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CHAPTER VII
Her Malesty's Rancho.

Her MaJesty's Rancho.
Five months brought all that Still
well had dreamed Of, and so many
more changes and Improvements and
innovations that 1t was as II magic
touch had transformed the old ranch.
Madeline and Alfred and Florence
had talked over a fitting name, and
had decided on one chosen by Made
line. But this instance was the only
one In the course Of Developments In
which Madellnes wishes were not
complied with. The cowboys named
the new ranch "Her Majesty's Ran
cho." Stillwell said the names cow
boys bestowed were felicitous, and as
Interchangeable as the everlasting hills;
Florence went over to the enemy; and
Alfred, laughing at Madellne's protest,
declared the cowboys had elected her
queen Of the ranges, and that there
was no help for 1t. SO the name stood
"Her Majesty's Rancho"
All that had been left Of the old
Spanish house which had been Still
wells home for so long was the bare
massive structure, and some Of this
had been cut away for new doors and
windows. Every modern convenience,
even to hot and cold running water
and acetylene light, had been In
stalled; and the whole interior painted
and carpentered and furnished. The
ideal sought had not been luxury, but
comfort. Every door into the patio
looked out upon dark, rich grass and
sweet faced flowers. and every win.
dow looked down the green slopes.
Madeline Hammond cherished n
fancy that the transformation she had
wrought In the old Spanish house and
In the people with whom she had sur
rounded herself. great as that trans.
formation had been, was rs nothing
compared to the one wrought In her
self. She had found an object In life.
She had seen her brother through his
difficulties, on the road to all the suc-
cess and prosperity that he cared for.
Madeline had been conscientious
student Of ranchlng and an apt pupil
Of Stillwell. The old cattleman, In his
simplicity, gave her the place in his
heart that was meant for the daugh-
ter he had never had. His pride In
her. Madeline thought, was beyond
reason or belief or words to tell.
Under his guidance, sometimes accom-.
panied by Alfred and Florence, Made
line had ridden the ranges and had
studied the life and work Of the cow
boys. Sometimes she looked In her
mirror and laughed with sheer Joy at
sight Of the 1.-THE, audacious, brown.
faced, flashlng-eyed creature reflected
there. II was not 40 much Joy In her
beauty as sheer Joy Of life. Eastern
critics had been wont to call her
beautiful In those days when she had
been pale and slender and proud and
cold. She laughed. II they could only
see her nowl From the tip Of her
golden head to her feet she was alive,
pulsating. on fire.
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pipe filled with Edgeworth helps a lot.
At least, smokers from all parts OF
the country write in to tell how much
Edgeworth helps them in the general
pursuit Of health, happiness and sew
eral good pipefuls day.
II you are interested in finding out
more about Edgeworth, the most SEN
sible plan is for you to let Larus &
Brother Company send you some free
samples SO that you can try the to-
bacco for yourself.
Just write your name and address
down on q postcard and you will re-
ceive immediately generous helpings
both Of Edgeworth Plug Slice and
Ready-Rubbed. II you will also in
clude the name and address Of your
tobacco dealer, we will make it easier
for you to get Edgeworth regularly.
For the free samples address Larus
4 Brother Company, rs South 2lst
Street. Richmond, Virginia.
ToRssoa Tobacco Merehants: II your
jobber cannot supply you with Edge
worth, Larus 4 Brother Company will
gladly send you prepaid by parcel post
aone- or two-dozen carton Of any sizs
Of Edgeworth Plug Slice or Ready,
Rubbed for the same price you woult
pay the iobber.
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CHAPTER vi
A Gift and a Purchase,

For a week the scene Of the round.
Up lay within riding-distance of the
ranch.house, and Madeline passed most
Of this time in the saddle. watching
the strenuous labors Of the vaqueros
and cowboys. She overestimated her
strength, and more than once had to
be lifted from her horse. Stillwell's
pleasure In her attendance gave place
to concern. He tried to persuade her
to stay away from the roundup, and
!. ylorence grew even more solicItous.
Madeline, however, was not moved
0by their entreaties.
She grasped only dlmly the truth
Of what 1t was she was learning
something Infinitely more than the
rounding up Of cattle by cowboys, and
she was loath to lose an hour Of her
opportunity.
Before the week was out, however,
Alfred found occasion to tell her that
It would be wiser for her to let the
roundup 20 without gracing It further
with her presence. He said 1t laugh.
ingly; nevertheless, he was serious.
And when Madeline turned to him In
surprise he said, bluntly:
II don't like the way Don Carlos
follows you around. Bills afraid that
Nels or Ambrose or one Of the cow
boys will take a fall out Of the Mexi-
can. They're itching for the chance.
OF course, dear. It's absurd to you, but
It's true"
Absurd Il certainly was yet It served
10 show Madeline how intensely occu.
pled she had been with her own feel
ings, reused by the tumult and toll Of
the roundup. She recalled that Don
Carlos had been presented to her. and
that she had not liked his dark, strik.
jng face with it, bold, prominent. gilt.
tering eyes and sinister lines; and she
bad not liked his suave, sweet. insin-
uating voice or his subtle manner. with
lts siow bows and gestures.
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What would you
do in his place?
The steeplejack lights his
pipe and goes on
painting

Imagine, II you can, . steeplejack
487 feet above the street level. Hang
ing on by his teeth he is applying q
more or less rough-and-ready coat Of
paint to q flagpole.
It may seem foolish that q hagpole
487 feet in the air should need a coat
Of paint; but anyway, that's the case.
Right in the midst Of busy morn
ing's painting an adventurous bee
buzzes into the picture. In fact, there
are two bees, both buzzing viciously.
What should the steeplejack do7
There being in the profession no
local rules for buzzing bees, your
average steeplejack probably would
get the all-clear signal from below and
slide promptly down to safety.
But not Our Hero.
He takes out his pipe, lights it, and
goes on painting.
ut soothes the nerves." he says
frankly about pipe smoking.
And, by the way, although there
are only twenty-five genuine, no
scaffold steeplejacks in the country,
Our Hero is one Of them.
We have no way Of knowing what
kind Of tobacco the steeplejack pours
into his pipe on these bee-buzzing oc-
casions, but we have a feeling that it
is Edgeworth.
For Edgeworth does much to give
the smoker a sense Of calm and
peaceful security.
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"stewart, ne . shame to
waste your lie. Come back
with me!S
(To BE coNrINUED.)

No climate 10 too wet, too dry, TOO
hot, or too cold for some lind u
llchsns to flourish.
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OF course, we
wouldn't care to 20
on record as claim
ing that smoking a
can Of Edgeworth is
as good as a two
weeks rest cure in
the mountains; but
\ We would like to
Aregister very
strongly the opin-
4 ion that smoking
, any pipe makes
life seem more
worth living and
that smoking a
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She Rode Majestic Across the Wide
Flat, Up the Zlozag Trail, Across tho
Beautiful Grassy Level to the Far
Rim Of the Mesa
hope l have found myself-my work.
my happiness-here under the light
Of that western star"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-09-27

John Stafford and Esther Miller
were married on Wednesday of last
week by county judge Labaree OF
Julesburg. There were only few rel
atives in attendance. Mr.. and Mrs
Stafford left Wednesday afternoon for
Sunol, where Mr.. Stafford is working
People of Big Springs and vicinity
extend their hearty congratulations to
this couple and wish them many years
Of happiness.
The Community Hall ball team wal
loped team from near Chappell last
Sunday by the score of 8 to 8.
Lewis Waterman, George Phelps,
Roy Lintz and one or two other Big
Springs players went to Lewellen last
week during the fair and helped Lew
ellen defeat Brule in close game by
score of 6 to S.
NC. Remington and Walter Ostran-
der attended the fair at Lewellen last
week
Mrs. Anna Chloupek left last Fri
day night for St. Louis, Mo-, where
she will visit for several weeks.
Mr.. Campbell Of Kearney, represen-
tative of the Omaha World-Herald,
spent Friday in Big Springs getting
new and renewal subscriptions to his
paper.
MIR. C. E. Grisham, editor of the Big
Springs News and the Lodge Po e
Express, has installed new linotype
machine in his office at Lodge Pole,
which gives his papers neater ap-
pearance.
Hazel Cruickshank was forced to re-
main out of school for a few days on
account of a slight attack of appendl-
citis. :.
This vicinity is doing very well in
escaping frost during the last few
cold snaps. :.
Mr.. Carrie Roberts and wife recent
ly returned from Kansas and they are
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the Roy Smith home.

the Roy Smith home.
Some time over Sunday some one
broke into the school house in Dist
No. 80. gaining entrance after break.
ing large window pane and stole
numerous and quite valuable articles
The same thing happened at this schoo
last year and it seems to be the work
If boys. However. whoever it was, il
they are caught, they should be pun
ished severely.
Mrs. ID. J. Parker was called over
to Chappell last Friday morning on
account of the sudden serious illness
of her sister-in-law, Mrs. S. c. Hol-
tori. Mrs. Holtorf passed away Sat
urday evening at six o'clock after an
illness of three days duration The
deceased was % years of age. and she
came to Deuel. county with her hus-
band after their marriage at Central
City on June 9. 1920. Besides the
husband and little son scarcely one
year old she leaves father, mother,
several sisters and brothers, six sis
laws, three of them residing in
this neighborhood, and other relatives.
Her mother and eldest brother were
at her bedside when the end came. She
was young woman of beautiful char
acter and death leaves the home very
desolate indeed and much sympathy is
felt for the young husband and little
baby Funeral services were held at
the home Sunday afternoon at four
o'clock. The body was shipped from
Chappell to Central City for burial.
Besides the husband and baby. mother
and brother of the deceased. Mr.. and
Mrs. D. j. Parker and Mrs. Henry
Rochlitz accompanied the body.
Those from this neighborhood who
attended the funeral of the late Mrs.
Holtorf at Chappell Sunday afternoon
were the D. j. Parker family, Mrs. A
J. Parker and Alpha. the Henry and
Ed. Rochlitz families, Mr.. Rochlitz
Sr., Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Stevens and
Mrs. George Robinson.
A large crowd was out to the Com
munity Hall Sunday afternoon to wit
! ness the ball game Rtween the Chap
pell R. nine and the Community Cen
ter team. The score was to 7 in ia
vor of Community Center. Next Sun,
day the Community Center team ex-
pects to play the American Legion at
Big Springs.
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PAGE THREE

mons brother and wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Damon from Nebraska
Mr.. Walter Sprick hauled barley to
Venango Wednesday.
Miss Mary Daum called at the Da-
mon home Thursday
Miss Norma Damon left for Denver
Thursday where she will attend school
this winter
Mr.. Gustav Sprick went to Jules
burg Wednesday to attend the high
school board meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Crawford called
at the Sprick home Friday night to
get some binder twine.
Mrs. Theo kindig helped Mrs. O'Dell
cook for threshers last week
Mrs. Penney went to Nebraska last
week to visit with relatives.
Miss Mabel Penney, Mrs. Kindig and
Miss Martha Schultz were callers in
Julesburg Tuesday.
Elton O'Dell has been on the sick
list the past week with bronchitis, but
is improving at this writing.
Sunday School Sunday morning at
ten O'Clock. Everybody come.
Mrs. Martin Sorenson helped Mrs.
Sprick cook for threshers last week.
Mrs. Collopy called at the home of
Mrs. John Schultz last week.
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NORTH OF
BIG SPRINGS NEWS

Mr.. aad Mrs. George Archer en-
tertalned friends from Chappell and
MS. Ruth Murgatroyd Sunday.
Most of the high school students
trom this vicinity attended "kid''
party at the R. High last FRIDAY eve
hlng and reported splendid time.
Alma Parker spent one night last
week with Velma Zalman.
This community was well represent.
ed at the fair at Julesburg during last
week. ''
Nowal Stevens spent last SATURDAY
night and Sunday with Everett Rob.
inson.
Mr.. Roy Smith harvested his eighty
acre field of buckwheat last week and
ne thinks it will average at least 2!
bushels per acre and some of it will
make 40 bushels to the acre.
Nearly everyone is through sowing
wheat and a good rain would be vel.
come.
Mrs. Floyd Herring is able to be
out again after quite siege of i'll.
ness.
Corn is maturing nicely these warn
days and excepting the real late corr
IS about out Of the way of frost. There
Will be an abundant crop in this local.
ty.
The Farmers Telephone Co. held a
business meeting at the Community
Hall last Thursday evening.
Fred Johnson cut corn fodder for
his parents last week.
Mr.. Carter on his way from Pine
Bluffs, Wyo., to Fairbury, visited last
Monday night at the George Robin
son home.
Miss Blanch Archer of Chappell is
spending the week with Mrs. George
Archer and Miss Ruth Murgatroyd.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Robinson and
Mr.. Carter spent Monday evening at
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making their temporary headquarters
on Mr. Wilbur's farm south of town
Leslie Timbrel made business triI
70 crook, Colo. last week.
Mr I. f. Smith and wife, former
s.dents of this place, stopped over
nefe few days on their way to Brule
wh' they are making their future
home
DAYTON Dorm and his sister Francis
lei last week for Lincoln, where they
VIII 20 to school. The reporter very
thGughtlessly omitted this last week
Eula Jensen from southwest of Big
springs is staying with A. l.. Jensen
and going to school here.
'Niiord Boss of Julesburg was a
pig Springs visitor last week. Cliff
iorG recently returned from a Citizens
Military Training Camp near Denver.
Dave Foltz and wife and Harry
Prltchard and family made a pleasure
trlp over in the sandhills east of Lew
ellen Sunday.
Ihe reporter omitted an item last
week that Grandma Nelson was very
painfully hurt in falling.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-09-27

Quite a few from Big Springs and
vicinity took in the fair at Julesburg
last week.
Otto Nelson made business trim
to Chappell Tuesday.
c. H. Bagby is having a garage
built at his home in west Big Springs
Ned Wilbur and Ted left Saturday
morning for haywood where Mr.. Will
bur will race.
Victor Miller and family of Jules
burg were Big Springs visitors Sun
day.
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BIG SPRINGS NEWS

Rev. L. H. Kaub returned from the
Methodist conference at Lincoln last
Tuesday morning. Rev. Kaub will be
with us for another year.
Peter Klindt, accompanied by his
daughter, Bodell made a trip to Grand
Island and the east Sunday.
Bob Brown, our congenial barber,
made trip to North Platte last SUM-
day.
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ROLLING PRAIRIE
(Too late for last week)

(TOO late Tor last week.
There was good attendance out to
Sunday School last Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. Gustav Sprick was greatly
surprised last Monday evening, when
a number of friends and neighbors
came in to help her celebrate her
birthday. The evening was spent in
social way and at late hour a
nice lunch was served and everybody
went home wishing Mrs. Sprick many
more happy birthdays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Faye Damon have
been enjoying a visit from Mr.. Da-
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OF JULESBURG
IRRIGATION DIST,
Meeting of Sept. 4, 1923.

| tNSSlhiS VI soepI. =, lJSo.
At the regular meeting of the Board
CATION District held this 4th day of
September, 1923, the following pro
ceedings were had, to-wit
On roll call the following officers
were found present: C. W. White,
president; W. H. Brandt and R. Toyne'
directors; d. T. Bush, superintendent;
c. M. Robson, attorney; F. X. Huff.
man, secretary.
Absent: None.
The minutes of the meeting held
August 7, 1923, were read and duly
approved. The following bills were
presented, read and passed for allow
ance:
J. J. Walters, labor Petersen S 1856
Z. w. White, director ---- $50
W. II. Brandt, director 1890 4.5O
Il. TOyne, director --- 700
D. T. Bush, salary ------ 2O7.5O
r. X. Huffman, salary --- 67.16
Roy Smith, ditchrider ------ 10000
John Rays, ditchrider- $3.50
VIM. Critics, ditchrider and the
board of man -- 1O6.6O
Robert Anderson, ditchrider and
phone rent Observation-Disclosures so
Roy Davis, ditchrider and la
Dor ------ 1l7.4O
Joe Hewgley, ditchrider and
phone rent -------- 11l.75
Henry Bisterfelt, labor intake 1890
E. P. Sullivan, quarrying of
rock ----------- 1890
c. c. Raymer, hauling rock 1916
J. F. Sincock, claim assigned 9.65
John Freiberg, claim assigned $50
Mort johnson, claim assiined 3.45
Gail Crowfoot, claim assigned 800
Leland Austin, labor Petersen 2.7O
w. H. Hewgley, labor Peter
sen ----- 1850
Lewis Blackburn, labor Peter
sen 315
Ernest Smith, labor Petersen $50
Union Pacific Railroad Co., re-
pairing bridge ---- 5086
Red Lion L. L. L. Co., posts s962
Sedgwick Auto Co., supplies
and labor 44.7O
Loizeaux Lumber & Grain Co.,
posts ------------------- e4.56
Crook Hardware Co., hardware $500
Ovid Lumber Co., posts -- .92
Citizens National Bank, office
rent ------------------- 5000
Continental Oil Co., gasoline 1925
Mountain States T. & T. Co.,
telephone service 28.05
First National Bank, Sedgwick,
claim assigned - 1000
Upon motion duly made and sec
onded, it was ordered that the bills
as read be allowed and warrants
drawn for same.
There being no further business, the
board adjourned to meet October End,
1923.
C. W. WHITE, President.
F. X. HUFFMAN, Secretary.
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, 1923-04-16
AMERICAN FLAG
WILL FLY OVER
BIC WAR FLEET
White House Conference Decides
On Maintenance of Merchant
Marine Policy.

WASHINGTON, April 16. -The
Harding administration has an
nounced its determination to keep
the American flag flying over the
ships built during the war. If thsy
cannot be sold TO private capital
without u~njustifable loss they VIII
be operated under an aggressive
policy by the government itself.
This was determined ut a White
House conference today between
President Harding and the shipping
board. Mr.. Harding old the board
no wanted to cut OF tho present heavy
loss from government operation II It
could be dono without entailing a
greater loss through the sacrificing
of the feet. Chairman Lasker OF the
board and other members told him
they believed sixty days would dem
onstrato whether the government
could sell its ships and trade outes
TO advantage. II at the end OF that
time. or whatever period is deemed
reasonable. it appears that private
capital will not buy the vessel at the
governments terms, the shipping
board will begin a vigorous campaign
TO make government operation pay.
Lasker, discussing tho decision
reached at the conference. said that
81 the government finally decided to
continue operating the ships, the
board would ask congress in Decem.
ber for funds to carry n con
structfon program that would insure
n surplus Of cargo ships at all times.
and make certain hat tho American
merchant feet would % able to COM
pete everywhere with foreign ships.
IAsker also stated that no existing
trade lines would be discontinued,
but that they would be ~rearranged on
a strictly commercial basis. and that
this probably would reduce tho num-
Der OF operators from IS. the present
number. 10 Is or 20.
, 1923-04-16
GILLETTE MAN ONE OF
TWO UNDER ARREST FOR
CASTING BOGUS CHECKS

Hurry Bates. IS years old. who
gave his home as Gillette, Wyo.,
waived his preliminary hearing this
morning before Justice Brennan and
was bound over under $1,000 bail on a
charge Of fraudulent check writing.
Bates is said to AVE given E. A.
Beeler, taxi stand owner. a check for
s25 for a trip to Bucknum. where
Bates went to purchase a number of
horses. The man had no in
the bank on which the checks were
drawn.
Leroy Dean. alleged to have given
tho Earl Boyle agency two checks for
SIS and $50, respectively. which were
not good, was arrested yesterday
morning at Scottsblur. Neb. Deputy
Miller from the sheri1r's office left
Sunday afternoon to bring the man
back TO Casper for trial.
, 1923-04-16
MADAME EMEL|E KRAMER
GIVES NOVEL CONCERT

The program given al the Rialto
theater yesterday included Wallace
Reid In Thirty Days" and Madame
Emile Kramer in person carrying
out a duo art concert
Madame Kramer's work is worthy
of mention for the novelty of the
idea as we'll as for the high quality
Of the music. The musician had two
duo-srt reproducing pianos before the
audience. While she played a selec-
ton on one OF these, the same selec-
ton was being played "the electric
, 1923-04-16
OF
''MOON" FOR
KIDS COSTLY

It was Friday the 18th. and an
unlucky day for Con Shea 1t
was also a had day for the horses
that were bleeding from the lash
which descended from an unre-
strained hand.
A citizen saw Con driving his
team along West Yellowstine. APP
parentiy the horses could not go
fast enough to suit the humor OF
the driver, for from the reports
submitted. he kept urging them
on. Chain tugs could not be
broken. but the spirits OF the
animals were broken by tho FIRE
quent lashings the hides OF the
equincs received.
II the citizen had not cen Con
Shea and had not reported him
to the police department, the
horses would have struggled on,
and the police might not have
known that in the wagon was half
a gallon OF white mule" the
other half gallon apparently be-
ing Con Shea.
It took assistance from the Of
ficers before the driver was able
to descend from his seat OF honor
behind tho team and It took more
assistance to load him into tho
motorcycle sldo car.
"what were you doing with this
stuff7' asked Judge John A. Muir
ray in court.
IT was taking It homo to the
kids. They're all sick with colds"
Fifty dollars fine said the i'm
mutable judge.
, 1923-04-16

included that he should not hlrt DIT
ing that period.
, 1923-04-16
FIGHT PICTURES WILL
pZ SHOWN LAST TIMES
TODAY At THE WYOMING

The Dempsey-Carpentier fight pic
lures VIII be shown at the Wyoming
Theatre for the last times today.
Thousands Of Casperites have viewed
this film during its u here and all
have been greatly Pleased with the
way II was produced. Not only is the
fight itself given, but the spectator is
given intimate glimpses OF each of
the battlers during his period OF
training. lie is then able TO under.
stand the reason for the terrific
punches exchanged by the American
and the Frenchman.