"■ —■■ TheMaple Leaf ■■ ■■ ~~ ,ri Tall, dark, tangled pines and spruces completely surrounded the beautiful Lac d'Amour; the blue sun ny morning sky smiled at its reflec tion In the lake's clear mirror. Wild tuneful notes of hidden birds min gled with the perfumed whispered mesages of the breezes and the musi cal dip, dip of oars. Helen MacNole rested a few mo ments, allowing the light sklfT to drift idly towards the lily beds, while Bhe eagerly and with extreme pleas ure drank In all the uncultivated, primitive Canadian beauty of forest, lake and sky. Two whole months at Aunt Sophia's cotttage meant a great deal to this Boston girl, for she had never before been In the fair province, and every scene was new and attrac tive to her. Helen had half lost herself In a de lightful reverie when the sound of splashing paddles aroused her, which was accompanied by a mellow tenor voice that was singing with the most enthusiastic, passionate earnestness the sleet song of"The Maple Leaf." The chorus ran: "The maple leaf, our emblem dear, The maple leaf forever. God save our King and heaven bless The maple leaf forever." The rare voice that sang those words quite charmed Helen, yet sho laughed softly, and a mischievous light came Into her lrerslstlble blue eyes as she threw back her head and pang In Iter pure soprano voice "The Star Spangled Banner." After she had concluded she said to herself with a low laugh of sheer fun: "I'll show whoever It Is that there is a Yankee on this little 6ea." She had scarcely finished speaking when a pretty canoe glided around the ben of the Lac d'Amour. Its oc cupant, none other than the tenor singer, regarded his enemy with a half amused, half piqued look of sur prise. He was handsome. His face was dark and vivacious; his smile, showing strong white teeth, was daz zling. There was a careless graco and motion about his movements. The wind had ruffled his soft black hair until It half tumbled Into his sparkling brown eyes. Helen looked at the tenor half con fused, half afraid, for she had not ex pected to bo discovered In her retreat —and by such a well-meaning young gentleman. "Pardon, miss, If I have disturbed you and your song," the young man commenced. "You have not disturbed me at all, sir—see, my boat has never moved an Inch," Helen replied, with an at tempt to look grave, but for some un known reason she burst into a hearty and mirthful laugh. "You are an excellent singer, miss. Excuse my frankness, It is my misfor tune, not my fauft," the tenor said, le(sure;y laying the paddle aerobe the canoe. "All Yankees are good 6ingers," Helen responded concisely, trying to look utterly sincere. "So you're a Yankee. Yes, I know so by your song which sounded a good deal like a challenge," the other said, as he calmly and with open ad miration studied Helen's proud head, crowned with braided coils of gold tinted brown hair, her pink cheeks anci slender, straight form. "Yes, I am a Yankee Miss Helen MacNole, of Boston, Mass.," Helen re plied. "And I am Lester Lejarn, a French Canadian Frenchman," the young boatman retorted, with equal dignity. Then both the boaters laughed mer rily, It was all so amusing. It does not take long for two young, happy-spirited persons to get acquaint ed; when Helen's boat grated the shore beside of Lejarn the two had become quite intimate. Helen, for her part, felt in a childish mood of enjoying the adventure. As for Le- Vjam, he was very much in earnest; lie decided that he would see moro of this charming Yankee, this Helen MacNole, of Boston, Mass. Helen found out from Aunt Sophia that Lester Lejarn was the son of an Englishman by birth and claimed his French descent on his mother's side. After the death of Lejarn's mother Mr. Lejarn had come to Canada, bringing Lester, the only child. When Lester was but fourteen his father be came blind, and since that time the young Lejarn had worked In a Mon treal business house and supported his father. Helen firmly put aside the fact that she was the only daughter of the wid owed, prosperous banker, Arthur Mac- Nole, and allowed the French tenor to take her boating, driving and walk ing when he was home from work. Finally, a message came to the effect that Helen must come home, as a party of wealthy New Yorkers were coming to pass the winter season at pejJß •tnjdg-jejg am uwn -iei}»q eid*Hi ein 9aoi oj umojS 9A«q noi 9A9|ieq lounua j„ psuuHuoo eq •peppon ueieH 'Apuin pause luefai s,}vq} 'e.jwid smt 9AT39[ o} Xjjos e-ie noA., ■snoinujaji PUB AIOI jaqivj ©djoa jaq pi«s U9[3H ~'}q»|n-o:i en«i eq} uo }tio oS o) ajß3 I oAo|ieq }.uop l„ •UJBfa r i miA ejoqs 9qi oj n*op 'eran jsti[ eqj jo; 'iCiMois peine**. napH 'TO ■bXjj nuid J° }»9qs » bum anorav.p eq-} pue ')9suns 4q pejo[oo XupnvS sum X>(a eqi ueqj& ')qSiu*4 IV nonuim •uu&Ol fJU "Oh, no," Helen responded, tiring to laugh. She leaned against the trunk of a huge maple tree. No par ticular thought came to her mind, but Borne strange, cold gloom settled over her heart. Lejarn looked at her very Intently. The sunset had faded away, leaving the sky a blue, shadowy expanse, where stars twinkled faintly. The moon was rising above the pines and shone upon the Lac d'Amour with a glorious light. "Helen, It Is because you love me," Lejarn said softly and convincingly. The tears coursed freely down Helen's cheeks. "Helen, I love you. I've dared to, although you are a Yankee girl," he smiled, "but I cannot claim you—you would not marry a poor Frenchman, would you?" Helen dashed the tears from her eyes and nodded, saying, In a pained voice: "But my father." "Ah, I realize," Lejarn said abrupt ly, then, "Here, Helen, take this Ma ple Leaf Pin, and when I can stand on an equal footing with you I'll come to claim you. It will take time to build myself up in business, perhaps you may tire of waiting, but remem ber I will always love you," and Le jarn pinned the silver token onto Helen's dress; he clasped those strung arms about her for a moment, and only the lapping waves and her sobs were heard. She almost pushed Le jarn away and fled from the lake. Hushed woodlands and tranquil bay met the tired eyes of the passengers on board of the boat which was slowly drifting into the Canadian harbor. Helen, clad in black, her face rath er pale and sad, looked back at the vast extent of ocean behind her and sighed. She would never return. Her father had died, and the heavily mort gaged estate had been confiscated, all within the year that she had spent since she left Canada the previous fall. Helen was returning to make her home with Aunt Sophia. From the time she left the boat un til she got out of the pony cart at her aunt's cottage, Helen mused doubt fully. hopefully. Lejarn was in that town yet, so she learned but had he forgotten her after that brief summer acquaintance? Although fatigued, that same even ing Helen walked through the woods to the lake. She even donned the same muslin gown she had worn that night when she and Lejarn had stood on the shore, and fastened the little maple leaf pin to the collar. The. lit tle boat was still there and she got In. For a time she rowed aimlessly, gazing beyond the black pines, into the brilliant, glowing west. Lejarn had forgotten her, probably, and she must forget him. Helen took off the pin and held it in her hand a moment. At that instant a rustling in the bushes disturbed her and looking up she saw—Lester Lejarn standing on the gleaming strand of the Lac d'Amour. "Helen!" he uttered; his face grew pale with sudden surprise. With a hasty movement, he started to un loose the remaining craft that was tied to the stake, but Helen shook her head, and with a few strokes brought her boat to the shore. "Pardon me, Miss MacNole, I have again Intruded upon your solitude and on a sadder occasion." Lejarn glanced at the black ribbon band on Helen's sleeve. Helen nodded and stood silently be fore the tenor, who looked at her questionlngly. "I have not become wealthy enough yet to claim you—but—probably you had forgotten me—" he began in a choking voice. Then he told her how he had struggled to advance in busi ness and how his father had died, too, and left him utterly alone. Helen told her own grief In a few words. Then there was silence a few mo ments; Lejarn searched for the pin, but did not see it. Helen, seeing the action, blushed faintly as she unclosed her hand and showed the little em blem. The- Lac d'Amour grew dark and pine fragrance filled the air. Again the moon shone brightly and the wa ters of the lake lapped a soft, ten 'er song, not marred by sobs of sorrow, but a happy silence told the simple three-worded story more eloquently than ever before. Far across, on the opposite side of the lake, children's voices were singing; "The maple leaf, our emblem dear, The maplo leaf forever. God save our King and heaven bless The maple leaf forever." And Helen walked through the si lent aisles of the forest with Lejarn, never more to leave the region of the Lac d'Amour. —EVA GORMLEY. State Socialism. State socialism, as the name fairly Implies, Is the theory that land and capital should be taken possession of by the State: that all production for distribution and all distribution should draw from the State his com pensation, whatever It may be, for services performed, and that money and Interest should cease to exist. So cialists do not advocate violence or any form of force, the opinion of many to the contrary, notwithstanding. They believe, as a body, that the object they are after is to be reached not by force but by the ballot, as the peace able expression of free opinion. Writing on the Wall. Our boys in blue will teach the old heathen to speak United States and show the young ones how to write old English names on front walls. On rocks and monuments of Asia there still are seen coarse old Greek names and naughty pictures, the work of Alexander's foot and horse. Double Murder In Barnyaru.' [ The community about Rifles Cross ing. W. Va., is astounded over a rnur- , rLr surrounded by mystery. The bodies of J. L. Nickel, agfd Dfty-two years, a carpentej - and con ti actor, and bis son-in-law, Stephen Evans, aged twenty-six years, were found, riddled with bullets, in the J barnyard of W. K Eades. The crime I was committed in broad daylight and within a short distance of their own home. Thirty-eight shot entered Evans' j face and head. Both eyes were shot out and four shot entered the brain.' Nickel was evidently running away | from his assailant. His body was found ! about 200 yards from where he had I been shucking corn. He had fallen face down, fourteen shot entering his back. There were also eleven shot wounds on his fingers and two on his elbow, j Two shot entered his neck. As far as known no one witnessed the crime, 1 but the shots were heard. W. K. Eades is under arrest. The | evidence against him is circumstantial. J. L. Nickel formerly lived on the land ! where the shooting occurred and rent- ] ed from Eades. About three monihs ago the house was burned down and I Nickel and his son-in-law moved away. Nickel had a corn crop on the Eade9 farm, and Nickel and his son-in-law wore shucking corn when shot. It ap pears that bad blood had existed be tween Eades and the murdered men for some time. Squaws Die to Save Babiea. In order to save the lives of their babies, two Yankton Indian women, caught in a storm on the prairie at night near Roseland, Tripp county, South Dakota, stripped off their blan kets and wrapped the little ones in them, and then crooned them to sleep, while they themselves were frozen to death. The women, with their husbands, were driving across the country when their wagon broke down. The men went to town for help. When they re turned with a rescue party one of the women was dead from the cold and the other died in a short time. Both Indian babies were unharmed. $10,000,000 More From Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie has announced in New York city an aditional gift of $10,000,000 to the Carnegie institution at Washington, making the total en dowment now $25,000,000 and bringing the amount of Mr. Carnegie's philan thropies close to $200,000,000. The Carnegie institution was found ed in 1902 for the purpose of higher education and advanced research. The original endowment was $10,000,000, to which further gifts were added, mak ing it $15,000,000, until this gift waa announced. Short $74,000. The retiring state terasurer of North Dakota, G. Luther Bickford, was ar rested at Bismarck on a warrant charging him with the misappropria tion of a sum said to be in the neigh borhood of $74,000. He was held in SIO,OOO bail. A second warrant was issued by At torney General Miller and accuses Bickford wth the misappropriation of $60,400 of the state's funds. This war rant was also served on Bickford. Boy of Five Kills Grandmother. Alter his father had been arrested in connection with the shooting to death of his grandmother, a five-year old bay at Danville, Ky., confessed that he had shot her accidentally while pointing an old shotgun at her In fun. He hid in an outbuilding all eight. Bill to Make Bribery a Felony. Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, has introduced a bill in congress making bribery in federal elections a felony punishable by a fine of SIOOO to SSOOO and imprisonment for from six mouths to five years. GENERAL MARKETS PHILADELPHIA FLOUR firm; winter clear, $3.75@4; city mills, fan cy, $5.75(6 6.10. RYE FLOUR firm, at S4(O 4 15 per barrel. WHEAT firm; No. 2 red, new, 95% © 96%e. CORN quiet; No. 2 yellow, 52® 62V6c. OATS steady; No. 2 white, 38® 38V£c.; lower grades, 37c. POULTRY: Live firm; hens, 15® 15Vfec.; old roosters, 10M<@llc. Dressed firm; turkeys, choice, 25®26c.; choice fowls, 17c.- old 'Asters, 12c. BUTTER steady; extra creamery, 29c. per lb. EGGS steady; selected, 30 @ 32c.; nearby. 2fic.; western, 25c. POTATOES steady; 65@70c. bush. Live Stock Markets. PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards) CATTLE active; choice, $6.75.® 7; prime, $6.50®6.76. SHEEP slow; prime wethers, $4.20 @4.35; culls and common, $2.50@3; lambs, $6(3 6.25; veal calves, $9.50@10. HOGS lower; prime heavies, $8: me diums, $8.40; heavy Yorkers, $8.35; light Yorkers, $8.45©8.5»| pigs, $8 45 @8.50; roughs, $7@7.40 Mark Twain's Editorial. The first paragraph Mark Twain wrote when he began his editorial du ties with the Virginia City Enterprise was this: "A beautiful sunset made Beranger a poet, a mother's klsa made Benjamin West an artist, and sls a week makes us a journalist." Clark Wyoming Senator. The Wyoming legislature, voting separately In the two houses, elected United States Senator D. C. Clark to succeed himself. The Democrats voted for State Senator John B. Kendrlck. Nixon Wins In Nevada. By a legislature Democratic on joint ballot by four votes, George S. Nixon, Republican, was elected to succeed himself as United States senator from Nevada. FAfcM •(! SeSnSyS F.ETRIGG JSP CENTRAL POINT ROGUE RIVER jF&r* OREGON Mldfcr CORRESPONDENCE fl JZfTvX 1 BkSS^3 II & 16 J [This matter must not be reprinted with out special permission.] A HELP IN THE HOUSE. Muny a hardworking housewife could ease her labors greatly, as well as save the cost of ice and the fuel used in melting It, did she understand a little more about the cleansing of hard water. It Is true that the job can be done after a fashion with washing powders, but much more satisfactory results are had by using one of the several brands of pure concentrated lye. Well water varies in hardness— that is, in the amount of lime It con tains—from nearly soft to very hard, and the only way to find out how hard it Is and how much lye will be re quired to cleanse or soften a given amount of It is by doing a little experi menting. The way the water acts with soap gives a good general Idea. A level spoonful of powdered lye dissolved in n little warm water and stirred in will cleanse six pails of quite hard water. Should the water be softer a half level tablespoonful of lye may be tried on the same amount of water. If after the lime precipitate has thoroughly settled an application of soap to a lit tle of the cleansed water imparts a milky color, this is evidence that nut quite enough lye has been added. When the amount of lye required for cleansing a given amount of water has been determined, future testing of the water will not be necessary, as the water will usually continue quite uni form in the amount of lime it contains. The water will cleanse the more rap- Idly If It Is warmed slightly. A SENSIBLE SUGGESTION. Farm, Stock and Home makes a suggestion In a recent Issue that has much to commend it to taxpayers and legislators in a number of states. The suggestion had in view taking money received from the sale of state lands and reinvesting it in the devel oping of these lands, particularly along the line of clearing and making ready for tillage a certain portion of every tract sold and also the building of roads to lands opened up so as to make them accessible to market and in the end when the work was done adding the cost of the improvements to the value of the land in distributed payments and In the case of the roads bonding the township for a period of years to meet the last of the Improve ments. It was pointed out that one of tbe chief advantages in this plan would be due to tbe fact that the real settler, Instead of having to borrow private capital at 8 or 10 per cent, could in the manner outlined have the use of state funds at not more than 4 per cent, while the fact that a good share of the tedious work of grubbing the land which would be done in advance would tend to encourage settlement. Cap tious critics mn.v say that such a plan smncks of paternalism or possibly so cialism, but it is sound and sensible notwithstanding, as It has in view giv ing aid to a large n«'mber who need old. BENEFITS OF FALL PLOWING. While spring plowing may be pref erable to fall plowing in some sections where small grain follows a tilled crop, the benefits of fall plowing are such that It should be followed in far larger measure than at present. One of the chief of these is the disintegrating and mellowing action of the frost, rain anil snow during the winter months-a benefit, by the way, that is too often overlooked. A second advantage of fall plowing not rightly valued by those unacquainted with the habits of many Insect pests is that during the fall and winter months the worst foes of the farm crops the cutworms, white grubs, wireworms, corn ■ root worms, corn ear worms and corn soot lice— are in the dormant or pupal stage, and plowing the ground after they are nicely housed against the cold weather not only covers many of them so deep that they never come to light, but exposes others so that they fall victims to their bird enemies or die from exposure to tbe cold. Moreover, if the land Is fall plowed It Is possible to work It with the disk much earlier the next spring, which will sprout and kill myriads of weeds. MONEY IN POPCORN. As a general thing popcorn yields ;t little more than half as many bushels as ordinary dent corn and does not bring quite twice as much per pound. A fnrmer who lives in the popcorn belt In the Mississippi valley, whose yield of popcorn for 1910 we saw re ported the other flay, harvested an overnge of 4,000 pounds per acre and received $1.20 per hundredweight, an overage return of $43. If it cost him sl2 nn acre to produce It.and the crop gave him a net return of S3G per acre, which Is a very satisfactory revenue. An advantage which growlug popcorn has over raising the common varieties of field corn Is that the former may be planted a trifle later If necessary and ripen a couple of weeks earlier in the (all, thus escaping damage from froat. Some one has hit Upon tbe simple plan of tacking places of on old rub ber boot to the bottoms of the steplad der legs to keep from sliding in slip pery places. While It Is better to have quietness prevail in the dairy barn, whistling or singing does not seem to disturb the cows, whereas a curse or rough word will arouse them greatly. If corn forms a part of tbe winter poultry ration it is a good Idea to feed It the last thing before the fowls go to roost, heated or parched a little so that it will be warm when eaten. The writer has been having a grippy cold of late, which leads him to ex press .the hope that dumb animals are not a filleted in the same way. We are mighty sorry for them if they are. It is the experience of a good many that colds are more often contracted 1 through the wearing of too thick un-; derclothing and cooling suddenly i while In a perspiration than from ; wearing undergarments that are too ! thin. . i There is really no economy in feed ing a ration that is spoiled, musty or ■ filthy to any of the farm fowls or ani- j mals. It may seem the part of thrift at the time, but in the end tbe prac tice is pretty sure to result in more harm than good. Many a sprained wrist, dislocated hip or broken limb might be averted were the precaution taken to scatter a few ashes on the F.'lppery portions of the steps and walks at the back of tho house. Now and then the front steps need an application too. Some time ago the director of the poultry department at Cornell univer sity found ho could cure hens of the egg eating habit by feeding them three ounces of beef suet after the first of fense and eight ounces after the sec <ond. The treatment is said to have been entirely effective. A pretty good resolution to carry out in this new year Is to walk on the sunshiny side of the road. If there is no sunshine on either side it will be a thoughtful thing to scatter a bit in the shape of a cheery word or friendly act. There is enough shadow at best without staying in it needlessly or doing anything that will tend to in crease its volume. .11' the strawberry bed lias not yet been covered and shredded corn fod der can be had there is no better ma terial which can be used. An advan tage which it possesses over straw or most other litter is that it is free from weed seeds. The plants are usually injured. If at all, in the thaw ing and freezing weather of the late winter, so the covering should not be put on soon. That a good deal of York state land comes a long way from being petered out and useless is plainly sliowu in a little item wheh we saw In the Dan ville (N. Y.) Breeze not long since. It told of a farmer near that place who the past season raised forty acres of red kidney beans, which grossed him ft tritle more than SIUO per acre. Be ing a leguminous crop, these beans did not rob the soil, as would have been the case with grain, potatoes, cabbage or onions. Where it is available and will not melt off before spring snow makes an excellent banking or covering mate rial. This was proved to the writer's entire satisfaction some three years ago when a pile of snow drifted deep on a bed of tender tea roses. It re mained until spring, when an inspec tion showed that the majority had survived the winter, and this notwith standing the fact that the winter tem peratures in which the writer then lived often reached 20 and 30 degrees below zero. All too rarely does the hog raiser appreciate the full benefit of using brood sows up to the age of six or seven years pro* ided they are pro ducers of good sized litters of healthy pigs. It is little wonder that pigs lack in vitality when they are the offspring of generation after generation of sows that are less than a year old at the time of farrowing. The advantage of the mature sow over the immature is that she has a larger per cent of her sum total vitality and nourishment to give to Iter young both before and aft er farrowing. While a horse will not long remem ber a blow on the rump, it takes a long time for him to forget a blow on the head. An intelligent, high lifed ani mal which the writer bought last spring bad been handled In the latter fashion evidently, and it was onlj after months of gentle handling that he would not lift his head with a start when we wont into the stall. The fel low who hit this horse with n club or whip, or what not, did Inn couple of seconds what it took more than twice as many u nths to undo. In fact, the harm he did will probably never be fully done away. Proper cooking will not make a roast from a sixteen-year-old farrow cow as toothsome as a cut from a two year-old Angus steer, but It is an Im portant factor in tho preparation of meats for the table, whether poor or good. To get the most out of a roast it should be put Into a piping hot oven. This sears I lie outside and retains the juices, which would stew out with n slow fire. To have a roast properly done—pink In the middle—it should be cooked fifteen minutes for every pound It weighs. This will make the outside cuts thoroughly done and the others just right for those who like rarer cuts. As a rule It Is not a commendable policy to select breeding fowls or ani mals from among those which have been sold as culls at prevailing mar ket prices. Occasionally an individual of some merit may be secured, but the risk is too great to make the experi ment worth while. As a general thing the farmers whc are induced togo into the business 01 growing sugar beets fall short from six to ten tons per acre of getting the yield which the promoters of the sug ar factory led them to expect. The land Is either too thin, too dry, too wet or too low and never Just right. We ran across a fellow the other day who had become involved in sev eral troubles with his neighbors and would have moved out of the neigh borhood had not the fellow ho hated the worst been the one who was most anxious to buy his place. This was too much for ills Yankee makeup, and he still sticks it out A lady friend who has a crimson rambler of remarkable size and thrift has done nothing more along the line of covering it during the past few winters than to place over it an old cellar door. This kept it from thaw ing and freezing, which is the impor tant thing to guard against in winter covering of outside plants and shrubs. In buying land anywhere It is a sensible plan to get an opinion as to the worth of It from some person who is not financially interested in the sale of it or who does not own a piece of land in the same neighborhood that lie is anxious to find a buyer for. So simple a precaution as this in the mat ter of land buying would save many a purchaser bitter disappointment and financial loss. Timothy hay is pretty expensive bed ding when it will soil at from sl4 to S2O per ton, and yet there is a lot ot of being used in this way because ot too generous feeding when oat stia"' would answer just as well and cost but one-fourth as much. The waste in this one item where eight or ten horses are kept would offset the wage of a hired man at $24 per month. It's a leak that ought to be plugged up. While the manure from an average dairy cow is worth from $lB to $32 a year, provided the manure is used so as to realize its maximum value, this fact should not encourage any dairy man in the keeping of animals which are little more than manure deposi tors. Hotter by all odds get cows which will make just as much fertilizer and at the same time give a return in milk and cream which will leave a good margin of profit on hand after their feed bill has been paid. While the curfew law has much to commend it from the standpoint of practical results, It is a woefully inade quate community substitute for indi vidual parental Interest, solicitude and responsibility. Parents who care a continental for their children—boys or girls—will keep them from gadding the streets at night, and they will not need a town bell or gong to remind them of their duty. Parents whc haven't cared a continental would better turn over a new leaf and try to give their homes sufficient interest so that their children will prefer to stay at home rather than spend their time elsewhere. As the silo comes more and more Into use in the corn bell primarily for tiie purpose of providing a succulent ration *or the dairy cows an Increased interest Is being taken in the use of silage as a fattening ration for feed ing animals, particularly beeves, if good clover or alfalfa hay is available it will serve to balance the silage and corn which are fed. If not to be find the protein element should be pro vided in the shape of oil or cottonseed meal, which should be gradually in creased in amount until a mature ani mal is getting about two and a half pounds per day. Silage fed steers fetch just as much as dry fed animals notwithstanding the claim sometimes made that their flesh is not quite so firm. The postal authorities have lately l>een rounding up a lot of swindlers who have been using the mails in the disposal of bogus oil, mining and other stocks from which outlandish returns have been promised, in their next roundup It will be well If they lauded another numerous company—the tribe of real estate fakers who through mis representation are raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars from unsus pecting people for laud which never was worth anything and never will be as long as the sun shines. In one case of this kind which came under our notice recently land was palmed off on buyers as Ideal for fruit culture when the meteorological records kept at the nearest station showed that the section has frosts most every night In the year. Resides, the glowing fruit yield records were stolen bodily from a booklet got out by a town In a beau tiful valley on the other side of the mountains, where climatic conditions were entirely different. We are not up on the fine points of what constitutes fraudulent use of the mails, but we have an idea it consists in sending false claims and misrepresentations through the malls for the purpose of separating folks from their hard earn ed money. If this diagnosis Is correct the fellows" who are promoting these bogus land enterprises would seem to. be treading on pretty thin ice.
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