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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-12-13

81 laughed" she said, because you
have been deceived" And She added
quickly, II don't believe It's quite so
deep on the sidewalk, * itf' with
that she waded away toward the curb.
lie followed. then led tie way TO
n lee wall that offered, comparatively
speaking, shelter. Then, "Whcre's the
deception lac asked.
ON any other day, it's probable she'd
have acted diN"r"ntly-would have
paid some heed, though II bit con
temrtouSiy, perhaps, to the prrcepts Of
ladylikc behavior, In which she'd been
admirably grounded. Today being To-
day. She consigned lndylikc cun~idcra.
lions to the inventor of them, aud
gave instinct its head.
She laughed again as she answered
his question: The deception WIS that
l pretended 10 do It from principle.
The real reason why | shouldn't pay
another fare is that / only had one
more nickel. lis only about half a
milo 10 the station, but from there
home IT'S ton. 50 YOU soc Ia rather
walk this ;hau that"
"put ,hot', draodruIw n, cried.
"I.n't ,hnrn couIlu't Won lrt
me . ;"
Oh she said. at isn't ms bad as
that. It's lust one Of the silly things
that haupcn TO you sometimes, You
know. ! paid my subscription To Til.
Maroon. :" Sh" didn't laugh
nulihly, but without seeing her face
h. knew she smiled, the quality of her
voice enrirhin- Itself somehow.
ANA ate Il bigger lunch than usual,
ana That brought me cow 10 ten
cents.
"Nou will make n complaint about
that. won't yOU;" he urged. Even IL
1t wasn't on principle That YOU refused
To pay mother iaref Ana let iae bach
you up IN 1t. I've his number, YOU
Know
You deserve that. I suppose" she
said, 'bccauSc you did get OF the cal
on principle. But-wcll, realty. unless
We could prove that ! paid my fare
they'd probably think h conductor
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begged his pardon, and assured him
she'd try to do better.
Another girl who Ind been waiting
10 speak TO the professor, percelving
that their conversation was at an end,
came and stood beside her at the desk
a scrawny girl with an eager voice,
and q question she wanted to ask about
ltObcsplerrc; and for some reason
or other, Rosalind Stanton's vnledlc-
tory smile seemed TO include u con-
seriousness of this other girl-a m
seriousness OF q contrast. 1t might net
have been amy more than that, but
somehow It left the professor feeling
that he had given himself away.
There is nothing cloistral about the
University of Chicago except It's
architecture. As she went out Rose
felt that the presence of a fat abbot
or n lady priorcss in the corridor
outside the recitation-room would have
fitted in admirably with the look OF
the warm gray walls and the carver
pointed arches Of the window and
door easements, the blackened oak Of
the doors themselves.
She wasn't fully conscious of Il on
this March morning, but something
had happened that made n difference.
II she'd been ascending m impercop.
tible gradient for the past months,
today she had come to n recognizable
step up and taken 1t. Oddly enough,
the thing had happened back there in
the classroom as she stood before the
professors desk and caught his eye
wuvcglng between herself and the
scrawny girl who wanted TO ask n
! question about R~Ohcspicrrp. There
had been more than blank, helpless
evaporation In that look of his, and
II had taught her something. She
couldn't have explained what.
She wcnt swinging along alone, her
shoulders back, confronting the warm
March wind, drawing long breaths into
her good deep chest. She had Just
had. ~psychically speaking, II birthday.
She played q wonderful game of
basketball that afternoon, and 1t was
after five o'clock when, at the con
clusion Of the game and n cold shower,
u ihbt utAu u SDiia' IlRl casual u
sumption OF her clothes, she emerged
from the gymnasium. High time that
she TOOK the quickest way ot getting
home, unless she wanted to be late for
dinner.
But the EXPLANATION OF the day per-
sisted. She felt like doing something
out OF the regular routine. Even a
preliminary walk of n mile or so before
she should cross over and take the
elevated, would serve to satisfy her
mild hunger for adventure.
So, with her notebooks under her
arm and her sweater-jack infasten-
cd. at a good four-mile swing she
started north. In the purlieus Of the
university she was frequently hailed
by friends OF her own sex or the other.
But though she waved cheerful re-
sponses TO their greetings, she made
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-12-13
THE BIG STEP

Most romantic fiction ends
with the hero and heroine about
10 marry and olive happy ever
after" The author of this un.
usual serial begins his story
with marriage and carries the
romance for n period Of several
years into the realm Of double
harness." Taking n couple from
the well.to.do scale OF The
Middle West social scheme, Mr..
Webster uses them to bring out
some of the important problems
confronting n great many young
men and women who enter the
bonds Of matrimOny In these
days Of equal suffrage, of woln-
en- who'd rather work down
town than stay ut home, and OF
new complications In the bust
ness Of raising n family. "The
Real Adventure" Is thoroughly
alive with action. YoL will IN
JOY the story not only for its ro-
nance but for the element In II
that will make you think-and
ponder the intimate happenings
In your own family and in the
families Of your neighbors.
THE EDITOR.
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her stride %purposeful enough to dis
courage offers OF company. They all
seemed young to her today. All her
student activities seemed young, As
II. somehow, she had outgrown them.
The feeling was none the less real
after she had laughed at herself for
entertaining 1t.
She noticed presently that 1t was IA
good deal darker than 1t had any
right to be at this hour, and the sudden
fall Of the breeze and n persistent
simmer Of lightning supplied her with
the explanation. When she reached
Forty-seventh street, the break OF the
storm was obviously a matter OF
minutes, 30 she decided TO ride across
to the elevated-it was another mile.
perhaps-rather than TO walk across
us she had mean to do.
She found quite a group OF people
waiting on the corner for a car, and
the car itself. when II came along.
was crowded. so she handed her
nickel to the conductor over some
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In ohserylng ihe conlnct of Won

kneed, %hysterical
and complaining
adults and then
being just as diff
fcrent from them
as possible.
This war Is mel
Their a joke nor n
protracted fune~-
al.
You will notice
that some of the
older people re-
fuse to accept II
us n fact, while
Others move about
I'm Il blue unk ex.
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Reasonable Excuse.

Madge-He's kissing her all the time.
Marjorie-That doesn't surprise me.
He's q Stacker. and that's the only
chance he has to smell powder.-Town
Topics.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-12-13
Helping TO Win
the War
Advice TO American, Six Yesrs
Of Age and Under
BY GEORGE AIDE

Can n mere child be OF service to his
or her country while we are trying TO
make the kaiser behavei
Undoubtedly.
Howl
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-12-13

This blum young man sur
prises his scheming sister with
the smart way In which he
eludes her trap TO marry him
off--read II In the next instali-
ment.
Sharp County record., 1917-11-23

man spies are at work in the Unit
ed States, This force is largely re-
cruited from enemy aliens in this
country, They are operating every
where, from the sparsely.settled
farmine districts in the, West to the
crowded cities of the Atlantic sea-
board. Traces Of their treachery
have been found in every line Of
work, although their efforts appear
to be centered in the destruction of
food stufls and the bamperine Of
the production of war munitions.
Since the United States entered
the war, more than $25,000000
worth of food has been destroyed by
fire in this country, And in rs per
! cent Of the cases there was the
strongest proof Of incendiarism.
The total loss by incendiary fires
In the United States last year wos
less than $l0,000,000, a figure which
will increase five times this year II
the spies and their torches are not
controlled,
The destruction Of food by fire
was larger In October than any
other month since the United States
entered the war, II included q
81 100000 grain fire at Rochoslej
N, Y, the $2500,000 fire at the
Kansas City stockyards, the $1,000
900 Brooklyn grain elevator fire,
and the Baltimore pier fire, which
destroyed $3,5O0,0O0 worth of foot
stuffs and war supplies, In addition
to these four big fires, all Of proved
incendiary origin, there are dozens
of smaller blazes reported, the total
loss being over SlO,0O0,0O0,
Herbert G, Hoover, national foot
administrators, has warned all the
big food warehouses Of the natiof
that widespread plot exists to dt'
stroy these plants,
Sharp County record., 1917-11-23
GERMAN SPIES ACTIVE
Anything To Hinder United States Is
Apparently The Orders.

German secret service agents, aid
ed by thousands of paid workers
and sympathizers and backed by
millions of dollars, have increased
their efforts to hamper the United
States in warning on Germany,
Mysterious fires, insiduous propa-
ganda, labor troubles, trickery Of the
most cunning kind, food destruction
and other manifestations of activ-
ity have become so plentiful that
the United States secret service Is
at Its wits end to cope with the
amount of work before 1t. So SER
ious has the situation become that
the eov@nment Is conte mplatine
the drastic step Of declaring all ter
titory within 100 miles Of the coast
line Of the Uniied States a barred
zone, compelling the 100000 Ger
mans and Austrians residing in such
districts to move inland.
Anything to hinder the United
States In Its war preparations" Is
apparently the orders which German
agents are working under In this
country, The burning of 1000
bushels of wheat here, the poison
Ing of 100 head of cattle there, moth
Ing is too small for them to under.
take, German thoroughness Is moi
based on one big coup, rather on O
multitude of minor acts repeated
frequently enough to result In d
sizeoble totel This Is the line oI
work Berlin has deereed shall be
used In America,
Government officials estimate
that between 10000 and $4,000 Ger
Sharp County record., 1917-11-23
NORTH ARKANSAS NEWS PARAGRAPHS

discovery The fire was put out be-
fore it gained much headway. 1t
is believed to have been of incen-
diary origin.
The large barn on the farm of
Rev. W. F. Bridges near Moran,
Lawrence county, was consumed
by fire one night lately Besides
some harness and farm tools, 800
bushels of corn and 1900 bales of
hay were lost in the fire. No one
knows how the fire started.
Mrs. j. B. Num- of BatesviIle, ma
trOn of the dormitory at Arkansas
College, sustained painful injuries
one night last week, She was de-
s2ending the steps at the PreSby-
terian church, when she tripped and
fell to the sidewalk in front. She
was not seriously injured, however.
j. H. Ellis, negro preacher of
Newport, was lodged in Jail at Bat
esville last week by federal author
tiles on the charge of treason. 1t
is said that the negro has been gull
ty Of reasonable acts and utterances
which are likely to stir up prejudice
against the government among
members of his race.
The late session of the levying
court in Baxter county made an
order putting the countys rock
crusher at work grinding up lime
stone rock, which will be sold to
the farmers for fertilizer. 1t is the
purpose Of the court to sell this
product to farmers at actual cost,
thereby saving a large amount on
freight and other expenses,
I A special train carrying cotton
only left Batesville for Newport one
day last week. There were 10 flat
cars, averaging about 70 bales to
the car, making total of 1880
bales. Ten cars were loaded at Bat
esville and nine from points above
there. This was the largest ship
ment from Batesville this season.
Most of the cotton will be compress.
ed at Newport.
The New Era, published at Ben
ton, pays the following high compli-
ment to Elder J. l., Brown, a well
known Baptist minister of Newark:
Elder j. l.. Brown, whose soul is a
fountain of humor and whose intel
lect is a stream of poetic wit; a
head full Of common sense, and a
width Of mind that is equal to the
ocean and character as solid as the
rock of Gibralter, some day ought
to be made governor of Arkansas"
j. II. Ford, an old citizen living
near Pfeiffer, lost his residence and
its contents by fire one night last
week. Mr.. Ford is rs years old and
his wife is 60, He says he is now
in about the same condition as he
was when he came out of the Con-
federate army, except that he is
now old and has passed his days #
strength, Mr. Ford is one of the
oldest Masons in independence
! county, and will no doubt receive
| financial assistance from members
Of that order
Sharp County record., 1917-11-23
THE CASE OF CRAWFORD

W. D. Crawford, late superintend-
ent of the Odd Fellows orphans
home at Batesville, was convicted
IA circuit court at that place last
Neck and sentenced to serve term
Of ten years in the penitentiary on
the charge that he violated the
chastity of a little girl, an inmate
Of the home.
The age of the girl whom Craw-
Z ford is alleged to have abused was
\. fwelve years. There are four other
/, Indictments against him, charging
\ him with improper conduct with
(. other young girls at the home.
The Record does not know
\. whether or not Crawford is guilty
4 Of the offenses alleged against him.
lis fair to presume, however, that
be is guilty, since jury of twelve
men heard the evidence in the
4 case and on their oaths said the
/. evidence warranted a conviction.
If Crawford is guilty of the crimes
charged to him, then, in our judg-
( ment, the penalty inflicted upon
him does not fit the crime by any
\ eort of means. If he is guilty, he
\ ought to permanently removed
y from society and civilization as a
dangerous menace to both, just as
(. certainly as you would destroy a
!. rattlesnake because of the poison
Gus effects of that reptile. A man
' like that is a thousand times more
dangerous to the human race than
+ the rattlesnake. He is a beast; a
fend in human shape; devil to
infcst the earth.
Crawford was trusted by one of
the great fraternal orders Of the
cQllntry to look after and protect
the moral, spiritual and physical
welfare Of a large number of child.
ren. These children have all lost
one or both of their parents. Craw-
told ought to have been a father to
tne5e children. lie was supposed
tobe really acting in that manner
toward them. He was under every
obAgation to these orphan children.
more than that, he was under OBJ.
ligation as a man End as an Odd
Fellow to the dead parents of every
chih under his care.
tis hard to conceive how any
man could so degrade his manhood
ao 70 commit such crimes as Craw-
forc is alleged to have committed.
Inc idea of such a thing is revolt
ING 70 every respectable human in
the world. Any man who would
nave in mind the degradation of
innocent children ought to commit
suicide as the best deed he could do
The human race.
80 we say that If Crawford, hav.
ina'these children in his care and
pelng entrusted with their mora,
@ sno spiritual welfare; their virtue
ana Very lives, did take ADVANTAGE
\ 81 Die position among them and do
tne Things he is alleged to have
gone he ought to be shot Ike a
dog.
you think that penalty is harsh
imaeine yourself in the eraye and
.yous own flesh and blood of tender
and immature years the victim Of
p'Fute into whose hands their hap.
p'ness and welfare had been en-.
ssuated and then sec what Won
tnnk about the matter. '''s
Sharp County record., 1917-11-23

menace to property in the
vnRed States Is becoming very
Sharp County record., 1917-11-23

home of relatives near Portia last
week. She was II years of age,
and was a lifelong resident of Ran
dolph county.
The young ladies of the Baptist
church at Imboden gave an oyster
supper few nights ago. The sum
of S35 was realized, which will be
used in church work.
Beno Leibhaber, a young man of
Pocahontas, who was stationed at
Little Rock as a member of the ma
tional army, died last week from an
attack of measles and pneumonia.
Three blind brothers at Big Flat,
Baxter county, named Rorie, have
completed the installment of a
broom making factory, They raise
and make the broom corn into
brooms.
The cotton house of the East ST..
Louis Cotton Oil Company, located
at Pocahontas, was destroyed by
fire one day last week, together with
something like $4,000 pounds of
seed cotton.
County Judge E. H. Tharp of
Lawrence county has called upon
all interested citizens to meet at
Walnut Ridge one day this week
to discuss plans to put that county
on a cash basis.
The Frisco depot at Imboden was
burglarized one night last week.
The thieves broke through the tick
ct window and robbed the cash
drawer of SIS. 1t is thought two un-
known hobos did the job.
AT Imboden one day last week
the Wilson Mercantile CompaDy's
cotton gin caught fire, but the
hames were extinguished before
much damage was done A match
in some cotton started the blaze.
M. F. Henderson, a farmer of I'm
boden, gathered twenty-five good
loads of corn from six acres of land
this season. The land on which
this crop grew had been in alfalfa
for the past five or six previous
seasons.
Drew Horn, a young man en-
ployed in the cotton Gin at Noun
tain Home, cot his right hand
caught in the Gin saws one day
last week. The hand was terribly
mangled, but amputation was net
necessary.
W. p, Garrison of Chicago has
purchased plant at Batesville, and
is buying up all the walnut logs
available to make aeroplane pre-
pellers and gun stocks. All the
timber will be cut at the mill It
Batesville.
More than sou pupils of the pub
lie school at Batesville were on the
honor roll the past month, To be
placed on the honor roll the pupil
must be neither absent nor tardy
and must have an average daily
grade Of 80 per cent,
Through the efforts of W. B.
Wolf, county farm demonstrator Of
Baxter county. several gins in that
county have put in hulling ma
chinery. BY this equipment much
o. the cotton that was damaged by
the freeze can be saved.
Thomas W, Storey, 70 years old
and O pioneer of Stone county, fell
dead while sitting on a bed at his
home at Mountain View one morn
IinG last week lie had served
Stone county as county judge, sheI-
ifl, and in other official capacities,
lenneth Martin a young man of
Batesvile, is in a sanitarium in
that city receiving treatment (oI
injuries which he received lately
| when he was attending to crank
an nutomobIle The erDnk struck
Sharp County record., 1917-11-23

great because of the presence of
thousands of German spies and
German sympathizers scattered
throughout the country. Not all
these are German people or even of
German descent, but the fact that d
state of war exists has given every
alien enemy of the country of what
ever nationality an opportunity to
show his colors, and all these are
easily induced to become destruc-
tiOnists in the employ of German
agents. This will teach the United
States at least one lesson, and that
is the utter folly of continuing in
the future as the dumping ground
for criminals, undesirable citizens
and the scum OF the earth from ev-
cry portion of the globe. Many
men who have sought and obtain
ed the protection of the flag of this
country are now squarely against
the flag when the liberty it has af
forded them is endangered. These
characters must be suppressed and
punished, and the influx OF worth.
less and undesirable people.to these
shores should be stopped forever
1t is announced that Germany
is preparing new peace offer,
which will soon be presented to the
allies. 1t is certain that this offer
will be rejected by the allied pow
ers, since the recent German sue.
cesses in Russia and Italy will in
all probability cause Germany to
submit peace proposal of terrible
advantage to herself. The United
States is preparing for a war
struggle of from three to five years
duration, and in the matter of
peace terms will no doubt act on
the theory that there can be no
peace in the world until German
imperialism is destroyed. Those
who want peace with the German
autocracy intact would not enjoy
the peace they crave very long il
they should get it.
%
The daily papers state that four
children we're born to John Neville
and wife, who reside at Dallas |
Texas, Que day lately. We respect
fully submit that that is too many
children at one litter in these
strenuous times of war and high |
prices, If the reader doesn't agree
with US, he will understand he is |
welcome to that many babies and
1t is none of our business
o.
Many men claim they are very
much afraid of the number thir.
teen and that they will not do some
things on Friday, but we are will
ing to gamble that there is not a
man IN the whole country who
would refuse thirteen dollars on
Friday from another man who
might owe him that amount,
o
lhe reason some people get along
so we'll In the world Is that they
are always attending to their own
affairs and always letting the busi-
ness of other people alone,
%
Twenty.nine of the torty.eieht
states are row dry" The drouthy
section spreads all the time
Sharp County record., 1917-11-23

The reason some people Get along
so we'll In the world Is that they
are always attending to their own
affairs and always letting the busi-
ness of other people alone,
Sharp County record., 1917-11-23

Twenty.nine of the torty.eieht
states are row dry" The drouthy
section spreads all the time.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-02-22
Come and See These Offerings
We describe each the pedgrees

ch item in detail but we give beIO
number of the sOws and bOars
so that you may Judge
the class of the stock
to be offered at
this Sale.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-02-22

PIGS
35 SoWs, pure bred o. 1. c., all bred for spring
pigging some will have pigs by day Of Sale.
Included among this herd are such sows as
Flossie E. No 56276, Vol. 10; Jewell No. 471lO,
Vol. II; Oregon Girl, No. 47l09, Vol. II.
These sows are all bred TO SliXtcr No. 54Sl5,
VOL 10, and Tip Top, Sired by Jumbo No. 323l3,
Vol 81.
SEVEN open Gilts and Five young boars
FORTY TWO stock hogs, 60 to 100 pounds.
ONE we'll bred Poland China boar not regis
tered