NDEPENDENdE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREOON,
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PAGE 8IX
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OIKS I
U. S. Forces 4,79 1,172 at End of War
Rcicrvo of 2.340,000 Claw I Men Waiting
. to Be Mobilized When Armistko Wal Signed
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GRAY Hi H
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CHAPTER XV Continued.
15
He knew very well that what she
Lad said about his daughter aud Jo
seph Stagg was quite true, la his self
ishness lie had been glad all these
years that the hardware .merchant was
balked of happiness.
I The carpenter had always been a
self-centered individual, desirous of
his own comfort, and rather miserly,
He had not npproved, in the first place,
of the, intimacy between Joseph Stagg
and his. daughter Amanda. . ...
"No good'll come o'.that," he had
told himself. '
That is, no good to Jedidiah Pnrlow.
He foresaw at the start the loss of the
girl's help about the house, for his
wife was then a helpless invalid.
1 Then Mrs. Parlow filed. This death
made plainer still to the carpenter
that Mandy's marriage was bound, to
bring inconvenience to him. Especial
ly if she married a close-tisted young
business man like Joe Stagg would
this be true. For, at the reading of his
wife's will Mr. I'arlQW discovered that
the property they occupied, even the
shop in which he worked, which, had
been given to Mrs. Parlow by her par
ents, was to be the sole property of
her daughter. Mandy was the heir.
Mr, Parlow did not possess even a life
Interest in the estate.
It was a blow to the carpenter. He
made a good' Income and had money
In bank, but he loved money too well
to wish to spend it after he had made
it He did-not want to give up the
place. If Mandy remained unmarried
there would never be any question be
tween them of rent or the like.
Therefore, If he was not actually the
cause of the difference that arose be
tween the two young people, he seized
and enlarged upon it and did nil In
his power to make a mere misunder
standing grow into a quarrel that nei
ther of the proud, high-spirited lovers
would bridge.
Jedidiah Parlow knew why Joe
Stagg bad taken that other girl to
Faith camp meeting. The young man
had stopped at the Parlow place when
Amanda was absent and explained to
the girl's father. But the latter had
never mentioned this fact to his daugh
ter. Instead he had made Joe's supposed
offense the greater by suggestion and
Innuendo. And it was he, too, who
had urged the hurt Mandy to retaliate
by going to the dance with another
young man. Meeting Joe Stagg later,
.the carpenter had said bitter things
to him, purporting to come from
Mandy. It waali mean and vile; the
old man knew - It now as he bad
known it then.
All these years he had tried to add
fuel to the fire of his daughter s anger
against Joe Stagg. And he believed
he had benefited thereby. But, some
how, during the past few months, he
had begun to wonder if, after all, "the
game was worth the candle."
Suddenly he had gained a vision of
What Amanda Parlow's empty life
meant to her.
Carolyn May, interested only in see
ing her friends made happy, had no
idea of the turmoil she had created in
Mr. Parlow's mind.
During the time that the nurse was
at the abandoned lumber camp caring
for Judy Mason, Carolyn May hoped
that something might take Uncle Joe
there:
! The next Friday, after school was
out, Miss Amanda appeared at the
Stagg home and suggested taking Caro
lyn May into the woods with her, "for
the week-end," as she laughingly said.
Tim, the hackman, had brought the
nurse home for a few hours and would
take her back to Judy's cabin.
"Foor old Judy is much better, but
she is still suffering and cannot be left
alone for long," Miss Amanda said.
"Carolyn May will cheer her up."
Mr. Parlow would drive over on Sun
day afternoon and bring the little girl
home. , Of course, Prince had to go
along.
That Friday evening at supper mat
ters in the big kitchen of the Stagg
house were really at a serious pass, Jo
seph Stagg sat down to the table visi
bly without appetite. Aunty Rose
drank one cup of tea after another
without putting a crumb between her
lips.
"Say, Aunty Rose," demanded Mr.
Stagg, "what under the sun did we do
before Hannah's Car'lyn came hero,
anyway? Seems to me we didn't really
live, did we?" '
Aimtv Ttnso haA no nnswer to make
to these questions.
In the morning there was a smoky
fog over everything a fog that the
sun did not dissipate, and behind
which it looked like an enormous sar
fron ball.
Mr. Stagg went down to the store as
usual. News came over the long-distance
wires that thousands of acres
of woodland were burning, that the for
est reserves were out, and that the farm
ers of an entire township on the far
side" of the mountain were engaged in
trying to make a barrier over which
the flames would not leap. It was the
consensus of opinion, however, that
j the fire would not cross the range.
"Scarcely any chance of its swoon
ing down on us," decided Mr. Stairir.
iieeKon i won r nave to go home to
Mow fire furrows."
BY RUTH BELMORE ENDICOTT
At the usual hour he started for The
Corners for dinner. Having remained
in the store all the morning, he had
not realized howmuch stronger the
smelt of smoke ''was than, it had been
at breakfast time. Quite involuntarily
he quickened his pace.
The fog and smoke overcast the sky
thickly and made it of a brassy color.
Just as though a huge copper pot had
been overturned over the earth. Wom
eq stood at their doors, talking back
and forth la subdued tones.,' There
was a spirit of expectancy in the air.
The hardware merchant was striding
along'at a quick pace when he came to
the Parlow place; but he was not go
ing so fast that he did not hear the
carpenter, hailing him in his cracked
voice. "'
"Hey, you, Joe Stagg! Iley, you!"
Amazed, Mr. Stagg turned to look.
Parlow was hobbling from the rear
premises, groaning at every step,
scarcely able to walk.
"That sciatica's got me ag'in," he
snarled. "I'm a'most doubled up.
Couldn't climb Into a carriage to save
my eotuV
"What d'you want to climb into a
carriage for?" demanded Mr. Stagg.
"'Cause somebody's got to go for
that gal of mine and little Car'lyn
May. Ain't you heard or is your mind
so sot on makin' money down there to
your store that you don't know nothin'
else?"
"Haven't I heard what?" returned
the other with flue -restraint, for he
saw the old man was in pain.
"The fire's come over to this side. I
saw the flames myself. And Aaron
He Plunged Forward Leaped the Blaz
ing Brand and Galloped Down the
Road.
Crummit drove through and says that
you can't git by on the main road. The
fire's followed the, West Brook right
down and Is betwixt us and Adams'
old camp."
"Bless me!" gasped the hardware
dealer, paling under his tau.
"Wal?" snarled Parlow. "Goin' to
stand there chatterin all day, or be
you goin' to do something?"
"Somebody must get over to that
cabin and bring theni out," Joseph
Stagg said, without taking offense at
the crabbed old carpenter.
"Wal!" exclaimed Parlow, "glad ter
see you're awake."
"Oh, I'm awake," the other returned
shortly. "I was just figuring on who's
got the best horse."
"I have," snapped Parlow,
"Yes. And I'd decided on taking
Cherry, too," the hardware dealer add
ed, and swung into the lane toward the
carpenter's barn.
"Hey, you! Needn't be so bra&h
about it," growled the carpenter. "He's
my hoss, I s'pose?"
Joseph Stagg went straight ahead,
and without answering. Having once
decided on his course, he wasted no
time.
He rolled back the big door and saw
Cherry already harnessed In his box
stall. Together they backed the animal be
tween the shafts, fastened the traces,
and Mr. Stagg leaped quickly to the
seat and gathered up the reins.
"You'll kaftor take the Fallow road,"
the carpenter shouted after him. "ind
have a care drivin' Cherry"
Horse and blackboard whirled out of
the yard and his Voice was lost to the
hardware merchant.
Cherry stepped out splendidly, and
they left a cloud of dust behind them
us they rolled up the pike, not in the
direction of the abandoned camp. Fore
warned, he did not seek to take the
shortest way to the cabin where
Amanda Parlow and Carolyn May were
perhaps even now threatened by the
forest fire. The Fallow road turned
north from the pike three miles from
The Comers.
Flecks of foam began to appear on
Cherry's glossy coat almost at once.
The air was very oppressive, and there
was no breeze.
The streak of flame that had fol
lowed down the banks of West
Cteprrlglit, W13, It XXH Kmi Companr. Ino.
brook moved mysteriously. He could
see the smoke of It now.
Amanda. Parlow and his niece might
even now lie. threatened by the flames!
Now that'' danger threatened the
woman he hud loved all these years, It
seemed its though his mind and heart
were numbed. He was territled be
yond expression terrified for her safe
ty, and terrified for fear that some
body, even Jedidiah Parlow, should
suspect Just how he felt about it?
The horse's hoofs rang s harply over
the stony path. Presently they capped
a little ridge and started down Into a
hollow. Not until tliey were over the
ridge was Mr. Stagg aware that the
hotlow was filled, chokingly filled, with
billowy white smoke.' .
, Another mau one as.caut!ous as
the hardware merchant notoriously
was would have pulled the horse
down to a walk. Hut Joseph Stagg's
cautiousness had been Hung to the
winds. Instead, he shouted to Cherry,
and the beast Increased his stride.
Ten rods further ou the horse snort
ed, stumbled, and tried to stop. A
writhing, . flaming snake a burning
branch plunged down through yio
smoke directly ahead.
"Go on!" shouted Joseph Stagg, with
a sharpness that would ordinarily have
set Cherry off at a gallop.
But, as the snortiug creature still
shied, the man seized the whip and
lashed poor Cherry cruelly along hia
Jlunk.
At that the horse went mad. no
plunged forward, leaped the blazing
brand, and galloped down the road at
a perilous gait. The man tried neither
to soothe him nor to retard the pace.
The , smoke swirled around them.
The driver could not see ten feet be
yond the horse's nose. Ten minutes
later they rattled down into the
straight road, and then, very soon,
indeed, were at the abandoned camp.
The Are was near, but It had not
reached this place. There was no sign
of life about.
The man knew which was Judy's
cabin. He leaped from the vehicle,
leaving the panting Cherry unhitched,
and ran to the hut.
The door swung open. The poor
furniture was in place. Even the bed
clothing was rumpled in the old wom
an's bunk. But neither she nor Aman
da Parlow nor little Carolyn May was
there.
CHAPTER XVI.
The Laurel to the Brave.
The heart of the man was like a
weight in his bosom. With so many
hundred acres of forest on fire, and
that, too, between the abandoned camp
and The Corners and Sunrise Cove,
how would Amanda Farlow and Caro
lyn May know whore to go?
Certainly the place must have been
deserted in haste. There was Carolyn
May's coat. The man caught It up and
stared around, us though expecting the
child to be within sight.
The old woman's clothing was scat
tered about, too. It did not look as
though anything had been removed
from the hut. Coming out, he found
another article on the threshold one
of Amanda's gloves.
Joseph Stagg lifted tho crumpled
glove to his lips.
"Oh, God, spare her !" he burst forth.
"Spare them both !"
Then he kissed the glove again and
hid it away in the inner pocket of his
vest.
The hardware dealer tried to think
of just what the fugitives might have
done when they escaped from tho
cabin.
If it were true that Amanda would
not run toward the fire, then she more
than likely had taken the opposite di
rection on leaving the cabin. There
fore, Joseph Stagg went that way set
ting off down the tote road, leading
Cherry by his birdie.
Suddenly he remembered calling
Prince the day Carolyn May had been
lost on the ice. He raised his voice la
a mighty shout for the dog now.
"Prince! Frincey, old boy! where
are you?"
Again and again he called, but there
was no reply. The smoke was more
stifling and the heat more intense
every minute. Mr. Stagg realized that
he must get out quickly if he would
save himself and the horse.
He had Just stopped into the buck
board again, when there was an ex
cited scrambling in the underbrush,
and a welcoming bark was given.
"Prince ! Cood boy !" the man shout
ed. "Where are they?"
The excited dog flew at him, leaping
on the buckboard so as to reach him.
The mongrel- was delighted, and
showed it as plainly as a dumb brute
could.
But he was anxious, too. ne leaped
back to the ground, ran a little ahead,
and then looked back to. see if the man
was following. The hardware dealer
shouted to him again :
"Go ahead, Princey! We're coming!"
He picked up the reins and Cherry
started. The dog. barklne his snHsfnn.
tion, ran on ahead and struck into a
side path which led down a clade. Jo-
seph Stagg knew immediately where
uns path led td. There was a spring
and a small morass in the bottom of
the hollow.
(TO B3B CONTINUED.!
, i v,.. ,.,., I
T 1.11,173 men during l!H! if tin- war lui.l continue.!, ,1'rovost Mn.l.al
General (Vow.ler statd! in Us annual report to confess.
reene of V 3 10.000 class 1 men was wnilmtf to lo inobilmul
when the' armistice W Hi..oJf tho report .fated, the anne.l sire.ih
of il,o nation then l.ei.ii: -I.TlU.lTa ii.vh. When war was declare! the
nrnW stimuli was 3:s.lD men. . ... '
' Two out of every three men in uniform wore raised through the
draft, CrowdVr stat-l". the total number in.li.eted during the war hen
J sit) :!)(. Kvory one. was iakcti from class 1.
' Only IS iht ir.it of Uh men of military age, 18 to 45. were in ho
porvicp. tho report .stated, while Kn-luuJ contribute.! C3 per cent of her
available fighters. ' .
' In all 21,S3-I,0l men were rogistervd by the great draft system U
military service.
, Seven per cent was tho maximum peivcntago of men taken from
amy one industry. '
. The farmers were treat oil better than any other workers, (.. icr
cent of those registered Wing granted deferred classification. Com
paraiively few married men were taken, the recur.! showing that 89
per cent of thorn were deferred. .
Physically he nation is TO per cent perfect, according to tho draft
examiners. This is the percentage of the men found lit. This does not
include the limited service men or thoso whoso defects could be rcrncd;od,
The highest percentage:) of physical fitness come from tho middle
West Oklahoma led the nation with 82 per cent, closely followed ly
Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming. Texas and North Dakota. Khodo
Island and Arizona show the largest percentages of physically unfit, with
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, . New York and Washington
close, lihode Island had only 53 per cent fit and New York CO jkt cent.
Liquor was the smallest factor in causing physical rejections, tho
percentage being only one-tenth of 1 per cent. Heart troubles, eyes,
tuberculosis aud mental defects brought the largest number of rejections,
each claiming J.iore thru 19 per cent of tho total disqualified. Flat
feet took onlv 1.3 per cent.
fhm rw.lor's "work or fiiiht" order forced 130,000 men cither into
the army or useful work and his drive on the slacker marriages added
123,000 men to class one. Eighteen thousand waiters ah. no changed j
their work, as did 17,000 clerical workers. More than 295.000 are still j
classed as deserters by, the provost, marshal general's olli.r, having failed!
to answer calls or register. About 67,000 have been apprehended.
Eight thousand convicts or ex-prisoners wt;re uimico'u unu u.vu
records show they have made fine fighting men.
Gen. Crowdcr closes his report with a tribute to all who helped
make thi draft a success. The total cost of the draft, was only ?l,00o,OOI)
and Gen. Crowdcr had $38,000,000 in appropriations waiting to go back
to the t reasury. The per capita cost of the induct incuts was $0.53,
as compared with $217 in the 'GOs. The cost of enlisting a oluntcor
was $28.05 during tho operation of the draft.
TIPS FOR THE
POULTRY GROWER
Tlmt laying hens will Increase their
production it fed n properly propor
tioned ration litis been demonstrated
In Missouri this winter. ' And the ra
tion costs no more than smiio of tho
carelessly compounded rations many
flocks receive. Here is the ration ex
pressed in quantities sufficient to feed
100 hens one day:
Scratch Feed Ten pounds shelled
corn or katlir nml 5 pounds thrashed
oats or barley. Food in deep litter
morning and evening.
Dry Mash Three pounds bran or 3
pounds cornincal, .'! pounds shorts or
.' pounds ground outs, and 1 pounds
beofscrnp or 1 pound tankiiKe. Throe
gallons of milk may be substituted for
the heefscrap or tankage. Keep tills
inash before the birds at ail times.
In addition to this feed, supply Kroon
feed in .some form, plenty of fresh
water and grit and shell.
The use of the foregoing ration has
hecn advocated by the extension serv
ice of the University of Missouri col
lege of agriculture.
Ten communities have reported re
sults for .'i0 days which shows a per
centage increase of 73. This means
that nil communities reporting are re
ceiving a double return In number of
eggs, laid, and one community reports
that the yield lins been Increased seven-fold.
This is conclusive evidence
that the ration is practical, and that a
laying hen, well fed, will respond to
good feed.
First Discovery of Gold
in California Was in 1848
The first gold In California was dis
covered 71 years ago, on January 24,
1848, by James Wilson Marshall. He
was a native of New Jersey who had
gone West and settled on the site of
Sacramento. Wasting away some
rocks to make a foundation for a
building, ho observed grains of what
seemed to be gold scattered about In
the excavated earth. A tost revealed
that it really was the precious metal.
Wild excitement followed the discov
ery, and the immortal rush of the
"forty-niners" brought thousands of
minors and adventurers to tho golden
stnte. Marshall, the discoverer, did
not profit from his find and would
have spent his lust days in poverty
except for a small pension granted
him by the state of California.
Active Volcano.
The most active volcano in the world
Is Mt. Sangay. It Is 17,100 feet high,
Situated on the eastern chain of
the Andes, South America. It has
been in constant eruption since 1728.
v 'to inorciisu its lil'litintf force to
Immense Food Supplies for
Brave Yanks Across Seas
The Daily Stocks in Hand
Whoever gofa hungry In Furope this
winter it will not he the American
soldiers, notes a correspondent. The
dally sloeks in lunrd reported by the
quartermaster's department of the
American expeditionary forces gives
an Idea of supplies only when It Is
remembered they represent reserves
held between daily consumption and
arrivals known to be en route, l'o
tatoes furnish n striking example. The
stock In hand at I he last report was
8,200,000 pounds, mid yet the Ameri
can forces are receiving .'iO.noo tons
of potatoes a month, which makes (JO,
000,(100 pounds, ehlelly from Ireland.
Potatoes being perishable, It would
riot lie wise to keep double the daily
stocks in lilt nd. Others were as fol
lows :
Fresh beef, Ifi.OOO.OOO pounds;
tinned beef, 211,700,000 pounds; tinned
bacon. 20,:i00,000 pounds; tinned sal
mon, 0,4-10,000 pounds; Hour. Hitl.OOO,
000 pounds; oatmeal, 2,000,000 pounds;
cqniineal, 6,000,000 pounds; dry henna,
20,000,000 pounds; linked beans, 27,
000,000 pounds; rice, 8,000,000 pounds;
onions, 1,000,000 pounds; tomatoes,
30,000,000 pounds; Jams, 2,000,000
pounds; prunes, 2,000,000 pounds;
sugur, 28,000,000 pounds.
This list does not include other
foods running beyond a million pounds,
like dried vegetables, syrup, bnc.m In
bulk, hardtack, hominy, dried and
fresh fruits, as well ns cheese, maca
roni, butter and lard.
U. S. January Expenses
Totaled $1,962,350,000
Big payments to allies under credits
previously established, ns reported by
the treasury, raised the total of nl
lied advances In January to .$200,250,
000, and aggregate government ex
penses for tho month to $1,002,350,000.
Thla is $97,000,000 less than the record
of December. War savings sales
reached $70,000,000.
WITH THE SAGES
It is a proof of boorlshness
to confer a favor with a bad
grace. How little does a smile
cost ! Ihuyere.
Without thought there can be
nothing done that can be truly
called a work. T. A. Edison.
Ill fortune never crushed that
man whom good fortune de
ceived not. 15en Johnson.
We should be ashamed to
think what .we should be
ashamed to do. W. l'ickford.
DniRtflHt Sajg Iridic are !
Kcelpe of Suge Tea and
nuipuur.
Hulr that UiNtui Itn c.ilnr mid ),,,
or when It fmlcN, tuVnn Kmy, dim .
lir.'U-HH, Im cttumul by a l.i. k of
In the liulr. Our Krainlmotlier
up ii mixture of Hiiko Tea and Suit
to liocii her locl dni k nml bomV
mid thoiiHund of woiinm uiij
value- tlmt evon color, t It Ut bmr
.lurk mIiiiiIo of linlr vlih h U
tru.'tlvo, tiHtj only thin oht time f:
Nowmlnya wo K"'t thin fumoui
tur iiiiproviHl by tho addition of '
liiKroill.'iit byfimkltiK at any 4,
Hloro for a tmttto of "Wyoth'i gi"'
a nd Sulphur Cuinpqtuiil," which
.Mis tho hulr po naturitUy, m (v(i '
tlmt nolmtly ciur iMwalbly toll U t;l
heeu applied. )'ou J;i.-it daiup,.t1
xponK" or soft bnmli with It suit jr,
thin through your hulr, taking t
Hiiutll Mtrnn.i lit a tlm. Iiy mora'1
tin KHiy hulr dlniui uri; but
ili.tiklitH tho liullei with Wywth'i &'
nml Hulpliur Compoim.l In that. be.
bountifully ditrkfjtlriK tlu linlr atte
few application, It almi brings 1;
tho kIonh and luatro mid g,Ue$ .
uppcnniiii'O of ahurniunro.
Wycth'ii HttKO and Sulphur (V
pound U a dullfchtful tollfit nmkl
to ltupnrt color and n youthful aj
iiiH B to tan nair. ii in not lutonil:
tho euro, iiittlKUon or pruvenfa
lllB.'HHO. Ad v.
Foollah Worrvlna. !
Ho niiiuy thing do not matter. ;
nuiiioriiblo things that wo worry
or fret nboiit or Mtrlva for, really si
no difference whatever, imdwetH
and fr.'t and utrlvo for them up
front a Ht upld wort of haiilt, kUn
!mv pcrhapH. lot thetn liotbcr tad
troublo ii h n.Kaln and iwtlu, th'ci
that they mattered, and mattered
preinoly. Hut do thoy?
For Houto Plants.
A splendid fertilizer for sit r
plants and evergreens may be mii.
till - way: Dissolve one can of
in two gallons of water; put Intao
honoH to inaka a thick, crusty mis
few Bpocufuls of thla In your wa'r
pot onco a wf-ek will kIvo a floods
reault.
Tha Difference.
Fiat head is quite as bad In pol
nn flat foot Is In military life. .No! is
Hint, but 80 per cent of tho flat!
eases am curnhle. lluiiHon Post
Funny, Ain't It
Said tlio facetious feller: "I b
often wondered how a man can
straight from tlin tdiouliler unit
does hia talking on his fingers."
And He'a Worth Listening To.
The mini who really has nothinf
say generally talks less than other?
pie, hocaiiHo he consider it worth i
lug Homo thought to. '
Beet Sugar Industry.
Tho United States and Spain art
only countries which produce .vjj
cane anil beet sugar in any cons:
uhle quantity. Tho development1
Die heet-migar iinluHtry In the Ct
States has been one of the great
rlculturul and manufacturing gro
of this country. From 1S98 the
sugar production In tho United SU
increased from 60,000 tons to appr'
niately 800,0 0 0 tons in 1915..
Proper Treatment cf FriH"
When our frlonda are present'
ought to treat them well; and
thoy are absent, to speak of theo
Eplctetus.
A NERVOUS
BREAKOOV
Miss Kelly Tells How If
E. Pinkham' Vegetal
Compound Restored
Her Health.
NoTvnrk. N. J.-'For about &
years I suffered from nervous w
weakicouiu'-
stand, and ha'
.i. da?'
4.:..,l ouorvtl
& could tliink of
r v was unuer
sician's carei',j
years. Agjr f
tame (.uu-...
Rho tolJ ma ;,
s ' 'it'- : .. . . n IF:
dayltookitW;
fCto feel hew
ble todotiiost f
pound ever since and pive you
mission to publish this ic
Flo Krt.t v 47ii Sn 14th St.. Ne
N. .1. ' , ' "
. The reason this famous root a"0 ;,
remeuy, nyuia Jii, 1'inKnam '-p (
Compound, was so successful i" ,,
iveuy s case was Because u a
.wot ot ner troutile, restorer -
normal healthy condition and 83 '
her nervousness disappeared.
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v-'w"ir