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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-07-08
EXTERMINATE
TUBERCULOSIS

A plan has recently been proposed
by DIR. Burton Rogers, Kansas ve'er!-
marian. for the eradication of tuber-
cnlosis, which includes the following
steps: First, to discover what animals
are infected with the disease. which
can be accomplished by the enforced
testing of every cow in the county
with tuberculin; second, infected ami
mails should be disposed of at once
and finally the animals remaining
upon the farm should be regularly
tested. and those infected removed as
soon as discovered.
While this plan would work hard.
ship in some cases. he claims most of
the stock could be disposed of at full
value or reasonable discount by the
packers. He also suggests that it
would be profitable financial invest
ment for the nation to cause every
COW in the land to be tested and
those found to be tuberculous to be
put upon government land reserva-
lions and finally to be bought either
at full value or at discount from
fund made up by the federal and stats
governments and the packers fo'
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Picturesque Princess Invades Capital

tire southeast wing of the second
floor. The princess had ordered a
room with balcony and was justly
indignant when she found she had
been RELOCATED to the fourth floor.
where there was no balcony.
In vain did the manager explain
that the lower floors were not in use
in the summer. that they were closed
entirely and dismantled. They must
be opened and refurnished. Madame
wanted balcony and must have a
balcony. The closed rooms were
forthwith opened and furnished in the
shortest possible time and Nine. la
Princess Paraghy was installed in
suite of something like 20 rooms
with balcony.
She has what figures as her second
sitting room exclusively for her me-
nagerie and is lamenting that
she decided to ship young bear, n
dear little tiger kitten, and a furry lit
tie lion cub direct to her home at
Nice
The princess is the most p;o.Gr-
esque lady who has enlivened Wanh-
ington for many moons. She was here
for a few days last February. but at
tracted little attention after the fic.
ton that she was here to paint the
president had been denied both at the
White House and by madam heraelf.
She is Hungarian by birth and Russian
by marriage, but that did not last
long. Like any American girl. she had
to get rid of her Russian prince.
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SYNOPSIS.

Cattle thieves despoiling ranches of
South Dakota. George Williston, small
ranchman. runs into rendezvous of
thieves on island in Missouri river. They
Langford visits Williston and his daugh-
ter and Willston reports what he has
seen to Langford, who determines to rid
country of thieves. Jesse Black heads out
toms daughter but does not tell her so:
Louise Dale court stenographer and
niece of Judge Dale. visits Kemah at re-
quest of county attorney, Gordon, to take
falls in love with her After preliminary
examination Willston's home is attacked
and defended by his daughter and him
self. Outlaws fire building Just as Lang
carry off williston but Langford rescues
the daughter. Without Williston evidence
against Black is meager. and case seems
TO be going against the state. Gordon
who has escaped from captors. The
courthouse at Kemah burns at night.
Williston holds n tea party in his room
following court house fire. and Mary Will
liston and Louise Dale attend. Court con-
venes in the church, and Willistons tes-
tmony is introduced by Gordon. Black,
seeing his case lost. makes break for lib
erty, and escapes. Louise from her hotel
room in the night sees a man in the act
of shooting Gordon through the window
of his room across the street. She arouses
Mary who shoots at the would-be assas-
sin, but too late. for Gordon is seriously
wounded. While they are attending Cor
don II is learned that Williston has also
been shot. Summer has come and Jesse
Black is still "A fugitive from Justice. Paul
I.angford learns that the outlaw has been
hiding on the island all the time. He Sc
cures a bench warrant from Judge Dale
The posse fords the river and routs the
outlaw from his shanty.
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d RINCESS WILMA LWOFF PARA
GHY is in town. And that's not
all. With her are three maids, by
courtesy French; first, second and
third attache; marshal. courtier. but
Ter. chef. and, for good measure, three
or four other men servants.
And that's not all. And with her al
so are one small yappy. white woolly
dog one pair of guinea pigs badly in
need of a haircut. couple of young
wolves, an ibis, a falcon, several owls.
and a family of alligator
And that's not all. With her also
ere several drays of the gaudicst lug
tage that any local hotel ever shell
tered. 1t is all painted red, white and
lreen-the hungarian colors.
All these-princess. suite. menaG-
erie and mpediments-are at the VII
lard. They arrived from Hot Springs,
Va. a few days ago in private car.
They proceeded to the hotel after
some delay. in half a dozen carriages.
and after considerable excitement on
the part of the hotel employees her
highness was finally established in a
suite which comprises almost the en-
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she had laid aside her short skirt.
leather leggings, and other boyish fix
ings" which she usually assumed for
better ease in her life of riding. She
was clad simply in a long black skirt
and white shirt-waist. Her hair was
coiled in thick braids about her we'll
shaped head. lending her most be
coming stateliness.
Listen, Some one was coming. 1t
was much too soon for guests The
early October twilight was only now
creeping softly over the landscape. 1t
was still evening. She heard dis
tinctly the rhythmical pound of hoof-
beats on the hardened trail. Would
the rider go on to Kemah, or would
he turn in at the Lazy S?
Hello, the house," hailed the horse
man, cherrily, drawing rein at the
very door. Hello, within!"
The visitor threw wide the door.
and Williston's voice called cordially:
Come in, come in, Langford! am
glad you came early"
will you send Mary out, Willis
ton? l need your chore boy to help
me water SADIE here
Mary came to the door with quiet
self-cmposure. She had known from
the first the stranger was Langford
How like the scene of a summers
day more than year past; but how
far sweeter the maid-how much
more it meant to the man now than
then,
Father, show Mr.. Langford in
she said, smiling a welcome. Il shall
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CHAPTER xxl.-continued.

NNis-SofikitiuCus
Jim slowly and thoughtfully slipped
his revolver into its holster and dis
mounted. Langford, too, sprang light
~ from his saddle.
Black had been waiting for this. His
trained ear had no sooner caught the
soft rubbing sound of the pistol slip
ping into its leathern case than he
leaped to his feet and stretched out
the crumpled arm with its deadly
weapon pointing straight at the heart
of Langford of the Three Bars.
Now, damn you. we're quits" he
cried, hoarsely.
There was not time for Jim to draw,
but, agile as n cat, he threw himself
against Blacks arm and the bullet
went wild. For moment the advant
age was his, and he wrested the
weapon from Blacks hand. 1t fell to
the ground. The two men grappled.
The struggle was short and fierce.
Each strove with all the strength of
his concentrated hate to keep the
others hand from his belt
When the feet of the wrestlers left
the fallen weapon free, Langford, who
had been waiting for this opportunity.
sprang forward and seized it with a
thrill of satisfaction. Command of the
situation was once more his. But the
revolver was empty. and he turned to
throw himself into the struggle empty
handed. Jim wound thus be given a
chance to draw.
At that moment Black twisted his
arm free and his hand dropped like a
L., l.rt oh. e.
revolver that was loaded. Jim Rugged
him closely. but it was of no use. The
bullet tore its cruel way through his
side. His arms relaxed their hold-he
slipped-slowly- Black
shook himself from of him impatiently
and wheeled to meet his great enemy.
Quits at last" he said. with an
ugly smile.
Quits indeed, For Jim. raising him
self slightly. was able to draw at last;
and even as he spoke. the outlaw fell.
Jim, my boy" said Langford. huski-
". He was kneeling, Jim's head in his
arms.
We'll, boss" said Jim. trying to
smile. His eyes were clear.
1T was my affair. Jim. you ought
not u nave uoue II, Saiu LahSioi u
brokenly.
Its all right-boss-don't you wor-
ry-I saw youth the hall that night.
You are-the boss. Tell Mary so. Tell
her / was-glad-to go-so you could
go to her-and it would be-all right.
She-loves you-boss-you needn't be
afraid
Jim, cannot bear it; I must go in
your stead"
"Go-to Mary in my stead-boss."
he whispered. Tell her Jim gave his
boss-to her-when he had to go-I
used to think 1t was 'Mouse-hair-I
am glad 1t is-Mary-tell her goodbye
tell her the Three Bars wouldn't be
the same to Jim with woman in it
anyway-tell her"
And with sigh Jim died.
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H., ,,. 30 ,,Lo c.ao IN tho anr;no Z"
cSa ,oo,, nn,, ~ III. hr,dIe rein
.uaii;, 20 ,,o .ro,,nd I.angford
,aaaa ,,rh,,,. fron, hi, saddle
~ s.,d .hair r,o," be corrected
.,,a.o - rho ~,
- 81 -, 49,, I,nou, IN. w.y :,
CT ,,,.,ad ,o orter tho house
81" ;us,on, I.ra,ord besita,ed
an ,s,, aoross bic f,ce
90, 80, 20 n,n,a Mary" be
- " S,,,. ..,, 10 onIy bo.n,,abie
So, 49,"
'o 90 ~ o,, mt II In that wav-"
on - all, down tho nath
'". a. snr,ng sbadowed Inv the
-, -" oo,torwood she waited for
him
80. -, ,. f.tbar wou,d cnt down
80, ;, sha said shiveripp
w., aro cold he said His voice
iou arc -, IIa t,oL of, his
Was no' W. &, oro,nd har
coa' anu "'app ptos.s, 10 wan,od IN
DESPITE me- 10, .,;a ,ot tto,,ah
noiu her ' nv s.n os san nv ,ha blood hound.
. .ne .In,ansI, tbrougb bis veins
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"You have not told me. either" she

you have not told me, either" she
resisted. You are not fair"
He laughed under his breath, then
bent his sunny head-close.
Have you forgotten so soon?" he
whispered.
Suddenly he caught her to him
strongly, as was his way.
Il will tell you again" he said. soft
". Il love you, my girl, do you hear ?
There is no one but you in all the
world"
The fair head bent closer and closer.
tnen he kissed her-the little man
coated figure in his arms.
Il love you" he said
She trembled in his embrace. He
Kissed her again.
Il love you,' he repeated.
She hid her face on his breast. He
fitted it gently.
Il tell you'll love you" he said.
Il love you," she whispered.
MY girl. my girl" he said in an
swer The confession was far sweeter
tlan he had ever dreamed. He held
her cheek pressed close to his for a
,ng moment.
THE Three Bars is waiting for its
mistress, he said at last, exultantly.
"a mistress and new foreman all at
once-the boys will have to step live
Is"
"A new foreman" asked Mary in
lrprise. Il did not know you had a
Lew foreman"
Il shall have one in a month" he
said. smilingly. by that time George
Williston will have sold the Lazy s
for good money, invested the proceeds
Ia cattle. turned the whole bunch in to
range with the Three Bars herds. and
on Nov. 1 he will take charge of the
worldly affairs of one Paul Langford
and his wife of the Three Bars
Really. Paul." The brown eyes
shone with pleasure.
Really. Mary"
HAS my father consented?"
NO, but he will when he finds
cannot do without him and when-I
rIarry his daughter"
Laughing like children caught in
prank the two at the spring clasped
hands and ran swiftly to the house,
Breathless but radiant, Mary came
forward to greet her guests while
Langford slipped away to put up SADIE.
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NCLE SAM is busy these days
u counting house flies. He has
st;rted a sort of fly census for the pur-
nose of ascertaining the relationship
be .ween the little buzzing pests and
ty,hoid fever. II is believed by some
agricultural department entomologists
that flies do an awful lot towards
spreading typhoid germs around-in
fact. several of them have been caught
with the goods.
The plan therefore. is to catch the
wicked little insects. count EN-, and
compile a lot of data for comparison
with statistics furnished by the health
department as to The prevalence OF
typhoid fever in localities where cap
lures are made The fly census has.
therefore. been inaugurated in Wash
,ngton and Pittsburg and may be en-
tended to other cities.
DIR. l.. o. Howard. chief entomologist
OF the department OF agriculture. is in
charge of the fy-paper squad. which
posts sheets of good old sticky stuff
around in public places and gathers
them in again after captures of As
hours have been made.
The greatest number of flies that
have been enumerated at one haul so
far is $500, gathered at the United
States arsenal. an engineer post on the
Potomac river.
The experts carefully count the VIC
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VITASHINGTON.-Who will sit on
w the lid" here during the summer.
while the president is taking rest and
recreation at Oyster Bay None of
the cabinet officials wants the job, and
so far it has been a continual perform
ance of sidestepping. Even when the
president left for his Long Island
home the other day only tentative
plans for the dog days watch had been
determined upon.
Secretary Root. who left at the same
time. will be gone all summer. Assist
ant Secretary of State Bacon will be
the lid sitter in the state department
most of the summer.
Attorney General Bonaparte will
keep out of Washington as much as
possible during July. paying flying Wis
its from Baltimore. In August he will
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Pretty Society Belle Studying Bugs

But when, after taking baccalaureate
degree. she wished to go on studying,
her family rebelled. 1t was then that
DIR. c. w. Richardson, her brother, had
the happy inspiration of taking her to
the musty old Smithsonian institution.
where his influence procured her tho
right to work as a volunteer.
He thought one visit would be the
end So he took her up the narrow
stairs to the smelly balcony. where col
lectlons of fossils were being mounted.
Miss Richardson calmly sat down be-
fore a compound microscope and an
nounced that she liked it.
That's where / found her. in a Pa
risian linen suit, fondling little bottles
OF preserved isopods as daintily as II
they were thimble teacups.
Every morning from ten till one
Miss Richardson is at her desk. There
she has written her book. "A Mono
graph on the lsopods of North Amer
lea" dealing with specimens furnished
by the Hartman expedition to Alaska.
and Is shorter works, two of which
she has just prepared for Paris scien-
tific paper.
But even when abroad, absent from
the allurement of the institution. the
scientific side of Miss Richardson's
mind asserts itself. She leaves the
gay watering places and season en-
tertainments to go and visit DIT.
Thomas Scott of Aberdeen or DR.. A.
NJ Norman. just out of London, both
famous scientists. This summer she
is invited to visit Prof. Giard, director
of the laboratory at Wimereux, France.
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Here is picture of twentieth
century farm house when electricity
will have come to its own as power
factor on the farm: II has cool, clean
kitchen, laundry where all the hard
work is done by an electro motor;
good lights. with no lamps to fill; and
a small vacuum cleaner run by cleo
tricity replaces the broom. cleaner
house and better food in half the time!
The sewing machine is run by cleo
tricity and the incubator in the cellar
is heated at an even temperature in
the same way. The tank on the top
of the house is filed by an electrically
run pump and there is running water
in the house. The woman who lives
in this house has not the dull, tired
look which we see so often now.
This is as Arthur w. Page, who
writes of the Age of Electric Ser
wants" in the Worlds Work. sees it,
and he proceeds to explain how the
farmer is to procure his electricity
to do these things. Down in North and
South Carolina a company has been
organized which utilities the WAFER
powers of a district to produce cleo
tricity. The extent of the company S
service covers more territory than
many state and the company stands
prepared to sell power to farmers.
mills and factories, 1t charges $40 per
horsepower a year, which Is about
the same as $40 of cent per kilowatt
hour, rate which. if doubled. would
still be as cheap as wood, coal or gas.
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CHAPTER XXI.
The Party at the Lazy S.


Mary stared thoughtfully into the
mirror. 1t was better one than the
silver into which she had looked more
than a year before. when Paul Lang
ford came riding over the plains to the
Lazy S. A better house had risen from
the ashes of the homestead laid waste
by the cattle rustlers. Affairs were
well with George Williston now that
the hand of no man was against him.
He prospered.
Louise stepped to the door.
81 am in despair. Mary" she said
whimsically. Mrs. White has ordered
me out of the kitchen. What do you
think of that?'
Louise! Did you really have the
hardihood to presume to encroach on
Mother Whites preserves-you-
mere bride OF five months standing?
You should be grateful she didn't take
the broom to you"
She can cook" said Louise laugh
ing. 81 admit that. ! only onered 10
peel potatoes. When one stops TO con-
slider that the whole county is coming
to the house warming OF the Lazy
S, one can't help being worried about
potatoes and such minor things
DO you think the whole county Is
coming, Louise?" asked Mary.
"Of course" said Louise Gordon.
positively, slipping away AGAIN one
was welcome guest at the ranch, anu
her heart was in the success oi 'o'
nights party.
Mary had dressed early. AS hos'e'''
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The revel was at its highest. Mary
and Louise were distributing good
things to eat and drink to the hungry
cowmen. The rooms were so crowded
many stood without looking in at the
doors and windows. The fragrance OF
hot coffee drifted in from the kitchen.
Langford stood up. A sudden quiet
fell upon the people.
Friends and neighbors." he said.
shall We drink to the prosperity of
the Lazy S, the health and happiness
of its master and Its mistress?"
The health was drunk with cheers
and noisy congratulations. Conversa-
ton began again, but Langford still
stood.
Friends and neighbors," he said
again. His voice was grave. Let us
drink to one-not with us tonight
brave man" in spite of himself his
voice broke-"let us drink to the MEM
ory of Jim Munson.'
Silently all rose and drank. They
were rough men and women. most of
them, but they were a people who held
personal bravery among the virtues.
Many stood with dimmed eyes. pictur-
Ing that maj scene on the lSldHu III
which a brave mans life had closed.
Few there would soon forget Jim
Munson. cow-puncher of the Three
Bars.
There was yet another toast Lang
ford was to propose tonight. Now
was the opportune time. Jim would
have wished it so. 1t was fitting that
this toast follow Jim's-it was Jim
who had made it possible that 1t be
given. He turned to Mary and touched
her lightly on the shoulder.
will you come, Mary?' he said.
She went with him. wonderingly. He
led her to the center of the room.
His arm fell gently over her shout
ders. Her cheeks flushed with the
sudden knowledge of what was com
ing, but she looked at him with per-
feet trust and unquestioning love.
Friends and neighbors." his voice
rang out so that all might hear. Il
ask you to drink to the health and
happiness of the future mistress O. the
Three Bars!"
-. THE END.
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electric plow. II runs by trolley wire
which 1t automatically moves over
three rows on every trip: 1t plows
three burrows at a time and does the
work of 10 horses. When the farm
ers see the uses they can make OF
electricity. if companies do not sup
ply them with power they will build
their own plants, as they have built
their own telephone lines. farmer
living in an electric" house, efficient
ly working his farm by electric power.
loading his produce on the freight
cars of trolley line, and settling it's
price with purchaser hundred
miles away by telephone-perhaps by
n wireless telephone. for there is al
ready such a thing in existence-may
seem n Utopian dream, but II is com
ing. He can send his photograph. if
he wish, or sign IA check over a wire.
lie may sit in his home and listen to
music from tel-harmonium in
neighboring city. All these things are
possible with apparatus already made
And these are commonplace achieve
ments compared with the possibilities
of electric development. The storage
battery that electricians are working
toward will eliminate the worst fca-
lures of automobiles. take the trolley
wires from the streets. and make most
farm machinery electric. Sir Hugh
Bell has predicted that century
hence. with little or no machinery
aboard and scarcely any crew. ships
Will be sped on their voyages by cleo
tricity generated at Niagara Falls and
transmitted WirplpSsly over the Allan
tic. Either the invention of the sto-
rage battery or the discovery of wire
less power transmission would be al
most enough to insure a commercial
flying machine. Yet. should no new
electrical invention be made, we have
already enough to make us far more
comfortable and to enable us 10 save
much time and lost motion.
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Killing RattIers in Pennsylvania.

George Burhen. who is building a
new house for himself on a part of
mis- fathers farm on German Hill,
went to refill water jug the other
day that had been left in the shade
when he luckily espied huge RATHER
AZ inches long and carrying ID rattles
coiled ready for fight about the jug.
George lost no time in killing the
reptile and has preserved the skin
and rattles to verify his statement.
Two young sons of George Copeland
went snake hunting at a den near
their fathers home on Little Hickory
Creek one day recently and killed
an even dozen of rattlers before they
gave up the battle.
Henry Amburger of Hunters Sta
ton has been missing eggs from the
nest IN his chicken coop. even china
egg disappearing. He suspected rats
or other small animals. but the other
day when he found a dead blacksnake
eight feet long near by with china
ogg lodged in its stomach the great
mystery was solved.-Tionesta Vindi-
Gator.
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Uncle Sam Starts a Crusade on Flies

tins. determine the length of time
they have been dead, search them for
germs, and do various other funny
things that eventually may mean lot
in convicting Mr.. Fly of transplantins
disease. AS soon as returns are In
from the great fly center'-Pittsburg
there may be some interesting data
20 give out.
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Increase Grain Production.-If the
farmers of this country could
Increase their production OF grain only
ten per cent. they would increase the
nations wealth $21i.O0O.O0O. In most
sections of the country IT is possible
to increase the production fully 100
per cent Are you doing your part to
assist in the increase?
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system of ventils.ina Horse Barn.

to permit OF their being closed partly
or wholly on windy days.