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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1922)
osoto, irminu. p -M-vt V ,J. . " i i TT 'A- '" ': i i k . i 1 ! F ' 1 'J t lyonMiitiiiiitiiiiiTiiitiiniiHiiiiitiiiu Uv , jrair or ,e Fugitives By MALCOLM BROWN liliiiDiliillliiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimuilin ,Jlin Washington, tlio porter, went .to thpdoor of his car. Upon the jltxt- Sotni, of the ue.vl air another porter .sMtl, (matching u fuw InlinlutlotiH iroip ii cigarette. "llofydy, Joe," ati'Id Jiiin- "Your cur yrctly 'fqin Jo'Orow In h clotul uitil Hung the stunSp frwny. "Rloatly. wonum,'' he said.'" "How's ydtfruV" "Tolerable," .Urn answered. "May, Joe, ''there's n girl la Section a boon crying over tlnro I como on, tit Spring field. I icckoti sho loft her-fcllow lt hlnd. Well, I reckon business will be butter next month, when- lite regular rowd Klarts north." VOn'ly the porter bad observed the liftfiu Section 2, for she wih itt the wlTjTtlidl&ir. Hilda Mercer opened Iter suitcase and n p:id with n little pencil ultiichcd, mid begun to write. "I Khould not hiivc left you If you md been frank with uie, Will," she " wrote. "What I cannot forgive Is" BUO Stopped and stared out Into the driving "Hilti. "It was because I al ways belloved In you," sho continued. ."Kut tho letter was tear-spotted, und alio tore It Into strips anil watched them flutter out Into tho Htorm. She would not write that letter. She Imd written one, mid Will would find It when ho returned to New York the .following morning at eight o'clock. Two men were seated In tho umok tag 'car. Ono was about five and thirty years of uge; he might have been an accountant or bank cashier, for lie bad (lie alert air of one, who tain the deadly Htruggle of comtnor (tftlllfe. tJIic other lolled heavily In 'Wa ;oat, scanning the first man with furtive, persistence. Suddenly be .'caned forwurd, a curious xtnlln upon Jils mouth. "Aren't you the (laying teller of the Merchants' and Brokers' over in JJrooklyn?" he Inquired. "My numo'a 3'hll Ornvcs. I used to have an ac count with you." The other seemed stunned by the recognition. "I lined to he there," in iHiHwercd, his voice quavering allgbtly. Then he made bin way back to Section 3, opposite tho girl. Hilda started and looked round ut Aim. Their eyes met, and the teller tohc up und stood before her. "Don't ybu remember mo, Mm. VTercorV" he asked, smiling forlornly. Her eycH lit up. "It's you, Alfred Burton I" Burton sat down beside Iter. "Hilda, there's something wrong be tween Will Mercer and you," Bald Burton. "You're running awny. Xou'rc running away to think, Jinit as jou used to do. You musn't think, but uct. I want you to turn right round at Hrnttlebnro and go back to Um Tncro Isn't a liner man living than Will Mercer. NI know thorns Isn't I" she answered Impetuously, and then slip- haw how hideously wrong she hud been. It was uotftIflr6vliv'lioni slio was running nSvH'y;;"bnt'1!'Inimvn discontent; und 8tu Vuifcarryliig U In her heart. "It's; too Into now," she answered dismally, und looked out Into the ruin ugultt. ' IJL was impossible to reliiru before Will got home. There was no train from Brattlchoro till morning. aim was crying hysterically. Bur ton let her hand full and stared at tluV cushions of (he scat opposite He bud urged her to go hack, but what obout himself? He, too, must be back by Monday morning or become a fugl tfrre. Fate seemed to huvo lain. In" wait for him, flit swung' round In his sent sud denly. "Hilda," ho sold, "I'm running away too. I have six thousand dol lars In my pocket that doesn't belong to me." A Jar shook them lu their seats, a whistle shrilled, und the train ground Its way to a standstill. They heard tbe cries, "Tho down train wrecked I She's catching flrol Saved ourselves by sir Inches I" Bur ton . was outside, one of tho crowd that, surged about a Hue of halted cuts, two of which lay on their sides emjd (lie wreckage. The passengers la tbe two cars accmed to have es caped by a miracle. t Hours seemed to pass. Tho passen gers on botli trains waited. Button hadt not spoken to Hlldu Mercer, Ho did not oven notice tlio arrival of tho wrecking train till somebody touched lib) shoulder. Then ae .looked up to sco Jim standing over. him. "We'ro going on In live minutes, boss," said tho darkey. Burton got up unsteadily. "I'm not going on," ho muttered. "It's all right, boss," replied the porter. "The lino's clear and tho down-train's gotting ready to start. She'll reach New York by midnight. We'll both have to make up time." "New Xoricl" cried Burton, and wuddenly the' miracle was inado clear to felraVy Burton snatched up her suit ewe. " ' fUlldtvl" ho cried, "wo'ro going buck going home. That train's go log to make New York by midnight. Hurry 1 Wo'vo hot got our chance to muko amends." Burton helped her aboard the down train. Thoy sat down together, no turned to Hilda. f Wo'ro going to mako tho moat ot life now," ho whispered. "And I'm iolng to call oa, you and Will some 'lay." She leaned back happily; and, then It wilbo realized that his love, had aotproved ia'vuln, oVcn-though U had failed. FObD VALUE OF NUTS LARGE - c According to Writer In English Magazine,-There Can Be No "Better Article of Diet. Nut crackers are not considered n necessary equipment of tho ordinary household dining tabic. Tho dloturj valuo of nuts not being fully recog nized, this Implement Is rarely- re-' quired nowadays. Yet there Is no belter form of diet than nuts, declares a writer In London Answers. The family fable which con-, signs them to the catalogue-of tlio'ln dlgcstlbles Is "an uticonscloniiblo time u-dylng." A child's taste, however, Is often the best criterion of u food's val ue, and all chlldieii love nuts, even as, do monkeys. ' We should rousumu nuts nil the year round, entlng, say. n certain quantity dally, chewing them methodi cally. If children hnd us fioe access to the nut crop as have monkeys there would be fewer digestive weaklings. This ap plies to grownups as wt'll.f , If nuts disagree, even with tho most delicate, It is because they are pnr tnken of at tho wrong time. When, consumed between meals they nre al most certain to disagree, as they will alao If entcn after n heavy meal of other food or Insufllclently mnstlcated. ' The proper time to eat nuts Is Just at the beginning of meals. Then they fill the mouth with n copious (low of snllvn which will assist In emulsifying' the fats stored in this Important food. In cold weather they are, Invaluable,, assisting greatly l,i mnlntalnlng Iho1 bodily heat. Nothing, therefore, can compare with them as a morning diet for children and n small sauccrful will not bo too large a supply. WEDDING STOOD FOR PLEDGE In Ancient Times It Was Not a Mar riage, as That Term Is Under stood Today. "Wedding" Is now synonymous with "marrying," but this Is n compara tively late development. Originally tho two wordd stood for distinct things. "Marrying" meant marrying as tlio term is now used, but "wedding" meant a mere pledging which held for a year, after which tho couple would agree to contlnuo tHij trial mar riage longer or separate and Und other partners. Under tbe Danish Influence in England "wedding" becamo so com mon that un archbishop felt com pelled to condemn It. Other church men were not so strict. Tho custom, observes Alice Arnyton Greenwood In tho opening volume of her "History of the People of England, "was rlfo In tho north, whero even n bishop al lowed his daughter to wed In this munner;" This daughter had hree husbands, to each of whom sho brought us dowry six states which her father had bestowed upon her, but wblcl hnd really belonged to his catfiedrnt church uad not to him. Eventually these estntes went to her son and be camo hereditary., filings had a way of becoming hereditary In thoso days; there Ws even .hcrodltnry parish clergy. . Signal for Bucket Brigade. Visitors In Philadelphia are Often puzzled ns to tho significance of the small metal plaques that appear on the fronts of many old houses, observes tho New York Evening Post. They ponder over the Insignia, wondering whether theso curiosities nre the coats of arms of the' original builders or tho marks of some old craft. But tho plaquo that bears a tree does not rep resent the family tree of some old Quaker line, nor docs the one which sports an object that looks like n churn with a hose attachment signify that the old red brick structure was once a dairy. They are the marks or old Insurance companies. They date back to the days when each Insurance company hnd Its own bucket brigade for the protection of Its policy holders. When the house caught fire tt must 1)0 saved, If saved It was, by the com pany which hud branded tbe structure as being under Its protection. First Jews In Virginia. Jews first settled In the South in Itlchmontl, Vti., more than 1!U) years ago. In 1701 the first synagogue was established there. In the same year the members purchased a plot of land as n burial ground to be used for the Jewish residents of Richmond, and .lews were burled there until ISltl. For a long time the congregation prospered. But In 3810 a change oc curred In the- fortunes of the syna gogue. It was In that e,ir that a largo Inllnx- of Gorman Jews came to America. They worshiped according to tho Oerman ritual. A number of Its members left the original syna gogue to establish another congrega tion. The then uew congregation, Beth Ahttbn, Is still In existence. Tho name of tho original congregation was Beh Slcitome. Lantern for New Year. La the now year sweeps round the wtfrld from the ono hundred am. eightieth meridian of longitude, It gets a bright it' silent welcome from the littjo village of Weldon, near Ketter ing, In Northamptonshire. There on tho tower of the parish church stands a lantern 15 feet high. Erected about 200 years ago, tho lantern was lighten on winter nights to guide travolers through the dark t'urest of Hocking hum, The railway and Improved roads have abolished the forest dangers, and now the lantern is lighted only onco u year, on Now Year's ive, to welcome In tbo Now Year. rattss&Kteaaa ! . rr' '..fw ii ' i in ill it 5 ' ' s- " f "f1fVJi VALhNTINE TRAIL By RUBY DOUGLAS g m m M bms. aaMBBk. .. fl :um9momw.mott;o2 (iy, ItfZJ. ity .miUuio Nhwumpc- yynulc.us. "Oh, I'm so tired of lace paper hearts and Cupids mude of chocolate, und boxes of .violets that have 'been taken out of tho Ice-box 1 1 almost wish there were no such day us Vul entlne's day." The girl who made tho remark had bobbed hair and a ono-ploco fi7,ck. "What would you suggest, Jiinu?" asked her chum. "What Is ' there left?" Juno did not reply ut once. "That's Just it; I don't know what I want. All I know i that I don't want n laco paper heart I" "Perhaps u real human heart, served up on a platter as In undent bar baric days, would please you more, dear?" "N no. I think I Just want to Und some one orlglnul enough to give mo something different," Jane explained. The chum made audible signs' of surprise. "Oh, Jane, you are funny, you, trying to get out of tho conven tional calf path I" Neither of tho girls know that, as they sat talking thus over their little tabourettc und tea table before the btg log fire In the country club houso' u man hnd been sitting close by con stantly reading u sporting paper. "I think I'll be a bport myself," he concluded quickly. "I like that girl's voice. I like her look. I think I'd like her philosophy." Thereupon he set out to find out who she wns, where she lived. Ilo then set bis brains to work to origi nate un Ideu for a valentine. His mind had created n thought. "It depends on the snowfall, but I'm Just sport enough to think Hint Cupid though not of chocolnte will implore the gods to see that I have a snowy setting for Februnry 141" Jane Hull lived in the community adjoining tho country club ut which sho was having a tea the afternoon thnt Tom Hayes overheard her petu lant remnrk about St. Valentine and ids customs. "The big idea," Tom decided, "Is to let the girl guess who Is her Valen tine. On the night ot Februnry 111 a wonderful carpet of white snow cov ered tlio ground. Tom, feeling like u cut-throat or second-story operator, stole noiselessly through the virgin snow to the Hulls' garden. He hnd u garden trowel, n package of large red hearts cut from pnper, some red lluld thnt looked like paint. Underneath the window of June he dug out n heart-shaped hole and placed within it n great red paper heart. Then lie walked on through the gar den, dropping drops of red In the snow and every few feet adding an other he;.rt. The trail wended 6'ff down into the woods In tlio rear of" the Hull home and disappeared into space. "If vhe's anything of n sport she'll follow this trail, and It leads straight to iu henrt," he said triumphantly. "I'll make her notice mo, anyway," lie iliongiu, by wuy of excusing him self. When .lane put up her shades .(o look out at the weather on the morn ing of St. Valentino's day she rubbed her eyes n see if they told her tho truth. Her heart thumped wildly us she dressed and went out of doors without waking the family. Sho had put on her rubbers and sport clothes, so she followed the trail of hearts to tho woods. At the end she found a note hung to the limb of a tree. "If you want to Unit your Valentine piny golf In the know this afternoon. The red golf ball I have placed be neath the last heart In the trail. I'll be waiting for you ut the seventh hole, and when I see the red ball driven from (he sixth I shall know that you are on your way." Jane did not know at first what to do. Her conversation with her chum, draco, ut the country club, came to her mind with the natural association of Ideas. At llrst she nccused Grnce of the Idea, and then she knew that Grace would never have had either the energy or the originality to think nf It. "I shall go, nnywny," she decided. After lunch sho surprised the family by announcing thnt she was going to the club for n game of golf. "You're nutty, sis," said her brother. And olt sho went to tho golf course, tho red bnll hidden In her pocket. Sho kept her golf clubs In her locker. Her cheeks were the color of the bnll sho was playing with when sho renched the sixth hole and told her enddy to go on ahead of her. ' As she approached tlio seventh hole ncross the wonderful white fairway that led to It sho snw u man In golf clothes awaiting her. Her excitement almost choked her, her daring 8omo what stunned her. "I'm afraid I'm not as pretty ns a lace heart," the man began, extending his hand und himself n little embar rassed as he looked into the benutlful eyes of June. June would buve blushed If she had not already gathered sufllclent color to be becoming. "You heard my silly conversation?" ne nodded. "Yes und I know your nnmo and mine la Hayes Tom Hayes. Please let me be your vnlentlne, Miss Jane. Jane liked him; she know she liked him. "All right; you shall begin liy being my vnlentlne and" "Leuvo tlto end to me," hp said. "Th game's the thing new." w..,; 4 .. . .. inn xAnin uuHCAU HAS ACCOMPLISHED From u paper read oy Clins. Ste ward at a vc-ojto.- couiuy meaur oil l'cbniury 2ist: ihe wwuv oi jjioperty liotcd for iMauv:oii in Wuiibter county ju $u,obj, .oU.Jd divided Us luiiows: ltu.at valuation iaoj and yo.oiiU $i,:oi, iVo.Uu, c:ty viLuuUou Sfj5ui.ub.0o, cjr-poi-ation viiiuuiion isoiutfuO.ofJ. nw lOuil amount of tucs cuue.ud on tins vuiua.t,on tor all puivous ,as J?Ui, YoO.UU. Of tl.c amount $fbU,0i.uo was collected io; couiuy r.nd htake tunas and JuO,!J'l3.bD was lor school purpoto.;. In o.hcr wo. da pruciavi l halt of 1110 tutm taxeb co.ieci.tU in Mn county wuj uor ici.bbi puipou s. 'Ah ib a vital 'point in any conardeia.io.i of tax economy. iiio total amount of money usol for Farm liuivau purpos.es wiuch in cludes tuberculosis o.auication voi office expenses, and salary of County Agent was $yy 00.01) or in otlur woi-cu the farm bureau received for It's maintalnunce 80 cents out. df over $100.00 in taxes collected. Or to put ic another wuy the expenses maintain ing tnc Farm Bureau office is 7.1i mills per, acre. Compared with out heaviest item of expense the sdiool lund which takes 18.00 out of every $100.00 paid in taxes. Now the ques tion umej, what docs tho farmer re ceive for this 80 cents out of every $100.00 which he pays in taxes. As a basis of comparison lot U3 con sider the influence which our Farm Bureau lias exerted in crop and live stock production in the county as compared with adjoining counties that have no Farm Bureau. Tho first item that claims our attention Is im proved seed crops. Let us take wheat for consideration. As a result of re peated recommendations and en couragement of the county agent we had in tho county last year 8,000 acres of Kanrcd wheat which wo Ctnd exceeded the average yield of the or dinary wheat grown from 4 to 9 bushels per acre but grant a general average of 3 bushels jicr acre, which gives us a total of 21,000 bushels of wheat more in the county than '.vc would have had if we had all poivn the common variety. We find that in the adjoining county there was about 2000 acres of Kanrcd wheat grown according to the report of the Agronomy Dcpt. of the State Uni versity based on tho report of their field inspectors. At 3 bushels per acre increased yield this means that thoy were COOO bushels better off by havin'raiijed the improved varicfy. GqOO bushels deducted from 21,000 bushels' still leaves 18,000 bushels of wheat to credit to the influence of the county agent or $18,000.00 at tho pres ent price of wheat. It is worthy of comment hWevcr, that the principle part of tho 2000 acres of Kanrea wheat sown in the adjoining counties where they ha'd no county agent wns found on farms adjoining tho borders of the twbi.coHntfes thus showing th" overlapping- influence of the county agent. Now let us consider tho work of tlio county agent in the control of hog cholera. During the year of l2t the county agent vaccinated 7018 hogs' using 3-15,O00cc of serum. This sci um costs our farmers 1 cent per cc administered. A well known breed er of hogs in a county having no coun ty agent to do this work reported to us that it costs them 2 cents per cc administered to have- their hogs vac cinated. This would mean a saving of lVi cents per cc on 345800cc or ?5187.00 saved to the farmers' of this county by the county agent. During tho past year the county agent vaccinated 1831 calves for blackleg control at a cost of 20 cents per head to tho fanner. A farmer in a neighboring county having no coun ty ngent paid a vcternarian GO cents per head or $549.00 saved to the farmers by tho county agent in blackleg control. The Webster county Farm Buraau is responsible for the tuberculosis work done in Webster county the past year. Webster county was ono of the first threo counties was one of the work. In order to receive area work tlio county had to provide office and transportation for tho inspector in charge of the work. The farm bureau used membership funds to do this. Tho farm bureau office was moved and equipped to moot tho require ments. Dr. Lclby was put in chargo of tho work in Webster county and started to work in May. During the nine months Dr. Lclby has berth working, over 400 farmers havo had their cattle tested. 4021 head have been tested and 139 re actors taken out, 'Alio financial valuo of this work cannot bo estimated in dollars and cents. Wo used to pay 03 to $j po. head to gat our cattle tested and if wo had a re-actor wo stood tho loss. Figuring these at $1.00 pev head it would mean $4021.00 and tho indemnity on the 139 -c-uctoru amounted to over $0000. Tn consorvativo figures this work has meant ovor 10,000 in dollars and cwts, Bay nothing of the valuo in getting rid of' tho dreadful disease. .Now in these foui items above we find that we can credit th Farm Bur eau of Vcm.er count,,? through tho work of tho county ant With an ad dition una saving tf :.icncy of $U7, 7G0.00 or to put it unothe. v. ay for ovc.y dolln.- that .the farm bureau hue cost tlio farmers m vhis county there has b on returned in these ,fo.ir 'items above $10.00 cadi vf.luo of r vico rendccd. In addition to tno items a.rcndy enumerated there is a vasii amount, of service rendered tho valuo of which would run into thou sands of dollars if it could bo proper ly estima'ed Let i.io c.itl your atten tion to this clnse cf so .-vice. Jn addi tion to tho introduction of Kanrcd wheat into the county through tJ.c riviurigcmnnt of th co.inly agent thoro'hns been introduced improved variotbs of oats such, un, Burt and Nebraska 21 which have shown a de cided increase in yields averaging about 10 bush Is per acre more tlun the conn on variety. One farmer lnu already sold nil he could nparo ;it fjO cents per bushel which is a sub stantial advance over tho market p:ice. Orders from outside the coun ty are b"ing placed for theso improv ed varieties, which adds to tho cash value of tho service- of the county agent. The extended ufo of such for-- ago crops as sweet clov r and sudan grass is another example of tho pct'V ity of the county agent because vc find much larger acreage of thohc crops on 'Vcb.'tcr county farms than in adjoining counties that do not ha the advantage of the sorvico of a Farm Bureau or County Agent. The county agent during tho nast four years has performed a valuable service demonstrating and instructing faimcrs in 'the treatment of small grains for the control of smut which means added wealth in both the price and yield received for these crops. Another example of eliminated waste due to the work of the County Agent is the control of the pestiferous prairie dogs. Four years ago this pest was present on 195 farms in the county which meant a great loss of pasturage needed for farm stock. At the yro.vnt time this loss is confined tn about 20 farms and is only a mut ter of a year or two when tho prairie dog will be actually driven out of the county. Another example of county agent activuy is the Poultry culling denvin trations conducted in different parts of the county instructing tho farmers so that thoy may cull out the unprofi table birds in their flocks and thus eliminating a source of waste in the care and feed of poultry that make ne 'return for the expense of thair ma'intaihuncc. ' An important lino of work that nas Hccn carried on by tha county farm bureau through the county agent is the introduction of improved breeds of livestock on our farms. -Five years ago Webster county was practically unknown as a producer of pure-bred live stock. Today we load all coun ties of the state in tho number of pure bred sires on our farms. This was accomplished by the organization of our Webster County Improved Livestock Breeders' Association, . tho Hereford Breeders' Assodation, the Holstcin Breeders' Association, the Shorthorn Breeders' association, the Holstein Breeders' association, the Po land China Breeders' Association and the Duroc JJersey Breeders' Associa tion. Each of thevj organizations arc doing a valuable work in the intro duction of their favorite breed on the farms through the medium of public sales, encouragement and support of the live stock shows and demonstra tions. Tho county agent has been directly responsible for the shipment of four carloads of pure bred heifers into the county which were distribut ed among the farmers and breeders as 'foundation stock for the improve ment of our herds. It would bo al most impossible to estimate the add ed wealth to the farms of this coun ty as a result of the activities enum erated because this interest in fho better things of farm life will con tinue to increase as the years go by. We now como to a consideration of what is to my mind tho most valuable service that is being rendered to the farming interests of the community by the Farm Bureau and County Agent. Wc havo discussed that in fluence as applied to our livestock and crops. Transcending all other agri cultural interest is the welfare and in fluence exerted over our boys and girls. No momentary value can be placed on this influcnco for develop ing better satisfied farm boys anu girls. Through the influence tho farm boys and girls nre lifted to a higher plan of usefulness in the world Thoy arc brought to rcalizo that farm life offers great opportunities to tno boys or girl3 who would not only bonpfit themselves but raise the stan dard of citizenship in tho nation we all lovo best. Wo havo heard a great deal of criticism of tho boys and girls club work in tho county, but I can not help but feel that tills criticism is duo principally to a lack of in formation and misconception of club work. During the past four yean? 1 )22 of our iarmjioys and girls havo received trc trips to state fairs and exhibitions as s reward for their 'Alb activities. I believed that it in safe to asfurne that everyone of these trips ww woitu .?."j0.00 to th - boys or i'H-1? who i.r.evcd it without taking; into consideration the educational val uo of such a (rip. I wish right here to correct a false impression that ha-i b2on circulated by misinformed per sona throughout the county Umt our pure bred calf clubs have been a mo mentary los.s to Uie boys and g-irls In 1920 thorn .was n. Shorthorn C'Jf, Club of 32 calves, 'iho first cost of lltwe calves v. as $8310.00 the selling price was $1-1,275.00. In the Here ford Calf Qlub wore 31 calves which txtjt $5,(505.00 and told for $7,805.00. It is tm that many of those calves were Iwught back by tho boy; and girls or theic parents, but that does not chango tho fact that Uiey could have taken 'their profit in place of U10 calf if Uic-y had cared to do so. Let mo dto a specif ic' instance. Two boys in one family each took a calf. The calves cost $280 and $190. At the sab; iu the fall the father of thee boys had their calves bid In, tho one fr $3C0 tlio other for $250 'because hi was unwilling to let them soil at these prices. It is Fafe 'to ussumo that if this iua.was bid'Ung conserva tively the calves would havr- been J.old to svomc other buyer at ?:J4" r.nd $245 respectively or a total of $120 moro than the first cost of the calves. Now is the county agent and club work to bo condemmed b'causc the parents was unwilling to take this advance of 120 over first cost which certainly did not represent any financial loss and yet that is just what this man is doing. This is just a sample of tho ill advised criticism of farm bureau and county agent work in many coun ties. The value of the good influence of our farm bureau and county agent over the lives and training of our boys and glrte can never bo estimated in dollars and cents. It represents a contribution to Uie future progress and protpcrtsy of our beloved country that can never bo measured by a mo mentary value. Just a word tok those who arc disposed to criticiro the county agent and his work.' Do you ever call on him for service? Why not take your criticism direct to he county agent's office and find out the truth. You will always find him courteous and anxious to serve the 'farmers of this county if they will just give him a chance. Or do you belong to that class of men who h,ink that they know all there is to know. Such a man does not represent the highest type of citizenship. If you are 1 not getting any benefit from the Farm Bureau and county agent the fault is yours because you will not call him to your aid. Be fair, bo honest with yourself and. the county agent and farm , bureau. Call , on them to help solve some of the' prob lems of your home and farm and thorn if you fail to receive nny benefit your criticisms will be well taken. A Silly Song by A. Cuckoo Bird Bill Bassott called up on tbe phono and got Jim Dodge und mo. If you can help this afternoon I'll kill 11 hog, said he. So Jim and mo got in my boat and went to help old BUI. Wc took n snort of Dill's homo brew to keep nway tho cblll. Th dnrn stuff tasted pretty good, (Hill called it Turnip din), wo looked at Bill's thermometer and pubs cd it 'round agin. Then Mrs;, Basset yelled at ns, "The water's hot,", said she. And then wo took another drink and got n slngie-treo to lift tbo carcass of the bog, as soon ns he was dead, and 11111 went in and got his gun and fillod It up with lead. "Como on", he yelled to .Mm and me and beat It for the sty, I'll show yon fellers how toshoot, I'll plug him in tlio eya " From two o'clock till bulf past four that hog we tried to pick, then Old Bill said, "Lot's Rirc it up and go down whero they're thick.' Ho lod ustn the other lot, tbe shoutm' there was tine, wo blazed away till al most dark and never got a swine. About this tlmo the gin gnvo out and all tho aliHlls wore gone. I could havo killed n boir If I bad hnd my1 glasses 0,0, Hut Old Hill Hnssot'H oyos arc uood und so aro Dodge's, too. I think their rotten murkmnnBhlp was caused by Uosuet'a Brow. " ' - ' i ) I? 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