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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-31
The Autobiography
NAR Ring

A few years ago l was down IN
the dark ground, with some more
gold, just like myself. One day
a man was digging down in the soil,
he dug me, and some of my friends
up in the warm bright sunshiney
air, then he ran cold water over us
to wash the dirt from US, then we
were melted and made into blocks
about the size of brick, then we
were sent to the large gold mint at
Washington. There we were
again melted and some copper
poured in with us, to make US hold
together better when made into a
ring.
A few days after l had reached
the gold mint l was completely
lost from my friends, and mixed
with many new ones. After this
l was soon poured into mould
where l was left in the cold to hard
en-. In a few days man came
after me, and l was put into a box
with many others just like myself.
We were taken into a room where
there were many lights and men,
tho box l was in was given to a
young man. BY him were many
drawers of precious stones, all col
ors and shapes.
was the first one he took from
the box. He took a beautiful
green set from one of the drawers,
set it into my prongs. Then / re-
ceived fairly good pinch. l was
then shook very hard to see that
the set in me was fastened secure
ly. Then he dropped me into
another box. There l waited for
a few minutes before l received
any company. When l received
company with a red set in him,
many more were put into this box,
but none with such a beautiful
green set in as mine.
Then we were sealed tightly and
sent to Richmond, Ind. ! was put
in a glass case, and left there only
for few days, when lady came
into the store and picked on me for
a birthday present for her sister:
The lady told the man that the
set in me was the girls birth
stone. ! was taken to the lady's
home and put in the lady's dark
drawer for a few days, but / was
we'll contented because / knew
whatwas going to happen.
One morning l was taken out
of the drawer and put into the
apron pocket and taken down
stairs and handed to her sister and
she shouted, "OH, A RING, l
HOPE 1T is MY BIRTH STONE"
This made me feel very happy,
because l knew she was well pleas
ed. She could hardly wait till she
got me on, and l have been worn
ever since, have been in many
dark places, but l think l have had
a very pleasant life. Mary Adams
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-31
RETAkING BUNKER HILL

My five friends and l had snow
ball fight in the country. We had
our forts on the hillside. We
name the hill Bunker Hill which
the English tried to capture. Three
of us were English and the other
three were Americans. The Eng
lish would try to capture the Amer
leans fort but the Americans
would SNOWFALL them back. The
Americans won the day-Verne
Schwab, grade ga, Joseph Moore
school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-31

Through the navy department the
United States has agreed to pur-
chase it's first rigid airship from
England for a sum Of two and one
half million dollars, which sum In
cludes the training Of the airship's
pilots by English pilots. The ship
the R-38-is the same style az
the R-34 which made the trans-At-
lantic flight few months ago, but
it will be larger and capable Of
greater speed than the English
ship.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-31
The Cat Who
Loued A Bunny

~SSA AesSsssy
A way of in the land Of sage.
brush and sunshine, Nevada, there
fourished three-sided friendship
once between a little Brooklyn girl,
a white kitten and a white rabbit.
The little girl had left her stately
built-up city and gone out to the
little town, where Indians stalked
about in warpaint, and there was
sometimes an earthquake or two.
II want kitten" said the little
girl. soon after she and her mother
were settled in one of the little one
story cottages that were all there
were in the town almost. two-story
cottages being very rare.
So next day someone who had
heard the child wish for a kitten
brought a beautiful white one to her
home. It was promptly named "Mis-
chief and settled down to enjoy
life in the cottage.
The bunny, who formed one cor.
ner Of the three-cornered friendship
between the child, the cat and the
rabbit, lived at the corner saloon6n
Main street, which ran parallel to
the street where the child lived.
One evening, when the street door
Of the little cottage was opened to
let someone in, bunny hoped grave
ly after them.
"Scat!" sputtered the cat angrily
splitting at poor bunny vigorously.
But bunny behaved SO decorously,
remaining quietly in a corner that
by-and-by the kitten went up to him
gingerly, shifted him all over, and
then began to wash him from head
to foot. She did it very thoroughly,
too, turning his pink ears inside
out and spOnging them, also. Then
she lay down beside him, and they
both went to sleep together. After
that it became settled thing for
bunny to come in and sleep in the
cottage. He came in through the
day, too, and he ate and the cat ate
from the same plate. Sometimes
quite late at night, when visitors
would be going home after calling
at the cottage. bunny would hop
gravely in, when the door was
opened. He could not "miauw" like
pussy and let US know he was there.
so he had to wait till someone went
out and left the door open.
The cutest thing about the whole
business was the way bunny and
pussy would 60 out with the child
and the mO,ner when they took a
turn" around the square to see the
moonlight. For it was very wonder
full to the Brooklynites. 1t was not
like Brooklyn moonlight. The little
Nevada town was 5000 feet high, in
altitude, and the moonlight was SO
bright you could read by it. Pussy
would follow the mother and child,
and bunny would hop gravely after.
When company was present on
these strolls, and they were extend
ed, the cat and rabbit went as far
from home as the rest did.
But, alas, all pleasant things
come to an end. The child and the
mother had to 60 to San Francisco,
after consigning the cat to friends.
The bunny had his home in the
saloon to 60 to. On returning to
town, four months after, both the
little pets had disappeared.
Brooklyn Eagle Junior
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-31
Two Sly Trappers

We took the chisels and ham
mers and went on hunt for a
place to make a cave. We found
it and began to dig. 1t was under
a bush right down against the
ground. We dug till we had a
big place made. 1t was a cave
that we could live in, not a little
one.
Tom made the steps and Bill dug
and carried dirt. The steps were
two feet and half long and foot
and a half wide. Tom said that
they ought to make the cave thirty
feet deep at the least so they kept
at the work till the thing was all
out and then Bill said 1t was time
to go level. They kept at work for
week, dur:ag that time they
worked hard.
Bill looked at the traps and Tom
worked in the cave. One day
they struck rock. 1t was soft
rock and it went faster than dirt.
When we left the steps they curved
10 the right and kept ON till they
had gone ten feet when they went
straight, then to the left again.
One morning when it was time
for Bill to come back the candles
were all lighted so Tom could see
well. The place where they we're
working was at least three hundred
feet from the steps and around to
the first cave, then you had to go
straight for about 80 feet, then an
other turn to the left, straight over,
then to the right and straight for
a hundred feet or more. Then an
other little bend just curve enough
to shut off the light. This is how
they had made the cave. While
Tom was cutting away at the wall
his mind on the way they would
curve next, his chisel went through
the stone and nearly fell away into
the nowhere. He got it back and
stood looking at the black hole in
the wall.
We'll I'll he hornswaggled," he
muttered who'd a thought that
wall would fall to pieces that way"
He went on cutting stone till Bill
came and he took candle and
looked in and said, "It's a hollow
place, SO | guess we can go and
make our nest there.
1t was a dry river and at the end
was hole that they went in to
made a big foom for sitting in and
then for bedroom. They brought
the girl and they had an oil stove
and she cooked the meals and they
did the trapping. They made lot
of money and lived happy ever
after.
THE END
Gregg, Age 10, Butler
Township School, No. 7.
T.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-31
coAsTING Is DANDY!

The Golf Links are dandy, ev-
erybody Is going out. l think every
child should go. A great many Of
Earlham students were out Satur-
day. Just think you can go clear
into Clear Creek. l think that
dandy, don't you?-Marcel Thorn
rs, grade ga, Joseph MooS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-31
WHO SHALL FREE HER?
Losantsville, Ind.

Dear Sirs:
I am a little boy nine years old,
l thought l would send a riddle.
This sis it.:
"As I went out and in again,
Out Of the dead the living came;
Five there were, and six to be,
The seventh shall set this Virgin
free"
Russell Stanley.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-31

Belgium is planning to construct
an electric traction line between
Brussels and Antwerp. This is
the first active step taken by the
Belgian government since it decid-
ed to electrify the railroads SO as
to accommodate more passengers
and carry increased freight
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-31

They came to a big cave and in
the cave there were ten big chests
of gold and silver and jewels and
they were rich and happy forever.
(The End.)
-Mervin B. Lopez, Joseph Moore
school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-31
WE HOPE NOT!

In the winter is the time to 60,
We shall slide across the snow,
Around the corner the wind doth
blow,
hope do not freeze my toe.
Hugh Dorsey, grade "a, Joseph
Moore school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-31

Why is jailer like musician.
He fingers the keys.
The Pulaskian., 1920-10-14
Pity the Poor Dub--Don't
 Censure or Envy Him!

Some rural residents envy the broersohers and make light of him. Probably the who would jest of the dscomorts of the flat dWeer the who estimates closely Ye he should have pity for the misguided human being for can't all enjoy the peace and queude of farm life true the farmer has his trials and buaons but they largely mag nary and of his creation The city troubles real and he does not have look them up They him. and do not come sng for they bring the whole family along and prepared to stay awhile.
 Just the other day stopped for conversation with prom nen farm of Pulaski counyt of the Community Fairs He almost immediately began condemng the pecuaor for the low price of and harp upon hard life farmer This farmer told he had raised only about four bales of this year, and all in the house. where would until prices right He also said that he had in his mokehouse left from last winter and enough poaoe and other farm products him through until another crop All he had buy
 sugar. sa flour and coee In addition this he had saed away 5000 the year, made considerable improvements his farm, and his cotton is not yet sold.
 Now just comb old Little Rock and show me man who take time squat in the shade whle pine hinge and boast of banking 5000 The who does paying than 5000 income annually while the farmer has his little old 5000 intact 444&S
 The farmer works had but he does work hard all the He takes time off whenever he feels like it, and when he feels like taking wild fling there always nearby where he get thrills the city get only by falling enstory window
 No, brother don't comparison between farm life and city life in the fall of 1920 You liable influx back the country which will absolutely deprive you of your market and put land prices the point where you gobbe that back forty you have had your eyes so long.
The Pulaskian., 1920-10-14
A PARABLE.

Behold, sower went forth to SOW, The seed fell far and wide, And some seed fell on stony ground. And some by the highway side. And some seed fell on fertile soil, And some among the thorn, But for every seed, where'er it fell, A tiny plant was born. The seed that fell on stony ground, Like Pinnacle's, hard to till, For lack of soil could not mature, Their graneries to fill. The fowls devoured the tiny seed That by the wayside fell, That's Ferndale, wide place in the
 road,
 As you all know, quite we'll. The seed that fell among the thorn At Sweet Home, l have no doubt, The thorns and thistles quickly
 sprung
 And ehoked the good plants out. But some seed fell on fertile soil And good culture did prevail, Till it produced an hundredfold On the farms at Mablevale.  With brain and brawn we'll utilized We raise most everything, Diversity and feed the world, Is the slogan at Geyer Spring. Our corn and wheat cannot be beat, Our potatoes or our cotton, Our berries and our vegetables Can never be forgotten. Our Durocs, red, are all purebred, Likewise our Jersey cattle. Our Plymouth Rocks and Wyan-
 dottes
 Are almost half the battle. We are raising things at Ceyer
 Spring,
 I'll tell you on the level; And if we don't quit dipping cows We're going to raise the devil.
 J. D. JONES.
The Pulaskian., 1920-10-14
WEST LANDMARK.
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Health is very good at this writ ing, only the exception of bad colds.
 The musical entertainment at the home of Mir. and Mrs. F. M. Com stock Saturday night was most en- joyable.
 Stella, Masie and Dorothy Ben nett called on Mrs. Lizzie Nanness Saturday night.
 Mir. and Mrs. Anderson and little daughter were the guests of Mir. and Mrs. F. M. Comstock Saturday and Sunday.
 Some of the people around West Landmark@have gathered their corn and are ready for digging sweet po- tatoes, so their children will be ready for the winter school.
 Mrs. Treadway and son, Bertram, are spending a few days with her son, Henry Treadway, in Little Rock.
 We have Sunday school and sing ing every Sunday evening. Every body come and bring some one with you. LANDMARK GIRL.
The Pulaskian., 1920-10-14

Texas. They were of July copy and contained Mr. Beck's letter tell ing about Misses Mccain of Balboa 1 have the honor of knowing her relatives in Arkansas and also meet ing some people in Balboa who knew her.
 l have been at the Balboa swim. ming pool quite few times and have no doubt seen her but did not know her.
 We'll, on September 5 we sailed from Balboa, C. z, and went out in the ocean off the coast of Nicarauga and took soundings for a sunken island, but failing to find it, we started for the States.
 On September l9 we stopped a short while in the harbor of San Diego, Cal. Just eight months be- fore we were leaving the States, but now were returning.
 On September 2l we sighted Gold en Gate and steaming through, drop ped anchor in San Francisco Bay.
 This was the end of my voyage south.
 During this voyage I was at sea 80 days, visited six foreign coun- tries and ten foreign ports; travelled a distance of more than l8,000 miles. l saw many strange things. I sure enjoyed my trip with the U. s. Navy.
 Join the navy, see the world
 LAWRENCE k. CARMICHAEL,
 U. s. s. Tacoma. (Former Correspondent at Zion
The Pulaskian., 1920-10-14
JoseDh Ueckman.

Joseph Ueckman, aged 3l, a Levy carpenter, was killed Monday at Nor folk, Va. The body arrived in Little Rock Thursday and was removed to the P. H. Ruebel & Co. parlors. No details of How Mir. Ueckman was killed have been received by his rela- lives. He is survived by his parents, Mir. and Mrs. Theodore Ueckman of Levy; six sisters, Mrs. Martin Tan ner, North Little Rock; Mrs. Joseph Narbodavitch and the Misses Lena, Mary, Josephine and Elizabeth; also three brothers, Casper, North Little Rock; Theodore IT,, and John of Levy.
The Pulaskian., 1920-10-14
J. y. Thon1 pson.

Funeral services for J. W. Thomp- son, who was killed Thursday after noon when a tree which he was cut ting fell upon him, were held at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at the family residence, 5123 Ninth avenue, Pulaski Heights, in charge of the Rev. B. A. Few, assisted by the Rev. J. B. Haynie. Burial was in Oakland cemetery. Pallbearers were: Henry Clifton, L. F. Collins, E. Hart, Joe Dalhoff, Ed Kendall, E. Bybee, Dr. c. D. Thompson and M. McGowan.
The Pulaskian., 1920-10-14
4. C. Knight.

A. C. Knight, aged "A, died at his country home at Cato at 10 o'clock Friday night. He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Hattie Marquess of Iowa. Mrs. Maud Bauer, North Little Rock, and Miss Jessie Knight of Cato; and by three sons, Roy of Kansas City, Kan; Ernest of North Little Rock, and Chase of Little Rock. Funeral services and burial were at Cato. Mir. Knight had been in the dairy business for 25 years.
The Pulaskian., 1920-10-14
Number 4I.
BRECKENRIDGE
 OIL FIELD
VICTORY OIL PRODUCTION COR. PORATION TO BRING IN TWO WELLS DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.

John R. Frazer, president of the Victory Oil Company, returned this week from the Breckenridge field of Texas, enthused over the prospects of what he says is recognized as the greatest oil field ever developed in Texas.
 Breckenridge is a wonderful field said Mr. Frazer. Two years ago it was a small village of 200 in- habitants, sleeping above vast treas ure house, little suspected by it's peo- pie. Now there are more than 6,000 inhabitants, two railroads have been built to it, great building boom Is in progress and thousands of freight cars are on the roads loaded with goods of various kinds. There are l36 wells in the townsite proper, about one-third of which are pro- dueers. There is not dry hole in the field and the wells are yielding from 500 to 10000 barrels daily of the highest gravity oil, that sells at $3.50 per barrel. The pipe line com panies have facilities for taking every ounce of oil that comes from the wells. It is far ahead of Burkbur- nett, Ranger and Desdemona in their best days. The whole country is cov- cred with oil. One is never out of sight of derricks all the way from Ranger to Breckenridge. The indi- cations are that Breckenridge is over one of the largest pools of the Texas field.
 'sfhe two Victory wells are located in the Lake View addition, near town, and the first will be brought in be- tween October Is and 20, and the second the last of the month. Work will begin on the third we'll Noyem- Der 1. We have every reason to be- lieve that these three wells will be among the best in the territory, but 1t would be the merest speculation to predict the volume of production 1t would not surprise us to get 10,- 900 barrel we'll.
 Our five wells in the Desdemona field continue producing and are breaking records for continuous yield of high grade oil. The five have set tied down to regular production of GOO barrels daily.
 "The Victory Company will be- gin an extensive drilling campaign in the Corsicana field November l. This is one of the oldest fields in Texas. There are hundreds of wells that have been producing an average of ten barrels daily at 900-foot level for years. It has been found that there is an oil sand at I,2O0 feet that produces 50 barrels and many of the wells are being sunk to this level. Our first contract will be for ten wells, and we expect to continue until we have fifty drilled. The op- orators in this district do not know what a dry hole is. We are also com pleting our first well in the shallow production fields of Kentucky near Isonville, Elliott county. This we'll should be completed by October 20 and should yield from 10 to g bar rels.
 ''The Victory Company has al- ready paid it's stockholders 40 per cent on their investment and another dividend will be paid the last of Oc- tober, it's size depending upon the volume of the new Breckenridge we'll which will be brought in this month.n
The Pulaskian., 1920-10-14
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

William Lewis, aged g, of Jack sonville, to Miss Pearl Stewart, aged Is, of Jacksonville.
 Valentine J. lenders, aged 24, of Marche, to Miss Julia M. K. Pruss, aged 20, of Marche.
 Leffrieg Deloney, aged 2l, of Keo, to Miss Clara Carter, aged 10, of Keo.
The Pulaskian., 1920-10-14
NORTHEAST PULASKI.

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 People have been very busy pick ing cotton and gathering corn. All of the cotton gins have stopped now. I guess the farmers will have to store their cotton away nntil the price is raised.
 Misses Bertie, Lillie and Mandy Sayles called on their parents, MT. and Mrs. Sayles, Saturday night and Sunday.
 The callers at the Stanfeld home Sunday were MT. Joe Webb and MT. Benson Sayles.
 Messrs. Farrel Williamson and Leslie Hodge attended the convention at Concord Sunday.
 There was a nice crowd at Mt. Chapel church Sunday.
 Bob and Flake Wilkins called on their sister, Mrs. Nora Sayles, Satur- day night and Sunday.
 Mr. Gwinn and children have been picking cotton for Mir. Williamson the past week.
 Quite a crowd attended the con vention at Concord Sunday.
 There will be school meeting held Friday, the 18th, at the school house, to elect some teachers tor the winter school, which begins in No vember. HE DAME ND.
The Pulaskian., 1920-10-14
Miss Hettie Grnr.

Miss Hettie Gray, 84 years old, died at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon at local hospital. She is survived by two brothers, N. V. Gray of Jack sonville, Ark, and J. W. Gray of Little Rock. The body was sent to Jacksonville Tuesday morning by P. H. Ruebel & Co.
The Pulaskian., 1920-10-14
WOULD SELL COUNTY FARM.

The selling of the county farm and the use of the county convicts on the roads instead of as farm laborers, is advocated by J. R. Alexander, Pu- laski county representative in the legislature.
The Pulaskian., 1920-10-14
ANOTHER PRIZE PIG.

King Taxpayer K" young Du- roc-Jersey boar owned by D. F. 5. Galloway of Galloway, Pulaski coun- ty, won seventh prize at the national swine show at Des Moines, la.
The Pulaskian., 1920-10-14
BEA G0AT-BUT BE AN ARIST0CRAT1G ONE.

The farmer is e biggest profeer in the world, remarked Pulaski county farmer last week. He sold potatoes for $6 bushe this spring Potatoes will get be worth that much money. sold beeves farmer this who dressed them and made profit of $5 each day He grumbed that few years back he satisfied with $5 profit each There another farmer my neighborhood who buys goats from $2 $3 head and gets from $5 80 for them after they dressed He raises many goa and they him absolutely nothing yet this believes the farmer is oppressed.
 And even the goa-the animal person compared to when he becomes the flag end of conspiracy arstocat when it supplying the market, for it usually breaks spring lamb
 Yes reerae there compensation for the of rural life