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Williams news., 1922-07-14
MANY FARMERS TREAT
 THEIR SEED POTATOES

In the northern part of the State, work with potatoes has been centered chiefly on the production of a heavy main farmers were induced to treat farmers were induce to treat seed potatoes for disease. These were planted on 1,O47 acres. Forty-four of these farmers. having 852 acres. were induced to spray their potatoes for con trol of disease.
 In Coconino County the Agent and his predecessor have been concerned with the con- sistent development of the po- tato industry through a number of years. The first problem attacked was that of treating seed for diseases. the next one that of selecting pc+atoes free from diseases ard then select ing breeding stock for yield and type. As a result of the eff forts of the original county agent and the present one, potato seed farm has been es- abolished from which most of the farmers in that section se- cure their best planting stock. The green manure demonstra- tions mentioned previously have resulted in the increasing of the yields from thirty to one hund- red sacks per acre.
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fore by the by-laws~of this cor pOratiOu.
Williams news., 1922-07-14
For Justice of Peace

For Justice of Peace
 I hereby announce that I am a candidate for the democratic nomination for the office of Justice of the Peace of Will Hams Precinct subject to the will of my party at the Primary Election, September 12. l will appreciate your support.
 R. D. MITCHELL
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How's This7

E. H. MERRITT
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For County Treasurer

For County Treasurer
 I hereby announce that l am a candidate for the democratic nomination for County Treasur- -er, subject to the will of the voters at the Primary election September 12, 1922.
 ANA FROHMILLER
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For County School Suyserintendent.

SuNEIlnDCn0Snt.
 I hereby announce that l am a candidate on the Republican Ticket for the nomination for County School Superintendent subject to the will of the voters at the Primary Election, Sep &ember 12.
 VIRGINIA M. LOCKETT
 O O o For Constable.
 I hereby announce that I am a candidate for the democratic nomination for Constable of. Williams precinct, subject to tie will of my party at the pri- mary election September 12, 1922.
Williams news., 1922-07-14

EUGENE F. PHELAN.
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room near the mill. 1t was poorly
furnished and looked out on to other
houses as poor as itself. Catherine
had no one but herself to talk to of her
grand surroundings" but what did
1t matter? To her the room was full
Of appreciative listeners.
do sit in this easy CHAIR" she
would say to imaginary Mrs. Brown,
cor perhaps you would like the sofa
better, it is so soft. Isn't this a beau
tiful painting over the dresser? That
cost thousand dollars, and this one
over the piano cost five hundred"
She would spring up, take an inn
aginary baby in her arms, rock it to
sleep and lay it in the cradle, singing
a lullaby.
Sometimes Catherine would tell the
mill girls of her beautiful home, it's
furnishings and her family and the
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visitors, but they did not understand.
They laughed and called her queer.
Thus the years passed and Cath
crime grew old. She could no longer
work in the mill. With the few dollars
she had saved she hired small cot
tage where there were grass and trees
and air.
Better go to the Old Ladies' Home"
the mill people told her, where you
can have someone to take care of you. 3"
But she shook her head.
"This is better for me-" she smiled.
81 can take care of myself, and I can
entertain my friends here" They
wondered who her friends were.
AS the days went by Catherine was
not lonely. There were real fields and
sky, and the imaginary callers. ri
think I'll invite Mrs Day and her chill
dren for tea tonight" she beamed,
folding her tiny note to send out.
Then she put on her alpaca, shiny
and mended but clean; white apron
and a ribbon at her throat. She al
ways dressed for company. She put
her teapot on the small oil stove, set
the table with clean white cloth and
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fee grounds, and about an hour later
glazier arrived, who had orders to
replace the broken window.
That night she prepared letter. It
was not long. In it Rachel told her
husband that she had been warned
about his infammable temper; that
she loved him despite that very bad
blemish, and she believed he was man
ly enough to conquer his ruling pas
sion. She told him that she meant for
while, "only for a while, and just
as an object lesson, to show you how
terrible such behavior is. When 1 see
that my acts are not bearing fruit and
that you are not worth my descending
to such tactics then I shall say good
by" and forever 'good-by'! I can not
live with a husband unworthy my re-
spect. I should still love you, Ralph,
but should leave you just the same
as if my love had departed, for I am
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By Phil Moore


an individual with a right to happi-
ness, and it would be unobtainable
with you. Think it over, husband!"
Ralph never mentioned the letter,
but it was many months before he al
lowed his besetting vice to get the
better of him again, and when he did
it proved to be the last time. This
time he stoned and killed hen that
had done some damage in the garden.
When Rachel, who loved all helpless
creatures, saw the mutilated body she
acted. That night when Ralph went
out to feed his poultry, which he fan
cied, despite his occasional cruelties,
his poultry house was empty. Rachel
had given every bird away.
when you can use creatures hui
namely" she said, "I'll agree to have
more here. But that hens broken ribs
and body made me understand that
you had to learn humane principles
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By Parke Whitney

health and happiness. Yours sincerely,
Cynthia"
"P. S.-The real truth is. Crofter,
that fathers new partner, Mr.. Wallace,
has piles and piles of money-he made
it while you were overseas being
gassed to death-and father and moth
er and Aunt Sarah all sing his praises
and all think that [ ought to marry
him. Mr.. Wallace thinks so too, but
told him last night that wanted a few
days to think it over
There -Crofter ought to know that
I'm not altogether to blame" she So
liloQuized, as she glanced over the
postscript "He knows that l."
"a letter for you Miss Cynthia"
"Mountain Road, Pasadena,
april rs, 1920.
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plates for six, Sitting at the head OF
the table. she would talk with her
imaginary guests. passing plates of
cake and pouring white tea" for the
children.
Sometimes Catherine went to the
door to watch her grandchildren"
play in the yard, calling them by
name. Carrie, that was good jump"
BE careful, Mamie, don't let Tommy
fall; he's little, you know. The
blessed dears; they're just as their IA
theirs and mothers were at their age"
Catherine never felt alone. Her life
was peopled with those she loved,
friends who could sympathize with her
and understand her. Could anyone
have more than that? She gave her
thoughts, h. love, her sympathy to
those children of her brain. The spirit
Of unsel1shness and sacrifice was hers.
Catherine lay down one day upon
her bed and closed her eyes,. She lay
very still for long time, radiant
smile overspreading her wrinkled face.
Beautiful" she murmured. "The ra-
dance of the gloryi-I see tit is
mine!"
Catherine had found the real.
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Ralph Learns a Lesson

window pane was valuable one and
the coffee pot one of their best we'd
ding gifts.
Neither spoke during the hasty meal
that followed. Ralph silently swal-
lowed biscuit and glass of water,
and as for Rachel, she was uncertain
as to whether she ate anything or NOT,
AS soon as Ralph had gone she hurried
upstairs and had a good cry, which re-
lieved the tension and cleared the
mental atmosphere
At dinner she acted just as usual.
Ralph was very silent He noted that
the debris of the morning explosion
lay where it had fallen. His mother
and uncle were coming to tea. It was
evident that his wife did not intend
touching it. The broken window
would incite questions.
After dinner he gathered up the
broken glass and cleared away the cof-
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II wish, Cynthia, that SO were here
with me this morning. If 1 could look
into your dear eyes and tell you just
what is in my heart it would make this
easier.
II am alone on the veranda, and my
chair faces toward that mighty range
of mountains that rises before me like
vast fortress-vague and reticent
these mountains stand, and they take
no part in our lot or being. Beyond
them lies the great Mohave desert; be-
yond that lie endless mountains and
plains, and away off there on the New
England coast-you-you.
Every day, dear heart, 1 sit here at
the foot of the misty mountains and
close my eyes for little while SO that
I may see you the better, and some
times in the evening 1 walk and talk
with you under the orange trees-it is
q way lonely folks have.
'But the chances are, little girl,
that I may never see you again, for
have found that must make my home
out here, and know how attached
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By Monte Darrell

back chair, gazing into space, a rapt
look on her face.
What are you doing, daughter? ?"
she asked.
SSH" admonished the child, holding
up a warning finger, Listen to the
music. Isn't it just grand?
She had heard chance visitor tell
of concert she had attended in the
city, and she was now enjoying the
imaginary treat herself.
AS Catherine grew up her power of
imagining was of great use to her.
I'm in college" she beamed. "I
must study my lessons for tomorrow. !"
She would pour over the books. think
ing Of the great things she would do
some day.
By-and-by the father and mother
died. The farm went TO pay the mort
gage and Catherine moved into small
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"Dearest-Since writing to you a
few days ago I have been obsessed by
the thought that it is selfish and I'M
fair for me, a partial. invalid, to hold
you to your promise to become my
wife.
I'm some way, Cynthia, have be-
come aware (or 7 think I have) that
you want to be released. The tone of
your letters is different. I feel a
change in you.
'And, of course, I know that I am
not the man, physically or financially,
that was On that day of days in June,
1917, when you made me the happiest
man in all the world. want to play
fair with you, Cynthia, and so I shall
not think of holding you to your prom
Use to me.
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I'll run the risk"
She had not uttered word of re-
monstrance, not even when her hus-
band kicked the unoffending cat,
threw a. chair in his path to the other
side of the room and nearly broke the
covers of her new range when he re-
plenished the fire. She pretended not
to notice that her merry remarks were
unanswered or glared at. 1t was not
until, through his own carelessness, he
had spilled few drops of hot coffee
on his wrist and had, with a muttered
oath, thrown the offending cup cross
the room, landing it in scraps on a
pretty and priced rug, that Rachel
acted.
1t was then that she followed his
example, but to his horror and the
sudden cooling of his pettish reese Mt
ment, not only followed his example,
but went him several better, for the
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river just beyond which the grim,
painting factories lay.
He thought then for moment of the
girl in the red tam, with the thin,
tired face, who always smiled at him
when he overlook her mornings on the
bridge. He wondered if life would ever
change for her. He hoped it would.
The cries of the newsboys broke IN
upon his thoughts. Peter could not
catch the meaning of their cries, bur
they suddenly reminded him that he
must be up to add to the stream that
flowed across the city.
He started up. The slish-slish of
slippery feet came down the hall,
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they lasted made life near him, or with
him, misery and a terror.
"They" had said that she would rue
the day she married him, for he was
"overbearing and tyrannical" and chad
no thought for anyone but himself"
To all well-meaning critics, except
Ralph's mother, Rachel had turned q
smiling but unmoved face. With Mrs.
Rodman she had talked earnestly.
eff he can not control his temper"
she had remarked, thoughtfully, then
he should be confined, both for his
own safety and that of other people"
This suggestion had shocked his
mother, and she FASTENED to say that
Ralph could keep the peace when he
chose; for, said she:
II remember the Summer when
Uncle Frank was here, and so much
depended upon his having quiet. Why,
Ralph was like lamb! Not a word,
even when some really irritating thighs
occurred; but the minute, almost, that
Uncle Frank left he was just as dis
agreeable as ever"
II thought as much" answered
Rachel quietly. "His outbreaks are
not incurable, and as he possesses so
many other really good traits, think
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you are to Boston. 1 have bought this
little four-room bungalow-it is almost
completely covered by bush of ram
bling roses.
II want to thank you for the won
derful letters you have written me.
Please let me keep them. Some of them
gave me courage at the Marine and
have another battle still to fight.
you shall always live in my heart.
dearest, for love you-you-you
only. Always yours,
"CROFTER HARRISON.
"P. S.-If I have made a mistake,
Cynthia, about your supposed wish to
be free, beg you to let me know at
once and I'll go and fetch you home.
Remember that Home is where the
heart is Please wire Immediately
Fifteen minutes later this rush-mes-
sage sped over the wires:
"Crofter Harrison, Mountain road
Pasadena, Cal:
Leaving Boston today for home. Meet
train at Los Angeles-due there the
8th Cynthia
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By Hazel Courtney


though he creaked cautiously into the
kitchen, his wife called out at once:
THAT you, Horny? Where've you
been? John and Hannah's here to
spend the eveenin'." And appearing
presently: Where did you put the
chickens, Honoriah Kenworthy? 1
don't believe you done it! l thought
so! Well, then, what took you so
long? Been down the street, you say?
What for? All the errands is done
Honoriah! what's that stickin' out
from your coat? Chicken feet, as I'm
alive! Little. ornery, skinny market
trash. They'll go straight back where
they come from
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stopped at his door, and Mrs. Koreb,
the clearinghouse keeper, stuck an I'M
kempt head into the room, and said:
well, you can sleep all you want
this mornin'. Hain't no work for you
nor lots of others for some time to
come. Amt it awful? Always some
thing happening. Read this" and
she threw the morning paper toward
him. The sound of her slippered feet
died away down the corridor.
Peter picked up the paper. The
headlines glared out in startling black
letters:
Enormous Loss! Thousands are
thrown out of work."
Peter had awakened to a new day.
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the bossy-calf and the pony were her
brothers and sisters. What a big
family you've got, papa!" she would
say, as she coaxed them, one by one,
into the great, comfortable kitchen. 81
don't wonder you're so poor"
She had always longed for a real
baby sister and a brother, and declared
when she grew up she should have a
large family of children, SO there
would be plenty of brothers and sis
ters, enough to go around.
"Why don't have pretty dresses
like Sadie, at Sunday school?" she
asked of her mother.
Dear child" her mother answered.
II wish could give you pretty
clothes, but your father can not spare
the money to buy them. Such dresses
as Sadie wears cost a great deal"
The child gazed from the window,
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True to Her Promise

"I'll tell him the truth" she de-
clared as she drew sheet of paper to-
wards her and began to write:
Boston, May 3, 1920.
my Dear Crofter-I am afraid that
what ] am about to say may hurt you,
but think it is the wiser way to tell
you the truth.
Il know that a good sport never
hits man, when he is down, so you
see am rather cheap sport. I am
going to swat you--I am breaking my
word-nny troth to you.
ut is now six months since your
doctor sent you to Pasadena, and you
tell me that your specialist there says
that it will require another six months
in that climate before you are well.
and that in order to keep well he adj
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before we could trust animals OF any
kind in your hands"
1t was the last lesson necessary.
Ralph saw the point. He began to re-
spect, as he had never done before
with any woman who had come into
his life, the will which refused to
submit tamely to injustice and tyran-
ny.
Il must not lose her." he thought,
"for if she goes it will be forever"
A year later as the pair were looking
at some fowl that Rachel herself had
installed in the poultry houses Ralph
remarked, reminiscently:
I'm mighty glad, Rachel, that you
had the gumption to hit hard from the
shoulder when merited it."
And Rachel, her prophecies fulfilled,
answered: 81 never hit you, honey,
but did hit the black moods that
were killing you"
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Pop Kenworthy's Chickens

Il know it, Mommer-I admit I'm
soft-headed old idjut. But I tell you
what we'll do. I'll get another lot of
chickens-Rhode Island Reds is better
eating, anyhow-and I'll keep 'em sep
rut, to fat 'em, and I kin kill 'em easy
-nothin' to it-not bein' so fond Of
EN-" Such was Peppers mastery
defence.
"Ain't Pepper foolish!" exclaimed
the girls, in ready sympathy with the
emotions their mother found too COM
pick for, any outlet beyond snort.
At this, however, she hared out at
them, quite illogically:
There, now! Don't you go and talk
disrespectful about your Popper-the
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Now, Mommer, hold your horses
and listen a minute! When L was a
lad on the farm I had to kill chickens
SO often I lost my relish for chicken
eat, for allus loved the critters alive,
and they me. am perfectly willin' you
should hire someone else to do the Job
but" (Here, had Honoriah but
known it, was his great moment)-
I'll be goldinged if I'll ever kill an
other chicken, not even to please you,
darlin'!"
"All right, Horny; just as you say.
You always was foolish Wash up,
now, and come in and see John and
Hannah" Mommer's voice was very,
very gentle.
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best man that ever lived and has a
heart of gold" (Who could say what
tender memories were stirring beneath
Mommer's conjugal evaporation
Nevertheless, she sighed, as she fried
the pork chops for dinner.)
The new chickens, it seemed, need
ed quite a siege Of fattening, and Mr..
Kenworthy determined to forestall all
affectionate overtures. He even avoid
ed entering the chicken yard, except
when necessary. He was resolved, this
time, to steer clear of any sentimental
entanglements inimical to the interests
of the family menu. These chickens
were strictly business matter, he fire.
quentiy reminded himself.
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began with grim decision and her hus-
bands full name: "Honoriah! Iwant
you to kill a couple of them Plymouth
Rocks tomorrow, for Sunday. They're
fat as pigs! They fairly bulge. The
very idea of our paying dollar apiece
for skinny little wiffets from the
store!"
Accordingly, early next morning,
Mr.. Kenworthy entered his immacu-
late poultry yard. The ak lay ready
on the block. Fluttering round him in
anticipatory affection the chickens
mounted his shoulders and walked up
his arms. One lanky young rooster
emitted hoarse adolescent crow, as
he perched on Honoriah's disreputable
chore hat.
Mr.. Kenworthy stood a moment in
thought, stroking his pets. He even
called them by individual, outlandish
names. Then he quietly put the ak
way in the shed. He shuddered. Get
ting colder tonight" he said to him
self. The ak was clean and bright.
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vises you to make permanent home
in California.
We'll, Crofter, needless to say that
/ would not-could not leave Boston;
and, besides, it may take years, judg-
ing from what know, before you are
financially able to assume the respon-
sibility of a home-such home as we
would like.
II am no longer so very young,
Crofter, shall be "a next month; and
so, in justice to myself and my family,
I think it better to break our engage
ment.
To-day am returning the ring and
the string of pearls. Please do not
Judge me too harshly, and, please. for
old times sake, let us still be friends.
with all good wishes for your
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thinking; then she looked up with a
smile. Never mind, mamma, don't
feel bad about it. I'll just play I've
got them"
isn't my pink silk dress just love-
ly?" asked the child, with toss of
her head. And don't you think my
velvet hat is dear? See the long
plume"
Her mother laughed. "Your costume
is certainly beautiful" she assented,
entering into the spirit. cit surpasses
Sadie's even; but it mustn't make my
little girl vain
mo. l shall never be vain of my
Clothes" asserted Catherine. in self
praise; "I shall always think of little
girls who do not have such nice things
as do"
Another time her mother found her
sitting up, prim and still, in straight
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- r OTHING had ever come Cath
~ crimes way. AS a child she
lived on farm with her ia
ther and mother, far from ,peighbors.
They were very poor. Her father
worked prodigiously for bare living,
and the little girl became accustomed
to giving up things that might have
brought happiness. 1t did not trouble
her as much as it would some children
to go without what she would have
liked to have for she had the power of
imagining that she had everything she
lenged for.
Catherine was an only child. and
would have been lonesome had it not
been for her vivid imagination-he
faculty of converting the common
things about her into the beautiful
ones just beyond her reach. The
chickens, the kittens, puppies, even
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In due time, one evening, he laid ak
on block again. He squared his bent
old shoulders resolutely. Behold, a
strange phenomenon! In an instant,
captured again, arms pinioned, legs
impeded, Mr.. Kenworthy was helpless
in the. hands Of his friends, while a
strenuous female perched on his hat,
shrilling triumphant "cut, cut, cud-
awcut!"
A little later, Honoriah skunk through
his back gate, and down the alley to-
ward town. It was Saturday evening,
and the downtown lights beckoned
brightly. The ak, bright and clean,
was in its place in the shed.
On his return home, an hour later,
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N M RS. KENWORTHY had begun
NV to concentrate on fried chick
en-. and when Mommer con-

ShS dAU WHICH, mOIuuISI Gull
centrated she usually got results.
Amt they big enough yet, Horny?
Seems as if it takes an awful spell to
fat 'em!"
''I'll feel this fellow and see if he's
plump yet" said Honoriah.
It was easy for him to catch the
creatures, and the chick soon lay COM
ically relaxed in his familiar hand.
Mr.. Kenworthy shook his head so
berly.
Nope, Mommer, they're thin yet
I'll hev to fat EN- up for quite some
time"
In this new home the Kenworthys,
for the first time. had space to keep
chickens-a long cherished dream of
Mrs. Kenworthy, who loved bounti-
fuT table. The foregoing dialogue re-
CURED frequently throughout the
Spring season.
Finally, one fine evening. the wife