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Cleveland County herald., 1919-07-17
"She's Wilder Now. Her Husband
 Was Killed in the War"

Barnes, keeping the excitement out of his voice.
 "More'n likely"
 Was he very feeble when you saw him last?"
 T ain't seen him in more'n six months. He was failin' then. That's why he went to the city"
 "Oh, 1 see. You did not see him when he arrived the last of March?''
 ''I was visitin' my sister up in Horn vile when he come back unexpected like. This ijiot Loeb says he wrote me to meet 'em at Spanish Falls but never got the letter. Like as not the durn fool got the address wrong. didn't know Mir. Curtis was home till come back from my sisters three days later. wouldn't "a had it happen fer fifty dollars" Peters tone was con vincingly dOleful.
 And he has been confined to his room ever since? Poor old fellow It's hard, isn't it?"
 Tt sure is. Seems like he'll never be able to walk ag'in. I was talkin' to his nurse only the other day. He says it's hopeless case"
 Fortunately his sister can be here with him."
 By gosh. she ain't nothin' like him." confided Peter. "She's all fuss | an feathers an he is jest as simple as you CT me. Nothin' fluffy about him, l cn tell ye." He sighed deeply. 'Tm jest as well pleased to go as not" he went on. Mrs. Golfers got lot O money of her own, an she's got high falutin' New York ideas that don't seem to jibe with mine."
 Long before they came to the turn pike, Barnes had reduced his hundred and one suppositions to the following concrete conclusion: Green Fancy was 10 longer in the hands of it's orig inal owner for the good and sufficient reason that Mir. Curtis was dead. The l real master of the house was the man known as Loeb. Through O'Dowd he had leased the property from the wid- owed daughter-in-law, and had estab- lished himself there. surrounded by l trustworthy henchmen. for the purpose
Cleveland County herald., 1919-07-17
CHAPTER xI.
Mir. Sprouse Abandons Literature al an Early Hour in the Morning.

| NIT. SpfouSe RDandonS Literature at
 an Early Hour in the Morning.
 After thrashing about in his bed for seven sleepless hours, Barnes arose and gloomily breakfasted alone. He to arrive at anything tangible in the shape of plan of action. It was in- conceivable that he should not be able in very short order to bring about the release of the fair guest of Green Fancy. There was not the slightest doubt in his mind that international affairs of considerable importance were involved and that the agents op- erating at Green Fancy were under definite orders.
 Mir. Sprouse came into the dining room as he was taking his last swal- low of coffee
 'Ah, good morning." was the bland little mans greeting. up with the lark, I see. Mind if I sit down here and have my eggs?" He pulled out chair opposite Barnes and coolly sat down at the table.
 You can't sell me a set of Dickens at this hour of the day" said Barnes sourly. Besides, I've finished my breakfast. Keep your seat" He start ed to rise.
 .'Sit down." said Sprouse quietly. Something in the mans voice and man. her struck Barnes as oddly compelling He hesitated a second and then re- sumed his seat. i've been investi- gating you, MT. Barnes," said the little man. unsmilingly. Don't get sore. There are lot of things that you don't know, and one of them is that I don't sell books for living. It's something of a side line with me" He leaned forward. T shall be quite frank with you, sir. I am secret service man. Yesterday I went through your effects upstairs, and last night I took the lib- erty of spying upon you, so to speak, while you were guest at Green Fancy"
Cleveland County herald., 1919-07-17
Sprouse plans things quite different from selling books, and takes Barnes into his confidence.
CTo BE CoNTINUED.)
Answer Letters Promptly.

Punctuality Is as important in social and business correspondence as it Is in personal conduct. Men and women in business learn the importance of reply ing to letters as soon as received. For nal social notes such as invitations, wedding announcements or death notices should be acknowledged as soon as received and even friendly let ters demand a reply within week aft CT their receipt, if true courtesy Is ob- served.-Biddy Bye.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-07-17
FARMERS ARE WORKING HARDER

And using their feet more than ever before. For all these workers the frequent use of Aliens Foot=Ease, the antiseptic, healing powder to be shaken into the shoes and sprinkled in the foot-bath, increases their efficiency and insures needed physical com fort It takes the Friction from the Shoe, freshens the feet, and prevents tired, ach- ing and blistered feet. Women everywhere are constant users of Aliens Foot=Ease. Don't get foot sore, get Aliens Foot=Ease. Sold by dealers everywhere.-Adv.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-07-17
3
4 Fittino Appearance.

"What a striking woman !" Sure She's female pugilist.'- Baltimore American.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-07-17
Mexican sacrificiaI Stone.

The sacrificial stone was the stone on which human victims were sacrificed before the war god Huitzilopochtli. in the principal Aztec temple in Mexico It was dug up near the site of the tenn pie in 1791, and is now in the Mexican national museum. The stone Is disk shaped. 8 3-5 feet in diameter and 2A feet thick. The sides are covered with elaborate sculptures
Cleveland County herald., 1919-07-17
q AM A PRISONER HERE" "

Synopsis.-Thomas K. Barnes, a wealthy young New Yorker, on walking trip in New Eng land near the Canadian border, is given a lift in an automobile by a mysterious and attractive girl bound for a house called Green Fancy. At Hart's tavern Barnes finds stranded troupe of "barn-storming" actors, of which Lyndon Rushcroft is the star and Miss Thackeray" the leading lady. He learns Green Fancy is a house of mystery. That night Andrew Roon and his servant, guests at the tavern, are shot near Green Fancy. Barnes comes under suspicion and stays to help clear up the double murder. He gets into the Green Fancy grounds; meets the mysterious girl, who gives him the cut direct, and is polite ly elected by O'Dowd, an inter- esting adventurer. Enter at the tavern another man of mystery, Sprouse, "book agent.n Barnes visits Green Fancy with the sheriff and stays to dinner. En- ter still another mysterious per sonage, Loeb" secretary to Curtis, owner of Green Fancy, who does not appear because of Illness. Barnes again meets Miss Cameron" the mysterious girl, who is ravishing beauty in evening dress.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-07-17
Never Touched Him.

Judge-What did you hit thr unfor- tunate man with?
 Prisoner-I didn't hit him with any thing, your honor.
 Judge-Thats queer He was sim ply covered with bruises. You couldn't do all that with your fists.
 Prisoner-No, your honor I just caught him by the heels and banged him agin the wall a few times. But I never hit him once with anything.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-07-17

"It was so large"
Cleveland County herald., 1919-07-17
An improvement.

"Dfd you get the bill for my bath ing suit, father dear?"
 "Yes. The bill was a great improve ment on the suit"
 'In what way?
 "It was so large"
Cleveland County herald., 1919-07-17
CHAPTER X.

.EaHCnt or FeIer the Ondu1fcur. oa,,. senvied Mir Rushcroft. The barn. scona 1T would have risen to the occa- hout so much as the blinking Pro- He did his best, however,
 he site his eagerness, managed
 Nj r fairly well. Anyone out of
 Iaptuld have thought that he
 dai some triflng inanity in-
 khe>se words
 Ter trust me. I have suspect
 lething was wrong here"
 ppossible to explain now"
 These people are not my
 I have no one to turn to in
 Idicament."
 you have" he broke in, and ghed rather boisterously for him. He felt that they were being watched in turn by every person in the room. "Tonight-not an hour ago-I began to feel that could call upon you for help. I began to relax. Something whispered to me that I wss no longer utterly alone. Oh, you will never know what it is to have your heart Tighten as mine-but I must control myself. We are not to waste words" You have only to command me. Miss Cameron. Nc more than a dozen words are necessary. Tell me how can be of service to you"
 '1 shall try to communicate with you in some way-tomorrow. I beg of you, I implore you, do not desert me. If l can only be sure that you will"
 You may depend on me. no matter what happens" said he, and looking into her eyes, was bound forever. T have been thinking" she said. Yesterday l made the discovery that 1-that 1 am actually a prisoner here, MT. Barnes, I-Smile! Say something silly!'
 Together they laughed over the meaningless remark he made in re- sponse to her command.
 'I ana constantly watched. If l venture outside the house I am almost Immediately joined by one of these men. You saw what happened yes terday. I am distracted.
 'I will ask the authorities to step in and"
 No! You are to do nothing of the kind. The authorities would never find me if they came here to search. {It was hard for him to smile at that ) ''It must be some other way. If could steal out of the house-but that is impossible" she broke off with a catch in her voice.
 Suppose that I were to steal into the house." he said, reckless light in his eyes.
 "Oh, you could never succeed" Well, I could try, couldn't IY There was nothing funny in the re, mark, but they both leaned back and laughed heartily. Leave it to me- Tell me where"
 "The place is guarded day and night The stealthiest burglar in the world could not come within stones throw of the house."
 If it's as bad as all that, we cannot afford to make any slips. You think you are in no immediate peril?"
 q am in no peril at all unless bring it upon myself" she said signifi. cantly.
 'Then delay of day or so will not matter" he said, drowning Leave it to me. I will find a way "Be careful!" De Soto came loung. ing up behind them
 Forgive me for lnterrupting. but am under command from royal head quarters. Peter, the king of chauf- feurs. sends in word that the car is iu
Cleveland County herald., 1919-07-17
In These Days of Reform,

Helen-I think PN see a lawyer to- day.
 Edith-Why?
 Helen-Jack proposed to me on Sun day and I want to see if it's legal.
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land, was lost in a violent storm, is
being r~eassembled. Great things are
expected of her in the near future,
but work on her is being retarded
through lack of trained men to fit her
out.
But the CO represents only one
phase of the balloon service, that of
the non-rigid airship. These are the
small patrol ships used near important
harbors for coastal work and subma-
rine hunting, or for controlling the
fire of the forts and batteries defend
ing these ports. Then there are the
giant rigid ships which the Navy is
about to build similar to the famous
R-34. Surely the thought of having a
hand in starting so important a bran
oh Of aviation and advancing with it
must appeal to all redblooded young
men. Prospects for actual flying in
these ships are bright, for a large
crew must be carried, and even so
small a ship, in comparison, as the
|C-3, used an enlisted man for helms
man. But if the sea and voyages in
strange lands appeal to the imagina-
ton of the man wishing to join the
air service, he may serve with the OBJ
servation balloons in the fleet balloon
tender which is expected shortly to
make its appearance.
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AIR PHOTOS OF LABRADOR
Forty Men Go There to Make Pictures
Of 100000 Acres Of country's
Forests,

New York-A commercial aerial e1-
position that will revolutionize the
work q forestry survey and land pho
Biography, according to its managers, is
announced by Capt. Daniel Owen, UNI
til recently Of the royal air force.
/. He said a fleet Of four airplanes
would leave Battle. Harbor, Labrador,
under his command and would survey
100000 acres Of forest and timber
land along the coast Of Labrador. The
work is being done for a syndicate Of
Boston bankers, the land belonging to
this organization.
A.steamship has left Annapolis; Nova
Scotia, carrying forty men, who will
comprise the airplane expedition. The
four airplanes are awaiting the force
there, and the forty men will make air
photographs Of timber lands.
'sThis has never been attempted be.
FORE" Capt. Owen said. "We will do as
much in this way in six days as W.
could do in the regular way in four
OF. five years. All Of the pilots except
ing myself will be Americans, recently
discharged from the United States ar
my. The planes will be Canadian train
ing machines"
A staff Of physicians, headed by DR..
Irwin Tiss- Of Ashland, Mass, will &C
company the crew, with a full commits
sariat.
Capt. Owen is 20 years old, and was
in the British air service three years.
He lost n eye in combat with Ger.
man ayiators over the enemy's lines.
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this department, whether fabric
workers, machinists, wire. workers,
carpenters, or metal workers. Train
ing is not essential for these trades,
the Navy maintaining a school for av-
iation mechanics at Great Lakes, H.
linois, where young men with ambi-
ton and aptitude may receive instruc-
ton. Or they may decide to which
air station they wish to be sent and
there be trained on active duty.
AT Hampton Roads, Virginia, the
Navy has seen fit to establish its most
important air station. Here the fleet
assemblies and carries out manouvers
on the broad waters Of Chesapeake
Bay, making the Hampton Roads Air
Station an ideal base for aerial oper-
atoms in CONJUNCTION with the battle
fleet. The Hampton Roads Station
has likewise been chosen as the avia-
ton experimental station. Here the
new types Of plenes are tried out, new
devices tested; the men engaged on
this work are on the inside, the mys-
teries and secrets of the air service
to them are an open book. Here al
so is to be found the greatest activity
on the coast in balloon work. Just at
present the great dirigible C-3, sister
ship of the Inflated C-5, which, after
flying from Cape May to Newfound-
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HOW TO MAKE HOG CRATES
Federal Department Of Agriculture
Has Many Queries From
Shippers.

Neutrality-suspicious. than $4,000 re-
quests for information on how to
make hog crates have been received
by the United States department Of
agriculture.
A large number Of the requests are
from club members; and the percent
age received from the South Is re-
garded by officials Of the department
as an index to the extent Of improve
ment the hog industry has made in
that part Of the United States.
The type Of crate the department
specialists have developed and are
now recommending has several advan-
tages. It can be easily handled, and
provides comfort without loss. Of space
for the hog In transit. A circular Of
the department tells how to build the
crate. s'
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keep 800 JOB Y
b BUREAUS EAU OPEN
Welfare Societies Respond to
Appeal Of Federal Employ.
!. ment Service.
find WORK FOR SOLDIERS
Two Hundred and slxty.four ofhees
Already Assured, With Replies
From Five States Still
TO 30 Received.

Westinghouse great has been the
response Of the country to the appeal
Of the United States employment serv-
ice to assist in the maintenance Of its
soldiers and civilian workers place.
ment organization in the field that
with returns from five large states not
yet received, and those from none Of
the other states complete, the continu-
ance Of 264 employment Offices already
is assured. Because of its limited ap-
preparation the federal employment
service is itself able to finance but
sixty Offices, and the outside support
for the other 200 offices will be con
tinued until congress acts upon the
Nolan-Kenyon bills for a permanent
national employment service.
Welfare organizations and chambers
Of commerce lead among the various
agencies that are keeping federal EN-.
ployment offices open, supplying quar-
tiers, personnel and funds. The agen-
cies which have been cooperating
with the employment service since de-
mobilization began also are continuing
their support Of the 1900 emergency
bureaus for returning soldiers and
sailors.
Keep 500 Open.
John B. DensmOre, director general
Of the United States employment serv-
ice, predicted that when the returns
from the states are complete it will be
found that considerably more than
three hundred federal offices will be
open through voluntary contributions.
From the end Of March to June 80, he
said, more than four hundred Offices
were kept in operation by outside
funds in expectation that after the
latter date the employment service
would be able to resume their fnanc-
ing, but because Of the reduced ap-
preparation for the new fiscal year, he
explained, continued support is being
asked for the next five months, within
which period, it is understood. con-
gress will have acted on the measure
for a permanent service.
1.-THE response Of the country indi-
Gates a general desire of all to give
practical assistance to the soldier and
civilian war worker seeking to re-
establish himself. Mr.. Densmore said :
1T also shows that American COM
munities, having learned the value of
having a central public employment
Office during the last eighteen months.
want those Offices continued"
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NImble WI and Tongue
Landed Job for Owner

The Santa Fe Railroad com
pany had been advertising in
Eastern newspapers for brake
men. A big, ugly, raw-boned
chap, who looked like q prize
fighter, appeared before Fred @.
Fox, general manager at To
peka, KAN, and applied for
work.
II see that you want some
brakemen," said he. II would
like a job"
I'VE don't need any brake
men," replied Fox, after sizing
up the fellow.
'sThen you should take that
ad out Of the papers and quit
fooling u.s." said the man. II
came all the way from Philadel-
phia in reply to your adj"
Eyes, we do need brakemen,"
confessed Fox, "but we don't
want you"
"Why not7"
II don't like your looks"
$50 you hire a man on his
looks, eh7'
eyes,"
"Well, who hired your asked
the brakeman.
II guess you will do" replied
Fox with a laugh. "You can go
to work this afternoon"
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OF FAMILY Die IN WAR
British Private Soldier 10 Most LoneL
some Survivor Of World
Conflict.

: London.-The loneliest boy soldier
in the world, probably, is Private
Thomas William Smith, who lost his
father, mother, four brothers and
three sisters In the wal and Is the sole
surviving member of this family.
His father and four brothers were
killed on the same day-July Is, 1915
lin the first advance at the battle of
the Somme.
His three sisters were killed in air
raids-one at Addiscombe, Croydon. in
1915, and the others in the East end, Of
London in 1915. His mother was killed
in an air raid on the East end Of Lon.
don in 1917.
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Adopt Married Man.

Harrisburg, Pa.-Although he IL
twenty-four years old and married,
Lewis SINNERS Walker has secured
foster parents, for the Dauphin county
court has approved the application Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Abraham p. SINNERS to
adopt him as their son Walker has
made his home with the aged couple
for some years. and they made him
their son to escape legal t~echnicalities
when they will give him part Of their
estate.
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Balloon Service.

With the ever developing produc-
ton of helium, and the continued ex-
perimenting upon rigid type airships.
the possibilities of the balloon service
in the navy are just being tapped.
Men in almost every trade will find
opportunity to develop their talent in
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All Accounted For.

Milwaukee.-Mrs. Francis #. Adams
no longer reads the casualty lists to
her blind husband. Three grandsons
and two granddaughters, all in war
service, have been accounted fol.
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Down to Bras. rack..

This is a printers slang phrase.
When a compositor exhausts the type
in his cease" and "gets down to brass
tacks," it that he is down to
rock-bottom, or gone the limit.
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Thousands Of Cats Are
Homeless by Prohibition

= sr - ...
New York.-Another Of the
evils of prohibition has been dis
covered.
Seven thousand cats have
been made homeless In New
York by the closing up Of the
saloons, it is estimated. There
were well over 1000 saloons in
New York and, outside the fash
i0nable bars in the big hotels,
it r. estimated that every lar
room had its cat some Of them /;
more than one.
Now that the saloons are
closed the cats are homeless.
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FOUND

FOUND-In post office doorway.
Bunch Of keys. Owner can secure
same by calling at World office, prov
ing property and paying for this adj
vertisement. 1851
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sSt5 KIT #aatss5YSs$sss9 m Il T-I-7sSs 80
IN - ~ -- '---- -s------ ----- ---: -..--.- ------ -.------ -----'
ALL WANT ADS STKlCT1Y Cash
IN ADVANCE ss;
Want ADJ received U 20 1890 A. II.
|. 60 ~ q. ~ 1890 ~ sssS,r. 49,
R AT,
On Cent per Word.
-- --- -7.-1 -.--11-1cz7,5e -
Oo1 81 90 .Da.sgxa.lSo
On hand, Aug. 20, 1919
1919 Dodge Winter Touring.
1915 Dodge Touring.
1918 Ford Touring.
Harry q. McHugh
nFv11,s I.AKE Nm $500
-..-..-:
eyn $500
9Th Stret. s. o. Bondelid. 1851
- ---- --------- ------ M
FOR SALE-My residence on
Fourth street: Chas =: Iaylof: 94-4.
FOR SALE-Hotel Aberdeen prom
erty, Is by 14O feet with interest in
2 story brick wall Of Ideal Garage
e' q VII eeii vssans los WIN
a.S4 .Ss' = 49, 49,, q ~. ~ 1- 1ee.; see Z.
.-@-...y. --.--y --a.- .o.-0.
WANTED =
WANTED-Girl for general house
work, good wages and steady Job to
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FOR SALE-Hotel Aberdeen prop
erty, 75 by 140 feet with interest in
2 story brick wall Of Ideal Garage
building, or will sell vacant lot with
interest in wall, IS by 40 feet, sep
arately. Henry Hale. 1876
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Owner, enquire at World office. 112-ft
FOUND-Automobila license tag.
:lwner may recover same by calling
at World office and paying for this
ad. 118-n
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~ Mattresses at Great
Northern Hotel.
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GIRLS WANTED-At Devils Lake
Steam Laundry. Inquire at Office.
loot.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-09-11
CORN YIELD AND SEED CORN
SELECTION

An investigation of how the big
orn yields we're secured in North
selected and we'll cured seed corn
were used for seed. These yieuds
have gone to as high as 1O6 "a bu-
shells per acre by weight. Any old
kind of seed corn does not bring the
big yields. Now is the time to in
sure next years corn crop by select
ing the seed corn and curing it we'll.
Select ripe ear Of good size growing
on stalks of good size from hills hat
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-09-11

contain from three to four stalks.
Such stalks have demonstrated that
in competition with other stalks Of
corn they have been able to produce
and ripen a good ear.
Now is the time to select the seed
corn. Set apart a day for this i'm
portant work and do not let any
thing interfere with seed corn day.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-09-11

A front-page announcement by
kraabel & Kraabel in this issue will
be OF great interest to our women
readers. Mrs. Watkins, of the Rick
err Store. Fargo. will be in Hope with
a large line of goods that appeal par
ticulaarly to those of the gentler
SEX. Be sure and look over the ad.
Mrs. Albert SilbertsOn is away in
the Twin Cities this week.