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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-11

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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-11

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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-11

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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-11

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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-11

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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-11

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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-11

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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-11

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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-11

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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-11

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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-11

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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-11

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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-11

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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-11

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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-11

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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-11

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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-11
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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-11

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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-11

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-24

upon them. A woodland scene is always good. or q garden with hills and hour-1 in the distance will add to the stage ef- feet. The wings" may represent tall trees with flowers and rocks at their base And. of course, there must be an interior setting. For that plain walls may be covered by sheets hung smoothly to form tinted clustering, with the suggestion of q window here and there, made by draping window curtains on the wall. If pictures are desired they may be made of paste board and pinned to the cloth-draped walls. large sheet of pasteboard will answer admirably for painting. A four inch border Is marked off all round, and either gilded or painted with some dark color to resemble wood. The space inside the border Is painted to represent an out door scene, watercolors, with plenty of heavy white dashes, should be used. Oils lose their luster when put on pasteboard
 The drop curtain may be made of any cloth available, preferably figured or bright-colored stuff. The dressing-rooms and stage may be warmed by a conl oil stove, if there Is some grown-up to watch over 1t, for under no circumstances should children be allowed to handle lights or fire without some older head in charge
 If the little company producing the plays desires to make some money through their theatrical efforts a small admission fee might be charged at the door. say five cents for adults and two cents for chill dren. With these funds the stage equip ments and the rented chairs could easily be paid for Or in the case of the parents donating the stage accessories and the seating, the admission money might be used towards some charity or a chill dren's public library.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-24

~HERE is a section of country in the
 far West called The Plains. And ~ on The Plains dwell people called ''ranchers," men whose occupation Is the raising of cattle and sheep, and whose families reside there in the vast cattle region with them. far from city or town. Sometimes 'rancher' will own many thousands of acres of land. and he and his family are the only residents to be found on this great tract of land which Is called the ranch. Thus are these people isolated from their friends, sometimes being 10 or 15 miles distant from the nearest neighbor.
 On one of these isolated ranches in the Far West dwelt family by the name of Smith. Their ranch was in the very heart of a hilly barren part of The Plains, and for miles about them stretched only wild grazing lands. Excepting their own ranch house there was not another habltation to be seen in either direction, for the nearest neighbor was 10 miles distant, and the little town where the Smiths went to .'trade'' was still farther away.
 The Smith family consisted of but three persons. There were Papa Smith, Mamma Smith and Edgar Smith. Edgar was the 14-year-od son, and commonly called Smithy by the ranchers and cowboys of the county in which he lived And Smithy was a very industrious boy, assisting his father in the business of raising cattle. As this story deals with a time before the ranchers were obliged to fence their tracts of grazing lands. thus confning their herds within their own domain, 1t was necessary to employ herders, or "cow- boys" as the men and boys who watched
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-24

"Oh, yes, 1 did want him, the little dear" walled Bessie. "I was Just naugh- ty and said things I didn't mean. was so naughty I should have been punished for it.
 Well, and so you are being punished" said Maidie. ''I guess the old witch-or whoever 1t was that carried away Baby Brother-is punishing you now. Anyway. you have found out just how much you really loved Baby Brother, now that be has been taken away from you"
 But Isn't there any way for me to let the old witch know that l am sorry for what I said about my darling broth erT' asked Bessie. wiping a stream of tears from her now paled cheek. 'I am so sorry, so sorry, and she ought to know 1t and fetch back Baby Brother"
 But were she to do SOL said Maidie, you'd forget about your love for Baby Brother next Saturday morning when your mamma goes to market and leaves him in your care. And you'd want to make the little dear go to sleep just so you could get away from him."
 "oh. no I wouldn't" yociferated Bes- sie If only l could get my Baby Broth CT back again nothing could make inc want to leave him while mamma was away from him. Oh, do want him sol"
 Well. I'll see if there's any possibil- 1ty of finding him." said Maidie. 'Come with me. But-after you've got him this time. if you ever do anything to lose him again you'll probably not get him back So easily. Come"
 Bessie followed Maidie into the H. brary, and there. sleeping like a dear lit- tie lamb lay Baby Brother on the fur rug In front of the grate. And beside him slept his big rubber doll
 "Oh, my darling Baby Brother" cried delighted Bessie. And in another instant she had the little fellow in her arms. kissing him awake. "Oh, and so the old witch was you, Maidie.' Bessie declared, turing to the maid. Well, forgive you for punishing me so, for you taught me a lesson I shall never forget, never. And I'm the happiest little girl in the world, for I have my Baby Brother safe with me once more. An, there's mamma com ing in through the gate. I must tell her how naughty I was and how a very strange old witch taught me a lesson"
 And with chubby Baby Brother in her arms Bessie ran to meet her mother, and to tell her of her mornings expe- rience and lesson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-24

~HERE are times when every boy and
 girl wants to act There
 4 are boys and girls who write clever plays, both emotional and humorous. and there should be some way in which these plays might be put upon the stage by those who write them. But in the mod- ern home there is never space for temporary stage, and the boys and girls have to resort to putting on their plays in some barn. where there is neither com fort nor convenience.
 But a barn may make pretty good theater if prepared for such. And even an old lumber-room in the attic-n of good proportions-ma be utilized for such purpose to good advantage If barn is to be had, the first thing In order is to make it comfortable for the audi ence Scatter soft straw over the floor that the peoples feet may keep warm. If old strips of carpet and rugs can be got they will add greatly to the warmth of the floor if spread over the straw in front of the seats. The small folding chairs that are to be rented so reason ably afford good seating and can be re- moved after the entertainment.
 Next the lighting must be considered, for with straw about on the floor so plen- tifuly the possibility of fire must be care fully avoided. Lanterns are excellent for the barn theater. They should be hung about the side walls and placed fin front of the stage as footlights. Open lamps or candles should never be used in the tenn porary barn theater.
 And now comes the erection of the stage It should be built of the smoothest boards to be found in the lumber pile. Erect 1t about two feet above the level of
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stopped and bent his ear to listen. Yes, It was human voice. and 1t cried. "Lost! Lost! Hello! Hello! Lost
 'Hel-lo!' called out Smithy. "Hel-lo! Stay where you arel I'll find youv' And the answer came back. "Help-Help-I'm perish-ing. Helpi'
 Smithy hurried in the direction of the crying voice, and within a few minutes saw looming through the veil of fiuttering, wind-beaten snow a dark form which upon nearer approach proved to be man on foot. He was standing with his back to the storm, apparently too much ex- hausted to move
 Where did you come from? ?'' asked Smithy, addressing the man. whom he knew to be a stranger in these parts. His face and clothing pronounced him city man.
 m out looking over some land," ex- plained the man, his teeth c1attering
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cried Bessie.
 What does it matter to you?' asked the maid, not looking up from her work, and beginning to hum a tune. Then she said slowly: Where is Baby Brother? We'll, I wonder. Isn't he in your man. mas room asleep?'
 ''No," declared Bessie, her uneasiness growing. And neither Is he in papa 8 room, nor in mine. I've looked every where for him.
 Well, we'll" said Maidie, beginning to wipe the dust from mirror, 1T wonder if some witch overheard you say you did not want Baby Brother and carried him away while we were out of the rooml I have heard of such things"
 "Oh-o-!' And Bessie's heart stood still. "Oh, Maidie, a witch wouldn't do a thing like thatr' she cried. her voice trembling. "Oh, I couldn't bear to lose darling Baby Brother. Oh, oh, come, help me to. hunt for him! Oh, what If something dread ful has"
 But Bessie's tears choked her speech. and she ran to Maidie and caught hold of her arms. looking into her face plead ingly. When the lump in her throat al- lowed of speech she said: "Oh, Maidie. do you think my naughtiness caused witch to come and carry off Baby Broth erP
 "Why not?" asked the maid, freeing her arm from Bessies hands. But If Baby Brother is gone, you'll be happy, won't you? You were saying this morn- ing that a baby is only 1t to make trou- ble, or something like that. And you wished you were free to go and play in the snow like Pearl and Oracle, and that you had no brother to hold you in the house. So If good old witch has re- moved Baby Brother from your home you'll have no care. You can go this minute, if you wish to, and play with Oracle and Pearl. There seems to be no Baby Brother in the house to hold you now.''
 "Oh, oh, oh, if my darling brother has been carried away" wept Bessie heartbrokenly, q shall die, know shalll Oh, did love him sol He was so dear, he was so cute, he was the pre- ciousest baby in all the world' And Bessie threw herself on the sofa and wept bitterly. "Oh, I want my darling Baby Brother" she moaned.
 "But you didn't want him this morn- ing" explained Maidie, dusting tall vase. "He was in your way when you had him."
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Little Bessie's Lesson.
BY HELENA DAVIS.

m ESSIE loved her baby brother very,
 h very dearly. but she did not like @-S staying indoors to mind him when her mamma was obliged to go to market on Saturday mornings. And especially did she object to remaining with Baby Brother when a nice snow was on the ground, and Oracle and Pearl Thompson were calling to her to come out and coast down the hill that was behind Oracle and Pearls house across the street.
 It was really such a beautiful day, sun shining so brightly and the snow on the coasting hill as smooth as glass. And Bessie could see from an upstairs win down Oracle and Pearl frollicking about with their lovely coasting sled-one that Santa Claus had brought to them on Christmas. And here was Bessie shut up in the house with Baby Brother; and here she must remain till Mamma came
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girI' said the housemaid. smiling on the little brother. who was cooling and laughing in the happiest of moods Why. should think a little girl would be most happy to have such a dear baby for a brother as that darling" And the maid stopped her work to play for moment with her dear good natured Baby Broth er
 After the maid had finished tidying the room, Bessie went to where Baby Broth CT was sitting on a big fur rug on the floor and said to him: You naughty boy! Why don't you go to sleepy" But Baby Brother only laughed and drowed and kicked his funny fat heels, catching at Bessie's long hair with his dear little hands. Bessie dodged the tiny fingers and frowned. 'Ah, why don't you go to sleep you bad boy?' she went on. Then the naughty girl took hold of Baby Broth CT and pushed him over on the rug, hold