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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
By Harlan Thompson
b YRS is a funny block.
SO is every ones.

NURs is funny block
( } $. i: every ones.
~ To dispe the perfectly natural
fear that it's your funny block
that is going to be yanked out in front of
people, 1t might be we'll to state at the be-
ginning that this is one of those blocks in
the Forties which has Broadway at one end
and yet hasn't found room to squeeze in a
theatre Which should be specific enough
for ordinary purposes-of which this is one.
From its inability to harbor few the
aires it might be inferred that the block
leads crowded existence Unlike most in
ferences, this one is correct. The block
does.
AT least, it does from II in the morning
around to the next. The chances are that
1T does the other seven hours, but that is
something on which no one can speak def
nitely. You see the block goes to its sew
oral beds about and pays absolutely no at
tention to itself before II. For all the
block knows, there may be all sorts of
morning golngs on; but for these, if anv.
the block can't and won't be held responsi-
Bile.
For all the block knows, there NAV he
women who take advantage of its periods
of Inconsistencies to desecrate it's side
walks with steps more than fourteen inches
IN length Let them. But let them. also
understand that nothing of that sort is go
ing to be attempted after II and before A
Not when it is considered unsportswom-
anlike to take the full 14-inch allowance.
Most Of them can maintain 9-inch stride
skirt in and skirt out-and never rim hem
They are pretty good in our Block
Further study of the preceding paragraph
leads to the conclusion that one statement
is not supported fully by the available evil
dcncc. 1t might be more reliable to CON
fine it to skirt i'm
The daylight hours in our block are busy.
but futile. One somehow feels that thew
arc too much taken up with men who unload
rattly coal and other men who murmur in
vitations ancnt old clothes. Sometimes one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06

Clasps, apologies, filters, bowings,
scrapngs, confusions. Miss A
,founces out.
Yet this was an actual occurrence
When the writer told the story as a
Joke on herself and a sdelight on the
manners of ye editor, it was disavowed
by his friends at the dinner table, who
claimed he was a charming fellow. Miss
A, needless to say, mails her con-
tributions to him now, under an assumed
name, and reserves opinion about his
alleged charm.
There is one "typical' editor in New
York, the old school kind, scholar first
and an editor next, and recuse all the
time. He has no chair in his office be-
cause he is afraid some one will sit down
and stay, and he keeps his wastebasket
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
No More
Poor Journalists

Particularly l used to worry about
the young reporters along Park Row.
Occasionally, in their heyday Of plat
sanee-taking they would fling me
glance, but none ever took the trouble
10 read what said on thrift. Now
adays, however, I notice an improvement
for thrift is appealing to journalism
just as much as to the rest. It's a poor
editor who hasn't reformed since the war
began. The rest have invested heavily
in Liberty bonds and war savings stamps
and are comfortably fixed. II pays to re-
form.
Look al tRS stenographcrs and the
clerks and allythe downtown feminine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
The Wish
By Jeanne Oldfeld Potter

By Jeanne Oldfeld Potter
Almost wish Spring would not come
To tree or hill or glen,
For at its tread a CULVER runs
Through old-time wounds again.
The speedwell comes into the fields.
The lanes grow white with may,
But underneath the hawthorn bush
No laddie waits to-day.
The round sun Knocks me in the
morn,
The sea wind tries the door,
The moonlight seeks his pillow and
Finds-moonlight. nothing more.
And yet to-day | found a glen
All deep and cool and dim
But it was empty. for it brought
No memory of him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06

workers. Have you seen single one
this winter without a fur coat, despite
the balmy atmosphere? They also have
become students of saving. l don't want
to be catty, but when l look at the num-
bers Of near-lynx, almost-bear, and pos
sibly skunksquirrel-or coats which
parade along Nassau Street, it occurs to
me that the slaughter of harmless
fellnes must have been terrific last au-
tunn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06

empty because girl once appropriated
it and its contents for a seat, and stayed
nearly half an hour! He is a lovablc
man, with mellow humor a genius for
losing manuscripts, addresses and proofs,
a taste for the essay and habit of
never knowing anything that's going on
He has a score of devoted contributors
who would write for him for nothing be-
fore they would for many another TO"
gllded sum. They rail at his PROFESSIONAL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06

Z '
said the elderly, wise-looking
Il gentleman reposing statu-
esquely on his pedestal in
Printing House Square, just in front of
the Tribune Building. A glance at the
Inscription on the pedestal revealed the
fact that the speaker was Benjamin
Franklin, and confirmed the suspicion
that he was man of discernment.
"Changed?"
"Assuredly,' said Benjamin, looking
steadfastly across to City Hall Park,
where Nathan Hale was gazing up with
unblinlxing eyes at the sun-gilded tower
of the Woolworth Building Not only
the buildings and the streets and things
similar have changed, BUT lately | have
noticed a transition in the habits of my
fellow countrymen that is very crafty
ing to me, even if am counted among
the dead ones.
'People used to laugh when | walked
up the main street in PHILADELPHIA with
a bag of rolls under one arm and my
teeth set firmly in a cinnamon bun. Re-
Gently | have noticed that the City of
Fraternal Amity has been regarded as
one of the principal advocates of thrift.
For that, of course, | take due credit to
myself as is but fair
'rt is needless for me to call your at
tenton to the fact that my portrait
adorns the new issue of war savings
stamps. Already they are plastering the
countryside with Autographs and other
products of the printers art, proclaiming
me as the Father of American Thrift.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
The Habit
Grows

Thrift is the change to which l refer
1t is gripping the entire nation, and /
have watched it grow from this corner
ever since the war began. From talk l
hear | have no doubt that it prevails
everywhere, although in my present
capacity of standing on fixed post I am
not in position to go dashing uptown
to the new Commodore for tea or to the
Union League for breakfast for first
hand information. But the saving habit
is growing steadily; even the latest re-
ports about the income taxes aren't hold
ing it back. You will remember when I
was known Familiarity as Poor Richard
that on one occasion 1 said:
Taxes are indeed very high, but if
those imposed by the government were
the only ones we had to pay we might
more easily discharge them. But there
are more grievous taxes that some Of us
have to bear. We are taxed by our pride.
and even more so by our follv.'
That hne about pride and follv still
applies for human nature. after all
doesn't progress as rapidly as inventions
In mechanics or improvements in trade
methods mount up. Americans of TODAY
have locomotives where we had car
rlages, cabarets instead of coffee houses
steam sirens instead of Liberty bells
and full-length instead of knee-length
breeches. Men and women are still the
same, with pride and folly ever on hand
to cheat the foolish and rob the poor.
we had sirens as well as bellies in our
day, but they were female. You have
them, too, along with the more domestic
species of folly. Both pride and folly
serve to confound the householder who
IS honestly striving to acquire a knowedge
OF that virtue which | and my contempo-
raries passed on to posterity-thrift.
For all who glory overmuch in the
vanities of this world let me quote some
thing that | was fond of saying when I
was more active in the dust than in the
bronze; Many a one, for the sake of
1inery on the back, has gone with a hun
CRY belly and half starved the familv'
Again: Beware of little expenses. for a
small leak will sink a great ship
Since some person who did not mind
exposing me to the rain, mists, snow.
cold and heat of the open first appointed
me to this post | have listened to mill
IONS OF persons as they swirled past on
their way to work, in the leather firms
newspaper and brokerage Offices. Thew
used not to be interested in thrift. but
when the war began an army of Liberty
bond sellers and war savings stamn
statesmen took up headquarters in Print
ing House Square and educated thou
sands into the habit of making one-cent
pieces grow up to nickels.
IN the early morning hours | have
probably noticed more husbands who elf
up with sick friends milkmen, panhan-
dlers and brokers who tried unsuccess-
fully to corner the cotton market than
any other man, living or dead, since
Peter Stuyvesant first placed his wooden
leg on Manhattan and convinced tho
Indians that trunkful of wooden beads
was fair price for an embryo metyon-
oils.
No More
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
Poor Richard
Speaks Again
for Thrift
By Earl Baldwin Thomas

kkENIMES certainly have changed"
w : said the elderly, wise looking
H gentleman reposing statu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
BY Sarah Addington

6 PEDLER of pincushions could
{ write his volume about the
housewives Of the country, and
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ENTIRELY TOO THOROUGH

A certain farmer, who lives not far from Youngstown, had the habit of collecting so many old buggies and wagons that his yard was ht- tered with them most of the time.
 The wife of the farmer, who has entirely different ideas about the way things should be conduct ed, resolved to make a cleanup.
 Accordinly, she assembled the .ramshakle vehicles in an open space, set fire to them and glee- fully watched them disappear.
 When the husband returned from town he drove to the back yard, looked about him, rubbed his eyes, and cried excitedly.
 Great Bubbling Beeswax, Henri etta, where is everything?"
 Why" replied his wife, T just burned up a lot of trash"
 The husband gulped, gasped, clear ed his throat, and then blurted out
 But heavens to Betsey, Henri etta two of them wagons and one buggy was borrowed "-Youngs- town Telegram.
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Justice.
 Attorney General Palmer, asked today how soon results could be ex- pected from the campaign to reduce the cost of living, said all the gov ernment wanted was fair chance to show what can be done to take the artificial imitation out of the market.
 He said officials were we'll pleas ed with the success so far attained and that cumulative results were ex- pected when Congress enacts amendments to the food control law by which criminal penalties can be imposed on profiteers and hoarders.
 Propanganda, which apparently is nationwide, on the part of the shopkeepers seeking to induce pur- chases now on the pretext that
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WAS IT RESPIRATION?

Poplar Bluff, Mo, Aug.27-A COW tale going the rounds has caus- ed doubting Thomases to tell the narrator to get a Jonah reputation for gospel truth before repeating it to show-me skeptics. However, is amuses many, who pass 1t along. Here it is:
 Two years ago, John White, a farmer living west of Garden City, hung his vest on a fence m the barnyard. A calf chewed up a pocket in which was gold watch. Last week the animal, then a COW,
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prices will be materially higher next year, was condemnsa by Fr. Palm CT as one certain thing which would make prices continue rising if heed ed.
 Amendment to the food control act providing penalties for profiteer- ing and bringing clothing and other necessities within the scope of the law, were reported to the Senate today by the Agriculture Committee.
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also went extensively into canta- lope production, but this crop on account of the drouth, was con- siderably cut down. Sorghum cane is another one of Mir. Robbins specialties, and expectations are good for a production 2,00o gal Ions from small acreage planted. Mir. Robbins moved to Greene county a year ago from Owens vile, Ind, and is highly delighted with the productivity of Greene county soil. He expects to organize watermelon and cantaloupe as sociation among the farmers of his neighborhood next year in order to stimulate cooperative shipping. This
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zas butchered. when White

was butchered, when White ayers, the timepeice was found to be in such a position between the lungs of the COW that the respiration, the closing and filling in of the lungs, kept the stemwinder wound up, and the watch had lost only four minutes in two years"
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SAYS PRICES WILL
 NOW BEGIN TO DECLINE

Washington, Aug. 27.-Prices are beginning to decline in various parts of the country, but the slump has not yet gathered momentum suffi-
 cient to affect purchases being made for immediate use, according to reports to the Department of
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MELONS | Owner Makes
 ! Watermelons

lug. 27.-- M. D. b40-acre planta- ear Marr,aduke ted to Water t his yield will poo melons, or T to the acre.
 late account of
 in connection
 Ire, and stated
 profits would
 the acre. He
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Maybe we can keep warm next winter by burning our bills-Du- bupue Telegraph Hearld
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year he sent one carload of 1000 watermelons to St. Louis with. profitable returns.
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Call us when you want anything moved. That's our long suit Leske & Wells, phones 13 and 1s2. stf
The daily morning oasis., 1919-04-20
U. s. FARM TRACTORS
GOING TO EUROPE
UNITED Press service)

NOuitcu E1eeS 0etNiCcJ
WASHINGTON, April 49, Near
ly $1OO,O0O,OO0 worth of American
farm tractors to be shipped abroad
this year will:
Replace war caused man shortages
in France and England.
Free peasant laborers for more
schooling and socializing influences
in the Balkans and Turkey.
Save camel and buffalo-power in
Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and 9TH
er tropical lands where horses are
little used in agriculture.
Increase the crop production in
nearly all countries of the world.
Approximately 10000 American
tractors will be sold for export this
year, if last years export rate is
maintained. More than 314,OOO trac-
tors will be manufactured in the U.
s. in 1919, according to estimate OF
the Agricultural Department.
Together with 100000 machines
put in use on American farms last
year, this will give one tractor for
each II farms. It indicates ire
mendous saving in manpower and
horsepower on American farms, ex.
perts say.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-04-20
PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, by the combined ac-
ton of a number of the public spir
tied organizations and citizens of the
Town of Nogales, plans have been
made for the entertainment on next
Monday, April 81, 1919, of those
members of our county who were for
tunate in being chosen to serve our
country during the world war and
who are now present in Nogales, and
Santa Cruz County.
AND, WHEREAS, it is desired
that all the residents of Nogales he
given an opportunity to publicly ex-
press their appreciation of the sacrl-
flee our soldiers have made during
this war and their realization of the
spirit displayed by our own contln-
gent, and it is: necessary that holi-
day be observed by all of our stores
and commercial institutions for that
purpose,
NOW, by virtue Of the authority
vested in me by law, I, George II.
Fielder, mayor Of the Town of Noga-
les, Arizona, do hereby proclaim
Monday, April 21, 1919, a legal holi-
day, and direct that all stores and
commercial establishments of the
town be closed promptly at noon and
kept closed throughout the afternoon.
G. H. FIEDLER, Mayor.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-04-20
NOTICE OF SALE IN BULK
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:

TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned, Romulo Almada, carrying
on and conducting business at 1111s
Grand avenue, in the town of Noga-
les, Arizona, under the name and
style of Almada Stationery Company,
will at the expiration of ten days af-
ter the date of recording this notice
in the office of the county recorder
of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, sell
in bulk and at single transaction,
and will deliver to Victor J. Wager
and R. H. Stevenson all the stock
Of goods, wares and merchandise, ci-
gars, candy and confectionery, paper,
inks and stationery, musical instru-
ments carried in stock, two phono-
graphs and the records for same, cash
register, electric fan, ice chest, mir
ror, soda fountain and accessories,
show cases, counters and store furni-
ture and fixtures situated and located
in the store at said 1111s Grand ave-
nue. in the town of Nogales, Arizona,
being the whole Of the stock in trade
of said Almada Stationery Company.
This notice is given in compliance
with the provision of Paragraph 5249
of the Revised Statutes of Arizona,
1913, and all acts supplemental there
to and amendatory thereof.
ROMULO ALMADA.
State of Arizona,
Santa Cruz County, SIS.
The above and foregoing instru-
ment was signed and acknowledged
before me this 10th day of April,
1919, by Romulo Almada in person,
who acknowledged to me that he ex-
ecuted the same for the purpose and
consideration therein expressed.
Witness my hand and Notarial
Seal the day and year last above writ
ten.
FRANK J. DUFFY,
Notary Public, Santa Cruz County,
Arizona.
My commission expires February 6,
1922.
First Publication April II, 1919
Last Publication April %, 1919
The daily morning oasis., 1919-04-20
STRANDED IN LONDON
Omitted Press Seryice)

Omitted Press Service)
LONDON, April 5 (By Mail.) -
Thousands of Americans are strand
ed in England, unable to get home,
despite important business and fam
lily engagements in the United States,
owing to lack of transport. All the
shipping companies are booked up to
the middle of May, and reservations
are daily becoming more difficult tc
obtain. The shortage of accommo.
dation is due to the large numbers o1
American and Canadian soldiers anc
their wives who are returning home
according to shipping officials.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-04-20
WARNING TO DOG OWNERS!

Owners of dogs who have paid
their license and had their tags stolen
or lost are warned to keep their dogs
off of the streets. This in view of
the fact that we are going to shoot
all dogs found running at large with
out the proper tag.
J. ]. LOWE, Town Marshal.
First Publication April Is, 1919
Second Publication April 10, 1919
Third Publication, April 20, 1919
The daily morning oasis., 1919-04-20
BIGGEST DOCK IN THE WORLD
Omitted Press Service)
PAGE SEVEN

LONDON, April (By Mail.) =
With the object of regaining for
London her former proud position as
premier port of the world, a new
and enormous dock, capable of ac-
commodating the worlds largest lin
ers, is being CONSTRUCTED on the south
side of the Royal ALB. Docks. It's
water area is to be 64 acres and, by
means of a floating caissol, it's nor
NAL length is capable of extension
to 91O feet-and large enough for a
bigger boat than even the 1868 foot
Aquitania.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-04-20

FOR SALE-15,000 feet of second
hand water pipe, good as new, sizes
to 4 inches at prices to suit the
buyer. Also good boiler from 40 to
100 horse. Mine rails from s to IL
pounds. Material can be seen on
right-of-way at Patagonia. Address
o. M. Thompson at Patagonia.
4-19-1wk-pd
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([ASSIF|EDADVERT|

FOR SALE-We have some nice,
new brick houses for sale on easy
terms. Own your own home and
stop paying rent. Dunbar's real es-
tate office, 219 Morley avenue.
3-26-tf
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SPECIAL Chicken Dinner today;
good music. Beebe's Dining Room'
from 4:30 pm. 4-2O-lt-cng
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CASH-For trunks, suit cases, ko-
daks and typewriters, 333A Nor
leg avenue. 4-1-1mo-ch
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FOR RENT-Terrace avenue, three
room apartment, partly furnished.
Inquire down stairs. Mrs. Wilson.
4-20-2w-pd
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FOR RENT-Furnished rooms. Apply
Dunbar's Real Estate Office, 219
Morley avenue. 4-l9-tf-cng
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FOR RENT-Big lot, fenced, fol
garden, in Nogales, Sonora. Address
P. o. Box No. 131, Nogales, Arizo-
no. 3-5-tf-c
The daily morning oasis., 1919-04-20

WE BUILD houses to suit you, on
easy payments; don't overlook this
opportunity. Dunbar's Real Estate
Co. 4-19-tf1chg
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FOR SALE-Saddle mare, z years
old, gentle, for lady to ride and fine
gait and appearance. Inquire Noga-
les Cash Grocery. 2-28-tf-c
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FOR RENT-Modern apartment fur
nished. Apply at The Oasis office.
The daily morning oasis., 1919-04-20

FOR SALE-Brick house, nicely To-
Gated, easy payments; also some
lots for cash at bargain. Dunbar's
Real Estate Co. 4-19-tf-chg
The daily morning oasis., 1919-04-20

Business men employ the
columns of the "Oasis" when
looking for reliable help-Phone
us your WANT ADS
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OR SALE-We have some nice lots
at bargain for cash. Dunbar Real
Estate Office. 4-11-tf-ch
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FOR RENT-Three rooms, furnish
ed; inquire of Mrs. Wilson, 343
Terrace avenue. 4-18-tf
The daily morning oasis., 1919-04-20

HOME COOKED chicken dinner to-
day from 4:30. Beebe's Dining
Room, Elm and Arroyo. 420-1t-ch
The daily morning oasis., 1919-04-20

FOR SALE - Chevrolet automo-
bile. Late model in excellent condi-
ton. Cheap for cash. American
Furniture Elk. Call 105. 2-23-tf-c
The daily morning oasis., 1919-04-20

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms by
the month. Dunbar Real Estate
Office. 4-11-tf-chg
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-10-23

Mrs. G. w. Ficklin, whose small boy
was seriously i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Burdette are at
John Towards during Mrs. Towards
absence in town.
We notice in the county commits
sioners' estimate of expenses for Ben
ton county for 1920, this item, "Road
District No. 8, Horse Heaven, $4,000"
1t is reported that when the trails get
passable Commissioner Pratt will
bring the county engineer to see if
some improvements can be made on
the "Old Umatilla Trail" up Switzler
Hill. There are other places on this
trail needing work to make it a road
to the valley.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-10-23
RIVER ROAD NOTES
IIInIplIIHIInuIIIlIInIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIlnIInIIll

M. M. Doan is engaged in hauling
si,nd .prepalatory to making concrete
pipe. Last year his work was on or
ders only, but had so many calls that
he is confident of having sale for all
he mikes. ' ....
Elmer Halvorson accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. B. j. Campbell and
daughter Wilma were visitors at the
county seat Tuesday. = I'd
Mrs. Grin Smith, who spent the
summer with her sister, Mrs. Ellis
Smith, returned Wednesday from Wis
iting in Stevens county and the fol-
lowing day left for home at Bellfeld,
North Dakota. y ~. -. -.
Mrs. Moeller and son Lawrence are
now riding in their. recently purchased
Chevrolet. ..-
Mr.. and Mrs. J.e9Q. Reynolds no
longer ride in their little roadster, but
in ANEW Oakland Six.
Among those who have the. chicken
pox are Philip Doan, the children in
the c. Christensen and D. C. Bergen
households, while Mildred and Louise
Doan and Veryl Sewell have recovered
and are again in school.
y ~ = Il