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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
REDUCE EXPENSE OF HAULING
Improved Roads Put Farmer In POSI-
tion Where He Can Go to Market
Every Day in Year.

Permanent road building costs
money, and it is well to look at the
cOld-cash side Of the proposition. True,
the beneficial effects upon the social
and educational standards of the COM
munity are not always susceptible of
exact calculation, but they are certain
to come; and since a permanent road
costs money, we must know there is to
be a profit from somewhere to offset
the cost. Something for nothing has
yet been found.
Profits from a permanent road come
to the farmer in the reduction Of haul
ing costs. 1t puts him in a position
where he can get to market every day
in the year, and where he can haul two
loads at n trip instead Of having to
make two trips to haul One load.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
CHAPTER XIX.

"But, Sidney, I'm asking you to mar.
ry mel"
IL know that. l am asking you
something else, Max"
81 have never been in love with her."
His voice was suliy. He had drawn
sitting in the shade, on the grass. 1t
was the Sunday afternoon after Sid
ney's experience in the operating room.
you took her out, Max, didn't your
"a few times, yes. She seemed to
have no friends. l was sorry for her."
"That was all?"
absolutely. Good heavens, you've
put me through a catechism In the last
ten minutes !"
"If my father were living, or even
mother, lone of them would have
done this for me, Max. I'm sorry 1
had to. I've been very wretched for
several days."
1t was the first encouragement she
had given him. There was no coquetry
about her %alOofness. 1t was only that
her faith in him had had u shock and
IA slow of reviving.
"You are very, very lovely, Sidney.
l wonder if you have any idea what
you mean to me?"
"You meant a great deal to me, too,"
she said frankly, until Il few days ago.
| thought you were the greatest man
l had ever known, and the best. And
then-I think I'd better tell you what
l overheard. I didn't try to hear. 1t
just happened that way"
He listened doggedly to her account
of the hospital gossip, doggedly and
with a sinking sense of fear, not of the
talk, but of CarlOtta herself. Usually
II might count on the woman's ST.
lence, her instinct for self-protection.
But Carlotta was different. Hang the
girl, anyhow! She had known from
the start that the affair was a tenn
porary one; he had never pretended
anything else.
There was silence for a moment af-
ter Sidney finished. Then:
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02

that she stood ready to block any move
he made. He would not go back, and
he dared not go forward.
If Sidney was puzzled, she kept it
bravely to herself. In her little room
at night, with the door carefully
locked, she tried to think things out.
There were a few treasures that she
looked over regularly: a dried flower
from the Christmas roses; a label that
he had pasted playfully on the back
of her hand one day after the rush of
surgical dressings was over and which
said: "R, Take once and forever"
There was another piece, of pape
over which Sidney spent much time.
1t was a page torn out of an order
book, and 1t read: "Sigsbee may
have light diet: Rosenfeld massage.
Underneath was written, very small :
You are the most beautiful person IN
the world.
Two reasons had prompted Wilson
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
Facts and Figures.

"The old adage says" remarked the
a with the quotation habit, that a
miss is as good as a mile"
"Yes," rejoined the chap who
reads the scientific items in patent
medicine almanacs, "and with the as
sistance of a Accent parasol, she's us
good as 95,0O0,0OO miles,"
"What's the answer?" queried the
party of the first part.
"Simply this" answered the scien-
tific student. after a ray of sunshine
has Travelled the distance mentioned
the combination a~foresaid-a miss and
a parasol-is able to stop it seven feet
from EARTH"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
= f6MzRE& ,
TREES THAT BORE APPLES.

A Washington man, while visiting
a friends place In Virginia. became
much interested in his experiments in
fruit culture.
One day the visitor was making the
rounds of the place, being in charge
Of the friends young daughter of ten,
who acted as guide.
"This tree seems to be loaded with
apples" observed the Washingtonian,
indicating a particularly fine specimen.
Eyes, sir" assented the little girl ;
father says this is a good year for
apples"
II am glad to hear that" said the
visitor. Are all your trees as full of
apples as this One?"
mo, sir" explained the girl, "only
the apple trees"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
RB[IC
KAIN
BUILDING OF ROAD CULvERTS
II Not Constructed Of Good Material
They viii Have to Be Rebuilt in
Very Few Years.

If the culverts are not built of good
material they will have to be rebuilt
In a few years, whatever the quality
of the roads they are made to serve.
Defective culverts vitiate M of the
elementary principles of highway eco
Monies, and the interests of the tax
payers require that the annual cost Of
every part Of the roads built for their
use be reduced to the lowest possible
figure consistent with efficiency. Man
ifestly, it would be worse than folly
to build culverts Of boards to take
care of roads that have cost hundreds
or thousands of dollars the mile and
it would be none the less foolish, or
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
Somewhere East of Suez.

Hotel life is bad enough anywhere,
but it is worst in the Orient. You hear
the mother of a twelve-year-old girl
tell her to run away while mother
smokes" or tell her husband that she
will have a whisky and soda and the
little girl can have a small one, as the
weather is hot" Such things happen
in America, but they are NJ the o
NAL thing, as they are in these poly
glot trade ports. The commercial class
accuse the missionaries of being too
exclusive and the missionaries assert
they are not going to run a fancy bar
to attract their compatriots-so there
you arel
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
A Born Diplomat.

Canvasser-GOod morning, madam.
am introducing a polish for cleaning
silver. 1t is superior to anything now
on the market and the price is only
80 cents a box.
Mrs. Smart (sharply)-Don't want It.
Canvasser-SOrry to have troubled
you, madam, but I thought perhaps the
lady next door vas mistaken.
Mrs. Smart-What did she say?
Canvasser-She said l need not
waste my time calling here, as you
had no silver.
Mrs. Smart-The impudent thing !!
Give me half a dozen boxes.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02

The lamp was not lighted in his
room, but the street light glowed
through The windows. Once again the
waving frondS of the ailanthus tree
flung ghostly shadows on the walls.
There was Il faint sweet odor of bios
SONS, 50 soon to become rank and
hpayv.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
Can You Beat 1t7

Barnett-How does the village con.
stable manage to collect so many auto
fines for exceeding the speed limitf
Tnker-You won't give the scheme
away II 1 put you next2
Barnett-Of course not.
Tinker-Well, he got busy n night
and set the mile posts at every half
mile.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
Hard to Please,

Are you aware that the United
States government spends a large sum
every year on its weather bureau"
"NO," replied the confirmed pessi-
mist, "but regardless of whether the
amount is great or small, the sort of
money"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
NOT Qualified

"I-aw-have a desiah to-aw go
on the stage, doncher know" said the
callow youth. "Cawn't you-aw-
make a place fob met"
"Sorry / can't oblige you, old chap"
replied the theatrical manager, 'but
I'm afraid most of our scenery is too
heavy for you to handle"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
SIDNEY LEARNS SOME VERY PAINFUL TRUTHS AND FEAR
ENTERS DOCTOR MAX'S SOUL

A mysterious stranger, X. IeMoyne, takes n room ut the Page
home. presided over by Sidney, her mother, Anna, and her Aunt Har-
rt, a fashionable dressmakcr. Through the influence of DR.. Max
wilson,, a brilliant young surgeon sniten with her charm, Sidney
becomes a hospital nurse. X. loves her from a distance; so does
erratc Joe lrummond,. an Old Schoomatc. AT the hospital Sidney
makes the acquaintance of Carlotta Harrison, who has been over
intimate with Doctor Max and who is jealous of the innocent new
conner. Silneys chum, Christine Lorenz, maries Palmer Howe, a
young society rake and they take bon with the Pages. Howe
turns traitor to his bride. His arm is broken in Il joyriding accident
and Johnny ltosenfcld, his chauffeur, is fatally hurt. Sidnpy's mother
dies. Doctor Wilson discovers that LeAI0yne IS n famous Doctor Ed
wnrlcS, living incognito, and keeps the secret. Carlotta Harrison
posonS Johnny. n patient in the hospital, and puts the blame o. Sid
n"y. Christine, secretly adlniing X. asks him to warn Sidney against
Doctor Wilson, who, she thinks would prove untrue to the girl if he
married her. When this insttIment opens, X, is trying to
explain To CeIcstine why he can't interfere in Max and Sid
neys affairs.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
Too Much for Him.

"What killed Green? He always
looked healthy to me-" "He tried to
live according to the rules for attain
ing longevity that a ninety-year-Old
man gave to a reporter on a Sunday
newspaper."-Life.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
The Explanation.

"Where did Van Scadds get all his
money? He was poor as a church
mouse when he came to this town ten
years ago."
"Yes, he was poor, but not honest"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
A Sad Experience,

Bill-Don't you believe there is q
time for everything?
Jill-Surely; but I've discovered
that the time to ask a father for his
only daughters hand in marriage is
not just after he has been in the kitch-
en- kicking the everlasting daylight out
Of the cat =.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
In an Unexpected Quarter.

"Do you think peace suggestions ex-
ert any practical inluenceY
Sometimes" replied Senator Sor-
ghum, thoughtfully, more than is de-
sirable-in the stock market"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
Following Precedent,

"Where is that cuff l had on yester-
day?" asked the hungry-looking poet.
II sent it to the laundry" said his
wife. "Gracious, woman, ! had a poem
written on 1t !" ooh, it will come back.
You know your poems always dO."-
YOnkers Statesman.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
Usual Ihind,

DeLOng-Hello, old chap; I hear
you are hunting for a rich wife?
DeLong--Haven't bagged anything
yet?
Notwithstanding but my trOus-
ers.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
Distressing

Heres a heart-rending account of a
chorus girls privation."
Lives in a hall bedroom, I suppose,
and doesn't get enough to eat?"
"Oh. no. 1t seems she's the only girl
in the company who doesn't own q
limousine"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
Seeinu an Optimist.

II haven't seer you for q day or
two" said Mrs. Johnson.
"No," replied Mrs. Brown, II have
been busy going to an optimist to have
eyeglasses fitted"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
Defninu Scandal,

"Father, what is scandal?" "Scan-
dial, my son, is something which peo-
pie do, thinking they will not get
caught, and which is talked about by
other people, who would do the same
thing if they were not afraid they
would get caught."-Judge.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
4! What did she dO?"
His Confession.

Young Man-Is Miss Browning in?
The Maid-Yes, sir; but she is en-
gagged.
Young Man-Oh, that's all right. I'm
what she's engaged to.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
How lonq7

Mother" said Freddie as he laid
down a paper telling of the success Of
the French army, "how long would a
fellow have to study to become a
Frenchman, If he had a lot Of talent?"
Youths Companion.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
Knew His Foe,

"You didn't tell me, Bobbie, you
were in a fight" "No, sir; 1 knew
you'd hear about it from that boys
father. That's the kind Of a boy he
iS,"-Life,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
THEY'RE Used to It

q" don't understand how these
women show such perseverance and
endurance ut picket duty"
maybe you don't son, but every
married man does"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
His ENJOYABLE Trip.

"Have a big time on your trip to
New York;" "Oh, yes; I invited a
native New Yorker to 60 out and see
his town and he seemed delighted with
it."-Florida Times Union.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
lust the Ihind.

-Customer-Got any books with COM
ic pictures in-something that will
amuse a f~ive-year-old boy?
Bookseller-Sure thing. Here's the
latest magazine. Of styles for women.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
Temporal Mutant.

Mr.. GOodleigh-"Her age really u r
prised me; she doesn't look twenty
eight, does she" Miss Snappe-"NOt
now, but 1 suppose she did once
Candle.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
Paved Country Roads.

Many country roads are paved-with
good intentions, but for the most part
with Jumps Of sod, stone, ruts and
rubbish.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02

Miss Bilyuns-Don't be so cut up
about it. I'm not the first wOma
you've ever loved, and l dare say I'm
not likely to be the last one.
Mr.. Kutting-No; but you're the
richest.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02

When the audience baited the speaker
He quite patriotic grew.
His face got red. and then turned white
And the atmosphere was blue.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
Hen Outdoors In Winter,

The hen can spend little of the win
ter season in the open air and a prop
erly constructed house is necessary.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
On the Strict q.

Hix-What business are you en-
gagged in at present?
Dix-Oh. I'm a silent partner in a
deaf and dumb asylum.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
Two Streams of Milk.

A change to the right dairy ration
and proper care may make "two
streams of milk flow where but one
flowed before"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02

Yea, Verify.
> Teacher-What does eight quarts Of
green. apples representa- -
Bright Pupil-A peck Of; trouble.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
Most %lnsultinn.

$50 you proposed to Miss PeacherY"
"Yes. And she treated me like a
dog"
Indeed! What did she do?"
"When 1 Topped down on my knees
she snapped her fingers and said:
up, sirr"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
This Funnv World.
richest.

TITS a queer old world, l do declare,
In it contentment's rarely found;
Women want men to be quite square
And men want women round.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
Good Only in Pedigree.

Too many sires are good only in
pedigree. A good grade is better than
q poor purebred.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
BREEDING Dairy Hejfer

A dairy heifer should not be bred
before she Is two years old. Do not
impose motherhood too early upon a
heifer.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02

Ethel-TOm won a hat betting with
papa, and papa told him he could have
Grace If he'd call it square.
Edward-Is-is your father home to-
night?
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02
Care Of Milk

Care Of Milk. ?"
Milk should be. removed from the
stable Immediately after milking.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-02

Mrs. Flatte-Is your milk pasteur-
ized?
Mr.. Grassneck - Not the milk,
ma'am. But one o. the cows is pas
turized out in that clearin'. The 9TH
er'n is Stalled.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-22

The plant at Essen the main es-
adjustment of the Krupps, the larg-
est manufacturers in Germany of
arms and amunitions, employed about
$4,000 men before the war. It has
been expanded greatly during the
war. Facts relating to its present
size and the number OF workmen
are kept secret by the German gov
ernment. 1t was reported unofficial
ly in October OF last year that about
10000 persons including several
thousand women were at work there
and that 10000 were TO be added to
the force.
Early this year, there was a strike
at the Krupp works, said to have
been due to lack of food. It was
that 10000 workers were in
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-22
Will OF QUEEN
ILL, FORGERY

Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 21.-tDe-
layed. IA purported 1917 viii Of the
tate queen Laliuokalani, bequcathing
the major part Of her estate to
Princess" Theresa Belliveaus was
thrown out OF court today BY Judge
g. w. Ashford. who stated from the
bench that all evidence and his own
knowledge convinced him II was q
forgery.
Sam Kamaixaia, q preacher, swore
he signed as a witness to the late
win in his own home and not at the
bedside Of the queen. II. Keokoha, q
second witness 20 the purported VIII,
gave similar testimony In repudiat-
Ing preceding affldavitB. Kamakaia
stated that the Princess" Theresa
offered him the bribe Of new church
if he signed.
A 1909 win OF the queen, contain
ing s deed Of trust In favor OF
Theresa Belliveau. said 70 be only
a distant relative OF Liiiuoxalani. re-
mains contested By Jonah (ssPrince
CapId'f1 Kalauianoie. congressional
delegate from Hawaii, on the ground
that the queen was mentally Income
nefent &C ths tima 0f lEa execution.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-22
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUMMARY OF War

The great krupP munition plant al
Essen, Germany, was reported in
flames today. The fire had been rag
ing for twenty-fouF hours when re-
ported by workmen arriving from
Essen, according to a dispatch from
Maestrieht, Holland. II was not in
dicated whether the fire was due 70
an entente air attack or TO other
causes.
italian troops in repeated attacks
have succeeded in further reducing
the dangerous sSNjent which the Aus.
tro- German invaders recently drove
into the Italian lines In the Monte
Asolone region on the mountain
frcnt.
A Petrograd dispatch today Gays
Leon Trctzky, the Boisheviki foreign
minister, in talking TO the Soldiers
and WoFkn1en's council, declared the
Russians would fight again " the
German emperorIs terms were offsn-
sivs to Russia, coupling this, how
ever, with the intimation that Ger
nany's terms might have to be ac-
cepted because Of Russia's weakness,
but that the Russians would then
Join the German people in rising
against German miIitarism."
Opposintion by the Ukrainians and
the followers Of General kaledines to the
BolsheViki movements, together with
an uneontirmed report that the Ger
mans have rejected the peace pro-
posals Of the BoIsheviki delegates
continue 10 overshadow military
operations in the European war. The
report tha' q definite alliance has
been formed between the Ukrainians
and the Don Cossaeks gives eredsnes
to another rumor that the ukrainian
rada has definitely notified the BoIsh-
eviki commissioners that IL will not
reconsider its action in aiding the
kalsdins forces.
German attacks in AIsaes have
been repuIsed, according TO the
French war office. The chief Of these
attacks at Hartmansweiler-ko kopf
took the Germans into the first line
French trenches but in the engage
msnt that followed they were driven
points along the French front artiI-
lery activity has been intermittent.
Rheims has again been shelled by
the Germans.
In the region Of poiran in the east
ern war theater, artillery activity
In the same war theater
British troops have carried out q
successful raid in the region Of Lake
Butkova, capturing one officer and
81 Bulgarian soldiers.
The publication of kilograms sent
by Count Won LuEburg, former Ger
man minister, TO the Berlin foreign
office, has resulted In riots in Buenos
Airea, where crowds OF people as
sennbIed and demanded q rupture Of
relations with Germany. ~
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-22
HURLEY NOWHELD
FOR
PROGRAM
Success or Failure of Ship
building Directly Up
to Chairman
(By Associated Press.l

Washington, Dec. 22.-Full re-
sponstbility for the success or failure
of the governments shipbuiIding pro-
gram was shouldered yesterday by
Chairman Hurley Of the shipping
board, testifying at the senate COM
merce committees investigation Of
delays in ship construction.
Called as the first witness, Mr..
Hurley admitted that there have
been delays but declared that the
recent reorganization OF the boards
emergency feet corporation for the
first time gives the chairman OF the
board proper authority and hxes
responsibility where 1t belongs. The
dual organization of the board ana
the corporation, he said, has been
done away with and the present
general manager OF the corporation
answers directly to the chairman.
THE present organization, Mr..
Hurley said, SIS the only way that
ships can be built. We do not need
additional legislation. IL the head
Of the institution does not build
ships Ii Is because of his ineficiency
and not because Of faults Of the or
From Mr.. Hurley and from John
A. Donald, who has been member
of the board since its creation, the
committee drew a long story Of the
troubles Of the board and the feet
corporation, starting with the row at
the outset between William Denman,
first chairman Of the board, and
Major General Goethals, first general
manager Of the feet corporation.
Besides organization faults, factors
which have contributed to the delay
in ship construction. were given by
MIR. Hurley as the navy's utilization
of shipbuIlding facilities, labor
troubles, lack Of housing for work.
ers. the necessity OF building new
shipyards, and changes In specin-
cations OF ships.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-22

volved and that the authorities COM
bated it by sending many of the
men to the front, but little authentic
information was permitted to come
out of Germany.
Essen is in Rhenish Prussia about
forty miles from the Dutch border.
Few places in Germany are guarded
more carefully. No persons unknown
to the German authorities are per-
mitted to visit the town. The plant
has been ralded several times by
French and British airmen, not with
standing its formidable anti-air-
craft defenses. Press dispatches last
July said 100 persons there had been
killed in raid by French airplanes
and that considerable damage had
been done to the works.