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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-03-01
CHAPTER xiv.
A MiIlionaire's Son.


"If Jim doesn't csk for a date for the
concert next week, Lark, let's Snub
him good"
"Oh, don't worry. He always asks.
You have that same discussion every
time there's anything going on. It's
just a waste Of time"
Mr.. Starr looked up from his mail.
"Complexion and boys with Carol,
books and boys with Lark, Connie, If
you begin that nonsense you'll get
spanked. One member of my family
shall rise above it, if | have to do it
with fOrce.'
Connie blushed.
The twins broke into open derision.
Connie! Oh, yes, Comics above
that nonsense"
Comics the worst In the family,
father, only she's one Of those re-
served, Supercilious souls who doesn't
tell everything she knows"
"'NOnSense.' | wish father could
have heard Lee Hanson last night. 1t
would have been a revelation to him.
'Aw, go on, Connie, give us II kiss"
Connie caught her lips between her
teeth. Her face was scarlet.
Twins !"
"It's a fact, father. He kept us
awake. 'Aw, 60 on, Connie, be good to
a fellow"
IL" began Connie defensively.
NNVnII ,-a 49,, - r1-fN tnN
when we're telling things. You always
spoil a good story by cutting in. Jaw,
go on, Connie, go on, now And Con-
ME said" The twins rocked off In Il
paroxyam Of laughter, and Connie
flashed a murderous look at them.
well, /"
"Glve us time, Connie. We're com
Ing to that. And Connie said, I'm 60
Ing in now; I'm sleepy"
81 didn't-father, / didn't"
"Well you might have said u worse
thing than that" he told her sadly.
81 mean-I-"
"She did say It," cried the twins.
I'm sleepy Just like that"
"Well it would make you SICK" de-
clared Connie, wrlnkling up her lose
to express her disgust. "Are boys al
ways like that father?"
Don't ask me-" he he6ged promptly.
How should | known"
"Oh, Connie, how can you! There's
father-now, he never cared to kiss
the girls even in his bad and balmy
days, did you, daddy Oh, no, father
was all for the strictly orthodox even
in his youth !"
Mr.. Starr returned precipitately to
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CHAPTER XIII.
BOOSTING Connie.

Connie was past fifteen when she an
nounced gravely one day, 1--WE changed
my mind. I'm going to be an author"
IAN author" scOffed Carol. "You
j thought you were going to get mar
ried and have eleven children"
"Oh, I've plenty of time for them yet,
when I find a father for them. Yes,
I'm going to be an author"
Can you writer"
"Of course | can write"
what makes You think you can
write, CONF" inquired Lark, with genu-
Inc interest.
Il have already done it."
"Was it any good?"
at was fine"
Carol and Lark smiled at each other.
Eyes" said Carol, "she has the long
haired instinct. I see it now. They al.
ways say it is fine. Was 1t a master
piece, ConnieT
well, considering my youth and in
experience, 1t was" Connie admitted,
her eyes sparkling appreciatively.
Carols wit was no longer lost upon
her, at any rate.
Bring it out. Let's see It. I've
never met a masterpiece yet-except a
dead one" said Lark.
"No-no," Connie backed up quick
iy. "You can't see it, and-don't ask
any more about 1t. Has father gone
Out?"
The twins stared at her again.
whats the matter with your"
Nothing, but it's my story and you
can't see it. That settles 1t. Was there
any mail todayF
Afterward the twins talked it over
together.
what made her back down like
thatT Carol wondered. "Just when
we had her going"
why, didn't you catch onto that?
She has sent it off to a magazine, Of
course, and she doesn't want us to
know about it. I saw through 1t right
away"
Carol looked at her twin with new
Interest. did you ever send 'em Off"
Lark flushed a little. "Yes, I did,
and always got 'em back, too-worse
luck. That's why l gave 1t up"
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his mail, and the twins calmly resumed
the discussion where it had been inter-
rupted.
A little later q quick exclamation
from their father made them turn to
him inquiringly.
ITS a shame" he said, and again;
"What a shame !"
"Why, it's a letter from Andrew
Hedges-an old college chum of mine.
His o is going West and Andy is
sending him around this way to see me
and meet my family. He'll be here
this afternoon. Isn't it a shame?"
isn't it lovely?" exclaimed Carol.
"We can use him to make Jim Forrest
jealous if he doesn't ask for that date?"
And she rose up and kissed her father.
evil you kindly get back to your
seat, young lady, and not interfere
with my thoughts?" he reproved her
sternly but with twinkling eyes. 1.-THE
trouble is I have to go to Fort Madl-
son on the Oon train for that Epworth
League convention. I'd like to see that
boy. Andy's done well, l guess. I've
always heard so. He's u millionaire,
they say"
For a long second his daughters
gazed at him speechlessly.
Then, "a millionaire's son" Lark fall
tered feebly.
But I have to go to Fort Madison. I
am on the program tonight. There's the
puzzle"
ooh, father, you can leave him to
u.s." volunteered Lark. "We'l be love-
ly, just lovely. A millionaire's son
Oh, yes, daddy, you can trust him to
us all right"
At last he caught the drift of their
enthusiasm. "Ah! I see! That fatal
charm. You're sure you'll treat him
nicely?"
"Oh, yes, father, so sure. A million
aires son. We've never even seen one
yet"
"Now, look here, girls, fix the house
up and carry it off the best you can.
I'll be gone until the end of the week,
since I'm on for the last night, too.
VIII you do your best?"
After his departure, Carol gathered
the family forces about her without a
moments delay.
"A ~millionaire's son." she prefaced
her remarks, and as she had expected,
was rewarded with immediate atten-
ton. "NOw, for darling fathers sake,
we've got to manage this thing the
very best we can. We have to make
this Andy Hedges, m%ilIionaire's son,
think we're just about all right, for
fathers sake. We must have a gen.
erOuS dinner, to start with. Wen plan
that Il little later. Now | think. Aunt
Grace, lovely, it would be nice for you
to Wear your lavender lace gown, and
look delicate, don't you? A chuperon-
ing auntie in poor health is so aristo-
cratic. You must wear the lavender
satin slippers and have n bottle Of
cologne to lift frequently to your SEN
Sitive nostrilS."
"Why, Carol, William wouldn't like
it,"
wouldn't like 1t" calculated the
schemer in surprise. "Wouldn't like it
Why wouldn't he like 1t? Didn't he
tell us to create n good impression?
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the rule In many young orchards
around picking time. Where a big tree
is heavily burdened it is possible to
keep it from splitting by the time-hon-
ored device of using lag screws and
q chain or the screws and q couple Of
rods with a turnbuckle. The chain
will work just as well, however. There
should be Il swivel In the chain, CORE
spending to the turnbuckle, so that the
screws may be frightened up and the
weakened limb held firmly. The de-
vice may be left in place and will be
of permanent value.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-03-01

MIR. Starr SaT for a long lime star
ing Straight Before Him Into
Space.
and the two girls turned toward the
door.
THE danger in reading things" said
Mr.. Starr, and they paused to listen,
''the danger is that we may find G
ments we cannot answer; we may feel
that we have been in the wrong, that
what we read is right. There's the
danger. Whenever you find anything
like that, Connie, will you bring it to
me? / think l can find the answer for
you. If l don't know it, | will look I'M
til | come upon it. For we have been
given an answer to every argument.
You'll come to me, won't you?"
eyes, father, l will know you'll
find the answers"
After the door had closed behind
them, Mr.. Starr sat for a long time
staring straight before him into space.
1.-THE Connie problem" he said at
last. And then, "Ill have to be better
pals with her. Comics going to be
pretty fine, l believe"
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WATCH CLOSE FOR CLINGERS
Dried-Up, Diseased Fruits That Stick
to Branches Garry Disease Over
Until Spring.

1t is not enough to destroy all Of the
insect-laden and fungous-disease-in-
tested fruit that drops before or during
fruit harvest by feeding same to the
hogs, sheep, or other stock. There are
quite often dried-up, diseased fruits
that cling to the branches, for weeks
after harvest-time, which carry the
spores (germs) of disease over until
spring and then scatter them broad
cast by wind, insects, and birds. There
is just as much in preventing trouble
as curing 1t.
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CHAPTER Xil-Continued.

Comics eyes were very bright. She
winked hard a few times, choking back
the rush Of tears. Then with an i'm
~pulsiveness she did not often show, she
lifted her fathers hand and kissed it
passionately.
"Oh, father" she whispered, 81 was
so afraid-you wouldn't quite see."
She kissed his hand again.
Carol looked at her sister respectful
ly. Connie" she said, II certainly
beg your pardon. 1 just wanted to be
clever. and didn't know what I was
talking about. When you have fin
ished it, give it to me, will you? I want
to read it, too; ]. think it must be Won
Gerful."
She held out a slender shapely hand
end Connie took it quickly, clumsily,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-03-01
GET EGGS AND MEAT
FROM KITCHEN WASTE

prepared by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.)
In every household, no matter
how economical the housewife,
there Is q certain amount of ia
BILE scraps and kitchen waste
which has feeding value, but
which if not fed, finds its way
into the garbage pail.
Poultry is the only class of DO
nestle animals which is suitable
for converting this waste mate
rial, right where it is produced
in the city, into wholesome and
nutritious food in the form Of
eggs and poultry meat.
Each hen in her pullet year
should produce ten dozen eggs.
The average size OF the back
yard flock should be at least ten
hens. Thus each flock would
produce in a year 100 dozen eggs
which, at the conservative value
of % cents a dozen, would be
worth $25.
By keeping a backyard poul-
try flock the family would not
only help in reducing the cost Of
living but would have eggs Of a
, quality and freshness which are
often difficult to obtain.
Remember that eggs produced
by the backyard flock cost very
little, as the fowls are fed large
ly upon waste materials.
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PREVENT PEACH LEAF CURL
Best Plan Is to Spray Trees While In
Dormant Conditlon-Use Boiled
Llme-SuIphur.

The method almost universally in
use as a means Of preventing peach
leaf curl Is that of spraying the trees
while in the dormant condition. A
number Of sprays so applied will give
almost perfect control, but the one
commonly used is boiled ~lime-sulphur,
as 1t is also effective in controlling
the San Jose scale.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-03-01

Well, this Is it. You'll make a lovely
semi-lnvalid auntie. You must have q
family perfumed handkerchief to press
to your eyes now and then. 1t isn't
hot enough for you slowly to WELD a
graceful fan, but we can get along
without it,"
"But, Carol"
Think how pleased dear father will
be If his old college chum's son is prop
erly impressed" interrupted Carol hur-
riedly, and proceeded at once with her
plans,
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-03-01
IDEAL HOUSE FOR CHICKENS
Wherever Possible Building Should
Have Southern Front-Fresh Air
and Sunshine Help. n

Plenty of fresh air and sunshine.
along with freedom from drafts and
dampness, are the requisites Of the
ideal poultry house, yet there are
many poultrymen who build expen-
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CTO BE C~ONTINUED.)
No Room for Teddy Bears.

A woman with her little girl was
looking through a fiat that was for
rent. The j~anitor said no dogs or ami
mails of any kind were allowed. The
little girl said to her mother: Don't
move here, 1 can't bring my Teddy
hear"
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CHAIN BRACE ON APPLE TREE
There Should Be a Swivel So That
Screws May Be frightened to
Hold Limb Firmly.

A big fruit crop is likely to mean
a good many injured trees from limbs
breaking and splitting off under the
load of frlit. Propped-up limbs are
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sive houses for their fowls without
giving a thought to the real needs of
the hen. Nothing plays a more i'm
portant part in regulating the condi-
ton of the house than does location.
Wherever possible the house should
be built on a southern slope and it is
better if there is some protection, as a
grove of trees, to the north. This will
give the house plenty of sunlight dur
ing the greatest possible time and will
also protect it from the cold winter
winds.
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-07-05
The Long Arm of Mercy
By DR.. FRANK CRANE

! The Red Cross is the Long Arm of Mercy.
/ 1t is the Kindness of Mankind-organzed
In Man is an Angel and Devil DR.. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde The Red Cross the Good. aroused energized to
thwart the Bad.
1t is the best antidote we know to the bane of
There other Charities more less helpful. The
Red Cross the mghtest of all Charities the Love and Pity
OF all men made supremely efficient.
IT, as Emerson said, sensible and conscientious
men all the world of religion this is the
preston of that religion.
The Red Cross is Humanity united in Service.
1t asks mans opinion; only his need.
Black White, Friend Foe to the Red Cross there
is no difference; it only asks "Who Suffering And
to him it goes.
The Red Cross is SO Efficient that Governments recog
nze it; Pure purpose that whoever wishes we'll his
fellow desires to hep it; Clean its administration
that the most suspicious find no fault in it.
The Red Cross only seeks alleviate the cruetes
OF War; it is the expression of those human sentiments that
some day will put end to War
1t is the impulse of Love, striving the i'm
pulse of Hate.
1t is Mercys cooperation struggling against Wars RI
valries.
1t is the Society in which every Man. Woman and
Child should be enroled for it knows sects no preiu
dces no protesting opinion; the human being does live
that does not feel that the starving should be fed sick
tended and the wounded healed.
Majestic and divine this Long Arm of Mercy: il finds
the fallen the battlefield, brings the and the
physician to the victim in the hopita leads the weeping
orphan to homes feeds the starving for the pest
Smitten whom all others abandon pous the oil of Help
and Pity into the bitter wounds Of the World
Where volcano has wrought desolation in JAPAN or
Flood III China or Hurricane in Cuba, Famine in
India, Plague in Italy, ravagng Armies in Poland
Seria Belgium there flies the Red Cross the Angel of
God whom the fury of Danish from the Earth
and to the Ends OF the Earth all the Seven
Seas wherever Human Misery, there extended to bless
and to heal its Long Arm of Mercy
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W0MEN'S CLUBS HELP
THE WOMEN'S HOSPITAL

Women's clubs throughout the coun.
try are becoming interested in the
pluCky little hospital unit. stated by
women, which has recently SaileS for
France 10 work behind the lines for
the restoration or women and children.
The Colony Club OF New York city
has donated motor truck. and Soro.
Sis. The Oldest Incorporated woman 5
club IN the United States. has given a
present 10 celebrate its fiftieth birth
day. The present Is s. 600 ambu.
lance Ia go 10 France with the hospi-
tai unit and run on errands OF kind
ness for the French children and their
club, has presented another ambulance.
Both bear on their sides the legend.
"WOmen'S oversee Hospitals. L. :. A."
with the Red Cross and the emblem Of
the hospitals.
fifty bed hospital will be stationed
behind the lines In one of the most
devastated areas in France. While Il
will be at the call or the French War
Department for the care of the mill
tary wounded. It's direct object is Ia
build up the broken down women and
children who have suffered from lack
Of care during the occupation OF their
towns by war forces
In csblesram received from Doctor
Finley the dire need Of the French
people for the help TO be secured
through the hospital IS set forward In
II startling sentence or two-"Great
need for unit. Civilians taken many
miles for hospital treatment Must do
much surgery; need specialists, ambu-
lance service, several dispenSaries
II will be recalled that the French
High Commissioner. Monsieur Tartiieu.
Was most hospitable To the idea of the
unit from the start.
The fund for the upkeep Of the hos
pital was formally assumed by the Ma
tioual American Woman Suffrage As
sociation at its forty-nInth annual con
SentlOn in Washington. n c., last Dt-
cember The hospital was then adopt.
ell AS the associations war baby"
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Notice For Bids.

Notice is hereby given that
sealed bids will be received BY
the undersigned, in the moving
of the school house, known aslthe
West School in Indian Creek
School District, No. 81, to the
center OF the south side of Sec.
ton II. Township l-South OF
range 23-eaSt.
Bids will be opened on July
23rd. at 500 o'clock p. m. and
the Board reserved the right TO
reject any and all bids.
Dated this 3rd day of July 1918.
Mrs. Olive Bradley
l-3 School Clerk
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the date of this notice the sum OF
SiOO 90 principal and x95 II interest
besides the sum Of S737l taxes paid
on said above described tract of land
under the conditions of the mortgage
herein before referred to, amounting
in all TO S56S. 50 besides the statutory
attorneys fees.
BY reason OF said default notice is
hereby given that said mortgage will
be toreclosed by sale of the mortgag-
ed premises AT Public Auction tor the
satisfaction of said debt and accrue
ing costs, the said sale 10 be made at
the front door of the court house at
the county seat of Jackson county.
formerly Stanley county at Kadoka.
5. d. on the 18th day of August 1918
at one O'Clock in the afternoon of
that day.
Dated this 2sth day of June 1918.
Harry Kunkle, Attorney for
IL r r. Batty, MORTGAGE and
owner of said mortgage.
e. Is. Hughes, Sheriff of
Jackson county, South Dakota.
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Notice That Tax Deed Shall Issue
Stale of South Dakota,

SNsNS VI SOubli bahold,
county of Jackson.
To Bertha +. Reidinger the owner
OF record of the following described
land, and the persons in possession
thereof; To j. p. Eddy the person in
whose name the said land is taxed.
Notice Is hereby given in accord
ance with the Statutes in such case
made and provided that on the 18th
day of November 1911, at a regular
sale of lands upon which taxes were
due in and for Stanley county (now
Jackson South Dakota, at Fort Pierre.
the county seat thereof. the follow
ing described property was sold for
taxes then due and delinquent:
Lot four in Block two Reidinger's
Addition 10 the Town of Kadoka,
South Dakota.
mat SAID property was purchased
by Stanley county, south Dakota and
later became part of the assets of
the new county of Jackson and was
on November lst, 1917, sold and as.
signed by said Jackson county, south
Dakota. 10 j. P. Eddy pursuant to
law and is now the property of said
j. P. Eddy,
And, whereas two years have ex-
pred since the date OF the purchase
OF said tract, and the property sfore-
said has not been redeemed: YOU are
also Motif ed that according TO the
statute, the right of redemption in
and 10 the said described land will
expire. within sixty days from the
service of this notice. and
that the subscriber will be entitled to
a.deed OF said tract after the l,roper
service and return of this notice and
the expiration OF the time required
by law.
That none of the parties above
named are now or have been ever en-
gagged in the Military or Naval ser.
vice of the United States or any aux
iliary thereof.
dated Al kadoka, south Dakota.
this 2sth day of May 1918.
j. p. Eddy
Owner of said Tax Sale Certificate.
BY \. G Granger,
His Attorney.
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c. n. Leedom and +. T. Nellor.
Editors

On Wednesday of last week
seven more of Jackson County $
young men left for the Army
training camp at Camp Funston
as the quota OF this county in the
June draft. Everyone of the
Young men will be missed
from their communities, and the
Press is proud of the boys who
are answering their Country'S :
cali and leave with Il smile on
their faces TO do their duty where
ever called. Fifteen more young
men have been called from lack
son County for the July draft and
the latter part of tins month will
leave for the training camps.
The members of the Local EX.
emption Board informs the Press
that in filling the draft quota for
August the entire registration of
Class one will be exhausted and
it will then be necessary to begin
taking from other classes to fill
the number called each month.
Collins Conner has enlisted in
the Signal Corps division of the
army and left Thursday TO take
special training at the army sch.
DOL AT Rapid City.
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Notice of Mortgage Sale

Default has been made in the pay.
ment OF the principal and interest se-
cured by mortgage dated Nov. 2lst.
ISL executed by Odel Fryer ana
Florence Fryer, husband and wife. TO
f. +. Batty of Mazomanic Postoffice.
Wis, mortgage, upon the following
described tract of land lying and be-.
ing situate in the county of Jackson,
formerly county of stanley. state of
South Dakota to-wit: Lots three and
four and the South half Of the North
west quarter of section one, in town.
ship one South of Range TWENTY-FIVE
east OF the Black Hills Meridian con-
tanning 159 and IL 100 acres accorii, Q
- Y. 8. Government survey upon
which said mortgage. there 10 dut, at
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NOTICE..
To Whom Ii Nav Concern

10 w nom III May Concern:
Please take notice that the i've
stock hereinafter described was TAX
en- up on the 2lst day of June, A d.
isls, same being found tresspassinC
upon the farm OF George II. Decker.
west OF kadoka, South Dakota. The
aforesaid livestock are held for the
damage which they have done by the
trespass upon said farm. and the
owner thereof can procure the afore.
SAID livestock by calling at the Office
OF VI. n. Easthouse. attorney, Ksdo-
"a :. ID. and nay the damage which
the,aforessid livestock has have done
with the additional yardage expenses
and expense for keeping the same
from the 2lst day of June 1918. and
up TO the time the livestock will be
taken possession of by the real owner.
The livestock herein referred TO
which is now held by George III
Decker Is described "a follows to-wit.
one sorrel mare and colt mare
branded j. s on the left shoulder,
One bay mare and colt mare brand.
ed H: o: u on the left shoulder.
One black mare branded " on left
shoulder.
One ouckskin mare branded " on
left shoulder.
One bay mare and colt mare brand
ed on left hip.
One 2-year old mare wolf bitten. a
slick.
One brown buckskin, gel6ing brand
ed W on left shoulder, reached
name.
Dated this 27th day Of June A. ID.
1918.
George II. Decker.
Magnus n. Easthouse,
Attorney for the Plaintiff, 52-tI
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Catholic Church

Sunday, July Eth, 1918.
MaSS--kadoka at 1890 a. m.
There will be a business meet
ing of the congregation immedi
ately after.
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Is YOUR subscription paid up?
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The Red Cross is the Long Arm of Mercy
1t is the Kindness of Mankind-organized.