The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-11-16
Hogwallow News
DUNK BoTTS. Regular Correspondent
 By George Bingham

Yam Sms is back from the circus at Tickville. The parade was nearly a mile long, as the camel did not feel like walking fast.
 Isaac Hellwanger had the coroner and the doctor to help him fix up his will this week. It appears from the instrument that if his wife marries after he dies she does not get any of his property, but that if she marries before he dies she gets all she asks. Luke .Mathewsla has been sitting in the doorway at the postoffice for the past several days, and has stop ped all traffic between the interior of the office and the outside world. Columbus Allsop has a good dog. to trade for something else useful. This will cut his number down to seven, but he says he has to do it, as he is afraid he could not make good liv- ing for all of them this winter, and at the same time look after his fami- ly-as is required by law. | Washington Hooks has got back from a prospecting trip through the woods of the Gander Creek bottoms and reports a bountiful croy of autumn leaves.
 Cricket Hicks, who recently took two boxes of pills sent him by a large factory in the east, has been asked for a photograph of himself. It will appear in an almanac to be is sued by the company, and Cricket has ordered several extra copies.
 The Deputy Constable says lot of the law breakers look SO nice he thinks they are somebody else.
 The Dog Hill preacher is becoming very popular with even those outside of his congregation and had company for dinner Sunday. Among those present were: Washington Hooks, Ellick Hellwanger. wife and seven children; Tobe Moseley and family, Cricket Hicks, Yam Sims, Rag Bar low, Atlas Peck, the Wild Onion school teacher, Luke Mathewsla, wife and eleven children; the Depi- ty Constable, Jeff Potlocks and five hounds and the Excelsior F1ddling Band. The dinner was an informal
 
 been invited.
 Under our present system of com merce the cost of a thing is regulat- ed generally by it's size and weight, but small, slim wife still costs as much as a large fat one. | The postmaster cannot get much sense out of what is on most of the postal cards that go, and come thru the mail.
 The Hogwallow Postmaster says the government did the right thing in raising the price of postage stamps: that they have been too cheap all along.
 If some candidate would have it in his platform that he was against everything he would have a follow. ing.
 Sidney Hooks was tried for a dis turbance of the peace at Bounding Blilows, Tuesday morning. By a careful selection of a jury to trv the case Sidney was found to be not guilty.
 The Hogwallow Improvement As sociation has called a meeting for next Saturday night, at which time steps will be taken to raise fund to buy some extra chairs for the postoffice. The winter rush of all- day visitors at the postoffice is now coming on, and with extra chairs on hand a great many more persons could be encouraged to locate there during the winter.
 Slim Pickens has entered politics, having operated lemonade stand at the candidates speaking in the Calf Ribs neishborhood recently.
 Cricket Hicks sat out in the sun the other day and after watching a drove of ants at work for awhile. got up and went out to look for himself a job.