Nebraska Newspapers

    THE FRONTIER
p« H- CRONIN, FUBU8HER. ~
*¥, O. TEMPLETON,
IMItor and Business Manager.
ffEITLL, NEBRASKA
tn the whole of 1921 England and
Wales, with a population of about
40.000,000, had only. 85 murders and self
murders. apart from cases of lnfantlcld*
and Illegal operations. Of the total,
22 cases were sucidee and In 66 of the
cases of xiurder, 68 persons were ar
rested, leaving only seven cases where
no arrests were made. Of the 69 ar
rested, 13 were hanged, eight found guil
ty but Insane at the time of trial, 14 w.ere
accused of manslaughter, one of mall
elons wounding, 14 were acquitted and
seven were found Insane while awaiting
trial
Apartments with a swlming pool are
going up for working men of the Eigh
teenth ward of Paris. The architect
wanted to put a bathroom In each flat,
but Instead the city council decided to
have a bath house on the ground floor
with a plunge In a hall 166 feet long.
American detective films are pop
ular In Russia. The leaders of the com
munistic youth are much worried over
the results and the obvious Influence
these films are getting over the young
workers, who are Impressed by the de
tectives, In whom they find all their
Ideals Incorporated—highly developed
physical strength, daredevllnesrt, alert
ness, courage and sound nerves.
To encourage airplane building In Aus
tralla, the government will pay a bonus
of $3 a pound on the weight of all air
planes, not Including the engine, manu
factured In the commonwealth.
A movement to have women appointed
$o legal positions In the various depart
ments of the federal government Is.
bebig fostered by the Women’s Bar as
sociation of the District of Columbia.
Sli 17 per cent, of the butter made In
Minnesota Is made in co-operative
dairies. The co-operatives pay the
farmer on an average 91.3 per cent, of
what the consumer pays for the but
ter.
A dead Chinaman Is worth $180 In the
eyes of British Insurance appraisers.
Lloyds, the famous English Insurance
• house effected Insurance at the above
quoted rate on a consignment of "dead
Chinamen In tln-Uned cases from Bos
ton to Kong Kong. The deceased orien
tals were covered against total loss only.
Popularity of the movies In Japan
Is Increasing. Pictures permitted for use
last year showed an Increase of about
double that of the preceding year. The
United States Imports more than any
other country.
A canary bird that whistles "Yanked
Kloodle.” attracted attention at the St.
Evening motion picture shows are to
be given In schools at Duluth, Minn.
Louis poultry and bird show. The owner
values the bird at $1,000.
Mrs. Sydney Small, the only women
alderman of Toronto, Canada, has been
Visiting New York, Washington and
Oth-r cities to study problems Of mu
nicipal government.
The next general assembly of North
Carolina will be asked to appropriate $1,
000,000 to develop the oyster and fishing
Industry In the rivers and along tho
shores of eastern North Carolina.
A London doctor removed from a pa
tient's ear a button tnat had been In it
dor 73 wars.
The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks la
erecting a bank and office building in
Cincinnati at a cost of $400,000,
Murders are eight times mors fre
quent In the United States than In Can
r£a. a Chicago Judge asserts.
Two boys coasted down a slope and
beneath a fast moving passenger train
at Caldwell, N. J. They had passed to
. jsjilety before they were aware of dan
ger.
The typewriter weighing onv ounce
and of vest pocket sise, Invented by a
Philadelphia man for his own use,
writes by means of a wheel equipped
with rubber letters.
Coinage of special GO cent pieces com
memorating the 100th anniversary of
the enunciation of the Monroe doctrine
Is authorised In a bill Introduced by
Senator Johnson of California.
Cuban womanhood soon will be called
upon to enter a campaign to secure
equal rights. The opening gun will bo
fired at a national women’s .congress,
the (late for which has not been set.
The government of Spain has drafted
a royal order organizing a system of
education In the primary schools and
universities with the object of preparing
the youth for military service of various
grades.
Sir i >seph W. Isherwood, who has
been visiting America, is the Inventor
of the Isherwood system of ship con
struction on whose patent 12,000,000 tons
of vessels already have been con
structed.
E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe, who
appear on the stage only each alternate
season are now In Paris. They will re
turn to New York early In the sprl"3
to make arrangements for their tour
next fall.
Astronomers at Alleghany observa
tory said a new group of sun spots were
revealed by reason of a dense fog which
overhung W'estern Pennsylvania. The
fog acted much like smoked glass and
made the spots plain.
Wisconsin's champion girl pork calser
Is Miss Veva Divan, of Monros,
During ths last season she won nearly
100 ribbons and gathered In more than
|600 In cash prizes by showing her "six
Utile pigs" at the county fairs.
A new diamond field has been discov
ered In the Dutch Guiana district. Ths
district has yielded gold for 47 years,
and no search for precious stones had
been conducted until a syndicate sent
out prospectors, who brought In seven
atones.
Col. E. T. Ijftwrence. whose remark
able adventures among the Arabs made
him one of the most romantic figures
of the war. has enlsited as a private In
the British army under an assumed
■ume. Ho wishes to obtain material
to finish a book of his experiences.
•'Bridging the Bay" Is a perennial
topic In San Francisco ond the contig
uous bay regions. Situated as It Is on a
peninsula. San Francisco is cut off l*v
water from the rest'•of California except
on one si<le. "The Chinese Wall" some
commentators have called the situation.
Dvily about 100,000 persons cross the bay'
to Oakland, to b’ausallto or Vallejo. It
1 takes time, and It costs money If you
have an automobile to go by boat. Hence
the universal demand is foi the bridg
ing cf the bay.
London.—Russia is paying very
high for her German-bought locomo
tives, in the opinion of Curtis Frank
lin, of the Yale club. New York,
former American relief administra
tion port official at Fetrograd. The
payment Is made not In cash, but In
scrap iron from old battleships, and
file price is 40 times the weight In
•crap for «he new steel.
Near the city of Ishlnomsky, In Japan.
Is a settlement In which woman’s rule
may be raid to * omp*»t«. ^he wives
support the hi * -ends children snd
are the »ckno' -edged her-ds of the fam
ily The men *" .cp houje and do other
w ork that U urua'ly perform# 4 by
VolTlrn
SCHOOL JANITOR
COMMITS SUICIDE
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Shot Self in Home of Daughter
at Albion Early in the
Morning.
Albion, Neb., Jan. 22 (Special).—
Joseph Henry Fisher, Janitor at the
local school building, committed sui
cide at his home by shooting. His
daughter and her husband were
awakened at D a. m. by the shot. The
body was found partially clothed In a
chair.
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SALES FARM PROPERTY
BRINGING GOOD PRICES
Bloomfield, Neb., Jan. 22 (Special).
—Many sales are being held in this
vicinity and most of them are going
quite good. While there appears to
be a brisk demand for heavy draft
horses, animals weighing around 1,200
are going very cheap. Cattle and
hogs are bringing good prices.
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BLOOMFIELD IS SHORT
ON HARD COAL
Bloomfield, Neb.. Jan. 22 (Special).
—Bloomfield is ilithout any hard coal
or coke of base burner size. Should
stiff winter weather set in it will
make it mighty incqgvenlent for a
number of people. Several cars are
expected to arrive this week.
PAYS FANCY PRICE
FOR WAYNE COUNTY LAND
Wayne, Neb., Jan. 22 (Special).—
William Lessm.'in who recently sold
his farm six miles northeast of
Wayne, closed a deal a few days ago
for the purchase of a 21-acre tract
belonging to the J. K. Johnson farm
Just north of town. The purchase in
cludes the residence and other build
ings. The price was about $700 nn
acre. It is understood Mr. Lessrnun
will move to his new acquisition
.March 1. Mr. Johnson will put up
another residence, selecting his site
from his remaining acreage.
IIMI6EJCGESS
Affair Near Wessington
Springs, S. D., Was Staged
By Members of Two
Legion Posts.
Wessington Springs, 8. D., Jan. 20
(Special.)—Fully 1,000 people partici
pated in a wolf hunt In the Wessing
ton hills northwest of here Friday,
resulting In the killing of seven full
grown coyotes and hundreds of rab
bits. The area covered was eight
miles square, including the whole of
Cherry township and parts of adjoin
ing townships.
Several wolf hunts have been
staged .in the vicinity, since consid
erable damage has been done to
farmers among their poultry, but as
the hills are their refuge, only scat
tering result** have beefl obtained.
The Legion posts of Alpena and Wes
sington Springs co-operated in or
ganizing Thursday’s hunt, and it was
the most successful ever held.
The hunters took their places on
tl*e four eight-mile lines and com
menced their advance promptly at 11
o'clock. At about 2 o’clock all met
near the Ed Lovo home, where the
legions served hot coffee and auc
tioned off the game. One wolf, a
splendid specimen, brought $20. An
other had been caught in a trap be
fore and was minus a leg: it brought
$ir>. however. The other prices
ranged in between these figures.
SOUTH DAKOTA FARMERS’
IMPROVE THEIR CROPS
Brookings, S. D., Jan. 20 (Special.)
—One hundred eighty-five South Da
kota communities adopted some
phase of crop improvement work as
« part of their extension project dur
ing 1922, according to the annual re
port issued from the extension office
at State college. More than 3,000
farmers during the year planted se
lected seed corn, 421 grain growers
treated seed wheat for smut and bean
culture, wjth improved methods, was
Introduced on 96 farms. •
Improved seed was secured for
2.914 farmers of South Dakota. Soil
Improvement resulted In Increased
work In drainage, a total of 47,546
acres being drained. A decided In
crease In the plowing under of green
manure crops was noted. On 29
farms demonstrations for acidity
were held at some time during the
year.
Its Modern Vertion.
Frjm American Legion Weekly.
Prospective Purchaser (examining
volume of maxims In bookstore): "1
don't see the old favorite here about
locking the barn door after the horse
ha * been stolen." •
Clerk: "No. this is a new and re
vised edition. But there’s Its (successor
about analyzing the home brew after the
funeral has been hekl."
Again it is demonstrated that la
bor's and the farmer’s interests do
no*, dovetail, this time in Arkansas
where farmers took down their shot
guns to help break a rail strike.
Mr. Firestone. who makes tires, says
England controls 85 per cent, of the
w orld's crude rubber while the United
States buys 70 per cent, of it. He
•ays British legislation has cut down
production to keep prices up, and he
wants this government to develop
rubber production in South America
and the Philippines. A good Ameri
can Idea. It would be hard for tire
users if uble British business men
applied to rubber the tight control
Of prices they now apply to dia
monds. With diamonds it makes no
difference.
CENSUS IIF SHEEP
More Animals in State Now
Than Year Ago, Despite
Heavy Shipments That
Have Been Made.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 20.—Nebraska
had 897,000 lambs and sheep on feed
January 1, as compared to 762,000
head December 1 and 556,000 head
over a year ago, according to esti
mates released by A. E. Anderson, of
the division of crop, and live stock es
timates. Nebraska marketed 145,
000 fat lambs and sheep during De
cember, and received 60.000 at feeding
stations, in addition to those driven to
feed lots at Omaha. The report for all
states shows a 30 per cent, increase
over January 1, 1922, due largely to a
40 per cent, increase in western irri
gation sections. Since the supply on
feed during the first four months of
1922 was greatly under tlpit of 1921,
the present supply is not expected to
vary much from that of 1921.
A total of 145,000 fat sheep and
lambs were marketed from Nebraska
during December, as compared to
121.000 a year ago. During the same
period 60,000 sheep and lambs were
shipped Into feeding stations, as com
pared to 46,000 the previous December
in addition to those driven out from
Omaha to feed lots. The number of
sheep and laming in Nebraska feed lota'
on January 1 yvus as follows: Scotts
bluff section, 150,000, compared to
110.000 a year ago; Platte valley* 280,
000; Douglas county, 70,000; Hum
boldt, Neb., 30,000 and 20,000 a year
ago; other sections not included
above, 167,000.
STATE OF NEBRASKA HAS
NO BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
• Lincoln, Neb., Jpn. 20 (Special).—
The records of slate auditor Marsh
show that while the state of Nebraska
ha* no bonded debt, the subdivisions
of the state mad® up of the same
people who comprise the citizenry of
the state have a total bonded debt of
$73,760,187.
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TElIPlilSOl
Convicted of Embezzlement
Charge, H. W. Kenyon Sen
tenced to Nebraska
State Penitentiary.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 19 (Special.)—
H. W. Kenyon, one of the organizers
of the P.ankers’ Fire Insurance com
pany, which came close to being
wrecked through the management of
promoters, was sentenced to from one
to seven years in prison by Judge
Ciements for embezzlement. One of
the stockholders complained that he
and his partner, C. E. Maixner, now
serving a term in prison, had taken
a certificate for a large number of
shares temporarily .in their posses
sion and used it to get a loan at a
bank.
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NEBRASKA FIREMEN GO
TO BEATRICE NEXT YEAR
North Platte, Neb., Jan. 19.—The
state volunteer firemen at their state
convention here Thursday evening
elected the following officers: Presi
dent, O. \\\ Rhodes, Scotts Bluff;
first vice president. Lee Carey, York;
second vice president, W. C. Rundin,
Mitchell; secretary, A. C. 'Webbert,
Kearney; treasurer, Frank Tobin,
Sidney; chaplain. Rev. Mr. Haas,
Beatrice. Beatrice was selected for
next year’s convention.
PEOPLE AT VILAS TO
HAVE CHURCH SERVICES*
Vilas, S. D., Jan. 19 (Special).—For
some little time there has been no
preaching services at Vilas. The con
gregation has now secured the serv
ices of Rev. John Evans of the Pres
byterian church at Fedora, and Rev.
Mr. Legagur of Vivorg, S.D., in this
Way furnishing the people with
church services practically every
Sunday. The Sunday school has
been kept up.
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NO HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT
IN UNORGANIZED COUNTIES
Pierre, S, D., Jan. 19 (Special).—In
an opinion handed down by Attorney
General Buell F. Jones that official
holds that It la his opinion that It Is
not necessary and is Improper for
highway boards in unorganized coun
ties of the state to designate anyone
as a superintendent of highways. He
holds that the state laws do not pro
vide, for superintendents in unorgan
ized counties.
I)FS MOINES—Hope springs eternal
In the brewer's breast. The Clinton
Brewing Co., today filed renewal of its
articles of incorporation fi>r another 20
>car wait for the good ol' days. It spent
$109 as guarantee of the strength of its
hope.
AMES.—The city of Ames is to vote
(or the i suanee of $200,000 worth of
school bonds on February 8. The money,
if granted, is to be uSesd for the con
struction of a new ward school and in
making extensive repairs in two of the
other grade buildings.
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CHARGES CITY—Boys were respon
sible for the note signed "K. K. K.” and
sent to T. D. Byrne, demanding $250 to
keep harm from coming to his 10-yoar
old son. Police traced the threat to a
12-year-old pupil in the schools.
DES MOINES—Five junior high
schools will be built within the next
31i years, 12 elementary schools aband
oned and 70 class rooms added to the re
mainder, according to a huge buikling
program adopted by the school board.
SHARPENING AX
FORM BILL
Nebraska Senate Prepares to
Kill Reed Measure—An
other Movie Censor
ship Bill Offered.
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Lincoln, Neb.( Jan. 22 (Special).—
The state senate Monday afternoon
recommitted the Reed bill reducing
salaries of all state officers, the gov
pernor excepted, but including judges
iof the supreme court' and district
courts. The action was taken with
the avowed purpose of defeating the
measure.
j Eighteen or more than a majority
of the senate, voted to recommit sen
ate file No. 11, to reduce the inspec
tion fee under the compulsory potato
inspection law from $4 to $3 a car.
The bill previously had passed with
out opposition.
i Barr, of Cage, introduced senate
file No. 86 creating a state board of
.three movie censors at an annual sal
ary of f3.000 each.
; The house passed a measure plac
ing custody of soldier relief bonds un
der the state treasurer; a bill requir
ing that notices of internal revenue
taxes payable to the government be
filed in the county or counties within
which the property is located, and a
measure permitting the university re
gents to pay salary balances to the
end of the fiscal year to the widow of
the late Prof. W. P. Dann and to
Mrs. Edith Chowins, widow of the
late C. E. Chowins.
Hit's Mildred McKinley, a relative of
the late President McKinley ot, Ger
mantown, Pa., is to wed Cleveland
Hitchcock Storrs, a distant relative of
the late President Cleveland.
Tired of imposters who cause such
headlines as "Follies (Jirls in Wild Es
capades," Florcnz Ziegfekl, jr., has de
cided to have everybody in Ms show
who wears skirts fingerprinted.
A Chicago shoe merchant found his
shop windows broken when he came to
work one morning. He frowned, then
smiled. Later he put up a sign, “They
break windows to get our shoes."
Chief Red Wing, arrested at No. 358
Fifth avenue, because he annoyed his
wife, begged the policemen to shoot him
and "have the honor of killing the only
full-blooded Indian chief in New York.”
Gen. Pershing has declined with re
gret an Invitation to be present at the
welcome home celebration planned at
Savannah, Ga., for American troops
returning from the Rhine on the St.
Mihiel.
Mine. Nellie Melba, who is completing
a tour of England, sang at the last per
formance held in the famous old Co
vent Garden theater recently. The the
ater is to be made over into a musical
comedy house.
The total value of American merchan
dise exports during 1922, according to
statlctics made public by the depart
ment of commerce, was $3,831,516,735,
compared with $1,485,031,366 during 1921,
and $2,484,018,292 in 1918. The report shows
a decrease of $653,514,621 for 1922 as com
pared with 1921,
Let us see what a grand jury
or some other sort of legal ma
chinery will do at Harrison. Let
us see whether The federal gov
ernment can take an interest, as
It did at Herrin. Another word
of condemnation from the presi
dent of the nation would not be
out of place.
But best of all, a long, neat
row of lawfully erected gallows
with one of Harrison’s "respect
able” murderers dangling idly
from each. All accomplished law
latvfully, regularly, in orderly
prosecution of just complaints
by officials unafraid of duty.
Yes, the same row of gal
lows might be used at Herrin
with equal justification. More
murder was -done orl* both sides,
at Herrin. But murder is murder,
and one swings for one murder
as for 17.
A little more swinging—legal
swinging—at Herrin and at Har
rison, might vindicate America
in the eyes of the world. While
such crimes are unpunished,
America stands convicted in the
foruin of world opinion as a land
where savages do murder and
roam at liberty.
Herrin De Luxe.
From the Wichita Eagle.
* Down at Harrison, Ark., we
have another'Herrin. But this
time the thugs wear white col
lars and call themselves a ‘‘citi
zens committee." This patriotic
mob of regulators declares war
on the railroad strikers, runs all
out of town, whips and abuses
numerous citizens, and murders
one laborer by hanging him to a
railway trustle.
This, presumably, in the name
of "law and order."
Now let us hear how the
champions of law and order who
were loud In condemnation of all
labor after the Herrin massacre
will express themselves in regard
to the murderous gang of "prom
inent citizens" at Harrison.
For murder is murder, whether
4 WALLY REID’S WIDOW t
4 RECEIVES FILM OFFER 4
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4 Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 22 4
4 (U. P.)—An offer has been 4
4 made to Mrs. Wally Reid to 4
4 appear in a big feature film, 4
4 financed by several big com- »4
4 panies here, depicting the fight 4
4 against the drug evil, it was ♦
4 learned Monday from sources 4
4 usually well informed. 4
4 It wt.s understood that the 4
4 sum offered Mrs. Reid was h 4
4 large one and it is declared by 4
4 friends that while she will not 4
4 consider at present because of 4
4 her nervous condition and 4
4 mourning, she is disposed to 4
4 accept it later on. ♦
4 Reid carried $70,000 insur- 4
4 ance. Only $100,000 was left 4
4 out of his $1,000,000 fortune, it 4
4 is declared, and many of these 4
4 assets may eventually prove 4
4 worthless, ss they consist of 4
4 unsecured notes. ♦
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After Raggedy Ann and Raggedy I
Andy and Mr. Doodle and Marggy and
her mamma had found Marggy's
daddiy and heard of his adventure In
the magic castle, Marggy’s mamma
suggested that they return to their
own home.
"I wish to pack a few magic thjngs
In a suit case first,” Marggy’s daddy
said. "You see,” he said to Raggedy
Ann and Raggedly Andy, ”1 have
found so many wonderful magic
things In the wonder room, I hardly
know which to take home!”
Of course, everyone wished to know
what jho wonderful things were, so
Marggy’s dadidy told them. "There
Is a magic clock,” he said, “which
strikes every five minutes. And as
soon as it quits striking, It either tells
a fairy story, or It sings a beautiful
song. Then this book which I was
reading when you came In is a won
derful book too, for, while you read
the story, you can see the pictures of
everything you read about. Then
when you grow tlread of reading
yourself, It will read itself, right out
loud!”
“That will be a nice book tor
Marggy to have!” Marggy's mamma
said, ‘for it will amuse her with the
pictures, and when she gets tired of
reading, it can read itself to her!”
“Yes, we must take it for Marggy!”
Marggy’s dadd(y agreed.
“Then, the magic soda water foun
tain in the wonder room, we need it
in our front room so that we can give
everyone who comes in, a nice ice
cream soda. Then, there is a Whole
case of wonderful wishing rings! We
each need one. And there is a won
derful invisible cloak, which when
anyone wears, it, makes them invis
ible. Then there are all sorts of magic
games which play themselves. And
magical roller skates, which, when
you fasten them to your shoes, will
carry you around as fast as you wish
to go!”
Then Marggy’s daddy got the suit
case. And it was a very large one
too, for it had to be, very large to
get all the magical things inside.
“What Have You in the Suitcase?”
the knight asked.
Everyone helpedi Marggy's daddy
pack the magical things in the suit
case. And then when that was fin
ished. Marggy said, "Daddy, what
about the cunning little two headed
dog? Shall we take him with us?”
"Yes! I wish to go whereever
Marggy goes,” the little two headed
dog answered for himself.
"Then, I guess we are all ready to
start,” Marggy’s daddy said as he took
the suitcase upon his shoulder.
"I think it is a lovely magical
castle” Marggy’s dadidy saiS as he and
the others walked out the front door
and Muted down the path to where
the dragon was talking to the knight,
■who guarded the front door.
"What have you in the suitcase?”
the knight asked as he saw Marggy’s
daddy with the suitcase on his
shoulder.
“Some wonderful things I picked up
insicte!” Marggy’s daddy replied. Then
a queer look came over his face and
he put. the suitcase upon the ground
and opened it.
"I thought so!” he cried, “I felt It
suddenly grow light, and It had been
so heavy before, I just knew the
magical things had disappeared.”
A Dead One.
From the New York Sun.
"He has no ambition at all.”
"No, he never tries to pass another
car on a hill.’’
From the Glen Eider (Wls). Sentinel.
We made & mistake In last week s Is
sue of the Sentinel. A good subscriber
told ul about It. The same day there was
a letter in our postpffice box that didn’t
belong to us. We called for 98 over the
phone and got 198. We asked for a spool
of No. BO thread and when we got home
we feund It was No. 80. The train was
reported SO minutes late. We arrived at
the depot 20 mlmites after train time
and the train had gone. We got our ml.k
bill and there was a mistake of 10c in our
favor. We felt sick and the doctor sakl
we Were eating too much meat. e
hadn’t tasted meat for two months. The
garage man said the jitney was missing
because it needed a new timer. »' e
cleaned a spark plug and it’s run fine
ever since. Yes, we made a mistake in
last week's issue of the paper.
Col. Frederick T. Cummins was award
ed $10,000 damages in Los Angeles against
A1 G. Barnes, circus owner, for the death
of Black Beauty, a trick horse owned by
the colonel and exhibited under contract.
The horse was placed in a car with
other horses. The circus owner main
tained the horse died of colic, but the
colonel contended the animal was
trampled.
If a man thinks every one is
against him, he wilj soon begin to
treat them so they will be. If he
thinks every one is his friend, he will
treat them right, unconsciously, and
they soon will be his friends.—Earn
shaw Press.
For the attention of South Dakota
legislators who are hesitating about
giving up the expense allowances:
Governor Pinchot will accept only
$10,000 of the $18,000 annual salary
the law allows.
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy
felt bo sorry for Marggy and her
mamma and daddy and Mr. Doodle
Kor after Marggy’s daddy had filled
his suitcases with wonderful magical
things from the Wonder room of th®
magic castle, and had carried th®
spltcase out of the castle, why! every
single magical thing had disappeared
from the suitcase. And when Mr
Dopdle had taken the suitcase back,
into the castle and had repacked th®
“I wouldn’t take the marical thir>ge
home, if I were you!”
wonderful things in it, he found when
he had carried it outside, that the
wonderful magical things had dis
appeared and in their places was:
nothing but large stones.
So Marggy and her mamma and her
daddy and Mr. Doodle sat down upon
the ground and cried and cried.
Raggedy Ann’s apron grew so wet
from wiping the tears from their eye*
she had to take it off and hang it
•over the Dragon’s ears to dry.
“I wouldn’t take the magical things
home, if I were yon!” Raggedy Ann
advised. >
This made Marggy’s daddy laugh..
“No we shan’t!” he said. “Because
we can’t.”
“Then!” advised Raggedy Andy,,
“perhaps, if you wisl^ to have the
wonderful magical things so much, it
would be a good plan, instead of'
trying to take them to your home,,
to bring your home to the magical*
things! ”
“But how can we do that. Raggedy
Andy?” Marggy’s daddy asked In sur
prise.
"We would have to move our great,
big house and all the furniture and it
would take a great big moving wag
on and a great big truck to carry
everything!”
“Oh, no!” Raggedy Andy laughed.
■‘You wouldn’t have to move a single
i thing!”
j "Then tell us what you think about
i it. Raggedy Andy!” Aaggedy Ani*
; said.
‘Well!” Raggedy Andy replied. “It
seems to me that the wonderful magic
castle has been made by some one
so that whoever enters the magic
castle can enjoy the wonderful magi
cal things In tho Wonder room. And!
if everyone v^ho goes into the magic
castle carries away some of the won
derful things, in a very short time
there would be nothing left! And so,
to keep people from carrying the
things away, the magical things al
ways come back to' the Wonder
room!”
“That is so!” agreed Mnrggy’s dad
dy. “And it was not right for us te
take them!"
"Indeed It wasn’t •>" Raggedy Andy
said. “And that is why the wonder
ful things left tho suitcase and re
turned to the Wonder room. 9o if you
wish to have the magical things. In
stead of trying to take them hon*
with you, you must bring your home
to them. Don't you see? You must
live right in the wonderful magi*
castle and have it for your homoi*
"Wheel” Marggy s daddy crlefL.
"Raggedy Andy thought of the nicest
way! For It is lovely to live In the
wonderful magic castle, especially
now that Marggy and her mamma are
with met”
“And we wih have Raggedy Ann
and Raggedy Andy# and Mr. Doodle
and the kind Dragon live here with
vs!” laughed Marggy. And every
one was so happy, they caught hold
of hands and danced around in a ring.
The House of Rebels.
Come with me, comrade, into the House
of Rebels,
The benches are hard, I assure you, and
the cushions few;
But the comradeship Is milk and honey
to the soul—
Hero is Luther, hero Tolstot, here
Stephen:
And here the arch rebel of them all.
The summit of vehemence, the acme of
denunciation.
The hater of sham, the uncomparahie.
Shunned, despised, hated, crucified
Jesus;
The high priest of tho cult of Protest,
The prince who aits all day long in tho
House of Rebels!
—From the poem of the above title by
Wilson MacDonald, Canadian poet
laureate.
The French government an
nounces it will issue a “yellow
book,” In Justification of its occupa
tion of the Ruhr. How like old days!
A bag of granulated salt to th®
first person who reports seeing 3
robin!
It’s goin’ t’ be interestin’ t' watch
an' see how th’ gover’ment is goin'
t’ git th’ farmer out o’ debt by loanin'
him money.
Fellers in little towns alius git mar
ried too soon or not at all.—Abe Mar
tin.
Senator Bursum’s bill to provide
a loan of 11,000,000,000 to Germany
for the purchase of farm products in
this country came too late. It wojtd
now be received by France.