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i DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. I 8&wKrA'rfff'yj Tk City of Numbered Days By Francis Lynde Crrllt j CUrle Scrilau'i Sou wmwawrawmminx SYNOPSIS. Broulllnrd, chief engineer of the Nlquola Irrigation dam. meets J. Wesley Cort wrlKht and Ills dauRhtor, Oenovieve, and explains tlio reclamation work to them. Cortwrlght seen In the project ft big chance to mafco money. Cortwrlght or ranlzes a company and obtains govern ment contracts ta furnish power and ma terial for tlio dam construction. A busy city springs up about the slto. Steve Mas blngnlo tlircati.nu to start a gold rush If nroulllard docs not Influence President Ford to build a. railroad branch to the place, thus opening an easy market for tho oro from tho "Ltttlo Susan" mine. On a visit to Amy Masslngalo at her father's mine Droulllard tells her of his need for money to pay oil his dead father's debts and thnt to be free ho would sacrlflco anything save his love for one woman. Though his Influence Is vital to tho build ing of tho railroad extension she tells him to be truo to himself. IIo decides for It. Mlrapolls, the city of numbered days, lioorns. Cortwrlght persuades Droulllard to become consulting engineer of tho con Holldated electric power company In .ro turn for $lOO,Xt itork, Humors that tho Kovernment will call a halt on tho dam :ause C-rlslow to tell Droulllard that ho Is leaning to the Cortwrlght sldo to mako tho city permanent. Droulllard donles It. Pormanont building In Mlrapolls and a ro.il cstatn boom nro In full swing when the stoppago of work on the railroad threatens a panic, nroulllard spreads tho Masslugnla story of placer gold in the river bed and starts a gold rush. Look ho re, young man, would you commit a shady deed In or- I der to save your sweetheart a lot of financial worry If you know you wouldn't get Into trouble, but If you knew also that the deed would cause oth er men to lose money? msvr r-r-es CHAPTER X Continued. "It looks llko a run on a bank," oald Droulllard. "It Is," was tho crisp roply. "Garnor lias beaten ovcrybody olso to tho homo plate, but ho couldn't keop his mouth ehut. Ho'b been talking, nnd every man In that mob Is a potential panic liroedor. That thing haa got to bo nipped In tho bud, right now!" "Yes," nroulllard agreed. Ho was still wrestling with his own bos'ctment tho prompting which Involved a do llborato plungo whoro up to tho pres ent crisis ho had boon moroly wading in tho shallows. A llttlo thing Btung him allvo to tho lmperatlvo call ot tho moment tho sight of Amy Masslngalo walking down tho street with Tig, Hmlth, tho Trianglo-Circlo foreman. It was ot tho death of hor hopes that ho waB thinking when ho said coolly: "You havo sized It up precisely, Mr. Cortwrlght; that Is a panic In tho mak ing, and tho bubblo won't stand for very much pricking. Glvo mo a froo hand with your chock book for a fow minutes and I'll try to stop It." It spoko volumes for tho millionaire promoter's quick dlscornmont and do clslon that ho asked no questions, "Do It," ho snapped. "I'll covor you for whatovcr It takes. Don't wnlt; that crowd Is getting blggor ovcry mlnuto." - Droulllard ran downstairs nnd across tlio street. It wob no part of his Inten tion to stop and speak to Amy Mas slngalo and tho ranchman, but ho did it, and oven walked a llttlo way with them boforo ho turned back to olbow his way through tho sidewalk throng and Into Garner'B dingy llttlo office "You aro selling Mirapollo holdings flhort today, Garnor?" ho askod when lie had pushed through tho crowd to tho speculator's desk. And whon Gar nor laughed and oald thoro woro no takers ho placed his ordor promptly. "You may bid In for mo, at yesterday's prlcos, anything within tho city limits not options, you understand, hut tho real thing. Being your pnpora over to ,my office aftor banking hours nnd wo'll cIobo for whatovcr you'vo boon ablo to pick up." IIo said It qulotly, but thoro could bo no privacy at such a tlmo and In nuch a place. "What's that, Mr. Droulllard!" do tnanded ono In tho countor Jam. "You'ro giving Garnor a blank card to buy for your account? Soy, that's plenty good enough for mo. Garnor, cancel my ordor to sell, will you? Whon tho chief onglnoor of tho gov ornmont water works boltovcs in Mlr bpolls futures and beta his monoy on fern. I'm not soiling." Tho oxcltemont was already dying down and tho crowd was molting away from Garuor's sidewalk whon Droull lard rojolned Mr. Cortwrlght in tho second-floor ropm across tho etroot. "Well, It's done," he announced iRhortly, adding: "It's only a stop 'cap. To make tho bluff good, you'vo Igot to have thd railroad." . "That's tho talk," said tho promoter, (relighting tho cigar which tho fow knlnutes of crucial suspenao had extin guished, And thon, without warning: "You're carrying something up your eleovo, Droulllard. What is It?" "It is tho ono thing you nood, Mr. Cortwrlght. If I could got my own consent to uso It I could bring the railroad horo iu Bplto of thoso Now Yorkors who seem to have an attack of cold feet." Mr. J. Wesloy Cortwright's hesita tion was so briof ns to bo almost im jporcoptlble. "I supposo that Is your ;way of saying that your sharo In tho ,tablu stakes Isn't big enough. All Xlgbt; tho game can't stop In tho mid Wllo of a hot. How much Is It going to cost us to Btay In?' 'Tho cost laa't precisely in tho kind of figures that you understand best, Mr. Cortwrlght," Droulllard said half musingly. Then, with sudden vehe mence: "It Is altogether a question of motivo with mo, Mr. Cortwrlght; of a motlvo which you couldn't understand In a thousand years. If that motlvo prevails, you get your railroad and a llttlo longer loaso of life If it doesn't, Mlrapolls will go to tho devil somo fow weeks or months ahead of its schedule and I'll tako my punishment with tho romainder of tho fools and tho knaves." Ho was on his feet and moving to ward tho door of exit whon tho pro motor got his breath. "Hero, hold on, Droulllard for heaven's sake, don't go off and leave It up In tho air that way!" ho pro tested. Dut tho corridor door had opened and closed nnd Droulllard was gone. Two hours later Mlrapolls tho phre netic had a now thrill, n shock so elec trifying that tho rumor of tho rail road's halting decision sank into lnsig nlflcanco and was forgotten. Tho sud-donly-cvoked oxcitoment focussod In a crowd besieging tho window of tho principal Jowolry shop focusscd moro doflnltoly upon a squaro of whlto pa por In tho window In tho center of which was displayed a llttlo heap of virgin gold In small nuggets and coarse grains. Whilo tho crowds in tho Btroot wcro still Btruggling and fighting to get near enough to read tho laboling pla card, tho Dally Spotlight camo out with an extra which was all headlines, tho tolcgraph wlros to tho East wero buzzing, and tho town had gono mnd. Tho gold specimen so said tho pla card and tho nows extra had been washed from ono of tho bars In tho Nlquola. Dy threo o'clock tho madness had culminated In tho comploto stoppago of all work among tho town builders nnd on tho great dam as well, and gold-crazed mobs woro frantically dig ging and panning on ovory bar In the river from tho valloy outlot to tho powor dam flvo miles away. CHAPTER XI Bedlam It was between two nnd threo o'clock in tho afternoon of tho day in which Mlrapolls went placer mad whon word camo to tho reclamation sorvlco headquarters that tho powor was cut off and that there wero no longer men enough at tho mixers and on tho forms to keep tho work going if tho power should como on again. 1 Handloy, tho now fourth assistant, brought tho nows, dropping hoavlly in to a chair and shoving his hat to tho back of hla head to mop hla seamed and sun-browned faco. "Why tho devil didn't you followB turn out?" ho demanded savagely of Loshlngton, Anson and Grlslow, who woro lounging in tho offlco and very pointedly waiting for tho lightning to strike "Gnssman and I havo done everything but commit cold-bloodod murdor to hold tho mon on tho Job. Whoro'B tho boos?" Nobody know, and Grlslow, at least, was visibly disturbed at tho quostlon. It wns Anson who Beomod to havo tho latest Information about Droulllard. "Ho camo in about olovon o'clock, rummaged for a mlnuto or two in that drawer you'vo got your foot on, Grizzy, and thon wont out again. Anybody soon him slnco?" Thoro was a silenco to answer tho query, and tho hydrographor righted hla chair abruptly and closod tho oponod drawer ho had boon utilizing for a foot-rest. Ho had a long .mem ory for trlflos, and at tho mention ot tho drawor a dlBqulotlng picture had flashed Itsolt upon tho montal screen. Thoro woro two figures in tho picture Droulllard and himself, and Droulllard was tossing tho little buckskin sack ot gold nuggets Into tho drawor, where it had lain undisturbed ovor elnco un til now, Morovor, Grlslow'B nows ot Droull lard, if ho had Boon fit t publlBh It, was later than Anson's. At ono o'clock, or thereabout, tho chiot had como in to tho mapping room for a glanco at tlio letters on his desk. Ono ot tho lot tors a noto In a squaro onvolopo ho had thrust into his pockot boforo go ing out. "It looks nB if tho chief had gone with tho crowd," said Loshlngton whon tho ullenco had grown almost portont oub, "though that wouldn't bo llko him. Has auybody found out yet who touched off tho gold-mounted sky rocket?" Grlslow came out of his brown study with a start. "Levy won't tell who gavo him thoso nuggots to put In his window. I tried him. All ho will say 1b that tho man who left tho samplo is porfoctly reliable and that ho dic tated tho exact wording of tho placard that did the bUBlness." "f saw Harlan, of tho Spotlight, halt an hour ago," cut in Alison. "Ho'a plumb raving crazy, like ovorybodv olso, but thoro is something faintly resembling mothod In his madness. He figures U that wo government pcoplo j are "out of a Job permanently; that with the discovery ot theso placors or, rathor, with tho practically certain rediscovery of thom by tho mob Mir npolfs will Jump to tho front rank as a gold camp, and the reclamation serv ice will havo to call a halt on tho Duck skin project." Lcshlngton's long, plain-song faco grow wooden. "You say 'practically certain.' Tho question is: Will thoy bo rediscovered? Dot any of you a box of Poodles' Flor do noar Havanas that it's somo now kind of a flip-flap invented by J. Wesloy and his boom oro. What do you say?" "Good Lord!" growled Handloy. "They didn't nood any now stunts. Thoy had tho world by tho oar, as It was." "That's all right," returned Leaning ton; "maybo they didn't. I hoard a thing or two ovor at Dongraa' last night that set mo guessing. Thcro was a ploco of gossip coming up tho plko about tho railroad pulling out of the game, or, rather, that It had already pullod out" Onco moro silenco fell upon tho group In tho mapping room, and this tlmo It wns Grlslow who broko it. "I Bupposo Harlan Is getting ready to exploit the now sensation right?" ho suggested, and Anson nodded. "You can trust Harlan for that. Ho's got tho valley wlro subsidized, and ho Is waiting for tho first man to como in with tho nows of tho suro thing and tho location of It. Whon ho gets tho facts bo'll touch off tho fire works, and tho world will bo invited to tako a running jump for tho now Tonopah." Then, with sudden anxiety: "I wish to goodness Droulllard would turn up and get busy on his job. It's something hideous to bo stranded this way In tho thick of a storm!" "It's tlmo somebody was getting busy," snarled Handloy. "There aro a hundred tons of fresh concrete lying in tho forms, just as they wore dumped with no puddlors to say nothing of half as much froozing to solid rock right now in the mixers and on the telphers." Grlslow got up and reached for his coat and hat. "I'm going out to hunt for tho boss," ho said, "and you fellows had better do tho same. If this is ono of Cort wright's flip-flaps, and Droulllard hap pened to bo in tho way, I wouldn't put it beyond J. Wesley to work some kind of a disappearing racket on tho human obstacle" Tho suggestion was carried out im mediately by tho three to whom it was Frantically Panning oh Every Bar In the River. made but for a reason of his own tho hydrographor contrived to bo the laBt to leavo tho mapping room. Whon he found himself alono ho returned has tily to tho desk and pulled out tho drawer of portents, rummaging in it until ho was fully convinced that tho llttlo buckskin bag oi nuggets was gono. Thon, instead of following tho others, ho took a ficldglass from Its enso on tho wall and wont to tho south window to focus it upon tho Massln galo cabin, standing out clear-cut and distinct in tho aftornoon sunlight on its high, sholfllko bench. Tho powerful glaBB brought out two figures on tho cabin porch, a woman and a man. Tho woman was standing and tho man was Bitting on tho step. Grlslow lowered tho glass and slid tho toloscoplng aun tubes homo with a snap. "Good God!" ho musod, "It's unbe llovablo! Ho deliberately turns ihls thing looso on us down here and then takes an afternoon oft to go and mako lovo to a girl! Ho's crazy; lt'a tho Boven-yoar dovll ho talks about. And nobody can help him; nobody unloss Amy can. Lord, Lord!" CHAPTER XII Epochal 5 At tho other extremity of tho trajec tory of Grlslow's tolltalo fioldglass Droulllard was Bunnlng himself luxu riously on tho porch stop at tho Mas slngalo houso and making up for lost tlmo counting all tlmo lost whon It spelled absenco from tho woman ho loved. Dut Miss Masslngalo was In a charmingly frivolous framo ot mind. "That Is tho fourth dlfforont excuso you havo invontod for cutting mo out of your visiting list, not counting tho ropotltlons," alio gibed, whon bo bad finally fallon back upon tho tlmo de mands of hty work to account for hla lato neglect of hor. "If I wanted to bo hateful I micht. insist that vmi I havon't glvon tho truo reason yet" (f 1) L-iK. 'Perhaps I will give it bofore 1 go, he parried "Dut Just now I'd much rather talk about something else Toll mo about yoursolf. What havo you boon doing all thoso days whon I haven't been able to keep tab on you7" "Flirting flirting desporatoly with Tig, with Mr. Anson and Mr. Grlslow, and thnt nice boy of yours, Herbert Griffith, and with no, not with Mr. Loshlngton ; ho scares me makes a face llko a wooden Image and says 'Llttlo girl, you need a mother or a husband; I haven't made up my mind which.' When ho docs mako up his mind I'm going to shriek and run away." "And you flirt!" ho protested re proachfully. "Now toll mo about the 'Llttlo Susan;' Is tho Dluegrass farm looming up comfortably on tho castorn edgo of things?" In a twinkling her frivolous mood vanished. "Oh, wo are prosperous, desperately prosperous. Wo havo all the Improve ments you can soo and a lot that you can't soo. And our pay roll It fairly frightens mo when I mako it up on the Saturdays." "I soo," ho nodded. "All going out and nothing coming in. Dut tho monoy is all horo, safely stacked up In the ore bins. You'll got it all out when tho railroad comes." "That is another thing a thing I havon't dared tell father and Stovie. When I was in Mlrapolls this morn ing I heard that tho railroad wasn't coming, after all; or, rather, Tig had heard It and ho told mo. Wo wero dig ging for facts whon you met us on Chlgrlngo avenue trying to-find out it tho rumor wero truo." "It means a great deal to you, doesn't it?" ho said evasively. "It meana everything a thousand times moro now than it did before" His quick glanco up Into tho sud denly sobered eyes of tho girl stand ing on tho step abovo him was a voice less query and she answered it "Wo had no working capital, as I think you must havo known. Once a month father or Stovie would make up a fow pack-saddle loads of tho rich est oro and freight them over the mountains to Red Dutte. That was how we got along. Dut when you sent mo word by Tig that tho railroad com pany had decided to build tho exten sion, thero was there was a chanco. "Yes," ho encouraged. "A chanco that tho day of llttlo things was past and tho day of big things was como. Mr. Cortwrlght and some of his associates had been trying to buy an interest in the 'Little Susan.' Father let them in on somo sort of a stock arrangement thai I don't under stand and then made himself person ally responsible for a dreadful lot of borrowed monoy." "Don-owed of Mr. Cortwrlght?" queried Droulllard. "No; of the bank. Noither Stevle nor I know about It until after it was done, and even then father wouldn't explain. Ho has been llko a man out of his mind since Mr. Cortwrlght got hold of him everything is rose-colored. Dut you seo how it all depends upon tho railroad." "Not so much upon the railroad now as upon iomo other things," said Droulllard enigmatically. "You say your father has borrowed of tho bank Is Mr. Cortwrlght mixed up in tho loan in any way?" "Yes; ho arranged It in somo way for father I don't know Just how. All I know is that father is responsible, and that If tho railroad doesn't como ho will loso everything." Droulllard gavo a low whistle. "I don't wonder that tho quitting rumor mado you nervous. Dut I think I can lift ono of your burdens. What you heard in town this morning is a fact: tho railroad people havo stopped work on tho Duckskln extension. Don't faint they aro going to begin again right away." "Oh!" she gasped. "Aro you Bure7 How can you bo euro?" "I'vo given tho order," ho said gravely, "an order they can't disre gard. Let's go back a bit and I'll ex plain. Do you remember my telling you that your brother had tried to bribe mo to use my influence with Mr. Ford?" "Ab if I should ovor bo ablo to for got it!" sho protested. "Well, that wasn't all that ho did ho threatened to turn tho valley into a placer camp, to disorganize our working forco,, even stop or definitely postpono tho building of tho dam." Sho was listening oagorly, but thoro was a nameless fear In tho steadfast oyos a shadow which ho cither mlssod or disregarded. "And you you belloved this?" she asked faintly. "I wnB compelled to bollovo it. He lot mo pan out tho proof for myself." "It Is dreadful dreadful!" sho mur mured. "You belloved him, and for that reason you U3ed your influonco with Mr. Ford?" Ho got up and took her in his arms, and alio suffered him. "A fow days ago, llttlo girl, I couldn't havo told you. Dut now I can. I am a free man or I can bo whonevor I chooso to say tho word. I did it for Iovo'b Bake" Sho was pushing him away, and tho great horror in hor oyes was unmls- takablo now. "Oh!" sho panted, "Is lovo a thing to bo cheapened llko that? And your freedom how havo you mado a hun dred thousand dollars In thoso fow weoks? Oh, Victor, is it clean monoy?" X After what he has done- In hla s efforts to please her, how will '', Droulllard square himself with i Amy for what oho consldors his j dishonorable act? I I (TO BE CONTINUKDO" GOSSIP FROM STATE HOUSE Probably tho biggest ovent of Its kind in tho history of tho university will bo tho alumni mooting next wcok. Tlio stato troasuror ha3 purchased $10,000 of Overton water works bonds as an investment for tho oducatlonal trust funds, at 5 por cent. The United States war department is investigating Nebraska National guard laws In order to find out whether guardsmen can bo compelled to servo In Moxico, if called upon. Susanna Gerben,Na Holstoln cow, owned by tho University College of Agriculture has Just complotod a yearly record ot 14,475 pounds of milk and G50 pounds of butter. According to n roport from tho uni versity weather bureau, crop condi tions over tho state aro romarkably excellent, especially as regards wheat, oats, alfalfa and grasses. A signal corps attached to tho Ne braska national guard is to bo organ ized in Omaha and Dr. F. H. Millener, wireless expert of tho Union Pacific railroad at that place, will be in chargo with tho rank of major. Tho stato auditor has declined to register $7,000 worth of lighting bonds for Sargent, holding that not suffi cient tlmo was glvon in tho notice of tho election at which thoy woro voted. . Oil companies in tho stato havo ap plied for a writ compelling Stato Treasurer Hall to permit the uso of funds In his hands in tho payment of expenses of the dairy, drug and oil commission. Purchase of tho Ashland rifle rango by tho government marks a now opoch in military affairs of tho Btato, and In the west, and in years to come, according to tho predictions of Gen eral Phil Hall, many affalrB of conso quence will bo staged there. Moro than 4,000 names have already been attached to tho petition nsklng that voters oxprcss themselves in November on the proposition of mak ing tho food commission a constitu tional body. It is expected that tho required 38,000 names will bo had within a short time. Governor Morehcad has appointed A. J. Sawyer of Lincoln, and Robert Cowell and T. P. Reynolds of Omaha as members of tho stato board of mediation. Tho board was created by an enactment of the 1913 legislature, and the terms of tho mombers appoint ed that Bummer have expired. A conference of. rural Ufa workers is to bo held at tho state university farm at Lincoln, Juno 13 to 23. Tho leaders in tho movement bellevo that tho program will appeal to a largo group of mon who are interested in the problems connected with tho de velopment of rural communities. Charged with a murdor committed in tho year 1908 in Sumter county, Alabama, Sharper Campbell alias Jim James, has been extradited by Gov ernor Morehead. Requisition papers from the governor of Alabama Btato that Campbell was indicted in 190S for shooting and killing Sam Mason. At a recent conference of Btate in stitutional heads, held at Lincoln, it was agreed that tho next gathering of tho officers would be in tho latter part of November and that the semi annual gatherings would bo continued with possible extension of privileges to moro of tho subordinates of various Institutions. The assessed valution ot tho main lines of all tho railroads of Nobraska wa3 raised 3 per cent by the state board of equalization and assessment last wook, aftor tho hearing had been continued for several days on protosts af Stato Treasurer Hall and Land Com missioner Deckmann. Tho valuation Is increased $1,000,000 on tho whole The stato normal board at a recent mooting at Peru createu tho separato offlco of dean of women of the four state normal schools. Tho minutes of the meotlng received by Stato Super intendent Thomas show that the board appointed Miss Gertrude D. Gardner to this position at Kearney. Miss Mattie C. Ellis at Peru and Mrs. Kath ryn McLean at Chadron. For tho past threo years, the adjut ant general hns allowed the federal allotment for "promotion ot rlflo prac tice" to accumulate for tho purpose of Anally consummating tho purchase of a rifle range for the Nebraska na tional guard. This fund is appropri ated by congress and pro rated to tho national guard of tho United Statos nccordlng to tho number of troops en listed In each stato. Tho apportion ment for this Btato from this fund has averaged about $7,000 a year, be coming avallablo July T f each fiscal year. At a conforenco of rural school patrons In the offlco of State Super intendent A. O. Thomas, Saturday, many recommendations wero made which will lo prosontod to a general conforonce of rural school patrons to be hold somotlmo during stato fair wcok. Tho conforenco, among othor things, r.sks for a moro equltnble dis tribution of the temporary school fund which is distributed by the stato. Tho last legislature gavo wostorn counties somo advantages thoy did not for. merly possess, hut thoro aro many patrons who ask for still more. FARMER'S GREAT OP ROT Demand for Canadian After the War. Cattle The opportunities thnt Western Can ada offers to the farmer have tlmo and again been placed beforo tho publlo through these columns. Tho cheap price at which tho very best lands can bo purchasod, and tho advantago that Is to bo had in securing ono ot tho freo homesteads of 1C0 acroa haa appealed to a great many, and thoy havo em braced them. Many, in fact most of thwso who havo done bo aro today giv ing testimony to tho good fortune and tho timely forethought that lod them to go to Western Canada, and embark in an era of farming that has placed thom away beyond tho pinch of want and given them reason to look into tho future with a hopefulness that they had not had the courage in tho past to forecast Not only havo thoy beon ablo to se cure good lands at low prlcos and on easy terms but if thoy desire thoy have been ablo to add to this 1G0 acres of land free, on conditions that aro easy. A resident in tho Lloydminster district In Saskatchewan who had boon farming in tho States for somo time, took up a homostead in 1910, and commenced breaking with 4 oxen. Two years ago ho bought an adjoin ing quarter section and now has ovor 100 acres under cultivation. Ho eayB, ' "As my circumstances improved, I sold tho oxen and now havo six head ot horses, twelve head of cattle, and havo always a bunch of hogs on hand. "On an avcrago I havo had yields of 26 bushels of wheat, G5 bushels of oats, and 40 bushels of barloy to tho acre, and last season from a field of 286 acres, I threshed 1,040 bushols of wheat. I havo mado a success of mixed farming and would havo no hesi tation in advising all who contemplate making a new homo to como to this district. I sell cream to tho Govern ment Creamery here, and find at all times a good market for live stock and other produce" This is but a modest statement of what a modest man can do in Western. Canada, and could bo repeated of hun dreds of others. Scores of cases could bo recited where much more has been accom plished, and it ia belloved that with moderate Investment at tho prosont time, tho cattle Industry of Wostora Canada will pay largo Interest The Minister of Agriculture of Sas katchewan, In a rocont address, ven tured the prediction that tho Sas katchewan farmer who devoloped his land along the lines of gonoral stock breeding would mako much moro mon oy and find a far bigger return for his efforts in ten years' time than tho man who devoted his energies purely nnd primarily to grain raising. This was the coming goldon ago of oppor tunity for tho stockman and it was up to tho Saskatchewan man to get in on tho ground floor and preparo him self for tho coming demand. Tho close of tho war would undoubt edly seo a great demand for ltve stock In Europo and it was only reasonable to suppose that this demand would have to bo filled almost wholly by American stockmon, both in Canada and tho United States. Europe was slowly draining its rural districts not only of its beof and dairy animals but was also using tho finer breeding ani mals and the end of tho war would seo a condition! of affairs which would render necessary almost the ropopula tlon of tho domestic animal kingdom in that continont The opportunity of Western Cana dian stockmen, thoroforo, lay in being prepared for this demand when It arose In view of thoso facts which must bo patent to overy student of economic conditions as related to the stock Industry, ho hoped to seo within tho next threo yoars tho stock raising industry in Saskatchewan given an im mense impetus forward, which would put It In the forefront of tho producing provinces of tho Dominion. Advertise ment. Child Logic. Freddie wanted his pio first, nnd be ing tho youngest of a family of five ho got It. "You eat backwards," was his mother's comment as sho placed It bofore him. Tho young philosopher felt into a brown study, from which ho was only arousod by the sight ot moro pie, now brought in for tho elders. ' "Mother," ho said, "what's back wards? If I put my Bhoo on wrong, is that backwards?" "Yes." "If I alt this way" and ho dollber ately turned his back to tho table "Is that backwards?" "Yes." "Well, I wasn't Bitting llko that when I ate my pie" LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES Ono size smaller after using Allan's Foot Kaso, the antiseptic powder (or tho feet. Shaken Into shoes and used In foot-bath, Allen'B Foot-Ease makes tight shoes feel cosy, and .gives Instant relief to corns and bunions. Try It today. Sold everywhere, 25c. For FREE trial package. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, La Roy, N. Y. Adv. Naturally So. "What is tho principal uso of re peating rillos?" w "To make ovory shot toll." How a protty woman does lovo to walk down tho stroet with a homely ,i I one. w 4 4 V 3i.r-