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The Colorado statesman., 1920-01-17

430 WILLIAM E. PARKS,
2426 Gilpin.
431 LAFAYETTE PATTERSON.
SIG 22nd st.
432 ]. E. PAYNE,
1887 Ogden.
433 LON PAYNE,
S14 Mariposa.
434 ]. H. PENNINGTON.
1882 Welton.
1876 B. E. PENNY,
323 Vine.
437 MARTIN PEOPLES,
2527 E. 25th Ave.
43S F. w. PERKINS,
COS 2Sth.
439 REV. JOHN PERKINS,
2447 fremont.
440 JOHN w. PERKINS,
2G29 Marion.
AL j. p. PERKINS,
1852 Marion.
442 LEROY PERKINS,
2432 Emerson.
Evening star., 1920-02-08
The Second of aSeries of Complete
Stories by l.. j. Beeston. -.

"Ah" said he, sitting bolt upright
THAT is the sist. the crux Of the
whole matter. While was listening
to Hilda's story l felt that there was
yet something at the back Of her visit
which needed explanation. watched
her more closely than I have ever
watched anybody, / do believe, and 1
Eaw her throw repeated glances at
that beautiful example of Andres
buhl work. which 1 purchased for
you few days back. That merely
seemed 10 show. however, that despite
the role she was filing she could yet
spare some interest In nne inlaid
work Presently, as you may remem-
ber, she removed her macintosh and
lightly dropped it across the antique
table at her side. She kept her left
hand underneath the garment, and I
observed that 1t repeatedly strained at
something there. 1t was not due to
nervous agitation. because it directly
affected her concentration upon her
tale.
Il began to feei that l had to find
some connection between the story
and my recent purchase. That ap-
peared absurd. AS l had bought the
article at an auction sale she might
we'll know had secured it; but why
why should she come with a primary
reason of seeing it, of furtively han
ding it? 1t as not until she and you
had left me that suspicion of the
facts fitted into my mind.
That suspicion elected a speedy
inquiry into the tables history. Prior
TO the sale it had belonged to Lady
Dressler of Lancaster Gate. Before
then, to the Hotel Mansard in Dover
street Before then. to Mrs Harbord
of Hampstead! The latter lady parted
with few of her effects before going
to Italy. and the buhl table was
among them. That sent the truth in
flame to my perception. You pens-
Evening star., 1920-02-08

tRce the E.ystery? On the night
when our trio of jewel crooks made
thelr maui. and probably afttr Wray.
sons departure. the famous Sharon
diamond wss hidden by the two others
in that tablev'
looked at IL, open -mou,hed.
fou Will ask why they permitted
Two years TO pass without getting IT,"
continued Tredways. rising. ."They
We're in no hurry. Stnl, wi,A,, tho
table was in others possession they
ielt rather nervous. That is proved
by the facts OF the two attempts to
get at it.
Ihat they did not outEid me at
the auction sale can only be ex.
planned by an assumption that they
were short Of ready cash at the time,
There remains but one more point
the Sharon. I have not attempted
to get at it before, for wanted to
see the affair right through first, and
1 wanted you to be with me. JuJx-
ing from the movement of our charm.
ing lady visitors hand, l believe 1
know where 1t is-and most we'll
chosen depository. too"
with fascinated eyes l watched
Tredways take small chisel from q
tool chest in cupboard. The buhl
table had single drawer underneath
it's costly inlaid top. The handle 10
this drawer was secured by a small.
brass plate fastened by three screws.
Tredways had the screws out in less
than minute. He tugged away the
brass plate. g.,
Behind 1t small orifice had been
roughly scooped.. Something there
darted tiny rays of exquisite Iuster.
Tredways extracted 1t with care. It
was a diamond. a rose-cut diamond
of transparent purity.
"VoilA" chuckled Tredways.
Copyright 1s2O.)
Evening star., 1920-02-08
Around the CITY,.

IT was that slushy day when the
rain sniveed down and the wind
q sneezed at you round corners
as if Ma Nature had the flu.
nice woman boarded a packed
and jammed car. and through the
kindness of a man--who didn't in the
least look that sort of man-got a
side seat along with four others.
You could tell she was a nice wom-
an because her clothes were so triEly
adapted to the weather, and. by the
thoughtful way in which she held
her wet umbrella at arms length 40
that 1t would drip on the corrugated
noor instead of the passenger along
side.
After bit the man next got ND
and his place was taken by Q woman
OF the type who will consider herself
as belonging to the younger set"
until she marries or dies of old age.
Once settled, she crossed her limbs-
legs--so that uire muddy French heel
10y against the nice: woYnan's coat.
Thereswas. no possible way OF rtiov-
ing out Of touch-you know what
side seat 10. with hve people. one
OF them fat. crowded into 4 space
meant for four-so the nice woman
waited Al IL to see whether the new
conner would retire her heel. She
did not. whereupon:
The nice woman in genteel and
most absent minded way shifted her
wet umbrella 80 as to make it leak
on tho silk stocking above the muddy
heel. And while she was doing 1t
her saxe fixed itself on the opposite
window.
The other woman looked tho dag
gers that lend themselves 80 accom-
modatingly for comparisons. and
then huttea herself around to rub
her heels against a passenger on the
other side. And that was all there
was to that--eNcept for this minia-
ture moral:
1t isn't advisable to take a nice
woman too much for granted. Not
IF YOU say arab" to your grand
mother. she will tell you about the
one she used to wear II you have no
grandmother convenient, why.er--
An old soul went to market the
other morning in q wrap called an
Arab, way back in the last century
when everybody's grandmother was a
girl. 1t was in green and blue blocks
with an all-sreen heod and tsssel.
And fringe.
1t wasn't garment 10 be. caught
OH the street in these days. unless
turned loose by stavistic fashion, but
it was easy to see that the ancient
woman save herself no airs and that.
all she asked Of any esrment. was to
be warm and paid for. There. were
humorous chances east her way. Of
course. but she VAS such q cheerful,
sturdy old rOui that Ne enc felt called
Evening star., 1920-02-08

upon to notice her outwardIv. untfl
two girls came by.
As they passed they sigsled in her
face. When they had passed thew eir.
gled behind her back.
Just escaped her cage"
This suggestion was the airy brain.
work Of the young person who had
laid aside her own coat for a cheap
fur that sprawled half over an open.
faced neck.
"Ain't she the limit! Iclair, Name,
if hadder mother like that
They were pretty young things, and
likely didn't mean the first word of
what they were saying. They were
simply at tho age when girls must
giggle or die. So they sissled,
still
, When you consider fashion from the
standpoint Of health and common
sense, an arab" Of the vintage Of
everybody's grandmother was q deal
more sane-to say nothing of safety
than short frocks. long silk legs ris-
ling from wobbly French heels. and
foolish little But don't lets bot han
The old woman didn't. ,.,
'...e $3.50 \ A'x \
THAT time it showed two women
trudged through the smithso nian
grounds under an umbrella that the
flakes had whitened into a mushroom.
They might have been at the north
pole. counting by the vast stretches of
Elased. unbroken white, and by the
silence which they had all to them
selves. until squirrel flashed to the
path before them and held up beseech-
full paws. Having nothing to give,
the woman who held the umbrella re-
Neved her regret by blaming nature
for not properly attending 20 her
affairs.
The idea Of creating helpless
m''e to perish in weather like this.
II 1 was Providence I at least would
give q squirrel intelligence enough
TO-"
But the squirrel. receiving no an
swer to his prayers, started on long
leapiNg Jumps ACROSS the endles. acres
Of crusty white. and while he was do
ing 1t the woman kept up her fault
hnding-which, you may have sb-
served, Is about the easiest thing We
do. seeing that it requires no ability
other than to-but don't let's bother
with sermons
Talk about the wisdom of nature,
look at that poor bswildered fit,ie
thing. will you? Why. what's he do
mgr -
For the squirrel, having reached the
middle Of what you might raM tne
polar regions. dived under the srow
and. presently came TO :tlse surface y
with nut between its teeth.
He had located his cache with a
swift suddenness which no human on
earth could have equaled.
Which looked like 4 N'ndication fer
nature.
NA\NIK LANCASrER
Evening star., 1920-02-08

sW do not. on any account. let any
one have the chance of entering my
rooms. think that Is explicit"
Most"
Good. I trust you. Stay here
here! Just wait for my return. There
are my cigars: there is the whisky
and soda. Yours7an yours"
He picked up his ssick and gloves
and went out.
Evening star., 1920-02-08

had a sensation Of being left" in
more ways than one. and cannot say
! quite relished it.
stirred the fire and rolled up q big
chair He had pleasant rooms, had
Tredways. saturated day and night by
the deep calm of Half Moon street,
which absorbed the sound Of the Pic
cadilly eeaseless flow. hushed it to, "a
somnolent homogeneous murmur.
For a while / considered those two
queer telephone calls. Why had Tired
ways waited for my company before
speaking over the wires? Then the
Hotel Mansard. in Dover street, was
very close at hand. He could have in
quired there personally during the
DAY which had gone. .
- However. since he had promised to
! make rough places smooth, on his,re-
- turn my task of waiting was easy and
pleasant. I picked up an open book
on his table. Mrs. Gaskelrs "Cran-
lord" II, old women's tea-time gossip
Tredways apparently found mental
unbending. AS turned to the hrst
page the bell outside the door trilled
demandingly.
AS ! opened the hall door q buffet
OF rain-laden wind romped in and up
the stairs A man was standing on
the step. his coat collar UP to his
ears. He said in cultured tones: 'Mr.
Hogg Tredways?"
rs not at home" blandly in
formed him.
But I have an appointmentw he
insisted. ..
1 suggested that he should pay a
more successful visit In the morning.
ne snapped open his gold hunter.
1T is aggravating and really incom-
prehensible. As the matter IL mist
urgent, will you permit me to write
a line in his room?" -.
mo. ! could not permit that at all.
at ALL" said 80 urbanely. repeated
II with increasing hrmness. He went,
very obviously annoyed, and re-
treated. chuckling. ....
Half an hour passed, when there
arrived = second interruption. which
came in the form Sf telegram. 1t
was from Tredways himself. and ran
a. follows:
Man named Bennett will call. I
forgot appointment. Instructions to
you modified accordingly. Ask him
to leave = line for my return. Blue
envelope in second drawer. Of my
desk. Give II. 70 Nm, TrsdWays,:. -
:S I read eMa rsrsAd "tn,s imiseiys.'' j
= looked inside the drawer mentioned
I. ana saw the blue. sealed envelope.
+ wished heartily that Tredways'
memory had served him better. and
while I debated the bell once more
summoned me below.
Tssrs 6as ths visitor again, his
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-10-14

With NJ. r. l. Smith of JuiesbasE.
CalsraAa. vAs b aAl has been . vals-
abas essfsaes q oar haak See years
aAA In whom - have tAe utnost re-
sssst - oea6isoss cd ~ i vesy
ssspsasae nseslly snl financial, ~
svfaG - tAaes stsiagsat inss, hort
49, e eoss - vh6ot sAiDasats, ~
hove rafaao1 payDant q - eAaek T.
IT, s.ss.t Il S1S0e s0is0 y 6 =
suffieisst fmls viii -. his hss
bees @aae ~ ealy vitA NJ. SaitA 1T
witA hunAsods q stAsv SolinAle S0o1o-
nsss = this haak vhs hsvs inspf{i.
eient funds vAsa ehseks afs prevented
Ter DAy0e1G
Undse ~ eeliaasy eisesnstsness
- have hsea wiling 70 aeeennelate
Mr.. Smith ~ aeeeptipg his insuffi-
eiest fsnds cheeks Ind With leans
amounting 70 thessands Of dollars snd
hs has always bsaa psefsetly willing
and ahae 70 promptly tahs eafs Of his
needs With deposits and eash securi-
ties. and l. financially shle and re-
sponsihls to Do - in . moments no.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-10-14
our SCHOOLS

Another session Of school, or anoth-
term. ~ the pupils prefer to speak
it, much as though they were talk
Z about . penitentiary sentence, has
ensd, and already one month has
ssed by. And yet it appears to
We created no special interest in
llssburH. Citizens generally are 60
right ahead, satisfied to know
At school is open and perfectly con-
Mt to let the pupils and the teachers
AXE it either . successful year or q
.ilure.
Right now is Q good time to start
langing that old way Of looking up
4 our schools. Now 10 . good time
learn that each man and each wo-
an in Julssburg and community owes
to themselves. the pupils, the teach
70 and tie world into which the chill
rem are going to live to take . per-
onal interest in school affairs.
You are . stockholder in this. one
I The greatest Of all our institutions.
'ou are responsible in q large way
Or The success or the failure of our
chools. They are going to prosper
nd the children are going to succeed
Mt in proportion to the interest and
cooperation you display. Remember
Aat, aud make it . point to let the
upils and teachers both know that
our heart il in the right place and
hat you've . sensible head on your
houlders. We can't do too much foI
ur schools.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-10-14
OVID CHURCH NOTES

Sunday school next Sunday at 200
p. y. Preaching service at 500 P. n.
The booster party made = trip
"round the loop" in anticipation Of q
two hundred attendance at Sunday
sehool on rally day." October ~. No
doubt they will ca. again. Let's be
one of the party next Sunday.
This community was shocked to
hear Of the injury and death of Rev
B0tkin's little son last week. Brother
Botkin is most lovingly remembered
in this vicinity and our hearts 70 out
to him and loved ones in +be;r
sortoW.
There have been some objections to
using the church rooms for polling
elections, and the stewards will moi
permit the use of them again for that
purpose.
The little son of Walter Peterson
east Of town, was bitten by . ratte-
snake Saturday and is reported vety
sick.
Il looks like . sugar factory fol
Sedgwick county in the near future &C.
cOrding to Denver papers. This ID
good news and most gratifying ID
those Of u who have pulled long and
hard for something we need.
Lloyd Delhi Of Mt. Morris, III, Z
friend Of L. Stone and family has come
to help Mr.. Stone with his beet haul.
ing. Lloyd is an ex-service boy, re.
Gently returned from overseas and il
most welcome to our community.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-10-14
FORD's NEW STUNT

It begins to look as though Henry
F0rd's recent cut in price in his autos,
without reducing the wages of single
working man in his employ has start
ID something" Big business, which
b another name for Wall street, threw
up its hands and shuddsred to think
what might happen to Henry. And
then the concerns in which they have
money invested commenced to follow
his example. The tire people paid
little heed-until Mr.. Ford threatened
TO start manufacturing tires. And
now they've decided to cut off . few
iollars on the retail prices of their
PRODUCTS.
The example set by Henry Ford, in
rylng to get back to pre-war prices,
ill doubtless be followed by nanufac-
.surers Of many other articles, because
il b very evident that if Ford can cut
the price Of his product and still pay
good wages-and no factory in the
world pays better wages-there il no
reason why other products made of
iron and steel and leather and rubber
can also be trimmed considerably.
Everyone who has given it thought
knows that Henry Ford isn't cutting
prices to the point where he will lose
mo-,y. For that reason we argue,
thai If Ford can cut and still make a
profit thousands of others can do the
same. We must admit that the De-
trolt auto king has set an example to
the rest of the nation which has done
more ..Ian anything yet to start prices
back to where they really ought to
be.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-10-14
ONE SIDE OF THE QUESTION

The farmers Of America are dis
c0uraged; they are filled with bitter
resentment against conditions. Their
list of grievances is . long one and
each Of them is real. They are 50 real
and fundamental that they cannot be
passed over lightly. The last year has
been one of disillusionment and dis
couragement.
They have tried the impossible task
Of feeding $2 corn to 14-cent hogs at
. profit; they have lost millions in
feeding high-priced feed to cattle and
have stood helplessly by and watched
the city consumers paying as high
prices for their pork chops and their
beefsteaks as they did when cattle and
hogs were bringing q living return to
the producers.
The farmers have been obliged to
bid up and up and up for labor against
the automobile companies, the furni-
ture companies, the topping machine
companies, and in fact, all other COM
panies in industries that make neces-
sary luxuries. Yet in the face of the
utmost efforts to maintain a sufficient
number of workers on the farms, they
have seen the regiments of farm la
borers depleted to mere skeletons of
their former strength. They have had
to stand idly by while agents Of the
city industries in every small town
and village in the country, painted
beautiful pictures of high wages and
better living conditions in the cities
with which bait they lured away the
most able bodied and efficient of their
farm laborers.
The farmers have seen such indus
tries rs the farm machinery manufac-
turers Disseminated against in mat
ter Of raw material until they could
not make deliveries of the absolutely
necessary agricultural machine for
planting or harvesting. Even the
scanty number that was turned out
could not be delivered by the rail
ways because Of lack Of cars, because
Of strikes, or for some other reason
that neither the farmers nor any one
else seems able to fathom.
Not only were the farmers held up
on deliveries of machinery, but they
were held up for lack of Transports
tion Of their grain. Hundreds of
thousands of bushels of the 1919 crop
Of wheat are still in farmers hands,
and all through the Corn Belt the corn
cribs are filled with last years corn
Elevators are filled with grain and a
new crop is coming on. The farmers
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-10-14
THE CAMPAIGN

1t is less than three weeks until
the election-then there will be the
usual II told you 20, etc." Up to TIE
present time there has not been much
interest displayed in politics in Ssdg-
wick county, particularly the county
candidates. While there is . contest
for q number Of the offices in the
county, the candidates seem to quietly
be making their campaigns. However,
as election time draws nearer it is
safe to predict that things will become
more lively. but at the best this years
campaign will 60 on record ~ being
q most unusual one, lacking the pep
30 prevalent at elections in years gone
by.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-10-14

:;, =: :sl ::l.s - IL ~. :: :: ::.s "a, =.
nay - tsaa. EvssYthiag they have T.
ell b esaoarstavsay lov in lsiea. =
thaeo 10 ~ nnarkst. q ss0ethiaG u
vToaG: an1 YET city ooasuness never
pei4 sseh high prices.
nAsess surely sonsthias vro.g
eoasvAese. and . remedy must be
fostAesaiAg.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-10-14
F. L. SMITH MAKES STATEMENT

In regard to the arrest of F. L.
Smith: The trumped-up charge Of is
suing a check to willfully and know
ingly defraud one said Claude Ayers
or the Citizens National Bank, il .
falsehood pure and simple. did is
sue said check in good faith, thinking
sufficient funds were at my bank for
the same, but with other parties Of my
family issuing checks without making
any report, makes room for being mis-
taken, which happened in this case. I
furthermore had sufficient funds at
The Julesburg Cooperative Grain Col
elevator to more than take care of
this with another car of wheat in tran
sit.
had asked the Cooperative Grain
Co. to forward my balance to my bank
for credit. This was done before I
received notice from Mr.. Vaught stat.l
ing my check had been returned. He
therein stated they were returning my
check the second time and trusted It
would be taken caree1f.~ I, thinking
the funds would surely be there in
time and therefore did not reply. He
did not ask me to reply or come in as
stated in the article in the paper. Il
furthermore have proof of assertions
made that they would not cash any
more of my checks as did my bank
ing business in Chappell. The facts
are used to do business with the Citi-
zens National Bank, but they did not
appreciate it enough to accommodate
me on occasions when I could get the
same at other banks, and when they
began Tightening their screws, my
business all slipped out and went to
Chappell bank.
Perhaps if had deposited in the
Citizens National Bank my share of
funds on about nine thousand bushels
of wheat with more to follow, l might
have gotten different publicity on
the front page of the Grit-Advocate.
F. L. SMITH.
Chappell, Nebr., Oct. IL, 1920.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
This is to certify that we are well,
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-10-14

yuless0Fg. Colo, Oct. u, 1870.
his is to eestify that F. l. Smith
did deliver 70 the Julesburg Co. Opera
tive Grain Company on Ssptenbef Is,
1870 some WAast and Mr.. Smith cane
II little later - settle for his wheat
and ve were unable to pay him for
his wheat ~ We could not get cars 10
ship it. On September 2Sth Mr.
Smith called ~ on tie phone and ask
I'd me to send his check to him and I
told him that thought that we could
DO II bst found that vs were still
mort and then be asked ne to send it
to the First National Bank 1t Chap
pell. This we did, but it reached tie
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-10-14

We've noticed that man no sooner
gets up in the world until some woman
calls him down.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-10-14
THE STATE BANK OF OVID
Ovid. Colo. Oct. II, 1920.

TO wHoS IT NAY coNcEkN:
This y to certify that F. L. Smith,
did On the 18th Of September, 1920,
tfanss.t business with one of his EN-
ployees in the State Bank Of Ovid, 1t
which time he did in my presence
phoee the Julesburg Co-Operative
GFsin Co., at their Julesburg, ColoHa-
do office, requesting that they forward
whatever balance then due him, to
the First National Bank Of Chappell,
NehRaska for his credit.
ROBERT J. MCCULLOUGH,
Cashier.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-10-14

During the heated political times
We would remind all Julesbufy a.d
Sedgwiek county citizens that flying
into . raGe il . poor way to travel.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-10-14

Yes can say one thiAg for . hunger
strike. It's the oaly kind Of . strike
that ths public doesnt have to pay
for.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-10-14

hank tao late to protect Mr. Smiths
ehecks that he hsA issued.
We ass veEy soF1y thst this has sv-
e. happensd And ~ are sure that II
vas done nainteationally a Mr..
Smiths past o. on our part either.
JULESBURG COOPERATIVE
GRAIN COMPANY.
By z. E. WISE, Manager.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-10-14

tice aa1 vitAost the least hesitsney.
~ sviAg to eur recent habit and
esstea. vitAest any particular notice
= 0Y. oafEA, " Asve doae this an1
lshsUs6 ~ eeaese Psgasdless vho
II e1stense nay y.
] sn. Your truly.
F. 4. BURLING. Cashier.
The FIRST NATIONAL BANK
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-10-14

Chappell, Nebr., Oct. IL, 1920.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
This is to certify that we are well,
favorably and personally acquainted