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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1928)
[£ BERRY SQUARE A NEIGHBOURLY NOVEL by (J11ACU HIGH MONO Was the man brainless? To < tend a brother and sister off together like this? But he had j done it. There was little more j resistance, except on the part of Hally Chase and Jo Jenney, i both of whom still tried to in- | ■ist on staying until Schuyler , himself commanded them to j depart, and was so really do- | terminod about it that they gave way. Mrs. 0 < Irmly was notified that she- was to be on guard. Jo ran into t; . 'oa..e, pulled a plain little lowni over her eyes, and t 1 Hally Chase give her a light cape with a fur collar. Hally her- j self throw a silk wrap over her thin frock, and took her place in the doctor’s closed car. Ade laide sulkily drew on a sump tuous white coat and followed Bradley to his roadster. The party was under way. “Of all the outrageous ar rangements!’’ Adelaide said it. between her teeth, as Bradley got away first—quite true to form. If there was to be a pro cession, lie would never take i anybody's dust. “Damn it, I agree with you I wouldn’t go, or you, either, if we didn’t think there may be a chance for a shift before the evening’s over. If I can land you in Dal Hunt’s car I nrmnise vou 1 will—if vou’ll get Jo away from him for me. The minister goeH into the dis card—if we can dump him there.” Jn Richard Fiske's compan ionship Sally was saying still doubtfully: “I’m afraid I’m not going to feel quite com fortable about this. Rich, till we're back again. It seems al most heartless to leave Selmy alone—except for uu old Irish woman.” “Trust her. I put a flea in her ear, and she’ll go and talk to Inrn. If Norah O’Grady isn't a belter tonic for him than any I can give him, I don’t know an Irish wit when I sec one. Nornh’s priceless, in my opinion.” “I doubt if he’ll listen.” “Then let him go to bed. 1 tell you, ray dear, you’re all making too niiieh fuss over Schuyler. He’s doing as well as we can expect, and the best thing in the world for him is the knowledge that we’re not afraid to leave him alone—or comparatively alone. Forget the dear fellow for an hour or two, Sally. You need a big thrill, and you’re going to get one tonight, if 1 can produce it.” “Of course, I love going,” she admitted, with a little sigh of pleasure. Sally was still young enough to enjoy being swept off her feet out of mo notony into gayety. “Thanks for confessing it. And I’ll confess to something else. 1 never enjoyed a passing moment more in my life than 1 did the one in which I saw your cousin Adelaide s face as iJal Hunt asked Josephine Jen ney to po with him- And tak inp the minister alonp was a master stroke, ehT” “It was certainly nice for Mr. Maekay. I don’t imagine he pets much fun in his life— certainly not in Cherry Hills.” “I like Scotty,” said Kiske. “Something about him lie’s not cut amt dried, neither is tie standing on his head to he what people call ‘helpful.’ He looks to me like a man who went to a good university and made some sort of mark there wore likely athletics than anthropology, lie’s just the mao for Schuyler, since Sehuy seems to take to him,” In Dallas Hunt s tow-hung roadster Jo Jenncy, tucked in between her two companions, was amused at the turn of events. To he flying through the swift-gathering w a r m darkness with these two most diverse companions was decid edly entertaining; if w«a a Rrnuir Writer at 40 Mcfihcn loaccck It on* of Cana da's brat known citt.'-rt He ts wtdrb reaper led at a scholar mid aerwaniist But h* b better known Unouft'.out the world u art Una gt native writer and humorist. Uarnk. a iramplsntrd Kn4tl-.I1 man. did not acquire a reputation as M fpMMNbbt until h* n« in di late Ms lie wat more tit:; 49 before hit brand ef humor ntund a «Mt marke t ItKOctli early life wat a *;nif. fir hr had tnocr ir.il h •: rr too. 1 ta lake man moat ambUovt y vm* ntn Hu (.unity migrated to Car - ada. end ted led an * farm in On 4 . I long time sinoe she had been in any such situation. She felt small and slight between the two well-built figures. The two profiles were interesting ones; hunt's rather beautiful in its outlines; Mackay's more blunt ly cut, yet not without attrac tiveness. If was Dallas who talked a running fire of light observa tions. full of wit and of more or Je.-s wisdom. He told tliom a good deal about Hernainic La l Salle—it seemed he knew her well and admired her tremend ously. She was very young to have made such a sensation; had had so little training that tlie critics were doubtul how to appraise her; but all agreed that she had a future before her if nobody spoiled her voice. “She’s absolutely stunning,” Dallas said. “You’d take her for a most sophisticated wo man of the world, and she’s positively a kid. Where she gets t hut grand manner—I She’s tall, perfect figure, mag nificent eyes. But the voiee! It takes a superb voiee to car ry in the open air, but hers ean do it, though it’s not good for it, and I told her so. It’s for some charity children’s hos pital and nothing could stop L_ Ol. . L - _H iiui . » fi n •»» • vu.i The miles were covered, the constantly thickening traffic threaded by Hunt’s practised blind upon the wheel, and at last the ear drew up within sight of the stadium. “Doctor Fiske told me where to meet him, hut I’m not going to lose the time that would take. No use, anyway, in this crowd- Fortunately l have a private parking place not far away. I’ll let you two out and meet you again in 10 minutes just across the street.” They had to keep close watch not to miss him, for the crowds were streaming into the Stadium from all direc tions. When he rejoined them there was some distance to go. The concert was half over when finally the three man aged to get near enough to the raised platform of me orches tra clearly to discern individ ual faces in it. They had not once seen the other members of Doctor Fiske’s impromptu party, and when Jo had men tioned the fact, Dallas Hunt had laughed. “Did you expect to? What’s the use? Impossi ble to keep seven people to gether—and who wants the others, anyhow?” It really didn’t seem to mat ter. Jo could think of nothing except the magnificent music, its effect much more weirdly beautiful than could ever have been achieved indoors. When Herminie La Salle came on to sing they all listened as to a young goddess—which was really, as Dallas had said, the effect she produced, lie him self seemed absorbed in her. He sat motionless with loldetl arms, head uplifted, and eyes intent, until the last note of her final encore had died away and she had refused another. Then he applauded furiously and bent to whisper to Jo: “I've simply got to see her, after that. I can manage it. but not to take you two. Will you excuse me? I'll meet you right here again- There's only the closing orchestra number now.” Jo assented, and be van ished. She and Gordon Mac kay remained together ns the concert ended, watching the faces endlessly flowing by. They saw the orchestra pack its instruments and leave the platform to embark in motor ears. Finally they begun to wonder what was keening Ihd Ins Hunt. Several times Jo 1 had thought she caught sight in the distance of utte ami an* other of the party which had left Cherry House together, only to lose them ill the erowd. i tarto. He was graduated from the . University of Toronto when ha w.u 21 years old. 7 r eight tears he was ft wrhoot teacher. At ,10. Lr.t* ruck was astir with ambition Hr gave up school leaching, burro we u -om.* money, and entered the Uni* vernly ol Chicago to study econom ics slid poll .• 4i sririi, e Hr ap plied fi»r and received a fellowship and with the aid >>t acme tempo ral/ etiiidm**tii! at Mrtllll uni ».Tslty. iu*nu d to take hit ph l> degte, a» Ue age of 14 He then settled down m < lerturer ott pohtl-* cal uem e si Millill. mbv-quf Mly la-cotninit (he iirsl of Uie depart* tn*m of reo fieri its. "As this position U one of the Once she had really had a clear glimpse of Doctor Fiske, who disappeared again as if by magic. And at last the great company brought together by the concert bad dispersed, and still these two were alone. “It looks as if we’d lost him,” Jo said. “Vet we're ex actly where he told us .to be. Something he didn’t expect must be keeping him.” “Of course something must he, but it’s hard to imagine what,” Maekay agreed. He didn’t seem deeply concerned. XI. “We’ll give hi<i five min utes more,” said Gordon Mac kay, “and then we’ll go home on our own. He can’t expect us to wait indefinitely. We’ll be suspicious characters if we stand about here much long er.” At tlm end of five minutes he took charge of the situation “We can get a train to Stam ford,’’ lie said, “and drive over from there in what we can find. I’m mighty sorry to take you to the station in the sub way, after Hunt’s coupe, but that’s the best 1 can do.” He didn’t tell her he had but a five-dollar bill and a lit tle small change in bis pockets, but lie didn’t need to. Jo .Ten ney herself bad nothing. The little blue dinner frock had no pockets, and she didn’t carry about a vanity-bag with a $20 bill tucked into a corner with which to meet emergencies, as Adelaide Sturgis did. t l T . 'll I •> •• • < -r « it wm nr iun, .said *jo vai iantlv. “The subway never o< ases to be amusing to a coun try girl.” For a country minister Mac kay proved to be an experi enced escort, lie seemed to know every trick of tlie sub way, even to the final run through devious passages for their train. They made it by a breathless 10 seconds, and stood laughing together in the vestibule before they looked into the crowded cars on either side. “This is an inglorious end to a glorious evening,” Alackay reflected, “but it has its points - for me, at least. A dash like that lias in it an element of real sport—the do-or-die flavor of a race. If you'd been one stone heavier you couldn’t have made it, and we should have been standing forlorn, with an hour to wait for the next train.” “We could have spent the hour talking.” “We could. Shouldn’t you have minded that?” “Not a bit.” “Then I’m sorry we caught the train. . . . I’m afraid I can’t get you a seat in either of those ears.” “We’re better off out here, anyway. I don’t mind stand ing—if they’ll let us stay.” “They’ll have to. Not an other sardine could be crammed inside. It’s worse than the train between (ilas go\v and Edinburgh on a bank holiday.” Ho had put his arm around hers, for all places to which to _ _ l. i . i n u i- jur-rin|>iru, find the train was well under way, swinging around curves at a high speed. He glanced about him at his fellow passen gers. Then he gently but de terminedly made Jo perform with him a slow evolution which shifted their position so that his own sturdy shoulders came between her and a fat necked young man with a red face whose gaze was fixed up on her. “Now there—what did ye do that ferT” inquired the young man in his ear. His breath was heavy with the fumes of liquor. Mackuv made no reply, but to Jo’s eyes his shoulders as sumed the aspect of a shelter ing rock. She was sure that in physical combat the other wouldn’t have a chance with him. •' Trnid I'd make a hit with | tie dauie, eh?” went on the of- | feiisive one, leering. Somehow or other Muclwy conveyed to him that silence ' prizes of my profession." team'll once said. "I am able to regard my* self aa singularly fortunate. The emclutnrtu U so high sj to place me distinctly above tnc policeman, postman, street car conductors and the salaried officials of the neigh* bothood. while I am able to mix with 'he poorer of the business mm of 'ne city on tetnu of scmctliing like equality" Leacock s liumu1 was probably his i hl*f rrsource timing the tong years >f his struggle. b«it it did not rrvea! itself to the rubor until after he waa 40 years id Then his humor >us books began to appear. would be safer than speech. It was done by a sudden half-turn toward the man, a straight look in his eyes, the gripping of his big arm with muscles like steel. Jo thought for an instant that the intoxicated one would break out into ri baldry, hut incredibly he gave the impression of one confront ed by something of which lie I was afraid. If the sturdy Scotsman had shown him a badg ■ inside his coat lie could hardly have slunk away faster —so to speak, for in the crush there was nowhere to slink to. Tliis was the memory which Jo carried with her of the 45 minute journey. It was impos sible to talk while the train was in motion, the roar in the vestibule was so loud. All that could fill the time was the sense of Mackay’s protecting arm in hers, for lie didn’t with draw it, and held her safe from being swung heavily against the other occupants of the plat form, most of whom were men. The conductor, worming his way through in his passage from ear to ear, was heard to mutter, in answer to an impa tient question as to why there weren’t more ears on the train, that this was the worst jam of the season. Somebody else as serted that all the country people within a hundred miles had gone to the city that day to hear the governor of the state, who had been speaking in a great and popular debate. Trams quicker n auto, another commented. “A 1 1 them’s gone, too—millions of ’em. Nobody’s left to do the milkin’.” At which there was loud laughter. It was good at last to be off the train and in the fresh night air. Now to get h me. Cherry Hills was 11 miles away. Mae kay found a taxi-driver willing to make the trip for a higher f< e than was righteous, but there was no other way. “We could telephone for somebody 1o come from there and get us,” Jo suggested, hav ing overheard the price men tioned. Maekay shook his head. “That would douhk' the time it’ll take to get there,” he said. “We’re pretty late, for Cherry Hills’ ideas, even now.” So they were. It was nearly 1 o’clock, so much time had been lost in the futile wait for Dallas Hunt. Jo realized that the sooner they reached home the better, for sbe knew some thing of the rigid standards of the little place. The Sturgises and their friends might come and go with more or less im punity, at varying hours of the night, for the town grudgingly accepted their ways as those of their class. But let Cordon Maekay and Josephine Jenney be seen driving in at 2 in the morning—somebody would be sure to see them—and gossip would flame forth as the word went around. As their taxi swung out into the open country road a sud den crash of thunder, appar- I ently from a clear sky, starled j them. 1 lie night had thus lar been warm and close, but un der the elcetrie lights nobody had thought of an approaching storm. The driver quickened bis pace, for it was evident that rain would follow the tempest of wind which swept after the noise of the thunder. It was upon them before they could do more than close the windows, and Maekay ordered the driver to stop until the vio lence was past. The attack was soon over, and they pro ceeded, but it was to go care fully, for the road was slip perv and strewn with small limbs from the trees which lined it. Therefore it was well past 2 o’clock when the cai rat tied into Cherry Square and hv this time a second tern pest was threatening, after tin fashion of electric suinmet nights. As the ear came by the manse, Maekay ran in to re pleu.sh his flat pocket-book Then they rushed on to (.’hern House. (TO I!> CONTINUED) railo nit i Warmed over rice U excellent foi luncheon tf you add tome Mu oi ham. a dwah of onion, and pimen to and fry a few ui mu tea m vtr. hot butter. • • Q U Ambrose Bierce attU living J. C K. A. Whet Iter or not Ambro* nirfi - | soil living is a matter o. i >ui*s'HMv Many of hi* friend' see confident that he died in Me* co. Mr entered that country it lantury. IDI4 and *u never hear* frutn i(tm If 'till living he *ou!< < • • • | OF INTEREST TO FARMERS | EGG STANDARDIZATION HELPS Egg standardization has been greatly neglected in commercial handling of eggs. The practice of country merchants in most towns is to pay a flat price for all eggs re gardless of quality. This practice has encouraged the production of eggs of low average quality. Pro ducers who sell the best eggs are entitled to the extra value of such eggs but the flat price method gives a premium cn low' quality eggs. Until this practice is stopped, there can be little improvement in egg quality. Market prices show' that there is a difference of 5 to 15 cents per dozen in eggs of different grades. Tire difference is greater in late summer and fall than at any other time as there is also a greater dif ference in the quality of eggs mar keted at that time. It is during these months that the grading of eggs will bring the greatest returns to producers. The result of flat price buying has been to encourage the direct shipment of eggs by large produc ers. However there are many small producers who do not have enough eggs to make this practical, while others have poor railroad connec tions or other factors that make the cost of direct shipments prohibitive. In some communities co-operative shipping of eggs is coming in, largely on account of dealers not buying eggs- on grade. Egg standardization consists of two essential steps: First, the es tablishing of satisfactory standards, and second the classification o* the eggs into grades that will represent atifactory difference in value. Standards were established in Iowa by the last legislature. They were not made compulsory, but they should be helpful to those buyers or handlers of eggs who wish to go onto a quality basis. The next step is for these grades to come into common usage. In many parts of thp state dealers are buvine ecus on grade. One dealer has estab lished the business so that 85 per cent, of the eggs which he receives come direct from the farmers. This saves one handling of the eggs and helps to maintain satisfactory qual ity. ggs that are purchased from farmers, then stand around a warm storeroom for one cr two davs be fore going to the produce buyers are sure to be poorer in quality than if handled direct. Students of the egg business agree that the general quality of eggs would be better if they were not purchased through local stores. Storekeepers do not operate this branch of their business as a profit making institution, but to encour age trad” for their store. Whenever garmers generally insist on eggs be ing bought o> a graded basis, no doubt the storekeeper will be glad to turn this phase cl the business over to p-oduce buyers. The enforcement of the egg can dling law has materially improved egg quality. It has increased the average return on eggs at least 2 cents per dozen by eliminating rots, blood rings and other inferior eggs from the market. The next step is egg grading. No doubt this will in crease the average return more than another 2 cents. This will be dor.e without costing the farmers any more money for it will simply en courage the' proper care and hand ling of eggs. Moth steps are es sential if best returns are to be re ceived from the eeg business. » ♦ THE SILAGE QUESTION There is a wide difference of opinion as to the best variety of com for silage, says a successful agriculturist who works with his head as well a.s hands. Some prefer a corn that will make a large ton nage, irrespective of time of matur ity. while others prefer a corn that will mature early and produce a high per cent, of grain. Still others wish their com principally to de velop f'liage—planting it thick, so it will i reduce little or no ears blit much f liage. A good many experi ments i aid tests have been conduct ed along this line, and while there have been some valuable findings, still no defininte conclusions have been arrived at. In states where the European corn borer is operating, farmers are urged to plant an early maturing — „ _ i" .. • 1 Aw 4% « A 1 AA e K r* K 0,1 tl/1 Uivp test .'iiligv. , »»•»>« ***" harvest the corn as scon as they can in the fall. They are urged to do this because the corn borer har boring in the stalks works down as the season advances, and the early maturing variety can be harvested and put in the silo before the bor ers have reached the low stubble section of the stalk. In this way practically all borers can be de stroyed. and at the same time prac tically all of the crop can be har vested and put to valuable use. I recall when we first started growing com for the silo, back in 1886 and '87. we used a southern variety which grew to a great height and produced an abundance of feu age. This com, however,* did not prove the best for our vicinity because it contained a high per rent, of water and produced a very acid silage due to the lack of ma turity at the time or harvesting. Later we tried a quick maturing Flint corn and got much better re mits; also we sued a rank growing iweet corn which made excellent si lage, especially when allowed to ma ture. A good many dairymen have found the large, vigorous-growing sweet corn which produces an abun lar.ee cf foliage a most excellent jlant for filling the silo. With all the varied ideas regard trig this subject, perhaps the ma porlty will admit that the rorn which yields the best in their local ity Is the be*t com for silage, and mo. t silo users insist that the corn •hall rearh at lenrt the dcugh stage before It Is harvested Another e od sugge-tien Is to select a variety that < ’ ill be sure to mature before fre-d. fly maturing. I mean to reach that •tage of development when the com MIIK "VITALITY** iJlTI HLR Milk would be an expensive fuel | ’nod. because the average man . vould require about five quarts of | daily to sat 1stM th** fuel require- ' menti of his body. Its great value S s in Its aWUtv to repair waited Us- , me. supply materia! for growth, and e<*p tlic bodilv machinery in cciil >rking order. w \Tt*n Tr.nrvR vrt mi: Watch your br.oaer house tem ratures tho'c warm day a. It li gti as important to keep eh rk. out enough on s *rm day* r* ta en them vnn during cold nigh’s, ■billing or overheating cause (I* ■»u»e ttoult'** i is right for the silo, and this is. as a rule, the time when the corn is ready to cut and shock. In extreme northern section?, and in high alti tude districts, corn often becomes a questionable plant for the silo, and without doubt Russian sunflowers have proven the best substitute. In fact many prefer sunflowers to com whsre there is any question of early frost. In the northern dairy states early maturing dent varieriei are the most popular for use in the j silo. Our corn breeders have been doing excellent work in developing : new varieties and strains that will mature early and will yield well even in our northern states. Of course such varieties .should make the be t and safest crop for the silo. Sorghum and kaffir corn are proving the best plants in many of the south and western sections, es pecially where prolonged drouth is liable to occur. In Missouri, Kan sas and Oklahoma, as well ai VVest : e.n Nebraska, sorghum cane has I proven a most excellent silage plant. While any saccharine or corr.-like : plant will make silage, a gcod, vig | orous variety of corn that will pro : duce an abundance of forage as well I as a good ear, and mature reason ably early, is to be preferred. ♦ UNITED STATES FIFTH Investigation oi meat and animal fats by tiie united Stales depart ment of agriculture conunue to ex plain me popularity oi pent in uia American diet, rood liaous in uia United States diuer Irom those in many other countries largely m our very extensive use oi porx prod ucts. This country, thougn possess ing only about t> per ctm. ox uia population of the world, has con tained in recent years aoout HO per cent, ot the world’s swine. An in creasing control of hog cholera, swine parasites, and other losses has made the production of swine a much sater enterprise than Iormer ly. A report just issued uy the bu rpan fit’ animal inmiKtvi/ l iniuwl States department of agriculture, shows an increase of more tnan 2, 200,000 hogs slaughtered under fed eral inspection during tne last fiscal year as compared with the previ ous year. Tne total lederaily in spected hog slaughter last year ex ceeded 42,500,000 out of a total of approximately 70,000,000 food ani mals. The unusual prominence of pork and its products in the Amer ican diet has also been the sub ject of special studies conducted by the bureau of animal industry. In addition to former investigations showing the high nutritive value of pork protein and the ability of pork products to enhance the food value of cereal and vegetable products consumed at the same time, re cent studies of sausage are of par ticular interest. A chemical exam ination of more than 200 samples showed pure pork sausage to have an exceptionally high fuel value, fur nishing more than 2,000 calories per pound. This is approximately twice the number of calories ordinarily consumed by the average person at a meal. A careful selection from the (Very wide range of pork product* makes possible diets containing, on the one hand, an abundant supply of fuel for hard manual labor, ar-.d. on the other, by a different choice, containing a lesser quality of ener gy and more protein, which may be more suitable for persons leading sedentary lives. In general the win ter season calls for a greater con sumption of foods high in fuel val ue. *- -- ERADICATING CUT WORMS One of the first of the destruc tive insects to appear each year is the cutworm. Cutworms attack all crops, usually causing injury by cut ting off the plants near the surface of the ground but sometimes climb ing up the stems of the plants and eating the buds. They appear early in the season and unless observed when they first show up. will do con siderable damage. Watchfulness and the use of poison bran bait will pre vent losses which are likely to oc cur in the flower or vegetable gar den as well as in the commercial crop fields as onion, corn. etc. Cut werms are the feeding and growing stage of night flying moths. Tha moths are active in late summer, la timr their eves in grassy and weedy areas. These eggs hatch and the young cutworms, which are us ually grayish or brownish, attain about half their growth before cold weather. Crops planted on such ground the following spring are sub ject to injury by cutworms and pre cautions should be taken to avoid damage. Poison bran bait is the best and most practical means ol control. It is made as follows: 25 pounds of bran, one pound Paris green or sodium fluoride, two quarts of molasses and two gallons ol water. Thoroughly mix the Paris green with the bran and dilute the molasses with the water. Th°n pour the poison bran till the mixture is crumbly, but not sloppy. Broadcast this over the field at the rate of 12 to 15 pounds per acre. Apply the mixture in the evening just be fore sundcwn when the cutworms come out to feed. This method can be used in the field ao well as i» the garden and is entirely practical. When large areas are to be covered the bait may be spread rapidly with an endgate seeder. Keep livestock off a poison covered field for a week or so.' . — 44 — ——* TEACH BOOSTING I \RLY Get the chicks o:i the rcests just as soon as possible. Sloping roos:a at the back of the house with mesh wire on the undnr f dn v !1 keep them from crowding and help tench *hnn to roost. Might try da:k-nin* the windows and scarin’: the chicks on the roosts with .••tick.. A few jioir r.n the floor or placed near the floor will tiro hep them to roost. By getting chicks •>:> the rcu»t» young, the 1 • ••« from piling up in the corners cm br prevented. TESTING" V VI.I I'D PROVED Evidence that tuber, tilt, •.e.iitni and the slaughter ol reacting ani mats ts having r.n important effect on the health of rattle generally ir. this country is found in the reports of tuberculous found in animals *Uughferrd under federal inspec tion In 1917 the av'-'eye. e-iHumv* of react ata, was 2 I prr c, it in If27. after 10 vest.', ol it 'tine and « Tiling of reset.Of animal the pro portion detected bv the meat in spectors had been reduced to only t.l her rent. indicating th*' in the ra'.le tupped for •'aurhter there •a i#*♦ ?h»n half aa much tub* sia li the-e was io veers a
