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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-01

anything about you that Stanton could
make use Of"
Again the High Lines new secretary
turned to stare at the black back.
grounded window.
"You mean that she might hear Of
Of Miss Corona?" he suggested.
you've roped It down, at least" said
the friendly enemy. "StantonTl tell
her-he'H tell her anything and every
thing that might make her turn loose
any little bit of information she may
have about you. AS I said a minute
ago, I'm hoping she hasn't got anything
on you, John"
Smith was still facing the window
when he replied. "Tm sorry to have
to disappoint you, Starbuck. What
Miss HIGHLANDER could do to me, If she
chooses, would be good and plenty"
The ex-cowboy mine owner drew a
long breath and felt for his tobacco
sack and rice paper.
"All Of which opens up more talk
trails" he said thoughtfully. "Since
you wouldn't try to take care Of your.
self, and since your neck happens to
be the most valuable asset Timanyoni
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-01

other hypothesis clinched itself Instant
ly-he was In hiding; he had done
something from which he had run
away.
II was not until after Office hours
that Stanton was able to reduce his
equation to its simplest terms, and II
was Shaw, dropping In to make his re-
port after his first days work as clerk
and stenOgrapher In the High Line
headquarters, who cleared the air Of at
least one fog bank Of doubts.
"Pve been through the records and
the stOck-bOoks," said the spy, when,
10 obedience 70 orders, he had locked
the office door. "Smith Is playing a
lone hand. He hlmfiammed Kinzie for
his first chunk OF aoney, and after that
II was easy. Every dollar invested In
High Line has been dug up right here
In the TimanyOni. Here's the list OF
stockholders"
Stanton ran his eye down the string
Of namai. and sWore when he saw Max.
Wells SubEnUdon q $4,000. Damn
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-01

the hens can help themselves. The
advantage Of feeding such a mash is
that the hens always have access to
feed and this tends to make up for
any faulty or inexperienced feeding.
Hens do not like dry mash so well
that they are likely to Overeat. A
good dry mash may be made of equal
parts by weight of cornmeal, wheat
bran, bran middlings and beef scrap.
Fish scrap when available may re-
place the beef scrap or c~ottonseed
meal may be made to replace one-half
Of the beef scrap in the mash.
The hens should have access at all
times to a supply of grit or stones
of a size small enough to be swallowed
readily. Grit is used by the hens to
help in grinding in their gizzards the
hard grains which they eat. A supply
of ordinary gravel viii answer the
purpose of grit very well. Crushed
oyster or clam shells also should be
given to the hens and be kept before
them at all times. If this is withheld
the hens are likely to lack sufficient
shell-formlng material in their feed,
and soft-shelled or thin-sLelled eggs
may result. Grit or shell can be pur-
chased in small quantities at any feed
or supply store. A plentiful supply Of
clean, fresh water must always be
available for the hens. They drink
freely, especially when laying heavily,
and should not be stlnted in this ne
cesslty. Keep the water pan, or dish,
clean. If the water pan is raised a
foot above the floor the hens will not
kick. 1t full of straw and other litter
when scratching for their feed.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-01

morning. Four or five handfuls Of
grain-about One-half pint-scattered
in the litter will be sufficient for a
flock of 20 to % hens. BY handful is
meant as much as can be grasped in
the hand, not what can be scoOped up
In the open hand. By scattering 1t in
the litter the hens will be compelled to
scratch in order to find the grain, and
in this way they get exercise which is
decidedly beneficial to them. If the
house is too small to feed in, the grain
can be scattered on the grouhd out
side. A good grain mixture for this
purpose is composed of equal parts by
weight Of feeding wheat, cracked corn
and oats. Another suitable grain mix
ture would be two parts by weight OF
cracked corn and n part oats.
Have Dry Mash Accessible.
In addition to the grain and the
table scraps, it is well to feed a dry
mash. This dry mash is composed Of
various ground grains and is placed
in a mash hopper Or box from which
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-01
To aRreakv nroodv Hen.

When hens become broody and It is
not desired to allow them to hatch
chickens, they should be "broken up"
as quickly as possible. The sooner this
Is done the sooner they will resume
laying. To break a hen of brOOdiness
she should be confined to a small coop,
preferably with a Stat bottom. Give
her plenty OF water to drink she may
be fed or not, as desired. Not much
difference will be found in the time re-
quired to break her Of ~broodiness
whether she is fed or made to fast.
Usually three to six days Of conhne-
ment will do the work, but some hens
require ten to twelve days. The
broody hen will be recognized by her
inclination to stay on the nest at
night, the rufilng of her feathers and
her desire to pick anyone who APP
proaches her, and by the clucking
noise she makes. When these simp-
toms disappear, she haS been 'brOken
up"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-01
KITCHEN SCRAPS
GOOD FOR FOWLS
Waste Material win Go Long Way
With Poultry Flock.
HELP REDUCE GRAIN NEEDED
Good Plan to Produce Eggs Is by Feed
ing Garbage, Some Grain to Be
Scratched For, Dry Mash, Grit
and Clean Water.

You can maintain a backyard flock
on kitchen waste alOne-not in these
days of patriotic conservation-but
you can make waste material go a
long way in the hen yard. With egg
prices at high tide. it will not pay to
skimp in feeding the layers, but using
all the kitchen garbage and l%eft-overs
available will help reduce the amount
of grain needed.
Scraps of meat, or leftover vege-
tables which cannot be utilized In
any other way, make excellent chicken
feed. There are also many other waste
products, such as beet tops, turnip
tops, carrot tops, potato Feelings,
onion Feelings, watermelon rinds, the
outside leaves of cabbage, waste let
tuce leaves, bread and cake crumbs
and 50 on, all of which are relished by
the hens. In saving the scraps from
the waste it is well to separate the
portions adapted to feeding and place
them in a receptacle or pail by them
selves. DecompOsed waste material
or moldy bread or cake should never
bc ShNGu W AeSu " lhS mems, uS IL 10
harmful to them. Slop material such
as dishwater should not be thrown in
with the other waste for the flock.
1t is also useless to feed such things
MS banana peel or the skins of or
anges, as these have little or no food
value. Any soul milk which is not
utilized in the house should be fed
separately, however, either by allow
ing the hens to drink it or by allow
ing it to clabber on the back of the
stove and then feeding it in that con-
ditiOn.
Use the Meat Grinder.
Table scraps and kitchen waste are
best prepared for feeding by running
them through an ordinary meat grind
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-01

High Line has, just at present, I've
been butting in, as 1 told you. Listen
to my tale of woe, If you haven't any
thing better to do. Besides the Miss
R~icb-ranches episode there are a
couple of others. Want to hear about
emf"
Smith nodded.
can right. A little while past din
ner this evening, Stanton had a hurry
call to meet the Nevada Flyer Tailed
onto the train there was a private lux
ury car, and in the private car sat a
plenty Of times in the political car
toOns, usually with cuss-words under
II. He is one Of Stanton's bosses; and
Stanton was in for a wigging-and got
1t. l couldn't hear, but 1 could see
through the car window. He had Stan
ton standing on one foot before the
train pulled out and let Crawford
make his getaway. You guess, and
I'll guess, and Wen both say 1t was
about this Escalante snap which is
aiming to be known as the Escalante
fzzle. Amt 1t the TRUTH"
Again Smith nodded, and said, go
on"
"After number five had gone Stanton
broke for his autOcab, looking like he
could bite a nail in two. 1 happened
to hear the order he gave the shower,
and / had my cayuse hitched over at
Bob Sharkey's joint. Naturally, /
ambled along after Crawford, and
while I didn't beat him to 1t, 1 got
there soon enough. It was out at JEFF
BartOn's roadhouse on the Topaz trail,
and Stanton was shut up in the back
room with a sort of tin-hOrn bad man
named Lanterby."
"You listened2" said Smith stlll
without eagerness.
"Right you are. And they fooled me.
Two schemes were on tap: n point
ing at Williams and the dam, and the
other at you. These were both last
resorts; : Stanton said he had one more
string to pull first. If that broke
well, I've said 1t half a dozen times
already, John: you'll either have to
hire a bodyguard or go heeled. I'm
telling you right here and now, that
bunch is going to get you, even If 1t
costs money!"
"YOu say Stanton said he had one
more string to pull; he didn't give It
a name, did heT"
"NO, but I've got a notion Of my
own" was the ready answer. "He's
trying to get next to you through the
women, with the Miss Rlch-pasture for
his can opener. But when everything
else fails, he is to send a password
to Lanterby, n Of two passwords.
Williams lei dynamite and the
dam; Jake means the removal from
the map Of a fellow named Smith. Nice
prospect, isn't itT"
CTo BID C-ONTINUED)
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-01
Use the Meat Grinder.

Table scraps and kitchen waste are
best prepared for feeding by running
them through an ordinary meat grind
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-01
CHAPTER xIv-contInusd.

CHAPTER XIV-contnued.
II
Stanton was still wrestling with his
problem when the Handsome couple"
returned from the play. The trust
Geld captain saw them as they crossed
the lobby to the elevator and again
marked the little evidences OF familiar
ity. 'That settles it, he unused, with
an outthrust of the pugnacious jaw.
"She knows more about Smith than
anybody else in this neck Of woods
and she's got It to tell"
Stanton began his inQuisition for bet
ter information the following day, with
the bejewelled lady for his ally. Miss
HIGHLANDER was alone and unfrlended
In the hOtel-and also a little bored.
Hence she was easy Of approach; so
easy that by luncheon time the sham
promoters wife was able to introduce
her husband. Stanton lost no moment
in~vestigative. For the lnquiring pur-
pose. Smith was made to figure as a
business acquaintance, and Stanton
was generous in hla praises of the
young mans astounding financial abll-
lty.
"He's simply a wonder, Miss Rich
lander !" he confded over the luncheon
table. Coming here a few weeks ago,
absolutely unknown, he has already be-
come a prominent man Of affairs in
Brewster. And so discreetly ~reticentl
To this good day nobody knows where
he comes from, or anything about
him."
"NO7" shid Miss Verda. "How sia-
gularr" But she did not volunteer to
supply any of the missing biographical
facts.
Absolutely nothing" Stanton went
on smoothly. "And, Of course, his ST.
ience about himself has been grossly
misinterpreted. l have even heard 1t
said that he is an escaped convict"
"How perfectly absurd" was the
smiling comment.
isn't lt7 But you know how people
will talk. They are saying now that
his name isn't Smith that he has
merely taken the commonest name In
the category as an alias"
II can contradict that, anyway"
Miss HIGHLANDER offered. "His name is
really and truly John Smith,"
"YOu have known him a long time,
haven't your inquired the lady with
the headlight diamonds.
ooh, yes; for quite a long time, in
deed"
"That was back in New York slater"
Stanton slipped in.
elm the East. yes. He comes Of an
excellent family. His fathers people
we're well-to-do farmers, and one Of his
g~reat-uncles on his mothers side was
on the supreme bench in our state; he
was chief justice during the later years
OF his life"
"What state did you sayT" querled
Stanton craftily. But Miss Verda was
Tar too wide-awake to let him surprise
her.
"Our home state, Of course. I don't
believe any member Of Mr.. Smiths
Immediate family on either side has
ever moved out of It,"
Stanton gave II up for the time be-
ting. and was convinced upon two points.
Smith might have business reasons for
seerecy-he might have hackers who
wished to remain completely unknown
In their fight against the big land
trust; but II he had no hackers the
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-01
CHAPTER XIV.
A Might Of Flaseos.

Smith had seen nothing Of Miss
HIGHLANDER during the day, partly be-
cause there was a forenoon meeting Of
the High Line stockholders called for
the purpose Of electing him secretary
and treasurer In fact Of the company,
and partly because the major portion
OF the afternoon was spent In confer
ence with Williams at the dam.
Returning from the dam site quite
late In the evening. Smith spent q hard
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-01

The hired car was still waiting when
Stanton went out through the barroom
and gave the driver his return orders.
And, because the night was dark, nei-
Their of the two at the car saw the man
in the soft hat s~tralghten himself up
from his c%rouchlng place under the
Darkroom window and vanish silently
in the gloom.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-01

'The ~expectant heir to his uncle's
millions, anxiously asked the doctor
when his unele was taken Ill, II there
was no hope"
"What did the doctor sayT"
"He told him there was no hope
whatever. The chances were mis-
uncle would get well enough to marry
bb hOusakeeper."
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-01
EGGS FIVE CENTS APIECE
TIME TO START HENNERY

Eggs at 60 TO 20 cents a dozenI
More than that in some placesl
Isn't 1t about time for you, Mr..
Town Man, to "dO something"
about the egg supply? Be a pro-
Queer. Put that backyard to
wOrk-six or eight hens should
furnish eggs enough, when used
economically, for four or five per-
sons. Table waste helps to pay
the feed bill. With eggs at pres
ent prices you scarcely can lose.
Don't take a hier In hens. Get
reliable advice and then go
ahead. Backyard Poultry Keep
ing" Farmers Bulletin $50, re-
Gently published by the United
States department of agriculture,
points out safe paths with poul-
try. Send for 1t.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-01

er. After the material has been put
through the grinder 1t is usually a
rather moist mass, and 1t is well to
mix with It some cOrnmeal, bran or
other ground grain until the whole
assumes a crumbly condition. The
best method is to feed the table scraps
at noon or night, or at both times, as
may be desired, In a trough or on a
board. All should be fed that the hens
will eat clean.
With the table scraps 1t is well to
feed some grain. Perhaps this may
best be given as a light feed in the
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-01
LET NEIGH5oRs SAVE ALL
WASTE FOR YOUR FLOCK

Maybe your neighbors who do
not keep chickens would save
the waste from their kitchens, IL
you asked them, for your hens.
Scraps from the table make ex-
cellent feed and they enable a
saving in the grain bill. Many
people, doubtless, would be glad
to save the useful material If a
small pail is furnished.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-09-07
LEMONS WHlTEN AND
BEAUTIFY THE SKIN
Make this beauty lotion cheapIy for
your face, neck, arms and hands.

At the cost of small jar of ordinary
cold cream one can prepare full quar-
ter pint Of the most wonderful lemon
skin softener and complexion beautifier,
by squeezing the juice of two fresh lem
ons into bottle containing three ounces
of orchard white. Care should be taken
to strain the juice through fine cloth
SO no lemon pulp gets in, then this To-
ton will keep fresh for months. Every
woman knows that lemon juice is used
to bleach and remove such blemishes as
freckles, sallowness and tan and is
the ideal skin softener, whitener and
beautifer.
Just try it! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any drug store and
two lemons from the grocer and make up
a quarter pint of this sweetly fragrant
lemon lotion and massage it daily into
the face, neck, arms and hands 1t is
marvellous to smoother rough, red hands.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-09-07

China and Russia, both now passing
through formative stage of unrest
and disorganization, will be in need
of builders and organizers.
And Europe has not been producing
trained men for four years; instead
it has been killing them. 1t is not
arrogance to say that America faces
the task of rebuilding the world, for
European leaders admit that their
nations are not equipped for the task
A high French officer on mission
to this country recently stated tilat
France had produced practically no
trained men for four years, and would
be unable to carry out the scientific
and engineering tasks of reconstruc-
ton without aid from this country.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-09-07
SEPT. 70 REGISTRATION DAY

Notice is hereby given that all per-
sons who are 10 years of age on
Thursday, Sept. ~, 1913 up and inclu1-
ing all persons who have not passed
the age of 46 must register on that
day formilitary service. That is Is
to As years inclusive, unless they have
registered under the II to
80 year calls. Parties to make the
in each township have
been appointed. 1t is the desire of the
President and General Crowder that
this be made a patriotic day. So we
ask that all persons register, snd that
with Z a. m. that all church
and school bells be rung and all
whistles in the county be blown at in
tervals Of every hours. All members
of the County and Community Coun-
ellis are requested to see and assist in
having all persons register who ARE
of the above ages.
Yours truly,
A. d. DuLaney,
Chairman County Council.
A. P, STEEL, Secy.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-09-07
EXPECT BIG ENROLMENT
State Council OF Defense Assisting in
Educational and other Campaigns.

Little Rock, Sept. 3.-At the meeting
of the State Council of Defense yester-
day. w. J. Jernigsn, agent for the
boys and girls agricultural clubs Of
the School Garden Work for next year.
State Superintendent Bond reported
th2t the campaign had been most
successful this year, and that it is
advisable to begin early the work of
organization Tor next year.
Mr. Bond ALSO reported that the Az
gust campaign of the Arkansas Emer-
gency Council on Education, condi-
ton with the assistance of the State
Council and it's auxiliaries, had been
most successful A tremendous inter-
est has been aroused all over the state,
and in consequence the schools expect
the largest enrolment in years.
The State Council has been called
upon by the National Council to aid
the Department of Justice through
all it's agencies in the detection of de-
serters. The Department is putting on
an active campaign throughout the
country, the recent round up" in Lit
tie Rock being one form of it's activi-
ties, and all loyal citizens are called
upon to assist in experimenting all who
subject to the Selective Draft and are
attempting to evade it.
'It is often true" says Atty. Gen,
England ''that resistance comes from
ignorance more than actual disloyalty,
and when instances are brought to the
attention of of the council, it will be
the purpose to reach such men in an
educational way before resorting to
force. Unity of purpose and continui-
ty of effort are essential to win, and
that is the spirit that pervades the
Council system, through the County
and Community councils. Any suspi-
cious cases should be reported without
delay to the county council chairman,
and the chairmen are urged to be es-
pecially vigilant in looking after any
evidence of draft resistance or evasion.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-09-07
Education Must Not Stop.

Perhaps one of the greatest argu-
ments in the educational campaign of
the government is made by Commits
sioner of Education P. p. Claxton, an
extract from which follows:
Perhaps the greatest immediate
cause of the diminished ATTENDANCE
which threatens the schools is the
number of boys and girls who are
working, and are unwilling to give up
their work because of their high
earnings. Commissioner Claxton would
call the attention of these to the
great opportunities which will await
educated Americans after the war.
AS he points out, there>'ss world
to be rebuilt when this war is over.
Not only the devastated countries of
Europe, but the great nations Of
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-09-07
OFF FOR CAN'T PIKE
Fifteen White Registrars Entrained
for Training Camp Friday.

Fifteen white registrants were en-
trained from this county Friday
morning for Camp Pike. The quota
was "a, but Is took every available
man in Glass l. All of these were
men just registered, having become
81 since June 5. The names of the men
are:
Andrew Waddell, Anon Bont Smith,
Will Dan McCrae, Walter Guy LEROY,
Robert e. White, Callie Baker, William
Frazier Wright, Oliver Goodson, Boyd
V Kruse, Clayton Goddard, Robert l..
Hammond, Norman D. E.,s. Joel G.
Finley, William Miller Lovewell, Clar-
cree o. Beck.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-09-07

this report shows total of S,727 men
classified as follows: Common white
5,549; common negro labor
ers, 1908; carpenters, 237; black
smith, 100; mechanics, 81; painters,
So; electricians, IS; bricklayers, "a;
cooks, %; printers (including editors
and reporters,) "a; bookkeepers, us;
druggists, So; plasterers, 10; welders,
4; engineers, 8; plumbers, 10; archi-
tects, 10; telegraph operators, 6;
stenographers, Z; chauffeurs, z; bank
ers, 55; merchants, 416; preachers,
teachers, lawyers and doctors, 237.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-09-07
KAISER GREATLY AGED
Said to Present Appearance Of Man
Suffering Great Sorrow.

Geneva, Sept 4.-Swiss who saw
Emperor William and King Ferdinand
at their Nauheim conference say that
the German ruler has greatly elged and
that his hair is snow white and his
shoulders stopped. His eyes are few
erish, his gesture abrupt and his face
which is severely lined and tanned.
gives the general impression of a man
suffering great sorrow.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-09-07
S,..11 IN LABOR CENSUS
Public Srvice Agent Registers Men
in Southwestern Counties.

Texarkana, Sept. Al. T Tullis,
public service reserve agent for the
district composed Of the counties of
Miller, Hampstead, Lafayette, How
ard, Columbia, Nevada, Sewer and
Little River, has just completed the
labor registration of the district.
With farmers, railroad men, and men
working ON war contracts exempt,
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-09-07
ATTACK IN MACEDONIA
Teutons Driven Back, However, Says
London Report.

London, Sept. 4.-Forces Of the CEN
trail powers Monday morning attacked
the ententa allied troops under cover
Of an intense commandment on the left
bank OF the Var5,cr river in Mace
donia. An official statement issued
today by the British War Office says
the enemy was driven back by coun-
ter-attack.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-09-07

1.-The State Council will aid the Fed
eral authorities in enforcing whatever
orders may be issued in connection
with the Selective Service, and the ex-
tension of the work or fight order