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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

The timber interests evidently be.
licve that the money derived from the
sale OF m oak tree Is far more beau.
tIfu than the tree itself.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09
REMARKABLE
Recovery
Extraordin airy Curative
Power of Lydia e Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.

v = Z I'd Die OOIl-
pound has done me.
/ had organic trou-
bles and am going
through the Change
O. Life. / was taken
With n pain in my
side and a bad head
ache. / could not
lie down, could not
eat or sleep. / suf-
fere d something
terrible and the doc
f0rso r,o9tctro I,1
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

The cables say YOU can buy
good wife in New South Wales for
$500. But this is a mistake: good
wife is priceless.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

After outfitting the family with
spring finery the pater familias will
consider himself fortunate TO get
hair cut.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

That woman who is accused of hav-
ing 90 husbands is entitled to media,
as the champion optimist, anyhow.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

II begins TO look Is though the
prohteers will have to buy their own
wares.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

Having proved itself wastefui and
inefficient wrecker, bolShevism now
asks the world TO have confidence in it
u n builder.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

Doctors may have their theories
about morning kissing and evening
kissing. but our theory i that the
time 10 kiss Is when you can.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

It is somewhat odd that so many
persons are never suspected of insan-
ity until they commit crime.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

If things keep on, profiteers will be
in the condition of the man who had
nothing TO eat but gold.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

BY fall the country will be wonder
Ing how it ever came TO think serious
~ of some of the presidential candi-
dates.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

How relieved the lovelorn will be to
know that kissing in the afternoon
and evening is reasonably free from
germs
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

With eggs dropping. the hen is re-
newing her strenuous efforts TO be
proclaimed the national bird.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

No red agitator with the slightest
sense of humOr would permit himself
TO address an audience rs fellow
workers
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

Possibly there are enough of prof
iteers who, by purchasing from one
another, can keep the prices high.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

heavy suit ought to be almost thin
enough for summer wear.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

Nowadays one must have philosophy
TO live, but. unfortunately, one can't
live ON IL.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

Whenever wage scale conference
is announced the ultimate consumer
might just as well begin to dig.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

Ice men, in convention, deplore ex-
travagant living You may need the
money for ice.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

I'm the meantime, be good, and you'll
not only be happy. but the constables
won't catch you.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

a doctor advises that you give the
baby a tomato. He means. undoubted-
~, before putting on its clean dress.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

Possibly the world could be more
chaotic than it is ut present, but
probably it never will be.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

Now that they are dropping simpli
fled spelling, let's have campaign for
dignified spelling.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

Those who are dissatisfied with this
world are pretty likely to find fault
with the next.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

II is reported that cherries are
only 50 each in Paris. VIII they ever
drop to that over here?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

There were 14,OOO,OOOOO0 toilet pins
manufactured last year. Partly an
industrial and partly safety-first
note.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

The price Of maple syrup this year
will be due, probably, TO the scarcity
of brown sugar
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

Fishermen often get tired hauling in
gudgeons; but n profiteer never wear
les i'm catching suckers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

Nothing equals On unclaimed estate
for getting together mans missing
relatives.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

so ACRES. large house. barn. poultry house.
parha orchards. good soil. i've minutes
walk depot, high school sixty Per acre.
4as a for trade. No incumbrance. mdEe. rem
tails $40 n n. r. Brammer. Owensbufg. Ind.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-03
FORCED TO GET EXCITEMENT
English Court Clerk Is Given Eight
Months in Jail for Altering
Postal Drafts,

I"ndOn.-Here is young man who
cannot get enough thrills out of life
without being dishonest. And even
dishonesty soon ceases to lead Il
thrill to him.
james Walter Evers. twenty-six, for
merly Il clerk at the admiralty, plead
ed guilty at the Old Bailey recently to
forging and altering naval postal
drafts worth $7,1OO. Pleading for
leniency, Evers said:
During the greater part of my life
/ have been afflicted with an extraor-
binary lust for excitement and thrills
While this longing for excitement has
often led me into dangerous and trou-
besome adventures, ii has never made
me commit criminal Offense until
now. l swear when l conceived this
scheme my main thought was the en-
element. l left off going to post of.
fees because found myself going into
them mechanically and getting no
thrill of excitement in handling
forged drafts over the counter. had
2o more drafts in my pocket"
Evers was sentenced to eight
months Imprisonment.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-03

man named Jackson employed at
the refinery. She said "JackSon's wife
was seriously i'll. and wanted him to
return at once,' Barr went in search
of the man. and when he returned to
the boiler room the woman WAS not
in sight.
Detecting the otlor of something
burning, the fireman examined his
boilers. He noticed a tire-box door
open and fastened to investigate.
Mrs. Hunt was lying ON the blazing
Goals. her head in the open doorway
and reaching with one hand to pull
the door closed after her.
Barr seized the woman and dragged
her from the firebox head-first. Most
OF her clothing already was burned
and falling from her body. Barr
dragged the woman out of doors and
rolled her in the snow, extinguishing
the blaze. Then he turned in a call
for an ambulance.
Mrs. Hunt is thirty.eight years old
and has three children. Her husband
died six years ago. She is said to
have been confined in Il sanitarium.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-03

so down in the elevator, telling George
was going out for the evening-so
he'd report it to monsieur; wait in
the lower hall for a mythical automo.
bile till George went up with the car,
and then creep up the stairs.
This time tomorrow night I'll pre-.
sent YOU with nice 'mossoo' in hand.
Cuffs" affirmed Billy confidently.
Suppose he doesn't come? Or sup.
pose he murders me tonight?'
"Oh, the guns!" He snatched un
his overcoat and dived into the pocket
He laid two revolvers ON the table,
saying cheerfully: "He viii come ana
he won't murder you-nct If you kee1
Your wits about you. They're loaded"
He slipped the coat on. He was 60
ing-in high feather: but my heart
sank at the prospect of another night
and that man lurking in the house.
keep a stiff upper lip-heroine of
the greatest diamond robbery of the
century," he bantered. I'm be here
at six tomorrow" He picked up his
hat.
"Oh, I'm oil right" returned non.
chalantly. feeling suddenly knock.
kneed yet determined I'd not let Billy
suspect it.
l rang for the elevator. and while
the car was rumbling up Billy glided
away In the darkness of the stairs
back Of 1t. He must have reached only
the first turn when heard him ex.
claim. "Oh! Excuse me! / never saw
you!"
Followed the word, Pardon" and
l recognized monsieur's voice!
l had the presence Of mind to stifle
my curiosity and slip back into my
tlat' noiselessly shutting the door. Was
ne merely coming to lock me in, or
had he been listening? Ny forebod.
ings every moment increased. for up
to one o'clock-when went to bed
he had failed to lock me in.
(To BE CONT1NUED)
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-03
GREAT 1920 ROAD PROGRAM
Necessary for Many States to Post
pone Expenditure Of Federal
Funds for Building.

David r. Houston, secretary of a-ri-
culture, in his annual report. calls at
tention to the fact that the 1919 pro-
gram for federal aid road building is
greater than any previous annual
road-building accomplishment in this
country. 1t is SO great, in fact, that
1t undoubtedly will he necessary for
many Of the states to postpone until
1920 the expenditure of the federal
funds, because of the necessity Of de-
veloping experienced contracting and
engineering organizations from the
stagnant conditions brought about bv
the war Under the terms of the fed
eral aid road act. the apportionment
to Il state for any one fiscal year re
mains available for expenditure until
the close of the succeeding year. 1t
is estimated that funds already pro-
vided will be sufficient to finance next
year program more than four times
greater than any that has ever been
undertaken.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-03
ROAD !.
BUILDING
DRAINAGE IS BIG ESSENTIAL
Chief Requirement Of Good Earth
Road Is Orainaoe-keep Crown
Properly Dragged.

1t can be truthfClly said that drain
age is the chief essential in putting
earth roads into proper condition. An
old Scotchman. an expert road builder,
APPLY said that the three requirements
OF good earth Dads are drainage. more
drainage, and still more drainage. The
roads must not only have good surface
drainage but must also have good UNI
der drainage. Surface drainage is So
cured by proper grading. adequate side
bitches. and by keeping the crown Of
the road property dragged. Stretches
OF road that do not dry ont quickly
must he under-tlrained by tile.
The drag must he used after each
rain. If the hest results are to be Sc
cured. Don't go on the road while too
muddy. let it dry out slightly it should
be wet enough. however. so il will not
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-03
Flour q Dollar q Pound,

Food prices at present seem high,
out they are nothing compared with
prices In Alaska during the gold fever.
A book recently reviewed In our col.
umns. says that at Dawson in 1898
sugar was seventy-five dollars a sack,
flour dollar pound, eggs dollar
ana half each. But the money came
as easily as 1t went. A man who was
low IN funds happened to get a paper
WIN news about the Spanish.Amer.
'can war Mt time when no news.
papers had been received for several
weeks. He read few choice items to
crowd about the post office and then
announced that he would read the
rest In q hall near by at one dollar
u mead FOR admission. Five hundred
men crowded in.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-03
TRIES TO BURN
SELF TO DEATH
Crazed Woman Rescued as She
Tries to Close Firebox
Door,

Bradford. Pa.-Seeking to kill her.
self by roasting to death. Mrs. Jessie
Hunt crawled into fircbox at the
Kendall refinery. Prompt action Of
Charles A. Barr. stationary fireman
on duty at the plant. thwarted Mrs.
Hunts attempt ut self-destruction. She
IS in hospital, suffering from severe
burns.
Mrs. Hunt gained admittance to the
boiler room by an ingenious ruse. At
rlIree O'Clock in the morning she
Knocked ut the door Of the room and
told Mr.. Barr that she was looking for
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-03
Several of the Grain Belt States An
nuaIIy Expend Over 100000 in
Constructing and Maintaining
Roads, Bridges and culverts.

crumble, hut smear. When properly
used, the drag brings a thin layer of
which is rolled and packed between
the wet periods. If too much crown is
secured by dragging. the angle Of the
drag should be reversed.
Getting the earth roads graded.
bitches open, well drained, and prop
erly crowned by dragging is about all
that can be don 8, until the people are
ready to surface the road with gravel,
broken stone or some other surfacing
material.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-03
GOOD MARKET IS REQUISITE
Prime Essential for Successful Diversi.
fled Farming-ead Roads Are
Drawback.

Farmers sooner or later learn the 10.
STABILITY of diversified farming. Per-
haps no cause limits farming of this
description so much rs bad roads. for
the prime requisite for successful di-
versitied farming is good market.
This market may be either nearby
town or city, or a distant market
which requires railroad transpor,a-
ton.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-03
By JANE BUNKER


ana then came home and hid in nv
wardrobe.
Monsieur had turned the slippers
when he set them down hurriedly-the
suggestion of all the other slippers.
toe to the wall. had been too strong for
his memory of three slippers heel to
the wall after he had picked them up.
That was his one inexcusable blunder
In the whole affair-it had set me
watching.
But Claire thief!-or the accom-.
plice Of thief! That high-bred girl
that rare, accomplished child!
couldn't believe it, wouldn't be-
lieve 1t. She was acting in good faith
whatever she did. Perhaps he had
convinced her that the diamonds were
his-that Mrs. Delario was robbing
him! / felt 1t then the boldest, clever
est plot had ever heard of actu.
ally admired him for the daring and
the intellectually of it-as q feat it
stimulated me.
Yes. once having the key to it in
the slipper, saw the whole plot as
plain as day: the one point puzzling
me was: how did monsieur know /
had the diamonds now? I couldn't
make that out ut all-not if believed
Mrs. Delario hadn't told him, and /
thought she was the only other living
person who knew it. Well, l had them.
and I'd keep them for all of monsieur
until l returned them to her.
At quarter after six or Whereabouts
l heard the front bell ring three two's
Ia told Billy Rivers to use us his sig.
nal. and l skinned along the hall in
my Eureka frame of mind-never once
thought of precautions or of calling
through first and making sure it was
Billy--and flung the door open wide.
AS the door flew back realized the
fool thing I'd done; and then without
even looking to see who it was l caught
the door and tried to shut it again.
But he pushed. I looked, then cried
Billy" and grabbed him by the arm.
l knew l didn't deserve tit ought by
the rights Of romance to have been the
villain.
"Oh. Billy-nly deliverer-you dear! ="
gasped the minute the door was shut
Il declare you're good enough to
kiss!" and with that up and did it (!
Billy was embarrassed. He an.
praised my salutation at. "Aw-say-"
and a sheepish grin; so l felt obliged
to add. as l dragged him along the hall.
But l used to kiss you years and
years ago."
"Why. SO you did-in my Stone
age" acknowledged Billy, his tone i'm
plying that he'd passed through some
cons of civilization since; and with
that he thrust big package in my
hands. saying laconically, "S0me eats"
"Some eats!" gurgled, remember
Ing suddenly that l was starving.
"Billy-I could kiss you again"
"Aw-say-" he parted, and grabbed
the package and began tearing off the
wrapper. TITS so sudden-but thank
you ever SO much. and for heavens
sake tell me what's happened! I'll
bust II you DON'T"
"I've run of with million dollars
worth Of diamonds, that's all."
For minute Billy looked as II he
thought I'd run of with my senses;
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-03
A Hard Worker.

you have great faith In your con.
eressman." Seems to me like it's jus.
tined." said Mr.. Cobb!es. ANYBODY
that's as regular about sendin' me free
seeds an all the latest crop reports,
not to mention full details about them
cave jewellers that used to live out
west. with stacks Of pamphlets tellin'
me how to fight tn boll weeyil an. tn
skeeter. Is on the job even II he amt
no etatesman."-Birminsham Age.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-03

then he observed In that soothy. con.
densed tone very sane young person
uses to a respected elder whose mind
is wandering:
Il think you'd better eat some.
thing - Immediately" (Full period
here-it says. "We'll talk about what
ais you when you're feeling more
yourseii.) "Where's your can
0penerr
! was 30 hungry at the sight of food
that little panicky pains ran round nv
insides and UP my throat, and
pranced Into the kitchen for the opener
ana plates. leaving Billy to think what
ne pleased about my mental state.
had the wit, though. to tell him .ssh 7"
Just at that moment Mrs. THING.
Downstairs began her supper-time per.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-03
Bride, Stricken at Altar
Died Hour After Ceremony

Death was an unbidden guest
at wedding at Apponzell, Swift
Zerland. and struck down the
bride just as the priest asked
her if she accepted this man for
husband"
She was hurried to hospital,
still rObed in her bridal gown.
but died an hour later, a victim
of a form of sleeping sickness,
which was the sequel of an at
tack of Influenza.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-03
BIGGER TAXES ON BAD ROADS
Lost Time and Labor on Poor hioh.
ways Will More Than Build and
Maintain Good Road,

Some folks object to a good roads
tax. The American farmer pays great.
er taxes on bad roads than he does
on the construction and maintenance
OF good roads. The time and labor
lost on bad roads will more than nav
the tax levy to build and support .
good road.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-03
ADVANTAGE TO AGRICULTURE
Time Saved in Hauling Over Improved
Roads Really Reduces Cost Of
Transportation.

One OF the great advantages of i'm
proved roads to agriculture is the time
saved in hauling. which in reality
amounts to reduction in transporta.
ton costs.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-03

oeciared that "mOssoO" would read e
diamonds sure as anything.
ANA this, purporting to be from her
to him:
monsieur: ! have refused to have anything
70 90 with this mattsr since I know the
t!utn OF the ownership. Under the circum-
stances feel she is foolish to try /. hold
on. Get the hyacinthA while she II at my
mouse tonight. and the trouble will be over
Tor everyb body.
typed my own letter with a carbon
copy while Billy laboriously produced
the one fro. Mrs. 1,clariO.
The decoy letters we sent to the no.
tel where monsieur was staying. The
rest OF our plan was this: Billy was to
"sneak it, upstairs and get into the
Tat; | was then to put on my wraps,
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-03
Grave Digger Buried Alive =. II. nu.

New YOrk.-Seven feet of sand and
snow slid into the grave which Henry
Wachenhut. New York city grave
digger. was excavating. He was dead
when dug out by the police.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-06-11
TERRIBLY SWOLLEN


Rossville, Ga.-Mrs. Kate Lee Able. d
eais place, writes: "My husband Is an
sngineer, and once while lifting, he In
lufed himself with piece Of heavy ma
chinery. across the abdomen. He was
20 sore he could not bear to press on
himself at all, on chest or abdomen. He
weighed i65 lbs, and fell off until he
weighed ITO lbs, in two weeks.
He became constipated and IL looked
like he would die. We had three different
doctors, ye. with all their medicine, his
bowels failed to act. He would turn up
fen-cent bottle of castor oil, and drink
II two or three days in succession. He
did this yet without result. We became
desperate, he suffered so. He was swol-
len terribly. He told me his suffering
could only be described as torture.
| sent and bought Thedford's Black
Draught. made him take a big dose,
and when II began to act he tainted, he
was In such misery, but he got relief and
began to mend at once. He got well,
and we both feel he owes his life to
Thedford's Black Draugtt."
Thedford's Black DEaught viii help you
to keep fit, ready for the days work.
Try It'll NC-l3i
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-06-11

instance that have known women to
take DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
tion for feminine weakness, or if in
need of special tonic during expect
aney, it has never failed in giving the
UTMOST satisfaction. It is woman's
medicine that can be depended upon
to relieve nervous conditions, besides
building up and strengthening the
entire womanly organism. | shall
always praise DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription most higbly."-MRs.
PATTIE ELLIOTT, 1913 Kendall St.
Favorite Prescription should have
the full confidence Of every woman in
America because in contains no aDco-
hol and no narcotic. Doctor Pierce
knew. when he Asst made this standard
meaiQlns, thht whisky and morphine
were injurious. and 30 he has always
kept thesn ots of.his remedies. DR..
rsfsss EAyoxise Prescription can be
prydGfsd III III 'arag stores in either
haid OF tablet form.
Aen4 II cents to Doctor Pierce's
Invalids' Hptel in Buffalo, N. Y, for
trial package of Che tablets.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-06-11
Goodyear Tires, Tubes and Accessories sold Locally
and at Obon Tenn by R. H. RUST, AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER
LAND SALE.

/. C. Nicely VS.. s. M Fields ct ais
In Chaneery Court at Union City.
Tennessee.
Chancery Court at Union City, made
at the April Term, 1920 in the above
styled case, will on Saturday, the
3rd day of July, 1920, at Hornbeak.
Tenn, in front of the Bank of Horn
beak, at 2 o'clock p. M, sell to the
highest and best bidder the property
in said decree described, being par
eel of land known as the A. Fields
place lying and being in the 9Th
Civil District of Obion County, Tenn.
and described as follows
Beginning at stake in the center
of the Dyersburg Road, runs thence
North with s. F. Romine's line to
r. Woods line; thence East with
Woods line to Frank Rives; thence
South with Rives line to the center
of the road; thence West with the
road to the beginning, being in
deed recorded in Book 81, jage 243
of the Registers office for Obion
County, Tennessee. Being the land
that A. Fields owned at the time Of
his death and which he purchased
from I. G. Nicely.
Terms of Sale.
Sale will be made for Cash.
This 7th day of June, 1920.
GEO. A. GIBBS,
Clerk and Master
BY nellie F. Marshall, ID. G. & NJ.
Lannom & Lannom, Solicitors.