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The Holly chieftain., 1915-03-05

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your remedies. take pleasure in tell
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If you have the slightest doubt
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SYNOPSIS.

The Watermelon and James. two
tramps bantering each other regarding
their personal appearance. decide TO
clean up. acquire new clothes ana let
10 who is the better looking. Water
rrcIon goes to a barber shop. wins the
contents of the cash register from the
barber by clever trick and gets a
ing in lake and steals his clothes. While
sitting liz an automobile he discovered
standing empty by the roadside. General
Eressman. and his daughter. Henrietta.
drive up In car Assuming that his ear
is Disabled. the general proffers assist.
noce, Watermelon hands him card
bearing the name William Hargrave
Bachelor. The general recognizes the
name as that of young man who broke
the cotton corner in Wall street a few
DAYS before. He invites him to dine with
them Watermelon is introduced to Bart
fett, big Wall street operator. and his
daughter. Billy. with whom he proceeds
to fall in love. Bartlett who has been
stung by Batchelor's operations. plans to
Keep the supposed broker with him for
a week while he works coup In the
market He wires Instructions to bis
broker. Willie chatting with Billy. the
telegraph boy tips off Bartletts message
to Watermelon Watermelon decides to
Join Bartlett and the general in week $
auto trip. Watermelon slips away and
tells his hobo companions of his adven-
ture and asks them to find Bachelor and
give hiir The tramp clothes. The party
starts out with Bartletts and Crossman's
cars. Late at night they come TO n de-
serted house. break In and eat their lunch.
They spend the night in the house. In
the morning Watermelon discovers that
the police ale coming. The party attempts
to escape. but is stopped by the officers
who are hunting for Bachelors car. Wa
tcrmelon by n clever rl,se. gets them out
Of trouble. As Bartlett had planned the
party becomes lost
The Holly chieftain., 1915-03-05
CHAPTER xIv.-continued.

Billy and the Watermelon soon drift
ed away by themselves up tiny COW
lane. fragrant with sweetbrier They
wandered up it side by side. like two
children, neither saying thing, con-
tent to be together. At the end of the
lane they leaned for a while on the
pasture bars.
The two stood side by side. their
elbows on the top rail- their hands
before them. They said nothing.
There was nothing to say. just the
night and they two. alone, among the
sweetbriers and the fireflies.
Now and then Billy sighed, uncon-
sciously and happily. A great silence
had enwrapped Billy for the last two
days. silence in which she was con.
tent to dream and In which words
seemed superf1uous and uncalled for.
Without warning the bushes at her
side parted and a COW with great,
gentle eyes peered out at them, SO
near that Billy could feel the breath,
warm and sweet, upon her cheek
With little cry. she shrank close to
the Watermelon.
He felt her slender body, soft and
yielding, nesting against him, smelt
the fragrance of her curly hair, and
suddenly great tide of longing, OF
passion. of desire welled up in him
and choked him. He wanted to crush
her to him, to cover eyes. and hair
with kisses. to hold her so tightly that
she would cry for release. All the
ungoverned feelings of the past few
years surged over him and threatened
to carry both forever out OF sight OF
land and decency. But. blindly, not
knowing what he did, he turned from
her and picked up a stick to hurl at
the COW. She had turned to him In
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They Said Nothing.

her fear, ard with the honor OF his
clerical father. he controlled himself.
Billy laughed and Strengthened up.
Ms the COW. grieved and surprised,
backed off In the dark. I'm not afraid
OF cows, WILLIE" said she. Don't you
know It? She just came SO suddenly
1 was startled"
Yes" agreed the Watermelon
duly. so was I. Why did you call
mo Willie"
The Holly chieftain., 1915-03-05
CHAPTER XIV.
Love In ,dlenes,,

One not born vagabond In heart
can never understand vagabond's
love for the open places, for absolute
freedom. to go where he wants, see
what he wants. work when he wants.
To vagabond an Office is intolerable.
the accumulation Of dollars, grinding
another man to gain petty advance
for oneself. utterly uninspirIng, con.
yentlonality, tHe ceaseless humdrum
round Of existence as a clerk at tan
per, revolting.",
For the last few years the Water.
ms'oaS feet had followed his erraat
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Watermelon. with boyish self-loathing.
that he had dared to insult her by
thinking Of love, but 1t would not hurt
any one but himself to walk with her.
They walked up the road in the
soft beauty of the summer night The
Watermelon rolled cigarette and
puffed moodily, too busy himself with
thoughts to talk
Darn it," he unused, what did the
Lord give us bodies for to want and
want and then add minds to think? o.
They came to New England grave
yard, perched on rise of ground,
where the road cut through a hill, a
lonely, neglected place, overgrown
with weeds and tall, rank grasses, the
gravestones fiat or falling. Hardly
aware Of what they did, they turned in
and picked their way among the sunk
en- graves.
Billy sat down on the bank by the
driveway. and the Watermelon sat be.
side her. not too near There was at
least foot between them.
we are all Alone" said the Water
melon, thinking aloud half of his
thoughts. "All alone but for the
dead"
Alone, and the seven seas could not
have parted them further
And God" added Billy piously.
III there is one." admitted the Wa
termelon.
Billy looked at him quickly. ear.
nestly. "oh, Jerry. OF course there is
God. Don't you know IT."
NO" said the Watermelon. when
person is happy. they know there
is God; when they are wretched.
they say, every one does, There is no
God If there is one, why doesn't he
let the miserable wretch realize 1t in.
stinctively as we'll MS the happy per.
SOM"
/ Billy had never suffered. had never
felt the foundations of her world fall.
ing around her In ruins, had never
cried aloud in anguish. How long
oh Lord. how long?" She answered
from her inexperlence, from the faith
that had never been tested, "of course
there is God. Every one knows II.
every one prays. Why, II your father
was minister. l should think Won
would know that there is God"
That's the trouble. . He was a min.
lister and he lost faith, and when he
who should have known, wondered II
there was a God. We kids knew there
wasn't. suppose it's the same II a
boy finds that his mother has lost
her virtue. He thinks there ia none"
blily placed her hand on the bank
pes%een them and leaned toward him
on her Strengthened arm. Poor old
Jerry! But If your mother still he.
lieved?"
"A mother always believes in God
ans ner worthless sons. It's a part
OF being mother. suppose"
CTo BE coNTrNuED)
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WHAT $40 DID
FOR THIS WOMAN
The Price She Paid for Lydia
E.Pinkham'sV Vegetable Com
pound Which Brought
Good Health.
Danville, var have only spent ten
dollars on your medicine and feel 20

much better man !
did when the doctor
was treating me. l
don't suffer any
bearing down pains
at al now and / sleep
well. ! cannot say
enough for Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound and
Liver Pills as they
have done 20 much
for me. ! am enjoy
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In styIe, Except for the Shine.

'" 0sJ'S1 6NSSPk TV' kHS 0'''HS'
Il read in the fashion notes that
short-waisted coats would be in style
this season." commented Mrs. Pozoz.
zle to her sister, $50 your last years
suit will be in vogue"
YES" rejoined her sister, "but 1t
did not say anything about the new
serges having a very noticeable and
brilliant gloss on them, did It? I'm
afraid can't qualify with that shine
on my skirt" 7
The Holly chieftain., 1915-03-05
Between Seasons.

Il enjoy this time Of year. ~
why so?" :.
The family fuss about Christmas
expenditures is over and it's too early
to begin to quarrel about next sum-
mer's vacation" Kansas City Jour
nal
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-11


tween death and New Mexico. He
had made the sensible choice. He
went with regret, because he was in
love with Mary, and he dreaded the
rivals that f1ocked about the wealthy
heiress.
MARRY me and come with me-" he
had urged.
Mary declined. Cold-hearted, she
was not going to bury herself in New
Mexico. with a man who might not
live out the year. But she promised
to be true to him.
And her letters, gay and full of
stories of her home life, had made
him incredibly homesick = until he
met Juanita.
Now, riding homeward, he knew
that Mary was only the pale shadow
of his love; that Juanita had his
heart and always would have it. He
was going home because as a man of
honor there was no other, course.
And he was going home cured.
He had not heard from his fiancee
for several weeks. And Ralph had
dared TO: nope WnaC ne mad once
feared = that she, too, had learned
that her heart lay in another's keep
ing.
A week later he stepped off the
platform of the Grand Central station
in New York AS he rode in a taxi
cab toward the home Of his f1ancee
the solution of his problem came to
him at last. Why should he make
two lives unhappy Tiff Mary did
not care for him He would be as
frank with her as she had always
been with him.
He descended at the door When
he rang the butler stared at him in
amazement; the man remembered
him and had thought that he would
never return.
'Tn tell Mrs. Lesson, sir" he stam-
mered.
sGNTo4 NJ aaSnT, HIT Mice Me- -
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sense of change. Ralph thought the
butler had seemed less courteous
than formerly. The furniture was
covered, the room had not been dust
ed for some time. Ralph wondered
he was conscious of something which
added to the pain of the approaching
interview. When it was all over he.
must hurry home to his folks in Al
bany, stay awhile, tell them of Juan
tia
Mary stood before him. She had
come in so quietly that Ralph had not
heard her. There was strange look
in her eyes. She shrank away from
him, staring hard. e..
81 happened to be home" Ralph
heard her saying. -
'But, Mary, Mary"
you have not heard"
Heard what?"
"Sit down." she answered calmly.
81 see you do not know. l am poor
woman, Ralph. My father was in
volved in the crash of the banks last
month. couldn't write = I didn't
know what you would think
E The young mans heart sank, his
hopes ebbed, vanished. He seemed
plunged into an abyss from which
there was no escape. He understood
the coldness of her greeting now. She
was prepared to release him. She
thought he would not want to marry
her when her father was bankrupt.
And that was what made his plans
impossible How could he ask her
to release him now? The face of
Juanita shone upon the background
of his spiritual vision.
MARY, it doesn't make any differ
he heard himself saying.
She was staring at him. ANY diff
ference?" she echoed.
81 mean-did you suppose that l
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-11-26
SPIRIT LAKE

Superintendent G. Vertrees has re.
Gently received a copy of the new
high school course OF study used by
the state board OF education.
Mrs. Paul B. Greviug and Miss
Lily ]. Rankin were called east by
the serious Illness of their fathers.
In conformity with the recommen-
dation OF DR.. Prindle the board Of
trustees of the Village OF Spirit Lake
decided to have an analysis of milk
which is sold to the people OF Spirit
Lake. made periodically and to have
the reports of such analysis published
Gene Snooks killed q big buck the
first of last week. Che deer are yer!
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-11-26
HARRISON

Some OF the o. w. r. Co. officials
were here the other day looking over
the business affairs of the road. They
should be we'll satisfied, as this branch
is one of the best paying divisions Of
the entire system.
The Harrison rod and gun club
held Thanksgiving shoot on their
grounds Sunday, Nov. 81.
A few cars OF tallings to spread on
the streets would be alright.
There Is talk of organizing band.
The town has quite a number OF
players that belonged to former bands
OF this place, besides others.
Duck hunters In Chatcolet lake and
nearby slonghs still continue to secure
large bags of wild fowl. Mallards a,
well as several varieties OF the smaller
ducks are coming into these waters II
! considerable numbers.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-11-26
ITEMS OF COUNTY TOWNS
What NeishbOrins People Are
Doing.
FROM THE EXCHANGE TABLE
Brevities Of Kootenai County Com
munities.
POST FALLS

Miss Flora Mitchell, who was In
jured In an automobile accident some
time ago, has returned TO her home
here She had been IN hospital in
Spokane since the accident.
The Milwaukee railroad is building
an inter locking tower at their cross
ing with the INLAND Empire railroad
at McGuires.
Twelve young men have organized
a dancing club which is calculated Lc
guide the social festivities OF the
town during the winter.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. L. A.
Michaels, Saturday, Nov. l3, q
daughter.
The Bethel church at Greenacres
owing to bad weather, has not beer
attended as well as formerly, but the
minister, Rev. Adams, attends al
regularly as ever.
ID l.. Rule of Pleasant View, dis
posed of his hogs at good profit.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-11-26
State Tax
Association
Professor Lewis of the State University is
taking steps to organize
Occur d'Alene Press)

Howard T. Lewis, head OF the
department of economics and poll
,;oal science at the University of
Idaho, is taking steps, with the
...;stance of Axel P. Ramstedt,
president of the public utilities
commission, to organize state
,ox association. This seems to be
move in the right direction and,
.s Mr. Ramsteadt says, it should
he headed by Professor Lewis and
he directed from Moscow. There
ought to be provision made for an
auxiliary organization in each
county with representation IN the
state association. The high rate
of taxation in most of the counties
Of the state, the promiscuous
methods Of making the assessments
and many other detective methods
in vogue under the present system
are cumbersome, burdensome and
expensive to the persons who pay
the taxes. In fact the red tape,
unbusinesslike methods and use
less detail required by law in the
conducting of county business in
all departments needs correction
in the interest of efficiency and
economy and the tax associations,
under the leadership of Professor
Lewis seems to offer q solution to
the knotty problem.
Kootenai county has tax asso-
citation which has accomplished
much good in securing reforms
that will benefit the people, but il
is crude and does not get down tc
the proper efficiency basis. 1t is a
move in the right direction and
would no doubt become affiliated
with a state organization.
The move for state association
should have the support of taxpay,
ers in every county in the state.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-11-26
cGUR D'ALENE

10 the action for $25, 900 tor al
legged personal injuries brought by
John Hokanson against the Consoll-
dated Callahan Mining company of
Wallace in the federal district
court, $l2,5 was awarded Hokan-
son by the grand jury.
The grand Jury 10 the trial Of Roy
Rickman, charged with Introducing
liquor on the Indian reservatiou ou, re.
turned verdict OF guilty and recon-
mended mercy.
John Woodln, Indian, arrested on
a similar charge, was discharged on
account OF the jury disagreelng
The county commissioners entered
an order fixing the claim against the
Journal Publishing company at $l96
for alleged overcharges on county
printing, in litigation since last fall.
The claim originally was 1886, but
after deductions for errors the reduc--
tion was made.
DR.. Taylor, former president OF
Vasser college. spoke to the students
OF the high school, urging them to
acquire better education and to
take certain line aud follow that as
life work.
The trial OF John Bonemache, In
dian, accused of bringing liquor ON
the Indian reservation, was acquitted
by the federal grand jury.
Gale Gray, accused Of smuggling
opium, pleaded guilty aud was tined
$50.
The mems interdcnomlnation
club met in the First Baptist church,
Nov 49, The topic was "CommunI-
ty Building Is Mans job"
| Sarah A. Burnett instituted suit In
the district court against Il. II.
Thompson aud wife, the Fidelity
National bank Of Spokane aud Others
claiming interest uncer note OF
$1,000.
Articles OF incorporation were filed
Monday by the Occur d'Alene RuG
company, the incorporators being w.
r. Morrison, Jr., president; j. II.
Manley and A. L. Manley. The
company Is capitalized for $4,000.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-11-26
Idaho State News Items.

Two new postoffices have been es-
tablished in Idaho, one at Cerro
Grande, Bingham county, and the
other at Cholloner, Fremont county.
Thomas Ranger, lumberjack and
Fancher, was crushed to death Nov.
lSat the Kitchin & Kelly camp at
Elmira while decking logs.
The State bank of Kooskia is
gathering corn exhibits for the pur.
pose of shipping them to the National
Corn Show to be held at St. Paul,
MINI, about Dec. lst.
On Dec. 10. according to advices
from the Lewiston land Office, 3349
acres OF land 10 the Salmon river
country will be thrown open to entry
under the enlarged homestead act.
The land Is valuable for grazing only,
Louis B. Greenlee, sentenced tc
IRON one to fourteen years. imprison
ment for embezz.ement of funds be
longing TO the BARRIERS union at Boise,
uas been given his freedom by tht
board Of pardons.
Ihe store of John Whitcomb, a
oiarksfork. was broken into one nigh
iaSt week and the safe dynamited
tue work being apparently that o
amateurs. Some $40 or $40 was Sc.
cured
Henry Seagraves, son of Mr.. an,
MIS- Harry Seagraves, in compan
WIN Charles Skinner, on a hunt l.
Tue Fourth of July canyon vicinit
nov 10, killed a 6ne specimen O
uetf' The carcass weighed IS
pounds.
St' Maries wants a military com
p1ny' Adiutant General Crow re
se'ved a letter last Wednesday fror
- hopstetter, principal of tn
su school at that place, Stain
~ aa. ne thought a company cou
ea'iIY be formed there.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-11-26

Postmasters have received rom the
fourth assistant postmaster general
new ruling providing that every
patron of rural route shall have the
name printed 10 a leRlble manner on
his mail box, and shall also have the
number OF the box which will be
given him by the rural carr ler also
printed plainly on the box. Rural
carriers will deliver to each patron
the number OF his box and notices OF
the new ruling. Ii the drst request
is not complied with, a second re-
quest will be made, and II th is is not
needed, the carrier will be Instructed
to discontinue delivery OF u all and
the patron will have TO get b is mail
at the general delivery W udow.-
Ferdinand Enterprise.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-11-26
ColloquiaIisns.

One Of the most common surprises in
reading is to come across in old books
what we have been accustomed to TAX.
Ing for modern colloquialisms. We
have just struck this: "Why. then, dc
you walk as IL you had swallowed a
rodT Where? In Epictetus. The
modern form is likely TO be a poker.
but we had always looked upon the
whole image as essentially American.
1t is in reading the Elizabethans that
this experience is most frequent, al.
though one is likely to have 1t In read
Ing any classic. The best colloquial.
isms are likely to be the oldest-Har
per's Weekly.
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CONTINUED ON PAGE Tw o.
Village Trustees Met,

The village trustees met last Mon
day evening and transacted the fol-
lowing business:
The clerk was ordered to draft an
ordinance to compel all property
owners to keep their walks in front
of their property clear Of snow.
A refund OF 81 for excess water
rent was made to Mrs. Ever.
Bills allowed:
e. w. Cady, marshal aud work on
pipe line. . $40
Rathdrum Electric Co. ,llgh
for Sept, Oct. aud Nov. etc. 235. 30
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-11-26
How Mueh iron Can Mo Mak.f

Iron furnaces Of this country, IN
Guiding all in blast or idle. could, ac-
cording to the Iron Age, apparently
produce about 100000 tons II they
remained I'm blast year." This would
be 100000 tons above the maximum
calendar year output The Iron Age
doubts. however. II all the furnaces
could stay in blast full year. and
suggests trife over 3s.0oo.o00 tons as
maximum capacity.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-11-26

Inc big prize voting contest an
hounced in these columns is creating
more interest than we imagined it
would 10 the beginning. Many nomi.
natlons OF contestants have been sent
10 this office and there will doubt
lessly be many who would be willing
recipients of fine Obermeyer s. Sons
piano or other valuable prizes enum
Grated.
All of these handsome prizes are
enumerated 10 the announcement on
another page and will be given to
some of the young ladies of this
vicinity.
The question is how can l do il?
All that is necessary is to get your
relatives and friends to trade with
the merchants who are donating
prizes in this popular voting contest.
For every dollar spent with the
merchants you will receive 25 votes
which can be voted for any Of the
contestants. Also to get your friends
to subscribe for this paper. For each
one year new subscription you will
receive 600 votes; for each one year
renewal 500 votes; for each year back
subscription 400 votes. OF course, it
is to be understood that under no
circumstances are coupons issued by
merchants except upon cash purchas-
es.
We have been asked If the wife or
daughter Of merchants who are CO.
operating with this paper in this
voting contest may compete for any
prize. Neither can the wife nor
daughter or any Of the merchants
who are cooperating with this paper
in this contest enter the competition.
The reasons for this are obvious,
and we are very sure that all the
merchants will feel just as we do in
regard TO the matter. We want this
contest TO be conducted with the
greatest possible fairness, with nc
, occasion or opportunity for anybody
to criticise. The ballot box is now al
our Office, ready to receive votes. The
tox will not be opened until the first
count is made on December 20. The
judges will be absolutely dislnterested
people, ia whom everybody will have
confidence. There will be no favorit'
ism. The lady who has the largest
number of votes on Feb. 7, will wit
the piano and SO on down for the resi-
of the prizes. We wish there were
pianos enough to go around for all o.
the girls, but there are not, aud al
but one will have to be content with
one of the other prizes offered.
Voting may commence at any TIM
in ballot box now in this office ant
the keys to the box will be giveI
to the awarding committee who's
names will be announced In an othe
issue of this paper.
Use the free vote coupon 10 thl
issue. If you know of any lady wh
has not been nominated and whon
you think would make a good rae
use the nominating blank 10 the an
nouncement and send her name t
this paper or bring it 10 in person an
her name will be entered. 1t matter
not If she be married or single.
Read the rules 10 the large a'
Inspect the offerings OF the merchah
and learn how you may secure Vol'
for Yourself or friend. BE sure 10 as
these merchants for coupons.
Those who do not understand u
r rules and regulations Of this conte'
, can call at this office or write US au