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The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01
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THE DOLLS HOUSE.

We've heard about the pet rag
doll" said Daddy. "whose name was
Allie Baa for short"
"oh yes" said Nancy, but rye for
gotten her whole name. Won't you tell
1t to me. Daddy?'
81 remember. 1t was very, very
long one" said Nick.
"Her whole name" said Daddy. was
Alice Gustava Ariel Star Jewel Bright
Carol Carmen CucumberGreen."
"Whew" exclaimed Nick.
"That was good long name, most
certainly" said Nancy.
"And you remember, suppose" con-
tinued Daddy, that her mother called
herself Mrs. Cucumber-Green, and hss
dolls were all the Cucumber-Green chill
dren. She had named herself Mrs.
Green one summer, and then she had
thought 1t would be so nice and cool
to call herself Mrs. Cucumber-Green."
ut sounds like rather chilly name
for. the winter" said Nancy.
"Well, perhaps it does" said Daddy.
but still she didn't like to have a
different name for summer and winter.
And 1 suppose she liked name which
made her feel cool in the summer bet
ter than one which made her feel
warm in the winter.
"Well, Mrs. Cucumber-Green thought
she should make a winter castle for
Allie Baa. So she set to work.
"'Allie Baa,' said Mrs. Cucumber
Green, I am going to make you cas-
tie, or palace, or whatever you want
to call it.
"Allie Baa didn't say anything. for
she wasn't able to talk real talk. She
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01
Record Coinage by U. S. of
Undespised Penny in 1918;
Rising Prices Was Reason

Reports from the mints show a
total of 307,614,000 one-cent pieces
turned out by the United States in
1918. This is n record coinage. 1t
stands for only a single years prog
ress, however, in tide of pennies
which has been rising steadily dur
ing the latter half of the war period.
The average annual output of one
cent pieces from 1907 to 1916 was
about 100,0O0O00.
Ostensibly the 1913 increase in our
smallest of coins was made necessary
by the call for small change to pay
war taxes on goods sold at retail.
Really, all sorts of economic causes
are behind the rising demand for pen
MES. Rising prices of provisions and
other staples have gone constantly
into odd figures.
At times and places of old in the
United States, down on the gulf and
out on the gold coast, the cent has
been despised. Men boosted of spend
ing nothing less than nickel. The
copper coin now has it's turn about.
Nobody holds it in scorn.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01
American "ApolIo" Is Found
in the Great National Army

The American apollo" has been
discovered and his proportions meas
ured. A committee appointed by the
National Association of Merchant
Tailors to seek the perfect man" an
nounced it had found him in the ma
tional army and would analyze him
when the association convenes at At
lantic City. He Is worthy of being a
'world model" the committee assert
ed. "The idea that perfection among
men should be measured by bulk is all
wrong" said the investigators. who,
after scrutlnizing the best specimens
at the various environments decided
Apollo should be five feet eight in
height, and weight 14Sh pounds. His
chest must be 80 inches, his waist 32A
inches, thigh 21A and calf IAN.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01
Usefulness Always the
Final, Determining Test

When a corporation looks around
for new president, a congregation
for new minister, u housewife for
a new servant, firm for a new clerk
q state for a new senator, superir-
tendent for new foreman, college
for u new professor, what is the one
test applied? Who is it each seeks
to find? Usefulness is the final, de-
termining test. All endeavor to choose
the one who will prove most useful
in the position. Every aim and end
of society, of the world, is to produce
men and women who will be useful.
who will be helpful, who will be able
to serve mankind.-Forbes Magazine.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01
THE C0NQUER0R WORM

Lo, it's n gala night
Within the lonesome latter years.
An angel throng. bewinged, bedight
In wells. and drowned in tears,
Sit in a theater to see
A play of hopes and fears,
While the orchestra breathes fitfully
The music of the spheres.
Mines, in the form of God on high,
Mutter and humble low;
And hither and thither fly;
Mere puppets they, who come and go.
At bidding of vast formless things
That shift the scenery to and fro,
Flapping from out their condor wings
Invisible woe.
That motley drama-oh, be sure
1t shall not be forgot
With it's Phantom chased for evermore
By crowd that seize 1t not,
Through a circle that ever returneth in
To the self-same spot:
And much of Madness, and more of Sin.
And Horror. the soul of the plot.
But see amid the mimic rout
A crawling shape intrude;
A biood-red thing that writhes from out
The scenic solitude!
1t writhes-it writhes!-with mortal panga
The mines become its food.
And seraphs sob at vermin fangs
In human gore imbrued.
Out-out are the lights-out all,
And over each quivering form
The curtain, a funeral pail.
Comes down with the rush of a storm
While the angels. all pallid and wan.
Uprising. unwilling, affirm
That the play is the tragedy. Man."
And It's hero, the Conqueror Worm.
Edgar Allan Poe.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01
Oregon Will Use Soldiers
to Build Miles of Roads

The Oregon state highway commits
sion has adopted the most extensive
program of road Improvement for the
year 1919 of any ever proposed or car
rled through in that state in one sea-
son. 1t calls for an estimated ex-
oendlture of Sc, 525 200, and the money
is to come partly from a $6'OOO,O0O
road fund already voted by the peo-
pie and partly from automobile tax
receipts and road taxes. 1t is esti-
mated by the highway engineers that
the labor of 5000 men will be required
In carrying out the program. 1t is in
tended to give preference to returning
soldiers.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01

HINTS FOR
POULTRY GROWERS

The poultry grower who has not yet
adopted sprouted oats as part OF the
hens bill of fare, especially during
the winter months, is not only deprlV-
ing his hens of feed that would be rel
ished and which is most valuable IN
feeding for egg production, but is also
overlooking one of his best opportu-
mites to save on the cost of feeding
Town folks who keep only small flocks
have been quicker to realize the advan-
tages of feeding sprouted oats than
have farmers, yet the latter are the
ones who should be first to understand
the food value and the results that
iulght reasonably he expected from
Rprouted oats because the oats sprout-
or is to the poultryman what the siio
is to the dairyman.
A few poultry growers operate their
oats sprouters the year round, they
having found sprouted oats to be an
excellent feed for both laying hens
and growing stock. This can be done
very profitably when the chickens do
not have free range, but is not neces-
sary with the farm flock during that
part of the year when there is plenty
of natural green feed. The real advan-
tage in feeding sprouted oats is that
1t provides succulent green feed wheh
none other is available. In the sprout-
ed form, none of the grain is lost or
wasted. The hens eat all the tender
green sprouts, roots and soft hulls.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01
Victor Hugo's Prophecy Of
1880 Which Excited Great
Comment When 1t Appeared

In 1850 Victor Hugo. who was then
in Paris. wrote the following remark
able words, which appeared in the
French newspapers at that time and
excited considerable comment. IL
was then not thought likely that his
vision would in any way be realized,
mt least for n long time to come, as
1t was then not so many years after
the Franco-Prusslan war. In his usual
mastery sty'e he wrote:
"Then France will suddenly arouse
herself. She will become formidable.
She will regain Alsace-Lorraine. Is
It enough? Mol mol She win cap
e-listen-Treves, Mainz, Cologne,
Coblenz. And we shall hear France
cry: The clock strikes my hour.
Germany, hear mel Am 1 thine en-
envy? No, l am thy sister. have
taken all from thee, l return all to
thee upon one condition; that we
shall no longer be u divided people
that we shall be one united family,
one republic. will demolish my fort
resses, thou. thine-ny vendetta Is
brotherhood. No more frontier. The
Rhine, mine and thine.
"We shall be the liberty of Europe.
And now let us clasp hands, for we
have rendered each reciprocated
service. Thou hast freed me from
my emperor. 1 will free thee from
thine"
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01

Der of other articles which are not
hurt by baby hands-spoons, Tin
pans, boxes. tongs, clothes baskets
and darning eggs. Furthermore In
stead of being told Don't touch
they should be encouraged to learn
how neatly and competently to perform
such ordinary operations as opening
and shutting drawers and doors ana
boxes and gates, screwing the tops on
cans, hanging up clothes and taking
Off rubbers.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01
"UmbrelIa Pants" and Prince
AIberts May Be the Style

That the men of this country will
soon have to wear baggy trousers, or
umbrella pants" was the intimation
of tailors attending the twenty-third
annual convention of the National As
sociation of Clothiers in New York
recently. The abrogation of personal
liberty is expected because of the vast
quantity OF cloth left on the clothiers'
hands by the wars Sudden ending. The
clothiers advocated the double-breast-
ed coat and the Pllnce Albert as
means of using up surplus cloth.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01
SHORT AND SNAPPY

The perfect man is usually a
perfect imperfection.
An essay on mana woman's
attempt to marry him.
Absence may increase true
love, but it is rough on the coun-
terfeit.
The greater the bore man is
the smaller the hole he leaves
behind him.
She who composes n cross
baby is far greater than she who
composes u ragtime melody.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01

was rag doll, you see, but oh, she
very nice to hug.
"'You won't tell me whether you
are pleased or not said Mrs. Cucum-
ber-Green. but know you are, pre-
hcious old Allie Baa.'
"And then Allie Baa got a fine hug.
I must set to work at once said Mrs.
CucumberGreen Allie Baa, you must
not keep me from my work.
allie Baa didn't say anything to
this, but she looked as though she
would not keep her mother from work
any more.
"And such q palace or castle or fort
as Mrs. Cucumber-Green did makei 1t
was like fine, fine dolls house
that is sometimes seen in wonderful
shops.
"There were rooms and halls. There
was an upstairs and a downstairs,
and there were doors and windows. No
dolls house for whole family of dolls
could have been better, and Allie Baa's
rag face looked very shining and BEAM
ing and happy as she saw what n
gorgeous winter home she was to
have.
During the time that this beautiful
home was being built by Mrs. Cucum-
ber-Green, Allie Baa sat on a sled
called Clear-the-Track, because it
went so fast that everything had to
get out of its way.
"Allie Baa was dressed in a warm
| mir tap nd nil nrfo nd tnly
| cap-all to match-which Mrs. Gu
cumber-Green's mother had made for
Allie.
1.-THE home for Allie grew more Won
derful every moment. And what an
honor to think that instead of being
a home for many dolls 1t was q home
for one DOLL, though, of course, Allie
Baa would never have been so selfish
| that all the other dolls couldn't have
shared her home with her.
"Allie Baa loved to share things any
way. That's what made her such
nice doll-that, and n good many
other reasons too.
| "Well, after time the home was
built and there was a fort near by
SO Allie could be well looked after In
the SNOWFALL fights between Mrs. Gu
cumber- Green's brother and his
| friends.
"Mrs. Cucumber-Gre had built the
house near the fort. The fort had
many holes so the people inside could
see out and know just what the other
side were doing
"Oh, how proud Allie Baa was to
think that her home was near the great
fort and that she had so many floors
and doors and windows in her home.
"'We'l play here when the sun
Shines said Mrs. Cucumber-Green to
Allie Baa, for at other times 1t will
be too cold. We've been working this
afternoon so we haven't felt the cold.
Well have fine times here
And just to prove that they would
Mr.. Sun came out for the first time
that day and beamed and smiled as
though to say:
s"'Youll begin to have some sun
shine for playing right away"
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01
Dads Concern.

"What did your father say when You
asked for his daughter?"
''Wanted to know if could support
him in the manner in> which he had
been accustomed"
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01
An Old Bird.

when l was a
boy" said the To-
quacious waiter,
1--WE kept chick
ems, and each one
had a name"
"And how old
are you now?"
asked the diner,
doing strenuous
work with his
knife on a bird.
NEARLY sixty,
cirp
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01
London Has Women Police,

London is trying out 100 police wom-
en-, uniformed and assigned to beats
as are the men. They are sworn in as
constables and their particular duty is
to assist others of their sex.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01
Cooling Process.

Yeast-Do they
have electric fans
in the restaurant
where you get
your lunch?
Crimsonbeak
No, 1 have to fan
my soup with my
hat.
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01
Novelty to Him.

at must be hai 4 work peddling
books"
SIT is" said the agent. I'D like to
get chance to handle one of these
best sellers you hear SO much about"
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01
Lingering.

81 didn't think Plunkville was big
enough to support a stock company"
at isn't That's road troupe what
stranded here and can't raise enough
money to get away"
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01
FOR A LAUGH
To Keep From Yawning.

Mrs. A.-Which of your social du-
ties do you find the most trying?
Mrs. BIO appear interested in the
things that don't interest mo-
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01

swell, perhaps you recall the name
of this chicken?"
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01
A Question.

"One thing I'd like to know"
"What is It'll"
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01
Wars Effect on Automobile Industry
Passenger Production Of 10 Only 60 Per Cen, Of That
of l9I7-Tuck Poduciop Increased
20 Per Cent

Because of its importance in what has been termed of
ounder the land and in the athe automobile industry
has suffered substantially the making of its normal product according
Alfred Reeves of the National Automobile Chamber
Passengercar makers instances almost
entirely materials when the armiste signed and have
had difficulty getting back basis Contracts taken
alone and trucks but for guns mine anchors helmets field
Shells depth bombs
material which could be made by the modern equipment of the noorar
plants
production almost 100000 short of 1917
beng that while truck production increased from
Automobile manufacturers
returning normal production, but it will take months This
production not reach the 9lI mark
scheduled production of commercial vehicles for 1919 is 100000
following figures interesting in showing the wars effect on
making the third largest manufacturing industry IN TINS
country o
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01

do senators really tell all these
stale anecdotes that are attributed to
them?"
The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01
Rag Bag Is a Help.

A rag bag into which the children
NAV dive and delve is resource for
rainy hours, and If the mother Is at
hand to keep an eye on the process
and tell what colors and materials
are. to suggest matching these colors
and stuffs which are identical and to
make agreeable combinations with
others, rag-bag hour is as educational
ms any exercise in a carefully run
modern school, The country mother
has here again a great advantage
over many city mothers IN that her
work is always at home, and of n
nature which allows her to supervise
the children's play without giving up
all her time to them.
Provision should be made In the
ease of little children for their desire
to handle all sorts of objects; the
desire which makes them enjoy so
greatly tumbling over of mothers
workbasket. There is no need to let
them upset that when there IRE In
every country house such vast num-
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-11
Only Loyalty and Union,

Old Glory paints the breeze today as
no other, probably, of all the days that
have passed since that one 142 years
ago when the Continental congress re-
solved. THAT the flag of the United
States be thirteen stripes, alternate red
and white. that the union be thirteen
stars, white in blue field. represent
ing new constellation" This years
Flag day will have no perfunctory
observance.
This nation is now as sound and
vigorous as ever. The sisterhood of
states represented by the constella-
ton with thirty-five added members is
firmly bound in the spirit of the
fathers still symbolized by the origi-
nal thirteen stripes. What internal
disorders there have been were symp-
toms fortunately manifest in time to
check the effect of the disturbing
forces whose existence they predicat-
ed. Over the land today sweeps revival
lied loyalty and union.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-11
FIXING LEAKY FOUNTAIN PEN
Really No Need to Put Up with An
noyance That Can Be Rene
died Easily.

II you have fountain pen that
leaks around the joints, especially so
II 1t is one of those types of fOun-
tain pens having a point which dis
appears by turning section of the
barrel, try an application of heavy
Oil. To remedy the defect, soak the
pen in warm water not hot, and al
low it to dry, particularly inside.
Then apply oil on the spindle which
revOlves. The oil should be worked
through the bearings from end to end.
You can now refill the pen and wipe
off the excess oil. A heavy cylinder
Oil is best for this purpose. To un-
screw the parts of a fountain pen
which have become set, merely heat
the pen with hot water or by holding
it near flame, but be careful not
to get too hot for there is danger OF
melting. While pen is heated slight
twist will often loosen the Set
Frank p. GOeder. Colorado Agricul
tual College, Fort Collins, Colo.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-11
Glorious Record From January 10
1776, to Its Proud Position in
the World in 1919.

The Stars and Stripes was raised
on the heights near Boston on Janu.
airy Is, 1776, and the British troops be-
lieved it to be evidence Of submits
sion to the king. The Betsy Ross
flag, the official flag, came later.
After the declaration Of independ-
ence, July 4, 1776, the first salute to it
was given by the Dutch island Of St.
EustatiOus in the West Indies by Jo-
names de Graft commander Of the
port.
When Kentucky and Vermont came
into the Union in 1854 two additional
stars were placed on the field. but
they were discarded after much de-
bate in congress and the original thir-
teen were restored in 1918.
The first flag that floated over for
eign and captured fort was ut Nassau,
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-11
4 M1.NN
Gal1s1H.
alag Dap

\hE first American flag. for.
maily adopted by congress on
June IA, 1777, is said TO have
peeh made out of soldiers white
shrt' an old blue army overcoat
ana red flannel petticoat. II
was hrst hoisted by the Revolution
"'J army during Burgoyne's campaign
ana was first flung to the ocean breeze
by Paul Jones.
we nave not advanced so far from
thoSe humble but glorious beginnings
US TO have lost the SAVIOR. The COM
p'latioh mat went into the making of
me flrst flag answered all REQUIRE.
ments. History mas neglected the own
er OF the white shirt and the old over
coat. Il has likewise cOurteously re-
trained from mentioning the original
possessor of the petticoat. 1t Is enough
mat all were Americans.
But the vicissitudes of history have
not dimmed the luster of those first
stars and Stripes. Rather have they
grown more glorious in the eyes of the
people over whom they float
Inc observances OF 1919. while COM
memorating the glories Of the past,
must necessarily take account Of the
new epoch upon which we have en-
tered. But there is no change in the
significance Of the national emblem. AS
before, it stands for justice, freedom
and humanity. There will be no new
teachings, but fresh cOnSecra ton of
the old.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-11
Means Liberty.

Henry Ward Beecher once said in a
public address: "Our flag carries
American ideas, American history and
American feelings. Beginning with the
colonies and coming down to our time.
in its sacred heraldry, in its glorious
insignia. it has gathered and stood
chiefly Tor this supreme idea: Divine
right of liberty in man. Every color
means liberty; every form of star and
beam or stripe of light means liberty :;
not lawlessness, not license. but in
stitutional liberty. 1t is not a painted
rag. 1t Is a whole national history"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-11
PHYSICALLY FIT
AT ANY AGE

It isn't age, it's careless living that
puts men "down and out" Keep your
Internal organs in good condition and
you will always be physically fit.
The kidneys are the most over.
worked organs in the human body.
When they break down under the
strain and the deadly uric acid ac-
cumulates and crystallizes look out!
These sharp crystals tear and scratch
tnt delicate urinary channels causing
Cxcruciating pain and set up irrita-
lions which may cause premature de-
generation and often do turn int
deadly Bright's Disease.
One of the first warnings Of slug.
gish kidney action is pain or stiffness
in the small of the back, loss Of appe-
lite, Indigestion or rheumatism.
Do not wait until the danger is upon
you. At the first indication Of trouble
70 after the cause at once. Get q trial
box of GOLD MEDAL HARLEM OIL
Capsules, imported direct from the
laboratories in Holland. They will give
almost immediate relief. II for any
cause they should not, your money will
be refunded. But be sure to get GOLD
MEDAL. None other is genuine. II
sealed boxes. three sizes.-Adv.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-06-11
B|LI0USNESS
Caused by
Acid-St0mach

If people who bilious treated ac-
cording to local symptoms they seldom get
very much better Whatever relief is OBJ
taine1 Is usually temporary. Trace bilious
ness to its source and remove the cause and
the chances are that the patient will re-
main strong and healthy.
Doctors say that more than 10 nom
organic diseases can be traced to Acid
Stomach. Biliousness Is one OF them. Indi-
gestion heartburn. beIching. sour stomach
boat and gas other signs of acid
stomach. EATONIC. the marvellous modern
stomach remedy. brings quick relief from
these stomach miseries which lead to a long
train of ailments that make life miserable
II not corrected.
EATONIC literally absOrbs and carries
away the excess acid. Makes the stomach
strong. cool and comfortable. Helps dges-
ton; improves the appetite and you then
get full strength from your food. Thousands
say that EATONIC Is the most effective
stomach remedy in the world 1t is the help
YOU need. Try 1t on our money back-if
II -satished guarantee At all drugg lists
Only so cents for a big box.