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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-03-06
CHAPTER II--ContInued.


"welI draw him up on tit won't
hurt him any" he proposed.
! looked at him In silence. My
heart smote me. but hadn't cournge
20 tnke issue with the owner OF
silver watch. When the dog began to
struggle ] threw my arms about him
and cried. Aunt Deel happened to
pulling Mt the rope and me trying to
snye the dog.
"Come right down off'n that now
this minute" said she.
When we had come down and the
dog had followed. pulling the rope
after him. Aunt Deel was pale with
nnger.
go right home-rlgnt home" said
she 10 Amos.
"Mr. Bnynes said that he would
take me up with the horses" said
AmoE
Eye can use shanks' horses-ayes |!
they're good enough for you." Aunt
DecI insisted. and so the boy went
awny In disgrace.
"where are Jour pennlesf Aunt
Decl snid to me.
felt in my pockets but couldn't
nnd them.
where did ye have 'em lastr my
aunt demanded.
"On tho haymow."
"Come an show me-"
We went TO the NOW and searched
for the pennies. but not one of them
could we nnd.
remembered that when ! saw them
last Amos had them In his hand.
'rm awful 'frnid for hlm--ayes I
bcw said Aunt Deel. I'm 'fraid
Rovln' Kate was right about him
aycsl"
"whnt did she sayf" I asked.
'That he was goin' to be hung
ayes You can't play with him no
more Boys that take what don't
belong to 'em--whlch hope he didn't
--ayes l hope II awful-are apt to
be hung by their necks until they
are dead--jest as he was goln' to
hang oil Shep--ayes they arel"
Uncle Peabody seemed to feel very
bad when he learned how Amos had
turned out.
Don't say word about IT," said
he. "Mebbc you lost the pennies.
Don't mind EN-"
Soon aftcr that. one afternon.
Aunt Deel came down In the field
where we were dragging. While che
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ysrdstick to ascertain the enact paacs
Of cutting.

Of cutting.
Why Germany should Pay.
4hlnk oil what II would mean should
the Boche go through any one Of our
own agricultural states and commit
the same terrible depredations. Would
we not say that he should payf Ane
can we afford to say anything less for
the farmer of France than we would
say for the farmer Of American No.
the American ideals Of today, the
ideals which the stricken peoples OF
Europe are striving to make their
idenls. demand justice for all wherever
and whoever they may be. and Amer
lea can do no less than demand tho
same reparation for the French farm.
er that she would demand for the
American farmer under such circum-
stances.
There IL :othing living today on
those Somme fields. There is nothing
but stumps and the battered and torn
remains Of what were once prosperous
towns and cities. These and the
graves of Utmost countless thousands
of soldier dead-some of them Ameri-
car soldier dead-are all that 10 left
to indicate that man ever passed that
way; all that Is left to indicate that
this great valley was ever more than
the desert 1t now appears.
eoche Must Pay and Pay.
Along the edge the SOmme valley
runs what Is left of the Hindenburg
line, designed with all the cunning Of
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A Kindly Faced Man Was Leaning
Over Ne. IS.
back. I looked down at my bare feel
and my clothes, both Of which wers
dirty. Sally and her friends had
stopped their play and were standing
in group looking at US. neard
Sally whisper:
"It's that Baynes boy. Don't he
look dlrtyr
I stopped and withdrew my hand
from that Of my guide.
'COme on, Bart" he said.
l shook my head and stood looking
over mt that little, hostile tribe near
me.
go and play with them while step
into the house." he urged.
Again I shook my head.
"Well, then, you wait here a mo-
ment," said my new-found friend.
He left me and sat down upon
the ground. thoughtful and silent.
In moment my friend came out
with Mrs. Dunkelberg. who kissed me,
and asked me to tell how I happened
to be there.
Il just thought I would come" / said
as l twisted button ON my coat,
and would say no more to her.
Mr.. Wright, you're going to take
him home, are your Mrs. Dunkel.
berg asked.
"Yes. I'll start of with him in an
hour or So" said my friend. 81 am
Interested In this boy and want to
see his aunt and uncle"
swell, Sally, you 20 down to the of.
fee and stay with Bart until they co."
you'd like that, wouldn't youg tho
man asked Of me.
II don't know" I said.
THAT means yes" said the man.
Sally and another little girl came
with us and passing store held
back to look at many beautiful things
in n big window.
rs there anything you'd like there
Bartf" the man asked.
II wisht had pair o. them shiny
shoes with buttons on" answered
In a low, confidential tone, afraid tc
express. openly. a wish SO extrava
giant.
"Come right in," he said, and re
member that when we entered the
store could hear my heart beating.
He bought a pair Of shoes for me
ana l would have them on at once,
ana made 1t necessary for him ia
buy pair of Socks also. After the
shoes We're buttoned on my feet saw
little OF Sally Dunkelberg or the other
people OF the village. my eyes being
on my feet most Of the time.
The man took us Into his Office and
told us to sit down until he could
write a letter.
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CAPITAL RENTALS ARE HIGH
Sum Paid by President Washington
for Residence Would Not Be Con-
sidsrsd Extravasant Today.

Rentals Of $500 to 5000 a year
are not remarkable. There are hun.
dreds of apartments In this city which
rent for more. great deal more, and
1t Is likely that the new constructions
In the best apartment-house sections
contain no suites as cheap as $500.
When New York was the capital Of
the nation and Washington the chief
executive there were few who paid as
high as $1,000 a year for homes. Rec.
ords show that George Washington
paid $500 year for the use of the
McComb mansion on Broadway whih
president Of the United States. A.
first citizen of the country 1t was al.
lowable that he should pay so hiab
rental. but only the president paid
anything like that amount. He got n
good deal more for his money than
the man who pays $500 for an apart.
ment today.
The McComb house was one Of the
finest homes In the capital. II was
built BY the best architect In the
colonies and great care and, nc small
amount Of money were spent In the
construction Of the house. which was
large and had many splendid rooms.
It had beautifully laid out grounds
and from business standpoint was
Ideal because It was only a short ais.
tance from Federal hall at the north.
east corner Of Wall and Nassau
streets. now the subtreasury. Wash.
ington extended himself when he na,d
this rental, although one Of the rich.
est men in the colonies.
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GERMANY MUST P|AY
MANY VILLAGES WIPED OUT
otumps u Orchards and Graves q
Theusands of Soldier Dead Al That
Rsmaln es Once Fievrishino
eomme Flelda


Can the American reader imagine
uansfor.ning the fertile fields and
prosperous villages and towns and
cities In states like New York, Ohio.
Kentucky. Indiana. Illinois. Iowa. Kan
sas. Oklahoma. Nebraska. Wisconsin.
Texas. or any other Of the rich agri-
cultural states Of tho Uni.u into an
uninhabited desertf
That IL what the BOche did to the
oomme country Of France. Before
the war this section Of France was
looked upon as one Of the most pro-
ductive sections Of the world. It was
covered with fertile farms, splendid
fruit orchards. thriving villages and
towns and prosperous little cities
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Among its cities and towns were
Amicns. Albert. Peronne, Hamel, st.
Quentin. Roye, and many. many 9th
ers that are today but heaps Of debris.
but which viii figure prominently In
the history Of the great war.
This beautiful valley was interlaced
with magnificent roadways. and each
roadway lined with wonderful trees,
many Of them centuries old. Along
these roadways stood hundreds of
farm villages. each village housing
from one hundred to Ave hundred hap
py, contented, thrifty people, who
titled the soil Of their fertile acres and
gathered the fruit Of their orchards as
their forefathers had done for many
generations.
Upon the farms Of this valley all Of
France depended for much Of Its food
stufrs, for Its bread. its meat, its fruit.
and year after year these fertile acres
and these thrifty. Industrious people
had met the expectations Of France in
the matter Of food production.
And then came the Boche with his
dreams Of conquest and of loot. and
for four years this valley of the
Somme was q battle-ground, with mil
lions Of men struggling backward and
forward across It. those on the one
side seeking the selfish purpose Of
world domination and destruction and
those opposed seeking the preserva-
tion Of freedom and liberty and world
civilization.
No Evidence Of Many Villages.
The American people. and especially
those Of the rich agricultural states of
the North or South. Of the East or
West, can look about them at their
own happy and prosperous communi-
ties and easily picture In their minds
the Somme section Of France before
the war. But It Is impossible to pic
ture that same section as It is today.
1t is impossible to put into words the
terrible devastation that has been
wrought because Of the ambitions and
lust Of selfish people.
Every one of the two or three hun
dreds Of thriving farm villages are
gone, the great majority Of them gone
80 completely as to leave no evidence
that they ever existed: the material of
which they were constructed carted
away tnat It might be used in the con-
struction Of the forsincations Of the
famous Hindenburs line behind which
the invaders sought refuge; its cities
completely demolished. their magnifi-
cent churches and cnthedrnls. the
work Of the master builders Of centu-
ries ago, ground to powdered stone;
the wonderful trees lining the road
ways torn to splinters; the people of
the valley homeless and scattered to
the four winds.
Like many thousands, Of Americans,
! had failed to believe possible all OF
the things we had been told were the
work Of the Boche. ! had read with
reservation the descrip-
tion Of the destroyed orchards where
the fruit trees were said to have been
cut down.. But az rode
for miles and miles and miles over the
valley could not fail to be-
lieve what my eyes saw. and there
were the stumps Of what had once
been orchard after orchard from which
France had reaped her harvest OF
fruit. Each stump was cut square
With : saw. and each stump Of almost
exactly the same height, a. though the
aspredator had measured each With 1
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BARTON RUNS AWAY AND MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF
SILAs WRIGHT, R.

synopsIsBaon Baynes orphan
Peabody BnynesL and his Aunt a
neebboood called Lckityspi about the 1925
DunkelberR about his
Barton
neghborhood the sient
Woman" Grimsaw. the town.
ship visitor at the Bnynes home
fortunes predicting bright future for Barton and death
10
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When the Dog Began to Struggle, !
Threw MY Arms About Him and
Cried.
was talking with Uncle Peabody an
IDEA occurred TO me. and the dog and
J ran for the house. There was a
pot OF honey on the top shelf Of tho
pantry md ever since ! had seen II
put there had cherished secret do
sires.
J rnn into tho deserted house, and
with the aid Of chair climbed to
ths nrst shelf and then 10 the next,
snd rcschod into the pan and drew
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esrton goes to town and
again sees Sally punkslberu.
but hls experience on thls 90.
easIen 10 not 90 pleasant a n
their mrst meeting. His friend
ship with the great sIlas WrIoht
however prooressss more favor
ably.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-12-25
PLAN
 TO TIGHT |. C. |.
ATTORNEY GENERAL PALMER PLEADS FOR ASSISTANCE OF
 EVERY MAN AND WOMAN.

Chicago. = Attorney General Palm cr pledged the full power of the De. partment of Justice in the prosecu. tlou of boarders and profteers in talk in which he outlined to 400 city officials, heads Of civic organizations and club women of Illinois the pro. gran nme of his department in combat ting the high cost of living.
 X plea for the assistance of every a7an and woman in the country in il national fight against high prices was made by Mir. Palmer at the meeting, which was called by Gov. LoWden.
 Explaining the plan of action whereby fair price committees in ev- cry community become agents of the federal government in enforcing ifs oeerces, MT. Palmer laid down a pro- gFamme or five measures which, if carried out. would do much 10 deal a death blow to the high cost of living. They are.
 First = Organization of fair prica committees in every city and county, backed by mayors and prosecuting ct. torneys, wit: the committees suppor- ing United States district attorneys.
 Seoond-Grganization of women to refuse to buy anything but actual ne cessities until prices come down.
 Third IT Holding of 'conservationN a7d economy meetings in every co1n- munity under the auspices of civic bodies
 Fourth - Influence Of mayors an,l prosecuting attorneys to be brought to boar on the warning clements to prevent factiona1 disturbances in in. dustry, and particularly to bring about an industrial peace of at least six months duration.
 h-+}emobilization of tho four minute men to deliver work and save" addresses in theaters each night
Cleveland County herald., 1919-12-25
sherman's March to fho soa.

On November 16, in 1SG4 General shelman began his march from Atlan- It to the sea- The purpose of the march was to go through Georgia from At!anta to Savannah, cutting swath tp miles wide. thereby splitting the tenfederaet and destroying the great source of supply of the Southern army. The troops. 60,000 in number. lived on the country through which they passed. There was little bloodshed through out the march, but the area through which the army passed was utterly deauded. Railroads, crops, factories, horses, clothing-- g--everything-w ap- prDpi8tcd or destroyed
Cleveland County herald., 1919-12-25
COURT UPH0LDS
 PROHIBITION ACT
u. 6. SUPREME COURT REN3za5 DECISION ON WAR TIME
 DRY ACT.

Washington. By unanimous de c1sion constitutionality of the war time prohibition act was sustained by fhe Supreme Court The opirion, giy- CT ty Associate Justice Brandeis. held ir effect, however. that the war- invoked dry" period still nay be end ed by presidential proclamation of demobil2ation
 In rendering it's opinion, the court, however, did not act on the validity of the Volstead prohibition enforce. ment or on appeals involving the al coholtc content of beer, leaving those cases to opinions which may be hand ed down before the court recesses fer the Christmas holidays The decision practically swept away all hopes of 9 'Wat' Christmas, as the possibility If inc wartime act being repealed b. fore constitutional prohibition be- comes effective were considered re- mote
 The cases decided were these of the Kentucky Distilleries and Warehouse Company of Louisville. and Dryfoo:. 'oiu-H SS 1JO Ol NGM 1OIk, 1uSliluIGd for the purpose of compelling the gov ernmeht to release whiSkcy from bond In both cases the court denied contentious of Ellihu Root aud other attorneys for the distillers that the act, ir violation of the constitution, takes private property without just compensation; that the period of the war emergency for which the act vas passed had terminated; that the law was an interference with the state police powers and an undue exercise of the war powers of Congress.
 Congress did not intend the @;t~- lime act to terminate at the concl1- sion of the war, but at the end of tue period of Rehabilitation, in the view of the court, which held that the "cOnclusior of the was clearly dil not can cessation of hostilities.
 Congress. therefore, provided" ]" the opinon added. that the time when the act ceased to be operative should be fixed by tic presidents ascertain ing and proclaiming the date when rehabilitation had terminated
Cleveland County herald., 1919-12-25
WONEA NEED SWAMP ROOT

Thousands of women have kidney and bladder trouble and never suspect it.
 Womens' complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease.
 If the kidneys are not in a healthy condition, they may cause the other or gans to become diseased.
 Pain in the back, headache, loss of am- bition, nervousness, are often times symp- toms of kidney trouble.
 Don't delay starting treatment Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-R Root, a physicians pre-. scription, obtained at any drug store, may be just the remedy needed to overcome such conditions
 Get medium or large size bottle i'm mediately from any drug store.
 However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Go, Binghamton, N. Y, for sample bottle When writing be sure and mention this paper.-Adv.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-12-25
Ex-pastor Puts Up Fiqht.

Rev. Walker Toliver, founder and for twenty-seven years pastor of the Zion Primitive Baptist church at Harrisburg Pa, resigned his position because the congregation refused to advance him a loan of S25 on his sal ary Of $60 a month. Then the elders of his congregation sunfellowshipped him as member of the ''Second Ke- toctan Baptist association" Rev. Mir. TSliver then started another church of his own and declares that more than half his old congregation has flocked to his new standard.-- Exchange.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-12-25
Turks SIay Arn1enians.

Ceneya.-Besides 100000 Arnen ians Esassacrcd during the war the numbers of this people are being still further reduced by demobolized Turk ish troops who are killing them aud robbing them of what is left of their possessions, according to Dr. Kunzler q Swiss pastor, who was in Armenla throughout the war and has just re turned to Zurich.
 He made this statement in an ad dress at Zurich. confirming the re ports of the massacres and pIllaginS and declaring that there were some 250.On0 homeless orphans now wand ering about the country. Many of the women and girls are sadly in need ol clothing. he declared.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-12-25
CONSULAR JENKINS
 CASE UP ID WILSON
cARRANZA REFUSES TO WITH DRAW PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
 u. s. CONSULAR AGENT.
WILSON TAWARTS FALL BILL
Secretary Lansing Refuses To Read Text of carranza's Repiy-WouId Make No Comment Until Offi-
 cial Text Is Received.

Washington. - Carranza'5 unyie.i. Ing reply to the American govern, ments demands 10 cease prosecuting United States Censuiar Agent Jenkins thfaG@h q trumped ID prosecution aut5 the next move iu the ccnuoversY "itb Mexico up to President Wilson.
 In the note made public in Mexico City. but which has not reached Washington, Carranza Aatly ro2uses to withdraw the proceedings against Jenkins and says that the American governments belief in the innocence of Cosular Agent Jekins is not sutii cient cause for removing the Amer ican officials from the jurisdiction O! Mexican tribunals
 What President Wilson will do now to enforce compliance with the ad miuistration's demands is a matter of animated speculation in official cir cles. Secretary of State Lansing was directing the policy Of tie govern lncrt in fle direction of a severance of diplomatic relations with Mexico if CarTanza should refuse to yield, but
 
 MT. Wilson thwarted further eO2Sid, eration by tte Senate Of the Fall res olGtion to break relations and with draw recognition of Carranaa
 Secretary Lansing. who refused to read the text as given out ir Mexico City and transmitted in an Associated Press dispatch. said he wor l hav' no comment to make before the off cial text had been received.
 Before leaving for the border, where he is to resume the investiga- ton into Mexican affairs being con- ducted by the Senate Committee, of which he is chairman, Senator Fail. Republican, New Mexico, issued T statement declaring the American government had started nesotiations in the Jenkins case with an ultima tlm and had ended I'D with a final abandonment of it's position.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-12-25
SOCIALIST BERGER
 IS AGAIN ELECTED
DEFEATS HENRY w. BODENSTAB, REPUBLICAN,, RUNNING AS
 FUSION CANDIDATE.
SEAT MAY REMAIE VACANT
Governor Phillip Announce That kle Will Not Call Another sea- sion if Scat l5 Refused
 to Berger.

.aa a1Iilwaukee.-Victor L. Berger, So. 6ialist, was reelected totCongress from ihs Fifth Wisconsin di,trict. He de- icated Henry II. BodenstaD, Repubi- caa, running as q fusion candidate, by 4306 votes.
 Borger's total was 24,G67 and Boden- atab's 19,561. The returns indicate that approximately 5000 voters did not go to the polls The total registration in the district was about 53,000 voters.
 Should the House of Representa- tives again refuse to seat Berger there will be vacant chair as far as the Fifth Wisconsin district is con- eerned until the regular election in 1920, as Governor E. L. Phillip an nounced he would not call another spe- clal election.
 '4 do not believe in spending any moro of the peoples money in that way he said
 Berger made the following state mont;
 While my election may undoubted- y be characterized as nothing short of q revolutionary act, in view of op- petition by the entire capitalist class, not only of Milwaukee and Wisconsin, But of the country, yet it cannot ex- actly be called victory of the So- eialist party. The Socialist party sim Ely took the lead and furnished the advance guard and foremost cham Dions. As matter Of fact, my re- election is simply the first sign of the reaWakening Of genuine democ- facy in this country since the days of tho struggle for the emancipation of the black race
 T don't know whether the House will seat me, and care little, if only the continued fight for my seat will furnish the occasion to awaken com mon people of the United States, es- pecially the working class, to a reaiiza- tion ef the great dangers befNe us and the immense duty that we must full fill if modern civilization is to pro- gresS or even to survive.
 But as to the voters of the Fifth district, l can only say: Well done. The eyes of the world are upon you. You have vindicated one of the basic principles of modern democracy-rep- resentatiye government
Cleveland County herald., 1919-12-25
1rr,portant Ia Mothers
Micoclinc.

Microclne is d variety of feldspar. characterized by cleayages at right angles to one another. It has q vitre- ous luster and is white to cream-yei- Bow in color, and sometimes red or green. The beautiful green varieties are known as Amazon stone and are occasionally cut for semiprecious stones The ordinary microcline, which ES found both as crystals and in masses sSn granite rocks. is of common oc- $.urrence; excellent specimens are found at Magnet Grove. Ark.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-12-25
ssCoad gr1 flne Head''

is an acute attack of Nasal Catarrh. Far- sons who are subject to frequent "colds m the head will. find that the use O. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will Suiid up the System. cleanse the Blood and render them less liable to colds. Repeated attacks of Acute Catarrh may xead to Chronic Catarrh
 HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is talk an internally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
 All Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
 Sio0.0D for any case of catarrh thai HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will not ,scsre.
 <. J. Cheney & Go. Toledo, Ohio,
Cleveland County herald., 1919-12-25
Turks a Pastoral PeopIe.

From time immemorial the people of Turkey have followed the pastoral calling. The keeping of tlocks and herds is an industry throughout the mountains of Kurdistan and the ad Joining hills. Great fiocks are kept all sslong the edge of the desert and in essntral Asia Minor This industry Of stock raising, besides supplying the sseople with Il large amount of food ard clothing, furnishes Tor the export trade hides and dairy products.