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Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-06-15

J y Cross writes the teGger from
Ceres, California. thaI ~ is enjoy
ing splendid health, and is prosper
Gus and happy. but wobli ike very
mafh to q his old AsG.aln county
frie-.dH.
ooERRIEs SELLS OIL BUSINESS.
A v Doerres, OF Mexico. has
sold his independent oil business in
Fulton to j. w. Trigg for $3.50
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-06-15

taken into consideration the spectael,
becomes one Of horror.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-06-15
lNrlaMARY CONTRACT NOT LEI.

The County Court met Monday i@f
The purpose OF opening the bids lf
the construction OF Audrain's new
county iufirmary. No action was tau
en- By the court.
aH
The person who borrowed b u
hiddleton's sadley riding eultlyalor
VII please return the same to his
farm at once. dwl
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-06-15

=. L. squires and wife, Of Ithaca.
Alen, were in Mexico this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-06-15

The uniform success thai ho. =.
~ Iga the use Of chamborlain's Col.
,e' cholera and Diarrhoea RemoG,
uaS made it a favorlte eyerywhorn
can always be depended upon. Far
sale by all dealers. u
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-06-15
STOCK KILLED BY LleHrN,no
LEDGER SPECIAL. ''

|bt June II.
Duf'ng the electrical storm satur
u"y evening Eugene Linn, residing
on m,'es south of here. had a pair
Sn,n '"'es and a pair of DRAFT mares.
s,lled by lightning. He had refused
latter. WV ior ING
nc stock had been turned out 81
me barn only a short time 49,
lucy were killed. They we're stand.
us near a barbed wire fence. Anon,
" nan an inch Of rain feu boro
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-06-15
OFFICIAL TIME CARD
W. S. F. P 7. co.
SUNDAY SCHEDULE.

Car leaves corner Jackson Street
ID Meslern Arnnna
The Prescott daily news., 1911-02-15
OUR SPECIAL AMBASSADOR
John Hays Hammond Is Selected to Represent United States at
 Coronation.

Washington, Feb. 15.-John Hays Hammond has accepted the appoint uuent as special ambassador to the coronation of King George V. in June. The last special ambassador to Great Britain was Theodore Roosevelt, who acted in that capacity at the funeral of King Edward.
 The selection of Mir. Hammond will cause some surprise. He long resided in England and British South Africa and in the popular mind is known chiefly on account of his part in the Jameson. raid. He was one of the four leaders sentenced to death. Later this sentence was commuted to 15 years and finally to fine of $125,00O. which he paid.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-02-15
--.. -
Discussing Live Topics.

Chicago, Feb 15.-The Illinois Lum- Der and Builders Supply Dealers as- sooiation began three days meeting in the La Sale hotel this morning with large attendance. The pro- gram has been so arranged that in- stead of long speeches there will be discussions of many topics of current interest, such as the cost of doing business, parcels post, arbitration, Canadian reciprocity, mechanics lien law and delayed shipments. Numer- ous entertainment features also have been planned.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-02-15

ted 10 continue and Increase, makes probable a final central control of the whole lumber industry. A few strong interests ultimately holding the bulk of tho timber can set the price of timber and it's products.
 When the timber has been cut the ,lnn3 remains There has been creat e1 therefore, not only the framework of an enormous timber monopoly, but also an equally sinister land concen tration in ezto siee sections.
 Finally to t'r Der centrMlzadon and tc land corcc tion is added, in cur most impotJan thaber section Q closely connected railroad domlna. tion, The formilalr possibilities of this combination in tla Pacific north. west and elsewhere are of the gravest public importance"
The Prescott daily news., 1911-02-15
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

Sir John Murray the eminent sci cHtst is a patient at the Corel Hill hospital in Eo an.
 Mayor Ha Whidock of Toledo oa has l~-t aa hospital, throughly recovered ilsa al Qpe ion.
 dneapoAs D.ass have giyen the ostol living downward push with further re4ac,i9ns in prices of i5ur
 Lou Brake Of streator, H., was killed by fal rom the hay, now of barn l. engaged in erecting. His neck 1Ioken.
 While in the act hopping" 8 Burlington freight tIG ar Wavcr- ly H., Holland West aged f2 years, was thrown undo he whee,s and instantly killed.
 Five men were killed ali .v0 were severely injured as the rl-, of a premature powder exploss in a small tunnel on the Grand II k Pa- cific at Kitzelas, B. c.
 George Bradshaw, farmer IT. ar Hillsdale. Mich, aged 47, hung ! m- self as the result of melalchc ia, from which he had suffered for t rec years He leaves a wife.
 Under the new commission form of government Rock Island H., will have ten candidates for mayor and II candidates for commissioners be- fore the primaries February 2S. 
 Ira Pope, a miner at Cass, Ind, set his house and clothing on fire by starting the stove fire with coal oil. Though his clothing was burning, he carried his child out, then fell un. conscious, and died later,
 Failing to secure the dismissal of the criminal indictments against them, the defendants in the govern, ment's action against the so-called bathtub trust will resist the govern. ment's civil suit and begin their de fense at Pittsburg.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-02-15
BETWEEN RIVAL
 ~oyNs CAUSE ONE DEATH AND THREATEN OTHERS.
TROOPS ARE HELD READY
|eb.rlH Attempts to Restore Order, Then Wires Governor for Aid Three Officers Held Prison
 CTS in Mountain Park.

Oklahoma City, Ok, Feb. 15.-State ,roops are being held in readiness for sariee fin Swanson county, following
 renewal of bostilities in the old lime war between the towns of Shy der and Mountain Park. At least one nan has been shot to death.
 Sheriff G. w. Daniels of Kiowa bounty crossed the lipe with @ posse of deputies to attempt to restore or Ider in Swanson county, and he has wired Governor Cruoa that the sita- ! Iton is critical and that further blood- shed is imunn.
 The feud between the two towns has existed W tn years. They are |mly three miles apart and at ire quent intervals armed bands from one ] Of the corr has made raids upon the otde. The cause is the de- sire of aach town to be the county seat
 Three Are Held Prisoners. C. E. Neil chairman of the county |commissiontr. J. K. ArmsTone c0m- y eommisslouor and J. p. Bustow. county clerk ue prisoners in Noun. tain Park, following a raid. The trio l are accused Of fayoring Snyder as the county saat
 After the raid prominent citizens of Snvdpr fCr5naf a uoesC and atfavsf,tf, 2 to rescue the prisoners, but the leader of the Mountain Park men sent this ultimatum
 Don't try 10 get these men or there will be some killing
 Rumors have reached here that many have been killed in guerrilla fighting, but this has not been con frmed, Other reports have 1t that all three prisoners had been shot to death. The latter is not believed here
 t has been definitely learned that Wyatt Staples, the employer of Bull, has been killed.
 The bloodiest fighting since the battle of the bridge nine years ago, when twelve men were killed. was ex. pected unless the prompted measures of the governor prevents it. The county seat was formerly at Mountain rark, but six months ago was secret, " moved to Snyder.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-02-15
S3O,O00 FORGERlES FOUND
Many of Poor Lose Their Savings Through Peculations Charged
 in Pontiac, III.

Pontiac, H., Feb. 15.-Forgeries. oi more than $30,000 in notes and mort gages have been found against George NJ. Clancy of this city, who disap peared a week ago. The total may reach $70,OO0.
 Many of the persons who fell prey to his forgeries are poor and have lost their entire life's savings. The supervisors of Livingston county of fer $200 for his capture.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-02-15
LUMBER TRUST IS SAID TO RIVAL STANDARD OIL
 COMPANY.
SMITH SOUNDS WARNING
United States Commissioner of Cor porations Sends Important Commu- nication to coneress-Aggres.
 sions Mean End of Forests.

Washington, Feb. 15.-The asser- tion that a vast timber trust, dwarf, ing Standard oil by comparison, is in the making, and startling statistics showing how the government has lost millions In disposing of timber lands, are contained in Q special report sent to congress by Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corporations
 Fournfths of the standing timber in this country, Smith says. is now privately owned, and three vast hold. ings alone-those of the Southern Pa
The Prescott daily news., 1911-02-15

ciflc company, the Weyerhauser Tim Der company and the Northern Pa cihc Railway company (includina their subsidiary companies), togethei have S,O0000O,O00 feet, or nearly II per cent of the privately owned tim. Der.
 These three holdings the report says, have enough standing timber to build an ordinary five or siX-room frame house for each of the 16,000,' 900 families in the United States in 1900.
 Equal to 100, ,o0o-Mile Train.
 If sawed into lumber and placed in cars, their timber would load a train about 100000 miles long.
 The largest holders are cutting lit tie of their timber. Thus they reserve to themselves those incalculable prof its which are still to accrue with the growth of the country, the diminish ing timber supply and the further conservation and control thereof Many of the very men who are pro testing against conservation and the national forest system, because or the tying up of natural resources, are themselves deliberately tying up farm land effectively for private gain"
 The report declares the timber now standing will last only about 5S years.
 Can Fix Timber Prices.
 Rich concentration in standing
 the report states, 'if permit
The Prescott daily news., 1911-02-15
Baggage Agents at San Antonio.

Baggage Agents at San Antonio.
 San Antonio, Tex, Feb. 15.-The thirtieth annual convention of the American Association of General Bag gage Agents was held here today and brought to the city very large num- Der of the members and their wives and children. The most important business before the meeting was the revision of the uniform fundamental rules. but many other technical mat ters were discussed.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-02-15
INJURED IN TRAIN WRECK
Seven Persons Are Hurt When Great Northern Cars Narrowly Escape
 Bath in Columbia River.

Wenatchee, Wash, Feb. 15.-Seven persons were injured, three of them seriously, when Great Northern train No. 4. east bound, went into the ditch Is miles west of Wenatchee. The entire train had a narrow escape from being hurled into the Columbia river. Some of the cars were thrown 100 feet.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-02-15
Indian Chiefs See Taft.

Washington, Feb. 15.-Thunderbull Prairie Chief, Red Bird Wolf Chief Sage Big Back and seven other lead CTS of the Arapahoe and Cheyenne tribes called on President Taft at the White House. Their object in com ing from Oklahoma was to confel with the commissioner regarding pro posed taxation of their lands
The Prescott daily news., 1911-02-15

american tc Attend Peace Conference n washington, Feb. 15.-Thomas c. on a"son' Who VIII act as the Ameri. i~ tan ueiegale to the peace conference ot m ,lonauIas between representatives .m o,p rresident Dayila and General Bo. si, si,la, has left Washington to execute
The Prescott daily news., 1911-02-15
AGED kENTUCKlANS SLAIN
'nree Negroes Commit Horrible Urine and Two Are Captured,
 But One Escapes.

Lexington, Ky, Feb. 15.-A special rum stanford, Kyp says three ne. sroes ST attacked three aged white men ss .aele' attempting robbery, killing two after fight.
 o., TWO negroes were captured. but an. s S'ner escaped. A mob is said to be
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-06-23
=
THE DUAL
Mr.. STERLING
Story of the Uncovering of
Two Clever Rosues
BY Howard Fielding
Copyright by American Press Asso-

BY Howard Fielding

was eating a bit of luncheon in the
garden of the college inn when | was
accosted by a man named Samuel
Hayward, carpenter who lived in the
upper half OF two family house
which stood at the rear of the grounds
of the inn and fronted on the other
street
LAS a doctor and college profes-
sor"- he began.
Instructor. not professor" said |.
"Would you be interested in a queer
case?"
Naturally ! asked him what it was,
and he told me that his nephew. who
had recently come to live with him,
was an example Of what is known as
a dual personality.
sort of Jekyll and Hyde?" said l.
"Yes," said he. 1--WE read that book.
It's like that, only in this case one of
'em is no worse than the other-sort of
foolish and queer, but not bad, so far
as can see, and it doesn't change his
looks very much, not 50 that you
wouldn't know him easy enough; but
by lingo, it gives him different eyes.
That's what | can't understand. When
he's himself his eyes are blue; when
he's the other fellow they're brown
What do you make of thaf?"
I'D like to see him." said |, and he
asked me to come with him to his
shop, where the young man was at
work.
when he's himself he's a good car
penter." added Hayward; when he's
not himself he can't do anything but
play the banjo and sing"
had no acquaintance with Hay
ward. but had once asked who he was,
having remarked his intelligent ap-
pearance and grave dignity of depOrt-
ment. but Landlord Eich of the inn
had replied to my question that Hay
ward was a very ordinary fellow.
AS soon as | had finished my lunch
con l went over with Hayward to his
shop. The nephew was at work there
and in his proper character, but when
l drew him into conversation l. per-
ceived that his nerves We're not in a
normal condition. He would start and
hitch up his shoulders without appar-
ent cause, and fieeting pallor would
blanch his cheeks and even his lips,
In appearance he was very ordinary
fellow, of medium size and weight,
with rather dull blue eyes.
Turning from him for moment, l
saw a look Of anxiety on the counte-
nance of Hayward, who presently
beckoned me outside the shop and told
me that the nervousness which was
observable in his nephew was an indi-
cation of the approaching change in
him.
81 wish you would stay" he said.
81 hate to be alone with him when
this thing happens. I'd like doctor
here mighty we'll"
l told him that l had lecture at
the college at o'clock and another at
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be rather unpleasant If anything
should happen to him"
What do you make of this case,
professor said |.
"Inexplicable phenomenon" said he
marvellous, truly marvellous. hope
the fellow isn't dead. He'd be a con-
siderable loss to science"
"He hasn't gone toward the river"
said l. Lets try the other way"
We walked. therefore, away from
the college buildings. which stand by
the bank Of the stream. and toward
the higher ground. upon which are the
residences of the wealthy and the well
to do. We had gone but a little way
when we saw three men advancing
toward us, an unusual spectacle at 2
o'clock in the morning in a town that
goes to bed so early. At first they
were only a buLca-3f blackness IN the
shadow of some trees: then they
emerged into the moonlight, and /
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3, but that | would come to the shop
shortly after 4. This l did, but found
the shop closed A folded piece of pa
per fastened to the door with tack
bore my name and proved to be note
requesting me to go to Haywards
home.
The carpenter, as have said, lived
in house of double tenancy, his part
Of it being reached by an exterior
stairway. For years he had lived
there alone. cooking his own food ex-
ceDt when he ate at the inn.
AS began to ascend the stairs some
Dne twanged banjo in Haywards
sitting room, and presently rather
thin tenor voice struck into a song
one of the foolish popular songs, all
20 tiresomely similar, that distress the
ear in these degenerate days. Eich
would not have had such music In
his house, where the piano was cov-
cred with the tuneful and heartfelt
compositions of his inspired country
men.
Hayward, his grave face much dis
turbed, let me in and conducted me
to the sitting room, where his nephew
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promised sum through bis hands. Even
that stung ner TO fainJuess Through
all her lonely years she had looked back
on her disappointed love as one looks
on faded. familiar picture or remem-
bers a dream. Her high spirit had
died with her youth. and If her lover
had approached her at any time during
those twenty long years she would have
welcomed him timidly. gladly, yet un-
believing that it was really he.
To realize at this late day that she
had been In the wrong was an added
bitterness. The very minute that she
reached home she would verify the
truth Of her sister-in-law's statement.
Ii il was true that she had been using
an Appleby grayestone for a doorstep
and another for IL grlndStone she would
apologize TO Newton Foster and go
away. She had cousin out in New
York state who had invited her to come
and live with her. She would rent the
little house and go to her.
Unseeing and unheeding, she had
driven through the rustling woods and
reached the summit of the long hill
that led down to the main road. She
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"AH, THOUGHT sop SHE SAID BITTERLY
middle life. for there was story
connected with Angelne's single bless
edness, story well known to all the
neighborhood roundabout In her youth
Angeline had had her romance, and it
was unhappily ended largely through
her pride and because she felt that
injustice had been done her by the
man Of her choice. SO that is why she
set her lips firmly and her eyes straight
ahead on that June morning as she
drove past Newton Fosters house. So
again she spoke sharply to Memo and
tried to urge him from his dignified
pace
Twenty years before Angeline Mason
and Newton Foster were on the eve
Of being married Newton had dug a
new well and had built the addition
on the west of the house so that An
geline could have sitting room. To.
gether they bought the furniture for
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DOORSTEP
The Trouble Il Caused to a Pair
of Lovers
By Clarissa Mackie
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.

AnBellne mason was Of1Nlng 10 tne
Willow mill. The month was June.
and the early morning was fresh and
dewy and fragrant with the scent of
roses and new grass. The wheels of
the buggy cracked and crunched the
pebbles on the shore road where the
tapping waves Of a flood tide would
soon obliterate the tracks of the little
rat tailed sorrel horse.
Get up, Memo" said Angeline sharp
ly as they turned the corner into the
main road. which ascended sharply to
the woods beyond. Memo did not ac
celerate his dignifed amble in the
slightest degree A contemptuous shiv
er ran along the high ridge of his back
bone and down his dropping tanks.
Miss Mason stared straight ahead as
they passed Newton Fosters house.
1t was a snug little two storied. old
fashioned house with an ell on the
west. There was the squeaking of
well rope, and Angeline knew that
Newton was drawing water from the
new well. Although ii had been dug
for twenty years, she always thought
of it as the new we'll" She peered
through the little pane of glass in the
back of the buggy top and saw Nathan
bending under the weight of pail of
potar ua diSannao rod onJ hor ,rl q moo
wandered to the ell where the blinds
were tightly closed and overShadowed
by tall, untrimmed shrubs. The grass
and weeds grew rankly underfoot
and choked the path up TO the closed
door. Everywhere else the place was
tidy and trim with neatly defined
walks, closely shorn grass and thrifty
plants. The windows of the main
part of the house were open to the
sun, and smoke curled from the kitch
en- chimney, but all looked cold and
dark and gloomy.
Angeline's curious glance wandered
again to the closed door and then fell
to the brown doorstone She frowned
and clucked sharply to the sorrel. Her
interest In the closed portion Of the
old house would never abate. When
she drove past alone she would peer
back at it through the pane of glass.
In company with others she always
stared straight ahead and evinced not
the slightest interest in it. For that
reason people said Angeline was hard
hearted.
But Angeline was far from being the
possessor OF an adamantine heart She
had as much of human tenderness as
any woman and was famed throughout
the community for her sympathy with
the unfortunate. Many kindly deeds
Of charity and neighborly thoughtful.
ness had gained for Angeline the uni
versal respect and good will of all
Nevertheless she was known to have
a temper Of her own, and once she
made up her mind she held to her
way with a tenacity that might be
called stubbornness. Folks said that
this characteristic was responsible for
the act that left her still a maiden at
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must manage to drive very quickly
past Newton's house. She could not
bear to look again upon the closed and
darkened ell and the weed grown grass
plot. She reached forward and took
the whip from its socket and touched
the old horse sharply.
Memo started with surprise, and
there was the snap of breaking trace.
Terrified by the accident the animal
shot down the declivity, the broken
trace slapping his heels and adding ter
ror to his excitement. The wheels of
the buggy revolved dizzily, and Ange-
lines face peered white and strained
from the gloom OF the swaying hood.
whoa, boy! Whoa. boy!" she gasped
breathlessly.
She was still gasping with fright
when they reached the foot of the hill.
For a few rods the old horse tore
madly along and then suddenly STOP
ped and reared back as a strong
brown hand grasped his bride rein.
After that Angeline tainted for the
first time In her life.
When she recovered consciousness
she was sitting on the doorstone Of
the ell and Newton Foster was fan
ming her awkwardly with his hat.
II had to bring you here, Angeline;
1t was nearest. The blamed old horse
stopped right in front of the gate"
Angeline sighed. II don't mind" she
rtlr Irip Of
ter from the new well, Newton"
He stared at her in silence for a
minute and then went into the house.
Presently he went to the well, and
Angeline heard the squeak Of the well
rope. She smiled as Newton held
glass of water to her lips. It's so
! good" she murmured. Suddenly full
recollection came to her and with it
an overpowering embarrassment. She
struggled to her feet and leaned
against the Intel of the closed door.
II guess I'll be going now," she said
slowly. "I'm much obliged to you. [
guess you saved my life"
"It wasn't anything tall" said Fos-
ter shyly. He was still pondering
over the matter of the new WELL"
She had not forgotten. and he had put
in eight new well ropes since then.
where is my horse?" asked Ange-
line as she stepped down the path.
81 put him in my barn. He was all
tuckered out I'll bring him over to
your house by and by" returned Fos-
ter.
I'm much obliged" said Angeline
again.
Say" ventured Newton Foster, with
evident mbarrassment-"say. Ange.
linew
"What is it?" breathed Angelne,
leaning against the gate for support
I'm thinking of taking up this here
old doorstoner' he blurted forth with
crimson face.
"Oh, no!' exclaimed Miss Mason fee.
bly,. "You see. I've heard all about
how we've had two of those stones at
our house all my life. Somebody told
me about 1t today, and I was going
to tell you was sorry spoke as |
did that day"
That day. lay twenty years back
in the past, but it was vividly presen,
to these two.
"It wasn't your fault, because you
didn't know" said Foster gravely. "It
was more my fault. because knew al
about it."
'Tm going home now," said Ange
line, with tired little smile.
-''I'm going with you" said Newtol
Foster, with his old time authoritativ,
tone. "You amt fit to take care O.
yourself"