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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1916)
KMMU tr 5 S THE HOLDUP By HAROLD CARTER vuyiiKi, Hii, uy u, j. cnapman. Budd's Crossing was growing into a sizable place. The population bad increased twelve thousand, there was an apartment house, and Miller's build ings, containing the new telephone central, with the Bank of North Kan sas opposite, was the picture that familiarized the outside world with Budd's Crossing when seen on post cards. There was a picture of Newton park, with a couple seated upon a bench, the young man's arm around the girl's waist. The young man was unmis takably Harry Fisher, for the angle of photographic impact showed his pointed, aggressive chin distinctly. The girl, whose back alone was visible, certainly looked like Netta Clare of the telephone exchange. The picture, which was snapped by flashlight, caused a good deal of scandal; and from the fact that the principal fig ures In it both laughed it might have been inferred that they were engaged to be married. . They were. Harry was In the bank, and he could look up and see Netta opposite the switchboard across the street. Nettu never looked at him, how ever, being attentive to calls. How the quarrel started nobody knew. But the first thing known was that Netta and Harry were not on speaking terms, and presently Harry was running after half the girls in town, and holding himself defiantly Men and Women Rushed for the Hill tide. toward the world, except when he smnk down a side street to avoid meet ing Notta. Budd's Crossing Is on the main rail road line, and lies five miles beneuth Lake Lomond, which Irrigates the thirsty section by means of a huge dam, back iu the mountains. If ever the (linn burst engineers, and people Willi pluln onlltuiry sense ns well, de clared that Dudd'B Crossing would Just about have time to know It no more. All agreed that only those on the outskirts would be able to make the rmi of the horseshoe round the town lu time. Budd's Crossing was not worrying about the concrete dam, guaranteed to last throe centuries. It was worrying about the bank robberies in neighbor Ing towns. The Colton gang had hold up the banks of Newboro and Oasthaus In broad daylight, taken out the con tents of the disrupted safes, and rid den off unscathed. Budd's Crossing had prepared for them at least, the hank had In the shape of two armed guards who patroled the front of the buildtug and were prepared to shoot upon provocation. Some nervous peo ple described bank robbers in every stranger. Somehow It leaked out that the Col tons had sent a bombastic letter to the president. They promised to have the public's deposits by a certain day. As Colton aped the so-called romantic deeds of the outlaws, the bank's nerves were on the jump whon that day dawned. Nothing happened that morning. It was not till two In the aftornoon that I'udd's Crossing got the thrill of Its career. It was Notta Clare who sent the nowt forth broadcast: "The dam is breaking. Run for your Uvea. It will not hold out twenty min utes." Out of the business offices, out of five hundred homes, warned by the uni versal panic, men and women rushed for the hillside. Borne carried babies, some bundles which they discarded. There was but one thought flight In Budd's Crossing that afternoon. In four minutes from the moment of the first alarm the town was deserted and the hillsides were black with people, trying desperately to reach an eleva tion safe above the menace of the flood before It burst upon them. It would sweep Budd's Crossing way like matchwood, and rush on, a hundred feet high, a sullen, furious torrent, confined by the mountain walls, to wreak havoc, upon the vll- lafes lower down. The telephone exchange was desert ed by the terrified girls. Only one remained. White-faced, but calm. Net ta sat at her post, watching the men ace on the hills above her. She tele phoned Incessantly. "Red Mills! The dam has burst. Run for your lives. Donchester! The dam has burst. The flood will be on you In fifteen minutes. Paintsbury! Durham! Exeter! Labury! The dam has burst." She called the last settlement In the valley, and then ran from the ex change, casting apprehensive glances upward. The dam had still held. The town was empty. Only in front of the bank two horses tethered. As Bhe ran past Netta cast an apprehensive glance in through the open door. What she saw nerved her to a realization of what had hap pened. Through the open door, and through the plate glass of the cashier's cage, she saw Harry, bound and trussed, seated helplessly, while an armed man stood over fcim and another worked buaiiy amid the debris of what had been the bank's safe. Upon the coun ter of the cashier's cage lay Harry's revolver, which hs had drawn too late. Immediately Netta sized up the situa tion. The report was a fake, launched by the robbers In the bold design of emptying the town. It had succeeded admirably, and, with nobody on hand but Harry, they were safe to work their will. The backs of the throe were toward hor and they did not see Netta creep like a mouse inside the bank. Cau tiously she stole onward, no sound of her footsteps echoing on the boards. "Say, Bill, we chose the day all right," said the man at the Bate to his companion, without looking around. "There's tons of the stuff In here." "Hurry up, Ned," answered the oth er. "We've got to got home before It gets dark." Netta Btole onward. Now, crouching under the wall of the cage, she was In visible if any of the bandits should look round. She saw Harry, bound, watching Ihe men out of his half-closed eyes. The lcok In them told her that ho had been surprised; there was no trace of fear there, and Netta was glad. Softly her hand crept up and touched the revolver. Hor fingers closed upon It. "Hands up!" With an oath the man at the safe sprang to his feet, to look into Netta's eyes and thiow up his hands obedient ly. At the same time the man guard ing Harry swung round, with his re volver raised. "Drop it!" He dropped it, and saved eternity by a single second. ' Vnlaston him!" "Say, now " protested one of the men. "I count two. One " Hurriedly Harry was unbound. Stooping, he seized the revolver of his fornior guard. "March them to Jail, Harry. I'll I'll stay here. I think I think" said Notta, and foil weakly across the counter. That Is the story of the holdup of Budd's Crossing. When the townspeo ple crept back, by twos and threes and driblets, two hours lator, they found Harry Fisher guarding two prisoners In tho sergeant's office, and Notta nt his side. And from the look on their faces it was clear that the old mis understanding had been forgotten. In wltneBf thereof, tho massive chest of sllvor donated by the bank, and the live hundred dollars from the tele phone company. Between Man and Man. Confucianism, the prevailing doc trine of China, Is neither a religion, nor a system of trnnsccndentul or cos mic philosophy. It Is nn agnostic system of ethics and n system of practical mid purely tem poral common-sense philosophy which mm no farther than this earth. It takes practically no notice what ever of tho question of nn after life, of eternity, of future rewards and pun ishments, of God. It teaches merely that one ought to do good becnuse It Is man's duty to do good. Confucianism is entirely con cerned with the relation between mun and man. Study of Facts. The study of facts Is an Important element In education. Not of unre lated facts, or even of related fucts hlch make up a trivial whole. It Is essential that sonic serious sub ject of fairly wide range should be pre sented more or less constantly for a period of at least several years to a ninn'g mind, so that It becomes In n sense his own, before he can rightly he wild to have received nn "educa tion." Tho greater and tho more humane the subject pro tunto the education, but any really . serious subject will serve. Why Salt Causes Thlrtt Suit has been described as a natural element of tho blood In about the snme proportion as In the water of the ocean. Vnder general conditions we do not feel the existence of suit In our bodies becnuse Its effect Is counteract ed by a due proportion of water. When we eat nn excessive amount of salt thirst ts created by the demand of nnture that we hIso take a proper donate amount of water and dilute tho salt to Its proper relative amount. Any food that tend to absorb the moisture of the body will cause thirst for the wine reason Unit our physical welfare requires a balanced quantity ot water. GRASSHOPPERS ARE Combination of Three Small Hopperdozers Attached to Wheels jn Manner to Be Pushed Instead of Pulled by Horses. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Over a large portion of the coun try west of the Mississippi where the annunl rainfall is less than 25 Inches, grasshoppers nre among the worst pests which the farmer hns to combat, In Farmers' Bulletin 601, United States department of agriculture, two prac tical measures of control are sug gested: (1) the destruction of the eggs, and (2) the killing of the insects by means of poisoned bait. The eggs are laid shortly before the coming of freezing weather, the adult Insects selecting for this purpose, when available, firm soil In well drained locations. Abandoned fields, undisturbed strips under fences and along neglected roadsides, the banks of irrigation ditches and buffalo sod along the edges of Infected fields are fnvorlte places. The eggs hatch about the time of the last spring frosts, and the young grasshoppers then push upward to the surface In order to feed upon the nearest vege- life? Sowing Poisoned Bran Bait From a Buggy In Treating Meadows to Destroy Grasshoperi In New Hampshire. tntlon. If the land Is plowed to a depth of at lenst six Inches enrly In the yenr, the eggs will be covered so deeply that the young cannot emerge after they have been hatched. It Is desirable that this plowing should be finished ns much before April 15 as possible. Where the crop to be grown on the land does not require plowing, the eggs mny be destroyed with little ex pense by stirring the ground to a depth of about two Inches before March 1. This breiiks and crushes many of tho cylindrical capsules In which the eggs ore cemented firmly together. Others are destroyed by exposure to the weather or from the nttacks of natural enemies. Iu clenn, soft ground a heavy harrow will stir the ground sufficiently to destroy the eggs. In heavy soils, weedy fields, alfalfa, or land In which patches of sod occur, the disk har row Is required. In treating alfalfa In this way cure should be taken not to set the harrow deep enough to cut off the crowns of the plants. The WHAT KILLED YOUR POULTRY? I Hawk Usually Carries Off Young Chicks, Leaving Larger Ones Work of Weasel Differs. A hawk usually curries oft the young chicks, but If they attack larger ones the bodies will be left. It will bo found that death hns been caused by n tear nt the back of tho neck. The skull will be torn open nnd the feathers scattered but not trailed. If the chicken Is found dead on Its side, with Its neck stretched out, and small wound In the throat. It Is the work of a weasel that has sucked its blood. If a carcass Is found with the head and breast devoured, It Is the work of cnt. As a rule, the rat does Its deadly work at night, and the carcass often Is found very badly mauled. The en trails generally ore drawn out, but not enten, ami the carcass Is bitten and gnawed In many places. SOME PESTS OF STRAWBERRY Plan to Have Land, Previous to Plant ing, In Some Crop Requiring Clean Cultivation. Weeds ore bad enemies of the straw berry, and for this reason It Is a good plan to have the land, previous to the time ot planting, In some crop that re quires clenn cultivation. This will give field practically free from weeds. It the plants ore to be sot out In the spring, the ground should be toll plowed. Before planting, the ground should be worked thoroughly and put In She condition. A DESTRUCTIVE PEST land should be left rough to expose as many eggs as possible, and after hard freezing weather It should be har rowed to expose any eggs that may huve been covered before. If these precautions are not adopt ed and the grasshoppers are allowed to hatch from the eggs they mny be con trolled later In the season by the use of the following poisoned bait : Bran 36 pounds, white arsenic or parls green, 1 pound, oranges or lem ons 6 pounds, cheap sirup of molasses 2 quarts, water 3 gallons. White arsenic Is preferred, owing to Its cost, which Is must less than purls green at the present time. The dry bran and poison should be mixed in a washtub. The sirup and the Juice and finely chopped pulp and peel of the fruit should then be added to the water and poured over the mix ture of bran and poison. This mash is very attractive to grasshoppers while it Is fresh, but when dry or stale It Is of little value. The early morning is the best time to scatter It over the In- fested land, as the grasshoppers are just beginning to feed then and the mash does not dry out as quickly ns If It were npplied Inter In the day. After the first day little of the bait Is eaten, so thut several applications may be necessary in badly Infested fields. The formulti mentioned will provide a sufficient quantity for 5 acres- of heav ily Infested land and should cost about 25 cents per ncre for one application. If the Infestation Is not very heavy, the nmount should be enough to treat 10 acres. If the poisoned bait Is scattered evenly, domestic animals nnd birds will not eat enough of It to harm them. The halt, however, should never be placed In heaps or scattered thickly about, and care should be taken to keep the poison out of the reach of children and domestic animals. It Is best not to use the hands for mixing as the poison may be absorbed, although there ore no known lnstunces In which poisoning has followed the sowing of the wet bnlt barehanded. GEESE PICK MOST OF LIVING Fowla Are Generally Raised on Grass Land or Pasture Good Mash for the Goslings. Geese ore generally raised where they hove a good grass range or pas ture, as they are good grazers and usually plek most of their living, ex cept during the winter months and the breeding season. Goslings should be fed a mash of two parts shorts nnd one part corn meal by weight, changing at the end of three weeks to equal pnrts shorts and corn meal with 5 per cent each of beef scrap and grit. A fattening ration mny be made of a mash of one part shorts nnd two pnrts corn meal by weight with 5 per cent of beef scrap, fed In the morning, and a feed of corn at night KILLING OUT FOXTAIL PEST Weed Should Be Hoed or Pulled So That Seed Will Not Shatter Rotation le Favored. Tellow foxtail which springs up In cultivated crop should be hoed or pulled out so that the seed will not shatter on the land. If weds Which shatter out are covered with the disk, they will germinate and then tho plants ran be destroyed by plowing or cultivating. Any mature seed should be removed from seed grain as much as possible. Foxtail may bo eradicated by the use of short rota tlona and by giving thorough cultiva tions early In the season with the bar row. GOT IN WRONG EITHER WAY Mr. Homebody "Called Down" When He Took Notice, and "Roasted" When He Didn't "Why are you looking at me like that?" Mrs. Homebody inquired of her husband, according to the Brooklyn Times. "What have you been doing to your hair? It looks different," said .Mr. Homebody, who had Just come in. His wife put down the book she had been reading, and released a sigh. "Good-ness gra-cious!" she ex claimed, "can't a body do a little thing like fixing hair without being sturd out of countenance and put through the third degree? I haven't been do ing a thing to my hair. I was simply in a hurry this afternoon and piled a little more or less on the sides ; that's all. 1 didn't suppose it was conspicu ous. Gracious I I'm all out of breath explaining. You notice every little thing." Mr. Homebody extricated himself by saying it "looked nice" and let It go at that A week later Mrs. Homebody went to the hairdresser's, and when that deft person had finished with her she regurded herself In the mirror with justifiable satisfaction. That evening, at dinner, although the soft glow of the shaded light pleasantly enhanced the hairdresser's art, friend husband, sitting opposite, said never a word. Mrs. Homebody stood it as long as she could. "Of what use Is It," she said finally, "to try to look one's best in this house? Ever since you sat down I've been waiting for you to say something, but I suppose I might wait till dooms day. Don't you notice my hair? Doesn't it look different?" Mr. Homebody stopped eating and looked, but, manlike, he overdid it. "Have you got to gaze at me as long as that to make sure?" asked Mrs. Homebody; "why, I should think you could have told in half a second. 1 really believe I could come to dinner in a powdered wig and you'd look squarely at me all through the meal and soy nothing to show that you saw. You never notice a thing." "I'm sorry, dear," said Mr. Home body; "I did notice that your hair looked different, but " "But, if I hadn't spoken, you'd have kept it to yourself," was the way his wife finished the sentence. "Good gra cious, don't you know that a woman likes a man to be observant and to tell her when he takes notice?" First Persian Newspaper. The first copy of what purports to be the first Persian newspaper In the world has just been issued In New York under the title of the "Persian American Courier." The only cause for astonishment In this connection is that no such publication has ap peared heretofore In the greater city. Practically every other nationality, language, and dialect is represented by the New York press. Inclusive of Lettish, Finnish, Plattdeutsch, Slovak lun, Slovene, Croat, and Arabic. The editor of this latest comer says that he has struggled with the four hun dred and four small nnd four hun dred and four capital letters of the Persian alphabet and reduced them to the dimensions of a linotype key board, which finally made his publica tion possible. Seeing that there are about six Arabic newspapers in town nnd that the Arabic and Persian al phabets are closely reluted, the editor, at any rate, had several models by following which his work must have been greutly expedited. New York Evening Post Too Popular. The "Full" signs which are to be put on the Baltimore street cars re call the story told some years ago by a man of that city who visited Paris, but who was acquainted with no tongue but his own. He related to a friend how he made a point of going to all the points around the city, but one he never succeeded in getting to. He was the more determined to go because it was evidently a very popular place as every car going there was loaded to lta capacity. But none would stop for him In spite of continued waiting and signaling. "And so," he concluded, "I never got there." "What was the place?" asked the friend. "The sign on the care was 'Com plet,'" replied the disappointed one, "but I've never seen Complet yet" And he understood why when his friend explained, after a somewhat explosive smile, that "Complet" signi fied only that the car was full, and was not allowed to take on more pas sengers. Opening for Typesetter. It will surprise some, but not those who know the craft, to be Informed that among all the vast company that Inhabit Sing Sing prison, one of New York's big lu'tiitentturles. there la not a single Mergenthaler operator, or Mnotyper of nny other sort Thla ts more than could be said of a good many other trades of even profes sions, for thnt matter for Sing Sing Is noted for its democratic atmos phere, and It forbids no one entrance within Its walls because of the nature of his previous employment 1 Port land Oregonlan. Fascination of Scarcity. "I have no doubt that In s short time this country will have plenty or dyostuffs." "I hope so," replied Mr. Growcher. 'When the women find that dvestuffs are abundant, no doubt they'll discard this riot of colors and wir plain black and white." REAL LIFE ROMANCE PRANK OF FATE THAT RESULTED IN HAPPY MARRIAGE. She Was the "Other Girl" and He the Only "Good Looker" In the Regi ment Which Was Embarking for War. The scene of the first chapter of this romance Is laid in a city on the west ern const, a seaport from whose har bor there sailed during the year of the Spanish-American war many trans ports carrying to the Philippines troops of gay and gallant soldiers, most politely generous with their brass buttons. On one of these occasions two young girls, thirsting for adventure, fared forth, armed with a kodak. Snap shots were taken of the soldiers march ing down one of the principal streets from the train to the wharf, but a sad melancholy settled down upon the pair when they were forced to admit that these men were, Oh I so ordinary look ing, not nearly so handsome as some of the regiments had been. However, to vary the dull monotony which the whole episode was gradual ly assuming, they amused themselves while the men were boarding the ship in endeavoring to pick out the really good-looking one. And they did one, and one only. But he, being by that time on the upper deck, was quite un attainable, so all the Joy that could be extracted from an afternoon which had given such promise was the pleas ure of waving good-by to him as the ship sailed away. But what was their surprise when the snapshots of the marching soldiers were printed to discover that their "good-looking man" appeured in one of them. The pictures were soon pasted Into a book and the Incident apparent ly closed. The scene of the second and closing chapter Is now shifted to a town about ten years Inter. One of the two girls was living In this town. She was a schoolteacher. At a social gathering she met a young man who afterward called on her. In the course of conversation she gave the name of her former home, and the young man remarked that he had been In that city just twice, once when he embarked with his regiment bound for the Philippines and once when he wus on his way back after the war. Of course, the old book of kodak views was promptly unearthed, and the girl was not a little surprised when he greeted the picture of "the good-looking man," with the rapturous an nouncement that It was his old com rade, Jack , who resided In that very town, but was at thut time away on Ms vncntlon. When he returned he would bring him around, If he might, to see the pictures, in which he was able to dis tinguish many of his former friends. Jack came, he saw, he conquered, with the usual happy ending. I am and was the other girl. Chicago Tribune, Eye Protection at Movies. . Physicians are constantly advising patrons of the movies to protect their eyes. A writer in the Journal of the American Medical Association tells how It may be done. "The progress made In the charac ter of subjects presented In the movies today makes It desirable for all Inquir ing people to at least attend occasion ally," he says. "Annoying after-effects on the eyes of many prevent thera from enjoying the social diver sion, and often the educational advan tages, thus derived. The great major ity of those who suffer from eye strain after watching moving pictures can find much, If not complete, relief in perfectly fitted glasses. The picture may not be quite so sharp, but this Is more than compensated for by the In creased comfort "For those with very sensitive eyes a colored glass, either amber, yellow ish green or amethyst, mny be neces sary to give complete relief. There have been put on the market recently several varieties of colored glass, each of which has some advantages, so that some suitable color can usually be se cured. A subdued light In the thea ter Is much less Irritating than when the only light visible comes from the screen. It Is also advisable to avoid sitting In a place where It Is necessary to look upward, as the additional strain becomes very tiresome, and fre quently leaves a headache." Freeze Feet In Midsummer. IIow 150 Italian Infantrymen were Invalided by freezing their feet In mid summer was told by a passenger arriv ing ot New York on the French liner La Touralne. The men were members of a batta lion of Alpine Infantry, and had gone to a point far above the snow line In nn attempt to surprise an Austrian force that In no other manner could be ointed from Its position. They had been carefully drilled In walking on all fours and acting the parts of goats and sheep. Two days after leaving camp rem nants of the command began to return. They failed In their undertaking be cause of a terrific storm and because sharp pieces of Ice tore their flannel leggings and exposed their feet The Reason. "Odd. Isn't It that sge Is a recom mendation In wine and a drawback In women V "Not at all. Ton can put it down) to the one, but you have to put up. with It In the other."