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Macon beacon., 1917-03-09

edy when In the hands Of the unscrup-
ulous knave, Bolero, and how disaster
was averted by bullet from the pistol
OF Adams simultaneously with the
routing of the revOlutionists by Colo
mel Dare's timely expeditionary force.
From the frontier the talk drifted
back to Washington and the unabated
and increasing peril of the hour. With
out taking undue advantage Of a hosts $
opportunity Colonel Dare asked Bertha
many questions intended to illumine
and settle their minds as to whether
she was what she appeared to be, an
Innocent dupe of the conspirators with
her eyes now wide open, or their Sc
cret agent Of marvelously deceptive
qualities. The dinner ended with the
Dares unqualifedly deciding the for
mer, with unconsequential reserva-
tions. Brent seemed to agree with
them, although in reality he differed,
Of course.
Thus came Bertha Bonn into an
intimate place In the life and affairs
of Miss Pearl Dare, whether for good
or evil. Her determination to prevent
Major Brent's marriage to Pearl was
stronger than ever and now more pos
sible Of accomplishment. She believed
firmly that Adams was the Silent Men
ace, though she gave no hint Of this
to anyone.
While chatting with Miss Dare in
her boudoir, Bertha overheard the
colonel say to Brent in the hall be-
low: "Fie upon that, major! The
Silent Menace and the Foreign AL
lance will yet be caught. There are
five hundred thousand lamp posts In
American on which to hang five hun
dred thousand traitors and still leave
US with innumerable courageous
hearts and strong arms to defend the
cause Of liberty. Don't be a pessim-
list! You will soon be helping to
train, and for five years to come,
million sons of freedom who will an
swer the presidents summons. All
this talk about neutral "hyphenates"
ready to lie down and let Europe and
the Orient color the two seas with
Yankee blood is bosh ~
Macon beacon., 1917-03-09

not sure that he was pleased with this
new state Of affairs.
You know nothing about Miss Bonn
and what hear does not reflect too
well In her favor" he told Pearl. can
didly.
"She'S inofrenSive, so far as l can
see Pearl replied, with a touch of
hauteur.
To Pearls inquiry about the result
OF his conference at the war Office the
colonel merely stated that the waters
had been delivered to the head chemist
at the laboratories in the chemical
building to be analysed and duplicated
so as to have an ample supply avail
able II needed.
Then the colonel whispered an army
secret into Pearls eur.
"A millionP' she repeated, at once
greatly interested.
"A million volunteers" he reiter-
ated.
when will the call 60 out?"
AS soon as mobilization schedule
Is prepared by the chief of staff and
myself assisting the secretary OF war"
Pearl clapped her hands in approval.
When Bertha joined the party in the
dining room, Brent was forewarned
and met her with dignified composure.
That night at dinner Bertha piled
her feminine arts with such charm and
recherche that he had to pinch him.
self several times, metaphorically
speaking in order to make sure that
the engaging lady and the post ser
geant's girl were one and the same.
Man of easy and impressionable SEN
timent that he was, Brent began to
think that he was fool to defy Ber-
tina. 1t would be much less difficult
and certainly more pleaSurable to take
the place he knew he filled in her heart
and chance the rest. 1t was the
easiest way with women of that kind,
anyhow; and Pearl need never know.
The conversation dwelled upon mat
tiers of mutual interest; the first dlsap-
pearance of the Canal defense plans ;
tho death Of the Granadlan ambassador
colncident with the conviction of Capt.
Ralph Payne; Payne's untimcly end
In the railroad wreck and his for
tune in proving the Innocence no do
clared in those dying moments; the
entrance Of Adams into their lives and
how now they believed in him, now
doubling, never altogether satisfied
that some link existed between him and
the Silent Menace, yet forced to accept
his explanations as true with the
doubt always in his favor In the minds
of the colonel and Miss Dare at least 4;
their queer adventures on the Grana-
dian frontier and Bertha's near trag-
Macon beacon., 1917-03-09
TENTH EPISODE
The Silent Army.
no onened nv eafe2"

"WhO opened my safe"
1t was the voice of Colonel Dare.
He stood in the doorway and looked
from one to the other.
Toxic, whose revolver was aimed at
Adams, dropped his arm. He was q
bit confused. Adams put his own re-
volver in his hip pocket with a sig
nifcant motion toward Major Brent.
Then he exhibited the Canal defense
plans to the colonel. Brent, pointing
to the open safe door, started to man
ufacture an explanation.
when l entered this room a mo-
ment ago a strange man was kneellng
at the safe. 1t was wide open. He
was in the act of stealing the Canal
defense plans. l leaped on him. He
dropped the plans and jumped out of
the window" All looked at the open
library window.
Il was about to replace the docu-
ment in the safe" he concluded the
bold and deliberate falsehood, "when
Adams arrived and demanded the plans
under threat of his gun. Toxic came
and held us both up" He forced a
Sickly smile.
Adams sneered in his face, leaned
out of the window, and looked care
fully in every direction. Then a scurry
of footsteps was heard on the walk
and grOtesque shadow flashed across
the room. He drew back instantly,
holding up both empty hands.
"Quick! The plans! They were
snatched from mep he cried to the
startled group, bolting past them and
out Of the house.
But though the premises were thor
Oughly searched, whoever the thief
was, he made successful escape.
The only person In sight was lamp
lighter busily engaged in replacing a
broken shade on post In front of the
Dare residence. He paused in his
work and from the top of his ladder
Macon beacon., 1917-03-09

dust. She dashed after him. Ths
chase led 10 the top Of the building.
Here She flung herself upon the un-
known person and succeeded In
wrenching from his tightly clenched
fist the box Of waters her quick eye
discovered there. He tried to retake
them but Bertha REINFORCED her and
drove him of.
The most thrilling experience of her
life now befell Pearl. The masked
man was seen to creep into seat at.
tached to huge cigar shaped object
Macon beacon., 1917-03-09

Pearls Parachute Landed Her Safely.
took in the excitement with quizzical
smile. Major Brent ran up and looked
sharply into his downturned face.
"Have you seen any person pass by
within the last minute or two"
The workman shook his head and
came half way down the ladder. "Your
names Brent, amt it?'
"What If it is?" grufly demanded
the major, looking around and noting
that they were not observed.
The lamplighter stepped to the
ground and slipped note into Brents
hand. Then he slung the ladder over
his shoulder and coolly departed.
! Brent found place where he could
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-06-21
Trail of the Vampire,

Taking one consideration with an
other, the vampires lot is not happy
one. One has only to glance at the
screen record of Theda Bara to grasp
this fact. Here is a symposium of
Miss Bara's film career:
Two hundred men have come under her
siren spell.
One hundred families have been made
to suffer by the Bara Vaccinations.
Fifty children have begged Theda to give
them back father"
One hundred men have served prison
terms, thanks to the Bara eyes.
Seventy-five men have gone the way of
the dagger on account of the enchantress.
Sixty men have used pistols to forget
forever the fascinating Theda.
Forty men have taken poison as fond
farewell to Theda-
Eighty men have attempted to kill Miss
Bara, some successfully.
One hundred and fifty wives have begged
Theda to give them back their husbands.
Fifty men have been married to Miss
Bara and then regretted it.
Five hundred men have flirted with the
fascinating and mysterious one.
This all happened, it should be en-
phasized, in the movies.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-06-21
Cured Cold by Icy Dive.

Robert Whittier has discovered a
new cure for a cold All the afflicted
person has to do is to dive into twenty
feet of cold water, he says. Whittier
knows, because he tried it himself be-
fore prescribing it. In one Of his plays
Whittier is supposed to attempt sui
eide. ITS pretty late in the year, Bob,
to be attempting suicide by drowning,
as your character does" his director
said. 81 hate to ask you to do it."
Nonsense" was Whittier's answer.
Having lived In Russia for several
years, ought not to be afraid Of cold"
So they went to picturesque spot on
the Hackensack river. A boatman was
engaged to pick up Whittier after the
camera man had done his work, and
Whittier first leaped for the rehearsal,
then he leaped for the play. The &C
tor had cold when he jumped into
the river, but by the time he had
reached the studio the cold had gone.
He gives the river full credit.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-06-21
HOW IT FEELS To
Be A MOVIE STAR
You Become a Sort Of Emo
tiOnaI AutOmat.
YAWNING WITH WASHBURN

Gail Kane Gives an Illustration of Pre-
paredness-Shirley Mason and Ray
Mckee Are Taught the Lost Art of
DueIins by One of the Few Expert
Swordsmen of the Present Time.
"a movie star is a sort of emotional
automat," Roland BOttomley said the
other day. "All his emotions must be
on top all the time You push but
ton and you get ten seconds of pathos,
another and you get twice that amount
of humor. There isn't any time to fill
the cases. The emotion must be there,
ready to the directors hand" As the
leading man in the serial, 1.-THE
Neglected Wife," founded on the IA
nous stories of Mabel Herbert Urner,
Bottomley had plenty of experience in
shifting emotions. "Once we were
running off six episodes at once" he
said. 1.-THE director would call for
certain scene in the fourth episode, and
there would be terrific scramble to
adjust our minds to what we were
supposed to have gone through up to
that point and to rid them of thoughts
Of what theoretically hadn't happened
yet, but actually had been enacted
few moments before. The next call
would be perhaps for a scene In the
third episode, and so on. Although
rather an extreme case, the situation
was one motion picture players must
become accustomed to. It's a good
thing for them, too, in a way because
it teaches facility and technique" Bot
tomley had ample experience on the
speaking stage before entering pic
lures
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-06-21
Yawn With Washburn.

In Bryant Washburn's new feature
he is caught in q closeup" INDUCING
In a luxurious yawn. When he did so
in the filming Of the scene everybody
from Director Beaumont down to the
last property man unconsciously yawn-
ed. The contagion is extending to
photoplay patrons as well. Yawns are
contagious, you know. Filling
Own Shoes" is the title Of the fe
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-06-21
War Sweet Dream to Jani.or.

When the latest war scare was at its
height Henry B. Walthall asked the
janitor of the apartment building
wherein he resides if he would go to
war. War would be a sweet dream
to me-" exclaimed the janitor, com
pared with stocking the furnaces of
this building during zero weather. Yes;
I think I'll take the rest if war comes"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
Water to Beneficial Use.

Notice is hereby given that al p.
IN on the 1st day of December, 1917,
at Mountain Home, County of Elmore,
State of Idaho, before W. C. Howie,
notary public proof will be submit
ted OF the application to beneficial
use of one ID cubic foot per second
Of the waters of an unnamed stream
in accordance with the terms and
conditions of Permit No. 1858 here
tofore issued by the State Engineer of
the State of Idaho
/. The name and postoffiee adj
dress of the person or corporation
holding said permit are Floyd Lewis
Pierce, Mountain Home, Idaho.
2. The use, to which said water
has been applied is irrigation and
domestic use.
g. The amount applied to bene-
fetal use is one ID cubic foot per
second
4. The place where said water is
used is NEA of SWA, Sec. IL, T.
4 s., X. E., B. M.
5. The right to take water from
such works is based upon Permit
No. 1865.
6. The source of supply from
which such water is diverted is an
unnamed stream.
:. The date of the priority which
said user is prepared to establish is
December 6, 1915.
j. f. SMITH,
State Engineer.
Nov. 3.-24
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
Serial 0472.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of tn Interior, T. s.
Land Office at Boise, Idaho. Noyem-
Der II, 1914
Notice is hereby given that John
M Fluharty, assignee OF Myron H..
Davis, OF Sunnyside, Idaho. who, on
December 6, 1906. made Desert
Land Entry, No, 0472, for SW a,
Section %. Township South, Range
4 East, Boise Meridian, has filed no.
tice of intention to make Final Proof
to establish claim to the land above
described before Register and Re
ceiNer at the United States Land
Office, a Boise, Idaho, ON the 2Sth
day Of December 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Arthur f. McClintick, of Regena,
Idaho, Frank b, Maxfeld, of Boise,
Idaho, Frank Turner, of Boise, Ida
no. Frank Fluharty of Sunnyside,
Idaho
FRANK S. HEIR
Nov Z Dec. ID. Register
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
November 10 Dec. s.
Serial 014012
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Boise, Idaho November
7, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that Charles
Crossman, of Mountainhome, Idaho,
who, on February 8, 1913, made
Desert Land Entry, No. 014012, for
S15SEH Sec. 80, and NJ NE u
Section 81, Township South, Range
East Boise Meridian, has filed
notice of intention to make Three
year proof, under paragraph 2, Of
March 4, 1915, to establish claim to
the land above described, before w
c. HOWE, United States Commissioner
at his Office at Mt Home Idaho, on
the 18th day of December, 1917
Claimant names as witnesses:
Frank b. Ingramhan Charles Her
hold, Frank w. Whykel, George Pool,
all of Mountainhome. Idaho.
FRANK s. HER,
Register.
November 10 Dec. s.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
Serial 0119O3
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, L, s.
Land Office at Boise, Idaho, October
81, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that Andrew
Baker, assignee of Glenn E. Messin-
ger, Meridian, Idaho, who, on Decem-
Der 8, 1911, made Desert Land Entry,
No. 0119O3, for S1a Sc A. Section 20,
and NJ NEA Section 80 Town
ship South, Range 8 East Boise
Meridian, has filed notice of intention
make Final Proof under Paragraph
Act March A, 1915, to establish
lain to the land above described,
efore Register and Receiver at the
rnited States Land Office, at Boise,
daho, on the 18th day of December,
1917.
Claimant names as witnesses.
Frank Martin of Bennett, Idaho.
George w Hunt, of Bennett, Idaho.
Andrew Richie, of Boise, Idaho.
Lee Braher, of Bennett, Idaho.
FRANK S. HER,
Register.
Nov. Dec l.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24

Taxing is an easy business. Auy
new official can contriye new imposi-
lions, any bungler can add TO the old.
but is it altogether wise to have no
other bounds to your impositions than
the patience of those who are to bear
them?
What a benefit the government
would render the state, the city, the
village and hamlet If it would but tax
vices instead of property Bonaparte
said he found vices very profitable
He got 100000 annually from the
lovers of brandy, and he wanted to
know what virtue would pay him that
much.
Taxes Increasing Each Year.
Taxes are the sinews Of the state,
and they are indeed heavy, but If those
laid by the government were the only
ones we had to pay we might more
easily discharge them, but we have
others. and much more grievous to
some of US.
We are taxed twice as much by our
ignorance, three times as much by our
disloyalty and four times as much by
our folly, and from these taxes the
commissioners cannot ease or deliver
us by allowing an abatement
The state, county and town levy and
exact certain tax from every piece OF
property located within their bound
aries, the amount depending upon the
official requirements. In rich, pros
porous community, where marketing
and manufacturing lend their stimuat-
ing influences, taxes are low. A com
munity where the local town is dead
taxes necessarily are high.
The explanation is easy. The town
which Is prosperous has successful
merchants with large and valuable
stocks of goods it has manufacturing
plants and industrial enterprises of
great worth 1t has newspapers, bank
ing houses and hotels, and, above all,
1t Is marketing center. The large
amount and the high value placed upon
this property materially decrease the
tax demands made upon the farmer in
that vicinity.
Streets Paved With Jimson Weeds.
Then take the other town, the dead
town. What are the cause and effect!
The cause is lack Of patronage, lack of
industrial pride, dislOyalty and igno-
rance Of ones own condition and best
interests. The effect? The town has
become 'jay" town. In the streets
have grown jmson weeds, the side
walks have gone to decay, the stores
are vacant, and an air Of poverty and
dilapidation prevails.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, L. s.
Land Office at Boise, Idaho November
7, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that Laura
B. Smith of Thurman, Idaho, who
on May 20, 1911, made Desert Land
Entry, No. O10830, for E1a NWA
Section a. Township / South, Range
5 East, Boise Meridian, has filed no
tice of intention to make Final Proof,
under Paragraph 2, Act March 4,
1915, to establish claim to the land
above described before Register and
Receiver United States Land Office,
at Boise, Idaho, on the 18th day of
December 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Samuel T. King, of Boise, Idaho,
Edward e. Ashley, of Boise, Idaho,
Jasper N. Vanderford of Thurman,
Idaho. Guy O. Vanderford of Thur
man, Idaho.
FRANK S. HER,
Register.
Nov. 10-Dec 8.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24

Township 2 South, Range s East,
Boise Meridian, and the timber there
on, under the provisions of the act OF
June 3, 1878. and acts amendatory,
known as the Timber and Stone
Law" al such value as might be
fixed by appraisement, and that, pnr-
suant to such APPLICATION, the land and
timber thereon have been appraised,
Two Hundred Twenty Dollars the
timber estimated 1000 posts at 5
cents each, 500 and the land
$4,000; that said applicant will offer
final proof in support of his applica-
ton and sworn statement on the
goth day of December, 1917, before
w c. HOWE, United States Commits
sioner at his Office, at Mountainhome,
Idaho
Any person is at liberty to protest
this purchase before entry, or indi-
cate contest at any time before
patent issues, by filing a eorroborated
affidavit in this office, alleging facts
which would defeat the entry
FRANK S. HER,
Oct 6, Dec Z Register
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
Serial 016019.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, U. S,
Land Office at Boise, Idaho November
7, 1917
Notice is hereby given that John
Groefsema, of Mountainhome, Idaho
who, on May 2, 1914, made Home
stead Entry No 016019, for S13
NWA, NEA NWA, and NV a
NEA, Section %, Township South
Range East, Boise Meridian, has
filed notice of intention to make
Three year proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
w. c. HOWE, United States Commits
sioner, at his office, at Mountain
home Idaho, on the goth day of De
cember, 1917
Claimant names as witnesses:
Charles Boncher Ernest Burg
hart, Harry L. Sites, Clay Groefsema,
all of Mountainous, Idaho.
FRANK S. HER, .
Register
November 10 Dec. 8,
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
Serial 016018.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, L. 5.
Land Office at Boise, Idaho November
7. 1917.
Notice is hereby given that Clay
Groefsema, of Mountainhome, Idaho,
who on May 2, 1914, made Home
stead Entry, No 01601S, for NV "A
SWA, SA SWA, Section 81, and
NWA NWA, Section %, Township
4 South Range 7 East, Boise Merid-
ian, has filed notice of intention to
make Three-year proof to establish
claim to the land above described,
before w. c. HOWE, United States
Commissioner at his office, at Noun
tainhome, Idaho, on the goth day OF
December, 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Charles Boncher, Ernest Burg
hart, Harry L. Sites, John Groefse-
ma, all of Mountainous, Idaho.
FRANK S. HER,
Register.
November 10 Dec. s.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24

SEA, Section q, Township 4 South
Range East, Boise Meridian, has
filed notice of intention TO make
Communication Proof, under Paragraph
2, Act March 4, 1915, to establish
claim TO the land above described
before W. C. HOWE, United States
Commissioner, at his office at Noun
tainhome, Idaho, on the 18th day of
December, 1917
Claimant names as witnesses:
Abner B. Vance, Gilbert c. Zacher,
George M. Day, Henry II. Eaton, all
of Mountainhome, Idaho
FRANK S. HER,
Nov. 3 Dec. /. Register
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24

In this latter town and the surround
ing community taxes are high. prop
erty values have decreased and alto,
gether it is an undesirable place TO live
in and the disposition of such property
is an impossible feat.
As we stand and survey the ruins OF
a once prosperous and promising city
we turn to the once successful retail
merchant, now standing In the door OF
his empty store. and ask for the an
sWer.
Briefly he makes reply: "rhe retail
catalogue houses Our residents in this
community became hypnotized by their
pictures and prices and misrepresena-
lions, and this is the result
On the Altar of Greed.
They sacrificed their own interests
and their own town on the altar of
greed and misunderstanding
The farmer should easily compre-
bend that when a stock of goods In
store is depleted one-half or more it
cannot be taxed for more than its
value, and in case the merchant for
lack of patronage Is forced to retire
altogether from business then there
remains nothing to be taxed but the
building And what can it be taxed
at provided tenant who is willing 20
take chance with his money cannot
he found? Eventually the farmer will
have to pay the taxes. This merchant
formerly paid, and If the farmer con
tinues throwing his patronage 10 out
side concerns be will continue to re-
duce local values and increase his
taxes.
Reflect Too Little.
Some farmers read too much and re-
feet too little-depend too much upon
others. too little upon themselves.
They make Of their heads cold storage
warehouses for other peoples ideas
instead OF standing up in their own
independent godlike individuality.
Reading and rereading of mail order
catalogues leave man in about the
same condition MS Mark Twain's toad
with its stomach full Of shot.
What do the mail order houses do
for the farmer? DO they relieve him
of any Of his tax burdens? No; they
Just relieve him Of his money. 1t is
case of representation without taxa
ton, and we fear IN time this manner
and method Of doing business will
cause revolution among the pro
ducers and consumers which will
eclipse the American Revolution
We would suggest TO the mail order
catalogue houses that they shear, not
skin, their sheep
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-24
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Estate OF kdam Gottsch, Deceased

Estate Of kdam Gottsch, Deceased
Notice is hereby given by the UNI
dersigned administrator of the estate
of Adam Gottsch, deceased, to the
creditors of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers, within 10 months after
the first publication of this notice
to the said Rupert Winters, admin
strator, at Featherville, County OF
Elmore, State of Idaho, this being
the place fixed for the transaction
of the business of said estate.
Dated October 20, 1917.
RUPERT WINTERS,
Administrator
Oct. 81, Nov "a.