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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-09-23
LEARNING THINGS
We Are All in the Apprentice Class.

When simple change OF diet brings
back health and happiness the story is
briefly told. A lady of Springfield, ILL.,
says:
After being afflicted for years with
nervousness and heart trouble, re-
ceived shock four years ago that left
me in such condition that my life
was despaired Of.
81 got no relief from doctors nor
from the numberless heart and nerve
remedies tried, because didn't know
that coffee was daily putting me back
more than the doctors could put me
ahead.
Finally at the suggestion Of friend
left off coffee and began the use OF
Postum, and against my expectations
gradually improved in health until for
the past or months | have been
entirely free from nervousness and
those terrible sinking, weakening
spells of heart trouble.
my troubles all came from the use
Of coffee which I had drunk from
childhood and yet they disappeared
when quit coffee and took up the use
of Postum Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Many people marvel at the effects or
leaving off coffee and drinking Postum,
but there is nothing marvellous about
it-only common sense.
Coffee is a estroyer-Postum is
rebuilder. That's the reason.
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, "The Road to Wellville."
Postum comes in two forms
Regular Postum-must be well boil
ed 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes delicious beverage
instantly. goo and soc tins.
The cost per cup of both kinds is
about the same.
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocera,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-09-23
CHAPTER xIx-contInued.

u
He sat down on a messed boulder
GREATNESS, his eyes sparkling. He had
thought himself almost a beggar, and
here in his hand was a small fortune!
talk about engagement rings! he
muttered. why. a dozen of these
ought to buy a whole tiara!"
At length he rose and climbed on,
presently turning at rtght-angle to
bisect the strip to It's boundary before
he paused to rest I'm no timber
cruiser" he said to himself as he
wiped his brow, but calculate there
are all of three hundred trees big
enough to cut. Why, suppose they are
worth on an average only hundred
apiece. That would make-Good
lord!" he muttered, "and I've been
incoming about poverty"
The growth was smaller and sparser
now and before long he came, on the
hills very crest, to the edge or
ragged clearing It held squalid set
Element, perhaps a score of dirt-daubed
Of them mere mud-walled lean-tos,
with sod roofs and window-panes OF
nour-sacking Fences and outhouses
there was none. Uttered paths ram
hled aimlessly hither and thither from
ehip-strewn yards to starved patches
Of corn, under-cultivated and blighted.
Over the whole place hung an indie
Scribable atmosphere of disconsolate
9th, OF unredeemed squalor and vile
aess.
With one hand on the dogs collar.
Aushing him to silence, Valiant un-
seen, looked at the wretched place
With a shiver. He had glimpsed many
wretched purlieus In the slums OF
great cities, but this. in the open sun
light, with the clean woods about 1t
aud the sweet clear blue above, stood
out with an unrelieved holiness and
contrast that was doubly sinister and
sorbidding. He knew instantly that
the tawdry corner was the community
known as Hell's-Half-Acre. the place
70 which Shirley had made her night
ride to rescue Hickey Snyder.
A quick glad realization of her cour-
age rushed through him. On its heels
came a feeling of shame that a spot
Ike this could exist, a foul blot on
such a landscape. 1t was on his own
land! It's denizens held place by
squatter sovereignty. but he was.
nevertheless, their landlord. The
thought bred a new sense OF RESPONSE
Sility. Something should be done for
them, too.
AS be gazed, an uproar in cabin
reached a climax. A red-bearded fig
ure in nondescript garments shot from
the door and collapsed In a heap in
the dirt, He got up with dreadful
Oath-a Jug thrown at him grazing
his temple as he did so-and shaking
his fist behind him, staggered into a
nearby lean-to.
Valiant turned away with feeling
almost of nausea, and plunged back
down the forest hillside.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-09-23
SYNOPSIS.

yehn Valiant, a rich society favorite.
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor.
poration, which his father founded ana
which was the principal source OF MS
wealth has failed He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
for the corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist Of an old motor car.
white bull dog and Damory court, neg
lected estate In Virginia. On the way 70
Damory court he meets Shirley Dano-
ridge an authenticated beauty, and de-
cides that he is going to like Virginia I'M
rnensely Sfirley's mother, Mrs. Dano-
ridge and Major Bristow exchange rem.
iniscences during which It is revealed
that the major. Valiants father, ana
man named Sasson were rivals Tor tne
hand of Mrs. cambridge in her youth
Easson and Valiant fought duel on her
account in which the former was killed.
Valiant finds Damory court oVergroWh
with weeds and creepers and the Dullo-
tngs in a very much neglected condluon;
He decides to rehabilitate the place ana
make the land produce living 1or MN.
Valiant saves Shirley from the bite OF a
snake which bites him. Knowing tne
deadliness of the bite, Shirley SUCKS the
poison from the wound and saves his nIe:
Shirley tells her mother of the incident
and the latter Is strangely moved at
hearing that a Valiant Is again living at
Damory court Valiant learns for the
first time that his father left Virginia on
account of a duel in which Doctor
southall and Major Bristow acted as ms
fathers seconds Valiant and Shirley
become good friends. Mrs. Dandr1dge
faints when she first meets valiant
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Difference.

Said a Russian dancer to q Philar
delphia reporter:
We can learn much from the danc
ing of animals. but why did we 60,
of all things, to the turkey? There 10
something little too vulgar in ths
turkeys dancing, and they who imt
tate it get talked about"
She shrugged her slender shoulders.
That won't do for women" she re
sumed. ITO say, Everybody is talk
ing about him'-that is an eulogy. But
to say. Everybody is talking ab-u
her-thats an elegy"
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to tide the popular panic would mean
ruin to all the interests involved
There are men still living today who
remember with shudder the trying
times of 81, when the merchants met
in the Boston merchants exchange
day after day, insisting that the banks
must be sustained; until finally Amasa
Walker rose up and said: Gentle
men, the banks must suspend specie
payments. There Is no other course
to be followed" There were muir.
murs of discomfort and they were al.
moss ready to lynch the ex-governor
of the commonwealth for the bold po-
sition he had taken, but he faced
them courageously, and next came the
news of sAe suspension of the New
York banks.
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CHAPTER XXI.
Tournament Day.

The noon sun OF tournament day
shone brilliantly over the village,
drowsy no longer. for many vehicles
were hitched at the curb. or moved
leisurely along the leafy street: big.
canvas-topped country wagons drawn
by shaggy-hoofed horses and set with
chairs that bumped and jostled their
holiday loads from outlying tobacco
plantation and stud-farm; sober. black
covered buggies. long narrow. spring
less buckboards, frivolous side-bar run
abouts and antique shays resurrected
from the primeval depths Of cob
webbed stables. relics of furnished
grandeur and faded fortune.
At midday vehicles resolved them
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-09-23

selves into luncheon-booths- hampers
slowed away beneath the seats, dis
closing all manner of picnic edibles-
the courthouse yard was an array OF
grass-spread table-cloths. and an air
of plenty reigned.
Within Mrs Merryweather Mason's
brown house hospitality sat enthroned
and the generous dining-room was
acid by regiment of feminine out-oI-
town acquaintance.
The yard, an hour later, was an ac-
tive encampment of rocking-cha1rs.
and din of conversation doated out
over the pink oleanders whose tubs
had achieved fresh coat of bright
green paint for the occasion. Mrs.
Poly Gifford-a guest of the day
here shone respondent.
THE young folks are counting
nightly on the dance tonight" OBJ
served Mrs. Livy Stowe of Seven Oaks
Even the Buckner girls have got new
ball dresses"
"Improvident. l call It," said Mrs
Clifford. They can't afford such
things. with Park Hill mortgaged up
to the roof the way it is"
Mrs. Masons soft apologize alto
interposed They're sweet girls,
and we're never young but once. /
think it was so fine of Mr.. Valiant
to offer to give the ball. l hear he's
motored to Charlottesville three or
four times for filings, though I under
stand he's poor enough since he gave
up his money as he did. What a
princely act that was!"
"Y-e-e-es," agreed Mrs. Clifford. "but
a little-what shall / call it?-pre
cipitous! If / were married to man
like that should always be In terror
of his adopting an orphan asylum or
turning Republican or something
equally impossible"
The doctor shut his Office door with
vicious slam and from the vantage
of the wire window-screen looked sour.
ly across the beds of marigold and
nasturtium.
ST reckon IL Mrs. Poly Clifford shut
her mouth more than ten minutes
handwriting" he said malevolently.
1.-The top of her headd fly from here
to Charlottesville"
The major, ensconced with cigar
in the easy chair behind him, flour
ished his palm-leaf fan and smote an
Grant fly.
Speaking of Damory Court" he
said in his big voice. THE dance idea
was a happy thought of young Va
liant's. I'll be surprised If he doesn't
do it to the queens taste"
The doctor nodded. This place
can't teach him much about such fol
derolings, I reckon. He's led more
cotillions than I've got hairs on my
head"
I'D hardly limit it to that" said
the major, chortling at the easy thrust
And after all. even folderolings have
| their use."
who said they hadn't? II people
choose to make whirling dervishes OF
themselves, they at least can reflect
that it's better for their lives than
cane-bottom chairs. Though that's
| ABOUT ali you can say III ldVor Oh
the modern ball."
"Pshaw!" said the major. II re-
member time when you used to rig
out in a claw-hammer and
Dance all night till broad daylight
| And go home with the gyrls in the morn.
ing.
with the bravest of US. Used to like
| it. too"
(To BE CoNTINUED)
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a Greek castle on 1t in the Aegean.
Little colored memories for me to
bring away to dream over. But al
ways l come back here to Damory
Court For this is-home!"
They walked beneath the pergola
to the lake. where Shirley gave cry
of delight at sight of it's feathered
population Where did you get them
FROM" she asked.
Washington. In crates"
THAT explains it." she exclaimed.
"One day last week the little darkies
In the village all insisted circus was
coming. They must have seen these
being hauled here. They watched the
whole afternoon for the elephants"
Poor youngsters" he said. Its
a shame to fool them. But I've had
all the circus ! want getting the live
stock installed"
They won't suffer" said the major
Hickey Snyder'll get them up three
ringed show at the drop of hat and
drop it herself. Besides. there's tourn-
ament day coming, and they can live
on that I see you've drsdged out
scms Of the nliaA"
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stood before the porch.
Cad" chuckled the major. who
would think it had been unoccupied
for three decades? At this rate. you'll
soon be giving dances, sab"
"Ah," said Valiant That's the very
thing l want to suggest. The tourna-
ment comes off next week, under
stand, and it's been the custom to
have a ball that night. The tourney
ground is on this estate, and Damory
Court Is handler than the Country
Club. Why wouldn't 1t be appropriate
to hold the dance here? The ground
floor rooms are in order, and If the
young people would put up with 1t, 1t
would be a great pleasure to me. as
sure you"
"Oh!" breathed Shirley. THAT
would be too wonderful"
The major seized his hand and
shook 1t heartily. Il can answer for
the committee" he said. They'll
jump at 1t. Why, sab. the new gener-
alton has never set eyes inside the
house It's golden legend to them"
Then I'll go ahead with arrange
ments."
He led them around the house and
down the terraces of the formal gar
den, and here the majors encomiums
broke forth again. You are going to
take US old folks back, sah," he said
with real feeling This gyarden in
its original lines was unique. 1t had q
piquancy and picturesQueness that,
thank God, are to be restored! One
can understand the owner of an es-
tate like this having no desire to
spend his life philandering abroad. We
all hope, sab. that you will recur to
the habit of your ancestors and count
Damory Court home"
Valiant smiled slowly. II don't
dream of anything else," he said my
life, as l map 1t out, seems to begin
here. The rest doesn't count-on1y
the years when l was little and had
my father"
The major carefully adjusted his
eyeglasses. His head was turned
away. "Ah, yes" he said.
Inc ldBL LW0uly years. COuLluuSu
the other, from my present view
point, are valuable mainly for con-
trast"
las a consistent regimen of pate
de foie gras," said Shirley Quizzically.
makes one value bread and butter?'
He shook his head at her. "As star
walton makes one appreciate plenty.
The next twenty years are to be here.
But they hold side-trips, too. Now
and then there's 1aunt back to the
city"
Contrast AGAIN." she asked inter
estedly.
Yes and no. Yes, because no one
who has ever known that blazing
changing life can really understand the
peace and blessedness Of place like
this. No, because there are something's
which are to be found only there.
There are the galleries and the opera.
1 need breath of them both"
And semi-occasional longer flights.
too" the major reflected. "a look-see
abroad once in q blue moon. Why
not?"
Yves. For mental photographs-im-
pressions one can't get from between
book-covers. There's an old cloister
garden l know in Italy and paricu.
lar river-bank in Japan in the cherry
blossom season, and tiny island with
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Delays.

do you prefer an automobile to
horse?"
YES" replied Mr.. Chuggins.
Because it goes faster?"
mot exactly that But somehow l
enjoy hanging around a repair shop
more than loafing and looking on in a
livery stable"
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Her Fear.

why did Maud choose a single
life?"
She was afraid Of getting a hus"
band who would lead double one"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-20

If any, quantity, and time applied;
when the land was plowed and how
deep; how often disced and narrowed
before planting; date and method Of
planting; how often narrowed after
planting; how often cultivated; what
kind of cultivator used and date of
harvesting.
Samples of corn and stalks should be
rs nearly as practicable fair average
of the crop except where the specifica-
tion is for field selected ears, in which
ease the grower is supposed to 60 over
the plat some time previous to harvest
ing, and mark those stalks containing
the earliest maturing ears of good even
size, growing on strong, well developed
stalks. These marked ears are then
harvested separately, sorted and fire
dried, and from these he may select
the so or 100 Of most perfect ears.
5-All entries in the acre contests
must be accompanied by statement
which, in addition to points noted in
Rule 4, will name the varieties of corn,
and if the seed was grown on that farm;
how many years the variety has been
grown on that farm or in that neigh
borhood, and state the labor cost in
hours and minutes in preparation Of
the ground, planting, cultivating and
harvesting. Also the use made Of the
main crop. Was any part Of it cut and
fed greeni Was any of it hogged off,
or eaten off by livestock without har-
vestingi Was any Of it cut up and
shocked, or was it husked and stalks
left standing in the field, or was any Of
it put in the siloi If so, state the size
of silo and number of acres required
to fill it; number Of hours time of man
and team required to harvest the crop
and place it in the silo. Was any seed
corn savedi If so, how much, and how
was it savedf
If you have any seed corn to sell, tell
rs lust how much Of each variety.
GIN all acre contests 80 ears Of ccrn
and 10 stalks must be exhibited, except
in Divisions J, K, L and M, which re-
quire 100 ears
I'm acre contests tic judges WI
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General Rules.

1-Competition open to everyone in
territory tributary to the Oregon Wash
ington Railroad & Navigation Com
pany's lines in Oregon, Washington or
Idaho.
2-All prize winning exhibits to be-
come the property of the company for
exhibition and seed purposes.
3-Prizes offered for irrigated pro-
ducts are intended to apply wherever
water is used as an aid to crop produc-
tion. No discrimination will be made as
to method of application.
4-Entries for all prizes must be ac-
companied with the name of exhibitor,
the location of the land and character of
the soil. Where the term non-irriga-
ton" is used, the reference is to all
lands where crop production is carried
on without artificial use of water. When
the prize is for one acre or more, the
entry must designate the location, size
and shape of plat; also state whether it
is separate plat grown especially for
exhibition or experimentation, or is part
of a general field crop. In the latter
case state the size of the field and
whether it is one acre or more. Ground
to be measured and the yield certified
to by two or more disinterested parties
This report must also show the char
acter of the soil, kind of fertilizer used
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-20
SAVING SEED CORN.
By G. L. Smith, Agriculturist Of the
Oregon-W Washington Railroad q
Navigation Company.

The corn plant has the characteristics
of adapting itself to soil and climatic
conditions to a greater degree than any
other cultivated plant There is also .
wider variation in size and quality OF
grains, under average conditions, than
is to be found with other cereals. For
this reason, seed selection becomes
very important factor in successful corn
growing.
Experiments have demonstrated that
with fertile soil, carefully prepared,
planting and cultivation well done, tho
difference in seed has made difference
in the yield varying from IL to loo
bushels per acre. Even when good ears
have been selected and tested, the varia-
ton has been remarkable. In one ex-
priment 100 ears planted in 100 rows
side by side, in the same field, some
of the rows produced at the rate of 80
bushels per acre, while Others produced
less than 40 bushels per acrce. Some mad
ten times as many barren stalks and
dozen times as many suckers as the
others.
The place to select seed corn is in the
field. The time to select it is before
the harvesting of the crop. One OF the
most successful growers, who has IN
twenty years increased his crop from 20
bushels per acre of rather poor corn to
100 bushels per acre Of No. l corn, be-
gins his seed selection by cutting out
all weak or barren stalks before bios
soming. The latter part of August he
goes over the field marking with colored
strings those stalks that are strong, freo
from suckers, with two or more good
ears on a stalk A special mark is put
on those that indicate early maturity,
Just before the harvesting of the main
crop. the marked ears are gathered,
marked according to the strings, and
dried as quickly and as dry as possible,
by hanging in a well ventilated room
that is well heated every day.
The corn when dry is stored in dry,
well ventilated room. In March the
heaviest, most perfect shaped ears are
selected for the seed plat. Six kernels
from each ear are tested for germina-
ton. Any ears that show poor germl-
natl, n or weak yellow plants are dis
carded.
In marking the stalks TO be saved for
seed, the general appearance Of the stalk
should be considered. 1t should be Of
medium height for the variety, thick At
the butt, and gradually tapering, close
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Company, Portland, Oregon, offer New
Deere Corn Planter.
Division L, Glass 2.
For best five acres Of corn grown on
non-irrigated land, to be judged under
the same rules as provided for the one
acre contests, 100 field selected ears and
IL selected stalks to be exhibited at the
show, the International Harvester Com
pany of America offers prize consist.
ing of Two-Horse Riding Cultivator.
Division M, Glass l.
For the best 10 acres Of corn grown
xnder irrigation, to be judged by the
same rules as the one-acre contests, 100
field selected ears of seed corn and 6
stalks to be exhibited at the show, the
Oregon Moline Plow Co., Portland, Ore
gon, will give two-h horse walking Corn
Cultivator.
Division M, Glass Q.
For the best 10 acres of corn grown
without irrigation, to be judged by tho
same rules as the one-ccre contests, 100
field selected ears of seed corn and 8
stalks to be exhibited at the show, the
Parlin & Orendorff Northwest Plow Co.,
Portland, Oregon, will give King Cul.
tivator with No. 21 gangs. !
Division N, Glass 2.
To the boy or girl under l6 years OF
age entering the twelve best seed earn
of his own selection, with story of how
the crop was grown, Lou S. Smith, as
sistant agriculturist, O.-W. R. & N. Coz
will give an Eastman Vest Pocket
Kodak with two rolls of films. Contest
open only to Wasco, Sherman, Gilllams
Morrow and Grant counties, Oregon.
| Corn need not be grown by contestant,
but must be grown on upland without
irrigation. Exhibit to count 50 ana
story so. a
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Division I, Glass 2.


For best 100 ears Flint corn grown
on upland by dry farming methods, 70
stalks and statement of how grown to
accompany the exhibit, the J. l. Case
Threshing Machine Co., Portland, Ore
gon, will give Racine Rotary Harrow.
Division J, Glass /.
Best two acres of Dent corn grown
on irrigated land, to be judged by the
same rules provided for the one acre
contests, 100 ears of field selected seed
corn and 6 stalks, to be exhibited, a
Riding Cultivator, offered by R. M.
Wade & Co., Portland Oregon.
Division J, Glass 2.
For best two acres non-irrigated Dent
corn grown by dry farming methods,
Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co., Portland,
Oregon, and Spokane, Washington, offer
a prize consisting of J. l. Case Lister,
Subsoiler and Seed Drill, combined, an
excellent tool for the dry land farmer.
To be judged by rules of one-acre con-
tests, 100 ears field selected seed corn
and 12 stalks to be exhibited.
Division K, Glass 2.
For the best three acres of corn grown
on non-irrigated land. The corn to be
judged by the same rules as provided
for the one-acre contests, 100 ears of
corn and 12 stalks to be exhibited at
the show. The Oliver Chilled Plow
Works, Portland, Oregon, will give one
No. Is Variable Drop Corn Planter.
Division L, Glass i.
For the best five acres of corn, irri-
gated, to be judged under same rules as
provided for the one-acre contests, 100
field selected ears and IL stalks to be
exhibited II the show, the John Deere
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the prize is offered for one acre or
more, separate plot must be assigned
for each entry. Where the prize is
given for ears of corn, the corn may
come from tho acre or more that is in
competition for another prize, but a
separate exhibit from that required by
the acre contest.
10--All entries should contain cars in
nearly uniform in size, shape and color
as practicable.
11-All exhibits should be plainly
marked as to what prize the entry is
competing for. Read carefully Rule 8.
Division A-O.-W. R. 4 N. Co.
Best Acre.