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The Dolores star., 1917-08-17

voice, of course, yet there was O
strange note in 1t which somehow gave
him a sense of uneasiness. He went
into the room at once and stopped
aghast.
"Good God. Mr.. Meade!" he ex-
claimed.
Ordinarily he was the quietest and
most undemOnstrative of men. There
was something soft and subtle about
his movements. An exclamation of
that kind had hardly escaped him In
the thirty years of their association.
He checked himself Instantly, but
Meade. Sr.. understood. The day be-
fore Shurtlif had left him a hale,
hearty, vigorous somewhat ruddy man.
Now he found him old. white, trem-
bling, stricken. Meade looked at Shurt.
LII with lack-luster eye and with q
face that was dead while it was yet
alive.
"Mr. Meade" began the secretary .
second time, "what Is the matterY
'The International bridge" an.
swered the other. and the secretary no
ticed the strangeness of his voice moro
and more. "It's about to collapse. Per.
haps 1t has failed already"
Meade passed his hand over his
brow and then brought It down heavily
on the desk.
"As we sit here. maybe. 1t is falling"
he added somberly In a sort Of dull,
impersonal way.
Into the mind of the secretary came
q foolish old line: London bridge IL
falling down, falling downl" He must
be mad or Meade must be mad.
II can't believe it, sir. Why"
There's a DETECTION in one Of ths
lower chord members Of one and three
quarters inches. It's bound to col.
lapse. The boy was right, Shurtliff,"
explained Meade. Il was wrong. ]
am ruined"
'Don't say that, sir. You have never
failed in anything. There must be
some means"
"Shurtliff, you ought to know there
is no power on earth could save that
member. It's only a question of time
when 1t will fail"
| The secretary leaned back against
the doorjamb. put his hand over his
face, and shook like a leaf. The old
man eyed him.
"Don't take 1t SO hard" he said. .It's
not your fault, you know"
'Mr. Meade" burst out the other
man, "you don't know what it means
to me. A failure myself, I have glo.
ried In you. Tyou have been every.
thing to me. sir. can't stand it"
Il KNOW" said Meade kindly. He
rose and walked over to the man, laid
his hand on his shoulder, took his
other hand In his own. 1T hurts more,
perhaps, to lose your confidence in me
than It would to lose the confidence Of
the world"
The Dolores star., 1917-08-17
CHAPTER VII.
For the Son.

" kV0 SOVs
The message was received In ghast-
ly silence. No one spoke for a moment,
None moved. Colonel nlingworth's
face was fiery red. Bertram Meade
was whittier than any other man in the
room. He was thinking Of his father.
The girl moved first. Her father
and the young engineer were the two
most deeply touched. They were both
In agony, both in need of her. Unhesi-
tatingly she stepped to the side Of the
younger. And the father saw and un-
derstood even in the midst of his suf-
fering. She had chosen.
1--WE are ruined" gasped the colo
mel, tugging at his collar. ave could
stand the financial loss. but our reputa-
ton! We'll never get another con-
tract. might as well close the works.
And 1t Is your fathers fault. It's up to
him. The blood of those men is upon
his head. Well. sir. I'll let the whole
world know how grossly Incompetent
he ID, how"
"Sir. said young Meade, standing
very erect and winter than ever, "the
fault is mine. made the calculations.
I checked and rechecked them. No
body could know with absolute certain
" the ability Of the lower chord mem
bers to resist compression. But what
ever the fault, It Is mine. My father
had absolutely nothing to do with 1t.
He is"
"He's got to bear the responsibility"
cried the colonel passionately. 1T has
his name"
"No. I tell you" thundered the
younger man. "For TIL proclaim my
own responsibility. The fault Is all
mine and I'll publish the fact from one
end Of the world to the other"
''It's load wouldn't want to have
on my conscience" said Colonel Hing
worth.
1.-THE ruin of a great establishment
like the Martlet," added Doctor Sew
erence.
"The dishonor to American engineer
Ing" said Curtiss.
"And the awful loss Of life," con-
tinued the colonel.
II assume them ALL" protested the
young man, forcing his lips to speak.
although the cumulative burdens set
forth SO clearly and SO mercilessly bade
fair to crush him.
"It was only a mistake" protested
Helen nlingworth, drawing closer to
her lovers side, and with difficulty re-
sisting temptation to clasp him in
her arms.
"a mistaken" exclaimed her father
bitterly.
"You said yourself" urged the wom-
an. turning to the chief engineer, "that
you didn't know whether the designs
would work out. that nobody could
know. but you were convinced that
they would"
"wait," interrupted the father.
Meade. there is one consequence you
have got to bear that you haven't
thought Of" ....
'Whnt do you mean7"
do you think I'd let my daughter
marry a man who had ruined me, an
Incompetent engineer by his own con-
fesx1on, a."
at is just" said Meade. II have
nothing further to do here, gentlemen.
I must go to my father"
"Just or not" cried Helen Hing
worth. II can't allow you to dispose of
me in that way, father. II he is as
blamable as he says he Is, and as you
say he is, now il the time above all
others for the woman who loves him to
stand by him."
''Afiss nlingworth, you don't know
what You are saying" :, said Meade.
forcing himself into a cold formality
he did not feel. II am disgraced,
shamed. There Ii nothing in life for
ma. My chosen professionally repu-
] ltation -everythin 10 gone"
The Dolores star., 1917-08-17
THE FAMOUS ENGINEER LEARNS THAT HE MADE THE BIG
MISTAKE or HIS LIFE AND MANY LIVES MUST
PAY THE PENALTY.

The arfet Q
Meade Sr famous engineer HIS
engineer at the bridge Helen
nngworth head
win the bridge completed The
fathers judgment
laughed doubts
The Dolores star., 1917-08-17

How the gods eonspire to
make complete the wreckaae Of
regulations and how young
Meade 10 cast into outer dark
ness 10 told in the next Install.
mont
The Dolores star., 1917-08-17

To BE coasTNuEDl
Graham guardian., 1917-12-21
The Importance
of Tin in the War

Each day war necessities are
educating the American people
to new habits of thrift. This
was pointed to today by the local
manager of the Standard Oil
Company, Mr.. Rolfe, when he
referred to economies being made
by his company to help conserve
the supply of tin.
Heretofore large quantities of
Pearl Oil (kerosene) have been
sold in one and five-gallon tin
cans, but this practice is being
discouraged to save tin. The
same Pearl Oil heretofore sold
extensively in tins is carried in
bulk by dealers and can be pur-
chased from them at a small
money saving as well as at a saw
ing in tin for the nations needs.
So important is this matter Of
tin conservation that it is the
patriotic duty Of every Ameri-
can to conserve the supply as far
as possible, and one way of doing
this is to buy kerosene and like
commodities in bulk instead of in
tin cans.
Graham guardian., 1917-12-21
PERSONALS

Xmas Dance
= The big dance Xmas night will
be in Layton Hall. Music by
Stafford Orchestra. adv-45-lt
Stafford Couple Married
John X. Tally and Miss Irene
Corder, both of Stafford, were
married at the Bal tst parsonage,
Globe, Sunday afternoon, Decem-
ber 10th. Arizona Record.
Xmas Trees
Xmas Trees at SMITHS MUIR
sERY. Call us on the phone.
67F2. adv-45-lt
Geo. Downen a Visitor
George Downen came up from
Miami Saturday on a business
visit. While here, M. Downen
leased his pool hall to A. G..
| Walker. He returned to Miami
Wednesday night.
Returns from FL Paso
, Walter Scott, manager of the
Gila Valley Electric, Gas and
Water Company, returned home
Tuesday night from a short busi-
ness trip to Ell Paso, Texas.
To Visit Camp Kea,ney
Mrs. w. A. Wilson will leave
tomorrow for Camp Kearney,
Linda Vista. Cal, to spend the
holidays with her son.. Thomas
Moore, a private in Company H,
1853 Infantry.
r. D. Williams Returns
r. D. Williams returned home
from Jerome Junction, Arizona,
Tuesday night, and is back or
his old job at the local Arizona
Eastern r. r., station. Mr.. Will
Jams, who left here recently tC
take a position with the United
Verde and Pacific r. r., al
Jerome Junction, concluded that
he liked Stafford much better a:
a place of residence and returned
home
Graham guardian., 1917-12-21
Good to Have in the House

Coughs. colds, Group and lagrippe are
prevalent. Colds promptly checked
mean saving of time, money and health.
Pneumonia and other serions illness
may follow neglected cold. T. F.
Lynch, 100 Spring Ave, Dubois, Pa,
writes: For many years we have
kept Foley's Honey and Tar in the
house and it has saved many dollars in
doctors bills. 1t is fine for colds" A
child's health is too precious to risk
giving limitations or substitutes; insist
on Foley's. Stafford Drug Co. ad-43-4t
Graham guardian., 1917-12-21
HOW TO EASE
| YOUR TAXES

This 10 q subject that interests
eyery man. This war Is costing a
sun Of money SO great that no man
ean realize what such an amount
means. We have to fnd eighteen
and ens.half billion dollars during
the Arst year Of the work. Eighteen
Thousand Five Hundred Million Dol
lars. Think of IL! But perhaps you
had better not; It will only make
your head 70 round. and you will
not be any nearer to grasping the
meaning Of such an amount of mon
~. whom you have done thinking.
To get down to something you can
understand, II means that every man
In this country has to give Sp nearly
halt Of what he sarAs this year.
Tue government II going to get
this money. because 1t has to have
II. OF course. 1t can tax your in
come, tax everything you eat and
drink, your land and your cattle, and
raise the money this way. How
ever, this would be too haid on you.
20 the government has decided to
ask ysu to loan sone Of the money.
with Uncle Sans own promise that
he will pay you back. and pay you
interest in the meantime. Uncle
Sans promise to pay is 80 good
that his written promise in the form
Of q bond can be handed around
from man to man, almost Ike a dol.
lar bill. You don't mind giving =
silver dollar In exchange for q bill.
and you can feel just the same way
about giving . cheque in exchange
for q Government Bond.
NOW HERE rs THE POINT:
JUST SO MUCH AS TIE GOVERN
MENT WILL ALLOW YOU TO
LOAN TO THEM. so MUCH LESS
WILL THEY HAVE TO TAX YOU.
Looked at fairly and squarely, is
It not better to loan money, rather
than have It taken from you!
We are q level-headed people. and
when things are put up to US in a
straightforward way by straight-for'
ward people, we are ready to fall In
line.
You know the facts now, straight
from the u. 8. Government.
You have money that you do not
need until next spring. Lend 1t to
Uncle Sam. II you must have 1t
back next year. borrow on your
bond. or sell It.
Your banker Is . good man to
talk to. You believe in him. Go and
ask his opinion. He will tell you
that he has bought Liberty Bonds.
and he will advise you to do the
same.
Graham guardian., 1917-12-21
"Lgr the OTHER FELLOW
90 IT."

This 10 the thing that has caused
30 many failures. SO much misery,
90 many deaths-'letting the other
fellow do It," From the fall OF great
nations down to the smallest person.
al accident It Is this policy thav mas
been responsible for SO many of the
troubles Of the world. Time after
time ''the other fellow" does not do
It. Tho Liberty Loan IL a case in
point. It 10 absolutely useless to re.
ly upon the other fellow, because
the amount to be raised Is so enor.
nous that It win take the combined
self-deniai and effort of every man.
woman. and child in this country, to
provide the money.
This leads naturally to another
thought 1t 10 not enough that we
merely subscribe. We must see that
our neishbor subscribes, because II
he falls down, we ourselves shall
suffer. even although we may have
done our share.
There are just . few people left
~ tniD COuntiy VIM bdy lot th0
rich man find the money" When
the government has had its needs
supplied, the rich man will not be
90 rich; his taxes will be enormous,
and many . wealthy company strug.
Cling with the high cost Of every.
thing they use in their business, in
addition to their taxation, will have
q difficulty in securing PROFITS for
their shareholders. The profits Of
those making war supplies will be
cut in half, at least, by government
action. Again we must remember
that our wealthy mon invested mil
lions and millions of dollars In the
loan last time and will do II again.
The average citizen must realize that
the wealthy man IL doing his share,
and that II is to the farmer, the
merchant and the working man that
the country lool for . large share
Of the subscriptions to the present
loan.
IL you say "le, the other fellow
DO It," the loan will fail, we shall
be disgraced In the eyes of the
world. the resistance to Germany Of
our allies may break down, and the
most terrible thing In the world will
happen to us-conquest by Germany
This would mean taxation beyond
human endurance, national disgrace
and having to work for German mas
ters for years to come.
The Germans are not willing IT
let tho other fellow do IT," Thell
boys Of IA and their old men o
so are serving In the army, theil
women and their children are goin.
short Of food; they are giving VI
almost every cent they possess II
order to beat this country. Surel,
we' have more patriotism than tn,
Germans, more sense-if not, thel
We deserve to be beaten.
Call Ia and see your banker ant
ask him whether this article con
tains the truth He will tell yo'
that It does. and will agree that 1
10 q fatal thing in this great ns
tional crisis to 'lst the other fsllo'
DO t."
Graham guardian., 1917-12-21
A KINDLY ACT

The Stafford Boy Scouts deserve
high commentator for their
kindly act Saturday, when they
appeared at the homes of Nat
Wanslee and Grandpa Clark and
split up a good supply of fire
wood for the two old gentlemen.
It is such acts like this that wins
the thanks and deep appreciation
of the community and the SAT-
ford Boy Scouts have exemplified
in the highest degree the feeling
for doing things that are helpful
to the old.
Graham guardian., 1917-12-21
ALL NIGHT SERVICE

Beginning tonight, Friday, De-
cember 21st, the Gila Valley Elec-
trio, Gas and Water Company
will operate the electric light
plant full Neutrality-suspicious. serv-
ice.
Graham guardian., 1917-12-21
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy

This is not only one of the best and
most efficient medicine for coughs, colds
and Group, but is also pleasant and safe
to take, which is important when
medicine must be given to children
Many mothers have given it their un-
ualified endorsement. adv-43-4t
Graham guardian., 1917-12-21
MACCABEE DANCE

Stafford Tent, No. 8, K. 0. 7.
NJ, will give a dance Christmas
Eve, Monday, December Oath, at
Brier's Hall. Everybody invited
to attend and have a good time.
Graham guardian., 1917-12-21
BIRTHS
S~N~NN%NANA~NN%NNS

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Welker, at their ranch home east
of town, Tuesday, December Is,
1917, a girl.
Graham guardian., 1917-12-21
Blankets

Splendid assortment of blankets
at low prices. MORRIS SIMON,
Stafford. adv-45-2t
Graham guardian., 1917-12-21
Attention! Dairymen and Stcckmen

Just received a car load of cot
ton seed cake. Stafford Ice AND
CREAMERY Co., Stafford. 42-4t
Graham guardian., 1917-12-21

For RENT-The Mckinney cot
tage on Thatcher road. Inquire
at this office. adv-45-tf
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-04-04
SECOND WEEK
. DISTRICT J! ( !! COURT
Case of Lester Sutton VS. J. p. Auto
Co. Continued Because Defendant
Fails to Return Deposition
BARNES CASE FOR TOMORROW
Court Will Last Until Latter Part of
Next Week-Adjourned Session
Likely Later On.

The district court is grinding ava,
on the second week Of the term, de
voting it's time to the trial of jury
cases. The case Of Lester Sutton v:
The J. p. Auto Co., the first case or
the docket for trial, was continued be
cause the defendant failed to have
returned the deposition taken some
time ago, and consequently asked the
court to have the case put over unit
next term.
The case of Hennings VS. Erne, be
ing the second case in the assign
1nent for trial, was also put over until
later in the term because of inability
to have the parties in attendance upon
the court There is a question Whe tn
err this case will be tried at all at this
term of court. NJ
The case of Johnson VS. Hassett
which was an action between landlord
and tenant, was on trial on Tuesday
before a jury. The case was conclud'
ed about the middle of the afternoon
and submitted to the jury and a yer.
PENDANT.
The case of Carl Fourschau VS. J.
Jepsen was in the assignment today
IOF IEldl DclOlc d jury. ulio ID q SaoS1
wherein the plaintiff claims damages
on account of comiris in collision
with some swine upon the public high
way while riding his motorcycle. This
action occurred about a year and a
half ago on the highway between Den
ison and Schleswig. ....
The case of Walker VS. The Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul Ry. Co. is
specially assigned for Monday OF
next week. If the case is brought on
for trial it probably will last two or
three days at least. This action is
one for damages growing out of the
overflow of the Nishnabotny river
near Manila, which, it is claimed, was
caused in part by the water being
damned up because, it is said, the
railroad company, in building bridge
across the river, did not allow sufti'
cient space to remain to enable the
water passing under the bridge. The
company denies any liability and
hence the lawsuit I. a;
The case Of BenderOth VS. The Hi.
nois Central r. f. Co. is in the assign
ment for trial at this term, but wheth'
er it will be reached is q question.
This case is brought to recover dam
ages for personal injuries which, it
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-04-04
ANOTHER acre..
CONTEST ! 1 | s ] !
Superintendent OIry, Who Has Con-
Quoted Corn Contests in Past, An
nounces One for This Year.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN CASH
Contest is fIot a Part of Ames Con-
test, But Boys May Enter Both
by Notifying Mr.. Oiry.

1t has been decided to hold another
acre corn contest in Crawford county
this year to see what boys can raise
the most corn on an acre Of ground.
F. N. Olry. the superintendent, who
has had charge of these contests, was
we'll pleased with the results last year
but says the contest this year will be
much larger as considerable interest
is being shown by boys in every Sec
ton of the county.
OF course we all agree that Craw-
ford county is one of the very best
counties in the state, the soil is rich
enough to grow the corn, the land is
we'll farmed, but more attention must
be paid to the selection OF the seed.
The average yield for the county has
increased from an average OF 81 BUSH
els in 1907 to an average OF 46 BUSH
els in 1916. This means an increase
Of 27,130,O0O. bushels, and at the pres
ent price of corn this means over
$2,713OOO. The average yield in the
county during the five years from
1907 to 1912 was 81 bushels per acre
and for the last five years it was over
40 bushels per acre. This means an
increase of three bushels per acre
all over the county, which is not to be
sneezed at. With 10000 acres plant
ed to corn it means an increase of
100000 bushels each year. OF course
this means neat sum for the farmers
each year and in fact enough for them
to buy 1880 Fords this year.
What has brought about this change
in Crawford county?
I. The good seed that has been fur
nished to the boys for the past four
or five years.
2. The interest in better seed corn
created by the short course.
3. The general spirit of improve
ment which is sweeping over the state.
4. The improvement in school con-
ditions.
In the corn contest last fall three
boys raised over 80 bushels per acre
and four boys raised over 80 bushels
per acre, while several others raised
better than 20 bushels to the acre. The
prize was won by q boy who raised So
bushels on his acre tract. ~"
f. The Crawford County State bank
and, the German Bank Of Schleswig
have again offered $500 to be divided
among the winners this year. The
prizes will be as follows:
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-04-04
SUPERINTENDENT JOHNSON
Principal Jacob johnson, Of Denison
Schools, Chosen Superintendent
of Dow City Schools.

Prof. Jacob Johnson, principal OF
the Denison high school and instruct.
or of manual training, will have
charge Of the new consolidated school
at Dow City next year, having been
elected to the position Of superinten-
dent at a meeting of the school board
at that place last Saturday.
While the removal of Professor
Johnson from Denison' means a dis
tinct loss to the high school, yet his
many friends in the city are pleased
for they realize it is considerable adj
Vancement for him and carries with it
a material increase in salary. .%z4
For the past twelve years Professor
Johnson has been instructor Of manu-
al training in the Denison schools,
coming here in the fall of 1905. He
is a graduate of the State Teachers
college at Cedar Falls and in every
way fitted to assume the responsible
tiles that he will assume at Dow City.
Here In Denison Professor Johnson
has made many warm friends, not on
ly among the business men, but among
the school children and parents as
we'll. He has been thorough and
painstaking in his work and SO we'll
pleased was the school board with his
:
department that from time to time
his salary was increased. Professor
Johnson is recognized among the
teachers Of western Iowa to be one of
the best manual training instructors
in the state and for the past two years
taught in this department at he Safe
Teachers college at Cedar Falls.
At Dow City Professor Johnson will
have charge of the new $4,000 con-
solidated school which is now nearing
completion, and will have twelve or
fourteen teachers under him. The
Dow City school will be one of the fin
est consolidated schools in; the state
and the equipment will be second to
none.
The many friends of Professor John
son wish him the greatest of success
as superintendent Of the Dow City
school. ~ =.