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The Ozark spectator., 1916-07-28

V SUPPOSED that they were the
 local police who had been stirred
 up by Scotland Yard and had
 traced me as far as this one horse siding
 Sitting well back in the shadow. l watched them carefully. One of them had book and took down notes. The old potato digger seemed to have turn ed peevish, but the child who had col lected my ticket was talking volubly All the party looked ont across the moor where the white road departed. 1 hoped they were going to take up my tracks there.
 AS we moved away from eAat sta tion my companion woke up. He fixed me with q wondering glance. kicked ais dog viciOusly and inquired where he was. Clearly he was very drunk.
 That's what comes O bein' teeto- taler." he observed in bitter tones.
 1 expressed my surprise that In him I should have met a blue ribbon stal- wart
 Aye, but I'm a strong teetotaler. he said pugnactousiy. "l took the pledge last Marttmmass and I have ns touched drop O whisky sinsyne. No even at Hogmsnay. though l was sair tempted"
 He swung his heels up on the seat and burrowed a trowsy head into the cushions
 And that's a 1 get" he moaned. "A held hetter than hell fire and twae cen lookin' different ways fot Sunday"
 What did itY' I asked.
 "A drink they ca brandy Bein' 6 teetotaler. I keepit off the whisky. but I was nip-nippin' a day yestereen at this brandy, and doubt I'll no be weeI for . fortnicht."
 His voice died away into q shutter and sleep once more laid its heavy hand on him.
 My plan had been to get out at some station down the line, but the train suddenly gave me better chance. for 1t came to standsttll at the end of a culvert which spanned a bra wing DOT ter colored river. looked out and sa W that every carriage window was closed and 10 human figure appeared in the landDcape.
 So opened the door ana dropped quickly into tho tangls of hazels which edeed the line.
 It would have been all right but for
The Ozark spectator., 1916-07-28

and won the hfghroad on the Tar side of the patch of trees. There stood the car, very spick and span in the morn ing sunlight, but with the dust on her which told of long journey. started her, jumped into the chaufseurs seat and stole gently out on to the plateau
 Almost at once the road dipped so that I lost sight of the fnn, but the wind seemed to bring me the sound of angry voices.
 You may picture me driving that for ty horsepower car for all she was worth over the crisp moor roads on that shin ing May morning glancing back at first over my shoulder and looking anxious ly to the next turning; then driving with a vague eye. just wide enough awake to keep on the highway.
 For l was thinking desperately Of what l had found in Scudder's note book
 The little man had told me a pack of lies. All his yarns about the Bal kans and the foreign office conference were eye wash, and so was Karolides. And yet not quite, as you shall hear.
 had staked everything on my be- lief in his story and had been let down. Here was his book telling me diff ferent tale, and instead of being once bit, twice shy. believed 1t absolutely. Why? don't know.
 It rang desperately true, and the first yarn, if you understand me, had been in a queer way true also in spir- it. The 18th day of June was going to be a day of destiny. bigger destiny than the killing of a man. It was so big that didn't blame Scudder for keeping me out of the game and want ing to play a lone hand.
 That. was pretty clear. was his in tention.
 He had told me something which sounded big enough but the real thing was so immortaly big that he, the man who had found 1t out, wanted it all for himself. l didn't blame him. It was risks. after all. that he was chiefly greedy about.
 The whole story was in the notes. with gaps, you understand, which he would have filled up from his memory.
 He stuck down his authorities, too. and had an odd trick of giving them all a numerical value and then strik- ing a balance. which stood for the re liability of each stage in the yarn. The three names he had printed were authorities. and there was a man. Du- crosne, who got five out of q possible i've. and another fellow. Ammersfoort. who got three.
 The bare bones of the tale were all that was in the book-these and one queer phrase which occurred half a dozen times inside brackets. Thirty nine steps" was the phrase, and at its last time of use 1t ran. Thirty nine steps I counted them; high tide 1O:l7 D. m"
 could make nothing of that.
 The first thing learned was that it was no question of preventing a war.
The Ozark spectator., 1916-07-28

we dined, and In common de. cency had to let him pump me gave him . lot of stuff about lion hunts and the Matabeae war, thinking all the while what tame businesses these were compared to ths l was now engaged in. When be we0t eo bed l sa4 up and finished Scudder
 I smoked m . chatr till day light. for 1 couldn't sleep.
 About next morning l witnessed the arrival of two ceostables and 5 sergeant. They put their car In a coach house under the innkeeper's in structions and entered the house Twenty minutes later I saw from my window a second car como across the plateau from the opposite direction
 It did not come up to the inn. bu. stopped POO yards oH in the aholter of a patch of wood. l noticsd that it's occupants carefully reversed 1t before leaving it. A minute or two latsr {, heard their steps on the gravel outside the window
 My plan had been to lie hid in my bedroom and sec what happened. had notion that if could bring the police and my other more dangerous pursuers together something might work out of 1t to my advantage. But now I had better idea.
 l scribbled line of thanks to my host. opened the window and dropped quietly into a gooseberry bush.
 UnObserved crossed the dike, crawl a down the sida q . tributary burn
The Ozark spectator., 1916-07-28
CHAPTER ". The Mysterious AsrepIans.

' SUPPOSED that they were the local police who had been stirred
 up by Scotland Yard and had traced me as far as this one
The Ozark spectator., 1916-07-28
CHAPTER V.

The Radical Candidats's Adventure. KKE set off like dOcile child,
 while l worked at Scudder's notes. When he came back
 we dined, and In common de.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-05-11

amendment to our State Constitution.
Under its influence we have had free
dom from race issues, and both races
have enjoyed ~contentment and pros
per1ty. The hazard to its valid con-
tlnuance makes it imperative for the
public good that Democratic supre-
macy in the State be maintained.
We submit that the record shows
that the Democratic party can be trust
ed 60 conserve all that makes for the
welfare of cur people. So long as the
Democratic party is in power the
forces that have made for the great
progress of the last sixteen years will
be maintained. So long as it is in
power, the people have assurance that
the State is safe from the designs of
those who would inflict upon it the
payment of the fraudulent bonds
issued in its name under a Republican
regime; and they cannot have that as
raj otherwise. So long as the
Democratic party Is in power the peo-
pie have assurance that this State
shall be conducted by white men; and
they cannot have that assurance other
wise. So long as the Democratic party
is in power the people have the assur-
ance of half a century of faithful SER
vice that all that makes for peace, the
progress. the order and the prosperity
of this Commonwealth shall be sacred
ly conserved; and they cannot have
assurance otherwise.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-05-11
Hendersonville Hardware Co.

Iatriotism a protect US, we are sale
In his hands.
"The President does not want Wal.
He will do everything that a great Ia
ton and a Christian people ought to Dc
to avoid it, but he wants us to be pre-
pared if the nateSGity comes to pro
tect our country A2:a defend our rights
wherever ATTACKED OF called in ques-
ton, upon land or sea, He wants the
world TO know that we know our rights
and are able and determined to pro-
tect and defend them.
HE is for preparedness to preser re
peace and not for preparedness to
make war unless il is absolutely nee
essary. His great anitIon is to ser We
men, not to kill them. To elevate hu-
|manity not to hrutdilZe it. But he is
keenly jealous of tie honor, dignity
and glory of his county and rights OF
:ts people.
&c keep this country at peace with
the world in this xo7ld-mad mae1stro..-
was is an achievement which If it &C
accomplished will wiite the name Of
woodrow Wilson high and bold among
the worlds imE.nrt9is!
with Ills S1SdL c1HMRAOA +OI Inc
IreopIe-with this great c~onservator of
peace, this man VITO through trials AMI
tribulatfons has .hns far steered Us
clear of war despite proVocati0n aud
temptation as our leadeF-witR hS
Irecord and our record Of unparalleled
achievement in the interest OF the p31-
pie; with eVeryDoCy busy and at wor1,
everybody maxine money and haepg-
with every part OF tas country .fro1G
coast to coast and lake to gulf bask-
ing in a prosperity neyer before Touch
safed to US Or any other people In ahy
part of the world-we approach HE
election with suprenae confidence and
without fear or trepIdation as 70 the
verdict
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-05-11
SIMMONS TRIBUTE TO WILSON.

The following excerpt is taken from
the speech of Senator F. Simmons
before the recent Democratic State
convention at Raleigh
81 know these sentiments represent
the hopes and the prayers of the sore
ly tried man in the White House. He
hears, but he is unmoved by the clam
or of those who want III to lend ur-
selves to the cause of the n side or
the other. He hears but is unmoved
by the clamor of those who want us
to plunge into this maelstrom OF war
and carnage.
His great mind and his patriotic
heart are centered in one great pur-
pose-namely, to know what his duty
is and to do it.
Let no man suspect him in what
ever he may do IN this behalf as act
ing from any F2otive other than that
of duty. and let no man believe tlat
he will be swerved from b in Q:
duty as God. gives him light 10 sec IL
and understand 1t.
eff you want a war lord you will
not find one in him. II you want a
nolly-coddle pacifist, you will not lind
M in him. He is not moved by che
nilitancy of the one or the r~hapsodes
of the others. He is a plain, d1Ie1t,
reEolute man with a clear vision,
steady nerve and stout heart, living
always in the fear of God, bent upQE
serving his country humanity and c1T.
ilization regardless of criticism and
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, personal, political, Or
Ofherwis-. So far as clear vision. ma
2ure judgment. unfaltering loyalty and
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-05-11
OF AGE.

MIST we be young TO do great things?
CO # has been often asserted and hap
ni1v there are many illustrations of the
Fproatness of youth. But we must not
ioso sight of the achievements of age.
Look at the generals on european
battlefeIds today; most of them are in
the sixties and seventies. For other
EXAMPLES, read this paragraph: wan
6prbiIt at eighty added 500, 100000 to
his fortune. Wadsworth at seventy
three earned the laureateship; Theirs
ot seventy-three established the French
Rppublic and became the first Presi-
dent; Verdi wrote 'Falstan' at eighty;
Gladstone became premier of England
for the fourth time at eighty-four; and
Sir Walter Scott was $500, 900 IN debt
at .ffty-ive, but through his own eff
forts he paid this amount in full ana
builded a lasting name for himself be-
sides."-Biblical Recorder.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-05-11
THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY.

Messrs, A. L. Jordan, and LII. Case
representing the State Agricultural
Department at Raleigh arrived In
Sparta Wednesday. These gentlemen
are cooperating with the United
States Department of Agriculture and
are in this territory with a view to in
Vestigating u cattle industry for the
purpose of organizing a livestock as
ISOLATION. They will visit a number Of
our cattle men, and announce that a
meeting of all those interested in the
work will be held in Sparta on Mon
day, May s..
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-05-11
rrc OF BEER IN YOUR POCKET.
on,x a Cent a Glass for Beer Made
From These Tablets.

M longer will there be aIched
,.oats in the prohibition States, and
.L nnn rushing the GROWER on rainy
e!Tn NAV be dispensed with if a dis
nnS of a French scientist is perfect
~ # is the beer tablet.
Gu ernest Trigeuros, a merchant of 26
nlo camden, Paris, who arrived here,
n hoS told about the invention. AS he
n"nlained it "a tablet dropped in a
ep of water will turn it into a
Gaming glass of beer; two will pro-
1rno q seidel full of the amber liquid
u"d three will make a can of suds.
- And the tablets a be sold for a
,ont q piece.-N. Y. World.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-05-11
Works like City Gas

~@ Simply light the burner and put the cooking Oh at nee: No wicks, piping
or pressure tanks IRE used. This sho w n of ten different styles. We re-
commend these stoves because W re kno w how good they are, and W e have
been in he stove business q good m ny years. Cheaper than wood o. coal
Come % zee them at u store and get u prices. Ten styles and sizes to
select from. -. E
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-05-11

MOVING VAN AT YOUR SERVICE
TAKE EVERYTHING ONE LOAD.
PHONE 2. CHAS. ROCHELLE.
French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-05-11
State Affairs.

In State affairs the achievements OF
the mast furnish the surest pledge of
the future. We endorse the adm is
|tration of Governor Locke Craig anG
other state officers for the fidelity to
the highest ideals of public service
|and notable achievements in the pub
lie interest. We point to sixteen years
of Democratic State administrator
subjected regularly to the closest
scrutiny. investigation and audit, with
ami an instance of scandal of unfaith-
|ful public service-as a record merit
ing the unlimited approval and good
will of the whole people OF the state.
IThev have covered sixteen years In
which constant progress and develop
ment of public education. of temper
Eance. of public health laws and ad-
ADMINISTRATION, and of every branch OF
nubYc service have kept the pace with
larricultural. commercial and indus
final progress. Construction of i'm
nroyed pubic highways has In every
Legitimate way been encouraged, '1sti-
Etntiona for technical and literary edu-
t~cotiou for both sexes have been en-
and strengthened, the public
FheaItb service has been developed to
s. high state of efficiency, and pubic
s.st49s9tJona for the care OF the d1e-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-08-16
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Council Chambers, City Hall Building
Willmar. Minnesota, AUGUST II. 1916

Council Chambers, City Hall Building
Willmar, Minnesota, August l 1, 1916
Regular meeting of the City Council
with Mayor Wellin in the chair
The following members of the Coun-
Gil were present on roll call: Mayor
Wellin, Aldermen Johnson, Martin,
Willard, Sperry, Rasmussen, Norman
and Erickson, 8; absent Alderman
Olson, 1.
City Attorney Stanford was also
present.
The minutes of the last regular
meeting held July oath, 1916, were
read and the same were approved.
The following bills were, on motion
referred to the Finance Committee:
GENERAL FUND
Water & Light Dept, street lights,
July 1916, $191.66; water for fire n.y.
drants, three months, $463.75, and
light City Hall building, July 1916,
| $1.54, Total ............... $656.95
Peterson & Qvale, LUMBER and cement
'..'.'..'''. ...'.... 56.42
N. w. TeteyF one Exch. Co.,
phone rent ................ $50
N. Knudson Co., freight and dray-
age on catch basins, ....... ga
w. DeLaHunt Co. drayage 49,. 100
N. Abrahamson, labor ........ 700
N j. Nelson, labor ............ 43O
Chas. S. Johnson, labor team
Fourth Ward Park, ..... $3.50
MP. Hanson, labor team ...... SIS
). A. ROWat, engineering service
.................. 21.O0
GA. Norman, carpenter work at
sceptic tank buildings and ma
ter1al, ETC.. ........ ..... 1885,.
Z .Paulson. balance contract for
grading of west Gorton Ave. N.
18th Street and w Campbell
avenue ..".............. 21.56
0. H. Dale, recording deed and
ordnance, 1856
:. >. Rlvkln, for iron pipe ...... 2.85
Journal Pub. Co. envelopes for
Board of Health ......'...... $50
Wull q Erickson, drayage ..... so
a. W. O1son' labor .......... 1900
Swan Larson, labor, sewer man.
holes :.............. 34.eo
Harold Larson, labor sewer man.
nOleS .................., 1890
oonn peterson, labor sewer .. 1000
A. 0. Sather, labor sewer go. 500
FL. Newbury, refund of license
paid In advance for roller skat
Ing AAuh .............. 600
SEWER FUND
johnson & Nelson, balance on
the Bird street E. sewer 80. $500
Johnson & Nelson, balance on
Ann Street sewer ....... 1O.O0
J. H. Virgins Co. balance for
sewer extension on N Nelson
Ave. and A Street ........ 5000
WATER & LIGHT FUND
Edison Lamp Works, mdse :. 2011
on c1eceI1c 20. mdse. 4.71
- iees hlectr1c 90 mdse. 1862
a. 1ndnnOh Co:' mdse ....... 1885
r. ~! Hlectr1c go. mdse -. 1852
w. Ie'ers 20 mose. ......... 4.56
Western Electric Co. mdse .. $3.50
The Fritz-Cross Co. mdse go. 158
Standard Oil Co. oil, a51s
.'outh Bend Foundry Co., man.
nole covers '.............. 1852
Badger Construction Co., balance
on water main extension con-
4 'ract '..''............. 3581.44
a. 1Aln' iaoor .:............ 1926
: n19.1r Nelson' LABOR ....... 20.25
", ivolson' 1aoor ........ 1900
W. A. Rowat, engineering service
on water main extension etc % so
Wulf & Erickson, drayage ~
Az Forsberg, postmaster, 500
stamped envelopes ........ 1852
EI" tsoh' 1aoor ....,..... 5000
harold Larson, labor 150o
POOR FUND
LII. re. Dawson, professional
services to sick transient ., 1900
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-08-16
The E. T. c.. Club had picnic
Inner and sumner at Lake Florida last

dinner and supper at Lake Florida last
Sunday. Those present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Bergquist, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. Lundberg, Mr.. and Mrs. C. V.
Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. Rolun of Min
neapolis, Hilma, Alice and Clarence
Englund, Marie and Lydia GRANDSON,
Marie and Mamie Nelson, Ella, Ida,
Emma and Charles Johnson, Amy
Fridlund, Edwin and Adolf johnson,
Eugene Moody, Arthur Paulson, Walt
or Haines and John Lepse.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-08-16

Resolved, further, that the Clerk .
and he is hereby directed to advert
for bids for said construction, t.
same to be opened on the evening
August 28th, 1916.
Approved August 18th 10
E. c. WELLIN, May
acquisitions for supplies from t.
Water and Light Commission we
presented and the Clerk was, on
ton, instructed to order same. >
On motion the Council adjourned
E. c.. WELLIN, Nav.
Attest: HANS GUNDERSON,
City Clerk.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-08-16

William Thunstedt returned from
Donnelly Tuesday afternoon. He had
been time-keeping there for a few
days.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-08-16
Mr.. and Mrs. l. II Wetherhv. sons

Mr.. and Mrs. l. H. Wetherby, sons
Harold and Roy and daughter, Ethel
left this morning for visit with rela-
tives and friends at Adrian, MINNIE
sofa. They were accompanied by Mr..
Wetherbys father who has been Wis
iting here for some time. The trip
was made in their car
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-08-16

Melvin Johnson is at Litchfield
day on business.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-20
WHY STEEL SHELLS ARE USED
Cast iron Could Net BE Depended o"
to Do Accurate Work That
Is Demanded.

The great cost of the shells used in
warfare has astounded most persons
who are unfamiliar with such mat
tiers, and in answer to a correspond
ent asking why cheaper shells r1ade
of cast iron we're not made use of in
preference to the more expensive steel,
the Engineer of London has the fol
lowing; In the first place, where
shrapneI is concerned, the number of
bullets is reduced because the walls
of the proiectile must be made thick
er. There is not an objection in high
explosive shells, which call for walls
thicker than is necessary for strength,
but there is danger of cast iron SHELLS
developing cracks during manufacture,
and there would be a risk CT such
SHELLS bursting in the gun. Another
objection is that a cast-iron shell is
liable to be inaccurate in its flight
The projectile nust be in perfect bal
ance with the walls, not only of the.
same thickness ali around. but homo
geneous. At the high speed of revo-
luton, the Slight difference in weight
on one side would cause irregular
shooting. The steel shell is machined
inside and out, to insure uniformity;
but if a shell were cast on a core and
the core were not absolutely conccn-
trio, the center Of gravity would not
lie exactly in the longitudinal axis Of
the shell. Furthermore. the making
of a steel she'll has been so perfected
that such shells can be turned out
more quickly than those of cast iron
of equal reliability in accuracy. An
lS-pounder shell can be completely
machined from the bar in 40 minutes.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-20
PLANTING FOR BEST RESULTS
Place Tree Roots in Connection With
Coil as Nearly as Possible
as Before Removal.

The perfection of planting consists
in placing the tree roots in connection
with the soil as nearly as possible in
the same direction as that in which
they were before removal and but
slightly-one or two inches-deeper
than the tree stood in the nursery
II the season is very dry it will be q
good plan to give each tree a bucket
ful or two of water when nearly done
planting.
Planting should not be done too
early-not before the leaves win conc
of easily They must in no case be
left or the trees, even for an hour or
two after digging, as they carry Oh
moisture rapidly, and the trees would
soon be wilted 70 a certain extent
and to strip off the leaves by hand
before their Office is completed is not
a good plan. The planting may con-
tinue as long as the soil works well
Gs not wet and sticky and the ground
not too hard
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-01-20
lNOCULATE LAND FOR CLOVER
Sow Seed Two or Three Years in sue
cesslon Until Vigorous Growth
of LeGume Has Been Secured.

Land can be inoculated for crimson
clover, vetch and alfalfa or sweet
clover by sowing the seed on it two or
three years in succession. II this
method is chosen. small plot of a
quarter-acre may be set aside and the
crop planted each fall or spring until
the vigorous growth of the legur.e
and the nodules on the roots prove
that the land is inoculated. Then dirt
may be hauled from this and scattered
over the other land TO be inoculated
Another way to get the farm inocu-
lated is to SOW jurt little CT the
seed mentioned above with some other
crop that is not cultivated and in that
way get the inoculation distributed
over the entire place.
However, the quicker and better
plan is TO get some dirt from a field
that has grown the plant or get a
commercial culture and inoculate the
seed ana make a success the first tine