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The Mount Holly news., 1918-08-20
Women to Give up Platinum.

Women possessing platinum-mounted
jewelry are being urged to have 1t
converted into War Savings stamps
and used for making war materials. A
special drive has been inaugurated to
increase the platinum supply for the
government by melting up Stacker
baubles of platinum. "Women have
gone without heat, without wheat,
without meat" said one cf the leaders
of the movement when telling of her
plea to her sex to sacrifice their orna-
ments. 'They have been asked to
economic on the materials in their
clothes and reduce the height of their
shoes to save leather. Surely they
ought not to find it a hardship to go
without platinum. There is shortage
of platinum and it is only with great
difficulty that sufficient quantity for
actual needs is being obtained for the
government" Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-08-20
then I'll tell you something you per.
baps never knew

then I'll tell you something YOU per.
baps never knew"
Hester had rehearsed the details of
gust what happened on that memorable
occasion so often to herself that the
recounting was not difficult. "Well,
you see, Aunt Bethiah had ideas of her
own about how girls should spend
their time and so long as read poetry
and novels and did embroidery in the
garden she was satisfied. But when I
improved my time talking to you In
stead, she was distressed. So long as
that high board fence was here she
was satisfied. l was quite safe In the
garden. Then the Neighborhood as
sociation decided to have all fences
down, and though Aunt Bethiah fought
IT, the association had its way. She
planted the hedge and took me off for
four years in France-she said she had
intended to take me, anyway, and per-
haps she had. l would have liked GO
ing better If 1t had not seemed like
punishment for talking to you those
days when the fence was down before
we started. 1t was just about this
time Of the year, wasn't 1t?
"And then by the time we came back
the hedge was high enough for pro-
lection and you had forgotten all
about your neighbor, and Aunt Bethiah
was sure she had done her duty.
think the poor old dear died happier
because the hedge was twelve feet high
and FIVE feet thick. She used to smile
so contentedly when people told her it
was the finest hedge in the state.
really don't know why she should have
objected so much to our talking"
Perhaps was very much to blame"
Robert Pritchard explained. 81 was
twenty-five then, and went about
things differently than l would now.
You see made the Neighborhood as
Isociati0n vote to have the fences taken
down. 1t was my first attempt at civic
The Mount Holly news., 1918-08-20
Improvement. and 10 oHB but Auns
Bethiah ausnecfad INV thhfiua ShaI
ESTABLISHED 1879

Improvement, and 10 oHK Dut Aunv
Bsthiah suspected my haOuve. She
called at my Office ana told me her
opinion Of me and I got as hot-headed
as she was and told her that wanted
to marry you and intended to do it.
ia spent the evening here by the lilacs
with you then and knew my heart. /
didn't believe the good lady when she
told me that you had told her annoy
ed you and had asked to be taken
away, so ! can't hold it up against her.
I've wanted, though, to hear you say.
that it wasn't so."
"And | really think Aunt Bethiah
liked you all along-do you believe she
is SO very cross because we are sitting
here again under the lilac bush?"
Judge Pritchard would have liked to
say just then that he was entirely in
different as to whether Aunt Bethiah
approved or not-but so completely
was he concerned with the realization
that he had within his reach the love
of the woman of his dreams that he
had no thoughts for the other woman
who had separated them ten years be-
fore.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-08-20

or would have proved themselves poor
farmers.
But as a matter of fact just the op-
posite thing took place. They became
expert agriculturists, and when Bar
bara, al. Professor Osgoods suggestion,
asked them whether they weren't
ready to go back, they both burst into
tears, the only sign of vivid emotion
that they had expressed since their ar
rival. So the professor continued to
sleep In the hayloft without any seri-
GUS discomfort. After all there was
no one in the neighborhood to criticize
the arrangement and the plan might
nave worked out all summer were it
not for the expected visit of the in
spector.
did the people at the asylum know"
said Professor Osgood feeling carefully
one day as the girls were about to 90
forth to hoe the first showing of beans.
did they know l was living here alone
when they sent your"
mo, sir" said one emphaticaHy.
"They said there was Mr.. and Mrs.
Osgood, they did, and the matron said:
Mind you do what Mrs. Osgood says"
The professor suddenly became pen
sive. 1t was not the first time he had
thought in rather concrete way Of
late of the possibility of Mrs. Osgood.
After all it was not such an entirely
preposterous idea. Other men. rea-
soned the professor, had managed to
win the love of women completely and
entirely their superiors in every way.
How foolish 1t would be not to take the
chance. Not to ask Barbara to marry
him would not make the intensity of
his love any less poignant. And per-
haps-. The professor left his
orphans abruptly and sauntered over
to Barbara's shack. He had planned
several ways of beginning the eonver-
sation, but Barbara was busy planting
corn and he felt that quick action was
most suitable
Barbara will you marry me?" he
said, looking very hard at the corn in
her curved palm.
"Bless your heart" said Barbara.
dropping the grain and laughing a
little. Il was almost afraid YOU
wouldn't ask me in time. thought
maybe you would sometime, but /
wanted to have it all fixed and settled
before that orphan inspector got
around. It's part of our war duty.
isn't it2"
The Mount Holly news., 1918-08-20
Winter.Killing
of the Hedge
o<D
By JANE OSBORNE
By JANE OSBORNE

per Syndicate.)
Forty years from now the old resi-.
dents of Rosevale will still be alluding.
no doubt, to ''the year the hedges win
ter-killed.' Perhaps by that time
there will be q little uncertainty In
the minds Of some as to Just which
Good Friday 1t was that the United
States got into the war" and just how
long that war lasted. They will have
forgotten that old Peter Conkling-
Rosevale's millionaire didn't SUBJ
scribe cent to the Liberty loan and
that Judge Robert Pritchard subscrib-
ed ten thousand, and that somebody's
neighbor probably poisoned some
Dody's cat and that the doctors widow
had set her cap most openly for said
Peter Conklin. All these things will
have been forgotten forty years from
now, but not the winter-killing of the
hedge. That is the sort of landmark
in the flight of time that we somehow
always remember even when we for
get affairs Of larger or more personal
interest. "It was the coldest winter
on record some octogenarians will
say, "and I remember how the hedge
twelve feet high that had been growing
ten or a dozen years between Judge
Pritchard's place and the old Marden
place was winter-killed, roots and
branches"
That this particular luxurious
growth of privet had been entirely
blighted as the effect of the unwonted
cold weather.last winter neither Judge
Pritchard nor Hester Marden realized
till weeks after the usual time for its
buds to be bursting under the warmth
of April sunshine. And it was after
other Roseyalians, whose less luxuri-
GUS hedges had also been blighted.
had come to the realization that the
only thing to do to save what life
might remain In the roots OF their
hedges was to amputate all the dead
branches above, that Hester on her
side Of the thick network Of dead
twigs and branches and Judge Robert
Pritchard, hidden on his side, realized
one warm spring evening that the old
hedge would have to go. the hedge
had been planted on the Marden side
of the dividing line, SO 1t was obvious
" up to Hester to have 1t cut down, al
though its branches had long since
spread many feet over into the Pritch-
nrd domain. Hester hesitated several
days after she had purchased the last
pair of hedge-clips in the Rosevale
hardware store before giving her order
to the gardener-by-the-day to begin the
1t seemed like desecra-
tion to heri abe could not make 1t seem
other than unloyal and traitorous to
the memory Of poor old Aunt Bethiah.
Still Aunt Bethiah would not have
wanted to let the hedge remain as it
was. Hester was sure OF It. She
planned an overnight trip to the large
nearby city for the days when the cut
ting down operation was to take place
and. after having cast contrite look
at the old painting Of Aunt Bethiah
that still hung over the marble mantel-
piece In the old front parlor." made
up her mind to give the order.
There would have to be first time
In that unhedged garden, Hester as
sured herself. Even Aunt Bethiah
could not object to her thirty-year-old
niece going into her own garden under
the circumstances. So as soon as she
had eaten her solitary dinner on the
The Mount Holly news., 1918-08-20

My husband, who is at Camp Sher-
man, wrote home and told us this joke
the boys played on mammals boy
who was the goat of the whole COM
pany One night while he was over to
the Y. M. G. A. they fixed up the head
of his cot with sticks and tied string
to them, then waited until he got sound
asleep and pulled the strings, out
came the sticks and down went the
bed. He nearly exploded he was so mad
and my husband said had you been lis
tenlng you could have heard him
swearing clear home.-Chicago Trib-
unp
The Mount Holly news., 1918-08-20
First-Hand Earthquake News.

A volcologist of the Carnegie
Geophysical laboratory reports that he
has nearly perfected apparatus for re-
cording upon wax cylinders.the subter-
ranean sounds of earthquakes. says
the Scientific American 1.-THE ordi-
nary commercial cylinders are insult
able for this delicate work, and accord
ingly the laboratory has secured sup
ply of cylinders of the old, pure wax
type. The microphone used in this con-
nection has also been greatly improved
and perfect little portable field outfit
weighing less than pound has been
evolved"
The Mount Holly news., 1918-08-20
Why We Hear Heart rhrobs.

The cause of the sound of normal
heart beats has not been definitely
nscertained. There are normally two
sounds-the first, which is called
systolic, is dull and somewhat pro-
longed; it is followed quickly by the
second, called diastolic, which Is
shorter and sharper A pause follows
the second sound. It is supposed that
the vibration and closure of the valves
between the auricles and ventricles is
one of the causes Of the first sound
the contraction Of the veptricles, or
the striking Of the heart against the
wells of the chest, may be the cause.
The second sound is known to be
caused by the vibration produced by
the closure of the semilunar valves.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-08-20
Honest Bones.

Bones Jones always was sport.
Before Bones came into the navy as
ships cook he won many roll
with the old ivories. One day judge
fined him $5 for some chickens Bones
stole on Monday night. whereupon
Bones replied, make it $50, Jedger
and thatll be up to and including
Saturday night, suh."-Our Navy.
The Mount Holly news., 1918-08-20

I've come to ask advice" he began.
f'You see I'm pretty ignorant about a
good many things. 1t didn't occur to
me at first that oughtn't to keep those
girls. They want to stay and they have
worked like trojans all morning, and
they cooked the dinner and are wash
ing up the dishes now. They are a
great help. can do the heavy work
and I'll give them short hours and I'll
put away something from the proceeds
Of the garden for them every week.
They are nice girls-stupid rather and
perhaps little dull-but splendid out
door workers. They take to 1t like
peasants. 1t occurred to me- however,
that one conventional doesn't do
that sort of thing. That is, wouldn't
there be something out of the way
about my keeping these girls there,
without some one to chaperone them?
That's the idea, isn't itf 1t occurred
to me that maybe you could help us
out. It's all war work and / know
you are just cultivating your garden
for patriotism. Couldn't you come
over to my place and live? I'd do all
the heavy mans work and you could
sort of keep your eye on the girls"
Barbara laughed at the professor
and suggested that so far as conven-
tion went there would be no advantage
In the way he had outlined.
Several other plans were suggested.
There wasn't room in Barbara's cot
tage for the orphans, and Barbara
didn't like the idea of staying in Pro-
fessor Osgood's house with the orphans
while he stayed in her shack. So 1t
was decided that for the time being he
would sleep In the hayloft. while the
orphans stayed alone In the house.
Perhaps within a week or so the or
phans would be tired Of the experiment
The Mount Holly news., 1918-08-20
No Difficulty at All.

A well-known humorist was once
amusing his companions with a run.
ming fire of puns, when one of them. a
gentleman named Dunlop, defled him
to make pun on his name. Nothing
easier" came the Immediate retort.
"Lop off half and it is Dun"
The Mount Holly news., 1918-08-20
All In Some Dav.

One day at Southern CAMP one of
the negro soldiers was showing me a
service pin with three stars which he
always carried in his pocket l asked
him who the relatives were and he re-
piled: Zone is fo' maself an the other
two is fo' ma brudders; one is going
to enlist an the other Is in the next
draft ."-Exchange.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-02

Columbia Aiazzi, Virginia Orr, Niles
Bruce; eigth grade, Rose Thorne, An.
gelica Carvalho. The judges in this
contest will be Attorneys r. c. Van
Fleet Otto T. Williams. Milton Badt.
Parents and others are cordially in
yited to be present. Admission 10
cents, grammar school pupils five
cents. Proceeds to go toward buying
a five dollar War Saving Certificate
which will be presented to the one
winning first honors in the contest.
The fourth grade girls were delight.
ed when Miss Ruth Russell informed
them that she would give them les.
sons in sewing. The girls have been
anxious to take up sewing for some
time and now feel as if they will have
chance to do further work for the
Red Cross. We certainly appreciate
the kindness shown by the Red Cross
ladies in teaching our girls. The fol.
lowing pupils OF the fourth grade are
holders of Liberty Bonds: AIger ia.
ccbs, Daniel Olin, Carl Anderson,
Raymond Harris. George Sutherland,
Alfred Kline. Marion DIN, Margaret
O'Neil Clara Baumbach, Willis, Way
man, George Aiazzi.
The following pupils OF the first
grade are bond holders: VIM. Ash,
Billy Rooney Leslie LAM, Ruby
Streeter, Lena Aiazzi Abigail Hack.
EFT.
In the second grade the following:
Lucille Franklin, Milo Taber, Yoshino
Miyamota. The sixth grade: Paul
Aiazzi, Elya Reed, Frances Ash, Mil.
dred O'Neal. Neils Anderson, Baza
Dubois, Stanley Probst, Celia Taber.
In the eighth grade: Rae Griswold.
Daniel Israel, Hilario Carvalho, Katie
kilgore, Angelica Carvalho. Audelina
Garcia, Agnes Thompson. Bill Guide.
Third grade: Fred Cantwell. Dino
Aiazzi, Raymond Hackctt. Marchand
Newman. Elmer Chambers. Geo. Rog.
ers, Jack Hunter, Edwin Brown and
stephen Cornish.
Howard KilgOrc and Orlando Car.
yalho of the fifth grade each hold
Liberty Bonds. Stella Morse has gone
to the Morse ranch at North Fork.
Robert Davis Is visiting his grand.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-02
GRAMMAR SCHOOL NOTES

We are sorry to announce that Miss
Gardner IS absent on account OF i'll.
ness. However she is recovering
very rapidly and we will be glad 10
have her with us again.
Next Friday promises to be a big
day for the Third Liberty Loan for on
that day, twen-y-sevcn of the gram.
mar school pupils will make four min.
ute speeches in favor Of it. This will
be in the nature of n contest and the
one making the best speech will be
given certificate signed by VIM Nc.
COrmiCk Blair, national director four
minute men, and by the principal of
the grammar school A like contest
Is being held in all of the schools of
the country and the names Of pupils
winning first honOrs will be register
ed at Washington. ID. c. The litcra-
turc pertaining to this movement was
delayed In reaching the schools here,
hence the short time given for prcpa.
ration. A SHOW how to do it" meet.
ing was held in the seventh grade
room on Tuesday. Attorney II. G.
Van Fleet, a member OF the local four
minute men committee obliged Us by
being present and giving sample of
four minute speech After the
meeting tho following pupils signed
up for the contest to be held NJ two
o'clock, Friday May 3: Fourth grade.
Ardath Jackson. Ruth Strccter. Frank
Sabala. Elizabeth Stewart: fifth grade
Clinton Wardrop. Alctta Paul, Marga.
ret MCMurtrcy; sixth grade. Henry
Californian. Stanley Probst. Kathleen
Stewart Coralcc Hardin: seventh
grade; Billy TabCr Bud MCFarlano.
Creme Henderson. Dorothy Hunter.
Maxine Lincoln, Lois ITosson, Wallace
Fabcr Douglas Castle, Silvio Mastroi.
ami, Gerald Fitzgerald. Arthur Jukc4.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-02
mother at Long Beach. California.

mother at Long Beach, California.
Miss Hough, census marshal, was
in the building Monday consulting the
teachers registers.
Do not forget the four minute man
contest Friday.
The base ball game between the
seventh and eighth grades ended in a
score of "a to in favor of the eighth
grade. This was the first game OF the
season. The following boys scored:
Dan Hunter. Douglas Castle, Donald
Riddell, Ernest Thompson in the sew
enth grade and Glen Butler, Royce
Martin, Ernest Rena, Bill Van Volkcn-
berg, Hilario Carvalho. Paul Iazzi.
Geo. Wright and Melvin Crltchely for
the eighth grade.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-02
THE WHITEsIDEs DENTAL CO.

A little moro
qvalltJ for q nc,
tie less money.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-02
FIRM IN THE FAITH

colored minister Of the Baptist
church. so runs the story. In order TO
strengthen and confirm the faith of
his congregation, took as his text:
In those days came John the Baptist.
preaching in the wilderness of Judea. Z"
oh" said he, how like to read
these precious words in the blessed
Bible! You don't read anywhere
about John the Presbyterian, or John
the Methodist, or John the Episco-
palian. No. brethren. 1t is John the
Baptist. THE Argonaut.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-02
USES COAL BARGES TO
MOVE 28-ROOM HOUSE

BELLE HAVEN. L. l.. May q
Timothy Lapghlin. Greenwich, Conn,
coal dealer, bought twenty.eight-
room house here. He could not put
1t in his pocket and take it home
with him, and the parcel post has q
size limit. So he tossed the house on
couple of coal barges, dashed to
gether ,towed it four miles across
Greenwich Bay and has rolled it of
onto what he plans will be his front
yard.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-02
CHURCH CUT GERMAN NAME

ST. LOUIS. Mo, May 2.-The word
German" has been stricken from
the name of st. Peters German Lu-
theran church of this city. The &C
ton was the result OF vote taken
by the board of directors of the
church. Rev. A. l.. Bernthal has ap-
pealed to his congregation to pur.
chase Liberty Bonds and announces
the appointment of bond statesmen to
push the sale of bonds in the church.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-02

Some good baskets OF trout were
reported yesterday from various SQUIRE
es. Fishermen were out along all of
the streams. The largest trout were
caught along the Humboldt near
where tho South Fork cmptics into
the main river.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-02
WIDOW CHANGES NAME

SEATTLE, Wash. May because
a German name was distasteful to
her, Mrs. Mary |. Engler received per
mission from the superior court here
TO drop 1t and take the name of her
first husband. and is now Mrs. Mary
|. Parsons. Mrs. Parsons is a widow
Engler having died in 1910. He was
born in Germany.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-02
TOWN TALK

e. 3. Butler OF North Fork is here
HaIIeek Mayer is down from FL
burr.
F. E. Weaver and wife are here from
Deeth today.
A. c. FIorio and family are here
from Eureka.
c. q. Moore and wife of Deeth are
in Elko today.
A. w. seweII OF Tuscarora is in Ell
ko this afternoon.
Mrs. J. J. Lamereaux OF Beowawe, is
spending the day in Elko.
r. L. Grandy and family are visit
ing here from Tuscarora.
Mrs. J. II. Poeire of White Rock.
is mere at the Mayer today.
r. F. Roseberry and family of Tus-
carora are in the city today.
Graeian Eyroz, the north county
sheepman. is an Elko visitor today.
Joe Lang has returned to Elko and
will remain here during the summer.
w. A. Moore, of Strawberry. is at
tending to legal matters here this af-
ternoon.
William Toyn, OF Mound Valley.
came in last night to meet his mother,
Mrs. Charles Toyn.
MIR. L. J. Wintermantel has return.
ed from the city where he has been
visiting his family.
Mrs. Chamberlain, mother OF Mrs.
H. L. Case, of this city, is visiting her
NnubAtSi HtIc lOI Il lew udNS.
The local lodge Of masons is plan
ming dance and picnic at Tuscarora
to be held some time next month.
The matter Of the rcceiveTship OF
NJ. Badt & Co, Wells. is occupying the
attention of the district court this af.
ternoon.
The following people from LamoilIc
are spending the day In Elko: T..
Hankins, Lois Bellnger, Jane Bcllin.
ger, and Mrs. James Howard.
George Hsrdesty was fined five dol
lars by Judge Doughty this morning
for violation of the traffic ordi-
nance. Mr.. Hardesty had parked his
car contrary to the requirements of
the law.
george euckner, representing the
lntertype Corporation OF San Fran
cisco, was here yesterday looking
over the independents big ypc.sctting
machine. He left for the west on No.
II this morning.
Emma c. Miller, advance publicity
agent for the Barnes Circus. paid US q
call yesterday. Outside OF the fact
that the Barnes outfit Is the greatest
and best circus on earth today, Miss
Miller had very little to say upon cir
cuses.
Some good baskets OF trout were
reported yesterday from various sourc.
es. Fishermen were out along all of
the streams. The largest trout were
caught along the Humboldt near
where tho South Fork cmptics into
the main river.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-02

Emma G. Miller, advance publicity
agent for the Barnes Circus, paid us q
call yesterday. Outside OF the fact
that the Barnes outfit is the greatest
and best circus on earth today. Miss
Miller had very little to say upon cir.
cuses.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-02
GERMANS ESTABLISH
MILITARY RULE IN KIEV

LONDON. May 1.-The Germans
have established a military rule in
kiev, capital of Ukrania, and have ar
rested a number of the members OF
the government on the stated grounds
that the government has proved TOO
weak to maintain law and order"
This statement is official from Ber-
lin
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-02

butes that should exist in our inform
ants who give US the news.
Ladies call and see the beautiful
new assortment OF waists Just receiv-
ed by Mrs. Orr.-a3.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-02
Spend Your Money

with your home merchants.
They help pay the taxes,
keep up the schools, build
roads, and make this a COM
munity worth while. You
will find the advertising Of
the best ones in this paper.