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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
rAlL,mo sa,css

Fhsy say A,c&s ass growing cAeAe-
But Oet spough OF ssssO;
Az ny ~ The price q ~ eseA1
eoda's eo0ing down:
But that's spastAias 6se't 1stnk
Unaeue0pealea ~ . wink.
AM. y v.sE th'ss days ssts aothias sss
am told the price Of ships
Has 0eocsp6ed, and that tips
Are about 70 DO . turn. 70 Do their sAAroS
And that chewing gum asd curis
WIZ make happy lots Of girls
0y . TALL they've calculated 70 hair.
Il b said that diamond rings
And that soIAsn phsasaat wines.
Also n,otorcafs and fuss are IN the throa0
Z That viii some day feel the gan:
That q hFst-elass phouograph
W1l b. purehasable next year for soae
Racing yachts ep4 asroplasss.
oarouk oarDsts, schoacsGt curta1uA sheer
and white. fs
Littis things IKE bonds and stocks
Have run down algsady-clocks
WIN b .doins 70 ~ wsil-ths keys In
dght
Wen. Tin eiaA they've made . start
But cannot say ny heart
AZ the hops we've thus far felt has skipps6
beat;
That win happen on ~ day
That beas won't look pases
Duyiug brsaA and butter. smokes and
milk and peat
-Asuries Morris. In New York Herald.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
ONE STEP SHORT OF SUCCESS
Tee Many Men Lsek ostsrvulnatIse
and - Arr Chased A,ms~S Thsss
VINE sFallsA.s

The world II full Of people who are
almost successful. Here II man who
b almost . physician, but not quite !:
here another who 10 almost q physi-
clan. but u neither good druggist.
= good surgeon nor q good dispenser.
Another man u almost clergyman.
q about halfway between farmer.
Or tradesman. and . clergyman. An
ether b almost Q teacher. but not
quite competent to take charge Of q
schooi or an academy. We meet. ev.
cry day. people who are almost some
ming, but inst little short Of II.
n these people undertake anything.
they never qsite finish Il: they never
quite complete their course at schohl /:
they never quite learn q trade or pro-
fession. They always manage to stop
1ust short of success.
We encounter people everywhere
who are almost happy, almost phil
osophIcal. almost religious, yet do not
exactly belong to any class or sect.
They mover know just where they
stand; they are not quite Anything.
almost" II dangerous word. II has
tripped up many . mas who might
have been successful II be had had
determinatlon and grit enough to 90
. little further. to hold on 4 little
longer.-Sueeess.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
OF INTEREST TO AMERICANS


Just south Of White House station.
where the railway crosses the Pa
munkey, H. beautiful farm that war
the old home Of Gen. w. II. =. Lee.
A mile northwest Of the station q an
estate that u Of peculiar historic IN
tsrsst. for here one day . young sur
vsyor who was on his way to VIII
Hamburg and to fame 10 American
history rested q while, dined. and met
q young widow who was endowed WITH
beauty, wit, and wealth. and who.
through that meeting. was destined =
become "the 6rst lady Of the land"
The romance Of George Washingtoe
ard Martha Custi1 began there. and
he finally led her up the hill to OLD
st. Peters church. about three miles
to the south. which overiooks the Pa.
munkey valley. q church that was osd
when he was. born. This old brick
church stauds today In perfect pres
srvation In the quiet shade OF great
sheltering oaka
Through this area. too CORVALLIS
retreated to take his last futile stand
At YORKTOWN, with Lafayette close -
his heels. The southwest corner Of
ths quadrangle touches the battlefield
Of Sevsn Pines, where embattisd hosts
in blue and in gray fought for the pos
session Of Richmond.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
u.. Own umbrsIIa.

Each time you are caught out In the
rain without an umbrella recall the
example Of preparedness furnished by
q flower Of the mountain. the hare
bell. It denes the cold blast on the
high cliff. and the sweeping winds Of
the plateau. As for rain. the delicate
blossoms display more wisdom In
guarding against 1t than do some hu-
mans. Every Scotchman knows and
loves the nower-the harebell.
When the flower buds appear on the
slender stalks they stand up erect like
drum majors. But II the blossoms
were to open In the same position they
would become tiny cisterns to catch
the rain drops. Thus the flower would
expose itself to death BY drowning.
No such fate awaits the little blue
beauties, however. When the petals
open the blossom droops its head. not
from feeling OF modesty. but to avoid
the rain.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
e.s,s te ApprseIaee remats.

OyYW - SRYbVSsasO OssNS
The tomato was not appreciated b.
our people until 1880. They planted Il
IN their gardens a. an ornament, but
they did not dream Of eating the fruit.
deeming Il poisonous. An old lady
once told me Of her first experience
with tomatoes. II was when she was
4 child and was taking supper o1e
night with q neighbor. She was sur
prised to see the fruit on the table and
when her host offered to help her to
some Of II refused decidedly. IT." per
suaded her host 'you will take bite
Of ham and n bite Of sliced tomato with
II you will acknowledge that It u
ane.- She yielded and finding that II
not only failed to kill her. but was
very appetising, was friend to the to-
mato from that time forth.
It was early in the sixteenth century
that the tomato was introduced into
Europe. It came BY way Of Morocco
and for that reason was called BY the
Italians "pomo del Mort" or apple Of
the Moors. This name was twisted BY
the French into "pomme glamour" or
'appie Of love-" as II Mistress Venus
had anything to do with It'll
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
WORTH THE SUM EXPENDED
Records Show lThat csiunsbu1 Newer.
able vsysss Cost prsmsSsss eHS
Participants Very Little.

The cost Of the dlscovery, Of Amer.
lea by Columbus was hnt q little over
$1,000. the old story to the effect that
Queen Isabella parted with many Of
her finest Jewels to the contrary. Two
Of the three ships that made that
won,lrous voyage. the Pinto Napd the
Nina. were captained BY two brothers.
Martin and Vicente, Pinxon, and they
paid all the expenses attached 70 those
ships. as well a. furnishing the erafts
themselves. The account books Of the
Pinxons show that Columbus In his
capacity. Of commander received .t.5oO
pesetas year. or about $500. The
sailors received the magnificent sum
Of $3.50 month. or about 8 cents .
day.
The ,cannons for III three ships cost
1900 'pesetas, or about. what 1t 'wosld
cost to fire one Of our modern big
guns, while the whole outAt and tAe
wages of the sailors came to only "a.
900 pesetas. The accounts cover the
time between August, 1892, to March.
1903. The queens share Is believed
to have been less than $1,000, and
even Mt the valuation placed on jew-
els at that period, It would not have
taken many or large ones to raise this
gum.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
The
Scrap: Book
POOR BUT EXTENSIVELY CLAD
sIbsrjan Native In Wintss- wear
Costume That 10 Wssth MANY
Hundreds u 0eilasS.

Although poverty peoF.S the aver
age native Of Siberia wears during IL
winter . dress thst would b worth
many hundreds Of dollars IN the Unit
ed States. consisting a. II does q
valuable furs, and representing many
animals. the choicest for only being
woven into the garments. a rscsas
writer describes the dress ~ follows:
..The dress of the Kamtchaeals ~
winter and summer 10 made Tor Ne
most part of skins. Their .winAee COS
tune consists OF sealskin boots called
torbassa, worn over heavy reindeer
stockings, and coming to the knss fur
pants with the fur inside; fox-sSin
hood with a long fringe Of wolverine
hair, ornamented with the animals
ears; and heavy kookhianka. or dou.
Bile fur ovesshirt, covering ths body
to the knees. This II made of tho
very thIckest and softest reindeer
skin Of various colors. ornameuted
around the bottom with silk embroid'
cry. trimmed at the sleeves and meek
with glossy beaver. and furnished with
q square flap under the chin. 20 %
held up, over the nose. and a. hood
behind the neck. " Ls drawn sser
tho head :. In bad weather. In
such costume n. this the -ksmfcha'
dals defy for weeks at . time the Sc
verest cold. and sleep ont on the
snow safely and comfortably In TEN.
peratvres of. 20. 30 and even 10 Do
erees below sero, FahrenheitS
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
Movies ths slsssst lndsstr.

Movies ths DlOgsst Industry.
The motion picture business now
tops the list Of California industries,
according to booklet Just Published
by q Los Angeles bank. With mese
than $4,000. 600 invested this lndus-
hy is nearly twice the size Of its near
est competitor. oil. with 81. 0.O00
Expenditures In California last'y year
BY the motion picture industry were
morn than s120. 000. 900. and were con-
fined almost excluaively to Los An
geles and vicinity. San Frsncisco has
attracted little attention In this line
40 yet though one concern 10 now pre-
pairing to locate at San Mateo.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13

WlId Dumale In Northern Canada.
e. n. Kitton, an explorer for the
natural resources intelligence branch
" the Canadian Department Of the In
terror, has reported his discovery Of
Wild bison which he says have been
roaming In the Mackenzie river basin.
Kitton said no had received reports Of
another herd farther north. The herds
were said to total over 1900 buffalo.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
New ldea conoernIne pIssase.

New ldea Concerning psseass.
II certain DR.. Eccles Of New York
Is 10 be believed. man owes his very
origin to disease, and every other spe.
cies Of animal and plant as well.
De vries, the Dutch scientist. has
shown that species become unstable
before new species u formed. Per
haps this point Of View will harmonize
with Eccles' theory. II It does. and II
can be shown that no new species
would ever have been born u II had
not been for the disease. then disease
must be regarded more a. a blessing
than as an evil.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
Hae 8 PrebIem te aeixe.


At vesdun near Montreal electric
light wires rubbing against the wall Of
4 house lost their covering. The cleo
tricity ran down metal pipe into the
sheet Iron covering Of the building. A
jersey COW was passing with her neck
chain dangling. She brushed against
the house, the chain attracted the cleo
tricity and she fell dead. Her owner.
Donat Nallloux. not understanding.
pulled her leg to wake her up, and re-
ceived shock which sent him to sleep.
He recovered after time and IL won
defins whom he shall sue to obtain
recompense for the loss Of the Jer-
sey-the owner Of the house. the cleo
trio company, OF the firm which In
stalled the wiring.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
Interesting wlneIess DIrds

The weka. or wood hen, IL especial.
" interesting species Of the wingless
birds These birds maze for life and
take turns IN Matching and watching
the brood. Ono Of the pair is always
,At the nest, the one ION duty" being
supplied with food BY the other.
There IL something almost human 10
the sight IT male weka leading bis
family out for stroll on the beach.
Another ID the roa. which IL distin.
guished by remarkable beak-long.
slender and slightly curved. The roa.
like the kakapo. 10 night bird, and
its CHIEF food 10 earthwoFmA
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
~srs~. s.rct, RalIs pansersse.

"sasw- burnt" Rails Dansprsva :.
A curisps. cause o. railway accidests
10 brouSlt cut In q .United States
interstate. commerce cenmission NJ
port on the derailment Il passenger
train. The desailmsot was caused BY
the breaking Of opposite rails which
had been ~snow-burnt" this condition
apparently resulting from The friction
Of an engine's wheels siipping on ae-
count OF being stalled IN the snow.
The reporthstates that ~the means Of
distinguishing between safe and un-
safe rails Of this type unfortunately
has, not been made known a. yet.
These "now-burnt. rails are somewhat
common.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
General orars.s Deck u cards.

A deck Of cards with which Gen.
Ulysses 8. Grant, commander Of the
Onion forces In the Civil war. used to
while away the time during the last
campaigns Of the war. Il now the prop
erty Of San FraDclsco barber, by the
name Of Hinters. Hunters, who IL an
old soldier. was given the cards by .
G. A. r. man. To prove their original
Ity Hunters has complete data showing
a careful genealogy of the cards from
the time that General Grant had played
them until they were given to him by
the veteran.
Grant. according to Hunters. passed
the cards to a stan captain. who I'M
medIateIy autographed the pack which
had bsen passed along through several
generations. each bearing an auto
graph.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
WashIngsen Land Of Apples,

WashIngten land Of APpIss.,
Washington Is the largest CONNER.
cial producer Of apples Of any state
IN the Union. Last year the crop
brought @48,9S7, 500. and there were
1900. 600 worth Of peaches. 81 .000, 600
worth Of pears. 100000 worth Of
mail fruits, besides 5000. 900 worth
Of by-products. Washington apples
have sold in South America as high
n - q dozen.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
An RxcRoe on eAVfloN

AZ RxcG0o o. CAUTION
Ths Cruel otspmsthssr Why
di6N't ysv ~ sa s,sat styseal sllpese
yssssa erloss chaeWssae ha6 \ AeesS
View Maoht hsvs WYNN +
the Naughty oisesss Why m, .
theuoet eyre. No wee ., plain elethse
man sspnlsS dsWn siss and didW'f
knew sat he mlght, b tryias - ~
svsr sRgMe.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13

AGENTs-Agents to cell complete line
Of hosiery direct from Mill to COM
steady income to right party. Oppor-
tunlty for both sexes. Write. for par
ticulars, Hercules Hosiery Mills, a21s
Frankford Ave, Phila., Penna. Att
Sales Manager Western Division.
o3O-n6
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
Mosss lntsrfsrs wiz Transe.

Mosss intsrssrs VIII Trafsie.
New Bruuswick's moose IRE getting
20 plentiful that they are interfering
With the automobile trafic and cases
have been reported Of these animals
leapIna from the side Of roads on the
brilliant head lights Of passing cars
at n,rht. When knocked down they
take rapidly to the woods.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13

One hundred and eighty miles north
east Of Calgary. Alberta Is lake that
contains IS to So per cent of salt. as
compared with l0.7 per cent In Salt
Lake, Utah. A solar plant has been
established to obtain the salt md an
evaporator plant IL being erected. The
present output sls ten tons day. hut
this will be largely increased. Five
Alberta men own the lake. which y
1877 acres In area.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
0Irthplaess o. Prss,denta

I With three exceptions, every Presi-
dent Of the United States has been
Graded on farm or In a small town.
The exceptions were Andrew jackson,
who was born at Raleigh, N. c.; Theo-
dore Roosevelt who tirst saw the light
In New York city. and VILLAS q.
Taft, whose birthplace was Cincinnati.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13

LOST wATcH-A 90 jewel wnltham
watch ivan Guard mOvement) IA X
solid colorel gold hunting case; be-
tween Williams Fork bridge and Meek
er. $40 reward. Herald ONCE. oo3tf
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
A Change.

"Do you think there 10 4 chance
that the ex-kalser will b. brought to
trial?"
Eyes," answered Miss Cayenne; NJ
may yet get into court ~ he kstps
having trouble with his landlortats y
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
N.thIns LIIs. mat

did those two men have an spis
tolary disputsf"
$40 pistols In the dispute at all
They took II out in letter writing
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13

DR.. J. p. Riddle, specialist in dis
eases Of the eye ear, nos and throat.
Glasses fitted. Glenwood Springs. II
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13

WoeynH0 0roSn.
Mother oodnessl Bobby has eat.
en- q little green caterpillar.
Father-You should caution him not
10 eat anything 10 the country that
Isn't rips.-Boston Transcript.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13

werlrs Nest Valuable Book.
The most valuable printed book 10
the world 10 the copy Of the Bible
printed at Mainx Id li452-s6. and com.
monty known n the Nasarin BibaA
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13

Are you laying away something
for . rainy day.
mo, str; 1t took all my money
to lay away som. t',ing for the dry
days. Kreolite News.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13

NOTHING TO, W
Then you dent % In Tor thie uitrs-
radical stufsf"
"Nops. For ysars ! tried b ct
( sesnsthsns Tor nethins. I'm eonviness
now that e CAN'T Be dcNa.e
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13

Hawaiian. English. japanese. Portu-
guese. Filipino, Corean, Porto Rican
and two or more Chinese dialects are
spoken In the Hawaiian islands. Eng.
lish Is taught In all the public schools,
but 1t 10 thought that Japanese u
spoken BY the majority Of the people.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13

csfAliaGo ciRcuMsTANcGe
p n Gse~0ht ysu eald yov WessdN't
marry him n hs wore ths lest man :"
earthr
zee ! ~, but ! had ne ldsa then
tha4 No would strife Il rieh In Tire elt
bvejNeoa.~
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13

The Herald is $3.50 year.and cheap
at that.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13

Bachelor Efiend-Can your wife
cookf
Young Husband tevasively)-well.
she can make = good family stew.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13
BROMO-FEBRIN will cure your
cold. Try II. At sTRHLKTs.

ranch. 70 miles from .Meeker up Straw
berry, 3 registered shorthorn 2 year
old bulls. 5 yeariins past bulls, 1
January last bull calf. For the Z head
II taken by Nov. 1-$s75. The best
balls you can buy anywhere. Your
choice. $3.50. each. Go see them. Pay
Mitchell II you buy. and take home a
real herd bull. Gordon Graham
o00-n13 Lily Colo.
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4 Finger In IL

Talking Of ssntimeak what bas
Gladys on hand just uowr
= think II y - engagement rins."
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-11-13

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Aifalfa land
neafs Florence. What have you to
trAdsi SAMUEL BROWN
oeSn9O. Florence, Colo.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-11-26
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 1920.

comparatively small increase was due
only to the normal increase in the to-
tai vote. And Berger, the coarse.
blatant revolutionary from Milwau-
kee, also went down to defeat after
a three-Years' campaign to get into
Congress.
The American people are not taking
orders from RusSia-not even sugges-
tons.
Now that we know that the heart
O. the plain people has not been cor
rupted by the civil warists. Bolshe-
visits. terroriSts and anarchists. the
time has arrived to take these revo-
lUtionaries seriously only when il is
necessary. If they violate our laws
by conspiracy or otherwise. carry the
law into effect against them sternly.
II they try terror, such as the Wall
Street explosion. hang them when
they have been given a lawful trial
and duly found guilty.
Don't make martyrs of them mere
~ because they have line of CONVEX
sation in their chests that insists on
getting out. Even the worst doctrine
can be made great by the denial of
free speech.
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SHOULD EASILY BECOME LAW.

American mothers cannot be die
tated to even by specialists as to how
they shall bring up their children,
but all mothers are anxious to know
how to keep their babies healthy and
happy, and will take advantage of
every opportunity to learn. This is
the basis on which the Sheppard
Towner Maternity Bill offers instruc-
ton to mothers. 1t assumes that no
public provision for safeguarding
maternity and infancy can succeed
unless it secures the entirely willing
and wholehearted cooperation of
mothers themselves. If the lives of
mothers and babies are to be saved it
is not enough to teach the best meth
od of infant and maternity care. The
individual mother must be so con-
WINGED that these methods are worth
while that she may be depended upon
to observe them faithfully in the
daily routine of home life.
The Sheppard owner Bill, there
fore, proposes to teach through the
medium of health centers and visit
ing nurses the hygiene of maternity
and infancy to all mothers, if they
desire to learn. 1t provides for ade-
quate medical and nursing service for
all mothers, if they wish to avail
themselves of it. BY providing a
service which is free. universal and
dignitied, it offers every inducement
to the mother to make use of its adj
vantages. But it involves no compul-
sion whatever.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-11-26
THANKSGIVING DAY.

No finer trait of humanity was
ever known than that of giving
thanks for such bountieS as may be
received. Whether one processes
Christianity or not. one can be thank
full. No matter what ones sect or
creed may be, one may give thanks to
Providence for the blessings of life.
One maybe Christian or Pagan. but
the trait of thanks giving IS neverthe-
less the same fine example to be adj
mired and cultivated.
The custom of setting aside a day
for thanksgiving is said to date back
only to the early puritan settlement
il America; but that peoples have for
ages unknown had a sense of thank
fulness for Natures bountifm pro-
visions and for acts of humanity by
fellow beings. goes without argu-
ment. Even many unlettered races
are said to offer thanksgivings And
K We're strange indeed if beings en-
dowed with reason did not realize a
sense of appreciation of the multitude
o. circumstances which contribute to
bodily comfort and mental charm and
satisfaction.
Our part in this life, it seems. is to
give our mental and physical being
such as we can to the betterment of
humanity and to care and comfort of
such other creatures as Nature al
lcws us to regard as useful and de-
sirable. The snakes we kill for Ma
ture says to us to kill them. The wolf
we destroy because Nature endows
u with the impulse to SO destroy.
The calf, pig, sheep and fowl we
nurture and then slaughter for our
own nourishment because Nature so
intended. We till the fields and or
chards and Nature brings forth the
harvest many fold greater than if we
did not. We contrive mechanical de-
vices to assist ourselves because Ma
ture endowed us with mentality to
reason and so to build.
Surely if we have not forgotten
Nature and Natures God, we all have
cause to feel grateful and to offer
Thanksgiving to that Power which
placed US as the highest creatures in
universe inconceivably wonderful
and benificent.
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CAMPS CLOSING.

The logging camps of the Great
Northern Lumber Co. have been clos
ing down for the winter and it is ex-
pected that the saw mill will close
down as soon as the logs in the pond
are sawed.
The sluggishness in the lumber
market is probably the cause of clos
ing down now, but it is confdentally
thought that conditions will have i'm
proved by spring and that the bust
ness will open up and be going full
blast in three OF four months.