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When the Colorado J
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CHAPTER I—K. C. Rlckard, an engi
neer of the Overland Pacific, la called to
the office of President Marshall In Tuc
son, Ariz. "Casey" Is an enigma to the
office force; he wears "dude" clothes,
but he had resigned a chair of engineer
ing In the East to go on the road as a
fireman and his promotion had been spec
tacular. While waiting for Marshall Rlck
ard reads a report on the ravages of the
Colorado, despite the efforts of Thomas
Hardin of the Desert Reclamation com
pany. This Hardin had been a student
under Rlckard and had married Qerty
Holmes, with whom Rlckard had fancied
he was In love.
CHAPTER ll—Marshall tells Rlckard
the Overland Pacific has cot to step In
to save the Imperial Valley and sends
him to the break. Rlckard declines be
cause he does not want to supplant Har
din, but Is won over. "Stop the river:
damn the expense," says Marshall.
CHAPTER lll—Rlckard Journeys to
Calexlco, sees the Irrigated desert and
learns much about Hardin and his work.
'CHAPTER IV—At the hotel he meets
Mr. and Mrs. Hardin and Innes Hardin,
Hardin's half sister. Disappointed In her
husband and an Incorrigible coquette,
Mrs. Hardin sets her cap for her former
lover and Invites him to dinner.
CHAPTER V—Rlckard visits the com
pany's offices and takes control. He finds
the engineers loyal to Hardin and hos
tile to him. Estrada, a Mexican, son of
the "Father of the Imperial Valley," tella
blm of the general situation.
CHAPTER Vl—Rlckard attends a
meeting of the directors and asserts his
authority. Hardin rages. Estrada tells
Rlckard of his foreboding that his work
will fall. "I can't see It finished.'.'
CHAPTER Vll—lnnes Is discovered In
her garden. She tries to cheer up Hardin,
who Is furious analnst Rlckard.
CHAPTER X—The Hardin dinner to
Rlckard discloses further the family char
acteristics. -Hardin Is surly and sulky.
Innes Is hardly polite, Qerty plans a
"progressive ride" In Rlckard's honor.
CHAPTER Xl—Rlckard encounters the
Insubordination of the company's engi
neers. He Is stirred by the Indians' state
ment that this Is the hundredth year of
a cycle when the Oreat Yellow Dragon,
the Colorado; grows restless. He makes
various preparations, pushes work on
the Calexlco levee and Is ordered by
Marshall to "take a fighting chance" on
the completion of Hardin's pet project,
a gate to shut the break in the river.
CHAPTER VIII—A famlly luncheon of
the Hardlns which throwsjjllght on them.
CHAPTER IX-4lardin discovers that
Rlckard Is planning a. levee to protect
Calexlco and puts him down as Incom
petent. Qerty thinks her lord Jealous.
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Passing of the Water*.
Babcock came rushing down from
Los Angeles that morning to see what
In thunder it wab all about. He asked
every one he met why some one didn't
get busy and stop the cutting back of
that river? There was no one at tin/
offices of the company to report to
him! Why, the building was desert
ed. Ogllvie's letters had prophesied
ruin. It all looked wrong to him. Go
ing on to the levee, he met Mac Lean,
Jr., who was coming away. The boy
told him vaguely that he would find
Rlckard around there, somewhere.
"I'll hunt him up for you."
'"Why, they are letting It get ahead
of them!" Babcock's manner sug
gested that he was aggrieved that such
.carelessness to his revered company
should go uhpunished. Something, he
told Mac Lean, might have been done
before the situation got ns bad as
this!
His excited stride carried him
across the dividing ditch, which now
was carrying no water, Into Mexican.
Mac Lean had to lengthen his step to
keep paco with hiru. The havoc done
to the Mexican village excited Bab
cock still more. .
Estrada, just In from his submerged
tracks, was lounging against an adobe
wall. His pensive gaze was turned
up-stream. The posture of exhaustion
suggested laziness to Babcock, who
' was on the hunt for responsibility. He
wns more than ever convinced that
the right thing was not being done.
"Estrada I"
Estrada took his eyes from the river.
Babcock looked like u snapping ter
rier taking the ditch nt a bound. Mac-
Lean. Jr., a lithe greyhound, followed.
"What the devil nr» you doing to
stop this?" A nervous hand Indicated
the Mexican station gleaming In lis
fresh coat of pnllit; to the muddy -Ra
ter undermining Its foundation.
Estrada drew a cigarette out of hit
pocket; lighted It before answering.
, "Not a thing. What do you sug
gest?" V
A big wave struck the bank. The
car on the siding trembled.
"Another wave like that and that
car'll go .over,"' cried Babcock, Jump
ing, mad. "Why don't you do some
thing? Why don't you bustle—all of
you?" He would report this Incompe
tency.
"Down the stream, came a mass
debris, broken timbers, ravaged brash,
a wrenched fence post, a chicken coop.
A red hen. clinging to Its swaying
ship, took the rapids.
"Hustle-, what?" murmured Es
trada.
Bubco'k glarrd at him. then nt the
river. Ills eye caught the approach
ing w/cckage. Men crime running
I
With their poles. The caving In nk wns
too far gone. The Instant the drift
ing mass struck It, there was a shud
der of falling earth, the car toppled
toword the flood water*, the wave*
breaking Into clouds of spray.
Human responsibility fell to a cipher.
The rlvu's might was magnificent.
Even BaVock, come to carp, caught
the excitement "Come, Mac Lean,"
he cried. "Watch this! The station'*
going?'' Ho joined Estrada by the
adolie wall.
"Ilnve a cigarette?" murmured
I Eduurdo. '
V *
Ills eyes glued to the lurching ata
tlon-houso, Babcock took a brown
paper-rolled cigarette from the prof
: fered box.
; "Look," he cried, "There, she'll go.
I See that-"
1 There was a splash, of splintering
timber; a Niagara" of epray us the
building fell Into the flood, A minute
later, a wreckage of pulnted boards
Was floating downstream.
At table Babcock resumed his cam- J
palgn. "The trouble with you all,
you have cold feet. Tou're all scared
off too soon."
Wooster, up. from his uap, looked
across the table. "Cold feet? So
you'd have if you had been up for
nights, wetting your feet en the levee,
as some of us huve, as Hardin has!
Mine are cold all right." Ho lifted an
amazed foot. "Coldl Look here,
boys, JJbey're wet!" The men looked
to find the water creeping In —Bab-
cock climbed on his chair.
"This means the station," cried
Wooster. Every man jumped. If the
waters had got to them, It wouldn't
be long before they were reaching the
O. P. depot!*' The tracks would go—
They were piling out of the door
when" the telephone caught them. It
wns n message from Rickard. A cur
was to be rigged iy>, papers, tickets
and express matter taken from the
station. The river was cutting close
to the track. The car would bo the
terminal, a half-mile from town.
The situation looked black. Coul
ter, Eggers, beganjo pack their stock.
The levee. It was said, would not hold
—half of Mexican wns gone. Calexlco
would go ntxti Rlckard's Indians
were kept stolidly piling brush and
stuffed sacks on the levee. Tills, the
word ran, would be the fierce night—
no one expected to sleep.
They were preparing for the big
battle, the final struggle, when the
grade recession passed tho town.
Spectacular as was Its coming, there
was an anticlimax In Its retreat. The
water ereached the platform of the
depot, and halted. The town held Its
breath. There was somo sleep that,
night.
The next day, the nerves of the Val
ley relaxed. The river was not cut
ting back. The men at the levee
dropped their shovels, and wvnt buck
to tho discussion of their lawsuits.
Their crops were ruined; too much
water, or too little. Whatever way
they had been hurt, tho company
would have to pay for It!
A small shift guarded the river.
Rlckard, In his room at the Desert
hotel, and Hardin up the river, slept a
day and a night without waking. The
chnlr-tllters picked up their argument
where they had left It; wns the rail
road reaping a harvest of danlnge
suits when they should be thanked
Instead? Faraday, the newspapers
reported, was trying to shift his re
sponsibility; he had*appealed to the
president. Their correspondence wn«
The Ranches Were Ruined.
published. The government was In no
hurry to take the burden. A tele
graphic sermon, preaching duty, dis
tributing blume, was sent from Wash
ington. Perhaps not Faraday himself
was more disturbed than the debaters
of the Desert hotel.
"The rollroud's no Infant In urmsl
It wasn't asleep when It took over
the affairs of the D. R." Here spoke
the majority.. "A benefaction! It
was self-interest! When the river Is
harnessed, who'll profit (lie most from
the valley prosperity? It can afTord
to pay the obligations; that Is, It
could. It will find a way." tho ravens
I crooked, "of shaking the Desert Re
clamation company's debts; of evad
ing the damoge suits. Look how
Hardin wns treated!"
( The feeling ran higher. For many
of the ranchers were ruined; then
was no money to put l.i the nexl
ymr'* crop unless the promises of the
( Irrigation company were kepi, A
few landowner*, and other* wl.o had
not completed tluOr contractu, dis
trusting the gor.rt faith of the com
I pany, or Its aUJIIIy to pny. h:id "quit"
in disgust, to begin again some
where else. Purrlsh, and Dowker,
, and others of the "Sixth" scoured dis
trict had secured the promise of em
' ployment at the Heading. Work, It
\ was expected, would be begun at once
' now that the danger to Calexlco had
passed.
CHAPTER XIX.
More Oratory.
Four men sat at n small table In •
1 corner of the crowded hotel dlnlnf
room, in El Centre. Their names
made their comer the. psychological
I center of the room. Marshall wns al
-1 ways a target of speculation. Mac-
Lean, straight and Kohffcrly In hla
mustn rd-colored clothes, was, as usual,
the man of distinction. Btaek ttnrt
: cd the whisper going that the dark
1 stranger wns General de la Vega, the
, Mexican commissioner.
■ What was he doing In that group?
' Babcock completed a combination
I which encouraged speculations and
' head-shakings. The room was jammed
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. MAY 8, 1919
with valley "men. The meeting of the
ranchers and the several -water com
panies had been called for that after
noon, the summons signed by Fnra
day himself Nothing else hnd been
talked of for a fortnight.
It was known throughout the valley
that the work at the Intake was not
yet begun; that Rlckard was waiting
there for orders; that Faraday and
the president ef the United States
were-lnvoived In correspondence us to
the responsibility for the future con
trol Of the river. Furaday's eagerness
to shift his burden was looked upon
as suspicious. It was In the air that
the officers of the . Overland Pacific
would demand n recall of tho damage
stilts before they would complete the
protective works nt tlie Heading. The
men of long vision, members of the
water companies, and Brandon,
throug]) the valley Stnr, were pointing
out that tho valley's salvation depend
ed on tho Immediate control of the
river; that the rallroud, only, hnd
power to effect It. These conservatives
were counseling caution. Only that
morning, the Star hnd Issued an extra,
a special edition pleading for co-opera
tion. "If the river breaks out again,"
warned Brandon's editorial, "without
Immediate force to restrain It, recla
mation for that valley Is a dream that
Is done. And the only force equal to
that emergency Is the railroad. Why
deliberately antagonize the rallroud?
The Desert Reclamation company. It
Is well known, Is bankrupt. For the
Instant, the railroad has assumed the
responsibilities of the smnller organi
zation. Apply the same sltuatlou to
Individuals. Suppose a private citizen
Is In straits, nnd another comes for
ward to help him. Slust every -cred
itor assume that the Samaritan should
pay the crushed citizen's bills? In the
present Issue, self-interest should urge
consideration. Better a small loss
today that tomorrow may amply re
fund, than total rulu In the future."
Hardin, from his morose unshared
table, cotild see the anxious curiosity
setting toward the railroad group.
Over glasses, heads were close to
gether. Near him, the talk ran high.
Scraps of Inflammable speeches blew
his way from Barton's purty.
Ilnrdln's mouth wore n set sneer.
"Water company talk!" I'lack wns
haranguing his comrades. "Stand out
ngnlnst them. Don't let them bluff
you._ Marshall will try to blulT you.
Stand together!" Barton's resonant
organ broke through tho clatter.
"Marshall is not going to bluff us."
Grace nnd Black began to talk nt once.
Harbin's lip grew rougher. Where had
they nil been If It had not been for
him? Why, he'd pulled them from
their little farms back East, where
they were tolling—where they'd be
tolling yet. They'd hud the vision ol
sudden wealth—they hadn't tho grit
to work for It, to wait for It! llow
many years had liq been struggling?
He wns a young man when ho'tl gone
Into this thing, and he was old no\y.
Coffee nnd cigars had been
reached of the midday dinner. Bab
cock wus nervously consulting his
watch. "Shouldn't we arrange the
meeting?" he asked for the third time.
The social and casual air of the meet
ing had teased him. What had the po
litical sltuutlon in Mexico to do -with
the Important session confronting
them? His fussy soal bad no polite
salons;' olllce rooms every one of
them. Mac Lean looked to Tod Mar
shall to answer.
"I think It will arrange Itself." His
voice wns silken. "It Is to be a dis
cussion, a conference. Yon can't slate
that."
"We could program," began Bub;
cock, looking at his watch again.
"I don't think we'll have to." Mar
shall smiled across the table. "You'll
find tlris meeting will run Itself. There
Is not a man herd who Is not burning
to spenk. Look nt them now! Drop
a paper In that crowd, und see .the
blaze you'd get! You can open the
meeting, Mr. Babcock, and I would
suggest that you cull on Mr. De la
Vega first."
The eyes of the dining room fol
lowed the party as I hey fifed past the
buzzing tables. Faraday wus not In
town; Marshall represented that pow
er. As he walked out, bowing right
and left, his right hand occasionally
extended In bis well-known oratorleul,
courteous gesture. His black tie wns
stringing down his shirt front; Ills
black clothes were the trorxp for his
lunch. But no one, save the 'Eastern
girls, saw spots or tie. The future of
that \alley lay In thill man's hand, no
mutter how Black or (irnce might
harangue. In five minutes, the dining
room wl'i emptied.
As snow gently falling, had gath
ered tho first damage suits of the
ranchers. The last flood had precipi
tated n temperamental storm. Men
were suing for the possible values of
their farms. Impossible values of
crops. Not alone Ihe companlrs had
been blanketed with the accusing pa
pers, but against Mexico the white
drifts had piled up. Mexico! No one
knew belter than llardln how absurd
It was to accuse the sister country of
responsibility. A pretty pickle they
wera In! Where was It all going to
end?
In the lobby, llardln ran tip against
Brandon, who was following u new*
scent. Through the valley It Was,being
rumored that subscriptions were to, be
aske«J /or the completion of the work.
If this were the Intention, there would
be a hot meeting.
"Yon are going on tho platform?"
assumed the newspaper man. "No?
Then will yon alt with me?"
"If you will sit upstairs," scowled
Hardin, "I don't waut to lie dragged
onto the plutform."
Down In the orchestra. Black from
the Wistarl* was haranguing a group
of gesticulating ranchers. Phrases
climbed to the men on the balcony
seat". "Keep their pledges, promise
makers. Let them look at onr crops!"
"If Morshal! expects to coerce
those men, I lose my guess. Then he's
no judge of men," cried llardln.
"Look at those faces." The floor wus
a sen of Impassioned features.
"Something's going to drop," echoed
Brandon. o
From the wings, Babcock"* Inquisi
tive glasses were seen to sweep the
house, Hardin could catch the sum-
Dions of an excited forefinger to the
group unseen. There wus n minute
of delay. Then Babcock's nervous
toddle curried him onto the stage.
De" la Vega followed Babcock.
There was a hush of curiosity. The
house did not know who he was. Be
hind him, soldierly, stiff, stalked Muo
Lcan. 'Marshall's entrance released
the tongues. There, was an Interval
of confusion on the stage. Babcock,
like a restless terrier, was snapping
at the heels of the party. At last-,
they were all fussily seated. De la
Vega was given the place of honor.
Marshall, Babcock put on his left,
Mac Lean on the right.
Babcock rnlsejl his staccato gavel, i
A hush fell on the house. Ills words
were clipped and sharp.
"You have left your plowing to come
here. You are anxloun to hear what
we have to say to you. You cannot
afford to be Indifferent to It. You ac
knowledge, by your presence, a de
pendence, n correlation which you
would like to deny. Irrigation means
co-operation, suffering together, strug
gling together, succeeding together.
You prefer tho old Individual way,
each utau for himself. 1 tijl you It
won't do. You belong In other coun
tries, countries of old-fashioned
rain. You want to hear what we have
to say to you, tho company who saved
the valley, the company yofi aro suing.
But you have also suits against Mex
ico. There Is a gentleman here- who
has a message from Mexico about
those suits. I hnve tho honor, gentle
men, to Introduce, Senor do lu Vcgu."
"Ladles," bowed tho Mexican. "Oen
tlcmcn, Mr. Chairman. It Is with an
appt'eclotlon of the honor that I no
cepted for today tho Invitation of Mr.
Marshall to speak before you. to speak
to you; I must tell you first mj
thought as I sat there and looked al
you, tho youth, tho flower of tho Amer
ican people. A few years ago, wt
were calling this tho groat Colorado
desert; now, the world calls It the
hothouse of America. This theatct
Is built over the bcrties of gold-seekers,
who dared death In this dreaded
desert to find what was bdrled lc
those mountains beyond. The tnan
I say, who crossed this desert, took
the hn«ard of death. It wns a coun
tryman of mine who piloted, fifteen
years ago, n little Imnd of men, across
the desert. Perhaps he camped on
this very spot. It is not Impossible!
It Is here, perhaps, that he got his
Inspiration. He saw a wonderful tor
rltory; ho dreamed to quicken It with
the useless waters of the Colorado,
You will nil tpgree that It was (lull
lermo Estrada who dreamed the dream
tlint 'has eomo true; that It was
through him that some of your coun
trymen secured their privilege to re
claim this land. Later, when one of your
countrymen fouhd he could not fulfill
his promise to you, the promise to de
liver water to your ranches, he came
to my nation and got permission to cut
Into the river on our territory. Sfost
gladly did Porflrlo Diaz grant llutl
privilege. For that, J«idny, you are
suing him. This, 1 ani told, Is your
complaint."
Ills abrupt pause betrayed a con
fused murmur of voices. Do In Vega's
polite ear tried to differentiate the
phrases. There was a Jumble of sound.
Do In Vcgu looked Inquiringly nt Bab
cock, who waved him on. ,
"It has nothing to do with the his
tory, but I would like to say In passing
that so assured were your people of
our frondly feeling toward you that
they did not wait to receive permis
sion from Mexico to 'make the cut.
Y>u.r people were In a hurry. Youi
erops were In danger, l-'irst the lack
of water, then too much water dam
aged your valley. A few acres —"
A voice from the crowd cried out,
"A few acres? Thousands of acres."
Instantly others were on their feet.
"Thousands of acres. Ruin." One man
was shouting himself apoplectic.
Bnbcock'S • gavel sounded a f harp
Htacruto on tile* table.
"Thousands of tieres." De la Vega
was unruffled. "And more than that.
The valley. It must IM- remembered,
does not slop at the line. MexJcnn
lands, to'/, have been scoured by the
notion, the result of the action of your
Irrigation company. It wus a mutual,"
ho p itiscd, nnd a quaint word rnm- to
his feed. 'A mutual bereavement, it
did not occur to us to accuse you of
our (roubles. Your damage suits pained
nnd astonlnltcd us. Hut they gave us
also 11 suggestion."
The rustling ntnl the murmurs sud
denly censed. A prescient hush wait
ed oh De la Vega. "Yon have been ad
vised to sue us. To sue us for giving
you that concession. Therefore, the
only answer Is for us to withdraw thai
concession! You accuse us, for giv
ing It lo you. That concession Is val
uable. What else can we do? IJefore
jrotir damage suits were filed, we wore
approached by other* for the same
privilege,. If you do not withdraw
your sultJt my mitten sends word to
you that yon may not take water from
the Colorado river through Mexican
! soil. You will not be without water
probably long; I have said that con
cession Is valuable! Oilier arrange
| ments will probably bo made so that
I the valley will be given water. I would
I like to take your answer lo my govern
; meet."
I It was several seconds before the
I house got lis breath. The Import of
[ the diplomat's, words .wus astounding.
I Barton got to his feet, yelling with his
I frent bass Voice, "lietrnjed!" Ills
I ihrutiken finger Indicated a youth with
| "It. H," In black letters on his collar.
I "The valley has been betrayed,"
In the balcony, the uproar wns deaf
' pnlng. Around Hr.rdin and Brandon
j words were tbo'l'llng like bullets.
'Reclamation Service." "That's their
! game." "The concession"They
I sots ' get It." "lie*rayed. We firu bo
j troyed."
To bo c-intinucil.
l{e|M)rt«from Paris itnlicate Hint
the peace treaty ami the League
of Nations covenant, are to bo pre
j Rented to the United States .Senate
in the form of the egK that can
not be UDHCrambled,
Hungary haa thrown a money
wrench into tho peace conference
machinery. She i» hungry.
EARNEST ATTEMPTS
TO FIHDJ LUTION
PROUABLY ABORTIVE EFFORT 3
TO FIND SUITABLE PORT TO
REPLACE THAT OF FIUME.
BAT OF GUGGARI SUGGESTED
Other Possibilities Being Suggested in
Endeavor to Find a Way Out of
This Most Serious Situation.
Paris.—Earnest attempts lire being
made In various quarters to find a
solution fftr (lie Adriatic problem
would give the Jugoslavs a
port which could servo the muin rail
way lino Into Croatia and at tho aamo
timo leave Fiume to Italy.
Tho Tiinps has suggested that tba
port of Zona, about 30 miles south of
Flume, might be developed to meet
the needs of tlio Jugo-Slava. Zena,
however, would require a very costly
harbor works to bo of any use and it
Is about BO miles from tho railway
line.
The French Engineer Quollonoc, in
a letter to Tho Temps, suggests tho
bay of Ruccarl, which opens actually
fnto tho gulf of Fiume, and la touched
by tho railway from Flume to Agrunt.
The hay Is u natural harbor, well pro
tected, with five to six fathoms of
water. The shores are suitable for the
construction of quays. However, such
a solution, which would place upon
the shoulders of the young state the
burden of developing a now port
which could not be an effective substl
| tuto - for Kltitne for years, Is unlikely
to satisfy (ho JJIRO-SIUVS.
Other possibilities aro being exam-
I Ined In order to find a way out of the
I difficulty which would not leave a
j standing ground of hostility between
| two neighboring nutlous. Suggestions
like these. Tho Temps says, will .ihow
Italians that, the spirit of good will Is
at work and honest attempts aro be
ing made to arrive at a Just arrange
ment.
MAKING UP PARTIES OF
REDS FOR Dl: POHTATIOM
San, Francisco.—Parties of alleged
alien revolutionists are I-elng made en
In San Francisco. Hostile and other
const points for dejiortatlon as n re
sult of lhe receipt of mailed bombs
nnd other radical activities at the e
points, Kdward White, coniiiiiuslonor
of Immigration, njinoiincr-d here
The recent murder of Mrs. Crooriie
D, Greenwood, Oakland society ma
tron, by a bomb and the receipt here
| of Infernal contrivances by District
Attorney (\ M, F! kert and hla assist
ant, Kdward A. C'nnha. have caused
the Immigration authorities to rodou
hie their efforts to round up all alien
undesirables, White nnld.
MQRTE POUR FRANCE j
! Spring has come again, and tpnder
green covers the battle starred earth.
, Nature, the sovereign panacea, has
j already begun her work of restoration
' —Mowers blossom over tho graves of
fallen heroes. Hoon May will bring
; tile popples, "between the crosses, rirnr
| on row," little gray crosses, each wtih
jits aluminum identification tag -and
j those that mark the graves of the
men *lio are buried in French como
| lories Inscribed with the words "Moria
[ I'our France."
Sixty thousand Americans lie asleep
in France. "Morte Pour France'
surely no other sentence could tell the
story half So well. "Dead for Franco."
I'robaMy the best known poem of
J tho war Is one quofi»d below, "In Flail
i dors Fields," breathing the fine spirit
t of sacrifice for an Ideal, "America's
i Answer" stilled all fear thai the sae
j rlfleo was In vain, and no A whj-n vu-
I tory In battle is won comes "America's
| Consecration." pledging a victory of
j right.
. "lie It our task lo save,
| "In memory of the life you gave,
| "Those rights for wlilidi your blood
was shed
"In Flanders Fields!"
I Tills Is our task. In memory of tjiose
sixty thousand dead, to insure the vic
tory they won, else they have died for
naught. *
To Pvery cltl7.cn of the t'nitel
Slates belongs this opportunity, the
last opportunity to mensure up to the
standard set by the hoys. The (-re:i
»st victory of all inn t be won t?■»/.'
ind Tie shots that will briny it a bait
srlll bo made ' ,i)nllar J I.'-nd yours to
»nd the war. I!t.> ! Victory Liberty iyinn
aonds
IN FLANOCRS FIELD 3
F!Y I.t F'ol John !> M HE"
- .«! I-".!"
Y;.t,. I',L'. • .1'
M. 'R ' MI.■■IN I 1 •'»■■.  ■ - RL I L
Ir. KL.I I. r«. .! -■ .IIIFI 11l -1
In Fenders fields the popples blow
'letween the crosses, ROW on row.
That mark our plaee; and iti Ihn sky
The larks,still bruvely singing,
heard amidst the belli*.
It's are the dead Short days ago
We lived, fel' dawn, saw sunset glow,
| (y»ved and w -re loved, and now we He
In Flanders fields
Take up m:r o"irr>-l with tho In"'
j To you from fall! ir haridt *'•
! The torch. lie yours to hold It h'irh!
| (f yod bfeak faith with us who d>
j Wo shall not sleep, though poppies
j grow
In Flanders fields.
AMERICA'S ANSWER.
Hy R. W. Mllard
fWrtlten AF!*r the death of F.letjt R-NT.
MCHFTE, author of "In Klandi-rs KIUMH."
TTRNL printed In the New York tCveiilllg
Pwst >
Rest ve In peace yo Flanders dead,
Th« fight tAat ye. so bravely led
We've taken up. And wo will keep
True faftli with you who lie asleep,
With oach a cross to mark his bed,
And pop-pies blowing ovarii f*l,
Whore once "his own life blood ran
red; '
So let your rest bo sweet and deep
In Flanders fields.
Pear not that ye have died for nanffht.
The torch ye threw to use we caught,
Ten million han'ds will hold it. high,
And freedom's light shall never die!
We've learned the lesson that y&
tnuglit
In Flanders field*.
AMERICA'S CONSECRATION. j
fly Charles Hall Davis, Petersburg, Va. j
(Written on December 10, 131S, afttr the j
armistice wan Hlftrierl and Germany
defetite!)
Tim popples' blooms now mark ia red,
Your resting plaoo, yo gallant dead.
In Flanders fields. And'iS they wavi!
Above each cross-marked, Allied I
" grave.
And breathe their opiates overhead
To ease each narrow, eartlu-n bed.
Where you now rest—your spirit
lied; —
Sleep peacefully, ye warriors brave
In Flanders Holds!
Tlio cause that you so boldly led
With dauntless spirit? unafraid.
Is won. ISo it our task to save,
In invory of the life you gave.
Those rights fo^which your blood wa>
tthed
In Flanders fields!
I FARMERS' SUPPORT URGED;
f i ■ i..-
All the farmer* In the United Statei
are urged to miimort the Victory Übftr
ty Loan by Oliver Wilson, master ol
National Grange, who characterize!
the lo.tn as "our great national respon
nihilityMr. Wilson's appeal fol
i lows:
"For the fifth time the government
le appealing to the people for financial
aid On tho four previous occasions
money was needed to win tin- war and
people of all classes liberally respond.
Now comes the call for a Victory lib
erty Loan, a loan which, now that the
fiirtit is won, is noci-s
finishing the greiU Uije of assuring to
all people» liberty and democrnry. that
our strugEl'-:' nnd sai-rlflrrs of the last
few years may not hive been lnado in
vain.
"1 dosire to appeil' to our entire
gntngi membership and farmers s«n
orally to maintain the proud rcc.ird we
have made In the previous Icniv.i. Not
only subscribe what you can hut give
♦he mutter prominence at your grange
.neeUug* Mid encourage neighbors and
frl-icd.t do ihelr part toward fulfil!
Injr Uils our grout national responsi
bility."
ENEMY WARSHIP SNOT TO
B£ SUNK OR DESTROYED
Purls.—lt li fell that the final (lis
position of the e.npmy ships Is pure!/
nn Inter-allied
.for Inclusion In the trealy, which pro
vides only for tho stirrertdnr rf the
vessels. This uetlon.N retjarded ns
Indlcntlng that th" wnrships v.-ill not
he Riink or destroyed.
Afler the eneYny nhlp« er" (llr)ded
among the allies each power v. II de
cide on the disposition of i;■; own
quota.
COSTA R.ICAN, FRONTIER
bIJARDS ART DEFEATED
flan Juan Del S*u\ *•.*! -i em--
Ponta UU'amf*xilf»H nvt tm! «ff»l a
force of f'r»3l:i Rlran frontier i'nrd*
on Ui»* Klo Frio. nr.»r tho nniithcaiif*
orn Hhnrn «»f T.atf* N'lraiMKuh. Thurß'
day. Th" frontier ruiplx retired liiter
fho fight.
According fo re porta r *ic!jS'.«' her*,
n pfiiiil! fcluiiinfr f.'irrvhu' rev.hit ion-
Ifit-i T ,\\.A\7A'A In Nimrnr;;. : nft r
th» on th" Rw Frio All nn
hnnrtt. hnnnvnr, were re- ru* '
J /rsill'l, ail'l sparkling' Orange-
Cnisii tempts the thirst awl delays it—
i completely, refreshingly.
Kadi Champagne hoi tic of Orange
('rush is aglow with carbonated golden'
goodness.
Served ice-cold, the fit sh-fruit flavor of
Orange-Crush becomes superbly delicious.
HQ ids __
! ORAHGE-CRUSH
wraii!'-( 'rush is obtainable wherever soft
drink* an- sold. Try*an ice-cold bottle. Then
"id i it li'iMo for tb! home. We stake our repu
tation a* bottlers on the absolute purity of
 (langivCruali.
Qrahm Ohero-Cola Bottling Os.
Sc. by the bottle. Less by the case
NO. 13
Graham Church Directory
Graham Baptist Church—Rev.. L. j
U. Weston, Pastor.
Preaching every first and third
Sundays at 11.00 a. m. and 7.03 pi
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.45 a. m. VV. I. Ward, Supt v ,
Prayer meeting every Tuesday at
7.30 |>. ra.
Graham Christian Church—N. MaiD
j Street—Rev. F. C. Lester.
Pit-aching services every Sec
ond and L-ourth Sundays, at 11.04 j |
S Sunday School every Sunday at \
10.00 a. AI.—W. K. Harden, Super
intendent,
New Providence Christian Church
—North Main Street, near Depot— *a|
Kev. F. C. Lester, Pastor. Preach
ing every Second and Fourth Sun- jM
day nights ut 8.00 o'clock.
Sunday School every Sunday at
P.-iS a. in.—J. A. Bayiiff, Superin- CM
tendent. , .' t-MB
Christian Endeavor Prayer Meet
ing every Thur .ay night at 7.48.
o'clock.
friends—Nortl of Graham Pub
lic School, Rev. John M. Permar,
Preaching Ist, id and 3rd Sun
days ut ll.uu a. and 7.00 p. m.
Sunday School >very Sunday at
3,-ii ii. m.—Belle achary, Superin
tendent.
Prayer meetii every Thursday
iveniiig at 7.30 'lock.
| Methodist Ef icoiiai, south—cor.
Main and Map Streets, Rev. J.
I!. Edwards, P tor.
Preaching ev :y Bunday at 11.M
a. m. and at 7..« p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.45 a. m.~W. B. Green, Supt.
M. P. Church—S. Main Street, *-•:
Rev. it. S. Troxler, Pastor.
Preaching first and third Hun- 4|
days at 11 a. m. and 8 p.m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.45 a. ra.—J. L. Amick, Supt.
Presbyterian—Wst Elm Street—
Rev. T. M. McConnell, pastor.
Sunday School every Sunday at
i 9.45 a. m.—Lynn B. Williamson, Su
perinteudeut.
Presbyterian (Travora Chapel)—'
I. W. Clegg, pastor.
Preaching every Second and
Fourth Sundays at 7.30 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at s
2.30 "p. m.—J. Harvey White, Su
perintendent.
You Can Cure That Backache.
i'Mn alon fr the back, dizziness, »eadacLe
arm yennerai languor. liet a package of
Mother l» aj'a Auntrulhi Leaf, tho pleasant
iKcannd herb cure for Kidney, flliliir
"i -! L'rlnary Irrtiiblei*. Whan you feel ill
run down, tired, weak and without energy
M't ilil* r inurkubb combination. f nature. v :
licrbi nnd ruuttf. A» a regulator It hm» n§ . -j
qua I. Mother (iray'H Australian-Leaf la --m
by lM UKglH|« or sent by mall for fiOetS JM
h*11»I• l.? Rent Irii». Address, The MotkMr
( i »uy t'o., lA> Hoy. N. Y
EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE.
Ibivin • '(tjallflod Executrix of the will of 9
.bilif, \.H iirren.dec'd.thc u/ulersignc*d hereby
iioiiiu-ri ail jHTMous holdiug claims agslun ■*'*
• U'l  f ute to pn-M-nt ihe same, duly
tnited # on or before the 6th day of AvHL
losu. or this notice will be pleaded In bar
ilii-lr n-covtry. All per orm Imiebted to efi WraM
• hihi e ut* it r|ue«ied to make lmmaQlate aaU
tl«ni'.nt,
I inn Mutch l.», I'Jlu. v
31 NOV KLI-A PHTTIOHKW, BxV*. ?
ofjohu A. Warren, doo'd. IfH
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