OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE. FRIDAY. FEBRUAY, 8. 1918.
Pape 6
In a Far
The Gold Seehers Who Journeyed Into the
Silence and Peace of the Arctic and Who
Never Came Bach. By JACK LONDON
(Ooprriffet, hf
HEN a man Journeys
Into a far country be
must be prepared to
forget many of the
things he has learned
and to acquire such
customs as are Inher-
k the new land. He must
"f j6k nhnnd.in the old Ideals
and the old gods, and
oftentimes he must re
verse the very code by
which his conduct has hitherto been
shaped. To those who have the
protean faculty of adaptability the
novelty af such change may even
b a source of pleasure, but to
those who happen to be hardened
to the ruts In which they were created
the pressure of the altered environ
ment la unbearable, and they chafe in
body and in spirit under the new re
strictions which they do not under
stand. This chaffing is bound to act
and react, producing divers evils and
leading to various misfortune. K
were better for the man who cannot fit
himself to the new groove to return to
his own country. If he delay too long
he will surely die.
When the world rang with the tale
of arctic gold and the lure of the north
gripped the heartstrings of men Car
ter Weatherbee threw np hla snug
clerkship, turned half of hla savings
over to hla wife and with the remain
der bought an outfit. There waa no
romance In bis nature. The bondage
of commerce had crushed all that He
was simply tired of the ceaseless grind
and wished to risk great haearda In
view of corresixinding returns, like
many another fool, disdaining the old j
trails used by the northland pioneers
fr at rears, be hurried to Ed- !
m on ton In the spring of the year, and
there, unluckily for his soul's welfare,
he allied himself with a party of men.
There was nothing uuasual about
this party, except Its plans. Even Its
goal, like that of all other parties, was
the Klondike. But the route It had
ma plied out to attain that goal took
away the breath of the hardiest native,
born and bred to the vicissitudes of
the northwest Even Jacques Baptiste,
bom of a Chippewa woman and a ren
egade voyageur (having raised hia first
whimpers in a deerskin lodge north of
the sixty-fifth parallel and had the
same hushed by blissful sucks of raw
tallow), was surprised. Though he
sold his services to them and agreed
to travel even to the never opening
Ice, be shook bis bead ominously when
ever his advice was asked.
Percy Cuthfert's evil star must have
been in the ascendant, for he, too,
joined this country of argonauts. He
was an ordinary man, with a bank ac
count as deep as hU culture, which is
saying a good deal. He had no reason
to e tubai k ou such a venture no rea
son in the world, save that he suffered
from an abnormal development of sen
timentality. He mistook this for the
true spirit of romance and adventure.
Many another man has done the like
and made as fatal a mistake.
The first breakup of spring found
the party following the ice run of Elk
river. It was an imposing fleet for
the outfit was large, and they were ac
companied by a disreputable contin
gent of half breed voyageurs with their
women and children. L)ay in and day
out they labored with the bateaux and
canoes, fought mosquitoes and other
kindred pests or sweated and swore at
the portages. Severe toil like this lays
, a man naked to the very roots of bis
aonL and ere Lake Athabasca was lost
In the south each member of the party
had hoisted his true colors.
The two shirks and chronic grum
blers were Carter Weatherbee and Per
cy Cuthfert The whole party com
plained less of Its aches and pains than
did either of them. Not once did tbey
volunteer for the thousand and one
petty duties of the camp. They thought
nobody noticed, but their comrades
swore under their breaths and grew to
hate them, while Jacques Baptiste
sneered openly and damned them from
morning till night. But Jacques Bap
tiste was no gentleman.
At the Great Slave Hudson bay dogs
were purchased, and the fleet sank to
the guards with its added burden of
dried fish and pemmican. Then canoe
and bateau answered to the swift cur
rent of the Mackenzie, and they plung
ed into the Great Barren Ground. Ev
ery likely looking "feeder" was pros
pected, but the elusive "pay dirt"
danced ever to the north. At the Great
Bear, overcome by the common dread
of the unknown lands, their voyageurs
began to desert, and Fort of Good
Hope saw the last and bravest bending
to the tow lines as they bucked the
current down which they had so treach
erously glided. Jacques Baptiste alone
remained. Had he not sworn to travel
even to the never opening ice?
Abandoning their river craft at the
headwaters of the Little Peel, they
consumed the rest of the summer In
the great portage over the Mackenzie
watershed to the West Itat. This lit
tle stream fed the Porcupine, which In
turn Joined the Yukon where that
mighty highway of the uorth counter
man lies on -the Arctic Circle. But they
had lost iu the race with winter, and
one day thev tied their rafts to the
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thick eddy Ice and hnrrted their goods
ashore. That night the river Jammed
and broke several time. The follow
ing morning it had fallen asleep for
good.
"We can't be niore'n 400 miles from
the Yukon." concluded Sloier, multi
plying his thumb nails by the scale of
the map. The council. In which the
two Incapables had whined to excel
lent disadvantage, was drawing to a
close,
"Hudson bay poet, long time ago. No
use urn now." Jacques Baptiste' fa
ther had made the trip for the Fur
company In the old days. Incidentally
marking the trail with a couple of
frozen toes.
"Sufferta crackyr cried another of
the party. "No whites?"
"Nary white," Sloper seutentlously
affirmed. "But Its only 500 more up
the Tukon to Pawson. Call It a rough
thousand from here."
Weatherbee and Cuthfert groaned in
chorus.
"How loug'll that take. Baptister
The half breed figured for a moment.
"Workuni like h , no man play out.
ten, twenty, forty, fifty days. Urn ba
bies come" (designating the Incapa
ales), "no can tell. Mebbe when b
freeze over; mebbe not then."
The manufacture of snowshoes and
moccasins ceased. Somebody called
the name of an absent member, who
came out of an aucleut cabin at the
edge of the campQre and joined them.
The cabin was one of the many mys
teries which lurk In the vast recesses
of the north. Built when and by
whom no man could tell. Two graves
in the open, piled high with stones,
perhaps contained the secret of those
early wanderers. But whose hand had
piled the stones?
The moment .had come. Jacques
Baptiste paused' in the fitting of a
harness and pinned the struggling dog
in the snow. The cook made mute
protest for delay, threw a handful of
bacon into a noisy pot of beans, then
came to attention. Sloper rose to his
feet His body was a ludicrous con
trast to the healthy physiques of the
Incapables. Yellow and weak, fleeing
from a South American fever hole, he
bad not broken his flight across the
rones and was still able to toll with
men. His weight was probably ninety
pounds with the heavy hunting knife
thrown In, and his grizzled hair told
of a prime which had ceased to be.
The fresh young muscles or eitner
Weatherliee or Cuthfert were equal to
ten times the endeavor of his. yet he
could walk them into the earth in a
day's journey. And all this day he
had whipped his stronger comrades
Into venturing a thousand miles of the
stiffest hardship man can conceive. He
was the incarnation of the unrest of
his race, and the old Teutonic stub
bornness, dashed with the quick grasp
and action of the Yankee, held the
flesh In the bondage of the spirit.
"All those In favor of going on with
the dogs as soon as the Ice sets say
aye."
"Ayef rang out eight voices voices
destined to strina a trail of oaths along
many a hundred miles of pain.
"Contrary minded?"
"Nor For the first time the Incapa
bles were united without some com
promise of personal Interests.
"And what are you goir to do about
it?" Weatherbee added belligerently.
"Majority rule! Majo-"r rule!" clam
ored the rest of the party.
"I know the expedition is liable to
fall through If you don't come," Sloper
replied sweetly, "but I guess, If we try
real hard, we can manage to do with
out you. What do you say, boys?"
The sentiment was cheered to the
echo.
"But I say, you know," -Cuthfert ven
tured apprehensively, "what's a chap
like me to do?" 1
"Ain't you coming with us?"
"No-o."
"Then do as you please. We won't
have nothing to say.''
"Kind o' calkilate yuh might settJe
it with that tanoodlin' pardner of
yourn," suggested a heavy going west
erner from the Dnkotas, at the game
time pointing out Weatherbee. "He'll
be shore to ask yuh what yur a-goin'
to do when it comes to cookin' an'
gatheriu' the wood."
"Then we'll consider It all arranged,"
concluded Sloper. "We'll pull out to
morrow, if we camp within five miles,
Just to get everything In running order
and remember if we've forgotten any
thing." The sleds groaned by on their steel
shod runners, and the dogs Btralned
low In the harnesses In which they
were born to die. Jacques Baptiste
paused by the side of Sloper to get
a last glimpse of the cabin. The smoke
curled up pathetically from the Yukon
stovepipe. The two iucapubles were
watching them from the doorway.
Sloper laid his hand on the other's
shoulder.
"Jacques Baptiste, did you ever hear
of the Kilkenny cats?"
The half breed shook his head.
"Well, my friend and good comrade,
the Kilkenny cats fought till neither
hide nor hair nor yowl wag left. You
understand till nothing was left Very
Wilsonville
WILSONVILLE, Ore., Feb. 6 Geo.
Stangel and bride arrived home from
Lob Angeles, Monday.
Jack Angus, Frank Stangel and N.
0. Say, were in Oregon City on Mon
day on business.
Mrs. Mercereau and sister, Elsie
Reed, of Portland, attended the fun
eral of Mrs. Raymond Seely on Thurs
day, coming by auto from the Rose
city.
Mr. and Mrs. James Angus, of Port
land, spent the week-end with rela
good. Now, those two men don't like
work. They won't work. Ve know
H at. They'll be all alone In that cabin
i. winter- mighty long, dark winter.
. Ikcnny cats-well?"
The Frenchman In llaptlste shrugged
his shoulders, but the Indian In hliu
was silent. Nevertheless it was an
eloquent shrug, pregnant with proph
ecy. Things prospered In the little cabin
at tint. The rough badinage of their
comrades had made Weatherbee and
Cuthfert conscious of the mutual re
sponsibility which had devolved upon
them. Besides, there was not so much
work, after all, for two healthy men.
And the removal of the cruel whip
hand, or, In other words, the bulldoa-
lug half breed, had brought with It a
Joyous reaction. At first each strove
to outdo the other, and they performed
petty tasks with an unction which
would have oened the eyes of their
comrades who were now wearing out
bodies and souls on the long frail.
All care was banished. The forest,
which shouldered In upon them from
three sides, was an Inexhaustible wood
yard. A few yards from their door
slept the porcupine, and a hole through
its winter robe formed a bubbling
spring of water, crystal clear and pain
fully cold. But thiy aoon grew to find
fault with even that The hole would
persist in freezing up and thua gave
them many a miserable hour of Ice
chopping. The unknown builders of
the cabin had extended the side logs
to as to support a cache at the rear.
In this waa stored the bulk of the par
ty's provisions. Food there was, with
out stint, for three times the men who
were fated to live uon It. But the
moat of It waa of the kind which built
Sprang to Their Feet
np brain and sinew, but did not tickle
the palate. True, there wus sugar In
plenty for two ordinary men. but these
two were little else than children.
They early discovered the virtues of
hot water Judiciously saturated with
sugar, and they prodigally gwam their
flapjacks and soaked their crusts In
the rich, white sirup. Then coffee and
tea, and especially the dried fruits,
made disastrous inroads upon it The
first words they bad were over the
sugar question. And It Is a really seri
ous thing when two men wholly de
pendent upon each other for company
begin to quarrel.
Weatherbee loved to discourse bla
tantly on politics, while Cuthfert, who
had been prone to dip his coupons and
let the commonwealth Jog on us best
It might, either ignored the subject or
delivered himself of startling epigrams.
But the clerk was too obtuse to appre
ciate the clever shaping of thought,
and this waste of ammunition Irritated
Cuthfert. He had been used to blind
ing people by his brilliancy, and It
worked him quite u hardship, this
loss of an audience. He felt personal
ly aggrieved and unconsciously held
his muttonhead companion responsible
for It
Save existence, they had nothing In
common came In touch on no single
point. Weatqerbee was a clerk who
bad known nought but clerking all his
life; Cuthfert was a master of arts, a
dabbler in oils and hud written not a
little. The one was a lower class man
who considered himself a gentleman,
and the other was a gentleman who
knew himself to be such. From this
it may be remarked that a man can
be a gentleman without possessing the
first instinct of true comradeship. The
very presence of either became a per
sonal affront to the other, and they
lapsed into sullen silences which In
creased in length and strength us the
days went-by. Occasionally the flash
of an eye or the curl of a lip got the
better of them, th nigh they strove to
tives here.
The Wilsonville Commercial club
Is planning many Improvements for
the near future.
The local school and schools of this
vicinity, have industrial clubs that
are doing good work.
Quite a number of war stamps were
sold at our village postoffice, last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stangel were
Portland visitors Monday, and pur
chased a new Lexington "6" car.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawler and family
have rented the farm belonging to
W. W. Graham, in Corral Creek dis
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ignore wholly each other during these
mute periods. And a great wonder
sprang up In the breast of each as to
bow (Sod had ever come to create the
other.
As the sugar pile and other little lux
uries dwindled they began to lie afraid
they were not getting their lrner
shares, and in order that they might
not be robbed they fell to gorging
themselves. The luxuries suffored lit
this gluttonous contest, as did also the
meu. In the almonee of fresh vegeta
bles and exercise their blood became
Impoverished, and a loathsome, pur
plish rash crept over their bodies. Yet
they refused to heed the warning.
Next their muscles and joints began
to swell, the flesh turning black, whlla
their mouths, gums and lips took on
the color of rich cream. Instead of
being drawn together by their misery,
each gloated over the other's symp
toms as the scurvy took Its course.
They lost all regard for personal ap
pearance and, for that matter, common
decency. The cabin became a pigpen,
and never one were the bed made or
fresh pine bougha laid underneath.
Yet they could not keep to their blank-
eta, as they would have wished, for
the frost was inexorable, and the lire
box consumed much fuel. The hair of
their heads and faces grew long and
shaggy, while their garments would
have disgusted a ragpicker. But they
did not care. They were sick, and
there was no one to see. Besides, it
was very painful to move about
To all thla was added a new trouble
the fear of th uorth. This fear was
the Joint child of the great cold and
the great silence and was Intra In the
darkness of Dwemher, when the aun
dipped below thw southern hortton for
good. It affected them according to
Shriekina With Terror.
their natures. Weatherbee fell prey
to the grosser superstitions and did
his best to resurrect the spirit which
slept In the forgotten graves. It was
a fascinating thing, and in bis dreams
they came tolilm from out of the cold
and suuggled into his blankets and
told him of their toils and troubles ere
they died. He shrank away from the
dummy contact as tbey drew closer
and twined their frozen limbs about
him, and when they whispered in bis
ear of things to come the cabin rang
with his frightened shrieks. Cuthfert
did not understand, for they no longer
spoke, and wlien thus awakened he
Invariably grablxsi for hi revolver.
Then he would sit up In bed, shivering
nervously, with the weapon trained on
the unconscious dreamer. Cuthfert
deemed the man going mad and so
came to fear for his life.
What with the fear of the north, the
mental strain uml the ravages of the
disease, the pair lost all semblance of
humanity, taking on the appearand
of wild beasts hunted and desperate.
Their cheeks and noses, as an after
math of the freezing, had turned black.
Their frozen toes had begun to drop
away at the first uml second Joints.
Every movement brought pain, but the
fire box was Insatiuble, wringing a
ransom of torture from their miserable
bodies. Day In, day out, It demanded
Its food, a veritable pound of flesh,
and they dragged themselves Into the
forest to choyi wood on their knees.
Once, crawling thus in search of dry
sticks, unknown to each other they
entered a thicket from opposite sides.
Suddenly, without warning, two peer
ing death's heads confronted each oth
er. Suffering had so transformed them
that recognition was Impossible.' They
sprang to their feet, shrieking with
terror, and dashed away on their man
gled stumps, and, fulling at the cabin
door, they clawed and scratched like
demons till thoy discovered their mis
take. Occasionally they lapsed normal and
trict.
The Wilsonville Red Cross society
holdH weekly meetings each Wednes
day in the I. 0. 0. F. hall, and every
one Is welcome to attend, and help in
this good cause.
The sidewalk that has been recent
ly laid is a great convenience and was
done by donation work, many of the
ladles assisting with hammer and
nails.
A large crowd attended tho funeral
of Mrs. Raymond Seely, at the M. B.
church, on Thursday, at 12:30 o'clock.
Rev. Barber, an old-time friend of the
deceased, preached a comforting fun
WH3B& tud!
during one of the unite Intervals the
chief hone of contention, (he sugar, had
been divided equally between them.
They guarded lliolr separate sacks,
stored up In the cache, with Jealous
eyes, for there wort but a few cupful
left, and they were totally devoid of
faith In each other. Hut one day Cuth
fert made a mistake. Hardly able to
move, alck with pit In. with hi head
iwliumlng and eyes blinded, he crept
Into the cache, sugar canister lu hand,
and mistook Weatbeibeo' sack for hi
own.
January had been born but a few
flay when this occurred. The aun had
some time since passed it lowest
southern declination and at meridian
now threw flaunting streak of yellow
light uHtn the northern sky. On the
day following hi mistake with the
ugar bag Cuthfert found himself feel
ing better both In body and In spirit.
A noontime drew near and the day
brightened ho drugged himself outside
to fet ou the evanescent glow, which
was to Mm an earnest of the sun' fu
ture Intention. Wcathorbee w also
feeling somewhat better and crawled
out beside him. They propmil them
selves In the enow beneath the move
less wind vane and waited.
The stillness of death waa about
them. In other clime when nature
falls Into siii h mood there I a aub
dued air of expectancy, a waiting for
some small voice to take up the broken
train. Not so In the north. The two
men had lived seeming aeon In thla
ghostly peace. They could remember
no song of the past; they could conjure
no aong of the future. Thla unearthly
calm had always been the tranquil
alienee of eternity.
Their eyes were fixed upon the
north. TJnaoen. behind their Imrk. be
hind the towering mountain to the
south, the aun swept toward the aenlth
of another sky than theirs. Sola apec
t a tors of the mighty rauv, . they
watched the false dawn ilowly grow.
A faint flame began to glow and
moulder. It derailed In Intensity,
ringing the changes of reddish yellow,
pnrple and saffron. Co bright did It
become that Cuthfert thought the aun
must surely be behind It a miracle,
the sun rising In the north! Suddenly,
without warning and without fading.
the canva was awepf clean. There
was no color In the sky. The light
had gone out of the duy. They caught
their breath In half . Hut lo.
the air was a-gltnt with particle of
aclntlllatlng frost, ami there, to the
north, the wind vnue lay In vague
outline on the snow! A shadow! A
shadow! It wax exactly midday. They
Jerked their heads hurriedly to the
south. A golden rim peeed over the
mountain' snowy shoulder, smiled
niKin them an Instant, then dipped
from sight again.
There were tears In their eyes a
they sought each other, A strange
softening came over them,. They felt
lrresisttbty drawn toward each other.
The sun wan coming back again. It
would be with them tomorrow and the
next day and the next. And It would
stay longer every visit, and a time
would come when it would ride their
heaven day and night never once drop
ping below the sky line. There would
be no night. The b-e locked winter
wmild be broken; the wind would
I blow anil the forest answer; the land
would blithe lu the blessed sunshine
and life renew. Hand In hand they
Would quit this horrid dream and Jour
ney hack to tin- southland. They
lurched blindly forward, and their
hands met-their p"or maimed hands,
swollen and distorted beueuth their
mittens.
Hut the promlc whs destined to re-
I it,l.i ,,fltm.,,l Tl,., .,rlil,ii1 l tl,
r."rhl;i::'.l. rT' mni n'n'' n"t twlr
souls by strange rules, which other
men who have not Journeyed Into far
countries cannot rente to understand.
An hour later Cuthfert put a pan of
bread Into the oven and fell to specu
lating on what the surgeons could do
with his feet when he got back. Home
did not teem so very far away now.
Weatherbee whs riiniiuiiglug In the
cache. Of a sudden he raised a whirl
wind of blasphemy, which In turn
ceased with startling abruptness. The
other man hud robbed his sugar sack.
Still, things might have happened dif
ferently had not the two dead men
come out from under the stone and
hushed the hot words In hi throat
They led hhn quite gently from the
cache, which ho forgot to close. That
consummation was reached; that some
thing they hud whispered to him In
his dreams was about to happen. They
guided him gently, very gently, to the
woodpile, where they put the ax In
his bunds. Then they helped him
shove open the cabin door, and ho felt
sure they shut It after him at least
he heard It slam and tho latch fall
sharply Into place. And he knew they
were waiting Just without, waiting for
htm to do his task.
"Carter! I say, Carter!"
Tercy Cuthfert was frightened at
the look on th clerk's face, and "Tie
made haste to put the table between
111 e in.
Carter Weatlierbee followed without
haste and without enthusiasm. There
was neither pity nor passion in his
face, but rather the patient, stolid look
of one who has certain work to do aud
goes about it methodically.
"I say, what's .the matter?"
The clerk dodged hack, cutting off
his retreat to the door, but never open
ing his mouth.
"I say, Curler, I say, let's talk.
There's n good chap,"
The muster of arts was thinking rap
id, y now, shaping a skillful flank
nio euient on the bed whero ids Smith
Si Wesson lay. Keeping his eyes on
the mudman, he rolled backward on
the bunk, at tho same time clutching
the pistol.
"C irtcr!"
Ths powder flashed full In Weather-
eral sermon, and a choir compoied of
Mrs. Joe Thornton, Mrs. Blackburn,
Mrs. O. Handklns, H. D. Aden and
Sherman Seely, rendered very sweet
ly "Lead Kindly Light," and "Beauti
ful Isle of Somewhere," while Miss
Margaret Scollard presided at the or
gan. The pall bearers were Charles
Rldder, Joe Thornton, Bort Tooze, Ed
Mulloy, Henry Boeckman and Geo.
Murray. There were many beautiful
floral offerings. Interment was made
In the Pleasant II111 cemetery.
lone Odd Fellows
hall.
to build new
I bee' fa
re, but he wung hi weapon
and leaped forward. The ax lilt deep
ly nt the base of the spine, and Percy
Cuthfert felt all cnimiiniiane of hi
lower lliuha leave hlui. Then the clerk
fell heavily upon hint, clutching hliu
by the throat with feeble finger. The
sharp bite of the ax hud caused Cuth
fert to drop the pistol, and a hi
lung panted for release he fumbled
aimlessly for It among the blanket.
Then he remembered. He slid a hand
up the clerk' belt to the aheath knife,
and they drew very close to each other
In that last clinch.
Percy Cuthfert felt hi strength leave
hlui. The lower portion of hi body
waa uncles. The Inert weight of
Went her bee crushed hlm-cruhed hlui
and pinned him there like n bear under
a trap. The eablu bocaaio tilled with
a familiar odor, and he knew the bread
to be burning. Yet what did It mat
ter? He would never need It And
there were all of six cupful of augur
In the cache. If he had forwaeen tht
ho would not have been so saving the
last several days. Would the wind
vane ever move? it might even lie
veering now. Why not? Had he not
aeon the aun today? He would go and
see. No; It wa Impoaiilble to move.
He had not thought tha clerk so heavy
a man.
How quickly the cabin cooled! The
fire uiuat tie out. The cold waa forc
ing lu. It must be below aero al
ready, and the Ice creeping up the In
?Mfl.iJLUUi llook Ug could. not.jjee.Jl,
but III mf expedience eiiaufed" htm
to gauge It progress by the cabin'
temperature, The lower binge must
Ih white ere now. Would the tale of
thl ever reach the world? How
would hla friend take It? They would
read It over their coffee, most likely,
aud talk It over at the club. He could
see them very clearly. "Poor old Cutl
rert" they murmured. 'Not such a
bad Rort of chap, after all." He
ttnllcd at their eulogle and passed ou
In search of a TurkUh bath. It wa
the same old crowd upon the street
Strange they did not notice hla moose
bide moccasin nd tattered Herman
ocks! II would take a cab. Aud
after the bath a hve would not tie
bad. No; be would eat first- Steak and
potatoes and green thlnghow fresh
It all wa! And what waa that?
Square of honey, streaming liquid am
ler! But why did they bring so much?
Ha, ha! He could never eat It all
Shine? Wby, certainly. He put hi
foot on the box. Hie bootblack looked
curiously up at hlui, ntid he remem
bered hi mno hide nus-caslti aud
went away hastily,
Hark! The wind vaue must lie sure
ly spinning. No; a mete singing In hi
ears; that was nil- mere singing.
The Ice must have passed the latch by
now. More likely the upper hinge was
covered. Between the mm chinked
roof poles little xilnts of frost began
to appear. How slowly tbey grew!
No, not so slowly. There w a now
one, and there aimther-lwo three
four tbey were coming too fast to
count. There were two growing to
gether, and there-a third had Joined
them. Why, there were no more spota
They had run together and formed I
sheet.
Well, he would have company. If
Gabriel ever broke the silence of the
north thev would stand together, hand
In hand, before the great white throne
And God would Judge them, God would
Judge them!
Then Percy Cnthfert Hosed hi eye
uud dropped off to sleep.
BELIEVE BRAIN IM STOMACH
Chineie Ignorant of the Anatomy of
Human Body Subject of Mi
crobes Difficult to Teach.
Ignorance Is responsible for the
guesswork of the Chinese about the
anatomy of the hiiiniin body, Jean
Price writes In World Outlook. "Noth
Ing Is known of the nervous system
or of the circulation of the blood, and
every organ except the brain I suld
to have a pulse. The heart Is consld
ered to be the center of being, and
therefore It must also be In the cen
ter of tho body." The Chinese also
believe that the hrnln Is In the stom
ach. Perhaps that Is the reason tha
more than half the thought and con
versntlou of the common people re
lates to food !
It Is Ignorance which makes a moth
er chew her child's food, before put
ting It In the little one's month. It Is
Ignorance which allows a mother to
wash the clothes In n green, stagnant
pool while the child lit her side eager
ly drinks the Mime water. It I Ignor
ance which our mission doctors hnve
to fight when they suggest that wom
en should not use poisonous face
paint, should bathe the hnhy at least
once before It Is grown, should wash
t the dishes onre n month In clenn wa
ter. This Ignorance tntikes the sub
ject of microbes more dllllcult to teach
than the English In which It Is taught.
And, though It's hard to say, It Is
Ignorance which muses n lover to
tiiko water In which his body Is
washed and secretly mix It In the
drink of his loved one. Hut, then, that
Is rmnnnce and we miisn't mention
germs In the sinuc breiilh.
Correct.
Little Jim, did not know quite
so much ubout scriptural history us li'
ought to have known, but when
his sister asked him, "Where was Sol
onion's temple?" he was rather angrj
that she should think him tumble to
answer u simple question like that.
"Don't you think I know anything?"
he asked.
"Well, where was It, then?" hi sis
ter repeuted.
And then he Informed her: "On the
side of his forehead, of course, the
sumo ns oilier folks' I Do you think
I ntn a dunre?"
HOMER C. R0BBIN3 ENLI3T8.
Homer C. Robbing, son of Mr. and
Mrs. 0. W. Robbing of Molalla, form
erly a Clackamag county boy, but late
of Montana, appeared before the local
board for entry into tho aviation ser
vice. He was examined "Monday af
ternoon, found fit for service, and will
leave in the next few daya for the avi
atlon training camp at Leavenworth
Kansas.
Pendleton Warren Construction
completes 10 miles paving between
here and Blakely,
This Is Our Winter
of Test
iKUVINU food I a lo
cal problem for each
community, Price
and definite rule for
every on rnttnot b
formulated, It
I a duty for
each one to
eat only so
much a Is
necessary to
maintain ths
Iiuuiiiu body
tieallhy ami strong. Thl winter
of MIS I Die period when I to
he (riled here lu America wheth
er our people are capable of vol
untary Individual Mitcrlfir to
save ths world. That Is the pur
pone of the orgiiulxittlou of tha
Pulled States Food Administration-
by voluntary effort to pro
vide the food (hut the world
need.
V. . FOOD Al'MIMSTUATION
NEED BIHIERDS
Europe's Meat Supply Must Come
From America.
Warring Nation Hv Depleted Live
tock at Enormous Rat, fvtt
Killing Dairy Cattls For Feed.
American itork breeder are being
iked to conserve their flock and
herd In order to meet Kurope'a tre
mendous demand for meat during
th war and probably for uinuy years
afterward.
The United State food adminis
tration report that American itock
raiser have shown a dlspoaltlon to
co-oporate with (he government In In
creasing the nation' supply of llv
tock.
Germany (mluy I probably better
supplied with live not k than ny oth
er Kuroieau nation. When the Ger
man armies uiutlu their big advance
Into Prance and then retreated, vir
tually all the cattle lu the Irvaded
territory approximately l.SDO.OOO
head- were driven behind the German
line.
Hut In Kugland where a-ti)0,0(K
acres of pasture hind have been turn
ed Into grain lleldx- the rattle herd
re decreasing rapidly. One of the
renson apparently I the declining
maximum price scale adopted by the
Kngllsh follows: For September.
$17,711 per 100 pounds ; October, jn.'.'S:
November ami lieeeiober, Hldiis; Jan
lltry, f I MO. The effect of these prices
wa to drive beef tiiiluiiils ou tint mar
ket as anon as xr.wlblc,
In Krunce the number of cuttle a
well a the quality have shown an
enormous decline d irlivt the war.
Where Krunce hud 1 I.sii;,ih head of
cattle In lPt:i, she now bus only
3ll,lMV, n decrease of bill per cent.
And Krnnce Is today producing only
one gallon of milk compared to two
and one half gallons befi.re the war.
lientnnrk mi'l 1 1 1 i I n I 1 1 hiivc been
forced to HHcrlllce dllll'V herd for beef
because of the link of iierccMiry feed.
Close study of the Kmopciin meat
situation bus convinced the Pood Ad
ministration Hint the future problem
of Auierba lies largely lu the produc
tion of nieat producing nitlinul and
dairy products rather thiin lu the pro
duction of cereals for cilort when,
the war will have censed.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT
HELPS PAY FOR BREAD
There hu been much mUumlvr
tandlng about the bread program In
Kiigliind. It Is true (but the lOngllsh
uiun buy a loaf of bread for less thun
an American can, hut It Is poorer
I bread, nnd the British government Is
paying 200,(KM),mxi n yeuf toward the
cost of It '
All the grain grown In Oreut Brit
ain Is taken over by the goxerntnent
at an arbitrary price and the Imported
wheat purchuscd on the markets ut
the prevailing market price. This la
turned over to the mills by the govern
ment at a price that allows the adul
terized war bread loaf of four pmindu
to sell at 18 cents, the two pound lour
at 9 cents and the one pound louf at f
cent.
In France, under condition some
what 'almllur, but with a larger ex
traction, the four pound loaf soils for
10 cents.
Y
F
10 BE CELEBRATED
In colehrallon of the fiftieth anni
versary of the ordenj Oregon City
lodge, No. 1189, B. P. O. Elks, will hold
"open house" at the club rooms on
Saturday night, February 16.
Membors of the lodge will extend
invitations to their wives or sweet
hearts to Join them on this night to
enjoy the special program that will be
prepared by the entertainment com
mittee. The details of the program have not
yet been announced but it Is known
that tho "fair sex" will be entitled to
all privileges, usually extended to the
members, Including use of the bowl
ing alleys, and billiard tables. N
Ed Fortune Is chairman of the com
mittee. Cottage Grove Oakland planing
mill to be moved here.
LlnntonClark & Wilson Lumber
Co. purchase large tract timber, land
in Columbia County for $800,000,