Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 23, 1922, Page 4

!HED DAILY BXCEPT SUNDAY flY bkmn.n PIONEER PUBLISHING couuflfi 9 CARBON, President ‘E. H. DENU, Secy-Mgr. J. D. WINTER, News Editer —s . TELEPHONE 922.923 Bt R et BSix Months ws Three Months ...esee 1.35 - ‘PIONEER~—Twelve p:ges, pul hed.. . dunl waunulrwm:'m‘- 1 United only’ the ™ nlu- uredxt i dvm this paper, U Press 1s entitlad to. the use for n—pnhucluun of nuwl dispatches’ creditea to- it,”or otherwise, (and also the local news published herein. i urncxu- COUNTY AND CITY MAK!NG THE LAND’AWORK Up in this part of the state we have ‘been so buny thh our problems of getting the land cleared and _ | ditches dug ‘and roads built that we!may, have ‘noty at all times paused to realize that our neighbo; ithe ‘'south ‘also have their work fo {do. " Down,in .Freebom and Mower - counties they are drnmmz ‘their -lowlands. and-the. redlamation is being« car- yied on in a big way, so that within a short time large; tracts of land will be ready ‘for cultivation that heretofore “have ‘lain idle, and Tlargely under water: V. Work in that locality has. been concentrated on a-tract of 15,000 acres, which has ‘béen’sub; divided ‘into eight units of 1, 000 .to 3,000 acres ch, and these units then are cut up into. farms 80 or 120 acres. Now, the 4big thing behind this mavement isa ponderous excavat.ng machine, . something ‘like the great ditching machines -that have been used in Northern Minnesota, but so constructed as.to meet its ‘particular requirements. This 76-ton d\tchmg device eats its way steadily forward over the bogey land, leaving in its wake a ditch that is 12 feet: fide“on top and seven feet deep.: A h\lge revolv- ing wheel scoops out the dirt and a conveyor belt is kept busy carrying ‘it out 20 .feet- to the'side, where it builds up & spoil: bank, the'same!as'the level-ways of our own ditches. ." This -mechanical monster, equipped w1th a’ crew of five men, can drive itself ahead at the’ rate! of a quarter of 'a:mile a day. 'The mm:hme is ') 65 AQ:t ]ong and has a 110-] borsepower englne for motive force After the tile drains are laid, the ‘sides ni the ditehes are thrown in to cover thei tile. This work is dorie with a grading ‘machirie drawn by a'trac- * ¥ main_.drains have bgen' laid, tor. 'Sub'mains and laterals are: added: after the Then follows the building. of bndges, roads and groups of farm build- ing. Work is.done on a big scale, dozens of teams, \ workmen and tractors being .employed. ' Artesian wells are driven, fences built and in a short time . the marshlands have been changed into producme farms. | i & e high-priced land. of thoasnuth h s made this . " work of more importance . ise would < have been the it ing place ; ustr f is one of the, hest _the vast, §ttetéhqs : ily * there xg eyery. reago “prising Southgm, ?K th e carrying on, 'proper that this. partof - ‘the state make kmown: her-agricultural possibilities—then, and 8 only then, will the real tide of aemem t that our “resources merit :et in. Verily, Northern Minnesota is. on the eve of the greatest era’of development in the history of the state. © We who are’here can help by making known our natural advantages. §—~———§ L Bryan says ngn\n that he is:not- a candxdate for Unjted States senator from Florida.. . Still W: J.fi can .be depended upon:not to faint'if “an office comes up ‘and taps him on the shoulder. § ~§ Something seems to Yay that this is/ going to be a great year for Beltrami connty potatoes. Every year, 5o far as'the; pomtnes arescancerned, but lomenmes the prlcec lu a hme senbby " sound so bad, elthpx. County fair managers -have:decided to prohibit ¢/ Bosco, the snaka cater” and ‘other ‘fake shows. The county fairs are getting better a]l the time. -3"‘&_ Goats are; st “to be of @ higher ‘order of in- elligence thln most “dumb_animals. Still, there are not many of us ‘who want to be'a goat. Pfiuceas Fatmm is hemg held, for smugghng a 44-caret diamond, bat she uught to wnggle out of it some way. St.. Paul gmnd opera aem)n has closed and a ! ‘ lot of folk will now have to: tlke ‘their’ mps at home. ; ime in‘a piece of ‘only a-scent. Al Gund Forks® mn i‘umt ~reutaunn¢ sausage. {Juu yy Plan now to have a suc- cession of vegetables in your garden all summer where you 'can -gather: them fresh and crisp when you want them. Many vatieties can be sown every ten days espe« cially beans, ‘peas, radish, lettuce, beets. spinach, etc. All the desired varieties may. be easily selected from. the convenient up- . right Sterling Seed Case. Full cultural directions on the back of each packet. 'eV etable 4 chk:tg'-m SoLD BY Bemxd]i Haxrdwaré Co. Given Hardware Co. Chfford and Co. - 'been folded’ and rolled up. - She spread | a date probably. something more than ! The INDIAN DRUM hq\Nlnifl 1 /La — . AY’S Wit —or ITEe one of hfS Watches. | 2 The Things From Corvet's Pockets. | “Miss ConstanceSherrill, Harbor Springs, lflehlgan »’ The address, in large scrawling let- ters, was’ written ~across the “brown paper:of the package which had been brought from the post office in the lit- tle resort ‘village only a few momeénts before.. ‘The paper covered a shoe box, crushed:angd old, bearing the name, of 8. Klug,'Dealer. in Fine.Shoes, Mani- towoe, Wigconsin.”” The. box, like the outside Wwrapping, - was> carefully tied withr a string. Constance, knowing no one ‘in Mani- towoc' and:surprised at the nature of the packuge, glanced at the postmark on the brown’ paper:which she had re- moved; it too was stamped Manito- Woc. . Slie’ cut. the strings about the box ‘and’took off the cover: A black and’ brown dotted silk cloth filled the box; and,:seeingit,’ Constance caught' her “breath. It was—at least it was very: like—the ' muffler - which Uncle Benny ‘used to wear in winter. She started with trembling fingers to take it from' the box; then, realiz- ing from’ the' wefght “of the package that the ‘cloth'was only a wrapping or, at least, that other'things were in the box; she picked up ‘box and wiapping and ran up to her room. She locked the door-and put the box upon the bed; ‘now she lifted out the cloth. It was a wrapping, for the heavier things came with it; and now,-also, it re- vealed itself plainly as the scarf—Un- cle Benny’s*scarf! - A paper- fluttered out as:she’ began to unroll it—a little ss-lined leaf evidently torn ‘from a pocket | memorandum’. book. It had it out;?writing was upon it; the small frregular “ letters - of: Uncle ‘ Benny’s hang, < ! “Send'to Alan- Conrad,” she .read; there: !ollowed a Chlcago nddress«-the -rills” address upon the Drive.: was another correction N -Sprlngs;uich ‘Ask: ome one*of that ; be sure the date; after June'12.” Constance, trexflmn unrélled - the scarf; ‘now coins Shpwed from a’fold, nekt nipocketknife, ruined and rusty, | next’ a watch—a man’s large’ gold|: watch ‘with' the- case queerly pitted and worn completely through in places, -and last a plain little band of gold of the size for a woman's finger—a wed- ding ring.. .Constance, with: fingers shaking so from excite- ‘nfent that ‘she could scarcely hold these ‘objects, plcked them up and’ ex- amined them—the ring first, L) It very evldently was, as she had, fmmediately thonght, a wedding: ring’ once fitted for a finger ‘only a trifie; less slender than her own. One side; ‘of the gold band was very much worn, not: with' the sort of wear which a ring gets on a hand, but by some dif- ferent sort of abrasion, The other } side of the band was roughened and ! pitted but not 'so muchworn; the in- side still ‘bore the traces of an in-| scription. - “As long 8s we bo . R all alive,” Constance. could read, and | the date. “June 2,-1801.7 .|/ zoung man, active, vigorous, ambitious. [t Constarce Choked, and. H! Eyu Fillled 2 With Tears was in January, 1896. Constance remembered, ' that Alan Conrad had been brought‘to the people in Kansas; he theh was “about three years old.” If- this wedding ring was his mother’s, the date would be about right; it was a year before Alan was born. Con- stance put down the ring and picked up the watch. It was like Uncle Ben- gasping and || 3 He had several, she knew, presented to him-at various times—watches al- most, always. were . the testimonials given to seamen ‘for-acts of sacrifice and bravery. The spring which op- erated the _cover would not work, but |’ Constance- forced’ the cover open. There, inside- the cover.as she bad | thought it would be, was_engraved |- writing. . Sand had seeped .into ‘the case; the inscription was obliterated in part. Wi “For. his courage and skill | in seam . . . masterof . brought :to the rescue ot the pn\uen- gers and crew of ‘the stenmer WInm,—, bago founderin’ . Point, Lan' Erle, ‘Nov.: 26, 5890 this” watch:, is. donated by the Bnflalo Merchlnu' - change.” X Uncle Benny s.name, evidently,: had been engraved upon the outside. Oon- stance, could M& "particalarly reth- ber the reseue o!fih’n was born, and Uncle Beénny. tell her that sort of“thing nbout him- self. Constance left the watch open and, shivering’ = “little, :she -gently. laid ‘it down. upon:her bed. ..The pnoketknife had no dlstmgmshlng 1841 sort. ‘The coins were abradéd and pit- ted disks>—n silver dollar,. & half. dol- lar and:three’ quarters,. not so much abraded, three’nlckels. and two pen: nies. " i Constance choked;and her eyes filled with;tears, = These things—plainly they :were ‘the things found in. Uncle Benny's: pockets — corroborated zonly too fully what' Wassaquam believed and what her father had been coming to beliéve—that~ Uncle Benny ; was dead. The muffler and. the scrapiof paper had® not:-been: in water - gn*in | ‘sand. The paper was written in;pen- cil ;/it had'not even been-moistened: or: it would ‘have blurred. - There; was nothing: upon it-to- tell how. long:4go it had-been written; but it had een. iwritten y*certainly. ‘Pefore Ju “After June 12, it -sald. That duy was August the elghleynth It was seven.' months since Uncle |~ ‘his dpy Benny had ‘gone “away. Atteq strange intervietv. with her that;’ and his going home, had anle Benny | | gone out directly to his death? There was: nothing to show'that he had'not; .the" watch and coins’ must have lain ‘for many, weeks, for months, in water ‘and in sand to hecome eroded in:this way. But, aside from this, ‘there was nothing that could be inferred regard- iing the time or place of Uncle Benny’s {death; That the package had' been rmnlled from Manitowoc meant nothing |definite. Some one—Constance .could Inot know. whom—had had the mufiler nd the scrawled leaf of directions; ater, after lying in water and in sand, ,the things which were to be “sent” had come to that some one's hand. Most probably: this some one had been one who was going about on ships \\hen his ship had touched at Man to\wL, he had executed his charge. Constance left the articles upon the bed and threw the window more wide- 1y open. - She trembled and felt stirred and faint, as she leaned against:the window, breathing - deeply the warm alr, full of life and with the scent of the evergreen trees about the house. The “cottage” of some twenty rooms stood among the pines and hemlocks interspersed with hardwood on “the Point,” where were the great fine sum- mer -homes, of -the wealthier . “re- sorters.” This was ‘Uncle ‘Benny’s ' country. Here, twenty-five years before, he had first met Henry, whose birthplace—a farm, _de:erted now—was only a few miles . back ‘among the hills. Here,|¥ ;before that, Uncle Benny had been ‘8] ‘He ‘had loved this country for itself and for its traditions, .its Indian legends and fantastic stories. Half her own love for it—and, since her childhood, it had been to her a region, of delight—was due to him and to the things he had told her about it. Dis- tinct and definite memorles of ghat companloriship came-to her. Tlllsdg tle bay; which had become now:ifer ost part only a summer p groting for such as she, had been on !fice where he and other men b gled-. to. grow rich swiftlys the names of the lighthouses, and something about each. - He haad told her, too, ahout the Indians. She re- membered one starry night when he had pointed out to her in the sky the Indian “Way of Ghosts,” the Milky way, along which, by ancient Indian belief, the Souls of Indians traveled up to heaven: and how, later, lying on the recessed seat beside the fire- tions, By which the dogs toy mnake that journey. It was he who "had told her about Michabou 'and the animkls; and ‘he had ‘been ' the first to tell her of the Drum. Mhe disgrace, unhappiness, the thrr-nt ‘of something worse, which must_have 'made death a_ralief to 'Uncle: Ben she had seen passed on now to”Alan What more’ had come to Alan slnce ‘fhe had, Jast heard of him? had: . reached- . her. 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