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The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10
West Pretty Prairie

Hattie Harlow and Jake Mob
ley were married Feb. 18th.
This couple. are well known in
Baca county as both have lived
here several years. Here's best
wishes TO both.
w. A. Greathouse and p. FL.
Boil each have a new Ford.
Frank Morgan and Frank
Hughes helped Davison's ham
corn 10 dolly last week.
These threshing in this vicinity
We're Thos. Shyer, MIN Pierce,
and Joe Williams is thresning to.
day (Monday).
Mrs. Orie Stigers and Veta
Mathews wentup nearTwo Buttes
Friday. They had a ver5 inter.
esting time. Ask them.
Frank Morgan is filling up his
house. what's going to happen
Frank?
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

Reverend Youngblood and
wife visited at the home Of their
Uncle, DR.. Goodrich and family,
last Thursday.
Two new residences are going
up in our neighborhood.
We have not learned the names,
but welcome them anyway.
1t will be remem bered that
some time ago we mentioned the
Premium squash seed of H. A.
CasWell of RegGier. Mr.. Cas-
well brought up the seed Tues
day. He will not sell them at
any price, but wants every read
er of the Herald to have some of
the seed, Come in and get
yours when in town. or send
ope-cent stamp to pay postage.
Only subscribers can set the
seed.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

enacts no laws of any kind up
on the subject, if you were to
build a fence up to the moon and
your neighbor's COW jumped over
it, you could collect no damages,
as there would be no law cover
ing the case.
The false premises in this case
is as to what constitutes appro-
priation.
If your neighbor fenced in
some of your land and turned
stock into it it would then be ap-
propriated, but not otherwise.
But
The public can appropriate your
private property, and does do it
in every state in the union; and
after it is so appropriated you
have no more right to it than
anyone else. so far as travel on
it is concerned, as instance all
public highways.
So, it is Seen that the second
contention is also based on faul-
ty premises as to fact.
What Colorado actually has as
a stock law, along with some
other states, will be considered
next week.
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Sec. 81, T13, R 43.

ne corner sec. "A, r. IL, Il. lS
Charles johnson has purhcas-
ed a new Ford touring car.
Charles ColiierfeturBsd from
Lama. Saturday.
Harry La Blanche went to
Springfield Friday
Mrs Sarah Phillips is having
a we'll drilled-down 200 feet
Jack Bowers returned from
Lamar Friday.
A piaiiie fire Sunday during
the high wind destroyed Henry
Russel's barn. wagon, buggy
harness, three horses, Two calves,
several hogs, a flock of chickens,
and all the feed. This is a big
loss to Mr.. Russell.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10
EL0EMONT

Joe Stephenson and Miss Chloe
Knott were united in maria ge a
few days ago.
They left Immediately after for
Arizona where they expect to
make their future home.
r. Il Dean and wife are the
proud parents of a fine baby girl.
]. E. McGinnis and family
moved onto their homestead last
week.
r. H. Dickey and wife have
returned from their visit in Tex
as, Oklahoma and Kansas.
Mrs. A. B. Knott, Ruby and
Senior, spent Sunday with Mrs
j. r. Hawkins.
Sam Browning and wife of the
Pride community were visiting
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10
Zone Rock

Mrs. l.. Fl. Smith ana Margur-
ct and Spencer arrived from En-
poria Saturday to make Baca
county their future home.
George kirkendall went to La
mar last week, accompanied by
several men and teams to meet
his family and two car loads OF
goods from EN- poria.
Rev. Hudnell was unable to be
with US Sunday, so l.. C. Thomp,
son vas asked to fill his place
He gave an excellent talk.
The Ladies Aid met with Mrs
l.. C. Thompson last Thursday
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Irandview

Mrs. B. r. Glasgow ancl. child
rem visited Saturday at tb e Gar
vie home.
S. D. Potter is again in our
neighborhood.
Elmer French went to Spring
field Saturday.
Pete Vandermark is moving
his house on the northwest cor.
ner Of his land.
A good many from Grandview
attended the pie supper at the
Murray schoolhouse-
Sunday school has been chang.
ed to 2. 30 in the afternoon.
Guy Brock took grain to Elk
hart last week
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10
Diamond Ridge

There was a ball game at the
Davis store Saturday, and Sun
day afternoon.
Two prominent young men be-
came engaged in a scuffle over a
piece of candy, and one Of them
received bruises that left the
blood ooZe out-nothing serious.
U. W. Pridemore purchased a
team of geldings near Elkhart a
few days ago. He says he is 60
ing to have the making of a
county.
Most of the farmers have been
making preparations for spring
work. Some have already begun
work in the field.
Several near here are going to
take maize to Holly this week.
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Plum Greek

Mr. Richard went to Lamar
the first of the week.
Mr.. Tandy and Mr.. Wright
went to the cedars the first of
the week.
Mr.. Pulliam has his we'll about
completed-twenty feet of wa:er
now.
MIR. Branson is drilling well
at his place.
Louis Grover is Still very sick.
Mr.. HickcoX and boy, went
to the cedars this week.
On account of sickness at Mr.
Growers. the teacher Miss Cain is
staying at Johnson's.
Mr.. Pulllam and Mr.. Wright
went to Two Buttes the latter
part of the week.
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Richards

Mrs Fred Collins visited Mrs.
IT. @. Maynard Tuesday.
Misses Griffin and Cham bers
visited Mrs. c. j. Malmberg Sun
day.
Miss Carrie Doke was Shop
ping in Richards this week.
L. Lynn and wife entertained
a few of the Young folks Satur-
day evening.
Mrs. Bert Glasgow called on
Mrs. f. H. Mitchell this week.
Mrs. II. E. Turner and Mrs.
j. l. Turner visited Mrs. Ly mr.
the last of the week.
F. f. Mitchell is having soule
improvements made Mr.. Fra
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Clyde

Mrs. James Money called on
Mrs. Hagerman Thursday af-
te-noon.
Big fire south of Clyde sun
day-did considerable damage
A good literary at No. 2 school
house every two weeks on Fri
day night. March II is the next.
Come and be rtained.
Lee Drake, Crother Pearce,
and Ben Lenord and Archie
Davis, went to Lamar last week.
Rev. Borden took dinner with
Gu ritton's Sunday.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

The pie supper at the Murray
school house was well attended
last Friday night.
A party of young people at
tended The singing at the Eaden
home Sunday night.
Roy Steen and wife have been
making quite stay in Oklaho-
ma, where they Went to help
move Mr.. Hallmark, Mrs.
Steen's father, to Colorado.
A large number of people were
out to Sunday school yesterday.
Keep coming are glad to see
so many attending.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10
Big Flats.

Good morning one and all
Calvin Escrage finished plant
ing his speltz last week.
No Sunday school or prayer
meeting on account of the high
wind.
The prise party at Craw-
ford's was success, it being
Willis twenty-ninth birthday.
Lester Hocket is pulling. broom
corn at Williams.
Mr.. Crick's family visited at
Crawford's Sunday.
Sam Smith is expected home
from Lamar, where he is being
doctored.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

The imprint talk of the SEN
tinel last week, if seriously in
tended, was at least too cheap
to be seriously considered. If
Jones knows anything about i'm
prints he knows they are there
for advertising purposes, and
nothing else, and that it is of
the Herald's business what kind
of an imprint he uses-whether
he says Two Buttes Sentinel,
Two Buttons Sentinel, or Two
Bits Sentinel. If Bro. Jones is so
tenderly and scrupulously con-
sciencious about advertising in
space paid for by others" he
should leave his imprint off alto
gether-or pay for the space and
the privilege.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10
Short Grass

Mrs. Will Keating and child
ren visited at the Reynolds home
Sunday.
The Brown young people OF
Seton, Miss Mamie Rose and
Mss Flossie Nidey spent Sun
day with the Dotsou bachelors.
Lafe Lester, and wife spent
Thursday evening with VIII Long
and family.
Will and May TrusseI called
on MIR and Mrs. ODDS White
Saturday evening
The Long brothers starttG for
the cedars Monday.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

Down as far as the Elizabeth
an age it was tho duty of the
public eXecutionef to cut off peo-
pies heads with an AK. Various
schemes less revolving since that
time have been devised for exc
cutting the death penalty, partic-
ularlv to remove the act as far
as possible from direct personal
performance. AT Canon City
the gallows are arranged to work
automatically by the weight of
the condemned man, and he
thus is supposed to haEg him
self. Capital punishment may be
advisable, but the facts are that
no man likes to take the life of
his fellow mau, against whom
especially he has no personal
grievance.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10
SVYSilas

Philip Geohring and family
left Monday for their new home
in Missouri.
j. H. Harrison took passen-
gers to Lamar last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. M. Pritchard
were Springfield visitors Fricay.
Mrs. John Yokum was quite
sick for several days last week.
Fred Willis and Jesse Harri.
son were Two Buttes callers OH
the 4th.
c. f. Wheeler made business
trip to Springfield Thursday.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

1t is no unusual sight to see a
caravan of overland "home-com
ers" almost any day passing
through on their ways tC the va
rious new homes they are going to
carve out of this has been public
dom ain; and they are coming
with 'eams and equipments that
show them to be the class of
farmers that Baca county has
long been in need of. Welcome,
thrice welcome, to our new set
tiers.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10
North Fork.

The North Fork ball team
held meeting on the 5th.
B. F. Battles was elected man
ager. Another meeting was
called for March II.
B. F. and j. M. Battles are
working at the Welch Ranch
this week.
e. KoontZ was campo and
North Fork visitor last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alley spent Sun
day at the Bray ranch.
Mar. 25th will be sales day at
North Fork.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

Outside of holiday, it was
in consideration of the nun 1e-
of people in town, the grea-
day in the history of the metro
oils of Baca county. How n.
when the people learn that ti'v
can get just as good bargl'.
here as anywhere else. there wi
be 52 Saturdays in the wear in
town Just like the last one. and
Springfield will becum@ uiri II
shou Il havr been 'i'r,e mon
wears 'h" ~rra' trading O..
ter Of the county
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

Congressman Heating sends us
a large wall map with his COM
pliments, and says if there is
anything else loose around Wash
ington that we can use to let him
know. Mr.. Keating, if you
have any public buildings around
Washington that are loose-why,
you might send us down an, ex-
ira package of flower seeds.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

zier is digging him a cistern.
Chas. Gisch delivered a dress.
ed hog to Mitchell's store the
first of the week.
Fred Stagner delivered a
dressed hog to Richards store
the last of the week.
Franz Wentworth called on
friends in Richards during the
week.
Clyde Glasgow of Oklahoma
is visiting his brother Bert.
Mrs. Otto Green visited Mrs.
Ben Doke this week.
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M orth Ellats L; e:

Floyd Chenoweth and family
visited at Stalnaker's Sunday.
r. r. Oxenreider has been on
the sick list, but is better at this
writing.
Wilbern Saifet is helping
Chas. Cbenoweth with his wind
mill.
Ira CheEoweth and family WIS.,
tied at Bickford's the fifth inst.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10
Campo

Mrs. Z. S. Perkins has been
on the sick list.
A large crowd attended the
trades day sale at Campo.
A crowd OF the Campo folks
went out TO charivari the newly
welded, Mr.. and Mrs. March
banks, last Saturday night.
Mrs. Lowell called on Mrs.
Ogle on the 4th.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

The Sentinel and the Demo-
crat seem to have formed part
nership 'ferninst" the Herald.
in which the two act as buffers to
each other. The one will say a
good thing feminist" and the
other will copy with comments,
then the other will say a coed
thing "ferninst.' etc, to COM
plete the circuit. That's aremarlz
able com bination for two negative
quantities
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10
Flats

Messrs. Earle and Ce Gil Evans
are building Il new barn.
Ndessrs. Stewart and Burroughs
were out on their claims d
few days last week.
Tom Evans purchased a new
car Monday, and is now building
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10
Horseshoe

Mrs. Sarah Phillips is having
we'll drilled on her place, down
1910 feet at this writing.
Mrs Ralph Fox was visiting
Lizzie Mason Thu rsday.
Charley Wilson went to Villas
Wednesday after wire.
\ few of the young folks spent
Sunday evening at Harvey Ma
sons.
School is still progressing.
Hester Golden visited the
school last Friday.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

The Democrat is mistaken
about it's conducting the first
subscription contest in Baca
county. The Herald started a
subscription contest over two
years ago, by means of which it
now has the largest sub. list of
any paper, off the railroad, in the
west. The way to conduct a
subscription contest is 10 make
the kind of d paper the people
want, and not one that has to be
bolstered up with darning need
les and threshing machines.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

The Herald has $50 more to
get to land at the 1000 mark
that we started out to reach be-
fore tie end of this year As
they have been coming the past
two months, we shall land there
long before that time.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

Colorado dry-land seed is be-
ing specially sought by eastern
seed houses, and is at a premi-
UNI over eastern grown seeds.
They find it terminates better
and is more vigorous than wet
lanI seeds.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

Once every week one wet and
one dry circular are received at
this office. The drys have the
best of it on the argument and
the facts, but the vets are away
ahead on cartoons.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

The story of the German raid
err Moewe's cruise in the Atlantic
and it's return home, after cap
turing fifteen vessels with 200
prisoners and 100000 marks in
gold bars, is the greatest feat
since the days of John Paul
Jones.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

a garage for it.
Rev. Mccoy was absent from
Sunday school Sunday, and we
had nc preaching as usual.
Roy Campbell was hauling feed
from Wilson'S last week.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

A dentist who will locate here
now will hold this county. There
is room for one good dentist and
tha first come, first serve. None
in the county at the present
time.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

Probably by now or by the
first of the week the Elkhart
bridge is or will be in readiness
for traffic. That will shorten the
road to Ellihart by some miles.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

A $1,000 clothing store is
wanted in the county seat of
Baca county to accommodate
10000 people A $1,000 clothing
store would hold this trade
for years to come. Not one in
the county at the present time.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10
Lake View

Every body in this nelghbor-
hood are busy preparing the
ground for spring crops.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

The Elkhart News announces
it will go to $1.5C after July 1.
That's the right price. and we
predict the News won't lose any
thing by the change.
The Springfield herald., 1916-03-10

in this part the last of last week.
Mr.. Geer has gone to Helena,
Okla, after some of his stock.
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was not broken, but there was a
bruise there as big as saucer
with the liniment, and made him
generally comfortable. He watched
her every movement with sort Of
worshipful wonder, and seemed TO
be thinking hard.
Captain Davis, although feeling
little better, was still very weak,
and his sister and Captain Perez
were with him. Ralph, finding
that there was nothing more that
he could do, went back to the cable
station. Captain Fri and, Mrs.
Snow were alone in the front room
and, for the first time since she
entered the house, the lady from
Nantucket sat down to rest. Then
the Captain spoke.
MRS. Snow" he said gravely,
"you hadn't ought to have come
over here a day like this. Not but
what the Lord knows it's good to
have you here" he added hastily.
The housekeeper seemed sur
prised.
"Cap'n Err" she said, 81 b'lieve
If you was dyin' you'd worry for
fear somebody else wouldn't be
conf table while you was doing
It,"
well, Jerry hadn't ought to
have let you come"
Let me come! | should like to
have seen him try to stop me. The
idea! Where would I be If twa'n't
helpin' you, after all you've done
for me?"
eve done? l haven't done any
thing!"
you've made me happier'n I've
been for years. You've been SO
kind that-that-"
She stopped and looked out of
1.-THE window.
cts you that's been kind" said
the Captain. You've made a home
for me; somethin' I amt had afore
Isence l was a boy"
Mrs. Snow went on as IL he had
not spoken.
"And to think that you might
have been drowned the same as
the rest" she said. 81 knew some
thin was happenin'. 1 jest felt it.
somehow. l told Elsie I was sure
of 1t. l couldn't think of anything
but you all the forenoon.
The Captain sat up on the couch.
"Marthy," he said, in an awed
tone, "do you know what l was
|thinkin' of when / was pullin'
through the wust of 1t this morn
in? / was thinkin' of you. IT
kept comm back to me that II l
went under I shouldn't see you
ag'in. And you was thinkin' of
mel"
yes"
"Well, we'll, WE'LL" said the
Captain reverently, and still in the
same low tone. 81 said once be-
fore that / b'lieved you was sent
here, and now I'm sure of it. 1t
seems almost as If you was sent to
me, don't it,"
The housekeeper still looked out
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lfered me in the West, or shall
stay here and become superintend-
emit of the station? The superin-
ttendent's place may be mine,
think, II l want It."
Elsie laid down her pencil and
hesitated for q moment before she
spoke. When she did reply her
face was turned away from ner
companion.
II should think that question
might best be decided by compar-
ing the salaries and prospects OF
the two positions" she said quiet
lily.
"The two positions are much
alike in one way. You know what
the life at the station means the
greater portion of the year - no
companions of your own age and
condition, no society, no amuse-
ments. The Western offer means
all this and worse, for the situa-
tion is the same all the year.
say these things because I hope
you may be willing to consider
them, not from my point of view
solely, but from yours"
From miner"
Eyes. You see, I am recklessly
daring to hope that, whichever LOT
Is chosen, you may be willing to
share It with meas my wife
Elsie, do you thing you could con-
slider the question from that view
point?"
And-well-Elsie thought she
could.
The onsideration-we suppose
it was the consideration-took SC
long that 1t was nearly dark when
Elsie announced that she simply
must go.
Dearest" said Ralph, after the
door was locked, II forgot to have
another hunt for whatever it was
that Captain Fri wanted me to
get"
Elsie smiled rather oddly.
"Are you sure you haven't got
it," she asked demurely.
Got It! Why-why, by George,
what a numbskull l am! The old
rascal! I thought there was a
twinkle in his eye."
HE said he should come back
after me-"
'"Well, Well! Bless his heart
it's sound and sweet all the way
through. Yes. have got 1t, and
what's more, shall tell him that
l mean to keep It,"
| THE END.
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By Ahern

Shortly after four o'clock one
afternoon of the week following
that of the wreck, Captain Fri VEN
tured to walk up TO the village,
keeping a weather eye out for re-
porters and smoking his pipe. He
made several stops, one of them
being at the schoolhouse.
AS the Captain was strolling
along. someone touched him from
behind, and he turned to face
Ralph Hazeltine. The electrician
had been a pretty regular caller at
the house of late, but Captain Fri
had seen but little of him, for rea-
sons unnecessary to state.
Hello, Captain" said Ralph.
Taking constitutional? You
want to look out for Warner; l
hear he's after you for another
rescue Special"
N"He'll need somebody to rescue
him II he comes pesterin' round
me-" was the reply.
Ralph laughed, and neither
spoke again until they came to the
grocery store where Hazeltine
stopped, saying that he must do an
errand for Mr.. Langley. They said
goodnight, and the Captain turned
away, but came quickly back and
said:
"Mr. Hazeltine, II 1t amt too
much trouble, would you mind
steppin' up to the schoouhouse
when you've done your errand?
I've left somethin' there and I'd
like to have you get it. Will your"
Certainly" was the reply, and
1t was not until the Captain had
gone that Ralph remembered he
did not know what he was to get.
When he reached the school
there was no one there but Elsie,
who was sitting at the desk. She
sprang up as he entered. Both
were somewhat confused.
Pardon me, Miss Preston" he
said. Captain Err sent me here.
He said he left something and
wished me to call for it,"
"Why, I'm sure / don't know
what it can be-" replied Elsie.
but I'll see II anything Of his is
here"
None of the Captains possess
sions coming to light, Elsie sug-
gested that he help her with some
problems that she was preparing
for the next day.
In fact, as he sat beside her,
pretending to figure, but really
watching her dainty profile, his
own particular problem received
far more attention than did those
of the class. Suddenly he spoke:
Teacher" he said, please may
I ask a question:"
as the question as important as
How many bushels did C. sell?'
which happens to be my particular
trouble just now"
at Is to me, certainly" Ralph
was serious enough now. at is a
question that have been wrestling
with for some time. It is, shall
take position that has been Of
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NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-Ruth
Law, new champion American avn
ator, who broke the American
distance record by tying from
Chicago to New York, wants to
be known as q regular aviator,
not as woman aviator.
at was an American record
broke. not q womsn's record" she
says. They don't take account
of women's records yet"
Just because she Is a woman,
she says, Is no reason why q "big-
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CHAPTER X.
What Ralph Found.

If the announcement OF Captain
Perez engagement caused no sur
prise, that of Captain Eri's GER
tainly did-surprise and congratu-
lation on the part Of those let into
the secret, for 1t was decided to
say nothing to outsiders as yet.
Ralph came over that evening
and they told him about 1t, and he
was as pleased as the rest. AS for
the Captain, he was only too will
ing to shake hands with any and
everybody.
The storm had wrecked every
wire and stalled every train, and
IOrham was isolated for two days.
Then communication was estab-
lished once more. and the Boston
dailies received the news of the
loss of the life-savers and the crew
of the schooner. - And they made
the most of 1t; sensational items
were scarce just then, and the edi-
tors welcomed this one.
Special reporters arrived in the
village and interviewed everyone
they could lay hands on. Abner
Mayo felt that for once he was re-
Ceiving the attention he deserved
The life-savins station and the
house by the shore were besieged
by photographers and newspaper
men. Captain Fri Indignantly re-
fused to pose for his photograph,
SO he was SNAPPED" as he went ont
to the barn, and had the pleasure
Of seeing a likeness of himself,
somewhat out of focus. and with
one leg stfffly elevated, in the Sun
day Blanket.
The reporters waylaid him at the
Ipostoffice. or at his fish shanty,
and begged for interviews. They
got them, brief and pointedly per-
sonal, and. though these were not
printed, columns describing him as
"a bluff, big-hearted hero" were.
If ever a man was mad and dis
gusted, that man was the Captain.
In the first place, as he said, what
he had done was nothing more
than any other man 'longshore
would have done, and. secondly, it
was nobody's business.
The Captain went fishing every
day, and when at home refused to
see anybody not known personally.
But the agitation went on, for the
papers fed the flames, and in Bos-
ton they were raising a purse to
buy gold watches and medals for
him and for Captain Davis.