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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-06-12
Punk 1houah eunetuated.

Would-be Contrlb.-l don't see why
you reject my story. Isn't 1t punctu.
ated properly?
Editor-Oh. yes. but MS far rs I can
see there Isn't my other point to It.
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Debs--Iles got wonderful collec-
ton Of old curios. It's worth while to
see them.
Gebs-Yes. l know 1t Is. met his
wife at the dance the other night and I
think she must be about the Oldest
curlo he has.
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His Wife-What did little Mr.. Peck
~. when you showed him that portrait
e his wife?
Psmeer. the Portrait Artist--Not
woro. The boob just looked at 1t In ST.
lence.
His wife-Goodl It was so lifelIke
he didn't dare to speak In Its presence
without permission.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-06-12
His opinion Not Fixed.

Lawyer Examining prospective. jn'
ror in criminal case)--Mr. Juror, have
you any fixed opinion rs to the guilt
or Innocence of the accused?
Juror OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. amt
got no doubt but the guys guilty. but
they amt nobody fixed me.
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Quite Fetching.

N WUTeC St|''''S' \
''That Mrs. Gidterselgh is stun
ming lookin. matron."
$50 she is. and l heard a cynical
bachelor pay her a fine compliment
the other day"
what was III"
"He said she was so good looking 1t
was still safe for her to heave a little
sigh and cxclaim, Dear me! I'm get
ting old and ugly!"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-06-12

There Is n fortune awaiting the
man who, can invent"
Invent what?"
"A noiseless HIvver." n
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-06-12
FAIR AND FORTY
BY LILLIAN "A. RICHARDS.
1890. By Mcclure Newspaper syndicate,

|
newsboys are shouting "extru" most
Of the time. Myra Virgins sits at the
cashiers desk In one Of those famous
| restaurants with buckwheni front
\ For three years now she has sat In
| the same window. Her eyes and ears
| are always open md nothing escapes
her notice.
"Say. mIster.s loudly called Myrn
| one lay to n customer trying to sneak
out. 'pny your check here please"
"IIuh," growled the man, coming
back. "thlnk you're smart, don't your"
and sanlmIng the money down on the
counter, II suppose you Thought was
| trying to steal a feed"
| MY goodness. no." replied Myra,
| smlingly. "Guess you We're suddenly
called to fire: hut after this, when
| In here. be sure and see me before you
leave"
"Well. Is that So" sneeringly. ~
\ suppose you're the one who runs this
| place. or maybe YOU
Just then her antagonizcr felt A
strong hand grab his collar and de-
mand an apology. Without hesltnting
| the iriffant murmured something about
being sorry. and Sunk ont OF the door.
Myrn's weli-rounded face became ms
red as roses when she looked up into
the set features of big Jim Roland.
Jim was n travelling man. and every
| time he came to town II was not the
eats alone TINT brought him to this
well-known restaurant. Myra Virgins
welcome smile md pleasant 'How do"
won him from the start. Now their
friendship grew rapidly into something
more deep and lasting.
They were both around the nge of
forty and had come to that quiet I'M
Outstanding Of accepting things as
they were: neither inquired into the
others affairs.
a huxom widow was Myrn. with one
child. whom she boarded at n small
farmhouse In the country. Little Irene
Virgins was the Joy Of her life. and
Myro delighted In her trips to the re-
g'on where she could breathe Gods
pure air, away from the smoke and
dust Of the city. One day. ms she and
Irene were starting for stroll over
the hills. a rosy.cheeked lad OF ten
begged to 20 with them.
"Ie lives here. too. mamma" plead
ed her little girl. Hes nv bestest
chum. Can't he gof"
"welI MI right replied Afyyo good.
naturetiIy. md taking his hind she In.
quire,l: "What's your name. little boy p,
"Mv names lock Ro,.na. ,y,s b,s
sturdy rcnlv no be. x,nmhI.d .inn, hv
ber ola. 's' ''"e ~
"pn,,r,,. ,,s,., ~. ~
name Thor n,r,",,s,r ga, ~
- al" Mi''
az. ,,, ~
.. ~. ~. 'n""! ; ',nhe is ''i'h' ana
WIN ".,"'"eu '"ce. I'VE never met
my oh"u!. nave You! He's the biggest
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Lost and
Found
o0
By WALTER ]. DELANEY
tCopyrisht, 1919. by thu Western News
paper Union.C

Copyright, 1919. by tina western Nsws-
There WINS fle swing and the smile
of unrcstralned sheer JOY OF living
present with ruby Dale MS she crossed
II vacant space to the house of The
nearest neigiibor,
'Nearcstr-amd dearest y she whis-
pereh IaughIngly to herself, and then
flushed peony red and she glanced at
Il ring on her white shapcly hand with
SPARKLING eyes and kissed II.
oh. how silly. hut delightful" CHR
rupe.l Ruby. flushing again.
rev interest In life. seemed to
have been born In her since the pre-
.vions afternoon. She was one of the
party Of agreeable young people who
had comprised picnic pnrly. She
had been the special invited guest of
Dorothy Bell. but before the day was
over the brother OF that young lady.
Aynier Hell had appropriated her
completely and accompanied her clear
to the door of her home.
I,uby's eyes glistened as she recalled
that dcliciouS half-hour lingering at
the gate In the clear white moonlight.
She had known the Bells only since
they had tnken the next house month
previous. Aylner had arrived from
college only il week since. but had eyes
for Ruby only among the town bellies
His attentions Anttered. and then at
trncted :icr. Certainly he wns a hand
some, courteous. brisht-splrited young
man. She WIS radiant with excite
ment and the sure dawning of hrst
love.
wore ring of peculiar pattern bearing
several cabnlls;ic signs set In mosaic
ncross seal surface. and Aylmer hnd
recited quite n story appertalnlng to
Its origin and history.
"A student from Indin gave 1t to
me-" he told Ruby. I'VE got quite
chumny. It's IL sort Of unglc wishing
ring In his country. he told me. I've
made my wish. Suppose you wear It
for spell? Maybe you hive some
speclnl wish. Try II. And botl, hugh
ed glcesomeiy, hut Ruby with II thrill
as she met those expressive eyes OF
Ayliner. plainly revealing how piensed
nc WIS |" n'se i'e' "e'ep' ''e ''i''"''''.
token proffered.
Aylmer's sister had ph0ned the eve
ming previous. "Brother and ore
planning something grind In the way
OF social entertainment" che told
Ruby.
AMs "s 'uenss VI "''''.a" ie''..
me ie'' pace occ"i''esi eN'enS've CUR
heh sP'ce' anu '"''s w"S "e'ssso': ~
sniewnys on tnrse SUES n""s .
versen srnve'eu Iath' csossee' zen
ms court an" ca'oe 10 s'u"c" 'am.
tier gaze was transnSed. q NIUE
distance ahen" WIS garden oe"e''
seated "po" u was q very 'ose'y Wo'',.
mn. hy her SIZE was M oie" doom
upon which her glance was hxed anu
her Ups hioVeN rs .h""sn she WIS rent
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The Superior Air.
your boy Josh settling down to

wsrt r
mot SOS you can notice IL" replied
Farmer Corntossel. I'm wlllin' to
bet that after the prodIgal son got
settled back In the old home he soon
had the old folks kindo' worried an
shamefaced because they didn't smoke
his brand O. cigarettes nm couldn't
name the really pI'cher stars"
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William Macleod
Raine

knows his West as perhaps no other.
He writes Of it with high natural
ability and Ions experience during
which he has turned out many now
els, novelcttes,. short stories and .se-
rails. This one visualizes most hap.
pily. in setting Of adventure. the
sirile types of the great plains. All
of them. good and bad, are there.
His hero and heroine meet under
unusual circumstances. for the for
mer has rope around his neck and
is about to be lynched. She saves
him. He issno better than he should
be, but he rapidly improves: eventu.
ally you grow to love Curly Flandrau
Just as Kate did: We shall not spoil
the story for you by revealing more.
Watch for It. It 10 ea
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Tho bolshevist In accents glad
Each discomfort will nurse,
Remarking. Things arc going bad:
Let's try to make EN- worsel"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-06-12

"Pa. what is thrift"
Thrift. my boy. is what . man
has to practice SO that his wife may
DO extravaganza"
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Cur New Serial

t.Hee11111k ex1H1x11Yxx1HH1
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-24
in the daily grind of human affairs.

in the daily grind of human affairs.
At the head of the list of 3letter
words stands God" followed by
''air," the most essential of the essen
tial. In this list, too, is war" also
"law" and art" Continuing. most
disagreeable trio appears in "tax, owe
and dun" each undeniably mixed up
with mans little whirl. Then come
two words of great argument, "wet"
and dry" and at the end of the most
popular noun and verb, pie" and
"eat."
In words of four letters there are
life" itself and many of the most vi
tai things of life-''love, home, hope,
food, work, news, song, hair. bald,
golf, vote, bank, rent, and COAL
Finally comes the 5-letter group
containing the beginning and the end
of mans story-"birth, heart, blood
faith, woman, money, child, mirth,
drink (water, milk or tea, of course),
dance, motor, train, paper, ouiJa
sleep, death, and grave"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-24
Short News Of CITY

Bond Is Approved-The bond Of Dan
tiel Burkhart, contractor for the i'm
provement of the alley between Third
and Fourth streets, between South c
and South D, was signed and approved
by the board of works Monday morn
ing
Machinists to Dance-The Interna-
tional association of Machinist will
give dance in Ben Hur Hall, Ninth
and Main streets, Tuesday evening,
May 25. All members and their friends
are invited to attend. Ben Hur Or
chestra will play.
Roe Loses Out-Harry E. Roe, OF
Richmond. lost out in the race for
state grand sentinel of the United
Commercial Travellers convention al
FIT Wayne, Saturday Next years
convention will be held at Terre
Haute.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-24
MODERN EDITOR
L MUST KNOW ALL
IN ENCYCLOPEDIA

JUNGLE Dudley in the Boston GlobeC
An up-to-date newspaper must have
an encyclopedia editor. His job is to
do what he can to Quench the public
thirst for odd scraps of miscellaneous
information. He lives close by the
reservoir, a library containing the rec
ords of the race. One day he files a
deposition about John Eliot's transla-
ton of the Bible for the American In
dians; the next morning he testified
that on September 7, 1892 at New Or
leans, Jim Corbett took the wind out
of John L. Sullivans sails in twenty
one rounds.
There is one stock question, in par
ticular, which hobs up ever and anon.
What are the Seven Wonders of the
EEorld? For the purpose of reference
the number of wonders always has
been, Is now, and ever shall be, ap-
parently, exactly seven. The altman
acs never show ten or dozen. The
problem of selection is staggering in
these days when the wonders OF the
world actually total much nearer 1000
than they do seven.
Nevertheless, it is interesting to
compare the compiled lists of the
Seven Wonders of the Ancient, the
Medieval and the Modern Worlds.
They are an index to the history Of
the human intellect. Any compila-
ton suffices. These will do:
Seven Wonders of the Ancient
World-Pyramids of Egypt, Pharos of
Egypt Hanging Gardens of Babylon,
Temple of Diana at Ephesus, Statue
of Jupiter by Phidias, Mausoleum of
Artemisia at Halicarnassus, Colossus
of Rhodes.
4 Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages
x-Coliseum of Rome, Catacombs of
Alexandria, Great Wall of China,
Stonehenge, Leaning Tower of Pisa
Porcelain Tower of Marking, China
Mosque of st. Sophia at Constantine
oplle.
Seven Wonders of the Modern
World-Woolworth Building, Eiffel
Tower, ETC.? No. Inanimate marvels
are of the past Here comes the light
ming change. The third act is hum
mer.
The compiler of the wonders does
not even attempt to cover the whole
modern period. He tabulates from
the nineteenth and twentieth centur
les only. And he calls his last list
the Seven New Wonders of the
World. Here they are:
Wireless, telephone, airplane, ra
dium, antiseptic and anti-toxin spec
trum analysis, X-rays.
The great wonder of all the age:
IS the human mind. It's evolution i:
the history of the world.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-24
After Seeing Big City
Dorothy Is Back Home

Dorothy Cliff, the IA year old Rich
mond girl who disappeared from her
home in this city May 10, was found
in Cincinnati by the local police and
was brought back to this city Sunday.
The girl did not return from work
on the day of her disappearance, and
no clue could be found as to her
whereabouts. Her parents did not
report her disappearance to the po-
lice for several days as they thought
that she had gone to visit her aunt
in Cincinnati.
The girl spent several days in Gin
cinnati before going to her aunt's
home Imme' lately upon her arrival
there, the pol re in this city were no.
titled
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-24
Lies Story in Short Words
re. P. in the Kansas EditOrl

[E P. in the Kansas EdltOrI
Writers who forever are striving to
develop a vocabulary of long and odd
words to impress the dear reader
would do we'll to remember that the
greatest things of human life are eX-
pressed by words of not more than
five letters.
The word 81" claims first considera-
ton under this classification. 'T'
contains the minimum as regards let
tiers and, casting bushes aside, really
stands above all things else with the
human herd.
Passing on to words of two letters,
"do' and "if" Immediately suggest
themselves as being mighty factors
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-24
A RIVAL OF THE SPUD
TDetrojt NaWS1

The Gala lily, which was cultivated
large scale in Egypt, and probably
in Palestine, thousands of years ago,
was and is grown as food plant. 1t
develops, underground, fleshy tubers
that somewhat resemble potatoes,
though more elongated in shape. With
preliminary boiling they may be cook
ed for the table by frying, baking or
in any other way that potatoes are
cooked.
Large areas are nowadays devoted
in Florida to the culture of the Gala
for it's tubers. 1t grows admirably in
swamp lands that are useless for 9TH
er purposes, the yield of single moist
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-24
Fat is Comedy to Man,
But Tragedy For Woman
New York SUM

A fat man is usually jolly sort OF
an individual who accepts the world
as the same sort of joke as the world
considers him. Girth may worry man
occasionally because 1t Is an annoy
ance, but with the modern woman 1t
verges upon tragedy. AS physicians
if they would talk freely-can tell you,
it is a worry to them that frequently
leads to ruined health, insanity or the
grave.
1t is possible for man to grow fat
gracefully. At least he can subdue his
habits, stop running for trains give up
his golf and spend most OF his time In
ponderous poses. His tailor can easily
arrange his clothing into we'll known
and accepted lines.
The case Of the woman is different
Fashion binds her as with chain
There are no stylish frocks FOR stout
women. The fashion of today calls for
slim figures and trim ankles. Waists
and hips are taboo. There are no
sleeves capable of concealing over
feshed arms. Man can adapt his
clothes to his figure, but woman must
adapt her fifure to the clothes, or else
shamelessly admit that she cannot
| wear what is fashionable.
1t is not always so. In another gen
| Grafton the stout woman had well
| defined place-the "dowager type 1t
was sometimes called. The woman
| who made the best biscuits and cook
| ed the most savOry chicken was al
ways a rotund sort of person who
| never minded it when people came
| Unexpectedly around dinner time. She
was the one children fiocked to for
| = l. yr-hf nod
| make the world brighter wherever she
| went
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silk ribbon bow carefully exact.
She carried her tray to table In
the center of the room.
The rattle at the tables went into
diminuendo and ceased. Men and
women carrying trays gaped with
open mouths. Persons seated became
rigid with attention. The dining room
was hushed.
For the child had clasped her hands
before her, bent her head and closed
her eyes. Her lips moved for a full
minute. She was saying grace.
There were some in the room who
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-24

acre being enormous. In olden times,
in Egypt, Gala tubers were one of
the most important food crops. They
were grown over extensive areas in
each annual season of the Niles over
flow
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-24

almost blushed," one observer report
ed. During the half hour afterwards
everyone was Qufeter. guess they
were NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
along the lines that was"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-24
Girl PRAYED in Cafeteria

Chicago Herald and Examiner)
1t occurred at noon within the din
and scramble of a cafeteria.
She was about II years old. Her
comely features were given studious
aspect by the horn trimmed glasses
perched upon her nose. Her bobbed
black hair was caught lid BY a blue
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-24

NEW YORK 90 dirgbe flying overhead brought into
locomotive the Dewitt Clinton and Its train OF
locomotive Ne" York state was
its Albany TO
Schenectady, hour and As minutes
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-24
MEMORIAL At r. c.

MEMORIAL At =. C..
Memorial Day services will be held
at Fountain City. Sunday. May 80. at
2:30 p. m. John H. Newman. Of Adolf
phus, O., will deliver the address Mr..
Newman Is state librarian of Ohio.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-01
LARRAZOLO RUMORS,

The rumor concerning Governor Larrazolo as a
candidate for congress- instead of for governor per-
sisfe.
We know of no foundation for such rumor. We
are In the confidence the governor sufficiently
to know what is going on in his mind. We have no
responsibility for his utterances and he certainly has
responsibility for We without the slight
est authority to speak for him upon any subject.
There ought to be several things, however, per-
fectly transparent to those to whom the wish IS
father the thought that the governor might be in-
duced to run for congress
One of these is the point of his self-respect. Any
man must have natural resentment against any,
body trying to force him to do anything The gov
ernor used two years ago TO serve the purpose
OF certain and served that purpose successfully
For these same men to now undertake to in any
wise command him about the course he must pur-
sue, naturally fills him with resentment. We under
stand that he has told them much.
We believe that Mr.. Larrazolo has no overween-
ing ambition to be governor again. But he very nat,
uraliy wishes to choose his in the matter
Further than that, he sponsored a program Of
progress He sees that for him to accept the fiat Of
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-01

another that he should drop the goveraorship cand
dacy and the program Of progress to take up another
line of work. would leave him in inpossble posi-
ton. He would at once be accused o insincery in
announcing program if he abandontSd it for per-
sonal ambition. Such course wotd have been
suicidal as the gentlemen urging him to change his
course should have seen. #.
There are doubtless many things about con-
gressona which would appeal TO the governor
He has much more natural aptitude for such career
than for the governorship 1t would be more in the
line Of his general ambitions
In addition. he fathered the movement for the
cesson of the federal lands to the state. He could
of course, carry this through to contamination much
more successfully a congressman than as governor.
But he could not permit himself to be driven nor
could he, with good conscience abandon his program
So far as we know the governor has not altered
his determination to rise fail politically with his
success in obtaining the gubernatorial nomination
and the recognition of his program by the party
AS far as the Journal is concerned it has not the
slightest purpose of doing anything except to go to
the last ditch with the governor. we feel he is
titled to the nomination and we are honor hound to
stand by his program.
Failure to get the nomination. but success with
his program, would leave him in a very strong po-
litca position. ..,t..
Those attempting to read the crystal Of prophesy
should that the only possible circumstances under
which it would not be utter ruin for the to
accept congressional nomination would be for the
party to adopt the essence of his platform and to
name sincere and friendly candidate thereon.
Under such conditions he could, If he desired,
accept a congressional nomination with honor in or
der that he might aid the program and its cand-
date to success. l.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-01
Upton TIPS

Campaign funds and campaign promises
are so badly exhausted by November that cleo
ton day is all that saves 'em
After reading the account of the building
of four -Zeppelins for flights from Ber
lin to San Francisco we have come to see the
advantages of Lying in a one-horse town dur
ing war times.
In Silver City the other day daughter was
born to mother not yet % years OF age. thus
insuring the $40 900 inheritance that other
wise would have reverted to others. Again
real life lives up to the reel. r
Formerly the scene where the drunk en-
tered was material for laughter. but now 1t
brings down sections of the house in tears
Nautically speaking. Sailor Jack Wood. the
grappler, showed off A. w. o. L. fer foreign
ports before they had chance to drag him
up before the stick, and so probably escaped
being sent to the brig for shoot on punk
and
ea .r,.,.
But the fact that shoe sinner had $500
to bet on the wrestling bout will show lawyers
and newspaper men the light ito lucrative
profession.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-01
TILE NEXT LEGISLATURE,

Many of the evils from which We suffer due
to the low personnel of the legislature. There
few good sent there. In the MAN, it is office
which is unsought by those who should seek it for
the public good.
AS rule when tickets are being nominated little
attention is given to the legislative candidates es
pecially for the lower house.
The legislature badly needs lot of new faces in
its seats. A few old timers some actually corrupt.
more with idea of the public welfare are sent to
the legislature term after term. They serve their
masters and the masters see that they rewarded
with a reelection.
Not only many of these members subject to
control from the outside, but, by long acquaintance,
exercise usdue influence the inside.
New Mexico badly needs new deal in the legis-
lature This comment does not apply to all mem
bers, however.
Republicans and democrats alike should give
special attention to the moral quality and mental
capacity of legislative candidates. Good should
be drfted into the service.
These people make your laws and spend your
money. Their position is peculiarly strategic for the
veal woe of the people
Everybody should give this matter his especial
thought this year.