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The Winslow mail., 1916-04-21

Another bestial creature in the
form of a man has been sent to
the penitentiary for thirty years
by the superior court at Phoenix,
for a crime against his own
daughter About a month ago
another man was sentenced for
twenty-five years for the same
OffenSe
The Winslow mail., 1916-04-21

The official government report
says this country has spent
$35, 100000 for chewing gum.
If female stenographers could be
prevailed upon to quit chewing
gum for five years, and donate
the money for an old maids home
what magnificent palace they
could have for their declining
Unopc
The Winslow mail., 1916-04-21

Some busy-body who has q
general fund of misinformation,
is putting in circulation the re-
port that laXity of duty on the
part of Sheriff Newman was re.
sponsible for the horse thieves
and murderers escaping from the
Winslow city Jail. The facts are
we'll known to all people of ordi-
nary intelligence. The murderer
never escaped, but was delivered
over to the Nevada officers, and
the one man that did escape was
never a county prisoner. So just
where any blame attaches to Mr..
Newman is hard to discern.
The Winslow mail., 1916-04-21

Mr.. Breen of the Coconino Sun
says: Vaudeville performers in
a country pulpit who endeavor to
ape Billy Sundays low brow
stuff, may think they are max
ing a noise like a steam riveter,
but in reality they make just
about as much noise as a wood
pecker with sore bill pecking
at rotten pumpkin" And the
Winslow Mail sends forth it's
loud "Amen.
The Winslow mail., 1916-04-21

Every woman will go to church
next Sunday if for no other rea-
son than to get a look OF her
neighbor's new bonnet. The
men will give the millinery the
once over" also.
The Winslow mail., 1916-04-21

and shall run for a period of
twenty years from the date of
issuance, and shall bear interest
at the rate of six per cent per
annum until paid, interest paya-
BILE semi-annually.
By the term duly qualified
elector' OF said district, is meant
that in addition to all other
statutory qualifications, said elec.
tors must be taxpayers in said
district.
By order of the School Trus-
tees of said School District Num-
Der One, county and state afore-
said. Dated at Winslow, this
goth day of March A. D. 1916.
MRS. A. E. GILLARD, President.
[. NIETHAMMER, Clerk.
MRS. G. H. KEYEs, jr, Member.
Board of Trustees, School Dis
trict Number One.
Which said notice of election was
issued by said board of trustees
of School District Number One,
and signed by said board of trus-
tees as aforesaid, and posted on
April 1st, 1916.
Given under our hands as such
board of Trustees for school dis
trict Number One. and dated
this goth day of March, 1916.
MRS. A. E. GILLARD,
President.
I. NIETHAMMER, Clerk.
MRS. G. H. KEYES. jr.,
Member.
The Winslow mail., 1916-04-21

This is the season of the year
when husbands should provide
their wives with rakes and gar
den tools, and see that they
clean up the back yard and get
the spring garden planted.
The Winslow mail., 1916-04-21

The citizens Of Pima county
have started a recall against
Sheriff Forbes, over, the almost
criminal carelessness of three Of
his deputies in killing Mrs. Bates
last week while riding in a car
with her husband. There was
mo excuse for shooting at all
leven if the Bates car did not
stop when ordered to halt. The
three deputies were in a car and
we'll armed, and when the Bates
car passed them they knew there
was only a man and a woman in
it, and even had it been the
criminals they were expecting to
capture there was no excuse for
the shooting. They should have
pursued the car until such time
as the deputies were satisfied
the pursued were trying to
escape, but starting to shoot be-
fore they were certain that their
command to halt had been heard
marks the deputies as towards
and not the kind of men who
should be put in positions where
they could commit murder under
the guise o being officers of the
law.
The Winslow mail., 1916-04-21

If the rumor that Villa is dead
proves true, the United States
should make it plain to Carranza
that they will expect him to get
busy and establish a stable
government in Mexico at once,
and provide protection to all the
peoplessin that country. If he
fails in his duty, or admits his
inability to do so, this country had
better send down it's army and
establish a government and
maintain a protectorate for a
few years until the outlaws are
all killed off and the rest of the
people are educated as to what
law and order means.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-15

ure in his playing. Nothing is SC
boring as player-piano music
ground out in steady stream of
uniform tone and unchanging
time. And there is no excuse
for it, since the few devices for
musical expression are 50 ade-
quate. yet so simple.
BY reading" the passing mu-
sic roll even the musically un-
skilled performer knows when to
play loud and when soft; when
gradually to increase the tone
and when to decrease it; where
to retard the speed and where to
accelerate; which perforations
represent the melody notes
those all-important notes that
should be accented-and which
the accompaniment notes, that
should be subdued.
The dotted zigzag expression
line" and the perforations of the
music roll are a complete and
graphic diagram Of the music be-
ing played-far more easily read
than sheet music. In fact, abso-
lutely no musical knowledge is
required to read" it.
The position and direction of
the dotted line indicates the dy-
mamie effects-loud, soft, gradu-
al increase and decrease, while
the perforations show every
characteristic of the notes as
played-long, short, high; low;
runs; trills; flourishes; chords.
The "tracker-bar" with its
lightweight holes lover which
the roller passes in playing) is
like miniature keyboard, each
hole corresponding to a note of
the piano. For instance, per-
forations Of the roll for ascend
ing passages run from left to
right, the same ,as on a piano;
descending passages from right
to left.
Some people become so ex-
pert i'm reading music roll per-
forations that they go into a
store, unroll a yard or so
of music, and can decide by
looking at the nerforations
whether or not they want the
piece.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-15
FIRST INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC FOR DANCING

Dance music" made the SYM
phOny possible:
That which, today, stands low
est in the scale was the seed
from which has sprung the
crowning blossom of instru-
mental music and all it's subord-
mate flowerings. the sonata. the
overture, the quartet.
Dance music" was the open
sesame" to all subsequent in
strumental development-t h e
foundation Of all other instru-
mental music-the humble mo-
ther Of musical kings and prin-
ceA
Not that the lowly parent
should be exalted to the level
achieved by her royal progeny;
but, like the poor but honest
parents of genius, without whom
the genius would not have been,
dance music should be honored
as the sole origin of the higher
instrumental forms, and it's re-
sponsibility as such recognized.
Not regarded askance as a poor
relation, a hanger-on. degener-
ate from better things; but in
reality, the founder of the fam
lily.
The three fundamental ele-
ments of music as we know it
today, are melody, harmony and
rhythm. But it was many long
years-may centuries-in the
beginnings of music, before these
elements, SO indispensable to
each other now, were combined
Although rhythm. being nat
ural instinct, is really the prim-
eval element of music, it was
the last to become definitely a.
dopted and Systematically form
ulated.
Melody was actually the first
element to be consciously recog-
nized and classified.
For centuries music was con-
fined to the church and for
church purposes the slow solemn
melody was adequate.
But the minstrels and troub-
adours Of the middle ages, sing
ing their ballads from town to
town, gradually popularized a
number of livelier tunes adapt
ed to secular words, the poplar
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-15
MI u S &c
READ" YOUR
PLAYER ROLLS

Every one that uses a player
piano should read" the perfora-
tions and expression marks Of
the music roll, just as the pian-
ist reads the notes and signs
on his printed sheet music.
And not only read them but ap-
ply them to his playing.
Thus the player-pianist will
both give and take more pleas
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-15

ing for rhythm found expression
in physical motion in time to
the music.
In the meantime devout and
studious monks, in their cloist-
cred seclsion were occupied with
less frivolous pastimes. Those
musically inclined worked out
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-15
EDITORIAL SPASTS S

Perk up and stay perked.
Well have another presidential
election in four years
Woman may be the weaker
sex, but she can make fool of
the strongest man in the wink of
an eye.
Whether the election suited
you or whether it didn't, you
have the satisfaction of know
ing that you are only one little
toad in a big puddle.
The town knocker never stops
to trouble his head over the 8
hour law
The fellows who lost in the
election will at least have the
satisfaction of knowing that the
dear people will not be cussing
them for their failure to make
good on their promises.
If you feel like cussing US for
what appears in these columns.
let 'er rip. We know then that
you read the paper.
The world owes every man a
competence, but some are too
darn lazy to collect their bills.
Everybody wants the war to
end and nobody knows how to
end it.
Another bargain advertised
this week. Read the ads until
you find it.
That's right, blame the other
fellow. He's probably doing the
same to you.
Give the defeated candidate q
friendly greeting. You may
want his vote yourself some day.
The privilege Of riding in a
presidential yacht would almost
tempt us to accept the office
ourself. Yes, almost
Rockefeller has been squan-
dering his money again. This
time he gave little girl thirty
cents. Watch the price Of oil.
Silence is golden when you
are not dumb.
Exit the campaign-with a lot
of thanks.
Now whoop a little for your
town.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-15

So that the one supreme bless
ing for which we should at this
season return thanks, is the fact
that our God has enabled us as
a people to know and to do the
right.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-15
THANKSGIVING

wherein to renew the past yea
and take stock Of the dealing
Of Providence with us as n peo
pie.
What was first the spontane
Gus expression Of grateful
hearts soon became custom
and, as the years sped, this Gus
tom became fixed until today il
assumes the sacredness Of a per
manent institution.
This season is again with us
The fruits Of the broad acres OF
our fair domain have been gar
nered in. The warehouses anc
granaries are fairly bursting
with their contents and prosper
ity sets a guest at almost every
fireside.
Our President and the govern
ors of various states have des.
ignated the day on which people
shall express to the bountifulh
Creator their gratitude for
these blessings.
And to the many positive and
materiel blessings which have
been orrs, there is added on
this occasion the especial bless,
ing that we as a people have es-
capped the madness that has fall
en- as a blight upon our neighbors
and kinsmen across the. waters.
The magnitude Of that blessing
we cannot at this time begin to
estimate.
But while we have these pal
pable blessings for which to be
thankful, we have other things
for which to express our graft
tude, and these antedate and un-
derlie our present happiness and
proserity. our peace and safety.
We have to be thankful that
back in the days when our ma
tion was being born, a land of
heroes, than whom the world
has never produced greater, had
impressed upon their hearts to
lay the foundation Of that ma
tion upon the only true and last
ing base-the Fatherhood of an
omnipotent God and the broth
erhood of man.
And we have to be thankful
shat all down the years since
that time there have been hero
ic souls-worthy sons of noble
sires-who have never ceased to
call to US with clarion voice to
watch and preserve the old land
marks, to plant our feet on the
everlasting rock and stand firm.
And over and above all else,
we have to be thankful that a
merciful God has so moulded the
hearts and lives Of the people
OF this nation that we are en-
abled TO look above and beyond
self and see for ourselves the
great principles Of eternal truth
and justice that must ultimate
ly rule the whole earth; that we
are enabled to grasp the truth
that an injury to ourselves, and
that a kindness to our fellows
calls down q benediction upon
our own heads.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-15

abstruse problems in coun'e,
point and harmony Also th1
elaborated a system Of music
notation. This. through gfadlI
evolution, ultimately becan|
crystalized into our modern do1
BILE five-line staff. clefs, shal
and flats, notes. rests. etc.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-15
poems OF the day.

The lay people. learning these
songs. began to sing them them.
selves; and, since many Of them
possessed well marked rhythm,
they added variety to the per-
formance Of them by dancing as
they sang. Their inherent feel.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-02
3s!3ifi!iS}:f4S
SYNOPSIS,

Ia Belle La sieuI, animal queen, dies;
after giving birth to a baby sDocto Lund,i
owntf OF circus. La Bellies husband, re-
fuses to recognize child. La Belle IN
trusts baby to Flip. a clown. who rears:
Eeg as circus rider. Later Doctor Lund 81
second wife determines Peg shall not,
share Lund's millions and sends Hindu
servant to follow circus and dispose or
girl, Doctor Lund sends thugs to get from,
Flip letter that proves Pegs parentage.I
Mrs. Lund also wants this letter. Many,
exciting and hazardous attacks and events
transpire Doctor Lund's son who is fol;
lowing Peg to induce her to become his
wife. rescues the girl from many periloust
straits. In the preceding episode young
Lund and Peg save themselves by SWIM,
ming from the waters OF the river into:
which they have jumped to escape deathi
when an engine telescopes q, freight car,
in which they have been held prisoner, ,
The Hindu and his gang follow them from
the beach and corner them in q toolhousei
that has been erected on a long pier. Here
Several exciting encounters occur and;
young Lund and Peg are made prisoners,
Finally Lund escapes by Jumping through,
q window. but he is hit by bullets fred
from the revolver OF one OF his captors..
He manages to sustain himself III the wa,
ter until washed upon the beach by the.
waves. Peg is bound to a stanchion IN thei
TOULOUSE and left alone. Rats climb to:
the Shelf where there is a box ct matches,i
knock them down and the matches Ignite,
setting fire to the tooth M Is ,rfss:s
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NINTH EPISODE

Seconds seemed like hours to Peg
In her position of extreme peril. The:
ropes with which the Hindu had tied.
her to the post in the old shack cut;
into her flesh as she tugged and strug-i
Eied to liberate herself. The flames:
which the rats had; started by igniting;
a box of matches waited their hot;
breath against her cheek as the fire.
blazed only a few feet away.
i Peg worked her arms back and:
forth, trying to wear through the
braids Of the rope that held her. She:
struggled desperately to make an im-s
preston upon the stout strands. And.
by a lucky chance she discovered hope
for success.
There was nail in, the post. 3 /,
A Bit by bit, strand by strand, Peg!
destroyed particles Of the rope by rub-i
bling 1t against the nail until finally
she freed herself: With her hands
nnmbed by the effort she was not able,
to work very fast III completing her
task Of untyings the strands that
bound her legs and feet.
And when she had done this she
1 Eroped through the dense smoke
keeping along the wall opposite the.
spot where the fast-increasing flames
were leaping high until she came to;
the door through which she had en-
tered. It<was securely fastened from;
the outside.
/, The girl noticed that there was a
draft that attracted the smoke to the.
ceiling, and great was her JOY to dis,
cover a trap door that led to the low;
flat roof of the old shack.
When the cover was removed the
dames found a stronger draft, and.
they fairly leaped at the girl, strug-
Cling to draw her body to safety. It
was fast work and hard work, but;
desperation gave the girl phenomenal
strength. and she reached her first
chance for safety without serious cons
sequences. But the fumes now in.
creased her danger. threatening to;
soon consume the frail roof and let,
Peg tumble into the. seething fire.
\ There was no choice, no time to con-
slider there was but. one decision to,
make and that meant the risk Of an an
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at,np on snnewhat different condl-
lions than thew were accustomed to.
md Il wos thought hest to give plenty
Of time to pitch the tents and arrange
the paraphernalia. st.
When time came for the opening
performances the spirit Of their work
took nossession Of the show folks and
they seemed to forget their otherwise
unpleasant surroundings. The spirit
! of frolic and fun possessed them; the
hlore II t,,e hand music inspired them,
ana the show ran smoothly through
| The program. ss X. &
The clowns gathered around old
FFlin when tinesapproac hed for Pegs
number to be given. The girls who
usually dressed with Peg had passed,
the word that there would he a "sur-
prise number" when the time came for.
Peg TO tapDear. and almost everybody
with the show knew what the '.sur-
prise" would be-except Flip.
TO add to~their own enjoyment Of
the lark and for the purpose Of giving
The old clown alhappy Awakening from
his troubles, everybody had kept
secret the fact that Peg had arrived
lust after the performance had begun
and was making ready for her pu1n-
Der in time to ca. on. s.sssi
And there vas another who was
surprised when Peg returned. Chock-
70, the Hindu, had reached the Mex
lean town during. the afternoon and
was following his usual practice Of.
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young Lpnd, who raised his arms and
encircled her shoulders as he held her
in fond embrace.
"Don't worry about me, sweetheart"
said Lund. "a little rest here will fix
me up all right. And besides, would
like to stay here until get in good,
shape before going home. There is
SO much mystery there that it puzzles
me-and whoever is giving me this
chase need not know how close he
came to putting me out of business"
well, then, we had better decide"
said Peg. you stay here untilsypu
get stronger, and I'll join. the circus
in Mexico. It will only take me one
days ride from here to overtake them
pnd when you leave here and go home
telegraph me--for you know ! don't,
want to lose track Of you, ever again.
Peg hid her blushing cheeks on the.
shoulder OF the man she loved. And.
young Lund gently caressed her golden
hair as he whispered tender love
words in her ear.
The wrecking crew had cleared the
debris of the box car, from the bridge
In a short time after the smashup that
nearly sentPes and young Lund to their
death. The events which SO swiftly
passed during the afternoon could
have no bearing on the movements of
the show. Doctor Lund had held the
circus ip. town one day, under sllbter-
fuge. but now II, must move upon it's
trip to Mexico.
Flip, the clown, was the only. dis
consulate member Of the company
He was distressed because Of Pegs dis
appearance, and his agony was insN
creased by the ilnee rtainty Of her fate.
To be sure no trace sof human beings
had been found In the wreck Of the
shattered box car. The pony was
there, SO bndly crippled that It had TOT
be killed. 4 n! III !.
But there was no sign OF Peg or
young Lund having ever been In the
Cur. And to add further to- the mys-s
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other leap into the water. Only a
few hours before she had jumped into
the. same stream from the top Of u
freight car. She shot deep into the wa;
ter, and came up several feet away.
Her skill as q swimmer, again tested,
took her toward the shore with the
first few strokes.
4 And then she was led to realize how
narrowly she had escaped from the
burning shack. AS she swan near
the surface, she was ATTRACTED by the
sudden collapse Of the old storehouse,
and as it went down the whole thing
toppled over into the river, right
where Peg had only a-few seconds be-
fore struck the water when she leaped
from the roof.
Nursing her strength, Peg half swan
land, half foated toward the shore.
Afraid of attracting the attention Of
Chockro she wasted no energy in
screams.
Gradually the long journey was ac-
tcomplished. She at length could see
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across the border, were inclined to
make light of Ilip's apprehensiVe re-
marks when the Mexican trip was the
subject of conversation among the per-
formers.
And SO 1t was not surprising. to Flip
when the show began unloading for
it's opening performance across the
border to observe the unfriendly at
titude of many of the natives, or to
note their lowering glances and open
gestures Of hatred for the American
circus people.
"Mebby you are right about these
greasers,r'. said one of the clowns when
they hadtassembled in their dressing
tent to unpack their wardrobe. 1--WE
been watching these Spaniards and
Ethey don't look very happy because
the big show has come their way" 4
swell, I don't want to say anything
about having told you so, but do
advise you to be mighty careful what
you do and say on this trip down
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/ 3 d y. ~ ~ : i
terry there was no one who could say
that they had even entered the. car.
The girls who dressed with Peg only
knew that she had started for the rail-
road yards to see the pony and find
out how badly it was injured.
1t was late in the evening when the
show trains were ready to start. Flip
was the last to enter the performers
sleeper. He hoped until the very last
moment the trains pulled out, that
Peg would appear and start with the
rest of the company for Mexico. h.
Everybody was interested and curl
Gus when the circus train crossed the
bridge where the collision had wrecked
the car. But once the show was rat
Ting along the rails, its journey well
begun. the Incidents Of the preced-
ing days were forgotten by everyone,
save Flip.
There was no sleep for the old.
clown that night, and he was awake
and worrying about his little girl when
the circus trains crossed the border;
into Mexico Just at break of day., The,
old clown shook his head and NUT
tered, disconsolately, to himself:
u dread this Mexican trip. There's
something tells ME these greasers are,
going to give us trouble. wonder
why the governor couldn't find
enough TOWNSHIP the United States to,
keep this show going for the. rest Of.
the season" {
And there was good reason for Flip
and everybody with the show to be
apprchensive. For weeks the papers
had been filled with exciting rumors
of trouble across the Mexican frontier.
Only In the past few days 1t had been
announced that government soldiers
were being held in readiness for sud-,
den expeditions across the border.
The decision to send the show into
Mexico had been reached when the
signs OF discord were not so preva-
lent; when only a few among the
higher officials had an inkling OF how
serious the situation might eventually
become. And, Furthermore, the old
route having been cancelled when the
circus burned, there was nothing to
do but proceed with the Mexican trip
definitely decided upon to finish the
season.
Flip, in; his long circus experience.
had several times toured Mexico, a
country where, even under the most
favorable conditions, it is not always
pleasant for an American to be. 9th
ers with the show, who had not been