The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 17, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 25 August 1927 — Page 9

H KINGWATE BT ROSITA FORBES

STORY FROM THE START Rosemary Crofton' la visiting; the governor’s palate* In Fea.; Morocco, with her jaunt. Lady' Tregarten A Frenchman. D*j Vries, makes love to per. He tells; her of the Kaid, • myateriou* person tn the service of the sultan. Rosemary repulses Do Vries’ love. Next morning, while riding, she Is thrown from herhorse and rendered unconscious. She Is rescued by (Riff tribesmen and meets tho Kaid. who turns out to be an Englishmans

CHAPTER ll—Continued The Englishman turned to the Uerga tnen at his elbow. A (volley of question and answer paasejl over the Uncomprehending Rosemary. Her eyes were glued to the everyday figure; In front of,her, a* If she were afraid It might prove to be one more arcing her dreams. With a vigorous gesture, he silenced the Arabs. A hand on the chiefs arm. he spoke slowly, emphasising bls words. The tribesman aodded and drove big followers, like chickens, to the other side of the plateau. > "!‘ understand If low." said the man. when they Were left In comparative solitude. “What a h—l of a mess. Isn’t It? Have you had any brefakftist?” The words were s> commonplace that Rosemary smiled. “Well, no—l hadn’t thought of It. Who, are you? Where—" but her companion Interrupted to shout: ; 1 “Pete I Come here 11 moment!” A tall figure disengaged Itself from saddlery and horses. Dressed in worn breeches and puttees.’a greenish shirt open at the throat. It slouched across and stood expressionless before them. “Food.* said the EtgUshman. “anything you can get hold of, quickly—coffee firwt,“ ,and there followed some swift sentences In Arabic. •“That’s Pete; he's invaluable and hell raise a meal In no time." s “Tee, but who are you?" repeated Rosemary. “I can hardly believe you're reel." "Very real, very dirty, and rather done In after a twenty-hour rldfe!” returned the man. “Haven't you a nami»?“ "Many." he said, qnd hesitated, a gleam caught somewhere in the steel and leather of his fade. Rosemary bit short an exclamation. One word had echoed through the babel of Arab speech.; She had seen, but Without reglsterlnjg. the deference paid to the newcomer She remembered the stories of! De Vries, the legends rife In Fea j “Are you the xaiar “That’s one of my certainly." “Then, you do exist! Fex would give a fortune to kjiow it. Thank heaven you came hero. You can make those men send me back." The tall figure did not move.’ It was propped negligently against the 'rock. one hand In a pocket, “That’s just the one) thing I can’t do ■for you.* said a vole* that was quite different from the deliberately careless tones which had spoken of breakfu't. I • CHAPTER 111 “What do you mean?" asked Rosemary. “Os course, yod can get me out of this. They say Vou can do anything you llae up here," but she spoke with less confidence. 1 “Will you invite and Hi have a shot at explanation." returned the man. i They seated themselves In , the shadow within the out of sight of the still curious Riffs. "Rad thing to begin an argument on an empty Inside, but helre goes. Surely you heard In Fex that there was no way Into there mountains from the south. That’s our ijreatest safeguard D’you think we our end up If France knew of the pass through which these fools bright you?" “I could never find It again." Interrupted Rosemary. “Some one else would. Besides, .you’ve discovered another of ouj- secrets. You know the Kaid exists and that he’s English. Rotten luck on our government If that got out." “I’d never tell,” urged the girl “You know Td never teU<" “Perhaps not. but they’d find out all the same. Miss—Crofton Is It?—-you’ve only seen one side df Fex. the draw-ing-room side. You don’t really suppose that Lyautey or Marshal Petain ■would let you get away with it? It means too much to them. They’d have all you know out of you within twen-ty-four hours and then the fur would “So you mean to keep me here inUSdefinltely—lt’s Impossible! I joint spend the rest of ink life tn tfcf Riff with—with only a comb r A flash of humor came to her rescue. “It’s not quite as bad as that. A few months ougfat to nee Itj out. France doesn't want to conquer the Riff. She only wants to give Abd-el Krim such a lemon that he’ll leave her tributary tribes alone. When Petain I* quite certain that there'll be no more raiding tn the legitimate French none, hell tie reedy to make peace. H’s the Spaniards who are the difficulty. They wapt to wipe put a dozen old scores, and they won’t be cooiFur uh lutyrt mxbumtcq we source of them."

“May 1 ask where exactly you come into It?" “It’s my Job.“ “You are In their pay?" Rosemary flung out. and regretted the words Immediately. “Looks like it. doesn't It?" returned her companion imperturbably. “Here’s food." Pete approached, bearing an odd collection of tin plates and mugs, and a couple of native pots, containing coffee and goat’s milk “You’re a wonder, man. Where did you get the eggs—laid ’em. eb?“ j The extempore cook was speechless. Amid a series of grunts, he spread the meal before them and. with a jerk of his head In the direction of the horses, retired. “Pete Is not a conversationalist. He was once my orderly, but. to this day, I know nothing about him. except that long ago he was an Australian. Sow he's nothing at all. doesn't know one country from another." He ran on. pleasantly, while he poured out coffee and helped the girl to the cleanest eggs. but Rosemary did not respond. With a piece of dried biscuit in her hand, she remarked: “1 suppose 1 shall wake up soon.” “It, must seem rather a nightmare, but I’m convinced It’ll end pretty quick. The French have pushed us back beyond the frontier they claim. Honor is satisfied, and they’ve too much common sense to Involve themselves In trying to govern the Riff. They’re not out for conquest, and I’ll bet you they’re only waiting to knock some sense of proportion into their allies, before they offer us terms. It's deuced bad luck. I know—l’m most awfully sick about It." The tired, light eyes met her own. They looked as if they had not slept for weeks, and the network of creases which surround ed them was outlined In caked dust “But you're not so sick." retorted Rosemary, “that you’ll let me go back ?" “Wish I could, but we haven’t so many cards up here that we can afford to give away two of them. You know too much, lady—l wish to God you didn’t —and Tve jolly well got to see our intelligent enemies don't get bold of your information." "My aunt will be worried out of fter senses. She’ll think I’m dead." Rosemary was appalled by her inarticulacy. “I won't stay." she flung at him. “I know the general direction we came in. If you won't let me have a horse. Fll walk. You can't make me stay." A flame burned In her cheeks, but the man took no notice. “I could make you stay, of course. • but It isn't necessary. Go- out and take a look at the country? You could no more And your way to Fex than fly Everything is quite all right. You’ll see." returned the Kaid. rising. “I’m going to get a bit of sleep. D'you think you can manage here today? We can rig up a sort of tent if you like, and we won't starve you. I’ll do every, thing I can for you. but you've got is stick it out." (TO BE CONTINUED ! AU That It Needed in Newspaper Game A young num asked us our opinion about entering the newspaper field. We answered this wise: “if he can listen with a smile to tiresome things he’s heard ofttimes before; If he can refuse to do what three or four people ask him to do without making them mad; if he can write In away to make people Laugh when be feels like cussin’. or in a way to make them weep when he feels like cracking his heels together and laughing out loud; If he cab remain silent when he feels like he’ll burst wide open if he does not talk; If he can argue without getting mad or making the other fellow mad; If he can refuse a womans- request for free publication without making all the members of her set mad at the paper; If he can react to the loss of a news story and catch a better one on the rebound; If be can explain a typographical error without using up more than thirty minutes’ time; If he can concentrate and write intelligent copy while three different conversations are going on around him. several typewriters clicking away and the telephone ringing and the subdued hum of the presses in the next room drumming on his ears; if he can explain why Mrs. Jones* poem on “The Sylvan Depth of October Woods* did not appear in the paper without her husband stopping his advertising; If he can take a four-line story and spread it to a half column, or take a two-column story and condense It to two paragraphs; if be can read proofs without overlooking an error and write headlines without murdering the king’s English; If he has a nose for news, an Itch for writing and an inclination to work fifteen hours a day. then we’d advise him to get into the game."—Mineral Wells Index Bible Reached Conscience After reading the Bible a burglar who broke into a house in Ssilagysag. Romania, returned hie loot, A few days after the robbery the tenant of the house stumbled over a large bundle on his doorstep. On opening It be found everything that bad been Attached to the book was a note which said: "1 read this book and found ta it the command. Then ahalt Mt steal.’. that 1 receotiy Mole trow yow booaa» w

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(49 by D. 3. Walafcj.) ELSIE BO YD wiped dishes with an occasional glance at the heavy snowstorm which was enshrouding everything In a wintry fleece. Upon a day like this her mother was always worse. Mrs. Boyd was the kind of sick woman whose system demands sunshine quite as much as medicine. Knowing this, Klsie had not dared tell her that something had gone wrong with the furnace, that the grocer had presented his bill and that she had found a damp spot on the bedroom ceiling where thje roof had iprung a leak before a mild rain bad burned into the present spowstorm. To Elsie, washing dishes, these things mattered terribly. Moreover. It was left for her to find a remedy for the pressing necessities that threatened them. It was winter, their Income was just half big enough. Elsie could not leave home because she had to look after her mother. There were no boarders to be had or even roomers. It all seemed discouraging enough. Besides — L “Elsie!" called a voice from the downstairs bedroom. “Yes. mother!” Elsie dropped the glass pitcher she was polishing and entered the room. Her mother lay bolstered up with pillows. She didn’t look to be a vitally sick woman; a nervous one, perhaps. but not one near death. “I’ve Just been thinking." Mrs. Boyd said to her daughter, who leaned on the footboard of the old-fashioned bed. "Mrs. Scott told me something yesterday. I don’t know as I ought to tell you. I thought maybe I wouldn't at first, but you ought to know." “Well, what 1S It, mother?" Elsie gripped the footboard, but her wide gray eyes did not wavejr before *ber mother’s dark puzzling gaze. “Francis Hurd is going with Julia Scott—you didn’t know It. did you?" “Why. yes." Elsie answered carefully. “I’ve known it a good while. He hasn't been here in l a long time, you know, mother.” > “I thought he hadn’t, but, of course, I didn't know. What was the matter? For my part. I’m glad It’s all ended. I didn’t see how I was going to let you get married with my health the state it's in. I need you to take care of me. Elsie.” Elsie drew a long breath. Without replying she did some little soothing things about the bed and passed out of the room. But Instead of return Ing to her dishwashing she flung a shawl about her and ran out of doors, out Into the storm. The touch of chill snowflakes cooled her burning cheeks, their enveloping softness soothed her. A sound drew her attention from herself. It came from the foot of the garden. It resembled a child's voice. The brook! Where the children waded In summer and skated tn winter. She ran toward it as fast as she could go. The fence across the back of the garden did not stop her, nor the steep bank that jutted out over the brook. She could not see for the storm, hut she called cheerily, 'i’m coming! I'm coming!" How could she grope her way to the place where, an accident might have happened, especially as the childish voice had ceased? Oh. if she could hut brush away the opaque veil of snow! Something scampered to her feet barking. A little dog! He ran away from her. still barking, urging her to follow. He led her to the spot where rain and snow had rotted the Icy covering of the brook. There In a deep hole where he had broken through was a small boy. exhausted, ready to let go of the drooping branch that kept his head above water. She pulled him out all sodden as he was. stripped the shawl from her own shoulders and wrapped him in It She ran all the wgy back to the house. The little dog followed, the anxious bark becoming a note of joy at the rescue. In the warm kitchen Elsie slipped the child's clothing from his body, wrapped him Is a warm blanket placed him close to the oven door and gave him a hot. stimulating drink. Even then she did not recognize the little fellow. He told her his name but It did not convey any meaning to her. She had never heard It before. Neither had her mother. Fright and exposure and a peculiar impediment |n his speech made It Impossible for him to express anything further than his name. Noon came. The little boy, looking like a tiny Indian tn hta blanket began to show signs of wakening Interest In his dog. tn Elsie, in the food that she prepared for him. “You better go over to Mrs. Scott's and see if she’s heard of a boy belnx lost" Mrs. Boyd suggested.

Fly Sting That Broke Iron Nerve of “K. of K.”

This Lord Kitchener story Is told by John G. Millias in “Far Away Up the Nile.* One of Kitchener’s A. D. H's on a trip up the Nile bad dared to utter a piercing yell when stung by the vicious seroot fly, and Kitchener told him that a soldier ought to be ashamed of himself for making such a fuss. The youth retired in silence, bur out of the Sabbath-like calm there presently broke a scream and roar that could he beard in Khartum. People from all parts of the ship thought murder was being committed and rushed to- to And the commander to chief dancing round the saloon and knocking over the chairs and tobies Old Musical Instrument Lute was an ancient musical instrument which was formerly much used, but which la now regarded as a curiosity. It closely resembled the guitar and sometimes poMesaed as many rweoty-four strings.

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But I9sie snrank from'gnuig u> . Scots. “Fll go down to the grocery,am inquire there,” she said. She put on her hat and coat and again entered the storm. At the cor ner grocery she found a group of men about the little coal stove talking ex dtedly. “You haven’t heard whether they have found the Wells boy yet have you, Elsie?” old Mr. Stern asked. “The Wells boy?" Elsie stared at the old man. “Yes. Mary Wells’ boy. Francis Hurd has got the police looking everywhere. His sister is going crazy, they say, unless they hear something before long. She thinks the child fell Into East creek. They couldn’t keep him away from It. Probably that’s where he le—Heyl What’s upT’ But Elsie had gone. Down the street she sped until she came to the dingy office which had Francis Hurd’s name on the window. She could see him within at the telephone. There was a man with him. As she opened the door he turned bis fine grave face upon her. “Elsie—" “I’ve got him. Francis!” In her exeitement she forgot everything but her mission. “He’s all right Only he called himself Bob Bell, so 1 did not know.” Francis Hurd smiled. Without doubt the strain had been very great “That is Robert all right He can’t say W and he prefers »e be called Bob. All right Ben. You can call in your rescuing party. Til telephone his mother. Then I'll go home with you. Elsie, and recover my nephew.’’ He told her more about it as they walked through the storm together. His mother wasn’t well and his sister had coine on to stay with her for a few days, bringing four-year-old Robert Mrs. Wells lived in a city apartment and the glassy brook had fascinated Robert He had stolen away with his little dog. They had been searching for hours. But for Elsie he would not have been found alive. Robert pranced into bis uncle’s arms from the rocking chair trailing hh£ blanket behind him. As Francis held him close he looked over the sunny towseled head at Elsie. ' Mrs. Wells was very grateful to Elsie. She sent her a beautiful gift of a fur neckpiece and made her coine to dinner. She bad never seen the girl before, for the Hurds were newcomers in the town, and she was charmed with Elsie’s gentle, beauty and sweet personality. "Mother isn’t going to be here long.” she told her brother. “1 am sorry to have to tell you, dear, but it Is a fact we must both face. And you’ll need a wife In this house, because I can't be running down constantly to look after you. If you are wise you will stop letting Julia Scott make trouble between you and Elsie.” Francis flushed. “Elsie—Elsie Is so difficult She never acted as If she cared whether I went to see her or not —” “Os course she wouldn’t She is a nice, modest girl. Yet all the time she might be breaking her heart over you." “Til find out if what you say Is true.” declared Francis. The night Elsie told her mother she was going to marry Francis Hurd Mrs. Boyd sat upright “Well. I see what Tve got to do." she said. "I’ve got to get out of this bed.” . • Tactful Guest A Park avenue hostess, who gave a dinner for a friend who had lost hfs entire family in the sinking of an ocean liner, asked all her guests to avoid the subject of boats and water travel. One of the guests happened to be an Englishman who had just arrived in New York, and when the situ atlon was explained to him he naturally agreed to refrain from commenting on his sea trip. After dinner the hostess Inquired If any one had asked him shout his crossing. “Yes." he ad mltted. “hut I gave them the Impres slon I flew over.” —New York Evening World. Gray Wolves Vanquished Depredations of the large gray wolf are believed to be almost at an end In the West because of the unremitting activities of the United States biological survey and other agencies against them, says Popular MerhanIcs Magazine. In New Mexico, only eight were caught last year and thirtyone the preceding year. Arizona reports that no wolves are now known to be within the borders of that state. A constant patrol is kept along the International boundary to prevent invasions by timber wolves and mountain lions from Mexico. £efs Two Hearts The Smithsonian institution says that the eel has an organ in Its tail that pulsates, and fishermen consider it a second heart. This, however. Is not a real heart. On the other, hand, if an eel is struck in this region It has the same fatal effect as a blow across the heart

in his agony. For days the wounded chief nursed his swollen arm. but It was noticeable that the subject of aeroot flies was barred, and tn his uninjured hand be carried a powerful “slapstick. Tuzo Good Reasons A teu-year-oid girt, to learning to shop, was told by her mother to re turn two pairs of shoes to the shoe store, the mother having taken them out on approval The little miss, wishing to make some excuse for not buying either pair, when the clerk approached her. stammered and said: “Please, sir, I do not want elthei pair. One is too little and the othei is too small” / JWyfAo/ogicol Hero Ganymede tn mythology is a beautiful Trojan boy who was carried by Jove’s messenger, the eagle, to the top of Mount Olympus, where be became cup-bearer to the king of the gods.

WITRY " — ! EGGS IN AUTUMN BRING A PROFIT The fall season and the advancing price of eggs offer an opportunity tn ’ marketing this product that la not l found at any other season of die year, ■ according to G. T. Klein, extension i poultryman at the Kansas State Agri- | cultural college. September, October, and November find egg prices rapidly increasing and the demand good for -a quality product Many of the most successful poultrymen are taking advantage of these favorable prices by shipping to the , j large egg markets rather than selling locally. In general It has been found . profitable to ship eggs on a rising ' market, Mr. Klein points out The * practice, however, seems hardly fair ; to the local buyer who handles the eggs during the season of less favori able market conditions. “Experience has shown that it is ' not advisable to ship on a felling marker." he declared. "This means that shipments must be discontinued about the first of the year unless a special market paying considerably above prevailing market prices can be secured. In a well organized poul- ! try program, especially if the flock ! Is well bred, this is not a serious matji ter as eggs can then be sold to a j hatchery or for hatching purposes, thereby providing a IQ to 15 cent margin over the market prices for an additional period of four months. "Eggs for shipment should not be’ more than a week old and it is even preferable to ship twice a week If volume permits, and new 30 dozen ' cases should always be used. Complete directions for packing can be secured from local express offices. eastern markets have all the inferior eggs they can use and what they most want Is a high grade selected product. They are very particular about the cleanliness of the egg, and want it to be of high quality” Fine Alfalfa Chaff Is Excellent for Chicks The fine alfalfa chaff gathered from around the mangers makes an excellent green feed for young chicks, and' ‘ It is also good scratching litter for the colony brooder houses. Some poultry men believe that it will pay to keep the (Sticks off the range for about three weeks to reduce the dan- ; ger from coccidiosis. They will supply green feed and attempt to make range conditions In the house. Poultry men who do not have al- ‘ felfa for other live stock can buy alfalfa meal for chicks. This varies in price according to the quality. ! Some of the commercial starting ( mashes have a little alfalfe-teuf in- ’ eluded. Lu feeding either alfalfa-leaf | meal or sprouted oats to chicks, it is : difficult to give any exact quantity which should be given. Chicks devel!op rapidly in weight and' their re- : quirements increase from day to day. i j The practical way of feeding green feed to chicks seems to consist In giv- j Ing each flock about us much each day * as they will clean up in an hour or ’..two without waste. TRen the chicks I can pick at the sprouts or alfalfa j leaves when they wish, aud all the chicks in the flock will have a chance at some green feed.

♦ Poultry Squibs Cull, and sell slacker hens. • • • Remove males from the poultry tlock. Minerals are often limiting factors in egg production. • • • There is considerable strain on a hen caused by laying nearly every day. even If that production is during the natural season for heavy laying. • • • A young orchard or a wild plutn grove or a grove of sunflowers are ideal places tv raise chicks. Some successful iH»ultry raisers grow their ypung chicks at the edge of a corn field. • • * Poultry farming seems most efficient lof alj farming—is it because women do most of that? White hens will live and even keep ; tn fair health on poor rations, well- ! balanced, palatable feeds are essential to good egg production. • • • ■ Skim milk, either sweet or sour, and buttermilk are especially valuable feeds for young chicks in hot weather, making the diet lighter without reducing its nutritive value. j One of the faults of many feeders ! is that they do not give their hens ; enough feed, rather than too much. • • • Chickens will do best If the sexes are separated. The cockerels should be removed from the pullets when they can t* distinguished. In order for an accredited flock to , qualify as a certified flock, the owner j must use male birds from bens ’hat | j have a trap nest record of 200 eggs or more per year. • • a Many poultry raisers feed codliver oil all the year but cut the amount in half while the stock is on the range • • • Discontinue codliver oil two weeks before selling broilers to avoid havini the meat tainted, says R. E. Gray ol Ohio State university. * * • Some progressive poultry growen are relieving the local situation bj disposing of their surplus egp through express and co-operative car lot Shipments.

Pastures Need Aid in Summer If Weeds and Bushes Are Allowed to Grow Grass Will Be Injured. How the pasture is handled during the midsummer determines the amount and quality of the grazing to be obtained from it during the remainder of the year. “There are two big things to look out for with the pastures in midsummer,” says S. J. Kirby, pasture specialist at North Carolina State college. “If weeds and bushes are allowed to grow, the grass will be shaded and the sod injured. Uneven grazing will also reduce both the quality and quantity of the herbage. Some pastures got off to a poor start this spring because of the cod. dry weather. This provided a favorable environment for weeds, native grasses and sedges, but was hurtful to new plantings of tame grasses. Even old pastures were hufL" / Weeds Rob Pastures. If these weeds are allowed-to grow, they will rob the pasture plants of light, moisture and plant food, states Mr. Kirby. All pastures in which the weeds have made a start should be mowed. Bushes should be cut also. Some shade is good for the live stock that uses a pasture, but the close, dense shading produced by low-growing bushes and shrubs will kill the grass and clover plants. Bushes are especially bad in pastures newly seeded on cutover or recently cleared land. Uneven Grazing Harmful. Mr. Kirby finds that uneven grazing Is another of the detriments to good pastures. This results when not enough animals . are placed on the grass to keep the sod grazed evenly. When only a few animals are in the pasture, they will graze heavily In some places and allow the other parts to grow unhindered. Those grasses and clovers growing tali and going to seed become hard, fibrous and unpalatable, whereas had they been properly grazed, would have been succulent, tender and palatable. If grazing is uneven, mow the parts not grazed or, better still, add a few more dairy cows to the farm, states Mr. Kirby.

Phosphate Will Balance Manure Applied to Com Fanners who have manure to apply to their corn land will find it to their advantage to mix 25 pounds of 16 per esnt acid phosphate with each ton of manure, according to M. F. Miller, of the Missouri College of Agriculture. Every farmer believes tn farm manure. Many believe in it so strongly that they will not use other kinds of fertilisers. Barnyard manure will give better returns, however, when mixed with acid phosphate as shown by the results of experiments conducted at the college. Manure is low in phosphate. Its main value as a fertilizer is in the fact that it contains a high percentage of nitrogen. When phosphate is mixed ■with it. tt makes a better balanced fertilizer. Another reason for adding phosphate to manure is that it prevents volitilization of the ammonia. Ammonia is valuable in building up soil fertility. s Better Silage Assured and Expenses Cut Down Silage will keep just as well without tamping or tramping as with tamping and much better than with poor tamping, according to James W. Linn, extension dairyman at the Kansas State Agrtoiltural college. Let the ensilage fall jo the middle of the silo so no loose ipota will be formed and the weight will settle the silage down. This practice has proved particularly adaptable to silo filling where two or three men take four or five days. Ts the silo Is filled rapidly, refilling Is necessary when tramping is disj>ensed with. The extension dairyman believes that this method of taking several days to fill a silo assures tetter silage and it cuts down the expense.

| Agricultural Notes | Sorghum as a silage crop is hard to ; beat. • • • Soli conservation is of fundamental Importance. • • • Sharp tools save power, power costs money, hence —? • • • Planting legumes Is about the only way a farmer can get something for nothing. • • • Pure-bred cattle, poultry and pigs should be the slogan of all interested In farming. • • • Real cleanliness and germs never get close enough together to shake hands. • • • Increases in the prices of dairy feeds Indicate that higher prices may follow this fall. The man who farms with his head fwastes no time shouting “hard times.” He doesn’t have any. Sell the crippled, defective and poorproducing cows and give those that remain a little more feed. • • • On no account should moldy corn be fed to any pregnant animal. Poultry suffers quickly from moldy grain. • • • Organization may Improve the quality of farm products and make pay■nents to the producer on a quality basis • e ♦ There’s a law of physics which say» ihat two things cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Which means that wee’s and good pasture plants can’t grow in the same place at the' same time.

FAMOUS MINING STRIKES By THOMAS E. STEWARD Diggings at Deadwood THE financial panic of 1557 was a ' ■ prime influence in bringing about ' < the rush" of prospectors into the hills of Colorado in that year which led ta the discovery of many famous mines and resulted directly in the founding of Denver and Boulder, both in 1858 and of many minor settlements; Business uncertainties " resulting from the panic made many daring - souls willing to risk their future it the Western wilderness in an effort tc recoup losses in business. At about the same time a small amount of golu was collected and exhibited by a part? of civilized Cherokee Indians, who said they had found it in the Coloradc hills. Early in 1858 a party of Georgians headed by W. J. Russell, went intc what was then called the Pike’s Peak country in search of gold. They finally made a mirjor strike at the rpoutb of a gulch leading into the Platte river about seven miles below 1 the present site of Denver, and when news of this find reached the outside world, the rnsh % to Colorado began. Clear Creek county, destined to, become one of Colorado’s richest mining districts, first yielded precious metal In April. 1859, when one George A. Jackson made a strike on what wax called Chicago creek. That year was marked by an influx of prospectors who not only explored streams along the foothills of the Rockies but pene (rated deeply ihto the mountains. The “Deadwood Diggings’’ were developed on South Bouljder creek, and the history of Colorado as one of the nation’s richest sources of metallic ore and metal had begun. Discovery of the lode or actual vein from which placer gold previously found had been washed down, soon followed when John H- Gregory located what was called the Gregory lode, also in Clear Creek county. Several lodes were found near Georgetown, then known as Elizabethtown, and iL 1860 gold diggings were located In the Upper Union or Empire district. As a consequence of these discoveries and the inrush of population, congress passed a bill on February 26, 1861, organizing the territory of Colorado. Col. William Gilpin soi>n after was appointed the first territorial governor. Settlement of the Colorado mining districts was accompanied by the usual riotous etftup life, with many violent deaths, over-gay dance halls, and repeated instances of fortunes easily snatched from nature and as easily spun away across the gambling tables of the towns.

— I . - ‘ 4 ' 1849—The Marvelous Year I A BOUT a year after the discovery xx of gold at Sutter’s mill, the gold of California began to attract the greatest influx of immigrants that America had 1 known up to Flint time. People from | all sections of Europe made their way ! overland, across Panama or around the “Horn” to join the bearded crowds , of rough, gay. adventurous men and •youths who were seeking fortune along the golden streams of that most westerly state. The output of gold from the new diggings on the Feather, Yuba, American and Stanislaus rivers surpassed anything the world had known. Some miners, working with crude methods, made as much as $5,000 in a single day. When all the printers, and readers. too. of the Californian had gone off gold digging, the publisher decided to combine a tour of the gold camps with a little digging venture of his own. Upon his return, when, he resumed publication, he reported that he had easily made from $44 to $l5O a day with his pan. and had averaged about SIOO. Gold dust became the currency of the i>eriod. but it was produced so rapidly that it dropped in price from $lB to about $4 an ounce and prices rose proportionately, as always happens when a currency depreciates. Until the formation of the Vigilance ’ committees there was flo law but that of the fist, the pistol and the bowie knife. These placer operations actually no more than rerat ched the surface of the placer and gravel gold deposits of .California, but,. they came to yield as high as $56,060,000 a year tn the period from 1850 to 1853. Then the output started to go down, due to the fact that many of the more easily worked diggings had been exhausted and macitinery bad not been devised that enabled the miners to work the deep ami heavy gravel deposits. The first of the, placer tools was the pan. which a man held in his hand. He kept it under water until the heavier gravel had • been washed away, then gradually let out the lighter stuff, while the gold sank to the bottom. When he had finished a pan he set its contents aside to dry, after which the light sand remaining was blown away and only the heavy gold, dust remained.» After the pan came the cradle or rocker, and it in turn gave way to a more scientific and larger rocker known as the “Long Tom.” Eventually, when capital began to . help in the development, “fluming” was introduced. In this process a flame or canal was built • through which tlie entire flow of a stream was diverted so that the miners might work the gold bearing sand and gravel in the river bottom. (©. 1917. Western Newspaper Union.! Clutdren Need Food While soft cereals and soft foods in general make up an important part of the average child’s diet, every yonngster should have at least one hard crunchy food every tlay. That in substance is the opinion expressed by leading American dentists among whom a survey was recently conducted. Hard foods, dentists say, not only exercise a child’s teeth and gums, but certain kinds supply such health ee« sentials as lime, wMch is a bone and tooth builder.