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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-02-28

anything impulsively he glowers at me
and makes me afraid"
When every woman and child who
lived in the Hargrove neighborhood
were discussing the friendliness Of
Mrs. Hargrove and Milton Smith,
Ernest Hargrove's ears were closed.
1t was in June that Mrs. Smith de-
cided that she could no longer endure
the attentions of her husband to the
wife of his client. One afternoon at
the Country club, where the Smiths
and Hargroyes had gone to watch the
Derby race from the piazza of the
clubhouse, Mr.. Smith and Mrs. Har-
grove walked away together and did
not return for two hours. Feeling i'll,
Mrs. Smith sent an attendant to in
form Mr.. Smith that she must return
to town at once either in his auto or
with friends. When the couple re-
turned reluctantly, Mrs. Hargrove with
blazing eyes walked to where Mrs.
Smith was sitting and said:
81 am sure, my dear, don't want
you to think that | have any desire to
take your husband from you-not at
all, my dear, and in the future you
don't need to send for him."
1--WE are so glad daughter likes Mr..
Smith so much" said Mrs. Neres-
heimer He is such charming man
and we like him so much"
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back Immediately. Betrosky arm-in-
arm with ex-Mayor Hurley and two
little Betroskys holding his coat tails
1t took but a minute for the ex-mayor
to explain that the whiskers were
taken off at the hospital, policemans
club having come in contact with
Bretosky's face when he was in fight
ing condition.
AS the 500 was counted the Joy
OF the Betroskys became unbounded,
and seven more people there are in
Salem who believe that Hurley. to
use his favorite expression, is right
on deck"
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vork--Two of the most sensa-
", divorce suits ever filed in a
ns ~ law recently ended by DEGREES
w rranted In Denver. Col, to SUI
A smith wife of Milton Smith, a ma
Of New York state, and to Aimee
sreroye, daughter of A. K. Neres-
former diamond merchant OF
- YORK city, and wife of Ernest
r.rove. secretary of the American
'relopment and Improvement com
~ Of which concern the divorcee's
ther is president.
IN December is a decree of divorce
granted to Susan Smith, based on
.omn,aint charging cruelty and neg
J, and IN her statement to the jury
nlaiptiff supplemented the original
arge by adding that a too great
raress for other women was at the
Ittom of her domestic troubles.
Tried Behind Closed Doors.
RTbe cause of Smith vs.. Smith was
Sad after working hours and behind
scked doors. Into dimly lighted
Nurtroom the fair plaintiff went, sup
brted In her ordeal by her sister, Mrs.
G. Maitland, and her brother-in-
~ MIR. Maitland, who is general
Sestern agent of the Fidelity and De-
bsit Insurance company of Maryland.
he hearing was had before Judge
him |. Mullins. The decree included
Ne giving of the little son and daugh-
II to their mothers keeping. Should
he die they are to go to her sister,
IRIS Maitland, and in the event of the
bath of both a sister of Milton Smith,
whom Mrs. Smith reposes the
fsatest confidence, Is TO be made
hardan-but under no circumstances
be they ever again to be allowed to
he with their father. Added to this
be decree provided for comfortable
ettlement on the wife.
When Mrs. Smith and her relatives
Rft the room, time enough to change
be air was taken, when side door
bened and the six jurymen were told
bat the action of Hargrove VS.. Har-
rove was to be heard. In it Aimee
1argrove sought freedom from Ernest
Bargrove on the ground of cruelty
lhe decree asked by the woman was
b contain also an order for the Gus
bdy Of the two children and an obi
1htion to be placed ON the defendant
b pay sufficient alimony that the wife
buld maintain her present style of
wing and suitably support their chill
|ren
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Hard SLAB at Massachusetts.

Champ Clark created Indignation in
the New England house delegation in
general and that of Massachusetts In
particular the other day by solemnly
asseverating thus: Enough mud is
carried from their banks annually by
the Missouri and Mississippi rivers to
make state of the union bigger than
Observation-Disclosures maybe better
one too"
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Her Story Of the Meeting.

1t was really quite romantic Mrs.
Hargrove is said to have remarked. Il
was In swimming at the seashore with
lot OF girls. Ernest came along, I'M
expectedly, looked at me as covered
In the water, and from that day to this
ne has adored me utterly ran away
from the convent in Canada to marry
MN, and now-well, he is the dearest
OF men, but he knows so much, and /
know so little, and every time / say
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oe no nard feelings. Then Hargrove
began TO wake from his dream.
On January Is there appeared he.
lore me Rev. Matt S. Hughes, of the
urahd Avenue Methodist Episcopal
church, of Kansas City, Aimee Har
grove, "a years of age, spnster ana
Milton Smith, accompanied by an aged
man giving his name as Mr.. Hargroye.
presumably father of the bride. who
was witness to the marriage of the
couple.
Harerove Alleges Conspiracy.
thoroughly awakened to the trick
that, he says, has been played on him
Ernest Hargrove, student. dreamer
theosophlst, has ordered his ATTORNEYS
10 petition the court to set aside the
decree OF divorce granted to Aimee
Hargrove on the ground he is said to
allege, that II was obtained by con.
spiracy on the part of both the WON.
an and the judge and asking that the
custody of the children be awarded to
MN without delay.
The Neresheimer-Ha rgroye families
went. west and established themselves
In a splendid home in fashionable
Denver thoroughfare about two years
ago and at once became the cynosure
OF all eyes because of the beauty of
Mrs. Hargrove. her stunning gowns,
her splendid furs, laces and jewels,
her fearlessness as an autoist and the
large amount of money the family
seemed to have at their disposal.
Mr.. Neresheimer, the father. had
gone west to establish a tremendous
irrigation project that was to make a
large section of arid land blossom like
the rose. Such an undertaking in.
wolves the transfer of an immense
acreage of small holdings and neces.
sarily calls for wide legal experience.
Smith had met Neresheimer in New
York and was, shortly after the meet
ing, engaged as general attorney for
the American Investment and Develop.
ment company.
I'VE will do little entertaining for
my clients and their wives" Mr.. Smith
said to Mrs. Smith. "a few dinner
parties, an evening or two at the the.
alter will rehabilitate me in the eyes of
your friends, my dear, and make a
good impression on our new friends"
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and his best friend and attorney to
cause alarm.
Never did man have more implicit
Iaitn In the woman to whom he had
gwen his name than Ernest Hargrove
had in his wife.
When he had first met her she was
10 years old. 1t was at luncheon
that Mrs. Hargrove, with her cold.
aquiline English type of beauty, told
Oh ner meeting with her scholarly hus-
band
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Wife Gently Protests.

Mrs. Smith, a woman of rare charm
of manner. beauty of face and a dig
nifty that commands respect, protested
gently against any lavish display until
the friends who had ever stood loyal
ly by her should become willing of
themselves to again receive her hus-
band, who had wandered so far away
from the conventional paths. He was
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-02-28

obdurate, however, and the Hargroves
became the honor guests at series
of functions given by the Milton
smiths. Wherever one couple was
seen the other would put in an appear
anca When the Smiths were not
dining the Hargroves the HargroVes
wers entertaining the Smiths. Many
times Mrs. Hargrove would pick NJ
Mr. smith in her electric brougham
and drive him home in late faternoon
from his office, stopping for a cheery
word with Mrs. Smith.
Mr.. Hargrove. his studious mind az
sorhed in great problems, saw noth'
Inc In the conduct of his young wire
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r. ,ac' mat Ernest Hargrove inter
,eu entirely too much, according to
i mothers notion, with the bringing
VI their children, and she could no
'' i've under the same roof with
ro'. milton Smith appeared for Har-
srS ~ conforming to the established
bo Ser by asking a few simple ques-
H. after which the court instructed
Ia,. 'ury 10 bring in verdict for the
,aro giving the children into her
ma 'n uays later Milton Smith, friend
4 a. ss'orney for Hargrove, announced
barr. 'atter that he was going to
aimee and hoped there would
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Divorce Quickly Granted.

Wrapped to the ears in costly furs,
Frs. Hargrove tripped into the court
bonn and took her place on the wit
ess stand. A few questions revealed
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-06-18
EndoMina Two Chairs.

The college president who figures In
the following incident doubtless suffer.
Il cruel hook at first. but when he
fornd that his benefactOr was acting
N go.d faith and was thoroughly In
,arnn.t az iomGEt over the situation
must hue :9Ldc some light amends for
i,' Gia.y).a.meat:
re was o. a trip to secure IN endow-
mcnt for rs Institution when he re-
.c!rcl tbs letter from Lone Tree:
Prcsldcn:-Cqn goa preach nj Lone Tree
,hurc'i r,Xt S:nl.y and thea 20 home
with NO to dinner? Mother and me wants
- c-aow two chairs iu your college.
Very tru.y. JONAS SMITH
lie ',y'r'i@@ acc.0ted the situation
after disco r.ng tl.;, Jonas Smith was
4 veg wcn,thy farmer. to whom the
anGo%melt of tHo chairs would work
no :lrl hip After the dinner which
ial;Ywe.. t!lr sermon the conversation
.ah!. t. the Important subject In hand.
ma the .urncr slii: Now. know
yJI can hvy y good. stron%. stout chair
FOR 20 cen; :. Tut we want To do more
Sl:an that 10: tie college. and mother
Ial ne harc decided that we are will
ing to give y cents each 10 endow two
.lairs. ore for mother and one for
mo"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-06-18
Farming With Less Rain.

We are just beginning to learn that II
the soil Is cultivated carefully and In
tensely 1t can be made to hold water
within itself and carry storage reser'
voir underneath the growing crop.
Highly pulverizing and packing the
seed bed makes 1t capable OF retaining
the greatest possible percentage OF the
moisture that falls, just as fine sponge
of certain size will hold many times al
much water as a coarse sponge OF the
same size or as tumbler full Of buck.
shot win. 1t is a well-known fact that
water moves in the soil az 1t does in a
lamp wick, by capillary attraction.
The more deeply and the more dense
Iy the soil bed is saturated with moist
ure the more easily the water moves up
ward in the soil, just as the oil "climbs
up'' wet wick faster than 1t does dry
ono.
This finely pulverized surface serves a
two-fold purpose-it prevents the moist
ure from below, in large measure, from
evaporating and at the same time keeps
the surface in such condition that 1t
readily absorbs whatever sudden showers
may fall.
One can illustrate the effect of this
fine soil "mulch" so far as preventing
evaporation is concerned, by placing
some powdered sugar on the surface of
lump of loaf sugar and holding the lat
ter in a tumbler of water. He will OBJ
serve that the powdered sugar will re-
main dry even when the lump has be-
come so thoroughly saturated that 1t
crumbles to pieces in his hands.-World
To-day.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-06-18
husbands Costly Lunch.

A Woodbury. man who had been en-
toying himself greatly felt hungry
when he got home about l o'clock In
the morning.
where did you put the cold cab
bagc. Lcgresti" he called upstairs to
his wife. who had coughed loudly to
let him know it was useless to take on
his shoes.
"Cn the second shelf In the pantry"
She answered harshly.
lie found the cabbage and the Oil.
vinegar salt and pepper. cut up the
cabbage. dressed it To his taste and ate
II with appetite.
George. why didn't you eat the cab
hagr last nightF" asked his wife when
he appeared. rather shaky. for break
fast
81 did: II was fne.' said George; 80
thongh!ful of you to keep 1t. dearest"
"Why. It's on the pantry shelf" she
cried
Filled with apprehension, Mrs.
George searched the second shelf hur.
ricdly. There she had left four yards
Of lace, worth 800, In bowl Of starch.
The lace was gone.-Boston Herald.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-06-18
Hog Hints.

The sows should be bred early, so
that the pigs will come in time to make
good growth.
Which of your brood sows farrOwed
the largest litter? Yes, certainly; she Is
the same one that farrowed a large lit
ter last spring. She always has big
litter.
She is an old standby; she is the
kind that makes the pig business GER
tain; she Is the kind that pays her board.
When you select young sows for breed
ing purposes, pick out b er pigs; there is
lots of "good luck" in doing that sort of
thing.
Exercise is necessary for breeding
stock, and they should be allowed to
run In the open fields and lots until the
cold weater, when they can be brought
to the pens and allowed to run in roOmy
yards on fine days.
They should be largely fed on nitro
genous foods, such as promote growth
and stamina.
Wheat, bran and middlings, fed in
moderate quantities, together with skim
and buttermilk, should be fed, and
growth and frame, rather than fat, pro-
duced.
Correctives, in the way of charcoal,
ashes, salt and sulphur, should be kept
in the feeding pens and yards.
When engaged before killing, hogs
usually bring better prices than when
taken to the market at the mercy OF the
buyers.
The pens for the "store" hogs should
be put in order, cleaned, whitewashed If
necessary, where lice may be. Spraying
with kerosene emulsion will be found
sure way of Kidding the pens of all pests.
Farm Journal,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-06-18
To Keep Up Soil Fertility.

Referring to farm crops that draw
heavily upon the fertility of the land
and pointing out that only such crops as
are light feeders should be sold, the
Journal of Agriculture has this to say:
Soil robbery is very easily prevented,
even though it is necessary to make the
fields produce heavy crops. First, only
those products which remove the least
fertility should be sold from the farm.
Second, keep enough animals to con-
sumo every particle of grain and forage
produced.
Third, practice rotation in which
some kind of legume is grown. These
plants gather nitrogen from the air,
bring up mineral plant food from the
subsoi belnw and store them in the sur
face layer of the soil to pay back wha
was removed by the crops.
Fourth, rotate the pasture from one
part of the farm to another till all, OF
as much of the farm as possible, has
been covered by the pasture. In this
way the animals apply a good deal OF
the manure themselves.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-06-18
NUMBER rs.

come too late. 1t will be at least ten
hours. BY that time ii will probably
be necessary to amputate tie leg.'
Ruth's desnairiIg cry brought Beech.
tm. to her Size.
You love him, don't you!' he de-
manded.
I'VE are to be married when lie gets
his raise" she explained.
Beecham locke! f:c.J Ter to his lit
tie girl. Even in dat moment Ruth
regarded hin cJ"iously. Tor many
things were 10 Je read IN lis changing
expression. Then lie stretched forth
his hand.
Give me that list. Doc" lie demand
ed, stretching out his hand for the
memorandum the other had prepared.
| lie dar,ei from the hOIse ana ran rap
| ;dly toward the head OF the valley.
An hour later. with torn clothes and
dirt becrimed hGnGs, he was back
again. With the proper dressings Cal
man was sGon made easy. anI they
turned to look for BcecIam. He aud
the little giIl Were gone.
1t was week before he came usaIu
and Calman was able 10 see hin.
I'm going away" he announced. Il
told you that Id p"y Lack what Miss
Ciure lid for r:y little girl. AMI did.
Now I'll tel you how | ii. it. iou
were right about that ore. But was
in the Golden Crown. just as the judge
said was.
THE Lucky Hole bac..5 UP on that
abandoned shaft I. We blasted through
one day. don't t..iIk yaa realize
how deep shaft runs il. We f%ei W
a curtail covered with C.ua.tz IN case
any one cane IN. ana we used - take
your ore through our tunnel. That's
how | could prove an alibL cut OF
.hc biz tri? to the pass and up the
other side.
i've made deed for the Lucky
Hole TO your gi"i. It's 10 be her we'd
ling present from ny li;,le girl. She
had way the kid liked, ami want
her 10 have the mine. You can fix the
tunnel up 50 as to take your ore wag-
ons through ana cut off the long haul.
Thatll be worth something II the
mine itself amt VIII yoI shake
hands, CaimGni know Fm an ore
thief and all that, but I'm going to
make Il fresh break for the kids sake.
Will you shake"
Calmau gripped the hand.
"Why not s:ay here AMI work 1t
out:" he asked.
Beecham shook hi; head.
IL want to get away where they
can't tell the Xii about Le." he ex-
plalned. 1--WE got To make brand
new start. 1t will help some il
know that you two are happy and
married. 1t will be the first start OF
the new try.
He turned to Ruth, but did not offer
his hand.
The kid wanted you to have that
he said. Offering tintype. shes got
you To thank for this. When saw
her In your arms realized that there
were good wOL.en in the world. and
the Kid has Il right TO know EN-"
He turned abruptly and left the
house. Ruth watched him turn into
Shaft I for the last time; then she came
to Calman's side. but there were tears
In her eyes for Beecham, who had
made 1t possible that she should al
ways be besiie her lover.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-06-18
Kindness to Stock Brings a None.
tary Reward.

A Farmer reader who is a fancier ol
fine Jersey stock, writes the following
interesting account of the influence OF
continued uniform kind usage as prac'
ticed in handling his stock:
"The other day l went into box
stall in which was Cattle Club Jersey
heifer, 1-2 years old with her first calf,
then four days old. With me were two
men, one of them complete stranger t.
her. and also my two cocker spanielS.
Far from being excited by this inva
sion, the heifer was very much pleased
by the attention paid her, and showed
no uneasiness whatever at our presence
or that of the two dogs. This is OF
course because we have trained her to
the belief that every one, including
dogs, have the kindliest feeling for her
and | believe that such training will
help her to produce more and better
milk than If she were brought up will
kicks and cuffs. As a support to this
theory | may say that ten days after
calving she was giving thirty pounds OF
milk a day, with ration of only -four
pounds of bran a day. She had never
eaten grain until after she had calved.'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-06-18
Aut;dote for Dormancv.

The best antidotes for grange that
exhibits signs of dormancy are a live
lecturer and some young people. The
wise lecturer is he who interests as many
different people as possible in each
evenings programme. In recent
grange meeting which the writer at
tended, the lecturer devoted about IL
minutes to a little entertainment that
gave every person present a part She
announced also that at the following
meeting each person would be expected
to relate some actual experience In life
describe some scene or place or event OF
which they had personal knowledge.
Such oranges do not become dormant
There should be practical farm papers
and talks and all that, of course; but
there should be one number of the pro-
gramme that will include several If not
all of those present.-Country Gentle
man,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-06-18

DR.. L. o. Howard, United States en-
tomologist, sailed recently for southern
Russia, where the gypsy brown-tail
moths flourish and where are found a
number of parasites that work on the
moths and keep them in check. The
Importation of parasites was started
last year, and experiments in eastern
Massachusetts, have been fairly success
full, though it is conclusively shown tha'
the parasites must not be alone depend
ed upon to free New England from the
ravages OF moths. Inspectors working
under the direction of the department of
agriculture found recently that the
gypsy moth has invaded Bristol county
in Rhode Island In considerable mum
bers. Work of determination will be
rapidly prosecuted.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-06-18

When T. Il. Hayes, one of the largest
farmers in North Yarmouth, went out to
his sheep pasture recently he was greet,
cd by most pitiable and wicked sight
Scattered about in every direction were
the dead and mangled bodies of the
large flock he owns, with here and there
one just alive, and bleating piteouslJ
from the awful wounds and decorations
it. has received. Mr. Hayes owned the
largest flock of sheep in this locality
having 33 sheep and 26 lambs and they
were all destroyed. Dogs entered hii
pasture in the night and killed almost
all of them and injured the few remain
ing so that they would have to be put
out of misery. The animals must have
been large and powerful for the heads OF
some were crushed by the creatures
Jaws and some were dragged quite dis.
lance away.-Turf, Farm and Home.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-06-18
Profitable Fattening Age.

F. B. Mumford, professor of animal
husbandry in the University of Missouri,
says:
ut requires about one-half as much
grain to produce 100 pounds of gain on
calves as on 2-year-olds. The work OF
the Missouri agricultural college has
definitely demonstrated that the most
profitable age to fatten cattle is while
they are still young. The older the ami
NAL, the more food is required to pro-
duce given gain. Other stations have
also Investigated this question and have
arrived at the same results.
"The central experiment station farm
at Ottawa, Canada, found by comparing
1000 pounds live weight in the case OF
calves, yearlings, and 3-year-olds, that
the profit for each 1000 pounds was:
Calves, S31; yearlings, $27; 2-year-olds,
50. 10; 3-ysar-olds, $3.50.
"When all of the cattle Of all ages
we're purchased at 4 cents pound, and
sold at 5 cents pound, the profit on
$1,000 invested in feeding cattle was:
Calves, 1851 so; yearlings, 1884; 2-year-
olds, s19S. IS; 3-year-olds, S177.5O.
Nine-tenths of all the cattle fed in the
middle west are 2-year-olds at the begin,
ming of the feeding period. When these
cattle are in thin condition at the begin
ming of the experiment, they are often
fed with profit; but, starting with calves
in the same condition, it is nnquestion'
ably true that the calves return more
profit for each $1,000 invested than the
older CATTLE"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-06-18
Unfortunate ROYALTY.

Horse accidents caused the death OF
William |. and William ILL.,. William
IL. and Richard I. were killed by ar-
rows, Richard III. was slaiu In battle.
Charles /. was beheaded. Edward H.,
;.Ichard II. and Edward V. were mrr-
,.ered, surfelt of lampreys cost Henry
|. his life. poison or surfeit of peaches
killed John. poison Is suspected to Ia: re
been administered to Edward VI. and
the death of Henry vi. Is by some his
torians laid to the charge of Richard,
nike Clc;rrr.c:.~ = London Standard.