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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09

patience, trying his luck drearily this
way and that way and firing shot after
shot, as it were, at random, on the
chance of hitting the mark. Every
thing to R%osanna's credit, nothing to
Rosanna's prejudice-that was how It
ended, try as he might, with Mrs. Vol
land talking nineteen to the dozen and
placing the most entire confidence in
him. His last effort was made when
we had looked at our watches and had
got on our legs previous to taking
leave.
ma'am," says the sergeant. "And 1
shall only say at parting that Rosanna
Spearman has a sincere we'll wisher
In myself, your obedient servant. But,
oh, dear me, she will never get on in
her present place, and my advice to
her is-leave it,
"Rless your heart alive. she is going
to leave it.' cries Mrs. Yolland.
Rosanna Spearman going to leave us!
I pricked up my ears at that.
Sergeant Cuff sat down again in
stantly and asked for a last little drop
Of comfort out Of the Dutch bottle.
Mrs. Yolland sat down opposite to him
and gave him his nip.
$50 she means to leave:" says the
sergeant. what is she to do when
she does leave? Sad, sad! The poor
creature has got no friends in the world
except you and me-"
"Ah, but she has, thought" says Mrs.
Yolland. "She came in here, as I told
you, this evening, and after sitting and
talking a little with my girl Lucy and
me she asked to go upstairs by herself
into Lucy's room. 4 want to write a
letter to a FRIEND she says, and I
can't do it for the prying and the
peeping of the servants up at the
house, 1 offered her a postage stamp
when she came down. She hadn't got
the letter in her hand, and she didn't
accept the stamp. A little close, poor
soul las you know, about herself and
her doings. But a friend she has got
somewhere, I can tell you, and to that
friend, you may depend upon it, she
will 60"
"Soon?" asked the sergeant.
CAS- soon as she cam says Mrs. Vol.
land.
You must be mistaken about Ro
sauna Spearman," l said. "If she had
been going to leave her present situa'
ton she would have mentioned it iI
the first place to me-"
"Mistaken?' cries Mrs. Yolland
"Why. only an hour E she bought
some things she wanted for travelling
of my own self, Mr.. Betteredge. in this
very room. And that reminds me-
says the wearisome woman, suddenly
beginning to feel in her pocket, "ol
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09
PROLOGUE.

The moonstone had first reposed in
the forehead of an Indian idol. AS
centuries went by. i'll luck following
It, it passed into Mohammedan hands,
but always through the ages three
Brahman priests kept secret watch over
1t. John Herncastle, an English Off
Ger. during the storming of Seringa-
patam, stole the stone, killing Its
guardians. Gabriel Betteredge, house
steward for Julia, Lady Verinder, ex-
plains how the stone came into the
house in which he serves. Master
Franklin Blake, a nephew of Lady
Verinder. had been sent abroad to be
educated. On the day he was expected
home Penelope, Betteredge's daughter.
observes three Indian jugglers acting
suspiciously. Franklin arrives earlier
than expected. having eluded a dark
stranger following him in London.
Franklin has the diamond, which has
been willed to his cousin Rachel as a
birthday gift by Colonel Herncastle.
He puts the stone in a bank. The jug
glers make a secret visit to the house.
Rachel receives the moonstone on her
birthday. Among the guests Is Mr..
Murthwnite, an Indian traveller. The
next morning the diamond is missing.
Superintendent Of Police Seegrave Is
called in to investigate. and the three
Indians are imprisoned. Suspicion also
falls on Rosanna Spearman, a servant,
and others. Sergeant Cuff. a London
detective, is retained and begins his
work. He is checked, however, when
Rosanna, who Lady Verinder admits
has had a prison record, refuses to
have her room searched.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09

OFS' wv
say about Rosanna and her money.
Are you either of you likely to e her
when you go back to the house"
"1ll take a message to the poor thing
with the greatest pleasure" answered
Sergeant Cuff before l could put in a
word edgewise.
Mrs. Yolland produced out of her
pocket a few %shillings and %sixpences
and counted them out with a most
particular and exasperating careful
ness in the palm Of her hand. She Of
fered the money to the sergeant, look
ing mighty loath to part with it all the
while.
Might / ask you to give this back
to Kosanna with my love and re-
spects?' says Mrs. Yolland. "She in
sisted on paying mo for the one or two
things she tool a fancy to this even
ing, and moneys welcome enough in
our house, l don't deny it. Still, I'm
not easy in my mind about taking the
poor things little savings. And, to
tell you the truth, I don't think my
lAlilI NotlIl Inv w lS"l N"Nl = hA\
taken Rosanna Spearman's money
when he comes back tomorrow morn
ing from his work. Please say she's
heartily welcome to the things she
bought of meas a gift
Its a delicate matter, ma'am,' l
heard the sergeant say, giving money
back. You charged her cheap for the
things, I'm sure
Cheap" said Mrs. Yolland. Come
and judge for yourself"
She took up the candle and led the
sergeant % a corner Of the kitchen.
For the life of me l couldn't help fol-
lowing them. Shaken down in the cor
ner was a heap Of odds and ends, most
~ old metal, which the fisherman had
picked up at different times from
wrecked ships and which he hadn't
found a market for yet to his own
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09


"a ma Spearman?" said Sergeant
~ Cuff. cit isn't very likely
with her personal appearance
that she has got a lover, but for the
girls own sake l must ask you at once
whether she has provided herself with
a sweetheart, poor wretch, like the rest
of them"
What on earth did he mean under
present circumstances by putting such
Il question to me as that? l stared at
him instead of answering him.
II saw Rosanna Spearman hiding in
the shrubbcry as we went by" said
the sergeant.
"When you said 'Halloo"'"
Eyes, when l said 'Halloo.' If there's
a sweetheart in the case the hiding
doesn't much matter. If there isn't. as
things are in this house, the hiding is
a highly suspicious circumstance, and
it will be my painful duty to act on it
accordingly"
gave the sergeant the necessary OK
plantations and told him that Rosanna
had been mad enough to set her heart
on Mr.. Franklin Blake.
Hadn't you better say she's mad
enough to be an ugly girl and only a
%servant?' he asked. "Yes, I'll keep 1t
a secret, Mr.. Betteredge. l like to be
tender to human infrmity, though I
don't get many chances Of exercising
thai virtue in my line Of life. You
think Mr.. Franklin Blake hasn't got a
suspicion Of the girls fancy for him?
All, he would have found it out fast
The ugly women have a bad time Of
it in this world. Let's hope it will be
made up to them in another. Did you
notice anything you couldn't account
for in any of the servants when the
loss of the diamond was first found
out?'
Il noticed nothing" l said. Except
myself included"
oh" says the sergeant. that's all
you have to tell me, is it,"
We went back to the house, the ser
geant requesting that | would give him
a room to himself and then send in
the servants. the indoor servants only,
one after another in the order Of their
rank from first to last,
l showed Sergeant Cuff into my own
room and then called the servants to-
gether in the hall. Rosanna Spearman
appeared among them much as usual.
Going into the court of Justice when
it was all YER to hear if there were
any further commands for me, I found
the sergeant at his old trick-looking
out Of the window and whistling "The
Last Rose Of Summer to himself.
"Any discoveries, sir?" I inquired.
IF Rosanna Spearman asks leave to
go out" said the sergeant, 'let the poor
thing go, but let me know first"
l might as we'll have held my tongue
about Rosanna and Mr.. Franklin! 1t
was plain enough; the unfortunate girl
had fallen under Sergeant Cuffs sus-
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09
A Column of
Smiles For
Everybody
Fully Qualified,

Office Manager-So you want a job,
Ell? What kind Of work can you do?
Applicant-Well, l hardly know. Un-
til recently / was assistant instructor
in a boxing school, but Office Man
ager (nterrupting)-Oh, I can use you
all right. Come around In the morning
and box our mail order shipments. and
in the afternoon you can lick the
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09
The Modern Croesus.

The Modern Croesue.
81, he very wealthy" we asked as
the man with the diamonds tipped by
in his motorcar.
Goodness, yes" friend answered.
He even has his own private break
fast food Acknowledgements STAR
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09
Pretty Deep.

doctor, do you think eyeglasses VIII
alter my appearances" inquired Mrs.
Gunson ~anxiously.
81 shall ut least expect them to i'm
prove your looks" replied the physi-
cian.-Lippincott's.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09

THE convict planning an escape
would have made it except for the fact
he forgot to hide his file, and the keep
err found it."
what criminal carelessness!"-Bal.
timore American.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09
A Terrible Threat.

Customer-That tea service costs 50
marks. That is more than l can pay.
His Wife (whispering)-1f I should
have a fainting spell among all this
china it would cost you far more
Fliegende Batter.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09

Mazie-Artie. where are we going on
u honeymoon?
Artie-Around the world, darling.
They're going to give 1t In seven reels
at the corner picture show.-Washing-
ton Star.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09
Had Joined II.

Had Joined II.
Are you going to Join the back I'd
the farm movement
II Joined that years ago."
But got tired Of it,"
"Never! I still have my back to the
farm."-Brooklyn Citizen.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09
He Knew.

He Knew.
She-'Ts true that I have broken the
engagement and that l still have your
ring, but do you know why I retain
that ring? He (ruefully)-On the prin-
ciple that to the victor belong the
spoils, I suppose.-Boston Transcript !
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09

Magistrate Prisoner, you are ac>
cused Of stealing four reams Of paper.
a box of pen points and a quart Of ink.
What have you to say? Prisoner-I
was only getting material for q short
story, sir.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09
His Great Work,

Brown-1t was too bad about DR..
Smithson's death. He was only thirty
five. Jones-Yes, but in a way his
work was finished. He had Just COM
pleted his book How to Live to Be a
Eundred ."-New York American.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09
His Nerve.

$50 when Bella rejected Jack he went
Immediately and proposed to Maud?"
Eyes. But that wasn't the best Of It.
What do you think? He ave Maud an
order on Bella for the engagement
ring."-Exchange.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09
An Unfamiliar Rock.

An Unfamiliar Rock.
EYES," boosted the old bachelor Reol@
og1st, "I'm familiar with every rocAI
known"
"Oh, I don't know" rejoined his mar
ried sister. "How about the rock Of
the cradle ?''-Indianapolis Star,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09
EMcaeious.

The Barber-Yes. sir, this Is an anti
septic shaving soap. Keeps out the
germs.
The Victim-If the germs dislike the
taste of it as much as I do 1t will do
the work.-New York Globe.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09
All the Same.

All the Same.
"And did they make you feel at homo
where you visited?" asked the board
ing house lady.
ooh. yes!' replied the thin boarder.
1--WE had prunes for breakfast every
neutrality-suspicious. Statesman.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-09
Queer Proceedings.

BOUT that young person, Rosan-
"a ma Spearman?" said Sergeant
~ Cuff. at isn't very likely
- with her personal "aDDearance
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-10-15
Mr.. and Mrs. Swanson Here Monday

Mr.. and Mrs. P. o. Swanson, prom
inent residents of the Leonia dis
trict, were in town looking after bus
mess matters Monday and Tuesday.
Mr.. Swanson states that he harvest
ed exceptionally good crops this
season. On an acre tract sowed to
100 pounds of oats he harvested over
two tons. He also cut over 70 tons
of hay from his meadow lands.
Mrs. Swanson told that the people
of her neighborhood were pleased
with the progress in the school, of
which Miss Dewey is teacher. The
school has ten pupils.
A social dance is being planned
to be held at the schoolhouse week
from tomorrow. These dances are
quite popular and everyone enjoys a
good time.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-10-15
SUDAN GRASS
EXPERIMENTS
G. ". Spoerry Tells Of Success In
Growing New Stock Food Near
Boomers Ferry
SEED GROWING IS PROFITABLE
Secured Over $1,000 Worth Of Seed
From 7 IL Acres

G. w. Spoerry recently threshed
the crop of Sudan grass which he
sowed last spring on tract OF a
little over seven acres and received
3.O52 pounds of seed which he fig
ures will net him over 81 200. In
response to the request of the Herald
he gives the following description
of Sudan grass and some of his OBJ
servations concerning his expert
ments.
Sudan Grass
Sudan grass was discovered be-
cause of a search being made for
a hay grass without rootstock. 1t
was found in the Sudan regions of
Africa and from this it has taken
its name, although it is scientifically
known as "garawi."
On March 16, 1909, one half pound
of the seed was received and planted
at the government seed station in
Texas and from this has come all
that is in existence today.
Sudan grass has shown itself to
be purely an annual as in only two
instances has it lived over winter
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-10-15
Mr.. Dunning Seriously Ill

Mrs. j. w. Northrup and VIM.
Dunning returned yesterday from
Spokane where they were called to
the bedside of thir brother, B. j.
Dunning, who recently underwent a
serious operation and who is not
expected to live by his attending
physician.
Mr.. Dunning is well known here
and his many friends are hoping
against the verdict of the physi-
clans that he will pull through this
crisis and live to enjoy years of
health.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-10-15

On Wednesday of this week, Oc-
tober 18th, William Eaton celebrated
his seth birthday, having been born
in 1929, in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Mr.. Eaton comes from the well
known Massachusetts family of Ea-
tons, whose progenitors came witt
the early Pilgrim colonists to that
"stern and rock-bound coast"
In the early thirties the immigra-
ton over the Appalachian divide to
the valleys and plains of the great
west, was gaining in volume, ana
Mr.. Eaton's parents joined the pro-
cession and headed for the Ohio
Valley. Here, in childhood, the sub
ject Of our sketch was at times EN-
ployed as driver for the horses that
rowed the canal boats of that period.
Further westward, in his youth he
worked in the lead mines at Galena,
Illinois. Later, for a time he lived
at Keokuk, Ia, and in the public
schools received a few months in
struction in the rudiments of the
three RS.
Pushing westward by leisurely
stages we find him as a young men
along the Missouri river in the vi
cinity of Council Bluffs and Omaha,
the latter then known as Fort Oma-
ha and one of the most advanced out
posts for U. S. troops. This was
about 1849 and it will be recalled
that the country beyond the Mis-
souri, river was then in almost un-
disputed possession of hostile In
dams and buffalo roamed in vast
herds over the plains. Here, for
years, he engaged N hunting, trap
ping and trading with the Indians.
The last named enterprise being a
very hazardous one, requiring prompt
action and swift get away at times
to avoid having the traders goods,
| if not his scalp, taken by the hostile
savages.
For many years after Mr.. Eaton's
entrance into the Missouri river coun-
try it was a hunters paradise, there
being an abundance of both large
and small game, fish and fowl, and
he killed seven elk in one day in
Mills county, Iowa, as late as the
winter of 1856, when the snow was
deep.
Having married while living in
Keokuk he brought his family te
this county where he remained un-
til 1877, when he removed to Osborne
county, Kansas.
When the civil war came he ap-
piled for enlistment in the Unior
army, and was rejected because Of
a physical injury which he had re
ceived by accident. But the state Of
Iowa issued him a commission a!
lieutenant of the Home Guards or
ganization, whose duty it was t.
patrol the country along the Mis-
souri, line, to quell the rowing bands
of guerillas and bandits which in
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-10-15

Foul RAY suspected at Addie
In response to a call from resi-
dents of Addie, Sheriff Worley in
vestigated, the first of the week,
the disappearance of young man
known as Henry Thomas.
Sheriff Morley found that Thomas
went to Addie some time ago to
work for James F. Gillon. He had
not agreed with Gillon and soon was
given work on the roads under w.
u. Greenway. On the morning of
September 9th Mr.. Greenway talked
to the young man. No one has been
found who has seen or heard of
Thomas since that morning. He did
not call for the money due him or
to get his clothes.
The county officials state they have
reason to believe that Thomas met
with foul play. They have COM
municated with his friends and ex-
pect to hear from them shortly.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-10-15

exceedingly cold and throughout June,
July and August it was hot and very
dry, yet the grass continued to grow
rapidly and l found it slow to ma
ture as seed because of it's tendency
to remain green.
Under these adverse conditions /
threshed 1852 pounds from the tx
acres and while l have not weighed
the hay l believe l received about
two tons to the acre in the one cut
ting which was, as l said, before,
very thin on the ground.
If one has only small quantity
of seed l would suggest that it be
planted in rows and cultivated like
corn. l gave a few tablespoonful
in an envelope last spring to num-
Der of farmers around Bonners Fer
ry in order to try out various soils
and at this writing have heard
from two, Mr.. H. l.. Shively, who
produced Al pounds of seed on a
dry, sandy loan and Mr.. Douglas
Irving who planted it in damp black
leaf mould on the river bank. This
grew to be over nine feet but failed
to properly mature for seed.
That stock of all kinds like it and
do we'll on it has been demonstrated
many times. Analysis of it shows
it to be of about the same chemical
composition as timothy hay. The
percentage of protein decreases from
the heading period until the seed is
ripe and therefore the value as a
hay is best about poisoning time.
1t seems to be more easily digested
at this stage as well, which is of i'm
portance.
While it has not been extensively
tried out as a siiage yet in all cases
tried it has proved of excellent value
The seed of Sudan grass resembles
Johnson grass very much and it is
only through a critical examination
that it can be distinguished so that
it might easily be adulterated, but
the chief danger lies in securing seed
from a Johnson grass infested coun-
try and to avoid this seed should
be secured from northern grown
plants-north of the Johnson grass
area, and as time goes on, and farm
ers come to understand, it is pre-
dicted that they will demand seed
from good reliable northern seeds
men and definite areas, particularly
adapted to seed raising, as our
bench lands are, will be devoted to
that industry entirely and SO adj
vertised.
In the north it has developed no
diseases and so far no insects have
developed to bother it. During the
winter of 1914 seedsmen asked as
high as $1.50 to $500 a pound for
seed and last year it was quoted at
around one dollar, but as l secured
my seed rather cheap shall be glad
to furnish seed to farmers at a
very reduced figure as long as the
supply lasts.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-10-15
NO LOGGING
This WINTER
Sawmill Of Boomers Ferry Lumber Co.
To Cease Operations Indefinitely
Planning Mill Will Run
FREIGHT RATES NEED ADJUSTING
Mill Ready to Resume Saving in 30
Days Time


Lumber company would do no log
ging this winter and that the sawmill
would not operate again for some
time after the completion of this
seasons saving was confirmed yes
terday by Vice President and General
Manager Mccoy following a con-
ference with President ]. P. Weyer-
haeuser, of Tacoma, Wash, Director
c. A. Weyerhaeuser, of Little Falls,
Mimi, and Director r. M. Weyer-
haeuser, of Cloquet, Mimi, who ar
rived here the first of the week on
their annual inspection trip of the
Weyerhaeuser properties and invest
ments in the west
The resumption of logging by the
Boomers Ferry Lumber Co. is con-
tingent upon the betterment Of the
lumber market and the adjustment
of discriminating freight rates.
| Lumbermen all over the country
have been going through a depress-
ing period of low lumber prices for
the past five years but perhaps no
company in the Northwest has faced
the additional hardship of Compel
ing against discriminating freight
rates to the same extent as has the
Bonners Ferry Lumber company.
AS far back as June 10, 1907,
Manager Mccoy has been endeavor-
ing to secure freight rates which
would enable his company to COM
pete with the mills of Montana into
Montana and Dakota points. Finally
the Great Northern railway company
granted a cut in rates but the con-
cession no sooner went into effect
than the Montana State Railway
Commission forced the railway COM
pany to reduce the Montana rates
to the same extent and so the con-
dition was in no way alleviated-
The Bonners Ferry Lumber Co. was
still forced to pay from to cents
per hundred more freight than the
mills of Montana to Montana and
Dakota points after deducting the in
creased haul.
Failing on this tack, Manager Nc
Coy took the matter before the In
lterstate Commerce Commission and
that tribunal has had the matter
pending for two years. 1t is i'm
possible to say when action will be
taken by the Interstate Commerce
Commission and whether or not their
action will be favorable to the Bon
ners Ferry company.
Mr.. Mccoy stated last evening that
if the Bonners Ferry Co. had fair
: chance at the Montana and the Da-
kota markets in the matter of rail-
road rates the plant could be kept
running in spite of the low lumber
market.
; The fact that the Bonners Ferry
J Lumber company will not log this
: winter does not mean that the COM
pany could not operate next summer
/ if the freight rates were adjusted
and the lumber market bettered.
: Manager Mccoy states that the COM
} pany is in a position to secure logs
enough in thirty days time to keep
5 the mill running continuously.
= The Boomers Ferry Lumber com
: pany has some 35 million feet of
: well assorted lumber now cut and
7 in its yards and the planning mill will
be kept running indefinitely, filing
e orders for shipping. The mill Of
e fees will be maintained as usual