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on which the returns could be made
and filed in the Office, a penalty being
imposed on those who fail to make
returns. The returns will all be listed
and forwarded to Washington within
the next few days.
The Bluefeld Daily Telegraph has
Its own theory about the grounding
and the weather. which It! puts forth
as follows:
1.-THE apparent discrepancy in the
grounding weather forecast has been
explained. Had old man Grounding
taken the advice Of his wife, he would
not now be in bad as a weather pro:
phet. This being leap year, Madam
Grounding commended that the third of
February should be used this year as
the weather barometer instead of the
second, Old man Grounding demurred
at this and insisted IN coming out on
the second.
The result was that he did not sec
his shadow, the day being a very
gloomy one. However, Mrs. Ground
hog did not come out IN the second,
but waited until the next day, which
was q clear day. She scuttled back
into the ground and hasn't ventured
out, since, knowing that we would have
some bad weather.
Now she Is curled up back in their
burrow, sucking her paw and poking
fun at her husband for putting one
over on him on account OF 1t being leap
year. This ts further convincing proof
Of what a man may come to by disre'
garding the advice Of his wife.
T. Y. McGovern. field agent OF the
Kanawha county Farm bureau, has
Just purchased an automobile. and he
will use 1t In making his regular tours
OF the agricultural districts OF the
county. Mr.. McGovern had q chance to
dispose OF the machine at Q big proht
o short time after he boughtit. but he
declined because he did not care to
take advantage Of a farmer. The agrt.
cultural agent stopped his car at a
little town on Elk River where q
farmer approached him. New make of
corn shelter, MI. Mac?" inquired the.
farmer, "whatu you take for it,"
"It's not for sale" responded the
field agent. "I need 1t for demonstrate
ing purposes.
william. Nusbaum, the clarksburg
merchant who was sentenced to pay a
fine andto serve term In the Morgan
town fall, after being tried and con.
victed IN the circuit court Of Monon.
gala county on the charge OF Ytolat-
ing the Yost liquor law, aud the Nc:
Alloy amendment thereto, has made
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Held up in the House. the friends OF the President. are
turning to the Senate for aid. " \
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Shorty Greenhouse should make
things prosperous in this country
again. When he's in charge OF hand
ling the car supply for the largest
coal company here, he will certainly
get more coal moved.
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The pause at Verdun is puzzltng the French, but the
Germans will not allow them to remain in the dark long.
Some new movement will take place shortly.
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KING Dimes, AMRAssADoR.

LONDON, Mar. 2-The American
Ambassador Walter Hines Page and
Mrs. Page took luncheon today at
Buckingham palace with King George
and Queen Mary.
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It takes a good one to get away
from Charley Lilley and Peggy Gray
is no genius.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-03

Wilson has certainly stirred up a fine mess with his
Showdown" stun.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-03

Billy Sunday has taken Baltimore by storm. That's
the way the baseball evangelist takes every town.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-03

A capacity house greeted the first performance of
"The Birth of a Nation"
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It is rumoredl that the bootleggers
r taking out government licenses.
More campaign funds.
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Mrs. Grounding is Boss, says the Charleston Mail.
We'll, did you ever see any Mrs. that was not2
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Knew What He Was Dotno

Knew what He was DoIna .
Tommy Officiating letter to be sent
to his wife).-The nurses here are q
very plain lot"
Nurse-oh, comet! j say!t That's
not very polite to us"
Tommy-Never mind, Nurse; put 1t
down. It'll please her!-Punch.
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Felix Diaz has lined up with villa and Zapata. No.
body seems to recognize Carranza but Wilson.
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question OF warning Americans on armed merchant
vesseis is q REVERSAL OF himself rs startling an It Is
abruyt. 4. week ago he insisted that the Submarine
controversy was not n proper subject for eongres
stonaI CONFEDERATION. Hesnew calls uponi eongrsss
10 takes up8thats question With q view 70 staII8 pnbttc
discussion and action n precipitate asdscnssion
of the SeontroyerE on Gongress Sat this
be no more nor less than,casting q drebrand into a
building filled with combusttbles.
The Constitution places upon the President the
responsibility for the conduct OF our foreign affairs.
IN shifting this responsibility to the shoulders of
Congress- he is either eyading the issue or is seeking
an avenue to escape from q situation, created by
himself, which he now finds untenable.
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Verdun had nothing on the dining
hall at the "Y' last night.
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The River of Doubt has nothing on Congress, SO far as
President Wilson is concerned.
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Can st be possible that our versatile President has
once more Changed his mint? r.
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Well have to start a Juvenile court
here to watch the Young Mems Burg
larry Association.
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- ID

II Harry S~tansbury had the job Of
telling people what a fine team the
university had all other state teams
would be afraid to tackle them.
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Pee Wee Holden arrested a 56.year
old drunk yesterday: Pee Wee IS get
ting better all the time. The drunk
has 1G0 days to serve now.
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Three cents a pound for clean cotton
rags. Wen be able to sell our last
years clothes now.
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Tho mtnnbers Bofsthe force at the IN.
fsrnal reVanue office at ParKersburg
have been veFy3busy night and day for
tbs pnst eGsreceiying and idocketing
he raturnrpi incorporation and in.
dfridd1i Income tax. These returns
v6r6 recefFedin stacks Tuesday night,
md Wednesasy moEntpg; heilast day.
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it over"
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RUFF STUFF

Everyone wonders whese Bud Eagie
igotfthespondnlix to purchase Is pints
BoftllQoE whichshe sayssisstoEs personal5
Prssident Murphy o. the second:
story workers union. was quite 5ex-
cited yesterday when Kirk and Norris
were picked up at Montana:
That Morgantown gent who paidIthe
Hutchinson family $3.50 that he had
owed them for the past IS years sets
our creditors a bad example:
Hadlt TO let the belt buckle out last
night @Y"? banquet.
It you're rot satisfied with 1.-THE
Birth Of Nation you can take a a
ride afterward.
Six different brands OF weather since
old lady March rushed in which is
months.
CLAYTON Musgraye, who says his oc-
cupatton lis that OF Blood Hound
work" must lead a dogs life.
We welcome the antisufragist, but
be cannot be convinced that the ladies
ought not vote.
They should call that game between
the Normal and the university a cham
pionship game all right, but there is
something wrong in the idea OF play.
ing the game at the armory. They
might try militartstic tactics.
II Harry Stansbury had the job OF
telling people what a fine team the
university had all other state teams
would be afraid to tackle them.
Pee Wee Holden arrested a 56.year
old drunk yesterday: Pee Wee IS get
ting better all the time. The drunk
has 16O days to serve now.
Well have to start a Juvenile court
here to watch the Young Mems Burg
larry Association
Three cents a pound for clean cotton
rags: Wen be able to sell u last
years clothes now.
= =
It takes a good one to get away
from Charley Lilley and Peggy Gray
is no genius.
Shorty G%reathouse should make
things prosperous in this country
again. When he's in charge OF hand
ling the a supply for the largest
coal company here, he will certainly
get more coal moved.
Verdun had nothing on the dining
hall at the ~" last night.
In a story about red.heads. Wash
ington, Victor Murdoch, Leslie Carter,
julius Caesar and Others we're men
toned, but nothing was said about us.
Tuff LUX.
It is rumoredl that the bootleggers
are taking out government licenses.
More campaign funds.
-. 4 .-# -N #-- N-
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That was some dinner at the y. M. G a. last night.
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They should call that game between
the Normal and the university a cham
pionship game all right, but there is
something wrong in the idea OF play.
ing the game at the armory. They
might try m%ilitartstic tactics.
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We welcome the antisuffragist, but
be cannot be convinced that the ladies
ought not vote.
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CLAYTON Musgraye, who says his oc.
cupation sis that OF Blood Hound
work" must lead a dogs life.
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on which the returns could be made
and filed in the Office. a penalty being
imposed on those who fail to make
returns. The returns will all be listed
and forwarded to Washington within
the next few days.
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Six different brands OF weather since
old lady March rushed In which is
not so bad in view Of the example;she
has been set by the other winter
months.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-03-10

the call for the police-and the STRIFE.
OF all this not a word had reached
Laura. OF an this not . whisper. not
q suggestion had found it's way be-
hind the beautiful uncovered stone
wall that surrounded the Powers es-
tate. Not a syilabls had been per-
mitted to disturb the peace and seren-
ity of the millionaire's palatial res
idence, and probably never would
have, If the men at an open air meet
ing on the afternoon Of Laura's party,
had not appointed Tim Shand the
head of a committee to place their
grievances before the millionaire.
eve can never get to him at his
office. We will see him at his home"
Tim had shouted.
At last Tim and the angry Powers
came face to face.
For a moment the two men glared
at each other. And then Shand, with
the self-command and eloquence that
had made him a leader among the
workmen, quickly made his plea for
Justice.
I'VE come to you, Mr.. Powers, be-
cause we realize that you do not know
what the men have suffered. We
know that If you had realized the
awful tyranny Of your underling,
conditions would have been improved
long ago. We ask you to take the
men back under proper working
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IF BACK HURTS CLEAN
KIDNEYS WITH SALTS
Drink Lots Of Water and Stop Eating
Meat for While Ii the Bladder
Bothers You.

Meat forms uric acid which excites
and overworks the kidneys in their
efforts to filter it from the system.
Regular eaters Of meat must flush the
kidneys occasionally. You must re-
lieve them like you relieve your bow.
els; removing all the acids, waste and
poison, else you feel a dull misery in
the kidney region, sharp pains in the
back or sick headache, dizziness, your
stomach sours, tongue is coated and
when the weather Is bad you have
rheumatic twinges. The urine is
cloudy, full of sediment: the channels
often get irrisated, obliging you to get
up two or three times during the
night.
To neutralize these irritating acids
and flush off the body's urinous waste
get about four ounces Of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy; take table
spoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast for few days and your kid.
neys will then act fine and bladder
disorders disappear. This famous salts
is made from the acid of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with lithia, and
has been used for generations to clean
and stimulate sluggish kidneys and
stop bladder irritation. Jad Salts Is
inexpensive: harmless and makes
delightful effervescent Whitewater
drink which millions Of men and
women take now and then, thus avoid
ing serious kidney and bladder dio
eases.-Adv.
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The ugly smile was still on Jake's
face when he left the private Office
and on the steps of the building he
paused for moment, spat on his
hands and squared his shoulders, as
if enjoying the prospect of trouble
that he scented.
And, like most of those who look
for trouble, Snyder found it. He had
hardly left the docks to answer Pow
ers' summons when Karl Hurd, deli
cate of face and hardly strong enough
for the work he had been forced to
accept, staggered back, dropped the
piece of lumber he was handling and
almost sank to the ground from sheer
WEAKNESS. Too much work and not
enough food was slowly killing him.
and only the thought of his wife and
daughter gave him strength enough to
keep up.
Several of his fellow laborers came
towards him and offered to help him.
They talked with discomfort over con-
ditions that forced them to submit to
the treatment that Jake and Powers
meted out.
At low warning shout from one
of their number, all jumped to their
places and were busy at work when
Jake came around the corner of the
nearest lumber pile-that is, all but
Hurd.
Here you, get to work and cut out
that soldering" yelled Snyder as he
bounded across the low pile in Hurd's
direction.
Get to work now, not next week"
he added as Hurd was slow in re-
spending, emphasizing the words with
vicious kick.
Sudden, swift passion seized Hurd,
and careless of all consequences
thoughtless as to what the future
might hold for him-he lunged fierce
ly at his foreman, and struck him
squarely between the eyes. His was
the strength of desperation and the
blow sent Jake Keeling against the
lumber pile
The startled shout-half of amaze
ment and half of approval-which
greeted Hurds action, as much as
the sudden impact of doubled fist
against human flesh, brought him
quickly to his senses, and he stood
for a moment staring at his dazed
prosecutor as the realization of what
he had done was slowly impressing
itself upon him.
And then fear seized him, and turn
ing on his heel he 1ed-fled as If
thousand demons were after him
fed blindly up one lumber yard alley
and down the other with the enraged
Snyder, who had quickly recovered.
dashing madly after him.
Stop or l fire." yelled Jake, and
then his revolver spoke-not once
but three times in rapid succession,
the vicious fire and the shipping bull
lets adding to the pandemonium that
reigned in the lumber yard.
But Hurd fed blindly on.
Stumbling, plunging. falling and
rising again, he raced across the
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ers. He started as If he had seen 8
ghost.
"You," he muttered weakly. you
thought"
And then his eyes travelled slowly
to the beautiful form on the couch.
"And she was kind to me-" he
sobbed. "She gave my Betty money
She wanted to help us and l killed
her."
The words seemed to arouse Pow
ers. For the first time he became con
scious that he was not alone.
"You!" he shouted in his turn.
His eyes blazed fury and he made
one Infatuated leap at the manacled
maniac before him. He would have
killed the man with his bare hands
had not the police and Travis re-
strained him.
And thus they stood a tragic group
around the bier. And to each had
been meted out his own appropriate
punishment. Poor Laura had paid
with her life. Travis had paid with
loss of his fiancee-with the prospect
Of facing blighted life until relieved
by a merciful death. Hurd, in his
wild pursuit Of revenge, had paid by
adding another sorrow. another re.
morse to his already overwhelming
burden OF woe. From David Powers
had been exacted the greatest trib.
ute. He paid with the life of his most
precious possession-his daughter. For
in the. Tragedy of Tyranny and Toll
as in the other great tragedies of life,
the weak must pay as well as the
strong, the innocent as well as the
guilty.
WHO PAYS?
lend OF THE SERIES.)
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AMERICANS GROW
RICH IN CANADA
Testimony Proves FaIseness Of
Statements as to OnerouS
Taxation and CONSUMPTION.

"The attempt to check emigration
from the United States to our prairie
provinces by publishing alarming state
| ments about the enormous war taxes
that are being paid here-$500 on
quarter section yearly-about forcing
young men to enlist for the war;
about the cold, no crops and any old
story that by their extravagant bold
ness might influence men and women
from venturing north to Canada, is real
ly in the list of curios to our people.
knowing the country, we can hardly
take 1t seriously. Our governments.
however, dominion and provincial, are
taking steps to expose the false state
ments that are being made, and there
by keep the channel open for continu-
ing the stream of settlers that has
been flowing to us for the past decade.
We have thought to assist in this
work, and to do so purpose giving,
from time to time, actual experiences
of Americans who have come to
Saskatchewan during late years. We
give the statements Of two farmers In
this issue as follows:-
STATEMENT OF M. P. TYSDAL.
l lived near Lee, Illinois, for 46
years l came to Saskatchewan in the
spring of 1912 and bought land near
Briercrest. / have farmed this land,
1880 acres, ever since. I have had
Ty1
of wheat that yielded 40 bushels to
the acre. I sold this wheat at $15o
| per bushel.
like the country and my neighbours.
My taxes on each quarter section (160
acres) are about $32 a year. This COW
ers municipal tax, school tax, hail in
surance tax-everything. There Is no
U0r tao, so-cdlled. like the laws in
force here. There is no compulsion to
me in any way. am Just as independ-
ent here as was in Illinois, and feel
that my family and l are just as well
protected by the laws of the province
as we were in our old home in Illinois.
What I earn here is my own. have
seven children and they take their
places at school, in sports and at all
public gatherings the same as the
Canadian born.
(Signed) M. P. TYSDAL.
February 9th, 1915.
| STATEMENT OF STEVE SCHWEITZ-
BERGER
was born in Wisconsin, but moved
with my parents when boy to
| Stephen Co.. Iowa. / was there farm
ing for so years. 1 sold my land then
| for over 5000 an acre. / moved to
Saskatchewan, and located near Brier-
| crest in the spring Of 1912. l bought
| half section Of land. l have good
| neighbors. l feel quite at home here
the same as in Iowa. We have per
| feet safety and no trouble in living up
to the laws in force. My taxes are
about $65 a year, on the half section
| for everything.
have had splendid crops. Wheat
| In 1915 yielded me over so bushels to
| the acre. That is more than / ever
had in Iowa and yet the land there
costs four times as much as 1t does
here The man who comes here now
and buys land at $50 an acre or less
gets bargain,
(Signed) S. SCHWETZBERGER-
February 9Th, 1916"
Saskatchewan Farmer. February,
| Observation-Disclosures.
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Gifts of Winter

I'm giving winter to men," said the
Old Year, Margaret Woodward writes
in the Countryside Magazine, 81 am
comforting upon them one Of the great
est benefits. Do not the wise ones of
earth know that climate has much to
do with culture? that the degree to
which race acquires civilization is
dependent upon it! Nowhere are the
rigc-s of winter felt more severely
THAI in New England, and mark you
the men of intellectual and moral fiber
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who have been bred in this climate.
Look at the races who bask under a
tropical sun, where orange and banana
groves grow luxuriantly, and notice
the Incidence. the sensuality, the lack
of ambition which prevail. 1t takes
the winter to tone up the moral and
intellectual, as well as the physical ma
ture of man. One of your philosophers
never uttered truer word than this:
Wherever snow falls, there IL usually
civil freedom Winter should bring to
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Said Jake, but Well Speed EN- Up
Bit"
rough, uneven ground, and reached
the railroad tracks just as the inter
urban trolley bound for San Pedro
whirred into view. With his last re-
naming ounce of strength, he made
a desperate squirt and flung himself
headlong on to the front platform Of
the rushing trolley. That he escaped
death beneath the wheels was a mir
acle.
For just an instant Hurd lay prone
upon the platform and then slowly
drew himself up to a standing posi-
ton. He was too relieved at his
escape from immediate danger to
give much thought to the fact that
his job was probably gone-that he
was out Of employment. That a
realization of his full plight would
have come to him soon is possible,
had not sudden commotion in the
interior of the car attracted his at
tention. CHANGING through the glass
door, he noticed Jake, the smoking
revolver still in his hand, advancing
along the center aisle Of the car. His
face was working angrily and every
line OF his ugly countenance cried out
for revenge. He had been close upon
Hurd's heels in the mad race and q
duplicate of the wild lunge that
landed Hurd on the front platform
had catapulted him on to the back
one.
The Powers lumber yard lay in low
ground just east of the trolley right
Of way, and at the instant that Hurd,
glancing into the interior Of the car,
saw his pursuer advancing upon him.
the car was swiftly moving onto q
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Quaker Wit
!" there is at | ate

Somewhere in France" there is at
work a group of English Quakers.
whose cool courage and tireless devo-
ton in Ysscuing and tending the
wounded On many a battlefield have
won them. despite their peace princi.
pies. the hearty respect and liking Of
both "Tommies' and "piou-pious !"
Among them is one young man whose
ancestors for several generations have
been notable more for wit and spirit
than for tie virtuea oftenest associ-
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Deliver ISL

George w. Perkins, in a Y. M. C. A.
address on temperance in Chicago, be-
gan:
"A corking time is a good time for
any young man. but may heaven de-
liver US all from the kind of corking
time that means an uncorking one"
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Explained.

Farm products cost more than the,
used to-" "Yes," replied the farmer
when a farmer is supposed to know
the botanical name of what he's rails
ing, and the geological name of the in
sect that eats it, and the chemics.
name of what will kill it. som sbody's
got to pay