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Show nil (n v THE PAYSON CHRONICLE. PAYSON. UTAH You don't mean that" the state. want to know truth." You buve It, he assured her. I bad the plans all laid. Our crew la already beaded for the Three Bar. Before they get there every will have filed on a quarter I designated for him. Inside a week we'll have covered the flat Long after the hands hud turned In for the night she heard a faint murmur of voices and looked from her The brilliant teepee. moonlight showed Harris and the sheriff sitting off by themselves. For no apparent reason she thought of Carlos Deane and, point by point she contrasted him with the man who sat talking to the sheriff. Each was almost super efficient In bis owl chosen line and she caught herself wondering what each one would do If suddenly trails planted to the .environment of the other. Then her mind occupied Itself with Harris who would soon break out the firsi plow furrow that had ever scarred the range within a radius of fifty miles and she pictured again a sign she had seen that day: Squatter let your wagon wheels keep turning." Prickly Pear Is Valuable as Feed !e 1 tr-a- Settle ng OF THE Hal By WMU SERVICE G.Evarts son, WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE the Warren ranch, a stranger applied toi work as a rider Wil ltamette Ann Warren, known to At Bar, all as Billie," is the owner ot the ranch. The girl's father 2al Warren, had been the original owner The newcomer Is put to work. Cattle "rustlers" have been troubling the ranch owners The new hand gives his name at Cal Harris. By his announce ment in favor of squatters he Incurs the enmity of a rldci known as Morrow The will mad. by Cal Warren stipulated that half the property should go ti the son of his old friend, Willlan Harris, under certain conditions The new arrival is the man, and he discloses the fact to Billie Slade, a ranchman with an un savory reputation, visits Billie Slade, endeavoring to embrac. Billie, Is Interrupted by Harris While the riders are at thei evening meal, far out on tht range, six outsiders Join them Billie knows them to be rus tiers." To test Harris' courage th: girl appoints him temporary fore man, suggesting that he order the visitors to leave Somewhat to her surprise he does so. depart, making threats makes Harris permanent fore man. Catching Morrow leavirg cattle where they can be stolen Harris discharges him. Riding with Billie, a man, presumably Morrow, shoots at Harris. Three Bar riders start In pursuit of Morrow One of them, Bangs, Is ambushed and killed Harris outlines hie plans for bringing settlers Into the country. Billie to write to her lawyer. Judge Colton, for advice. COPYRIGHT by HAL G EVARTS Billie?" he asked, everything running smooth?" Aboul the same," she said. They were old friends and the girl knew that Alden would help her In any possible way. The sheriff turned to Harris. 1 see youve settled down to a steady Job. Cal, Instead of browsing around the hills alone. I run across Horne at Brill's and he was telling me about some one gunning tor you from the brush. Morrow, he says. Do you want me to pick Morrow up?" It would only waste your time, Harris said. We couldn't prove It on him the way things are." But I could Fact," Alden agreed. hold him til! after you're back at the ranch. Some day folks may wake up and need a sheriff. Its hard to say. The men had finished working the herd and were crowding around the wagon fot their meal. You go ahead and eat, Billie, AlCal and Ill feed a littlp den said. Bi'-li- Continued 12 1 know Well try It, she said. that Cut Warren would rather see the Three liar go to pieces from Its own pressure, fighting from the Inside to grow, than to see It whittled down from the outside without our fighting hack. She crossed to her teepee to write the letter asking Judge Coltons advice on this matter which would mean the turning point In Three Bar affairs. An hour luter Horne rode away from the wagon, his bed roll packed on a 'led horse, heading for Brills with the message that meant so much to the Three Bur. As he left Harris handed him two letters he had written weeks past, before leaving the ranch. Iresumnhly only the three of them knew of the Intended move but In the course of the next few days It had become rumored among the men that the Three Bar was to turn Into a farming outfit. The girl learned that Carpenter was the source of these whispers. Ever since the departure of Morrow Carp had been sullen. Twice he had taken exceptions to some order of . Harris but the new foreman had pa A tiently overlooked the fact. However, on the fifth day after the departure of Horne with the letter to Judge Col ton. Harris whirled on the man as he made an remark when the hands were gathered for the noon meal. Thatll be all," he said. Ill figure You took things up out your time. where Morrow left off. Now you can go hunt him up and compare notes." Can't a man speak his nllnd? Carp demandedHe can talk his head off. Harris said. But he cant overlook any Three Bar cglves on his circle while I'm nmffiig the layout Morrow tried that on while he was breaking you r In. . Carp surveyed the faces of the men and started to speak but changed his mind and headed for the rape corral. That's going to leave us short handed." Harris said to the girl Morrow, Carp and Bangs-thr- ee short. Horne ought to get back from Brill's today. Weve only one more week out so 1 guess we can worry through." "How did yon know? she asked About Carp, I mean? I.anky caught him overlooking a bunch ol cows with calves," Harris Lanky Is worth double explained. pay." Horne came back from Brill's In the early evening and another maD rode with hi in. 1 Billie said. wondei Alden," what the sheriff ts doing out here." The sheriff stripped the saddle from his horse and the wrangler swooped down to haze the animal In wiih the remuda as AldeD Jolied Harris and the girl. He was a tall, gaunt man with a slight stoop. His keen gray eyes peered forth from a maze of sun wrinkles surmounted by bushy eye brows, the drooping gray mustache accentuating rather than detracting from the hawklike strength of countenance. He dropped a hand on the girls aheulder and looked down at her. How sis things breaking this sea Three heavy wagons, each drawn four big mules, traveled north along the Coldrlver stage trail. Every wagon was loaded to the brim of the triple box Two men were mounted on each wagon seat, the man beside the driver balancing a rifle across his by knees. Nice place to camp, Tiny, said the guard on the lead wagon. Be pointed off across a flat beside the road toward a sign that loomed In the ren ter. The giant desigblack-browe- d nated as Tiny swung the mules off the road and headed for the sign. The three wagons were drawn up some fifteen yards apart In the shape of a triangle, the mules unhitched and given a feed of grain from nose-bagtied to the wagons and supplied with baled hay. .Tiny walked over and viewed the sign. Squatter dont let sunset find you here," be read. Its about that time now, he ob served, squinting over bis shoulder Itd be a mistake to leave evidence like that around. He tore down the sign and worked It Into firewood with Now they cant do nothing an ax. to us for drifting in here by error, he remarked to his companions. It wouldnt be fair." In the morning the three wagons lumbered on. Near sunset they passed another sign where the Three Bar road branched off to the left Tiny pulled up the mules. Uproot that little beauty, Russet, he advised. Were getting close to s, n CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI home. The carrot-haireguard descended and threw his weight against the sign, working It from side to side until the posts were loosened In the ground, pried It up and loaded It on the d wagon. Will Try It," She Said. later on. Cal," I've got a fuss to pick with left them together and the sheriff squatted on his heels. What s this rumor about your farming the Three Bar? he asked. Horne said all the hands were guessing, but 1 haven't heard anything about It outside. And I don't want it leaking out before we start," Harris said. But were going to break oul the flat I hud the plans all laid and sent word off. Things are moving toward the start right now. Itll stir things up," Alden predict ed. With one forefinger he traced a design In the dust, then blotted It out "I'll play In with you the best I can. We've got to make a clean split, Get the wild ones defl Harris said. nitely set apart Then they can be handled. Alden was regarding old Kile Fos ter who had drawn apart from the rest and was eating his meal in soli tude. The old man hud taken a hoot heel from tils pocket nnd was study ing It as if fascinated by the somiiei Alden reflections it roused In him shook his head ns he rose and moved toward the wagon. Horne was telling me about Bungs too. he said. Pretty tough for Rile They was as close as father and son. those two. Harris and the sheriff Joined the rest at the wagon and held out plntes and cups to Waddles The girl was oddly excited, anxious for the start, now that the decision had been made. How long will It take to get things moving after we get back? she asked. Not more than a week at the outProbably less. side. Harris suld. Billie Quick work, Russ, the big man For a little suwed-ot- l complimented. runt, youre real spry and active. He clucked to the mules and they settled steadily Into the collars and moved on to the Three Bar. The Three Bar men viewed the freighters curiously as they swung the mule team in front of the blacksmith shop, noted the rifle In the bauds ot each guard and a second oue Id easy reach of each driver. They knew what this portended. The freighters bad stripped off the wagon sheet lashed across the top ol each loud and the Three Bar men moved casuully toward the wagons curious to view the contents. You boys get to knowing each otb These mule-skier," Harris said. uers will be hanging out at the Three Bar from now on." All down the line the Three Bat men were getting acquainted with the freighters. A thousand pounds of oats were tossed from the top of the first wagon and when the concealing sacks were cleared away there were three heavy plows showing under neath. the spaces between them tilled with shining coils of fence wire. The second load consisted ot a dismantled drill, a cnote of long handled shovels and inure barbed wire; the third belo a rake and a mowing machine, more wire, kegs of fence staples and dozen forks. "The Three Bar will be the middle point of a cyclone," Moore prophesied Jus' as he viewed the Implements. as soon as this leaks out. Ye fetched our cyclone openere Let hei with us, Russ assured him. n buck. door the From the these then preparations, turned her eyes to the flat and vlslone It with a carpel of rippling hay. cook-shac- k (TO BE CONTINUED) Particularly NUB OF PRUNING OF APPLE TREES Charles Driscoll thinks he knows what death will be like when it eoines to him. As a boy he was once very 11L He felt life ebbing awuy. saw members of the family standing around. Then to the watchers and himself lie seemed to pass out of life 1 was away, he says, so far away that space was different, and altowas Immeasurably gether limitless. Interested and contented Returning to consciousness was like neing horn again Into a strange world Somebody was pouring whisky down my throat I opened my eyes and i, great sense over of loss and disappointment whelmed me. I sat there a tong time trying to project myself In memory back Into that vast country in which I seemingly had been existing for un 1 countable ages. For In that countr.' seemed eternity. That ex perience remains a vivid and plea ant memory to this day. When think of death I think of that eternit I sensed when the earth life seeme to cease to pall ine. And It seeme. good, not evil. Capper's Weeklv. a moment Traffic Through Suez The Suez csnal is HM) miles ion 147 feet wide and JO feel deep. It a sea-leve- l canal and ships pa through It under their own ynw, The average time of trunsii Is hours and 11 minu es The maxim, speed permitted is 5 13 nautical n1 per hour At night vessels carrv f lights and of sending strong searchlight cap a 4 lion (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture silage crop that keeps without the description of the prickly pear as It grows In the four states bordering on Mexico. It has proved a valuable stock feed, particularly in times ot drought on the range, such as nuiy be expected from time to time. As a forage crop It stores Itself, nnd the three or sections of the plauts are relished by cattle. Variety of Cactus. The prickly pears are varieties of cactus, and may he divided roughly Into spiny and spineless forms, according to Farmers' Bulletin 1072-F- , Irlckly Bear as Stock Feed, just Issued in a revised edition hy the United States Department of Agriculture. The "spineless varieties are not smooth hut are relatively free from spines and cattle can eat them without Inconvenience. The custom Is to burn the spines off the sping varieties with a gasoline blowtorch or to chop them by machinery. able to survive severe Although droughts for months at a time, the prickly pears require good water supplies nt some time each year. They do not thrive under severe cold, and the spineless varieties, ns a rule, do not thrive If the temperature fulls below 20 degrees at any time. The spiny varieties may tolernte temperatures five degrees lower. The best prickly pear region In the United States Is in Texas southward from the Edwards plateau. Valuable as Feed. In times of drought the prickly pear has proved a great value In carrying herds of cattle until pasturage Is revived by rain. Prickly pear Is growing in favor ns a succulent forage that may take the place of silage lu the ration, usually with a dry forage and a concentrate added In case of dairy cows. In Texas some varieties of prickly pear will produce without cultivation, but cultivation is likely to prove profitable in developing a greater tonnage of economical feed. Prickly pear is. propagated from cuttings, nnd the cuttings are so bulky that freight costs are likely to prove excessive if extensive planting Is attempted. David Griffiths, author of Bulletin 1072 F, recomFarmers mends starting with comparatively few plants, as they multiply rapidly for transplanting. The bulletin, which may he obtained free on application to the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. gives details of the propagation, cultivation nnd feeding of prickly pears, nnd mentions the areas where the different varieties may he grown. A For Growing need for a silo Is substantially Fruit Work Best Done in Winter. Recent remarks made at a horticultural meeting by John Nordine, Lake City. Minn., give the gist of the whole pruning principle la a nutshell. He says: Indi- vidual planters la the country who have set out whut are culled commercial orchards. These otclmrds are not giving the results that they should, and a good many farmers are getting discouraged and giving It up and saying that fruit trees cannot be grown in our slate successfully. Others are trying to fertilize their orchards, sprqylng them, but when It comes to the pruning they are helpless, and they go out nnd get a man who says he hus been pruning some but dont know much about It; and It dont take a man of this kind long to destroy further the fruiting quality of any orchard. ; The pruning of fruit trees consists (1) what may chiefly of two things: he called the mechanical pruning of the framework of the trees or so forming the tree that It may be able to take care of a heavy load of fruit or to withstand a strong wind or carry up well under a heavy snow. (2) The pruning for growing fruit and fruit buds. The mechanical pruning should be done when the trees are leaved or In the first part of June. The pruning for growing fruit should be done when the tree Is dormant, and then done only by cutting away small branches of apparently blind wood, and the small blind spurs near the fruit buds, all unnecessary limbs Inside the tree that produce only shade nnd cross the fruit hearing branch, rubbing off both bark and buds. In other words, the tree should be pruned so as to make It eay to spray the tops and let the sunlight In to every part of it. Then you have gone a long way to produce the fruitfulness of a tree." Bud Moth Damages Fruit as Blossoms Are Open The chief injury to npples done by the hud moth comes just ns the blossoms are unfolding, the caterpillars burrowing Into the buds cut the blossoms nnd leaves nt their base. In seasons when the bloom Is light and when the conditions are unfavorable for pollination the destruction by the bud moth of blossoms which might produce fruit constitutes a serious menace. The bud moth caterpillars may also eat into the young apples, especially where a leaf overlaps the fruit, enus-Inthe fruit to drop or resulting In deformed apples unfit for the market. Losses as high as 48 per cent were sustained from this cause the pnst season, while losses of from 25 to 35 per cent were not at all uncommon, it Is reported front the Geneva station. Economical control of the hud moth can he obtained hy following the routine spray schedule. g Well-Drain- Gravelly Loam Will Help Grapes ed Grapes do well on a wide range of soils, hut they prefer a gravelly loam. They require good drainage and will suffer far more from wet feet than from lack of a fertile soil. The subsoil should not be so heavy that It will hold the water. For best results It should he light and porous, such ns a gravelly loam. The vines will grow on soils too poor for any other crop, hut that docs not mean that they thrive best under such conditions. It merely means that they do better than other crops. On very poor soils the vines make such poor growth that they cannot produce good crops and require constant fertilization or the yield drops very greatly. Peach Aphis Emigrates to Herbaceous Plants the exception of the black peach aphis, all the species migrate from the fruit trees In late spring and early summer to various herbaceous plants. They return to the foliage of the trees In autumn. The black peach aphis feeds chiefly on the bark of sprouts nnd on the smaller branches of peach trees. The aphis feeds on the under surfaces of the leaves and on the green tips of branches. The other species confine their attack to the leaves which frequently are severely curled. Many of the Injured leaves may fall from the trees in cases of pronounced Infestation. With e Fertilizer in Orchard Ones Acidity four-year-ol- d In our times we are finding plum-thistl- Passed Out of Life to Keep Contentment Advantageous in Times of Drought on Stock Ranges. orchard, like all other crops, should have fertilizer to produce a good crop. Peach trees should have little nitrogen and a high per cent of phosphate and potash ; for other fruits, such as plums, cherries, apples, nnd pears, the above Is also good. A mixture of one part cottonseed meal, two parts phosphate, and two pntts potash Is good for the trees mentioned, nnd the amount can be determined according to age of tree, one pound of fertilizer to each year. t, Damage From Corn Rots May Be Greatly Reduced The Indiana experiment station and the United Slates Department of Agriculture have shown that the condition of the soil has a close relation to the damage from corn rots. If the soil is uninfected nnd Its fertility is increased by the addition of lime and phosphorus where needed, the extent of the damage will be greatly reduced. Crop rotation Is generally beneficial in checking the damage front disease. Where com rols are, prevalent, clover or a legume crop should he grown In the rotation once every four years, and corn should not follow either corn or wheat. The Illinois nnd Indiana experiment stations have found that some strains of corn are damaged far less than others by the torn rots. Beginning with a strain which has possibilities for Improvement, the continuous selection of seed from healthy plants may be expected eventually to produce strains strongly resistant to these diseases. The common cause of digestive dllfl- -j cutties is excess acid. Soda cannot alter this condition, and It burns tba stomacb. Something that will neutralize the acidity is the sensible thing to take. That is why physicians tell the public to use Phillips Milk ot Magnesia. One spoonful of this delightful preparation can neutralize many times Its volume In acid. It acta Instantly; relief i8 quick, and very apparent All gas Is dispelled; all sourness Is soon gone; the whole system is sweetened. Do try this perfect antl-add- , and remember It is Just as good for children, too, and pleasant for them to take. Any drug store has the genuine, prescriptions! product Phillips IF. Milk of Magnesia For Barbed Wire Cuts Try HANFORDS of Myrrh Balsam Ukn in fr niboritod ( rtlnd ymi mmtj fa ret if io( AO s o eiIbunchTo Un rIb RUTSE or throat is cleaned off promptly on anklef- hock, stifle, knee, - by Absorbine without laying up horse. No blister; no pain; no hair gone. At druggists, or $2.50 postpaid. Describe your case for special instructions. Valuable horse book free. 8-- S A satisfied user says: Co!tB knee swot len four to five times normal sue. Broke and ran for two weeks. Now almost weU.Aborbine is sure great.' jyy f. YOUNG. Inc, 5 10 Lyman St. ,Spfmgfeki, mm Rays to Bring Death to Harmful Bacteria An Invisible electric death ray has been discovered by a German physicist. The apparatus Is fitted with valves like those used In an ordinary radio set, of so smull a size that It will fit In a cigar box, with which he could waves of a length send out ultra-sholess thnn three metres. These waves will kill Instantaneously germs, Insects, and even small animals which come within their reach. My assistant and I," said the Inventor, are now engnged In perfecting the apparatus. Our death wave Is not dangerous to living beings apart from those which limited come within Its carefully sphere of action. Files and Insects which pass across this field drop dead. Mice are killed in a few seconds. Rats are dead within three to five minutes, "If we succeed In perfecting our apparatus we shall be In a position, without In any way Injuring the tissue of the human body, to kill disease-causin- g bacteria within the human rt body." Impoverished Tenant Wife The doctor says he lias given you a new lease of life. Husband Well, he hasnt left me much with which to pay the rent Montreal Star. Around the Farm 4 Careful attention should he given turkey eggs which are to he used for hatching. portable brooder house Is an aid In preventing chick troubles. The brooder house and chick range should be on clean ground. A It Is always essential to maintain an area Immediately around the young trees free from competitive vegetation which would. If present, slow down the growth of the trees. If a patented silo ts to be built, do not accept lumber having loose knots, any sapwood, or pieces with hark. Snpwood. as a rule. Is less durable than heartwood and will nearly always decay first. Protect all planted fruit trees from Injury by rabbits and field mice, especially during the fall and winter. mesh poultry wire, old newspapers, or gunny sacks torn in strips six to eight Inches wide make satisfactory protectors. One-Inc- The grape Is nttneked h.v a number of insects and a few diseases which are capable of causing heavy loss However, on the average farmstead, grapes of fair quality are sometimes grown without any spraying ment being given them. treat- 1 Verdict of Woman Who Tried Pinkhams Compound Tully, N. Y. It hurt me to walk r alt down without help and I felt sick and weak. My E. mother-in-la- took Lydia Pinkbama Vegetable Compound and she induced me to take it. I am now on the fourth bottle and have also used Lydia E. Pinkhams Sanative Wash. medicines The hat will do for me what the Vege-abl- e Compound and Sanative Wash lave done are certainly worth their veight in gold. I think I have given hem a fair trial and I expect to take wo more bottles of the Vegetable Mrs. ClIARJES MOB- - |