The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-05-03


1t would be fine for he who thinks
the teachers have a snap to straighten
out the kinks I'm many a boyish chap,
to try himself a week or two and show
how he the Job could do. l will ven
ture that some such like plan would
make each one a different man. We
would not be so cocksure wise, we
would not always criticize, we would
leave untouched by knocking hand the
things we do not understand. From
school begins till school is out we
would give the teacher the benefit
Of each and every doubt.
Increased Production "POme"
Hey get plot
and raise lot
OF corn and peas, potatoes
And other kinds OF garden stuff.
We haven't by q mile enough
Of these good things to feed us.
Let the teacher
and the preacher
leave their books a little while,
Let the lawyer close his case
And go to natures base,
Just jump In and be In style.
Mister merchant
be a servant
in some other way than weighing
sugar, beeans, and selling dry goods,
The crying need is cheaper foods
for those who do the buying.
Let the loafer
and the chauffer
leave their seats of gentle ease,
Let the banker quit his counting
OF the earnings, chief amounting
Is now cheaper flour and grease.
Embellished news
don't bring the stews
we need some cheaper at this time,
Editor Of town and city
drop your pen, the poet ditto
Things are needed more than rhyme.
Heyl listen girls
Say, let the curls
just 90 harum- scarum- whoop
women, hear me, quit your EARNING
cease yaur patching and your darning,
grab a hoe and busy stoop.
You children all.
Just mind the call
OF the hour, dig and do your bit,
Don't be growing, gruwbling. grouchy,
Don't be teasy, trivial, touchy,
Sing and work and make hit
Use each acre,
Yield you make her,
all she can. use spade or pillow,
II you read this nonsense" through,
and you find that 1t means you,
act accordingly and now.
ThrOner and "droner" may for all
we know, be good words in some other
language, In the English you find them
not. The typesetter made a mistake
last week In setting up the poetry
sent In and putting an ''r'' at the en-
ding where an "s'' should be. We owe
this correction to the poet"
Two punches of live pork one con-
tanning 1853 tails, the other 30 heads, be.
longing to Mr.. Hockerson and Mr.. Flick
respectively, passed through the streets
OF Whitebird last week en- route to
Grangeville. Among the ''prodigals" we
noticed, Clinton Springer, Cyril Gard.
ner, Fred Drake and Ed Toulke. Mr..
Fick's bunch brought him $944.
Melvin Holbrook who suffered bro
ken leg about a month ago while work
ing for Thos. Popue Is at his home in
Whitebird recuperating and doing fine.
Arthur McSpadden one OF the pro-
gressive ranchmen or the Doumecq
plains transacted business In our town
Friday
Mr.. Q. s. Mcmillan, a stoclxman of
Pollock was in Whitebird on business
a couple of days the first of the week.
Miss Georgia Ashpaugh returned
from Kooslxia last Friday where she
had been visiting a sister for several
weeks.
Mr.. Behean took a herd of cattle
$500 more or less to the Camas Prai-
RE country Monday TO get them ready
for market. For Mr. Behean's sake
we like TO see the price Of cattle high
but considering our own interests we
would welcome a decided decline In
the price of beefsteak.
Miss Orrice Cochran who has beer
teaching ON the Clearwater this win
ter returned to her home on Dou
mecq Wednesday. Orrice Is going to
join the Increased Production squad