June 5, 1944 (4 pages)

Siege: Page Three — “You know the answer to that,” : te time whea shipping Lew said. He felt Clay move on his tax en : Space and freedom of the Pacific heels beside him and started to look ” opel hes Rr oe were almost non existent, can be around when the old warrior’s next ‘ ai ; licideed by the fact that the nation words stopped the turn of his head. parr and prodacell anie 440k eae “I know. You are a Texas man. . pounds in 1936 but had nearly tripled ‘You can: fight. But your friend, Lee © 6500-000 ada ae Long Rifle, asksyou to listen when : a to 6,500, Apdonded Ss I say the Cheyennes have whisky. The development of tungsten minMany are drunk.’’ : With his head turned a little he es has been ‘influenced by the ecosaw Clay’s fixed interest in some‘nomic depressions and business peak ‘thing on the ground, and ‘then Spot. } as well as the wars so far in this century. Highlights have been ted Horse was saying, ‘“‘Two white me me with four horses loaded. : suave . hasty steps taken by all belligerenits . to insure an adequate supply of the They gave whisky to the Cheyennes metal or wartime production. The and put this talk of beef in their ;romance of geological exploitation, ears.”’ Lew brought his eyes all the way ‘the high adventure of blockade run. ners and the dramaiiec discoveries. b around to Clay then. But if there had been any foreknowledge of this American laboratories are mingled in the 1918 and 1944 triumphs of in him it didn’t~show on the unchanging rucdy cheeks. So there it production. K. C. Li, of New -York, co-author was. A neat trick now that he saw it clearly—fire the Cheyennes up on liquor, send them against the Cross of the American Chemical Societr monograph! ‘“Tungsten,’’ relates in the foreword of this recent book one T-herd.-If-they--gottheir bellies full of Cross °T beef they’d' let the instance of ‘how the Germans greatl ‘surprised the English in 1914, The — CHAPTER xi Steve “Arnold, uffed up b i newly acquired seule Pr mie tance, Swaggered about like many other idle rich young men, who think themselves above common work. They flashed in a big way for a little while, those riders of the wild bunch. You couldn’t blame a boy who’d been held down so long. If he didn’t know Steve better he could let it go at that. But Steve talked the loudest when he was scared. He always had. The Slow grazing pace with time dragging let him think it out in circles, which brought him back in the end to where he had Started, Steve. was a rattlehead, maybe, but no fcol. It was hard to put two things together, his exaggerated importance of owning the Cross T and this talk of being through with cows, Washes without getting only one answer. You can’t make any good plan for a RRI the future if you’re Scared of your jR, E. HARRIS past. He saw Steve ride with Clay much ‘ae REXALL DRUG STORK Phone 100 oe Poxall pRUG STORE pugge 10 BUT ALL YOUR penta Needs TOOTH PASTES AND POWDERS yONDAY, JUNE 5, 1944. . NEVADA CITY NUGGET Tell him Spot-waten 4 TAS. Gs, ing for Lew Burnet. ted Horse is here.” “I’m Burnet,” he said and had a sudden queer feeling. Spotted Horse. Here on these plains and far south into Texas men oiled their guns when they heard that Spotted Horse was leading his Comanches again. Now he faced that dreaded chief, a fat old man with a quiet, kindly voice. Spotted Horse nodded. “Good. I have come to talk. Your friend, Long Rifle, is my friend. Man-WhoWalks-Alone,”’ he added, giving both of Willy Nickle’s Indian names. It was about time he knew where old Willy was. “I am glad to hear you speak of my friend,’ he said. “We have meat in camp. You and your men are welcome.’ He turned and saw his crew grouped clearly in_the firelight, standing in front of the shut flaps of Joy’s wagon. But Spotted Horse shook his head. “No. Talk is better here. I will have one man come to us, you have oné, to keep us even.” “All right,’ Lew said and turned again and tried to point at Quarternight, beckoning. But it was Clay Manning who came out. Spotted th the by HAROLD CHANNING WIRE WNU RELEASE TUNGSTEN ORE. OUTPUT OVER Tooth Brushes, Denture Adhesives and Cleaners, Mouth Open A-pass without trouble. But . . drunk . . . You might as well touch fire to the prairie grass. No man could tell where it would stop. of that afternoon and knew the Showdown wasn’t Settled. It was bound to come. Early in the evening they crossed a small creek and watered there, trailing on a mile afterward to camp on open ground. He bedded the longhorns in close, hobbled some of the horses so the herd wouldn’t stray and swung a rope corral between the wagons for the night-guard mounts. Horses were like scented bait to Indians. There had. been no Indian sign Horse had Jikewise made a signal. The one who rode forward, he saw instantly, was not the same sort as this old Comanche chief. He was a young buck, thoroughly Savage, with the thin sharp face and long bony nose, humped in the middle; of the northern Cheyenne. He kicked free of the rawhide loops, dropped lightly to. the ground and stood there with his roached head Quietly Spotted Horse said, ‘‘My people want peace. This is our country. We live here and will not go with the Cheyennes against yo&. But if there is. fighting and the army comes we will be blamed with the others. They will not give us beef for many months and make us live on flour and water. Our women and children will go hungry. That is why I talk.’’ THE TOP From “The Laboratory,” Pittsburg At the time of Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939, the United States and other allied. nations were dependent in a very large degree upon imports for their tungsten ore, and the stockpile on hand was so low . that tungsten was one of the scarcest ; Kaiser’s scientists made it possible for German industry to boost produc‘tion by means of high speed tools containing tungsten. The English had predicted that the enemy would exhaust its ammunition within six months, but found that Germany act‘ ually outproduced the allies at one’ time and nearly carried /their offenSives into Paris. either along the creek’ or over against the black Wichita range. It was as lonely a country as he had ever seen. * With Moonlight Bailey and Jim Hope riding guard until the first watch went out, all the other men were in camp, washing up at Owl‘ é Noe aren keg. It was not quite P ark, that moment of shadow ‘like a f ormck In croy HALL z thick layer across the land with the ? sky still blue: He finished at the keg himself, picked up a flour-sack towel and turned to look south. Ten or fifteen vague mounted figures were coming from the creek. He swung back and spoke quickly to' Joy near the campfire: ‘Get inside,’’ he said. ‘Pull down the flaps.’’ ‘‘What’s the matter?” up high, looking at’no one. ‘“Howdy,’’ Lew said and got no answer. Two vermilion spots of sumach juice were smeared on the Sharp cheekbones. A yellow crescent curved around the ball of his chin. “He cannot talk English,” Spotted Horse explained. “I will talk for him. He is Crazy Bear, Dakota Cheyenne.”’ “I see.” Crazy Bear must be one of the younger chiefs: then, stirring It was an earnest plea, yet given in the old Comanche’s low, unpleading tone. Lew felt it strongly. and hesitated and saw no other way. “The answer,’’ he said; “‘is still the same. This is not’ Cheyenne beef till it reaches Ogallala.”’ “Lew.” Clay touched his arm. “This. -is bad. I say you’d better give in something.” : He shook his head. ‘‘No use. You can’t bargain with drunk Indians.’ *‘No hurt to try.” Clay’s voice came with a sharper edge. ‘You better.” His blue eyes were still fixed upon the ground. ‘‘We got more than cows to think about. You go ahead and make a deal!” “Clay,” he warned, ‘“‘watch out.” of all strategic metals. The demand for tungsten. ore in oe thanks am oe hammegene stot recalled to Mr. Li that he had of free enterprise. to vpen domestic : Ps ‘found a very heavy ore specimen 12 it of chemists in devising ‘methods 19 {the Interior of China when he was : 4 prospecting there for tin in 1941. ees iE gue tle oe outlogs 'He returned to the district formed a in respect to tungsten is so much} began ‘ os mining company,and soon brighter that it may soon be regard: . : ; ‘ highest grade tuneed as:a critical metal rather than a Dromering whe ° sre sten ore in the world; it was 78.8 Part of the credit for the remarkSonsahecente bese nay when waren able change is due; of course, to eco‘Steel Company apd the second con. . nomic factors, and particularly O . slencent was to the United States . the cooperation of China in spite Of . steel Corporation. Thre abundant. Breat obstsclento continued export availability of tungsten was a vital) eh eae of ore from the . pactor in American war prodwetion TEMG Ubi ada ee me oe Chie . of Commierce’ + strategic material. He nodded south. She saw then. Her face went white. Around the water keg the men were hurriedly drying theit hands. Someone joked, ‘Guess the party opens. Boys, watch your hair!” They pulled their Springfield-Allins from saddle _ scabbards propped against their bedrolls. But then, watching the riders take shape, he knew it was not a war party. Indians out for trouble would not come on like this, bunched and at a slow walk. They’d spread and make a running charge and haul up short just before hitting camp. That would be to show their strength and see how the white men took it. He could count them now, fourteen, and the men around him had started to grin at the way these Inj dians were dressed. Some wore pants but were naked from the waist up. Others wore brown reservation shirts with only a loincloth under the long tails. A few ‘had on old felt hats with the tops of the crowns cut out. But mostly they were bareheaded, their black hair hanging in doiible braids. In spite of théir half acceptance’ of civilized clothing he knew by the way they rode that these men were all plains warriors. They used neither. saddles nor bridles. A rawhide .rope looped in the horse’s jaw, “passed up over his neck and tied at . the jaw again made‘the reins. Another length of rawhide was wound three times around his middle and ‘W] with his legs straight down, his moccasined feet twisted into these loops at the ankles. Like that they were as good’ as tied onto their horses* backs, with their hands free and able’ to stick through the darting, 1 wheeling way in which they fought, He had missed one of the group who wore both shirt, and pants. When the little party halted off fifty yards from camp a black-and-white oad, heavy shapé of a man, old. and fat. a “in, he reached the firelight’s brighter circle, . stopped’ and lifted his left hand. He * was tnafmed. Lew gave his‘ rife to Rebel John, fH} ‘saying, “I'll go.” He walked slowly § i ‘ 4. proach. if over the other. . . forward, halved the distance that ained and halted. »He said brief“Friend!” and stretched both arms in front of him, palms up. } For his age and weight the Indian’ “came to the ground with aeee. He, He exactly. halved the little distance still left, waiting then for the white man to finish the apwas a ritual that Lew under-’ Pod, He might stand rooted and: make the Indian come to him. It showed in a way one’s supremacy That ~~ oan mae . He closed the gap and saw the lack -eyes faintly indicate’ that : dge. ; C ayes te was even older than he had seemed from a distance, a Comanche by his broad features and. surely a chief. For there was that strong pride in his face and the heartbreak of a beaten people beind the arrogance of his eyes. His aa braids camé across his shoulders with strips of yellow wool cloth twisted into the ends. Looked like the stripes off’some trooper’s pants, Lew thought. Probably was. : He waited, saying nothing, while the black eyes, deep in their folds of dark skin, gave him along appraisal. Then in perfect school = lish. the ‘old said, ‘t am % atched pinto came on, carrying this} For he saw Crazy Bear’s quick attention to this talk. It was too plain a show of trouble. in the white man’s camp and bad to be known. To “notted Horse he said, ‘Tell Crazy Pear we have refused. What does he say then?’’ The old chief signed rapidly and spoke in a.clacking tongue. The young buck’s haughty face showed no change. He grunted, opened and closed his hands many times, dropped them and sat stiffly, looking off toward the camp. Spotted Horse said nothing. He Spottéd Horse noddéd: “Good. 1 have come to talk,’’ up the reservation Cheyennes now that their wiser head, Red Cloud, had gore to Washington. ‘Clay Manriing had’ come to his _ side. ‘What's’ up?’’ He turned a little with a low warn! ing. “Talk. And I’ll do it.” As an} opener he said, ‘‘Spotted Horse, how is it with our friend, Long Rifle?” “His camp is good,” said’ Spotted Horse. ‘‘He has plenty:’” ' He spoke to the stolid figure beside him in a . Clacking. tongue. They bent, their legs and squatted on the ground. . ., Lew touched Clay, drawing him down, and squatted, facing them. No oné spoke. Time meant nothing le many’ circles’ before they came to the point. : Spotted Horse lowered his head, ie face heavy and sad. He sat like. at, ‘siléntly,' withthe immovable quiet of @ huge datk rock, and spoke vat ‘last ‘without ‘looking: up: ‘‘“My } people,” he said, “have been driven from their lands by your people. You have killed our buffalo and give. tis meat that smells bad instead.” Hé paused: “1 know,’ Lew said.’ )“It’s a bum trade, Spotted: Horse. I: admit: it. grasshoppers that breed, too fast ar swarm as the sun moves we. ha “move west. It had to be, Horse,’ and I ami’ sorty.” Yes. That’ is: it.’ ‘Thé old Cois not bad now. But the Cheyennes’ hearts are black toward. you.” He moved his head a little to Crazy Bear. “This is Cheyenne beef you are taking north.” , “That’s. right,’”’ Lew said. ‘‘For . the reservation beyond Ogallala.”’ Spotted Horse stared at him a moment, turned and pointed his chin toward the Wichitas. ‘Six hundred Cheyenne are over there. They are hungry. They hunt the antelope and the antelope are gone. This Cheyenne beef, they say. They want what is theirs now.” ‘How much?’’ . “Half,” said Spotted Horse. ‘‘Half _of this herd.” © tle are many. Like the’] é PS pees . his own. “Spotted Horée, “your name is: written on this larid : . shut his eyes. “~ Clay moved, suddenly irritable. **Well?’”’ he asked. ‘ The old eyes opened and looked at him. Spotted Horse_ took his time before he said, “Six hundred cows. One for each Cheyenfié.” “All right,” Clay agréed. “Lew, there’s your, deal!” ix hundred is an-opening' wedge. [ui ten. “Sounea Hctae, “your 1 aot White. Theré is no lie in ft If We give this much to the “Chéyéhines ean you say they’ll not take alk we've got? We have horses,. wagons.’ If we give six hundred cows we are weak in their eyes. Can you sa they not come back for more?” Gravely the old man said, “They are’ hot my peédple. I canot ‘tell them what to do.’ , ‘Satisfied?” Lew asked and got no-.answer. He. turned from: Clay and looked past Spotted Horse,. his glance held suddenly by a fixed attention in Crazy Bear’s jet eyes. He ‘followed ‘that look back toward camp. . ‘Joy had come from her wagon’ to stand with the group of men at the fire. Its light showed Crazy Bear all that she was, Spotted Horse had seen her now. His’ head “You have women?” é “One,” Lew said: “Shé has her man ‘along.”*.A hopeless® ‘him, . Trust a woman's curiosity to . that! He. nodded sidewise pmanche give Clay. a saw ‘the old _said Spotted ‘measuring look. “She is’ young,” “That is not good. Hofse: sign und-walked back to the mount-. wed again. Then he too rose ponderously, and du of his pants, He eld out his right ' hand, Pabivup Risitig, Lew touchéd it lightty with . ?"he said in great letters:,, You haye come: to warn me and I am glad, But the white man and the ’ man a ed. man never. manche tapped his chest. ‘“‘My heart . could ‘talk with words: Tell my friend, Long Rifle, f am not’ asleép.”’ He stood watching while the huge . shape lumbered off. and waited ‘then until the little band wheeled east toward the Wichita range. Clay had started back to camp ahead of him. He caught up and gave him a questioning glance. The full ruddy face was set. Some determination of his own held Clay grimly silent. He couldn’t bring himself to believe at first that Clay’s talk would get anywhere with Joy. The girl had her father’s common sense. Old Tom wouldn’t word of r rps dis ke this. ’ Spain and Bolivia also have -been factors in meeting the large demand. because that word means Stone. It was not until late i 18th century (1783), tungsten was heavy huyer. \ “Clay,” he said, “‘you show you’ve . meyer handled Indians, wei anger. filled Crazy Beat'stood up.’ He imadé' a. ed.group.: For a moment longer d off the seat. realized. The: entire output: of the Chinese mines in the first year of World War -_. 1 was a mere 14 tons, yet by 1918—only four years later—the output . ; ont tungsten. ore. over the Burma . and more, recently, have done go. plane. While in this, manner has, been low. ‘sinc the Japs gained control of the convenient seaports, the ore such high tungsten. content. thet Sreat risks are taken to maintair the shipment of as much as possible. -had multiplied: nearly a thousand times to. 11,659 tons. This great jump ‘came about chiefly because of two }@Pplications— the’.use of tungsten te. make high speed steel and: ‘for the filament of the ineandescent lamp. ; ‘ In the. ensuing peace years, the demand for tungsten fluctuated widSuch as tungsten carbide for cutting tools and other special alloys. Thus, when World War It began in 1999 the United States consumed, 5,000,000 pounds of tungsten metal annually; this increased to 10 million pounds in 1940, and went up to 18 million pounds in 1941. How well the ‘American scientist ely but continued’ upward bécause of: added uses devised by the scientists, . / A second wartime incident eTungsten was probably first min-. ween at ped pected pg ed in the thirteenth century by the Blea te oe. a en St ee Saxons who named the ore tungsten a an OF Secretary ot Commones: 7 i Jesse Jones to the"fact that a lates n thei ‘ however, that! tinct element by the Spanish brothel” entire American stockpile, ers, J. J. de Elhuyer‘and F: de Eloe ate Fenn Mertior «an sia From that time until the Japanese were urging Hitler to bring: a turn of this century tungsten was anime om yy Ronee os force he interesting and rare metal.but wears oe Sag gata ape ‘ et used in. comparatively small quan-! se HOR pepiloethaltives hoi coun ahs: tities because its varied applications ig, its i dheonpl dee. acrid? < in modern industry had not been by Secretary Jones in a matter >. amount of Chinese ore was being — held in French Indo China at a tit» recognised ‘aé «dt when this amount was more thar it ~ hours resulted in the purchase of 2 {the ore and its subsequent loading iCounty, May 28, 1944, to Mr. . Mrs. M. Johns, of County, a son, ate as Ar ontist. vada County,” May has met this increased demand forland.Mrs. Ro. four U. 8. ships which brought the ore safely to this country. The Chinese continued to _expor 7 the quantity exported is 0 JOHNS—In Nevada. City, Nevad: see mee ‘BERTRAM—Jn. 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Siege: Page Three — “You know the answer to that,” : te time whea shipping Lew said. He felt Clay move on his tax en : Space and freedom of the Pacific heels beside him and started to look ” opel hes Rr oe were almost non existent, can be around when the old warrior’s next ‘ ai ; licideed by the fact that the nation words stopped the turn of his head. parr and prodacell anie 440k eae “I know. You are a Texas man. . pounds in 1936 but had nearly tripled ‘You can: fight. But your friend, Lee © 6500-000 ada ae Long Rifle, asksyou to listen when : a to 6,500, Apdonded Ss I say the Cheyennes have whisky. The development of tungsten minMany are drunk.’’ : With his head turned a little he es has been ‘influenced by the ecosaw Clay’s fixed interest in some‘nomic depressions and business peak ‘thing on the ground, and ‘then Spot. } as well as the wars so far in this century. Highlights have been ted Horse was saying, ‘“‘Two white me me with four horses loaded. : suave . hasty steps taken by all belligerenits . to insure an adequate supply of the They gave whisky to the Cheyennes metal or wartime production. The and put this talk of beef in their ;romance of geological exploitation, ears.”’ Lew brought his eyes all the way ‘the high adventure of blockade run. ners and the dramaiiec discoveries. b around to Clay then. But if there had been any foreknowledge of this American laboratories are mingled in the 1918 and 1944 triumphs of in him it didn’t~show on the unchanging rucdy cheeks. So there it production. K. C. Li, of New -York, co-author was. A neat trick now that he saw it clearly—fire the Cheyennes up on liquor, send them against the Cross of the American Chemical Societr monograph! ‘“Tungsten,’’ relates in the foreword of this recent book one T-herd.-If-they--gottheir bellies full of Cross °T beef they’d' let the instance of ‘how the Germans greatl ‘surprised the English in 1914, The — CHAPTER xi Steve “Arnold, uffed up b i newly acquired seule Pr mie tance, Swaggered about like many other idle rich young men, who think themselves above common work. They flashed in a big way for a little while, those riders of the wild bunch. You couldn’t blame a boy who’d been held down so long. If he didn’t know Steve better he could let it go at that. But Steve talked the loudest when he was scared. He always had. The Slow grazing pace with time dragging let him think it out in circles, which brought him back in the end to where he had Started, Steve. was a rattlehead, maybe, but no fcol. It was hard to put two things together, his exaggerated importance of owning the Cross T and this talk of being through with cows, Washes without getting only one answer. You can’t make any good plan for a RRI the future if you’re Scared of your jR, E. HARRIS past. He saw Steve ride with Clay much ‘ae REXALL DRUG STORK Phone 100 oe Poxall pRUG STORE pugge 10 BUT ALL YOUR penta Needs TOOTH PASTES AND POWDERS yONDAY, JUNE 5, 1944. . NEVADA CITY NUGGET Tell him Spot-waten 4 TAS. Gs, ing for Lew Burnet. ted Horse is here.” “I’m Burnet,” he said and had a sudden queer feeling. Spotted Horse. Here on these plains and far south into Texas men oiled their guns when they heard that Spotted Horse was leading his Comanches again. Now he faced that dreaded chief, a fat old man with a quiet, kindly voice. Spotted Horse nodded. “Good. I have come to talk. Your friend, Long Rifle, is my friend. Man-WhoWalks-Alone,”’ he added, giving both of Willy Nickle’s Indian names. It was about time he knew where old Willy was. “I am glad to hear you speak of my friend,’ he said. “We have meat in camp. You and your men are welcome.’ He turned and saw his crew grouped clearly in_the firelight, standing in front of the shut flaps of Joy’s wagon. But Spotted Horse shook his head. “No. Talk is better here. I will have one man come to us, you have oné, to keep us even.” “All right,’ Lew said and turned again and tried to point at Quarternight, beckoning. But it was Clay Manning who came out. Spotted th the by HAROLD CHANNING WIRE WNU RELEASE TUNGSTEN ORE. OUTPUT OVER Tooth Brushes, Denture Adhesives and Cleaners, Mouth Open A-pass without trouble. But . . drunk . . . You might as well touch fire to the prairie grass. No man could tell where it would stop. of that afternoon and knew the Showdown wasn’t Settled. It was bound to come. Early in the evening they crossed a small creek and watered there, trailing on a mile afterward to camp on open ground. He bedded the longhorns in close, hobbled some of the horses so the herd wouldn’t stray and swung a rope corral between the wagons for the night-guard mounts. Horses were like scented bait to Indians. There had. been no Indian sign Horse had Jikewise made a signal. The one who rode forward, he saw instantly, was not the same sort as this old Comanche chief. He was a young buck, thoroughly Savage, with the thin sharp face and long bony nose, humped in the middle; of the northern Cheyenne. He kicked free of the rawhide loops, dropped lightly to. the ground and stood there with his roached head Quietly Spotted Horse said, ‘‘My people want peace. This is our country. We live here and will not go with the Cheyennes against yo&. But if there is. fighting and the army comes we will be blamed with the others. They will not give us beef for many months and make us live on flour and water. Our women and children will go hungry. That is why I talk.’’ THE TOP From “The Laboratory,” Pittsburg At the time of Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939, the United States and other allied. nations were dependent in a very large degree upon imports for their tungsten ore, and the stockpile on hand was so low . that tungsten was one of the scarcest ; Kaiser’s scientists made it possible for German industry to boost produc‘tion by means of high speed tools containing tungsten. The English had predicted that the enemy would exhaust its ammunition within six months, but found that Germany act‘ ually outproduced the allies at one’ time and nearly carried /their offenSives into Paris. either along the creek’ or over against the black Wichita range. It was as lonely a country as he had ever seen. * With Moonlight Bailey and Jim Hope riding guard until the first watch went out, all the other men were in camp, washing up at Owl‘ é Noe aren keg. It was not quite P ark, that moment of shadow ‘like a f ormck In croy HALL z thick layer across the land with the ? sky still blue: He finished at the keg himself, picked up a flour-sack towel and turned to look south. Ten or fifteen vague mounted figures were coming from the creek. He swung back and spoke quickly to' Joy near the campfire: ‘Get inside,’’ he said. ‘Pull down the flaps.’’ ‘‘What’s the matter?” up high, looking at’no one. ‘“Howdy,’’ Lew said and got no answer. Two vermilion spots of sumach juice were smeared on the Sharp cheekbones. A yellow crescent curved around the ball of his chin. “He cannot talk English,” Spotted Horse explained. “I will talk for him. He is Crazy Bear, Dakota Cheyenne.”’ “I see.” Crazy Bear must be one of the younger chiefs: then, stirring It was an earnest plea, yet given in the old Comanche’s low, unpleading tone. Lew felt it strongly. and hesitated and saw no other way. “The answer,’’ he said; “‘is still the same. This is not’ Cheyenne beef till it reaches Ogallala.”’ “Lew.” Clay touched his arm. “This. -is bad. I say you’d better give in something.” : He shook his head. ‘‘No use. You can’t bargain with drunk Indians.’ *‘No hurt to try.” Clay’s voice came with a sharper edge. ‘You better.” His blue eyes were still fixed upon the ground. ‘‘We got more than cows to think about. You go ahead and make a deal!” “Clay,” he warned, ‘“‘watch out.” of all strategic metals. The demand for tungsten. ore in oe thanks am oe hammegene stot recalled to Mr. Li that he had of free enterprise. to vpen domestic : Ps ‘found a very heavy ore specimen 12 it of chemists in devising ‘methods 19 {the Interior of China when he was : 4 prospecting there for tin in 1941. ees iE gue tle oe outlogs 'He returned to the district formed a in respect to tungsten is so much} began ‘ os mining company,and soon brighter that it may soon be regard: . : ; ‘ highest grade tuneed as:a critical metal rather than a Dromering whe ° sre sten ore in the world; it was 78.8 Part of the credit for the remarkSonsahecente bese nay when waren able change is due; of course, to eco‘Steel Company apd the second con. . nomic factors, and particularly O . slencent was to the United States . the cooperation of China in spite Of . steel Corporation. Thre abundant. Breat obstsclento continued export availability of tungsten was a vital) eh eae of ore from the . pactor in American war prodwetion TEMG Ubi ada ee me oe Chie . of Commierce’ + strategic material. He nodded south. She saw then. Her face went white. Around the water keg the men were hurriedly drying theit hands. Someone joked, ‘Guess the party opens. Boys, watch your hair!” They pulled their Springfield-Allins from saddle _ scabbards propped against their bedrolls. But then, watching the riders take shape, he knew it was not a war party. Indians out for trouble would not come on like this, bunched and at a slow walk. They’d spread and make a running charge and haul up short just before hitting camp. That would be to show their strength and see how the white men took it. He could count them now, fourteen, and the men around him had started to grin at the way these Inj dians were dressed. Some wore pants but were naked from the waist up. Others wore brown reservation shirts with only a loincloth under the long tails. A few ‘had on old felt hats with the tops of the crowns cut out. But mostly they were bareheaded, their black hair hanging in doiible braids. In spite of théir half acceptance’ of civilized clothing he knew by the way they rode that these men were all plains warriors. They used neither. saddles nor bridles. A rawhide

.rope looped in the horse’s jaw, “passed up over his neck and tied at . the jaw again made‘the reins. Another length of rawhide was wound three times around his middle and ‘W] with his legs straight down, his moccasined feet twisted into these loops at the ankles. Like that they were as good’ as tied onto their horses* backs, with their hands free and able’ to stick through the darting, 1 wheeling way in which they fought, He had missed one of the group who wore both shirt, and pants. When the little party halted off fifty yards from camp a black-and-white oad, heavy shapé of a man, old. and fat. a “in, he reached the firelight’s brighter circle, . stopped’ and lifted his left hand. He * was tnafmed. Lew gave his‘ rife to Rebel John, fH} ‘saying, “I'll go.” He walked slowly § i ‘ 4. proach. if over the other. . . forward, halved the distance that ained and halted. »He said brief“Friend!” and stretched both arms in front of him, palms up. } For his age and weight the Indian’ “came to the ground with aeee. He, He exactly. halved the little distance still left, waiting then for the white man to finish the apwas a ritual that Lew under-’ Pod, He might stand rooted and: make the Indian come to him. It showed in a way one’s supremacy That ~~ oan mae . He closed the gap and saw the lack -eyes faintly indicate’ that : dge. ; C ayes te was even older than he had seemed from a distance, a Comanche by his broad features and. surely a chief. For there was that strong pride in his face and the heartbreak of a beaten people beind the arrogance of his eyes. His aa braids camé across his shoulders with strips of yellow wool cloth twisted into the ends. Looked like the stripes off’some trooper’s pants, Lew thought. Probably was. : He waited, saying nothing, while the black eyes, deep in their folds of dark skin, gave him along appraisal. Then in perfect school = lish. the ‘old said, ‘t am % atched pinto came on, carrying this} For he saw Crazy Bear’s quick attention to this talk. It was too plain a show of trouble. in the white man’s camp and bad to be known. To “notted Horse he said, ‘Tell Crazy Pear we have refused. What does he say then?’’ The old chief signed rapidly and spoke in a.clacking tongue. The young buck’s haughty face showed no change. He grunted, opened and closed his hands many times, dropped them and sat stiffly, looking off toward the camp. Spotted Horse said nothing. He Spottéd Horse noddéd: “Good. 1 have come to talk,’’ up the reservation Cheyennes now that their wiser head, Red Cloud, had gore to Washington. ‘Clay Manriing had’ come to his _ side.. ‘What's’ up?’’ He turned a little with a low warn! ing. “Talk. And I’ll do it.” As an} opener he said, ‘‘Spotted Horse, how is it with our friend, Long Rifle?” “His camp is good,” said’ Spotted Horse. ‘‘He has plenty:’” ' He spoke to the stolid figure beside him in a . Clacking. tongue. They bent, their legs and squatted on the ground. . ., Lew touched Clay, drawing him down, and squatted, facing them. No oné spoke. Time meant nothing le many’ circles’ before they came to the point. : Spotted Horse lowered his head, ie face heavy and sad. He sat like. at, ‘siléntly,' withthe immovable quiet of @ huge datk rock, and spoke vat ‘last ‘without ‘looking: up: ‘‘“My } people,” he said, “have been driven from their lands by your people. You have killed our buffalo and give. tis meat that smells bad instead.” Hé paused: “1 know,’ Lew said.’ )“It’s a bum trade, Spotted: Horse. I: admit: it. grasshoppers that breed, too fast ar swarm as the sun moves we. ha “move west. It had to be, Horse,’ and I ami’ sorty.” Yes. That’ is: it.’ ‘Thé old Cois not bad now. But the Cheyennes’ hearts are black toward. you.” He moved his head a little to Crazy Bear.. “This is Cheyenne beef you are taking north.” , “That’s. right,’”’ Lew said. ‘‘For . the reservation beyond Ogallala.”’ Spotted Horse stared at him a moment, turned and pointed his chin toward the Wichitas. ‘Six hundred Cheyenne are over there. They are hungry. They hunt the antelope and the antelope are gone. This Cheyenne beef, they say. They want what is theirs now.” ‘How much?’’ . “Half,” said Spotted Horse. ‘‘Half _of this herd.” © tle are many. Like the’] é PS pees . his own. “Spotted Horée, “your name is: written on this larid : . shut his eyes. “~ Clay moved, suddenly irritable. **Well?’”’ he asked. ‘ The old eyes opened and looked at him. Spotted Horse_ took his time before he said, “Six hundred cows. One for each Cheyenfié.” “All right,” Clay agréed. “Lew, there’s your, deal!” ix hundred is an-opening' wedge. [ui ten. “Sounea Hctae, “your 1 aot White. Theré is no lie in ft If We give this much to the “Chéyéhines ean you say they’ll not take alk we've got? We have horses,. wagons.’ If we give six hundred cows we are weak in their eyes. Can you sa they not come back for more?” Gravely the old man said, “They are’ hot my peédple. I canot ‘tell them what to do.’ , ‘Satisfied?” Lew asked and got no-.answer. He. turned from: Clay and looked past Spotted Horse,. his glance held suddenly by a fixed attention in Crazy Bear’s jet eyes. He ‘followed ‘that look back toward camp. . ‘Joy had come from her wagon’ to stand with the group of men at the fire. Its light showed Crazy Bear all that she was, Spotted Horse had seen her now. His’ head “You have women?” é “One,” Lew said: “Shé has her man ‘along.”*.A hopeless® ‘him, . Trust a woman's curiosity to . that! He. nodded sidewise pmanche give Clay. a saw ‘the old _said Spotted ‘measuring look. “She is’ young,” “That is not good. Hofse: sign und-walked back to the mount-. wed again. Then he too rose ponderously, and du of his pants, He eld out his right ' hand, Pabivup Risitig, Lew touchéd it lightty with . ?"he said in great letters:,, You haye come: to warn me and I am glad, But the white man and the ’ man a ed. man never. manche tapped his chest. ‘“‘My heart . could ‘talk with words: Tell my friend, Long Rifle, f am not’ asleép.”’ He stood watching while the huge . shape lumbered off. and waited ‘then until the little band wheeled east toward the Wichita range. Clay had started back to camp ahead of him. He caught up and gave him a questioning glance. The full ruddy face was set. Some determination of his own held Clay grimly silent. He couldn’t bring himself to believe at first that Clay’s talk would get anywhere with Joy. The girl had her father’s common sense. Old Tom wouldn’t word of r rps dis ke this. ’ Spain and Bolivia also have -been factors in meeting the large demand. because that word means Stone. It was not until late i 18th century (1783), tungsten was heavy huyer. \ “Clay,” he said, “‘you show you’ve . meyer handled Indians, wei anger. filled Crazy Beat'stood up.’ He imadé' a. ed.group.: For a moment longer d off the seat. realized. The: entire output: of the Chinese mines in the first year of World War -_. 1 was a mere 14 tons, yet by 1918—only four years later—the output . ; ont tungsten. ore. over the Burma . and more, recently, have done go. plane. While in this, manner has, been low. ‘sinc the Japs gained control of the convenient seaports, the ore such high tungsten. content. thet Sreat risks are taken to maintair the shipment of as much as possible. -had multiplied: nearly a thousand times to. 11,659 tons. This great jump ‘came about chiefly because of two }@Pplications— the’.use of tungsten te. make high speed steel and: ‘for the filament of the ineandescent lamp. ; ‘ In the. ensuing peace years, the demand for tungsten fluctuated widSuch as tungsten carbide for cutting tools and other special alloys. Thus, when World War It began in 1999 the United States consumed, 5,000,000 pounds of tungsten metal annually; this increased to 10 million pounds in 1940, and went up to 18 million pounds in 1941. How well the ‘American scientist ely but continued’ upward bécause of: added uses devised by the scientists, . / A second wartime incident eTungsten was probably first min-. ween at ped pected pg ed in the thirteenth century by the Blea te oe. a en St ee Saxons who named the ore tungsten a an OF Secretary ot Commones: 7 i Jesse Jones to the"fact that a lates n thei ‘ however, that! tinct element by the Spanish brothel” entire American stockpile, ers, J. J. de Elhuyer‘and F: de Eloe ate Fenn Mertior «an sia From that time until the Japanese were urging Hitler to bring: a turn of this century tungsten was anime om yy Ronee os force he interesting and rare metal.but wears oe Sag gata ape ‘ et used in. comparatively small quan-! se HOR pepiloethaltives hoi coun ahs: tities because its varied applications ig, its i dheonpl dee. acrid? < in modern industry had not been by Secretary Jones in a matter >. amount of Chinese ore was being — held in French Indo China at a tit» recognised ‘aé «dt when this amount was more thar it ~ hours resulted in the purchase of 2 {the ore and its subsequent loading iCounty, May 28, 1944, to Mr. . Mrs. M. Johns, of County, a son, ate as Ar ontist. vada County,” May has met this increased demand forland.Mrs. Ro. four U. 8. ships which brought the ore safely to this country. The Chinese continued to _expor 7 the quantity exported is 0 JOHNS—In Nevada. City, Nevad: see mee ‘BERTRAM—Jn. 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