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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH THE RICH COUNTY REAPER Entered as second-clas- s matter Feb. I. 1929, at the post office Randolph, Utah, under the Act of Mar. 3, 1879. Wm. E. Marshall, Editor and Prop. $1.50 SUBSCRIPTION Per Year in Advance - i BACHELLER Salt Lake Citys 1 Copyright by Irving BukeUtf fewest Hotel (THU Serric.) P. Heed, Extension Specialist, Ohio State University.) SYNOPSIS Pastures of sweet clover are more Ragged, and starving, a boy of about than twice as good as ordinary blue-grasixteen is found in the woods by a pastures. A pasture containing camping- party, having fled from his father. Bat Morryson. Fed, and a good stand of sweet clover will sup- brutal in cl?an clothes, the boy Shad (Sherliveport two or three 1,000-poun- d is sent to 'Canton, with a letter idan) to Colonel Blake. The cdlonel, his stock units an acre. and their young Ruth, I know of an acre of sweet clover wife, are impressed by the daughter boys manner. to in Ha work and goes Dam, Amity pasture that produced $69 worth of becomes friendly with a youth of his milk at 5 cents a quart, of a nine-acr- e age, Bony, and Bumpy Brown, tinkBat Morryson field in Putnam county seeded er, village character. to take his son back determined comes, with a sweet clover mixture that fur- to his own dissolute life. He is overnished pasture for 100 sheep and 50 awed by Colonel Blake, the district attorney, and his father passes out of hogs throughout the growing season, Shads life. A girl, young and pretand these were unable to keep the ty, comes to Browns shack, inqulrihg for him. Shad applies himself diligentgrowth down. ly to his neglected education. Love for Another field of 17 acres last year Ruth Blake takes a strong hold on his heart. In an attack made on the Perry Supported 80 ewes with lambs, 2 family, Oscar Periy, the father, is cows, 70 winter pigs and 12 sows fatally shot, and his daughter, Mrs. wife of Cyrus Doolittle, with spring pigs, from spring to the Doolittle, prominent citizen, seriously wounded. to Circumstantial evidence middle of August. points Bumpy Brown as the assailant. He is Hogs and dairy cattle pasturing on arrested. EX , ss - sweet clover require a smaller daily grain ration, and as a cash crop for seed sweet clover is dependable, producing liberally whenever grown. Yields of sweet clover seed are much larger than are seed yields of other legumes. Yields will average five bushels an acre, and frequently as large as eight to twelve bushels. Farm records have shown that a combination of live stock and cash crop farming systems give the highest returns for labor and capital Invested. Sweet clover, which produces both a seed crop and pasture, fits Into such a combination admirably. Clean Seed of Highest Importance to Farmer Reports from the state seed grain committees which are helping to provide sources of seed grain for districts without a sufficient local supply indicate that much of the grain is of very fair quality some of it really good. On the other hand some of Jhe imported grain is hardly fit for feed, let alone seed. While it is desirable to clean and reclean all seed grain always it Is absolutely necessary to take utmost pains with this imported seed regardless of Its appearance. Our Adds, generally, now carry an enormous amount of weed seeds and certainly effort should be made not to increase the number. Dakota Fanner. Feed the Pastures Pastures make the cheapest milk. Ninety pounds of bluegrass will keep a good cow and enable her to produce 40 pounds of 3.5 milk. But to make grass grow abundantly It must be supplied with plenty of plant food. Continuous grazing depletes the soil under the sod of readily available plant food. In the cotirse of thirty years twenty cows will remove 11,000 pounds of phosphoric acid from the pasture field. It must be replaced to have a more constant supply of this desirable feed. Michigan State college men advise one to use a fertilizer on his pasture lot at the rate of from 300 to 1,000 pounds per acre. It is best to apply four or five weeks before the animals are to be turned out This treatment should be given every second or third year. Michigan Farmer. Planting Asparagus When planting asparagus roots the crowns, not over one year old, should be dug and moved to their new location as soon as possible, preferably the same day. Furrows or trenches four to six feet apart are opened and the crowns are dropped in the bottom of the trenches, with the fleshy roots extending laterally. The crowns should be covered immediately with one or two inches of soiL When the shoots appear, sufficient earth is moved into the furrow at each cultivation to bury and kill any weeds which have started in the row and by midsummer or fall the furrow is filled. Agricultural Hints Sows and gilts should have access to forage as long as the season permits throughout the spring, summer and falL ' Keeps Skin Young Get to ounoe and uae u directed. Fine particle of aced kin peel off until all defect auch as pimplee. liver pots, tan and freckle disappear. 8kin is then soft and velvety. Your faee looks years younger. Merooliaed Wax brings out the hidden beauty of your akin; Tt romavo wrinkles use one ounoe Powdered Saiolh dissolved in onefaaIf pint witch hasel. At drug stow (? fttnl By IRVING Conclusion Arrived At by Soils Specialist. , al10l Tln)(g Plant Sweet Clover for Best Pastures (By ercolizcdlVax i " e ' Careers of potatoes, like those of poultry and dairy cattle, are pow checked to see what returhs come from using certified seed. - Agricultural experts estimate that from $20,000,000 to $40,000,000 worth of apples are destroyed each year by Insects In the United States. The annual yield of apples is estimated at $200,000,000. CHAPTER VI Continued 11 Yes, but he may have thought that Shad was wounded and losing blood and going slowly or lying dead In the trail. If he saw him topple out of the canoe it would have been his natural inference that he had hit his mark. I do not like this touch of mystery. Some one seems to see in ne or more of these three articles a source of danger for himself. They were put away in the rush and of the fleeing criminal and As soon as It could be safely done, some dark night, they were to be gathered up and destroyed or perhaps hidden somewhere near the shack of Bumpy Brown. You know, the thought has come to me more than once that the revolver and cartridges were planted on the old man. These are interesting speculations, but they do not impress me, said the The big man our young judge. friend saw may have got his bearings and gone to his camp or he may be coming here any minute and telling of his adventure near Center pond. In the moment of silence that followed the judges words Shad spoke out: Hell never come here. He Is the murderer. He knows that I know It Shad told them of that moment near the abandoned camp when the moonlight had shown him a masked face. And did he not call out when he ieard yon running away? No, sir, Shad answered. That is rather strange business, said the judge. Why did he mask himself? It was a cunning bit of prudence, the colonel answered. "Suppose he had come upon the boy lying wounded In the trail. The stranger could then have robbed him of his treasures without being identified. Or, again, after dark, a light might be flashed in his face any moment. That Indeed is what happened. A sudden light out of the heavens fell upon him. Shad is not much wiser because of it. That beam of moonlight showed us only the blackness of the mans soul. It. is a reasonable theory," the judge agreed. The colonel was examining the two hats which Shad had brought in his basket Suddenly he whistled and exclaimed: Well! What does this mean? Look here, Judge." Inside the sweat band of the d slouch hat some one had written with pen and ink those words: To R. R.: Its a long head that never turns. This is undoubtedly the hat worn by the murderer, said the colonel. All who saw him agree as to the kind of hat he wore, and it was found with the handkerchief. This writing is that of a young woman accustomed to the use of a pen. She was a playful person of some sort Who Is she and who Is R. R.? Robert Royce, maybe, Shad promptly answered. Sure enough There are the two Rs, said the colonel. He was a son of Mrs. Doolittle by her first husband. He Is talL I remember that he swore at the examination that he closed his shop at five oclock and went upstairs to read. He came downstairs and let Cyrus Doolittle out of his front door soon after eight He would have had three hours In which to go to Amity Dam, commit the crime and return to his shop." He carefully wrapped the articles which he had been examining, and added: I shall take good care of these things and go out of the woods tomorrow. He took Shads hand and spoke these words, which mark a turning point in the career of Sheridan Morryson: light-colore- Pard, I like you. Im going to take you into my office if yon dont mind, and try to make a lawyer of you. I guess we can get along together. I want you to go to bed now and get a good rest You must be tired. He bolted the door and put braces In the windows. The two men and the boy went to their beds above stairs. Shad observed that the colonel put the package under his pillow. The boy had been much elated by the colonels words. , The morning was chilly and the clouds were threatening. The party set out with rifles and loaded packs soon after eight. The trusty old guide led them. As they neared the abandoned lumber camp, Colonel Blake said to the guide: Ill take the lead here. He walked slowly, looking Intently at the ground. In a wet spot near a deep puddle he stopped, saying: Here are Shads tracks and here are the tracks of the man who followed him coming and going. He wore hunting boots. The colonel took a rule from his pocket and measured the tracks, the judge noting the figures. By jove!" the latter exclaimed. They are almost identical with those of the rubber tracks of the murderer. I am convinced that this man could have worn Bumpys rubbers. Yes, were in deeper water than we thought, the colonel remarked as he folded his rule. They followed the footprints to the very edge of Center pond. The canoe was gone. They could dimly see it on the far shore. He went out of the woods last night and was in a hurry, said the colonel. They turned back and made for the clearing. Half a mile or so back of St. Germains cabin the tracks of the stranger were no longer visible. At some point, which they did not discover, he had left the trail Shad and the two officials tramped over the lonely sand road to South Bolton. About two miles below St. Germains they saw where a team and wagon had come off the plain into the road and gone on toward the settlement some time before. At South Bolton they went to Hubbards store. Shad had told Colonel Blake of the attractive young lady he had once seen at Bumpy Browns shack and who worked in that store. The young woman had gone to d that morning. She would be returning the next day. Who is this young woman and where is her home? Colonel Blake inquired of the merchant. She is from Malone, the latter answered. Her name is Caroline De Long. Robert Royce introduced her to me in Ashfield one day about a year ago. He had known her and her people in Malone. She said that she was not very well ; that she had heard that South Bolton was a healthy place near the edge of the big woods and that she would like to work in my store. I needed help, so I took her to work here in the store. Have you been pleased with her? Well, yes pretty well on the whole. Ive found her honest and Ash-fiel- at figures." good I have heard that she Is very handsome and that she dresses well, Colonel Blake went on. Yes, shes as prond as a peacock, and my wife thinks that she dresses too well for a girl whd has to work for a living and that she gads around too much. Who does she gad around with? I Well, mostly Robert Royce. dont know as we can complain of that Royce is a single man and I kind o think hes fond of her. Do you happen to know old Bumpy Brown, the tinker who lives down on the Racquette? Oh, everybody knows him! They think that hes the man pho done the shooting down to Doolittles. Does Miss De Long know him? Yes, and weve all been wondering about that He was up here tinkering. He came to the store to see Carrie. They seemed to be well acquainted. He said that he knew her people. The last time he was here Carrie spent the evening with him on the hotel piazza. My wife thinks that he gives her money. What does she say about his Indictment?" She says he is a harmless old man who wouldnt hurt anybody. You will remember that Bumpy bought a pair of rubbers here a few days before the murder. Who sold them to him?" . Miss De Long. . .. Who bought rubbers of the same size about that time? Ive been thinking about that. Yon know, Robert Royce came in the day after the tinker was here. Another man was with Royce. I didnt know him. There were going into the woods. The stranger bought a raincoat. They went over to the hotel for their dinner. Later Royce came back in a hurry. He wanted arctic overshoes. He had on a pair of new rubbers. I knew that he had bought em over at the other store. He said that they pinched his feet. I took them off. The size mark was on the sole. It was the exact size and shape of the pair that I sold to Bumpy Brown. I thought of it when I heard about the rubber tracks of the murderer. Will you describe the man you call the stranger?" He was a tali man with a freckled face and red hair and very big ears. This ended the conversation with Hubbard. I am more than ever convinced that we have been misled and that Bumpy is not in the case, said Colonel Blake as they sat down to dinner A little more evidence will make me agree with you," was the answer of the judge. I happen to know that Royce has a motive. I drew the will of his mother, who, as you know, is Mrs. Doolittle. She leaves all her property considerable sum to her son Robert Royce. The colonels face grew serious. You will remember from his testimony at Browns examination that he has no alibi. We had better say no more of this until the ground under our feet is a little more solid. Remember, Shad, you mustnt know too much. Keep still till we have found our way." Shad promised to hold his tongue but he could hardly conceal his el.it Ion over the clearing outlook for his friend the tinker. There Is one circumstance that must give us pause, said the judge. The murderer did not seem to be eager to kill Mrs. Doolittle. True, he shot at her, but. entering as he did, he had to begin shooting at once And create a panic. He couldnt hesitate then. A few seconds later he had his chance to kill Mrs. Doolittle. He stord close in front of her with the revolver pointing at her face. He could have killed her then but he didnt shoot. He struck her. She fell and fled out of his way. Consider the psychological situaShe was tion, the colonel began. his mother. Apart from her he could plan her death but, face to face with the woman who had borne him, he weakened. He would have been glad to get out of the house without killing but he couldnt. Well, we shall all be wiser in a week, the colonel remarked as they arose from the table. They hired a team at the livery stable and set out for Ashfield and the county seat. They stopped at Amity Dam to pick up Shads clothing, then at the home of the judge in Ashfleldi The colonel was urged to spend the night there. he answered. No, thank you, Shad and I have got some business to do in the village before we take the evening train to Canton. They left their baggage at the hotel, and discharged the team. They went to Royces shop 6n the island. Royce was not there. On the street a tradesman stopped them with interesting news. While fishing he had found a tan coat and overalls on the river shore below the bridge. The colonel went to his store and took possession of them, it wa? undoubtedly the suit worn by the murderer. Do you know whom it belongs to? the colonel asked. No, was the answer. They say Robert Royce wore a suit like that when he worked in his barn. They were out on the street wheii Colonel Blake said to his young friend r Pard, we have two hours before train time. You know, of course, that clothes are an Important part of life on this planet Your grand new suit has been swum In. Its pristine purity has departed. The cruel rusticity of Amity Dam is on you. Come with me and I will complete your emancipation. They went to a clothing store. Here, sir,. is a young friend of Colonel Blake said to the mine, I wish you to deprive genial clerk. him of this Amity Damned appearance. Let us hurl economy to the winds and go to work. TO BS CONTINUED.) 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