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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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Tk City of Numbered Days
By Francis Lynde
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CUrle Scrilau'i Sou
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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"
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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"
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Naturally So.
"What is tho principal uso of re
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"To make ovory shot toll."
How a protty woman does lovo to
walk down tho stroet with a homely ,i
I one. w
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