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Show THE PAGE TWO TIMES-NEW- Friday, October 7, 1927 NEPHI, UTAH S, MEN MAI CHAPTER VIII - THE of the man beside him. "We are de beeg fool!" he muttered, Interpreting the reply of the spirit to the unstns-ln- By GEORGE MARSH Continued 13 There Garth and Etlenne found them, the alredale lying beside his kill. Etlenne bent to stare, with an oath, Into the features, knotted In their death grimace, of Joe Mokoman. "Ambush us, eh?" snarled the "You do fine Job, Joe Mokoman." And he spurned the body with the bow of his snowslioe. "So he meant to get that fur It he had to bury us In the snow?" said Garth, turning from the ugly picture whining with the heat f bis dog, still ttle. "Good old Shottlel" And the matNtugged the hairy shoulders of his friend "Yon .tracked him down for Garth, drarTyou, old comrade of mine?" "lie dam goojd dog. Shot, eh?" cried Etlenne, slapping the shaggy buck, lie know morf; dan some men ; he know Joe, he hunt us." "He thought Joe was a Herman sharpshooter, didn't you. Shot?" And seated on the snow, Garth rocked to and fro, rubbing the ears of his dog, soothing his excitement In the low notes of a language none but the wriggling alredale understood. "Wal, we buree dis skunk een de snow and let m'sieu' fox deeg him out." "That's all we can do. lie must have heard from the traveling Indians we were bound for the Canoe and decided to stop us. Do you suppose that McDonald knows we are here and sicked him on us?" Etlenne shook his head. "lie bin up dis end de islan', so de hunter say." "I'm sorry this happened," said Garth. "There's no telling what kind of a tale they'll make of it. I wish a sled would show up so we could show our evidence." "Eef we stay on Islan' a.'ter hear hees man ees dead, we have to fight for sure." "I'm not afraid of McDomld," laughed Garth, "but I don't want 'he Ve".e Indians drawn Into the light. here for fur, not troublf and I'll havf to Answer to niv nieriors for whit happens. That's why I want you be careful wJitn we meet Souci. '' fightng unicrMil'to'mm a), Savanne nodded. "De hunter know Etienne Savanne." said the with finality. "Doy weel not start troubl' wld heem." "All riu'ht! Now let's make tracks for the Canoe and that medicine lodge of Souel's." , With their they heaped a mound of snow over the body of the skulker In the spruce, to be found by fbe lynx and foxes, arid started. At noon the team turned down itito the valley of the Canoe. In the windbreak of the spruce on the shore of (lie frozen river, the men from Elkwan found the tipis of the From north and east and hunters. south had come the fox trappers with their families for the great medicine making of Souci, the shaman. The wigwams hummed with gossip of the crossing of the strait by the tall fac tor of Elkwan to fight for the trade with McDonald Ila! Ha! From valley to valley Mokoman had traveled, urging the hunters to go to the Black Breault, too, and schooner. f'kene had visited many of the camps, but as yet the wily hunters had sold little fur, hoping by their seeming reluctance to obtain higher prices. Also, In the last few days, rumors, vague terrifying, had been adrift. A hunter from the I'tarmlgan claimed he had been down to the hills above Seal cove and seen fire dancing on the masts of the boat at night; that black magic was being made by the man with the face of a mad wolverine. Another Mvore that his cousin, trapping on the Calling river, had been to the schooner and board devil music from a box. An old squaw had already planted panic among t he women with a story thnt bewitched hunters would leave Mc Donald's ship to desert their wives and children. All this and more the Industrious Etlenne' gathered from the gossiping Crees from the Elkwan while Garth made camp and fed anil chained the clot's. His seeds, planted with such care In the camps of the I'tarmlgan and liabbit, had Indeed sprouted, were In fact already bearing fruit. The Crees were III at ease suspicions of these strangers who had come to the Island with their smiles and trade goods, and In the conjury of old Saul, . that Ihey hoped and waited for the advice and assurance that It would be safe as well as wise for tliem to carry their fox pelts to the M hiioiier ut Seal cove. As for the old shaman, Etlenne learned that be was camped downstream, beside bis medicine lodge, hlone. preparing himself for communion with his cotifreres, the spirits which, that night beneath the stars, be would summon with his magic to speak to the Crees, and remove from tlieir hearts the doubts ami fears which harassed them. "Ah bah!" mused Etlenne as he returned to Garth, busy cooking supper, "old Saul, be kei p away; he not see Etlenne Savanne." Hut, gratifying n was the news he bad picked up among the gossiping tinnier. Savanne knew his Indian?, and feared wha the flight would bring forth. For the old wizard was past master In the art of playing on the superstitions of the Crees nd with his Incantations and imimbo-JTiiiib) would doubtless them Into starting at once for beni cove. Rut Etlenne bad Do Intention of glv half-bree- Coprrlcht by The Penn PubtUtalu WNU Servlo. log Souci a free hand. Secretly, be fore the ceremony, and openly, when, Souci from the tent delivered the admonitions of the spirits, be would brand the old man as the hireling of If the McDonald, friend of devils. outraged Saul dared to start trouble, this might be dangerous with the Crees In a high state of excitement, but the arm of the company was long. Its hand heavy, and Etlenne Savanne, Its servant, feared as a fighter the length of the coast. So the prospect of trouble gave Etlenne little concern, but the loss of twenty thousand dot Iars In fur, which the Crees had with them, would be little short of a calamity. On his return to his tent, his uctive mind groped for the best met lied of, that night, hanging the shaman with his own rope. "Well, what did you hear?" asked Garth. "Did you see Saul?" "No, he keep ver' quiet. De Cree have mooch fur, and mance of de men would go to McDonal', but de squaw have fear of devil. A feller by de name of Savanne, he tell de squaw down on de I'tarmlgna some bad story, also up on de Itahhlt, an' eet mak Etienne dem squaw ver nervous." smiled at the success of his efforts. "That was certainly a good bit of strategy, Etienne, but you say the men ar r I . ' I snow-shoes- per-uad.- the spirit friends of the conjurer, the medicine lodge stood a short distance from the fire. Gathered in the warmth of the blazing and hooded logs, shawled women hunters, heads together, conversed In low tones. Higher over the tundra above the valley, the moon uswung through the heavens. It was a night for magic, and as his curious eyes shifted from the awed Crees to the medicine tent, Guthrie despaired of the efforts of Etlenne, in such a setting to nullify the necromancy of old Saul. Moon and stars ond the aurora joined with the purple shadows to lend invincible enchantment to the These simple arts of the sorcerer. children of the snows, bewitched- by the mystery and magic of the night, would fa.lt ' willing victims to the voices of the spirits. The muttered exclamation of at his siile aroused him. "Dere Etl-eni- f4 lle go. Faintly, to the measured tapplb of caribou-hid- e drum, from the tent lifted low wailing. Seizing' the arms of their men, the womtjn af the fire stiffened. Swart faces went gray. Gradually the: walling drifted Into a which, t accompanied by the shell rattle, rhythmically swelled and died. Suddenly the song ceased. Growls and snarls; whines and mewing the bickering of beasts filled the forest. Shrieks of a mating wolverine followed .the caterwauling of a lynx. A wolf howled, lonely for his kind. From a September ridge drifted the moaning call of a cow moose. In a swamp a ' bittern chuggbd," a whooping crane startled with his trombone-like From the gloom blast. drifted the hoot of the snowy owl. Down wind. In full cry, swept wavies and Cunadus, blue geese and a repertory of the voices of the night and the sunljt forest wandered the ventriloquist In a marvelous . imitation of nature. Guthrie turned in surprise to Etienne. "He's a wonder!" "Wait !" was the laconic reply. Then, amid groans and eerie cries, shrieks, as of souls In torment, the whimper of children, sobs of women in anguish, men tortured, the voice of tlie shaman addressed the spirits he had conjured from the world of de mons. His kinsmen, the Crees, in great doubt and perplexity, ant: begged him to call npon his familiar spirits, who saw Into the future as one looks from a hill ; to whom the devils seeking to destroy the Cree were as children harmless. "The hunters," continued the shaman, "pos. sessed much fur " Etienue's hand gripped Garth's arm, as he interpreted the speech of Saul. "Now he niek de spirit tell dem to go to McDonal'." "Fur of much value which they have toiled for on the cold barrens where the wind always blows," the sepulchral voice went on. "It is the time to go to the traders for the feast. I'.ut the hearts of the hunters are troubled. At the schooner of the trader who waits at Seal cove, the Crees have been told evil spirits and devils wait to bewitch them. And the women have begged their men to take their fur across the Ice to Elkwan." With a puzzled look Etlenne stared Into Garth's eyes. "W'at he do now? I don' understand." whispered the Garth waited, hardly breathing, through the silence which followed. Then, on the bushed night boomed a voice, hollow, sepulchral. "Oh, Souci ! Great Sliamnn of the Crees! It Is well you call us to warn your people. There has come to the Island a sorcerer from a far country to destroy the hunters of Aklmlskl " "I!y gar!" And the fingers of Etlenne shut like a bear trap on the arm a . Bing-son- brant-Throu- half-bree- nii-'ht- macing faces of Garth. He Returned to Garth, Busy Cookin Supper. are now schooner?" wabbling In favor of the I t'ink dat Souci, wld hees spirit, weel beat us tonight." "We've got to think of something to do we can't let him get away with all the fox in this camp, .man!" urged Garth, handing his friend a heaping "Ali-ha- plate of beans and bacon. As Etienne ate, his swarthy face was grave with the problem confronting him. What could be done? lie even considered secreting himself In the medicine tent downstream, binding and gagging the old man as he entered, and playing shaman himself. Hut the danger of discovery by the outraged Crees would be too great. Failure would make matters even worse. The medicine rite was to take place under the moon, which was late, so deep In council of war lingered white , man and until the silver disk rode above the white tundra alstars. Then ready lit by Etienne returned from a short reconnaissance to report the hunters and squaws already moving to the rendezvous downstream where fire glowed in the spruce. Small and cylindrical In shape, its tanned caribou hide walls painted In red and black with the shapes of animals, the sun, and gri half-breed- g gh them, among "They came from the ends of the Mythology's Meaning may be described n a Mythology collection of fables and traditions referring to the forces of nature, to heroes and to the pagan grids. afure-fti- ) fits are primitive atTl, tempts to explain the processes of nature, and may be looked upon as the na-tio- hecioolng of natural science. Tb are akin to acted my- 'leromyth j .hology. Matchl-Manltou- win-uin- g . -- x "Arh-ha- h free-trade- half-bree- d CHAPTER IX New-Year- half-breed- . Gem of Poetic Fancy Is "America's Making" This Interpretation of the United States, titled "America' Making," was written some yeurs ago by ltabbi Abba Hillel Silver of the Temple. Cleveland. It has been widely copied and quoted. "God built him a continent of glory and filled It with treasures untold ; "He studied It with sweet flowing fountains and traced it with long winding streams ; "He carpeted It with soft rolling prairies and columned it with thundering mountains; "He graced It with forests and filled them with Song. "Then he called unto a thousand and summoned the bravest people "This conjurer," went on the voice from the tipl, as the listening Indians gasped with surprise and fear, "was bitten in the face by the devil. , himself. He Is the friend of demons and woe to the Crees whe bring their fur to him, for their wives will see them no more." ?Ahuah! Ahuuli!" From the womea at the fire rose a low wall as they clung In panic to the cowed hunters. "Go not to Seal cove but across the Ice, for there the Crees may trade and feast In safety." The voice died, 1'resently another answered in the same vein, and yet another, while the astonished and ashamed Etlenne and Guthrie, who had so lightly accepted the treachery of old Saul as a proved fact, electrified by the swift turn of fortune, listened with admiration and gratitude.. With the artistry of a master, Saul had played upon the known weaknesses of his people, relying on' the mysteries of the medicine lodge rather than on his personal Influence the squaws by the Judicious planting of rumors, as had Etienne. and stampeding the men with a single stroke at the medicine rites, Vorf no Indian who heard that unearthly voice from the tipl would now dare to tradf ' 4 with McDonald. "The old chuckled Garth. '"lie went to that ship to throw them off the scent and keep them away from this end of the island. He gets a life job with the company for this night's work." ' In an overawed, whispering group the hunters and their squaws returned to .their tipis, where deep Into the night was discussed the marvel of thf spirit voices, which' the great magi clan of the Elkwan had invoked foi the safety and guidance of his people In the privacy of their tent the two men, still dazed by the nnhoped-fo- r success of their mission to the Island gossiped by the fire. "Forty-sisilvers and eighte' black, besides a lot of cross and patch you say?" Garth repeated, elated witl the trade that would come that Christ mas to Elkwan. ! Wor twenty t'ousanf dollar de beegest trade Elkwan eval' mak". We do good Job w'en we breenj Saul Souci from de headwater, w'at?' "You and Saul turned the trick Etienne. I can't thank you enough.' In his second year in the trartt Garth had made a telling busnTPsf stroke. In the face of the highei r of what prices of the seemed inevitable failure, he hail with the help of the crafty old Cree swung a huge trade to his company They could hug their lire at Kapiskan and Attawaplskat, but he had carried the fight straight to the enemy, and had won. Going out to Shot, snug in his snow-hole- . Garth poured his happiness into a hairy and comprehending ear, before be rolled into bis blan kets beside the staunch who bad made it possible. earth, each bearing a gift and a hope, "The plow of adventure was In their eyes, and In their hearlT the glory of hope, "And out of the bounty of earth and the labor of men ; "Out of the longing of hearts and the prayer of souls; "Out of the memory of nges anil the hopes of the world. "God fashioned a nation In low. blessed It with purpose sublime, and called It America." I.'etric Measures or lo.('l meter. equivalent to fl.L'l.'ti mile. The kilometer, 1.(KI meters. Is O.OJI.'!" miles, or about ",1'so feet and lit Inches. Other units above the meter are the hectometer, 1'X meters, 3.'S feet 1 Inch, and the dckamclcr, ID meters, li'Xl.7 Inches. The meter Is equivalent to "!..".7 inches. Ilelow It are the decimeter. 3.!i.'!7 Inches; the centimeter, 0..!'.i.'!7 inches, and the millimeter, O.'IOI inches. Is The myriumcter, Coif Term la Icelandic Tee, In golf, is derived from an Ice- landic word meaning to point out, or starting point "Queer we haven't heard from .Toe yet." McDonald said to Skene, In the cabin of the Ghost, two days before Christmas. "Time enough." answered the liea riled mate. "He was to round up the hunters In the north, you know, and bring them down the shore Ice." "Well, we've nade a good start We've got twenty silvers now, with the three thnt came In this morning, and twelve blacks, not to count the cross and patch. There's fifty thousand dollars In this winter's work for us, John." Skene looked bard lit his chief. "What you goln' to do with your share of the fur we land In St. Johns?" The deep blue eyes of the giant half closed as the heavy brow contracted. "Do with mine? What Is there to do with It?" "Goln" to bead for the slate and drink It up?" McDonald laughed, without mirth. "Drink It up? No, I'm goin' to hunt tip the fiimily of a pal who 'went West' at Vimy Ilidge. There a wife and kiddies, out In Alberta. I'm goln' to share mine wllh 'em." For a space Skene smoked In silence. Once or twice he glanced at the man opposite, who sat with bend in hands, staring at the curl-ousl- floor. "It'll be some surprise to my old girl with a nest ?r."he said at lenclh. "She ain't had a loo soft a life with me." McDonald made no answer and Skene went on: "I'm goin' to buy a little pbire for her add the two girls a cow or two. and a horse to ret around with: then I'll have me a tidy schooner, and iimm-rgo cod fishin' on the Labrador." "That's sensible." voiirhsafi-the other. "You owe it to the woman." "Yes. she's never whimpered. When I enlisted, she turned to like a soldier nnd carried on. I owe her a co-(borne, now and a little of r.iy com pany." McDonald' broken nir.uth widened In fl smile, "Your oif.uny, you old S'Blawne! How many week in the will she keep n rootles old pirate jeir like you on the farm?" "Yon ran laugh, Craig, but fit a homo now, except that bin" Id tu ti miner. ) fi- (TO H CO.NTlNi; tu.i fr V 1 It' 1 USE WHITEWASH THAT WILL STICK g O News Notes I 'J-- A a Privilege to Live in Utah MT. PLEASANT Two live bearer, of Farirvlew by P. A. Poul- caught east - en, deputy game commissioner, and William Brewer, were sent to tha state game- farm at Sjjringville.-- ; They will be sent to the state fair for exhibition-- . PANGUITCH County Agricultural Agent M. P. McKay of Piute and Gar-field, reports an excellent crop of certified seed potatoes for the two coun-tieThere are 250 acres to be certified in the section and an average yield of 300 bushels per acre is expected. The crop is of two varieties, Irish Cobblers and Russet. While this section of the state has an Ideal soil and climate for potato culture, th crop has not received much attentioa except for local purposes, until recent Whitewash has many valuable uses around the dairy barn. It not only helps appearances, but Is a great aid from a sanitary standpoint. One of " the most serious problems has been to secure a mixture thnt will stick for some time. The following mixture has been recommended by the National Mine association as one which will meet this requirement: Soak five pounds of casein In about two gallons of warm or hot water until thoroughly softened. l.(about two hours). Dissolve three pounds of trl sodium phosphate In one gallon ofter and add to the casein solution-- . Alyears. low the mixture te dissolve. Prepar SALT LAKE: Utah's state road ays-ter- n a thick crearu by mixing fifty pounds on June 30, 1926, was 3515 miles of hydrated lime In seven gallons of of which 3228 miles was In length, Dissolve water, stirring vigorously. maintained mileage and 87 miles was "three pints of formaldehyde In thre gallons of water. When the lime paste yet uncontructed, but listed as pro- , posed milage in the existing system. and the casein solution are both LOGAN Good weather conditions cool, slowly add the casein solution to the lime, stirring constantly throughout the entire county brought end vigorously. Care must be .takeri thousands of people to the opening of the Cache county fifteenth annual fair not to add the. formaldehyde too rap-Idlas carelessness may cause the held here. With all schools in Logan casein to "jell out" and spoil the closed for "school day" at the fair, thu s included, large crowds of batch. Eveu A cold lime paste may be used In hundreds of school children. place of the hydrated lime. This can larger crowds are expected Wednesbe made by slaking 38 pounds of day and Thursday, which will be "merburned lime.- This mixture may be chants' day'and "Cache valley day," applied either as a spray or with a respectively. VERNAL Intermittent " , brush. throughout the Uintah basin are keepA simpler mixture but not so durable Is made by slaking twenty pounds ing highways and roads in a muddy of burned lime by adding sis gallons condition. The government mail truck of water In small portions. Dissolve leaving the railway at 11 a. m. Monday one pound of zinc sulphate in one arrived in Vernal the same evening, gnllon.of water. When dissolved, add two and a half hours behind schedule. the sulphate solution to the lime. The main cause of delay In arrival of Then add one gallon of skim milk. mails the past few days, when tlv Make up only enough for one day's trucks did not arrive here until th application and keep well stirred following, is due to obstruction caused by other traffic on the muddy roads, while applying. This should be apespecially in Price canyon. plied with a brush. LEHI "Some third crop of alfalfa and a little alfalfa seed that was hay Fall Feeding of Dairy cut were damage by showers, and seed Cows Quite Important cuting and seed and grain threshing The wise dairyman will feed lib- were delayed to a certain extent. Plowis beginning generally, except loerally during the fall months. Cows ing which are not well fed nt this time cally, where the ground Is too hard; will go into the winter thin In flesh and more or less grain seeding is reand with reduced milk flow. It will ported; this latter work is well along be expensive and largely in vain to in some sections, and earlier sowings are up nicely. Most farm soils attempt to bring them back to normal are coming now mellow with moisture." flow after they go on v.lnter rations. PROVO Construction of a $70,000 It will pay to begin feeding silage and bay early. The extra feed given L. D. S. church building at the corner at this time will not only bring good of First East and Second South Immediate returns, but affect the milk streets, Provo, was announced Wedflow for the whole year by putting the nesday by Walter P. Whitehead, bishcow In good condition to go through op of the Provo First ward. VERNAL Heavy damage was dona the winter months. Cows which go into the winter in good vitality, and to highways east of Vernal Monday with undiminished milk flow, are tiie night by one of the worst storms that ones which will make most economical has ever struck that section of the ate since it was settled, according to feeds given use of the durhi that period. Keep up the milk reports received Tuesday at the of flow during the fall months by proper fices of the state road commission. While details of the damage done were feeding. It will pay. not available at the road offices late not cows will uncomfortable Cold, that make economical use of feed. Their Tuesday, it was understood and parts of the highway behighly developed nervous systems are briges tween Vernal and the Colorado line very susceptible to sudden changes In had been washed out. In be borne should This temperature. OGDEN A strike of 2000 sugar beet mind in the fall, when the first cold rains nnd cold winds come. Protec- - farmers in the Hooper district has tlon from these will prevent (he re been declared as the result of a report that the Amalgamated Sugar duction In milk flow which they alletcompany, which has taken over the feed not Do waste cnuse. by ways ting cows stand out in cold winds und personal property of the Interstate Sugar company, plans to discontinue rain. the use of the factory in the Hooper district and take its beets to another Grain Fed to Dairy Calf point. PROVO Warrants Issued on the Proves Good Investment road fund of the state by state auditor A little grain fed to the dairy enlvp on grass generally proves to be a good during the month of September aggreInvestment. A mixture of corn nnd gated $312,334.68, the largest expendiopts, equal parts. Is satisfactory for ture of road funds for any month In this purpose, although 10 per cent of 1927. At this rate, the auditor's office linseed meal added to the mixture will believes the expenditures for the curproduce a larger growth. When the rent year will aggregate nearly pasture Is good the addition of lln seed meal Is seldom necessary. Youna BRIGHTON Fall of ten Inches of calves which are allowed to secure all snow at Brighton was reported Friof their ration from pasture will often beconte stunted. Yenrllngs should not day morning of last week by Harry lienl additional feed If the pasture Is Hamond, observer, to II. K. Burton, city superintendent of waterworks. It , but the small nilve was was rbotili! have access to one or two made.stillItsnowing when the report dur-Inhad snowed four Inches r pound of grain dally, depending upon night, and shortly after 5 o'Ibrlr size. If It I Impossible to ulve clock he the second fall occurred, leaving the young calves n separate pasture. six more Inches. The snov had a waI It fiften possible to build a calf ter content of .49 of an Inch. creep where the small calve ran gel MYTON Grower of alfalfa seed In In to eat their dally ration of grain. this portion of the Uintah basin have been greatly handicapped during the Rye Flavor3 Milk past week because of unfavorable The use of rye for fall nnd wlntet weather condition. For several day pasture ns practiced' on mnny dairy they have been delayed in the cutting, stacking and threshing of alfalfa see;! farms, according to A. C. UTAH It will be eight glorlou head of the dairy department. Mis , i, r t '..lt....l la lays glorious because the general l li n ,.(. Plflfll ,OOt"--llPMlir, ,l tloiifthle because of A flavor it often economic foundation of the state wai In a more substantial condition, gives to milk and swe't cream. As a never succulent, milk producing pasture. It in the opinion of state fair official. For I many weeks director, supervisor excellent, but bec.Hi'e of the flavor nn s(,tnnts hive labored gathering and frequently the odor It give ti exhibits. Saturday, the vast assenv he milk, rye I giving way to win at blage of products of Utah soil. Utah mountain ranees and Utah factories Sweet Clover Pasture was read. Tho gates opened at 10 n great help hi vdv-InSweet clover VERNAL The first frost of the seathe jn)ure difllctilty. The most unccesxful one find that pasturing Ibi son occured in Vernal and Ashley valsecond year's growth until after i nr ley early on Tuesday morning. The vest Is bst. The sweet clover I official government sown In the small grain, nnd after tb observer, shock are removed from the grnln A. Theodore Johnson, reported that M I fields the pasture fhormomofer recorded 23 degree abundant nnd lasting In normal wagons. Care must above itero. In Vernal nnd other part I taken not to overstock It Sweet of the valley some minor damaee wai clover will siaiid a renon.'ibli nmounl done to garden product. The lnt of fill pnefuHnj;, even buffer th killing frof in the spring wer on th? otb.er clover. night of May 2S and 29, the span the lafe spring frost and thi first autumn frost being Jusl one daf les than four months. a. WS"'-.- '' thor-ougl- fair-goer- . . rains high-price- d ratl;-fnctfry- e I I A 1 , I |