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Mrs. D, M. Clowney is visiting
with friends at Belcher. La.
V G. Seaman was a business
visitor to Monroe Wednesday.
Misses Mabel Lucas and Clyde
Pitts visited in Monroe this week.
Miss Isabelle Benson is visiting
with relatives at Reader this week.
T. B. Weaver was a business
victor to Farmerville the first of
th' week.
Born—to Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Mc
G *an, of Felsenthal, on June 6th
a fine boy.
Mrs. T. F. Ashcroft and children
are visiting relatives and friends at
Calhoun, La.
Mrs J. B. Crockett arrived hon e
Saturday from a visit with friends
at Farmerville.
Mrs. C. M. Caldwell and daugh
ter, Mrs. Blanche Mitchell, have
returned from a visit at Danville.
Timekeeper E. R. Ford is enjoy
ing his summer vacation visiting
with relatives at Alden Bridge, La.
Marshal T. F. Ashcroft is doing
quite a lot of grading and making
other improvements on the streets.
Mrs. James Henderson and chil
dren, of Orange, Texas, arrived in
Huttig Monuay morning on a visit
to relatives.
The Strong ball team was de
feated here Saturday by the Huttig
team in a well played game by the
score of 6 to 3.
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Five or six doses will break any case, and
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Cut Flowers. Boquets and De
sign Work. Orders filled on short
notice. Mrs. E. W. Culp, Phone
111, El Dorado, Ark!
E. F. Woolley brought the first
co.ton bloom to this office Wednes
day. He says he noticed blooms
in his field about the 12th of this
month.
There will be a game of ball
played Saturday morning at Huttig
by the nine from Camp No. 1 and
the Huttig nine. A good game is
promised.
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Mrs. W. A. Hemphill and children
left Tuesday morning for a visit
with her parents at Madison. Mr.
Hemphill accompanied them as far
as Camden.
Be sure and go to the polls Sat
urday and vote for consolidation of
tne two school districts, if you be
lieve in the advancement and wel
fare of your children.
If the Harper Springs and Hut
tig school disficts are consolidated
it will mean a good high school foi
this end of Union county. Turn
out Saturday and vote for consoli
dation __
L. D. Scott, of Atlanta, Ga., was
here this week the guest of his
brother. Manager F. W. and wife
He left Wednesday morning fcr
Texarkana, where he was to act as
referee in i. tennis match between
Arkansas and Texas teams.
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The" readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all Its stages, and that is
Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional treat
toent Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is taken In
ternally. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the .system there
by destroying the foundation of the dis
ease. and giving the patunt ,»trei>itlti BV
building up tile constifutlojt and assisting
nature In doing Its work. The proprietors
have so faith in It? curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any cake' that It falls to cure. Ssgtd
for list of testimonials. , .
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Sold by rll Dramrlsts, 7!je.
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Rev. E. 0. Bryant, of Waco,
Texas, arrived in town Tuesday
afternoon and is conducting a series
of revival meetings at the Baptist
church to which the public is cor
dially invited.
The curfew ordinance has been
restored ,o usefulness and the siren
whistle notifies all boys when eight
o'clock arrives that they may g> t
home before incurring the wrath of
Marshal Ashcroft.
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Dr. R. A. Barrow, dentist, who
is to Iccate in Huttig. was heie
| Wednesday and Thursday n aking
final arrangements preparatory to
opening his office. He wil' occupy
the offices formerly used by Dr.
H. C. Rushing in the postcfflce
building. _
Joe Sehon was in town Thurs
day and informed us that he had
lots of cotton blooms. He stated
that despite the hot weather for
the past two weeks, the boil
weevils are more numerous than
ever before.
There is steady improvement in
the art of telephoning without
wires. This invention has now
been tested, with success, to a dis
tance of nearly 600 miles. Music
and conversation at Nauen. Ger
many, were clearly heard last week
at Vienna and at Pola, Austria.
► Switched the Beverage.
Two old Scotch fishermen, having
Imbibed overmuch, were on their way
home, and overcome with a great de
sire to sleep, accordingly they
stretched themselves on the warns
beach sands and were soon slumbering
heavily. The tide crept in, awakening
the one nearest the water as a wavelet
dashed a quantity of the salty liquid
Into his mouth. Half asleep, he started
to arise, saying: ."It's time we wls
awa’ oot 1’ this hoose. They're changin
the drink on us.”.
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IODGC DIRECTORY
ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. & A.
.Vl.meets every second and fourth Satur
lay evenings at 7:50 o’clock. Visiting
Masons always welcome.
F. O. Mahony, W. M.
D. F. Collett. Sec'y.
HOWARD CHAPTER. No. 122, R. A.
IM.— meets every first and third Thurs
Jay evening at Masonic hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
D. F Collett, H. P.
C. A. Berry, Secy.
HUTTIG CHAPTER No. 320. Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every first and
thiVd Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. A. E. Lucas, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, Sec’y.
HUTTIG LODGE No. 34d I. O. 0. F.
meets every Tuesday evening. Visiting
brethern cordially invited to attend.
M. H. Claybaugh, N. G.
E. L. Ware. Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66.
meets every Monday night at 7:30 o'clock
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. Chas. Saxe. N. G.
Mrs. May Claybaugh, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No. 411 W. 0. W.
meets every first and third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
C. M. Caldwell, C. C.
J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
NEILL C. MARSH
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Practice in All Courts. Roc ms 15 and
16. Postoffice Building
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HUTTIG - ARKANSAS
The Land of Broken Promises
A Stirring Story of the
Mexican Revolution
=By DANE COOLIDGE=
Author of
“THE FIGHTING TOOL," “HIDDEN WATERS,"
“THE TEXICAN,” Etc.
Illustrations by DON J. LAVIN
Omvriebt. 1914. bv Frank A. Munsev '
A story of border Mexico, vivid.
Intense, such as has never before
been written, is this one of Ameri
can adventurers into the land of
manana. Texan, mining engineer,
Spanish tenor and senorita, peon,
Indian, crowd its chaptera with
clear-cut word pictures ef busi
ness, adventure and love, against
a somber background of wretched
armies marching and counter
marching across a land racked by
revolution and without a savior.
It was hardly a place to be looked
for In the West, and as Bud led the
way across the echoing lobby to a pair
I of stuffed chairs he had a vague feei
1 lng of being in church.^ Stained glass
windows above the winding stairways
; let in a soft light, and on the tower
ing pillars of marble were emblazoned
prtckly-pears as an emblem of the
j West. From the darkened balconies
; above, half-seen women looked down
curiously as they entered, and in tbfc
broad lobby below were gathered the
prosperous citizens of the land.
There were cattlemen, still wearing
| their boots and overalls, the better to
attend to their shipping; mining men,
i Just as they had come front the hills;
i and others more elegantly dressed—
but they all had a nod for Menry Kru
ger. He was a man of mark, ns Hud
could see iti a minute; but if he had
otiier business with those who hailed
him he let it. pass and took out a rank
brier pipe, which lie puffed while Bud
smoked a cigarette.
They were sitting together In a
friendly silence when Phil came out of
the dining room, but as he drew near
the old man nodded to Bud and went
over to speak to the clerk.
“Who was that old-timer you were
talking to?” Inquired Phil, as he sank
down In the vacant chair. "Looks like
tlie-morning-after with him, don't it?"
“Pm,” grunted Bud; “reckon it is.
Name's Kruger.”
“What—the mining man?”
“That's right.”
"Well,” exclaimed Phil, "what in the
world was he talking to you about?”
"Oh, some kind of a mining deal,”
grumbled Hud. "Wanted me to go
down into Mexico!”
"Whit’d yotu tall him?" challenged
the little man. sitting up suddenly in
his chair. “Say, that old boy's got
roclts! ”
"He can keep 'em for all of me,” ob
served Hud comfortably. "You know
what I think about Mexico.”
"Sure; but what was his proposi
j tion? What did he want you to do?”
"Search me! He was mighty mys
terious about it. Said he wanted a
; man he could trust."
“Well, holy Moses. Bud!” cried Phil,
"wake up! Didn't you get his proposi
tion Y”
“No. he wasn't talking about it. Said
it was a good thing and he'd pay me
well, or let me In on the deal; but
when he hollered Mexico 1 quit. I've
got a plenty."
"Yes, but—” the little man choked
and could say no more. "Well, you’re
one jiin dandy business man, Bud
Hooker!” he burst out at last. “You'd
let—”
"Well, what's the matter?" demand
ed Hooker defiantly. “Do you wrant to
go back into Mexico? Nor me, neither!
What you kicking about?"
"You might have led him on and
got the scheme. anyway. Maybe
there's a million in it. Come on, let’s
go over and talk to him. I’d take a
chance, if it was good enough.”
"Aw, don't be a fool, Phil,” urged
the cowboy plaintively. “We've got no
call to hear hiscsoheme unless we want
to go In on it. Leave him alone and
he 11 do something for us on this side.
Oh, cripes, what’s the matter with
you?”
He heaved himself reluctantly up
out of hie chair and moved over to
where Kruger whh sitting.
“Mr. Kruger,” he said, as the old
man turned to meet him, “I’ll make
you acquainted with Mr. l)e Lancey,
tny pardtier. My name's Hooker."
“Glad to know you, Hooker,” re
sponded Kruger, shaking him by the
hand, “llow’do, Mr. De Lancey.”
He gave Phil a rather crusty nod as
he spoke, but De Lancey was dragging
up another chair and failed to notice.
“Mr. Hooker was telling me about
some proposition you had, to go down
into Mexico,” he began, drawing up
closer while tlie old man watched hint
from under bis eyebrows. "That’s one
tough country to do business in right
now, but at the same time—”
“The country’s perfectly quiet,” put
in Kruger—"perfectly quiet.”
“Well, maybe so,” qualified De I,an
cey; “but when it comes to geiting in
supplies—”
“Not a bit of trouble in the world,”
said the old man crabbedly. “Not a
bit.”
“Well,” came bjick De Lancey,
“what’s the matter, then? What is
the proposition, anyway?"
Henry Kruger blinked and eyed him
Intently.
“I’ve stated the proposition to Hook
er,” he said, “gnd he refused it. That’s
enough, ain't it?"
Do Lancey laughed and turned away.
“Well, yes, I guess it is.” Then, in
passing, lie said to Hud: "Go ahead
and talk to him.”
He walked away, light!’:r a cigarette
and smiling good-natureuiy, and the
old-timer turned to Bud.
"That's a smart man you’ve got for
a pardner," he remarked. “A smart
man. You want to look out.” he added,
“or he'll get away with you.”
"Nope,’ said Bud. “You don’t know
him like 1 do. He's straight as a die.'
"A man can be straight and still get
away with you," observed the veteran
shrewdly. “Yes, indeed.” He paused
to let this bit of wisdom sink in, and
then he spoke again.
“You'd better quit—while you're
lucky," he suggested. "You quit and
come with me," lie urged, "and if we
strike it I'll make you a rich 'man. I
don’t need your pardner on this deal
I need just one man that can keep his
head shut. Listen now; i'll tell you
what it is.
“I know where there’s n lost mini
down in Mexico. If I'd tell you tin
n;nne you'd know it in a minute, and
it's free gold. loo. Now there'" * fol
low that had that land located for ten
years, but hr couldn't find the lead.
D’ye see? And when this second revo
lution came on he let it go—he neg
lected to pay his mining taxes and let
it go back to the government. And
now all I want is a quiet man to slip
in and denounce that land and open
up the lead. Here, look at this!”
He went down into his pocket and
brought out a buckskin sack, from
which he handed over a piece of well
worn quartz.
“That's the rock,” he said. “She
runs four hundred dollars to the ton,
and the ledge is eight, inches wide be
tw’een the wails. Nice ore, eh ? And
she lays between shale and porphyry.”
His eyes sparkled as he carefully
replaced the specimen, and then he
looked up at Bud.
"I'll let you in on that," he said,
| "half and half—or I’ll pay two hundred
i dollars a month and a bonus. You
i alone. Now how about it?”
For a moment Hooker looked at him
1 as if to read his thoughts, then he
shook his head and exhaled his smoke
regretfully.
“Nope,” he said. "Me and Phil are
partners. We work together.”
“I’ll give you three hundred!” cried
Kruger, half rising in his chair.
“Nope,” grunted Bud, “we're pard
ners.”
“Huh!” snorted the mining mar.
and flung away in disgust. But as h'
“I'll Give You Three Hundred!" Cried
Kruger.
neared the door a new thought r!ruck
him and he came as quickly hack.
"You can do what you please about
your pardncr." he said. 'Tin talking
to you! Now will you think about
it?”
"Sure!” returned Hooker.
“Well, then,” snapped Kruger, "meet
me at the Waldorf in an hour!”
CHAPTER III.
On the untrammeled frontier, where
most men are willing to pass for what
they are without keeping up any
front," much of the private busincs
as well ns the general devilment, h.
transacted in the back rooms of sa
loons. The Waldorf was nicely fur
uished in this regard
After a drink at the bar, in which
l)e Lancey and Hooker joined, Henry
Kruger led the way casually to the
rear, and in a few moments they were
safely closeted.
"Now,” began Kruger, as he took a
seat by the table amifaced them with
snapping eyes, “the first tiling 1 want
to make plain to you gentlemen Is. if
I make any deal today rt's to be with
Mr. Hooker. If you boys are pardners
you can talk It over together, but I
deal with one tnati, and that’s Ilookor.
“All right?” he inquired, glancing at
T)e Lancey, and that young man
nodded indulgently.
"Very well, then," resumed Kruger,
“now to get down to business. This
mine that I'm talking nbout is located
down here in Sonora within three
hours’ ride of a big American camp.
It isn’t any old Spanish mine, or lost
padre layout; it's a well-defined ledge
running three or four hundred dollars
to the ton—and I know right where it
is, too.
“What 1 want to do is to establish
the title to it now, while this revolu
lion is going on, atid make a bonanza
out of it afterward. Of course, if you
boys don’t want to go back into Mex
■rn. that settles It; but if you do go,
nd 1 let you in on the deal, you've got
o see it through or I'll lose the whole
hing So make up your minds, and
if you say you’ii go, T want you to slick
o it!”
"We’ll go. all right,” spoke up De
Lancey, 'if it's rich enough.”
"How about you?” inquired Kruger,
'iirnfng Impatiently on Bud; “will you
go?”
"Yee. Til go.” answered Bud sullen
ly. ' But 1 ain't stuck on the job,” he
added, ’’.lest about get It opened up
when a hunch of rebels will jump in
and take everything we’ve got.”
“Well, you get a title to it and pay
your taxes and you can come out,
then,” conceded Henry Krugor.
“No.” grumbled Hooker, “if I go Til
stay with it ” Tie glanced at his pard
uer a* this, but lie, for one, did not
seem to he worried.
“Hi try anything—once!” he ob
served with a sprightly air, and Bud
grinned sardonically at. the well-worn
phrase.
“Well.” said Kruger, gazing inquir
ingly fmm one to the other, “is it *
go? Will you sh. ke hands on it?
"What’s tiie pr jiosition?" broke in
Pe I.ancey eagerl.
“The deal is between me and
Honker,” corrected Kruger. “I'll give
him three hutidri cl a month, or an
equal share in the mine, expenses to
he shared between us." v
“Make it equal shares,” said Hook
er, holding out his hand, “^nd I'll give
iaU of mine to Ph.l.”
“All right., my boy!” cried the old
nan, suddenly clapping him on the
:houlder, “I'll go you—and yoir’ll never
egret it,” he added significantly.
Then, throwing t IT the «5r of guarded
ecrecy which h id characterized his
ctions so far, he sat down and began
o talk.
“Boys." he said, "I’m feeling luck)
today or I'd never have closed this
deal. I’m letting you in on one of the
biggest things that's ever been found
in Sonora. Just to show you how gcod
t is, here’s my smelter receipts for
lght hundred pounds of picked ore—
me thousand and twenty-two dollars!
That’s the first and last ore that’s ever
been shipped from the old Eagle Tail.
1 dug it out myself, and sacked It
■nd shipped it; and then some of them
rooked Mexican officials tried to beat j
ne out of my title and I blowed up the
whole works with dynamite!
“Yes, sir. clean as a whistle! I had
ny powder stored away in the drift,
nd the minute I found out I was
•uchred I laid a fuse to it and brought
'he whole mountain down. That was
en years ago, and old Aragon and
he agente mineral have had the land
located^ ever since.
“1 bet they’ve spent five thousand
•lesos trying to find that lead, but be
ing nothing but a bunch of ignorant
lexicans, of course they never found
nothing. Then Francisco Madero
ionics in and fires the agente mineral
fT bis Job and old Aragon lets the land
revert for taxes. I've got a Mexican
hat keeps me posted, and ever since
he sent me word (bat the title had
apsed I've been crazy to relocate that
laim.
“Wp.I1, now, tint don't look so bnd,
toes it?" ho asked, beaming paternally
it Hud. "There ain't a man in town
hat. wouldn't have jumped at the
-hence. if 1 was where I could talk
ibout it, lint that's just what I couldn't
in. 1 had to find some stranger that
wouldn't sense what mine I was talk
ng about and (ben git him to go in on
it blind.
“Now here's the way I'm fixed,
hoys," he exclaimed, brushing his un
kempt beard and smiling craftily.
'When I dynamited the ICaglo Tail it
was mine by rights, but Oipriano Ara
gon—he's tiie big Mexican down at old
Fortuna- and Morales, the mineral
agent, had buncoed me out of the title.
"So, according to law, I biowed up
their mine, and if 1 ever showed up
down there I reckon they'd throw tne
into jail. Ami if at any time they find
out that you're working for me, why,
we’re ditched that's all! They'll put
you out of business. So, after we've
made our agreement and I've told you
what to do, 1 don't want to hear a
word out of you—I don't want you to
come near me, nor even write me a
letter—just go ahead the best you can
until you win out or go broke.
“It ain't a hard proposition,” he
continued, "if you keep your mouth
shut, but if they tumble, it’ll be a fight
to a finish. I'm not saying this for
youv Hooker, because I know you’re
safe; I’m saying it for your pardnef
here. You talk too much, Mr. De I.an
cc:’,” he chided, eying him with sud
den severity. "I'm afraid of ye!”
“All right,' bioke in Hooker good
naturedly, “1 reckon we understand.
Now go ahead and tell us where this
mine is and who there is down there
to look out for.”
"The man to look out for,” an
swered Kruger with venom, "Is Cipri
ano Aragon. He's the man that bilked
me out of the mine once, and he'll do
it again if he can. When 1 went down
there—it was ten years and more ago
—I wasn’t on to those Spanish ways of
his, and he was so dog-goned polite
and friendly 1 thought I could trust
him anywhere.
"He owns a big ranch and mescal
still, runs cattle, works a few placers,
sends out pack-trains, and has every
Mexican and Indian In the country in
debt to him through his store, so if he
happens to want any rough work done
there's always somebody to do it.
“Well, just to show you how he did
me, 1 got to nosing round those old
Spanish workings east of Fortuna and
finally I run across the lodge that I’m
telling you about, not far from an
abandoned shaft. But the Mexican
mining laws are different from ours,
and an American lias lots of trouble
anyway, so I made a trade with old
Aragon that he should locate the claim
for me under a power of attorney.
Didn’t know him then like i do now.
The papers had to be sent to Mocto
7,uma and Hertnosillo, and to the City
of Mexico and hack, and while I was
waiting around I dug in on this lead
and opened iu> the prettioet vein of
quartz you ever saw in your life.
Here's a sample of it, and it's sure
rich.”
He handed I)e Loncey the familiar
piece of quartz and proceeded with his
story.
“That ore looked eo good to me that
I couldn’t wait—l shipped it before I
got my title. And right there I made
my mistake. When Aragon saw the
gold in that rock he just quietly re
corded the concession In his own name
and told me to go to blazes. That’s
the greaser of It! So I blew the whole
: mine up and hit for the border. That’s
I the Dutch of it, 1 reckon,” he added
grimly. “Anyway, my old man was
i Dutch.”
) He paused, smiling over the mem
ory of his misplaced qredulity, and
Hooker and De Lancey joined in a
i hearty laugh. From the town bum
! that he had first seemed this shabby
little man had changed in their eyes
until now he was a border Croesus,
the mere recital of whose adventures
conjured up In their minds visions of
gold and hidden treasure.
The rugged face of Bud Hooker,
which had been set in grim lines from
the first, relaxed as the tale proceeded
and hie honest eyes glowed with ad
miration as he heard the well-planned
scheme. As for De Lancey, he could
hardly restrain his enthusiasm, and,
drawn on by the contagion, Henry
Kruger made maps and answered ques
tions until every detail was settled.
After the location had been marked,
and the lost tunnel charted from the
corner monuments, he bade them re
member it well and destroyed every
vestige of paper. Then, as a final ad
monition, he said:
“Now go in there quietly, boys—
don’t hurry. Prospect around a little
and the Mexicans will all come to you
and try to sell you lost mines. Crus
Mendez is the man you’re lookiug for
—- he’s honest, and he’ll take you to the
Kagle Tail. After that you can use
your own judgment. So good liy”—he
took them by the hands—“and don't
talk!”
He held up a warning finger as they
parted, and Pud nodded briefly in
reply. Silence was a habit with him,
desert-bred, and he nodded his head
for two.
CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSUE.
Problem of the Debutante.
At this time of the year many par
ents are making arrangements to in
troduce their daughters in society.
The long and costly period of incuba
tion is ended, says the Philadelphia
Ledger. The girl has returned from
a fashionable “finishing school ' or
from a tour abroad, and she is now
ready—albeit with trepidation—to
cross the threshold into the scintillat
ing ballroom and beyond that, into a
world of pleasure and of pain, of singu
lar follies and sad sincerities, of false
friends and true counselors. But what
of the immediate process of initiation?
Is the present exhausting ordeal, from
the autumnal housewarmiug to the
sackcloth of lenten penitence, any
thing more than a nerve racking,
sleep destroying charivari of vulgar os
tentation and a hectic, frantic flurry
to keep pace with the procession?
What useful end is subserved by this
mad rout of overlapping gaVeties that
burns the candle at both ^nd* and re
duces a maiden, who should be buoy
ant and radiant and beautiful in spirit
and in health, to a shadow—blase, ane
mic and lethargic—of her former
charming self?