to France if we fail to maintain the strength of their man, women and children on our lines of communica tion. This United States Is the last reservoir of me«, the last reservoir of ships, the last reservoir of munitions and the last reservoir of food upon which the Allied world must depend if German^ is to be defeated and if we are to be free men. Now is the time to eat and to pre serve home grown products. Perish able fruits are coming on the market, the gardens are making available dally supplies of food that will take tbe place of the cootmereial canned ar ticles that are needed for shipment abroafl. Sugar has been made avail able for home cannlag purposes and the supply is geod at the present time. The home garden end the canning of Its products means mere this year than it ever did before because It will play a very Important part In keeping tbe fighting forces supplied with the kind of food they need at the time they need It meet. America expects every civilian to do his or her duty In the same spirit as she expects each selclier when the command comes, "T O GO OVER TH E T O P " without turning to see If his neighbor had gene first. (Too latí for last week.) Mrs. Tip Maxfield visited Tuesday with liis daughter, Mrs. Nettie Price. Henry Chambers and Lyman Max- field were Corvallis visitors Tues day. Tip Maxfield went to Wren Tues day w ith'a load of wool. Mrs. Link Allen and Mi’s. T. J. Allen motored to Corvallis Wednes day. > J. P. Logan was ti Corvallis visi tor Thursday. Chester Chambers and'Miss Marks were marrieu at Monmouth Wed nesday. Mrs. Mary Senger visited Tuesday witli her sister, Mi’s. Nellie Smith. The farmers arc quite busy mak ing hay. Mrs. Penn and daughter were at the store Wednesday. Mrs. Bert Read of Corvallis is vis iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W al ter Maxfield. Mr. and Mrs. Waller Maxfield were Corvallis visitors Wednesday. Mrs. Ivnh Christensen and child ren visited witii Mrs«, Tip MaxJieid Saturday afternoon. WIGRICH ITEMS (Too late for lust week.) The Bed Cross entertainment at Wigrich July 11. Everybody come. A good time for all. Mrs. Oscar Mooic is confined to her home with the la grippe. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Porterfield and family in company with Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Turner and family went wild black berrying on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Lichty and Ce cil Ensmiuger and Mr. and Mrs. Doc Black of Buena Vista were call ing at tlie home of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Chown on Sunday. > Max Goldman Deals in W s have often quoted that old verte, "Gather your roses w hile, ye may,” and we can well now change it te “ gather your vegetables,” fer by so doing we can accomplish greet good. "W e stand behind our boys in Fraaoe and ws will net call It a sacri fice but a privilege to do eur bit to ward feeding them Over There.” — Emma V. Mllliken. Conserve, reserve and preserve all of these fine fruits and vegetables that are now within your reach; you will need them the coming winter. SWOPE & SWOPE LAWYERS I. O. O. F. Building Independence, Oregon * HIDES PELTS WOOL FURS MOHAIR CASCARA BARK VEAL PORK BEEF POULTRY BUTTER EOOS FARM PRODUCE WOOD WOOD OROCERIES SHOES FURNISHINGS DRY GOODS ^ CASH OR TRADE