P A G E , jj. 60JERMAN O O Ü N T y
J O U R N A L . M ORO. O R E G O N .
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1543
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ty for income tax paym ent and
continue on a yearly basis.
The school teachers have a r
.*•’ Sharmas County Observer
ranged .a program which will per
Established Nov. 2, 1888
m it amendment to the recently
Grass Valley Journal
passed teacher’s bill th a t would,
3*e: • Established Oct. 14, 1897
if followed as now w ritten, take
CONSOLIDATED March 6, 1931 all income taxes above $7,750.000
Wasco News* Enterprise
for school purposes. There are
Established NoY. 1891
other groups, also, th a t have a
DONSOLIDATBD March 4, 1932
plan about a change in the new
bill. Which .ones will prevail can
Published Every Friday at
not be known at present, but some
Moro, Oregon
amendment seems sure.
tic s
L.
F ren ch
E d it o r
Ertered as second class matter at
the Postofflce at Moro, Oregon
under Act of Congress of March
J. 1879.
0REd<Ouhrt>ER
PuillSIlE’ S 4 4 s 5£ i * tiom
OFFICIA L COUNTY PAPER
SUBSCRII’TION RATES
Payable in Advance
ONE YEAR ............. —
$1—
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15. 1943
OLD HOME WEEK
. To older members of the legis
lature— in point of service— the
meeting the day before the ses
sion begins is like a day at a fam
ily picnic or even a county fair.
There are hearty greetings, de
mands of news about health and
spirits, and the usual raillery th at
goes on between men who -have
been long parted.
There is something about serv
ing in a legislative session th a t
causes friendships.
E w n those
who have fought unto personal
bitterness the session before find
themselves shaking hands a n d
wishing long life and happiness to
‘ go^d old Joe’”. I t is the fight
that is the thing, not the continu
ation of it.
A fter a few times in the assem
bly men learn tjiat there is sel
dom any lasting personal feeling
in battles over bills. A man from
one section may dislike the legis
lation of one from another p a rt of
the state and still know th a t each
is doing the very thing th a t he
should to really represent his con
stituents.
This time there are about 25
m ttt in the house who have never
served before. There are few in
the senate, whose members are
often recruited from the house,
and still have legislative rem em
brances.
It is pleasurable to meet them,
friend and foe alike.
LEGISLATIVE REPORT
Continued from page one.
happen in the senate may make
a serious difference.
Earl Snell, all set for the big
day of his political career, m ight
well feel rather badly treated.
He had a number of guests down
from his home town and district,
quite a few from Portland, all ot
whom sat on the iron bottomed
chairs in the house chamber all
afternoon Monday until the in
augural was definitely called off
until evening, then it was called
off until morning, now until a f
ternoon with the prospect th a t it
may go on forever.
One doesn’t get prepared to be
made governor many times in his
lifetime and it is too bad th a t it
should have been delayed. Now
it will be a sort of anti-climax to
the ending of the lengthy debate
for the senate president election.
The fight will go down in history
long after the other events of
these days are forgotten. All in
all it is a bad break for E a r l
Snell.
The house chamber has , been
cluttered up with chairs since the
first morning. There is room for
the senate and seats for hundreds
along the sides of the house room.
Microphones coyer the desks and
radio announcers and technicians
test and talk in order to be ready
when—and if—there is an inaugu
ral.
The house had 15 bills Tues
day noon, and for the first time
in the known history of the stale
printed a calendar w ithout t h e
senate having one also.
Not so many people w ant jobs
around the house as usual, but
there are enough. All jobs could
be filled by two employees a n d
still have a few left. There seems
an attraction about it th a t lasts
as long and as well as the desire
to sit in the legislature.
SEN ATE FIGHT
The fight over who was to pre
side over the state senate this
session will seem futile and fool
ish to most of the citizens of Ore
gon who,in the m ain, don’t give
a dam who stands up in front
and pounds the gavel when bills
are passed.
For it to go as fa r as it did was
certainly evidence of the victory
of personal ambition over duty to
the state. Yet, w hat can be done
about it?
Both sides had pledges from
their supporters. Pledges work
both ways. If the senators were
pledegd to support their candi
date, the candidate was likewise
pledged to stay with the fig h t so
he or sne m ight win and deliver
favorable committee assignm ents
to those who supported him.
People will not be very well
pleased over their recent vote to
increase the pay of the legisla
tors if thia sort of delay is con
tinued. In fact, it probably will
have little effect on the length of
the session. A little speed c a n
make up for the delay, and the
senate can catch up on legislation
if they will settle down to work
now th a t th at argum ent has been
settled.
TAX PLANS
Nearly everyone m et these days
has a different idea about Oregon’s
tax situation. They want to re
duce the income tax, or raise it
in some brackets, or hold t h e
state surplus for future use, or
spend it for school« or for a new
bunch of state buildings. There
are many other ideas, many of
which have some good sense at
the bottom at them.
There is some chance th a t (Ore
gon can m anufacture some sort
of pay-as-you-go plan for state in
come tax payers on a sim ilar ba
sis to th a t proposed for the na
tion. This, it is argued, would
make it possible to collect more
income tax from transient w ork
ers who are now enjoying the
high wages of Oregon defence
plants. On the yearly basis many
of these are gone to parts u n
known before income tax sta te
m ents can be sent to them.
One im portant question in this
regard is the possible added ex«s
pense of collection. • and some
means would have to be devised
of exem pting those who receive
their income by the year instead
of the week from its provision«».
Real property owners could per-
thair ptioperty as surc-
E ;ypi Celebrates
A' government laboratory
i n
Utah is experimenting with clays
from Oregon to determine their
alumina content, and reports thus
fa r are pleasing. If the clays are
of superior quality they will be
used in northw estern aluminum
plant«, tending to help make these
plants perm anent and independent
of the bauxite deposits of E>utch
Guiana.
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Little publicity is being given
efforts of the new deal to provide
jobs for the lame duck oongress
men who were defeated last No
vember. But the lame ducks are
being slipped into the w ar de
partm ent, departm ent of justice,
office of war information, and oth
er agencies—anywhere there is a
place vacant or a job th a t can be
created. There is still nothing in
sight, however, for the defeated
congressmen from the .Pacific
northw est, and thedr prospects are
very poor.
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In Other Days
C o n tin u e d
fro m
I ‘atre One
effect of fall. American Legion and
A uxiliary install officers.
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Novemebr 6— -Election results in
republican
sweep in nation; dem
r >
ä -
ocrats win two out of three coun
ty contests. Rain makes seeding
possible. Sereno Hall dies sud
denly following operation.
November 13—-W ar bond m eet
ing held. Moro council votes to
refund city bonds. Zella Quinn
and Lewrence Kenny m arried a t
The Dalles. Woman’s club has
guest day. Committees named
fo r W heat League meeting.
November 20—County still short
of norm al rain for crop year. High
winds and ice cause current in
terruptions. Wilford .Belshe dies
suddenly from a h eart attack.
Noevmber 27— Sherman county
g ro u p , launches William T. Sher
T
m an, Liberty ship. Program an-
npunced fo r EOWL m eeting * nt
La Grande. New data on r a il
road serious.
December 4— Noveml' f”- w ettest
F ourth birthday of E gyptian p rin
month in station record. Local
cess, F e ria l, was a happy one. Fer men attend wheat league m eet
ia l is shown w itk her m other, Queen
ing a t LaGrande. County col
F a rid a , in their g irl guide outfits on lects over 100 per cent .o f” 1942
the palace b a lc m y , where they re tax roll.
viewed a Lirthday parade by that
. December 11—W right goes*, to
o rg a n iia tic n , which is s im ila r to our
W
ashington to oppose abandon
G irl Scctrts.
m ent. Millard Eakin made presi
dent of EOW league. Wasco and
Moro schools among three win
ners in the state in per capit «.
gathering of scran metal.
December 18—Moro refunds ci
ty bonds a t rate of 21r/<. Rules of
N E W YORK. N. Y.— T he ro le of point rationing given by OPA.
December 25— Local students'
beer as a force fo r Enoderation and
as a m orale b u ild in g asset fo r both help launch ship, Sacajawea. Coun
c iv ilia n , p o p u la tio n and the arm ed ty A gent W right returns f r o m
forces was described today by A lv in W ashington and reports on aban
G rlcsedleck, C h a irm a n of the B re w donm ent proceedings.
A gricul
in g In d u s try F o u n d a tio n , as o u t- - tu re ’s goals given out by
w ar
ra n k in g a ll o th e r co n sid era tio n s by board.
I
K ELLY ’S COLUMN
Continued from 0age one.
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CHRONOLOGY
7j
Moderation, Morale
Progressed in 1942
brew ers in 1942.
In a year end sta te m e n t fo r the
in d u s try , the F o u n d a tio n c h a irm a n
d e c la re d : "N o sin g le fa c to r b rig h t
ened the o u tlo o k fo r the b re w e r
m ore than th a t m ilita r y o fficia ls in
a ll branches o f se rvice and p u b lic
o ffic ia ls re a ffirm e d th e ir fa ith in
beer as a force fo r m o d e ra tion and
te m p e ra n ce ."
C o m m e n tin g on the fa vo ra b le e i
pression about beer since the self-
in itia te d . self re g u la tio n p ro g ra m of
the in d u s try was launched in 1938,
Mr. G riesedieck added:
"T o d a y , the b re w in g in d u s try is
c o o p e ra tin g w ith sta te and local
governm ents, and w ith com m anding
officers of A rm y posts and N avy sta
tio n s, to m a in ta in wholesom e aondi
t io s i In a ll re ta il beer o u tle ts in a
to ta l of 37 states, in w hich la rg e
co n ce n tra tio n s of our arm ed forces
are now located."
T h e F o u n d a tio n ch a irm a n coin
pared beer sales, now a t an average
o f 64 m illio n b a rre ls per annum , w ith
Increased n a tio n a l Income, p o in tin g
o u t th a t beer sales increased only
12 per cent over 1941 w h ile n a tio n a l
incom e was up 23.8 per cent.
M r. G riesedieck described the
"co m m o n m a n " as ene who d rin k s
m o d e ra te ly and whose beverage is
beer. " W ith n a tio n a l Incom e so a rin g
(e s tim a te d at 8117 b illio n fo r 1942)
m illio n s o f men are e a rn in g and
w o rk in g beyond average le v e ls ; and
beer is in dem and."
"T h e econom ic hazards of 1943
n o t e n ly • encompass gasoline and
ru b b e r ra tio n in g , as w ith a ll busi
ness," M r. G riesedieck said, " b u t
also Include p h ysica l problem s o f
packa g in g the p ro d u ct a fte i m anu
fa c tu re has been com pleted. A n
o th e r fa c to r c o n fro n tin g the b re w e r
is Increased consum ption w ith de
creased fa c ility fo r d is trib u tio n ."
T h e b re w e rs’ c o n trib u tio n s to the
w a r e ffo rt were various, M r. G riese
d ie ck declared, "b u t taxeg, w a r bond
purchases, and m o ra le -b u ild in g w ere
th e ir m a jo r c o n trib u tio n s . In the firs t
y e a r since v at bonds were made
a va ila b le , th u in d u s try has p u r
chased m ore than 20 m illio n d o l
la rs ' w o rth ."
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From the Observer, Jsn. 15, 1904
Mrs. Garlick has bought 23x100
feet of the City M arket property,
where she will establish her bak
BUY WAR BONDS
ery.
This weather is n.g. for many
reasons, one of which being th a t Moro Lodge No. 113, ,‘T. O. O. F.
it cheats us out of our annual
Moro, Oregon
Meets 1st and 3rd
sleighing.
The torrent of rainfall S atu r
Tuesdays
in th<
day night renders the
H arris
I.O..O.F. hall Trai
eient and visiting
grade impossible to travel
by
brothers are cord,
wagons.
Several washouts oc
ally invited to meet
curred.
-ith us.
From the Observer, Jan. 16, 1914
Paul
May,
N.
G.
Bom, to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
A rm strong, Friday, Jan. 9th, an Peicy Thompson, Sec.
eight pound baby girl. Dr. Poley
reporta both doing nicely.
No.
John B. Yarbrough died in Moro Lupine Rebekah Lodge
Moro. Oregon
Jan. 5th from pneumonia, while
Meet« 2d & 4th Tues
visiting a t the home of his sister-
day of each month.
in-law, Mrs. Emma Elcock.
Visiting member« wel
A pelican with an eight foot
come.
wingspread was captured last
week a t Biggs in a chicken yard. Lucille May, N. G.
Florence Johnstoh, Se<
From the Observer, Jan. 18, 1924
Ruth Bryant, Moro high school
student body president and editor Bethlehei Chapter, No. 78.6. E.S.
Moro, Oregon
of the school paper, and I/innie
Meets Every Second and
P.elshe, student body secretary,
Fourth Thursdays in each
attended the annual high school
Month. Visiting members
conference held last week end a t
Invited
Eugene.
N
o
r
m
a
B
a ls lg e r W . M .
William I. W esterfield, editor
M
a
r
ie
H
o s k in a o n , Sec.
of the Grass Valley Journal for
26 years, died suddenly at his
home in that city at about 6:30 Eureka Lodge No. 121 A-F A A-M
Meets on the 1st and
o’clock Sunday evening, January
3rd Thursday eve
14th, from acute dilation of ’ the
nings of aach month.
heart.
Visiting members are
The w ater pipes in the Conlee
cordially invited to
store thawed out this week with
meet with Us.
the result th at a leak was soon
Darwin
Van
Gilder, W. M.
noticed to be flooding the Wil
C V. Belknap, Secretary
liams garage work room.
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THE STORY SO FAR- A» a ri» e iw i,
Clay Morgan know* he must fight ras-
Uers. — But he doesn’t Uke th< method»
used against them by big ranchers like
Ben Herendeen. Determined to play a
lone hand rather than a crooked one,
he defends the rustler. Ollie Jacks, when
he Is freed after his trial for stealing
Herendeen’s cattle.
Herendeen pract
ises to leave Jacks alone as long as he
doesn’t try to leave town. Morgan and
his nine-year-old daughter, Janet, go to
the cemetery where his wife Is hurled.
Although two women, Catherine Grant
and Ann McGarrah. are In love with
him. Morgan cannot forget his wife, who
died hating him and believing she should
have married Herendeen. On their way
back to town they see Ollie Jacks ride
away. So it Is no surprise when Morgan
learna a Uttle later that Jacks has
been killed. ' Herendeen bad kept his
word and no more.
Now continue with the story.
CHAPTER IH
.A zY
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bigness, a bigness of thick bones.
“Lige,” he said, “I hear there’s a
new homesteader come to the spring
Jim Spackman used to squat on."
“I heard so," said Lige White.
“We’ll warn him out of there to
morrow," said Herendeen.
But
when he stopped talking Clay Mor
gan knew he wasn’t finished. Her
endeen's thoughts were on his face/
for everybody to see. “Or" maybe’|
we’ve got some great big soul in
this crowd whose heart bleeds fo r
people like that. Seems to be a hell!
of a lot of charity around here]
lately."
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^RIDE
T M A Y C O X Release I
leading upward to the Mogul, Hac
Breathitt had no cares and no se
rious thoughts. This was a flne.l
warm day. Ahead of him on the
pine-ahadowed trail occasional gold
en shafts of sunlight slanted through
the tree tops. Here and there a
swirl of dust showed where an an*
telope had been a moment before.
The silence was thick and held its
rank scent of resin; and at Intervals.
Hack sang incomplete bits of such
songs as he knew, the sound of that
going out around him in widening
waves. Dusk caught him in this
rough land, still without any thought
o f direction; at full dark he turned
a bend of the trail and saw firelight
pulse against the side of a near-by
ravine.
C la y M o rg a n ate b re a k fa s t by
la m p lig h t and w as in the saddle be
fo re d a y crossed th e e a ste rn h ills .
H a rry J u m p and C ap V e rm ily e w ere
a t ro u n d u p in the H a y c re e k H ills ,
le a v in g o n ly Mose, too old fo r such
rid in g , and the M e x ic a n cook, Pan-
cho, on the ra n c h . M o rg a n said to
M o rg a n sw ayed fo rw a rd to l i f t a
M ose: “ 1*11 p ro b a b ly be b a ck a fte r
b u rn in g sage ste m fro m the fire ;
d a rk . P u t som e new crosspieces on
its o il-b r ig h t g lo w flic k e re d a g a inst
the fr o n t g ate— i t ’ s co m in g a p a rt,”
his cheeks, a g a in st «his eyes. T h is
The ffre, he found, was at the base
and set fo rth so u th w a rd across his
silence held its w a itin g and its re
of a bare ro c k w a ll ru n n in g up the
range. A t th is e le v a tio n the n ig h t
serve. M o rg a n tossed the sage stem
side o f M o g u l. T h e re w asn’ t a n y
a i r ‘was s h a rp enough to b ite th ro u g h
back in to the fire , d ra w in g a sh a rp
body w ith in the ra n g e o f fire lig h t,
his ve st and c o tto n s h ir t The b ig
gla n ce fro m C h a rle y H illh o u se . L ig e
but H a ck re in e d in and held his
bay horse shot a w a y on a ru n . M o r
W h ite u n c o rp lo rta b ly crossed his
seat,
k n o w in g th a t som ebody had
gan le t h im h a ve h is ru n .
fe e t. G u rd G ra n t cro u ch e d by the
stepped in to the shadows and was
M o g u l’ s r im la y tw o m ile s n o rth ,
blaze and re ve a le d n o th in g on his
w a tc h in g h im . A m o m e n t la te r Pete
b e h ind h im . T he ra n c h house and
s c ru p u lo u s ly n e u tra l face. M o rg a n
B o rd e rr-c a m e fo rw a rd .
its c o rra ls and b a rn s sat a t the fo o t
re la x e d g e n tly
on h is shoulder
“ Y ou m a ke enough ra c k e t to ra ise
o f the ris in g M o g u l H ills , w h ich
blades and p illo w e d his head a g a inst
the dead. H ack. P u ll o ff y o u r saddle
ra n s tr a ig h t so u th ; along the base of
the saddle. He said n o th in g b u t he
these h ills , fo llo w in g the ru ts o f a
saw the ch a n g in g e xp re ssio n on H e r If you a in ’ t g o in ’ any p la c e .”
H a ck said, in d o le n tly am used:
casual road. C la y M o rg a n took his
endeen’ s cheeks.
H erendeen had
“ N ow w here w ould I be g o in ’ ?” He
w ay. To h is le ft, a h a lf m ile , an
b ra ce d h im s e lf fo r tro u b le , he had
o th e r s trin g o f h ills lifte d u p ,' so
m a n e u ve re d th is ta lk a round to stepped to the g ro u n d and re lie v e d
c re a tin g the long and n a rro w v a lle y
m a k e a b re a k ; b u t n o th in g hap the horse o f its ge a r. He w a te re d
he fo llo w e d .
T h is Was his range.
pened and he stood a m o m e n t, un it, p u t it out on p ic k e t; he had hisv
e m e rg in g s lo w ly fro m the in k -g ra y
c e rta in and displeased, and a fte r own fr y in g pan and coffeepot and
p re se n tly was crouched a t the fire
tw ilig h t.
W hen firs t s u n lig h t b u rs t
w a rd s w a lke d a w a y.
w
ith B orders.
across the e a ste rn peaks M o rg a n
In ste a d o f tu rn in g w est to his own
B o rd e rs sa id ; " N o th in ’ n e w ? ”
was six m ile s dow n the v a lle y and
ra n ch , H erendeen tra v e le d due south
a t the end of his own range.
A
“A
m a n ,”
re fle cte d
B re a th itt,
to w a rd a low ra n g e o f h ills w hich
s m a ll rid g e la y in fro n t o f.h im ; a t
“ th a t n e ve r goes any place n e ve r
se p a ra te d R u n n in g W fro m Three
the s u m m it he re in e d in to have his
hears a n y th in g .”
Pines. An h o u r’ s rid e b ro u g h t h im
look a t the ro u n d bow l o f G overn- » w ith in s ig h t o f a fa r-s h in in g lig h t,
He tossed a fre sh s tic k in to the
m e n t V a lle y .
w h ic h was the m a rk o f a hom e fire , the fla re of it h e ig h te n in g the
D u c k in g in and o u t o f the s m a ll
s te a d e r's ca b in a g a in s t the h ills ; but ru s ty shine of his h a ir. , He had a
ra v in e s of the la n d he cam e upon
w hen he cam e upon the hom estead d ry . s m a rt fa ce ; double w rin k le s
c a ttle and young s tu ff o cca sio n a lly
crossed his forehead. H is eyes, on
e r’ s ca b in , d r iftin g in to the heavy
g ra z in g , h e rd in g these before h im
shadows at the base of these h ills , a the edge o f berng green, w ere n a r
and th ro w in g th e m back to w a rd the
He had been w a tc h in g
dog began to b a rk and suddenly the ro w - b r ig h t
ro u n d u p cre w .
T h re e men w ere
lig h t died. He re in e d in before tne the liv id h e a rt of the flam e, b u t his
¡w o rk in g th is se ctio n —C h a rle y H ill-
ca b in , fe e lin g his c o n te m p t fo r the head rose and his eyes sta re d in to
t house and tw o o th e r T h re e Pines
He was
e v id e n t fe a r w h ich had caused the ‘ the s u rro u n d in g da rkn e ss
hands. He d ro ve his s m a ll c o lle c h o m e ste a d e r to k ill the lig h t. They
a t i g h t clo se -liste n in g shape; and
tio n o f beef in to the held bunch and
w e re a ll a lik e , these hom esteaders, p re s e n tly he rose and stepped in to
s ta rte d on a n o th e r c irc le , H illh o u se
lit t le m en c ra w lin g as near the the shadows.
a c c o m p a n y in g
h im .
A ro u n d
ten
ra n g e as they da re d , s tic k in g th e ir
Som ebody rode along the near-by
o ’c lo c k , h a v in g d ra g g e d the n o rth
plow s in to the unplow ed so il and t r a il slo w ly, and stopped. H ack
end o f the ra n g e , a ll of them s ta r t slo w ly s ta rv in g w h ile the sun b u rn t B re a th itt held his p o s itio n , too c le a r
ed the held bunch back fo r the m a in
up th e ir crops a n d ru in e d the land o f conscience to Above. He poised
rou n d u p .
e v e r a fte rw a rd fo r <ia***- Ue 4uujd the cigarette between tus Anger*,
The sun was a co p p e r-re d fla re in
n o t to le ra te th is breed, or their sun- hearing the rid e r poke up « f t ra v in e ,
the m id d le sky and the d u st began
b la cke ne d w ive s, oF their
rider add. “Juft mft -just old
to th ic k e n behind the herd. M o rg a n
ed c h ild re n .
P dsr Gentry lookin' «for horses.**
dropped back to the d ra g , th ro w in g ’
k-' He came Ur the fire, this owner
He sent his deep, btuat nail at
his n e ckp iece o v e r his nose. C h a rle y
the shack.
’ Ite y — cease eat
of the Uvery stable In W a r Pass. He
H illh o u se m o tio n e d one o f the o th e r
ro lle d in the saddle, s ta rin g d o fh i a t
h e re ."
m en to ta ke h is place and Joined
T h e y w ere ta lk in g , inside. A boy’ s H a ck B re a th itt a long m o m e n t be
M o rg a n and m ade his firs t speech in
vo ice s a id ,'“ Pa, d o n 't go.” A woman fo re re co g n izin g h im . ?“ W hy. hello.
tw o h o u r /
was ta lk in g , q u ic k ly and w ith sup H ack. D id n ’ t know I ’d find you on
“ I been th in k in ’ o ve r la st n ig h t.
pressed
e x c ite m e n t
The
door th is side of the M o g u l. T h o u g h t you
C lay.
H a rd to fig u re .”
squealed open and som ebody stood lik e d the o th e r side be st.”
“ L e t i t slid e , C h a rle y ."
“ A ny sid e ’ s a ll r ig h t. " d ra w le d
in its b la c k square, speechless.
C h a rle y H illh o u se re to rte d , “ I t
B re a th itt. P a rr G e n try sh ifte d his
“ W h a t you d o in g h e re ? ” dem and
w on’ t s lid e ,” and stared before h im .
ed H erendeen
“ T his place is on w e ig h t ag a in, a little heavy to find
He was a co m p a cf, ca p a b le m an,
c o m fo rt in his saddle. H is face, by
L ig e W h ite 's ra n g e . We d ro ve J im
n o fg iv e n to m u ch ta lk ; the typ e to
S p a ckm a n a w a y fro m it la st y e a r.” R ire lig h t. was round and solid-fleshed
w o rry a lo t o f T h in g s a round in his
and d a rk ly d u ll. His eyes ru m m a g e d
“ Y ou L ig e W h ite ? ” said a m an in
head, to re a ch his own answ ers and
th is lit tle c le a rin g and saw Pete B o r
a d im . d ra w n tone.
hold his ow n conclusions.
“ W h a t the h e ll is th a t to you? ders* saddle and b la n k e t on the fa r
H erendeen and his m en cle a re d the
M y n a m e ’ s H erendeen and I asked edge o f the fire — and the tw o horses
H a y c re e k H ills o f the la s t s tra g g lin g
p icke te d n e a r the sp rin g . B re a th itt
you a q u e s tio n .”
sto ck; G u rd G ra n t cleaned up the
G e n try
knew
B o rd e rs ’
“ O h .” said the m an. “ I'm Jack re a liz e d
edge o f the P otholes and cam e in.
G ale. I bought J im S packm an's horse. He held his silence, he took
Running W ha d scoured F an o la n g o rig h ts to th is p la c e .”
a long d ra g on the c ig a re tte . “ L a te
Pass, and a t tw ilig h t th is day the
“ He n e ve r had any rig h ts to s e ll.”
fo r you, a in ’ t it, P a r r ? "
jo b was done, the brands se g re g a t
“ He b u ilt the house. M r. H eren
“ Been d ra g g in * th is section a ll day
ed and held in separate herds. A ft deen.” Then the m an added, q u ie t lo o k in ’ fo r horses. You seen a band
e r supper M o rg a n s ta rte d H a rry
ly , ‘ I t s fre e land, a in ’ t it? I u n d e r around here?" ~
•
J u m p back to the M ogul ra n g e w ith
stood i t was. I also understood M r.
" W ild ones? T h e y ’d be c le a r to
the Lon g Seven beef, and the C ro w W h ite w o u ld n ’ t m in d .”
the top o f M ogul in th is w e a th e r.”
fo o t and R u n n in g W cuts w ent aw ay,
H erendeen w as n e ttle d by the a r
“ L o o k in ’ fo r tra c k s ,” m u rm u re d
lu m b e rin g shadows in the m oon g u m e n t “ Y ou dam ned nesters are G e n try . “ T h o u g h t they m ig h t com e
lig h t, the scrape of feet and the
a ll a lik e , tr y in g to stand on th is free- dow n fo r w a te r. W ell. I ’ l l be g o in ’ .
c lic k o f those long horns and the
la n d business. You s tic k y o u r plow L ong w ay to W a r P ass.” He wheeled
p la in tiv e “ B a w ” o f the la s t c a lf r id in to i t and ru in it, and sta rve to about, g ro a n in g s o ftly as he w ent
in g back th ro u g h the n ig h t-s till a ir.
death, and steal c a ttle to keep yo u r aw ay.
kid s a liv e , and m ove aw ay. We’ re
D u st and heat w ere gone and the
Pete B o rd e rs stepped in to the lig h t
n o t io the g a m e of p ro v id in ’ m e a t H is face showed its s m a rt d is b e lie f.
c a m p fire ’ s fla m e , so s t ill was th is
a ir, ta p e re d u p w a rd to b lu e -ye llo w ,
to n e ste rs.”
“ H e ’ s ben c h a sin ’ horses long
G a le ’ s w ife c a lle d fro m the in enough to know th e y a in 't down
a lm o s t s ta tio n a ry p oint. C h a rle y
te r io r o f the house. “ Ja c k , com e in here.
H illh o u se , w ho was wagon boss,
A nd he w asn’ t pointed fo r
here. C om e in .” - Herendeen heard W a r Pass when he le ft, e ith e r.” A ft
sa id : “ W e’ l l m ove o v e r and w o rk
h e r ru n o ve r the floor. She caught e rw a rd s he added: “ D id n 't w a n t to
the A n telope P la in s to m o rro w .”
T he cook sw ore around the shad hold o f h e r husband and these tw o show m yse lf.
W on’ t do you any
ows, h a rn e ssin g his team .
A fte r w e re g e n tly w re s tlin g a ro u n d the good to be seen c a m p in ’ w ith me,
w a rd s the mess wagon w ent bu m p d o o rw a y w ith G ale saying, “ N ow , old boy.”
A llie , stop i t — stop i t . ”
B u t she
in g a w a y on its fo u r-h o u r rid e , to
“ H e saw y o u r ho rse .”
p u lle d h im in sid e and sla m m e d the
be re a d y on the A ntelope P la in s by
B o rd e rs shook his head. He set
d a yb re a k.
L y in g on h is b la n ke t,
door.
A c h ild , v e ry young, began
tle d in his b la n ke t, ju s t beyond the
to c ry in a th in , s ta rtle d rh y th m .
head a th w a rt the seat o f his saddle,
lig h t; the fire d ie d a w a y and a
C la y M o rg a n liste n e d to the d ry
H erendeen pushed his horse over
s m a ll breeze ro lle d dow n the face o f
g ro a n in g o f the wagon w heels faded
the y a rd , bound a w a y fo r his ranch.
M o g u l.
in to th is e n o rm o us n ig h t He ro lle d
(TO BE CONTINUED}
a c ig a re tte and savored its keen
As he fo llo w e d the net of tra ils
sm e ll. S tars crow ded the s ky; they
w ashed th a t lim itle s s sweep o f
b la c k w ith a d ia m o n d -g litte r, a ll
dow n to the b la c k h o rizo n ’ s edge,
u n til th e y seemed to fa ll below the
r im o f a fla t w o rld . H e re and th e re
in the pine s u m m its coyotes began
to h a rk up th e ir m o u rn in g p la in t.
H illh o u s e and C lay M o rg a n -kn d L ig e
W h ite sat by the fire, th e ir cheeks
s h a rp ly , ta c itu r n ly g ra ve d by lig h t
and shadow s; and m en la y b la n
ke te d in the b a ckg ro u n d , w e a ry and
re la x e d and c ra d le d by th e ir in w a r d
th in k in g . H erendeen w a lke d fo r w a r d /
fro m the shadows to stand high
above th is s p ra w le d group.
He
tossed a sage ste m in to the fire and
w a tch e d the pale and heatless fla m e
rise . He was across fro m C la y M o r
g a n ; his eyes searched th e cro w d .
The edges o f h is ve st fe ll a w a y fro m
the rounds o f his shoulders and the
deep s tre tc h o f his chest; his b ig
ness was a ll in p ro p o rtio n , legs and
a rm s and to rs o ; i t was a m u s c u la r
DEPENDABILITY
In these times more than usual it
is important to have a dependable
grocer— In wartime prices and quality
and even quantities are subject to
change.
Quality here will be good, prices
will be fair and quantities what is
allowed.
Zeigler’s SitorT Grass Valley
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