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Show BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1929 r I The Settling of the Sage HAL G. EVARTS Copyright by Hal O. Evarta WXU Service for a JobT he asked. "I can use you down my way." Carson was well versed in the bends of the devious trail and Carp's ways smacked of Irregularities. Carson had Ideas of his own why the other man was allowed to start up an outfit down In Slade'fi ramre. One d.n Cnrn'g name would be cited on the black list As diplomatically as possible he refused the offer of a Job. The storekeeper smiled as he noted this. Carson had turned into a solid citizen almost overnight. As Carp left him and joined another group Brill poured Carson a drink. "You're a fair risk at that as long as you stay cautious," he remarked. I'll stake you to a horse and saddle. You can ride the grubline with the rest of the boys till spring and get a job when work opens up." He slid a bot tle across the bar. "Here's your "Ton looking yon raise the money to pay at once?' L" What you mean Is that folks who used to be friendly are growing spooky about getting their own names on that list," Brill said. "That's what has opened their eyes." "Maybe so," the thirsty men con fessed. "But anyway, I'm through." "They're all through 1" Brill said. "A hundred others Just like you, scattered here and there. It's come to them recent just what a bad lot Lang Is. It's hell what a whisper can do." "It is when that whisper Is backed reward," Carson by a thousand-dolla- r he "If pays up it'll retlly agreed. wreck Lang's little snap for sure." Brill dabbed his cloth at an imaginary spot on the polished slab and nodded without comment "I reckon he launched that scheme because Slade out a price on him first," Carson said. "I didn't know Slade was into this," Brill stated softly. "There's no proof of that Not a shred." "No more than there's any proof that Harris is behind these rewards," Carson said. "But you know that Slade is out to wreck the Three Bar since they've planted squatters there." The storekeeper failed to respond. "There's likely a dozen men lookinj for Harri" right now," Carson prophe sied. "But it's hard for one of 'em to get within ten miles of the ranch," Brill "So while they're maybe observed. looking for him it s right difficult to . e him that far off." "1 don't mind admitting "Taarris as against that I'm for Carson Slade," said. "Just between us two I don't mind confessing that I'm neutral as against everything else," Brill returned. "Now you know how I'm lined up. Do I get that quart?" Carson urged, "I knew how you was lined up months back."' Brill turned on a dry smile. "I ain't told a soul till right now," Carso objected. "So how could you know?" "Ton didn't need to tell. As soon as that rumor leaked out it was a cinch where you'd stand. And a hundred others are crowding on to the sarre foothold along with you." "And why not?" Carson demanded "Who wants to get a thousand plas tered on his scalp 7 It would tempt a man's best friends." "Or scare 'em off," the storekeeper "Which is all the same commented. In the end." A half dozen meu clattered up In front and surged through the door, More arrivals followed as the regular afternoon crowd gathered before the bar. There were many jobless hands drifting from one ranch to the next "gmbling" on each brand for week or more at a time during the slili winter months. ftirper t: rode up alone. Brill low ered one lid and jerked his head to ward Carson. "Broke and reformed," be said. "Maybe." Some mluutes later Carp bought the thirsty man a drink. HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID for all kinds of HIDES, PELTS, FURS AND WOOL Tours For Business Garland Hide & Fur Co. J. W. GARRETT, Manager Bell Phones 146 and 26 GARLAND, UTAH There Is No Guesswork About It V-- He stood looking after him as Car son moved to a table and motioned several others to join him over the bottle. "That's about the tenth reformation that's transpired under my eyes in as many days," Brill mused. "Give us time and thlt community will turn pure and spotless. I don't mind anj man's owing me If he stands a fair show to go on living." The sheriff dropped In for one of his infrequent visits to Brill's. He waved all hands to a drink. "I've just been out to the Three Bar to see Harris," he announced. "And ask " him about this news that's been floating about He came right out flat and says he's not offering a reward. That's all a mistake." Every man In the room grinned at this statement. There was no ether possible reply that Harris could make. "Of course," the sheriff said reflec"0 course there's just a tively. chance that Cal lied to me." "He lied all right," Carp prophesied. "I'd bet my shirt he'll stand to pay the price for every man that's cited on that list." the "Pshaw," deprecated. "That's dead against the law, that Is, "He will do it," Carson predicted. "If I was on that list I'd be moving for somewheres a long ways remote sheriff from here." "Then you'd better be starting," Al den counseled mildly. "For Harris was Just telling me that your name had got mixed up with it. Morrow's name has sprung up, too. Cal seemed mystified as to how it had come about, for he says you and Morrow never rode with the others on the list. He couldn't figure how this thing come to We have the experience and the equipment for properly fitting the eyes with glasses. Tremonton - Utah Mr. and Mrs. John Bronsen are happy over the arrival of a big son, born on the last day of April. All concerned are doing fine. Mr. and Mrs. J .P. Chnstensen en tertained last Wednesday in honor of their son Rudolfs return from his mission. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Rudolf Christensen, Mr. and Mrs. Burbank, Mr. and Mrs. Adams, and Mr. and Mrs. Grover, all granddaughters of Mr. and Mrs. Christensen. Mr. and Mrs. Elias Andersen enter So tained the school teachers at a Dinner party last Wednesday evening, last Wednesday evening. Those pre"It actually irritated me to have sent were Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Mel- drum, Misses Vera Hansen, Regina anyone talk to me, I was so nervous. Jensen Andes Adams and Mr. and Vinol ended this and I feel wonder- Mrs. Victor S. Hansen. A very pleas-- 1 ful now." Wm. Fahy. Vinol is a compound of iron, phos- ant time was had by all. Mrs. Harry Drew and daughter ophates, cod liver peptone, etc. The Bothwell, are the guests of Mrs. W. E. very FIRST bottle makes you sleep Woods. Mrs. Woods entertained in better and have a BIG appetite. Nerv-the- ir honor .Saturday evening. ous, easily tired people are surprised Miss Delorres Thompson is happy how QUICK the iron, phosphates, etc., to be home after spending the winter give new life and pep. Vinol tastes Adv. teaching school at Holbrook, Idaho. delicious. Scott Drug Co. She appreciated the kindness of the people out there and enjoyed her Nervous Gets Man Sore When Spoken To , I I school work. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Anderson, Wanda and Veda Rasmussen, went to Ixgan, last Monday, they attended the operetta at the U. A. C. and enjoyed it immensely. They also visited Pearl Mortensen, who was recently operated for appendicitis. She was quite well "The anniversary of our partnershin." she said. "You told me there were millions of miles of sage Just outside. And millions of cows and girls." "Later I told yoa something else," he said. "And I've been meaning It ever since. The road to the outside is closed. If I was to start now I'd lose "Figure 1" Carp snapped. "He figured It out himself, who else? Are you going to stand for his putting a price on every man he happens to dislike?" "But he says he don't know anything about it," the sheriff expostulated. "So how can I prove he does? I'd like to know for sure. If I thought he was actually set to pay those rewards I'd have to ride over and remonstrate with Cal." . One or two who had been drinking with Carp moved over to speak with others and failed to return. He was left standin alone at the bar. He shrugged his shoulders and went out. "Folks are considerable like sheep," It occurred to him Brill observed. and in every saloon in that every bunk house within a hundred miles the topic of conversation was the same. He lowered one lid as he locked at the sheriff and jerked his head toward Carson. "He's taoke and reformed," he said. "Absolutely." The sheriff drew Carson aside. "If you're wanting a job I'll stake you to an outfit and feed you through till spring. Forty a month from then on. I'll need a parcel of deputies, likely," after that" "You've got one," Carson stated. "I'll sign now." The storekeeper, the sheriff and the new deputy stood at one end of the The progressive farmer seeks to sell products of a quality to meet consumer demand. The use of good seed is essential to quality production. bar. "It's queer that folks don't see the real object of this rumor," Brill observed. "It's object Is to clean out the hardest citizens in the country," Carson "That's why they're named. siHd. Why else?" "The object Is to clean up the rest of the country first." Brill said. Carson grunted his disbelief. "If Harris only wanted to wipe out those on the list he wouldn't go to all this fuss," Brill explained. "He'd Just put on an extra bunch of hands and raid the Breaks himself. Swear he caught them running off a bunch of Three Bar cows. Simpler and considerable less expense." "Then what's the object of this ' bounty?" Carson insisted. "That's aimed at the doubtful folks," Brill stated. "Folks that was on the fence like you. This death list makes them spooky and they turn into good little citizens In ne round of the clock. It leaves the worst ones outside without a friend. Every one lined up solid behind the law. Tub-lisentiment will start running strong agaiust those outside Then it'll be easy for the sheriff and a bunch of deputies like you to clean the country up from end to end, with the whole communltj backing your play." Carson considered this for some "Well. I can furnish the deputies," be said at last "Boys that are strong for law and crder from first to last" "I've got about all I need," the sheriff said. "A dozen or so. Mostly old friends of yours. I've picked 'em up on and off In the last two weeks. They're strong for upholding the last letter of the law Just like you said." "A dozen?" Canon asked. "IIowll SOW ONLY THE BEST SEED AVAILABLE THE BEST IS NONE TOO GOOD Fronk Chevrolet Co. Phone 20 half-close- d Consult your county agent and write for list of available publications issued by the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station, Logan. Unlimited Money to Tremonton Banking Co. LOAN on Irrigated Land. 6V cent. No commissions. per The Bank Best Able to Serve the Bear River Valley 129 Published by this bank in cooperation with the .Agricultural Committee of the Utah Bankers' Association JOHN J. SHUMWAY Phones: B. R. V. 69.a-2- ; "Everything to Build Anything" Thone 11. The discriminating buyer demands quality in farm products. the way." She pointed dowL the valley as a drove of horses noved toward them under the guidance of a dozen men. The hands would start breaking out the remuda the following day. The spring work was on. "Off to a running start on another year," he said. "And sure to hi Id our lead. From today on out you and I'll be a busy pair," he prophesied. His prediction proved true. The Three Bar was a beehive of activity and it seemed that the hours betveen dawn and dark were all too short for the amoun oi work Harris wished to crowd Into them. The cowhands were breaking out the horses In the corrals while the acreage of plowed land In the lower fields steadily Increased. The day that Evans led the men the mule out on the calf round-up- , teams made their first trip across the plowed land with the drill. The fields were being seeded to alfalfa and oats so that the faster growing grain might shade and protect the tender shoots of hay. Before the giain ripened It would be cut green for hay, cured and stacked. Early rains had moistened the fields and they were faintly green with tiny shoots of oats. These thickened into a rank velvety carpet while the homesteaders were hauling a hundred loads of rocks to form a crude dam across the stream below the take-ou- t The water was gradually raised till It ran almost flush with the top of the head gate. The gates were lifted and the diverted waters sped smoothly down the new channel to carry life to a nortlon of the sagebrush desert As the tangible results of the work became more apparent Harris vig There was now Ilance Increased. more than plowed ground to work on ; crops to be trampled at a time when they wonl.1 not lift again to permit of mowing; fences to be wrecked so that ranee stock might have free ac cess to the fields. A single night could upset the work of many months. But as he stood with Blllle at the mouth of the lane he allowed none of his thoughts to be reflected In his speech. her eyes Billie Warren and vlewev the broad expanse of rip pllng green In the bottoms. How many times she had stood here In the past with old Cal Warren while be vlsloned this very picture which now un rolled before her eyes In reality; the transformation of the Three Bar flat from a desert waste to a scene oi abundant fertility i nder the reclaim ing touch of water. It was a quiet picture of farm life If one looked only upon the blooming fields and took no account of the raw, barren foothills that flanked them the gaunt towering range behind. She found It difficult to link the scene Be fore her with the deviltry of a few months past The killing of Bangs and Kile Foster's consequent grim re taliation; the raid on Three Bar bullf and the 'tampede of her trail herd all those teemed part of some life so LUMBER THINK WILSON What Ye Sow So Shall Ye Reap MAKE GOOD OR WE DO Tremonton, Utah When You Think and able to leave the hospital Tues. - start." time. Elwood ing. e When we fit you with glasses we KNOW they are right. her present No man In far field ever "I'm sort of expecting maybe the from the rillethewlik-- was strayed bis of part Three Bar will make up the deficit," But even this was an eviequipment. Alden said. "It's cheaper than paying dence of vigilance which had met her rewards. That's another reason I eye every day for months and bad In this don't think Cal had a band ceased to press. blacklist report." They walked to the near edge of The storekeeper grinned. Geld and Harris dropped a bund the "Surely not. Surely not I'd never tin her shoulder and stood looking "But he him said. of that." susrect dowu at her. all the same It's working Just as well "l;iliie, don't you think It's about as If he really had." time you were finding out what Jud;je Colton wants?" he asked. "He's been The first warm days of spring had right Insistent on your going back to drawn the frost from the ground. confer with him." lie rode beside Harris down the lane The girl shook her head positively. to the lower field. A tiny cabin stood Two months before Judge Colton had w ritten that he must advise with her on matters of importance and susgest-e- d that she come on at once. Harris hud urged her to go and almost dally referred to it. "I can't go now," she said. "Not till I've seen one whole season through. When tue first Three Bar crop is cut and in stuck I'll go. All other business must wait til then. You two can't drive me away till after I see that first crop in the stack." "If you'd go now you'd likely get back before we're through cutting," he urged. "And the Judge has written twice In the last two weeks. Before she could answer this a horseman appeared on the valley road. The furthest Irrigator, merely a speck In the distance, exchanged shovel for rifle and crossed to the fence. The rider, a i if expecting some such move, pulled up his horse and approached at a walk. Harris saw the two confer. The horseman handed some object to the other and urged his horse on toward the house. He was one of the sheriff's deputies. He grinned as he tapped his empty holster. "one of your watchdogs lifted my gun," he said, ne handed Harris a It's Cheaper Than Paying Rewards. note. After reading it Harris looked at completed on every filing. Two men his watch and snapped It shut, were digging post holes across the valglanced at the sinking sun and ley below the edge of the last fall's turned to the girl. plowing and the mule teams were "I have to make a little Jaunt," he steadily breaking out another strip. "Alden wants to see me. explained. "Almost a year," she said, referring I'll take Waddles along. As we go to the commencement of the new down I'll send Russ or Tiny up to work. cook for the rest." "Just a year today," Harris correct(To Be Continued) ed, and he was thinking of the day he had first met the Three Bar girl. "This I our anniversary, sort of." OUR She nodded as she caught his mean- quart." day. Her many friends are happy over her speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Parley W. Christensen went to Logan last Friday to do Temple work. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hansen had as their weekend guests, Mr. and Mrs. Kelley of Providence, Mr. and Mrs. visited them on Sunday. George Brough of East Tremonton, Church has again been started here, but help is still needed to go on with the new building. Don't forget about the concert Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Mortensen went to Logan Sunday to visit relatives. loi.g in the past as to form no part of that many Bell, With a cigarette as good as Camels the simple truth is enough Camel CIGARETTES ARE WHY CAMELS THE BETTER CIGARETTE Camels are made of the cured baccos grown choicest to- and blended with expert care. Camels are mild and mellow. The taste of Camels is smooth and satisfying. Camels are cool and refreshing. The fragrance of Camels is always pleasant, indoors or out. They do not tire the taste nor leave any cigaretty cfter'taste. RrrnoM. ToUcte Q 1929, R.J. N. C .aapiiiy, Winton-Salm- , |