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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1913)
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Horn. 8:31. CIII3 Junta at HI Piiho agreed that n vialt to tho camp of Colonel Torrlblo Ortexa nntl an Interview with that CoiiBtltutlnnallBt cotmnnnd rr would f)o a very good thltiK for tho cntiKu. When It ciimo to dellverlnR a miBRDort nnd letter which would tuko tho party past outnontH. that wa another matter. Thoy wero willing to do It, but always tomorrow. "If we lot them guyB mannna ub wo'll nover get there." commented Scotty. "They know thoy are going to glvo uh thoao papers, but thoy hate to got down to work. Thoro Is only one way to mako them get busy and I'm going to ubo It." "Tho only way" meant cheerful, patient, per sistant attendance on tho junta morning, noon and night until finally, lato ono evening, after tho last promise to have It ready tho following morn ing at "tain o'clock" had been brushed aside, the passport was prepared with groat mystery, duly scaled, elaborately addressed and ceremoniously handed ovor. lleforo tho following daybreak tho automobile was streaking down somo of the host cctintry road In tho United States bound for ioinowhoro around Quadaloupo, a littlo town something llko forty miles distant on tho Mox lean side. Locke, the ownor of tho car, and Jim, the chauf feur, were In front. Locka held the whool on the country road, but later Jim would tako tho gaso line bridge. Jim would have been the working tnato of Kit Carson, old man Drldgor or some of tho other giants of plonoer days If ho- had been man fifty years ago. Now he Is a bordor chauf feur, able to drive a car any placo a goat can climb and willing to go anywhoro Into the seeth ing Interior of Meilco for his prtco. "This ought to be a cinch today," Jim said. "We'll get through a humming If we don't run Into n bunch of Salazar'a men from Juarer out scouting, and thoy'ro bad hombrcs, or somo of Castillo's bandlta. Split out your paasoB nnd don't sbovo tho wrong ones; lot me do tho talk ing." About twcnty-flvo miles east of El Paso tho Illo Grando swings Into tho stdo of tho country road and nt tho flrBt turn two khnklclad young cav alrymen with six-shooters strapped to tho right hip Bteppod forth with uplifted hands. Undo Sara Is making an earnest effort to keep down tho smuggling of contraband across tho border and for that purpose has thrown his soldiers along tho International boundary. Inasmuch ns tho soldlors not only havo both factions of Mex icans against them, but tho American business sentiment as well, the thing Is somowhat In tho nature of a fnrco. ' Theso young cavalrymen, howovor, woro doing their duty as best thoy could and thoy wonted to know who. what, whore, etc. They wero told, duly scrutlnliod an ofllclal pass from tho military authorities and took a look through tho automo bile Cartridges, llko blessings, como and go un awares itnd thoy woro not taking a chance. Just little later at what was once an International brUge six moro soldiers headed by a sergeant tumbled out of tho underbrush and from under the abutments and cried "Haiti" "Sorry, you know," said tho sergeant crisply na lie went through tho car with tho deftness of a customs Inspector, "but wo'vo got to do It. Have you an extra morning papor with you? Hey, Murphy. I win that bet! Washington did trim the Athletics." The river ceased at this point to bo tho Inter national line becauso whenever tho Irrigation will let her have a little water .she gets even by finding now channols, cutting across lots and slicing up territory to glvo a boundary commis sion a nice summer Job. In this particular In stance she had sliced Into the United States a mile or more, whlch threw tho lino a mile or two on the south sldo of tho river, In a low lying flat land, which occasional floods havo filled with willows, cottonwoods and dense undergrowth. It Is a great point for smugglors. Just at the end of that mile .tho fairly good road endod abruptly. Shifting sand, overgrown trails and desolation succeeded. It was as If the car had been dropped suddenly Into a far distant country, unsettled and practically unex- plored. ' Just a mil to the north thoro has boen a hard scientific road passing through form land brought to the highest point of development. Tho fields were fragrant with growing, flowering alfalfa, kaflr corn, mllo malxe, frultB and melons. Tho bouses wero pretty bungalows or modern con ereto dwellings. There were men at work In the fields and their mules and horses were sleek and well cared for. Windmills were drawing wator from wetls where the gasollno pump was not vsed. It was all happy, all busy, all prosperous. Over here the country was stricken. Land Just as good as any In the world lay fallow, over grown with brush. "We ought to pick up an outpost about now. called back Jim finally. "Iook outP As he spoke thero came from the mesqutte covered side of n mesa a single shnrp detona ting report and something sang by in the air above like a large humming top. "Sit still unless it's one of tho Castillo bunch." camo the command; If It Is, Jump for the mes quite." Around the edge of tho moss came a horse man with his pony on a dead run, a Wlnchestor swung In one hand, his Mexican sombrero flut tering. ' "Itebol," was the decision. "It's all right; get out tho Junta letter." The putpost had said that the way to Ortega was straight ahead and turn to the left at a big STOMACH BY A K m tt&BorzZ2 oyi&zz&cioffiirjis&rcro washout. Ho raced back to tho position ho had been In, nnd oft to tho right presently unother man was seen signaling with a zarnpo. It was a friendly sorvlco, for thereafter thoro woro no shots, although horsemen rodo uear to tho auto mobile. Guadaloupo was onco a town of about 1,600 In habltimts, 'a bustling, thriving littlo community with many characteristics borrowed from over tho lino. Tho principal street had sovoral ambi tious stores. Thero was a bank nnd a telegraph ofllco and tho houses of tho better class were commodious, of plaBterotl adobo, with patios filled with flower beds. The rooms In somo cases were decorated and tho furntturo Imported. Ortega, commander of tho thousand or so men, occupied what was onco tho principal dwelling of the town, a pretentious Spanish home. This happened to bo tho day before Ortega broko camp, hoping to Join Pancho Villa In un attempt to capture fedoral trains carrying 2.000, 000 pesos and $80,000 worth of provisions to Chi huahua. Therefore tho camp presented a busy scene. Tho only person who did not seem to be concerned wns Ortega hlmBelf, who was propped up on a cot reading a novel. Ortega does not talk much. His answers that day wero very brief. He was fighting for the constitution, which had been Bet nsldo by the Huorta government aftor tho assassination of President Mndero. Ho would light until constitu tional government was restored or ho was killed. Intervention? Ho did not fear It because he bellovcd In tho good faith of tho United States. Mediation or arbitration? Ho would never con sent to elthor. Arbitration or .'mediation, any dealings whntever with the administration of Huorta, would amount to a recognition of Its status. That would nover bo dono. Peaco was not Impossible In Moxlco, but could como In only one way, nnd that was the with drawal of Huorta and his friends. A provisional president must bo chosen nccordlng to tho con stitution, somo man who had not connected him self with Huorta and had not connived at the assassination. Seek out the man who would havo been president' according to law If Madero and Suarez had died naturally and Install htm In ofllco. If that wero Impossible, let Venustlano Carrnnza bo president until nn election could bo held. Personally Ortega thought General Trevlno or Dr. Gomoz might do, but not Huerta or De la tiarra or Diaz or any man of that kind. Ho was well satisfied with the progress of tho rovolutlon. The Constitutionalists occupied and dominated the greater part of the country and If tho embargo on munitions of war were re pealed thoy Would drive tho federals out of the field In ninety dnyB. Ho hod about 1,300 men, well-armed, plenty of ammunition and plenty of food. Ho wns to march away vory soou to Join Villa. What tho plans were ho could not say, but a decisive blow would bo struck, He would any nothing further, and In the meantime dinner was ready. ' Ortega's staff occupied tho large house ex clusively. His real staff consisted of about six men, but as Is usual thero wero as many more honorary members. Tho honorary revolutionist Is prevalent In Moxlco, He is always to be seon until Just before a battle, when he finds a mission for himself elsewhere. There was plenty to sat at the dinner, meat rice, of course beans, tortillas, coffee with sugar and a particular kind of goat's milk cheese much fancied by the peoplo. Aftor It was over Ortega turned to an Inspection of his nrms nnd ammuni tion, of which ho appeared to havo a largo oup ply, and aftor the Interpreter hnd been Induced to forego another oration an Idea was gained of tho llfo of tho rebel. It seemed a fairly comfortablo one. Thero was plenty of food In sight, comfortable quarters and littlo military work. Whore men wero not taking siestas In the shado they wero playing cards or gossiping in groups. They were all sat-Isfled-looklng and fat. On all sides raw boot suspended In tho air was drying for Jerking. "Wo aro going to movo tomorrow," said ono youngster of six to Jim. "Wo will go straight to Juaroz," and ho spoke as If he had been prom ised a visit to a circus. Women who heard him called out what they would do when thoy got Into tho little frontier town. One rebol came along and Jim stopped him. "Say, what are you fighting for?" he was asked. "Two dollars a day," was the answer, and the soldier passed along. "Whnt are you fighting for?" tho little me chonlc captain was asked. "Thero Is a grievous wrong In my country and thero will bo no truo progress until that wrong has been romoved," was the answer. "It Is the land system " "All tho land In Mexico Is owned by a few families nnd 00 per cent of It is uncultivated. All of It Is untaxed. Until It Is possible for the working class to acquire land and until the land Is mndo to bear Us sharo of public expenditures thero can bo no relief. "A Diaz might subjugate, but that tlmo has passed. There will be anarchy unless the condi tions aro Improved. Perhaps Carrnnza, our chief, who Is n good man, will chauge It all when he gets In." , A messenger, hot and dusty, arrived from Villa, at Ascension, sixty miles away, toward dusk and wob received with embraces. He brought the final commands of that genoral, who had been a patriot slnco he had ceased being a bandit. Three days later the thousand and more men seen that day were either fleeing over the desert sands of Rancherla, 70 miles away, or were dead, wounded or prisoners awaiting summary execu tion. The plan had been that Ortega should strlko tho railway at a point toward Juarez and cut the lino behind the treasure trains, while Villa, further south toward Chihuahua, should wreck his end. Ortega and his men arrived on time, but Villa never movod. Trnlnloads of federal soldlors, with artillery and cavalry, wero expecting them and cut thorn to pleces.VIUa's failure to move Is ascribed by him to lack of ammunition. It Is only pointed out that the Insurance men who hnd been refusing to touch anything shipped over a Mexican railroad for some time Insured the treas ure train at 12 H per cent premium and made a lot of money. They seemed to know that Villa would not attack. Juan Dotal, Villa's lieutenant, left his chief in disgust a day or so later. The Incident only shows the uncertainty that exists even la the ranks of the revolutionists themselves. Kadesh Uarnea marks tho place of the Israelites' first great defeat. Long and bitterly did they rcgrot that day of unbelief and not till a now genera tion was reared did the nation as such enter Into tho land of promise. Tho act of that day was tho culmina tion of a wholo train of unbellof, and truly thoy choso death rather than life. (Josh. 24.16.) I. The Spies, vv. 1-3. God had com manded Israel to possess the land, now as a precautionary measure thoy went nbout to "Investigate." ThiB act, which wns not a part of God's program, but by dlvlno permission, was a reflection upon God's word about tho character of tho land. (See v. 19.) Tho eternal questions of man aro to know tho why and tho how. God told Moses to send theso men as a concession to their lack of faith, but It cost Israel forty added years of exile. The Inherltnnco prepared for tho faithful are always conditioned upon obedlonce. (Hob. 11:8, etc.) This act, commanded by God at the request of the peoplo, was a means, an opportunity, whereby they dlscov ved themselves. A True Type. II. The Majority Report, vv. 25-29. Though theso spies spent forty days in conducting their Investigation (a modern form of political graft), yet every step was a corroboration of God's word and the years of desola tion which followed correspond to tho number of days they were absent from tho camp. The first or the af firmative part of tholr report was fine, but tho negative was so exagger ated as to turn the twelve trlbeB to an act which amounted to a catas trophe This land and this report la such a true type of our Christian ex perience. Thoy brought back the evi dence of the truth of God's descrip tion of the land (Ex. 13:6 and Deut 8:7-10) which was to be for them a resting place after their wilderness Journey (Heb. 3:8-11, 14 and 4:8, 9). But those Bples bad seen othei things, things to discourage, viz., men, strong men, entrenched men (v. 28), Thoy bow those -tribes God had said they would find (Ex. 13:6). They not only saw all of this but, like all un believers, they magnified their ene mies. Today we see evil entrenched behind special privilege, we see the forces of evil that appear to us as giants and unbelief cries out, "Who is sufficient?" III. The Minority Report, vv. 30-33. Majorities may rule but minorities aro moro frequently right, witness history. A great cry of despair (Ch. 14:1) greeted this report. Caleb stilled tho peoplo (v. 30) that they might got the other side of the story. His report agreed with the majority as to tho desirability of possessing the land; lndeod, we surmise It was Caleb and Joshua who brought tholr evldenco with them (v. 23). Theli roport differed, however, In Us con elusion. To tho picture of the itrength of those scattered through out tho land Caleb bluntly replied, "Let us go up at onco and possess It; for we are well able to overcome It." (Cf. Rom. 8:37; Phil. 4:19.) Ten men looked upon man, the two saw be hind man, God, a God who was able. The ten lost tholr lives even as they feared, whereas Caleb and Joshua lived to enjoy tho fruits of their vis ion of faith. (Ch. 14:6-9, Josh. 15:14.) Unbelief cries, "We be not able," of course not, for "vain Is tho help of man," but belief, seeing God, in the words of Caleb cries out for Imme diate action. "Unbelief shuts itself out of promised blessings (Heb. 8: 19), it always has and is still so do. Ing. Unbellof exaggerates and con tradicts. Must Consider Entire 8tory. IV. The 8equel, Ch. 14. No teacher can properly prosent this lesson with out considering the entire story. The amazed people (14:1-4); tho solemn protest of Joshua and Caleb (vv. 6 11) was met with threatened death and God interviewed to protect his faithful onos (Ps. 34:7). The onkln- died anger of Jehovah (v. 11, 12) Is mot by that magnificent revelation of tho beauty and strength of tho char acter of Moses (vv. 13-19). He based his appeal upon the necessity of main taining tho honor of God's word and pleads for mercy and compassion. This appeal was answered by a gra cious pardon for the peoplo, but, with It camo a declaration that discipline was necessary. We must remember that these Israelites bad the benefit of the full revelation of the law, yet we see Us Insufficiency In producing a perfect character. Laws will not cure the 111b of tho body politic. Sinning men must enter into that fellowship with God that is the result of a life of obedience ere they can enter that de lectable land of peace, plenty and power which lies before them. 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