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MM! m I MfrPV^N A.\iv*iam f» r«L *>&*£ 3jr,fvpEfci IHl '«V4TIONV »pr M.A<-mif G.KCTTMER- - _ . r -oo BG»»>--rre>s?p?e,i. cor-;™A"^K 8YNOP8I8. Senator John Calhoun ia offered the portfolio of secretary of state in Tyler's cabinet. He declares that if he accepts It means that Texas and Oregon must be added to the Union. He plans to learn the intentions of England with regard to Mexico, through Baroness Von Ritz, se­ cret spy and reputed mistress of the English ambassador, Pakenham. He sends his secretary, Nicholas Trist, to bring the baroness to his apartment, j While searching for the baroness' home, j a carriage drives up and he 1s invited to enter. The occupant is the baroness, who says she is being pursued. The pursuers are shaken off. The baroness consents to SeP Calhoun. NiciiOlSut notes ihttl »Sie has lost a slipper. Sue gives Nk-hoias the regaining slipper as a pledge that she will teli Calhoun all, and, as security, , Nicholas gives her a trinket he intended j for his sweetheart, Elizabeth Churchill. Nicholas is ordered to leave at once for Montreal on state business, by Calhoun, who has become secretary of state, and plans to be married that night. Tyler warns Pakenham that interference by England in the affairs of this continent will riot be tolerated. The west de­ mands that the Joint occupancy of Ore­ gon with Great Britain cease, and has raised the cry of "Fifty-four, Forty or Fight." The baroness tells Nicholas she will do her best to prevent his marriage. She returns the trinket and he promises to return her slipper. Nicholas enlists the services of Congressman Dandridge, a rejected suitor of Elizabeth's, to assist In the arrangements for the wedding and entrusts him with the return of the slip­ per to the baroness. The congressman gets drunk and sends the slipper to Eliza­ beth. The wedding Is declared off, and Nicholas is ordered from the house by Elizabeth's father. Nicholas te ordered to gain access to a nfeetlng of the Hud­ son Bay directors tn Montreal and leari} England's Intentions regarding Oregon Nicholas sees the baroness leave the di­ rectors' meeting in Montreal, where he had failed to gain admission. She warns him that his life is in danger and he ac­ cepts an invitation to pass the night at her home. She quizzes him as to whether his wedatng took place, and gets no sat­ isfaction. She tells him that the slipper she gave him contained a message from the attache of Texas to the British am­ bassador, saying that if the United States did not annex Texas within 30 days, she would lose both Texas and Oregon. He decides to take the message to Calhoun. Nicholas meets in Montreal a naturalist. Von Rittenhofen, who tells him that England will fight for Oregon. He invites him to Washington. The baroness has left Montreal hurriedly, and a British warship disappears quietly. CHAPTER XIX. The Gentleman from Tennessee. Women distrust men too much in gen­ eral, and not enough in particular.-- Philibert Commlerson. Now all the more was It necessary for me and my friend from Oregon to hasten on to Washington. Rumors abounded, I found as soon as I struck the first cities below the Canadian line. It was in the air now that un­ der Calhoun there would be put before congress a distinct and definite at­ tempt at the annexation of Texas. Stories of all sorts were on the streets; rumors of the wrath of Mr. Clay; yet other rumors of interesting possibilities at the coming Whig and Democratic conventions. Everywhere was that strange, ominous, Indescri­ bable tension of the atmosphere which exists when a great people is moved deeply. Late as it was when I reached Washington, I did not hesitate to re­ pair at once to the residence of Mr. Calhoun; and I took with me as my best adjutant my strange friend Von Rtttenhofe®, who, I fancied, might add .detailed, information which Mr. Cal­ houn would find of value. We were admitted to Mr. Calhoun, and after the first greetings he signified that htf would hear my report. He sat, his long, thin hands on his chair arm, as I went on with my story, his keen eyes scanning also my old companion as I spoke. I explained what the lat­ ter knew regarding Oregon. I saw Mr. Calhoun's eyes kindle. Am usual, he did not lack decision. , "Sir," said he to Von Rittenhofen presently, "we ourselves & re young, yet I trust not lacking in a great na­ tion's Interest in the arts and sciences. It occurs to me now that in yourself we have opportunity to add to our store of knowledge in respect to cer­ tain biological features." The old gentleman rose and bowed. "I thank you for the honor of your flattery, sir," he began; but Calhoun raised a gentle hand. "If It would please you, sir, to defer your visit to your own country for a time, I can secure for you a situation in our department in biology, where your services would be of extreme worth to us. The salary would also allow you to continue your researches into the life of our native tribes." Vol* Rittenhofen positively glowed at this. "Ach, what an honor!" he began again. - "Meantime," resumed Calhoun, "not to mention the value which that re­ search Would have for us, we could also ted use, at proper remuneration, for your private aid in making up a set of maps of that western country which you know so well, and of which even I myself am so ignorant. I want to know the distances, the topography, the means of travel. I want to know the peculiarities of that country of Oregon." ! Few could resist the persuasiveness of Mr. Calhoun's speech, certainly not Von Rittenhofen, who thus found of­ fered him precisely what he would have desired. I was pleased to see him so happily situated an<$ so soon. Presently we dispatched him down to my hotel, where I promised later to make him more at home. In his elation over the prospect he now saw before him, the old man fairly babbled, Germany seemed farthest from his mind. After his departure, Calhoun again turned to me. "I wast you to remain, Nicholas," said he, "because I have an appoint­ ment with a gentleman who will soon be present." "Rather a late hour, sir," I ventured. "Are you keeping faith with Dr. Wkrd?" *1 have no time for hobbles," he exclaimed, half petulantly. "What I most do is this work. The man we aft to meet to-night is Mr. Polk. It is important." Perhaps half an hour later, Mr. Cal­ houn's old negro man ushered in this jHlliiiMjfimtftMMli uiiiiHln i w l i i h m i m s t i f f J L t i l , > . / ? V K M V/iiim f / / / / / / / ; / i Win mh i&i it IW M "We Still Have the Dona Lucrezia and £ler Little Jealousies." awaited guest^ and we three found ourselves alone in one of those mid­ night conclaves which went on in Washington even then as they do to­ day. Mr. Polk was serious as usual; his indecisive features wearing the mask of solemnity, which with so many passes as wisdom. "I have come, Mr. Calhoun," said he --when the latter had assured him that my presence would entail no risk to him--"to talk over this Texas situ­ ation. How do you stand in case war should be declared against Mexico? That ought to be a popular measure. The Texaus have captured the popular imagination. The Alamo rankles in our nation's memory. What would you say to a stiff demand there, with a strong show of military force be­ hind it?" "I should say nothing as to a strong showing in any case. I should only say that if war came legitimately-- not otherwise--J should back It with all my might. I feel the same in sp- gard to war with England." "With England? What chance would we have with so powerful a nation as that?" "There is a God of Battles," said John Calhoun. The chin Xrf James K. Polk of Ten­ nessee sank down into his stock. His staring eyes went half shut. At last he spoke, tentatively, as was always his way until he got the drift of things. "Well, now, perhaps in the case of England that is good politics," he be­ gan. "It is very possible that the peo­ ple hate England as much as they do Mexico. Do you not think so?" "I think they fear her more." "But I was only thinking of the pop­ ular imagination!" "You are always thinking of the popular imagination, Jim. You have been thinking of that for some time in Tennessee. All that outcry about the whole of Oregon is Ill-timed to­ day." " 'Fifty-Four Forty or Fight;' that sounds well!" exclaimed Polk; 'eh?" "Trippingly on the tongue, yes!" said John Calhoun. "But how would it sound to the tune of cannon fire? How would it look written In the smoke of musketry?" "It might not come to that," said Polk, shifting in his seat. "I was thinking of it only as a rallying cry for the campaign. Dash me--I beg pardon--" he looked round to see if there were any Methodists present-- "but I believe I could go into the con­ vention with that war cry behind me and sweep the boards of all opposi­ tion !" "And afterwards?" "But England may back down." ar­ gued Mr. Polk. "A strong showing in the southwest and northwest migl^t do wonders for us." "But what would be behind that strong showing, Mr. Polk?" demanded John Calhoun. "We would win the combat with Mexico, of course, if tliat iniquitous measure should take the form of war. But not Oregon--we might as well or better fight in Africa than Oregon. It is not yet time. In God's name, Jim Polk, be careful of what you do? Cease this cry of. ta­ king all of Oregon. You will plunge this country not into one war, but two. Wait! Only wait, and we will own all this continent to the Saskatch­ ewan--or even farther north." "Well," said the other, "have you not said there is a God of Battles?*' "The Lord God of Hosts, yes!" half screamed old John Calhoun; "yes, the God of Battles for natiow, for princi­ ples--but not for parties! For the principle of democracy, Jim Polk, yes, yes; but for the Democratic party, or the Whig party, or for any demagogue who tries to lead either, no. no!" The florid face of Polk went livid. "Sir," said he, reaching for his hat, "at least I have learned what I came to learn, i know how you will appear on the floor of the convention. Sir, you will divide this party hopelessly. You are a traitor to the Democratic party; I charge it to your face, here and now. I came to ask of you your support, and find you only talking of principles! Sir, tell me, what have principles to do with elections?" John Calhoun looked at him for one long Instant. He looked down then at his own thin, bloodless hands, his wasted limbs. Then he turned slowly and rested his arms on the table, his face resting in his hands. "My God!" I heard him groan. To see my chief abused was a thing not in my nature to endure. I forgot myself. I committed an act whose re­ sults pursued me for many a year. "Mr. Polk, sir," said I, rising and facing him, "damn you, sir, you are not fit to untie Mr. Calhoun's shoe! I will not see you offer him one word of insult. Quarrel with me if you like! You will gain no votes here now in any case, that is sure!" Utterly horrified at this, Mr. Polk fumbled with his hat and cane, and, very red in the face, bowed himself out, still mumbling, Mr. Calhoun ri­ sing and bowing his adeaux. My chief dropped into his chair again. For a moment he looked at me directly. "Nick," said he at length slowly, "you have divided the Demo­ cratic party. You split that party, right then and there." "Never!" I protested; "but if I did, 'twas ready enough for the division. Let it split, then, or any party like it, if that is what must hold it together! I will not stay in this work, Mr. Cal­ houn, and hear you vilified. Plat­ forms!" "Platforms!" echoed my chief. His white hand dropped on the table as he still sat looking at me. 'Rut he will get you some time, Nicholas!" he smiled. "Jim Polk will not forget." "Let him come at me as he likes!" I fumed. At last, seeing me so wrought up, Mr. Calhoun rose, and smiling, shook me hedfitlily by the hand. "Of course, this had to come one time or another," said he. "The split was in the wood of their proposed platform of bluff and insincerity. •What do the people say?' asks Jim Polk. 'What do they think?' asks John Calhoun. And being now, in God's providence, chosen to do some thinking for them, I have thought." He turned to the table and took up a long, folded document, which I saw was dbne in his cramped hand and with many interlineations. "Copy this out fair for me to-night, Nicholas," said he. "This is our answer to the Aberdeen note. You have already learned its tenor, the time we met Mr. Pakenham with Mr. Tyler at the White House." I grinned. "Shall we not take it across direct to Mr. Blair for publica­ tion in his Globe?" Mr. Calhoun smiled rather bitterly at this jest. The hostility of Blair to the Tyler administration was a fact rather m<ff& than well known. " "Twill all get into Mr. Polk's news­ paper fast enough,-' commented he at last. "He gets all the news of the Mexican ministry!" "Ah, you think he cultivates the Dona Lucrezia, rather than adores her!" "I know it! One-third of Jim Polk may be human, but the other two- thirds is politician. He will flatter that lady into confidences. She is well nigh distracted at best, these days, what with the fickleness of her hus­ band and the yet harder abandonment by her old admirer, Pakenham; so Polk will cajole her into disclosures, never fear. In return, when the time comes, he will send an army of occu­ pation into her country! And all the while, on the one side and the other, he will appear to the public as a moral and lofty-minded man." "If we temporarily lack the Bar­ oness von Ritz to add zest to our game," I hazarded, "we still have the Dona Lucrezia and her litt'se jealous­ ies." Calhoun turned quickly upon me with a sharp glance, as though seized by some sudden thought. "By the Lord Harry! boy, you give me an idea. Wait, now, for a moment. Do you go on with your copying there, and ex­ cuse me for a time." An instant later he passed from the room, his tall figure bent, his hands clasped behind his back, and his face wrinkled in a frown, as was' his wont when occupied with some problem. MUSI AMEND LAWS GOVERNOR CALL8 ATTENTION TO DEFECTS IN G&lflE STATUTES. SENDS IN SPECIAL MESSAGE Laws Relating to Finances of Game Commission and Other Boards Are Found Not to Be in Compliance With Constitutional Requirements. CHAPTER XX. The Lady from Mexico. As soon as women are ours, we arc no longer theirs.--Montaigne. After a time my chief re-entered the office room and bent over me at my table. I put before him the draft of the document which he had given me for clerical care. "So," he said, " 'tis ready--our dec­ laration. I wonder what may coma of that little paper!" So now, till far towards dawa of the next day, we sat and talked. 1 put before him full details of my doings across the border. He sat silent, his eye betimes wandering, as though ab­ sorbed, again fixed on me, keen aJid glittering. "So! So!" he mused at length, whsfl I had finished, "England has started a land party for Oregon! Can they get across next fall, think you?" "Hardly possible, bir," said I. "Thrjy could not go so swiftly as the special fur packers. Winter would catch them this side of the Rockies. It will be a year before they can reach Ore­ gon." "Time for a new president Alia > new policy," mused he. "The grass is just beginning to sprout on the plains, Mr. Calhoun," I began eagerly. "Yes," he nodded. "God! if I were only young!" "1 am young, Mr. Calhoun," said L "Send me!" "Would you go?" he asked suddenly. "I was going in any case." "Why, how do you mean?" he de­ manded. I felt the blood come to my face. " 'Tis all over between Miss Elltabeth Churchill and myaelf," said I, as calm­ ly as I might. "Tut! tut! a child's quarrel," he went on, "a child's quarrel! Twill all mend in time." "Not by act of mine, then," said I hotly. Again abstracted, he seemed not wholly to hear me. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Will Not Be a Success. Patience--My brother has written a society play. Patrice--What on earth does ha know about dresses? The Great Eastern. The dimensions of the one-time world-famous Great Eastern were as follows: Length, 692 feet; width, 83 feet; depth, 60 feet; tonnage, 24,000 tons; draught, 30 feet. She had pad- ,dle wheels 56 feet in diameter, and was also provided with a four-bladed screw propeller of 24 feet diameter. She had accommodations for 800 first- class, 2,000 second-class and 1,200 third-class passengers--4,000 in all- Her speed was about 18 miles an hour. The Great Eastern was finally broken up for old iron in the year 1889, after a checkered career of some 31 years. Great Harm From Little Cause. From little causes mighty issues spring. A cat which was chasing a mouse knocked over a lantern and caused a large farm house to be burned down at Bareton-sur-Serre. France. Traveled as Merchandise. A novel charge of fraud hag been before the Italian courts recently. A dealer had four cases of liqueur which he was sending, or rather taking, from Naples to Milan. To save part of his railway fare be stowed himself in another packing case, which waa carried as merchandise. At an intermediate station the man desired some fresh air and took a stroll on the platform. Then he waa discovered and prosecuted. In default of a fine a term of imprisonment waa passed. The enterprising dealer, it may b« assumed, had a fight over the decision as it has been reversed on appeal. Springfield, March 1. --^ Governor Deneen today sent a special message to the legislature calling attention to defects in the provisions of the act creating the state game department. The message follows: An opinion of the Attorney General, rendered to the Senate on Feb. 13, 1911, points out certain defects in the net creating the State Game Depart­ ment and providing for its mainte­ nance. Under the provisions of the present law, approved April 28. 1903, in fore© July i, 1903, and acts amen­ datory thereto, the funds available for the support and maintenance of the State Game Department are placed in the State treasury and. un­ der section 25 of said act, are there set apart as a special fund known as the State Game Protection Fund. 1'nder the present law, all moneys used for the payment of salaries of the State Game Commissioner, the game wardens and deputy game war­ dens, are made payable by the State Treasurer out of the State Game Pro­ tection Fund upon warrants drawn by the Auditor of Public Accounts, upon presentation to him of proper vouch­ ers certified to by the State Game Commissioner and approved by the Governor. This provision of the law Is found defective by the Attorney General, in that it is in contravention of certain constitutional provisions in relation to appropriation measures. The provisions of the game law in relation to expenditures for the main­ tenance of the State Game Depart­ ment are also found to be defective in that they violate constitutional pro­ visions governing the appropriation of money from the State treasury. The opinion is based upon the deci­ sion of the Supreme Court of our State in the case of The People v. Joyce! 246 111., 124, decided Oct. 12, 1910. The importance of the conclusions reached by the Attorney General in his opinion and the necessity of im­ mediate action by your honorable body to provide for the continuance of the work of this Important depart­ ment are apparent. Ever since itB creation, the funds of the State Game Department have been disbursed un­ der this act in the manner now found defective by the opinion of the Attor­ ney General. For all these expendi­ tures, vouchers certified to by the State Game Commissioner and ap­ proved by the Governor, are on file in the office of the Auditor of Public Ac­ counts; and as the change necessary Jo comply with constitutional provi­ sions will require nothing more than a change in the method of drawing upon the Game Protection Fund in the State Treasury, there should be no difficulty in securing the immediate passage of the necessary legislation, with an emergency clause, so as to prevent any unnecessary embarrass­ ment to the administration of the work of the State Game Department. The opinion of the Attorney Gen­ eral deals exclusively with the State Game Department, but in his annual report for 1910, the Attorney General Intimates that the acts relating to those departments, institutions, boards and commissions which re­ ceive fees or public moneys and do not transmit them to the State Treas­ ury through fhe Auditor of Public Ac­ counts, or from which expenditures are made for salaries or other pur­ poses without being authorized bien­ nially by appropriation acts of the General Assembly, are unconstitu­ tional. 1 have taken pains to investigate the statutes creating the various State departments, institutions, boards and commissions, whose provisions gov­ erning the disposition of the fees and funds set apart for their support do not. according to the views of the Attorney General, comply with the constitutional requirements relative to appropriations. They are the follow­ ing: Food Commission, created April 24, 1899. Food Commission Fund, deposit ed in the State Treasury and drawn out without appropriation. Fish Commission, created May 13, 1879. Fish Protection Fund, deposited In State Treasury and drawn out without appropriation. Board of Administration, created June 16. 1909 Board of Administra­ tion Fund. The act of 1910 purports to appropriate this fund to the Board of Administration to be expended in accordance with the provisions of the act. but the maximum amount ap­ propriated is not fixed. Board of Health, created May 27, 1877. The Board has appropriations, but the fees collected are not paid into the State Treasury and are not appropriated. Board of Pharmacy, created May 30, 1881. Fees collected are not paid into the State Treasury and the board has no appropriation for any purpose, j Fire Marshal's office, created June 15, 1909. The act creating the depart­ ment provides for the application of fees, collected through the insurance department; to the maintenance of the Not Quits. "Has your college son decided on a career as yet?" "Not quite. He 1b somewhat unde­ cided as regards medicine, law, news­ paper work, civil engineering, dentis­ try, literature, mercantile life, bank­ ing, politics and mining." The Reason. "Why do they call it mineral water, pa?" y' "Because the people who drink it have to di* for it, son." Not While World Lasts. The scientists now assert that Uw earth is going to dry up. But it is very apparent that the scientists never will. Fire Marshal's office. Under the aot J payment of these fees haa been mate to the Insurance Superintendent, who ' is prepared to pay them into the , State treasury when appropriation j measures are passed to make the law effective. Barbers Board, created June 20, 1909. Fees collected are not paid into the State treasury and the Board has no appropriation. ' I Grain Inspection Departments ai Chicago and East St. Louis, created unaer act of April 25, 1871. Collec­ tions are not paid into the State treas­ ury and neither of the departments has an appropriation. I Board of State Veterinarians, ere ated under act of June 27. 1885. Col iecis iicense and other fees. They are not paid into the State treasury and are not appropriated. University of Illinois, created Feb­ ruary 28, 1867. Tuitions, fees and other receipts are not paid into the treasury and are not appropriated. Southern Illinois Normal University, created March 9, 1869. Tuitions, tees and other receipts are not paid into the State treasury and are not appro­ priated. Eastern Illinois State Normal School, created May 22, 1895. Tuitions, fees and other receipts are not paid into the state treasi^-y and are not ap­ propriated. Northern Illinois State Normal School, created May 22, 1895. Tuitions, fees and other receipts are not paid into the State treasury and are not appropriated. Western Illinois State Normal school, created April 24, 1899. Tuitions, fees and other receipts are not paid into the State treasury and are not appropriated. Bureau of Labor, created May 29, 1879. License fees collected under "An act relating to private employ­ ment agencies, and to repeal parts of a certain act relating thereto," ap­ proved June 15, 1909, are not paid into the State treasury and no appropria­ tion of thfe fees is made. ^ /Board of Agriculture, created April 15, 1872. Collects premiums, gate re­ ceipts and other moneys that are not paid into the State treasury and are not appropriated. Stallion Registration Commission, created June 10, 1909. Collects fees that are not paid into the State treas­ ury and are not appropriated. Board of Prison Industries, created May 11, 1903. Collects moneys under tlfe provisions of "An act to regulate the employment of convicts and pris­ oners in the penal and reformatory in­ stitutions of the State of Illinois, and providing for the disposition of the products of their skill and industry," in force July 1, 1903. Tbe collections under this act are not paid into the treasury and are not appropriated. Insurance Department, created June 20, 1893. Examination fees collected are not paid into the State treasury, but are appropriated by the 50th para­ graph of the act to appropriate moneys to pay the general expenses of the State government. No maximum amount is fixed. Board of Certified Accountants, cre­ ated May 15, 1903, State University. Fees for examinations are collected but are not paid into the State treas­ ury and are not appropriated. Secretary of State. Fees received for automobile and chauffeur licenses, under act of June 10, 1909, are not paid into the State treasury, but are appropriated by the 50% paragraph of the act. appropriating money to pay the general expenses of the State gov­ ernment. No maximum amount is fixed. Auditor of Public Accounts. Fees collected as superintendent of bank­ ing department under act of June 16, 1887, and building and loan depart­ ment, under act of July 1, 1899, are not paid into the State treasury, but are appropriated by the 18th para­ graph of the act appropriating money to pay the general expenses of the State government. The maximum amount is not fixed. Board of Examiners of Dental Sur­ gery, created under act of May 16, 1905. Fees and other collections are not paid into the State treasury, and no appropriation is made to the Board. State Board of Architects, created June 3, 1897. Fees and other collec­ tions are not paid into the State treas­ ury and no appropriation is made to "the Board. Illinois State Penitentiary (Joliet), created February 19, 1857. Miscel­ laneous collections of this institution are not paid into the State treasury and are not appropriated. Southern Illinois Penitentiary (Ches­ ter), created May 24, 1877. Miscel­ laneous collections of this institution are not paid into the State treasury and are not appropriated. State Reformatory (Pontiac), cre­ ated March 5, 1867. Miscellaneous col­ lections of this institution are not paid into the State treasury and are not appropriated. In view of the fact that it would be impossible to discontinue the work of a department, institution, board or commission, to await the decision of the Supreme Court in each case or class of cases arising under the stat­ utes enumerated above, and of the pos­ sible embarrassment that might arise hereafter should questions be raised a8 to the validity of the expenditures of the departments, institutions, boards and coin missions enumerated, and which might require the conven­ ing of the General Assembly In ex­ traordinary session, I deem it ^ise at this time to submit for the considera­ tion of your Honorable Body the ques­ tion of the amendment of said statutes. Their amendment will affect merely the method of keeping accounts by these departments, institutions, boards or commissions, and not their administration. His Happy Home. "You say you one© had a home?" "Dat's what I had," answered Plod­ ding Pete. "Why didn't you do something ts make your folks comfortable and hap­ py?" "I did. I left" WESTERN CANADA COUNTING ITS 60LD THE GRAIN CROP OF 1910 WAS A GOOD PAYING ONE, | Crop conditions throughout the wett of Canada were not Ideal, but notwith­ standing there were excellent cropS? Reports ccrne from different parts to the agents of the Canadian govern­ ment, whose literature tells a good part of the story, that the crops la most places were splendid. t At Castor, Alta., F. Galloway's oat crop threshed 35 bushels to the acre, machine measure, and 44 bushels by weight. Alex Robertson of Delisle. Alta., had 20 bushels to the acre on 875 acres. W. & H. Clark, 17 hush- els to the acre on 77 acres. Sheldon Ramsey, 20 bushels on 160 acres. J. Lane threshed 3,500 bushels off 200 acres; J. Hamilton, 6,200 bushels off 264 acres. Mrs. Headley had an av­ erage of 25 bushels per aclre on 160 acres. Chambers Bros, got 13,270 bushels off 650 acres. Fertile Valley district, O. Rollo, had an average of 25 bushels to the am* on s. total crop of 10,000 bushels. 23. Brown of Plncher Creek had a yield of 33 bushels on his, winter wheat; W. Walker, Miss Walker and John Goberts all had an average yield of 25 bushels; Mr. Fitzpatrlck, 2S, and Mr. Freebalm, 20. Charles Nelson of Bon Accord, Alberta, had. threshed his crop of 5,000 bushels of grain, wheat, oats and barley, from 210 acres of old ground. Wm. Logan of Bon Accord is re­ ported to have threshed 400 bushels of wheat from 9 acres of new break­ ing. His oats it is said yielding over 100 bushels to the acre. Robert Mar­ tin of Belbeck, Sask., from 100 acres got 3,740 bushels of wheat. Geo. A. Campbell of Caron, Sask., from 1?Q acres summer fallow got 40 bushels per acre, and from 50 acres stubble got 24 bushels per acre. One of the farmers of Colonsay threshed out 3S bushels of wheat per acre from 150 acres summer fallow, and another 33 bushels per acre. James Glen of Drinkwater, Sask., bad 36 % bushels per acre; 40 acres summer fallow, 81 bushels per acre; 40 acres stubble, 27 bushels per acre; total. 6,680 bushels off 200 acres. Abe Winters of Fleming has 39 bushels of wheat per acre. At Goran, Benjamin Arm­ strong had 33 bushels to the acre. John Glumlin, 34 bushels. Charles Latta, 35 bushels. J. K. Taylor, 35 bushels. W. Small, 2,060 bushels on 90 acres. J. F. Moore, 6,500 bushels on 215 acres. J. MacLean, 1,500 bush­ els on 63 acres. W. Hop wood, 1,750 bushels on 60 acres. W. Gray, 95ft bushels on 80 acres. W. Curtin, 860 bushels on 80 acres. John Meyers, Jr., of Grand Coulee, reports 34% bushels to the acre. P. P. Epp of i Langham, Sask., has 36 1*1 bushels pes? ' acre. J. J. Thiessen, SI bushels per I acre. Chris Dear, 26 bushels per acre from 90 acres. Wm. Thiessen, | 18 % bushels from 100 acres. P. P. Schultz, 18 bushels per acre from 100 j acres. Robt. H. Wiggins of Manor. I Sask., had 39 bushels wheat and 75 bushels of oats per acre. Fred Cobb. 30 bushels of wheat and 75 bushels of o a t s p e r a c r e . J a c k R o b i n s o n , Z 9 bushels of waeat per acre. Wm. Kin- del of Milestone, Sask., had 38 bush-' els of wheat per acre. R. J. Moore, 40 bushels of wheat per acre. Martin Roddy, 38 bushels of wheat per acre. J. D. Sifton of Moose Jaw had 37 bushels wheat per acre; oats, 60 bush­ els per acre; flax, 11 bushels to the acre. John L. Smith of New W arret* had 35 bushels of wheat per acre. At Regina H. W. Laird had 35 bushels to the acre; W. H. Duncan, wheat, 22 bushela to the acre, flax, 16 bushels; G. M. Bell, wheat, 36 bushels to the acre, oats, 70 bushels; O. EL Rothwell, 25 bushels to the acre; J. McKinnis, wheat, 35 bushels summer fallow; 20 bushels stubble; oats, 80 bushels; J. S. Mooney, 31 bushels of wheat; 80 bushels oats on stubble. At Tessies, Wm. Nesbitt had 44 bushels wheat to the acre. Sep. La trace, 34 bushels. Thos. Miller, 31 bushels. These were all on summer fallow. Major Bros.' stubble went 14. At Tuxford, Sask., C. B. punnfing had 37 bushels. James Bain, 41 bushels summer fallow. At Yellow Grass, Wm. Robson, off one half section, had 45 bushels wheat to the acre, and 40 bushels off another averaged 37 bushels to the acre. Geo. Steer, off a twenty-acre field, threshed half. M. A. Wilkinson, off 160 acres, 62 bushels wheat to the acre. His whole crop averaged over 40. Jas. A. R. Cameron's half section averaged over 36 bushels to the acre. D. Mc- Nevan, who has two farms, averaged about 40 bushels. W. A. Cooper got 47 bushels to the acre off 71 acres; his whole crop went about 40. John Murray, 35 per acre off 190 acres. Hockley Bros., 35 per acre off a half section. W. Random, 35 per acre of the Cathcert farm. N. Dunne, 39 to the acre. S. C. Hart, 38 per acre. T. Murray, Jr., 36 to the acre. A. E. McEwan, 38 to the acre. Mayor Tay­ lor, 32 to the acre. That Awful Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Smith--She is so unobservfttgf Mrs. Brown--And always complain lng. The other day. while ballooning near a storm center, she collided witll a rain cloud and reported to the au­ thorities that the driver of an aero plane sprinkler had splashed water a£ over her best gown!--Widow. Wild .luetics. Revenge Is a ktnd or wild justice which the more a man's nature runa to the more ought law to weed it out --Bacon. Important to Mother* Examine carefully every bottle ol CASTORIA. a safe and aure remedy fo* infants and children, aad see that it Bears the Signature of< In Use For Over SO Ye.-i.rs. The Kind You i loughU Climatic Conversation. "The weather Is always a conveni­ ent topic of conversation.** , "I don't think so. You are so often compelled to think twice Is order to select polite phraseology.* If It's Your Eye Use Petttt's Eye Salvs for inflammation, etvs, itching lid*- eyt aches, defects of vision and sensitivity t« •trans lijrhts. All druggists « Howars Bros., Buffalo, N. 7. 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