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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14
An Honest
Thief
ss29
By
ALVAH JORDAN GARTH
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
(c,nnxright. 1916. by w. G. Chapman.)

O-~~E-------S
saThere!" pronounced Ellice Dunbar
in ala Intense tone of satisfaction, as
she carried a heaping yellow dish OF
prime smoking doughnuts into the cool
open shed just beyond the kitchen,
and set Ii on q clean board loaded with
other tempting viaEds to cool.
She made pretty picture, this tall,
graceful girl OF eighteen with her neat
apron, dainty cap, fiusEei cheeks and
sparkling eyes.
Cookie jar full and the cake box
IOaded!" she chirped gleefully, and
with pride. II hope Mrs. Barton will
be pleased. There's the full compile
ment for a week and the flour has act
ed ike O charm. What a delightful
evening L shall have, nothing TO do but
read, and I'm tired enough to just en-
joy the quiet and rest. Oh, dear ]"
and the pretty mouth puckered and
the dlsmay of gloom clOuded the fair
face momentarily-"if he only don't
come" IJ
"He" was Lacey Delevan, and he
might nave been surprised 10 learn
how really unwelcOme were his forced
attentions. 1t was true that Mrs. Bar
ton encouraged the same, for the var
nish of gentility of the self-assertive
DeIeyan had captivated the old woman
and she had spoken kindly words con-
corning him to Ellice. The latter read
deeper, however. People called Della
van her "beau," which declaration Ell
lice staunchly disclaimed. There had
been beau once, a real beau, and
Ellice had never forgotten him. The
memory was a sad one-and sorrow
full look passed over the face of the
young girl whenever it required to her,
which was often.
Ellice was an orphan. She had been
adopted by a distant relative of her
mother Mrs. Barton, widow, and her
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14

life since early childhood had not been
a disagreeable one. Mrs. Barton was
vain, trifling and complaining at times,
but she was not unkind outright to
EIIice. Her charge did most of the
hOusework and was a busy bustling
little creature.
There's only two of us, though"
EIlice would say brightly, 'and Aunty
ls not untidy, so there is not such a
great heap to do, except on cleaning
day"
1t had been a year back when Roland
Dexter came into her life. He was a
guy, Needless young fellow, the son
of rich father living in the next vii
Iage. He had all but made serious
love to Ellice, when all her dreams
were shattered. He did not call upon
her for a week, and when Ellice began
to inquire around, her discoveries re-
suited in sorrow and tears many sleep
less nights thereafter.
What she cleaned from her inquiries
was that Roland Dexter ''had got into
trouble" Some valuable jewelry dis
appeared from the safe in his fathers
office and he was suspected. Mr.. Dex-
ter was q stern, determined man and
had driven this "black sheep Of the
family" into exile. RumOr had 1t that
Roland was banished to some remote
Western ranch. There was q hint of
his arrest being threatened had he re-
malned in town. Guilty or innocent,
however, Roland Dexter had faded out
of EIlice's life. He had not written
her line since his abrupt disappear
ance.
Lacey Delavan was somewhat Of a
chum of Roland, but when Ellice asked
lands departure Delavan simply
shrugged his shoulders, declared he
knew only that it was 'some Jail of
Tense" and Ellice almost hated him
for the cold-blooded sheer. Since then
Delayan had worked himself into the
good graces of Mrs. Barton and called
regularly upon Ellice once a week
despite the cold and distant way in
which Ellice received his unwelcOme
attentions.
She was all on fire with indignation
and resentment one especial evening
when he called, for there had appeared
In the weekly paper one of those broad
hints at "a local engagement between
two of the bright stars in our social
armament" The initials palpably in
Dictated Ellice and Delavan. Ellice
fairly cried over it. When Delavar
called, however. his disavowal of any
hand in the publicity seemed so sin
cere that Ellice eXculpated him, bu
she did not change her diSaffectet
hearing towards him in any way.
OF all this Ellice was thinking a:
she tidied up the kitchen, removed he
work apron and went into the sittin:
room to rest. She WIS. indeed. tired
for she had worked hard, and SIT
drifted into a delicious slumber befor,
she knew it. The old clock janglini
out five awakened her. Ellice jumped
UP and hurried to the kitchen shed t
remove the dOughnuts and cookies Z
their respective nantry crooks. for Mrs
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14
BEST time TO CUT
SUDAN GRASS CROP
Best Hay Yield Secured When
Cut Just After Full Bloom
Holds Up Well.

By J. F. NICHOLSON, Agronomist, Elk
pertinent Station, University Of Ari-
zona.)
Sudan grass yields the best hay when
cut just after full bloom. There are
times when it is advisable to cut the
hay before it has reached full bloom,
on account of removing the first cut
ting, so as to get a more abundant Sec
ond crop. If the season is short it may
be impossible to get two full crops, and
in this case it would be better to cut
the first one prematurely. Sudan grass
will probably stand longer without de-
teriorating in it's hay-prOducing quail
ties than any other of the forage crops.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14

Barton would soon De due from the
sewing society weekly meeting.
"Why what is this?" she exclaimed,
as she came in sight Of her afternoon
cookery set out to cool, for the dough
nut bowl was half denuded and the
cookie heap had visibly diminished.
And there under q fork on the board
was dollar bill and scrawled on bit
of paper were the extraordinary
words: Hungry, but honest"
In profound amaZement Ellice was
trying to solve the mystery of the
moment when Mrs. Barton returned.
cite whole batch didn't cost a dol
lar, Ellice," was her philosophical de-
duction. "Jt must have been we'll
meaning tramp to pay so literally,
though"
Lacey Delavan came around before
dusk. There was a game of croquet
and he was invited to hang up his
coat ON tree limb, as the weather
was warm. He left early, for Elllce
was not very sociable. He had been
gone only half an hour when he re-
turned in a great furry. He had missed
a valuable memorandum book out OF
his coat pocket. 1t mast have fallen
out when he took off his coat, he
suggested.
Ellice got a lantern and they went
out into the garden, but there was no
trace found of the missing article and
Delavan went away looking worried
and alarmed, hoping that he might
have left the memorandum book at
home.
Ellice, taking another search after
his departure, gave a start, as, pass
ing among some bushes, her name was
spoken.
"Ellice! I"
She stared and trembled as the
speaker came into view. 1t was Roland
Dexter, bronzed, roughly dressed, but
bright of eye and manly in his poise
as ever.
"You-you have come back!" she
stammered incoherently.
''To find out if little item CHANGED
across intimating your engagement
was true" he said.
cit was false!'' spoke Ellice vehem-
emily.
II judge that. Set down the Ian
tern and come into the shadow. I
have something important to tell you"
She joined him fearlessly. Her heart
was bounding with joy and love.
'You know how left home under
a cloud" said Roland. ''It looked bad
for me, that missing jewelry. Even
my father believed me to be the thief
and, then and even now a warrant is
out in behalf Of his client who owned
the property. So I had to hide this
afternoon, when 1 got here, and, as I
was hungry, 1 helped myself to your
superb cookery. And 1 found MEM
orardum book belonging to Delavan.
In it is q scrawl in his disguised hand
writing-that item in the paper. There,
too, 1 found a pawn ticket covering
jewelry 1 am sure Is the same stolen
from my fathers Office. Delavan was
with me there several times, but
never suspected until now that he was
a false friend
He was, indeed, proven such during
the ensuing few days, and the limo
cence Of Roland Dexter came forth as
clear as crystal.
And before the year was out, pretty
Ellice was making cookies and dough-
nuts for her husband solely.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14

Farms used for dairy purposes
should gain rather than lose In fertil-
ity, asserts r. /. Throckmorton, as
sistant professor of soils in the Kan
sas State Agricultural college.
''In dairying less plant food is sold
from the farm than in any other type
of farming" says Mr.. Throckmorton.
"In grain farming, the land is
cropped year after year, and the prod
ucts are sold off the land. In dairy
farming, the crops are harvested and
fed to animals.
"When grain Or other crops are sold
from the farm soil fertility or plant
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14
Threads as Complexion Charms.

The girls of Roumanian country dis
tricts take great pride in a clear, heal
thy complexion, and just as the girls in
our own rural districts a generation
ago would get up before breakfast and
steal down unobserved on the first day
of May to wash their freckles away
in the dew of the morning, so the girls
of ROumania take red and white
threads, twist them into cords, from
which they suspend coins around their
necks. These talismans they wear
from the dead of winter to the moment
they see the first blossom of spring,
feeling sure that thereby they will
guarantee themselves a milkwhite
complexion, rosy checks and ruby lips.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14
POSSIBLE CAUSE OF
PARALYSIS OF PIGS
Germ of Wheat Contains Poison
GUS Substance Which Causes
Serious Trouble.

At the Wisconsin station, in expert
ments with hogs, cattle and rats, they
found that the germ Of wheat con-
tanned a poisonous substance which
caused serious trouble when fed ID
large amounts. When fed to young
animals, the result was a stunted
growth; when fed to pregnant cows,
the result was abortion or a very weak
or dead calf, and when fed to pigs, the
result was partial paralysis. The WIS
consin investigators believe that the
poisonous substance contained IN a
germ of wheat has a special tendency
to affect the nerve tissues.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14

discharges from the tumors may not
contaminate the feed. The use of the
surgeons knife can be used to remove
the affected parts or the animal can
be treated by the iodide of potash
method. This consists of giving one
and one-half drains of iodide Of pot
ash twice a day to animals weighing
1000 pounds. This is kept up for ten
days or two weeks and the animal al
lowed to rest for a like period and
then the treatment repeated if neces-
sary. The medicine may be given as
drench or in the drinking water.
Treatment should be begun as soon
as possible after the character of the
disease has been determined. Animals
in advanced cases should be killed, as
their recovery is doubtful. Fat cattle
can be sold subject to post-mortem ex-
animation. Milk from dairy cows
with this disease should not be used
until after they have been cured.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14
WHY RAISE LIVE STOCK?

!. Because the raiser of live stock
! has a wider range of time in
Z which to. market his products
. than in the case of most other
3 products of the farm.
!. Because the raising OF stock
: makes possible diversified farm
) ing that favors independence. A
: diversified farm with no live
!. stock is a difficult thing to ham
! die successfully.
Because in all nations where
/ live stock is largely raised agri-
3 culture is on a firm basis.
Because it is patriotic duty
to provide for the people the
j. various kinds of meat food they
! need and the foods from the
) products of animals, such as
4 cheese and butter, and the ma
terials out of which to manufac-
+ ture all kinds of the best OF gar
s ments.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14
Hard on the BURGLAR.

II hear that the home Of Scribbins.
the writer, was entered last night and
a number of manuscripts stolen"
'Is that so? I suppose Scribbins
has set the police on track Of the
theft"
"Oh, he says that if the fellow has
any better success in placing the stuff
than he has had himself, he's only too
clad to let him try it."-Farm Life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14
Embarrassing Situation.

Capt. Tommy MunSon was proud OF
his mustache. One evening there was
a midsummer hop at the post. The
lady with whom the gallant officer was
dancing felt that her hair was falling
over her ears, and in the course of the
waltz managed to fix it up with hair
pin. AT the end of the dance poor
Tommy was alarmed to find his mus
tache pinned up with the lady's hair.
pin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14

food is removed. No soil can grow
crops year after year without sooner
or later reaching the point where the
depletion is felt.
Food Stays on Farm.
"When animals or milk products are
sold only a small portion Of the plant
food Of the crop is removed from the
farm. The greater part Of it is left
in the form Of barnyard manure, which
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14

Dodd's Kidney Pills and they relieved
me again. I used three boxes. That
lis now three years ago and my Back.
ache has not returned in its severity,
and by using another two boxes lit
tie later on, the pain left altogether
and have had no trouble since. You
may use my statement. I recommend
Dodd's Kidney Pills when and wher-
ever can" Dodd's Kidney Pills, 5Oc.
per box at your dealer or Dodd's Medi.
cine Co., Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv. a.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14

Its last stages, /
tried Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. After
using two boxes I
was somewhat re-
lieved and I stop
ped the treatment.
In the spring OF
the next year I
had another at.
AooIy 7 uyank For
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14

may be returned to the soil. This is
clear when one considers the fact that
ton of milk contains $500 worth of
plant food, while ton of alfalfa con-
tains $3.50 worth of plant food.
"With this system of farming large
variety of crops can be profitably
grown and utilized. Such crops as al
falfa and clover for hay, corn sorghum
for silage, and rye as soiling crop
may be grown. With these crops it Is
possible to practice rotation in which
a legume is grown, thus increasing the
supply of nitrogen in the soil. This
is important, as the failure to include
leguminous crop in the rotation is
one of the common causes of soil de-
pletfon. The nitrogen content Of the
soil is also increased when alfalfa is
fed and the manure is applied to the
land"
Concentrates Are Fertilizers.
The soil on many farms contains
sufficient quantity Of plantfood, points
out Mr.. ThrockmOrtOn, but is so devoid
of humus that the food is unavailable
to the plant. A soil thus lacking in
vegetable matter will not retain water,
but packs, and bakeS. Practically all
the manure produced on dairy farm
may be returned to the soil. This will
add humus, thus making the soil more
productive. 1t may be proftably APP
Piled to alfalfa as a surface dressing
or in the field where Silage or SOiling
crops are grown.
Buying concentrated feeding stuffs,
such as bran and oilmeal, is a COM
mon practice on many dairy farms.
These feeds are rich in fertilizing in
gradients and if the resulting manure
is applied to the land the fertility may
be increased to considerable extent.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14
Children and PIaygroun DIS.
sv OTTO A. MILLER, Detroit, Mich.

There still who cling to the idea that child energy should
be comercad as soon old enough to swing dinner pail
Some persons are selfish enough condemn Fairgrounds because the
noise from the shouting and laughter of the Children few object
because an occasional window from baed ball. few believe
sweatshop the playground might reduce their taxes
penny But there good moral why Fairgrounds should
discontinued
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14
Undesirable Combination.

High-priced feed and low-prices for
milk or its products is a very undesir-
able combination but it is sometimes
economy to submit to present loss,
rather than allow a milk flow to go by
default.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14
Work in Cooperation.

Working in cooperation, dairymen
can obtain the benefits of business
methods at a very small cost through
the organization of a cow-testing asso-
citation.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14
THE PROFESSORS STATEMENT.

Prof. Aug. F. w. Schmitz, Thomas,
Okla, writes: II was troubled with
Backache for about twenty-five years.
When told I had Bright's Disease in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14
Cow AZ caIvino Time.

A cow should be fed lightly Tor ten
days before calving, and for Q "eeA
afterward.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14
Valuable Property.

Any kind of a good silo is valua-
BILE piece of property on the 1arn
where livestock is to be fed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14

A cruel story runs on wheels, and
every hand oils the wheels as they
run.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-14
Selecting Seed Corn.

Five years from now every corn
grower will select seed corn from inc
field.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-13
$500 Cash for Herald Readers
$40 In Prizes Given Away Each Week

Here's a chance for somebody-it might as well be
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body else 81, and three others S each. This total
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the % ads. published below are certain misspelled
words. Find these words and write them neatly
on a separate sheet; also write your name and ad-
dress. Winners will be decided by the neatest
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be in The eraId office by g p. m. next Wednes-
day Next Saturday winners will be announced
and the awards mailed
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-11-20
HONOR ROLL FOR
SECOND PERIOD IN
BISMARCK SCHOOLS
By ALTMAN !!
! WINCH ONE 4

Superlnt endent }. NJ. Martin has an
nounccd the honor roll for the second
five-weeks period in the Bismarck pub
lie schools as follows:
HIGH SCHOOL.
First Honor Roll.
Lillian Thrams, Alice Webb. Sigrid
Alison, Blanche Meyers.
Second Honor Roll.
Paula Riglcr, Edna Wachal, Geneva
Perkins, Mary Murray, Dorothy Moore,
Anita Marquis, Ethel Mckee, Irene
Hagen, Hazel Pierce.
NORTH WARD
Miss Caliahan-Grade !.
Amy Brooks, Dor0thea Carlson, Mary
Ericsson, Vincent Gates, Elizabeth Jack
son, Clifford Lakasky, Grace Mcclure.
Lief Nelson, Francis Muscle, Vera Pier
son. Francis Whitney.
Miss Irvine-Grade u.
Edna Dean Best, Anna Nelson, Mary
Jane Whitley.
Miss Maurer-Grade III.
Evelyn Martin, Wilma Olson, Miss
Christine Peterson.
Louis Grambs, Charles Hoffman,
GwendOlyn Jones, George Knowles,
Evelyn Martin.
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
Grade VII.
Esther Larson, Veta Hubbard, Els.
Their Mandigo, Charles Moses, Mabel
Parsons, Beryl Packard, Ruth Staley,
Mabel Nathan.
Grade VII.
Mary Atkinson, Roberta Best, Oral
Davis, Charles Burke, Robert George,
Kathryn Goddard, Irene Griffin, Mildred
Hannah, Lima Mandigo, Nora McGetti-
gan, Alice Morrissey, Alfred Prater,
Jerome Conway, Margaret Smith,
Mary Slattery.
Will SCHOOL.
Miss Williams-kinderga
Jeanne Setser. Lyle Cleveland, Har.
old Cordner, Russell Gross, Harold
Companion, Herbert Dralle, Claude
Caya, Louise Wilson, Marian Lack,
David Hollingsworth, Clarence Bah.
mer, Harvey Erlenmeyer. Reny Ca
sohk, Neal Taft, Lawrence Kositzky,
Elva McMahan, Mildred Peterson,
Ruth Ferris, Lucille Lush.
Miss keogan-Grade I.
Anita Beebe, Cuba Card. Vina Oder,
Stanley Sawyer, Dorothy Schroeder,
Florence Taft, Annie Weisenberger.
Miss Boysen-Grade !.
Marion Chambers, Hugh Mandigo,
Muriel Benson, Carl Strutz, Sadie
Eastberg, Eliza Hall, Alice Meader,
Louise Keller.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-11-20
CAPITAL City Artists ..
To Appear in Concert

The one big musical attraction thi
week in the Capital City is the popular
concert which will be given Thursday
evening in the Auditorium by local
artists. 1t promises to be one of the
most interesting musical events ever
given by musicians of the city and a
program Of concert numbers will he
presented. Herr Lentz, violinist, is the
only outside artist to appear on the
program and will be one of the great
drawing cards.
w. l.. Miller. tenor soloist at the
Presbyterian church, will sing two
groups of songs. For the first group
he will sing Gertrude Ross War Triol-
Ogy: N(a) War: % The Babes First
Cry; (c) Peace. For. his second group
he will sing 1.-THE Open Road" by the
same composer, and Mabel Daniels
Song, Of the Persian Captive"'
= Mrs. H. H. Steele, one of the best
known sopranos Of the city, will sing
q Mozart aria, II Re pastore, and Plat.
tbs "Bird Song"
Mrs. F. Il. Luehe, mezzo soprano
will sing Walzertraum, by Strauss
and Miss Elizabeth Bayliss has chose :,
for her numbers. Schneider's when
the Dew is Falling" "Ah, Love, But j
Day" by Beach, and Arditi's walzc
song, Sc Saran Rose Uove in Spring,
time).
{ Other voice numbers will include a
duet by Mrs. William v. Kiebert and
Miss Dorothy Mcfarland, who will
sing Brahms number, and ladies'
quartet, composed of Mrs. John A
Larson, Miss Clara Tatley, Miss Nc
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-11-20
Miss Marketable II.

Dorothy Keller, Constance Bond,
Nellie Nicholson, Della Ladenberger,
Elmer Hanson, Robert Strutz, John
Meisner. Elizabeth Russ. Merwyn
Clough.
Miss Ruthruff-Grade u.
Leonard Anderson. Harold I.aRue,
Marlys Lair. Velma Rupen.
Mrs. Parsons-Grade ~.
Alice Caya, Ernest Penwarden, Ar
mold Won Hagen, Margaret Yegen.
Miss clemens-Grade ~.
Margaret Cook, Clara Gordon, Har-
riet Hughes, Margaret Shredder, Earl
SwartZ.
Mrs. Casselman-Grade ".
Benton Buck, Theodore Bender. Ar.
thur Bender, Lydia Bertch Lucille Fish.
er, Ethel Hickman, Herman Logan.
Miss McF arland-Grade v.
James Meisner, May Hill, Rosemary
Lomas, John Renner, Dorothy Steb-
bins.
Miss Ericson-Grades V and VI.
Winifred Arntz, Dorothy Ook, Esther
Katz, David Mcdonald. Margaret Pear
cy, Dorothy Moses.
OUTSIDE GRADES.
Miss Rudd, Grade vi, Business Col
leg-Myrwin Oder.
Miss Wetheril, Grade w, Business
College-Esther Fisher, Rober Ander-
son, Glen Oder, Tillie Peterson, Mabel
Caya, Mary Wambaugh.
Miss Nora Peterson, Grade V, High
School-Helen Brooks, Beulah Brown,
Emily Olson.
Miss Larson. Grade vi, High School
-Zella Harris, Myra Nelson, Margaret
FOgarty, Grace Cook.
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