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Evening star., 1923-12-30
Big 1rrigating Wheel.

IN certain portions of northern Cali
fornia there are still sections that
can be rendered very fertile only by
the addition of water. There are as
yet no government reclamation prof.
ects in operation in such districts
on any great scale and land owners
In many cases must rely upon their
own resources to improvise adequate
irrigating facilities. Particularly is
this true along one narrow valley near
the klamath river
Along that stream have been placed
q number OF irrigation wheels" that,
in the aggregate. furnish an adequate
supply of water for all kinds of crops
grains. grasses, orchards. vege-
tables, etc. Generally, these wheels
are about 80 feet In diameter, and
are strongly built of wood. Along
the outer circumference are placed
float boards" or paddles. Tho wheel
Is immersed several yards In the wa
ter and the impulse OF the current
keeps the huge wheel slowly revoiv-
ing most of the time. Placed at the
interval of every few yards on the
outside OF the wheel are large box
like metal buckets. These are filled
as they dip into the water, are hoist
ed by the revolving wheel to the top
and the contents poured into ttoughs
on each side. These timber water
fumes lead into bitches dug along
the steep banks of the stream. Many
of these ditch fumes are miles in
length.
AS these wheels run perpetualiy
great stores CT water are thus col
.lected and distributed among Tho
thirsty crops OF the ranchtrs for
leagues on both sides OF the narrow
winding valley.
The only expense to fhe rancher is
the construction OF these wheels and
the digging Of the ,irrlgating ditches
The system furnishes its own power
as we'll as the life.sustaining element
at the same time.
Evening star., 1923-12-30

4 the armistice These had not proved
| popular; but only because Patty her.
self tired of them.
And all the time she had been un-
disputed-belle. the older generation
| called her-vamp. her contemporaries
put II. vamp, she was, steady and
consistent, showing no quarter to
her admirers and perceiving-her de.
tractors said--no difference between
them.
masculine-single, engaged, married.
| witlowed--was grist to Patty's vamp-
! ing mill; prep boys. college youths,
I young. middle-aged and elderly
| business men. senile, retired gentle
| men. professional men, artists and
yes-artisans. Even the tradespeo-
pie, Belaize matrons complained in
| dignantly. saved their choicest cuts
and freshest vegetables for Patty.
And it seemed true that she vamp-
| ed only to reject; that she wac as
| heartless as she was reckless and as
carefree as she was both.
But Patty was really very dis
contented girl. often she was a very
unhappy one. At this moment. for
instance. she was profoundly so.
| One of the phases Judge Dade had
! used kept Hitting through her mind.
"a great deal of efficiency detected
| into a lot of little abilities" Her
father was right and she knew it,.
She had proved that to herself.
| Everybc dy said, How hard Patty
Dade worked In the war;" Nobody
but herself, however, knew how hard
she really did work-and nobody had
the faintest suspicion why.
In another thing. her father was
right and she knew It, For her the
solution was marriage. Oh. IL only
out Of the puerilities and frivolities
to which she had reduced--and de-
! based-loye, the man. her man,
would emerge! She had. never found
him-never! Monty came~the near
est. But Monty-she could curl
Monty-and did curl him-as close as
| shaving about her little finger.
Poor Monty.
The tears Blurred her eyes and for
an interval, she let them hang on her
| lashes Then distant black dot in
vaded the tears--she winked them
| back. A fivver was approaching
from the direction of Belai1e. 1t
contained only the driver-a man
young-a stranger-no, familiar
Arthur Raeburn! Laurian was right!
He was attractive.
x + X
THE machinery of Pattys vamping
mill began to function instan-
taneously. She slowed up gradually I;
signaled with a pretty gesture for
Arthur Raeburn to stop. The fiivger
came to a stand beside her roadster:
but it's driver did not shut or the
gas. How do you do, DR.. Raeburn"'
Patty opened the conversation with
| her most charming accent. when
did you get back?"
How do you do, Miss Dade. I've
been back-oh, let me see-four or
five months, five TO be accurate"
'I hadn't heard" Patty lied with q
delicate malice. Then sweetly,
Were you in the war;"
mot In the line. I was in the Red
Cross"
'Oh, that must have been so much
| more interesting she paused
| "and safe"
Apparently. however. DR.. Raeburn
did not get her intention. His absent
gray eyes, set first under black
| lashes then deep frown, were study
| ing the distance, and his expression
1t was polite--no, civil was the
| word-was abesnt, too. and family
| touched-could 1t be possible--with
impatience.
Evening star., 1923-12-30

he slapped me in the face. That made
me mad and few at, him and we had
a fight"
She dropped little rill of soft
laughter.
II always knew after that that he
was no sissy or fraid-cat But 1
hated him because he had discovered
my secret-that terror Of blood
was terribly ashamed of. that-oh,
terribly. used TO say dreadful
things about Arthur-rfn responsible
for the way the children treated him.
"why. do you know. father, got
the chance--I never told you this
to go to France TO nurse. But 1
wouldn't accept it-because 1 was
afraid or that awful obsession In re-
gard TO blood. That's why I worked
80 hard here-I felt such a Stacker
not going-and how hard did work!
You don't know! Nobody knows but
Arthur"
She started to lose herself in
dreams. Her father cleared his
throat preliminary to speaking. But
,, suddenly she went on.
There was nobody TO help Arthur
in the accident today but me. Every
body else was injured. And he had
to have assistance. refused ito give
it-some of them were bleeding
awfully-they were covered with
blood-oh, father-I thought could
| not even look at them. much less
touch them. But he said I must help
him. Then refused a second time
and he Slapped my face. just as he
did when I was a child. Then he
swung at me twice. He shook me-
good and hard, to. He threatened to
kick me, And IL helped him.
was mad as the mischief, but 1 was
afraid not to. 1 was more afraid of
him than the blood. / held tourni-
quets and after he had painted the
wounds with iodine. / bathed them
with water and green soap-I held
splintsI kept one poor creature
etherized-oh, 1 did things-I saw
things. But all the time I watched
him work-and after a while for
got about them-watching him. /
fell in love with him-oh, violently
terribly-eternally-
Her father produced a grunt and
then dropped back into q, secondary
stage Of paralysis.
He was marvellous Patty went on
in her dreamy thread OF voice. al
have never seen anything like his
tenderness and his skill-his beauti-
ful, heavenly tenderness. his magic
enareamable, unima ginable skIli-I
couldn't just couldn't leave him.
I went with him and them to the hos
pital. / think he saw l had fallen
in love with him-anyway, he pro-
posed to me-he said he'd always
been in love with me. And as for
me-" She shivered. "Why, Il
simpiy-I-"
Judge Daue spoke. "Yes. see
how 1t is'
I'm going up now and bathe
and dress. He's coming for me in
an hour and we're going to ride-in
that crazy fivver. I told him. Ia got
to see him again tonight. didn't
know, when ordered that Mlehelette
dress, why 1 ordered it-that dueky
one, mean, with the flame -colored
| taffeta and the black lace founces.
But 1 know now-it was to dazzle
Arthur"
'T suppose" her father said, plain
lively, "if he asks you to leave me
to Laurian's tender nercies and the
sherbet with nuts on 1t. you1l 60"
Father" his daughter declared.
"If he asks me TO fly to Mars. I'll so!"
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-12-30
Immense Waterspout.
A WASHINGTON scientist has re
cnrdAd the f,artlculars caneernin

A WASHINGTON scientist has re-
: corded the particulars concerning
. great waterspout he observed south
OF Cape Comorin on . day when the
weather was fine and the sea smooth.
The waterspout formed between
russet.gray cloud and the sea nearly
1--WE miles from the ship. AT first the
distance between the base OF the
cloud and the surface OF the sea was
$500 feet and the width OF the column
tapered from 500 feet at Its juncture
with the cloud to $50 feet at the sea
The vortex appeared to be o tube
with tapering sides and q central
column. The walls seemed TO consist,
Of water moving downward and the
central column OF water ascend
The phenomenon lasted for thi
minutes The walls broke
central column appeared
Into the cloud.
Evening star., 1923-12-30

/
vouchsafed, in a preoccuPied tone
His fingers moved fuftiveIy on the
wheel.
what are you doing now" wah
Patty's next thrust.
"oh. I'm interested in D hospital
over in North Belaise."
"I hadn't heard OF L." Patty thrust
again. rs 1t secretT'
Raeburn smiled. And his smile waa
| jag Of light breaking through the
tanned cream Of his complexion.
Not deliberately so," he replied
Then, "You must pardon me-" he said
with a courteous hfmness, but
must go on. I have patient az the
! Point"
And before the outraged Patty
could peep even a sood-bye. the
ffivver was making for the horizon.
The rencentre had, however, accom-
plished one good. Even IL II threat.
ened to effect many ills. II had
burned UP Patty's melancholia.
In the whole course OF her life,
| there had been but one person whom
she hated-Arthur Raeburn. 1t was
curious, too. that she should pick him
! to hate; for Arthur Raeburn's sphere
revolved in a different system from
hers.
1t was curious about Arthur Rae
burn. Jeered at by the boys, avoided
| by the girls. until he lived in a vir-
tual ostracism, Arther had on the
whole turned out the most brilliant
| one among them. His record In the
| war-he had said that he was not In
the line. But. as Patty perfectly
well knew, he might just as well have
been in the line. He had been sur
geon In a hot sector on the American
front. The town rippled with stories
| of his GOODNESS under bombardment.
Now, he was not only an established
local celebrity, but had the entire
charge of a richly endowed, per-
fectly-equipped new hospital which
| was to open in a week or two.
He had certainly improved as far
as his looks were concerned. His
gray, thick dashed eyes were really
beautiful-Patty found herself re-
calling one of Laurian's adjectives-
comma nding-and the fiashing white
ness Of that sudden smile--yes. there
was something about him.
For an instant, Patty almost
swerved from her purpose Why not
a Irritation? But on second thought
she determined to be true to her hate
to see that he suffered.
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COME time just before the middle
~ of the afternoon, Patty left the
chair-car of train which had
brought her from the city Of Carfax
and changed into the dinky two
coached, jerk-water train which
trundled passengers over ten miles of
marsh to Belaize. The other half
dozen passengers made at once for
| the front car; but the experienced
Patty took q seat well back in the
second car, as far as she could get
| from the engine.
The car was hot; Patty almost
| doxed. thinking of many uncorrelated
| things.
Something brought her idle drift
! ing case back to the cara move
ment up near the front-the phen-
omenon of a head rising suddenly
| above a seat back She was not
| alone. A man sat there. Apparently
he had followed her into the car
strange she had not noticed him.
The head disappeared aeain--he was
| very much occupied arranging some
thing. She leaned down over her
| seat.end--he was packing together
more than one mans burden Of bags
| 1t was Arthur Raeburn.
Evening star., 1923-12-30

HxyHEN Judge Dade was able finally
w to get ungafbied news OF the ac-
cident, It was to the effect that his
daughter had been on the wrecked
train, but that she was uninjured.
ana had gone with Dr. Raeburn to
the new hospital in North Belaize.
LAurtan, who had cried without
cessation since the accident, reverted
to fiappsr and went to q dance. Judge
Dade motored to the. hospital. There
he was informed that Miss Dade, ac-
companied by Dr.. Raeburn. had just
left. Nevertheless Jadge DAde
reached heme before his daughter.
He turned on the reaatnE lamp:
established himself In his comfort.
able leather chair TO read. Time
passed. A fivver turned into the
drive. Ie stopped; emitted q female
figure.
In q moment the door to the library
opened softly. Patty glided In. Her
stained gown hung in tatters. Her
hair was stacked carelessly. Her
manner was AZ strange rs her APP
pea arancs, and her movements even
-atran ker---so strange indeed that they
helu Ju0BS O800 oHJSeSitHOu Sh1sso~
ing.
She came closer, sat down on a
chAir.arm and contemplated her
father. Then Il was that he saw that
she had achiAved . starry cofnelin ess.
af'm engaged to be married,
father" she said.
Judge Dads looked at her speech.
less.
"ro Arthur Raeburn.''.
And she went on In tone little
and dreamy, very like her little girl
voice; as though she could not quite
command her speech.
'whsh 1 was = little girl. Dab Elli-
mans dog attacked Fredricka Gar.
nett's cat. It was tearing IL to
pieces There was nobody around
but Arthur Raeburn. He saved it,
All alone. / could not help him be.
cause--becAuse--I could not move
4 have always got faint At the sight
@ blepd. started 60 faint and then
The Winslow mail., 1923-08-10
DENVER BUREAU TO FIGHT MIS-
LEADING ADVERTISING.

Denver.-A Better Business Bureau
has been tentatively organized by a
number OF Denver business firms. The
| object of this organization is to COM
bat untruthful and misleading state
ments in advertising. Nine represen-
tadves were at the meeting and de-
clded that such movement is needed
IN Denver. Similar bureaus have been
launched in nearly fifty other large
American cities. Among these are New
York, San Francisco, Chicago, DeS
Moines, Baltimore, Boston, Tacoma,
Spokane, Seattle and Portland.
The promoters of the plan in Dem
yer are g. E. COLLISION, secreta J OF
the Retail Merchants Bureau OF tho
Civic and Commercial Associations
Walter w. Whine, president of the
Colorado Life Underwriters ASsocia-
tion G. NJ. Skinker of the jobbers' bu-
reau; l.. r. Bach and S. T. McCulium9
representing the auto accessory deal
erS e. NJ. Houston of the Real Estate
Bureau; f. d. Zimmerman of the Adj
vertiSing Clubs; w. d. Downs, repre-
senting, the Retail Merchants Bureau
James G. Burger of the Denver Clear
ing House Association, and Frank M
Vaughn, representing the Investment
Bankers Association.
Mr. Burger was elected chairman
and Mr.. COLLISION, acting secretary OK
an organization committee to extenB
the plans and to arrange for affilia-
ton with the national vigilance COM
mittee of the Associated Advertising
Clubs of the World. The organizations
will be divided into a financial and
mercantile branch, the former making;
investigation Of fraudulent stock deal
ing schemes, while the mercantile de-
partment will censor all mercantile aG-
vertising, according to Mr.. COLLISION
The Winslow mail., 1923-08-10
kiplinq Is BaIdwin's Cousin.

The rise of the prime minister, Mr..
Baldwin, has caused to be told once
more the story of the four daughters
Of a Wesleyan Methodist minister,
Rev. G. B. Macdonald, one of whom
became the mother of the new prime
minister. Another married Mr.. Lock-
wood Kipling and became the mother
of Mr.. Rudyard Kipling. A third mar
ried Sir Edward Poynter, the late
president of the Royal academy, and
the fourth married that great artist,
Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Their broth
er, Rev. F. w. Macdonald, won in
his time the honor of being president
Of the Wesleyan Methodist conference.
Mr.. Baldwin, therefore, has had some
distinguished uncles and COUSINS
London correspondence in the Chris
tian Century.
The Winslow mail., 1923-08-10

constant service, the suits and dresses
of like character, and utility hats. In
coats manufacturers have provided
lines that include garments for street
or general wear, others for dress and
certain distinct types for sports wear,
but they have cleverly united in young
girls coats for all-round wear the
tailored and sports styles, and we have
the tailored sports coat. They are
youthful, comfortable, stylish-one
Of them Is shown here in dark belize
color with an indistinct cross-bar in a
deep orange color, to make it snappy
1t is an appealing model which will
please both the younger generation
and the older people. The tailored
sports coat is a safe investment for
the school girl, or young woman in
college-many Of it's owners will make
It do for all occasions.
AS TO other coat styles for fall, the
tendency is toward longer models.
Aside from this present styles are
carrying over. The straight-line sill
aouette, high pile fabrics and sturdy
The Winslow mail., 1923-08-10

sweaters, and Of these the combination
Of blouse and skirt is most popular,
both for formal occasions and for
sports wear.
Applique designs Of contrasting color,
drawnwork, beading, monograms and
colored braid edges, comprise the dec
orative features in models of present
fashion. Sleeveless blouses in elab.
crate styles share honors with those
with short sleeves.
In the two blouses shown below,
crepe de chine is used in combination
with embroidery to obtain two entire
ly different models. The blouse at the
left is suitable for sports wear. 1t is
Of sand crepe de chine with piping,
belt and patch pockets of holly-berry
red. The pockets are ornamented with
a flower design in colored embroidery
The short sleeves, link-front and stu.
dent collar are all features of current
styles.
For dressy affairs the blouse at the
right recommends itself because of its
ornate embroidery at the hip line and
The Winslow mail., 1923-08-10
Union Row Causes U. S. Protest

San FranciscO.-The situation which
prompted Attorney General Daugherty
to participate in the action here to re-
strain certain building contractors
from indulging in practices alleged to
be in contravention Of the Sherman
antitrust law had its inception ap~
proximately two years ago, when ~
strike of building mechanics was enlIeG
In protest against what they terms6
the ''inequitable findings of a speclnS
wage board" The strike was partial
ly broken with the introduction OF the
"open shop" which was characterized
bv the employers as the American
plan"
The Winslow mail., 1923-08-10
Plan to Salvage Copper.

More than 100000 pounds of cop
per will be recovered from the bottom
of New York bay, in the main chan
mel between Governors island and
BedlOe's island, says the Engineering
and Mining JournaI-Press of New
York. The copper was sunk on jan
uary Is, 1920, as the result of a col
lisiOn in fog between the navy barge
Anode, carrying the copper, and the
army transport Buford. The metal is
now resting in mud 90 feet below the
surface. A dredging company has
taken a contract on a royalty basis to
recover the metal. 1t is in the form
Of large ingots weighing 80 pounds
each.
The Winslow mail., 1923-08-10
"Antediluvfan" Beast scares Tourists

Hay Springs, Kan.-Rumors Of d
strange animal reminiscent OF the pre-
historic dinOsaur in Alkali Lake, neaR
here, were declared by authorities to-
be "hot weather hooch dreams" The
reports have been current for years
and Alkali Lake has become almost as
much a thing to be stunned as IA
haunted" house." Although police AND
the sheriff's office have received re-
ports from frightened tourists at reg
ular intervals that something chased.
them, none have ever seen the beast
and admitted it may have been peeT~
ish bull.
The Winslow mail., 1923-08-10
Important to All Women
Readers Of This Paper

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and never
suspect it.
Womens complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, OF the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy con-
dition, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head.
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, irri'
table and maybe respondent; it makes
any one so.
But hundreds of women claim that DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, by restoring health
to the kidneys, proved to be just the
remedy needed to overcome such condi-
tions.
Many send for sample bottle to see
what Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver
and bladder medicine, will do for them. By
enclosing ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, you may receive sam
pie size bottle by parcel post. You can
purchase medium and large size bottles at
ell drug stores-Advertisemen
The Winslow mail., 1923-08-10
New Way to Make Coal Gas.

A new method of making coal gas
has just been invented by c. B. TulIy,
an engineer Of Newark-on- Trent,
Nottinghamshire, England. After ex-
perimenting for over three years he
has finally succeeded in reducing the
amount of carbon mOnoXide in house
hold gas from the usual u per cent,
according to a report from Vice Com
sui Biar at Nottingham, received by
the Department of Commerce.
The Winslow mail., 1923-08-10

goUlenS, neutral colors and fur trim
mings are all present in the displays
Of new fall garments. Pile fabrics
are somewhat finer in texture than
they were and more emphasis than
ever is placed on collar ard cuffs of
fur. There are numerous side-tie
models and decorative silk stitching is
made much of. Sleeves are very full
and long and often finished with en-
broidery or a deep cuff, instead of
fur. In dressy coats metal threads
Introduced In silk embroidery. done in
The Winslow mail., 1923-08-10
Radio for Sing Sing Death House

New YOrk-A radio set win be in
stalled in the death house at Sing Sing
to give the condemned their last cszs-
tact with the outside world The idea
originated with the chief electrician az
.he prison and was sponsored by Capt.
Stanley J. Sheppard of the Salvation
Army Warden Lawes endorsed the.
idea, and today Captain Sheppard al
nounced that an outfit had beeD pre-
sented to the death house by David
Saranoff, general manager of the Ras-
dio Corporation Of America.
The Winslow mail., 1923-08-10
TAILORED SPORTS COATS;
PRETTY SUMMER BLOUSES


TINE time is here again when the
- outfitting of young women and
girls who are to be sent away to
school must be attended to. This obli-
CATION comes along in midsummer, be-
fore the garments are actually needed,
but not too early to pick fall styles,
in essential things, like coats and
dresses, already launched.
About the first purchases made are
the substantial coats which must do
The Winslow mail., 1923-08-10

self color, add bit of sparkle to the
design. On tailored sports coats,
huge and handsome buttons for fasten
ing with single button on the cuffs
is the best of all finishing touches.
There is apparently no end to the
ingenuity Of designers in producing
new and interesting patterns for sum-
mer blouses. The current vogue for
plated skirts has stimulated interest
in overblouses, waists, jacquettes and
The Winslow mail., 1923-08-10
Tomato Third in Truck Crops

Washington-Thet tomato now ranks
third in Importance among truck crops
according to the Department Of Agra-
culture, and the demand for high quail
lty or slicing tomatoes is increasing
The present need of the early an0i
truck crop tomato industry is not in
creased acreage, the department said1'
but a general improvement in fhs'
growing, grading, packing and market
ing of the crop.
The Winslow mail., 1923-08-10
|IIIIIIIIIIllNII

six bottles, and by taking It I am not
troubled as was. am gaining strength
and getting feshy. My female troubles
have vanished and have never felt so
well. The Liver Pills are the best ever
took. If you think my letter will en-
courage other sufferers you have my
permission to use it as an advertise
ment. Mrs. SARAH BLAIsE, Box 1T,
Keeseville, N. Y.
Doing the housework for the average
American family is some task, and many
women lose their health in so doing. If
you, as a housewife, are troubled with
backache, Irregularities, are easily tired
agreeable ailments caused by some
weakness, give Lydia E. Pinkham' Veg
etable Compound trial. Let it help you.
The Winslow mail., 1923-08-10
Right of Way Granted to Railroad

Phoenix citizens, at a special elec-
ton adopted by an overwhelming nlfi~
jority an ordinance granting right-of-
way through the city OH MadlsoB
street to the Tucson, Phoenix & Tide
water railroad. A complete tabnlatdou
of the vote showed: For the ordinance,
1925; against the ordinance, 226.