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The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-06-22
KEYS FOUND.

The Globe Is In possession of q
bunch of keys that the owner can Sc
cure by paying for this notice.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-14

Use fresh homemade bordeaux mix.
ture. In preparing II. follow directions
exactly. az much depends on the way
the ingredients are combined. Use .
good spray pump. operated at q pres
sure OF 100 pounds or more. Spray
thoroughly. The time OF application
depends on the weather and the devel-
opment OF the crop. The disease usual
ly appears when the fruit Is nearly
grown. Watch carefully for the leaf
spot and spray as soon as any appears.
In any case. make an application two
weeks before maturity and a second =
week later.
Everyone who uses bordeaux mix
ture frequently and I'm quantity will
find 1t convenient to keep concentrated
stock solutions on hand, as these keep
indefinitely IL the water which evap-
crates IL replaced.
Build an elevated platform to hold
the barrels. Suspend so pounds OF
copper sulphate to dissolve in So
gallon barrel OF water. Stake SO
pounds of lime I'm another barrel. Add
water to make SO gallons Of lime milk.
When bordeaux mixture is needed stir
both stock barrels and take from each
as many gallons as the formula calls
for In pounds. Dilute the copper sui
phate In one barrel and the lime milk
in another. each with half the water.
and let the two run together into the
strainer OF the spray tank.
To those who expect to spray on a
large scale a more detailed instruction
about fungicides and their application
than can be given here is available In
Farmers Bulletin No. 243. United
States department of agriculture,
Washington.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-14
Electricity Kills Insects.

A process has just been developed I'm
the department OF agriculture by
means of which insects and pests may
be killed by electricity. The process
consists IN the application of salt wa
ter 10 the ground rhat Is 10 be treated,
and then causing n current of cleo
t.lrlty 10 pnss through ihe soil. The
current generates 8 3as Nllsh wlli Ia
stantiv kpi ail germs. lHrvne aad ln-
sect pests in the sell. without % My
way lnt4fins ihe seFrtAarp a large
orea ~ ground can % treated ~ Dig
ging shallow trenches ia which pow
erful current can BE- developed.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-14
BOIL WEEVlL is EXPENSIVE
Reason for immense Loss to Farmers
IL Destruction Of Birds by
ThouohtIess Men.

Destruction of birds. according 20
statement made by Col. G.. O.
Shields. president OF the Leaguel 30
American Sportsmen, costs the Unit
ed States billion dollars a year. Got
ton growers" he said, lose 100000.
600 year by the boil weevil. Why?
Because the quails. the prairie chick.
ems, the meadow larks and other birds
which were formerly there I'm mil
lions, have been swept away by
thoughtless men and boys"
The chinch bug costs wheat grow
ers another $100.000,000. he said, and
the Hessian fly $2OO,OOO,00O.
1T takes more than $4,000 chinch
bugs to weigh an ounce and nearly
$4,000 Hessian flies to weigh the
same" he continued. "A quail killed
by an expert in Ohio had in It's crop
1920 chinch bugs; another killed In
a Kansas wheat field had 1000 Hes.
sian flies"
Colonel Shields added that potato
growers pay $17.0OO.O0O q year for
spraying poisons. and remarked that
a quail slain In Pennsylvania had 81
potato bugs in its crop. He said that
Mrs. Margaret M. Nice of the faculty
of the Massachusetts, State university.
after long study, estimated that q
quail destroys $4,000 bugs and 5000,
900 weeds seeds annually.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-14

Brouillard, chief engineer OF the Niquola
Irrigation dam. meets ]. Wesley Cort-
wright and his daughter. Genevieve, and
explains the reclamation work to them
Cartwright sees a big chance to make
money. organizes a company and obtains
government contracts to furnish power
and material. Steve Massingale threatens
10 start gold rush II Brouillard does not
influence President Ford to build rail-
road branch to the place, thus opening
an easy market for the ore from the Lit
tie Susan" mine. On visit to Amy Mas
singale at her fathers mine Brouillard
tells her Of his need for money to pay on
MS dead fathers debts. She tells him to
De true to himself He decides for the ex-
tension. Mirapolis. the city of numbered
Gays. booms. Cartwright persuades Brouil-
lard to become consulting engineer OF the
consolidated electric power company In re-
turn for 100000 stock. Stoppage Of work
on the railroad threatens a panic. BrOufl-
lard spreads the Massingale story OF
placer gold in the river bed and starts a
gold rush The gold rush promises to stop
the reclamation project Amy tells Brouil-
iard that her father has incorporated the
Little Susan and is In Cortwright's
clutches financially. He tells her he has
made 5000 and declares his love. Amy
Ioves MIN but shows him that he has be-
come demoralized. Massngale's placer
gold find was fraud. but a real find Is
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-14
Who is the Boss7

The superintendent of n big depart
ment store In Boston conducts n school
of salesmanshlp I'm his establishment,
and one OF the first questions he puts
10 his class OF beginners is: "Who IN
the boss?"
After statesmen pupils have guessed
every official about the establishment.
the superintendent explains. mo, no.
no (; he is not the boss. The real boss
I'm this store IN the customer. It's the
customer that you ana / are here 10
please. It's the customer who pays
your wages and mine. Now, If you are
sitting behind your counter. doing
nothing. and you see me coming. don't
jump up; but If you see the customer
the boss-coming. junpl That al
ways makes deep impression"
The lesson Is n good one TO mem-
Journal.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-14

The watermelon 10 . native OF
Africa. but Is now more largely grown
In the United States than anywhere
else. Il grows best on rich. warm.
sandy loans that are well drained. II
possible. q southern slope should be
chosen for early melons.
II il desirable In growing water
melons for market that they follow q
crop OF clover or cowpeas. They
should be rotated with other crops.
and not planted on the same ground
again for three or four years.
The preparation OF the land consists
In thorough cultivation at intervals
Of three or four weeks before the seed
il planted. This Is for the purpose Of
discriminating the weed seed and put
ting the soil In the best possible condi-
ton. In Georgia, rather shallow plow-
ing, followed by thorough pulveriza-
ton with the disk harrow. is practiced.
Cultivation consists in thorough shall
low tillage. with a loosening Of the soil
about the plants whenever It becomes
compact. After the plants have be-
come thoroughly established and dan
ger from insects is past they are
thinned out to about three OF the most
vigorous in each hill.
Watermelon growers in various sec
lions Of the country frequently suffer
loss from a disease which blights the
foliage and spots the fruit. The
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-14

had promised he should be-and the
men Of his clique called the young
missionary q meddlesome visionary.
he stood In the stature Of q man. and
lower Chigringo avenue loved him and
swore by him now and then when somc
poor soul. hastily summoned. was to
be eased on into eternity.
When Brouillard caught sight Of him
Cashier was looking out over the
seething street caldron from his COM
handing height of six feet Of athletic
man stature. his strong face a mask
OF bitter humiliation and concern.
"Brouillard, this is simply hideous!"
he exclaimed. If this devils carnival
goes on until nightfall we shall have a
revival Of the old Roman Saturnalia
at it's worst!" Then. with a swift blow
at the heart of the matter: You're
the man I've been wanting to see; you
are pretty close in with the Cartwright
been dealt out to the crowd over the
bar in the Niquoia building?"
Brouillard said that he did not know,
which was true. and that he could not
believe it possible. which was not true.
The Cartwright people are as anxious
to have the celebration pass OF peace
ably as even you can be-" he assured
the young missionary, trying to but
tress the thing which was not true
When riot comes in at the door, bust
ness flies out at the window; and,
after all. this feast of hurrahs is mere
ly another bid for business"
But Cashier was shaking his head.
Il can't answer for Mr. Cartwright
personally. He and Handley and
Schermerhorn and a few of the others
seem to stand for responsibility of
sort. But, Mr.. Brouillard, I want to
tell you this: somebody in authority
is grating upon the vice of this COM
munity. not only today but all the
time"
THE community Is certainly vicious
enough to warrant any charge you can
make" admitted Brouillard. Then he
changed the topic abruptly. Have you
seen Miss Massingale since noon?"
Yes; saw her with Smith. the
cattleman, at the other end of the ave
nue. about an hour ago."
"Heavens!" gritted the engineer.
Didn't Smith know better than to
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-14
CHAPTER XIV
Quicksands

A short week after the reclamation
service headquarters had been moved
from the log-built Offices on the gov
eminent reservation to the commodi-
Gus and airy suite on the sixth floor OF
the Niquoia building Brouillard re-
ceived the summons which he had
been expecting ever since the night
OF rioting and lawlessness which had
marked the close of the railroad cele-
bration.
Mr.. Cartwright would like to see
you in his rooms at the Metropole,.
was the message the Office boy brought.
and Brouillard closed his desk with q
snap and followed the boy to Bongras'.
The shrewd-eyed tyrant Of Mirapo-
lis was in his shirt sleeves, busily die
tating to two stenographers alternate
ly. when the engineer entered the third
room Of the series; but the work was
suspended and the stenographers were
sent away - soon rs Brouillard was
announced.
WELL" was the millionaire's greet
ing. you waited to be sent for. didn't
your
why not?" said Broufllard shortly.
II have my work to do and you have
yours"
And the two Jobs are at opposite
ends of the string. you'd say. Never
mind; We can't afford to throw each
other down. and just now you can
tell me a few things that want to
know. How is young Massingale get
ting along?"
"As well as could be expected. Car
ruthers-the doctor-says he is out of
danger"
HIN. 1t has been handed In to me
two or three times lately that the old
man is out cunning for Van Bruce or
for me. Any truth In that?"
81 think not. Massingale is a Ken
tuckian. and l fancy he is quite capa-
BILE of potting either one or both OF
you for the attack on his SON But 30
far he has done nothing-has hardly
left Steve's bedside"
Mr.. ]. Wesley Cartwright hung him.
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you saw them. Castner3~
They were In front Of 'Pegleg
Johns in the next block. Miss Mas
singale was waiting for Smith. who
was just coming out OF Pegleg's den
shaking hts head. put two and two
together and guessed they were look
ing for Stephen"
III they went there Miss Amy had
her reasons. Let's try It," said Brouil-
lard. and he was halfway across the
street when Cashier overlook him
There was a dance hall next door to
Pegleg Johns barrel house and gam
bling rooms. and, though the daylight
was still strong enough to make the
electrics garishly unnecessary. the
orgy was in full swing, the raucous
changing of a piano and the shuf6e
and stamp OF many feet drowning the
monotonous cries of the sidewalk
barker" who was inviting all and
sundry to enter and join the dancers.
Cashier would have stopped to Ques-
ton the "barker"-was, in fact, trying
to make himself heard-when the
sharp crash Of a pistol shot dominated
the clamor of the piano and the stamp
ing feet. Brouillard made quick dash
for the open door OF the neighboring
barrel house, and Cashier was SO good
a second that they burst in as one
man.
The dingy interior of Pegleg Johns.
which was merely barrel-lined vesti-
beyond, staged a tragedy. A handsome
young giant. out of whose face sudden
agony had driven the brooding pas
sion of intoxication, lay. Ioose-fung,
on the sawdust-coveged floor, with
Amy Massingale kneeling in stricken.
fearless misery beside him. Almost
within arms reach Van Bruce COrt-
wright. the slayer. was wrestling stub
bornly with Tig Smith and the fat
armed barkeeper, who were trying to
disarm him. his heavy face a mask OF
irresponsible rage and his lips bub-
bling imprecations.
Turn me loose" he gritted. iii fix
him so he won't give the governors
snap away! He'll pipe the story Of
the Coronida grant on to the papers?
not if kill him till he's too dead to
bury, l guess"
Cashier ignored the wrestling three
and dropped quickly on his knees be-
side Stephen Massingale. bracing the
misery girl with the needed
word of hope and directing her in low
tones how to help him search for the
wound
But Brouillard hurled himself with
an oath upon young Cartwright. and it
was he. and neither the cattleman nor
the fat-armed barkeeper, who wrenched
the weapon out Of Cortwright's grasp
and with it menaced the babbling MUIR
derer into silence
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-14

Characteristic Small Sunken Pits Pro-
duced by Watermelon Anthracnose.
leaves are covered with irregular
dark, dead spots and may die before
the melons are ripe. The trouble de-
velops on the fruit in the form Of
water-soaked and later sunken spots
Of varying size. which come to have a
fungus spores. AS the disease pro-
crosses the melons decay. This is
enthracnose, and is caused by a para
site fungus related to those which
produce the apple bitter-rot and pod
spot Of bean. The fungus causing
watermelon anthracnose attacks Gu
cumbers, cantaloupes and squashes
but probably not. as q rule, any other
cultivated crops. Warm and moist or
rainy weather IL especially favorable
to the spread and development OF
anthracnose and for this reason it
was more prevalent than usual last
season. The losses were particularly
severe in some districts where melons
are grown on q largo scale for carload
shipments.
The United States department of
agriculture has found that the disease
can be controlled by spraying with
bordeaux mixture. and trials Of this
treatment are recommended. The
methods to be employed are substan-
TALLY those IN use for potatoes, cucum-
bers and other truck crops. The fol-
lowing points should be observed to
insure success:
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-14

bank, pretty large sum Of money for
development expenses on the Little
Susan taking . mortgage on every
thing in sight to cover the loan. But
when the railroad was IN assured fact
he learned that the Red Butte smelt-
ers wouldn't take his ore. giving some
technical reason which he knew to be
a mere excuse.
Mr.. Cartwright nodded. $50 far you
might be reading It out Of q book"
In consequence, David Massingale
finds himself in fair way to become
broken man BY the. simplest of COM
mercial processes The bank holds his
notes. which WIN t6qut1y have to be
paid. II he can't Fay, tho bank comes
back on you as his ipdorser, and you
fall back on your mortgage and take
the mine. Isn't that about the size of
it,"
'Tt is exactly the size Of It. do
want the Little Susan and I've got
good friend or two In the Red Butte
shelters who will help me get it,
Brouillard's black eyes were snap
ping, but his voice was quite steady
when he said: Thank you. That
brings us down to the mention Of the
Coronida grant and Stephen Massin-
gales threat-which your son can't re-
member"
"Right-o." said Mr.. Cartwright, still
with predetermined geniality. What
was the threat?"
Il don't know. but the guessing list
is open to everybody. There was once
a grant of many square miles Of noun
tain and desert somewhere In this re-
gion made to one Don Estacio de Mon.
tarriba Coronida- Like those Of most
Of the great Spanish land grants. the
boundaries Of this one were loosely
described and"
Mr.. Cortwright held mp . tat hand.
81 know what you're going to say.
ton before we ever invested . single
dollar In this valley. Al You may or
may not know, the reclamation serv.
ice bureau tried to choke ~ Oh. But
when It came down to brass tacks.
they lacked . witness. We may b In
the bed Of your proposed lake. but
we're safely ON Coronida land"
$50 you say" said Brouillard quietly.
land on the strength Of that you have
been guaranteeing titles Just there
is where Massingale comes In. imag-
ire. He has spent twenty years or
more In. this region. and he knows
every landmark in II. What II hs
should be able to put = lighted match
to your pile OF kindling. Mr.. Cort-
wright"
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"BrouilIards This 10 Simply Aideous!"
take her down there at such time as
this?"n
The young missionary was frowning
thoughtfully. II think it was the
other way about. Her brother has been
drinking again. and took it for grant
ed that she and Smith were looking
for him."
Brouillard buttoned his coat and
pulled his soft hat over his eyes.
I'm going to look for her." he said
"Will you come along?"
Cashier nodded. and together they
put their shoulders to the crowd. Again
and again the engineer and his COM
panion had to intervene by word and
blow to protect the helpless in the
half-drunken, gibe-flinging crush. and
in these sallies Cashier bore his part
like a man, expostulating first and hit
ting out afterward in q fashion that
left no doubt in the mind of his antag-
onist of the moment.
1T was little less than a crime to
turn your laborers loose on the town
on such an occasion as this" said Cast
ner, dealing out his words as frankly
and openly as he did his blows.
Brouillard shrugged
IF l hadn't given them the day
they would have taken it without leave
You'll have to pass the responsibility
on to someone higher up"
The militant one accepted the chal-
lenge promptly.
1T lies ultimately at the door OF
those whose insatiate greed has built
this new Gomorrah in the shadow OF
your dam" He wheeled suddenly and
hung long arm toward the half,fln-
ished structure filing the gap between
the western shoulders Of Chigringo
and Jacks mountain "There stands
the proof Of Gods wisdom In hiding
the future from mankind. MI. Brouil-
lard. Because = little section Of hu-
manity here behind that great wall
knows the end Of IT. hopes. ana the
manner and time Of that end, Il b.
comes demon-riddeA. irreclaimablel.
At another time the engineer mlxht
have felt tho force Of he ter,ely elo-
Quent sumnninG mp Of the accusafion
against the Mir1pol1tan attitude. INT
now he was lool1ng anxloualy fnr Any
Mansingale o. her ESCORT - both "
tham.
~Gurely 9mAth wouldnx u - -rt.v
dawn haro 1ninufo lonnor 11lnn d
fook - - - awn1.s - c>lS -.
tlently - = - W gunllI -<Io 1Il1II.
80 sse9 I
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-14
To Fortify the System Against
Summer Heat

Many users of Groves TaEieless Chill
Tonic make it practice to take this old
standard remedy regularly 90 fortify the
system against the depressing effect of
summer heat as those who are strong
withstand the heat of summer better than
those who are weak Price soc.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-14
PROTECT CHICKS AND P0ULTS
Sufficient Shelter Should BE Provided
for Young Fowis-Rain Can
Do Great Damage.

When a thunderstorm comes up the
first thought should be Are the chicks
and poults where the rain cannot
drench them" One thunderstorm can
destroy a whole flock in about two
minutes. They drown easily.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-14
Much More Desirable.

IL don't believe that mcrcennry girl
can Imagine anything better than be-
ing rich old mans wife"
There's ono thing she'd like better
to be-"
whats thatf"
Ellis widow"
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CHAPTER xIv-Continued.

Il didn't know you could be so con.
vincing," was Miss Genevieve's com
ment- 1T was splendid, Nobody will
ever believe that you are going to go
on building your dam and threatening
to drown US, after this"
What did l say?" queried Brouii-
lard. having, at the moment. only the
haziest possible idea OF what he had
said
"As II you didn't know!" she
laughed. you congratulated every
body And the funny thing about it is
that you didn't say single word about
the Niquoia dam"
Didn't 1? That shows how com
pletely your father has converted me.
how helplessly l am carried along on
the torrent of events"
But you are not" she said accus-
ingly. Deep down in your inner con-
seriousness you don't believe little bit
in Mirapolis. You are only playing the
game with the rest of us, Mr.. Brouil-
lard"
German, Mr.. Cortwright's ablest
trumpeter in the rea1estate booming.
was holding the plaza crowd spell
= A1sefesEt TN prophetic outlining OF the
az oiitan future.
In the middle distance and back
grounding the buildings on the oppo-
site side of the plaza, rose the false
work of the great dana standing for
est of sawed timbers, whose afternoon
shadows were already pointing like a
many-fngered fate toward the city Of
the plain. But, Though the face OF the
speaker was toward the shadowing for
est, his words ignored it. THE snow
capped Timayonis," 1.-The mighty Chi
gringo." and the golden-veined slopes
Of Jacks mountain" all came in for eu-
logistic mention: but the massive wall
Of concrete. with its bristling parapet
OF timbers. had no part in the orators
fiamboyant descriptive
Brouillard loved Amy Massingale
with a passion which, however blind 1t
might be on the side OF the higher
moralities, was still keen-sighted
plunge he made in the Mirapolitan
whirlpool was sweeping him farther
away from her.
He had transferred the power COM
pany's stock. minus q single share to
cover his Official standing on the
power company's board, to Cartwright,
and had opened an account at the Nj
quota National. The ninety-nine thou
sand nine hundred dollars had since
grown by speculative accretions to the
rounded eighth Of q million which all
,financiers agree in calling the stepping
stone to fortune.
still regarding it-as q loan; his lever
with which to pry out something which
he could really call his own. But more
and more possession and use were dull
ing the keen edge of accountability
and there were moments of insight
when the grim irony of taking the
price of honor to pay an honor debt
forced :tself upon him. At such mo-
ments he plunged more recklessly. in
one OF them taking stock in a gold
dredge company which was to wash
nuggets by the wholesale out of the
Quadjenai bend. in another buying vet
other options in the newest suburb of
Mirapolis.
brations the temper Of the street
throngs was changing. 1t is only the
people of the Latinized cities who can
take the carnival spirit lightly; in
other blood liberty grows to license
and the thin veneer OF civilized re-
straints quickly disappears From
early dawn the saloons and dives had
been adding fuel to the flames. and
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-14

When man goes into restaurant
and is given n tough fowl he ~ very
apt to lose his respect for old age.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1916-07-14
WHY WOMEN
Write LETTERS
To Lydia e. Pinkham Medi-
cine Co.

Women who nrc well often nsk ears
the letters which the Lydia +. Pinkham
Medicine Co. are continually publishing.
genuinef" "Are they truthful z"
"Why do women write such iettersf"
In answer we say that never have we
published Q fictitious letter or name.
Never, knowingly, have we published
IN untruthful letter, or ono without the
full and written consent Of ths woman
who wrote Il
The reason that thousands Of women
from al parts of the country write such
grateful letters to tho Lydia 4. Pink
ham Medicine Co. IL that Lydia +. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has brought
health and happiness into their lives,
once burdened with pain and suffering.
It has relieved women from some Of
the worst forms Of female ills, from dis
placements. inflammation, liberation,
irregularities, nervousness, weakness.
stomach troubles and from the blues.
y% q. ;~ov,cca;bI. for apy xuornan whn