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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-03-19
CANADA WINNING
CHAMPIONSHIPS
IN AGRICULTURE
The Latest Is Winning Cham
pionship for Oats a Third
Time.

Recently was published the fact of
remarkable winnings by Canadian
Farmers In several events during the
past three or four years. The latest
Is that of Messrs. j. C.. Hill * Sons
iof Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, who
won In a hard contest for the oat
championship oyer Montana. At the
National Corn Exposition at Dallas
during February, Montana oats were
awarded the championship for the
UNITED States. Waiting for the win
her of this to be announced was a
peck Of oats belonging to the Ca
madam growers above mentioned, and
Rlongside Of these was a like quantity
belonging to a Minnesota grower, who
lwas barred from the regular compe-
titicn because he was at o.o time the
winner Of the trophy-the prize. The
three entries were side by side on the
Judges bench. 1t would not be pos
sible to bring together three more
likely samples. The Montana and
Saskatchewan entries were OF equal
weight-50 pounds to the bushel. The
minnesota sample was some three
pounds lighter. The award was
unanimous I'm favor of the Saskatche-
wan oats. A remarkable feature and
one greatly TO the credit of the Ca
madam product was that the oats,
grown In 1913, were grown and shown
by those who had competed during
the past two years. winning on each
occasion. This, the third winning,
gave them for the third time the
worlds championship and full posses.
sion of the splendid 81 500 silver
trophy contributed by the state of
Colorado.
The oats which have thus given to
Western Canada another splendid adj
Vertising card, were grown 800 miles
north Of the international boundary
bine. proving that In this latitude, all
The smaller grains can be grown with
greater perfection and with more
abundant yield than further south. In
all this country are to be found farm
ers who produce oats running from
AZ to 4S pounds to the bushel, and
with yields of from 60 to 100 bush
els per acre. Wheat also does we'll.
grades high, and yields from 80 to 40
bushels per acre. The same may be
said of any portion OF Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and Alberta, famed
over the world not only as a country
where championship grains are grown,
but where cattle and horses are raised
that also carry off CHAMPIONSHIPS and
where wild grasses are abundant
yielders. cultivated hay and alfalfa
are grown, thus giving plenty of feed,
and with a good climate, sufficient
shelter and plenty of water. bring
about results such as western Canada
has been able to record. Thousands
of farmers from the United States
who have their homes In Canada bear
ample testimony to the benefits they
have derived from farming in west
ern Canada.-Advertisement.
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SYNOPSIS.

John Rawn. a clerk I'm a st. Louis
railway office, hears his daughter Grace's
i9Ver. a young engineer named Charles
italsey, speak of a scheme to utilize the
lost current OF electricity. He ~appropriates
the Idea as his own and induces Halsey
70 perfect an experimental machine. He
forms a company, with himself as presi-
dent. at q salary OF 100000 a year. and
massey as superintendent OF the works. at
q salary of 5000. Rawn takes charge of
me oInce IN Chicago. Virginia Delaware
- assigned as his stenographer. She as
slsts In picking the furniture and deco
ration FOR the princely mansion Rawn has
erected. Mrs. Rawn feels out OF place In
me new surroundings. Halsey goes to
New York with Rawn and Miss Della
ware to explain delays in perfecting the
new motor to the impatient directors. He
gets a message that a deformed daughter
mas been born to his wife. Grace Rawn.
hawn bargains with Miss Delaware to
wear his jewelry and appear in public
WIN MIN, as a means to help him I'm a
business way. Rawn is fortunate In mar
ket speculations. piles up wealth and at
talns prominence. He gives his wife a
mllnon dollars to leave him. He asks his
uhughter. Mrs. Halsey. 10 take charge of
MS household. Grace moves to Gray
stone nan, and Halsey continues to live
alone In the cottage near the works. Hal
keeps the fact a secret. Virginia Della
ware becomes more and more ind~ispensa-
Die TO Rawn. He takes her to New York
on a business trip. Idle talk prompts
- AtA hldIIldkt. lHey are
married. Halsey threatens TO get a d.
vorce because his wife refuses to return
70 MIN. He tells Rawn that he has bro
ken up all the machines after proying
me success OF the invention. Rawn. in a
great rage. threatens to kill him. Halsey
uetiares he VIII never build another ma
EIlfP t9r Rawn and SLABS his face. Vir-
gina tawn irnplores Halsey to recon
tider' because his DECISION will ruin them
az. Halsey tells Virginia that he has
nuanaoned MS invention because II would
put a great power In the hands OF a few
70 the detriment OF the many. AT Rawn's
Insusauon Virginia agrees to try TO bring
niahsey 10 terms. no matter what IL costs.
Inc directors plan to get the control OF
lhe cornpan away from Rawn. The hold
a conference In Chicago. Rawn goes to
New YORK to attempt to avert impending
disaster. Halsey takes up his residence
at Graystone hall, where his wife and
daughter are seriously i'll. Rawn Is ruin
60 financially. Halsey and Virginia con-
Tess their love for each other. The but
ier oVerhears and tells Halsey's wife.
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COLOR AN IMPORTANT POINT
Its Influence on Humanity Not Sufh-
cientiy Recognized, Is the Opin-
ion Of a Traveller.

Il once met a man who wouldn't
eat tomatoes because they were red."
said a New Yorker who has Travelled
much. The incident amused me at
the time. but later set me to think
ing. am somewhat of a crank on
color myself. | believe that color.
like blood. gets in the brain. You
know that the aroma of tea or coffee
is more appealing than the mere taste
OF either OF these beverages. II the
aroma grips you. why is not the color,
the amber. of these drinks appealing?
Did a glass of beer or a mug Of ale
ever look like a sunset In autumn to
you? They have to me-0r like an
autumn leaf?
III people would 1nd their color
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still lay on the hall table unnoticed.
There was almost none to pay atten-
ton to the many duties OF the house
hold. The last servants had begun
to pass. seeming disaster even as had
others. The magic which had builded
this mansion house now lacked
strength to hold It's ~tenantry. There
remained o only n mantle but
Ter, lingering for his pay. Only two
persons might still be said to be ac-
tuated by any sense of loyalty. or duty
to Graystone Hill and its owner-Hal
sey and Virginia Rawn.
or duty-to what and to whom?
They dared not ask. dared not think.
They waited. they knew not for what.
The master of this mansion house was
forth upon his business. Somewhere,
he was Fastening toward his home.
When he might be expected they did
| not know. Nor did the master know
what news awaited him upon his com
ing.
The evening dailies came out upon
the streets, Keeling and reekipg with
the last accommodating sensations of
the Rawn disasters. The business
world continued to rub its eyes, the
social world continued to exult. Many
and many a woman smiled that eve
ming as she contemplated proofs of
the downfall Of one whom once she
had envied. The Rawns. 1t now
seemed. had all along been known. by
everybody who was anybody, to have
been nobody at all. They who had
sown the wind. had the whirlwind for
their reaping. This was the general
day Of harvest for Graystone Hall.
But the day passed ON Shadows
heightened beyond the tall towers and
softened as they fell toward the east.
The soft airs OF evening, turning,
came in across the open gallery front.
Night came, night unbroken by more
than a few nights in all the myriad
windows Of this stately monument
! which John Rawn had builded as proof
of his personal success. Vehicles,
passing slowly, held occupants staring
In curiosity at this vast. vacant pile
Human sympathy lacked. human aid
there was not.
thus 1t CHANGED easily that there
passed up the long driveway of Gray.
stone Hall, almost unnoticed, a vehicle
carrying m who seemed a stranger
there; an elderly. rather tall woman
OF gray hair and Questionable garb,
who made such insistence with the
servant at the door that It length she
won her way through.
Her errand seemed not one OF curl,
osity. o did she lack in aA.i-s.~
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NOT A MIRACLE
Just Plain Cause and Effect.

There are some quite remarkable
things happening every day, which
seem almost miraculous.
Some persons would not believe that
a man could suffer from coffee drink.
ing SO severely as to cause spells OF
Inconsistencies. And to find relief in
changing from coffee to Postum Is
well worth recording.
Il used to be a great coffee drinker,
so much so that it was killing me by
inches. My heart became SO weak I
would fall and lie unconscious for an
hour at a time.
MY friends, and even the doctor,
told me it was drinking coffee that
caused the trouble. / would not be-
lieve it, and still drank coffee until /
could not leave my
Then my doctor, who drinks Pos
tum himself, persuaded me'to stop cof-
fee and try Postum. After much hest
tation l concluded to try it. That was
eight months ago. Since then / have
had but few Of those spells, one for
more than four months.
Il feel better. sleep better and am
better every way. ! now drink moth
ing but Postum and touch no coffee.
and as l am seventy years of & all
my friends think the improvement
quite remarkable"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Write for a copy Of the
famous little book, "The Road to Well
VILE"
Postum now comes In two forms:
Regular Postum-nmst be well
boiled. 15c and Csc packages.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolyes quickly
In a cup of hot water and. With cream
and sugar. makes a delicious beverage
instantly. SOC and Soc tins.
The cost per cup OF both kinds h
shout the same.
rThere's Q Reason" for PostuI-
sold by GrocerA .
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and stick to it. they would be more
happy. Women are mcPs trained in
the color scheme Of Ifs .han meD--
that's why they worry less. Their
color instinct is more developed.
Certain colors make Lac seasick
and they make other men seasick
but they don't know it. / haze studied
the thing out, and am pretty ,ure that
| know what / am talking shout.
have cut out certain colors from life
just as have cut out bread from MY
diet.
They say that a word ar a gesture
will make a play. / have known
color to unmake a play. Excellent
plays have gone to the ~storehouse be
cause OF a bad color scheme in the
settings. Were I to build a theate,
! would e to it that | had the right
color In the decorations IL had to
consult the entire public as to ita
color taste-would consider color
above acoustics even"
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Halsey cried out aloud. He turned
about, dazed; horror and helplessness
were on his face. 1t was to Virginia
Rawn he turned, as to the other part
of himself.
II was Virginia Rawn who took from
him the feeble, misshapen body. gath
ering 1t into his own arms. She gazed
i~ntently, frowning, grieying a woman's
grief owe suffering, bending over its
face; her own face held back over 1t
when she saw the truth. Then she
passed him and placed the body OF the
child upon It's cot nearby, covering 1t
gently.
Grace, Grace!" sobbed Halsey. He
fell upon his knees at his wife's bed
side. She did not see him, did not rec
ognize him, although she turned a
questioning face toward. him. Me,
tool" he cried. 81 want to go!
want to die and end it! Everything's
wrong . .
Come" said the doctor presently;
its too late now. I'll call for you
after a time" He took Halsey by the
arm and led him from the room. Re-
turning, he signed for Virginia Rawn
also to leave the sick chamber. Left
alone, the medical man turned to the
professional nurse in attendance.
Keep 1t quiet" he said. ut would
hurt my practlce-do you hear?"
He kicked beneath the bed a small
broken vial, and wiped away the stain
from the lips of the dying woman.
The doctor, Of course, had his guess,
the public its guess, the daily papers
theirs. The truth was, Grace Halsey,
by butler route, had learned of the
tete-a-tete of her husband and her step
mother a half hour before this time.
.
Grace Halsey, dead, her crippled
child dead beside her. never knew the
contents of the letter which had been
received for her that morning. 1t
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CHAPTER Xxx.
What Cheer Of the Harvest1

Inc blood or youth is hot. He fol
lowed her, in spite Of all, forgetting
all. They had advanced across the
hall toward the gold room, or library.
"Oh. Charley, Charley! Don't be-
gin, wait a little" she walled. AT
least till tonight, till afternoon. |
don't know what to say yet. | don't
know what to do! Let us see him
first. and tell him"
Look about you," he commented
grimly. You're going to lose all this
al these splendid, beautiful things"
I don't mind losing them. | want
to be poor. oh. my God! Just to be
loved. and clean! Charley, can WEI"
But why choose me-? There are
so many othersi"
All like Mr.. Rawn himself-men
crazed of money. power, %selfshness.
wanted something different. Do you
think 1t could have been my fathers
old ideas coming out in me. so late
he came of a family of revolutionists
independents; 'Progressives.' they
call them now. Something of his be-
IVA hhON NHdl IL WAS
But you'll have TO leave him in any
case. Divorce is simple enough. You
know what | would have done. and
done, also, In any case. Grace and -
Yes. know all about everything.
Everything's past" she said despair.
ingly. We're dead. It's all Overt"
i ought to go?" he asked vaguely.
Yes. pretty. soon. But / suppose
you'll have to see Grace. and-to-night
I'll have to see"
He bowed his head. YES. we've got
to pay that part first. The best we
can do and all we can give ought to
be enough for him."
b turned. left him, passing
through the great doors to the central
rooms within. Following her still, he
found her at the stair and joined her.
There approached them now. with
hasty tread and face somewhat ex.
cited, the medical man who had been
for so many days now in attendance
upon Grace Rawn and her child. He
had come on his morning visit unno.
ticed by them.
"Ah." he began. I'm glad to nnd
you. Mrs. Rawn--and you. Mr.. Halsey
I've been looking for you-Come,
Come Quickly!" His face showed
plainly his agitation.
rs there anything wrong?" demand.
ed Halsey sharply. What's the
troubles"
1T is my duty to tell you the truth. .
began the doctor. Your wife is a
very sick woman. indeed"
81 know that. yes"
But not the worst until this morn
ing. until just now. Something"
I've been here in the house wait
ing-why did you not call mef" be.
gan Halsey clumsily.
You must not wait!" the doctor
Interrupted him, taking him by the
arm and Fastening toward the stair
way.
They followed him up the stair
down the upper hall, to the rooms
which had been set apart Of late days
for Grace and her child, quarters al
too unfamiliar to Halsey himself.
They found Grace Halsey. faint and
gasping. half sitting In her bed. clasp
ing the child In his arms. herself toe
weak now longer to hold 1t up. Hal
sey, stricken with sudden horror, ran
70 takathe child-in his own arms.
The truth val obvious. Even a. hi
lifted the poor crippled form In hii
arms, the head fell back. helpless. The
eyes gls.ed. turned back uncovered
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Plan for Mofhar.

The bedtime hour was at hand, but
after usual preparations for the night
Violet hesitated over her prayers.
After a moments silence she said:
Mummy dear, are u prayers n
swered?"
Why, yes. dear" replied Mamma.
But what a question, dear!"
Il asked because, if they are, why
do you smack me? Why don't you
pray for me to be a good girl? 1t
would be so much more comfy"
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Good Old IImesn AGAIN.

Hospital patients of today are bet
ter off than their ancestors of the
good old times" Mrp Wheatley, in
Scottish act of parliament of 1886 to
the effect that "if ony man brings to
the market corrupt swine or salmond
to be saudi, they shall be taken by the
baillie, and i~ncontinent, without ony
question, sail be sent to the leper
folke;" and if there be no lepers then
only sail they be destroyed utterlie."
The same pleasant custom obtained in
Oxford in the fifteenth century, where
all putrid meat and fish was by statute
sem TO st. Johns hospital.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-03-19
Tip in Time,

The ferret-eyed little man stepped
across the street a aisle and whis-
pered into the ear of the tall chap
in a gray suit:
You'd better wipe that bit of egg
off your chin. The income-tax man Is
just two seats In front of youth
dianapolis Star.
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Much More.

did you see that heavy plaster
cast just before ii struck you on the
head and laid you out?"
II did. sir, and much more. That
was an all-star cast
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-03-19

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and invig-
crate stomach, liver and bowels and cure
constipation. Adv.
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Social usages seem to make a dis
tinction between marrying well and
marrying happily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-20
DAMAGE IS SMALL
Recent Wet Spell Did Not Hurt
Kansas Wheat.
Railway Agents Say Fields Are
Tall and Straight.

Railway freight agents in Topeka
say the damage done to wheat by the
recent wet spell will not amount to
enough to count. The fields which
were beaten down by the heavy rain
Strengthened up after two days OF sun
shine, and the gangs Of harvesteru ara
again at work in every county in the
southern half Of the state, and work
has started in the northern half.
The threshing machine will follow
the reaper. and next week will sec
train loads OF the yellow grain rushing
out Of Kansas to supply tho world
markets. The first threshing in this
state will be done in the southern tier
of counties. The farmers have been
threshing in Oklahoma for q week.
The railroads have exerted them
selves to the limit In getting their
equipment in shape to handle tho rush.
Cars have been standing on sidings for
month. ready for the call when tho
threshing starts. and locomotives are
in condition for the big movement The
railroads will try to beat the wheat
blockade this year, Notwithstanding
the unprecedented yield.
There still Is = lively movement Of
harvest hands into the wheat country,
but the stampede practically IL over.
The hands in the southern counties
gradually will work north till the har-
vest is over. The harvest travels north
ward at the rate Of about fourteen
miles q day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-20
KANSAS FAIRS 1914.

Following IL INST Of fairs to be held IN
Kansas IN 1914. their dates-where they
have been decided on-locationB and eecre.
taries. as reported to the state board Of
Alien County Agricultural society. Dr..
x.n a9d ss1 f.
esssociation. e y Mccormick. SECRETARY.
Barton County Fair association. Porter
Brown County!The Hiawatha Fair as
ISOLATION, J. D. Weltmer, secretary. Hia-
watha. Sept IA.
Butter County-Douslass Agricultural
Clay County Fair association. W. ,.
Miller. secretarZ,, Clay Center; Oct. $40.
sociation, Eugene Elkins. secretary. Wake
Cloud County Fair association. W. L
Coffey County Agricultural Fair associa-
ton. s. D. Weaver. secretary. Burlington.
Sept. 7-12- .- ,.-
and Agricultural association, W. A. Bow
den. secretary, Burden: Sept. 1913.
Cowley County AGRICULTURAL and Live
tary.' winfield: Sept Sill
Decatur County Fair association. J. n.
Correll, secretary. Oberlin. Sept. 33-5.
Dickinson . County Ear n;3s, association, c.
Douglas County Far and Agricultural
society, c. w. Murphy. secretary, Law
renee: Sept. 9-l1-
Ellsworth County-wilson Inter-County
Cooperative Fair association. w. g. Bax-
ter secretary, Wilson: Sept. 3-Oct. 2
Elk County Agricultural Fair associa-
ton. Fred r. Lanter. secretary. orencla:
franklin County Agricultural society. ;.
r. Finley. secretary. Ottawa: Sept zz-26
Gray County Agricultural socisty. r. W.
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Continued from Page One.)
since the last figures were made.
Many mills and elevators have enlarg-
ed their capacities. but the most of
the grain OF Kansas should be stacked
by the farmers until it can be accom-
modated.
Elevators ON Santa Fe.
Tho Santa Fe has more grain
elevators on its line than the other
lines. There are 3S7 elevators. with
bins totaling capacity Of 8.S98,00O
bushels Of grain. The Rock Island
has 215 elevators on their system in
the state. with a total capacity for
grain. 5.64O.2O0 bushels. The Union
Pacific railroad. according to q list
two years old, has 500 elevators cap
able of holding grain to the amount of
0.136,O0O bushels. The Missouri Pa
cific reports 25S mills and elevators
on their line which will hold 6,742,-
900 bushels. Tho Missouri, Kansas
and Texas and the st. Louis and San
Francisco roads just touch the wheat
belt, but officials of those roads say
that there are about 100 elevators,
taking care OF 5.742.000 bushels.
Every Size and Variety.
The elevators in Kansas are of ev-
cry sligo and variety. Some OF the
bigger elevators and mills have a
storage capacity of 5000 to 10000
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bushels OF grain Some Of the small
ones can hold only = few hundred.
Many big milling concerns have big
strings OF elevators in the little towns
in the wheat belt.
ana Operated By tho farmers. number
186 and have storage capacities Of
nearly 100000 bushels. Each ONE
usually holds from eight to ten thou
sand bushels.
can do so should store their wheat or
stack It, to prevent q blockade Of
railroad cars or elevator facilities.
Ono mill in Topeka has added one
hundred thousand bushels capacity 70
its storage bins in the last few
months. Other mills and elevators in
the city are preparing to be loaded
with wheat in few daYH.