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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-06-10

A single pair Of chicken lice WIN
multiply TO $4,000 In eight weeks
under favorable conditions. That's
snough to bite ~ your whole flock.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-06-10
Poultry Facts
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

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Green feed Is very essential In slim
ulatIng egg production.
Early-hatched chicks Will get a goOt
start before hot weather and mature
before winter.
Raising chicks on fresh ground
away from the farm flock lessons
the danger Of disease.
Too mature puIlets can be held
back by withdrawing all mash and
feeding only grains, and this spar
Ingiy.
Arrange the poultry breeding pens.
A few more dollars spent for high
grade rooster will be a good invest.
ment.
Resting and hardening the chicks
before they are taken from the In
cubator makes stronger, sturdier
stock.
Feed a dry mash and green feed
50 the hens viii always have some
thing to peck at without troubling
the eggs.
Please remember the importance Of
fresh afr. Poultry houses that are not
ventilated are responsible for many
poultry ailments.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-06-10

Under good conditions and manage
menf Il is estimated that At least ave
10 SIX eggs must be get for every pull.
LEI ready for service ~ the fall.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-06-10

Arrange the poultry breeding pens.
A. few more dollars spent for high.
grade rooster will be a good invest
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-06-10

Please remember the importance Of
fresh afr. Poultry houses that are not
ventilated are responsible for many
pouIfrv ailments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-04
CHARLEY BRYAN !.
DROPS THAT CAP
Skull Protector Covers Dome
No More.

BIZ United Press
OMAHA, June q. After nine
teen years of constant association,
Charles Bryan and his famous skull
cap have parted company.
Bryan, Democratic Vice Presiden'
tial nominee, in 1924, and former
Governor of Nebraska, was rarely
seen without his cranial decoration
during the entire nineteen years. He
wore it constantly during the hectic
democratic national convention in
New York. a
Il considered the, skullcap a
necessity for many years." Bryan
explained. THE nerves in my head
were injured many years ago bysmy
sitting in the sunlight and it affected
my sight.
Even when sitting under a bril-
liant electric light these nerves have
been affected.
But 1 figured they had had a
score of years of rest and ought
to try to get my head hardened.
keep the cap in my pocket for emer-
gencies but very seldom use it any
more"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-04
DEATH CELL
AT INDIANA
PRISON FULL
Four Compartments Filled
-TWos indianapolis
Negroes.

For one of the few times in the
history of capital punishment in In
diana, the death cell at the Indiana
State Prison at Michigan City is full,
Warden Walter H. DAILY has report
ed to Governor jackson. Each of
the four compartments is filled with
a prospective victim of the electric
chair, two being indianapolis Ne
groes.
All Of the men are youthful, and
one, Wallace McCutcheon of Indian
apolis, will carry with him the sor-
did honor of being the youngest per-
son ever to have been legally exc
cuted in Indiana. McCutcheon, who
is only 16, was convicted Of the muir
der of John Ward. His turn at the
chair will come the first week in
August unless stay Of execution is
granted.
Thus far no appeal has been taken,
but notice that review of the case
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-04
ALASKAN HEALTH
SURVEY STARTED
Doctors and Nurses Study
Native Conditions.
BIZ United Press

BIZ UntteG Press
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June A
Government expedition to study
health and sanitary conditions
among Alaska natives in territory
seldom if ever visited by white men
has left here.
Two trained medical investigators,
two trained nurses, cook, engineer
and servant will enter the Yukon via
the Tanana River, 10 be gone at least
four months.
According to DR.. H. c. Devighne,
the territory to be visited consists of
1000 square miles on the lower Yu-
kon and it's tributaries, inhabited by
native Eskimos, Aleuts and Indians.
DR.. Devighne is territorial health
commissioner.
what the expedition will find we
do not know" DR.. DeWghne said.
1--WE hear rumors Of epidemics
among the natives from time to time
and we want to get at the facts. We
have planned this expedition for sew
eral years. A report will be made
to Government departments when
the survey Is over"
A permanent clinic for natives
will be set up at FIT. Yukon, follow
ing the completion Of the survey,
DIR. Devighne believes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-04
BY Anne Austin
W. Onra.ico IIrfInr

1 have just come home after see
ing Elizabeth graduated from high
school She's asleep now. her
round. babyish face still flushed with
excitement, the yellow hair damp on
her forehead. her fat, dimpled arms
flung wide, in that complete abau-
donment to slumber which charac;
terizes a perfectly healthy child. Her
ribbon-tied diploma lies on the floor
by her bedside, like a doll with which
she had grown tired of playing. I'm
sure it won't occur to her to frame
it neatly; she isn't a very orderly
person.
And I've been sitting here. feeling
weepy and full Of forebodings as to
the future, when she will be away at
college, burt feeling exalted, too, and
happy. in thinking back over the
twelve years during which 1 have
watched her develop. l don't make
claim to any credit at all for the
line on that diploma which testifies
that she graduated with highest hon
ors. For l never helped her with a
single lesson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-04
SCHOOL BOARD ISSUES LIST

Albert r. Walsman. Center town.
ship trustee. today announced that
q $4,000 bond issue has been let for
the construction Of a new school at
Emerson Ave. and the Michigan
Rd. The bond Issue was brought by
the Union Trust Company at a
premium Of 1891, contract to be
awarded at once, Walsman said
The building will be fireproof.
ALUMNI TO MEET
First annual meeting of the alumni
Of Mckinley School, No. 80, VIII be
held Saturday afternoon at ? o'clock
at the school Officers will be elected
following an entertainment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-04
533,174.Oo DIE IN FIRE

BIZ Times Socciai
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore. June 4.
After a flame thrower had passed
over a swarm OF grasshoppers GOV.
ering twenty acres. near Tule Lake,
casualties among the pests were esti-
mated at 533,174,000. A state agri-
cultural agent figured the number Of
casualties by counting several spots
one foot square. The count averaged
612 to each square foot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-04
ELLEN AS
AN INFANT
WAS 4 PAL
Mother Never Talked Baby
Talk to Wonder Child,
She Says.

This is the third OF Anne Austin's
exclusive NEA articles on the childhood
ter. whose mind is called 1.-THE brightest
ever tested" There will be three others.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-04
TOO SLEEPY

LOS ANGELES, Cal.-Frank
Chaser, undertaken, was placed IN
the Jail stockade as a speeder. Tired
of his confinement he leaned back in
a prodigious yawn. A few moments
later he was in an ambulance. being
rushed to Receiving hospital IL
took surgeons twenty minutes to re-
nair the dislocation so Chaser could
close his mouth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-04
FOOL BEES

Observation-Disclosures bees
with a new type of honeycomb adds
greatly to the profits of beekeepers'
according to the inventor Of the
device. BY lessening the time needed
to manufacture comb, it Is said to
enable the bees to double the output
of honey. Aluminium combs are
painted with beeswax.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-04
HE OFFERED A LOT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June A.
The deed to a cemetery lot in Maine
was offered to the judge for bail
by Herbert E Finney when he was
arrested on a charge of drunkenness.
The offer. however, was not ac-
ceptable to the court and Flnney
went to Jail.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-04

by the Supreme Court would be
,sked has been filed.
Helpless
McCutchean's helplessness is illus
trated in an impassiOned letter sent
To the trial judge. in which he de-
clares he never had q chance as
other boys did,
First of the quartet to be executed
is Roosevelt Hicks, another Indian
apois Negro, now 20 years old.
Hicks will be lead from his coop to
the chair early the morning of July
5. He is terrified at the thought
of the ordeal, covers in the corner
of his cell, feverishly tugs at the
bars of his cage and trembles with
fright when attaches Of the prison
approach. He doubtless will have to
be carried bodily to the execution
chamber. Hicks was convicted OF
numbering his wife.
Least Concerned
Least concerned Of the group is
Vito Sanchez, an illiterate Lake
County Mexican, who is scheduled
for extinction on Oct. s. His appeal
is before the State Supreme Court
and thert8is the faintest chance that
his calmness will be rewarded.
Fourth of the unfortunates is
Dryfus Rhodes, an Oklahoma youth,
whose time will arrive in July.
Rhodes was sentenced in Knox
County on the charge of shooting a
policeman. His mother is circulating
a petition in his behalf and it is
likely that Governor Jackson will be
urged to commute his sentence to
life Imprisonment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-04
EVEN IN PHILIPPINE

WASHINGTON. June 4.-Native
Filipino women are bobbing their
hair and learning to dance the
Charleston. says Or. Maria Paz
Mendoza Quazon, prominent Philip
pine feminist who is visiting here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-04
800 IN GROTTO CLASS
Ceremonies THIS Afternoon At
Athenaeum; Out-Of-Town Visitors.

Sahara Grotto will have imitation
ceremonies for more shan $50 'candi'
dates this afternoon 1T the Athe-
naeum. Following ritnalistic work
at / p. m. there will be a parade
downtown to meet out of town del
egations at $50 p. m.
Police Chief Claude +. johnson
William Buser. city controller. and
William Boyce, Jr., city clerk. are
among candidates. Following sup
per at $50 revels will be held.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-04
Never Pushed

When she was 16 months old, real
izing her unusual possibilities, l de-
termined to let her develop with alb
solute independence. ] would never
push" her, for her development, one
inch.
AS 1 have said before, have al
ways thought of her as a person. an
entirely separate individuality, rather
thar as my baby. to be nodded or
warped by me. But ! did from the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-04
NEVER AGAIN FOR JAMES
Shows Gratitude With Half-Pint-
They Were Dry Agents.

BIZ United Press
PEORIA. ILL.,, June 4.-To show
his gratitude to three strangers, who
had helped him get his automobile
out Of ditch, James Dare whipped
out a bottle and offered them a
drink. Then he was arrested for
transporting liquor. His helpers. he
learned. were three Federal prohi-
bition agents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-04

have had strength to stick to the
program of hands on
Tomorrow l shall tell about Eliza
betth's share in making our home.
For there came the rubl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-04

time she was baby, talk with her
as freely as If she were adult. Before
she was able to talk plainly l told
her all the news of my busy days,
not condescendingly or in baby talk,
but as one friend talks to another.
/ wanted her to be my friend, above
anything else in the world.
In some curious way seemed to
be born again, with Elizabeths birth.
Her childhood was my childhood
I'd missed a real childhood of my
own. Before she could talk plainly
we told each other secrets, laughed
together gleefully-she has a gor-
geous sense of humor; and made love
to each other like a pair Of sweet
hearts.
She taught herself to read when
she was 4, and from that time on
we discussed books together, >each
with respectful attention to the
others opinions but not giving an
inch when we disagreed. l have
never told her which authors she
should read. or forbidden her to read
any book that she wanted to read.
1 have never told her what she
should think of piece of music or
painting.
Thinks for Herself '
I have always insisted that she
think for herself, and ] may add
that It took very little insisting on
my part, for she has no trace of
subservience. I have done only two
things to further her mental de-
velopment-I have given her access
to the best books, the best music,
the best in art and drama, and I
have introduced her to nearly all the
Interesting people I have met in my
work. None of my friends-most of
them writers. artists and musicians
treat her as a child in mentality.
They do not talk down to her; they
admit her into the conversation as II
she were adult.
Her school work has been strictly
her own affair. Until she was a
senior in high school, | rarely saw
one of her textbooks. since she did
practically all OF her studying at
school. during study periods. Of
course l took an interest in her prog
ress, made friends with her teachers
but I did not nag or scold if her
grades slumped temporarily. If she
had not managed to make an A aver
age for almost every term she has
been in school. I hope | still should
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-04

by the Supreme Court would b
asked has been filed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-08-12
High Spots on
Minnesota State
Fair Program
Sept. 4 to IL

The 67th Minnesota State Fair
and Northwest Dairy Exposition,
Twin Cities, September 4 to IL,
will present the most colossal
program in its history. Visitors
viii find it THE Fair of a Thou
sand Thrills" They viii be:
Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Swine
and Poultry, worth $1,000, 10000,
on display.
Gladys Roy, new Queen of the
Air, in many stunts never at
tempted before by man or
woman.
1,1o0 Boys and Girls demon
stration in Club Work.
Mammoth Fireworks Spec
tacle, IT'S" celebrating 150th
anniversary of our independence.
Wonderful Agricultural Elk
hibit by more than forty coun-
ties in Minnesota.
Machinery Show covering 80
acres.
Stirring Five Nights Evening
Horse Show.
Worlds Most Famous Auto
Racers.
Half Million Dollar Art Show.
Gigantic Exhibit by State De-
partments and Institutions.
Big Open-Air Vaudeville Pro
gram, Rubin & Cherry Shows on
Midway.
Beautiful Style Revue in Auto
Show rooms.
Continents FASTEST Harness
and Running Race Horses in
four days racing.
Improved WInen's Work Ex-
hibit emphasizing scores of new
features.
Sixteen Big Bands and Or
chestras.
Exhibits OF Bees and Honey.
Rural Schools, Children's Work
and Public Health.
Don't Forget the Dates, Sep
TENDER 4 to Il.
Let's Go!
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-08-12

boat rising slowly to the surface OF
the water. Half of II was concealed
al best by the great drifts that ber-
dered It I found my way to the
shack. around the corner. 10 the door.
Should knock? Prairie manners, par
are free and easy. It would be no
great breach of etiquette for me casu-
ally 10 enter Spoofs house without
knocking 1 believed | had done that
before. And there would be a pur-
pose in ii. now of all times. /
knocked.
There was no answer. That was
subject TO different explanations A
knock on a bachelors door, miles from
q neighbor, In midwinter, is a thing SO
does not register it; II merely cocks
itself to make sure If the sound
should be repeated
/ knocked again In a moment the
door opened. and I saw Spool, In a
flannel shirt and smoking jacket, cor
duroy trousers, moccasins-I think
took in every detail Of his attire His
tie was drawn neatly up to the throat !;
his hair was well brushed; he had not
shaved His mustache was heavier.
his face paler, thinner
"Why. Frank!" he exclaimed /
seemed to hear both welcome and en-
barrassment In his voice. "Come in.
old mani This is quite a day at sec
ion Two"
On account Of the dull weather and
the frosted windows Spool had a lamp
burning; 1t was brass lamp. with a
twisted, ornamental howl and a cloth
shade of some old gold color. 1t stood
on a shelf which he had built In a
corner Of his only room; its subdued
but cheerful light touched the objects
in the little shack with CLINT Of color
which was In sharp contrast to the
drab day outside Spoofs couch had
been made up; his steamer rug lay
tucked about it The walls were a
maze Of firearms, prints, curios. There
was the warmth OF fire and the odor
of something cooking.
In the corner opposite to the lamp.
on the floor on a mat, sat Jean. Her
knees were propped up in front Of her
and her long. supple fingers were
linked about them. 1t was as she had
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-08-12

thing stewing on the stove Yes, the
rabbit is almost done. By Joye, a
good fat onel Fancy how they pick so
lordly q Hyingi Will you wait. or
would you rather have bite now? i
can only give you bread and marina
lade at once. You must be hungry"
mo, I'm not hungry" said. truth
fully enough The fact is, couldn't
keep my eyes of Jean Now and again.
when she didn't know ] watched, her
face seemed to take on something OF
melancholy: but mostly 1t was bright
responsive. vivacious She seemed to
fit so wonderfully-physically and
mentally she fitted so wonderfully into
Spoofs shack.
So we waited for the rabbit TO stew,
and Spool and Jean chatted on l was
more the audience than one Of the
players They were away into some
dispute about atmospheric colorings;
something that had to do with rain
bows, sundogs ice prisms, light radia-
ton. II was beyond me: SO obviously
beyond me that Spool had mercy and
brought Jean back to earth
what do you think of the scheme
to form new province here-two
new provinces" he shot at me. "in-
stead of our present districts? More
autonomy and more taxes, as see it ;"
"Yes. suppose" groped The fact
II knew nothing about It
would seem more natural to follow
the old district boundaries, though"
Spool commented .They say they are
going to run the provinces from south
to north-as far as the sixtieth paral-
lei There1l be an election next year.
You ought to think about that, Frank.
II would be some honor to sit In the
first parliament Of Saskatchewan"
The idea struck me as grotesQue.
said so.
why mott? Jean demanded. and
there was fire In her voice. Perhaps
not the first parliament but some
parliament" she qualified
"Some parliament" ] said to my
self perhaps. II had Jean to
goad me on I might do-anything"
Spool scraped q corner clear on the
window pane. and said some lines
about "Snow cold-in snow" It was
something about soldier dying In the
trenches: not wounded, or fighting, but
just dying In the snow. I saw Jeans
rapt attention; the glisten Of her eyes
the gulp of her white throat What
power was this the man had over her?
Was this all a thing of mind, or was it
body. too? had told myself that, ami
NAL for animal, Jean would prefer me.
As / looked at Spoof's strong figure,
well knit, well clad. wondered
In some way we put In the hour. ]
did not press the subject, the question,
the suspicion which was turmoiling nay
mind. 1t was Jeans move. ] waited
for her.
(Continued)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-08-12

CHAPTER v. Construction Of
shacks and the making Of q garden
are their nrst occupations. There 10
which serves them until they dig .
we'll A young Englishman Of the name
Of "Spoof' is q neighbor Of theirs. They
breeding and education. who 10 living
In q tent
CHAPTER x1-rrank ana John,
for q Joke. send Spool on Q fools ar
rand through q storm Jean. learning
the facts, becomes SO indignant that
two men 60 after spool and bring linn
back safely. Jean confesses to Frank
that she loves Spool. though he does
not know It. and breaks her engage
ment
CHAPTER NL-John and Marjorie
are married on Christmas day. All the
neighbors attend the wedding, bringing
such gifts an they can command Mra
Alton. alone OF the neighborfng set
eessity Of In her caring for litti. Gerald.
CHAPTER xIII-Frank finds verses
written by Jean, in which she frankly
admits her love for Spool. He recalls
her childish effusion. In which she had
sns ssf t. aes To sss
other attempt to win Jean. She tells
him she is afraid to. face the solitary
sfe with Thin him, on M. the prairie with
cally attractive, she feels she could be
happy. Frank L. unable to shake her
determination not to marry him
CHAPTER Nv.-Jean disappears
from her home A storm Is raging,
and the two men fear she Is lost on
the prairie. They start to look for
her. During the search, Frank COM
pares himself with Spool, greatly to
his disadvantage. He determines to
read more, improve his mind. and make
hfroSalf worthy ~ =. -
a suspicion of the truth, he goes TO
Spoofs house and finds Jean. there.
"Jeanl Jean!" / cried. raising my
voice against the buffeting of the wind,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-08-12

Jean! Jean!" j Cried, Raising My
Voice Against the Buffeting Wind.
but il died unechoed In the void of
space.
There was the possibility that she
had been overcome; that even now she
was lying somewhere on the white
snow, her white, cold face turned to
white. cold sky, her 1.-THE little body, no
longer 1.-the, forming the occasion for
a drift which the sitting wind had al
ready seized as convenient to its pur-
pose. The sweat trickled down
from under my cap and I pulled 1t OF
and let the comforting snow fall on
my forehead. And now used my eyes
more than ever before, to detect, IL
might, any object lying on the snow.
Dark specks doomed up through the
mist, and many q detour l made with
boulder or lump Of tumbleweed blown
into a wolf willow
Again, Jean might have reached
Spoofs. That was going to be the
most difficult possibility Of all. What
should l do? / fingered the weapon
In my pocket, but Ila1new that that
was nonsense. II Jean had gone to
Spool she had done so Of her own free
will; she need not account for herself
to me; she might even resent my in
reference Spool might order me out
as a meddling busybody; he might sub
ject me to the torture Of taking Jean
from me before my very eyes / was
even less than Jack; had been her
brother / could have held him to &C
countability. But l would not be or
dered out; / would not be abased-
Surely had a right was her friend.
Her neighbor. Perhaps that Is the
trouble" she had said
fingered nay revolver affectionately.
was glad I had brought It
looked at my watch. II was twenty
minutes after nine. I had been fool
enough TO start without noting the
time, and had no idea how far ] had
Travelled Surely ] should be near
Epoofs now.
But our engagement had never been