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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-13
you? 1 expected anything like

YOU? I expected anything like
this when / hitched up with this
bunch! Now, give me that there
string and I'll bind hey hands behind
her. and then W. can lock her in and
she can't do no harm!"
They forced a ill-slnelling rag in
to her mouth and tied it around her
rolled her over, bound her hands,
and left her lying half on her face
across the old stray mattress. The
dusty breath of it snote upon her
distress with a smothering sense Inc
reminded her of the hour she lay in
the old barn loft at Platt's Crossing.
Strange! Here she was matched as
it were from the beautiful dream in
which she had been living for several
horror from which she had fed! Her
work vas all undone, and she was
undone! There was nothing: left for
her but to pray to diet Her heart
went up with a cry, 'Oh, God! oh,
God"
The choking of the gag was fear
full, and the string around her wrists
was cutting deep into her soft flesh.
This was to go on for several hours,
according. to the plan Mrs. Schwarz
had outlined. And the end was to be
"a u ASAS "a p hA" AAAS " l4SI-
with the airman> as her MASTERY Her
heart almost stopped at the thought.
She had read the tales of women
whose awful fate had been to be
prisoners o. a submarine. She knew
that death In comparison would be as
nothing. The cold terror Of it al
most took her SENSES away. Then
they. came back with reeling revui-.
sion as h heard footsteps again ap-
preaching and the key turning in the
lock. ~
She knew by, the hoarse apoplectic
breathing that it was Mrs. Schwarz
bending over her and listening. The
woman lifted up one of her eyelids
and looked at her keenly. Then she
spoke in low, vindictive tones:
.Ach, you pad girl! You dried to
make oud! You are in our hands
now! You will ged your medicine!
NY sylvester und' the "cabdain they
will do vatcfer they blease With you
Your fine millionaire vrends will hund
for you bud they will not pc able to
find You. You will pc under the sea!
Do you hear that? YOU wilt pc under
the sea! Dake thad! Und thad"
She Missed the. words out into Hill
her across her eyes and quivering
cheek. The pain was keen. but the
girl could only lie still and bear 1t.
A great fear, came over her that the
tears would come n show the wom-
an her triumph, and she prayed in
her heart: ooh. God! Don't let me
cry!" It seemed a talisman that she
kept saying over. and eoyer. till the
woman closed the do?r and locked, +,
tramping of down the stairs with
heavy tread, "Oh, God! Don't let me
cri" EgaE -.t.., g1
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-13
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TABLE MANNERS.

E." W- |'Ht ArEet. L .fNEAf.' ~
When company comes here for tea
I'm. lust as good as I can be;
7 sit up straight before the table
And eat as nicely AZ I'm able.
NV hands are always clean and white.
And l do things exactly right.
| do not cram my mouth with food,
For mother says that's very rude.
I never sprawl my arms out wide,,
But keep my elbows at my side
(That may be proper, but I'll say
It's awful hard to eat that way.)
When company comes here to eat
T don't slip back into my seat,
But sit UP very stiff and straight
And wait until I get my plate ..
NV table manners are correct
And all that grown folks should s1-
pect-
T never shout for things I seq
But wait until they're passed to ma.
And that is proper, blu I'll say
miss a lot Of food that way,
Coz they forget to ask If I
| would like another piece OF pie.
And when they're serving out the
The biggest piece I never take;
The table cloth I v snnea
The way I do when folks aren't here,
I'm lust az proper as can be
When company is here to tea,
T always try the best / can
To be a little gentleman.
But Oh, I like it better when
The company goes, home again,
Coz I get more to, eat at night
When I don't have to be polite.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-13
MAY SEND DELEGATES.

Buenos Aires, Nov. 19.-lBy Mail)
Tho Boy Scouts Of Spanish-Ameri-
send delegates to a Boy Scout con-
vention to be- held in Madrid in June
of next year. The invitation comes
from the NATIONAL COUNCIL Of Hxplor+
ers OF Spain and the idea of tho con.
rention has the support, it is stated,
of King Alfonso and the Spanish gov
eminent. .
Defense Of the Spanish language in
America is one of the\ subjects to be
considered at the convention together
with Scout" lore and matters of edu-
cation and department
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-13
GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS.

The legislative session which has
just closed, while brief. was unneces-
sarily long. and it was an unusually
stormy one. It was called primarily
for political purposes, and those pur-
poses have been carried out During
h greater part Of the session the
house wa the center of disturbance,
and the people Of the two districts
which include the city OF Grand Forks
have reason to be proud Of the part
played in that session by their two
representatives. Messrs. Burtness and
OConnor. They went to Bismarck
in response to the governors call,
knowing that they could not hope to
accomplish anything in the way Of
constructive legislation. or to prevent
Injurious legislation in the face of a
united group constituting a majority
operating through the secret caucus
under the dictation Of that ~socialis,
leadership which has been so effective
i'll the past. They went, knowing
themselves to be members Of a minor
ity. without any ground for expecta-
ton that that situation would be
changed. Under those circumstances
they nave acquitted themselves in Il
manner. which merits the approval
and appreciation of every self-respect-
ing citizen in their districts. They |
have acted fearlessly and independent !
ly, n were subjected to intolerable
abuse n Misrepresentation, they
have L crf fhaiv no In ~1a n-l L-,, lno-
neither persuaded nor driven from
the positions which they have taken.
They have stood out manfully against
some OF the most abominablo propos-
ais ever presented to a state legisla-
ture They have filed their protests
against those measures and in some
cases have succeeded with the aid of
other equally Independent men In
breaking SO tar into the socialist ma
jority as to prevent the adoption Of
Objectionable bills, thus saving for the !
people tho opportunity to pss upon |
these measures for themselves !
The position Of q member OF the |
Legislature under those Circumstances,
is q thankiess a 1t involves hard !
work, abuse. Misrepresentation and
Almost everything else that ia unpleas- |
ant But these men return from Bis ;
n1arck with clean recordA having rep |
resented faithfully and ably the peo-
PIE OF their districts. and they are en-
titled to hearty commentator on the |
able In which thoy have dis
charged their dudea
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-13
Confined Monday.
NEW OOAL SUPPLY,

Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 25.-(By
Mail)-Fairbanks, the metropolis OF
interior Alaska, this winter, for the
first time. will burn coal from the
mines of the Nenana field south of
here. The coal will be brought here
by the United States government rail
road. In the past Fairbanks has de-
pended upon wood for winter fuel
The. portion Of the government rail-
road between Fairbanks and Nenana
was completed Just at the close Of the
summer working season.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-13
IAFOLEHTE OBJECTS.

Senator 1AF0lAetta objects to the
Cummdns railroad bill His objections
extend into q speech Of several days
duration which is characteristic of the
hFollette objections The senator
from Wisconsin Is never happy with
out tho opportunity to make q lonk
speech. and he is mover satisfied with
anything that anybody else does.
Some years ago efforts were made
to liberz1ize railroad legislation in
congress- and bills were prepared to
give tho public greater control over
railroad service There was a great
deal Of controyersy over the bills.
Some Of their provisions entered upon
rather new fields, and it tool a Ions
ttne to assemble the various provis-
IONS to u out and trim them. and
out Of them to create a bill which
really meant anything in the way Of
progress and which there was any,
prospect Of being passed. The bill
fell far short Of tho expectations Of
o who demanded thoroughly pro-
Ercadvo railroad legislation, but It
went rs far as was possible without a
conflict which would have resulted in
the defeat Of the entire measure. leay-
fnE things just As they were. The
bill as finally agreed upon both
BY the p~roereadves and BY the lead
ing conservatives did two very import
ant things For the first time f. the
history Of railroad legislation in Amer
lea It gave tho interstate
commission actual power to regulate
ra4fFoafs and it laid tho foundation
Tor subeequent legislation covertns .
multitude OF details OF the highest i'm
portsnce to the public. The bill az It
stood was tho result Of compromise.
Thoso who had been inclined to op-
s an advance In railroad legislation
agreed to support this measure a.
finally framed Moro progressive
members agreed nit to pres tho mat
ter further 1t thSt session IN cons;d-
eration Of the acceptance Of tho bill
By thstr opponent1 Thus framed,
and TINS Agreed 10, the bnl camo out
OF thu hands of. the committees and
before oongrem.'and then Nj. IaFol-
Iefte preceded tn get in his work. Ha
proD1ssd amendnent after amend
ment, IS Of them in an, DEBATING each
a Insisting on a rDn can On each.
He knew ct the beginning that every
one p1 these amendmazfts would be
dsesAted He knew and svsryune knew
mat ths acceptance Of any az them
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-13
SYNOPSIS,

Hilda LEASING. whose father is dead,
and who has been placed by her uncle
on. the farm of a German family named
Schwartz, discovers that the place is a
nest Of spies. She makes her escape from
the farm with the aid Of a young rail-
way engineer by the name of Stevens
whose father is the president Of the
railroad. and comes to Washington 10
lay her information before the secret
service department.
After many adventures she reaches
washington safely. and tells her story.
IN the meantime her mother who has
been placed in IAN asylum by the same
uncle comes to the farm in search Of
her. ID is also taken care OF by young
Stevens. who also brings her to Wash
,nston, and the family is reunited under
Hilda and young Stevens begin to
manifest a very decided interest in each
other. Stevens has been commissioned
in the army, and is to leave for France
In a few days.
Young Stevens finally leaves to Join
the American army after making Hilda
promise to be on her guard against at
tempts At revenge by the plotters.
Comfortably established in a nat,
Hfldasand heE mother discuss the nys-
FERROUS di~sappearance Of a large sum Of
money which should have come 10 Mrs.
leasing at her husbands death. They
suspect Hilda's uncle.
Then comes the fear that Stevens has
been wounded, Hilda discovers thai she
loves him, and at the same time jumps
to the conclusion that Stevens social
position is too high for her love to
mean anything to him..
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-13
CHAPTER xvm.-Couunued.

She bought the gloves and stock
tngs and q few necessaries that her
mother wanted, and stopped at the
postofice department 20 buy some
stamps and a package Of Govern
ment envelopes There were other
things she ought to buy, but some
how she hadn't the heart today. She
wanted to go home and lie down. She
wanted 70 put that picture away and
get it over with. It was going to be
a hard wrench and she must get 1t
out Of sight before her mother am
home. She put the envelopes and
stamps in her coat pocket and turn
ed away from the stamp window, go
ing out toward the left to avoid the
crowd, but as she lifted her eyes she
caught the glance OF familiar cold
blue eyes. Her heart stopped dead
still and then leaped on with a hor-
rible bound. 1t was the airman, just
drawing hts hand away from the
post box where he had dropped a let
ter! Even while she looked aghast
he dived behind a pillar and melted
into the throns, leaving the swift
impression behind him that he had
both Seen and recognized her!
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-03
How if Beoan.

Customary figure as the boy scout has become in the United States, Gen. eral Baden-PowelPs visit added much to American knowledge of the move ment. A good many newspaper read CTS were probably surprised to learn that it owes its beginning to the Boer war and the siege of Mafeking, with out which 1t may be questioned wheth- CT there would be any boy scouts. In command at Mafeking, General Baden Powell looked far beyond the siege and saw that a great and useful organ ization of boys might be developed from the corps of boy messengers or ganiZed to serve the forces holding that hard-pressed town. That was the beginning of it, but the same force of character that defended Mafeking car ried forward the boy scout idea until 1t was generally recognized as a project for character building rather than encouraging militarism in the young. Another bit of information that probably surprised many Ameri- cans was that Baden-Powell is de- scended on his mothers side from Capt. John Smith.
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-03
Comforts Over a Volcano.

Up in the mountains, where snow covers the ground more than half the year and zero blasts whistle out of the north, lies the town of Chaudes- aigues, and in this town there has not been a heating stove or a furnace for many years. Coal, f1rewOOd and gas are unknown and there are no chim- neys in this town of 2,00O.
 No, ChaudeSaigues Is not>in Utopia. It Is in Auvergne, France, and the ex- planation of it's emancipation from soot and furnaces and ashes lies in the fact that it is built in what was the crater of volcano, and from the ground be- meath comes boiling water in great vol ume. Lectures Pour Tous, a Paris magazine, tells how this water Is piped through the streets and under houses throughout the town without cost to the resident. Even in the coldest of weather, and it gets very cold in Chaudesaigues-well below zero-the houses are kept at balmy tempera- ture merely by raising a trap door in the floor and letting out the heat from the flowing waters, the magazine says.
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-03
TRACING ORIGIN OF NAMES
Families Had Their Beginning at the BaptismaI Font.

Many English surnames had their origin in baptismal names. The fol- lowing well-known names are of this kind: Adams and Addison, from Adam; Atkins and Atkinson, from Ar thur; Anderson and Henderson, from Andrew; Sanders and Saunders, from Alexander; Elkins and Elkinson, from Allan; Benson, from Benjamin; Bates and Bartlett, from Bartholomew; Kel- ley, from Charles; Davidson, Davison and Dawson, from David Ellis, Ellison and Elliott, from Elias; Gill, Gilpin. Gibbs and Gibson, from Gilbert; lief ferson and Jeffries, from Godfrey i; Harris, Harrison, Hawkins and Hall (sometimes), from Henry; Hewson, from Hugh; Jones, Jennings, Jenkins and Jackson, from John; Lucas Lat- In), from Luke; Madison and Matson, from Matthew; Pierce and Perkins, from Peter; Pollock and Polk, from Paul; Paterson and Pattison, from Patrick; Dick, Dickson, Dixon, Dick ems, Dickinson, Dickerson and Rich ards, from Richard; Robinson, Rob- bins, Roberts, Dobson, Dobbins and Hopkins, from Robert; Hudson and Rodgers, from Roger; Simpson, from Simon; Thompson, TOmson, Tomkins, from Thomas; Watson, Watkins. from Walter; Wilkins, Wilkinson, Williams, Wilson,, Wilcox, Willis, Wylie, from William; and, of course, all Christian names ending in son, such as William son, Johnson, Robertson, and >the like.
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-03
COULD NOT SEE THE FUTURE
OIdtime cIeVeIander's Rebuke of cyl sIonary" Makes Interesting Read
 ing at This Time.

A Cleveland man who has inherited a mass of ancient correspondence ran across the following letter some time ago and found in it little sermon on times mutations. It was written in 1858 to an ancestor of his, a citizen of many activities, the writer being Hon. John W. Allen, lawyer, editor, con- gressman, the first president of the So- ciety for Savings.
 It appears that the recipient of the letter had written to his congressman suggesting a railway across the conti- nent, an amazing vision in 1853.
 Did Congressman. Allen take kindly to the suggestion? He did not. On the contrary he gave the author of the wild scheme neat dressing down.
 "Why do you want at your age" he wrote, land with property enough for your comfort and the well being of your children, to embark in such a crazy undertaking? |. . When you are well, don't take physic. Truly your friend, J. W. Allen"
 It will be noted that the world and the railways have advanced a good deal since that solemn warning was delivered.
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-03
Kei Hara.

For the first time in the history of Japan a man without a title is at the head of the government. MT. Kei Hara, the present premier, is com moner, born in northern Japan, and educated in Tokyo on scholarship founded by the feudal lord of his clan. He studied law as a profession, but entered journalism, serving on the immediate journalistic ancestor of the now well-known Hochi Shimbun. From journalism he entered diplomacy under Marquess Inouye, then for eign minister, and was sent as con- sul to France. Returning to Japan he became director of the commercial bureau of the foreign office under Count Mutsu; and then in turn min ister in Korea. and vice minister of foreign affairs in Japan, retiring tenn porarily to private life when Count Mutsu gave up the political work that had earned him the reputation of be- ing the greatest modern Japanese dip lomatist. MT. Hara returned to na- tienal politics in 1900 as minister of communications in the new cabinet of Prince Ito, and from that appointment his rise has been steady till he was lately made premier, and so became the first commoner that has ever in Japan occupied so high a poSitjGn.
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-03

A brilliant program of spectacular uper-attractionS, the distribution of S49,000 as purses to the winners of the horse racing events, an airplane race between Los Angeles and Phoenix, a load race between Fl Paso and Phoe- nix to be known as the Bankhead High way classic, full program devoted to automobile track races and another to cowboy sports-these are a few of things in store for those who attend the Arizona State Fair to be held at Phoenix, November 3-S inclusive, and which insure a record breaking attend ance.
 Thursday of fair week will be known es American Legion day, and the com mittee in charge is making elaborate arrangements for the entertainment of thousands of ex-service men who are expected to gather in the first great military and naval reunion since the signing of the armistice. The occasion will be utilized for perfecting perma- nent organization among the members of the famous 15Sth regiment, which saE such valiant service in France, and it is quite likely that other units made up of Southwestern men will be organ iZed.
 The auto race card includes the fol lowing events:
 100-mile free for all l............$5,00 900 25-mile-three states race ...... 1000 10-mile novelty race. 800
 Other events may be added.
 Tho !, Ro cars and drivers from Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. George Pudy Bull lard will act as referee, and William Ferguson, Charles McArthur and Cal Mesner, all well known automobile dealers of Phoenix, have been selected as judges. The sanction of the Amer ican Automobile Association has been obtained and the races will be conduct ed under the rules and regulations of this body.
 A purse of $1O,OO0 is now being Iaised among the merchants of Fl Paso, Phoenix and other points along tke proposed course, and this purse will be split four ways: $6,000 to the winner, S2,000 to the second and $1,000 each for the third and fourth cars to finish the race.
 Burt Barr, superintendent of the aerial race, has secured four entries from California, and is confident, he says, that the airship race from the coast to the fair will prove one of the most interesting events of the entire session This will be an amateur event and is to be the longest cross-country flight by amateurs ever staged in the form of a race. Amateur aviatOrs, especially among the motion picture colony of southern California, are talk ing a keen interest in the sport, and many more entries are looked for from this quarter Governor Campbell has consented to be taken up by the win Ter of the event for a spin over the surrounding country.
 From a strictly spectacular stand point, the performance of Lieut.. Lock lear will be the premier attraction. Locklear has been engaged at a fabu- lCus' sum to put on a series of death defying airplane stunts of his own con ceptiOn with which he is now thrilling
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-03
BIG GUN NOT WORTH WHILE
American Ordnance Experts Could outdo the Huns In saVagery, but
 Are Not Likely To.

The Hun 75-mile gun with which Paris was harassed is doubtless still regarded by many as evidence of the much-advertised German mechanical ingenuity. Ordnance experts have long been aware of the possibility of such a gun. But they have also been aware of its impracticability owing to a lack of means of controlling its fire effective ly in such dastardly work as smelling great city regardless of whom or what was hit.
 As an object lesson our ordnance department has designed, without actually building, a supergun which dwarfs the German. machine into in- significance. The data, recently made public through the Scientific Ameri- can, fairly bewitches the lay mind.
 The barrel of the gun is 225 feet long and weighs 325 tons. The pres sure developed is 45,OO0 pounds to the muzzle velocity of $500 foot-seconds, and develops the terrific energy of 3OOOOO foot-tons. Its range is 121 miles, approximately the distance be- tween Chicago and Madison, Wis. Its time of flight is four minutes, and 1t scars heavenward to a height of 46 miles.
 This is awesome; but the cold-blood- ed expert points out that, after all, the gun delivers only a 400-pound sEell, containing 60 pounds of high ex- plosive, and that such a gun would cost S2,500,0OO. A bombing plane cost ing $30,OO0 would drop a 1,600-pound bomb with greater accuracy of aim.
 The German supergun demonstrates the savagery of the Hun-the Berseker madness that strikes regardless of whom 1t strikes. But 1t also demon strates an intellectual weakness-the love of mechanism for mechanism's sake. A complicated or difficult piece of machinery captivates his admira- ton because 1t is complicated or difi- cult, regardless of Its practicability.
 With American genius, simplicity is the desideratum. The mechanism, for instance, of the Browning automatics, whether pistol, rifle or machine gun, Is astOnishingly simple and practically demountable by the fingers alone. One looks at 1t and wonders why 1t wasn't invented half a century since. And right there one pays genius a high tribute.
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-03

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thousands daily at race and fair gath erings of the East and middle West.
 Jack Barber has been named as su- perintendent of the cowboy events. He is now arranging a program which promises to be on a par with the fam Ous Frontier Days celebration of Pres colt. The sum of $2,00O will go to the winner of the calf tying contest, and another $2,0e0 to the winner of the bull rOping event.
 The horse racing events this year will Outclass all former programs if the amount of purses Is any criterion A total of $4e,0O0 has been set aside for the winners. Of this amount S48,- 900 will go to the harness events and S6,000 to the running races. This rep lesents the largest sum offered for a single weeks program on any track in America this season. A large number of entries have been secured from out 0f-state racers as well as Arizona breeders and sportsmen. The harness
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-03
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy

This remedy is intended espec- ially for coughs. colds. croup and whooping cough. From a small beginning it's sale and use has extended to all parts of the United States and to many for eign countries. This alone is enough to convince one that it is Q medicine of more than ordin-