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* *■ ■ < V >»> ■> ,1 ^ wCT Ghe Plow Woman By ELEAffOH CATES. Author of »Th« Biography of a Prairie Girt.** COPYRKHT, ISO«. »Y McCLURE, PUILUM Lr COMPANY. ■■ Vt» »I W» 1 W W«» 43 CHAPTER XXIII. IlFI.K In hand, forgetful of crutches, bewildered by sleep, the section boss came diving through the blanket partition to answer her call. "Wha's matter? Wha's matter?" he demanded thl<k<y, tubbing hard at his eyee to unclog ffiMAr eight. Dallas leaned In the doorway, facing •ut. Her shoulders were bent forward heavily, as If she, too, were only half •wake. Her head rested against a easing. She lifted It when she felt him beside her. "Well, dad," she an swered grimly, "It's Indians this time, •ad— I reckon they got us stampeded." ■he amlled a little, ruefully, and point ed. Winking Into the light Lancaster followed her pointing and saw the pole. Dp Jerked his chin, aS If from • blow on the goatee. He stared wild ly. His jaw dropped. ''W r 'y, Lawd!" he breathed perplexedly and his chest heaved beneath the gray flannel of his #hirt Slowly he hobbled forward In bis bare feet, using his gun for a prop. Before the pole he halted and began toasting his grizzled crown with trem bling fingers. Overhead the scalp weighted rag swung to and fro In the toreese, waving him Its sinister salute. Gradually his brain cleared and into tt there trickled a hint of the pole's ■waning and purpose. He stopped jdRVMftM, I - Overhead the scalp weighted rag swung to and f ro. raffling his hair and caught up the ■harps In both hands. Then, all at once, the trickle swelled to a foaming torrent of suspicion that carried him Close to the trntb. Maddened, cursing, he dropped the gun and fell upon the aapling, pried It furiously from the •ed and smashed It Into a dozen bits. To Dallas, watching him in silence, fix destruction of the pole was a sore reminder, for, better than ever before, she realized that her father could only sccomplish the hasty, childish things; Chat beyond these be was powerless. Without a doubt she must ask else where for aid. As he came limping and raging back to ber she hurried forward to relieve him of the rifle and to guide his crip pled feet "Dad, I think It's about time we had a' understanding at the fort" she said quietly and took him toy an arm. He brought up short and wrung bim aelf out of her grasp. "Th' fort! Th' fort! Th' fort!" he repeated in a fren zy. "Lawd-a-mighty, Dallas, y' make me sick!" **Ifs Indians," she replied steadily. -They're coming too near to be com fortable. We got to have help." He raised his fists and shook them. -Help an' fiddlesticks!" he blustered. -Diet ain't no Injuns. It's thet Shanty Town blackleg a-trytn't' skeer us. Go look at tb' groun'— go look at th* groun'. Ah say. See if they's moccasin tracks thereabout. Ah bet y' won't fin' any." He turned back to the scattered splinters, pulling Dallas after him. Together they got down, examining with care. As he had said, there were no prints of an Indian shoe In the Boft earth, but mingling with tbe round, faint marks of his own naked heel were those, more plainly stamped, of « large boot. They led up to the spot from the nearest point on the river and back upon themselves toward the same point. "Wat'd Ah tell y'?" demanded the section boss almost triumphantly. His voice quavered, however, and be gulp ad. "It's tbet scalawag, an" he wanted ns t* know It. Ain't ev'ry Injun In fifty fülle abet up tight In yon corral? Ev'ry one 'cept Charley, an' this ain't tbe Job o' tbet blamed fool. No, sirred An', then, tb' mules didn' make no row las' night They'd shore snorted If IX was Injuns"— "I guess that's so," agreed Dallas hastily and made him a warning sign. Marylyn was moving about inside and calling. But be was beyond thought for an "Bosh. bosh!" he cried. "She's got f «isp Bsnr cdtnnetr sir rtnyw Wat's w'at You got t* stop talkin' fort Ah'm goln' C. ketch thet low down skunk 'thout no soldiers. An* Ah'll pepper his ugly hide. Ah'll make him spit blood like a broncho buster. Tb' Idee o' his havin' th' gall!" He rammed the Sharps Into its rack laughed Immoderately. "Oh. pa!'' expostulated Marylyn In a startled whisper and flew to Dallas. Her face, still pink from slnmber. paled a little. She laid It against her sister. Long ago she had seen her fa ther roused to the same pitch. Tbe sight had terrified her and blunted some earlier and tenderer memories. "You git you' clothes on." he ordered roughly, "an' rustle us some break fas'." She retreated, ready for tears. Dallas walked up to him. gave him 1 his crutches and put a hand on his shoulder. "Dad." she said firmly, "don't take out your mad on Marylyn. Keep It all for—him." She rxxlded south toward Brannon. "That's where It belongs." "Dallas, you plumb disgus' me," be retorted. "Talkin' soldier when y* know Matthews could buy tb' hull kit an' boodle with a swig o' whisky!" He arraigned tbe fort with a crutch. "What do you think of doing, dad?" "Ah'll fin' out where thet cuss was las' night — Charley 'll help me, y' see"— "And then?" "Ah'll see thet—thet Oliver knows o* this, thet he keeps a' eye on thet dog go ned''— "But it'll be easier Just to go straight to tbe captain—not I, but you"— "Yes, do, pa," urged Marylyn. "Oh, Dallas, what's happened?" The elder girl told of the pole SDd the bootmarks, treating them lightly. Then she came back to her father, to find that ber argument of a moment before, for all its short cut logic, had set him utterly against the plan he had himself proposed. And now he was for no mail's .help, but for a venge ance wreaked with his own gun. Hurl ing a final defy toward Shanty Town, he disappeared behind the partition. No «breakfast was eaten that morn ing. The section boss was too angry to taste of food, Marylyn was too frightened and Dallas had no time, for she was busy with the mules, cur rying them and putting them before the wagon. "Can't help what you think about It this time," she said when her father asked her where she was going. "I've made up my mind that If you won't say the fort, why then I'll have to drive to Clark's for Mr. Lounsbury. We don't know for sure what that pole meant We must ask." "Aw, you ain't got a srnltch o' pride," he taunted jealously. "Goln't' Louns bury. Waal, waal! You think a heap o' hlm, don' y '? More 'n yon do o' you' father! Thet sticks out like a sore finger." "No," she answered simply. "I'm putting my pride in my pocket, dad. I'm going to Mr. Lounsbury because 1 care so much for you and for Mary lyn. And I want to say something—I hate to say It—you've almost discour aged me about Brannon lately. We came here to raise stuff to sell over there. But I can't see how we can sell over there If we won't even speak to a soul. It looks as if we're going to give all that up—as If a lot of my work Is for nothing." It was a new thought for the section boss. And while Dallas disappeared behind Betty he pondered It with banging head. She came around soon to hitch Ben's tugs, when her father looked up shamefacedly. "Ah'll tell y\ Dallas," he said by way of compro mise, "ef Lounsbury don't came back with y' " bis back a pat. He began to hobble up and down. "You ain't scalrt t' go?" he ventured at last. "Ain't afeerd o' nothin'?" "No. and I'm going on iny own book, remember. It's not your fault." "Y' kain't think o' no other way"— She paused In front of him. "Can you ?" she asked. 3* w ' ]1 " a "ured Dallas stoutly. j ■ay/' 7 ' W# g ° tmU " 8 yOD ! All right, dad," she replied, giving He could have sworn, but there was ! something In her face that forbade It. j 8 , al ? ex , pl08lveljr a " d 80 I matched her determination with his hot stubbornness. He left her and, taking the rifle and ! all the ammunition there was, seated j himself on a bench placed just outeide I the door. There he was—a pitiful sen as she circled the shack 'and tlnel relned. And now another question was pre sented: Should Marylyn stay or go? Dallas was for her remaining, so that In case of need help could he sum moned—from somewhere. Marylyn iof sided with her. And It was long after j ^"1-'_^ ad ! ! clear, before the elder girl understood her sister's action—one that seemed so j contrary to what the younger oue felt. But their father opposed them both | and vehemently, Dallas upon the wagon seat, prepar ed for her long drive, had softened and touched him. She bore herself so bravely. She was so respectful and concerned._______________ I J Î* Mg.i it.. Ä S »,»r cu^ » Æ'Æ. Ab'll bang on V him be cornin', an Ah reckon be tween ua we'll be O. K.. 'Sides. y' know. Ah got a weasel's tall." The mention of Charley won Dallas to her father's view. He would not be alone all day, for the outcast would aurely appear. On the other hand, she longed to have Marylyn with her, where she could shield her from cross words and possible harm. ''We'll have Mr. Lounsbury with ua coming home." ehe said. At that Marylyn waxed still more eager to remain. And It took some pleading to overcome her reluctance and to bring about her consent. Final ly, however, the two girl* drove away. Before she started thfe team Dallas climbed down to say goodby. In all tnelr lives few caresses had ever pass ed between father and daughter, and ___________ those had been during her babyhood. S 7 SZ.Ï Clasp tbe other. And there were team — ----- y . DallftS In the eyes of both. As the wagou trundled out of ear ■hot that one of the trio least consult ed In the affairs of the shack was hard . T . . - _ - ------ nest raser and his ear ä* But Marylyn hesitated, afraid to speak—no less afraid of her sister than of her father. She realized that if she mentioned the officer she would 1 have to admit their meetings. And such a confession would undoubtedly result In an end to those meetings and perhaps In severe blaming. Yet —tt would also cut short the drive to Clark's. And what might not be await ing them on that Journeÿ? Still there were only two likely dangers—Indians and tbe Interpreter; "But Mr. Fraser says this upper 'fide of the river's safe,'' she remembered. As to Mat thews, he would not be lingering be side tbe road to waylay them. Her fears for her own safety were thus argued down. There was yet her father's safety to consider. Well, her gallant new friend would look to that. "He'll be across again this afternoon." she thought, "and he'll watch the house careful. He couldn't do any more If he knew about the pole." So, her con science satisfied, she decided to keep her own counsel. That decision cost i her abundant grief and penitence In j the months to come. | While Marylyn was busy with her | troublesome problem a similar one ! was running In Dallas' brnln, where it 1 called for calculation. Would Mat thews threaten the shack that day? It was scarcely probable. Night ottered the best hours for an attack. There I ! fore the wagon must return before night. But could Ben and Betty make Clark's and the return trip before then? So far they had never done It. The previous summer the drive was begun at dawn, when dawn was at 3 o'clock. "We'll just have to hike along," she said aloud to Marylyn. Into the coulee slid the wagon, its long tongue In the air, the loose tugs hitting the mules In the back, When the team had scrambled up the farther side Dallas put them to a trot by a flick of the blacksuake. Then she bent forward over the dashltoard, ber eyes fixed eagerly on that distant brown blotch at the eastern ridge top. But Marylyn as they drew away look ed regretfully backward—to where a clump of tail cottonwoods, shaking their heart shaped leaves in the wind, dappled a flower studded stretch below the coulee mouth. (To Be Continued.) FATHER ANCIENT LAW WELL APPLIED AND DAUGHTER IN NEW JERSEY ARRESTED AND WILL BE PROSECUTED COMMON SCOLDS NEW YORK, Jan. 3. ■John _ _ ______ ________ somewhat unusual offense of being "common scolds.' Pfeiffer is daughter 30. Pfeiffer and h ls daughter, Margaret, were arrested In Jersey City under Indictments charging them with the 55 years old and his A score or more of their neighbors testified before the grand jury, aid the indictments were found under an of this commonwealth. ancient law Pfeiffer ls a widower and he and hls daughter are accused of disturbing the neigh borhood by their continual caustic or anyone who happened to pass their house. The statute under which they are indicted provides for a penalty of not more than three yearg . , mprls _ remarks regarding their neighbors onment or a fine of not more than $1000 for any person convicted of being a "common scold," continual ly scolding and disturbing the peace iof the neighborhood and of all good an ,i qu j e t people, to the common nuisance of all the people therein Inhabiting, residing or passing." We have no confidence In the theory that a man ls smart simply hecause he comes from Chicago or New York. . __________ Try The Teller Want Ada. f Y#,lw umt«r location, r I - w ** u " F*"» umuor luxation, re : "»**: «"?»« *"■> reserve, cruise 1 % to 2 million. Fee, $150. Address Immediately, Washington Trust Co., 16 Washing ton block, Portland, Ore. Shareholders' Meeting Notice Is hereby given that the regular annual meeting of the sharehoden of the Lewiston Na tional bank of Lewiston, Idaho, will be held in the directors room of —i« j bank on Tuesday, tbe 14th day of January, If OS, at 10 o'clock a. a EDWARD O. SMITH, Cashier Daled at Lewiston, Idaho, De cember 6. 1007. Stockholders' Meeting Notice Is hereby given that the | regular annual meeting of the * th * ,*«??? I 8 C °" ° f Lewiston > Idab °. will — r — r— — «.w—■ offl cer 8 and transacting such other i Tbeatr e building be held at their office In the Temple on Monday the 13th day of January, 1908, at 8 p. m. for the purpose of electing ------and transacting such other business as may properly come be- ! »««»«• C. H. EDWARDS, Sec. Dated at Lewiston, Idaho, Decern ber 28 * 1907 - 1 " Order to Show Caoae. I In the probate court ot Nes Perc# ooucity, Idaho. Older to show cause why order ! of sale of real estate should not t* m * | e '. h .. .. In the matter of the «state and Nichols, guardianship of Ova D. Lola C. Nichols, Fred B. Nlchola Charlie J. Nichols and Ralph E Nichols, minors, deceased. F. W. Nlchola, the guardian ot ! estate ot said minora tor the pur the estate of all of tbe above named minors, having filed In this court his petition duly verified, praying tor an order ot sale of all of th« real poses therein set forth, It Is therefore ordered that all i persons Interested la said estate of j " ,d ETa D ' Nlchol, > et •*» 'b™ . | named, appear before this said pro- j | b*t* extort on the 9th day of Jana- ; ! ary, 1908, at the hear of 10 o'clock 1 a. m. of said day. st the courtroom Perc ®" 8tat * of Mm®, to show cause I of raid court at the courthouse Is ] ! the City of Lewiston, County of Nes | w by an order should not be granted to th« said F. W. Nichols, guardian ^ . «... ab,),re named, and that a copy ot this ord#r **• Publlshel at least tout to sell all of th« *aal estate of the said Eva D. Nichols, et al., minore «uooecslv« weeks I« The Evening Teller, o newspaper printed published tu auld Jlty and county. Dated this 4th day of December 1887. T. O. HANLON, Probate Judge Filed this 4th day of December 1097. (SEAL) T. O. HANLON. Probate Judge Notice for Publication Timber Land Act June ,3 1878. United States Land Office, Lewiston, Idaho, December 18, 1907. Notice is hereby given that In compliance with the provisions of ' " the act of congress of June 3, 1878 entitled "An act for the sale of tim ber lands in the States of California, Washington ; Oregon, Nevada and Territory," as extended to all the ! public land states by act of Aug. 4, ! 1892, Benjamin F. Aytch of Forest, count y of Nez Perce, state of Idano has this day filed in this office his sworn statement No. 3298, for the purchase of the W tt SW tt of sec tlon No. 27. in township No. 32 N. range No. 3 W.. B. M.. and will of fer proof to show that the land sou S ht ls more valuable for Its tlm receiver of this office at Lewiston, ber or 8tone tban for agricultural Purposes, and to establish hls claim t0 8ald ,and before * h ® register and Idaho, on Friday, the 7th day of Marcb » 1908 He names 88 witnesses: Malley Far,ey - Cllff °rd Staples. Carter Rob ,n8on ' w,llla " E - Aytch. all of For est, Idaho. Any and all persons claiming ad v *rsely the above-described lands are requested to file their claims in this office on or before said 7th day of *--- In the Probate Court In and for Ne» Marcb > 19 08 T. H. BARTLETT, Register. I Notice of Time Appointed for Prov ing of Will, Etc. Pei ce County, State of Idaho. r *tti K. Stirling, deceased, I In the matter of the estate of Lo-' Pursuant to an order of said pro bata court made on the 11th day oi D ®< :emb er. 1097. notice ls hereby * ba t Monday, the 23d day of December, 1907, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, at the court room of aald ^urt. at the courthouse in Lewiston» couuty of Nes Perce, has been ap Pointed as the time and place for proving tb« will of asld Loretta K. Stirling, deceased, and for hearing 'the application of Frank 8. Stirling for the issuance to 8. Leslie Thomp son of letters testamentary, when ant where any person interested may appear and contest the same. Dated this 11th day of December. 1*01- T. O. HANLON, Clerk. Notice for Publication Timber Land. Act June 3, 1878. United States Land Office, Lewiston, Idaho, September tt, 1807. Notice la hareby given that in compliance with the provisions of the act of congress of Juno ». 1878, entitled "An act for the aal« of tim ber lands in the state of California, oer lands in the state of California, Oregon, Nevada and Washington ! territory," ns extended to all the public land states by act of August 4, 1898, Ouy Mounce, of Lewiston. county of Nes Pare«, state of Idaho, «• k iw » mmvm uw» mi« wu« ■uiifui ,1» nor% valuable for Us timber or ' sworn statement No. S88S, 1er the purchaw of the 8 H 8W tt «4 mo tion No. 11, in township No. 88 N_ rang« No. 4 W. B. M., and will offer proof to ahow that tho land sought l more valuable for Its t*~*" — «tone than tor agricultural i— » — ■»<«» «.<• - «* {land before Register aad Receiver »t Lewiston, Idaho, on Thursday, the 6th day ef February, 1808. He names the following wltnc Henry L. Benton, Henry L. Benton. laaae Dee Champa. Lafayette Mounce, Eltaa beth 8. Benton, all of Forest, Idaho. Any aad all persona claiming ad Tersely the above-described lands are requested to file their elalms in this office on or batore tho 8th day of February, 104.1. J Notice for Publication, Department of tbe Interior, Land Of fice at Lewiston, Idaho, September 25, 1907. Notice is hereby given that Steven D. Taylor of Fairburn, Idaho, baa filed notice of his intention to make flnal flve year proof in support of his claim, viz.: Houqestead Entry No. 8734, made November 9. 1901, for NE tt Section 32, Township 34 N Ran « e 8 W., B. M„ and that said proof will be made before register and receiver at Lewiston, Idaho, on January 7, 1908. He namei the following witn to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, the land, viz.: Andrew J. Johnson, Willie Kern, William F. Brown, all Fairburn, Idaho; John H. Zee Sweetwater, Idaho. T. H. BARTLETT, Register T. H. BARTLETT, Megteter. ! E. ! of J of Notice of Publication Notice U hereby given that at 2 p. m., on the 10th day 6t February, 1908, at Lapwal, county of Nez Perce, state of Idaho, before James McGrath, J. P„ proof will be sub mitted of the completion of works for tbe diversion of one-half cubic toot p.r second ot th. ..Ur ot Uwu creek and springs, in accordance with the terms and conditions of a certain permit heretofore issued by the state engineer of the state of Idaho. 1. The names of the persons holding said permit are Martin L. Goldsmith and Samuel Lewis. 2. The postofflci address of such j persons is Spalding, county of Ne» Perce, state of Idaho. ». Th. number .( .ueh «rrntt 1.1 j 1097, and the date set for the com pletlon of such worn la February 18, 1908.. 4. gatlon and domestic purposes. 5. Said works ot diversion be fully completel on the date set for such completion, and the amount of water which Mid works are capa ble of conducting to the place of ln tended ose, in accordance with the plans accompanying the application for each permit, Is one-half cubic Said water to be used for lrri Wlll acres, particularly described as lot , feet per second, | 8.. The am amount ot lands tor which Mid water is available la 26 lows: NW tt NE tt and SW tt Public Land States by act of August NE tt section 21, township 26 N„ range 4 W., B. M. JAM68 STEPHENSON, JR... . Stats Engineer.. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION! Timber Land, Act Jnne 8. 1878. United State« Land Office. Lewiston. Idaho. November 4, 1907. Notice ls hereby given that in compliance with the provisions of the act of Congress of June 3. 1878 entltled "An act for the sale of tim ber lands In the States of California 4, 1892, Anna Mounce, of Lewiston COUntv of Nez Perce, slate of Idaho .has this day fil'd 1 i* t 1 »!*' tfflee her ewor " 8 tate?n e nt No. 3280, for u* purchase of the NE 1-4 NE 1-4, Sec E j _ 2 SE 1-4 and SE 1-4 NE ^4 of g^ion No. 3 in Townshln No. 32 N, Range No. 4 W., B. M. Oregon, Nevada, and Washington Territory," as extended to all the and will offer proof to show that tL* land sought Is more valuable for its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, and to establish hls claim to said land before Register and Re ceiver, at Lewiston, Idaho, on Wed nesday, the 15th day nf January. 1 »« 8 . She names as witnaasM: Georgs R. Clark, of Lewiston, Idaho; h«—, I,. Denton, Guy Mounce, lsc.« c n " champ, all of Forest, Idaho. Any and all persons claiming a* versely the above-described lands trl requested to file their claims i n office on or before said 16th dav *7 January, 1908. * 01 T. H. BARTLETT, Register , . Notion to Creditors. In the Probate Court of Nj p firci . .County, Idaho. * In the matter of the estate of Eva D. Nichols. Lola C. Nichols, Fred B Nlchola. Charlie J. Nichols an<i Ralph E. Nlchola, Minora. * ,b ®reby given by the un derslgned F w . V ! of the estate of Eva D. Nlchol^i!^ _ . -------Nichols, Lola C. Nichols, Fred E. Nichols, Charli» J. Nlchola and Ralph E. Nichols minora, to the creditors of, and ali persons having claims against the said minors, to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers, within f our months after the first publication or this notice, to the said guardian at tne law office of Anderson & Elliott No 317 Means block, Lewiston, Idal no, the same being the place for ' transaction of the business of said 'estate, In Lewiston, county of Ne* Perce, state of Idaho. Signed and dated at Lewiston. Ida o, this 27th day of November, A. D. , 1907. l ho, the same being the^plaeefor'th* *--------- - -- - * F. W. NICHOLS, Guard ian, Eva D. Nichols, et al. ____ __ „ uer _ Dy _ yftn ... , compliance with th? provisions of the act of Congress of June 3 1878 —...---■ - ' ' "n™>, Not ? ce 1« Publication. Timber Land, Act June 3, 1878. United States Land Office. Lewiston, Idaho, September 26, 1907. Notice Is hereby given that entitled "An act for the sale of tim ! bar lands In the States of California, Oregon, Nevada and Washington Territory," as extended to an the public land states by act of August 4, 1893, Elisabeth 8. Benton of Lew iston, eounty of Nes Perce, State ot Idaho, has this day filed In this of fice her sworn statement No. 3382, tor the purchase of the BE tt NE tt and NB tt BE tt of Section No. If, In Township No. 22 N.. Range No. 4 W., B. If., and will offer proof te ehow that the land sought is more valuable for Its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, aad to as tabllsh her claim to Mid land before Register and Receiver at Lewlstoa, Idaho, oa Thursday, the 6th day of February. 1888. She names the following wit Henry L. Benton, hue Dee champs, Lafayette Mounee, all of Forest, Idaho; Ouy Mounee of Lew February, 1908. liston, Idaho. Any aad all persons claiming ad versely the above-described lands ar: requested to die their elalms la this office en or before Mid 6th day of T. H. BARTLETT. Regierter. Notice for Publleation. Timber Land, Act June 3, 1878. Unit ed States Land Office, Lewlstoa, Idaho, November 33, 1007. Notice Is hereby given that in cotn pllance with the provisions of the act i, '«»" in the Stares of California, Oregon» Nevada an ^ Washington Territory." — extended to all the public land states by act of August 4, 1892, Henry L. Benton of Forest, county of Nes Perce, state of Idaho, has this day filed in this office his sworn statement No. 3271, for the purchase of the S % NE tt and E H NW tt of Section No. 15, In Township No. 32 N., Range No. 4 W., B. M., and will offer proof to show that the land sought Is more ^"agricuUura? purpose« 0 '' and" to'e' tabllsh his claim to said land before fÄ' r on "" T a h „ R Ä'''thf'.Ä'« February, lYoj. He names as witnesses, Lafe Mounce of Forest, Idaho, Quv Mounce of Lewiston, Idaho, Isaac Deschamp ot Forest, Idaho, and Noel Munden of Forest, Idaho. Any and all persons clalm'ng ad versely the above-described lands are requested to file their claims In this office on or before said 6 th day of February. 1908. _ T. H. BARTLETT. Register. Contest Notice Department of the Interior, United states Land Office, Lewiston, Ida ho, December 19, 1907. A sufficient contest affidavit hav ing been filed in this office by Charles C. Phillips, contestant, against Thomas H. Davis, Entry No. 10018, made July 6 , 1903, for N tt NW tt. N tt NE tt. section 13. township 38, N. range 1 E., B. M.. by Thomas H. Davis, contestée, In which It ls alleged that Bald Thom as H. Davis has wholly abandoned said tract and changed his residence therefrom for more than six months next preceding the date hereof, and that Mid tract ls not settled upon i° r Calt,vated by 8a,d P arty " r ** qulred by law or at all, and that contestant Is Informed and bellevae that Mid entryman never establish ed a residence thereupon. Said parties are hereby notified to appear, respond and offer evidnee touching Mid allegation at 10 o'clock a. m. on February 3, 1908, before Register and Receiver, at the United 8 tates Land Office In Lewis ton, Idaho. The Mid contestant having. In a proper affidavit, filed December 20, 1907, Mt forth facta which ahow that after due diligence personal service ot this notice cannot he aade, tt is hareby ordered aad di rected that auch notice be gtvsa by due and proper publication. T H. BARTLETT,