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The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-25

The roads of the plains of Argentina
have deeper dust in summer and deep
er mud in winter than those of any
other part of the world; consequently
the wagons used on them have wheels
from six to fifteen feet in diameter.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-25

A Washington tree stump makes a
stable for two horses.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-25
SO DEAD AT LUDLOW
MORE THAN SCORE WOUNDED
AND MANY MISSING.
Battle Ragged For Fourteen Hours,
With Uninterrupted Fury Between
State Troops and Striking Miners.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-25

Sponge waste is used in many Ger
man industries. especially for stufin,
dolls.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-25

There are 56.527. 900 cattle on United
States farms.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-25

Toronto, Canada, has housewives
league.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-25

Alaska was bought from Russia IL
1867 for $7,2O0,000.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-04-25

A Hindu child Of seven may be q
skilled workman.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-15
SATURDAY. AUGUST is, 1913.
SOUTH AMERICAN ALLIANCE.

The proposed alliance of the three
leading powers of South America. II
II becomes an established fact. might
be a help to this country in maintain
ing the position it has always held in
pursuance of the Monroe Doctrine.
The only reason advanced why the
United States should abandon the
Monroe Doctrine is that the South
American republics dislike it and re-
sent any interference from this coun-
try as to their affairs At the present
time we are on the best of terms with
the three leading republics and II
they form an alliance 1t is not likely
that their interests and those of the
United States would clash. The prob
able result Of such an alliance would
be that in any trouble that would arise
anywhere between the Rio Grande
and the northern boundary line, the
triple alliance would support the Uni
ted States and we would support the
triple alliance of South America.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-15

name, "jest don't ye. go sayin' the
like O. that about us. You won't raise
more, If you do, I tell you. An"
II beg your PARDON" q quiet voice
interrupted, "but I understood your
husband to say that he had not rails
ed the hollyhocks himself. And my
wife made me turn back to offer pay,
if" And then his hands went out.
Uncle Mattel" he said in a choked,
queer voice, Uncle Nate, don't you
remember Bert"
That was a great day at the poor
house. The inmates have never done
telling about it; never done hoping
that the same thing might happen to
them. They still show the clump Of
hollyhocks and tell the wonderful
tale Of how they drew some one from
the direst poverty to every luxury.
An he don't forget u.s." they will
end, showing a silver or a gold piece.
AN we amt never forgot him. The
way we show him we amt is carin'
for them hollyhocks. like he asked
u.s."
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-15
y The Evening Story
u
HoLLYHoCKs.

Out in the front yard, by the poor
house steps, Mr.. Lanton planted the
hollyhock seed. He had brought them
from home, hidden in his old coat, the
most precious treasure that he had
to bring away. And when oppor-
tunity occurred he planted them and
tended them. Now two seasons had
slipped away and the carefully
watched hollyhocks We're about ready
to bloom. Mr.. Lanton could scarcely
wait.
There weren't never SIGH holly
hooks as we had. not in the whole
country" he boosted to his fellows.
An If they come true to seed you'll
believe me-"
II don't see no use In EN- said
Danny Hager: don't see no use in
'em at all. I'd rather tend to the
vegetables"
when you see en-" good humor-
eddy promised Mr.. Lanton, you'll see
the use in 'eln. You'll feel better for
SEEM 'enl, same as we all will. You
kin see how tall they's goin' to be.
An all up that stem'll run dozens On
dozens O. pink flowers like We never
did see. An it's a color o. pink as
I don't believe was aver growed be-
fore. They begin pale as cream; then
a deeper pink, an a deeper, till it
seems you'd eve git to the bottom
o the colors. An you'll taffe off your
an thank the Creator when you
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-15
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husband. Course it amt Jest ac-.
cord1ng to rules, but then you cant
make hard an fast rules for a bunch
o men, same as If they was cattle.
An there amt one O. the Others that
wants to initiate him."
Pm glad O. that" said her hus-
band: The vegetables pays better"
Well, ! think these paid" she said.
if he hadn't had them to think about.
He was sad enough when he first
come. He amt like the rest"
Most Of the old men were garrulous
and liked nothing better than to tell
tales Of early prosperity and the later
adversely which had brought them
where they were Mr.. Lanton had
been one Of these, but now, as
the wonderful buds swelled and, gave
promise Of the bloom to come, he
put away his reticence and told tales
that the hollyhocks called to mind.
w had about the best garden
anywhere around" he said. Lucy.
o by 1t. She had all kinds O.
thingsEsome I hardly knowed the
names Of. But I always knowed the
hollyhocks, An. / think they was
about my favorites. They was so
strong an sturdy an always certain
to bloom with nc coddlin'. An they
last so we'll, you wouldn't hardly be-
lieve. Why. I used to have a nevvy
as used to come to visit us. He was
Lucy's sisters boy. He used to often
stop with us for a spell. An when
he was goin' home. no matter what
flowers Lucy'd pull for him. he'd
come sliding out to me a n say: Uncle
Nate. don't you furgit my hollyhocks.'
An maybe he wouldn't git EN-! Why.
he used to go off loaded down. He
thought a heap of them hollyhocks.
he thought a heap o the flowers an
O. us. But after his mother died he
didn't come no more"
The days passed and at last the
hollyhocks showed color" There
was excitement that day in the poor
house. Every n had to visit it; they
came individually and collectively.
Mr.. Lanton pulled each hesitant in
mate by the sleeve. saying in his
my hollyhocks! The pink's a-show-
ing!"
But even after the first show Of
color the plant held back coyly, as
II cognizant Of the interest it excited.
One day. however, it was revealed in
all It's beauty. 1t a as he had said,
beautiful. 1t seemed that every crink-
leo lear held all the known shades
Of pink. And Mr.. Lanton spent all
his idle time gazing into the crimson
hearted flower. He vas seldom alone.
The little spot Of beauty drew the
others as surely as the needle is
drawn to the magnet. Even Danny
Hager half way ~capitulated.
IT'S purity, all right he said. ri
amt never seen a flower jest like that.
I amt .sayin' 1 like it good as vege-
tables. but it's purtier'n I thought it'd
be-"
Wait" said Lanton triumphant
ly, "jest wait, Danny, till the whole
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-15

stalks full; Then you'll never think
see it some distance off. I tell you,
when the whole things in bloom.
'Twon't be long now fore some O.
these other stalks'll come out, too.
There's pink shown on lots O. EN-.
I'd rather had this come true to seed
than to get a pile o. money. They're
Jest the same-the dear, old holly
hooks as used to grow in mine an
Lucy's garden"
His ayes filled as he spoke, and he
turned away that no one might see
them. But he a back again soon,
as CHEEKY apparently as one could
have wished. And day by day the
giant hollyhocks fulfilled his dearest
wish and showed to the others a trifie
from his dear, remembered garden.
The people at the poorhouse were
not the only ones who admired them.
1t was not an infrequent thing for gay
parties in automobiles to stop and
speak of the roesate mass of beauty,
brought out most clearly by the back
ground Of the gray, unpromising poor
house wall. NAnd eve Nathan Ian
ton explained the ~easiness Of the cul-
ture, the sureness of the reward.
I'll save you seed, II you say SOL
he usually ended.
anu AioLy dCC0pIcu gratefully anu
took his name, with the intention
never carried out-of sending some-
thing that would brighten his drab
colored life, as the hollyhocks shone
LUMINOSITY against the gray and bar
rem wall.
1t was a pleasant time for him.
With all his looking forward to the
blooming he had never expected 1t to
be as wonderful a tims a. 1t waa. The
NId NhanHv0cn ~n~aAvv ~ 900
Again 1t seemed he had entered into
his own. Once he had looked for
ward to the semi.weskly trips into
the nearby village to order supplies
1t was a perquisite of the most favor
ed and 1t had always come to him,
Now he shrank from II, but no ons
knew.
one morning while he worked
a mst9aa,s .As voice. asl'sA sar. e. M.n asnse H. +:
said. IT want you to 90 to the store
sent. Tell them it won't do. an T.
come an see me about It,"
His heart was heavy at the task
Il made the third time in one week,
How many words OF praise Of hil
beauties he might miss In the three
long Journeys! But he made ready
without q word. After all, 1t wal
W. oo hu AIAv0 WIG pA0080It
moment coming back when he frst
caught sight Of the hollyhocks.
He accomplished the journey in lesi
time than it generally took. Al hi
reached the bend In the road he look.
ed eagerly for the hrst sight Of hi
ose.colored flowers; eagerly. Their
fearfully. They we're gone! He could
not believe his eyss. He almost new
the rest of the way, He burst In on
the matron like q bsreft Of al
ne holds dear. MY hollyhocksf" hi
gasped.
She laid her hand on his trembling
shoulder. Don't take on" ahe said
"A man came In an auto an he nd.
mfred 'em so az Mr.. Murray Give EN-
before I knowed.
They was mine be said. .Ha ha4
no right. It Was : wicked thing Il
steal EN- ohrn me-.
Nov, see here. IAnton, tho ma
tron aaid. dropping. - pFeAxttesh3 Y
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-15

Of them do not contain elements Of
e%xaggeration kad misinterpretation,
would not be claimed by anybody who
knows under what difficulties news
from the seat Of war is obtained.
OF them all, probably, not one is
less plausible, less possible" than a
general war in Europe seemed to be
a few weeks ago, and our conception
Of the credible has been lamentably
enlarged since then. AS for this par
ticular story, 1t was made news,
whether true or not, by the fact that
it was taken seriously by, and printed
at great length with editorial comment
in, one of the most important Paris
papers and must be producing an eff
feet on French public sentiment. With
the present slight relaxation of the
censorship in Berlin it is discovered
that like tales as to the maltreatment
of Germans, especially in Belgium.
are coming to light as told and be-
lieved there.
Thus n can readily see that news
is often colored from the sources in
which it emanates. Those who have
read the history Of the German race,
however, and who know the German
citizen Of today, will take with a good
deal OF allowance, these alleged bru-
~talities on the part of her soldiery. 1t
is not the German way Of fighting and
will hardly stand alone" to s the
newspaper term as to the reliability
Of a news story. News papers are
given these dispatches, from the one
side or the other and are printed for
what they are worth; the public must
exercise its own judgment as to &C.
cepting them as absolutely cor
rect and the big press agencies are
qualifying these reports in every in
stance, indicating through what chan
nels they come and making 1t appar-
ent that they do not vouch for their
absolute infallibility.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-15
WHAT WILL 1T DOo

Bulgaria, crippled and in a daze. is
sending its troops to its frontiers.
What that means cannot be guessed.
From oficial sources 1t has been given
out hat the mobilization of the Bull
garian troops was merely to protect
its own interests and to preserve it's
declared neutrality. That may be,
but France may we'll look with sus-
picion upon any large movement Of
Bulgarian armies. Bulgaria's latest
war is of too recent occurrence not to
be a possible factor in the present sit
uation. The sting Of it's last conflict
still hurts: it is possible that Bulgaria
may see a chance to recover prestige
and territory by entering the present
contest.
In the war between Turkey and the
Balkan states Bulgaria bore in large
part the burden. Its losses were tre-
mendous in the campaigns against the
Turks. After the sultan had been
subdued and most Of his territory CIV
en- over to the enemies, Bulgaria pre-
pared for the expansion it believed to
be due. Then followed the second
war because the allies could not agree
upon a division Of the spells. In that
later contest Bulgaria, weakened by
its first struggle, was badly beaten.
1t was forced to relinquish much of
the territory It had claimed through
conquest.
With Servia actually engaged
against Austria and Greece preparing
to back up her ally, Bulgaria might
again he tempted to get into the
game.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-15

see 'em. Even if you been doubtin'
Him, you won't when you see my
hollyhocks."
II like vegetables better" protested
Danny Hager. There's somethin' to
'em an they don't hurt your gums
when you eat EN-"
You wait" MI. Lanton said, smil-
ing.
In a way. every one waited to see
them. The matron, who discouraged
all attempts at other than vegetable
gardening, had become interested in
the hollyhocks. Mr.. Lanton had
worked so faithfully owe them, had
been SO childishly pleased, And he
tend to them, out had done it in his
W time, getting up long before the
time set, working at noontime and
after hours in the evening.
The other inmates had often accus-
ed her OF favoring him. The gentle old
man had. indeed, claimed a place
with her that none of the others could
vas sorry for him. And yet it was
a commonplace story enough. Grip
pied with rheumatism, all who be-
longed to him dead, he had been
brought to the poorhouse when, as
a last buffet of fate, his house had
burned to the ground. That it had
been heavily mortgaged made the
blow none the less cruel.
He never complained, like the other
inmates did, but seemed grateful for
the food and shelter, as indeed he
was. There were times when his eyes
filled as he remembered what life
had promised and given, but no one
ever guessed it. And he gave less
trouble and more pleasure thai any
of the others.
can I'm glad I let him have his
flowers" the matron confded to her
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-15
TOO OLD FOR GAY DIFF.
Aged Toilers Inherit Fortune and
Quickly Come to Grief.
(KanSas City st,

(hdHSdS CltN SIar.)
When fate tipped the horn of plenty
and poured $4,000 into the lap of r.
M. Frazier. 65 years old, it had waited
too long. The curse of a fortune after
SO many years of poverty n toll led
Frazier and his wife to the North
municipal court.
Now the couple are inmates Of the
municipal farm, sentenced to 200 days
there by Acting Judge Charles H.
Clark.
The old man wept as he sat in court
and told his story. Beside him at his
wife.
Up until six months ago my wife
and J. were happy" Frazier said. I'VE
have been married twenty-five years
and, although IT was hard sometimes,
l always managed to make both ends
meet.
Then I learned one day that my
mother had died and left me $780, 900.
The money was a little too much for
us in our old age and we were not
used to prosperity. We started out to
enjoy 1t the way we would have done
twenty years age. We took in the
cabaret and the cafes. My wife learn
ed to drink, something she had never
done before. 1t was my fault and al
most broke my heart.
Il told her she must stop. We
quarrelled and I gave her 5000 and
told her to go her way and I would go
mine. She left me, but came back.
las night we went back to the
life that is too young for old people,
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-15
Laugh With u

A few days after the new farmer
had purchased q horse from a thrifty
Scot he returned in an angry mood.
You told me this horse had won
half a dozen matches against some
OF h best horses In the country. He
can't trot a mile in six minutes to
a himself. You lied to mel" he
denounced.
u didna lie. 1t was In ploughing
matches he took sax prizes" calmly
replied Sandy.
An ambitious young mar called
upon a publisher and stated that he
had decided to write q book.
MAY / venture to inquire as to the
nature OF the book you propose 70
write?" asked the publisher, very
oh" came in an ofrhand way from
Of doing something on tho line Of Les
Miserables.' only -livelier, you know"
The prisoner had been called to the
bar and had informed the Judge that
owing to lack Of funds no was not
represented by counsel.
In that case" said the Judge, "the
state will provide a counsel for you.
are Mr. Smith, Mr.. Thompson and
Mr.. White. and there IL another law
yer out In tho hall. Whom do you
want to represent you?"
The prisoner looked tho three law
yers over very carefully and turning
to the Judge. said: III II 10 all thu
same to you. your honor. I think I'll
take 4 chance on the fellow in the
hail.
"Ma'am. here's z mar At the door
with q parcel for you"
What 10 It. BridEstf"
C. o. o."
Then make the man take T.
straisht back to tho dealer. I ordered
trout"
eusie's grandmother had been scold-
ing her. Susie felt INDIGNANT, but had
been taught never to "answer back"
However. she got even. Taking her
kitten In her arms she thus solilo-
kitty. I wish one Of us VA. dead
this minute. Not you. Kitty. nor me,
Kitty. but n OF u three In this
ROOM"
1t happsnad on = three-eent ear
lire. The car was crowded. A ma
rot on. He bought . quarters worth
Of tickets (sight.l The conductor took
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-15
HERE Y THERE,

The war of 1914 will go into history
as the greatest brainstorm since near
civilization began.-Kansas City Star.
AL Jennings, the ex-convict who
sought the nomination for governor of
Oklahoma, seems to be a poor third in
the race. What did he expect?-Buf-
falo Commercial.
Here is where we are again remind
ed that the Krupps have their paid
agents in every rmy esta blishment in
Europe, whose business it is to incits
hostile action.-Rochcster Herald,
In Chicago there are summer days
when the lake breeze saves the lives
of thousands. but Cincinnati Is an in
terror town hemmed in by hills and
wholly dependent upon beer.-Louis-
VILE Courier-Journal
1t IL not conceivable that the war
can last until e spring. If 1t does.
K can throw several million tons
OF cabbages n oucumbers into the
fray just to liven up the situation a
bit.-Houston Post.
One may get a more adequate idea
of the unhappy condition of the
Americans marooned in Europe when
1t Is remembered that the censors
have cut off all the baseball scores
in the cables.-Harrisburg Patriot.
Carrana has not invited Villa to
participate in the triumphal march
into Mexico City. Old whiskers seems
to be taking every necessary step to
guarantee for himself 9. frilled, ruff
fed and tucked-in 1nish.-Houston
Post.
There is a good deal Of question
among conservative and sober-minded
people as to what real excuse the
kaiser had for going to war, but 1t will
be remembered that the car recently
insisted upon kissing him,-ohio State
Journal.
Napoleon changed the map Of Eu-
rope but he had nothing on that WALL
eyed New York printer who adjusted
q war map so that the victorious Bel
gians invaded Russia and captured
Poland. Some history to be sure
poodletown Ha! Ha!
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-15
OUR Q VACATION
Bv PAUL WEST
P A UL w E S
Illustrated by Moser

Eek & Phil say thay doant cair 1 way
or the luther. thay having got thare
10 minnuts in the mellun patch as
pay for driving the cows.
An Educated Kid.
No use talking, George McLough-
Inns littel bruther is the smartist per-
sun amy whares rownd for 8 yeres
oald. Thay had Oald Captin Orms-
bee & Jim Whiggum who happined to
be out of the lookup to thare plaice
yestiddy fixing the etoan wall. & Jim
dropped a big rock on the Captains
foot, & he hit Jim with a mallut &
thay had it pritty hot. But the re
markabull thing was that Georges
littel bruther who was setting watch
ing them Termed EVERY word thay
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-15

whares.' but Griggsy wouldent let
him look, so he went & toad his far
Their. & he went UP. BY this time Old
Griggsy had herd 1t too, & when Mis-.
ter Anderson got thare he was just
terning out ali Anderson's & Haynes's
cows, Elk & Phil having druv them
in with Grtggsy's cows when he asst
them to kolleck his.
Mister Anderson sean. Griggsy, q
sed, "oho, you oald cattle theaf, 20
I have ketched o with the goods.
hay?" Grfgesy sed. II doant know
how thay got In thare, y heird 2 boys
to drive them In for me- 4 athay mus
Of got yores too" but Mister Ander.
he ID going TO put It In the WeakIy In
tsllijuncer that Qr1G6sy 1teles cows
q look out for him, GrfgEsy sayU Il
q doe ~ III 4says1 che lay go
~
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-15
SATURDAY.

SATURDAY.
Oanly 2 weaks & 2 days moar. We
are going to maikk every minnit
cownt from now on, you bet. Torp
stehbins sed a good thing to do would
be to play so hard in the last days OF
vacashop we would be too tired when
school ospened to lern anything.
Doant worry ahowt that, say We!
Fownd the Cows.
Andy Anderson & Boil Haynes fownd
thare cows last mite. Thay went
arown asting everybody had thay
saw them, & Old Griggsy sed; NO, Of
coarse not, do look like a GOV
theaf?" Just then thare was a moo
out in the barn & Andy sed: That's
Daisy, I would know her voice amy
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-15
BALANCING WARS BARBARrr1Es.

Many people must have read with
fncredulitY, and those OF German
pymrathtes with ~resentful disbelief.
the Aispatch from Paris telling Whist
ne boy whoss name crosses the cable
q spemombyues'' had told about =
sslaughter Of French civilians BY Ger
man soldiers n the frontier town Of
stosTAehs
%ThAt tn steSy ma ne sthsrs rang
49, tiseoueh a1mes2 equal horror down
IN megs dieplaW of hrptaity bad man-
naaasesl HnAtAetHathe nfl1ni
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-15

sed. Just esssackly as II he was grow
ed up. Anybody what knows Cap
tin Ormsbee 4 Jim Whighum knows
thay can cay things which would
parch q feald Of wheat. George SEQ
he eouldent OF remernbred han what
thay sed. but his little bruther got
EVERY werd q It eownds very cute
to here him say It, he being such a lit
tel Teller. He Will say 1t for q sent
oanly not WHARF his muther can here
him, she having washed his mouth
out 2ice with soap alreddy when
George had him going oaver 1t so as
not to forget It.
Meats.
Amy 5felsr ketchsd loAng abowt en-
!oytng hilnself next wsak viii be dis
In q matk thease last 3 weaks OF va
caston happy eaysn Il he doan't feal
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-15
(By John w. carey.l

(By John W. Carey,)
Who guards your Uncle Sam'rs
health and shines as bogie man
to hookworms and bacilli all from
York to Yucatan? Who goes to
Vera Cruz and makes Of same a
Spotless Town, as spick and span
as Mary Ann in brand new Sun
day gown? Who HES with rat
traps by tho ton to Gulf Of Mex
loo and routs the plague bubonic
In a fortnight's time or so? Who
makes things SO unpleasant for
the yellow fever germ, 1t beats 1t
and does not come back to seek a
second term? Who. Just to be con-
sistent, has fought off that love
bug. too7 Step up, unmarried
ladies. ana meet Surgeon General
Blue!
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-15

one and handed him the others. Tick
etc." called the conductor as he came
aroun for fares again. The unsophis-
ticated gave him another. Other
calls, and finally the fellow handed
over his last ticket, saying, "py him
mel, I puy M more tickets! I valk!"
And he got off and walked.