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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-19

this that preparations had been made
beforehand. They wouldn't tell me
anything except that I was to be
locked up for a few days"
You knew what that meantf"
Perfectly My drop-out would be
made to look as II had jumped the
job. and Dunton would appoint new
man. After that. could come back.
II wanted to. Whatever | might do
or try TO do would cut no figure. and
no explanation could make would be
believed ! had most obllgingly dug
my own official grave. and there could
be no resurrection"
what them pressed Ripley. keenly
interested. as anybody could see.
"When they took the clothes-llne
from my arms there was another
scrap. 1t didn't do any good. They
got the door shut on me and got
II locked. After that, for four solid
days. Ripley, | was made to realize
how little II takes to hold a man.
had my pocket-knife, hut couldn't
whlttle my way out. The floor punch
cons were spiked down, and couldn't
dig out. They had taken all my
matches. and ! couldn't burn the place.
/ tried the stick-rubblng, and all those
things you read about they're fakes
! couldn't get even the smell OF smoke"
The chimneyT
There wasn't any. They had heated
the place, when IL was a commiSsary.
with stove. and the pipe hole through
the ceiling had piece of sheet iron
nailed over II. And | couldn't get to
the roof at all. They had me-"
Ripley nodded and said, snappy-
like: "Well, we've got them now-any
time you give the word. Tarbell has
pinch on one OF the Clanahdn men and
he will turn states evidence. We can
railroad every one OF those fellows
who carried you on"
And the men higher up?" queried
the boss.
NO; not yet"
Then we'll drop II right where II ls
l don't want the hired tools; no one
Of them. unless you can get the devil
that crippled Jimmie Dodds. here"
They went on. talking about my
burn-up. Listening In, learned for
the first time just how Il had been
done. Tarbell through his hold upon
the welshing Clanahun striker. had
got the details at secondhand. A lead
had been taken from power wire
| at the corner of the street and hooked
| over the outer door-knob. And inside
| had been given sheet OF copper to
stand on for good ground" the
copper itself being wired to water
| pipe running up through the hall. Tar
bell had afterward proved up on all
this, il seemed finding the insulated
wire and the copper sheet with its
connections hidden In a small rubbish
closet under the hall stair, Just where
fellow in hurry might chuck them.
''rarbell is striking success" Mr..
Norcross put in, along at the end OF
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-19
We've got il in the neck
once more"
GRO BE CoNrINUEDJ
Cause Of Forest Fires.

OF thousands of fires only frac-
tion are due TO lightning and unpre-
ventable accident, says the American
Forestry Magazine OF Washington.
which adds that the great majority of
the fires that are constantly enlarg-
Ing our deserts of barren sand, scrub
oak, chaparral and briers. are due 10
the carelessness of human beings-due.
not only to the carelessness of persons
who are directly responsible for the
fires, but TO the Indifference OF the
great body of people whose composite
opinion permits the campers, the
farmers, the railroads. and others to
start and leave or lose control OF the
tres that do the damage.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-19
JIMMIE TO THE RESCUE AGAIN.


hold
of
Chadwick The latter oHsrs Noss The mansen,
Of headed
president Of the learning that shs
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admit N 10
To
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to take as
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-19
kestler Was Telling the Three How
He Had Shadowed Mr.. Norcross.

when 1t came to an election tussle.
han. divekeeper. and political boss.
Kestler was telling the three how he
had shadowed Mr.. Norcross from the
railroad headquarters to the Billiard.
and how he stayed around until he
had seen the boss take a taxi for
Major Hendricks. This seemed to be
all that was wanted of him, for when
he was through Hatch told him he
might 90 home. After the cock-eyed
clerk was gone, Hatch lighted fresh
cigar and put it squarely up to the
Irishman.
Its no use being mealy-mouthed
over this thing, Pete" he grated in
that saw-mill voice OF his. We've
got to get rid of this man. Every days
delay gives him that much better hold
We can choke him of by Titles in the
business game, OF course: we have
side, and this cooperative scheme he
has launched can be broken down
with money. But that doesn't help
you political people out; and your
stake in the game is even bigger than
ours"
Clanahan looked around the little
dogkennel of place suspiciously.
"'Tis not here that we can talk
much about thin things, Mlsther
Hatch" he said cautiously.
"Why notY' was the rasping Ques-
tion. There's nobody in the yard.
and the gates are locked. It's id
sight safer than a back room in one
of your dives-as we know now to our
cost"
Clanahan threw up his head with
gesture that said much. "Murphy's
the man that leaked on that engine
job-and he'll leak no more
We'll" said Hatch, with growing
irritation, "what are you holding back
for now? We stood to win on the
first play, and We would have won II
your people hadn't balled It by talking
too much. One more day and Dis
nuke would have been in the saddle.
That would have settled IT,"
"Yah; and Mister Dismuke still here
in Portal City remains" put in
Henckel.
The divekeeper locked his pudgy
fingers across a cooked knee.
"'Tis foine, brave gintlemen ye are.
you two, whin we've got somebody else
to pull tn nuts out av tn fire for
ye" he said. "Ye'd have us croak
this felly f'r We, and thin ye'd stand
back and wash yer hands while some
poor divil wint to tn rope fr II.
Where do we come In, Is what I'd like
10 knOwI"
"You are already In" snapped
Hatch. "You know what the big fel-
low at the capital thinks about 1t,
and where you'll stand in the coming
election II you don't put out this fire
that Norcross is klndllng. You're yell
low, Clanahan. That's all that is the
matter with you"
"Tell me wan thingv insisted the
divekeeper. boring the chief CRATER
with his pln-point eyes. 'Do you stand
fr II II we do this thing up rightT
Hatch's eyes fell, and Henckel's big
body twisted uneasily Ia the chair that
was groaning under his beer-barrel
weight. There was silence for little
space. and ! could feel the cold sweat
starting out all over me. l hadn't
dreamed OF stumbling upon anything
like this when started out 10 shadow
Kestler. They were actually plotting
10 murder the boss
II was Hatch who broke the still
ness.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-05-19

things. sven keep him ON with us,
Ripley"
Past this there was little more
talk about the q. s. x w. deal. and
about what the Hatch crowd would be
likely TO try next; and when II was
finished, and Ripley was reaching for
his hat, the boss said. ''There is no
change In the orders; we've got 'em
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-07
DETERMINED EFFORT
TO BE MADE TO STOP
TALK MOVING CAPITAL

Tallahassee. April I. Tallahassee
and West Florida citizens will make
Il determined effort at this session OF
the legislature to put stop To agita-
ton for removal OF the capital from
Tallahassee ii not for all time at least
for several years to come.
The Legislature will he offered a
bill early in the session providing for
an appropriation of $250.0O0 for con
struction of additions to the capitol
and West Floridians generally believe
that if the measure is successful the
capitol removal question will be STAN
peded temporarily if not permanently.
Under the extension plans two
wings would be added to the present
capitol, both extending westward from
the two ends of the structure, leaving
a large court in the center for the
Adams street approach. The wings
would each be 90 by 50 feet and three
stories in height and would he devoted
largely to assembly rooms for the
Senate and House. the Scnate taking
the south wing and the House the
north. Room now occupied by the
Legislative bodies would be utilized as
committee rooms during the sessions
of the legislature and in the interven
ing periods would he occupied by var
iouS branches OF the state govern
ment.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-07
COUNTY AGENTS
NOTES

Regarding Irish potatoes on low and
muck lands, there seems tu he Il prey
ance OF the southern bacterial wilt,
this can be determined by the sud
den whiting and drying up Of the
plants by digging up one or more of
the young potatoes and cutting them
in two tranSversely II dark ring may
be noticed. When they are in this
stage it, is useless to spray as spray
ing will not control. Better dig them
up as soon as possible and get The
rrGE on the market; some Of the pO
tHto-s which show signs of decay may
t&ude a thick yellow substance.
Spraying with Bordeaux for thi: IS
ui-lcS..
1t is hardly time TO spray Tor white
fly yet; by all Indications the latter
part OF this month will be the time.
watch for the fly to d. on the wing
and then wait ten days. Some are on
the wing now, but. most Of them be.
long to Overlapping broOdS of the
cloudy wing white fly White fly and
scale should be sprayed with any
standard oil emulsion and USED a.
directed an the rOntaiII'r
The Polk County Bee Keepers AAao.
citation was organized this week Dr
Hughes OF Barlow was elected Chair
man and Mr.. Johnson, oil Lake Al
fred. secretary An interesting and
lively meeting was held The next
meeting will he held in Barlow. May
>, in the court house. when the com
mittee reports ON the by laws and
regulations.
tlave hcen looking up citrus prob
lens with DR. Burger of the State Eek
pertinent Station this week. Itr Eur.
ger is a good authority on citrus, and
as Il citrus diagnOStician his equal is
hard to find. We collected many path
illogical specimens from which Cul-
lures will he made. then the quickest
and best methods of control will be-
tried.
LUST received new bulletin on the
pluntini. ol ANNALS Tor ;hc gardt H.
Write for one.
Keep TAP the cultivation in the
grove and do not let TIL maiden cana
GEE ahead I'll You.
The County Agent is At yprr service
free
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-07
SUPPER AND CONFERRING
DEGREE MASTER MASON WILL
END SCHOOL INSTRUCTION

Another unusually large gathering
marked the ceremonies in the hall of
Lakeland Lodge No. 81 Free and Ac-
icepted MaSOnS, on Wednesday night
During the morning and afternoon
classes of instruction had been held
by the grand lodge committee on
work, special emphasis being placed
on the second or Fellowcrafl degree
and at night this degree was con
ferred under direction of Walter Scott
in the East. assisted by the two other
members of the cOmmitee II. Hunter
Long and Past Grant Master Marcus
lGndel. together with several attend.
ing the classes from Lakeland and
nearby points. Kissimmee. = l.Ough-
man. Barlow, Mulberry and Winter
Haven were largely represented.
During the evening inspiring adj
dresses were made by Wallace r.
Cheeves Of Newberry and G. A. Tan
sill, the master of the lodge al New
Port RichPy while A. f.. Kroner of
Tarpon Springs sang several selpc-
lions that were greatly appreciated.
The address OF Mr.. Iansill was not
able for its patriotism and lis high
compliment to Lakeland Masona for
their self sacrifice and DEVOTION this
being evidenced by the twenty five
stars on the service flag which hangs
in the lodge ROOM lie said that Mas
onry would continue as il has ever
done, the bulwark OF freedom and tol-
GRAFTON, perpetual guarantee against
oppression.
nCln ie. bo 10. ,.f flsNt Il -
devoted to the school of instruction,
the classes this morning and again
this afternoon working on the degree
of Master Mason The grand ruImi-
nation of the work will come this eve
ming at O'Clock when Past Grand
Master Endel will preside and confer
the third degree, assisted by his fel.
low members of the committee and
Others chosen from the instruction
class. During the recess bet ween the
afternoon school of instruction and
the comforting of the Master Mason
degree at s o'clock, arrangements
have been made by the members of
Lakeland lodge to have Il committee
OF ladies serve supper TO the distin-
guished visitors. the delegates To the
school of instruction and to the local
members and visitors. The supper
hour has been fixed for $50 sharp so
as not TO interfere with the program
and Immediately al the conclusion of
the supper the ladies will retire. The
serving is to be done in the banquet
hall adjoining the lodge room oh the
top floor of the Masonic building
About two hundred MasonS are eX
pected to be present this evening at
the supper and al the comforting of
the degree.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-07
Tri.uu Class Holds Meeting

The Tri-Mu Bible Class OF the FRS.
Presbyterian church held regular
business meeting. followed by It
Lake Whistler. Tuesday night. The
meeting was we'll attended and
coed time enjoyed by all. Games and
the transformations roast formed the
diversions.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-07
WAS IN BED THREE DAYS

Mrs. Josie Reed, 217 N. Exter St,
Tulsa, Okla. writes: Il was in bed
three days with my back. took Foley
Kidney Pills and in two days was at
my work again. cannot praise your
medicine too much" Foley Kidney
Pills stop bladder irregularities and
strengthen the kidneys. They help
eliminate from the system the poisons
that cause backache. rheumatic pains.
stiff jointsfi sore muscles, swollen
hands and feet. puffiness under the
eyes.
For sale by IIenley's Drug Store
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-07
HELPED HER LITTLE GIRL

Children need all their strength for
growing. A lingering cold weakens
them 80 that the system is open to
attack by more serious sickness. Mrs.
Amanda Flint, Route 4, New Philadel-
phia. o. writes: "Foley's Honey and
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-07

G. W. Galbraith was visitor to
st. Petersburg over the Weekend
~, and ucs nu,hs1o r.,,,r,s, f.,
.,,..,.. -, E.,,.,.,,,.' n
'''''''
Mrs i'.''U hr &c, arrived '"S'
9''iH'ay from hkrn"ro'' . .' to
"Ft M week WIN htF parents NIt
an" N'rS' ~ - ih"Tp'
Mr., and Mrs. j. Ryal ana T.. 5. kyal
returned 10 their hone. in Tennessee
Wednesday,
I!r Edward b"Vihc, "h" visited
vim MIS-. Anne Andrews and family
iLf Two weeks. lett Tor JaCke unWllr
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-07
FROM OUR READERS
HIGH COST OF TRANSPORTATION
Columbus, Miss,
March .ilSt 1921

March JlSi, l92l.
Editor Lakeland Evening Telegram:
have read. with great deal of
interest. the discussion OF The excess
sive freight rate in your issue OF
March 18th. Securing reduction in
the freight rate on all fruits and veg
rtables is of tremendous importance
not only to the producers in Florida
and California. but ii is of like i'm
portance to the consumers III the
colder climates of the country We
have plenty of vegetables in this sec
ton from the first of May until irG>t
which usually comes from the 18th Of
October to the first of November. hut
during the winter months we do not
have any fruit or vegetables, with the
exception of Il few turnips. Three or
four years ago. before the present
high freight and express rates We're
enacted, we could buy from our sroc-
erynen all the fresh fruit. potatoes
md vegetables that We wanted at
reasonable prices. but now the trans
portation charges are so high until the
price on this stuff is all out of reason
and the people refuse to buy. and as
= result both the producer and con.
:umer suffers
NY father in-law lives in Polk roun-
Is. Florida, and he sends us box of
fruit every once in while and the
express charges on Il box during the
past winter has been from $l75 to
$40 per box. The present freight
and express rates especially on food
stuff is entirely too high and is abso-
lutely running the farmers and fruit
GrOWpPS Of This pOuntrV
Yours truly, e. F.. CALLAWAY.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-07

G. W. Galbraith was visitor
st Petersburg over he weekend
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-07
NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COUT TENTH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR POLK
C0USTY-m Re: Petition OF Spence NJ.
stephens and Ellen r. Stephens for the
Adoption Of Helen Brown. Il minor.
Notice Is hereby given that Spence NJ Ste
phens and Ellen X stephens, his wife. will on
the 18th day of April, A. u. 1921, at ten
Ito :0OI o'clock a. m. or as soon thereafter ;
they may be heard present to Hon John s.
Edwards. Judge OF the above Court, at his Of
flee In Lakeland or wherever he may then he
their petition for power and authority Ia le-
eally adopt Helen Brown. minor child an"
To leGali2e the ADOPTION of said minor child
pursuant and agreeable lu the laws Of the
State Of Florida
This The 23rd day of March. A u. 1921
SPENCE NJ STEPHENS.
ELLEN r STEPHENS. 900
WIN VI GOBER.
Ally for Petitioners.
Mar % Apr. 7-I4-2l 2S, out
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-07
REAL ESTATE SALES
A. j. HOLWORTHY,
Cooperative Observer.

Miami. April 7.-Real estate trans
fets in Dade county during the first
three months of 1921 aggregated ap.
proximately $1S,O00,000, according to
realty men here who base their esti.
mate on the stamps affixed to deeds
and figures on agreements fled for
record with the clerk OF the circuit
court. -"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-07

Tar cured my little girl of the worst
tickling cough. l had tried many
things and found nothing to help until
I got Foley's Honey and Tar" Gives
immediate relief from distressing,
racking, tearing coughs.
/ For sale by Henley's Drug Store.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-07

uuirunr title IL The south half u-2J OF lot
four a. of II. 1. prlnc'S FIRST Addition to
Lakeland; heine part OF five acre tract ia
southwest corner ut northwest quarter tNWlIb
township ~ ,uuth range n east. I'n.k county
Florida
TT Is FURTHER ORDERED that This order
lee published week for eight conse0L
Tive weeks in the Lakeland Evening Telegram.
newspaper Of general circulation published
in rolk county. Flor da. rs I" the defendants
above named. am that the same be published
for T. consecutive weeks in the said newspaper
as 10 the unknown defendants
DONE AID ORDERED in the clerks office
IN Barton. Florida. ihiS 9th daN of February
lH3l. J. u. KAULERSON,
clerk Of the Circuit Court.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-07
Will ASK NEW CHARTER

Miami. April infant Beach will
ask the Legislature to grant it char
ter less cumbersome than that pre-
pared when the municipality was in
corporated four years ago.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-07

~ THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH
IL DIClAL CIRCUIT or FLORIDA. IN AND
FOR POLK COUNTY. ~ CHANCERl p
W T. Sammon. romnanant. IS. Martha
Tlmh-rlake. and !. &. Tmbrrlahe. her htiS-
band. 1T al. defendants.
II appearing ny arruaut a,,ached Ia the
Bill Of-tumrla,nt in the at;hr entitled ease
that The defendants. Martha Timherlakr, J. C.
Undertake. her husband. Virgil II Buyd. g.
&. Converse William A. AndrrsuU personally
and as trustees. Il. VI. H. Bowers and wife r
+. Bowers. Susan y Wilson. rs eNeculriN of
H. &. wilson. deceased, md Susan A. Wilson
As eyrcutriN Of H. &. Wilson. drceaseu. and
Susan \. Wilson. personally. Jacob NJ Pan:
and wife Winnie May Paul. Anna Smith and
husband. James A. Smith Lizzie Van Grson
and husband. oliver K Van GelsOn Richard
Paul and wife. MdIde Paul, william =. Paul
single Gertrude f. Paul UNMARRIED Dullir
raul unmarried CLARENCE Paul and wife
Mamie Paul. Herbert Paul unmarried. william
:. kiehtman and j. G.. Christopher are IN
known 10 the complainant and their plarr ui
residence is unknown. hut that They are over
the age ut u years. aud that there is M one
in the State OF Florida Srnirc upon whom
would binL the Defendants
IT Is THEREFORE, ORDERED that the said
defendants he ana appear in the clerks office
at Barlow polk county Florida tn the Bill
Of Complaint field herein on the rule day in
April. lg2l. which is the ith day of Anril
1871 otherwise. said B Of Complaint Will
he taken confessed against said de
PENDANTS.
II further appearing by the BIZ Of Complaint
that there are unknown defendants claiming
as heirs. legateeS. devisees. aSsgnees. claim
ants. otherwise but that the complainant
does not know their names or place IL resi-
dencc or whether they tie uf age OF minors
IT Is THEREFORE, ORDERED that the said
unknown claimants be and appear To said Bill
Of Complaint in the clerks office al Barlow.
Polk County, Florida un the rule ddy in Nav
l"2l. which is the md day nt May. 1874. OH
against them
The said bill ia filed for the purpose OF
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-07
ATLANTIC HOTEL

Jacksonville, Florida
All outside rooms with hot and cold
running water; all steam heated.
Very center Of everything. Rates
$3.50 to $3.50. Bath $500 to $500
&. Frank Pearce. Prop and Manager
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-24
ANDREW AND IMOGENE
By ROE FULKERsON

1 Well" said Imogene, T had good
 news from the Newells this afternoon Madeline is engaged at last"
 I Did they have a special discount sale or something?'' asked Andrew.
 | Now. Andrew, protested Imogene | you know that is not fair. Madeline
 could have married any number of times if she had been as easy to satisfy as her , sisters. She has always said that she
 would never marry man who worked on a salary Her sisters have all done
 that, and they just live from hand to
 mouth, and Madeline determined sha would wait till she could get some man who is in business for himself.
 Marry a plumber or butcher?'' asked Andrew, smiling.
 Neither onev replied Imogene indig- nantly. She is to marry real estate man. He is a MT. Simxins, who has a big subdivision out toward Holmhead.' ? ] Wow! zowie Business man, your
 grandmother jeered Andrew.
 Do you know him?" asked Imogene. Know him?' laughed Andrew, know Soap-Bubble Simkins? Every man n this town knows him. Soap-Bubble
 SimEins is not business man, honey, He is bubble blower, and every bup- ble he blows bursts and he gets soap in his eyes. He bears the same relation to a business man that a bookmaker bears to a horse breeder He is about as much like a business man as a fried ege Is like a piece of passamenterie. ''Soap-Bubble Simkins' first venture was to exploit a spring. He bought il for a few hundred dollars and got the name of it copyrighted, organized stock company, used the money to build bot tling plants and then sent for chemist to analyze> the water and found that 1t had sixteen typhus germs to the drop,
 and then the soap got into his eyes. "He put in two years inventing non- reliable bottle and at last go it and organized company to manufacture I and then went to bottler with it. only to find that it was so constructed that you couldn't even fill it the first time, soap in his eyes.
 '.He invented a new kind of hinge and borrowed money from his friends to ex- ploit and when he went to Washington flor patent they told him that the gates of Rome had hinge just like it when Romulus and Remus built the city "So it has been from a hand laundry plant which burned down the first time | they got decent lot of linen in it to a mouse trap that afforded lot of amuse- ment for the mice, but-never caught onei one after another his bubbles have burst ''The oldest part of 1t is that he has never made dollar out of one of these things himself. If he had. the hard l business men down town would have more respect for him. As 1t is, he Is simply laughed at, and when the boys see him coming they take an extra hitch l in the shoe string around their wallets and begin to say N before he begins ! to talk.
 1 Before Madeline has been Mrs. Soap Bubble Simkins more than a month she will wish she had married guy wht went out every morning with dinner pail and came home every Saturday night with real money in his overalls. 1 Copyright, Twenty-first Century Press 1921)