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The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
SKY MARAUDER IN AlRSHAFT
Birds Cling FearfuIly to Fire Escape
While Sparrow Hawk Hovers
Near.

A servant maid in an apartment on
the fourth floor of the Victoria, at
Riverside drive and Ninety-seventh
street. opened the kitchen window
Monday morning and wondered why
dozens of sparrows that were hud-
ding on fire escape and window sill
did not take fright and scurry away.
Then she glanced outward and up
ward into the airshaft and discovered
the reason.
A sparrow hawk, sun glinting on its
wings, was wheeling rapidly high up
in the airshaft, but below the roof
level. Occasionally, when the marau-
ders keen eye glimpsed sparrow
which hadn't taken refuge it darted
like a fash. Twice while the maid
watched the hawk made capture and
scared out of the airshaft.
The air pirate worked for about two
hours and disappeared shortly before
noon, but it was at least half an hour
later when the plump, brown spar
rows recovered from the terror caused
by the hawks appearance.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
WORSHIP HEROES IN EFFIGY
Hindus at Native Fair Rear Monstrous
Figures in Commemoration Of
Ancient Warriors.

| In Kashmir, India, it was once my
| good fortune to visit a Hindu Duss-
rah, or native fair. The cantonment
of my host was some distance away
from the grounds. so we mounted two
of his horses and rode through the
village out on the road to the fair
grounds, where we rode much of the
way in the wake of an interminable
procession on its way to the Duss-
rah.
Above the heads of the multitude
three towering figures caught my eyes.
They were fashioned after the form of
man, but crudely and grotesquely. and
they were 100 feet tall. turned to my
companion and asked him what they
were. He told me that these mon
strous effigies were reared to com
memorate an ancient NEUROLOGICAL war
which, according to Hindu belief. took
place in Ceylon in the long ago.
Whether the story is true or not.
the figures were undoubtedly real. and
became more monstrously real the
closer we approached them. Later.
when we strolled at their feet, saw
how they we're made. Bamboo poles.
bound together after the Indian fash
ion of piecing out scaffolding, formed
the framework, and they were an
chored to the ground by ropes hid |
den under the costumes that were |
made of coarse cloth. The heads of |
the figures. grotesque and unreal in |
their workmanship, were surmount. |
ed by fancy crowns of gold and col |
ored paper.
The fair, indeed, was devoted en-
tirely to the praise of these mytho- /
logical warriors and the heroic deeds
they are supposed to have done in
The ancient Ceylon wars.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
NEED OF WATER FOR A CALF
Necessity Not Generally Understood
and Young Animal Is Quite FIRE.
quentIy Painfully Thirsty.

The young calf does not receive all
the moisture it needs from the skim
milk which it gets as regular ration.
At very early age it will drink lit
tie water if it has an opportunity and
it will do this number of times dur,
ing the day.
1t is a good plan to have water be-
fore it at all times. This need Of the
calf for water is not generally un,
derstood and the young animal is
usually painfully thirsty as well as
hungry at feeding time. The result
Is that 1t gorges itself with the milk
or drinks too rapidly when it has a
chance. Thus it does not get the full
benefit of the milk and digestive trou-
bles will result. Remember that milk
is the calfs food. Water should be
its drink.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
More Than a Stranger.

Manager Hughey Jennings of the
Detroit Tigers makes it a rule to give
tryout to everyone claiming to be a
ball player who comes. seeking a place
with him. One day at morning prac
tice, as Jennings tells the story, a
chap wandered in and asked for a
chance.
You're an experienced player?'
questioned Jennings.
"Oh, yes" replied the candidate
Can you hit and field pretty good?"
"Oh. yes, indeed!"
What do you usually play?"
I'm right fielder"
We'll, go out IN right" instructed
Jennings, land we'll see what you can
do"
Jennings instructed one of the pitch
ers to hit a few flies to the new man
In right and turned to other affairs.
He was back in a few moments and,
greatly to his surprise, found the can
didate still beside the plate.
What are you doing here?" he
asked. Il thought l sent you out in
right field!"
Eyes, Mr.. jennings" was the reply
You'll have to excuse me, but you see
I'm stranger here, and which is
right field in this park ?'-American
Boy.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
PLAN TO IMPROVE
YOUR DAIRY HERD
Sin to See Promising Helfer
Calves Sold for Bob Veal
Exchange With Neighbor.

Have you ever thought how much
more rapidly you could improve your
dairy herd if you could plan to make
an exchange of calves with some
neighbor dairyman who has good COWS
but does not have the taste and facili-
ties for raising his best heifer calves
from his high-producing COWS? 1t al
ways seems a sin to see nice. promis-
ing heifer calves sold for bob veal,
when some neighbor dairyman was
raising all of his calves without regard
to dairy promise for future use in his
herd Try and make some sort of an
exchange with your neighbor and see
how rapidly you will be able to i'm
prove your herd 1t is folly to feed
inferior calves when good ones can be
purchased for practically nothing, ex-
cepting the trouble OF taking them
home
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
HIDDEN IMPURITY

IT American women knew how
much of our Coffee lies on the ground
for days, before the berries are finally
swept up and harvested. greater care
would be exercised in purchasing
this food. For this Coffee is impure.
But It's moldy color is lost in the roast
ing. and the partial decay is concealed
until It comes up harsh and bitter in
the cup. This fact is not generally
known to importers, for few of them
have studied conditions existing prior
to the arrival of their ships in port"
So writes F. G. HARDWOOD. And Mr..
HARDWOOD knows. His long experience
In the tropical coffee growing coun-
tries, his deep intimacy with planta-
ton owners, his close study of their
customs, their methods and the
tricks of their Trade" has acquired
for him a fund of knowledge which
places him far in the leadership of
coffee connoisseurs, both here and
abroad.
Denison's Coffees are selected by F.
c. HARDWOOD, personally, and it is here
manifests itself to the qualification of
Denison's Brands. His wisdom and
critical discrimination is appreciated
by Coffee Growers the world over, and
their respect gives him first choice of
the worlds finest crops. Thus, only
pure, hand-picked berries find their
way into Denison Coffees. His care
is your safeguard against impurity.
Try Denison's and realize your ideal
Coffee put up in Cans, Cartons or
Bags. Ask your grocer or write Den
ison Coffee Co., Chicago, for the name
Of the nearest dealer.-Adv.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
CARELESSNESS OF
GROWER is COSTLY
Reputation for Perfect Product
and Honesty in Measuring Is
Great Asset fer Farmer.

It is time that our fruit growers
and farmers learned to standardize
their products in the same manner as
the manufacturer of staple food arti-
cles. A reputation for perfect prod
uct, together with honesty in meas
ure and packing is the greatest asset
that the fruit grower has.
The low prices obtained for small
fruits are in many instances due to
tire carelessness of the grower The
prevalent idea among fruit growers
Is that when the prices are low, it
does not pay to take the care and
pains that should be taken, as the re-
turns do not warrant it. This is
wrong reasoning, for one might argue
with equal reason that when the fruit
is high, the customer will take poor
pack and poor grade, as the demand
is greater than the supply.
The grading and packing of fruit
should not be regulated by prices OBJ
tanned. If any change or any relaxa-
tion in the ordinary rules of packing
and grading is to be made during a
period of low prices, it should be
made towards greater care, SO that
the fruit will sell, regardless of any
oversupply.
A good example how appearance
sells fruit is found in the Ben Davis
apple. Almost every customer knows
the quality of this particular apple,
yet when properly graded and packed
in new box, the look of the apple
will sell it, regardless of it's quality.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
POTATO DIGGER is
A USEFUL MACHINE
Modern Device Does Cleaner
Work Than Is Usually Done
by Hand-Cost Is Reduced.

Without a digger the work of har-
vesting the crop of potatoes is long
and tedious task, and every man who
grows this crop should plan to have
enough acres devoted to the crop to
make it profitable for him to own a
machine, or at least an interest in one
The modern potato digger does
cleaner work than is usually done by
hand and fewer of the tubers are in
.jured and the expense of harvesting
the crop can be reduced about three
cents per bushel.
The use of the digger is equal to
pIowed the ground once when a crop
of wheat or rye succeeds the potato
crop in rotation.
The best machines are the ones that
lift the soil and the tubers from the
row and sift the soil from the tubers
and allow them to fall on the loose
soil in a row.
There are numerous makes of dig
gers in the field, but the only way to
determine which one is best adapted
to the soil of your farm is to have
field test.
Any machine agent should be will
ing to have his machine tested II he
has confidence in it himself.
Clean work should be demanded OF
any digger, for after growing good
crop of potatoes it should not be lost
by using poor machinery in harvest
Ing.
If the soil is heavy do not expect
a machine to do good piece of work
without strong horses that will handle
it to advantage. The potato digger is
indispensable to the man who grows
a large acreage of the crop. In this
way he can make the potato digger |
an economic utility on his farm.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03

(By DR.. W. d. FROST, Wisconsin Ex-
pertinent Station.)
1t is not always fully realized that
milk, as it is produced in the udder
OF healthy COW, is a pure food. The
task of the milk producer having a
healthy herd then is to get the milk
as the COW gives it and keep it clean
and cold.
The bacteria which make the milk
spoil and render it unsafe for human
food come from the dirt, or excrement,
on the cows TANKS and udder, from
the dust of the barn, from dirty and
unsteriliZed utensils, and from the
person and clothes of the mixer. Ac-
cordingly, it pays to have the milk
producer keep clean. He should keep
his COWS clean, his barn clean, his
milking utensils clean and sterile, and
above all he and his help should be
clean and healthy. 1t is not necessary
to wear expensive clothes to milk in,
but it is important that the mixer
should have clean clothes and clean
hands. 1t is not necessary that the
miIkcr should have small, white hands
with tapering fingers, but it is neces-
sary that his or her hands be clean.
1t is not at all essential that the dairy |
barn be INTELLECTUALLY perfect or the |
walls enameled and gilded, but all |
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
BUILDING UP A DAIRY HERD
Not Necessary to Go to Great Expense,
but Few Years of Time Are Re-
CURED for Purpose.

Are you satisfied with your present
herd of nonpaying common cows? If
not why not begin now to improve
them and get out of the old rut?
When developing the dairy herd from
common stock it is not necessary to
go to great expense, but a few years
Of time are necessary in which to &C,
complish this.
The amount of time called for will
to some extent, be dependent upon the
character of the stock that you now
have, or the one you intend to use for
foundation herd.
In some instances two or three gen.
erations of correct breeding will build
up a common herd to a fine paying
herd. In other instances a longer
time will be required but it should
not require more than four or five
generations to effect the changes
sought.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03

dairy barns should be plainly con-
structed and free from unnecessary
material, The walls and ceiling should
be comparatively smooth, stall and
managers tight and sanitary and the
room well lighted and sufficiently large
to furnish an abundant supply of air
for the cows.
The most important thing is clean
illness. A clean barn, with clean COWS,
clean mixer and clean utensils, make
clean milk
To keep milk pure the producer
must understand the meaning of
cleanliness. He must know how to
put this understanding into practice.
Mr.. or Mrs. Consumer can help him
by letting him know that they IN
derstand what cleanliness means and
that they are willing to pay the extra
cost of producing clean product. If
the consumer and producer could get
together and talk these things over
the consumer would come to realize
the real problems of the producer
and the producer would be more rea-
sonable and kindly disposed towards
the consumer. The producer would
keep his milk pure, and the consumer
would better appreciate the value of
a clean product.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
To Protect States Wards.

Insurance Commissioner Ekern of
Wisconsin has sent a letter to each
member of the legislature urging i'm
mediate action to protect life and
property against the fire hazard in
the state charitable and penal insti-
buttons. A bureau recommended the
installation of sprinkler equipments.
especially in the hospitals for the in
sane at Oshkosh and Mendoza.
The commissioner said 1T was
cheaper to make improvements than
to pay fire losses and the families and
friends of the helpless inmates had
right to ask that their lives be made
safe from the dangers of fire.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
Care of Calf After Weanino.

Make sure that the calf does not
get to the COW again, once it is sepa-
rated from her and put on the skim
milk diet, as it will tend to spoil, not
only the calf, but will cause the COW
to worry after the calf and reduce her
milk flow.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
NO PLACE FOR COUNTERFEITS
Difficulty of Replenishing and Starting
Herds With Good Animals Wor-
ries Dairy Farmer.

The development of the increasing
demand for well-bred dairy cattle is
based upon the recognition of the fact
that under present production condi-
tions, the counterfeit dairy COW has no
place on the pasture or in the feed
yard.
During the past few years, difficulty
in replenishing and starting herds
with good animals has confronted the
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
Change Hog Pastures.

If the number of hogs is sufficient
to eat the alfalfa too closely they
should be changed to another pasture,
or hurdles could be used to change
from one part of the field to another.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03

dairy farmer at every turn. High feed
bills have demonstrated the futility
of expecting satisfactory returns when
keeping poor producers, and the wide
awake, progressive, business dairymen
are centering their demands on merit,
of which there must be a greater sup
ply to meet this demand. Foreign
competition has created we'll ground
ed impression that the most effective
way of evading it is by greater pro-
duction per animal and better prod
acts.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
Leave Calf With Cow.

1t is a good practice to let the calf
suck the COW for about forty-efght
hours after birth, after which it should
be taken from it's mother. In the case
of a weak calf, however, it is better
to let it remain two or three days
longer.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
PRAYERS of the Lazy.

We believe the faith of some people
would be materially strengthened if
they would omit in their supplications
all appeals for the Lord to chop their
wood and fetch their water for them
Houston Post.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
HTwo-Way0 Masons.

Members of the Chicago Craftsmen
chapter of Operative Masons are Ma
sons in two senses of the word. They
are bricklayers aud stone masons and
are members of the Masonic order.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
SPLENDID Chick Feed.

Large quantities of stale bread may
be bought from baker at rs cents to
81 per barrel. Soaked sufficiently to
soften, it makes splendid chick feed.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
The Hewlett Family.

There is a corporation named THE
Hewlett Family of America" All of
the members are descendants of
George Hewlett, who came to this
country from England in 1640
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03

Sometimes man will do a mean
thing because he has confidence in his
ability to square himself by offering
an apology.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
Look for Stolen Nest.

When hen cackles in an unusual
place. look for stolen nest and break
Cp biddys fun before the eggs are
spoiled
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03

Labor can be saved by having 2
number Of broods hatch at about the
sauna time.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
Cleanliness Is Necessary.

In raising calves, remember this:
Cleanliness in all OF the feeding op
erations is extremely necessary.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03

Italy consumes less tobacco per cap
tia than any other civilized nation.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03

Cause Of Paralysis.
Too heavy feeding sometimes causes
paralysis Of young pigs.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
White Oats Best.

There is more nutriment IN white
cats than black.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
Give Chickens Range.

give CTICKeHS TST18e.
Chickens need range IT is better
to fence in the garden than the chick
ems.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-09-03
Use Artificial colorlno.

49, - e't'~sN' SS'StIhSs
If 1t is desired to use artificial color
Ing. 1t should be added to the cream
lust before chuTniu9.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-09-18

Gated by the addresses given in the
Belle jules register. In this arrange
ment Miss Charlotte Farnham's name
stood as No /.
Landing in Wahaska the next eve
ming. Broffin's first request at the ho-
tel counter was for the directory. Rum
ming an eager finger down the .sFes."
he came to the name. 1t was the only
Farnham in the list, and after IL he
read: DR.. Herbert c., office to 10
TO 4. POI Main St, res. 16 Lake
boulevard"
Then he registered for a room and
prepared to draw the net which he
hoped would entangle the lost idan.
Gty of the bank robber. After a good
nights sleep in a real bed. he awole
refreshed and alert, breakfasted with
an open mind. and presently went
about the net drawing methodically
and with every contingency carefully
provided for
The first step was to assure him
self beyond question that Miss Farm
ham was the writer of the unsigned
letter This step he was able. by a
piece or great good fortune. to take
almost Immediately. A bit of MORN
ing gossip with the obliging clerk of
the Wfnnebago house developed the
iact that Doctor Farnham's daughter
nad once taught in the free kinder
Sarten which was one OF the chari-
table outreachings of the wahaska
public library. Two blocks east and
one south; Brofin walked them
promptly. made himself known to the
AioraI1an rs G visitor interested in kim
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-09-18
SYNOPSIS

Kenneth Griswold. unsuccessful
writer. because of socialistic tendencies.
holds up Andrew Galbraith. president Of
the Bayou State Securities. in the presi-
dents private office and escapes with $780,
o00 in cash BY original methods he es-
capes the hue and cry and goes aboard
the Belle Julie deckhand- Charlotte
Farnham OF Wahaska. Mimi. who had
seen him cash Galbraith's check in the
bank. recognizes him, 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-
Inously Griswold is arrested the ar
rival OF the boat at St: Louis. but escapes
from his captors. He decides Wa
haska, Mimi. hiding place. and after
outf1tting himself properly, takes the
train Margery Grierson. daughter of
Jasper Grierson. the financial magnate of
Wahaska, starts campaign for social
recognition by the 'old families of the
town. Griswold falls i'll the sleeper
and is cared for and taken to her home
in Wahaska by Margery, who finds the
stolen money in his suitcase Broffin.
detective. takes the trail Margery asks
her father to get Edward Raymer into
financial bot water and then help him
out of itV Griswold RECEIVERS to find the
stolen money gone. He meets Margery's
social circle and forms friendship with
Raymer. the iron manufacturer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-09-18
CHAPTER XVI.
convereino Roads.


Matthew Broffn had been two weeks
and half of a third an unobtrusive spy
upon the collective activities of the
Wahaskan social group which includ-
ed the Farnhams before he decided
that nothing could be gained by fur
Their delay.
Having his own private superstition
about Friday. Broff1n chose a wednes-
day afternoon for his call at the house
on the lake front. 1t was a resplen-
dent day of the early summer, which,
in the Minnesota ATTITUDES. springs,
Minervalike. full grown from the nod
ding head of the wintry Jove of the
North In the doctors front yard the
grass was wildly green. gIadioli and
jonquils bordered the path with a
bravery of color. and the buds of the
clambering rose on the porch treIlis
were swelling to burst their calyxes.
Brof1n turned in from the sidewalk
and closed the gate noiselessIy behind
him. While he had been three doors
away in the lake-fronting street. a
small pocket binocular had assured
him that the young woman he was
going to call upon was sitting I'm a
porch rocker behind the clamberfnx
rose. reading q book
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-09-18

whose chief occupation was the meas
uring of his own wit against the subtle
cleverness of criminals. Therefore she
accepted the challenge.
81 did my whole duty at the time.
Mr. Broffin," she demurred. with a
touch Of GOODNESS in her voice. ''If
you were careless enough to let him
escape you at St. Louis, you shouldn't
come to me. / might say very justly
that 1t was never any affair of mine"
Matthew Broffin's gifts were subtle
only in his dealings with other men:
but he was shrewd enough to know
that his last and best chance with
woman lay in an appeal to her fears.
+" don't know what made you write
this letter. in the first place." he said,
taking the well-thumbed paper from
his coat pocket: but know well
enough now why you didn't sign it,
and why you didn't put the mans real
name in 1t. You-you and him-hxed
it up between you SO that you could
say to yourself afterwards what you've
just said to me-that you'd done your
duty But you haven't finished doin'
you duty yet The law says"
Il know very well that the law
says" was her bafiing rejoinder; IL
have taken the trouble to find ont
since / came home. / am not hiding
your criminal"
Brof1ln was trying to gain little
ease by fitting his chair. But the house
wall was too close behind him.
People win say that you are helpin'
to hide him as long as you won't tell
his real name-what7" he grated
GRO BE CONTINUED,