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J>>Xtt->>X,X-XX-X-XX*XvX\vXvXvXvXvX\vX'X >: The Land of Br A Stirring Story of the Mexican Revolution v'X-X'X'X'X'X'X'X^X'&XvX-X'X'X'XvXvXt'XvXX-X'Xv (Copyright. 1914. b] I SYNOPSIS. I Bud Hooker and Phil De Lancey are forced, owing to a revolution In Mexico, to give up their mining claim and return to the United States. In the border town of Gadsden Bud meets Henry Kruger, a wealthy miner, who makes him a propo sition to return to Mexico to acquire title to a very rich mine which Kruger had blown up when he found he had been cheated out of the title by one Aragon. The Mexican subsequently spent a large sum in an unsuccessful attempt to relo cate the vein and then allowed the land to revert for taxes. Hooker and De Lan cey arrive at Fortuna near where the mine, known as the Eagle Tail, is lo cated. They engage the services of Cruz Mendez, who has been friendly to Kruger, to acquire the title for them, and get a permit to do preliminary work. Aragon protests and accuses them of Jumping his claim. Bud discovers that matrimonial entanglements prevent Mendez from per fecting a valid title. Phil, who has been paying attention to Aragon's daughter. Gracia. decides to turn Mexican and get the title in his own name. Bud objects to Phil's attentions to Gracia. Aragon fails in his attempt to drive them ofT the claim. Rebels are reported in the vicin ity. Stories of rapine and bloodshed axe brought in. Bud and Phil begin work In earnest on their claim. They make a rich strike of gold and stop work on the claim until the title can be perfected. CHAPTER XIV?Continued. It was through some chlcanei'y, he knew?some low-down trick on the part of Aragon?that his pardner had been imprisoned, and he swore to have * him cut or know the reason wily. Ei N ther that or he would go after Aragon and take it out of his hide. ii was ouiBiae oua b Bimyie cuub even to question his pardner's Inno cence, but, innocent or guilty, he would have him out if he had to tear,down the Jail. So he slapped his saddle-gun into the sling, reached for his quirt, and went daehing down the canyon. At a turn in the road he came suddenly upon Aragon and the rural, split a way between them, and leaned for ward as Copper Bottom burned up the trail. It was long since the shiny sorrel had been given his head, and he need ea neitner wmp nor spurs?but a mile or two down the arroyo Bud suddenly reined him In and looked behind. Then he turned abruptly up the hillside and jumped him out on a point, looked again, and rode slowly back up the trail. Aragon and the rural were not In sight?the question was, were they following? For a short distance Me rode warily, not to be surprised In his suspicion; then, as he found tracks turning back, he gave head to his horse and galloped swiftly to camp. The horses of the men he sought stood at the edge of the mine-dump, and, throwing his bridle-rein down be side them, Bud leaped off and ran up the cut Then he stopped short and reached for his six-shooter. The two men were up at the end, down on their knees, and digging like dogs after a rabbit So eager were they in their search so confident in t?heir fancied security, that they never looked up from their work, and the tramp of Hooker's boots was drowned by their grubbing until he stood abote them. There he paused, his pistol in hand, and waited grimly for developments. "Ha!'1 cried Aragon, grabbing at a piece of quartz that came up, "Aqui lo tengo!" He drew a second piece from bis pocket and placed them together. "It is the same!" he said. Still half-burled in the excavation, he turned sudden'y as a shadow crossed him, to get the light, and his jaw dropped at the sight of Bud. "I'll trouble you for that rock," ob served Bud, holding out his hand, and as the rural jumped, Aragon banded over the ore. There was a moment's silence as Bud stood over them?then he stepped baok and motioned tbem out with his gun. I Down the jagged cut they hurried, awed into a guilty silence by his an ger, and when he let them mount without a word the rural looked back, surprised. Even then Bud said noth ing, but the swing of the Texan's gun spoke for him, and they rode quickly out of sight. "You dad-burned greasers!" growled Bud, returning his pistol with a Jab to its holster. Then he looked at the ore. There were two pieces, one fresh dug and the other worn, and as he gazed at them the worn piece seemed strangely familiar. Aragon had been comparing them?but where had he got tho worn piece? Onco more Bud looked it over, and then tbe rock fell from his hand. It was tbe first piece they had found? ' the p?sce that belonged to Phil! CHAPTER XV. When the solid earth quakes, though It move but a thousandth of an inch /M1K fAof hllTWfin KmIm UCLlW.tU UUl itot, lug n uuiuii UittlU reels and we become dizzy, sick and afrafd. So. too, at the thought that somo trusted friend has played us false, the mind turns back upon Itself and. we doubt the stability of every thing?for a moment. Then, ae we find all the tre$s straight up, the world fntaot, and the hills in their proper placos, we last, the treacherous doubts ^asidfl and listen to the voice of reason. For one awful moment Hooker saw hims-elf betrayed by his friend, either through weakness or through guile: and theh his mind straightened itself and he remembered that Phil was in jail. What more natural, then, than that the rurales should search his pockets and give the ore to Aragon? He stooped and picked up the chunk of rock?that precious, pocket-worn spec imen that had brought them the first promise of success?and wiped it on his sleeve. Mechanically he placed it beside the other piece which Aragon had gouged from the edge, and while he gazed at them he wondered what to do?to leave their mine and go to his friend, or to let his friend wait and Btand v - -v ~ i. oken Promises By DANE COOUDGE Author of "Tht Fighting Fool" "Hidden Wo(?r?" "Thm Texican, " Etc. Illustrations by Don J.Lavin r fnok A. Mooter) I guard by their treasure?and his heart I told him to ko to his friend. So he swung up on his horee and followed slowly, and as soon as It was dark he rode Becretly through Old Fortuna and on till he came to the I Jail. It was a square stone structure, built across the street from the can tina in order to be convenient for the drunks, and as Bud rode up close and stared at it, some one hailed him through the bars. "Hello there, pardner," called Hook er, swinging down and striding over to the black window, "how long have they had you in here?" "Two days," answered Phil from the inner darkness; "but It seems like a lifetime to me. Say, Bud, there'B a Mexican in here that's got the Jim jams?regular tequila Jag?can't you get me out?" "Well, I eure will!" answered Bud; "what have they got you in for? Where's our friend, Don Juan? Why didn't he let me know?" "You can search me!" railed De L-ancey. "seems line everyuuuy tju:ia you down here the minute you get into trouble. I got arrested night b> fore last by those d d rurales-^ Manuel Del Rey was behind it, you can bet your life on that?and I've been here ever since!" "Well, what are you pinched for? Who do I go and eee?" "Pinched for nothing!" cried De Lancey 'bitterly. "Pinched because I'm a Mexican citizen and can't pro tect myself! I'm incomunlcado for three days!" "Well, I'll get you out, all right," said Hooker, leaning closer against the bars. "Here, have a smoke?did they frisk you of your makings?" "No!" snapped Do Lancey crossly, "but I'm out of everything by this time. Bud, I tell you I've had a time of it! They threw me In here witn this crazy, murdering Mexican and I haven't had a wink of sleep for two days. He'B quiet now, but I don't want any more." "Well, say," began Bud again, "what are you charged with? Maybe I can grease somebody's paw and get you out tonight!" There was an awkward pause at this, and finally De Lancey dropped his white face against the bars and his voice became low and beseeching. "I'll tell you, Bud," he said, "I haven't been quite on the square with you?I've been holding out a little. But you know how it is?when a fel low's in love. I've been going to see Gracla!" "Oh!" commented Hooker, and stood very quiet while he waited. "Yes, I've been going to see her," hurried on PhiL "I know I promised; but, honest, Bud, I couldn't help It It Just eeemed as If my whole being was wrapped up in her, and I had to /irt It Rhe'rf ha looking for me when I came and went?and then I fixed it with her maid to take her a letter. And then I met her secretly, back by the garden gate. You,know they've got some holes punched in the wall? loopholed during the fight last sum mer?and we'd?" "Sure, I'll take your word for that," broke in Hooker harshly. "But get to the point! What are you pinched for?" t "Well," went on De Lancey, his voice quavering at the reproof, "I was going td tell you, if you'll listen to me. Somebody saw us there and told Ara gon?he shut her up for a punishment and she slipped me out a note?well. I couldn't stand it?I hired the string band and we went down there in a hack to give her a serenade. But this cad, Manuel del Rey, who has been acting like a jealous ass all along, swooped down on us with a detach ment of his rurales and took us all to Jail. He let the musicians out the next morning, but I've been here ever Bince." "Yes, and what are you charged with?" demanded Bud brusquely. "Drunk," confessed Phil, and Bnd grunted. "Huh!" he said "and me out watch ing that mine night and day!" "Oh, I know I've done you dirt, Bud," walled De I ancey; "but I didn't mean to, and I'll never do It again." "Never do what?" Inquired Bud roughly. "I won't touch another drop of booze as long as I'm in Mexico!" cried Phil. "Not a drop!" "And how about the girl?" continued Bud inexorably. "Her old man was out and tried to jump our. mine today? how about her?" "Well," faltered De Lancey, "I'll? she?" "You know your promise!" reminded Bud. "V?? . T 1 T>..* ?V. < t T.nii X Co t 1 &UUW. DUl Ull, DUU, 11 JSJU knew how loyal I've been to you?If you knew what offers I've resisted? the mine stands In my name, you know." "Well?" "Well, Aragon came around to me laet week and said if I'd give him a half interest in It he'd?well, never .nind?it was a great temptation. But did I fall for it? Not on your life! I know you, Bud, and I know you're hon est?you'd stay by me to the last ditch, and I'll do the same by you. iiut I'm in love, Bud, and that would make a man forget his promise if he wasn't true as steel." "Yes," commented Hooker dryly. "I don't reckon I can count on you much from now on. Here, take a look at this and see what you make of it." He drew the piece of ore that he had taken from Aragon from his pocket and held it up in the moonlight. "Well, feel of it, then," he 6aid. "Shucks, you ought to know that piece of rock, Phil ?it's the first one we found in our mine!" "No!" exclaimed De Lancey, start ing back; "why?where'd you get It?" "Never mind where I got it!" aa Ui, -ii; .-A M . * ... swered Hooker. "The question 1b: What did you do with it?" "Well, I might as well conje through with it," confessed Phil, the last of his assurance gone. "I gave It to Gracia!" "And I took it away from Aragon," , continued Bud, "while he was digging some more chunks out of our mine. So that is- your idea of being true as steel, is it? You've done noble by me and Kruger, haven't you? Yes, you've been a good pardner, I don't think!" "Well, don't throw me down, Bud!" < pleaded Phil. "There's some mistake somewhere. Her father mu^ have found it and taken it away! I'd stake my life on it that Gracia would never betray me!" i "Well, think it over for a while," suggested Bud, edging his words with sarcasm. "I'm going up to the hotel!" ] "No; come back!" cried De Lancey, ] clamoring at the bars. "Come on back, Bud! Here!" he said, thrust- ( ing his hand out through the heavy i irons. "I'll give you my word for it ?I won't see her again until we get our title! Will that satisfy you? Then j give me your hand, pardner?I'm sorry : I did you wrong!" , "It ain't me," replied Hooker sober ly, as he took the trembling hand; "it's Kruger. But if you'll keep your word, , Phil, maybe we can win out yet. I'm i going up to find the comlsarlo." A brief interview with that smiling ] individual and the case of Phil De Lancey was laid bare. He had been , engaged in a desperate rivalry with Manuel del Rey for the hand of Gra cia Aragon, and his present incarcera tion was not only for singing rag-time beneath the Aragon windows, but for trying to whip the captain of the ru rales when the latter tried to place him under arrest. , And De Lancey was the prisoner not of the comisario, biit of the captain of the rurales. Sore at heart, Bud rode up through the Mexican quarters to the cuartel of the rurales, but the cap tain was inexorable. "No, senor," he said, waving an elo quent finger before his nose, "I cannot release your friend. No, senor!" "But what is he charged with?" per sisted Bud, "and when is his trial? You can't keep him shut up without a trial." At this the captain of the rurales J lifted his eyebrows and one closely 1 waxed mustachio and smiled mysterl- j ously. ? "Y como no?" he Inquired. "And why not? Is he not a Mexican citl- . zen ?" ? "Well, perhaps he Is!" thundered t Bud, suddenly rising to his full height, ( "but I am not! I am an American, ? 6enor capitan, and there are other ? Americans! If you hold my friend without a trial I will come and tear your jail down?and the comlsario will riot stop me, either!" "Ah!" observed the dandy little cap tain, shrugging his mustachio once more and blinking, and while Hooker -aged back and forth he looked him over appralsingly. "One moment!" he said at last, rals ng a quieting hand. "These are peril ous times, Benor, In which all the de fenders of Fvrtuna should stand to gether. I do not wish to have a dlf- * ference with the Americans when Ber- < nardo Bravo and hie 'men are march- ' ing to take our town. No, I ralue the friendship of thg vallar.t Americans very highly?so I will let your friend go. But first he mast promise me one thing?not to trouble the Senor Ara gon by making further love to nis daughter!" "Very well!" replied Bud. "He has ? already promised that to me; bo come on an'' >t him out." ' ? /ou?" repeated Manuel del Rey with a faint smile. "Then, perhaps?" "Perhaps nothing!" broke in Hooker ? shortly. "Come on!" He led the way impatiently while the captain, his saber clanking, strode out and rode beside him. He was pot a big man, this swashing captain of 1 the rural police, but he was master, ? nevertheless, of a great district, from Pnrtuna tn the linp -w.-lth a rfinutation r for quick work in the pursuance of his ? duty as well as in the primrose ways of love. , In the Insurrections and raldings of e the previous summer he had given the coup de grace with his revolver to more than one embryo bandit, and in a his love affairs he had ehown that he ^ could be equally summary. The elegant Feliz Luna, who for a ^ time had lingered near the charming c Gracia, had finals found himself up ^ against a pair oi pistols with the op- ^ tion of either fighting Captain del Rey E or returning to his parents. The young v man concluded to b??at a retreat. For j a like offense Philip De Lancey had ^ been unceremoniously thrown into jail; and now the capitan turned his attention to Bud Hooker, whose mind he had not yet fpthbmed. s "Excuse me, senor," he Baid, after a t brief silence, "but your words left me r in doubt?whether to regard you as a t friend or a rival." b "What?" demanded Bud, whose t knowledge of Spanish did not extend to the elegancies. I "You said," explained the captain b politely, "that your friend had prom- i' ised you he would not trouble the lady further. Does that mean that you are Interested in her yourself, or merely that you perceive the hopelessness of his suit and wish to protect him from a greater evil that may well befall him? For look you, eenor, the girl is mine, and no man can come between us!" "Huh!" Bnorted Bud, who caught the last all right Then he laughed shortly and shrugged hie shoulders. "I don't know what you're talking about," he said gruffly, "but he will stay away, all right." "Muy bien," responded Del Rey care lessly and, dismounting at the Jail, he threw open the door and stood aside for his rival to come out. "Muchas gracias, senor capltan," sa luted Bud, as the door clanged to be n-J *-i- J n..* -nun ?*ni K??aflA/4 Liiiiu ma paruutsr. dui jtuu dliu uhduou with anger and defiance, and the cap tain perceived that there would be no thaDks from him. "It ie nothing," he replied, bowing politely, and something in the way he said it made De Lancey choke with rage. But there by the carcel door was not the place for picking quarrels. They went to the hotel,' where Don )uan, all apologies for his apparent aeglect?which he excused on the ground that De Lancey had been held [ncomunicado?placated them as best tie could and hurried on to the news. "My gracious, Don Felipe," he cried, 'you don't know how sorry I was to 3ee you In jail, but the captain's or Jers were that no one should go near rou?and In Mexico we obey the ru rales, you know. Otherwise we are placed against a wall and ehot "But have you heard the news from Jown below? Ah, what terrible times ;hey are having there?rancheB raided, women stolen, rich men held for ran som! Yes, it Is worse.than ever! Al ready I am receiving telegrams to pre pare rooms for the refugees, and the people are coming in crowds. "Our friend, the Senor Luna, and lis son Feliz have been taken by Bei'r lardo Bravo! Only by an enormous -ansom was he able to save his wife ind daughters, and his friends must iow pay for him. "At the ranch of the rich Spaniard, Mvarez, there has been a great battle n which the red-flaggers were defeat ed with losses. Now Bernardo Bravo jwears he will avenge his men, and Alvarez has armed bis Yaqul work nen. "He Is a brave man, this Colonel Alvarez, and his Yaqdls are all war riors from the bills; bnt Bernardo has gathered all the lnsurrectoq In the country together?Campos, Rojae, the brothers Escaboza?and they may ;rush him with their numbers. But aow there Is other news?that they ire marching upon Fortuna and El rigre, to seize the mines and mills ind hold the rich American companies ip for ransom. "No, senores, you must not return a your camp. Remain here, and you 3hall still have your room, though Spanish gentlemen 6leep on the floors, tfo, allow me, Don Felipe! 1 wish to show you how highly I value your Irlendshlpi Only because we cannot lisobey the rurales didl suffer you to ie in jail; but now you shall be my juest, you shall?" "Nope," answered Bud; "we're safer jut at the mine." He glanced at De Lancey, In whose nlnd rosy visions were beginning to jather, and he, too, declined?with a ?lgh. "Make It a bed for the night," he ?ald. "I've got to get out of this town jefore I tangle with Del Rey again apd Ind myeelf back In jail. And now lead ne to It?I'm perishing for a bath and i Bleep!" They retired early and got up early ?for Bud was haunted by fears. But is they passed through Old Fortuna he worst happened to him?they met 3racla, mounted on a prancing horse ind followed by a rural guard, and she imote him to the heart with a smile. SHOULD COPY NATURE'S WAY Human Planners of Reform Would Do Well to Make Note of Her Methods. The divergence between man's ways ind nature's ways becomes empha* ilzed as we reflect on the mass of re orms and isms which are eagerly irged for the education and the mor il and physical welfare of our youth, emarks the Brooklyn Eagle. One ;roup wants trade training, one group sex hygiene" taught in the schools, ?nd another wants nonsectarlan re igious training there. Still another ells us that marriage is becoming riore and more difflcalt, while vice nd diseases which spring from it are ncraasing at a rate which threatens ace extinction, or perhaps the decay if the now dominant races and replac ng them by stock nearer to the soil .nd less easily molded by our pres nt social Ideals. "" ** *V? oKnnf nil TQ8 aiscouragmg tuiug ? . his is that very few of these enthusi ,sts realize that they all have hold of :orners of the same problem, and here is no sign of co-operation, co ordination or coherence among them. ?hat is the reverse of nature's way. >he is synthetic, while the most that .itruistic human planners seem able o do is to separate processes which lature has grouped, analyze them and, vhen any growth proves sickly or too ash, to treat its particular symptoms dthout tracing the toot ot the disease. Christmas Feeling. "Oh, Mr. Fipperley," she exclaimed, oulfully, "have you ever felt a dim, ineasy sense of oppression as if the nere weight of life were a burden oo heavy to be borne by the chained pirit panting with psychic longing to >e free?" "I invariably have such a feeling at Christmas time," was the callous re ponse, "but hitherto I have attrib ited it to pudding!" It was not a tmile for Phil, gone astray and wounding by chance; It was a dazzling, admiring smile for Bud aione, and he sat straighter in his 6addle. But Phil uttered a groan and struck his horse with the quirt "She cut me!" he moaned. "Aw, forget it!" growled Bud, and they rode on their way in silence. CHAPTER XVI. At -their camp by the Eagle Tail mine, eyen though they held It still and were heirs to half its gold, th two pardners were glum and sorrow ful. The treacheries which Bud had forgiven in a moment of exaltation came back to him now aa he brooded; ana Qe eyea ms inena asKance, aa u wondering what he would do next. He recalled all the circumstances ol their quest?the meeting with Kruger Phil's insistence on the adventure, the oath of loyalty which they had?eworn; and then- the gradual breaking down of their .brotherly devotion until no* they were strangers at heart. Phil sat by himself, keeping his thoughts to himself, and he stood alool while he waited for the worst to hap pen. From the first day of their under taking Hooker had felt that it was un lucky, and now he knew that the end was coming. His friend was lost tc Wm, lost alike to a sense of loyaltj ana >Anor; he gkvjmed by himself and thought caly of Gir'acia Aragon. The oath which Phil himself tad forced upon Bud wae broken and for gotten; but Bud, by a sterner standard, felt bound to keep his part One thins alone could make him break it?hit word to Henry Kruger. The Eagle Tail mine he held in trust, and hall of it was Kruger's. "Phil," he said at last, when his mind was weary of the ceaseless grind of thoughts, "I believe that mineral agent Is holding back our papers. 1 believe old Aragon has passed him a hundred or so and they're in canootE to rob us. But I'll tell you what 11] do?you give me a power of attbrney to receive those papers for you, and I'll go in and talk Putqh to the whole outfit." "What do you want to do that for?" demanded De Lancey querulously. "Why can't you wait a while? Thoae papers have to go .to Moctezuma and Hermosillo and all over the City ol Mexico and hack, and it takes tlma What do you want to make troubla for?" "Well, I'll tell you, Phil," answered Bud honestly. "I've got a hunch if we don't grab them papers soon we won't get 'em at all. Here these rebels are working closer all the time, and Ara gon is crowding us. I want to get title and turn It over to Kruger, before we lose out somewhere." "What'e the matter with me going In and talking to the agent?" suggest ed Phil. Then, as he saw his piird ner's face, he paused and laughed bit terly. "You don't trust me any more, tfo you, Bud?" he said. "Well, it ain't that so much." evaded Hooker; "but I sure don't trust that Manuel del Rey. The first time you go into town he's going to pinch you, and I know it." "I'm going ^o go in all the same," declared De Lancey, "and if the little squirt tries to stop me?" "Aw, Phil," entreated Bud, "be rea sonable, can't ye? You got no call to go up against that little feller. He's a bad actor, I can see that, and I believe he'd kill you If he got the chance. But wait a little while?maybe he'll get took off in the fights this summer!" "No, he's too cursed mean for that!" muttered De Lancey, but he seemed to take some comfort in the thought As for Bud, he loafed around for a while, cleaning up camp, making smoke for the absent Yaqqui, and look mg over uie aeserteu uuu?, uui sums* thing In the changed atmosphere made him restless and uneasy. (TO BE CONTINUED.) SPEECH WITH THE PRESIDENT Conversation Was Not Lengthy, But It Served the Purpose of* Little Juifson. Two friends of long standing met at the. club one evening and engaged In a reminiscent talk. Munroe had apparently met everybody In the world worth knowing, from Mrs. Pankhursf to King George. As for lfttle Judson, he was clearly outclassed, and he felt it keenly. He had always shone in club gabfests, but on this occasion Munroe had him dovra. Suddenly, however, his face became illuminated with hope. "Ever nvwt the president, Munroe?" "Well, no, Judson; Ttft aor^ to say I have never met Mr. Wtiron?that lc, as yet. I admire hltn ftreatly, buf every time* I've been In Washington he's been off traveling ecx?ewher8. Did you ever meet hlni?" "Oh, yes," anno'inced Mdspn, proudly. "Met him orly a short time ago." "Where?" "On the links." "Did you engage fa conversation with him?" "Well?er? In a way, yes. That Is, he spoke to me." "Really? What did he say?" "Fore!" said little Judson. Just Surmising. "I wonder what was this here 'period of renaissance' the paper speaks of?" said Mr. Farmer. "Reckon It must 'a' been one of them revolu tions where they killed the king or sumpin'," reflected his neighbor.?Liv ingston Lance. Doing Well. "I haven't seen Peggy since she left college. Did she succeed in getting a good position?" "Better! She suc ceeded in getting a husband with ? good position."?Princeton Tiger. HOME TI*A! Dollars Come ] , VERY,farmer who makes our toi this community. The fact thai makes much difference to him of our town Is his own prosperity. But when he sends his money to STOP TO THINK THAT HE IS NOT TAXES IN HIS OWN COMMUNITY; t assessed taxes, but that he is not helpli necessary to support the community. Tha mail order man has absolute plays the part of a fisherman?stroll In where he thinks the best fishing Is to he departs. The mail order man doe community. He merely takes away fr When a fanner sends his dollars certain amount of improvements, say, our county. The mail order man doe local storekeeper does. If we keep the dollars at home the spent at home, come home to roost. J town and county Institutions. We ha In our community and it seems a shs mall order houses, where we Will neve The dollars we send away help t In Europe or at the seashore. THEY ] " MOBILE AND TO RIDE ON PAVED If we keep these same dollars at ' roads In our own county. Of course, ' the city, which helps to pave the sfc town don't benefit- by that. Therefor our money at home, where It will do 1 1 OUR LOCAL MERCHANTS WIL1 " VANTAGE BY HELPING TO PAY T - QUIRED TO BUILD GOOD ROADS. ' HOME TOWN MEANS IMPROVEME The merchants of our town deser [ community. They are a part, a very pay a major portion of the taxes. Th< they must pay and the more taxes pi | Improvements we can have. Unless we are careful and watch I our cost that the ultimate result of t3 k trallzation of all of the country buslnt , destruction of the financial interests ii I way to prevent this is to stop sendlnj Let the dollars come home to rooi [ come home to roost if we do not send i locally will circle around and keep th get more dollars from outside to take matter to ao tnis. i nc o?rcsi imr BUT TO 8PEND THEM AT HOME \ If we had any expectation that tl thing to help oar community, things chance. He comes to ns In the garb representations, false promises and i welcome the opportunity to again pi dupep. There Isn't a grain of klndne; his cash in advance and gives you ths no redress. You have no rights that The mere fact that we are silly ei our own community, to a stranger, th pects arid Jeopardizing our own proapt can take the moat outrageous llbertlei Bread cast on the waters "will retu order house. Turkeys will come horn them. BUT DOLLARS WILL COME HC IN CIRCULATION IN OUR HOME 1 I I MAKING LA ftrpHAT which 1b not desired cannot II But that which Is desirable a ^ lng to Its desirability?the value Farm lands vary In values accor< 1 qualities and their accessibility to the The character of crops must be rej and every community necessarily dlrec 1 to town by the farmers. There must be a market for the fai he can realize on his crops and receivi ' In such merchandise as will supply th< efforts?to say nothing of the luxur cesslties. , The day has gone by when the far by home manufacture all the things r conditions entirely new. We must ha the home-spun worn by our forefathei upholstered furniture, chinaware, croc binding harvesters, threshing machine; tools of all kinds. Our wives and daug of fol-de-rols which, bless them, they a Our day is no longer a period of disregard for the good things of life, is the same thing, a lot of things w] therefore we Incline our motives and o In answer to the demand for such ties for a general exchange of these thi ucts for money and for merchandise. N of values for everything we figure eve are dealing with a storekeeper who ci and wish to buy and who wishes to bi - * - * 1-1 iL. do Dotner aooui maiticg mo u?u. In our community we have storek of business with everything we need, merchandise Just a& the farmers have lands and machinery and cattle and In In this manner there has been ere of the crops raised by our farmers, crops Is readily attended to by the m headquarters for buying and selling; 1 the better facilities. IF A COMMUNITY IS POOR , PARMER CANNOT MARKET HIS CI The prosperity of a community res munity, this, of course, Including thoi really form a part of the community, marketing there. If they bring their | sell them there and then spend their r community will grow and prosper. La toilers and workers will become wealti But if either the farmers or the i in the way of complying with the busi lack of success and the community w will not increase. There is a division of responsibili the storekeepers and of the farmers appreciation of these requirements, no If the storekeepers do not carry t quirements of the farmers they realize ness. But the failure is not here. The great trouble in our commui order catalogues has descended on th( believe that no harm can come or aivt keepers to the mall order houses In th We must keep our money In clrcul tect our local storekeepers. We must perity right here at home or there will they will decrease If we send our mom IP WE DESIRE PROSPERITY, W SELVES BY SPENDING OUR MONE "Reformer*" Might Heed. Trollope, In describing John Bold, In "The Warden," gives some advice to reformers. "Bold Is thoroughly sincere in hiB patriotic endeavors to mend mankind," says Trollope, "but," he adds, "I fear that he is too much imbued with the idea that he has a Bpecial mission for reforming. It would be as well if one so young had a little more diffidence himself and more trust !n the honest purposes of others?if he could be brought to be lieve that old customs need not nec - .J' DE BOOSTS m Home to Roost vn his market place has an Interest la. t he Is a member of the community the mall order houses HE does NOT helping to pay the required Lot that he does not pay his own legally ig onr local merchants to pay the taxes dy no Interest In the community. He g about, casting a line here and there, be found, and after pulling out the fleh 8 not contribute 'to the upkeep of the om It to the mall order house he prevents a for Instance, In road building, here In s not help to build onr roads, but the if when he considers that the proeperlty SPf-5 via iy will keep on helping us all. Dollar*, They come back In the upkeep of oui* ve none too many dollars at the most ime to send any of them away to the ir see them again. he mall order man to take a vacation 3ELP HIM TO MAINTAIN HIS AUTO ROAD^. home they will help us to have better the mall order man pays his taxes In reets of the city, but we here in oar e, the best thing for us to do Is keep is some good. . ii use the dollars to good ad he TAXES HERE?THE TAXES RE EVERY DOLLAR SPENT IN OUR NTS AT HOME. ve the patronage of the people In our large part, of the community and they ) more biislness they do the more taxe* ild Into the county treasury, the more ^8 our own Interests we will find out to tie mall order scheme will be the cen )ss In the large cities and the absolute. 1 the small cities and towns. The only S our orders to the mall order houses, it. That Is the only way, and they will them too far away.. The dollars spent tings lively, but If sent away we must their place. It'Is not always an easy 4Q TO DO 18 TO TAKE P<0 CHANCE8, VITH THE LOCAL STOREKEEPERS, le mall order man would ever do any mleht be different But there Is no of an artful deceiver, with gross mls i record of disappointments. But we ace ourselves on record as being his 38 in his whole makeup. He demands it which he wishes to send. You have he is bound to respect nough to send our money away, out of tereby Injuring our own business pros* srity, justifies him In believing that ho i with us. rn, not so with dollars sent to the mall e to roost, if somebody does not catch "V . f" 'V,. V>' r. ME TO ROOST IP WE KEEP THEM . 'OWN. TRY IT. ^|P M 'fi ND VALUES . be said to possess a value. .nd in demand possesses a value accord being regulated by the demand. / j ling to their location, their productive markets. , . ' pilated according to the market at hand ts the character of the product brought mer. There must be some place where b In exchange a fair value In money or b necessities of those 'dependent on his les that have become practically ne> mer and his family raised and produced leeded. We have become creatures of ve stylish clothing to take the place of rs. We must have pianos and organs, kery, tinware, aluminum utensils, self ), together with modern machinery and ;hters must have millinery and all sorts re entitled to have and to wear, appreciation of beauty unadorned or a We need, or we think we need, which ilch cannot be produced on the f&rm, ur endeavors to obtain such things, i things we have established communi ngs ; for the exchange of the farm prod fow that we have established a standard rythlng in dollars and cents and if we Lrrles a stock of the things we require ty that which we have to sell, there is i eepers who have equipped their places They have invested their money In invested their money and their time in crops. ated a certain market for a proportion The marketing of the "balance of the ere fact that we have a community, a the greater the size of the community, \ND UNPROSPEROUS, THEN THE ROPS SO PROFITABLY. ts entirely with the people in xnai com- < te who live on the outskirts and who because of the fact that they do their jroducts to the community market and noney with the local business men, the nd value3 will Increase and the earnest iy. itorekeepers fail to do their full share ne^s requirements then there will be a ill not grow or prosper. Land values x* ?it.. T'Hz* 4nfar>oflta nf ty, pracuctlliy equal. X uw Uivw must come together. Without a due community can look for progress, he merchandise ready to meet the re that they cannot expect to do the busU alty, now, Is that the shower of mall i land and the farmers are inclined to jrtlng their trade from the local store te big cities. atlon In our own town. We must pro create and build up conditions of pro?< be no Increase In land values. In fact, sy to the mail order houses. E MUST HELP TO CREATE IT OUR. Y AT HOME. essarily be evil, and that changes may possibly be dangerous." This was written fifty-nine years ago. Will any body dare to suggest that the criti cism still holds good??Springfield Re publican. Zero In Accidents. Thomas Hardy might have added another story to his "Life's Little Ironies," if he had read about the man who died from blood poisoning after pricking his finger on a safety first pin.?Milwaukee Journal. -W -v'"*' . v. * , Jk'.v: a