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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-15

been kept in jail for two days await
ing trial. ->.''
Z The Judge who didn't ask her WHY
she stole put her on probation and
gave her freedom.
In the corridor of the City Hall,
just outside the courtroom, a reporter
met-the girl and asked her how much
she earned as a~domestic.
And the girl replied: "Why, got
81 a week."
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-15

SIGHL-StlG WI % - WGGN
Philadelphia, Pa, April 15.-Mary
Conway, 10 years old, was put on trial
here today. 1t was her first time in
a court room. 1t also was the first
time she had ever seen the face of a
black-robed Judge. ~
She was arraigned before Judge
Audenied, charged with theft.
Policemen and court officials in
blue stood about and the big audi
epce looked on quietly with tears in
their eyes as the girl took the stand,
trembling with fear and hardly able
to reach the witness chair without
assistance.
you are charged said the court,
with having taken and appropriated
to your, own use certain articles of
apparel, including underwear, stock
ings and secondhand hat, from
your late employer, Isaac Sharp, mil
liner, 240 N. Eighth street. How do
you plead guilty or not guilty."
The brightQink cheeks of the girl
turned to pale white. 81 am guilty."
she said. Il took the things because
l needed them"
The girls clothes showed that she
needed them" But she was guilty.
She had Stolen them. I
The judge did not ask her WHY
she had needed to steal. He did say
that persons cannot break the laws
of this land with impunity. Such
crimes must be punished. Her prose-
cttor had valued the old hat and the
underwear and the stockings and
other trinkets at SIS.
According to the girls statement
she had been in this country only
two, years. She had been employed
in Sharp's place as a domestic. And
she NEEDED to steal, she said.
She told the court that she had no
relatives or friends in this country,
her mother and father being in Ire
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-15

Fortune Teller Ito over-dressed
aidl-Your husband will be a poor
man-unless Maiden eagerly
Unless. what? Fortupe-teller-You
dress more economically after mar
riage than you do now.
q
New income tax measure excludes 2
from taxation the compensation of
oficeholders. We guess that bill was }
got up. by blamed .oficehold ers, Ii
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-10-02
Nightmare Law.

The effect of a mans declarations
In his sleep when offered as evidence
was involved in Martineux VS.. people,
before the supreme court in Colorado,
in which the court held that night
mare utterances in the nature of ad-
missions or declarations are not COM
petent evidence against a defendant.
The court held also that where wit
ness testifying to such declarations
said he didn't know whether the man
was asleep or awake, but thought he
was asleep when he spoke, an in
struction that the jury might con-
slider such declarations was erron-
eous. The court ruled:
1T is the voluntary statements of
party that may be used against
him. One Is not responsible for what
he says In his sleep, because he is
unconscious and it is not voluntary.
In IL Cyc. 432. 1t is said: Words al
tered by the accused while asleep are
not competent evidence against him,
since he Is unconscious of what he
says. and 1t is for the jury to deter
mine whether the accused was awake
or asleep when he spoke.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-10-02
Habt ~ kIssl,o

Kissing is ont of style Nobody does
II now but sweethearts, young chill
dren and teachers The first blow was
struck by the medical profession. In
families where proper respect Is paid
to hygiene children are cautioned
against proIniscuous kissing according
to Health Culture.
In society a woman is not kissed
twice in q season. When an old
friend Ia greeted and she advances
with her. lips the victim turns her
face. and the caress falls askance
Possibly the very woman who is OPP
posed to the practice takes the initia-
tive, but her lips never meet lips
She may kiss within a fraction OF
your mouth-kiss your chin. your
cheek or your forehead; kiss your eye
lid into repose. or kiss your hair-but
II she has any training. socially. she
will never kiss your mouth
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-10-02
lmprovina vlIIaae Lie.

A writer In the Survey discovers the
average village to be a fruitful field
for investigation leading to improve
nient In, administration. health, santa
ton, social conditions, physical condi-
lions and so on. After summing up
the various lacks In village life he
makes suggestion for betterment
that offers some possible measure of
relief. Cannot the state organize its
villages" he inquiries, stir them into
active life. make them keep awake.
clean and efficient? Cannot each com
monwealth standardize village i'm
provement in all particulars-create a
village reference bureau If need be? In
asmuch as the village Is the recruiting
station for the city the earlier the
state teaches its citizens the modern
lessons of efficient and enlightened
self-government and progressive social
action, the easier will be the task when
the larger units OF government are
concerned. And the gain will be that
of all the citizens of the state. even
those OF the entire nation
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-10-02
RELEASED TO VISIT DENTIST
Plea of Sufferer Softened Heart of
Justice-Similar Circumstances
Recorded In History.

Recently Theodore Roberts, the
actor, was released temporarily from
Ludlow street Jail, New York, in or
der that he might call upon his den
fist during five different days and
have his teeth fixed. Roberts was
serving out a commitment because he
had failed to pay alimony to his wife
under a decree Of separation. Before
he could be permitted to go to the
dentist an affidavit had to be submit
ted In which DR.. Frank e. Seely, the
dentist, declared Roberts had Riggs
disease and would lose all his teeth
If not attended to Immediately. The
court granted permission because the
dentist could not make use of his cleo
trical instruments at the jail.
From the time of the story of Da-
mon and Pythias various reasons for
temporary release from jail have been
given. 1t is related that in the Napo-
leonic era q soldier confined in mill
tary prison for a minor offense
against the service during a brief time
Of peace was released in order that
he might be present at the christen-
ing of his infant son, born during his
Imprisonment. But Napoleon, in or
der to test the intensity of the mans
desire made him agree to serve a year
longer for the privilege of three-day
furlough. The soldier gladly did It
and when he returned found a pardon
and q corporal's warrant for his in
FAINT son, to be valid when the son
had Served with credit. six months in
the emperor's army of the future"
Frederick the Great released an auda
cious captain under sentence Of death
SO that the captain might tell him a
few beneficial things about himself"
The things told face to face Influenced
the great king to pardon the blunt
death-defying soldier.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-10-02
RURAL SECTIONS LAG BEHIND
Writer Makes Statement That CondI-
tions In Cities Are Better Than
In the Country.


Forty years ago the American city
was regarded as hopeless. Crowded
tenements. dirty: alleys, haunts OF vice
and cesspools Of disease were accepted
~ inevitable results OF dense popula-
lions Epidemics were expected and
when they came and killed their thou
sands they were looked upon as nee
sssary evils. But science found the
microbes and the civic conscience
found the Joy In public service.
Thus in third Of century a mir
Aele was wrought and today the city
shows up better In the health and in
sanity, and defective statistics than the
country. The pressing problems of
better living are found In the rural sec
lions. There is much to do in the way
Of sanitation and ventilation, of purer
water and more sunshine There IL a
noble gain to be made In giving more
variety and interest to country life
The lonesomeness can be changed and
the change means a wonderful uplift
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-10-02

Il suppose you enjoyed your trip
abroad"
"Oh. yes, immensely"
And did YOU The aqueducts in
rom p
Yes; and row did enjoy seeing
them swim
Seeing what swim?"
why the aqua ducks"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-10-02
Serial No. 08548z
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION +


Department of the Interior, U
S. Land Office at HALEY, Idaho
August %, 1913, 4
Notice is hereby given that
Ella Simonton, of Adams, Oregon, for
and on behalf of the heirs of Burt
B. Simonton, deceased, who on June l.,
1910, made homestead entry, serial No.
O8548, for SW1-4 NE1-4, SE1-4 NW1-4,
NE1-4 SW1-4, NW1-4 SEA-, Section
20, township 3 south, range 10
East, Boise Meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make final three
year proof to establish claim to
the land above described, before
Register and Receiver, United
States Land office at Haley, dIa-
no, on the oath day of October. 1913.
Claimant names as witnesses:
S. D. L. Ross, w. P. Burke, C. 0.
Chatfeld, ]. M. Pearson, all of Rich
.:eld, Idaho.
IF. HORNE, Register.
Sept 18-Oct %
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-10-02

would not even have come to Cliff
den. Vernon, have something to
tell you-zvital, serious. Let me gel
under shelter somewhere, will your
Vernon led the way to rooted
GUNNER house in the garden. They
sat down on one Of its side benches
Vernon said Paul, you know how
dearly love Eva"
YES" said his brother In low
tone Of constraint.
Il have seen her tonight, secretly.
l am to see her later. She is all
the world to me. l want you to let
me tell her the whole story of my
trouble In the city"
mol" spoke Vernon, and his tones
were incisive and mandatory.
Il feel like a cad, craven, to think
that you should be blamed for what
l did. l was reckless, wicked when
took that $500 from your pocket and
spent 1t, claiming that our step father
owed 1t to me, which morally he did
Then your kindness, your sacrifice.
Since then, oh, believe me! have not
touched card or tasted wine. l am
offered splendid position in the
west The firm has even advanced
me two hundred dollars Vernon,
brother, release me from my promise
not to reveal my blame about that
money
You are telling me the truth about
your prospects, your reform?"
"Sacredly."
Then l glory in the joy it would
have given poor dead mother. My
boy, l am working out your salvation.
Thank God for the privileged"
At seven o'clock the next morn
ing with q batter and bang on his
bedroom door Seth Ramsey shouted
out excitedly:
Get up, Vernon. Here's great
newsi Your brother Paul eloped with
Eva Cross last night. They have gone
out west and left note asking for
giveness and all that pother. What.
do you think of that?"
Are you sure Of this?" asked Yer
non in husky tone.
ooh. yes. They drove to Virden
and were married by the minister
there"
The old man went down the stairs
chuckling and talking to himself. With
his stepson at a distance he could
hold on to the trust money.
Vernon arose, dressed himself, went
down the stairs and into the little
front parlor of the house.
He paused before picture, that of
his dead mother. He looked up into
her sweet patient face and thought
Of all the kind deeds she had done,
and then with an affectionate glance
at the portrait of Paul, and emiled.
Then, his shoulders strengthened
for the burden he had chosen to bear. /
Vernon took from his memorandum
book a pressed faded rose and kissed
It.
Copyright. 1913. by W. G. Chapman)
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-10-02
..-ssss,:,~ at.s.fS.s t.s-s.t.+.s .sttsss+ss-s
MODEL YuuNG MAN
BY MILDRED CAROLINE GOOD
EInGE

YES, sir, there goes a prodigal
son." declared Seth Ramsey.
with the fatted calf sort of left
out, though. Ell. Seth?" and Ethan
Bannister, the village gossip, poked
lis crony in the ribs with sly wink
and gleesome chuckle
"Oh, he's being treated all right,
for I've tanned down some of his
notions" declared Ramsey. Il tell
you. a feed of the real husks OF life
does some Of these smart fellows
good once in awhile"
Tell about it, Seth. urged the scan
dal loving Bannister
well, as you know Paul and YER
non are my stepsons. Their mother
left them something substantial, but
am guardian and trustee for ten
years"
YES, l know about that" nodded
Bannister.
Well they have a yearly allow
ance. Young Paul thought it wasn't
enough and went to the city a few
months since. l refused to advance
him a penny and | reckon he hates
me for it. Last month l had to send
Vernon to the city to collect claim
OF his mothers estate. l knew he
hankered to see that shiftless brother
OF his, so let him go. Instead Of
coming back in two days as planned
with the $500, he was gone week
and came back without cent"
why, where was the money!"
COLLECTED and spent. He faced me
squarely. He confessed that most of
1t had gone In a fling at city life,' as
he called 1t. Automobiles, six dollars
a day hotel, a little gambling. Sorry,
but the only thing to do was to cut
out his years allowance. That
squared it. Vernon has been meek
and Industrious ever since. Glad TO
get home and going to behave him
self"
1t took Ethan Bannister just TWEEN
ty-four hours to spread the news all
over Clifden, garnished with all the
frills his lively ia lcy could add to
it. The serious ones of the commun-
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-10-02
CITIES LAID OUT BY EXPERTS
Plans Made for the Future as Well
as the Present, by Men Whose
; Life Work II Is.

As an organized art, city planning
II new thing. 1t had its birth in
the last generation. when mills. fac
tories. and workshops threatened with
extinction the life. health, and beauty
OF the towns, writes Frederick G.
Howe In Harper's Magazine Like the
city itself, II is product of the In
dustrial revolution. It Is by-product
of machine industry and steam trans
portation. Individual rulers planned
capital cities In ancient Babylon,
Greece, and Rome, as did the mer-
chant princes of the medieval Italian
and Hanseatic towns. Paris was
planned In a commanding way by
Louis XIV, who laid Its present
foundations. The first and third Ma
ipoleons projected great boulevards
and avenues. beautif1ed the banks OF
the Seine with entertainments and
bridges, erected monuments. arches.
and open spaces. and made Paris the
capital of the modern world. The
kings OF Bavaria and Saxony laid out
Munich and Dresden In the same big
visioned way
These cities were the individual
creations OF ambitious rulers. eager
to give expression to their power.
Modern city planning is a democratic
movement. although It found its first
organized expression in monarchical
Germany. in which country, In few
years time 1t has attained the rank
OF a profession Today there Is
scarcely large town In GERMANY that
II not ching built according to an
Official plan. worked out by experts
trained to the profession and often
after competition. They plan the city
from center to circumference. and for
future generations rather than for to-
day.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-10-02

ity shook their heads at the appalling
Z break OF model young man. The
lively youth of the village rather adj
mired this exponent of finished edu-
cation in the traps and glories of a
great city.
Vernon had indeed quieted down.
He acted as though he had something
on his mind. but he carried himself
as erect as ever, as handsome and
manly as ever and looked every
body squarely in the eye. When he
went one evening to call upon Eva
Cross. he was a triae embarrassed at
the rather cool reception of her moth
er, but that soon wore away as he
sat In the rose bower with the daugh-
ter. w
Eva" he said after time, Il have
brought letter to you from my
brother Paul"
His lips twitched as he noted the
expression Of glad Delight that came
into her beautiful face. In fact she
reached so eagerly for the proffered
missiye that 1t slipped from her hand.
In stopping to recover it rose fell
from her bosom. Unnoticed by her
Vernon secured the flower and con-
eealed it in his pocket.
Then in q few minutes he went
away. Once alone he pressed the
priced flower to his HIPS, then care
fully placed lit between two leaves
of his memorandum book
And now to forget he said grim
ly as he returned to his cherries
home-for Paurs sake"
1t was a humdrum life with misery,
mean spirited old Seth Ramsey, but
Vernon shared 1t without a murS1ur.
He gave up all social pleasures and
Clifden viewed his penitent behavior
OF the restored outcast approvingly
One night. dark and stormy, Yer
non sat res ing In his room when
there came a sudden rat-tat-tat at the |
window At first he fancied 1t was
the wind blowing the tree branches
against the panes. Then peering out |
he discovered beckoning form near
some bushes.
1T Is Paul. he said, and was quick
ly down in the yard to greet his
brother. Come into the house." he
invited.
NO" responded Paul definitely. Il
will never cross sthes threshold OF the
misery old man who refused me help
when l. needed 1t SO sorely. You'll
good dear brother!" and tho speaker
passed an affectionate arm through
that Of Vernon, only for you who.
have been so good, SO loyal to me. !
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-10-02

gainst the said deceased, to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers.
within four months after the first
publication of this snotice. to the
said administrator at Richfield, coun
ty of lincoln, State of Idaho.
Dated August IA, 1913.
LEVI ]. PoTEET,
Administrator of the estate of Adella
Poteet, Deceased.
Aug 21-Sep Is
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-10-02

in the average of the new generation.
or course. the cities are far from
perfection-but they are also far from
their conditions of 40 years ago. and
city people have seen and learned.
Soon they will be scattered through
out the rural regions. Why not take
with them q purpose to use their
knowledge Observation-Disclosures Led
ger.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-10-02
Notice to Creditors

Notice is hereby given by the I'M
dersigned Levi j. Poteet, administrator
of the estate of Adella Poteet, deceas-
ed, to the creditors of and
I'll persons having claims a.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-11
CHARGE ON THE COMMUNITY
Care of Those Afflicted With Tubercu-
loss Plainly Drag on the
General Welfare.

DR.. H. L. Barnes, superintendent of
the Rhode Island state sanatorium,
has recently demonstrated by some
interesting studies of patients dis
charged as apparently cured" from
that institution, that a sanatorium is
a sound investment for any state or
city. The gross earnings of ITO ex-
patients obtained in 1911 amounted to
s102,752, and those of I'll cases in
1912 to $112,021. By applying the
same average earnings to all ex-pa-
tients of the sapatorium living in 1911
and 1912, DR.. Barnes concludes that
their income In these two years was
1851 ,000 This sum is more than three
times the cost of maintenance Of the
sanatorium, including interest at 4
per cent on the original investment
and depreciation charges. DR.. Barnes
concludes, however, While institu-
tons for the cure of tuberculosis are
good investments, there is good rea-
son for thinking that institutions for
the isolation of far advanced cases
would be still better investments"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-11
COpyrisht lsl2 The BOsOs, Merrlu Company
SYNOPSIS.

At the beginning of great automobile
race the mechanician of the Mercury.
Stanton's machine, drops dead Strange
youth, Jesse Floyd, volunteers. and is ac-
cepted. In the rest during the twenty
four hour race Stanton meets a stranger.
Miss Carlisle. who introduces herself. The
Mercury wins race. Stanton receives
flowers from Miss Carlisle. which he ig-
nores. Stanton meets Miss Carlisle on a
train. They alight to take walk, and
train leaves. Stanton and Miss Carlisle
follow in auto. Accident by which Stan
ton is hurt is mysterious. Floyd, at lunch
with Stanton, tells of his boyhood. Stan
ton again meets Miss Carlisle and they
dine together. Stanton comes to track
sick, but makes race. They have acct
dent. Floyd hurt, but not seriously At
dinner Floyd tells Stanton of his twin
sister, Jessica, Stanton becomes very Ill
and loses consciousness. On recovery, at
his hotel Stanton receives invitation and
visits Jessica. They go to theater togeth-
er, and meet Miss Carlisle. Stanton and
Floyd meet again and talk business.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-11

terest In the two who sat opposite
each other in absorbed conversation
or argument, making drawings on en-
velopes and timetables to illustrate
their points and even leaving rows of
figures upon the menu cards In the
dining-car.
incidentally, both men displayed a
thorough training In mechanical de-
sign and construction, Stanton's far
the more finished and scientific.
81 did not know" Floyd marveled,
at last,
Stanton forestalled the question by
indifferently explaining.
q am mechanical engineer:
graduated from college at twenty-one;
that was five years ago. You have
dropped your pencil. What do you say
to staying over half day at Buffalo
and visiting your factory?"
Fine" approved Floyd. a trifle
slowly "A half day, not more, We
have got to make ready for that Cup
race"
Three weeks of You're getting as
-womanish as Green"
TOO bad. Still have to be at the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-11

called, as If to himself. He lisped, his
surest sign Of excitement. Stanton
had never heard him use that soft.
slurring speech except on the race
tracks; heard now in the quiet coun.
try surroundings, it infected the listen
er with contagious agitation and
emotion.
Il know, know" he deprecated.
But, | might see her more, and see
ing no better men she might come to
bear with me- Not that there Is much
in me worth it-she probably never
would look at me. What | am asking
you, now, is whether you want me to
keep away from her. Say yes, and
we will shake hands and drop the sub
ject for ever
Very slowly Floyd held out his slen-
der hand
(TO BE CONTINUED