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The Dolores star., 1924-01-25

Joseph Greer and
His Daughter sx
Henry Kitchel Webster
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she was conscientiOus-all three of
them were that. And she must have
had n talk with her mother that
Strengthened things out little. The
one thing that reconciled her to the
relation at all was that 1t was legal
and hinding-golng to last forever.
Il can't think OF worse mixup
than that. Because with me, well, 1t
had been like this. I'd never had
anything TO do with n woman before
| never have since, for that matter
who wasn't in love with me. crazy
about me, for the time being anyhow.
So this was wrong all round. Yet
she might have made some other sort
of man a good wife and been happy
with him. But she didn't like me,
even in other ways. l think l fright
ened her without meaning to. The
way talked shocked her. ! tried TO
reform for a while. Good God! I've
seen her turn white over plain hell
or damn or two that I'd used with
out thinking. | never swore at her
Never swore at you, either, did l.
at looked for whlle-oh. at the
end of three months or so-as II we
might make go of It. She liked our
little flat. dustlng and sticking the
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CHAPTER ll-Continued.

She was perfectly comfortable, in
his hands like that. hut 1t struck her
perhaps because of her recent encoun
ter with George Burns-as rather fun
ny that This should be true They
were great. powerful. hairy hands
that held her. and the face. so near
iiers. could tuEe on, easily enough, a
farul took. She allowed herself to
smile over her own complacence.
With grunJ. lac released her and
stepped away. You don't mind me
II bit. do yua?" he remarked. And
you know mr pretty well. too, wouldn',
you say
pretty weII-as far as 90" she
qualified. "%o, didn't mind. | know
you play fair
Il vert To dinner with the Cravens
last night" .Tue said. over his breast
of guinea-fuwI. Henry and his sis
ter. at their har. So | suppose you've
got right to say that I'm turning re-
Specialize" he concluded.
Clearly, he was embarrassed about
it. an amazing phenomenon to be seen
in Joe. Jennie suppressed an impulse
to laugh al him and msked him. with
a good appearance of sobrIety, If
he'd had a good time.
He told her, a little obviously. that
he had; a tirSt-rute time it would have
been. except that he didn't quite-get
them.
A moment later he laughed again
and SAT back in his chrir.
well. that's the :Unny way life
works he said. Just rs I'm getting
ready to settle down and behave my
self my wife's Iuwyer writes me to
say she's going to get divorce"
Jennie stared M him in clear in
credulity. When She could think at
all, she rr.ed to warn herself that this
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IIIIIIIIUIIululIII.

time, and now i am doing all nv own
work, even washing and ironing. and
never felt better in my life. ten ali
my friends that the change in my health
is due to but one thing and that Is lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
cannot praise it enough. Mrs. ANNIE
Young, l6 Amherst st. Charleston, S. C.
The reason for such letter from MIRA
Young is apparent. She got well and
is grateful. Recently a nationwide
canvass of women purchasers of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was
made, and SO out of 100 reported that
they received benefit from taking it.
Just because the Vegetable Compound
has been helping other women is good
reason why it should help you. For
sale by druggists everywhere.
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vas one Of his jokes, but it wouldn't
work. She knew him too well TO be
deceived. "YouT-wife" she echoed
blankIy.
Didn't | tell you you were going to
be surprised?" he said.
After silence Of a minute she
asked. How long have you been mar
ried, JOe|
"Oh, twenty years, about. Annabel
and | were really married-living to-
Gether. | mean-abOut six months.
haven't seen her in nineteen years.
She lives out in Pasadena with her
father; her mother died couple of
years ago 1t wasn't up to me. was
It. to tell you the day you came to
work for me that | was a married man
not living with my wifet
"Uh. it's been kind of dirty deal
all round. | guess that's why I've
wanted TO keep it dark. I've done a
whole lot worse things" he went on,
feeling his way. "and haven't cared a
d--n who knew 'em. And / never
tried to make anybody think | was a
plaster angel. But this proposition
well, l never knew my own mind
about 1t. I've always thought l might
clean 1t up some day. Only when
did. wanted to be in position to do
It brown. see, the handsome thing, SO
there Wouldn't be anything left to be
sAId.
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furniture around in new ways. and
making fancy desserts and things that
she got out Of magazines. And. in a
way. l liked it, too. I liked the feeling
Of being anchored to something, hav-
ing n real address in the telephone
book. | liked feeling respectable
and | was, too. Didn't do any bum
ming around outside.
And then all of Il suGden she got
to hating me a whole lot worse. Took
to spending most of the time at home
with her folks. | tried to put my foot
down on that, as long as they wouldn't
let me in the house. But ii didn't do
any good. She went more and more
and tried to keep 1t dark. We'll, at
last | got the offer of that big job
down in Lima. | didn't really need
its because | was getting on frst-rate
in Chicago, but 1t looked to me like a
good chance for n showdown. SO !
accepted it, and then l put it up to
her. She could come with me or she
could quit me, just as she liked. Well,
she quit, and don't know as | blame
her. ! certainly didn't try to make it
look good to her. | wanted to get
/ loose; that's the gospel truth. She
went back to her folks, and | cleared
out without saying good-by to her
81 didn't come back tC' the States
until nineteen-nine, and when | start
ed | went as far as Panama with the
idea that I'd 90 on up the west coast,
drop off at San Pedro, and go on up
and see her. If I'd made the big
strike I'd been playing for down in
Chile. and just missed, | would have
gone to see her; no doubt about it,
I'd have been rich then. Able to
make a proposition that | needn't be
ashamed of, however she took tiff
you see what | mean. But | wasn't
rich by a devil of a way. / had Just
about enough to start myself again
dcCe.tly In Chicago, to come back
looking like successful man. I'm
always either just broke or just on
the point of making a HI of n big
thing. Anyhow, ! came up to Chicago
by frut-bOat to New Orleans Instead
of going around the long way. And,
what with the war and one thing and
| another, | haven't been in shape to fix
things up with her until now. And
now. just as | am ready, | find out
that she's tying a can to me-"
1t was funny, Jennie tacitly agreed :;
| funnier than he knew, to see him still
nursing a crouch over the Inconsistency
| his wife had shown in not waiting an
other year on the end of twenty. She
asked him If he had any idea why
! Mrs. Greer was doing it.
7 "Oh. another man, | suppose" he
said.
! When she cried out incredulously at
| that he wanted to know why not.
| Wasn't it likely enough? "She's only
| forty-fve or thereabouts. Probably
| doesn't look any older to speak of
, than she did at thirty. She wouldn't
"a woman like Annabel-unless she's
got fat. Some weii-preserved widower
of xty-odd-there's enough of them
like that out in Pasadena, heaven
knows-has been making up to her"
He turned upon her with an implsb
! CLEAN in his eye.
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WORK; 1 Just dragged
myself around and
did not have energy
enough to get 9p'
when ! sat down. Il
read advertisements
of Lydia E. Pink.
hams V VegetabIe
Compound in your
books and learned
about il. i got benefit
from the very first
bottle. ! continued
IN taGN - r
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Ancients Used Ginaer.

Ginger is mentioned in the ancient
Roman tariff lists and was introduced
into the Island of Jamaica from the
East Indies by the Spaniards.
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~ know you're Mr.. Greer. I'm
Mrs. Williamson"
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
Like screech Owls.

Iud Tunkins says some people ar.
like a screech owl. They always sound
melancholy whether they have any real
trouble or not.
The Dolores star., 1924-01-25
And They've Never Let up.

This article says that the hammer
was the first tool invented by man"
Yes, the knocker got to work quite
early in the game. boston Tran
script
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JOES DAUGHTER

SYNOPSIS S-Joseph Greer. a
black bvaru,d pirate OF nifty,
hayiH= discovered a process OF
extracting uber from haN straw,
Is made director Of a big cOrpo-
ration. Fur yegrs distrusting
men OF Affairs. Greer has played
a lone hagu- Nuu UpluIus wHat
he considers the winning cards.
he is wtHlUE To subIet his wits
to NeAub 10 protect his own
Interests. Joe has tuIsted his own
stCryt4Fy. Jennie Macarthur.
upon The company. Henry Cra-
Ven. a bank clerk related to John
Williamson. the millionaire back
er OF Grcer's new company. Is
offered boy williamson the posi-
tion og treasurer of the new COM
pany. with the generally under
stood purpose Of watching Greer.
Craven accepts. Joe tells Jennie
about his wife. who is about TO d
divorce him, and his nineteen
yeaT-old daughter. Beatrice.
whom he has never seen. He Is
planning tD force tho daughter
into Chicago society.
The Dolores star., 1924-01-25
We Darcsav.

II man had as much Judgment be.
fore thirty as after. there would sci.
dom be skeleton in his family closet.
The Dolores star., 1924-01-25
"CASCARETS" FOR LIVER
AND BOWELS-1Oc A BOX

Cures Biliousness, Constipation Sick
ueada che. Indigestion. Drug stores. Adv
The Dolores star., 1924-01-25
MRS. YOUNG
ENTHUSIASTIC
Cannot Praise Lydia E. Pinkham,
Vegetable Compound Enough. Siel|
Women Read This Letter

Charleston. S. CT was complo,o,,
rundown and not able to do INV bo,,s:y
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-02-21
No Had Had Enough.

How Is II that never see ron In
churchY' asked the minister when he
met simpkins one day.
''why, It's not safe In there he said.
"How DO you make mat outr asked
the minister.
.weIl, I've only been twice." said
sImpkInA "and the FIRST time they
chueked water In my face; the sec
ond time they tied me TO Q woman.
I'm not goIn' agen."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-02-21

Read the Ads 1t Pays.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-02-21

From the Mouths ~ Babss.
"Muvvsr. 10 II such terrible nng &
steal jamf"
"Yes. my little darling, It's . very
bad thing TO steal jana"
A pause.
"Muvver. can III chiIluns 20 to hell
for stealth jamT
"why, baby. babyi What awful
things you sayi How can you ssy
such thingsT
II don't know. muvver, but I ain't
hungry any more an feels mos aw-
full warm r"-Rlehmond TimssDis'
patch.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-02-21

Extract from a conversation over.
heard Memorial day on q street car
~who do you think win win the
race todayr
Il think Tommy Milton win win H."
interrogation. looking out Of the
window: "Weli. I hope Il don't rain
today. Say. I wonder why that fsl-
low has all those fiags out On his
front porch."--Indianapolis News
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-12
SCRUB BULL GOES
TO PACKING HOUSE

From the dignified position of herd
sire to the alley headed for dried beef
is a humiliating experience, but that
is Just what is happening to Badger
bulls not fortunate enough to carry
pure breeding in their pedigrees.
That the Badger state is forging
ahead in her fight against scrub sires
is the statement OF A. J. Cramer, one
of the officials Of the state cow test
ing association work. Cramer reports
that five more COW testing associations
have barred the scrub sire, making
sixty in all that are 100 per cent free
from scrubs. The new associations
entitled to this distinction are: North
eastern Dodge, Dodge county; Almena,
Buffalo county; Eau Gale, Dunn coun-
ty; La Grange, Walworth county, and
Tri-county, Marathon county.
"The pure bred dairy bull is the
greatest asset to the dairy cattle pop
ulation." says G. w. Larson, chief Of
the dairy division, United States De-
partment of Agriculture. "The larg-
est opportunity in the whole field OF
dairying is that Of utilizing to the full
est extent the good bulls that we have
in this country"
sour herds are small, averaging less
than six cows per head in the United
States, and it is this factor that makes
It so difficult to improve them through
breeding. The individual farmer with
two or six or eight cows does not feel
justified in buying a pure bred bull,
and it is this that is responsible very
largely for our low average produc-
tion as compared with other leading
dairy countries, some of which have
an average production Of from 80 to
100 per cent above that of the United
States.'
According to a census taken in 1920,
Of all the dairy bulls used In Wiscon-
sin. 43 per cent are pure breds.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-12
"very little road material other than

"very little road material other than
concrete aggregate is rail hauled" de-
clares Bean "The use of concrete ag-
gregate from local pits has resulted in
large savings. In 1923, ia miles Of
concrete road were built from local
pits with a half-million-dollar saving
in freight, unloading charges and
truck haul. For rail hauls of 5 to 100
miles the freight cost is $500 to
$4,000 for each mile of paving. Add
to the freight cost the attendant cost
Of unloading and any increase in
trucking cost. The total forms sur
prisingly large percentage of the cost
Of mile of paving
Savings have been made in trans
portation by finding equally good ma
terial nearer to the project than pre-
viously known material. Some times
material of better quality has been To-
Gated, thus resulting in a better grade
of work being done. In a gravel road
this reduces the cost of maintenance.
disable types of material have been
found in regions thought to be absolu-
tely dependent upon outside sources,
and this has reduced transportation
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-12
Most Farm Cooperatives
in North Central West

More than 45 per cent of the 1O,16O
farmers business organizations report
ing to the United States Department
of Agriculture up to April / are in
the seven west North Central states
including Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Ne
braska, and Kansas. Over % per cent
of the associations are in the five east
North Central states, including Ohio
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wiscon-
sin, and more than 8 per cent are in
the three Pacific Coast states.
Minnesota leads in number Of asso-
Citations 1880 organizations being re-
ported from that state. Other states
with numerous farmers business or
CARNATIONS are Iowa with 1899; Wis
consin, $40; Illinois, $40, and Nebras-
ka, ATT. Seven hundred and seventeen
co-operatives are engaged in retailing.
These are mostly stores and a large
percentage Of them are located In the
following states: Minnesota, SO; Ne
braska, SO; Iowa, "a; Kansas, 68; Wis
consin, 40.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-12
Cattle-Tick Eradication
Now Possible Anvwher

Experience shows that it is possible
to eradicate cattle-fever ticks any,
where, even on swampy, brushy, free
range land, asserts the United States
Department of Agriculture in an ex-
hibit panel recently prepared for dis
play in tick-infested localities.
To convince the skeptical observer
the department shows a picture Of
sucn land, where eradication was ac-
complished and which has been free
from ticks ever since. The average
observer might think it futile to at
tempt tick eradication in a region such
as pictured. The grass often swarms
with young ticks.
Dipping cattle, however, kills the
ticks before they develop to the repro
ductive stage, and ticks that do not
get on cattle die in few months.
Thus the cattle-fever tick becomes ex-
tinct in one season in localities that
conduct thorough systematic dipping.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-12
Bouquet of Flowers Was
Cause of Larger Yield

A fresh bouquet of flowers placed
each morning in the tree tops through
out his orchard resulted in a Grant
county Washington fruit grower in
creasing his yield 500 per cent, accord
inc to an announcement of the demon
stration just made public. The first
experiment was begun two years ago
when punches of cherry blossoms from
The Black Tartariap trees were placed
In three orchards of other varieties Of
cherries. The polarization as perfect
ed by bees, flies and other insects re-
suited in record fruition in the iden-
tical trees, as well as those close by.
Last spring cherry, plum, peach, pear
and apple blossoms were placed in tree
tops for polarization with the grow
ing flowers, and the yield of fine fruit
was wonderful. The discovery may rev.
olutionize the fruit industry In the
Northwest and Observation-Disclosures
Daily News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-12
Materials and Methods
for Efficient Spraying

In "Some Sidelights on busting and
Spraying Practices" Prof. P. J. Par
rott, entomologist at the Geneva ex-
pertinent station, said,
1.-THE past summer was notable for
the destructive work of the cooling
moth. Worm holes in apples were sec
ond in Importance to apple scab, both
being chiefly responsible for the large
numbers of inferior apples produced
in many orchards. Unusual abundance
of side-wormy apples in carefully
sprayed orchards proved that methods
and materials which have been reason
ably efficient in the past did not give
as good control as usual"
Speaking Of the double benefits,
Professor PARROT said it was well to
keep in mind the fact that customary
treatment given to prevent wormy ap-
pies serve two objects, that Of keeping
the apples free from worms and Of re-
ducing the extent of the carry-over Of
the pest in the orchard which largely
determines the degree of infestation
during the following year.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-12
Use Of Moldy Straw for
Litter Quite Injurious

Serious loss of poultry is often due
to the use Of moldy straw for scratch
ing litter. In such cases, according to
D. G. Kennard, specialist in poultry at
the Ohio experiment station, the birds
affected breathe with difficulty and
often wheeze or gasp for air.
The symptoms are similar to cold
in the windpipe or bronchitis. The
respiratory system Of chicken is so
complicated that an excessive amount
Of dust Of any kind is injurious and
especially is this true Of the dust
from moldy straw.
Recent reports Of heavy losses of
pullets from this cause have been
made. A heavy loss of birds may re-
suit in a few hours, it seems, and one
bale of moldy or musty straw used
for scratching litter may mean Sc
rious loss of birds.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-12
Bridge Grating Saves
Good Paving Fruit Tree

Fruit trees injured by rabbits or
mice during the winter can be saved
without undue expense by bridge
grating. Bridge grating is a simple
process but requires skill in the ham
ding of the tools. A bridge graft is
made by using scions (small, live
twtgs) to connect the two portions of
the bark of a stock or limb which
have been separated by an injury such
as girdling by animals or other means.
In other words, the injured area is
"bridged' by scions, the ends of which
unite with the uninjured parts above
and below the wound in such manner
that connection between the tissues
is established.
Bridge grating may be used on al
most any, kind of fruit tree that can
be readily propagated by grating. In
practice it is used much more fire.
quently with the apple than with any
other fruit, but pear trees are often
treated. There is no reason why the
method should not be successful on
plums and cherries.
Bridge grating is done in the early
spring about the time the trees are
starting into growth, the same as in
cleft grating for the purpose of top
working. 1t does not matter if the
trees have started slightly, but it is Of
great Importance that the scions be
perfectly dormant. The chances Of
success are materially decreased if the
buds on the scions have started ap-
preciably. 1t is often necessary to Sc
cure the scions some time in advance
of the time they are to be used in or
der to have them in dormant condi-
ton when needed, storing them mean
while where they will not dry out and
where it is cool enough to keep them
dormant.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-12
Candle Eggs Before
Shipment Is Urged
Plan Will Eliminate Bad
Ones or Those Dirty.

(arepared by the United States Department
Of Agriculture.)
Eggs shipped in Interstate commerce
should be carefully candled by ship
pers, in order to eliminate those that
are bad or that may spoil en- route, say
officials of the bureau of chemistry,
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, who are charged with the en-
forcement of the federal food and
drugs act. Shipments containing eggs
which have yolks stuck to the shell.
moldy eggs, black spots, added eggs,
any any other eggs which are filthy,
decomposed or putrid are in violation
Of the law.
Federal food inspectors have been
instructed to give particular attention
to shipments Of eggs during the warm
months Of spring and summer to see
that the channels of interstate COM
merce are kept as free as possible
from eggs that do not comply with the
law. Shipments of eggs that are in
violation of the law may be seized and
the individuals responsible for the IN
terstate shipment prosecuted under the
federal food and drugs act, say the
officials. Some Of the states have spe-
cific laws requiring the Gambling OF
all eggs placed on sale.
Careful Gambling before shipment
will enable dealers to eliminate the
bad eggs The elimination of the
spoiled eggs before shipment not only
removes the hazard of violating fed
eral and state food laws, but it is eco
nomical in that 1t saves shipping
charges on eggs likely to be rejected at
place of receipt.
The United States Department OF
Agriculture has bulletin on the best
methods and equipment for Gambling
eggs This bulletin may be obtained
without cost upon application to the
department at Washington. Ask for
Department Bulletin 565, "How to
Candle Eggs
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-12
Top-Dressing Hay Land
Is Profitable Practice

( Fertilizer demonstrations conducted
by the Middelsex, Mass, county extern
sion service, during the past year bear
out the evidence obtained in previous
work of similar nature, namely, that
the proper use Of fertilizers on hay
land produces increased crops at good
profit. The returns from both nitrate
of soda or an $3.50 fertilizer were uni
formly good on the six farms in the
county on which demonstrations were
carried on.
I In each test, fortified plot was
compared with a check plot, the COM
bined average yields for all six being
"a tons and 1.3 tons per acre, re-
spectively. Thus the fertilizer treat
ment, produced an average gain of IL
tons Of hay per acre.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-12
PEA PACKING RUNS
HIGH IN WISCONSIN

Wisconsin packs over 30 per cent of
all the peas canned in the United
States.
This is what F. T. Clark, president
OF the Wisconsin Pea Packers associa-
t,on. saws about the states pea-pack-
ing industry. He credits the success
of wisconsin growers to the combina-
tion Of good soil, thrifty farmers, eli
matte conditions and good agricul-
tural college which assists both the
farmer and the Gamer in solving any
troubles which may arise in the form
of plant and soil diseases.
Clark says that the food value of
canned peas is the same ss that of
the fresh ones bought and cooked in
the home. The reason for this is that
the canning process has been devel-
oped to prevent the loss of any of the
nourishing qualities when the peas are
prepared for canning.
It is expected that. II the weather