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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15
MARRYING A FAMILY

SST'M GLAD Jim Slather and Sophie
y Gherkin are married." said the
druggist. They are well suited to
each other, and should live happily
ever after. Sophie is fine young
woman. OF course, SHE has good
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15

The fishing season is with us again.
And we can't think of a better way
for fellow to ease soul and body and
rest his mind from business cares for
a few hours than to get pole and
line and few worms and hike out to
some nook where he thinks they'll
bite. But--be sure and take along
the right kind of bait, and don't for
get to take along lot of PATIENCE
Bull (Idaho) Republican.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15

It's better to be brought up on q
bottle than to be brought down by
one.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15

If the drug stores are permitted 10
sell real beer to invalids and those
with rundown constitutions, great
number of former healthy individuals
will suddenly realize that they need
winding up to mend their constitu-
tions.-Ely (Nev) News.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15

A drummer returning from Canaan
with loaded grip might be called
bottIe-scared hero. Carson City (Ney.)
News.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15

prosperity smiles on the few and
gives the many the horse laugh
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15

The world is fast reaching the con-
cIusion that German "kultur," when
put to the test, has lacked the eIe-
ments essential to self-government
with all her boosted superiority of
wisdom, of self-control, of industry, of
political acumen, Germany is not maa.
surfing up today with France and Emo.
land, nor with Italy. Under the die.
tation of group of junker uristocrots
operating through monarch CLAIMING
anu exercising-at their direction
unlimited authority, Germany seemed
to prosper. Obedience and sphsor
VANCE as a nation were uneoualaa
anywhere in civilized Chr,stenaom
but 1t was all in the name of the koisor
Without this control, and left ~ thoir
own devices, the people appear holm
less in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tNe,I
Tribune. N'"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15
Selected for Western Newspaper Union
Service by r. A. C. and e. b, "

Maybe this bloomin' old desert -
YET going to be the real Garden OF
Eden. -BIackfoot (Idaho) News.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15

Quebec limits an individuals liquor
to i quart day. Now we know why
the geese went north early this spring
Nampa (Idaho) Record.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15

Are you consumed with desire to
travel, young man? Then start right
by Systematically beating path from
your home to your farm or place Of
business. The rest will come easy,
Brigham City (Utah) Journal.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15

While IS days may have seemed a
long sentence TO the members Of the
Montana legislature, most citizens felt
the punishment fell most heavily upon
them.--Butte (Mont.) Miner.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15

When a beautiful young woman an
nounees her engagement she promn %
loses both her youth and her hna p'tS
In the eyes of the also rams. But ~.
the way of the world, and the wo ~
has ways of Its own.-PrIce (UtabS
Sun. 'AA'
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15

Burleson tries to explain the crime
wave on Psychological grounds, Blu.
neglects to suggest that lot of folks
may have been driven to desperation
because they didn't get their mall
Carson City (Nev.) News.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15

Education is only like good culture
it changes the size but not the sort
III. w. Beecher.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15

The closing down of the Nevada
Consolidated Copper company is a
very severe blow to the Ely district
and White Pine county, which for
many years past has been one of the
most prosperous sections of the inter-
mountain country. However, the
cause is due entirely to economic con-
ditions in Europe, and therefore will
not be of long duration.-Ely (Nev.)
Record.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15

A Pennsylvania burglar found his
trade so poor that he tried to commit
suicide. If the politicians would moi
prohteering equally difficult honest
citizens could begin to feel comfnrt
able.-Rupert Qdaho) Pioneer. b. :,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15

We would lay small bet that one
of the first purchasers of Mr.. Ian
sings new book in Washington, d. G..
was one Woodrow Wilson, private cit
lien. -Kemmerer (Wyo.J Republican.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15

Salt Lake county's officers uncov-
cred a lot of liquor at Bingham last
week. About $50 gallons of whisky,
which 1t is alleged had been buried for
four years, was found by the deputy
sheriffs. If the present force in the
office of the Salt Lake sheriff fol-
lows in the footsteps of their prede-
cessors they ought to be able to clean
zap quite a nice sum of money boot
begging this liquOr.-Eureka (Utah)
Reporter.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15

tvf Annexed prss sscninists and tnes snne snop
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-15


cedes, made poor, but happy In the
love Of her devoted son, lived on. pen
itent.
Yet were there those whom Monte
Crlsto rewarded. The noble Morrel,
his former employer was saved from
bankruptcy by mysterious English
man who presented him with notes he
could not meet. And on the uninhabit-
ed island of Monte Cristo, Morrel's
son, true and tried as his father.
learned that villefort's daughter, the
girl who had remained fine through all
yicissitudes, still lived. She stood be-
side him on the pinnacle of the island
and they looked with blurred eyes
into the distance, where each moment
ship grew fainter and fainter. 1t
was bearing from their sight the man
who had once been Edmond Dantes.
With him was the radiant Haydee, the
mysterious princess. whose beauty had
outshone all the beauties of Paris. In
her love Edmond had at last forgotten
all that he did not now want to re-
member Is.
Copyright. 1919, by the Post Publishing
Co. (rhe Boston Post). Copyright in the
United Kingdom, the Dominions, it's Col
onies and dependencies. under the copy
right act, by the Post Publishing Co.
Boston, Mass, U. 8. A. All rights re-
sarved
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-04-21

cOcted in the back room of a dive on
lower Nevada avenue on the night
Mr.. Norcross disappeared. From what
Branderby says, 1 take it that the
plot was overheard, in part, at least,
by some habitue of the place who was
too drunk to get it entirely straight
and ineligible. The plotters were
four of Clanahan's men, and, as
Branderby got it, they we're planning
to steal a locomotive. Do you know
anything ABOUT that?"
81 do.l The, engine vas stolen all
right, that very night. Kirgan, our
master-mfchahIic, has known it IA
gone, but has been keeping quiet
in hopes able to find the en-
CINE with Ming any public stir
abouIts /. 'i's
'The 4 ", asaH has been handed
on tolls HerbyyIs pretty badly mud
died. Sstss edifor went on. There
was SOME iangsm it about an attempt
to wreck hdsFob the Fast Mail, and
something Elise about sanding a note
to somebs l1@at the 'ard-a note
that won. do the BUSINESS was the
way it wal put"
That Gbte was sent to Mr.. Nor
cross!n I#broke in excitedly, taking a
running jump at the guess.
IF you will wait until Branderby
comes in, he may be able to give you
more Of the particulars" Cantrell was
beginning to say; but good gosh!-
/ couldn't wait. / was scared stiff
for fear I shouldn't be able to get
back to the round-house before Kirgan
started out on that engine-rescuing
trip.
That's enough" / gasped; Pm
gone" and I tumbled down the two
flights of stairs and sprinted for the
railroad yard, reaching the round
house not one ~half-second too soon
Kirgan was there, with Gorcher and
two firemen. They had a light engine
out on the tank track and were fill
ing her with water.
tThey took Mr.. Norcross with them
lon the T~en-Sixteen! was all I could
say and then I guess my late electric
Knockout got in it's work to pay for
the quick sprint down from the news
paper office, for l keeled over into
kirgan's arms and sort of half tainted,
it seemed.
Because, when l came to, right good
again, Kirgan had me up on the fire.
49, > l~- -s4l 49, - --n q
hold nj there: Billy Gorcher was on
the other side of the cab, niggling at
the throttle and the light engine was
clicking it off about fifty miles an
hour on the straight piece of track
between Portal City and Arroyo.
:
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-04-21
CHAPTER VIII
A Close Call

At the "Y" siding we stopped-with-
out going on to the gravel track where
9Gorcher had seen the lost 1O16-and
Kirgan and / got off with a lantern.
This was because, on the way down,
l had managed to tell the big master
mechanic about the Cantrell talk.
though l hadn't succeeded in making
him believe that it accounted for Mr..
Norcross' drop-out. Just the same he
humored me by having Billy Gorcher
stop, and now he was trying to make
me take it sort Of slow and easy as
we, stumbled out toward the stem of
the ~" That was Kirgan's way. He
al as hard as nails with a gang of
men, but he could be as s~oft-hearted
Is any woman when a fellow was all
in. And he knew I wasn't half '.at
myself yet, physically.
Don't get too much hope up, JIM
ME-" he was saying, as we bumped
along around the crooking track Of
the ~" I'VE amt goin' to find any
thing out yonder but a rusty loggin'
track and that broken rail con-
nection. You see, I've been here be-
fore, and / know"
He was as right as could be. When
we reached the end of the ~" there
was the broken connection, just as
he'd said. The old saw-mill track was
still there, leading off in the dark up
the gulch, but the two switch rails
had hopo takan nut and IA switch
itself was as rusty as II IT hadn't been
used in years,
What YOU heard from Mr., Cantrelt
may have been all rue enough" Kir,
gan said, while ! stood swallowing
hard and staring down OF the broken
rail- connection, sonly III didn't have
anything 70 do with the big boss, Them
fllngs WIS probably plnnisin' 10 wreck
the Mpil ~ sil, and they came
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-04-21

which, according to the way we had
things doped out, should have been
not more than thirteen or fourteen
miles west of Banta. There was a
blind siding lei miles west, but be-
yond that, nothing east Of Sand Greek,
which was twenty-one miles farther
along; at least, there was nothing that
showed up on the map. The ten-mile
siding might have served for the pass
ing point. but in that case the crew
of the Fast Mail would surely have
seen the 1915 waiting on the siding as
they came by. And they hadn't seen
ii; Kirgan said they had been ques-
toned promptly the following morn
ing. 4.
Though ! had been over the road
with Mr.. Norcross in his private car
any number Of times since we had
taken hold, i didn't recall the detail
biographies very clearly, and i
Couldn't seem to remember anything
about this siding ten miles west of
Banta. So l asked Kirgan.
'sThai siding isn't in any such shape
that the Fast Mail could get. by with
out seeing a meet: train on the side
track. is It'll"
The big master-mechanic shook his
head.
Hardly. you'd think. reckon we are
II, a stump. Jimmie. That siding is
part of an old Y at the mouth of a
gulch that runs back into the moun
lains for maybe a dozen miles or so.
They tell me the ~ was put in for
the Timber Mountain Lumber outfit
When they used the gulch mouth for
their shipping point. They had n
of their saw-mills up in the gulch
somewhere, but the business died out
when they got the timber all cut off"
"Tell me this, Mart" l put in quick
". s1she Timber Mountain company
is n of the Red Tower monopolies:
did 1t have a railroad track up that
gulch connecting with our sY'?'
"Why, yes; | reckon so. I'm not
right sur that there amt one there
vet. But if there is, it's been dis
connected from the " I'm sure of
that, because I went in on that ~
n day with the wrecker.'
You'd think this would have settled
it. But ] hung on like az dog to a
root.
Say, Mart / insisted, "this "
siding were talking about is Just
around where the Ten-Sixteen ought
to have met the Mail so far as we
can tell by this map it's the only place
where It could have met it. And the
old gulch track would have been a
mighty good hiding-place for the stolen
engines!!'
There amt any track there" said
klrgan, shaking his head "or, least
wise, if there is, it hasn't any rail con-
nection with our siding, just as I'm
tellin' you. Wen have to look far
ther along"
Somehow, I couldn't get it out Of
my head but that was right. Onr
guesses all went as straight as a
string to that " siding ten miles west
of Banta, and / was sure that if + had
.beels talking to Mr.. Van Britt I could
have convinced him. But Kirgan was
iawfully hard-headed.
It's supper time he said, after
we lad mulled a while longer over
the map, Tomorrow, If you like.
Wen take an engine and run down
there. But we amt goin' to find any
thing, lean tell you that, right now
aYes and tomorrow we ma have
the new general manager, and then
YOU and ] and all the others VIII be
hunting for some other railroad to
work ON ! retorted,
pretty neArly had him over the
edge but ! couldn't push him The
rest Of the way Ia save my life.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-04-21
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I.-Graham Norcross, rail-
Eoad manager, and his secretary, Jimmie
sDodds. are marooned at Sand Creek sid
her small cousin. Unseen, they wit
ness a peculiar train holdup, in which
a special car is carried off.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-04-21

scoasinusa Next wess'
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-02-05
TOTAL OF 427.s93 AUTOS
LICENSED IN TEXAS 1920

Austin Tex-A total Of 1858 au-
tomobiles were licensed in Texas dur
ing 1920, or an increase of 96,7S9 ma
chimes over that of 1919, according to
a table of license registrations made
public Saturday The table shows reg
istrations by counties.
Five counties in Texas have more
than 10000 automobiles registered for
licenses within their borders. Dallas
leads the entire state in license appIi-
cations with 1887, Harris County
(Houston). is second, with 23,342, and
Bexar County third, with 21,O35 ma
chimes. The two other counties over
the 10000 mark are Tarrant, with H.
554, and Wichita Falls with 1853
According to the table OF country
registrations given out, there are i've
counties in Texas that are autoless'
while sixteen counties boast less than
100 machines each. Ten counties In
the state showed decreases in the
number of machines registered this
year as compared with 1919, the big
gest decrease being in Starr County
where there were 11S less automobile
owners in 1920 than in the year previ'
Gus.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-02-05
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
Catarrhal Deafness requires COnStitu-
ti0nal treatment. HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE is "A constitutional remedy
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an in
tlamed condition of the mucous lining Of
the EustaChian Tube. When this tube is
nflamed you have a rumblinE sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entire
ly closed, Deafness is the result Unless
the Inflammation can be reduced, your
hearing may he destroyed forever.
HALLS CATARRTI MEDICINE acts
through the blood on the mucous sur
faces of the system. thus reducing the in
Illumination and restoring normal Condi-
tons
Circulars free All Druggists
r J. Cheney & Co, Toledo. Ohio.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-02-05
URGE TEACHERS
Be Strengthened
ASSOCIATION SECRETARY POINTS
TO COMPARATIVELY SMALL
ENROLMENT.
PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING
Ideas n 4 Profession Are immutable
and There Are Some Teachers m
the State Who Should Be Do
ing Something Else.

N.tunsucbcs. 10. - T.. 7. i'oman
secretary of tho l.H.a". '.....'a
Association ua. O..u.. au u.. as
follows 20 IA, loadrf. of education i1
Louisiana.
Ilr executive committee has met
and pl,uu,d for mcotiug of ..u l.. I
a. To- Dr held in Alexandria April T.
8 and . STATE superintendent IWris
is now al work carrying out The
wishes Of the executive committee 10y
providing distinguished speakers and
musical numbers for the program
This VIII be fine meeting in every
sense
we have not held a meeting since
1918. and it is up 10 Us 10 max" this
the banner year both from point OF
enrolment and attendance. II Is mp
to us 10 convince the people Of Louis
lana the confidence they have placed
in us. We can do this i'm only one
way-to strengthen ourselves for the
neTye-raCking occupation i'm which we
are engaged. The l.. r. 4. has always
been and. believe, will always be a
great factor in the professional uplft
OF our teachers The enrolment has
consisted in the past Of the more pro,
fesSiOnal teachers of the state-the
one out OF five who did not need the
good influence of the organization so
much as the other four who stayed at
home.
There are now perhaps 1000 white
teachers in the state, about 1000 en-
roll annually, and perhaps 800 attend
the meetings. This is not the best
showing and I believe is a reflection
on something, somebody. somewhere.
II the association needs modification
let us make the change; il the teach.
ers have not the teachers spirit then
il Is up to the leaders to see to it
that a change takes place there. This
should be done before it is too late.
You can do your part:
First, BY securing the enrolment
OF every teacher associated with you
in advance of the meeting regardless
OF whether the teacher can attend this
particular meeting or not.
Second By encouraging as large
an attendance as possible from among
your associates.
Third Assisting them to secure
proper accommodations in Alexan'
dria.
Fourth BY distributing from time
10 time among your teachers the cir
culars issued from this office.
Fifth. BY impressing upon Their
young minds that ideals in a profes
sion are immutabie, and that there
are some teachers in the state who
ought to be following some other call
ing They are bright enough anC
well.born; but they have not the RICH
spirit and they need help"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-02-05
WATER RATE HEARING TO BE
HELD IN WASHINGTON ALSO

The hearing scheduled for Washing
ton on Feb. % on rail and water rates
from the Atlantic seaboard territory
to Texas points, is in addition to that
scheduled at Houston for Feb H. ac'
cording to information obtained from
the interstate commerce commission
today. The Washington hearing was
fixed to allow representatives from
New York and philadelphia VINO dldh
find it convenient to go to Houston On
the date fixed to give testimony. Inc
Texas parties are to be heard IN Hous'
ton. Both hearings will be before EA'
aminer Mullen.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-02-05
COUNCIL AGREES
ON PREPARATIONS
Germany Must Disarm By
July |, Under New Ar
rangementS.

Paris Full agreement on repara-
tons German disarmament and all
other important questions before 1t
was reached by the supreme coW-
ell Of the allies when it adjourned
Saturday to meet again in London,
Feb. 81
The greatest result obtained was,
as NJ BRAND. the French premier,
. expressed if. maintenance of the al
lies of a front as united in making
peace as it was in waaing war.
Count Sforza the italian foreign min
lister. and NJ BRAND said the confer
ence had resulted to jhe satisfaction
Of everybody concerned
\ protocol was sirned approving
the reparations scheme ass agreed by
the special committee appointed by
the council to consider the subject
and also the report on the disarma
ment of Germany as presented by the
military committee.
Under these arrangements Germany
must disarm by July 1, disbanding al
her civic guards not provided for in
the Versailles treaty.
Germany will be called upon to pay
in forty-two annuities on sliding
scale of 226,00O, 900 900 gold marks.
Her exports will in addition bear an
export duty of II per cent that will
20 to the allies. On the basis Of last
years exports this would Give the
allies 1,250.0O0,OOO gold marks or u
per cent of whatever money i'm which
the exports are paid for. Thus, il 10
estimated the first payment made by
Germany will be $3.50. 100000 gold
marks. the export tax being paid en-
tirely in cash.
1t is pointed out that besides being
a sure method of collection of the
reparations, it will act as a protective
tariff in counties that are neighbors
of Germany. which are likely to be
flooded with goods made in Germany
at very low cost of production, be-
yausg Of ths.n sa& value OF
the mark and %mcf consequently can
be offered in foreign markets at very
10y prices in foreifn money.
The penalties agreed upon by the
council for violations by Germany will
apply to all the agreements alike
reparations. disarmament and coal de
liveries. \ strong feature of the repa-
rations plan, from the French point
of view, is that it associates the allies
in the benefits of Germany's pros
perity.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-02-05
JUST PARAGRAPHS

Welsh.-Roland Buck. 15-year-old
schoolboy, while racing his horse with
that OF one of his mates collided with
an automobile driven by +. S. Carr.
The youth was thrown, sustaining q
broken leg. Neither the horse nor the
auto was hurt to any considerable ex.
tent.
Hammond-A large delegation from
here and the surrounding country
went to Baton Rouge to be present al
the meeting of the Board of Liquida.
ton.
Covington.-The Mississippi Valley
Highway Club, directed by Mayor
Bandon and other influential persons
voted TO perpetuate the association.
Some of the new work to its credit
will appear through the cooperation
of the Board of Health. in the familiar
tri-colorcd NJ V. II. signs soon to be
hung from the rafters Of the steel
bridges that guard the approaches tc
Covington.
Lake Charles. Floyd Hamilton. civ
il engineer, announces the completion
of a five-mile link in the old Spanish
Trail and the letting of contract tc
build another four and one-half mile
OF road on the trail. The section com
pieted passes through the town OF
Cade, inst Martin parish. between
New Iberia and Lafayette. The road
was built Of washed gravel and sand
clay, which provides an excellent wear
ing surface. Necessary concrete
bridges were built.
Greenburg.-Fires raging on cut
over lands between Jack. La, and
Pine Groves in St Helena parish are
destroying young pines and the fine
cattle range. 1t is said no effort is
being made to check the spread OF
the flames.
Hammond - The ney' Christian
Church at the corner OF Cherry and
Charles streets was dedicated Sunday
January so Rev. f. s Taylor was as
sisted in the exercises by Rev. MIR
Allen. DR. Ellsworth Scott and PROBES
scr T. f. Crowley, all of New Orleans,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-02-05
c.-n.n planes Damaged.

Washington.-Two of three herman
airplanes purchased by the war de-
partment were badly damaBeu uui -He
performance tests in a trans-continenl,
al flight. Secretary Baker informed
Chairman Kahn of the house military
committee Friday, but there were no
casualties.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-02-05
WOMEN! USE DIAMOND DYES"
Dye Old Skirts, Dresses. Waists,
Coats. Stockings, Draperies-
Everything

Each package of Diamond DYES"
contains easy directions for dyeing any
article of wool silk, cotton. linen. or
mixed goods. Beware! Poor dye
streaks, spots, fades, and ruins mate
Diamond Dyes" only. Druggist has
Color Card.-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-02-05
Observant Paw.

Paw. what is an advertisement?
AN advertisement iS N. picture of
a pretty girl eating. wearing. holding
or driving something that somebody
wants to sell. Nashville TeuneS>c"an.