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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-08-01

The Jefferson highway from Win
nipeg to New. Orleans will be-comz.
pleted in 1921, according to J. D.
Clarkson, general manager Of the JEFF,
ferson Highway association. Already
rs per cent of the highway has been
built and money for another rs per
cent has been subscribed.
Strong as Iron.
1.-THE Jefferson Highway associs
tion is as strong as irOn," said MIR.
Clarkson in Winnipeg Sunday. "Mem
bership to the association is purely
voluntary matter, according to the
interest taken in the project of build
ing 1000 miles of hard surface road,
which we intend to be known as a
365-day road, open to travel all the
year round. In places the road will
be constructed of gravel, in places
of concrete and in others of macadam.
Make Trip in 10 Days.
II figure that right now an auto
can make the through trip, given
fair weather, and without putting
the party to any inconvenience in the
way of forced driving, in about ten
days."
The complete route of the Jefferson
highway has now been mapped out.
1t was completed when the sociability
run from St. Joseph, Mo-, to Winnipeg
was completed Friday night at Win
nipeg.
5000 Signs Ordered.
Mr.. Clarkson in a statement said
that 5000 enamel signs had been or
dered, each of which are two feet and
a half long and eight inches wide.
They will bear the legend Jefferson
Highway-From Pine to Palm Win
nipeg to New Orleans" and will be
placed at every crossroad on the route.
The signs can be seen 200 feet away
and will be so pointed that a driver
can see the route to follow. Besides
the signs, telephone poles will be
marked with the Jefferson highway
sign, blue and white sign with the
initials J. H. Printed upon it.
First Signs Posted.
The first of these signs were posted
in Winnipeg last evening by Mayor
Waugh.
A person will be able to make the
entire trip as soon as the signs are
posted without asking a single ques'
ton, according to Mr.. Clarkson.
Many tours are being planned fol
along the highway. This fall, about
the latter part of October, Hon. Pau
Nesbit, representative of the Okla
homa legislature, of McAlester, Okla.
will travel the route and will sing the
old plantation songs and give a lee
ture upon the south. Mr.. NesDl
passed through Bemidji with tht
highway officials last week and was
very much enthused in regard to the
lakes around Bemidji. He is plan
ming to spend several days in Be
midi,
Socialibility Tour.
In November sociability run vii
be made from st. Joseph, Mo-, to New
Orleans. Several cars from this sec
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The Washington herald., 1916-01-02

visit from the dark gentleman with
the gold-rimmed Spectacles. High
words had passed between them. No.
she had no idea who he was. Mr.,
gonasson was very reserved, keeping
his affairs entirely to himself. The
dark gentleman was a foreigner-he
looked like half caste. He was seen
in thel neighborhood of Paddock
Wood three months later. She be-
leved that this man must have tried
to murder Mr.. Jonasson in the train.
That has been proved impossible, &"
put in Stacey.
Mrs. >Pritchett was of the opinion
that nothing was impossible to for
eigneT.
Regarding the past life of the dead
man, her information was mostly con-
lecture embroidered fantastically after
the fashion of country gossip. The
only definite fact was that he had
gone to Africa as young man. The
name Uganda persisted in her
memory. At one time he had kept
SOUVENIRS of Africa in his study. but
some years back he had made a
clean sweep Of them, burning them
in a bonfire at the end of the garden
Letters? When Mr.. Jonasson re-
ceived letters, he usually burned
them. No, indeed, she never pried
into his private papers! She hoped
she knew her place! No, she didn't
listen to the conversation between
Mr.. Jonasson and the foreigner. She
couldn't help hearing that they were
angry with one another, but to sur-
gest that she would stoop to listen
at a keyhole! -
I" "If you had" Ietorted Magnum
impatiently, "Mr. Jonasson might be
alive today"
Mrs. Pritchett relapsed into the
easy tears of old age, and II took All
Stacey's efforts to comfort her.
You'll be saying next as it was
me as murdered himP she cried ac-
eusingly at Magnum.
He offered her hve-pound note as
consolation for wounded feelings, and
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ing his cerebrations with a couple OF
half crowns. He didn't rightly
know. Could he find out by asking
neighbors? That struck the hedger
as an idea of great brilliance, and
dropping his tools he set off to make
inquiries.
Meanwhile. Magnum, impatient of
obstacles, broke window in the cot
tage and secured unconventional en-
trance. With Stacey's guidance, he
went through the dead mans books
and papers and personal possessions
IN search of a fresh light on the
mystery. Both were now firmly con-
WINGED that Jonasson had come to his
death by foul plsy-or more exactly,
that he had been terrified out of the
closed railway compartment by some
human agency Both were equally
OF the opinion. that it was a matter
OF long standing revenge, reaching
back into the obscurities of Jonas
sons past life.
But mere opinions would be poor
weapons for a big law case. They
must have facts. They must find out
whom, why, how. They must be pre-
pared to prove in court how a man,
.indisputably alone in a railway COM
partment, with closed doors, closed
windows and no aperture for human
entrance, could be so terrified as to
be driven out so hurriedly that he
did not even pull the alarm chain.
A long search through books,
papers and clothes proved annoyingly
inconclusive. Jonasson's tastes were
evidently cultured and leisured. What
ever he might have been in his youth,
in the immediate past he had been
a trifier with books, garden and FISH
ing. That gave them no help.
In the bedroom of the dead man
Magnum on a sudden impulse threw
up the window. Outside it, he was
surprised to find a SCREEN of fine
meshed wire netting. Though COM
mon enough in the United States,
such netting is rarely used in Eng
land)
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map OF some fantastic mountain
range. There were no footprints.
Did it rain on the day of the
accident" he asked sharply. ,.
Stacey, after a moments thought,
replied in the affirmative.
Unfortunate" commented Mag
Mum. Rain would have. obliterated
footprints. Come up here"
At last Stacey understood what
Magnum was driving at From the
sky" had been the concluding words
of the warning to the dead man.
Some one had crawled on the roof,
pulling up the lamp over the COM
psrtment in which Jonasson was
travelling, and them In a flash he
pictured the old man alone in the
compartment, through the long tun-
mel, swhere a cry for help would be
drowned in the roar of the rushing
train, looking upward to see a men
acing face staring at him from the
aperture of the lamp, a5revolver at
cock and ready to shoot him down
in any corner of the compartment.
Trapped, helpless, terrified, Jonas
son had tried to escape by the door
and had been thrown on to the rails.
Magnum, moving forward over the
roof in plain view of the other three,
went to pull up the lamp and demon
strate his point. 80.
But a sentence from the railroad
official checked him in mid-action.
you are thinking of the old type
of lamp, SIR These ones are not re-
movable. They're fixtures"
Magnum, incredulous, went on--and
found the lamp screwed in tight and
the screws rusted in firmly.
The insurance lawyer permitted
himself dry laugh of cynical amuse-
ment.
Facts" said he, have an unfor-
tunate habit of contradicting the
most ingenious and elegant theories"
-
Magnum was now thoroughly
aroused by ths~mocking mystery OF
the railroad compartment. He had, in
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yard of the Chatham and South
Eastern, and housed in a shed un-
der locS and key at the instigation
OF the insurance company.
A legal representative of the COM
pany, as we'll as a district freight
agent of the Chatham and South
Eastern, accompanied Stacey and
Magnum to the fresh inspection of
it. The insurance lawyer-dry, thin
Tipped, pince-nez-ed, cynically criti-
cal, abundantly sure Tof himself-al-
lowed a ghost of an acidulated smile
to flicker around his eyes as he view
ed Magnum's air of expectant tri-
umph. The freight agent preserved
an attitude of strict neutrality. Stacey
was on a hair trigger of expectation,
masked under a pose of legal dignity
and self-restraint. -
The railroad official broke the
seals on the door of the compart-
ment and threw it open for Magnum's
inspection. The latter's shrewd eyes
darted about the interior, taking in
every detail. To all appearance it
was an entirely ordinary, humdrun,
commonplace second-class compart-
ment-carrying no hint of tragedy.
The dead mans ulster, umbrella and
travelling bag, replaced on the rack
in the position where they had first
been found, merely suggested that
some traveller had left them there
while he went out to- buy journal
at a newsstand. A small volume of
Lambs Essays, lying on corner
seat, might have been put there to
secure his place.
Then MagHum asked to see the ad-
joining compartments, one smoker,
one general compartment They
were bare of extraneous objects and
entirely unsuggestive.
"Well?" challenged the opposing
lawyer with his thin and acid smile.
Have you discovered some point we
all have been dense enough to miss ?"
"There are always two sides to
every question" returned Magnum.
Your side and my side?"
The Washington herald., 1916-01-02
THE SEVEN-OAKS
TUNNEL ENIGMA

"The last words of the warning
were, judging from first two lines:
From the skyP"
"Yes, yesl" cried Stacey eagerly.
THAT railway carriage-it's been
sealed and shunted into siding"
Naturally"
Tomorrow morning we'll go and
examine it."
"Yes, but what's your theoryF"
Magnum's temperament included a
strong dash of human vanity. He
liked to have his achievements bulk
large. He liked to display his re-
suits against an effective background.
Having arrived at simple explana-
ton of a puzzling mystery, he pre-
ferred to keep>silent about it until
the morning should bring the glow
ing moment for the revelation.
Stacey had to be content to wait
= 49,
The railroad carriage-possible evil
dence in ffty-thousand-pound law
case, had been shunted into freight
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plain words, made a fool of himself
in front of the insurance lawyer.
That was unbearable. The only way
to get back his self-respect was to
wrest out the secret and flourish it
in the lawyers face.
Hurrying to New Cross station
with Stacey, he took ticket to Pad
dock Wood, beyond Tonbridge,
where Jonasson had lived his recluse
life in country cottage a couple of
miles away from the railway line,
alone save for a housekeeper-servant.
On the way, Msgnum piled Stacey
with question after question regard
ing the life history, the habits and
eccentricities of the dead man. Sta
cey's information was limited; the
housekeeper could tell much more.
On their arrival, they found the
cottage bolted and barred. A hedger
and ditcher, working in a neighbor-
ing lane, expressed the thoughtful
opinion that the housekeeper must
have locked up and gone away.
Where" demanded Magnum, assist
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"The inside and the outside, :"
amended Magnum, with a cutting
edge to his words.
"And the application OF that very
sound maximi"
"The application is that to vi>w
the outside one needs ladder" "
And why ladder, may | aski"
IL am not a Child's Guide to
knowledge, but If you are seriously
anxious for an answer to your ques-
ton, it is in order to climb" Hav-
ing delivered this snub, Magnum turn
ed and addressed himself to the
freight agent. please send for a
short ladder, so that / can examine
the roof"
When il arrived, Magnum mounted
briskly to the roof Of the carriage
and looked for the footprints or traces
of man having crawled over the
roof, which he confidently expected
to find. A grievious disappointment
awaited him. The roof was streaked
with raindrops trickling over SCOT.
now dried into the semblance of a
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range Cases Magnun Scientific Consultant Max a.,


why this?" he asked Of Stacey.
ITO keep out summer insects, ]
should imagine"
Magnum suddenly became very
thoughtful, launching his bushy eye
brows and twisting at his straggly
beard.
The hedger and ditcher, beaming
with pride at the success Of his de-
teetive work, came 10 announce that
the housekeeper had gone 10 visit
a married daughter living at Ton
"WeIl go there at once" said
Magnum, "and The first question TO
ask her is why Jonasson put up that
wire nettiugf
Stacey looked at him questioninsly.
The loaded revolver he kept in his
bedroom" pursued Msgnum, "is moth
ing out Of the ordinary for a nervous
man living in lonely country cot
tage. But the wire screen is highly
unusual. The unusual is worth an
slysis."
An hour later they were at Tom
bridge. Mrs. Pritchett was readily
found in the parlor above her
daughters confectionery shop in
High street-a time-worn, gray-hair-
ed, gray-minded woman, dull Of
speech, and with love for irrelevant
detail In essence, her information
amounted to this:
Mr.. Jonasson had had the wire
screen fixed up SIX months previous
ly. He was very reserved man,
liking TO give orders without giving
reasons. 1t was in winter-time, so
that there was no reason to guard
against wasps, gnats, or mosquitoes.
No. she had no idea why he wanted
it, but he was very concerned about
having it put up at once.
AT onceT questioned Magnum,
seizing on the suggestiveness of the
phrase.
1t was directly after he received a
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TO A. ].
FROM THE EARTH
FROM THE, WATER
E SKYl

Magnum turned to Stacey. There's
your wedding present. said he
grimly:.
All Stacey's pose of fiippancy had
dropped from him. Staring at the
paper, he asked in hushed voice:
"What does it meant"
"A warning returned Magnufn.
"a warning that must have put
Jonasson's nerves on edge. In that
railroad compartment alone, passing
through the long Seveh-Oaks tunnel,
something happened to terrify him
into trying to escape.
II we could prove it. But what ex-
actly happened"
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lcer11t,.A,. lasl

sexxyyHAT does it matter wheth-
w er it were accident or sui,
cider" said Magnum into
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-09

and the more time and care given to
the preparation Of the ground the more
profitable will be the yield. Prepare
ton can best begin in the fall, follow
ing any crop that has had clean cultiva-
ton. A heavy application Of well rot
ted barnyard manure plowed in at this
time will help the condition of the soil
and afford plant food for the following
spring.
Being gross feeder asparagus needs
rather heavy fertilization. As 1t is
grown for its succulent stems only, the
fertilizer should be rich in nitrogen
and potash to develop strong and rapid
growth. Barnyard manure supplies a
certain amount of these elements, but
fertilizers. The use of 800 to 1,200
pounds an acre of a fertilizer contain
ing phosphoric acid, per cent; nitro
gen, per cent; actual potash, o per
cent, is recommended. An application
Of at least 500 pounds an acre Of this
fertilizer every year will add to the
value Of the crop. About twenty-five
tons of well rotted barnyard manure
can be used to advantage every third
year. This can best be applied just
after the cutting season is over. Chem
ical fertilizers should also be used at
this time.
Asparagus roots stand transplanting
better in the spring than later. Early
rains and the moisture already In the
ground insure against the necessity OF
watering the plants. Strong one year
plants are preferable to older ones.
The common practice in large gardens
Is to set the plants from two to three
feet apart in rows four to six feet
apart. The crowns are planted from
five to seven inches deep In the rows
The cultivation Of asparagus is prac-
tically the same as that given to other
truck crops, except that In the early
spring when the stocks are coming 10
the dirt must be loosened and worked
toward them. White asparagus is
wanted in nearly all markets. AS a
rule the blanched stocks are not so ten.
der as the green ones, but as nearly all
buyers prefer the white product 1t Is
best to cater to this demand.
The acreage value Of asparagus may
be set down as $500 to 5000. Any
farmer who has town customers or
who will establish good arrangements
with grocers and commission men can
depend on profits amounting to several
hundred dollars an acre from a good
sized and well managed garden. Such
crops as asparagus are so much more
profitable than grain that they ought
to receive attention from every indus
trious rural family. The extensive can
ming Of asparagus can he managed by
members of the household. thus en-
larging the income from the crop and
giving business that will provide
cash every month of the year.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-09
THE COUNTY AGENT.
The Value of His Advice Is Made
Manifest.

The Value of His Advice Is Made
Manifest.
Until the last few years the county
agent was practically unknown in
America. The educational work done
was accomplished through the depart
ment of agriculture or agricultural col
leges in the different states, usually
working on the farmer from a distance
through pamphlets. correspondence.
etc. The county agent movement
represents the growth of the idea that
the most good can be accomplished
through local organization coming In
closer contact with the farmer. There
are now In the United States 313
counties employing paid county agents.
or advisers, whose work comprehends
silos crops, live stock, cultural and till
age methods, better roads and is be-
ing enlarged to include other activities
Indiana. Wisconsin. New York, Min
nesota, Michigan, North Dakota, New
Jersey Ohio, Utah, Oregon, Washing
ton. Vermont. Colorado, Idaho, Mon
tana and Illinois have laws providing
for county agents. These advisers visit
the farms in their counties during the
summer, give lectures, help the farmer
with his problems and bring to him
in concrete form the results of the
latest scientific experiments conducted
by the agricultural colleges. What the
county agent has done for the farmer
is described by Robert H. Moulton in
the Outlook The farmer he says. has
been taught to recognize each Of the
soil types of the county by sight: to
know each Of the numerous insect
pests, and the means of its eXtermina-
ton; to make seed tests and to discover
the variety best adapted for their
peculiar need. He has been taught
the value Of rotation, leguminous crops
and commercial fertilizers. Through
the medium Of the county advisers
office the farmers are brought together
in a social intercourse which was led.
In many cases. to the formation of CO.
operative organizations. In one county
in Illinois farmers organized a seed
pool, each sending in list Of the seeds
needed. The discount from the list
prices obtained by this method is said
to have been almost sufficient to pay
the county agents salary for the year.
That county has also established CO.
operative slaughter house and a COM
munity laundry. The 1856 county agents
who reported to the department Of
agriculture last year showed that bene-
fits directly traceabe to their work
were worth several millions Of dol
lars. They were responsible for the
construction Of 1904 silos, the improve
ment Of GA farm buildings. the in
stallation of forty water supply sys-
TENS and Improvement in sanitary con-
dition and appearance of home grounds
on 597 farms This work was in
cidental to advising with farmers. max
ing soil analyses and working out rota
ton and drainage problems. Their
success and the fact that In nearly all
cases they are employed by the farmer.
who bears part Of the salary expense.
indicates that the attitude of the aver
age farmer toward scientific agricul-
tural methods is changing, or that in
the past he has been misrepresented
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-09

hot from the suns rays and burns the
tendrils. An Old tennis net stretched
between posts along the rows Of peas
makes an excellent support.
A good support can be made by using
stakes Of by 4 inch material such as
used for frames Of houses, though
lighter material will answer. Tue
stakes should be six feet above the
sound, sunk deep enough in the
IAOund to withstand the weight of the
oAnts and the pressure of the wind
SAil six crosspieces on the uprights
UHht inches apart Two or more Of
these stakes will be required, according
10 the length of the rows. Two will be
Sufficient for row twelve to fifteen
feet long When the stakes are set tie
strong cord to the ends Of the cross
pieces, running the cord from post to
post. Cut notches In the crosspieces to
hold the cords securely in place.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-09
GObIeWHe.

Mrs. Mccullough of Bloomingdale
spent Decoration day here, the guest
of her daugeter, Mrs. Tucker,
Chester Mortified has moved from
the H. Root house to part of Mrs.
Crosby's house.
A. Shaw returned from Kalamazoo,
Saturday, where he had been helping
his brother-in law, L. Rhodes.
Alison Hyames and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harmon, Mr.. and Mrs. F. Stock
WE'LL Mesdames Lam berson, Gertrude
Everest, E. Rhodes, and Gertrude
Feek were here Decoration day.
Mrs. G. A. Bush is visiting in New
York.
Joe Twitchell is visiting his parents
and is painting their house while here.
Mrs. andy Garfield underwent an
operation for tumor at Kalamazoo last
week and it is hoped by her friends
that she will recover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shutter of Chicago
have purchased the George Lyle cot
age at Lake Mill.
Mrs G. E. Rendle, who underwent
an operation in Kalamazoo, is improv-
ing nicely.
George Rich and wife of Lawrence
were visitors last week at the home of
his brother Dave.
The funeral of Hosia Willis, who
died at his home near Kendall, was
Aft hu hn ~
He was a resident of this place for
many years. Burial was in Robinson
cemetery. His wife has been unable
to walk for a number of years.
Mrs Humphrey is visiting her son
in New York.
Jud Holmes of Grand Rapids was
here for Decoration day.
George Lyle and wife of Fremont
visited his parents last week.
A. Oten drives a new Fork.
The reception given ID Rev. and
Mrs. Kelley and farewell for. Rev. Hart
and Miss Darratt last Friday evening
was we'll carried out. The church
was prettily decorated and the short
program was good. After remarks by
Revs. Hart, Kelley and Goltz and
Prof Wood, punch, ice cream and
cake were served.
Mrs. NJ. Hoskins has been very i'll
Frank Powers came from Cincin.
natl for Decoration day. Mrs. Powers
returned with him.
Gobleville never had a nicer day OF
better exercises for Decoration day
The exercises at the opera house by
the children were excellent and were
followed by an address by Rev sHart
The grand old man simply outdid him
self in his last speech to the people
of Gobleville.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-06-09
SOUTHWEST PAW PAW

Mrs. Ida Larkius, who underwent
an operation last Tuesday, is doing as
we'll as can be expected sitter a serious
surgical treatment.
Mrs. Clyde Walker and baby OF
Rockville, H., are visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs Toney.
Mrs Sarah Rogers had as guests
Thursday and Friday a niece, Miss
Ola Longstreet of Columbus, Ohio,
and sister-in-law, Mrs. Weldon of
Lawton.
Simon Ketosh, who has been visit
ing the family of Nannaquiba Pepe-
var, returned to Hartford, Sunday.
E. Ampey drove his "Henry Ford"
to Watervliet, Sunday.
Mrs. Fannie Burkenshaw is now
able to sit up. She was brought from
Porter township a week ago and is be-
ing cared for at the Robert Graham
home. Mrs. Burkenshaw has many
friends here, where she has always
resided.
Jay Hinckley and family and John
Phillips and family of Lawrence mo-
tored to Chicago, Sunday, to visit rel
atives.