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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1929)
i ui ar m m is in ii-v ii luiii iiiaii i 5: Scene In the Prepared by Ihe National Qeosraphle Society, Wuhunteo. U. 0.) INTO the Lebanon, the great moan tain famoui for It cedars, one ma; have hl choice of travel by rail, or by foot and saddle along the poorer roads and trails. The rail way leads from Beirut over a pass In the mountains to Damascus. It is narrow gauge rack-andplnion system, and crosses the mountains at an ele vation of 4.SS0 feet above sea level. Few have any Idea that hidden away among the mountains are sights and scenes to excite the admiration of even the most disinterested; but. In order to see them, the comfort of the train has to be left and number of miles covered In the saddle. . The railroad, built by the French, at times runs through some very fine scenery, and the entire Journey of 90 miles Is a constant panorama of mountain, forest, or plain. At different points scattered In the mountains are to be found groups of cedar trees which until recent years suffered so severely at the hands of the natives that they were fast disap pearing; but lately they have been protected. The largest group ef these ancient and Interesting trees Is to be found at Besherry. Here on an ele vation are about 400 trees, the high est of which does not exceed 80 feet, while some are from SO to 40 feet In circumference. By reason of heavy wows these trees can only be reached during the months of summer and early autumn when crowds of natives make merry under the pleasant shade afforded by the spreading branches of these monarchs of the mountains. Were a visit made to the homes of these mountain people, there would be much of Interest, for the raising of the silkworm and the subsequent silk harvest gives occupation to the ma jority of the men and women In the many villages. Fattening the Shesp, In every home throughout the moun tains may be seen women and girls compelling an already too satisfied iheep to swallow a little more of the green food that has been gathered off the hill sides or purchased from some nearby garden or mulberry plantation. This pet lamb, subject to frequent bathings. Is being fatted to provide savory dishes through the long and levere winter that faces the native. During the month of November the fatted sheep Is killed and cut up In to mincemeat and melted In Its own fiit, to be used as a relish and sauce with the boiled rice or wheat that forms the staple dlsb of these hardy people. Should occasion require, the futted iheep may lie killed to provide a feast for some unusual event, and In this custom there may be a perpetuation of the "fatted calf" of the Gospel. Hours are spent by the women and girls coaxing food down the throuts of these overfed sheep, snd toward the close of their existence they are o fut that they are unable to stand. In some parts of the Lebanon the earth lends Itself to the art of muk Ing pottery, and thousands of the na lives get a livelihood by the manu facture of all kinds of eurthenwnre vessels. The Lebanon contains natural hen li lies and wonders that equal If not stir pans thoKe of other hinds. There Is a remarkable natural bridge that has a pan of 12!i feet with a river V feet beneath It. This bridge has been formed by the running of the waters of centuries from the melting snow on Jebel Sennln, whlcn rears Its hend 6.01 m feet above sea level and Is "tnon arch of all It surveys' In the Lebanon Over the bridge Is a constant stream of traffic, for It Is one of the main run (Is through the mountains. The native has no eye for Its wonder, and the traveler from the West rarely crosses It. Lots of Springs and Cascades. Another charm of the Lebanon Is the abundance of cold, clear spring water. One Is led to wonder why the Creator has been so lavish with the life-giving fluid In the l-ebiinon, while Innds nearby languish for want of It. Everywhere cascades, streams, springs, and waterfalls abound, sometimes to such an extent as to cause serious alarm and danger to the native and his property, but the finest full of wa ter In the mountains Is to he Keen at A fie, fur away In the east, und re Lebanon Country, quiring long ride in order to reach It. Out from a huge cavern high up in the cliffs rushes a strong flow of wa ter, which comes) tumbling down over the rocks Into the valley below, In Ita course forming one of the finest water falls to be seen la all the Orient, In a land where water la so precious. It la no wonder that crowds of people resort there for many weeks during the long, hot months of summer. It may be Interesting to those versed la mythology to know that this water fall and spring are connected with the myth of Venus and Adonis, and on a spot not far away are the re mains of a temple to Venus which was destroyed by the emperor Constantlne because of the Indecencies practiced there. In ascending the Lebanon range on foot a good starting point Is the town of Tripoli on the shore of the Medi terranean. The road strikes through a valley to Bsherreh, where one may spend the night, following the right hand side of the YVadl Kadisha (Sa cred Valley). The scenery la most striking. The entire hill sides are carefully terraced and planted wltb vines, from which In the autumn bang clusters of ripe fruit, unprotected ex cept by a low stone wait As one ascends be continually passes beautifully located villages, most of the houses being of a modern type, large and wltb bright red Im ported tiled roofs, while a few' are of old style, with low, flat roofs, con sisting generally of two or three rooms built In a row, with a porch of pointed arches running the full length and surrounded by gardens of mulberry trees, with the leaves of which the silkworms are fed. It Is evident that here Is a portion of the Lebanon from which the emi gration has not only been large, but also successful. It shows also how the money gathered In America la brought back here to be enjoyed. The glowing accounts of business success brought back from America enkindle In the young people of this region the ambition to repeat the experiences of their eiders. "American Vlllsgss." To those who have seen the miser able surroundings of some 8ytians In their colonies In the targe cities of America where they are huddled to gether In crowded rooms In dilapidat ed houses, gathering their money by peddling for large profits and spend ing very little, their stories of their success and Importance when there does not greatly appeaL However, the natives look up to them ss merchant princes, and their small fortunes avail here for much display. These "American vtlluges" In the Lebanon, ss they are sometimes called, are almost bewitching when viewed from a distance, but a nearer Inspection brings disillusion. While the houses sre comparatively clean, the streets are dirty and disorderly. From Aln Slmllanl the mountain slopes grow very steep and the car rlage road winds up In short turns, so that short ruts are resorted to by pe destrian and animals. During autumn, the valleys are ob senred by a haze caused by the heat of the f1:iy evaporating the moisture below, hut In the cool of the evening by twilight, climbing the mountains quite a distance above I'.Hherreh, one comes on to a never-to-be-forgotten view. Here nature seems to have carved out a huge amphitheater, ter- rncp above terrace, the spper one he Ing that whereon the majestic cellars stand. Below In the bottom of the valley, Is s deep ravine, rock hound by high precipitous cliffs of gray lime stone. Ilsherreh Is on the edge of a greul cliff almost at the head of the valley, hut a little to the left as one looks down toward the sea. Its water sup ply Is an Ice-cold stream flowing down from the region of almost perpetual snow. If one leaves I'.Hherreh at ditwii and makes all possible haute, he will reach the cedars Just as the sun sifts Its first rays through the thick foliage a sight calculated to make any heart beat faster. The grove numbers about l(K) trees. Willi the exception of a few stragglers, the grove Is Incuised by a neat stone wall to protect the small er trees from goats. In the center Is a small Muronlte chapel ffliimmimpminimniiniinii)iiiig IPHAiTIH THE LEAD DOG 0 By GEORGE MARSH Q Coprr(h by Tht Pens Publiduna Company WNII Seeete 8YNOPSIS Hp the wild sttin of Ins un known Yellnw-t.e on winter' hunt, Journey Hrork McCain anil Uniard Lecrolx, hit French-Cre ftomrads, with Flash, lirork' puppy sad t heir dog team Hrock'a father had warned him of tlx dancer ot his trip Afler several battles with the stormy waters they arrive st a fork In the Yel-low-I.eg lirork la severely In lured In ninklna a portaae and Flash leada t.anparrt to the un conadoue youth. The traeeere race desperately to reach Ihelr destination before winter aett In Plash engage in a desperate (Uht with a wolf and kills him Ouapard telle llrork of hla de termination lo rind out who killed hla rather. Tracka are dlacovered snd the two boya -eparate for coutlne purpoara. Ilrock la Jumped by two Indians and a white man and knocked uncon scious. He la held prisoner. Oat pard rescues htm while his ear tora sleep ilaspard bellovee these men killed his father and la pre vented from killing them by Brock. CHAPTER VI Contnued 10 Then, after a meal of froieo white fish, they tied Kona and fellow Eye Id their hiding places of young spruce, and left on the flfty-mlle circuit of their trap-lines. Later In the day, as Onspard was following a line of mink and otter traps, he stopped on the wind brushed loe of a long dead water for a short rest and a smoke. Since he nad crossed the telltale footprints In the snow the familiar trail of his fa ther'a dog with the mutilated foot, traveling with a wolf-he had needed no further proof that I'lerre Lecroli had reached this lake country for which he had started. The men who had attacked Brock could tell why hla father did not re turn the previous March to those who had waited In vain for the yels of his team at the Starving river camp. Why had he weakened, he asked himself, when Brock had held him back from knifing these men where they lay) They had shown I'lerre I scroll no mercy; murdered htm lo hla sleep or shot him from ambush? siren him no chnnce, for otherwise the rifle and anire or rierre Lecroli-tronld have taken bloody toll. Wiped out In his prime by these rot-throats from Hie North who had taken free country for ihelr own! Left In the snow some where In these hills, for the foxes snd ravens to gnaw and pick I'lerre l.e crolx. the father he had loved So ran the bitter thoughts ot the youth as he smoked. December came and the Ions snows slowly tightened their grip on forest ana muskeg, liecemher. with Ita lute and bitter downs, brenklns scrota ih east, while the spruce snapped with the frost and the riven Ice of the Inkes boomed Its muffled solute to the mm Ing day. And now that Flash had become harness wise and amenable In Dm inuo of trace and trail. Itrock sometimes hitched him as rear d"g In the team and. wllh Tellow Ke In the lend snd Kona between them, drove them over his line of traps while (iuspard used Sill Kar. For the raw Flash neeiled the training with the team. Already he had reached the heluhi and bulk of the dourhft kins .i the Hungry House huskies and Brock Instinctively shivered nt Hie thought ol what a battle between Hie two rni hensts would mean. For the pupjiy although not as yet full grown, would never main allow the kins don in serf his Sovereignly, as of old toil would bnttle for his Independence of all control around the cniiin. as he hud fought the timber wolf. Never did either narlnor snoroiieh the camp without great caution whether the dogs hurl heen left as a if narrl or taken in the Irons With enemies such as they had met. winter Ing to the north. jnr the memory ol i-ierre i.errou coiisinniiy in their minds, their life when at camp was ne of constant vigilance. Then after two weeks of conjoin loll, which had netted the wily tins ,nr1 many a prime, hliick mink snd iller iielt, ihree lynx, a fisher and lo I lie dcllgi.l of both IrmiiHTB. the ftrai sllver-gru, foi of Hie winter, lhe hull breed announced as they sal In the snug tent healed I ) the nm ring stove, one evening over their aitier: "To morrow take a hii-g swing ovalr nord. I want to look for trail since de Ins' snow." "You don't want me to in. loot' frowned Hie dlsiipimlnled Brock. "iVj, I weel travel hard au camii l de outlet." Hill I hate lo have yon tackle It alone. i hey aiiihiiklicd you, what woiim i nor Wall two free du den Ink de don an' start for home." Itroik's round face limned wllh un ser. "You think Id do that?" Iiv de iiHitnleil "You think wouldn t hum for you as you did for me. and try to get Hie people who hud lumped my parliierl" (iiisparil's lean luce softened as he shrugged ids shoulders "You are Voting, Brink, and huve lumllee," he objected. " ha nu one left now. no 'iider. nu inoder." "Bui you hae young brothers." "I )ey are safe wld my uncle." "Von promise you won't do an- thing wiidT I want to lie with you when we meet these people again and I want Flush ami Yellow-Eye. (Jolly I I'd like lo send thoso dogs lulu that gang whnlt" So the late December dawn ol the following morning discovered a wiry half-breed, caribou capote sashed tightly to his body, swinging tirelessly over the snow, as he approached the tipper end of the big lake. Bobbing up mid down as he strode, and slung from the sush, hung a long skinning knife In lis lea I her slieuih. One mil toned hand of the traveler carried Ills rllle, cased In skin to protect bore and action from snow. Around the middle of the rllle barrel where Hie naked steel, In extreme cold, would suck the skin from the bars lingers of the left hand, was wound a I lit n slrlii of rawhide. In the same manner, the trigger-guard and lever handle were wound to protect the right hand. Ou he traveled through the short hours of the day until he neared the lower end of Hie lake and turned south to cross the outlet. Then, as the hunter headed south for (he outlet through the spruce already darkening wllh shadow, a rllle roared In the silent forest. Stumbling forward, the ambushed ht liter stopped, swayed for an Instant o his feet, both hands clutching his gun, then reeling, fell to the snow. Ag .In the silence of the spruce, shot with the shadows of the creeping night, lay unbroken. Minutes passed Then the profound stillness was marred by the muffled fall ot snow from a young spruce twenty yards from the dark shape which lay as In the sleep ot deattt 'I Teach Vou Man. Killers Some Tricks Before de Snow Melt" From behind the spruce Iwo beadlike eyea In a hooded face furtively watched the thing In the snow. Shortly, a bunched figure stole swiftly from the tree. Within three yards of the body lo the snow the stalker stopped st ruplly. to finger the srtlon of bis gun ss be peered sharply at his vic tim. Satisfied, he nmvej forward, and wllh a grunt kicked Hie body on the snow wllh the how of his shoe At the movement, sinewy fingers clampe4 like a vise on the shoe. Jerk ing If forwnrd. The knee of the man pulled off balance, were struck by a lunging tHKly. and the Indian toppled wltb a shriek of terror, as the cat like Oaspnrd fell on hi in. Then, an arm lifted and fell, lifted and fell The stillness of Hie dusk filled spruce was startled by a stifled cry a gasp. Again Hie arm rose and fell. Silence returned lo ihe gloom nt the forest Canard Levrolx rose from Hie body of Ihe Indian, sinewy fingers est III gripping his knife, lo listen. Then he turned to the man who had tired on lilin from ambush. The Indian was dead "You shoot me from de bush, ehf Ihe Infuriated l.ecrolx muttered, as he cleaned Hie knife blade wllh snow and picked up hla gun and mittens tench you man killers some trick before de snow mell." Then, as he stood for an Instanl. looking down on the gray fiu-e dls lorled In death, sorry that he had mil taken the free prisoner to learn the fate of his father something wet run down his check Slipping his hand from lis mitten. OnHpnrd touched his face lo find his fingers smeared with blisid "Ah huh I" he muttered, following the furrow across his cheek "He com ver' close sendln' Ilrock home wldoul hees partner." 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