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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-08

point at an altitude of seven thou sand and thirty-two hundred feet above the level of the valley beneath. one gazes outward toward the high Sierras and behods a panorama of natural beauty perhaps unsurpassed in the world, for each peak or sories o& peaks rises higher, terrace-like, until the view is lost In the meet of the mountains and the sky. The Merced River may be traced for miles almost to it's source, where like tiny thread of silver 1t seems to lay upon the gray rocks or the green mountain sides or even lost now and then as it appears to mingle with the perennial snow capped hills. winding it's way by leaps and bounds from it's small beginning In the lofty peaks far beyond until It reaches the valley, big. rushing river. One looks down on the Yosemite Falls and IIl Capitan with its Widows Tears scarcely visible from this distance. South Dome looms up in all its ma jesty; the Liberty Cap lifts it's mighty head toward fits place in the sun" the Vernal Falls and the Navada Falls are seen shining In the green gorge. while the hotel in the valley appears like a tiny hut. Now and then some foolhardy person goes out to the end of the rock and does d silly stunt for a photographer. while another walks out cautiously, peers down for a mo- ment and then draws back terror stricken, and others more timid re- fuse to even stand on this projecting stone which has hung in It's peculiar position for centuries Late In the afternoon as the sun passes over the mountains edge its rays bring out the beauty and grandeur of that eastern view. First the entire eastern land scape is aglow with the soft, even light of the departing day playing upon the hills and mountains and streams and snow and ice--a scene of indescribable beauty: and as shadows gather one by one the peaks lose the blaze of the sun until some lofty spire in the dim dis tance gives the last kiss to another day and darkness falls over the land --and this is one of the many charms of that most delightful spot-the Yo- semitic Valley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-08

After while you catch a glimpse of the glorious Vernal Falls pouring it's white foam down the dark canyon in a staid, orderly manner and keep ing the foliage on it's sides green by it's incessant baptism. The river at this point is about eighty feet wide and the drop Is over three hundred and fifty feet A trail leads to the top where there is level plateau over which the climber may walk in safety along the river as 1t comes from Emerald Pool and watch the chang Ing color of the water as 1t leaps over the precipice.
 A mile or more further on the trail comes upon the Nevada Falls. the same stream which at this point forms sloping falls six hundred feet in height and in point of beauty rivals the Yosemite and Bridal Veil, al- though 1t is of an entirely different type. and is regarded as one of the most remarkable waterfalls in the world. Its leaps are made by twists and turns, and it swishes out of pot holes in It's descent until the water is so churned that 1t becomes a mass of white foam. Indeed. at distance the profile view makes the falls. ap- pear like great mass of snow. The setting of the Nevada Falls Is par ticularly beautiful with the Liberty Cap and Mount Broderick at its back. i The travellers dismount there to give the horses a rest before the climb up the zig gag trail begins--an ingenious path built up against the side of the mountain Half an hour later Glacier Point is reached and the tired riders dismount to feast their eyes on the glories of miles of snow-capped noun tains.
 l Standing on the hanging rock at this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-08

Fortunately, for my reputation as an inspector, we picked up new clews to the real perpetrators of the post office robbery, arrested them and got their confessions.
 Soon after being transferred to the New York division I was assigned to those cases where the mails were be- ing used in schemes to defraud. There were many such cases to be run down, but none seemed to have the ramifica- tions of fake mining stock scheme in which the promoters were on fair road to clean up millions unless they could be checked with a sudden pinch.
 The company under exploitation was the Dos Estrellos Mining and De- velopment Company and those behind the swindle were Louis Prince, well known as "The Bucket Shop King" J. Walter Labaree. who once failed for half a million while conducting a chain of bucket shops; and George w. Emmanuel. Prince, after had cleared up the case, jumped his $6,000 bail and went to Paris where he made a fortune in moving picture concessions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-08
Post Office Inspector Tells of His Thrilling Pursuit ofThiS Brand of Criminal, Which In Majorityof Cases Is Guided By the Brains of Woman Battling the Lowly Yeggs and 0utwit-
 ting the High Brow Sharpers.
Copyright 1915. by The International Syndicate

youngest having left home an hour earlier to shoot squirrel or two for the days dinner.
 Deciding to scout about the prem ises a little. we emerged from the hut and had walked only short dis lance when We spied one of the broth CTS approaching He had seen us first, all right. for his rifle, although apparently carelessly carried. was trained directly at us.
 l called to him that We had come to have a talk with him about the post office affair. and the best thing that he could do would be to join us where we could talk at closer range. He said he preferred to remain where he was. but as for the post office rob bery he didn't know anything about 1t and he would not talk about it if he did. By this time had managed to draw my revolver. but the boy was toe quick for me. He slowly raised his rifle to his shoulder and drew care ful bead on my friend jeff
 You can shoot me as quick as you damn please" the youngster drawled. but the moment you raise that gun of yours I'll blow the top of Jen's head off,
 The little rascal had us all right, so 1t was case of barley. I suggested that we discard our weapons and then sit down and talk like two sensible human beings. He agreed, so we threw our firearms aside.
 No sooner had Jeff's and my mist tol struck the ground, however, than a voice, almost in my ear drawled:
 Now 'aint all you been here long enough? Suppose you lights out and starts for where you all belongs"
 Boy In Tree Trapped Them.
 Jeff and I wheeled around and look ing directly overhead spied the third boy perched on the limb of a tree. A big rifle. its barrel sawed short, point ed directly at my head. This young scamp had been in the tree all the time and could have blown the tops of our heads off at will
 No argument was necessary As we moved back the first boy recovered his own rife and Jeff's and my revolver. as well. and slowly advancing ordered us to stand "hands up." Then he marched us off to safe distance where we were again halted The smaller boy scrambled down the tree and mounted guard over us while the elder brother darted into the hut. He was out in second, supporting his ill and stricken brother. He got the sick boy over the fence and then, call ing to our sentry, the three of them scrambled off in the underbrush and that was the last we ever saw of them. or of my revolver either. for that matter.
 When we recovered from our sur prise we sat down and laughed until our sides ached. Those three little rascals had made us look as cheap as a pair of plugged nickelsi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-08
A Short Sketch of This Beautiful Na- iional Playground of the SierraS.
Copyright. 1915, by Tlc International
 Syudicate

~EW places in the world present Gs- within such narrow compass M so much natural beauty as the
 Yosemite valley-so much so that one hardly knows where to begin or what to say or when to stop revel- ing about it's charm. Some of it's prospects beggar description and Ian guage proves wholly inadequate to DOT tray the grandeur and sublimity of it's scenery
 Discovered By Indians.
 The Yosemite was discovered and named by the Indians. it's name signi- flying Big Grizzly Bear The Red Men were awed at the sight of it's glacier marked battlements. it's sheer precipices and it's mighty waterfalls. and they looked upon it with a sort of reverence. Probably the first white man who saw the wonderful canyon was Dr. Bunnell in the Winter of ls49 He was ascending the old Bear Valley trail from Redley's Ferry on the Merced River when "an immense cliff loomod up apparently to the sum- nit of the mountains" This was the mighty Fl Capitan, one of the great peaks of the Yosemite.
 Made A National Park.
 In 1890 the Yosemite and surround ing forests-a total area of thirty-six miles in length by forty eight in breadth was granted by Congress to the State of California as a reserva- ton, and in 1905 it was re-ceded to the Federal Government by that State sand became known as The Yosemite s National Park
 The climb is made by easy stages 10 the floor of the valley four thou
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-08

E<AA ONOTONY has no place in the H H R life of post office inspector. E W Y There are so many nimble- lH " k witted sharpers at large that scores upon scores of them daily run counter to the Federal laws, especial ly those pertaining to the United States malls. My work as an in spector covers an experience of many years in which I served my time stalk ing outlaws in the Tennessee noun tains. or tracking down the most re- sourceful and cunning of get-rich- quick artists of the biggest cities of the east
 While l shall devote the greater part Of the space allotted to me here in telling of my pursuit and capture of the get rich quick operators. never theless. an experience in which I was made to look so cheap. and so amateurish by three raw, green noun tain boys remains so fresh In my mem ory that I can't resist the tempta- ton to tell of 1t here.
 I had been detailed to investigate the robbery of a post office far back in the Tennessee mountains. The post office in question was fifty miles from Onion. the nearest town. l went to Obion and learned from Jeff Lowell, the postmaster. that I would have to make the trip on horseback and he volunteered to show me. the way.
 It was a long ride and hard one, but we finally covered the distance and soon got down to all the facts avail able. There were no tangible clews at hand. The only threads we could pick up that were worth Investigating was the fact that three boys. brothers, ranging from twelve to sixteen years old. were living in hut far up the mountain side. None knew how they lived. or from what source they de- rived the little money they offered in payment for the occasional purchases they made at the country store. They were orphans and following the death of a -do-well father struck out for themselves and built the little hut in which they lived. Their regulations were unsavory to say the least.
 Boy III In His Hovel.
 There, apparently, was nothing by which the boys could be connected with the robbery. but Jeff and start ed out to look them over and then grill them if possible. After a tor tuous climb up the almost perpendlc- ular and rocky trail we arrived at the hut, the door of which was ajar Opening wide the door l entered, and there huddled on a pile of straw. and covered by a frayed and ragged blanket lay boy. his sunken cheeks, sallow complexion. dull lustreless eyes and emaciated form clearly indicating that he was suffering from the ravages of malaria fever, so prevalent in that district. The boy was almost too i'll to talk, but we finally learned that he was the second, or, as he put it, the '.raiddlin brother" the eldest and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-08

peculiar name was given to the stream he answered "because it only flowed two months" The Three Brothers, passed before reaching the hostelry- a comfortable house nestling in the shadow of this massive rock. Those who prefer camp life will find num- Der of well run tented villages. The whole reservation is patrolled " Unit ed States soldiers who are quick to put stop to disorder or vandalism
 Months might be spent in the Yo- semite, but unfortunately the workaday world will not permit the aver lge per- son to finger for so long a time in this paradise of nature, but this fact need not deter the traveller as one can gain a fair idea of it's beauties In a few days stay. Trails lead to the diff ferent points of interest and those who are fond of walking are enthusiastic over the manner in which they are laid out and marked. One of these leads to Yosemite Falls-that great mass of water which In three leaps makes a descent of twenty-six hun dred feet with roar that rrverber- ates from cliff to cliff and shakes win
 '" dows mile away. The water shoots over the rocks with an amazing ve-- locity and in masses which resemble a comet with long streaming tail like combed silk. The water balls fall with a hissing sound. bursting when they are half way down, into feathery spray and losing their identity in the mist Like the Bridal Veil the Yo- semitic is swayed by the wind and at times the whole mass of water is brushed aside revealing the waterworn rock background. while at others. 1t is swept back against the stone with a terrific thud. As all the photographs of this remarkable cataract must be taken at a great distance owing to it's height none of them show the comet like formation to any great exrfnt.
 Big Trees. V
 The big tree section of the Yo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-08

said. The hoie was only about eighteen feet square. but by taking photographs of the excavation. which later were enlarged. there was shown a greatly magnified view of the dig gings.
 There were a few photographs of a tlourishing stamping mill in full op- eration. This mill was represented as their own. although as a matter of fact they had never seen 1t. No soon CT were these photographs obtained than the schemers incorporated the Mutual Trust Company of Mexico. which company, according to the pros pectuses and other literature guar anteed the stock and bonds of Dos Estrellos Mining Company, on which the promoters agreed to pay two per cent. month. dividends. But the crowning achievement of the schemers was an additional guarantee of the stock and bonds of the fake company by Speyer X Company of Mexico City, This name was similar to that of the big New York bankers and the lambs never even took the trouble to find out that the two concerns had no con nection whatsoever"
 This information came so pat and such aid was further vouchsafed by my informant that after verifying it in spots, we despatched Post Office Inspector Hamilton to Taxo, Mexico where the bogus mine was located while l mounted guard in New York. In the meantime managed to get hold of a full set of the literature and learned that all and more than my informant had told me was true. Mail was still pouring in on the swindlers land from one of their office clerks, lwho had succeeding in winning over, learned they already had taken in a sum in excess of a million dollars.
 A Gigantic Swindle.
 In tea days I heard from Inspector Hamilton. Conditions In Mexico he reported were even worse than we had feared. The little hole in the ground hadn't a semblance of ore in it, and the photograph of the stamping mill was that of one belonging to reputa- ble concern doing business miles dis tant. The trust company had no as- sets, whatever, and it's "palatial offices consisted of one tiny back room on the top noof or tunlDleu- down building in an obscure street.
 , With this information at hand we knew 1t was time to swoop down on our quarry. We made our raid late one Saturday afternoon. We seized Prince and Emmanuel at their desks and while we were grilling them Labaree came stalking in. We were dumbfounded to see him there, for we had supposed he was employed by the Quidbo Gold Dredging Company. He protested that he had no connec- ton with Dos Estrellos Company oth- CT than as a customer, but we deemed it safer to take him into custody also. Later we found he was just as deep In the mire as the rest of them and his indictment and conviction speedily followed.
 More Lambs Are Slaughtered.
 five million dollar swindle Is of sufficient magnitude to entitle 1t to mention here. This outfit consisted of the Burr Brothers and their victims could be found in every State in the Union. Our department was lombard ed with complaints from so many per sons that I was not only detailed to
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-21

clsions within third Of an
inch o. each end Take up every fold each
strip together sghtiy 81 Idle and drop them
into hot fat. Drain on a piece OF butchers paper
For raised doughnuts the recipe Is recon-.
nended:- ssss n, NJ 3 III n
One pint risen milk bread dough one cup sugar,
two eggs, one tablespo melted spice to
taste, flour enough to roll out.
Have the board well Toured and the fat heating
RolIonly large spoonful at first cut INTO diamonds.
Mix trimmings with the other dough- and roll and
cut again. Gutout all the before starting
in to fry them that VIII take all Of yonr when
you have started. Both with crulers and doughnuts
well not to put too many cakes In the pot,
at one time they win cool the that cakes
will soak up too much grease. s;
To Make Oly-Kooks. "
Beat TO cream one cup of butter and two Of
sugar. Break IN two eggs; beating vigorously; add
half cup Of hot milk, half teaspoonful OF salt and
sifted flour to make a stiff batter. Beat well. Add
a cup. and half more Of hot milk and more sifted
flour until the batter as stiff as can be beaten wi
ease. Cool to "a lukewarm. add a yeast cake dis
solved in cup Of water. little more flour and
then beat until the batter blisters Cover ana set IL
"a warm place about twenty hours to rise. II
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-11-21

rere are No better things TO smell and taste In any
BART of the world than be found there and tne
uumhs and the '.aahsro Of all those who enter TINS
odorous region in when the festai aalnnes
prepared are % tne
fayorfrls quality Of the old fashioned cookery
oueen of the holiday pastries, the pumpkin pie
occupies the place Of honor. At this season
of the year at least French pastry withdraws mod.
favor Of the purely American WAND; nor y
HE bulwark OF British Chrstmases-thefm ince PIE
especially in keeping for Than
There are Of course families which serve Innce PIE
: on Thanksgiving Day. There are families wnicn
serve Ice cream. They are more to pe plteu Inan
blamed In the minds all those whose motto IN the
culinary world as elsewhere is "a place for every
thing and every thing in its place"
ssrhe pie, said a. b. stowe in oldtown, J" us an
English which, planted on American SOIL
Forthwith ran riot and burst INTO an untold variety
sof genera and Species 9 \,
very WELL but let any one who feels that the
pie no longer the greatest pastry OF time
the following recipe for the.
brand then candi confess his error.
no Make Pumpkin Pie 4: ,a ss
Select solid meated golden pumpkin, not too large.
The smaller ones flat at the ends usually sweet.
est Cut into pieces without peeling rejecting tne
seeds and inner shreds. Put into a large porcelain
lined kettle with about cupful Of boiling water 70
Keen from sticking cover and set on the back Of the
stove where It will cook slowly in its own juice:
mis- viii require five six hours, preferably longer
until the pumpkin becomes sweet tender and nearly
dry. Pun Off the loose skin and rub through q
coianer If II seems watery let It drain over night
Keeping the Juice for brown bread. When ready 70
bake the pies measure the pulp and to every five
cups allow one teaspoonful salt onequarter grated
nutmeg, a tablespoonful Of mace, one teaspoonful
ginger and aarge cup Of sugar Beat four eggs and
into the pumpkin pulp together with four cups q
sweet MIX and a half cup Of cream Beat well and
taste to see IL sweet enough. Turn into deep pie
plates lined with good pastry and bake three
y Of an hour. . q. ~ s,.,..-..
ia Next to the pumpkin pie, in point OF Thanksgvns
Importance come the cruller and the doughnu.t,
with perhaps the delicious olykook, memento Of the
days OF old New Amsterdam. making 3 scongental
third in this group Of toothsome fried cakes
y What is "a Doughnut'
"a much disputed point in culinary nomenclature
which RACES high in many parts Of the country IS the
question Of what's cruller and what lisa doughnut.
Some authorities insist that the square, rectangular
cylindrical cakes which have no holes In the mid
Ole are properly named crullers. These are made
with raised dough, very much like bread dough ex-
cept that It Is sweetened This however, is believed
the thoughtful historians of the artof cook
q Is VI z 4
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-02-11
HaMkeye Farmers Club

The Hawkeye Farmers Club
met February 9Th. 1915, at the
pleasant home OF NJ. and Mrs.
William Ioulthard. In spite
of the cold weather and the
badly drifted roads, six fami-
lies were represented and thor
oughlY enjoyed the meeting.
Meeting was called to order
at II &. IN with song by the
club.
Roll CaIl-Current Events.
Minutes of last meeting read
and approved.
Reading-Mrs. L. M. Mcln-
tosb.
Reading Mrs. Geo. McIn-
tosh.
Reading-Mrs. Wilson.
Club then adjourned until af-
ter dinner.
A de icious dinner was serv-
ed to tho guests and club mem
bers. After the usual visiting.
the club was called to order by
the Vice Pres Mrs Scebo)d.
Winnifred Glazier favored US
with a solo.
The questions were then TAX
en- up and discussed.
1. Is it advisable to feed
patent medicines and stock
food TO stock? Discussion op.
ened by Lem Mcintosh and de-
cided it is not.
2. What is the best method
of getting wheat stubble seed
ed to Alfalfa? Discussion op-
ened by Mr.. Quist and decided
discing the ground thoroughly
making a good seed bed and
sowing with nurse crop,
3 Does education have any
thing to DO with the high cost
of living? Discussion opened
by Mrs. Quist decided. it does
Program for March:
Rec Florence Wilson.
Readipg-Wi!'Iam Beei'e
Rec-Eunice Eahl,ng.
Original Paper Mrs. Q4'n.
lin.
sorg-CIub.
Reading Mrs. Coullhard.
Music-Club.
Reading-Mr. Scebold.
Reading Mr.. Beebe.
Music-Club.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-02-11
Horses Wanted

/ want to buy all the horses
and mares you will bring me.
They must be fat and should be
s to 9 years old, weight from
100 to 1900 pounds.
Drafts, Chunks and Mules
Will buy some good draft
horses weighing about 1900 lbs.
Chunks weighing from 1900 to
400. If you have any good
mules bring them in. / will
paw ali your stuff is worth.
Will be at O E Evans, Feb 13,
1915 Bring in your horses
that day if you want to sell
them-1 am coming to buy and
will pay all they are wol tn.
Will be there rain or shine.
Tell your neighbors.
e w. Shields.
Natl Stock Yards, III.
Our Exchange sale will be
held on the same date.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-02-11

Irish ills. His hearers We're enthralled
When be sat down the cheering was
prolonged.
When he left the gathering he was
in a condition of ecstasy. Lying back
amid the cushions during his long
drive home, he closed his eyes and pic.
tured the future. His imagination
ran riot. 1t took wings and flew from
height to height. He saw himself the
leader of IA larty-"the KingSnorth
party" --,ontrolling his followers witt
land of iron and driving them t.
vote according to his Judgment and
his decree.
By the time he had reached home he
had entered the cabinet and was be
ing spoken Of as the probable prime
minister.
He poured out IL liu,ro. apd stood sip
ping it as he turned over the letters
brought by the nights post. One ar.
rested him. 1t had been delivered by
hand and was marked Most Urgent
AS he read the letter every yestige of
color left his face.