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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-06-10

possible consequences. Leaning across
the desk end | gave him a final shot,
just as he was getting up to go.
Listen. Mr.. Hatch" | said. "You
haven't fooled mt for n single minute.
Your guess is right; | heard every
word that passed between you and
Mr.. llenckel that Monday morning In
the Billiard lobby. AS | say, | haven't
old anybody yet but Mr.. Norcross f;
but II you 90 to making trouble for
MIN n the railroad company, I'll go
INTO court and SWear to what | know |"
lie was halfway out of the door
when | got through, and he never
made any sign that he heard what |
said. After he was gone | began to
sense, Just a little, how big a fool I
had made of myself. But | was still
mad clear through at the idea that
he had taken me for the other kind of
a fool-the kind that wouldn't know
enough to be sure that the president
OF a big corporation wouldn't get
down TO tampering with a common
= Nv il'It was Nblllt blG lll.llG
to be stood off by ii.
Stewing and sizzling over it, | put
tered around with the papers on my
desk for quite a little while before !
remembered the two kilograms. and
the fact that I'd have to 60 and stick
the three-bladed knife into Mr.. Nor
cross. When ! did remember, | showed
the messages into my pocket, nicked
off the lights and started to go up
town ANA hunt for the boss.
After closing the outer door Of the
office | don't recall anything particular
except that | felt my way down the
headquarters stair in the dark and
groped across the lower hall to the
door that served for the stair
entrance from the street. When
| had felt around and found the brass
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-06-10

knob, something happened. | didn't
know just what. In the tiny little
fraction of n second that | had left,
as you might say, between the hearse
and the grave, | had n vague notion
that the door was falling over on me
and MASKING me fiat and after that,
everything ven blank.
When / came to life out of what
seemed like AZ endless succession of
bad dreams IL was broad daylight and
the sun was shining brightly through
some filmy kind of curtain stuff in a
big window that looked out toward the
west. ] was In bed, the room was
strange, and my right hand was
wrapped up in a lot Of cotton and
bandaged.
| hadn't more than made the first
restless move before | saw a sort OF
ple-faced woman in a nurses cap and
apron start to get up from where she
was sitting by the window. Before
she could come over TO the bed, some
body opened a door and tlp-toed In
ahead of nursey. | had TO blink hard
two or three times before I could real
ly make up my mind that the tip-toer
was Maisie Ann. She looked as If she
might be the nurses understudy. She
had a nifty little lace cap on her thick
mop of hair. and | guess her apron
was meant to be nursey too. only It
was frilled and tucked TO a fare-you-
well.
You poor. poor boyI" she cooed,
patting my pillow just like my grand
mother used TO when / was a little
Kid and had the humps or the measles.
Are you still roaming around In the
Oregon woodsT"
That brought my dream. or n Of
them, back; the n about wandering
around in a forest Of Douglas fir and
having to jump and dodge to keep the
big trees from falling on me and
smashing me.
"No more woods for mine" I said.
sort of feebly. And then: where
II"
you are in bed in the spare room
at Cousin BasiIis. They wanted to
take you to the railroad hospital that
night. but when they telephoned up
here to try to find Mr.. Norcross.
Cousin Basil went right dow7 and
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-06-10
Try up and get well, Jimmie, so you

hurry up and get well, Jimmie, so you
can help"
I'm well enough now, if they'll let
me get up"
mot tonight; tomorrow, maybe"
Then: "Alr. Van Britt is downstairs
with Cousin Basil. He has been very
anxious to talk with you as soon as
you were able TO talk. May l send
him up?"
OF course l said yes; and pretty
o after she went away, our ont
and only millionaire came in. He
looked as he always did; just as if
he had that minute stepped out of a
Turkish bath where they shave and
scrub and polish a man till he shines.
How are you, Jimmie?' he raped
out. "Glad to see you on earth again.
Feeling q little more fit, tOnight?"
l told him | didn't think it would
take more than half a dozen fellows
of my size to knock me out, but l was
gaining. Then he sat down and put
me on the question rack. l gave him
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-06-10

There are two ways of measuring q
poet, either by an absolute aesthetic
standard. or relatively to his position
In the literary history of his countr,
and the conditions of his generation.
Both should be borne in mind as Co
eficients In a perfectly fair Judgment
If his positive merit is to be settled
irrevocably by the former. yet an in
teIligent criticism Will find its advan-
tage not only In considering what he
was. but what under the gfven cir
cumstances. IT was possible for him to
5e.-James Russell Lowell.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-06-10
Total

II
The extent to which federal aid has
been applied to the trails varies in
the different states. Naturally, the
Western states are using much more
Of the federal app9rtionments in de.
velOping roads Of this character than
the Eastern states. This is due to
the fact that the routes in the East
ern states already had been improved
to a large extent before the roads
were selected by the pathtinders. This
was not true in the West, where long
stretches of the selected roads were
still in an unimproved condition when
they were designated.
Nevada leads In its use of federal
funds IN roads of this character.
Eighty-three per cen of its entire
mileage of approved federal-aid roads
lies on one or the other Of the trails
which cross the states. On these
roads Nevada will spend 90 per e n
of the federal money which has been
granted to her.
Indiana is a close second, with 80
per cent of its entire federal-aid mile
rye and SO per cent of its money aid
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-06-10

applied to the construction Of the
trails; and Oklahoma. with 76 per cent
of its mileage and 81 per cen of its
federal funds, is not far behind.
Florida takes the lead in the per-
centage of its funds which will be
used for trail building, with "a per
cent Of its federal allotments so Up
piled; but this amount will be spent
for only So per cent Of the mileage
which has been approved in the state.
In addition to the above, the states
of Illinois, Kansas, Montana, New
Mexico, Utah, and Washington are
each using 30 per cent or more of their
federal money for the upbuilding Of
the trails.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-06-10
Cotton and OXYGEN.

Because the hollow fbres of cotton
are loaded with oxygen they burn with
a quick fash When you add to cot
ton. which is already loaded with oxy.
gen. oil. which Is also loaded with oxy-
gen. the excess of oxygen is likely o
er or later to make the cotton burst
into flame. That Is how spontaneous
combustion occurs among oily ragA.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-06-10
Life of Concrete Road.

The life of a good concrete road
should be at least twenty years and
1t would seem that this country could
afford to spend a large sum of money
In the development of such highways
If the money were put into roads
which will last at least twenty years
under motortruck traffic. Experts
here and abroad believe that the con-
crete road Is good for much longer
than twenty years.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-06-10
CHAPTER VI
What Every Man knoMs-

I wasn't gone very long on this sec
ond excursion into the woozy-woozies.
though it was nighttime, and the
shaded electric light was turned on
when I opened my eyes and found
Mrs. Sheila sitting by the bedside.
The change In Mrs. Shefla sort of
made me gasp. She wasn't any less
pretty as she sat there with her hands
clasped in her lap. but she was diff
~ferent; sober, and with the laugh all
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-06-10

Chadwick. They have found out that
Mr.. Chadwick left Chicago the day
after he sent that telegram. to go up
into the Canadian woods to look at
some mines. or something. They say
that MI. NOrcross has followed him.
and that Is why they don't hear any,
thing from him"
what do you think?" I asked
She didn't answer right away, and
In the little pause I saw a sort of
frightened look come into her eyes.
But all she said was, Il want you to
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-06-10
GOOD
HIGHWAYS
FEDERAL AID FOR HIGHWAYS
Approval Given for s55 Projects Up
to September 80, 1s20-Western
States Lead.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Federal aid for the construction of
$3.50 miles of national highways has
been approved by the United States
Department of Agriculture. Up to
September 80. 1920, approval had been
given for S55 projects, which form
links in one or the other Of the "a
marked trails which have been laid
out by private associations to cross
the country from East to West and
North to South.
The mileage which will be con-
structed with federal aid ON each of
the several trails is shown in the fol-
lowing table:
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-06-10

A good location for the incubator
means that it should be convenient
for the %caretaker as well as suitably
located for good Matching conditions.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-06-10

In feeding young ducks, a handful
Of clean sand should be mixed with
every half bucket of soft feed. 1t ID
also a good thing for old stock.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-06-10

If We are to have an improvement
in the roads, then the improvement
must come from an intelligent under.
standing of the problem.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-06-10

In spite of the absence Of suitable
roads, there are now between 400 and
500 automobiles In Guatemala.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-06-10

Chief highway engineers of Califor-
MIA and New Jersey r paid at the
rate of $4,000 a year.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-06-10
ACREAGE Of Alfalfa

There is an encouraging interest In
increasing the acreage of alfalfa on
the well-adapted soils In the Middle
West.
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can't Jet This country he oycrrun by
q lot Of foreigners with orders for
merchandise, Mawruss The first
think you know. MaWruss. them for
eIgn buyers would get SO trkled
with the operation Of the prohibition
law, the antiCiEHrotto law, the anti
this law ana the anti-that law.
Nundcrstaud, tina, they would wire
their wives and children 10 Join
them in zion. III. and settle down
her" 70 live happy ever after, undor-
stand me"
still, Abe, this here immigration
law is for the rich and poor alike, d"
Morris protested.
IAN laws are for the rich and poor
alike" Abe concluded, but when It
comes TO making laws, aud also
breaking laws, Mawruss, the rich
can put up a whol. lot better argu-
mont than tht poor. Am / right or
wronE?"
you're wrong Morris replied
without hesitation. 'In this coun-
try IT has always been the fashion
70 roast the goose which lays the
golden eggs, no matter what argu-
ment the rich man put up, Sunder-
stand, and tho consequences is that
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agreeing with somebody first, and
thcn iindlng out what he thinks
afterwards, Morris said. Also. Abe.
arguing the Irish question with an
ItiShiHtn or the Japanese question
with a Californian amt going TO re-
iuDc nubodys temperature to be-
low zero exactly even i'm winter time.
>" my idea is that II you want to-
keep ,oOh Abe, the best thing 20 do
In hot weather is not 20 get into no
arguments with nobody, not even
about what makes the hot weather
so hot this year"
What makes the hot weather so
hot this year iS people having the
time TO sit around ana talk about it.
which they didn't have in former
years on account of business being
good, ,' Morris said "bccauso when
business IS good. who gives a nickel
about-the weather unless you are in
the ra!ucoat business or the ice hu--
ness maybe
at that Mawruss, there's o whole
lot Of things going on which people
get away with because, strictly
speaking, 1t IL nvbudy's business.
understand" Abe said. Take for
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got 10 make up It's mind quick, too.
or else Il would have to place a
couple mortgages on the capitol at
Washington, or the congressional
library not to say tho white house,
II II expects to raise money In time
Tor the next lnstallmcut OF interest
due ON liberty bonds"
81 suppose YOU suggest that n
sales taN would be "A good thing on
account you could SHIFT it from your
own shoulders to those OF your Gus
tomors, amt it?" Morris said.
"A sales tax wouldn't be no more
popular with me than II would be
with anybody else, Mawruss," Abe
said,
but IS there any kind Of tax
that wouldn't DO unpopular" Nor
ris asked
"Wcll, II II wasn't that there Ia n
whole lot OF narrow minded people
who thina there Is enough difference
I'm Kick between one half per cent
beer and two and three quarter per
cent beer. Mawruss. 10 make n
drunknrd's home out Of practically
every flat I'm the city of New York.
Mawrus1, It would he easy 10 raise
$500, 600 200 n year by one tax alone.
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Land Office Business
Nets Mammoth Profits
for Ohio Bootleggers

showing the tidy margin between
manufacturers cost and the price
paid by the consumer OF $li,000,-
600.
Activities Of the enforcement
branch Of the federal and state gov
orumcutg have nu' tended to dis
courage Ia, activities Of 'manufac-
turors' WeyFandf says one man
wants 10 start "flavorinR extract"
plant and has an application pend
ing FOR q permit 10 buy alcohol In
Carluud lots.
II do things on 4 big scale" he OK
plains, with an TRY wave Of the
hand. Don't get tho idea that I'm
u plkcr.'
This carload shipment would not
run hlg plant year or month
when he gotta going good. \ expect
90 use AT least q carload week. no
tod the Inspector.
Bogus Invoices Made out
Among the methods used by some
~ thoen manufacturers to escape de-
lection was the sonding broadcast 10
druggists uud others Of rccciptod
'IhNUiDo>,' aokuuWlodgiug payment
fnr goods never ordered and never
received Retail pharmacists all
over northern OHIO Davo received
these bogus invoices" It was sali
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way. Abe declared. which 90 soon
az that tax was put on. Mawruss,
rtuh corporations started to wipe out
their excess profits and incrcas" their
overhead 10y running their business
IN such fashion that compared TO
the way the directors Of them cor
poratiuus WAS spending the corpor-
atiuns' money for fool improvements,
and so forth, the actions Of "A drunk
cn sailor with dclirium tromcns,
would look Ike meeting OF the
Auti-Saloon league being opened
with a silent prayer, understand.
Also, Mawruss. could give you
other arguments against the excess
profits tax. such az, for instnuCr---."
Say, listen Morris interrupted.
"A finlnctor Ike you which couldn't
even bank l0-cent limit poker
game without getting the chips so
balled up that you never know
whore YOU stand and have TO borrow
n couple OF dollars from mo to
straiBhten II out, and then forget
to pay me back, understand, amt
In no position to give arguments
about excess profits taxes"
"Wcll, no matter how much you
insult me when I try 10 talk TO YOU
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All Russia Underfed;
4 Only Theaters Are Gay,
Woman Writer Reveals

to have the business Of ccnsoring the
stories put through, and l never wor-
ried, for no one was ever held up in
Moscow"
Miss Bryant described her travels
in the east, up In the northern prov
inces of Russia in the Caucausus and
down into Turkestan and Bokhara,
Down there's she said, there was
a revolt, too. lust a little one against
feudalism.
During the month was there
was the only unveiled woman about.
They didn', quite know what to do
with me. -Four mon were detailed to
guard me.
AT the invitation Of the president,
a young man Of "a. son Of the richest
man in the country, | was permitted
to visit the harems.
She Secs Iarcm Women.
II was intensely Interested In the
lives of these ponnod-up women,
They seemed like happy children.
They play with the babies and sit
around and string heads all day
long They are not at all discon-
tented.
They don't have 10 think or plan
their lives, They haven't a care In
the world.
"You know good followers Of Mo-
hanmcd have only four wives, be
cause Mohammcd himself had that
number But the Emir, the ruler,
has 96. The groups Of wives in
harems seem TO get along very we'll
in tact, are good friends,
-Four men guarded me. II made
me nervous 10 have them attend mo
40 o,-.r,s gt,u Tbov sppu1od t0 foar
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HAS MAIN STREET GUESSING.
foS inhorcr Claims to he Incognito
! scion OF Wealthy Family.

From tho Loulsviile Courier.Inurn,i
loiklNSNlLLF ky.--"Mortimer
A. DcPoyator" who appeared I'm
llopklnsvillc. Ky, two weeks ago and
declared no was multimillinnalre
VINO wanted work for one month as
y nay iahorer to win freak bet OF
10000 with Chicago friends, is stick
ms AT hts tasks In motor car suppiy
house ana his tender hands are GOV.
cred with blisters.
lam going Ia win tho bet and give
he money to some worthy charity
here said the young fellow. I'm
worth 90 million dollars and I've hai
5000 Oworth OF fun Watching Main
street stare at me. Just walt until
my month In up and II lshow Hon
kinsville some stunts that tho yars
viii tell their grandchildren about
DePeyater has refused all REQUESTS
10 meet any girls.
mo society stuff for me-" he tolS
some OF tho young mon who carried
invitations to him: "at least not untI
my Identity has been established.
Just now I'm travelling incognito.
That's why Yale and Harvard deny
knowing anything about mo. | used
my real name In these institutions
fro mwhich | was expelled for exuh-
eranCc of spirits. III confess this
much, | n none OF the ten richest
boys In America and my family name
| is one Of the most widely known"
Irving Roseborough, n welI-to-do
townsman. offered I obet 500 TO $50
| that DoPcyster was exploiting some
Don't be n piker." challenged the
youngster, "mHke II 100000 to
$4,000 and I'll deposit my certified
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instance all the money that the
state treasurer of this state collects
for taxes, and what is it your bust
ness what bank he puts it in"
For my part he could keep It in
a SOCK Morris declared.
Sure | know, but out in a mid
die western state, governor gets
indicted by the grand jury on ac-
count when he was state treasurer
It was nohody's business what bank
he put the states money into, and
the consequences was that the
money didn't draw the right rate Of
interest or something" Abe said
well. could he help that?' Nor
ris inquired
He claims not Abe continued,
"and he also claimed that even If
Tho money dihnt draw Tho rleht
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you never can tell
when YOU open your mouth whose
toes you are treadinE on. You are
lust as liable to find that Teller by
the name Rabinowitz is very much
in favor of the sim feiners as that
a Mister O'Rafferty pretty near gets
stroke evrey time somebody says
Ambassador Morgenthau was right
when he knocked Zionism."
Still, even in hot weather. 1t
amt my idea OF a sociablo time that
In order TO hold a conversation with
somebody you should ought to find
out what he thinks first, and then
20 on agreeing with h(m for a couple
OF hours or so" Abe Notortod,
Well, whether the weather Is
hot or cold, Abe, that kind Of talk
u whole lot more eOCiahle than dis
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CarusO Did Not Want to Die

NEW YORk.-"Caruso did not
want to die. He believed it was
the Supreme VIII that he should
continue to sing. He was broken
hearted and cried like "A child when
he became aware death was at
hand"
This was the information brought
by Rosina Cali, premier dancer of
the Metropolitan Opera company
who has just arrived from Italy
Nine. tiaiii Joined Mrs. Caruso im-
mediately after the death of the
tenor, and remained with her and
the baby, Gloria, until after the
funeral. Nine. Cali continued
"Caruso wanted so much to get
well. on his deathbed he called to
his wife. Don't you think ] will re-
cover" He was quiet then and did
not know he was going to die. 4
little later he tClt terrible pains in
his chest lTo must have suffered
awful agony.
Again he called 10 Mrs, Caruso in
an agOni2iug voice, I am going 10
died. She tried TO comfort him. say
ing the pain would soon pass and
that he would be better. But it
was not so. His eyes closed his
moaning ceased He was dead.
The world has lost voice tnat
will never be replaced and a man
of splendid character.
Mrs. Carusu told mo she will re-
turn 10 America as soon as her af-
fairs have been adjusted.
Mrs Caruso finds It hard 10 con-
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Millionaire
Taking Fares

......
N'N'IN' A.. 'N -.ii YOU had
i....I'H j.0ftt and could hay" a
.I ."'nNl''.. iw' or three
'' 5000 .''" OFT '.rtHui9 - wait
"' '.' ''H.d ''u 1' your days as
'H .Hr conductor
.H. 800 kuhIc' for Instance. ITO
N..I''d about million "hurks'
"h'n "n U. Joe di'i in Sew York two
N''t' "f' s." wa began ~ citr cou
r"NH "' pro. .l'"h.' r'Hupo, hn' ho
'HJ gs tbut d,irWtui diversion by
lhfi'F ''.nN 900 lhr IA td short
Hh' or ''' racine E.F'ir'' s' stem
liNr any everyday conductor.
When koht,U inherited hia for
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is going to put "A tax on the half
por cent beer. Abe" Morris said
"and they're also thinking OF put
ting - stamp tax on bank checks
and raising the price OF red postage
stamps from two cents TO three
cents"
well. as to the half per cent
beer. Mawruss, tn" government
could go to work and tax It out of
existence for all ever touch II,
and one cent extra postage wouldn,
make US or break us neither" Abe
declared. "and AZ for tho stamp tax
on bank checks. Mawruss. that don't
worry me In the least. In fact,
Mawruss. II business don't pick up
soon, | don't care If ] never sign
another check nB long AZ | live"