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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-09-19
GOLDEN YEAR FOR FARMERS.
Total Value Of Crops for Year 10
S4332. .ooo. 600

Chicago.-This is the golden year
for the American farr1er His ieadinS
crops for 1914 were worth $4.35.. ooc,1
oco Sept. l. leading grain men esh-
mated. using the government Septem-
Der crop report as basis. This IL
$ss2 900 ,oQe more than the farmer rs-
ceived last year for the same five
crops-wheat, corn, oats. barley and
hay-and forecasts the richest retlrns
to the soil tillers in the history Of tho
United States. This years record
breaking wheat crop alone is valued
at 1896, ,0oo 600 compared to 4 valua-
tion OF s5SS O00. 900 in 1913. This total
value is computed at an estimated
farm value OF e3.3 cents. per bushel
Sept. / for an estimated total OF 896,-
900 900 bushels.
Since Sept l the price OF wheat has
advanced steadily.
Ordinarily huge wheat crop means
lew prices per bushel to the farmers.
This year. despite the enormous crop.
the European war has boosted wheat
prices.
Eventually, grain men point out.
this mere than 100000 in farm
prosperity" must trickle through until
general business conditions reflect tbs
increase in crop values.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-09-19
SYHCPSi

Jackson Jones. nickranicd Broadway"
o-so1use Of his continual e!erihcatiou Of
sew fors's great ttoroag fare. is anx-
t7u. to get away frou IS home town OF
spnes.iiie. hbner Jones' his uncle Is
ttes engrF because Broadway refuses to
k-,t.e dcwu and take a place In the gum
tHctSr!s la wffic', nc bitceeded to his
sse'seF's interest, Judge Spptswood in
seJ'as Broadway ttat s1op.4op left him by
Siit<es record Guc In leading for his
tsyorlte street Ia Ne. york with his
Sc" YORK friend. Robert wallace, Broad
- creates a sensati"n b. MS eNtraya-
sance On the White WAY -Four years
rass and Broadway suddenly discovers
thst he Is not only broke. but heavily In
Der lie Applies 20 tis uncle FOR a Joan
"1d receives IA package % chewing suIn
vit'. the advice 10 che. & Gud forget his
troubles. lie qJtiatiy seeks worl; without
rucce-s. broadway gives Hhat is in
r-riad to be fareHel, syi.Pcr to lis New
comes engaged to Ars. Gerard, an
rt~ht widow. wealthy and very giddy
s1i her youthful fisHc@. but falls TO bet
's' the sltuatt0n- Hc learns that Broad
%s Is broke a"a offers him position
,Y,,., bis fat''cta adyert .sirE firm, but It
- tetiined. WtfIihcr takes charge OF
tCDadway's enairs .TuadTay receives
teinetsn announcing the death OF his
uectc A.uar -. hnscpe broadway is Ills
rE.te ftetr. d'etee Pembroke OF the Con
..."idsted C'e..cr Gufn company Offers
.fosts@a! uE'ees I" sat. ;" aisaee taxes
't5'e affair tr hand e"d insist, that Broad O.
%'r toto on for "a % sS'f pt.ee ana riSiisS
tinp to Jonesvitc 10 consult Judge Spots
20 VI. who was breic Abncr's attorney
-feofaway finds his poyh"od playmate.
jaate Richards. in charge of the plant
aud fails in love wit't ter. Wallace IL
-uIijtrn with Judge SpctsWocd's dangh-
ter. Clara. Josie points np' to Broadway
'tnt iY selling The piagt I" the trust he
ef'l r,in the tr~n hufl ~ his ancestors
"H5 throw 7Jn eHpioyes out OF work
'Fpahway decides that he VIII not sell.
Wallace receives ar C.f1eC Of 81 81" COZ from
thr trust and Is amazed wien RroadwaE
rgros It down. HroadEPay explains the
@'tultion as set fore, bv Josie and Wal
ttce agrees that IL Is t;rpadway's duty
- slick Icy thc town sud his employees
re authorizes arf,..n"s Hent to hts
worried employees that the plant VIII not
% .sii.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-09-19

patrimony to the trust but for some
reason which she would have found it
dificult to explain fully she said not a
word about it. Instead. she turned to
him with matter-offact expression and
the words of commonplace occasions.
Did you have a good nights rest?
He felt like saying something full
OF emphasis, whether in access OF ior
or sorrow he was not certain. but he
knew that any words which he could
use 10 her would be Inadequate to FUR
nish him relief. and so hailed her com
monplaee question with thrill OF real
relief.
My back is broken he said with an
expressive grimace and writle
Who named that hotel2"
The Grand"
He nodded with another serio comic
facial antic.
She laughed. rs II as bad as that
There are men in prison for doing
less than running hotel like that"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-09-19
Armenian.

The commemoration Of the fiftieth
centenary Of the Armenian alphabet
will remind those who know their
"Romany Rye" OF Bellies remark,
when the author tried to teach her
Armenian, that It sounded more like
the language Of horses than Of hu-
man beings. Armenian piles up the
consonants terribly: thus. the word
for ito kindle" II "prrigthsnel." An
indeterminate vowel sound helps such
accumulations out: but even so Ar
menian 10 not 4 beautiful language.
Few. as Sir Charles Eliot says, will
think It pretty to call = gifi .'aghchis." :"
or ones uarsnts "doaoghkh "N ~
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-09-19
CHAPTER x.

There was another than the foreman
who was happier than ordinary words
would have expressed. now that Jack
son Jones had stated. with what
seemed to be finality, that he intend
ed to continue at the business which
had made his fortune and had made
Jonesyille. But Josie felt a strange
need for reserve in her young employ
er's presence, need which she had
not felt the night before and one which
she could not explain.
Her impulse was TO rush into ex.
travagance Of praise after he had sent
the foreman out into the works to tell
the men that he should not sell his
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-09-19

the first woman who had dined at that
table. The men braced up In my
honor. They couldn't do enough for
me. At the end Of the first week I
was having the time Of my life, social
ly considered. Imagine what 1t means
for woman who has never been pes
tered by the attentions OF men sud
denly to find Is men, well bred. well
educated, most Of them, striving to
outdo each other In entertaining her,
and not another woman In the lime
light 1t was simply great
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-09-19

Almost he made the revelation OF their
startling midnight wanderings. but
caught himself in time
Why don't you open your uncle's
home"
MY uncle's home?" he said, 4 little
startled.
He had not thought OF that. The
suggestion probably did more TO drive
home definitely to his inner mind the
true Significance OF his decision to
take up the business than anything
which had previously occurred. His
uncle's home,
After his fathers death 1t had been
his home; 1t had been the only semb-
lance OF a home which he remembered
and his memories OF II were harsh
enough. in some details almost repel-
lent. His uncle had been hard; he had
had but little understanding OF boy ma
ture: the house had been q sort OF
prison from which he could ESCAPE al
intervals each day.
He had not even thought of opening
1t: it never had occurred to him that
he could ever live another day Of his
life there.
But, now she spoke OF it, why not? :?
The place was grim, old-fashioned, In
hospitable. forbidding, as so many old
New England houses are, and as so
many more New England houses were
ten years ago; but that atmosphere
was more that of its occupant than
that OF the old place itself. 1t must
have been joyous and free-minded
Jones who chose the site for it, for it
| was very beautiful; 1t must have been
an artist Jones who chose the plans
for it. for its design was Of that beau
tiful. pure old colonia! which (barring
skyscrapers) is the only architectural
| merit America has yet originated, and
than which nothing is more truly
beautiful; 1t must have been social
Jones who added the great wing to it,
| for in that wing We're bedrooms, sit
ting rooms. and great dining-room
quite plainly meant to welcome many
guests.
His 7emories OF the house were
gloomy and unattractive, for from 1t
| both his father and his mother had
been taken to their final resting places,
| hours. All the happiness OF his youth
| in Jonesville were associated with the
homes Of others, public places. out-of.
doors; he had heard very little laugh
ter in the old homestead But might ii
not house happiness. He realized that
1t would make an ideal setting for
pure joy. Still. it was in Jonesville. /.
That made him vince.
You don't think it will be necessary
| for me to live in this town, do you?"
She nodded. She was rather glad
to feel that 1t was right for her to nod
She would have shrunk from revela.
tions OF the sorrow which would Ger
tainly have filled her heart ii 1t had
transpired, now, that Broadway was
not to remain in Jonesville. She even
shrank from an acknowledgment OF
this in her own heart.
| The business will need your atten
tion." she said graveiy.
He waved a hand which he tried to
make appear as if dispensing privi
leges. but which. he knew. seemed
I more that Of a shirker.
Go right on with the business. DON,
pay any attention to me-"
She looked at him very gravely
Then, dropping her eyes. she tool
some papers from the desk. went to 9
hltng cabinet. deposited them Will
care In their allotted places. and slow
ly went back to var Aaak A. -
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-09-19
CHAPTER tx.-Cortlnued.

Yes: he's storplng ut the Grand
noiei''
When did he get here9"
Last evening"
Have you seen bime"
yes"
Il was plain enough that Higgins
most vivid suspicious were aroused
fe looked at her accusingly. His voice
Tos even louder than ii had been. He
sjt here iast evening. en-? Then that
eetties it," He went TO her desk and
teamed across It as II lndicting her.
iie came here with that trust fellow.
didn't he?'
Now she. ia turn. was really sur
ccised. What trust fellow"
Pembroke; one O. the head men OF
tae Consolidated"
None but fool could have doubted
Eec amazement and her worry as she
Srse and walked closer to him. rs
tembroke here ia town
Oh" he sneered You didn't know
toat. eh?"
q, certainly did not"
.te did not quite believe her. yet
took certain pleasure in imparting
.tae distressing news to her. on the
chance that she was truthful and had
not before heard It. We'll, he's here.
Several OF the meu saw him and recog-
atsed him. | suppose he's here with
iones to close US out. Is that it,"
Il don't know any more about It
tnan you do. Higgins"
This did not tmpress or interest him
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-09-19
HAD THE TIME OF HER LIFE
Woman In sanitarium for Alcoholics
Found Herself the Pet Of
All the inmates.

no woman knows what 1t means to
be truly popular until she has dined
at an alcoholic cure institute" wo-
man said. Il acknowledge that that
is about the last place on earth to go
to seek popularity, but colorless
woman, who unfortunately has been
denied popularity elsewhere Is bound
to find 1t at the institute l did l
was not sent up as an alcoholic.
had a relative who had been persuad-
ed to take the cure. As / was the
only person on earth who had stuck
to him through thick and thin, he
urged me to see him through the in
stitute ordeal.
81 went I ate there with him.
There were II other patients at the
table, all men. The first two days
the ordeal Of eating three meals q day
with Is dips sitting to the right, to
the left, and In front Of me nearly
drove me crazy. but for she sake Of
nv relative ] stuck II out s.- s4.sgsz
-rher ! began To be popular. Wa
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-09-19
Mark Twain's War Prayer.

o Lord, help us to tear the soldiers
OF the foe to bloody shreds with our
shells; help US to cover their smiling
fields with the pale forms OF their pa
triot dead; help US to lay waste their
humble homes with hurricane Of
fire: help us to wiring the hearts Of
their unoffending widows with un-
awaiting grief. Blast their hopes
blight their lives, water their way with
their tears.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-09-19
Wilson Buys $50 "war" Cotton Bale.

Washington. - President WILSON
Joined the Buy Bale OF Cotton"
Club. by ordering from the head OF
the organization in Georgia $50 worth
OF cotton. Senator Hoke Smith told
him that people throughout the South
were joining the movement to take up
the cotton crop left over by the Euro
pean war. Senator Smith also told
the President that next year the cot
ton crop would be cut in half and that
wheat and other products would b.
substituted
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-09-19
DEMAND FOR NATIVE TIMBER.
Over s5o,ooo,ooo Feet Sold In ths
Denver District the Past Year.

Denver.-That there has been .
marked increase in tho demand for
national forest timber throughout
Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota,
during the past year is evidenced BY
a report given out by the Denver o.
flee of the forest service. According
to this report. over $50 million fest Of
timber. with a value OF 1921 1856.
was sold on the national forests com
ing under the Jurisdiction Of the Den
yer office. These figures show an In
crease of over 277 million feet. and .
value OF $761, ,404.45 over those Of the
preceding year ending juno 80. 1918.
During the past fiscal year. 1.7S5
timber sales were made, OF which num-
Der 1.702 were for amounts less than
500. Included among these small
sales, 2,775,000 feet were disposed Of
by the forest service at the actual
cost OF making the sales, or at q rate
OF rs cents a thousand board feet for
saw timber. and % cents . cord for
fuel wood.
The two largest sales Of the year
were those in which the government
disposed OF 1853 million feet on the
Black Hills forest in South Dakota,
and another Of 125 million feet on tho
Bonneville forest in Wyoming.
In addition to the amount OF timber
sold, the report also shows that moro
than % million feet Of timber. valued
at $2S,1a4 was given away under free
use permits to 6.0S6 settlers and homo
steaders living on and adjacent to the
national forests.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-09-19

You say the young fellows stopping
at the Grand?"
Yes"
We'll. nobody here knows anything
about it," a..
Il believe he registered under an
other name" She could have bitten
of her tongue for letting this slip out
instantly the man assumed that this
confirmed his most unfavorable prog
uostications. "Ah. ha! Well, what did
he do that for?"
How should know?"
Well" he shouted, ri guess l do!
It's because he is a sneak! He knows
It's q rotten thing he's doing and he's
afraid Of the consequences" He strobe
up and down the room IN deep and
heavy thought. THE men are not In
Q very good temper. and. you mark my
verAs. thsrs.u ~ the devil to pay
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-12-03

\ JEW of som of the big slsn now finished and being filled with especially grow corn for
" the use of thee exhibitors in the Live Stock Department at the PMammP Pacific Inter
rationale Exposition which opGsat San Francisco on February 90 1915. The shs six in
number are but da1 of the preparations being made for the maintenance of view herds dur
ing the entire course of thee exposition, thief first time THAT this has been attempted at any *
position. The buildings of the IveS Stock Department cover G acres and were erected at cost
ofSE50W -Four hundred md fifty thousand dollars is offered in prizes and purses for the live
stock exhibits and the harness races nthe mile track adjoining the Live Stock Department
The Washington herald., 1914-10-17
COMPARES GREAT WAR
TO SURGICAL OPERATION
Irving S. Cooper Says 1t Is Cutting
Away Caneerous Growth
Of Mihtarism.

"The present conflict in Europe" said
Irving S. Cooper, national lecturer OF the
Theosophical Society. IN an interview, is
like q surgical operation-painful but
necessary. II Is the cutting away OF the
cancerous growth OF militerism, which
has interfered terribly with the growth Of
brotherly civilization. / believe we are
now witnessing the beginning Of the end
OF all war. and that when peace Is once
more declared 1t will never again be
broken, because armed force must give
way to enlightened arbitration.
TT is quite possible that a federation
Of European nations will be formed. and
I look for a fairer civilization when the
billions now wasted on armies and navies
will be used to relieve poverty and suf-
ferinE. to tear down the slums and to edu-
cate the people. Months may elapse be-
fore peace is possible, there may even be
throughout Europe, for the nations now
at war may only learn through sheer ex-
haustion and terrible suffering that war
fare must cease forever"
Mr.. Cooper has travelled much abroad
and in the Far East. In his opinion there
will be no uprising in India Instead. he
thinks that India will win her right to
self-government by her loyalty and serv-
ices to the empire. Mr.. Cooper has Just
finished an extended course OF lectures in
New York, and will speak in Theosophical
Hall, 121G II street, several times during
the next few weeks The dates Of his lee
lures. which are free TO the public. are as
follows: October IS. q. . and November l.
The lectures will be given at Sis o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-17
LAND ONLY IS NEEDED
FOR NEW FAIRGROUNDS
Letter from E. S. Martin Says District
Is Ready to Equip Field at
Congress Heights.

The Public Improvement Association Of
Congress Heights has received a letter
from z. S. Martin, supervisor OF play
grounds, stating that II Sufficient land
can be donated to the District, that there
are enough funds to equip grounds in
that section Immediately. It has been
suggested that the government be asked
to donate a small part of the hospital
farm located In Congress Heights. The
Anacostia and Randle Highlands citizens
are also working on plans for similar
grounds.
The Willing Workers Of the Garden
Memorial Presbyterian Church held an
entertainment last night in the local Ma
sonic hall. entitled "old Maids Conven-
tion." Young people from Georgetown ap-
reared in the various roles. The members
OF the society were attired in old maids
costumes and acted as ushers.
The kindergarten at the Congress
Heights School, which has been in sxis-
tence only since the opening Of the
present term. and which was established
at the urgent request Of the citizens
Of that vicinity, has had an average Of
thirty pupils each day. according to a
statement Of the teacher in charge
Mineola Tribe No. H. Improved Order
OF Red Men OF Anacostia, met last even
ing in the local Masonic hali and heard
reports on the work Of the order from
Past Great Sachem Henry W. Tippett.
Degree work was accomplished.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-17
KING WANTED HERE.

Member of Former Real Estate
Firm Arrested at naleiEh, n. C.
Wanted in Washington on a warrant
charging him with false pretenseS Will
lam King. fifty years old. who thres
years ago, detectives allege. was . mem
Der of the real estate firm Of Spugnard
& King. in the Evans Building. was ar
rested in Raleigh. n. c.. yesterday.
According to ploice records both
Spugnard and King were indicted by the
grand jury. March 81. 1911. on charges
OF false pretenses. and Spugnard was
admitted TO bail July q. 1911. in the
sum of 5000 for trial pending the ar
rest OF King. whom the police failed to
find.
It is alleged by the police the plan Of
this firm was TO purchase suburban prop
critics. make a small cash payment Of
from 800 to 800 and give notes for the
deferred payments. the notes signed bv
Mayer Hahn and William F. Hahn. said
to be citizens CT College Park, Nd. II
alleged that every note thus given were
forgeries. After getting title TO these
properties. the police aIlege. Spugnard 4
King would dispose Of the property to
innocent purchasers Later they dis,
appeared.
Detective Larry O'Dea today goes to
Raleigh for King.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-17

ana the fingers showed marks Of rings
which had been roughly stripped on
Our cavalry were. he added. good deal
pestered BY the enemys aeroplanes dur
ing the retreat from Mons. Whenever a
German aeroplane appeared over a biv-
ouac the order was given TO change
camp. and weary men and horses had to
move further on One man told in a
voice from which the bitterness had not
yet passed OF q breakfast lost in this
way. The meal almost assumed the pro-
portions Of feast Two geese and three
hens he and his mates had prepared for
ready to take them from the hre the en-
emy appeared In force, and the breakfast
had not only TO be abandoned, but to be
abandoned TO the Germans.
OF all patients. the best. say the doc
tors, are the Turcos. There IL no limit
to the pain they can endure.
The number Of French priests serving
with the colors Il a good deal larger
than has been imagined. and it Is stated
authoritativsly today that as many as
1900 priests are enrolled a. combatants-
The departure of the Cardinal Arch
bishop Of Mailnes from the Care st.
Lazare gave rise last night to pic
turesque scene. The archbishop was
fully robed, and stood on the platform
surrounded by q large crowd Of priests
and other who have sympathized with
the Belgiana. As the train left the sta
ton he stood In the carriage bowling to
those on the platform-an ascetic figure
Of the Richelieu type, a man OF dominant
personality, with q charm Of pose and
expression that made one realize how
keeniy his work Is appreciated by his
countrymen in Belgium.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-17
ALLIES
WITH AIRSHIPS
Soldiers Forced to Leave
Meals by German
Aeroplanes.
WOUNDED TAKEN SOUTH
French Steer Clear of Paris Until
the Kaiser Is Driven Back Into His
Country from Present Positions.

Paris. Oct 1.-THE stream Of wounded
from the bsttisnelds Of the Narne and
the oureq is being directed past Paris
70 hospitals in the rear. for the obvious
reason that until II ia quite certain that
Paris VIII not have TO defend itself against
attsek It would be mwiss 70 an ths
ample hospital accommodation Of the
capital
In the American hospital, only hfty-
ave Of whose beds are occupied. ! came
aeross q soldier Of the Sixth Dragoons.
suffering from a bullet wound IN the
hip, that he got at compiegne. The night
before the battle his squadron was on
outpost duty. Some dring had been heard.
and he rode on ahead OF the squadron to
see what was happening. believing that
French cavalry were engaged with the
Germans close at hand
He cantered along q moonlit road until
suddenly In the shadow Of some trees
he found himself in the midst Of group
Of German horsemen- He had his earbine
across the neck Of his horse and fired
point blank into the breast Of . German
trooper with whose horse his own came
into collision.
Cut Germans ts Pieces.
The German was as quick with
his weapon ana both men fell 70 the
ground-the German dead. the Briton
with a bullet through his hip. An instant
later the squadron came clattering up
and cut the German detachment. about
thirty strong. to pieces
This British dragon has seen things
which have given him 9 strong preJudics
against the enemy. In a Belgian village
he saw the yet warm corpse Of peasant
woman, who had been struck down by a
Uhlan's lance. The Uhlans were riding
out Of the village as the British rode in.
and the brute who killed the woman did
30 because she could not or would not
give him some bread.
Once on ratrol duty he came across q
stationary motorcar. In II were three
French oficers and q lady. all dead, all
sitting in the position In which they were
when they died. A volley had been
poured into the car. The lady's hand
hung carelessly over the side Of the car,