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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1920)
rAOK 8 1JKNI) nUTiLKTIN, 1U3ND, OUKUON, THUltSDAV, KKIUU'AUV lit, 1DU0 The Co. 03P2IRIMIT rt "InUlniiM, yii suyt iieroV Iter eyes .$!& i v.. ' Tvr-os, 3rV 1 &fti -WT KBJSKL. ..& :5WiANv-gLfe -rm jvr.CTr vJsn Tttvwjel M SS&f OJi ' "Indians, You Sayi Here?" Her Eye Widening In Horror. widening In horror. "When do ynn -suppose, this happened? how lonj; npi?" "Within twelve hours certainly; probably soon after dmvn." I cnupht the rein of her horse, and Elsie, who wns now wide nwnke, nnd trembllnK with fear, pressed forward, close to my side, moaning and ousting her frightened glances backward. Ken nedy was already started in advance of tis on foot, leading his unlmnl, and peeking to discover the quickest pas sage to shelter. On n narrow terrace the deputy halted us. "I reckon maybe this yere Is as gud ns eny place fcr ter stop," he wild rather doubtfully. "It'll he mighty dark In an hour, an' Ihea vc kin go on; only my boss Is about did up. Whut ye say, Cap?" "We are probably ns safe here ns anywhere In the neighborhood. Is that ull you hnve to report, Tim?" ""He lifted his hat, and scratched gently his thin hair. "Only thet them Injuns went south. I done run onto, their trail after yer left It wus plain as the nose on yer face. Thar inust'r bin a slew o 'cm, nn' sum a hossback; they wus a strlkln' straight across yonder, nn' I reckon they fetched n prisoner 'long, Bumbody wenrln' loots enyhow, fer I paw the trucks In the mud." He hesi tated, as though something was on his mind, glancing toward the girls, nnd lowering his voice. "I nln't so very dcr,n tired, nn' reckon I'll scout 'round n bit. Them red devils ralght'r bver lookcd a ride er two back tliar In the timber, nn I'd sure like ter git my An gers on one." J nodded Indifferently, too complete ly exhausted myself to core' whut he did, nnd then dull-eyed watched him disappear through the trees. No one siKike. even Klolsc falling to question me, as I approached where she nnd Elbio had Hung themselves on the fdiort grass, although her henvy eyes followed my movement, nttd she made nn effort to smile. "One am easily see by your face how tired you nre," I mid, compassion ately, looking down at her. "I am go ing to sleep for an hour or two, nnd you had both better do the ame. Tim is going to keep guard." She smiled wearily at me, her head sinking hail:. I did not move or Kpcak again; Indued I had lost enn hcIounnen almost before I touched the ground. I could not lmvo slept long, for there wns a glow of light still visible in the western sky, wlion a strong grip oti my arm aroused me, causlngme Instantly to sit yp. Tim 'stood there, u battered, old, long rlflo In ids hund, und bolide him a boy of eighteen, without a hi. tousled headed, with an ugly red wound showing on one eheok. ".Mighty sorry fer ter wnke ye, Cap," . the deputy grinned. "This yere young chap Is one o' them wjers; an' it wtrlkes me, he's got u d queer tule ter tell." I glanced backward across my shoul der towanl the others. liatli girls were sleeping soundly, while beyond them, dpwn the slope, the three horses were quietly cropping nwuy at the herbage. I managed to rise. VLct's move back to the spring, where wo will not wake them up," I suggested. "Now wo can talk." My eycH sought (ho face of the lad questloulngly. He was a loose-lipped, nw'kwnrd lout, trembling still from n fright he could not coneeul. "You belonged to thut squad killed i out yonder?" "Yes, seh ; I reckon I'so the only one . whut ain't ded," liu stammered, so tongue-tied I could scarcely make out his words. "I wus gmio ufter waliter, tu' when them Injuns begun fer ter yell, I never dun nuthln' but just run, un' hid In the hush." "I understand. What Is your name?" "Asa Hall." "Well, Asa, I suppose those were inlllt lumen; you belonged to the com pany?" no nodded, his eyes dull, Ids lips moving, as though It was nn effort to talk. Quito evidently whatever little intellect he hud ircr aossesyed. iiow Devil's Own. ABotnancooflltcBldck Hawk War Auihcr ofContrafcatid, SJaeJflill8nj5& Vhen mMrr w Kiity tc BltuWcl Ini Itvvta tef ret used to ixpoiul. Kennedy tituku In Impatiently. "It takes fliet boy 'bout un hour fer ter tell euvthliig, Cap," liu explained ' gruffly. "I rerkon he's .vkeered half ter death 1n the furst place, an' then l thnr's sunithln' wrong with him eny how. Huwsuinever, It's whut he seed an' heerd, Cap, thet sounds mighty t queer ter me. He se thur wus niore'n fifty bucks In thet party, nn' that ol Hluck Hawk wus thnr hUsclf. u leadln' 'em he done saw him." I turned, surprised at this statement, to stnre Into the boy's face. Ho half grinned bark at me, vacantly. "llhiek Hawk! He could scarcely bo down here; what did ho look like?" "'Hout six feet high, I reckon, with n big hooked nose, un the blackest p'alr o" mean eyes ever ye saw. I reckon he didn't hnv' no eyebrows, nn' j he wore n bunch o' eagle feathers, an' n red wnnKet. uosn, mister, nut tue devil cudn't look no worse'n he did." "Wus thet him, Cap?" burst In Tim, nnxlouly. "It's not n bad description," I admit ted, yet not convinced. "I can't be lieve he would be hero with a raiding party. If he was, there must be some luiortnnt object In view. Is that nil?" "No. 'taln't ; the lxy swears thnr was a white man 'long with' 'em, u feller with a short mutnche. an' dressed In store clothes. He wun't no prisoner nut her, but lied a gun. un' talked ter ltlaek Hawk, most tike he wus n chief hlsself. After the klllln' wus till over, he wus the one whut got 'em ter go off thar to the south, the whale kit an' knboodlc." "I don't doubt that. There have al ways been white renegades among the Sacs and plenty of half-breeds. If HInck Hawk, and this other fellow are lending this band, they are after big game somewhere, and we had better keep out of their way. I favor sad dling up Immediately, and traveling all flight." "So do I." and Tim flung n half-filled bag from his shoulder to the ground. "Hut I vote we eat furst. Taln't much, only a few scraps I found out thur; hut It's u way better then nuthln'. Here you. Hall, give me a hand, an' then we'll go out. an' round up them bosses." If the party of raiding Indians, whose foul deed we had discovered, had departed in a southerly direction, as their trull would plainly seem to In dicate, then our safest course would seemingly be directed eistwnrd up the valley. This would give us the pro tection of the bluffs, ami take u.s more and more out of the territory they would be likely to cover. Within twenty minutes we were In saddle, de scending the steep hillside through the darkness, Tim walking iihewl with the Ind, his horse trailing behind, and the long rifle across his shoulder. I do not recall fueling nny special fear. In the first place I wiffc convinced that we must already be at the ex treme limit of Hluck Hawk's radius, and that, traveling us we were east ward, must before morning be well be yond nny possible danger of foiling Into the bunds of his wurrlors. The other pursuers I had practically ills mlshed from thought. Shortly after midnight my horse strained a tendon, nnd could no longer uphold my weight. On foot, with the poor beast limping painfully behind me, I pressed on be side Klolse, both of us silent, too ut terly wearied with the strain for any attempt at speech. The rising sun topped the summit of the bluff, Its red rays seeming to bridge with bpuus of goMimor the lit tle valley up which we tolled. I had lost my Interest, und was walking dog gedly on, with eyes bent upon the ground, when tin; .girl beside me cried out suddenly, u new excitement In bur voice. "Oh, there is u cabin I Seel Over yonder; Just beyond thut big oak, where the bluff turna." Her eager fuee was uglow, her out stretched hand pointing eagerly. The logs of which the little building had been constructed, still In their na tive burk, blended so perfectly with the drub hillside beyond, that for the moment none of u.s cuugla the distant outlines, Tim possessed tho keenest sight, und his volco wus first to speak. "Sure, miss, thet's a cabin, all right," ho said grimly. "One room, un new built; likely 'nough sum settler Just com' in yere. I don't see no move ment, ner smoke." "Fled to the nearest fort probably," I replied, able myself by this time to decipher tho spot. "He too risky to stuy out here alone. We'll look It over; there might be food left behind, even if tiie people have gone." We must lmvo been half an hour In covering the distance. The cabin stood well up ubovu the stream, within the shude of the great oak, and we were confirmed, long before we reached it, In our former Judgment that It was uninhabited. No sign of life was visi ble about tho place; It hud the up pcuranco of desertion, no smoke even curling from out tho chimney. A faint trail, evidently little used, led down toward the creek, and wo followed this as It wound around the base of the big tree. Then It wus thut the truth dawned, sjuldeuly.. uaou us there to our right lay u Head lu'uTeT harnessed for work, hut with throat cut; while directly In front of the cabin door was u dog, nu ugly, mnsslvo brute, his mouth open, prone on his buck, with stiffened legs pointing to tho sky. 1 dropped my rein, and si rode forward. "Walt where you are," I culled buck. "There have been savages hero; let mo see first what has happened In side." The dog had been shot, stricken by two bullets, nnd I was obliged to drag Ids huge body to one side before I could press my way In through the door. The open doorway and window afforded nniple light, anil it single glance was sullicleut t reveal most of the story. The tiddo had been smashed us by the blow of tut ux, und pewter dishes were everywhere. The bud In one corner had been stripped of Its coverlets, ninny of them slushed by a knife, and the straw tick had been ripped open to a doxen places. Coals from the llreplace lay wide spread, some of them having eaten deeply Into the hard wood before they ceased smolderliig. I saw all this, yet my eyes rested upon Mimetlilng else. A man lay, bent double ueros.s an overturned bench. In n posture which hid his face from view. Ills body was there ulouc, al though a child's shoe lay on the Hour, and a woman's llnsey dress dangled from a hook iigalnt the wall. I crept forward, my heart pnuuillug madly, until 1 could gain sight of his face. He was a big fellow, not more than thirty, with sandy hair and beard, and it pugnacious Jaw, Ills coarso hickory shirt slushed Into ribbons, a bullet wound In the ratter of his fore head, and one arm broken by a vicious blow. His calloused hands yet gripped the haft of tiu ux, Just us he hud died lighting. Tint's voice sjwko from the door way. "Injuns, I reckon?" "Yes; they have been here; the man Is dead. Ittit there must have been others, a woman and child also see that shou on the lloor, und tho dress hanging over there. The poor devil fought hard." Kennedy stepped Inside, staring about him. "Ho you think It best to stop here?" "Why not? Taln't likely them devils will he back agin. Thar stiro must he somethlu' fer us ter eat in the place, nn' the Lord kno's we can't go on ns we are. Them gurs bo mighty nigh ready ter drop, an two o' the bosses has plum glv' out, I'm for set tlln' down for few hours enyhow say till It gits middling dark." Undoubtedly .this was the sensible view. We would be In fur less danger rcumlnfm; there under cover than In any attempt to continue our Journey by duyllght. Together we carried the body out, und deposited It In a thicket behind the cabin, awaiting burial; and then drugged the dead dog also out of sight. The disorder within was easily remedied, und. nfter this hail been at tended to, the girls were permitted to enter. Klolse sank back on the heiK-h, her head supported against the wall, the lashes of her ialf-elosed eyes showing dark against the whiteness of her cheeks. She looked so pitifully tired, the very heart choked In. my throat. The rust of us found a small stock of provisions, and Klsle, with Tim to aid her, built u lire and prepared breakfast. A half-filled bottle of whisky discovered In the cupboard, helped to revive all of us slightly, nnd rni'ii Aii uiilttftltnit iiiMiHit It tirwilr jt v j ito tin iii v it7mi uiitiv j nvrn . outside for a sprhtg. Tim, comparn-1 lively unwearied himself, and reMlww, located a trapdoor In the floor, rather j Ingeniously concealed, which dlscloxcd j tin ixlstiiici of ii niiiiiII i'illiir luilow. ' Candle in huml ho explored this, re turning with two guns, together with u quantity of powder and ball, and In formation that there remained a half keg of the explosive. hidden below. "Must it bin nlmln' ter blow up slumps, I reckon," ho cominonted, ex hibiting a sample. 'Conrxot 1 ever saw; cudn't hardly use jhet lu no gun, lt It's powder alright.", To remove tho debris out of our wny, I was gathering up tho straw tick and silt blankets, and piled them all to gether hack mi the bed. Clinging to one of the blankets, caught and held by its pin, wus it peculiar emblem, and I stood for it moment with it lu my hand, curiously examining tho odd de sign. Klolse unclosed her eyes, und started to her feet. "Whut Is that you have?" she nsked. "A plu of sdmo kind a rather strange design; I Just found It here, culiuigled lu this blanket." "Why," she exclaimed in surprise, "I lmvo seen one exactly like It before Klrby wore it In his tie." (To Do Continued.) SPECIAL RINGS ON FIRE HOUSE PHONE To avoid confusion at tho ,flro house, those, sending In phono calls for nny other reason than to glvo notification of n llro, arc requested to ask the oporntor to glvo two rings on "black 401." Tho ordinary ring is taken by mombors of tho force, on duty in the flrehouso ns indicating a blazo in some part of tho city. Brand Directory A Right side; right oar crop ped; wattle right hind leg IS, L. TO.NK, Sisters, Ore adr.lOOt INCUBATORS IN USE SOON EXPERTS -TELL WlIEN TO BUY I'otilti'yiitcii Urged to Investigate llefoi-e Inventing lit Hatching und lli'ondlng Kqiilpiucnt Cheap Outlay Costly Imcntiiicut. When only a small number of hoitn are kept It Is doubtful whether an incubator Is a protltable luvestuiuut, hut If two or three small poultry flock owners living near, ouch other buy nnd use one cooperatively, It doubtless, would be. Knpuclully is this true Jf the hens kept are, of u nouslttlng bred like tho White Leg horn. Kvon hens that come from n typo supposed to be good sitters, may prove, notional about It somo years. It often pays with hens that brood late to use a machine, for Incubation and then turn the chicks over to a broody lieu. Hens that have been broody for four or live days ara usu ally willing to mother Incubator chicks especially If two or throe eggs are placed under her and allowed to hatch there, and the. poultrymnu is spared tho trouble of owning or oper ating a brooder. Kinds of Machines. Thoro nre mnny different types of Incubators on the, market, but they may all bo roughly classified ns: Hot-ulr, hot-water, or largo mu chines, lloth "moisture" (those pro. vldlug means of adding moisture to tho air of tho machine) mill "uou- moisture" Incubartors (those which it Is claimed require no added muls turo) are made In tho different styles of hot-air nnd hot-water machines Most of tliu small machines are heat ed by burning kerosene oil or ens. while the majority of tho very large I machines usu u coat stove for supply! lug beat. Klectrlclty Is also used for heating both In the small und very largo machines. iloth tho hot-air and tho hot-water typo of Incubator have boon used successfully throughout tho country. Chcip machines nre less reliable, require moro attention, nnd wear out much quicker than higher priced Incubators. As tho vuluo of the ma chines Is small compared with the value, of tho eggs uned during tho normal Ufa of an Incubator, It Is poor economy to purchnso a machine which is not reliable. Whenever possible it Is well to soloct an Incu bator which Is giving good satis faction in your neighborhood, so that you may have tho bonellt of tho ex- perlence of tho other operators In your section. How lirgo Hindi it ho? ClreuinNtnnoes must govern to a large extent tho, size of a machine to buy. It tnkes about ns much time to care for a (50 as it does n 300 egg machine, so that It Is advisable to got one of at least ICO egg capacity, al though special conditions often exist which make the small uiiichiuo valu able. A small machine is ofton unod lu connection with n larger ono. plac ing all tho eggs In tho largo machine after tho first or second tost. Many poultryniuii hollovn that It pays to have an Incubator capacity large enough to hntch tho hulk of their stock In two or throe hutches, so Hint much time is saved In (ond ing to tho Incubators nnd brocdors, whllo the chlcke,ns nre moro oven lu slzo than those thut uro hutched whon tho Incubating porlod extends over n longer tlmo. A fair estimate of incubator capa city for a poultry farm Is an Incu bator spuco of ono egg per lion, pro vldod Hint ubout ono-hulf of tho flock Is to bo renewed yearly and no outside hutching Is carried on. That is, If tho flock niimbora 200 u 200-egg incubator Is about the right slzo. The lurgo machines cost loss In proportion to tholr capacity than tho stnuller ones, Put It In Tun llulletfn. BRICK vs. BRICK BUILDINGS IN BEND VAUJE ABOUT $500,000 FIRE LOSS IN FIVE YEARS NONE u BEND WWSmm For nerS Z, WMMW father, the boys I mWf the sweet for all I ifrf a,'es"at work or . 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The Acme Quality Painting Guide Hook talk all about paintinir, staining, varnishing and waxing floors what to use, how much will be required and how the work fJiovhi be done. Free at our store, ASK Bend Hardware Company j&HHsrsEK OTHER BUILDINGS OTHER VALUE ABOUT $2,000,000 FIRE LOSS IN FIVE YEARS OVER $100,000 BRICK & LUMBER CO. zs& g WL,. i-. A-9 Sealed Tight Kept Right .Tilt VOA I I III ! If and You Save All 8 :s I a B BUILDINQS -41 B. Sfc