Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-07-09
UNCLE TED'S
BED TIME STORY
From Farm hoy 70 President War
rem q. Harding Was Regular hoy

US I'll ABOUT 56MaN0E AAAAMAAA AASh
week" leased Ted. a. he tugged at
his Uncle's coat,
That's, Jack. All right, all
right, I'll tell you all can but there
are 30 many things to tell about Mr..
Harding that / can't possibly tell
them all tonight. Now sit real quiet
and don't ask too many questions.
Warren q. Harding was born on
his grandfather's farm, not far from
1.-THE little village or Blooming Grove,
Morrow county. Ohio. on the second
day OF November, 1865. There were
eight children in the family and Sen
ator Harding was the oldest. His
father, Geoge T. Harding, was the
Village doctor in those days and il
still practfcing medicine In the city
OF Marion. Ohio. the present home Of
the Senator. The original Harding
family came from Scotland. and set
tied first in Connecticut and later
moved to Wyoming Valley. Pennsyl-
fvania. where many OF the fought In
the Revolutionary war. Warren's
mother, for he was Warren. Jack,
just as you are Jack today. was
Phoebe Dickerson. rescended from
the Van Kinks. an old Holland Dutch
family so you see our next presi-
dent has the strong blood Of the
Holland Dutch on one side and the
fearless, alert and nberty-loving
Scotch blood on the other.
las Warren grew up on his grand
fathers farm he had to learn to cut
down trees, chop wood. split rails,
plant and hoe corn and ali those
things that had TO be done when to
raise crops meant raising them be-
tween the roots and stumps of trees
Everything was done by hand for
there was no expensive farm mach
merry. Your father knows, Jack.
what hard work It was In those days.
Didn't he ever play?" asked Ruth
you bet he did. Ruth. He was .
healthy, big boy and like all healthy
boys he enjoyed the spots OF the
country and village. He loved the
old swimming hole and no boy could
dive deeper or swim farther than
Warren. He had q sunny disposi-
tion and was the real leader OF the
gang Of his schoolmates. When he
was sixteen he looked like q man and
had the strength Of q man and there
was no older boy who dared bully
him. And he always protected the
younger boys. Up until he was four
teen years old he went to the village
school. and then he entered the Ohio
Central College of iberia. He grad
nated high In scholarship. Il was
while there that he showed talent
for newspaper work. for he was
made editor Of the college paper. But
the boys in those days couldn't af-
fod to so right through college. He
had to stop for time now and then
to earn enough money to 10 ahead
and finish. During these times he
worked at many things. He painted
his neighbours barns. cut corn, and
! drove team to grade the roadbed
OF a railroad. He taught school and
played horn In the village brass
band.
But after he had had try =
. many things he still fonged to be
: newspaper man, and at odd times
; he worked In the little printing Of
flee. He learned to Get type By
hand and later to run . linotype
machine, which ID used today IN set
+ ting one line of type at once. In fac
he learned from the ground up ever.
| thing there was to know about !
newspaper and 10 this day he car
| ries in his pocket luck piece
1 which Is nothing more or less thai
/ the old printers rule he used year
| ago when he was setting type.
i ALI OF Senator Harding's news
1 paper ambitions were realized, n
he finally became the owner an
4 publisher OF the Marion. Ohio. Star
The Star Ii his pet. When Ware
! was nineteen his father moved
Marion, where the Car was a strut
/ Cling daily paper IN a town OF abot
1 four thousand people. Warren eonl
think or nothing else but that /
/ wanted 70 own that paper. His fath'
] finally helped him to take II oy'
and then followed months 81
months Of struggle and hard work
keep 1t going. At time he had to
| everything from setting the type
writing the news and printing Il
paper On a press that had tobe tur
ed by hand. But that story IL /,
long to tell tonight The result
his hard work has been that Il
Star today is q biz money-makil