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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-02-16

Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. l5.-With West
cIn simplicity, known elsewhere in the
matters officially a. Jcflersonian,
George W. =. Hunt was inaugurated rs
the first state governor of Arizona,
today. 4 few hours earlier in the day
word had come from Washington by
telegraph that President Taft had sign
cd the proclamation admitting TO the
union Arizona, the last Of the territories
on contiguous soil and the forty.eighth
state.
A flash by telegraph from Washington
that Prcsindcut Taft had signed the
proclamation of admission was the sig.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-02-16
NOTICE pEPosIToRs

All persons having pass hooks ISSUED
nv the international Bank of Commerce
will leave them for balancing.
H. u. JONES,
Deputy State Bank Examiner
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-02-16

man q. Sieffert.
Dctroit--C. W. wachmcis,cn and r.
j. Murphy, ironwcrkcrs.
New York;. c. Webb, exmcmber
executive council; T.. r. Farrell and
Daniel Brophy.
Philad"lpha--M.J Cunnanc, business
agent.
Kansas City--W. !. Mccain. success.
or to Brown.
Denvcr--IIcnry Lcglictncr, former
member executive board.
Cleveland, O..-P. J. Smith, cxbusincss
agent, and George "Nipper" Anderson,
Walking delegate.
Davenport, Iowa Daniel Buckley,
business agent
Scranton, Pan. J. Harmon. cxhu.i.
ness agent.
Duluth, Minn.--Fred Mooney.
Springfield, lll.-A. j. Kavanaugh,
and NJ. l.. Penncll.
Peoria, Edward Smythc and Jas.
T.. Ray.
Smythc is lronwor kcrs' business
agent. Ray is prominent labor lead.
"r.
Ortie McManigal, in his confession,
charged that Hochin was the imam who
put him in the dynamiting business. +"
IL is charged in the indictment that
iiockin went TO Detroit in June 1907,
aud induced McNanipal to take mp
dyuamitins.
Bonds May Aggregate 100000.
Ryan and his associates conferred i'm.
ncdiatcly with District Attorney Mil.
l"r regarding hond. II is said the bonds
required for all 80 or more defendants
will aggregate S3OO,OOO. rho bonds are
for their arraignmcnt here March 10.
Eugene \. Clancy, San Francisco; i.
T.. Munsey, Salt Lake City; Olaf A.
Tveitmoc, San Francisco, and Ortie Il.
McMani9al, already indicted on the Pa.
cifc coast, and J, J. McNarara and Jas.
y. Mcnamara. already convicted again
are indicted here.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-02-16

The Tucumcar Auto CO. pays cash for
scrap brass, zink, copper and old rubber
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
RELATION OF THE DAIRY FARM
TO PERMANENT AGRICULTURE.

When man of practical knowledge
coupled with the trained mind of an
instructor says that the educational
value Of large dairy show cannot be
estimated to men who are endeavor-
ing to evolve the highest standards of
efficiency upon their farms and in their
dairy at the lowest cost of operation
there must indeed be great value to
be had from an attendance at the Ma
tionaI Dairy Show in Chicago this
year.
Professor Kildee of Iowa Agricul-
tUral College is the author OF the above
statement and believes that lessons
to be learned by looking over a thou
sand Of the best representatives Of the
leading dairy breeds and the infor-
nation and inspiration gained from
coming in contact with men who are
foremost in the Dairy world, with the
chance to inspect the most modern
in dairy machinery, all leads to sue
cess men who might otherwise blum
der along without getting anywhere.
He says that the profits derived from
49, tSA-141L-E q < OCNCA AiIAEU ny lL-G
following factors: Quantity of milk,
quality Of milk, cost of production. and
the price obtained for your dairy
products.
Thus, it must behoove any man who
is striving for success to attend this
great educational exhibit. as by com
parison alone can We measure our
knowledge, and the man who stays
home and plugs along will not get
rom his efforts what his neighbor will
extract from his, with more ease. The
mere pleasure Of sitting on a milk
stool and getting just what milk you
can, won't get you anywhere. You
must have profitable COWS and know
what you are doing all the time.
Every hour spent at the National
Dairy Show at Chicago, during the ten
days of October oath to November End
next, is adding to your ability to sue
coed. Adv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
RULES FOR TIE WARDROBE
Some Matters the Woman Who Would
Be Well Dressed Must Keep
in Mind.

Elegance in dress is not ESSENTIAL to
e. woman who wishes to be considered
a good dresser" but rather a wise
choice and wearing a dress that is
suitable to the occasion.
Nevertheless the problem is a diff
cult one for the woman who must
dress on limited means, and who
wants to achieve the same results as
! her more fortunate sister.
SO much is put on the market today
that is cheap that woman is easily
influenced to buy impractical things,
wasting her allotment for dress ex-
penses.
A well dressed practical woman viii
have merely several simple gowns in
her wardrobe For afternoon wear
for somewhat dressy occasions, soft
weaves of silk, creped voiIe and SINH
lar materials are suitable. The style
must be simple. and it is not amiss to
add an original fancy belt. few
striking buttons, or pretty collar and
cuff effects in embroidery or lace.
For daily wear, shopping, visiting,
or travelling, wooden material is best.
In choosing an evening costume one
should not be Influenced by the LAT
est" fashions reported. as these elabo-
rate costumes turned out by a more
or less inexperienced dressmaker lose
their beauty and finish, and mar the
outline of the figure.
Dresses with trains are frequently
worr without petticoats. and with the
proper underclOthing the effect is
good. But for street wear the petit
coat should not be omitted, and the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
Wise Scotch Laddfe.

A Scotch lad had his leg injured at
a factory, and was treated for some
time by the doctor without much IA
vorable result, His mother had great
faith in a local bone-setteT, and want
ed her son to go to him; but the boy
objected, preferTing, as he said. the
regular faculty" Finally, however, he
yielded to his mothers persuasions
and was taken to the town where the
famous bone-setter resided. The leg
was duly examined. and it was found
necessary to pull it very severely, in
order Ito get the bone in" as the
Quack expressed il The patient
howled in agony, but at last the bone
was got in," and he was hidden to
go home. In q few days he would be
all right, and could resume work
Didn't he do it weH?" said the Joy
GUS old lady, as they started home
ward. Yes, he did, mother" said the
lad; he pulled it well; but / was na
sic g fool as to sic him the sair Ieg!"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
CHAPTER II.
Our First Clue

Louise and I sat at dinner together.
Isn't it strange in this world Of
ours how the commonplace follows on
the terrible. how the usual and the IN
usual inteTmingle, how the clock ticks
on when the whole universe seems to
be tumbling about our heads! In one
Of the rooms upstairs lay Katharine,
still unconscious. with a doctor and
nurse constantly at her side. The bull
let had been removed, and While it
had penetrated the brain some slight
distance, Doctor Wilcox said there was
Just chance-the barest chance-that
she might recover. It might, however.
be hours, he explained, before she re
gained COnsCiOusness-if she ever did
In another of the rooms lay General
Parrish, more dead than alive. ParaIv-
sis had deadened his limbs and tied
his tongue. Only his eyes seemed
alert Most of the time since the
stroke had felled him he had been
slumbering heavily.
While the hustle of caring for the
two stricken ones lasted there was
little time for thought, and was glad
for the activity that kept Louise's
mind distracted. Just at the moment
when it seemed that everything had
been done and there was nothing left
but the anxious waiting-waiting for
the worst-the butler had tiptoed in to
summon US to dinner BraveIy. at
first, Louise and I made pretense of
eating, each trying to encourage the
other, but the unforgetable events of
the afternoon, the missing faces at the
table and the sorrow that filed US both
made food impossible. Drawing our
chairs together, we discussed in whig-
pers the battling mystery of Kath-
arine's attempted suicide and her ia
theirs strange terror.
On the table before US lay the scrap
Of yellow paper. the sight of which
had so agitated General Parrish. AS
soon as he had been carried into his
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17

own rooms I had fastened to rescue Il
from the floor felt that, insignificant
as it appeared, it must have some in
poTtant connection with the events Of
F. the afternoon. Yet as Louise and
puzzled over It, there seemed nothing
sinister in the fragments Of sentences
that the flames had left all but indie
cipherabIe.
The paper, Of q peculiarly yellowish
tint, was hardly more than two square
inches, the torn corner Of a folded let
ter. On it We could make out these
words:
ba
used sc
sister
seemed inevita
and disgrace ali
by accident lie
make good
As We studied the bit of type-writ-
ing. word by word we tried to trace
in It some hidden meaning, some sin
lister warning, something or anything
that would connect it with poor Kath-
arine's mental distress and her IA
Tiers poignant terror. That the let
ter Of which this was a part had been
in KathaTine's possession was evident
from. the place where I had picked up
the fragment It was equally certain
that it had been her purpose to de-
strOy it. On the other hand, General
Parrish, too, must have known Of the
existence Of this letter, else why did
he show such terror at the mere sight
Of scrap of it? It must have been
part Of some document that had made
a vivid impression on his mind. More
than likely, we felt, whatever the let
ter was, it had played some part in
the quarrel between Katharine and
her father the afternoon before she
dismissed Hugh Crandall.
We ran over all the words We could
think Of that begin "b-a," trying to fit
one to the phrases following
bar, ban, bank, bankruptcy, basin, bar
rel, barren, battle-there were too
many Of them. We gave it up and
passed On to the next phrase, used
Sc" 1t proved equally puzzIing. We
could make nothing out Of it, but the
third line at least was definite enough
for discussion.
"A sister" said Louise. THAT
makes it certain that this letter did
not apply in any way to father, for he
never had a sister He was an only
child"
was not so positive as she that the
letter did not apply to the general.
The thought came to ne that perhaps
even in the proud Parrish family there
might have been some girl child of
unblessed birth whose existence had
been kept secret from Louise. Per
haDs some knowledge of this sort had
come to Katharine and the letter re-
ferred to it. I refrained from suggest
ing such theory, for I felt it would
be the height of cruelty even to hint
such thing to Louise at a time when
the father was helpless to explain.
Yet the following phrase, seemed in
evitable," might we'll fit into some
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
2'71"7 MznzzaIowNURazna,

soul out Of him. have seen Kath-
arine's life, too, bIighred by its con
stant presence. Whether Katharine
lives or whether she dies, I must find
out what it is. I must, before it kills
my father, too. You'll help me, won {
your"
There have been strange wooings
and strange betr0thaIs in loves his
tory, but never before has any man
been brought to a fuller realization of
the depth of a woman's affection for
him or her confidence and trust in him
than l was at this moment when Lou
/ ise put this question to me. My arms
went about her and my lips met hers
in one long kiss that was d pIedge-a
/ pledge that hencefOrth my life, my
heart, my mind, my powers, my every
thing We're hers. All my abilities would
be devoted to clearing this mystery
that was stealing the JOY from her
years, when they should be the pleas
ATTEST. But this was no time cor love
daIliance. The mystery must be
solved. Suicides generally left letters.
| Perhaps
Hand in hand, Louise and I went
into Katharine's apartments, where
the rooms disorder still told of the
tragedy so recently enacted there. In
one corner stood a little open desk.
It's contents bore evidence of a recent
careful sorting that limited very plain
ly Of generalization, but there was no
note or letter there. I looked next on
the mantelpiece, hoping to find among
/ the photographs and cOtilIiOn favOrs
that Uttered it some clue which might
solve the mystery, but there was moth
/ ing there, either.
My eye fell to the CRATE below,
/ where a fire burned cheerily. Here
again was evidence of Dremeditation
| in the ashes Of burned letters and the
/ charred corner of a photograph. A
/ blackened bit Of paper that had fallen
/ through the CRATE before it burned
caught my glance and I stopped to
| pick it up. It was just a scrap Of vel
| low, torn from a folded letter, with it's
edges burned to fragiIeness. Careful
/ " Louise and I unfolded it, for it
seemed the only thing in all the room
that might yield some explanation. AS
we pored over the meaningless frag-
ments Of sentences, an exclamation of
horror came from the doorway. Look
ing up we saw the tall form of General
Parrish lettering on the sill.
Clad in dressing-jacket, his white
hair in wild disorder, he pointed with
accusing finger at the yellow scrap of
paper in my hand. Never in mortal
face have 1 seen such terror as 1 saw
in his. His eyes, diIated, seemed bulg-
ing from their sockets. His counte-
nance was white as chalk. His Jaw
had dropped in the paralysis of terror.
From his throat came horrible numb
lings, as he tried to speak and could
not
Louise and sprang to his side, but
with almost maniacaI strength he
shook us off and, with finger stflI
pointing to the yellow scrap / had let
fall to the floor, he managed to gasp:
THAT yellow letter. Where did"
Before he could finish the sentence
he fell stricken TO the floor. his voice
choking, his eyes glazing, paralyzed by
some hidden terror-we knew not
what
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17

theory such as this, followed as it was
in the next line with the word dis
grace"
For a moment felt that I was on
the track Of the solution Of the mys-
terry. Some specter from the generals
past had risen to haunt his declining
years, to threaten his good name, to
worry him into his grave. His elder
daughter had discovered it and had
been unable to carry the burden of
shame. Could this have been the
secret that these two shared and kept
Louise in ignorance Of? A word from
Louise all at once upset my theory.
7 wonder" she said. IF this isn't
part Of a letter about Hugh Crandau."
Both she and were convinced that
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
Matching Shad by Millions

Tie United States fish commission
station ST Bryan's Point. Nd, is now
IN the midst Of the shad Matching sea
son and daily many thousands Of the
young Gsh are Matched in the artificial
waterways at the pTopagating station
The eggs are being taken from the
shad by agents of the station at the
fishing shores at Chapman's point,
Fairy Landing, Pomonkey Point and
irom the OILERS and trap net fisher
men. Launches several times each
day make trips to the different shores
10 gather the eggs and take them to
the station for Matching.
The large catch of good roe shad so
tar this season has enabled the sta
zion to obtain a large supply of eggs,
and the total number of shad katched
out when the season closes next
month is expected to be well up in the
millions. The small fish are sent to
this city several times each week and
are shipped out on the special cars
Of the fish commission to streams
throughout the country where cOudi-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17

in some way Crandan was involved.
Ny theory would not account for his
connection with the case and at once
abandoned II, listening mtentIy to one
Louise advanced.
There must have been some con
nection between his having telephoned
her and what she did this afternoon.
Before she shot herself she burned
this letter, or most Of it. Father must
have known about the letter, so I am
certain that it concerned CrandaII."
Has CTandau a sister,"
= do not know" said Louise. q
know nothing about his family. It
seems strange, too, when for months
and months We saw so much Of him. I
do not recoIlect his ever having men
/ toned any Of his relatives"
Ny brain recorded q victory for
woman's intuition over mans logic.
Her theory seemed infinitely better
than mine. After all it was absurd to
suspect a skeleton in the life OF a man
like General Parrish, who had been
constantly under public scrutiny for
many years. It was much more prob
able that the letter referred to some
incident in the life Of Crandal, some
thing so discreditabIe that the general
had been forced to forbid Katharine
having anything to do with him. This
theory would account for the quarrel
/ between father and daughter, for Gran
daII's reticence about his family, for
Katharine's distress, and naturally
the sight Of the letter that had caused
all the trouble would upset the gen
eraI. I began to see a plan for action.
Louise, dear" How quickly ad-
yersity strips off conventionality and
puts US where our hearts would have
US! Louise, dear" I said, "it will
probably be days before either your
father or Katherine will be able to
give US any assistance, yet the knoWl-
edge that everything has been cleared
up, that the specter has been driven
away, undoubtedly would hasten the
recovery Of both. Sc l feel that we
must go ahead"
ooh, Harding" she. breathed Her
hand stole out and sought mine. What
a comfort you are to me! What would
I have done this afternoon without
you! You're right, dear, We must solve
this awful mystery at once. We must. "
THE first thing for me to do" l
went on, is to ind Hugh Crandall.
He can probably tell us all about this
letter. Even if he can't he can say
why he teleph0ned Katharine and
where she went this afternoon. When
we have learned this much we shall
at least have made good start. The
next thing will be to trace the letter.
If Crandau does not know about it, we
will try to learn from whom it came. ,"
That's impossible" objected Lou
Use. Haven't we looked everywhere
in Katharine's room for he envelope
in which it came. am positive that
she burned it. Without the envelope
you can never discover where it was
mailed or to whom it was addressed"
I'm not so sure about that. The
post office has wonderful ways of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17

of exactly 999 miniatures that are in
his London house in Princes Gate.
The little pictures are not hung On
screens in the usual manner, but are
sept in cabinet whose tray-Iike
shelves are lined with black velvet.
each miniature being securely fasten-
cd to the bottom of the tray. 4 New
Yorker going through the Morgan
house while on a recent visit to Lon.
don asked the guide who was showing
him over the house why Mr.. Morgan
didn't buy another miniature and
make the collection an even thousand.
Oh, that is one of his particular nets.
that odd number" was the reply,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17

ness in each side, could not stand tight
clothing, and was irregular. / was com
pletely run down. On advice took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and am enjoying good health. It
is now more than two years and I have
not had an ache or pain since. l do all
my own work, washing and everything.
and never have backache any more. l
think your medicineis grand and praise
it to all my-neighbors. If you think my
testimony will help others you may pub
ish it. Mrs. OLLIE WooDALL, Nor
tons Gap, Kentucky.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound viii help YOU, write
to Lydia E.PinkhamM Medicine Co.
confidential Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter viii be opened,
read and answered by q woman,
and held in strict confidence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
For Lettuce Cream.

Lettuce cream is one Of cur grand
mothers remedies for preserving the
complexion that have come into vogue
again. It is made by scalding head
OF lettuce with boiling water and al
lowing il. to stand for half an hour
Pour OF the water. pound the lettuce
to a paste with a potato masher, then
strain through cheesecIoth. Now melt
one ounce of white wax. four ounces
Of almond oil and ore ounce of sperm
acetti in a double boiler. Do not let
these ingredients come to a boil. Just
melt them. and then. drop by drop. add
the lettuce juice, beating constantly
with fork until the cream is perfect
IL smooth and cold.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17

tracing mail. One of the inspectors is
a friend Of mine and we will enlist his
help. But first I must find Crandall.
Probably he can tell US everything if
he will Do you know where he lives ?"
He has bachelor apartments some,
where along the avenue, I don't know
just where. know his place Of bust,
ness"
I know that. too, but it is useless to
try to find him there tonight"
Katharine used to send all her
notes to one of his clubs where he re
ceived his mall think it was the
University"
Come into the library" said I, I'VE
can quickly locate him
CTO BE CONTINUED1
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
NEED FOR HANDBAGS
FASTIDfOUS WOMEN HAVE ONE
FOR EACH COSTUME.
Fortunately for Those OF Small Purse
the Smartest Designs May With
Patience Easily Be Copied
at Horne.

These smart designs in the ever
popular handbag can easily be copied
at home
There was q time when one bag
sdmced as long as it would contain
the hundred and one odds and ends
which its feminine owner was in the
habit Of thrusting into it. Today a
bag is wanted by the fasudious WON
an for each outdoor costume. Where
the purse reseats this extravaganza
the difficulty is overcome by the bag
being homemade. Some bags can be
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
Care of the Neck.

We are apt to forget when powder
ing our faces, that We are setting up
a trying contrast with our threats by
so doing. The new open throated col
lars leave exposed a large part of the
neck, which in strong sunlight viii in
most cases look slightly yellow, or at
all events, dark. The Parisians use
for this part Of their persons a special
powder which is slightly greasy in
texture, and which remains very sat
isfactOry on the skin. This neck pow
der should be little paler in tone
than the face powder, and must never
be forgotten when wearing the Robes
pierre collar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
Call 10 Arms.

'Bang." went the rifles at the ma
DeuVeTs.
"Oo-oo, screamed the pretty girl
"a nice, decOrous, surprised little
scream She stepped backward into
the surprised arms of a young man
oh" said she, blushing, q was fright
ened by the rifles. I beg your par
don"
Not at ALL" said the young man.
Let's go over and watch the artil-
lery."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
Mourning Waists.

The Dry Goods Economist states
that mourning waists show bands Of
crepe in trimming effect, also reverb
collars. cuffs and buttons Of this ma
terial. Plain net Is used where trans
parept effects are required. Mourning
waists for the young miss are being
shown, and they are made to give the
appearance Of Eghtness, quite foreign
to the usual mourning garments. Some