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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26

tense feeling Of uncertainty ana sus-
picion, Nan at length reached without
adventure the corner of the ledge
where she had first seen De Spain,
and there, lying fiat, listened.
Hearing only the music Of the little
cascade, she swept the ledge as well
as she could with her eyes, but it was
| now so far in shadow as to lie in i'm
penetreble darkness. Hardly daring
to breathe, she crept and felt her way
over 1t with her hands, discovering
nothing until she had almost reached
De SPANS retreat at the farther side.
Then her heart stopped in an agony
of fear-underneath the overhanging
wall she heard voices. De Spain had
confederates, then, and had tricked
her, after all.
But moment later this explanation
failed to satisfy her. The mutterings
were too constant and too disconnect-
edit dawned on Nan that this must
be delirium. She could hear De Spain
throwing himself from side to side
and the near and far sounds, as if of
two voices, were explained. She crept
nearer.
He was babbling in the chill dark
ness about ammunition, urging men
to make haste, warning them of some
one coming. Nan listened to his raw
ings, overcome by the revelation of
his condition. She told herself he must
die if he remained longer unaided, and
there were unpleasant possibilities, If
he died where he lay. She did not want
to pity or to help him, she convinced
herself; but she did not want his death
laid to Morgan plot-for none of his
friends would ever believe De Spain
had found his way alive and alone
to where he lay
All of this Nan was casting up in
her mind as she walked home She
had already decided but without
realizing it, what to do, and was will
ing to assume that her mind was still
open.
Toward daylight of the morning, De
Spain dreamed he was not alone-that
a figure moved silently in the faintness
of the dawn-a figure he struggled to
believe reality but one that tricked
his wandering senses and left him, at
the coming of another day, weaker,
with failing courage, and alone.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26
New Job for pereIicts.

One hundred derelicts in the Friend
ly inn in Baltimore have undergone
blood tests at the Union Protestant hos
pital, a branch of Johns Hopkins, for
TRANSMISSION cases. OF this number rs
have submitted to TRANSMISSION opera
tions and have received $25 for their
sacrifice of blood to wealthy patients
who lack red corpuscles. The remain
der are paid 81 for keeping themselves
in good condition until they are need
ed.
In order that no mistake may be
made the family history of each dere-
lict is studied carefully. His life also
is made a subject of investigation so
that none but the possessors of good
blood may accomplish sale. The
blood Of these men from Friendly inn
now courses through some of the
most prominent men and women in the
United States.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26
CHAPTER x-contlnued.

-
The violent exertion of reaching thu
height had started the ruptured artery
anew, and his first work was crudely
to cleanse the wound and attempt tt
rebandage it. He was hungry, but fol
this there was only one alienation
sleep-and, carefully effacing all traces
of his presence on the ledge, ne
crawled into his rock retreat and fell
again into heavy slumber.
1t was this repose that proved his
undoing. He woke to consciousness sc
weak he could scarcely lift his head. II
was still day. A consuming thirst as
sailed him, but he lacked the strength
to crawl out of his cave, and, looking
toward his bandaged foot, he was
shocked at the sight of how 1t had bled
while he slept.
Toward afternoon his restlessness in
creased, but he chung to his resolve to
lie still. By evening he was burning
with thirst, and when morning came
after a feverish night, with his head
on fire and his mouth crusted dry, he
concluded rightly that one or both of
his wounds had become infected.
De Spain understood what it meant.
He looked regretfully at the injured
foot. Swollen out of shape and angry
looking, the mere appearance would
have told him, had the confirmation
been needed, that his situation was
becoming critical. This did not so
much discomfort him as it surprised
him and spurred him mentally to the
necessity of new measures. He lay a
long time thinking. Against the infec-
ton he could do little. But the one
aid at his hand was abundance of cold
water to drink and battle his wound in,
and to this he resolved now to drag
himself To crawl across the space
that separated him from the pool re-
quired all the strength he could sum-
mon. The sun was already well up
and its rays shot like spectrum arrows
through the spray of the dainty cat
aract, which spurted in a jeweled Sheet
over a rocky ledge twenty feet above
and poured noisily down from the
broad pool along Jagged powders be-
low.
Crawling, choking with thirst, slow
Iy forward he reached the water, and,
reclining on his side and one elbow, he
was about to lean down to drink when
he suddenly felt, with some kind of an
instructive shock, that he was no long
er alone on the ledge. He had no in
terest in analysing the conviction; he
did not even question it. Not sound
had reached his ears. Only a moment
before he had looked carefully all
around. But the field of his vision was
closely circumscribed by the walls
about him. 1t was easy for an invader
to come on his retreat unawares-at
all events, somebody, he was almost
sure, stood behind him. The silence
meant an enemy. The first thing to
expect was a bullet. 1t would prob
ably be aimed at the back of his head.
At least he knew this was the spot to
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26
GRADUAL CHANGE IN FEEDING
When Turning Cows on Fresh Pastura
Grain Supply Should Be contin-
ued for Short Period.

The practical dairyman has learned
that any radical change in the winter
feed of his cows should be made grad
uaIly If the milk flow Is not to suffer-
He is most likely to overlook the eff
fects of turning his cows out to the
fresh spring pastures.
Experiments which the Missouri COLI
lege Of agriculture has conducted have
shown that a sudden change to pas
ture in the spring is likely to cause
the COWS to be underfed for several
days. These fresh pastures are sue
culent, their water content is very
high, and the cows are not accustomed
to depend on their own activity for the
food necessary for their milk. One of
the results of this underfeeding, which
is practically likely to occur with heavy
or moderately heavy producers, will
be drop in the milk flow. 1t is diff
cult to raise this flow after it has once
dropped, especially if it has been some
time since the animals have freshened.
This underfeeding will also affect the
composition Of the butterfat.
1t is important that all changes of
feed Of dairy cows, including the
change to fresh pasture should be made
gradually, and good milk-producing an
imals should be fed some grain in adj
dftion to the pasture. This will pre-
vent the possibility of undertaking.
The grain feeding should be continued
at least until the pastures become ma
ture and the cows become accustomed
to Craze for their food.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
CTo BE CoNTINUED.)
AMAZING IS VOGUE OF GOLF
Many Americans Now Play Game Un-
known to Them Twenty-Five
Years Ago.

Twenty-Five years ago there was as
much golf played in the United States
as there is baseball played in the CEN
trail villages of the Fiji islands. Which
is to say, practically none whatsoever,
| writes GrantIand Rice in the New York
Tribune.
Yet facing 1917 there are 5000 golf
courses, covering more than 100000
acres, inhabited by something like $780,
900 players of both sexes, from twelve
to eighty years of age. In the broad
span of a sport no one can recall such
development as this in so short a
time.
The change from 1890 to 1917 is al
most beyond belief. No one knows
earlier conditions better than Jack
Clark, the well-known professional at
the Madison Country club, Madison,
Conn.
'Tn never forget" he says, when
brought my clubs from Scotland
through the custom house in Boston
back in May, 1890. The custom house
officer first thought they were a Pc
culiar brand of walking stick. He in
sisted they could be nothing else, and
my Scotch brogue was too much to
make him understand. My brother
Bob and I laid out a six-hole course at
West Medford, Mass, and when we
started playing the entire community
laughed at us. The kids in the next
field were playing baseball, and they
thought we were crazy. But a few OF
them consented to try it out, and i'm
mediately took up the game when they
found it so much harder than it looked.
"The trouble in the early days" con-
tinued Clark, was loaning golf balls
and clubs. When we lost what few balls
we had, we had to send back to Scot
land for more, and wait six weeks, as
we couldn't buy any over here. I'll
never forget when 1 walked into big |
sporting goods store in Boston In 1911. |
1 told the salesman 1 wanted a golf |
club. I know what you want he said |
and soon returned with a shiny stick. !
You call it golf over there he told |
me, but we call it shiny over here. |
And it was all I could do to make him
the two games were not the
same"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26
DISEASE OF IRISH POTATOES
seab, Most Common Trouble, Can Rs
Almost Eliminated by Soaking
Seed in FormaIdehyde.

One Of the most common diseases Of
any field crop is the scab of the Irish
potato. This disease can be almost
eliminated by soaking the planting
seed in formaldehyde, and planting in
ground that is free from the disease.
The formaldehyde may be obtained at
any drug store. Mix one pint of the
substance 40 per cent with 80 gallons
water. Before cutting the potato and
just before you are ready to plant soak
them in this solution for one and one
half to two hours. Do not let potatoes
come in contact with sacks which have
contained diseased potatoes. All of
the potatoes should be soaked imme-
diately as the solution loses strength
If allowed to stand several days. 1t is
so little trouble to soak potatoes in
this solution that 1t is utterly foolish
to plant them without soaking.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26

had robbed even the life-giving drafts
OF their tonic; each instant carried its
acute sensation of being the last. At
length his nerves weakened by hunger
ana exposure, revolted under the
strain. Suppose it should be, after all.
fantasy of his fever that pictured so
WILDLY an enemy behind. With an eff
fort that cost more mental torture than
ne ever had known, he drew back on
ms elbow from the pool, steadied him.
SELF turned his head to face his execu-
TONER and confronted Nan Morgan.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26
How Grass Grows.

1t may be matter of surprise that
tender young grass can ever force its
way up through hard ground. The
principle is the same as that of open
ing a tin of condensed milk. The
sharp point of the tin opener is first
inserted in the tin and when an en-
trance has been forced the blade can
follow. So it is with the grass. Each
blade has fine point, which, by the
mysterious power of growing life,
forces it's way between the particles Of
soil. however tightly they Nlay b.
packed together and thus a passage Is
made for the blade to follow.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26
EVERGREEN TREES IN FAVOR
Landscape Etfeet-Spruees Best
for Farmstead.

CBy LIE ROY CADY, Horticulturist. Uni
versity Farm, st. Paul, Mimi
The average farmstead can well af-
ford a good planting Of evergreen
trees, both for shelter purposes and for
landscape effect. Large or small trees
may be planted and if properly cult
waited and cared for soon make good
shelter. The spruces are perhaps best
for general planting. By using several
kinds variety of color may be had, al
though often the best effect is secured
by solid planting. If these are set
rather thick when small they may be
thinned for planting in other places or
for Christmas trees, to advantage
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26
UNIFORMITY OF EGGS
Necessary to Have Them of
Same Color and Large in Size.
Keep All 6roody and Sitting Hens
Away From Lsyers-cIean and
Fresh Product VIII Always
Command Highest Prices.

North Carolina Experiment Station.)
1t is necessary to produce uniform
colored eggs and to produce eggs of
large size. To do this 1t is necessary
to keep one breed and that breed pure.
Do not cross the breeds as it does
not produce a uniform product and is
disastrous.
Do not send eggs to market that
are dirty too small, thin-shelled, from
stolen nests or that have been set on.
Keep your broody and sitting hens away
from layers. If you do not want to
set the hen when she becomes broody,
make coop feet by 8 feet of stats
or scrap lumber and put her in this
coop till she no longer wants to set.
If you want to set her, move her to
a vacant room or a combination sitting
and brooding coop.
Establish a Trade.
Remember saying a product is good
does not make it so. If you send to
market only eggs known to be abso-
lutely fresh, your eggs will soon be
called for. On the other hand, if you
place among these eggs those from
stolen nests, that have been under
broody hens, eggs that are dirty and
eggs kept on hand for a long time,
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26

The charm of painted furniture is
not sufficiently appreciated and many
a shabby room afflicted with unstghtly
SETS of mock mahogany, cherry or lml-
tation bird's-eye maple might be rem
dered not only sanitary but almost
beautiful if carpenter were called IN
70 remove all ornamentatiOn and gin
rerbread work and the finish were Ia
Zen off by a preparation sold for the
ourDose. A coat, or, to be exact, three
oats of paint yield wonderful results
even in uuskilled hands. Make each
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26
PIGEON is NOT DESTRUCTIVE
Beal<s Are Not Made to Dig With and
Feet Are Not Fit for Scratching
Pick Up Weeds.

Pigeons are not destructive to gar
dens, as is commonly believed. Their
beaks are not like that of the crow, to
enable them TO dig with, nor have they
feet like chickens to scratch with.
Pigeons simply walk over the sur
face of the ground and pick up what
is in plain sight, which consists prin-
cipally of weed seeds.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26
FATTENING FEED FOR STEERS
Result of Experiment Conducted by
Iowa State coIIege-increased
Gains by Using SiIaae.

Silage has cheapened the fattening
ration for steers. In an experiment
conducted by the Iowa State college,
one lot, receiving each per day II
pounds sheIled corn, % pounds siIage,
two pounds oil meal and one and
half pounds alfalfa, made gains at a
cost of $9.57 while another lot receiv-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26

ing eight and a half pounds corn,
81 pounds silage, two pounds oil meal
and one and a half pounds alfalfa,
made gains at a cost of S767. The
first lot averaged 2.94 pounds gain per
day while the second lot averaged 3.04
pounds. Reducing the corn and in
creasing the ensilage increased the
gains and cut down the cost of max.
ing the gains.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26

coat very thin, rub carefully with sand
paper and allow plenty Of time for
thorough drying.
Rose cotton draperies with gray fur
niture; jonquil yellow walls with
white, soft green or black lacquer fur
niture, dull blue and old ivory, the
combinations are many and one will
be amazed at the charm Of room
which had settled down into middle
aged stodginess.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26
ORCHARDS CLOSE TO HOUSES
Receive Better Care and Attention
From Owner Than Those at Some
Distance Away.

Orchards close to the house receive
better care and attention. for their
needs are before the owner all of the
time.
They are protected from providers,
which is an important consideration Of
those living close to towns or cities.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26

aim for to kill a man instantly and
painlessly-yet he shrank from that
anticipated crash.
His thoughts, working In flashes of
lightning, suggested every possible
trick of escape, and as rapidly rejected
each. There was nothing for it but
to play the part, to take the blow with
no more than a culver when 1t came.
He had once seen a man shot in just
that way. Braced to such determine
ton, De Spain bent slowly downward,
and, with eyes staring into the water
for a reflection that might afford
glimpse of his enemy, he began TO
drink Each mouthful Of water was a
struggle. The sense OF impending death
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26
NAN MORGAN GETS A CHANCE TO BETRAY DE SPAIN
BUT LEARNS SOMETHING ABOUT HIM THAT MAKES
HER DISLOYAL TO HER OWN PEOPLE

The Sleepy a railroad division In
rustrs Morgan
miles
changed
railroad Jefr superintendent of
Henry SPAIN with
stant
Spain becomes Nan Morgan
gang snubbed fight De Spain
outlaws, kills and
badly disappears vain day or
Spain a know his own
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26

The water of the Antarctic ocean Is
colder than that Of the Arctic.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26

How De Spain makes friends
with Nan and how she deceiVes
her people in order to protect
him, is told wildly in the next
instaIlment.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26
Reject Dirty Eggs.

Eggs too small, checks and weak
she'll, dirty eggs or eggs from stolen
nests or that have been set on should
be rejected. These eggs should be
used on the farm as they are sure to
injure the trade, You cannot build
up first-class trade and accept this
grade of eggs.
Eggs received by the cream route
wagon should be graded into whites
and browns. One case may be used
for the whites and one for the browns
or one end of the case may be used
for white and the other end for browns.
These eggs may be placed in cartons
holding u eggs each.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-04-26

your eggs will not command the high
est prices, consequently, your returns
will not be what they should be.
Eggs should be gathered once a
day in the fall and winter and twice q
day in the warmer part of the year,
The eggs should be kept in a cool
dry room away from bad odors and
dust.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-06
SHORT AGRICULTURE COURSE
Six Weeks instruction Begins at Uni
versity of Tennessee.

Knoxville, Tenn.-A six weeks short
course in agriculture was begun last
Monday at the University of Tennes-
see. The purpose of the short course
is to give a practical understanding of
the various phases of farming that will
apply to any farm. Work in agronomy,
animal husbandry, dairying and hor-
ticulture is to be given each day
throughout the six weeks, so that the
student will have a vel lissass4ssaa
course, touching all the problems Ye-
lating to farming. The INSTRUCTION is
simple, direct and PRACTICAL and as
far as possible the student learns by
doing, comparatively little bpok work
being required, although in every way
possible the habit of reading is encpur-
aged. The full equipment of the col
lege of agriculture and of the expert
ment station, including the farms and
the library, are available for the use
of short course students. At the end
of the course a certificate will be
given to show the amount of work
done in each subject.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-06
TENNESSEE HAS
MILLION DEFICIT
STATE TREASURER DUNLAP AND
COMPTROLLER THOMPSON RE-
PORT SERIOUS CONDITION.
GOVERNOR RYE IS CHAIRMAN
Loss of Revenue in Doing Away With
Liquor Tax-SettIement Must Be
Made At Once.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Nashville, Tenn.-At a conference
on state taxation held in Treasurer
Dunlap's office it was stated by both
Mr.. Dunlap and Comptroller Thoma-
son that Tennessee is face to face with
a deficit of one million dollars, The
purpose of the conference was to de-
wise means for the relief of this condi-
ton.
Governor Rye was unanimously
elected chairman, and G. B. McCabe,
secretary. Comptroller Thomson
made statement showing how the
deficit of $1,00O,OOO in the last few
years had been created. He called at
tention to the falling off of receipts
from county court clerks, and said the
collections from the county trustees
had not increased. He also spoke of
the loss of revenue in doing away with
the liquor tax, and said the state
would have to~raise $1,000,000 in reve-
nue. in the next two years more than
the present income of the state.
Mr. Thomson was asked if he had
considered a bond issue, and he said
he had, because the $1,000,000 deficit
had to be taken care of at once. Mr..
Cranberry said the assessment laws
were defective and unjust, and for that
reason men had come to where they
had to dodge their taxes. He said
even perjury was used to escape I'M
just taxation. He said he believes an
equalization board is useless and would
continue to be. until a sound assess.
ment law is enacted.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-06

Twenty-Five states now have public
employment offices.
Contracts made by the Canadian gov
eminent contain fair wages clause.
Organized labor at Seattle, Wash,
plans to establish a trade union bank.
Printers of Bozeman, Mont, have re-
ceived an advance in wages of $3.50
per week.
At Hamilton, O., the building inspec-
tor, street commissioner and chief Of
police are all union men.
Almost 20 per cent Of tuberculosis
among workers is due to occupatiODal
hazards and working conditions.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-06
Congressman Heating elected.
Secretary International Union of United
Brewery Workmen.

Congressman Heating, a member Of
the International Typographical union,
author of the child labor bill enacted
last summer was reelected in the
Third district of Colorado by a plural
ity that reaches 5000. Heating was
fought by the corporate interests of
the state, but regardless of the fight
made against him the political power
of the working people who were loyal
to Heating prevailed at the ballot box.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-06
ECUADOR'S LABOR LAW.
Provides That No Man Shall Work Over
Eight Hours Without Extra Pay.

Provides That No Man Shall Work Over
Eight Hours Without Extra Pay,
Ecuadors new eight hour law. the
text of which appeared in the Registro
Official of Sept. IA, provides that no
employee of any kind shall be forced
to work more than eight hours daily,
six days a week, and exempts him
from work on Sundays and legal holt
days.
II the employee is requested to work
longer than eight hours he is paid %
per cent overtime for the extra work
done during the day, 80 per cent over
time from 6 In the evening to mid
night and 100 per cent after that hour.
This percentage is computed on the
wage corresponding to an hours work
during the day and is to be paid on
that basis for each additional hour.
The laborer who because of his en-
ployment has to work in shifts under
the law is not entitled to the per-
centage Of overtime according to the
hours of work, but he can claim pay
ment for working more than eight
hours according to the percentage of
overtime that fits the case.
The employer and the employee or
day laborer by the new law must give
each other thirty days notice before
making any change or else be liable to
suit.
Police judges and parochial consta-
bles Of the republic are authorized to
judge all such actions without delay
and summarlly, nothing else being re-
quired for bringing action than the reg
istering of the complaint.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-06
switchmen's Demands.

To grant the wage demands OF $500
switchmen on thirteen railroads would
increase the payroll $1,918,00O a year,
it was testified at the federal arbitra-
ton board hearing in New York by
John G.. Walber in behalf of the roads
These lines, he stated, had gross earn
ings of $509,2O7, 924 in the last fiscal
year, and their total operating expenses
were $332681, 2ST. Wages, he added,
amounted to 60.52 per cent Of the oper-
ating expenses.
Send us VIZ ies nrfnting
We do Job Printing at Fair Prices.