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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS. RANDOLPH. UTAH never killed except when be needed meat But that as you say aint to convey." the Impression He seemed to be groping for words. What la It Mr. Lennox? Dan asked. j Instead of being sorry, Pm mighty glad youve come, Lennox told him. Its not that I expect you to be like Yon havent had your grandfather. his chance. But Its always the way of true men, the world over, to come back to their own kind to die. That deer we Just saw hes your people, and so are all these ranchers that grub their lives out of the forests they are your people,boo. And you couldnt have pleased the old mans old friends any better, or done more 'for his memory, than to come back to his own land for your last days.",. The words were strange, yet Dan Intuitively understood. ' It was as If a prodigal son bad returned at last, and although his birthright was squandered and be came only to die, the people of his home would give him kindness and forgiveness, even though they could not give him their respect Pm-tryi- Die Vic BUILDING OF BETTER 2 " iSe IPadls By EDISOH HALT 1AM. ROADS Highway Educational Work Extending Ita Scope In Varloua Sections of the Country. The extent to which the people of United ' States are committing themselves to a definite policy of highway development is shown by reports reaching the federal highway council from all sections of the country. In the face of high cost for both materials and labor, and the fact that in some states construction programs must be altered somewhat to meet existing labor and material conditions, there is no tendency upon the part of the people to slow down in their plans to place the nation's highways upon a higher plane In the countrys transportation system. Tersely stated, they are sold to the heels on the proposition to construct highways that will release rather than restrict traffic, and they are dismissing labor problems with curt Instructions to their official servants that It Is up to , them to deliver the roads. A curious fact In connection with construction problems at the present moment is that the building of roads Is jseriously hindered by the same evil which they are designed to removeA-la- ck of transportation. .According to authoritative Information, production Is halted to a greater degree by Inadequate transportation facilities than by labor shortage. At least this Is true, It is claimed, in the production of materials for road building. Highway officials state and county as well as national are facing their duties with patience and tact, and out of a maze of trying situations construction is going ahead at a fairly satisfactory rate. T5ut as Paul D. state highway engineer of M-- Copyright. Che SYNOPSIS. Warned by Mb physician that he has not more than six months to live. Falling sits despondently on a park bench, wondering where he should spend those six months A friendly squirrel practically decides the matter for him. His blood is pioneer blood, and he decides to end bis days in the forests of Oregon. Memories of his grandfather and a deep love for all things of the wild help him In reaching a decision. In a large southern Oregon city he meets people who had known and loved his grandfather, a famous frontiersman. He makes his home with Silas Lennox, a typical westerner. A'he only other members of the household are Lennoxs eon, BUI," and daughTheir abode Is Snowbird. ter, many miles from civilization, In the Umpqua divide, and there Falling plans to live out the short span of life which he has been 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. sl Sar-geu- t, ne Good Roads Enable Farmer to Market His Crops With Least Possible Expense. and president" of the American Association of Highway Officials, pointed out' 3n a meeting at Philadelphia recently, when the people finally decide to au-thorize the development of any particular road project, they are prone to expect the work done almost overnight. " "WHAT GOOD ; CHAPTER II Continued. Yes. Steele knew Bill. Bill weighed two hundred pounds, and he ' would choose the biggest of the steers he diove down to the lower levels in the winter and, twisting Its horns, would make It lay over on Its side. Besides, both of the men assumed that Dan must be only in the first stages of bis malady. And even as' the men talked, the train that bore Dan Falling to the home of his ancestors was entering for the first time the dark forests of pine and fir that make the eternal background of the Northwest. He was wholly unable to understand the strange feeling of familiarity that he had with them, a sensation that in his dreams he had known them always, and that he must never go out of the range of them again. Dan didnt see his host .at first 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. He got down onto the gravel of the station yard, and out on the gray street pavement he heard the clang of a trolley car. . Many automobiles were parked just beside the station, some of them foreign cars of expensive makes, such as he supposed would be wholly unknown on the frontier. A man In golf . clothes brushed his shoulder. Dan looked up to the hills, and he felt better. He couldnt see them plainly. The faint smoke of a distant forest fire half obscured them. Yet he saw fold on fold of ridges of a rather peculiar blue in color, and even his - . Silas Lennox waiting patiently beside the station; he felt he had come to the right place. It would be Interesting to explain why Iksn at once recognized the older man for the breed he was. ' Silas Lennox was not dressed in a way that would distinguish him. It was true (hat he wore a flannel shirt, riding trousers and rather heavy, leathern boots. But 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 Silas Lennox was standing still when Dan got his first glimpse of him. The case resolves Itself into a simple matter of the things that' could Z be read In Lennoxs face. : Dan disbelieved wholly In a book that told how to read characters at sight. Yet at the first glance of the lean, bronzed face' his heart gave a curious little bound. A pair of gray eyes met bis two fine black points in a rather hard gray Iris. They didnt, look past him, or at either side of him, or at his chin or his forehead. They looked right at his own eyes. The skin around the eyes was burned brown by the sun, and the flesh was so lean that the cheekbones showed plainly. The mouth was straight but yet it was neither savage nor cnjel. ft was simply determined. Lennox came up with a light, silent tread and extended his hand. "Youre Dan Fallings grandson, arent you? he asked. Im Silas Lennox, who used to know him when he lived on the Divide. You are coming to spend the summer and fall on my ranch. The Immediate result of these words, besides relief, was to set Dan wondering how the old mountaineer, had recognized him. He wondered If he had any physical resemblance to his grandfather. But this hope was shot to earth at once. His telegram had explained about his nalady, and of ooufse the mountaineer had picked him out simply because be had the mark of the disease on hist face. As he shook hands, be tried his best to read the mountaineers expression.' It was all too. plain; an undeniable look of disappointment ; The truth was that even In spite of all the Chamber of Commerce head had told him, Lennox had still .hoped to find some Image of the elder Daq Falling in the face and body of his of the thick grandson. Because glasses, Lennox could not see the young mans eyes ; but (he didnt think it likely they were at kll like the eyes with which the elder Failing saw his way through the wilderness at night Of course he was tall, Just as the famous frontiersman bad been, but while the elder weighed one hundred and Dlnety pounds, bone and muscle, this man did not touch one hundred and thirty. Evidently the years had brought degeneracy to the Failing clan. Lennox was desolated by the thought 'He .helped Dan with his bag to a lita tle wiry automobile that waited the station. They got into-thtwo front seats, and a moment later were starting up the long, eurjed road that led to the Divide. During the hour that they were crossing over the foothills, on the way to the big timber, 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 his sentences. Yet he conveys his ideas with entire clearness. Dan realized at once that If he could .be, lr. Lennoxs eyes, h of the man his grandfather had been, he would never have to fear again the look of disappointment with which his host had greeted him at the station. But Instead of reaching that high pluce, he had only death. He knew what his destiny was in these quiet hills.. And it was true that he began to have secret regrets that he had come. But It wasnt that he was disappointed In the land that was opening up before him. It fulfilled every promise. His sole reason for regrets lay in the fact that now the whole mountain world would know, of the decay that had come upon his people. Perhaps it would have been better to have left them to their traditions. He had never dreamed that the fame of his grandfather had spread so far. For the first ten miles Dan listened to stories legends of a cold nerve that simply could not be shaken ; of a powerful, tireless physique; of moral and physical strength that was seemingly without limit Then. as. the foothills began to give way to the , HIGHWAYS MEAN e '.Enable Fanners to Get Their Different Crops to Market at Least .Possible Expense. '"Farmers are business men and In ' order to conduct their farms in a - businesslike way and cope with other business men in the state they must devise ways and means of reducing the expenses of operation," said L. E. ' Birdsall In submitting a resolution to the Illinois Agricultural association. In no way can the ex He- - added : pense of farming be reduced as completely as by securing good roads running by the farms which will enable the delivery of crops to market with the least possible expense. That Is good sound sense and coming from a practical farmer It shows that farmers Are keenly alive to the need and value of improved roads. Mr. Birdsall lays further emphasis on the need of selecting the most 'competent men for highway officials so that the best talent may be available ffor road building and repairing. one-fift- ' foad draining and grading tHighways Out of Commission but Few .Days In 'Year When Cared for i by Good Patrolman. . The first step In road Improvement Is to grade and drain the dirt roads thoroughly. ' It Is surprising, after driving over some of our neglected arth roads, to see what a splendid road can be , made by draining and days durgrading alone, and how fewcommission out of is It the year ing jvben cared for by a good patrolman, All Demand Better Roads. man, the farmer, the truck driver, the pleasure seeker, are ad asking and demanding better ' Your untrained eyes could see that they were clothed In forests of evergreen. Over the heads of the green hills Dan could see a few great peaks; McLaughlin, even and regular as a painted mountain ; Wagner, with queer white gashes where the snow still lay in Its ravines, and to the southeast d hills the misty range of that were the Sickeyous. He felt decidedly better. And when he saw old snow-covere- Cash for 'Lincoln Highway. allotment of $12,000,000 has for Improvements to the made teen Lincoln Tiighway. Ab War Destroyed Highways. More thhn 25,000 miles of highways were destroyed In France during' the World wr by Little, Brown A Co 1990, UGh COW IS LIKE LAZY MAN Boarder Should Be Discarded Forth-- with and Replaced by Profit-- . able Producer. . How many- - dairymen would keep a hired hand on their place who got up when he felt like It, worked when he felt like It, and did just as he pleased? Such a hired man would be a losing proposition and the man who would keep him would soon become bank- higher ridges, and the shadow of the deeper forests fell upon the narrow, brown road, there began to be long ... rupt gaps in the talk. And soon they rode On the other, hand, how many dairy In utter silence, evidently both of men are keeping boarder dairy cows them absorbed In their own thoughts. that produce just as little milk as they Dan did not feel oppressed at all. feel like producing, with little or no He merely seemed to fall into the profit to the owner? spirit of the woods, and no words A dairyman cannot afford to keep came to his Ups. - Every mite was an man that does not do more work a wine Not even added delight to him. than he Is paid for doing. Neither could have brought a brighter sparkle can he afford to keep a cow that does to hts eyes. He had begun to experiCHAPTER III. not return more money to him than ence a vague sort of excitement; an he puts Into her In feed and labor. exemotion that was almost kin to Lennox home was a typical The How many cows in your herd are ultation, over the constant- - stir and mountain ranch-hous- e square, solid, a fair profit for the feed movement of the forest life. Once, as returning comforting in storm and wind. BUI they stopped the car to refill the ra- - was out to the gate when the car drove up. He was a son of his father, a strong man in body and personality. He too had beard of the elder Failing, and he opened his eyes when he saw the slender youth that was his . grandson. And he led the way Into the white-walle- d living room. You must be chilly and worn ont from the long ride, Lennox suggest-e- d quietly. He spoke In the tone a strong man invariably uses toward an Invalid. Dan felt a curious resentment at the words. . Im not cold, he said. Its hardly dark yet." Id sooner go outdoors Easy Matter to Permit Cows to De- crease in Milk Flow but Hard and look around. ' ' man Them Back. ' The elder regarded him curiously, perhnps with the faintest glim- consumed and how many are return-- , mer of admiration. Youd better wait till tomorrow,. Dan, 1 e replied. Bill ing little or nothing or even costing will have supper soon, anyway. Yon money to keep? The profit made dont want to overdo too much, right from a cow depends upon the amount of butterfat produced and the cost of at first. But, good heavens! Im not going producing same. Monthly records and test will detect the to try to spare myself while Im here. the Babcock boarder cows. ' Why waste time and Its too late for that money on cows that do not pay for their keep? W. E. Spangler, Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Colins, Dan Failing is introduced Colo. . . to Snowbird,- - who proves to be a decidedly interesting member of the Lennox family, SALT ESSENTIAL IN RATION and Dan shows new interest in life in the next installment. Material May Be Supplied by Mixing It May Be Left in .. With Feed, Convenient Box. (TO BE CONTINUED.) -- ... - ' . THE Dog-watc- dodge-watc- h DOG WATCH. a corruption of On board ship there Is . Yoiid Better Wait Till Tomorrow, HUMOR Dan. , diator from a mountain stream, Lennox looked at him with sudden curiYou are getting a thrill out osity. of this, arent yon? he asked wonder-Ingly- . , It was a curious whs a hopeful tone. Perhaps it tone, tool He spoke as If he hardly understood. A thrill! Dan echoed. He spoke as a man speaks in the presence of Good Heavens, some great wonder. I never saw anything like it In my life. In this very stream, the mountaineer told him joyously, you may occasionally catch trout that weigh three pounds. ' But as he got back into the ear the look of interest died out of Lennoxs eyes. Of course any man would, be somewhat excited by bis first glimpse of the wilderness. It was not that he had Inherited any of the traits of his grandfather. - It was absurd to hope that he had. And he would soon get tired of the silences and want to go back to his cities. Hetold his thought that It wculd all soon grow old to him ; and Dan turned almost in anger. he said. I You dont know, didnt know myself, how I would feel about 1L Im never going to leave the 1 bills again. - You dont mean that But I do." He tried to speak further, but be coughed instead. But I couldnt If I wanted to. That cough tells yon why, I guess. Silas Ltnnox !Yon mean to say turned In amazement You mean that youre a a goner? - That youve given up hope of recovering? Tbats the impression I meant to Ive got a little over four convey. months though I dont see that Im any weaker than I was when the docThose tor. said 1 had six months. four will take me all through the fall and the early winter. And I hope you wont feel that youve been Imposed upon to have a dying man on your bands. Silas Lennox threw , It isnt that. his car Into gear and started up the long grade. And he drove clear to the top of It and Into another glen before be spoke again. Then he pointed to what looked to Dan like a brown streak that melted Into - the thick That was a deer," he said brush, Just a glimpse, bat your slowly. grandfather could have got him between the eyes. Most like as not, He though, ned have let him go. . Indians Had Peace League Men of the Sixteenth Century and of establishing lasting peace are two sorts of watches the Formed High Ideals for Wel-- . among all known men by means of a of four hours, and the dogof the Race. fare constitutional form of government two of strictly hours, but, watch on peace, Justice, righteousness based hours. means four speaking, a watch The League of Nations is not a new and power, or authority. two short are The This Is according to J. N. B. Hewitt watches, one from 4 to 6 In the morn- idea for America. , In the sixteenth was a there formed in the 8 6 of the bureau of American ethnology. from to other' century permanent ing and the the league of five tribes of Indians for the The founders of' this stone-ag- e dodge evening, introduced to of peace, Mr. Hewitt says were routine, or prevent the same men al- purpose of stopping for all time the league 'ifnhawlra tho riioiv1nrw rnild,is. hnman Hlnorl hy violence time. same SjMvllltnfr watch at ireoninv the ways long-watc- h Red . - - Practical observations and scientific investigations have shown that salt Former Quality Always Kindly, While is essential in the ration of a dairy cow. From one to three ounces per the Latter Is Inclined to Be - Caustic. day Is needed, depending upon .the amount of milk produced.- AccordBoth wit and humor, like, art, poetry ing to Babcocks Investigations at rthe But Wisconsin experiment stjtfion, a cow and love, are quite indefinable. humor Is the more elusive of the two. oeeds one ounce per Say per 1,000 There are national types of wit, an pounds live weight with an additional English wit, a French wit, a German 0 of an ounce for each 20 pounds wit, an Irish wit, and yes a' Scottish of milk' produced. Salt may be sup-- , ' - plied, by mixing, the proper amount wit. But humor. Is something universal, with the feed, or it may be placed in the curious and blessed gift that man some convenient place where the cow has, all the world over, of discerning can get at It dally and take such the incongruous In most things, re- amounts , as her appetite demands. Many dairymen prefer to place a lump marks a writer In the Edinburgh Scotsman. Wit Is related to the superficial, of rock salt where the cow can lick but humor dwells deep down In the in- It at will. This is really cheaper and most heart of ns. Wit may be caustic; there Is less work. But, however you feed it, dont forget that the cows humor is kindly. Wit is the accompaniment of comedy and draws forth must have it not once every week the loud guffaw of the' top gallery of or two, but at. least each second day the music balls. But humor Is not and each day Is better. divorced from tragedy, and its laughter may be very close to tears. Scottish wit Is not English wit, hut FEEDING COWS SAWDUST. a sense of humor is the same In kind ' all the world over. Scottish wit, of The facetious statement, reboth the deliberate and the accidental kind, consists very largely In a cerpeated in a Joking way, Put tain dry way of saying something so green goggles on the cows and fool' them by feeding sawdust simple and obvious that It Is least exand shavings, Is apparently not pected. going to be necessary in future to feed them that product. , It Crowning Triumph. Little Norman und bis two playhas been found by experiment fellows. were boasting about their that sawdust from soft woods can be used, but It parents and their belongings My fafirst must undergo a process of ther. sold Norman, is going to build a fine house with a steeple on it" treatment with certain acids, Thats nothing! exclaimed Willie which change a part of the dry M.y father has Just built scornfully. matter Into carbohydrates. Howa house with a flagpole on It. ever, the low protein content Conrad, who bud been listening Inof sawdust as a feed would not tently, was silent for a moment, then augur well for Its future use. burst out triumphantly: Oh, thats nothing I My father Is going to build a bouse with a mortgage on It!" GOOD DAIRY HEIFER RATION Watch Expenditures. If he who is always hard np will Missouri Station Recommends' Alfalfa and Com With All the 8ilage but keep a record of his expenditures She Will EaL he may find that he is more lacking In sense than In dollars. One of the cheapest and best winter " . Situation." t Or a rations for the dairy heifer, according When a statesman runs Into a brick to the Missouri station, is an average wall and sees no way to get over or daily of about six pounds of alfalfa nnder, he emits a few sharp yelps and hay, two pounds of com, and silage at calls It a crisis. Baltimore Sun. free will (this means on the average-abou- t twenty pounds dally). This The wives of Siamese nohlemeir cut kind of .ration has kept the heifers their hair so thaf If stands straight growing at just about the right rate np on their' heads. The average leugtb to make the bes kind of mature cows, is about one Inch and a halt anl .yet the expense has not been unSUPERIOR TO ; WIT - - 1 duly The'btislness nadi. ' "You're Dan Failing's Grandson, Arent ng the Cayugas and the Senecas, fivi Iroquolan tribes dwelling In the cen tral and eastern regions of what is today the state of New York. ' The founders of .this league had never heard of Christianity, and yet, to quote Mr. Hewitt, they proposed for themselves and for their posterity the greater task of gradually bringing under this form of government all the known tribes of men, not ns subject peoples, but as confederates. - Tokvn has 30 daily paners. - great HIGH COST OF COMMODITIES Killing of Calves for Veal and Spay. Ing of Heifera to Fatten for Beef la Cause. That the killing of so many calves every year for veal,, and the, spaying of heifers and fattening them for the block, is responsible in a large'meas-ur- e . for the present high prices of certain food commodities, there' can be no question. |