Show Q 0 0 A TUR KEYLESS 1 I 0 0 9 thanksgiving 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ci 0 the story of the three birds that were vere three 0 0 times won and lost 0 0 01 0 H 0 ack I 1 HEN ill the railroad raili oad bull biffl deis invaded the cical noich WN 1 i 1 most aest not s seeking a passage to lie pacific coat but bilt rather anticipating antic pat ing the de elopement elop ment ut if it agricultural MIMI kimt l ba liliie e arteries of steel t lc cl aliey ley mere oro quickly followed by the same class of haidy edlers et lers that had moved wesen we ard since the hie enily lays days the hie generations abat moio ment has proceeded slowly at ai fait t but bin ever in ili speed seed and vol volume tinie over tile lie alleghenies amond the hie woodland and meadow of ohio and indiana across the of illinois and iowa the wisconsin and III minnesota forests to the valleys of dakota and on to 0 o puget sound the descendants ants of new englanders Hn EIn glanders have halve a always been noti coaVe in ohp jbf advancing tide fide of home hoine makers build es along those parallels ot bt lati latitude tn thanksgiving day as an all annual animal no 0 vember celebration celebia tion uia aked by family and feasting Is one of the f things that have persisted among transplanted lians planted new england custo cust crins ms it is now a national event most generally honored and Alid alydthe the distinguishing feathe ot of this feist feast day Is the edy ot of that royal fowl the luikey tin key A thanksgiving day dd without Avil hout luikey is a chnrei service without lesson music or benediction aie makeshift collations col laliotis of coursie course that pass tor for din acis Is with ith those not to the manner biorn but the he sons of th the sons of 0 new jutland realize realie their hollow hollo ness iNness not knot hiie lie of 0 these but would rather go hirough trials by file and water rath ir r than llian endure the absence ot of that iSlo glo ilous headpiece head piece aiom the thanks ahing sl ang blaid in ili the alist years ears of the SOs to ecat rival railroad companies hastening liast cuing to L for in bastein dakota the rich fields of a traille bet et to come into being both bad the wonderfully fertile linies lanes aher avey alley from the he east and as one turned its line aid filin ilmon the other tinned sont southward hward irini aberdeen Abe ideen and the near approach of cinter and the close of active operations found the to competing r cori nn ellon camps only a few miles apart avith the lie advance of 0 the railroads ralla raila a ads or a little pie eding them bad come settlers upon the government d domain 0 and though f farmers and wheat heat in the van such nomadic omada a anti and advent adventurous ulous spirits a as 1 land agents and townsite boomers traders ind newspaper men could be discovered ivell more easily early in november upon tile lie ralli oad lines hilt halt id d and the s retired to await lie ie opening of 0 skiing at tile ill or each load a little settlement had sprung up less than a liala dozen stille tures kaiking the site of 0 what wa ivna loicl hoped to lo bo be and already was heralded as is tile the ol of the valley I 1 upon lion such stich 1 a I sit situation nation steadily but surely crept the Thins day which the ol 01 lp ilcin il cit or of the united states had hoeu us as the animal lay day of than thanks ahing and at the distance of only one choit week the fact suddenly dawned the chist clustered ered intelligence of aico two dakota towns that there was not a 1111 key in the ilia gibat jim ani valley of sioux falls and that 80 miles of windswept wind swept peallie lay itcy between awk en 1 a I more bo perill field of possible os sible supply 3 at watertown Water lown near the minnesota boundary Houn dary there is mat 11 tor for i volume of adventure in ili the account at the hie mo alval expeditions c dispatched yet with all secrecy nn in a of a hundred and sixty miles ties tor for nyls to furnish forth a thanksgiving g dip dinner ner but IMs etory must omit tho the diat details alls one party returned hilariously successful with tile the ahlee turkeys hial diat eloquence str strategy strA Legy egy and money combined were abo abc to frocine in ili watertown the other doWa calf dejected ind and pessin bach emray empty banded 1 ri 1 T to c di A victory ne town lown a i aj hiie 7 t i u 1 i r akey locq shoot nt it kllc h 1 U adnel men were viii barred A a fu d i riff t alie tai e botel el pd a artra et w baalu chinall road this was calculated to make ils fis ihal either swell with lage to bui slig or wither willier away avray in ili self abasement ana despair the fateful lay day moved ai lived i geay pi ay lay flay with anith the first hakes flakes of snow in ilia all air ohp pilm tin key shoot canie came off if eaily in the morning at redfield as ad erti sed but nt an all aseen contingency resulted A inai ksinan ot of truly dia shill dei developed eloped in a ies resident ident or two weeks beeks s landing and all three linkees ell beffie liis his tensly line the fowls had hac been beell bet ill fit at yards ind and with mith ony only their heads exi exposed lobed to the hie destructive bullets biff lets all partial prints at half a dollar for each shot lad had displaced lemar liable of nf nim min but almit the winner had distanced its his corn cam peli veli tors lors and tile einach the apprehension evoked among the ANIt witnesses nesses of fir tills this rema demink I 1 k able accident sonn ripened into inlo rabel gous initiation what was to be done with ith a disloyal citizen nho atho film ly announced that the turkeys would be served ill bip at a Iff pi avale vate banquet a it t the hotel iod be enjoyed by hini self ei anil and two wo especial friends said lie ic thought a haid api apiece eco v tai ia about their heir timmel 1101 binl capacity and as thre owls raj reya clotild not a near and must go Wit holit turkey it would be sat hit all around to let three lucky fellows ellov s get enough for onee once at tilt hiie end nd of oc a short but explosive debate the he winner was as immured in ili a 4 frici isit 57 I 1 4 I 1 an fn t W 12 4 I 1 |