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his house trying out this game leg
of his. BY Jove, he was no end
bucked to see me. And talk! He
simply jabbe'ed. I said, by Jove,
Sabre, one would think you hadn't
met anyone for a month the way
you're unbelt:ng the sacred rites of
welcome He laughed and said.
Well, you see. I'm a bit tied to a
post with this leg Of mine.'
II. @
We'll, old Sabre took me into a
room on the ground floor where
they'd put up a bed for him. him no.
being able to do the stairs, Of course.
well. as I say, old man, 1 always
rather liked his wife. I-always-
Observation-Disclosures. But somehow, as
we went on through lunch, and then
on after that. l didn't like her quite
80 much. Have you ever seen a wom-
an %unp.cking a bit Of sewing? AL
ways looks rather angry at t. | sup
pose because it's got to be %unpicked,
They sort of flip the threads out, as
muc as to say Come out OF it, drat
that a the way she spoke to old
Sabre. Sort of shipped off the end
Of what he was saying and left it
hanging, if o follow me.
"Mind you, I don't mean that he
was cowed and afraid to open his
mouth in his wife's presence. Moth
ing a bit like that. What I got out
Of it was that he was starved, in
,t~ellectually starved, mentally starved,
starved of the good old milk of .hu-
man kindness-that's what I mean.
Course, she may have had jolly good
reason. ! daresay she had. Still,
there it was and it seemed rather
rotten to me. 1 didn't like it. Damn
it, the chap only had one decent leg
nde the table and an uncommonly
tired-looking face above it, and I felt
rather sorry for him."
Presently he settled himself
down and we began talking. He's
got some ideas. old Sabre has. He
didn't talk about the war. He talked
a lot about the effect Of the war on
people and On institutions. and that
sort of CUFF. Devilish deep, devilshly
interesting. l won't push it on II
you. ~
Tell o one thing. though, ius,
to give you an idea of the way he's
been develop ng all these years. He
talked about how sickened he was
with all this stuff in the papers and
IN the pulpits about how the nation,
- val Az passing through the
purslng fires of salvation and is GO
ing TO emerge with higher, nobler,
purer ideals, and all that. He said
not So. ''They talk about the na-
tlon turning back to old faiths, 10 The
old God of their fathers. Man he
said, what a you see alreadv9
temples everywhere to a new Cod
Observation-Disclosures
II said to him, Whats the remedy.
Confined Tomorrow Evcn;no
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-12

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r. .- HOnAE lOWN,
- uoesn matter much be its build
angs great or small. ~
'oane town, h home town is the
M, pest town, after all.
2" cle.es or the millions have the
sun and stars above. >o
no' they lack the friendly faces If the
Ava 10" you've learned to love.
o WIN an their pomp of riches and
III. win al their teeming thrones
LUG heart Of man is rooted in the
town where he belongs.
mere are places good to visit. thar.
are cities fair to see. o
A"ere are naunts OF charm and beautv
wnere at times it's good II ~
put the humblest little hamlet sine. .
melody to some, eo q
ana no matter where they trave, q =,
calling them to come: :"
inougn cities rise to greatness a..
are gay with gaudy dress ""o
mere Is something in the home +o,,.
"hlcn no other towns possess
me nome town has q treasure which
n distance cannot eain W
AZ is there the hearts are Eira,.
e the gentlest3 friends ~
IL Is there q mystic sometime 49,.
to permeAte the air 'een
10 set the weary wanderer Ia
he was there. slAns
AND ne It great or humble. Il .t,,,
holds mankind in thraip S'Mi
For the home town, the nome to,.
the best town, after ali '0"n -
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-12
THE CHECK-OFF SYSTEM

The Coal Age, of New York, the principal coal
trade journal OF the country, gives this account of
the origin and operation of the "check-of" system
which is one of the subjects Of controversy between
the striking miners and the mine operators:
Briefly, the cneck-of is a system whereby the
operator deducts. or checks off from the miners
wages his union dues and assessments, and pays the
money to the representative of the union.
1T is a practice found nowhere else in the coal
mining industry.
1T places in the hands of the union a means Of
coercing everyone into it's ranks.
Upon taking his job a union bituminous coal
miner agrees, either expressly or automatically, that
all of his financial obligations to the union, which
may include national, state and local dues, special
assessments and fines, shall be discharged before he
receives any return for his labor.
1.-THE system has developed gradually with the
spread of union influence in the bituminous coal
mines.
1T originated when the mine workers obtained
sanction for the employment of acknowledgment to
keep account of the production of each miner as the
coal was hoisted to the surface.
"These check-weighmen are paid by the miners
themselves, and it was agreed that each miner
should contribute a definite proportion of his out
put toward the acknowledgements wages and that
the money equivalent of this share should be de-
Quoted from his wages by the operator.
"This plan, it will be noted, originally involved
only the miners who are paid on a tonnage basis.
The day workers inside and outside of the mine
were not concerned.
Later IL became necessary Tor i the miners
union, in financing some lo~ng-drawn-out disputes
with operators, to make assessments against the
union membership.
Local unions were instructed by international
headquarters to have these assessments checked off
by the operators in the fields not involved in the
disputes. The miners organization was strong
enough to force this action regardless of the OBJ
orators protest.
THE not unnatural %outgrowth of this was the
extension of the system until today, in the unionized
bltt1minous coal mines, all classes of mine employees
are affected.
The check-off became part of local wage
agreement in the central competitive field in 1898.
Prior to that time it had been the custom for
committees Of the local unions to stand at the mouth
Of the mines on the days when union dues were to
be paid. If a miner did not pay, the committee re-
fused permission for him to return to work.
It was this practice, which often in~terfered
with. the operation of the mines, which eventually
led to the operators agreeing to the check-of.
Union officials interpret the check-off as a
Convenient method, mutually agreed between en-
ployer and employee, for collecting dues"
4 the system had continued to be just that,
there probably would be no objection to it by the
operators
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-12
LADS d 0Vrp

Moorhead. Mimi April 12-~.
poys; minors, were bound over 70
district y charged with burrl.r,
y srr * folloxinE their arrest yes.
a aras ai,. ~ M % police. The boys
Northern box cAra and stolen = au ~
tity OF tobacco. They were Iuan,
before judge p. y. Wade IL nsi nen
court. Both youngsters cisim ~
are from Detroit. MINI. .ne s
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olQ1l Il

Arriving in London about nine. he
stood on a street refuge to let by a
cab coming out of the station. AS
women; and one saw him-Nona! OF
all incredible things. Mona!
She stopped the cab and he hur-
ried after it.
"Nona!"
"Marko!"
She said, I'm hurrying to Euston
to catch a train. Tony's mother is
with me-"
How funny her voice was. Mona,
you look i'll. You sound ill. What's
up? Is anything wrong?"
She said, "Oh, Mako, Tony's
killed"
"Nona!"
.... That came ~careering head
long. as though malignity. bitter and
wanton, had loosed a savage bolt.
IX.
On the following morning he
crossed to France, there to take up
again that strange identity in whose
occupancy his own self was held in
allegiance, wa ting his return. Seven
months passed before he returned
to that waiting identity and he re-
sumed 1t then permanently-one
with the a The tremendous fight
ing Of 1917v7his participation in the
war-hts tenancy of the strange per-
sonality caught up in the enormous
machinery of it attended for him in
the great break through of the Hin
denburg Line in November. On ton
OF a recollection Of sudden shock.
then of whirling giddiness in which
he was conscious of some enormous
violence going on but could not feel
it-like Gas he afterwards thought)
beginning to come to in the middle
Of a tooth extraction under gas-on
the top of these and of extraordinary
could not at all understand came
someone saying:
Well. it's goodby to the war for
He knew that he was aware-and
somehow for some time had been
aware-that he was in a cot in a ship,
He said. II got knocked out, didn't
II"
.... Someone was telling him
some interminable story about some
n beng. wounded in the shoulder
n In the knee. He said, and his
voice appeared to him to be all jum-
bled W and thick, well, I don't care
a damn" ... . Someone laughed.
PART FOUR
MABEL-EFFIE-NONA
CHAPTER T..
Said Hapgood-that garrulous Hap
good, solicitor, who first in this book
spoke of Sabre to a mutual friend
said Hapgood, seated in the comfort
able study Of his flat, to that same
friend, staying the night:
We'll, now, old man. about Sabre.
Well, I tell you it's a funny business
"a dashed funny business. the posi-
ton old Puzzlehead Sabre has got
himself Into.
Look here. this is April. April.
1918. Well, old Sabre got knocked
out In France just about five months
ago, back. in November. He, copied
1t twice-shoulder and knee. Shout
der moth ng much; knee pretty bad.
Thought they'd have to take his leg
on, one time. Thought better Of it,
thanks be; patched him up; dis
charged him from the army; and
sent him home-very groggy.> only
just able to put the bad leg to the
ground ~crutches, and going to be q
stick and a bit Of q limp ali his life
Very we'll. That's as he was when
! first saw him again. That was back
m February. Early, in February, two
months ago. There was good old me
down in Tidborough on business-and
remembering about old Sabre having
been wounded and discharged, blew
into Fortune. East and sabre's for
news Of him.
"of course he wasn't there. saw
old Fortune n the man Twyning
about as genial and Communicative
az a maiden amt t0vnr a :, r.1a1
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-12

Lady Astor who could not resist the "tempta-
tons to belong to other nations is to pay US j visit
and : few unpleasantriea
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-09
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN
ARE READY FOR MEET
SATURDAY AFTERNOON

New Mexican cavalrymen in va
rious mounted struggles will be
the feature outdoor event next
Saturday afternoon. Troopers of
Headquarters troop of the New
Mexico national guard will COM
pete in various "horseback" events
at Huning pasture, beyond Wash
ington park. The meet will start
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. By
way of variety, a few dismounted
events will be interspersed among
the mounted events.
The national guard troopers will
face each other in Roman races,
with both two and four horses in
teams, egg races, with the troopers
riding "hell-for-l leather" while
they try to balance an egg in the
bowl of a tablespoon, potato races,
Roman ridden hurdle races and va
rious other events. Tteams of
troopers will also compete in the
mounted tug Of war.
Captain ]. +. Harm has an
nounced that all arrangements for
the meet are complete and that
ribbons will be awarded in the va
rious other events. Teams of
customary blue, red and yellow. for
first, second and third. Sergeants
M. j. Angel and Il. r. Stackhouse
arranged the plans for the meet.
Captain Harm has announced
that the meet will be open to the
public, without charge. All who
are able to do 20 are urged to at
tend and note the well drilled
military organization which Albu-
duerque boasts.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-09
EAR; 2.]!;ss OI1llM,1Es pROBlLEMS RS b

Also, they must be generously
smeared with cold cream each time
before washing. 1t might be
thought that warm water would
neutralize the action of the grease,
but 1t does not. and the nails are
cleaned without becoming over
dry in the process.
In extreme cases It is well to tie
the finger tips in oil for the night.
For this small pieces of absorbent
cotton may be wet with 1t and
bound on with narrow bits OF mus
lin. This will not soil the bedding,
and after a weeks application the
nails will surely be in better con-
dition.
Wearing old gloves when doing
even the simplest kinds Of house
work is one of the best precautions
against drying the skin. They will
keep out dirt and do wonders to-
ward rendering the skin and cuti-
Gle soft and white. If 1t Is necessary
to plunge the fingers into strong
soap water plenty of the grease
must be rubbed on afterward and 2
thorough washing given with a soft
soap. This treatment will entirely
prevent any harm from coarse
soap.
After washing and wiping, the
hands should he rubbed with a
mixture Of glycerine ana rosewater
IN proportion Of one-third of the
former to two-thirds Of the latter.
Pain water may he substituted for
rose and five drops Of carbolic acid
TO two gilIs Of the mixture will aEd
10 Its merits. It should be wiped
off after using.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-09
R. WRIGHT COLLECTS
STATE BOUNTY ON is
PREDATORY ANIMALS

Rollo Wright a we'll known trap
per Of predatory animals brought
l6 hides to the county clerks Of
flee yesterday. There were IA
coyote hides and two of wildcats,
All the animals had been trapped
in the Canon Davie during the
past four weeks.
Wright presented the hides at
the county clerks office for the
bounty offered by the state on
various predatory animals. After
County Clerk Fred Crollott had
registered the hides Wright took
them with him to prepare them
for shipment He will ship the
hides to st. Louis fur company.
All Of the hides are in prime con-
dition and he expects top price for
them.
Wright reports there have been
rumors of several wolves having
been seen over in the Canon Davie
section. While he has not seen
any himself and does not place
any great faith in the rumors, he
intends to place a number of
traps where wolves would be most
likely to cross in that section.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-09

For this little Miss the problem
of what to wear has been ade-
quately solved by a charming frock
of beige silk crepe, with an inter-
esting treatment of shadow striped
plaid taffeta. Anyone's mother, or
capable older sister, can manage a
frock like this, for the design is
the simplest imaginable. 1t may
also be copied in wool jersey with
contrasting color for trimming.
Several new fabrics were con-
spicuous in recent collection of
children's frocks shown by we'll
known Fifth Avenue shop. A ma
terial called sessura has O. rough
crossbar thread woven in contrast
ing color. Another, knitted fab
ric in silk and wool, was shown
either in contrasting or solid tones,
and with velvet collar and cuffs
contributed a very attractive little
frock.
A particularly successful frock
in this collection is ideal for play,
the skirt being divided at the sides
over a pair of boomers. This
model is made in serge or in wool
jersey.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-09
Local. WE DD|NG
IS Celebrated
WITH CEREMONY
Marriage Yesterday Morn
ing of Miss Stortz and
Mr.. MCCanna an impress
SiVe Affair.

One of the most beautiful and
impressive wedding ceremonies of
the season was that for Miss Grace
Stortz, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank A. Stortz, and Raymond j,
McCanna, son of Mrs. 2. L. Nc
Gamma, which was performed at
10 o'clock yesterday morning at
the church of the Immaculate
Conception in the presence of a
large number of friends.
The candle lighted altar of the
church was decorated in orchid
and green, the color scheme of the
wedding, with masses of orchid,
chrysanthemums, palms and ferns.
The pews for the wedding party
were roped off with greens and
tulle, and q white path led from
the door of the church to the altar
rail for the bride and her attend
ants.
Two little flower girls in orchid
and green ruffled taffeta frocks,
Ruth Reynolds and Maize Jane
Martin, carried baskets of ophelia
roses and lavender sweet peas.
They were followed in the bridal
procession by Jerre Haggard, Jr.,
in a white satin and lace page suit
carrying the ring in a lily. Miss
Margaret McCanna, sister of
the bridegroom, as maid of honor,
wore q dress of cream lace with
jade and orchid girdle and an or
child taffeta hat. She carried an arm
bouquet of orchid chrysanthemums
The bride who came down the aisle
on the arm of her father, was
lovely in a gown of white brocaded
satin trimmed with princess lace,
She wore a white metal cloth train
and lace veil held to her head with
tiara of lace. She carried an arm
bouquet Of white brides roses and
lilies of the valley. Her mother
wore a handsome dress Of black
crepe heavily beaded.
Mr.. McCanna was attended by
his brother, Joseph McCanna, as
best man. The ushers were Ira
Boldt and M. A. Sipple. Exquisite
music was rendered during the
nuptial mass by Miss Helen Gurule
on the pipe organ and Mrs. John
IL SldIh OIl lllS NlOlllls
sohn's wedding march was played
for the entrance of the bridal par
ty, and "On Wings of Song and
"At Dawning" were played during
the ceremony. Frank Darrow sang
Gounod's ave Marie" with a vio-
lin obligato by Mrs. Clark, and
Because" The triumphal march
from aida" was played as the
bride ard groom left the church.
mediately following the cere-
mony wedding breakfast was
served to 60 friends at the Alvara-
do. The long table in Taft hall
was decorated with orchid chry-
and lighted by jade
and orchid candles. The place
cards were doll favors and lace
doilies were at each place for the
wedding cake souvenirs.
Mr.. and Mrs. McCanna left on
the eastbound limited yesterday
evening for a honeymoon in New
York. They were accompanied to
the train by a large party of
friends. On their return they will
be at home in their new resi-
dence at COL Luna boulevard,
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-09
Woman's Daily Magazine Page
A STENOGRAPHER'S ROMANCE
BY JANE PHELPS

that she loved him for himself, not
for what he was"
cor wasn't" Nellie interrupted.
ut seems to me he wasn't much or
he'd have married her instead of
the other woman"
She wasn't in his class" Gladys
said. "And when it comes to mar
rying ] guess men like the kind of
girls they have been used to. not
girls their friends won't know. |
can't help being sorry for the wives
of such men. They are probably
doing their best to be good wives,
but If one believes what the papers
say, men with money are hard to
hold. Poor Della"
II shall hunt her up in a day or
two" Cora said. she had been
reading the note again. II wish
we might help her--help her to see
what she is doing. She isn't bad,
but I fear her love will ruin her
just the same"
But girls who have their living
to earn, girls whose time is so fully
occupied, have little time to think
of others unless they happen to be
near them. So in their work
Della was quite forgotten for a day
or two, although Cora determined
to spend part of Sunday in an at
tempt to locate her She would
ask William to help her.
Saturday afternoon Nellie came
in with a paper in her hand. She
looked excited. and before she re-
moved her hat said:
Read this. Coral" and handed
her the paper. pointing to big
black headlines:
GIRL SUICIDE IN MADISON
SQUARE PARK
NO CLUE TO HER IDENTITY" :"
Then underneath IN s%aller type
was description of ho& the girl
was found, by whom, and also
description of her clothing:
"She was neatly but plainly
dressed in a dark blue silk. blue
hat, black pumps and stockings.
Her underwear was of good quail
ity, and verv clean. She had dark
hair, large brown eyes and regular
features"
The girls stared at each other as
Cora finished reading. The body
had been taken to the morgue to
await Identification.
isn't it dreadful!" Nellie said.
Il wonder why she did it?"
II wonder--who she was" Cora
said slowly. II wonder If 1t could
be Della II that was what she
meant when she said she couldn't
live without him? The description
would fit her--she wore a blue
dress and hat the other night"
ut would be too dreadful!" Nell
lie broke in. her face white. THAT
man would be her murderer"
Tomorrow-Della Black a Sui
eide.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-09
CANnOR

James Towhead went to Ding
bats store, where he had pur-
chased goods, salt Goldfish, varnish
for the floor, and purple riding
hoods, and saws to hew, and drills
to bore, and shredded breakfast
foods. James said, "The first will
soon be here, when 1 should pay
my bill, but 1 can't do that same,
fear, I'm broke, already, still;
1 have an abscess in my ear, my
wife is lying i'll. Misfortune hit
me unawares and made my spirit
groan; the way my gouty father
swears would rend a heart of
stone, my aunt fell down the cell
lar stairs and broke her collar
bone. The surgeon, always at my
gate, has made my bundle thin;
the druggist brings his precious
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-09
half THE Fight
AGAINST ILLNESS
Keep the Liver Prepared to
Do Its Duty in Cleansing
the System - Black
Draught viii Help.

Kernersville, N. C.-Mrs. Wes-
ley Mabe, who resides near here,
says Thedford's Black-Draught Ia
kept in her home all the time,
since it has proved very valuable
when used to correct derange-
ments of the liver, stomach and
bowels, and to help prevent sick
ness from developing from such
conditions.
"For dizziness, headaches, colds
and similar troubles, Black
Draught is a wonder" according
to Mrs. Mabe.
at helps carry away bile and
cold the easiest of any medicine
l ever saw.
II have used Black-Draught
with my whole family, and will
continue to do so, as it has
proven it's worth. We are glad
to recommend Black-Draught.
My health is Just fine"
Black-Draught has been found
a useful adjuvant in breaking up
colds, when the use of a laxative
or cathartic medicine is indicat-
ed. 1t acts upon the liver as a
tonic. helping 1t to drive poisons
and unheaithful matters from the
system.
Biliousness, dizziness. coatei
tongue. bitter taste in the mouth,
often warn you that your liver
Is out of fix. Don't neglect 1t.
Prevention of illness is better
than cure. Take Black-Draught
for your liver. Be sure you get
Most druggists sell Black
Draught.
Get package, today--Thed-
ford's.-Adv,
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-09

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have
gone with a young gentleman for
quite awhile and he wants me to
elope with him. / love him dearly.
but / can see no reason to elope,
as I know that If he asked my
father for me my father would
consent to our marriage. He abso-
lutely refuses to do that. He wants
to elope or nothing and says If !
won't elope with him he will get
some one who will.
Do you think his love Is sincere
If he talks that way? I have al.
ways had my own way. but | am
ye6y much undecided about this.
Would it be all right for me to go
with him or shall l give him up?
DAHLIA.
Your fiance's attitude toward
marriage is an index to his char
acter. He is thoughtless of the
his love for you is trifling or he
would not say that he will give you
up for another girl unless you will
elope with him. My advice is to
give him up and wait for some one
with finer feelings, greater capac-
ity to love and an unselfish nature.
Since your father would be so will
ing to give his consent to some
thing you wanted. it would be cruel
to elope.
Dear Mrs Thompson: ! have to
have my hands il water Il great
deal and aS a rpeult tba nails ha-
come brittle and break. What can
/ do for this?
WIFE AND MOTHER.
When the nails break constantly
they should be soaked every night
in slightly warm sweet almond oil.
The liquid may be put into a cup
at a depth just sufficient to cover
the finger tips. The same oil may
be used several times. The soak
ing must be for ten minutes at
least. Then the fingers must be
wiped, but not washed.