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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1921)
WORLD HAPPENINGS CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of (Noted People, Governmenti and Pacific Northwest, and Other Things Worth Knowing. Twenty-five hundred employes of Denver Packing plants will ba affected by the 12 per cent wage reduction announced In Chicago Tuesday by the packing companies. President Harding Instituted a policy of frequent meetings with the White House correspondents Tuesday, seeing them after the cabinet meeting for his first formal press conference since In auguration. ', the house of representatives of the state of Nebraska has approved a reso lution indorsing the world's exposition to be held in Portland in 1925, accord ing to information received at the gov ernor's office." The general railroad situation af fords little prospect of general de creases in freight rates, Chairman Clark of the Interstate commerce com mission Tuesday Informed Senator Harris of Georgia. Major General Leonard Wood has been detailed at the request of Presi dent Harding to go to the Philippine islands and make a study of conditions there In the light of Philippine aspira tions for independence. ' Itene Vivianl, ex-premler, will sail for the United States on March 19, on an official mission from the French government to President Harding to extend felicitations of the government and reaffirm its friendship. The Spanish premier, Edourado Dato, has been assassinated, accord ing to a dispatch to the London Ex change Telegraph company from Madrid. Senor Dato was killed by revolver shots as he left congress. A reign of lawlessness, declared to have been the outcome of a political feud, which has terrorized one of the most densely populated wards in Chi cago for weeks, Tuesday culminated in the assassination of two of Alderman John Power's political lieutenants. The dime is a fair price lor coffee and rolls or pie, the Chicago council committee on the cost of living an nounced Tuesday. The committee is discussing an ordinance making it a misdemeanor for a restaurant to serve loss than one-fifth of a pie to a cus tomer. John W. Davis, retiring American ambassador to England, has received a cordial letter from President Hard ing announcing that the president will comply with Mr. Davis' request that a new ambassador be appointed as soon as possible, so that Mr. Davis may return home. Mrs. Kenneth Thornock of Brlgham City, Utah, wrapped her baby son in H quilt and put him on the oven door of her kitchen stove Tuesday morning while she went across the street to call upon a neighbor. When she re turned 30 minutes later she found the baby burned to death. Job seekers besieging the new cabi net officers were Joined Monday by real estate men, all eager to provide nice, comfortable homes for the new comers. Three honored Secretary Mellon, armod with pretty pictures of homes they though he would like to buy, ranging from $100,000 upward. He didn't buy. Pictures shown in a well-known mo tion picture news weekly depicting an airplane crashing into a flock of wild ducks, which were taken near Colusa, Cal., last October, resulted in the fil ing of criminal proceedings against Louis Hutt, photographer; Lieutenant Harry Halverson of San Francisco; J. M. Fetters, commercial aviator and Richard Done. The complaint charges that the men hunted ducks in air planes in violation of the migratory bird act , Aspects of the nation's foreign rela tions and problems of administrative organization were considered by PreBl- dent Harding and his cabinet Tuesday at the first meeting. Afterward, an nouncement was made at the war de partment that In formulating its policy toward the Rhine situation this gov ernment Is not now considering a with drawal of the American troops. It was learned that as another step to ward Fan-American amity the presi dent Is preparing to ask that the sen ate ratify at once the Columbia treaty. EX-KAISER BLAMES ENGLAND John Bull Held Responsible for World War. Writes Book. Amsterdam. Former Emperor Wil liam of Germany has written for pri vate distribution a book by which he attempts to show that England was responsible for the world war. In the volume he has collated historical facts and data relative to international agreements between all countries in volved In the war from 1884 to 1914, and these facts have been marshaled In parallel columns by Count Hohen- zollern, says the newspaper Het Volk. He declares England's responsibility for the war centered In her "plot to Isolate Germany," and refers to the mobilization of English banks in April, 1914, preparations for war by the British fleet in June, the same year, and the Russian mobilization of forces July 15. 'Thus," says the newspaper, "the former emperor tries to find adher ents for the theory that allied mob ilization made it impossible for Ger many to prevent the war." BRITAIN'S BULWARK TO BE BIG SHIPS London. Navy estimates for 1921- 22 announced Monday, show a re duction of possibly 10,000,000 on the net estimate for the last financial year, which was 84,372,400 according to the forecast of the political corres pondent of the London Times. He declared that the government bad de cided In principle that the capital ship the fleet. The correspondent said there were now 38 capital ships, while eight were obsolescent, if not obsolete, and add ed that it was regarded as uneconomi cal to man such ships with expensive, highly trained personnel. Consequent must continue to be the main unit of ly these eight are expected to be scrapped. , The government, he said, consid ered that the remaining 30 capital ships constitute for the present an adequate basis for the maintenance of the one-power standard. "But, as at least four will need to be replaced," the forecast continued, the construction of four vessels will eventually be necessary." Savfnga Break Records. New York. Savings banks deposits In the United States in 1920 eclipsd all records. Statistics made public by the Sav ings Bank association of New York state showed deposits in the 635 sav ings Institutions on January 1 last to taled $5,535,389,904, an Increase of 9.38 per cent over 1919. The 21 mutual savings banks in the middle western states reported an in crease In deposits of $10,851,938. In the Pacific coast states the increase was 6.99 per cent California showed a gain of 6.07 per cent and Washing ton 12.48. Alleged Plot Unfolded. London. The Dally Graphic alleges a Sinn Fein plot Is on foot to import from the U. S. a number of young men of Irish nationality, adepts In acts of violence. "These gunmen, it is declar- d, are expected shortly, elaborately dis guised. But the British secret serv ice has adopted equally adequate pre cautions to trace them, Certain mem bers of the cabinet and other promi nent men have been marked by the expected visitors." Cow Offered President Washington, D. C A cow has been offered President Harding by a Llber tyvllle, 111., man, who in a letter, said It was "his hobby to raise very good Jersey cows and to place them where they will be most appreciated." Lack of a suitable home far a cow on the White House grounds may prevent the president from accepting. Dining Car Charge Cut St, Paul, Minn. Reduction of from 15 to 25 per cent in dining car charges were announced Monday by the Great Northern railroad company. The com pany also declared it would put into effect this year special summer tourist passenger rates representing a reduc tion of from 20 to 26 per cent. Woman Wins Election. Perth, Australia. Mrs. Cowan has dofeated the attorney-general for his sent in parliament. She 1b the first woman to be elected to the Australian parliament Nyssa. Robbers who looted the vault of the Bank of Haines Sunday missed $10,000 in the safety box of David Wilcox, president of the bank, but got $15,000 in liberty bonds be longing to others besides $2500 in cash. The robbers have not been cap tured. MOB ORDERS 3 TO TAR OWN BODIES Details of Non-Partisan At tack Are Bared. VICTIMS DISAPPEAR All Forced to Roll in Grass in Lieu of Feathers and Don Clothes as Party Departs. Great Bend, Kas. Details of the anti-non-partisan league demonstration in Barton county Saturday night, which reached a climax in the escort ing from Great Bend of J. R. Burton, ex-senator from Kansas, and the tar ring of J. O. Stevlo and A. A. Parsons, revealed Sunday that Stevic and Par sons were compelled to apply a coating of tar to themselves while undressed. After they had been forced by several hundred men to roll on the ground, their clothing was returned and they were told to leave. The whereabouts of Stevic and Par sons, who are state organizer and state secretary, respectively of the league, were not then known. Neither had word been received as to the whereabouts of Burton or of a Pro fessor Wilson, another organizer of the league. Burton and Wilson were on their way to Ellinwood to address a meet ing. When they did not appear Stevic and Parsons came to learn their whereabouts. The latter two then were taken out of the city and told not to return. When they reappeared they were tarred. When word reached Lynons, a small town near by, that Stevic and Parsons had returned to Ellinwood a crowd of about two hundred men gathered. The party left there about 6 o'clock, inter rupted a non-partisan meeting at El linwood and brought Stevic and Par sons to Great Bend. They took the men a few miles from town and ordered them to "take off your clothes." The men protested, but obeyed. When they had undressed, tar was produced and Stevlo and Par sons were ordered to "smear that on you." Shivering from the chilly air, the men obeyed. When they finished they were told to roll in the grass, that serving for feathers, members of the party explained. Then their clothes were returned to them, they were warned not to return and the mob turned back to town. Stevlo was told that his treatment was the result of violation of a prom ise to remain out of the county. Beer Permit to Stand. Washington, D. C The ruling of ex- Attorney-General Palmer permitting the practically unlimited manufacture of beer, wines and whisky for medical purposes will stand, despite protests, Solicitor-General Frlerson said Satur day, unless the treasury department should ask for Its reconsideration Such a request is not contemplated, It was said at the treasury. A review would only be made, he said, on motion of the department orig inally making the request and a change made where an error of law was found. Regulations to provide for the use of beer medically will be Issued when they can be prepared, prohibition offi cials declared. Under this most recent interpreta tion of the prohibition law, officials declared it would appear that a pa tient for whom beer was prescribed could obtain it by the case, as It would probably be ordered as a tonic and it would appear unreasonable to require a person to procure only one or two bottles. Army List Again Filed. Washington, D. C Secretary Weeks has sent to the president for trans mission to the senate a long list of Junior army officers for promotion to grades up to and including captain, identical with the list submitted by President Wilson, which failed of con firmation. The promotions were made in ac cordance with the law, Secretary Weeks said, and could be changed only if the law were changed. Legion Advises Caution,. .Indianapolis, Ind. National officers of the American Legion Saturday took steps to protect men who may be wrongfully classed as draft evaders in the list to be Issued soon by the war department and to make certain that none guilty of evading military service escape. All posts were notified that they should aid in establishing the cor- rectness of the list ' The Homesteader Copyright, All Rights Reserved I" -"I BUILDING THE HOME. Synopsis. Dissatisfied because ot i the seemingly barren outlook of his position as a school teacher In at Canadian town, John Harris deter mines to leave It, take up land Inl Manitoba and become a "home- j steader." Mary, the girl whom he j loves, declares she will accompany 1 him. They are married and set out I lor the unknown country. Alec Mc- Crae, pioneer settler and adviser ofj newcomers, proves an Invaluable 1 friend. Leaving his wife with the family of a fellow settler, Fred Ar-i thurs, Harris and McCrae journey 1 over the prairie and select a home- j stead. Mary Insists on accompanying j him when he takes possession, and i they begin their life work of making j the prairie fertile farm land. CHAPTER II Continued. That night, before the darkness had fathered too deep, they selected the lite of their house on the very bench Jiat McCrae had Indicated. It was ibout an acre in extent, and stood ialfway between the prairie level and Ihe bottom of the coulee, where n imall river was now running. tt was quite dark when they sought the cover of their little tent, and the wolves were howling far down the ra rlne. Presldently they were startled by a srashlng noise, as of some big anl nals rushing upon them through the poplars, and the horses, In headlong laste, almost swept over their sleep ng place. "That wolf howl put the fear Into die silly brutes," said Harris, speak ing calmly, although his own flesh was ireeping Just a little. "I suppose they've ripped their tether ropes to pieces. Well, we'll tie them down here, where they'll have company." and he led them back a short distance nto the bushes. A moment later, suddenly, as if con cealed out of thin air, on the bank right above them, silhouetted against the dim light in the western sky, stood i horse and rider. Instantly Harris' nlnd came a warning of McCrae: 'Sleep with one eye open when your Horses are tethered out." Harris had no proof that the strange rider was a horse thief, but it struck aim at the moment that the terror of the horses might not have been due al together to wolves. He stole silently toward the tent There was a gun there, loaded with hot for any possible game on the prai rie. As he moved in the deep dark less of the valley he stumbled over a root and fell. The same moment came i flash of light on the bank, and Har ris heard the "thuk" of a ball bury ing Itself In the god. He lay perfectly till. The stranger peered Into the Jarkness for a full minute; then, dis mounting, began 'to come cautiously lown the hillside. Harris would have rushed for his gun, but he feared to reveal the whereabouts of his wife. So tie lay still, and the stranger came n, the glint of his gun barrel showing In the darkness. It was evident he thought his bullet hnd found Its mark, nd bt proposed still to possess him self of the horses. But he was taking no chances. Presently he discerned Harris' body on the ground, and again raised his gun to his shoulder. Har ris lay in an agony of suspense, pray ing thnt the aim would be fnulty, and that his assailant would advance un til he could spring up and disarm him. Then came another flash, a loud re port, a yell from the intruder, who half fell to earth, then scrambled to His feet rushed up the bank, pulled himself somewhat limply on his horse, ind rode Into the darkness. 'Oh, Jack, are you killed?" cried die girl, rushing in his direction. "Not even hurt," he answered; and me fainted In his arms. He carried her to the tent and ap plied water to her forehead. As he was engaged In restoring her his hand tell on his gun. The barrel was hot He raised her face to hls and kissed her again and again. In the morning they found a few Irops of blood on the grass at the top jf the bank. Harris and his wife allowed them lelves no time for nerve strain over the experience of their first night on their homestead. The next morning, ifter caring for their cows, they Hitched the horses to the wagon, took tn ax, a saw, their gun, and a lunch, ind set out for the valley, returning ate at night with sufficient logs and poles for the framework of their house ind stable. The next day construc tion was commenced. Four stout posts were set on end, enclosing a rectangle 12x16 feet The tops of the posts were :onnected by logs laid upon them, iove-talled at the corners after the fashion of woodsmen, and held In po rtion by woodeu pins driven In auger holes. Lengthwise along the center, to form a ridge pole, another stout log was laid and the whole framework lupported by additional posts, among which were two on the east side to en :lose the door. Small poles were then placed on end, sloping slightly in wards and resting against the plate logs. Similar poles were laid from the plate logs to the ridge pole to sup port the roof. Harris found southern slope where the frost was out enough to admit to him plowing some sods. He plowed them, three Inches thick and 14 Inches wide, and cut them Into two-foot lengths with his ax, to the sad Injury of Its cutting edge. These sods were then built Into a wall like bricks, rest ing gently against the framework of poles, from which, however, they were separated by a padding of grass, which Harris cut in a slough with his scythe, and small willows from the ravine. This mattress of grass and willows prevented any earth shaking through into the house itself. A framework made of a hewn log was Inserted In the south wall to leave space for a window, which should be bought when the family finances could afford such luxuries. For the time being it would be left open in fine weather and cov ered with canvas when the elements were gruff or unruly. The rag carpet, when no longer needed as a tent, would be draped In the doorway, pending the purchase of boards to make a wooden door. For a roof grass was laid on the poles and covered tightly with sods. Then Harris found a sticky, yellow clay In the side of the ravine, and two or three Inches of this he spread carefully over the sods, like icing on a great cake. The greasy clny soon hardened In the sun, and became so impervious to water that the heaviest rains of summer made no impression upon it. By this time the snow was all gone, except in north-facing nooks along the ravine, and the frost was out of the sod In all places deep enough to admit of plowing. As the stock were taking no harm from the open air, thanks to the shelter of the ravine, Harris de cided to delay the construction of his stable until after seeding and to pro ceed at once with the plowing of his land. He had also to make a trip to "Not Even Hurt," He Answered, and ' She Fainted In His Arms. Arthurs' for seed grain, and to bor row a couple of sections of drag har rows. With It all, by the middle of May he had sown 15 acres of wheat, and notwithstanding a heavy snowfall about the twenty-third, by the first of June he had added ten acres of oats. With his help Mary had planted a small garden of potatoes and vegeta bles, and a few flowers were spring ing up at the door of the house. CHAPTER III. The Shores of the Infinite, The summer was a season of great activity and development. Harris did not sow any crop after the first of June, but applied himself then to the construction of his stable, which was built after the same fashion us the house. As McCrae had predicted, there was a considerable movement of settlers Into the district, and at several points their tents or rude houses now broke the vast sweep of the horizon. Tom Morrison had found land to the satis faction of his heart within three miles of the Harris homestead, and his big log house, 18x24, assumed the propor tions of a castle by comparison with the smaller homes springing up around. Some miles to the east Dick Mntheson, straight from the lumber camps of the Madawaski, had pitched his tent and a few miles farther on was his friend of the shanties, John Burton. To the west were the Grants, and to the north Hiram Riles and his wife, Eliza. A missionary had In some way spied out the field, and held monthly Sunday services at Morrison's house; and Dr. Blaln, when not in one of his unfortunate debauches, had his headquarters at the new town of Plalnvllle, which consisted of Semp ter's general store and a "stopping place," and which had sprung up near the Junction of two streams In antici pation of the railway. And so the first summer wore away and the first harvest was at hand. . By ROBERT J. C. STEAD Author of "Tht Cow PunchT " Etc. Any disappointment which had been occasioned by backward conditions earlier In the season was effaced by the wonderful crop which now crowned the efforts of the pioneers. On their finest eastern farms they had seen nothing to equal the great stand of wheat and oats which now envel oped them, neck-high, whenever they invaded It. The great problem before the settlers was the harvesting of this crop. It was a mighty task to at tempt with their scytties, but there was no self-binder, or even reaper, within many miles. Finally Morrison solved the problem for the whole community by placing an order, at a fabulous figure, for a self-binder from the United States. It was a cumbrous, wooden frame con trivance, guiltless of the roller bear ings, floating aprons, open elevators, and sheaf carriers of a later day, but It served the purpose, and with Its aid the harvest of the little settlement wns safely placed In sheaf. The farm ers then stacked their grain In the fields, taking care to plow double fire guards, with a burnt space between, as a precaution against the terrifying fires which broke over the prairie as soon as the September frosts had dried the grass. A community some 20 miles to the eastward boasted a threshing mill, and arrangements were made for Its use after It had discharged the du ties of Its own locality. When Harris' thrashing was done he found he had 600 bushels of wheat and 700 bushels of oats In cone-shaped plies on his fields. The roads were fine and hard, and no snow had yet fallen, so he determined to begin at once with the marketing of his wheat. His last cent had been spent months before; Indeed, It had been only through the courtesy of the storekeep er at Plalnvllle, who was also post master, and who had stretched the law to the point of accepting hen eggs as legal tender In exchange for post age stamps, that Mary Harris had been able to keep up the brave, opti mistic series of letters written "home." So Harris decided that he would at once market some of his wheat. Most of the oats would be needed for his horses and for seed, and what re mained would command good prices from new settlers the following spring, but some of the wheat must be turned into money at once, During the lat ter part of the summer they had lived exclusively on the produce of their farm ; on vegetables from the gnrden, fish and ducks from the stream, prai rie chickens, and an occasional rab bit from the fields. The wild geese had deserted them early In the Bpring, and returned only after harvest. But now they should have a change on their table. Mary had accepted the pioneer fare of the summer without complaint, but of late Harris had discovered a strange longing in her eyes, and more than once she hnd arrested herself In the words "I wish we had " Then two penitent little tears would steal softly down her cheeks, and she would bury her head In his arms as he soothed her with loving words and promised that "after thrashing things would be different." So now he set out for Emerson with the best load his horses could draw. The first few miles he drove In silence, for there was a heavy weight at his heart as he thought of the little wife alone with the responsibilities of the farm. That she would be faith ful to every responsibility he knew beyond question. But he was not quite satisfied. A strange moodi ness had come over her, and even with him at home she had at times given way to fits of downheartedness which seemed altogether alien to her nature. Ten days later he retraced his course In the teeth of a blinding bill zard. A dozen times he had been lost In the Inst 48 hours, but he had devel oped the prairie dweller's sense of di rection, and hnd always been able again to locate the trail. The Ar thurs would have detained him, al most by force, but the thought of a pale, patient face, wrung with an ag ony of anxiety not for Itself, made hlra adamant In his resolve to go home at whatever cost The roads were almost Impassable; he left his lumber at Ar thurs', but carried with him his win dow, a few boards for a door, and a little bundle of dry goods. Everything else had gone by the way surrendered in exchange for food and shelter for himself and horses. "Thank God, oh, thank God!" (TO BE CONTINUED.) Considerate Hen. A hen which deposits a fresh break fast egg on her owner's bed, and then awakens him at the proper time to consume the fruits of her industry, Is, states the Timber Trades Journal, the prized possession of a sawmill em ployee at Bend, Ore. Betirlng at a, m. the end of his working day the man leaves open the window at his bedside. Shortly before noon the hen flies In, nestles near her master's shoulder, lays her egg, and rising, pecks the sleeper gently on the fore-head.