Future Corn Growing
The Case of Jenni» Brice
C ontinued from p ag e 3
O n l y a f e w y e a r s a g o , th e s u c
i She tu rn w l an d looked a t m e o v er ner
ces sfu l g r o w i n g and ri p e n in g of
shoulder.
| “ P ro b a b ly M r. P itm a n w a s a m an .” field corn in C l a c k a m a s c o u n t y w a s
sh e said. “ My h u sb a n d is a flood, a su p p osed to be an im p o s s ib ilit y , but
devil.”
Well, a good m any w om en h av e said in th e past t w o y e a r s , th is part of
th u t lo m e a t d ifferen t tim es. P u t ju st the c o u n t y h a s c om e to th e front in
let m e sa y such a th in g to th em , o r re
p eat th e ir o w n w ords to th em th e u ex t th e e x p e r im e n t a l w o r k , in connec-
day, a n d th ey would fly a t m e In a ; tion w ith th * a c c lim a t in g o f corn
fu ry . So I said n o th in g a n d p u t th e
M u c h c re d it for th is pioneer w ork
cream in to h e r tea.
! is d u e to su c h loen as Jo hn E l y of
1 n e v e r sa w h e r again.
C u r r in s v ille , Ivdw. S till of B art on
T h e re is n o t m uch sleep in g clone in j la n d E. N . F o s te r of F!agle C r e e k .
the flood d is tric t d u rin g a s p rin g flood
T h e gas w a s sh u t off an d I g av e Mr I T h e corn ra ised by th ese t r t n and
Ticynolds an d th e L adley» each a I imp. o t h e rs last Near, e x h ib it e d at tin
I sa t iu th e back root., th a t 1 h a d m ade
c o u n t v , state and Po rtla n d l airs ai-
Into u te m p o ra ry k llch eu w ith a
can d le a n d w ith a b ed q u ilt a ro u n d my ira ct e d m u ch a ttention.
shoulders. T h e w a te r ro se fa st In tin*
R e p o r ts of t h t p la n tin g for th is
lo w er h all, b u t by m id n ig h t a t the
y e a r, are as fo llo w s: -J o h n E l y , 20
se v en th ste p it sto p p e d risin g and
stood still. I a lw a y s h a v e a skiff d u rin g a cre s ; Jas. L in n , .5 a cre s ; C C. Sa
th e flood seaso n , a n d a s th e w a te r rose li n g , 10 a c re s ; and N e il T a > lo r, 10
I tied it to one sp in d le o f th e s ta ir
a cres; in th e C u r r i n s v i l l e dis tr ic t:
case a f t e r an o th er.
1 m ad e m y se lf a cu p o f tea an d at W . W P o t t e r , 10 a c r e s in U p p e i
1 o ’clock I s tre tc h e d o u t on a so fa for G a r f ie ld : K. N . F o s te r o f E a g l e !
a few hours* sleep. I th in k I had been
sleeping only a n h o u r o r sc w hen som e i C r e e k , to a cre s end a p la ntin g of
Probab
one touched m e on th e shou dor an d 1 a bou t 50 acres in G e o r g e .
>t a rte d up.
It w as Mr. Reynolds. ly th is list does not c o m p r ise < tie
>nrtly dressed.
’ “Som e o n e h a s been in th e house. q u a r te r of th e p la ntin g in thi> part
M rs. P itm a n ,” he said. “T hey w ent of the c o u n t y , bu t g i v e s an idea ol
aw a y Ju»t now in th e b o a t.’’
th e e x t e n s i \ e n e s s and g r o w t h o f ,
“ P e rh a p s it w a s P e te r." I suggested, i
t
“T h at do g is a lw a y s w a n d e rin g a ro u n d j h is im portant m w in d u s tr y .
a t n ig h t."
M u c h of th e seed for local plan -
“ N ot u n less P e te r ca n row a b o at." ! i n g h a s been ob ta in e d from John
said Mr. R eynolds d ryly.
I got up. b ein g a lre a d y fu ll dressed. E l y , w h o s e co rn e x h i b i t s at Iasi
“ W hat** th e m a tte r w ith th e Lail-
leys V’* he asked.
“ I c a n 't re a d fo r
th e ir q u a rre lin g .”
Booze. p ro b ab ly ,“ I said.
"W h en
you’ve lived in th e flood d is tr ic t a s
long a s I have, Mr. R eynolds, y o u ’ll
know th a t th e risin g o f th e riv e r is a
signal fo r every m an in th e vicinity
to sto p w ork a n d g e t full. T h e fu lle r
th e riv e r th e fu lle r th e m a le popu la
tion."
"T h en th is flood will likely m ak e ’em
d rin k th em se lv e s to d e a th !" he said.
“ I t ’s a lulu."
“ I t’s th e neig h b o rh o o d 's a n n u a l de-
bnuch. T h e w om en a r e busy in th e
cellars, o r th e y 'd g e t full too. I hope,
r im e it's com e th is fa r, it will com e
fa rth e r, so tin- lan d lo rd will h av e to
p ap er th e p a rlo r.”
T h a t w as a t .’i o'clock. At 4 Mr. Lad
ley w en t dow n th e sta irs , a n d I h e a rd
him g e ttin g in to a skiff in th e low er
hall. T h e re w ere b o ats going back an d
fo rth all th e tim e c a rry in g cro w d s of
* urioils people an d ta k in g th e flood s u f
fe re rs to the c o rn e r grocery, w h ere
they w ere low ering groceries in a b a s
k et on a rope from a n u p p e r w indow .
I hud been m ak in g tea w hen I h e a rd
Mr. igidley go out. 1 fixed a tra y w ith
a cu p of it a n d som e cra c k e rs an d took
it to th e ir door. I had n ev er liked
Mrs. I.adley, b u t it w a s chilly in th e
house w ith tin* g a s sh u t oCT a n d th e
lo w er floor full o f ice w a te r. And it is
hard enough to k eep b o ard ers in th e
flood d istric t.
She did not a n s w e r to my knocks, so
1 opened th e d o o r a n d w en t in. She
w as a t th e w indow , looking a f t e r him.
an d th e b row n v alise th a t figured in
th e c a s e la te r w as opened on th e floor. *nd ta k in g th e can d le w e w e n t to th e
O ver th e foot o f th e bed w as th e black sta irc a se . I noticed t h a t It w as a m in
u te or so a f t e r U o ’clock a s w e le ft th e
a n d w h ite d ress w ith th e red collar.
W hen 1 spoke to h er sh e tu rn ed room. T h e boat w as gone, n ot untied,
a ro u n d quickly. She w as a tall w o b ut c u t loose. T h e end o f th e rope w as
m an. a l »out tw e n ty -e ig h t, w ith very still f a ste n e d to th e s t a ir rail, i sa t
w h ite te e th an d yellow h air, w hich she d ow n on th e s ta irs a n d looked a t Mr.
p a rte d a little to one sid e a n d d rew Reynolds.
“ I t's gone!” I said. “ If th e house
dcw n o v e r her ears. She h ad a sullen
face a n d larg e w ell sh a p e d h an d s, w ith ca tc h e s fire w e’ll h av e to d ro w n .’*
“ It's r a t h e r cu rio u s w h en you co n
h er nails long a n d very pointed.
" T h e ‘sh e devil* iias bro u g h t you sid e r It." W e both spoke so ftly n o t to
som e ten .” 1 said.
'W h e re sh a ll sh e d is tu rb tb e L adleys. “ I ’ve been aw ake
an d I h e a rd no b o at com e In. A nd yet
p u t It?"
• •She devil!*“ sh e rep eated , ra isin g j if no one ca m e in a l»out a n d cam e
Iter eyebrow s. “ I t's a very th o u g h tfu l from th e stre e t they w ould h a v e h a d to
sw im in ”
site devil. W ho called you th a t? "
Hut w ith th e sig h t of th e valise and
To be continued.
th e fe a r th a t th e y m ight he leaving I
Mr. ami Mrs. G e o r g e E il e r s of
th »light it b est not to q u a rre l. She 1
G e o r g e , e nterta in ed a n u m b e r of
had left th e w indow and. going to h e r ,
d re ssin g tab le, had picked u p h er nail frie nd s at din n e r last S u n d a y .
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b y t h e C I. C .
I! !e.
"N ev e r luim l,” I »aid. “ I hope you
rue not g oing aw ay . T h e se floods d o n 't
last, a n d th e y ’re n benefit. P len ty o f
tin» people a ro u n d here rely on ’em ;
every y e a r to w ash o ut th e ir ce lla rs.’’
“ No. I'm not g oing away,*’ sh e re
plied I ux II n " I'm ta k in g th a t d re ss to 1
Mir« H ope a t th e th e a te r. S he is going
to w e a r it in ‘C h a rlie’s A u n t’ n e x t
w eek. S he h a s n ’t h a lf enough o f a
w ard ro b e to play leads in stock. Look
at th is r h u mb n ail, broken to th e
q u b k !"
If 1 bad only looked to see w hich
th u m b it was! B u t I w as p u ttin g th e
tea tra y on th e w a s h sta n d a n d m oving
Mr. L ad ley ’s p ap ers to And room fo r It.
P eter, th e spaniel. I »egged fo r a lum p
c f s u g a r, an d I g a v e it to him.
“ W here is Mr. L ad ley ?” 1 asked
“G one o u t to see th e riv e r.”
"I hope lie’ll be c a r tf u l. T h e re ’s a
d ro w n in g o r tw o ev ery y e a r In th ese
floods.”
“T h en I hope he w on’t,** sh e said
calm ly. “ IH> yon know w h a t 1 w as do
ing w hen you ca m e In? I w as looking
a f te r Ills b o at a n d hoping it had a hole
in it "
“ You w on’t feel th a t w ay tom orrow .
M rs. L ad ley .” 1 p ro tested , shocked.
“ You’re ju s t n erv o u s an d p u t out.
M ost m en h ave th e ir ugly tim e».
M any a tim e I w ished Mr. P itm a n w as
g oue—u n til he w ent. T h en I ’d h av e
g iven a *r«s»d h it to h ave him hack
a g a in .”
She w as sta n d in g in fro n t o f th e
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