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aspect. Consequently her creation Is
highly impractical. What she made
is oblong and big, tremendously big,
with short and long circumference of
thirty and thirty-six inches respective
ly. Her imitation is so soft that, al
though everybody calls him ball.
his first name is just common and
ordinary puff"
Nature may be all right most of
the time, but not all the time, for
at her door must be placed some Won
derful fizzles. This is one of them,
one of her failures. What small boy
would wish to kick Mother Natures
great fake? Who would desire to
reap a reward of ar-suffocation
from tha1immense cloud of spores
and silky dust? Footballs may grow
on the ground, but as for me and
every boy that plays the gridiron
game, just give us the man-made real
"DigSkin"
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~ NOE upon a time there lived a
little family-the mother, lit
tie girl and the baby-who were
~ as poor as church mice, and
poorer, perhaps, because church mice
have at least decent suits of velveteen,
while these poor people had nothing
but rags.
Mrs. Tupkins is breaking down,
poor SOUL" her neighbors would say,
as they watched the poor widow COM
ing slowly home after her hard days
work in the factory. They We're kind
to her and to her two children, but
they were poor themselves and could
not do much.
Then the worst did happen. Mrs.
Tupkins fell Ill and could no longer
go to work She was too proud to
ask for charity, and she said to her
little girl:
poor Daisy! I don't know, I'm
sure, what is to become of you. I
haven't one cent to spend for food.
as for the rent, I'm afraid we will
be nf.s out on the street. I almost
wish We're lying peacefully in my
grave, except that I mustn't leave you
and the baby, my poor child" And
the poor mother cried as II her heart
would break.
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The Little Boy Was First This Time.

fore he settled himself beside him.
THAT is the time I beat" laughed
the little boy and Shep with his tongue
hanging out said 1t was so. But"
he added, II would have won il 1
were to lie down as you do instead
of stopping to turn around"
"Why do doggies turn around a
few times before they lie down 2"
asked the. little boy.
my grandmother told me-" said
Shep, THAT it was habit the dogs
had years and years ago, when they
were very wild and lived in the woods
like other animals and before they
became the friends of man. In those
days, if the dogs wanted to lie down,
it was first necessary to make place
for their bodies and SO they would
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Moses Mole. And pray, why should
you be sad, Daisy Tupkins?"
you see," said Daisy, wiping her
eyes, Mother is sick and we are all
hungry and we haven't any money
to pay the rent and the landlord has
called twice already, and-O, dear,
you don't knoW-"
Your mother is sick and you are
hungry" said Moses Mole. well.
why don't you catch something and
eat it? 1 eat grubs, then there are
roots aplenty and leaves-if you are
In pinch"
Daisy. 1--WE eat bread and potatoes
mostly"
TOO bad" said Moses Mole, ''too
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you see-what-I-see?"
Look, my dears," Elizabeth would
say, "can you see the strange old man
with the heavy beard and the hook
nose over there just above the big oak
tree beyond the bend in the river?"
And Robbie would look; and Ruth
would look. The outline of every
cloud hanging above the tree would
be scanned carefully. Sometimes they
would see it immediately-and some
times it would take them quite a while
to make out" the old mans beard
and nose. And each was eager to be
the first to 'see" what one of the
other two had seen. For there were
two pieces Of chocolate candy await
ing the winner OF each afternoons
contest.
Elizabeth, let US say, would tell
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been dreaming, but presently the lit
tie creature came back, holding some
thing in his mouth.
''Is this Money!" he asked, laying
the thing down.
Daisy took 1t up and wiped it clean
of earth, and sure enough, it was, and
gold too! She gave little cry.
why, yes. Mr.. Mole" she said.
Where did you get it?"
Down, down. down in the roots of
a big tree" said Moses Mole. II have
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walk around a few times to press the
grass down and make a nice soft place
on which to lie. And when they
pressed the grass down by turning
around 1t would also bend the other
grass together over their heads, max
ing a fine little place to keep them
nice and warm"
But said the little boy. you
don't have to make a house every
time you lie down now"
NO" said Shep, II only do it from
habit-just like the other dogs. Hab-
its are hard to break, you know.
and maybe sometime, a great many
years from now, the dogs will not
have this one. But so long as we
have a race over the lawn and lie
down at the end of it, you win for I
must always turn around"
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one Of my dining rooms. and one end
of it is made of wood, but the wood
is rotting and 1 burrowed in the other
day and found the wood was part of
great box full of these things, which
you say is Money"
ooh, Mr.. Mole" cried Daisy. do
you think you ought to take it? It
isn't yours, Is it?"
Yes, it Is" said Moses Mole. Fright
in my dining room! Been there for
years and years! OF course it's NINE"
"You are very rich them" said
Daisy, wistfully.
Its no good to me-" said the mole.
Nov. If that round thing will do you
any good. Daisy Tupkins, take it, and
If you need any more just come
around here when nobody is around
and thump hard three times on this
big root lying on the ground. and I'll
come and give you another"
ooh, Mr.. Mole" cried Daisy, "how
kind you are! 1 can hardly wait to
tell Mother!"
time with Joy and relief as now she
felt she could buy milk and eggs
and perhaps pay all the back rent
and buy a new dress for her mother,
and they would all be happy again.
Salt" said Moses Mole, as some
of the tears fell on his fur. Don't
waste it! Here, put it in there."
And he handed the little girl several
acorn cups, which she held up to her
eyes and although she was laughing
now, soon filed them with happy
tears.
"I'll bring you real salt next time
come" said she.
Soon she parted with the mole and
off she ran with the baby, home where
she showed her mother the golden
coin
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bad"
And then" said Daisy, There's
the rent We might be put out on the
street and have nowhere to co."
We'll. what is rent?" asked the
Mole, cupping his ear with his paw,
as was his habit when much inter-
ested.
It's what you pay to be allowed to
stay in place." said Daisy.
What you pay, eh?" said Moses
Mole. Leaves, Ell? Or maybe Bread
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Al OurPuZZle Corner *

"BU2IED EUROPEAN CITIES"

"BU2IED EUROPEAN CITIES"
/. This apartment will be vacant
on May LIST.
2. Have you ever been to Venice?
8. Can 1 rely on Stephens
memory?
4. Pedro means well. but he is
inexperienced.
5. Remember never to do such a
thing again.
6. Where is that German chest
Ernest sent us for Christmas?
7. Florence has gone to Saratoga
for two weeks.
s. You will do your best, hope,
kind friends, to help a suffering ma
tion."
NUMERICAL PUZZLE.
am composed of nine letters.
/. My 9, z, 5, Is to fall or let fall
2. My 2, s, Is a part of the head.
8. My 6, 2, is to acquire or OBJ
tain.
My whole is a large city of Europe.
ANSWERS.
BURIED EUROPEAN CITIES-1.
Canton. 2. Nice. 8. Lyons. 4. Rome.
5. Berne. 6. Manchester. Z. Florence.
| 8. Pekjn.
NUMERICAL PUZZLE-Petrogrdd.
! I. Drop. 2. Ear. 3. Get,
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"JeSt GrOwed" Like TOpSv

TIT this season of the year, the
average small boy wishes that
footballs grew on trees or vines
y j as the tabled Golden Apples
that Hercules is said to have brought
from the Hesperides garden. Now if
footballs did really grow on trees, the
high cost of athletics would surely be
reduced. How happy father would be
and how he would smile!
You know the poets say that Nature
is a marvellous old magician, and the
poets were right. Neither Herman
nor Kellar could Guido masterful Ma
ture, who delves in all kinds of things.
But som etimes she seems to be almost
blind, and she is less successful in
many respects than California's plant
wizard, Luther Burbank, who made
desert cactus palatable.
When Nature attempted to make a
football, she did halfway job. She
remembered the bali part, but in
her hurry she overlooked the foot"
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In Grondmo's Oillooe

Poor Granny thought it had to be
And that's the thing that drove hei
To have them catch it young you see
And get the trouble over.
But now when Miss Disease comes by.
We stand off far and rubber.
And keep our bodies well--oh my!
We absolutely snub her!
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~ EER TRAIL, Colorado, is for
hunters bold
Grubtown, Pa, is for tramps
~ quite old.
Alto, Georgia, Is for singers rare,
Stockville, Nevada, Is for brokers fair.
Gem, Indiana, is where jewellers trade,
Cakes, Pennsylvania. Is where pastry
is made.
Anaconda, Montana, Is where snakes
hide,
Bliss, Michigan, is where new-weds
abide.
Chewtown, Pa, is where gum can be
bought,
Widow, Alabama, is where widowers
are caught.
Bigger, Indiana, is where small men
grow,
Agate. Colorado, is where printers 90,
Gap, Pa, is for sleepy boys,
Yellville, Arkansas, is for riot and
noise.
Crafts, Ohio, is where deadheads
stalk,
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@OME; Let's run race" shouted
the little boy and Shep, always
4 ready for ronp, jumped and
~ barked with Joy for he was a
good dog and liked nothing better
than to scamper over the lawn with
his little master. IT will give you q
long start, because I can run the fast
est" barked Shep who led the way
across the yard in big jumps.
So they played until they were quite
tired.
I'VE will run just once more" said
the little boy, And then lie down on
the grass to rest Away we 60"
The little boy was first this time
for, at the end of the race, he dropped
right down on the grass while Shep
turned around three or four times be-
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I'm Grandma's village in the past.
IL When whooping-cough beset it;
They dressed the little children fast
And sent them out to get it.

And if the measles happened through,
Dear Grandma didn't worry.
She said. Just stop and get that too
think you'd better hurry"
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HARE AND HOUND PUZZLE.

andJ
Of
hound every
III otraism tnoton each
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TT HEN Robbie and Ruth heard
"a that Big Sister was going to
AA have girl friend visit her
y" for a while, they were mildly
interested - because, somehow, 1t
seemed nice to them to have another
person in the house. But the friend,
Elizabeth Morrow, hadn't been there
twenty-four hours before they. were,
as the saying goes, Just crazy about
her"
She was so jolly and so nice, oh,
ever so nice to them. Md she could
think of the most delightful games
to play. Why 1t seemed she could
take just nothing at all and mako the
dandiest game imaginable out of it!
For example. take the game which
they called Balcony" Now. who but
Elizabeth could have thought Of such
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Robbie would Look; And Ruth would Look.
Where You Will Find Them

stumptown. Pa. where politicians
talk.
Modest Town, Virginia. Is for bellies
so shy,
Antiquity, Ohio, is where old maids
die.
Weed, Cal, is where smokers congre-
gate,
Rut. Minnesota, is where idlers find
mate.
Peculiar, Mo-, is where different
folks go,
Star City, Arkansas, is for actors, not
slow.
Parnassus, Pa, is where poets soar,
Riddleville, Ga, Is for puzzlers galore.
Aroma, Illinois. Is good for the nose,
Shoe Heel. N. c., will cover your toes.
Deposit. N. Y, is where bankers put
up. ~
Beeville. Indiana, is where apiarists
sup.
Doctortown. Georgia, Is the physi-
clans goal,
And Mystic, Connecticut, takes care
Of your soul.
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THREE thousand years ago or less
Some boys were throwing
stones at frogs;
Who came from out the pond to sit
And sun themselves. upon the boys.
With pebbles plenty all about.
At throwing straight the boys were
skilled;
No frog was quick enough to dodge,
And quite number soon were
killed.
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Then cried their chief Batrachian,
Dear boys, your play is murder
Gus;
Although it may be sport for you,
Remember it is death for u.s.
y y =
Indeed. we hadn't thought of that!"
The boys replied in unison;
"Hip-Hip-Hurrah! let's have our fun,
And do no harm to any one.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-28
WEST FIRTH

Miss Verna Bybee, who has been
visiting with her parents for two
weeks, left on Monday for Hooper,
Utah, to spend few months with
her uncle, James King, and family
Budd Parr and wife visited their
parents east of Firth last Monday
Mrs. Lena slayton went to Idaho
Falls to visit with friends for rev
days. ~
Thomas Firth, who has been work
ing in Idaho Falls for the past week.
motored to Firth, Sunday, in his new
Buick car to spend the day with MS
parents and friends.
Jack .Heaton has purchased new
Studebaker car.
Little Archie Heaton, son OF
George Heaton, fell from a gate on
which he was playing and broke ms
arm. He was taken to BlacKloot
to have the arm set and is getting
along nicely.
Henry Peterson spent a few days
in Boise this week.
DR.. Piper, the new physician any
surgeon who arrived in Firth TINS
week from Salt Lake, has ofnces III
the F. C. Rodgers building.
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PRESTO
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Chris Peterson bought $50 head
of sheep with young lambs, which he
will pasture over summer on his
farm. 33
Miss Maud Carson, of Iona, is
spending the week with relatives
here.
William Pratt was a Blackfoot
visitor one day this week.
Harry Pratt has erected a large
barn on his farm.
The Ladies' Aid society met at the
home Of Mrs. Frank Just, Thursday
afternoon. Several new members
were present.
There was surprise at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hughs, Saturday
evening: every one enjoyed a pleas
ant evening. Lunch was served at
midnight.
II. K Williams and family were
the Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilkie, of Firth.
Mrs. j. A.. Vaughn, better known
as grandma Vaughn, has been quite
i'll for the past week.
Fred Bennett and family motored
to Pocatello, Sunday.
James Carson returned home from
Pocatello, where he has been for the
past week.
William Twitchell and family, K.
e Reid and family, Frank Just and
family, motored out to the lava beds
Sunday.
Frank Bennett, of Shelley, was
Presto visitor Monday.
Wilfred Christensen, assessor and
collector. was Presto caller Mon
day.
Miss Cora Pratt was a Shelley
visitor Sunday.
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TABER
Mrs. III. f. Siesser

J. D. Murphy and Adrian Parsons
passed thru Taber, Monday, en- route
to Arco and Mackay.
H F. Sorensen, of Stockton, Cali
fornia. was in Taber last Tuesday
looking up locations for six families
and was very favorably impressed
with the country here.
Mrs. P, w. Misenheimer, OF Amerl-
can Falls, visited Mrs. Dave Schneid-
er. of east desert, this week, and fell
so much in love with our country
that she called up P. w. Aver by tele-
phone to tell him how sorry she was
they had taken claims at the Falls.
There will be services in English
at the Sunday school organized re-
Gently at the school house. All come
and take part. =
Joe Mowrey moved his family to
Moreland last Tuesday.
Mrs Mcdonnell, Of east desert, was
in town Tuesday, shopping and buy
ing supply Of Sedan grass seed.
She said the crops are looking very
good in their part of the country.
DR.. Evans and his little girls,
grandma Davis, and Miss Butler at
tended the Easter services at Idaho
Falls, Sunday.
Roy Hartwell came in Monday
with pack horses, plows, harrows and
wagons to get to work on his rancn
near town. He had the town toik
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RVAGKFOOT REAL ESTATE
q AUCTION COMPANY
WEEKLY BARGAINS
We Have For Sale This Week the
Following:

One Douden potato digger, only
used one season, will trade for horses
or cows
One keystone potato planter.
One potato sorter, the very best
kind, In AL condition.
Some work harnesses.
One registered Holstien bull, can
be seen at Mowerys Feed Yard.
One parlor organ for $40.
One new Victor piano, cost $40O,
will trade for cows or horses at about
half the cost.
We have city property to exchange
for farms and also have some farms
to trade for city property. What
have you got to exchan~e? 4
Some good second hand sewing
machines and fine dresser.
A small barn for sale In good con-
dition in Blackfoot.
See us for your auction sales, N.
E. Montgomery, the dependable auc-
tioneer.
BLACKFuOT REAL ESTATE
8 AUOAION COMPANY
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CLEAN UP SONG

(Tune of Tipperary)
It's a hard, hard job to clean up
Blackfoot,
It's hard job / say;
It's hard job to clean up Blackfoot
In a sanitary way.
Good bye to all the dirty places!
Farewell old tin cans!
It's hard hard job to clean up
Blackfoot,
But you know we can.
Blackfoot's mighty, mighty dirty,
But we're going to clean It now:
just watch the men and kiddies,
You bet they'll show you how!
When We clean the streets and alleys
All the place will look SO well
every man with money in town
Will boost the new hotel.
The town is looking awful seedy,
With Its trash and muddy streets;
The city dads are studying
Bitulithic and concrete;
Pretty soon they'll sell the bonds,
And let the big contract; f,;5 a
But now We'll counterfeit diseases
By the renovating act.
Look into the future not many weeks
ahead
You'll isee chatauquans coming
To enjoy their board and bed;
And the music and recitals and car
toonists all combined,
Will make the folks SO happy
The expense they'll never mind.
Clean up, cheer up, it is our motto,
Well sing it here and there,
Thru the alleys and the tie lots,
'Mong the ashes and the bats,a-
Men and kiddies of old Blackfoot
Will work and dig like rats.
Then plant ferns and peonies
And nip weeds for the cats.
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WANT ADS

WANTED-TO BUY A KODAK, AN
Eastman preferred. Max w. Smith.
40tf.
WANTED-CLEAN RAGS AT THE
Renublican office. tt.
FOR RENT OR SALE-ON EASY
terms, 80 acres, best irrigated land
in the beet sugar district, plenty
of water. One mile east of .Aber-
deem. /. Gunnison, care of The
Idaho Republican. 39-4
MANTED-POULTRY AND EGGS.
F. H. Stone, of the firm OF the
Montana Poultry exchange, OF
Butte, here installing branch
warehouse opposite Gibbs livery
barn. Am buying poultry and egg
products from the farmers and
paying the highest prices ever paid
here. You will find me at the
Commercial hotel. l
FOR SALE-A BARGAIN; CASH
register suitable for a small store.
Gem State laundry. Phone 1913.
33tf.
FOR SALE OR TRADE-A FINE
violin. w. W. Kinney. 2-tf
FOR SALE-SEED POTATOES, 200
sacks rurals and russets. ]. M.
Hunzeker, Blackfoot, R. 2. 39tf
FOR SALE-BARRED PLYMOTH
Rock eggs for Matching, 81 for 10.
Wallace Clark, phone 175R. 3S-4p
FOR SALE PURE BRED WHITE
rock eggs for Matching; 81 per ID;
81 per 100; Mrs. ]. II. Miller,
Younie Addition, Blackfoot. 1874
FOR SALE-ONE INDIAN MOTOR
cycle in good shape; also Ford
roadster. E. r. Madsen, Stude-
baker auto agent. 5S-!
FOR SALE+SIX MICH COWS AND
five calves. R. w. Croskrey, Black
FOR sALE+POfATo PLANTER
and Studebaker wagon apply to
George Johnson, Blackfoot, Idaho
Alp
LosT-s15 REWARD FOR RE-
turn Of following described saddle
animals: One buckskin gelding
horse white name and tail, about
branded B left shoulrer. Return
8 j. Rich, Blackfoot, or Roscoe
Rich, Aberdeen. 4lti
LoSTVA CARAT DIAMOND RING
Reward for return. to The Idaho
Republican office. Al
LOST OR sTOLEN-ONE BLACK
gelding, white face, s on left
thigh; one bay gelding, blocky, X
on left thigh; one gray saddle
horse, white main and tail, about
ten years old; one roam geldine
with blotched braN&on left should.
err. six years old. Reward $40 fol-
return. Farley P. Price, Black
foot, phone 1871.
LOST - FROM MY PLACE AT
Portervill, April 16, three-year
old black mare, white spot or
forehead, branded SIN on right
shoulder. Reward for return tt
Samuel Norman, R. F. d. one
Blackfoot. 4l-4
LOST-FROM NEAR TABER, ONE
brown mare, white stripe in fore
head, white hind feet, brand 5 OF
left shoulder, weight about 1,2OO
had collar and riding vridle OF
when last seen. Notify N. =
MONTGOMERY Blackfoot, Idaho
Liberal reward. 4ltI
1osT-ArRIL Is, ONE GRAY
mare with halter; one bay mare
left front foot and both hind fee
white, branded I'D" ON left should
err: one bay mare branded mp
on right shoulder, weighing abou
1850, each. All the above hat
halters on. $40 reward for return
to Albert Appel, Blackfoot, Idaho
FolIND - TEAM, TWO BLACI
geldines, both white faced. Welgl
about 900 bounds; hoDbied, on
wore a bell. Are at Farley +
prices at Rose, five miles mort
-,,-.1~coo% pboua 19I1
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q AUCIION COMPANY
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WANTED-A GOOD GIRL FOR
general house work. Apply at
this Office, 41Il
FOR SERVICE-DURHAM BULL
Mowrey's Feed yard. 4ltI.
FOR SALE-THORoBRED Seed
oats; purchased an oversupply OF
seed oats to fill car; best we
could buy, Swedish Select, very
heavy quality; seed pure and clean
ready to drill. Idaho Land g
Livestock company, Blackfoot, r..
F. D., phone 408R1. fl !!
LOsT-APRIL IS, ONE BROWN
horse, four years old, weight about
1900, branded Elk on left thigh,
has tug marks on legs, has deep
sunken in mark under right eye.
Notify e. F. McKenna, Blackfoot,
r. F. D. one. 41tfip