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Mexico Missouri message., 1914-05-07
SOME INTERVIEWS.

last week from Harrisonvllle
Ark, on sad mission, to bury
my boy. He was bright and
promising fellow and | naturally
had the affection for him tha'
David had for Absolom. But M
consolation is that we shall meet
again in a brighter and better
world than this.
r. l.. Marshall: See change in
c. & A. time card. You can go
east from Mexico at 1856 in the
morning and come back at 2;2O
p. m. or 7 As p. m. Folks east
can't get to Mexico quite as
easily as formerly and return the
same day, but "The Only Way
was built for everybody along the
way, and it is not possible TO give
all the same favors.
Z. +. Ketter: l was surprised
at that Message editorial last
week regarding the miners
strike in Colorado. ] think Rookie
feller is right. He has the right
to employ whom he pleases. Il
he doesn't want to use Union
men, that is his privilege. Two
sides to this question, Brother.
Ernest Vanlandingham: ]
planted corn out at my little
farm northwest of Molino last
week. My little soy, Eugene,
four years old, is my helper. ]
wouldn't take a million dollars
for him. Everything looks good
and promising on the farm Just
now.
G. w. Pickett: | traded my
farm southwest of Thompson for
a nice property near Hardin Col
lege in Mexico recently and have
moved to the latter. | have a
nephew, Oliver Pickett, who tried
town about Is months; recently
he moved back to a farm this
side of Rowena. | wonder what !
! will do. But | have always |
known Mexico to be one of the
incest places on earth,
Nick Smith: You can't make |
people good by legislation. But |
be that as it may, | protest most
vigorously if Mexico is going 70
catch up bootleggers VINO are un-
able to pay q fine and ill the |
county Jail with them and board |
them at the expense of the eoun-
ly, Catch the other fellows |
higher up" too, and in the
event you have to impose fine
that can't be paid either parole
the fellow or put him out at hard |
labor, make him earn his eatin'.
W. II. Beal; send you thi,
interview, | left Mexico OH
the 23rd plt,, arrived in Broken |
Bow, Neb., the following Sunday. |
Found the weather rather gloomy |
here. Not much signs OF spring |
Mercury has been 20 above zero
! thought back ON the crop condi-
tions in Missouri. From Mexico |
to Kansas City ! never saw the
wheat rye and bluegrass look
better; al kinds of live stock or
the pastures. Been raining heavy
here. Fruit safe, and wen get
your sunshine later, as Old So!
m auaO f1trt n ar paptb
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-05-07

|. j. n. Smith and wife of Lad
donia were in Mexico Monday
Mr.. Smith paid the Message a
pleasant call.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-05-07

Dear Editor Message Il an
, sending you dollar for the Mes
J sage. Would send more but that
Is all | have at present. Am run,
ming a blacksmith shop now, hav.
ing come out of exile few weeks
ago,
just received a letter from an
old friend who says he talked
with you recently and he inform
cd me that you wished to hear "A
few experiences of my partners
and myself during the winter Just
past which we spent in the
woods, | can very readily hand
you one or two of my own person
al encounters with the dangers of
the wilds, but not of my pals.
Although both are gentlemen of
the highest integrity and both
reside now in the neighborhood
of Mexico. While both no doubt
had many more woody ex-
periences than |, still | should be
much worried to see anything in
print from my hand that | could
not positively swear to.
|
But to get on with the story;
One morning while making the
rounds of the trap-line, up on the
Canadian Border, l was struck
with the notion to go out of the
usual course a mile or two into a
rough range of ragged hills in
search of a deer, as the meat was
low in camp.
1t was a cool day, at least 40
below, and | knew the deer
would be in the most sheltered
places So sneaked into a
dense thicket of spruce and pine,
upon reaching the hills, to look
about. Saw no deer, but while
walking along the top of an old
decayed log | spied "A rabbit hud-
died up under pile of brush. /
wanted him badly for a cat bait,
bat disliked TO shoot for fear of
soaring away the deer. SO | de-
cided to jump on him from the
log. | made Ii leap at the unsus-
pecting rabbit, little. knowing
what ! had mapped ont for my
self. The brush cracked and to
my intense surprise something
grabbed me just below the knees
with the grip of an alligator and
the speed OF lightning. | now re-
&';scd what | had done, jumped
into a bear trap which
rad been set in the fall TO catch
EeQr III the spring. As this is the
custom of the Canadian trapper.
The trap was lacGe and strong,
'With double springs, the grip was
fast and terrible. At first | tried
TO pull out by main force but saw
that this was worse than useless.
! knew my chances to escape
were slim. The chances for aid
were still simmer. The owner Of
The trap would not return until
primg The follows at camp
|nlght tfark ne up the next
'norning but by that timc--l
,aircrcd with the cold. My sal
latiOn ! saw rested with myself.
! threw my weight onto the
springs and tried to push them
down, but could not even move
one the atom of fraction.
Desperate, | struggled, and long.
The pain in my legs was intense,
the cold was penetrating to the
marrow. | reached out with my
hunting axe and cut Il pole. Push
ing one end under root and us
ing the pole as lever | attempt
ed to pry down a spring after
manner and succeeded after a
long time in getting one down,
but had no way to hold it, while |
worked at the other. After a
time, though, managed to shove
the other end under the edge of
the log, from which, had jumped
in the first place, and upon releas-
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-05-07

Mrs. Clarence A. Barnes an6
Iniidren are home from Tucson,
arizona, where they sent he
winter.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-05-07

Mrs. Guy Fox at Rush Hill has
been quite i'll of late.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-06-26
ADDITION TO HIS EFFICIENCY
Business Manager Would Do Well to
Remember That His Personality
Counts for Much.

He's really very agreeable outside
of business hours" How often we hear
this remark about a certain type of
man at the head of a large enterprise.
He is the MAI whose office demeanor
is characterized by the GOODNESS Of a
SNOWFALL and the Indifference Of a
stone.
In his desire to become efficient and
make every one about him the same
he sQueezes every bit of human feel
ing cut of his relations with his sub
ordinates and becomes a part of a
working system. as dehumaniZed as
his filing system or his adding ma
chine or the typewriter which his
stenographer m~anipulates. During Of
fee hours he is a machine which die
tates letters, looks over reports and
develops efficiency. But-"he's really
very agreeable outside OF business
hours"
This man needs to know that. his
ability being efficient. he becomes
more efficient as he becomes more hu.
man, just as q machine Is more efh-
cient the more machine-like 1t be-
comes. He needs to learn that the
man at the head OF q big concern
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-06-26

The car was not the smart Pan
hard in which she had SO often spun
down the avenue or along the shell
roads OF the north shore. 1t lacked
those fin-de-siecle a~ppurtenances which
marked the ne plus ultra Of it's kind,
as her observant eye recognized; but
it ran staunch and true. The powerful
hands that gripped the steering-wheel
were brown with sun and wind, and
the handsome face above 1t had q look
OF keenness and energy she had never
surprised before. They passed many
vehicles and there were few whose oc.
cupants did not greet him. In fact,
as he presently remarked. II was a
saving Of energy to keep his hat off;
and he tossed the Panama into the
rear seat. On the rim of the village
a group raised a cheer to which he
nodded laughingly, and further on a
little old lady on a timid vine-colored
porch beside a church, waved a black
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-06-26
Japanese Theater.

To a foreigner, stage management
in Japan would appear somewhat et-
centric. When an actor is killed dur
ing the play a Ia in black PUSHES on
the stage and holds a large clock hA.
fore the supposed corpse, who so.,n
rises and runs off the stage.
The scene are never shifted. ptt
the whole stage revolves On wheels.
while between the acts the children
among the audience rush behind the
curtain aid play until the drum beats
for another act. The performance BIZ
gins at 10 a. m. and the audience prf,,
vision themselves for "a hours. curling
up on mats and smoking the Whole
um6
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-06-26
SYNOPSIS.

John Valiant. a rich society favorite.
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor
poratlon, which his father founded and
which was the principal source OF his
wealth. has failed. He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
FOR tie corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist OF an old motor car. a
white bull dog and DaTnory court, "A neg
lected estate in Virginia. On the way To
Damon court ne meets Shirley Dand-
ridge. an authenticated beauty. and de-
ct1es that he is going to like Virginia inn
~Snensely. Shirley's mother. Mrs. Dand-
ridge, and Major BIistow exchange rem
tniscences during which II Is revealed
that the major. Valiant's father, and II
man named SaSSoon were rivals for the
haud Of Mrs. cambridge In her youth.
Sassoon and Valiant fought a duel on her
account in which the formc" was Killed
valiant finds Damory court oVergrOwn
Win weeds and Keepers and decides to
reEiabilltatc the place. Valiant saves
shirley from the bite OF a snake. which
oites him. knowing the dcadliness Of the
bite. Shirley sucks the poison from the
wound and saves his life. Valiant learns
for the first time that his father left Viz
G1nia on account If a duel in which Doc
his fathers seconds. Valiant and Shirley
become good friends. Mrs. cambridge
faints when she meets Valiant for the
first time. Valiant discovers that he has
& fortune IN old walnut trees. The yearly
tournament a survival OF the 1~Ousting Of
feudal times. is held at Damory court. At
the last moment Valiant takes the place
Of one OF the knights, who IL sick. and
enters the lists.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-06-26

The twelve horSemen were o sit.
ting their FESTIVE mounts in a group
at n end Of the lists. Two mounted
monitors had stationed themselves on
either side of the rope barrier; a third
stood behind the upright from whose
arm was suspended the silver ring.
The herald blew a blast, calling the
title OF the first of the knights. In
stantiy, with lance at rest. the latter
gaIloped at fun speed down the lists.
There was a sharp musical clash, and
as he dashed on. the ring flew the
tull length of its tether and swung
back. whirling swiftly. 1t had been a
close thrust, for the iron pike-point
had smitten it's rim. A cheer went up,
nnder OF which the rider looped
back outside the lists to his former
position.
In an upper tier OF the stand a spec
fator made a cup Of his hands. The
knight of the Golden Spur against the
field" he called. What Odds"
Five to one. Spotteswood." a voice
answered.
Ten dollars announced the first.
Good" And both made
dunn on their cuffs:
A second time the trumpet sounded,
and the Knight Of Castlewood flashed
ingloriously down the roped aisle-a
miss.
Again and again the clear note rang
out and a mounted figure plunged by,
and presently, I'm a burst of cheering,
the herald proclaimed The knight Of
the Black Eagle-one," and Chilly
LAIsk, in old-rose doublet and inky
plume cantered back with a silver
ring upon his pike.
No simple thing, approaching leis-
nrely and afoot, to send that tapering
point straight to the tiny mark. But
at h%eadlong gallop, astride a blooded
horse ~straining to take the bit. a deed
requiring a nice eye, a perfect seat
and an %unwayering arm and hand!
Those knights who Topped back with
their pixies thus braceleted had spent
long hours in practice and each rode
as naturally as he b%reathed; yet more
and at the too-eager thrust Of the spur
bolted through the ropes. Valiant
made his first essay-and missed
with the blood singing In his ears.
The ring flew from his pike. catching
him a swinging blow on the temple in
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-06-26
CHAPTER XIV.
katharine Decides.

Katharine left the field of Runny'
mede with John Valiant in the dun
colored motor. She sat in the drivers
seat beside him, while the bulldog ca
pered. ecstatically barking. from side
to side Of the rear cushions. Her
father had declined the honor. remark
ing that he considered a professional
chauffeur a sufficient risk of his valua,
BILE life and that the Chalmers grays
were good enough icr him--a decision
which d.i not Wholly ~displease KatbS
ri2S.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-06-26

must have personality if he is to hold
his business together, and that per.
sonality is a good thing to keep en-
top.
The man who subordinates his per-
sonality to his position is the man who
lets his position run him and who is a
Jobholder before he is a man. A pitts
BILE state, indeed, for anybody to ird
himself in. Being a man with a per-
s%onality as we'll as an executive with
a high degree of efficiency is an ideal
which every business man might we'll
hold before himself. inside of busineks
hours or Observation-Disclosures jour.
nal.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-06-26

It's rebound, but he scarcely felt it. AS
he cantered back he heard the majors
bass pitting him against the field.
And then, suddenly, stand and field
all vanished. He saw only the long
level rope-lined lane with it's twinkling
mid-air point. An exhilaration caught
him at the feel of the splendid horse
flesh beneath him-that sense of one
ness with the creature he bestrode
which the instructive horseman knows.
He lifted his lance and hefted it, seek.
ing its absolute balance, feeling it's
point as a fencer with his rapier.
When again the blood-red sash
streamed away the herald's cry,
Knight OF the Crimson Rose-One!"
set the field hand-clapping. From the
next joust also. Valiant returned with
the gage upon his lance. Two had
gone to the Champion of Castlewood
and two to scattering riders. When
Valiant won his fourth the Grand stand
numbered with a~Doiause.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-06-26


mitted hand to him with a sweet old
time gesture. Katharine noted that he
bowed to her with extra care.
That's Miss Matte Sue Mabry," he
said, the quaintest, dearest thing you
ever saw. She taught my father his
letters"
Where the Red Road stretched level
before them, he threw the throttle
open for a long rush through the
thymy-scented air. The light, late
afternoon breeze drew by them, sweep
ing back Katharine's graceful ~sinuous
veil and spraying them with odors Of
clover and sunny fruit. They passed
orchard clumps bending with young
apples, boundless aisles Of green,
young-tasseled corn and shadowy
groves that smelled of fern and sassa.
fras, opening out into more sunlighted
vistas overarched by the intense pene-
trable of the June sky.
John Valiant had never seemed to
her so wholly good to see, with his
waving hair ruffling in their flight and
the westering sun shining redly on his
face. Midway of this squirt he looked
at her to say: Did you ever know a
more beautiful countryside? See how
the pink-and-yellow of those grain
fields fades into the purple of the hills.
Very few painters have ever captured
a tint like that. It's like raspberries
crushed in curdled milk"
I've quite lost my heart to it ALL"
she said, her voice jolting with the
speed of their course. ITS a perfect
pastoral = so different from
our terrific city pace. OF
course it must be a trifle dull at times
= " seeing the same people al
ways v " and without the thea
ter and the opera and the whirl about
OCe-but = the kind of life
one reads about . = in the nov
els of the South, o know y >
| suppose IN doesn't realize hat IL
actually exists until one to a
Southern place like this. And the
negro servants, How odd it must be
to have a white-haired old darky in a
brass-buttoned swallow-tail for a but
Ter. SO picturesque. At Judge Chal-
mers' | have a feeling all the time that
I'm walking through a stage re-
hearsal,"
The car slackened speed as 1t slid
by a white-washed cabin at whose en-.
trance sat a dusky gray-bearded fig
ure. Valiant pointed. DO you see
him." he asked.
Il see a very ordinary old colored
man sitting on the doorstep" Katha-
rine replied.
That's Mad Anthony, our local
Mother Shipton. He's a prophet and
soothsayer. Uncle Jefferson-that's
my Observation-Disclosures that he fore
told my coming to Damory Court. IL
we had more time you could have
your fortune told"
How %thrilling," she commented
with half-humorous irony.
He pointed to a great white house
set in a grove Of trees. That is
Beechwood." he told her. "the Beverly
homestead. Young Beverley was the
Knight Of the Silver Cross. A fine old
place, isn't it? 1t was burned by the
Indians during the French and Indian
War. My NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
err =" He broke off. But then, those
old things won't interest you"
They interest you a great deal,
don't they?" she asked.
YES" he admitted. "they do. You
see. my ancestors are such new &C
Q~uaintances. l find them absorbing.
You know when l lived in New
York"
Last month"
He laughed a.. litua-not qu.to the
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-03
Irrigation Bonds
Not Incumbrance,
Ruling of Court

Irrigation bonds are not considered
an Indebtedness against land in the
ordinary meaning OF the word in
cumbrance. according To ruling
given this afternoon by Judge Caven-
der in district court in the suit OF
Isabella Morelock vs.. Ada VI. Bailey
Plaintiff sued to compel defendant
to make the exchange of a ten-room
house on Colorado avenue for five
acres of East Palisade land. Mrs
Bailey in her answer claimed that
the agent told her that the water
tax was a trifle." whereas in fact she
claimed ii TO be excessive, and also
that there was heavy bonded in
debtedness against the land in addi-
tion. The court refused to consider
the claim that the word "trirling."
specified the cost OF water and then
held that irrigation bonds were not
an incumbrance against the land. any
more than would assessments for paw
ing or municipal improvements he
considered an ''incumbrance. He
rendered Judgment for plaintiff to
compel the defendant to carry out
the contract.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-03
CEMENT FOUNTAIN
IN PARK COMPLETE

The new drinking fountain and
fish pool in Children's park was COM
pleted today for Commissioner Holm
burg by George Toupaine II is
splendid example of concrete work
and when the pond lilies and gold
fish are placed in the pool IL will
present a scene of unusual beauty.
The concrete work was especially
difficult in making the forms for the
unusual shape of the fountain and
In allowing for the five-foot holes
from which the pond lilies will
grow. There Will be sixteen plants
III the fountain pool and next year it
is planned to put a piece OF orna-
mental statuary in the fountain.
Mr.. Touprins IL 20 be congratu-
lated upon the excellence of his work
for Commissioner Holmburg is par
ticularly well pleased with the re-
suit
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-03
Court Orders That
Transfer be Made

Judge Cavender this morning rem
dered lengthy decision in which he
held that the PLAINTIFF was entitled
to decree in the suit of L. p Morse
We. Chas. Rinderler for specific per-
formance OF contract. Morse made
. deal with defendant to trade land
in Missouri for the latter's White
water ranch, claimed to he worth
$4,000 After the deeds were depos-
tied for exchange. the defendant re-
fused to go ahead, claiming lie was
mislcd as to the distance OF the Mis-
souri land from town and from a
Catholic school and church. The
court held, however. that the trans
fer had been actually made. and or
dered that it be carried out as agreed
upon. Burgess and Walker were at
tcrneys for the plaintiff.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-03
GET WITNESSES
FOR GRAND JURY

Deputy United States Marshal Tom
Clark arrived this noon from Denver
with subpoenas for nine witnesses
in the Mesa County Bank case. The
witnesses are summoned to appear
before the grand jury. beginning on
April 16. No new names of wit
nesses are included in the list.
Marshal Clark will leave in the
morning for Montrose and Delta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Small arrived
this morning from Denver. Mr.
Small will deliver lecture this eve
ming on prohibition at the Congre-
gational church
---
Mrs. Fred Halbouer returned early
this morning from a short trip to
Cisco.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-03
FEAR STEAMER
WENT DOWN AND
ALL ARE LOST
Southern Cross Believed ID
Have Sunk During Blizzard
With ITO Men on Board.
Associated Press.


st. Johns. April 3.-There Is a
growing apprehension today that the
sealing steamer Southern Cross went
down with all aboard in a blizzard off
Cape liace Tuesday. Sh. carried 40
men and WAS heavily laden with IT,
900 seal skins, trophies of hunt in
the Gulf of 81. Lawrence
Hope for the safety of the vessel,
based on n dispatch from Sidney,
which stated that u wireless was re-
ceived there this morning reporting
the arrival of the Southern Cross, WIS
dissipated before noon when the goy-
ernment declared the Sidney report
was untrue. The government has
instituted an extended search for the
missing vessel, and appealed to the
United States for assistance. The
steamer Kyle with II good wireless
equipment WAS chartered and will
sail ON the search ut midnight.
The ses,ler Belleventurc with its
cargo of the dead from the crew of
the Newfoundland, picked up few
hundred miles north of, here, cannot
arrive before Sunday. II Il known
that 90 lives were lost and about
thirty are unaccounted for. There
are n number of survivors aboard the
Belleventu and many are in u pre-
carious condition.
a message was received this after
noon from the captain of the BelIea-
venture. which says:
Just reached the steamer New
and checked the figures by
roster. Had II crew Of lS9. or these
112 are safe, but three nre sick. The
total dead is 81, of which so bodies
have been recovered. The remaining
eight were lost amid the floes. Am
now leaving for st. Johns. Fear slow
progress. The ice Is heavy. The
Sterhanon. which Is also lying along
side the New Foun,lland, viii report
names"
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-03
Mrs. CottreH
Laid to Rest

The last sad rites over the remains
of Mrs. Anna Cottrell, wife of John
j. Cottrell. were solemniZed in a
deeply impressive manner this after
noon at the home on East Main
street.
Rev. E. c. Baltzer delivered the
memorial eulogy before an audience
that fairly crowded the dwelling. 1t
was touching in its tender tributes to
the many charms and virtues of the
departed and few dry eyes were in
hearing of the ministers voice as he
closed his address.
The floral offerings were many and
unusually beautiful.
The Methodist quartette rendered
several numbers. A large concourse
of friends followed the remains to
Orchard Mesa cemetery. where the
interment was made.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-03
Boulder Hits
Freight Train,

What might easily have been a
serious wreck occurred this morning
on the Rio Grande. six and one-half
miles east of Glenwood Springs, when
n huge boulder rolled down the hill
side and struck a freight train, No.
6l. knocking several cars off the
track and damaging one or two quite
badly. The accident happened early
this morning and delayed the night
passenger trains until they did not
reach Grand Junction until noon to-
day.
Five cars We're derailed. four OF
them containing merchandise and
the other one, which rolled into the
river. was filled with cigarettes; two
cars were knocked over on their sides
by the boulder.
Traffic both east and west was de-
layed for over ten hours, owing to
the inability OF the wrecker to ar
rive on the scene at once.