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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1926)
is THE KEEN-EDGED KNIFE By ROSE HENDERSON 14 kr Sorl lrr ruk. BELOW were the grey depths thit lay slumbering and mysterious beyond tht cliff's rsgged sdge. Abort wss till clesr, culm, In terminable blue. Cuius Venturs crouched lo the wsrm sand, leaning her held against tht rough rock st titr lid, Behind her were thick abort cactus hushes growing In scattered clumps and back of these the aides of tht mountain rose, steep, Jagged and barren. Tht rock wig warm Iniit htr cheek though tht aim was an hour below tht Uaudalvupe peaks tud tht rsctus shsduws wert growing darker od tht loug slopes. 1h sir seemed hesvy with sllenrs. No bird Ming. A vlnegerone slipped under stone it tht edge of tht clllT. Tht girl tat quietly, her heed bowed The beery, dark braids wert bound with band of glittering beads. Away Id tht dlstsnre sounded tht faint tinkle of sheep-belle and tht dull hark Ing of a dg. At these sounds tht girl raleed her head. Khe snatched from her Berk email round lockiH, stared t tht trinket moment aa It lay In her hand, and then flung It over tht rllff Into tht chaam below. Her all in brown fart wet fluantd; her eyre were lane with bain but thert wtrt no tea re la them "Bo It meant not anything to htm not anything." aht muttered. Tht truth waa tlowly hemming rent to her and It rami with tht weight of death Itaelf. ' It wat hard to believe after tht beautiful dreaiua, to hard There would be nothing more to he happy about. Bhe would have to mar ry I'etro at her father wished. Duro, her pony, and the new saddle would he his. He would beat the Utile Duro and her, too, he would heat bar of course when be was lealoue snd sngry. At the thought of the ngly Mexican suitor her face broke Into quirk angry frowns. Hue pulled her long braids over her shoulders. Pierre had patted them once as she rode beelde htm and she had blushed foolishly. Bhe hated herself for those blushes. And when his hand had chanced to tourh hers oa the saddle horn, or when he bed leaned over her, helping her to read the English hooks, she had trembled with s new and delicious Joy. Hhe had taught htm to know the 'desert and the mountains. He was often reckless In his Ignorance. Once with her lips she had drawa the blood from a rattlesnake bltt en bis srra snd flerre had rsllrd her a brave lit tle nurse. They had ridden for hours, for days together under the open sky Often they had sat here among ths rocks before the cliff He hsd called It "the edge of the world." Once when she stood very near tht perilous brink, ht hsd eaught her back sud deoly, tenderly, snd her head had rest td for a moment on his shoulder. To gether they hsd felt the twilight come. Bhe hsd listened to his talk of bis own people, of the cold winters, the snow, the sleighing, and the atrange noisy cities. Bhe had listened with her heart beating fast, her eyes upon his face snd her enrs filled with the music of his voire. They hsd seen the stars come Into the deep dark sky and hsd watched the blue snd purple shad ows that cling along the "edge of the world" after sunset. Once rooun tain lion bad crept upon tbem and Pierre hsd shot the creature with her gun. He wss csrelrss shout wespons himself, and often went unarmed even after nightfall. Then he hsd gone awsy. Ills let ter came explstnlng his hssty leaving. Ht would come back soon. How sht wept over tht Ittter snd tht desolate loneliness that cams with hit ab sence. Hut he would come bsrk, and she waited. Bhe had borne her fa' titer's scolding snd Petro's hateful presence, snd sht had been happy through It all. Now tht thought of htr happiness wss more bitter thsn the memory of her misery. He hsd come back and It meant nothing to him. He had played with her snd thsn cast her aside, ss she would gath er yellow poppy In the mountslns and throw It away, thirsty and help less, on the hot ssnd. The girl's breast heaved, her eyes glowed, little point of light scintillating In their still depths. She knitted hsr low dark brows snd pulled the small sliver- handled knife from her belt "He shall not go back." she said softly. Her fingers stole along the sharp blade, testing Its keen edge, and her lips parted In a cunning smile, It wat the kind of smile thst often flashed across old Diego's besvy lips, Cnma hsd hsted her fnther for thst smile. Once he hsd stabbed s half- breed cow-puncher because the man refused to trade ponies with him, and Cuma watched the wretch reel from his ssddle, cursing. Bhe hid forgot ten the ngly horror of It now and re membered only tht quick, soft thrust of the knife. "Ht shall not go," sht repeated. Sht sprang to her feet with swift, essy grace. She wss strong snd sup ple snd closely knit Her slender, rounded figure wns ns full of life as sn sntelopo's. It wss this abound Ing vigor thst hid attracted tht man sht hsd grown to love. It hsd held him In spite of the difference In their breeding. Sometimes Its grip wss stronger than the call of generations of clvllUutlon snd environment Sht wss so simply snd so wholly woman. And her mind wss ready, eager to fol low his. Sometimes be hsd wondered If she might not learn bis way of life, but thst' wss only when be hsd grown delirious with the senss of her. Whin he weighed the mstter In sober er moments he know thst this wss Impossible, that It would mean his coming to her level In the end. Upon his return to the plains he hsd steeled his heart sgalnat her snd she had felt the change In her first keen look. The desert wlldness hsd not robbed her of the subtle intuitions f her sex. He did not see the fires of her hate. Hhe hid them under the hesvy-laihed eyelids, snd she stlffled the hot pain In her breast But the fires of her hate were burning snd the pain In her breast was not dead. Twilight was creeping up the long vslley snd the girl's figure wss blurred agulnst the dull background. "He shall not go," ahe said sgaln and gated over the edge of the clllf where Die tiny gold locket bad gone. Theu suddenly she stood erect listening. There wss the quick, soft Step of padded feet among the cactus buslies, a rustle, snd a low growl thst sent I chill through the girl's wsrm veins. Hhe sprang to bur feet, lithe, quick-eyed and alert There was Do mistaking the sound. It wss a pan ther. Hhe felt In anticipation ths sud den cruahlug of mouth snd claws upon her, snd every muscle was nerved for reslatsnce. Hut the beast seemed to be parrying sn assault, and she peered Into the csctus jungle st her bsrk. Through the brsnrhee of a dwarf ssgusrs she caught sight of a long, tense, body crouched close shove ths ground. Hhe watched It stealthily out of the tsll of her eye. It wss creep ing forward with a sneaking, cat like movement, but It was not coming di rectly towsrd her. the girl's hesd turned, following the animal's ad vance, but her body wss still like the stiff, motionless cactus beside ber. Her fingers tightened their grip on the knife snd ths breath csme noise lessly through her parted lips. In a flash her mind took In every detail of the situation, the yawning chasm s few fret In front of her, the ragged mountain at ber bsrk, snd ths crouch ing beuat sdvsnclng stealthily over the sand. All the fierceness snd cun ning of the desert born anlmsl wss reflected In the tense suppleness of her pose. Only one thing putiled her, snd thst wss tbs direction f the psn ther's edvsnre. Bhe was losing the yellow form In the deeper bushes st her back. Suddenly there was a scuf fling snd snapping In the shsdows, s man's low curse and the ripping of the panther's clsws against coarse olothlng. In a moment two bodl rolled struggling oit the ground be side the girl. Bhe saw the men's arms ten and knotted against ths beast's shsggy breast She saw bis brown hair. Pierre, Pierre," shs cried, bresth- leasly. He, too, bed been lingering st the old trystlng place. The claws were burled In the men's shoulders, ths grinning mouth wsi reaching for his throat, but the brown srms with their rigid muscles hsld tht cresture bsrk. The men's strength was being tested to the uttermost His body swsyed shove the brute's His hinds clutched the strslnlng neck. Tbey csme llesrer, slmost sgalnst tht girl's feet 8he ssw the men's srms bloody with cuts snd scratches, his face white, his teeth set; she could hesr his hoarse breathing. As tbey turned towsrd her she plunged tht knife Into the panther's taut, yellow throat The angered beast whirled about suddenly, dropped the men's shoul ders and sprsng upon bis new enemy. The girt crumpled under, his weight the knife fell, her hsnds clutrhed blindly st the open Jews. The men Jumped te his feet The psothet Irsped forward against the girl's body snd the two, struggling together, lurched over the cliff's edge snd die appeared. The man flung himself on the ground snd calling wildly, leaned tsr ever the Inscrutable depths. But the girl did not snswer. net lsst glimpse of the world wss a con fused blur, the Jagged cllfTs edge snd ths sky's dull crimson whirling madly, snd then the blue Snd purple' depths rushing upward ss her feet left tht eerth. And on the sand at the rock's edge the sllver-hsndled knife ley dusty sod blood stained. Homing Pigeons Not Gaided by Instinct It Is popularly believed thst a horn Ing pigeon Is sble to find Its way home from any distance merely by ex erclslog this mysterious something called Instinct. Nothing could be far ther from the truth. A young pigeon might love his home better than his life, but he could no more find his wsy bsck to his loft from a distance of 300 miles, If before being taken to thst point he hsd not learned some Inter venlng landmarks, than could an aviator, without perfect mechanical In struments, and maps, mid his way from New York to San Francisco. Homing pigeons return to their lofts, says Jack O'Donnell, In the Ssturduy Evening Post, primarily because their loft represents love, food, warmth, kindness snd comfort. It's home and they are homing pigeons. Mr. O'Donnell cites Instances to prove thst It Is memory snd knowl edge of tht country, rsther than In stinct, that tskes tht birds bsck to their homes. Kp SiUnc Jud Tunklns ssys everybody ought to think before he speaks, and In many cases keep right on thlnklu'. mt FACTS ABOUT COSTS OF PRODUCING MILK That feed forms more than W per cent of the total cost of milk produc tion, and that furms where cows are kept for a city milk-production service have much higher rout, are two of the Items found In a recent two-year survey taken on 20 furms In Walworth county. This wns done by men em ployed by the experiment slullon, says s writer in the Wisconsin Farmer. In lttiS the svenigi' cost of produc ing NX) pounds of milk whs ll.UQ snd the cost of producing a pound of but terfut was Ml rents. The average price received thut year by these pro ducers wus $2.31) per loo pounds of milk snd OH rents per pound of but ter fnt, showing Zi rents margin on milk snd 'l rents margin on fut over costs. lu 19'J-I the average cost of prodne Ing milk wss l'i:i!, itnd each pound of buterfat roxt U'.' rents to produce, while the dairymen received S'.'.33 per 100 pounds of milk and 05 cwits for s pound of butterfut. This cut their margins to six rents und three rents. Oood home-grown crops of grain and forages help s great deal to lower the expenses In the feed hill, snd wise buying of the necessary silditlonut feed Items helps to reduce the rost some more. Ijihor amounted to about 23 per rent of the routs, und It wus reckoned at only 2d rents an hour, Milk hauling and pusture costs amount ed to shout 0 pel rent of all costs. Men conducting milk routes found it cost 13.42 for each 100 pounds of milk, but the return was proportionate to costs In most cases. The cost of row keeping was $224 a head with one farm where milk waa taken to s city route. The average cost of keeping a cow on all the farm was $142 a year. Cows averaging less than 201 pounds fut formed herds which were losers In this Inteuslve dairy region. Those muklng 220 to 2.V) pounds and over were oa the profit side for their owners. Balanced Ration Quite Necessary in Dairying Dairy rattle, In particular, but sll snlmsls In general, require plenty of good feed. I'nless this is provided, at tention to other matters will be of no svsil. Time spent In a study of the anlmuls will teach the owner bow to make up a balanced ration and en able him to feed animals more Intclll gently. Successful dulrmen have found that It pays to remove waste from mangers. They keep nil feed hoxee clean snd sweet hy prompt re moval of waste snd hy occsslonnl washing with a liquid disinfectant pre pared and applied In strict accordance with directions printed on the package. Nature has generously furnlxhed us with one of the best means of con trolling diseases. In the form of sun light Nearly all disease-producing germs are quickly killed hy rays of the sun. Ho all barns should be built with plenty of windows to sdmlt sn abundance of sunshine. Clean bedding helps In keeping sn Imals heslthy snd romfortsble. An Imsls plastered with munure snd fllth show poor care. A dirty coat of hair provides a favorable breeding place for microbes snd animal parasites. hlle, well-bedded, clean sulmuls thrive much better. Calving Cow Should Be Given Close Attention The cow, due to calve, should he con fined nights In a clean, warm shed or box stall. During the duy It Is best for the cow to run with the herd. Nor mal conditions should be maintain? ss far ss possible, but the sufety of the rslt and the health of the cow must he Insured. ' Just prior to calving the cow should be receiving only light laxirtlve feeds such ss bran, oats, and oil menl. Al falfs buy Is always good. If wheat pasture Is accessible, the kind of the grain Is not so Important ss the amount fed. Grain should he reduced hy one-hulf a few days before reiving. 441 1 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I -H-R-H M- Dairy Hints 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Cattle have the sharpest tight horses next, dogs the poorest, s A well-ventlluted and light barn Is essential. Remove all litter twice day. e e A too generous feeding of tie calf for the first few days may result In scours, e . It Is wsste of time to try to feed a calf from a bucket until lie Is good snd hungry. res Vscclnatlon for pink eye will sld In checking the trouble from sweeping through the herd. see Tht nervous temperament of the milch cow Is much more highly de veloped than that of any other fiim animal. est Kafir put In the shock to be fed fodder should not be fed until It I fairly well cured, since green fodder has a tendency to cause bloating or I digestion. FARM SHEEP KILL WEEDS AND MAKE PROFIT Sheep art first-class weed killers. Tbey eat over eighty known species of weeds, and although not ss good brush eaters as goats, csn clean op light brush UQd In a very few years. Sheep can use profitably a Jot of waste feed around the farm, ' Tbey pick over stubble fields, make good use of beet tops and are often used to keep down grass and weeds on Irrlgstloo ditches snd around fences or In or chards. Lambs make sn Ideal source of meat supply for summer use for people who live some distance from market and do not have a supply of fresh meat Families that could not well dispose of even a smsll carcass of veal In warm weajher csn easily dispose of a smsll lamb carcass, There nothing more palatable thsn the meet from a young lamb or yearling thst has been properly killed and dressed snd then well cooked. Of great economic Importance Is the fact that wool Is one agricultural product of which we do not produre enough for our own ose. Ameiics uses snnually shout 600.000,000 pounds of wool, of which 320,000.000 pounds are Imported. Blnce tariff laws were made to encourage borne Industry, wool receives the benefit of a protec tive tariff snd Is one of the few agri cultural products selling for better prices In 1024 thsn In 11)13, estimated In terms of goods that It will buy. Consequently It affords sn opportu nity for the farmer to put some of his land snd tabor Into a well-pro tected Industry, rsther thsn Into the growing of products, the prices of which are low because tbey ere gov erned by cbesp European labor. It Is hardly necessary to re-emphsslxe the need of live stock on the fsrm to use up unsalable products snd restore fertility to the solL The sheep bss been ssld to possess "a golden hoof," oersuse or its shinty to clean up waste lend snd restore fertility to worn-out soil. There Is a greet deal of unused land on furma In Colorado that could be put to profitable use raising sheep. Chsrles I. Brsy, Colo rado Agricultural College In Bulletin 804, "Sheep Production In Colorado." Alfalfa Gaining Favor Among Horse Breeders Many farmers have looked with sus picion on alfalfa hay as a feed for nor ss. "This, however. Is no longer true." says II. R. Cox, agronomy spe cialist at the New Jersey Stste Col lege of Agriculture, "for actual trial Has convinced most farmers that al falfa Is safe and good when certain precautions sre taken." Farmers early found horses to be so fond of alfalfa that If the manger Is kept full the animals are varv ant to eat too much. Accordingly their nm precsutlon wss to feed al ful fa In moderate amounts, not more than a pound to a hundred of live weight Excellent results sre now secured h making alfalfa furnish about half ef the roughage, the rest being furnished by timothy hay, corn stover, or even straw. Tnls generally does away with the danger from overeating alfalfa. A second prersutlon now taken bv farmers Is not to feed dusty or moldy hsy to horses, since they are more susceptible thsn onttle to ailments caused by spoiled hsy, which some times produces hesves snd other tron blea. Because alfalfa Is spt to have a little more dust or mold In It than grass hay, special care Is tsken In bsrvestlng and storing IL A large cron of alfalfa wsa nra. dured on many farms In New Jersey this yesr and, though primarily for cattle feed. It will form a substantial part of the horse ration on these farms. Pigs at Weaning Time Should Be Given Grain Pigs st wesnlng time should be getting all the grain they will eat The ration should Include tankage or skim milk. With a good pasture lo run on the pigs should be coming right along and getting a good start for market weight Tigs that are do ing well should make a pound day gain In weight Self feeders are a convenient means for feeding corn and tankage, snd tht use of self-feeders results In as good and often better gulns than the hand-feeding method. Look the self- feeders over before yon need to start using them to be sure they sre In good working order. A self feeder bould keep tht feed dry. Insure that feed Is before tht pigs at all timet. and prevent watte by leakage or too free running of feed. Crowd the Fall Pigs Fall pigs will muke as satisfactory growth and development as spring pigs If farrowed early, started right and fed a properly bnlnnced ration. They should be farrowed In worm-free quar ters and have access to pasture ss late as possible In the winter, They should ht vaccinated at tight weeks old, and weaned when ten weeks old. 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