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PLATTSMOUTH 3EI3I-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
MONDAY. APRIL 2d 1914,
Che plattsmoutb journal
Published 8 em l-W eekly at Plettomouth. Nebr.
Entered it the PostoGQce at I'lattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class mall matter.
R. A. BATES, Publisher
Subaorlpt Ion Prloe; S1.50 Per Year In Advanoe
CANNED EGQS.
The department of agriculture
WEN CATTLE WERE CHEAP. 1 The Standard Oil company has TAPPING UNCLE SAW'S pURSE.I America's growth in a century!
Talk about cheaD bpef but thev Hust s,iced a little bigger melon At the session of the Irriga- has been marvelous. In area the!
enjoyed it in England once .and lhan common. Tehre seems to tion Conference in Denver the United States increased from declares that the egg question
that anyone would return to the Pc no t0 nead off JPhn D-8 keynote struck was financial aid 892,135 square miles in 1800 to will be settled ny canning u.D
same condition voluntarily is im- dLliU131uuu U1 luu except to Dy the federal government to the J,u.'o,y in rju, ana in popuiu-nnuuuu. xuciu ai. iv,iv 0
possible. The price of a steak B 4 u J farmers, who have settled upon on irom o.ouo.oo to y,j.o, iu i, mi;" tcxwwnfo vee
today would have purchased a :o: " the dry lands under the large ir- exclusive of island territories.
cornfed ox in 1314 and could vou w '- ii. uuuo u.u rigation ditches and are Having a :o:
'can be urged for the preservation
t)f any other vegetable. In the
k... u .....-,. r hear 1913. the United States did i. . . first Dlace canned eggs will be
uui urup uuuiv to me euuj paii ui - r "fco"- o 1 .rosimaster uenerai jjuriesoiii
THE TREE BUTCHER.
At this time of the year the
tree butcher appears upon the
scene. As a rule he is paid by
the day. The more he whacks out
of the shade trees the more
numey he makes, and he is a
practical person whose artistic
temperment does not interfere
with his making a living. He is
capable in a physical and moral
sense of destroying in 100 min
utes the growth of 100 years. In
many instances he knows no more
about how trees should be trim
med than a pig knows about
w i rw l . .. i i i i m .
geomeu. uie muuiaieu trees
he leaves bleeding in his wake
silently attest his vandalism
Persons who have shade trees
should pause to think about how
slowly limbs and trunks grow
and how quickly they may be de
stroyed, and how short human
life is, and how hard it is to ac
quire good shade trees, and how
much, therefore, unmutilated
trees are worth in the way of ad
ded value when real estate is to
be sold. Oftener than not it is
better to let the shade trees alone
If for any reason any cutting of
branches is adviseable it is well
to get an expert to do the work.
As experts are rare, and pro
claimed experts numerous and
importunate, it is very well to sit
nearby and look on when any cut
ting is done. By halting the
vandal and sparing a branch you
may save more than the worth of
your time. When the fever for
rearrangement strikes you it is
all right to swap the furniture
about, putting the secretaire
where the sofa was during the
wrnTeffrflT-PVel'singrthe order of
the grandfather clock and the
whatnot, for there is nothing
final in such arrangemcmcnts.
But when the trees are mutilated
the damage is done, and nothing
can be done to repair it.
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the twelfth century to do your yu.m ui uuueu ,dea seems to be that, since wants postmasters and their as-
marketins- you could have four beef lo EnSld. This article of yncle Sam has furnished the Lisfanf- tn ,nt . their m,..,er-
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sleek oxen "sent out to the house" - - vw.0 money lor building tne reservoirs OU3 conventions and excursions.
much cheaper than eggs in the
shell. They can be put up in the
summer when the hens are lay-
candidate who says he is glad for the same sum. Each advance ycar unU1 now 11 amounts to and canals, he should go still ue" says there is too much lime ine and wnen fresh esss are al
he was defeated, is what?
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When will the troubles
in price doubtless has been ac
companied by vigorous protests
in against the usage and followed
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Mexico cease?
easy.
Ask us something
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by seemingly endless journeys
through the maze of economics
which consideration of the rela
tive cost of things ever entails.
An early revolt against the high
cost of living was in 131 i, when,
aroused by the prices charged for
l . i : i . a i i ji f.:
It is most humiliating to start "uiuc-s, at vjioru, u.e kmih
and parliament legislated to
establish a maximum scale of
prices. Under its term a corn
fed ox brought four shillings,
about 96 cents in American
money, and eggs were bartered
legally at two dozen for a penny.
The law, however, did not fully
We do not know wno it was,
but it was very necessary to the
"go" in tango.
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out to be a burglar and be charg
ed with disturbing the peace.
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it st-ems mat i-aui lapping oi redeemed to arability. It sounds
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luia9hd SUU insists on no- Well in the irrigation country,
ing smewhat contrary, lie and and especially well in the ears of
Uoos were the lowest in the com- the irrigation farmers. Uut there
missioners' race last week nnd ma ., ..i.,4.. r
ult. uiuir iai uit-i s nimiiij, iiuni
they tied. Roos has offered sev
further and sunolv ihe canit.il o.i .i most a drug jn tne mariiei
--, iuji, unu mat ihcj muoi uu uiuii; i
necessarv to farm the land thus ..,. i cans can be shipped
. iruiiv muii iiiKy iiau jjccil uunia I
to earn their salaries
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From present indications the
stand-patters will have to fall in
lijie and support the state can-
one ond of the country to the .... .. ....
no I ,.t ....III:..,- 41. ii I . IUlllls Oil IIIU KUH iiiuuse iiini-u
.uH.uiS im; iiiaiici, niner, who a so need capital o Tllft , , . . . .
uhi.i, o.. i-.,;.. r ,u ... 1 . The nioosers are determined to
....... u jo cj inii iui us inu i iiiQi( their
other.
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Treland, it seems, must wait a
while longer for home rule. But
Ireland is used to waiting, and
should light cheerfully till the
lime arrives.
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brintr Vni to lime
fiiouid, and wno feel just as
much right to tap the capacious
The election in Springfield, U- and suiosedlv bottomless nocket
linois, last week, doesn't prove of Uncle Sain and for whom u,us
that the suffragists are all pro- far the KOO(1 uncle has built no
irrigation ditches iwr any drain
age ditches.
And we will
watch with considerable interest
to see what such bulldozinf
methods will bring forth.
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hibitionists by a long shot. Of
the 8,000 women who voted,
1,570 voted "wet" as against i,
300 "dry," and Springfield's 218
Nearly fourteen billion tele
phone calls were made in the
United States last year. And just
consider how many more there'd
have been if the line hadn't been
busy.
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No change of democratic
alignment has occurred since the
Baltimore convention except that
the background furnished by
Clark and Underwood has been
re-enforced to a considerable ex-
lent.
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An apple diet is said to have and Other
assisted Professor Win. H. Taft Last 600 Years." The book was
in reducing his weight, which published in 1707 at London,
will come as news to many who having been "Printed for Charles
indicated by their ballots a belief Harper, at the Flower-de-luce,
hat the professor was full of over against St. Dunstan's
Prunes- Church in Fleetstreet" The
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accomplish its intent, as those continue open ioi me
who on.,,!,! nff.w.l Ho n Iii4.l4.lv ,lext lWO yIS.
withheld their products from
market and no legislation was!
devised lo compel them to sell.
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And now Chicago threatens' to
send husbands who don't support
Five years prior a servicable pair U,eir wives lo a laboratory where
of shoes could be bought for four
pence, and wheat was considered
dear at one shilling a bushel,
while in a few of the years just
prior it sold as low as one penny
for a bushel measure. Much in
teresting data of the cost of liv
ing in olden times is available in
an ancient volume, "Chronicon
Perci'osum; or, An Account of
English Money, the Price of Corn
Commodities for the
they will be treated for "mental
disease." Fine, ain't it? Now
they ought to have an X-ray ex
amination for the female who
runs her husband in debt by the
installment plan route.
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Efforts lo exempt coastwise
ships from the payment of Pana
ma canal lolls are based entirely
on the fact that they carry the
American flag. Herein is a sug
gestion for the railroads: Why
not put an American flag on each
locomotive and demand that they
be exempt from taxation for
patriotic reasons?
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Personal liberty is beginning to
:o: writer recites that in the early
We are ready to stand by pait 0f uie twelfth century the taku on additional significance in
President Wilson, even though he king made tributes optional with
A man's fool friends are some
times his worst enemies.
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That swatter will come in good
play now. Keep it handy.
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Do your cleaning up now and
a few days later you have more
time to swat the fly.
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Say, is your cyclone cellar in
good condition? If not, get
busy with the repairs.
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The unemployed may decide to
become Mexican refugees and
have Uncle Sam feed them.
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Villa may be heaping in
dignities on British subjects to
hasten senate action on the canal
toll bill.
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It is no doubt gratifying that
Uncle Sam will not have to
bother with that newly discovered
tribe of Indians.
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There is a persistent rumor in
splitting circles that the Balkan
war is to be renewed. A nation
that gets whipped always wants
a prize fighter's chance to come
back.
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Time passes and reports from
Washington indicate that silver
threads are changing J. Ham
Lewis' pink whiskers, to a straw
berry roan. Ham is great on the
show, if not much in the senate.
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Speaking of fat folks, a Boston
doctor advises them to foreswear
chairs and sit on the floor. But
as long as chairs are made large
enough and strong enough, no
fat man will pay much attention
lo this helpful, hint.
carries us to war with Mexico.
The president has been right all
along the line, and he will prove
so even to the declaration of war
with Mexico.
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his subjects to tenantry, the
farmer might pay one shilling
and the debt would be adjusted.
In the same century hens are
quoted at six pence a dozen.
the public, miud. Men are begin
ning to see that it is not merely
a catchword, but that it is preg
nant willi meaning. When it is
realized that the prohibitionists
propose, to enforce upon every
man and woman in the land a
Money was scarce in 1336 and
When the people of Nebraska bears on the England crain mar- rulc of P'onal conduct, through
find out whose fault it was that ket beat the price down to three 1,10 ,lu'uium of an amendment to
one of the regional banks was not pence a bushel. Twelve years
located in Omaha, there will be iater pestilence came and horses
a general eye-opening time to the soja fOP s;x OP SCVon shilling's
me lcuerai consiiiution, it is
icadily appreciated that the per
sonal liberty of the people is
iact that all is not honor, even in while a good ox could be had for threatened. National Liberty
political leaders. fmir shillincs. T.nW mi item Herald.
O Inf Pnif. i-4 nnf nntoroil unfil Urn
Life at Clarkswood, Texas, is
The
Some of the towns out in the fifteenth century. In 1125 it ap-
state, not half as big as Plaits- pears that a man p!owin twelve Pne lonff dream of bliss.
mouth, have raised as much as jays received a wac of one shil-J Pstmaster of that town was re-
i,500 to support their ball lns for lne whole service. Stone- (IuireJ t() ive a new bond. He
teams, which reminds the Jour- cutters were better paid, and in maae application for a duplicate,
nal to ask: How much is Platts- foui. days a craftsman earned the
mouth going to toss up for the moro magnificent sum of one
support of our brave boys? shilling four pence. Of this
O I rwr inl ihn mil Imp vr i f nc
may,
county commissioner on the eonHnrfP fh.ii nhm.t ihnt iimA .i
democratic ticket. Max Straub isLinnr, tnnil niloilf
-"Ci"'- iiiuii awjbai, Will J UUU
'You
saying: "Just as one man was
signing his name to my bond he
had signed the first two initials
another party shot and killed him
M. M. Straub is a candidate fori and the grand jury kept the bond
as evidence. I therefore ask you
to send me another to fill out, as I
want to take hold on April 1."
The great irrigation projects in
the west have been financed and
constructed by the federal gov
ernment on the broad principle
that by doing so the country at
large is being benefited by the
development of agriculture. It is
on the same general principle up
on which river and harbor im
provements are made, upon which
the forestry service is main
tained, and other activities of a
similar nature, by the govern
ment. A proper extension of the
principle would include the
drainage of the overflow lands in
Missouri, Arkansas and other
states. Strong pressure is being
properly brought to bear upon
congress to make this extension
to overflow lands. Such work lies
legitimately within the field of
federal activity. But loaning cap
ital to farmers to establish them
selves in business for farming
is just as much a business as
making shoes or selling dry
giAxls is .quite another matter.
When it comes to borrowing
money to equip farms and make
them a profitable investment, we
imagine the farmer in Maine feels
that he has just as much right to
a loan as the farmer in Colorado
or Arizona. Nor would Nebraska
farmer be backward in assert
ing his equal rights with the Cali
fornia rancher. Unless the gov
ernment is going into the money
lending business on equal terms
to all citizens, and this means to
merchants and manufacturers as
well as to farmers, it would bet
ter keep out of it entirely, and it
n'o doubt will. Undeniably the
farmers need to be able to borrow
money to give their farms proper
equipment, at low rales and on
long time. Farm credit banks, by
which such a loaning system
might be established by private
capital under government regula
tion, are likely lo be provided for
by congress soon. A number of
If the law compelled a mem
ber of congress to employ a
private secretary by the year and
pay him the full amount allowed
for clerk hire, the $1,800 salary
would not be criticised. The real
ly effective members of congress
owe much of their reputation to
the tireless work of their private
secretaries.
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Poslmasters at
offices
rural delivery
The
can be snipped m re
frigerator cars and can be close
ly packed, saving over the pres
ent waste in cardboard packing
and also the, loss and breakage.
Before the department indorsed
the canning of eggs its special
ists made an exhaustive study of
why eggs go bad. It was found
that it was due to bacteria in the
eggs and these could be kept
down by absolute cleanliness and
a lower temperature. Canned
eggs have been tested after being
kept in storage for years and
their quality and flavor was
found to be unimpaired. They
come to the consumer frozen and
when melted they look and smell
like fresh broken into a bowl and
f tirred until the whites and yolk
are mixed except that they are a
little thicker. An egg canning
plant, which the department re
gards as a standard, looks more
like the modern operating room
ire instructed to permit i., i 4i .
mi a iii.zjjiJii.ai man a uoijiuu;i uiui
road supervisors or commission- inslitulion. Xnc eggs on their
ers having direct charge of the arrivaI at lhe p,ant flre gent lQ a
highways over which rural de- chjlled roQm and kept -for 24
livery routes are in operation to ,miIT.a n. a 4m0,.olllt. t
degrees above freezing. Then
ride over the routes with rural
carrier when such road officials
are actually engaged in the per
formance of their duties in con
nection with the inspection of
the roads.
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We feel sorry for Paul Top-
they are candled and all sus
picious ones are discarded. The
graded eggs then go to a re
frigerated room that is as septic
and is as well lighted as it is pos
sible to make it. No dust or flies
can get in and the temperature
It
ping. It seems those Nebraska never rises above 65 degrees.
City fellows "have it in" for Paul, hs waler tight aud sleam proof so
as he seems to lose out all that it can be washed and steam
around in his political aspira- ed throughout. The utensils for
lions. He didn't even get to be breaking the eggs are all metal
on the commission, let alone so they can be sterilized in live
mayor, at the late city election, .steam. Before beginning' work
Hut, cheer up, Paul, you are the operatives sterilize their
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oung yet, aim pernaps mere win hands much as a surgeon does
be a better day some time in the before beginning, an operation.
future.
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one of the best men in Cass coun-
The similarity also extends lo the
donning of clean white caps and
Dr. H. W. Wiley, the well gowns. Each egg is broken into
known pure food advocate, is re-ja separate cup and inspected be-
ported as saying that his little fore being put into the sterilized
son, who is only 23 months' old, (cans. Every doubtful ess is dis-
.vpeaks Latin as well as Eng- carded, the cup again sterilized
lish." It might also be said with land the operatives' hands washed
approproximate correctness that 1 before touching another egg. In
most youngsters at that age I order to make certain fha nnii
peak Hebrew and Greek nearly J egg gets sufficient attention the
as-well as English. But can young egg breakers are not allowed to
Wiley speak Spanish? He as-j exceed a definite number of eggs
serts also that this boy has never per hour. The canning of eggs
eaten meat, candy, sugar, ice is of immense benefit to the
cream, sweet cookies or any other j farmer because it provides him
food of that kind, or drank tea, with a steady market at a time
coffee, chocolate, beer or whisky, when warm weather makes it
To most people this will look like imperative that he dispose of his
confining the child lo a narrow product in a hurry. It is also a
range of nutriments; but it is market for small eggs, dark
safe to presume that he is a I shelled eggs and other vnrief in
decently, with good management,
ty, and he will make a great run, With five pounds
as he is very popular with all
who know him. He is just the
kind of a man for commissioner.
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Reports from Lincoln are to
the effect that the attorney gen-
eral has drafted the form for the
equal suffrage amendment to ap
pear on the ballot, and it seems
that the only question to be voted
on is tlie elimination of the word
male." This seems to be very
misleading. The constitutional
provision reads: "Every male
person of the age of twenty-one
per annum,
The pbstmaster general has di-
bills for that nurnose are in com
mittee hands. That is all that failhful natron of the dairymen, that do not sell well in the shell.
about 25. When we refer long
ingly to "the good old times," wo
merely air our ignorance.
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The attacks of the Hearst
syndicate of newspapers on
President Wilson furnish cause
for the whole people
him all the more.
admiring
can be hoped for by the men who
have taken up lands under federal
irrigation projects and now find
themselves without sufficient
capital to work with. They will
have to go to the same sources
for money that are open, or are
to be opened, lo farmers in other
pany with Luke Wiles. Charley!
reeled that a new bond be sent
the postmaster at once.
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jion. unaries uran oi cummins
county was in the city a few
moments yesterday, and paid his
respects to the writer, in com-
The man who wants work don't
have to go out of town to get
what he wants.
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and lhe writer served together in
the notable legislature that pass-l
ed the 8 o'elork closintr law.
' I "ll it'k i r nr nri-ilrt I '
av "" against which we both voted, and
which worked such a great hard
ship upon Governor Shallenberg-
er, unjustly, too. Mr. Graff was
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not know when to "leave well
enough alone." And wait a few
years for experience to teach
Now and then a man claims he
does not believe In advertising.
But let a word or two get into the
paper that he thinks "reflects" on
him or his business, and im-
the Quaker Oats company and the
Fillin' Food association.
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Word comes from Lower Cali
fornia that that section of Mexico;
has seceded, and started a little
revolution of its own. This cloud
on the Mexican horizon may seem
no larger than a man's hat, com-
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pared wim im: iiiiic jie,"nio
around Torreon. and Huerta's
hold on the main job, but it
shows the great trouble with thal hvilI he no lack of candidates at
country. By the lime Villa has I "o primaries. And it may prove
overthrown Huerta, if he does, "aid work to get the right man
Looks somewhat like a skir
mish with Mexico, .unless there
is some backing down done by
Mexico.
From present indications there
the western disturbance prob-
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years or upwards belonging to Ult1"' auer uie Desl l,ai'1 01 llie hero fn took over Mr. Wiles' fine mediately "is vision clears ana ,,.. .viM havc ffaincd enough
momentum to keep going in
for the right place.
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pifhci- nf ih. f(1 mv nrr oi-irw I as imsseu. i, , , x. . ,, , ... ... in; sees in ii a iar-reuciun;r cir- 4.. ;.. I ti. - i . r . . . .
. . r.. .......... v,. ..-,i - iiiearu oi ilea joueu came wim u i momentum n. iyt uiu m- ic uuuiuima legislature fix-
who shall have resided in the :o: viwnf numiineini? r.hnrinv i it. cumstance. Western Trader. HPnniielv. nnd. shoul.l it fail or ed the m ir.w.f :..,. , . "
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siaic si.v moiiuis, anu in me paradise, if all the reports be the stock raising business in -oz succeed, Uie chance oi anoiner tne convict labor durinc- lhe mr
Loumj, pieiiuci. or waia lor tne true, will certainly be a beauti- Cummins county, which demon- Despite reports to the contrary, one to lollow are excellent. It is rent year. Iut u,e nnk l r
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term provided by law, snail be an ful place lo anyone who has strates that he is a stockman as business activity in Nebraska has beginning to appear that bleeding jute bags undersell the urn it en
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ei.-ciwi. - i'um, emails 01 me learned what beauty is. But sup- well as a statesman, and we were been greater this year man lor and dying is me lavorue outdoor nary, and the latter institution
enneu maies. &econu, persons pose one has not learned to know pleased to converse with him a the corresponding period last amusement in that republic and I has a big slock on haul. The
01 foreign Dirm who shall have and love the flowers, and the sky short lime. Charley is an able year. And with the favorable it is a poor way lo develop the next legislature may forhi.i i,
declared their intention to be- tints and the hue of the bird's man, and while looking around outlook for crops in the state, it great natural resources about statute any private concern sell-
come citizens coniormamy to the wing, while he is here on earth, for candidates for governor, we is a safe prediction that lUl i will which so much has been said ing jute bags at less thin h
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laws 01 tne uuiieu ciaics, on t nc I now will he be able to know would sininlv ask: "What's the far surpass last year when the from time to time. The idea that prison urines. v.i;r :.. .
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subject of naturalization, at least heaven when he passes along to matter with Charley Graff?" total is struck at the end of the every chance is a fighting chance, much faith in the eflicienev nf n.
thirty days prior lo an election."! the other world? There are no flies on him. year. has been overworked. statutes.