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! § { S | S T ¥ CESSES——— 1 { SNCIOSRE. RS (Contmuea —_— y ZANE: GREY # Riders of the Purple Sage. WildFfine, Ete. fndfcation that @ prospector had ever been there. Where, then, was he who had first staked this claim? Gale wondered with growing hope, ;with the fire easing, with the cold passing. tions. Yaqui mounted a little ridge The Yaqui uttered the low, strange, and halted. - The next instant Gale | involuntary cry so rare with him, a stood above a bottomless cleft into ! cry sommehow always' associated with which a white streain leaped. HIs as- i geath. ‘Gale shuddered. tounded gaze swept backward along | The Imdian was digging in the sand this narrow syift stream to its end In ! and dust' under the shelving wall. He a_dark, round, boiling pool. It was a | threw out an object that rang against huge spring, a bubbling well, the out- : the stone. It was 'a belt buckle. He cropping of an underground river | threw owt old shrunken, withered zoming down from the vast plateau | hoots. He came upon other things, above. ‘ and then he-ceased to dig. Yaqui had brought Gale to the! The gmve of desert prospectors! source of Forlorn river. | Gale had seen more than one. Ladd Flashing thoughts in Gale'’s mind ' had told him many a story of such were no swifter than.the thrills that | gruesome finds, 'Tt was grim, hard ran.over him. He.would stake out a . fact. claim here and never be cheated onll Then the keen-eyed Yaqul reached of“it. Ditches on the benches and |up to a Ilttle projecting shelf of rock troughs on the steep walls would car- | ynd took from it a small object. ry:water down to the valley. Ben|ghowed no curiosity and, gave the Chase had built a great dam which | thing to Gale.: i from. ~Suddenly he again heard the dull roar of faliing water. It seemed to have cleared itself of muffled vibra- He | |DOINGS OF ! L] i 3 B ! I'D LIKE TO SEE | MR. SANDSTONE, THE LAWNER, | PLEASE - HAVE MRS DUFF HAS HAD ME RATH SPENDING A GREAT DEAL OF WITH THE DOOR LOCKED - ¢ SHE KEEPS 1T LOCKED ! ALL OF THE TIME — S —— THE DUFFS A —di fla 1S BUSY RIGHT NOW You'LL 4 HAVE A SEAT, | i PLEASE WORRIED T00-SHE HAS BEEN SORT OF A BEMIDY DAILY PIONEER ~~* - : - TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1922 By Allman Tom Gives His Alibi You SEE,THAT'S WHERE I'VE BEEN FOR THE LAST THREE WEEKS THAT SHE ToLD - YoU. ABOUT - | WANTED TO KEEP IT AS A CHRISTMAS S HA-HA-HA- SURPRISE FOR HER - HA- THAT'S A GOOD ONE, rLLSAY ! TO WAIT- ER VL SAY 1T'S ASTRANGE SORT OF A STUNT - ) CAN'T DOPE IT ) THINK SHE DOES THAT THINKING 1T MAY HAVE SOME EFFECT ON YOUR STAYING OUT NIGHTS! LET YOU IN; EHP STRANGE STUNT would be useless If Gale chose to turn Forlorti tlver fromifs natural course. The fountain head of that mysterious desert river belonged to him. | ‘HIs eagerness, his mounting passion, | was cheeked ‘by Yaqui's unusual ac- tlon. The Indian showed wonder, hesitation,” even reluctance. His strange‘éges surveyed this boiling well as if they could not belleve the sight i they. saw. Gale divined instantly that | Yaqui had never before seen the source of Forlorn river. If he had ever. ascended to this plateau, prob- | ably It had been to some other part. | for.the water was new to him. He stpod gazing aloft at peaks, at lower rampants of the mountain, and at mearer’ landmarks of prominence. Yaqul seemed at fault. He was not gufe of his location. N ““Fhen’ he strode past the swirling | pool’ of dark water and began to as-| cénda littlé, slope that led up to a sbglying’ cliff. Another object halted. je' Tndian. It-was a pile of stones, wenthered, crumbled, fallen into mln.i bAit-still' - retaining -shape enough -to prove it had been- bullt -there by the hands-of.men. - Round and. round this | the Yaqui- stalked, and . his (‘urloslty’ attested a further uncertainty. It wis as if he had come upon something surprising. . Gale wondered about the plte of stones. Had it once been a prospector’s claim? ““uygh! grunted the Indian; and, though his exclamation expressed no satisfaction, it surely put an-end to { ren, give half of this gold claim to How strangely:Gale felt when he re-f o ceived into his hands a flat oblong + o wae W' sucnee ¢ }OULD BROADEN WORK the Yaqui, or was there a nameless ; and - unseen priesence ‘beside ' that | 0F AMER!CAN BANKER grave? Gale coud not be sure. But | he knew he had gone*back to the old | oY e desert mood. He knew something hung In the balanke. “No dccident, no ; luck, no debt-paying Indian could ac- | 5 count wholly for that moment. Gale -1, interests of banks. knew he held'in his hands more than , 1t i @ fact that banks serve them- gold. i selves best by serving others firsi. To The hox was & tin one. and not at State the case in extreme but abso- -’ |lutely true terms,—banks do more all’ rusty. . Gale: pried Spen the re- ' b : luctant 1id. A faint old musty odor | OF their own prosperity by aiding ne penetrated his nostrlls. Inside the ! development of efficient methods of box lay 'a packet wrapped In what farm production and finance them by once might have. been oilskin. He | {oreclosing mortgages. — They do took it out and removed this covering. | (Continued from page 1) sociation and its work to look upon it as an organization to serve only A'folded paper remained in his hands, {9f sound reciprocal trade than in WL It was growing yellow with age. ‘spec_uiatmg in iozzign}::i\_uu‘ngu. Tney But he described a dim tracery of [0 far, lar more for themselves Words. A crabbed scrawl, written in |through - the inculcation of sound blond, hard,to. read!. He held it more_, money principles than in participat-, to‘the light, and siowly he deciphered {11g in the profits ol credit and cur- its ‘contents: ‘| rency intlation. Iff otiter words; what * “We, Robert Burton and Jonas War- | is’best for the country is best for the | | banker. There-is no such thing as, the man who finds it and half to Nell | detaching the interests of banking Burton, - daughter and granddaugh- | irom thé interests of the people. - , ter.” | ; 5 1 ‘Gasping. with a bursting heart, | “Therefore, witn itself the Asso- ! overwhelmed by s unutterable joy of | Ciation has set up such bodies as th divination, Gale fumbled with the pa- | Agricultural Commission' te "stud, rer until he got it open. |and promote .the developr{!enl.;: It was a certificate twenty-one years ; farm prosperity. It has set up'‘ old, and recorded the marriage of | Commerce "“d, Maf.'“" C"““!"SF“{" 0 Robert Burton and Nellie Warren. aid in asgertaining the sound princi- | | more for themselves in the promotion “yis-auded and extension of which he gn{'po,mpeten'- Turks, that in the 'that woul give adequate service to igh “of their exploitation busi- . farmers. ' hov]d, be done with the United| The convention pledged itself to States. : “The business activity of America is this connection would be of mutual benefit to Turkey and America, and it ild remove the menace of political aggression which is often conected with the econo activities of ‘otuer Western powers in our country.” DAVS WANTS MILLION . FGR CONCILIATION JOB 181 (Continued irom page_i) burden imposed on them by the pres- ent excessive’ second cless postage rates. Continuation of a war on the com- mon rust bearing barberry the Eur- opean corn borer anr bovine tuber- sulosis was urged. Frank O. Lowden, former govern- or of Illinois, told the delegates that only better marketing would save the thousands of good farmers, farm- ing good land as well as they could, who have been unable to make both ends meet, Official reports show that while the organization has been going through the settliig process during vhe last year, its cash receipts had been 20 percent more than in 1921. - During the convention women del- S i F Conciliation a Favor conciliation womk of the de- it Dyvié wrote 4 has grad- g);fia* m",moré’vrg:uo" tor 1n Anierica’s_indusi LT o " ized opean corn borer and bovine tuber-; "1 FILE PETITIONS FOR . | | PRE-WAR MARK BALANCE Vew York, Dec. 19—Fred I. Kent, chairman of the Commerce and Mar- ine Comumission-ol the Ame ssociation, has sent notices m bankers, who requested i the co-operation in cullecting the pre- { war mark balances held witu German | Banks, that it is necessary to iile petitiong with the Department of | State of the United States, in aceord- ance with instructions sent out by the State Department on October 24,:1922, which require that ‘claims must be presented to the Department before January 1, 1923, . Mr. Kent states that American Bankers will render a great service !to their customers if they will call | their- atterition to- the requirement : of "the - Department of State, since ' firms, cofporations and individuals { must file their claims before Jan. I, 11923, exactly in -the same manier that -is required of banks or bankers. | ! NORTH DAKOTA EDUCATORS EXECUTIVES IN SESSION Valley City, Dec. 19.—The first ‘meeting of the executive committee ‘of the North Dakota Educational as- sociation elected in Fargo in Novem- ‘ber, is being held here today. Much important, business 1s before the committee including the naming of the secretary, time and place of 1923 convention, the next convention program and the standing commit- tees. The association was formerly known as the North Dakota Teach- ers association. ST, OLAF AND MINNESOTA ~*MEET ON FLOOR TONIGHT (E¥ Tntted Press) Minneapolis, Dec. 19.— 3t. Olaf College opens 1ts basketball season ‘Iwith the U. of Minnesota here tonight. St. Olaf plays River Falls Normal to- ;morrow night. Excelsior high school is scheduled to play Gustavus Adolphus at St. Olaf tonight and the Normals of Aus- 'tin are slated to play Carleton at Northfield. ' CHRISTMAS FEAST FOR Bin Feathery Tribe in Bosnia Not Forg:: ten—Food Placed Near Nests and Shelters, | HRISTMAS is not merely o i festival celebrated by H | for man alone. Among the i folklore of other countries i are several quaint stovies in which animals and birds give evi- ! dence of their: adoratiom: A well- | known Bospian legend offers a version e 5y €Xperience has™ deinu'ris'ii'a:ed[egflges held several sessions, at which " of world-adoration.” They claim that the effectivengss of its mediation in home economics problems were con- avoiding strike§'%r I bringing a!gidered. yuick settiement el vdisputes where The convention, admittedly the ork has already suspended. Lavor|most important gathering of farmers has discovered that it has a stand- in the history of the Farm Hureau. | , ing recognized by the® Government served to clarify the atmosphers henever its demands are s based on | conflicting opinions’ as to remedies irgustrial and wnstiwtiw&a& righis. | that should be applied to the ag “Employers on the other hand|cultural situation and outlined an ag- have fouid i that the depattment ' gresive campaign to be followed in will protect them from unjust and 1923, unreasonable exactness. doubt. - He pointed up to the roof of the sloping yellow shelf of stone. Faintly outlined there in red were the imprints of many human hands with Desert Gold. figers spread wide. Gale had often ! A gummer day dawned on Forlorn seen such paintings on the walls of Riger, a beautiful, still, hot, golden the desert caverns. Manlifestly these day with huge sall clouds of white told Yaqul he had come to the spot for | motionless over No Name peaks and which he had almed | the purple of clear air in the distance Then his actions became swift—and along the desert horlzon. Yaqul seldom moved swiftly. The | fact Impressed Gale. The Indian‘ g, her daughtier happy and the past™ searched the level floor under the y,peq forever In two lonely grave inting shadow hy X shelf Flo cathered up handfuls of g:fia Te‘llle'veg he wnnld‘elf!teve:rf:z::{ small black stones. and he thrust | 4o gyeetness, the wonder, the pas- them at Gale. Their weight made gon of ner embrace when she called Gale start, and then he trembled. The '} per boy and gave him her bless- Indian’s next move was to pick up a plece of weathered rock and throw it | fhe little wrinkled padre who mar- agalnst the wall. It broke. He .3 Ggle and Nell performed the snatched up parts. and showed the | .oramony as he told his beads, with- broken edges to Gale. They contained | o1 interest or penetration, and went yellow streaks, dull glints, falnt trac- | yyg way leaving happiness behind. ings of green. It was gold. | “Shore I was a sick man” Ladd Gale found his legs shaking under | sald, “an’ darn near a dead one, but him; and he sat down, trying to take | pm ‘agoin’ to get well. Mebbe I'll be all.the bits of stone into his lap. HIS ! ;14 to ride again some day. Nell, I fingers were all thumbs as with knife | lay It to you. An’ I'm agoln' to kiss blade he dug Into the black pieces of | you an’ wish you all the joy there is rock. He found gold. Then he stared | j5 jg world. An’ Dick, as Yaqui down the slope, down into the valley | gyvq ghe's shore your Shower of with its: river winding forlornly away | goid.» into the desert. But he did not see | " Ho gnoke of Gale's finding love— any of that. Here was reality as!gngpe of it with the deep and wistful sweet, as wnnderful', as saving as & | gealing of the lonely ranger who had ;!;e:n; ctl‘ome 'meI.d Y l(i_'-;ll‘lfl ‘}“fl"; |Ied r‘r‘\‘md | always yearned for love and had never; » & ledge of gold. Gale had learned | chiaugh about mineral to know tht | R It Belding,, ence: mare. rrac: thig was a rich strike. All in a second | tical, and Important as .never before he-was speechless with the joy of it. with mining projects and water But his mind whirled in thought about | claims to manage, spokeof Gale's thig' strange and noble Indlan, who | great good fortume~fn ‘the ‘finamg of seemed. never to be able to pay a debt. | gold—he called it esert gold. Belding and. the poverty that had _ “Ah, yes. ‘Desert<Gold®" exciaimed c¢ome to'him! Nell, who had wept i Dick's father, _softly,.. with eyes of over. the loss of a spring! Laddy. ‘prlde‘ Perhaps he was glad Dick had who never could ride agaln! Jim | found the rich claim;;suxely the> was Lash, who swore lie would always look | happy that Dick had wofr the girl he after his friend! Thorne and Mer- cédes!-"All these people, who had CHAPTER XX. ! that his father meant something very been good to him and whom he loved, ' different from love and fortune in his were poor. But now they would be ! allusion to desert gold. rich. They would one and all be his | Yaqul came to Dick to say good- partiers. He had discovered the | by. Dick was startled, grieved, and. sotirce of Forlorn river, and was rich { In his impulsiveness forgot for a mo- fn-water. Yaqui had made him rich | ment the nature of the Indian. Yaqui. in_gold. Gale wanted to rush down | was not to be changed. the- slopé, down into the valley, and tell’his wonderful news. ‘ ” . Suddenly his eyes cleared and he (Continued In Next Issue) saw. the pile of ston€s. His blood \ turned to Ice, then to fire. That was | Mr. and Mrs. Joe Carlton left Sun- the mark of a prospector’s claim. But | day night for St. Paul to visit erla- it was old, very old. The ledze ha itives» and fzends over the holidays.' néver been worked. The slape was | wild. There was_not another single | gubscribe ternational problems that ever con- jour sapenohoes Ademonstr»ale that 4 through this service maehinery can fronted the human mind. It has set p, et yp in various indystries that up the Economic Policy Commission iy reduce to a minimum interrup- WASYBURN LIKES NEW JOB AT VETFRANSVILLE | loved. But it seemed to Dick himselt [tO | to give thought and counsel in regard |to problems of .domestic political economy, such as the preservation of | sound money. It also maintains the | i Public Education committee to stim- Mrs. Belding' returned that day to:|ulite a wider familiarity with sound NgEw REPUBLIC US/NG ;b;,iness principles. These and other tagtivitieg the Association supports in ibehalf not only of banking but of the ! géneral welfare. - +“None of them serves narrow bank- ing interests. They are working or- ganizationis serving the public inter- est. They are part of the character of the association as an institution of | genetal public helptulness, and dur- ing our visit in Washington we en- i deavored to bring the activities of the Association of this sort into closer co- ordination with the government.” TURKS WANT U 5. TO EXPLOIT OIL FIELDS (Continued from page 1) “It is true,” the Pasha said, “that some time before the World War the so-called Turkish Petroleum company approached the Turkish government for concessions to exploit the oil wells of the region of Mosul in_northern Mesopotamia to run shipping on the | Tigris river, and for other’ il } Fifty per cent of the shares company were held by the British; the rest being split up in equal parts be- | tween Dutch and German.interests. I' understand that the British allotted | the shares formerly held by Germans | rench interests in the agreement of"San Remo last year.. 3 “Our government sent Hakki Pasha | then Turkish ambassador to Germany, to London where he represented usj| int the negotiations. The outbreak of! ‘the war, however, interrupted the conversations before any decision had i been reached. or concessions granted. “It is therefore, evident that| neither England nor Germany, Hol-| land or France, or any c.ier country or _group has any legal claim or con- cegsion of any l.n dpertaining to the! oilfields: iri \question. Turkey ‘is ab- solutely irce to dispose of them and lockouts. (Continued irom page 1) qmployers ' magazines. There are sufficient easy chairs and couches to make all com- ; fortable. |' The north end of the main build- tions due to- strikes and ‘With co-operation from and, employes conciliation points the way ‘to industrial peace. (Continued from puge 1) which the boys take up their courses by President Commons to the new re- . of study and woyk out nrobhlems pecu- public, include health, accident, unem- !iar to the locality and type of farm- ployment and old age insurance laws ing pursued. e protecting women and children in in.! The.Silver Star colony is still in dustry and laws restricting hours of abor. The new government is a democi-acy’’ the ‘president expected of this colony as it has more being | fine Inéation on the Snake river, sev- elected for life and the reins of gov- en miles north of McGrath . ernment keing held by a cabinet and| There are several advantages to parliament chosen periodically by |this group settlement of the ex-ser- 'popular vote. |vice men, among which is the large Prof. Commons was the author of j amount of heavy machinery furnished the law creating the Wisconsin indus. ' each eroup, such as traction plows trial commission in 1922, the first of and discs. The fine spirit of neigh- its kind and the predecessor of la-|bodliness and goodfellowship is more bor departments in practically every in evidence in these two colonies than state in the Union. # in any group which it has been his pleasure to work with, reports Mr. Washburn and he is very well pleased MARKETING IS -FIRST with his new position. ]N FARM BUREA“ PLAN‘ MOORHEAD JUDGE TO HEAR {Continued from page 1) 3 ¢ng dgencies haye been organized ¥ i s under Farm Bureau leadership. - (BY Uniteu Press); A When the convention ap edjthere | Moorhead, Dec. 19—lutge : Nye were two schools “of gg‘; one~orders -a recount in the Haagen-Dos- which held ‘that marketing shbuld be land election the major theme of:¥he organization % in the fufuFé as in the past, and the commienced before noon. Botl, Clay and Wilkin counties, conmprising the activities-should: be stressed- '‘Before | district, will be re-counted: " the convention was two -days old, the s 4 marketing men.were fdr in the ma-| Moorhead, Dec. 19.—Judge C. N. jority and soon passed resolutions Nye will hear arguments today as to ‘which placed the farm bureau more why he should and should not order a i than ever at the head of the co-oper- | recount of the Nov. 7 ballots to de- termine where A. A. Haagerson or C. G. Dosland was clected state senator- Official count gave the seat to ative selling effort in this country. The convention, time and again, expressed itself as determined to ob- tain relief for farmers, who find that their: dollars worth are only 62 can county and district conventions. cents, while those of other industries | are worth $1.54. Bernard M. Baruch, financier, suggested to the convention show he was elected. A recount of the formation of a nation-wide bank- the votes cast in the entire district Tig stitctute; patterned iafter -dhe’lis asked. - Federal Reserve system, but design- fuc The wvally Ploneer |it is my conviction, which is shared ed to primarily serve agriculture, | SUBSCRIBE FOR THE PIONEER' ing is fitted with blackboards and ta- | WISCONSIN LAW. MODEL | bles for a_practical school room, in | an embryro state, bue even more 187 model | room in which to spread and has a | ARGUMENTS ON RECOUNT | contest. - Taspectors | have been appointed and the fecount | Haagenson, farmer-labor candidate. | themselves confronted with the fact + Desland was indorsed by the republi- | Desland charges he is aware of er-| rors that will cut his opponent’s lead | New York to 20 and he believes a recount will | Zon the holy day “the sun in the east | bowed down, the stars stood s.ill; the’ | mountains and forests shook and { touched the earth with their summits. | and the green pine tree bent; the grass was be-flowered ‘with the open- ing of blossoms; incense sweet ax myrrh pervaded upland and forest; birds sang on the mountain tops and all give thanks to the great God.” In Bosnia on Christmas Day a sheaf of rye is put near birds’. nests and bird houses for the birds’ Christmas. An old Indian legend says’that on Christmas ‘night ‘all the deer”in" the forest kneel in -adoration before the Great Spirit. Woe -to- him, however, who tries to spy.upgn them. He is punished with perpetual sfiffening of i the knees. e | - Many people of the Old World claim that on Christmas night animals are gifted with speech, but none must trespass or eavesdrop. Many and many haye heen the tales | which account for “th¢ ™ robin’s red breast. In great many parts of Europe he iis called the Savior’s bird;-and a story is told that when-the ‘Christ was crucified the robin, unable to stand His suffering, ventured:to. pluck the thorns from His head. In doing so, the blood stained the robin's breast, which sign he wears today.: -, SUBSCRIBE FOR THE PIONEER TEMPERATURE RISES AS SNOW RITS NORTHWEST Fargo, Dec. 19—A storm moving from tne northwest to the soutneasc 1S Leday centering over W ubston, N. D., according 1o Ubseiver Spencet oL Mooriead. While tic low . pr arca exiwends oeey @ snoriour WL Soull Adwcaid ald Suskaleie- wan today and a hiie sulll 04 wai- liston, smow 1s Iating over the Gan- awan Nortawest, Wisanglon, uUre- gon, laano, Norwi, vakota and pares of Montana, i e An men’ had fallen s a this mocning and 1t was stll coming™ ™ down. Que Appelle, Canada, re- ported about five mchcs‘at thac time. ‘emperatures were rising, in tne low piessure area and ‘{ali t wake. Fet' northwest“points ‘ed below zero weather al ine thermometer at Iav,n recorged 16 below at midnight anb A4y Feadhed one below at séven. A JOANIS BOY IS LAID TO REST THIS AFTERNOON Owen Francis Joanis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frangs Joanis' of rlitth ward was laid to Pest this afternoon in Holy Cross cemetery following funeral services at 4 o‘clock. The deceased passed away Monday morn- ing at 9 o‘clock, at the age of v« months and eighteen days. Funer- arrangement were made under the direction of H. N. McKee, funeral + director. - HiIGH SCHOOL GLEE CLUB o TO SING CHRISTMAS CAROLS The High Schogl Glee Club, under the direction of wbeth Evans' Yaple, musical instrictor, will" devote the day Friday to the sihginz of Christ. * “as carols for the enjoyment of the different grafle " Senvcls, ‘the high school, and in the evening' they plan- to sing the carols in the different stores in the business district. BOYS BAND 'NOT- TO MEET FOR PRACTICE' TONIGHT Bandmaster G. O. Riggs announces ithat there will be no practice for the Bemidji Boys band tonight, but that the band is to play for the basketball - game between Crookston and the B3emidji Firemen at the new armory Wednesday evening. All the mem- bers of the band are to be present at the armory Wednesday evening at . 7:15 sharp states Mr. Riggs. CHRISTMAS VACATION TO BEGIN FRIDAY, DEC. 22 The annual Christmas .vacation for the Bemidji Junior-Senior high school” will begin December 22 and continue until January 3, while the «rade schools wilt let out, Frida; ternoon and will not resume sessions until January 8. g T The Junior-Senior high school ‘was a week late in getting started last fall and consequently the lost.. time is to be made up by cutting the Cliristmas vacation_short. ] SUBSCRIBE FOk THE PIONEER BANKER ADVISES D.B.C. COURSE Miss Lillian Matson’s banker told her to avoid a short, ‘‘easy’’ steno- araphic course, and go to Dakota ess College, Fargo,N. D. She did. Now she has a fine position with theNorthern Trust Co., Fargo, - Bankers know that D. B. C. gradu- atés dre thoroughly trained, mak splendid dependable employces: + Nearly 700 banks employ “Dakota’? graduates. 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