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The Benson signal., 1916-08-26

that had been brought to the house to
be made into lariat. His curiosity
thoroughly aroused, Kynaston asked:
"What are you doing with that,
Mr.. Wilkes?"
Cant git no mule-bells,' said the
old man sententiously; they're all in
the stables. So I'm amin to string
all these cans on piece of rope an
hang 'em across the front an back
roads after dark. Anybody stumblin'
against 'em II rattle 'em, an that III
give us warnin'.'
That's what I've been trying to
think Of! Now, if we only had some
water!"
There was no water; and the whole
garrison knew it. For hours the de-
tenders, sticking close to the loop
holes, knew thirst-grimy, dry-eyed
thirst that froze the smile on the lips
and cracked the corners of the mouth.
A shot from the corral smacked
against the rear wall of the house.
Instinctively the man behind the door
post took cover. A moment after the
shot was fired a man came forward
from the corral, displaying a dirty
handkerchief on the end of stick.
Mr.. Wilkes spoke excitedly:
Don't you do it! Anybody that
goes out here now amt got no sense.
They'll get you into the open and
shoot you down. Don't pay no atten-
tion to 'em!"
You must recognize it," said KY
naston. "Come on, Upton, we'll see
what they want
But little time was given. There
came a crack from the right, and a
bullet whizzed uncomfortably close to
Kynastons shoulder, landing with a
vicious whit in the mass of clay chink-
| ing that formed the chimney. Down
came the half-baked stuff with rattle.
Mr.. Wilkes, thrusting his rifle
through a crack between two of the
logs, fired two shots in rapid success
| sion.
You'll walk home, cOnsarn you, it
you go at ALL" he growled.
Kynaston saw two Of their horses
down in the dust of the corral. A
storm Of curses came from the edge
of tho clearing.
The Benson signal., 1916-08-26
(By J. C. WRITTEN, Missouri Agricul-
tural College)

tural College.)
Train up q fruit tree in the way it
should go and when it is old it will not
depart from it. 1t is easy and cheap
to shape a young fruit tree so it will
always have good form; it is difficult
and expensive to shape an old fruit
tree that has been neglected.
The main framework Of the fruit
tree should be shaped in early spring.
Additional pruning should follow from
time to time during the summer to fur
ther correct and guide the new growth.
The center of the young tree should
be pruned out, leaving from three to
five main limbs to form the framework
of the tree. This gives a tree with an
open center, to admit sunlight, and
with broad-spreading limbs. A broad,
low tree is easy to handle and fruits
better. Much Of the fruit can be
picked without ladders. A low tree is
easier to prune, spray and care for.
Peach trees are pruned most severe
ly of any of our orchard fruits. In
addition to thinning out surplus limbs,
the main limbs should be cut back one
third to one-half of each seasons
growth. Cut to outward-growing side
limbs, so as to favor an open, spread
ing top.
Japanese plums and nectarines
should be pruned like the peach, and
apricots and European plums essen
The Benson signal., 1916-08-26
CAREFUL GRADING OF FRUIT
Success of Orchardist Depends Great
Iy on Care and Honesty in Pack
ing and Marketing.

Nothing pays better for the atten-
ton required than careful grading of
small fruits as they are picked and
marketed. If there is any marked
difference in the varieties or in the
different beds picked from, they should
be kept carefully separate and sold at
a price corresponding to their value.
If the poor are marketed with the good
the whole product will be likely to
drop to about the price of the poorest
fruit. There is nothing that pays bet
ter for care and honesty in marketing
than small fruits.
The Benson signal., 1916-08-26
CHAPTER V-Continued.

So Upton, laying aside his rifle,
went down the hill to meet the pseudo
officer, who, with an orderly behind
him, was signaling for an interview.
well, what is it you pirates
want?" he asked truculently. Are
you tryin' to make livin' by your
own unaided efforts?"
"We have come to collect from the
holders of Mexican property a part
of their ill-gotten gains in order, senior,
that the brave and patriotic defenders
of the republic shall not be hungry"
well, you've undertaken grown
mans job, then,' snarled Upton.
I'VE demand the payment by the
Santa Cruz mine of five thousand dol
lars in cash and the surrender of all
the arms, ammunition and powder, in
cluding dynamite, that you have, as
well as the permanent loan Of all your
able-bodied horses"
Him! And what do l get out of
it,"
You will have our protection and
our assurances that you will not be
bothered or annoyed by any further
compulsory loans made to the provi-
sional republic
pocket, from which he finally produced
two papers. These he handed to his
interviewer.
There are two other projections
given me last month" he said tersely.
you will see that one is for two thou
sand and the other for fifteen hun
dred"
I'VE will guarantee you against
any further contributions" said the
other ingratiatingly.
"If your own force isn't strong
enough to take my place it certainly
isn't strong enough to protect me
against anything. No, senor, won't
pay you a single cent-not a sou
tharkee. I've stood all I'm going to
stand from you fellows. Now I'll ap-
peal to the American consul"
The other spat derisively.
Better trust to mel" he said vain
gloriously. But If you do not sur
render Immediately, but compel me to
take the place, / tell you frankly,
senor, | shall show no quarter
well, | can't help that, can I? l
will give you, sir, exactly what you
can take-an' it won't strain your back
to carry it, either" snapped Upton.
Very well, senor,' said the Mexi-
can. II give you half an hour to con-
suit with your companions. If at the
end of that time you decide to accept
my terms you have only to wave a
white flag from your front door.
shall know what it means.
IF there is no fiag-then all that
follows is your own fault. Adios,
Sencr. May the saints teach you wis
dom!" The Mexican strobe off to
his men while Upton picked the best
way up the slope to the house.
The long halfhour came to an end
at last. Suddenly down by the cor
rails a rifle cracked. A bullet wheeped
through the window where KynastOn
stood. Lodged in the heavy window
post. At the smack of the impact the
youngster sprang back.
Raising his rifle, he fired at head
that showed above a stone. The fiat,
smacking report and the heavy recoil
of the piece steadied him.
Did you hit him." asked a soft
cua steady voice behing him. He
turned to see Dorothy standing near
him.
Don't think SC. Please get back,
Miss Upton You might be hit, you
know, and then"
His eyes told the rest of it. Doro
thy laughed little.
But she covered her face with her
hands for moment, then turned away
with o uttle shudder. It was war; she
The Benson signal., 1916-08-26

knew, but it was hard to accuStOm her.
self to the idea of death and suffering
inflicted under her very eyes.
An oath from Upton made Kynas-
ton turn. He saw John Wilkes, the
old engineer, step to the table and,
picking up the dipper, help himself
to drink of water.
The dipper was still immersed in
the water when there came another
flat, smacking report, followed by a
crash as Of a stone on a board. The
bucket broke into fragments and fell
from the table, the water dripping
down upon the floor.
Mr.. Wilkes stood gazing upon the
ruin.
what the" he calculated help
lessly.
Bullet through the east loophole, y
said Kynaston shortly. "The bucket
was in the line of fire. Now, you've
dcne it, Mr.. Greaser! That's all the
water we had"
Hour after hour the defenders sat
beside their loopholes watching the
slow advance of their besiegers. The
Mexicans did not dare advance across
the open under the fire of the rifles
from the house. They were obviously
waiting for night to cover their real
approach. Kynaston dreaded what
the night would bring, for there was
no way to prevent the Mexicans from
getting to close range under cover OF
the darkness. Then, when the be-
siegers were within striking distance
it would be difficult indeed for the de
tenders to reply to the overwhelming
intensity of the fire that would be
opened upon the house so soon as day
light should come.
While Kynaston was cudgeling his
brains to find some solution to the
problem he saw old Wilkes pottering
about the house, carefully gathering
up all the empty tin cans. These the
old man strung on a piece of rawhide
The Benson signal., 1916-08-26
What Impressed Her.

Shortly after Will Crooks, the labor
leader, was elected to parliament, says
an English weekly, he took his little
daughter to Westminster. She was
evidently awed at the splendors around
her, and maintained profound and
wondering silence all the time. Mr..
Crooks was much impressed.
"Well," said he to her at last, "wbat
are you thinking so deeply about,
dear?"
81 was thinking daddy" answered
the little girl, "that you're big man iH
our kitchen, but you aren't very much
here"
The Benson signal., 1916-08-26
YOUNG TREES PRUNED AND UNPRUNED.

TALLY the same, but less severely So.
Apples, pears and American plums
should be given essentially the same
shape of framework, but cut back with
a medium degree Of severity.
Sour cherries are pruned least of all
our fruit trees at the Missouri agricul-
tural experiment station. They should
have the open center and spreading
main limbs. The main limbs should
not generally be cut back, as their ter
minal buds make the strongest growth.
If limb is in the way, it should be
removed entirely instead of being cut
back.
From time to time during the sum-
mer go over young trees to guide their
growth. If too many limbs are start
ing from a given point, they may be
thinned to the required number. II a
rank limb tends to fill the center or
cross other limbs, it may be removed.
If the strongest limbs all grow in the
same direction, thus giving a one-sided
tree, they may be pinched back, thus
encouraging other limbs to start on
the opposite side to balance the frame
work of the tree. In the case Of up
right-growing varieties, particularly,
the main limbs often tend to grow
straight upward instead Of spreading.
In such cases the tips Of these upright
limbs may be pinched back. This will
induce side limbs to grow outward,
thus securing a spreading form.
The Benson signal., 1916-08-26

Beware of the man who has ma.
MIA for Offering apologies.
The Benson signal., 1916-08-26
OF LOW DOWN FODDER RACK
FODDER RACK FOR AVERAGE FARM

Jersey county, Illinois, sends the Pra
fodder
6inch bed pieces 1S or 20 feet in length
these mbers is built SIX
in this rack about feet long The end
quite touch the
suspended below the front axle OF an od
kngbOt attached
materials needed It's
6nch mbers SO feet of boards by II
kngbo strup rods
and
The Benson signal., 1916-08-26
OF Course Not!

A somewhat befuddled individual,
who had evidently been lunching a
trife too freely, climbed on board the
car with difficulty.
"What's the matterY he asked, mild.
ly, as he observed the conductors i'm.
patience. "Ain't this car the one
want?"
"How do I know whether it is OF
not?" growled the conductor.
ooh, you must have known it, or you
wouldn't have stopped to let me catch
it," said the befuddled one.
The Benson signal., 1916-08-26

Is the terrible suspense OF
waiting for death worse than
death Itself? Does the man con-
demned to be shot at sunrise suf-
fer most before led out to execu-
tion? Consider the feelings of
father when he learns that a
mob is going to sack his home,
kill the defenders and steal his
beautiful daughter.
The Benson signal., 1916-08-26
WHY WOMEN
WRITE LETTERS
To Lydia E. Pinkham Medi-
cine Co.

Women who are we'll often ask care
the letters which the Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co. are continually publishing,
genuine?" care they truthful z"
"Why do women write such letters?"
In answer we say that never have we
published fictitious letter or name.
Never, knowingly, have we published
an untruthful letter, or onO without the
full and written consent Of the woman
who wrote it. ~ -rs~""'''
The reason that thousands of women
from all parts of the country write such
grateful letters to the Lydia E. Pink
ham Medicine Co. is that Lydia E. Pink
ham, 8 Vegetable Compound has brought
health and happiness into their lives,
once burdened with pain and suffering.
1t has relieved women from some OF
the worst forms of female ills, from dis
placements. Inflammation, liberation,
Irregularities, nervousness, weakness,
stomach troubles and from the blues.
It is impossible for any woman who
is we'll and who NSS>~SSA
has never suffered SNNA AME\NkT
to realize how these M/% &A\M
poor, suffering wo- S>~\p
men feel when re-
stored to h ealth; y II
their keen desire to S53 ~
help other women MN fENA%A/M
who are suffering as CYE&SlMyZ1GS
they did. I96K SINkAxM
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1916-10-19

The records of the municipal court of Portland, Oregon, show quite clearly by comparison ot the first eight months of 1915 ond 1915. that liquor is absolutely necessary to the successful oper ation of dis orderly houses and other places where crime hatches.
 Prohibition has made a pro- hibitionist out of me" said Robert G. Duncan. manager of the Retail Grocers' Association of Portland, recently. The Groeers are helped wonderfully in the matter of collec- tions. Men who used to duck their grocery bills are now prompt payers and their families are not going hungry. Personally l op-, posed prohibition until l saw the. good it did. I can ride in my auto, without fear of being rammed by a drunken autoist; 1 can go home on a street car without smelling a, polluted breath or listening to- some liquor-laden argument. The grocers are for prohibition. Last year our office had 100 names in the waiting list for clerksbips. This year we cannot fill the Nacan-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1916-10-19

mary grievance against some in- diyidual, concern or industry,
 when it comes to dealing with ques-
 tions affecting the public welfare. To make a great deal of political noise is one thing but to accomp-
 llsh results for the people is quite
 another.
 Locally. 70 MT. Heckman's in- luence and efforts are largely due
 the upbuilding and progress of
 Ketchikan and vicinity. So also
 would his influence and efforts he
 material factor in the Territorial
 Senate looking to the advancement
 of the interests of the whole of AL
 aska, and more particularly ot the
 First Division. Those who know
 him personally recognize this tact.
 Those who have not his personal acquaintance need only to refer to
 his legislative career during the
 last session. The republican can didate for senator is and always has been opposed to a poll tax, has consistently and continually favored laws protecting game and fish and placing bounty on seals, wolves, and eagles. The propa- gation of salmon has been a hobby with him for years, he having been in control ot the largest salmon hatchery in Alaska, He now pro. poses to extend this field of activity by providing, at the expense of the industry, for several hatcheries In Alaska for the pro- of the humpback salmon. This is a most important question to this division at this time, for just as surely as something is not done, and that very soon, net only to replenish the supply of fish but to provide and enforce a proper and adequate "close season" that the fish may be permitted, unmo- tested, to ascend the streams for spawning purposes, just so surely the supply will become exhausted within a Very few years. This pro- position should receive the en- 1orsement of the entire electorate from Yskutat to Dixon's Entrance
 Herein are enumerated few ot the things for which MT. Heckman stands committed. Suffice il to say that he Is not the man to overlook any measure calculated to better conditions or flor tor the advance nent of the territory in which he ived for thirty years.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1916-10-19
[Paid Advertisement John Barleycorn Hasn't Statistic to Stand On Say Oregon Citizens

cies. At this moment ] do not know of any idle man who really longs for work. Contractors tell me they have more work than men.
 A pitiable spectacle is present. ed by Old Demon Rum he hasn' t a statistic to stand On, is the way the Oregonian puts it.
 According to Deputy District Attorney Richard Deich, who has moiled over a tangle of figures ground out by the municipal court and finally recuced them to orderly submission, Portland's eight months of prohibition regime in- dicate that Jail may go out of fashion with julep," :" for the reduc- tlon in crime is seventy five per cent.
 In 1915 1 distributed over Goo garments and oS pairs of shoes be- sides medicines, etc." states Mrs. $. J. Merry, Chairman Relief Con- mittee, Rose City Park w. C. T. U. At the end of the fourth month of prohibition calls for cloth ing medicine and other assistance ceased. The supplies on hand remained uncatted for."
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From Ketchikan PEogressive-Minerl
 If anybody shall be ip doubt as to where ]. R. Heckman stands upon matters pertaining to the welfare aud best interests of Southeastern Alaska they have only to refer to his record in the last legislature as set forth ill the Journal of proceedings of the House of Representatives, of which he was member. A careful per usal of the House Journal fails to disclose a single Vote or speech of MT. Hickman that was not direc- ted toward the upbuilding and in the interest of this division.
 It is easy enough to find men who, like Barkus, are willlngto be sacrificed on the legislative altar. but it is not so easy to find men who are willing or able to deliver the goods" after they are elected. We want, and must have, men in the legislature who are big enough and broad enough to rise above petty prejudices and a de- slre to. get even' for an imag.
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NOTICE

The Board of Equalization will meet at the town hall on October and and on October Ie and 2I. Hours from to pm.
 ]. G. GRANT, Mayor Wrangell, Alaska. Oct. I, 1916.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-13

County, North Dakota, on the 9Th day of
February, 1913, at $3.50 o'clock A. M, in
Book 1885" Of Mortgages on page "633."
hereinafter described, by the Sheriff Of
Ward County, North Dakota, at the front
% s8Gs the w e9art cdag aye II the 6aR y
on the 18th day Of April, 1915, at the
hour of 1000 O'Clock in the forenoon Of
said day to satisfy the amount due on
said mortgage on the date Of sale.
Said mortgage was given to secure the
Ekishtynsix Dollars (s7se co} and interest
thereon according to the terms a Of one
ed, and default exists by the terms Of
said mortgage in the non-payment Of
said note and mortgage. and said mort
gage contains power of sale, which Is
now operative.
The premises described in said mort
gage and which will be sold to satisfy
the same are situated in the County OF
are known and described as follows, to-
wit: The East half (E3) and Lots three
90 and four 90 Of Southwest Quarter
sS S One of 5
Of Range eighty-one (S1) West Of the
Fifth Principal Meridian.
There will be due on said mortgage on
Eighty seven and 82-1OO Dollars (s1,-
OS7s2), together with the costs and ex-
penses Of this foreclosure sale as al
lowed by law.
Dated at Minot, North Dakota, March
7th, 1916.
C. B. HEITZMAN,
Mortgage.
q JOHN ]. NEDRELOE,
Sheriff of Ward County, North Dakota.
Arthur M. Thompson,
Attorney for Mortgage,
Minot, North Dakota. 3-9-t6
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SUMMONS. &-.
State Of North Dakota, County of Ward,
s.. In District Court, Eighth judicial
Daniel NJ. TAYLOR, Plaintiff.
9T a%r ke exst 9ksa o. L GoSn
Abe Simmer, l. j: Thomas. co.
partners doing business as Slim
John Y. Miiiar, Josie Miller, MI
not Grocery Company, q CORPORA
t tic IT., Henry NXoI NJ Sect. Herman Herman "
a corporation, Ward County, 81
Public Corporation, Defendants. '<
SUMMONS.
The State Of North Dakota to the Above
Named Defendants:
!, You are hereby, summoned to answer
the complaint in this action and to serve
a copy Of your, answer upon the sub
Scriber within thirty days after the ser
vice. Of this summons upon you, ex-
elusive of the day of service; and in
case Of your failure to appear or answer,
default for the relief demanded in the
complaint; the complaint in the said ac-
tion will be filed with the clerk Of said
court in the said county.
Dated at Minot, North Dakota, this
26th day of January, 1915
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Office and p q M, Addre e. n
Notice is hereby given that no person
al claim is made against any of said de-
Oksa and Jourgan Olson in said suit; and
that the said suit is to foreclose a mort
gage upon the premises situated in. the
county Of Ward, State o Of North 9 D T
1852 N. Of Range "a w. Of the 9Th prin-
cipal meridian, and to hold the said
Jourgan Olson liable on guarantee of
said Indebtedness therein.
Dated at Minot, North Dakota, this
26th day of January, 1916.
w. F. DOHERTY,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Office and P. o. Address,
3-3O-t6 Minot, N. D.