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4 fancy required TO be fascinated anew
every morning TO keep it in working
/ order, is small. II is true we hear a
great deal about men who desert their
wives for no other reason than that
the wives have grown old and fat. but
We must remember that IL is the alb
normal that attracts attention. We
gossip for years over Mr.. A. who runs
| OF with a chorus girl, but we never
mention the thousands of MIR. Ms
who never look at another pctticoat
than their Marias after their wedding
day.
The average American man is not
a sentimentalist. He is a poor love-
/ maker. at best, and when he tries to
say fiowery and gallant things to
women he gets tongue tied and feels
as if he was about TO choke on his
| Adams apple. Hence when he gets
married he. breaths sigh of relief,
and says TO himself: Thank God,
that's over. anyway" and he proceeds
to business. and to proving his devo-
ton to his wife by shaving to give
her everything he can.
Very likely he never mentions again
to her that he loves her, or tells her
that he appreciates her devotion, and
the sacrifices she makes for him, or
that he blesses Heaven for having
bestowed her upon him for wife, or
that he believes her TO be the paragon
of his sex, but nontheless. that is
what ne is thinking all the time, and
the last thing on earth that he is look
ing for is an affinity, or a romantic
adventure.
As for the painted up vampires, in
floating chiffons. they are no more to
his taste than the highly spiced dishes
in restaurants, give him good, plain
home cooking every time, and a wo-
man with a clean face and lips that
don't taste like a drug store, and
sensible clothes that she can do an
honest days work in.
Furthermore, there is this bitter
sweet comfort for the woman who
imagines that her husband will care
less for her because she is loosing her
looks, and youthful figure-after mar
riage man rarely ever takes a real
good appraising Ieok at his wife.
That's hard on our vanity, but it is
likewise our salvation. for it enables
a man who marries a golden headed
little sprite to go on thinking she is
golden headed little sprite after she
is grayheaded and weighs 175 pounds.
Just ask your husband if your hat
is becoming. He grunts and says
yes" without looking up from his
paper, because he is seeing you, not
in the hat you have on, but in a
bonnet of twenty-five years ago that
you had on when he courted you.
] am convinced that women borrow
lot of unnecessary trouble about
losing their husbands love. The
average man is domestic by nature
and his instinct is TO be faithful. He
has neither time nor inclination to
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as fat and sleek TO look at as any foa
around. Mrs. Fox noticed that and
she thought something must be done
for she was growing thin with Sc
a4ch worry.
While he found fault and grun-
vled, Mr. Fox did very little work A
chicken or duck he brought home
nnce in a while and he took great
pains that Mrs Fox should be made
10 fully appreciate that ii was his
hunting that furnished the dinner and
not hers each time
So one morning Mrs. Fox put on her
bonnet and ran across the fields to
Granny Fox's home and told her
troubles.
MY dear" said Granny Fox. you
are young and have great deal q
learn, but if you do not ossomething
pow you never will. Mr.. Fox will
grow worse"
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LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTEBOOK
BY Lee Pape.

Me and sid Hunt and sids little
brother Bert was setting on slds frunt
steps last sundey, and me and sid
wunted to take a wawk, ony every
time we got up TO start sids little
brother Bert got up and started to
start with us, 50 we sat down agen
on account Of him being a nuisants
on a wawk. and after vile had a
ideer and I jumped up saying, Heer
a ninnit. Sid, wunt to tell you
something.
Wich Sid came over and whispered,
Hay, how about If we pertend to
play a game with him and tell him
10 set there and count out loud and
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philander. Besides which he is bound
TO his wife by the strongest of all
ties, mutual interest. They have every
thing in common. and you cannot
make home together and bring chill
dren into the world, and smile over
cradles and weep over little collins
without a bond being formed that Is
harder than any other to break.
But the way to keep husband is
not by woman trying to keep young
and beautiful. and flirting with him
and attempting to preserve roman
tic atmosphere. IL Is by making him
comfortable, and being good pals with
him. DO that and you can't lose him
unless he is a born wanderer and
nothing can keep a stray dog at
home.
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OF course. Mrs. Fox had never heard
this saying, but she knew that some
thing must be done, for Mr.. Fox was
20 cross and found so much fault with
every meal that was served his poor
wife was at her wits end worrying
over what she should have for dinner
each day
Il am tired of chicken growled
Mr.. Fox one day. 1T is chicken.
chicken, chicken. Why don't you have
duck or turkey once in a while?H
Il did cook turkey only last week. "
replied poor Mrs. Fox, 'and you said
1T was out Of season and that chicken
was the only food fit to eat this time
of year"
But though Mr.. Fox found fault
with the food he never left any of
it on his plate and very little on the
table when he finished a meal. He was
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Want TO be where the crowds OF
visitors go2 Go to Brandywine Springs
Park.-Adv.
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ANENEMY TO THE KING

by
Tho
Philip winwood Captain Raenshaw
Flight
OF Clement
Copyright Page Co. tho Page Co. Successors
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BeilefoDte Ladies' Aid Meeting.
The ladies' Aid Society q Beiicfonfs
NJ. =. Church win meet in the church
tomorrow afternoon.
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THE SANDMAN STORY
.HUNGER's THE BEST SAUCE
By Abbie Phillips Walker

Mcclure
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DOROTHY DIX >APOTHEOSIZES
THE AMERICAN HUSBANDS
Trdn Men, and Reads to Her Com
Qualities the Average Man Found
t5
woman writes

Copyright 1921 BY the Wheeler Syndicate Inc
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crvriEh1 Kiax FsA1Hrss ssass-.na IN
The Ordway new era., 1921-03-25

We have a stock of visiting card
iiou card use, at tEe New Era.
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ERVN-BoYCE

Mr S ? Boyce and Mrs Matte
Erwin. both Of this city. we're mar
RED ct La Junta on Monday of this
week The ceremony took place AZ
3 o'clock Monday afternoon and the
ceremony was performed by Justice
letter of L. Juntz- Mr- and Mrs
BOyce returned to ordway that even
ing and have moved to the Schroeder
ranch west Of town where they viii
make their home during the coming
season
2r- Boyce has been resident OF
OrdEay for the past five years and
his bride has resided here for almost
twenty years She Is well known
thruoUf this section Of the valley as
=Ee vas he proprietor OF the Park
ll0'ei for several years Their many
friends extend to them best wishes
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Health Notice

On account of the spread of small
poS and other conta gfous diseases
thruout the county and wanting the
same stamped out as quickly as pos
sible. the county board of health will
enforce the following rules and regu-
lations as adopted by the State Board
of Health, Nov. s, 1920.
Reporting of Cases.
It shall be the duty of every physi-
clan in attendance upon a case Of re-
portable disease to report the same
Immediately to the local health Of
iieer, within whose jurisdiction such
case occurs.
Nurses, midwiyes. teachers, heads
OF private households and proprietors
and keepers of hotels. boarding
houses or lodging houses. or other
persons either treating or having
knowledge of a reportable disease
shall be required to report such dis
ease coming under their observation.
when no physician is in attendance.
Any person violating these rules
is subject to a fine not exceeding
three hundred dollars for each Of
fense. Signed.
COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION
TO LEASE STATE LAND

On:ce Of the State Board of Land
Commissioners, Denver, Colorado,
March 4. 1921
Notice is hereby given that A. R.
WaH whose postoffice address is
Sugar City. Colorado, has made ap-
plication No B-2692 to lease the fol-
lowing described Indemnity school
lands. situated in Crowley County,
Colorado. to-wit:
SCI OF SEi4 of Section 6. NE u
and E y of Sci. of Section Z. NV 4
and EIa of SWi4 of Section II. NE
of Section 90. Township 81 South,
Range 55 West.
Notice is further hereby given that
ell other persons desiring to file an
application to lease all or any part
of this tract of land must file same
in this Office prior to April s. 1921,
as no other application to lease the
above described lands will be con-
sidered after said date.
J. F, VIVIAN,
Register State Board
Land Commissioners.
First Publication March II, 1921
Last Publication April l. 1921.
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Ordway New Era. Printing s-es
r. W. English Lbr- Co Coal lz-ee
Ordvay Hdve & + Co sun
dries
Ginger & Mccoy. Livery - 2-oe
Telephone Co., Phone ---- Ssv
Oliver Garage. sundries---- u-fV
DR.. z. o. MeCleary, Special
Onllss F91a Hose asss D $1,000
JOHN B. ESTES.
Town Clerk
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INJURED IN EXPLOSION

Frank Kotte was quite severely
h,rnsa ON last Saturday morning al
about o'clock when the iurhase ~
the school exploded. He opeheu .ne
furnace door and as he ala SO .ne
furnace exploded blowing all the
doors of the boiler room open, Sc
verely burning his face and left manu-
also injuring his eyes to some extent
The attending physician accompahi-
cd him to Pueblo Monday to have MS
ewes treated. The force OF the ex-
plosion Knocked him backwards into
the coal barrow and saved the flames
from reaching his clothing.
The Ordway new era., 1921-03-25
GAVE BIRTHDAY PARTY

Mrs. y. A BoIlacker entertained
one day last week in honor of her
little daughter. Marian's 9Th birth
dav Dainty refreshments of ice
cream cake. apples cu6 candy were
served. 20 the follos<ing little guests:
Edna Bzrtsch. Anna Worden. Glenn
ua Ross. Ruth and GEendolyn
Smith. Bertha Wsimer. Helen Refs
niger. Dorothy Piulott. Frances Boil
lacEer- D1roth III Lee. Irene Carpenter.
Elilor McCleary. Esther Drescher.
Lola Claire Huffman. Milton Boil
lzcke-. Jr. and Miss Smell and Miss
Case. Mrs NJ. 2. Bollocker assisted
If serving
The Ordway new era., 1921-03-25
THE oRDWAY NEW ERA
CITY CLAIMS ALLOWED

Al regular meeting of the Board
cs -sustees of the Town of Ordway
the following bills were allowed:
John Plieman, Marshal --$100. 90
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CHRISTIAN CHURCH

sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Preaching at IL a. m and 1880 p. M
There will be a special program in
all the services next Sunday which
Will be appropriate for Easter
The subject OF the sermon IN 7he
morning will be The Resurrection.
Christian Endeavor at $50 p. m.
Junior at p N. A very cordial m
yitstion is extended to all and the
membership is urged to attend all
OF these services.
]. L. RAINS. Minister.
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4 CHILD DIES

Lillian Bernice Steward the little
daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. Lucas B.
Steward died at the home. AZ miles
west Of Ordway OF Tuesday March
p. OF scarlet fever She was
years. I months and II days old at
the time OF her death. The funeral
services were held Wednesday at 10
o'clock AZ the grave. The family
have heen residing here for the past
two years.
The many friends Of the family eI-
tend their sympathy in their hour of
bs-savement.
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|. LOCAL !
HAPPENINGS

NrJ.S. Bunch has been i'll for the
1sst few DAYS but is little improved.
The Misses Nora sad Maisie Cupp
vent to Pueblo Saturday to visit their
brothers Harley Is in a hospit-
al ~irh . broken leg the result OF an
sccsdent ST the steel work Nora
returned Sunday evening, but Aaisie
vii stay in Pueblo where she is EN-
nloyed in hospital.
Ms Chas. Sover- and daughter,
Naioua. ci Rocky Ford, we're in Ord
way saturday visiting friends and
7slzEtyss-
Ms S Garfield and son. John, Of
Ec=leI. spent Sua5ay a the home of
Mrs Caaaeld's daughter, Mrs z. c.
Pechin-
NJ and Mrs. Guy Henderson were
;le guests of Mr. and Ms. Martin T.
Ss-sOn on Sunday evening at :iN
o'eloek dinner
Lester Hauth anG MT- Glen, of Pu-
sbio. spent cpe day last week visiting
with the Lester Manning family
Mss La Vera McNuIty. OF Colorado
Springs. arrived Saturday evening
1ta- = WISH VIII ne L u laws lam
ily and other friends. Miss McNul
= = former resident Of this city.
Z C Pechin says. in speaking for
the farmers. that they most heartily
appreciate the new hitching posts for
rhe-r teams.
T, NJ. Caltharp is i'll wF.h rheuma-
tisu-
Mrs Nellie AlswoT-h received word
Sunday evening that her sons wife
Mrs Brainard Alsworth, of near Trim
idzd was critically i'll She left early
Monday morning to be with her in
definitely.
Mrs. a Bru1tor and little son,
arthur left Sunday evening for Miss
ouri for six weeks visit with one of
he- daughters.
Mrs VIM. Edgar and daughter,
Hiss Mildred. spent sunday in Pueblo
returning Monday Ev ming.
d. and Mrs. L. ". Whitaker spent
Sunday with DR.. and Mrs. ". H.
HsinEle Of Fow.er.
Mrs. Lcgan Tucker shopped in Pu-
ebio Tuesday.
Mrs Mary En1owe and Mrs. L. V.
Newman were shopping in Rocky
Ford one day last week.
Miss Edith walkup burned her
hand quite severely Monday evening
by spilling hot grease over it.
Miss Clara Hoffmyer of Colorado
Springs, is visiting this week with
Mrs. Frank Mallet. Miss Hoffmyer
Springs.
Mrs I. H Stanley has been quite
sick this week
Mrs Frank Enyert is quite sick
suffering an attack Of pneumonia.
Dr. and Mrs l. R. Dillon were Wis
iting in Pueblo Monday and attended
{ meeting of the Eastern Star that
night
Mr. and Mrs. H C. Bates visited
IL Pueblo the latter part of last week.
Fred Henderson and Newton Boil
lacker were in Pueblo on business
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs Edw. Day Barker of
Colorado Springs are here to spend
the next several days as an outing,
and to enjoy the happy medium in
altitude. They have spent a portion
of each year in Florida and other
coast points for the benefit of Mr..
Barker's health but find sea level too
low. Mr.. Barker says that he notices
the change here over the high alti-
trde at the Springs and is feeling
quite good. Mr.. Barker is a cousin
of Chas. E. Barker of this city.
We have stock of visiting card
The Ordway new era., 1921-03-25

Paper clips at the New Era office.
The Ordway new era., 1921-03-25

And more than that thai
ter plants all kinds of seed, ~
forInly-you get uniform crop ro,s
and increased yields. Sa
1t has a variable drop-,u
can change the plantiny 1. 4;
tances to suit the VARYING frrt;s.. = i,
your soil without changing G pIsis
This change can be made ;n,.,.s
without stopping the horses.
1t is easy to opcrate-doub,s,
foot-lift; one lever for leyel;n, :,
another for accurate depth.,s,,.
ton.
We want you to see why u,;o, A.
lister will make it easier for ycu 4
produce more bushels per aIe. y,
will be glad to demonstrate il to va
The Ordway new era., 1921-03-25
CLASS ENTERTAINED

Mrs. 2. ". Pimlort entertained
Mrs. Moneys Sunday school class on
Monday evening At an Indoor Field
Meet" About Twenty-Five OF The
class members we're present and they
had q very enjoyable time Dainty
refreshmenIs were se-ed in appro-
pirate Easter style as we're the dec-
o-ations
The Ordway new era., 1921-03-25

Farmers who want a lighter tractor,
built ike high-grade automobile but
with the same sturdiness and reliability
OF the Titan, can now get the Interna-
tional 6-lo at $1,000 fol b. Chicago.
We have long restricted the sale Of
this model to limited territory, but
increased production enables US to re-
The Ordway new era., 1921-03-25
The Lister That Spaces
Rows Uniformly

Especially when you in
tend to use a tWo-row culti-
vator, it is a big advantage to
plant your crop in rows that are
spaced uniformly.
That is one of the sig advan-
tages that using our John Deere
Trench Guide Lister gives you. 1t
makes every row in the field exactly
the same distance apart from one end
of the field to the other.
Using a two-row cultivator
on the rows planted with this
lister is just as easy as using single
row>cultivator.
The Ordway new era., 1921-03-25
II It's If, then?

If you can't do your laundrying at
home, if you do not want to do it
at home, then send it to us. We ham
die every sort of work from the
heavy to the finest leces and draper
ies-and it will be dcne right.
VALLEY LAUNDRIES co.
Rocky Ford
b. FRANK MILLER, Agent.
The Ordway new era., 1921-03-25

Another unit in the American Bureau Fed.r,on ,
steps toward oodiy organization through the action OF sng
yo of b eainns convention at Chicago The fruit
tnrouen present distribution
P fS or ~ @ cents bgshe-sng for 10 each in bs ey y
& Rs ssuss I n the Chicago meeting Howard of The F e
s eSw siatng the market dumping asonosds Il @
ty interruptions forcing market down "eoaed freely
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Fresh or STORAGE?


of Indiana the State food and drug
Fluctuations high
that rabbits sold after the
closesJ January marked storage
and did
appreciate citizens the little
rabbits offered
The rabbit not
which recognizes closed but
has o call readily.
fresh meat is either fraud violation
of game both the awwhich
is
that after
only rabbits available
requiring
Searching like searching things
wits adds to the
should Fresh"
AStorage" when?
Il designated the she'll
there
it would insure something for breakfast
the poketbook
eggs meat they require marking
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PUSs IN BOOTS JR.
BY David Cory

full that Puss turned to the little White
Snake ard said:
"Do you think we can rescue this I'M
happy Primer"
1--WE can at least try" she replied, and
then she looked all over the wall for
hole to crawl into. And at last she found
one close to the ground.
Now listen to me-" she said. Il will
crawl inside and if l can reach his room,
1 will tell you what to do" And then
she disappeared, while Puss waited, look
ing up at the window all the while. And
maybe after thirteen minutes or so, he
saw her waving to thim. And then she
let down a slender thread.
''Fasten your sword to It," she called
So Puss did, and the thread was so
strong that 1t never broke when the
Prince pulled the sword up to the win
dow
Well. after awhile, the Prince cut out
the iron bars from the stone, which was
old and soft, and after he had placed the
little White Snake in his pocket, he
jumped down to the ground. And then
he and Puss lost no time in hiding them
selves in the wood, let me tell you, for
they were afraid the prison keeper would
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soon find out that the Prince had es-

soon find out that the Prince had es-
capped.
Well, 1t wasn't very long before they
heard the bayiDg of hounds. ''Oh, dear"
cried the Prince, They will surely find
us now!"
do as I tell you," said the little
Snake, land we will escape, never fear"
And then she took some wonderful
scented powder out of her vanity bag
and sprinkled it over the soles of the
Princes boots, and over Puss Juniors,
too, and then over herself.
Come. let US hasten away" she said
1.-THE hounds Will never scent us now,
for they will think that violets have
fallen where we have stepped" So the
Prince took Puss by the paw and away
they ran after the little White Snake who
glided in front Of them as swiftly as
silver arrow.
And the next story will tell you what
happened after that.-Copyright 1921.
Ito Be Continually
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Worn Out

considerable disappointment great
friends Samuel Lewis Shank that his for
did with better reception than it did
of seriously acclaim It
odime enthusiasm difficult to explain
himself continues be the picturesque bizarre od
surrounding him whose loyalty be
greatly
estimated.
platform will
ne high this community.
Indianapolis has had plenty the common people and the vicious
citizens realize that isn't the
politicians
hi tried hard to describe
body polite is become 1t is viewing the
community
particularly that bring
candidate
start that the candidate public will have offer
sopethng the
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The OrbiSOn Farce

The Or6isOn Farce
Prohibition Indiana people of this State voted long
before the constitutional continue be in
neny farce just as long good cf
of hypcical officials who ppar
emily believe in prohibition only the other fellow.
Support with the law and mpore with liquor
is well Illustrated in Orbison prohibition direc-
quarts Of whisky his office
AS expected his Illegal traffic booze affected
various Of community differently
Those who whisky his Dear Jerry let
tiers were quick rally who dppoin
ed that they were not condemned him for his evil
the political leaders OF party with Whcn ne was
Those who ndy fancy beyond repoach
unwilling believe the evidence OF the records against
Orbison. .
# has remained however in the State to
come unquaedy Ray beneficiary of the sus
pended the penenary hurried 10
defense Herald and the Fl Wayne Journal
Gazette the organ of Fleming have done
reckng the Democratic party fastened to tell It's
that Orbisons whisky dispensing authorized"
The ournaIGazete
and no one his integrity until he became
reference to many evidently
the ' hight t1 against him"
Of it fact as the Fl Wayne liquor well
knew letters made public by himself admitted
ts under the law whisky this
ReieratOns to the contrary from such source as tne %
fortunately do not legaze what the v0iSead act expressly
there are who not deceived
Issue edited by E. S Shunaker
superintendent Indiana AntisaOOn League says:
created recently throughout the state over the
or6ison Federal prohibition commissioner
chief Of police to give whisky taken by the
individuals fol medical other
permit either the sale or
The only kind Of liquor which
acono
and that
a physician active practice
special dispatch Indianapolis
Bliss assistant prohibition commission
of prohibition
law he did not know how pohibon
withdrawal of
the Federal
delivered
highest bidder it being assumed that the
dispose OK
liquor, $500, -
disposition will be OF this matter
yet
Indiana
OF
AnttSaoon which pretends to
prohibition. had the
information that the Times creating which
superintendent information while whisky
being station the Dear Jerry orders
a summary 0 episode reveals that:
liquor himself agents
others witho any of medical
he Federal Court officials had received
investigation in
attempt to
engaged in other important in
consider the matter
thoroughly permeaed
neicency attention
publicity and propaganda de-
whisky for office use use In invs
seizng Instruments the said propaganda consisting
o a he Serving humanity