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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-04-04

"nFY son. said old Azhderean,
today you are to journey to
the city. You will take the
big iron kettle to the smithy
to be mended. You will pass on your
way the farm Of Doskall. whose goat
we have in u Keeping. and you will
leave the goat with him. I shall also
send him by you a fat hen as a token
OF my friendship. Prepare yourself.
Dragan. that you may be able to set
out before the sun is too high"
When the young man was ready his
father put the kettle ON his head and Il
cord in one hand. the other end Of
which was tied around the goats neck.
In h same hand he placed the legs Of
a live chicken. while in the other hand
was q staff to help the overlauen youth
on his way. When all had been adj
justed Dragan started on his journey.
He was heavily loaded. but was young
and strong and withal possessing much
manly beauty. He had not gone out Of
b. airing before his father called to
him:
do not take notice Of any womcn
my son. They are full Of cunning. Be
ware Of them"
II am not li'.ely in this condition to
fall into the tolls of any of them. IA
ther. have too much burden already"
pragan %journeyed with the kettle on
his head. leading the goat. holding the
chicken in one hand and helping him
Sn|f nv hiS cfofp 1Tn had NOT rnnn f0v
before the road on which he was walk
ing joined with another. Where the
two roads came together Dragan fell
in with a girl about his own age with Il
supple figure and comely face. for this
was in CircaSSia. where the m
have great reputation for beauty.
Goo morning." said Dragan.
"Whither do you j%ourney:"
II go to the city. And you:"
81 60 to the city too. We may jour
ney together
You are stranger to me-" said the
girl timidly.
THAT may he. but I could do you no
harm laden as l am even if | should so
wish"
The girl. thus assured. permitted
Dragan to walk beside her.
Casting his eyes aside he could not
turn his head for the kettle-he saw an
oval face. an olive complexion. Il pair
of lustrous dark eyes. timid rs Il fawn's.
and two thick braidS of jet black hair.
Indeed. she was goodly to look upon
and he could not but regret that his
hands were tied. SO tempting were her
red lips.
Presently they approached Il dark RI
vine. The girl stopped and said:
I'm afraid to GO in there with YOU.
1t is Il lonely place. You might over
power me and kiss me"
Since yOn do not trust me-" said
Dragan. lyon should not have walked
with me ut ALL"
lon the plain it is different"
But. %SuppoSin. | were minded to
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-04-04

overpower you and kiss you. how could
| do so? The kettle on my head Is
heavy and requires all my strength. I
should have to let go the chicken,
which would he lost to me. The goat,
too. would scamper away"
And Dragan thought of what his f;-
ther had told him OF the cunning Of
women. 1t occurred to him that this
one was very stupid.
But" said the girl. evidently not
satisfied and casting her eyes on the
ground. there is Il way notWithstand-
ing all this that You might overpower
and kiss me"
"ilow is that"
ground. tie the goat to it. turn the ket-
tie upside down and put the chicken
under 1t. Then you might overpowtr
me and kiss me in spite of all | could
do. neither losing the goat nor the
chicken"
priGan stood for a moment aston
ished ut this ingenuity. He would new
err have thought of such an expedient.
Then they walked on to the %ravine.
"'N" - tAVS NNlI1C ~ IL 1IC SltItk Ills
STAFF in the ground. tied the goat to it
and. lowering the kettle. ~en1eavored to
force he chicken under it. But 1t was
heavy. and when upside down on the
ground he found difficulty in raising it.
So he said to the girl:
After all. ! cannot overpowpr YOU
and kiss YOU, for | cannot get the
chicken under the kettle. 1t will ny
away"
you are free from your burdens YOU
might cut some grass for the goat.
The Door creature looks furnished"
How can | do that with the chick.
en- in. my hand:"
Rather than that the goat shall
starve | will hold the chicken.''
He gave the girl the chicken, which
struggled to be free and engaged her
attention so that lie easily overpower.
ed her and ~wickedly kissed her.
pragan was gone from home much
longer than his father had expected,
and when he returned it was with u
wife.
How is this. my SOM" said the old
man monrnfully. Ibid | not warn you
against the cunning Of woman:"
And did | not tell you. father. that
! was $" laden that | could have notb
ing to do with any woman:"
"WeIl. then. explain"
II saw" said the youn: wife. that
your son was weary and the goat was
hungry and the chicken. poor thing.
was suffering from being carried With
its head downward. suggested that
Dragan rest and feed the "oat and
give me the chicken to hold. He did
this and. being free. wickedly over
powered me and kissed me. Having.
kissed me once. he kissed me again
and again. Then he forced me to 20
with him to n priest and marry him"
Alas" exclaimed the old man. there
is no refuge from 4 cunning woman.'
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-04-04

Hermann had to give up Il whole lot
t" land Tinker. but in landing him he
obtained what the Reds needed very
badly for many yearS-a real sllortstop.
II the newspapers and fans are con-
tented to give Joe Il real chance he is
likely t" put Cincinnati right up among
the leaders before leng. Chance con-
>ider> him the brainie>t player in the
big leagues. Certainly he has executive
ability. for it was Joe who kept the
battered Cub legion in the fight after
illness drove Frank Chance from the
bench last year. SO much for the Old
cubs managerial refrain-Tinker TO
Evers to Chance.
Stovail and Birmingham.
In the American league besides
Chance are two other ventures, George
Stovall at st. Louis and Joe Bir1niu~-
ham ut Cleveland. Both Of them finish
ed the season of 1912 at the heads of
these teams, though neither opened the
1o12 campaign in that capacity. \ei-
Their can be regarded as Il big league
experiment in as strict Il sense us can
EverS or Tinker or Miller Hugsins in
the National league. Yet neither OF
these men has been Il full season i n
charge of q club.
Stovall finished the season Of 1911 in
command Of the Clevelands and fin
ished SO we'll that every one thought
him 4 real phenom. Unfortunately for
him, before the task had been assigned
Harry Davis had been secured for
1912. Davis proved Il bloomer after
trading Stovall to the Browns. In st.
Louis Stovall was given command after
Rhody Wallace proved 4 failure. The
nan who had been so successful in
Cleveland did not fall down in the
Mound City. He pulled the team out
Of the rut and finished in seventh
place. Much is expected Of him the
coming year.
Joe Birmingham, Il fine outfielder
and n OF the greatest thrOwers in
the game. had an experience much aft.
or that Of Stovall the previous year.
Birmingham was selected as tempo
rary leader Of the Maps when Harry
Davis threw up he sponge in disgust.
Under B~irmingham'S administration
the Blues pulled themselves together
and made q strong finish.
BIRMINGHAM has never been thor.
oughly put to the test. But Charlie
Somers this time has decided to leave
good enough alone and will do 10 more
experimenting just at present. Bir
mincham will at least start the season
in command, a courtesy denied George
Stoyall.
A Little Managers Big Job.
\ pure experiment is Miller Higgins
in st. Louis. He succeeds Roger BreS
nalIan and has Il very tough outlook nc
matter what his qualifications. Incl
dentally. Higgins is one Of the small
est players that ever made good in the
big league.
George StallingS. who will he ut the
head OF the Boston Nationals. Is las,
hut not least among the new mana
gers. The big Chief' is no major
league experiment. Twice before ne
times he delivered the goods. He wa:
q success both ut Detroit and in New
York. but on each occasion the enmity
Of Ban Johnson drove him back to the
brush.
Stallings has not much with which
to start to rebuild his t%ailenders. blu
it is Il cinch that he will make somt
sort Of Improvement. Progress is hi:
middle name
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-04-04
SUNDAY SCHOOL S S

Text OF the Lesson. Gen. xvii. 1884.
Memory Verses. 81. 34-Golden Text
lisa. xxx. IS.
Isaac was forty years old when he
married Rebel:uh. and he vas sixty
when the twins Jacob and Esau were
born. 1t %forebodes trouble to read
that Isaac loved Esau. but Rebekah
loved Jacob (xxv. 90. 2G-28,.
The lesson for today is Il record OF
awful deceit and lying md. worst Of
all. II mother putting her son up to it
and calling down the consequences
upon her own head (xxvii, 49,. Her
aim was to bring the fathers blessing
upon the son whom she loved. but If
sh' had only believed God and left the
matter in his hands he would not have
failed to keep his word. for he had
told her before the boys were born
that the elder should serve the young
er (chapter XIV. 81
There Is also such q lack of conf.
dence in God and his plan for his
Kingdom that many religious people
try t" work out their own plan. think
ing thus to help God. The devil hutes
tie love of God. me patience of God,
the purpose OF God. and is as busy
with many OF the people of God as he
was with lsebekah that day. but they
are blinded and conceited OI Cor. ",
J. 1: Rom. ri. 90.
Note the lie upon lie of this story: II
am Fsau. thy tirstborn." 1.-THE Lord
thy God brought it 10 me. Il am thy
very son ESau" oversees 10. 90. 81.
But he was found ont even as it il
written. B sure your sin will find YOU
OUT (N.um. xXXii. 23). though those
words We're used in Il wholly different
sense when uttered or written.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-04-04
A Reduction Of Sticks.

WAS your work edited with acu,
men:" NO; with an ax."-Raltimore
American.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-04-04

Text OF the Lesson. Cen. vvvii oonI
Memory Verses. 81. 34-Golden Text.
lisa. xxx. IS.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-04-04

"HEY son." said old Azhderean,
today you are to journey to
IN the city. You will take the
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-22
LIFE Term IS ALLOTTED
TO WIFE MURDERER DEAN

The jury in the trial of Walter Dean,
accused Of wife murder, late yesterday
afternoon brought in verdict Of guilty
in the first degree, with recOmmenda-
ton Of life Imprisonment.
The verdict was reached after excel
lent work had been done by District
Attorney Swing for the prosecution and
Attorneys holland and Seymour for The
defense, the appeal to the jury bein"
made by Mr.. Seymour.
The evidence against the young mur-
derer was conclusive. The shooting
had been done without witnesses, but
after the woman had been killed ana
Dean had been wounded. according to
a number of witnesses. Dean had adj
mitted that ne had killed his wife and
shot himself.
The jury was composed Of Clifford
Coggins, foreman, II. ]. Rich, Frank
Wise, Harry Cross, Roy MOOrman. H. ].
Baker, William Barchar, William Kelly,
r. NJ. Thorpe w. J. Purcell, d. R.
Crawford and F. A. Preston
Announcement is made by Attorneys
Noland and Seymour that The case will
be appealed.
The case is notable in a way. as it
illustrates the growth in the community
Of 4 group Of The younger generation Of
attorneys. District Attorney Swing on
the one hand and Attorneys holland and
Seymour as criminal lawyers on the
other, with commentator among law
ycrs Of the excellent talent displayed
on both sides
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-22
FINE FARM HOME Is
TO Be BUILT At ONCE

w. E. Wilsie this morning announced
the signing Of contract for the build
ing Of a home, garage and barn on his
farm at a cost Of 900. j. l..
Travers gets the contract and the house
is to he on plans made by Architect
F. I. Harris. The house will have ten
rooms and bath. he two stories high
be provided with large basement and
large porches. two stories high. and to
he plastered inside and outside and be
tloored with oak.
The garage is to he of tile and will
he = by 36 feet in dimensions.
Mr.. Wilsie has just obtained his final
papers on the section of land which
constitutes the filings Of himself and
Mrs. WilSie. and he has just bought
eighty acres that corners to his farm
on the southwest. This was done be
cause there are large plans in hand
for subdivision Of the properly, and this
was necessary 10 make harmonious i'm
provemcniS in that section.
Mr.. wilSip says be and his family
have been here for ten years and have
taken no vacations. and now they pro-
pose to put the vacation money for
those ten years into a home.
The land corners within a mile of Ell
Centre. and is well situated for subdi-
vision into small tracts, which is eX-
pected to follow in the near future.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-22
Lawrence Dynamite Case
tBF UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS

BOSTON, May 22.-Dennis Collins,
dog fancier and codefendant Of William
Wood, president Of the wooden trust.
charged with planting dynamite to dis
credit the Lawrence textile strikers.
was recalled to the witness stand on
the resumption Of their trial today. He
tlatly denied that he had heard John
Breen, an undertaken and the proSecu-
tons star witness. say he had been
given q raw deal and intended to "get
back at those people"
Breen was cross examined in an eff
fort I" show discrepancies in his teS-
tInupy. Collins and Breen remained un-
shaken.
During Brccn'e examination the de
fcnsr indicated that it will admit that
Ernest Pittman. manufacturer Of tex
tile accessories, was a party to the orig
inal plot. 1t is also indicated they will
try to prove that Pittman committed
suicide because of financial losses and
not because he was threatened with
prosecution for alleged participation IN
planting the dynamite.
The defense gave evidence that it will
try to attach the blame Of the whole
affair to Pittman. who committed sui
eide following a conference with Dis
trict Attorney Pclletier during the Law
renee strike. Attorney Coakley, for
Frederick AttcauX. another defendant
examined Breen for two hours. com
polling him to repeat the story conIin-
uOuSly. trying To pick flaw. He con-
dIrted Brccn over The conversations he
held in Lawrence and Boston with
the police III connection with the dyna-
mite planting and subsequent inycsti-
cation. He admitted he lied to them
throughout
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-22

at one time was their failure to hit
behind Nap Rucker. But Rucker won
three of his first six games this sea
son. One Of the three losses was that
thirteen-inning duel with Old Master
Matty. Rucker has been going good
after only a fair start, and Ragon has
been pitching air-tight ball. Allen is
fast developing into a star left handler
and though he lost some Of his early
starts he ought to spin along nicely in
pretty fair shape and Yingling, Hall and
Wagner look really better than they
ever have. Wagner came from New
Orleans with a reputation as good as
that carted in by Demaree, now with
the Giants.
Behind HE bat is Otto Miller, who
ranks with the best. Then there is Err
win. who has caught the new DOdger
spirit and is coming along. All in all
the bunch from across the bridge look
pretty good. Washington did it after
getting a new ball park-that is they
jumped from humble ones to slash
ing, fighting pennant cOntenders almost
over night. 50 to repeat, "Why not
BrOOklyn?"
And when mentioning COmer5 and
comebacks don't overlook the veteran.
Eddie Plank, who hes been supposed
TO be tottering and dOddering on the
precipice of HasbeendOm. 1t has been
favorite pastime to opine that Plank
was Just about all in every 50 often,
and then have him pitch like world
beater right afterwards Now it be
gins to look like Mack's old sOuthpaW
would go on forever. Anyway, it won't
be safe to bet on the ground. Plank
may not have as sensational past as
some Of the others but as a good ojd
standby warhorse, Plank is there.
Plank won three of his first four starts
this season. That one defeat was
against Waller Johnson, and Plank ;
own team mates kicked the two Wash
ington runs in Against New York
PLANK pitched a tWo-hit game. one
safe swat was a homer by Sweeney.
who famed the next time. Taken as
whole. Plank can show a consistent,
worthy record during his long years n
the game. You won't find many luTld
spots but he has generally had that
old stuff that counts and has delivered
it without the clash of cymhals or The
toot Of trumpets.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-22
MISS FERN CAMPBELL'S
SUFFERING IS ENDED

Seldom has the illness Of person
in FL Centre been watched with the
kindly sympathy that went out 10 Miss
Fern Campbell in her long suffering
and which was ended by death at 9:30
last evening. Not only had she grown
into young Womanho0d in Ell Centre,
@rJdualin" from the schools here and
h' in9 closely associated with large
circle Of young people, but she had
been q worker in church and elsewhere
for the good Of the community. For
these reasons, her absence will he felt
by a large portion Of the community.
Interment took place at an early hour
this morning.
Miss Campbell was a daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred G. Campbell, and sister
u Mrs. George E. Kennedy. The fam
ily came to the valley a number Of
years ago from Escondd0. the birth
place of the deceased, who was %
years old.
The mother of the young lady, after
the severe strain Of nursing, is almost
prOslrated by the bereavement.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-22
UNDER THE ARcApEs

Nance & Fisher have added more
new stock to their shoe department
and are now carrying an extensive line
Ross & Stuart have received ship
ment of Easy Seal jars, for which they
are exclusive agents.
The F. s. Wing Furniture Company
has taken the agency for the Sharples
separator and is carrying line Of this
stock.
Ross & Stuart reports the sale of
1900 boxes OF berries during their sale
yesterday.
Martyn's Department Store an
nounceS q special hat sale to be held
from May 81 to June I, inclusive.
The Enterprise Grocery is still hard
at work putting the finishing touches
to the remodeling of the entire store.
Preston 4 Mccartney have received a
fine line of mems apparel for summer
wear
The McCune furniture store is hold
ing a special sale on a limited number
of CUrcaSSian walnut dreSsers.
The Lone Star Grocery has an in
terestinS announcement to make Sat,
urday, concerning an advertisement in
today's issue of the Press.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-22
Sour on the World
IBY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS

SANTA BARBARA, Nav 22.-Pres-
dent E. P, Ripley Of the Santa Fe
railroad, leaving for Chicago after a
winter here, declared The California
state government is the worst in the
country and that Wilson's administra-
ton is disappointment. He declared
that since the crop conditions are good
governmental mistakes cannot materi-
ally injure prosperity. Referring 10
President Wilson's administration, ne
declared big business is marking time
He said the appropriation bill passed
by congress with a clause protecting
the farmer and labor unions from pros
ecutiOn for violation Of the antitrust
law is outrageous. He added that tariff
reform and the income tax is not Oh
jectionable and that experiments with
them may be beneficial.
1t is not the governments business
to investigate the wage question" he
said. THE difficulties arising between
capital and labor cannot be adjusted by
laws. because they involve voluntary
agreement between the empl0ye and
employer. The radical legislation OF
today does not tend 10 the stability Of
government. The slogan let the peO-
pie rule is very pretty, but the people
can no more make their own laws than
their own shoes"
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-22
HAL SHERIDAN GIVES
INSIGHT INTO BASEBALL
by UNITED PRESS AssoC1ATIoNsI

by UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS
NEW YORK, May 22-Once upon Il
time there was a deCrepit baseball team
known as lie Brooklyn Do 1ger5 that
played in an old ball lot shot so full
Of holes from The rilling batters Of op-
posing teams that the PLAY ers had tc
h0hble over the ti4td like ants running
a marathon over a swiss cheese Then
1 e00d fairy named Charley Enhets
came along an1 iUi' new park, all
Gclled up with : 5rand stand that cost
much money. TG,S good fairy had been
hanging around tie team 10. these
many years, II it was the frs now
Park he had 1u.lded When other
teams came irhuni, as they are won't
to do at ball parks, these same FFeok-
lyn Dodgers. who always before had
yelped and run when approached by
stranger, or even by their step broth
ers. the Giants. from across the Big
Bridge, proceeded to lick the very day
lights out Of them.
Al first these strange. unheard OF
doings excited merely scornful laugh
ter and the wise ones said it was an ac-
cident, flashing in the pan. but with
each succeeding team these erstwhile
loWly Dodgrs licked. the impression be-
gan to grow That they were going some
and. miracle Of miracles. eight wonder
Of wonders they do say now. and
they're serious when they say it. that
brooklyn may he reckoned with The
contenders for The pennant
Moral: Why not?
BY diligently scraping away the cnh-
webs Of the past. some Of the oldest
lhhahltantS may remember that al Ibis
Stage OF the National League race one
year ago the Brooklyn Dodgers and the
Boston Braves Were flirting with and
had very close acquaintance with last
place. The Braves being conservative
souls, have not seen fit to change their
ways, but what the Dodgers have done
in the way Of jOckeying for position
during the early weeks of the present
seasons scramble has brought delir-
iOuS Joy to the heart Of Good Fairy Eb-
belts, and caused all other team man
ayers and owners to gnash their teeth
while awake and see things while
asleep.
The Dodgers have shown that they
have built up an air-tight defense.
With Jake Daubert at first, Cutshaw at
second, Fisher at shortstop and Red
Smith at third, team play has been per-
fected. CuIshaw covers a world Of
ground at second and in that immediate
vicinity. In the Outfield the Dodgers
have a real outflelder in Stengel, who
is establishing a record as a fence
buster this season. Wheat has not
been batting up to his usual standard.
With Wheat going naturally there will
be another argument why the Dodgers
should keep going. Hummell completes
a much better average outfleld accord
ing to his work Of this season.
One of the failings Of the Dodgers
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-22
IN THE COURTS

II the superior court If the state
Of California. in and for the county 81
Imperial. Hon. Franklin ]. Cole. judge.
WEDNESDAY. MAY 81
CRIMINAL
People vs.. Walter Dean-Argument
and case submitted to the jury. Re-
turn Of verdict of murder in the first
degree, with recommendation Of life
Imprisonment. Continued to 10 a. m
May &c for entering judgment.
CIVIL
1149. Sarah 0. Patten VS.. W T.
Dunn-Roset for trial May 23
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-22
Human Hyena Must Die
lBY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATlOSSl

SAN FRANCISCO. May 22.-For the
second time within a month the su
the execution Of Jake Oppenheimer
the human hyena."
Justice McKenna today denied a pc
tltiOn for writ OF error whereby ii
was hoped to bring the Oppenheimef
case before the court. Oppenheimer's
attorneys are preparing a new petition
for haheas corpus for action IN the fed
cral district court.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-22
JAPANESE ARE DISSATISFIED
WITH THIS COUNTRY'S REPLY

creased in the streets. The failure Of
The bulletins to contain definite infor-
nation caused increased anxiety. Few
facts about the emperor's actual condi-
ton We're permitted to leak out. 1t is
believed the nobteS waiting at the pal
ace are the only ones accurately in
formed.
The following bulletin on the emper
Or's condition was posted tonight:
The emperor, who has been suffering
from q slight cold has developed con-
geStiun of the lungs. We do not con-
slider that his condition justifles great
anxiety, but his temperature is high"
Eight court physicians are constant
ly attending him. The nation is greatly
alarmed and the streets Were crowded
al day with thousands awaiting news.