C ourier
C l o v e r d a l e
VOL. j 2 .
CLOVERDALE. TILLAMOOK COUNTY. OREGON, JULY 27, 1916
“The ETHICS of FIG”
B y O. H E N R Y
[C o p y rig h t, th e F r a n k A. M u n e e y Co.]
an enstbound
tra in I w ont into
the sm oker nml
found Jefferson
P eters, th e only
m an w ith a brain
w est of tlie Wa-
bash riv er who
can use ills cere-
brum ,cerebellum
a n d m edulla ob longata a t th e sam e time.
Jeff is in th e line o f unillegal g ra ft,
lie is not to be dread ed by widows
a n d o rp h an s; he is a red u cer o f su r
plusage. H is fa v o rite disguise is th a t
of th e ta rg e t bird a t w hich the spend-
th rift o r th e reckless in v esto r may shy
a few inconse<iuen!iul dollars. He is
read ily vocalized by tobacco; so. w ith
th e aid o f tw o thick a n d 'e a s y burning
b revas, I got th e sto ry of his latest
A u to ly can ad v en tu re.
“ In m y line o f business," said Jeff,
“th e h a rd e s t th in g is to find an up " ‘111 f a r e s th e la n d , to h a s t e n in g Ills a
p re y ;
right, tru s tw o rth y , stric tly honorable
a n d r iv e it s c h a r m s a w a y ?
p a rtn e r to w ork a g ra ft w ith. Some T h W e h a ju t d a g r e t c ro
d e slo w ly d o w n th e la n e ,
of th e b est m en I ever w orked with In
m o th e r,
F o r I 'm to b e q u e e n o f t h e M a y .’ "
a sw in d le w ould reso rt to t r k k e i j a t
tim es.
“ ‘W hy, yes. Mr. T eters,’ say s the
“So la st su m m er I th in k s I will go sto rek eep er. ‘I reckon w e a ir ab o u t as
o v er in to th is section of country w here m oral a n d to rp id a com m unity as th ere
I h ea r th e serp en t has not yet en tered be on tlie m ounting, according to cen-
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a n d see if I can find a p a rtn e r n atu ra l- j
ly g ifte d w ith a talen t for crim e, but j F tr 1 c i r s will b's i >1 l
by Ackley ct
n o t y et co n tam in ated by success.
R osenberg, T illam ook, till J u ly 1st. on
“ I found a village th a t seem ed to easy p ay m en ts, T o u rin g ca r $493.26.
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show th e right kind o f a layout. T he
In h a b ita n ts h ad n ’t found out th a t
A dam had been dispossessed a n d w ere
going rig h t along n am in g th e an im als
an d killing sn ak e s ju s t as if they w ere
In tlie garden of Eden. T hey call this
tow n M ount Nebo. a n d it’s up n e a r tlie
( spot w here K entucky a n d W est V ir
ginia an d N orth C arolina co rn er to
i gether. T hem s ta te s d o n ’t m eet? Well,
' It w as in th a t neighborhood, an y w ay .
j " A fte r p u ttin g in a w eek proving I
| w a sn 't a rev en u e officer I w e n t o v e r to
] th e sto re w here th e ru d e fo urtiushers
! of the ham let lied, to see if I could get
a line on th e kind of m an 1 w anted.
j “ 'G entlem en,’ says I a f te r w e ru b b ed
noses a n d g a th e re d 'ro u n d th e dried
apple b arrel. ‘I d o n ’t suppose th e re 's
an o th e r com m unity in th e w hole w orld
! into w hich sin an d ch ican ery has less
! extensively p erm e ated th a n this. L ife
! here, w h ere all th e w om en a re brave
and propitious a n d all th e m en honest
an d expedient, m ust, indeed, be an
idol. It rem in d s m e,’ sa y s I. ‘of G old
ste in ’s b ea u tifu l b allad en title d "T he
D eserted Village,’’ w hich says:
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W'cSSi
suses o f opinion,
b u t I reckon you
a in ’t ev e r m et
Itu fe Tatum .*
“ ‘W h y,
no,’
sa y s th e tow n
c o n s t able, ‘he
can ’t
hardly
h av e ever. T h a t
a ir R u le Is shore
tlie m o n stro u sest
sc a la w a g t h a t
h a s escaped
Im agin’ on th e
galluses.
A nd
th a t p u ts m o In
even if yo u ’d seen him on tlie vuuuf
vllle sta g e w ith one cotton su spender
a n d a s tra w o v er his ear.
“ I told him w h a t I w a n ted an d found
him read y to Jum p at tlie Job.
‘“ O verlooking such a triv ial little
peccadillo as th e h ab it of m a n
sla u g h te r,’ says 1, ‘w h a t h ave you ac
com plished in tlie w ay of in d irec t
b rig an d a g e or nonactlonnble th rlftl-
ucss th a t you could point to, w ith o r
w ith o u t pride, as an evidence of y o u r
qualifications for tlie position?’
“ ‘W hy,’ say s lie In ills kind o f so u th
ern system o f p ro c ra stin a te d accents,
m t a d t h a t I ‘b a in 't you h ea rd tell? T h ere a in ’t a n y
o u g h t to h av e m an, black or w hite, in tlie b lu e Itldge
tu rn e d Itu fe out th a t can to te off a shout as easy as I
of th e l o c k u p cun w ithout lielif h eard, seen o r cotch-
day befo re yes- ed. 1 can lift a sh o u t,’ ho goes on, ‘o u t
t o r d a y.
T h e o f a pen, from u n d er a piazza, a t tho
th irty d ay s he trough, in tlie woods, d ay or n ig h t, a n y
got fo r k illin ’ w here or anyhow , a n d I g u a ra n te e no
body won’t h ea r a squeal. I t’s all in
“ W o r s e ," s a y s t h e
Yance
Goodloe
tlie way yon g ra b bold of ’em and c a r
sto rek e ep e r. “ He
w as up th en . A
• s t e a l s h o g s .’’
' day o r tw o m ore ry ’em a fte rw a rd . Som e d a y ,’ goes on
th is gentle d espoiler of pigpens, T hopo
w on’t h u rt Itu fe any. th o u g h .’
to become rcekernlzed ns th e cham pion
" ‘Shucks, now ,’ say s I in th e m o u n
sh o u t steale r o f tlie w orld.’
tain idiom , ‘don’t tell m e th e re ’s a m an
“ ‘I t’s proper to be am b itio u s,’ sa y s
in M ount Nebo as bad as th a t.’
“ ‘W orse,’ say s tlie storekeeiier. ‘l i e I, ‘and hog stealin g will do v ery w ell
for Mount Nebo, blit in tlie outsid e
ste a ls hogs.’
world,
Mr. T atu m , it w ould bo consid
“ I th in k s I will look up tills Mr.
T atu m . So n d ay o r tw o a f te r th e co n ered as crude a piece of b u siness ns a
sta b le tu rn e d him o u t I g o t a c q u ain ted b ear raid on B ay S ta te G as. H ow ever,
w ith him an d in v ited him out o n th e It will do os a g u a ra n te e of good fa ith .
edge o f tow n to s it on a log and ta lk W e’ll go into p a rtn e rsh ip . I ’v e got
$1,000 cash cap ital, a n d w ith th a t
business.
“ W h a t I w a n te d w as a p a rtn e r w ith hom ew ard plods atm o sp h ere of y o u rs
a n a tu ra l ru ra l m ak eu p to play n p a rt w e ought to be nble to win o u t a fe w
in som e little one aot o u trag e s th a t I sh ares of Soon P a rte d p re fe rre d In tlie
w as going to book w ith tlie P lttfa ll & m oney m ark et.’
“S<> I attac h es R ufe, an d w e go a w ay
Gin circ u it in som e of tlie w este rn
tow ns, a n d tills R. T a tu m w as born for from M ount Nebo d ow n in to th e low-
tlie role as su re ns n a tu re c a s t F a ir i lands. And all tlie w ay I coach him
b an k s fo r th e stu ff th a t kept E liza for ids p art in tlie g ra fts I had In m ind.
I had idled aw ay tw o m onths on tho
from sin k in g into th e river.
“ H e w as ab o u t th e size of a first F lo rid a coast and w as feeling all to
basem an, a n d lie had am biguous blue th e Ponce d e Loon, besides h av in g so
eyes like th e ch in a dog on th e m a n te l m any new schem es up m y sleeve th a t
piece th a t A unt H a rrie t used to play I had to w ear kim onos to hold ’em.
w ith w hen sh e w as a child, n i s h a ir
“ I Intended to assu m e a fu nnel sh ap e
w aved a little bit. like tlie s ta tu e of th e nm l mow a p a th nine m iles wldo
d ln k u s th ro w e r in tlie V acation a t th ro u g h th e fa rm in g belt o f th e m id
Rome, b u t tlie color of it rem in d ed you d le w est, so w e headed in th a t d irec
of tiie ’S unset In th e G ran d C anyon.’ tion. But w hen w e got ns fa r ns L ex
by an A m erican a rtis t, th a t th ey h an g ington we found B inkley Bros.’ circu s
o v er th e sto v ep i|ie holes in th e snlongs. th e re an d tlie blue c ra s s p ea san try
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