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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-30
THE FRICHTFUL TOLL

THE war in Europe is nearly one year old. Let's
pause and reckon the cost not in dollars and
cents, for that is too stupendouS task, nor in suf-
ferng, for that also is beyond computation.
But we may reckon the total, with consider
able accuracy, OF those heart-rending bulletins
which all the beligerentS issue with sckenng regu
larity-the lists of dead or missing"
England has issued an official list TO May 81,
showing her losses at 2o4, AIS men, practically
third of all the forces she has had engaged. The
figures tho enormous, are insignificant compared
with the whole.
The following are estimates of course, hi;
based on fairly reliable information. They include
killed and miSSng-captives, and wounded, all
N haue hnen inca lciiliei for dLiA..
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-30

SEEMS AS if Englands aristocracy can etl
subscribe the iive-bon loan or have its inco
tax raised
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-30

DOCTOR

Call at the Right Drug Co. iss
washington st, near Second ave-,
and have the government physi-
elan diagnose your ease and prescribs
for you, absolutely without charge,
We want your patronage and Of
fer you tho doctors services ~ an
tnducemsnt
Lssk for the yellow Fvoss.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-30

UNCLE SAM has got destroyer that can run owe
81 knots AN hour No telling what Uncle could do il
war, but il they start race, he'll be there witt
the goods
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EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE SEATTLE STAR -:

the war began. Thus, in less than , months, IS
per cent of all were ncapactated
Truly, war, as il is fought today exacts
frightful toll.
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These figures, tho startling. are conservative.
The total fighting strength OF the six greatest ma
tons at war; including reserves and unorganized
forces, was approximately 100000 men when
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-30
STILL MORE FOOD

~
@ PEAKlNG Of wheat, you have never thought
~ much Of Texas as wheat growing state,
have your Too far south, etc.
From Amarillo Texas, up in the Panhandle
seciion-Staked Plains counry-for long years
rated as an arid desert, come tidings of an eight
hundred thousand acre harvest. bumper crop
is in sight and near twenty million gold dollars
will pour into the Amarillo territory.
LOOKS AS II the neglected to prepare enough
powder for war OF this size
SEEMS AS if Engand's aristocracy either
subscribe 10 the fvebilon loan have its income
tax raised
THE CARS at the front Where he's needed is
factory.
IF THAT New York jury declares Harry Thaw to
Aren't things arranged nicely for the promotion OF law
years fees?
- knots hour. No telling what Uncle could do in
war, but il they start race he'll be there with
the goods.
TESTIMONY SHOWS that the Lusitania
tons were taken. Maybe ought to have law re-
qurng public notice OF the exact condition OF every
passenger ship before her sailing
The Jasper news., 1915-11-25
RISING SUN.
Miss NErrrE LOWE.

Mrs. A, ID. Lowe visited Mrs. Sarah
Swank Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Luther Wescott is suffering
with a badly sprained ankle.
VIII Gresham visited in this neigh
borhood and looked after business
matters last week.
Nettie Lowe called on her cousins,
Maude and Grace Rice, Saturday.
Don Ward visited Charlie Patterson
Sunday afternoon.
Dick Patterson and family entertain
cd at dinner Sunday Nathan Patterson
and family, Mrs. LaForce OF Jasper,
Dave Lowe and wife and daughter
Nettie. In the afternoon they all took
kodak pictures.
Luther Wsscott's little son Elvis was
very badly hurt Sunday while playing
in the barn lot. Ills father was putting
his corn planter in The shed and the
little boy ran into the fork which
penetrated his leg about Two inches.
Mr.. Wescott took him to the doctor as
soon as possible and had il dressed.
lie is reported to be getting along fine.
Mrs. Dave Lowe visited her sister,
Mrs, Joe Rice, Saturday.
Don Ward of Parsons, Kans., came TO
work and make his home with Frank
King the coming year.
John Lowe has been on the sick list.
Walter Weimer and family came
home from Sunday School Sunday with
Mrs. Weimcr's mother, Mrs. A. w.
Teeter, and spent the day there.
Mrs. |. o. Patterson called on Mrs.
y. ID. Lowe saturday and took home
some nice Brhhma chickens.
The Jasper news., 1915-11-25
DEWEY.
Mrs. MAY MATTHEWS.

The greatest thing to be thankful for
AT the close of this glad year
That America is not Mt war
With nations far and near.
Mr.. Kincaid was on the sick list Sun
day and unable TO attend the commun-
ion service.
Mr.. Rusll and friends were out hunt
ing Wednesday.
December i is the time set for the
Salem social.
j. S. Thompson and wife of Jasper
motored ont to Matthews Monday.
.A'ch Rice and family spent Sunday
at Carytown with Clarence Simmons
and family.
Orin Busters children came out
from Jasper Saturday and visited their
grandma.
Lester Carter and wife are visiting
near Lakeside.
Nolley Blauth has finished fine
concrete cellar.
\ big surprise party comes oil in
Dewey town on Thanksgiving.
our mail carrier has been on Naca-
ton.
Royden S2idner WAS batting hay nj
Gresham'S last week, and Sunday he
spent with his wife viSitingat her home
folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Brock motored TO
Mrs. Hamilton Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. O. u. Wood Mrs. .AlcXander's $
sister, was up from Cartcrville on II
visit.
The Dewey school louse was not
large enough Saturday night for the
bOX.suppcr.
Mrs Walter Wood, Mrs. McReynolds'
sister who has been visiting her, has
grne to housekeeping in Carthage.
Thursday Mrs. 1nylor's and John
Elliott's spent the day with Mrs. Nc
Reynolds.
Miss Roena Shaner will speak on the
subject of 'CigaIetes.' She is sent
here by the Jasper District w. c. II. L.
She has promised to max e her lecture
short. sohon'thc afraid TO come out
and hear her.
Bro. Strong hell very impressive
service Sunday morning at Salem. a
large number took the communion.
The Md Society will not meet this
week.
The Jasper news., 1915-11-25
CAR Y1OWN.
Mrs. EDITH TURNER.

Miss Edna Turner spent Sunday at
Mr.. Si,lwell's.
Il. +. Elliott wnS called to aurora ON
account Of the serious illness of his
sister.
Mrs. II. +. Elliott and her daughter,
Mrs Opal St;th, went TO quilting in
the Mount Moriali ncighborhood Thurs
day.
Turkeys are SO high this year there
will be many who will not even hear
one gobble.
Miss Helen Gaddis called on Ina
Turner Sunday.
Chloe Turner spent Sunday night at
the Miller home.
J. Leeper has gone TO Joplin TO visit
relatives.
Miss Vera Boyd spent last Friday
afternoon in Carthage.
We heard ofa young man getting lost
| Saturday night on the Dewey road.
He said he used to 20 along there with
out stumping n toe, but now it is nearly
impossible TO get along with n big
wagon on account of the rocks.
The Christian Endeavor Society at
Salem Sunday night was led by Clar-
ence Gresham.
J. a. Boyd and wife have been sick
the last week.
Teachers meeting Monday night nj
Salem. Saturday night meet again to
work on Christmas exercises.
Kenney Miller and family entertain'
ed for dinner Sunday Oscar FaslSin and
family, Chloe and Ina Turner.
Mrs. Thad Stith is sick again.
Augusta Kyle entertained one of her
schoolmates from Jasper Saturday
night.
The Jasper news., 1915-11-25
JASPER, ROUTE z.
Miss LULA DIXON

Misses Minnie Housman, Alma Melu-
gin and Edith Markley, Messrs. Paul
Housman, Carl, Lawrence and Jesse
Melugin from near Carthage visited
Saturday and Sunday with the Misses
Emma and Ona Yelton.
Misses Grace Gulick, Helen Merton,
Martha and Laura Bucher visited Sun
day with the Misses Wood.
Miss Mary Lawson, who is attending
high school in Carthage, visited Satur-
day and Sunday with her parents.
The pie supper and spelling match
was we'll attended Friday night. The
proceeds amounted to $3.50. Miss
Nina Milton received the flowers fol
being the most popular young lady
present.
Miss Frances Flesher visited several
days last week with Mrs. Charley Wood
N. NJ. Dixon and family visited Sun,
day with c. w. Wescott and family.
w. II. Scissor and family moved tc
Purcell the first of the week. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gerald Scissor are moving to the
place vacated by Mr.. Scissor.
There will be preaching at the Con,
gregational Church next Sunday morn
ing and evening. Everyone come.
Louis Gresham and wife spent Sun.
day at the home of Arthur Yelton.
l. L. Bray and wife visited Sunday
afternoon at the Serafine home in Bar.
ton County.
Mrs. Chas. Wood was a Carthage
visitor Friday.
Mrs. Margaret McCaddon of Para,
gould, Ark, visited last week with hei
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hille.
Mrs. El Collier called on Mrs. w. b
Milton Monday.
The Jasper news., 1915-11-25
LEBANON,
Miss AITIIEA ARMSTRONG.

Mrs. Fannie Ray and son James left
last Wednesday for their new home in
lakewood, Dewey County, Okla, where
they will join Frank, the youngest son,
are informed that Earl, the eldest son,
who is yet in this neighborhood will
join them soon. 1t is with much regret
that we part with these good neighbors,
and loyal friends, and we wish to join
their many friends in extending every
possible good wish for their welfare in
their new home.
1t was an oversight last week that
caused us TO omit making mention of
the three aunts of Mrs. Leola Miller,
who live in Dade County, having been
present at the funeral services. They
were Mrs. Mary King and Mrs. Emma
Dunn of Greenfield and Mrs. ELLA Cow
an of Dadevile.
\. f.. Armstrong was a Lamar visitor
Saturday.
The Ladies' of the Lebanon Aid Soci-
ETY. realized something over SlS from the
splendid and we'll served lunch at the
Fannie Ray sale.
Homer Halle of Duenweg and Miss
Hickman were for the first part of this
week visitors at the Halle home.
AIesdames Smith and Corwin, of Pitts
burg, Kans., autoed to the Armstrong
home Saturday afternoon in quest of
Barred Rocks.
ii. Il. Goodrich and wife called ON
John Shifliett and family Tuesday.
r. p. Lane is building snug little
barn which will add both to the good
looks and value of the home.
Quite number who donated work
on the road leading into Jasper from
the east, have been very busy for the
past two weeks filling the contract
This will be, when completed, one OF
the most beautiful and useful high
ways in the land.
Nernie Ray and wife are this week
moving to their new home on the
Woodrow place. We wish them much
success.
The Jasper news., 1915-11-25
BLUE STAR.
Mrs. MYRTLE CoINER.

George Crawford and family, Mr.
Mullen and wife, Urban Brown and
family, and Mr.. Mikesell visited Sun
day with Adam Malone and wife.
Mrs. Myrtle Coiner and son Lloyd
spent Saturday with her mother, Mrs,
Owen.
c. NJ. Wells did some plastering for
his father and S. p. King last week,
Mr.. Hull and family of Greenfield
are expected here TO spend Thanksgiv-
ing with J. T.. Hull and wife.
Chas. Campbell and wife, Allan
Buerge and family, Mrs. Hendrix and
daughters and son Meredith, James
Blevins and wife, and children were
dinner guests of w. S. Pennington
and wife Sunday.
Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Goddard
and daughter Marie spent Monday
evening with Mrs. Hickman.
Raymond and Frank Hickman
spent Sunday afternoon with Bert and
Lawren Johnson.
Blanch Bradford visited Goldia Blev-
ins Monday.
Tom Shauncc spent Saturday night
and Sunday with l.. Shaunce and wife.
vii! Kaderly of Kansas City is visit
ing relatives here for n short time. lie
and his sister, Mrs. Mccormick, spt nj
last Monday with Mrs. Hull.
J. II. Coincr and wife and daughter
llaze! viSitcdat II. T.. toiner's Sunday.
MI and Mrs. Jake Katlerly and two
little granddaughtcrS from near Ninita,
Okla, arrived last Wednesday for n
visit with relatives here. Their dnugh-
ter, Mrs. Brandon, came Saturday
night. Sunday they in company with
j. T.. Hull and wife and Frnnk Killy
motored to Newport and spent the day
with Mr.. KaderIy's son Henry.
Fred Campbell called ON John Heck
man Sunday morning.
Mr.. Shaunce and wife and Mr.. Beall
and wife called at the Blcvins home
Sunday evening
Miss Fannie Nelson of Lamar visited
several days last week with her sister,
Mrs. King. ,,
$. p. King and family and Ella
Mikesell spent Sunday afternoon with
Earl Garner and wife.
John Frakes helped Frank Bluebaugh
Monday.
John Ward made business call al
MIR. lleckman's Monday morning.
j. T.. Hull and wife, Jake Kaderly
and wife and little son attended reun
ion of relatives at Frank Killys Mon
day.
c. NJ. Wells is putting in the new
front for the II. +. Pitts drug store thi
week.
Blue Star school will be dismissed
Thursday and Friday.
Correspondents will please mail
| their lptterc NTonIoN in t;p,o To
The Jasper news., 1915-11-25

Correspondents will please mail
their letters Monday in time to
reach this Office Monday evening.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

derstand loyalty, they are loyal; part
~ to my fathers memory; partly, I
hope, to me. We have never had n
strike or an approach to one, or a dis
agreement that could not be adjusted
amicably. Whether these conditions
can be maintained after we double
our capacity and get in a lot OF new
blood, 1 can't say. But / hope they
can"
You are enlarging?" said GrisEold
Raymer waited until the only other
man in the smoking den had gone
back to the drawing-rooms before he
said: Yes; I caught the fever along
with the rest of them q few weeks
ago, and I'm already beginning to
wish that ! hadn't"
You are afraid of the market?"
'N-no; times are good, and the mar
ket-our market, at Ieast-is daily
growing stronger. It is rather a mat
ter OF finances. / am an engineer. as
my father was before me. When 1t
comes to wrestling with the money
devil, I'm outclassed from the start"
There are a good many more of US
in the same boat" said Griswold, Ieav-
ing an opening for further condolences
if Raymer chose to make them. But
the young ironmaster was looking at
his watch, and the condolences were
postponed.
I'm keeping you up, when 1 dare
say you ought to be in bed" he pro-
tested; but Griswold held him long
enough to ask for a suggestion in
small matter Of his own.
Now that he was able to be about,
he was most anxious to relieve Miss
Grierson and her father of the charge
and care Of one whose obligation to
them was already more than noun
tain-high; did Raymer happen to know
Of some quiet household where the
obligated one could find lodging and
simple table?
Raymer, taking time to think of it.
did know. Mrs. Holcomb, the widow
of his fathers bookkeeper, owned her
own house in Shawnee street 1t was
not a boarding house. The widow
rented rooms to two Of Mr.. Grierson's
bank clerks, and she was looking for
another desirable ledger. Quite pos
sibly she would be willing to board
the extra ledger. Raymer himself
would go and see her about it.
1T is an exceedingly kind-hearted
community, this home town OF yours,
Mr.. Raymer," was the convalescent's
leaEe-taking, when he shook hands
with the ironmaster at the foot of the
stairs; and that was the thought
which he took to bed with him after
Raymer had gone to make his adieux
to the small person who, in Griswold's
reckoning, owned the kindest OF kind
hearts.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

He Is Wahaska's best-beIoved Doc
tor Bertie;' otherwise Doctor Herbert
C. Farnham."
Doctor Farnham? not Miss
Char" He bit the name in two in
the middle, but the mischief was
done
YES; Char1otte's father" was the
calm reply. Then: Where did you
meet Miss Farnham?"
Il haven't met her." he protested
instantly; "she-she doesn't know me
from Adam. But have seen her, and
/ happened to learn her name and her
home address"
"Oh," said the small filter of deduc-
ton pegs; and afterward she talked,
and made the convalescent talk, point
eddy Of other things.
This occurred in the forenoon OF a
pleasant day in May. In the after
noon Of the same day Miss Grierson's
trap was halted before the door of the
temporary quarters of the Wahaska
public library. Raymer saw the trap
and crossed the street, remembering
what he would otherwise have forgot
ten-that his sister had asked him
to get book on orchids.
Miss Margery was in the reference
room, wading absently through the
newspaper files. She nodded brightly
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
CHAPTER XI-contInued.


He amt the man to go to his
.Womenfolks when he gets into hot wa
ter. He'll keep it to himself; and
they'll go on bluf1ng you, same as
lever"
Miss Grierson pulled on her gaunt-
Hets and made ready to go, leisurely,
as befitted her pose
That is where you are mistaken"
she objected, coolly. at isn't very
often can give you a business tip,
out this Is one of the times when 1
can When John Raymer died, he left
an undivided half of his estate to his
wife, the other half to be shared
equally by the children. At the pres
ent moment every dollar the entire
FAMILY has is invested in the iron
plant. You will let Mr. Raymer get
himself into hot water, as you call it,
and then. when I say the word, you'll
reach in and pull him out"
When she was gone, the president
selected another of the overgrown CT
gars from box in the desk drawer,
lighted it, and tilted back in the big
armchair to envelop himself in a cloud
OF smoke. 1t was his single expensive
habit-the never-empty box of Brob-
dingnagian cigars in the drawer-and
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

suggested the smoking-room and a
cigar, and Griswold went willingly.
From that on the path to better ac-
quaintance was the easiest of short
cuts, even as the mild cigar which
Raymer Mound in his pocket case
paved the way for a return of the
smokers zest in the convaleseent.
Without calling himself a reformer,
the young ironmaster proved to be a
practical sociologist. Wherefore, when
Griswold presently mounted his own
sociological hobby, he was promptly in
vited to visit the Raymer foundry and
machine works, to the end that he
might have some Of his theories of the
universal oppression Of wage earners
charitably modified
"Of course, don't deny that we're
a long way from the Millennium vet"
was Raymer's summing up Of the CON
ditions in his own plant But / do
claim that we are on a present-day,
living footing. So far as the men un-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

Colony houses for brood soEs are
more sanitary than a central house
If your little pigs are troubled with
scours change the diet of the SOW. Do
not feed dirty, spoiled or sour feed.
Thoroughly cook all meat scraps.
If hard bony engagements form on
the hook joints Of your small pigs,
the chances are that they have ricketts,.
Introduce some new blood into the
herd and feed your pigs per each 100
pounds weight q mixture Of calcium
phosphate pulverized, nux vomica two
ounces, artificial carlsbad salts ten
ounces
For worms give five grains calomel
and ten grains santonin per each 100
pounds, followed in about six hours
by bran mash or give ten grains
santonin and 20 grains areca nut after
a 24-hour fast.
Follow some Of your hogs to the
clearinghouse and see them inspect
ed. It viii pay in case they are tuber-
cuIar.
Use plenty of whitewash around the
pens.
Isolate all sick hogs. Burn all dead
ones.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04
SYNOPSIS.

Kenneth Griswold. an unsuccessful
writer. because of socialistic tendencies
holds up Andrew GaIbraith, president of
the Bayou State Security, in the presi-
dents private office AID escapes with $780,
eco In cash; By original methods he es-
capes the hue and cry and goes aboard
the Belle Julie deckhand He unex-
pectedly confronts Charlotte Farnham of
Wahaska. Mimi. who had seen him cash
Salbraith's check in the bank. Charlotte
recognizes Griswold, and decides to de-
nounce him She sees the brutal mate
rescued from drowning by Griswold She
talks to Griswold and by his advice sends
a letter of betrayal to Galbraith anony-
mously Griswold is arrested on the ar
rival of the boat at st. Louis. but escapes
from his captors. He decides on Wa
haska. Mimi, as a hiding place. and after
'outfitting himself properly. takes the
Iraln Margery Grferson, daughter of
Jasper Grierson, the financial magnate of
Wahaska, starts a campaign for social
recognition by the ''oId families of the
town Griswold falls i'll on the sleeper
and Is cared for and taken to her home
IN Wahaska by Margery, who finds the
Stolen money in his suitcase. Brofin,
detective. takes the trail Margery asks
ner father to get Edward Raymer into
out of It
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the indulgence helped him to push the
Yellow-Dog period into remoter past
After time the smoke cloud be-
came articulate, rumbling forth chuck
lings and Elizabethan oaths, mingling
with musings idiomatic and profane.
by CAD, l believe she thought she
was fooling mel do, for fact! But
it's too thin. OF course, she wants to-
make the women kowtow, but that
amt all there is to it-not by joyful
But it's all right; she plays her own
hand. and she's bully good and able
to play it. If she's after Raymer's
scalp, he might as well get ready to
wear wig, right now. I'll back her
to win, every time"
Accordingly, when Mr.. Edward Ray
mer came out Of the presidents room
at the Farmers and Merchants bank
the following morning, he was tread
ing upon air. For in his minds eye
there was a fair picture of a great
and successful industry to be built
upon the substantial extension of
credit promised by the capitalist
whose presence chamber he had Just
quilted.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-04

when Raymer entered-and was not
in the least dust-blinded by the library
card in his hand.
You are just in time to help me-"
she told him. do you remember the
story Of that daring bank robbery in
New Orleans a few weeks ago?-the
one in which a man made the presi-
dent draw a check and get it cashed
for him?"
Raymer did remember it, chiefly be-
cause he had talked about it at the
time with Jasper Grierson, and had
wondered curiously how the president
Of the Farmers and Merchants would
deport himself under like conditions.
'If you should meet the man face to
face, would you recognize him from
the description" she flashed up at
Raymer.
mot in thousand years." he con-
fessed would your"
mo; not from the description" she
admitted. Then she passed to a mat
ter apparently quite irrelevant.
Didn't I see Miss Farnham's re-
turn noticed in the Wahaskan the
other day?"
With Charlotte's father a daily visi-
tor at Mereside, it seemed incredible
that Miss Grierson had not heard OF
the daughters homecoming. But Ray
mer answered in good faith
They came up as far as ST. Louis on
one Of the Anchor Iine-the Belle Ju-
leland even Miss Gilman admits
that the accommodations were excel
lent"
She nodded absently and began to
turn the leaves of the newspaper file.
Raymer took it as his dismissal and
went to the desk to get the orchid
book. When he looked in again on his
way to the street, Miss Grierson had
gone, leaving the file of the Pioneer
Press open on the reading desk. AL
most tnvoluntarily he glanced at the
f1rst-page headings, thrilling to a little
shock of surprise when one of them
proved to be the caption OF another
Associated Press dispatch giving a 20
line story of the capture and second
escape of the Bayou State Security
robber on the levee at ST. Louis.
The reading of the bit of stale news
impressed him cuTiously. Why had
Miss Margery interested herself in the
details of the New Orleans bank rob-
berry? Why-with no apparent spe-
cial reason-should she have remem-
bered it at all-or, remembering it,
have known where to look for the
two newspaper references?
Raymer left the library specializing
vaguely On the unaccountable tan
gents at which the feminine mind
could now and then fly of from the
well-defned circle of the convention
ally usual. On rare occasions his
mother or Gertrude did it, and he had
long since learned the folly of trying
to reduce the small problem to terms
Of known quantities masculine.
"Just the same, I'd like to know
why, this time," he said to himself,
as he crossed the street to the Manu-
facturers' club. Miss Grierson isn't
at all the person to do things without
an object