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Diplomacy as Is.

The family was going away for q
week and friendly neighbor was ap-
pealed to for service as caretaker of
the goldfish. 1t was little Helen who
carried the goldfish jar next door.
"Now, Mrs. CO Helen began the
instructions you must change the wa
ter every day and keep the jar in a
cool place. Here is the food. Please
feed them regularly and be very kind
to them"
OF course one of the fish had to do
the unpopular thing. 1t died. Mrs
c. dreaded Helen's return and pom
dered long on how she would break
the news to her. The fatal day came
In bounded Helen.
"Helen," the caretaker said humbly
"I'm sorry to tell you that one of your
goldfish died. I did everything just
as you Instructed me, but it died"
He.cn's eyes filed and she bit her
lips to right back approaching grief
Then her fine childish. diplomacy took
hold. Walking up to the caretaker she
put her hand in hers, then said with
real ASSURANCE:
"That's all right, Mrs. C, thai
all right. l said to mamma just a fc.s
days before we went away that
thought one of those fish was loo' .-
poorly"
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL

DR.. Hugh F. Lorimer moved this
week to his new residence which he
bought some time ago of E. w. Clev-
erly.
Miss Vera Glenns has returned
from Crowley where she has been
teaching school the past month.
Miss Marguerite McElroy of Colo
RADIO Springs is visiting her brother,
Frank McElroy.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.. Grimes have
been in Rocky Ford for week, visit
ing.
e. w. Cleverly has moved to his
property, formerly owned by Clayton
Green.
FEED WHEAT AND FEED BARLEY
for sale. J. H. Weldon. "a
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Judge" Lewis Is Dead

John c. Lewis. the first county
judge of Crowley county, is dead.
He passed away in San Francisco a
few days ago from tuberculosis.
Mr.. Lewis came to this county
about the time the county was created
and was appointed judge. He serv-
ed until, for some reason, he desired
to make a change of his residence
and left the county with little cere-
mony. Judge" Lewis was very
capable man.
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02
DAIRYING ADVOCATES

It IL gratifying to hear of SO many
advocaters of the dairy business. Two
Of our we'll known citizens have this
week expressed themselves strongly
along that line and their interviews
sppear In this issue. 1t is the claim
Of each that prosperity, such as we
should have in this county, will come
only when the dairy cows come in
pfopef Numbers. Each of these men
have produced argument to prove
their claims and all of which tends
70 bear out the preachments of the
Now IRA for the past three years. In
other words cows, sows and silos are
the things which will tend to make
thie county prosperous to the extent
that the financial condition of the dis
trict will be- changed completely in a
few years. In other words the dairy
cow VIII lift the mortgages and place
surplus in the banks.
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PERFECTION SLOW TO COME
Evolution Of Photography a Matter Of
Many Years and the Work Of
Many Minds.

The distinction Of making the first
chemical step in the history of pho
Biography belongs to Italy. owing to the
discovery by chemist of the six
teenth century that nitrate chloride of
silver is blackened on exposure to
light, while the foundation of pho
tographic optics was laid by Della
Porta in his invention about 1863 of
the camera obscura, |. e., the darken-
ing of nitrate Of silver by light.
Experiments in 1777 by Scheele, Il
Swedish chemist, and by Ritter of
Jena in 1901, in the action of rays of
light upon horn silver, carried the
science step further. But to Thorn
as Wedgwood of England belongs the
honor of having been the first to pro-
duce photographs by the action of
light on sensitive surface produced
by nitrate of silver, his reSearche es
being much aided by the observations
Of Sir Humphrey Davy. These pho
tographS were made in 1902.
Twelve years later Niccphore Niepce
Of ChalOns-sur-Saone was the first TO
produce. permanent pictures by the
means of solar radiation, his process,
described as heliography, consisting in
coating piece of plated silver or
glass with bitumen.
The da"uerreotype, which did jus
tice without mercy, was produced
about 1890 by Dacuerre and Niepce
For more than twenty years the
daguerreotype, fncctious descriptions
of which are found in the pages of
Samuel Lever. Dickens. Thackeray
and Reade, held tyrannous sway, w.
H. Fox Talbot in the meantime vain
ly trying to secure recognition for his
calotype process, which, by the aid of
paper stepped in nitrate of silver, pro-
duced the negative or invisible picture
now used in all photographs.
To Howe is credited the invention
Of the changing box, containing doz-
en- or more plates with special form
of dark bath, which can be changed
with one plate at time from the box
and then inserted in the camera for
exposure.
Changes in Photographic apparatus
with the Introduction of sensitive films
supported not on glass but on a fleX-
ible material led many leading pho
tographerS OF the late sixties and
early seventies to seek material
which, although possessing the trans
parency of glass, would be less brittle.
To Morgan and Kidd of Richmond.
the fashionable photographers of their
day, belongs the distinction of evolving
by means Of gelatin emulsion the
bromide paper now used for enlarg
ing
The rapidity and sensitiveness of
modern dry plates have given birth to
flashlight pictures, produced by scat
tering magnesium into lamp flame.
This system is now invariably used
for taking group portraits at public
affairs.
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GRoUND-HoG DAY

Y 0rouxd-hog day is day in allus-
ION - tke tradition that on that day
the a1>faal, the grounding, comes
out q he hole, and II he sees his
sha41 2funs. in which case a return
Of y weather is to be expected.
IN oral belief is that this wintry
VIII last for six weeks. This is
4 AlAr belief only in certain por-
il of the United etates and not in
M lands.
4 u ebruary 2, today, is so-called
'Grcund-hog day, especially to those
Nho entertain the theory, but so far
~ We are concerned we don't think
much of this mythical grounding.
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HORSES FOR SALE

will sell at the McNulty sale in
Ordway on Saturday, February 10:
Pair mares-dark bay and black.
4 years old, weight 2S40.
Bay mare 3 years old, weight 1850.
Spotted Shetland pony, years old.
JAMES CARPENTER
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Parent-TeaCher Meeting

Olney Springs-The Parent-Teach-
er association will hold a meeting on
Friday, February Q. in the school
house. The meeting will be called
TO order at 2:30 o'clock and everyone
is extended an invitation and urged
to be on time. DR.. Rodenhauser of
Ordway will give talk on the care
of the teeth.
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02

Mrs. W. E. Curry who has been in
a hospital in Denver for the past sew
eral weeks is still in a very serious
condition. She has favorable chances
for recovery but her condition has
been so serious that at times recovery
seemed almost impossible.
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That milk on the boots" idea is
not so bad a one. Those who have
noted what the dairy business is doing
for other communities believe that
until we get more milk on our boots
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Card of Thanks

We wish to extend our heartfelt
thanks to those who so kindly helped
in time of the illness and death Of
our loved one.
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Noble.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Noble.
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II you are thinking OF getting a
dictionary call at the New Era office
and see the Regular and India pa
per editions in stock.
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Much Property Selling

Among property changes Of the
past few weeks is considerable acre
age of the old Boston farm. Con-
siderable other property is changing
hands thruout the county.
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02

The money lender takes a good deal
of interest in his work. But that is
all he is in the business for
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02

Cows, sows and silos-eventually
10 why not now.
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In our Grocery and Meat Department

Forest brand Logan Berries, pix. 2Oc
Forest brand Raspberries, l PIX. SOC
Seeded Raisins, PIX. ....... .25c
pix. OF. Currants ......... 1Sc
1 lb. Punch brand Evap Peaches 17c
2 lb. Palace brand Evap. Peaches csc
2 lb. crown brand Raisins -. .25c
2 lb. Evap. Apples .......... .25c
2 lb. Prunes -. .25c
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l lb. Prunes ...... -. .16c
1 lb. Prunes Sc
lb. Evap. Apricots ........ .25c
lb. Cooking Figs .1Bc
Corn-fed steer, beef, mutton, pork,
pork sausage. hamberger, always
fresh at our market. Fruits, Oranges
Bananas, Cranberries, Grapefruit and
Apples.
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02

WHO'S WHO AMONG BOYS

Each week . Crowley county
boy will have mention under
this heading that We may learn
who Is who among tho boys.
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OUR CASH SYSTEM

OUR CASH SYSTEM
Means buying in large quanti-
ties and paying spot cash, TAX
ing all discounts. This gives
our patrons an advantage not
to be had with smaller concern.
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OUR CREDIT SYSTEM

4 Imposes no burdens ON you. We average less
than fourth of one per cent losses on business
transacted.
BECAUSE.
We extend credit accommodations only to re-
.ponsible people. With equal courtesy and
prices to all and our money promptly when due
The Ordway new era., 1917-02-02

IT, n gratifying to see better grade
and. regastered stock brought into the
county. During the past week two
Of the prosperous farmers of this
county have added registered bulls to
their herds, one a Jersey and the
other : hereford.
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a want Ad" will get you buyer
for your. choice roosters.
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= .'waat a" will ma yosr -
ttaysd stoek. ~
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Mems Dress Overcoats

Reg. $1,000 values now .$S.08
Reg $3.50 values now 1895
Reg. $500 values now -. .$1O.98
Reg. $3.50 values now .$14.0S
Reg. $40. values now .$15,9S
Reg. $25.0O values now .$18.75
Reg. $4,000 values now -. .$10.5O
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fires are burning
From what have been able to find
out these trees that produce the Juice
from which, the sugar is made, III no
little way resemble oil wells
Sap Flow Fluctustss.
Z Here is aparaeraph that bears out
my statement
III hst been recently shown that the
force exerted by the sap OF the maple
trees in the sugar making season
varies from suction OF two pounds
pN square inch at night, to pres
sure OF twenty pounds per square inch
10 the day time. and that il fluctuates
In a general way with the rise and fall
of the temperature during the day and
might.
Now, doesn't that sound a great deal
like the talk we hear from oil we'll pro-
squirting" STEADY flow" slow
pressure" seic.
In one place We may read that al
rfouef the flow OF sap is not yet per-
fetfly understood--considered some
what Of a phenomenon--it may be as
serted that the popular idea Of sap ris-
ing IN the spring and retreating 10 the
roots in the autumn is a fallacy.
Conclusive experiments have shown
that on tapping the tree flow OF sap.
both from above and below comes
toward the holes. There is also very
small flow from the sides of the holes,
the sap moving freely up and down the
grain Of the wood but very slowly
across H.
Since the flow varies with the season.
The day and the variations of tcmpcra-
ture between day and night, different
quantities OF sap arc yielded by the
same grove and the same trees in diff
ferrnt years.
Yield IL Uncertain.
These circumstances make Yield
very hard to estimate. However, it may
be said that an ordinary mature and
thrifty maple will produce about
twelve gallons OF sap, or about thte,
pounds Of s,fRar per season. This is a
very conservative estimate, as grove,
have been known to average nincteer
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caused slight delay in the work at
the dam and then the mayor was alb
sent from the city tptil last Sunday
Citizens OF Oklahoma City who have
experienced the water shorlages an
nually for the last few summers espe-
sally that OF last summer when for
several week, they were not allowed
to sprinkle their lawns, gardens or
trees and were not allowed 20 even wash
their automobiles, are enthusiastic over
the idea OF plenty water for the COM
.ag warm months.
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THAT GOOD old MAPlESUCAR
is WITH Us AGAIN 50 LET ALL THE
y CANE SUGAR co ACROSS SEA

gallon, oi sap per tree, and there Is on
record the Weld Of a tree IN Vermont
which produced thirty pounds OF Gaze
sugar " one season, rs sap being so
rich that seven quarts made a pound
Of sugar. Another tree in the same
state gave seventy-iiye gallons OF sap
in one season,
Come to think about IT, t sounds
more like the records of a fine bunch
Of dairy cattle, than an oil report
This sap as it comes from the trees
/, nearly colorlcsS liquid, composed
Of water, sugar and various mineral
substances, such as lime. potash, mag
ncsia and iron, II also contains some
organic matter in the form OF vegetable
acids
The peculiar flavor Of maple sugN
comes. not from the sugar, but from
some one or a combination Of all Of the
other substances contained IN the sap
The great popularity Of maple sugar
and maple syrup has brought about the
introduction OF economical methods III
manufacture in sharp contract with the
primitive methods which once prevailed,
Methods Improved.
The auger hole and tbs closed metal
spout have been substituted idr the old
destructive AK cut and open wooden
Sptit
Likewise, tin and galvariled-iron
pals have gradually taken th% place
Of the wooden troughS which formerly
caught the sap
| have heard old persons, who were
born and raised in this locality ,ell
how the sap was carried by buckets
from the trees, to the Sugar house, a
very crude construction Sometimes,
barrels on Sledsa were used and the
trips through the snow, day and night
were counted as some OF the hardest
work OF the year
The sap was yirncd in large kettles,
undcr which weFc built wood fires, and
these fires were kept burning day and
night also.
Sometimes the syrup ScoTched and
sometimes the smoke gave il peculiar
flavor. but il all tasted good because
there was none better.
Contras, these days with the modern
methods now employed in the larger
groves,
Now the sap is piped from the tree
to the sugar ho"se or to large storag,
tanks along the way
INSTEAD OF the iron kettle moderI
eyaporators are used and the sap j
converted into syrup or sugar. As th'
demand requires,
The maple sugar ON the market TO
tday. sells for 10 cents the pound ant
from il may be made one quart q
maple syrup.
| The canned maple syrup sells for Z!
cents the quart.
Make Your Own Syrup,
II seems to me that anyone can SC,
| that il is not only economy but com
mon sense TO buy the sugar, pour sori,
water over it, let it stand all night
then put it over slow fire aud grad
ually melt It. Brown sugar may b.
added to this which will improve TN
flavor and reduce the expense
or course we are not trying L
Knock" the sale of these cannc
syrups, but there are seasons OF tn
year when we cannot get the suga
fresh from the kiln, and then We mus
use these others; however, today, whe'
the loaves.of maple sugar are 80 fres
that anyone Is excusahlc for saying 9
loud that passerS-by are attracted b
the expression that good old mapl
sugar," we had better indulge,
! Buckwheat cakes and maple syrup
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Plan
Loses in Australia

SYDNEY, Australia, Thursday, Dec.
20.--Unless the soldier vote on the
various fronts, which has not yet been
counted, offsets the vote in Australia,
the governments conScription' scheme
has been defeated in a referendum By
majority ~ about 10000 This is
believed to be hardly likely however,
on account OF the heavy vote against
conscription in New South Wales which
gave a majority OF llSO0O against the
.pronOsal
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Every Road Has Its Spriggs.

Most blind and deaf people are not
nearly so sensitive about their afflic-
tions as we think they are The Deaf
Times, for instance. tells this story
The railway chairman was explaining
his reorganization of the sta and came
to Spriggs The chief Shareholder
gasped; "Spriggsl What on earth can
ne do' Why. he il so deaf that he
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lust the thing for breakfast these days
-and VIC are complying with the law
and all government requests when we
have It,
How would II be, when We are all
SO busy doing Red Cross and for 9TH
ers. 10 give maple sagar. in the place
Of so much candy, this Christmasf
Children love il and it is good for
them-bctter than most Christmas can
dy that most children get. can Just
hear them say that good old maple
sugar"
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PRESIDENT RECEIVES
MISSION FROM, SERBIA

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2l.--Serbia!s
mission was received hete to-
day with much ceremony Escorts Of
cavalry and party oi American Of
licials headed by Secretary Lansing,
met the mission. Later the mission
was received by President Wilson and
presented with an autograph letter
from King Peter
Tonight the president Will entertain
the mission at state dinner
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A Tumulty Story

Joseph Tumulty secretary TO the
president, likes his job, but he disllkcs
one thing about j, that he cant tell the
boysx-thc friendly rcportcrs-about all
they wish to know. He illustrated his
inability to give information. once by
quoting the case OF Johnny.
Johnny was crying IN the hall as hlS
mother came along, hated and coated,
She asked what had happened.
You are going away, and so is papa y
why, child, ! shall be away two or
three days, but father IS not going
away"
"Ycs, he isw cried Johnny Hes
going to Rome"
Rome What do you mean, dear :,
asked the surprised mother
"EIe said today to Mr. Brown that he
would make Rome howl when you left !
Indeed Well dear, sha'nt leave
you now"
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that Inc { d " (
sugar could all go
over tho seas IT
they would but
leave plenty Of
this
We people Of
the cotton bios
son, section have
missed the time
of our lives if
VS. believe all that
the residents Of
the north tell us ot
"sugarn' off time
in the maple
v,,vcs Wl,sn th,
SiiO " IS knee
hiph and The cann-
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crusht

The HodeSs-hre you a musician,
Mr. Jones
Jones (dying to exhibit his powers)--
Well--er-yes; ! think | might claim
TO be one
The Hostess Delighted My daugh-
ter is going to play II would he so
kind il you would turn over the music
for hcr.-Sketch,
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can't hear thunder What post have
you given him."
"G think you will agree" returned the
chairman stiffly, that the directors un-
derstand their business thoroughly, Mr.,
Sprigg swill attend each day aud hear
all complaints from passengers New
York Globe
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CANADIAN RIVER
WILL Be TURNED
BACK TOMORROW
Mayor viii Blow Up Tenn
pOrary Dam,

Tomorrow will he a red letter day IN
the history OF Oklahoma City as at
3 o'clock in the afternoon Mayor Over
holSer will press button which will
explode large quantity OF dynamite
under retaining dam which now holds
The water Of the North Canadian river
from it, original channel Immediately
after the explosion the water viii
change its course fro mthc temporary
channel into which it was diverted
when work on the city'S reservoir seven
miles west Of the city was starred
The work on the dam has progressed
so successfully that the water can now
bc turned back into its original channel
and the men continue their work OH the
dam undisturbcd
Will Stop Shortages
II 4. Presley, engineer in charge oi
the work, which. when completed, will
eliminate any future watsl shortage in
Oklahoma City, regardless Of the sen
son of the year, said today that the
dam is now sufficiently advanced to
prevent a shortage next summer When
the dam is completed it will hold Suf-
iicicnt WaterNto supply Oklahoma City
for more than a year
The OCCASION of diycrtng the water
of the North Canadian back into its
original channel is to he one OF cele-
braiioh,
Accompanying the mayor as repre-
sentatives Of the city will be the mem.
bers Of the waierworks advisory com.
mittee The directors of the Chamber
OF Commerce, the members Of the Ro.
tary club, Lions club, Advertising club
Blue Goose club, Jovian club and of
the Retailers association have been cx.
tended official invitations to be present
when the retaining dam is destroyed
Work Slightly Delayed.
1t was first planned to change the
course Of the river back 20 its original
channel about a week ago, but the ex-
! treme cold weather of two weeks ago
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For Saturday and Monday
Market Specials

We have the finest lot of poultry we have
seen this year. all dressed by our own men.
We have the following: Fancy Dressed
Turkeys Geese Ducks, Springs, Guineas
and Hens; Dressed Young Rabbits, Little
Roasting Pigs, Christmas Lambs, Christmas
Cornfed Beef, Jones Sausage, Blue Points
and New York Count~Oysters.
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Not infreQuently a man is such
good domestic mathematician that he
can save the price OF new winter
suit by persuading HIS wife to have
her last years street dress made over.
Syracuse Post,Standard
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Dietetics Expert Tells How to
Save Money in the Making
: Of Maple Syrup From Sugar
Blocks,
BY Leno Osborne

BY Leno Osborne.
ssT~HAT good old maple sugar
And ~ |, with crowd OF
= window shoppers viewed the
huge pile of fresh maple sugar blocks
and heard the woman express her
views so aply could not help but feel
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Stnd fifteen million Christmas
greetings through Red Cross member
ship.
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Give your Christmas present to hu-
manlty.
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NOTE-M. Costello deody wsn knowH 10 most Of ne ladies
NJ city She @ the Dor'esfe Sceros Branch Of the Uncyp
Of Chicago graduate Of LsS Irhine Supervisor Of Domestic
Science Pbhc Schools Spodi Lecturer Domestic Arts and
Eoonopt, Special Lsciurr 10 The WomeHS Clubs
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Fresh Vegetables

Fancy Large Romaine Head Lettuce,
Leaf Lettuce, Fancy Large Celery, Celery
Hearts, Caulifower Green Peppers, Fresh
Tomatoes, Egg Plant Pie Plants, Summer
Squash, Parsnips, Rutibago Turntps, Span
ish Onions, Green Onions, Bunch Carrots,
Turnips, Beets and Parsley.
Fancy Burbank Potatoes-per peck &C.. 40c
Fancy Yam Sweet Potatoes, per pound Sc