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Arizona republican., 1916-12-14

some Of which are thousands of fee, above the water and others hidden beneath it, lying there concealed and ready to rip open the huils of shins as the iceburg ripped the Titanic
 The extent Of the Alaska coast u,i,h its windings. surpass that of tha united States proper. It is greater than that of all our states on tha Pacific from Puget sound to tbs boundary of Mexico. added to that Inf our states on the Atlantic. inchldinc the gulf ''"u'''N
Arizona republican., 1916-12-14

self uscf,l in exchange for her board and lodging.
 No doubt there are scores of fami- lies that would be gladly opened to these children who are orphans. They are all Arizonians. the younger ones were bon in Arizona and tho older if they arc not native born. have lived here so long that they belong to the state
Arizona republican., 1916-12-14
SEVEN YOUNGSTERS
 IN NEED OF HOMES

Homes arc wanted for several chil- dren. that is. seven. Further infor- nation concerning them may he had of Miss Ora Matthews of the sheriff's
Arizona republican., 1916-12-14
 ALASkA'S SUBMERGED
 MOUNTAIN S

Have you any idea of the extent of
Arizona republican., 1916-12-14
Real Hand Made Ma
 deira Doylies

in scalloped and fine embroid- cred designs at 25c. SJc. soc. 15c and sl.00.
Arizona republican., 1916-12-14
A Christmas Sale of Art Models at Half Price

A collection of art pieces finished by experts Pillow tops, table covers. aprons. chdren's
 dresses womens dressing sacques. dresser acarfs. bureau scarfs. towels and kimono sets Choice at half price
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N-tuTa's Meth Ean.

If some botanical wizard could eff
feet cross between this wild
flower of the Ge!ds and some Of the
agricultural crops the farmer WouIdn t
need TO worry about Summer lroughts
II the corn crop, foe example, had some
Of this flowers power of resisting dry
weather the farmer could ill his silos
and corncribs with little tronhle. The
flower is the moth MULLEN.
Like Is big sister. the great mullen
il prefers dry, open fields and mead
0ws Gail it weed II you will, call
it an agricultural, pest, and l. will an
Swer your epithets with stalks OF
pretty white blossoms. If they grew
in a garden you wonld call them bean
tiful.
The thick leaves Of the plant have
long been used by housewives in tht
country to pack away with winte
clothes 10 keep out moths. SO by ma
tnre this drought loving flower is ;
camel; oy adaptation it's moth ball
Philadelphia North American,
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8iunders In Quotation.

Errors OF quotation are common In
speech and writing, Byron quoted
Shakespeare. An eagle towering in his
pride of place" But what Shakespeare
wrote was. "A falcon towering in his
pride Of place" Milton wrote not "as
thick as leaves in Vallombrosa. but
thick as autumnal leaves that stroW
the brooks in Vallombrosa;" not fresh
fells and pastures new," but fresh
woods" Nathaniel Lee did not write
when Greek meets Greek then comes
the tug OF war;" but when Greek
joins Greeks, then was the tug of war, V
Il very different thing. Doubtless. how
ever, the modification Of phrases b.
popular usage is not wholly evil; it Ger
tainly Is inevitable. The saying, "Let
us cot, drink and be merry, for tomor
row we die" is OF curious origin. The
pfea caer il Ecciesiastes says, A man
hath 10 better thing under the earth
than to eat and to drink and be meT
ry;' Isaiah. let us eat and drink. for
tomorrow we shall die" Luke, Take
thine ease. eat. drink and be merry -
Indianapolis News.
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cover Of the canteen absorbed the drip,
which evaporated. When he arrived
at the water hole that was dry. His
canteen felt strangely light He could
not remember having used so much
water He changed his plan. He
struck straight from the hills toward
the railroad. He knew that eventually
he would. as he journeyed west, cross
1t. perhaps near water tank.
Toward the binding afternoon of
that day he saw strange lakes and
pools spread out upon the distant sand
and inverted mountain ranges stretch.
ing to the horizon.
Fate crept closer to his heels, waiting
with the dumb patience Of the desert
TO claim the struggling. impotent pup
pet whose little day was all but spent
He stumbled across the blazing bars
of steel that marked the railroad His
empty canteen clattered ON the ties US
he fell He got to his knees and drag.
| gcd himself from the track. He laugh.
ed, for he had thwarted Fate this once.
He would not be run over by the train
He lay limp. wasted. scarcely breath
| ing
Serenely Fate crouched near him. pa
tient impassive.
He heard a man speak and another
answer He felt an arm beneath his
head, and Underwater!
He drank and all at once bis
strength famed up 1t was not watel
they gave him; it was merely a taste
Of it-a mockery. He wanted more
all!
He lurched to his feet, struggling
with a bearded giant that held hin
from his desire-to drink until ht
could drink no more-to die drinking
the water they had taken from hin
even as they gave it. He fought blind
~. Fate. disdaining further patience
arose and flung itself about his feet
He stumbled A fash wiped all thing:
from his vision. and the long nigh
came swiftly,
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Blossoms That Bees Love.

A person who has bad no experience
with bees commonly makes the mis-
take Of supposlng that the roses,
peonies. sweet peas, dahlias or other
gaudy blossoms Of his garden will fur
nisll quantity Of honey. Their value
Is almost negligible. except that some
Of them yield a little pollen. 1t is to
the modest white clover in the orchard
or on the roadside or the weeds OF
pasture or wood lot or the blossoms ol
trees like the basswood that the bees
go for the bulk of their honey. 1t does
not pay to cultivate any plant for its
value as a honey producer. The or
,cllard is o splendid place for the apiary
where the bees can build up on ths
first uectar in the spring, and the bios
SONS have the benefit OF the bees Wis
it's. John ". Love In Countryside
Magazine.
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Among the many riders to and from
the ranch there is one, a great, two
fisted. high compleXioned man, whose
genial presence is eEer welcome. He
answers to many / names. To the
youngsters he is Upcle Jack, usually
with an exc!amatioir TO some Of the
older folk lie is Mr.. Summers or Jack
Again, the foreman of the Moonstone
ranch seldom calls him anything more
Identified than Red. Louise does some
times call him-quite affectionately-
Overland
For five years the rat had journey.
ed back and forth between the desert
station on the Moiave and the range
to the north. TIC townspeople paid
scant attention to him, He was sim
ply another desert rat" obsessed with
the idea th,t goll wsos to be found il,
these northern hills He bought sup
plies and paid grudgingly No one
knew his name.
The prospector was much younger
tGail he appeared 10 Ue. ne ueSeI'
sun had dried his sinews and warped
his shoulders. The desert wind had
scrawled thin lines of age upon his
face. The desert solitude had stopped
| him with its awesome burden OF
brooding silence
Slowly his mind had been squeezed
| dry OF all human interest save the re
current memory of child's face-that
and the poignant memory of the child's
mother For ten years he had bcel
| trying to forget The last five year:
on the desert had tiGmel the woman:
visioned face as the child came mor'
often between him and the memor,
of the mother in his dreams.
Then there were voices. the voices 0
strange spirits that winged through
the dusk of the outlands ana hovere'
round bic fire at night.
One voice. soft, insistent, ravishe'
his inagina tion with visions of illimit
able power ana peace and rest. Gold
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PROLOGUE.

In "Over'and Red" the autho,
treats the ever interesting topic o!
the hunt for gold in a mastery man,
ner. Overland Red, Collie ano
Louise are characters that you vii
love. There is introduced a ten
derfoot from the east in search o'
health. He forms a fast and last
ing friendship with Overland Red
The loves Of Overland Red and
his protege Collie for the beautlfu
Louise are quantity and powerfully
told by the author.
The story Of "Overland Red
holds the interest and is educational
clean and wholesome.
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Harsh.

Gerald - Coffee keeps me awake.
ji:a?a!liine-Me too. l always drink
=, extra cup when l know you are
puti:iG 10 call.
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There are 100000 tons of stone in
the pyramid of Cheops.
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Fearful that he might be seen panic
arped his reasoning. He planned to
Journey south along the foothills un-
til opposite the desert town and then
rruss over to it. If he approached
from such direction no one would
guess his original starting place. He
knew of an unfailins water hole two
days journey from the canyon. This
water hole was far out Of his way.
but his canteen supply would more
than last till he reached it.
Then fate. the fate that had dogged
his every step since first he ventured
into the solitudes, closed up and crept
at his heels. He became more morose
and strangely fearful. His vision, re-
lined by the wasting of his body. Great.
ed shadows that lay about his feet like
stagnant pools, shadows where no
shadows shonld be.
OmiHcus was bis fail as he crossed
an arroyo. The canteen, slung over
his shoulder. struck sharp point of
rock that started one of the seams
The leak was inf1nitesimal- The felt
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A T the wide gate of the mountain
n ranch stood the girl Her black
~ saddle pony Boyar fretted to be
away. Giancing back through
the cavernous shade Of the live oaks.
the. girl hesitated before opening the
gate. 4 little breeze wayfaring
through Moonstone canyon and ON up
to the mountain ranch touched the
girls cheek. and she breathed deeply
of its cool fragrance.
The wide gate swung open. and Lou
ise Lacharme, curbing Black Boyar.
rode out of the shadows into the hot
light of the morning, singing as she
rode.
The girls eyes, the color of sea wa
ter in the sun, were leveled toward the
distant hills across the San Fernando
valley. From her fingers dangled the
long bride reins Her lips were gen
tly parted. Her gaze was the gaze OF
one who dreams III the daylight, And
close in the hidden meadow crouched
Romance. Romance ragged. unkempt
jocular.
Boyar first scented the wood smoke.
Louise noticed his forward standing
| ears and his fdgeting. Immediately
| before her was the low rounded rock.
| a throne of dreams that she had graced
| before From down the slope and al
| most hidden by the bulk of the rock
| a little wand Of smoke stood up in the
windless air. to break at last into tiny
sllreds and curls of nothingness.
1T can't be much of fire YETI" ex'
| claimed Louise. forever watchful as
| are all the hill folk. for that dread
| ungov ernable red monster of destruc
ton. mountain fire. "lt can't be
much of fire yet"
The pony Boyar. delicately scentint
something more than wood smoke
snorted and swerved. Louise dismount
ed and stepped hurriedly round th'
shoulder of the rock. bristle beard
ed face confronted her. mo. it ain
much of fire yet, but our hired CIR
she Joined movin' picture outfit. s.
ns two he things are doin' the bes
we can chasin' breakfast" And th
tramp Overland Red, ragged. VI
kempt, iocular. rose from his knee
beside Il tiny blaze He pulled blea
fop of felt from his tangled hair !
. | an oyaraccentuated bow of welcome.
We offer you the freedom OF th
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CHAPTER I.
The Road.

TS HROUGH the San Fernando val
q ley, toward the hills of Calaba-
u sas, runs that old road, El Ca
mino Real Of the early mission
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city. ma'am. Welcome to cur midst
and kindly excuse appearances this
morning Our trunks got delayed in
New York"
Unsmilingly the girls level gray eyes
studied the trampS face. Then her
glance swept him swiftly from barred
head to rundown heel. Il was Just
making up my mind whether ia stay
and talk with you or ask you to put
out your fire and go somewhere else.
But think you are all right. Please
put on your hat"
Overland Reds self assurance shrank
little. The girls eyes were direct
and fearless, yet not altogether I'M
friendly. He thought that deep within
them dwelt smile.
You got my map all right" he said.
a trife more respectfully. Course Wen
douse the fire when we duck out Of
here. But what do you think of Collie
here. my pal? Is he all right"
"Oh. he's only a boy" said Louise,
glancing casually at the youth crouch
ed above the fire.
The boy. a slim lad of sixteen or
thereabout. flushed beneath the batter.
ed brim of his black felt hat He
watched the tomato can coffeepot in
tently. Louise could not see his face.
Yes. miss. I'm all right and so Is
he." And a humorous wistfulness crept
into the tramp's eyes. He's what you
might call Il changeling."
"Changeling?"
"Uhuh! Always changin' around
from place to place when you're young.
Amt that it?'
oh. And when you are older?' she
| queried. smiling
Overland Red frowned. "Oh. then
you're just tramp, Willie. Bo,
| hobo"
He saw the girls eyes harden lit
tie He spoke quickly and. she im-
agined. truthfully. II worked ten years
for one outfit once without Il change.
| And | never knowed what it was to
do days work out of the saddle. You
know what that means"
Cattle? Mexico?"
Overland Red grinned. Say, you
was born in California. wasn't you?"
"Yes. Of course"
"'Cause Mexico has been about the
only place a puncher could work that
long without doin' day labor on foot
half the year. Yes, been there.
Course now I'm doin' high finance and
givin' advice to the young and livin'
on my income. And. say. when 1t
comes to real brain work I'm the most
exhausted baked high potentate, but
wouldn't do no mineral labor for no.
body If can't work in the saddle
don't work-that's all
Mineral labor? What. miningT'
. asked Louise.
mo, not mining. lest mineral labor
like laps or section hands or coach
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Lost gold!'' it would whisper as he sat
by the meager fame Then he would
tremble and draw nearer the warmth.
"Where?" he would ask, tempting the
darkness as child. fearfuliy certain
Of reply.
Then another voice, cadenced like
the soft rush of waves UP the sand.
would murnur, "S0meWhcre away.
somewhere away, somewhere away!
And in the indefiniteness of that an
swer he found an ineXplicable joy. The
vagueness of somewhere away" was
as vast with pregnant possibilities as
his desert. His was the eternity Of
hope. boundless and splendid in its ex-
| travagant promises. Drunk with the
| Wine of dreams, he knew himself to
| lie a monarch, monarch uncroWneI
| and unattended, yet always with his
| feet upon the wide threshold of his
| kingdom.
Then would come the biting chill Of
night, the manifold rays Of stars and
silence, silence reft of winds. yet
alive with the tense immobility OF the
crouching beast. waiting-waiting-
The desert. impassivcly whitening him
to the shell Of man or wracking him
terribly in heat or in storm and cold,
| still cajoled him day and night with
promises, whispered. vague and intox-
icating as the perfume of woman's
hair.
Finally the desert 1ung wide the Sc
cret portals Of her treasure house.
The man. his dream all but fulfilled.
| found the taste of awakening bitter on
his lips He counted his years of toll
and cursed rs he viewed his shrunken
hands. w-li1e. Scared, crippled.
He felt the weight of his years and
dreaded their accumulated burdens
He realized that the dream was all
its fulfiilment nothing He knew him
self to be a thing to be pointed at, YET
he longed for the sound of human
voices, for the touch OF human hands
for the living sweetness of his Child
face. The sirens of the invisible nigh
no longer whispered to him. He wa:
utterly alone. He had entered hi
kingdom. Viewed from afar it hat
seemed a vast pleasure dome Of inf
nif.a enchantnlent. He found success
as it ever shall be. a veritable desert
grudging man feothold. yet Turing hin
from one aspiration to another, onl.
to consume his years ii dust.
A narrow canyon held his secret
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Cr;oin Of the Grocer.

The modern grocery store Is very
well known. The origin of its name is
not so well known. Several centuries
ago arose in England and France q
class Of thrifty ana fofesighted trades
men who went about buying up bar
gain lots of every conceivable Kind OF
merchandise, just as the modern Ameri-
IAN buys fire damaged goods and bank
rupt stocks. The Frenchman bought
'en gros" and the Englishman came to
he called an "engrosser." He might
handle hardware thread, dried vese
tables or anything else that could be
obtained in large lots, and he began
to cal himself a grocer at time
when our sort of grocer was termed a
"spicer." From that beginning comes
the name grocer as we know 1t today
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CHAPTER n.
Ragged Romance.

T the wide gate of the mountain
n ranch stood the girl. Her black
~ saddle pony Boyar fretted to be
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"oh, he's only a boy" said Louise


men with bugs OH their hats Amt the
papers always speakin' of that kind
as minerals?"
Don't you mean menialsY'
"Well. yes It's all the same. any
way. never do no hair splttin' on
words. Bein' pote myself it amt
necessary"
"A-a poet! Really?"
Really and truly and carry one and
add five. I've roped lot of po'try in
my time, miss. Say, are we canpin'
on your landT
mo. This is government land. from
here to our line up above-the Moon
stone rancho"
1.-THE Moonstone ranchoT queried
Overland Red. breaking a twig and
| feeding the fire.
| "Yes. It's named after the canyon.
But don't let me keep you from break
fast
| breakfast. eh? That's right. | al
most forgot it. talkin' to you. CoIlie's
| got the coffee to boilin No. You amt
keepin' us from our breakfast any that
you'd notice. 1t would take Il whole
reg ment Of rurales TO keep us from a
breakfast If we seen one runnin
| around loose without its pa or ma
Louise Lacharme did not smile. This
was too real. Here was adventure
with no raconteur's glamour. no bookish
gloss Here was romance-romance
unshaven. il1iterate. with its coat of.
making coffee in q smoke blackened to-
mato can, but romance nevertheless.
That this romance should touch her
life Louise had not the faintest dream.
She was alone-but. pshaw! Royar
was grazing near, and. besides she
was not really afraid of the men She
thought she rather liked them or. more
particularly. the boisterous one who
had said bis name was Overland Red
The tramp gazed at her u moment
before he lifted the tomato cam from
! Continued on Page -Four.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-18
SOUTHAMPTON TENNIS
TOURNEY AUGUST 2l
Dinners and Bridge for Resort
Visitors This Week.
(By Telegraph TO The Tribune.l

Southampton, Long Island, July H.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas B. Clarke, jr., left
here to-day for Mrs. Alfred q. Wander
bilt's camp in the Adirondacks after
spending several days with Mr.. Clarkes
parents at the Understood cottage.
They will return to Southampton for
the autumn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherwood Aldrich, who
have been here for several days on
board their yacht the Alacrity, started
to-day for Newport. =,
Mr. and Mrs. Woodward w. Babcock
are spending several weeks with Mr..
and Mrs. Henry d. Babcock at their
cottage here. -,
Mrs. Stephen Peabody will give a
dinner and bridge party on Tuesday at
Four Acres, her cottage on South Main
Street. Mrs. j. McGaw Woodbury. will
also give a dinner at her cottage on
First Neck Lane. Mrs. Archibald Alex
ander is spending few days as the
guest Of her sister, Mrs. Courtlandt ID.
Barnes. at the Fordham cottage on Hill
Street.
Preparations are about completed for
the annual invitation tennis tourna-
ment, which will be held on the Meadow
Club courts the week beginning Au-
gust 81.
The annual costume ball for the
benefit of the Southampton Hospital
will be held on the grounds OF the
Meadow Club on Friday evening,
August ls.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-18
Measure To Be Introduced
Before Parliament Re-
cess, Says Asquith.
DELAY PERMITS
OPPOSITION TO GROW
New Party Assails Attempt to
Establish Irish Parliament SO
Soon After Revolt.

London, July l7.-Prerier Asduith
announced to-day that the new lrisn
bill will be introduced in Parliament
before the adjournment for the autumn
recess. He repeated that the whole
Irish question would be submitted TO
an imperial conference after the war; 70
which both parties TO the arrangement
in Ireland were in agreement.
II is understood the bill will not be
presented until next week, and in the
meantime the delay is allowing opposi-
ton to crystalline. which threatens trou-
bic and indicates that the measure IS
TO have anything but smooth passage.
An important meeting OF new
party. representing the Lsnsdowne
views Of the Lloyd George compromise
was held in the House of Commons TO-
day. Seventy-six members OF tne
House of Lords and ninety-eight mem
bers of the House Of Commons weie
present, and it is said the party is daily
growing larger.
Resolutions were carried by accla-
nation declaring that the party views
with apprehension the attempt TO es-
tsblish an Irish Parliament and execu,,
tive so soon after the rebellion ana
during the war, and welcomes Lord
Lansdowne's assurance that the govern
ment will take necessary steps TO sup,
press treason and sedtion in lreland
and uphold the supremacy of the law.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-18
CAMPAIGN FUND FUTURE
A PROBLEM TO WOMEN
.Party's Heads Do Not Know
How to Spend S6O0,0OO.

Washington, July 17.-How the $780,
600 campaign fund now being raised by
the National Womans party will be
spent is a problem now being worked
ont bv officers at its national head
quarters here. Miss Alice Paul. chair
man of the Congressional Union, start
ed today for New York, TO confer with
Mrs. o il. p. Belmont, who is IN charge
of the collection of the money.
Inouiries are being made as TO what
regn1ations must be complied with and
what laws followed out in connection
With the new party's campaign fund.
Several New York women of national
reputation as speakers have already
been engaged to take the stump Tor the
Woman's party in the coming Presl-
dental campaign. Others Will be Sc
Most Of the speakers will attend its
Colorado Springs conference next
month. when decision Will be mace as
TO whether the party Will line up IN
the coming campaign with an eXlstlhs
party or run an Independent ticket
Among the speakers already engaged
to tour the twelve suhrage, states are
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Mrs'
Pheta Childe Dorr, Mrs. Harriet Stan
TON Blatch. Miss Helen Todd, Miss Rose
Winslow and Miss Crystal Eastman, OF
New York; Mrs. j. A. II. Hopkins, OF
Worristown. y. j.; Mrs. Sarah Bard
Field. Miss Gail Laughlin and Miss
Maud Younger, of San Francisco; Mrs.
Dora Phelps Buell., of Denver; MISS
Anne Martin. of Reno, New; Mrs. Will
lam Kent, Kentfeld, Cal, and Mrs. Ida
Finney MacKrille, of Sacramento, Cal