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, but ot necessarily. for publication. - Comm: unica- Weekly Pioneer must reach this office not later than Tugsday £ to insure ‘the current issue. " PEARST y By Mail Ope_Year e .m'h"'-;‘-—::::*’*— 160 of ‘Moths i 250 Ole Weiek ... 15 Three Months 1.2 THE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, published every Thursda .and sent postuge paid to any address fcr, in advance, $2.00. % i OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS BELTRAMI LAND CLEARING CAMPAIGN % ; When ‘the land clearing department of the extension divi- ' sion of the: University of Minnesota turned their attention to . Beltrami county, as the first county in which to endeavor to get a systematic and comprehensive land clearing’ program. under way, that department started something which promises to[ have some very far reaching effécts, not only in this county, but in the entire northern portion of the state, where cut-over lands ‘arelocated. . : : Beltrami county was selected, not only becayse of t'h.e pro- ductivity of the soil of its.cut-over lands, but, becauge it was realized that in ‘Beltrami county a maximum co-operation could’ be counted on between farmers and business men to put the, ‘proposition over.,./And.inthis.assumption no mistake was made, ‘At the meeting held Wednesday in the Civic and Commerce as- sociation rooms, between the University Extension Division ex- perts, representatives of railroad development departments, land clearing representatives from Wisconsin and local men in- terested in the project, the matter of the development of the cut- over lands in this county was honestly and seriously faced. Plans used in Wisconsin were explained and a possible plan for Bel- trami county outlined. Enthusiasm ran high, the plan became so interesting that the afternoon session of the meeting was ad- journed to meet again in the evening. R ; ‘At the evening session; when the plan was again outlined, there was but one phase of the situation discussed—which was not ‘“shall’ we undertake it,” but “how quickly can we get it started?” : ‘ The plan provides for the hiring of a business mahager to conduct the land ¢learing campaign. The expense of such man- ager to be borne by the business interests of the county and the ‘labor given by the farmer, on his own land, in clearing it, will be his contribution. ) ‘Apart from the valuable advertising the county is bound to receive from the land clearing campaign; the actual increase in land values in the county where the elearing takes place will| be tremendous. Jf fifteen thousand acres can be’cleared the first year, it would mean an addition in value of Beltrami county + lands of at least $75 per acre for the 15,000 acres, or an added; value of $1,125,000 in one season only.' To this must be added thé value of the crop which may be grown on the newly cleared land. . % The project-can be successfully put over only with'the maxi- mum of co-operation between all citizens of the county. There is work for all to do and there will be glory enough for all when the summing up comes. o 2 f No greater compliment cuold be paid Beltrami county than -that it should. have the honor of being the first county in the state to undertake such a program. The University Extension department is behind us, the development departments of the| railroads are behind us—we have the land capable of support- ing the highest degree of dairy development—when the stumps are gone. We have farmers who are all only tob anxious to see some such program made possible—who want to see two blades! e A One Year 46,00 (vontiuuea Hrom ’ Last issue) " Presently 'strong arms took ‘him ‘from her; clinging ‘to somebody—she knew not whom—she followed, moan- ing broken-heartedly, while eight men, forming a rude litter with four rifles passed under his body, bore Webster to the shade of a tufted palm inside _the palace gate. T As. they lald Webster down for a| moment’ there Dolores: saw a tall, youthful man,. of :handsome features and noble; bearing, approach and"look at him.” In his eyes there were tears, a seb eseaped him as’ with a‘little Impulsive, “affectionate movément he patted John Stuart Wehstér's: cheek. My frignd1” the fainting Dolores eard him marmur. “My great-heart- ed, whimsical, Tovable ‘John “Webster, Yon made it possiblé forime to:meet you here tonight—and this is the mee| g1 v v ¢ £ While' Ricardo’ watch 4 unconseloug Webstor,one of his'aldes galloped :up-the ‘sfreet, to return.pres- sently with a detachment with stretch- ‘eve, fnto which Webster and Don Juan | Cafetero were laid and carrled up the palace driveway into the huge golde: reception . hall . where only the nigl hefore Sarros had greeted the belles and beausx of his capital. In the mean- time Mother Jenks had: succeeded In restoring Dolores to consciousness; supported - by - the indomitable old woman the girl slowly -followed the grim procession until, at the door of the reception room,.they found their further progressbarred by a sentry. ‘ <+ “The, red-halred man is dead,” he! Informed them in responmse to their ! eagoer querles, “If you want his body,” | he continued, hazarding a. guess as to'! "thelr mission, “I guess you can have ft. There he §s.” - And the sentry polnted to' the . stretcher: which had been set down along the wall of the! reception halll 7 ‘“'Ow about the other?” Mother | Jenks, demanded, - Don Juan Cafetero had, unfortubately,” been ‘so much of'! :a nulsance to her in life that she was | not minded to.;be .troubled greatly over himin death, although the Spar- tanlike manner of his exit had thrilled | the British bulldog blood In her. © “The big fellow isn't quite dead yet, _but I'm afrald -he's a gofer. The surgeons have 'him in this room now: Friend of yours, Miss?” he*inquired in ‘toes: freighted with neighborly sympathy. ¢ < ' 'Dolores nodded. “Sorry I can’t let you in, Miss,” he continued, “but the General ordered me to keep everybody out until the doctors have finished looking, ‘him over. If I was you, I'd wait in thnt‘ room across the hall; then you can of grass grow where but one grows now; who are not afraid of a little added labor, and who may be counted upon to do their, ¢ome out” | part in putting over the most important piece of work ever un- dertaken in Beltrami county. ‘““Let’s go.” . ——0 AN UNJUSTIFIABLE PARDON Is justice dead? . This question is prompted by the pardon of ‘the notorious Von Rintelen, who planned to plant infernal machines in ships carrying war munitions and our troops. He was duly convicted, was sentenced to & short term in prison—if memory serves, something like three years—instead of being shot or hung, as would have been the case in any other country. Now he is released, with the understanding that he leave the country. This taken alone is bad enough, but considered in connection with the sentences handed out by courtmartials, ranging from five to twenty years, to boys whose only “crime” consisted in talking back to an officer; boys' whose. manhood would not permit them to take the unmerited abuse of some:| officer utterly unfitted to command, we think the question justified and the answer must be yes. It will also be recalled that “Hard Boiled” Smith, convicted of brutality and sent to .prison for a term of years, is now a free man. ! Talk about discouraging enlistment—these things speak louder than any speeches ever made!—Farm Stock and Home. PTG L e Dvoracek says after this stump clearing bee is over “he will| have to learn to drive Henry all over agaip.” Take which ever meaning-you like—he has got into the habit of dodging stumps so often he will think he is on the wrong trail, if he doesn’t see some sticking their heads up in the middle of the road. . . ik W. L. Brooks says he thought Birchmont was a sure enough! wianer for Bemidji; but this land clearing “stuff”’ makes it.look !;k_e that little game Mutt and Jeff play—pinocle? Yets, that’s : Well, boys, don’t forget—there’s ten thousand more need-| ed for Birchmont. ‘All together now. . - —O—— { Swenehart says it doesn’t take three generations to put! cut-over land under the plow. We've heard of cut-over lands! putting three generations under the sod. \ v o e v The attempt to kidnap the detestable slacker Bergdoll in' Germany, ‘whither he had fled for a congenial asylum, was a deplor:bk thing. Rdozsl ot appear whether the two- Amesican ‘“detectives” were members of the thm“-lz;‘-:nfl’l force or nof . We should scarcely suppose even Mr, Alex- . ‘ander Palmer to be guilty of such agregious folly; though you never; can tell. The time for exercising effective surveillnce over the fellow was. while he was in this ‘country, and Lefore he was given:a ince to abscond. | o!mm, we shonld be gladsto see him get his deserters. But the idea of Hmi;i;n in Germany and fetching him back is simply fantastic. Let keep him. - She is more than welcome.—Harvey’s Weekly. “Let’s make the stumps fly.” ] | along the blued steel close to the vul- | regarding him mirthfully. get the first news when the doctors | Mother Jenks accepted his advice | and steered her charge into the room Indicated, As they ‘walted, Ricardo | Ruey stood anxiously beside the table | on which Jobn Stuart Webster's big, limp body reposed, while Doctor Pach- eco, assisted: by a: Sobrantean con- frere, went deftly over him with sir- gleal sclssors and eut tha blood-soaked tlothing from his body, “He breathes very gently,” the rebel leader sald, presently. “Is there any lope?” The little-doctor shrugged. “I fear not. That bayonet-thrust in the left #ide missed his heart but not his lung.” A “But apparently he Rasn't bled much from that wound.” {.~- “The hemorrhage 1s probably in- ternal, Even If that congestion of blood In the lungs does not prove fatal very shortly, he cannot, in his weak- | ened state, survive the traumatic fever from all these wounds, It is { bound—hello, how our poor {rlc\}d still | lives with the bayonet broken’ off in his body—for here Is steel—hah! Not a bayonet, but a pistol.” He unbuttoned the wounded man's coat and found a strap running diag- | onally up across his breast and over i the right shoulder, connecting with a holster under the left arm. The doctor unbuckled this strap and re- moved ‘the holster, which contained Webster's. spare gun; Ricardo, glanc: ing’ disinterestedly - at the sheathed \v(?lpon\noted a small, new, triangu- lar holeNin the leather holster. He picked It up; withdrew the pistol, and found a deep scratch, recently made, canite butt. ‘When Rieardo glanced at- Pacheco after his scrutiny of the pistol and ‘holster, the doctor's dark eyes were “I have been unnecessarily alarmed, my. general,” said Pacheco. “Our dear friend has been most fortunate in his choice of wounds 4 “He's ® WeKy Yankee; that’s what he Is, my dear Pacheco. A lTucky Yan- kee!” Ricardo leaned over and ex- amined the bayonet-wound in Web- ster's left side. “He took tlie: point of the steel on his pistol he happened to ‘be wearing undér his left arm.”{ . i went on to expiajn, t " the bayonet and It slid along his ribs, making’ a’ superficial - flesh-wound.” Pacheco nodded. : “And:fhjg. bullet merely” burned - the . top of “his- right shoulder, ‘while = another passed through’ his biceps without touching the hone, HIS most,severe wound Is this jab in'the ‘hip.” They stripped every stitch of ing from . Webster and went over him carcfully. ~ At the back of his head they found a little clojted blood from a small split in;the:scalp; also’they found a lump' of ‘generous proportions. Pacheco.; laughed | briefly . but ' con- (tentedly. 7“Then Lie 1s' not eyer Jured2” 10 interrup! laugh. i DA % “%‘-‘\V‘b\fldfl! ‘of. fright fight this fine fellow. ambn s Aoday,” the little doctor chirped.: “Ihe ,man 8 in; superl physical qm)lalyon; it is:the bump: on the hell ders’ him ‘unconscfous—not - | blood.’” .deeply, screwed up his ok ‘his head very slightly. Thereafter ‘for: several: minutes he gave no further evidence of an active interest M life—seeing which Pacheco decided: to' take prompt advantage of his ' unconsciousness and probe the weounds inihis arm and shoulder for the fragments of clothing which the bullets must-have carried Into them. After: ten minutes of probing Pacheco announced| that ‘he was’through and rendy. to bandage; thereupon John Stuart Webster”/sqld. faintly but very J) q m awfully glad you are, Doc’. It hurt like h—1! DId'y to gét a'’bite on that fishing-tdip “Jnck.” Webster, you scoundrel Ricardo yelled joyously, and he shook the: patlent with entire disregard the latter's woupgs. glad; ypu're fiot Qe 5 2 “Your sentiments” appeallito me trongly, my friend. I'm—toc—tired o~lofifi—n you.Who the, l—are. yousrrig ; 554 - Pell;za silence, zwhile. Wehater -pre- pared. . for another speech. '“iWhere am I?” : “In_the palace, up, and that for | of yours is safe. - for. you tomorro “D=—n the-forty thou. my Croppy Boy?” “Your ywhat?” ¥y gwild- Irish blackthorn, Don Juan Cafetero.” hope, old man, he-has ere now that .which. all brave Irishmen and true deserve—a harp with a crown, In life the Irish have the harp with- out the crown, you know.” “How did he die?” Webster' whis- pered. #He dled hard, with the holes In front—and he died for youw.” Two blg tears trickled slowly through Webster’s closed Vs and roll- ed across his pale cheek, “Poor, lost, lonesome, misunderstood wreck,” he murmured presently, *he was an ex- tremlsg in all thiggs. . He used to sing those Wonderfully poetic ballads of his people=I “romemper: one that began: ‘Green were the flelds where/my fore- fathers dwelt’ I thfik his heart was In Kerry—so we'll send him there. He's my dead, Ricardo; care for: his body, .because I'm—gaing. .to plant Don, Juan,with the—shamrogks: They didn’t_understand him here;; He was n exlle—so I'm’* going to sénd him— home.” “He shall have’ a military funeral,” Ricardo. promised,’ AP e | “From the cathedral,” Webster add- ed. “And take a picture of it for his people. He told me about them. I want them to think e amounted to sométhing, after. all. And when you get this two-by-fonr republic of yours going again, Rick, you might have your congress ‘award Don Juan a thousand dollars oro for capturing Sar- ros. Then we can send the money to his old folks.” Ricardo protested. '“The man escaped when tlie guards cut their way through.” cloth- | L1 Well, Tun along and get your man,”. % L = ‘Ricardo departed on the run, tak- Ing the sentry at the door with him }:and - in his"haste ‘giving ha thought to Mother Jenks and ‘her ‘companion Waiting ifor the doctor’s verdi¢t, “In the palace grounds he gathered twe more men and bade them follow him; leading by twenty yards, he emerged at the gate and paused to l?ok around him.io s By Y A |2 Some hundred feet down the stréet from ‘the palace gate. Sarros’. bay I bullet ‘brought the poor beast. down, hig rider had fallen clear of him, oply, to fall a-victim to the ferocity of-Don Juan Cafefero. Later, as: Sarros. lay stunned and bleeding beslde his mount, the stricken animal:in its deatb-strug- gle had half ¥isen, only to fall-again,: this. time on-the ‘extended left leg-of ' nis late ‘master; consequently when: | Sarros recovered congciousness follow- ing the thoughtful - attentlons ¢f his .assailant, it was to discover himself 2. hopeless prisoner. The heavy carcass of his Horse pinned his foot'and part 'of hig leg to the ground, rendering | .him as " helpless and desperate-as ‘a trapped animal. Fof. several miputes -now he had heen striving frantically to. release himself; with his sound right leg pressed against the animal's .back- bone he tried to gain' sufficient pur- chase to- withdraw his left leg from i'the carcass. : v As Ricardo caught sight of Sarros The instinctively realized that this was ‘his mortal enémy; motioning his men “to stand back, he ‘approached- the. struggling man on tiptoe and thought- fully possessed himself of the dicta- br's pistol, which lay in back of him, {but not-out of reach. . Just as he did: : g;o‘. Sarros, apparently conyinced of the tility of his efforts to. free himself, | ndered to fate and. commenced trather ‘pitifully Yo ‘weep with ' rage' and despair. ;o 3 ¥ fiRicardo watched him for a few sec- fonds, for there.was just sufficient’ of the blood: of his Castilian ancestors still ‘In hig’veins to render this sorry ‘sr(:ectacle rather an enjoyable one to :him, 3 -as thoroughly. as it can ‘love, and for a time Ricardo even nourished ‘the thought of still further Indulging his ‘thirst for revengeby pretending’ to ald Sarros in his:escape! : Presently, however, he.. put the . ungenerous thought from himj; seizing: the dead horse by the tail, he dragged the car- icass off his enemy’s;leg, and while Sarros sat up, tailor-fashion, -and. com- : enced to rub the -ecirculation :back into . the bruised = member, - Ricardo Sented himself on - the -rump of the :dead horse and appraised his prisoner critically. . Sarros glanced up, remembered his ‘manners and very heattly and grace- fully thanked his deliverer: “It is not a matter for which thanks are due me, Sarros,” Ricardo replied coldly. *I am Ricarde Luiz Ruey, and I have come back to Sobrante to pay my father’s debt to you. You will remember having forced the obli- gation upon me in the cemetery some fifteen years ago.” For perhaps ten horrified seconds Sarros stared'at Ricardo; then the | dark blood in him’'came to his defense; his tense pose relaxed; the fright and. despalr left his swarthy counte- nance - as If ‘erased with - a -moist sponge, leaving hini as énlmly stoical and ‘indifferent as a cigarstore Indian, He fumbied 1n-his .coat pocket for & gold Ccigarette case,” selected a clga- rette, lighted At and blew smoke at Ricardo. " The jig- was up; he knew it; and ‘with admirable :nonchalance |'be declined: to Jower his presidential Qignity. by discussing or considering It. He realized it would delight his cap- tor to know. he dreaded to face’ the Issne, and it was not-a Sarros practice to give ald and;,comfort, to the enemy. “Spunky ‘devilI” Ricardo. reflected forced_to admirstion despite himselt Aloud ald; “#You know the:code ! of our;fieople, Satros: An ‘eye-foi | ‘an eye urd a tooth for’n tooth? 19 Snr%fi} ““P.amat your sefv- | Ice” 1 plfed carelessisi Ty “Thy t “daylight ‘tomer motn ing I 'shall:make settlement. lca beckoned- hi¥ men: to appro: $ argenal™ he or- this wa, Aud: copfine =i | double gard in the | dered. provided for the prisoner tonight, and| that tomorrow morning, at six o'clock,| a detail of six men and a sergeant | escort this man to the cemetery inj the rear of the Catedral de la’ Cruz.| command of it.” | men stepped to. the prisoner’s side, seized him, one by each arm, and lift. { el him to his feet; supported. be- “But he didn't capture- Sarros,”! tween them, he limped away to his; remained seated on the dead horse,| | his gaze bent upon thé ground, his .charger lay 'dead." 'When Webster's | Besides; he was- 50 per’ cent | Iberlan, a race which can hate quite | 4 Mrs. Jenks,” - " “Present: my compliments to! the officer in’ charge there and tell| him it is my wish that a priest be; I will meet the detail there and take| Two of Ricardo's imported fighting| | doom, while his youtliful couqueror| 5 “He didn’t. “That was a fuse while | ! he- beat -it- out-the gate -where you| over Sarros but upom thé prodigious found me. I saw Don Juan knock him | proportions of the task before him; | cold with the butt of his rifie after | the rehabilitation of a nation. After -Pd brought dowm-his herse.” - | & while-he' rose and strolled over to- “Do you think_ he's there yet?” ward - the gate, where he paused to mind dwelling, nat upon his triumphy} | less absolutely necessary -t sm};e | Sarros, out. Scaitered over the grounds | Ricardo. counted - some .:twenty-odd ‘government soldiers, altiwearing. that pathetically flat, crumpled appearance which - seems. inséparable from the bodies of men killed ‘in action. The: first, shrapnel had probably con menced to drop in the grounds just'as |, | a portion: of the palace garrison had been marching out-to join the troops towers of which, looming through' the tufted-palms, ivete ‘reflecting the- set- ting sun. ' Over'the balustrade of one'| of the upper balconies: the limp . body of a Sarros sharpshooter, picked off fromthe’ street,”drooped grotesquely, his ‘arms hanging downward as if in fronical welcome to: the son ‘of Ruey| the ‘Beloved. :The sight induced in | Ricardo .a’sense of profound sadness; his Irish imagination awoke; to him | that' mute figure seemed to -call: upon him for pity, for’ kindness, for for- | ‘bearance, for understanding and Sym- pathy. Those outflung arms of the nartyred* peon -symholized to" Ricardo Ruey the spirit .of liberty, shackled | and helpless, calling upon him for. de- liverance; they. brought to his glert mind a_clearer, realization of the, duty. that was his than he had ever had be- fore. - He had a great task to perform, 4 task fnaugurated by his father, and Wwhich Ricardo. could not-hope to fin- fsh’ in Tis, lifetime; He must solve the agrarian problem; he ‘must ‘de- ‘velop the rich natural resources of his ‘country; ‘he ‘must provide" free, 'com- pulsory. education - and evolve'from the ignorauce of the peon an intelll- gence. that would build:up that which Sobrante, in:common. with her sister | republics.. 'so - wickedly: lacked—the great middie class that stands always 8s a’ buffer: between the-aggression and selfishness of the upper class and the’ ‘helplessness” and _childishness ‘of | the 'lower. S S | Ricardo bowed his head. *Help me, | O Lord,” he prayed. ‘“Thou hast given me in Thy wisdom a man’s task. . Help {me that X-may not prove unwerthy.” o .. . . Mother Jenks, grown impatient at the | Inck of news concerning Webster, Teft | Dolores to her grief in the roonf agross' | the hall and sought the open: air, for | of late she had been experienciag with recurring: frequency a slight feeling of suffocation. She sgt down‘on the broad granite steps, helped. herself ‘to a much-needed, “bracer” from her brandy flask and was gazing pensively at the scene around her when Ricardo .caime up the stairs. A ¥ 3T | “'Ello!” Mother Jenks saluted him. “We're "ave voil been, Mr. Bowers?” . “I have just returned from capturing: | Sarros, Mrs. Jenks. ‘He'is on-his-way | to the arsenal under guard.” 25 “Gor’ strike-me; pink]” the old lady cried.* “*Ave T lived toisee flisfdayI™ Her face . was -wrenthed-in. a ;happy siile. “L.wonder: "ow, the begsar feels | to’ave the:shoe on the othier foot, eh— | the ‘eartless ‘ound; . I'm. ’opin’ thig | Generul Ruey avill “ave 'the-blighter shot” .~ 2 B ) “You need ‘have noworry on”that | score, Mrs. Jenks, T'm General Ruey. | Andrew ‘Bowers Was just my Simmer nnme, os it were!” 5 s 4 “Angels guard me! . Wot the bloom- in’. ’ell surprise won't we “ave. next. | Wot branch o’ the Ruey tribegdo you belong to? Are-you a. nephes% o' him that' was president before Sarros shot 'im? ° Antonio ;Ruey, who, rart. brother:to the president, ’ad ni'son "¢ celled Ricardo. -Are You ‘ImSmight T arsk?” - o} [3 *1 am the son of Ricardo loved,” he answered proudly. " “Not:the lad as' was away: at:gchool | when ’is fathér was hexecuted?™” 1 “I am that same’ lad, Mrs, Jenks. Aud wand sre you?. Yor seei 1o Know a deaf of ‘my family b!sto o “1,” ¢he old publiCan replied’ with| equal :prige,. “s¥ | Mrs, Col ‘Ener;ri Jenks.‘wifo’ was your father's clfief of hartiliery an’/a- the heéxtreme- honor © dyin'’in front.of the same wall-with{ im. By the w'y, 'ow’s Mr. Webstel she added, suddenly -remembering.the subject closest to her lieart Just thens, “His wounds are trifling. He'll live, “Well, thiats: better than gettiw poked in the eye with a: sharp. stiel” the old dame /decided philosophically, Do you remember my. littl Mrs. Jenks?” Ricardo contln 5 s i the Be- 3 i jmunity Commer¢ial.” {and Sunday with Her sister, Mrs. W. oitended by fair-sized “Ziseemed to enjoy themselves. {was served at Davis” both evenings. fackéd it ; she perishe ere.™ “T pelieve I ’ave got a sHght recoj- i lection o' : the . niprer,’ &ir” Mother: Jenks answered cautiously. To herself she satd: ““I 8y, ’Entletta, ’ere’ pretty go. 'E don’t know' the lamb is: 1tvin® an’ in the next:room! "My word, ‘wot a riot/w’en ‘e meets ‘er!® “T will see.you again, Mrs. Jenks. I must have a-long tatk with you,” Ri- caxto told her, and passed on into the _palace; whereupon Mother Jenks once more fetvently ‘implored. the' Almighty. ‘I to strike her pink, and the iron re- straint of a long, hard, excitin be- i to the room where Webster was having. ELis wounds dressed, paused suddenly, his attention caught by the souad of a sob, long-drawn and inexpressibly pa- ~° thetic. - He listened and made up his mind that a.woman in:the room aeross the eéntrance hall’ was bewailing -the denth of a laved one who answered to the name of Caliph and John, darling. Further eavesdropping ‘convinced him that Caliph, John, "darling, and Mr. John Stuart Webster were one and the same person, and so-he tilted his head on one side like a cock robjn and con- .- v jingo, 'that's most Interesting,” he decided. “The wounded' hero has A sweetheart or a wife—and an-Amer- ican, too. She must be a 'recent ac- quigition, because all the time e yvere together on the steamer coming down here he never spoke of either;.despite the: fact .that e got friendly. enough for such confidences. . Something fin- ny about this. I'd better sound the o boy before -I’start!passing out words of comfort:to that-ninhappy female.” He passed on into the rooth. John Stuart Webster had, by.this time, been washed and bandaged, and: one of .the: Sarros servants (for the ex-dictator's | retinue still occupied the palace) had, at, Dr, Pacheco’s command, prepared a guest cljamber, upstairs and furnished ¢ a night \zown of ample proportions to cover Mr, Webster’s bebandaged - but otherwise naked person, . A ‘stretcher had just arrived, and the wounded man was about to-he carried upstairs. :The Iate financial backer of the revolution was looking very: pale and displirited; for once In his life his whimsical, ban- tering nature was subdued, *His eyes wer® tlosed, and he did not open’ them when Ricardo entered. T _“Well, T have Sarros,” the latter de- clareds N (Continued in Next Issue)' KR KKK KRR R R KRN e TENSTRIKE & l*i‘***&*l*tt_#*** The - Misses Margaret. .and Mabel Hampl spent fHe ‘weeb: end in Ten=* strike with relatives an¥ friends. Lutheran services ‘were held Sun-- day ‘afternoon at 5 o’clock in the Guild Hall. b S Murton -Ketehum' has “been -ill at his_home. with an attack :of grippe. Twenty-nine men were present at the meeting held at the school house Friday evening. The purpose of this meeting was the organization of a club for business purposes and to pro- mote the “welfare and ‘betterment_ of Tenstrike and. vicinity. - Not many farmers were present. as the weather was bad, but it is hoped there will be a good representation of farmers at the ‘next meeting’ Saturday, Feb. 12. - It was decided, after much discus- sion, that the club be. called “Com- ‘A temporary ‘chairman was appointed and a com- mittée to write up the by-laws. . The aim of, the organization, .as we un- dérstand it, is the advancement of the town and_country along many plans which can better be accomplish- ‘ed collectively than individually. The 'dl’ganization will try to hdve better roads, a:town: well, town scales and & town hall. - All this will take time ind the sooner the men get down to (business the better for every one con- cerned. & v Miss Alice Graves spent Saturday Rice. 7 The two dances given Friday and Saturday in the Guild Hall were at- crowds. All Lunch Miss Freda Jamison visited her par- |ents in Bemidji on Saturday. Have you heard ‘uf the *‘Squirrel '/ Camp?” ¥ Mrs. H./A. Ferrell of Bemidji, Mrs. H. Stuhr of Denholm, Sask., and Mrs. J. Robinson of Sauk Center were en- tertained at dinner Monday evening { by Mrs, James Rice. A crowd of young people, mostly all of whom were members -of the Lutheran league, had asleigh ride Sunday night with lunches at four dif- ferent farms— Hofer’s, Hass’, Wild’s and Neimeyer’s. It was an ideal eve- ning for a sleigh ride: and: every one thoroughly enjoyed themselves. KKK R AR A KR ® {* Red Lake Township-School Notes * - “He may be—provided all this didn’t | note the grim evidences of the final stand of Webster and Don Juan Cafe- | tero. before :passing. through- the por- Ricardo had now, for the first time, } | an opportunity to look -around him; happen the day,before yesterday. If I.wahnted him, I'd go down and look for Rlm, Rick™ = 77 77 “T'li go; Fight away, Jadk” . “One_minute, then. Send a man around to that liftle back street where they have:the wounded—it's a couple of blogks away' from here—to tell Mother Jenks and the young lady* with her Tl not be back.” 5 “They’re Loth outside now. They must have goné looking for you, be- chuse tiey found you and Don Juan first and then told me about it” “Who told you?” . ing, to thrill with ‘this, the first regl | | view of the home of his boyhood. The | | spacious lawn surrounding the pnlncc‘\ | had ‘been plotved and- scarred “with | i bursting shrapnel from the field gxmsf | captured in {he arsenal, aithough the | | building itself had been little damaged, | ot having: sustained . a direct hit be- | cause of Ricardo’s stringent orders ! ot palace nn- | _nse_artillery on | 5o he halted to realize his home'com- R S AR 7~ School District ‘Ne. :10,-Red ‘Lake; {has " the - following {month cnding Feb. 1st. Number of _‘days taught, 20; number of pupils jenrolled, 25; total attendarice in days . !by-all pupils, 412. Average daily at- - “tendance, 21. The following have !been perfect in attendance during the imonth: Mary Fucik, Emily Herman, e e man. ¥ ST . |SUBSCRIBE FOR THE Tag o. e Dalcd hen i ity DAILY : PIONEER “]. Am General Ruey™ . report:: for . the. «- {Helen Suchy, Leslie Hewitt, Norman - ;Hewitt, Charlie Herman, Jarry Her: - iman, Frank Herman, . Blanche. Her- b L

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