Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, January 10, 1919, Page 7

] I My Auto ‘Tis of Thee {Tune of “America.”] My auto ’tis of thee, Short cut to povérty Of thee I shant. I blew a pile of dough, On you two years ago Now you refuse to go Or won’t or can’t. Through town and country side You were my joy and pride, A happy death. I love thy gaudy hue Thy four white tires so new, Now down and out for true In every way. To thee old rattle box Came many bumps and knocks For thee I grieve. Badly thy top is torn Frayed are thy seats and worn, Acough affects thy horn I do believe. Thy perfume swells the breeze, While good folksshock and wheeze As we pass by. I paid for thee a price ’Twould buy a mansion twice Now all are a yelling ice I wonder why. Thy motor has the grippe Thy spark plugs have the pip And woe is thine. : I too have suffered chills Ague and kindred ills, Trying to pay my bills Since thou wert mine. Gone is my bank roll now No more ‘twould choke a cow, As once before. Yet if I had the mon So help be John, amen, I’d buy a car again And speed some more. peste ee Start New Year Right The names given below are those who have renewed their sub- scriptions to the Chronicle as their subscriptions expired on or near the first of the year. The majority of them are old subscri- bers, having had their names on the list of the Chronicle as far back as eighteen years ago: August Uhlenkott Mrs M P Andree Adolph Johnson Mat Seubert Joe Ritter Jos. Smith Wm Baune Alois Uhlorn F H Arnzen Otto Reis J E Gentry S W Hamill Eugene Andrews P R Cooper DA McKinley for self and Mrs. Elsie Stockard. S L Triplett A L Gentry W B Moughmer J W Crea Chris Mathison Gerhard Gehring Henry Nuttman Touching Scenes Every day we meet touching scenes which reach the tender feelings of the most unsympath- etic. The influenza plague has visited many homes and removed therefrom the loved ones, old and young. Wives, with little child- ren, yet in the cradle, have suf- fered the loss of their husbands aid we believe this is the most pitiful of them all, the wife and mother in mourning with the lit- tle babe innocent, presents a most | pathetic case. Such scenes are common and are to be seen in every city and hamlet in the country. Right in our own town three of such scenes were noticeable on our streets ina single day. Though they are seemingly alone in their sor- row, yet everyone who are cog- nizant of the facts deeply sym- yathize with them. H. H. Nuxoll is busy remodel-| ing the store room recently vacat- , ed by Dr. Schilling and _ it is re- ported it will be used by Albert} Haener of Ferdinand in the near | future as.a grocery store. ‘triumph ever scored ‘n Rushton. So OUTIL ts A DOUBLE SCOOP ‘By GENEVIEVE ULMAR. i SSS See SEUUEUDORAALEEEL ET «Copyright, 1918, Westeru Newspaper Cnion.) Deane Marshall had made a good impression upon Elva Waters, or fan- cied he had. He was doubly anxious to win the good graces of her father, the Hon. Rupert Waters, judge, ex- mayor and present owner of the Daily Gazette. Rushton was a lively, up-to- date little city and boasted two daily newspapers, hot rivals, fighting each other every inch of the way and keep- ing things locally at fever heat. Blinn Danvers was the star reporter j on the Field and once in a while called upon Elva, which Deane deemed an invasion of home territory. Danvers Was a dyed-in-the-wool journalist, while Deane was a mere novice. The latter was striving hard to hold his position on the Gazette and win a bet- ter one, for that meant the good will of the judge and permanent pasition near to Elva. The policy of Danvers was obstructive. He did all he could to keep Deane from scoring a scoop or getting even his honest share of the news. This was exemplified one day when both young reporters stood on the platform of a junction. A_politi- cian of national fame was to reach there at 9 a. m., wait eight minutes for a connection and go on his way. Both reporters were to get a brief in- terview within that precious four hun- dred and eighty seconds time. The Field cared little for the item, as the | politician was of a party antagonistic to its principles. For the Gazette it would be quite a feature. In his usual fresh way, and knowing the ropes and full of assurance, Dan- | vers got the ear of the politician first. Persistently he held his pke’e by the side of the annoyed functionary, simply wasting the time to keep Deane from getting in a word edgewise. So net- tled was: Deane that as the next train pulled in he jumped aboard, deter- mined if it took all day he would se- cure that coveted interview. At first the politician resented further infringe- | ment on his time, but Deane felt that he was making the play of his life. “Mr. Ashton,” he said, “my future as a reporter ‘and possibly my life’s *ap- piness depend upon your indulgence, I am going to appeal to the sentimen- tal side of your broad human nature.” “You interest me,” acknowledged the politician, and Deane told his whole story. The politician smiled, spread himself, and, although it took eight hours to make connections, Deane got back to Rushton at dusk, chuckling over a two-column interview that was worthy of big headlines and told something. “Of course I don’t know what I have lost of the usual local grist, but 1 can soon catch up with that,” ruminated Deane and started for the central po- lice office td find it deserted. “Why, where’s the crowd?” he in- quired of the night clerk. “All off on the Fidelity bank case.” “The what!” faltered Deane, with a | sinking heart, “Where you been—asleep? All the force and three ex on the Field are working up the biggest bank rob- bery that ever happened in Rushton. It was just at dark. A masked man overpowered the watchman at the Fidelity, grabbed a satchel with over one hundred thousand dollars in it and made off, The watchman is sure that he winged him as he put down the alley, but money and man haven’t left a trace.” Deane reached the bank to find a crowd gathered there, but that was not the present center of interest. The emissaries of the law were scouring the district in every direction, Dan- vers and his extras, provided with au- tomobiles, were following down clues. Deane got the primary facts of th case and rather dis rtenedly paced down the alley, Turning toward the main street, as he passed an old un- used barn he paused. A groan, quick, spasmodic, caught his hearing. He en- tered the lower dismantled story. He flashed his electric torch about. Some- thing ‘glistened where a broken lad- der ran up a sidewalk, “Blood!” muttered Deane, and as cended. Then again he ‘flashed the light. There, lying face up and stiff upon the hay, was a man, a gaping wound in his throat. At his side was a satchel, At a glance Deane took in the situation—here was the thief and his booty! The man, wounded, had crawled here hours since. ‘ He had just died. Any sentiment of help was. useless. Deane became the astute reporter in the presence of a tremendous scoop. He thought quickly. He examined satchel and clothing. He tok a flash- light of man and environment. He covered up the body with the hay, he took the satchel with him to the office and called up the hoine of his chief. Behind guarded dvors those two worked over the greatest newspaper thrilling story of the young reporter's gruesome discovery, the revelation of | the identity of the bank robber, pic- | tures, diagrams—with the political in- | terview—here was such a page ready | for the public as Rushton had never seen before, i About midnight Deane strolled down to police headquarters. Danvers was telling of four columns of clever “theo- ries” the Field would put out in its morning issue. Deane smiled. Then, as he went homeward, proud, com- placent, the smile grew to a grin, and then a chuckle, for he knew that with the morning the world would know that he had made his calling complete, ——$—$— The | in. —S SS SS SS | giving you a word of invitation and a pledge. We sell lots of things besides Columbia Batteries —and, like Columbias, each thing and everything is the quality you have a right to expect from us. Any article that comes from our store you_ may depend upon absolutely. This is ‘‘The Store of the Unwritten Guarantee”— the fact that you buy an article here is in itself a Zuarantee that that article is every- thing we represent it to be.’ We are not listing all our merchandise this time—just Come HS]. S. SSS SS] 3S] S5 ess i Operate the small machines about the farm by electricity, DELCO-LIGHT will supply ample power at an-exceedingly low cost, Runsthe grindstone, churn, separator, washing machine for practically nothing. .Al- so wipes the entire farm with brilliant electric light. A child can run it and it pays for itself in a short time. Let us demonstrate it on your farm, We Specialize ed Delco Light Systems Delco Light Water Systems and Plumbing. Would be pleased to giveestimates | HOENE HARDWARE io} | | | | | tl | | | —— Louse Deadly Insect | Of the insects responsible for | the deaths or disablement of hun- |dreds of thousands in the war |zone, the louse is declared author- | itatively to have accounted for at jleast a million persons. That, | however, is onlya rough estimate, ‘and the probability is that the | total was infinitely higher, for in \Serbia alone typhus, a louse- }born disease, infected nearly | 1,000,000 persons and killed 500! ja day in the little city of Jassy, ! | while 200 of the 1200 medical offi- cers in the country died from the | disease, This disease spread over | Russia, Austria, Germany and the | Balkans generally. | The figures are vouched for in a | publication prepared by Lieuten- jant Lloyd, who was chief ento- | mologist in northern Rhodesia. Properly fitting reading glasses |shorten those long evenings. Have ;Dr. E, A. Schilling test your eyes and prescribe correct lenses. ita The Cottonwood Chronicle for jone year at $2.00. Received, a carload of alfalfa hay at the Farmers Union Warehouse. 51 | Dr. Reily J. Alcarn Dr. Cora E. 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