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The Glenwood post., 1920-05-22

ing nearly new and in excellent con-
dition. Take is for $500, although it
is worth more money.
WANT A aIENwo0D HOME?
Am offering for sale at a bargain,
OF might trade on q good ranch, = six
room cottage with bath, located on four
lots, with berries, plenty of room for
garden, garage, etc. House in good
condition, but too small for present
owner, which lie only reason for offer
ing it. If interested inquire of
ExoE1LENT SMALL
RANCH FOR SALE
77A acres, located IN miles from
Carbondale, IS acres in cultivation and
about the sam in pasture. 4-room
house, potato cellar to hold 4 cars Of
potatoes, good well with pump at back
door, also spring water near the house.
First class water right and cheapest
ditch in the county to keep in repair.
$1,000 will buy this property if taken
soon; one-half cash, balance on terms
to suit, with interest at per cent.
A. ]. DICKSON
EXTRA GOOD STOCK PROPOSITION
Splendid stock ranch of 800 acres,
120 acres in cultivation, houses, barns,
bunkhouses, cellars, corrals, new gran
ary. Extra good water right; all con
venient to the best of range Over a
mile of open creek on the place, max
ing the property ideal for stock pur
poses winter and summer. 1 can of.
fer for short time at $45 per acre,
and it is well worth the money.
$50 acres of patented land; A No,
water right. Place is all fenced; i'm
provements consist of log cabin,
splendid barn 33x33 with loft room
for 40 tons of hay. $50 acres or more
or less, in cultivation; best stock
range in Garfield county, both public
domain and forest reserve. Price 500
per acre. Best stock range in Gar
field county. Cattle, horses and machin-
cry for sale separately.
The Glenwood post., 1920-05-22
PURCHASE YOUR OWN HOME

Come and see me at once about IT
before someone else picks up the bar
gain which would have just suited
you. am having number of inquir-
les every day, and if you delay, you
may DO too late. l cannot fully de-
scribe all properties here, but l can
make it worth your while to inspect
these properties yourself.
Bennett avenue. Furnace, electric
lights, bath. Nice front and back
porches. House in good condition, and
always rented. The location is Arst-
class. l can make you good figure
on this property and give terms on a
part Of the purchase price.
Here is a good property in the choice
residence portion of the city. L
double house OF 9 rooms-adapted TO
two good apartments-and one siagle
house of 5 rooms. Both in good con
dition and well furnished, just really
TOR you to move right into. l am
quoting good figure on this property
or will sell either house separately.
Better see me right away if you waua
a good home at 3 price which almost
anyone can afford to pay
Good residence on two lots on au
excellent corner. 6 rooms, all on the
ground floor. Hot and cold wate-,
electric lights, garden spot and room
for chickens. This is close-in pro-
perty which is bound to increase in
value.
Here is residence just right for a
medium family; 5 rooms with large
screened in porch which can be used
for a bed room winter and summer.
Small cellar for fruit. garage for foil
sized car, shop, chicken house, ets.
Built-in bookcases, china closet ana
kitchen cabinet go with place. also
two stoves. Good front fence, and lawn
in good condition. Bearing fruit trees.
Property heavily wired for electric
cooking, washing, etc. Owner is leav-
ing town and asks me to quote price
that will make it attractive to anyone
desiring home. Terms can be arrang
ed on part Of purchase price. This
property is in very desirable loca-
ton.
The Glenwood post., 1920-05-22

Itching, bleeding, protruding or blind
piles have yielded to DOan's Ointme nt.
SOC at all stores. 10
The Glenwood post., 1920-05-22
An Extra Fine Stock Ranch

$50 acres, well located for stock purposes Ia
miles from railroad two fine streams running
through the place; lis under cultivation 80
to 100 acres more may be cleared; produced an
average of 100 bushels of oats to the last year;
fenced and fenced, five barb wires part
and and barb wire balance; 7-room log
house. built six years ago. fireplace, running water,
bathroom complete, sewage ETC.. 6-room log house,
well built Broom tenant house, with running water
clubhouse, machine sheds, cattle sheds, coal house,
oil house, ice house, corrals branding and dehoru-
ing chutes, granares of 1850 capacity horse barn
4Ox5O with big NOW overhead, with track and hay
carrier, barn with big and hay carrier,
hog house, chicken house and cellars, all built when
labor and material prices low. They could
not be duplicated today for twice the valuation put
them in this offer; considerable machinery,
essary in operating the property included in this
sale
This is choice stock proposition, adjacent to
forest reserve with firscass range, better in
the state of Colorado A. l water rights any
shortage
l am able to offer this excellent property at
$4,000, onehalf cash; balance at per cent inter
est payments to extend period of five years.
If you interested and mean business it will be
to your interest to early Correspondence
answered promptly.
. A. ]. DICKSON
Glenwood Springs, Colo.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-12-08
Broke Both Arms

Henry Vossen, resident near
Watkins broke both arms when
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-12-08
OBS ER. Y IS
Snap Shots.
(Bywa ,Cornheld Phil0sophsr)

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Minnesota must be covered
with missionaries during the
next two years in order TO get
the truth to the people. Every
reader of these paragraphs
could do a. little work on this
line if SO disposed. y. = 5.ss
They: tell us that this farmers
movement is dead, which re-
minds me of q story. Once in
a contest between Johnny
Bulls ships and. an American,
the Yankees flag. became en-
tangled and he had to lower
it. - The British captain stop-
ped firing and asked his antag-
onist if he had surrendered.
NO." replied Jonathan! 1--WE
haven't begun, to fight; But
he did begin and the proud
Britisher soon hauled down his
own banners. That is what
will happen to the Plumber
bund at, the. next election.
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Litchfeld Ave. and 3rd s..

as& - x 49, -
$50 Sophus Serum spent the
week end ii Minneapolis.
J. wight 10 hIlsson left last
Friday noon for q whit at the
! Ernest johnson home in Min
neaDOlis.
Mrs. Anna Jacobson and
niece, Ruth Swanson, returned
thsiE home III B kford ILL.,,
eer visiting 1T the = g. Berg
llle picer q
s. ind rell near
4 lItiipAd II 6sr
: : vfisiit lolsas
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-12-08
DeCraf Postoa6ce Robbed

Thieves, who are still I'M
known, entered the local post
office last Saturday night or
early Sunday morning and Sc
cured more than $35 in stamps
and several dollars in cash. =
The thief or. thieves as the
case may be entered a window
on the side Of the. building.
The exact amount. Of the loot
cannot be definitely stated.
Parcel post packages were
opened, but the first class mail
sack was not disturbed. It
seems it was the object of the
perpetrators Of this deed to
take anything Of any value.
This is the third time in four
years that the local postofice
has been robbed. Something
should be done to put a, stop
to this habit. '-DeGraff Tri-
bune. =
-8uy Christmas 8sals-
IN. B. Leines and family
and Nels Haugen visited rela-
tives near Benson the first part
of last week.
Miss Olga Sharpness and
brother Joseph returned to
their home at Murdoch after
a few days visit here.
Miss Hazel Robinson and
Fred Curtis left Saturday for
St. Cloud, after a visit at the
c. K. Robinson home.
Mrs. N. Eckes of Morris
visited with her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal,
ter Hackett last week.
Mrs. j. Scott returned to
her home in Minneapolis last
Friday after a short visit with
Miss Lynnea Ronning.
Edwin Selvig returned last
Thursday from Rochester,
where he visited his father: who
is i'll in a hospital there.
| just received over a ton
Of fresh candies, such a. pea.
nut squares, French cream bon
bons, chocolate cream drops,
Home style Fudge, Mar.hmal.
lows, Kisses and Jelly Drops,
during thi. sale per lb. SOC, On
4 lbs. for: 500. johnson &
/ johnson Co. ~ II e
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-12-08

Some preachers doubtless
think that this Townley move
ment is a covert assault on both
the home and the church, our
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the, women in every townships
where. there are as many as a.
half dozen grave and deter
mined spirits get together in
club work. Some 200 have al
ready been organized. 80 One
thousand of these. clubs would
swing Minnesota.
Forty-eight years ago when
the writer first began agitating
on reform: lines and to advise
cooperation among the farm
ers there was not a single CO.
operative farmers' enterprise
in all America. Not only was
this true but any farmer who
scratched his party ticket and
failed to ''vote 'er straight"
was looked upon as: but little
better than a horse thief. We
surely have made some pro-
gress. -
Jake Preus says it is all right
for farmers to cooperate in
business, they should vote just
as the steel trust desires. w ell,
so long as the steel trust gets
the votes it ought to be salts
fed. g
There will be- great fun in
the coming legislature over
! the matter Of establishing a
state cement, plant. There will
likely be a good many men in
the lower house not elected by
The League like Grant Of Cot
tonwood, Teiger of Jackson,
Bendixen Of Redwood and Gis-
Jason Of Lyon. will join in
with the Leagues members IN
pushing this movement and
they may get it thru that. body
but the reactionary Senate can
be depended on to kill off an
such Socialistic measures. r.
It is reported that John 3.
Rockefeller has just made dom
atoms to more or less worthy
semi-public institutions, aggre-
eating a half billion of dollars.
Now if the price of gasoline
don't go up one or two notches
it will be some evidence Of q
change Of heart on the part Of
the great oil magnate.
Don't you think that it is
strange that none of the men
who howl about what the far
mers have done in North: Oak
ota ever get down to specific
facts? They talk. glibly
enough about Socialism and
''free love" but when asked to
mention the laws actually pas:
sed they are as dumb as ~oys-
ters.- $
I was asked if this farmers
movement is right why. are Sc
many preachers against it,
Well, were notoa vast majority
of the Ministers Of the Gospel
in favor Of human slavery six S
ty years ago? Only three Of
the full score Of preachers 81
4 Abraham Lincoln's own city. OF
Springfield, ILL.,, supported him
for president. We all know
now that the other nineteen
were wrong at that time Attic
they no doubt thot they were
right. -. !. I. = 80 =sS'
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q. Miss Julia Y oungberg and
nephew Harold Youngberg:
left last Thursday for a. few
days visit with relatives at
EKerkhoven. ~ .s': sss@ r. = ~
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Train: Strikes Blind Man

!: Tram Strikes Blind Man
Eden Valley-Giles Wool
sey, a blind man residing here,
was struck by q box car while
the way freight was switc hing
cars Saturday afternoon. He
was thrown into The ditch adj
sjacent to the track and suffered
four broken ribs and. numer-
GUS DTulSeS. 49, ..s.,>,. ;, =,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-12-08

The HAL Grade
il1feF Gasoline

you will get the very essence Of
efficiency. You will be IN accord
with over / $780, 1000 motorists
who have learned that Red
Crown is the best gasoline on
the market today.
Use Red Crown and learn the
pleasure of easy winter driving.
You omit uncertainty with Red
Crown IN your tank. -.
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Thought I'd find

you somewheres."
says Sam. "And I'll tell you what
Wen do. I'll get little fiat over in
town and"
No." says Sarella prompt. I've
cooked for you all I'm ever goin' to
cook. I'm through with you for
good"
"But-but see here. sarella." says
Sam. didn't you come all this way to
hunt me up?"
yes" says she. "Jest to tell you
what you've heard. Now. you can go
on about your business and leave me
to tend to mind. That's all. Sam"
| AYE gorry" remarks Sam. These
women!" And he goes OF shakip' his
Now, the. big question in the Candy
family is. How long will sarella
he got off she seems fairly contented
and happy. Miles has added a lean
to on the garage SO he can keep his
car under shelter without disturbin'
Fanny and he's laid in a stock OF
oats and hay. With the cold weather
coming on the prospects are that
lSarella will hang on until spring.
"But I'm sure we shall lose her
Then" Mrs. Candy confides to me the
other night.
| Why" says l.
II found her looking up Texas on
1.-The map" says she.
you're a winner, at that" says I.
1T amt every one that has even
tourist cook
Copyright. 1920, by sewer Ford.)
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her thin lips tight.
Il see." says l, noddin' sympathetic
WAS it the last that-er-made you
lose him.
She gives little start at that and
ends with a bunch of her shoulders
Il guess it was more case OF Sam S
losin' me-" says she.
Which gets me gawpin' at her
You don't mean he's still alive?
says l.
Unless something's happened ia
him within the last year" says Sa,
rella. He was lively enough when
saw him last. and 1 expect he's still
knockin' around somewhere"
"H-m-m-m!' says /. Didn't say
exactly where he was going. eh?"
Didn't even say he was going,
says She First l knew he was gone
But then, that's the way he always
Had the fittin' habit. did he?"
asks.
She mods Bad" says she. This
was about his fifth trip
Then he always comes back. eh!' l
suggests.
Always did until this time" says
she, But for once I amt waitin' for
him. No, sir! I've done all the wait
in for Sam Brown that I ever mean
to do I've been a fool wife long
enough. Honest. the only thing that
makes me real mad is when l think
of the months and months that I've
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have driven clear from Dover. Maine
together"
cook for u.s."
IT hope So" says Mrs. Candy.
Does listen mysterious" says l.
Doesn't it," adds Wee.
perhaps 1t does" says Mrs. Candy
But I'm not going to have Miles put,
ting her on the witness stand and
soaring her Off, OF course, I'd like to
know something more about her myself.
but until / can think up an easy. natural
way of opening the subject I'm not
"Oh. I'll tell you!" exclaims Wee. Let
Torchy do it,"
Hey, back up there" l protests.
Now. you know you're perfectly
splendid at that sort of thing" goes on
Wee. 'fHe is, really. Mrs. Candy. If he
wasn't he'd never have been made pri-
vate secretary of Mr.. Ellins. Why. at
the office they're always putting him on
such cases. Anything that is mysterious
or battling they always turn over to him
and he finds out right away. And I'm
sure this Mrs. Sarella Brown, who ap-
pears with her own horse and carriage
to cook for you, must be rather mys-
FERROUS person"
There" says Candy. noddin'. II am
quite willing to resign in favor Of
Torchy. if he'll do it,
"Oh. he WILL" says Wee. Couldn't
he began at once? She's still in the
kitchen, isn't she? If we could find some
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A Pass for Life.
A NEW YORK LAWYER said in a dis
cuesion of profiteering:

A NEW YORK LAWYER said in a dis
"a cussion of profiteering:
The suggestions for the bringing
down of prices that our rich mer-
chants and manufacturers offer to the
poor have a bad smell They remind
me of Hyena Parker.
"Hyena Parker. the railroad king.
sat in his office one day when his sec
rotary entered and said respectfully:
You asked me to speak to you,
sir. about faithful old John Doe. Old
John, after forty-eight years of faith
full service. has caved in at last He'll
never work again, and it has been
suggested'-the secretary coughed-
that we-er-that we might do
something for him, sir
"'Humph You say forty-eight
years service"
"'Yes. Sir
Faithful, eh?'
More than faithful. sir
Always done his duty
Never missed a day. sir.
"tAnd now he's caved in. has he?
1.-The chances are he'll never leave
his bed
Poor, old. faithful fellow" said
Hyena Parker with deep feeling. We
must, indeed, do something for him.
Make him out a free pass for lite
over our entire system.
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By Sewell Ford.

last summer" says Sarella. Got me to
cook for 'em. Then after they went
back home they sent for me to come
down to Portland. We'll, why not?' says
T. So hitched up old Fanny. put some
things in an extension grip, and drove
down But l didn't like it 30 we'll in
Portland. Too cityfied. l took chance
on findin' a place down at Kennebunk
Easy? Why. all had to do was to pick
out a likely lookin' house. ask 'em II
they wanted a cook. and step right into
the Kitchen
And Kennebunk didn't suit, either?"
says.
ut wasn't so bad" says she, but
that gave me this notion of followin' up
Sam why not go on, from place to
place, until I find him. l asks myself
So the next jump went to Portsmouth
I've been movin' along ever since, stayin'
here and there, sometimes in big places.
sometimes in small towns, wherever
happened to land"
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excuse for sending him in there"
He might ask Sarella If there was a
piece Of that delicious apple pie left.
suggests Mrs. Candy. "In take him out
and introduce him. And. honestly. that
pie ought to be sufficient reward. 1t
was the kind you dream about. Don't
you like apple pie with a brown, haky
crust. Torchy?"
"M-m-m-m" says !. Lead me
to it,
Not that I'm a reg'lar pie hound or
that I'm any more curious than the next;
but when combination Of that kind is
worked against you what can you do?
So IT amt long before I'm perched So
ciable on a corner Of the kitchen table
samplin' as worthy a hunk of apple pie
as ever left the oven and between
mouthfulls tryin' to express a few APP
propriate sentiments to the architect OF
the same.
"Uh-huh." says I. "I'll say it is Hon.
est, Mrs. Brown. q pie like that ought
to win distinguished service medal
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woman. where did you come from
Why did you come? Where are you
going nexty And SO on until he has
her half frightened to death and she
leaves to pack up her things. No.
thank you, Miles. I've spent from six
to eight hours day in that kitchen
for the last half year and / don't in
tend to be sent back there just to give
you a chance to display your legal
talents"
But my dear Mile" protests Can
by. cit isn't as If you had acquired a
cook in any regular way. Here this
woman drives up. like veritable
gypsy. You know absolutely nothing
about who she is Or
But ] do" breaks in Mrs. Candy.
"She is Mrs. Sarella Brown, and the
horse is named Fanny. She Is four
teen years old and"
who is?" gasps Wee. Mrs. Brown
mo. Fanny. of course" says Mrs.
Candy. "She has owned her for nine
years and she's a great pet. They
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would have smiled sveetly and told her
to do 1t. A cooks q cook. One can get
4 new car any time"
Also" adds Candy, sometimes a
cook Is lady burglar as we'll. Espe-
ci1lly strange females who come wan
dering in from heaven only knows
where. I want to know something
about who We are taking into the
house"
That seems to be where the Canbys
split Niles IN looking for details. ref
erenees. all that sort OF thing. Mile
only asks, Can she COOKE" and having
been satisfied on that point is willing
70 let everything else ride.
she refuses to let me ask this mys-
terious person few simple questions"
says Candy.
"Isn't that just like man and a
lavyer?' says Mile. II know his
ides OF few simple questions. He'd
cPeoo~exaMine her as II she was q
prisoner accused of some awful crime.
can just hear him. Now, my good
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scrubbed along alone keepin' the little
home ready against the time when he
got good and ready to come driftin'
back. Him of gallivantin' the Lord
only knows where. and me being help
ed by the neighbors and sympathized
with until he'd finally show up"
He'd get homesick, would he?" I
asks.
Hungry" says she. Mighty fond
of what he has to eat. Sam is, and
he can stand poor cookin' just so long.
Then he'll come wheedlin' back ex :
pectin' me to take him in and go on az
though nothin' had happened. And l
always have. But never again. I'm
going to do a little fittin' myself.
from now on. I've found out how.
Might have done it years ago. II I'd
had the sense. If it hadn't been for
them Portland folks ] wouldn't have
known how easy it was"
"Yes?' says I. They gave you a
bunch. chr
'They had camp up to sebec Lake
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A LINE ON SARELLA

or a blue ribbon, at least"
Lands sakes. young man. how yoy
do''go on" says Mrs. Brown. regis
term modesty and shown her back
teeth at the same time.
She amt much to look at, I'll ad-
nit; just faced. middle-aged
fat-chested female with washed-out
blue eyes and her wispy, mud -colored
hair done in little knot on top OF
her head.
Maybe you'd like a little cream on
it?" she suggests.
NO, thanks" says l. This kind OF
apple pie don't need cream 1t just
melts away of itself"
She INDUCES in a little chuckle
Jest what my Sam used to say she
adds.
Sam" says l.
Mr.. Brown" she goes on.
HE was a judge of pies, eh?" ]
suggests.
Sam was a judge of anything eat
able or drinkable," says she, shuttin
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The MercenarieS.

DRANDER MATTHEW'S. the critic.
- discussed at a tea the American
short story.
THE American short story would
be better" he said, IF the American
short-story writer were less mer-
cenary. I'd like him to think more
of beauty and less of cash.
"A short story writer read me one
of his tales the other day. 1t wasn't
bad, and 1 told him so.
- like the thing, / said. It's
realistic
.aThe short-story writer beamed.
Realistic" he cried. That's the
word I want to hear. And how much.
Mr.. Matthews, do you think IL will
realize?"
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Anybody's Match.

II H. LA GUARDIA. the political
L. leader Of New York. said at q
banquet:
The Italian immigrant AS soon as
he masters the language is a match
for anybody.
"A group of husky young Italians
were digging in a ditch the other day.
when a chap in iivver went py
slowly He had a young lady with
him, and-to show of. you know-he
yelled down the ditch:
Hey, where's yer monkey"
Quick as fash the brawny Geno-
vese yelled back:
1--WE give him a day OF, mister, and
he's took his girl out joyridin' in a
second hand car"
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High Prices.

GEORGE HAVEN PUTNAM, pub
~ Usher, was talking about high
prices;
High prices everywhere" he said.
"Unreasonably high prices every
where"
After a moments thought he added:
Price was once an indication OF
value. Today it's an indication 81
nerve"