The Moore Messenger. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1911 Page: 6 of 8
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HENRY WELLINQTON WACK
Dried Beef
Old Hickory Smoked
Highest Quality '
Finest Flavor
la Ktled |Um jars mt your grocer*
Ask for Libby'* \
[CUT I have a word
with you, Blr, with-
out the cabin?'
I aimed lately leav
Ing my uBsociatefl, I
followed the fihort.
niUKCular. athletic fig
ure of the camp doc
ALLEN S FOOT-EASE
ou"o'~c;^«nT*bui?c!.?i™lV'I"Ihi' thfl n<'rve to do an ugly Job before
Shake Into Your Shorn
Allan's Fuot—Kam, *hn llltlirntl
I'owilrr tor llir frrl. It rtlitf
tiff, t«n<l.-i
tor out to the edge of
the forent. "VVhat'B
up, Doc?" I aaked
expectantly.
"I want the 'elp of a man a§
irrulmi rom lorl ill*niu-rv «
I be nut'. Aii«ii's F(*'t-K N tuakw
tighter o w bin*-* ImI itat*. Ilia i
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j Sant \>f mail for J6c. in stamps
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Oar Alien a x>nirrii>ta •terywhwe
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ALLKN 8. OLMSTED, La lb*. N. Y.
ew buildings. The succea. moment we're nt'arer a s,a 'I'e'le an<|
>hla, when $1,030,000 wai * 'mnic can11'' ,(!®1 y,,ur gU" ani)
GOOD WORK WELL SUPPORTED
People Are Liberal In Their Contribu
tions to Young Men's Christian
Association.
This year Young Men's Christian as
sociations are likely, it 1h said, tc
break all records in amount of money
raised for ne
at Phi lade
secured In twelve days, has given stlm
uluH both to Young Men's and Young
Women's associations. Added to It
was the $2,000,000 campaign for build
ings In foreign capitals. Brooklyn
women, with the aid of a few men,
have Just secured $415,000; Atlanta
men, $*>00,000; Reading. $217,000;
Elyrla, Ohio, $127,000. where the com
mittee asked for but $100,000; Charles
ton, 8. C., $150,000; Raleigh, N. C„
$75,000; Walla Walla. Wash., $48,000,
and Ishpemlng. Mich., $22,500. Assocl
atlon leaders say three things help
them in getting these large sums;
Christian unity, a short and public ap
peal, and real results accomplished lr
buildings already erected.
daylight," he whispered sententious!/
"Murder?" I tried to smile.
"Mayhap!" he quietly replied, to my
Amazement.
"That lets me out, Doc. I'm off
for my bunk."
"No it doesn*t" he hissed, follow-
ing my hesitant retreat. "What brings
me 'ere late at night In a storm Is
more Important to the company and
its hundred and sixty-two hands in
camp, than to you and me. This Job's
goin' for ard tonight, come what may.
And you who are handy with a gun
and I who have no talent for talk
afterward—wels, It's we two for the
perfawmence. I'm dead serious, I am,
and you'll stand by—I'm certain of
that. Come, the tide's Just a turnin'.
We'll have to be movln' with it. Every
The Tragic Difference.
William was lying on his bed, face
downward, sobbing desolately. I^e
mother took him In her arms, the
whole eight years of him. In a few
minutes she learned all. It was «
girl, and she had iqpt him a note.
It read:
"I)ere Willyum:
"I luv yu the best But Ilenery glvi
sneak to my hut right away. Not a
peep to them gents from Boston, nor
to any one else. We're going for
bear, understan', plain brown bear—
tomorrow."
That Alaskan night was of the foul-
est! A fretful kamook bayed dismal
ly on the opposite shore where Halda
Indians sometimes dwell on their
canoe voyages among the Prince of
Wales Islands. The Coplan Copper
company's smelter cast fitful patterns
of light and shadow upon the freezing
bay. The wild voice of the hills smote
the sea beyond with a hiss and roar.
January was in angry mood in the
wilderness as I kicked the snow from
my boots before the doctor's cabin,
and his hound uttered a long, low
growl within. It seemed but a mo-
ment when our. pipes were loaded, the
"whuskey" on the rude table beside ua,
and the fire roaring in the doctor's lit-
tle rusty stove.
Turning suddenly and bringing his
fist to the level of my face, the little
man unpacked himself brusquely:
"Am I correctly informed that
you're leaving camp for the east on
me the mont kandy.
cess Magazine.
T . , o I the next boat?"
Isabel. —Suo I
I "That's my Intention unless this
storm detains me."
"Well, sir," continued the doctor, as
' he placed a foot on the hound's thick
| neck and recharged his glass, 1 hope
| nothing will interfere with your leav-
i in'; but 1 can't see the horizon of a
little mess down near the Indian quar-
i tera behind the mill. You see. 1 enn't
I say anything to those tlrnjd city dlrec-
; tors about it, feariu' of their indis-
cretion and a tangle with the health
l officer at the port o' entry. Them dl-
; rectors hate me! Now you've appealed
I to me as a man of the woods. You've
| been about some where a man's got
i to be several times a man. This
J d d Indian myst be handled
i mightily rough tonight. At least we
| can't weep over him. lie sneaked in
! night before last without permission,
and it'll explode any minute."
j When the doctor rummaged for two
| black shroud like gowns and careless-
ly threw them across the bed, 1 sus-
pected that we were either to lynch
somebody, commit a corpse to the sea
or participate In some ghoulish cere-
mony of pagan belief amongst the
Slwash across the bay. Finally I
blurted: "Doc, what are these black
kimonas for? Looks like a hanging."
"It might better be a hangin'," he
retorted, pawing amongst his apothe-
cary stores, from which he occasion-
"It's small-
pox! That's what It Is—In a camp
One Experience.
"The woman you sent to me for a
Job in the musical comedy seems en-
tirely inexperienced. I)o you know of
her ever having done leading business
before?"
"In one way. I knew she always led
lier husband a dance."
MENTAL ACCURACY
Greatly Improved by Leaving Off Coffei
The manager of an extensive cream
ery In Wis. states that while a regu
lar coffee drinker, he found It injur!
ous to his health and a hindrance tc
the performance of his business du
ties.
"It impaired my digestion, gave me
a distressing sense of fullness in the
region of the stomach, causing a most
painful and disquieting palpitation ot
the heart, anil what is worse, It mud
died my mental faculties so as to seri-
ously injure my business efficiency
"I finally concluded that something
would have to be done. I quit the use
of coffee, short off, and began to drink
Postum. The cook didn't make it
right at first. She didn't boil it long
enough, and I did not find it palatable
and quit using it and went back to cof
fee and to the stomach trouble again.
"Then my wife took the matter in | ally set aside a pacRage
hand, and by following the directions
POINTED 2ttZ 7fOS£ TOWAKP JIN IWIQroWIf AND DOU&TFVL FJZlT
on the box. faithfully, she had me j of panicky miners ready to bolt on the
drinking Postum for several days be
for I knew it.
"When I happened to remark that
I was feeling much better than I had
for a long time, she told nie that I
had been drinking Postum. and that
accounted for it. Now we have no
coffee on our table.
"My digestion has been restored,
and with this improvement has come
relief from the oppressive sense of
fullness and palpitation of the heart
that used to bother mu so. I note such
a gain in mental strength and acute-
ness that I can attend to my office
work with ease and pleasure ami with-
out making the mistakes that were so
annoying to mo while I was using
coffee.
"Postum is the greatest table drink
of the times, in my humble estima-
tion." Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek. Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellvllle," in pkgs. "There's a reason."
10,rr reml the olmve letter! A n.n
enf appear. from lim. to tltnr. Thpj
ore genuine. true, anil full ot laumat
taiemil.
first whiff. Smallpox—fourteen-da
stage, and a pest house harboring the
d- d case. Do you understand?
Smallpox!"
Then with a toss of the head and
one of those sudden turns upou his
auditor which characterized all his in
tense utterances, he growled: "Come
along now, we've got to move that
case out of camp before dawn or. well,
you'll see the company's boat In the
hands of mutinous miners, and its
creditors dlvldln' its asset# in bank-
ruptcy. and nie a goin' to the coop for
violatin' the law."
We skulked along tVie beach as far
as possible from the glare of the
smelter. Black buzy.ards, sheltering in
a wood pile, chattered raucously.
The doctor whispered: "Our plan,
remember If the buck shows fight,
V> your part; I'll do mine. We'll
■ void a rough-and tumble as long as
."■sslble. Ilear that sea racing past
1 ne inlet! Gail! what a night for
itnen and children! This bread and
icoi -vou't be needed, I'm bellevin'.
Poor brown devils and yet—Stand by
now, and if you feel yourself cavin',
bite that cigar like a mink trap and
work away. Musn't bungle this!"
We remained for a moment in the
shadow of the silent mill to rehearse
the "Job" about to be perpetrated.
The Indian's rudely-curtained but win-
dow gleamed faintly red—a bleared
eye In the dark void. We knocked.
A menacing grunt and a shifting of
moccasined feet within—nothing more
hospitable.
'The doctor, with food and medi-
cine. Let me in." We let ourselves
into the hut before the Indian had
arisen from the floor.
The hut reeked with the foul stench
peculiar to the domestic conditions of
nomad Indians in this region.
We lured the Indian outside. Our
return from pestilence to the cold,
sweet air of the Alaskan forest, Intox-
icated me.
The doctor began menacingly:
"Why didn't you ride out on the morn-
ing tide? You said you would last
night. You lied and, damn you, en-
dangered the health of the whole
camp. You've got twenty minutes to
paddle off with your family or get
shot."
The Indian replied sullenly as he
moved toward the canoe upon the
beach. "Squaw too sick. Hunt for
meat all day. I go when the water
sleeps—mebbe soonly." He turned de-
flantfy with clenched fists.
"See here, Thllnklt, you've come
into this camp with what miners
would shoot you for. I've given you
two days to clear out at the risk of
infecting our men and wreckiug the
mine for three months. I've got
twenty men in the shadow of that
mill ready to pound you Into pulp
when my gtin barks. You understan'?
Now, we'll do this quietly or we'll do
it fighting'." Saying which the doctor
drew his pistol while I entered the
hut and seized the Indian's rifle.
A long dory-like canoe was torn
from the thin ice into which it lay
bedded. The brutal duty was under
way.
The squaw, whose disease had ad-
vanced to the stage of dessication,
opened her terrible eyes—eyes sunk-
en and deliquescent.
Go six miles down the coast; you'll
find fresh water and game a-plenty.
Set your traps, and wait for the com-
pany's launch to pass on her way out.
Paddle out to meet her when you hear
her whistle—four days hence. If you
attempt to land within this inlet, I'll
sink your boat with a shot. Now,
then, heave off."
Having given his commands, the
doctor joined in some mighty shoving
and cussing to get the boat away;
the Indian's reluctant paddle caught
the water lazily, and the deeply laden
craft of disease and death, and hatred
of the white man, finally pointed her
angular nose toward an unknown and
a doubtful fate. I looked around for
l)oc. before setting the hut afire and
burning the last vestige of the case
that had worried him. He was not
ashore. He had vanished like a ghoul
from the Indian's dying fire. I hel-
loed softly, and, gazing toward the
disappearing boat—descried his squat
figure with a paddle in the bow!
Was it iiosstble* Yea, there he was
and from there he called to me this
weird adieu: "Good night, old chap.
We've done a d—n fine job; but I'm
going to finish it alone. Send a canoe
after me day after tomorrow, or pick
me up when the Mary Ann puts out to
sea. If I'm Infected. I'll hang my
pink shirt high In a fir tree near the
beach, and don't you come within a
hundred feet of me. If I'm all right,
I 11 get aboard and see you off for
the states. I say—burn the Indian's
hut, Bneak to my shack and lay low.
Don't explain anything. Those miners
wouldn't stay in camp a minute, and
the health offlcer'd hang me for not re-
porting Thanks, old chap, thanks. It
was a dirty job for you."
I heard no more except the woolles
gathering aloft and hitting the distant
sea with a roar. The sturdy little
Doc would "finish the job alone!"
Firing the hut from the Inside, I
sneaked through the camp toward the
doctor's shack.
It so happened fas it always hap-
pens) that on the day after my grue-
some job with Dr. Dickson, one of the
visiting eastern directors had a "tre-
menjus case of cramps," as the super-
intendent Impressively announced.
"Now, where was that good for-noth-
Ing, lying, scheming little Doc? Why,
drunk abed, of course."
So, with this verdict, a collection of
exasperated directors visited Dick-
son's shack to rout him out. The door
unlocked, but the doctor was nowhere
in catnp. A meeting of the directors
was called which resolved that It was
dangerous to the camp to continue the
employment of a man who was this,
that and the other bad, incompetent,
unfaithful thing. So Doc was dis-
charged on the spot, th©( while an in-
vitation was prepared to another phy-
sician at Juneau to come and fill the
exalted position.
It was an innate sense of respon-
sibility which impelled me to steal
away on the third night after Dick-
son had gone to sea with his sick
wards. Packing my light kit I bun
died up what remained and left it
labeled to follow me in the iMary Ann
when the visiting directors returned to
Ketchikan. My note to them did not
create a favorable impression of my
attentiveness to their distressed busi-
ness.
"Gentlemen: As I may serve you
more by finding Dr. Dickson than by
remaining in camp, I have left some
of my duffle to accompany you on
your voyage to Ketchikan. I am
cruising down the bay to hunt for him
and for—bears. While sailing, please
look for my fire and a freshly-blazed
sprace on your port side. Kindly blow
the launch whistle every two miles
down. I ought to be from six to eight
miles south on the west coast of
Prince of Wales Island."
From the doctor's shack I appro-
priated his rifle, a supply of ammuni-
tion and such medicines as I thought
he might need; also I took some
Scotch whisky, and brandy, pies and
tobacco, a cot, tent and bedding, a
stove, shotgun and shells, field glass,
disinfectants, and all the provisions 1
could induce the cook to hand out.
One of the squaw's babies had died
on the day following their rough voy-
age from the mine. "And the other
little varmint," said Dickson softly,
"will pass in his checks presently. The
sfluawil pull through if the buck don't
lay down this week. I'm goin' to
stand by the case a while longer if
you say the boss isn't etissin' of me."
Early the next day we heard the
siren of the Mary Ann. The launch
was sailing down the bay. What I
said to thfc rubicund and pudgy Doc,
and just what he said to me as he
stood off twenty yards or so with eyes
of greater eloquence than his quaint
tongue had ever known, doesn't mat
ter here and now. Suffice It that I
made my short but tangled way to the
shore alone, stood under Doc's pink
shirt and near the tat new blaze and
waited for the Mary Ann. Her pirate
captain, seeing me waving a small
birch signal-fashion, stopped his en
glne and drifted as close as he deemed
prudent In a few momenta the launch
lifeboat had taken me aboard and to
a cabin load of sleepy directors. They
suddenly perked up with a chorus of
questions concerning "the Irresponsi-
ble little scamp."
Yes, I had found him in the interior
of the Island. He had fallen in with
some Indians, and, well, to be quite
frank, he had asked me If the man-
agement and directors missed him,
and if I would convey to them hl
apologies for leaving camp without
the usual polite exchange ot a good-
bye and so forth.
This twaddle exasperated them as I
had Intended. Their language of and
concerning little Dickson shall have
to be fumigated before public use can
be made of It.
My violent and obsequious friend.
Captain Furloso, and I were alone In
the wheel house where he kept his
eyes on the company's mall bag. As I
espied the bag a villainous ide^ seized
upon me.
"Have a smoke, Cap'n?" I offered
the bandit this bit of eastern hos-
pitality in my most persuasive
pianissimo.
"Cap'n," I began, leaning over his
smelly, little black and tan figure in
a confidential, warm-hearted manner,
"Cap'n, I wrote Dr. Bumpus of Juneau
a letter at the mine which I think I
ought not to send him until I have
seen some one In Seattle. Just let me
open that bag a minute and I'll with-
draw it before I forget It in the rush
at Ketchikan."
"Cert," piped the captain, like the
good, brave sou\ that he Is, "here's
the key." Then looking around fierce-
ly at nothing, he half whispered:
"Just turn the key in the wheel-
house door. Them gents from Massy-
chewsitt might butt in afore 'you'
done It."
So, having "done it" in a Jiffy, I felt
assured that the temporary custody of
Dr. Bumpus' letter gave me control of
the situation created by my all-too-
precipitate friends, the directors.
Just before we sailed from Ketchi-
kan I enclosed the Bumpus letter In
one of my own and addressed it back
to the company's manager at the mine. I
These letters, therefore, went to the
mine on the Mary Ann's return trip
and were In the manager's hands on
the fourth day following our depar-
ture from Ketchikan for Vancouver.
This is what I wrote the manager,
a man preposterously Jealous of his
official prerogative:
"I beg to enclose the letter you Ad-
dressed to Dr. Bumpus. pursuant to the
direction of your board while I was In
camp. In a fortnight l)d. Dickson will
return and explain the Important service
he has been rendering your company.
•inasmuch as my counsel and advice
concerning your company lias been the
object of my examination of Its proper-
ties and affairs. I suggest that nothing
be said to apprise Dr. Dickson of the
action of your board, nor of its injustice
to him. 1 should regard the doctor's
resignation from your staff, at this time,
as a serious calamity.
"Meantime, I am explaining the doc-
tor's absence to the directors while they
are on their way to Vancouver."
"Great little runt, that camp doctor
at the mine," I soliloquized, as we
finally debarked from the steamer and
settled Into a Pullman bound for Se-
attle.
"What's that?" came a screeching
and derisive chorus. "He's a little
beast, and if—"
"Now, see here, gentlemen, I've de-
termined to raise you to the lofty level
of that little cut, between here and
Seattle, or wreck this train In the at-
tempt."
So I told them of the heroism of
this runt of the wilderness, and heard
their snivels and saw their tears, their
hedging and squirming and justifying
and all that men do whose conduct
should bring regret and remorse.
A month thereafter 1 received this
assuring report:
"Ketchikan. S3. Alaska.
"P<>nr Mr Bobs:
"I'm wi ll againfl btu badly pocked Got
away from the Cape as soon as I dared,
nnd came here. The squaw pulled
through, but her kiddles died. I envy
them' The buck was almost decent while
I was down. Still. I've a ndnd to lick
him aplenty when I get strong again.
• Two of the boys went to the mine,
sneaked my things aboard the Mary Ann,
and left my written respects for that
manager I shall have him also to beat
up when he cornea my way. There's a
rumor here that he has been discharged.
"I've heard something of what you did
for me with them entomological gents
from the East. Much obliged. I'm going
to hammer the blnacle ofT the one with
the blue whiskers when be comes to
Alaska again Keep tills quiet, so I'll
have him to look forward to.
"Much obliged for the port wine and
other good things from New York. I'm
going on the staff of the Nellie Mine next
month. A big bunch of the boys at the
Coplan Mine want to go with me, but I
won't do that sort of tiling.
"Yours in Iodoform,
"Doc."
Eleven days later I* received the
following telegram from the jubilant
Dickson:
"Met and mangled the manager to-
day. He's in hospital. I'm In Jail.
All the boys satisfied.
"DOC."
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Failures sr. almost Impossible with
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We know that It will «lvs you better
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We know that the baking will bo purer
—roore wholeiome.
We know that it will be more evenly
raised.
And we know that Calumet Is more
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We know these things because we
have put the quality Into it we h*ye
se*>n It tried out in every way. It is
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New Fishing Industry.
Alblcore fishing In Nova Scotlan wa-
ters has become Interesting, but for
financial reaeons. These fish frequent-
ly weigh over BOO pounds and ar*
known as horse mackerel. A number
were shipped to Boston last season.
The average price there Is three and
one-half cents per pound. Formerly
these fish were considered a nuisane#
to the fishermen.
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Cutlcura Soap and Ointment do so
much for poor complexions, red,
rough hands, and dry, thin and fall-
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almost criminal not to use them.
Think of the suffering entailed by
neglected skin troubles—mental be-
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of a clear skin, soft white hands and
good hair. These blessings are often
only a matter of a little thoughtful,
timely care, viz.:—warm baths with
Cutlcura Soap, assisted when neces-
sary by gentle anointings with Cutl-
cura Ointment. The latest Cutlcura
book, 'an invaluable guide to skin and
hair health, will be mailed free, on
application to the Potter Drug &
Chem. Corp., Boston, Mass.
That Liberal Congress.
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"What about it?"
"Congress wants to give them that
many new laws, instead."
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