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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-28
FINLEY REIMBURSED.

Everything comes to him who
waits. The council last night au-
thorized payment of a bill of $3.50
to j. D. Finley, which Finley
claimed was due him for his part
in the sale of a city bond issue.
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Burr, Who is an authority on n.y.
draufics engineering, check up the
emergency plan is heartily ap-
proved by Mr.. Reuterdahl.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-08-12
(Copyrleht. 1907, by ]. u. LIppincott Coz
SYNOPSIS.

Three girls - Elizabeth, Gabrielle and
Elise-started for Canada to spend the
summer there. On board steamer they
were frightened by. an apparently dement,
ed stranger, who, fi<iing bag belonging
to one of them, took enjoyment In scru-
tinizing photo of the trio. Elise shared
bound for Canada. The young women on
a sightseeing tour met Mrs Graham,
anxiously awaiting herShusband. who had
duced to Lord Wilfrid and Lady Edith
cottage by the ocean was rented by
the trio for the summer. Elizabeth
learned that friend of her fathers was
to call. Two men called, one of them
being the queer acting stranger on the
steamer. TT e girls were mot at home"
but discovered by the cards left that one
of the mel was Elzabeths fathers
friend. The men proved to be John c.
Blake and Gordon Bennett The party
the vicinity OF the cottage. Elise visited
Mrs. Graham to find that her life was
not the happiest.. She learned that the
ed. A wisp of yellow hair from Mr.. Ora
hams pocket fell into the hands of Elise
Mrs. Graham's hair was black, During
In the basement of the cottage and n mo-
ment later Mary Anre, their woman serv-
ant, entered. her arm bleeding. To. as
sure them there was no danger, Mary
Anne descended to The basement alone
and quieted their fears, Lady Edith told
the girls Of robbery of Jewels at the
MOTEL Fearing for tho safety of her own
gems, she left them in safe at the cot
tage. Mr. Gordon Bennett was properly
introduced explained his queer actions
returned the lost bag and told of mysterl-
GUS. doings OF a year before connected
with the cottage. Exploring the cellar
one of the girls found a sphinx cuff-but-
ton, the exact counterpart of which both
Gordon Bennett and Lady Edith We're
found to possess, also Elise, alone, ex-
plored the cellar, overhearing a CONVEX
sation there between Mary Anne and a
man, He proved to be her son, charged
with murder. The young women agreed
ito keep the secret. Lady Edith told a
story of lost love in connection with
the sphinx key. Elise and Gordon Ben
nett discovered Lady Edith and Mr.. Ora
ham, the latter displaying a marvellous
baritone voice.
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and not worth worrying about; the
future will look out for itself; but the
present-where We live and breathe,
love and hate! All, that's the time
for me, and / think | make the most
of 1t. No one can accuse me of cry
ing over split milk, or taking undue
thought for the morrow, en- Juliet ?"
NO" she returned; mo, Harry"
She spoke DULY and Immediately
lapsed into silence in a manner that
provoked me. Mr.. Graham frequently
made such little jocular appeals to his
wife, aud always endeavored to in
clude her in any merriment or general
conversation that interested him.
thought she should respond. some
times at least, and could understand
what Gabrielle meant when she said
she often had to resist an inclination
suddenly to shake Mrs. Graham and
see If she would then be reused from
her usual apathetic Indifference.
We continued TO talk for while in
a desultory way, but as the moments
passed we lapsed into silence and
the rocks, for the surf was wonderful
~ fine that night. So we sat around
our fire looking out upon the restless
moonlit ocean and listening to the
roar of the breakers as wave followed
wave in quick succession, each think
ing our own thoughts and no doubt
carried by them beyond the distant
Tf S,t1r ahnvfghnR hn,nc
and ambitions.
OF course | cannot answer for the
others, but | know that l was at first
oppressed by a sense of my own lnsig-
nilicance and then blissfully happy,
content with the present moment and
obivious to the flight of time,
AS | sat dreaming dreams so vague
that they had no individuality hut
merged one into the other like mist
into clouds, little boat glided 81
leutly into the silver path. 1t came
out Of the darkness into the light with
spread sails that glstened pearly
white, and as It iloated ON the spark
ling water It seemed to me a phantom
ship upon an enchanted ocean.
watched It entrauced. wishing | knew
its destination and whence it came,
1t Is your ship" said Gordon Ben
nett. coming home to you"
! do not believe ] was surprised
when he spoke, for 1t was not the first
time he had responded to my unut-
tered thought He sat upon lower
boulder at my right, his cap in his
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the rlre with bits of driftwood and
casting appreclatlve glances at the
picture just above them.
thought Mr.. Blake looked as
though he envied Elizabeth and would
have been quite willing to be sympathet-
c himself. / could not see Mr.. Graham
so distinctly, for his face was In the
shadow, so | leaned forward little
that l might get better view. As l
did so I noticed that Mrs. Graham
also was looking toward him and be-
yond him to the sea, her dark eyes
widely opened and her lips slightly
parted.
The fresh salt air had brought no
touch of color to her face, which
seemed even paler than usual in the
white light as | followed the direction
of her gaze, past the blazing fire, over
the rocks, and out where the ocean
stretched undulating into space. A
broad silver path was spread directly
opposite us, quivering with the in
coming tide and sparkling here and
there where the pillows broke into lit
VIC WHlle-Guppcu WdNoS'
1T is lovely, isn't it?" l said, think
ing / understood her abstraction.
She turned toward me with a quick
nervous movement.
Il beg your pardon, I'm afraid my
thoughts were wandering"
repeated my remark with the
inane feeling such repetitions cause,
and she replied with repressed We.
hemence which the subject scarcely
seemed to warrant.
Lovely? Oh, no--not to me. Look
beyond the little path of light to the
interminable darkness, and think what
lies beneath"
Don't think" interposed Mr.. Ora
ham, with his light laugh, "and don't
look too far. There is where Mrs.
Graham and / differ. She is always
looking into and beyond-though she's
awfully afraid of what she may dis
cover. AS for me, prefer not to go
below the surface; I'd rather float on
those jolly little waves, for instance,
than dive beneath them"
And l." said Elizabeth, would
rather sit here and watch them than
do either"
'Im afraid you are not ambitious,
Miss Elizabeth" said Mr.. Bennett;
"one must dive bit If one considers
the future"
who cares for the future?" inter-
rupted Mr.. Graham; ut is the present
we live in, isn't it? The past is gone
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MoIes Friends of the Farmer.

A distinguished naturalist careful
ly examined the stomachs of Is moles
caught in different localities, but
failed to discover therein the slight
est vestige of plants or roots; on the
contrary, they were filed with the
remains of earth worms. Not salts
fed by this fact, he shut off several
moles in a box containing sods of
earth, on which fresh grass was
growing, and smaller cage of grubs
and earth worms. In nine days two
moles devoured $40 white worms. 1913
earth worms, rs caterpillars and a
mouse (skin and bones), which had
been alive in the box. He next gave
them nothing but vegetables In "a
hours two moles died of starvation.
Another naturalist calculated that
two moles destroyed 10000 white
worms, or grubs. in single year. If
this is correct it is strong argument
in favor of multiplying rather than
destroying the moles.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-08-12
AS HIS MISTRESS HAD DONE.
Chinese Cook, Like All His Race,
Capable Only Of Initiating the
Acts of Others.

Chinese need to be taught to be
more self-reliant," said the woman
who employs Chinese cook The
other day ordered my cook to make
pudding for dinner, stopping min.
ute to see IL he followed my instruc.
lions, for / had taught him to make
this particular pudding. He had seen
me smell the eggs before putting them
into bowl and he began by putting
the first egg to his nose. He seemed
on the right road, so left the kitchen
for minute. Returning / discovered
that he had used five eggs instead of
three as l had taught him. Taking
him to task for not following my in
structions he answered Yes, three
here (pointing to the BOWL two here
Indicating where he had thrown the
others). Same as you.
1T dawned on me that when | had
taught him to make the pudding had
found the second and third eggs that
had broken to be bad and had
thrown both away. He had simply
done what he had seen me do--after
smelling the second and third egg he
had thrown them away"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-08-12
GOOD LESSON IN DRY FARMING
TWO Learn by Failure, While the
Third Farmer Benefits by His
Own Success.

In a certain Texas county, three men
planted cotton in the same field.
When extremely dry weather came
two of them decided not to work their
cotton. The third cultivated his with.
out waiting for rain, and made a dust
mulch about it. Later, the first two
lost their crops. The crop of the
third is fine, and growing rapidly Now
the question should be asked by every
man Interested; What made the DIFF
ference? The soils were the same;
conditions were the same.
The dust mulch preserved mois.
ture. and let in moisture from the
atmosphere. Cultivation permitted
air to reach the soils and roots of the
plants, without drying them out
There are few stronger instances of
the advantage of cultivation in dry
weather.
Two have learned by failure. The
third by success; and tens of thou
sands should learn from their expe-
rience.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-08-12
RAIN IN SEMI-ARID REGIONS.
Estimated That so Per Cent. of Water.
fall In Humid Section Runs OF
In Streams.

Regions generally called semi-arid
receive less than 20 inches average
annual rainfall. Excepting limited
areas in the northwest and some parts
of California, this includes the whole
region west of the ninety-ninth or one
hundredth meridian. In Nevada and
California are limited areas with such
low rainfall as to be truly arid. In
the 1ntermountain valleys the precipi-
tation for the most part is during the
winter months. In the plains region
the greater part of the annual rain
fall is during the spring and summer
months.
Speaking broadly and comparing
large areas, it has been estimated
that so per cent. of the rainfall in
humid regions runs off in the streams.
A portion OF this consists of flood wa
tiers which run off the surface and do
not enter the SOIL but large part is
subterranean water that finds it's way
to the creeks and streams from the
lower depths of the soil Estimating
in the same way, ii is believed that
the plains region runs off in the
streams. For the most part this con-
sists of storm waters There are few
springs, and the streams generally
cease running soon after rains. II
the rainfall be IS inches and the run
off be ten per cent, about 16 inches
of rain will have entered the soil.
However, in some portions of the
semi-arid regions and during some
years in any portion, the railfall may
be no more than ten or IL inches.
For the most part the soils of the
plains region are loans of exceptional
fertility, when sufficiently watered.
The 16 inches of water absorbed
would saturate these soils with capil-
larry water to depth of five or six
feet If none were lost between rains
by evaporation. The rains moisten
the surface to depth depending, of
course, upon the amount of rainfall,
but the moisture is always confined to
few feet of the surface soil. 1t is
during exceptionally wet seasons only
that dry soils cannot be found at
depth of three or four feet. The con-
ditions are so different here from
those in humid climates that it is diff
ficult fully to realize them and their
bearing upon farm practice.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-08-12
CULTIVATE TO KEEP MOISTURE
Dry Soil Will Not Grow Crops Any
Better Than That Full of
Water.

A dry soil is a barren one for no
matter how much fertility there may
be in it, it will refuse to grow crops
until there is some moisture present.
On the other hand, however, a wet
soil-that is one with the pores or
spaces too full of water-is just as
bad because it is cold and the air nee.
essary for ventilation and oxidation
is shut out Hence it is that much of
the work of cultivation has for It's
object the regulation of the amount
of water in the soil, preventing IN ex-
cess at any time or scaroity 1t other
times. The plant obtain ~ of its
food excepting carbon fom the soil
or through it, These foods are dis
solved in the soil water and the wa
ter with it's dissolved particles is TAX
en- in through the roots of the plants.
Water is also of Importance in secur-
ing the termination of seeds. To
produce one pound of dry matter
of crop requires the passage into the
plant of 800 to 500 pounds of water,
AS the ordinary rainfall during the
growing season is not III All cases SUI
ficient to supply this amount, the
greatest care must be taken to pre-
vent losses from the surface by evap-
Grafton. Generally speaking the more
frequent the civilizations the greater
the saving of moisture. This is true
for clay loans, and possibly for sandy
soils, but muc'K soils which do not
form a dry crust on the surface will
be better with few CIVILIZATIONS.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-08-12
DRY FARM NOTES.

In high attitudes, with 10 to IA
inches precipitation utilized under
alternate or biennial systems, every
crop possible Of production under ir-
rigation is profitably grown without ir-
rigation.
With precipitation of Is to "a
inches, many farmers in high alti-
tudes are cropping annually,
Then again, many farmers under all
of the above named conditions are
falling continually.
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Sans Only Enjoyment.

The colored people Of the seacoast
OF the Carolinas, like all supersttious
classes, take fearsome and hyster-
ical pleasure in funeral, and regard
it as enjoyable affair. They are often
heard, when about to attend funeral.
to wish each other a pleasant time
The gardener of family in the
town of c. once went to Charleston
on a visit of week Upon his return
home the lady for whom he worked
said: Sam did you have a pleasant
time in Charleston"
NO, ma'am." replied Sam, "a very
poor one And If one of my friends
had not died while was there would
not have enioyed myself at ALL"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-08-12
THING DRY LAND
METHOD BECOMING POPULAR
IN ARID REGIONS.
Summer Following Consists Of Disk
ing and Narrowing in Early Spring
Before Flowing, Packing Sub
surface to Retain Moisture.

| The best method of summer fallow-
| ing consists In disking and narrowing
in the early spring before blowing,
| packing and subsurfacing Immediately
after blowing, and following this by
sufficient surface cultivation to retain
| moisture and keep the weeds under
control. While this method is not in
general use, it is becoming more popu-
lar and has been practiced long
enough to demonstrate it's superior
value. Men who practice this method
estimate that their yields of wheat
are about rs per cent greater than
those obtained by summer following
in the ordinary way. BY adopting
this method of summer following 1t
is possible to retain sufficient moisture
throughout much of the semi-arid sec
ton to terminate wheat at any time
1t may be sown in the fall. This will
make it possible to grow winter wheat
over a large area that now produces
spring wheat.
When the tillage has been thorough
and sufficient moisture has been re-
tanned to terminate the seed, the
grain is planted quite deeply When
the seed terminates, the young roots
are then in contact with moist soil.
This enables the young plants to sur
vive until the fall rains come.
Better preparation of the soil for
spring crops, especially the use of
implements for settling and packing
the bottom of the pillow furrow, would
materially increase the yield of all
cereal crops when the land is plowed
in the spring before it is sown.
If more intensive methods of tillage
are to be adopted, either the size of
the farms must be decreased or their
equipment increased.
Too many varieties of wheat are
now produced.
The farmers as whole will secure
better results by combining themselves
to few varieties of wheat OF the
spring varieties, the Little Club and
the Red Chaff are best adapted to the
humid sections and the Bluestem to
arid and semi-arid conditions. The
Early Wilbur is new wheat, but
gives strong indications of consider
able value in the arid section because
of its earliness.
OF the winter varieties the Turkey
Red easily stands first for the arid
and semi-arid sections. When the
grains are hard and horny it is very
superior milling wheat. On account
OF its tendency to become starchy it
may be necessary to occasionally ship
in seed wheat from Kansas and Ne
braska.
The Fortyfold variety is adapted to
the entire region, 1t stands the win
tiers admirably, and it's earliness gives
1T an advantage in both the dry and
the humid sections. 1t yields well,
and when grown under arid and semi
arid conditions it possesses very good
milling qualities
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BY THE LIGHT OF sPLINTERs.
Religious Meeting Under Peculiar Cir
cumstances a Great Success.

Elder j. w. Cook, in his Forty Five
Years Minister" relates this Incl
dent: Il remember one time up in
Clair county, Missouri, | arrived at
my appointment just at night. 1t was
raining, but the people turned out just
the same The schoolhouse was of
logs, and inside it was dark as a dark
night could make it. A brother said;
VIII someone please light the can
dle?' But there was no candle to
light, no grease, no oil of any kind
The little cabin was crowded and the
rain was pouring down. 1t was a good
half mile to the nearest house where
{ candle might be procured But a re-
sourceful brother relieved the situa-
ton thus: We must have a meetin':
that's sartin. The boys travelled way
over here to preach for us, and he's
goin' to do it. Now Wen tear off some
planks from the platform and light
EN- and take turn about holdin' EN-
so he can see his Bible. got matches
That meeting under the fiickering
splinter light was an astonishing sue.
cess"
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Snakes Of East Africa.

For one thing, East Africa must
have credit; snakes are not numerous,
as they are in the south, at least !
never have seen many. There are
pythons, but they do not appear to
be dangerous. / shall never forget
how, down in South Africa during the
war, once awoke and found black
mwamba in bed with me.
This snake is absolutely deadly. II
frightened me so that after the whole
thing was over / went out and was
sick Fortunately l was quite ignor.
ant of the fact that it was under the
blankets with me and rolled out I'm.
concernedly Had / known 1t was
there, in all probability 1t would have
struck me.-Forest and Stream.
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CHAPTER x.-continued.


at is all very well for you to
laugh" she remarked, "but you don't
even know whether there is as much
as cracker in the house. I'll have
to go to the village and see what can
find"
really sympathized with Elizabeth
and tried to show 1t in practical man.
ner.
Suppose / do the marketing.
love poking round In those queer little
shops"
You'd buy whatever they told you, "
she returned ungratefully, land prob
ably come home with a leg of mutton
and head Of cabbage for a picnic sup
per. No--I'll send Mary Anne; that
will be best of ALL
Mary Anne. as usual, came nobly to
the rescue.
Its not the first supper I've spread
on the rocks" she said, land most
likely 1t won't be the last. So rest
easy, Miss Elizabeth fur well ] know
how to purvide and there's nothin' to
worrit yerself over at all. Though why
folks should want to do SIGH things
when they might set up at table and
eat like Christians, can't fur the
life of me make out"
Gabrielle repeated this speech as
we sat around our fire that night and
watched the waves break against the
rocks, sending up little fountains of
foam that sparkled in the moonlight.
Her hands were clasped about her
knees, and her hair glistened here
and there where the spray had
touched IT,
"Of course" said Lord Wilfrid, ''one
could not expect the lower classes to
understand the subtle fascination Of
an evening like this"
"WiIfrid knows so little of the lower
classes" interposed Lady Edith;
wouldn't 1t be better. dear, to give
them the benefit of doubt? They
may enjoy the beauties of nature in
their own way, you know, although it
is, of course, quite different from
yours"
1t was a very innocent little speech,
Gaughingly uttered. yet Lord Wilfrid's
EdtC uui Atutu ulSdEANdtpl9 anu i1
pulled his cap down over his eyes in
a manner distinctly irritable Evil
IDENTIFY he brooked no criticism how.
ever slight. and l wondered whether
this was the effect of his Illness or his
natural disposition. His sister looked
at him q moment, then turned to Eliza.
beth with perfunctory remark about
the beauty of the night, She never
noticed his sullly moods, although
they occurred quite often, and was al
ways ready to respond with smile or
a cheerful word when he deigned TO
DO pleasant again.
Elizabeth laid her hand on Lady
Ediths with a caressing gesture. She
said afterward that she was glad she
had done it, for at the moment she
quite hated Lord Wilfrid and knew
from tbs way his sisters hand clasped
hsrs that she needed sympathy.
They sat together upon a large fiat
rock with their backs against a
higher boulder. while Mr. Blake and
DIR. Graham sat at their feet. feeding
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Chance for a Bet.

Atchison people seem determined to
force certain bachelor to marry.
For 20 years they have been talking"
about him, and wondering if he is go.
ing to marry this one or that one.
Why can't people let the poor man
alone? If he wants to be bachelor,
whose business is it? Every time he
goes" with new girl, Atchison peo-
pie begin betting on the result. (And
incidentally we will bet five to one
that his present steady doesn't land
hin. )-Atchison Globe.
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Cruel Punishments In Persia.

Punishment by crucifixion still sur.
wives In Persia, but the victim is nailed
to wall instead of to a cross. At the
gates OF towns may be seen pillars of
brick with domed tops about the
height OF man, in which victims are
walled up. They may be heard call.
ing for water, though generally the Dill.
lars are supposed to have their hol.
lows filed up with earth, so that the
victims cannot move and die quickly.
Another way of punishment is to bury
man up to his neck in wet slime,
which, when it dries, contracts and
gradually brushes him. This is the
most terrible of all deaths.
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World is Interested.

What dry farming means to the
United States it means to every coun-
iry in the world where there is semi
arid land possible of agricultural de-
yelopment. 1t means ultimate recla-
nation OF hundreds of millions OF val
liable acres, billions added to the
wealth of nations and possible solu-
ton of many of the perplexing socio-
logical questions.