The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911, September 27, 1909, Image 6
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D.JAYNE'S TONICVEKMIFUGE tones up the stomach and other digestive organs, end restores their normal, healthy condition. Then the digestive organs sup ply the body with its full share of nourishment, and in this way build up permanent health and strength. Sold by all druggists 3 sizes, 50c and 35c. Dr. D. Jayna't Expectorant U an Invaluable medicine fur tougt.i, Cold-i, Eronchilio, Croup, Whooping Cough, llcuily,tc. PLATTSMOUTH, Tfte 1 Wizard tiy L. Frank Baum j KVp.riihlil, by the li)bt)s-Mirrill Co.) opyrljjht by J.. Frank liuum St W. W. SYNOPSIS. Dorothy llvoil tn Kansas with Aunt Em u Uncle Henry. A tyclorii' mod their horns Into the iiir, Dorothy fallliiK aalm-p mldHt tho excitement. A fraud awakened or. Tho houan had lundi-d In a country ranrvnloun benutv. (Jroutm of oueer tlo people irr'c(sil her to tli- Land of uwhklns. The houso hail killed their nemy, the wicked wltfh of KiiMt. lor- ny took the wllcli mlver rIiim-m. duo arted for tho Kmeralri City to llnd tiii WUunl of Oz, who, alio was promised, mlnlit find a way to aend her back to anwiH. Itorothy rt-lcaaud a acareorow, vine him life. Ilu wan tiealroua of ac quiring brains and Btaited with her to te Wizard to gut them. I ATTSMOUTM NEWSHERALD ' thp pe ma ucc an oil can ana on tny joints, A. BARROWS. Editor and Manager NEBRASKA f The live HARV Rescit HrvWoo mm he answered. "They are rusted so badly that I cannot move thorn at all; If I am well oiled I Bhall soon bo all right again. You will find an oilcan on a shelf in my cottage." Dorothy at once ran back to tho cot tage and found the oil-can, and then I she returned and asked, anxiously: "Where aro your joints?" "Oil ray nock, first," replied the Tin Woodman. So she oiled it, and as It was quite badly rusted tho Scarecrow took hold of tho tin hoad and moved It gently from side to side until It worked freely, and then tho man could turn It himself. "Now oil the Joints In my arms," he said. And Dorothy oiled them and tho Scarecrow bent them carefully until they wero quite free from rust and as good as new. Tho Tin Woodman gavo a sigh of satisfaction and lowered his ax, which ho leaned against the tree. "This is a great comfort," ho said. "I havo been holding that ax in tho air ever since I rusted, and I'm glad to be able to put it down at last. Now, if yon will oil tho Joints of my legs, 1 shall be all right once more." So they oiled his legs tint,il ho could move them freely; and he thanked tlirni again and again for his relenso, for ho seemed a very polite creature, and very grateful. "I might have stood thero always If you had not come along," ho said; "so you have certainly saved my life. How did you happen to be hero?" "We are on our way to tho Emerald City, to soe tho great Oz," sho an swered, "and wo stopped at your cot tage to pass the night." "This ct first seemed a great mis fortune, for I knew a one-legged man could not do very well as a wood chopper. So I went to a tin smith and had him make me a new leg out of tin. The leg worked very well, once I was used to it; but my action an gered the wicked Witch of the East, for sho had promised the old woman I should not marry the pretty Munch kin girl. When I began chopping again my ax slipped and cut off my right log. Again I went to the tin ner, and asaln he made me a leg out of tin. After this the enchanted ax cut off my arms, one after the other; but, nothing daunted, I had them re placed with tin ones. The wicked Witch then made the ax slip and cut off my hoad, and at first I thought that was the end of mo. Hut the tin ner happened to come along, and he made me a new head out of tin. "I thought I had braten the wicked Witch then, and I worked harder than ever; but I little knew how cruel my enemy could he. Sho thought of a new way to kill my love for the beau tiful Munchkin maiden, and made my ax slip again, so 'that it cut right through my body, splitting me into two halves. Once more the tinner came to my help and made mo a body of tin, fastening my tin arms and legs and head to It, by means of Joints, so that I could move around as well as ever. Hut, alas! I had now no heart, so that I lost all my love for tho Munchkin girl, and did not care whether I married her or not. I sup poso she Is still living with the old woman, waiting for me to come after her. "My body shono so brightly in tho sun that I felt very proud of it and it did not matter now if my ax slipped, When Dorothy awoke the sun was shining through the tree and Toto had long been out chasing birds and squirrels. She sat up and looked around her. There was tho Scare crow, still standing patiently In his corner, waiting for her. "We must go and search for water," he said to him. "Why do you want water?" he asked, "To wash my face clenn after tho dust of the road, and to drink, so the dry bread will not stick in my throat." It must be Inconvenient to be made of flesh," said tho Scarecrow, thought fully; "for you must Bleep, and eat and drink. However, you have brains, and It Is worth a lot of bother to bo able to think properly." They left tho cottage and walked through the trees until they found a little spring of clear water, where Dorothy drank and bnthed and ate her breakfast. She saw there was not much bread left In the basket, and the girl was thankful the Scarecrow did not have to eat anything, for there was scarcely enough for -herself and Toto for tho dny. When she had flnlshe4 her meal, and was about to go back to tho rond of yellow brick, sho was startled to hear a deep groan near by. "What was that?" sho asked, tim idly. 'I cannot Imagine," replied the Scarfcrow; "but we enn go and see." Jti3t then another groan reached their ears, and tho sound soemed to come from behind thorn. They turned and walked through the forest a few steps, when Dorothy discovered some thing shining in a ray of Bunshinc that fell between the trees. She ran to the place, and then stopped short, with a cry of surprise. One of tho big trees had been partly chopped through, and standing beside It, with an uplifts! ax in his hands, was a man made entirely of tin. His asked "I want him to send me back to Kansas; and the Scarecrow wants him to put a few brains Into his head," she replied. The Tin Woodman appeared to think deeply for a moment. Then ho said: "Do you suppose Ox could give me a heart?" "Why, I guess so," Dorothy an swered; "it would be as easy as to give the Scarecrow brains." "True," the Tin Woodman re turned. "So, if you will allow mo to Join your party, I will also go to tho Emerald City and ask Oz to help me." "Come along," said the Scarecrow, heartily; and Dorothy added that she would be pleased to have his com pany. So the Tin Woodman shout- "Why do you wish to seo Oi?" he for k couIJ not cut mo- There was oaiy one aanger mat my joints would rust; but I kept an oil-can In my cot tage and took cam to oil myself when ever I needed It. However, there came a day when I forgot to do this, and, being caught In a rainstorm, be fore I thought of tho danger my Joints had rusted, and I was left to stand in tho woods until you came to help me. It was a terrlblo thing to undergo, but during the year I stood there I had time to think thnt the greatest loss 1 had known was the loss of my heart. While I was in love I was tho lap piest man on earth; but no one can love who has not a heart, and so I am resolved to ask Oz to give me one. If he does, I will go back to the Munch kin maiden and marry her." Hoth Dorothy and the Scarecrow had been greatly interested in the story of the Tin Woodman, and now they knew why he was so anxious to get a new heart. "All the same," said the Scarecrow. "I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one." "I shall take the heart," returned the Tin Woodman; "for brains do not make ono happy, and happiness is the best thing In tho world." Dorothy did not say anything, for she was puzzled to know which of her two friends was right, and she de cided ff she could only get back to Kansas and Aunt Em it did not matter so much whether the Woodman had no brains and tho Scarecrow no heart, or each got what he wanted. What worried her most was that tho bread was nearly gone, and another meal for herself and Toto would empty the basket. To be sure neither the Woodman nor the Scarecrow ever nte anything, but she was not made of tin nor straw, and could not live un less she was fed. "You Have Certainly Saved My Life." dered his ax and they passed through the foroBt until thoy camo to tho road that was paved with yellow brick. Dorothy was thinking so earnestly as they walked along that sho did not notice when tho Scarecrow stumbled into a hole and rolled over to the side of tho road. Indeed, ho was obliged to call to her to help him up again. "Why didn't you walk around the hole?" asked tho Tin Woodman. "I don't know enough," replied the Scarecrow, cheerfully. "My hoad Is stuffed with straw, you know, and that Is why I am going to Oz to ask him for some brains." "Oh, I see." said tho Tin Woodman. "Hut, after all, brains are not the best things In the world." "Have you any?" inquired tho Scare crow. "No, my head Is qulto empty," an swered tho Woodman; "but once I had brains, and a heart, also; so, having tried them both, I should much rather have a heart." "And why is that?" asked tho Scare crow. "I will tell you my story, and then you will know." So, while they wero walking through the forest the Tin Woodman told tho following story: "I was born tho son of a woodman who chopped down trees In tho forest and sold the wood for a living. When I grew up I, too, bocamo a woodhop per, and after my father died I took care of my old mother as long as sho lived. Then I made up ray mind that Instead of living alone I would marry, so that I might not becomo lonely, "Thero was one of the Munchkin girls who was so beautiful that I soon grew to love her with all my heart CHAPYI A(D WESTERN CANADA During the early days in the pe rlod of the growth of the grain crop in estern Canada, as well as throughout the ripening and garnering period, there is yetr'y growing an increasing Interest throughout the United States, as to the results when harvest is com pleted. These mean much to the thou sands of Americans who have made their homes In some of tho three Prov inces that form that vast agricultural domain, and are of considerable Interest to the friends they have left behind. The year 1909 Is no disappointment The crops of wheat, oats and barley have been harvested and it is now safe to speak of results. Careful es timates place the yield of spring wheat rrr parts of the world the production of wheat is diminishing today; but as it diminishes Canada's will increase; therefore, it is safe to predict that in a few years from now a large part of the world will be looking to western Can ada for its wheat supply, and espe cially will the United States. In many parts of western Canada it Is possible to have a hundred-mile square of wheat, without a break. A writer says: "We were driven west and north o! Moose Jaw through 20 miles of dead ripe wheat, acres of stocks and well worked summer-fallowB. One of these fields would yield 40 bushels to the acre, und another man had oats that would yield 90 or 100 bushels to the acre. In this district wheat w ill aver age 30 to 33 bushels. The conditions ft" M A Central Canada Farmer Finishing Cutting His 70-Acre Field of Wheat at 30 bushels per acre, winter wheat at over 40 bushels, and oats exceed SO bushels per acre. Harlcy also has proved an abundant yield. What will attract the reading public more than volumes of figures will be the fact that those who have been Induced through the Influence of the Government to ac cept of 1G0 acres of free grant land; or, by the persuasion of friends to leave their home State of Dakota, Min nesota, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, In diana, Ohio, Nebraska or the other States from which people have gone, have done well. Financially, they are In a better position than many of them ever expected to be, and In the mat ter of health, in social conditions, they have lost nothing. One person who has Just returned from a trip through the Letbbridge Dis trict, where winter wheat has a strong hold with farmers, says: "We saw Borne mag nificent sights. The crops were, In fact, all that could be desired." In a few years from now these great plains over whose breadth for years roTed hundreds of Town thousands of School herds of cat- House were never better and throughout the district the people are assured of a most prosperous year." It would be unfair to close this ar ticle without quoting from an expert crop-correspondent regarding the two Uattlefords in Central Saskatchewan, on the line of the Canadian Northern Railway. Writing on August 18th ot this year, be says: "It Is necessary to drive about six or seven miles out ot the town of North Hattleford In order to see the best crops ot the district This morning I was driven about 20 miles to the north and west of the town and in all the drive did not see a poor crop. I saw one wheat crop which the owner estimates will yield 40 bushels pel acre, and I believe it" County School House ymmm Mill XB1 ff'inffi'rsTH In Central i o m &. - - v i 1 The Tin Woodman. head and amis and logs were Jointed Upon lii:i body, but he stood perfectly motionless, ns If he could not stir at all. Dorothy looked nt him in amaze meat, and so did tho Scarecrow, while Toto barked sharply and ninde a snup at the tin logs, which hurt his teeth. "Did you groan?" naked Dorothy. "Yes," answered the tin man; "I did. I've been groaning for more than a year, and no one has ever heard me before or come to help me." "What can I do for you?" Bhe in quired, softly, for she wns moved by All this time Dor othy and her com panions had been walking through tho thick woods. The road was still paved with yellow brick, but these were much covered by dried branches and dead leaves from the trees, and the walking wns not at all good. There were few birds in this part of the forest, for birds love the open country where there is plenty of sun thine; but now and then there camo a deep growl from some wild animal hidden among the trees. These sounds mado the llttlo girl's heart boat fast, for she did not know what made them; but Toto knew, and he walked closo to Dorothy's side, and did not even bark lu return. "How long will It be," the child asked of the Tin Woodman, "before we are out of the forest?" "I cannot toll," was the answer, "for I have never been to tho Emerald City. But my father went there once, when I was a boy, and he said It was a long Journey through a dangerous country, although nearer to tho city where Oz dwells tho country is beauti ful. Hut 1 am not afraid bo long as I havo my oil-can, and nothing can hurt tho Scarecrow, whilo you bear upon your forehead the mark of tho She, on her part, promised to marry good Witch's kiss, and that will pro mo ns soon as I could earn enough tect you from harm." money to build n belter houso for her; "Hut Toto!" sai ' the girl, anxtously; so I set to work harder than over Rut "what will protect him?" the girl lived with nn old woman who "We must protect him ourselves, if did not want her to marry any onn, he is In danger," replied the Tin tie, loiiowing the millions of buffalo that once grazed their grasses, will be a solid grain field covering a territory of over 30,000 square miles, and very little of it but what will yet be worth from $10 to $00 per acre. Al ready tho homestead and pre emption lands are being well filled. In the district of Calgary, south, east and north, which comprises Nanton, High River and other equally Impor tant districts, n correspondent of the Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press says: (Aug. 21) "The grain in this district is going to make some money for the farmers this year. All the crop is now crowding along and is good on both irrigated and unlrrlgated lands." There ure to be found those who speak of a "pioneering" life In west ern Canada, but as one man said, "if i , for she was so lazy she wished tho girl to remnln with her and do the cookins and the housework. So tlio old woman went to the wicked Witch of tho East, and promised her two sheep and a cow If rhe would prevent tho marriage. Thereupon tho wicked Witch enchanted my ax. and when I was (hopping nwny nt my best one dny, for I was anxious to get the new houso and my wlfo as soon ns possible, the ax slipped all at once and cut off my left leg. Woodman. Just us ho spoke there came from the forest a terrible roar, and the next moment a great l.lon bounded Into tho rpud. With one blow of his paw ! sent the Scarecrow spinning over and over to the edgo of the road, and tliea he struck nt tho Tin Woodman with his sharp claws. Hut, to tho Lion's surprlno. he could make no Impression on the tin, although tho Woodman fell over In the road and lav still. (TO Bli CONTINUED.) Canada He then crosses fcTie Sas katchewan river to the South town, or Hattleford proper, and continues his report: "Conditions around the old town are as good if not bet ter than those to the north ot the river. This district has much the best wheat crop prospect of any I have inspected this year, consid ering sample and yield. The weath er conditions for the wnole season have been Ideal and the result is what might easily be termed a bumper crop. A sample sheaf brought In from the farm of Oeorgo Truscott was shown to me which spoke for Itself. This farmer is said to havw sixty acres which will yield 45 bushels per acre. In stating an average for the dis trict of South Battleford I would say that the wheat will yield 36 bushels per acre. The oats will yield about 43 and barley 35 bushels per acre." A correspondent summtng up a trip over the Canadian Northern Railway, from Dauphin to Hattleford, says: "As I inspected the crops in the va Seen In A Specimen Group of Elevators That May Be Many Towns in Central Canada this is pioneering I don't for the life of mo see what our forefathers had to complain of." He didn't know, though, for the pioneering of his fore fathers was discomfort and hardship. The opening up and development of western Canada, with Its railroad lines to carry one to almost the uttermost part of it, the telegraph line to flash the news to the outside world, tho tel ephone to talk to one's neighbor, the dally and weekly mall service which brings and carries letters to the friends in distant parts; the schools headed by college-bred and highly cer tificated teachers; tho churches manned by brilliant divines; tho clubs; the Boclal and festive life; what Is there nbout any of this to give to the man who goes thero to make his homo the credit of being a pioneer? Noth ing! He might as well bo in any of the old middle-west StateB. In other rlous districts 1 found the farmers and other citizens witliout exception filled with expectant enthusiasm over this year'B prospects. No district was found which could not boast of fields of 35 bushels per acre wheat, or 50 to GO bushels per acre oats, and of 40 bushels per acre of barley. It is not an unusual thing in many parts of western Canada for a farmer to have 10,000 to 30,000 bushels of wheat. In tho Rouleau district it is said that there are several farmers who will have 20,000 bushels of oau any many fields will return one hun dred bushels to the acre. It takes an army of men to handle theWestern Canada crop, and It is es timated that 30,000 feoplo havo been brought In this year to assist In the great undertaking; thero being excur slons from the outsido world nearlj every day for the past six weeks