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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-11-11

Mr and Mrs.. Albert Smms arrived
the early part of the week. after sew
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-11-11

weeks IA, been visiting In Lexington
Mo. is expected 20 return Monday.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22

I, this is the evenin' the kids hang
up their socks
The - it is,' says he. We'll,
here's one camp Santy'll probably
overlook. We amt got no socks nor
no place to hang 'em, n don't think
the old boyd savvy our foot-rags.'
That's the last 1 remember till I'm
wakened up along in the night by
somethin' monkey'n' with the kettle.
Shutting Noise Reveals .;'
Silvertip Eating Beans.
''If it wasn't for snuffin' noise
hear, I'd a-tuk it for a trade-rat,
but with this noise, it's no guess with
me, n I call the turn alright, cause
when I take peek, there bumped
between me and the fire, is the most
robust silvertip I ever seen. In size
he resembles load of hay. The
fires down low, but there's enough
light to give me his outline. He's
bumped over, busy with the beans,
snuffin' n whinin' peasant, like he
enjoys 'em. I nudge Beaver easy'n
whispers: Santa Claus is here.'
"He didn't need but one look.
Yes says he, reachin' for his Hen
ry, but he amt brought nothin' but
trouble, n there's more'n a sock full
of that. You couldn't crowd it into
wagon-box.'
'This whisperin' disturbs Mr..
Bear, N he straightens up till he
near touches the ridge-pole. He
looks eight feet tall. Am I scared?
Well, I'd tell man. By the feelin'
runnin' up'n down my back, if had
bristles I'd resemble a wild hog. The
cold sweat's drippin' off my nose, N
amt got nothin' in me but slush-ice.
Bruin Goes Down Under
Stream of Rifle Fire.
'The bark of Beavers Henry
brings me out of this scare. The bear
goes over, upsettin' kettle of wa
ter, putin the fire out. If it wasn't
for stream of fire runnin' from
Beavers weapon, we'd be in plum
darkness. The bears up agin, bel
lerin' N bawlin', comm at us mighty
Warlike, n by the time get my
Sharpe's workin', I'm near choked
with smoke. It's the noisest muss /
was ever mixed up in. Between the
smoke, the barkin' of the guns n
the bellerin' of the bear, it's like
hell on holiday.
~ 6iOPAA III oHOlAcI Cd IIluSc
when I hear the lock on Beavers
gun click, n I know his magazines
dry. Lowerin' my hot gun, listen.
Everythin's quiet now. In the sud
den stiffness I can hear the drippifi'
OF blood above the drummin' of my
heart. It's the bears life runnin'
out.
Hide So Full of Holes
1t Wouldn't Hold Hay.
I guess it's all over,' says Bea-
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22
EBERT HUBBARD
ON THE CREED OF
THE BUSY WORKER

believe in the stuff
am handing out, in the firm 1
am working for, and in my abil-
ity to get results. l believe that
honest stuff can be passed out to
honest men by honest methods.
l believe in working, not weep
ing; in boosting, not knocking;
and in the pleasure of my job.
believe that a man gets what he
goes after, that one deed
done today is worth two deeds
tomorrow, and that no man is
down and out until he has lost
faith in himself. l believe in
today and the work l am doing,
in tomorrow and the work
hope to do, and in the sure re-
ward which the future holds.
l believe in courtesy, in kind
ness, in generosity, in good
cheer, in friendship and in hon.
est competition. l believe there
is something doing, somewhere,
for every man ready to do 1t. 1
believe I'm ready - RIGHT
NOW!-Elbert Hubbard.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22
A Savage Santa Claus
i By Copyright By CarwM Russell
Copyright By Charles M. Russell


the bears bunk. There's rusty
pick layin' up again the wall, n a
gold-pan on the floor, shown us
that the human that lived there was
a miner. On the other side of the
shack we run on to a pole bunk, with
a weather-wrinkled buffalo robin
some rotten blankets. The way the
roof slants, we can't see into the bed,
but by usin' an axe n chopin the
legs off, we lower it to view. When
framework of man. He's layin on
his left side. like he's sleepin', n
looks like he cashed in easy Across
the bunk under his head is an old
fashioned cap-'n-ball rifle. On the
headpost hangs powder horn n
pouch, with belt N skinnin' knife.
These things tell us that this mans
a pretty old-timer.
"Findin' the pick'n gold-p..n n
causes us to look more careful for
what he's been diggin'. We explore
the bunk from top to bottom, but
nary find. All day long we pros
poets. That evenin', when we're fill
in up on bear meat, beans N ban
nocks, Beaver says he's goin to go
through the bears bunk; so after we
smoke, relightin' our torches, we
start our search again.
'Sizin' up the bears nest, we see
he'd laid there quite a while. 1t
looks like Mr.. Silvertip, when the
weather gets cold, starts huntin' a
! winter location for his long snooze.
Runnin' on to this cabin, vacant n
lookin' like it's for rent, he jumps
the claim N would have been snooz-
in there yet, but our fire warmin'
up the place fools him. He thinks
it's spring n steps out to look at the
weather. In the way he strikes this
breakfast of beans, n they hold him
till We object.
Were lOokin over this nest when
somethin' catches my eye on the
edge of this waller. It's hole
rooted over with willers.
"'Well, I'll be -; there's his
cache says Beaver, whose eyes has
follered mine. It don't take min.
ute to kick these willers loose, n
there lays buckskin sack with five
hundred dollars in dust in it.
"'Old Sanity Claus out there says
Beaver, pintin' to the bear through
the door, didn't load our socks, bu,
he brought plenty of meath showed
us the cache, for we'd never a-found
it if he hadn't raised the lid
"The day after Christmas We
buried the bones, wrapped in one OF
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22

but she's too cold to work her. The
SHOWS drove all the game out of the
country, N barrin' a few beans and
some flour, we're plumb out of grub,
so We decide we'd better pull our
freight before we're showed in.
"The winters been pretty open till
then, but the day we start there's a
storm breaks loose that skins every
snow-maker's been holdin' back, N
at once. Cold-well, it would make
polar bear hunt cover.
Horses Hunch Halts
PrOspectOrs at Shack.
"About noon it let's up enough so
we can see our pack-hosses. We're
joggin' along at good gait, when
old Badly, our lead pack-hoss, stops
n swings round in the trail, bring
in the other three to stand. His
WINNER causes me to raise my head,
n lOOkin' under my hat brim, I'm
plenty surprised to see an old log
shack not ten feet to the side of the
trail.
"I guess we'd better take that
cayuse's advice says Beaver, pintin'
to Badly, who's got his ears straigh-
tened, looking at us as much as to
say: What, am I packin' for pill
grims; or don't you know enough
to get in out of the weather? 1t
looks like you'd loosen these packs.
So, takin' Baldy's hunch, we unsad-
died.
This cabins mighty ancient. It's
been two rooms, but the ridgepole on
the rear ones rotten n let the roof
down. The doors wide open n
hangs on one wooden hinge. The
animal smell get on the inside tells
me there amt no humans lived
there for many's the winter. The
floors strewn with pine combs N a
few scattered bones, showin' it's been
the home of mountain-rats N squir-
rels. Takin' it all in all, it amt no
palace, but in this storm it looks
mighty snug, n when we get a blaze
started in the fireplace n the beans
goin', it's comfortable.
It's the Evening 'Kids'
Hang Up Their Stockings.
"The door to the back rooms
open, n by the light of the fire l
can see the roof hangin' down "
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22
PEACE PROPOSALS BY GERMANY

AS the time draws near for OBJ
servance of the birth of Bethlehem
when Peace on earth. good will to-
ward men" was proclaimed from the
heavens, the prospects for new era
of peace and good will after nearly
three years of world war are bright
ening the far-spread battlefields.
Germany has made the first open
move for peace since the outbreak
of hostilities in the summer of 1914.
The entente nations expressing con-
fidence in the ultimate triumph OF
their cause, hesitate to enter into ne
gotiations.
Germany demands the independ-
ence of Poland and otherwise gener-
ally the status quo ante, or the re-
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22
THOSE WHO PAY
INCOME TAX IN
TREASURE STATE

More individuals paid income
tax in Montana this year than
last. Two persous are credited
with incomes ranging from
$25O,OOO to 100000, and there
are 500 individuals whose in
comes range from $1,000 to
$4,000 a year. "A little less
than 800 individuals paid in
come tax in 1916.
Two persons paid tax on in
comes of from $15O,OOO to
100000; one paid ON an in
come of $75,OOO; ten persons
paid on incomes of from $780,
900 to $4,000; II paid on in
comes from $4,000 to $5O,.
900; II paid on incomes of from
$4,000 to $4,000; Il paid on
incomes of from $4,000 to
$4,000 20 paid on incomes of
from $4,000 to $25,OOO; 66
paid on incomes of from $4,000
to 100000; while 156 paid on
incomes of from $4,000 to
$4,000. Who did the paying?
The government will not tell.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22

storation of the boundaries that ex-
listed before the war. The allies Ge-
mand assurance that the peace will
be permanent one.
A note of defiance rings in the
announcement of the overtures made
by Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg
in his speech before the reichstag
Emperor William, in his address
to his soldiers, says:
Soldiers: in agreement with the
sovereigns of my allies and with the
consciousness of victory, have
made an offer of peace to the enemv.
Whether it will be accepted is still
uncertain.
until that moment arrives, you
will fight on"
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22

straight for a couple of weeks don't
kick much on flavor, N we're at a
stage where meats meat
when it comes day, men Beaver
goes lookin' over the bears bedroom.
You know daylight drives away
ha'nts, n this room don't look near
so ghostly as it did last night Aft
er winnin' this fight, we're both
mighty brave. The roof caved in,
with four or five feet of snow on,
makes the rear room still dark, so
lightin' pitch-pine knot, we start
explorin'.
Cap-and-Ball Rifle
Under Dead Mans Head,
"The first thing we bump into is
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22
Happiest Men in Montana

Governor Stewards Christmas COM
mutations of sentence to convicts, AZ
In all. have been approved by the
state board of pardons, with but four
exceptions, and 3S men confined be-
hind prison walls AZ Deer Lodge will
find pardons in their Christmas
stockings.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22

our blankets, where we'd found the
cache. 1t was the best we could do.
CT guess the dust's ours,' says
Beaver. There's no papers to show
who's his kinfolks, SO we splits t.le
pile n leaves him sleepin' in the
tomb he built himself"
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22
Bv CHARLES M. RUSSELL

shaped, leavin' quite little space
agin the wall. Once I had a notion
Of walkin' n prospectin' the place,
but there's something ghostly about
it n I change my mind.
when we're rollin' in that night,
Beaver asks me what day of the
month it is.
If I'm right on my dates says
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22

''Talkin' about Christmas" said
Bedrock, as we smoked in his cabin
after supper, and the wind howled
as it sometimes can on a blizzardy
December night, puts me in mind
of one I spent in the SOS. Men a
feller named Jake Mason, but better
knowed as Beaver, is trappin' n
prospectin' on the head of the Por-
cupine. We've struck some placer,
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22

yer kind of shaky. 1t was a short
fight, but a fast one, n hell was
poppin' while she lasted
when We get the fire lit, we take
a look at the battle ground. There
lays Mr.. Bear in a ring of bloc d,
with hide so full of holes he
wouldn't hold hay. l don't think
there's a bullet went round him.
"This excitement wakens us so we
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22

don't sleep no more that night. We
breakfast on bear meat. He's an old
boar, n it's pretty stout, but fell
Ter livin' on beans and bannocks
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22
HEDGES RESCUED
TWICE BY HORSE
STEED HOLDS BACK AS HE is
ABOUT TO PLUNGE INTO
TORRENTIAL RIVER.

Faithful Animal, Tugging at Lariat,
Awakes Him Barely in Time to
ROut Flock of Wolves; Ac-
companied General Meagher on
Treaty-Making Trip.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-31
Incompetent America.

From Teaching, Emporia. Kan.
POOR education underlies Americas fiji
tiiity In this national crisis. In a test such
as the American people have never before
not so much In having the wrong idea "a
In having no idea at all. A situation tre-
mendous according to all human stand.
ards we have met with ig%norance and ita
accompaniment. apathy. Obvious iRnor-
ance. poor educational preparation, has
smothered our ideals and our insight: Il
mas led us wagering and weak legged.
from without; We are disunited. scattered.
uncertain within. At this moment men OF
respected position still preach a%nti-nation-
allsm, anti-patriotism. Thew atiIl arp,Ia
that Ultimate loyalty to the nation is a
vanity. Others urge anti-volunteer 40
cities, pacific treason. Larger numbers.
ana more dangerous. oppose all legislation
tegrating within our boundaries working
Tor a weak government. Factions of race
church. party. district, state were never
more fourishing. And withal. within fo,,ch
OF national destruction, our conRressnen
as devotedly as ever reach for pork.
incompetent thinking on the part OF our
congressmen. big business men. school
housewives is leading the nation into the
gravest danger in its history. This ia not
the much and long thinking that comes ~
study ana OF a problem for which we care:
sucn though mistaken, would be
respectable. 1t Is the thinking that IL
lncIl at an unfamiliar object, that
- trying to Judge a national policy in
in{ that is immature and local in its sell
snnes It 70 this. q lack OF educational
preparation in national thought. thaf m
american i~ncompetency.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-31
MUST ALL WEAR WHITE.

James H. Collins. in the Saturday Eve
ming Post

James II. Collins. in the Saturday Eve
ming Post.
This summer you will probably wear
white hosiery again. and also white
shirts and frocks. Ii the war lasts an
other year. white may be the prevailing
thing in many other articles. or. If your
shirt or frock has a colored pattern, the
dye may be neither permanent nor of a
very attractive shade.
DO you like a dash of color in neck
ties and ribbons? Perhaps you buy these
things impiessionistically, as they strike
your fancy in the shop windows-certain
their color schemes, and you take them
home, Have you noticed how. lately.
the neckties and ribbons are becoming
speak up and ask you to take them
home. This is due to dye shortage-the
range OF colors Is narrowing down every
fabrics to get the exact shade in some
harmonious color? Before the year ends
neWspaper jokes about matching colors
there will be a limited choice In most
fabrics.
.n Paper per- IS = "s blue ,,., white s,;,. like clothes.
mix with paper pulp. Do You admire the
fine color printing in magazines? Color
shortage Will soon affect that. limit
sas the enter sanse; widely der sf inso pS an1alns PR nea.
Have 9 noticed any failing in the red
Of o the the 2- : postage stamp? It is not
10 scou reo as ~ uSeO 70 De, on &C
wo lders whether he might not get a lit
tie shipment for this purpose from Ger
n,.any through diplomatic channels.
You will see the same changes in
paints. leather, cardboard. cover papers,
p~asteboard boxes. Autographs. tin arti-
cles. books, wallpaper, wall tints. type
thing into which color enters. Even
trifies like shoe backing will be affected
IN quality or price. Even the leopard
may now have to change its spots
Eays-as a consumer and as a producer.
From the consumer standpoint probably
you can take Them philosophicaily. But
when dye shortage touches you as q pro-
ducer IT will quickly pass beyond FASH
ion n whim. Already It is taking
factory output and limiting the 1I mer.
chants sales. All through our textile
centers there is machinery standing idle,
and mills are working part time.
Right at the door waits a demand al
most without precedent 1 for fabrics. for
There are raw wool. cotton and silk to
male cloth-somewhat high in price, to
be sure. yet. fairly plentiful. There are
workers. ready to run the machines
glad e have s%mployment: but there are
fabrics after they have been woven, and
in many cases there seems to be no way
OF getting along without dyes.
It Is hard to make the man in the
street understand that such an apparent
trife can stop. production. All sorts Of
rough and ready solutions are offered to
meet the problem. but. az the horse was
I'm fo- want OF a single shoe nall, 20 in
du,s:y 4, clicked by this lack OF q sin
gle e.-eis.al.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-31
DEATH VALLEY THE HOTTEST
PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES
From Harper's Magazine.

CIOul Harper 8 magazine.
Death valley is the hottest place in
the United States. 1t lies in the desert
of southern California not far from the
Nevada line. A weather bureau Their
mometer was installed there some years
ago at Furnace Creek. the only nhabit-
ed spot in the valley. There one or two
white men and two or three Indian
families maintain a little ranch, raising
alfalfa and selling it at exorbitant
prices to the few prospectors and the
rare scientists who wander that way.
One of the white men keeps the wealth.
er record. The thermometer is prop
erly exposed above a gently sloping
plain of gravel in a regulation shelter
such as is used all over the country.
No other out OF door thermometer in the
United States, OF perhaps In the world,
is so familiar with temperatures of 100
degrees or more. During the period
of not quite 1900 days. from the spring
Of 1911 to May, 1915, a maximum tenn
p%erature of 100 degrees or more was
reached on 54s days, or more than one
third of the time. One day in july.
lsl3-the 10th of the month, to be ex-
act-the mercury rose to 1874 degrees
and hit the top Of the tube. How much
higher 1t would have gone no one can
tell. hi day marks the limit of tenn
p%erature yet reached, according to Off
cial records in this country. A new
thermometer with a greater range has
been installed. and perhaps next sum-
mer we may hear Of a temperature of
lao degrees.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-31
UNIFORMS IN THE WAR.

From Tit-Bits.

from I1t-BitS.
mas exchanged Its elaborate parade uni
form for a less conspicuous fighting garb,
put all warning nations do not clothe
British, khaki. The French infantry wear
a singlebreasted blue tunic with a red
G4ilar. shoulder straps and cuff flaps.
are generally tucked into ankle boots.
f Malnt Of 59 the the F knsssi 1s9 oatp se1a, the uni Uni
orately alfred h the infantry. Over
2 uniform Of red trousers and a blue tunic
which drops al almost t on to t aaaiF sh n9aSSens.
uniform fer all c t1s soldiers II the he tbs st1 afsI1sd
gray-grsen being worn even in peace
t1% . The the un aaipini worn and by d !sa'y,s 11asT!
regiments. however. is Of a darker shade.
In peace. times these latter regiments are
hh% asa adorned e With their imm s5oad n Ipimmed
Green Is the predominating color of the
Russian uniforms. which are cut in a
breasted and knickerbockers. high black
boots q fiat topped car. complete the
outfit OF the cars foot soldiers. In Sc
we're e,s % ehrh@n the Rnssians wear heavy
which are lined with sheepskin and pos
:sess a cape which can be lifted so that
~ completely eIVelOpS the mead. Inc RuS-
sian dragons wear trousers of blue
gray. and a peaked cap. Footcloths are
substituted for socks in the Russian
army.
The Cossacks rival the French in the
Heterogeneous of their uniforms. They
wear blue coats to the knees, black rid
ing boots and a cloth topped, conical
lambskin cap.
The German uniform is very drab, and
consists of blush gray which so blends
with the Landscape that troops thus
garbed are very. difficult to detect at a
kaiser's troops resembles that of the
British costume. The German cavalry
are more brightly garbed than their COM
rades on foot, for they wear blue tunics,
with gray trousers and black leather he'll
NETS. The kaiser's hussars are noted for
their gay uniforms. which they cover with
all manner of metal ornaments, and they
o Meaf stripes sTi i ess and' wghitSe t poueh be Thsn col
Austrian foot soldiers wear single
breasted. dark blue tunics. trousers of
lighter blue and hats of the same shade
fashioned like the kept.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-31
Corn For Ammunition.

from the Wall Street Journal.
It's an i'll wind that doesn't blow the
farners some good. The armies Of Europe
supplies: The soldiers are fed and clothed
they are looking to the farmers for q
part of their ammunition.
Cotton seed oil is used to manufacture
glycerin. which goes nto the nuts
ture OF. Of nitro-glycerin; n this helped to
figure. About 100000 bales Of cotton ave
oee nnxgu,saedin a year in the manufacture
starch and alcohol are being used in the
The different industries in this country
have more a than doubled their consumption
e cask Of alcohol. q side Of beef or a con.
signment Of explosives may not look much
Y yet In 9 measure they are concen-
trations Of cotton meal and corn. 4 SOL
der y clothed with cotton. His OCCASION
al bath Is with cotton oil soap. His beef.
pork; butter ua ! esFs and condensed milk rep.
dre shell he II stu using corn and cot.
ton. III. life 10 sustained. and that OF his
Enemy taken. by the use OF the same
products Of the farm.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-31

City-and she has had the first real
time of her life ever SINCE.
When she came to Kansas in the
early sos, she drove a team herself
from ST. Louis, with a 1O-months'-old
baby on the seat beside her. She and
her husband look up a claim 40 miles
from a settlement. Wandering Indians
We're their only neighbors. and terri
fed her daily by their company. When
they had been here less than a year her
husband returned to Illinois and re-
manned three m onths. She was left
alone to look after the crops, shuck the
corn. M take care of the place.
While he was gone her third baby was
born. Her only help was an Indian
squaw. who had CHANGED in to beg a
loaf Of bread and remained to help the
young mother in her extremity.
I'VE didn't think anything of it," said
aunt. 1--WE were too busy while it
was happening to think about it. We
went through a lot those days; but.
land Of Goshen! we are making up for
it now; with our furnaces, and our
gasoline engines for the churns and
washing machines, and our automo-
bileS."