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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-11-12

case this practice is followed, each
ear selected is marked by tying upon
IL bright string. The stalks bearing
these marks are cut and shocked with
the balance of the crop, and at husk.
ing time the marked ears are saved by
themselves.
Some farmers follow the practice OF
selecting seed at the time of husking
in which case the best ears are set
aside regardless of the character OF
the stalks upon which they grew. or
the position and attitude of the ear
upon the stalk. Though not com.
mendable. this is undoubtedly a much
better practice than selecting ears
from the crib the following spring
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-11-12
A Comfortable Poultry House.

scratching floor, with nests for laying
arranged along the sides and in the
corners. A small door should open
into the yard at one end, but only in
favorable weather need the fowls have
access TO this. and then not until it
has been well carpeted with straw or
hay, for TO let hens onto the bare
ground in cold weather will check
their laying at once. Such a house,
says Farm and Home. Should have
either a good board floor or one made
of cement, and be constructed through
out of first-class lumber, Kept well
painted, 1t will then last almost
lifetime.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-11-12

Ypsilanti. 'S' Vi
n,h,n ne temperature of the room in
mnich corn is stored should be main,
AIMED S at 70 Or so degrees, with ahmn.
uant circulation of air Rapid dryins
a T'oses Inc possibilities OF moldine
+ anu consequent loss of vitality. After
tm me urSlng is complete, the tempera.
lure s oil the room may be allowed 70
p " even below freezing, but # should
&c observed that many OF our sncoasa
,uI corn growers never allow thn
corn a. OF the room in which seed
T Tha Is stored to fall below freeziIo
drv e room should be kept thorougnly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12
THE Royal Mounted" Analysed
BY FRANKLIN FYLES.

form of the Canadian military police
man, is sent to detect and arrest a
murderer in the primeyal region of
British Columbia. He meets the guilty
mans sister, who is sweetened delic-
iously by Clara Blandick, a young ac-
tress from who knows where? Have
you guessed the complication? Yes; it
comes of the stress of heart and strain
of soul in O'Byrne, who loves the girl
much, but regards his duty to arrest
her brother more. At the third acts
climax he must decide between his
love and his duty. BY this time O'Byrne
has won the audiences heart as well
as the girl, Rosa's, and We both hope
and fear that, for his sweetheart's sake.
he will let the culprit go. He won't,
though. for isn't he a British officer,
in whom dereiiction would be treason?
Although il will make Rose hate him,
he ought TO and will take her brother
away TO be hanged. The audience is
sorry, yet approving, and sprinklcs
some tears On his sacrifice of love 10
duty. This is the same thing over
again, and we should rAmemhe.' that
invariably the hero shifts suddenly
from duty TO love sives JOY to his
sweetheart and brings disgrace 80 him
self. We shouldn't be surprised. there
fore, when O'Byrne takes the hand
cuffs off Rosa s brothers wrists TO let
him go free and puts them on his own,
TO be taken back to headquarters for
cOurt-martial and punishment. Our APP
prevail of his adherence to duty is per-
functOry. but our delight at his sur
render to love is spontaneous, and on
the opening night we made so much
noise about il that the British officer
and Irish gentleman was royal
mounted" for winning run.
This play of The Royal Mounted
comes from the drama factory of he
Mile Brothers a. Mother. Who took
over the business of the late Henry c.
De Mile, with all it's plant of talent,
experience and reputation, and now the
firm has six plays in operation, while
the brothers are actors also, and the
mother is salesagen for other authors.
An active family. They have provided
for Cyril Scott the material with which
to thrive. For those reasons il is worth
while to consider THE Royai Mount
ed" as a hitting shot at the average
of theatrical demand. AS | sat in the
midst of applaudius frst-nighters and
saw their cyGicism SIC way to en-
thusiasm, and especially IS / listened
to the thank-you ST: eches of Scott and
one of the De Miles after that trium-
plant third act, | told myself that the
knOwingest of men and women arc
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12

at camp meetings, recited on the Sun
day Aschool. platform. stumped in polit-
ical campaigns. and acted Othello on
the stage. Last summer / was an
Ethiopian satrap in the show of An
tony and Cleopatra at Coney Island
Among the cOlored jockeys and stable
boys who winter around the race
tracks thereaway, found considerable
song and dance talent; so / planned
the Afric theatre. 1t was opened and
shut the other night in what in sum-
mer is a Coney Island concert hall I
am a mimic. Listen" and he gave ex-
tracts in dialect from Denman Thomp-
son as a Yankee. David Warfield as
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12

New York, April I0.-Five plays MAX
lng thousands OF dollars apiece every
week in this town for their authors. ac-
tors and managers present problems
religious, political or something else
ethical. Indeed, our dramatists have
become so purposeful in their themes
that the public expects something more
than merely sentimental matter in
every serious new play. The simple
story of sexual love. with hatefully
Jealous rivalries and complications of
Iond misunderstanding, seems to have
become obsolete. Nevertheless, that
primary. primitive kind of stage fic
ton in THE Royal Mounted" brought
into a Broadway theatre to stop a gap
in Lent, looks likely to stay there till
summer closes the theatrical season.
This is the only output of new mat
ter TO write about. and so l have the
space to interest you in it if l can.
Are YOU an incipient and aspirant dra-
matist? Have you memoranda of plots,
persons and episodes for adventurous
lovers? Then don't throw your notes
away; but choose an unfamiliar place
in which to locate the stuff and so give
a semblance of novelty 10 it.
The British government Of "a lada
maintains a cavalry police force in the
northwest; and to that wild service I'M
scapegraces OF the English aristocracy
are sent The hero of THE RoYai
Mounted is one of those patrclmen on
horseback. But he is Irish instead OF
English. Why? Because he is too hlaI-
neying a lover. too audacious wooer,
too buncome a bravo, to recommend
himself To popularity without d melli1-
luous brogue to use I'm talking about
himself. You may be familiar with
the winsome Irish cheek of Chauncey
Olcott. Andrew Mack and Fiske
O'Hara, but you'd have to be as old
as I am to recall the sentimental po-
tency of Erin's accent as voiced by
Dion Boucicault Well. Cyril Scott,
whom you have seen, if ever at all, m
musical comedy, or more rec entity in
The Prince Chap" is now Souci-
cauItan young Irish gentleman of the
Canadian cavalry police in The Royal
Mounted" | wouldn't wonder if this
Lieutenant Victor O'Byrne was born
as English in the minds of his authors,
and hadn't become Irish until, in his
development as a lover in the snowy
Wilderness of Canada, he Beedsd to kiss
the heart, like a blarney stone, Of
every person i'm the theatre, if he was
10 be stage pet
Try to fix a few plot points in your
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12

Jew, Sam Bernard as German and
Chauncey Olcott as an 1rishman.
'As you know" Mr.. barnett went on,
every burIesque contains those four
characters. My scheme was to assume
all of them myself, thus saving three
salaries, and ensuring good imperson-
ations-killing four birds with one
stone. Well. | feel like one bird killed
with four stones. We had a mixed au-
dience from the neighboring tough
town of Gravesend. Yet my Yankee
went first rate. my Jew almost as well;
and there wasn't much murmuring at
my German by a bunch of walters
from the beer saloons, but when 1
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12

made my entrance as an Irishman: \
real Irishman glared at me from a
front seat Ny imitation Irishman had
been justly admired by my own people;
but at sight of my caubeen with
sprig of shamrock in it, this fellow
cried: See the black nayger wearin'
av the greenr Then he sprang over the
footlights and swiped me with his shil
lalah of cane. That closed the Afric
theatre with about twO-thirds Of one
performance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12

interrogations and descriptive answers
on the main stage in the absence of
the principals; and they we're ballet.
too, for they moved and posed in grace
full pantomimic groups. Motion pictures
should have been made of these figures
in classic draperies for decorative pur-
poses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12

Twenty centuries old is The Liba-
ton Pourers' of Aeschylus. yet not till
now has it had stage performance in
America nor, l think, in English any
where. Other Greek ira gedies based
on the legend Of Agamemnon's assas-
sinatiOn by his queen and her death
punishment by her son have been pre-
ferred by students for representation;
and one of them was brought out beau
tifu1ly here by Mrs. Patrick Campbell,
only to be disregarded by the paying
public. THE LibatiOn POurers" was
acted at a matinee by graduated stu
dents of the Academy of Dramatic
Arts with small force of authority; but
it was a fine exhibition of Greek theat-
rical art by Professor Charles Jehlin-
ger. partly through his research and
partly through his surmise; for the
details of Grecian acting are no better
known now than the pronunciation by
the Greeks of their language. In one
matter, however, Jehlinger modernized
deliberately. 1t is certain that the
chorus portions of the Greek tragedies
were spoken or sung by men and boys
on a platform lower than the front of
the stage and higher than the audi
ence Jehlinger's chorus actors were
girls, who chanted the EXPLANATIONS,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12

All Kinds of Seeds.
Bailey &. Sons Co. So East 2nd South.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12

Try to fix a few plot points in your
mind. Cyril Scott, jaunty in the uni
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12

small boys and girls in a theatre. for
there they were engroSSed in situa-
ton the absurdity of which should have
prevented il from being a stage eXcit-
ant for intelligent people.
Just analyZe IL. Rosa was assaulted
by bestial sutton While walking with
him when he thought she was without
defense; but her suspicious brother fol-
lowed them, and, witnessing the crime
shot the criminal to death. Whar next
would have happened? Why, the slayer
would have returned to camp with his
rescued sister, described his deed and
had il approved Instead he mid the
scoundrels carcass, kept mum about
the worthy killing and behaved like
sneakipg murderer. Then. again. When
O'Byrre learned these particulars of
the homicide, he didn't size it UP as 4
praisewOrthy defense Of a girls honor,
which any jury would pronounce JUS
tifiable, but altogether unreasonably
assumed that the brothers neck would
be stretched instead of his hands
gTasped cordially when he was brought
to justice. This would seem to show
that a play may be rancid old in its
motives, and rotten ridiculous in rea
soma bility, yet be swallowed greediiy
if only the stale stuff be freshened with
new and palatable circumstances. De
Mile Brothers & Mother know their
business.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12

New York has no resident theatrical
company, and. l didn't know of recent
attempt to install one until 1t was all
over. All / can do is to quote Josh
barnett, whose failure led probably a
hundred jokers to call him Gosh Darn
II.
II have a voice" he said. land I've
tried always. and all ways to make
something out Of it, l have exhorted
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14
RED WILLOW,
Don't brag

Dean Smith came on Monday to make
his annual visit with his uncle, f. G..
Smith.
The little bull dog which Dean Smith
TOOK from John Longnecker's, last sum-
mer, was awarded first premium in the
Dog Show at Lincoln. They refused
$50 for him.
Mrs. Smith gave their young folks a
delightful family picnic on the river,
Thursday. Wading in the river, plenty
of fried chicken, ice cream and cake-O,
my! Then REST-yes, rest in capitals,
much appreciated this warm busy time.
The McCook chautauqua,',, will open
Saturday afternoon, August % and con-
tinue nine days. Arrange to attend.
Season tickets now are $500: after
c~hautauqua opens g 80.
The stork visited at Will Randel's on
Friday and left a 10-pound girl.
Gladys Randel has been very sick
with tonsilitis, but is better.
Mrs. Horns, Carl, Miss Madison, a
little granddaughter and her neighbors,
all drove out to call on Mrs. John Long
necker on Sunday afternoon.
Ruth Calvin is spending some days
at Owens Longnecker's and Blossom is
staying with her. Such fun the little
girls have, riding around, rolling down
straw stacks etc.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14
GERVER.

Hello Central! Were those not fine
rains? Most of US will have some corn
yet. Cane couldn't do better.
Lightning played a number Of pranks
Monday night. Knocked the bottom
out of j. IL. Relph's tank, struck Chas.
Lotions windmill and our DIR. Simons
had a close call, the shock having force
enough to knock down one Of his horses.
Joe Relph was selected by Uncle Sam
to carry the mai on the route just estab-
lished to run from Cedar Bluffs.
Mrs. Davis Mitchell of Haigler passed
through on her way to Cedar Bluffs,
Tuesday.
Some of our boys assisted Cedar
Bluffs in being defeated in the game
with Lebanon Saturday.
A new ball ground was established Cd
the Beck place, Saturday. This will be
a Saturday ball ground and it is hoped
to divert the minds of the boys from
Sunday playing.
The report of a Sunday-school picnic
at Marion the 18th came too late for any
preparation on the part of our school.
However, that doesn't hinder US from
going and enjoying the day.
There was a social dance al Al. Ben
iamin's, Thursday evening.
Report has come that we are going to
have a new neighbor, in the person of
John Mcintosh, who has rented Claude
Fowler's farm just across the line.
Where's your partner John?
r. f. Liant was in Marion with a load
of hogs, Tuesday.
Geo Miner, of Cedar Bluffs, has been
buying cattle in this and Grant pre-
cincts.
The McCook chautaugua will open
Saturday afternoon, August % and con-
tinue nine days. Arrange to attend.
Season tickets now are $500; after
chautauqua opens $3.50.
We laud this as an era OF rapid tran
sit both as regards passengers and news.
But still a country correspondent will
report a dry spell and by the time the
paper is printed we are soaked with
rain. W. report a rain and vice versa.
Don't brag.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14
r. Z. D. No. 1.

Mrs. Amos o. Rogers is improving
now.
Mrs. John Breitling has gone to Au-
rora, Nebraska, on a visit to relatives.
Rev. Finster Of Culbertsou Is visiting
Rev. Ramelow.
Sam Hughes marketed a carload of
cattle in Omaha, last Friday, with sat
isfactory results to himself.
Frank Dudek has returned from Colo
RADIO. He reports his father as improv-
ing, but it will be some time before he
will be able to return home.
The McCook chautauqua will open
Saturday afternoon, August - and con-
tinue nine days. Arrange TO attend.
Season tickets now are $500; after
chautauqua opens 81 80.
q. f. Randel and wife, Mrs. NJ. j.
Stroud and daughter Mrs. Alice Horrell
and children were guests Of Jacob
Randel, last Thursday.
notwithstanding rabbits are the only
game that can be shot at this time Of
the year, hunters are out in numbers
Killing prairie chickens and quail.
W. f. Bower and Amos Bower and
wife have gone to Denver on a short
trip.
A. ID. Johnston has harvested his
wheat on the divide and it averaged
twenty bushels to the acre.
Henry Schamel's house was struck by
lightning, Monday night last, but we
are unable to report what damage, if
any, was caused.
Joseph Downs and Arthur Shepherd
are covering the school house in dis
trict 10 with tin, roof sides and ends.
Otto Randel was a visitor at G. f.
Randel's, Sunday.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14
THE NECK RUFF.
It Reached Its Full Glory In the Six
teenth Century.

It Reached Its Full Glory In the Six
teenth Century.
One of the most peculiar and inter-
eSting evolutions in historic fashion is
the growth and development of the
ruff in England. This ruff began its
career as q humble little something
like a tuck running along the top of
the chemisette from shoulder to Shout
der. You can see it grow in the
portraits of royal ~personages slowly,
but surely, like a great linen flower
opening its plated petals from genera
ton to generation. During the reign
of Henry VII. it was scarcely more
than a budding eXcrescence, but with
Henry VIII. it had outgrown its tuck
stage to the extent of reaching up to
the ears and was beginning to sport a
mild flare. Those were the days of
such strict sumptuary laws hat in or
der to wear black genet you must be
royal, to wear sable you must outrank
your viscount neighbor, TO wear mar
ten or velvet trimmings you must be
able to show an income of over 200
marks a year. The reign of Edward
VI. and Queen Mary merely fostered
the ruff without encouraging it to any
greater development. But Queen Eliza
beth, seeing in it possibilities for off
setting her red hair and clear skin,
famed it into vigorous life. In the six
tenth century the ruff burst into full
bloom. Men and women. even tiny
~princesses. were o~vershadowed by the
stiff rays of the ruff on all great occa-
sions. Even over France, Germany
and Italy it spread its white pinions
and held unquestioned sway until it
fell with the Roundheads.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14
DANBURY.

Rev. Shepherd and wife spent a few
days at Cambridge, last week.
Jim Springer and Ralph Boyer have
typhoid fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G.. Stilgebouer and
daughter Bernice of BARLEY visited
friends in Danbury first of the week.
Sam Minniaar is under the doctors
care threatened with fever.
Mrs. Annis went to Ramona, last
week. to visit with Il. L. Ruby and
family.
Mrs. Stone went to Oberlin, last Sat
urday, to visit her sister Mrs. Pierre
McFee.
Mrs. Earl Peacock is over from Nc
Cook visiting.
The baseball game between Danbury
and the Arkansaw Travellers resulted
in a score of D to 4 in favor of Danbury.
This section of the country was visit
ed by another fine rain, Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reese Williams of Shell
byville, ILL.,, are visiting the Stilgebouer
families. Mrs. Williams is a niece of
S. W. S~tilgebouer.
Mr.. and Mrs. McMain from near Bart
ley visited with Mrs. j. E. Dolph and
Mrs. McMain's mother the latter part
of last week.
A slight blaze at the east elevator one
day last week caused considerable ex-
element. Fortunately 1t was quickly
extinguished.
Rev. Richards, who has been in Den
yer recovering from the effects of ty-
phoid fever, will be in Danbury to take
up his work again next Sunday.
The McCook chautauqua will open
Saturday afternoon, August % and con
tinue nine days. Arrange to attend.
Season tickets now are $500; after
chautauqua opens $3.50.
Miss Gayly Miles run a splinter into
her foot about ten days ago. They sup
posed it was all extracted but her foot
continued to give her trouble. She
was taken to DR.. Campbell and the foot
examined with X rays, part of the splin-
ter was still in her foot and was cut out
by DR.. Green of Beaver City. At pre-
sent she is getting along nicely.
Clarence Reed resigned his position
as manager of the DeMay lumber yard
at Marion, his place will be filled by
Will DeMay, a nephew of the DR..
Mrs. Nose Young and Mrs. w. S.
Minniear start today on a visit to her
brothers at Cherryville, Kan, for a two
weeks visit.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14
BARLEY,
weeks visi

DR.. Arbogast was called to Freedom,
Sunday night, to attend a man cut VI
with a meat C~leaver by a Mr.. Easton.
Mr.. Earnest's son living south OF
BARLEY fell on a reaper and crushed his
skull and caused a bad scalp wound.
DR.. Premier was called and reports the
boy in a serious condition but thinks
he will soon ecover.
The McCook ch~autauqna will open
Saturday afternoon, August % and con-
tinue nine days. Arrange to attend.
Season tickets low are $500; after
chautauqua opens $3.50.
DR.. Hathorn has a new Franklin auto
which he recently purchased.
Ball Brothers of Holbrook were here,
Monday, making arrangement to put in
a large hardware stock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Killers of In
dianola were visiting with Mr.. and Mrs.
II. l.. Brown, Sunday.
DR.. Mackechnie was down from In
dianola, Tuesday, on business connect
ed with the Havana Telephone Co.
Robt. Fischer is having his store
building raised and a concrete floor put
in the cellar.
Monday evening DR.. Arbogast and
family had a close call. Lightning
struck the house going from top to bot
tom tearing up about half of the roof
and two rooms
Allen E. Pennington was in BARLEY,
Wednesday, looking after his interest
as candidate for representative on the
Republican ticket.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reilly of this place left
on ID, Wednesday, for Yuma, Colo, for
a short visit with Mr.. ReilIy's sister.
The new residence of Smith Durbin's
is being pushed rapidly to completion.
The passion play moving pictures by
McCook parties will be exhibited in the
opera house here, Saturday evening
this week.
Will Lyman and wife will leave this
week for a visit to Denver and other
Colorado points.
Adam Grass of Hastings and Ami
Teel of I~ndianola were BARLEY callers,
Wednesday.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14
The Burnt Cork Circle,

"AIistah Middleman, All has all rid
de"
Mr.. Bones, we shall be delighted to
have you PROFOUND it."
"Yessah, but hit amt nothin' lax dat.
All jest desires to aX yo' what am de
difference between ah storekeeper
whose business is improvin' an a man
who selects feathers fo' sofa pillowS?"
That's a pretty hard nut to crack.
Mr.. Bones. Now, what is the differ
ence between 4 storekeeper whose
business is improving and a man who
selects feathers for sofa pillows?"
de s~torekeeper's business is pickin'
up, an de other mans business is
pfckin' down."
"AIr. 7. n. Orr will sing the pathetic
ballad, He Married Himself to a Mar
eel Wave, an Now He's All at Sea-
Harper's Weekly.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1908-08-14
A SHORT SPEECH.
Made by an Indian Chief In Reply 60
a Government AGENT.

Old Shah-bah-Skong the head chief
Of Mile Lac, brought all his warriors
to defend Fort Ripley In 1862. The
secretary Of the interior and the gov
crnor and legislature OF Minnesota
promised these Indians that for this
act of bravery they should have the
special care of the government and
never be removed.
A few years later q special agent
was sent from Washington to ask the
0jibways to cede their lands and re-
owe to a country north of Leech
lake. The agent asked my help. /
said:
IL know that country. | have camp
ed on it. 1t is the most worthless strip
of land in Minnesota. The Indians are
not fools. Don't attempt this folly.
You will surely come to grief"
He called the Indians in council and
said:
"AIy red brothers, your great father
has heard how you have been wrong
ed. He said, 4 will send them an hon
est man. He looked in the north, the
south, the east and the west. When
he saw me, he said, This is the hon.
est man whom l will send to my red
children Brothers, look at me! The
winds of fifty-ive years have blown
over my head and silvered it with
gray. and in all that time / have never
done wrong to any man. AS your
friend l ask you to sign this treaty"
Old Shah-bah-Skong sprang to his
feet and said:
"My friend, look at me! The winds
of more than fifty winters have blown
over my head and silvered it with
gray, but they have not blown my
brains away"
That council was ended.