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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-25

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OF this they were altogether ignor.
ant; and when deep, droning sound
disturbed the desert silence, like the
purring Of some gigantic cat, both as
cribed 1t to the drumming of their
laboring pulses.
The two lights were not mile be-
hind them when, silently, without a
sign to warn the girl, Alan released
her, took step apart and dropped
as if shot
Instantly she was kneeling by his
side. But in the act of bending over
him she drew back and remained for
several moments motionless, staring
at those twin glazing eyes, sweeping
Gown upon them with all the speed
attainable by six-cylinder touring car
negotiating a trackless desert.
When Judith did move it was not to
comfort Alan. On the contrary, her
first act was to draw from her pocket
a heavy, blunt-nosed revolver, break it
at the breech and blow its barrel
clear of dust. Her hand went next
to the holster on Alan's hip. From
this she extracted his Colts As, treat
ing it as she had the other Then she
crouched low above the man she loved,
as If thinking perhaps to escape notice
from the occupants of the motorcar.
If that were her thought, it was bred
of an idle hope. Alan had chosen to
fall in the middle of a wide space so
arid that not even sagebrush had ven.
tured to take root there. When the
glare of the headlights fell upon them
1t was inevitable that discovery should
follow The motor car stopped within
twenty feet. Three men jumped out
and ran toward the pair leaving two
in the car-the chauffeur and one who
occupied corner Of the rear seat:
an aged man with the face of a damned
soul, doomed for little time to live
upon this earth in the certain knowl.
edge of his damnation.
As this happened, Judith Urine
leaped to her feet and stood over the
body of Alan, a revolver poised in
either hand.
Halt" she ordered imperatively.
Hands up!"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-25
CHAPTER XIII.

Open Mutiny.
Though she had been schooled to hold
the very name of Law in loathing un-
speakable and to think of Alan as
mortal enemy and as one whose death
alone could properly requite the cruel
injury that had been done her father;
and though the man himself had
laughed to scorn her first involuntary
confession of that love for him which
now consumed her being with it's in
satiable fires, she swallowed her
chagrin and followed him with the
solicitude of one whose love can recog-
nize no wrong in it's object. Through
all the remainder of that day of terror
she was never far from his side.
With the meekness Of the strong,
she made herself his shadow. And
she was now the stronger, for she had
had more than an hours rest beside
the waterhole, which he had missed
on the way of that rocky windbreak'
Sooner or later his strength must fail
him and he would need her; till then
she was content to bide her hour.
It befell presently in startling fash
ion; she was not yard behind him
when he vanished abruptly.
| But the next moment Judith herself
was trembling on the crumbling brink
of an arroyo Of depth and width in
! determinable in the obscurity of thu
duststorm. Down this evidently
Alan had fallen in his dizzy blindness
She found him insensible lying will
m arm bent under him IN 9 pos.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-25

with the gesture of exorcism.
Uncomplaining, hugging her new.
born humility to her with the ecstasy
of the anchorite his horse-hair shirt,
Judith followed him patiently, at a
little distance.
Not far from where he had rested
there was a break in the overhanging
wall of the arroyo. Through this he
scrambled painfully, reaching the level
of the desert only after cruel effort,
the unheeded woman at his heels.
A brief pause there a>-'deS both
time to regain their breath and survey
the desert for signs of assistance: it.
offered none, other than what they
might accomplish through their own
exertions. For leagues in any quarter
it stretched without a break other than
the black cleft Of the arroyo, cleaning
a bleached and deathly white in the
moonshine-like the face of frozen
world.
With tacit consent both turned that
way, Alan leading, Judith his pertina-
cious shadow, with never word or
sign between them to prove that either
was aware Of the others company
But this was a state of affairs that
| could not long endure. Judith had the
price to pay for her own trials, suf-
fering and privation: the strain began
to tell sorely upon her. She reeled
slightly as she walked, weaving a
winding trail across and across the
straighter line of footprints that
marked Alan's course through the or
dered pattern of the powdered sage
brush.
And of a sudden she collapsed.
Instinct alone made Alan glance
over-shoulder: for she had made no
sound whatever.
He turned and came directly back
to her, knelt beside her. lifted her
head, pillowed it gently on his arm
and piled her in turn with the dregs
Of the canteen. .-
. | With sigh, a stifled moan and q
little SILVER, she revived.
He helped her gently to regain he1
feet, passed an arm round her.
In this fashion they struggled on II
strange, dumb companionship Of mis-
cry and wonder.
Thus an hour passed.; and for al
their desperate struggles neither could
see that the light on the mountatnsidt
was a yard the nearer. ....s....
Behind them other lights appeared
two staring yellow eyes that peere,
up over the horizon, seemed to paus
. time IL search Of the two. thel
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-25

"straight Ahead, My Mani" She Said
hundred yards from the mouth of the
pass.
AS it drew near the spot where she
paused, waving both hands frantically,
the head of the pursuing party swept
into the mouth of the ravine.
At the same time the chauffeur no.
ticed that the two men on the hillside
were following the woman pellmell.
throwing themselves down the slope
with gigantic leaps and bounds.
And then a great explosion rent the
peaceful hush Of night-that till then
had been profaned by the patterine
cracks of the revolver fusillade.
AS the roar Of dynamite subsidized
the entire side of the hill shifted and
slid ponderously down, choking the
ravine with debris to the depth OF
some thirty or forty feet, burying the
leaders of the pursuit beyond hope Of
rescue. ~. ...... ...
Only a instant later the motor car
jolted to halt and Alan pulled him.
self together to find that Rose and
Barcus we're standing beside the door
and jabbering joyful greetings, mixed
with more or less incoherent explana.
tons of the manner in which they had
come to seek shelter for the night in
the prospector's shack and, reused
by the noise of firing and recognizing
Alan in the car by the aid of spy.
glasses, had with the prospector's aid
hit upon this scheme of shooting a
landslide in between the pursuit and
Its devoted quarry. . I'D
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-25

A big curling tournament is on in
Minot Twelve rings will compete for
honors and prizes. The interest in
curling at Minot is reaching an unus.
ual plane, and before the winter is
over many enthusiasts will be added.
Jacob Anton, living south of Glad
stone was arrested on a charge of
having failed to send his young chill
dren to school during this term.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-25

F. w. Game who teaches a rural
school near Wildrose is conducting a.
night school from Z to 10 o'clock.
Fourteen are enrolled, II to 30 years
of age and all with one exception,
German He teaches them
reading spelling, and civics and will
perhaps add agriculture.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-25
Ito be Continued.)

Two officers and yard managers of
the Kulaas Lumber Company of Minot
gathered in annual convention on Wed
nesday. The convention is held an
nually for the purpose of bringing the
men together that they might talk
over the retail business and enjoy a So
cial time.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-25

John w. Hubbel, living three miles
north Of Beach suffered q broken
wrist Of the right arm, when an en-
CINE he was operating, while grinding
feed backfred.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07

ment at fansleld of the state tarir- Ing schoo1 for feeble minded ft Ia that-dt fs ths opinion of the commissiou having this in charge that the amount will be entirely inad- equate to carry out it's plans.
 la The two new buildings to be erect ed now will provide power and hum for the feeble minded, but for the epileptic colony also. Judge IL. P. Waldo Marvin of Hartford. who is a member of the commission, safd Sat urday that the new main building for the institution for the weak minded would be ready for the reception of patients in about h months.
 The commission has just chosen the Norwich firm of Cudworth, Wood worth 6 Thompson to be the archi- 'tects, of the buildings which the com mission will erect on the grounds at Mansfield. s.
 Judge Marvin said it was the i'm tention of the commission to provide plans for khe accommodation of nearly 1000 persons. At present the commission has waiting list of 300 80 or 40 who cannot be accommodat- ed. because there is no place to put them There are today 200 patients at LalSevflle, and. there is not room for any y-u1ores When the institution at Mansfield is finished all the male patients. who do not attend school be-
 cause of their age or intellectual de- Lakeviiler to Mansfield andst1e vacan-
 cies at the former place filled ffon those who are on the waiting list
 1t is believed 1t will be necessary ts f.continue the schol at LakeviIle in, | definitely. .--- -,s-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07
A GRICULTURAL INTERESTS
APPLE ORCHARDS.
6ordeaux Mixture Save Best Results
 in Killing Funsieides. .-

Bulletin 161 of the New. Hampshire station gives a summary of five years spraying experiments in the apple orchards of New Hampshire, the work being carried out for the control of particular diseases and the action of different fungicides being tested.
 No fungicide was found to hold the diseases in check as well as Bordeaux mixture. When showers follow soon after an application of Bordeaux the leaves are likely to be spotted and the fruit russeted by the fungicide. but this injury is seldom of sufficient import ance to be detrimental except in the case of extra fancy fruit No com mercial form of Bordeaux was found as satisfactory as the home-made ar ticle. and many of the mixtures on the market proved practically worthless. For the apple orchard a 8: :50 solution is recommended.
 Lime-sulphur in most cases proved a satisfactory substitute for Bordeaux. It caused little or no injury and in some seasons controlled the diseases as well as the copper fungicide. When diseases are serious and the season Is a rainy one. more applications of lime sulphur vii be required than of Bor- deaux. The sef-boiled liuie-sulphur has given good results for the preven- ton of leaf spot. but in most cases has not held other diseases In check as well as Bordeaux and commercial hme-sulphur. It is. said that the value of the hme-sulphur win vary greatly with the quality of the lime used and the care in making. the solution.
 Apples of the Baldwin variety are believed to be more susceptible to spray injury than those of the variety Mcintosh. s- q
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07
EXPERIMENTS WITH ASPARAGUS
Effects of Using Different Kinds of
 Fertilizer.

The Massachusetts station conducts an asparagus sub-station at Concord. At this sub-station many important fertilizer experiments have been stud fed. A study of the reported yields and observations indicates that nitrate of soda used up to the rate of 466 lbs per acre proved beneficial when used either in combination with acid phosphate and muriate of potash or with stable manure. Larger applica- tions of nitrate of soda have given no added benefit. Nitrate of soda has been applied according to distinct plans namely, all applied in early spring one-half applied in early spring and the balance at the close Of the cutting season and all at the close of the cutting season. The variation in the season of aplieation gave no we'll defined difference in yield. but the amount of rust has appeared to be less with the larger application. ap- piled at least in part after the cutting season. Nitrate of soda applied.in such liberal quantities as tospromote a con tinuous vigorous growth of the plant after the close of the cutting season
 seems to increase the capacity of the
 plants to resist rust -,-.s-
 Al number of different materials were
 used as the source of potash but 2
 plat receiving kainit showed the least amount of rust. |. is suggested thai this may have been due to the fact that the kainit plat was located at the
 greatest distance from the chief source i of rust infection. +fest.
 Acid phosphate used in combination with. nifrate--of soda and muriate oi potash gave a considerable increase ir crop the maximum increase being secured with 1887 lbs. of acid phos. phate per acre. Muriate of potasf used in combination likewise increased | the crop. but an increase In the quan. | tftxx of rnttrfafe abOye@ the rate of 2fi ! lbs, per acre gave no further bene'
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07
ALFALFA. AS A WEED ExTER.
 MINAToR.

According to Bulletin 1l3 of the Illinois Station. the value of alfalfa as a weed exterminator has been acci- dentally discovered in a number of instances. It has been found to be the means of eradfcating a number of our worst weeds in several localities over the state. We have the state ments of growers in four different countries who have eliminated wild morning glories fro mtheir fields by two or three years harvesting alfal- ia This weed Is one of the most persistent and frequently renders rich valley soil almost worthless for many of the farm crops. On some of the fields reported this pest has been so bad that all other means of ex- terminating it have failed and very little could be produced upon the ground. The frequent clippings re- ceived while in alfalfa, and the quick shade which followed each cutting of hay. have killed out the weeds. One grower stated; Freeing this rich val ley soil from the wild morning glor- ies. which for years we have been un- able to control, is worth all the trou- ble and expense of growing the alfalfa even had 1t been of no value other than to free the field from the weed pest"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07
County Improvement League Data
By County Agent F. c. wARNEE

to New London county boys and girls. At the Lyme fair no special arrange ments had been made for prizes for the club work so that these exhibits were entered -tn thesopen .competi0n class es. even with this handicap a Lyme boy took first prize on. While Cap corn and the. East Lyme school garden ex- hibit took two first prizes on vege- tables and caned goods. The club work also drew a blue ribbon at the Mantle fair. This shows that the New Lon don county boys and girls are doing fine work and czn be expected en- other year to bring home all the first prizes from the State fair.
 Another interesting. feature of the farm bureau exhibit has been a map of the county mounted on cardboard and arranged with different colored pins to show where the different lines of work having been done by. the county agent since eJauuary first to September 18th have been carried on. A summary of these pins shows a total of 70 steel headed pins located fn the Lebanon section showing farms sur veyed In the farm management dem onstration work Twenty-two brass headed pins show where the members of the COW testing association live In Lebanon. Franklin, Norwich and North Stouington- Fourteen red headed pins located around the co1nty show where carloads of fertilizer and lime were
 
 erattvely. f1~
 Fifty-five blue headed pins scattered very uniformly throughout the coun- ty show where meetingss of different kinds have been addressed by the county agent at which a total of l.010 were present Fifteen yellow pins To- cated mostly in the western haH of the county show the location of boyef and girls clubs with the north western part of the county having the majority of the clubs. Twelve pins of a diffsr- ent variety show where farmers. are keeping milk records themselves and twenty buttons towering practically the entire county indicate canning demonstrations either by an outside ldemonstrator orr the county agent
 The records sbowcthat In this period the county agent visited e74 farmers on, their farms. 41e persons calIed d | the ofiice for cancellations, ToSe per- sons called over the phone for infor- nation and advice. 11s personal let- ters were mailed. and 12 requests for inoclnation for affalfa end other Te- gues were received and supplied
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07
Report of the County Farm Agent for
 the Month of September.

the Month of September.
 The month of September was a month of fairs with the New London County Improvement League. Start at Norwich. where we had an exhibit
 in connection with the Connecticut
 Agricultural College showing lines of work carried on by the Farm Bureau such as Boys and Girls Club work.
 Canning Demonstrations, Cowtesters
 and give canning demonstrations at
 practically every fair held in the
 county. On Saturday evening, Sep
 tember 4th, We gave a Canning Dem
 onstration in Ledyard at the regular meeting of the grange. The Thurs
 day following the Norwich Fair a
 canning demonstration was given at
 the Colchester Grange fair. On Fri
 day the 10th a canning demonstration was given at the Y- NJ. C. A. rooms In
 New London and on Wednesday the 22nd a canning demonstration was
 given at the Lyme Grange fair in
 Hamburg. Friday, September 24th a canning demonstration was given be-
 fore the Domestic Science class Of
 the New London Vocational school and
 in the afternoon and evening one was given at the Griswold Grange fair.
 Wednesday and Thursday. September | 29th and s0th completed the exhibits and demonstration work with demon
 strations both days at the Mantle Village Improvement Society fair A total of twenty six hundred attended
 these demonstrations outside the Nor
 wich fair, where it has been estimated that at least five thousand saw the demonstrations given there.
 | Of the work exhibited at the differ ent fairs besides the canning demon l strations the Boys and Girls club
 work probably attracted the most at- tention. No prizes were awarded for the club work at the Norwich fair but
 the fair association offers $50 In prizes to the members of the Corn | Clubs upon completion of their work | proNding that they exhibited at the | fair Twelve boys in the county ex- hfbited and are eligible for this prize
 The New London Day has offered $50 to the members of the other Boys and Girls clubs under the same condi-
 tions. Seventeen boys. and one girl are eligible In the Potato club Five
 girls and two boys in the Garden and Canning club. and one boy and. six girls are eligible in the Vacation Can- ming and Marketing club Fifteen girls .and two boys exhibited their, sowing land are eligible. for the, county prize in the sowing club. At the. same ttms this club work was being exhibited al the Norwich fair a Colchester boy had
 entered one quart jar of tomatoes al the Hartford fair which took the flrs' prize of S5. At the Colchester fall Boys and Girls club work receiyet
 s2I ir prizes, in adition to the sowinl club receiving . blue ribbon for thl largest and best exhibit of sowing London. county gtrl received secon' , lprize of s5 and d New London Count, boy took the third prize of e on. can ned goods The Boys club took sec 2 ond prizes in corn and potatoes be
 sides several smaller prizes credite
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07
STORAGE oF vEeErAsLEs.
Three Important considerations Which
 Need Attention.

There are three important consid- erations in connection with the plac- ing of vegetables in storage The veg etabies themselves should be of good quality. free from disease or bruises, they must not. be put in tct early or piled so that any. heating will take place, and they must not be subjected to an atmosphere which is so dry that 1t will cause willing and thereby their quality. It is possible for the home gardener to- keep root crops, potatoes. cabbage and squash for some months in most house cellars with the exer- else of some precautions, even where a cool cellar is not provided
 Vegetables should be stored as far away from the heater as possible, ex- cepting in cellars, where freezing oc- CUTS. If there is cement floor 1t is best to pack the root crops in boxes or barrels and cover the top with clean sand or sifted soil in which there Is not much organic matter. A covering of about two inches is sufficient In case either the commercial grower or the home gardener. lacks storage. place, there is an alternative which IS available to almost everyone who has garden. This is the vegetable pit" piece of land conveniently. located and some material to cover the pit after cold weather comes
 The crops which can be successfully handled in this way are DeetS, car
 rots. parsnips. winter radishes, salsify. l'horseradish and cabbages. The out door vegetable pit is made in the fol- lowing manner. On the spot selected, measure off a space three or four feet
 wide and as long as desired. plan to 1 have the pit extend north and south. | The soil should be removed to 12
 inches, deep the width of the pit and | one-half of the earth thrown out on either side. The bottom of the pit should be made level and the sides
 cut straight down. The root crops are
 then piled on the ground and full width of the excavation and brought | to a ridge about 2 1-2 feet deep at the | center. Rarely will the home gard ener need a pit more than six or eight
 feet long and it is wisdom for him to
 mix roots stored so that all sorts can | be obtained at one end.
 The comercial grower will do well to | use the pit for each kind of vegetable | stored. The roots should not be piled
 before the weather is cool They should be dry and covered with about two inches of soil to prevent frost in- jury CT wilting. As the weather grows l colder and preferably after the first l soil covering has frozen nearly to the l vegetables, more covering should be l applied to a thickness of two ,- to | a thickness of two to four inches, Ii is well to obtain this soil. alongside oi l the pit in such a way that good drain age will be assured After more, cold
 weather additional covering or straw meadow hay, leaves or similar good protective material is aded.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07
WHEN ANIMALS CHOKE.
4 Veterinarian Tells What and. He,~ It
 Should Be Dones

This time of year the stock raiser is apt to be troubled with his cattle and horses becoming 6hoked- f-
 There are three kinds of choke. vix-: At the top of the throat, near the mid dle. and just above the opening into
 The OK Is really the most susceptible to choking. due to the fact that he swallows without chewing. This is apt to cause a blocking up or impaction of the Oesophasus. 40
 The symptoms of choking are easily detected The animal stands with muzzle projected. coughs champs the jaws, throws head. sometimes beIlows and becomes unmanagezbleE There is a profuse flow of saliva from the mouth. while feeding and chewing stops However. there are attempts at
 In urgent cases eyes are protected and bloodshot- --1,
 When choke is in the pharynx. or top of the throat. coughing fs most marked and the stomach is much distended with gas This is the most dangerous choke as animal suffocates in a short time.
 The cervicaI choke. or that fin tAs middle throat. can be detected In left !ugula- frrrow.
 The horse as rule becotnAs choked on shelIed oats or tough forake. while the OK Is shoked -nn, apples or foreign
 If the choke cannot be removed win tn hands. 1t win have to be forced on down ~
 Lubricats the stthroat with rndensg- inous drinks. raw eggs, or powdered elm bark If this fails to remove it 1t would be advisable to call your local veterinarian and have him pass the stomach tubel-Dr Yearns in Farm | Life. '- .fg-sf s'-s- fc=-zr