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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1928)
«—-- -- - ■ I 1 “My dear Doctor Chase! I never was so surprised in my ISfe. Are you—have you—• been ill? T had no idea you had returned. ” Has pane was fixed on Schuy ler's face, on which a painful flush was spreading, momen tarily wiping out its pallor. But Sally saw that Schuyler Buiiimoned his reserves to meet this emergency—for to him it was evidently that. “J'd no idea you didn’t know I’d returned,” Schuyler fcaid. “As a matter of fact, though I hadn’t thought about it, I should have sup posed everybody knew it. I had a slight illness in London, and my doetors decided that rest hack here in the country was better for me than travel abroad,” “Well, well—well, well—* that’s too bad. That’s a aim me,” said Mr. Pierpont heartily. “I’m mighty sorry to hear it Here we were thinking of you as enjoying a fine trip; and here you are, an invalid marooned in Cherry Ilills.” “I don’t call myself an in Tivlid.” Schuyler straightened his shoulders, and his voice be came stronger. “My wife is determined to pamper me, or I sh ouidn’t be lying about in deck chairs.” “Some trouble with the eyes, too*” persisted Ihe magnate, who bail, Silly remembered, an uncomfortable way of getting to Hie bottom of every situa tion. That was why, she sup posed, he was a magnate. Noth ing ever escaped his observa tion. “A touch of that. Anyhow, for the present I’m ordered to favor them. And how are you, Mr. Pierpontt I don’t need 1o inquire- T never saw you look ing better. How are Mrs. Pierpont and your daugh ters?” He had turned the conversa tion, and he skilfully kept it turned for some time, while Sally listened and made plans in her active mind. Whatever happened, Mr. Sage Pierpont, though he must be made wel come and kept for as much of the day ns lie would stay, must not be allowed to burrow too far into Schuyler’s affairs. She thought rapidly. When he* chance came she was ready. The three had seated them selves tentatively, but Sally rose again as she said per suasively ; “Mr. Pierpont, with your permission I’m going to carry you off for an hour before dinner. There’s to he a short •ervie.c in the old church on the Square, and I’d like to have you hear a friend of ours preach. You’ve listened to plenty of city preachers, but I uouni since you were a noy you’ve been in a country church, or heard a man like this one. Will you come with me, when I’ve put a hat on, and arranged for vour chauf feur to make himself comfort able on our back porch?” Mr. Pierpont rose, bowing graciously. “Mrs. Chase, noth ing could give me greater pleasure than to accompany you anywhere. And rather than lire your husband I’ll take myself off entirely.” “You can’t do that.” pro tested Schuyler, smiling his pleasant, strained smile. “We certainly want you for dinner after the service. But I’d like you to hear Mackay. He’s a splendid chap and a great friend of ourN, as my wife says, tl <mgh the acipiaintauce is a new one. I haven’t heard •4ini speak yet, but I’m promis ing myself that pleasure soon.” S<< Sally took Mr. Pierpont to church, walking with him half way round the shaded S -are, and calling upon him to note how the people were *tr<-.lining from alt directions toward the white church with ■ n II io in I M...W.m —■ ■», i^.m. _ ■ ■ «" Aajrwajr, Nat Dell rroui the B*H imore Sun. No i-iOtaa Murray Butter la • blithe api'lt under ardlmijf cirtumilaiios lie man Is public life la lea* aub Sri to fita it Uie blue*. m wlteo u1 ; desdiU x ll»e prewiv tepub tirati aropalfti it “ttw moat 41* • bni'inmn srlthln ni> men.,ay the utterance tt tl|nllirtr! But It It not inexplicable Dr BuUe ipraiLi front the (arul point mi an lioneat man and there la plenty to degree* the ftitriia of none*t men. etea one begin* to awni op Put inalanoe U la .at-ier dU* Bear m«M to ftuu Uwt BwBMI T the tall spire. Meanwhile, Schuyler, shaken by the en counter, insignificant though it seemed upon the face of it, en deavored to think out what should be said to the president of his board when the search ing questions which would be sure to be asked should be upon him. The mere sight of the man, whose word was all but law in that church because of his immense wealth and power, had made Schuyler re alize that which he had thus far almost succeeded in shut ting away from recognition. Ilow slight, in spite of all his prestige, was his own hold upon that church if Sage Pier pont should become convinced that the minister thereof was ever so little less fit than the fittest to go on with his work. An hour later, when the two churchgoers came out into the Square again, the visitor’s rubicund face was alight with a new interest. “ n.. AT..C > > Vw. was exclaiming under his breath as they walked along, “I’m glad you made me go. I went. I’ll admit, because I couldn’t refuse a lady. But I didn’t expect to hear a word I hadn’t heard a thousand times before. By George, that man’s amazing! He stirred me all up from the bottom. And I’m not easily stirred, as your husband can tell you. He’s dif ferent. He’s original. I en joyed bis direct way of put ting things. I was absorbed in everything he said and did. How on earth did they ever get him here?” “I believe he’s only here for the summer,” Sally explained. She really didn’t know much about Gordon Maekay herself. She bad more or less taken him for granted as a gift from the gods to Schuyler. In her ab sorption with her husband she hadn’t inquired much into Maekay’s history, thankful as she was for his presence. “Va cation work, he calls it. I don’t know where he belongs, really. If you like him so much I’ll ask him over for dinner. My hus band is always delighted to have hm. They’ve spent many hours together.” “I should think they might, though they’re as different as two men can be. As you know, Mrs. Chase, I’m an ardent ad mirer of your husband. Nobody can touch him, to my mind, in his peculiar field. As a pulpit orator lie’s unsurpassed. I’ve considered our church most fortunate to have him. And of course this man can’t approach him in eloquence. But, by George”—and Mr. Pierpont’s “by-Georges” were beginning to have a monotonous and un welcome sound in Sally’s ears —“this chap has a power all his own. I’d like to hear him again, and I intend to. And I don t know why— He paused, and his listener found herself waiting rather anxiously, she didn’t know why herself. ‘‘I don’t know why,” he began again frankly, as if thinking something out—• and then again lapsed into silence. Later Sally learned what he had thought out, but not until toward the close of the dinner which followed im mediately upon their return to the house. During that dinner Sally noted that Mackav took no special trouble to ingratiate himself further into the im portant guest’s notice. That notice was obvious; Mr. Pier pont took no pains to conceal it He was gracious and friend ly with Schuyler, as behooved a man who must be naturally sympathetic with the disap pointment of one whom he had sent off upon a holiday and who bad returned in uncertain health. Hut it was to Mackav he turned with the roused in terest of a man of discernment I of pe<iple believe that the president of the United States three times has deliberately said what Is not true namely, that Ire will not run again The Kvrntng Omt still rungs to the theory that Cool idge did not lie. but plenty ol 'thers do not believe It. Again, the republican part? has •elected fur Its keynote spruer a »etf.ronfr»*ed liar and a public of ficial who has taken money from the Antl-taloon learnt. This does nothing to cheer up nonset men. IHiithermore the moat prominent ) oaadidste neat to the presilent, is sms w!m Iras never rs plained where kg stands on any of tl.s lu,.rtant who had discovered another of a calibre unexpected in such a place as Cherry Hills. And when dinner w'as over, and the party had pone back out-of doors to its comfortable seats under the beech, he bepan to feel his way with questions. It was at this point that both Hally and Schuyler Chase be pan to understand that his in terest had a motive other than that of a casual encounter. “I can’t quite account for you. Mr. Mackay,” he said, leaninp back in a bip cushioned willow ehair which swayed and creaked a little as he set tled himself, crossinp one well clad knee over the other, and draw’inp deeply on the expen sive cipar he haN taken from his own pocket. Both Schuyler and Mackay had refused the proffer of the mates to this, but Mackay had pulled a pipe from his pocket and filled and liphted it. “Do you need to, Mr. Pier pontf” Mackay asked, w'ith an intent look. “Well, men interest me. If a man shows certain abilities, I like te know somethin" about him. I’m a preat believer in heredity; I don’t think some thinp often comes from noth in!?. Fathers count—and moth ers, of course. I could almost venture the guess, Mr. Maekay, ] that your father was a man who filled the public eye in seme way—was accustomed to public speaking. Am I right?” Through his dark glasses Schuyler’s gaze was fixed on Maekay. The invalid was real izing, quite suddenly, that in all his hours with his new friend the subjeet of Maekay’s birth and training had never been mentioned. Schuyler had in one way or another spoken, time and again, of his own an cestry, his early life, his uni versity—had alluded to many But the talk of the two had been mostly about the books they had been reading togeth er, and with these and kindred subjects Schuyler had been sat isfied. Had he, he wondered now, said so much about him self, and inquired not at all into the reasons for Mackav’s really deep understanding of life and life’s problems? Ex traordinary, if true. How self absorbed he—Schuyler—must have been. Well, he should learn something about this man now. Maekay nodded, over his pipe, then removed it. ‘‘lie was—and is—a preacher.” ‘‘Anywhere about here?” ‘‘Tn Edinburgh.” ‘‘Yes, Mr. Pierpont.” Mr. Pierpont’s searehing gaze looked as if he pounced upon this fact. He nodded in his turn. ‘‘Of course I recognized your nationality. No Seotsmnn los es his burr—if you don’t mind my ealling it that—I like it, mvself. Been in this country long?” ‘‘Three years.” Schuyler Chase sat up a lit tle in his chair, and asked a question. He could hardly wait to ask it. ‘‘Is your father Carmichael MackayT A peculiar look, as of one who hears mentioned the name of one who means much to him, flashed into Mackay’s face. “He is,” he said quietly. Schuyler leaned back apain. Sally saw that this news had for some reason come to him with a shook. “I wish,” Mackay went on quickly. “I were my father’s son. But I’m not in the least like him. I have an elder brother who is. He’s a preat joy to father. I’m—the leav inps.” “I think I must have heard of your father,” said Sape Pierpont. “Of course, l know I have.” “You surely have.” This was Sally, whose fnoe was quick with interest in these disclosures. “He’s the prent est Scottish preacher on the other side of the water. He came over here, some years npo, and pave n course of lec { tnres at some of the most fa mous universities. Why, Mr. Haues now before the country, and one whose exhibition of temper be fore a Senate mvestigeing n>nm..i t«w foreshadows a savage and tight campaign In case he Is nomtnatrd On the democratic side these la 1 a religious quarrel which r^emises one of the naollest politics! fights ; the country has era tern But while all these factors are ■ calculated to dishearten honest men they tend to make the campaign BWukUIn Absolutely notning can be taken for grained this year Least of all dare one assume that either part? will be restrained by any considerations of decency. No j holds are barred, aud WBog. goug Maekay”—she turned to him. smiling—“how could you have failed to let us know he was your father? You must tie enormously proud of him.” “I’m so proud of him,” agreed Maekay, “that just to hear him spoken of gives me joy.” Schuyler roused himself. “That's a great heritage, Maekay,” he said. “But I didn’t,” added the Scotsman, with a peculiar firm ness, “come to this country to trade on my father’s name. I’d rather try to earn my own. ” “You’ll do it—you’ll do it,” prophesied Sage Piorpont, whose plans had been taking shape rapidly since Iip began these questionings. “And by the way, while we’re talking of your earning your own name, I’ve a suggestion to make. I learned last night that the man who was to sup ply our pulpit next Sunday has been called to California by his wife’s illness, and has can celled the engagement. When I came up here I meant to in quire of Mrs. Chase whether she could suggest anybody to fill his place. We’ve some prominent men engaged for next month, but for this one all the big guns have ceased fir ing and we had to take a stop gap. I'm not”—he smiled broadly—“inviting you to be a Stop-gap, Mr. Maekay—not af ter what I heard you do this afternoon. But I should like it very much if you’d agree to occupy the pulpit next Sunday. It was evident that he felt he was conferring a favor, and so undoubtedly he was, from Schuyler’s point of view. To offer the prominent pulpit to Gordon Maekay, of Cherry Hills, even for a Sunday in August, when the depleted reg ular city congregation would be mostly replaced by stran gers from out of town, was to offer an opportunity rather large to one who presumably • had had as yet no large op portunities. But if Maekay was impressed he gave no sign of it. Scotsmen must have, Schuyler reflected, his own pulse quickening nervously, remarkable powers of conceal ing their feelings at critical j moments. Maekay was regarding the magnate as unemotionally as if he had been offering the chance to read aloud a hymn in the same pulpit. “I hardly see how’ I could do it, thank you, Mr. Pierpont,” he said. “I’ve agreed to take care of the Cherry Hills church until October. Its minister was an old friend of mine, and lie’s gone to Canada to be with a sick mother till the end.” This obligation seemed no obstacle to Pierpont, who was accustomed to do away with obstacles when they got in the way of his will. And his wish to have Maekay accept the in vitation was stimulated by its threatened refusal. “You won’t let that stand in the way of such a request, I’m sure. Easy enough to find a country preacher somewhere out of a job, who’d be delight ed to supply this really attrac tive old church here for one Sunday.” It was at this point that Schuyler became conscious that not only were Sally’s eyes upon him, but that her wish to have him speak the word of approval and entreaty the situation demanded was be coming an urgent one. Though for some reason he found this difficult to do, he summoned his sense of fitness and friend liness to his aid, and spoke without further hesitation. ‘‘Please arrange it, Mack ay.” he said, ‘‘if only to please me. Of course it would give me great pleasure to have you fill m.v pulpit. 1*. would be easy enough to find a man for this church—‘here are plenty in summer places near by.” ‘‘I've never prenehed in a i pulpit like that,” said Mackay I frankly. ‘‘I might fall down I the steps,” ' Tlmv *!1 smiled. mg sort hitting in »he cllnrhea tn already accepted Hence I! 6' 1s fait to be lb • most ea&cibih^.y tu eieatiMt fight in yw.ni. Diahear rnlng It mav be. at least to ..onest men: but errn to them It act be dull ■■ ■»»■■ ■ ■ mmm on. Q. What are the origin and i P railing of the phrsa#. * Open 8e •arnet" H K C. A. It was the paaaanrd at whteh the door of the robber*' cave flew open tn the Tale of the Forty inievw (Arabian Mights', lienee, a key to a mystery or anything that acta like magir in obtaining a favor i adtmawon, or rtergmiitoo. — — ■ - — _ | OF INTEREST TO FARMERS | — DOES COW TESTING PAY? Does it pay to keep books in a bank or harcfA-are store? One ques tion is just as wise as the other. The day is coming when dairymen will no more think of keeping cows without keeping records than a banker will think of loaning money and trusting to his memory and luck to collect interest. Here are five advantages of cow testing, and there are a lot more: (1) We'll take better care of the cows. Many a man, when he began testing his cows also began taking better care of them and surprised liimself with how good his cows were. (2> We'll find out which cows are paying a profit. There are thousands of herds where part of the cows are profitable cows and the rest “boarders,” eating up the ► profit. 13» Our good cows will be worth more when we know how good they are. A good cow will bring $50 more if we can show her record when we want to sell her. (4) The calves will be worth more. A wise man will give $100 or more for a good calf from a good cow with a good record; he’ll give $35 or less for a good calf from a cow with no record. (5) We can improve our herds. When we know by actual weights and figures that we have high pro ducing cows, we'd be chumps if we didn't keep the heifers from those cows. The best way to judge the value of a young heifer or bull is by the records of its ancestors. The way to tell the breeding value of a mature cow or bull is by the records il-O 1I.1£. VV UliUUt ICtUl Ud we can’t make much improvement. --♦♦ HERD BULL AND HIS CARE Whm six months old, the bull calf should be separated from the heifer calves and fed a ration that will keep him growing rapidly. At this age, feed from four to eight pounds of grain daily, depending on his size. Most dairymen prefer to feed bulls the same gram ration that is fed to the other growing stock. But in addition, a good leguminous roughage is necessary, the amount depending on the size of the animal. Mature bulls will east as much as 15 pounds of hay daily. Silage may be fed to the growing bull in small amounts, say live pounds. A common grain ration for the mature bull after complete growth is: Three parts cornmeal, three parts ground oats, three parts wheat bran, one part linseed-meal. Along with this ration should be fed leguminous roughage and some corn fodder or stover. To keep the bull in excellent con dition, but not fat, exercise is a factor that must not be forgotten. If the bull can not have access to a yard at all times, he should ac least be tied outdoors and allowed to go back and forth on a strong cable. When selecting a herd bull, see to it that he is not only of satisfactory individuality himself, but that his ancestry is a fair guarantee of a continuance of that individuality in his get Satisfied on this point, study the pedigree. If you are a Holstein breeder, for instance, you will want to know the conditions under which the seven-day records were made, and you also will want to know how much 365-day blood is in the more or less immediate an cestry. You will also want to know if the butter records were made with a normal Holstein percentage of fat, or whether the large butter records were made from a relative ly small quantity of milk. The conditions under which most of the milk is sold in this country will give a decided advantage to the man who sells whole milk, and for this reason the Holstein breeder is looking for the largest possible flow of milk of a satisfactory butterfat content. Guernsey and Jersey breeders usually cater to a differ ent kind of market—either a spe cial milk which demands a nice premium, or else to a cream mar ket. Therefore, they will pay spe cial attention to the butterfat pro duction. The statement has been made that production does not always re produce itself, but that type nearly always does. To get an accurate answer to this problem, it would be necessary to go more deeply into the study of breeding than is prac tical in a short article like this. But . Vtnirn miealir nnfiaarl tVlof Q slopy-rumped bull usually sires slopy-rumped calves, and that a good, straight-backed bull often sires calves of good top lines out of poor cows. It behooves the dairy-cattle breeder, therefore, to study this qustion of types and individuality. If you will study the pedigrees of the winners at the great dairv shows you will find that many of the cows have fine advanced-registry rec ords; that the bulls almost invari ably have a good list of high-pro ducing daughters, and progeny which make good in the show ring. Type and production go hand in hand, and it Is a wise breeder who combines them in his own herd. IS YOUR CREDIT GOOD A farmer worth $40,000 went into a bank to borrow $2,000. The banker refused to lend him the money. A lawyer was In the bank at the time, heard the farmer make his request for lean, and learned what happened. A little later a poor young man with no property and no one at all to stand behind him came in and asked for a loan of $100. The banker cheerfully lent him the amount. The 1* v, yrr parried over it and finally asked the banker why he refused to lend to the wealthy farmer but let the other fellow, who had no .»n* Tf| the note wtt'n him, have a lone The barker said; "Why dto I do that? Because that well-to-do, hone.* former amply will not take care of hta debts and the other «WHT ItGGS NOSES Hie r.uoe of a t >r U ar. 'tide* of hi* or her nature or condition. Its di*pe and texture shirw th*t rt i* deeurned for rooting and f«* over turning things, and thu U Hie na ture of the brute «• rfwt <«*.. The condition of the animal ts ut many way* shown to the nose In the heal!hy hog the row* u motet, cool and iHnk in color. To the touch It te elastic In disease It chtngm In supra ranee, beguiling pallid or pur plish, dry, ho\ and rigid, or else flabby. Many an experienced breed er ran ted at a glanoe the general condittmi of * hog from the ruuci - 'too of tmi noee Wlten hogs grow man will. That farmer 1 as to oe notified again and again, and some times it has been as long as fou* years before we could get him to pay. He never paid any attention ! to when his notes were due. It’s ■ too much bother to carry him along like that. With this other fellow, his crecEt was all he had in the world. We very seldom have to send even one notice to him. He always comes in and pays or makee some arrangement. And we know j he always will, and don’t have to go to a lot of trouble looking up ! his account.” I have since wondered if this j doesn’t apply to some farmers. They are busy when a note comes due, they know and the bank knows they are good for the money, so why worry to run to town? So. they let it go. Probably a good many peo ple abuse their credit until the banks sometimes have to refuse their patronage. WATCH THE CHICKS Chicks that bunch or pile up at night are both a nuisance and a source of loss. It is w'ell to prevent this habit before it starts. Chick* bunch because they arc either scared or cold, usually the latter. Be sure the brooder fire is warm enough all night. Eliminate ail floor draft* from circulating over the chicks. Use muslin covered frames to circle the chicks aTound the stove each night. Wire off cold corners. Use mash hoppers in which the chick* cannot gather. Provide roosts early, and teach the chick* to use them. Do not scare the chicks at night Dy unusual noises or ir/ unnecessary use of light in the brCodor house. CREEP FEEDING PROFITABLE Creep feeding of beef calves is proving profitable on many farms where a herd of beef cows is kept. If a creep is provided, calves will begin to eat grain when but a few weeks old. Calves which have a little grain in addition to milk and grass will be larger at weaning time and will have a higher market value. Creep fed calves may be put into the feed lot and finished for market earlier than calves which do not get any grain while running with the cows. FEEDING GRAIN IN BOXES A poultry experiment was recent ly conducted in an effort to deter mine the value of feeding the scratch grain or grain ration to chickens in the straw litter. Since straw litter is often soiled and con taminated, it was felt that feeding from clean boxes would be much more advisable from the standpoint of sanitation. Whether or not the exercise that the hens receive from being required to scratch for their feed is of enough value in increased egg production to offset the risk of disease that is involved was the query that these feeding tests were designed to answer. Three flocks of Rhode Island Reds and three flocks of White Leghorns were placed on feed in these tests. One flock of each breed received dry mash fed in hop pers and a scratch grain in the straw litter, night and morning. Another flock of each breed re ceived dry mash in hoppers and the grain mixture in shallow' boxes or troughs, night and morning. Still another flock of each breed received the grain mixture ground and mixed with the mash ration, fed from the mash hoppers. The mash ration fed in these tests was composed of 17 pounds ground corn, 17 pounds ground oats, 17 pounds of wheat bran, 17 pounds flour mid dlings, 25 pounds dried buttermilk, five pounds bone meal and two pounds salt. The grain mixture fed in all cases was composed of 70 pounds shelled corn and 30 pounds oats. The results did not show any par ticular advantage for either litter or box feeding of scratch grain, although these two methods did seem to have some advantage over grinding the grain mixture and feeding it with the mash. In the case of the Rhode Island Reds, the flock receiving the gain in the straw litter produced an average of 117 eggs per hen for the 44 weeks that the feeding was conducted. Those receiving the grain in boxes pro duced an average of 129 eggs per hen while those that were fed ground grain with the mash pro duced 105 eu2s Der hen. whit* Leghorns showed slightly different results, however. Those that received grain in the litter pro duced 126 e$gs per hen; those that received gram in boxes, 124 eggs per hen; and. those that received their grain in ground form, 116 eggs per hen. Those results do not indicate that one method of feeding is advis able for Rhode Island Reds while another is best for White Leghorns. They indicate, rather, that one method of feeding is as good as the other, where the grain is fed whole and not ground, and that any vari ations between these two methods is, no doubt, due to variations be tween the flocks on test. DAIRY EXPERTS After an exhaustive study of the influence of temperatures upon the variation of fat in milk have come to the conclusion that the content of fat in cows’ milk shows a sea sonal variation, that it is higher during the first half of the winter months, the gradually declining to the second half of the summer months -August and September. The variation in the fat content ranged from 6 to l per cent, higher during the last summer months as compared with the first months ,n winter. The several factors causing var iation in the fat content of milk may explain why the percentage of fat is higher at one time than an other. CLEANLINESS MEANS dollars Olve the hog houses a thorough cleaning, and disinfect them. Re move harboring places and vou will have fewer pests to contend with during the hot summer. liities*, a’-d do laws nuixling than usual, nod <*em to be dotting or sleeping more th.Ni usual, Insult their loan and vou are likely to fine in idem the indications of trouble. KEEP FARM WOOD LOT Flourishing woodland* mean •new* than timber crops, permanent Industrial «id an adequate supply of wood. They minister to (.*'*• need for outdoor recreation they preserve animal and bird life they beautify o«r hills idea .2^ »treams; they preserve <ne inspiring natural environment which tiaa contributed ao much to American character."
