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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-01
CHAPTER XII.

Daylight was in the thick Of his
spectacular and intensely bitter fight
with the Coastwise Steam Navigation
Company. and the Hawaiian. Mica
raguan, and Pacific-Mexican Steam
ship Company. He stirred up Dig
ger muss than he had anticipated.
and even he was astounded at the
wide qualifications of the struggle and
at the unexpected and incongruous In
terests that were drawn into 1t. Every
newspaper in San Francisco turned
upon him 1t was true. one or two OF
them had first intimated that they
were open to subsidization, but Day
lights Judgment was that the situa-
ton did not warrant such expenditure.
Up to this time the press had been
amusingly tolerant and good-naturedly
sensational about him, but now he was
to learn what virulent scurrilousness
an antagonized press was capable OF.
Every episode of his life was resur-
rected to serve as foundations for ma
licious fabrications. Daylight was
frankly amazed at the new interpre-
tation put upon all that he had ac-
complished and the deeds he had
metamorphosed into an Alaskan
bully, liar. desperate. and all-around
bad man." The whole affair sank to
the deeper deeps of rancor and savage
ness. The poor woman who had killed
herself was dragged out of her grave
and paraded on thousands of reams
of paper as a martyr and victim to
Daylight's ferocious brutality.
He was like big bear raiding a
beehive, and. regardless of the stings.
he obstinately persisted in paving for
the honey. He gritted his teeth and
struck back Beginning with raid on
two steamship companies. 1t develop
ed into a pitched battle with city.
state and continental coast line AL
lied with him, on splendid salary.
with princely pickings thrown in. was
lawyer, Larry Hogan. young Irish
man with reputation to make, and
whose peculiar genius had been I'M
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AKED EQUAL TO SITUATION
Example of the Soft Answer That
Turneth Away Wrath-Aiso
the Truth.

One of DIR. Aked's most ardent sup
porters when that divine was pastor
of Mr.. John d. Rockefeller's church
is fond of telling what he considers
striking example of DR.. Aked's Wit
Dr., Aked was fond of taking long
country walks, and one day. being far
in the country and wandering through
field, he and his friends noticed
sign nailed to a tree. mo trespassing
here.'
Hurrying to get out of the forbid
den ground they met farmer who as
sailed them grimly with the remark:
"Trespassers in this field are prose
cuted."
DR.. Aked smiled at the irate far
mer.
But we are not trespassers, my
good man." said he.
What be you them" demanded the
farmer.
I'VE are Presbyterians. my dear
SIR" replied DR.. Aked and walked
away.
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CHILD'S HEAD
A MASS OF HUM0R

II think the Cuticura remedies are
the best remedies for eczema have
ever heard of. My mother had child
who had a rash on Its head when 1t
was real young. Doctor called 1t baby
rash. He gave us medicine. but 1t did
no good. In few days the head was
a solid mass, a running sore. 1t was
awful; the child cried continually. We
had to hold him and watch him to
keep him from scratching the sore.
His suffering was dreadful. At last
we remembered Cuticura Remedies.
We got dollar bottle of Cuticura Re-
solvent, a box of Cuticura Ointment.
and bar of Cuticura Soap. We gave
the Resolvent as directed. washed the
head with the Cuticura Soap. and APP
piled the Cuticura Ointment. We had
not used half before the child's head
was clear and free from eczema. and
It has never come back again. His
head was healthy and he had beau.
tiful head of hair. 1 think the Cuti-
cura Ointment very good for the hair.
1t makes the hair grow and prevents
falling hair" (Signed) Mrs. Francis
Lund. Plain City. Utah. Sept. 10. 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and oint-
ment are sold everywhere. sample
of each. with 32-page book. will be
mailed free on application to "Cuti.
cura," Dept. L. Boston.
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recognized until Daylight had picked
up with him. 1t was Hogan who guided
Daylight through the intricacies of
modem politics, labor organization,
and commercial and corporation law.
1t was Hogan. prolific of resource and
suggestion, who opened Daylight's
eyes to undreamed-of possibilities in
twentieth-century warfare: and it was
Daylight, rejecting. accepting, and
celebrating, who planned the cam
paigns and prosecuted them. With the
Pacific coast, from Puget Sound to
Panama, buzzing and humming and
with San Francisco furiously about his
ears, the two big steamship companies
had all the appearance of winning. 1t
looked as If Burning Daylight was be-
ing beaten slowly to his knees. And
then he struck-at the steamship COM
panies. at San Francisco. at the whole
Pacific coast.
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threaded its way among the knobs.
Here he found no passage out for
his horse. and leading the animal. he
forced his way up the hillside. On
the crest he came through an amazing
thicket of velvet-trunked young ma
dronos, and emerged on an open hili-
side that led down into tiny valley.
The sunshine was at first dazzling in
its brightness, and he paused and
rested, for he was painting from the
exertion. Not of old had he known
shortness of breath such as this, ana
muscles that SO easily tired at a stin
climb. A tiny stream ran down the
tiny valley through a tiny meadow
that was carpeted knee-high with
grass and blue and white nemophila-
Crossing he stream. Daylight fol-
lowed faint cattle trail over low.
rocky hill and through wine-wooded
forest of manzanita. and emerged
upon another tiny valley, down which
filtered another springfield. meadow
bordered streamlet.
1T sure beats country places and
bungalows at MEMO Park" he COM
muned aloud: "and If ever get the
laundering for country life. it's me Tor
this every time"
An old wood-road led him to a clear
ing. where a dozen acres of grapes
grew on wine-red soil. A cow-path. more
trees and thickets. and he dropped
down a hillside to the southeast ex-
posure. Here. poised above big for
ested canyon. and looking out upon
house. With its barn and outhouses
it Struggled into nook in the hill
side. which protected it from the west
and north. 1t was the erosion from
this hillside, he judged. that had
formed the little level stretch of vege-
table garden. The soil was fat and
black, and there was water in plenty.
for he saw several faucets running
wide open. Forgotten was the brick
yard. Nobody was At home. but Day
light dismounted and ranged the vege-
table garden. eating strawberries and
green peas. inspecting the old adobe
barn and rusty plow and harrow. and
rolling and smoking cigarettes while
he watched the antics of several
broods of young chicks and the moth
err hens.
Nothing could satisfy his holiday spir-
it now but the ascent of Sonoma Noun
tain. And here on the crest. three
hours afterward, he emerged, tired and
| sweaty, garments torn and face and
hands scratched, but with sparkling
eyes and an unwonted usefulness of
expression. He felt the Illicit pleas
ure of schoolboy playing truant The
big gaming table of San Francisco
seemed very far away. But there was
more than Illicit pleasure in his mood.
1t was as though he were going
through a sort of cleansing bath. No
room here for ell the sordidness,
meanness and viciousness that filled
the dirty pool of city existence. He
was loath to depart. and it was not
for an hour that he was able to tear
himself away and take the descent of
the mountain. Working out a new
route Just for the fun of it, late after
noon was upon him when he arrived
back at the wooded knolls.
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Couldn't Wait.

A young man attracted by the ad-
vertisement of foreign books at the
public library hunted up Chalmers
Hadley the other day.
You got books of other countries!
he asked.
Certainly" replied Mr.. Hadley,
what language do you want?"
"You got Greek book?" asked tho
young fellow.
I'VE have got some ancient Creek
said the librarian, "but don't believe
we have got line of modern Greek
An investigation followed and Mr..
Hadley found he was right In his sur
mise; he could offer no books In mod
ern Greek.
'Tll tell you what. "he said. you
make out an application for the book
you want and well get it for YOU"
Never mind" said the son OF Atm
ems, 81 read English by dat time
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SYNOPSIS.

Elan Harnish, known all through Alas
ka as Burning Daylight" celebrates his
the Circle City Tivoli. the dance leads
to heavy gambling. in which over 100000
is stnlsed. Harnish loses his money and
his mine but wins the mall contract. He
starts on his mail trip with dogs and
sledge. telling his friends that he VIII be
in the big Yukon gold strike at the start.
Burning Daylight makes a sensatonaliy
rapid run across country with the mail.
appears at the Tivoli and is now ready
gold fields. Deciding that gold VIII pc
found in the up-river district darnlsn
buys two tons of flour. which he declares
will be worth Its weight in gold but
when he arrives with his -four he finds
the big fiat desolate. A comrade discov-
ers gold and Daylight reaps a rich har-
vest He goes to Dawson. becomes the
most prominent figure in the Klon nf,lts
and defeats n combination OF capitalists
in vast mining deal. He returns 70
civilization. and. amid the bewildering
complications of high finance, Daylight
finds that he has been led to invest his
eleven millions In a manipulated scheme.
He goes to New York. and confronting
his disloyal partners with revolver. he
threatens to KIN them II his money is not
returned. They are cowed. return tneiI
steaiings and Harnish goes back TO San
Francisco, where he meets his rate IN
Dede Mason. pretty stenographer.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-01

Perhaps no one refers to a calen-,
dar more frequently than the traveller.
The first railroad to recognize this
need of its patrons is the Denver &
Rio Grande, which has just incorpo-
rated in its regular monthly folder n
Ready Reference Calendar" for the
year, and to facilitate the finding OF
dates when approaching special rates
will be in effect these dates are print
ed in red from month to month. This
is an innovation which will certainly
be appreciated by the travelling pub
lie
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SAVED FROM
AN OPERATION
How Mrs. Reed of Peoria, ILL.,,
Escaped The Sur
geon's Knife.
Peoria, Ill.-"I wish to let every one
know whatLydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable

Compound has done
for me. Fortwoyears
/ suffered. The doc
tor said / had a tumor
and the only remedy
w as the surgeons
knife. My mother
bought me Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and
today I am a well and
healthy woman. For
m on III 8 / suffered
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An Irishman while standing on the
deck of a steamship which was bound
for America was interested in watch
ing the descent of a diver. Upon the
arrival of Pat in New York he was as
tonished to behold diver just appear
ing above the surface of the water.
Going to the rail of the vessel he shout
ed to him, Faith. sor, and we got
over as quickly as meself."
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$500 s:5.OO x25.OO s25.OO $500 s2,. 90.
COLONIsT FARES

$500 $1,000 x25.OO $500 s25. 90 s2n On.
COLONIST FARES
from
ALL MAIN LINE POINTS and ALI.
POINTS ON MARSHALL PASS
LINE, SAI.IDA to GRAND
JUNCTION,
the
DENVER & RIO GRANDE RAILROAD.
In COLORADO, to
CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC
NORTHwEST,
Via The Denver d Rio Grnnde Railroad
md the Western Pacific RAILWAY.
The Royal Gorge-Feather River Canon
Route. '
Tickets on Sale March 1 to Apr 10. 1872
By depositing tickets with Agent
stop-overs of five days will be allowed
at and west of Canon City on the Dem
YER & Rio Grande Railroad in Colorado
Las Vegas. Lovelock, Shafter, Whine,
mucca, Nevada. and all points in CALI
fornia: at all points on the Great North
ern at and west of Billings. Montana:
at all points on o. S. L. and o. w. r. 4.
n. CO., and all points on Southern Pa
cific between Portland, Ore and Weed,
Calf.
Co1onist Tickets Will he bopored over
the Rio Grande via GIenwood Springs
or via Gunnison and Montrose.
For detailed information, inquire of
nearest Agent.
FRANK A. wADLEIGH,
General Passenger Agent, Denver, Cole
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At the Summer Hotel.

Rural Constable Ito suspicious
stranger)-I got yer. You're a house
breaker, betcher!
The Intruder-Housebre moth
ing, I'm just going to sit awhile IN
the only comfortable chair on the
place. 1 was here all last summer
without getting a chance at it!
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Seymour-What do you think of the
novel that Beaner, the restaurant
keeper, has written?
Ashley-It's too much like his sand
wiches-nothing between the covers.
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Facts and Figures.

Constantinople has ten art galleries.
Twenty years is the. voting age In
Switzerland.
Fifty thousand tons OF coal are
burned daily in London.
England's first paper mill was erect
ed at hartford in 1888.
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Decided.

Knicker-Yes, my dear. shall be
glad to go with you; long to see the
beauties of the country.
Mrs. Knicker-We will stay in town
Judge.
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from inflammation, and your Sanative
Wash relieved me. / am glad to tell
anyone what your medicines have done
for me. You can use my testimonial in
any way you wish, and will be glad
to answer letters. - Mrs. CHRISTINA
REED, los Mound ST., Peoria, Ill.
Mrs. Lynch Also Avoided
Operation.
Jessup, Pa.-"A fter the birth of my
fourth child, hat severe organic inflam-
nation. Iwould have such terrible pains
that it did not seem as though could
stand it. This kept up for three long
months, until two doctors decided that
an operation was needed.
"Then one of my friends recommended
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and after taking it for two months
I was well woman. Mrs. JOSEPH A.
LYNCH, Jessup, Pa.
Women who suffer from female ills
should try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, one of the most success
full remedies the world has ever known,
before submitting to a surgical opera
ton.
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Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundres
happy, makes clothes whittier than snow
All good grocers.
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Many high flyer has no knowledge
of aerial navigation.
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DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take
Do not grippe.
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Awful Warming.

Young Man-May have your daugh-
ter, sir?
Old Gentleman-Yes, If you can sup
port her. Remember that my auto
goes with her.
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An engaged couple prefer lip to
lip silence rather than heart to
heart talk.
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Most men are fortune hunters. but
few are good shots.
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1t sometimes happens that a mar
who talks like book is a plagiarist
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-02-20
Prayer Halls In Russia.

In the villages of Russia the prayer hall" is the common 'izba" or cottage of Stundist mujik or a shed attach. ed to very primitive farmshed sur. rounded by prodigious quantities of mud, dust or snow. according to the season of the year A separate build. ing erected expreshly for worship among the rural evangelicals of Rms. sic Is a luxury yet to be provided in the great majority of cases. The meeting place, whether "izba" or ont. house, has walls of earth. It is with out ceiling The floor Is the hare earth, trodden hard by many fees through the lapse of long years and worn into Jumps and hollows. Tbs walls are lime washed and destitute of decoration or adornment. There are rough wooden benches around and across the room. The place is us,,. ally packed to suffocation with men women and children, crowded on the seats, nronging the doorways. and huddling together on the top of the huge stove.-Sunday at Home
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-02-20
Making Money Rapidly.

A French newspaper has been cal. culating what various champions gain by the hour or by the mile. The gains of Andre Beaumont, the aviator. work out at almost s37 mile He cannot compare with the winner of the Grand Prix at Longchamps. AS d'Atout. who won money at the rate of $24.OOO a minute. or s38.400 a mile.
 Automobile driving in 1905 paid a winner. Thery. at the rate of s5s a mile, or s3,S57 an hour. The chief bi cycle prize of France pays about s1 066 mile, or from $200 to s4OO q minute. but the tour of France for bicycles. whrein men have just cycled more than 5000 miles around France during the hot wave, only pays 6E cents a mile.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-02-20
Through the Lines.


 The young man who had come with In an inch of being run over, said he always butted across the street that way to keep folks from finding out he was country chap unused to city ways
 If l should hang back" he said, Everybody would take me for a greenhorn, and want people to think that l at least know how to cross the street city fashion"
 But the real town man doesn't cross the street in that bulldog fash ion" said gray-haired relative. He drifts with the tide. Instead of putting through the middle of a wagon he ambles along beside 1t watching for an opening. Sometimes he is carried a block out of his way in the midst of vehicles before he finds way out, but he is never In danger because he is going with the current. So if you want to be set down as a man who knows the life of city streets. don't break through heavy line of traffic by main force, but follow the stream and take advantage of the point of least resistance"
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-02-20
GREENBRIER.

Carl E. Moore visited homefolks at Conway Saturday and Sunday -.
 J. S. Wofford was at Casa, Perry county, last week looking after some real estate at that place. T. E.
 Jordan and wife attended the funeral of Gus Cunningham at Mallettown last week. p. c. Cain, our road overseer, did some good work on the roads the past week. Mrs. E. E.
 McCaul left Friday for Little Rock, where she will remain for while. ..
 B. c. Sims left Monday for Conway after spending few days with home folks. The carpenter work on the Methodist church is nearly completed and the paint is going on the building. Clyde Kelso has done some improve ments on his residence in the east part of town. U A. Pearce and wife went to Conway Saturday, re- turning home Sunday. .. Judge Lea and T. R. Douglass of Conway were here Monday. Our old friend, Ed Allison of Conway, who is travelling for grocery house, was here Mon- day. .. Rev. J. o. Cantrell filled his regular appointment Sunday at the Baptist church and preached an inter esting sermon. Brother P. II. Glover preached Sunday night. Miss Billie Henderson, who is attending the tSate Normal at Conway, spent Saturday and Sunday with homefolks. Frank Patton of Wooster was here Monday. T. J. Echols, the Little Rock photo grapher, is here. ...J. P. Boyd and wife of Guy were here Monday, the guests of c. w. Tucker and family.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-02-20
FOR CHANCELLOR.
FORMER JUDGE IS
 GRANTED PARDON

Little Rock, Feb. 20.-W. A. Comp ton, former county judge of Pulaski county, will not have to serve term in the state penitentiary for the em- bezzlement of funds of the Marianna School District when he was secre- tary of the board. He was convicted and sentenced to a year, but appealed, and the lower court was affirmed
 Twice more motions for a re-hearing were overruled, the last time being at noon Monday, and scarcely more had the action of the supreme court been announced, closing all judicial doors upon him, than Gov Donaghey an- nounced the granting of full par don upon the application of hundreds of petitioners. The Little Rock bar especially espoused his cause, and two dozen of the most prominent lawyers got behind the case, and prosecuted the last petition for re-hearing.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-02-20
QUARRELED OVER TREE
IT HAS COST 5o,ooo RUPEES AND
 A DOZEN LIVES.
Long Series of Feuds Between Two Bengal Estates Ended by Calcutta
 Business Man.

A certain mango tree. it appears, in growing up would not observe the boundary line between two Bengal es- tates and distributed its foliage and fruit impartially over both. AS con- sequence the owners of the estates nave spent about 50,000 rupees in litigation, killed a dozen people and fought the bitterest armed fights.
 During the bearing season the tree was productive of many mangoes. The nrst quarrel seems to have started among the women folks of the two families, who insisted that the man. goes belonged to one, then the other. They even resorted to picking the mangoes at night until one party hap pened to catch the other poaching. A nght followed in which, 1t Is said, two were killed.
 After this quiet reigned for some time, when the two principals met one day in a neighboring village and par tlc1pated in a free-for-aIl fight over the innocent tree. They were sep arated in bloody condition and were lined by the police. Then followed a long series of feuds and battles cov- ering period of many years. during which the tree yielded its luscious 1rult to the one who happened to be cunning enough to pick 1t first. Final ly both sides established armed guards around the tree and kept watch on each other night and day.
 This went on with occasional fights Tor several years. It was a case of one trying to wear the other one out thousands Of rupees were paid out Tor these special parties and fines, for Duriais Of victims, court expenses and ammunition. It was not until just re- gently that prominent business man of Calcutta was able to settle the dis pute. He asked the two land owners to jointly deed the tree to him in re- turn for many favors he had rendered both of them This was finally done and he has caused large cement cir cular wall to be erected about the tree, to which he has acquired full title and possession.
 The quarrel has not only been ex- pensive and fatal, but has kept a com- munity in constant state of hostility for many years. Any one travelling in eastern Bengal can easily hear the story and visit the scene of the feud, if sufficiently interested in the case The gentleman whose strategy saved the situation desires that his name should remain unknoWn.-Calcutta Englishman.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-02-20
T.-J. BILL WINS
 FIRST VOTE TEST

The Turner-Jacobson revenue law, which is expected to be submitted to the voters at the September election, was victorious in the first test vote that has occurred in the state. In the Johnson county primary held last Saturday, the issue between the two candidates for representative. H. H. Ragon and Lee Cazort, was this measure. Nh. Ragon, who was in strumental in the passage of the bill in the house last session, defended it, and MT. Cazort severely criticised the new act, scoring his opponent bitterly for favoring it. The contest is de- clared in a dispatch from Clarksville to have been the hardest fought in the history of Johnson county but the proponent of the T.-J. bill, MT. Ra- gon, out by a majority of 200 votes
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-02-20
CENTERVILLE.

Will McNew made a business trip to Greenbrier Monday t. Clyde Wool ly of Quitman visited in this section Saturday night and Sunday :. <. The young people were pleasantly enter tained with singing at Bud Bles- sings Saturday night. c. J. Wool ly of Greenbrier was in our midst Monday .. Whit Morgan has return ed home from Pearson, where he has been teaching school. There was preaching at Pleasant Hill Sunday night. -. Oscar Morgan and wife of this place visited her parents of near Quitman Sunday .. Jim Thomas and wife of Wooster visited at R. M Browning's last Wednesday night. =. s. J. Hankins carried cotton to town last week. .. E. J Hankins and wife of Vilonia visited his brother, S. J. Hankins, Monday night.