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The Forrest City times., 1913-04-04
DAMAGING COLD FOLLOWS STORMS REPORTS FROM DIFFERENT SEC- TONS OF ARKANSAS SAY
 FRUIT IS KILLED. EARLY CROPS ARE INJURED Strawberries Feel Effects of fros0 Estimated That 50 Per Cent ;.
 Yield Is Ruined.
EARLY CROPS ARE INJURED

Western Newspaper Union N seYvica
 Little Rock.--During all the time that the destructive storms were sweeping over the country Arkansas was visited by three in succession which caused the death of several per sons and property damage to the amount of thousands of dollars.
 The storm did not visit the same section each time but struck in three different parts of the state.
 Following the last tornado the whole state experienced sudden drop in temperature to the freezing point
 This sudden freeze which was fol-
The Forrest City times., 1913-04-04

Neb., the latter towns near Omaha; Marshalltown, Ackley, Woodbine and Carroll, la, are places which suffered the most.
 Fire broke out in the debris of many wrecked buildings in the Nebraska metropolis and those were menaces for some time, as the fire companies were hindered by fallen walls and biockaded streets. A heavy rain fol- lowed the wind, however, and drench- ed the hundreds of homeless persons, but also put out the flames.
 Perhaps 1,500 persons are homeless. Aside from this 5000 buildings were more or less damaged. some of these being churches and school buildings.
The Forrest City times., 1913-04-04

CT and tributaries exceed the floods of 1912, it will cause untold suffering in the South. In s,me districts the people are still living off the aid fur nished last year because they were un- able to make any crops during the summer on account of the slow reced- ing of the waters and the untiIlable condition of the soil. Especially is this So in one part of Louisiana where an outbreak of fever followed the spring flood.
 The Mississippi river and it's tribu taries were full to the banks before the devastating flood in Ohio and In diana.
The Forrest City times., 1913-04-04

lowed by frost dld an immense dam- age to the early crops and the fruit trees of the state. From all sections of Arkansas come many reports most of them unfavorable, the following paragraphs give an idea as to the dam- age done:
 Fort Smith.-From reports of the fruit growers in the Western section of the state it is estimated the peach crop was damaged from 50 to 75 per cent by the heavy frost and freeze. Lo- cal fruit growers estimated the dam age all the way from 25 to 75 per cent and it is impossible to give correct es- inmates at this time, as minute ex animation of buds will be necessary to determine this.
 From Crawford county estimates vary from 25 per cent by Capt H.
The Forrest City times., 1913-04-04
RECONSTRUCTION
 BEGUN IN CITIES
eeeATEsT PROBLEM TO BE FAC. en NOW IS THE FEEDING OF
 THE HOMELESS VICTIMS.
WILL REQUIRE MUCH HELP
Martial Law GoVerns-Automobiles Reuuisitioned-Sieh Forced
 to Work by Miitiamen.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
 Dayton, O.-Here is the problem presented to Dayton as summarized by Geo. r. Burba, secretary to Gov. Cox, md representing the latter:
 Forty thousand persons must be fed. clothed and housed for several days more.
 Many thousand persons must be car cd for indefinitely, for these persons lost their all, when their household goods were swept away. They must be provided with a few necessary household articles, such as bedding, pots and pans, stoves and few dol lars. A half million dollars could be
The Forrest City times., 1913-04-04

used in this way by the relief com Mittee
 Fifteen thousand houses and busi- ness buildings must be rehabilitated
 Two thousand houses and other structures. or what remains of them, must be pulled down.
 Thousands of tons of debris must be removed.
 Following are some of the accom- pishments since the flood broke over the city Tuesday morning
 The waterworks pumping station is fn operation, but the distribution of
The Forrest City times., 1913-04-04

M. F. Smelzer, one of the largest grow. CTS of the county, to so per cent by several other growers. At Rudy, large shipping point, reports come that the entire crop is lost J. R. Barrett manager of the Van Buren Fruit Grow CTS Association, at Van Buren, stated that he believed that more than 75 per cent of the peaches of Crawford coun. ty were killed by the frost.
The Forrest City times., 1913-04-04

smaller. Up to this evening 59 bodies had been taken to the central county morgue.
 Confusion caused by caring for bod ies at two or three different morgues first caused a reported high death list, but now all bodies have been ordered taken to the central morgue as soon as found.
 Working day and night in squads of men furnished by the city and by rail road companies have succeeded in patching up the big break in the levee which caused the disaster an the west
The Forrest City times., 1913-04-04
Commits Suicide h Store.

New Orleans.-Miss Isabel G. Tem- pie, 30 years old, daughter of H. N. Temple of Chattanooga, Tenn, died in a Canal street department store here. Miss Temple, who came here three weeks ago suffering from ner- vousness, was found in a lavatory by a shopper, after she had swallowed the greater part of vial of poison.
The Forrest City times., 1913-04-04

water is greatly retarded by open p'pes Tn wrecked houses. The pres sure is feeble, but growing stronger
 S leaks are checked.
 me main sanitary sewer is in opera H0i' although many of the laterals
 e'ns rom houses are clogged with -uuu or backed up with water me hood sewer, separate from the sanitary, will be in operation this
 eek. These sewers carry off the rain Aan rom the gutters and are needed Aow to remove the water being pump |ed from basements.
 ieiegraph service Is fast catching |p with requirements, which Nhave 'Ven and are still enormous. mere Is enough food and clothing T" present needs. but relief will be
The Forrest City times., 1913-04-04

side A second smaller break is being repaired.
 Every available automobile truck and all the horse-drawn drays were impressed by the sanitary officials and hundreds of men were engaged all day removing the carcasses to the diff ferent incinerating plants and to va cant plots of the outskirts of the city where they are buried.
 Force Sightseers 10 Work.
 Hundreds of sightseers arrived for a holiday in the city only to be i'm pressed into the service of the seni- tary department, and were forced, in some instances. at the points Of bay onets, in the hands of National Guardsmen, to assist in the removal of carcasses.
The Forrest City times., 1913-04-04
Philadelphia Girls Victorious.

Arkadelphia.-The Philadelphia high school girls added another game to their long string of victories by de- feating the Gurdon girls. 37 to 3.
The Forrest City times., 1913-04-04
Take Charge of Cars.

Sightseers in motor cars felt the heavy hand of public necessity when Gen. Wood began impressing ma- chimes. The sightseers were ordered from their cars and the latter were pressed into public service. Protests were unavailing. The more staubbora surrendered at the point of rifles and gave up their cars until released by order of Chairman John H. Patter- son." as the placards placed on them read
The Forrest City times., 1913-04-04
Situation in Columbus.

Reconstruction of the west side of Columbus, where the flood has wrought the heaviest damage, begun in earnest by the undaunted citizens of that district, with the assistance of more fortunate residents. The Colum- bus death rate list still remains at 64
 Many are reported to be still missing but the list is gradually growing
The Forrest City times., 1913-04-04

required on a diminishing scale for another month.
 By order of Gov. Cox the reign of martial law over Dayton was extended to take in the whole county. The flood dld more than sweep away property, for 1t swept away the city admins traitor, temporarily at least, and brought in what amounts to a com mission form of government.
 Immediately martial law was pro claimed the municipal administration was eclipsed. Aujt.-Gen. Wood for the moment became supreme under the governor.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-02-20
Famous Ozone Cave.D

An extraordinary bone cave" may
be seen in the island of Teneriffe. 1t
is situated near the summit of a lofty
sea cliff near Orotava close to the
small plain of lie Paz. where peace
was finally made between the conquer
ing Spaniards and the Guanches, the
original inhabitants of the island
Here the Guanches made their last
stand, and this cave formed shelter
for the small remnant left of the
tribesmen after the Spanish had finish
ed with them. In former times the
place had evidently been burial
ground for the Guanches. and when
first discovered number Of mummies
we're found In it; now, however, OILY
4 huge pile Of bones remains. Access is
obtained by descending rope through
a hole dug in the roof, but the orig
inal occupants must have had diff
cult and dangerous scramble down the
face Of the almost perpendicular cliff
10 the natural entrance.-WideW World
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-02-20
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

l, George Havery. of Richfield, Iua-
no, assignee in part of Albert Albert
son, who made entry Number SO
under the provisions of an act
of the legislature of the state
of Idaho, known as the Carey
Act, approved March End, 1899,
which embraces the NE1-4 of NW14,
Sec. 6, township south, range 20 east
r. NJ, do hereby give notice of my
intention to make final proof to es
tablish my claim to the land above
described, and that l expect to prove
that l have resided on, proclaimed and
cultivated said land as required by
law, before Chas. J. Lis1e, Repre-
sentative of the State Land Poard at
Richfield, Idaho, on March 9Th, 1913, by
two of the following witnesses:
VIM. L. Biggs, T. B. Brush, David
Engle and Joseph Bee, all of Richfield,
Idaho. GEORGE HAVERY,
Entryman,
Feb. Omar. 6
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-02-20
CARRIED RIDER FROM REVIEW
Even General Custer, Accomplished
Rider as He Was, Could Not
Stop Runaway Horse.

There was perhaps no more pictur-
esque cavalry commander engaged in
the Civil war, north or south, and most
certainly none with a more remark
able career, writes Gen. James Grant
Wilson in the Bulletin of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to AMI
mails, than George Armstrong Custer
(1SS9-1S76), who was graduated at
the United States military academy of
West Point in 1861 Entering the
army as a second lieutenant In that
year he rode at the head of his cav
airy division In the famous Washing
ton review Of May, 1866, as a major
general!
While in less than four years serv-
ice he had seven horses killed under
nina greater number 1t is believed
than was lost by any other leader of
Union troops who participated in the
war, he miraculously escaped both
death and wounds.
Among the numerous charges own
ed by Custer, his four favorites were
Don Juan, Jack Rucker, Dandy and
Vic. The first mentioned was a
thoroughbred stallion of great speed,
strength and spirit, on which the dash
ing young sabreur appeared with his
celebrated Third Cavalry division in
the grand review at the close Of the
war.
When approaching the reviewing
stand on which were assembled Presi-
dent Johnson with his cabinet, Grant,
Sherman, Meade and many other
prominent generals, Don Juan became
excited and frightened at the floral
bouquets and wreaths showered upon
him and his rider, as well as the wild
tempest of cheers that greeted them.
and ran away, in spite of the efforts
of one of the most accomplished horse
men in the army to control him. The
youthful major general Of twenty-six
at length stopped the stallion and re-
joined his command In season to ap-
pear with it IS the division swept past
the reviewing stand
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-02-20

upon her sleeve, ARE you still QuitA
sure that you can never love me? Yes
| see that you are You gave me to
understand once that your heart was
pledged. / want you to tell me ons
thing, and do not ask it impertinent.
ly. Where is the man you lover?
Il don't know" she answered.
HE has gone out of your life?"
"But / love him STILL" she crted de-
family. 81 love him and always shall.
o, Doctor Klein, I've all owe SO
! conscious of your many kindnesses,
your goodness, your charity and self
sacrifice Don't make it harder for
me. | don't love you, ! can't love
you" Suddenly she flung herself up
on her knees. do you know why I
was first attracted to you?" she cried.
The man | love is hunchback. His
whole life has been poisoned by his
infrmity. / hoped it would be my task
to bring him back to an understanding
OF goodness, to instill a gracious
benevolence into his mind and nature.
But he left me because he dared not
ask me TO link my life with his Then
| came here, to be a nurse, to give my
life to others. I met you, learned OF
your operation and hoped that some
day the time would arrive when he,
too, would hear of you and would
come to you to be made a straight
man like other men. and then"
Il loved YOU" said Doctor Klein
hoarsely.
You loved me-" she repeated me-
chanically. And then l dared not tell
you about what lay so near my heart.
But have told you now because-be-
cause"
She did not know. Perhaps 1T was
her lovers presence in the hospital
that she felt unconsciously; she
looked helplessly at the doctor. He
raised her to her feet gently.
Miss Garvin," he said slowly, five
minutes ago | contemplated the black
est crime that any doctor could mag
Inc or dream of. You have straight
ened out the mental kink in my own
brain as | shall straighten Mr.. Man
ning's body tomorrow"
Mr.. Manningl" she cried, and
stood staring at him in terror. you
know. then? He is"
My dear" the doctor answered.
he has told me everything. He loves
you. And he is under this roof to-
night. But you must not go to him
now You shall see him tomorrow,
and you and l will cure him"
And Manning saw Esther's face
smiling on him as he sank to sleep
under the ether; and Esther's was the
nrst that he saw when he awakened
In his room afterward. But Doctor
Klein was standing at her side.
You will be well soon," said Doc
tor Klein. you will be straight as
man should be and IL wish you"
But he knew that his life also
stretched straight before him, ruled
and planned and Interchangeable.
Copyright, 1912. by W. G. Chapman)
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-02-20
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

l. Lloyd Lee Layne, of Richfeld
Idaho, who made entry No. 954
lnder the provisions of an act O.
legislature Of the state of Idaho
commonly known as the"Carey Act
approved March End, 1899, which
embraces WIZ of the NE1-4, Section
6, township 4 South, range 20
east of Boise Meridian do here
by give notice of my Intention to
make final proof to establish my
claim to the land above described,
srd that l have resided on, reclaim
ed and cultivated said land as re-
quired by law, before Chas. j. Isle
representative of the state land
board. at Richfield, Idaho, on the
18th day of March, 1913, by two
of the following witnesses.
Joseph Bee, George Havery, Vernon
V. Bower, Theodore B. Brush, all of
IDAHO
LLOYD LEE LAYNE,
Entryman
Feb. 13-Mar. IS
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-02-20
PLAYING THEIR PARTS
Two Prisoners, One Criminal, the
Other an Innocent Girl, in
Love Pact.
BY FRANK FILSON.

The pretty girl in the travelling
ulster peered through the aperture in
the thick oaken door which served
also as window The room was a
tiny one deep down in the bow of the
liner, and almost completely dark.
Can you tell me where the ships
prison is?" she asked, and, seeing the
expression Of surprise upon the face
of the man within, she added hastily:
THE captain told us that there's a
poor man in there who is being taken
back to America to be tried. And l
thought that as tomorrow is New
Years day he might like-Oh, beg
your pardon!"
There was no mistaking her con
fusion. AS her eyes became ac-
customed to obscurity she could see
that the mans leg was fastened by
a long chain to huge ball of iron.
81 am the prisoner" ne answered
quietly And l thank you with all
my heart for the-money?'
81 am so sorry she answered, re-
cognizing that the voice was that of
a gentleman. Even the thanks had
been at once an acknowledgment and
refusal. She slipped the purse back
into her bag again. Forgive me"
she said in humiliation
"On one condition." he answered.
That you come again to say goodbye
and wish me good fortune when the
ship docks. Sympathy Of any kind is
so entirely foreign to my experience
that-well, somehow l like it,"
yes, l will come,7 she answered
gently and slipped past the detective
in charge, who, attired as a sailor to
escape attention, had watched the col
loquy from his seat on an uptdrned
fire bucket. He grunted contemptu-
ously.
Il ought to have stopped her" he
soliloquized. But l don't buck up
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-02-20
He TOOK A CHANCE.
For Loves Sake Hunchback Un-
dergoeS Operation on Distorted
Bones of Spine.
BY c. V. CT ARENpoN.

On the night before the operation
Doctor Klein en,ered his patients
room and sat by his bed you are re.
solved to take the chance of it?" he
asked
His steel-gray eyes were fixed M
waveringly upon those Of the cripple
beneath the sheets. The cripple
smiled back at him as frankly.
Perfectly" he murmured. MY
chance is, understand, on the whole
favorable. You say am the fourth
who has risked this?"
The ffth,1 answered the great sur
geon composedly.
And two of them died?"
20, dear, no. Well yes, two died,
but one of these would have died any
way from other causes. In his case
death was merciful release. l am
firmly convinced that you will get up
as straight as | am"
And he went on learnedly to de-
scribe the details of his famous oper-
alton which was to cure the bunch
back. The pressure of the vertebrate
upOH lu6 Spludl CO- = must DS 10
moved, the distorted bones reset and
held in cast; it was perfectly feas-
ible, but because the slightest slip of
the scalpel would mean paralysis and
lingering death no other surgeon
dared attempt it.
And I suppose" the surgeon ended,
smiling kindly, that there is, as
usual, a woman in the case"
The hunchback's eyes lit up.
'Ill tell you, Doctor Klein" he said,
FOR you have been my best friend
in the world Yes-there is a woman
in the case.
q haven't burdened you with my
early history, but l may as well say
that | am man of good family and
in my youth enjoyed the advantages
of an excellent education. My early
life was, as you may imagine, tor
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-02-20
GAVE PROOF OF HIS NERVE
Journalist in Sunny Venezuela Had 1t,
and It Was Lucky Possession
for Him.

The Trinidad papers publish a story
which tends to prove that romance
such as delights the small boy and
leads him away from home is still
found in sunny Venezuela
Thomas Herrera, a Caracas publ
cist, committed recently the unpardon-
able sin of writing a sarcastic pam
phlet against President Gomez of Vene-
zuela. One night the police swooped
down on his house and extended to
him an invitation to take a free out
ing on the torpedo boat FL Rayo,
which was waiting for him at La Quay
ra.
On board the small craft Herrera
found, with very mixed feelings, the
man whose presses had printed the
pamphlet and friend guilty Of send
ing copies of it through the mails. The
torpedo bost steamed toward the Of
fling and but for the thought of posi-
Bile untoward developments the three
friends enjoyed the free excursion
keenly. Yet the memory of things
which had in the past befallen unde-
sirable journalists in the course of
like outings convinced Herrera that
he had better look out for accidents
A brilliant conyersationalist, he in
gratiated himself with the officers OF
FL Rayo and quite naturally was ask
ed after the MONDAY meal to take a
hand at cards In the course of the
game he dropped card under the ia.
BILE, bent down to pick it up and in
stead brought to view the captains
revolver, which he had wrenched from
It's holster Three shots rang out and
lieutenant and first mate roll
ed on the deck wounded. Herreras
friends overpowered the second mate
and secured all the guns. The crew
was offered the choice between lead
and a quick run to Trinidad.
When Trinidad was reached every
body followed the three daredevils
ashore for little did the crew care
to face a court-martial for having al.
owed themselves to be captured. |
Herrera then indited a beautiful proc
amation to the people of Venezuela, |
.elling them how to get rid of the ty- |
ant Gomez and instancing what
nan of nerve had done, alone.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-02-20

"Eecause I too am a pris onar," She
vered
You dent look like a prisoner Ii
sturned grilnly.
Il Will tsll you then was going
Jack to America to be married to 8
nan l hate. 1t does not matter how
came to be pledged to him. If had
broken my troth friends would have
been ruined-friends to whom l owe
everything. 1t was my task to sacri-
ice myself Do you want to know
more?s
He shook his head
Not even my name?"
mo. But you know nothing of me
I too was returning to America. to
years of captivity for a crime com
mitted And l was guilty. You ought
&c know the worst of me because 1 dc
not want to die while you believe in
me-"
81 wish to know nothing she an.
swered.
mot even my nane?"
NO What does it matter who we
are or what we have done? We are
only actors, playing our parts. Some
have a good part and win applause
while others are execrated What
does it matter?"
If | had known you before, I might
have played different part" he said.
The night wore on; only the gradual
fitting Of the deck told them that the
end was inevitable. Side by side they
crouched for warmth against the bit
ing wind. The prisoner had dashed
two chairs together At the last mo-
ment they were to tie themselves to
these and leap into the sea.
Her hand stole into his and his fin
gers clasped it. A fierce longing to
live surged into his soul. In that i'm
minent danger their hearts were re
vealed, each to each
The ship may last till dawn" he
said. IF We are saved, win you come
with me to some far off country and let
us redeem our lives together?"
He felt her answering clasp, and
turning toward her, he took her in his
arms and kissed her And when he
felt her lips on his be knew that they
would not be denied that chance they
sought, to live their lives anew.
The east grew light. the stars
daylight spread over the wild
erness of waters. The yellow orb of
The sun uprose. Night was gone, and
their love had dawned as perfect as
hat day. Then the man pointed sea
ward and cried out
Out of the horizon small tramp
steamship was bearing down en- them
When she came nearer it could be seen
hat she flew the Brazilian flag.
Copyright 1912, by W. G. chapman)