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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-12-04

man Of GO, with shrewd black and
snappy eyes. evidently a farmer in his
Sunday clothes, called on DR.. Furni-
vail.
WAL" he said, his eyes searching
the floor as If for words. my name is
Alfred Greedy. and live In Winchester
I've got two boys in this here city.
and one on 'em says they-they killed
a man. and t'other says they didn't
1t don't look noways reasonable to
me that either on 'em could do sech a
thing. they he'd sech a good bringin'
up by their mother. but they've ben
away from home purity considerable
time now, and p'aps they got inter
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-12-04
II Reminded Him.

Nick Altrock. one Of the real funny
actors on the ball field, boarded at
the same hotel with "JiEgs" Donohus
last winter and one morning at tho
breakfast table In conversation with
"Jiggs," said:
"The buckwhCat cakes at this hotel
reminI me Of baseball game
"Hows that" asked Donohuc.
THE batter doesn't always make n
hit."-Washington Star.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-12-04
Records for the Mile,

Electric locomotive, 27 seconds, 1908.
Automobile, 2S14 seconds. 1906.
MotoT-paced cycle, ! minute. l-s
seconds, 1904.
Bicycle. unpaced. l minute, 40 rs
seconds. 1904.
Running horse. minute. 35h sec
onds, 1890.
Pacing horse, I minute. 55 seconds.
1906.
Trotting horse. ! minute, 5sk sec
onds. 1905.
Man skating. 2 minutes. Sc seconds.
1896.
Man running. minutes. 12A SEQ
onds, 1890.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-12-04
Had Its ADVANTAGE.

Jefferson d. Thompson. the chair
man of the Vanderbilt cup commission.
was criticizing at a dinner in New
York n new motor car of rather dubi-
GUS type.
Even the advantages claimed for
this car" said Mr.. Thompson, appear
dubious to me. Take that Wanted
feature, for instance, OF excessive light
ness.
Mr. Thompson smiled.
"A young lady," he said, "onCe
showed me proudly very cheap. very
light car that she had just bought.
"'Awfully light, isn't it?' said !.
eyes said she, isn't 1t splendid
Whenever it breaks down We can al
ways push 1t home.'"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-12-04
Work Does II,

"Contentment Is not good thing.
said Mrs. Wilkins Freeman at dinner
in New York. Not contentment, but
ress in the world"
She smiled.
'If We look for tho conteHted Man.'
she said, I'VE usually find him. asleep
when he ought to be at work"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-12-04

VERY short, stout. sailor
appearing man. Gle a n
shaven and wearing a fit
less slop-shop suit Of blue.
with a rusty stovepipe hat
on his head and a canvas
bag In his hand, came
rolling up the street, and
after looking hesitatingly
around at the numerous
lodging-house signs in the
windows of the neighbor-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-12-04
High Diplomacy.

Mrs. Gramercy-You look all tired
ont.
Mrs. Park-Its no wonder. It's so
trying to find out from your friends
what they'd like to have for Christ
mas without conveying the impression
that they may expect II from you
Smart Set
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-12-04
A Scientific Theory.

Now they claim that the human
body contains sulphur
'In what amount"
"Oh. in varying quantities"
We'll. that MAY account for some
girls making better matches than 9th
eTs."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-12-04
A Schcmc7

"a certain girl agreed to marry q
man in case Taft was nominated.
Now, of course. she has to make good
What do you think Of that?"
Il think that girl was playing very
safe"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-12-04

A female statistician has figured
that there are exactly 1924 500 bache-
lors in the United States-or, at least
there were at the time the, figures
were compiled. 1t is only during leap
year that such sad and melancholy
facts come to light.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-12-04

You'll never catch on II you don't
try: and after catching on, don't he
afraid TO let go, II necessary.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-12-04
Merely Curiosity.

First Tramp-Ive been looking for
work.
Second Tramp-You don't mean i'll
What for? ..,..
"Oh, just out of idle curiosity
Smact Set.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15
sNoRED AND WAS ELECTED
Hotelkeeper Enforees House Rule
Against Guest.

Springfield. Mass.--Joe Abis was
elected from his boarding place at 26
Liberty street because he snored and
said things In his sleep. stephen
Hello the landlord was the man who
created considerable diversion for the
neighbors by throwing the star board,
er and his effects into the street.
Abs slept on a cot In the kitchen,
and before daylight In the morning he
began To play symphony on his nasal
organ. He ran the scale SO loud that
he aroused all the sleepers In the
house and they entered protest
Hello made up his mind that the best
way to stop the snorer was TO throw
him out. so an attempt was made to
Dust Abs.
In the process tables were over.
turned and chairs hurled across the
room. Finally Hello and Abs clinched
In the street In front OF the house, aud
the former exhibited red marks on his
throat where he said the elected beard.
or clutched him Things Quoted down
before ~ O'Clock, when Ahis sought
another boarding place
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15
Young Horses Sometimes Prov ldec
With Glasses.

New York Although It may seem
almost ludicrouS to think OF horses
wearing speetaeles. IL is nevertheless
fact that horses do sometimes wear
them, The business OF one welLknown
ttrm OF opticians In this country con.
sists largely In the manufacture OF
horse spectacles.
The object 81 the spectaeies Is to
promote high stepping They are made
ct stin leather. entirely IucloStng the
eyes Of the horse. and the glasses
used are deep eoncCve amt large In
size. The grouad seems to the horse
TO be raised. and he steps high, think,
ing he is going up hill or has TO step
over soine obstacle
This system Of spectacle wearing Is
generally adopted while the horse Is
young and its eject on his step and
action Is said 60 be rsmar liable. l,
has been discovered that the cause oi
horses shying Is. As rule. shor;
sigh aud 1t Is now suggested that the
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15

C~avsg wiisisfen. poor ranehman.
TIA edafiesf ard sglt1Sud SsaFe he's for
sAstle snisaias fF9ssn has faasb--tbe "E-aEy
ON seesird sfasi ~ the rivers bed
that would R&Ne t~em an island hsa the
hts@nsaff ts~~m ~ hlgH ~atsr Re dis
$3.50 hatsa - tarse thieves engaged
~ ies ~Fer bFa HdN gatfis lie
ffwege nfag esusish 80 not9 tile chang.
ing ~ the Tuser Far" brand ere
Tors tire Fseh ewnef IS tfe -ThFne
hsfss~ 10 lnfpsHtsa ~ shr OPERATIONS II
TIE Eang 81 cattle thieves band ~
outlaws haa.ffs ~ Jesse Biaek. she
long have aenra he iaw ami autts,rl
ties Of heutah tDabtF ftsAth DAKOTA
tMaxford i struck ~ith the beauty 81
nttte grit fowlse Isate. an expert
court SseH0sfa HitsF Wh0 had followed
nst uneies Judge Hammond i'nle, ff.,fa
THE east 60 the @nakotaHa and Wito
IA living With hlm At Nfad cats Is
requested ~ the r9Hniy att0rseyt
hirhaFd slofdon 70 eofHs 80 kssnah and
heaFing af Jssse iflaek Jim Muns0H. 80
waiting al The train for I.aHtss lfsoNs
fan Grown aS . ana ai ,hsr s"s dssa sPs' I'D
Mag. well knawn emery" steer be-
longing 10 his employer Of the Three
Bars. rauch. Munson and f,auiss start
for Kemah Crowds assemble 10 Justice
james II McAiiintsr'n court for the
preliminary hearing Isrse hiaek springs
examination. Through Jaks Sanderaon. q
member Of the outlaw gang ~ had
luafne1 thai the steer Mag had bern re-
covered and thus saw the useleAsnsss Of
hRhttng against being bound over County
Attorney Gordon accompanies Louise
Dale an her return 90 Wind city While
Wiiiirton Stands In the light In Ills door
at night a shot IL nred al him, The house
II attacked and IA battle ensues between
Wiiiiston and Ills daughter. one side,
and the outlaws on the other. The houss
II set on fire. ~ an outlaw raises his rifle
TO shoot Williston a shot from an un-
known source pierces his arms and ths
rifle falls to the ground. Aid has come to
Wiiiis;on, bat he and his daughter ars
captured and borne away BY the outlaws
Jim Munson h. al nigi hr1fd the shnta
discovered the aftas on Hiliiaton's house,
hurried to the Three Bars ranch and sum
moncd I.augford and hts brave men 10 the
rescue, IL was i.angford who nred the shot
which saHcd Wiliistons life. Langfnrd
rescues Mary from her captor The party
search In vain for Willston. Louise comes
to nurse Mary. Wiilistnn IN given up for
dead. But meager evidence Is cbtninabie
against Jesse Black, and II is concluded
that the case must be fought out on the
sole question OF Mag" Judge Date ar
rives to sit AT the December session o.
the circuit court at which the cattle theft
case Is to be tried. Gordon has hard work
In securing an unpreJunlccd jury Red
Sanderson takes seat In the hotel din
ing hail beside Louise and addresses her.
lie Is unceremoniousiy showed aside by
Gordon. Sanderson draws his gun. The
trial begins
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15
A.h from, Anthraelte.

1T would seem that the ass ~.
anthracite coal which is ese, -,pf
in evidence could be MADE $50 80.
useful" says the Dietetic anu =" 4,
ic Gazette New York. MAY \
lack of cost. the fact that ! sp
everywhere obtained. simplieie M
plication. etc, should conlhlsAT
all physicians. According % ,,cr
Irving Clark, j.. ins - 81. Az
anthracite coz. is neutral, s''. ~,,Ss
without irritating effects upon 40
1t 1. said whsr sifted through =
sitter. to be a soft powder Nai :, H.
sorbent and easily adjusted : /
charging wounds. When % ~, sxr+
quickly absorhs the pus OF 0. ~ IS
ton. becomes soft and doas r,st
helps to immobilize the par .,sO. .
when gauze is used, the 49, ss;sx =
more perfect and the sRrFo" 1850
sues are thus spared the sssa
action of the pus, In Var'o ..s 4 ;
discharging sinuses or aDs ~
said to meet the Requirement"
than a gauze dressing.
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out of raw material and make over
men mistakenly made when that was
possible, or else show the dividing line
so clearly that the goats might not
herd with the sheep. Some day, Il
would be ut for women--like Louise.
Not now. Much labor and sorrow
must be lived through, there must be
much sacrifice and much refining. and
many must fall and lose in the race
before It's big destiny be worked out
and 1t be fit for women--like Louise.
Down in the southern part of the
state. and belonging to II. n certain
big-barred building sheltered many
women. when the sun OF the treeless
prairies and the gazing into the lone.
some distances surrounding their
homesteads seeped into their brains
and stayed there so that they knew
not what they did. There were trees
there and fountains and restful blue
grass in season. and flowers, flowers,
iiowers-but these came too late for
most of the women.
II 1t had been Langford, now. who
was guilty of so ridiculous senti.
mentalism-the bold. impetuous.
young ranchman-he smiled at him
self whimsically. Then he pulled him.
self together. He did not think the
jury could believe the story Jesse
Black would trump up. no matter how
plausible II was made to sound He
felt more like himself-in better con.
dition to meet those few but stanch
friends Of his from whom he had So
summarily run away-stronger to
meet-Louise Man-like. now that he
was himself again. he must know the
time lie struck match
why. l.sna old Girl we've been
taking our time, haven't WEI They
ara likely through supper but may be
| can wheedle doughnut out OF the
I cook"
| The match burned out. Not until
he had tossed II away did # come 10
him that they were no longer on the
1 main trial
Now. that's funny. old girl" he
seolded What made you be so un
reasonable. Well. We started with
our noses westward. SO you mus
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15
FINDS PLANTS WITH BRAINS"
Park Gardener Supports Theory OF
Botanical intelligence.

Chicago Not to be outdone by Sir
G. II. Darwin and his living plants
that u.s. plants which are supposed to
live and breathe and eat and think
for emselyes-Chicago. too, has va
rieties OF plants with Intelligence and
industry There are specimens in sew
eral of the parks and Alols Frey. the
tloriculturist of Lincoln park. who sue
ceeded In growing the Alpine edel-
weiss amid the rocks around the tiow
or house In the park showed some OF
the brainy plants Prof Darwin OF
England, who IA a son of the famous
Charles Darwin, Is OF the opinion that
plants have consciousness Of their
own and possess more intelligence
than some human beings Mr. Frey
agrees with him
Now take the pitcher plant" said
Mr.. Frey. There is plant that eats
--yes, sir. regular carniyorous mon
ster It catches the Aes and other
insects and digests them The beet
plant. too, shows Intelligence Plants
find NO dllhculty In finding their OWE
way through life IL given half q
chance. Some will not live In captiv
ity, The Indian plant will pine away
and die"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15

have wandered into the old Lazy s
branch trail. Though, to be sure il
has been such deuce of a while since
we Travelled it that l wonder at you
What's the matter now, silly?"
His mare had SHE'D. He turned her
nose resolutely, domineeringly, back
toward the spot objected to.
Il cant see what you're scared at,
but we'll just investigate and show
you how foolish a thing is feminine
squeamishness.
shadowy form arose out of the
darkness. 1t approached
rs that you, Dick?"
Gordon was not superstitious man.
yet he felt suddenly cold to the crown
of his head II was not so dark as it
might have been. There would have
Dimly. he realized that the man had
arisen from the ruins OF what must
have been the old Williston home.
stead. The outlines OF the stone stoop
were vaguely visible in the half-light
The solitary figure had been crouched
there. brooding
I'm flesh and blood. Dick. never
fear" said the man In mournful
voice. I'm hungry enough TO voucb
for that You needn't be afraid. I'm
anything but "a spirit"
"Wllistonl' The astonished word
burst from Gordon's Hips "Wllllston,
Is IT really youe"
None other. my dear Gordon Sor
~ ! startled you. | saw your light
and heard your voice speaking TO yOui
horse. and az you were the very mar
| was on the point Of seeking. just
naturally came forward, forgetting
that my friends would very likely
look upon me In the light Of ghost. p
"Williston' My dear fellow" re
peated Gordon again. IT Is too good
To be true" he cried. leaping from his
mare and extending both hands cord
ally Shake. old man. My. the feel
OF you is~bully You are flesh and
blood all right. I don't know. though
Seems 10 me you have been kind o
running 10 skin and bones since | last
saw you Grips good. but bony
You're thinner than ever, aren't YOU
All this time he was shaking Willis
tons hands heartily He never thought
of asking him where he had been Flo,
weary months he had l0nged for this
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15

He lifted his hat IL was hard TO
breathe II was like the still oppres.
sivcness preceding an electrical storm.
Ills mare. unguided. had naturally
chosen the main-traFeled trail and
kept H. She followed the mood Of her
master and walked teisurely along
While the man wrestled wifh himself.
~ be really possesAed the hardihood
10 ask Louise % do this for him she
wOnid laugh a. him Stay, That was
lie~-a black lie. She would not
lsugh~~no Louise She was not Of
that sort Rather would she grieye
over the Inevitable sadness Of IL. n
sbe laughed. he could bear II better
he had good. Ntubborn. self.respecting
bieso'i In hiin~~but she would not laugh
And ali the Fest ot his long life must
be spent In wishing wishing If Il
could have been But be would never
AJAX her 10 do II. Not even II the i'm
possible came to pass II Was a hard
eountry on women, hard. tfeeless
sun scared. uhkindly country Men
could stand hight for ita future
but not women like Louise II made
men as well as unmade them And
after all II did not prove 10 be the
undoinE III men so much as Il devele
oped In them the perhaps hitherto hid
den fact that they were already want
ing, These latent. constitutional
weaknesses thus laid bare. the bad
must for a while prevail bad IL so
much noiser than good But this big
new country with It's initiate possiblli-
ties-sive II time~it would form men
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15
a RUMPUS is MADE BY CLOCK

able. and he gently lifted 1t off the
mantelpiece and started out with II
lie got as far as the hall when tho
clock suddenly awoke from its Ria
Van Wrinkle sleep and with rattle
and buzz and bang and Changing of
bells screamed for help in its horo.
logical way. II was a French clock
and IT. screamed in the musical ac.
cents OF France, Williams quickened
his pace. but had not more than
reached the front door when William
Ling, the caretaker of the house
came bounding up the stairs from the
basement to see what had broken
loose
Down the front steps went Williams
nusslng the frightened old clock un.
der his coat and sprinted toward
broadway Al the corner Ling caught
MN and turned him over to a poIica.
man
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15
CHAPTER XVI.
Gordon Rides Into the Count

SoTuOH MUGS tntO inc SOuUITY.
Gordon rode aimlessly out of the lit.
tie town with it's twinkling lights.
He did not care where he went or
what direction he pursued. He wanted
to ride off strange. enervating deioc-
ton that had laid hold of HIM the
moment his last testimony had gone
In. II all seemed so pitifully made
quate-without Williston-now that II
was all in. Why had he undertaken
1t? 1t could only go for another de-
feat counted against him. Though
what was one defeat more or less
when there had been so many? II
would be nothing new Was he no.
pursuing merely the old beaten trail ?
Why should the thought weigh SO
heavily now? Can man never attain
to that higher-or lower which IL IL?
altitude of strifeless. unrc sretft.l
hardness? Or was II. he asked him.
SELF In savage contempt OF his weaA.
ness. that, despite all his generous and
ironciad r~Solutions. he had secretly
anconsciously perhaps. cherished a
sweet. shy. little reservation In his In
most heart that maybe--if he Won
out
You poor fool" he said. aloud. witt
bitter harshness.
Suppose he did. A brave speci
men. he. II he had the shameful ego
ism 70 ask giri--a girl like Louise
gentle. highbred. protected. cherish
Cd girl like that-to share this aew
bleak. rough life with him. But IN
very sweetness Of the thought OF he
aoink u made him gasp there In tn
darkness How sitting the air WAS
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15
GROUND
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
Diagram Explaining Theory.


the apparatus to be strung upon tn
horizontal wires.
AS before, let us direct upou M
geometrical bird an ascending cune
of air, blowing obliquely from right ii
left; the bird flies to the left Nnl
let us change the angle at which tA
wind strikes it and it floats, quiverp
lightly, but without advancing or n
treating. And it would maintain Itself
in equilibrium in the air without Ia
aid of the wires, which it leaves anF
way, if it's trifiing weight did not make
it practically impossible to keep IN
changed the angle and the ntensly
of the wind which determines hi
equilibrium.
Again, still modifying the anga
of the current Of air, the "blra'
instead of being driven away h
the direction the wind is boyilt
will move against the wind, actuag
advancing from left to right.
The wind, striking the sheet q
aluminium, A, exerts evenly upon u
surface a pressure from below upward
represented by the force F. This iorc'
is decomposad into two Others; u'
one vertical, V, tending to LIT Id
sheet (this balances the force OF graS
ity, p, which tends to make II lal
the other horizontal, H, which pusne
the sheet of aluminium against u
wind. That is why the car goes
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15
CHAPTER xv.-continued.

The hearing OF testimony for the
state went on all through that day. II
was late when the state rested Its
case-so late that the defence would
not be taken up until the following
day. 1t was all in--for veal or for
woe. In some way all of the states
witnesses-with the possible excep-
ton of Munson. who would argue with
the angel Gabriel at the last day and
offer to give him lessons In trumpet
blowing--had been imbued with the
earnest, honest, straightforward policy
of the states counsel. Gordons friends
were hopeful. Langford was jubilant,
and he believed in the tolerable in
tegrity of Gordon's hard-won Jury.
Gordon's presentation of the case thus
far had made him friends; tickle
friends, maybe. who would turn when
the wind turned-to-morrow- true
it was that when court adjourned late
in the afternoon, many who had jeered
at him as a visionary or an unwel-
come meddler acknowledged to them.
selves that they might have erred in
their judgment.
AS on the previous night, Gordon
was tired. He walked aimlessly to a
window within the bar and leaned
against it, looking at the STILL oppres
sive, cloudy dampness outside. with
the early December darkness coming
on apace. Lights were already twink
ling in kitchens where house wives
were busy with the eveaing meal.
well. Dick" said Langford. com
ing up CHEEKY and confident.
well, Paul. it's all in"
"And well in, old man."
"I-don't know. Paul. hope SO
That quiet little man from down coun
try has not been much heard from
you know. / am afraid. a moral up
lift isn't my stunt I'm tired! | fee
like rag
Langford was called away for mo
ment. When he returned. Gordon was
gone. He was not at supper.
"He went away on his horse" ex
planned Louise. in answer to Lang
ford's unspoken question. 81 saw hin
ride into the country"
When the party separated for the
night, Gordon had not yet returned,
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NAM. d.. .,,..-aIri hls tase u tar ft
Of appeals Wal!v 1hat '-
,rndins h, bfoac Jail al bar''-''.
inc m. bars IA Two and sr'tlHs
rha man who escaped with hlm Ma
caputed. but Rousey seemed 10 n"'
heer swallowed up. tie MAS iivi''
her of the Railway Trainmeh u"i'''
and carried card which "oo'u
him ON any railroad in the COUNT ; g
In This way he was enabled To h'""0
Quick Jumps about the country
Waller Fitzgerald was Jalier VI
poyIe county. and he and Tom llei'n'
then chief of police, went ai'''
Rousey. Months passed ana the poo
nile had forgotten that such man 90
Rousev existed. More than yea.
after Rousey's escape he was arIes'eo
IN a small town in southern Caiiioi i,d
He was brought back and when 'ii'
court of appeals affirmed ms ''Se n'
WAS brought to the penltentlary heio
During the year that passed a,'ei
his escape. Helm was on the 'raii VI
Rousev and twice was "l'hih WV
hours of him. reaching town only
tbat length of time after Rousey hau
gone. The chase was from llllhols "
so,,tbarn Arkansas and back -FOUR
times and then across Texas ana NE"
Mexico into California
During this time Rousey never hau
nositiye information that anypooy was
after him. He received warnings III
some mysterious way. He says some
thing told him Tom Helm was AFTER
him and would come to the Town III
which he happened to be at mat tlnle'
AS soon as this feeling came upon
him without questioning it, Rousey
would leave. On the day before he
was arrested, Rousey said, ne was slt'
ting bv the railroad track in the yards
where he was employed. He said the
old feeling which said to him plainly:
"Tom Helm is coming here after you.
came over him. He said he went at
once to the foreman of the yard and
asked for his pay and also for pass
TO Canada. This was on Thursday.
The foreman persuaded Rousey to
wait until Saturday and work the
week out. The failure to obey the
warning caused Rousey to be caught
Just at the edge of what would have
been safety, and he went to the peni-
Tertiary, where he has made good
record.