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News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Senate Extends Skeletonized NRA Despite TiOng’s Extra-
ordinary Filibnster—Grass Roots Meet Offers
a Creed for the Republicans.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
• Western Newspaper Oman.
Senator Long
CENATOR HUEY LONG, the Loulsl-
^ aaa Klngflsh, made a tremendous
effort to keep the senate from adopt-
ing the resolution extending the skele-
t on I zed NKA until
next April, but failed.
Advocating an amend-
ment offered by Sen-
ator Gore, which
would have required
senate confirmation of
all executive officials
drawing more than
$4,000 a year, thus
disrupting the patron-
age machine, Huey
started on a filibuster.
For nearly 10 hours,
with occasional help from Senators
Scfaall and McCarren, he kept the up-
per house in session, pouring forth a
continuous stream of discourse that
ranged from the necessity of preserv-
ing the Constitution down to recipes
for fried oysters and pot-likker. He
attacked the President and the admin-
istration generally, called the NRA
“the national racketeers’ association,”
toW stories about his uncle, read from
the Bible and Victor Hugo, stalked
about the chamber waving his arms
and croaking as his voice weakened,
and now and then took a bite of cheese
and a sup of cold coffee. All lu all,
Hney put on a show that kept not only
the senators but a big crowd of visi-
ters up all night. He was continually
heckled by his angry fellow solons but
always had a smashing retort.
At last the senate broke down the
filibuster, rejected the Gore amend-
ment and passed the extension resolu-
tion by a vote of 41 to 13. One
chaBge, to tighten up the antitrust
laws, suggested by Borah, was made,
sm the resolution was sent back to the
house for concurrence. In Its final
form It continues the recovery adminis-
tration without codes but with author-
ity for voluntary agreements among
business men dealing only with col-
lective bargaining, minimum wages,
maximum hours, rholition of child la-
bor and prohibition of trade practices
already outldwed by statute.
The house had previously adopted
the resolution by a vote of 201 to 121,
only a few Democrats standing with
the Republicans against It.
Immediately after the bouse had
acted, It was announced at the White
House that Donald Richberg would re-
tire as chairman of the practically
dead NRA on June 1C, and that Pres-
ident Roosevelt had accepted his res-
ignation “with great reluctance,” and
with assurances of his “affectionate
regard.”
fer the Republican Presidential nomi-
nation.
Mr. Lowden, breaking a political si-
lence of seven years, vigorously de-
nounced President Roosevelt’s proposal
to change the Constitution to fit the
New Deal and argued at length for
maintenance of the bill of rights un-
impaired.
pi,ANS for spending the $4,000,000,-
* 000 work-relief fund are coming to
the fore rapidly and numerously. Repre-
sentative Mitchell. Democrat, of Ten-
nessee, has Introduced a bill requlr
lag the President to use $1,000,000,000
to help the durable goods Industries.
By its terms factories supplying ma-
chinery and materials would be reim-
bursed for losses directly attributable
te hiring new men. Mr. Mitchell thinks
his plan would aid in the production
•f $80,000,000,000 worth »f durable
goods needed by private Industry.
The War department filed a request
for $17,071,388 to finance the construc-
tion of 30 army bases in Alabama,
Arizona, Arkansas, California aad
Kansas. The Labor department asked
for $400,000 for research designed to
aid the United States employment serv-
* ice in selecting and placing workers as
relief jobs and In private Industry.
'T'HOUSANDS af Republicans from
■A ten states of the Middle West gath-
ered la Springfield, 111., far tha “grass
reets” conference and, In the shadow
af the tomh af A bra-
hma Lincoln, who
saved the Union,
solemnly determined
to save the “Indestruc-
tible states” from what
they consider an a*
sanlt on their const!
tutional rights. The
gathering was consid-
ered so Important that
It attracted political
observers from all
aver the country. Most
•f the delegates were
young men eager for the battle, but
with them were many white-haired
leaders of former frays whose enthu-
siasm and patriotism have survived
the years.
After a pilgrimage to the New Salens
State park where the scenes af Lin-
coln's youth have bees reconstructed,
the delegatee assembled to the fair
grounds Coliseum and were welcomed
by George W. Bunn of Springfield, gen-
eral chairman of the local committee.
Harrison R. Spangler of Cedar Rap-
ids, lews, waa installed as temporary
chairman and made a speech tn which
President Roosevelt was pilloried for
all manner j>f political and govern-
mental sins, from killing six million
pigs and breaking campaign pledget
to violating the Constitution and at-
tempting to aet up a dictatorship. Mr.
'Spangler then Introduced the orator of
dim day, Frank O. Lowden, former gov-
enar of Cllnela and termer aspirant
fN THE "platform” adopted by the
* grass roots conference these govern-
mental policies were advocated:
1. The Immediate adoption of l
policy of economy and thrift In gov-
ernment with due allowance for essen-
tial relief expenditures ns opposed to
the present spending policy of waste
and extravagance.
2. The prompt attainment of a bal-
anced budget, not by the misleading
method of double bookkeeping, but by
the honest method of bringing the ex-
penses of the government within the
limits of Its Income.
3. A sound currency based on gold
and definitely stabilized by congress so
that individual enterprise may have
confidence In the future value of the
dollar, In terms of which every man’s
plans for his present or future must
necessarily be made.
4. The immediate withdrawal of
government from competition with pri-
vate Industry.
5. The maintenance of the vitality
and free growth of American indus-
try through the preservation of the
competitive system protected against
monopoly by the vigorous enforcement
of anti-trust laws, so that small busi-
nesses may he preserved and the door
of equal opportunity kept open to all.
6. The rigid enforcement of all
laws, civil and criminal, to prevent
and punish dishonest or unfair prac-
tices in business, Industry, and finance.
7. National recognition of the needs
of agriculture. Agriculture Is a funda-
mental industry of the United States.
The farmer Is. of right, entitled to a
fair and proportionate part of the
national Income and to receive a parity
price for the products of his farm in
domestic markets.
8. Work for the workers. With men
out of work, as now, the capital struc-
ture of the nation Is not only being
Impaired but undermined.
9. The breaking down of arbitrary
restrictions that throttle world com-
merce, such as quotas and exchange
restrictions.
10. Continued protection' to farm
and home ownership, and continued
provision, in co-operation with state
and local governments, for those that
are in need until private enterprise
absorbs the present army of the un-
employed.
Senator Robinson, majority leader of
the senate, speaking before the Arkan
sas Pharmaceutical association, said
of this:
"The only constructive suggestion
made in addition to those which are
embraced in the Roosevelt administra-
tion policies is the often repeated de-
mand for the balancing of the budget.
The budget cannot he Immediately
balanced unless the various forms of
relief now being carried on be aban-
doned. This eannot he done Just now
without danger to millions of our peo-
ple who have yet been unable to obtain
employment”
npAXES totaling $475,000,000 would
X go out of existence before July 31
If not extended, so a resolution con-
tinuing them two years was being hur-
ried througn tne house in accord with
the wish of the President Among them
~»*/> n t hn 1 t n
MIC tliv U W Ui »* •• vj wttv • v v»» M
gallon federal gasoline charge, A sec-
ond resolution was being prepared to
plug loopholes In existing tax laws and
to adjust present rates found to he
imconsclonable or unproductive.
Frank O.
Lowden
npHE American Federation of Lahor
X more than any other group except
the old brain trust bemoans the death
of NRA, and Its attorneys are busy
drafting a bill designed to take tts
place in a measure. This measure pro-
poses to put under federal license all
concerns engaged In interstate com-
merce or handling goods destined for
sach commerce. Those companies
would be exempted from the opera-
tions of the antitrust laws but would
be required to agree to hours of labor
and working conditions determined by
a federal commission.
OENATOR WILLIAM E. BORAH
^ may not be a receptive candidate
for the Presidential nomination next
year, bat anyhow his friends In Idaho
have grabbed his bat and thrown It
Into the ring. They are organizing
"Borah-for-Presldent” elubs all over
the state. Ralph Brashears of Boise,
one of the leaders, sayu Mr. Borab Is
the mas to “emancipate onr people
from the vine-like grip of « vast bu-
reaucratic form of government which
Is destroying individual Initiative and
regimenting the American people.”
\AAX BAER lost the heavyweight
*TX championship of the world, being
defeated by James J. Braddock at
Long Island City In a 10-round battle.
Thor# ware no knock dowaa and
■either mm was badly punished.
JAPAN is mevlng swiftly to obtain
^ the control over north China which
evidently Is her main objective at pres-
ent New demands were presented to
the Chinese government at Nanking,
and when some of these were declared
unacceptable the Japanese troops and
officials began moving into Peiping and
Tientsin and all the area between the
Great Wall and the Yellow river. The
Chinese officials, being helpless, moved
out and the branches of the Kuomln-
tang or People’s party were ciosea.
The central council in Nanking, though
accepting some of the Japanese de-
mands, could see nothing but trouble
ahead, and Instructed Gen. Ho Ylng-
ching. the war minister, to prepare
for eventualities.
TI/ARFARE between Paraguay and
’ V Bolivia In the Gran Chaco, which
has been going on for three years,
came to an end after representatives
of the two nations signed an armistice
agreement In Buenos Aires. The truce
was the result of conferences between
representatives of Paraguay, Bolivia
and six neutral nations—the United
States, Brazil, Argentina, Pern. Chile
and Uruguay. An attempt will now be
made to settle the disputes by direct
negotiations. If these fall the World
court at The Hague will he called on
to render judgment. The war In the
jungle has cost about 100,000 Uvea.
National Topics Interpreted
by William Brudcart
National Praia Building
Washington, X>, C.
'T'HE British government, It Is be-
X lieved, has accepted In principle
the German demand for restoration of
the German navy up to 35 per cent of
the British strength. This is exceed-
ingly Irritating to France, and Premier
Laval Is likely to send a note to all
signatories to the Washington treaty
protesting against the revision of the
multilateral treaties by bilateral agree-
ments, and proposing a new na
vnl conference, including Germany this
time, to revise the Washington and
London ratios all around.
TO EINSDORF, a German town 52
miles southwest of Berlin, was
virtually destroyed by the blowing up
of a great munitions plant and the en-
suing fires. Because of rigid censor-
ship It was Impossible to learn the
number of casualties. . Nazi officials
admitted there were 52 dead, 79 In-
jured seriously and 300 slightly hurt.
BEAT BRITAIN’S attitude toward
the crisis in east Africa has en-
raged nil of Fascist Italy and the at-
tacks on England In the Italian press
became so hitter that Mussolini had to
order that they be toned down a little,
though it was denied in Rome thnt the
British had made any diplomatic pro-
test. II Duce, however, continues his
outspoken denunciation of the British
course. In a speech nt Cagliari, the
capital of Sardinia, he defied his Eu-
ropean critics who hnve requested him
to deal less harshly with the Ethiopi-
ans, and attacked the British without
going to the trouble of hiding his words
behind diplomatic formulas.
“We will imitate to the letter those
who taught us this lesson,” he shouted,
referring to British colonizing methods
which his press has been “exposing.”
“They have demonstrated that when
they were creating an empire and de-
fending It they never took into consid-
eration world opinion.
"We have got old, and we have got
new accounts to settle with Ethiopia,
and we will settle them. We will pay
no attention to what is said in foreign
countries. We exclusively are the
judges or our own Interests and the
guarantors of our future.”
Actually, Mussolini’s plans for war
with Ethiopia are not very popular
in Italy, but British interference Is
Increasing his support dally. The re-
constructed British cabinet la much
worried over the situation and be
lieves the war cannot now be stopped.
T ONG ago the President said he
*—• was formulating n special message
to congress on relief of the railways
and federal regulation of all forms of
transportation. This he finally sent in,
asking for the following legislation at
this session:
1. Amendment of the bankruptcy
act of 1933 to facilitate financial re-
organization of railways.
2. Regulation or air transport »y
the Interstate commerce commission.
8. Regulation of highway motor car-
riers, provided for In a bill passed by
the senate.
4. Regulation of Intercoastal and
coastwise trade and Rome Inland water
carriers.
6. Extension for one year of the of-
fice of federal co-ordinator of transpor-
tation and of the emergency railroad
transportation act of 1933.
At the same time Joseph B. Eastman,
federal co-ordlnator of transportation,
recommended to the railroads drastic
changes In rate structures, schedules
and types of equipment
‘T'WO of the kidnapers of young
X George Weyerhaeuser of Tacoma—
llarmon M. Waley and bis wife Mar-
garet—were arrested In Salt Lake City,
where che woman was passing $20 Mils
that were part of the ransom money. A
third member of the gang. William Ma-
han, an ex-convict waa being hunted
In the vicinity of Butte, Mont, la
which lie was forced to abandon a
stolen automobile that contained lift-
000 of the aum paid for release of the
boy. Waley and hla wife confessed
their part In the crime.
ill ASH1NGTON swarmed with
VV Shrlnera for a week, and they
enjoyed themselves In their character
latlc way*. Leonard P. Stewart ef
that city was advanced automatically
to the position of Imperial potentate,
and A. G. Arvold of Fargo, N. D.. was
given the coveted outer guard office,
first step toward the top. The con
clave of ISM will he held to Seattle,
opening Jnly 14
Washington.—It la never easy or
•Iiqple to attempt a forecast of the re-
actions of a nation
Issue Drawn as ’ large as ours.
for 1936 There are so many
cross - currents, so
many local influences and factors at
work that the popular reaction some-
times, usually In fact. Is slow in erys-
talizing. Thus, It appears safe to say
at this writing that the administra-
tion’s future course on NRA and other
New Deal policies concerning which
there is constitutional doubt necessari-
ly must provide a basis for the 1936
i campaign.
Yet, certainly It ean surely be said
that the issue Is now drawn and that
the battle next year will be between
radicals and conservatives; between
those who favor constitutional govern-
ment and those who think our nation
has gone beyond the considerations
laid down by the founding fathers, and
between those who regard American
traditions and practices as worth de-
fending and an opposition constituted
wholly of those who desire to remake
our modes of living.
In these days of swiftly changing
conditions In Washington, one can ob-
serve certain outcroppings In the nu-
merous controversies and the wild con-
fusion. and these point definitely in one
direction. They indicate the break-
up, the disintegration, of the old po-
litical parties. It Is too early to pre-
dict whether our two-party system will
continue even under the names of
Democratic and Republican. Certainly
if those two names continue they will
shield snder their banners eventually
an entirely different party leadership
and party personnel.
Proof of this contention lies In the
numerous statements, suggestions and
trial balloons that have floated about
—nil serving as feelers in the direc-
tion of a coalition among opposition to
the New Deal. It Is to be noted that
among those who have put out feelers
about coalition have been some very
well known names, both among Demo-
crats and Republicans. These moves
probably will not develop Into impor-
tant activities but they constitute
straws showing which way the wind
blows.
Al! of the above Is by way of saying
that Mr. Roosevelt as the head and
forefront of the New Deal is at the
parting of the ways. Soon, he must
choose whether he will align., himself
definitely and completely with the rad-
ical element as typified by the Tug-
wells, the Rlchbergs, the Wheelers and
La Follettes or whether he will turn to
the philosophies of the old-llne-Jeffer-
sonian Democrats, most of whom eome
from what used to be the Solid South
insofar as Democratic voters were con-
cerned. He must make this choice be-
cause It is no longer possible for him
to ride two horses, successful as he
was in the early days of his adminis-
tration in keeping the two wings of
his party together. When he has made
that choice, at that same time begins
the development of a new political
party alignment In the United States.
These conclusions are the conclusions
of the most astute politicians and ob-
servers In Washington.
The question may be asked: What
has brought abont these new condi-
tions s* suddenly?
Defections The answer may
Increase not be as apparent
as it seems. Off-
hand, one would say that the sudden
halt #f the New Deal program that
was accomplished through the NRA
decision by the Supreme court of the
United States had actually amounted
to a major operation. This Is only par-
ti&lly foo Th#» Supreme court de-
cision while blocking further expan-
sion of the New Deal In the direction
In which it was tending simply pro-
vided a focal point around which the
maelstrom centers. In other words,
through all the months since the New
Deal came into power defections have
been increasing. The opposition, grow-
ing In strength, at last has been given
an anchor. The cumulative character
of the opposition and the dissension
and dissatisfaction has made it possi-
ble for a single Incident such as the
Supreme court decision to provide
what politicians call an issue.
If the Supreme court ruling had not
bedB sufficient to accomplish this pur-
pose. Mr. Roosevelt personally pro-
vided the necessary additional momen-
tum. When he spoke In his now famous
press conference about the court de-
cision having the effect of pushing
American social life back to “horse
and buggy days" he set up at one and
the same time a circumstance that
melded his own supporters In one
group and the opposition concretely
In another.
So avidly did the opposition seize
upon Mr. Roosevelt’s statement that
many newspapers of Influence In the
country construed It as a challenge
to tho Supreme court Obviously the
President, occupying a co-equal atatns
with the Supreme court in our form
of government had no intention of Is-
suing a challenge to the Supreme court
In the ordinary sense ef the word.
Wbat he intended was to explain to
the coantry that the time had come
for the nation to consider its fotnre
coarse; the question he propounded
tn effect was whether the limitations,
the maxima and the minima, laid down
to tin Constitution were sufficiently
flexible to cover life as we now live
It From sober-thinking individuals,
I gather that this la the point which
must be developed fully in advance of
the November elections of 193G.
Consequently, some observers be-
lieve the campaign next year ought to
be on a higher plane than any In re-
cent history. They point to the fact
that determination of the question just
outlined above carries with It the col-
lateral determination of whether
the United States Bhull be one vast
empire with state lines virtually ob-
literated. Likewise, determination of
the question referred to will bring
an answer to a further question, name-
ly, whether the American people de-
sire that their government shall con-
trol Individual businesses or whether
those businesses and the practices of
the citizenry shall be permitted to
continue as was the desire of the col-
onists when they fought off the armies
of King George.
But there will be some sixteen
months of time that must elapse be-
fore the American
Problems people can express
to Solve their opinion and
their wishes at the
polls. In that Interim, pressing prob-
lems resulting from the Now Deal
program must be solved.
At the moment, what to do with
NRA as well as how to do It stands
foremost. Behind It lies troublesome
questions centering In the farm poli-
cies of the Agricultural Adjustment ad-
ministration. Permeating the very
structure of the New Deal Is the broad-
er question of whether it Is desirable
to continue so many of the alphabetical
agencies as permanent units of the
government since each of them was
created In response to a plan necessi-
tated by desires for economic recovery.
NRA will be continued In a skeleton
form. Its powers and Its functions will
be very limited. Some vitriolic oppon-
ents of NRA are declaring that Its
skeleton organization is being main-
tained solely as a face-saving proposi-
tion. They argue that Mr. Roosevelt
could not admit complete defeat of
this outstanding plank in his recovery
platform.
The truth seems to be that Mr.
Roosevelt, while unwilling to admit de-
feat In this direction, is waiting until
he can determine what the wishes of
the country are and how far the ma-
jority of the population will go with
him In rebuilding the structure on
lines within {ha limitations proscribed
by the Supreme court Thus far, cer-
tainly he has had considerable evid-
ence of benefits accruing from the
NRA experiment. No other view can Be
taken of announcements by many In-
dustrial leaders to the effect that they
Intend to continue hours of labor and
wage levels to which they had sub-
scribed under the codes of fair prac-
tice—all of which were thrown out
the window by the Supreme court as
Illegal.
To the extent that Important indus-
trial lines are continuing to observe
the code conditions on a voluntary
basis It Is believed Mr. Roosevelt can
take credit for having moved general
business to a plane against which even
the social theorists can offer lltfle
complaint. The President has termed
those who have been guilty of unfair
and unjust treatment of tabor and the
consuming public “chiselers.” There
Is chiseling going on now. Probably,
there will be more of it. If It be-
comes too widespread, It seems rea-
sonably certain that there will be a
strong reaction among thinking peo-
ple. This reaction will strengthen
whatever moves the President makes
to revise the constitutional limitations
ahnnt which he has eomntalned.
•' e *
There was an incident of hlststic
importance in the Capitol building the
, . other day. The Su-
Histortc preme court of the
Incident United States met as
nsual tn its chambers
under the dome of the Oopitel on June
S. As far as outward appearances go
It was simply another session la whhh
the nine dignified and learned Jnstlcds
met to publicly render the conclusions
of law they had reached. But It was
more than that. It was the last time
the court was to convene In that
chamber, and today it is dim In the
sallow light of shaded windows fot
the first time since I860.
When the court convenes next Oc-
tober after its usual summer recess,
the Justices will climb marble step/i
Into a gigantic new ten-millton-dollar
structure—the permanent home of the
court for the future. It is a building
ornate in its simplicity. The court
chambers and the private offices of
the Justices represent architectural
masterpieces. Equipment of the most
modern type has been installed. Con-
venience is everywhere. Yet one of
the older members of the court whom
It has been my privilege to know re-
marked with Just a touch of pathos In
hla voice that he believed he would
prefer his old office and the old bench
and bar where he bad nerved so long.
The chamber that Is now deserted
wae used In the earliest part of if*
history as the meeting place of the
Unlto^ States senate. It was there
that tys voice* ef Calheun and Web
star
■
Golden
Phantoms
FASCINATING TALKS
OF LOST MINES
•«.N.u. Be BttltHm L Wmiumm
LUM UUltHMAii Mime.
place at concealment realize that fact
very sbon, though all of them huvo
O SERIES concerning golden phan-
toms would be complete without n
story about the famous Lost Dutchman
mine. In fact, a book might be writ-
ten about it, because In the centnry
that has elapsed since its discovery
legends have sprung up about it that
w’ould furnish a volume of Interesting
—and often exciting, even blood curd-
ling—rending.
The very location of the mine Is un-
usual. It lies somewhere In Supersti-
tion mountain, thut great, picturesque
labyrinth which stands out of the
desert forty miles from Phoenix, Arlz.
Yet, somewhere among these hiding-
places where anything beautiful, grue-
some, or strange might be concealed,
at least one person lives. Who It Is.
how he manages to exist, what he
knows of the secrets of Superstition
are questions which he alone can an-
swer. But there he Is, self-constituted
guardian of the mountain. He Is
armed, and those who venture near his
af co
Won,
not lived to warn others. >
1843 Is nearly a century ago. It was
In 1843 that a young Mexican, Oarlos,
the Illegitimate son of Don Miguel
Peralto, fled from his father’s wrath
up Into the winding ways of Supersti-
tion. He was followed Dy two Indians
who had orders to bring him back, but
at last, after many weeks had passed,
only one returned.
This Indian had much to tell. Car-
los had discovered ore of iucredlble
richness, and had started for home
with the news, hoping to soften his
father’s heart One of the sudden
mountain floods which sometimes catch
wayfarers had swept him away, how-
ever, before he had come far, and
with him had gone the other Indian
and the horses. Carlos had lived only
long enough to tell the survivor his
story, and to point out the location of
the mine. 9
The Indian was able to show Don
Miguel the place, and the old don
worked the mine for five years, becom-
ing rich from Its proceeds. Then the
United States became the owner of
all that territory, and Don Miguel de-
cided to send in one last enormous ex-
pedition, to take out all the gold pos-
sible, apd then to retire gracefully.
Four hundred men, accordingly, and a
thousand mules, were sent to the mine.
There were Apaches In the region
in those days, ns soldiers of a later
generation could relate. They had
seen the miners and their mules, and
they decided to stop this Increasing
procession of strangers who made free
of the lund. So they suddenly gath-
ered about the pack-train, In such
numbers and with such violence thnt
the Mexicans were unable to stand
against them. Only two buys crawled
away and managed to keep out of
sight. All the rest perished.
Carlos gave the mine Its first bloody
baptism; the four hundred miners
wrote the second chapter with their
gore. Rut that was only the start of
the story.
Several years later a German prospec-,
tor named Jacob Walz lost his way
among the twisted canyons of the eerie
mountain. Wandering nlnuit without any
Idea where he was going, he finally
stumbled onto a camp where three
Mexicans received him with native
hospitality and gave him food and
water. Two of the men were the boys
who had escaped from the Apache
raid; the other was a compadre who
was to share their labor and their
riches. They were working a wonderful
mine, they told Walz.
The German pretended to be re-
markably Ignorant of such things as
mines. He ttcied indifferent, but m-
lonked and listened avidly, and watched
fer a chsncc to do
should make the mine his—alone. The
chance came: he caught up his rifle
and fired three times. The third san-
guine chapter was written.
And now, having gained sole pos-
session of the golden secret, the “Dutch-
man” did a characteristic thing: he
gathered up a load of nuggets, took
them to Phoenix, grew garrulously
drunk, and told all who would heed
that he had a very fine mine!
Naturally, everyone wanted to know
where—when—how. This he would
not tell The mystery pleased him.
The flattery exalted him. But when
anyone tried to follow, he became a
stubborn old fellow who would not
!eud; just sat down and waited until
they left. Or got out of sight and
fired—to kill.
Even murder did not keep back the
Increasing number who tried to trail
Walz to the mine. He began to feel
worried: what if someone should find
It? The only safe thing was to hide
the place so thoroughly that no one
would know where It was. He covered
the opening with logs, concealed tbem
with rocks and dirt
So he went to Phoenix, and there
he grew 111 and died.
As he felt himself going, the old
man tried to tell a friend about the
mine. He gave him a box full of
nuggets, and tried to describe where
they came from, but who can describe
one place in that mysterious mountain
and be understood?
The friend spent the rest of hts Hfe
hunting the place. His son Is carrying
an the search—and so are bunf
ot> n. But the able remains
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