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The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08
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BRING CITY MONEY TO FARMS
Along Every Important Improved Read in the Country Are Signs
 Offering Produce.

Mothers pin money" the odd dimes and quarters that the farm wife gleaned from a precarious market in the old days, has blossomed into a fund to send the boys and girls away to agricultural college or put a new mower on that south forty.
 No longer need the Saturday trip to town be marred by last minute ef- forts to tuck in the last dozen eggs or the butter crock. The era of spring wagon pilgrimages to trade in the sur plus product of the hen-house and the milking shed, has vanished. The David Harum of today operates in his own front yard"-and at greater profit.
 Good roads have linked the city con- snmer to the farm. Along every im- p ,rtant hard surfaced highway in the country are signs offering everything from ice cold buttermilk to pork on the hoof. Where the housewife used to bargain for hours with the cross roads storekeeper for a return of per haps 15 cents a dozen on her eggs, she now delivers them to a passing mOtOrist for double that amount
 A week of churning to buy the prom ised "silk dress' has given way to
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08
MANY CRASH CROSSING GATES
Is Broken Every Day-Drivers Want to Beat Trains.

Thousands of motorists annually smash through gates at railroad crossings in the United States. This fact indicates two sides to the grade crossing argument.
 On the Long Island railroad, which has only 400 miles of track, one grade crossing gate is broken practically every day in the year by motor driv- CTS who attempt to "beat trains to crossings"
 In the last year there were apprOxi- mately 300 of such accidents on this line alone, according to T. P. Brennan, safety agent. From August 15 to 20 of this year there were 15 such mis- haps on this road, resulting in inju- ries tO many persons. One was killed.
 Railroads of the United States are in a campaign to cut down accidents of all kinds, including those at grade crossings. Motorists are asked to en- ter this campaign and aid in making our highways safer by constant vigi- lance.
 How in the name of heaven" said MT. Brennan, "can the Long Island or any other railroad render safe and prompt service to its patrons when the public highways are infested with motorcar drivers who refuse to exer else caution when approaching rail- road grade crossings, who gloat over the fact that they beat the train to these intersections and who are daily apparently willing to sacrifice not only their own lives but the lives of those intrusted to their care"
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08

dead. Greater became the hole in the cave-in; soon 1t was large enough to admit his body. Seizing his car bide lamp. Fairchild made for the opening and crawled through. hurry ing onward toward the chamber where the stope began, calling Harry's name at every step, in vain. The place was empty, except for the pile of stone and refuse which had been torn away by dynamite explosions in the hang ing wall, where Harry evidently had shot away the remaining refuse in a last effort to see what lay in that direction - stones and muck which told nothing. On the other side
 Fairchild stared blankly. The hole that he had made into the foot wall had been filled with dynamite and tamped. as though ready for shooting. But the charge had not been exploded Instead-on the ground lay the re- mainder of the tamping paper and a short foot and half of fuse, with its illuminate of mercury cap attached. where 1t had been pulled from its berth by some great force and hastily stamped out. And Harry
 Harry was gone!
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08

thick the vein is or whether it's going to pinch out in ten minutes after we strike 1t. But I'll know mighty soon"
 Every cent that Robert Fairchild possessed in the world was in his pockets-two hundred dollars. After he had paid his men for their three days of labor, there would be exactly twenty dollars left. But Fairchild did not hesitate. To Farrells office he went and with him to an interview, In chambers, with the judge. Then, the necessary permission having been granted, he hurried back to the mine and into the drift, there to find the last of the muck being scraped away from beneath the site of the cave-in. Fairchild paid of. Then he turned to the foreman.
 How many of these men are game to take chance"
 Pretty near all of emf there's any kind of a gamble to It."
 There's lot of gamble. I've got just twenty dollars ip my pocket enough to pay each man one dollar apiece for a nights work If my hunch doesn't pan out. If 1t does pan, the wages are twenty dollars a day for three days, with everybody, including myself. working like h-l! Who's gamer"
 The answer came In unison. Fair child ,ed the way to the chamber, | l.
 There's two-hundred-dollar ore back of this foot wall if we can break in and start a new stope," he an-
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08

fore, shutting off the chamber from communication with the shaft, tearing and rending the new timbers which had been placed there and imprison- ing Harry behind themi
 Fairchild shouted again and again, only gaining for his answer the ghost like echoes of his own voice as they travelled to the shaft and were thrown back again. He tore off his coat and cap. and attacked the timbers like the fear-maddened man he was, dragging them by superhuman force out of the way and clearing path to the refuse
 Hours passed, while the sweat poured from his forehead and his muscles seemed to tear themselves loose from thelr fastenings with the ezertion that was placed upon them Foot after foot, the muck was torn away, as Fairchild, with pick and shovel, forced a tunnel through the great mass of rocky debris which cheked the drift. Onward-onward- at last to make a small opening in the barricade, and to lean close to it that he might shout again. But still there was no answer
 Feverish now, Fairchild worked with all the reserve strength that was fn him. Behind that broken mass, Bairchild felt sure, was his partner, toEn. bleeding through the effects of some accident, he did not know what, past answering his calls. perhaps
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08
A Ferocious Little Fish.

The piranha, a fish which infests the waters of British Guiana, though scarcely bigger than a herring, is in- credibly savage. It will attack other fish and bite large pieces out of their fins and tail, will assault the steering paddles of a boat, and has been known, when in force, to kill men. The piranha is a notorious cannibal. devouring any of its comrades who may be wounded or in difficulties. But even the piranha has it's uses. Some Indian tribes leave their dead in the river for the piranhas to strip the bones, and then preserve the skele- ton, dyed red, as family heirloom.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08
CHAPTER xv-continued.


 Well, Son, now you can hurry back and begin cutting into a fortune. If that veins only four inches wide, you've got plenty to keep you for the rest of your life. Run along"
 And Fairchild 'ran." Whistling and happy, he turned out of the office of the Sampler and into the street, his coat open. his big cap high on his head. regardless of the sweep of the cold wind and the fine snow that It carried on It's icy breath. The wait ing of months was over, and Fairchild at last was beginning to see his dreams come true.
 So this was the reason that RO- daine had acknowledged the value of the mine that day in court! This was the reason for the mysterious offer of fifty thousand dollars and for the later one of nearly a quarter of millionl Rodaine had known; Ro- daine had information. and Rodaine had been willing to pay to gain pos session of what now appeared to be a bonanza. But Rodaine had failed. And Fairchild had won!
 Woni But suddenly he realized that there was a blankness about 1t all. He had won money. 1t Is true. But all the money in the world could not free him from the taint that had been left upon him by a coroner's Investigation, from the hint that still remained In the recommendation of the grand jury that the murder of Sissie Larsen be looked into further. Nor could it remove the stigma of the four charges against Harry, which coon were to come to trial, and with out bit of evidence to combat. them. Riches could do much-but they could not aid In that particular, and some what sobered by the knowledge, Fair child torned from the main road and on up through the high-piled snow to the mouth of the Blue Poppy mine.
 A faint acrid odor struck his nos trils as he started to descend the shaft, the perfume" of exploded dynamite, and 1t sent anew into Fair child's heart the excitement and in- tensity of the strike. Evidently Harry had shot the deep hole, and now, there in the chamber, was examining the result, which must. by this time, give some idea of the extent of the ore and the width of the vein. A moment more and he had reached the bottom, to leap from the carrier, light his car bide lamp which hung where he had left 1t on the timbers, and start for ward
 The odor grew heavier. Fairchild held his light before him and looked far ahead, wondering why he could not see the gieam from Harry's lamp. He shouted. There was no answer, and he went on.
 Fifty feet! Seventy-f1ve feet! Then he stopped short with gasp. Twisted and torn before him were the timbers of the tunnel, while muck and refuse lay everywhere, A cave-in-another cave-in-at almost the exact spot where the one had occurred years be-
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08
Religious Laws, Handed Down for Centuries, Are Given Most In-
 pIicit Obedience.

The religious laws of Brahmanism divide the Hindu people in India into four principal hereditary classes or castes-the Brahmans (priests), Kshatiyas (rulers and warriors). vasiayas, (merchants and husband men), and Sudras (mechanics, laborers or servants), the first three being known as 'twiceborn" and the last as "once-born." These original four castes, however, have become to a great extent sub-divided - the men being known by their work or trades, as the "caste" of shoe makers and the "caste" of sweepers- so that nowadays the Brahmans alone are said to remain as distinct caste. Aside from all these are the Pariahs Cor outcasts) who have no caste. Ac- cording to the Cyclopedia of India, "The effect of the caste system Is
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nounced. Tt takes a six-foot hole to reach it, and we can have the whole story by morning. Let's go!" Along the great length of the foot wall, extending all the distance of the big chamber, the men began their work, five men to the drills and as many to the sledges, as they started their double-jacking. Midnight came, the first of the six-foot drills sank to Its ultimate depth. Then the second and third and fourth; finally the fifth. They moved on. Hours more of work, and the operation had been repeated. The workmen hurried for the powder house, far down the drift, by the shaft, lugging back in their pockets the yell low, candle-like cticks of dynamite, with their waxy wrappers and their gelatinous contents, together with fuses and caps. Crimping nippers- the inevitable accompaniment of a miner-came forth from the pockets of the men. Careful tamping. then the men took their places at the fuses.
 "Give the word!' one of them an- nounced crisply as he turned to Fair child. Each of us'll light one of these things, and then say we'll run Because this is going to be some ex- plosion!"
 Fairchild smiled the smile of man whose heart is humping at its maxi mum speed. Before him in the long line of the foot wall were ten holes, "upholes," downs and swimmers" attacking the hidden ore in every di- rection. Ten holes drilled six feet into the rock and tamped with double charges of dynamite. He straight ened.
 "All right, menI ReadyT Ready"
 ''Touch 'em off!'
 The carbide lamps were held close to the fuses for a second. Soon they were all going, splitting like so many venomous, angry serpents-but neither Fairchild nor the miners had stopped to watch. They were running as hard as possible for the shaft and for the protection that distance might give. A wait that seemed ages. Then: "Onew
 And two-and threew 'There goes four and five-they went togetherw
 en-eight-nine-" Again wait, while they looked at one another with vacuous eyes. A long interval until the tenth.
 1.-Two went together then thought we'd counted nine?" The foreman stared, and Fairchild studied. Then his face lighted.
 "Eleven's right. One of them must have set off the charge that Harry left in there. All the better-it gives us just that much more of a chance"
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08
PLAN FOR BETTER HIGHWAYS
Ninety-Two Per Cent of Roads Arc Dirt-Why Not Improve and
 Save Transportation?

Although good road building is mak- ing progress in every state in the Union at the end of another five-year period not more than per cent of the roads of the country will be sur faced. Ninety-two per cent of the roads over which the products of the farms must be hauled will be dirt roads. That being the case, why not have good dirt roads and save trans portatiOn costs?
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08
Watch Out. Carlsbad!

Carlsbad, the famous health resort is built on a crust, underneath which is a subterranean lake of boiling water, and all the hot sulphur springs have to be ceaselessly watched ane the pressure kept down lest the town be destroyed.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08
What Makes Town Llveable.

We'd rather go out and camp along some running stream, where at least the birds would affect some sign of friendliness and neighborliness, than hang our hat in house located among people who have forgotten how to smile, and how to visit among each other as our forefathers did.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08
Clean Litter Essential.

age poultry house just now is clean litter. Nearly all material that can be used for this purpose is high-priced, and the general practice is to leave it on the floor entirely too long.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08

good days salesmanship at the road side market.
 Many young boys and girls are pay ing their way through college with funds raised during the summer and fall in this manner. The photograph Illustrating this article shows a Cook county, Illinois, farmer disposing of a robust turk to a city housewife.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08
L Location of Poultry House.

EOCdITUH or TUuTtTy rIUUSe.
 In most localities the poultry house should face the south, as this insures the greatest amount of sunlight during the winter. Proper ventilation and sunlight mean a dry house and healthy birds
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08
Odd Custom Tn Denmark.

It is the custom for engaged girls In Denmark to wear a plain gold ring on the third finger of the left hand. Whec they get married the ring is moved to the third finger of the right hand
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08
Plan National Highways.

The Associated Highways of Amer ica are planning a system of national trunk highways throughout the Uni ted States
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08

No known land animal has naturally poisonous flesh. There are, however. several fish whose flesh Is deadly.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08

RIGID CASTE SYSTEM IN INDIA

that no man may lawfully eat with any individual of any other caste, or partake of food cooked by him, or marry into another caste family; but he may be his friend, his master, his servant, his partner"
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08
Cost of Canadian Roads.

Fifty million dollars will have been spent on improving Canada's highways when the five-year period terminates in the fall of 1923.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08

More Miles for Tires. Good roads mean more miles for car and tires.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08
Long Words.

Long Words.
 In respect to legitimate W ords most authorities agree that first in rank comes ''antidisestablIshment (28) letters, followed by "honorifl- cabilitudinity" ((22 letters).
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08
If Waua Walla says so, it
 must be so
No law of limitations blocks justice in
 this case

All the way from Walla Walla comes communication that we believe holds some interest for the general smoking public. At least, it gave us a thrill which we want to pass on if possible.
 walls walla County
 County Attorneys Office
 Wslla Walla, Washington Larus & Brother Co., Richmond, Va. Dear Sirs:
 If gentleman owes debt he pays 1t, or, lacking the ability to do 50. he at least admits that he owes it.
 For many years have been indebted to you, and up to the present time have made no acknowledgement: counting from the time that the obligation was first incurred it has long since been outlawed, but then it has been . continuing obligation, and the statute of limi- tations does not run against . gentleman's debt.
 was past fifty when first knew the as- suaging balm of the great God Nicotine and all sorts of brands of tobacco before found the right one and settled down. Now when my friends ask for pipeful hand over my pouch and they say "Edgeworth?" and grin and say "uh-huh."
 As write, a pipefu1 of Edgeworth is going up in smoke, and for that reason I feel ittlo more kindly towards my fellow man. With best wishes, am,
 Yours sincerely,
 (Signed) A. J. Gillis.
 As you see, it isn't so much that
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us grateful letters from Edgeworth smokers for, unsolicited, and unexpected.
 Perhaps it is too much for us to be- ieve that Edgeworth smokers as 8 whole are generous, big-hearted fel- lows who never miss an opportunity to boost their fellow men. Perhaps it isn't.
 At any rate, if you aren't an Edge worth smoker, we want to put you in aposition to qualify as one. Weshould like to send you free samples-gener- ous helpings of both Edgeworth Plug Slice and Ready-Rubbed.
 Just jot your name and address down on a postal and we will send the samples immediately. If you will also include the name and address of your tobacco dealer, we shall appreciate your courtesy.
 Edgeworth is sold in various sizes to suit the needs and means of all pur- chasers. Both Edgeworth Plug Slice and Edgeworth Ready-Rubbed are packed ii. small, pocket-size packages, in handsome tin humidors, and also in various handy in-between sizes.
 For the free samples address Larus 6 Brother Company, A South 21st Street, Richmond, Va.
 To Retail Tobacco Merchants: If your jobber cannot supply you with Edgeworth, Larus & Brother Com pany will gladly send you prepaid by parcel post one or two-dozen carton of any size of Edgeworth Plug Slice or Ready-Rubbed for the same price you would pay the iobber.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08
Yours sincere1y, (Signed) A. J. Gillis.

As you see, it isn't so much that another smoker has found that Edge
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-08

WOrCn JuSC SulCS ms taste as it is that
 this veteran prose-
 cutting attorney,way
 out in Walla Walla should postpone duties to his State, his family, and his private affairs to sit down and write us . note of apprecia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-15
HEALTH FUND MUST PAY FOR REPAIR OF. C|Ty'S LABORATORY.
Oversight" Remedied When Mrs. Echols' Bureau Is Charged With Cost,
 Despite Protest

Financing of repairs now being made in the city laboratory will be shouldered by the department of Mrs. Mary Echols, commissioner of health and education. according to a decision of the city commission Tuesday. The decision was reached at the regular meeting of the com mission, over protest of Mrs. Echols that if the health depart ment were forced to bear the cost of the repairs it would certainly mean that it would go over it's budget.
 Assurance was given Mrs. Echois. however, that some arrangements would be made later If the health department was caused to exceed it's budget. 1t was explained that there was no other source from which the money could be appropriated at this time as appropriations had been made to the extent of anticipated revenue.
 Misunderstanding with reference to the repairs developed a week ago when workmen now employed pre- sented bills to the city comptroller and were told that there were no funds from which they could be paid. Negotiations are under way between the city and the county. whereby the county will pay half of the cost of repairs. No agreement has been reached. however. Both county and city work Is done at the laboratory. Repairs were estimated some time ago at s3,000. but it is thought that actual cost will be something less than the estimated figure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-15
w. M. HOWE SPEAKS
 AT GROCERS' MEETING

Birmingham Retail Grocers and Butchers association met Tuesday night at the Hlllman hotel. w. NJ. Howe, regional director of tn, Near East relief organization, who has or ganized with the state association of retail grocers of Alabama, was the principal speaker for the occasion. Mir. Howe talked on the activities of the state association and the value of initiative and accounting in the retail business.
 Thomas J. Grimes, president of the Alabama Retail Food Dealers asso- citation, spoke on the activities of the local association during the past six months, which showed marked prog ress in the way of accomplishments, and also to be in good condition financially.
 A number of acts to be presented to the coming legislature were read and approv G. subject to amendment by the attorneys of the association.
 A resolution was adopted to close all day Thanksgiving. Christmas and New Year, notifying customers in ad- vance.
 The committee on nday closing reported progress and reported that good cooperation had been given them by the city commission.
 A number of beneficia' suggestions were had on the exchange of infor- nation between me- CTS for the ad- vanta e of customers and people moving from one neighborhood to an other.
 The attendance prize, given by the Donovan Provision company, mans tourist outfit, was awarded to Charles P, Owen.