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Mexico Missouri message., 1911-06-08
PRAIRIE LEA.

his corn Saturday. Leo is a
hustler and no mistake.
Shire's frogs have the tonSiIitiS,
caused by iuhaiing SO much gas
FROM Geo. Irion 5 wind jam.
min machine.
The Bachelors Hall will soon be
iularged and improved TO suit the
accommodation of the vast crowds
that daily arrive from st. Louis,
Chicago and Worcester.
The Duck and Geese club met
again Saturday night and refresh
ed themselves for two delightful
hours in the pleasant waters of
the Wildcat river, far away, no
doubt.
Geo. and Will lrion, painters,
artists, and tin can merchants,
have about finished their new
aeroplane. They expect to make
a fight about July the 4th if the
wind is in the right direction. If
nit, they will wait until it is right.
SO far we have been able to To-
cate only sixteen watermelon
patches. That will neyeh, never
do.
Charley WilliamshorSt, fat
and jolly bachelor Of the Lea, is
soon to be no more a bachelor,
so they say Charley says he has
been his own cook long enough,
and perhaps he is right.
The Prairie Lea ball team has
lately been rcorganlzed, to the
great JOY of all. The lineup for
this season is about as follows :
Pitchers, ADJ DOwell, II. T..
kunkcl and Duff Rogers; catch
ers, Joe Mudd and Lop cared
johnny; lst baseman, Geo. lrion,
Tyrus Corn; 2nd baseman, VIM.
Jennings Irion; Bird baseman
Hans Spring Wagner; short
stops, Eddy Holdemfast, Sammy
Lettcrgo; pig tails, Dick Docrge ;
subpig, Phil Rogers umpire, VIM
}. Doerge; score keeper, Charley
Williamshorst; broken bat col
lector, Fred RuSe; team manager
and coach, = hill Shire, Jr. The
team manager is probably one Of
the greatest base ball promoters
that ever followed a plow> The
men are all fast and lively players
and expect to break all former
records this season. The team s
record for last year was fourteen
broken bats, siXty-nine stolen
bases and scventy-one flies caught
on the bounce, which speaks well
of the fielders.
The ice cream and strawberry
social given by Frank Mordell
Thursday night was greatly en-
ioyed by all.
The Prairie Lea blacksmither
was seriously crippled the other
day while shoeing a hen. The in
juries were not fatal however and
we hope the old stiff will not be
i'll long.
"GIory and love to the men of
old, their sons may copy their viz
tues bold. sang little Robert
Davis the other evening as he sat
on the back fence and smoked his
fathers old mcre-Sham pipe. But
Just then his father appeared with
the razor strop and Robert sang a
different tune and smoked on the
other end.
We forgot to add that the ball
team : trade mark is: Raw. Raw.
Raw, three cheers for Paw; long
live this noble band and when
we fall; dodgast it all; we II do so
bat in hand.
Clyde Weaver and Happy Jack
We're seen prowling around the
Lea the other night with a gunny
sack apiece. No use, boys, melons
are not ripe yet.
Bill Williamohorst is recovering
from the wire cut he received a
few weeks ago. DR.. Greer has
been attending the injury.
What 5 the matter with Wild
cat View? We haven t heard
from there for some time. Hope
the old chap is not seeing snakes
again. Speaking Of snakes, Geo.
Andrew Johnson Iron tells a
snake tale that is hard to beat. He
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-06-08

Parties having jennets to breed
inquire at Mexico Message office
Jack 3 years old, largest for his
age present owner ever handled
Close to l6 hands high. Grass for
mares free. For service, Jack colt,
S25, jennet, $40.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-06-08

Mrs. James Wise of Huntsville
Is the guest of Mrs. d. d. Dudley
in this city.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-06-08
Want Items.

For Sale so odd pure bred s.
G. Brown Leghorn hens. Utility
stock. All of them Matched May
7, 1910. Price $40 per doz. Mrs.
Curt f. Sims, Cant, Mo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1911-06-08

jim Braden was in Mexico yes
terday. advertising Laddonia s
Fourth-of-July celebration.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-07
Helping Out
a Lover
Copyright, 1910, by Associated Literar!
Press.)
ByLAwRENcE ALFRED CLAY

Copyright, 1910. by Associated Literary
Press.)
Young Burt Enright had arrived
at the age Of twenty-five, and though
he was no sissy he was spoken OF as
bashful. modest and retiring. He could
not help It, 1t was something he had
inherited from his father, who was q
wholesale merchant, and too modest TO
make more than so per cent. profit.
Burt Enright was heart free when
he was formally introduced to Ethel
Garrison at summer hotel. ANY
other young man would have been
wandering around in the paths and
glens with her in less than an hour.
Mr. Burt stood aloof. His bashful-
ness kept him in the background until
a dozen hints were thrown out. Then
he wandered, but he did not take much
comfort and he did not talk much. His
mother had warned him not to. She
said that the young man that talked
too much found himself engaged with
out knowing how he got there.
The young man ought to have rea-
lized that Irritation was on. A fiirta-
ton at the seashore or the mountains
is a part of the program. 1t belongs
to the scenery 1t is paid for In the
hotel bill. 1t reaches It's climax the
middle of August, and is frost-bitten
the first of September. He began with
a Irritation, but as he could not keep
his end up 1t degenerated into real
love affair after a fortnight. That Is,
Miss Ethel thought him nice boy
a good boy-a boy to be very nice and
sweet to.
1t is doubtful If he would have no
ticed the simmer of the moonlight on
the lake If she had not called his at
tention to it. Moonlight shimmers
bring sentiments.
There were grottoes. He had not
even peered into one until Miss Ethel
said she was tired and begged him to
sit down in one. Grottoes are insep-
arably connected with loving hearts.
There were cooling doves. Mr.. En-
right had not decided whether they
were doves or crows when the brand
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-07
You are asking me to convict myself

You are asking me to convict myself"
Golden held up the packet OF papers.
Here is your conviction, Mr.. Dyck-
man-the original leaves taken from
those books when you had them re-
bound. need your statement Of the
facts for quite another purpose"
And II refuse to make it7 A cor
nered rat will fight for his life. Mr..
Gordon"
IF you refuse 1 shall be reluctantly
compelled to hand these papers over to
our attorneys-reluctantl I say, be-
cause you can serve me better just now
out Of jail than in it."
TITS an unfair advantage you're TAX
ing; at the worst 1 am only an access
sorry. My principals will be here in
few days, and"
Precisely" was the cold rejcinder.
TT is because your principals are COM
ing home, and because they are not yet
here, that want your statement
Oblige me. II you please; my time Is
limited this morning"
There was no help for 1t, or none ap-
parent to the fear-stricken; and for
the twenty succeeding minutes the
typewriter clicked monotously in the
small anterior Dyckman could hear
his prosecutor pacing the floor Of the
private office, and once he found him.
self looking about him for a weapon.
But at the end of the writing interval
he was handing the freshly typed sheet
to a man who was yet alive and I'M
hurt.
Gordon sat down at his desk to read
1t. and again the rowing eyes Of the
bookkeeper swept the interior Of the
larger rooms for the means to an end;
sought and found not
The eye-search was not fully con-
cluded when Gordon pressed the cleo
tric-button which summoned the young
man who kept the local books Of the
Chiawassee plant across the way. While
he waited he saw the conclusion Of the
eye-search and smiled rather grimly.
You'll not find 1t, Dyckman," he
said, divining the desperate purpose of
the other; adding as an after thought:
and If you should, you wouldn't have
the courage to use 1t. That Is the IA
tai lack in your makeup. 1t Is what
kept you from taking the train last
night with the money belt which you
emptied this morning. You'll never
make a successful criminal; 1t takes
good deal more nerve than 1t does to be
an honest man."
Hereupon the young man from the
office across the pike came in, and
Gordon handed a pen to Dyckman-
II want you to witness Mr.. Dyck-
mans signature to this paper billiard"
he said, folding the confession so that
1t could not be read by the witness;
and when the thing was done, the
young man appended his notarial at
testation and went back to his duties.
"Well?" said Dyckman, when they
were once more alone together.
That's ALL" said Gordon, CURLY. "As
long as you are discreet. you needn't
lose any sleep over this. If you don't
mind hurrying little, you can make
the 10:40 back to town."
Dyckman restrapped his books and
made a show Of Fastening. But before
he closed the office door behind him he
had seen Gordon place the typewriter
sheet. neatly folded. on top of the thick
packet, swapping an elastic band over
the whole and returning 1t to its pig
eonhole in the small safe.
Ito be continued.)
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-07
Tho Man and xhe Cow.

A poor mixer never gets the best
results from a COW. A nervous ami.
NAL resents the bungling touch of a
rough or inexperienced hand.
Why not encourage the little pecu.
liarities Of the well-bred dairy COW.
She is simply a big milk machine and
If her whims will produce more milk
let her have them.
A gentle sleepy bull that can be
managed without a nose-ring does no,
as a rule produce the best calves,
It Is downright cruelty to keen a
bull in a small enclosure In the sum.
Der, a victim to heat and flies-but
many men who claim to be good
dairymen do this very thing.
How could we expect a COW to keen
in good health and give pure milk
when she is confined in foul and i'll
ventilated quarters. winter or sum.
mer.
A pair of clippers can be
bought for $3.50 and the use of these
once month on the cows TANKS and
udder will make an easy matter to
keep them clean.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-07
steel super.edinK wood.

The substitution of steel for WOOD
goes steadily on. Beginning with
January /. or whereabouts, the Ma
tional Lead Company will pack its
white lead in steel kegs, having de-
cided to abandon the use Of wooden
kegs. This innovation Is made be-
cause the company has concluded that
steel kegs will have many advantages
over the wooden kegs. In the first
place, the steel package does not abb
sorb the oil from the lead as porous
wooden packages do. and there Is,
therefore. no drying and caking Of
the lead around the edges, making it
possible to remove every particle Of
white lead easily from the steel key.
The new steel kegs also will be much
lighter, as well as being stronger than
the wooden ones, and this will effect
a saving in freight rates. Taking up
less room than the wooden kegs, tho
new steel packages also will save stor
age space.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-07
Louder, Pleased"

OF bird was explained to him and he
was told that they cooed their love as
twilight came down-just the time he
wasn't cooling his
lie was encouraged to talk and tn
sigh and to start to say something and
then stop and blush In the three
weeks he was led on and on until at
the close OF the season he almost asked
the privilege of calling on Miss Ethel
at her home in the city later on. AL
most means that he said he knew ber
fathers house and often passed IT and
hoped to again some time. He was
stra1ghtWay invited to call.
In the course of time tbinps bod
reached that pass where papa must be
asked II he could spare his charming
young daughter.
Inc usual course is to walk in on
the Old gentleman with a readv-made
speech. and the old gentleman ia nre.
pared with another, but In this case
there was lion in the path. Mr. Car
rison wasn't very old, but he had been
blown up on an occasion bv a barrel
OF gunpowder and was as deaf az q
post. ="
BY yelling through a trumpet n,acod
at his ear he could catch now and
then word, but to make an ,mnos
stoned appeal to him was ont NJ tho
question. Miss Ethel had foreseen tbo
difficulty and was ready with a sua
sestlon. 1t was gratefully adopted
Young Mr.. Burt wrote a letter. %
the father, saying all that could ho
SAID, and ten times more than h.
could have said with his tongue M
harrison was tinkering with his oar
trumpet when the letter arrived ond
ne placed 1t on a shelf in the rhrar,,
ana forgot all about 1t.
Mr.. Enright had asked for on ,n..
view' but he didn't get it. A weo,,
went past and no word came 80
MIN. Then Miss Ethel came e. ~
front again. AS a matter of fact nsno
a oI even know Mr.. Enright by sisbt
Iney had been introduced, but he 81,
no attention to callers. He no pa.a
nave taken the letter as a boox
piece OF impudence. She would a.
scena ON the parent and ammo % tba.
.ne young man wished a word Ia Ia
nin, ana thus pave the way.
Inc father was found In hi,
corner and the announcement mads
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-07
GOOD ROADS EXTEND TRADE
There 10 No Better or Quicker Way
for Town to Draw Farmers Than
by Even Highways.
(By HOWARD H. CROSSE

By HOWARD H. GROss)
Take two good towns upon any line
Of railway, say ten miles apart. and
the division of trade between the
two towns will be approximately mid
way between the two. Other things
being equal, the people will go to the
nearest place to trade. Let one OF
these cities build good road out say
three or four miles in the direction OF
the other town, and 1t at once be-
comes the nearer place, because OF the
better road. The distance Is meas
ured by the time 1t takes rather than
the actual number of miles. If one OF
these towns has good road the peo'
pie will go there although the dis
lance is one or two miles greater.
There is no more effective way OF
extending the trade area of any town
or city than by making the approach
to It over good roads. II by building
these city is enabled to draw trade
seven miles instead of five, 1t near
ly doubles the area, hence it is of the
highest Importance to business men
that the roads should be kept in the
best possible condition.
The farmers are not the only ones
benefited and they ought not to do all
the paying. The proper conception Is
to build roads upon the state aid
plan so that all the people and all the
property are taxed for road improve.
ment. This makes the burden light
and is the plan that gets the roads
and distributes the burden where II
ought to be placed.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-07
PIONEER IN CHOSEN FIELD
Andre Marie Ampere, the Electrical
Wonder, Planned the First EIec-
trio Telegraph.

foremost among the pioneers in the
electrical field was Andre Marie AM.
pere, was born in Lyons in IT'S, and
whose name is now used as the prac
tlcal unit of the electrical current as
token of his universal renown.
Ampere was mathematical Won
der, even as child, and at the early
age of twelve years he mastered the
Latlng language in order to read ths
treatises on differential calculus. he
always claimed that he knew as mucn
OF mathematics at fifteen as he eva
aid In his life, and he was always tns
foremost mathematician of his time
In 1920 he demonstrated the fact
tnat two parallel wires, conveyiu
electrical currents, attract each Other
when the currents flow in the same o.
rection, and repel each other when
tney flow in different directions
Finally, he promulgated the startlins
theory that every atom of magneuc
matter in a magnet is magnetic by VII
tue OF a circular electric current ID
closing 1t, and he suggested that tr
magnetism Of the earth might be pre
duced by currents circulating arouna
It's mass from east to west.
The same year he planned an elsc
trio telegraph, having as many wires
as there are letters in the alphapeI
with magnetic needle under eacp.
80 that when a current was sem
through wire, the Corresponds
needle would move and signify les
ter This was the first Telegraph
plan on record, but it was never car
ried out.
Ampere died in 1885. The quantu
OF electricity flowing through cor
auctor is now expressed in "amperes
IN memory Of the man who did
mucn toward furthering the scienc
OF electricity.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-07
PRESERVE FRUIT FOR SHOWS
Desirable That Specimens for Exhh
billion Should Retain Natural
Colors and Not Decay.

In preserving fruit specimens foi
exhibition 1t is desirable that they
should retain the natural colors and
not decay. A good preparation is
made Of IS parts pure cistern water
and parts formaldehyde or as it is
known commercially as 40 per cent
solution of formaline which may be
obtained of most any druggist.
For grapes 2 parts formaldehyde
will be sufficient. Mason fruit Jars
can be used where the regular exhibi.
ton jars are not to be obtained.
The fruit should be well ripened
and colored but not ripe enough to be
soft.
Very acid fruits will not be pre-
served in color SO well as other varie-
ties. but this condition may be fairly
overcome by adding to each gallon a
tablespoonful Of ordinary bicarbonate
Of soda.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-07
The Shah's Highway.

1t is true we have some bad roads,
but most of our highways compared
with those of Persia would be as a
paved street to plowed field, says a
correspondent of Harper's Weekly.
You would think that the keeping Of
the shah's highway would be one of
the first cares of state, yet so little
attention has been given to this sub
ject by the Persian government that
there are not a dozen good wagon
roads throughout the whole country.
The caravan routes are, except in
a very few cases, merely trails. Not
only are the wagon roads bad as we'll
as scarce, but 1t is an astonishing
fact that although Persia Is one OF
the oldest of civilized states, a count
try comprising an area of 5000
square miles and population of
5000, 900, she has but six miles of rail-
way.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-07
Salt for Cows.

Cows require from one to eight
ounces Of salt per day. The more
concentrates they receive the more
salt they require. 1t should be where
they can have access to 1t every day,
According to an experiment made at
the Wisconsin station, about two
ounces per day is the average amour,
required for each COW.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-07

deep-set, burning eyes, had entered
with him to pace evenly as he paced.
and to lay a maddening finger on his
soul.
Without vowing a VOW and confirm
ing 1t with an oath. he had partly turn
ed new life-leaf on the night of heav-
emily comfort when Ardea had sent him
forth to tramp the pike with her kiss
Of slsterly love still caressing him. Be-
yond the needs of the moment, the re-
call Of Norman and the determination
to turn his back on the world struggle
for the time being, he had not gone in
that first fervor of the uplifting i'm
pulse. But later on there had been
other steps: growing hunger for sue
cess with self-respect kept whole; u
dulling of the sharp edge of his hatred
for the Farleys; a meliorating of his
fierce contempt for all the hypocrites,
conscious and subconscious.
And now With Alecto's
maddening finger pressed on the soul
hurt, no man is responsible. After the
furious storm of upbubbling curses had
spent itself there was a little calm. not
OF surcease but of vacuity, since even
the cursing vocabulary has its limita-
lions. Then grouping of words long
forgotten arrayed itself before him,
like the handwriting on the wall Of
Belshazzer's banqueting hall.
When the unclean spirit is gone out
Of man. he walketh through dry
places. seeking rest, and f1ndeth none.
Then he saith. will return into my
house from whence I came out; and
when he Is come, he findeth 1t empty,
swept land garnished. Then goeth he,
and taketh with himself seven other
spirits more wicked than himself, and
they enter in and dwell there: and the
last state of that man is worse than
the first"
He put his hands before his face to
shut out the sight of the words. Far
ther on. he felt his way across the
room to stand at the window where he
could look across to the gray, shadowy
bulk OF the manor house, to the house
and to the window Of the upper room
which was Ardea's.
They've got me down." he whisper
ed, as II the words might reach her
ear. "The devils have come back, Ar
dea, my love: but you can cast them
out again. II you will. All. girl, girl!
Vincent Farley will never need you as
l need you this night"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-07

who? Enrightf~ he qusried. .A..
what does he wantf I knew nm -
right once. but he went into 49,
ruptcy and hung himself.
Five minutes later the ycunr NJ.
stood in the awful presence, and ~.
received with:
IF you are q collector or hoo.
agent 1t will be useless"
81 have called. sir-I have called ;.
was shouted in the trumpet.
"Louder!"
The words were shouted again.
Yes. know you've called, but VIII.
of 1t? If you have scheme to worh
it won't go here"
ut is about your daughter"
Yes. have daughter somewher.,
around. Are you music teacher
and does she want to take lessons n
your"
At this juncture the ear trumpet
fell apart. 1t was of two pieces ana
held by a clasp. The clasp had
broken. Mr. Garrison swore. Then
he kicked the two sections across tia
room and continued to swear. Then
he made a trumpet Of his hand and
said to the caller:
State your business in a loud, clear,
voice. l can sometimes hear this
way"
Was the request for his daughters
hand ever yelled into fathers ear,
Never! The lover stood there red.
faced and weakened. The fathers
back was to the door, and at this June.
ture the daughter opened 1t and pan
tomimed for the lover to go ahead and
yell. She was worth yelling for. No.
yell, no consent; no consent, no bride.
He braced and yelled:
II have called to ask for your daugh.
teri"
Louder, pleased"
II want to marry your daughter!"
you seem to have a wonderfully
weak voice. Perhaps you have a cold.
At your age took squills when had
a cold"
"Yell-yell-yell!" exclaimed the
girl in a stage whisper.
"I-want-Ethel!" was fairly roared
From the Evening Times, Ell? And
you want to interview me on the Jap
anese question:" queried Mr.. Gar.
rison, as he seated himself Very well,
sir have made three different trips
to Japan. and believe understand the
people as few Americans do. There
will be no war between Japan and the
United States. You can say so on my
authority"
Miss Ethel had advanced into the
room, but keeping out of range Of
vision. Her lover looked at her with
despair in his eyes.
You've got to make him heart" she
said.
But how can II"
Hes started ON the subject of Ia
pan and will talk for hours"
But his trumpet is gone and yelled |
my loudest. Ethel, must give YOU
up."
Give up nothing! Write what you
want to say and hand it to him. There
Is pencil and paper"
m shaking SO that / couldn't write
a word. 1t Is terrible to know that we
must part. That is. we must part or
elope. That is, l can't make him I'M
derstand me until he gets a new trum-
pet"
But l can and Will"
She advanced till her father caught
sight of her. and smiled and held out
his hand, and then she funneled her
hands each side of his ear, and stand
Ing on uptoes, she shrieked:
DO you hear that!"
Yes, family"
Mr.. Erright wants to ask youf
to our marriage. Do you
catch it?"
"Oh, yes
And what do you say?"
why, l say he'd have saved halt
an hours time asking me when be
first came in"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-07
Selecting Your AGENT,

Hale, the Connecticut fruit man.
who has made great fortune in the
business, selects one commission
house in each large city and sticks to
1t as long as he gets square deal.
He says 1t pays to go to the same
market year after year, and the great
mistake Of many fruit growers is In
hitting about.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-07

The Iowa experiment station uses
ration for its farm horses as foI,
lows: 80 pounds Of corn, so pounds q,
oats. 26 pounds Of bran. Thoroughly
mixed by shoveling on the floor Faed
In about one pound Of the mixture N
about 100 pounds horse weight,