ALASKA’S GREAT
COALJ’ROBLEM,
ALASKA WANTS
I MORE SETTLERS
Roosevelt’s Coaservatioo Order
Delaying Development.
Miners, Farmers and Laborers
Needed In the Northwest.
miles. This gorge Is exceedingly wild,
wltb ulrni. i perpendicular sides for
considerable stretches. This necessi
tates alm ost. »utinuous rock work, and
this Is uhniit the only kind of con
struction we are able to continue on
the road during the winter. From COO
to 1,500 UK*a will be kept In the can
yon all this « inter, and as soon ns pos
sible In the . ring 2.000 more will bo
added to the loree. Ileyond the mouth
of the Chilian construction Is moder
ately easy fui (he Alaskan const, which
presents mot*' and worse obstacles to |
railroad coiuoruction than any pnrt o f
the world 1 know
At the Chltlna, m u m p ii n aaann r in r ti in u a u
however, the copper river must bo
bridged for the third time within u
________
hundred miles."
I
Amazing Alaska has Just reappeared
I . C. Hawkins, Englnser In Charge of
In the limelight, showing another new
tho Copper River and Northwestern
phase. While folks here at home are {These articles and Illustrations must not
Railroad. Throws Light Upon an Ab
howling that the riches of the northern
be reprinted without special permis
surd Situation—Paying $14 a Ton
sion]
territory should be kept for the people.
For Coal Whan It Con Bo Mined In
Alaska Is crying that the pcoplo do not
tho Territory For $1.50.
want the riches badly enough to go
A SENSIBLE ROOST.
there after them and that as a result
Because Alaskaus cannot mine any
Did you ever watch grandad's chick
the territory Is beginning Its summer ens go to roost? Well, of all the
o f their own excellent coal by reason
exceedingly short handed. There are funny stunts ever! Beat a bargain
o f the conservation order of President
literally not even enough people to do counter rush to a fruzzie!
Boosevclt they are being forced to
the work In hand, let slone to develop
The roost was built «tepladder style,
make heavy drafts on Ibe timber re
the new opportunities.
with the chief seat in (lie synagogue
serve, according to K. C Hawkins,
The first complaint came frorh Fair oti top. and was made of sassafras
engineer In charge of the new Copper
banks a few weeks ago. Press dis | guaranteed to kill crawlers.
There
are
tunny
thousands
of
miles
River and Northwestern rnllrond. who
Wheu the rooster* crowed curfew
patches said that a large percentage of
has Just reuebed New York to make of good tillage land In the valleys of , the miners in the camp had deserted ; It sounded like “ There's plenty o f room
the southern const of Alaska, to say j to Join the stampede to the new Idita
his annual report to the company.
at the top!” Anyhow, nil those crow-
Mr. Hawkins Is the engineer who nothing of the great Interior, accord* i rod and Innoko gold diggings and more i ers aud caeklers seemed suddenly in-
built tbo remarkable White Pass and lng to Levi t 'liubbuck, special agent were going as soon as the Ice went out stilled with ambition to reach that
Yukon road, an achievement second for the department of agriculture, who of the rivers. A labor famine was lop rung in haste, while those that got
threatened, and It still seems likely there first turned and uiude tbe feath
only to the one be has now half Unbill has just returned from the norlhlaud.
Mr..Cbubbuck spent Ibe entire sum- that the estimated $9,000,000 of gold ers tty off the invading hosts.
ed for tho Morgan-Uuggeubelm syndi
The I b u d 'of fat hens and roosters,
a general reton tioissauco from the spring clean-up
, will . be heavl-
cate. He has some most Interesting 1 raer making
”
ly cut next year for lack of men to kicked oiit of bed, mingled with wild
out. other established camps
things to Bay about the conditions In of agricultural lands that may be suf> ( take
: screeches slid sundry chicken cuss
tho nortbland that have recently been veyed for homesteading by the general report the sume difficulty In getting la-
laud
office.
The
chief
areas
ethtiflned
j
bor,
and
the
agencies
of
the
Pacific
attracting public attention.
! were the Susliitna basin north of Sew- { coast are being appealed to.
"The local need for our own coni Is
i aid, the Copper river and the Titnanu
O ra S h ip m e n t s Soon .
acute." said Mr. Hawkins. "W e feel
valleys. Concerning agricultural prog
From the railroads also there Is a
It especially lu our road construction,
ress and possibilities in Alaska he big demand for men. The Copper R iv
but every one else feels It too. Peo
makes statements thut may be consld- er and Northwestern especially Is try
ple must keep warm lu Alaska, ns
I ered most conservative, but that will ing to increase its force, as It Is rush
elsewhere, and It needs inucb fuel to
be amazing to the great majority of ing construction so as to reach the
do It In winter. We pny $14 a ton for
month of the Chltlna river by July 1.
; those “ outside. '
British Columbia soft coal to use on
“ The most obvious fact concerning This Is the gateway to the copper
the railroad, and It certainly costs the
nearly all the valleys of this area I country, and a few weeks thereafter
small consumer no less. Uvea tills
have aeeu—from tidewater uofthwurd the rails will be in the heart of this
undeveloped and little prospected re
has been unobtainable at times, and
150 miles—Is thut they are natural gion.
we recently faced the necessity of
grnzlug lands.
There are certainly
By October the road Is expected to
putting a large force to work cutting
| thousands of square miles of u very reach the Bonanza mine, and a large
timber for Urewood to be used In keep
' high quality of wild grass, the nutri force will be at work on the property
ing our five caisson and pier pumps
tive value of which for slock seems all summer so that ore shipments can
going and running tbe work engines.
well established
The grass often begin as soon as the rails r^ach the
A t that we found It at times almost
stands six and seven feet high and Is bins. In the meantime several of the
Impossible to keep steam In our boil
of the most luxurtnut growth; also it thirty or forty properties along the line
ers, though tbe safety of much con
j can be cured and Is o f good keeping of the railroad are going to begin large
struction and even of lives depended
development.
All this takes skilled
; quality.
on It. Wltb an almost Inexhaustible
men, and apparently they are not to be
A Great Dairying Country.
had. Thus a new problem takes the
store o f coal within a few miles of
“ Nearly all of this land except some place of the old. Heretofore develop
A SENSinT.E liOOKT.
our tracks we should be getting It for
about $1.50 a ton Instead of $14. Cer side hill ureas has more or less stand- ment has been impossible because of
words,
when
suddenly all was still,
talnly wltbont adequate fuel supply | ing and fallen timber ou It, but much the tremendous cost of getting supplies
for darkness warned that tbe long
the opening of Alaska with railroads ! Is immediately available for grazing. Into a wilderness without roads of any
sort. Experts agree that this Is ono of eared owl would soon be on the job
Is going to be very slow. It cannot be ! With adequate winter protection stock
the most promising copper regions in to snap up tbe flrst rooster that crow
otherwise. And transportation devel i thrives, and the market with the de the world, and It Is unique In that from
ed lu bis sleep.
opment Is tbe greatest need o f that velopment of roads would seem as being almost Inaccessible It will sud
Up to date poultry raisers now use
sured. At present every pound of meat denly this summer have complete rail
wonderfully rich territory.
! consumed must com© from Seattle, and connections with tidewater and the a low roost with slats all ou a level
The New Copper Region.
and build the roost in height to suit
meat Is o f first Importance In the diet- steamer routes.
the breed—the larger the breed the
“ Nevertheless, tbe Copper Itlvcr and | ary of so cold a country ns this. In
Farmers
Badly
Nseded.
lower the roost and the wider the
Northwestern Is being forced nhend as < many parts o f the country also It costs
What Alaska asks for, therefore, even slats.
rapidly as possible. By tbe 1st of j the consumer $1 a pound. All dairy
i f It's a feat to tit your feet it is also
next July It will have reached the products, too, are brought in by steam more than miners and • laborers, are
prospectors who will cover her new
mouth of tbe Chltlna river, 158 miles er at high cost, and this Is certainly a
wise to note the size o f your rooster's
ground and give reasons for further
Inland. This means tlmt the great dairying country.
Irllbys, for a too wide roost slat makes
development.
Kotslna-Cbltlna copper reglou—proba i “There need l>e no speculation as to
This year, too, Alaska Is crying for crooked toes, and a narrow one culti
bly tbe richest lu the world, but so far some present possibilities. Fanning farmers. All along the line of the vates cprns.
almost unexplored—will be easily ac has just begun in a few localities in railroad up the Chltlna valley there is
As steplndder roosts promote poultry
cessible to miners and prospectors next this region, and local conditions are farming land which the agricultural de prizefights, so all high perches cause
summer, an event that Alaska Is await most varied, but onts and barley are partment has reported favorably on, cripples, nnd, however loud the high
ing eagerly. This, practically tbe open being successfully grown, timothy and In view of the large number of percber inay crow, he breathes the bad
ing o f a new region for Ingress and flourishes, and the root crop Is o f high miners to be fed there promises to be air that comes up from below.
a good local market for everything that
egress, has hitherto been most diffi excellence.
We have experimented with different
can be raised. It Is a pioneering coun
cult. Tbe development of this terri
try, of course, and new Bettlera will style roosts nnd have come to the con
Found Many Fin» Farms.
tory means a largo and continuous pro
I “ I have been astonished at the have to face pioneer conditions, but clusion that “ oiu' own make” Is best.
duction o f wealth for generations not
Take a good Igok at it. It is built to
amount o f farming under way around the success of farming and the bonanza
In one spot, but over a large area.
Seward. I had expected practically rewards to be won In It when there are flt White Wyandotte« aud Is made of
local
markets
has
been
well
proved
In
“ Tho road Is now carried to tbo
| none, and instead I find half a dozen the great Tanana valley of the Interior two slats six feet long, three aud a
mouth of tbe Tlekel river, 102 miles
half Inches wide, one Inch thick, set on
flourishing ranches on a commercial ba and other sections.
from Cordova, our terminus at tidewa
two trestles five feet long, one and a
sis and dozens o f home gardens. Pota-
The
Alaska-Yukon
Magazine,
pub-
ter. In this stretch there Is only one
half feet high, aud these trestles set
toes o f first quality are being grown in j llshed at Seattle, the gateway to Alas
break—at Mile 40, where tbe line cross
half a dozen neighborhoods, excellent ka. Is authority for the statement that on a platform six aud a half feet
es the Copper river between the two turnips grow freely, aud there seems within the next five years Alaska’s square nnd a foot high. Tills roost,
active glaciers, Childs and Miles.
no difficulty with beets, carrots, rad- i population and the value of Alaska’s platform and all, may be moved any
“ It has been necessary at this point Ishes. beans, peas and lettutfe. Uab. Products will be doubled. T h . com. where and may be taken apart and
to build n 1,000 foot bridge of un
carried out for cleaning in n few min
°
precedented strength and construction bage and canllflower are a .«p r iz in g | “
success In some localities. 1 believe ping of ore from the Kotslna-Chltlna utes. For I.egborus and lilgli flyiug
to resist the ice flows. Just above the
! this list can be extended almost Indeti- copper belt, together with the develop birds use four trestles, each two feet
bridge Is a lakelike widening of the
! nitely with careful selection o f varie- ment of the Bering river coal fields, high.
river Into which tbo three mile front of
Place the dropping boards ou the
I ties, a study ¿ f soil requirements and will create an Industrial activity In this
Childs glacier volleys great bergs nil
part of Alaska that will require greater flrst pair nnd set the other trestles
summer long. In winter this lake Is 1 acclimatization by selective breeding, population.
with slats ou top the boards.
frozen several feet deep. At the pres j The possibilities are still practically
This arrangement leaves open floor
ent time we are ruuning trains over unknown, but we do know that they j
space underneath, and the droppings
the Ice on temporary tracks, so that are far greater than most people even W HERE COFFEE COMES FROM. are easily scraped off into n box.
track will be continuous to the end of , Iiere In Alaska Imagine. 8ome of tbe
Twenty to thirty bens may easily be
the line until the spring breakup. The ! most promising parts of tbls area
accommodated on a roost o f this size,
Wondsrful Estate. That Occupy
three bridge piers have had a severe ! have not been tried at all, and the
and ou zero nights tbe slats may be
Whols Provine* and Giva Em*
test this summer. The Ice flow, as can most successful tests have generally
moved closer together for warmth. In
ploymant to Thousands.
be Imagined, Is tremendous. The river been lu the least likely locations.
the summer the roost limy be moved
"Regarding climatic conditions 1
Is deep and sw ift and the force of the
near the'open 'windows so that fowls
big bergs afloat on It nothing short of have been somewhat surprised. With
Few of the millions of coffee drink may sleep more comfortably.
terrific. To resist this we have sunk in n thousand feet o f sea level In fairly
In the season when the flock is re
ers in this country have anything but
onr piers forty to sixty feet to bed open country the growing season Is not a hazy Idea as to the real source of duced these roosts inny quickly be
rock, building them of solid« concrete, shorter than In the inouutnlu region of coffee. In a general, vague way the changed Into shelters from rain nnd
i'eas are safely
re-enforced by heavy steel rails set up New Hampshire.
words “ Mocha” and “Java” are mixed ■un.
right a foot apart In the concrete. The planted In May, and danger from frost Into the coffee information at hand,
The dropping board Is a necessity
Is
considered
over
after
the
first
few
piers are further protected by the
principally because these are found and should he Installed In every pen.
heaviest kind of concrete and steel days In June, lu tbe fall tbe flrst upon the battered tin canisters In the Much o f the valuable manure Is thus
guards, also sunk to bedrock, and nre frosts are rarely before the second nearest grocery store.
Actually not 10 per cent of the coffee saved, It makes cleaning up a small
set where there nre burs In tbe river week In September. It Is true that the
In this country ever saw task, nnd the house is more sanitary.
I
summers
are
cooler
than
In
tbe
north-
j
consumed
that deflect tbe biggest of tbe bergs
The old time plan o f allowing poultry
Mocha coffee comes
They are ninety feet through from end
from, or Java. By far the greater droppings to accumulate and rot under
have
more
rain,
bnt
there
Is
compen-
to end.
O f t t l A n 1rs
. . . . . . SA
__ ___
I ' sation
in the .1 H ft
fleer,
to eighteen L hours
pf ,on" n« ver Utted "either. the roost tuny still lie allowed by n few
Bridge Building In Alaska.
r . 8 ,l" !
“ nhd the coptlnuous 8tate of Sao PauIo |n B ral„ an„ th# on Bughouse row, but with tbe up to
date fancier such methods are no go.
“The steel superstructure o f tbe <
* ° r nenr y three months.
imports from that source alone supply
bridge we hope to have In place early
‘ The exact area o f the tillage lands nearly nine-tenths of the 1.100,000,000
next fall, by which time the line will in the Sushltnn group o f valleys, ns an pounds that we drink each year. Sao |
D O N ’T 8 .
be well on Its way enstwanl up the example generally applicable. Is still Paulo Is little, but one vast coffee gar
Don’t nail nest boxes to tbe wall.
Chltlna to tbe copper mines. This Is Impossible even to estimate, as much den throughout lta 174.G88 square miles Clean, movable nests for prevention
to be tbe first branch of the road com o f the territory Is uninhabited and still of territory, and, while there are many o f pests.
pleted. and It should I * open from the because o f its undeveloped state rath other Industries, coffee growing Is the
Don’t hold eggs too long to get high
saltern to the southern terminus about er than because it Is Inaccessible. chief and the true source of the er price. They will get nwful strong
wealth of the people.
one year from now
There Is a total area o f abmil 2.500
Nearly all the billion and a half and for sale not lie nice.
"Another branch beginning at Mile square miles along the western edge pounds of coffee grown in Brazil Is
Don’t loaf at the show while your
88 o f the main line on tbe Copper riv o f Kenal peninsula bordering Cook In j shipped from the seacoast city of
wife shovels „snow
You’ll ne’er win
er and running about forty-eight miles let. the greater part of which is prob Santos, where are great docks st which
tbe gonl If you make her bring coni.
to the Bering river coni fields Is sur ably available and some small valleys lie the vessels of the world. Other
Don’t neglect your show birds after
veyed, and a good deal of the roadbed In the Interior o f the peninsula. 1 j countries grow coffee, to be sure, but
is built This branch eonld be bnllt roughly estimate the rest, which In i not one In such vast quantities as does the ball Is over, even If they didn’t
In a short time and the Alaskan coal cludes the Knlk Arm region aud Mn- Brazil. So greatly has the Brazilian win. Winning deitends both on men
and hen
made available for onr Alasknn road taniiskn valley to the enstwanl. the coffee grown In favor that the plant Is
j now being taken abroad and cultivated.
Don’t let your good watchdog sleep
and the people o f the territory without Yentna to the westward, the main ! Now the department of agriculture Is
Sushltnn valley and smaller tributaries beginning to pav attention to the man- out o f doors. Give him dry straw on
further delay.
“ Beyond the end of the present running northward far into Ibe In ' f c In which substitutes for good Bra- your clean scratching floor, and then
length of track at Tlekel the line runs terior at, say. 2.500 square miles, bnt ! zlllan coffee are being foisted on the while you're snoring he'll watch your
l American people under the false names Dice hens nnd catch tbe first thief that
throngh Woods canyon for twenty It might exceed this considerably."
enters the pens.
of Mocha and Java.
LOCAL NEED SAID TO BE ACUTE
COPPER BAMPd uPEIf IN JUtT
EXPERT SEES FUTURE
FOR ALASKAN FARMING
Important S'alentent by Gotflm-
ment Igent Just itsluraed.
Dissolution Notice
A bargain in a 4-horse power
The firm of Walker it Kfnter, motor cycle.* In good condition.
Inquire at the Leader office.
urniture dealers of Cottage O.rove,
Lost, gold necklace with cross
Oregon, is this day dissolved hv
nutual consent, C. W. Walker, pendant. Linder report to Miss
etiring All outstanding accounts Mabel Rosenberg and receive re-
! ward.
ire payable to Kinter Brothers,
This week Madsen is selling a
rho assume alt responsibilities of
bankrupt
stock of diamonds cheap
he old firm, June 1, 1910.
er than you ever will have a
ff. O. K i n t e r ,
I chance to buy again. Call and see
A . C. K i n t e r ,
¿X.
C. W . W a l k e r . them,
*
It b-7
The Sweet Pea Show
Wanted— About .SO head of grade
ewes, Sliopshires preferred. A d
The annual Sweet Pea show will
dress C. Henry Haight, Sagi
naw, Oregon.
he held early in l ily, arrangements
A neat, small cottage for rent for which are now making. This
cheap. Furnished if desired. On event promises to eclipse all prev
Fourth street 1% block north of ious efforts in this direction. The
Motel Oregon. Mrs. M. J. F.tn- show will probably tie held in the
building formerly owned by Veatch
erson.
Lawson on Main street. A
Next week Madsen will have a
complete program will he publish
watch sale at greatly
reduced
ed in the Leader in due time.
prices.
It 6-7
THE LITTLE
T A K E
A
F L Y E R !
BURNER.
A Civil War Story.
By F. A. MITCHEL.
{C o p y r ig h t, 1910, by A m erica n T ress A m o
ela tion .]
E LLO ! You boy, there!’’
A boy a]>out twelve year-
old hoeing In u field dropped
his hoe aud came to the ral!
fence that divided the field from tli
road. A company of cavalry with on-
piece o f artillery was waiting for him,
at the head their captain. It was he
who had called the boy. Tho little fel
low climbed the fence, sitting on the
top rail with u leg ou each Hide o f it
His trousers were rolled above the
knees, his brown legs were covered
„ Advertising Is the Aeroplane
with Georgia clay, his forehead pro
That
Gives Business a Lift.
truded from a reut In a dingy straw
hat, no coat covered his galluses, and
there was not much shirt. One thing
contrasted with
the rest—un In
.
Visitors Register.
telligent c o n n
An hour later n light smok cloud r<»se
tenance and a from the bridge.
pair of earnest,
l lte Commercial clu!> maintain
“ By jingo,” he exclaimed, “ tin lit
restless eyes.
at their headquarters a Register
tie rascal lias started it auywa
“ Seen any Con
“ You mean the little hero,”
where all strangers and visitors to
federates around
lieutenant. “ All now depends .quin
here t o d a y ? ”
their not discovering the fire till it is our city might he aide lo register
asked tlie officer. too late.”
and as the office is open all day,
“ I? Seen any
A tongue of flame Hashed up and secretary Rosenberg ernestly re
rebels? No.”
was followed by another. Then there
“ Why do you
was n hurrying In one o f the camps, quests all of the merchants and the
call them reb
and In a few minutes a dozen men general public who might know of
els?”
mounted nnd rode to the bridge. Mean any strangers within the gates that
“ Dunno, onless
while a volume o f smoke mingled with
that’s what pop
flame rose from the bridge and floated they have them come to the club
calls ’em.”
slowly away. Then figures, minute rooms and regisler. Such a book
“ Your p o p ’ s
from a distance, were seen trying to is kept in the rooms of ail the large
Union?”
quench the fire. But they had nothing
“ Yes; so ’m I.”
to work with. Tho bridge burned on. aud important clubs in the large
It was a sum broke In llie middle and f 11 into the
cities and is a very useful guide to
mer afternoon. A
stream.
the growing importance of the
“ been an y coxfeder - u. .1 breeze was
The work accomplished, the captain
atks around R ere blowing over the
town. Take a few miaules ojf
t o d a y ."”
plantation, n o t sent bis force back under command
of the Heater il
and see that this is done
yet disturbed by war. The officer, un
to report the fact
mindful of the peaceful scene, sat on
to his superior.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
his horse thinking of some matter evi
He r e n u t l u e d
dently of great importance to him.
( 0 3900 )
with a view of
“ How far is it to the bridge?” be
getting
tidings
asked the boy.
from (he • little U. ¡4. Land Office at Kosetairg, Oregon.
“ ’Bout five mile.”
b r i d g e burner.
May 31, 19(0,
“ Straight road?”
Darkness w a s
Notice is hereby given that Charles
“ Waal, to go thar from hyer yon uns
setting In when W. Simpson, of borane, Oregon, who,
’ll have to foller this road lhat a-way”
a spot appeared
on February 14, 1906, made Homestead
—pointing—“ fo’ a matter o’ ten min
down the road.
utes, then cross the branch by tbe ford
It moved b u t K.ntry, No. 13921, for N F. J,, Section 3<>,
to the left and through a smart stretch
slowly. Sudden Township 20 S. Range 5 \V, Willamette
o’ timber. Then you” —
ly the captain Meridian, has filed notice of intention
“ Come along and show us tbe way.
started to meet to make Final five-year Proof, to estab
Get up here behind me.”
It. The hoy bridge lish claim to the land above described,
The officer lifted the boy to a seat
burner staggered before Register and Receiver of tho
behind him nnd gave tho order, “ For
toward 1dm and U. S. Land Office, at Rosebnrg, Oregon,
ward!”
fell 1 n to
h is
on tbe 26th day of August, 1910.
“ Haven’t heard of any soldiers be
arms. Then he
Claimant names as witnesses: Jacob
ing at the bridge, have you?”
noticed that the
“ No.”
l i t t l e fellow’s G. Rank, of borane, Oregon, John
“ How long since you have heard F E LL INTO I l l s a r m s , clothing was cov O'ltrien, of borane, Oregon, Joseph A.
from It?”
ered with blood. A Confederate had Schneider, of Cottage Grove, Oregon,
“ Pap must ’a’ come across it yistiday shot him, not knowing that he was a David P. Gilliert, of borane, Oregon.
B e n j a m in F. I o n k s ,
on his way from the postoffice. He child, just us he was disappearing lu
lJn-7)
Register.
didn’t say nothin’ about sogers thar.” some Lmshes after accomplishing his
These bluecoats were the tip of the work.
right flank of Sherman’s foremost ad
NOTICE »-0R PUBLICATION
The little 1 ge burner recovered.
vance. They had been ordered to de
He was too young to enter tbe Union
> 038 62 )
stroy a bridge provided the Confeder army, but the government educated
ates bad not guarded it. I f they were him to command men in its next war.
there the captain had orders to drive
l'. S. Land Office at Rooeburg, Oregon.
them away to effect his purpose.
June .3, 1910,
“ Can we see the bridge,” he asked POULTRY IN HIS BASS DRUM,
Notice is hereby given ‘ that William
the boy, “ before we get to it?”
“ Yes; from the top o f n hill a couple Unlucky Drummer Had to Share His T. Mcoy, of London, Oregon, who, on
December 2, 1904, made Homestead
Prize With the Colonel.
of miles this side.”
During tbo latter years of the war Kntry 1.3857, No. 038*2, for K ‘-.4 N
When they reached the crest indi
cated there beneath them in the dis the armies wore frequently obliged to Section 20 , Township 22 S, Range 3 W,
tance was u wooden bridge. The cap muke rapid marches without their pro Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of
tain brought his fleldglasses to bear vision trains and at other limes were intention to make Final five-year Proof,
obliged to pass through devastated re to establish claim to the land above de
and saw that It
gions, where there was not the slight
was not guarded.
scribed, before Register & Receiver, U.
est prospect o f obtaining anything in
B u t sea t terod
the way o f food. As a result o f all S. Land Office, at Rosebnrg, Oregon, on
about on the un
| this-the men were constantly devising the 27th day of August, 1910.
dulating ground
Claimant names as witnesses: John W.
ways and means of obtaining, secret
between him nnd
ing and transporting food about their Massey, of London, Oregon, William C.
it were clusters
Sbortiidgc, of London, Oregon, Henry
persons.
of white tents,
On one of the marches of the Army L. Baughman, of London.Oregon, John
lit* uttered an ex
of tbo Cumberland tho soldiers bad T. Small, of I<ondott, Oregon.
clamation of dis
orders not to forage, but as their ra
appoint mont.
B e n j a m i n F. J o n h s ,
tions wero rather low it took sharp
“ They w o 11 1 d
(Jn -7 *)
Register.
watching on the part o f tho officers to
eat up our little
prevent the men from foraging when
force,” he said to
ever the chance presented Itself. On
one o f ids lieu
one occasion the bass drummer o f one
tenants.
of the regimental bands managed to
“ I see no artil
secure two turkeys and lx chickens
lery, and we’ve
which he secreted in the Interior of |
got a gun,” re
There is one ‘way to save
his bass dram. When they leached
plied the other.
camp that evening tho band was or
your piano and that is by
“ The gun will
dered out to play for a review that
only hinder us.
had
been
arranged
on
the
spur
o
f
(ho
I f we a t t a c k
we’ll h a v e t o THE I.ITTI.E RASCAL moment for n distinguished officer who
had arrived on a visit. All this hap
IIAH STARTED IT .”
make a dash.”
“ What y* want to do?” nsked the pened before the bass drummer bad
Drop me a postal and I ’ll
time to remove bis live poultry from
boy.
call. Work guaranteed.
The captain made no reply. He was j
,ns‘de " f ,lls " r,,ni-
of
absorbed In thinking o f sonic way to whcn,
8truck
11 * " v,‘ f' " " ‘ » ”
carry out his object even If he lost sound whatever, Hit,I exasp,.rul 'd the
every man In Ids command. The lieu- ,;olon‘' ’ « '10 shouled rep. p.-dly to
drum harder. Finally, lu a great rage.
tenant told t'le boy that they wished to
' he came down to where the latter
burn the bridge.
C o tta g e d ro ve, O rego n
I stood pounding for dear life and sweat
“ I wonder,” said t|ie |ltt)e fellow
ing like a field hand.
thought full ’, “ If I eonld do It.”
“ Why in blank, blank, blank don't
The enpt tin turned sharply to the
you beat that drum louder?” I k * shout
proposer of this remarkable plan. A
ed.
boy to do wlint armed troops dare not
“ Colonel/’ aa«d tin* dram airr in i
try to do!
voire husky with anguish, “ there's two
How the urcblu succeeded in win
turkeys
nnd six chickens In-ide this
ulng consent to his plan the czptali
himself, who tells the story, cannoi 'tram, nnd half of them are for you.”
“ Well, why in blazes didn’ t yon aa>
give a satisfactory account. Combtis
so?’ the colonel replied. “ Fall out ui
tildes had been brought along, nnd the
once and go hark to your quart era.”
most fiery aud compact of these were
As n matter o f course tho colonel
concealed about the hoy’s iierson. A
•ilwequently shared in the repast.
bundle of pitch pine was also given
him, which In itself would not at
tract attention In n region where pine
Ralli.d by General Steadman.
is plenty. The captalu took his lltth
When the line of General Steed-
emissary as far as he dared, then se
man’s division o f the reserve corps
him down to proceed without attract
was wavering In the face o f the leaden
lag attention, gave him a hug nnd bad
hall nt Chtekaniaugn he r**1e out and j
blm goodhy wltb n fervent “ God bles
ook the flag from tho color lieurcr.
you, my lioy!" Then the officer re
Ho back, boys- go back,” lie ex-
turned to the hilltop and watched
lalined, “ but the flag can’t go with \
you.” He was a man o f powerful fig
ure. The lino was strengthened and j
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