Nebraska Newspapers

    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD
MARKET REVIEW
LAND GROWS RICH
A Man To His Mate
Compiled by tho Nebraska Stato
Bureau.
Wonderful Development of Can
ada in Forty Years.
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LUND AND CARLSEN.
Synopsis. Loitering on the San
Francisco water front, John Hal
ney, newspaper roporter. Is ticcost
ed by n giant blind man, who asks
Hulney to lend him aboard the
sealing schooner Karluk, In tho
cabin tlioy 11ml Captain Slmms and
a man named Carlscn. Slmms rec
ognizes tho blind man, culling him
Jim Lund. Lund accUscs Slmms ot
abandoning him, blind, on an Ice
lloe, and denounces him. Slmms
denies tho charge, hut Lundv re
fuses to be pacified. Ho declares
his Intention of accompanying the
Karluk on its expedition north,
where It Is going In quest of a gold
Held which Lund has discovered.
Peggy, Slmms' daughter, is aboard,
and defends her father. Carlson,
who Is a phstclan as Well as first
mate, drugs Halney. Awaiting from
his stupor, Halney finds himself at
sea. Carlsen informs him he hns
been kidnaped. He offers Ratney a
share of the gold, and Ralncy Is
forced to declare himself satisfied.
Lund gives him a brief account ot
a former expedition of the Kqrluk,
tell him he distrusts Carlscn, and
suggests a "partnership," Halney
to act ns LAind's "eyes" Halney
Is made second mate. Captain
Slmms Is ill and the navigation is
entirely in the hands of Carlsen.
At the latter's suggestion a shoot
ing match Is staged and the seal
hunters exhaust their ammuni
tion. Carlsen shows his skill with
the pistol and Lund does some as
tonishing shooting "by sound.1'
Sandy, tho ship's boy, Is swept
overboard nnd Is rescued by Hal
ney, who thus wins Peggy's admi
ration. The captain gets worse.
Sandy tells how Carlsen Is stirring
up trouble over tho division of the
gold. Carlsen draws a gun on Hal
ney, who overpowers him. Tnmada,
the myalerlou3 Japanese cook, de
clares himself neutral.
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CHAPTER VI Continued.
"All right, sir," Halney answered,
senilis si thrill at this llrst net mil In
timation of the meeting. Hansen, it
fi'icmcd, was not to be one of the rep
resentatives, of the seamen. And
Onrlsen had been smart enough to
forestall Lund's' demand for Halney by
taking some of the wind out of the
giant's sails and doing the unexpected.
Unless Hie hunters had suggested that
Halney be present. But that wns hard
ly likely, considering tlmt lie wns to
ho loft out of tho deal.
"In just what capacity are you call
In' this conferenco?" Lund asked, when
Cnrlbcn notified him In turn. "The
kipper ain't dead, is he?"
"I represent the captain, Lund," re
plied the doctor. 'lie entirely ap
proves of what I am about to suggest
to you and the men. In fact I have ids
Igunturo to a document that I hope
you will sign also. It will bo greatly
to your Interest to do so. I am In pres
ent clinrge of the Karluk."
"You ain't a, reg'Iar member of this
xpcdltlon," objected Lund stolidly.
"Neither am I a member of tho crew,
Just now, Rut the skipper's my purt
aer In this deal, signed, sealed and re
corded. Afore I go to enny meetln' I'd
like to lmve a talk with him personal
ly. Thel's fair enough, ain't it?"'
Several of tho hunters had gathered
about, and Lund's question seemed a
general appeal. Carlsen shrugged his
shoulders.
"If you had your eyesight," he said
olmost brutally, "you could soon see
that the skipper was in no condition
to discuss matters, much less be pres
ent." "Herct's my eyesight," countered
Lund. "Mr, Hulney here. Lot him sec
the sldppcr and ask 1dm a question or
two?"
"What kind of n question? I'm ask
ing as Ids doctor, Lund."
"For one Ihlng If he's rea'l the paper
you say lie flgned. I want to be sure
f that. An' I don't make It enny of
yore blznes.n, Carlsen, what I want to
.ray to my partner, by proxy or other
wise. Second thing, I'd like to be sure
he's still alive. As for yore staudin'
ns his doctor, all I've got to say Is that
yo're a d d pore doctor, so fur as the
skipper's concerned, ennywny."
Tho two men stood facing eacli
other, Carlson looking evilly at the
slant, whose black glasses warded off
his glance. It was wasting looks to
glare at a blind man. Equally to sneer.
Hut the bout between the two was
timed now, and both were casting
aside any veneer of diplomacy, their
enmity manifesting Itself in the raw.
The issue was growing tense.
Hnlney fancied that Carlsen was not
cutliely sure of his following, and ro
lled upon Lund's indignant refusal of
terms to back up his plans of getting
rid of him decisively.
CHAPTER VII. .
The Show-Down.
"Itnlney can see the skipper," said
Cerlsen carelessly.
"All right," said Lnnd. "Will you do
tlmt, Halney? Now?" And Halney
bad a Hooting- fancy that the giant
winked one of hia blind eyes at him,
though the black lenses were deceiv
ing. He ystwi below Immediately and
'apped on tho door, a little surprised
to nee thtt girl appear in the opening.
The drawn ospresalon cjf her face, the
strnlm.nl faint smile with which she
yr.oted lilm, the hopojo$ look in hor
eyea, uturtlcd ntin. V
By J. ALLEN DUNN
COPYRIGHT BOBDS MERRILL CO.
"I wanted to see your father," he
said In n low voice.
She told him to enter.
"He is in a stupor," she said. "He
has been that way since Inst night, fol
lowing a collapse. I can barely And
his pulse, but ids breath shows on
this."
She produced a small mirror, little
larger than n dollar, and held It before
her father's lips. When she took it
away Halney nw trace of moisture.
"Carlsen ennnot rouso him?" he
asked.
"Cannot or will not," she answered
In a voice that held a hard quality for
all Its despondency.
"Lately the doctor has seemed un
certain. He talks of perverted nerve
unctions, nnd ho has obtnlnod a tre
mendous Influence over father.
"You heard what .he said when the
night he tried to shoot you? You see,
I am trusting you in all tills, Mr.
Halney. I must trust some one. If I
don't I can't stand it. I think I shall
go jnnd, sometimes. The doctor has
changed. It is as if he was a dual
personality like Jckyll and Hyde
and now ho Is always Hyde. lie said
last night that he could save falher or
or tlmt he would let father die. I
told him It was sheer murder 1 lie
laughed. Ho said lie would save him
for a price."
She stopped, and Halney supplied
the gap, sure that he was right.
"If you would marry him?"
The girl nodded. "Father will do
anything he tells him. I sometimes
think he toiturcs father and only re
lieves him when father promises what
lie wants. Otherwise I could not un
derstand. Last night father asked me
to do this thing. He told me he looked
upon the doctor ns a son, that it would
make him hnppy for me to marry him
now. That he would perform the
ceremony. That he did not think he
would live long and he wanted to see
me with a protector.
"It was horrible. What shall I do?"
"Miss Slmms," said Halney. "your
father Is not in his right, mind or he
would see Carlsen ns you do, as I do.
Carlson's bruin is. turned with the lure
of the gold. If he marries you, I be
lieve it Is only for your slinre, for
what yon will get from your father. It
cannot be right to do a wrong thing.
No good could come from it. But
something may happen this morning
I cannot tell you what. I do not know,
except that Lund Is to face Carlsen. It
may change matters."
"Lund," she said scornfully. "What
can he do? And he accused my father,
of deserting him. I "
A knock came nt the door, nnd it
started to open. Carlscn entered.
"Ah," he said. "I trust I hnve not
disturbed you. I bad no Idea I should
Interrupt a tete-a-tete. Are you satis
fied as to the captain's condition, Mr.
Halney?"
Halney went on deck, raging but Im
potent. He told Lund briefly of tho
talk between him nnd Peggy Slmms,
and described the general symptoms of
the skipper's strange malady. It was
nine o'clock, un hour to the meeting.
He went down to his own room nnd
sat on the bunk, smoking, trying to
piece up the puzzle. If Carlsen was a
potential murderer, if he intended to
let Slmms die, wliy should he want to
marry the girl? Ho thought he solved
that Issue.
As his wife Carlsen would retain, her
tslmre. If he gave' her up, It would go
Into the common purse. But, If he ex
pected to trick the men out of it nil,
that would be unnecessary. Did he
really love the girl? Or was his lust
for gold mingled with a passion for
possession of her? He might know
that the girl would kill herself before
she would submit, to dishonor. Per
haps lie knew she had the means I
One thing became paramount to
save Peggy Slmms. Lund might figlrt
for the gold; Halney would battle for
the girl's sanctity. And, nrmed with
that resolve, Halney went out Into the
main cabin.
Carlsen took the head of the table.
Lund faced him at the other end. AH
six of the hunters, as privileged char
acters, were present, but only three
of the seamen, awkward und diflident
at being uft. The nine, with Halney,
ranged themselves on either side of
tho tnble, five and five, with Halney
on Lund's right. Tho girl wus not
present. Yet her Bharo wus nn impor
tant factor.
Lund sat with folded arms, his
great body relaxed. Now that the
table was set, the cards alt dealt, uud
the first play about to he made, the
giant shed his tenseness. Even bin
grim face softened a trifle. He seemed
to regard the affair with a certain
amount of humor, coupled with the
zest of u gambler who loves the game
whether' the stakes are for death or
dollars.
Carlsen had a paper under his h.und,
but deferred Its reading until ho had
addressed the meeting.
"A ship," ho said, "is n little com
munity, n world lr. itself. To its safe
ty every member Is a necessity, the
lookout as much as the man at the
wheel, the common seaman, the navi
gator. And, when n ship Is engaged
in a certain railing, those who are
hired ns experts In that line are equal
ly essential with the rest. Each man's
-ft
responsibility being equal, his reward
should be also equal.
"Payment for alt services comes on
this voyage from nn uncertain amount
of gold thnt Nature, mother of us nil,
nnd therefore Intending thnt nil her
children shall slinre her heritage, has
washed up on n bench from some
deep-sea vein nnd thus deposited upon
an unchnrtcd, unclaimed Island. It Is
discovered by nn Indian, the discov
ery is handed on to another."
"Mennln' me." Lund seemed to he
enjoying himself. Despite the faci
thnt Carlscn wns presiding nnd most
evidently assumed tho attributes of
leader, despite tho fact that ten of
the twelve nt the table were arrayed
against him, with the rest of the sea
men behind them, Lund wns decided
ly enjoying himself.
"Share and share alike." he said.
"I've got yore drift, Carlsen. Let's
get down to brass tacks. The Idea Is
to divvy the gold Into equal pnrts,
ain't it? Hor does she split? There's
twenty-five souls aboard. Docs that
mean you split the heap Into n hun
dred pnrts nn each one gits four?"
"No." It wns Doming who nn
swered. "It don't. The Jnp don't
come In, for one."
"A cook nln't n brother?"
"Not when he's got n yellow skin,"
nnswered JJemlng. "We'll take up n
collection for Sandy. Halney nln't in
bn the deul. We split It Just twenty
two ways. What have you got to say
about It?"
Ills tone was truculent, nnd Carlsen
did not appear disposed to check him.
He appeared not quite certain of the
temper of the hunters.
"You flgger we're all equal aboard,"
said Lund slowly, "lenvin' out Mr.
Halney, Tamada an' Sandy. You nn'
me, an Carlsen an' Harris. there" lie
"A Fine Lot of Skunks"
nodded toward one of the seaman
delegates who listened with his slac
mouth ngapo,r scratching himself un
der the armpit "nre all equal?"
Doming enst n glance nt Harris and,
for Just a moment, liesltnted.
Harris, squirming under tho look of
Doming, which was aped by the sud
den scrutiny of nil the hunters, found
speech: "How" in li 11 did you know
I wns here?" ho demanded of Lund.
"I nln't opened my mouth ylt!"
"That ain't the truth, Hnrrls," re
plied Lund composedly. "It's nllus
I open. But If you want to know, I
smeueu ye."
There was a guffaw nt the sally.
Carlson's voice stopped It.
"I'll answer tho question, Lund. Yes,
we're nil equal. The world Is not n
democracy. IlarrlsT so far, hasn't had
a chance to get the equal sharo that
belongs to him by rights. Thnt's what
I meant by saying that the Karluk
was a little world of Its own. We're
all equal on board."
"Except Hulney, Tnmndn nn' Sandy.
Seems to mo yoro nrgumlnt's got holes
In It, Carlson."
"We urc waiting to know whether
you ngreo with us?" replied Carlsen.
His voice had altered quality. It held
the direct challenge. Lund accepted
It.
"I don't," he answerod dryly. "There
nln't enny ono of you my equal, an'
you've showed It. You had to band to
gether In a pack, like a flock of sheep,
with Carlsen for Bucephcrder. I'm
talking," ho went on In u tono that
suddenly leaped to thunder. "None of
you have got tho hrnlns of Carlsen,
becoa ho had to put tills scheme Inter
yoro noodles. Doming, you know d n'
well you play better poker thun the
rest, an' you agreed to this becoz you
flgger you'll win most of the gold
afore the v'yago. Is over. Tho rest of
you suckers listened hecoz somo one
tolls' -you you are goln to get more
than what's rightly comln' to you.
"This gold s mine by right of .lis
covery. I Icrse my ship through bad
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luck, an' I make n deal whereby the
skipper gets the same ns I'do, an' the
ship, which Is the snmc ns bin dnugh
tcr, gets almost as much. You men
were offered n slinre on top of yoro
wnges If you wnnted to take the
chance two shnrcB to the hunters. It
was d (1 liberal, an' you grabbed at
it. I got left on the Ice, blind on n
breakin' floe, an' you Balled off an'
grabbed n handful or so of gold,
enough to set you crnzy.
"Wlint In blazes would you know
what to do with it, enny of you? Spill
it nil njpng the Harb'ry coast, or
gamble It off to Doming. Is there
one of you 'ud havo got olt thot floe
nn', bllfid ns I was, turned up ag'ln?
Not ono ti( ye. An' when I did show
you got Swo hecoz you'd llggered
there 'ud be more with mo away.'
"A flno lot ot .Skunks. You can tnko
yore d d bit ot paper an' light yore
pipes with It, for nil of me. To h 11
with It!
"Shut up I" nia vottv topped the
murmurs ut the table. Carlson sat
quiet, sometimes licking his lips gent
ly, listening to Lund ns ho mlgut have
listened to the minings of a n.oUtdrn
mntlc actor. But Halney sensed thnt
lie was making a mistake. Ho was
lotting Lund go too far. The men wer
listening to Lund, nnd he knew that
the giant wns talking for a specific
purpose. Just to what end he could
not guess. The big booming voice
held them, while it lashed them.
"Equal to me? Bah! I'm n num.
Yo're n lot of fools. Talk about tuts
heln' blind. It wns Ice-blink got ir.e.
Then oplithnlmy mattcrln' up wy
yes. It's gold-blink's got you. Yo're
cave-fish, a lot of blind suckers."
He leaned over the tnblo pointing
n massive square finger, thntched wl'li
red wool, direct at Carlscn, as U lie
had been leveling n weapon.
"Carlson's a fake! He's got yoij
hipped. He thinks he's boss, hoco
he's the only navlgntor of yore crowd.
I ain't overlooked that card, Carlscn.
THat ain't the only string he's got on
ye. Nor the three shares he expects
to pull down. He made you porp suck
ers lire off ull your shells; ho found
out you nln't got n gun loft among you
that's enny more use than n club. He's
got n gun nn' he showed you how he
could use it. He's sittln' back larhn'
nt the bunch of you I"
The men stirred. llnlney snw Curl
sen's grin disappear. He dropped "the
paper. His face paled, the veins
showed suddenly like purple veins In
dirty marble.
"I've got that gun yet, Lund!" he
snarled.
Lund laughed, tho ring of It so con
fident that the men glanced from him
to Carlsen nervously.
"Yo'ro , n fake, Carlson," he said.
"And I've got yoro number I To h 1
with you an' yore pop-gun. You nln't
even n doctor. I saw real doctors
ashore about my eyes. Nlpbablepsla,
they call snow-blindness. I'll bet you
never heard of it. Yo're only a worn-nn-cotni'ng
dope-shooter I Else you'd
have known thnt nlpbablepsla ain't
permanent I I've bin gettln' my sight
bnck ever since I left Senttle. An'
now, d n you for n moldy-henrted,
sllmy-souled fakir, stand up an' say
yo're my equal I"
He stood up himself, tow erlng above
thp rest ns they rose from Uieir chairs,
tearing the black glasses from his
eyes nnd flinging them nt Carlsen, who
was forced to throw up it hnnd to
ward them off, Hulney got ono Jjllmpso
of the glnnt's eyes. They, were gray
blue, tho color of agateware, hud as
steel, Implacable.
Carlsed swept aside tho spectacles
and they shattered on tho floor n he
leaped up and the automatic fdiofte I"
his hand. Lund had folded his arms;
nbovo Ids great chest. Ho laughed
again, uud his nrms opened.
In nn instnnt llnlney caught the ob
ject of Lund's specchmaklng. He had
done It to enrngo Cnrlsen beyond en
durance, to make him draw his gut).
Giant ns lie was, he moved with the
grace of a panther, with u swiftness
too fust for tho eye to register. Some
thing flashed In his right hnnd, a gun,
that he had drawn from a holster
slung over his left breast.
The shots blended. Lund stood
there erect, uninjured, A red blotch
showed between Cnrlsen's eyes. He
slumped down Into his chair, his, nrms
clubbing the tuble, his gun falling
from his nerveless hnnd, his forehead
striking the wood llko tho sound of
an auctioneer's gavel. Lund had beat
en him to the drnw,
Lund, no longer n blind Samson,
with contempt In his ngato eyes, sur
veyed the scattering group pf men who
stared nt the dend man dully, as If
gripped by tho exhibition of a miracle.
"You murdererl" she cried.
"Lund grinned at her, hut
there was nu laughter in hit
yes."
(TO UK CONTINUED.)
And There's the Trouble,
Tho vorld needs both dreamers nm
workers Tho trouble Is the workup
often go to bleep ami the dreumui?
frcqifently have ubjlitinares. Hosio
Transcript.
GRAIN PRICES REMAIN STEADY
Potato Movement Lighter. Eggs and
Butter Make Liberal Gains. Hogs
Mostly S075c Higher. Lamb Ad.
vanee 2540c. Cattle about steady.
LIVESTOCK.
Cattle: Tho run of cattle nt Om
aha consisted mostly of medium grade,
beef stee,rs nnd c'ows, with the bet lor
kinds of well Mulshed stuff relatively
gen fee. Cattlo that met with shipping
requirements sold to best advantage.
Shippers wanted good beet steers nnd,
cows carrying weight. Top for tho
week, ?S.2fS. Bulk medium beeves,
fO(0iO.7.r; bulk cows, $X7f(0M.r.O. Veal
calves 2.ro higher, up to $0.23. Light
Blockers and handy-welglit feeders
around $7. Good thin steerd. !?0.r0S
0.75, nothing desirable under ?0.
hogs: Lighter receipts of hogs nt
seven principal markets tho first of
ihe week resulted In sharp advances
nt nil markets and prices made net,
gains for the week. Medium ntid light!
butchers were 50c higher, bulk selling
at $8S:30. Packing grades gained
7rio$i.:r, at $o.7r.87.no.
Sheep: Fed Iambs were In llbernl
supply nnd advanced 23-10c, the bulk
selling nt ?l'J(g)l. Top, yearlings, $.12 ;
ewu top, $7.7G. Feeding lambs were
In good demand at .?10.50Q 12.00. ,
CHAIN.
Wheat: The nmrket had a fair un
dertone during tho week nnd price,
changes were fractional. The princi
pal market factors were: drouth and
cold weather In the southwest, Im
proved milling demand, report on
farm reserve stocks und visible supply.
The visible supply wns 42,822,000 bush
els, a decrease of 2,f7fl000'bushols for
tho week. Chicago Slay wheat, $1.15;
July, !?13L02. Cash, No. 2 red, ?l.2
to fraction above; No. 2 hard, mostly!
?1.12.
Corn: Corn had n limited trade,
with prices holding at nnrrow range.
Cash market was strong und higher.
The visible supply was 20,117,000 buwh
els, an Increase of l,8,rS,000 bushels for
the week. Chicago May corn, 3c;
July, 5.ric. Cash, No. 2 mixed or
yellow, 40 .l-Sc.
POTATOES.
Markets were inactive, cold weather
hindering hnullngs. Northern round
whites were $1.70080 f. o. b. Wis
consin shipping points, and $1.05070,
Minnesota points. Chicago carlot sales
$1.852.00 per 100 lbs. sacked. West
ern Nebraska Irrigated District: Car
lots f. o. h. No. 1 sacked white, variet
ies, $1.35.
Altho the total crop is lighter than
last year, shipments have been heavier
to date. The total shipments of the
U. S. to .Tnnunry 23 Inclusive were 153,
532 cars, compared with 141,000 cars
to the sumo date last year. Shipments
of Western Nebraska were 3,237 cars
nnd last yenr's shipments to January
23 Inclusive wero 2,007 cars.
POULTHY.
The supply of poultry recently hns
been nbovo trnde demand, especially nt
prevailing prices. En tarn markets
were higher the first of tho week, but
eased off about 2c toward tho close
Local prices: Springs, 18IJ21C; Hens,
(light) 1718c, (heavy) 20021c; stags,
J4e; old roosters, 10012c; Ducks, 18c;
(.loose, ISc; Turkeys, 25c.
Eggs adyancrd 5010c on eastern
markets. New Yorlc, fresh gathered
firsts, 50051c. Hennery whites, firsts,
offered nt 02c, bid 50c. Local prices:
Per case, $0010.00; per dozen, 30c.
DAIRY.
The buttor market wns firm follow
ing die dullness of tho previous week.
The supply was barely equal to the do
.mand ami more Interest wus shown
In undcrgrades. Butter scot log !)2 ad
vanced 2'$c In Chicago. Local pro
duction continued henvy nnd prices re
mained practically unchanged. Best
country, 20c. Station price for butter,
fat, 22c.
No Proof of Race of- Giants.
Buffou nnd other naturalists of his
time believed that human beings from
10 to 15 feet In height had onco In
habited tho earth, but this Idea Is now
entirely discredited.
The Sure Sign.
A brl.de doesn't know much, hut
when she sees tho bridegroom count
ing his money she knows they will
soon bo going back home. Dnilus
News.
Discrimination.
A salesman recently lold tho Bow
Street magistrate that no swearing to
ullowod nowadays In Covent Garden
Market, This exclusion of all golfers,
ratepayers niiil springs-leaning vletliv.s
is surely rather drum c. Punch (Lour
don.)
No Danger of Collision Yet.
The moon Is getting nearer to the
earth at a spocd of about fourteen feet
In 200 yearn, Astronomers tip to the
prusent have not been' able to explain
why this is so.
Success Means Work.
There aiu very many people who
havo grant qspu'ctathmH, hut th trou
ble i!tl moot -of thum lg they won't
eiot lh)' effort jicosanry to roiille
what fUcy-'esnpc. ' Under preseni
compel I tlvo atfuidljlnnt success comw
only through hard' work.
Four Decades Ago Little Considered,
Today One of the Greatest Gran
aries and Dairying Centers.
The recent announcement thnt
the sale of tho first section of Cana
dian Pacific land wns sold forty years
ago, and when you read thnt tho
first carload 'of wheat wns shipped
from Winnipeg forty years ugo, the
changes that have taken place since
then nre mutters of reminiscence, but
yet of interest. Whnt forty years age
wns nn unknown quantity, bnrren be
cause but little production wns at
tempted, is today one of tho greatest
granaries In tho world. Then there
wns scarcely any farm live stock In
tho West. Dallying wns not engaged,
In nt nil. Today there are O.OOS.UIT
farm animals on tho prairies, of which
8S1.S0O nre milch cows; und dairying
Is only second In importance to grain
growing, in tho West. i
Forty years ugo the shipment of one
carload of grain wus u notable ex
ploit. Today, Canada ranks ns the second
Inrgest wheat-producing country In the
world, with 320,185,300 bushels, 00 pec
cent of which was grown In the three
prairie provinces, of which tlio pro
vince of Saskatchewan produced more
than half. The Dominion Is today the
second largest producer of onts, with
530,710,000 bushels, of which GO per
cent wns grown between Winnipeg und
the Hocky mountains; and the fifth
largest producer Of bnrley with 01,311,
000 bushels, of which the prairies
yielded 05 per cent.
Forty years ngo scarcely any of the
rich soil had been brought under cul
tivation. The farm machinery of the
timu wns crude; there were no com
petent advisers; government experi
mental farms were a blessing that
came years later.
Yet these hnrdy pioneers stuck It
out, and in forty years numbers of
them uro cnlovlm: their declining dnvs
in the conmiunitres they wrested from
tho wilderness, prosperous, contented,
with their children's families gathered,
about them or seeking their own for
tunes Still further westward or north
ward. They have seen clvlllzntlon
step In to the West and the wilderness
swept out. Today are thriving cities
and towns whore blenching buffalo
bones 'marked tho ox trails of forty
years ngo. Today nre mighty freight
trains, each with Its thousand-ton cur
go of wheat or merchandise, roaring
down the ronds whore tho od carta
creaked. Today uro schools within
wulklng distnnco of uvcry farmhouse,
churches within driving distance of
every home. Today arc telephone
und every modern convenience linking
communities over vast distances by the
common bond of tho spoken word.
Forty yours ngo tho Hocklcs wer
practically an Impenetrable barrier,
tho Pacific coast being reached from
the cust by ships sailing round Cape
Horn. The provinco of Manitoba hud
a population of 02,200, compared with
013,008 In 1021. Winnipeg was thea
a frontier town with 7,087 people, nnd
Brandon, which was regarded us a
fur-flung outpost of tho West, boasted
of n few hundred In populntlon. Li
1801 It only had 3,778. Such places
as Calgary and Edmonton were, mere
trading posts In tho Northwest terri
tories. Buffalo roamed the prairlo la
their native state.
Today on theso plains nro to be
seen herds of cattle, bnnds of horses
uud droves of sheet), from any ot
which can easily be selected stock,
that con carry off premiums, sweep
stakes nnd championships in compe
tition with the best in any other part
ot the world. Advertisement.
Many of our troubles nro like rnln
on n tin roof not so serious when
viewed from without.
There Is even vanity In ulwnys tell
ing tlio truth.
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