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Show ' THE DANGER OF DELAY Story of Human Interest A mas a stalwart young man with health and energy with a wife and two children, and with, a farm on which there mas a debt that would tall due in a short time. In spite of the debt the prospects mere bright and be was full of the optimism of the healthy man to whom the future was a vision of certain health, wealth and happiness ' An agent of the Idaho State Life --- s-- He Community Silver W ARMY . pa n y of Boise called on him to get his application for a policy of life insurance, but the protests of his wife Joined to his optimism and to the knowledge of the debt hanging over him weighed heavier than the arguments of the agent. Two weeks later he was taken with Spinal Meningitis, and in 48 hours he was dead. The time when the mortgage will be a ctut tha 'by ' JOHN Copy i .by U found at Park's Jewelry Store, the home of fine Oliver. Thu ware in knteea, fork ba I wild the beat Sterling. DY BRAND 170 author chevroned the wr ovor feel a little blue, tired or discouraged? Try s cup of Good Tea and aaa how different you will feel a few minutes afterward. But gat Good Tea. Do you ft aut. foreclosed is approaching, and unless help comes his widow and children will be forced to start afresh without the benefit of the labors of the husband and father, which, at a small expense, could have been saved to them had he listened to the advice of the "apostle for the prevention of poverty, the despised Life Insurance Agent Delay is dangerous, but especially dangerous is delay in taking Life Insurance during the time of health and strength, and no man so needs insurance as the man of family who is in debt. No," said Hunt. Hoeg leaned for and slapped the gam as- a There bier's face crack of a flash, the-sh- arp and the sergeant lay a -- crumpled heap on the barroom floor. outside Sergeant ird HEWLETTS will do you good was taker Fort Wllla , to Gambler Hunt was placed metle, a mile aw a in the new county jail under the courthouse on the plaza, in charge of the county sheriff And the town of Wlllameite went Its way, bur with a difference. No gamblers sunned theiuselvei, and trimmed their finger nails in front of the Main No soldiers travehd to and Street saloons. from ttie fort across the .(lusty flat 'The i Sergeant Hoeg the hospital at Coming Down to Earth. declaimed the phil"Happiness, osopher, "is in the pursuit of some- tleth I'nited States cavalry deserted the town and. attended strictly to its own affairs on the thing, not in the catching of it. "Have you ever." interrupted the military reservation Stillness hung over the town, the tense still plain citizen, "chased the last car on ness that spells danger and wails for an event a rainy, night? No crow da gathere i Citizens talked of the shoot log with an unspoken question in their eves as It la a Mistake looked out toward the fort The sheriff was they have idea that the anything Many he said, and will sell if advertised strong enough. uneasy. "If that man Hoeg lie This is a great mistake. True, a shook his head. Out at the fort military routine ground along few sales might be made by advertisstables, guardmount, drill, ing an absolutely worthless article but without a ripple if t ho meir were dangerously angry It is only the article that is bought not a hint of it The post commander again and again that pays. An ex- they gave eyed ample' of the big success of a worthy who was also colonel of the Twentieth, article is the enormous wale that has them proudly. "They are taking it well," he grown up for Cascarets Candy Cathar- said to his officers "I know them. They are tic. This wonderful record is the result veterans, and obey orders. The law will take of great merit successfully made known care of that man Hunt." The officers agreed a threatening or angry murmur reached offthrough persistent advertising and the Not row from the barracks. As a matter of premouth-to-moutrecommendation given icers caution all passes w ere stopped and orders issued Cascarets by its friends and users. Like all great successes, trade p- that no enlisted matt should leave the reservation irates prey on the unsuspecting public, except on duty. that could be done. The men meant by marketing fake tablets similar in no It was all but mischief, suppose they did? The strongest to should Care Carcarets. appearance around the cluster always be exercised in purchasing well guard would be a rope of sand advertised goods, especially an article of 'frame buildings called "fort." The one only to prevent any possible trouble would be that has a national sale like Cascar-ts- . way practise Do not allow a substitute to be to take the troops out on a "hike somewhere away from was called it then marcji, off on you. palmed the place for a time. But the colonel would have bad to ask orders fPom the war department to Whats the Answer? Were ready to quit! After sending do this. And when the war department heard two perfectly rhymed, carefully scan- - the eeasoa Joj .the coqoest if would have thrown oed, plefiaurably sentimental pieces of an official fit, and probably have convened a poetic junk to seventeen magazines board of doctors to Inquire Into the sanity of and hsvlng them returned seventeen the post commander at Fort Willamette. It is times, we turn to the current issue of not probable, however, that such a thought ena new monthy and find a pome tered the veteran colonels head. He knew his men. They were veterans, proud of the flag they modeled after Kipling's Vampire, and in which home is supposed to served and the cloth they wore. Next day word came to the town that Serrhyme with alone, run on page eleven with all the swell curlycuea ordinarily geant Hoeg was dead. The sheriff went to see That Hoeg mans surrounding a piece of real art. If the prosecuting attorney. poetizing is a gift we are convinced dead. I dont like this business a heap, be told that" this poets must have been As the prosecutor tor us, we are on our way to the wood- Whatsjthe matter? The town's quiet. bed to study the psychology of the Sos the fort Y Too"pTentymucir quiet ITTbS" ax cr any other old thing that basn t soldiers was burkin' round in town, or evefi out to do with selling poetry to maga- at the fort there, 1 wouldn't mind. But theyre zines. . away quiet fightln' quiet Theyre keepin " from town, andwheri they do come The ahef- Household Consternation. Iff wagged his head dismally. 'Cbarley7aearTlsxelalmed young 'Terf' eTT,rsaM "tfieproBecuting attorney; Mra. Torklns. the baby has swallowed "We'll go out to see the post commander and ask a gold dollar I" tra him to put guard on and keep hlgjmen. Great heavens! Something must away from the town until things quiet down. he done. There will be no end to the The prosecuting attorney was young, but he cost of living if he gets habits like should have known better.. He had been a solthat!" dier himself, had studied law while wearing a blue uniform at tplssame yurt Willamette. For He Had Been Observing. civil authority to give or suggest orders to an Why dont you call your invention officer in the regular army is to invite flat snubthe Bachelor's Button?'" 1 asked my bing. He should have known, but be bustled con- on the friend, who was about to put out to the fort. The sheriff followed, nro- fidentiy market a button that a man could at- testing "Were goln to the snubbln post, he tach without needle or thread. said I fear tha( the appellation would The old fort smiled peacefully in the after Imply too much restrictiveness, he noon sun. troopers lounged In the You see, he went on, giv-fnanswered. The me one of bis knowing smiles, 1 shade of barrack porches and corrals. guard dozed on the benches In the guardhouse as business much to do expect just A casual Officer sauntered along the with the married men as with the sallyport board down officers4 row. The canteen waa walk bachelors. Too plenty much quiet." commented deserted. sheriff. the come Theatrical expense accounts At headquarters the coloneR received them tinder the head of play bills. courteously "What can 1 do for you, gentlemen?" he Y asked. We are afraid your men will lynch IfunL" My men have been forbidden to leave the reservation until further orders. They obey orders. r "We have heard rumors. You must put a and many other pleasing strong guard arounUY dishes can be made with T command this post, gentlemenYBood after- "IKE CEITEt IMPLEMENT-VEHICL- an-ex- y Bkje-ahirte- d g - . Delightful Desserts noon. crisp, wholesome food always ieady to serve. . With fruits or berries it is A delicious. The Memory- - Lingers - ' i book Good Things. in packages, Made with Toasties'' tells how. , A little Sold by Grocers pkgs.' 10c end 15c back Oivlt-Authori- n. He prosecutor angry,- - the sheriff - apprehensive, Fur the sheriff felt that he knew the situation better than did the colonel. The Twentieth cav-- " airy had not been stationed long' at Fort Willa- Thirty United States carbines barked and Gambler Hunt fell to the walk crumpled heap, as Sergeant Hoeg bad fallen to the barroom floor two days before. There .was no need for a second vo'ley. Not a bullet went wild. The platoon looked for a moment at the riddled body, then "moved fours right across the plaza, picked and vanished at the end up of Main street The second act of the tragedy was over. It had been staged and played ia a very few minutes. To thinking men it held disquieting significance. It trained fighting men could teal away from their officers, defy law and add murder to murder, the community was in peril The town wasted no eympathy on Hunt, but condemned the -- . lynching.. TbeiJjlaroed Ihe'ofllefjs at the allowed the ' fort' for having. --at they pot held contingent The occur. gambling to outbreak anyhow. The it only proved the army no good, Ur work. They did soldiers were loafers, too lazy .of the taxpayers the money eat up nothing but and monte said the hardworking experts of the faro could have prevented commander post tables The if he had done what tbs sheriff told LTD-Battl- e ttato Street Asseelste Neeeeet Burtoa Implement Co. , , , Ofdee, Utah Richfield Implement Co. . , Richfield, Utah Cache Valley lmp.APro.CoMpreatoa.Maha Prove Vehicle-ImplemeCo, , Provo, Utah Webo Im pie maot-Vehicl- e Co. Bpaalah Pork. D Payeoa Implement Co. Pajaoa, Utah ..... When the goods es an good goods A POSITIVE aad IT CUES FOE Drankenness sad Opium Giseases. laiim InetaJ m KEELEI IH. TWvh m peMhRy.ee drkama. anvwJv m Cdoir imint U4 W. ewe THE tea.Shew. M Tb Ml Lake City PHONOGRAPHS Oat an EDISON PHONOORAPtt m eaay terms 0 sash , the fort, had learned to let tbi gamblers alone. 14 1 par weak. Whenever a row occurred between the sport and The Talking llichip Co. the soldier the town marshal grabbed the soldier first and last generally. Then the unlucky sol120 State Straat ... Salt Labs City dier was whlpsawed fine and jail in town when he went back l guardhouse and UPPLIEE to the post. the lynching, Fighting B" and Drunken G and Writ lorcitalofue and literature. Developlae him to do. Crazy I troops of the old Eighteenth grew disMail orderi flri-- prompt attentioa Then the prosecuting attorney did a niosi ama andaltprinttua. creet if not wise. They avoided trouble and the LakaPhete Supply Ce., Salt Lake City of the tragedy begun. zing thing and the last act gamblers grew to think they ewned the town. be seen about the The Twentieth knew nothing of this and its enThough not a soldier was to Town In RUBBER STUMPS to Washington: Ktc. Full listed men were neither dlscrett nor wise. The town, he telegraphed - . u Una Rubber Typa Outfit aad asppUce tat atoafe. he from mob -- several elasbefi-Mvitresuft-- of thetown Jin the jiands of a military Mall order receive prompt attention. . ThemesBftgextrock"--tbe--eatlonaACT LAKE STAMP CO., Osit UtefiH horns and sports had already made them feel help at once. and Thunder lightKansas cyclone. that they were not getting an even break. Morecapital like Orders Torrid Thoughts. . . V over, had not a man just been pardoned by the ning from the war department followed. gacourtmartlals of boards Inquiry, for geverBore-afer-.reeili- g arrests, for. a2Q was a little girl. There -stuttering And she 4 lore. chased each otherafter-the-fl- rt deliberate, foul and unprovoked murder? The ntUs eurT ha(Ta old officers stanch case - was --an offenee- - to- - justice-sti- ll la-tbmlddla-o- f rankUng.in.loquir!es overwrite Jflres fro Rlght who couldnt believe their military ear and'tsyew. the minds of soldiers and civilians alike, Every She worn it to a dance. The court of Inquiry developed little not already one said It waa safer to kill a man than steal a by killed by Where Ihe b'amed thing dropped dbla-anknown Hoeg wai Jead. Hunt Jiadbee feared that 1. chance, As witnesses" the were who But. best-likethey? soldiers. this murder of Sergeant Hoeg, one of the she thought enlisted mei were a frost. They stuck together And the language that ' men in the regiment, would be more than was simply horrid. close or sullenly ignorant volubly return and hi On from the would stand. wpre ejther post they Punch, be deputized twelve good men and placed them mouthed. r Courtmartlals were convened. A few a very as guards In the jail. Gamblers eagerly Eggsactty. few men were punished, more or less. Several but be would have none of them. Your ma Is looking Duck The all And of last warm The town buzzed r.ow. Soldiers were going deserted when things grew . . ,, for you. to attack "the jail, it was said. But not a blue happened a thing which must have caused the everywhere Tell her Chick their The Just batched) to failed who streets. protect pris officials When uniform had nn an thg taps Cut. sounded across the flat,. the fort was silent, with oner much satisfaction. No hint was dropped of Im the sheriff's failure to do hU sworn duty. But the only the sentries pacing back and forth in the Philosophy. -Its war department had to aave face somehow. same. Sheriff J McFarland moonlight. Just the and a It Is easy for a know-it-aaction reminds one of the Chinese emperor, who posted hts men in the jail and waited. Near mid to run a dead heat for the beheaded genmutinied always the his a when round saloons: went army nigh: whisper Theyre eral. The post commander of Fort Willamette waa the nuisance prize. coming." The walks around the plaza filled with Somebody unusually has a good time for neglect of duty. He was alan expectant crowd. The Jail In the basement of down by the while the fortune is between the first n weighed broken spirit, the courthouse waa dark, but everyone knew that ready behind It was Hunt, guarded by the sheriff and stain on the hf.nor of his regiment,- but he was and last shirt sleeve period. to reserSome people tell things as if they confinement to twelve determined men with Winchesters. An convicted, and sentenced senThe a for them upside down. read of and loss year. pay the limits vation was to made but wires notify attempt fort, Life's wheel of fortune must have were cut and- messengers were all too slow. tence didnt count for much; It drag the stain on Across Poverty flat, down Main street. Into bla record that must have most deeply wounded many blanks in order that the prizes the plaza swung a body of men, in army overhim." may be big. A woman hates to be told to wait coats turned wrong side out, campaign hats, carThe murder of Sergeant Hoeg MJust happened bine at shoulder, Colts forty-fivat hip. It waa The lynching ot Gambler Hunt might have been for the next car, though It may take the army-trainemachine in action, swift, silent, prevented If the army hail not been tied hard and her nearer home than the ono she certain. It circled the plaza In column of fours. last in red tape, or if among the officers, civil and misses. one big Sentries took post at a curt word of command. Casablanca couldnt swim, andi military, on the spot there had been crisis. the meet to The crowds fell back before threatening carbine his father could. think enough didnt As for the punishment of the enlisted men who muzzles. xTJp the broad stone walk. Right front To a woman a mirror ia a court of were the rerl offenders, well all this happened 20 first and last resort i'Into line. Halt," and a grim Platoon' faced the In the White Jail door with carbines at the ready. years ago. There waa no big stick ll 1 well to take a fall out of tho then. House liammered briskly and probable before grappling with- - the JheJgader stepped outt court-martia- KODAKS u b yeaP-aenlen- -- o d- - -- d - volun-teered- , eut-Co- ll know-nothin- g court-martiale- d e d With aqilatol putt wWhat do you want? asked the sheriff from Y T inside the door. We want Hunt." - - -- Now, boys, you dont" began the sheriff. But thelleadcr.'s voice cut In clear, determined. No tallT, sheriff. Open t door or we dynamite It. He looked DynamllclThe ady Winchesters .Up t bis men standlngt-witat the head of the corridor Uepa, where they could have held back a regiment. They've got I guess well have to let - 'em In. dynamite. boys. Dont shoot," said he, and opened the door. What followed was short, sharp and terrible. Three men took Hunt from hi CH end marched him to front and center of the waiting platoon. .Have you ' anything to say?" Ibe leader asked. ' "No." - Do you want to pray?" ' - o POSTUM CEREAL CO.. Creek. Mich. E Salt Lake City, Utah mette They had come fresh from scouting and Indian chasing In the southwest In joyous antlcl-patloof The comforts of a quiet post and of a civilized sure enough, real town, not a group desert- - The enlisted men ofldQhejhacka-infound a state of things they werent used to and lidn't like. Willamette had long since forgotten the days when the fort was a protection, and looked on tt mainly as a source of revenue, while the enlisted men were merely mors or less of a nuisance. Like ail other western towns In the Willamette was . wide open. JJO's amf 80 llanfbler find gambling were a strong element In Its life. From the suave and solid man of fara ft y who owned hla home and business property, at and dealt parental discipline by day and-farNo. night, to the casual tin born," the simrtlng fraHe was given a rlove forward. The men ternity was always in evidence. The Eighteenth cava'.rv. which had preceded the Twentieth at 'whe held him stepped back to the ranks. a BOSIIEU" .COMPANY 138 to 139 h -- OF UTAH Tm Post Toasties , W la st cori in Hi! Stars and Stripes i a dirty i ig," said Gambler Hunt "Apologize for that. de mandeu opoono and fancy pie. ea la (uar-antee- d to wear twenty five rear and wt the guarantee Comparable only FIREW0RK8 TO PROTECT CROP. The great grain fields of the Sandborn ranch in Shasta county, CaL, are lngeniouslr protected at night from the vast flocks of wild geese and other aquatic" fowl that do Immense damage to crops by means of s display of firework. Skyrockets and Roman candles were bought in large quantities by the management of tbs ranch and men are stationed at various polnta. Whenever a flock la hard honking in the distance severs" skyrockets or a shower of colored ball from a rdman candle are sent upaard and a a result thd birds give the ranch a aide ,berth. 5j'" ,t v' .HARD TO PLEASE. -- ": A Pltabla Husband.. How could Maude descend to mar- a mere circus contortionist?!?. rying She wanted a man she could twist round her finger" Boston .Tran script; First Call. In sooth, my The .Tragedian friend, these do be sorry times with the profession. How goes it with you, Horatio? The Comedian (gloomily) Hard; Bill, darn hard; Im behind In my alimony in jthree different states." ' Couldnt Risk It "You bav lost two cooks this week, bavent Did you hunt up the Husband. you?" Yes; one left because my husband flirted with new cooks references?" Wife No, John, I didn't I was her. and the other left because he dido L" Hoq? afraid they might prove prejudicial ton Daily Post Harper's Bazaar , |