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Charlevoix county herald., 1916-10-12

on them when I ran downstairs-it
was safer than the bed. II was safer
than the bed thought II was safer
than the bed" she repeated incoher-
emily.
"Mary-Mary!" June shook her
slightly. Don't forget any of it now
you mustn't. do you hear? You
mustn't! You left off where you went
downstairs"
"And when / was going out of the
ROOM" continued the old woman, talk
ing as II she were in a trance, Mrs
Borden must "a heard her Jim's voice
downstairs, cause she kinda tried to
pull up out of the chair and then when
/ was halfway down the steps heard
a shot and something falling.
Downstairs. In the barroom II was
all shouting men, with women crying
on their shoulders and little children
hanging frightened to their mothers
And / heard big Jim Borden asking
Jake about his missus and then jump
ing up the steps three at time with
look like the smile OF heaven on his
stone-cut face.
But in all the crowd / couldn't see
Mr.. Travis and / began to be afraid,
thinking of that woman who loved him
so, laying unconscious in bed upstairs
and the baby. So, when no one was
looking, | ran out on the street-and
there l found him-Mr. Travis-shot
through the heart!
81 remember while was there I
the porch of the roadhouse and kind
of stagger across the road. He must
"a passed close, because il seemed to
me / heard the weak, little wall of
newborn child But l didn't notice
much, just then.
Il just wandered back into the sa-
loon like ] was in a nightmare and
stumbled up the steps, falling over my
skirts and picking myself up; until
got into the bedroom. There, in the
middle of the room, hanging over the
table, with her eyes CLASSY staring and
her chin dropped, was Jim Borden's
wife-dead! Over in the bed laid Mrs
Travis. still unconscious, with a baby
beside her.
1t was hours before ] got the
strength to get up from the chair
again. 1t was only when | remembered
how queer it was that the baby in the
grip didn't cry that jumped up sud-
den and went to get It, 1t was gone!
The grip was empty. There was moth
ing but the dent its little body had
made in the soft, woolly things-and
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-10-12

over on the bed was the other one
Jim Borden's-a girl it was, and ours
had been boy"
Her voice broke off with a sudden
dry gurgle in her throat AS June
shrank away from her, dawning hor.
ror in her eyes, she stretched out two
worn, trembling hands in an effort to
draw the girl back.
You see, it must have been like
this: Jim Borden had leaped into that
room with his heart all bursting with
love and pride, and he found his wife
dead before him, lying near the baby
In the grip, and, looking over he saw
the other woman on the bed with her
baby beside her He took the baby
he thought was his own and went
anywhere, no one knew-and J
never found out-till too late"
For a moment there was a silence,
more compelling than sound. Sudden
ly, flinging her arms wide, June cried
Historically:
What does it mean? Don't stop
there. Go on! Go on! What are you
trying to make me believes"
Il did as thought best at the time, -
Mary went on tonelessly, weary in
heart and body from the purgatory or
deal. "Mr. Travis was dead. When
Mrs. Travis came to, what could | tell
her 4 baby was there. No one but
me knew it wasn't hers. 1t would "a
killed her to tell her. / never told.
She didn't know-she doesn't know
no one knows"
And II am" June gasped out
the words
Mary looked steadily into her ter
rified eyes and gripped her hands
firmly.
ION the back of Jim Bordens right
hand" she said heavily, there was a
queer Red Circle-they called him Cir
Gle Jim out there. Just, as later,
they"
Ne! No! / don't believe tim
not-I'm not" June crumpled into
a sobbing heap at Mary's feet.
Very gently the old woman lifted
her and held her close:
You are Jim Borden's daughter"
she declared with a solemnity that
brooked no dispute. Marked with
the crime curse. But we must guard
the secret. She must never know.
Were going to keep the secret,
aren't we, lamb?" Mary was saying.
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-10-12

broke into her dream of rest. Startled
she raised her head
She saw black sleeve, tightly
gripped by white hand In which a
vivid circle OF blazing red had sudden
ly been reborn. Mortified. she traced
the flaming mark with a trembling
forefinger.
Then the tension snapped and she
sank to the floor, a whimperingly help
less girl. with both hands pressed t2
her lips to mufile her frightened sou
bling.
Abruptly June got to her feet, and
tenderly lifted the old woman up be-
side her.
You're going to be good and do just
as / tell YOU" she commanded, be
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-10-12
SYNOPSIS.

"Circle Jim Borden. who derives his
quoted name from an angry red BIRTH
mark on the back OF his right hand, Is
about TO be released from prison after
serving his third term. IL Is a matter of
history that one member OF every genera
don of the Borden family has been brand
ed with the Red Circle birthmark and that
member has always been criminal. Jim
and his Maynard son, Ted Borden, are
the only known living representatives OF
the Borden kin. Max Lamar, a detective
Is detailed TO keep an eye on "Circle Jim"
June Travis and her mother. members of
the wealthy set who are interested In the
reform OF ex-convlcts, meet Borden as he
IL released. "Circle Jim" catches his son
In the act OF stealing. Realizing that his
family Is menace to society, he enters
the bedroom where Ted is sleeping and
turns on the gas. Meanwhile, Lamar
chances upon an underground passage
where Circle Jim" has taken refuge and
In a fight, Jim is killed. THE last OF the
Bordens and the end OF the Red Circle, /"
says Lamar. But the next day he is as
founded by the sight Of a womans hand
outside curtained automobile, showing
the Red Circle on the white flesh. Lamar
soribbles down the number on the license
plate. June Travis. marked with the Red
Circle robs Grant. loan shark. Mary,
her nurse, discovers the theft
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-10-12

GU Will come lie repeated.
I'll be ready to 60 out with you, In
two minutes she promised, running
lightly up the stairs.
A black figure moved quickly across
the porch and entered at a small side
door. Lamar darted to the window too
late to see more than its shadow,
Upstairs, in the boudoir, June
dragged a hat from its box and stood
before the mirror swinging il on her
hand. There was a curious buZzing
sound in her ears and things didn't
look sharp and clear cut to her eyes.
AS she turned to leave the room,
Mary, breathless and shaking with ter
ror, hurried through the door and
threw her arms about her
You shan't go!" she declared pas
sionately. "My precious. my lamb
you shant be led to the slaughter.
He suspected you He has from the
first. He came to spy, not to visit you.
Don't go, dearie-don't go!"
Il have brought it on myself" June
answered DULY. I've got to go. With
dis suspicion aroused, don't you see It's
the only thing left to do? I'll be able
to turn his suspicion aside don't
know how-but I'll do 1t. Oh, I'm so
tired"
Just for a moment she weakened
and placed her head on Mary's shout
der. She had always felt secure that
way-as far back as her memory went.
Even now, a woman grown, she found
strange sense of solace, resting
there.
A stifled exclamation from the nurse
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-18
THREE GAMES THIS WEEK.

Two Benefit Performances aDd Clash
With Herbert's HopefuIs Scheduled.
Two benefit performances and a
game with the Cedar Rapids team are
scheduled for the Ansons on the home
field this week. Thursday afternoon
the squad will be divided, and the
Whites pftted against the "Grays,'
In an exhibition given for the bene-
At OF the parks and Fairgrounds move
ment The receipts of the game will
aid in the work planned for the sum-
mer. &
On Friday the Ansons will cross bats
with the Y. NJ. C. A. nine, an organiza-
ton Of former college and high school
men. The Y. NJ. c. AS share Of the
receipts are to go toward the mainte-
nance of the county Y. M. c., A.
league. The lineup of the association
team for this game has been given out
as follows: i 81 ~, s
+ Knudson, catch " Matson, pitch;
Miller, third base; Unger, shortstop;
Gilman, second base; Nyce, first base;
Vogel, lett field; Hermance, right field
and pitch; Booth, center field; 'Cronk
utility. .G81a 4 y.Sa@
Herbert's Dummies will open two
game series here Saturday. The Cedar
Rapids manager is working a squad OF
new men and it is quite likely that he
will bring a big string Of players to
the city for the two games. On Sun
day Manager Boyle will split his
squad, sending one team to Waterloo,
the other engaging the Dummies on the
home lot. s.. -, H.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-18
SIMPLE APPLICATION
THAT DISSOLVES
... BLACKHEADS

No more squeezing and pinching to
get rid of those unsightly blemishes,
blackheads. There Is one simple, safe
and sure way to get them out and that
is to dissolve them. To do this just get
about two ounces of powdered neroxin
from your druggist-sprinkle a little on
a hot, wet sponge-rub briskly over the
blackheads for a few seconds-wash
the parts and every blackhead will be
gone. ...
Pinching and squeezing out black
heads make large pores and you ca. not
get all of the blackheads out this way
while this simple application of pow
dered neroxin and water dissolves every
particle of them and leaves the skin
and pores in their natural condition.
Any druggist will sell you the pow
dered neroXin and about two ounces
viii be all you will ever need.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-18
FORMER RESIDENT DEAD.

Mrs. Shan sperry, Former Vancleve
Resident, Dies at Morrison, III.
Mrs. Flora Sperry, aged "a, wife OF
Shan Sperry, who formerly lived IN
the Vancleve neighborhood, died at
Morrison, Ill, Monday afternoon. ac-
cording to word received by, relatives
here. Mrs. Sperry died OF paralysis
and blood poisoning that developed at
ter pneumonia. Mr.. and Mrs. Sperry
left the Vancleve neighborhood TWEEN
ty-f1ve or thirty years ago.
Mrs. ]. c. Crawford, Of this city. a
sister of Mrs. Sperry, has been in
Morrison since Friday. Her husband
and Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Crawford, the
latter of Melbourne, left. for Morrison
this afternoon. u Another sister, Mrs
Leonard Sharp, lives in Detroit. Mich,
and brother Phil Hunter, is in Sher-
burne, MINI. Mr.. Sperry survives his
wife. The funeral is to be held at
Morrison Wednesday afternoon. ,.,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-18
NAME MOTOR CLUB COMMITTEES.
chairnnen Choose List Of Men 70,
y Saven Committees on Auto Club.

Chairmen Choooe Iiot o. men or
Saven Committees on Auto Club.
Chairmen OF tho Marshall Motor
\ Club have appointed their respective
committees for the summer, and will
have committee meetings in few
days to talk over the plans for action,
Each committee chairman chose his
own committee.
The following have been named:
Good roads, "A. A. Moore. chairman. w.
G. Bowe, j. L. Williams: publicity, J.
L. Williams, chairman, A. A. Moore,
George "A. Howe; entertainment, ID. Fl.
Denmead chairman Willard Hull,
Cutler Abbott; tours, contests and ex-
hibits, c. r. Darling, chairman, Roy
Bradbury, Jasper Fisher; membership.
George A. Howe, chairman, George A.
Turner, r. r, Benedict: legislative G..
II. E. Boardrnan. chairman, c. H.
vanIIaw f. e. Northup; finance,
George, Gregory, chairman, r. M. Will
bur, E. A. Francis. .s a-f
With the addition of the several
new members in the past few days the
motor club has secured 100 names on
Its list so far. y f.. TX
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-18
$l3.75 to $50

There are Suits of gaberdine-
fine poplins, failles, taffetas
and beautiful combinations of
silk and serge. Styles to meet
every preference-colors to
suit the most discriminating
Easter Week buyer. ,.s...
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-18
FORMER RESIDENT DEAD.
John Emerson, Former Railroad Ma
. o$ rsSv Mae NJ Houoe;I RJuffs

John Emerson, Former Railroad Man
Of City, Dies att Council Bluffs. f
Mrs. A.. Morse, sos East Linn street,
received today from Council Bluffs a
letter telling of the death there Sat
urday of John Emerson. a former resi-
dent of this city, and for several years
yardmaster of the. Chicago North
western here. Mr.. Emersons death
was due to complications following an
attack of grip. with which he was
stricken six weeks ago. He was about
65 years old, and is survived by his
widow, one son, and daughter. The
family moved from this city about
fifteen years ago. r..
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-18

w. b. vosel had the front wheels and
axle Of HIS Ford roadster considerably
bent when the Ford and an auto be-
longing to Dr.. F. n. Boucher colhded at
the corner q Main and First avenue
about 7:10 Monday evening. Vogel was
driving east on Main street. and DR..
Boucher was coming south on First
avenue. The cars collided exactly in
the center OF the street intersection.
4 hut neit her was badly damaged. and
i 1asS Sesup khfSt 1sfe tlnhutt - 81
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-18

d C.H. E.. Boardman and daugh-
t3E Janice. Who have been in Canfor-
Nd bfnce Now III. are expected to reach
horne "Wednesday morning. Mrs. Board
man and DAUGHTER, have been visiting
throughout the southern part Of Cali
fornia, and have been making their
headquarters at Glendale. They stop
ped for q short visit In Salt Lake City
en- route home. &E
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-18
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Senator.

Senator. 49,
+ wish to announce N.Y. candidacy
for denomination as senator from
Marshall county before the republican
primary election to be held Junes5.
w. H. Arpey. yll -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-18

The new ball team IL so confident Of
playing to big money this year that its
members will donate the proceeds Of
Thursdays practice game TO the parks
and Fairgrounds committee. The men
will divide UP and the Whites will play
the Grays Thursday afternoon at 8
o'clock at the bali park for an admis-
sion OF as cents. y ~ - q.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-18

Spring Comes In First Through tho
Windows Of the Bedroom
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-18
lcol. Horton som,u,vh.t e.tter.

Col. Horton SOMEWHAT Better.
n Slight improvement was noticeable
today in the condition of Col. c. c..
Horton, who has been sick so long. It
was thought the colonel's general con-
dition was better.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-18

Mr.. A. r. Ruiter and daughter Luz
ellie. OF Chicago. left this morning for
their home after visit here with the
formers parents. Mr.. and Mrs. $Myles
Y aIIeher IS as i55 sttAy sS-,th .s'-.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-18

Rugs and dTapertes: House cleaning
time Is here and with 1t comes the
thought of new rugs and draperies. Be
sure to note the patterns, quality and
prices we are showing. Benedict s.
BrintnaIl. - y. ! :. Z. - l. !,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-18
'lllks,Republil,lll
Try IN BRIEF
!. Jew Aler and optlclan.
O aE
VIC. I.
Montesun
sly went this morning I
hhliainasS tItEAL

N q. y. N, jewAler ana optician.
ri - e. Ely went this morning to
Montesun business. y
Fred WaA IN Monday evening for
= visit In u Mes. Cal. 4;
August HUI M. OF st. Anthony,
lSft this morS pr Dundee, ILL.,. to
visit his son. Hunxelman. +.
Mr.. and Mrs, srst and daugh-
ter Ailene. Of Zeal sere in the city
today on their way from an ex-
tended visit in CaL
"A call viii convin that now
\ 10 the time to buy. Bx new, up
right mahogany. oak. at pianos
4t27 $165, $l67, Sits. e Music
4 House. y X.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-18
p Marqu;sette
Or Creto,,,e

which will you put up aScurtains7
The new Spring Curtafnings are
so very lovely that we've assembled
larger stocks than ever. And how
they ARE going!
Plain Marquisettes-36 inches wide.
in white and ecru. just received; Of
fered specially ut. per yard ice.
New Cretonnes-36 inches wide, in
beautiful floral patterns and stripes;
specially priced ut, per yard 19c.
Marquisette Curtains yards
long, finished with ciuny lace edge
AID insertion; specially priced. per
pair $1.69.
Wolfe Curtains-2h yards long. in
white and ecru. finished with lace
edgings; special, per pair 75e.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-18

NJ Let Apgar make the babyis picture.
He has specialized In childrens photo
graphs for the past twelve years. and
knows Just how to handle the little
folks. Apgar Studio. garS- -@r
An overheated incubator in the barn
back OF the residence occupied by III. 8.
Thompson. 40 Lee street. called the
fire department out ut $3.50 this morn
Ing. There was no damage. IT.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. II. Drake. 206 North
Fifth street, are parents Of their first
born, son, who arrived Monday aft
ernoon. Mrq Drake was formerly Miss
Helen Lavina, q graduate nurse Of this
city. *
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-01-21
IDAHO TOWNS ARE LIGHTED
AND HEATED ELECTRICALLY

To those who are accustomed TO
paying the usual city rates for electric
energy, the condition which has been
brought about in towns and rural dis
tricts along the Snake River in Idaho
by the Minidoka power and irrigation
project is no doubt novel, says the
February Popular Mechanics Magazine
in a well-illustrated article. At Ru-
pert, Idaho, public high school is
heated and lighted electrically, as
mentioned at some length in a pre-
vious number of this magazine. Al
together, however. the town. which
has population of about 1000, now
uses 1000 hip. in its homes and stores.
In houses which have cost only a
few hundred dollars to erect it is not
uncommon to find electric stoves,
ranges, lights, washing and sewing
machines, and other appliances. The
same is likewise true in some other
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-01-21
THE BLESSING OF REST.

Your hearty greeting tempts me to
compliment you as a Hiberian COM
plimented his friend when he said:
May you live to eat the chicken that
scratches the top of your grave" re-
marked a speaker at banquet in
Boston recently. When l rise to
speak remember that the most nat
ural thing in the world for an Amer
lean to do Is to make a speech. When
the genuine American is born and
gets fairly on his feet, the first thing
he does is to say, Fellow Citizens"
and after he has got through with the
world and is about to leave, he says !:
"One word more" But silence some
times is more agreeable than speech,
as when the man said to the bird
trainer: 81 gave you fifty dollars to
teach my wife's parrot how to talk
How much will you charge to teach
the COMPOUNDED bird to shut up?"
And then there are times when 81
lence is more restful than speech, as
when a lady asked the physician for
some medicine and he said:
Madam, all you need is rest"
"Oh," she said, Just look at my
tongue"
"Ah," said he. that needs rest too.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-01-21
DODGE BROTHERS ARE
FOURTH IN PRODUCTION
REPORT OF THE BUSINESS DONE
BY MOTOR CAR COMPANIES
RANKS THEM WELL UP.
Great Industry Is Owned in Its En-
tirety by John F. and Horace E.
Dodge, the Founders Of
the Business.

According to Automobile Topics.
trade authority, recent figures sub
mitted to Wall Street interests with
regards to the volume Of business
done by the various motor car COM
panies during the first nine months OF
1915, put Dodge Brothers in fourth
place.
Dodge Brothers have no dealings
with the financiers, as the business is
owned entirely by the brothers, John
f. and Horace E., but the figures were
submitted by another company which
placed itself considerably further
down in the list.
The accomplishment of Dodge
Brothers in one year of starting the
manufacture OF motor cars and then
jumping into fourth place in the ma
ton is regarded as the most amazing
performance in the industry, which
has always been full of surprises.
No announcement on production
plans for next year has been made by
Dodge Brothers but II is known that
several new buildings are being
rushed to completion and that the
total floor space of the plant will total
more than so acres when these new
buildings are occupied.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-01-21
GOVERNMENT LIVE
STOCK REPORT

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Jan. 2O.-A
summary of estimates OF numbers and
values Of livestock on farms and
ranges on January for Nevada and
for the United States, compiled by
the Bureau of Crop Estimates (and
transmitted through the Weather
Bureau), U. S. Department OF Agri-
culture Is as follows:
Horses.
State: Number $1,000, compared
with $4,000 year ago and 10000 five
years ago. Value per head, SIS. com
pared with $50 year ago and $S4
five years ago.
United States: Number 21,20O,000,
compared with 21.195,000 a year ago
and 2O,277,0O0 five years ago. Value
per head, s101.60, compared with
$1O3.33 a year ago and $111.46 five
years ago.
Mules.
State: Number 5000, compared
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-01-21

with 5000 a year ago and 5000 five
years ago. Value per head. SIS. COM
pared with S7s a year ago and ss7
five years ago.
United States: Number 1.56o.0OO.
compared with 4,47y,UOV a year ago
and 4,323.OOO five years ago. Value
per head, $113s7. compared with
s112.s6 year ago and s125.s2 five
years ago.
Mich COWS.
State: Number $4,000. compared
with $4,000 year ago and $4,000 five
years ago. Value per head, SIS, COM
pared with s77.50 year ago and $4S
five years ago.
United States: Number 22.O00,OV0,
compared with 21,262,OO0 a year ago
and 20,S23.0O0 five years ago. Value
per head, $3.50, compared with 1888
year ago and s39.s7 five years ago.
Other Cattle.
State: Number 472,0O0. compared
with 100000 a year ago and $4,000
five years ago. Value per head, $39.7O.
compared with S40.70 a year ago and
$24.90 five years ago.
United States: Number 39,50O,0OO,
compared with 37,067,00O a year ago
and 3s.679,O0O five years ago. Value
per head, $33.49, compared with 1888
year ago and $20.54 five years ago.
Sheep.
State: Number 1.530,000, compared
with $4,000 a year ago and 1,444,0OO
five years ago. Value per head, $3.50,
compared with $3.50 a year ago and
S4.02 five years ago.
| United States: Number 49,200,00N,
compared with 49,956,0O0 a year ago
and 53,633,OOO five years ago. Value
per head, $5.17, compared with $3.50
year ago and s3.91 five years ago.
Swine.
State: Number 10000, compared
with $4,000 a year ago and $4,000 five
years ago. Value per head, SO, conf
pared with $11.9O a year ago and
S10.10 five years ago.
United States: Number 68,000,000,
compared with 64,61S,0O0 a year ago
and 65.62O,O00 five years ago. Value
per head, S8.40. compared with 1887
q year ago and 1897 five years ago.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-01-21

towns and in the country for miles
along the river. The farmers not I'm
frequently turn their grindstones and
operate separators and other machines
by power. And this is all because Of
the cheapness of hydroelectric energy.
The state Is said to have more than
200 separate electric pumping stations
in operation. which together are re-
claiming tens OF thousands OF acres.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-01-21
GENERAL VILLA
ESCAPES CAPTURE
BY Pae. and InsI News Service.

BY Pae. and Intl News Service.
Ell PASO, Jan. 21.--Villa has not
been captured. The Mexican Consul
Garcia, explains the erroneous report
of his capture as the outgrowth of the
report of the capture Of five bandits
by Marquee, foreman OF the Hearst
ranch at Barbicora last Wednesday,
The Carranzistas had surrounded Villa
and twenty bandits in a mountain
pass. All the bandits managed to es
cape, except five. Villa was among
those that got away.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-01-21
IN GLOWING TERMS.

She-Mr Wimbledon spoke of you
In glowing terms last night.
He-I am gratified to hear you say
so. have always regarede him as a
fine judge of men.
She-Yes. 1t was one of the worst
roasts I ever heard.