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lesson that was not interrupted in
some way or other) and as the cover.
ing had already been removed I do
not know II the box had been sent
from distance or come by hand. The
Princess showed the boys Gen. Won
Klucks visiting card and the writing
on it. which said: French chocolate
from France. for two brave young
German soldiers
Later tina. day the Prince came
and asked to see the box from old
Won Kluck,' which by that time was
half empty. He looked at the card
and laughed The old daredevil he
Chuckled.
II have heard 1t said since came
back To England. by a Frenchman,
that Gen. Won Kluck is supposed to
have visited France incognito to look
at some quarries near scissors which
Germans bought and secretly made
ready to use as trenches, beginning
their work a year before the war
broke out"
During the last few months of her
service the governess observed that
both her employer. a dashing young
Prince. and the Crown Prince seemed
TO be developing a preference for the
society of older. serious men. one
afternoon came the Crown Prince and
Won Hindenburg, an elderly. square
jawed. bold eyed officer"
Il can still recall quite wildly" the
author writes. the personality of Gen.
Won H!ndenburg. which stood out in
the greatest possible contrast to the
two young and slender men. our Prince
with his absent minded smile and the
Crown Prince with his smart little
mustache and light Colored animal
eyes that surprised one with their sud-
den goggl!ng look
Gen. Won Hindenburg seemed to me
to be all made of squares. Not only
We're his big fighting jaws square,
his head. with hair Combed back en-
hrosse. was square also. Even his
eyes. under heavy rather swollen lids.
were square at the ends. His nose
was square, his ears We're square, and
his huge mustache, which appeared to
be artlfclally prolonged by a patch
OF beard let in to piece II out. was
brushed out square on he square
cheeks"
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or perched along the fences. The
buyers include some of the most en-
pert judges of horsefiesh in the world.
The principal horse dealing firms OF
the United States are represented to-
gethcr with buyers for the European
CRIMES, and even buyers from Japan.
The sale proceeds very rapidly and
often sew raj thousand horses will be
put through their PAGES before the
purchasers and disposed of in a single
hour.
\ herd Of perhaps forty horses will
he driven from an enclosure along thu
high boarded runways with the aid
of perhaps a dozen riders. The
horses come pounding INTO the en-
closure in a cloud of dust. The auc-
tione,r. who is always mounted,
cracks long whip and, with the aid
of his cowboy assistants. puts the
horses through their PAGES, They are
driven around the enclosure before
the grandstand two or three times
and then bidding IS commenced
1t Is usually necessary to shout the
prices at the top of their voices N
order to be heard above the confusion
of pounding hOofs The auc,ionecr
announces the good points of the
horses on sale. The auction is fire.
quently interrupted by fight among
the horses or a desperate attempt of
one of the horses TO climb the en-
closure.
\ few minutes at most SufficoS to
complete the sale and At a signal the
bars at one side of the enclosure are
flied and the cowboys Skilfully drive
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n these days of automobiles it Is
not generally realized that horse

T these days of automobile ii Is
not generally realized that horse
= raising is still a profitable in
dustry as well as an important factor
in American oversee commerce. 1t is
estimated that more than 100000
horses have been shipped to Europe
since the beginning Of the war, destined
for use in the field, and the shipments
are steadily increasing.
The American horses are used for
the most part in the cavalry and ar
tillery services. A single firm n New
York Is now completing a shipment
Of $4,000 horses. which will reach Eu-
rope by way Of Italy, from where they
will be forwarded as quickly as pos
sible to the armies of the Allies at
the front.
The horses purchased by the Euro
pean armies are as rule short legged,
shaggy animals capable of great en-
durance. Probably 40 per cent. Of the
horses sent abroad for army service
have not been broken to the halter.
Such horses are of little value for
breeding purposes and as far as the
improvement of horsefiesh in general
is concerned the country is we'll rid
Of them.
The entire country Is being ram
sacked to meet the European demand
A large proportion of the horse sup
ply Is gathered from the Western
plains. The great ranges and the
markets where the horses are gath
cred for sale are picturesque sur
vivals Of the wild Western life, which
Is now rapidly passing.
The collection Of this army of horses
for Europe suggests great wild west
show on an immense scale. Thousands
Of cowboys are required for the work
and much daring riding and driving
must be done before the tens OF thou
sands Of horses are rounded up on the
ranges and finally entrained for the
East
The largest of the horse markets,
which Is located at Miles City, Mon,
has supplied thousands of the horses
and will continue to ship them. No
wild west show In the East can rival
In interest this great horse market.
Months are required to round up the
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Mail Seven Years Late

NTHEN Miss Marion Holt Of
w Brooklyn was years old, and
that was seven years ago, her
aunt. living only block away, mailed
s'h'!S'mas postcard TO her. The card
was delivered only a few days ago,
having been in hiding all this time
sm"wAcrc in India. Postmarks OF
BOMBAY ana Calcutta were on 1t, and
u was finally discovered in the dead
t''"r Office at the latter city. The a,i-,
of',- was quite leglble and the mys-
h'5 is how the card remained unde-
nF'i'' so long, as we'll as how It went
l. India
I"" years ago Cyrus Howell OF
i"hF'r' received a card from a man
WI signed himself Samuel p. Hearne
VI attic" and who wrote that be-
calS" ~ falling health he could no
longer hold package sent in his care
Tor James h. Howell expected down
IRON Alaska, Howell of Yonkers could
not make out what was meant, but the
arrival Of the package explained
things,
His father, Cyrus Howell ST., had
mailed the package to Seattle In the
care OF iiearne In 1886, for his brother,
James b. Howell The Yonkers sender
.,eu Ten years ago, and the Alaska
novel; in 1895, Hearne had kept the
package faithfully. fully believing II
would be called for by the addressee.
.ie thought there was no necessity for
sending any word about 1t. With him
: .ea's meant nothing compared with
ne obllgation Of trust reposed in
"sn cyrus Howell. Jr.. opened the
package sent west before he was born.
contained half dozen books, the
'A'o'!le volumes Of his deceased uncle
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The Wide Wide West

,.,,,,- ,.,,,.
n NJ" i'''N man was i'E'h'hE
n Nts'o,h ",p' nor ''''auS' ne
wanted no. nut from sens OF
uu'y 10 see Vhe greatness W 'ne "hu
~ c "H' Nv ""' WI wa p''''D
iun OF NOES t"rouS" every on" OF
Wn'on ne '"u'u '",''' Sl'h'PS'S "t HIS
w ''''""S :" mo- '''',''''
II" n'" gone 10 '1l"'r""' 'n'h'' I'D
,,,t 49, vs.
ino''nS 'aSt"''d "Nr = Sha,'' II"
,, $3.50, '..7 Wv, W. '''''"' q W 10y
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IG1T" THAT WARNS LINERS FROM ROBBINS REEF
Mrs. Kate Walker and
Her Long Service in
Lonely Tower So
Familiar to All New
Workers

Reef To-day only Mrs. Walker and
her son live at the Lighthouse.
Mrs. Walker draws a salary of $50
a month, and she Is one Of twenty
seven women in the same branch Of
Uncle Sans service. In almost every
case either these women themselves or
their husbands have done some brave
dead or performed some notable act
for which their appointment came by
way of recognition or reward.
The original Robbins Reef light
house was built as far back as 1899,
but the present beacon dates only
from 1888. 1t rests, however, on the
firm foundation that 50 long supported
its predecessor. The lamp is fifty
six feet above mean high water and
its white flashes. one every six Sec
onds. have visible range in fair
weather of thirteen nautical miles.
Should the fog siren fail to work
then the keeper sees to It that a
deep toned bell sends its booming
warnings into tn misty gloom every
fift en- seconds. Mrs. Walker is re-
spoons BILE for the efficient funct.oning
of these triple navigational guides.
Mrs Walker, when she is asked tho
question tnat Is llrSt on the lips Oh
the few visitors that find their way
to Robbins Reef light, Don't you
get lonesome here" always turns
bright face toward the questioner, and
smiling. denies that she knows what
the feeling means. In fact, she says
she finds herself far more lonely In
a crowded street on her infrcquent
visits To the city than she ever could
on he isolated reef.
AS Mrs. Walker is always ready %
testify, there is enough work to be
done around any lighthouse TO keep
any one from feeling lonely Like
every other bit of property that Uncle
Sam owns everything about it must
he kept spick and span. All housewives
VIII appreciate that this means con-
stant cleaning. Then there is the
light. which is Of first importance Of
course. and which must not be allowed
to go out for as much as a second
The siren. too, must be kept going
when there is the least suggestion Of
fog. In fact. the bell is the only thing
that causes Mrs. Walker no trouble,
for it is operated by wave power.
Taken altogether there Is plenty Of
occupation for Mrs. Walker and her
son and not much time to indulge q
yearning for crowds.
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before deciding to use 1t herself and
would have milliners fit II with hats
rather than chose one to sui. her own
style merely from seeing 1t in the
mirror. Gowns were shown to her in
the same way when they arrived from
Paris or Vienna. said the gossip who
told me the tale and the first time
the measurements which fitted :he fig
urine proved too small for the Prin-
cesss waist there were tears.
I. was the gossipy Countess who
bahbed with the governess concerning
n 1910 was in reality a sublimated
spying expedition.
she drew my attention" writes the
governess. Ito the fact tina. the young
man. who was then only %. was emf
nently fitted by Germany's supreme
ally. God. for a superspy.
"'If you don't take particular notice
of his sly, queer eyes. she said. you
may think him an innocent, good
natured boy, always smiling and
laughing. and with his fathers open
manner. But of course all who really
know these two men know that their
frankness is their stock in trade.
THE Countess laughed very much
as she told me about a couple of
scrapbooks treasured by the Crown
Prince. one he labelled, 'Wha; / Am:
the other. What l Am Not
I'm what I AM the Prince was
represented a hero of courage as air
man. steeplechaser. motorist and
soldier. The only so-called adverse
criticisms described him in paragraph
and cartoon as a regular daredevil and
hothead, sometimes getting himself
out OF frying pans into fire from chiv-
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w o man the Faithful
Keeper of Be aeon
That Marks Most
Dangerous Shoal in
Upper Bay

7 I you nave ever peeh "poaiu vi d"
Incoming liner noslng her way
i along the upper bay you may
,,,,,. hovo heard tho milo, co,l
-.
from the pr'use u" misty MS NJ
"Thtre IL Isl" and he meant then the
flashing CLEAN Of Robbins Reef light
Al. ,,o-,,s tho southeastern edge Of
''"' IT,, a., ,o,,u
that WEN N''' 80
ming Of the turn INTO the ALL van Null
The CLINT from that beacon and the
,.,rs., hast of its siren have guided
-. .u .,. ,,,.
'houS"'O' VI '''Ps
s1ohs '"'' pa,e IL, ~ a. -
way "nu ''o III. -. 80.
ta'o' ""V ' - ~, -. .,.u"s
a'o"s Wv IS "a, -, -.
""eh i'S or" VI"
confuse ""''
But there Is another name LOT TINS
well known ala TO the sallormah'
Among the pusy podtileh Oh the pays
and port IL Is 'aI'eu Nate Lisht,
and TINS - personal trloute 10 us
CUSTODIAN Mrs nate walker
Years ago Mre' walker moved there
ana made that water rIhgeu, Isolated
spot her nome "heh her huSoahu was
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other. showing the whole continent OF
America. and on the southern part
there were more red markings. not
rings. but several crosses and arrows
pointing to them from the sea"
OF Prince Won Buelow the governess
received a favorable impression. She
met him one summer at her Princess's
palace when he was visiting in Ger
many.
Il thought him by far the mos,
agreeable German OF any rank that
had ever met" she says. HE had
talked a good deal about his garden
in Rome and said that 1t seemed to
him beautiful enough to make up 10
any man for any disappointments in
life which he could possibly suffer.
The Countess told me then that when
ever Prince Won Bueow did not wish
to talk on a certain subject he always
changed II to that of roses. II he
likes he can make any one, even the
Emperor, think for few minutes that
roses are the most important things
on earth she said
From other things she told me I
understood that Prince Won Beulow's
roses had had TO make up to him for
soma very serious disappuintments.
But | never saw man with an air OF
being better pleased with a glorious
world than that handsome statesman
with his urbane smile and deeply cleft
chin. II he had been Ambassador to
Italy at the time of the August crisis I
can almost believe that he might have
made the third member OF the Triple
Alliance think roses iof friendship
the most important things on earth"
one interesting anecdote is told to
show how Germans influenced English
public opinion about English person.
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alrous impulsiveness. or being rebuked
by his imperial father for 'Zabern
telegram; and in this book could be
found a carefully weeded history OF
the case Of Count Ferdinand Won Hoch.
berg. the Princes intimate friend. who
sacrificed his title for love and emf
grated to New York after marrying
a pretty shop girl OF Berlin"
One day. when the governess was
sent to the Crown Princes palace to
bring home her little charges. she
CHANGED to see some interesting maps
on table in the smoking room. where
the children had been taken by the
Crown Prince. The officers who had
been in the room had just left. all but
one.
"'Come and see this nice map OF
England said my elder Prince.
THE officer looked a little en-
barrassed. but made no objection, so
! walked up to the table. The map
lying on top of some Others showed
all Great Britain, but only part OF
Germany. with Holland, Belgium and
the coast of France. All over the map
We're concentric rings done in red ink
and stretching across the sea from the
continent to our island.
II did not know what the meaning
OF these rings and other markings
could be and could not ask the officer,
who was stranger. He was too po-
lite to snatch them from under my
eyes. but he let me see that he had
been about TO take them away just as
] came. | stepped back from the table
after a glance and the moment I did
so the officer began rolling up the map
] had seen.
"Under il / now caught sight Of an
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Supplying Over 12O Horses Warning

weeks in advance. They are for the
most part green horses, only a small
percentage having felt the bride. on
arriving at the market they are
driven into series of pens, each en-
closure holding from thirty To fifty
animals. The pens are enclosed by
high board fences of very strong con-
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struction. Upward Of hundred
cowboys are employed in the market
alone in rounding up the animals.
driving them from one enclosure to
another and displaying them for sale.
The horses are auctioned off in a
large arena, The purchasers are
seated in covered stand at one side
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horses for a single sale. when thou
sands of horses will be displayed and
disposed of in a few hours. At one
OF these horse auctions witnessed by
the writer more than 10000 horses
were sold in less than three days.
The horses are driven in or shipped
from the surrounding country for
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her to and fro. Passing tugs and
barges had reason TO remember the
little girl. for often she waved them a
greeting as they went on their way.
In time the crews and shippers came
to speak Of her as the Maid Of the
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Walker ministered alike to the
sufferer and to the light. So
we'll did she discharge the OFF,
cial duties that the Lighthouse
Board appointed her to succeed her
late husband and so long has she since
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the keeper she has a vigorous assist
ant in her son. who shoulders the
heavier duties Of the light and man.
ages entirely the mechanism Of the
fog siren.
There was time when there was
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been in charge that the station has
won its popular nicknames Of Walk
er's Light or Rates Light.
To-day Mrs. Walker is too aged to
do the rougher work demanded Of
the position and while still officially
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-03-19
SWEDISH SHIP IS
SUNK BY GERMANS
six Or CREW PERISH AND FOUR
TEEN REACH LAND AFTER
VESSEL is ToRPEDoED.
Steamer Displayed National coIors
and Had Her Name and National
ity Painted on Her sides in
Large Letters.

Hull.-Fourteen survivors Of the
crew Of the swedish steamer Hanna,
which was torpedoed by submarine
off Scarborough on the coast of Eng
land, early Saturday were landed here
by steamer which picked them up.
Six of the crew were either drowned
or killed by the explosion.
The second mate, who was on the
bridge at the time of the attack, said
that he did not see the submarine,
which gave no noice Of her inten-
tions. He saw the torpedo approach
ing, but 1t was too late to maneuver
the ship so as to avoid it. The explo.
sion caused the forepart of the deck
to fall in, imprisoning several of the
crew in the forecastle.
The vessel foated for half an hour
after being struck, giving the surviy-
ors time to take to the boats.
The Hanna was bound from the
Tyne for Las Pulmas, Canary islands
When torpedoed she was displaying
her national colors, according to the
survivors, and her name and nation
ality painted on her sides in letters
reaching from the bulwarks to the
water line. Therefore, the rescued
men declare, it was impossible for hel
to be mistaken for a British ship.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-03-19
CARRANzA RAISES
BLOCKADE OF PORT
FIRST CHIEF TAKES ACTION IN
TIME TO PREVENT CLASH
WITH AMERICANS.
Had Been Advised That United
States Was Ready TO open
Port by Force to Insure Free
dom Of Communication.

Washington President Wilson has
determined that all the rival factions
in Mexico shall be compelled, if neces-
sary, not only to respect the lives and
property of foreigners, hut to insure
freedom of commercial communication
between the United States and its
southern neighbor
This policy, enunciated in the last
two notes sent to General Carranza
concerning the situation at Mexico
City, was further developed by the
dispatch OF a communication inform
ing the Mexican chief that unless the
gunboat Zaragoza was recalled from
its attempted blockade Of the port Of
Progreso, the president of the United
States would be constrained to issue
instructions" to the commander of the
armored cruiser Des Moines ito pre-
vent any interference" with American
ships going to or from the port
The purpose of this note apparent
" was achieved before it reached
Vera Cruz, for the navy department
received word Monday that the cara
goza had put back to Vera Cruz ION
account Of the stress of weather. :
The opinion of officials is that there
will be no further attempt to block
AIDE
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-03-19
veroes BOISE CHARTER BILL.
Governor Alexander Finds Joker in
Measure and Disapproves 1t.

Boise, Idaho.-The Boise charter
bill, in which he discovered a joker
in that it repealed commission gov
eminent in this city, together with the
civil service police force bill apply
ing to Boise, and seven other acts,
were vetoed by Governor Alexander
on March ID. Eight other bills were
signed, including two measures direct
ing common carries and authorizing
the utility commission to issue passes
to state officials and sheriffs and their
deputies in the respective counties.
They are house bills Nos. 129 and 1870.
One salary reduction measure, house
bill No. 291, was also signed, reducing
the salary of public utility commits
sioners from $4,000 to $4,000 per an
mum.
The vetoes include two salary bills,
one to give Minnie Priest Dunton,
state librarian, 5000 additional salary,
and the other to give Willard White
and sister, former commandant and
matron of the soldiers, home, back
salary of $500. The Conner bill to
give the warden OF the penitentiary
$50 month additional salary and two
acts seeking to regulate the practice
OF surgery without license, were We
toed.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-03-19
GOVERNOR SIGNS
THE HIGHWAY BILL
APPROVES MEASURE WHICH
CHANGES SYSTEM or COLLECT
ING AUTOMOBILE LICENSES.
sixty Percent of All Licenses to be
RENTED to Counties for use
in Construction Of Their Pcr-
ton of Highways.

Boise, Idaho.-The state of Idaho.
in the future, will operate under a
new state highway commission, com.
posed of two members appointed by
the governor and the secretary of state
ex-officio member for the chief execu-
tive of this state signed the act among
nine others that he attached his sig
nature to on March IL.
The new highway law changes theh
system of collecting automobile II
censes. Instead OF being paid to the
secretary of the state, they are col
lected in each county by the tax col
lector. Chauffeurs are required to
take out a license, paying 81 for 1t.
Sixty per cent of all licenses is per-
mitted to counties for use on con-
structing their portion of the highway
system.
Otker acts signed by the governor
include three irrigation bills, two edu-
cationaI senate bills, Nos. 1862 and 1853,
and senate bill No. 104, providing the
manner by which foreign executors
and administrators may satisfy mort
cages In any county in the state
The Idaho legislature, before 1t adj
journed on March 8, approved the bill
appropriating s6S7690 to meet the
drain in the treasury during the years
1915 and 1916.
The general appropriation bills car.
rted 500, 172.50; the judicial budget,
s250,0O0 the general deficiency act,
$52,437.74, and the charitable and
penal institutions, $363,000.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-03-19
eEAcHY FALLS TO HIS DEATH.
Fair Visitors Witness Tragic End of
Career Of Daring Aviator.

San Francisco.-The spectacular ca
reer of Lincoln Beachy, one of the
most daring of American aviators, was
ended Sunday when he fell to his
death at the Panama-Pacific exposi-
ton in sight of thousands Of specta.
tors
The fatal fall was attributed to the
fact that Beachy intrusted his life
for the first time to a new monoplane.
The machine was at an altitude of
about 5000 feet when Beachy shut
off his power. For several seconds 1t
dropped head on for the earth and
then the aviator grasped his control
lever to adjust the planes for the
graceful descent which had character
lied his previous flights. At that
point the wings crumpled like col
lapsed umbrella and the aeroplane,
turning over and over in its fall,
plunged into San Francisco bay, mar
rowly missing vessel lying at the
government transport docks.
Beachy's body was recovered
about two hours after the accident.
Divers, searching the shallow in
shore waters of the bay, found the
crushed form of the airman entangled
in the twisted rods and torn canvas of
the machine.
Doctors believe Beachy was slight
Iy injured by the fall, and was
drowned when he was pinned under
meath the wrecked machine.