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Show THE PAGE TWO The TIMES-NEW- S, Friday, November 26, 1925 NEPHI, UTAH .water g 1 i v (j-o-o- - Ey J. ALLAN DUNN CRYSTAL Her-nn- m fishingSynopsis Idly Caleb creek, In California,and civil Warner, engineer, of thea New Englander, Is witness nd of a coyote pulled down by two wolfhounds, urged on by a lrl rider. Admiring the hounds, be Introduces himself, and learns her name Is Clinton. With western hospitality she Invites him to the ranch to meet her father. At the Clinton home Warner learna his new friend's name Is by her Betty. He Is welcomed father. Southern Civil war veter-a- n valowner of Hermanos and ley. Warner tells them something: of his ambitions and his feeling that he Is destined to be a "Water-Bearer.- " In the town of ' Gulden Warner shares an apartment with his old Columbia college chum, Ted Baxter, carefree and somewhat dissipated youth, only child of his widowed mother, who cojntrols the family., fortune. At a club luncheon Baxter Introduces Caleb to Wilbur Cox, leading business man and president of the water company which supplies the needs of Oolden. He gives Cox an Inkling of his ambitions, and Cox, Impressed, Invites him to dinner that night. During dinner Cox asks Caleb to call at his ofllce next day. He does no and Cox Caarranges a meeting betweencomleb and Hinckley, the water pany's chief engineer. CHAPTER IV Continued Tresent that at the gate to the watchman," he said. "lie will get you In touch with Hinckley. The car Is yours for the day." He waved aside all thanks but he left Caleb pondering why he, with no other medium than Baxter's Introduction and the fact that he had been in the same war with Jack Cox, and was a civil engineer with a professed leaning toward water development, should be tendered so many courtesies by this man of affairs. Western hospitality could not suffice for this. He surmised that Cox might be In special need of engineers but such a premise was only barely probable. He found Cox surveying hirn with shrewd eyes In which a' 'glint of something, that might be either kindliness or humor, Shone. "Anything you'd like to ask me?" he queried. "I shan't sign anything until I cotne back after lunch, Harry," he aid. In dismissal of the secretary. Caleb took the question as a clever method of examination. Ills Inquiries would be apt to show his caliber in short order. "I gathered, from wtiat your son told me," he said, "and from what I heard of the talk at the table last night, ttiat ' l. olden faced, or was about to face, a water shortage that you ' considered prejudicial to the progress of the city. Is that so?" Cjjj nodded, took a box of cigars from Ills desk drawer, banded It to Caleb, chose one himself, passed the mntrhes and smoked, for a few puffs before he answered. "There Is no mystery about It. It Is an unpleasant fact. You are going to se the works tomorrow. I need not tell you that water Is the life blood of a city. It runs In' Its mains.' In Its flushing system, as it does through the arteries and veins of a body. Overbuild without water, and you have atropiiy. as you cannot expect the blood Jhat Is sufficient for a child to sustain the body of a full grown man. We know today exactly how ninny gallons capita we must figure on for a modern city with domestic, civic and manufacturing supply. The number of gallons In our reservoirs, divided by that ratio, marks the present limits of (Jolden's population, of Its p'rogress. And that limit Is almost reached. "W? cannot get more watershed. To r)!g ijore wells there are many artesian ells in the city would only diminish present flows, distillation Is not practical. Already tile lower peninsula Is badly off for water. We need a Moses to strike the rocks for us. Perhaps lie may come out of the llat." he ended, the glint In his eyes plainly n (winkle now. "Anyway. Mr. Warner, there Is (lie situation. There Is a fortune for the man who can (hid r solution for (he presen( shortage. We have some schemes In view but the cost prohibits them. The water nipply must lie pine as well as plentiful. Filtration alone Is n serious problem. "As to yourself? I should be only too glad to stiy wp could ue you In nich development of Colden's water hut none Is forward. WMild yon care to connect yourself with a power company? One Is now on paper blue prints and stock, with the Infler almost subscribed. It will tnkp you up In Ihe mountains. The berth will lie I can nr open within a few weeks. rn;:e it for you." "Yon know nothing of my qualilli'n Hons." said Caleb. Cox mihd. chance on my on .)ud'. "I'll take ment." be sfild dryly. ' You won't ;,r long If roil are Incompetent. And you don't appear that. The place - at Reaver Lake. In Slnnl-daucounty. You'll be roughing It for acc,i,m.., Bur it'll be good Hons, of cour. n methods I fancy practice In you'll find them tliTorent from PlfTereiit type or labor, for one thing." Caleb T!'I tief Imntedie'cly ft the lie had made ihp Irs mml ft pHUe midv the CuMen Pro) it ion It d' l re possible that ho sh ,; jiot rmiT i'rlrf JifriiT IbMf Cot sml his , peris tied meriool ed ntt their mv;i fri end bn! that nibii'ous roog'.t s we-fer- 'Va-0t- r i fle( i f Kjxmi I X AuOiot of "A MAN TO HIS MATE" "RI.MROCK TRAIL" SPRINGS - the two thousand, OhII I don't know where else to go and I don't want to go shouting this thing about all over the shop." 6 By Dodd, Mead A WNU Service "I've got Just eleven hundred dollar I In the bank here," said Caleb slowly. "If I take up Cox's proposition I'll not "Thank you, I shall he glad to con need more than two hundred of that sider It," he said finally. "Do you wish to carry me over till the first pay Immediate acceptance?" check,. I have a house buck I "Make up your mind before the first can sell. The deal might take aEast week of the month.'' or so. They take their time there to There were sixteen days between pass deeds. But. . . ." then and the first of the next month. Baxter groaned, his head la his Time enough, Caleb thought, to do hands. something with his theory, prove or "It's got to be two thousand, Tin discard it. afraid. You see if she goes away she'd , They walked up together to the A- bo sore at me. I'd have to make ber R , vf-V... ltruists. Caleb thought that Baxter sore and she'd want the whole thing. might he there. Instead, there was And I won't have you selling your a message to call up the apartment house. It wouldn't do any good. She'll house. change her mind Inside of two weeks. g Hw-"Want to see you, Cal." said Bax- It Isn't so d d Imminent. She won't ter. "If you haven't anything on that's have to quit her Job for a bit. At a Important come for a spin with me. pinch I II make the mater come I know a little roadhouse over the San rr I -through. For the honor of the family !" i s a Mateo line where we can get some He laughed sarcastically. chow." good "If she can chip oiT a hunk of the As they motored Baxter commented principal for herself once In a while, on Cox's attitude. she can do It for me once. The "Y'ou don't owe me anything," he money was meant for me said. "Get thot out of your head, for And, If it's put right up to eventually. her. she'll It Is exactly what Cox meant to put handle the girl, too, rather than hinder Into It. About the Beaver Lake Job, her own matrimonial prospects, as a Cox Is one of those divided Interests scandal would. Now let's take a run that have come togetber. Each side down to the duck club. I'm secretary owned rights they wouldn't sell. I got and I've got to give the shack the to know about It over a real estate overlook before the season opens." 3 deal of my own that didn't come off. Within the hour, tramping through Can't you see that It will be to Cox's the marshes to the shooting H WALTER he shack, advantage to have a man up there of seemed to have forgotten his dilemma MARGUISS his own choosing, on whose reports he completely but one sentence, an epitATHAN BL'RGER knew that can absolutely rely? That's why he's ome of Baxter's character, clung to the people of Hempstead de been nice to you nothing much out Caleb. "Oh, I can stall along." He spised him, and he returned of the way, at that It's what you'd remembered, too, the hint of sullen call using the personal element, I sup- stubbornness that had shadowed the their feelings with interest. It was not altruism, he reasoned, that made pose." girl's pouting lips. them frown when he seized the propCaleb was convinced that Baxter erty of some Improvident Individual to had something on his mind concerning CHAPTER V liquidate an honest debt ; it was nothhis own affairs but he did not refer ing more than their envy of his wealth. to them until the excellent lunch was If the Idiots were so careless as to beCrystal Springs finished. d Hinckley, head engineer of tht come Insolvent, they must be "I'm In a mess, Cal," he said when to take the consequences. the waiter wos tipped and dismissed. Crystal Springs company, met the car at the outer gate of the property. He His uppear-anc- e Berger never smiled. "Anything I can do, Ted?" bore out the general estimate of "I don't know. I want to talk It was a short, stout, but active man, with over his character; everybody said hewes over. It's a girl." spectacles miser. The statement was almost unnec- shrewd blue eyes about which spread a close-fisteHis long, sour face and essary to Caleb but he said nothing. a network of fine lines that spoke for long habit of puckering un- more cunning (linn usual ns be faced "The 'peach' Is turning out to be a humor and . der lie reminded Caleb the attorney across the desk. The lawcitron.' She's nice enough and a good sport and I believe slip's fond of me. somehow of an apple, firm and glow- yer shook his head, and ventured e bit of advice. She says she Is," he went on moodily. ing and sound. "It wouldn't be a w'se thing to do They rolled swiftly on through a "And I've got to take her word for It. She wants me to marry her. And I strange region and a beautiful one. Just at this time, Mr. Berger," lie arcan't. I won't. Whether It's the Sometimes they skirted a hillside gued. "Mrs. Trotter Is not well, and square tiling to do or not. It wouldn't where chapparul, manzanita and kin- to be turned out ot her home would dred shrubs grew In a shoulder-hl-he a hard blow . . . And tomorbo the square thing. We'd be lighting In a month. We're miles apart In tangle that seemed too thick for any row Is Christmas.". "If you don't mind Berger snapped, thing less agile than a squirrel to et most tilings. You know, Cal." "She thinks you huve to marry plore. Beneath them flourished great "I'll run my own business :" ferns. Throngli them Caleb causV "Oh, of course," the attorney reher?" turned with a shrug; "only the people "So she says. I can't disprove It. glimpses of lakes lying far below, 11 I'm not saying she lies. I might buy of blue far deeper than the sky they of this town have been in an ugly mood since you evicted the Babbitt her off. I haven't got the money. She mirrored and Intensified. They turned abruptly to their right family. ' You haven't forgotten that won't listen to reason about the where the road ran beside a purling there was some hot bended taik of kid.'" "It seems to me that's up to her. stream and boughs knitted overhead. tar and feathers " "Mr. Kuinp," Berger snarled, "I pay How long have you known her, Ted?" The descent was gradual and the car you to obey orders, not to tell me how "Little over two months. Her pic- slid along noiselessly. "Here's the brick dam. a bit prlml-flv- to conduct my affairs. This Trotter ture's on my bureau. In one of the but a godsend to Golden In the old woman has not paid her rent, wid' I silver frames. Just put It there. Oh, do r.ot intend to be swindled out of It. h 1!" He threw away his unsmoked days," said Hinckley. It was a beautiful sheet of water cigar. "What do you want me to do? See above the dam, set in the silence of a' wooded canyon but they did not spend her? I " "No, that wouldn't do any good. But, much time with It. Hinckley pointed we had a bit of a row. I suppose I dlreclly across the water to a didn't take the news gracefully. She gap In the opposing slopes. "There's the big dam," he said. "1 swears I don't love her. Perhaps she doesn't altogether believe that but want you to notice the laterals, the she might. It's the trulh, when you earth dams that divide the lake into Out she und if you won't attend come right down to brass tacks. I three. See anything funny about 'em?" to It, I'llgoes; find another attorney who On Caleb each side gazed earnestly. suppose I'm a mucker but I honestly fvlll. sir!" believe I d be a worse one If I mar- of these dams was set a gatehouse. "But tomorrow Christmas" Iay " were roads Their with the sides tops ried her." "Out she gin ! si:-- ! Not another And fenced. these roads were ser- hour-wil"Well?" l I give her. I must have a "She talked about going awav till pentine. on my lnvetitients !" "Any reason for not building them return it was over with. She's a crackerjnek "All right." snl.l the lawyer with a to he from shoe shore?" asked. of a stenographer. She can earn her straight sigh, and Berger stalked out. emitted a satisfied sigh. own living anywhere when she's not Hinckley As he trudged through the streets, ! were built straight. The "Ah They I Lthlnk fix could handicapped. tilings shifted 'em, twisted 'em, piiylng back seov.l for scowl as he so she would go. If I could raise Ihe quake 'em, bent 'em but It didn't passed his enemies- - the cili '.etis of money to look out for her while she wrenched Hempstead the word. of the attor'em. They're sound as, ever." break goes through with the thing. She's Caleb looked his appreciation and ney recurred and goaded him to new set to do that." he added uloomilv Christ mns ! What was Hinckley wrinkled his bitterness. Ti led to reason IOi her but It was bewilderment. lie turned in Christmas to h!in? eyes. no go. "Clay cores, my boy. Clay cores. ft his great. harnHke house, It would lake a couple of thou mid "ropi"d info a cludr in Like so much rubber. They L'lastic. sand dollars," be went on. tnlklmr his cold living room. more rapidly. "I've got a deal on. bend but never break." Christina. ! A day of torturing mem"I 'Id you anticipate an earthquake?" I've got some parties who want to buy ories.' I( was just trt etiry years ago Caleb. asked a land for little colony. A bona fide or was It I wetily-oi? young proposition ami I'm handling It diHorace hud out of ids Berger stumped rect. I should make at least lwen(j father's lions.- in tt t'tiiper, vowing With Baxter In a "men' and thousand out of (he dei,. It's ripe. never to return. He had driven (lie Cox and Hinkley apparently come to off (Jot pretty soon. ',ut. fin boy out. , Berger reflected: his tyranfriendly, the plot thickens. What stumped as usual. You know that. nical Interference with (he young next? What the mater sends Just sees tne man's llf; bad resulted In Ibis disasthrough. I may have to raise some ter, which bud left him alone. for an option. Could you let me have (To br conti vt icn I Twenty ynrs of lonely h- - l! How It lad liar.bfieil him! Then l.e bad been repceted. a model ciiizen In i mod rate In t! ose iv uui an s. of twenty years was It Iw rt one ': - !ie had grown rl. h . . . rich! (ioiiglrg the poor. Ihe rabble culled bis n.elh-The famous problem concerning the grouped, hot separated and erect, bore, size of thp colossal statue of Apollo on rcspe. ihr ;v, the rytber, thp double (es. Better forced his siel the Island of Ileitis, which has wor- flute and the pipes of Vw,. They stood ried so many RHvuiits, has finally been In the palm of Apollo'i right hand In (benefits from their unpleasant trend. They were welcome to call It what hi left hand b e rHri'Ied a bow. Tin? soled would. The rabble win r'.lblug We lire familiar Willi the lolo t colossus .,,, tbree statue wp'p I they to Mm. His nm had fled from him; ("ire. Apollo only In miniature, by destroyed representfor diversion lie had turned to mak-- I ed on the Atlb- letraili acbm, an anWild the iinsistancp of h Ibllnii In lug tritine, V y bbmip Mm? (ireck coin, wbcie ("Tlptlon whi.h mentioned (be weight Twenir yenr of niote y making . , , hi-of the cold crowns designed for the shown bobling trie three (iraces in l and II. a l."iit oi l ri.m of sevt t:ty. he god Mid the t;rfne. M Bdi ach es'l j WHS b ft right In'nd. nlone tiiofie T illl his Wealth, 'iin'i d the relative lit Ighf of the tig. At a recent meeting of ihe ciol"m AI'dC will! l!.e hatred t.f Die rabble, ate as tern mi eiuht of liisciiptlons Theodore lldn uli an for the Apolln retMe! What did h care noiinced tb.it he had cnlculnti d with ami one meter cuitlnit tet f what they tUnunhtl Tin r l ad been h of the Crnce.- m J,p Flciro i he a'I of history as wnl' im r,ia!he-m.ilici- . cfi f lar and f at hers, find 'it!;o talk llelelomiKp.Irp, Paris. 1 rittillel for yn (,f Apotb) mid ll. (he there? t'ow.ird! Nothing to worry Ihr e traces This archaic (oio i at the Kansas City Star. ot" i:i In th jf mrw-- !on. It nil Oclns m the tria.uterpb ce h gj;.- d nil hint . , 'a!'; wr.t d, of the KcM'ptor TeclaoN n ' d Somefimvt I le must t jive dozed for a (line. II" 0 r.geIloTi who flourished between Consider the pin tt bad jtrrt-i-d In a sort of cloud of .ery ir . nd :: it fro-.!t h'S enlng too llo 'IMJ I. 'Iff. onsdou Urn oinettoug T? " 'hu e Grsra which were Dot I 11m I'.liok iitid Blue J., 1 ne Is ow; e''v:-t'- instmas f.is( 1 I like menace throbbed In the air. There was bhouting down the street hoarse cries that chilled. It was coming nearer. . . . Berger went to the window and peered out from behind the curtains. There was a mob ! A away, In the thick shadows! Something bright glinted in the light from the street lamps. Tar! Buckets of tar ! Berger shrank, back from the window, white willi his fright. He glanced nt the telephone ; he must summon help. But, God ! He had ordered the Instrument disconnected after a row He was always with the operator. having rows with somebody I Isolated ! He was cut off from the A mob howled before his world! door, a mob with tar and feathers and he was done alone with his wealth! He laughed insanely, then A band burst into shrieked aloud. tune before the house . . . He felt himself falling. Nathan Berger slowly came back to He was lying on his consciousness. half-bloc- k . d sun-glare- e niiit-teiln- and at first lie recalled nothing of the night's terror. It all swept back. He held his hands away froir. hint, afraid that they would feel feathers, sticky with tar. Those shouts They had soundetl like a band play ing. . . . He opened his eyes cautiously and looked about. His gaze fixed itself upon the face of a man beside the. bed. obviously prosperous, strangely familiar. Berger's gaze became a bed, Calculation of Size Statue of Apollo i - - 1 t j i j I ! .s-i- i , f,.-- far-.t,- My ton C. B. Watterson and son ot Pason recently closed a deal with tho Uhitah Light & Tower company whereby they have obtained a long-terlease of the Upalco flour mill, which is located in Myton. Workmen are rethe machinpairing and ery, preparatory to active operations. The reopening of this mill ia expected to stimulate the raising of wheat to a greater extent by the farmers. Washington The Interior department authorized the Vernal land office to soil f.t public auction lease of 160 acres of coal land in Duchesne county. The terms of the lease will provide for the payment to the government of a royalty of 15 cents per ton, mina run, on all coal produced. An initial investment of $3000 must be made during the first three years of the lease, and not less than 1100 tons of coal per year must bo produced, bssinning with the sixth year of the lease. Murray The large municipal skating rink, which has been under construction for the past six weeks, has at lust been completed and filled with water until the colder weather appears The to put it in shape for skating. rink, which is situated in the Murray city park, was sanctioned by Mayor Isaac Lester and the commissioners. John Woods, road superviasr, has dona everything possible to make the pond attractive fur the children of the community to enjoy. Magna Millmen of Arthur and Magna who engaged in a rabbit shoot in nuuh valley Monday returned with 379 bunnies. Approximately fifty gunners participated in the shoot. They report that rabbits are numerous. Hunting will be better, they report, following, a snow storm. Myton According to a recent survey made of cream shipments by parcel pest from the various postofiices in the basin, the Myton postollice ships mors cream than all the rest of the ofilec;; on the government lino from Duchesne to Vernal. It averages about irr5 gallons' 'monthly. This is about of the prdouction of the Myton district. Forty cans are" delivered each day lo the Mutual creamery station. Returns from this cream run from ?5.n0 to $7 per can. The c'.ipc!;s are widely distributed. Hurray Although winter threatens s ores of fishermen are still taking fairly good catches of trout from streams ir this vicinity. Five parties of anglers fished in Little Cottonwood creek and Spring creek. The rt port that trout are not numerous, but that blviliful :rv,lers, tntlowed with patience, can generally catch a "mess" of trout on streams in this part, of this valley. . Trovo Winter has swept down on Utah canyons and a tweul y oir.hr-ini- li sowfall at 1'ie htad of the south fork of Provo canyon leading to the Orar.drladtly lakes region, has completely blocked the highway. Information to this effect was received Monday at the head piar ters of the Wastaeh national forest and the state road commission. It was reported that there la between 12 and IS inches of snow on the level in the Strawberry vtlley, but the roatl is still open through to (he Uintah basin. Myton Many sheepmen aru bringing in their tf eks from the mountains and reserves and are putting them on nm-- o south of Myton. The following owners run their sheep on the ransr in th." t locality: Smith Brothers, Col man Brothers. Crystal Brothers, Boy Ibilnir.n and I'aul Hansen. The scarcity of feed ami water in the high-- i district canned the sheepmen to make The sheep are in fine the ihnnge. ("million, s S:.It Lake Sheen raising in Ihe T'in-t.ibas'n Is expanding rapidly. Turkeys are fitting iu well with the agricultural scheme in that territory. seed anil honey long have been dependable producers of cheeks each fall. f(i n the ba.mi may be able to f.iiance the building of its own providing these commodities as basin folk hop they will. Osier, The Twenty fourth street t extension will be ready for u.-Mils wfek niihough all of the slruc.turo ttill not have been ro.Tplelel, It H f.iinl by Ora Buntly, contractor. Completion of the extension ad.H 1 ',(') fe.-to the viaduct; which bridges a large system of railroad tracks between Wall evctnie and the WpmI hill, the extension has been completed at a tost of $22Voaio, of which Weber county and Ugden city share. I approximately Jl 40.000. () ('en Lightcdi head of outstand-in- r llolcieln rattle are coming to Utah limn the national sale In Id this week Hi Wiifcrtown and Waukesha, Wis., a tpleeram received by C S. Bolter, prominent dairyman, from Cltbert Thatcher, who made the purchases at the sale. There hiivn been mm 1 f ill th iii MH'O bend of livestock slaughtered by the nvnl pack in ; platil s of s'.ill Lake during !'o, first er;it tirwtM ef Vil.'t. J. 11. MandTtiehl, peristal man.:'.' r of the Salt Ijike Ciiion slock- r I . announces. These . flyrurt s 25 "S'l brad of rattle, UMU hen I of ho-t,al l:.ni; head of Kh (! n ti l one-hal- ! start. Horace?" he whispered; then cried, incredulous, yet glad: "Horace! My ' ' son !" , Horace Berger readied down and tripped his father's hand, hard. The features of the miser softened and hi smiled. Then terror leaped at h!ni again. His eyes grew wide. "Horace!" he gasped. "The mob? Y'ou came in time to save me from the in oh?" The younger man smiled and pressed bis fat tier's hand once more. "It wasn't a mob. father," he said. Berger was unbelieving. "No mob?" he echoed. "No mob'i No tar; no feathers?" Horace shook his bend. The old man covered his face. trembHng. "Conscience!" he whispered. "Guilty It has hounded me all conscience! day . . . and tomorrow Is Christ- Kamas-Stockmor- mas!" He was weeping openly, while hl I'resently: "But what?" "i'e been taking liberties with your name, father," Ilorae explained. "I turned over some money o.T, quite a bit of money to Dip mayor, und told hi:n to arrange a merry Christmas for the poor h real merry Christmas. I heiin! about the Babbitt family you turned out ; nntl I bought the Carson collage und told (he mayor to give it to them Christ unm present. I told sun sat beside him. e h Al-f;.- m: rail-rea- re-h.- - xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-:-x- in over-hiiulin- g pre-pure- was-sharp- Note News It's a Privilege to Live Utah the mayor I bud come home (o spend the holidays, und you were celebrating--" Me" "I? I did It all Ir. your name." "And (he the mob?" '"I he mayor called out lh band, and a crowd followed to serenade you The.V li ft when I (old them you had become ill. 1'clks Mild they never un dcrslood " "I od!" Berger cried; and again he was weeping, doing penance now for , twenty barren years. Presently he got up find started ' across the room. But be paused; the j ' teh phone had been ordered tlisconVoices fra necteil. banco the! opernlor find neglected to turn In that t churlish order, lie lifted the receiver. N'unibt r please?" Berger almost he ti timber, l.o was so nhoulcd pleased. In n moment ; "Baine? Listen, Balde. this Is Berg cr. Male i't h deed, Iratiff'Tiins that cot Ms", in toto, to Mrs. Trotter It in the ntornlrg!" Ml si-h.n In. Horace Merger lull Ms hand upoi Ms fall.or'a arm. Th-- lr , yes met and My i. n I'a.sci r, :.i;iifi; Ir.tn th" liled wi.h mi.st. Neither of them could f' isin Mori lay im the since by nv of T'l.'i'o r;i; n end valley ak kjb .til d 'i heavy rnef It ( A 1S. WKr i i t nlua j "Yes. O?-rle- n I j j n i r J Ni rii'i id' : ( |