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Tlift OREGON 'STATESMAN, -Salem, ' Oregon, Saturday. Morcirijr; March. 21, 1031
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"A'o Faror Sicays Us; No Fear Shall Aire" .
' From First Statesman, March '28, 1851
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Dried Milk U
ANOTHER UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM
By C. C. DAUER, M. D.
Marion County Health Dept.
' In rery- recent years there has
been a great ; Increase In the
amount of dried milk used, es
pecially for infant feeding. The I
purpose of this
article is to
discuss t n
prep t f t tl o n
and uses - of
this article of
food.
In generU
dried milk Is
prepared by
praying the!
milk into
large- recep
tacle , through
which hot air is
circulating. -As
the milk come3
In contact with
.' Or. Cv a Paear the hot air all
the moisture or water is Instant!
evaporated. : Another method is
spray the milk Into a partial vae
nam which is warmed. In either
ease the solid parts of the milk
are deposited at the bottom of the
vessel in. the form of a fine sow
der. One difficulty or drawback
to preparing milk in this form is
Youth and Grime
THE Portland Journal quotes Warden Iiolonan of an tflt not all bacteria, are de
Quentin as saying ?Youth is going to:prison at a rate stroyed. however most. of them
(asier mail ever wioic, wi .. - : Not nnlv la wlnin mtiv nMm.
Btitution; 2780 are under SO years of a?e--W This is a bu?.pai ESffvi
sharp rise of 12 over the previous year;, ? formulae used ia infant feeding.
Students of criminology will-know the exact statistics soured or lactic acid and protein
as to age ratios of the present day as compared with former n?"1
... i l i. - v.. - HofiVtifiri hv ner as we.i as otners. t
years, we nappenea lO nous retem 0 In Infant feeding- there i are
' . ciam . tn 1 i There were 269 -... 5 ; . a . ar?
male prisoners then, as follows: 19 under 20 years; 103 of food. First we -might mention
rt 5A. ok Ufvoon 5UV jinrl 410 ; 26 between 40 that dried milk nroperly nrenared
and 50; and 21 oyer 60. bE-U. for the -JjJggaj
ciases were; yo, vo, 0-0, w. ' " ' liong, aisianceg. Thu makes it a
l&so in tne local msutuuon mere were Jt uuuw jwuo aesiraoie iorm or milk to use In
of ajre which is comparatively close to the last years the tropics and other regions
fioT nf an Oupntin 51& i If ' where It Is Impossible to get fresh
- T?t toA over vJ W coerable ffiAS -3SJ?BSIi
numoer 01 people snoura so vo prusuiii iuui b anncuuy m making np a form
prising nor particularly alarming that the most of them nu for a child, it is economical
are under 30 years old. That is the time ! when blood runs tor only the exact amount needed
J!" vxu rrl a mAv j1wav exnect for the day 1 made np at one
l3llb, JL UUklf MACS W ltiU j - . -
tri larcpst tercentaire of inmates ranging in age from
There is another: reason why this average should be
falling that is the faster develoDment of youth of today.
aoy-maaers nave reiur&cu uni uvjo w. xv w - 1 way. Some bakers use It lnjnak-
all througn witn toys, rney were noi a genernuon ku. ne mg bread or other baked goods,
and better schools, more mechanical devices movies, more However, the quality of the rig
books and papers all help to give the mere boy of today an of
itf-Tj KTn .,lon rltv Ufa IwrtiVri fnrmprlv milk than that used for feeding
ouu .Ha , r. , x i. " lot children. It may also be used
he remained in icmorance of until his later teens. I instead of fmh mtiv i i.nn..
The youth who goes to prison today is a sophisticated for preparation of different foods land of Florida. Looking for the
chap, more so than his prototype of fifty years back. As the requiring milk. J ! owner to pay for the damage.
u uuiuuw uuuuvk U5ar- ; .v.-- xnis community : enjoys there with the aid of her consin. Sally,
training must be speeded up to enable him to erect pro- wonld not be adequate reason to has been running the plantation
tective defenses of self-control against the invitations to use dried milk extensively except since her father's deah. Fearing
nter a life of crime i t0T special occasions.- Under pres- the wrath of Mueller, owner ! of
The Journal has "done well to Doint out the sad oicture .tondll'01M better control is the adjoining groves, when he
- ine Journal nas aone wen, IO POinj "1 A " 1 keDt OTer th aources , of milk learns of the damage to his trees.
ol mcic wa uax w yiiauu. jliim. a xuit& ai wiumuw- snppiy. ? , s the girls urge Dave to leave
ity. it is one 01 the sad commentaries 01 our presumed en
lightenment that society seems so impotent in coping with
time. The vitamin content" of the i
dried milk Is very nearly on ai
par with fresh milk. i
Dried milk la also used oulte
extensively in the preparation of
certain roods in - a commercial
' i)
- - ,V . -
,lAali'sairtiiiiaC,atrttairts,siiiiil 1J ,-1.-
" ISJiight
omes
r?i
riy
g L. Adams
Dave Ordway, wealthy, young insists irpon relmbursina Mueller.
aviator, makjes forced landing land when lie learns Mueller has
in an orange grove in the hinter-' been molesting the girls.' he
more anxious than ever to meet
him. Just then Mueller's Plan flies
Dy. Dave wonders why he has an
amphibian when there if no water
in the vicinity. On the way to
Mueller's. Dave pictures his form
er fiancee, haughty Barbara Hols-
worthy, in Joan's place.
He
lightenment that society seems so impotent in coping witn Miyr rri 1 iwt j hjt iw i V
this growing problem of crime and the feeding of bright MOre I ftXCSe JN Ot MOfe Debt
youth to the pits of wrong-doing. - ' f J; - k ! ; : 3 -i"-
Insanity In Oregon.1? The Nation. New FnTKntZa' u a "a
that one Mike Kulikoff. 18. has been sent to the state Insane asylum SIlt out that the operation of
for readinr Lenln'a tat and Revolntlon and "Imn.rinll.m'" 1 Borrowing money . at iOW rates
the Washington high school. Goodman Is a professional radical sym- " f" .wuBueiy wimom
nathizer. He wrote wildly fantastic tales about the state neniten-1 occasioning any serious concern.
tlary and was Instigator of a hearing before the. state board of con-f As a matter of fact, however.
trol that flattened out like a dime under a locomotive. Why, it I tze treasury situation is far from
would be Impossible to send the lad to the insane hospital here I healthy. For the ; first time in
aiter tne recent erection wnen rreeaom or speech" was Plank I of I rears me treasury . is : racing a
the reform platform which the public endorsed by a big majority. deficit. On January 28 Secretary
Colliers recently had us p Ink"; now The Nation, has us black. Mellon told ' the senate - finance
Both might do a little investigating first, and we think they would I committee that he looked for a
una our coior true oiue - oui a on paier tcaa nsuau iaei.icii.ai ine en a ox tne present
I v I fiscal year (Jane 30) of 8375.-
Haa it ever been scientiflcallr determined hai rwwi..hnu kaI 000,000, and that no debt re-
taboo at a training table? One high school lad here this week said ductJon would be possible. ' On
he hadn't had pie all this season. Hadn't smoked either, but that FebrarT H Undersecretary Og
was no privation because he said 'none of his team smoked. Is the ?en MU1 predicted a deficit of
bar on pie for the moral effect or the physical effect? Has It ever "not ,ess than"--: 3500,000,000.
oeea aeierminea now macn less accurate a lad Is ia shooting has-1 ooclBls'7 sieuon may wen . reel
kets if he ate a small niece of annla nir w& iinnM , rv. I anxious as he contemnlatea tha
In denial may be of some spiritual value like refraining from eating volume of financing that
a delicacy during Lent; and of course indulgence In rich foods will wiI1 nT t0 ! -managed. In the
Interfere with an athlete's endurance; but we sometimes think the near utor6- On March IS the
coaches make their rules too severe. Perhaps Curt Comments can reaurT will have to be prepared
uote statistics on the subject, i I to redeem S1.10S.3T2.S50 of
er cent note of the 1930-32
We heard of one ex-service man who has a verr fin !!"e'"a While there has been
paying him around $4,000 a year or better, the warrant commg ,f
regularly to him from the state. He was one of the first t nnlJ".. 1'? for redeeming these
for his "bonus." Asked what he was golnc to do with tkn 7nonV I . f yt Deen made pnb-
he said he would invest it to draw f (the rite charged him by St XeSrV IL)Z j1
the government is 4). His Questioner frankl mid hfnT hi 2. i""0!?. eertlficatea.
0. HCTe "Te,r U of making merchandise STS!SS o7 WSSilFZ
' r i ' l"J T' T TTHTile
-Mm SV A4W&Am
oi treasury eertlficatea. ! one ol
142373.000 at 2 7-8 per cent
and another of $151,941,000 al
1 - Per cent, mature. Wlthls
Poor old sugar, which has gone lower In price from vear to fome "1?"
year until now it is the lowest the writer can recall. .tiff-Tnd u. U.T t ? Zl-"IITf.i-
back a trifle this week. And wool has been a bit fi. r tT :'-J.Vi'yw'?
demand. - an f .m. . " j I . pi tnem Bearing
lfka straws. lnHata th. 1.7 " ?.' I " C. . con interest, necame
- rw - -tun, Vux aruoune isicaiianre. rimii int. ika
xeoruary s, oc the present
- " va v6aumuuu ul i.v uioiD BiBcme MmniMiAn i i.iii nr naw fo..t& m
. v. r . - . -- , - " ""v
vim. v.uit was preseni ana
over to study and consideration
beginning and wUl probably have
textiles have been In: fair demand.
still on greasy skids, however.
courts In liberal doses the next tew years,
and "most of the time was given H4 $2.419.222.35. leaving a
of the act Itself. That's a good Be addition to the debt of $39.
e to be repeated by lawyers and 00.55i. The public debt, which
" New before have there been so many i business doctort as
during the present industrial illness. . Apparently the trouble is that
w uu laita ia meir own medicine. ; "
mtA - m. m TT -
. - : i I vi.zt s.z it on Jan-
i - . ' . . i ur si. snowed an increase -of
approximately $117,000,000 dur
ing- mat montn.
wnai-me issuance of short-
; Business has reached the yawn sure after a nlrhf. ,!. I " 1M00,09 sold on
Here's hoping it doesnt turn orSSd'SS anotL? USSt Jffel?".. " .tbat
- - I. . MU1' oorrowing to pay
So Theodore Dreiser slapped Sinclair Lewi, in tu. face. More Ud. all the whila fauinr a mtTl
behind. It will be. apparently.- in
one way or another, anm raa
lit Va... . I vub.boq behind on Jnn. so n..
. -"' m. - Alice u. i ,. j ta,.
wash, chairman of the board of TCinmaVt rSx on . r. ,M nnge
supreme-managers. Royal Neieh- T,"B1 J Jnds maturing in the
bo?, of AmertSith hiidawt r neit three year. It
ers in Rock Island, IIL if " resource save to re-
sftrnA . : ucb wa new
meetinr wss h-i.i i -v 51 rr..'Lvo""1' "l .ower rates of
rAiM. A.rr .we.t, : dui ... without
structloa. a
am V a W uri EBaa V f-flTt I am Wl 1 al V aa jm Wa AW. . -
1 feetarts. A banonei -7. "rr " rn,cn
tlonetldVoma.nto,.!,?ft0? 5" ed
Babbit .tuff.
Royal Neighbors s
In Portland For
Institution USet
SCOTTS MILLS March 20
Six members of Scott camp 112
Royal Neiffhbors of America at
tended the Nash, meeting held in
porti&nd Monday, .This gathering
February 20, raising from $20,
000.000.000 to $28,000,000.00
the amount of bonds that may be
issued under the second Liberty
Lan act, i
RAnrinf rf Ymm ihm Vallnn XfArAli AiV.
. . - -- . f& aT TT I ' ! A.AVAU A.W ,IHVU AlMAkWU Itll,
imo more nange in rnson otarr Tho M ltll - : , .
w a mTiri r i . i v -. ... si a AA I vaa, a,
rlrl; Deueves -H voices , tne oeuei oi vvyo tury has been able durinr the cast
I nf thn yxrhn rinvp follnwpH the administration at the I tew months to float successive is-
state prison when it expresses the hope that Henry. Meyers JffiJiS
wm remain as suuerrxiLenueni ana wuxiu xjwis as warucu. i donhtdi ninAd. tn mnfirm
The direction of this institution has been admirable and great many people in the com-
these men have rendered a type of service! .which is not be-1 sorting belief that the finances of
ino- corrmensated for in monev and cannot be. We have felt sovernment. notwithstanding
that a change was necessary in the management of the flax eVtlri" ifeSS? Jtato ol
industry, though we have not the slightest personal feeling February is. for. examDiel' tk
atrainst CoL Bartram and admit that under his control the treasury sold Siso.ooo.ooe of 91
industry has shown great expansion. Hi hia post can be ajp Dl"" nituring later in the
f lllorl antia-rnrtvnlTr wo hnnrt thpro will rw tu -fnt-thP rrinntr-I ' - ' " . UVD ivmu
- j rw . v--' i atrrrerated 13I7.E aaa t ha
es.in the executive staff at the penitentiary: and hope that the amonnt atnaii,- aiinta w-
c.j. ar ; ... t rn i sm j . . x 2 I . J
ouyu iueyers yi par trcuutr wru oe wiuing o remain on me i i,zis 400. - The -heavy . over-10b-
n . i I ' I subscription would seem to indi-
" ... lE":". -'' t .,.av A .. AL i at m m
not mereiy iaat creait
. ka a a. , : .
TnAer tha hnadtna- "Inaanitv In Orarnn Th KTatlin Vaar 1 V lu gorernmiffll IS gOOd and
' . Meantime congress, apparently
expecting that there would al
ways be a surplus and that, even
If there wasn't, things could be
managed somehow, has gone on
appropriating money with a lav
ish hand. It has Just completed
tne sinting of $500,000,000 in a
scheme of farm relief without
giving the farmer, any relief. It
was committed to an indefinitely
large outlay for Mississippi flood
control, and has Mattered mil
lions right and left to relieve nn-
employment by means of road
construction and public building.
With the game gay confidence in
the future it patted the country
on the back with 'a 1 per cent
redaction In the 1930 Income
taxes. Now, with business .crap
ing notion, and struggling hard
to rise, a persistent , volume of
not less than 5;0 00.0 00 unem
ployed, foreign trade declining,
railway revenue, -heavily cuV a
glutted world market. for wheat,
less and less demand for cotton,
and an alarming record of bank
and business failures, the treas
ury face, a deficit of half a bil
lion and a huge program of debt
refunding. j f
In almost fany other' country In
the world a financial predica
ment, such as this, - would have
neon met not only -by -reduction
of expenditure wherever such re
duction was possible, but by a
frank Increase of taxation. t U
Unfortunately a tax increase has
always been about , the last thing
to wmch congress or tne admin
istration has been willing to re
sort Until the federal income tax
was established. - the United
States relied upon tariff duties
and excise taxes on liquors. to
bacco, and a few other articles
for all but an unlmDortant Part
of its revenue. , The tariff.; of
course, was supposed to pluck the
foreigner: V Honor and tobacco
taxes were' all right because these
articles were more or less wick
ed luxuries. Since 1911. however,
internal revenue receipts have
run' ahead- of customs receipts,
and since 1918 have been counU
ed in billions where customs re
ceipts reached only mlilionsi As
things stand; If the . $ 9.00 0.0 09.-
009 that has been lopped off the
debt since the peak of 191 Is
not to go back again through re
curring deficits, the country will
have to go into Its pockets and
pay more taxes. ' .-, - : -1 ;
It is to this necessary Increase
In taxation that the new congress
should without hesitation address
Itself. There is no virtue what
ever in carrying a national debt
a day longer than tne time need
ed to repay It, none whatever in
saddling upon a - distant future
the indebtedness Incurred by the
present generation. With all; al
lowance for the practical useful
ness of credit or long-term fi
nancing, the generation that goes
In for expenditure should pay for
It. There is not only no reason
why federal taxes should not she
substantially Increased, ' there li
every reason why they should be
and why the Increase should be
made 'at once. . Barrlnr .the : at.
avoidable hardships of exception
al situations, the rates of the
CHAPTEB IV
He was sUrtled out of his ab
straction by a peremptory voice
from behind the next row of
orange trees.
"Hey, you!" . V. I...
Dave paused in mid-stride,
knowing an Instant Irritation at
the curt tone of command. From
between the low branches of the
trees came a heavy-set figure,
clad in garments which might
nave maoe a fashion ; plate en
titled "What the Well-dressed
Plantation Owner Will Wear."
With a Panama hat. moleskin
riding breeches and high hoots of
polished cordovan, the hard
faced stranger looked as though
he had Just been., turned out by
an over-sealous valet. The only
outre note in the otherwise per
fect ensemble was ! a double
barreled shot gun held in the
crook of hi. left arm. He met
Dave's eyes with a hostile glare
which sent a sharp tingle of anger
through the pilot's usually steady
nerves. . i :
"Ton the guy who .mashed my
treer he demanded truculently.
Dare, made a deliberate effort
to hold his temper in check. Yet
as he looked at the stranger he
felt his instinctive dislike increase
rather than diminish. The set of
the man's swarthy, blue-blick
Jaw, the glare of his agate-hard
brown eyes,' the red gash of his
over-thick lip. and . the ... vague
.cent of perfume that, emanated
from his person all served to In
tensify the Impression first cre
ated by the sound of his voice.
"Smashed your trees T" . Dave
repeated soldly. -'I den't know
Do you- own trees around here?
Sell Control
Pm Mueller." .announced the
other as though that were suffi
cient introduction to place him
among all the other citizens of the
World. :T ''i
-Mueller?" echoed the flier, a
spot of red upon each tanned
cheek. "MueUer .I'm sorry, but
X don't know you. Perhaps you
are trying to ten me that yon own
those trees : over there where I
made my forced landing
"Yeah, that's me." snapped the
otner, curtly. "Why ; the deuce
don't you practice flying over a
field till you learn to keen a plane
la the air?", r . v-
We wera talklnr about- your
trees," Dave pointed out. ,What
do I owe you for the damage?"
Two grand.", replied Mueller.
promptly. '7-:,
"Two what?" . --v- , i
"Two grand. - Two thousand
doUars," - '
?Why. you' can, bur a whole
acre of bearing frees for' less
than- that." said Dave, astonished.
"I'd say that a hundred dollars
would be more than enough for
the few trees whose tops were
cUpped off." 1 ; t
"You'll oar ine two thousand."
stated the other flatly, "or it'll
come out of you or your plane."
"Just try to collect " it," : re
torted the pilots quietly, staring
at Mueller through a pink base
of anger.
"The hard-faced man scarcely
moved but In the next moment
Dave found himself looking into
the twin' eyes of the shotgun. '
"Stick 'em up!" ordered Muel
ler.;- .-- ' .
Dave, muscles contracted and
became tense. But Mueller's fin
gers were twitching on the trig
ger of. his gun. The.: man was a
killer, ready, almost anxious - to
shoot. There was no object, Dave
decided, in deliberately commit
ting suicide. Time would even
er to the higher, brackets, are
extremely . low, and congress
matters. He raised his hands over
his head, . i
"X suppose you think," he .aid
evenlyv-"tht you can get away
with: this sort of thing?"
: The other looked at him un
blinking. .
"Get away with it? I could
smoke you off "and nobody'd
know for a thousand years. Now
drop your wallet right at my
feet. Bring your right hand down
easyj too."-
Dave hesitated, wondering it
he could reach the barrel of that
gun before the fingers squeezed
the trigger.
J Biding His Time
"G'mon," growled Mueller,
"put out everything you got. And
if I get a hunch, that you're
double-crossing me, 111 give you
both barrels." -
Slowly, deliberately, Dave did
as he was told, watching the oth
er's narrowed eyes for an oppor
tunity to Jump- at the first aim of
relaxing vigilance. But Mueller,
alert and impatient, kept the gun
pointed "unwaveringly at- the pil
ofa stomach. When the flier had
emptied his pockets, Mueller
stepped forward.
"All right, now." he growled,
"hack up half-a-dozen paces."
As Dave stepped back, the oth
er - advance until he stood over
the little pile of belonging, that
the filer had dropped at his feet.
Without abandoning his watch
fulness tor a moment, he stopped
and .wept up the pigskin wallet
with one hand. He riffled through
the contents, counting the treas
ury notes within.
"EilTht httndriMl and .vanv
Tft tl. A AXA .
wjui-miy on account.
He twisted the bills inf a waif
with; his stubby finger, and
pushed them into- his. pocket.
Then,- with exasperating
thoroughness he went through the
card pockets of the wallet, exam
ining every Item of their eon
tents. Guest and membrshtn
cards to yaeht and country clubs
as well a. memoranda hastily
scrawled on, the backs of personal
and business card, came under
thr earefnl scrutiny of those hard
brown eyes, while Dave chafed
and sweated under th enforced
restraint. With the shining toe of
hi. cordovan boot Mueller stirred
BITS fdr BREAKFAST
By IL J. HENDRICKS
Reverting to the pioneers: camp. Meek quite often was
- brought into contact with the
This ' column haa lately had traveling parties of"Engllsh co
something about the high, aver- blemen, or of painters and natur-
age intelligence of the pioneers, a lists, who attached themselves
and the outstanding educational
training of some of them
, V S
After the death of oseph L.
Meek, "Col. Joe Meek," as he
was usually , called, Mrs. JT. F.
Victor wrote a skeUh of the life
of that Intrepid "mountain
for greater safety to the caravan
of the fur companies. In this way
he was enabled to pick up a -fund,
of miscellaneous knowledge that
went far to cover the deficiency
of his early education." !
It Is easy to verify what Mrs.
man." hunter and trapper, ror victor wrote, when she said "only
the annual meeting of 1871 of a small proportion were really li
the Oregon Pioneer association. literate." This applies also to the
mrs. victor was me aumor oi pioneers who followed the mls-
several books, and she furnished sionaries who came after or with
much of the. Oregon matter for the hunters and trappers. None of
Bancroft'. Histories. She sra. the mtaslonarles, of course, were
n f aft. a am aa aa m.mmm m am a aVas. . m w
high authority on , the career of j illiterate.
w in in, c-iursa oi inn
HW. ' I ... . , A -AA
a a a i ntet was iur a iaug ume. niter
There are certain . seasons of It. a ... ..
aaWaS.S BuMttto. Who WM .U educ.-
ted man, as was his brother Mll-
cannot he taken on 'account of
cold, ,or when its fur is worth
little on account of hot weather.
At : these' seasons the men had
their semi-annual rendezvou
that of the winter season being
the longest -all of the men go
ing into i camp in some part of
the country' where they could
best subsist themselves and their
horses. During some of these
winter vacations. Meek aonlled
himself to acquiring some know
ledge or reading; and as the
only authors carried about with
the company's goods were of the
oest tne Bible, Shakespeare and
tne standard poets the effect
was to store a mind otherwisn
ton. And William Sublet t,e was a
partner la the firm ' of .Smith,
Jackson and Sublete. The senior
member was Jedediah ' Strong
Smith, first to lead , white men
over the southern route by way
of the Colorado river to the vi
cinity . of what is now Los An
geles; first in his return trip over
the Sierras by the central route;
first back, that way, and first up
the coast route over the Slski-
yous to the Oregon country.
Jedediah Smith was unique
among the hunters and trappers1
in other ways. He was a deeply
empty of learning with some oflr6l,1u man; a "shouting Meth-
ine nnest literature In the Enr. ouisi." carried his Bible with him
llsh language. land taught. religion wherever he
I - (went, with regular prayers. He
Besides this advantare. Mav I faced daneers that othersavold-
had for companions men who J ed, because he believed, in an
had in their youth been 'educated Iswers to. prayer and retarded
for a .very different life from that I himself as - under the protection
they were leading, but who for of the God he worshipped,
one cause or another, had become
embittered against society- and Meek - was with Smith a good
voluntarily f exiled themselves, deal, It was Meek who found him
Others, from a lore of adventnra with his faithful companion. Ar-
had come to the mountains. I tbur Black, la the shadows of the
ONLY A SMALL PROPORTION I Tetons In the summer of 1829.
were really illiterate men.
"Besides his companions
In
the little heap of letter, on the
ground. ' one after another he
Picked them up and read them
from end to end. Dave gritted his
teeth and dug hi. fingernails into
the palm, of his hand, to prevent
himself from losing the last ves
tige or self-control and runninr
Mueller's swarthy face cracVad
into a grin as he dropped a mon
ogram mea note to the ground:
Ov (.vn.J M
uv uyi uiuau si t on jvn me
bum's rush, does she?" That last
letter,
Dave remembered, had
been the one brought to him byC0Tered wagon days
after he had spent the winter at
Fort Vancouver with Dr. Mc-
Loughlln. after all his party but
himself and two other, bad been
killed 'by the Umpqua Indians on
the trip up the coast in 1828..
Meek followed the leadership
of Jedediah Smith In the winter
of 1829, and the spring of 1830.
In the dangerous country of the
Black feet ia the Yellowstone re
gion. He was with Smith when
the sale was made to the new
firm, and when the catch of furs
was first sent, o a large part of
It, to St. Louis in wagons, in
1830; the event that was touted
last year as the centenary of the
Which, of
Barbara's maid. Y--i onzht to m I course, it was not. The wagons
and Slap her down.. . I were covered, but they brought
Dave said nothing. , But .his I no settlers. They merely returned
gray eyes were as cold and dead-1 to St. Louis from the mountains
iy as those of a snake. He heard I loaded with furs.
the. blood throbbing In his ear-1 "' " . -
drums.- Through the noundinrl There .in the Yellowstone
filtered Mueller's mocking voice. 1 eountry, in August, 1830, Smith,
wen, pretty boy, next time I Jackson and (William) Sublette
you fly across Florida, give this
section a lot of room, see? And
if you know what, good for you.
you oetter .nap yourself out of
this picture before nlrht comes
on, seer it ain't a good place for
a gny who likes to keep his skin j owners.
on. ow tasre your check book,
here, and make me out a eheck
for eleven, hundred bucks. I see
by your balance that you wont
mm a a . a . -
jnias me jaca ana ru take mr
icnances that you don't stop pay-
I maiif am f
Write you a check?" repeated
sold out their business, to Thom
as. Fltzpatrlck, Milton Sublette
(brother to William), Henry
Fraeb, Baptiste Gervais and the
famous Jim Bridger; and Joe
Meek remained with tbo new
a.
The reader -will perhaps re
member that In his book, "The
Covered Wagon," - from which
was constructed the great screen
play under the same title, Emer
son Hough, the author, represent
ed Jim Bridger as an uneducated
a m - - I av a.ujvi eat saa uuvuuvaiv va
Dave incredulously. pil see y9u man and that his relatives sued
in iuum lira 1 1
The other, studied him specula
tively. The twin muscles of the
shotgun seemed to creep closer
to Dave's stomach.
. "ItH save you a lot of dough,"
said Mueller significantly, "if you
write me a cheek Instead of mak
ing me collect it myself."
i "Collect it," snapped Dave.
! For an age-long Instant Dave
expected to see those blued-steel
barrels spit flame. He stiffened
his body for the Impact.
' All right, then." nodded Muel
ler, Pick up your love letters
and beat it. And be lamming
along fast, too, before I lose my
temper and blow you into a coup
le of hunks of red meat"
i The filer stepped forward to
pick up his papers,, hoping that
the other could be eaught off
guard. But Mueller backed cau
tiously away, his fingers taut on
the triggers, watching ' every
s (Continued on Pag 7)
the producers of the play on ac
count of this, in which case they
showed that their ancestor was a
man of good education. .
Jesse Applegate was a 'master
of English; his writings compar
able with the best in the English
language. The men who came ia
the covered wagon days traced
their family connections in many
cases back to the best of the east
and the south.
Those who tame in to the wil
derness were ' among the most
hardy and the bravest of their
family lines, , A large proportion
of them came with high purposes
and patriotic motives; came to
aid in taming the wilderness and
adding an empire to their coun
try's possessions. The man who
say. they were ignorant only
shows his own ignorance, besides
his unworthiness. '
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