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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-06-18
CHAPTER Xxx.
In the Rain.

Shirley stood looking out at the
rain. 1t was falling in no steady
downpour which held forth promise
of ending, but with a gentle constancy
that gave the hills a look of sudden
discomfort and made dlsconsoiate
miry pools by the roadside The
clouds were not too thick, however. to
let through dismal gray brightness
that shone on the foliage and touched
with glietening lines of high-hght the
draggled tufts of the soaked blue
grass. Now and then. across the drip
ping fields, fraying skeins OF mist wan.
dered. to lie curdled In the flooded
hollows whore, here and there, cattle
stood lowing at intervals in a mourn
full key
The indoors had become impossible
to her She was sick of trying to
read. sick of the endless pacings and
purposeless invention OF needless
tasks. She wanted movement, the
cobwebby mist about her knees, the
wet rain in her face. She ran upstairs
and came down clad In close scarlet
jersey. with leather CATERS and a soft
hat.
Emmaline saw her thus accoutered
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-06-18

with admiration Wouldn't skedaddle
with tn fine folks white-livered young
'uns! Know who l am, don't ye?"
"Greef King" Rickey's lips rather
formed than spoke the name.
Right An ! know you, too. Got
jes tn same look ez when we wuzn't
no bighern my knee. So ye amt at
tn Dome no mo-, Ell? Purkle an fine
Inning an a eddication. Hobo! Coin
ter make ye another ladyess like the
sweet ducky-doyey that rescooed ye
from tn lovin' embrace o. yer fond
step-parient, eh?"
Rickey's small arm went suddenly
out and her fingers tore at his shirt
band. Don't you" she burst In
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-06-18

tendent and this stump's my desk All
you children sit down under that tree"
They ranged themselves in two
rows. the white children, In clean Sab
bath pinafores and go-to-meeting
knickerbockers, In front and the col
ored ones. In ginghams and cotton
prints, In the rear--the habitual ex-
preston of differing social station.
"Ohl" shrieked Miss Cabell, "and I'll
be Mrs. Merryweather Mason and
teach the infants class"
There isn't any infant class" said
Hickey. 'How could there be when
there aren't any infantsf The lesson
is over and I've just rung the bell for
silence. Children. this is Missionary
Sunday. and I'm glad to see so many
happy faces here today. Cozy." she
said relenting. you can be the organ
list II you want to"
Il won't" said Cozy sullenly I'll
can't be table-cloth l won't be dish
rag"
"All right, you needn't" retorted
hickey freezingly. "Slt up. Greenie
People don't lie on their backs in
Sunday-school"
GREENE yawned dismally. and right
ed herself with injured slowness. "Ah
diffuses ter cep' yo' insult. Hickey
snyGah." she said. "Ah'd ruthah lose
nah 'ligion dan nah laz'ness. En- All
'spises yo' spissable dlsslsitionl"
Let us all rise" continued Hickey.
unmoyed. land sing Kingdom Com
Ing. And she struck up Justify,
beating time on the stump with
stick, and the rows Of children joined
in with JUNCTION. the colored contingent
coming out strong on the chorus:
De yerf shall be fun OBJ de wunduhful
story
AZ watahs dat eovah de seal
The clear voices in the quiet air
startled the futtering birds and sent
squirrel to the tip-top OF an oak,
from which he looked down, flirting
his brush. They reused man. too.
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CHAPTER xxx.
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II was Sunday afternoon, and undel
the hemlocks, Hickey Snyder had gath
cred her minions--a dozen children
from the nearby houses with the
usual sprinkling OF little blacks from
the kitchens. There were parents. oil
course. to whom this mIngling OF color
and degree was a matter of conven-
tional prohibition. but since the adj
vent OF Hickey, In whose soul lay a
Napoleonic instinct OF leadership. this
was more honored in the breach than
In the observance.
"Myl Amt 1t scrumptious here
nowl" said Cory Cabell, hanging yell
low lady-sllppers over her ears. Il
wish we could play here always"
Mr. Valiant will let U.S. said Rick.
ey. Il asked him"
''oh. he WILL" responded Cozy gloom.
lily. but he'll probably go and marry
somebody who'll be mean about IT,"
Everybody doesn't get married."
said one OF the Byloe twins. with mas
culine assurance. Maybe he won't"
Much boy knows about IT," re-
AOitSu Nul} sCOiuiully. women ndVb
to. and some one of them viii make
him. (Greenyllle Female Seminary
Simms. II you slap that little niger
again. I'll slap you'll"
Greenie rolled over on the grass and
Uttered Miss Matte Sue didn'." she
said. "Ah heah huh say de yuddah
day ct WIZ err moughty good feelin'
ter go ter bald Mistis en- git up Mars
tail"
Well" said Cozy. tossing her head
TIL the flower earrings danced. I'm
going to get married If the man hasn't
got anything but n character and
red musiaehe. Married women don't
have to prove they could have got
a husband II they had wanted to-"
Lets play something" proposed
Rosebud Meredith. on whom the dls-
cussion palled. Let's play King,
King Katiko"
TITS Sunday!"-thls from her small.
er and more righteous sister Were
forbidden to play anything but Bible
games on Sunday. and IL Rosebud
does, I'll tell"
"Jay-bird tattle-talel" sang Rosebud
derisively. Don't care II you dol"
We'll" decreed Hickey. Wen play
Sunday school then. II would take
saint to. object TO that Pm superin.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-05-01
NOW TO CONSTRUCT
A POULTRY HOUSE

Poultry houses may be built more
open and consequently less expen-
sively in our Southern States than
in the North, according to investiga-
tors of the department. However. a
house which gives satisfaction in
Maine will also give good results in
Texas or California. The best site
for a poultry house in any location
is one where good wafer and an
drainage aree available. The floor
and yards will then be dry. The
house should not occupy low hol-
low in which cold air settles. Where
yer possiblee southern or south
eastern exeposare should be selected,
although this is not essential if there
is any good reason for facing the
house in a different direction.
Poultry House Construction is
the title of the departments new
Farmers Bulletin (No. 574), in
which are explained the main fea-
lures that should be considered. and
in which pictures and plans of salts
factory houses are shown. Every
poultryman who contemplatcs erect
ing new poultry buildings should
write to the department for this bull
letin, which will be sent free on APP
plication, as long rs the department Is
supply lasts.
There are two popular ways in
which TO raise poultry, the ''inten-
sive system" and the "colony sys-
tenn" The first of these aims to save
steps, and accomplishes this pur-
pose. Long stationary houses are
used. II is easier. however, to keep
the birds healthy and to reproduce
the stock under the second system.
Under the colony system the birds
are allowed free range, the houses,
which hold about 90 hens each, be-
ing placed from 200 to $50 feet apart
50 that the stock will not kill the
grass. This system may be adapted
to severe winter conditions by draw
ing the colony houses together in II
convenient place at the beginning
of winter. thus reducing the labor
during the cold months. The first
system is more suited for hens used
solely for the production of market
eggs than for those used To breed
stock.k
Fences mean an outlay of money,
and this outlay is more or less con-
tinuous. as they must he maintained
after being installed. There should
be as few fences rs possible divid-
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-05-01

ing the lots aud the yards, as land
cah be kept "sweet" more easily il
not fenced. and fresh, sweet land Is
u valuable asset in poultry raising.
On good soil, a greensward may
be kept up by allowing 200 to $50
square feet of land per bird. This
means % or - birds per acre. A
larger number Of fowls are usually
kept 10 the acre where double yards
are used and the land is frequently
cultivated. Plymouth rocks and the
other heavy meat breeds IN small
yards require fences 5 10 0 feet high.
while a fence O to Z feet high is ne
cessary for leghorns. The upper 2
feet of the fence for the latter may
b. inclined inward ut an angle Of
30 degrees, or strand of barbed
wire may be used on top of the re-
gular wire, to keep them confined.
Il is also sometimes necessary to
clip the wing feathers of one wing
of these birds that persist in getting
out. A board or strip along the top
of the fence is not advisable. Hens
will often fly over such an arrange
meni.
Posts may be set or driven into the
ground. They should be set s To 10
feet apart. with common poultry net
ting. ar 10 to 20 feet. with woven
wire. Corner posts should be about
= inches in diameter and be set 4
feet in the ground. while intervening
posts may be 1 or 5 inches in diane
ter and set 3 feet in the ground.
That part of the post which is sci
in the ground may be- charred or
treated with some wood preservatve
10 advantage. while corner posts
should he firmly braced or set III
cement.
All buildings aud appliances on II
poultry farm will be improved great
~. both in appearance and IN serv-
iceably by the addition of paint. One
may buy ready mixed paints. or may
purchase paste pigments and oil aud
mix them. All surface, should be
clean and dry before they are paint
cd. Use printing coat made of
equal parts of paint and linseed oil
aud cover with one or more coats of
paint. which should be- thoroughly
rubbed into the surface.
Whitewash is the cheapest of all
paints. and may be- used either for
exterior or interior surfaces. II can
he made by shaking about 10 pounds
of quicklimc in pail with two gal
Ions of water, covering the pail with
cloth or burlap and allowing it to
slake for one hour. Water is then
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-05-01

The Chino Copper company is con-
structing an addition to its already
mammoth power-house at Hurley
and, when completed, the company
will install another full unit with
which to pull the new crusher. which
is rapidly nearing completion at
Santa Rita. An addition also will
be built to the workshop Of the power
department. The company is build
ing cottages and improving streets
The company is building several new
cottages and improving the streets
Of the town by setting out shade trees
along the principal thoroughfares.
What is known to all old inhabit-
ants Of the southwest as the "Kneel-
ing Num-" located in the midst Of the
Chino Copper company's richest cop
per holdings, will soon be obliterated.
At the present rate Of digging, il will
be but short time until the COM
pany's mining operations will have
completely undermined and defaced
the landmark.
The "Kneeling Nun" derived its
name from a pillar Of rock standing
near the main cliff Of the norwesterly
range Of the Santa Rita mountains.
II is 35 feet high, but in its original
form, prior TO the earthquake of
1887, was upwards of IS feet in
height. The quake shattered the
old pyramid, leaving but about half
of its standing. From several view
points, the rock resembles the figure
of kneeling nun.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-05-01

added to bring the whitewash to a
consistency which may be applied
readily.
a weatherproof whitewash for ex-
terror surfaces may be made as fol-
lows: (D lake bushel of quicklime
in IL gallons of hot water: (2) dis
solve 2 pounds of common salt and
! pound of sulphate of zine in .
gallons of boiling water; pour (2) in
To IN. then add . gallons of skim
milk and mix thoroughly. White
wash is spread lightly over the sur
face with broad brush.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-05-01
QUO vADIS" AT CRYSTAL.

II praises were money, Mr.. Klcinc
would be the richest man in the
world. Ills production of the Cines
photo drama "Quo Vadis" has al
most exhausted the adjective possibi-
lities Of the press and public. lnevery
city where this soul stirring photo
drama is presented it is greeted with
one unsending stream of flaitcrins
applause and criticism. 1t is the
monumental achievement thus far in
this wonderful field of entertainment
and deserves all that is said and
written about it. The George Klcine
production Of "Quo Vadis" will be
the attraction at the Crystal Thcater
for one night, Tuesday, May 8.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-05-01
TRAIN SCHEDULES


VSessS"V sSsssS
Eastbound
No. l02 Departs daily at Gals n. m.
No. 2 Departs daily ut :5S p. M.
No. 10 Departs daily at Z 90 p. m.
Local Freight-Eastbound
No. Ala Tues, Thurs, Sats.. 10 II. m.
WestbOund
No. i0l Departs daily at II AZ n. m.
No. Departs daily at 0 :55 n. m.
No. Q Departs daily at Gals p. m.
Local Freight Westbound
No. Ala Mon, We'd, Fri, :58 p. H..
Santa Fe
Westbound Daily
Ar Q 80 am ---817--- Lv 10 10 am
Eastbound
ar cas- p. m.- -8l8- -Lv 700 p. m.
e Paso { Southwestern
Westb0und
No. q Departs daily at 9:l5 n. IN.
EastbOund
No. 22 Arrives daily at 0 80 p. m.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-05-01

Ready to burn pine mill blocks
for that late fire. Will boil water in
two minutes. At Watkins Transfer
Co.
Miss Bertha Roth Of Dodge City.
Knsas, is stopping over in the city
for few days with friends on her
way to Fort Bayard, where she will
spend the summer.
Mrs. II. A. Wright of Pensacola,
Fla, is in the city for a few days
looking over conditions in the MINI
bres Valley.
Mrs. Z. l.. Mayson of Radcliffe,
Ariz., arrived in the city Monday and
will stay over couple of weeks visit
ing with friends.
Miss Lolita Willitis arrived from
indianapolis, Ind, last Monday and
has been appointed day cashier Of
the Harvey system lunch counter.
The Misses Bell and Mamie Twomb-
ley have resigned their positions with
the Harvey system and left this week
for their old home at Columbus. Kas.
Chief Secret Service Agent O'Leary
of the Santa Fe system, was in the
city Monday on company business
and left for his headquarters at
Albuquerque Tuesday night. Mr..
OLeary, while in Deming. received
a message from George II. Thomas.
resigning from the secret service
force Of the company. Mr.. Thomas.
who is well known in this section.
has received the appointment Of chief
Of police Of Albuquerque.
Moving, packing, shipping, and
storage. Sam Watkins Fuel and
Transfer Co. II.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-05-01

Pine mill blocks are just the thing
for summer cooking. Sam Watkins
Transfer Co.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-05-01

Moving, packing, shipping, and
storage. Sam Watkins Fuel and
Transfer Co. II.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-05-01

Ready to burn pine mill blocks
for that late fire. Will boil water in
two minutes. At Watkins Transfer
Co.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-05-01

Mrs. Z. l.. Mayson of Radcliffe,
Ariz., arrived in the city Monday and
will stay over couple of weeks visit
ing with friends.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-05-01

Mrs. II. A. Wright of Pensacola,
Fla, is in the city for a few days
looking over conditions in the MINI
bres Valley.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-08
Death of Miss Elizabeth Littler.

The many friends of Miss Elizabeth
Littler in this city were profoundly
shocked yesterday afternoon at the
announcement of her sudden death at
her home in Des Moines, Iowa.
Miss Littler, who was a neice Of
Mrs, p. c. Dings of this city, was a
teacher of Latin in the high school
for two years, and it is safe to assert
that a more popular member of the
faculty never taught here. She en-
deared herself to teachers and pupils
alike by her sunny disposition and
her departure from this city was
noted with genuine regret.
Miss Littler was a typical "out-of-
doors" girl. She eXcelled in all man
ner of athletics, and up to the time
of her death was never sick day in
her life. While in Ardmore she took
an act! e part in church work, and
was a member of the Philathea class
of the Broadway Baptist church. As
q member of the various musical
clubs of the city she was greatly ap
preciated for her rare musical talent,
possessing rich contralto voice
that was in demand at all musical
and social functions.
She was taken suddenly i'll Monday
afternoon, and at 7:15 o'clock died.
Mrs. Dngs Of this city was mott
fed, and left Immediately for Dos
Nones to attend the funeral.
The sincere sympathy of the entire
community is extended to the beroay-
ed family in deep sorrow
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-08
DORSETT CARTER

The Ringing correspondent says
Dorsett Carter of Purcell is an in
Ventor, that he has succeeded in max
ing a threshing machine that will al
most on its own accord go around to
the shocks of wheat and separate the
grain from the straw. There is no
stacking wheat, there is no hauling to
the thresher and the new machine is
simple and cheap and inexpensive in
operation.
If Dorset Carter really has a thresh
er, it is a good one. There was time
that Dorsett Carter needed a library,
so ne wrote a book and traded it to
a publishing concern for one of the
finest Libraries in the state. There was
a time when Dorsett Carter needed
railroad and he built one There was
"A time when Lexington and Purcell
needed q bridge across the Canadian
5and Dorsett Carter built ii for them.
There also came time when Car
ter's road needed some coal mines to
keep it busy hauling freight, and Car
ter bought the mines down at Lohigh
There came time when Ardmore
needed au iutcrur0an, but Dorsott Car
ter has not built it yet lie says inc
viii some OF those days when Inc gets
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-08

The Mexican laborers on this side
of the line are taking no part in the
civil strife at home, but they will be
loyal to their country if the United
States and Mexico were to engage in
war. This was demonstrated at Hut
Crimson. Kansas, on the Fourth of
July, when the celebration of lndepen-
dence Day was begun. The waving OF
flags, the playing of music and the
roar of the cracker led the Mexican
laborers to believe that war had bro
ken out and they began to create a
rough house with the Kansas people
AS result they will have to leave
Hutchinson, or a score of them will be
found dangling to telephone poles
some of these bright mornings.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-08
THE COST OF BAD GOVERNMENT

We bother tremendously about
freight rates, haggling for months oF-
er a fye-percent advance, with our
official representatives in a cold sweat
lest somebody assue them OF allow
ing the railroads little too much; but
the total freight bill is far less than
the total cost of government in this
country, and over the huge admitted
waste in that field nobody seems par
ticularly worried.
We must by now be paying three
billion dollars a year to get ourselves
indifferently governed. From 1902 to
1909 the expenses of a hundred and
forty-seven cities, for which the cen
sus bureau has comparative data, in
creased over fifty per cent, while their
outlays for improvements doubled. AS
an exaggerated instance of the way in
which government expenditures are
rising, take the post office department,
which for the first time spent a hun
dred and fifty million dollars in 1904,
and will spend three hundred millions
this year.
1t is not that the undertakings that
cause governmental expenditures to
mount are unwarranted, but that as
expenditures increase for justifiable
objects, the waste increases proper
tionately. To get dollar beneficially
spent we must throw away fifteen or
twenty cents; and as government eX-
penditures constantly rise, the waste
becomes a great burden.
For example, after rather cursory
a committee of the IL
linois legislature reports that the eX-
ecutive government of that state COM
prises one hundred departments, bu-
reaus and offices, most of which are
working in cheerful independence of
every other department, bureau or of
flee; that, in consequence, "a condition
of disorganization and confusion eX
lists. Unnecessary duplication of posi-
tions and salaries is a considerable
item, but that is the smallest part Of
the loss. The work undertaken is not
well done and costs more than it would
with an efficient organization. Supplies
are purchased in small quantities for
each office or institution that could
be secured at lower prices if pur-
chased in large quantities." Different
bureaus pay different prices for the
same article, and so on.
There is no private business in the
United States that needs investigating
and regulating so much as the bust
ness of the government In due time
there will be reaction against this
government waste.-Saturday Evening
Post
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-08

Nowata and Bartlesville. located 20
miles apart, are to have good road
connecting them. Highway Commits
sioner Sidney Suggs has pledged to
obtain convict labor and the business
men of each Of these towns are pre-
pairing to build the best road in the
state 1t will pass through one of the
big oil fields and will be worth a great
deal to each city as well as to the
farming class of people.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-08
JULY 8rH in HISTORY

IsIt-The Americans, under General
SCOT succeeded i'm throwing a
bridge over the Chippewa, compel
ling General N.aA TO retreat
IsaS-Iroaty OF Peace between Russia
and Turkey.
ls56-Pres-oa S. Brooks indicted at
Washington luC assault upon Sem