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The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12

johnson had dropped his hat and was
STOPPING for it.
This way" ! motioned to Nc.
knight. and We wheeled into the mar
row passage behind US, back of the
boxes. At the end there was a door
leading into the wings. and as We
went boldly through / turned the key
The final set was being struck, and
TO one paid any attention to US. Luck.
lily they were similarly Indifferent to
banging at the door I had locked.
banging which. judged. signitied
Johnson.
Il guess we've broken up his inter
ference" Mcknight chuckled.
Stage hands were hurryirg In every
direction; pieces OF the side wall OF
! the last drawing room menaced US: a
switchboard behind us was singing
like tea-kettle Everywhere We
stepped We were in somebody's way.
At last We were across. confronting a
man in his shirt sleeves. who by dots
and dashes OF profanity seemed to be
directing the chaos.
Well" he said. wheeling on US.
What can | do for YOU"
Il would like TO ask" l replied. III
you have any idea just where the last
cinematOgraph picture was taken"
Broken toard-picnickers-
No. The Washington Filler"
He glanced at my bandaged arm.
The announcement says two
miles," Mcknight put in. but We
should like to know whether 1t Is rail-
road miles. automobile miles. or 20
iiceman miles"
Il am sorry I can't tell you" he re-
piled. more civiliy. We get those pic
lures by contract We don't take them
ourselves
Where are the cOmpany's ofIices?"
New York" He stepped forward
and Srasped super by the shoulder.
What in blazes are you doing with
that gold chair in a kitchen set? Take
that piece of pink plush there and
throw it over q soap box. If you have
not got a kitchen chair"
had not realized the extent of the
shock. but row dropped into a chair
and wiped my forehead. The unex-
pected glimpse of Alison West fol-
lowed almost Immediately by the rev.
citation Of the picture, had left me
limp and unnerved Mcknight was
looking a: his watch.
He says the moving picture peo-
pie have an Office downtown. We can
make II If we go on now"
So he called cab. and We started
at gallOp. There was no sign Of
the detective. Upon my word
Richey said. Il feel lonely without
him"
The people at the downtown office
Of the cinematograph company were
very obliging. The picture had been
taken, they said. at NJ. Just two
miles beyond the scene of the wreck.
1t was not much. but 1t was something
to work on. decided not to so home.
but TO send Meningitis Jap for my
clothes. and to dress at the Incubator.
! was determined. If possible. to make
my next days investigations without
Johnson. I'm the meantime. even II It
was for the last time. | would see Her
that night. gave Stogie a note for
Mrs Klopton. and with my dinner
clothes there came back the gold bag
wrapped in tissue paper
,TO BE CONTlNUEDD
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PlS!9!! ?:::$'::::;;!!:::;;::$::!!!$;;;:
for COUGHS and C0l0SI
ATcHiSON'S ORDER OF SPINS
Unmarried, and contented WithaL
They Have Mapped Out for
Themselves q Pious City.

There was called a meeting Of the
Ancient Order Of Spins last evening
and papers were read on every sub
ject. from removing grease from car
pets to the sad memories that attach
to a bunch Of old letters The Spins
we're having a hilarious time when .
visiting Spin got up to make few 70
marks. She said that, while they are
happy now. there was q sad time com
ing. Think of the day." she said
when. having no husbands or chill
dren. you will be all alone" There
was a sniff and then q snort as Spin
after Spin recalled wives and mothers
who are alone from daylight till dark.
except when some member of the fam
ly wants waiting on. The smiling
md snorting increased in volume as
Spin after Spin told of her freedom
from worry. her independence In n
nancial matters and the Joy OF doing
as she pleased. But We must not
take offense at what our sister has
said." one Spin remarked. Let 10
show our good intentions by Calling
on every lonesome wife and mother
We know" This was six weeks ago.
and though the Spins have devoted
every afternoon and evening since to
this missionary work. they haven'S
made half the rounds yet.-AtchisoD
Globe,
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SYNOPSIS.

Lawrence Blak.ley. lawyer. goes 10
pittsburg with the forged notes IN the
bronson case TO ct t!lr deposition % John
Gilmore. m!!iicna.re. In the !atfer'S home
ne is attracted by q picture OF young
girl whom the millionaire explains Is f!s
granddaughter, 4 lady requests kiakeiey
to buy her a Pullman ticket. He gives
her lower eleven a:.i retains lower ton
He ftads a drunken man ia lower ten ana
retirrs ia lower nine. IL" aTek""S N
hover F"vc,I ard Ends his clothes and h:t;
missing. The man In lower t"p is t"cn1
murdered, CirCU:nstaniial cvid"D"" places
both blakei'y and Ih. Unknown man VINO
had exchanged clothes VIZ hi::. under
suspicion OF murder. ISlak"ley becomes
interested In girl ia blue. tn" tram
f. wrecked. Slar;elc,- Is rescued from tn'
hurnIn: car by III" Eirl in blue. HIS arm
rs bro IN. They go 20 III" Carter rit''''
for breakfast. I'll" girl proves {" 10" All
son West. his purt!'rs sweetheart. li'f
peculiar actions Tnys'ify m" lawyer Sh"
drops hrr gold bag an! Elak"l"y pats II
in his pocket. Elak"lCy r'tUTnS nome.
He finds that 10 Is under Surveillance"
and hears OF strange d"inEs in tn" house
next door.
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had continued the case. In hope Of
such contingency.
At noon left the office and took q
veterinarian to see Candida. the in
jured pony. BY one o'clock my first
days duties were performed. and a
lc2g Sahara OF hot afternoon
stretched ahead. Mcknight. always
glad to escape from the grind. sug-
gested a vaudeville, and in sheer
cnnui | consented. l could neither
ride. drive nor golf, and my own COM
pany bored Inc TO distraction.
Coolest place in town these days"
he declared. Electric fans, breezy
songs, airy costumes. And there's
Johnson just behind the coolest
proposition in Washington"
He gravely bought three tickets and
presented the detective with one.
Then We went i'll. Having lived a nor
rial, busy life. the theater in the aft
Crnoon is TO me about on q par with
ice cream for breakfast Up on the
stage a very stout woman in short
pink skirts. with 4 smile that Nc
Knight declared looked like I slash in
roll OF butter, was singing nasally.
with Il labOriouS kick at the end of
each verse. Johnson. two rows ahead.
went 10 sleep. Mcknight prodded me
with his elbow
Look at the first box to the right"
ne SAID, in a stage whisper. want
act
Ii was the first time I had seen her
since l put her in the cab at Balti-
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coat was flying open In the wind He
was swung well out from the car. hi,
free hand gripping a small valise.
every muscle tense for a jump.
Good God. that's my man." / said
hoarscly. Is the audience broke into
applause. Mcknight half rose: in his
seat ahead Johnson stiaed a yawn and
turned TO eye Ire.
dropped into my chair Imply. and
tiled 10 control my excitement. The
man On the las; platform of the train -
said. He was just about to leap;
I'll swear that was my bag
Could you see his face?" Mcknight
asked in an undertone. Would you
know him again."
No. His hat was pulled down and
his head vas bent. I'm going back to
find out where that picture was Ia
ken. They say two niles. but it may
have been forty.
The audience. busy with its wraps,
had not noticed. Mrs. Dallas and Al
ison West had gone. In front of US
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growth Just to see where it would 60
TO. 1t finally decided to stop at the
height of nine and a half feet. and
then the exquisite bloom hung over
In such q graceful way. showing a
flower almost black with a bright. vel.
low center about the size Of ascent
piece. The petals looked like heavy
silk velvet, and the blooms were as
large as my tubers produced. Some
of the others were equally as beauti-
full, one being a magenta. with the
back of the petals striped in white:
another was a fawn shade and very
odd: another was yellow outlined On
each petal with red. and still an
other was a peculiar shade bordering
on a brick-dust color. the back of the
petals being yellow. This combination
was perfectly beautiful. and thought
by many who saw 1t to be the love
lest in the lot. In all. I secured 80
plants. and every one was gem.
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l want the flower loving readers to
know Of the success I had with dahl
las from seeds. l ordered one packet.
and sOwed it in a tox. having no idea
that l had such a glorious treat In
store. writes a South Carolina Florist
In Parks Floral Magazine. Within
five days the seedlings had pushed up
IN little humps" and soon were hold.
ing their heads up. looking strong and
vigorous. As soon as they We're large
enough to transplant. I put them In
good. loamy, wellworked soil. and !
could actually see them grow. With
In three weeks l noticed the color of
some stalks was dark red. and others
light green. The buds commenced to
show soon. and then swell. and oh.
the pleasure In watching the differ
ent ColoTs show! Some grew faster
than others. but all grew entirely to
my satisfaction. There was one par
ticular plant that grew and kept on
growing and We encouraged this
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SAVES LIVES
OF CHICKENS
Kansas Poultry Raiser Has DIS.
covered and Put Into Practice
Means Of Preventing Large
Mortality Among Chicks.

A well-known Kansas City poultry
man. Ernest Kellerstrass. has discov-
cred and put into practise a new
means of preventing the common
large mortality Of 5rooder chicks. The
remedy Is SO simple that at first
thought it appears almost ridiculous.
1t consists only in the use of black
soil in the floor Of the brooder.
Mr.. Kellerstrass by accident. two or
three years ago. noticed that piece of
sod placed on the floor of a brooder
was quickly worked on by the chicks.
They stood on it and scratched on IL
In preference to the wooden floor Of
the brooder. The entire floor of the
brooder was then covered with sod,
and it was found that the chicks on
the God covered door were stronger,
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12
Has Many Qualities That Make He'
More Popular Than Her Beau
tiful Sister.

In these days the homely girl is an
absolute necessity. for she is like a
cooling. quoting draft
She comforts tired workers on their
return from the whirl of busy towns:
she can make a humble home-or a
mansion-a place of happiness.
Her simplicity is her greatest
charm She pursues neither ambition
nor ideals. but confines herself to the
essentially useful things OF life. Man.
under her benign sway. becomes
again as a little child: he drops the
world for a time. and revels in the
delight of domesticity. and returns
again to the fray like a giant re-
freshed
Ali her arts. too. are simple. easily
fathomed: she practices no deep-laid
wiles: yet she is final and all-power-
full factor in human affairs. The very
directness of her purpose gains her
end
The "homely girr' Is seen at her
best, of course. in the home. smiling
happily and wearing q big apron. She
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Hon1ely Girl a Necessity

dus:s and cooks with quiet enthusiasm
and manages her household as II II
were an important principality. Her
cooking. be it whispered. is divine. and
thus she claims reverent admiration
from many masculine minds.
Her work seems genuine delight
to her. She tolls with merry heart.
and. when the time comes for play.
she disports herself with an equally
simple and delightful pleasure Ar
tificiality shrinks from her presence.
AS wife. the "homely girl'' is. let
1t be known. pre-eminent She wraps
her heart and soul around home and
husband. No detail Is too small for
her ardent attentior.-Philadel
Press.
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Why Dickens Wrote "chris.n1as Caro-

Why Dickens Wrote "christn1as Carol"
noticed a statement In one of the
papers recently that DiofenS wrote his
christmas Carol witt the express OBJ
iect of reviving the popular interest in
the Christmas season and its fsstivi.
ties. This is pleasing fiction which
had often been previously me; with
The fact is that Dickens w-ote the
Christmas Carol" in the autumn Of
ISL: because he was short OF money
and in great need OF $1,000 The most
candid chapter in Forst"r'S Life" il
the one lin the second vulIG,"l wh:cn
relates the tale OF Dickens disc r?oint.
inent and despair when he received
the Carol" accounts. for instead Of
the $1,000 he had Sc: his cart and
soul upon" the sum due to him was
only sl.l50. Dickens wrote: My
years bills, unpaid. are so terrific that
I'll the energy and determination
can possibly exert will be required to
clear me before I go abroad" Dick
ems ultimately cleared $3.50 by the
Christmas Carol on a sale OF $4,000
copies.-LondOn Truth.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12
EIirtinq With Fashion.

That innate tendency on the part
Of the fair consumer to flirt with fash
ion. playing fast and loose with vari-
Gus commodities. Is responsible for
the uncertainties tina: have prevailed
during the month. There was such q
lack of confidence as to the ultimate
acceptance of the various lines pre-
pared by distributors and consumers
that buying was somewhat mini mixed
Prosperity or adversely has nothing To
do with the millinery business. Fash
ion alone makes or breaks.-Millinery
Trade Review.
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A FOOD DRINK.
Which Brings Daily Enjoyment

A lady doctor writes
Though busy hourly with ny own
affairs, / will not deny myself the
pleasure of taking q few minutes to
tell Of my enjoyment daily Obtaine4
from my morning cup of Postum. Il
is . food beverage. not q poison IKE
coffee.
ago. not because l wanted to. but -
cause coffee. which l dearly loved.
made my nights long weary periods to
be dreaded and uniting me for bus3
ness during the day.
On the advice Of . friend. I Arss
tried Postum. making II carefully -
directed ON the package. As l haA
always used cream and no sugar. !
mixed my Postum 50. II looked good,
was clear and fragrant, and It Was .
pleasure to see the cream color Il -
my Kentucky friend always wanted
her coffee to look-1ike a new cd
de-
Then I tasted II critically, for I had
tried many substitutes for coffee. ]
was pleased. yes. satisfied. with NJ
Postum in taste and effect, and N
yet. being q constant user Of Il IN
these years.
Il continually assure my friends and
acquaintances that they will like Il q
place of coffee, and receive bene0A
from its use. I have gained weight,
can sleep sound and am not nervoua'
There's {: Reason"
Read The Road to Wellville" In pks.
Ever read the above letter7 > nss
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of huuaa
Interest.
Ever read the above letter. a n~v
one appears fron tine to time. ~
are genuine tFOes and fall Oe hRaaS
interest.
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Milk Al q Food

Analyses prove that one quart of
milk containing five per cent butter
fat and costing in the market from
) to 12 cents. is equal in food value
to five-sixths of a pound of sirloin
steak. costing from Is to 20 cents. and.
as meats are generally cooked, it is
probably far more disestible and the
comparative value greater than indi.
Gated.
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Wedding Trip with Fifty Slaves

wedding Trip with Fifty Slaves.
By the death Of Mrs. Sarah Eliza.
beth Summers some time ago Mis-
souri, lost one of its pioneers. Mrs.
Summers was married to James p.
Summers. also a Kentuckian, when
she was II years old. On their wod.
ding trip they came BY steamboat to
Missouri, bringing with them about
fifty slaves.-Kansas City Times.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12

Pea straw is well liked by sheep
ana is ahead of all other folders. with
the possible exception of clover hay.
In Canada. where the pea crop is a
general one. the straw is always saved
for the sheep and Is fed probably
more extensively than any other fod
der.
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ments. there was shown an average
gain per acre. due to spraying. of 66A
bushels. The average net cost of
spraying per acre was 81 cents and
the average price of potatoes at dig
ging time was SO cents per bushel. A
little mental arithmetic makes 1t self.
evident that 1t pays to spray.
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Prompt Work.

A man may make some mistakes by
doing things too early in the season,
but being right up on the bit" with
the work invariably pays out best.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12
Gull the Flock.

The simple fact that lamb il reg.
istered doesn't mean that he's good
enough to breed. Gull closely.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1910-11-12
Big Land Deal

j. B. Carson, Of Solano, called
Tuesday to visit the editor. Mr..
Carson recently promoted a land
deal in Union county by which
the ''Baca Claims comprising
$4,000 acres of the best range
land in the county becomes the
property Of Louis Stunkle, Of
Wichita. Kansas. The consider
alton is $500 per acre. This is
one of the biggest land deals made
in this part Of the territory in re-
cent years and we congratulate
|Mr. Carson on his connection
with it.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1910-11-12

The West will meet in San Fran
cisco November 18th, and have a
calm, serious talk concerning the
pormblem of the Pacific Slope
States, the progress that may be
made through co operation, and
the achievements the next few
years may witness. The con-
ference will last three days. 1t
has been called by Governor J..
N. Gillett of California, and term
ed the Pacific Coast Congress.
Governors of eight states aud
territories will be present inclu-
ding New Mexico, Hawaii and
Alaska, and prominent men from
the whole West well be present.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1910-11-12
Postoffice Changes

Miss Ollie Mitchell, of Pleasant
View, is the new clerk at the
post Office and is picking up the
routine rapidly. We trust Miss
Mitchell will find the position
congenial and enjoy living in town.
Miss Lulu Cox, ex-deputy P.
M. has accepted a position in the
Goodman Mercantile Co.'S store
and is becoming familiar with the
new duties. We are glad that
Miss Cox is to still maintain the
pleasant relations with the pub
lie, formed duriug her long service
in the postofice and her wide
acquaintance and popularity
should make her a valuable assis-
tant in the store.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1910-11-12
Wants to Know


DR.. F. H. Bryant writes from
Cottonwood Falls. Kansas, asking
for more specific information on
the acreage and condition of the
wheat CROP here than has been
published in the Spanish Ameri-
can. We are not able to give q
correct estimate as to the acreage
but it is enough to consume all
the seed raised last season and
much more probably over 5000
acres. AS to the condition, it is
hard to get at it, as the first SOW
ing in September is just getting
up nicely and much has been put
in the past week, and more will
be still later. The heavy wet
snow has put the soil in the best
possible condition for quick ger
mination and will carry the plants
till spring.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1910-11-12
Luckless Hunters

A Aparty Of deer hunters includ-
ing such old-tlmers as Les. All
dredge, Frank Mcdaniel, Tom
McGrath and F. H. Foster drove
to the canyons Saturday through
the storm in the hope of surpris-
inga deer and soaring tito death,
They spent an uncomfortable
night and tramped miles through
the breaks only TO return deerless
next day. Mcdaniel did find {
pair of newlg shed horns and they
all saw lots of tracks.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1910-11-12
Gone Democratic

Election returns indicate that
the Democrats have carried the
election in most of the States and
made large gains everywhere.
This defeat does not surprise
Republicans who have kept pos
ted on political matters, they
knew it was coming, but our dem
ocrats here are too surprised to
fully realize what has happened.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1910-11-12
Masquerade Ball

The Masquerade Ball given by
the young ladies at the Bushke-
vitz Hallin Roy, Saturday night
was in every way a success.
Socially it was one Of the best
that has happened lately and
financially there was a consider
able sum left after meeting ex-
penses which will be donated to
the;School Library. Many pleas
ing costumes were worn, as well
as some very grotesque ones. W..
Fred Ogden won the prize with a
nondescript conglomeration of
rags and pet chicken. Max
Carlsruher was a close second
with a hobo makeup. Mrs.
Bushkevitz in an Indian costume
deceived all who did not know
her makeup and even after she
unmasked many did not know
her. The MUSIC by the Hanson
Floersheim orchestra was up to
their high standard and the best
Of order and goodfellowship pre-
vailed.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1910-11-12
Veteran Home
steader.


J. G. Reed, of Solaho, President
of the Pleasant View Farmers
Oo-operative Club and also Pres
ideDt Of the Mora County Sunday
School Association, was in town
Thursday and filed on an add.
tional quarter section of land ad
joining the editors claim near
Solano. Mr.. Reed is a veteran
of the civil war and is getting
along in years but is still a pretty
husky man and can turn 9 handss
spring with any man in the terri
tory. His son, R. W. Reed, left
Thursday for Fairfield, Iowa,
where lie will husk corn this fall.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1910-11-12
Much Cattle

Union County stockmen ship
ped trainload of cattle to the
Kansas City market last week.
T. E. Mitchell had 90 cars, the
ID" Ranch 8 cars and Gus B,
Coots 13 cars, Al cars in all. The
run was made in "a hours over
the Rock Island Line. Some of
this stock topped the market. one
four-year-old grass-fat steer sold
for $90.50 and yoke of oxen for
$l25.00. The returns from the
shipment totaled $45,0OO.00.
With shelter and feed the New
Mexico homesteader with a small
bunch of cattle can raise a better
grade Of stock and get better
prices than the big ranchmen and
escape the risk and loss of the
open range.
Mr.. Slaughter, of the Bravo
Ranch will winter 2,4OO head OF
galloway steers in the Nara Visa
country where the grass is fine.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1910-11-12
Wholesale Liquor
House

The California Wine and Liq-
uor House is the name given to
the new wholesale liquor estab-
lishment in the building formerly
owned by Alcario Ortega on 3d
ST., Roy.
The proprietcrs are Messrs. 2.
v. Mona and w. Frank Walko-
walk, late Of Chicago. Both are
enterprising and highly educated
men and they are laying the
foundation for an immense whole
sale business.
Mr.. Walkowiak has been iden-
tilted with the business and polit-
ical interests of South Chicago
for a number of years, and is a
live wire at all stages of the game.
He is Of German Polish descent
and has for years taken an active
interest in politics campaigning
and making speeches in both the
English and Polish language.
Men Of his experience and ac-
auaintsnce with business affairs
are what we need here when Roy
begins to assume metropolitan
proportions.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1910-11-12

Chas. Frazier and Vic. Sould
paugh drove up from Solano SAT-
urday evening. Vic attended the
ball and brought some photo post
cards he had made for friends
here. Charley wouldn't tell us
what he came or,only that it was
for "a cold one.p whatever that
means.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1910-11-12

Antonio Meloche, Of Ration, has
purchased twenty cars of cement
for use in the big dam for his ir-
rigation project at his ranch just
below the Johnson Mesa. The
dam will be 1, 100 feet lrslg and &C
feet high, and will impound flood
water from over so square miles
of range and willsupply water for
2,0e0 acres.
The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1910-11-12

Mike Krannawitter, of Tucum-
carl. attended the masquerade
bali here Saturday evening. He
IS very popular with the younger
set. Elmer Neal, fireman on
the E. P. g S, w. between Tu-
cumcari and Dawson arrived in
town Saturday and attended the
mask ball. He remained and is
making more improvements or
his claim.