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than "Old Bulls" deepest note-"old Bull' being no less a parsonage than the dignified. highly musical bass so- loist of St. Luke's choir.
 The remainder of the ship. how ever, was theirs to explore. even to the engine room where, under the watchful eye of the Second Officer, they saw the big wheels go round and the huge shafts move up and down with clock-like precision. Then. too, 1t was pretty good sport to get way up in the bow of the boat and, in the strong breeze that swept across it, see how near you could come to letting your hat blow off without actually permitting 1t to do so.
 Even the life-preservers were legit- innate objects of investigation. pro- vided the patient. tireless eye of Billy Bowlegs'' boys pet name for William R. Bowliggett, the choir master-was not upon tliem.
 The rattling crash of the dinner
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gong drew them. like magnet. scam pering from all parts of the ship. And, once at the long table, with "Billy Bowlegs" presiding at the head, they became again the quiet, well-bred little gentlemen of St. Luke's choir. And so, with a 'scrumptious supper in the evening, just as the sun was setting, the hours glided by.
 Then came the night. with it's cloud of blackness settling down ever the waters. Billy Bowlegs" assembled his boys about him on deck and they sang songs and hymns and anthems until finally Billy" pulled out his watch and announced that it was time for bed.
 Two boys in each stateroom." he said. You follow me and I'll assign you to your rooms-and, remember, no y-larking."
 Twenty minutes later the choris- ters, in pairs, were tucked safely away for the night and Billy Bowlegs' started toward the deck to join the men for final cigar before turning in.f But as he passed the door of stateroom No. 21 his trained ear caught the unmistakable sound of
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Even her father noticed the dif- ference and remarked, 'I see l have real lady daughter today, she is eat ing all of her bread like a grown up personl"
 The little girl blushed but didn't say anything--you see, she didn't want to tell about the eurls till she got them. Then she could surprise her father.
 For three days she ate every bit of crust on every piece of bread, then she decided to look for the curls She went into her mothers room, where the light was fine and searched care- fully for curls. There was not one there! Not even a sign of a crinkle,
 T don't believe crusts have any thing to do with it." she declared. And yet of course one couldn't be sure. So she made a bargain with herself She would -eat half her crusts at the table and save the other half; then If half her hair began to get curly, she would hurry up and eat the other half of the crusts very quickly.
 Quite pleased with her bright idea she ran off to play.
 When dinner time came she faith fully ate half her crusts and slipped the others into her middy pocket. Later she put them away in the bot tom of her drawer.
 For three weeks she diligently kept to her plan.
 By that time her hair was still as straight as ever, but her drawer was so full of crusts there was hardly any room for her best dress. Some of the crusts were a little buttery, too, and a person couldn't help worrying about what mother would say if she should find out. Altogether the little girl thought about it good deal.
 So much in fact that when she went to sleep that night she dreamed about it. She dreamed that all there was to eat in the world was crusts. No can- dv or nuts, just crustsl No apples or doughnuts, just crusts
 No ice cream and cake, just crusts, dry hard brittle, buttery crusts!
 And everybody in the world had curly hair-men and women and chill dren! Long curly hair that dragged on the ground. Nobody could play games-their hair was too long and curly. Nobody could go walking or bicycle riding or play tennis or any thing-they Just sat around and ate crusts and talked about their hand some curly hair.
 The little girl didn't like it at all. and she rushed away to find some scis- sors to cut off everybody's foolish curls.
 As she hurried into the house she ripped on her curls and fell and
 And she opened hey eyes. There she was in her room; the sun was shining pleasantly; her hair (she fe.t care- fully) was as nice and straight as could be!
 Over by the dresser stood her mother. Daughter" she said, T thought better straighten up your drawer little this morning and hnd 1t full of crusts!"
 The little girl blinked three whole times and swallowed twice. then she said, Mother I was saving those orusts for very solemn purpose, but I've. changed my mind. I'll get right up and feed them to the birdsl"
 Tho mother, being wiser than most folks. said not a word and the little girl never again asked for curls.
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cramps or something worse had be- fallen some boy, hurried up to them.
 What does this mean?" he de- manded. Why aren't you boys, in bed? Has anything happened?" And, instinctiveN. he turned the knob of the door. But 1t, did not yield to his touch.
 Just then. from behind the locked door there came series of most frightful sounds. Someone, one of the boys, must be writhing in mortal az ony, thought Billy Bowlegs."
 A pause.
 The ehoirmaster knocked authori- tatively upon the door. "Open upl" he shouted. "John. Henry - unlock your doorl What is the matter?''
 No repiy-other than repetition of the frightful. choking sound.
 Just then young Henry came run- ming mp. Billy Bowlegs" was dazed for the moment
 Well, sir!" he exclaimed. What are you doing out of your stateroom? And where is John Smith ?"
 Please, sir, I couldn't stand it!" replied Henry, with quavering voice. So Frank Allen let me come in his punk and sleep with him. It's awful! Listen. can't you hear it?,' ( And again. almost as though in re- sponse to Henry's request. the series or awful. blood-curdling sounds issued again from stateroom No. IS. where Henry was supposed to be peacefully slumbering with Smitty.
 What--?" the choirmaster began, but stopped short. His ear had caught familiar sound. and he smiled know ingly. but not in a fashion pleasant to see.
 Bangl Bang, Bang, His fists pounded upon the door. "Open up. there, Johnl Open this door instant iy! I'll fine you a weeks = no, a months salary. No more of this sky larking. you hear? Open this door or III send you back home on the next sboat!"
 But no response came. other than another series of groans and shorts and noises like the wailing and gnash- ing of teeth, the screech on the ex- haust on locomotive and the hoarse bark of an imported automobile horn.
 Billy Bowlegs" raved and all but tore his hair. He sent "Old Bull" for the steward to bring his pass key to the room-
 Finally the door was opened and the electric lights snapped on. "Billy ,Bowlegs" entered, with the boys and men crowding in behind him. And Just then came another blast of the gruesome noise, even worse than any of its predecessors.
 There, in the upper bunk, reposinp peacefully upon the pillow, lay the serene, cherubic face of Smitty. His damp curls were clinging most beau tifully above his pure-white brow. His expression was angelic. His eyes were closed and he was breathing long. deep, peaceful breaths. But from his
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what purported to be two cats fight ing on the back fence--but which wasn't.
 by Sam Perkins and Arthur Brown; so Billy Bowlegs' opened the door and impressed upon Sam and Arthur the fact that they were not feiines on a back-fence but choristers in their hunks on the old River Queen.
 Just then Billy Bowlegs' atten- ton was attracted to the stateroom directly opposite. Had his ear not been so highly trained by experience on past trips. he might have imagined two dogs were having a fight to the death behind the closed door. But it was only Robert Davis and Cecil Fow- Ter trying to outdo Sam and Arthur.
 Then indeed did Billy Bowlegs" know that the racket had begun. He ruthlessly stopped three pillow fights in as many different staterooms; con- vinced the youngest lad in the ehoir that the boat couldn't possibly sink and held his hand until he fell off to sleep; and gave permission to no less than a dozen boys to get drink of ice water from the cooler at the far end of the cabin.
 Indeed the only stateroom he did not visit was that which sheltered Smitty and Henry White, the latter a quiet, model lad who had never been fined in all his five years service in the choir. Behind that closed door all was peaceful and serene.
 Well" sighed Billy Bowiegs" to himself as he started once more to join the men out on deck. those are two boys that I won't have trouble with!"
 A half-hour later the men of the party entered the cabin 70 go to their
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morning as soon as she wakened up she hoped quickly out of bed and ran to the looking glass. But every time a straight haired little girl looked sol emnly back at her.
 Mother" she said finally. when she despaired of any result. isn't there any way to get my hair curly? Don't you know of anything can even try?"
 Her mother thought minute. No" she said, T don't. I don't know a single thing. I wouldn't mind my straight hair If were you. l think u is very pretty"
 Well, don't" declared the little girl positively. "and I do wish there was something I could even try"
 T have heard" said her mother, "just heard. mind you. that eating crusts will make little girls hair curly, but don't believe 1t. most things you just hear are not true" And she went on about her work.
 Now If there was one uhing thls particular little girl hated worse than straight hair. it was crusts She never ate them If she could help ttr-not even if they had jam and buttas on them.
 Suppose after all, that crusts made curls! Maybe if she had always eaten her crusts she would hava curly hair this very minutel
 The moro she thought about 1t the worse she felt and she Desolved to hereafter eat all of her crusts--every one! e
 That very evening at dinner she be- gan her labors. Instead of piling her crusts in neat little fence all around the edge of her plate. as she usually did. she ate them all ppl
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~ HE making or honey ana tne H building of the little cells to
 hold it are not the only things
 - of interest that happen inside bee hive Sometimes indeed. black Jealousy seems to run as rampant there as it does among humans. Imagine you have lifted the top of d certain hive and can peer in. without fear of being stung; and. further, that you can talk with the bees and under @ asand what is going on.
 Al. summer long the busy bees have been gathering nectar from flowers and storing it in the honeycomb. The drones have done nothing more excit- | ing than to loaf around the hive and guard the Queen Bee. And she, royal little lady, has industriously laid many. many eggs. Soon the tiny in- sects--which later will grow into full sized bees-come out of the eggs and the workers, not the drones, feed them.
 All seemed peace and contentment. But it happened that two queen bees were being raised in the hive. They had been placed in the royal cells and fed most carefully. After a while the two bees ceased to be merely little princesses and were old enough to be < real queens.
 And then the mother Queen decided that she would not share her throne with another queen.
 Indeed you shall not rule with mel" she declared. "There can be room for but one queen in a hive" |.
 And one of the little queens made her so saucy an answer that the real Queen. greatly offended. flew out of the hive. But she did not go alone. Thousands of the bees, both workers and drones. were loyal to her. She 4 selected nice branch on a nearby tree and settled upon 1t. Her faithful subjects swarmed about her, clinging in layers upon layers to each others backs.
 And presently along came farmer who knew how to remove them from the tree and place them in a nice. clean hive he had just finished build ing. So the real Queen and her sub jects were happy again.
 But over in the original hive things were not going quite so smoothly as they should. The two young queens were waging bitter warfare upon each other. After while however, one of them called her faithful subjects { about her and she. too, flew away to 2 start new hive.
 'A So, you see, each of the three queens was at last happy and contented; and each ruled over her hive with undis- sputed sway. All of which certainly points lesson to us, doesn't it. And that is that it Is far better to flee from
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OUR TEETH
D ABIE.S look like queer old men n Not a tooth about;
 O lust you watch while and then

n Not a tooth about; O Just you watch while and then
 Teeth begin to sprout Sprout until he's two years old.
 And there like winter snows, Twenty milk teeth strong ahd. bold
 Stand up in two straight rows. And when he's seven they fall fall
 fall
 He sighs, Oh dear, how wrong He fears new ones won't grow at all But soon they come along. And when he's really big and grown
 He has the right to boast-- He has thirty-two. as hard as stone
 To chew his good rare roast. And when he's old like Grandpa, dear. With smiles across his face, They drop until they're gone. l fear. And no more fill their place. At first the baby's an old man,
 We said so when he smiled, And Grandpa ends where he began A funny, toothless. childl
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QUEEN BEES

~ HE making of honey and the H building of the little cells to
 hold it are not the only things U of interest that happen inside
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respective staterooms. But. to man, they stopped stock still in their tracks
 There, before stateroom No. 13--the one occupied by. Smitty and Henry-a e-night-gowned crowd of choristers was assembled. And there was some- thing almost tragic in their orderly assemblage and air of intense listen- ing. Billy Bowlegs," fearing that
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@ Curly Hair

~ HERE once was little girl who had very straight hair and who wished-oh how she wished-
 D for curls!
 She tried to persuade her mother to "do up' her hair on curlers but her mother didn't approve of curriers' certainly not curriers' for little girls. Then she tried praying for curls. Each
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ALTHOUGH on the ragged edge H of extinction the kiwi Is as y cheerful and hopeful as a bird
 could be whose future is an in- terrogation mark.
 The natives of New Zealand. where he leads his uneventful life. gave him his name because he constantly chirps 'kee wee" and because they couldn't hit upon more appropriate label.
 It was not until 1913 that the orni- thologists felt it their duty to recog- nize the kiwi. For twenty years there
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. IS real name was plain John aA Smith; but the boys all called
 E him -'Smitty.'' He had light ls brown curls and the face of a sherub. But he might just as well lave been haired and freckled.
 judging from his pugnacious dispesi-
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trouble and pickering and fighting than to remain just to show that you can stay.
 Which means-bringing the moral to practical illustration-tha if there are certain children in your neighbor- hood with whom you simply cannot play in peace and happiness and with out arguments and fusses. then leave them; do not play with them; seek other playmates and, like the bees. make a new "hive" of your very own.
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mouth and nose were issuing sounds that, it seemed. no human being could possibly make.
 "Here!" stormed Billy Bowlegs," grabbing him roughtly by the arm and shaking him. You can't fool me. young man! You may think 1t fun to keep the whole ship awake-but you'll
The Meeker herald., 1914-08-01
EXPLORATION. To ENTRY OF LANis

RESTORATION TO ENTRY OF LAMBS
n In National Forest. - Notice ~ hereby
given that the lands described below, enn-
6racing 3l0.sO acres, within the White River
National Forest, colorado. will be subject
to settlement and entry under the provis.
ions of the homestead laws of the United
states and the net Of June II, 1000, GA stat,
2s,), ut the United states land office ~ G!em =.
1914. Any settler who was ACTUALLY and IN
good faith claiming any OF snid lands for
agricultural purposes prior to January /,
1906, and has not abandoned snme, mas
Try for the lands actually occupied SAID
lands were listed upon the applications OF
the persons mentioned below, who have 4
preference right subject to the prior right OF
applicant is qualified to make homestead
entry and the preference right Is exercised
prior to September -, 1914, on which date
the lands will be subject to settlement AMI
are as follows: The neh ofnwA ofnwA. the
neA Of nwA. the nw4 Of yea q nw4 the VA
Of nwA of neI3. See ~. 7 / y. II vi W, bth +
NJ. sO acres, listed upon the application OF
l.ex sterry.. Bnford, Colorado; List 2-o1 3;
; N, Il s5 W. LOO acres. listed upon the nppli-
cation of Albert J. Pitts. Meeker, Colorado:
List 2-aO21. The swA Of sell, the " OF seq OF
sell, Sec 9, 7 =, X So W, - acres, listed upon
the application OF A. G. Elton. Meeker. Col
Orado: List 2 arU A tract of lO.S acres,
within unsurveyed. but what Will probably
be-, VI hen surveyed, Sec 81. T N, X 40 ", de-
scribed by metcs and bounds, ms follows:
BEGINNING at corner No, !. whence F;s:M;m;
thence IO.sp chains; thence = 81" ~ T., 22.1i
chains; thence W NJ chains to corner NO. ],
the place of beginning, listed upon the mp
plicRtion OF A.. l.. sayre, Hayden, Coi"rHno
Ing Assistant Commissioner OF the General
Land Office. huBl-G
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Notice Of Adjustment Day
Notice for Observation-Disclosures
Tract
PUBLIC LAND SALE

Department of tho interior. U. s. Land Office nj
Genwood Springs. Colo. June ~, 1914.
NOTICE IL hereby given that, as directed by
the Commissioner Of the General Land ONCE,
under provisions Of Act OF Congress approved
June q, 1871 GA Stats, 5l7l. pursuant to the
application of Leonn Reynolds Of Mecker, Colo
RADIO, Serial No. U1LfO we will offer ut public
sale. to the highest bidder. but at not less than
el.'1 per acre, at 10 O'Clock II: m. on the sist
day OF August 1914, at this Office, the following
tract of land: SELL sen, Sec -. nj nell, sel4
mel, Sec ~, TIP 2 4, Il % W. 9Th = NJ. ''1'his
trnct In ordered into the market on showing
that the greater portion thereOf IL mountainous
or too rough for cultivation"
Any persons claiming adversely the above
described land arc advised tn tile their claims.
or objections, on or before the TING dcsiRnated
for sale II. f. tORDHAM.
jyll-uugB Register.
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Will pay Tic for all dry hides. The
Meeker Market. nS-tf
Costly Treatment

~ was troubled with constipation
and indigestion and spent hundreds
of dollars for medicine and treat
ment." writes G. II. Hines, of Whit
low, Ark. II went to Il st. Louis
hospital, and also u hospital in New
Orleans, but no cure was effected.
On returning home ! began taking
Chamberlain,s Tablets, and worked
right along. used them for some
time and am now all right" Sold
by all druggist.
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SATURDAY. AUGUST l 1914

Summer Constipation Dangerous
Constipation in summer time is
more dangerous than In the fall, win
ter or spring. The food you eat is
often contaminated and il more likely
to ferment in your stomach. Then
you are apt to drink much cold water
during the hot weather, thus injur-
ing your stomach. Collie. fever,
ptomaine poisoning and other ills are
natural results. Po-Do-f4ax will keep
you well, as it increases the bile, the
natural laxative, which rids the
bowels of the congested poisonous
waste. Po- Do Lax will make you feel
better. Pleasant and effective. Take
n dose tonight. zoe at your Druggist.
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Notice for Publication
tylAauKE


Department of the Interior, u. s. Land Office Mt
Glenwood Springs, Colo. July 10, 1914.
NOTICE Is hereby given that Walter W.
whitlock, Of Mcckcr, Colorado, who. on
December II. 1911. made Presumption Declnra-
tory Statement. Serial No 0GO. for noa4 sea.
St.; 49, Tp N, Il a. Lot y, Sec 20, Lots 2. 3, ~
and H. acc 81, TIP N, Il " W, 9TH r N. has Med
notice Of intention to make Final Presumption
Proof. to establish claim tn the land above
dercrilsd, before Henry j. Hay, U. y. Com
mi siOncr. at Meeker, Colorado, on tho LIST day
of September, 1914
Claimant names as witnesses:
Hurt W. Ihpurhty, Stcpen g. Steinmetz. John
Quinton and James u. Green, all Of Aeeker'
Colorado. -
fvls-suQss Register.
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DIR. Taylor. dentist, Meeker.

Summer Coughs are Dangerous
Summer colds are dangerous. They
indicate low vitality and often lead
to serious throat and lung troubles,
including consumption. DIR. Kings
New Discovery will relieve the
cough or cold promptly and prevent
complications. 1t is soothing and an
tiseptic and makes you feel better at
once. To delay Is dangerous-get II
bottle Of DR.. Kings New Discovery
at once. Money back II not satisfied.
soc and sf.O bottles at your Druggist.
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Notice for Publication
aHs1nl 0-~sA

Depaxtment Of ths Interior, u. 4. Land Once at
GlenwoOd Springs, Colo, July 10, 1914
NOTICE II hereby given that William
Blttner, Of Price Creek. Colorado. who, on
October 10, 1918, made Preem, ton Decaratory
Statement, Serial No. 673i. for Lots and se.4
sek, Sec Il. nel neht, Sec 10. Tp2 N, Il aj and
Lot 4 Soc 4. Tp.N, X ~ W. 9TH p. M, has filed
notice Of Intention to make Final Presumption
PROF, tn establish claim to the land above
described, before Henry }. Hay. y s Commits
sioner, at Meeker, Colorado, on the 18th day of
August, 1914.
Claimant names rs witnesses:
Reid J. Moore. Lyman A. Park and Robert
II. Wear, all OF Price Greek, Colorado, and
Peter Pearson, of Meeker. Colorado.
L. X. FURDHAM.
tylBaugss Register.
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Notice for Publication

Department Of the Interior, U: 8. Land Office al
Glenwooi Springs, Colo, July b. 1914.
NOTICE Ii hereby given that Hnrtsci A.
Uiner, of Meeker. Colorado. who. ON May IL.
1911, made Homestead Application. Serial No.
has filtsi notice OF intention to make Final
Three Year Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before Henry j. Hay,
U, s. Comm missioner. at Meeker, Colorado, on
the sth day OF September, 1914.
Claimant names Nh witnesses:
Byron X. Armstrong, Zcb b. Wisc ana lex
Stcrry, of Mecker. Colorado, and Arthur il.
Leiningcr, of Buford, Colorado.
Z. Il. FOHDHAM,
al-s5 Register.