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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28
A misunderstanding
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you really think this of me, Jim?"
Betty grasped the back of the chair
against which she was leaning and
her face whitened perceptibly. She
had known all the morning that this
moment would come, the moment when
Jim must question her as to where
she had been the evening before and
with whom she had spent the time.
As she was not at liberty to give a
full explanation her heart sank with
In her.
Betty, what else can think? You
admit you went motoring with Cap
tain Carstairs and that owing to the
car breaking down you did not reach
home until o'clock in the morning
Do you expect me to believe that? Is
not 1t proof enough?"
mo, Jim, it's not"
Then l don't know what Is. Di-
rectly I'm safely out of the way you
go off with your lover and"
Stop, Jim; that's enough" And
Betty with the haughtiest of looks on
her lovely little face walked slowly
out Of the room, although she felt as
though her heart would break.
Jim, smothering an oath, gazed af-
ter the dainty little figure with a
frown upon his face.
Could it be possible that his Betty
the girl whom he had chosen above
all the world for his wife, was guilty
Yet had she not said she went mo
toring with Captain Carstairs and did
not circumstances look black against
her?
Unable to bear the silence longer
and too proud to. go to Betty to heal
the full story from her lips, jim
mechanically put on his coat and hat
banged the door loudly behind hiT
and went in the direction of his club
Meanwhile Betty upstairs was sit
ting in her boudoir gazing into tn,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28
po NoT pRoLoNa cA11s.
LinEering at Meal Times Makes One
Unpopular.

Unpopular.
When paying calls on ones friends
whether formally or informally do not
utterly disregard the hours for meals,
for 1t is not good form to linger until
the lunch or the dinner hour when
you have not been invited for the
meal. If you do. you are likely to
place your friend in an awkward posi-
tion. Either she must ask you to re-
main because she feels 1t necessary,
or she has the meal delayed waiting
for you to take your departure.
Do not put yourself In the position
OF allowing either Of these alternatives
to occur. for no housekeeper likes the
routine interfered with, and unex-
pected guests are not apt to be popu-
lar, for in all well regulated house,
holds the table is as conventionally
laid for luncheon as for dinner, and to-
rearrange 1t at the last moment ne
cessitates considerable change an6
special orders for the kitchen. All Of
which many housekeepers dislike, and
therefore do not feel obliged to invite
callers at the last moment.
If you are really wanted, you viii
be asked during the early part Of your
call, for the hostess who wants you
will insist that you take off your hat
and stay for long visit. If she does
not ask you in this spontaneous way,
do not embarrass her by remaining
until the moment the meal is an
nounced.
No well-mannered hostess allows her
maid to announce meal while a.
caller is present, and II the visitor is
thoughtless the lunch or dinner 10
often delayed until 1t Is almost spoiled,
| for cooked foods should be eaten as
soon as they are done. This waiting
| is a trial to the housekeeper and
cause Of Irritation to her husband
IL she has one, and the visitor respon-
sible for such a state is never popular
In that family
When you ask guests to meal, IL
one Of them is late, do not walt more
than ten minutes. At the expiration
Of that time the meal should be served.
This Is only fair to your punctuaI
guests, who deserve to have good
dinner, and not one that has beers
spoiled by standing. In order to get
their guests together at Just the right
time some hostesses resort to the sub
terfuge OF naming dinner hour half
an hour earlier than they mean to
have the meal served, This gets the
tardy one there on time, but II Is not
quite fair to the punctual ones, who
are kept waiting. That old adages
"Punctuality is the courtesy OF kings,
should be observed by everyone
Washington Post.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28

are with eyes that saw nothing. The
banging of the front door reused her
from her reverie, and rising from her
chair she flung her arms above her
head and sighed YEARLY.
"Heigh-ho! This comes Of playing
the good fairy to ones friends" she
thought. She wondered If Jim would
have said those unkind things had he
known the circumstances? Would he
have accused her of going on with
Captain Carstairs If he had known
that he was his own sisters fiance.
Poor old Jiml How angry he was.
Yet she would forgive him II only
because he was
Here Betty's train Of thought wal
interrupted by gentle tapping at the
door, and very pretty voice asked:
MAY 1 come in. dearr'
by all means, JOAN" answered
Betty, rising to meet her friend.
Il say, Betty" began Joan, you
were a trump last night to bring Ar
thur over. Do you know that dad il
really coming round at last. After
you both were gone he even said,
Well, after all, Carstairs can't be sucl
q bad fellow or Betty would not be
friends with him. So you see, dear,
I've Just come to thank you again for
all you've done for US both" And
impulsively Joan put her arms round
her friends neck and gave her a fran
ttc hug.
When her enthusiasm had somewhat
abated Betty gently pushed her friend
away, and placing her hands upon her
shoulders said, Joan, dear; I'm glad
I've been able to help you; but dc
you know my help has been dearly
bought"
"Dearly bought. Bettyi what DC
you meanr'
~simply this, dear, that Jim has
found out I've been motoring with
Arthur, and last night as we were
coming home a most unfortunate thinl
happened. After we had gone about
q couple Of miles something Wsni
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28
ELEVEN DAYS IN THE BUSH.
~NooNNooNNN

w. D. Pitcairn, in his Two Years
Among the Savages of New Guinea"
relates an adventure which befell q
friend Of his, Bob Sanderson, in north
Queensland. This friend, who was q
man of good education and an expert
enced bushman, was on an expedltlon
in search of new country adapted to
stock raising. He had with him y
party Of men with tents and all necesT
sary provisions for the journey.
After travelling about four hundred
miles they found good looking coun-
try, and pitched their camp Mr. San
derson wandered some distance from
his party, and on returning at night
fall, found the place deserted HIS
followers had struck their tents ana
made off.
He was four hundred miles frOm
civilization, alone in the painless
bush, the home Of wild and treacher-
GUS blacks, without morsel OF food
and with no weapon but revolver.
There was nothing for 1t but to face
the Inevitable, and he started on his
long Journey
Day after day he plodded wearily
along, without any covering at night
except the trees, finding here and
there a few berries, and often suffer-
ing horribly from hunger and thirst.
One morning at sunrise he was de-
scending a slope, when to his dismay,
about fifty yards below him, he saw
large camp of blacks. One OF them
had just risen, and was stretching
himself directly in the face Of the
white man.
This was a moment to test the stufE
of man already reduced by days OF
continuous tramping and starvat4sns.
But Sanderson did not hesitate. With
piercing shouts he rushed down uporD
the camp, firing his revolver as he ram
The blacks took 1t for granted thaG
he had a large force at his back, aD0
Immediately broke in confusion and
fed across the river.
For several days longer the man
struggled on. Then on the eleventh
day he sank to the ground, quite UNI
able to go farther. Happily he was
now near a cattle station, and stock
man who was out riding stumbled
upon him. He was taken into the
house and every attention was be-
slowed upon him, and eventually he
recovered his health and strength.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28
SPOKANE MARKET.
Wholesale.

Dairy products-Eggs fresh eastern,
81 case; local ranch, recandled, $14
case; carton eggs, April carton, So case;
butter, fresh Washington state cream
cry, 3sc h.; fresh eastern extras, Sec;
Wisconsin cream cheese, 1s2@19c;
Wisconsin limburger, 19c h.; block and
wheel domestic cheese, 2o@21c h.; i'm
ported Swiss cheese, 2sc h.; Edam
cheese, $1,000 doz.; Roquefort cheese,
40c h.; Canadian cream cheese, $1.25
doz
Flour-First patent, 1878 bbl.; sec
ond patents, $3.50 Dbl.
Fancy Yakima honey, $3.50 case;
idaho, $3.25@3.SO case.
Figs-Dried, 100000 1O-lb. box; figs
n bulk, 6@7c h.; raisins, fancy, $40
lb.; raisins, bulk, 1-2c h.; currants,
DOC lb.
Seeds, Wholesale.
Red clover, $17@1s per cwt.; fancy
Kentucky bluegrass, $4,000 cwt.; tim
othy, prime, $5.5O@6 cwt.; white clover,
$22@23 cwt.; alfalfa, $4,000 cwt.;
winter rye, $4,000 cwt.; winter wheat,
$1.75@1.s5 cwt.
sugar-CAne, $6.4O; fruit sugar, $e.4O.
Coffee-Common package goods, $1s
cwt.
Prices Paid to Producers.
Timothy hay $50 ton; grain hay, SIG
OH ton; alfalfa, ST. ton; oats, $3.50
cwt.; feed wheat, $1.5O.
Hides-Green, 8 1-2c lb; green bulk,
SC h.; green calf, 14c h.; green kips,
&c h.; green salt steer hides, 1oc h.;
dry butehered hides, good, 16@1sc h.;
dry country hides, good, 15c h.; wool,
16@2ee h.; shearhngs, 25@S0c each;
city butchers steers, 1Oc Id.
Live stock-Steers, live weight, 4@
Ice h.; cows, live weight, 1903 1-2C
h.; sheep, live weight, SC h.; hogs, live
weight, 1-4@s lie h.; veal, rough
and heavy, 4@4 Lee lb.
POultry-Live hens, lie h.; dressed
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28
Some Business Resolutions.

Don t make resolutions unless you
intend to keep them, advises the Inter
state (St. Louis) Grocer, but suggests
the following in the shape of fixed bust
ness rules:
Resolve to make your store better
and cleaner than it was last year. You
may think, and many are justified in so
thinking, that the limit of improvement
has been reached. Look around closely
and see if that is the case.
Resolve to cut prices on no goods you
handle. If every retailer would do that
how much better off they would be.
Resolve to see that your clerks are
always polite to customers-and see
that you set them good example.
Resolve to attend the meetings of
your association, if you are fortunate
enough to be a member of one.
Resolve to devote a little more time
to both the buying and selling end of
your business. You may find that you
can save a little more here and there
and shut off few leaks.
Resolve to give the Golden Rule a
chance to operate in your store. 1t is
not bad one to follow.
Resolve to work for the betterment
of others in the same line of business
that you are in. 1t helps to better
yours.
Resolve to work against parcels post
and for a reduction of the ten-cent tax
on colored oleomargarine. Parcels post
will hurt every retail merchant. The
cleo tax is hard on them.
But, above all, resolve to keep your
good resolutions and make only those
which you know you can keep.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28

wrong with the car Try as he would,
Arthur could not make 1t go. At last.
in desperation, he asked me II woulo
mind waiting alone while he tried 10
find a garage, as it was no good vast
ing more time over the wretched thing
felt so desperate that l did not seem
to mind anything. After what seemed
to me an eternity Arthur returned &C.
companied by a mechanic, and though
the repairs were done with the utmost
speed the delay was 80 great uhat
we did not get back until z O'CLOCK
this morning. Naturally, Of course
Jim was furious, and as was bound
to secrecy l could not give full eX-
PLANTATION or defend myself, and so
Jim accused me of-of having a lover
and"
Here Betty broke down and, hiding
her face in the cushions, soooeo as
though her heart would break.
In few seconds, however, she had
recovered, and, rising from the couch
held out a shaking hand to Joan.
Never mind, dear, no doubt 1t Will
come out all right, and some day
shall be able to explain to jim"
mot some day, Betty, but to-day
this very evening when Jim comes
home to dinner. How could you think
I would purchase my happiness at the
nrice of yours?" And Joan bent over
her friend, giving her loving kiss
az don't suppose Jim will be home
to dinner, joan"
"Then shall stay with you, dearT'
Thanks very much, Joan, but II
you don't mind I'd rather be alone
You see" with brave attempt at
smile, Jim might come home and
then. you dear impulsive child, you
would simply go for him."
"Of course / should, Betty, and why
not?"
mo. dear. not yet. First get your
people to like Arthur and then things
will be easier. You know Jim thinks
him too frivolous and hardly the sort
of husband for his sister, but feel
sure when they once know him they
will alter their opinion"
What a staunch friend. you are,
RAttv. and how Jim must love YOU"
II used to think he did, but now
I'm afraid he will find 1t hard to love
and trust me again"
"No he won't, dear, for give you
full leave to tell him everything.
How good you've been both to Arthur
and myself, and that It was only your
love for me that made you take him
up"
"But. dear, do you think it's wise
inst at this time when things are snap
ing themselVeSr
"WiSs or not, my sweetest OF Bettys
vou are to do 1t. So before l SO
give me your promise that everything
shall be explained"
Reluctantly Betty promised and Joan
rose to take her leave.
Left alone Betty's thoughts turned
again to Jim and to wondering wheth
ar he really intended her to spend the
evening alone, the first, by the way
she had spent by herself since hel
marriage.
Presently q soft little smile fitted
across her face and her eyes shone.
81 know. will put on his tavoritG
rowu and wear his favorite flowers
iust to show him how much wish II
be friends" and Betty, with a pleas
urable excitement taking possession
Of her, commenced her toilette. WheI
svorythAng was eOmUlets the reelection
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28

hens, 1sc h.; live boosters, &c, dressed,
lie h.; spring chickens, dressed, 13c
h.; turkeys, live. gle h.; turkeys
dressed, 24c h.; spring ducks, lac h.;
dressed, Ice ID.
Ranch eggs-cass, $1s@1s, case
count.
Butter-Good ranch, s5@3Oc ID.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28
NOON.

Charmed into silence lay
The forest, dimly liz;
No wind that summer day
Moved the least leaf of Il
No choric branches stirred
Its calm profound and deep.
Nor voice of any bird,
But silence dreamed like sleep.
Like dew upon the grass
1t fell upon my soul;
Loosed it to soar and pass
Beyond the stars control
Vague memories 1t woke,
Shapes far too frail for touch;
And then the silence broke;
Lest l should learn too much.
Frederic Manning, in the Atlantic.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28
Too HaHty.

Now that the baseball seasons
over" sighed Henry Jawlittle.
Perhaps" interrupted Mrs. Jawlit-
tie, you will put up the storm door,
build q coal bin in the cellar, clean
the furnace, put up fruit shelf, take
in the ny screens and repair that snow
shovel"
II was about to say" spoke up Jaw
little. that would consider your de-
mand for a new set Of furs."
And then Mrs. Jawlittle regretted
that she had spoken.-Detroit Free
Press.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28
U S TO INVESTIGATE
MEAT TRUST AT CHICAGO is
BEING PROBED.
Meat Packers win Face Federal Grand
Jury at Chicago Many Witnesses on
Hand Attorney for Government Will
Try to Break Up the Huge Com
bination.

Chicago With leading attorneys for
Chicago meat packers in the city, the
federal grand jury is making prepare
lions in the initial movement of the
government IS second big fight to break
the alleged combination of packers to
maintain high meat prices.
"a United States District Attorney Sims
will open criminal proceedings against
the packers with presentation of a
large amount of data gathered by him
self and assistants. That the govern
anent intends to wage vigorous and
hard fought campaign is believed to be
Shown by the fact that civil proceed
ings are for the time made secondary to
criminal Sims has a score of witnesses
here and has been working quietly for
several months. These are expected to
go before the grand jury, and upon
their testimony Sims expects to secure
indictments against leading packers.
Will Boycott Meat Trust.
Poughkeepsie, N. members of the
Glass Blowers union have voted to alb
stain from using meat after February
until the price has been considerably
n decreased.
Morgantown, w. Va.-Two thousand
employees of four glass factories and OF
5 the American Sheet and Tin Plate com.
pany have signed pledge to abstain
4 from eating meat for 60 days.
Minneapolis. = The first organized
stand in Minneapolis against the higl
price of meat was taken Sunday when
more than 500 men employed in the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul shops
4 joined the boycott.
Clergy Roast Meat Trust.
Baltimore. - Discussing the higl
price of meat the Rev. Francis H
Scott, of the Catholic Union Christian
church, in a sermon Sunday said: "TC
Jail with the oppressors of the poor
There is no civilized country that ha'
it's vitality sapped to such degree a
has the United States by the trusts. ,
The Rev. DR.. Henry M. Wharton o.
Brantlin Baptist church, referring t.
the meat boycott, said: off such
# great movement does not alarm tn,
trusts and wake up congress thel
something else will happen. 1t is tn
first muttering of the distant thunder
Secretary Wilson Talks.
Undoubtedly if the farms wer
raising more meat the price would b.
reduced" said Secretary Wilson of tn
department Of agriculture, in comment
ing upon the widespread boycott
against meat products. "There are no
enough people on the farms raising
food, and too many people are goini
to the towns to be fed.
"Three-quarters of million pee
ple," said Secretary Wilson, "ar
coming to the United States annuall
from abroad. They do not go to tn
farms where they might help raise foo
for the nation. Farmers can not ge
help. The foreigners, go to the cite
and they have to be fed. The cite
produce nothing to eat although the
to produce something to drink. :"
"Have you any plan for inducin
people to go to the farms where the
may help to raise food?" the secretar
was asked.
Jim Hill says they will go ther
when they get hungry" said the SCI
rotary, after shaking his head in repl
to the question.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28
Dangerous Ground.

ALLOW me to congratulate you on
your speech"
Don't do that" replied the young
member Of the diplomatic service. Elf
1 have said anything calculated to at
tract notice there is no telling how
much trouble it may make me-
Warrington Star.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28
Pacific Coast wheat.

Tacoma-Wheat: Bluestem, $1.17@
LIS; club, $1,os; red Russian, $1.o7.
Portland-Wheat, track prices: Club,
$1.0s; bluestem, $1.1s; red Russian,
$1.O5; turkey red, $1.1o; fortyfold,
$1.1O valley, $1.06.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28
AT Their Worst,

"She doesn't think SO much OF men,
What's the matter with her2"s
well, she's cashier In a tailor shop
She's used to seeing men get fitted for
their togs"-Louisville Courier-Jours
aal.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28

Nothing lowers a man 20 much in
the estimation Of his friends as being
always on his uppers.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28

"Some people say lunch and some
luncheon and yet, of course, both
mean the same thing"
81 don't think so. Ny idea is that
lunch is masculine and luncheon
feminine.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28

Never say fail. Just 90 ahead and
fail and your creditors will Hooa hear
Of It.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28

Women are superior to men because
nsy always say they are.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-28
seems Reasonable

Everybody feels that he ought 70
see Shakespeare"
That's one reason why they d0nG
30, reckon" remarked the theatTicaD
manager. Courier Journal.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-12
SOUTHERN MILLS SHOW
INCREASED CONSUMPTION

Fuller E. Galloway was on the floor OF tne
New York cotton exchange yesterday and SAID
that recent reports published to the erect tnat
southern mills were decreasing consumption up
TO this time were erroneous. Mr.. CaHaWsy Is
treasurer of the Unity Cotton mills OF La
Grange Ca. president Of the Unlisted manu-
featuring company, of Conyers. Ca, treasurer
of the Elm City Cotton mills. OF LaGrange'
and president of the Manchester Cotton mills,
Of Manchester Ga. He says he feels posluVely
certain that the southern mills have consumed
from September l. 1909, to April l, IslO, at
least per cent more than the previous season
for the same seven months period. There VIII,
however be some curta1lment this summer De-
cause the cotton is not in The country. Mr..
galloway had a talk with or the biggest
BUYERS of very prominent goods house yesterday,
who said he would rather buy cotton goods tnan
sell them at the price he was selling mem AT
yesterday.
referring more particularly to the operations
of mills in which he is interested, Mr.. Galloway
said: "The Unlisted Manufacturing company
consumed 19 per cent more cotton Tor seven
months ending April than for the same period
last season. The Unity mills consumed "A per
cent more, and the Elm City mills - per cent
more than last year for the same period. while
all three mills have consumed more cotton for
this period than ever before for the same seven
MONTHS
Mr. w. c. Heath. of Monroe, N e., president
and treasurer of several large North Carolina
mills, also stated that these reports OF curtaiI-
ment were not so except in small cases. He
practically confirmed all Mr.. Galloway said.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-12
JAMES A. PATTEN SAYS
COTTON Is A PURCHASE

NEW YORK, April 7.-Yesterday's Evening
Mil says: ]. A. Patten is still a bull on cot
ten. The recent break has not disturbed
him; believes higher prices will be reached. Yes
terday when everybody appeared to be sell
lax Mr.. Patton was quietly buying n good
suDply at low figures. what they do on the
New York exchange don't worry me-" said MT.
Patten, because it is but one mans mar
ket The great trouble over there Is the fsct
that because McFadden feels besrish on the
market all the rest of the fellows follow In
line McFadden is said to be short or cotton.
That alone appears to be sufficient cause tor
them all to follow in his path. l am tuIly
aware that they don't like the idea OF me en-
terng into this fight. They emit understand
why any western fellow, rank outsider,
should lntrude on their ground. Personally 1t
does not worry me at all. Yesterday. pre-
sumo they said that Fatten was selling ana
that caused n lot Of them to jump Into the mar
ket and wildly sell in order to help Patton lose
his money If they thought / was selling they
were much mistaken. On the other hand, l
bought cotton yesterday on the break.
.'McFadden in order to make an effect on the
market has been shipping cottcn here from
Liverpool So far know that he has bsc
shipped here %, O00 bales. He is losing from 81
TO IS per bale. AS a matter Of fact. prices
only reason for Shipping to this country is to
demonstrate that there Is large supply avail
nble / don't know just how long this viii
continue IL there Is plenty OF cotton, why
does he not get it from the southS
at any rate ] don't care whether cotton is
shipped from abrlad or from any other place.
| am still bullisn on the outlook and after 1t
is all over / don't believe 1 VIII have any
thing 10 worry about.
II became interested in the cotton market
because I felt that conditions warranted higher
prices, and 1 believe firmly that they Will be