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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13

& frairs hay per ton $ls
Alfalfa hay. per tor, 300
Corn, per bu, 90c.
kafir corn per bu, $l.0O
Oats, per bu. 55c
Bran. per 100 lbs, $l.55.
Bran, mill press, per 100 lbs. 81 IS
Corn chops, per 100 lbs, $500
Cottonseed meal, per tJO lbs s2tt
to ~ Hices
,l05O Dry 90 per -
Cured 9ee per ID
Part cured, lS l-2c per 10
K. Green. lie per ID.
Glue. lie per ID
'orse 4 Dc.
Number one EI0O TO $500
Number Two 500 to 1915
runies. $3.50.
Colts, SOC to 75c.
smasro auf yles s'u.nA Of
Springs up to 8 lbs. l5c
''"ouor--e 20 eooit,
Hens, llc
y, !. Turkeys NO I, 19c
Turkeys old Toms Pc
Nra'r, uuser ? lbs. l5c.
Ducks, 0c
Geese. Sc
Cotton in seed $3.50
Eaff.f fra .f-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-01-13

ING Roth WAlS-noNr JUMP on OR oFF MOVING EAR po>,r
Ting DON'T PIT ARMS Our or CAR WINDOW noN.r
OR ARM WHEN AIIGnrING
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turns from the farm for the past two
years have been around 200T, that IL
for every dollar I have spent l have
received three, now I do not know
where you can do that well.
'.This is surely the country for the
man with the small capital as the land
is still reasonable in price, payments
In long term and work Of all kinds for
every man to do. feel that II was
turned out here without a dollar that
in less than ten years could own Q
section of land and have 1t well equip
ped"
Western Canada's soil and climate
is suitable to granting large and prof
liable yields of wheat. Many SO large
that those not acquainted with the
facts hesitate to believe the reports
sent out by the farmers In that coun-
try. AS an evidence of their sincerity
in reporting correct yields affadavits
of n couple of grain growers are repro
duced.
Il. Newell ]. Noble, of the town OF
Nobleford, Province of Alberta. do
solemnly declare that from 1000 acres
of wheat on the said farm there was,
bushels of wheat being ut the average
of "a bushels and % pounds per acre.
And that from 394.69 acres of oats on
the said farm, there was threshed In
the said season of 1916, 4S,5O6 bushels
of oats. being at the average of 122
bushels and 80 pounds per acre.
'And / make thus solemn declara-
tion conscientiously, believing it to be
true and knowing that it is Of the
same force and effect as If made un-
der oath and by virtue of The Canada
Evidence Act" NEWELL J. NOBLE.
A Woman Takes Affidavit as to
Yields.-On January 4, 1917, Mrs. Nam
cy Coe of Nobleford made oath as fol-
lows:
In the matter of yield of wheat, oats
and flax on my farm for harvest of
1916, l, Nancy Coe, of the town of
Nobleford, Province of Alberta, do SOL
EMMY declare that I threshed from
1l5 acres on my farm Clio bushels of
wheat (machine measure, which 1T Is
believed will hold out in weights fully
about three-fourths of the crop al
ready having been weighed), being at
the average of So bushels and 8
pounds per acre, and that from 4S
acres of flax on stubble ground, 1
threshed 993 bushels of flax, being at
an average of 20 bushels and 38
pounds per acre, and that from sos
acres of oats l threshed $50 bushels,
machine measure being at an average
of 115 bushels and 81 pounds per acre.
Advertisement.
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OLD TOWN BOYS

NIIIt Whitehill. an ole Brown coun-
ty boy, who went west in tn eighties
dropped in on his boyhood friends here
Friday. He's on his way t. Washin'ton
t. see President Wilson about consid-
erin tn widenin' O. tn Arkansas river.
"What ever become O. Elan Swal-
low, Milt?" asked ole Niles Turner.
80, he's one O. TIL big guns O. Jay
Bird, Kansas"
"Umph! He wuz an awful failure
durin' his ole sawmill days"
"Did Pogue Spry ever finally amount
t. anything, Milt?" asked Hon. Ex-
editur Gale Fluhart.
"Pogue is now promotin' big irri-
gatin' scheme In Idaho an worth a
million"
"We used t. think he wuz a bur-
glar."
"Well, what ever become O. poor
Henry Sapp?" asked Upton Bud.
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''Do you ever bump up agin' Perce
Dunstan in your travels, Milt?" asked
Gabe Craw.
'Yes, Percy is night clerk In q
dollar-aday hut-tel in Wichita"
"Well, he wuz good pool player"
"Mlt do you remember tn Sargent
girl that run away with tn professor
O. tn ole Acme Skatin' rink jist about
tn time you went west?" asked Ez
Pash.
"They're livin' at Coffeyville, Kan
sas, down on tn border. They've got
five children, all in college, an they
travel most O. tn time an enjoy ther
money"
"Somebuddy ought t. go t. Coffey-
willie an show her up"
do you ever run int Andy Gard
out West?" asked Tilford Moots.
"Oh, yes. Andy is very wealthy an
at tn head O. big college,"
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That's easy fer tn editur O. TIL Wom-
ans Page. She kin even tell how t
Danish that "single agin" feelin'.
How t utilize ole apron strings, USE
full articles made from discarded
broom straws, simple recipes fer cher
ry pies (open face er huntin' case),
exposure O. tn many tricks on tn un-
suspectin' in tn selection O. cucum-
Der, coaXin' verbenas in February, how
t. bring out tn sunken cheeks o. n
wIlted turnip, nifty aprons from shirt
tails, how t discourage sick ants, how
t avoid TIL appearance O. haste an fur
ry in servin' guinea. tn value O. tn
carrot in carryin' out color schemes,
lastin' tlnts fer ear lobes, suitable
coifures an throat joggers fer retreat
in chins an veined foreheads, an
how t winter lantana in tn latitude
O. Detroit. TIL Editur O. tn WOmnn's
Page knows all o. these things.
TIL WOman's Page is enough t
make tn ole time mother turn over
In her grave under tn cedar tree an
shake hands with herself.
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Where n stop watch is available tn
time spent In countin' may be profit
ably employed with other duties O. tn
kitchen.
Th' above is jist sample from
one department on tn Woman's Page
o. tn average newspaper Th' other
columns are devoted t. flirtin, fallin'
hair, fiat chests, marriage an recipes
fer cold baked p'taters. freckles an
catsup.
If young housekeeper is goin' t
entertain some folks from Pennsyl-
vnnia that used t. know her husband
when tn world seemed bright she
consults tn Woman's Page an finds
out how t. make chuck steak allur-
In, an how t. make tn dinin' room
gay with highly colored inexpensive
blooms when tn snow is on th'
ground, an how t. make candlesticks
out O. rosycheeked apples at nickel
per.
Th' Woman's Page tells how girls
who kin remember tn FrancO-Prus-
sian War may be irOned out an tinted
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utes? Myrtle.
Answer. First secure an illuminan
vessel (tin er granite ware II answer)
fill tn same two-thirds full with fresh
1t t. come t. boil. In tn interim
select n egg an hold 1t in TIL thumb
an index finger. This may be done
by pickin' 1t up naturally. AS tn
water approaches tn boilin' point drop
tn egg gently in, bein' careful not t
make splash. Then count sixty
slowly three times an lift tn egg
from tn water with table spoon.
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Kin Hubbard ESSAYS
The WOMAN'S PAGE

girl with mustache how. by easy,
tortuous process. she may yet become
tn pride o. tn village; 1t tells what
n young lady should put in her suit
case fer weekend at Terre Haute.
Even when girl writes: II am sew
enteen years ole with pleasan' face an
fine figure but I toe in. Won't you
save me? Gwendolyn." tn editur O.
tn WOman's Page Is not daunted. II
am goln' with young man O wealth
an ideal habits but somehow his very
touch does not thrill me. Should
entrust my future happiness t one
who does not thrill me? Therese."
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FARMING NOW
A BUSINESS
The Modern Day Farmer Applies
Business Methods and Seeks
More Than a Living on
the Farm.

A nationwide cry is being made for
more economy and greater production,
and probably never was the need of
fOodstuffs equal to that of the present.
Grain prices are the highest In the ma
tons history and today the agricul-
tural fields of America offer induce
ments that are unequaled in any other
line of commerce or business. The
ideal life Is that close to nature, en-
jOying the freedom of Gods great out
doors and fulfilling duty to human
ity by producing from fertile soil
that which is essential to the very ex-
istence of less fortunate people who
are actually starving to death for food
StuffS that can be produced so eco
nomically in the United States and
Canada.
High prices for all grain, undoubt-
edly, will be maintained for number
of years and it appears certainty
that the agriculturist will reap II
bOunteouS return for his labor and at
the same time carry out the demands
of patriotic citizenship. A wrong con-
ception has been generally noticed as
to life on the Farm 1t has been,
to Il large extent, considered aS only
place to live peacefully and afford a
living for those who are satisfied with
merely II comfortable existence. Such
Il wrong impression has been created,
In measure, by the lack of systema-
tic business principles to farming In
general. But today farming and agri-
culture have been given Il supremacy
in the business world and require the
same advanced methods as any other
line of commerce. In no other buSi-
ness does II system adoption pay bet
ter than on the farm, and it is certain
| that there is no other line of work.
that generally speaking, needs it as
much. The old idea of getting IL living
Off the farm and not knowing how it
| was made and following up the details
of each branch of farming to get the
maximum of profit, at the least ex-
pense, Is fnst being done away with.
Farming is now being considered as
| q business and Il living is not sufficient
for the modern agriculturist; Il small
per cent on the investment is not
| enough the preSent-day farmer must
| have a percentage return equal to that
| of other lines of business. The prices
for produce are high enough, but the
cost of producing has been the factor.
in many places, that has reduced the
profit 1t is the application of a sys-
TEN to the cost of various work on the
farm that it is possible to give figures
on profits made in grain-growing in
Western Canada.
| Mr.. c. \. Wright of Milo, Iowa.
| bought II hundred and sixty acres of
| land in Western Canada for $1,000 in
December, 1915, and took his first crop
| from it in 1916. After paying for the
land in full and the cost of cultivating
II and marketing the grain he sold his
grain ut S1.55 Il bushel Ga low price
| compared with the present markeD, f,
had II surplus of S2,4I2.67 His figures
| are as follows:
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Ienrx owns a chain 0, wheat ele-

"Henry owns chain O. wheat ele-
vutors."
"Ther wuz a boy that jist had sense
enough t. put his cap on when school
wuz out"
"I reckon Arley Whipple's been hung
by this time" says Uncle Ez Pash.
"No, indeed. He owns four newspa-
pers In Montana an Wilson is liable
t give him a pustofflce."
'He never done nothin' but hang
around tn ole Hayes an Wheeler club
room when he lived here"
II almost fergot { ask you about
Clarence Hanger, Milt. His eyes wux
too close t'gether an his folks come
from Chillicoths. Ohio" says ole Niles
Turner.
"Clarence got very rich out o his
sine mines an married tn daughter o
q railroad prssldent I thtnk they're
abroad now.w 3
s.Ther must ~ some uaistAkA he
eseekstsd ~ - w1s twes4
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but all these fellows did then, and
poor Nolan himself went on, still un-
consciously or mechanically
This Is my own. my native land!
Then they all saw something was
to pay; but he expected to get through.
suppose, turned little pale, but
plunged on
Whose heart hath ne'er within him
burned,
As home his footsteps he hath turned
From wandering on a foreign strand?-
II such there breathe. Co. mark him well.
BY this time the men were all be-
side themselves, wishing there was any
but he had not quite presence Of mind
for that; he gagged little, colored
crimson, and staggered on:
For him no minstrel raptures swell;
High though his titles. proud his name.
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim,
Despite these titles power and pelf,
The wretch, concentered all In sell, -
and here the poor fellow choked, could
not 60 on, but started up. swung the
DOOh lAlo lAC oCub 1hlo lllS
stateroom, "and by Jove," said Phil
lips, tive did not see him for two
months again. And had to make up
some beggarly story to that English
surgeon why I did not return his Wal
ter Scott to him."
That story shows about the time
when Nolan's braggadocio must have
broken down. At first, they said, he
took a very high tone. considered his
Imprisonment mere farce, affected
to enjoy the voyage, and all that; but
Phillips said that after he came out of
his stateroom he never was the same
man again. He never read aloud again,
unless 1t was the Bible or Shakespeare,
or something else he was sure Of. But
it was not that merely. He never en-
tered In with the other young men ex.
actly as a companion again. He was
always shy afterward. when knew
him, very seldom spoke, unless he
was spoken to, except to a very few
friends. He lighted up occasionally
I remember late In his life hearing
him fairly eloquent on something
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to me at times. Lydia p. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pillsre-
stored me to health and want to thank
you for the good they have done me-. I
have had quite . bit Of trouble ard
worry but it does not affect my youth
full looks. Ny friends say Why do yo1
look no young and wellf' I owe it ~
to the Lydia E. Pinkham rsmsdSsA e
Mrs. ROBT. SToPIEL, Sage AveonAt
Washington Park, Illinois.
lfyou haye any symptom about W1keh
you would like 70 know writs . ~
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynns
Mass, for helpful sdvies givsa fkss 9
charge
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Turned a Little Pale but Plunged On.

which had been suggested to him by
one Of Flechier's sermons, but gener-
ally he had the nervous, tired look of
a heart-wounded man.
When Captain Shaw was coming
home-lf, as I say, 1t was Shaw-rath-
er to the surprise of everybody they
made one of the Windward islands,
and lay off and on for nearly a week.
The boys said the officers were sick
of salt junk, and meant to have tur-
tie soup before they c,fme home. But
after several days the Warren came to
the same rendezvous; they exchanged
signals; she sent to Phillips and these
homeward-bound men letters and pa
pers, and told them she was outward
bound, perhaps to the Mediterranean,
and took poor Nolan and his traps on
the boat back to try his second cruise.
He looked very blank when he was told
to get ready to join her. He had
known enough of the signs of the sky
to know that till that moment he was
going "home." But this was a dis
tinct evidence of something he had not
thought of, perhaps, that there was no
going home for him, even to prison.
And this was the first Of some twenty
such transfers, which brought him
sooner or later into half our best YES
sells, but which kept him all his life
at least some hundred miles from the
country he had hoped he might never
hear of again.
It may have been on that second
cruise-it was once when he was up
the Nediterranean-that Mrs. Grad.
tho celebrated Southern beauty Of
those days. danced with him. They
had been lying . long time in the Bay
oe Naples, and ths olacszs were very
inti1nate n ths Unsaish nesk ard thses
had 49, great fese1yit1ss and e1f
nea tAspeAt tAav nrgt oiye . qlsa4
- q oefo ~ aA1ps Hsw No
Gl1p i1 No. Ssaie - ylasst4 I -
{ ili1 Z 4 p ~ as Rsee n -
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"He loafed an read when he lived
here"
"What ever become o. Morton Bend
er after he sold out here?" asked ole
Niles Turner.
Morton went int business In st.
Joe, Missouri, after sellin' out here.
Things got t goin' bad with him an
he finally wound up in tn poor house" "
"That's more like 1t. remember
tn very day Borton Bender pulled up
an went west. wux leanin' agin' q
tree that stood where tn postoffice
now stands an says t him, says I,
Morton Bender. you'd better leave
well enough alone.'"
Some folks hate t see Teller sue
ceed even II he's workin' fer tn Lord.
tcopyrisht. Adama Nswspaper seryics)
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4,4ST bushels worth
Sl.55 at Cham
$2,472.G7

paying for farm
and all cost. ... $2,472.6 CT
S. Joseph and Sons of DeS Moines
Ia, are looked upon us being shrewd,
careful business men. Having some
spare money on hand, and looking for
II suitable investment, they decided to
purchase Canadian lands, and farm
them.
With the assistance of the Canadian
Government Agent, at DeS MoincS Ia,
they made selection near Champion
Alberta. They put 240 acres of land
in wheat. and in writing to Mr.. Hew-
itt The Canadian Government Agent
at Des Moines, one of the members of
the firm says: II have much pleasure
miles east of Champion, in the Prov
ince Of Alberta, Canada, this year
(1916) we harvested and threshed 10,-
GOO bushels of wheat from 24O acres,
this being an average of Al bushels
ard 10 pounds to the acre. A con-
siderable portion of the wheat was
No. 1 Northern, worth at Champion,
approximately $1.s5 per bushel, max
ing total return of $19,81O, or an av-
erage of $S1.70 per acre gross yields.
And by aid of thorough system were
able to keep the cost Of growing wheat
at about % cents bushel.."
Messrs. Smith 4 Sons Of Vulcan,
Alberta, are growers Of wheat on a
large scale and have demonstrated
that there Is greater profit In Western
Canada wheat-raising than probably In
any other business anywhere. Speak
ing Of their experience Mr.. Smith
says:
+ II have three sections Of lard at the
| peesent tine ard an farrslRx yeaSay
Ann n !: - actss q ia.d. NJ =
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NERVOUSNESS
and BLUES
Symptoms of More Serious
Sickness.
Washington Park, M.-"I am the
mother of four children and have suf-

fered with female
trouble, backache,
nervous spells and
the blues. My chill
dren's loud talking
and ronping would
make me so nervous
I could just tear
everything to pieces
and I would ache all
over and feel % sick
that I would not
want anyone to talk
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Parental Supervision.

Did you say you didn't raise your
boy to be a solder?"
Yes. But that doesn't affect the
result. I don't suppose that Shake
speare's parents raised him to be q
poet"
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Nersed in That Direction.

Economical social functions are now
the thing"
"Um. Some women I know will at
last get chance to shine" was the
other lady'S remark" ~
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Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy. makes clothes winter than snow.
All good grocers. Adv.
Disturbances,

do you enjoy Wagnerian musicT
Not IL bit. Sometimes 1 wonder
whether that Wagnerian music didn't
do Il great deal toward spelling Ger
many's disposition"
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Nthere lssaar ls pve.

Where HeNor % Due.
Honor the unoot faslvsly good ana
think lsss of thoes WHOSE merit y b.
teilsctual abtlity. aeeeert opsncsr.
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& 4 pnssnatic hamnse ~ tsnolnl
Davilg seoeee - bssa t1se :;
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81, S2.1S-S4,4 4S2.1S
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-09

cage awaited him. He had always
wanted G. rabbit SO he was delighted.
Gee. Popt" said Jack. as his father
appeared IN the barn doorway. II
think this IS fine, What shall I feed
it on2"
Carrots and lettuce"
AS Jack ran OFT TO tae kitchen. his
father was pleased Good! Now that
hoy'u have something 10 take care
Of" was his thought
True. the rabbit took much Of
Jacks attention. soon Bunny fol-
lowed him an around. At the end
of q romp over vacant lot next door,
Bunny's beautiful white coat would be-
fun OF burrs and his hair matted with
-lud Then Jack would take him to
the barn and conb out che 5urrs and
brush the hair FREQ Of mud Tt was q
job but Jack was proud Of Bunny's
snowy white coat and he took q pride
in keeping IL clean
One morning when he was dress
sne. he looked at his hair In the mir
ror. Gee" he watsUed, my hair
looks like Bunny's did after our r0mp
Yesterday" He eonbed and brushed
his own hair then. as carefully as he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-09
a JUNE ROSE

even a. blade OF grass ever grew.
I'll enjoy being with them, and
even should they snap my head or
I viii be giving them pleasure in that
way too. thought the little wild rose.
The morning sun shone into the
squald houses and awoke the young
STEERS and in very short time the
naughty sunfower in the garden was
awakened by the whoops and cries
OF the tots.
Then the gunfower heard a little
girls voice say: "Oh. Mary-John All
of you. Come quick, and see what's
hereu
Then &c heard their ordinations OF
Obs and Abs" and isn't II
beauty" TITS a Wild Rose!" See Il
came through the wall and then a
little child said lets pick it,"
"Eot" moi MOI" came from sew
aral, and then the one who had dis
covered It said: II wish Sister Maggie
could see il. ] think it would cheer
her. and make her feel better She
had a bad night"
All this time the Rose said moth
ing II 5ast svvayed on It's stem. happy
that It had come. Il nodded to the
children and Allied their innocent lit
tie hearts with joy.
MY mission is accomplished" Il
sighed. Now don't care what hap
pens TO me"
The rose was missed by the sun
flower. and that worthy flower was
curious 10 know what happened to
its companion Of yesterday It craned
ana stretched its neck until it could
paep over, and this Is what Il saw.
-Four little ragged tots seated on
the ground around a little wild rose
aa-
one of the children was telling the
others story about hower that
one day came through the wall to
cheer them ending with;
And Maggie was the sick child Ia
that village. and when her mother
carried her 20 the window TO see tia
Rose. the Rose smiled on her and
made ali her pain SO away for ever
more"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-09

did the rabbits. Jack noticed also
that Bunny was very careful TO keep
his paws and toes very clean; so he
decided to be particular. too. His
neither gasped one day when she saw
her little boy. scruhbing his hands
with brush and cleaning his finger
nails
'The plan has worked, I think, she
renorted to father that night Jack
was scrubbing his hands today and
notice that ne keeps his hair better
than I ever did"
.,Vhat?" exclaimed father. Brush
ing mis- hair and scrubbing ais hands,
Whew!"
II guess that we'd better not say
ANYTHING TO Jack, He might think
we ara teasing him" said mother.
4f5ont you think we ought to bring
Bunny In the cellar for the winter;
rs SO cold IN the barn"
Father looked pl@ssed; he nodded
his head, and with . wink at mother,
began TO read q newspaper.
"Iau be back In minute, dear"
said mother as she left the room. Il N
Just going to order fresh carrots for
Bunny"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-09

Jack stood with an old spade IN one
hand and his clothes ompIetelv COW
cred with mud and dirt His face
was g sight and he looked ike a child
who had neither home nor mother.
lie had not even thought about GET
ting. cleaned or dressed Tor dinner
He looked as father said. 'glka an
alley kid"
Come here. Jack" called father.
This is 1Ir Watson. who is going to
have dinner with Us tonight Run
along home before US and set cleaned
up a Bit"
Jack scooted off. for fathers word
was law. And father turned TO his
friend saying. THAT son Of mine
would rather be dirty than clean:
what can Il do with him ?" father
sighed. OF course. he did not want
Jack 10 be all dressed up like a Eirl
from morning 20 night. but re did
wish that the little chap would not
be such q pig all the time.
when Jack appeared at dinner that
evening in 6 clean linen saIt. with
his face bright ana his hair smooth.
he looked like a different boz Ha
was really handsome and fathers
friend exclaimed Wen. zyaiI no
wonder you want him to he clean
ne shows Up pretty fine now doesn't
he2"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-09

what . a. vita hsra now. ] couldn'e
squash him. why. feel as Il know
him .''
7 want 10 see him change into q
moth said Jack
.sTTell." said Uncle Bob. "you'u have
to wait unta mex spring for that.
He'll eat and grow all summer and
part Of vtnter-patch.ng his dress
sometimes. but otherwise just eating