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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-11-18

Rabbit cannsry May Solve Problem.
In Argentina "a rabbit cunnery has
been established In the hope OF rid
ding some sections OF the country Of q
pest In a profitable way.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-11-18
No Maryland Bonus.

The Court Of Appeals of Maryland
eecently decided that the $9.OOO.OOO
soldier bonus, passed by the last leg
islature. Is unconstitutional. holding
that the referendum clause attached
IL in violation of the state constitu-
ton.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-11-18

During courtship woman clings to
q mans neck, but after marriage she
Il apt to walk on cit.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-11-18

- Yesterday Is gone: tomorrow may
never come; do It today.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-11-18

A RsvsaIsr Of fluctuations
81 thought you believed with Vollva
that the earth was fiat"
II did until had gone riding In
SprIngnlxe's secondhand car
Judge.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-11-18

nAnded year after year By moro people
than any other shoe In the world.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-09

I'll bring back backload, anyway"
Bill then announced he'd like to
find the grizzly's den. He felt sure
it was near.
But Harold had very special and
particular reasons why such course
appealed to him not at ali. Eyes
and maybe find a couple of other
bears in there, in the dark and no
chance to fight. I'm not interested,
anyway. Go and look, if you like"
Il will, if you don't mind. Do you
want to come, too, Virginia? There
no danger-really there isn't. If
this had been an old she-bear we
might have found some cubs, but
these old males travel around by
! themselves"
"Well be back in a minute, Har.
old. And if you don't mind--I'l
take my own gum"
! They exchanged rifles, and Vir
ginia and Bill started back toward
the fallen grizzly.
They back-tracked the bear
through the snow and came upon the
cavern mouth.
Back five feet from the opening the
interior was as dark as night; the
cavern walls, gray at the mouth
slowly paled and faded and were
obliterated in the gloom. Bill was
puzzled.
This cave-Ive never seen a cave
just Alike this. Virginia"
The man stepped forward and
scratched a match on the stone. II
fiared; the shadows raced away
Then Bills breath caught in half
sob.
Instantly he smothered the match
The darkness dropped around them
like a curtain. But in that instant
Of light Bill beheld scene that tore
at his heart
Against a cavern wall, long lost
in the irremediabel darkness, he had
seen a strange, white shape--a
ghostly thing that lay still and
caught the match's gleam--a grim
relic of dead years.
He turned to the girl, and his
voice was almost steady when he
spoke. You'd better go out, Vir-
ginia-into the light, he advised.
"Why? Is it-danger?'
"Not danger" His voice in the
silence thrilled her and moved her
"Only wickedness. But it isn't any
thing you'd like to See"
The single match-fare had re.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-09

yealed him the truth.
The thing he had seen was naked
skeleton, flesh and garments having
dropped away in the years; and the
grizzly had simply made his lair in
the old shaft of his fathers mine.
Bill had found his fathers sepulcher
at lastl
Il believe l understand" she said.
you've found your mine-and your
fathers body"
Yes. Just a skeleton"
''I'm not afraid. Don't you want
me to stay?"
I'D love to have you, if you will.
Some way--it takes away lot of my
bitterness-to have you here"
| He made another light.
They stood together, looking down
at the skeleton. But she wasn't
quite prepared for what she saw. A
little cry of horror rang strangely in
the dark shaft.
This had been no natural death.
Undoubtedly, the elder Bronson had
been struck down from behind, as he
worked, and he lay just as he fell
There was one wound in the skull,
round and CHASTITY, and in a moment
they saw the weapon that made it. A
rusted pick, such as miners use, lay
beside the body.
81 won't try to do much today"
the man told her, except to set up
one of my cornerposts and erect a
claim notice"
He held the light close, studying
the rear wall of the cave. 1t was
simply gravel bed, verifying his
guess that here lay an old bed of the
creek. In the first handful of stone
he scraped out he found "a half
ounce nugget.
'It's rich?" she asked.
Beyond what | ever dreamed. But
there's nothing more we can do now.
I've made my find at last-but it
doesn't seem to make meas happy
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-09

he has taken over the local insurance
business of Joseph E. Perkins, who is
moving to Jacksonville as state sup
ervisor for the Jefferson Standard
Life Company. Mr.. Matthews be-
comes district agent for the Jefferson
Standard, and assumes Mr.. Perkins
fire insurance connections and bust
ness as well. He has already taken
charge of Mr.. Perkins former office
in the Ryander theater building.
Mr.. Matthews, who is still young
man, was in the mercantile business
at Cartersville for twelve years be-
fore coming 70 Sumter county. he
opposed of most Of his farming IN
terests last fall, although retaining
part of them, and is now located
with Mrs. Matthews at 723 Fielder
street, Americas.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-09

as it ought to. OF course, that sight
there against the wall-would nat
urally keep man from being very
happy. Oh, if l could only find and
kill the devil who did it!'
He was setting his claim marks
when Harold came mushing toward
them.
So intent were they upon their
work than they didn't notice him
until he was almost up to them.
you've fonud mine?" ne guess
ed.
Virginia looked up, joyful at BilPs
good fortune. We've found his
fathers mine-the old shaft where
the bear has been sleeping. But
there's a dreadful side of it too"
Show me where it is. | wanted
to see it. Take me into it, Virginia
right away"
They started together. -.
(Cotinud in Our Next Issue.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-09
CARNIVAL MAN TRIES
TO TRAVEL AS BAGGAGE

Triton, Jan. 9.-Reealling Sig
nor Boccaio's story of ''The Man in
the Chest" and Harold's McGrath 5
1.-THE Man On the Box" a carnival
man, stranded in WilIacoochee, lived
through the unpleasant experiences
of "The Man in The Trunk" The
company had played Willacoochee,
evidently unproitably, and they
were preparing to leave with a trunk
checked for Atlanta. Officer Lee,
overhearing remark of one of the
company, became suspicious of the
contents of the trunk and orened it.
There was carnival man in it. We
draw the curtain while the reader
may imagine what happened to the
trunk and the man inside.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-09

In the snow and the silence-aWed,
terrified, ard estranged as if in a
dream.
Except for three forms that lay
still, half-buried and concealed in the
drifts, it was if the adventure had
never occurred.
The bullet had gone true. It had
pierced the animals neck, breaking
the vertebrae of the spinal column,
and life had gone out of him as a
flame goes out in the wind.
Bill was first to move. He had re-
Iceived only a glancing blow; the
drifts into which he had fallen were
soft as pillows. He crawled over
to Virginia's side.
He seized her shoulders and shook
her gently.
Instantly her eyes opened. Her
full consciousness returned to her
with rush. She was not scratched,
not even shocked by the fall, and she
reached up quickly for Bills hands.
And instantly, with sigh on her
lips, she sprang to her feet.
"You killed him?" she asked.
Bears all dead" he answered
cheerfully.
In the weeks they had been to-
gether, Bill had always been care
full never to try to show Harold
in bad light. 1t was Simply an eX-
preston Of the inherent deceney of
the man: he knew that Virginia
| loved him, that she had plighted her
troth to him, and as long as that
love endured and the engagement
stood, he would never try to shatter
her ideals in regard to him.
But iiarold had sickering and
ghastly fear of the sober query in
Bills eyes.
Why did you give me an unloaded
gun and tell me it was full?p Bill
demanded. Except for a good deal
Of luck there'd been smile on the
face of the gri2zly-b no Bill!
"And by the way" he went on, as
he waited for his reply. Il don't re-
member hearing your gun go off
during the fray. You might explain
that, toe"
Il didn't shoot because | couldn't
Harold replied, earnestly. "At first
you were between me and the bear
and then Virginia was. 1t all hap
pened so quickly that there was
nothing | 'hould do. can't imagine
why | forgot to reload the rifle. A
man can't always remember-every-
thing Thank God that it didn't
turn out any worse than it did,"
Bill nodded; the girls face showed
unspeakable relief. They gathered
about the gray grizzle form in the
snow.
Does this-help our food problem
any?" Virginia asked.
Except in an emergencv-no. He's
an old, tough brute. Strong as mink
and hard as rock. If we don't pick
up some more game during the day.
III hike over to my Twenty-three
Mile cabin and get the supplies I've
left over there There's a smoked
caribou ham, among other things.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-09
(continued From Last Issue. )

kICHt1nuG0 rem 1xdSN ASsucst
DII.LS bullet went straight home,
a. ripping through the lungs, tearing
the great arteries about the heart,
ghivering even portion of the heart
itself. An yet the grizzly sprang
like demon through the deep snow,
straight toward him.
Virginia's horrified eyes saw mis-
fingers race as he worked the lever
action Of the gun. The bear seemed
almost upon him And she
screamed when she heard the i'm
rotent click of the hammer against
tae breech. Bill had fired the elasle
shot that was in the gun.
Before ever he heard the sound
Harold remembered. In one wave Of
horror he recalled that he had for
gotten to refill the magazine with
Gaells. Yet leaping fast-red and
deadly upon the heels of his remorse
there came an emotion that scared
him like wall of fire. He saw Bills
fate.
Here was his enemy, the man he
hated above all living creatures, and
the blood just surged through him
like madness. In one wave Of
ecstasy he felt that he was about to
see the qualification of his hatred.
In the hands of the brave and loyal
man, the rifle Harold carried might
yet have been Bills salvation. Yet
Harold didn't lift it to his shoulder.
But at that instant aid came from
an unexpected quarter. Virginia re-
4me.nbered the pistol at her belt, and
she drew it in flash of blue steel.
True and straight she aimed toward
The glowing eyes of the grizzly.
At the angle that they struck, her
bullets did not penetrate the brain
but they did give Bill an instant's
reprieve. The bear struck at the
wounds they made, then halted, bawl-
ing, in the snow, His rowing eye
caught sight of Virginia's form.
With roar he bounded toward her.
The next instant was one of drama,
of incredible stress and movement
For all his mortal wounds, The short
distance between the bear and the
girl seemed to recede with tragic
swiftness.
Virginia stood her ground, firing
shot after shot into the animals
head. Because it was an automatic,
she was able to send home the loads
in rapid succession.
:. But Bill by now had found one Of
the extra shells Harold had given
him.
~. The grizzly was upon them.
He dropped the shell into the gun.
There was no time to raise the wea-
pom to. his shoulder. He pointed it
instinctiyely toward the gray throat.
And the end Of the barrel was
against the bears flesh as he pressed
the trigger.
No human eye could follow the
lightning events Of the next fraction
VI second. One instant, and the
three figures seemed all together;
Bill crouched with rifle held pointed
in his arms, Virginia behind him, the
grizzly full upon them both.
The next, and Harold stood alone
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-09
FRANK MATTHEWS TAKES
OVER PERKINS AGENCY

Frank E. Matthews, who came to
Sumter county from Gainesville
about three years ago, locating on
farm near Plains, has given up farm
ing and moved to Americas, where
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-27
CHICAGO GRAINS
CLOSE HIGHER
DESPITE START
Crop Reports Precipitate Early
Decline, Which Continues
Brief Space.

By United Press
CHICAGO, July 27.--Grain prices
advanced at the close Of the Chicago
Board Of Trade today on heavy export
buying, hedging by traders against
purchases in the Southwest and dan.
ger Of serious handicap to the move
ment Of grain if the rail strike con
tinues. Crop reports were favorable
and caused the market to decline in
early trading, but the slump was over
come by the late advance.
July wheat opened up ~ at Si10
and closed up &c; September opened
up nc. at S107ls, and closed up sc;
December opened up Ac, at $1.09&,
and closed up &c.
July corn opened unchanged at
81 &c and closed up 11sc; September
opened up a at SIC and closed up
sc; December opened up Sc at 58c
and closed up lac.
July oats opened of u at 81 &c
and closed up Ac; September opened
at 1875 and closed up &c;
December opened unchanged at So 1sc
and closed up nc
Provisions were irregular.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-27
ADMIT NEW FIRMS
To STOCK MARKET
Exchange Adds Seven Recent
Corporations to Operative
List.
By .United Financial

ny sOntted FandtCtdt
NEW YORK, July 27-The New
York Stock Exchange mad admitted
to the list the following:
Dayton Power and Light Company
100000 per cent cumulative pre-
ferred stock. on official notice Of is
suance and payment in full.
Shelly OIL Company $1S.938,110 cap
ital stock, on official notice of issuance
and payment in full.
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corpora
ton $50,00O.O00 per cent first lien
collateral gold bonds series A. due
March Is, 1887, on official notice Of is
suance in exchange for outstanding
interim receipts.
Brooklyn Union Gas Company So
$4,000 temporary ten-year 7 per cent
convertible debenture gold bonds, due
May I. 1882, on official notice Of Is
suance and payment in full.
American Metal Company, Ltd,
100000 Z per cent cumulative pre-
ferred stock and $4,000 shares COM
mon stock, on official notice Of issu-
ance on conversion OF per cent cumu.
lative preferred stock.
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway
Company S22,O51, 100 per cent pre-
ferred stock and S24135.10 common
stock, on official notice OF issuance in
exchange for outstanding temporary
certificates or upon official notice of
distribution to public; and $35,066, 800
general mortgage s per cent bonds due
May I. 1851. on official notice Of is
suance in exchange for outstanding
temporary bonds.
Lima Locomotive Works, Inc, tenn.
porary certificates for 97872 shares
common stock without par value, on
Official notice Of issuance In exchange
for outstanding 800 par value com
mon stock.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-27
STOCKS REGAIN FIRMNESS
First Time This Week Outlook Has
Been Optimistic.

United FinanciaI stan CorrssBondert

Cntted tfHGHctd1 StaN Correspondent.
NEW YORK, July IA general
covering movement sent stock up
ward in late dealings on the curb mar
ket today and for the first time this
week the market closed firm with
prices better than the previous closing
figures.
Stutz Motor. control Of which lies
in the banks which loaned money to
Allan A. Ryan. came into the curb
dealings in the morning at $40. It got
to Is then TO II and back to 20 where
1t closed for the day on sales of 100
shares. Durant was another motor
which featured the trading advancing
to 43 a ne WHICH. while Durant OF In
diana went to Is. Daniels Motors
closed at II. REQ got to 255s.
Phillip Morris during the day ad-
vanced from 2OI to 22h.
Among the other industrials. Hayes
Wheel made 30 and New York Tele-
phone preferred 1919 and closed at
1863. thus making it apparent that
efforts TO drive this stock down had
definitely failed.
Among the oils Standard Of Indiaaa
closed at 10S. up IL. Cities Service
failed to get back from its early low
OF 191 and closed at that figure. off
6. International Petroleum closed at
2Oss, off Il.
Among the INNINGS. Boston and
Montana Consolidated gto from 81 to
1 3-16. independence Lead was active
at 81 and SO.
Bond trading was limited.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-27
TRADING HOLDS FAIR
Medium Fluctuations Mark Session
of Markets.
July "


NEW YORK, July 27.-The trading
in the afternoon saw general frac-
tional advances in bonds where there
had been some small recessions ear
Her. c., B. & @. refunding IS started
at 100%. went back to 1907 and
then made up Il OF point. B. & O.
convertible 4ias had a similar move
ment. as did Canadian Pacific deben-
ture As Midvale Steel convertible SIS
went up points in the afternoon
trading.
Liberty fourth 41ls taken with the
Victory 4&4s accounted for about
third Of the trading today. Volume
of 49, now quoted in two divisions,
because part Of them have been called
by the Government, was not as large
as yesterdays, however. The uncalled
bonds made q high Of 10000 for the
day and the called at 100.62 As far
as prices We're concerned I'm tho Gov.
eminent issues Liberty first AIS were
the leader reaching 1918.
The favorable position Of Norfolk
& Western made itself felt in the trad
ing in the convertible SIS, which
reached a high Of 113 in the after.
noon. up pa points from Yesterdays
close. Favorable dividend action by
Consolidated Gas made itself felt In
the trading for the Consolidated Gas
convertible Is. which reached 1924,
up Ia points.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-27
SWINE FOLLOW DROP
Chicago Markets Are Flushed With
Surplus.
BIZ United Financial

By Crtte1 ftHuBCtdt
CHICAGO, July 27.-Hog prices
continued their steady decline and
were Is to Is cents lower at the Chi
cago stock yards today. Receipts
were 27, 900 and were supplemented by
d state supply Of more than $4,000
which made a total supply consider
ably in excess Of the moderate de-
mand. Big killers received about 500
head in direct consignments from
other trading points.
Cattle prices were steady to strong
Receipts Of 5000 were short Of ex.
pectations and the general run met &C
tive demand from yard traders and
local packers The packers took
about 600 direct from other markets.
The total supply at the ten chief
markets was $4,000 compared with
81, 900 a week ago.
Sheep prices were strong and few
choice lambs went at prices about %
cents higher than yesterdays level.
Receipts were Is 900. Big killers took
considerably more than 1000 direct
from other points and the remainder
met active demand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-27
WIFE N|THDRAWS
DIVORCE ACTION
Mrs. Hawkins Persists in Her
Suit for Temporary
AIimony.
By United Press

ATLANTA. Ga. July Mrs
Fannie Manly Hawkins, 17-year-old
daughter of William Manly, million
aire manufacturer. withdrew her suit
for divorce brought against Morton
S. Hawkins, prominent business man
of Portland, Ind.
The dismissal, according to Mrs.
Hawkins attorneys, was made for
the reason that the plaintiff realized
the suit would not stand because of
technical difficulties"
A suit for temporary alimony filed
simultaneously with the divorce action
will stand, the lawyers asserted. They
are asking for no certain sum out for
"a very large amount" as they claim
Hawkins is q millionaire.
Hawkins claims the action Illegal
in that he lives beyond the jurisdic-
ton of the court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-27
HOGS CONTINUE
PRICE DECLINE;
RECEIPTS HIGH
Cattle and Calves Range From
Strong to Weak, With
Sheep Improved.
RANGE OF HOO PRICES.
Hog prices dropped Csc TO Csc to-

Hog prices dropped Csc to 35c today
at the local live stock exchange, con.
tinuing the downward trend OF the
last few days, with some traders pre-
dieting freely that the market would
continue to fall as long as shippers
can get cars. Receipts, 5000. Best
mixed were bringing $10.25 to $1,000
With 700 receipts, the cattle market
continued steady to strong, the better
grades more than holding their own
There was a top Of about S10.50 for
steers.
Calves were steady to weak. spot.
ted, with the common grades lower
Receipts were normal at 700. The
bulk of sales were from $3.50 to $3.50.
Common grades in the sheep and
lamb market showed some strength
with the better grades steady, with q
top of So for spring lambs. Re
ceipts, 500.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-27
INDIANAPOLIS GROWS
Board of Works Awards Contracts for
Street Improvements.

Board Of public works awarded con
tracts for permanent Improvements as
follows:
Thirty-Sixth ST.. Pennsylvania St,
to Central Ave. asphalt, Union AS
phalt Construction Company, S8,129.91;
Tuxedo St, St. Clair to Pratt SITS, BIZ
luminous concrete. Union Asphalt
Construction Company, $4,252. 81;
Taber St, Shelby St. to State Ave,
biturninous concrete, Marion County
Construction Company, $17,785-35;
Adams St, Twenty-F'irst St, and
Brookside Parkway, north drive, BIZ
luminous concrete. Mead Construc-
ton Company. $S,321.9S. and Byram
Ave, Maple road to Fo~ty-Second St,
bituminous concrete, J. n. Morgan &
Son, S17,831.99.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-27
b. United FinGnciGI

BIZ United Financial
NEW YORK. July 27.-The Wall
Street Journal today says:
Stock prices rallied throughout the
list on the New York Stock Exchange
today, rejecting the feeling prevailing
in the financial community that early
settlement of both the railroad and
coal strikes was in prospect. While
the outlook for opening of negotia-
lions between miners and operators In
an effort to settle the trouble on the
basis Of the old wage scale and recog-
milton of the union could not be con
strued as a victory for the mine own
ers, Wall Street felt that the most i'm
perative thing at the moment, so Tar
as general business was concerned.
was to have coal production resumed
before the coal shortage made further
fnroads on industrial activities.
Railroad stocks was the first group
to reflect the more optimistic view
concerning an early break in the Ia
Dor cloud. Pennsylvania, Baltimore
& Ohio and Chesapeake & Ohio OBJ
tanned new highs for the year. while
New York Central and other repre-
sentative carrier issues scored sub
stautial recoveries.
Crucible's remarkable rise Of more
than points overshadowed other de-
velopments in the Industrial group,
but stocks Of this class were generally
small
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-27
FREIGHT LOADINGS GAIN
Despite Strikes. Decided Growth Is
Noted.
BIZ United FtnancidI

~ tHfted FtHr1CtGl
NEW YORK, July 27.-According
to reports of the American Railway
Association. loadings OF revenue
freight totaled $1,000 cars during the
week ended July Is, compared with
1889 cars during the previous week,
which included q holiday, or an in
crease of IA. 5Ss cars. This was prac-
tically the same number OF cars as
was loaded during the week of June
II last and was an increase Of 86.023
cars over the same week last year
II was. however. 1894 cars less than
We're loaded during the corresponding
week in 1920.
Loadings Of all commodities except
coal during the week of July IS to-
tailed 7S3,573 cars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-27
LOCAL BANK CLEARINGs
NEW YORK LIBERTY BONDS

Indianapolis bank clearings Thursday were
81. 7O4 600: bank debts were S4,S4S,OOO.