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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1922)
+ + + The Voice of the Pack • • By EDISON"MARSHALL AAAI FARM POULTRY CHRISTMAS BEST FOR GEESE T h e se F.owts R e q u ire L itt le C a re and A tt e n t io n C o m p a re d W it h R e t u r n s T h e y B rin g . fP r »p a r e < l by t h * U n ite d S ta t e » D e p a r tm e n t o f A g r ic u lt u r e ) H I M ! W O SSSSSSS1SS S 1 SSS S SS C H A P T E R I,—Continued. — 1ft— Into n little hollow In the hark, on tie underside o f the log, some hand ind thrust a «mull roll o f papers. Diey were rain-soaked now, and the uk had dimmed and blotted; hut 1'un valued tlielr significance. They were he complete evidence that Hildreth ind accumulated against the arson ■1 m jr -le tte r« that hau passed buck mid Virtli between himself and Cranston, i threat o f murder from the former If riildretli tunied «tate'a evidence, mid l signed statement o f the arson aetiv- tles o f the ring by Hildreth himself. loma Hand Had Thrust a Small Roll o f Paper, They were not only enough to break 11 • the ring and tend Its members to prison; with the aid o f the empty shell ind other circumstantial evidence, hey could In till probability convict Bert Cranston o f umrder. F or a long time he stood with the ihmlows o f the pines lengthening lliout him, his gray eyes In curious thndow. For the moment a glimpse sns given hltn Into the deep wells of die human sou l; mid understanding nine to him. Was there no halm for latred even In the moment o f doath? Were men unable to forget the themes mil motives of their lives, even when die shadows closed down U| hui them? Hildreth hud known what bund hail (truck him down. And even on the frontier o f death, his first thought was *• hide Ids evidence where Cranaton W ild not And It when he searched the »inly, hut where luler It might be found by the detectives that were sure X> come. It was the old creed o f a Ife for n life, l ie wanted his evidence X> ho preserved- not that right should to wronged, hut so that Cranston could he prosecuted mid convicted tnd made to suffer. Ills hatred of Cranston that laid made him turn Itnte's evidence In the first place had keen carried with him down into l< a : li As I>an stood wondering, he thought le heard n tw ig crack on the trail he- Xmil hint, nnd he wondered what for tst creature was still lingering on the fldges at the eve o f the snows. • • • • • • • ltoast goose and apple sauce! Copyright, 1*20. by Little. Brown A Ca Christmas In many homes Is In complete without them, and for that “ He didn't look like no lunger to I reason the best season In which to me ’’ | market the goose is the latter part “ Hut no m atter about that— It’s Just j of December, although there Is a lim as I thought. And I'll get ’em back— ited demand all the year, uuirk my little words.” Banns raising is not so extensively In the meantime the best thing to j engage 1 In as duck raising, the con- do was to move at oiu-e to his winter | ditions under which they can be suc trapping grounds— a certain neglected cessfully raised being almost entirely reglon on the lower levels o f the North different from _ _ those ____ necessary fo r suc- Fork. I f at any time within the next j ^ „ f u i ,iUek raising. The duck, be- few weeks. Dun should attempt to Ing smaller, can be raised In a more carry word down to the settlements, limited space than can the goo^e, the he would be certain to puss within latter needing free range and water, view o f his camp. But he knew tliat while the form er has been proved to the chance o f Dan starting upon any do well without water. such Journey before the snow had While the goose cannot profitably melted was not one In a thousand. T o be raised in as large numbers as tbe I** caught In the Divide In the winter duck, still It cannot Justly be termed means to lie snowed In as completely unprofitable. There are many places as the Innults o f upper Greenland. No on a farm that are worthless for cul word could pass except by man on tivation that could be utilized with ex ■nowshoes. cellent results fo r goose raising. Yet If the chance did come. If the Fields that have streunis, branches, or house should he left unguarded. It unused springs on them could be might pay Cranston to muke un Im turned to good advantage by making mediate search. Dan would have no them Into goose pastures. A goose on reusoti fo r supiaising that Cranaton range w ill gather the largest portion suspected his possession • o f the let o f Its food, consisting of grasses. In ters; he would not lie particularly sects. nnd other animal and vegetable watchful, and would probably pigeon matter to be found In the fields and hole them until spring In Lennox's brooks. dtwk. Young geese are fattened by placing And the truth wus that Cranston them In a pen, not too large, so that hail reasoned out the situation almost they will not exercise too much, nnd perfectly. When Dan awakened In j by feeding them once a day all they tbe morning, and the snow luy already will eat up clean o f a moist mash a foot deep over the wilderness world, made o f one-half shorts and two-thirds he knew that be would have no chance j corn meal, nml two feeds dally o f corn to act upon tbe Cranaton case until j with some oats or barley. W hile fa t the snows melted In the spring. So , tening young geese they should be he pushed all thought o f It out o f his kept as quiet as possible; no excite mind and tunied his attention to more ment whatever should disturb them, pleasant subjects. It was true that be , poultry specialists o f ttie United reud tbe documents over twice ns li« States Department o f Agriculture say. lay in bed. Then he tied them Into a When feeding, approach them quiet neat packet and put them away where ly. anil do not frighten them. At ten they would be quickly available. Then weeks o f age, or when the tips o f the he thrust his bend out o f the window nnd let tbe great snowflakes sift down upon Ids fuce. It was winter at lust, the season that he loved. H e didn't stir from the house that first day o f tbe storm. Snowbird und ! be found plenty o f pleasant things to j do and talk about before the roaring I fire that he built In the grate. He wns glad o f tbe great pile o f wood that lay outside the door. It meant life It self, In this sonson. Then Snowbird | led Idm to tbe windows, nnd they watched tbe white drifts pile up over the low underbrush. When finally the snowstorm censed,: five days later, the whole face o f the wilderness was changed. The buck- brush wus mostly covered, the fences were out o f s ig h t; tin* forest seemed a clear, chain sweep o f white, broken only by nn occasional tall tldoket nnd by the great, snow-covered trees. When the clouds blew away, and the air grew clear, the temperature Many F a rm e rs’ W .v e s P re fe r to began to fall. Dan had no way o f D re se G eese B e fo re M a r k e t in g knowing how low It went. Thermome T h e m to O b t a in the F e a th e rs. ters were not considered essential at the l.ennox home. But when Ids eye wings reach the tall, they nre rendy lids congealed with the frost, nnd his fo r market. If they have bean heavily fed, anil should weigh between eight nnd ten pounds. Most .voting geese from general farms nre sold when they nre from five to eight months old. When young goslings are to be dressed fo r market, they nre first stuck In the roof of the mouth with a long-hlndcd knife ami then stunned by hitting them a sharp, quick blow on the hond. For dry picking the picker uses a box In front o f him nhotit the height o f the knees, holding the bird with the left hand and clasp ing the feet nnd wings together; he places the bend o f the bird against the box and holds It In place with tbe knee. I ’ lck the feathers front the body o f the bird, then dampen the right hand ami brush the hotly to remove the down. L ea ve about two Inches of feathers on the neck, and nlso leave feathers on the wings « t the first Joint. Lay the wings against the body of the birds nml tie a string around to hold In position. Place the birds, when picked. In cold water fo r nn hour or so to plump them ; If they are In the water ton long they are liable to bleach nnd become water-soaked. They nre then Iced up In barrels rendy to ship to market. snows had sturted, and Jim Clhhs had returned empty-handed, but evidently not empty-minded. " I'v e found tbut the lx sly's been un covered— and men are already search- ln' for clues. And moreover— I think they've found them.” H e paused, welghiug the efTect o f his words. Ills eyes glittered with cunning. Hat that he was, he was wondering whether the time had arrived to leave the ship. He had no Intention o f continuing to give his services to a man with a roi>e- noose closing about him. Aud (Tuna- ton, knowing this fact, hated Idm ns he hated tne buzzard that would claim him In the end, and tried to hide his apprehension. “ Go on. Blat It out,” Cranston or dered. “ Or else go away and let me sleep.” It was a bluff; hut It worked. I f Gibbs had gone without s[ieaklng, Cranston would have known no sleep thut night. Hut the man became more fawning. “ I'm fellin ’ you, fast as I cun,” he went on, almost whining. “ I went to the cabin. Just as you suld. Hut I didn't get a chance to search It— ” “ Why not?” Cranston thundered. His voice re-echoed among the snow- wet pines. “ I'll tell you w h y ! Hecause some one else—evidently n cop— was al ready searrhln' It. Both o f us know there’s nothin' there, anyway. W e've gone over It too many times. A fter a while he went away— hat I didn't turn hack yet. That wouldn't he Jim Gibbs. I shadowed him. Just ns you’d want me to. And he went straight buck to the hotly." “ Tea?” Cranston had Imrd work curbing his Impatience. Again Gibbs' eyes were full o f ominous specula tions. “ He stopped at the body, nnd It was plain he'd been there before. He went crawling through the thickets, lo o kin ' for clues. He done what you unit me never thought to do— lookin’ all the way between the trail nnd the body. He'd already found the brass shell you told me to get. A t least, it wasn't there when I looked, after he'd gone. You should've thought o f It before. But he found somethin' else a whole lot more Important- a roll o f papers that Hildreth bad chucked Into an old pine stump when he was dyln’. It was M'ltr fault, Cranston, for not gettln' them that night. T ills detective stood and rend ’em on the trail. And you know— Just ns well as I do--w hat they were.” “ I*— n you, I went back the next morning, as goon ns 1 could see. Anil the mountain lion had already been there. 1 went back lots o f times since. And that shell ain’t nothing but all the time I supposed 1 put It lit my pocket. You know how it Is— a fellow throws his empty shell out by habit.” Gibbs' e je s grew more Intent. What was tills thing? Cranston's tone. In stead o f commanding, was almost pleading. But the leader caught him s elf at once. " I don't sts* why I need to explain any "of that to you. What I want to know Is this; why you didn't shoot and get those papers away from him?" For nn Instant their eyes battled Hut Gibbs had never the strength of his leader. I f he had, It would have been asserted long since. He sucked In tils breath, nnd Ids gaze fell away. It reste<I on Cranston's rifle, that In some manner had been pulled up across bis knees. And at once he was cowed, lie was never so fast with n gun ns Cranaton. “ Hlood on my hands, eh— same as on yours?" he mumbled, looking down. “ W hat do you think I want, a rope around my neck? These* hills are big, hut the arm o f the law has reached up before, anil it might again. You might as well know first as lust I’m not goin' to do any kill in's to c o ic r up your murders." “ That comes o f not going myself. You fool If be gets that evidence down to the courts you're broken the same as me.” “ Hut I wouldn't get more'n a year or so, at most— and that's a heap d if fe rre t from the allows. I did aim at h im --" "Hut you Just the trl user!” “ I d •1. nnd I ain't ashamed o f It. Hut b«*shirs —th* 1 snows are here now, and he won't be able to even get word to the valleys f< r six months. I f you “Y o u J u s t L a c k e d the G u t s to P u ll th« want him kill***! so had, do It your T rigger." self." This was a thought Indeed. On the mittens froze to the lo g s o f firewood other hand, another murder might not that he carried through the door, and he necessary. Months would pass be the pine trees extended nml cracked In fore the road would he opened, and In the darkness, he was correct In his the meantime Cranston would have a belief that It was very, very cold. thousand chances to steal hack the But he loved the cold, ami the si accusing letters, lie didn't believe for lence nnd austerity that went with It. an Instant that the* man Olbhs had The wilderness claimed him as no\er seen was a d e to tiv e . He had kep* hefi*re. The rugged breed that were too close watch over the roads foi his ancestors had strv agled through that. . **m*h »*■:'«• ms as this nud passed a love "A tall chap. In outing clothes— o f them down through the years to dark haired and clean shaven?" 1 • The snow began to fall In earnest at tddnlght great, white Hakes that Bl uest In mi Instant covered the leaves, t was the real beginning o f winter, Itid »11 living creatures knew It. The c o if pack sung to It from the ridge— i wild mid plaintive song that made Bert Cranaton, sleeping In a lean to mi the l ’ ni|M|ua side o f the Divide, •wear nnd mutter In Ids steep. Hat he lldn't really waken until Jim Gibbs, me of his gang, returned from Ids lecret mission Th«•jr N listed no words. Hert flung •side the blankets . light-* a on mile ind | •In iV <1 It out >f the r. Bch o f the light w Ind. Ills f ice look •d S \nrthy llid » <>e|v lined In 1[n light. "W i*IIT** he demi iu i K m L "W h at did ton IInd?' "N* thin7* Jim C IMu an« wer« si gut- *k me w at I fo it n*l urnlly. " I f ye î so met I In' to all > I might twer." "T h en — " an iiert. a fter the mnn- ler o f his kind, breathed an oath — •What did you And out?" Ills tone, except fo r an added note >f savagery, remained the same. Yet lis heart was thumping a great deni raider than he liked to have It. Beal's- lag that the snows were at hand, he lad sent Gibbs fo r s last search o f Jie body, to And and recover the erl- lence that Hildreth had against him ind which had not lieen revealed either . »TO BR CONTINUED ) “Y e s r m H ildreth's person or In his cahtn. "W e n r j a tan hat?” lie had he come Increasingly appre- W e d d in g R i n g s U se M u c h Gold. "T h a t’s thoonian." lenslve pbiut those letters he had ■ f pun " I knAw him —and I w tsh fo il'd M itten Iltldrpth, and certain other p ic t u r e d lion That's Fa the go ’ s a t» an author ty. are required loctiments that bail • ■ n In his p*'**- tenderfoot that's been staying at L*n each year to supply the wadding ring* icaslon. He didn't understand wliy nox'a. He's a lunger." i fo r brides. hey hadn't turned ap And now tl e O Any margin over market prices re reived for breeding stock Is pure prof it. and the demand, especially fo r hatching eggts conies at a time when the egg baskets are easily C'led. Be on the lookout for dampness In the poultry houses. Where freezing Is common, close-built houses are very apt to show condensation o f moisture •>n celling and walls. Too large a num ber o f hints in a house will also cause this. In either hcu-batche ' or Incubator- hatched flocks, there nre ’ ¡‘-ely to he some backward, s!nw-gri»wlng. slow- feathering chicks. I f the hatch Is Ir the brooder, separate these backward hicks, and give them to a hen, or "tho-n with a ye-.: ger hatch A hen that J »«« no family la an h jn l mother for them. THE IMP AT IE NT KOBIN OBIN’ had started too early fr >m the South that year. His little w ife told him so, but be would not listen. “ I suppose you want all the nice locations to be taken when we arrive," he raid to lier. So they arrived one morning, and though the sun was shining, the air was chilly, and poor little Mrs. Bed- breast sat shivering on a litub o f a tree, huddled against the trunk, while her lord and master sat on the end of a branch singing lustily. “ What did I tell you?” said Robin. W e are not a hit too early; and now let us find a home." It was lume time, however, before the warm spring days came, but they lid, and with them the blossoms and the leaves, and then the fruit began to grow— cherries and apples and ber ries and all the things that the robins like to eat. Itobln was Impatient. H e wanted a nice cherry pie, and when his little w ife told him the cherries were green and bard he began to scold. 'My mother used to make the best cherry pie I ever ate,” said he, “ and I know she used to use them when they were hard, because I used to stone them fo r her.” “ Stone them !” exclaimed Mrs. Robin with wide-open eyes. “ Whoever heard o f stoning cherries fo r a pie? My mother never did. What did she do with the stones— make a soup?” In quired Mrs. Itobln In rather a sarcas tic tone o f voice. ‘Yes, she made a soup, now I come to think about It, nnd tlint cherry stone soup was the best I ever ate?” replied pert Mr. Robin, thinking that was a clever idea. “ W ell, will you make a cherry pie today?” he asked. 'But, Itobln, the cherries are not fit to use yet,” pleaded Mrs. Robin, flut tering about at the very thought o f such a thing. "A ll right. I'll make one myself,” snld Itobln, bristling his feathers. " I can make a pie as well as anyone.” '‘A ll right, make one," said Mrs. R edbreast; and off she flew. When she returned late that a fter noon everything was covered with flour— even Robin's bill and wings— nnd n strong smell o f sometiilng burned was In the air. “ I made that pie nil right,” he said, nodding his head toward the pantry. R I "but I did not say 1 w u ld bake one. I guess It Is a little overdone, but tbe inside Is all right, I am certain.” On the pantry shelf stood a pie al most as black as Johnny Blackbird's coat, but Mrs. Redbreast did not make any remark. She looked around the kitchen and asked: "W h ere Is the cherry-stone soup, Robin? I declare I am quite hungry fo r some.” Robin rubbed his bill and stood on one foot and then on another. "W ell, I do not seem to remember about that soup, a fter all. I guess I was mis taken. It was applecore soup she used to make instead o f cherry-stone," he said. " I am glad there Is one thing I can make that your mother did not know about, fo r If you once had tnsted cherry-stone soup you would never forget It,” replied Mrs. Redbreast. "N ow , you Ay out and sit on u limb and sing a while, and I will call you t W h e n S h e R e tu rn e d T h a t A ft e r n o o n S h e Sm e lle d S o m e t h in g B u rn e d . when I have the soup ready. W here are the stones?” Itobln brought a basinful o ( stones, eyeing his w ife all the time, but she looked so wise and knowing that he did not ask any questions or venture to give advice. In fact, he had done all the cooking he wished to do, and gladly flew out to sit on a limb and sing. Robin spread the fame o f his w ife's cherry-stone soup fa r nnd wide, nnd the little wives came to call on Mrs. Redbreast, all In a flutter to get her recipe for the wonderful soup. Then they all flew home to make a cherry-stone soup Just as Mrs. Red breast bail cooked It, which goes to prove that all w ives stick together when It comes to managing a husband. (C o p yrigh t.) ‘What’s in a Name?’ By MILDRED MARSHALL Facta «hou t your name; Its history: mean ing; wnence it w i i derived; significance; your lucky day and lucky jewel. GLADYS. HOUGH popular In the chorus and frequently In use ns the her oine o f popular Action, where Gladys de Montmorency wus consid ered the height o f feminine elegance, Gladys comes from a dignified old Ro man family, the Claudian gens. The Clnudii gained much fam e In early Rome nnd figure In most o f the trage dies o f the city, nnd the Emperor Claudius, through his conquests In Rrltaln, spread his name throughout Europe. T The first feminine Claudia, was the daughter o f a British prince who sent her greetings to St. Tim othy In St. Haul's epistle. The masculine form. Cladus, or Gladus, as It was sometimes spelled, became popular In England and was taken over by the Welsh, who are responsible fo r the feminine Gladys. Gladys came to he considered the equivalent for Claudia nnd ns such was reverenced, but her name never achieved the popularity o f Its equiva lent hecause o f Its harsh sound. Though recognized as Gladys It was more often given In baptism as Clau dia. or Claudie, ns the French call It. France rejected Gladys completely, preferring the softer Claudtne, and Claudie, while Italy and Spain chose Claudia, leaving Gladys complete ly to English use. whence it was brought to America gnd allowed to flourish unmolested anil non-confused by Claudia. Agate Is the tnllsmnnlc gem assigned to Gladys. It Is said to avert peril from Its wearer, to give her courage and a large degree of charm. One old legend contends that her every wish w ill come true when she wear* this gem. Tuesday Is her lucky day and 7 her lucky number. (Copyright) -------- O-------- SHOCKING B u g H e a lth In sp e c to r— I sh a ll hava to rep ort th is to tho health board. T h a w ate r in t h is w ell le fe a rfu lly tlrtr. o G O TTA one frien whosa been play een da band fo r longa time een da olda country. I.nsa week he come to U nited» StHte. H e say he trow up da Job maka da music and now he ees look« fo r work. My frien say he gotta too mooeha tough luck maka da leeving dat way. H e play do peeccalo een da hand and he sure maka swella tune every time. Weeth da music he maka dat basaa drum looka seeck. He tella me one »lay a king was feela preety good. Dn king wnntn heega celehrash nnd he senda fo r dat hand come play een bees house. Y ou know was preety had een olda country e ef you fool da king, so da hand Icarnn plenta new music und veeslt dat pln<*e. I My frien tella me every body sure maka swella tune fo r da king. He say da king llkn so mooch he wnnta geeva every body een da hand som- ntlng. So dn king tella one da guys wot worka fo r ln*em taka da band out and fllla all da Instrument weeth money. And dat was where my frien gotta sore. H e say dat beesn hnssa drum holds too inoocha money. Da bassa horn holds plenta money and da feedle and nlln dat rest holda plenta cash. Hut my frien say when eet <*ome hees turn getfn paid dat son-of a-gun o f n peeccalo only hnhla d>>lla s«*exa bits sm all« change. E ef I no gotta rn-re l»K*k as dat I queeta my Job, too. W ot you tlnk? (C o p r r lc b t.)