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| EDITORIAL f
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II woi ld.n t require a
SHERLOCK HOLMES
Of course the law does suggest
that we should due Precaution
to guard- ourseiva* and our proper
ty against thieves, hut what is a
prooorty owaar to do when the
thieves break off the locks and
steal the doors off the hinges, the
windows from the frames, and then
take the entire contents of the
house consisting of heating stoves,
bedsteads and mattresses?
This is the case, however, which
confronts Phil Abrahams.
i-ast springs Air. Aui»aama m»
the small dwelling' adjacent to Her"
man Grimm's erswhile beergar
den repaired aud furnished' He
rented It to a responsible tenant Tu
du« cours© of time this tenant mov
ed out and gave up possession oS
the premises. Mr. Abrahams had
the doors and windows securely
locked. He lookai for a new tea
*n* A short time ago a man ap
plied to him for a furnished house.
Mr, Abrahams told th0 prospective
tenant about the little house on
Third avenue. He told the man
that the building was furnished
stoves and beds and' other necessary
furnishing ready fop housekeeping.
The man said he would take a loot.
A few moments later the man re*
turned to inform Mr. Abrahams that
about all that remained in the
house was the chimney.
Now this little house is less than
one block from Broadway, and la
within 100 feet of the rear of Kel*
1<»- Bros, store, nevertheless It was
robbbed of doors and windows,
stoves and beds. There is some
thing rotten somewhere, it seems
to ug that property owners, paying
taxes, should be accorded protec
tio to their property . It seems
to us that it is up to the city to
ferret out the thieves and put them
where they belong. Property own
er." go away and leave their homes
for several months, and property
should be protected.
It Is a well known fact that
thieves have gutted* innumerable
building of their contents and no
thing hag been done to apprehend
the thieves. It is quit© true per
haps, that no direct complaint has
been, lodged, but that does not ex
onera'e the thieves. The taxpay
ers pay for fire and Police protec
tion. If a property owner is ab
sent from the city and hia house
catches on fire, the fire department
fakes Just as much care to extin
gulsh the flame& «g thSiigh the
owner waa prejfeiU. This ehbulti
bg the caae *hfe it is known that
a building ha® been robbed. Thte po
11c - should be instructed to go in
to the matter, «nd where '9
known that certain articles, which
may b# easily identified, have been
stolen, aad there is good* reason to
believe certain persons are guilty,
search warrants should be gotten
out and the loot recovered, tor its
owners, and the lootere placed lor
a fe» years on the wood pile. ^
OLD HOME TOWN. 3 \
Ol<5 hom© town means a lot more!
to some people than to others, says;
the Pocatello TriDune. Some peo-<
ole do not feel close- ties to any1
place, or anything, and ™ove, a*
round- without feeling of regret or
loss. They do not £®el badly to
part with the friends they make, be
cause they do not create intimate
ties. They d» not acknowledge ob
ligation to vntt in co-operation with
their fellow citizens, and no' one
feels any obligation to help them
along_ They play a lone hand all
the}*- days, and never get far.
Other people have an intense j
of loyalty binding them to
the horn® soil, it is partly senti
mental affection, partly a keen' sens
o 1 the advantages of business unity
and cooperation. They feel united
b» a. common tie to all the people
who. lire in the town.
®*sry town hate many People of
Uifs Sind, who bAve beeu the main
stay of all our (progress. They feel
a keen interest in every person or
thin* that wag «ver connected/ with
the place, and any project tending
to work for it#, benefit has their
hearty and enthusiastic! support..
Insofar as all people acquire that
poin' of view, bo shall they attain
their ideals as a community. This
Involve? giving; a Preference in *11
business relations to anything that
comes from th$ bom0 town. If a
sul* of clothes sold* here Is }u»t
as good 8s one bought somewhere
else, we should buy the suit of
clolaes bere. We might well buy it,
eron It it was not Quite so good,
bu*- it i$ not necessary in goo J
stores to make that kisd of sacri
fice. • f .-\ J\ •*,
When a town, fully acquires that
unity of spirit and1 purpose and
feelir*6, the possibilities: of its Pro
gress are enormous. It ad*
vances as a compact ma« of peo
ple devoted" to on© end, n® 1
Jo1 of separate individuals all worfc
iujf 'or diverse purposes.
DIVORCE NOT SO EAS1*
IX SEATTLE THESE »£<YS
Seattle, Jan. 10. — Seattle has
an official "divorce proctor," whose
uuty it is to make searching investi-|
gatioa into every separation case
an.i who, officers say, la slowing
up the divorce mills he«* hj« block
ing unworthy actions and making
quick and easy d«crees Impossible.
Charles C. Dalton, former assist
and state attorney general, and later
a farmer of Kent. •"Wash., near
h»»re, is the preset® rproctor. Be"
fore "Colonel" Daifcon, as he is
known, must go a>p<plicants for
divorce*; to tell ta»£r real reasons.
"Colonel" Dalaonfa list of ques- j
tions has ieen Jikeaed. to the dr«-ft
questionnaires sent out by the gov
ernment during- the war. It is said. j
few applicants can withhold, many
of the vitaj tacts from the ques
tioner.
"All these facts bre given to1 the
<r urt." "Colonel' DaJton says. "Some j
lawyers seem to think the proctor
ha» nothing to do but meddle lu
everv divorce case and try to defeat
evesy action. This is wrong. We
always help worthy cases.'"
Seattle's idea of a divorce proc-*
tor came from the East. Two years
ago the superior judges, clergymen
an- others appealed to the coun
ty commissioners to create the
position of proctor in an effort to
stop a divorce evil which the appli
cants said wag becoming a blot on
thA city. Since the creation of
the office the blot ha® almost dis
appeared, it is said. * * • ^
^TT-'
SOLDIERS UNDER AGE
MAY TAKE UP LANDS
The general lan^ oflice hag sent
out a circular letter of instructions
*o the variou8 local lan# offices
throughout. the United, States lu
regard to regulations governing the
enforcement of the law and resolu
tion of congress giving those un
der 21 years of age who have serv
ed in the United States ?rmy, na^j
and marine corps all the rirhts uu
d*»r the homestead, land and' min
eral laws of th© United States that
are possessed by others over that
age.
A_t y osldier of the great war or
tl»4 widow of any- soldier who dies
wh"e in the service of the United
States during the war, niay file
'on a homestead at any time, and
he will not be required' to establish
a residenec on a homestead for six
months after the war is over.
Time served in the army during the
war counts as residence and culti
vation of the homestead.
Full particulars may be had from
any land office.
i
EARLY HISTORY OF
FORMER GOV. BRADY
| Th0 Children's Aid Society of New
York, ot whicu the late John G.
i Brady, of Sitka, former governor of
Alaska. was at one ttetf a ward,
furnishes the following additional
information aoout his boyhcgd days:
"When a half-orphan, according
to r*o records of the Children's Aid
Society he was deserted by his
f«'her when 10 years old. He was
placed by the local organization
with John Green, a farmer of Tip
ton, Ind., where h$ remained until
1867, and the® taught sehcol, havhtf
been educated by his foster-father,
In 1870 he went to Yale, here he
wag graduated in 1874, and then en
ter^d Union seminary. After bis
graduation he leased 1,700 acres of
land in Texas, where he proposed to
establish an industrial ra.orm col
ony for New York slum boys, but the
project had- to be abandoned owing
to lack of funds.
In 1878, as representative of the
Industrial section of the board of
honie missions of the Presbytesian
church, Brady located at Sitka.
DOl'ULAS DEEDS READY
Douglas, Jan. 3.—IT. S. Commis
sioner John Heuson h&s received
tlig deeUs to the lo's on the Doug
las i ownsite that have been is*
suta to owners who made applica
tion f -r tticm and paid the prescrib
ed tee. Til© deeds cau otbained
by calling at his olfiie and sign*
iug a receipt.
The deeds are issued by the gov
ernment through c. R. Aruudell,
towusite trustee and is final title
to >be laud.
On-- hundred and twenty-seven
deecs have been issued out of a
oossible one hundred and thirty
two making 0nly five pieces of
land that were not applied for.
Tbfc business of securing the
deeds was accomplished in a re
markably cheap and quick manner
• hiough the efforts of the town
trustee. Mr. Arundell, of the U. S.
Land Office force. The last date
for application for deeds "was August
20th of last year.
KENTUCKY PUTS STOP
TO CjAMBLIXG ON <JOLF
.Louisville, Ky., Jan. 10—Wagers
on golf games on links in Louis
ville's public parks have been pro
hibited by the board of park com
missioners. It had come to the
uotice of the koard that there was
much gambling on eames and
strokes, and "that some people were
making a living on the links." This
is said to be the first time in Ken
tucky that official cognizance of
gambling in golf has been taken.
WOMAN'S BODY RECOVERED
Juneau, Jan. 10.—Tie body of a
woman, supposed to be that of Mrs.
"VV. o. Amalong of Ruby, U at the
Youn^ undertaking parlor. The
body was recover- on Lynn Canal
from ii^e Sopki* wreck.
The only articles for ldenMflca
♦ ,on Icunfl on th<» body was a ring
pnd a key-ring. Azen* Lowle las
w:red to a sister of Mrs. Amalong
at F"aii banks in the hope of malt
ing the idepgflttu.'fn positive.
Only One "BROMO QUININE"
To eet^tha genuine, call for the
Call naniQ LAXATIVE BROMO
QCTXINE. Look for signature »f
S. W. GRO^B. Cure« * Cold in
One Day. 30a Th«
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ill THE RUl" 1
j; By VICTOR REDCLIFFE. j«!
<Copyr1(tht, l#18, by Wentern Newipaper CbIod.)
Professor Archelanus Tldworth re
tired from the rostrum la the little
village hall of TTolmwood with a smirk
and a bow, and hurried his steps, once
behind the scenes, to a table where his
wife was counting over the ineuger
receipts of the evening.
"We'll have to cut out these way
back towns—field too narrow for our
abilities," muttered the professor.
"Attentive audience, though. How
you did pour it into them, Archelanus
—quoting the classical"
That was the stunt of the impressive
looking, basso-profundo voiced pro
fessor. 3.e had a worn, tattered lec
ture, which proved that every town he
went to hud missed a marvellous com
mercial future through striking a rut
and sticking in it. "Get out of the
rut!" was his loud braying appeal to
towns and Individuals.
The discourse was dreary and vapid,
but its one essential point took root
with at least two of the audience,
Muriel Balrd, eighteen, an orphan, a
drudge in the home of a distant rela
tive, seriously drank in the glowing
pictures delineated by the rostrum
fiend as to the wouderful prospects
i open In the great thriving city for the
young and ambitious, and Muriel long*
ed for expansion and Independence.
Across the aisle from her, Arnold
Wade was likewise fertile ground for
the seed sown by the lecturer. He had
worked at wages never increased In
the nest town, had saved some money,
even enough to enable him to buy an
automobile, and in a modest way en
Joyed life, but he, too, left the hull re
solving to "get out of the rut!"
This estimable young man the next
day made all his arrangements for
giving up his position. He experienced
a rare sense of freedom as he started
away in his auto, bound for the city
fifty miles distant.
At the same hour, carrying a neat
looking suitcase, Muriel Balrd took
the old turnpike road leading to the
nearest railroad town. She was sec
retly glad as an automobile slowed up
and Its owner sang out courteously,
"Can I give you a lift, young lady?"
Muriel turned to view her questioner,
discerned that he was a young man,
b)ushed divinely and murmured: "1
was going to Ledbury."
"Right on my way. Why," he add
ed, "didn't I see you at the lecture last
evening?"
To which Muriel assented, ana tnis
naturally led up to the discovery that
they were "two souls of a single
thought"—"getting >ut of the rut!"
"Well, well," commented the free and
open Arnold, "this Is quite coinciden
tal. Here we are, starting out with the
world all before us. Suppose you save
time and railroad fare by staying right
In the machine till we reach the city.
I tell you, I consider having your pleas
ant company all the way seems like a
harbinger of good fortune. It-.would
be pleasant to keep track of one an
■ other. Won't you write me to the gen
eral delivery when you get settled?
And I'll do the same to you."
And then they parted with a good
honest, hearty handshake, and neither
was likely to forget the other for a
long time to come.
Arnold sold his automobile for a
fair sum and spent a week looking
for an Investment for his little capi
tal. One day he received a brief note
from Muriel, telling that she had found
work at a delicatessen store.
Arnold started to locate the place
that evening. Inquiry led to It being
pointed out to him across a street he
had been traversing. A swift automo
bile turned the corner. He met a
crushing contact and knew no more.
It was not a long story he heard,
when, after a week of unconsciousness,
fever and delirium, Arnold was made
to comprehend that he had been ten
derly cared for by Muriel and her em
ployer, a Mrs. Latcoinbe, who lived
behind the little delicatessen shop. It
was. directly in front of It that Arnold
had been run down. It was Muriel,
who witnessed the mishap, and a
recognition of his friendly face had
led to her caring for him as if he were
an own brother.
Arnold mended slowly. One day
from an adjoining room he heard his
kind hostess say:
'Tve got some rather bad news for
you, Muriel, dear. I have word from
my Invalid husband In California, and
he wants me to sell out and cctoe to
him. I am ofTered four thousand five
hundred dollars for the five stores.
You have made »this one, with your
pleasant manner and neat way of
keeping It, and I am going to ask the
purchaser to retain you In charge."
At that Arnold Joined the ladles.
"Going to sell the store I" he exclaim
ed. "I'd like a chance at this one,
Mrs. Latcombe. I have over one thou
sand two hundred dollars In the bank."
"Certainly you can have the first
chance—the price Is nine hundred dol
lars."
"I'll take It if Miss Muriel—she
shall decide. Mrs. Latcombe knows
I love you, Muriel, and maybe you
have suspected it. Call it partners
for life, become my wife, and how hap
py we will be."
So, out of the rut, they Joined bus
iness Issues In a small way. It grew
to greater things as time went on. The
light »of love and contentment never
dimmed for those two ardent joung
souls.
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