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t.OVERXED Tl> DKATII
Frotestlng a few days ago against the growth of bureaucracy and the
extension of federal authority over the of American citizens. Sen itor
Stanley. of Kentucky, said:
"Every business man finds an inspector at his elbow, a federal sleuth at
his heels Houses are seai<- ■ homes outraged and the public highways
dappled in the blood of unoffending citizens by a multitude of agents ant!
inspectors ignorant oi and i;.d.:ierent to the law of the land and the rights
of citizens."
Lest anybody think that Senator Stanley, who is a democrat, has allow
ed his Jeft'ersonian theories of government to warp his Judgment, it is
v >rth whilt to turn to t!:e del.berately expressed opinions of Dr. Nicholas
Duller, who is not only a Republican, but who is identified with the con
servative wing of the party.
In a report to ti e trustees of Columbia t'niversity expressing his objec
tions to the proposed federal bureau of the supervision of education. Dr.
Butler used language in less vehement than that employed by the senator
from Kentucky:
"In the United Sta'e> • are. in Hat deriance of all our proclaimed pr'.n
rlples. building a series Of bureaucracies that will put to shame the best ef
forts of the Czar of all the Rus-' i - when in the heyday of Its glory. We are
•surrounded by agent- -• i<«-:al agents, inspectors and spies, and the people
ere railed upon to support through their taxes, in harmful and un-Amer
ican activities, whole armies of individuals who should be engaged In a pro
ductive industry."
Senator Stanley has described in this fashion the tendency of the 15.
000 bills already introduced In the present congress:
"Nobody escapes. Everything in the normal, industrial and commercial
world is to be owned, operated supervis- d or censored, from the birth of a
baby to the burial of a corpse, and the worst is not yet."
The passion for bur> .1 . i icj i> >1 government regulation, which began
und^-r Roosevelt, has lost all >e:ise of restraint Outside of Bolshevist Kus
sia. the American people are the most governmen'-ridden people In the
world, and ever) session of congress, every session of a state legislature,
marks an extension of the system.
Among the indictments of Ceorge lit. in the Declaration of Indepen
d-nce was this He has erected a multitude of new offices and sent hither
swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance." If
'.eorge Hi could see the arn.ie* of officers that the American people under
tiieir own government, have allowed 10 be imposed upon them, to harass
tiiem and eat out their substance, he would be astonished at his own mod
eration. What t! e fathers reiused to -ndure the sons submit to as meekly
as a tlock of sheep.
The American people are in process of be tig governed to death as well
as taxed to d>-.ith to support the armies of office holders who have under
taken to regulate them from the cradle to the grave. What makes a bad
matter immeasurably worse, thev seem 10 have lost all thetr capacity for
resistance to the ever-widening rule of bureaucracy.—New York World.
KK(;.\i:i)i\<; imm.s \\i> chhkkns
While it seems on tiie face of it to he a matter of small import, still the
question of dogs running at large promises to grow into a matter of some
interest.
This will develop when a census lias been taken of the number of chick
ens that have fallen a prey to the dogs. Last night dogs again made a raid
on another chicken coop, and cleaned it out. Which is preferable—a lot
of mangy si wash curs, or coops of profitable fowl?
We believe in encouraging the development of the poultry in the Skag
way valley, and the results already obtained by a few who have given the
raising of poultry careful attention, proves that poultry can be made an im- j
portant by-product if not a large industry, if it is given protection and en- j
couragement.
There Is no question in the minds of a number of those now engaged In
loultry raising that the dogs which ha\e committed the depredations be
long to natives, and the natives have shown a disposition to utterly disre
gard the property of the citizens, so :t is high time that the authorities take
the matter up wiht a firm hand, and deal with the owners of dogs to the
end that the entire Skagway valley is cleaned out.
Tti» lash Is looked U|»>n with favor
by th* I'Mindian authorities as a
k-r.-:it iVTerreut • 'f er tne. Two II.'nil'
ton men haw he*-n ordered to the peni
tentiary fur -even years. When they
So In tt."y will each re'-elve seven
lashes. When they ti«nie out they w'll
get seven more. Those last lashes will
breed a harre<' thai will undo all th"
jo«hJ that the luipnsouuient may have
doue.
Another reason why our dome Is
lolttl Ivory, remarks the Houston Post,
we hold strenuous'y to the view ihat
If the rrfi>rniers \r*sh to achieve any
thii^sulisuunial. the} wiil concentrate
I their up'>n the children and j
waste t o more time on the annor- ,
plated old birds.
Fa*hi"n has ae^er done much for a
man. The only garuieut It lias per- |
iiatted I in to leave off In the last 20") i
| years is his summer vest.
! Ar. octagonal cola tuluted by th» J
League of Nations should prove in- i
valuable In keeping money from roll
lug and stabilizing exchange.
An essential occuputloD ts one that
has to do with supplying' the neces
sities of those who do things rutber
than »Uli uuiusiii^ Ue idle. |
The Voice
of the Pack
By Edison Marshall
(Oopjrlght, IDA), Utile, Brown A C-xnpiajl
Whlsperfoot crourheo lower: Biin
again his long serpen I of h tall hewn
the litrle vertical motion that always
precedes his leap. Me lini) tiol forgot
ten the wild rapture of that moment
hml inadvertently (prune on Landy
Hlldreth—or how, after his terror had
died, he had come creeping hark, fie
I hunted his own way, waiting on the
trail; and his madness was at Its
height. He was not Just W hlsperfoot
the coward, that runs nt the shadow
of a tall fonn In the thickets. The
consummation was complete, and that j
single experience of a monlh before j
had made of him a hunter of raeu.
His muscles set for the leap.
So Intent was he that his keen
senses didn't detect the fact that
there was a curious echo to the girl s
footsteps. Pan Failing had si;p|»<d
down from his terrified horse and »va<
••tinning up the trail behind her. pray
•iir that he could he In time.
bird heard the pat. pa! of his
feet; hot at first she did not dure to
I hope that aid had come lu her. She
had thought of (>an as on the far
away marshes; and her father, the j
I only other living occupailt of I Ins pari
I of the Divide, might even now he l.v- i
Ing dead In his house. In her terror |
she had lost all power of Interprets- j
tlon of events. The sound might he
the cougar's mate, or even the wolf
pack. Jetiluits of his game. Sobbing i
she hurried on Into Whlsperfoot's am :
bush.
Then «he lienrd a voice, and It seem
ed to he calling to her. "Snowbird— '
I'm coming. Suowhlrd." a man's strong I
voice was shooing. She whirled with
a soh of thankfulness.
At that Instant the cotitrnr sprang
Terrified though she was. Snow- ;
bird's reflexes had kept sure nnd true
Even as the great cat leaped, a lolij
lithe shadow on' of the shadow her •
tinsel pressed back again*' the trigger
of her pistol. She had been carry
ing her gun In front of her. and she
fired It. this last time, with no eon- 4
•clous effort. It was .lust a ln«» lu- !
stlnctlve effort to defend herself.
One other element affecied the Is- [
sue. She had whirled to answer Pan'« I
cry Just as the cougar left the ground. 1
But she had still been in range. The I
only effect was to lessen. In some de- i
gree. the accuracy of the spring The |
bullet caught the beast In mld-alr: :
hut even If It had reached Its heart. '
the momentum of the attack was too 1
great to he completely overcome. I
Snowbird only knew that some vast i
resistless power had struck her. and 1
that the darkness seemed to ruar and j
explode about her.
A Strange, Grim Battle.
Ifhrled tu Tier Chop In the trail. she
did not see the cougar sprawl on the I
piirtli beside hor. The flame In the I
lantern almost flicked out as It fell
from her hand, then flashed up and
down, from the deepest gloom to n
vivid eta re with something of the ef
fect of lightning flickerinir In the sky.
Nor did she hear the llrst frenzied
thrashing of the wounded animal.
Kindly unconsciousness had fallen ob
scuring this and also the sight of the
great cat. In the ngony of its wound
creeping with broken shoulder and j
bared claws across the pine needles i
toward her defenseless body.
But the terrible fanes were never i
to know her white flesh. Some one
had come between. There was no
chance to shoot: Whlaperfoot and the |
girl were too near together for that, j
But one course remained; and there
was not even time to count the cost.
In this most terrible moment of Pan
Falling's life, there was not even an
Instant's hesitation. He did not know
Uia.t vvuudssl,
snw rhf' fiensf fwpinc fonvtiriT m the
weird dancing lltrht of the fallen lan
tern, and he only knew ilint his flesh,
no! hers. must resist It* tending tal
ons. Nothing else mattered. No oth
er consideration could come between.
It was the lest: nnd Pan's Instincts
prompted coolly and well. He leaped
with all Ills strength. The congnr
hounded Into his arms, not upon the
prone body of the plrl. And she open
ed her eyes to he«' a curious tlirush
In c In the pine needle*, a strange grim
hattle that, as the lantern Hashed out.
was Hidden In I lie darkness.
And thai hattle. In the far reaches
of the Divide, passed Into a legend. It
was the tale of how Han Falling, his
gun knocked from his hands as he
met the coutrar's leap, with his own
unaided arms kept the llfe-plvlns
hreath from the animal's lungs and
killed him In the pine needles. Claw
and fang and the frenzy of death
could not matter ul all.
Thus Falling established before, all
men his right to ihe name he bore.
And thus he paid .me of Ills debts—
life fot a life, as tfc. code of the forest
has always decreed—and In the Are
of danger and pain his tnetal was
tried and proven.
BOOK THREE
The Payment.
CHAPTER I.
The Lennox hunv In the RiMpmwR
of the PtnpMM I>A"lde. looked rather
like mi emergency hospital for the tlrst
few fluvs lifter r>:it> s fight with Whis
■-crfnui. It« old sounds of laughter
anil talk were almost entirely 'aektne.
I'uo Injured men anil u j;irl recovering
from n nervous collapse "do not tend
toward cheer.
Hut the natural stnrdlness of all
three quickly came to their aid. Of
course Lennox had heen severely In
jured l>y the falling log. and many
weeks would pass before he would Ue
aide to walk again. He could sit up
for short periods. however; had the
partial use «f one arm: and could pro
pel himself—after the tlrst few weeks
—hi a snail's pace throuirli the rooms
In a rude wheel chair that Hill's Inge
nuity had contrived. The great livid
scratches that Pan bore on his hotly
quickly began to heal: and before a
week whs done he began to venture
forth on the hilts again. Snowbird
had remained in lied for three days;
then she had bopped out one bright
afternoon, swearing never to go back
into It again. Evidently the crisp, fall
air of the mountains had been a nerve
tonic for Iheta all.
Of course there had been medical
attention. A doctor and n nurse had
motored up the day after the accident:
the physician had set the bones and
departed, and the nurse remained for
8 week, to see the grizzled mountain
eer well on the way of convalescence.
Hut It was mi anxious wait, and Len
nox's car was kept constantly In readi
ness to speed her away in case the
snows should start. At last she had
left h'ui in Snowbird's hands, and Bill
had driven her hack to the settlements
In his father's car. The die was now
cas! as to whether or not Dan an.1
the remainder of the family should
winter in the mountain. The snow
cbiuds deepened every day. the frost
was ever heavier In the dawns and
the road would surely remain open
only a few davs mo-e.
Once more the three seemingly had
the Divide all to themselves. Rert
Cranston had evidently deserted his
cabin and was working a trap-line on
the Cmpqua side. The rangers left
the little station, all danger of Are
past, and went down to their office*
In the federal building of one of the
little cities below. Reoansc he was
worse than useless in the deep snows
thai were sure to come, one of the
ranch hands that had driven up with
Hill rode awav to the valleys the last
of the live stock—the horse that Pan
had ridden to Snowbird's defense.
Nothing had been heard of Land.v
fTildreth. who used to live on the
trail to the marsh, and both I^ennox
and his daughter wondered why. There
were also certain officials who had
begun to be curious, as yet. Pan
had told no one of the grim find he
had made on his return from hunting.
And he would have found It an ex
tremely difficult fact to explain.
It nil went hark to those Inner
sprlnirs nf motive that few uien can
sec clearly enough within themselves
to reeogtilxe. Even the first ila.v, when
he lay burning from his wounils. he
worked out his own explanation In re
eanl to the murder mystery. He
hadn't the slightest douht but that
Cranston hud killed Hildreth to pre
vent his testimony from reaching the
courts below, Of course, any other
member of the arson ring of hlllmen
might have been the murderer; yet j
Pan was Inclined to believe that Oran
stcn, the leader of the fans, usually i
preferred to do such dangerous work ,
as this himself. If It were true, some- i
where on that tree-clad ridge clues ;
would be left. Moreover. It was wholly
possible that the written testimony
Hildreth must have gathered had nev
er been found or destroyed. Pnn I
didn't want the nld of the courts to
find these clues. He wanted to work j
out the case himself. It resolved It- :
self Into a simpleTOatter of vengeance: j
Pan had his debt to pay. and he want
ed to bring Crnnston to ruin by hit :
own band alone.
While It wn« true that he took ra- |
ther more than the casual Interest 1
that most citizens feel Id the d-'struc- I
tlon of the forest by wanton fire, and
had an actual sense of duty to do all !
that he could to stop the activities of ]
the arson ring, his motives, stripped !
and bnre. were renlly not utilitarian, j
Uv L.uii uu interest In Hll
I HroiTi'i case. I'p rrinpm^rpfl mm mm
j ply as one of Cranston's disreputable
! pine. * poacher and a flr* bug hlm
Iself. When #11 Is said and done. It
remained really a personal Issue be
j tween Pan and Cranston. And per
j sonal Issues an* frowned upon hy law
■ and society. Civilization has tolled
■up from the darkness Id a trreal raea>-^
ure to jret away from them Rtit fin
man nature remains distressingly the'
i same, and Dan's desire *o pay his deht
i wbs a •listlnrtlj human emotion Son.e
time a breed will live upon the earth
' that ran pel clear away from personal
, vengeance—from that age-old code
I of the bills that demands a Mow
! for a blow and a life for a life—but
J the time Is no! ye? And after all. by
[ nil the standards of men as men. not
! as read Id Idealistic philosophies.
I Pan's debt was entirely real. By the
I light held high by his ancestors, he
I could not turn his other cheek.
[ Just as soon as he was able he went
I back to the scene of the murder. He
| didn't know when the snow would
I come to cover what evidence there ;
I was. It threatened every hour. Ev- I
ery wind promised It. The air was
1 sharp and cold, and no drop of rain
| could fall through It wlthont crystal
lizing Into snow. The deer had all
pine and the burrowing people had
sought their holes. The bees worked
I no more In the winter flowers. Of
all the greater forest cresrures only
I tbe wolves and the bear remained—
i tbe former because their fear of men
I would not permit them to go down
I to the lower hills, and the latter be- |
1 cause of his knowledge 'hat when j
food became scarce he could always ]
i burrow In the snow. No hear goes |
[ Into hlhernntlon from choice. Wise I
old bachelor he much prefers to keep |
i Jusi as late hours as he can—as long j
as the eating places In the herry tnlct- j
ets remain open. The cougars had j
all gone down with the deer, the ml- I
grntory birds had departed, and even I
| the squirrels were In hiding.
j The scene didn't offer mnch In the
way of clues. Of the body Itself only
a white heap of bones remained, for
many and terrible had been the agenta
nt work upon them. The clothes, how
ever. particularly the coat, were prac
tically Intsct. Gripping himself. Pan
thrust his fingers Into Its pockets, then !
i Into the pockets of the shin and trous
ers. All paper that would In any
way serve to Identify the murdered
man. or tell what his purpose had been j
in Journeying down the trail the night |
of the murder had been removed. Only
one explanation presented Itself.
Cranston had come before him and
searched the body himself.
Dnn looked about for tracks. and he
was considerably surprised to find the
blurred. indistinct Imprint of a shoe
other than hi* own. He hadn't the
Irast hope that the tracks themselves
Mould nffer a clue to a detective
They were too dim for that. The sur
prising fart was that since the mur
■ier had t»n>n committed Immediately '
before the fall rains, the water had j
not comple'ely washed them out. The
only |His<ll>lllty reina'nlng was that
Cranston had returned to the body !
after the week's rainfall. The track I
bad been dimmed by the lighter rains
that had fallen since.
Rut yet It was entirely tc be ex
pelted that the examination of the
body would be an afterthought on
Cranston's part. Possibly at flrst his
only thoucht was to kill and. follow
ing the prompting that has sent so
many murderer* to the gallows, he
had afterward returned to the scene
of the crime to destroy any clues he
mlcht have left and to search the
body for any evidence against the
arson rinc
(Continued on Saturday)
A PKilantftropnt.
Tramp—Kind lady, could vou'se give
me a bite ter eat? I'm greatly pinched
by hunger.
l.ady—Of course. I'll help you. poor
fellow. 1 won't have you pinched by
hunger. Just wait a minute until 1
rail ihe police They'll pinch you!
SKAGWAT
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Camp Skajjwajr No. 1
rhwii every second and
fourth Tuesday evening
at 8:SO o'clock. Visit
lnff brotheri cordlaJTy wlromp.
jr. M. Keller, L. 8. Keller,
Arctic Recorder. Arctic Chief
B. P. O. ELKS, Skag
w«) Lodge, No. 431, B.
P. O. Elks moot* everj
Thnrsriaj at 8 p. m.
Visiting brothers cor
dially welcome.
J. C. WOOD, K. R.
F. J. VAXDEWALL, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge F. & A.
M. No. 113, mfrt« 2nd and
4th Saturday evenings of
each month at ft o'clock.
Visiting Brethren are wel
come.
P. J. Van <1e Wall, W. M.
T. 3. Standlsh, Secretary.
Fraternal Order of
Eaelcn
Sksprny Aerie, Xo. 25,
Fraternal Order of
Eagle*, meet the first
awl third Wednesday ni^ht of each
month at their h»U on Fifth Ave
nue. Visiting brothers cordially in
vited to attend.
C. H. ROGERS, W. P.
1. M. Grlesbach, Sec'y.
Xaoml Chapter No. 0
O. K. 6., meet* in Ma
sonic hall, first and
third Friday of each
month, at 8 o'clock.
\isiting members welcome.
POLLY WEBSTER
Worthy Mulron
Fanny Spe«>r, Secretary.
rROVESSTON 41. CARDS
W. B. STOVT
Attorney at Law
Practice in all eonrta
In Territory of Alaska
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Dan Sutherland
For
Delegate to Congress
Asks I hp voters of Alaska to endorse hi* record of the
past year in Congress, by voting for hi* re-nomlna
tion at Uie Republira primary on April 25, 1022.
IVlcRntc Sutherland has diligently and pprstst
onily soueht to secure enactment of legislation thai
would be for the benefit of all the people of Alaska
and aid in the development of the Territory.
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