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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1913)
nedJed a welcome, watching me over mon sense, didn't you ksep them off MAKE EASY JUB OF MOVING his tracks? You have simply tram his glasses. pled them out of existence, between “I expected you. Mr. Phillips." he Much Depends on Proper Preparation you." said. “And how do you explain it?" Made Before the Actual Day "We were In a hurry, Inspector," “A love affair or temporary Insan of Departure. Animals Not Adapted to Dairying said the secretary, meekly. “We dldu't Ity," I suggested vaguely. think about It. ” "Surely we can combine those solu Causo Failures. When you have weeded out your We walked forward, following the tions," he smiled. "Anything else?" collection of clothes, brie a brae and broad trail until we came to a circular "No 1 came to ask your opinion " all your odds and ends, pack what "My mlud Is void of theories. Mr. patch of trodden snow. Evidently the you have decided to keep and get tho To Obtain Best Results It Is Essential Phillips, and I shall endeavor to keep searchers had stopped and stood talk other things out of the way us quickly That Strict Dairy Type Be Kept it so tor the present, if you wish to lug together. On the further aide I as possible. »—Beef Value of Secondary amuse yourself by discussing poaai saw the footprints of a tuan plainly To pack pictures, large boxes and Importance. billtles, I would suggest your consid defined. There were some balf-doseu plenty of vxcelulur and paper are eration of the reason why. If he want clear Impressions and they ended at necessary These may bo packed early ed to disappear quietly, be should the base of the old »all, which was (By 10. A. MARKHAM. Idaho Expert, In the game, us they are not neces munt Station.) leave so obvious a track through the some six feet in height. sary to the running of the household It la not difficult to find men, even "I atu glad to see that you and your snow of his own lawn. For myself, as Barrels are best in packing dishes In the moat prosperous dairy com I am leaving for Camdon via Water friends have left me something, Mr and china or plaster brlc a brae munities, who do not believe that loo station In 23 minutes. I shall hope Harbord," said the lnsi>ector. It will be found much easier to un dairying pays. They have tried It and He stepped forward and, kneeling for more definite data before night.” pack If a Hat Is made of the articles failed Hom« have purchased good "Peace.” I asked him eagerly, "may down, examined the nearest footprint. In each box or barrel. These can be stock, but poor management or false "Mr. Ford dressed for dinner?” he I come wkh you?" numbered In black paint and tho lists economy In housing or feeding pre "If you can be ready In time," he inquired, glancing up at the secretary By B. Fletcher Robinson made accordingly When you start to vented them from getting the results "Certainly! Why do you ask?" ; said. unpack you have only to conifult your they expected, but by far the largest "Merely that he had on heavy shoot 'it was past two o’clock when we ar lists to see whnt each box holds For number of these failures nre due to rived at the old town of Camdon. A ing boots when ho took this evening Instance, if a box with the big black the use of animals that are not Co-Jk Bttoor with A. Cocan Doyle, of carriage met us at the station. Five stroll. It will be Interesting to dlscov figure (I stares you In tho face you adapted to dairying. The Hoand oftho BaakarHDa*"aac. minutes more and we were clear of er what clothes ho wore." Thosu who purchase a few cowa The Inspector walked up to the wall, YOUNGSTER GIVEN HIS KISS can look up list number 6 and find the narrow streets and climbing the that the parlor pictures and the lace when the price nf butter fat la high (Vopjrrt^ai, Uli, by U <>. ( aapoianl first bare ridge of the downs. It was moving parallel to the tracks in the IS a desolate prospect enough—a bare ex enow. With a sudden spring ho Conductor Obligingly Holds Train Not curtains are in that box. This will and sell them off when tho price goes ■ - x.;, .-:-,- .......... ■ xsj ~ j panse of wind swept land that rose climbed to the top and seated himself Due to Start Until Mother Caresses simplify matters greatly, as tho boxes down naturally have u rather poor Her Youngest. can bo unpucked ns their contents are opinion of the dairy buslueas. To ob- , and fell with the sweeping regularity while he stared about hint. Then on needed. i of the Pacific swell. Here and there his hands and knees he began to crawl She »as running across lots to catch a clump of ragged firs showed black forward along the coping. It was a against the snow. Under that gentle quaint spectacle, but the extraordinary th« 1.53 train for New York It was carpet the crisp turf of the crests and care and vigilance of the little man precisely 1:53V4, and the tralu already was panting into the station. At her the broad plough lands of the lower took the farce out of it. Presently he stopped and looked heels was a youngster making as good I stood with my back to the tire, I ground alike lay hidden. I shivered, time as he could, and he was crying smoking and puxillng over it. It was drawing my coat more closely about down at us. It a glass Jur will not open, set It "Please s^v where you are." he By the time she reached the station down In an Inch or two of hot water worth all the headlines the newspa me. It was half an hour later that we said, and disappeared on the further steps she was n good hundred yards pers had given it; there was no loop When agalu kettles must be sot ahead of the little boy. but he kept at. over fire, grease bottoms and the topped a swelling rise and saw the side. hole to the mystery. Harbord offered me a cigarette, and crying louder and louder. The conduc gray towers of the ancient mansion be Both sides of the Atlantic knew smut will readily wash off Ellas J. Ford. He had established a ne&th us In the shelter of the valley we waited with due obedience till the tor was bolding the train for her. Fine linens and nil pieces of hand "Madam," said the conductor as she some lingerie should be wrung out by business reputation in America that by the quiet river, that now lay frozen inspector's bullet head again broke the had made him a celebrity tn England Into silence, the trees had grown into horizon as he struggled back to bls po climbed up the car steps, "who Is that baud and never through a wringer. little boy?" from the day he stepped off the liner. splendid woodlands, circling the hall sition on the coping of the wall. Apple rose Is a delicious dessert, He seemed In a very pleasant tern "My youngest," she said, perfectly Once in London bls syndicates and on the further side. From the broad made with steamed apples filled with companies and consolidations had front the white lawns crept down to per when he joined us: but he said breathless. jelly, covered with a meringue aud “What's he crying for?" startled the slow-moving British mind. the road on which we were driving. nothing of his discoveries, and I had browned. grown too wise to inquire. When we Dark masses of shrubberies and the "I didn't have time to kiss him The commercial sky of the United In roasting meat turn It over with tracery of scattered trees broke their reached the entrance hall he asked for good by. ” Kingdom was overshadowed by him a spoon Instead of a fork, as the lat "Well, you get right off this train and his schemes. The papers were full silent levels. The park wall that Jackson, the valet. and in a couple of ter pierces the meat uud lets the of praise and blame, of puffs and de fenced them from the road stood out minutes the man appeared. He was a and kiss. We cau »alt better than he juice out. tall, hatchet faced fellow, very ueatly can." nunciations. He was a millionaire; like an ink line ruled upon paper. Olives and radishes nre eaten with “It must have been there that he dressed tn black. He made a little The conductor stood with his hand he was on the verge of a smash that the fingers. Oranges, peaches and ap bow, and then stood watching us in a There la Money In Butter Making. on the signal cord while the operation would paralyze the markets of the 1 disappeared." I cried, with a specula ples are pared, quartered and then most respectful attitude. was performed, and then the train world. He was an abstainer, a drunk tive finger. eaten with the fingers tain tho beat results It Is essential “So I imagine," said Peace. "And if "A queer business this. Jackson," went off. leavlug the youngster happy ard, a gambler, a most religious man. In making cream sauce to use with that the animals purchased for the he has spent two nights on the Hamp said Addington Peace. and smiling. He was a confirmed bachelor, a wom a vegetable, add just n few drops of dairy should be of the strict dairy "Yes. sir.” an hater; his engagement was to be shire downs, he will be looking for a vinegar after It Is made it Improves type, and be mude a permanent part “And what is your opinion on it?" announced shortly. So was the gossip fire today. You have rather more Maternal Spirit. the flavor greatly of the farm live stock Those who "To be frank, sir, I thought at first kept rolling with the limelight always 1 than your fair share of the rug. Mr. "Janice, take Ftdoklus out for an aid To wind a curtain, remove It from purchase cowa with the Intention of Phillips, if you will excuse my men that Mr. Ford had run away , but now centered upon the spot where Silas J. ing." the bracket, wind It up by hand and milking them but a short time and tioning it" I don’t know what to make of It.” Ford happened to be standing. "Yes. ma'am .” then put It Into the brackets and pull then selling them off when the price A man was standing on the steps of “And why should he run away?" And now he had disappeared, van "Where's Master Tommy?” It out full longth Repeat If neces of butter-fat drops or when tho ani the entrance porch when we drove up. “ I have no idea, sir; but he seemed "He's playing In the street, ma'am." ished. evaporated. sary mal goes dry naturally look more for As we unrolled ourselves he stepped to me rather strange in his manner "Very well. And Janice?” On the night of December 18. a To prevent the dust from rising beef producers rather than milk pro , “Yes, ma’am." Thursday, he had left London for Mau- j forward to help us. He was a thin, yesterday." when sweeping a carpet sprinkle over ducers. It Is Impossible to build up “Have you been with him long?" “lie careful with Fldoklns when you don hall, the fine old Hampshire man pale-faced fellow, w ith fair hair and In the floor tea leaves that have been a good dairy herd by this method determinate eyes. “ No, sir. I was valet to the Hon. come to a street crossing I can't bear sion that he had rented from Lord , Itual purpose anluinla may be used "My name is Harbord." he said. John Dorn, Lord Beverley’s second the thought of the little darling being washed and squeezed nearly dry, and Beverly. The two most trusted men in some localities to good advantage, be careful not to tread on them. in bis office accompanied him. Friday “You are Inspector Addington Peace. I son. Mr. Ford took me from Mr run over by a trolley car or an auto believe." but to get the best results one of the Dorn at the time he rented the hall." mobile." morning he had spent with them; but special duiry breeds should bo used His hand shook as he stretched it “I see. And now. will you show me Roast of Round Steak. at three o’clock the pair had returned Plainly your master’s room. I shall see you Put a thick round of steak tn a This doua not mean that only thor to London, leaving their chief behind out tn a tremulous greeting Unruffled. short handled frying pan, spread a oughbred animals should be used, but From four to seven he had been shut the secretary was afraid, visibly and again later, Mr. Harbord," he con "I have my good points," said Was tinued; "in the meanwhile I will leave ser by layer of sliced onion over It. Dredge animals that are bred for milk pro up with bis secretary. It was a hard anxiously afraid. duction. A good dnlry cow should “Mr. Ransom, the manager of Mr. my assistant with you.” time for every one. a time verging up "I fall to see them." said Pickle- with salt, pepper and flour and over It produce enough butter fat In her best Fords London office, is here," he con We sat and smoked In the secre lay thin slices of bucon Put in a on panic, and at such times Silas J. dorf. tinued. "He is waiting to see you in tary’s room. He was not much of a hot oven twenty minutes, being care days that the value of the beef may Ford was not an idle man. "That's all right. ” answered Was- the library.” bo of secondary Importance, If not talker, consuming cigarette after cig At eight o’clock he had dined. His serby. “I cannot find It In my heart ful not to let the bacon burn. At the entirely Ignored. We followed him through a great arette in silence. The winter dusk bad one recreation was music, and after to blame a fellow man because he Is end of that time add enough boiling hall into a room lined with books from already fallen when the inspector A person purchasing an Implement the meal he had played the organ In afflicted with myopia, which may pos water to cover over the beef. Cover floor to ceiling. A stout, dark man, joined us. and we retired to our rooms considers first how much service he the picture gallery for an hour. At a slbly be still further complicated by the ffylng pan loosely and cook slow who was pacing it like a beast in a to prepare for dinner. I tried a word ly three hours, adding more waler, as can get out of it and not its value quarter past eleven he retired to his strabismus.” cage, stopped at the sight of us. His with Peace upon the staircase, but he necessary. When the steak is done as scrap Iron when worn out. Those bedroom, dismissing Jacksen. his body , face, as he turned, looked pinched and shook his head and walked on. lift onto a warm platter, put the fry who purchase a dairy cow should con servant, for the night Three-quarters A Militant Lady. gray in the full light. The meal dragged Itself to an end sidcr how much butter-fat she will of an hour later, however. Harbord. "Did you ever think that you would ing pan on the stove and thicken the "Inspector Peace, eh?" he said. somehow, and we left Ransom with a his secretary, bad been called to the gravy with one teaspoon flour mixed produce aud not tho value of her hide make a good king?” "Well, Inspector, if you want a reward second decanter of port before him. private telephone, for Mr. Ford had . Beason with salt and carcass. “Never thought about that. But In with cold water brought an extension wire from the ! name it. If you want to pull the house Peace slipped away again, and I con one respect my wife would shine in and pepper, boll a few minutes, strain down only say the word. But find him soled myself with a book in the li neighboring town of Camdon. It was regal circles." and pour over the meat. PLACE FOR HENS TO SCRATCH for us, or. by heaven, we’re done." brary until half past ten. when I walked a London message, and so urgent that "In what way?” "Is it as bad as that?” off to bed. A servant wai switching he decided to wake his chief. There "She would make such a good colo Salt Pork Scramble. Leaves Make Excellent Material If You can keep a secret, I suppose. off the light in the hall when I mount was no answer to his knock, and on nel for one of those royal regiments Soak a pound of salt pork to fresh Gathered When Perfectly Dry— Yes—It couldn’t well be worse. It was ed the great staircase. entering the room he found that Mr. You know the custom of appointing en IL Drain It, cut It Into pieces Oat 8traw Is Cheap. a tricky time; he hid half his schemes My room wai tn the old wing at the Ford was not in bed. He was sur ■adlesr about an Inch square; ffy these In in his own bead; he never trusted even further side of the picture gallery, and prised, but in no way suspicious, and hot fat, move them about that they There are a number of different ma me altogether. If he were dead I I had some difficulty in steering my started to search the house. He was FORCE OF HABIT. may bo equally cooked. When they terials which furnish an excellent could plan something, but now—" way through the dark corridors The joined by a footman, and, a little later, are almost done enough stir In with place for the hens to scratch In, says He thumped his hand on the table mystery that hung over the house had by Jackson and the butler. Astonish them from six to twelve well beaten a writer In the Poultry Journal, and turned away to the window. shaken my nerves, and I remember ment changed to alarm. Other serv eggs, beat all quickly together. When leaves are probably the stuff most "When you last saw Mr. Ford was that I started at every creak of a ants were roused to aid in the quest. the eggs are Bet turn the mixture used by the small poultrymen. These he in good health? Did he stand the board and peered into the shadows as Finally, a party, provided with lan strain?” upon a hot dish and send baked po are good If gathered when perfectly I passed along with heaven knows terns from the stables, commenced to tatoes to table with it. If the pork dry. They must be put Into the pens “Ford had no nerves. He was never what ghostly expectations. I was glad examine the grounds. better in his life.” gives out a good deal of fat while It is every few days, because the poultry enough to close my door upon them Snow had fallen early In the day, “In these great transactions he and see the wood fire blazing cheerful being fried, pour this off before dish will break them Into dust by their covering the great lawns in front of would have his enemies. If his plans ly in the open hearth. ing tho meat. Timo, a quarter of an contlnuul scratching. I find oat straw the entrance porch with a soft white succeeded there would be many hard (CHRONICT.ES TO RE CONTINUED-»- hour; sufficient for four or five per about us cheap In the long run, be blanket, about an inch in thickness. It hit, perhaps ruined. Have you any cause it lasts quite a while and furn sons. was the head-groom who struck the suspicion of a man who, to save him AUTO’S VALUE IN WARFARE ishes some feed if fed before thresh trail. Apparently Mr. Ford had self, might make away with Mr. ing. Fruit Turnovers. walked out of the porch, and so over Ford?” Homo of my neighbors have tried Recent Maneuvers Have Shown That Use puff paste for these. Roll It out the drive and across the lawn towards “No,” said the manager, after a mo It Is a Power That Must Be to about one-fourth inch thick and feeding buckwheat us a scratching the wall that bounded the public road Reckoned With. cut it out into circular shaped places material und a feed combined. Buck This road, which led from Meudon vll ment's thought. "No, I cannot give you a single name. The players are all big of the desired size; pile a teaspoonful wheat is too fattening and should be lags to the town of Camdon, crossed men, Inspector. I don't say that their In the interesting presidential ad of fruit on half of the pastry center, used only occasionally. Corn husks the front of Meudon hall at a distance consciences would stop them from try dress before the Institution of Auto sprinkle over some sugar, wet the make an excellent scratching material. of some quarter of a mile. ing such a trick, but It wouldn't be mobile Engineers, at Ix>ndon, T. B. edges, and turn the paste over It. Shredded or cut corn fodder does very There was no doubt as to the identi worth their while. They hold off when Browne stated that In the recent ..rmy Press the edges together and crimp well If there Is nothing else on hand. ty of the footprints, for Silas Ford af gaol Is the certain punishment.” maneuvers held on a large scale in if desired, brush tho top with white of I do not like any form of mendow fected a broad, square-toed boot, easily “Was this financial crisis in his own this country the automobile proved Clovertop—That old hosB you sold egg. sprinkle with sifted sugnr, and grass or swale for scratching ma recognizable from its unusual lmpres affairs generally known?" itself of the greatest advantage. The me stopped right in front of the bake on tin sheets or pans In a brisk terial becauso It mats down too much slon. "Certainly not.” invaders and defenders, each consist church as the bell struck one, and ho over for about 20 minutes Raw fruit when cut and not enough when not They tracked him by their lanterns “Who would know of it?” ing of one cavalry division and two never moved till It struck two. or Jam or drained canned fruit may cut to the park wall, and there all trace “There might be a dozen men on Infantry divisions, were furnished Cyrus Snodgrass- Oh, yes; I forgot be used for the filling Little should of him disappeared. The wall was of both sides of the Atlantic who would with approximately 110 petrol vehicles Salting Cabbages. rough stone, easily surmountable by suspect the truth. But I don’t sup and 36 steam vehicles, which, working I to tell you he'd been in a horse car, be used In each. For several years 1 have raised cab an active man. The snow that covered pose that more than four people were in conjunction with the railways, un and that It took strokes of the bell to start him. bages and found It advantageous, 8ewlng Hint. the road outside had been churned actually in possession of the facts." dertook the whole of the supplies to after setting out the plant, to drop into muddy paste by the traffic of the When outlining round forms It Is “And who would they be?” the armies. Where roads are avail-, a little salt on the heart of tho cab Hiking Home. day; there were no further footprints much easier to make the outline “His two partners In America; my able the gain by the use of automo bage, says a writer In the EYuit Grow He had telegraphed his wife for observable. stitches from left to right, as they will self and Mr. Harbord there." biles over horses for this purpose is money. er. When the salt Is dissolved by The party returned to the house in then conform to the rounded shapes. Peace turned to the young man with enormous, as It can easily be seen rain, or some other agent, It should bo "I shall count the hours until I see great bewilderment. The telephone to a smile and a polite bow. that where the latter cover 40 miles you,” he wound up, with a touch of Knots should never be used In em renewed, and tho process continued London brought no explanation, and broidery of any kind, and when begin “Can you add any names to the In two days the same distance would pathos. the following morning Mr. Harbord list?" he asked. ning the outlining run a few stitches until all danger from cabbage worms be covered In four hours by the for "AI bo the ties,” she briefly wired to the comenclng point und then cover is past. caught the first train to town to make “No,” said Harbord, staring at the mer. It takes four motor lorries to A cabbage treated In this way will inquiries. For private reasons his detective with a puzzled look, as if try carry one day’s supplies for a brigade back. these stitches with the outlining friends did not desire publicity for ing to catch the drift of bls questions. of about 4.000 men, and each lorry After the work Is finished run the grow much larger, and when the The Effect. the affair, and it was not until the late thread back and fasten with a button head is cut open It will not bo found "Thank you,” said the Inspector; takes a three-ton load, which is equiv "That baby of yours gets on m.7 honeycombed with wormholes. afternoon, when all their investiga "and now, will you show me the place alent to three horse wagons. More hole stitch. tions bad proved fruitless, that they where this curious disappearance oc over, the motor vehicles take up only nerves." "Now why does the little darling Necessity for Tooting Seed. communicated with Scotland Yard. curred?” Emptying the Waehtub. two-thirds of the road space required affect you so?" Good seed corn Io the key to getting When the papers went to press the The newest tubs have faucets or for the horse vehicles. We crossed the drive, where the “He has such a creepy way about whereabouts of the great Mr. Ford snow lay torn and trampled by the taps In the side which come Into use good stands of corn. A good stand of him. ” still remained a mystery. Doubtful Melody. when the tub Is to be emptied But corn Is necessary to secure goed carriages, and so to the white, even yields. Owing to the wet fall of 1#11 In keen curiosity I set off up the surface of the lawn. We soon struck “A bird that can sing and won’t j those who cannot afford theso tubs Seeking a Handicap. there la now much doubtful seed stairs to Inspector Peace's room. Per the trail, a confused path beaten by sing must be made to sing,” said the “I wonder why It Is that a woman may have their old ones. If of wood corn in the country. haps the little detective had later many footprints. Peace stooped for a ready made philosopher. like a giantess marries a man like a fitted up similarly at little cost. Then One cannot afford to plant con* "Yes," replied the practical person, pygmy?” news to give me. moment, and then turned to the secre a long piece of garden hose attached any years, much less this year, with "but anybody who would be satisfied I found him standing with his back tary with an angry glance. to the tap serves to conduct the wa ”1 don't know, unless It's because with the result of that experiment she's too much of a woman to taka a ter out of doors or Into a sink In out testing. The single-ear method to the fire puffing at his cigarette with "Were you with them?" he said. must have a mighty poor ear for chance oa a fair fight.” a plump solemnity. A bag, neatly -Yes.” another room, so emptying the tub of testing seed corn Is the only prao- tlcal method. » etrapped, lay on the rug at his feet He "Then why, in the name of com muslq." with little expenditure of energy. KIND OF COWS TO BUY Chronicles gf Addington Peace THE VANISHED MILLIONAIRE