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Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07

@ EEMA liku everybody desu cOun-
~ try gonna bugahouse bOuta basa-
ball game. You know l go veesit dat
game little while ago and ees too
moocha meek up for understanda yer
good. l dunna for sure, but tink eef
anybody go craze over dat game hees
mudda gotta foolish keed for starta
weeth.
But plenta people aska me wot's
matter l no learna how dat game ees
play. Some frien come taxa me one
more game other day and he say he
gonna explaina everything.
When one guy whosa play weeth
other town come up weeth greata
beega stick my frien say he gonna try
knocka ball backa lone. But he missn
everything so mooch getta idee he no
leeve yer far. For way he sweenga
da club l tink he hava hard time heet
hees mouth weeth n spoon when eata
soup.
dunno. but seema lika everything
ees talkn backward cen dat game. One
guy knocka ball over da fence and my
frien say he maka home run. But he
jusa run cen da rink lkn no can finda
hees place. And when he come back
he sect down and no 20 home at all.
One other guy run like devil and fall
down and my frien say he steaa base.
say dat feller run too fast for steala
somating. l sure lika square deal, so
tela my frien / BETA seexa bits eef
searcha dat guy he no gotta somating
wot no belonga weeth heem.
Preety soon | getta mad and go
home too mcocha foola da publeec.
One feller ! know seence was leetle
cuss smasha da ball. and everybody
say was gooda seengle. And for fiva,
seexa years | know dat ees married
weeth beega family. l gotta deesgust
weeth idee man can be seengle and
hava half iozen keeds snma time.
Wot you tlnk?
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07

Drake, land l suggest that we tar and
feather him."
"Oh! think that far too good for
him." said Mr.. Gander. II propose that
we catch him and pull Off his fur, one
hair at time, and then turn him
loose. He will be sure to freeze, and
that, am sure, will be punishment
he would not choose"
Let us try to think of some way
not SO distasteful to refined minds"
said Mr.. Rooster. II want him pun
ished as much as any of you, but can
1t not be done with more dignity?
"What docyou all say II we catch
him and duck him in the pond, then
pull him out by the tail and drag him
around the barnyard for all to see. 1
sIn sure he will be quite upset by be-
Ing brought SO low and will never come
around here again."
"Siss |" hissed Mr.. Gcnder. "a dig
nified punishment, indeed. But what
will he be doing all this time. may
ask you, Mr.. Rooster7
"Mr. Fox will jump up and eat you
or whoever is dragging him about. No.
think the only thing to do is catch
him and shut him up in a cage. feed
him on stones-nothing but stones
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07
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and nothing to drink until he cannot
hold out any more, and then let him go
to the pond for drink of water and
push him in. That will be the end Of
him, as you all can see, for he will sink
at once"
Il wish you would let some Of us
talk minute" said old Madam Duck
Il think we should catch him and tie
his legs. That would be the best plan
Then we who have suffered most from
his visits here can poke him with a
brier until he begs for mercy"
Mercy! Would you be merciful to
that wretch?" screamed Madam Tur-
key, who had lost nearly all her fam
lily.
No; 1 would not. But should like
him to beg for it, just the same" said
Madam Duck.
1.-The plans are all very good-very
good, indeed" said Mr.. Gobbler. "There
remains only one thing to do, and that
is to choose which one 1t shall be-"
"Yes, there is another question
which you have not seemed to think
of, Mr.. GObbler," said little Brown
Hen. who had listened quietly all the
time, "and that is, Who is to catch Mr..
Fox and how will 1t be done?"
Everyone stood quite still, and then
they all suddenly remembered that it
was time to eat, and Off they all ran to
the barnyard as fast as they could 60.
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Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07

beauty and medicinal baths, with short
directions for taking each kind.
There is, first, the oatmeal bath
essentially II bath for beauty. 1t
whitens the skin. makes It wonder
fully soft. and acts as a mild bleach.
Take about four cupfuls Of uncooked
oatmeal, put in muslin bag, and put
the bag In the bath water, If possible
letting the water from the faucets run
over the bag. Squeeze 1t before get
ting into the bath, SO the water be-
comes milky looking. One bagful can
be used four or five times.
Bran baths are taken the same way.
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07
LATE 'sss..
MARKET
QUOTATIONS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
DENVER LIVE STOCK.

Cattle.
Good fat steers were quoted up to
sto'5o; However, there were no steers
Of this this quality in the offering. One
and another sold at $s.75. Fair and
medium 1re steers sold at prices, ranging
Mexico steers brought s7.25. Fair and
medium cows sold at prices up to $3.50
S,nh So most of the sales at Sc to s6.2SS'
$500 and another at $3.50. Two car
loads of killing, cows brought S7.05 and
nH,heT priea rro load ss sold at ST. Golyes br9nght
cattle We're is to 25 cents higher.
Hogs.
The supply on the hog market was
the heaviest received at the first of
the week in two months. Prices were
IRON df 10 to 10 cents hghSr h saroad
ranch at Julesburg. Colo, topped the
market at s16.25. The bulk sold at SIS
to S15.75. Stocker pigs and hogs are
SIS. Other loads sold at SIS. S15.25,
$3.50. S15.75. SIC and S14.75.
Sheep.
The supply. offered on the market
market this season. Prices on fat
ing lambs We're from 25 to so cents
lower, Trading was slow getting
started, but was unusually active
a@bs Sef9re noon Prizes TO on fGd
fair grades at si1 to $3.50. and fat
ewes up to $3.50. Six carloads Of sew
enty-pound lambs sold at si1.5O flat;
lambs brought SLIGO. freight paid;
lambs sold at ,s11.59 flat, One deck
of eighty-pound lambs sold at IL cents
flat. A carload of 130-pound ewes sold
at S4.65 flat.
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07
EASTERN LIVE STOCK.
At Chicago.

Chicago.-Cattle-Ma very dull
Good and choice steers. steady to csc
lower: best here. top. s1S.05: bulk
yearlings and heavy steers, $500:
bulk choice. s1G.50@ 1885; grassy
kinds, very weak and uneven. mostly
sS.75 dp14.00; best cows, sS.75 % 1850:
Gamers, s4.0094.50. about steady; me-
dunn grades draggy. $4,000 S.25; calves.
mostly 25@50c lower: bulk choice,
$1,000 1873: stoclters and feeders,
semi -demoralized; Westerns very drag
gy. few carly sales zoe lower; bulk.
Ss.5o011.25.
Hogs-AIarket mostly $4,000 lower
than average. although closing 100
2Jc higher than early on all but best
grades; top. $500: bulk light and
butchers, s15.25 a 1890; bulk packing
sows. S14.0Om1i4O: pigs. so m70c lower;
bulk desirable kinds. s13.50@14.O0.
Sheep-I'nt and feeding lambs very
slow. 25@50c lower: top Westerns.
choice. s13.75; bids on good killing
grades, around $1,000; top natives.
$l2.75 to city butchers: bulk, $1,000
12.25: sheep and yearlings weak to
lower; fat ewes, mostly s5.O0Q5.5O.
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07
A BARNYARD MEETING

THE Turkeys in the barnyard
L called all the other fowl one
morning to meeting they were to hold
behind the barn.
1--WE are called together" said Mr..
Gobbler, ITO discuss a serious situation
namely, that of getting rid of Mr..
Fox.
HE has bothered all of us lately
very much, but my family in particu-
lar have suffered great loss, and now
[ want to talk over a plan for getting
rid of him and shall be glad of your
help in the matter"
II second the notion" quacked Mr..
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07
Oratorical Finesse.

Eve are going to pick out the finest
speaker in the town to introduce you
to the audience" said the chairman of
the committee on arrangements.
Don't do that" protested Senator
Sorghum. II need the benefit of con-
trast. / don't want to go to extremes,
but If l had to make the choice. I'd
rather be introduced by silver
tongued orator than by man who
stutters."
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07
MEAL BATHS

GW ILL you kindly print direc-
w tions for bran or oatmeal
baths, or other baths for improving
the texture of the skim" writes cor
respondent. In the same mail came
a request for baths to help rheumatic
old lady.
So, since our space is brief, think
will make list of the various
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07
Clothes Make the Man.

Teacher-Now, who can tell just
what Is meant by the saying "All men
are created equalf" We all know that
some of us are born with wealth and
many other advantages not shared by
all.
"We are all created with an equal
need for Clothes" suggested Johnny.
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07
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Philosopher.

Il have here great invention" said
Bagley, at the club.
"YesY"
You notice I have the switch-ke
OF my car and my latch-key tied to-
gether?"
Surely"
well. you see when I'm down town
In the car and I get ready to start
home and can't find my switch-key,
1 say to myself: I should worry I
why should want to go home any
way, when l can't get In the houser
And so just stay down town."
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07
Ipotnto Market.

-Potatoos-Strong. Mime,
sofa. Michigan and Wisconsin round
white. sacked, S1.9002.00: long white
si.S5 o. 100; Minnesota Kings. Si.90.
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07
MetnI Market,

COLORADO SETTLEMENT PRICES.
Bar silver Omitted States). .99%
Zinc .......... ................. 7.S5
Copper ................. 10
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07
Butter.

Creamery, first grade. ......
Creamery. secord grade.
Process butter .............
Packing stock ..............
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07
Cnsh Grain mt Chicngo

Chicago.-Whoat-N 2 red $2.34:
No. red. s2.31 m2.32.
Corn-No. 2 mixed. s1.2701.30: No. 2
yellow. $1.2SW130M.
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07
Had often Wished to Die.

Continuing in her broken English,
she said she went back to work to
pay for her husbands funeral. but did
not want to leave her baby.
~ worked last night, but again |
could not sleep and stlll / had this
headache. | walked the floor, up and
down, ana then ] said: Il will die
please let me die and 90 to my
baby" she sighed again.
Samuel White, S10G Medina avenue
n. t., was working near the foot of
East Seventy-second street when he
heard woman was in the lake.
Plunging in fully clothed. he swan
to where she had disappeared. He
dlved and brought her to the surface.
When she regained consciousness she
cried: "Why don't you let me die?"
MY baby's in the lake." she said,
please let me die, too"
White swan for some time before
lie recovered the chlld's body.
Mrs. Mikulic was taken to Mount
Sinai hospital and later to the City
hosnital.
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07
Old Notices Remedied While You
Wait.

Old Notices Remedied While You
Wait.
Spartacus-I see the waistIine has
moved again.
Smarticus-Sure The motto of the
fashion-setters is: "Hew to the style
let the hips fall where they may"
In Merrie New England.
Young Man-Fine morning.
Old Man-(Silence).
Y. MI say it's Il fine morning
o. M.-(Dltto).
Y. MI say. sir. It's n fine
morningl
o. M.-Well. be ye wantln' T.
git into n argument about II?
Maybe So, Maybe So.
What causes the breaking of n
mans powers?"
"The bending of his energies"
INTELLIGENT SCHEME
Guest--Landlord, this hand.
basin O. mine won't drain at
all!
Landlord-Put the plug in.
The plug leaks.
They Sure Ought.
The other day we saw n sign that
some fat young travellers we have
met ought To carry on themselves. II
was put up by n tourist association
and II said:
Special Attention Given To Ladic.
Travelling Alone.
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07

Successfully serving as an under
study to Mary Pickford, Louise Du Pro
has entered stardom In the "movle"
world. Miss Du Pre- is little Southern
girl from Atlanta, Ga. Her real name
Is Lottie Lou Eady, and on her moth
er's side she is a descendant from the
Du Pre- family, pioneers of that state.
She Is recognized as the first under
study to a screen star In the history Of
motion pictures.
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07
ChicnEo Dniry.

HGD5Sc.
ernl run. zoe; springs. 29hc; turkeys,
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07
Dressed Poultry.
Live Poultry.

Turkeys. 10 lbs. or over. .. AZ
Hens. small, lb. b.............. 20
Hens good, 315 lbs. and over. 20
Duclxlings 25
Goslings ..............20 Q22
Broilers 40
Springs .............. 27
Cocks ,,.,.,. l6
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07
FINNIGIN FILOSOFY.

Advice is usually given Z tn
yoong, be some ovid coot that
tn same advice was give to
whin he was a bye, an that he
has carefully saved be niver US.
in ut 'msilf.
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07
Butter Fat.
Fruit.

Direct ...............
STATION ............. .......
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07

Apples. new. Colo. box 800
Cantaloupes standard crts... 1.5062. 90
Cantaloupes pony crates.. 1.50G1.75
Peaches, Colo, crate.... 1.00m1.75
Pears, box x.............. 2.OOdp4.00
Pears, Colo, bu basket..... 2.000D3.5O
watermelons ......... 1.006D1.50
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07

Eggs. strictly fresh. case
count 1870
Loss off, per doz. ....... .424 &c
Gilpin observer., 1920-10-07

from him. Then l worked and saved
and afterward | came here. too.
had So.
"He worked sometimes in butcher
shop. But all the time he's drinking,
and then he lost his work.
-Four years | worked every night.
In the day time l could not sleep.
Last winter he 20 sick and so did l.
did not see him when he died. Yes,
| cried little; but he was no good
10 mo"
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-31
COST OF SHIPPING BOARD GRAFT

Men who know what they are talking about say government shipbuildng and government ship operation have cost the taxpayers $2000,- 100000 in extravaganza waste, graft and theft.
 Most of the taxpayers have no standard by which to gain comprehension of what $2000,- 000,0 ,000 means. This amount of money is so great it overwhems the imagination.
 Yet there is one comparison which may be useful in bringing home to everybody the stu pendous cost to the taxpayers of their betrayal by administration incompetents
 In June, 1917, the first Liberty Loan was f1oated. The treasury appealed to every patriot in the country to help out. Four million five hun dred thousand men, women and children sub- scribed. Some of them were poor, and their sub- scriptions meant for them privations. Others subscribed more than they could afford because the government had to have the money.
 This first Liberty Loan was for exactly $2,- 900, ,OOO, ,O0O, or the amount which the shipping transactions of the administration have cost the taxpayers in graft, waste and peculation. t The men and women who worked and saved to buy the first Liberty Loan will have at least an idea of what the scoundrels and incompetents have cost them in government shipbuilding and operation.--New York Herald.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-31
OVER-BLOWN BUREAUCRACY

While the war emergency yields the excuse, the National Civil Service commission is only telling the unvarnished truth when it says in it's annual report that an altogether rosy picture cannot be painted of the situation" created by the fact that on the government civil service pay roll there was in July last the amazing ratio of federal employe to every 150 persons in the en- tire country, while the ratio of those employed in gainful occupations" throughout the country showed that "one out of every siXty-eight was a government worker" When one compares the pre-war figures of federal employees, some ESQ., 900 in 1916, with the bureau enrolment peak of last July, with it's almost 100000 federal em- ployes under civil service, some idea is given of what swollen bureaucracy means. But even these figures do not tell the whole story of the numbers in government service and 1t is clear that congress has got to do something very dras- tic in it's pairing down of the overlapping bureaus or else the mournful forecast of the Civil Serv- ice commission that the government twill never get back to it's pre-war condition" so far as the number of employees goes, will prove true. That great deal of effort during the war in Wash ington was expended in giving jobs to needy democrats of the deserving kind" SO well de scribed by MT. Bryan; and in fact, in seeing to it that two clerks and two stenographers should oc- cupy a position that one could handle alone, seems to have been proved by the facts elicited by the congressman who have already been prob ing into the situation. Under the circumstances, therefore, the country will look to congress to talk less about the admitted evils of bureaucracy and to hew to the line in securing the needed re- forms.-Philadelphi Public Ledger.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-31
FUNNY HOW STRANGE IT IS

Whenever Flagstaff has snow Phoenix re- ports it as "a snow storm raging at Flagstaff" We are willing to admit that it snows in Flag staff during the winter The people enjoy it, the kids revel in it and it puts real "pep" into both young and old. There are some winters when we have an over-supply and then again some winters when a good deal more snow would be welcomed than arrives. Our weather is the thing that makes Flagstaff popular the year around with good, red blooded folks. On the other hand we are not advertised by our Blowing friends" with postcards showing thermometer on which stations a half mile above "blood heat, marked: Yuma, Hell, Phoenix" On the other hand that makes two hands, when officers stumble onto a half dozen moonshine stills in and around Phoenix, or find a man all taken apart who had been altogether the day before; or when up jumps few internal triangles in which two hus- bands find they have only one wife, or where two wives find they have only one husband we don't ravel off that Phoenix is reveling in spontan- eous, spectacular, catamountainous carnival of crime.11 We hope this will fuss the guilty per sons amazingly.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-31
PRESIDENT O'BRIEN OF MEXICO

The Irish are claiming the presidency of Mex ico
 According to story that is going the rounds, Gen. Alvarez Obregon is really Gen. Alvaro O'Brien, the great-grandson of certain Michael O'Brien who, about century ago, came to Mex ico as the friend and bodyguard of John O'Don- ahue, rechristened Juan Odonoju. The latter is said to have held a commission from the king of Spain to act as viceroy of Mexico.
 Juan Odonoju, finding the task somewhat troublesome agreed to recognize the indepen- dence of Mexico under the rule of Iturbide, and the story goes that Michael O'Brien joined the Mexican's staff and in course of time became Gen. Miguel Obregon and governor of the west ern coast.
 And so it comes, if the tale be true that man with Hibenian blood in his veins awaits inauguration next month as successor to Car ranza. Where Spain once ruled an Irish-Mexi- can is soon to hold sway, while the so-called re- public of Ireland gives it's chief honor to Span ish-Irishman
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-31

Judge L. c. Root, of Needles, has purchased the Winslow Mail and will take charge of that paper January 1st. Judge Root has been in the newspaper game some 32 years, the latter part of which has been expended in keeping the Needles Nugget on asbestos. We are pleased to welcome Judge Root to the newspaper field in Arizona, for he is known as one of the best good roads boost CTS on the whole Old Trails route aside from be- ing live one in the news purveying profession. Of course, the judge will transform the Mail into red-hot republican paper-maybe. In any event he will make it success-that's his past record There has been wonderful improve ment in papers all along the line through the north during the past few years and they are raising the standard as fast as the people they serve will permit You will find the whole bunch of newspaper men over this way mighty good bunch of feers to live with, Judge.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-31

The pedagogic pedantry of the Sat Eve. Post in recent ssues inclines one to believe the editor has arrogated to himself the duty of teaching the people his pet methods of ruling the world and all the people therein, especially those of the United States The Post has about reached it's peak and is now badly affected with dry rot. The Current Events is another offender along the same line, and is peddling their special brand of propaganda. Both will find that the big lists and popularity they have built up, will not stand the strain long. The people want their fiction straight and not poisoned with propa- ganda; they want it like the great American ball game-straight or not at all.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-31

A newspaper is good deal like bank in one respect only-they can't shut down when hard times come unless prepared to stay shut up When hard times come it is up to the news paper to keep on losing and keep going with the hope that there will be turn for the better be- fore exhausting all credit and being plumb bust ed. Like the rolling stone, when it doesn't roll, it gathers no moss, but loses all the moss it has gathered when it stops rolling.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-31

Speaking of flame ducks, Senator Mark Smith has been appointed by President Wilson as a member of the International Joint Commis- sion, at S10,0OO per year, which strenuous job will compel him to meet three times year Just what "joint" the commission has to worry about is not stated but in any event it will not take too much of his time from his old Kentucky home.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-31

It was plainly evident that the so-called "mid- dle classes" felt it necessary to make themselves heard in the last election and are still further getting together for sef-protection. They have been made the goat for years and now feel that they are strong enough to slam it to any fellow or party of fellows who can't play the game square, no matter what party, clique or gang he may belong to.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-31

It is said that when Horace Greeley landed in New York he had only $10 and four years later he fouided weekly paper. That's nothing; we know a fellow who started broken down and busted paper going again with only fifteen cents. He invested the fifteen cents in pencil and a bottle of muciage-that was when prices were more moderate-and paid for the wreck. He isn't dead yet, but where is Greeley and his S10?
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-31

We do not know whether Clara Smith Ham, mon, who recently surrendered charged with the killing of Jake Hammon, is as bad as she is painted or not, but if she is painted as badly as the young lady we saw the other day, it would be difficult to throw our sympathies to Clara.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-31

Attorney General Palmer says he can not find anything in the Volstead bone dry law repeating the laws of nature, consequently if cider wants to start something, even on blue Sunday, he is powerless to stop it. However the law might be amended so as to arrest nature, as it were.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-31

It is great stunt to figure out just how much a given bond issue or bonded indebtedness will mean per capita The proper way to figure it is by the valuation of the property bonded-for the men with the property are the ones who have to pay it.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-31

A drove of the Patriotic and Protective Order of Stags of the World was recently organized at Gallup. Thus with the Elks, the Owls, the Eagles, the Moose, the Buffaloes, the Yellow Dogs, all properly lodged, there are yet the pink rats woodchucks poppy bobcats, and ancient or der of ants yet to select from
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-31

In terrible auto accident the other day, it is reported that young lady was so badly shaken up that one of her ears was almost en- tirely disclosed Had it not been for the shock disorders the chauffeur would have become a nervous wreck
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-31

Christmas passed off quietly as befts desert country in a dry state surrounded by bone dry country at large. While several men were seen deliberately smoking on the streets, no action was taken by the officers.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-31

Phoenix must have soured on the commission form of government They are now holding town meetings" to settle municipal problems.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-31

Mildewed Mildred says she can not under stand why the law allows some people to sign checks while others are arrested for doing it.