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Show r THE PAGE TWO TIMES-NEW- Friday, December 17, 1926 NEPHL UTAH S. CHINESE ARMY 1 WATER BEARER enters By J. ALLAN DUNN Author of -A MAN TO HIS MATE" "MMROCK TRAIL" Br Dodd. Mead Idly nshlna crsek, In California. Caleb Warner, civil engineer and a New Englander, Is witness of the end of a coyote pulled down by two wolfhounds, urged on by a S"trl rider. Admiring the hounds, he 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 learns his new friend's name Is Betty. He Is welcomed by her father. Southern Civil war veteran and owner of HertT)anos valley. He tells them something of his ambitions and his feeling that he Is destined to be a "Water-BearerIn the town of 3oldn Warner shares an apartment with his old 8TNOPSIS. Her-min- oi ." Columbia college chum, Ted Baxter, carefree and somewhat dissipated youth, only child of his widowed mother, who controls the family fortune. At a club luncheon Baxter Introduces Caleb to Wilbur Cox, leading- business man and president of the water which company supplies the needs of Golden. 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 offioe next day. He does so and Cox arranges a meeting between Caleb and Hinckley, the water company's chief engineer. Baxter tells Caleb he Is In difficulties with a girl, Mary Morgan, Cox's stenographer, who Insists he must marry her. With Hinckley, Caleb looks over the water company's source of supply, the Crystal springs, tn Hermanns valley. Prospecting In Hermanos valley, Caleb meets a man, Evans, who boasts of his ability, through "divining rodB," to locate water without boring. Caleb comes upon a picnic party, the festivities being In honor of Betty Clinton's birthday, and Is welcomed. CHAPTER VI Continued 9 f "I don't know," he answered. "I have been given a chance to go up to Beaver lake on a new project, but I do not have to accept Just yet. Meantime I am looking around. I went over the Crystal Springs property yesterday." "Did you?" broke In the other girl. "I've been there.' Isn't It an Ideal fJrtct for a picnic or a honeymoon?'' ' Caleb laughed. "I am afraid I was more practical Jn my Imagination," he said. "I suppose, being from New England, I can't help that I was chiefly Interested In the water supply. But It was beautiful." He gave them a little description of the trip and of how the dams had And he withstood the earthquake. added what Hinckley bad told him of Crystal Springs valley before It hnd been turned into a great artificial lake. "I can't help feeling aorry for the farms that had to be abandoned." said Betty Clinton. It seems a shame when you think of the fertile fields being turned to silt, the schoolhouse and the little church that had stood o long being torn down." "Think of what the reservoir meant to Golden I It made a city possible," returned Caleb. "There Is sentiment fin both sides of the matter. Where a dozen families were displaced the water gave opportunity to thousands. Public utility must be the first consideration." "I suppose so. Just the same. If I had owned a farm there. I would not have sold." "if the rest were willing they might have compelled you to." "You mean by condemnation proceedings? Well, they'll never do anything tike Unit to llcrmunos valley, for we own the whole of It." "Not even for the good of the many? If It was necessary?' asked Caleb. Carmen looked at him curiously, struck by a sudden change In his voice. He took things concerning his profession very seriously, did this young engineer, she decided. Betty Clinton shook her head determinedly In answer to Caleb's query. "Not while my father lives. Nor while I do. We might sell a part of the valley. We have talked of doing so. We "do not ose much of It. And the land has advanced In value. But imtiilng must touch Kl Nldo. You did not see the little cemetery In the cedar grove. There are three generations of Clintons burled there. My mother's grave among them. They must never be disturbed." Carmen saw the muscles bunch in Caleb's jaws and wnndcre-.lFur a moment he whs silent. For a pHrt of bis vision had seen llermniios valley restored to lake, dammed and holding storm HMters. Hetty Clinton sat quietly and Caleb gazed a' nothing throng!) half closed eyes. Carmen regarded them with a pout. "Vou're a cheerful couple for a birthday picnic," she observed. "As for Thurston, be tnust bo making that camera, or gone to town for film." She got up and stretched llthely. Then she screnmed suddenly nnd shrilly turning to cling to Betty Clin face. Be stood down-winfrom the group and It was plain that he resented their presence. Tbs great head was rained and lowered uncertainly, the wide carving horns tossed menacingly. There was no shelter If the bull meant mischief. To run was to court disaster. Carmen clung to her friend trembling, her eyes big with fear. Betty Clinton was pale but she faced the bull and not a muscle had quivered. "I don't know Just what we had better do," she said quietly to Caleb. "He's working himself up Into a rage. If we could make I'adilla hear and understand." Caleb resented this a little. He did not realize that the girl was thinking of Pudllla mounted, acting as vaquero. Perhaps the resentment quickened his wits to action. Carmen screamed again Just as the bull lowered his head and charged straight for them. Caleb snatched at Carmen's hair and grabbed the scarlet beret. "It's your hat that bothers him," he cried. "I'll handle him. Bun both of you. I'll hold him. Run!" He waved them off with a shout as the bull came on. He saw Carmen, her black hair streaming from his careless tug for the hat, snatch at Betty's hand and start to run swiftly toward the wall. He saw, for a Thurston's startled face appearing over the stones as he ascended, heard the girls cry out and Thurston shout. He faced the bull, the flaming beret In his hand, prepared' to play toreador, unarmed. The bull roared as his glaring eyes caught the flare of the scarlet taunt waved by the man. Blind to everything else, centered In the desire to glut his rage on the offending color, he raced over the turf, leaving a little cloud-trai- l of dust, shaking the ground with his weight as he pounded It with his hoofs. Caleb waited, not quite as coolly as he had wished, warily Judging distance. As the shnrp horns swept up, scooping for the cloth he held out at arm's length, Caleb sprang to one side and ran forward as the bullied brute, snorting and maddened, plowed past him, front legs stiffened In the attempt to stop and wheel, the great head clumsily turned toward the red beret and Caleb, who halted twenty yards away and provoklngly displayed the halt. The girls had got safely beyond the wall. In a second or so they would be out of sight. He had now only himself to look out for. The hull turned and came racing back. Caleb knew that he could not dodge forever. He could distinguish Betty's clear, high voice calling for Padllla. The words were In Spanish. He recognized a few of them. "Toro! RIata ! Cnvalho!" Then the bull took up all his attention. It came on with Incredible speed, the lumbering gait As Caleb seemed freed by rage. leaped aside the brute swerved so swiftly that a horn grazed Caleb's arm. ripping cloth. This time he had to turn and run down hill, away from the trees. iHIs foot caught In the hole of a ground squirrel and his ankle was wrenched as he stumbled and Jerked It clear. It was not a bad sprain but It handicapped him and would not get better with exertion. The bull had halted more easily going up hill. It was chasing htm before be had got well He had to sprint to Into his stride. And this get the chance to dodt;e. time he ran for all he was worth. He had almost won the trees when the bull caught up the distance between them. Caleb glanced over his shoulder. He could hear the snorts of the crazed brute, lie saw the massive head shift sideways for the toss, saw the roll of the blood rimmed eyes and he lenped sideways Willi the last of Ms energy his lungs straining and his heart And, as he .lumped, he pounding. made the sacrifice of the beret, drop plug It fairly In the hull's course while he felt the sweep of air as the beast's head was flung up, hacked by the force of mighty shoulders, one horn impaling the beret that clung there, driving the bull to frenzied fury while Caleb, punting, dodged among split-secon- Peking The Kuominchun t people's party) which has been partially eclipsed since the loss of Nankow pass in August, has taged a comeback and is focusing interest in China's nationwide civil war in Honan, hitherto a g secondary theatre of action, thus to the difficulties of the Ankuochun (Peking forces). It is definitely established that the Kumninchin branch, having fought through the province of Shensi, driving back General Liu Chen Hun, entered Horun at Tunkwan and are advancing toward Che nchov.', the terminus of the Lunghai railway. Leaving his remaining forces at Chenchow, General Liu visited in turn Chengchow and Taiyuanfu, appealand General ing to Marshal Pel-FYtnhsishan for aid. Thus far his appeals have been fruitless and General Lui is now appealing to Marshal is helpWu Pei-FChang Tso-Llless owing to insubrolin:tion among his ranks and Yenlisishan is apparently unwilling to do more than defend his own province of Shansi against the invaders. get CHAPTER VII The Water Mine They were all In the patio, talking In the dusk. The conversation had become general. Caleb was a listener. He had found, to his relief, that, after the earnestly expressed thanks of Clinton, of his daughter and of Carmen, he was not regarded In the light of a hero. . It seemed to he generally granted that any of them would have done or tried to do exactly as he had done and he was grateful for the way they took It. Carmen managed to Infuse something personal Into her thanks, a warmth that hinted, that the exploit had been all for her sake, wltJIi Betty a more or less Incidental accessory. Caleb was a listener - from preference. He wanted to analyze, if he could, something of the stirrings of these Westerners. The talk was mainly of Brompton'a historic series of panels, the subject Introduced by Betty Clinton, with the Idea, Caleb thought, of covering him from Carmen's sallies. It was very plain that the artist was head over heels In love with the vivacious brunette, who kept him dangling. Caleb, smoking, pondered over Betty ClinDid she Intend to ton's attitude. marry Thurston? he wondered. The rancher was on eminently Intimate terms with the family. She called him by his first name, Wendell. He went early the next morning, returning to Golden. There he packed a grip with clothing and some of his Instruments, and left a note for Baxter, saying that he would be away for several days. He took up his quarters at a country hotel near' the sta tion in Coyote canyon and hired a rig. determined to make a thorough Investigation of Callente plain. With his pocket instrument be managed to get, unnoticed, tolerable surveys of elevations and distances. He bad proven, to his own siitlsfae- lion, that the upper end of the plain was furnished with a basin of water at uniform level, a great supply, but- lomcil and sided with clay and capped with the same, through which cap- ping the artesian water spouted wher- ever It w as bored for. The Welsh Water-Kinde- r did not have to be a great wizard to score hits in this re- gion, lie decided. But he had a fur- tber use in mind for the man. Spirit of Pesce Again Wins Conciliation Geneva. .Switzerland again has triumphed at Geneva in tiie peaceful shaping of Franco-GermarelatidiW After days of doubt, almost despair, M. Briand and Gustav Rtresemann, as well as Sir Austen Chamberlain. M. Vandervelde, Signor Scialoia and Viscunt Ishii, reached an accord whereby Interallied control ol German armaments will cease January 31, 1027, nnd will be merged into a system of league of nations investigations by commissions to examine German armaments when protests ait made that the reich is not fulfilling the conditions of the Versailles treaty. Germany regarded military control as vexatious and offensive to her national prestige, and Dr. Stresemann now returns to Berlin with something definite to present to his people. j ' j Lassen Peak Shows Volcanic Activity Redding. Cal. Lessen peak signs of volcanic activity again Monday when steam and smoke clouds drifted southward from the crater, a spectacle pronounced making against the clear skies. This was the third time this week the mountain has been reported in action. There was a lit'ht blow-ou- t Saturday morning and another Tuesday of last week. Hazy weather, however, prevented these Kolla from b"ing seen In Arbttckle. who v;.s wording at Iike Reflection, near the peak. i j j : i ! j ' Counterfeit Bills Ar !"V Circulation Washington The I'rsited Slates secret service Monday warned Christ mas shoppers to beware of a series and $.'.u bills of counterfeit $10. which have made their appeantei e in various cities. The bogus $10 bill is said to be extremely deceptive, exof an inch cept that i is ftnaller than the gnvernment bill. The $20 bills Is a Federal Reserve bank of The note is Cleveland, Ohio, said to be crtldelv made and should The $.V) certibe readily detected. ficate is an especially Rood imitation and the" treasury department advises greatest caution in handling currency ;f this denomination. t-- 't) one-quart- j . Caleb is evidently up against hard alternative water or girl. Which way will ha decide. a (TO US CONTIMl'BD I i Sheridan Supreme as Prophet of Weather may take its unrestricted twelve Sheridan weather. die West making Sheridan flight a good months ahead. Although was Brills! predicting Ids forecast suits th Mid slid we may rely upon It U our plana for tha rwar ssys: o January Snowy. February Plow. March-Blowy- April May June July . Showery. Klowry. Bow ry. Moppy. August Croppy, September Poppy, October rerxr. November W beefy. December Frees. Kaoaaa fclar. On 'it ! ' r ( Winter gave color to Chicago Christmas shopping in a dozen states in the Mississippi basin and promised hours of zero temanother twenty-fou- r it before departs. The cold peratures, wave which moved from Alaska and the Pacific northwest toward the Ohio valley Sunday and Monday had settled across the 'area from Ohio to Idaho, with temperatures at zero and lower line westfrom the Indiana-Illinoi- s ward. Thet edge of the bitter blast which swirled across Missouri and Kansas began to abate and the thermometer climbed in that vicinity, but the weather bureau said no warmer weather could be expected over the test of the storm area until Wednesday night. The death toll mounted to sixteen swelled by three, with the death by freezing of an unidentified Chicugoan, tha hiirninc to death of an aced man who sought to warm himself in a Denver hayloft, and a death by freezing at Park City, Utah. In North Dakota three school teachers and five pupils couht in a blizzard near Munndun Saturday night while coming home through a sparsely settled region from a basetball game were rescued from an abandoned schoolhouse by their own efforts. Farm Relief Bill Offered to House Washington A new firm relief bill tn last year's gown altered to fit this season's demands appeared in the senate, but a controversy over whoso name should grace it- prevented its introduction in the house. The measure, embodying the essential features, cf the McNary-IIaugebill, but shorn of most of its objectionable provisions,, was offered by Senator McNary, Republican, Oregon, father of the bill, which has weathered two years of stormy wrangling, and the new chairman of the senate agricultural committee. A companion bill was turned over to Representative Purne.ll. Republican, Indiana, and Representative Fulruer. Democrat. South Carolina, with a from senate farm leaders that they Introduce it jointly, thus indicating support from the three great farming regions fur west, middle west and south. Both Purnell and Fulmer are members of the house agricultural committee. stock-raiser- Death Approaches Japanese Ruler. An announcement Toklo of tha death of Kmperor YoshLhito is exentire country is pected although-thpraying, it is waiting. The household department in a bulletin issued e much-neede- Draper The second inoculation tor Tuesday night said that the emperor's pulse and respiratioti the prevention of diphtheria was given temperature, at tho Draper school Tuesday after- were slightly lower, but did not innoon by the cooperation of the slato dicate that his condition hud improved. hoard of health. Jordan school district, His temperature a few hours earlier asso- was nearly 104. Prince Regent and the Draper Parent-Teache- r and Regenntess Nagako derided ciation. Nearly 200 were given the second inoculation, the first having to spend the night with the stricken been given last Friday, and tho third monarch at llayama Instead of returning to Tokio as planned. to be given the following Friday. Hir-ohit- o Vernal-- - Jackruhhils In Moffat counColorado, hnve become so large und numerous that they an; stealing ill's h;iy from cuttle, according t wont received from the count".. Despite the fact that whenever the fanner boys have a day off they organize u rabbit drive, the pests have imi.'i-plie- j until they have become u tvit slant nuisance. Railroads Carry Record Freight Washington A total of 4S,27,i.0S9, out) net ton'miles of freight truffle, the greatest amount ever handled In any one month, was transported by tho ; railroads during October. Thisfsvus an increase, sc.id an announcement by the bureau of railway economics, maintained here by Ihe carriers, of net tons raHes. or 8.! per cenl, LakeNames of t'tai seed over the Salt previous record established producers whose exhiblsl to Ihe eighlli in September, and a rnln of 4, 21!) .ui.'M.jl International Hay and '.r&m or il.fi per cent, over October, lft'!). show, recently closed at Chicago, drew from the fat :tr .title recognitions ju Igia Fifty Eight Lost When Tug Sinks h;ive been received from Profci'st r J. If. HogeiisoH. extension agrtiiioi lsl Santiago. Chile- - An official report witlf Ihe Utah AgrictilMiral collide. on the disas'er in the port of Lota, who, with K. K. Smith. Bountiful s. ed southern Chile, Saturday night of last jr:wcr anil show expert, took the week places the number of dead at Utnn's fifty eight. C'uh display to Chicago. were on tho heavy winnings were in alfalfa se.-tug Annies, which sunk during a F.ntries from this state took ten out storm, of whom only nine wr seved. of fifteen awards, tilin! a repetition The victims include the crew of the of last year's achievement of thirteen tug and workmen who were of the fifteen. j out Other winnings at'hore after loading coal onreturning the colwere In barley, clover and wheat. lier Angamos. ty. - ..141.-00- j , Sixty-M-ve- d. J l Lost as Transport Sinks menofth" Buenos Aires - Sixty-sevecrow of the Shllean transport Amino were drowned Sunday when the vessel sank at lota, ("nil", dining a violent storm, says a dispatch from Santiago to La NhcIoii. There were ninety-men aboard the ship when it six were saved. ssnk, of whom twenty-ninKfght b slies have been recovered. Figures Show Increase of Disease I'tule Sam's big famWashington is suffering more from "cal'hlng" ily diseases this winter than laat, Ihe United States public health service made known. Total cases of diptherla. ni"asles, scarlet fever, smallpox and typhoid fever reported for the week ended November 2tf exceed those fur i Ik- - same period in 1925. Heaths from pneumonia ar.d Influenza, however, are lower, there being reported for tha from u.'nety cltb compared al.li l;.t year. Sixteen Deaths Charged to Abrupt Advent of Winter's Demands; Missouri and Kansas Receives Bitted Blast 4 Forty Believed Lost in Wreck Shanghai Feurs that were felt here for the safety of forty of 150 Chinese passengers aboard the steamer Lien Shing, which sank after striking the miles out of Amherst rocks, sixty-fou- r here early Sunday. All foreign officers and passengers were saved, but forty of the Chinese were missing. The Lien Shing sank within an hour after striking the rocks. Women and children were taken off by the liner Colorado, which was the first ship to arrive on the scene. Many of the passengers were thrown Into the water. Most of the foreign passengers were supplied with clothing aboard the Colorado and they were then bremght Shanghai aboard the pilot boat. . Pocatello Stay of execution until aext March has been given the S00 or nore wild horses roaming the Cache tational forest reserve as a result of the early week's snow. Ordered shot this month by forest rangers, successful hunt of them has been made impossible by the heavy snowfall in tha reserve. Twin Falls Twin Falls high school basketball schedule for the next has been practically completed. Twelve games are on the list and it is probable that one or two more will be added later. The season will open here Junnary 11 with the Iluzelton Felix Coach high school quintet. Plastino has but two letter men back. this year, but is optimistic because of the showing made by new material in the interclass competition. Boise Dividends at the regular rate of 1 per cent have been authorized on the preferred stock of the Tltah-IdahSugar company for the quarter ending December 31, 102G, but no disbursements on common stock will ba niadi! because of expenditures to be Incurred in extending operations of the company to South Dakota, it was announced Tuesday by W. II. Wattis, vice president nnd general manager. This decision was made Friday by the board of directors of the company, but was not announced until Tuesday. Ogden A number of California show stock returning from the International Livestock show at Chicago and the American Royal Livestock show in Kansas City, stopped over in Ogden, Saturday, for feed and water at the Ogden Union stockyards en route to the coast. Practically all of the herds will return for the eighteenth annual Ogden Livestock show next month. Suit Lake One of the mildest autumns in the history of the weather bureau was broken early Sunday by a "million-dollar- " snowstorm which s brought joy to the Utah and Salt Lale business men. At 1 o'clock Sundry night, five inches of snow had fallen in Salt Lake, and the thermometer had dropped to 27 above zero. The temperature was still going down at midnight, when unofficial observations placed at 21. The s'.orm at that time had lasted more than twenty-fouhams. Lehi Lehi H to have a white way, according to u decision of the city council and business men at the Memorial building bist Friday. The plan cells for the erection of ornamental cement standards to serve as light posts, eight of which are to he placed on each block in tbe business section. Beaver The first real snowstorm of the season arrived during Monday night, after a light rainfall, which had continued most jur a uuy and night. Tile entire countryside is blanketed with about three inches of wet snow. Farmers, stockmen und Hheepmou are rejoicing over the arrivel of Ihe moisture. sea-Bo- n add-din- two-legge- d GIVES ZEST TO HOLIDAY SHOPPING; ZERO TEMPERATURE IS PREVAILING COLD Alarmed at the Threat From the West, Ankuochun War Lords are Mobilizing at Least 50,000 Manchurlans tne aspens and saw Padllla, mounted, swinging his rope, top the rise and tear In at top speed, yelling as he came. The bull got rid of the offending He ground It Into the tarf, stamping on It and bellowing. Fie tore It to rags and trampled them. And then he flung up his head to see what had become of Caleb. He heard the yell of Padllla, a vigorous "Yahoo !' that seemed to revive memories none too pleasant He wheeled and surveyed the rider uneasily. To chase a creature was one tldng, a man mounted, swinging a loop the sight of which also stirred his sluggish brain, was quite another. Before the lariat was flung he turned and trotted off, disappearing at the far end of the plateau before I'adilla reined up and offered to take Caleb back behind his saddle. "I don' theenk. senor, that he weel come back. He has been brand' that toro an' be remember. Eet Is bueno that be does. Eef T rope an' tie heem, I mus let heem go again. But eet weel be better, p'raps, eef you ride, senor. Me, I like eet better fo myself." He laughed and Caleb essayed to retrieve what was left of the beret. He gave It up as a hopeless Job and mounted behind Padllla. "Senor," said the Mexican, "you hav' save la senorlta's life. She an' her padre weel thank you. r thank you too. Luis Padllla weel not for. STATES IN FREEZING AREA Utah Sixty-Seve- The hone to be uti accural weather prophet Is one which springs elertial in the human breast. Many people who have won fame In various walk of life aspired to add to their other that of forecasting accomplishment the weather. Richard Brinsley Sheridan was no exception. Mieridan's fame ss a dramatist Is secure by virtu of "The Rivals" and "The School for Scandal," but not content with that Sherldiio must be fumed a the prophet who made the nearest best prophecy of meteorological conditions for a jierlod of a whole year. Belntf a poet. Sheridan hd the advantage of the scientific predlctora. Mill, Prosy science bis. Mill hnd come Into his pus-lurmay be unable to tell what the weather Will be for tne upland piefcat; that lie longer future as his own. a mugnltlcent time IIihii twentj-fou- r hours, but Ttiercford. red cf toat and white of yoetlc fumy know ut bound atid . run WNU Service d THE RESCUE News Notes j to Live m It's a Privilege ADVANCE TOWARD SHENCHOW ADDING TO DIFFICULTIES OF PEKING FORCES OS, MIDWEST Kphralm -- Of the 2"..!f'2 farms In Utah. 71.il, or 27 per cent, hold nr.it-in- Change Speed Up East Mail 1 Hour permits on national forests, it Is Salt iMke Mail from tho east has reported by the Mantl National forest f been speeded up one hour by a change. i.fTice here. Of the 5G4.3t',S bend of cateflectlve according to tle on these farms, H 1.202 licsd, or 26 Postmaster Wednesday, Cuthrle. The mail Ralph percei.t, have forest range permits, will b t.roiitlit from Ogden over the and of the 2..T55.01S sheep owned villi-in Bamberger Klectric line daily, srnv-luthe stale, 7l","oM, or 32 per cent, In Knit Lake at 1:40 o'clock instead have similar grazing permits. Tha of 2: IS o'clock over the Oregon Shm t farm total $.0"0.72 acres, or S ES per Line as before. cent of the total land area of the state. Di rhesne Th Senata Amends Immigration Act chamber of commerce will recommend to the state Washington The senate voted t r d commission that thn highway to the Immigration gates to 35 O'tO open the t'lntah basin from Salt Lakw via nnd minor children of aliens adlleher, Frultlsnd and Duchesne bo wives mitted prior to July 1, 1021, h ha-- . snow free of this winter, to make k"pt for naturalization. applied The prte truck-linpossible tho cotitinu.ince of th tdofted. .!! to ,".7, service hlih was recently eatah- - pos.il, whlrli as submitted by Senator Wa lished between Ihls city and eastern Itc publican. New York, au-- l was Utah: further, tlitit tho rntire sire'ih of approximately thirty mil- - hr twn stubbornly contested by som pro Fiultland nad f'tiih'sti" be put on fV ponents of the Immigration liw on commission's prnrr.ni. fo" c .t rueti n th ground It was an "ojionlpar wdu-In 192fi, instead of only i c r,. u ;.s a' t' the hr aidtn of the immtur jf lea j i -- g I e present provided for. " . nit." |
