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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH, UTAH SHE DIDNT DARE I PEPPER PLANTS NEED DESTRUCTION OF " By Randall TO LEAVE HOUSE : WEEDS IS Parrish On Verge of Nervous Collapse, V Indiana Woman Was Almost Helpless. ' Few Plants Required by the ; Plants Are With Us Noxious Author of The Strange Case of Cavendish EXTRA CARE TO GROW URGED - A- lways and Are Often Accepted as Inevitable Evil. V Prepare Seed Bed by Forking or Spading to Depth of 8 or 9 Inches. Ma- d V Working In ' nure and Fertilizer. -- Well-Rotte- HER FRIENDS Copyright, by Randall Parrish DISHEARTENED But no! This'was plainly modern clean, white sheet, no folded parcha; ACTION! ACTION! ment of old, but some mystery of yesterday. There was writing there, lb Adventure romance mysSpanish, so faintly traced 1 could tery battle, murder and sudbarely decipher the words, yet clearly I was on the verge of a collapse den death! Well, rather. - And revealed as of this day and generation. and was actually afraid to leave the action, action, action on every I know Spanish fairly well, having had house, but I ant overjoyed now at the page. Thats Randall Parrishs a year in Mexico City, yet it required way Tanlac has restored my health new story, "The Mystery of the some time before 1 could puzzle out so perfectly, declared Mrs. Cora M. Silver Dagger. the message on this sheet. The paper 504 Jackso.., Mulberry St., Terre Suppose you were an Ameribeen torn,, seemingly sundered had ; Haute, Ind. can diplomat and you fell in from a much longer letter, and preI was almost a nervous wreck, and love at first sight with a wonserved merely because of the specific at times for anyone to even talk to derful, mysterious girl who was address and instructions it contained. mo upset Even at completely. apparently deep in an internaBeyond doubt all else had been denight I could not get easy, and quiet tional revolutionary conspiracy What remained may have stroyed. and would lie able and you had the identity of a hardly sufficient been guidance to tbe party to sleep at all, and often just got up famous crook thrust upon you who had the benefit of what went beout of bed, I was so restless. Nervand you found one of the chief fore iu the original epistle, but was. ous headaches often came on me and conspirators dead from a stab obscure to anyone else. Yet it was frequently lasted for days at a time. with the mysterious girls silver modern, something relating to this Then I lmd rheumatism so bad in my dagger hatpin And suppose very time, a menace; something to be I was the break work to to Joints almost helpless. My legs you set up nnd understood. This convicgrasped and elbows hurt fearfully and someconspiracy and solve the murtion absolutely gripped me. I stared' times I just aelied all over. There der and win the girl wouldnt at the rather sinister words, blindly seemed to be no relief for me, my you be busy? Well, thats this at what lay hidden behind groping hero and this heros job. friends were all worried and I was them, instinctively scenting a conspirAs to Randall Parrish," all almost disheartened. acy of evil which I could not deterhis him know and one of But, happily for me, my mine. All uuinteutioned I had stumfriends suggested that '1 try Tanlac. stories. ' And this is one of his bled into a clew which might lead to best. I never will forget how I began to results, yet It seemingly gave startling now and wonderI think it is Improve me no hint of who was involved, or ful that I am feeling so well and of its real nature. 1 put the words toCHAPTER I. Strong. My nerves are just as' steady gether, weighing eaeli one with care as can be and I havent a rheumatic hs to its exact meaning, and rend them in The Box. the Message , pain about me. I am in just splendid , over with increased bewilderment. The health and wish everybody knew what Anticipating the possibility of my torn fragment began' and ended abtrain arriving late, I had named the a grand medicine Tanlac is.! ; I could only guess at its meanruptly f Taidac is sold .by leading druggists110111' my meeting with Cummings tlie impression left upon my yet ing, as three oclock, and, in consequence everywhere. Advertisement. " of our reaching the city exactly on mind was both sinister and menacing.' I wanted to know more. i, time, was compelled to loiter idly about the hotel for an hour. However, 108 sailed Saturday from Stockholm. Will In passing through the corridor my deposit letter of credit with Krantz to order. Amount ample all needs. See attentioh was attracted by an unique your to this at once, and advise 876 Gans, so curiosity shop occupying a small side as to be no delay. Two raps, three Cerroom, and, merely to pass the time vantes. Waldron favors action this month; Watonia. Can you be ready? Use pleasantly, I entered and began exam- suggest South A code. ining the strange collection of wares on display. That this letter was authentic I had There were several articles I lin-- ' no doubt, nor was Its meaning altogored over, tempted to purc'hase, but gether obscure in (lie light of certain-events- . drifted on, rather undecided, until my Several allusions were famileyes perceived a very quaint lacquered iar to me and these were what caused jewel box, of a class of workmanship liiy earlier suspicions to crystallize into quite unusual. The proprietor, per- probability. It bore all the earmarks of a plot, a revolutionary plot, and one ceiving my Interest, joined me. , Tile jewel box attracts you, he said pleasantly, opening the case and bringing it forth.. You have love for such things? A deep interest at least, I admitted, taking the article from his hand, a "collector in an amateur way. What is the workmanship surely' not Japanese? Troubles Disappear When She Takest5 Tanlac, and Nerves Now Are as Steady as Can Be General ' Health Splendid wide-awak- PROBLEM CONTROL e, was to be paid out to the authorized party through a man named Kruntz. Who was Krantz? There was, a well known banking firm. Kulb, Krantz & Co., in Wall Street, and It was quite probable these might prove the ones involved, although to my knowledge they had no outward junta connections of this nature. Gans was evidently a street, although I could recall none hearing so peculiar appellation, while the password was in itself proof almost positive as to the South or Central American sympathies of the con' spirators. These facts were fairly clear as I thus weaved them together, but they g.ere rendered more damning by the other name mentioned Waldron. If tliis was Ivan Waldron, I had good reason to know Che fellow, and to connect his activities with any scheme destined to embarrass tiie government. He was a professional agitator of the most pronounced type, a socialist radical, who in tiie past had openly advocated opposition to all law and order. Moreover, the fellow had a large and desperate following, to whom he was a He was reported to be a Itussian by birth, but spoke English without an accent, and 1 felt no doubt but what a sufficient amount of money would engage his interest in any desperate cause. The desire to get him added zest to my interest in tiie affair. If he was actually at the head of these fellows, these plotters against the neutrality of the United States, the catch would be worth while. ' As soon as possible next morning I sought out Burke, the manager of the hotel, with whom 1 had a speaking acquaintance, and, without confiding the extent of my discovery, questioned him relative to the mysterious box, and tiie guests who left it behind. Two men, lie said, both well dressed, but witli nothing particularly to distinguish them, had registered together late in the afternoon of Friday, September 27, and on request had been assigned to one room with twin beds and a bath. The larger man, who had inscribed himself as P. S. Horner, Detroit, alone had a bag; his companion, known to the hotel as Gustave Alva, 'Toledo, Ohio, being without baggage. The bill was paid the next morning by Horner, and the two departed together. It was an hour later-wh- en the chambermaid on that floor reported finding the box in the room vacated. After holding it for a day or two in expectation that it might be called for,' no such inquiries being made, the hotel endeavored to trace tiie men, but to, no avail. - The fellows had either falsely registered, or were entirely unknown where they claimed residence. The first was the most probable condition. After thirty days, and having exhausted ail reasonable efforts to find the rightful owner, the hotel felt legally justified in selling the trinket. That 'Was all Burke knew of the matter, and his Interest in It was not keen. 1 am inclined to think now thatj went at the problem without much system, and that any success achieved was through pure accident. During the forenoon I dropped in upon Clement Breekenridge, cashier of the Dovers National bank. We had been classmates at college, and I generally called on him when in the city. This time I led the conversation to Kulb, Krantz & Co., on the pretense that I had received mail from them relative some recommended . investment. to Relative: to the Questioned Hiiji Myknew Krantz well and favor-- , Clement sterious Box. ably, and my probing elicited the Innot yet brought to consummation. To formation that tbe man was Austrian be sure the note was undated and the by birth, but a naturalized citizen, box .had been left at the hotel thirty rather deeply Interested in political days before. Yet the Watonia s cer- matters. If his sympathies were at all tainly the name of a ship, and to my revolutionary he had carefully reany such open expresmemory suggested Central American frained from " trade. This did not necessarily imply sion. The firm had made a specialty that the conspirators had abandoned of handling South American business, their purpose. More likely they were and had intimate financial connections not quite ready in time to operate cn In both Rio and Buenos Aires. The the sailing date of that particular ship. company ranked high in financial ' Some delay had occurred;, and, possi- circles. Th1 present war must have cost bly, even now prompt action might overturn all their plans- - I undressed them a rather heavy loss, I hazarded. and went to bed, hut not to sleep, for However, this is nothing to me. By the darkness brought new though1 the way, Clement, do you chance to and suggestions for the morrow. know of a Gans street in this town? 1 was still in Gans? That is a new one on me. government employ, although unassigned, and felt this dis- Try the city directory there on the ,, covery to be a direct call upon my edge of the desk. service. While my first inclination The name wras nqt to be found, nor should naturally have been to turn he any other approaching it In sound or Whole matter over to the proper buspelling, and 1 finally drifted out onto reau for investigation, two facts led the street, really no wiser than when me in another direction 1 was suffI first entered. I made ohe more effort, iciently young to seek adventure arid however, telephoning to a detective, I desired to verify my suspicious be- sergeant whom I knew well, as to the fore creating any false alarm. present whereabouts of Ivan Waldron. As I rested there, sleepless, staring The last heard of Waldron, he was In .up at tiie black ceiling, the words of West Virginia, speaking to striking the strange fragment of letter re- miners; that was less than a week mained vividly before me. Little by ago; he had not bee seen in the city little I dug at the truth, coming finally since. to t!is conclusion: lily was, no doubt, the recognized number of some agent who had been dispatched to Enter the heroine. America on a special errand to the in this had lie country conspirators sailed Saturday, a month ago, or more, and must have long since Mriv.d at (TO AH CONTINUED.) some port, bringing with Ifim e : ;And There You' Have It. .tions not to be intrusu-- l when asked the ages ol and sufficient money. In ; Mays, answered, I am blg-- ( of credit, with v hi n littlest one and iittler . ever ntffarious one" t. might he , ' 1 novel-reade- rs high-pries- t. Even Wild Onion, So Long Considered Hopeless, Can Be Destroyed and So Can Others, If Farmers . Fobnw Set Rules. No, smilingly. .Although posi- tively I cannot answer as to its origin. The inscription, which can only be read with a microscope he traced is ancient Arabic, with 'his finger but no wild Arab ever did the lacquer. Yet so strange a curio must have a history, an imaginary one, at least. ' What is the story? Positively none,, he admitted regretfully. The fact is, this article was found by a chambermaid in one of the hotel rooms, and turned in to the manager. He made every effort to trace - only t0 learn that thfiy-twIf you are troubled with pains or thee- sueststhe way, had registered false- have feel headache, tired; aches; . - . He even advertised, but with no p - ly. indigestion, insomnia, p an(j finally, after thirty days, reSp0nset sage of urine, you will find relief in was persua)je(j to accept my offer for the article. You have put a price on this? Yes, ridiculously low, no doubt,, yet bringing me a good profit. . He named a price, and, still with the box in my hands, I yielded to the temp- and bought it. The article was The worlds standard remedy for kidney, tatlon, small to find lodgment in sufficiently doubles ind Ever, bladder and uric add overcoat pocket, and, as Cummings National Remedy of Holland since 1696- - an appeared a little later, was soon far Three sizes, all druggists. gotten In the earnestness of .pur conversation. We later had dinner, together and attended the theater , 'n company, my mind so occupied with other matters that I scarcely on& thought of the strange purchase I had made, which remained securely hidden. It was only after rAural ng to my own room, then nearing midnight, that It was. again recalieu to memory. Only an idle curiosity and a feeling of sleeplessness induced me to draw O the article forth, and remove its W A KILLED pings, but the sight served immediS TODAY interest. Itvwas to Increase my f ately certainly a wonderful find, artistically beautiful, and most unusual in design. There was a mystery .that must have exercised a strange spell over my for I dreamed of the long-Bimagination, USING THE GENUIN dead workman who fashioned it, for- hours a set 0f the passing in the somewhere clock neighborhood AUo SCR DEATH to Waters, Ants. Rat. and Mice. These pests are the greatest carriers of struck, and I Counted twelve, arousing S,sKnadnaMpnBy,SKIILKIPerhaps I was already half myself. Directions in 15 languages in every box. . sleeping, for as 1 turned to rise my leeVe StrUCk the b0X at the etle 0f the table, and before I could prevent the fall, it lay upon the floor at my DAISY FLY KILLER N 1UvlvK n wnt wrap-JASIL- Y Stearns Electric Pasts , ALL FLIES. Neat, cl ean.orn amenta), con Ilaste ade of . jpill or feet.' As 1 stooped hastily to recover the . discover the bottom slipped partially asi,je ag though some secret spring had been touched, revealing so narrow a N. x. receptacle that Hje ordinary eye would Mnhto effective. itARnLnuiMERs. laT DoKaib Atcl. Brooklyn. TTj 126 MAMMOTH JACKS m PATENTS Waiiosk.Ceiemai Manawaabia Highest reference. Beataerrloa, ,'c E 2,!!,".'.'' t,S closely folded paper. 1 grasped this quickly, a thrill running through me. message What ancient and was about to be unfolded? long-burie- d -- , . v- . ; (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Sweet peppers, sometimes called Chinese peppers and Mammoth- - pep-- ' tiers, a're becoming more and more popular as a crop for .planting in the Only a few plants are necessary to supply the family of average size with all the peppers they will .want, but It takes, good land and extra care to produce peppers' of High quality, say garden specialists of tlie'IJni-te- ' . home'-garden- Prepared by the United States Depart-- , ment of Agriculture.) . , weeds have been with us since the day when Adam, doomed to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, began scraping "with a stick at the plants he States Department of Agriculture. did not want in order to give those he Pepper plants are easily injured by did want a chance to' grow. In modern cold and the plants should be .started days farmers are apt to ignore weeds in the house, iu a hotbed, or in a or to accept them as an inevitable evil. greenhouse. Perhaps the best way is Weed Destruction Paramount. to purchase a dozen or so good plants The results of over 200 experiments from some seedsman Or plant grower. conducted by the United States DeIn preparing tfie sqil for peppers, partment of Agriculture with various first sryide or fork the land over to a crops strongly indicate that after pre- depth of eight or nine inches. At the ma- d paring the seed bed, the main object same time work In some of cultivation is to destroy weeds. If nure and a large handful of commerof cial fertilizer to each square-yarleast a space. This should be done-aweek before the pepper plants are set out. Then loosen the surface thoroughly at the time the plants are set. Frequent cultivation is necessary, '.and an occasional application of weak' liquid manure to the soil around the plants will keep them growing vigorously. Large, tender peppers can only he produced- on thrifty plants, and in order to keep the plants producing all die peppers should be kept picked off and none allowed td ripen';Ruby. King, Chinese Giant, and Large t.ell or Bull Nose are among the leading, varieties of the large .sweet peppers. Pimento peppers are mild, flavor and are largely grown in the Southern states for. making the; pimhn- -' to pickled peppers. The pimento pepbe used In the same way as A PaVK.1 I pers ft punr the regular sweet peppers, or they may c sfcto , be left on the plants until ml ripe, d i i kp:i i ROOT then used for canning. SMOOTH DOCK r KOOISTltK d well-rotte- t cn -- 13 . ' IS. VITAL A Knowledge of Weed Characteristics of Control. RACK TO CARRY HOGS HANDY Provides Means this theory is correct the problem overshadows all others with which the farmer is confronted. Modern agricultural science has discovered much concerning the control and eradication of these insidious land thieves. The wild onionv for example, was considered a- hopeless prof; cm from Massachusetts to Georgia, etui as far west aS Missouri and Arkaives until a weed of Agrispecialist In the Departur-ien- t culture discovered than the plant produced two kinds of bn- - a. Oi-- e type was and f sued the new plants during late stunner and fall; the other was hard' so Hint St was unharmed by winter, and ready to form the .new' plants in the. spring. With this to guide them tiie specialists proved that the wild onmi can; be controlled by plowing deeply in the late fall to destroy the plants- - originating d from the bulbs, and by planting an intertilled crop, such as corn, the following spring to kffl the d plants that come up from- the bulbs. ... . v;. y,' roadsides are constant Weedy sources of trouble for the adjoining farm lands. The seeds are carried miles by automobiles, horses, and passing wagons, so that .they become a menace to the whole community. If nothing better can be done with the roadside weeds they can be mowed twice a year. This treatment, if well kept up, will effectively cheek the trouble. .Sometimes a roadside can be converted into a lawn, or it can for crops,- - to the pride and' profit of the farmers whose land it' borders. weed-contr- Hinged Partitions Particularly Useful ... Animals of Diff-ferent Sizes. in Hauling ' is a very easy matter to haul hogs e a rack. The framework like that of a hayrack." The floor It in is well-mad- - soft-coate- soft-coate- Irard-.coate- Control Measures.' . The underlying principles of weed control are shown in these rules by the specialists of the United' States Department of Agriculture:. ; Use pure seed. , 'Rotate the farm crops,".- - ; Utilize pasturing animals,. particularly sheep and goats,. ih keeping r weeds down. Never allow weeds to- matuare. Mow before the seeds have- - ripened. Use intertilled crops,, and cultivate often. . Kill weeds while they, axe young by means of a harrow- or a weeder. '. Compost manure foe. two months before using If It contains weed seeds. Practice surface Cultivation after 'the crops have been removed in the : fall. Use smother crops; buckwheat, soy beans, covpeas, velvet beans, clover, etc. , l - - . ; . Chemical' poisons often are. helpful. Prepare the seed beds thoroughly to give the crop a start.over the weeds. Use winter cover crops. ' Huift out the scattered weeds, and kill them, y Mow dangerous grasses and burn, the dry cuttings. Small patches of perennial weeds can he killed by covering for the entire season with building paper, boards, or other materials to exclude the light. Kill the roots of perennial weeds by keeping the tops cut down. Grow alfalfa, when practicable, on land. Sotl improvement by the use of lime or green manure will help to control the weeds. Soiling crops prevent the weeds from eaching maturity. .. . weed-infeste- d Rack for Hauling Hogs. is iald level on top of the ho.sters. The rack is just a big crate built on a level floor, here are two partitions with hinged gates, which make it possible to haul hogs of different sizes and save loss from piling up on the way to market. , PREVENT HAY FROM HEATING of Agriculture Experts Recommend Use of Ventilators . . Department - - of Latticework. Haiy, especially alfalfa or clover,, is- likely to suffer damage through heating in the barn. This can be prevented) by ventilation. To ventilate a hfcy barns the United States Department of Agriculture experts reepmmend. the use-olattice ventilators 12 to 16 Inches square and as long as convenient.. These ventilators, which; look some--wh- like elongated crates, are made-witcorners consisting, of' 21 by 4 scantlings slatted together with: narrow boards 12 to 15 Inches long. They should be braced to. prevent crushing. 'The ventilators are laid in the hay 10 or 12 feet apart horizontally and far enough apart vertically so that the distance will not be more- than. 8 or 10 feet after the- hay has settled. The ends should come out te tbe edge of the hay so as to permit, free passage Of air. This wllli permit the carrying off of steam caused by evaporation and' will preserve the hay and prevent overheating. The ventilators ean be made of various sizes of material, and, If strongly constructed, will last mdny years. -- PLACE FOR PUBLIC MARKETS Municipal Enterprises Have Failed Because of 'Poor Selec- . , tion of Site in City. Many ' Many public municipal markets have failed through being improperly situated, It has been found by the bureau of markets of. the United States Department of Agriculture. A retail ihar-kshould be' centrally located In or as near as possible to the main shopping section, where street car facllitlei are good, specialists say. On such a site the public market would be available to the greatest possible numlMr I of people. et i |