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?. SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY i», 1»<3
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
last November is v e r y inequitable
in that it deprives some districts
Notice is .hereby given that C.
from , receiving money, although
A. Tom has been appointed Ad
S^raian Con ntj Observer
citizens of those districts will have
ministrator of the Estate of
Established Nov. 2, 1888
to pay income and excise taxes
Grass Valley Journal
From the Observer, Feb. 26. 1994 George W. Ramey, Deceased, and
just the same as others. That is
Established Oct 14, 1897
has qualified aP such. All persons
CONSOLIDATED March 6, 1031 the weakness of the law.
. ...
Born, to the >frife of W. E. Al- having claims against said Estate
To correct th.» two more b.ll» liaon> Feb. 20th. , 8on. Grandpa
hereb notified
Wasco News-Enterprise -
Established
Nov.
1891
~ o k n , n ,* T P n M.rrh 4 1932 " 1 7
7 '“^
7 " Bnd GrandmH G W C° y
the »■»"* dul>' " >ri"ed t0
CONSOLIDATED M.rrh 4 ,1 9 3 2 vlde fOr coot.nued .U t e portwipa- pine high.
'aid Adm ini.tr.tor a t Rufus, Ore-
Published Ever, Frida, at
‘,on ¡n elemenUry and high echool
The ,ittle baby boy of Hon. R. f ()n witWn aix ,months from th„
Moro. Oregon
finances
The committee is act- j Ginn bas beej»„yery near death’s ()ate of the firBt publicatjon of this
i b i s ' l l French
E d ito r
° n 7,® p re sur' * t l ™ thi t *** door from la grip and pneumonia. notic.e
The flrst publj<.ation ft
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vote •" November indicated that The dear litUe fcllow is much bet. Fcbru
26 , 9<3
heaer ano
d over tne point of
Ertcred as second class matter at the people wanted the state to
today
£
Tom A d m in istrato r,
T H E STO RY 8 0 f A B : C lay M organ
the flames.
has decided to play a lone hand against
the Postoffice at Moro, Oregon send money iback to the schools.
Director of exploitation Henry y Tracy Barton
. M organ said: "A b o u t G overnm ent
Ben Hsrendeen, a rancher heat on ran-
coder Act of Congress of March It does not presume that the meth E Reed invite8 Sherman county L*. n J L . Or ’ _
Valley. C harley. Y our beef is s till
n ln * tbe cattle coan t-y his own w ay. The
1879.
od of distributing it m the school u maRe g special exhibit at the Attorney ¿ r E s t a t e ^ ...
16-19 two men have been enemies tor years, in there. Send somebody over to
d r ift it back.”
having first fought over C lay’ s w ife,
bill was approved.
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Lewis and Clark fair.
_
,
H illhouse rem ained humped over
IJ
la
.
who
died
hating
him
and
bellev-
The new measures, which will
*
l-»5 she should have m a rrie d Herendeen,
the flame. He didn’t look up. " I ’ ll
have to be approved by the voters. From the Observer, Feb. 27, 1914 NOTICE TO CREDITORS
rio rg a n Is a solitary figure, devoted to
get around to it in tim e, I guess.”
would give as much as $36 per
Tbe High
comTOencemen- N o t i c e is hereby given t h a t !!s nine-year-old daughter. Janet. Al-
II
O re
"The time.” decided Morgan, at
two women. ’ Catherine G ra n t
bcld thig year in Mary Edith Sayre has been ap- a though
once m atching H illhouse’ s u nfa vor
AT I 0 H school census child to,the counties exercigeg
P iil is
ad Ann M eG arrn h, a re In love with
to be used for school purposes.
Methodigt church on the eve- pointed Administratrix of the Es- him . they know he cannot forget L ila . able m anner, " w ill be exactly fo rty -
It will be raised from income, ex-
of Mgy 2g Tbig will be
¿ate of Omer
Sayrs, Deceased, «'I h!s form er friends, only H ack Breath eight hours.”
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
i t has not gone over to Herendeen’s
He thought of this a ll up thé tra il,
cise and property taxes.
firgt formal graduatjng exercises and has qualified as such. All per- s'Jc. C ord G ran t, Catherine’ s broth
SUBSCRIPTION RATES ,
having his sm all m om ents of com
There wUl be a county school frQm
fuU hjgh
courge sons having claims against said er. h sltated about Joining Herendeen,
•Payable in Advance
prehension and sadness.
ONE YEAR
.... ......... |1.50 board with authority to supervise
th^ yegr congigtg of Estate are hereby notified and r^- but became M organ's sworn enemy t The slope of the m ountain leveled
when he discovered that Catherine bad
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26 1943
school budgets and equa iz- AdeRft Mortensen ' and Harry quired to present the same duly been
Into a sm all meadow, across which
to his ranch. Hack B reathitt, seen
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taxes, ^ver eachi caunty- L^ 1 Pinkerton. The class address will verified # to said Administratrix at camping with Pete Borders, a rustler, Vance
K e tch ell’s
cabin
lights
■ — - school boards will have complete be delivered Sunday mOrning, May Moro, Oregon, within six months is being watched by Herendeen’s men. winked. Woodsmoke lay in curled
FROZEN FOODS
authority over school management «,^b by Rey
j Adams jn the from the date of the first publi- Learning that G overnm ent V a lle y , a wisps on the s till a ir. Going for*
piece of land he and Herendeen both
but
not
over
tbe
financial
affairs
_
_
.
.
,
,
p'itinn oi
of m
this
first want. Is to be auctioned a t Sage City, ward M organ called: "Vance—hey,
The government’s food freezing r .
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i Presbyterian church.
canon
is notice
nonce. Tbe
in« nr»i
V a n c e !"
miles aw ay, Clay rides all night
probram is considerably different ° f ,.th,e dl8tnct The state b° ^ d
Intuition is the fault by virtye publication is February 12, -1943.
He heard Vance’ s boots drag over
and a rriv e s In tim e to outbid Charley
the shanty’s floor and pause. There
from that of the individual food
th . of which 4 wom4n can unc*er8tan:1
Mary “ 'V* .S?y” ’
llillhouse, Herendeen's forem an. Then
_ a . v
county boards, thus giving the her husband without listening to -
was this cautious in te rv a l and the
he proves his generosity by letting the
Administratrix,
prewrver. Maybe both will re-
authority to zee that the
d im m in g of the lig h t before Vance
V .'illln g i, a fam ily of “ nesters” th re a t
what he says.
J* Tracy Barton,
.ult in the preservation of food, money ja we„
The
ened by Herendeen, stay In the Valley.
opened the door. He showed h im
Mrs. Richard Dingle left this The Dalles, Oregon,
’ Now continue w ith the story.
however.
ent bd| bas Pew saf eguards to ¡n-
self vaguely in the doorway and
14-17
If the rationing of foods can be jure that there wi„
n0 wastJ week for San Francisco where she Attorney for Estate,
q u ic k ly stepped into the ya rd , his
frem
„
bulk m ergin g w ith the shadows of
made to operate so that each of jn tbe „ penditure of public TOon. will meet
t"” t ° Dick . on
7 his return
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C H APTE R IX
a
visit
to
his
old
home
in
England.
NOTICE
TO
CREDITORS
the cabin w all. "W ho’s th at? ”
us here in America will have plen-
, a visit to his old home in England. N
p "M o rg a n .
Did Hack ride this
M
organ
was
standing
alone
In
,
ty to eat, and none will be allowed
The headg of the
depart. From t||e obgerver( peb. 29, 1924
A 11 persons having claim s
his kitchert, th in kin g of H ack B re a th w a y ? "
to hoard large supplies, it WU re- mgnt baye aided in ^ ¡tin g these
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against1 the Estate of Edwin H. itt. He refilled his coffee-cup, stand
Vance delayed his answer. Then
suit in public good. If it b ad- b-jjg &nd ^bpy
establish a
large number of "the parents y an p a^ en( deceased, are hereby ing w ith his feet a pa rt in the m iddle he said in a low er voice: "Com e
ministered as ^re many things in better gygtem of state aid to the and ^r’en<^8
^ e pupils of the notjfied t0 pre»ent them, with the of the kitchen; lig h t struck the sur closer. Clay ”
Morgan went forward until
the hands of the bureaus it will scboojg tban ig now made through Moro school attended the exer- proper vouchers and duly verified, face of his eyes, setting up a q uick
Vance stood at the shoulders of
be very bad.
tbe gcbooj bju if there is to be c’*es *n
auditorium last to tbe undergjgned th^ duly a n - frost-glow Restlessness turned him
the horse.
out of his tracks and made him
As far as residents of cities are gucb a gystem, it should be the
held in honor of George pointed, qualified and acting Ad- gently circle the room. B re a th itt,
Vance m urm u red : "H erendeen’ s
conoerned food rationing can be begt pOsslble.
ashington s birthday. Tbe pu- ministrator of the Estate of Ed- he thought, would be s ittin g some got somebody w atchin’ m e.” His
conducted with equity. They shop ---------------------
P*l* presented a varied, instructive w jn
y an p a tte n , Deceased, w ith where in the hills, laughing at ta lk rubbed the shadows w ith a soft
for food nearly every day, at least
and entertaining ipro8raim com-
Annexed, at Wasco. Oregon, the posses on his tr a il and iro n ic a lly ness that d id n ’t c a rry beyond M o r
every week, and have food stores FORTIFIED
-
memorative of the day.
within six months from the date amused at a w orld which could tu rn gan. "H a c k passed here F rid a y
night
T hin k he’s up in the hills
available to them on every hand.
qpbe genate bill that, if passed,
Frank A. Sayrs, one of the most of the first publication of this no- him into a fu g itiv e overnight. M o r above F re e p o rt."
gan speculated on B re a th itt’ s possi
Complaints should not come from wju
all fortified wine in the w^ cly known pioneer retired far- tjce, to-wit: February 12, 1943.
^T h a n ks."
ble hideout.
The three of them ,
the majority who live in cities and gtate nquor stores has passed that mers of Sherm* n county, died a ' .
T ¡ ^ t e r J o h n s o n ,-
Vance said: "X o u 'll bump into
B re a th itt and H illhouse and him self,
towns if there is any sense in the body and ¡g nbw jn the house al-
home in this city at Administrator With Will Annexed, had ridden this country fo r years Beh's rid ers a lo fig ‘the tr a il.’’
M organ recrossed the clearing. A
rationing bureau at all.
coholic committee where it is be- 5:30 p?m- ^*!u” l ay eV€nin&- Fu* Date of First Publication, Feb- together and knew every hollow and
q
u
a rte r-m ile southward he struck
ravine and w in d fa ll p it
Rural people may have a great- ¡ng studied. It is expected that ^®ra? services will be held at the ruary 12, 1943.
the wide tra il leading from W ar
He
pulled
the
coffee-cup
fro
m
his
er cause for complaint, especially it will be on the floor this week. Methodlst church at 11 a.m. Sat-
Dat,2 of Lagt Publication, March
lips and held it suspended, sudden Pass to F reeport and settled into a
those who live at some distance Mere putting of fortified wine
ay’ *nl ermcn^ ^o owing at
t e
5« 1943.
14-17
ly struck by a w arning. I f he were run. Darkness packed the round
from a trading center. Some ar- ¡n liquor stores is an easy but not
cemetery in c arge o t e
fa m ilia r w ith H ack's ways, so was about trees but at intervals, as he
crossed an occasional sm all moun
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Hillhouse.
x
rangement might appropriately be entirely satisfactory
way
of
^e' _ —
tain meadow or the charred area
Morgan
turned
to
the
liv
in
g
room,
made so that buyers of food who handling a deplorable situation.
Notice is hereby a given that pausing there only long enough to of an old burn, m oonlight showed
live far from town could buy in There should be some one witn WILLIAMS’ COLUMN
Blanche Estella- Everett has beer, get his hat, his gun and belt, and all things pale and soft. In his
larger quantities . than
others, ability to write a definition of
appointed Administratrix of the to lif t a W inchester fro m the ra c k m ind at the m om ent was a picture
Thia does not mean that t h e y fortified wine that would differ- ( ‘«’tinned fr o m Pnee One
Estate of Lulu B. Spenc^T, De- near the door. He crossed the yard, of the section tow ard which Hack
should receive larger portion, of entiete between the good wines «J«
t e ^ ’obteh c' ased’ 4nd has q>“ l¡«ed as such, lugged his saddle gear from the B re a th itt had apparently gone, and
the nation’, supply, but that they and the poor w ine, that make
X their favorites
A" Person’ httvin« daima a*ainst horse barn and roped a pony out of a fa irly deAnite idea of H ack's pos
the co rra l. Cap V e rm ily e and H a rry sible hideout had occurred to him
should be permitted to obtain more men crazy. Then the cheaper Pled8 e®
stid Estate are hereby notified Jum p strolled forw ard. In these when the sm ell of dust brought him
at a time.
wines, those made in a week or a
r
4 • press and required to present the same
moonshot shadows they watched out of his th in k in g ; he had pulled
In many instances the limits set month, and fortified wit a u
-
house„ ghow w&a duly verified to said Administra him th ru st the Winchester into Its the horse to a w alk, deep in these
are very «nail, two or three cans ants, should be kept out of the * honey _ aU lawmakerg came in tn x at Wasco, Oregon, within six boot beneath the saddle fender and q u ilt-th ic k shadows of the forest,
of fruit and vegetables, and a few state entirely.
for gome
r¡bb¡ng; gQme got months from the date of the first swing aboard. H a rry Jum p said, when a m an’ s voice, came from the
im m ediate foreground.
pounds of dried foóds. FptUpeo-
Until that is done the added mQpe thftn oth€rg_ and the big publication of this notice. The gently: "N ic e n ig ht fo r ducks.’ ’
The man said: "W ho is it? "
" I ' l l be rid in g around, here and
pie who have become accustomed authority of the state to sell such dftnc€
the ghow attended by first publication is February 6,‘
M organ said, "Y o u go to hell.
th e re ." explained Morgan. "D o n 't
to buying by the case this is a wine in its own stores can be of
of the RUte h’Quse
1943.
Bones."
know iw hen I ’ll be b a c k ."
“ Oh. M orga n," grum bled Bones
nuisance and a waste of time and help. With such authority the li- _ and many goldierg too—Man^
BbmDhr Estella Everett,
Wlrcn he turned the prow of the
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money. It* is also a waste - of qUor commission can refuse to p o rtla n d folkg \ am e dow n f o r th e
Admünürtratrix.
Moguls the lights of Long Seven McGeen
"G
e
t
out
of
the
tr
a
il."
were cut off
The mocn was at
gasoline and rubber if the people sell the more dangerous wines. ghow inciuding flockg of exiaw- J TracY Barton, The Dalles,
McGeen thought about that, and
three-quarter
stage
and
so
he
tra
v
live far from their store.
. 1 makers—Some talk of night ses- Oregon, Attorney for Estate
1G
eled through shadows th at had the d id n 't like it. F o r he said: "Y o u
The
p.n.u
nf
it
«11
of
course
Food
rationing
may
prove
to
be
.
.
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ln e cause 01 a an, 01 course,
.
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.
.
sions to assure adjournment not
«.... luminous, pearly shine of fog Mo can go around me, I guess.”
M organ matched insolence w ith
is that America is feeding the a blessing in disguise to Sherman
than March 6_ Who wil, NOTICE TO CREDITORS
gul's sum m its were clear-black
werld. In Europe and Asia the county farmers. When a person G
g „ aDDoint to thi„
...
against the sky; as he rode over insolence. " I guess not. Bones. Hack
.
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>
.
,
.
i . b n n « zrv a f t p r t h e r a t i o n s ta m n s 'jO V e r n o r » « e n
apponu to mis,
A11 persons having
claims
saw the color of your ta il, and 1
best of the fanning lands are be-
u
, v
j that the other thing, a fter-th e against the Estate of
Wilford the meadows he saw the blurred think I ’ ll see it . " He h it his pony
shadow
of
h
im
self
go
forw
ard
in
inf uwd for bnttk field» or h.vv *re « gone, e can
i ea
rea . legjs|at{ir!1 baw gonc homc ja the Be|gbe Deceased, are hereby noti-
lengthening distortion against the w ith the spurs, d riv in g it fo rw a rd
T
L ' r td ^ r dowl Even the
devil can quote Serin- burnihg question-I-ots of talk on fied
present tbem. with the yellow grass. A t the jum p-o ff
at a long jum p.
I t ca rried him
X ” t , J a, The great
hia <” ™ advantage
the «“b k c t-n n d
the
governor proper v?uebers and duly vcriflcd> the meadow lands, where Mogul slid against McGeen, his knee ja fo m in g
McGeen’ s knee.
McGeen’s shoul
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mum—which is smart.
to the undersigned, the duly ap- a thousand feet through pine groves ders turned and one a rm lifte d sud
into the narrow valley occupied by
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Some people do not know it,
pointed, qualified and acting ad-
d e n ly—a ll this w as*a dull,' shape
producing at normal rates oven v
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---------------------- REPRESENTATIVE’S REPORT ministratrix, of the Estate o f Herendeen, he paused to take his less scene in the b lack—and M or
survey. Dell Lake was a s ilv e r c ir
for the Germans. The Balkan but libertV and ’KuritV are an
------------------------ ------------------------ Wilford Belshe, Deceased, at the
cle, half-down the incline. The v a l gan. bending in the saddle, knoafced
countrie. are short of workers. ^>>3™— "°t synonyms
(Continued from Page One) office of T Lester Jobnson
in ley itself, Ailed w ith this n ig h t’s fhg- that sw inging arm down w ith his
fuel oil, and farm animals, besides
The printer’s devil has a hunch '*8^ planta. . The cities having M oro, Oregon, within six months like m ist, was a w inding s ilv e r rib hand and caught M c £ fe n around
being bothered by occasional bomb that the “duration” will last a 8ucb plan4s do not care for it. f rom the date of the first publi- bon. He followed its course w ith his the w aist. Both horses were m ill
ing across*the tra il. McGeen shout
ings. The • same is true of most
The joker is that some of them cation of thig notice to.wit; Feb. glance, catching the d is ta n t g litte r ed, " B y God— ! ” His gun’s explo
lot longer than the war.
of
Herendeen’s
lights,
and
then
his
of Europe.
now pay a considerable part of ruarv 5 194®
attention came back to the red-yel sion was like a dynam ite racke t in
city expenses in lieu of taxes and ■ , 'H azel Belshe, Administratrix low glow of a cam pfire in the pines. the settled stillness of the hills. The
We are fortunate that we are
shot struck somewhere in the high
so near the world’s beet source of
some do not. Some furnish street Date of Firat Publication—Febru- P robably a posse.
,
The floor of the forest was th ic k trees. Morgan used his spurs, s till
lights, some pay all profits into ary 5 1943
food, fortunate that we can ob
holding McGeen. He dragged M c
tain sufficient good food for our-
the general fund. The base from Date of Last Publication— Febru- w ith needle droppings; it absorbed Geen out of the saddle as he plunged
the
footfalls
of
his
horse
com
plete
^C
ontinued
fro
m
naze
one»
which
start is very uneven,
selyesa There are going to be
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ly and so, gently w a lkin g the pony, fo rw a rd ; he ca rried McGeen like
some nuisances in getting it, but eyed social workers and th a t the which may cause some confusion
he d rifte d fo rw a rd u n til he reached this, McGeen slipping low er and
we will get ft and be the only peo- evacuees are being pampered and Eugene, which has caused it all. R€2d the Ads in the Jo urnal. the m argin of light. Here he h a lt low er In his arm s u n til the m an's
better cared for than the people daes no^ pay any taxes, gets paid
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pie in the world who do.
ed. amused th at none of the five men feet were h ittin g the ground. M o r
crouched and lying by the fire yet gan’s pony broke into a run, ex
of the surrounding country. In f or cjty street lights, and builds ____ ,, . ...
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knew of his approach. C harley H ill- cited by the bum ping of McGeen’s
Wyoming, for example, the super- up a huge reserve fund. It looks
5
”r ° n 8
a>
_s©_
SCHOOL BILL
house squatted by the fire, id ly feed legs, and at last Pushed down the
visors are installing a modern ag
¡t will have to furnish some-
ing in pine branches. Two of the tra il at a dead bolt. McGeen stran
The so-called basic school bill plant for the manufacture of chi- thing else, but then it cannot be Moro^Lodge No. 113, LO .O .F. other mtoi were Herendeen rid ers, gled up a y e ll and made a huge ef
M oro, O regon
amendment« have passed
t h e naware. The Japanese could al- foretold until the votes are in.
one was Nam p B righam , a sm a lle r fo rt to get free, which was the
Meets 1st and 3r< rancher from the Cache M ountains; m om ent M organ let go, dropping
house and are now in the senate ways undersell American m a n u ----------------------
Tuesdays
in th< and the fifth, lyin g fu ll lerfgth on the McGeen flat. He was a hundred
where they will probably pass, facturera, and now fear is ex- COUNTY TO RECEIVE
I.O..O.F. hall Trai ground, was Gurd G rant.
yards away before McGeen trie d a
although there may be some fur- pressed that if the Japs y e shown SALVAGE PENNANT
sient and visiting
"W here you • th ink you’ll find shot. The b u lle t slashed into a pine.
(her changes.
how to operate modern machin-
Bones's cursing rose to a fever
brothers are cordi h im ? " Gurd asked.
Sherman county is among the
Only major change in the bill erF t*1* / can’ a^ter
war, take 17 counties of the state receiving
ally invited to meet
"N o t on this side of the valley. I pitch.
M organ called back, "The ride
know Hack p re tty w ell. He likes
was the imposition of a limit on ^hia s 1 ome to apan an
ur war produc(jon pennants from the p,. . „
was free, Bones.”
the Caches better.”
the amount to be u,ed e.eh year »her cut under American price., staU >a|va(te committt.c
scrap < * •;•« -C- W.lion, N.G.
There was no foot of this section
Morgan spoke from the protecting
for the purpose of aiding t h e
collections. Each of th se counties e,Cy
ompson,
.J.
Now. m aking a
shadows. "T h a t’s the w ay I figure he d id n ’ t know.
schools of the state. There was
UnderMeretorjr of War^Bobort collected -more than 130 pounds
—
quick guess, he began to clim b
it. C harley.”
no limit in the bill as passed by Pa^ “ *n has been advocating t e
c a p i u d )K ng t h<< • „pine R ehekrh Lodge
He had a s w ift sample of what through the h ills by one narrow
N n. 11H
the people. There was a limit curtailniaat of
® * °r m°" scrap metal drive in September
_ M oro. Oregon
these men would do under s tra in or trace and another. He came to the
surprise. Gurd G ran t lunged to his head of a gulch, fe ll into it and
of <5,000,000 in the bill written tor trucks, although a few months gRd
'»<>«• t « 2d & 4th Tues
feet and Ham p B righam and the rode sightlessly alopg fo r a half-
by the taxation committee. T o *8° an army officer announced
Morrow county placed first in day of each month,
A steady cu rre n t of w ind
two men in the background were in m ile.
this the heads of the teachers’ that the anhy is in favor of long th* drive
wjtb William aecond. Visiting mem bers wel
stantly up, B righam reaching fo r his came against his le ft side, cold as
lobby made no protest to the leg- hauls because the trucks are trans- Tboge two countie8 have previous- corne-
gun. But C harley Hillhouse, crass ice-water. A t this point he swung
¡Mature, although there is some portthg such q u a n titie s of mater- Jy recejved pennants for their ^olla Belshrc, N.G.
legged bv the fire, only tilte d his the pony and scram bled h a lf up the
* ridge to a kind o f stony shelf. The
evidence that It made wm e objec- ¡*1 for the army, such as supplies gcrap collections.
c •« »• nre Johnston. 8e<
d ra ug ht o f a ir poured out of • deep
tion to groups of teachers.
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cantonments, air hazes and
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Moro, Oregon
3rd Thursday eve
-"Hack—it’s me. Morgan.”
schools money for a longer per- tically paralyze the interior points
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He had no answer but he sat there
F ourth T h’irs lays in each
Visiting members are a long w hile, once repeating the
iod, thus making a form of steady in Oregon, which receive their
Month. V L it'n g mem bers
cordially invited to call. There was no sm ell of smoke
aid instead of giving an immedi- supplies by truck. Office of de-
and no sound at a ll except fo r the
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meet with us.
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money under the law as passed Patterson’s idea.
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M organ went fo rw a rd u n til Vance
stood a t the shoulders of the horse.
and walked deeper into a natu ra l
rock fa u lt, against a steady p la y t<>f
wind. He dropped to his knees and
fe lt the flooring w ith his hands
There had been a fire here but when
he lighted a m atch he saw that the
ashes were old. He had made a bad
guess.
He clim bed over the ridge and
took another tr a il downgrade until
the lig h ts of F reeport showed again
There was a rutted wood road at
this point which dropped circu ito u s
ly off the h ills into the end of a
narrow street.
When he r’eached
this street-end Morgan paused to
have a look, turned cautious bv ihe
n ig h t’ s events. For he now Irrrew
there was no longer any safety
rid in g alone. Thus had the country
changed in the space of a week
M or^ap,peached the general store,
le ft ftis fiorse and wal'.eri into the
haff-gloom, into the stagnant com
pound of old store smells4- -A stove
in the m iddle of the room-showed its
fire through square isinglass eyes; a
man stood bowed over a counter, his
lips sile n tly fra m in g words as he
read a paper. M organ's presence
pulled him from this chore. He said
id ly: "H e llo , M o rg a n ."
M organ said: "Shank of a busy
evenin’ . K e rn ."
Kern Case was huge-bellied and
high and round-shouldered from a!l
his weight. He was younger than
he looked but he had the moon-
shaped ungiving face of a man to
whom silence was im portant. "T h in
shank," he said.
They knew each other p retty well,
yet there was alw ays a reserve to
keep, a roundabout way of ta lkin g
Out in the hills were a hunJred m en
who stayed there fo r the profit of
it; in this town now were other
men who would fade through rear
doors at the sound of swift-coming
horses
Kern Case, him self an hon
est man, hcld the secrets of these
others in his head
They .trusted
h im ; and he kept his mouth shut
So when Morgan asked his question
it was not a question at all but a
statement.
"P re tty dark to be chasing through
the h ills .”
"M a y b e ," said Kern Case, "you
went down the wrong canyon."
" I could ride this country asleep.
But m aybe I guessed w rong."
"S om etim e s," said Kern Case, "a
man gets tire d of sleepin’ on the
gro un d."
"M a y b e ,” agreed Morgan. He
turned the rem ark over in his head;
it m eant something but he d id n 't get
it
He backed to the stove and
warm ed him self, gently rubbing the
seat of his pants
Kern Case d id n 't
show any change on his face, though
his eyes were laughing at Morgan.
"Y o u ’ re a long way from the ranch.
Ridin* back to n ig h t? "
"N e ve r gave it a thought "
Case started to speak and changed
his m ind. Somebody came q uickly
into Freeport, a horse beating out a
rh yth m on the dust of the stree t’s
fa r end. Case folded his hands on
the table,
serenely
incom m uni
cative, listening to the horse haul
up. Morgan said, "H e ll or a lot of
tra ffic fo r a dead b u rg ," and moved
id ly tow ard the door. -
“ Tw enty years ago," said Kern
Case, "y o u ’d ,of got shot for a re
m a rk like th a t.”
Paused by the door, Morgan
watched the newcom er swing off his
horse in fro n t of the hotel. He
looked around at Case. "T im e s
change. So do v is ito rs ." He stepped
into the store, tu rn in g to the stove.
He wheeled when he reached it,
keeping his eyes on the door. The
new com er’ s steps faded from the
street and the silence thickened
across the town. M organ’ s face was
long and s till; his lips were fiat,
th e ir edges pushing together.'A flare
o i lig h t showed in his eyes and he
stood stra ig h te r than before, lie
stood balanced and attentive. The
new com er’s steps broke the s till
ness again, heavy and loud and com
ing ra p id ly forw ard. Case stared
at M organ, reading what was to be
seen. In a way it was inform a tion ,
fo r when the storekeeper put his
attention to the door and saw Ben
Herendeen there he wasn't greatly
surprised. M organ’s expression had
been in the nature of warning.
(TO BE CONTINUED;