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Show vwwvwwwwwww rfftfftMwttMfttttfttttfffftttiiitiititiiiitwwtMytftwwyi Inter-Mounta- J in Editorial Hilites Selected for Western Newspaper Union Service hy K. A. C. and U, 1L W. We hope Simla tlaus gets hack to of us normalcy along with Hie rest Times. folks. Twin Falls (Idaho) By EDISON B2ARSI1M1 - tf Formerly the red Indians used hilt for nothing, he palefaces ,al .too shear sheep for ?lk a dayPress. Free I'lko (Ncv.) I Copyright. mark of Hie disease on Ids face. As he shook hands, he tried his best to read the mountaineer's expression. It was nil too plain : an undeniable look SYNOPSIS. ' Warned by IiIh jIi nl Iuii that lie has not more than hI inonilia to live, Knlllng Hits dviqiiiMiliintly on a park tii'iicli, wondering where lie alioutd spend those six .months. A frlendiy auufrrel practically decides the matter for Min., Ills blond Is pioneer blood, and lie decides to end his days In the forests of Oregon. Memories of Ills grandfather and a deep love for all things of the wild help him In reaching a decision. In a large soul hern Oregon city he meets people who had known and loved Ills grandfather, a famous frontiersman, lie mukes his home with Hllas Lennox, a typical westerner. The only oilier members of the household are Lennox's son, "Hill," Hnd daughTheir abode Is ter, "Snowbird." many miles from "elvlllr.ntlyn," In the Umpqua divide, and there Kalllng t hins to live nut the short span of life which he lias Penn told Is his. His extreme weakness In the face of even a slight exertion convinces him that the doctor had made a correct diagnosis of his case. O- CHAPTER If y Continued. Yes, Steele knew 1111. Hill writhed two hundred pounds, and he would choose the biggest of the steers he drove down to the lower levels In the winter und, twisting Its horns, would niuke It lay over on Its sole. Upsides, hotli of the men itssuined Hint Dun must he only 1h the tlrst stages of Ids malady. And even as Ihe men talked, the train that bore Ian Falling to the home of Ids nneestors wna entering for the first time the dark forests of pine and hr that make the eternal background of the Northwest. He was wholly unable to tin lerstnnd the strange feeling of familiarity that he had with them, a sensation that In his dreams lie bad known them and Hint he must never go out of the range of them again. Dan didnt see Ids host at tlrst. For the first Instant he was entirely engrossed by a surging sense of disappointment a feeling that he had been tricked and had only come to another city after all. lie got down onto the gravel of the station ynrd, and out on the gray street pavement he heard the clang of a trolley oar. Many automobiles were parked Just beside the station, some of them foreign enrs of expensive makes, such as be supposed would be wholly unknown on the frontier. A man In golf chillies brushed his shoulder. Dun looked up to the hills, and he -felt hotter. He couldnt see them plainly. The faint smoke of n distant for-- ' est fire half obscured them. Yet lie saw fold on fold of ridges of a rather peculiar blue In color, and even his untrained eyes could see that they were clothed tn forests of evergreen, fiver the heads of the green hills Dan could see a few great peaks; even and regular as a painted mountain; Wagner, with queer white gashes where the snow still lay In Its ravines, and to the southeast the mity range of hills that were the Slekeyous. He felt decidedly better. And when he saw old Silas I.onnox waiting patiently beside the station, he felt he had come to the right place. It would he interesting to explain why Dan at once recognized the older tnnn for the breed lie was. Silas I.en-nonot dressed In n way that wit would distinguish him. It was true that lie wore a flannel shirt, riding trousers and rather heavy, leathern litsds. Hut sportsmen all over the face of the earth wear this costume at sundry times. Mountain men have a peculiar stride by which experienced persons can occasionally recognize them; but Filns Lennox was standing still when Dan got Ills first glimpse of him. The case resolves Itself Into a simple matter of the things that could be rend In Lennox's face. Dan disbelieved wholly in a hook that told how to read characters at sight. Yet at the first glance of the lean, bronzed face his heart gave a curious little hound. A pair of gray eyes met his two (me black points In a rather hard gray Iris, They didn't look past him. or at either side of him, or at Ills chin or his forehead. They looked right at his own eyes. The skin nroimt! the eves was burned brown by Hie sun, and (he tlcsh was so lean Hint the cheekbones showed plainly. The mouth was straight; hut jet it neither savage nor cruel. It was simply determined. Lennox came up with a light, silent tread and extended Ills hem). "Youre Dan Fallings grandson, arent your he asked. 'Tin Silas Lennox, who used to know him when In- lived on the Divide. You are coming to spend the summer and full on my ram li. result of these The Immediate words, besides relief, was to mu Dan wondering how the old mounialneer hud recognized hi in. lie wondered If lie hud any physical resemblance to Ills grandfather. Itut this hope wns shot to earth ut once. His telegram had explained about Ids malady, and of .nurse Hie mountaineer had picked jih mi simply because he hud the snow-covere- - i by Little. Drown ft Co. I never saw anything like It In m.v life. In this very stream, the mountaineer told him Joyously, "you may occa- sionally catch trout that, weigh three pounds. Hut as lie got hack Into the car the look of Interest died out of Lennoxs eyes. Of course any man would he somewhat excited hy Ills first glimpse of the wilderness. It wns not that lie had inherited any of the trails of his It wns absurd to hope grandfather. that he Imd. And lie would soon ge; tired of the silences and want to go hack to Ids cllies. lie told Ills though that It would all Siam grow old to him; nod Dan furned almost In anger "I "You dont know," he said. didnt know myself, Imw I would feel about It. Im never going to leave tin hills again." You dont mean that." Hut I do." He tried to speak furHut I ther, hut lie coughed Instead. couldnt If I wauled to. That cough tells you why, I guess. "You mean to say Silas Lennox turned In nmazement. "You menu that youre a a got er? Tlmt you've given up hope of recovering? Thats the Impression I meant to convey. Ive got a little over fn.ir months though I don't see that I'm any weaker than I was when the doctor said I had six months. Those four will tnke me all through the fall and the early winter. And I hope you won't feel tlmt you've been Imposed upon to have a dying nmn on your bunds." It isnt tlmt. Silas Lennox threw his car Into gear and started up the long grade. And he drove dear to the top of it and Into another glen before he spoke again. Then he pointed to what looked to Dan like a brown streak that melted into the thick brush. That was a deer, he suM Just a glimpse, but your slowly. grandfather could have got him the eyes. Most like as not, tkfciJgh, hed have let him go. He killed except when he needed Hut that as you say ain't the impression I'm trying to convey." 11$ seemed to he groping for words. Dan "What is It, Mr. Lennox? asked. "Instead of being sorry. Im mighty glad youve come, Lennox told him. "It's not that I expect you to be like your grandfather. You havent had his chance. Hut Its always the way of true men, the world over, to come hack to their own kind to die. That deer we Just saw lies your people, and so are all these ranchers that grub their lives out of the forests they are your people, too. And you couldn't have pleased the old man's old friends any better, or done more for Ids memory, than to come hack to his own land for your last days. The words were strange, yet Dan intuitively understood. It was as If a prodigal soil had returned at last, wns and although his birthright squandered and he cnutc only to die, the people of Ids home would give him kindness mol forgiveness, even thong'll they could not give him their respect. of disappointment. The truth was that even In spile of all tin f'liamherof Commerce head lmd told him, Lennox had still hoped to find some Image of the elder Dan Falling in Hie face and body of Ills I'.ccause of Hie thick grandson. glasses, Lennox could not see (lie young man's eyes; hut lie didn't think II likely they were at all like the eyes with which the elder- Falling saw his way through Hie wilderness at night. Of course he was tall, Just as the faimd been, hut mous frontiersman while the elder weighed one hundred and nlneiv pounds, hone and .muscle, this man did not touch one hundred ami thirty. Ft Ideally tin years Jmd brought degeneracy to the Failing clan. Lennox wtis desolated by Ihe thought. He helped Dan with Ids hag to a little wiry automobile that walled beside Hie station. They got Into the two front seats, and a moment later were starting up the long, curved road that led to the Divide. During the hour that they were crossing over the foothills, on the way to the Idg thither, Silas Lennox talked a great deal about the frontiersman that had been Dans grandfather. A mountain man does not use profuse adjectives. He talks very simply and very straight, and often there are long silences between Ids sentences. Yet he conveys his Ideas with entire clearness. Dan realized at once that If he could he, In Lennox's eyes, of the nmn his grandfather had been, he would jiever have to fear again the look of disappointment with which Ids host had grecteiiMiim at the station. Hut Instead of that high place, he had only dith. lie knew what Ids destiny was in' these quiet one-fift- h rea-ddu- n d x 1020, CHAPTER III. Youre Dan Failings Grandson, Aren't You? l'l Its. And it was true that lie began to have secret regrets that lie had come. Hut It wasnt that he was disappointed In Ihe land that was opening up before him. It fulfilled every promise. Ills sole reason for regrets lay In (In fact that now the whole mountain world would know of the doeay Hint had come upon his people. Perhaps It would have been hettei to have left them to their traditions. He had never dreamed that the fame of Ills grandfather had spread so far. For the first ten miles Dan listened to stories legends of a cold nerve that simply could not hi shaken; of a powerful, tireless physique; of moral and physical strength that was seemingly without limit. Then, us the foothills begun to give way 10 ti e higher ridges, and the shadow of the deeper forests fell upon the narrow, brown road, there began to he long gaps In Hie talk. And soon they mde In utter silence, evidently both of them absorbed in (heir own thoughts. Dan did not feel oppressed at all. lie merely seemed to fall Into the spirit of the woods, and no words came to Ids lips. Kvery mile was an added delight to him. Not even wine eon Id have brought a brighter sparkle to Ids eyes, lie laid begun to expe.l ence a vague sort of excitement, an emotion that was almost kin to exultation, over the constant stir ami movement of the forest life. Once, as they stopped the cor to refill the radiator from a mountain stream, Lennox looked at Idm with sudden curiosity. "Y'ou nrt getting a thrill out of this, arent you?" he asked wonder-Ingly- . It was a curious tone. Perhaps It was n hopeful tone, too. lie spoke as If he hnrdly understood. He spoke A thrill !" Dan echotsl. as n man speaks In the presence of some greut wonder, "Good Heavens, The Lennox home was a typical mountain square, solid, comforting In Morin and wind. Hill was out to the gate when the ear drove up. Ik was a son of IPs father. a strong man In hed.v ami personality. lie too had hoard of the elder Fading, and he opened Ids eves when he saw the slender youth that was his grandson. Ami ho led the way Into the white walled living room. You must he chilly and worn out from tin long ride." I.etun snggost-e- d qtilctlv. lie rpoke in tin 'tone 0 strong man Invariably uses toward nn invalid. Dan a curious resentment at the words. "I'tn not cold," Im said, "It's harjl-ldark yet. I'd sooner go outdoors and look around." The elder man regarded him curiously. perhaps with the faintest gim. u.er of admiration. "Youd heller wall till tomorrow. Dan." he replied. "Hill will lme supper soon, anyway. You don t want to overdo too much, right ul first." "Hill, good heavens 'm not to try to sparo myself while I'm ging Its too late for that." i y Dan Foiling i introduced to Snowh'rd, ' who proves to be a decidedly interesting member of the Lennox family, and Dan shows new interest in Lfe in the next installment. Were expeeling nimihcr papet short start prlnlilif. ,ige lu January. Theyll ihe Congressional l!curd along about hen, I lazeltou (Idaho; News. While abolishing short hhiho) Free Press. is developing a Pdirbunk What the world needs l ,m invention that will give soiue'poo kl ul ole a tasie for the Luther new fnrl. Salt l.ake Telegram. 111-- 1'o.VI'lM ten, Watch Expenditure. If he who is always hard up will hut keep a record of Ids expenditure he may find that he is mote sense than In dollars. Fvci-time they think of what coll willi regard to a prohibiting did ess ,:i :nv, a good many Americans proceed get very busy preparing their ap ii s:thni to any proposed blue taw eg lotion.- - Halle (Mont.) Miner. Winds In a name anyway? One In this if the lives! hillirh of sect am of ihe country (country tlml all the rules of the game should live In the Dead Ox Mat. Uiiunctt (Idaho) Fxatniner. by 'iclniig to Malm) of love making has Into nn absurdity, if we may .iidg'c from a scene that v:ns observed recently when they forgot to draw lht curtains. Hut dont embarrass us with questions. Parma (Idaho) ltevievv. The The story that a large clothing has reduced the price of Its win-e- r will go well with doilies lie man who expected to sink Ills ivereoat money in the coal pile 'jartliierville (Nev.) Itecor VCourier fnc-.or- one-thir- "Will Judge Iatndis he able to anything in the bast hall sit latiou?" inquires a doubting one. Sure a. will. If nothing else he will the drawing of the largest salary ever paid a Judge in America Nnt that something? Wium nueea (Nev.) Star. If the number of representatives It congress; Is to he continually ed, it will hardly lie necessary, itm-rea-s aftet the next census, to keep a stnodint army. When trouble is in the air We nrt just mobilize congress. rapidly getting an army in the houat of representatives. Midvale (Idaho) Reporter. The author of a hook or play Hi ways brings the hero out safely In tht end, hut in everyday life It Is differ ent. Sin li of us ns turn out to lit and undls heroes, keep lnuyed when troubles pile up, know lug tlmt no one but ourselves is golnf to pull us out of tribulations. Hrig ham t.ity (Utah) Journal. stout-hearte- d There has been considerable discus simi of the wage reduction during lht past few days. Some of the miiiej where eoinraetlng and leasing pro vails to a great extent, will not hi seriously affected, hut everywhert there Is a feeling tlmt Hie mine npor a tors have been forced to take thh notion and the employees will mukt the bo-- t of it. Lureka (Utah) lte purler. With Intoxicating drinks tinohtnln able, the growing of tobacco prohibit ed, gambling only behind loeketl doors public parks ami all other innocent and healthful and entertaining Suudaj recreation hy propose! prevented blue laws," reformers" should thou busy themselves to effect legislation for the "whipping post," and stocks, etc., that we might get this country of ours hack to the good old days of the ohg ago.-H- ark tity (Utah) Ueeord The brandy peach, that makes Its brandy hy the natural process of ermentaiion, has come under the eye of Hie internal revenue vvn In many Instances it Is imdeuth. possible to see tin high spots, that Is he smuggler of high power liquors vho makes an enormous profit and lomeiime, splits it with the "Intcrmd" nmn, Ion scent of tin mince pie that might have a few drops of that whirl nukes u p,c good will never eseupt the open nose of Hie revenuor ever on ihe watch to ii., something to hold Ills oh. 'Ihe lllilicr pie and the ft berry is no longer safe while the fes ive hootleggrr roiiips across the (,an idiun Lue w nil iln goods in ease iols -- Id ho i ails (i lino; Time (register tra'is, eoiiiaining ex a large pcrccntiigi) of alcohol, ns a substitute for intoxl rating liquors, is u serious problem In Hviyson, according to discussion hy the ell fathers, nm strenuous efforts art) lo he expended In nn effort to erudU rate tlm evil- .- Huy son (Utah) Inyson lull. Or a "Situation." When a statesman runs Into o brick wall nml secs no way to get over or under, he omits a few sharp yelps and calls It a crisis. Hultluiore sun. unusually wholesome and frte from disease, according to K. 1, Durham, of the United Slates bureau of animal Industry, who suys the number of tuberculosis cases found among cat lie killed ill the slute Is decidedly low and that u similar condition holds true with regard to hogs. Albert Ojililr Evans, the newly (fleeted sheriff of Tooele county, Is not only a native of Tooele county, but enjoys the distinction of being the first white child born at Ophir, the pioneer mining camp of lliis comity. In view of the fact that he was horn at Ophir, his parents named him lu honor of the town. Utah lias produced an average of approximately fiO.OOO bushels of alfalfa seed annually during Hie last ten years. s of the total crop Is raised in Millard comity. It Is estimated that 10, (HK) acres of Utah land were planted in ulfaifa tjd.s year, compuretl with lJ.lHNi last year. Vivian Cameron, aged ".I, was almost Instantly killed, when she was struck hy nn automobile that skidded ut Salt Mike, pinning her against an electric light pot, almost every hone In her body being broken. She hnd Just alighted from a street car when the auto struck her. Klta Thomas, JO years of ago, of Taylorsville, Utah, lost a leg while trying to hoard mi Orem electric train at Salt Lake. He attempted to hoard the car while it wus in mot Ion. He was struck by a telephone pole and thrown under the wheels of the ear. A larger slate school fund to be used only for the payment of salaries of teachers, who should be required to hold certificates, Is one of the principal recommendations of Leo J. Muir, state superintendent of public Instruction, in his biennial report. Teachers of the schools of Utah, public, religious and private Institutions, numbering more than (KK0 instructors, were In attendance when the Utah Educational association opened Its twenty-fiftannual convention at Suit Mike Tuesday night. Ueeords of the county clerks office at Ogden for last year show that about seven marriage licenses were granted where one suit for divorce was filed in the district court. The records show 770 marriage licenses and UJ divorce cases. Track laying gangs are employed at the new Ice plant of the Pacific Fruit Express at Ogden, now under construction, putting In the two long sidetracks which will enable the company to furnish Ice for 100 refrigerator cars at one time. Joseph Henry Marlin, blackmailer, convicted in 1914 for ussault with u deadly weapon, after he terrorized prominent citizens of Ogden in which he asked for large sums, wus paroled hy the state hoard of ptiDlons lust week. Utah alfalfa seed, subjected us It 1 to extreme variations of temperature In growth, Is adaptable for planting In most sections of the country, according to data which have been compiled by the weather bureau ut Suit Luke. Quail in large number ure threatened with starvation this winter uulcss some steps are taken to provide an available supply of food for them near their feeding grounds, according to a report tlmt comes from Farmington. Glen Smith, 9 years of age, was killed, and his brother, tHf-for7 years of age, suffered concussion of the brain, when a sled upon which they were coasting collided with an auto stage at Eureka. Me and Henjamin Haddock were arrested at Lchl for operating a still. The officers found a still which cost ap1.71, located In a slmck proximately about three miles north of Lchl. From a commlltt;- of ten men to a club of sixty-simembers who will sign the charter role Is the growth of the Klwunls club of Ogden within a period of less than four weeks. Alma Joseph Kohler of Hebor City died at Provo from a gunshot wound. He had been brought to Provo for medieui attention und died of Infection. Pel ween ?J7,ihh and Sfio.lion has heel! received hy Hie Fulled Slates laud office at Salt Lake on applications to prospect for oil lu Utah. Jay H. Stockman, formerly hii attorney In Salt Lake, Is to he appointed chief deputy dtalrlct attorney at Portland, Ore., Ii Is learned, lleher M. Wells, foimcr governor of Flail, has hern elected president of the Flail Society of Sons of tin) American Itevoliitlon. Harry I'yura, aged Ll, who says hi home Ir in San Francisco, Is under arrest at Ogden, chnrgid with being one of two masked bandits who entered a drag store and secured ffsIl Id cheeks and currency, Th- - oilier role her, II. I). Lindsay, aged 10, wn later 400 ROOMS MOST MODERN BOTH. Id g SSsS&tsgiSS ior to long. xKoh B0YD Two-third- The Increasing tisc of flavoring (l'O ll selling might he well for congress to turn Ilf mention also to those gamblers win bull" prices hy long buying. Nampa With the pine forest of the aouth fast nearing depletion, the United Slules Is turning to the western purt of the country for It lumber supply, and It will be only u comparatively short tlmt before the timber resources of the Knilmb and Uintah national forests ure attaeked to help supply the market, It Is believed. Meats killed and packed lu Utnli are Mr. W. J. Itryan may not ho a member of the new cabinet, hut that does not necessarily menu that lie will from offering it ndvlre.-ll- utti Mout.) Minor, h d, - x arrested. Nows wf the death of Melius M. lit on time sentenced to death cliarge of murder committed In Luke In lllll, and but recently doned, Im been received from City, where Dya dropped train heart disease. Dye, on a Salt JEWELERS tx IM....'" BOYD PARK BLDG Km iiifsjgs&tad 'A WALKERS BEAUTY PARLOR. Switch traniformatioiu worth 111 fr to Swltche worth 17.50 for $5, by ui j oxmplo from center of head, lit Sc--j , cleaners STbviki " Quality. fey Clothes Inaurcd. Work taaranteti I, rsturn Price list aa mgo postage. Mysra Cleaners Dyers, 114 I. BmJnr WHO DOES YOUR CLEANING? Bawy. (amenta "Mastercleaned. it ii tht oa sanitary and scientific way. Send row doc by Parcel pout. We pay return dim. Be E. NSn Cleaning A Dyeing Co., 156-1MONUMENTS. Write for catalog. Suaii Marbls A Granite Co., 117 W. Brainy t TYPEWRITERS. 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