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The Monte Vista journal., 1920-02-21

FOR SALE-Shesp feed. At the
c. o. Mockelstrom ranch. 4 miloe
north. 6 miles east and \ mile north
OF Monte Vista.
The Monte Vista journal., 1920-02-21

FOR sALE-About 3So sacks Of
hand-picked Brown Beauty potatoes.
w. n. vA0TIND.
The Monte Vista journal., 1920-02-21

oo9 4 Brodsrick will bay youI
hoes-sat or lean. large Or snail
4. n. or p. m. any day n the weee
except Sunday-and Day cash o.
day OF delivery.
The Monte Vista journal., 1920-02-21

|-roR sALE-lndians Truck. VIII
sell right. Has been usod about two
months and Il In very best oondi-
|tiou. Inquire C. -. Thomas Or call
|3le during Office hours.
The Monte Vista journal., 1920-02-21

FOR eALe-Hand.picksd Black.
cyed Ms1iean secd PEGS. 4. 4. Rol.
ling. Phone S37r3i,
The Monte Vista journal., 1920-02-21

-FURNlTUAD AEPAlRED-
= RoscDRoUoH. SSs Aeases q
List your laaa with G. G. kss1 Z
C. TAsy have lets q buyers .,
The right DeieoA
The Monte Vista journal., 1920-02-21

FOR sALE-Dodss Sedan. lSl'
model. Al condition. four new over
si1s tires. 5000. Phone 3lS.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-10-20

advent constituted a good joke Of
which ! nnu not She was the victim
When | reacted my quarters in the
garage sat down and laughed until
F!%ma appeared. frightened by my
noisy mi!iih '..nt had penetrated to his
qunr;"r=.
wnE"n"d early, rang a bell con-
r%',iiig my rO0ElS with the chuuf-
iour'# ci'h OF The garage as Il warn
IN" To ;hc FlyrUs to prepare break
go! us dressed wilrn the Irish
TnN c.i..2 II Ni,h the tray. In the
:h*"nrr "l ~ morning paper clung
< ,:,::! FOR company.
e; trust vow vii! rot be leaving,
.@a"r" he r@nnrii1 J. cycling my half
p""@! trnnE.
- a. !N%nn."
...-7 Naia a;rl | viii hc going
100, r. i!a mos, Uncomfortable
d l'rc r'uf;ng *.-.',ty' ana the
- li:%t .,l'oina ana his army
'""p @s,n"'"' Us onh nnlin' us Huns.
~ n6@t I."gr@cablr We find it.,
Tie "ifc and me-
suffer and hc Sirnng-,bnt's the
wo'"ilwor' We will cope that Mrs.
fas'l'orh is n woman Of ;ound sense
and tact who will exert herself to
restore peace on her property. When
call 10 pay my respects and make
my ndicus shall speak to hcr Of the
situation ana vouch for your loyalty.
You haven't, suppose, sccn the widow
vet she's probably sleeping late"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-10-20
Continued from Last wcek.)
SYNOPSIS.


CHAPTER I-,Richard scarlcs, success
friend, Bob Singleton, the fact that, in
sprod by the genius Of n young actress
whom he had seen In London, he has
written II play, Lady Larkspur," solely
With the thought tina. she should interpret t
t.a leading Character. This girl, Violet
DeWns:, has disappeared and ScarleS re-
fuses 20 allow. the play to DC produc cd
nus Just rctMnGd UnFuliie,D rom France,
where he bad Dccn serving IN The aviation
corps. Ills uncle, RaymonG HaSnfo:l
. WcaltN% m1u, h,ut contracted II mar
r'ISc mort time before lis death while
on Il Visit 70 Japan. iln art Singleton Il
cpmphrouTcIf small unount OF money
and thc privilege o. residence in tho
the -ScIhd Connecticut. N%rs. Bashford Is
believed To be travelling in the Or!cnt. Tho
household Al bar, on is mv4!O up of elderly
employees Uf tho Tyrngham. n Sew York
hotei, where BnShforG! made his home. BY
the terms OF his will these people are to
nave home ut Barton for the rcSt OF
their lives. Singleton goes to Barton. talk
ing with him tho manuscript OF II .ady
l.arksrur." There he finds the household
strangely upset. some Of ts members be-
ing suspected by their comrades OF pro-
GrrDianlsm. Antoine. head Of the estab-
iisbment informs him that he has been
rerpieNed by tho somewhat mysterious
Visits OF stranger. apparently a for
,eigner. seeking Mrs. Bashford Antoine
household into guard for the protection
or the premises Torrcnce. high official OF
the trust company handling Bashrord's 3
estate, informs Singleton that Mrs. Bash
ford is in America and may be expected
at Barton at any time.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-10-20
CHAPTER II.
The Amazing MiSoW.

AS snon u" Torrcnce lett ! returned
TO the garage. feeling that with Mrs.
Bashford on American soil my use Of
the residence even as a lonfing place
was unbccoming. Mrs Bnshfcrd was
not only in America. but with Il motor
Mt her command she might reach
Barton AT any hour. And the vigDr-
Gus, dominating woman who had cap
tnrcd my uncle Bash buried him in
far country. and tlen effected hop,
skip, and jump from Bangkok to
Seattle, was likely to be II prodigai
spcnder of gasoline. Her propensity
for travelling encouraged the hope
that she would quickly weary Of Barton
and pine for lands where the elephant
and jinrickisha flourish.
had brought with me the manu-
script OF Senrles' play, and fell upon
1t irritably and began reading the first
act. The dialogue moved briskly, and
I read on as though cnfolded lnr the
air Of crisp spring morning. My
crouch over the npsetting Of my plans
yielded under the spell Of his humor.
Lady Larkspur" was the name
assumed by the daughter Of a recluse
naturalist In the valley Of Virginia.
She had known no life but that Of
the open country. where she ran wild
all summer, aiding her father In col.
lecting plants and butterflies. He
had educated the girl in such man.
ner that only the cheer and Joy Of
life were known to her. Hating man
hind. he had encouraged her in ma
turc- rc-worshp. She knew no literature
except the classics; all history. even
the history Of the storicd valley I'm
which she lived was sealed book
TO her.
The girls curiosity is reused by the
sudden appearances Of strangers from
the unknown world beyond, whom
she mystlics by her quaint 0ld-wor!d,
ishnCss. Scarlcs had taken an old
theme and given n novel twist to II,
The solution of the mystery Of the
fathers exile and an amusing com
plication Of lovers afforded sus-
pcnsvc interest well sustained to the
end In the last act the girl appears
at bali at u country house In sophis-
ticntcd rnimcnt. and the story ends In
the key of mrth in which it began
1t was delightful blending and
mOdcrni%ation Of Diana. Atalnnta,
Cinderella. and Rosalind; but even In
the typewriter page 1t was nmaz.
ingly alive and well calculated to
evoke tears and laughter. That a
play so enthralling should be buried
In q safcty.vault was not to be
thought Of, and l sat down and wrote
Searlcs long letter demanding that
he at once forget the lost star for
whom he had written the piece, sug-
costing the names Of several we'll
known actresses I thought worth con
slderlng for the difficult leading role.
Not satisfied with this, I, telephoned
a telegram to the agent at Barton
for transmission to Searles at the Ohio
address he had given me.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-10-20

garage" I asked. glnncing at my
watch. 1t was not yet eight o'clock.
The banter died out of me; clearly 1t
pilot her over the estate. or ut least
: 10 receive her at the garage. "Just
what was the ladys frame of mind
MS to things generally. Pccvcd, was
She over the row last night?"
"Oh, no, sorr; quite cheerful an
friendly. She's ordered big car
from New York ana told me 1t would
he coming up to-day and to make a
place for it,"
Here was news indeed, destroying
all my hopes that she mcditntcd only
q bricI Sojourp. The purchase OF a
machine meant definitely that she
W6hld rcmain for scmc time, perhaps
for The winter. I poured q second cup
Of coffee, swallowed it. grabbed my hat
and stick. and asked cnlirntcnmcn,
as to the course taken hy Mrs. BASH
ford whcn she left tie garage.
she took the lower road sorr.
toward the Sound and stepped or
quite brisk-lkc."
1t was the ScrcnrSt Of Scrtcmbor
mornings, and hurried away think.
ing the cloudlcsS blue arch. The
twinliling sea, ana 'l,c crisp air mi::ht
serve 10 soften my aunt'S displrns,re
at he" hostile reception From t,c
conSrrvatcriCs ! caught IL @'in,nsr OF
n woman on the bcach-a slender.
agile woman. throwing Il bail for ,ha
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-14
WHY is A BREAKDOWN?

What's the forst thing that can
hannen 10 a car on the road hardest
to fix, most costly TO repair and most
bother generally? Take II from me, It's
an engine which runs out Of oil. Ever
travel In a boat that ran shy Of motor
feed? Well. don't. Fellow In here last
week with enough handaRes on his face
TO run a military hospital for a month
His car came In after him at the end
Of a tow rome, He didn't know what
the matter was. aud say Talk about
angry victims Of their own carelessness.
The things he said about his perfectly
good car would make lonEshoreman
blush. After you unwrapped all the
cuss words and got down to the meat
Of his yarn. you found out he'd been
running about so per and all OF sud,
den the boat stops, while he goes right
on .throuEh the Windshield, face first.
y knew right then and there what
the matter was, but lust to make
sure, put a crank on the engine and
ever aid tricks could have pushed i
down What Why, he ran dry and
his nlstons seized grabbed hold
Ruined his rear tires sCraped
off all the rubber on the part that was
down, strained two unversals past re-
pair and sent him head first through
the windshield
II told him.
- But that's impossible says he.
1t looks like It,, SAYS l. pointing
to the handages
But there's plenty Of oil in the en-.
CINE says he Look AZ the oil gauge
Don't It beat the putch2 Look az
the oil gauge SAYS he. as II all oil
gauges were bound to tell the truth.
like George Washington.
Maybe the gauge IS a liar says !.
dry Ike. Then | hit the old stump a
light tap with q hammer, and flop goes
tho gauge Never believe all you hear
son. says Motor Life Magazine.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-14
APPERSON ANNOUNCES
BOOST IN LIST PRICE

From the New York show headduar-
ters Of the Apperson Brothers Automo-
bile company. at Commodore hotel, has
been announced an advance In price af-
ferting all the models closed and open
alike. manufactured by this popular
Kokomo. Ind, concern. Effective Jan.
Is and until further notice is given.
the Apperson Anniversary, In either
sever. passenger touring or four pas
senger tourster, win list at si,25o and
the Standard job built with a seven
passenger touring, a four nassenrer
sportster, or a two passenger race body,
viii sell at S2.25o In the inolosed
tyres the Standard model will list at
S4,500, and prices covering the Ami
versary inclosed models will be fur
nished upon application. All quota
tions are based on kokomo loading and
subject to war tax,
When seen at the Commodore, Mr.,
r. L. JarrarA vice-president Of the Ap-
person COMPANY. In commenting on the
advance, had the following TO say.
The cost of manutacture-and l
guess ID is equally true Of other lines
IA steadily rising. This apnlles partic-
ulariy to labor and that Ia the most Inn
portant item entering into the cost Of
an materials The conditions prevalent
today throurhosIt the country are well
known, Details from us are really I'M
necessary. We are subject TO them
and we're governed by them in an
nouncing this increase to our selling
we possibly can, the advance has been
made only to a point which will not In
any way retard our sales. as at the
new price the 8 with 80 less parts pre-
sents much more than dollar for dollar
value.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-14
GOVERNOR TELLS AUTO
DEALERS THEY ARE
ESSENTIAL TO ROADS

= In illustrating the amount Of tech
nical work involved IN a short read
building project he exhibited III pages
Of blue prints devoted 70 the details Of
this work. He said the more automo-
bilas IN the state the better the roads
and that he had not found a single tax
payer who was fussiug about the money
spent for improved roads. He said
economy should be the running mate Of
efficiency,
The association was called to order
by President p NJ. Estes. who said
there had been no Improvement IN
road transportation from the days OF
Pharoah unttl 1905, when autos came
into use.
Gen. o. c. Horney. In charge of Old
Hickory powder plant, spoke Of the
governments attitude toward good
roads, declaring that the government
was greatly interested and that II was
cooperating In such projects
w. W. House, chairman OF the state
highways commission, spoke a word Pt
appreciation Of the aid of the assoeia-
ton and its Interest In a better read
system. He pledged the hearty co.,
operation Of the department Other
talks scheduled for the days program
are: The Relation OF Good Roads TO
the Railroads." by A. p. ottarson,
comptroller Of the Nashville, Chatta-
noes & st. Louis railway; The Au-
tomobile Club and Its Relation to Our
Work" by a. J. Barthell, chief Of poe
lice OF Nashville Good Roads and the
Postoifloe," by +. S. Shannon, pcstmas-
ter at Nashville.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-14

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb, li. CSpL)-
Il know Of one little county in Tonnes
see where a sin gle Ford cav did more 70
create "a healthy sentiment for good
roads than an the speeches that had
been delivered In that county for
months" said Gov. A. II. Roberts. IN
his address before the Tennessee state
Automobile associate ton, You men ana
your ASSOCIATION are doing a great work
toward creating a sentiment for better
roads In Tennessee, and | pledge you
the hearty Operation Of every de-
partmeat OF the state government to-
ward the achievement Of your worthy
plans
Co. Roberts gave q resume OF the
various road building activities OF the
state highway department and said that
1883 miles Of improved roads were en-
hraced in the projects already approved,
being surveys, partially completed' or
on which government approval was
waiting. He said that the estimated
cost 81 these / .053 miles was $50 600 goo;
Not a single road project suhna tted
10 the government for approval by the
Tennessee highway commission has
been returned for CORRECTION declared
the speaker and this, to my mind,
shows that the department is highly
efficient. There are Ia men connected
with the engineering and Of the road
building In this state and Of that num-
Der so are assistant field men. We are
training boys for this work a the state
university and will have our projects
increased .Tst as fast as We can get
the necessa y men
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-14
COMM0MMEAl tn OFFERS
= SET NEW HIGH RECORD

C. c. Darnall. president OF the Com.
Innnwealth Motors corpany has wired
the home office at Chicago from the
New York automobile show that orders
for cars and trucks at the opening OF
the show have far outstripped any pre-
vious record
Foreign buyers, he states, are very
much In evidence, clamoring for cars
and trucks for immediate delivery
This applies not only to the war raw
AGED nations where automotive vehi-
Giles are required for reconstruction.
but also for other foreign nations,
whore the same vehicles are sorely
needed for development retarded during
the war.
Agencies and orders for Common
wealth Motors products for foreign de-
livery have been taken by the Key
stone Products company for the Scandl-
navisn countries, by the Allied FOREIGN
Trades corporation for Uruguay and
other South American nations, and by
the U. s. Motor Works for Belgium,
Every great nation In the world, and
manv OF the lesser nations, are repre-
serted at the automobile show An are
seeking the newest and best In the SUI
tomohile industry, and many of them
win later come on TO Chicago for the
automobile show In that city.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-14
SPRING TIME TIRES.

Spring and tire troubles are synony-
nous. The first days of country tour
ing tell the story Of roadside tire re-
pairs, punotures, tires frozen to rims,
rims frozen to wheels blowouts, plnches
and everything else IN the tire trouble
category Much rs due to the winter
garaEing or storage. Ii Is good policy
TO have all OF the tires removed before
the car Is taken out. Take the castings
off the rims the tubes out OF the cas-
ings and the rims off the wheels The
tubes will be found sticking TO the cas-
Ing, a tact which explains many pinches
IN early spring touring Use gasoline
in separating the tube, Clean out the
casing well Use new chalk The rim
will be rusted, the tire bead@yill be
covered with rust Clean both Use
graphite or other preparation on the
rim. Do a general housecleaning act
II may take one-haIf day. II will prove
worth while. You will save money by
II.
Go further. and have all surface cuts
In the trend of the castings filled with
some Of the MANY filters suited for this
work. II there Is dirt in them be sure
the cut Is thoroughly cleaned and wash
cd with gasoline. Then add the filler
II may be necessary TO use a vucanizer
This too, will be worth while These
cuts let the water in. the water soon
destroys fabric, rots it and then the
way Is paved for speedy blowout the
ruin of your casing, the ruin of an in
ner tube. BE a stitch in time tire artist
and save time. trouble and expense. -
Gas and Spark.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-14
WHY SQUARE CORNERS?

&c H. Claudy in Motor Life Magazine
Since the memory NJ man runnath
into to the contrary up to 1851, some
people had always been slaves for other
people II was right and the best wav
because II always had been right and
the best way. 1t took war to con
vince the world that the old way was
wrong.
Since the first man said lets make o
horse drawn vehicle" the street corners
in cities have been, 10 all intents and
purposes square angles They are
rounded off few feet from the end
but their turning radius was dictated
to the world by the speed OF o horse
and the wheel base Of the ordinary
horse-drawn vehicle.
The horse drawn vehicle IL outnum-
bered ten to one In every city In the
land. The average whsei base Of The
average car is in excess Of 100 inches
and the average speed around the cor
ners Is nearer ~ miles an huar than
three Yet our street corners still are
practically square corners, our turning
traffic is retarded as to speed made
complicated as to ease, and the straight
stream Of traffic Is slowed up because
turning vehicles cannot hug the curb
az could the vehicles for which the
curhs were originally designed
We are net suggeeting q war, but just
little progressiveness in street lay
cot
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-14

MEXICO OEEsoRs FILMS,
MEXICO CfTy.-A censorship Of 81
moving picture films taken IN NsXic
has been Instituted hy the department
OF the interior, which viii net peEmi
films deemed harmful q Nsxico's In
terests 70 leave the country.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-14
Heavy Orders
PrOUe South Is
Gar" Prosperous

". L. paIy. sales manager Of the
Columbia ,dotors company. SAYS that
NE most striking evidence That has Net
heen offered Ot the TuCl-kab'e busl-
ness prosperity uf the South Is the
fact that TO-DAY Southern dealers are
ordering tEslaicaG shipments Of motor
I'VE have made a aumbcr Of thess
shipments lately say Alr paly.
among them a sold lya.u az IS freight
ears loaded with Columbia SKIES which
was Skinned this wees TO The cole Mo-
to3 company az Jacksonville, our Flor
ids distrib Itors.
Long ~ tralnioad shipments ceased
90 be novelty In tho hutCm bile bust
ness as far as Northern shipping
points are concerned says Mr. DAILY
But ia the South these shipments
mark change Of vast inporlnca
we used 20 think TINT e s'ee!
market was the great barometer Of
business conditions
But within recent Years. however,
another business haUmetCr has been
created which Is even more sensitive
30 marking the fluctuations tn business
conditions and IS even more valuable,
because Ii reflects thee 'ndiuops lu-
wediately IN different sections Of the
country, and even down 20 such ANAL
units as cities, towns and counties.
'Trainload shipments OF cars 70 the
barometer whkh clearly Indicates that
business has risen N A ualNt tn the
Southern states which would scarcely
have been drealued Of year ago
For consider what the absorption OF
this great shipplen. OF motor cars by
one Southern state CT about a million
population meRE.
TT means the buying OF over a quar-
ter Of a million dollars Wul th OF motor
cars at one tinre--nore than the av-
erage Southern dealer could have dis
posed OF In IL months lew years
back.
And vet this is only small portion
Of the business which the Cole Motor
company win do on Columbia Skies this
season.
Every state in the union congratu-
lates the South on unmlng TO tho po-
sitlop where such a large percentage
Of her people can enjoy the pleasures
and convGnieuces Of motor car owner
shin"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-14

yeH that put every tem-tom IN the
kingdom 10 shame Again the pigs
tailed heads bumped together IN con-
ference. This time the decision was
that the box was central headquarters
for half a hundred Oriental devils,
I've told this story because II con-
veys a moral You cannot dispossAEs
an Oriental of the belief that there are
certain earthly possessions that are
devil possessed, any more than you can
convince some skeptioal Americans that
BY giving the storage battery q little
attention he win prolong is life eonsid-
eIably
Although ! conduct = ISL service
station my chief purpose Is not TO sell
a man a new battery but 70 render eff,
fieient service at all times on questions
pertaining 10 batteries, old and new, re-
CARELESS OF what make they are. II moy
florists viii insist on getting the last
ounce Of energy out OF their old bat
teries they viii know, when they pur-
chase a new battery. that they have
been playing the game as 1t should be
played.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-14
Chinese Pour Tea
Into Battery To
Kill EUiL Spirit

Have you heard the story Of how
the first storage battery was received
IN Chinag" asked Fred Bauer, manager
q the Isl service station, yester-
day,
well" he chuckled, when some
delegates Of the great Chinese prole-
tariat examined the mysterious black
box for the first time and saw Il bub-
bling and simmering and acting fussy
and excited ike, they rubbed their
heads together and decided II was alive
with spirits.
LAS the story was told me- It was
unanimously approved to give tho thing
a strong injection Of hot tea to keep It
quiet, While In the act Of doing so one
sage-like Celestial came In contact
with a live connection and set up a
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-14
MANY VEHToLEs ID d 80

WASHINGTON, .. C-There are
now in storage and available for >uss
15 a3s motor vehicles hsonging to the
war department, Il is officially an
nounced. These include ambulances,
trucks, PASSENGER CAPS and motorcyeles,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-14

For Colds. Grip or Influenza
and as a Preventative, take LAXATIVE
BROMO QUININE Tablets. Look for
L. W. GROVES signature on box. 30c
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-21
IN SHAMOKIN
DISTRICT TO DECIDE
END OF "VACATION''

Haxleton. Pa, Sept. 21.-The end
Of the vacation" strike in anthracite
coal fields today hinged on develop
ments in the Shamokin district where
more than ten thousand miners have
refused to return to work. until
monthly workers are reinstated by
mine operators.
Practically all mines in the Phila-
delphia and Reading coal and iron
fields remained idle due to the fail
ure Of the miners to obey the procla-
nation issued by their policy COM
mittee. Monthly workers have been
notified by the company that they
cannot make application for work I'M
til the miners have returned and the
collteries are In operation.
State troopers continued to patrol
the streets of Shenandoah and sham
okin, but there was no disorder.
Normal operation was reported by
coal companies In the wyoming
Lackawanna district. with the excep-
ton of the Pennsylvania Coal com
pany collieries where a strike against
the contractor" system has been In
effect. This strike was settled last
night, the smen voting to return ia
work today. The mine workers
agreed to accept a proposition OF the