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' JL' " .AVZL "-JWWW" .... .. ,JlUA.ntt.M. 'nrwfWfJr,F7li A. n rTy"ffw ff nrr"- w RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF J ' iwiwn-Moovai j t-usjsja.' ft i. j L v r s MM W(D)10)1UT HH nfflb ffil- M(MMTB--raPP3P ft III J I niiHrillBv P ,fth'm -m.( 'AstsTsnsis Hw W ) fjir MteflBsssnaPsil------- . i i -ssgajj nlBU''"'' ' vv 1 Lta m. HHiSlS -'Y -: llBBBtBaia4iaBBB I' S,JRltf'. . 's 'V.BBBBBlBntBBBBBBB llBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSpaSaSSBV&V j- . Bar MmsDar A j LL alone, 6,444 feet above sea lovol, on top or Kianiatn peak In Siskiyou county, Cali fornia, a young woman for months at a tlmo during tho provalenco of tho forest fire Bea8on last year, did nor part, and did It woll, In tho effort tho government Is making to proscrvo the forests of the coun try from destructive Hames which have for years Past CflUNnd nn nrirmnl nrnnnrfi' Inis or so,uuu,uuu, and cost each year an average of 76 human beings. Sho Is Miss Halllo M. Daggott, and she Is the only woman lookout employed by the forest service. Ah soon as fjio season of forest fires begins this year, Miss Daggett will again bo found at her post. Posted In her Bmall cabin on top of tho mountain peak It will bo her duty, as last year, to scan the vast forest In every direction as far as she can Beo by naked eye and telescope, by day for smoke, and for tho rod glaro of flro by night, and report tho ro Bult of her observations by telephone to the main offlco of tho forest patrol miles and miles away. Pew women would care for such a Job, fewer still would Beek It, and still less would be able to stand tho strnln of the Infinite loneliness, or the roar of tho violent storms which sweep the peak, or the menaco of tho wild beasts which roam tho heavily wooded ridges. Miss Daggott, nowevor, not only eagerly longed for the station, but secured It after considerable exertion, and now sho declares that she en Joyod tho life and was intensely interested in tho work she had to do. Perhaps tho call of the wild is In her blood. Her parents are plonoers, her father, John Dag gett, having crossed tho Isthmus in 18D2, and her mother, a mere baby, being taken across tho plains from Kentucky tho same year. Miss Daggett was born nt tho Klamath mine, in tho shadow of the peak on which the lookout stutlon is perched. Sho spent most of her early years out of doors riding and tramping over tho hills with her brother, so that it was natural that, with her In born love of tho forests, she should bo anxious to take part In tho fight which the forest service nen aro making for the protec tion of the forests. Debarred by her sex, however, from tho kind of work which most of the serv ice men are doing, she saw no opportunity until lookout stations woro established, and then after earnest solicitation secured tho place Bhe held so well. Some of the service men pre dicted that after a fow days of life on the peak sho would tele phone that she was frightened by the loneliness and the danger but she was full of pluck and high spirit, and dav nffnr inV - i j no ner seen eyes ranged tho hllln u,i.ii Salmon rivr t III?"' ' 1"cl1 constitute the dally reports by telephone She' raade savs :tk? 3Ff- r p.s.,".",,", "" " " -&: MIshi Daggett's earliest recollection, she Bays, abounds with Bmoke-clouded summer days and fires that wandered over the country at their own sweet will, unchecked unless they happened to Interfere seriously with someone's claim or woodpile, when they were usually turned off by back-firing and headed In another direction, to continue their mischief until they either died for lack of fuel or were quenched by the fall rains. Consequently, she grew up with a fierce hatred of the devastating fires, and welcomed the forco which arrived to combat them. But not until the lookout Btatlons were installed did there come an opportunity for her to Join what had up to that time been a man's fight; although she and her Bister had frequently been ablo to help on the email things, such as extinguishing spreading camp fires, or carryingvsupplles to the firing line. Then through the Ubcral-mlndedness and cour tesy of tho officials In her district, she was given the position of lookout at Eddy's Gulch station In tho Fourth district of tho Klamath national for est; and entered upon her work tho first day of Juno, 1913, with a firm determination to make good, for she knew that tho appointment of a woman was rather In tho nature of an experi ment, and naturally felt that there was a great deal duo the men who had been willing to give her the chance. It was a swift change In three days, from San Francisco, civilization and sea lovel, to a solitary cabin nearly 6,500 feet elevation and three hours' hard climb from anywhere. But In spite of the fact that almost the very first question asked by everyono is: "Isn't it awfully lonesome up there?' Miss Daggett declares that never for a moment, after the first half-hour following her slater's departure with tho pack animals, when she bad a chance to look around, did she feel the lightest longing to retrace her steps. While she had been on the peak before In her early ramble, Bhe had never thought of if as a home. One of her pet dreams had always been of a log cabin, and here was an ideal one, brand new the sum mer before, and as cozy indoors as could be wished, while outdoors, all outdoors, was a grand er door-yard than any estate in the land could boast. It was a prospect of glorious freedom from four walls and a time-clock. Klamath peak is not really a peak in the con ventional Bense of the word, but It la rather the culmination of a long series of ridges running np from the watersheds of tho north and south forks or the salmon river, its central location In the j$rJ3j&g&2r cur rar cri&Ai&iS&jFs&uz: district makes it, however, an ideal sp"t for a station. Miss Daggett describes It as tho hub of a wheel with the lines of ridgea as spokes, and an unbroken rim of peaks encircling around it; Bomo eternally snow-capped, and most all of them high er than Itself. To the east there is a shouldoj- of snowy Shasta and an unseen neighbor lookout on Eagle peak; to the south, the high, 'jagged odgo of Trinity county, and, just discernible with the glasses, a Bhlnlng now cabin on Packer's peak; to the west, behind Orleans mountain with its ever-watchful occupant, a faint glimpse of the shining Pacific shows with a favorable sunset, and bll in between is a seeming wilderness of ridges and gulches, making up what is said to bo one of the finest continuous views in the whole of the West. "Bird and animal life were also very plentiful," says Miss Daggett, "filling the air with Bongs and chatter, coming to the' doorstep for food, and often invading the cabin itself. I positively de clined owning a cat on account of Its destructive intentions on small life a pair of owls proving satisfactory as mice catchers, besides being amus ing as neighbors as well. Frequently door fod around the cabin in the evenings, and there was a small bear down by the spring, besides several larger ones whose tracks I often saw on the trail. In addition to these, a couple of porcupines helped keep me from becoming lonesome, by using va rious means to find a way into the cabin at night "All these animals being harmless, It had never been my custom to carry a gun in so-called west ern fashion, until one morning I discovered a big panther track out on tho trail, and then in defer ence to my family's united request, I buckled on the orthodox weapon, which had been accumulat ing dust on tho cabin shelf, and proceeded to bo picturesque, but to no avail, as the beast did not again return. "At many of the Btatlons the question of wood and water is a serious one on account of tho elevation; but I was especially favored, as Wood lies about in all shapes and quantities, only wait ing for an ax to convert it into suitable lengths, while water unlimited could bo melted from tho snow banks which lingered until tho last of July, although it did seem a little odd to go for water with a ahovel In addition to a bucket Later the supply was packed in canvas sacks from a spring about a mile away in the timber. This was al ways a Job sought by anyone coming up on horse back; and thanks to the kindly efforts or the guards who passed that way, and my fow visitors, it was always easy to keep tho pot boiling. My Bister brought up my supplies and mall from home every week, a dlstanco of nine miles." The daily duties of life at Miss Daggett's look out are small, merely consisting of an early morning and late evening tramp of half a mile to the point of 'the ride, where tho treoB obscure the north view of the cabin, and a constant watch on all aides for a trace of smoke. A watch of thU nature soon becomes an instinct, according to MIbi Daggett, for she found herself often awaken ing In the night for a look around. In fact, she soon became to feel, as she expresses it, that the lookout Is "an ounce of prevention." Then thore are three daily reports to bo sent to tho district headquarters in town, to prove that everything is serene, and extra reports if they are not, and lastly a little, very little, housework to do. Not a very busy day, as Judged by our modern standards of rush, but a lookout's motto might """ Mhp ,"rhnv nlpo servo who only stand and wait" And there Is always the great map spread ui at one's feet to study by new lights and shadows whllo waiting, and tho ever-busy phone with its numerous calls, which must be kept within hearing, so that ono cannot wander far. f That phone, Miss Daggett says, with Its grad ually extending feelers, made her feel exactly like a big spider in the center of a web, with the fires for files; and thoBo flreB wore certainly treated to exactly the speedy fate of the other unworthy pests. Through all the days up to the close of the term on November 6, when a light snow put an end to all danger of fires, she felt an ever growing Bense of responsibility, which finally came to be almost a feeling of proprietorship, re sulting in the desire to punish anyone careless enough to Bet fires In her "door-yard." Tho utter dependence on tho telephone was brought vividly to Miss Daggett's mind one aft , ernoon soon after her arrival, when an extra heavy electrical storm, which broke close by, caused one of the electrical arresters on the out side of the cabin to burn out, quite contrary to precedent, and she was cut off from tho world until the next day, when someone from tho office camo up In hasto to find out tho cause of the Bllence and Bet things aright. Thoy often Joke now, she says, about expecting to find her hidden under a log for safety, but it wasn't quite so fun ny at the time. There seems, however, to bo very llttlo actual danger from these storms, in spito of tho fact that thoy are very heavy and numerous at that elevation. One soon becomes accustomed to tho racket, or, at least, Miss Daggett did. But In the damage these storms cause by starting fires lies their chief Interest to tho lookout for It requires a quick eye to detect, in among tho rago of fogs which nrlse in their wake, tho small puff of smoke which tells of some tree struck In a burnable spot. Generally it Bhows at once, but in ono instance there Was a lanse Of almost, tvun vnnkn hnfnra ihn fall of the smoldering top fanned up enough smoke to be seen. At night the new fires show up llko tiny candle flames, and are easily spotted against tho dark background of the ridges, but are not so easy to exactly locate for an immediate report Upon the speed and accuracy of this report, however, de pends the efficiency of the service, as was proved by the summer's record of extra small acreage burned In spite of over forty fires reported. To the electrical storms, Miss Daggett adds, are attributed most of our present-day Area, as trav eler and citizen alike are dally feeling more re sponsible for the preservation of tho riches be stowed by nature, and although some still bold to the same views as ono oldrtlmer, who mado the comment, when lightning fires woro being dis cussed, that he "guessed that was the Almighty's way of cloaring the forests," the general trend of opinion seems to be that man, in tho form ol forest service, is doing an excellent work In keoplng a watchful eye on the limits of that hith erto wholesale clearing. COLORS' EFFECTS ON MOODS Qollef That Has Long Been Held Is Declared to Have Real Foundation In Scientific Fact. l'eoplo to whom certain colors rep resent sounds or emotions hnvo long been laughed nt, but scientific work on tho sun's rays Is proving them to havo Justification for tholr theories. lied, It appears, Is tho most exciting and stimulating of all colors and has n special effect on tho activity of tho brain. Blue, which so many peoplo In nn' ago of great nervous strain and tension find soothing, Is ro In reality. Unless you nro In n depressed and mel ancholy state sea blue curtains at your bedroom windows havo n bonoflctal effect, cspoclally If you faco south and get tho morning sun. Color, Indeed, especially In flowers, hits an extraordinary effect on tho mental condition. Tho sight of crlin eon, pink nnd nmothyst rhododen drons growing In the open air has a curiously uplifting and Joyous effect. Doesn't Miss It. "Does your furnacu smoko to a dl ngretablo extent, Mra. .lags?" "No; but my husband docs." The fellow who Is a bad egg Isn't hard to beat, but nobody wants to tackle tho Job, Acquitted. Ex-IlcprcBeutatlvo Eddy of Minne sota never rcBentod tho tltlo of "tho homeliest man In congress." In tho opinions of his opponents, Mr. Eddy had "wnbblcd" on a certain issuo In tho cmnpulgn. Somo linio later, on an occasion when ho wns billed to speak, ho found that ono of tho newspapers had announced hlu coming In a head line reading: "Two-Faced Eddy Speaks Hero Tonight.' That evening, when Mr. Eddy stopped before his nudlunco, ho said: "You muBt know, Indies and gentlo men, thnt I am not tho man referred to In this paper. It must bo someone clso, for thoro Is no ono hero who does not know that, had 1 two facos, I would not wear this ono." Encouraging. "Did you catch any fish?" aBkcd tho woman who is always encouraging. "Not ono," replied her husband. "Wo got a couplo of nibbles nnd then there was nothing doing all day." "Woll, even If you didn't catch any I'll bet you gave them an awful scare." Tho man who marries a protty girl Ib apt to get tho short ond of It It ho takes her at her fnco value. After dreaming thoy wero Boul-matcs an Ohio couplo got married. May they never wnko upl Work Weakens the Kidneys MMijr oreupntlon wcaVrn tti kldtifiyn, Cftuilng' ncbltifr Imckn, urlimrjp Oixonler niul dull, dronajr, tllNoiiiiniKril tc-fllnit. Work expoalnff onn to cIiIIIh, dnitipurmi or auddnu cliangeitl work la cntmpei! poHlm)t work mil Id the fnnim of turpentlnel cunnlnnt riding on lolling vehicle, U apccliill liard on the kfdueji. Titkenln time, kidney tronble Inn't lianl to Atop; ncclrctcil It In ilniifrrroim. A a klclnrjr tonlp, tlipre In nonttirrtneillcltie no wru rpciiinmrnueu, no wniny ukoiI ami no uulTerwilljr uocesaful ua lJoan'a Kid ney ruin. A Nebraska Case. Frank C ft p p e n, Wf pin Water, Neb, ?: "I don't think thrre In a but ler kidney medlclno to lio Imd than Donn'a Kldnry l'lllt My kidneys wero weak nnd Irresulnr In action. The kid ney secretion woro mini with icdlment. My buck and head ntlird Inteniply and I hnit dltiy and nervouaapella Morn Inn. 1 felt all worn out. Donn'n Kidney Mils cured tliean Ailments nnd realond my kidneys to a normal condition." Cst Dean's at Any Stora, BOe a Bos DOAN'S VRff FOSTER-MILBURN CO. BUFFALO, N. Y. Kmvrwlvrs MH Ttltiubtory" RS I rVKftas jUD fp f'vt'aDC7nir The Army of Constipation In Growing Smaller Every Day. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS are responsible they not only give relict. they pcrma- nentlycurcCa tlpatios. Mil; lions use. them for Biliousfii, Indlieitlos, Sick Heidacbe, Sallsw Skk. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICK. Genuine must bear Signature sasssB0 r'ADTcnr (flT llVER affKaaV PI Ll r JMEc: I &u?&frzS iffllilHfflhiigji QUICK MLttf ETETtOUBUS W. N. 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A friend advised me to take Lydia K. Fink ham's Vegetable Compound, and I gladly say that I am nowenjoyinc fine health." Mrs. Rosa Sims, 10 Winona St, Charlotte, N. C. 3Hanovzh, Pa. "The doctor advised a severe operation, but my husband got mo Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and I experienced great relief in a short time. Now I feel like a new person and can do a hard day's work and not mind it." Mrs. Ada Wim 100 Stock St., Hanover, Pa. ' 4 Decatur. III. mI was sick in bed and thrco of the best pbyii- wans said I would havo to bo taken to tho hospital for an oper at on as I had something growing in my loft side. I refused to sub mit to tho operation and took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com poundand it worked a miracle In my case, and I tell other women what it has dono for m!b." Mrs. Laura A Qriswold, 2300 Blk. East William Street, Decatur, I1L C Cleveland, Onio. 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