The Santiam news., July 15, 1910, Image 2

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Zelda Dameron—J
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f. Julia a«
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ft had dm *
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MEREDITH
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Thm- is a war flavor t<> this charmi ig story, a c
tinge, and Western-Southem < har.u teri'tii > that will fa« i.
n ite th«- reader. 'I'll«- h r<> is a tvjx- of the ambitious y «un­
man of the day, an aspiring lawyer, chivalrous and hon<>:*
able in his (l«aling> with all mankind.
This story is a serie- of vivid life pictures. You will
find no unnatural coloring to it- settings, no actor- in t! e
rapid life drama that you will not rvcognLx- as ■«trikingIv
natural.
“Zelda Dameron” is sure to meet your appr ibat on 35
a bright, wholesome t»t«»rv of to-day. fi.ll <>f -parkling 111
cident and a coherent progrv-sive plot that will interest all
readers.
: r.
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■
mistake,**
sat
m. a* they (urti»
lath r.'
T
i.4r
lie
K
t
coat
UTER II
III In j la
high,
ver
"Tvs got a boy In my employ »M
will be a king of flnsn a toms day,"
said a man who has a factory In Ne*
York
"A few ««wka ago ha sold a
Drouth resistance of alfalfas la dis­ pair of burning pigeons to a man In
cussed in bureau of plant industry bul­ Brooklyn
Two days afterward ths
letin No. 169, by J. M. Westgate, pigeons appeared at hla window, A b
agronomist in charge of alfalfa and other Brooklynite bought them, and
clover Investigations. He says:
again the birds came back. Tha boy
In addition to the variegated strains baa Just made a third sals. I am won­
of alfalfa being hardier than corrca- dering If I had not better get rid of
pixiding strains of ordinary alfalfa, it 4 him befors be tries to sell ms my own
baa also been observed that the varie factory." __________
gated alfalfas are uaually
Shoei aa* «bar*.
more drouth resistant than the ordin­
Urchin- 1« thia the office of the n«i*
ary variety. The apparent «relation gte? Well air, I have coins to sub*
Iwtwccn hanhnra» and drouth never scribe for your jwipcr.
received an entirely satisfactory ex­
Editor (with a xenial smile »- Why.
planation. The fact that the hardy, sonny, you don’t look suit« bl* ; enough
drouth-resistant, yellow-flowered alfal­ is do such a thing an that
trt
Urchin—Sir. If • man has
fa constitutes a small percentage of
the parentage of the»e variegated measured for his subscription At
strains suggrats the origin of these off).-« I shall subs«’rib« for th« Pa
the street. Good day,
characteristic*.
It ia |waaiblc that dlum Just » ■
sir.—Cblcaro Tribune.
the smaller numler of stomata observ­
ed in both the M«dicag<> falcata and
i »■ p.
the variegated alfalfa may offer a par­
Rita (lonkfnr at photo)—Oh. yea,
tial explanation of the drouth resis­ he , haudaome enough, but bo a an
tance, but it ia difficult to aee bow thia awful I-under Stella—What did he
would materially affect the hardiness do*
Rita nidff’t I t«ll you*
lie
of »train unless the growth be rend­ made an awful fuia with n>e one tea­
ered less succulent during the pcri<«la ton and then aakod me if 1 thought
of relative high winter temperatures that dad would object to him aa a
which sometime* occur. The Grimm •on In law
I »aid no. I thought not,
alfalfa, sand lueern and Baltic alfalfa • nd he went away and proponed to
, have all proved relatively drouth rcsia- ni) altter—llluatrated Rita.
tant. In certain testa the Grimm al­
A««i,ii«< ill
falfa haa proved drouth resistant in
“Hello!“
North Dakota, Montana, Nebraska,
“Hello'“
Eastern Colorado, Utah and Eastern
“Is this ili« complaint department ot
Waahington. The Baltic alfalfa haa
the Pally Bread?"
proved drouth resistant at Highmore,
• Yes"
South Dakota.
"Whafa the matter with your thun-
The following weights of hay are re­ derlna old shrbang, anyhow? I’ve been
ported to have been produced without to In* for Ove minutes to get you!"
irrigation by Mr. Baria Gibaon. of
"I know It 1 thought I'd give you
Great Falls, Mont., in 190#.
Each •nmelhlne mor» to holler about What’S
plot waa one acre in extent and the en­ th« kl<k this time*" i'h’ airo Trlbuna
tire product waa weighed.
The hay
( orrecilhM a *v r«»«M impresalo«.
waa weighed when in the usual condi­
-Mr» Winkler, what I am going ts
tion for stacking and was not entirely •ay will surprise you. I have no doubt,
dry.
but I love your daughter Minerva, and
Canadian alfalfa, (variegated), 7,605
"Mr Rp«»onamore, do you think any
pounds, sand lueern (variegated), 6,-
B
425; Turkestan alfalfa. 5.490; Wheel­ young man • \- r Stole B n*. tr-h
\
rdlB< 1
|
er alfalfa (variegated), 5,490; Nebraa­
calculations you were due to »Ay two
ka dry land alfalfa. t.’."n.
week» in-., to-nlgh! what you have aalJ
The norma) rainfall at Great Falls,
to me just no* ”
Mont., ia 14 inches.
’ Yrs. f-’-rr, I krow that
thing
I o»t, of
co.ir» ”
IK 1 on very litlle while vo
I I
Z< e With one er
servant b
. «5 f»rr *ay, Zee
«•sad’iv to keep down expenses. B»f
I iante are ruinous
And I m not hr»
7«x. like ) our Aunt Julia and Vnc»
Fodr*> "
I
'• w ml tn ds Just whit you woul
have me do.
If
••
In svwnth'ng
«
vied ft r- <1 {rnrrstil of yr» » U» l*< m
i St > »way »«» Ion »?
I know my
•»
x. n
ro,d n. ist have •« »-n » grew
tax on you."
’
I ■ tn-
- J. . - | jukt- At bl
I «tMushtrr
Ye», to hr sure Zee. to tie
•nr»
1 Mnr oma is a simple p;«cr and »«>.
| mi . o »rn Al road has hardly Hit »-«I y»i
or u r h«>m<dy wavs
You’ll find th-»
tlilui are done very differently her-
I t of • «»ursc you will tccvtninols■
vn.irsrlf !.» ths conditions
And yu»»
I tin h«« ;se quite comfortable
1»
» Illi •* old fashioned, but It w i» yo
». Esther's, and It rarrh h.pi—»
Khtrton Otlt.
r.« * , ay» tt it a girt Uvea In lha •»»
< '
hoiiBe her rt nîbrr was lorn In
The Kherton oat was brought from
that
F«>
coarse any little <■ hanges
Ruaaia by Profe»«or F. W. Taylor, of
tfhl. »
W»?:?
!Tf Are W||| l»e All
the Univertily of Neliratka, in 18M,
jp i must pi irartlci* <•cor-om>
and thoroughly UMtad by the Nebraska
They wen e st 4yl n «■ ra«*b i»fh«»r wtT
station
at to it» adaptability to the
1
A
the
h»
a
Fon
i»n
a shrewd a
I 'tat. e, »
rr’s side; w ilth ans ii-"B WO" d*r r»n th 'Mm Iwlt of th'
ing to Farmer»’ bulletin 222. U. S.
r»h r» kflrw Î It tie of ?w
part of th» «tiri.
’
fii*hrr Eim the n • mor» or her r
department of agriculture,
which
er h J grown Indistinct
The thin
’pHitre from Nebraaka atation bulletin
liiat bed always Impressed her al«'
R2 aa follow,:
h r '»tier a s hie seeming are i: «h
"The climatic condition moat favor­
rrmem! rre<| him from her chlldho-»
able to the growth of oata does not
rr..n, whs oam» and wen
AB • n
uaually obtain in the ‘com belt,’ and it
on .rr.it .li which had seamed unrela«
haa been difficult to find a variety of
The house ha
rd t<> her own Ufa
oata
well adapted to thia region. It ia
.
I
In
,
or»
tract
when
Z«I<U
«•<
Bt<
a curioua fact that although the great
away but this had shrunk grad tall
corn-producing atatea are the largeat
as Kara liameron divided the origin »
Merriam acres
acre» a
i r«1 sob! off the lot»
producer, of oata, they are not ,tate,
The front of
uf the ho neMrad was no« in which the yield per acre ia high.
ot-lv a few feet
fret from
fiuoi the new cemm
An oat to produce well in Nebraaka,
w^lk on «hat
what was
whs
celled
called
I Mrrrlae
and particularly in the central and
stt««*t. In honor of Zeb! i s grandfath
weatern part, ,hould be very early in
er Hun Aid wind h.i«1 peeled the pam
maturing and ,hould not run to straw."
from the I rl« k walls and the green •
Such a variety waa found in the Kher­
•1«
1.1
luid f led to a »lull non ds
son government in Ruaaia, where the
script.
«oil and climatic conditions (small and
Yuur n ml probably told you eoms
thlru of your business affair» of
uncertain rainfall) are »imilar to those
tr •»’• »!
." h• said
' of the Great Plains.
»h no’
Aunt Julia •ever dlBcuas
The Kherson oat ia vigorous, but not
. ! it
»•■at 1 remember that she to»
a rank grower.
Th« straw ia very
mr ot • «• I » id same proprrtv
I knr»
abort, the leaves are broad and expose
r,< I ,ng l’ or«
« « «-pt that thers It e
a laargv surface.
The panicles are
An
trusterehlp whatever that Is?
spreading, i. e., it ia not a side oat.
she tauched
The berries are light yellow, small,
"Yes; It was a vrr^ wise I Idea
but numerous, and have a thin hull. It
your mother's In p ovlding for >•»
usually weighs well to the bushel and
Hhe always maintained her »«■parai
Hhe Inherited some proper« • matur.-s very early.
estate
fmm her father I nevei r tout ched you
The results of careful tests of the
moth er’s property at all. , never a cent
variety in different ports of Nebraska
went
on.
He
did
not
knot
the old num
indicate that it ia "peculiarly suited to
w hot Mrs Forrest might H a ve toll
Central
and Western Nebraska on ac­
down
hl
Z< Ida
He »¡in dropping
count of its habits of growth.
Al­
Ignorane»
plummet to measure her
though it usually yiclda well in Eastern
Ida knew nothing; and •hr rare
Nebraska, there are other varieties
Iler wants had alwa>
very IttUe.
that, in the river counties at Icaat,
bertl pr ¡»vide d for without any ti
t
Mrs Forreot
Indulge«
Forrest
on her
West of
compare favorably with it.
I she had Indulged Ze p
herself.
that the testa indicate that it ia earl­
wondering
Jus
Exra I »’til r«»n a is
ier. yields better and weigh, heavier
what Rixlney M* -riam and Mrs For
than any other variety, with the posai.
him to do for th
rest would expect htm
ble exception of the Texas Red.
It
IF» pogltlon as I
girl,
haa steadily outyieldcd the Texas Red
I
been a» omaltr’» •
on the station farm. In the dry season
died, ten years am.
of 1901 it ahowed remarkable drouth­
hu
hud t nken bls da <ht*rI
resisting qualities."
he
at oner end then I they
the
out oi the co intry y. and
The indications, the bulletin states,
had brourht her t»ark
•re that in introducing the Kherson
without rvrtoslty i aw tn
oata the Nebraaka station haa rendenxj
tit :de toward h m would be
a great service to farmers >>f that largc
“The trusteeship will not Iw term
section of our western domain where
noted for a year on your list bint
the rainfall ia too scanty or uncertain
<’»v uni» < ion should marry t»ofo?
to insure good crops,of ordinary varie-
th»» ri «1 of that time
This I b alwai
tiea of oata.
in rm -rgvn. i to look forward to bt
I trust you mil be In ne hurry to I sas
Sending Grains.
me."
A recent bulletin on crops for dry
• Zelda laughed abruptly
gettli
farming, issued by the experiment ata
"It’s funny. Isn’t it?—the
marrlc«!. I hon< »dy hadn’t thought
tion of Montana Agricultural college,
I don’t know any yout
It trior
contains the following regarding seed­
mm. W didn’t m< et an) men »Lru*
ing grain*:
eacrpt V *y old or;«-». Aunt Julia w.
The crops ought to he planted on a
afmld H
moist., well pulverized seed bi-d. Thia
al le?**
can beat be brought about by plowing
“There’s nothing like briny care*
in the spring, following Immediately
wh»rrr young men are concerned Th»-
with the diac and harrow and cultivat­
are m.n y hod ones about th -se -1«
The tempt it on* of modern life are
ing the surface after each rainy period.
mating fast
A young girl mn h»i
Early aeeding, from August , to ^Sep­
no Idea of F em "
tember 10, 11 recommended.
CHAPTER I
Merriam moved away throagh th«
••Rhe’s like Margaret; she's reull) crowd. fo’tow«d by hi» Bister.
>ne of ub ." remarked Mrs I' r» it to
"You kr.ow I’ncls Rodney very ««•I.
her brother.
' Hhe carrl»*» herself n» don’t you?" at Id Zelda to l«ei*rhto-i.
He Was atwr •j» my hero. When I was
Margaret did in her k . t II i «
.»nd sh» «
Stark, ni we all are."
a little girl I t»»i d to »It on <i trunk
**l hope she» escaped the Pamer<»n >n hla garret and watch him fence with
trultw. they're untilIr.i< tl\r,‘‘ s.iid lt<»«l
I <1-7
h'rmnn fencing
master.
It
am
great f m ’ .
fwy Merriam
I i cornelIniri fence with Mr Mer-
Mr» Forrest am! Zelda Ihimeron. her
ism myself.
I a ssu re you (hat h;«
j>!r< r. who w»-re just home from » flv*
hand and eye have not lost ttirfr cuu-
years li’fti'lirr abr«uid 11« I. » -» t< ftp- d
Ing."
Stepped dir •• tty from ths train into
Morris l.eightun’s social ftilventu re#
Mrs Carr'» dmwtfig r
n
Th»* pla
lie knew A
was full of women, old and )<>ung. had not lacked variety.
<ood deal alaiut girls, and while
a
• nd their animated talk blended
Mrs. Carr wn» fori lug th»- »eu»on » i-oung man Is still un«ier JS the d»lu-
•Ion serves all the purposes <>.“ actual
trifle it was t • «ir the end of S< pl«*m
.nowledge. Rodney Merriam had often
l»er but the de «in of a famous toiler-
<|M»ken Io Leighton of Zelil 1 thainer-
for women had come to town unri
n‘s home coming
prctedly. and it w 1» not Mrs Can
Zelda lktm«*ron's return to M.irlona
way to I«*! h* it or c«dd Interfere wit!,
as more of an event than she her»« !f
her bo « -tai inclination»
Mr» Furr«”»
nder»to«»d.
The Merriams were m
• nd her brother had •• « r ««I talking t<
teresting family; they were. Indeed
watch their niece
The girl'» proH»
vu» turned to them, and the old gen- .»no of the Rrst f^rniilcs. There were
tlsman noted ths gie--l p«»lnt» of her Merriams st out whom people laughed
facs and flgurs
Hhs w.i» talking io cynically, but Mr» Forrest di I not t»e
»•«\ eral other girl» and It •« « med I«» long to this faction. nor did Rodney
Merriam, of wh-mi most peopli Stood
him that they ahowed her a deferent •
“
There
hid been much ap- j-
Zslda turned from her
comp inions » In awe. “
suddenly. She < r«»»»««! swiftly to her In tlon. In a<1\an« r of Zelda'S comic. 4.
as to I her probable course when »?» •
uncle with a happy esclaniiillon
her
"This la Indeed an occasion?
Re- should return to Marlons with
Many had predicted that she
hold my long-lost uncle’” She seise I aunt.
would I not go to live with her father
hl» handa eagerly
that I Mrs Forrest and Rodnsy M-r-
’’And you ars Zeids our little Zee?"
rlam would sate her from that; but
Quite that’
Ur mu»t le ac«|inUn?
Zelda was already domiciled In
her
Perhaps
we
shall
l»e
friends,
who
•d?
father’s I ouse.
Aunt Julia promised to ar-
knows?
Mrs. Forrest led her bro
range It—and I’m not used to Ixdng alcove of Mrs. Farr’s library
disappointed ’*
him to bring a cup of tew tc
Zelda waa a n«mr that h<1
She was afraid to wall (<»
In
th«
Merriam
family
adopted
opportunity; she must lake
great
many
peupla
li
<1
AKO
A
<>f his first liHprission at
that
old
Roger
M«n
known
wife’s num« w«r Jtelda. ao g«n
was Zee applied to her oven I
old age.
.Margaret Ikitwmn’i
» isn’t u its the place I should
had l»e«*n • all« d telltl«* Z»»- whl
ho*cn for a reunion after three
grandmother lived, and until her aunt
he began.
"Where wna it I
had taken her a any; and now, on h«*r
hi last**
Geneva? t believe H
r» ippriu'ance in M.u:«»nn. she w •** ‘ini*
The girl la very handsome.
I
na mt.illy a|»ok»*n of at Zee lumron
There was a wlstfulneas In the girl’s order. And Zee
•yes th *f tnui hed Rodney Merriam by out any trouble,
the guggestlon of her <1* id mother, th ♦ be."
•later that had l»ern the pride of th*»
”ltut, Rodney. . she Isn't with
m*'
Merriams
Mrs. Forrest watched her Hhe ha» gigte to
1
h»»r
father;
■hrf
brother curiously
Kh* had »peculat­ wouldn't have it any other way."
ed much stout this meeting
Rodney
<*h’ I'll rt< that. I II k « t h«»r away
Merriam was away from home a greet from him. Now that yo »*vr given her
deal, lie had reached Morions at noon to him. I suppose I’ll have to take »
from a trip Into faiwil.i, nn<l had gone hand." said Merytam, with Trunk dis­
to Mrs Carr*» In pursuit of hl» atst‘*r pleasure.
I’ll have to renew m> ac-
Mrs. Forrest understood perfectly th it quaintanve with that blackguard
I
her brother had com* to Mrs Farr’« really suppos*- I’ll have to «.«J «»n him
tea chiefly that he might oaaually. and or I might meet him sc< a.-nt <tlv. lu
without apparent Interest, Inspect Ids the street, or at the t»ank
I mig .1
niece
Rodney .Merriam was wary of make a study of his habits ind then •
rntanglemrntB with hl» rslstlves
He In wait. I should like to give an ac t-
and Mrs. Forrest were. It was an Id In dental air to the meeting, to save my
Marlons, the only Merriams who could self-res? t as far as pomilble *
safely Ls asked to the Bams Utdc. or
"! •up|*OBB i might give n rerorrllla-
who wers not likely to cause embar- tlon dinner,** »he ba Id
"We mi;ht m
11» well go Into It deep while wr are a>*out
rasAinont If they met »ni'whrr»,
h id not spoken to Erra IMmen-n. Z«l- it ’
da’s father, for ten ycnra, and the name
Merriam shruiged
hla
a* iid*rs
Itamrron w«a an offense In his noe- Tion’t push too fast I don’t remember
trlls; but ths girl war clearly a Mee- Kars as a good dinner man"
rlam; »he was the child of hi» favor*
"I’ll take you home if you’re ready."
Its »later, and he hoped It would bs said Mrs Forrest, when, after som*
l»o»Alt4a to like her.
further talk, they returned
to
the
•’Yrs, we shall
lx
friends much drawing-room. "Zelda’» father 1» com -
Ing for her."
more than friends.** he said, kindly.
"Thanks; but I’m going to
'•You must come and see me; Aunt
Julia has graduated me. and I’m bac< down with l^ishton. If I can find
(To be continued.)
It was nearly < o’clock, and a pro­
on my native heath to »lay "
Tome and till me what you have cession of women was coming down
Gcod «<-n«e I» not a merely Intell*
learned In dlatant lands and I'll tell the stairs to Mrs. Farr s front dour, Itisi altri ate; It H rs'ber th* re»
as
Rodney
Merriam
and
Morris
l~eigh-
to
forget!
Itsre'a
Morris
you what
Forrest of a j-.st * ;ti lit-r urn ot all our
1-eiehton; I want you to know him. ton left the hou»e with Mrs.
Bui« ar Lytle
and Zelda Ths waiting varruigea tn »de
Kodney Merriam,
A BadSlwa riaaaelee.
IWOI TH KI5ISTAST
AI.HL1A VARIETIES
For suggestions as to method* of
organizing local dry farming clubs or
associations, addri-sa the se.-retary,
of the Dry Farming Congress, Hutton
building, Spokane, Wash.
nm
I«
:
»
Miahtly lirrper l>ye.
"Rv»r see an
Indian policeman?”*
a•’».»«! the p.t>«nrn«0r uith the bristling
moustache.
"Yrs." Baid ths paasengcr with the
skull < ip
’ I u»rd to know one In
Omaha."
"How did he look tn uniform?"
"Much like the ordinary copper, only
a little more copper colored, of course."
Illa
ltea«oa.
"Why do you always leave ths
house. James, »hrn I begin to sing
the old aongs?" pouled Mrs. Howllt.
"FrMh air," said llo»llt. — Harper's
Weekly.
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THE
COST OF
?
UV1N«
^CRESCENT
BAKING POWDER
25c. FULL POUNO
EXCLUSIVE
OPTICIAN
FI mt rlAS» work at
'«WwriabW prirm
Frw «•
I nation
• nd prrferdy Attnd
c U mmmw m knr aa
$2.00
vR C
L HatNU
No faking mvthMa
Suite 427, Marquant Building
Fourth I Uj«*r
Oppc.it, Portland Hotel, Portland Or«.
!f fo0 »nffer froas y, ll«a»y. Fu», gai: MSlrktxwa.
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wlll rrlie^B thrm, «nd «Il
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Kplloptlold« Cavare»
It L a »
r*d tk^AMAde wbrr» •▼orytbfag »!•»
fftlk«! (•.•ri»«r.d ty May
»1
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(•uftrfthfy Nn !«»»n l'i’««« wrlU firM(rra.FfH
• ButU» «u4 r '• AGS and Somp<«tB addr« A
OR. W H MAI, 548 Paarl tirasi, Rea Tari
C. Gee Wo
The Chines» Doctor
ThSi wnfvtaful man h«a
m«l> ■ lifeatudy of ths
|.r. 1-ertM ,,f Konia.
Ilrrtw ami Barba, «nd
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