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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05
Then and Now.

Fifty years ago, nearly every far
mer and most of the townpeople
raised pork enough FOR family use.
Packing house products were un-
heard Of. Every farm kept a few
cows and plenty of poultry. In those
days the housewives made their own
soap, carded and spun their own yarn
knit socks for the family and in many
cases woye cloth and made clothes
for the family
Instead OF buying coffee already
ground they bought green coffee and
roasted and ground It as needed for
use.
The farmer made his plow stocks
and hoe handles and the family went
to church on horse back or in farm
wagons.
IL is very different now and It is
no wonder. the people are fretting
about the high cost OF living.
Tenant Farmers and schools.
state Superintendent Bradley In
addressing the Teachers in Dallas said
we could never hope to bring our ru-
ral schools up to the desired standard
as long as we have to contend with
such a magnitudinous tenant prob
lem. He pointed out that very large
percentage OF farmers are tenants,
that they are constantly moving a
bout. not settled In home and feel
no abiding interest in the institutions
where they temporarily live"
There Is truth in what he says, but
what are we going to do about itF
Families are brought up on rented
farms-they become accustomed TO
f. The young folks grow up in
tenant community Their friends ana
neighbors are tenants. They attend
schools there. they go to picnics and
church and Sunday school together
then they intermarry and more farms
are rented and the oncoming gener-
ntiOns do the same way
Time and time again we nave
sought to arouse those people to the
,,nortance N owning their homes -
no have told them Of cheap and cas-
uy acquired homes in West IeNas
lint they refuse to heed. They prefer
their old environments and refuse
70 leave their old associations. Ihe
only course left is for those who own
,a,ds IN make their school properties
and their community interests as at
,ractive as possible, go to the imlt
Of prudence and ability TO establish
a high class community center ana
then try to induce good people to BUY
homes there. taking care to avoid eA-
,ortionate land prices. Oner induce
ments TO bonande settlers and give
them a living chance. When they
come then. give them enough respon-
siolllty 10 make them feel a proprie-
,ary interest. and in that way spir-
A. Of home interest will be manifest
IL VI Aht"~
ed
Europe shows Confidence
people who have doubted the Wis
dom OF the Wilson policy in the Mex
leo trouble will have to admit that
,he preisdent has held a frm hand
.nd while temporizing with an un-
~. .oont. for their good. he
has commanded the confidence and
respect Of all the powers In Europe
The representations brought oy
Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson led
some people TO believe that we ought
10 recognize the Huerta government
and others have felt that reeogni-
tlon should be extended to the Con-
aIfnilonalists.
Ihcrs has been a show Of impa-
1ence IN Europe and had the advice
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05

Mr.. s p Smith. cashier OF the
Fluyanna State Bank was here Wed
nesdav having q iot 90 fancy bank
statioaorv ryec up he is getting
ready frr q biz rush Of business On
tie near future and 60 BE- coming.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05

Pat Johnston's school al Plain
view school house has been out Of
commission this week because Of the
rain and mud.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05

ThirfyGvc OF the most wealthy and
influential citizens OF Monterey
Mexico have reached Laredo boo their
efforts to ret out of that war wreck
ed republic
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05

Two thousand teamsters are on
strike az indianapolis. Indiana. La
bor troubles are coming fresh near
ly every day In the congested cities.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-05

The Bazaar 70 be held by the lad
les Of the Christian church on Dec.
and is postponed untl further
notice.
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-13
REDLIGHT DISTRICT OF
KANSAS CITY CLOSED; 400
WOMEN SET ADRIFT

Sentinel Special Service.
Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 13.-As the
result of the enforcement today of an
order of the board of police commiss-
toner's that every house of CONNER
cialized vice be closed, 400 women
were turned into the streets, and the
doors of nearly 100 resorts were
closed, according to the estimate of
the police board. The police made
several arrests of women.
All day motor trucks and big NOV
ing vans could be seen backing up
to the doors of the houses in the
North Side district, taking on loads
of furnishings. Meanwhile, the
stream of women leaving the district,
some on foot, carrying suit cases, and
others in taxi-cabs, was continuous.
Owners of the houses, fearing arrest
for allowing their property to be used
for immoral purposes, had forced out
many of the tenants.
Most of the women made homeless
have, according to the police, left
the city, many for st. Joseph, Mo-,
others to Phoenix, Ariz., or other of
the Western cities. 1t was said a
number of the women had moved in
to flats in suburban residence dis
tricts here.
Representatives of the board of
public welfare spent the day in the
district proffering aid which in most
instances was declined.
or the hundreds of women in the
vice district, to whom the welfare
workers offered aid, only five ex-
pressed willingness to accept re-
spectacle employment.
The police announced tonight that
every immoral house in the city had
been closed. Quiet and darkness
reigned in the north end district,
where, for decades, the glare of red
lights and all night revelry have been
a part of town life.
To cope with the possibility of i'm
moral resorts being started in por-
tions of the city outside of what has
been known as the segregated district
the board of public welfare has asked
all thee hurches here to assist in TAX
ing a vice census. The welfare work
ers plan to keep informed as to the
identity of all residents in every part
of the city.
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-13
TELLS
Of GHOUL|SH
ACT AT FIRE
Stole $1,000 From Body Of a
Woman Victim Of IriquOis
Theater Disaster.
Associated Press.

Chicago, Oct. 13.-Harry Spencer,
the self-confessed wholesale muir
derer, today claimed an added dis
tinction as a ghoul. He said at the
time of the Iroquos theater fire in
Chicago, that he assisted in carrying
bodies from that place.
He carried out the body of one
woman, who was richly gowned and
burned beyond recognition. That
night, accompanied by woman ac-
complice, he went to the morgue and
identified the body as that of his ac-
completes sister, Nellie Skarapa. 4"
He thus obtained possession of the
body.
I'VE got $500 in jewelry and
$1,100 in cash off of her." said Spen-
GER. Il guess she is still buried un-
der that name"
The records of the coroner's office
show that Nellie Skarupa was vic
tim of the theater fire. She is re-
corded as a seamstress, without prop
erty and was claimed by man CIV
ing his name as Henry Eds"
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-13
l46 DEAD ON
VOLTURN0, IS
LAST REPORT
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
London, Oct. 13.-None of the
steamer which succored the Volturno
when it was burning in mid-Atlantic,
reached their destination this morn
ing. A wireless message said the Car
mania arrived at Fishguard this af-
ternoon. The last message received
by the Carmania from Captain Inch
OF the Volturno before he abandoned
the vessel read: Cannot something
be done to help us? Must abandon
the ship; plates buckling; stand close
as We may have to jump for it," This
message was sent just before the
flames drove the Volturnos wireless
operator from his room. The last re-
port is that 146 are dead.
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-13
|Currie Canning Co.
at Work on Apples;
viii Haze 20 Cars

The Currie Canning company start
ed on the 1913 apple campaign Sat-
urday with prospects of producing
20 carloads of canned apples. Help
is insufficient, Mr.. Currie says, and
he is advertising in The Sentinel for
help for both night and day shifts,
which will be maintained as long as
the rush lasts.
The Currie apple product is one
of the prime outputs and the pride
of the company, and Mr. Currie ex-
poets to make tremendous showing.
The 20 cars of canned apples are
equal to 2b cars fully, in the raw
state.
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-13
X C Nut Cake

One-haJf cup butter; * cups gram
niatea sugar: y cup milk. 2cnbs Ton,:
2 keset keasPoo0fuks X c BakiRg Pou.
der; I enp Of mt meats chopped fine;
alikes Of 4 eggs, beaten dry.
Sift flour and baking powder together.
three times. Cream the butter, add the
sugar; then alternately, the milk and
the flour mixture; lastly the whites Of
eggs and the nut meats. Bake in
sheet i'll shallow pan thirty or forty
minutes. When cold cover with the
icing and decorate with whole nut meats,
This is also an excellent white cake recipe
when nuts are omitted.
Chocolate IcinG
One enb .eyanukakea sugar; Y ounce
chocolate; sohite Of egg, beaten d,-y:
x keaspoontnL vanilla eri>aet; 4 en6
uater.
Stir the sugar, chocolate and water
until the mixture boils; cover and let
boil three minutes. Uncover and let
boil til, when tested in cold water soft
ball may be formed; beat into thewlite
OF egg, then beat until cold add vanilla.
The nut caramel frosting given on pnge forty
the chocolate frosting, If desired. copy of
the Cooks Book. handsomely illustrated in
colors. will be mailed free, if you will send the
colored certificate packed in 2S-cent cans of x
c Baking Powder to the JAQuEs MFG, Co.
Chicago a5
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-13
, g g g 3 8 8 9 es 3 $3.50 s
LOCAL GIRL IS HONORED
IN DENVER UNIVERSITY

: Word has been sent TO this
3 city that Miss Carrie Hosmer,
3 formerly popular local girl,
:, has been appointed publicity
: secretary OF Denver university,
!, responsible position. Miss
: Hosmer was one of the brightest
Z young ladies ever graduated by
= the high school here and has
: many friends who will be pleas
: ed to hear of her advancement.
3 9 s9se $685. g SO 3 3 8 :
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-13

No matter how chronic your cough
or how severe your throat or lung
ailment is. DR.. Kings New Discovery
will surely help you; it may save
your life. Stillman Green, of Mali
chite. Colo, writes: Two doctors
said l had consumption and could not
live two years. l used Dr.. Kings
New Discovery and am alive sand
WELL" Your money refunded II it
fails to benefit you. The best home
remedy for coughs, colds. throat and
lung troubles. Price soc and 800.
Guaranteed by c. d. Smith Drug Co.
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-13
"KICKERS"

We are all kickers. Some of us
kick when the good old town is wet.
and some of us kick when the good
old town is dry. We want you to
bear in mind that we have the proper
shoes for all kinds of kickers to stand
in. They fit vets and drys alike.
They look good on the drys and
make a stylish. nifty foot for the
vets, giving the best of service to
each. The price-the lowest con-
sistent with the best quality made
is the same to ll.-McCONNELL &
LOWE, THE Home of Good Shoes"
10-l0-tf
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-13
BETTEX WANTS
SEMINARY IN
Fl. COLLINS
Former German Pastor Here
Plans Training School For
Lutheran DivineS.

A $4,000 theological seminary is
to be established in Fort Collins by
the German Evangelical Lutheran
according to Rev. Z. Tn. Bet
tex, formerly of this city, who is in
charge of the plans.
Rev. Bettex, who is one of the most
prominent ministers of that faith in
the west, is to arrange for the estab-
lishment of the training school, 1t
is understood that he also has plans
for vocational school, to be estab-
lished on the western slope.
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-13
RIOCK 123

lots 81 to 20. each, s2S1.6S; lot 3
S219.SS; lot 81, s218.SS; lot
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-13

IL, s254.S9; lot 12, s275.27; lot 10,
S3O7.49: lot IA, S416.51; lot Is,
S49s.70; lot 16, sS0S.4S.
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-13

Lot 1. s164.S7; lot 2, s16s.s7:
lot 8, $215.67; lot 4, $199.67; lots
8 to q, each, $215.67: lot 8, $218.67;
lot 8, $254.S9; lot 10, $24s.ss; lot
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-13
JOHNSON, NOW FRENCH
CITIZEN, HAS BOND OF
$4,000 FORFEITED
Associated Press.

Chicago, Oct. 13.-Forfeiture OF
Jack Johnson's bond, of $4,000, was
ordered by Federal Judge Carpenter,
today, effective next April, If the ne
gro fighter does not appear for trial
on the white slave charge. Johnson
is reported to have become a citizen
of France.
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-13
Nut Cake
Simply Delicious

BY Mrs. Janet 1Hchen-ie Hil, Editor of
the Boston COOKING School Magazine
In giving this recipe, Mrs. Hill be-
1ieves it to be one of the best all-around
cake recipes it has been her good for
tune to make. The simplicity and uni
forrnly good results will appeal to every
housewife
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-13

Jas. H. Lane is the busiest man in
the city, getting furnaces ready for
winter.
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-13

Ute Osborn left for Olathe this
morning to be gone several days on
business.
The daily sentinel., 1913-10-13

Potter Here.
d. d. Potter of the Palisade sec
ton was pleasant visitor Sunday in
this city.
The citizen., 1913-08-22
FADS AND FANClES.

All-black hats are much preferred
by tins smartly gowned woman.
Dresses of lace and net often have
blue and white eyelet tunics.
The surplice line for the neck con
tinues to Le very much in fashion.
Black and white hemp hats have
plain satin crowns and big tulle bows
White and flesh color are most used
for crepe de- chine waists just now.
White embroidered waistcoats are
correct with black satin coats and
skirts.
Vivid yellows continue to be very
fashionable for evening gowns and
wraps.
jacquard figures are delightful or
namentation for pieccdyed cotton
crepes.
All lingerie garments continue very
sheer and close fitting, the trimmings
perfectly fiat, to accord with the de.
mand for a supple. slender figure.
Rose and black. double-faced. are
the colors oftenest chosen for the
sashes of white voile dresses. Pale
yellow voiles have rose or copper
color.
The easy dressing of the neck will
continue this fall. the open neck be-
ing finished with fichus or ruffs, frills
or wired collars of the Medici order.
The citizen., 1913-08-22

the seasons novelty in blouse acces-
sories. Indeed, odd girdles and sashes
have played an important part this
year in the sartorial world
With all the absorbing interest there
Is In novelty trimmings and elaborate
decorative designs, it is interesting to
note that many of the prettiest blouse
models show the utmost simplicity
Much of their effect is, of course, due
to beauty Of material which soft drap-
ings and graceful lines show up to
the best advantage, but something
also is to be accredited to the fact
that contrast is always appreciated.
An effectively simple model is here
sketched. 1t Is developed in ivory
white Chinese crepe. which washes
beautifully. The front sleeves and
back are attached by hemstitched
perling to a deep shoulder yoke that
has its corners caught together under
the arms. The sleeve is gathered into
a deep cuff that Is finished with a
deep plated ruffle of self-material and
trimmed with dull blue embroidered
button and loop on the upper edge.
The button ard loop arrangement is
repeated on opposite sides of the
cross-ovur blouse fronts just over the
belt A small yoke with an attached
low collar of shadow lace fills in the
V-shaped space at the neck.
The citizen., 1913-08-22

man would attempt to ford that icy
stream, nor desert the shelter of these
bluffs in face of the storm. 1t would
be suicidal And if Dupont and his
Indians were close at hand, Miss Nc
Donald would be with them. He had
had no time in which to reason this
out before. but now the swift realiza-
ton of the close proximity of the girl
came to him like an electric shock.
Whatever the immediate danger he
must thaw out Carroll. and thus be
free himself.
He could look back to where the
weary horses huddled beneath the
bank grouped about the man so help
lessly swaddled In blankets on the
ground. They were dim, pitiable OBJ
iects, barely discernible through the
flying scud, yet Hamlin was quick to
perceive the advantage of their posi-
tion-the overhanging bluff was COM
plete protection from any attack ex-
cept along the open bank of the river,
Two armed men could defend the spot
aRdlUSI Anu OClOng q GU
Yards away. perhaps-it was hard to
Judge through that smother-the bare
limbs of several stunted cottonwoods
waved dismally against the gray sky.
Hesitating, his eyes searching the
barrenness above to where the stream
bent northward and disappeared, he
turned at last and tramped down
ward along the edge Of the stream.
Across stretched the level. white prai-
rie. beaten and obscured by the storm.
while to his left rose the steep. bare
bluff, swept clear by the wind, reveal
ing It's ugliness through the haze Of
snow. Not in all the expanse was
there visible a moving object nor
track of any kind. He was alone, In
the midst of indescribable desolation
"a cold, dead, dreary landscape.
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
The citizen., 1913-08-22

child. his lips muttering something
tndistinguishable. The sergeant, sat
isfted, turned and floundered through
the drifts to the bank of the stream.
He was alert and fearful, yet deter
mined. No matter what danger of
discovery might threaten, he must
build a fire to save Carrolls life. The
raging storm was not over with:
there was no apparent cessation of
violence in the blasts of the icy wind.
and the snow swept about him in
binding sheets. 1t would continue
all day. all another night, perhaps.
and they could never live through
without food and warmth He real
lied the risk fully. his gloved hand
gripping the butt of his revolver as
he stared up and down the snow
draped bluffs. He wished he had
picked up Wasson's rifle. Who was
it that had shot them up, anyhow.
The very mystery added to the dread.
Could 1t have been Dupont? There
was no other conception possible, yet
IL seelueu lihe I'LL dCle IudI luey
could have kept so close on the fel-
lows trail all night long through the
storm Yet who else would open fire
at sight? Who else, indeed. would be
in this God-forsaken country? And
whoever it was, where had he gone?
How had he disappeared so suddenly
and completely? He could not be far
away, that was a certainty. No plains
The citizen., 1913-08-22
DAY OF WASHABLE" GLOVE
Matter of Considerable Moment to tho
Woman Who Is Properly
Fastidous.

In this day of the fastidious woman
accessories that may be made immacu'
late with small trouble and little time
are in high favor. This means, OF
course, that gloves that are washable
have a large following, and it is rot
surprising that they have.
From England come the soft, fine,
white doeskins. gloves of exquisite
softness and fine texture. with the
feel OF velvet and the unusual quail
fication of washing like cotton. Soap
and water does them no harm, and
they emerge from the cleansing as
fresh as new. These doeskin gloves
come in the practical one and two but
ton lengths. as well as the longer
lengths. suitable for three-quarter and
elbow length sleeves
Mocha gloves also come in this
washable category, but make sure tnat
you get the washable" kind, and ask
the clerk before the transaction Is
completed. You may have these in
white or the pretty natural color.
Chamois gloves, of course, every
woman knows about, and they are al
ways more or less in fashion-rather
more this season. These too are in
white or natural If you wish. And not
only do they come in the sh5rt ienqrhs
with one or two large pearl buttons
for fastening, and the longer lengths,
but there is also a strap wrist style
that is very comfortable and practical.
The citizen., 1913-08-22
EVER POPULAR FRENCH KNOT
Nothing More Effective In Embroidery
Work and Comparatively Eas-
lily Executed.

French knots are so easily executed
that simple description of them is all
that will be required. They are gener-
ally used to form the center of roses
and daisies, the stitches being made
quite close together In such case. to
create a solid center, and when EN-
ployed simply to fill up spaces in large
leaves they are usually scattered con-
siderably. The size OF the knot is reg.
ulated by the space to be filled. in.
dividual fancy. or the floss used. The
thread is fastened on the wrong side of
the work with very small knot that
is afterward cut of. as two small
stitches taken very close together
serve to secure the end of the floss.
The needle is then inserted from the
under side of the fabric and the thread
drawn through its entire length. With
the left hand hold the fabric and the
thread at the same time. catchinf
hold of the thread about one inch from
the fabric and holding 1t taut between
the thumb and forefnger. Hold the
needle in the right hand and slip it be-
meath the thread, giving it three or
four twists that will throw the thread
over the needle three or four times.
but without loosening the hold on the
thread. Continue holding the thread
tightly and pull the needle backwards
to the point where it was originally
drawn through and insert 1t again as
close as may be to the same point,
still holding the thread firmly, and
push it through the fabric to be drawn
out on the other side. This will cause
the stitches to be held firmly on one
side and slightly loose on the other.
but the effect is very pretty. Never
allow the stitches to be loose enough
to be mussy and do not permit them to
| be drawn back through the hole made
| by the needle.
The citizen., 1913-08-22
CHAPTER xxv.-contInued

n They plunged into it, plowing way
through the drifts, the reluctant
horses dragging back at first. and
Frlfting before the fierce sweep of the
4 'rind, in spite of every effort at guild
knce. 1t was an awful journey, every
ktep torture, but Hamlin bent to 1t,
tlinging firmly to the bit of his ami
bal, his other arm protecting his eyes
brom the sting of the wind. Behind.
'Wasson welded quirt. careless
khether its lash struck the horses
bank or Carroll. And across a thou
band miles OF snow-covered plain. the
ktorm howled down upon them In re-
Doubled fury, binding their eyes.
making them stagger helplessly be-
|Ore its blasts.
They were still moving. now like
Fnails, when the pale sickly dawn
Eame, revealing inch by inch the dread
fesolation, stretching white and ghast-
h in slowly widening circle. The
Exhausted, struggling men, more near
L dead than alive from their cease
less toll had to break the film Of ice
pom their eyes to perceive their sur
fOlndings Even then they saw moth
Ing but the bare, snow-draped plain.
the air full of swirling flakes. There
FaS nothing to guide them. no mark
p Identification; merely lorn barren.
fess in the midst of which they wan
Fered, dragging their half-frozen
The citizen., 1913-08-22
BLACK LETTERS AND WHITE
Farmer Can Be Read at a Greater
Distance Than the Latter, Is
Judgment Of Experts.

There is a tendency on the part OF
railroads to adopt signs with white let
ters on a black background, not realiz-
ing that the black letter on white
background is easier to read and can
he seen at a greater distance. This
follows in an interesting way from
the structure of the retina of the eye
The impression Of letter at the
limit of vision is received on me ends
of a small bundle of nerves which con-
vey to the brain a sort Of mosaic i'm
nression. A nerve can only transmit
TO the brain information as to whether
or not ray of light is falling upon II,
and when a nerve is partly in the light
and partly in darkness the sensation
ia the same as though all OF 1t was
in the light.
II follows, therefore, that all nerves
IN the dividing edge between any
black and whits srea transmit the SEN