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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-09-26


clown. The familiar figure walked out
on the platform and every child there
could see at glance that he was a
really-truly, sure-enOugh circus clown
with his white face with red spots on
1t, his big white ruff, full trousers and
coat, marked with the bright red dla-
nonds. In one hand he carried a metal
scale Is ch as Is used for weighing the
baby and on the other arm market
from the midst of which peered Il fry
ing-pan and coffeepot and II pint
bottle Of milk.
Hello, children !" he called out
Glad to see you !" And he tripped
over an imaginary obstacle, nearly
losing his hold on his market basket
to the unholy Joy of the youthful spec
tators.
"Ho, ho" he rOared. almost lost
my dinner that time. Those vegetables
are precious. eat 'em alive and get
big and strong"
The white figure advanced to the
center of the platform by slow stages
because of continuous dropping of
the various articles contained in his
basket. In picking up carrot he
dropped beet and In picking up the
beet he dropped cabbage, and so 81
and how these children laughed At
last he deposited his burdens safely on
the bench.
I've been to the country and the
things in that big basket were al given
to me as presents by a kind farmer
and his wife. Shall | tell you about
my visit?"
The delighted yen that went up was
answer enough. SO Cho-Cho told about
1t. The farmer and his wife showed
him how the cows were MIXED and
they told him that these animals were
working overtime To get milk enough
for the city children, who insisted on
drinking milk instead of tea and coffee
because 1t makes them grow tall and
strong
This reminded him that he had had
no milk since breakfast and he must
interrupt his story to take his nour.
ishment, for milk is food as wen as a
uiihh anu ht II Il point 10 drink
at least quart a day. He took the
bottle of milk from his basket. re-
moved the paper top, wiped the neck
of the bottle carefully with a paper
napkin, explaining that he always did
this to any bottle or glass or cup from
which he drank, as one never knows
who used the article or whether or nor
they had whooping cough or measles
or humps or any other disease that
one might catch. Then, with much
joyous blinking of the eyes and rub
bing of the stomach and wiggling of
the toes, he drank the entire contents
OF the bottle.
He found the eggs. which the hens
had laid In the hay. and learned that
there Is as much nourishment In one
egg as there is in a good big piece
Of beefsteak. The vegetable garden
was visited and he learned that spin
ach, a vegetable for which he never
cared. contains vast amount of iron.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-09-26
Mica,

Mica, so named from its being cas-
lily divided into gistening scales, con-
sists of silica and alumina. associated
with magnesIa, soda and lime In vary
Ing proportions. Thus we have potash
mica, consisting Of silica. alumina and
potash; and magnesia mica, In which
the alumina is partially replaced by
magnesin. passing-as the proportion
of magncsia ncreases-into soft tale,
which Is chiefly composed of silica and
magnesia.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-09-26
"What the Dickens"

Shakespeare as well as Dickens an
ticipated some modern catch phrases.
such as the popular injunction to keep
your hair on. You are like TO lose
your hairr' remarks one OF the char
acters in 1.-THE Tempest" Then we
find Falstaff exclaiming:
THE game Is up"
81 cannot tell what the dickens his
name is
And thirsty soul In Antony and
Cleopatra" confesses:
81 have yet room for six Scotches
more. London Chronicle.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-09-26
GET AHEAD OF JACK
FROST.

Jack Frost is a kill-ioy, but
can be thwarted, to some extent
at least.
You have gone to lot of
trouble and some expense, all
spring, summer and fall, grow
ing a garden. 1t has paid for
itself, of course--probably many
times over But some of the
crops are almost sure to be Just
at their best when frost comes.
With Il little care, the summer
season can be prolonged, posi-
bly, several weeks. The supply
of fresh vegetables from the
garden need not be cut off the
day Jack Frost arrives.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-09-26

which makes one strong so that one
can win races and pitch basebnlls bet
ter than any of the other fellows in
our gang, and so on.
And-what do you think When he
got back after eating these things that
make one strong and healthy he had
gained a whole pound. And this he
proved by standing on the scales and
letting one of the children read the
figures. A whole pound and normal
child is only supposed to gain half Il
pound in a whole month. He pranced
about and laughed with glee over. this
glad news
And then he produced the frying pan
and the coffeepor which he bran
dlshed in the air as he pranced about,
declaring that they were the deadly
enemies of all children, and the only
thing that should be put in them was
holes. Nothing cooked in frying pun
or Il coffeepot was fit for any child to
take into his system, and he hurled
them from him in rage.
Then he gave side-splitting imita-
ton of a boy going to bed. He I'M
dressed with great care and carefully
chair. yawning and rubbing his eyes
the while
what does he do next?" he asked
his audience.
He brushes his teeth !" was the
reply.
He sure does" answers Cho-C Che,
land this is how he brushes them. up
style, instead of cross-ways in the old
fashioned way. And then he gargles
his throat like this, to get rid of all the
dust of the street-and next?"
HE takes bath p
Right again." says the clown, and
you never saw such fun as Cho-Cho
had in his BATH scrubbing himself and
squeezing the sponge over his head,
and getting soap In his eyes and
mouth, and sputtering and laughing all
at once. One never realized that u
bath could be such fun.
And now" said he, as he rubbed
his back with the imaginary towel,
"what next?"
He opens his windows!" came the
chorus.
"Of course" said Cho-Cho, "he opens
them at the top and the bottom, like
this, so that Mr.. Good Air can come
in and Mr.. Bad Air can go out. And
now he drinks a glass of nice. cold
water-he drinks four of these every
day and this is his last-mm. nm, it's
good Now he jumps into bed and the
first thing you know he's snoring away
like this"
II must go now. But remember If
you do these things you'll gain half a
pound month" SO he backed away
and out the door. kissing his hand and
shouting "Good-by" at every step,
though the children yelled so that he
could hardly be heard at all.
This is a true story. 1t happened
Just this way in New York city and is
going to happen In many other cities.
Cho-Cho is a real clown and he is
working in this thing for Uncle Sam
to make the school children strong and
healthy.
The school hygiene division of the
National Bureau of Education of the
Interior Department is carrying on a
nationa, health contest among the
school children of the country. At
present there are. according TO s'ecre-
tary Lane S000.0o0 underweight chill
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adyices received from Horace n. Al
bright. acting director of the national
park service. who is in Yellowstone.
1t was Mr.. LETTERS fourth attempt.
1t was said no one had ever before
succeeded in reaching the summit Of
Mount Moran, which stands 1850 feet
above sea level and whose sides are
almost sheer precipices.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-09-26

FOR SALE-We have in this vi
model player-piano, used but in per-
feet condition, practically new, which
we will sell at an attractive figure and
on practically their own terms, to
responsible parties, rather than ship
back. Write today to Consolidated
Music Co., - to 10 East First South
ST., Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-09-26

30. ut the age of ninety-nine years
seven months and seventeen DAYS. Sh.
had been an invalid for II years. dur.
ing which time she had been cnniinr,i
to her bed, but her mind remained UNI
Impaired to the last. Her husband.
Riley Stroud. died many years ago.
and one son, Anil Stroud of Mil;nNn.
the grandson and a number Of great
grandchildren survive. Mrs. Siruid
had been member Of the United
Brethren church sinre early youth
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Seek Perfection.

Aim at perfection in everything,
though In most things 1t is unattnIn-
able however. they who aim at II
md persevere will come much nearer
to IT than those whose laziness and
dependency make them give 1t up as
unattninable.-C
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UP MT. MORAN
Noted Climber First to Conquer 12.-
80e-Foot Peak in Yellow
stone Park.

Helena, Mont.-Leroy LETTERS of
New York, secretary of the Associated
Mountaineering Clubs of North Amer
lea, librarian of the American Alpine
club and fellow in the Royal Society.
London, has succeeded In scaling the
peak of Mount Moran in Jackson's
hole, Yellowstone park, according to
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-09-26

English, Ind.-Mrs. Nancy Stroud is
Eli Stroud, her grandson, near Maren-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-09-26

bles in good condition. Place a board
or piece of tin over the hay at the
apex of the cone and weight it down
to keep it in place. If the earth over
the entire surface OF the mound is
firmed down with the back of the
shovel and shallow trench dug
around the base of the mound with an
outlet so that the water will drain
away, the vegetables may be kept
practically dry for any length of time
AS the weather becomes colder, 1t will
be necessary to put on more earth, in
creasing the thickness of the earth
covering to six or eight inches. In
very cold weather 1t is advisable to
put on an additional covering Of straw,
fodder, manure, or other litter.
Earth Mound 10 Best.
For cabbages and turnips the earth
mound Is better storage place than
the cellar. Both turnips and cabbages
give OF doors that, ii stored in the
cellar, will permeute the house and
become very dlsagreeable. The meth
what from the regular pit or mound.
A very satisfactory method is to pull
the plants, roots and all, and place
them In a long pit, either on their
sides or with the heads down, then
cover lightly with straw and a layer
of earth. A few heads may be re-
moved from time to time without dis
| I'm hf n he Ind
other good method is to pull the heads,
roots and ALL and set them side by
side with the roots down, in shallow
trenches, making bed of whatever
size may be necessary. Around the
bed erect frame of rails, boards, or
poles, or by driving down a row of
stakes so that an Enclosure about two
feet in height is formed. Bank the
outside of this frame with dirt and
place poles across the top, covering
them with straw, hay, corn fodder, or
pine boughs. Make provision for cut
| ting off the cabbage heads from one
! end of the pit as needed. When the
heads are cut, leave the roots In POI
| sition, and In the spring these roots
will sprout and supply an abundance
of green's.
Pit for Celery.
A similar pit may be made for cell
cry, though the dirt should be exca-
waited to Il depth of about IA inches.
However, celery may be kept until ex-
IRENE cold weather in the position
where it grew by banking enough
earth about the plants to hold the
stems in compact bunch. Just be-
fore freezing occurs bank the earth
up to the very tops of the plants, al
most covering them. AS the weather
becomes colder, cover the ridge with
straw, corn fodder, or pine boughs
held in place by stakes or boards
Pumpkins and squashes may be kept
for winter use in dry storage room in
the basement, placing them in rows
on shelves, so that they are not in con-
tact with each other.
The United States department of
agriculture discusses ali phases of the
subject in Farmers Bulletin S79,
Home Storage Of Vegetables" There
are other bulletins on storage houses
of various kinds.
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IO-CHO! Cho-Cho!
g h O. G h o, t h e
Health G | 0 W n !"
y ellie d the $500
children packed into
the big assembly
hall of the school.
Sure enough, 1t
was Cho-Cho. the
f a III 0 u s health
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-01

real estate business at Cumber-
land. Nd.
Allen Towner Tredaway of the
first Massachusetts district calls
attention to the fact that he is a
that he is also a 33rd degree
Mason, while Alvin T. Fuller of
the ninth district of Massachusetts,
recalls the fact that in 1899 he
brought from Europe "the first two
motor cars which ever entered the
port of Boston"
Descends From Zero Of 16.
Congressman Ezekiel S. Gambler
of the first Mississippi district re-
marks that he is a former moder-
ator of the Tishomhgo Baptist as
ISOLATION, that he is a Mason, an
Elk, an Odd Fellow, a Woodmsn of
the World, and a Knight of Pyth-
las. He is also a direct descendent
he adds, of Colonel William Cand-
Ter, of the American revolution, the
ancestor of the Gambler family of
Georgia
Champ Clark recalls that among
other things, he was, at different
AAAOcs OCAOLC uC N0S ClCSSC0 "
congress, a hired farm hand, a
clerk in a country ;tore, the editor
of a country newspaper. a lawyer,
and the youngest college president
in America.
Charles Robley Evans, the only
congressman from Nebraska, an
uounces that he is the president OF
a copper company that has mined
81 900 900 worth of copper ore,
and that his father, who was q
pioneer Christian minister in Ne
braskA, lived to be 80 years OF
age.
Charles Manly Stedman Of the
fifth district of North Carolina is
the senior Confederate veteran IN
congress. He is rs years old, and
he says that he served through
the entire civil war under General
Lee. and was wounded three
times
Congressman R. Clint Cole of the
eighth Ohio district, remarks that
he sis perhaps best known as a
platform orator, having for a
number OF years devoted consider
able of his time to that work. "
Congressman Isaac r. Sherwood OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-01

way, Samuel NJ. Taylor and Will
liam Shields Goodwin, all of whom
record the fact that they are mem
bers Of the Democratic party and
that they live in the district from
which they were elected.
Californian Was MouIder.
John I. Nolan, of the Fifth Cali
fOrnia district, states that he is by
trade an iron molder and that for
IL years he has been an official of
the International holders Union
OF North America. William Kettner
Of the eleventh California district.
calls attention to the fact that he
probably is the only member of the
present congress who was the
nominee of the Republican. Demo-
cratic and Socialist parties, and
that he received more than double
the vote cast for his opponent, who
was a woman and the candidate of
the Prohibitionist party.
William David Upshaw repre-
sents the fifth district of Georgia.
He points out that he dictated a
volume of inspirational, education
al and religious sketches and
poems" and that from the sale of
this book and platform lectures
the latter, delivered from a rolling
chair, Che was an invalid IN his
youth, he entered Mercer uni
versity when he was 81 years of
age, and that after this he became
interested in the work of helping
themselves in the struggle OF life.
Oscar E. Bland of the second
district of Missouri. believes in
fraternaI organizations and lists
as among those to which he be-
longs the Masons, the Elks, the
Eagles, the Woodmen OF the World
and others not quite so wei!
known.
Congressman Little OF the sec
ond Kansas district, was a soldier
and is the only member OF con-
gress who wears the Congressional
Medal of Honor. He won it for gal
liant work under the late General
Funston in the Philippines.
Frederick y. Zihlman Of the
sixth Maryland district is a former
president of the Maryland Fedora
ton of Labor. He started in life as
a glassmaker and is now in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-01
ENTERS 47FOR
CR0SSCOUNTRY
AIRPLANE RACE
Colonel J. G. Morrow States IL VIII
Start From Pacific and 81
From Atlantic.

Thirty-fve government airplanes
will start from the Atlantic coast
and u from the Pacific coast, Oct.
s, in the transcontinental air race.
The competitions of the trans
continental air race were made
known yesterday by Colonel Joseph
c. Morrow when he arrived in
Rock Island to locate a landing
field for the contestants.
The contest is authorized by the
war department, and the director
OF air service has been directed to
conduct a contest that will attract
worldwide attention. In this test
there will be two flights, both start
ing at 8 o'clock in the morning,
one TO start from New York and
the other from San Francisco.
Rock Island is one of the % i'm
portant cities selected by the air
service to be a landing place
The following cities are to be on
the route OF the fliers, starting
from the Atlantic coast at Min
cola: BingEamtOn. Rochester and
Buffalo in New York: Cleveland
and Bryan in Ohio; Chicago and
Rock Island in Illinois; Des Moines
in Iowa; Omaha, ST. Paul, North
Platte and Sidney in Nebraska;
Cheyenne and WoIcott in Wyo-
ming; Green River, Salduro and
Salt Lake City in Utah; Battle
Mountain and Reno, New, then to
Sacramento, Cal, and ending at
San Francisco.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-01
LAWYERS LEAD
IN HOUSE AND
EDITORS NEXT
Directory of Sixty-sixth Congress
Shows Odd Facts of PuiEic's
Representatives.

The directory of the Sixty-sixth
congress, which is now on the gov
eminent presses at Washington,
and which in a few days will be
ready for distribution, will show
that in the present lower house of
congress the membership includes
260 lawyers, 10 editors and
publishers, 10 merchants, 10
bankers, II farmers. six union
labor leaders, four insurance
agents, eight manufacturers, three
locomotive engineers, four news
paper reporters, and two iron
mOlders.
There are also among those
present" in the Sixty-sixth con-
gress, one tree surgeon, three lum-
bermen, one nurseryman, one mil
Ter. four teachers, one former cow
boy, one cartoonist, one dentist,
two men from the shipping world,
one clergyman, three doctors, one
citrus grower, two automobile man
ufacturers, and one advertising
agent OF the remaining members
of the house OF representatives,
there were 43 who declined to
record what they did for a living
before they were elected % con-
gress.
AS usual the biographical data is
the most interesting reading in the
directory. The Arkansas delega-
ton leads off with the distinction
of having among it's seven mem
bers three who submitted bio
graphical sketches of exactly one
printed line in length. These mod
est Arkansans are Thaddeus Cara
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-01

the ninth district of Ohio. is the
senior Union veteran Of the house
He is SO years old.
Henry l. Emerson of the twenty
second Ohio district, points out
that in the recent election he re-
ceived every vote cast in his dis
trict, while Charles D. Carter, rep
resentative from the third district
Of Oklahoma, records the fact that
he has been a cowboy, store clerk,
superintendent of a school. an in
surance agent, and a live stock
dealer.
The preacher member of con-
gress is Henry ". Temple of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-01
twenty-fourth district of Pennsyl-

twenty-fourth district of Pennsyl-
vania.
John H. Mays, of the second dis
trict of Utah, writes that he was
born among the mountain
whites" in east Tennessee and
that he worked as miner and lum-
herman in order to get the money
to pay his way through college. He
is a graduate of the University of
Michigan.
John William Summers of the
fourth Washington district worked
on a farm. clerked in a store,
taught school in Texas and Indiana
! and worked his way through the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-01

Southern Indiana Normal college
the Kentucky School Of Medicine
the Louisville Medical college and
the University of Vienna. He ii
president of a bank, a Y. NJ. G. A
official. a Mason, a member OF the
Sons of the American Revolution,
farmer, a physician, and soldier
of the National Guard Of Wash
ington.
other members Of the loTr
house have histories just as nav
esting as those mentioned.
All the News All the Time in ThS
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-01
Don't you want to see the World 2

T)OMANCE is calling to you'll
An Strange and smiling foreign
lands are reckoning to you. Shove
off and see the worldl
Learn to ''parley-voo" in gay
Paree. See the bull-fghts in
Panama. See surf-riding on the
beach of Waikiki.
Learn the lure that comes with
the swish and swirl of the good salt
sea. Eat well-free; dress we'll
free; sleep clean-free; and look 'em
all straight in the eye-British,
French, Chinese, Japanese,
Spaniards, Egyptians, Algerians
and all manner of people.
Comet Be a real man of the
world. See the world. See it with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-01
....-econd street.


Contestants -BUt.tlng from the
west will follow the same route,
starting from San Francisco.
There will be three competitions
each way, and the contestants will
be rated in order of merit OF each.
Time competition: First place
will be awarded to the pilot cross
ing the continent in the shortest
time, irrespective Of stops and fly
ing time.
Speed contest: In this competi
ton there will be as many classes
as there are types OF machines.
First, second and third places in
each class will be awarded 70 the
pilot in order, respectively, having
the shortest flying time.
Handicap competition: This Will
be placed on actual flying time, but
each class type Of machine) will
be given a handicap percentage
based upon its reputed speed as
computed by the technical section
in their official tests.
Army Pilots Eligible.
The test will be open to army
pilots recommended by command
ing officers of fields in the west
ern, central and eastern depart
ments, flying machines rated no.
less than 100 miles per hour.
While there are no specific prizes
offered by the government. it is
believed that cities, commercial or
CARNATIONS or individuals will Of
fer trophies to be awarded contest
ants according to their various rat
ings received at the close of the
contest. This undoubtedly will be
an epoch-marking event in air
travel, and wonderful records may
be looked for.
George Eliot" whose centenary
is to be celebrated this November,
was intellectually the most re-
woman in England in the
18th century. Her attachments
were almost universal. She knew
all the physical sciences, all arts
and PHILOSOPHERS and was deeply
versed in the history Of thought on
the most vital topics. She had not
only a thorough command of the
chief classical and modern ton
CUES, but an acquaintance also
with Russian and modern Greek.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-01

the red FLOODED, Woodworking,
manipulating men of the U. S,
Navy.
Pay begins the day you join.
On board ship a man is always
learning. Trade schools develop
skill, industry and business ability.
Thirty days care-free holiday each
year with full pay. The food is
good First uniform outfit is fur
nished free. Promotion is un-
limited for men of brains. You
can enlist for two years and come
out broader, stronger and ADLER.
Shove off-Join the U. S. Navy.
If you're between II and IS go to
the nearest recruiting station for
all the details. If you don't know
where it is ask your postmaster,