Sherman County observer., April 03, 1914, Image 1

M oix), S h e r m a n O ou n
O reqron. F r id a y
ISON BOTTLE.
she had po
tie of pok
the mistal
husband I
ployed at
company ]
By GEORGE BARR FOUGHEON
SORTING PUT MB SEEKERS.
Caussd Neighbor a
Mil* Run.
iRTbeu Mrs. Frederick
preimred coffee for
ach she thought she
i the bottle her hua-
rilcd It In. Instead,
( Into a half filled hot*
Bhe did not discover
11 an hour after het
Ft home. He la em-
Katlonal Bilk Dyeing
I t Dundee Lake, five
h. Godolen ran to the
Ferra. a neighbor, and
¡k to the mill and save
Be. Ferra ran all the
fcinill. where he found In F ifty Year« Number e f Agricultural
Laborers Has Dsorwsssd 40 Per Cent.
I the story.
BUe was Immediately
Peasants and Country Pooplo Rook
to C H i— ffima« P a y Caoeee Esedue
< coffee early In the
failed to do to this
Id there was enough
’ee bottle to kill ton
MOTHER” JONES ARRESTED,
• Washington.—Tbe United States Is
not the ouly land where “beck to the
farm" Is a cry earnestly raised In the
boi>e of checking the abandonment of
country places by young people for the
excitements and quicker returns of
city Hfe. France bus the problem to
face this year In serious fashion, and
French
legislators are discussing
whether or not It would be opportune
nt this time to Impose a special fiscal
tag on all foreign workmen who come
to France In search of work, or, rather,
to Impose the tax on their employers,
the Idea being to force a chance for
the native farm laborer, thereby pre­
venting him from going to the city.
• William H . Hunt, United States con­
sul, writing from St. Etienne, says that
go far so agreement on such foreign
hilior tax has been reached, as the
question Is considered In France ex­
tremely delicate and complex.
“From a national viewpoint." says
Mr. Hunt, “ It Is desirable that work
In France should be performed by
French workmen alone, In order to
push home Industries and preserve
Senator W orks Suggests Federal Com­
mission to De the W ork.
W ashington.-Federal appointments
were the subject of a speech in the
senate by Senator Works of California
on his bill to provide for s commis­
sion appointed by the president to re­
ceive and peas upon all applications
and recommanda tiens for appointment
to federal offices. The measure would
forbid members of congress to recom­
mend applicants or aid In obtaining
positions.
Senator Works explained that his bill
was intended to relieve the president
and members of congress from the
Senator Fletcher ef Florida Chairm an
ef
Committee — Establishment
ef
Banks an a Co-operative Beale la
Urged T w e Kinde ef Ci édita» Land
Mortyffiy* A#Ml
Washington. — Recommendations for
definite legislation by congress ou the
subject of farmers' credits are contain­
ed In the report of the federal commis­
sion which, studied rural credit Insti­
tutions In Europe last spring and sum­
mer.
The commission was beaded
by Duncan Ü. Fletcher, senator from
Florida. 8enator Gore of Oklahoma.
Representative Moes of Indiana and
officers of the department of agricul­
ture, together with delegatee from the
several states, make up the remainder
of the commission.
The commission In Its report segre­
gates the two classes of farm credits
edays. noT tbeSTwomen a t least In £
•to to Treepera Setae H e r ea H er Rs
higb dudgeon, be stalked from the
t
PR O LO G U E
turn te Trinid ad ,
room. In the door be met Brock. .
“ For two cents." he declared eav-
Trinidad, Colo. — “Mother” Jones,
Thia h u m o r o u e tale, w ritten
strike leader, who was deported from
to AfcCafcAoon’o hoof vw/n, ie egely. as tf Brock were to blame. “I ’d „
«he southern Colorado coal fields by
take the next train for Parts."
faultleee in Ha m orale, d eep ite ita
Brock watched him down the hall.
(he militia, returned to Trinidad, and
Hi I a. and cum ulative in ita inter- H e drew a handful of small coins from
as soon as ber presence was learned
oat. f t m ay ba etatod in atriet M l pocket, ruefully looking them over.
by the m ilitary authorities she was ar­
rested and taken to tbe Ben Rafael
confidence that E d ith d id not -T w o cento." he said. "H ang It gti.
actu ally hare m ore than ana hue- I’ve nothing there but pfennigs and
bettors and centimes.“
band; ooneoquantly-the gentle
In the course of his wanderings the
reader need harbor no appro- dtoceusotato Freddie came upoo Mrs
henaian on thia aoora. Lika a ll Odell-Carney and pudgy Mr. Rodney.
eth er eetim abla m arried women, They were sitting In a quiet corper of
E dith had only one hueband, bat the reeding room M r Rodney had
had a hard day. He bad climbed a
'
oircumetancee
aroee
th ro u g h mountain—or. more accurately speak-
which it eeem ed nooeooary f o r ling, be had climbed halfway up and ”
He was ’
BBtaTOS woaxs.
her hueband to be in to o placee then the a,» me half down
very tired Freddie observed from his *
a t the eame tim e, an d hew thie lonely station that Mr Rodney was *
burden of recommending and appoint
log thousands of officers throughout
wae aaeom ptiehed and what the fast dropping to sleep, notwithstanding
tbe country, to bring about tbe ap­
oatoomo wae— B at w ait < bit; let I his companion’s rapid Sow of small g)
pointment of more competent men and
George B arr McCutcheon, the talk. It did not take Freddie long to
women ami to relive the public service
decide.
He
wag
an
ootcast
end
a
par-
j,
p rin c e e f etory tetlere, unfold
from the “odlnm of the present perni­
lab and he was very lonely He mast d
the romance.
cious system of patronage.”
I have some one to talk to. Without o
In 1010. tbe seuator said, the govern­
mora ado b* bore down upon the coo h
ment employees, exclusive of those
pie end a moment later was tact- h
C H A PTER X.
under civil service and the army and
fully advising the sleepy Mr. Rodney ,
The Die— fteetoto Freddie,
navy, numbered 148,714. of whom
I to take himself off to bed—advice t,
10.830 gre appointed by the president
HE toft him standing there to I which that gentleman gladly accepted t
These appointments, lie sahl, had
the street -W ith well practiced And so It came about that Freddie sat h
steadily risen sluce, the number of
' tact be darted Into a tobaccon face to face with tbe last reeodt, at the t
postmasters to t>e appointed by tbe
,
foot
of
tbe
chglse-longue.
gazing
with
,
tot’s shop.
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president having been lucreaaed by
"Another shakedown." be reflected serene adulation into tbe eyes of a ,
463.
- ' __
I
woman
who
might
have
had
a
son
as
—•fu lly . "They’re all pesetas me np
President Wilson, he said, bad felt
I
old
as
be—if
she
had
had
one
at
all.
<
today; b u t greet hooks! W hat’s all
the necessity of some such help as this
She had been a coquette In her salad (
this shout Medcroft end Const* nee r
bill would afford but his effort to trans­
H e bought some cl ga ret tee and started I days—there .was no doubt of I t She ,
fer the making of appointments to his
Photo by American Pres* Association.
«AT for a walk, mildly excited by this had encountered fervid gallants In all (
heeds of departments bad proved a
I
parts
of
the
world
and
In
nil
stations
t
BKMATOB mSTCBSB.
turn of affaire. It occurred to
failure.
him as be turned It over lu hla mind of Ilfs. But It remained for tbe gal- ,
studied—the land mortgage, or long
lent Freddie Ulstervelt to bowl her ,
that Mrs. Medcroft was amazingly re
term credit and personal, or abort term
•photo by American Press AasOctattan.
■rynod to the situation. Of course she I over with surprise for tbe first time j
credit
iu bar long and varied career. At tbe t
was not blind to her husband’s Infat
Final report has been made only as
' “1S0TBKB" JONXS.
erd
of
half
an
hour
she
pulled
herself
,
•a t ton for her staler Therefore If sb<
to tbe first close, though a report with
I
togetLer
and
lapped
him
on
the
shout-
(
were so cheerful and Indifferent .sbou1
hospital, where she was held a prison­
recommendations, aa to the second
er and wee permitted to see no vis
It it followed Umt she was not tape I der with l»er fan. a quizzical smile on ,
class will be completed In a short tin»«
ber
lipa
j
Maliy distressed, in fa c t It suddenly
ltore.
and sent to tbe president
“My denr Mr Ulstervelt. are you j
dawned upon him she was net only
Bhe left the train at the outskirts of
It la to the first claaa that moat atten­
reconciled, but relieved. Bbe bad cess I trying to make love to me? You nice
T rin id ad sad later appeared at a local
tion baa been given, and. as President
Americans!
How
gallant
you
con
bet
ed to love her husband! Bbe could be
hotel. Bhe was arrested by a detail of
Wilson has announced that such legis­
• free tones In Love*« lists, notwlth I I am quite old enough to be your
state troops* ksrrh-d out of the hotel,
lation la Included In hla program for
standing the inconvenience o f a legal I mother Believe me. I thank yon for [
placed In an automobile and whirled
the year. It Is expected that a measure
I
tbe
compliment
I
can’t
tell
yon
bow
attachm ent “She’s ripping, too.” con
throngh the streets with a cavalry es­
will be passed by congress In the near
eluded Freddie, with • certain buoy I 1 appreciate this delicate flattery. You
cort galloping at full «peed In front
future.
1 ire very delicious But.” as she arose
and behind the machine.
After a conference between Senator
Philadelphia. - The
old
armored
I gracloosly. " I’d follow M r Rodney’s
Several hundred coal mine strikers
cruiser Brooklyn, flagship of Rear Ad­ Fletcher and the president It wee In­
I example If I were you. I ’d go to bed."
lln^d. the streets and cheered wildly,
miral Bcbley at the battle of Santiago, dicated tbe latter approves or the com-
Then, with a rare smile, which could
while "Mother" Jones waved her hand
went Into commission at tbe Philadel­ mission's view for such legislation.
I not bare been more chilling, she toft
The com mission'a report Include« tbe
In rea p ones
phia navy yard after an Idleness of
I him standing there.
draft of a bill, which has been submit­
more th'in ten years.
"By Jove!” be muttered, passing hie
Bhe has undergone a number of Im­ ted to Secretary of the Treasury Mc­
I band across his eyes as if bewildered.
p r iv a t e lu r a u o .
portant
changes and has been com­ Adoo, Secretary of Agriculture Hous­
derstand that the head of an industry
•What was I saying to her? Good
pletely remodeled. The Scotch boilers ton and member« of congress, who
would
preferably
employ
foreigners
If
Lord, has it got to be « hsblt with me?
have been replaced with the water will have charge of rural credit togto-
they may be had at lower wages, but
1 Wee I making love to—her?" H e do
tube type, her engines have been over­ latlon.
the natural effect of depressing the
] parted for tbe American ber.
The commission believes that be­
hauled and all guns remounted on
wages
of
the
home
workmen
must
not
Mrs. Rodney had but little sleep that
modern electrically controlled car cause of the difficulty In getting ell
be overlooked, particularly In agricul­
night Bhe went to bed In a state of
tbe states to adopt farm credit legis­
riage«
ture, where there Is the greatest dearth
worry and uncertainty, oppressed by
Much of the woodwork has been re­ lation It la wiser to have cougreea a c t
of French laborers. According to an placed by fireproof material and new
the shadows which threatened eternal
Their recommended bill provides,
Inquiry made by the minister of agri­ ammunition holsta installed.
darkness to tbe fair name of tbe fam
The therefore, for tbe formation of farm
culture. tbe following etatlstics were tower military mast has been retained. land banks In any of the states under
I lly, however distantly removed. Kath­
obtained:
erine’s secret had In reality been news
The Brooklyn, when fully commis­ federal charter and federal Inspection.
. I to her; she bad not paid enough atten-
“A t present 2.320,000 persons are em­ sioned, will carry a crew of 500 offi­ Any group of farmers may organise
ployed iu agricultural pursuits In the cers and men, but for the present only such co-operative farm 'land banks
> tlon to the Med crofts to notice any-
New York.—TkonsHiidi of Greeks In
whole of France, while In 1892 their a skeleton crew w ill man her.
, thing that they did. so long as they
with power to Issue bonds and thus
A local movie show stood In their seats
number was a little over 3,000,000; in
did not do It In conjunction with the
About ninety officers and men were secure money for farm purchase or de­
and
yelled
"Zftto!**
which
Is
like
out
i I Odell-Cameye. The Odell-Carneya were
1882, 3.500.000, and In 1802, 4,000,000. aboard when the cruiser was placed velopment from distant money mar-
"H n rrehl” when the Eusones, tbe crack
' I her horizon—morning, noon and night
Thus In half a century agricultural In commission In the “ordinary" or sec­ keta.
regiment of Greek infantry, went'
labor has diminished 40 per cent «nd ond reserve.
The scheme outlined for farm land
And now there was likelihood of that
marching by in A stirring film taken
i I glorious borison being obscured by a
by reason of the steady Increase of
She has been assigned to the Atlantic banka In the United States provide«
daring the recent war. J
agricultural production the employ­ reserve fleet but later will be sent to for federal charter, but no Institution
[ I sickeulng scandal In the vulgar fore-
Dtm ltrt Orfanes. a fru it peddler, w as,
I ground. Inspired by Katherine’s dread­
ment of foreign labor has become a
will be able to operate In more than
among the loudest of the shoutera at necessity. Every summer troops of China to relieve the Saratoga.
one state. But any Institution may op­
ful conclusions, the excellent lady set
one of the shows until a certain file of
erate In all ports of the state In which
foreign workmen may tie seen passing
about to observe for herself. During
the soldiers went charging up a hill
’ I tbe entire evening ebe flitted about the
through France offering their valuable FREAK POSSUM TO WILSON. It la located and may maintain agon-
“I won’t beer of a diveree."
Into a rain of Turkish bullets.
dee at any point within the state to
help to the farmers, who could not
hotel and grounds with all the snoop­
“Constantine!” cried D im itri loudly
that
she
had
really
come
to
tbe
con
gather In their harvests unaided. In Texans Send President W hits Animal negotiate loans and also may maintain
ing Instincts of a Sherlock Holmes
to one of them as he recognised hla
W ith Pink Eyes.
agenciee either within or without the
t be lurked. If that Is not potting It too elusion that her husband was the kind brother, a private of the Busonee. the Industrial domain this foreign in
Washington. - A n albino possum, state to dispose of mortgage bonds to-
► theatrically. From unexpected nooks who sets Itis wife an example by being The ranks went on, and D im itri watch­ vaslon is not of accidental character,
as in the case of agriculture; It Is the white with pink eyes, was received by sued.
she emerged to view the landscape a bit divaricating himself.
Tbe institution« provided for most
Mrs Rodney fairly screeched with ed Constantine ns long aa he could see result of contracts. I t Is Impossible to President Wilson, the giver« being
o’er: by devious paths aba tod bar
Horror when she beard th at Tootles him. firing at tho enemy and pressing tell how this work could 1» done If Bcudder Wilson and Kennard Mar^ deal "only with farmers” and are
w I (toiibto to tbe gates o f absolute certain
to the front. Finally, near the end of
strictly prohibited from doing a dty
’« ty aw1 then sat down to shudder to was “a poor little beggar." end "all the film, the brother disappeared. Then foreign labor were restricted by some •hall of Rockdale. Tex.
“Thera h«ta’t no such animal,” de­ business.
g. her heart’s content
I t was all tone! that sort of thing, you know."
Loans granted to farmers may not
clared a Virginia Democrat who hap
-M y dear." said Mra. Odell-Carney, D im itri fainted.
ly I For four boars aha had been trying to
The pictures, for the excellence of
exceed
8« per cent of the vAlue of the
pened
to
ho
In
the
executive
offices
toting
herself
all
the
time
for
engag­
b. get to the spot where she could see
which the photographer wee decorated
when the possum arrived by express, improved land, and loena may not ex­
Is with her own eyes And a t last ebe had ing Io tbe spread of gossip, bat femi­
by tbe German emperor and the Greek
but although he wee not from Mis­ tend for a longer period than thirty-
come to IL Of course she had to ad ninely unable to withstand the test,
wing are actual “mdviea" of the recent
five years.
Ix>ana must be repaid
souri be was shown.
te mlt to herself that she did not actually “your excellent cousin, Mrs. Medcroft
gradually through tbe y e « » by ■ small
President
Wilson
la
rather
partial
to
receives
two
letters
a
day
from
Lon­
ly bear Mr. Medcroft toll Constance that
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"possum an’ tatare," but was disin­ annual Installment
at ha loved ber. but It was enough tor d o n -g re a t fat letter« which take
In order to secure funds the I« ***» -
clined to take any chance« on the
ANARCHISTS AUTO THIEVES.
if bar that ha sat with bar In the —mi teen minutes to road In spite of the
-— H r
Texan albino, so be had tho little done ere authorised to Issue bonds
a- darkness for two unbroken hours, fact that they are written In a per­
equal In amount te the mortgagee re­
Eight
Arreetsd
In
Pari«—One
Had
animal sent to the national boo .
is speaking In tones so low that they fectly huge hand by a * man—« man.
Just aa
Several southern admirers of the tained by the Institution.
Bomb and Another Polson.
to might Just as wall have been whisper- d’ye hear? They’re not from ber hue-
president have contributed nonperox- there Is now a bureau In tbe treasury
Parle.—The (llsrlaliffie of numerous
fl-1 tag so fa r aa her taut ears wars con­ band. He’« here. ■ He cannot have
department charged with supervision
ide possums to the White House com­
written them In London, don't you ses? thefts of motorenra Is expected as the
es corned.
of national bankn which do a coasm er
missary department and the animals
result of the a m * tt> f a gang of eight
f t I Moreover, other persons than her H e " -
rial business, a bureau le provide«
never reached tbe zoo.
”1 see.” Inserted Mra. Rodney, who anarchists. A motorcar stolen from an
le self had smilingly nudged each other
which will be charged with tbe duty
id end referred to the couple as lovers: was afraid that Mrs. Odell-Carney American was found at Lilias, near
of su|*rv,slDg and Inspecting bento e»-
W e ll T ra p Cstobos Owl.
»d no one «earned to doubt It, nor to ro- might think she didn’t see.
Paris
ganized to do a farm an<i banking boat- .
Tho police surrottBled the house of
Kansas C lty .-A trap set foe • sheep
-
sent IL which la proof that the world
"Mind you. Mrs. Rodney, I ’m terribly
r
loves a lover when It recognizes him cut up about all tlria. She has"—
four members of the gang, one of
killing wolf near Tindall, Mo., en-
In connection with national to a to
«tarad the biggest hoot owl Io captiv­ tbe recommendation to mode that
“Oh, I knew you would be," mourned whom was armed With a bomb vfhen
as one.
i
ity. The trap wea set by J. W . Olson, furthers and others be allowed "te ed-
M
Mrs. Rodney also discovered that Mrs. Rodney, her heart In to r Boots. arrested. Three other» were arrested
who used a rabbit aa b a it The bird tabitah these bento baaed apufc
Mra. Medcroft want to bar room a t • "Ton moat Juat hate me for exposing also. Including a man named Kasaa.
was not At i l l ferocious, aa tbs hun- operative prlariRtoa.
who had poison congealed In tbe lln ln f
¡7 o’clock, at toast throe hours before the you to” —
toRS «toad htffi AAloep la thg trop.
S subdued tete-a-tete came to an end.
“R ubM ahr aroffed the other. “I t g( hta clothing.
£
The e a * th ln f ^ 1 «
Isn’t that I’ve been tbraonh a «AMR
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