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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30

ter. followed by his companions. Il
don't see how folks can be so dam
funny!" he gasped.
Its natural to 'em, like warts" said
Willie; they're born with it, the
same as I was born to shoot straight
with either hand, and the same as
Mex was born to throw a rope. He
don't know how he does 1t, and neither
do l. Some folks can say funny things,
some can sing, like Missus Melby:
some can run foot-races, like that Cen
tipede cook"
Carara breathed an eloquent Mex
lean oath.
do you reckon he fixed that race
with Humpy Joe?" inquired Slower.
Names Skinner" Willie observed.
1T sounds bad"
I'm sorry Humpy left us SO sud
den," said Still Bill. WED ought to
have questioned him. If we only had
proof that the race was crooked"
"You can 80 gamble it was crooked -
the little man averred. Them Cent?.
pede fellers never done nothin' on the
square. They got Hump Joe, and fixed
1t for him to lose so they could get
that talkin machine. That's why he
| pulled out"
"Pd hate to think It," said the fore
man, gloomily; then after moment
during which the only sound was that
Of the mufIled hoof-beats: well, what
we goin' to do about it?"
"Humph! I've laid awake nights
| igurin' that out. ! reckon we'll just
have to git another foot-racer and beat
Skinner. He amt the fastest In the
world"
THAT takes coin. We're broke"
"Mebbe Mr.. Chaplin would lend 6
helpin' hand"
mo chance!" said Slower, grimly
He's sore on foot-racin'. Says it dis
turbs us and upsets our equilibrium.
Carara fetched a deep sigh.
TITS YER bad ting, Senor. don
feel no worse wen my gran'mothel
die"
The three men loped onward through
the darkness, weighted heavily will
disappointment
Affairs at the Flying Heart Rancl
were not all to Jack Chapin's liking
Ever since that memorable foot-race
more than month before, a gloon
had brooded over the place which
even the presence Of two Smith Col
lege girls, not to mention that of MI
Fresno, was unable to dissipate Th,
cowboys moped about like melanchol.
shades, and neglected their work t
discuss the disgrace that had fallel
upon them. It was a task to get an.
OF them out In the morning, severa
had quit, the rest were quarrelini
among themselves, and the bunk
house had already been the scene O
more than one encounter. altogethe
too sanguinary to have originates
from such a trivial cause as a foot
race.
The master of the ranch sought hi
sister Jean, to tell her frankly wha
was on his mind.
| See here, Sis" he began, T don
want to cast cloud over your littl
house-party, but l think you'd bette
keep your friends away from m
men,"
why. what is the matter?" she dc
manded.
Things are at a pretty high ter
sion just now, and the boys have ha
two or three rows among themselves
Yesterday Fresno tried to kid Wi
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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30

men begin to fight for her. she'll have
to begin to form preference, and I'm
sure 1t will be for Wally Speed. Don't
you see?"
The brother looked at his sister
shrewdly. 1T seems to me you
learned a lot at Smith,"
Jean tossed her head. How alb.
surd! That sort of knowledge is per
fectly natural for girl to have"
Then she teased: But you admit that
my selection Of chaperon was ex.
cellent, don't you, jack"
Mrs. Keap and l are the best Of
friends" Jack averred, with supreme
dignity. "I'm not in the market, and
man doesn't marry a widow, any.
how. It's too old and experienced q
beginning"
(TO BE CONTINUED
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30

as fellers to hang around like this
every night without advertising our
idiocy by gun-play"
"They amt got no right to that
phonograph," Willie averred darkIy.
"Oh yes, they have; they won II
fair and square"
Fair and square! Do you mean to
say Hump Joe run that foot-race on
the square?"
II never said nothin' like that what
ever. mean we bet 1t, and we lost
It Listen! There goes Carara's
piecel"
Out past the corral floated the an.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30

An extremely mean inn-keeper was
having some rooms repapered. One
day he went down to his cellar and
discovered cask Of beer was Just be-
ginning to turn sour.
"Ah." he thought. "I'll give 1t to tho
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30
To Be Expected.

"He flushed when perused his
countenance."
Naturally, when he felt his face
was getting read"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30

which will take you to every other
town once, and once only?
The route must bring you back ia
the town from which you set out.
Starting from any angle or town on
this diagram, to visit every other
town once, and once only, and to re
turn to our starting point we may
take either of these two courses:
F B A U T pom JKLM @
r S II G f,
F B A U T r X L M Q PONG o
E j II G +.
The arrangement Is cyclical, and
the route can be begun at any point
by transferring the proper number
of letters from one end to the other.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30
WORLD PUZZLE IS AMUSING
Trick Is to Start From Any Angle OF
Town on Diagram and Visit
Every Other Village Once.

Can you, starting from any angle OF
town on this diagram, find a route
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-01-30

Give me q garden. The rest Of the
world can be youn
The Adair County news., 1914-09-02
Luke McLuke Says.

The oId-fashioned man who
used to smell like a stable now
, has a son who smells like a gar
age.
The only time some fellows
ever think of Economy is when
! it is their turn to treat.
1t is hard 20 please a womon.
If you are good to your wife she
begins to suspect that you are
too good to be true.
The fellows used to get on his
knees when he asked her to be
his. But nowdays the girl gets on
the fellows knees while he pro-
poses.
The old-fashioned man who re-
ferred to his spouse as 'fthe old
woman" didn't spend as much
time in the divorce courts as the
modern man who refers to my
wife" when he speaks of her.
Some NUTS who are mighty
careful about keeping the Sab
bath are just as careful about
keeping everything else they can
get their hands on.
Once in a while a woman gets
so fat that the only thing she
can buy ready made is an um.
brella.
There sure is going to be some
strenuous nature-faking among
women this fall. The new fash
ionable figure is to be long and
slim, something on the order of
a hungry eel. The dope says
that the figure is to be Straight"
with just a hint of a soft curve
The Adair County news., 1914-09-02

below the "waistline." Some
of the corn-feds will have to
stand pat, that's all, fashion or
no fashion.
Any old time you feel too big
for your job just take the map
of the United States and try and
locate yourself and all the swell
ing will disappear from your dome
After they have been married
about a month and Lovey finds
that Honey still owes an INSTALL
ment house a dollar a week for
thirty weeks for the engagement
ring he gave her, the Honeymoon
goes out and starts to rock the
boat,
The Adair County news., 1914-09-02

Intelligent. painstaking effort
based upon the teachings of sci
ence, is the price Of many farm
erS' success.
The Adair County news., 1914-09-02
Law, War and Drugs.

For years the national and the
state governments have been try
ing to legislate the drug habit
out of existance. The Federal
Government has succeeded in
making the habit a very expen-
sive one, and State Governments
in making it quite difficult for
drugs to be obtained. Neither,
however, h ave accomplished
much more, as the number of
habitual users of drugs remains
about the same. Law has not
been very effective in this refor-
nation.
But law is now reinforce by
war. Interruption of commerce
on the high seas has cut off the
supply of this and other coun-
tries The price of opium has ad-
vanced by leaps and bounds until
it is now out of the reach of peo-
pie of moderate means. If the
war continues six months or a
year, the supply on hand will
have been entirely exhausted
if employed in egi t ma e
ways only. Only a fraction of
the amount imported is used for
strictly medicinal purposes.
The Adair County news., 1914-09-02
The Liquor Question.

A very moderate estimate,
based on government reports,
put the cost of liquor to the con-
sumers for the year ending June
80, 1911, at little less than ST.
100000! Because of the harm
full results of its expenditure,
all of this money was worse than
wasted, some comparisons may
help US to estimate this waste.
Ali of the wheat produced in
our country in 1910, would pay
drink bill for less than eighty
two days.
All the coal produced that same
year would pay our drink bill
less than eighty-three days.
The gross expense of our post
office department was less than
thirty days drinking bill.
The gross expense of the navy
department would not pay ff-
teen days drink bill.
All of the gold mined in the
United States in 1910 would not
pay twelve days drink bill.
One Hundred and Twenty Days
Drink Bill would wipe out of ex-
istence our entire Interest Bear
ing National Debt.
Fifty Days Drink Bill would
the Panama Canal.
This estimate only takes into
consideration the money spent
directly for one year.
Our opponents tell us that just
as much liquor is drunk under
prohibition as under license. The
Brewers Year Book states that
! the average amount of liquor
drunk in prohibition State is 1.35
gallons per capita; the average
amount of liquor drunk in licensed
States is 1928 gallons per capita
Some difference, is there not. land
they are the judges.
The Adair County news., 1914-09-02

character and purpose just as running
a store or a factory does.
If the usual profit in a flock of hens
is 81 each above the cost OF food the
aim should be to increase egg pro
ductiOn and the sale Of brOilers o.
other kinds of fancy poultry so that
there will be q profit of 50 for eacf
hen kept This is to be accomplished
by selecting pullets from the best lay
ing mothers and by breeding up WITT
full blOOded males.
If the cows in a dairy herd are pay
ing an average of 500 a year, make
an effort to raise it to $500 Perhaps
the quickest way to gain this end is
by diScarding all animals that fail to
give five gallons of milk per day for
the greater part of the year. The stock
may be gradually improved by selec'
ton and breeding 1t may be possible
also to sell part of the milk or crearS
to private customers who will pay
double the wholesale rate.
1t is not necessary that the farme.
should replace all of his grade cows
with high priced, pure bred Holsteins
Jerseys. Guernseys or Ayrshires.
However, for successful and profitable
dairying it is absolutely necessary that
he realize the remarkable difference in
productive capacity of the individual
cows in the same herd, though these
cows are cared for by the same mar
and are consuming practically the
same amount of feed.
Recently a herd of hogs from the
northwest was sold in one Of the cen
tral markets for $3.50 per 100 pounds
A herd of similar size from a so called
corn belt state sold in the same mar
ket on the same day for S7.95. The
northwestern hogs were fed a variety
including barley. a liberal amount Of
alfalfa, a little ground wheat. some
corn and some sugar beet sirup. Ths'
other herd of hogs was fattened al
most exclusively on corn.
Not only did the northwestern hogs
bring a higher price per 100 pounds,
but they pU: on flesh more rapidly and
economically than the others and were
In every way more satisfactory. Witk
the present knowledge of alfalfa grow
ing no farmer. even in the strictlt
ecrn states. can find a reasonable ez-
"uSe for not having some of this to
.eed his hogs.
Hogs need to run ut large in fielc
where there is forage. This may De
clover. alfalfa. rape or artichOkes- IL
this way they attain growth and put
o1 flesh better than they will if pen
ned up. If they can have whey or
skinned milk once a day this will as
sist the economical production Of meat
The aim must be to bring the hog ur
to 200 or 800 pounds at such uOG
crate cost that there will be hberai
profit when it is marketed.
With an abundance Of hay and corr
there ought to be good profit in fat
tening beef animals. few or many, ac-
cording to the size of the farm. It
would appear that with the judiciOus
selection of feeders, with the careful
handling of the animals while in the
feed lot and with an even break ola
other conditions. cattle feeding ought
to be fairly profitable.
Farmers have come to realize the
value of maintaining soil fertility anG
are using manure as literally as pos
Sible Land. TO be made a source Of
continuous profit must be kept fertile
The proper rotation of crops combined
with the raising of live stock, will CON
tribute largely in the maintenance Of
soil fertility
The Adair County news., 1914-09-02
Caught q Bad Cold.

Last winter my son caught very
bad cold and the way he coughed was
something dreadful" writes Mrs. Sa-
rah E. Duncan, of Upton Iowa. "We
thought sure he was going into con-
sumption. We bought just one bottle
of ChamberIains Cough Remedy and
that one bottle stopped his cough and
cured his cold completely" For sale
by PAUL Drug Co. Ad
The Adair County news., 1914-09-02
Saves United States.

By promptly adopting a pro-
gramof action, the administration
has enabled the United States to
meet the unequaled commercial
and financial strain imposed by
the sudden blaze of war through
out Europe.
Demands of the present have
been met and the inevitable needs
of the future safegarded. The
administrations proposals have
all been unanimously approved
by Congress. There were the
big steps taken:
Absolute neutrality declared.
Offer to mediate transmitted
to the five principal warning pow
ers-Great Britain, France and
Russia on one hand, and Ger
many and Austra-Hungary on
the the other hand.
Appropriations o f 81, $50, 900
secured to relieve the necessities
of and provided transportation
home for the thousands of Amer
leans stranded in the warning
countries.
Cruiser Tennessee dispatched
with relief funds and gold coin
to take care of the foreign obi
cations of American bankers.
Unlimited issues Of emergency
Currency authorized, thus meet
| ing the immediate demands for
currency in this country's domes-
tic transactions and st'opp ing
the outflow of gold to Europe.
Shipping laws so amended as
to enable the United States to
acquire vessels in which to trans
port the country's huge grain
crop to needy and stricken peo-
piles.
Provision made to use available
naval vessels to carry. mails and
freight both to Europe and South
America.
Settlement of the threatened
strike of Middle West railway
men effected, thus assuring rail
way service during the crisis.
President Wilson met the
emergency with his usual cool,
clear-thinking decisiveness.
The Adair County news., 1914-09-02
Care of Plants In Winter,

Look to the dahlia and Gamma tUDerS
stored in the cellar. If too damp.
mcta will have formed and cause de-
cas- # not removed Spread the tubers
out where the air is dry and separate
the perfectly good roots from those
touched with mold II; on ths' tSH<
trary. the roots look shriyeled put
them near the floor in damp corner
of the cellar. Ventilation must be giv=
en- the cellar during the winter to
keep 1t dry.
Be very sure that there are NO
cracks or loose window panes to les
Ia draft and frost
The Adair County news., 1914-09-02
Making the
LitHeFarnPaU
Blu C.. C.. BOWSFIELD
ctu al

THE tn al
i money max
ing on 2
farm comes wher
we are above tbs
average in quail
ity and produc
ton.
I hos e W b o
stand on the COM
mon level viii
get a living, but
not much more
Farming ne e dE
individuality of
The Adair County news., 1914-09-02
4 CHECK STRAP EASY ON THE HoRss

check strap. This little article viz
prevent stumbling. and the bit will Do
much easier on the horses mouth
The Adair County news., 1914-09-02

Kentucky pays Internal Rev.
enue taxes on the government
to the amount of $35, 100000 or
one ninth of the whole internal
revenue tax.
The Adair County news., 1914-09-02
A Humane Check Strap.

Take a good. strong elastic band
twelve inches long and double it Sew
strap loops at each end Fasten tc
The Adair County news., 1914-09-02
From California.
Richmond, Aug, 10 IA.

ONSuplSu space IN your valuable
paper, and | am always anxious
for Monday to come, when the
News arrives, as like to read
OF the many people l knew in
Adair and Russell counties from
a boy to manhood, and little then
did l think that it was the most
joyous time of my life, but such
we don't realize at the time, but
in later years. We imagine that
if We had the chance again how
we would appreciate it. Well,
to the news of this part of the
country times are very good con-
sidering that the European war
effects our commerce, as the big
shipping industry in and out of
this port is partially paralized as
many big ocean vessels are laid
up, which ply from here to every
country in the world.
The crops were good of all
kinds, including the fruit indus
try. which is very large and of
good quality, but it has been
very cold and windy this sum-
mer, more so than common.
The thermometer ranges from
40 to so degrees. The above ap-
plies to and along the coast.
Well, l will give the readers
of the News some idea regard
ing the Panama Pacific Interna-
tional Exposition to be held in
San Francisco, commencing Feb
ruary Goth to December 4th
1915. The grounds occupy a
space of 635 acres fronting on
the San Francisco Bay. partly in
the heart of the resident section
of the city. There are eleven
Exhibit Palaces that occupy 21S
acres. The Palace of Machinery
is the largest wooden building in
the world. 1,500 tons of wash
ers. four car loads of nails and
eight million feet of lumber were
used and covers eight acres.
The Palace of fine Arts is a
fire proof building and is 600
feet long. The Palace of Horti-
culture is a Glass building with
a Dome 185 feet high, is 625 feet
long and 320 feet wide, covering
five acres. The Tower of Jew
els cover one acre and is 426
feet high. The Palace of Liber-
al Arts is 583 feet long and AIS
feet wide and covering nearly
six acres A Free Convention
Hall, a great auditorium costing
one million dollars and has a
seating capacity of ten thousand
people, with smaller halls seat
ing from 400 to 1000 people.
The California building is 525
feet long by 365 feet wide. More
than seven thousand applications
for concession space has been
filed and about one hundred has
been granted so far. Twelve
million dollars will be invested
in these concessions by their op-
orators and an army of more
than seven thousand people will
be employed to maintain them.
The above is only partial list
of the largest buildings of the
EvnocitiOp ond fbo roct too v,,v,
The Adair County news., 1914-09-02

Pope Plus K was entombed in
the bacilica of St. Peters with
impressive ceremonies.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-03-21
WILSON TELLS HOW
 BEING CHIEF SEEMS

WASHINGTON, March 21.-one of the most remarkable occurrences that ever took place in Washington was that last night when President Wood- row Wilson described to the assembled members ofsthe National Press Club in n long. frank and conversational talk 'how 1t feels to be President" The talk revealed an intimate picture of Wilson, the man. With a breadth of vision and intellect so vast as to star tie his auditors at times there was dis closed a sympathy, hndliness and hu- manliness that drew all those present to him in a manner never before ex- perienced toward a President.
 The speech of the President was made at the request of the club and was not intended to be reported or made public, though those who heard 1t say that if it could be given to the world in such a way as to carry with 1t the impression that it made upon his hearers 1t could not fail to add to the fame of the author,
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-03-21
MAY WALK THROUGH
 MOUNTAIN APRIL 1

The Sheep Creek tunnel will likely be finished, and Col. Jackling may walk through the mountain from Sheep Creek to Gold Creek, before April 1. If the present rate of pro- gress continues 1t will certainly be finished before that time-there is a distance of $50 feet separating the crews working from the Perseverance end and Paddy O'Nieps experts. There remains eleven days in which to do the stunt. For the past three days O'Neirs men have averaged 2S feet each day, while the Perseverance crew is making 13 feet each day or total of fl feet. In order to finish by April 1, the two crews must average close to 32 feet. It is the hope to have 1t ready for Col. Jackling to walk through and inspect when he comes from the South. He will arrive on March 2S and is scheduled to leave April or
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-03-21
NO QUORUM FOR
 COUNCIL LAST NIGHT

Captain J. T. Martin. chief of police of the city of Juneau did not get an opportunity to have his resignation acted upon last evening for the reason that there was no quorum present, and his request to be relieved of the duties of office could not be granted by the City Council.
 Mayor c. w. Carter called the coan- cilmen to order and ordered roll call. but could not secure the required num- Der on account of the absence of CouRcilmen Hurlbut. Pullen and Ged- des. His honor then adjourned the meeting until Wednesday evening at s o'clock. At this point in the pro ceedings Mir. Martin asked to have his resignation accepted, but was informed by the Mayor that he could only ac- cept and file it for action by the coun- ciI at the forthcoming meeting. In connection with this action Mir. Car ter paid Capt. Martin nice compli- ment for his conduct as an officer and said that it was with sincere regret LlAL GlECuuloAAuGGo ASNSooAb1NNN SAAS change. but he hoped the police off cer did not retain any hard or i'll feel ing toward the council. and assured him that the council membership felt only the highest respect for him.
 City Attorney Marshall added that Capt. Martin. as chief of police did not confine himself alone to the du- ties of the office but had done. many things for the promotion of the moral welfare of the city; he had gone out of the routine of his duties to serve the city, and no matter how long Ju, neau remained a municipality, it would never have a more conscientious and efficient officer than Capt Mar tin, whose resignation had been pre- sented.
 Mayor Carter then told Capt. Mar tin that he was to continue as chief of police until such time as the coun- cil acted upon his resignation. After mutual thanks, the council adjourned.