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woods, we were startled g by s d voice which apparently had came from the 'adjacef1t field. Led by our euriosi- Ety we hurried in the, direction from
 which the voice had come. s-a; Peeking cautiously from Behind the
 bushes we saw a tall. we'll dressed boy,
 whom we recognized at once as oar
 scl1oolmate, Randolph Hos.ries, He was busily. engaged in throwing stones at
 something which was high up in the tree. After waiting several minutes,
 we saw a poor. frightened cat creep cautiously from beugh to beugfl, pifi: fully moving as if Calling for aid. Just then Randolph hurled q large stone tat her, which fortunately missed it's mark. As we were all members of the Dumb Animal society, we could not Estand still and see q poor animal 50 Eeruelly treated. Suddenly the thought Jeanne to FloSsy, one of my friends to play a similar joke on him. Think ] ing it splendid idea, We all gather led a. handful of stones, and from our hiding place threw them ats him. We immediately popped back; in. our h:h : l ing places, for we knsw that if he dis covered we were girls he would not run. We were drawn from our plae- les of eoncealment by, the sound oi footsteps and all were oVer5oyed te Esee the coward running as fast as pos. lsibie down the road.
 I The following day we spread fhs frews of this cowardly act among al his schoofmates and lie was despised tby his most intimate friends. <.
 !. ANNIE SULLIVAN, Age H.: Nors5;cb
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THE RossER KITTEN.

A kitten once to its mother said, "Il never more be good. But I'll go and be a robber fierce, And live in dreary wood,
 Wood, wood, wood, And live :n dreary wood" So off it went to the dreary wood, And there it met cock, And blew it's head. with pistol, off Which gave it an awful shock!
 Shock, shock. shock, Which gave it q ilawful shock! It climbed a tree to rob a nest Of young and tender owls: But fhe branch broke off and the kit ten fell,
 With six tremendous. howls.
 Howls, howls.. howls, With six tremendous how1s! Soon after that it met cat Now give to me your purse Or I'll shoot you through. and stab Sor too,
 And Kill you. which is worse!-
 Worse. worse, worse, And kill you, which is worse!' : One day it met a Robbcr Dog
 
 The dog did joke, and laugh and sing Which made the kitten wink! k., -, Wink. wink, wink, Which made the kitten wink. - At last they quarrei'di then: they fought. s -,&.r~ Beneath the greenwood tree,, ,t 'Till russ was fefPd with an awfu club, Most terrible to see!
 See. sec, see Most terrible te see. , When puss got up. it's eye was shut, And swelrd, and black, and blue; Moreover, all it's bones were sore, So it began to new!
 Mew, niew, new, So it began to new! Then up it rose and sorafcfi'd it's nose And went home very sad: ''0h! mother dear. behold me here. I'll never more be bad, I'll never more be bad,
 Bad, bad. bad, I'll never more be bad'
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Baltic.
Never Act a. Lie,

Dear Uncle Jed: Once there was a man who owned a horse that he could not catch if he let him out into the fields. so he always kept him tied in the barn.
 One day the horse got loose and went out into the green fields. When his master went for him he couldn' find him.
 He went out into tlie fields and when ha saw the horse he called him but the horse was having a good dinner off of the grass and didn't come when his master called him. So his master went into the barn and got a meas ure but he didn't put any grain into it. He went out into the fields and called the horse again. and this time thinking he was going to get some grain the horse came up te his mas- ter. His master caught him and tied him in the barn without any grain.
 Another time the horse got loose
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THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.

1--Ise6e Evans, of Pfainfsld-Blue Grass Girls in the Water. !, .2-Sarah Sehatz. of Yantic-Motor Maids by Palm and Pixe.
 s-efsdys Wfffianason, of Norwich Motor Cycle Chun1 Around the World.
 4-NsIson Hulms. of Baltic = The Aviation Flight For Fortune. q 5-RoIand Cufrar, of -Canterbury- The Aviatio'rs Polar Dash 9
 6--Lucy 2. Gill, of North Stoning ton-Miss Mafeolrn's Ten.
 EEleanor Frost, of Columbia-- Cowboy Dave.
 s-Annie E. Sullivan, of Norwicii-- Blue Grass Seminary Girls in. the Mountains. -..i -.,-
 Winners of prize books living in the city may call at The Bulletin office for them at any hour after 10 a. m Thursday.
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Our Part if tie War.

The children of '7e did a great, deal during the War for Independence. The boys volunteered as df1mfnefs as young as ten and twelve years old and marched as brave4y as the men. The girls loaded muskets for their fathers and cheered for them. and even shot thfongff foopheles iIf their cabin homes when they Saw Indians
 The children Of today can and and must M but we can help in different Whgs. we can buy thrift stamps ande war vsav- : ings: certificates, and iTr4ttis: way we can raise fund for. our government. We can join the Jui1ier Red Cross as there are many things that children can do te help. One thing every child can. do5 is to cut rags in tiny pieces to be put in small pillows for use iii
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Canterbury
My School.

Dear Uncle Jed: am going to tell you about n1y schoolrooDl. It is a large room with six windows. My teacher is Miss McNamara. l am in the third grade. There are thirty one children in my room. We are learning about William Penn in History. In geography we are learning about the children of Japan. I also study spelling, arithmetic. lan- guage and reading I like to read very much.
 Next March we are going to have 3 prize speaking contest I am going to speak on The Blue and the Gray.
 At recess I have nice time sliding with my friends. We also play tag and other games.
 ARLEEN BURDICK, Age s.
 Jewett City.
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Fished Ali NinE,t.

Dear Uncle Jed: One Saturday af- ternoon my friend and I thought we would go fishing all night, so we got some bait and hired boat. and start ed about half past ten We rowed a long way up the river and then an- cnored near the shore.
 It was cold sitting there all night. but we did not care because we were getting many fish.
 h the morning I rowsd down to get some warm coffee. When I got up there it was cold so we made a fire and heated some water and then placed the bottle of coffee in it. When I put it in the pail it fell over and we lost all the coffee. We ffshed about an hour longer and then went home. We caught about twenty fish
 NELSON HULME, Age 14.
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and got into the fields. And when his master went fof< him he wasn't in the barn. He went out into the fields and called the horse, but Ee wouldn't come. He went into the barn and going to be fooled the second time so ke stayed where he was.
 His master went into the barn again and this time he filled the measure with grain. He went out into the field and called the horse, bat the horse knew that if he came to him his mas ter would put him into the barn with out any grain, so he staid where he was. And he didn't come back. to the barn until he had had a good feast in the green fields.
 MARTHA BENNETT, Age t2. Plainfiefd,
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STORIES WRITTEN BY MIDEs
 AWAkES. -
Ths Rsdkeaded Woodpesker.

On the sic of a hill there lived "a little old woman: She was the small est wcn1an that you ever saw. She was a neat woman and dressed in a black dress, white apron, and a red bonnet.
 It is sad te say that she was a sell fish woman. People say she was sel- fish because ske lived alone:
 One day she was baigiYig cakes. 4 poor, hungry, tire man came. He said: My lady, will you give me one of your cakes? I have flo money to give you, but the first thing you wish for you may have" She looked at the cakes and she thought that they were too large to give to the beggar. So she broke of a piece of dough and put it in the oven. Then she took piece as large as head of q pin. Later she gave him a piece of dry bread As soon as she could wink, he was gone. She knew that She had done some thing wrong so she wished to Re a bifd Sd that she could fly and give him the largest cake on the shelf,
 As she was talking she was sf6w ing smaller and smaller. Later She was Whisked up the chimney by the wind She wore a black dress, white apron and red bonnet
 She got food by pecklng the hare wood of trees. That was why the people called her "The Red-headed Woodpecker."
 AlJGusT 1AsKow1Tz, Age F. Yafieic.
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4 Patriotic Cal,

John Kimban sat in the barnyard, talking to his chuIn, Harry Morrison. John was a. poor boy, working for his living on the farm. He was also an orphan. War was breaking through the country and John had read in the town paper about needing so many re- cruits. He was only fifteen. but was very tall for his age, and dark and he looked to be eighteen.
 . That night John ran away. When the farm was dark and still. He pass ed the test at the recruiting station and enlisted. When the war opened John was on the battlefield. fighting with all the strength and power of a true patriot. ,t
 The flag was on the field, and was shot down.. John rushed on to the felt and picked the flag up. He was fatal ly wounded, and Jay there with the flag grasped tight in his hand held up
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toward the blue heavens above, where greater power was waiting.
 Finally he was seen by the men. as the enemy retreated and the men moved towards him. His dying words were: "The Stars and Stripes forever
 UNSIGNED.
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Gcinq to Help.

Dear Uncle Jed: am going to tell the Wide -Awakes how to help win this terrible war. The government needs money to~buy clothing and food for our soldiers.
 We all could help by buying thrift stamps and lending money to the gov ernment
 I am going to buy some thrift stamps Many children are going to buy some.
 ELLEN POWERS, Age 10. OakdaIe.
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THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE s < BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT
RuIes Eef Yeura lWriters..

= 1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only. and number the pages. { Use pen and ink, not pencil. {. Short and pointed articles yfll be given nrsference. Do not use over 25e words, ssf [. Original stories or letters only will be used. ss E. Writsg your nanae. age. and ad- dress plainly ct the Bottom of the story. s@-. Address. .ali communications tt .Jncls Jed, Bulletin once.
 'Wnztever yeu are--Bs that!
 Whatever yu9 say--Be true!
 StraiehtforwardlS act.
 Be honsEt<-in fact
 Bs nobody else bus you"
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Some Of Ameriea's meshods of p.f.nss

: America has many methods Of de-
 fence, some of these are: The use Of
 lights to search the skies for acre.
 planes. The inventor of the search
 light which IS used to search the seas
 for submarines
 ,F1fe. inventor of tiie torpedo that can Shoot at a ship and if it fails to hit its mark, can be made to return, this torpedo is work by electricity America also kas a gun that can shoot twenty-six miles. It can ge through four feet of brick. cement ana Estee1. They have a gun which can Shoot sixty bullets to the second. And many more remarkable war inventions |. ALVIN LACHAPELLE, Age 15. CanterhurY en
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court house.
 The deep appreciatiol felt by the patrons is shown daily Nby the large number of people who visit the li- brary.
 SARAH LYMAN, Age fl. iNoTwich M
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Waterbury. The estimated total number of Red Cross memberships is 5O,006. This number is 4,oo6 above the quota for this city,
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rhe soy Ran.

One day as a few girl friends and I were walking leisutely through the
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HdW We Can Help Win the War.
 There are many ways we can help win the war: first by buying Lib erty loans which helps the govern ment a great deal. Second, by joining the Red Gross that also helps. All these things are mostly for older people. Now the. children can also do their bit, by saving up every penny which they earn instead of buying candy and seirg to the pictures. They can earn it very easily by hleping their par erits and by doing little jobs for their Eefgfbors such as beating carpets, caring for the neighbor's baby and getting the cows. With these pennies Which the children have earned they can buy 8 thrift stamp if they have saved enough. Each thrift stamp costs twenty five cents, when they have bought sixteen of these stamps they will be given war savings stamp which bears interest and at the end of four years they will receive five dol
 -. LUCY E. GILL, Age II. =
 North Stoningtoff.
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afnbulances, as there can never be too many of these pillows. because soldiers are being wounded every day. ]. We can learn to knit. and then we can make sweaters, helmets, squares With which to make an afghan. afid a great many other things which sol- idiefs and sailors need. = I hope that all of the children in the
 United States will do at least some of
 the things I have mentioned as every
 little bit will help to bring universal peace.
 ELEANOR FROST. Age II. Columbia.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-17
STARTING WITH
ACLEAN GARDEN
Make Fight on Insects Which
Are Menace to Success Of
Gardeners Efforts.
REMOVE BRUSH AND RUBBISH
Outworms and Wireworms Winter Few
Inches Under Ground--Much May
Be Gained by Keeping Weeds
Down in Neglected Corners.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
If the rubbish left over from last
seasons gardening has not already
been removed, general garden clean
up should be the first work of this sea-
son. Clean culture plays an important
part in the fight against insects-a
menace to the success of the home
gardeners efforts. Many forms of in
sect enemies of the vegetable garden
are protected through the winter by
brush and other rubbish, which, IL
removed, would materially reduce their
numbers.
CutwOrms, which hide in the soil in
the daytime and come out Mt night to
feed on the tender growth and cut
small plants entirely off, wireworms
that damage the tubers of potatoes
and other root crops, and host of 9TH
er insects, winter under brush and rub
bish on the earth or few inches UNI
der ground. Where they can find pro
lection during the cool weather of
winter, conditions are ideal for their
survival.
Active During Winter.
"Aphids' or plant lice, are active
during the winter months In the more
southern sections and find food on
ornamental vines and shrubs and on
growing weeds which afford them food
and shelter when other plants are not
available. Much may be gained by
keeping down the weeds In neglected
corners.
Leaves, stems, and other litter should
never be allowed to accumulate up to
the time of planting, or there will be
thousands of insects the coming year
whore there We're hundreds last sensOn
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-17
REMINDERS OF HOME

T N order to bring home the spirit of home Just
little closer to the soldiers in the big can
tonments on the Pacific Coast, the national war
work council of the Y. NJ. c. A. in the western de-
partment, is asking for photograph of the most
familiar spot in this community. From the pic
ture lantern slide will be made and thrown upon
the screen in the Y. NJ G. A. buildings
An effort is being made to secure photographs
from every town and hamlet in the west. The pic
lures must be clear so that the reproduction will
be clear. These photographs should be sent to F.
f. Runyon, Associate Secretary, National War
Work Council, Y NJ C. A., $40 First National
Bank Building San Francisco, California.
A short description, giving the title of the pic
ture and the town which it represents should be
written on the reverse side. Every city and COM
munity has its object of interest. 1t may be a
busy corner, old building, fountain, adobe cosy
park, natural phenomena. Whatever it is, it will
be welcome sight to the boy away from home
1t will be reminder an inspiration, an old friend
and will make him happy.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-17

uesseau, Paris, France. The national war work
council of the Y. M C. A. will see that the paper
is forwarded to the soldier at the front 1t will
be sent to a camp where boys from this state are
stationed
War work secretaries in Y. NJ. G. A. huts over
seas state that the hardest thing they have to
combat is inconsistencies. The lads are yearning
for news from their loved ones. The letter is first
in Importance, the old home newspaper fills the
void in the absence of the letter. You can help to
maintain the morale of the American troops in
France by sending him this paper. Think it over.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-17
REAL GREATNESS

CHRIST has given us a measure of greatness
~ which eliminates conflicts. When his disci-
Piles disputed among themselves as to which
should be greatest in the kingdom of heaven, He
rebuked them and said: LET him who would be
chiefest among you be the servant of al" Service
is the measure of greatness; it always has been
true, it is true today, and it always will be true
that he is greatest who does the most good. And
yet what revolution it will work in this old
world when this standard becomes the standard
of every life. Nearly all of our controversies and
combats arise from the fact that we are trying to
get something from each other, Our enmites
and animosities arise from our efforts to get as
much as possible out of the world-there will be
peace when our endeavor is to put as much as pos
sble into the world, Society will have taken an
unreasonable step toward peace when it esti-
mates citizen by his output rather than by his
income and gives the crown of its approval to the
one who makes the largest contribution to the
welfare of all-EXtract from w. j. Bryans lee
ture, "The Prince of Peace"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-17
FRIDAY, MAY II, 191R.
RUNNING THE PAPER

L VERYBODY thinks he can newspaper
- better than the benighted souls who have been
placed by Providence in that unenviabe position
Maybe its because the editors faults are glarng
ones--out i'm the open in black and whte--or, pos
sibly it is Just queer quirk of human nature and
the jobs so easy, anyhow Running the paper is
a sort of side-line with lots of people They offer
advice in their spare moments with the same spirit
as they play golf pinochele. One would have
the editor militant suffragst, another demands
that he rail against women voting. The prohi-
btionists cannot see how any decent person can
be for regulated saloons, and accuse him of sell
ing out to the liquor interests if he takes that
side, while the "wets" say he is being inundated
by the churches and ruled by the "drys" if he is
opposed to the saloon. The Democrats say the pa
per is dirty rag" if the editor is Republican in
his sympathies, and the Republicans stop their
subscriptions IL he comes out for Democrat. IF
the editor is for anything the ants condemn him,
and vice versa If he takes stand he is trying to
dictate to the community. If he doesn't take a
stand he is mollycodde and jellyfish. He is a
crank, reformer, a fanatic, four-fiusher. a
crook a disturber Of the peace or just plain idiot
according he meets with the desires of his sub
scribers goes against them And there you are
The average man never thinks of the hours OF
toi-downrght, soul-sweating toll, it takes to get
out paper. He never thinks of the worries, the
trials, the tribulatons every editor must undergo
Some of them are so unappreciative of his efforts
to boost their town and make money for them
that they won't even contribute the price of sub
scription. Just remember this. The editor, apart
from the perfectly laudabe desire to make de-
cent living for himself and his family has only
the good of the community at heart. If he disa
grees with you on any subject political, moral OF
educational, you and not he may be wrong
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-17
NEWS FROM HOME

OVERSEAS, where American soldiers are fac
- ing the enemy, letter from home is most
welcome. 1t is the strongest home-tie. 1t helps
to keep the morale of the American soldier at the
topmost point. Next in point of Importance is the
old home newspaper From this he learns what is
happening among his friends. 1t is most import
ant that the home newspaper should follow him
across the seas.
Persons who wish to get this work of cheer
to the boys from this community may do so by
subscribing to this newspaper and having it adj
dressed to the American Y M. C. A. IL Rue d. Ag-
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-17
Work Soil to Destroy Insects.

burned, together with all garden rub
bish.
Work Soil to Destroy Insects.
The soil should be thoroughly worked
over during the winter to destroy such
insects as may be spending the winter
on. or few inches below, the surface.
This Is best done at least month be-
fore the seeds are planted.
If chickens are available for the pur-
pose, they ought TO be allowed free
access To the newly turned over soil
for time, as the fresh meat in the
form of insects which they will find
there will prove a very welcome addi-
ton TO their diet. and its removal will
go far toward insuring a fair start to
the garden crop.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-17
Do You Enjoy Life?

A man in good physical condition
is almost certain to enjoy life, while
the bilious and dyspeptic are despoDd-
ent, do not enjoy their meals and feel
miserable good share of the time.
This ill feeling is nearly always un-
necessary. A few doses of Chamber
lain's Tablets to tone up the stomach,
improve the digestion and tone up the
bowels is all that is needed. Try IT,
adv.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-17
is ADVERTISING EXPENSIVE?

A DVERTISING that is regarded by the adver-
tiser as an expense is just that There is
something wrong with it. Nine times out of ten
the copy has the charley-horse. It's so weak it
couldn't move itself let alone move others. And
whose fault is that? Advertising's? Not on your
life. It's the fault of the man who is paying for
the advertising. Go to his store, and the chances
are that you will find it slowly expiring from dry
rot. The goods will be dirty and unkept The
shelves will be dusty and neglected Even the boss
will have crouch, and the crouch never attracts
buyers. Life is too short to waste with the wood
en- faces. 1t isn't the advertising that's expensive
it's the lack of push that's behind the failure.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-17
WILL HELP OUR EFFICIENCY
Those Who Grow Abundance Of veoe-
tables This Year viii Be Making
War on High Prices.

A spring garden will be in order this
year. Those who raise an abundance
of garden vegetables will be making
war against the high cost of living. II
we are To increase our efficiency as
laborers we should eat vegetables
Those who fail to raise them may not
be able To eat them,