The Santiam news., July 29, 1910, Image 2

^i—Zelda Dameron—J
1 Just happened In and found Mr.
CROPS FOR ORY FARMING.
Dameron waiting, so I amused
him
until Mr. Carr appeared.
You still
Fall-Sown Grains Generally Best for
have your bistort» morning round-up
here I suppose. There are two things
This Purpose.
that you young gentlemen will un­
Wheat
is
the great money-making
doubtedly derive from Mr. Carr -g -od
crop at a large part of the acmi-and
manners and sound literary laatoa.**
West.
rifAi*TKk iv
|
"Very loyal, very noble of her. Tm
Th* law office* of Knight. Klttred** euro I appreciate It”
A < arr were tucked away In the n tr
"I hope you do
Hhe doesn't under­
of mi old building that •('•<>•> at the stand what a < . ntemptlble hf ftid you
• p«i of a triangle The ftrni had boon are, and I don't Intend to tell her. And
lananta of th« oanie ro'ine for many you may be quite sure that her Aunt
years Thera wao a !>atter«<1 tin algn Julia will never tell her how
you
at the entrance. but Ito Inx-rtptlou treated her mother how you made h-r
eould I»« road only by person* who ro* • life a curse to her. 1 don't want you
m«rnl>«red it from bygone days Knight ' to think that because I have let you
and Kittredge had Loan prominent In alone three ten years I have forgotten
•Hate politico during and Immediately or forgiven you. I wouldn't trust you
following tho Civil War
They were to do snything that demanded tho low*
dead now. but Carr, who had left poli­ | »st sene» of honor or manhood ”
tic« to hla partners, Aurvlvrd. and he
There was no sign of anger or even
I resentment In Kara's face. His Inevlt*
had changed nothing In the offices.
In the old day* It had boon tho cue ! able »mile died away In a eb.kly grin.
Com of th« member* of tho firm of ’ but he said nothing.
Knight. Kittredge A Carr to aaaemlda
"With thio little preface 1 think you
ovary m>>rnlng at i o<b> k In tho li­ ■ will understand that what
I
have
brary tor a brief dlacuealon of tho sought you out for Is not to ssk favors
new« of tho day. or fur a review of but to give orders. In view of Z»o'e re­
the work that lay before them
The turn.”
young men who were Fortunato enough
"Hub Rodney. Rodney—that matter
to l»e tolerated In th« office« had al­ ' needs no discussion.
1 shall hope to
ways enjoyed three diacuootoiui Im­ : make my (laughter happy In her fath-
mensely. fur Governor Kittredge and I or'e house- I am her natural protect­
•onator Knight had known mon and or------- “
mAimrra ua well •« tho law« and Mi­
"You are. Indeed, but a few Instruc­
chael Carr knew Plato and tho Greek tions from me will be of great assist -
• nd !«atln poota as ho know tho way ■ ance. Kara. Tn begin with. 1 want you
borne.
j to understand that the first time
I
Theo« morning conferences were atlll hear you have mistreated that girl or
•ontlnurd in Morrle lx»lghfori‘a
day. In any way made her un> omforlable 1
thouxh Knight and Kittredge had long ehall horsewhip you tn front of th»
been gone. It might I mp a topic from poetofflee The »ecund time I »hall cow-
ths day*« new« that received attention, i hide you In your own houaa, and the
or mine new hook Michael Corr waa . third offense I shall punish either I v
• persistant novel reader <>r It might I »hooting you or taking you out and
be even a bit of social gossip that was dropping you Into the river, I haven't
discussed
Mr Carr was a man of de- decided which.
I aspect you to pro­
lii-erato habits, and when he set apart vide generously for her out of the
thia half-hour for a talk
with
hla money her mother left her
If you
young men as ho called them, it made haven't squandered It there ought IO
|U> !':.<«• ■ • ’ it ■ • ;■! rik
t • f ■ « be a goodly sum by this time ”
grout railway ,.»<.¡»«<1 hla heels In lha
"I fear she has acquired expensive
outer office »while th< |j»tln poets were taste» abroad
Julia
always
spent
<1is<*u»»rd In the library, or that other money waelefully.”
dignified Caucasians waited while ne­
“You ugly hypocrite. talking about
gro suffrage was delated
expensive tastes'
1 suppose you have
Kara l»amoron was waiting for him let everybody you know Imagine that
this morning, for It w*« th« first of It has been your money that has kept
Octolter, and <»n ths first of
ovary Zee abroad. It's like you. and you're
month Kira Da moron wont to the of­ certainly a consistent boast
Aa I was
fices to discuss hla personal Affairs, lie »aylng. I mean that you shall treat h»r
was
of an economical turn, and ho well, not according to your own idea»,
made It a point to combine as many but mine. 1 want you to brace up and
questions as poaslbls In a single con­ try to act or look like a white man.
sultation
Hla relations with tho of- You've got to k< ep enough servants In
f. • * 1»
• f • ■ f . I <
M f. ;
.»t «d that old ehell of yours to take care of
back to a day whon Knight. Kittredge It.
You must be Immensely rich by
A Carr *«*r« a now firm and
Kira this time.
You haven't spent any
Immeron was a young merchant whom money for twenty years; and you've
people respected, and whoso prospects undoubtedly profited
a-II
In
your
in Ilfs were bright.
handling of what Margaret left Zee
While Kara l>am«r<»n walled for Ml* That waa like Margaret, to make you
trustee of her child's property, after
ghnel Carr. I(<>dney Merriam was walk
You
Ing •lowly from hl» house tn Seminary the dog's life you had led her!
R«iu«re down High street to Jeff«-ra<>n. may be sure that It wasn't because »h-
• winging hl» sib k and gravely return- had any confidence tn you. but txx-aue*
Ing the salutations of friends and ae- she had borne with you bravely, end
Aymlntances
Ha cams presently to It waa like her to make an outward
from
the
tha offices of Knight. Kittredge A Carr. ahow of respect for you
Ila atapp-d Into the reception r.iom grave. And I suppose she hoped you
«ai»4 round It amply. Tho door Into tho might be a man at last for the girl'»
The girl's her
mother
over
library wee Closed but ha could hear sake.
And you
Carr’s vole«, and h» knew that the again; she's a thoroughbred
I suppose (lo<1 tolerates you on earth
lawyer was holding one of tho»* morn­
ing laika with hla clerks and students merely to make Heaven more attrac­
that Morris I .eight on had often de­ tive.”
Merriam at no time raised hie voice;
scribed
Ha lo<Jie<l about with Inter*
•el and then crossed tha hall.
The tho Merriams were a low-spoken fam­
door» of three private offices ware ily. and when Rodney Merriam was
•loeed. but ha turned lha knob of the quietest he was moot dangerous.
Voices could be hoard now across th»
ona marked In small black letters “Mr
hall. The morning conference was at
Carr." and went In
an end; and Michael I’art Crossed to
Kara Dameron waa atUI looktn« out
w»a hie room at twenty-live minutes be­
ef the window when H • door
fore nine, and opened the door In the
flung open
>le supposed Carr had
•tune. and having bean anting out Into full knowledge that Kent Itameron waa
the sunny court, hla eight did not ac- waiting for him. Many etrange things
•»■tnmodale Itself al once to lha .llrn had happened In ths offices of Knight,
Kittredge A Carr; but Michael Carr
light of tha little room.
had long ago formed the habit of see­
“Ah. Mr. Carr
he began
"Good*morning, Karn,” said Rodney ing everything and saying nothing.
“tk-od morning, gentlemen.” he said,
Merriam, blandly
Dameron knew the
voice before he recognised hie brother- affably, and shook hands with both
tn law, and after a second's hesitation men.
"1 have Just been
warning
Exra
he advanced with a great air of cor­
against overwork.” said Merriam, com­
diality.
“Why, llodney. what brings you Into posedly. "At Kara's age a man ought
the haunts of the law? 1 thought you to check himself; he ought to let other
were a man who never got Into trou­ people use the hammer and drive the
ble. I m nailing for Mr Carr. I have nails"
“Rodn»y always had hla I'tlle Joke.”
a »landing appointment with him thl»
•am»
day
every
month- -egceptlmf said Itameron. and laughed a dry
laugh that showed hie teeth in hie very
Vundays, of enure» ”
“Ho I have understood. I don't want unpleasant smile.
Morrlam wished both gentlemen a
to see “Mr Carr, h-waver; 1 want to
satisfactory disposition of their busi­
•»e you.”
ness.
It waa. of course, a perfectly
Itameron glanced at hla brother-in-
law anxiously. He had believed Mer­ natural thing for him to drop Into a
riam's appearance to be purely acd- law office on a pleasant October morn­
ing and. meeting there a connection of
dental, and ho was not agrreably die
appointed t<> And that ho had been hts family, hold converse with him on
matters of common Interest
Michael
mistaken
He looked at the little elock
Carr »•» not, however, a dull man.
on Carr's desk, and waa relieved to
and he understood perfectly that Rod­
find that th» lawyer would undoubt­
ney Merriam had decided to resume
edly appear In a few minutes.
diplomatic relatione with Kara Itamer­
'1 should t>e glad, at any other time,
Rodney. but Mr. Carr Io very particu­ on; and ho rightly guessed the reason
tn be tho return of Margaret Damer­
lar atx>ut hla appointments.”
on'» daughter to her father's house
'T have heard so. Kara.
What I
Merriam found Morris 1-elghton at
have to say to you will not Interfere
work In tho library. The young man
with your engagement with Mr. Carr
throw down hie lxx>k In surprise no th»
A» near aa I can remember, It han been
old gentleman darkened tho door.
ten years eInce I enjoyed a conversa­
“The date shall be printed In red Ink
tion with you.”
on the office wall! I never expected to
"Better let the old times go—l | — see you here!”
am willing to let them go, Rodney.”
"It may never happen again,
mv
"And on that last occasion. If my boy. Is this all you have to do, read
memory serve me. I believe I told yon t-ooks? I sometimes wish I had been
that you were an Infernal scoundrel “ a lawyer. Nothing to do but read and
••You wore very vlolenL very unjust; writs; It's the easiest business there
hut let It all go. Rodney. I treasure la."
no unkind feelings"
"Mr Carr would like to see you; T.l
“It would be a source of real annoy­ bo glad to call him -except that thio
ance to me to have you think for a Is hla morning with Mr. Dameron."
“To bo sure It to; but don't trouble
moment that I have changed my mind
1 want to have a word with you about yourself. I've seen both of them, any­
Zelda. Rhe has chosen to go to live how “
“Ohl"
Wilk you------ '
It is n«>t particularly a drouth­
CHAFTKIt V
resistant crop, although certain varie­
Zelda's days ran on now much like
those of other girls In Marlons
Bo- ties appear to succeed better than
tween Mrs. Forrest and Mrs. Carr, she others in the dry districts. The hard
was well launched socially, and her
time was fully occupied She overhaul* I Rni Turkey or Russian wheal is the
the house and changed Ila furnlshlurs type or variety which has proven hsrd-
radically--while her father blinked at lest and moat productive throughout
the
expenditures Rodney
Merriam,
dropping In often to chaff Zolda about the Western part of the winter wheat
her neglect of himself, rejoiced at th» belt.
In the Spring wheat slStfeO the
free way In which »he contracted bill» standard aorta grown are Fife and
The old mahogany from the garret fit­
ted Into the houae charmingly The din­ Blucatem, which are also hard wheats
gy walls were brightened with new ps- The Durum, or Macaroni wheat, is
I pore; the old carpets wore taken up.
rapidly coming into use in the Not th-
I the floors stained, to eave the trouble
I of putting down bsrdwood, and rug» western stalee, and it *|>[<c»rti to be
bought
hardier anti more productive than the
Kxm Dameron's greatest shock w«»
ordinary
spring wheats
This wheat
the Installing of the telephone tn hl»
house, but every one else In Merlon* was introduced from Russia, where it
so Zelda sseurod him. bed one; end II has long been grown in a climate and
would undoubtedly t>e of service to her
tn many ways
Her real purpose wee under conditions similar to those of the
to place herself In communication with western part of the Northwest states.
her aunt and uncle, whose help eh* It is decidedly a "dry land farming"
outwardly refused but secretly Isane-l
crop, and it is the hope of those inte­
on.
Zelda did not disturb the t-lack wom­ rested in introducing thia whest that
an In the kitchen, though she employed it may prove successful in districts
a house-maid to supplement her ser­ where the rainfall is not sufficient or
vices. but she labored patiently to cor­ is too uncertain to grow the common
rect some of ths veteran Polly's dis­ wheat, and thus extend
profitable
tressing faults
I'olly waa a good rook wheat growing still farther west and
In the haphaurd fashion of h*r kind into the semi and lan<L of the Moun­
Hhe could not read, eo that the cook
tain states.
book» which Z«ld« l-ought were of no
At present, with the varieties grown,
use to her. Hhe shook her head over
"l»«ok cooktn',“ but Zelda. who dimly the success of the wheat crop in the
remembered that her mother had spent West is more largely due to the fa<t
much time In the kitchen, thought a that the crop grows during a part of
■ upply of sprons and gave herself per
the year when drouth is least apt to
elelently to culinary practice
Or, eh-« prevail than to the drouth resistant
sat and dictated to Polly from one of character of the crop.
But wheat is a
the recipe books while that amiable deep feeder and a rapid grower. The
soul mixed the Ingredients, and then,
plant draws its food and moisture from
after the neceaaary Interval of fear an 1
hop«, they opened the oven door and s large volume of soil and is able to
unfavorable
ju-ered tn anxiously u|*on triumph or with»ti.’i>d considerable
weather conditions; yet the crop is
disaster.
A horse was duly purchased at Lex­ often materially injured and the yield
ington. <>n an excursion planned and decreased by drouth during almotl any
managed by Mrs. Carr. They named' period of its growth. By hot winds
the little
Hembleionlan
Xanthippe an<i unfavorable weather conditions a
which Zelda changed to Zan. at her i promising crop may be destroyed in a
uncle s suggestion.
It waa better, he |
few days.
said, not to Introduca any more of the
Wheat cannot atop growing and re­
remoter letters of the alphabet Into
the family nomenclature; and aa they main dormant during an unfavorable
already had Z It would be unwise to period of growth, aa does kafir corn or
add X.
Moreover II was fitting that sorghum. The grain must finish its
growth and mature in about a certain
Zee should own Zan!
The possession of the pretty brown |M«ri<«l, whatever the conditions for
inaro and a runabout (ft
teased1 growth may be.
Zelda's range of activities Her uneb-
Spring wheat is not well adapted for
kept a saddle horse and he taught her growing in Kansas, but with sufficient
how to rldv and drive. He also, undvr j
moisture to start it in the fall, and
Eire l*anieron‘s very eyes, had the old i
tmrn reconstructed, to make a proper, with the usual spring rains, winter
abiding place for a Kentucky hors» of ' wheat is a profitable crop, even in the
at lea»t decent ancestry, and employe 1 western count ice of the »tale, where
the annual rain fall d<x-s not exceed
a stable*boy,
Zelda became dally more eonsclou» fifteen to twenty inches.
of her father's penurious ways, thnt
However, the methods of growing
were always cropping out In the petty ; th- crop are crude.
Often the West­
details of the housekeeping tine even- '
ern farmer plants so many a«'res that
Ing when he thought himself unob
he is unable to farm the land well,
served, she saw him walking down the
and the result is a poor crop, if the
front stairway, avoiding the carpel on :
tho treads with difficult care.
Zeid* season is at all unfavorable.
Some farmers, however, are adopt­
did not at flrat know what he waa do­
Enough good
ing; but she soon found thia to lx ing tietter methods.
only one of hie many whimsical eeon- i farming has been dor.s to prove that it
omlea
He overhauled tho pantry no« pays to cultivate and till the land well.
and then, making an Inventory of the Mr. H. W. Campbell reported remark­
amount <>f flour, sugar and coffee In able results from practice of his sys­
stock, and he still did a part of the
tem of culture on the Pomeroy model
marketing
Zelda had given the black
Kansas.
stable-boy orders that Zan was to bo farm, in Graham county,
fed generously; and when she found For acreval years this farm was made
that her father was giving contrary I to produce twice as much wheat per
directions she said nothing, but con­ acre as the average crop in the sur­
nived with the boy In the purchase of rounding country, with on other treat­
hay and corn to make good the d»fl
ment of the soil except thorough till­
clency caused by her Indulgence.
age and cultivation.
Late one afternoon she drove to »
At the Fort Hays Branch experiment
remote quarter of town In pursuit of a
station, in Ellis county, enough has
laundress that bad failed her.
Hhe
concluded her errand and turned Zan been accomplished, in the ten seasons
homeward, but lost her way In seeking since that station waa established, to
in the semi-arid
to avoid a railway track »n which a demonstrate that
line of freight cars blc- k< d her path West good farming p«ys as well or
Hhe came upon a public school build­ even twtter than it does in the rich
ing. which presented a stubt-orn front farming states of the Mi*au«i<ippi val­
lo a line of shops and saloons on the ley.
opposite side of a narrow street. Two
Emmsr.
txi, a were engage«! In com I-at on the
Emmcr
has
proved
to be especially
sidewalk at the school-house entrance,
surrounded by a ring of nolay parti- | hardy and drouth-resistant, and in the
•ana. A young woman, a teacher, Zei­ Northwestern states thia grain has
ds took her to ba. hurried toward th* given greater yields per acre than bar­
acene of trouble from tho school-house ley or oatt.
However, at the Fort
door, and at her approach lha ring of Hays station, in Western Kansas, cm
spectators dispersed In disorder, leav­ mer has not proved as hardy and pro­
ing the combatants alone, vainly epar ductive as barley and oats.
As a feed
ring for an advantage before they, too
emmcr will hardly take the place of
yielded the Held. Zelda unconscious- '
barley and oato, but it may be ground '
ly drew In her horse to welch tho con­
clusion of matters. The-young woman and fed in combination with these
Wherever barley
stepped between the antagonists with­ grains or with com.
out parley, catching the grimy flata of or oata produce well emmcr is not an
one of the t-oye In her hands, while I especially profitable crop to grow, but
the other look to hla heels amid the' in those sections of the West in which
Jeers of the gallery
Zelda heard the the grains mentioned cannot be suc­
teacher's voles raised In sharp rep­ cessfully grown, emmer may prove to
rimand aa she dismissed the lad with be a profitable crop.
a wave of her hand that Implied an
Barley.
authority not to be gainsaid.
(To be eenilnued I
The Itetert CeaetenMO,
A young woman ha<! fallen upon the
lee-covered pavement, and a man step 1
ped forward to offer his servleea.
"Allow me—" he began, but his feet
slipped and he fell flat upon hla back
"Certainly,” responded the young
«roman, gravely—Lippincott's
> l«vatln<.
•»■ae x»»ir tn »«■ '•
F*m»tf:r.rs we !:r*rprot too literally.
"I want to lr • .1 !O tn tke Jelly.“ *ald
ttw usaly Installed boutcwlfe "Is It
hard*"
•Oh, lx»rd. no. mum!” replied the
eook. with supreme pity. "It's soft."
—Judge
JForms
err certainly tw*
I
a
ame when tha 4>srtor <•«« trratinff him for rance*
Of the •
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'«t «• nthg he patAr-d
lour j-trx f 1 a
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Kr thrW <■»< a hx.®
atxl in thtr* «la> • I r i * amk <1 • tap«» wtwm 4S
Usa«
I*
Mr M«il Frrcb of MHIeraburg,
UauphlA C« P» I am qwur • worker for
rrtt
I uw them mverif an«l find them be n eft. >al
fut m«<ai «ay ¿twaar
by taipar? bhjurl.**
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No Callectiaa N« < barg«.
Portland, Ore.
Wor<rMrr Bldg.,
\ imihiui
Taata.
"We k»»p our own cow," explained
the ho«te-»s. proudly. “So were sure
of our milk.”
"Well.” Interrupt»«! the small son of
th» guest, setting do» u
his
cup,
somebody's stunx you with a sour
co»'."—Toledo nia«la
England's Low Birth Rats.
England's birth rate last year was
the lowest on record 25 58 a thousand
of population This la nearly 1.0 be­
low the rate for 1508. »hlch «bowed a
slight increase over 19U7. the first for
many years
There’« *
ItrAaom.
Physician- I have told you to taka
long walks In the open air, and you
are not doing It.
ConArmed Dyspeptic I know It, doc­
tor. but you told in* I was to take them
on an empty stomach. nn<l I never have
an empty stomach
t'hli «ro Tribune.
The Sun's Hast.
The sun will continue to give out Its
present amount of beat for thirty mil­
lion years
GALL CURE
HORSE
Ar» mad« t»vr* ( ur/rd Hair I ud
• JI noi rail th* Lora*
Writ* i
fr«e «ampia of th« F*d.
Giva tha
of your h«moM dmiar
Sold by
draien «*v«~n » hrr»
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PORTLAND. ORfGDN
jSOLDEN
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• EXTRACTS
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Foot Kr«n»d>
oe TtMitlt. ACHING.
UtJRMMG ANO art AMtO
FEET
KNOCKS ALL OFFKNS-
ivic UIM.K.S
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«•»la At all dnwskt» or by malt
Dr. O. O. rtXTCHER
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K AND S < hi m ,(
P harmacists
’
kP<c>ai Yr*« j
at ata<qv*A<*te«g a»x
Barley is successfully grown in Kan-1
Phone Main 113
«as farther west than any other spring
Ml Mata St
Vine earn. Washngtoa
grain. In fset, barley is produced in
larger quantities in the western coun­
ties of Kansas than in the central and
••astern counties. The counties pro­
MARK
ducing the largest number of bushels
in 1S00 wers aa follows: Pawnee.
ABSOLUTELY CURES
Barton. Ness. Rush. Thomas, Pratt
DR. WHITING’S REMEDIES
and H>*lgman. Each of these counties
NATIONAL MEDÌCINE CO., LTD.
produce ] over 150,000 bushels of bar­
Ä
.»mn 1 and 4. Shelley Big
ley in the year mentioned.
422 , Morrison SL Portland, Or
Wiggs—The man who loves a vo
Winter Rye.
man can't help being elevated. Vffagg
Another crop that grows aucceaa-
—And the man who lovea more than
fully In western Kansas is winter rye.
one Is apt to ba sent up too.—Phils- '
This crop, however, is not grown as
delphta Record.
extensively M barley, and is appar­
Ever know a "Jokey" man whs ently a less profitable crop to grow
than wheat—Dry Farming Bulletin. |
amonnted to much?
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