IT WAS
A PRIVATE
QUARREL
WILLIAM T. DAVANT
by Uhort Hioty Pub. Co.)
count uh some pigs, which they wu'n't
wuth a dollar.
✓
“I haln't never harmed th' state uh
Knlntuck. All I've did is to kill ev'ry
man I c'u find wbut helped kill my
brother. 1 I.ain’t hurt none uli them
th’ «tute »ent nfter me, although they
wuz meddlin' In v fiereonal mutter
whut I» Jus’ between th' McBee« an'
lie got up «nd faced hi*
“Whut ye g<>t to do with hit, Bill
hit ui>
Harriin? Wbut bisnes«
raillery ran
yourn?" k vein
tli rougi i hl* next word*. "But I
got. Ye didn't corne fi r me. but Ju»'
wanted n Job. Hev ye noi enough uh
grubbin' «tump»?”
The detective «ut quietly In hl*
half-closed.
ctmlr. hU
you've caught me with the good»."
"I reckernized ye as «oon as 1 »«*n
ye. Khavin' off n mustache haln't
much uh a disguise. Bill."
“Well, Anae," Hardin arose «nd met
bls eye» fearlessly, "what you going
to do «bout It?"
"Ye know whut 1 oughts do. But
I don't want no trouble with th' state
Ye'vr et ,my grub, ye kin sleep in
my house tonight. Tomorrow III drive
ye to th’ «tatlon In ttane to ketch
Number Four. But don’t never come
back out here. Bill.”
"1« that threat?*
"'fake hit as a warnin’. Bill.
■nuar’ an’ ye've got nerve. I don't
want nothin' to happen to ye In my
country."
•
The detective yawned, “I think you
said something about a bed,” he «ug-
«OAP-W* (PORTLAND
JOHN LISKA WROTE
BEST ROAD ESSAY
HI
ON*
OFFERS A MARKET
FOR YOUR PRODUCE
Bina Us Ito H em .
John Lt*ka. Wisionsln Rapid«. Wl«.,
cœüjiükaxs Ito UBI.
wrote the be«t essay In the 1924 na
EVIL ANKE (.'ANFIELD gazed
tional good road« essay content for the
quietly at the man before him.
Harvey M Firestone four year»' univer
Ilin thumb fumbled the ham
sity »cholarshlp. The subject of hl»
mer of « brown rifle, a nervous
esxay, which told In simple form the
trick which hail worn the steel smooth.
epic «tory of a country crossroad», was
"Ro ye want work?" be drawled,
"The Relation of Improved Highways
presently. •
to Home Life." Llska 1« the fifth
The man to whom he spoke was clad
high school student to earn th!» honor
In overalla. Ills amooth-sUaven face
and award.
was tanned dnrkly. Hla upper Up bad
The contest Is conducted each year
the peculiar puffy effect which be-
under the auspices of the highway
trayed the fact that a mustache hnd
education board, Washington, D. C.,
Common Sign Language
been sacrificed.
of which the United States commis
sioner of education Is chairman. It
Traveler« In tho Interior of South] "Yes, I do."
Whut
kinds
“Wbur're ya from?
1« strictly educational in character and
Amenia. although knowing little or
In the several states 1« sponsored by
nothing of tho language of the Indi ( work kin ye do?"
met the searching
one of the leading universities, or by
an«, claim that an uatonlshing amount The stranger drat time.
gray eye« for the
the state department of education.
of communication may bo held by
said, frunkly, "to be
Mr. Llska's essay follow»:
means of a sign language. Tho dlf-1 "Stranger," he I ain't going to tell
square with you.
Isolation Is the primary cause of
tereut Indian groups of Brazil, for ln-( you vyhere I come from, I'll «ay tilt»
the Ignorance so evident In rural com
stance, while »peaking each a differ much: I ain't always worn these
munities. I’oor roads, more than any
ent language, have a more or less com kind of clothes «nd a look at my
thing else, have forced the farm borne
hand« will show you that I ain't a
mon language of signs.
into a demoralizing isolation. The im
laboring man. although I'm willing to
provement of highways, making the
do anything that will pay my board
consolidated school and social center
State Named from River.
poMible, Is Injecting new life into
Wisconsin derived its n«mo from and keep fur a month or two.' The
The feudist lighted a tallow dip and homes formerly hopelessly Isolated.
the prlncljml river, named Masconsln j The case was not unusual.
country 1» welt suited to the needs
Homa life is broadened and enriched.
by Pere Marquette, translated wild, of men who have come under the dl» pointed to the steep stairway. Hardin I Boys are willing to stay "down on the
took
the
light
out
of
his
hand
and
Select Residential & Tran»»ent
rushing channel. Tho present spoiling pleasure of the law. On one aide of
farm." Girls cease to envy their city
1Mb srd Yamhilt Portland. Oreitoa.
1« derived from a misprint. All early Tug river 1» West Vl-glnla, on the started to climb upstairs.
H
cousins
and
to
leave
home
for
"the
"Walt a minute. Bill," the Devil
Mod«-n — Fireproof — American Plan
French documents have Oulsconslng other lies tho state of Kentucky.
bright
llghta.
”
E.
*
RATES MODERATE
called. “Less have ev'rythlng straight
Just a few minutes of travel, on a
or Mlsconslng.
Hille, valley«, valley« and mor.- hills; between u«. We un» Is awful light
the landscape presents a monotonous sleepers an’ mighty nervus. Whenever particular road leading out of the city ,
ruggedness which discourages pursuit. we hear a «oun* In th' night we shoot I of Wisconsin Rapid;, will convince the |
Down on the Farm,
"The only worker I ever knew who Once across the river, the fugitive 1« fust an' look afterwards. Gin ye walk ( : most doubtful skeptic of the value of
.
. -
________ tivtfll th»» «low ttrouoMa or extm-
good roads and their Influence upon
would work when tho bos-t was aw«y ’l»fe until the «low procaM of extra In yer rieep ye'd better fasaen th' door j ' home life. About two mile« from the '
hired
dltlOO
1«
gone
through
With.
|hp hBminw of tils so'« ye can't open It lesa'n ye're wide city this road branches. One branch
was tho old fashioned American hired.
thf
man, declared a profewor at Grand I
dl- awake."
The next morning Anse presided at la called “the left road"; the other “the |
Rapids. Wo have known a couple of rected toward the other.
the
breakfast table with Ids homely ■ right road." The left road 1« almost •
them to «It on a fence «t «uch times
"I'll take ye. furrlner,” he pro grace. Hardin ate a hearty meal, ex- j always In a deplorable condition; the |
The
and work until their jaw« were totally nounced, after giving him due consld pressing ids appreciation by the keen । right road is hard-surfaced.
homes on*the left road are dilapidated. |
exhausted.
erntlon. “Whenever ull ye be ready to news of Ids appetite.
the front yards scarcely recognizable !
Portland, Ore
go to work?"
A gleam came Into his eyes as he got । among the tangle of broken machinery, I ANDERSON & RICE,
Already Free.
"I'm ready now.
In the buggy beside ids host and no- i I old wire and various other objects
He picked up a bundle of clothes tlced that the brown old rifle had been
During the Sunday School lesson
I placed “out of the way." The land
Purely Myth.
prepared to follow his employer. left behind.
the teacher made reference to a pas and
been cropped until It Is Impossible
The old man wheeled like n cat.
The
belief
that the tail of a snake
The mountaineer wns by ’nature a | | has
»««« of Scripture rending. "Ye shall
"No ye don't I” he snarled, bl« eyes taciturn soul and the law officer win i for even quack grass to flourish. The after the head is cut off or the rest
stock, descendants of some gra <d-dad’»
know the truth and the truth shall red suspicion. “Ye go fu«t."
busy with his thoughts, therefore the ' »crubs. Is now so degenera ed that of the snake is killed lives until sun
make you free.” A little girl In the( Without « word the younger obeyed
DRA CHAN LAM CHINESE
drive was finished in silence.
»carcely any characteristics of a high- set is merely an old myth. Owing to
front row exclaimed: "I'm already At n clearing Canfield halted him.
MEDICINE CO, LICENSED
As the train pulled in, Anse reached producing, profitable unlmal are evi the reaction of the snake’s nervous
"Troy! Hey-o-o, Troy!" he ahouted. In Ids pocket.
free. I'm free and a half."
PHYSICIAN.
R«m«di«» toi
system
its
tail
will
continue
to
wiggle
dent.
■tomacb
ditorder»,
tidily,
Ida voice resounding In the typical
"Bill," he drawled, n humorous light , (’an yob expect the
»r
elrl
to
long after the snake is otherwise ap
bladder trouble«, »all »tone«,
mountaineer's call.
One Way to Reduce,
In
his
deep-set
eyes,
“
th
’
Good
Book
.
eosatipaUoa, appandieiti« a»1*
A tall lad appeared noiselessly be say» that th' laborer Is worthy uh his remain on the farm un.k-r these con- parently dead. But there is nothing
A rather robust woman recently
shoulder was lile hire"; with the words, be dropped a dltlons? Not one boy or girl living to th notion that it will continue to
tijnd
them,
on
hl«
naked n doctor whnt she should do to
on this road has any education above
Inevitable rifle.
femé. 142» Second BL, eor
silver dollar In Hardin's blistered palm. the eighth grade, and very many have wiggle until sunset and then stop.
reduce, "Tnke n certain kind of ex-
"Want
me,
dad?"
Mr Aider, Portland, Ore
The detective reached back to put not even progressed that far. These Sometimes it will step t-fore and
erclae,” said he . "Whnt kind do you
an'
crow-bar
"Fetch 1hl« man
sometimes
after
sunset.
—
Pathfinder
the
coin
in
his
pocket.
His
hand
CUT FLOWERS & FLORAL DESIGNS
young people, many of them lying
recommend?" she asked, •'Push your- ■hovel. He'» golnta grub th' pastur’.'
Clark« Bro«.. Florists. »»7 M«Tl«on St
flushed up holding a revolver.
about their ages, have had to seek Magazine.
self away from the table threo times
When the Implements came, he set
“I don't nee'any reason why you a “Job" nt the store, mill or fac
a day" replied the doctor.—Topeka the «tranger to work In the gruel shouldn't take the trip with me," he
Founded by Champlain.
The Dependable Man.
tory. Instead of completing their edu
ling afternoon sun. uprooting »tumps remarked, cheerfully.
Capital,
cation.
Can
home
life
be
pleasant
The
earliest
founding of any Cana-
Give
us
a
man,
young
or
old,
high
In the clearing. During the operation
The old man shook his head gloom
low. on whom we 1 know
----- v.-e
— “
can 3 dian city was that of Port Royal, now
he »at on the rail fence, an embod'- ily. “Put hit back. Bill, I’m disap and happy where these conditions or ivw,
Meat Distribution.
exist?
thoroughly depend, who will stand ! Annapolis Royal, in Nova Scotia,
Two thirds of the live stock used for! ment of somber menai-e. With his pointed with ye. Ye’d oughta know me
The road to the right leads through firm when others fail; the frien-l faith-! fOunded by Champlain and his aeso-
head
»unk
Into
his
bowed
shoulders
better. I don't trus' no man further land slightly more fertile, but more
food is raised west of the Mississippi,
he was never nt rest. Hts keen gray
ful and true, the adviser hom st and elates in 1605, 'but this colony was
while two-thlrds of the consumers live eyes under shaggy brows darted now back than a fust cousin an' I expected fertile only ns a result of better farm
fearless,
the adversary just and < hival- withdrawn a couple of years later,
management.
No
farm
home
on
this
east of tho Mississippi. This accounts, thl» way, now that; fils beaked nose till».’’
"Cut that out," Hardin snapped tri- road, for a distance of twenty miles, rous—in such a one there is « frag-I The Port Royal that appears in the
for thé 1.300 packing houses occupied] teemed to sniff the air suspiciously,
is without at least one modern con ment of the Rock of Ages. — Dean ; later history of old Acadia was found-
In converting Hvo stock into meats and hla curly brown beard, »hot with urnphantly. “Get aboard."
ed in 1636 by D'Aunay Charnisay.
venience. Several farms are equipped Stanley.
Fur
answer
the
outlaw
whistled
transferring them to markets.
white, failed to hide the nervous
with every modern convenience, both
shrilly.
Half
a
dozen
loafers
on
the
twitching of a cruel mouth. And al platform wore transformed Into alert in and out of the home.
Reaching the Top.
Twins Had Same Idea.
ways he kept hl» rifle pointed In the
Remark Left lmpre»»lon.
The esthetic Influence a good road
mountain men. They bounded toward
Probably
the
most
remarkable
and
The
men
who reach the top seldom
A man nnd his wife were buying n direction of the worker.
u.e detective and surrounded him with everts Is very evident. Often It stimu authentic story concerning tv ins is wait for a lift. They are climbing
At
the
mellow
call
of
a
horn,
he
«'id
horse. "How could such a lovely ,
leveled revolvers. Anse chuckled at lates latent »elf-respect into practical
the ground and called his employee. the changed expression of Herdin'« expression.
These people are con that of A., a twin, who bought a set while others are waiting for a boost,
creature have n temper?" asked the to "Hupper,"
he announced, Inconlcnl’y. face and waved them away.
tinually
adding
some Improvement In of champaign glasses in a town in The higher they climb the more room
woman. "My dear, that is exactly] They tiled to the house, t|>e st rang -r
Bill, they're my people. an honest attempt to beautify’ their Scotland as a surprise for his brother/ they have, for there's always room on
"Ye
what passed through my mind when I] In front. An elderly woman met them
They'd
die
fer
me like I’d die fer ’em. home surroundings. Through diversifi B., who at the same time he ight a top, though it may be ever so crowded
married you," answered the man, and nt the door.
cation and rotation of crops they have set of exactly the same pattern in ■ at the bottom where all must start.—
ho has not heard the last of it yet.
"My new hand," the Devil said, by Ye bln buttin’ In on u private quiir'l succeeded In bringing their land to a England as a.present for A.
] Grit.
an’ ye don't deserve to git away. Jump
way of Introduction. The woman on yer train an' go buck to Roanoke high degree of fertility, resulting In
Word for the Cyclone.
murmured something and led the way whar ye belong before I change my a more stable Income each year. They
Had Many Successors. •
Rush for Home Sites.
are sending their children to high
About the only good thing that can Into the kitchen.
mln’. An' don't never come back!"
When Oklahoma was thrown open to
Pinafore” was first int.. iuced in
be said about cyclone is that it doesn’t | Anse played the part of host with
The officer shrugged bls shoulders schools. agricultural schools and
' n hospitality bred In the bone of the and thrust his gun back In his poc cket. universities. A better education Is the United States at the Standard white settlers after the federal gov
cost tho taxpayers anything for an mountaineer. He pressed fried chick
"Good-by. Anse,” lie called from i the teaching these children to realize the] । theater in New Y’ork city in 1789. Mrs. ernment had purchased it from the
Investigation as to who was to blame. en nnd squirrel and all the viands
I Thomas Whiffen was the original Lit- Creek Indians in 1889, it ic estimated
value of a true home.
platform
of the last coach.
- Des Moines Register.
which constitute the highland menu
In
a
large
measure,
on
the
road
to
that 100,000 persons took part in the
tle Buttercup.
and
Devil Anse Canfield stood
upon his guest. But tli" stranger no- watched the train disappear In the the left, the average farmer has lost
rush for claims.
Slight Accident Fatal.
tlced the boy, Troy, sat in front of East. His thumb felt vainly for its his self-respect, has allowed his home
Cannibalistic
Spiders.
A young man in London who wns the stove with u rille across his knees
wonted occupation; a look of fear to fall below the standard, and has
High Price, Considering.
Spiders were found by the Mount
struck on the head by a chicken bone and never took bls eyes from his sprang into his eyes.
failed to keep In stride with"the times. Everest expedition 4,000 feet higher
Father
—"I had no idea that your
used ns a missile died of septic pneu face.
He Is considered. Inferior to city peo
"Troy, Tro-o-y I” he yelled, shrilly.
than
any
vegetable
growth.
The
studies
would
cost so much!” Son—
finished,
the
host
escorted
ple.
Farmers,
such
ns
those
on
the
The meal
monia set up by the slight scalp wound
The boy ran to him.
spiders are believed to feed upon one -They ought not to father. I don't
right
road,
are
again
placing
the
farm
the laborer into the living room. A
he had received.
"Whur’s Betsy?"
study very much!"—Pele Mele, Paris.
certain look of constraint seemed to
The lad handed her to him. The home upon the pinnacle where it another.
leave
him
as
lie
picked
up
his
rifle
should
rest.
“
The
True
Home
of
Man."
Final Adjudication.
feel of the cold steel reassured him.
Flattery's a Compliment.
What Job Escaped.
and fumbled the hammer.
How necessary to that home is a
With a sigh of relief he turned to Ids
Though reading and conversation
and buggy, his thumb twiddling the worn good road I What a relief It must
Another thing old Job escaped—and
He caught bls guest's
may Rtrnlsh us with many ideas of I chuckled : "Somehow I don't never
as a dog licks his master's have been to those simple folk In it is probably one of the reasons he
nun and things, yet it is our own seem right unless I'm totin’ ole Betsy.” hammer
Whittier's "Snow Bound" to have the was so patient—was having someone
shoe.
road
opened and the floundering car come smiling around as he sat there
meditation must form our Judgment.
“I reckon there are some pretty
he
"Come on, kid ; less go home,"
rier bXng the village paper to the among the ashes, scraping himself second place, whether he thinks so
tough men In these hills,” the other drawled.
or not, he certainly thinks those whom
door!
Oxalic Acid In Rhubarb.
responded, looking with concern at Ids
with a potsherd, and telling him just he flatters of consequence enough to
The
left
road
may
be
compared
to
Rhubarb, when eaten in excess, has. blistered pnlms.
Fires in Forests
the snow-bound road. Impeding prog to think the right thought and he'd be flattered.—Doctor Johnson.
been known Io act ns a powerful pot-| "They'« five thousun' dollars reward
Is not practicable to equip for- ress. forcing isolation. The right road soon be perfectly well and happy.—
It
In
Knlntuck
an'
I
hnfter
be
son on account of its natural content fer me I haln't one uh th' McBees. ests with lightning rods. No remedy may be compared to the opened road, Ohio State Journal.
Classifying Peanut.
kcerful.
Is now in sight for disastrous forest
of oxalic acid.—Science Service.
The peanut is a pea rather than a
My men knows 'ein nll an' they haln't fires due to lightning, such ns have offering new opportunities, new possi
bilities and new happiness.
one uh 'em could crows Tug river
nut and belongs to the same group of
occurred on n vast scale In the west
Must Move Fast.
The right road Is. in the true sense
alive, Whut I'm nervus about is ern states during the last season.
plants as do beans and common gar
May or June batched W L.
The lowest speed at which it Is pos- these here smart, Jack deetectlves. When lightning strikes a tree the ordi of the word, the "right road.” We
den peas, differing only in that it pos
Chicks SU a IVO. Reds A Rocks
SIT.
lOOc; live delivery guar-
sible for an airplane to fly Is 31U They haln’t nothin’ to hender 'em nary result is to splinter the wood or must build more of them. Until this
sesses the character of blooming above
anteed.
Write for special prices
frum coinin' to me, like ye done, fer strip off bark through the sudden gen Is accomplished home life In Isolated
on Leghorn. K 1 Red or Barred
miles an hour.
ground and maturing its fruit or pod
sections
will.
In
the
future,
simply
Rock
rulleU.
Catalog
free.
n job, an' waitin’ fer a chnnst to cap
beneath the surface of the soil.
oration
of
steam.
In
the
great
Inajor-
exist; but when all roads are "right QV
ture me when I. haln’t on my guard."
Mankind's Duty.
"That's why you carry the tide with Ity of cases the tree Is not set on fire. roads," these same communities,
Life is a problem; mortal man was you all the time." exclaimed the hired Nevertheless the nggregate number of these same homes, will live.
forest fires started by lightning is, In
We Specialize in
made to solvo the solemn problem, man, In sudden enlightenment.
right or wrong.—J. Q. Adams.
The Devil brooded In portentous many parts of the country, greater • Much Road Building
than the number due to all other
Eides, Felts, Wool, Mohair,
silence. The other busied himself
If taken In time, prevent oper
An Interesting feature of this year's
causes
combined.
ations for Diabetes. Catarrh.
You Want a Good Position pricking with his pocket-knife the wa
Tallow, Csscar a Orfgen
road building is the evident willing
Asthma Luna. Throat. Liver.
Very well—Take th« Accountancy and ter blisters caused by bls strenuous
Kidney. Rheumatism. Blood,
ness of both counties and states to
Odd Way to Pay Tax
Grape Root, Goat Skins,
Ruuln^mv Mnnifement, PrlrMt B« erst art- afternoon.
Stomach ami allfemal« dis
■ I. Calculator, Comptometer, Btenogr»-
orders. Bladder Troubles.
A southern Ohio taxpayer, being assume building through Issuance of
Horse Hair
“Hit's this awny,” Anse fumbled,
phlc. Penmanship, or Commercial T«acb-
highway bond Issues. Sixty millions
The C. GeeJWo Remedies ar«
ers’ Cours« at
suddenly, "I haln't never harmed a assessed 8 cents ns Ids fedenul in- Of dollar« have been spent since 1913
harmkes. as no drugs or poison
Writ«
for
Shipping Ts»s A latest Pric« Litt
are used.
Composed of the
soul whut haln't fust harmed me. I come tax, originally mulled postage off the Lincoln highway alone for Im
choisest medicinal roots, herbs,
but
was
stamps
covering
this
amount,
wantn live In ^ence with my feller
buds and hai k. imported by us
P ortland H ide a W ool C o .
from far away oriental coun
not nc- provements, and many millions more
The foremost Busin««« Colle»« of Iha man, but things has happened, which Informed that stumps were
tries. Cail or Write lor Inform
will
be
spent
during
the
few
years
im nue» ‘mui ««nt. rMtuw. ommm .
ceptable. Then the collector received
Northwest which has won more Accuracy they won’t let me,
ation
Just ahead on this great 8,100-mlle
Awards «nd Gold Medal« th«n any other
a
small
block
of
wood.
In
which
a
hole
Branch at Poeat«!!«. Idaho
“Them McBees butchered my broth
school In America. Bend for our Bticc««s
transcontinental road, which stretches C. Gee Wo Chinese Medicine Co.
Catalog. Fourth Street near Morrison, er. He wus my pnl, my playmate. hnd been bored and 8 cents secreted.
New Location ¿«2* Alder St.. S. W. Cor. ThW.
frofn the Hudson river to San Fran- Portland, Ore. a Eatablisbad 23 Yeurain Portland
Portland. < “r Isaac M Walker, Pre»
They filled him with lead an’ cut twen A corn cob was used as a stopper to cl«co bay.
No. 24, 1925 ty-five wounds in his body—all on ac- hold the money In place.
P. N. U.
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Mallory
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