Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1923)
STNOPS1*. # AUm Mowbray, m trader of the I uktn region, auiroauded by hostile Bell river la dlAJta, |«ti a letter to Allan, hla wife, and HiWff MtTavbh. Allan’# partner, seta out «Hh a rescue expedition. Allan remain# at the pent with her eon and dnnahter. Alee and Jennie. Blit Allan f# hilled before the renews party arrlrea, and Father Joee. wiidw priest and axeeatar of Allan’# will tied# that Allan owned eeveu-tenth# or the peat, die aonne of whose tremendous wealth aarma Inexplicable. IVhen Me- { 'Pariah aek# fhr Je##le# hand, all Ail#a will prewilae If that ahe would put no oh ntarlen fa hla path. lOnhaiwd From VewiUr) CHAPTER II. There was perhaps no batter known name In the wide northern wilder ness than that ot John Kars, in his buoyant wav he claimed for himself at 32. that he was the “old •st inhabitant* of ihe northland. For at the age of 3 3, accompanying his fatltf’i . he had formed one of the small oaud of gold seekers who fought their way to the “placers of Forty-mile creek years before the great Yukon rush. Good fortune and s.tnuy had been, his greatest assets. The first seemed to have been his all through. Sanity only tame to him at the cost of other men’s expe rience. For all his hardihood, he was deeply human. The early temptations of Leaping Horse hud appealed to the \ p ile youth in him. He had had his j falls. Rut he to use tiis own expres- | ston, ’ quit the poultry ranch" and : “hit the bank roll trail.’’ and good 1 fortune followed hard behind him like a faithful spouse. He became rich. Ills we.Ttth i)e came » byword And later when, out of disorder and vice, the city of T.eaping Horse grew to capital im portance, he became surfeited with Hie R'cumulation* of wealth which rolled In upon him from his manifold interests Then it was that the man which the Yukon world now knew suddenly developed. lie could have retired to the pleasant avenues of civilization. Hut these things had no appeal for him. The bottle of the trail had lefl a fever in his blood. So lie still sought gold. He sought gold fur the joy of search, to provide ex cuse He sought gold for the ro mance of It, he sought ii because adventures lay in the track of virgin sold as it lies nowhere else. Besides, the battle of It suited the man's har dihood. Once, to his friend. Or. Bill Brtidenell of T.eaping Horse, lie said -The trail I know Hold I know. The Yukon I know. Then what's the use in quiltin' it fer something 1 don t | know, and don't care a cuss for any | way'." And now-, with five canoes, he hail arrived at Fort Mowbray. In five, minutes John Kars had made his ex , planatlons. They were made to the daughter of his old friend, Allan Mowbray. lie told tier that he was out for the whole open season. That he'd practically had to kidnap Ur. Bill from his bejoved I.raping Horse He said that he hoped to make Fort Wrigley on the Mackenzie river some time in th« summer ami maybe even Fort Simpson. Meantime. Ur. Bill Prudenell deliberately completed tHe work of superintending the "snug Sing ' of the canoes for the night. I ic n whole week John Kars per Va.ded the mission with a personality too buoyant to allow of lurking shad ow-. 'the only person who escaped his cheering influence, perhaps, was Murray McT&vish. But the week of his stay had more meaning for Jes sie than for anyone else. Her frank delight in his presence found no de ntel. livery shadow was banished out of her life by it. The last day came It was a day j of labor and preparation at the land-, ing. Fnder the supervision of Kars and Tlill the work went forward to its completition. with a precision and care for detail which means perhaps the | difference between safety and disas ter on tlie long trail. Then came the j evening' festival planned by Ailsa in | hei hospitable home A homely' sup- i p-i and i gathering of all the white ! folk of the post It was neatly mid- i night w lien tiie patty broke up. hate wells were said and the men depart <*d Mother and daughter were left H Ion*. No word was spoken for some mo- | ip' i > Then a sound broke the quiet 1 of 1 he room It was (lie sound of a stifled sob, and the mother looked up anxiously "Why. child: alte cried, and sprang to her feet. The next moment Iter’ proteclmg arms were about the pretty figure of the gill and she drew Iter to her l>0- j xiitii with a world of tender affection. Then came t lie half stifled confession wlvch could no longer he denied.] "Oh. mother, mother!" the girl cried, > through her sobs. "I—I can't help it. I—1 love him. and—he's gone." Far to the north Kars. Dr. Bill and | De'gan Charlie. Kur's Indian Seoul, were examining tlie incinerated ittins^ of a recently destroyed Indian en- , oumpment. There were bodies, in ^ varying stages of decomposition, ly ing about, many of them burned. , many of them half eaten by the wild i scavengers of the region. Ali xvete | mutilated in a dreadful manner. And they were mostly the bodies of wo- ! men and children. John Kars shrugged his shoulders. “It's the work of the Bell river In- j ilians, sure. That's if the things ] we've heard are true." He turned to his white companion. Sav. Bill, if j makes vou wonder. What do you think Ilfs back of this.’" "Much of what lies hack of ntosl desperate acts " Bill said. "Ouess the Bell river folk have got some thing other folk need, slid tile other folk know it. f allowr the Bell rivet folk don’t figger to hand over to any body Maybe it's hunting grounds, maybe it's' fishing. Can't say. But - ou see this crowd are traveling In dians. or were." he added dryly, j "We're within 20 miles of Bell river." Peigan Charley was carrying n broken modern rifle in his hand, and j offered it to his chief. "Him Bell river." he stated bluntly. “Allan Mowbray's outfit." Kars said. “Bell river neohe steal 'em TP" p’niii nodded. ‘‘There's just about three things worrying the back of my head now," - Kars resumed. "They've been wor rying it al summer. Why are these' Bell river neches always shooting up j their neighbors, aigi anyone else How comes It Allan Mowbray died worth half a million dollars on fur trade? What was he doing on Bell river when he got killed? They made cnntp in a rocky gorge about 'a mile from Bell river. The Indian went out on a scout, leaving the two white men beside the fire. There was a sound of some one ap proaching through the trees. Bill eased himself. But Kars never le. "A feller wearing boots.” he said. Bill had risen to his feet 1 m go ing to look." he announced. He moved off. and presently his voice rente back to the man by the fire "Ho. John! A vistor.' he cried. The man at the fire replied cor dially. , , "Bring him right along, rieased In see him " A moment or two later he was gaz ing up smilingly into the face of a. man who was obviously a half breed. The man was dressed In a beaded buckskin shirt under a pea-jacket of doubtful age It was worn and stain »d .is were tlt«* man s moleskin trous ers. which were tucked into long knee-boot*. A great scar split the skin | of hia forehead almost completely I across It. And beneath the attenu ated mustache another scar stretched from the corner of this month half way across his right cheek. The man's greeting came in the white man's tongue Nor Was It tinged With the i "pigeon” nie(%iod of the Indian. "Say. you lioys ate takin' all kinds of chances.” he said in a voice that had little pleasantness of intonation. "I had some state when l see you come over tiie hills there Tiie darn neches bin out the way you conte, burnin' an' massacrin'. How you missed ’em beats me to death ” Kara was only concerned with tiie information of the Indians' move ments. "They're out!” he said. "Sine they’re out.” The man laugh ed, "They’re out most all the time. Gee, it’s livin’ with a cyclone playin around you on this God-forgotten liver. But. s.iv. you boys need to heat it. an’ heat it quick, if you want to get out with your hair ou. They’re crazy for guns an’ things, if they git their noses on your trail they'll git you sure as death." Kars looked the half-breed square ly in tiie eyes ‘'Who are you’!” he demanded. "Louis Creal.” ‘ Belong here'.'” A flush of anger singed in tiie half breed's nniUilated cheeks. "This ain’t a catechism, is it'.’" lie cried hot ly. Then in a moment lie moderated in's tone. "Ilowstim, I allow I come l'ighi along to pass you a friendly warning, which kind o’ makes it rea sonable to tell von tiie tiling* folk don't usually inquire north of ‘sixty Yep. I live around this river, an’ hand tiie neches a bum sort o' trade fer their wares. My 111a come of this tribe. 1 guess my paw belonged to yours." ‘'Where d'you get your goods for trade?" The man's retort came roughly enough now. “What in—” lie cried, j “Say. that ain't no darn bizness of anyone but me. Get me'.* There's a dozen posts 1 could haul from. 1 | handed you the trouble waitin' around if you ain't wise. 1 ain't got J your names. I don’t know a thing. I ain’t no interest if you’re alive, or hacked to small chunks. But if you j got any value for your lives, why git 'ight out o' this just as fast as the I devil'll let you. That's all." “Thanks—we will,” Kars had and- j denlv abandoned all his previous as surance of manner, lie seemed to be laboring under the influence of ihe warning. “Guess we're kind of obliged to you. Guess we best get out west if the neehes are southeast.” Kar’s changed attitude seemed to please the half breed. “Since they -hot up Allan Mowbray I'm scared." he declared. “T've taken a big chance looming around, .lest get to it an’, *et all the darnation territory you \ ken find between you an’ Bell river j before tomorrow. I quit. So long. : I've handed you warning. It’s right up to you.” He turned abruptly away and mov ed off. To the dullest it was obvious he was anxious to escape further in terrogation. They waited until the sound of his footsteps had died out. Then Bill spoke. “Tie's a crook and —a bad one. When do we pull out?" « Kars looked up. “When I’ve nosed out the secret of ihis darned layout. T flgger we’ve hit right on top of a j big secret here, and—well. T don't } fancy being bluffed out of it by aiV j low-down bum of a half-breed. That j , feiler wants to be quit of ns. He's j | bluffing. We've hit the camp with | jibe neehes out. Do you get that? If j they'd bin around we wouldn’t have ’seen any Louis Creak Wait till Char i ley gets back* - Pergan Charley returned and re- : ported. “T mak him " he said “Neche I all out. Only squaws, an’ pappoose i bv the camp. Old men—yes. Him j i all by river. Charley not come bv j | river. No rood. Charley him look I by camp. Him see much teepee,] j much shack. Yes. breed man run i him store." “You didn't risk the river?” Kars inquired. "Xo Charley him all get Kill up dead by l iver. Xo bush. Xo nolh iric. Charley, him to no die wav." He pointed at the hill directly behind bine . „ ,, "That's all T need. Bill. Bars said. •'The vest 1 11 do mvself. I'm going to onit you for the time Maybe r won't loin you till neatly morning. T can’t suv. 1 want you to strike , amp right away, 'let on the move down to the river hank—above the gorge. Then follow it along for a few mites. Maybe ten. Then wait around, and keep an eye wide. I hen send Charley bark to wait for me on fits liver hank—just above the is or Sr©-' (To tW Continued Monday.) Firemen Ask Aid of Police in Search for Lost Mascot Firemen st station 3. Eleventh and Dorcas streets, are downcast over the disappearance of their friend and pet “Cooney,” a. raccoon given lTeinie Diet?, by relatives. The gong rang ear ly Thursday morning and the fire men turned out. When they returned Cooney was gone They fear tie lias been kidnaped, and have appealed to the police for aid in finding him. Last Picture Made by Reid to Be Shown at Empress The death of Wallace Reid wM not affect the booking of the last picture by him before his fatal illness*. 1 Thir ty Days” will he shown at the Em press January 2S. No instructions have been received by the local Fa mous Players-1 jasky office regarding the 14 films filed here. They will piobablv be released Must Pay Wife S10 a W eek. William J. Kirkland, manager of the local office of the Tokheim Oil Tank company, must pay his wife. Margaret Kirkland, $40 a week. Dis trict Judge Day held in a decree of separate maintenance granted Mrs. Kirkland. (ieriug Hearing Postponed. Hearing of charges of conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws against Henry T*. Gering. president of Henry IF Gering company, and two of his employes was postponed mi federal j court yesterday for two weeks. i_ - I Parents’ Problems Should children be permitted to bor- ! row and lend books? By all means. They get much more ! pleasure from thoir books when able 1 to talk about them with their little friends. Of course they should be taught to respect other's property and to care for it. and much stress should be laid on this. If taught the care of books when they tore very young, they will naturally he careful of them when they grow' older. Noth ing is more trying than to,lend a book, and have it returned marred in some way. Unfortunately this is a very common occurrence Begin very earl? with the children. • Report of the Treasurer of Douglas County, GENERAL FUNDS FUNDS Balance Miscellaneous Balance July 1, 1922 Tex Collection* Collection* Transfer* Total Credits Disbursements Transfer* Fee* Total Debits Dec. 31, 1922 State ..$ 38,347.92 $ 380,153.80 $ . $ . $ 418,501.72 $ 200,323.48 $ . $ 7,603.08 $ 207,926.56 $ 210,575.16 County General . . .^. 100,703.64 275,598.01 . 58,783.86 435,085.51 429,813.68 3,000.00 10,686.28 443,499.96 <8,414.45 Bond Sinking . 46,560.66 169,638.20 . ... 216,198.86 195,535.00 .. 195,535.00 20,663.86 Soldiers’ Relief . 2,750.83 3,746.22 . . 6,497.05 5,236.35 .. • • • ........ 5,236.35 1,260.70 County Road . . 11,110.09 12,803.69 . 23,913.78 15,927.96 . .. 15,927.96 7,985.82 County Bridge . 7,498.23 55,114.63 . 584.59 63,197.45 64,751.22 . 64,751.22 1,553.77 Special Emergency—Bridge. 1,118.61 216.82 . . 1,335.43 . .. . 1,335.43 County Poor Fund . 15,421.94 2,864.08 . 3,000.00 21,286.02 25.00 . . 25.00 21,261.02 Judgment Fund . 218.44 23.72 . . % 242.16 164.09 . . 164.09 78.07 Little Papillion Drainage. . ... 312.62 7,332.66 .. ......... 7,645.28 5,600.00 . 146.65 5,746.65 1,898.63 Omaha Road ....%... 990.00 9,112.11 ....... 16.81 10,118.92 3,000.00 . 182.24 3,182.24 6,936.68 South Omaha Road . C. 16.81 . ... . . . 16.81 . 16.81 . 16.81 . Special School . . 53,470.86 81,449.94 . 1,190.00 136,110.80 74,562.40 . 814.50 75,376.90 60,733.90 School Bonds ... 4,882.04 4,312.26 . 9,194.30 4,967.00 . 43.12 5,010.12 4,184.18 Apportionment. . 726.27 .,.62,208.58 62,934.85 61,615.71 -. 61,615.71 1,319.14 Free High School . 23,895.37 11,746.70 . 35,642.07 11,603.77 1,010.00 117.47" 12,731.24 22,910.83 Elkhorn Drainage Bond.. . 1,406.43 1,593.81 . 3,000.24 2,780.00 .. 31.88 2,811.88 188.36 Elkhorn Drainage^—General . ..... 382.28 6,368.05 . ... 6,750.33 6,2oO.OO . 127.36 6,377.36 372.97 Papillion Drainage.... 963.65 .. . . ........... 963.65 . • • • •,. 963.65 Florence General , , .. 58.46 6.23 « .i-..,. . .y. 64.69 58.46 .. .12 58.58 6.11 Florence Road . . . .... . ... ■. *06 .• • • .• • *06 . . .06 Benson General .... 319.12 78.54 ... . .......t.,. 397.65 319.12 . / 1.57 320.69 76.96 Benson Road...t... 1.07 . . 1.07 . .02 .02 1.05 I Elkhorn General . 431.89 408.67 840.56 8.17 8.17 832.39 Elkhorn Sinking.... 151.85 342.29 ........ . 494.14 . . 6.85 6.85 487.29 Elkhorn Road. 36.61 10.24 46.85 .20 .20 46.65 East Omaha General . ..... 75,10 37.02 -.... . .. 112.12 103.00 . ,. .74 103.74 8.38 East Omaha Road .. -2.03 .62 •. . 2.65 ' 2.00 . .01 2.01 .64 Waterloo General .. *3.33 376.15 ... .... . 372.82 140.00 . 7.52 147.52 225.30 Waterloo Bond Sinking...- 8.76 1,122.22 . .. 1,130.98 540.00 ^ ... 22.44 562.44 568.54 Waterloo Road . -52 9.45 9.97 .19 .19 9.78 Waterloo Lighting .. ...... 4.34 491.94 . .. .. 496.28 245.00 . 9.84 254.84 241.44 Millard General. 547.84 564.30 1,112.14 615.00 11.29 626.29 485.85 Millard Water Bond . 636.72 448.31 1,085.03 730.00 8.97 738.97 346.06 Millard Road . 11.77 9.99 ... . ..... 21.76 10.00 . .20 10.20 11.56 Millard Culvert and Crossing.,,,. 469.14 134.85 . ,.... ........ 603.99 545.00 . 2.70 547.70 56.29 Millard Street Lighting . 157.45 146.98 304.43 185.00 2.94 187.94 116.49 Valley General ..., 117.63 1,669.98 ....». .. 1,787.61 415.00 33.40 448.40 1,339.21 Valley Lighting ...55.32 804.85 . .. 860.17 , 190.00 . 16.10 206.10 654.07 Valley Bond Interest and Sinking.. 51.54 717.27 .. -. 768.81 215.00 . 14.34 229.34 539.47 Valley Road..... .•*«:*) 1.91 16.54 M<1... «M. 18.45 7.00 .......... .33 * 7.33 11.12 Dundee General 7.16 9.42 .. .».... ........ * 16.58 7.16 . .19 7.35 9.23 Dundee Road , . ..»«*] .24 • • • . • i*i. • • . .24 ... . . .. . . .24 Ralston General.. . 29.64 743.06 . 772.70 365.00 . 14.86 379.86 392.84 Ralston Lighting ... 35.77 186.51 ......_..... 1.73 224.01 125.00 . 3.73 128.73 95.28 Ralston Library ... 4.06 3.93 ... .. 7.99 5.00 1.73 .08 6.81 1.18 Ralston Bond ..... 19.97 965.44 985.41 570.00 19.31 589.31 396.10 Ralston Road ... 8.80 18.98 . .. .. 27.78 15.00 . >38 15.38 12.40 Ralston Water Main... >85 •.. 247.70 .. 246.85 240.00 . . 240.00 6.85 Ralston Paving and Curb.. 1,661.23 891.87 ... . 2,553.10 352.50 . .. 352.50 2,200.60 Ralston Sidewalk ...* . . 3.32 ... . ........ 3.32 ... . 3.32 Ralston Streets 60.29 90.18 150.47 145.00 1.80 146.80 3.67 zrsr.v.-.-.v:::;. 22.93 ..•.N 12.89 . 35.82 .. . Ralston Intersection Bond . 56.20 395.65 . . 451.85 182.50 ._ 7.91 190.41 261.44 Bennington General ... . 2.25 422.65 . 424.90 llo.OO . 8.45 148.45 276.45 Bennington Street .i-.i,. 80.43 . . .. .. 80.43 45.00 . 1.61 46.61 33.82 Bennington Sinking.. . *1 14 243.73 242.59 85.00 4.87 89.87 152.72 Bennington Road.... .. -54 16.93 .fi*> .. 17.47 7.00 . .34 7.34 10.13 Bennington Lighting... . 7.18 215.78 . 222.96 60.00 4.31 64.31 158.65 Road District No. 1.............. H8.48 26.30 . ..,. 144.78 .53 .53 144.25 Road District No. 2. 394.47 55.30 . 449.77 1.11 1.11 448.66 Road District No. 3...'.. 402.37 33.86 436.23 .68 .68 435.55 Road District No. 4. 377.17 54.59 431.76 1.09 1.09 430.67 Road District No. 5. 419.03 149.21 . 568.24 .rT.;.. 2.98 2.98 565.26 Road District No. 6. 233.97 83.67 .,. 317.64 . 1.67 1.67 315.97 Road District No. 7. 541.67 87.13^ . .. 628.80 1.74 1.74 627.06 Road District No. 8. 520.42 62.89 . .. 583.31 1.26 1.26 582.05 Road District No. 9. 459.15 133.27 592.42 ?. 2.66 2.66 589.76 Road District No. 10. 460.97 118.93 579.90 2.38 2.38 577.52 Road Oistrict No. 11. 94.22 54.41 148.63 1.09 1.09 147.54 Road District No. 13... . . 554.00 88.72 . 642.72 . 1.77 1.77 640.95 East Omaha Drainage . .. 785.44 . . 785.44 . 15.70 15.70 769.74 1923 Auto License. 29,747.00 . 29,747.00 . 29,747.00 Mothers’ Pension. 12,982.79 11,099.34 . 24,082.13 10,330.96 .. 10,330.96 13,751.17 Omaha Sales .. 324,011.19 . 324,011.19 324,009.46 167.20 . 324,176.66 165.47 South Omaha Sales. 73.51 . . . 73.51 . 73.51 Metropolitan Water Sales. . 830.07 . 830.07 830.07 . 830.07 Redemptions . 16,596.34 . 249,395.00 75.80 266,067.14 218,149.11 . 218,149.11 47,918.03 Fee Fund . 2,878.71 . 1,934.20 63,077.92 67,890.83 41,539.48 . 20,003.02 21,536.46 46,354.37 Permanent Road . 50,703.46 . 46,127.35 96,830.81 24,411.86 . 24,411.86 72,418.95 Miscellaneous ... 5,435.20 . 292,305.62 .. 297,740.82 . 294,637.82 . 294,637.82 3,103.00 Taxes Under Protest. 43,094.16 . 11,200.28 . 54,294.44 24,761.48 . 24,761.48 29,532.96 Election Fund ... 2,484.93 . 2,484.93 . 2,484.93 . 2,484.93 .. State Highway.*. 227,757.89 .,. 28,935.92 256,693.81 131,123.11 . 131,123.11 125,570.70 Road Dragging ... 85,820.10 . 9,770.18 95,590.28 31,772.70 47.00 . 31,819.70 63,770.58 Highway Construction Bonds. 999,423.25 . 999,423.25 730,065.26 . 730,065.26 269,357.99 Reconstruction—Court House .. . 38,661.18 . . . .. 38,661.18 22,018.52 . 22,018.52 16,642.66 Escrow . 1,375.21 703.68 ." ' 671.53 . 76.05 . 76.05 595.48 Fiscal Agency .. 66,325.00 .. 66,250.00 132,575.00 65,375.00 . 65,375.00 67,200.00 Highway .. 378.12 . 39,980.50 . 40,358.62 1,755.81 38,581.20 -.... 40,337.01 21.61 Agricultural Fair.*. .68 3,209.12 ., . 3,208.45 1,000.00 ... . 1,000.00 2,208.45 Totals. .....$1,874,393.80 $1,048,203.70 $950,556.32 $340,022.74 $4,213,176.56 $2,715,962.22 $340,022.74 $. $3,055,984.96 $1,T57,191.60 Deficit FUNDS ON HAND DECEMBER 31, 1922 Checks on Hand for Deposit.$ 9,304.65 Cash in Drawer... 5,939.65 Balance on Hand in Banks. 1,013,848.28 Warrants Purchased and Investments. 128,099.02 $1,157,191.60 Pk