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The Dolores star., 1924-03-21
Joseph Greer and His Daughter
BY Henry Kitchell Webster
Copyright by The BOebs-Merrin Co.

way you are. He's got the devils own
temper He doesn't bother-much-
about other peoples rights: expects
them TO look out for their own, and
fight for them If necessary. And along
with all that he's the biggest man
know, and the ablest. and one of the
most lovable. I've got on with him.
and been help TO him, and I'm proud
of 1t. And since you're like him, was
Interested to see whether l couldn't
get on with you, too. and be help
to you.
Hes handicapped with you, of
course. by the fact that he adores you.
I've never known him to be like that
before. Ever since he wrote you that
letter. He's been Ike boy about you !;
fierce and proud-and sometimes down
right idiotlc. Well. don't adore you
no more than l do him. II I'd adored
him-or been afraid OF him-rd have
lasted about one month.
I've made up my mind I'll try treat
ing you the way I've always treated
him. I've never told tales on him.
He's found ont that when he tells me
a thing. it's buried. I don't even tell
1t back to him as n reminder. That's
why l won't tell tales on you. You'll
find it out gradually, II there's time
enough. l never ask him questions.
Sometimes he tells me things for fun.
and sometimes to see how they strike
me-but never because l claim any
right to know. l won't claim any
rights with you. You aren't under any
obligation to me. You don't have to
ask my permission to do anything.
You don't even have to pretend you
I'm here. that's all. I'm intelligent
and shock-proof and experienced. Ex-
perienced in more ways than you're
likely TO think. ! mean I'm not an old
maid exactly"
How old are you?" Trlx asked.
"Oh. I'm old enough" said Jennie
composedly; 'thirty-four"
This seemed to be about all She
got up, lighted herself a cigarette. un-
folded an evening paper. and carried
ii across to the windows. Then she
heard Beatrice speaking
You aren't old enough TO have been
my mother. But l wish my mother
had been person like you ! wish
I'd known somebody like you-before
this"
JennIe's line" which she'd been
feeling bit too complacent about.
failed her suddenly at this point 1t
was beautifully logical to decide to
treat the girl in all situations as she'd
have treated the girls father-but
if, at the end of one of their talks, he'd
burst into tearst
She went back to the davenport,
patted the heaving shoulder, clumsily,
she felt, tried to say something en-
couraging-and. to her CONSERVATION,
heard her own voice break and saw
Beatrice swim away in blur Of
tears.
The break caught the girls atten-
tion instantly. She stopped weeping.
sprang up, took a look 10 make sure,
and. with n laugh. flung her arms
round Jennie. you aren't as hard
boiled as you let on to be-" she said.
Il was a fool to say l was expert
enced. anyhow" Jennie admitted. I've
hardly ever seen anybody cry before.
l suppose I'll have to get used to It."
She was, however, much too expert
enced in the ways of human fallIbility
to fall into the error of supposing that
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middle of 1t. shes going to school.
1t was her own idea from the start.
She picked out what she wanted, reg
istered, and paid her tuition; wrote
out TO Pasadena for her certificate
from the high school-all before she
told me n thing about 1t. She's work.
ing hard. and she's happy at it.
She drives Off at eight o'clock every
morning as regular as the clock, and
what with some of the extra things
she's taking-swimmin lessons and
all-she's hardly ever home much be-
fore dinner And she studies at night.
She's been doing it now for nearly a
month"
whats she studyingp he asked,
and seemed unfavorably impressed by
the list Jennie endeavored to furnish
him with. Look here, Jennie How
do You know she's doing anything but
swimming? How do you know she's
going to school at all? How do you
know anything except that she drives
Off in the car every morning-by her
self, suppose-and stays away all
day? How do you know she isn't run
ming with Ware and his lot? Or with
George Burns. for that matter? She
may be picking him up on some drug
store corner every other afternoon"
"She may" Jennie admitted. 81
haven't any alibi for her. But she
doesn't act to me as IL that was the
sort of thing she was doing. She
doesn't have to lie to me and she tells
me different story. She's made
friends with me, you see. Make
friends with her yourself and then see
what you think"
Make friends with her" he cried.
deeply affronted. "Why, my God,
Jennie, l love that child as l never
loved anything before in the world (!
But that wasn't enough to keep her
safe. She needs somebody to watch
her. l left that job to you. And 1t
seems to me you've fallen down on 1t.
I'm not blaming you," he added,
misreading her gesture Of despair over
his wrong -headedness. "She doesn't
mean much to you, compared to what
she means to me. You can afford to
take chances. But l can't. Not after
that night Burns brought her home.
Shed been out all the night before,
Jennie. with that rotten drunken gang.
Anything could have happened to her"
You promised to let that be by
gones.' she reminded him.
"And ! WILL" he asserted. "as far
MS she's concerned I'll never speak of
1t again to her. Never ask her a ques-
tion. BIT l can't help thinking about
It, can 1? Wondering what did hap
pen to her? She swore she was all
right. Nothing's happened since-has
thereto make you think"
For Heavens sake. Joe," she broke
In upon him. drop It! You're all
wrong. You're talking like sentl-
mental idiot. II you take that line
with her when you see her you'll do
her a lot more harm yourself than
was done her that nlght-even SUD-
posing she did lose her Innocence
His only answer was an incredulous
stare.
fT0 M rnNrtSr-rD>
The Dolores star., 1924-03-21
Hou Burglars Work in Peru

Burglars in Peru, when about to en-
ter house, supply themselves with a
sponge and bucket of water. With
the sponge they moisten the mud-cov-
cred domlcile. and the thin coating is
easily dissolved. Then they readily
cut through the thin framework, and
make hole large enough to pass
through.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-21
DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN
Aspirin Marked With "Bayer Cross"
Has Been Proved Safe by Millions.

Warning! Unless you see the name
'Bayer" on package or en- tablets you
are not getting the genuine Bayer
Aspirin proved safe by millions and
prescribed By physicians for % years.
Say "Bayer" when you buy Aspirin.
limitations may prove dangerous-Adv.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-21
More seIf.control Needed.

on, I've shot the wrong man." ex.
claimed Rhode Island damseI. This
worrying ore' trlfles Is what's making
n nervous wreck OF the American won.
an.-Dallas Times-Herald.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-21
It's Like This

Chase-My wife is an angel In three
ways.
Race-How remarkable. How's that7
Chase-Well. first. she is always up
In the air: second. she is always harp
Ing: third. she never has IN earthly
thing to wear.
The Dolores star., 1924-03-21
Meditations of an Artist

Artist Dubbs Contemplating
that I've created an immortal master
piece, would that might create fool
to buy 1t.
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Many man stops his friends on tbe
street to tell them how busy lie is.
, 1924-03-20
PROTECT A NAME

Ii can he said without fear of criticism that our Presidents,
whether Democrat or Republican,, have striven to uphold the
beer impcrtinently dragged into the hearing of a committee.
At once a debate III the Senate was precipitated upon the need
of protecting our country's highest officer from malignant at
tack. There is always a tendency to SANDER, and to listen to
as the slanderer. Take he'd chow" ye hear is a commonplace;
is IT, slnndcrer. Take heed 'how' we hear is a commonplace
is oar love and hate. There is our ruling passion. There is
character and destiny. We are to a large extent, responsible
for what we hear; and the kind of thing we hear depends in
no small measure on the character.
The aspersions cast upon Presidents names are uncaled
for; grossly offensive in themselves and in the echoes invited
from irresponsible quarters. There must be national self
held the dignity Of their high office. The official acts of our
President are open to just criticism, but this criticism always
should take not of the fact, that the President embodies the
sovereignty of the nation and represents its strength and
dignity.
Every President has been accused of base charges. Wash
lngton was called a traitor and a robber by Bache and Callcn-
der. Even Jefferson flung out an unkindly criticism. Lincoln
was called weak and silly, and even n civil and military failure
Roosevelt was a mere bully and big sticker! Wilson has been
viliied and basely abused. Such SANDER is an insult to the
dignity of the United States. Not only that, it is an insult to
the intelligence of the electorate. 1t does not appeal to ration
nj thinking, rather to prejudice. Congressman who indulge in
such attacks ought to be defeated at the polls.
The dignifed criticism of a Presidents policies will offend
no man, but abuse, SANDER and vinifcation strike directly at
n nations dignity; it is an offence against common decency and
patriotism When the soul, in its inherent liberty, posses its
verdict, the thing we hear becomes a moral thing, carrying an
infinite significance. There is a responsibility of hearing as
well as Speaking. We hear and speak with out souls. BY all
We love, by all we have made ourselves, by all we have striven
ear and colour them with heaven or with hell. What we hear
and say is a revelation of our personalities. 1t is in the YER
diets which we always pass that our responsibility begins.
1t is by love and hate and Jealousy and envy that We re-
self knowledge not only to take heed what we say, but also to
take heed to what we hear.
, 1924-03-20
POSTAL OUTFIT
TO BE SLOW IN
REACHING CITY

In a telegram issued from the
t~~snager's Office by w. C. Black.
1ubHithendent of the Postal Tele-
graph company at Denver, informs
The Republican that equipment for
the new repeater station to be in
stalled in the company's location In
the new First National Bank build
ing may be slow In reaching Raw
Tins. There Is Il great shortage in
this type OF material throughout the
United States, shortage which
worried purchasing agents during
and continuously since the war.
The wire from Mr.. Black follows:
we thank you for the write-up of
the new Postal Telegraph office to
be opened at Rawlins. 1t will be
60 days or more before our counter.
office desks and other office furni-
turc will be ready for installation:
and II may be 50 days before the
electrical equipment. which Is be-
ing made especially for Rawlins can
be secured.
When the Repeater station to be
installed at Rawlins Is completely in
stalled. II will be the very last work
in 4 Repeater" point station. 1t
viii have everything In the way OF
late equipment to make It the most
modern OF repeater stations through
out the system. Changes In equip
nent take place so rapidly In our
Geld OF cndcavor that the last sta.
, 1924-03-20

ton installed always has the most
up-to-date equipment. altho we do
make many displacements from time
to time as improvements are invent
or better instruments appear on
the market.
Your article mentioned the new
Postal Office as a Relay" office.
itawlins is not TO be a relay point,
but a repeater point. II 1t were to
be "A relay point. 1t would be neces-
sary TO have a force of day and
night telegraphers numbering a hun
dred men. But nothing OF the kind
is contemplated. Coast to coast cir
cults, about AZ In number will carry
telegraphic traffic direct from the
Atlantic TO the Pacific Coast and
from the Pacific coast to the At
lantic coast without any Relay
points being necessary. These thru
circuits will all take fresh current
1t Rawlins to make the thru signals
carry better because OF the renewed
energy from the Rawlins dynamos.
When the office Is completed II
will be our pleasure to furnish you
with photographs OF the office and
equipment. and TO give you the story
OF the technical equipment and what
1t will do in plain language as the
layman may read the article and un-
derstand its meaning.
The article which appeared In
your paper stated the Postal Com
pany has 8 main line wires in and
out OF the Rawlins Office. To be
exact there are ! trunk lines running
East and West from Rawlins. and
with these trunk lines We are able
TO get n number of circuit. both for
telesraphing and for t~elephoning.
We are however. not using the cir
cults for telephone purposes.
With ali good wishes. | am
, 1924-03-20
Active Season Plan
ned Against Rodents

With the approach OF spring comes
the time to think about getting rid
OF the rodent boarders. In a state
like Wyoming, where native grass
and hay mean 50 much to the ranch
er and farmer, 1t Is a great mistake
to allow these pests TO live and eat
the feeds which might otherwise pro-
duce valuable livestock. We claim
that Wyoming produces the best ma
tive feed of any state in the Union.
Why allow prairie dogs and SPUR
rels to consume and waste it
Unlike domesticated animals, they
are not content with what they can
eat, they destroy much that is not
used as food. The reason for this
Is Probably that they are abe 10
live for long periods of dry weather
without taking free water. They OBJ
tain their necessary body moisture
by eating by eating the roots an1
green stalks. They know that the
juiciest part Of tle plants. SO bite
into it here. take the sap. and let
it fall to the ground. Fields may
present the appearance of having
passed through a eve hail storm
after these destructive little pests
have worked on them for awhile.
Someone has estimated that 32
prairie dogs will consume as much
fe.d in a ear as a sheep and 256
as much as u COW. This does not
take into consideration what the an,
imals waste and destroy. There Is
probably an average OF about q
dogs per acre OF infested ground
Figuring on a more common bekis
fifteen acres OF prairie dog town will
when the dogs are killed off and n,
, 1924-03-20

grass allowed to recover. keep
steer for one year. 1t takes no ma
thematician to figure something OF
the annual loss sustained by allow
ing these animals to live In peace on
thousands upon thousands OF acres
OF infested ground. In these times
Of extensive taxes and high produc-
ton costs. it Is certainly poor econ
omy to allow these star boarders to
live. increase and extend their towns
farther and farther upon the best
grass land on the range.
Uncle Sam has long been interest
ed in clearing the Country OF this
destructive pest. Much time has
been given to %perfecting a cheap and
effective poison which the farmers
and ranchers may use. At the pres
ent time, poisoned grain may be
used successfully to kill SO per cent
OF the prairie dogs. and poisoned
! gas will finish the remainder. Every
County Agricultural Agent in Wye
ming. the State Extension Office at
Laramie. and U. S. Biological Sur
vey representatives over the state
prepare and distribute the poison at
cost. The State has provided the
legal machinery to form compulsory
poisoning districts. insuring thai
every tract of land will be treated.
The stage Is all set for a whole
sale slaughter of prairie dogs and
squirrels this spring. More land
owners are each year realizing the
folly Of giving a large percentage OF
their best feed to rodents. The
coming season holds promise Of &C
counting for more dead dogs and
squirrels, producing more grass fol
livestock and more resulting profit
for the rancher and farmer than any
in the sttae's history.
, 1924-03-20

Colony-Drilling for oil soon to
be commenced in this vicinity.
Lost Sprinss-Carload Of horses
shipped to Nebraska sold at average
Of $66 per head.
Kemmerer-Four local wool pro-
ducers contract TO sell entire 1924
clip at 40 cents q pound.
, 1924-03-20

Very truly yours.
w. C.. BLACK,
Superintendent.
p. 8. The repeater station will have
a force OF half a dozen repeater at
tendants all told.
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FEW OFFERINGS
ARE ON SALE
TO-DAY
After Active Week Bond
Market Has LuIl in
|. Issues

NEW YORK. June 10. - The
United States Treasury offering. al
though it won't be placed on sale
formally until Monday, has been
oversubscFibed, according to Wash
ington reports. The Nickel Plate
issue Of over 926. 100000 was bid
for yesterday at a full point above
the price at which II was offered.
The changed conditions Of the bond
market, due to the cutting Of the
rediscount rate by the Federal Re
serve Bank, caused new issues In
the course Of preparation to be
priced higher.
Lee. Higginson & Co., Cassatt &
Co. and Harrison, Smith & Co. are
offering a new issue of S2,0OO,OOO
Bertha-C Consumers Co. first mort
gage per cent sinking fund gold
bonds CLOSED first mortgage, dated
June /, 1924, and due June L.
1884, at 100 and accrued interest,
yielding per cent. These first
mortgage bonds are to be secured
by closed first mortgage on the
entire fixed properties Of the COM
pany now owned or hereafter ac-
Quired, conserVatively valued at
more than $1,000, 900.
/ ~ ASW OIIcTIuB Oh Sl,UUV,VUO amer
lean Public Service Co. first lien
per cent gold bonds, due Decem-
Der /. 1912, is being offered today
by Halsey. Stuart & Co. and A. B.
Leach & Co. at 94M and interest,
yielding over GA per cent. The
bonds are secured by a first lien on
all the outstanding bonds and cap,
ital stocks Except directors qualify
Ing shares) Of the subsidiary COM
panies.
Stone 4 Webster, Inc, and Hlod-
get & Co. are offering a new issue
Of 100000 Baton Rouge Electric
Co. first mortgage 5hs per cent
gold bonds, series A, due June /,
1854, at SO and interest, to yield
over s per cent. The company
does the electric lighting. power.
gas and electric railway business in
Baton Rouge, the capital Of Louis
lana, and has been under the execu-
tive management OF Stone & Web
ster, Inc, more than II years.
A. B. Leach & Co., Inc. are
offering a new issue of $3.50. 900
City of Ann Arbor, Mich, AZ per
cent school district bonds, maturing
ls4e to 1851. on 4.sO per cent
Robinson & Co, are offering a
block Of capital stock without par
valued of the international Combus-
ton Engineering Corporation.
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Chicago Live Stock

Hogs-Recsipts. $4,000; market 6~1oo
heavyweIght, ts.5o@8.25; pounds, eS.iSS
1.SS; medium weight, $7.00W7.25: iiEht
wsight. te.6o@715:. light lights. iS.s5 -
$50; heavy packing sows, smooth. Sc. 20
ESQ: PACKING sows. rough. Ss.2O@S.i0:
csttle-Rsesipts, 1000; market steady.
SfSst steergChoices and prime, s10.25 d
good and CHOICE: 1900 o go; common
1Heifers, $500 o 1000; COWS. s4.So@s.s Soe
bulls. S4.bo0I56. Gamers and cutter.
Cows and heifers, $22b@3Sb; Garner
steers. 5000 700. Veal calves eight
and handyweight). Ss.50011.oO. Feeder
steers. $e.00@900. Stocker steers. $3.50
9s.7S. stoeker cows and heifers $3.50
Qb.6O. Stocker calves, S55O@e. go
Western range cattle-Beef steers. calf
sheep--Receipts, 10000: market, 800
clipped cir ;is.so SiaSs Lambs S' cui GiSw and
common, Sl0.00@11.SO. YearlinE wethers,
s7;oo9s;ss. Ewes tS.oo@s.25. Ewes.
culls ana common. $2.00@+50. Breeding
cues Ss0o@l1.5O. Feeder lambs, S12.0O
VAosVVs y.
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Chicago Grain Market

CHICAGO. June lS.-With the
exception Of oats, which displayed
some firmness, grains were lower
at the opening today.
Weakness at Liverpool, where a
loss OF v pence in wheat was re,
corded by noon, was partly respon.
sible for the depression here. There
was scattered selling in the local
pit. Weather conditions continued
unchanged. ..
Corn opened AQh cent lower on
scattered selling. An Eastern house
bought on the dips.
Oats were unchanged to u scent
higher on first dealings. The mar.
ket eased shortly afterward, how.
ever. 49,.
Provisions were firm on good
buying Of October lard.
Wheat-July, $1.10h @1.10%; Sep.
TENDER. $1.12h @1a2h; December.
14hQ114M.
Corn-July. SOW @s0ssc; Decem.
Der, 73h073ssc.
Oats-July, 47c; September, 42%c
December, 49N @44c.
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STOCKS s / D v
STRONG
TONE
industrial Shares Show Up
ward Trend Despite
ProtIt-Taking
By W. s. COUSINS,
Internati0nal NezEa GAHYlna.

u
NEW YORK, June 13.--fndustriaI
stocks maintained = confident tone
in the. early trading on the New
York stock exchange today, despite
the appearance OF a. considerable
volume of profit.taking sales near
the opening Of the market. The
forward movement in the railroad
shares was punctuated by a further
rise in New Haven and Rock Island
to new high price fevels for. the
ter ct SlM. Missouri Pacific and
pressure, the former declining 2
points under yesterdays high.
Cast Iron Pipe and General Elac-
trio were the outstanding ground
gamers Of the industrialsS On re.
ports Of unusually high earnings for
the first six months of the year,
Cast Iron Pipe sold up to a new
high at 96 after which it declined
to prevailing levels. General Elec-
trio added nearly points more to
its recent rise, and at 227H, was
only 4 points below the high for
the year, attained under entuhsi-
astic speculative conditions In Feb
ruary.
Irregular developments in the oil
stocks. was apparent in the lower
range of prices prevailing for. Co.'S
den, Phillips. Sinclair, the Pan
Americans and others in this group.
Cold weather and an irregular crude
oil market are the principal handi.
caps to progress in the oil industry;
and considerable difference Of
opinion exists in the speculative dis.
trict as to the earnings prospects
of the big companies in the balance
Of the year.
Activity Of industrial shares in.
creased near the noon period and
prices for the most part were in
clined upward.
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OIL STOCKS ARE UNDER
PRESSURE ON CURB

NEW YORK. June 13.-Trading
on the curb exchange today was a
two-sided affair. buying Of various
public utility and industrial shares
lifting them to new high levels IN
the present movement, while almost
simultaneously pressure was applied
against a number of petroleum
shares. The failure of the latter
to show UP equally as well AZ other
stocks in the recent rise Ia attributed
to good deal Of professional sell
ing which resulted in a decline of
eight points in Standard Oil of
Nebraska, and minor losses in a
number OF other representative
Standard Oil issues.
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] Foreign Exchange
tFurnlshed BY W. B. Hibbs 4

New York FUNDS In Montrcal 1872
premium q $1,000.
Montreal funds in New YUrK. 1880 dis
count a $1,000.
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N. Y. Cotton Market

NEW YORK, June 13.-The cot
ton market was barely steady at
the opening today. The Liverpool
market was closed for the day.
July. dropped points to $28.T5;
October was down 10 points to
$685.; December was off 13 points
to $25.O1. and March off IA points
to $25.16.