ONE OF OURS
By WILLA CATHER.
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(Continued From Wcdneedny Bee.)
BJBOfMU.
Ciaode Whartar, living on • Nebraska
tailoh with KU parents, aad • younger
brother, Kalph, attend n elruue at Frunn
fort with bis two friends, Krneet navel,
a Hobemlau boy, and big Leonard Dan.
eon. young farmer. On tbe way home.
Daueou telle Claude of a one-sided fistic
encounter botneeu himself and Bayllee.
Claude's other brother who rune an Im
plement store at Frankfort, over a remark
the latter made about two girls. The
father, Mat Wheeler, Is » Jolly, easy
going man whose Jokes rather Jar on
Claude's sensibilities. Tbe two hired men,
Dnn and Jerry, are disliked by Claode
because of their coarseness and cruelty
to animals. The time approaches for
Claude to return to the email denomi
national college be hot been attending.
He wishes fo change to the State unt.
versify, hut his mother objects because
sh* believes the bey will he In better en
vironment in the smaller Institution. ...
That night Mr. Wheeler brought the
j ubject up at supper, questioned
Claude, and tried to get at the causa
of his discontent. His manner was
jocular, as usual, and Claude hated
any public discussion of hts personal
affairs. He was afraid of his fa
ther's humor when It got too near
him.
Claude might have enjoyed the
large and somewhat gross cartoons
with which Mr. Wheeler enlivened
daily life, had they been of any other
authorship. But he unreasonably
wanted his father to be the most
dignified, as he was certainly the
handsomest and most intelligent,
man in the community. Moreover,
Claude couldn't bear ridicule very
well. He squirmed before he was hit;
saw it coming, invited it. Mr. Wheeler
had observed this trait in him when
ue was a little chap, called it false
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his feelings to harden him, as he
had hardened Claude's mother, who
was afra.id of everything but school
books and prayer meetings when he
first married her. She was still more
or less bewildered, but she had long
ago got over any fear of him and
any dread of living with him. She
accepted everything about her hus
band as part of his rugged masculin
ity. and of that she was proud, in her
quiet way.
Claude had never quite forgiven his
father for some of his practical jokes.
One warm spring day. when he was
a boisterous Uttle boy of five, play
ing in and out of the house, he heard
bis mother entreating Mr. Wheeler
to go down to the orchard and pick
the cherries from a tree that hung
loaded. Claude remembered that she
persisted rather complalningly, say
ing that the cherries were too high
for her to reach, and that even If
she had a ladder it would hurt her
iiack. Mr. Wheeler waa» always an
noyed if his wife referred to any
physical weakness, especially if she
complained about her hack. lie got
up and went out. After a while he
returned. "All right now, Evange
line." he called cheerily as he passed
through the kitchen. ''Cherries won't
give you any trouble. You and
Claude can run along and pick ’em as
easy as can lie."
Airs. Wheeler trustfully put on her
sunbonnet, gave Claude a little pail
and took a big one herself, and they
went down the pasture hill to the
orchard, fenced in on the low land
by the creek. The ground had been
ploughed that spring to make it hold
moisture, and Claude was tunning
happily along in one of the furrows,
when he looked up and beheld a
sight he could never forget. The
beautiful, round topper] cherry tree,
full of green leaves and red fruit,—
his father had sawed it through: it
lay on the ground beside its bleeding
stump. With one scream Claude be
came a little demon. He threw away
Lost—
13«500*000
This of Raw
Materials
More than one third of
all raw materials required
to manufacture Portland
cement vanishes in the
manufacturing process.
This is exclusive of the vast
fuel consumption, which
averages about 200pounds
of coal, or its equivalent,
to the barrel.
Last year cement plants
in the United States pro
duced 113*870,000 barrels
of cement. This output re
quired the quarrying or
mining and transportation,
drying, grinding and burn
ing of 35^1tons of
raw materials. Of this huge
total,13*500,000tons which
started on their journey
through the mills never
reached the cement sack.
Many conservation
methods and devices are
in use in the industry.
Yet the inevitable losses,
due to transformation of
materials under the intense
heat in the kilns, total well
over a third of all raw ma
terials that go into the plant
A cement plant covers acres of
pound. It includes large buildings
full of crushing, grinding, elevat
ing and conveying machinery and
huge storage bins for raw mate
rials and finished cement.
But it is in the burning zone of
the great rotary kilns—a space 30
to 40 feet long by 7 to 9 feet in di
ameter—that the pea ter portion
oimillions of tons is l^st.
Cement manufacturers have
long been carrying on scientific
studies to reduce the cost of waste
This u one of a tenet of adoertim
menU to acquaint the public with
the manufacture of cement.
OmfmU+H.
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PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION
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hi* tin pail, Jumped about howling
and kicking the loose earth with his
copper toed shoes, until his mother
was much more concerned for him
than for the tree.
"Son, son," she cried, "it's your
father s tree. He has a perfect right
to cut it down if ho wanls to. He's
often said the trees were too thick
in hero. Maybe it will be better for
the others."
“ ‘Tain't sol He's a damn fool,
damn foot*1’ Claude bellowed, still
hopping and kicking, almost choking
with rage and hate.
His mother dropped on her knees
beside him. "Claude, stop! I'd ratjier
have the whole orchard cut down
than hear you-say such things "
After she got him quieted they
picked the cherries and went back
to the house. Claude had promised
her that he would say nothing, but
his father must have noticed the lit
tle boy's angry eyes fixed upon him
all through dinner, and his expres
sion of scorn. Even then his flexible
lips were only too well adapted to
hold the picture of that feeling. For
days afterwards Claude went down
to the orchard and watched tile tree
grow sicker, wilt and wither away.
God would surely punish a man who
could do that, he thought.
A violent temper and physical rest
lessness were the most conspicuous
things about Claude when he was a
Uttle boy. Ralph was docile, and had
a precocious sagacity for keeping out
of trouble. Quiet in manner, he was
fertile in devising mischief, and easily
persuadi d liis older brother, who Was
always looking for something to do,
to execute his plans. It was usually
Claude w ho was caught red luinded.
Sitting mild and contemplative on his
quilt on the floor. Ralph would whis
per to Claude that It might be
amusing to climb up and take the
clock from the shelf, or to operate
the sewing-machine. When they were
older, and played out. of doors, he
had only to insinuate that Claude
was afraid, to make him try a frosted
axe with his tongue, or Jump from the
shed roof.
The usual hardships of country
boyhood were not enough for Claude;
he imposed physical tests and pen
ances upon himself. Whenever he;
burned his'finger, he followed Ma
halley’s advice and held his hand;
close to the stove to "draw out the '
fire." One year he went to school!
all winter in his Jacket, to make him- I
self tough. His mother would hut-;
ton him up In his overcoat and put.
his dinner-pail In his hand and start
him off. As soon as he got out of ;
sight of the house, he pulled off his
coat, rolled it under his arm. and
scudded along the edge of the froien \
fields, arriving at the frame school,
house panting and shivering, but Very
well pleased with himself.
CHAPTER V.
Claude waited for his elders to
change thdr mind about where he
should go to school; but no one I
seemed much concerned, not even his
mother.
Two years ago. the young man
whom Mrs. Wheeler called "Brother
Weldon" had come out from Lincoln,
preaching in little towns and country
churches, and recruiting students for
the institution at which ho taught fn
the winter. H* had convinced Mrs.
Wheeler that his college was the
safest possible place for a boy who
was leaving home for the first time.
Claude's mother was not discrimi
nating about preachers. She believed
them all chosen and sanctified, and
was never happier than when she
had one In the house to cook for
and wait upon. She made young Mr.
Weldon ao comfortable that he re
mained under her roof for several
weeks, occupying the spare room,
where he spent the mornings In study
and meditation. He appeared at
mealtime to ask a blessing upon the
food and to sit with devout, down
cast eyes while the chicken waa be
ing dismembered. His top-shaped
head hung a little to one side, the
thin hair was parted precisely over
his high forehead and brushed In
little ripples. He waa soft-spoken and
apologetic In manner and took up as
little room as possible. His meekness
amused • Mr. Whealer. who liked to
ply him with food and never
failed to ask him gravely "what part
/slowing down]
- system sluggish, I
lessened energy
Hood's restores vigor,
purifies the blood
Weirlneii, • general Blowing
down, ia a warning that you mu«t
purify your blood, renew your
atrength, and build up your pow
ers of resistance.
Ask your druggist for Hood’s ^irwri
rll!*. Ho knows that th-s good old family
medicine is fust tht thing t$ take m
String. Tt relieves that tired feeling, ifta
proves appetite.
It is an si! the rssr round medicine,
wonderfully effective because it remove*
impurities from the system and restores
tothe blood properties so essential to good
beal’h and normal vigor. At all druggists.
Tkt tonic for that tinJ fitting
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That's what thousands of stomach suf
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tonies. or trying to patch up a poor di
gestion, they are attacking the real cause
of the ailment—clogged II'er and dlsor
derod howele.
Dr. Edward*' Olive Tehleta arouse the
livor in a toothing, healing way. When
the liver and bowels srs performing their
natural functions, sway goes indignation
and stomach troubles.
Hav* you a bad tact*, coated tonga*,
poor appetite, a taay. don't-care feellag.
no ambition or energy, trouble with un
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substitute for calomel.
Dr. Edwards' Ollvs Tablets sro * pugelf
vegetable compound mtaed with olivo oil.
You will know them by their oliva color.
They do the work without griping, cramps
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1 sko one or two *♦ bedtime for quick
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of the chicken he would prefer," In
order to hear him murmur. "A
little of the white meat, if you please,”
while he drew his elbows close, as
if he were adroitly sliding over a
dangerous place. In the afternoon
Brother Weldon usually put on a
fresh lawn necktie and a hard,
glistening straw hat which left a ted
streak across his forehead, tucked
his Bible under Ids arm, and went
out to make calls. If bo went far,
Ralph took him In the automobile
Claude dlbiiked this young man
from the moment he first met him,
and could scarcely answer him clvlly.
Mrs. Wheeler, always absent-minded,
and now absorbed in her cherishing
care of the \isltor, did not noth e
Claude's scornful silences until Mn
hailey, whom such things never es
caped, whispered to her over the
stove one day: "Mr. Claude, It*- don't
like the preacher. He just ain't got
no use fur him, but don't you let
on."
As a result, of Brother Weldon's
sojourn at the farm. Claude was sent
to the Temple college. Claude had
come to believe that the things and
people he most disliked were the ones
that were to shape his destiny.
(To He Continued Friday.)
William J. Backes Dies
Afler Illness of One. Week
William J. Backes, 4S, sno North
Seventeenth street, died Tuesday of
pneumonia Mr. Backes was a steam
fitter. lie had been sick one week,
las Backea of Omaha, and two
las Bcckes of Omaha, and two
brothers. Chris and Nicholas Backes.'
of Denver.
Funeral services will be held Thurs
day morning at 0 at Holy Family I
cjiurch. Burial will be In Holy Scpul- j
Cher cemetery. *
Seventeenth and Dodge
Site for Reserve Bank
The structure which will house the :
new Omaha Federal Reserve bank will ,
be heavy and ornamental and will be
erected in the near future on the
southwest corner of Seventeenth and
Dodge streets, it was announced yes- j
terday by T. C. Byrne, a director of
the Omaha branch.
Four stories will rise above tho|
basement and the entire building, with
ground and equipment, will cost be
tween $600,000 and $"00,000, accord(ng
to Mr. Byrne, who said also that the
deal was practically closed Tuesday
during the visit of YV. ,T. Bailey, gov
ernor of the Federal Reserve bank at
Kansas City’.
Governor Bailey and Director Byrne
both emphasized the need of a safe,
modern home for the Omaha branch.
The lot, on which the structure la to
be built is 66 by 133 feet.
To “Dihcuss"’ Rural Credits.
Kdward Dougherty’, attorney for the
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Four Taken With Booze.
James Thomas and Jerry Richard
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S. Rohrer. i'oUr gallons of white
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