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The Springfield herald., 1913-08-08

Blaine.
Miss Mamie and Hannah Her
bert attended normal at Rich.
field, Kans.
Miss Nellie Watson was called
to Coolidge, Kans., on account of
the illness of her father.
l.. D. Mathews is having Hole
man and Metcalf plow his ground
with their gasoline tractor for
fall sowing.
Fletcher Dunlop spent Sunday
at the Knox ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spade spent
Sunday at Vim. Curtis's.
f. Hall is suffering with a
sprained ankle caused by his
horse falling on him.
Forest Hall took his little
daughter Lois to Dr. Milligan at
Kenton last week for treatment.
]. o. Davis is crippled from
being thrown from "a wagon.
Daton Knox spent Saturday
and Sunday at Two Buttes run
ming the phone office.
Felix Mundell is cutting some
Of their feed this week.
Mr.. Babb has a nice field of
broom corn and maize.
]. w. Jordon, the Artesia man,
returned recently.
IT. Napier of Guymon, Okla.
recently took an option from VIM.
Stewart on three quarters of
land near the Clark Bros. fam
Gus artesian well and will put
down a well at once,
Grasshoppers have damaged
the alfalfa in this vicinity.
! Alfred Lucas took his broom
corn TO Holly last week.
Mrs. B. B. Cant has gone to
Arkansas on a visit.
Harvey Hall and family went
to the Dam fishing last week.
Amarine is in this locality buy
ing cattle.
Curtis, Hall, and Lucas took
their cattle to the dipping vat
Monday.
Dayton Knox went to Holly
asst Week.
Mrs. Vim. Curtis received the
sad news last week of the death
of Mr.and Mrs. w. H. Serfoss's
16 months old child, at Collbran,
Colo.
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Wentworth.

Mary Dillon is on the sisk list.
Roy Cofeld started to Syra.
cuse this week for freight.
We did not have Sunday school
last Sunday on account of the fu
neral of Mrs. Jim Freeze.
Wilks Matthias and his son
Warner are both sick.
W. Wills and family and Mr..
Cortney are back from harvest,
The Misses Pearl Eager, Beau
lah Long, and Henry Graham
aud Loran Long, attended caml
meeting at Springfield Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luellen and fam
lily and MIR. and Mrs. Hutching>
took dinner at Mr.. Kerr's Sun
day.
The Springfield herald., 1913-08-08
Campo.

Campo.
Joseph Rlinn and Mr.. Billig
were Springfield visitors last
week.
r. A. Ogle has returned from
Lamar.
Mrs. Merrytield and family
are guests of Mrs. A. B. Clemens.
Mr.. l.. Lee has IL sick horse on
his hands.
C. S. Perkins has completed a
sod hen house, A. j. Phiny as
sistipg.
Since the rain mother earth is
covered with green carpet
John Rovenstine is cementing
bis cistern.
Word received from George
Petty and wife states they are re-
turning to their claim north of
Carrizo.
Williamson is digging a cistern
for N. Billig.
MIR. Lowell and wife are on a
Sojourp to Lamar.
The Chase we'll is still battling
all efforts of the drillers.
w. r. Barton has been on the
sick list but is improving.
There was a school meeting
held in the Springfield district
north of us. They are in need of a
school in that part of the district
but from reports they are yet un-
able to locate same satisfactory
to all llconcerned.
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Maxey. 7
Henry George, louisville, KY,
and Miss Anna Long and broth
er of Plains, Colo, were at the
Alberti ranch last week.
Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Briggs
are at Las Animas this week.
Mrs. Alberti has one of the
finest gardens in the county, a
part of which consists of % va
rieties of dahlias
Herman Amman and Dur
stein will soon dip their cattle.
The government rain gauge
at the Alberta ranch showed 1.6c
inches Of rainfall during July.
Chas. Finley has been employ
ed to teach the Maxey school.
Chas. Finley and sister were
quests at the Alberti ranth Mon
day and Tuesdat.t
H. Amman is at Las Animas
this week.
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High Sch col
Is Assured

The arrangements re made a nd
the teacher ic hireG. The school
will begin the frs # Septem Der.
with Miss Pheg'er of RG as
teacher.
The first year of high school
will be taken VI, and in addition
some of the lower grades. prob
ably the sikh, seventh and
eighth.
Five high. school pupils are
assured-hero in Spr gfield. AMI
there will undoub' IS he SOM,
from the outside.
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Butcher.

Butcher.
1 though. 1 would write some
items for the Butcher school
neighborhoOd.
John Rolph has returned from
the harvest fields.
D. H. Collins is going over to
the new town of Elkhart the
first of the week.
Cbas A. Hughes will have to
hire help to gather his corn crop
this year.
Mrs. Coulter is going to build
a new house on her farm in the
near future.
G. B. Welt has returned from
the harvest and says his crop
looks fine.
John Butcher is going visit
ing quite a bit during the sum
mer.
l will continue writing for the
Springfield Herald.
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Local Gossip.

Chas Spurgeon of Regnier bro
ther of will came up last Friday
to attend meeting.
Bob Clark, Cimarron stock
ma IL, was in town Saturday, and
went on to Lamar to attend the
fune raj of w. Strong.
Henry Harlow and Miss Min
ME Lawyer. Stonington, were
joined in the holy bonds of matri-
mony by Rev. Wilkinson the
first of the week. The Herald
joins in extending best wishes.
The latest from Gurn Thomp-
son is that he is gradually i'm
proving.
Les Jones Tuesday met Mr..
Kelley here and took him on to
Rodley to visit his daughter.
Gid and VIM. Thompson and
Chas. Clark were county seat
visitors Thursday.
F. M. Wheeler of Campo was
/ in town yesterday.
Mrs. Oldem, county superin-
tendent, and miss Johnson. coun-
ty treasurer, went over to Villas
Tuesday.
FARMER OR FARMERS
SON. Unusual opportunity to
make good money. All or spare
time. Experience unnecessary.
Write today. Box 1876, Grand
Junction, Colo. adv.
The Herald has good family
of correspondents this week.
Dick WEIGH this week traded
a horse and some money for
motorcycle.
The jackson tower is up and
ready for the top wheel tixin's.
The latest from Gurn is that
lie is gradually improving
Mrs. Elmer Gordon is visiting
at the parental home this week.
Allyn Cole came down from
Lamar Monday In the Filand and
Ryan cases, returning Tuesday.
Les Jones of Rodley, is work
ling upa good passenger service.
Mrs. Erwin konkel and family
came up TO Springfield Sunday
to attend camp meeting.
Rev. Wilkinson and wife WELD
ed powerful influence for good
during the meeting, and much of
the result is due to their efforts.
Guy Whitaker is painting Dave
Konkel's house this Week.
Judge Alexander and wife, and
Misses Lora and Nellie, were in
attendance at the meeting Satur-
day and Sunday.
Teft and Morrow will put
down 500 foot well for Hughes
on the Cimarron.
j. A. Durrstein, an old time
stockman on Butte creek. attend
ed camp meeting Sunday
| Jas. Beckford and Jno War
nick were in town Tues day.
Stewart and Lunday were ut
Lamar on business Tuesday.
Jake Lasley and son Folyd.
were in frequent attendance at
the camp-meeting.
The Springfield herald., 1913-08-08

Notice is hereby given to all
taxpayers that l will be in my
office Monday and Tuesday. Aug
18th and 18th, to hear any and
all objections to the assessment
roll for 1918.
w. O. Brown,
County Assessor.
The Springfield herald., 1913-08-08

Roy McCanless of Two Buttes,
chairman of the county demo-
cratic committee, was in town
Saturday of this week on busi-
ness matters.
The Springfield herald., 1913-08-08

Billie Corbin, one of the Prair-
lie Cattle Co.'S best men, station
ed at the Ellsworth Lyons ranch
was here on business the first of
the week.
The Springfield herald., 1913-08-08
AL,ITTLETALk WITH
CHARLES CLARK.

In the fl rst place, if you think
socialism should not be brought
into this affair, it is a wonder
you didn't stay out.
Isaac McCollom made a
statement of facts under oath as
an individual; and how this can
be construed to be dragging So
cialism into the affair isn't quite
clear.
Had Isaac Nc Colon have
made an affidavit that neighbor
A, a democrat, stole socialist BIS
wife, would YOU consider that as
dragging socialism into the af-
fair?
Had some democrat or repub-
lican have sworn that he heard
Knight make the offer to run
socialist paper if the socialist
would outfit him, would you con-
slider that as dragging socialism
into it
Probably d hundred persons
have told and been told about
this offer of Knights to the so
cialists ofithe county. Do you
consider they all in come way
have been making wrong and
bad use of socialism, and drag
ging it into the affair? If an atfi-
davit had been made that
the Socialists had 1broaciied the
subject and made the offer to
Knight, then there might be
some grounds for yonr COM
plant; but the facts are that on
the very face of the affidavit the
socialists of the county are ex-
onerated, as they refused to
come across.
1t is noticed that you say
knight couldn't start "a socialist
paper without joining the social
ist local and becoming dues
paying member; but you fail to
say that there was any law a
gainst his joining local, in. case
the socialists had coughed up
the dough.
+ 1t is noticed also that you
don't say Knight did not make
the offer to the socialists, but rest
your case on the proposition that
lie couldn't publish such paper
without first joining local;
which same no one would stop to
question.
Mr.. Clark, Isaac McCollom
makes his affidavit as an indivld-
ual. You come out in your Off
cial capacity as recording sec
retary of Villas local., so the
question is left to yourself as to
which is the one guilty of the
crime of dragging down the sa-
cred emblem of socialism.
The people who read your let
ter in the Democrat, Mr. Clark,
are wondering if you would want
some man or woman to come into
your home, and in the presence
of your fanily-young children
and grown daughters, to make
use of such words as you indi-
cate by the initial letters.
The editor Nof the Herald has
met Mr.. Clark only two or three
times, but we didn't believe him to
be man that would he given to
such vulgar talk-even in the pres
ence of adult male company, as
the initial letters b and would
indicate-iust presuming he
were actually guilty of put ting
them there his own self.
You accuse us of attending a
socialist meeting and of con-
tributing a small amount to
the socialist campaign fund,
which causes us to arise and
ask, since when has it become a
crime to do these two things.
There is one thing of which
YOU can rest assured--if you will
hold a meeting in. Springfield,
you will be likely to have an au-
dience of at least one: and if you
ask for a small donation you may
not be turned away empty hand
ed.
If, however, it were II crime to
make that small donation, don't
Al:-l, s% ,r,o . o1So a cri mo tn
The Springfield herald., 1913-08-08
WALL PAPER

See Mrs. Mills for all kinds of
wall paper. Prices to suit your
pocket bOOk.-Adv.
The Springfield herald., 1913-08-08

er's camp house, and while we
were there you were nominating
some candidates for office. Was
Mt that the way of it, brother
Clark?
We have not been making, and
are lot going to make, a fight or
anyone. We said no more IN oul
salntatory than was absolutely
necessary to make the policy OF
the Herald understood, in mat
ters both social and political.
The Herald is no6 here to cal
the righteous, but sinners, to re
pentance. If knight were re-
publican, we would go out and
slay him wherever we could find
him. But since he has steered
his craft into the democratic
camp, and is wanting now to be
Il good democrat, the Herald will
leave him for others to work with
and pray over, while we go out
after some more big game.
McCollom was for years the
only socialist iii Baca county, and
is probably the best read one in
the state. Do you know just
what it is to accuse him of max.
ing false affidavit? Do you
know that the man who makes
an affidavit that is false, has
u term in the penitentiar y
facing him?
Maybe Knight only made the
offer to one. Maybe he didn't
make it to all of the leading
socialists of the county, as re.
ported. If so, those leading so.
cialists can easily deny the fact,
either individually or collectively.
Maybe he didn't make the of.
fer to that particular one. If so,
an affidavit by him to that effect
would put one of them on the
high road to the penitentiary.
He denies it in his paper, but
will he deny it under oath?
+ There isn't anyone who has
more respect for socialists and
socialism than the editor of the
Herald. It's the vanguard OF
progression. 1t hews out and
clea IS the way to many good
things for which credit is due tc
it alone.
The facts are that progression
very largely has its birth in
these independent movements,
OF which might be mentioned the
anti-monopoly party, the old
greenback party, the union-labor
, party, the prohibition party, the
popuiist party, and the socialist
party; and the editor of the
Herald has respected every one
of them.
Good friend Clark, in case you
want to reply to This little talk,
the columns of the Herald are
open to you. This would give the
same readers IL chance to read
both sides. If you are good
writer grammatically, your let
ter will not be mutilated If you
are not, your letter will be right
when it appears in the Herald.
You and the editor of the Her.
aid are brothers-by descent
from Adam and. Eve. We should
therefore write il. IL spirit OF
brotherly love. And we are
comrades-in that we are both
striving to better the conditions
of our fellow men.
Would that there were more OF
us, both good socialists and good
d.moc rats, that we might go ur
and possess the land; and that
bad socialists, bad democrats,
and bad republicans, politically
might meet the fate of Pharho's s
hosts, and thus that we might be
made f rec.
Your motto" good will to all",
is Il CE ristian motto, and in the
good will business the Herald
will surely meet You half way.
The east end seems to have
risin up as one man and gone to
The Springfield herald., 1913-08-08

The east end seems to have
risin up as one man and gone to
the cedars this week
The Springfield herald., 1913-08-08

George. Jim anu Tommy Viii
lers passed through to the cedars
Tuesday.
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UniustIy Blamed.

Speaking of the unreliability Of
circumstantial evidence, q lawyer
said:
"Sanders Mcdowell, coal HEAVIER
Of PEBBLES, said angrily to his wife
one night:
Hayers, Lispeth, hoo many
times am l to tell We / Wilma hae
the childrek bringin' up coal in my
top hatv
"Hoot, Sanders, mon, be res-
sonable,' said Lispeth. 'Ye've spoilt
the shape O. the top hat WI yer fun
ny head already, an, since ye're
heavin' coal all day, uot can little
extra coal dust in the hesdpiece
matter?'
Woman, We dinna grasp ma ar.
gyment,' said Sanders. Il only wear
that top hat in the evenin', an il
Pm oot an | tax it off it leaves q
black band around ma forehead
What's the rasoolt2 Why, I'm &C.
cused on all sides o. washin' ma face
wi ma hat onp"-St Louis Globe.
Democrat.
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AN ALGERIAN STORY.
All and Mohammed Exchange Secrets
of Their Trade.

Mohammed ben Mohammed was
a marabout whose affairs were in q
most fourishing condition. Pill
griIns visited his ancestors tomb by
hundreds, leaving many and rich
offerings, and Mohammed ben Mo
hammed grew fatter and vealthier
daily.
His servitor, Ali ben Iii, became
tired of watching is masters in
creased wealth and bulk, while his
own pocket was as fiat as his body
was thin. So one dark night he ST.
lently took his departure, riding on
the back of a young ass belonging
to his master.
After a march of about thirty
miles the ass had enough of carry
ing Ali. 1t was a young ass and
knew no better. So it went on
strike, lay down and forthwith died.
Thereupon Ali dug a hole and
put the ass in, piling a great noun
tain of stones over it. Then, sit
ting down beside the heap, he be-
gan to pray. A traveller passing in.
quired by whose tomb he prayed SO
fervently. Ali was filled with as
tonishment.
What! Had he never heard OF
the great saint Amar ben Amal
Qiterally San ass, the son of an
ass'0? All the people of the coun-
try around came there to pray.
The traveller did not fail to men
ton the marabout Amar ben
Amar's tomb, and soon pilgrims
focked to it with offerings, and Ali
ben Ali grew fat and rich.
The faithful neglected Moham-
med ben Mohammed, who at last,
furious, abandoned his marabout in
order to pay visit to his rival
Great was his astonishment when
he recognized his runaway servitor,
Taking him aside, he whispered
'0Tell me the truth. Who is your
marabout?"
"The ass I stole from you. And
now tell me-who is your mara
bout ?"
"The mother of the ass you stole
from mel"-"My Experiences In
Algeria" by Baroness de Boerio, In
Wide World Magazine.
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Left Till Called For.

When Wilkinson went to his of,
fice one day last week be felt calm
and contenteds He hadh't any need
to worry about his wife's Loneliness
any more, for be had bought capi
tai watchdog for her.
But, alas. when he arrived home
his wife met him with the deplora
Bile news that the dog lad gone.
"Ehw said Wilkinson. "Did he
break the chain. thon?"
"No," sne replied, 'but a grea'
ugly looking tramp came her }
acted so impudently that | |
dog loose. But instead IT ter
the tramp to pieces the nasty d
went of with him"
"Great Scott" said WilkinsoL
"That must have been the tramp
bought him from" .."-London Ex
oreSS.
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In the Philosophical TRANSACTIONS
of The Royal Society of London for
1899 is printed letter, written in
1851, in which the Rev. John Clay
tor details a series Of experiments
he made in distilling coal in re-
tort, showing not only that he had
observed the inhammable gases
evolved, but that he had collected
and stored them for some time in
bladders. In 1857 Lord Dundonald
made gas from coal, with W. ich he
lighted the hall of Culross abbey.
In 1872 Robert Murdoch began the
experiments which resulted in the
establishment of coal gas as an illu-
minating agent In 1897 he public
ly showed the system he had ma
tured, and in 1898, being employed
in the factory of Boulton & Watt
Birmingham, be fitted up an appa-
ratus FOR the manufacture of gas
in that establishment, with which
it was lighted. This was the first
use of illuminating gas except by
way of experiment.
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Time, Not Space.

Mrs. Frink was trusting soul
and rarely questioned the opinions
1 others about matters concerning
which they were supposed to be In
formed. One day she came home
with a new pair of shoes under he,
arm. "Got them at Brides" she
explained, "snd they're the best
ever bought YOU"
'What is SO very good about
them ?" inquired her son, for whom
the shoes were intended.
"Why, the salesman said that you
could walk farther in them than il
any others without getting tired
and I said that you couldn't walk
very far just now on account OF
your knee, you know, and he said
that he meant farther for the same
distance. So l bought them, and
here they are. Save tho string
please"
She did not notice the smile or
her sons face as he undid the pack
age, and he vas spared the troubl.
Of explaining. - Youth's Colnpsn'
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The First Census.

The idea Of the census originated
among the Romans, when a group
Of the many functions performed
by the high officer called censor re-
ceived the name of censls. 1t was
taken every five years and indicated
not only tie number of the respec-
tive classes of the people, but their
domestic positions as husbands,
wives, fathers, mothers, sons and
daughters. The first modern ma
ton to tale up the census was the
United States of America in 1890.
The first British census was in 1901,
but this did not include Ireland.
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STRETCH YOURSELF.
Os u the First Thing After You WsSs
In the Morning.

A splendid thing for the body -
stretching When yon first wax"
up in the morning, take good. long
stretch. Stretch the hands as far
out sideways as possible Then
stretch theh, over the head - far as
you can reach, anil Ut the sanc time
stretch the feet downward as far a.
you can Raise the feet and stretch
upward just as high a. YOU can, and
then lower the feet and legs very
slowly.
When you get out Of bed. raise
your arms over your head. and.
OH tlptoc, see how near you
can reach the ceiling Then walk
about the room while in this posi-
tion. Stand on the right foot and
stretch the right arm forward AMI
upward as high as you can, while at
ihe same time the left foot is raised
from the floor and stretched out
ward, and the left hand is stretched
backward and downward. This is a
fne exercise for the whole body and
is especially good for the waist and
hips, making them firm and strong.
Standing on the left foot this exer-
else can be reversed.
If you have been sitting IN the
same position for a long time read
ing, studying, writing or sewing and
the muscles have become tired and
crampcd, the best thing to do is to
get up and stretch. Stretch the
arms upward AMI outward and for
ward and backward. Lift. the shoul-
ders as high as voG can and DROP
them. Expand the. chest anG
breathe deeply. or. sitting in the
chair, stretch the hands upward, lift
th. feet from the floor and stretch
them forward as f;r as possible
any way SO you give the muscles &
good, vigorous stretch
When one is very tired, there j:
nothing more restful than stretch
Ing the muscles and then relaxing
-eExchange
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A BUDDING GENIUS.
Ambitions and Hard Work of the Boy
Saint Gaudens.

Immediately on being appren-
ticed to Ayet I applied for admis-
sion to the drawing school of the
Cooper institute, and every. even
ing after my return from work at
6 o'clock and hasty tea l went
down there, where my artistic edu-
cation began.
] can recall there the kindly i'm
preston produced on me by Abram
B. Hewitt as he glanced at me dur
ing some function. Father at that
time was making shoes for the
Cooper family, and suppose that
that is why he looked at me. The
feeling of profound gratitude for
the help which l have had from
that institution abides with me to
this day.
1t was during the next two or
three years that my first aspirations
and ambitions made themselves
felt. / became q terrific worker,
toiling every night until II o'clock
after the Cooper institute was over,
in the conviction that in me anoth-
er heaven born genius had been
given to the world.
l can recall thinking in public
conveyances that if the men stand
ing on the platform around me
could realize how great a genius
was rubbing elbows with them in
the quiet looking boy by their side
they would be profoundly impress
ed. As result, was so exhausted
by the confning work of cameo
cutting by day and by drawing at
night that in the morning was
literally dragged out Of bed by
mother, pushed over to the wash
stand, where ] gave myself a cat s
lick somehow or other, driven to
the seat at the table. administered
my breakfast. which consisted OF
tea and large quantities of the long
French loayes Of bread with butter,
and tumblcd downstairs, out into
the street, w:ere | awoke.-"Rem-
iniscences Of augustus Saint Gsu-
dens's ineceftury.
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The Young lad. sighed ,leeply and
was almost affected to tears.
"Harold," :" she said, declares that
if don't marry him he will end his
life, and l aln afraid he will"
She stifled a sob, then continued:
"And Randolph declares that if l
don't marry him he will 60 into pol
itics and become great and famous,
and then he says l shall see what /
have missed, and | am afraid he will
keep his word too"
Overcome by emotion, she buried
her face in her hands, not knowing
whether to save life or to spare
the country another politician.