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Evening star., 1920-04-04

ROUND BORE. Tex. March IS. 1890.
~ I'D BARNES. the well known and
efficient lightning rod agent.
A was digging a hole to bury the
end of a lightning rod over at
Bill Jenkins barn yesterday when he
struck oil. Bill had just got his crops
stored in the barn. and he says he
will be dodgasted il he will move
the building, oil or no oil.
Constable Sam Stokes. who deposited
his seventh $4,000 check from oil
acre farm in the bank here yesterday,
says he wants to get off and go to
Forth Worth next week and BUY him
self a new automatic. Sans most
efficient officer
Ted Thomas was in town after a
load of lumber yesterday. While
here he bought new AK for Grandma
Hubbard. 1t will be RENE mbered that
Grandma Hubba rd's farm is right in
the center of the black gold oil pool
and the wells on her place have
brought her something more than a
million dollars. Ted says she told
him she was tired cutting wood with
dull ak. While in town Ted visited
Goldbaum's emporium and looked at
some silk shirts that Just got in from
st. Louis. He seemed to be well
pleased with them. but said he would
walt little while before buying.
He reported that his oil wells are
doing fine.
Aunt Elvina Morris. who has more
than 100000 deposited in the
Round Bore Petroleum Bank, has told
her friends that she plans to get some
enjoyment out Of her money. 1t has
always been her ambition to travel.
she says. and she never had the
money 10 do SO until now. For several
weeks she has been making out her
itinerary. II includes q trip to East
land. the county. seat. and after visit =
ing cousin there she may 60 TO
Ranger to spend few days with her
sister. Bon voyage. Aunt Elvina.
One of the maddest men that has
been seen on the streets of Round
Bore in many day was Escus Sand
shift, who drove in yesterday from
his farm to get the law on" some
oil drillers over at his place for let
ting q big we'll cut loose while a aoch
Of Esc0s' sheep was near BY. The oil
Evening star., 1920-04-04
When the GuSherS Came
To Round Bore, Texas

went all over the sheep and Escus
declares It has ruined the wool. Jim
Ripley, our esteemed sheriff. refused
to interfere. He said it was case
OF oils well il alrs well. In reply to
q question Sandshift allowed that the
we'll would bring him in a royalty Of
about thousand dollars a day
1t is deplorable that the farm of
Henry Crews is going to lie idle this
year. 1t shows the trend of the times.
Henry is cheerful about IT. though.
He declares that the six oil wells on
the farm Is as good crop as he
wants. He bought himself q new six
cylinder machine the other day.
Al anybody finds a big diamond on
the sidewalk between the post ONCE
and Goldbaums emporium. 1t belongs
to Cal LOCUS. He lost It out Of his
shirt front last evening when In town.
He didn't have time to look for II. as
II was getting late and he had to
hurry home to milk the cows. He paid
couple Of thousand dollars for IT
over in Eastland after his second
well came in
Lew Shimrack rode in from Knob
Hill yesterday and bought a pound of
sulphur from Goes & Gettim, our effi-
cient druggists. Lew says he in get
ting ready to give his children
spring course of sulphur and mo-
lasses. Up TO this year he has been
depending on dandelion greens for
spring tonic, but an oil well 10 un,v
located smack in the center of tha
best dandeiion patch he had on his
farm.
When fresh peaches come into the
market at Round Bore there Is going
to be rush for them. accordjnp to
present indications. Sam Babbit vows
that ne Is going TO eat his fill Of the
1rut for one time in his life II the
teast costs him one e-half Of his annual
oil income. Sam IL dragging down
about a half million dollars year
now from his wells
Evening star., 1920-04-04
4IFE AND MYSELF ONE NIGHT

get more money so he wrote to the
union and told them he wouldn't carp
no more unless they give him more
money they give him a raze and
new he is makeing more than st.
car conductor and not haveing Il as
good a time.
That is the way it come Off boys
and girls and if you are satisfied to
go along worring about financial af-
fairs why we'll and good but il my
| little talk has showed you a way out
why am satisfied without no further
munerations only the knowledge that
l helped drag you out of the Meyer.
RING w. LARDNER.
Greenwich, Conn, April 2.
Copyright. 1919, Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
Evening star., 1920-04-04
81 WAS TALKING TO

Of mine name Chas. Clarke ss
Dear old Pal You kno~
and Mildred Use TO strugg &
while | was earning $1,000 per
clerk in the Bon Ton marke'
my uncle owned II and | Wa tn, "
heir. Well one day Mildred read ne
the Rainy Day Corporation's ad in
one of the magazines about how to
pull yourself out OF the rug SO she
wrote them and they wrote back ad-
viseing me to quit being a clerk and
become the prop. so one day l took a
big cleaver and used il on my uncle
and by the time l got through they
wasn't enough left of him to be prop.
of a soda fountain in Cuba, so now I
and Mildred is running the market
Evening star., 1920-04-04
Translated From the French by Will
liam l.. Mcpherson.

TINE young woman dismounted
from her horse and gently
stroked its nose before turn
4 ing it over to a stable boy.
Then, some what embarrassed by her
riding skirt. she followed her cava-
lier to an arbor, covered with honey
suckle. clematis and grape vines.
They seated themselves, face to face.
on two narrow wooden benches. sepa-
rated by a rustic table, painted green.
A bottle OF lemonade. the only thing
which they thought it becoming to
order in such public place, was
brought and put before them.
Adalbert took the hand which the
little Baroness Gudule had let fail
on the table. And, since the young
woman didn't withdraw it. as she
usually did, he ventured, in trem-
bling voice. to avow his feelings.
Her usual curt phrase: You can't
be serious my friend; You forget that
you are speaking to the Baroness de
Vendermann. the widow OF the high
est dignitary at the court" didn't ar
rest his declaration. So his timidity
decreased. his voice cleared and he
pressed her hand almost roughly.
Say something. tell you that I
love you, that ] adore you to the
point Of killing myself. il you don't
permit me to hope. Answer me. Must
die
Gudule looked at him with her big.
steel-gray eyes. and her firm mouth
softened into a little smile.
No; you don't need to die. That is
foolish. Why do YOU want to die"
He answered in an injured tone:
You haven't understood, tn hen. what
have just been saying to you?"
Yes. perfectly. Only my ear has
been distracted by the bird which is
singing in its cage at an inn door.
DO you hear its trills? What ease
and suppieness, II is wonderful"
But" he answered. peevishly. we
are not concerned with this ridiculous
little beast. which gargles out rou-
ladies' because it WAS born to sing. We
were talking of my bleeding heart. OF
my love for you"
He rose and moved toward his COM
panion.
Come. baroness; give me an an.
swer."
Il should like to have that bird,
said the young woman, still listening
intently TO the tiny artist.
Adalbert brought down his whip sc
violently on the rustic table that the
bottle and the glasses shook and came
near upsetting.
The proprietress, thinking that hel
patrons wanted to give another order
came running to the arbor. The young
man asked her:
What bird Is that singing in ths
eager"
Monsieur" the good woman re.
piled, with a curtsey. that is a Dutch
canary. And as my late husband WI {
had travelled much. used TO say: 4,
the Italian women know how to sing
well. the canaries of Holland can sine
even better.'"
"A thousand francs" Cudule brok,
in will give you q thousand franc,
for your bird"
But l don't want to sell it. Yo,
might offer me one hundred Thousand
francs, in beautiful gold louis, heapes
up there on the table. and 1 wouldn
part with It,"
why.
Because (and she bowed low as 1
the parsonage evoked were befor,
hsr) my bird came to m
sm his majesty the king"
Evening star., 1920-04-04
40 the Editor: A great many OF
my creditors and other pals
has probably been wondering


Il how come that whereas a
year ago ] was all most shakeing
hands with the referee in bankrupcy
and pretty near got enough money
to pay my grocery bill for last Nov.
Well friends when I find out a good
thing | am not the kind of a bird
that will keep II to themself but
will pass 1t along and tell my pals
about il so as they can take advan-
tsges and pull themselfs out OF the
hole the same like did. But in order
to give my pals the benefit OF my ex-
perience l will half to begin at the
beginning as they say and il you boys
and girls can profit by my experience
why so much the better as the saying
goes.
Well about a year ago l was talk
ing with my wife and myself one
night and she says how is it that
and you are makeing about 200 ber-
ries per wk. more or less and we owe
everybody in Illinois except the gov.
ana On the other hand here is the
"ay!es liveing next doors to us and
ii 4 only getting 40 thousand per annum
and yet they seem to enjoy themselfs
whole lot more than we and don't owe
nothing.
So said what of it.
Well" she says. II been reading
the magazines a whole lote lately and
l seen a ad in one signed by the Rainy
Day Corporation and its suppose TO
tell a husband and their wife how to
get themselfs on their IT. and the
course only costs $500 so why not let
US subscribe for it and you don't half
Evening star., 1920-04-04

TO pay in advances but first you get
the course and read it and then you
can pretend like YOU don't care moth
ing about it and send it back to them
and they refund you the spot"
SO ! said all right like l usually do
when she speaks to me at all and she
sent for the course and it come in
the form of ) books witch | didn't
have time 10 read but she read them
and sent it back to them with the
Evening star., 1920-04-04
THE ROYAL CANARY

The king gave You a Dutch ca
nary:"
Yes. monsieur That is to say. his
fowler who was fond OF me because
his mother had known mine since
they were little girls, kept telling me
for years: L will make you a royal
When / teased him about it (for, like
my dead father, / have a loose tongue
in my head and am fond of teasing
my friend), he said to me: Quit that;
l still remember my promise"
$50 he presented me with the cage
which you can see from here only If
you bend forward for, God be thank
ed, my son. who is now in the kongo,
planted all these vines ten years ago,
before he started. Here is Dutch
canary. said my friend the fowler.
1T is our best singer. the one which
the king listened to with the most
pleasure when, before his illness.
chance walk in the park brought him
1t hasn't its equal in the world.
give it to you That is how l happen
to own this unique songster. which
attracts the admiration OF all and for
which everybody envies me-"
Springing to her feet. the little
baroness exclaimed:
"Give me this bird, no matter what
the price. / want it,
Excuse me-" answered the proprie-
tress but ! acquired from my grand
father Widen very positive charac-
ter. One day he was obliged to cut
his employer in two because the lat
ter wanted to force him to accept an
increase in wages. So. having inher-
tied his frmness, | say to you: You
may want my royal canary as much
As you please. / shall never part NTH
it,"
The prOprietress tone was SO cate
gorical that the young woman insist
ed no longer,
Come. Adalbert." she said
Quitting the arbor, entwined with
its flowers and leaves, she regained
the highroad. where their mounts
were waiting for them.
The baroness started off on gal
lop. Her companion followed. Divin-
ing her wrath he didn't dare to utter
a word.
Nine. de Vandermann stopped her
horse suddenly. throwing him back
on his launches.
Listen, Adalbert"
The young man came UP from be-
hind.
DO you love me-"
DO you doubt ito
Well, my dear man. for the love
of me you will get me that royal
canary within three days. II you
don't | shall never see you again as
long as l live"
"And If | bring il TO you
Have confidence in my gratitude
AS evening fell on the third da!
Adalbert presented himself at his lady
inside which the royal canary. salut.
ing the setting sun. poured forth full
throatedly an amazing cavatina.
How did you do it, asked the de
lighted baroness.
Il stole it."
That is bad"
Nothing il bad II you are the recon-
pense for IT,"
She was already hanging the Gag
at . window. and stopped at her tasl
to throw him q kiss. Then. q litti'
worried, she returned to him.
Tomorrow" she said, the womaI
will see the empty cage. She will re
member our offers and will suspec
US"
Evening star., 1920-04-04

matter was so bad that she felt like
she had to read the ads.
Now gents I don't want you to take
my testimony without no supports so
l will tell you about couple friends
of mine along the same lines that was
in pretty near pickle like we and
seen the same ad, and got the same
results or better as follows: begin
ming with a letter l got from a friend
Evening star., 1920-04-04
The Topeka Poet.
Gov ALLEN OF Kansas said at

COV. AI.LEN OF Kansas said at a
Topeka tea:
Our women are in part responsible
for the high cost OF living. Look
how extravagant they are! why. in
February. they put on their spring
hats. and before the snmmer is over
they appear In the coming winters
furs."
well. what OF II. governor" said
Topeka poet. I'm wearing my
1S21-22 rig right now"
Evening star., 1920-04-04
By Daniel Richie.

Evidently, if she had found the
cage empty she would have made
trouble for US. But ! went to all the
bird dealers in the province and sue
ceeded in getting a tufted bird. iden-
teal in color. which l substituted
for the royal canary. The resemblance
is so striking that an expert might
easily be deceived"
They were twin brothers" she said,
with a smile.
No" he replied. ait was a twin sis
ter. for l could find only female.
But that doesn't matter"
The little baroness raised her arms
to heaven.
That doesn't matter: But, unfor-
tunate young man. your shrewish
landlady will discover your trickery
tomorrow
Why"
Because the canary will not sing"
How so?"
in the bird kingdom the female,
just before taking up her maternal
duties, has no voice. Her mate. a
tender and charming friend. makes
his fragile throat vibrate with crys-
tohIHC CdSCdOcS III OTuSG duluSc
his loved one. while she sits notion
less on her future brood for hours.
days and weeks, giving the eggs the
benefit of her warmth. Would you
brutal man, know how to surround
with such sweet attention the feeble
woman who should be your wife,"
Il shall know how to love you all
my life" ne said, taking her in his
arms.
The summer died away into the
ruddy gold OF autumn. All nature
strained itself with purple and ochre.
Adalbert, his amorous fever slaked a
little, had entered into a calmer en-
joyment of the state of matrimony.
He thought with gratitude of the
humble inn alongside the road, of
the canary bird. of the substitution
which he had carried through. of all
the incidents which had led up to his
happiness.
Occupied with their duties at court,
the king having died the day OF their
betrothal, they hadn't had an oppor-
tunity to return to the distant road
house. They both wanted to make n
pilgrimage there. Assuming that the
proprietress had quickly discovered
the trick played on her, they wanted
to hear her mentations and to con-
sole her with rich gift.
Seated in the same arbor. all red
with the grains OF the honey
and the dying foliage Of the vines,
and bending forward as before, they
saw in the cage over the door a tuft-
ed bird which hoped about gayly.
The proprietress brought them some
lemonade, and Adalbert timidly ask
ed her:
Well. my good woman. how is your
canary? After We went away you
must have regretted that you didn't
sell it to us"
The proprietress looked at them
pityingly.
''In the first place." she said, never
regret anything. In the second place,
l wouldn't exchange for an empire
this intelligent beast. who has a
heart-one could say a heart such as
few human beings have!"
How Is that?'' they cried in aston
ishment.
would you believe It. my hand
some monsieur and my pretty lady
that since our good king died this
dear little creature hasn't sung q
single notsr'
tCspyngSt, lsoo.,
Evening star., 1920-04-04

and last year we layed away $1.s5."
The other letter is from a carpenter
friend Of mine that lives at Fifth Ave-
nue. and 70 st. and In yrs. he was
only able to save $22o. 900. SO one day
him and his wife happened to see
each other and begin talking and she
seen this ad and wrote to the Rainy
Day Corporation and they wrote back
and told him to rage the dickens and
Evening star., 1920-04-04

ROUND BORE. Tex. March IS. 1920.
- I'D BARNES. the well known and
efficient lightning rod agent.
4 was digging hole to bury the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

.ENery one in the world is curious
u,,.rvbody wants TO know things and
I, is5't always easy to lay your hand
,,ro,, " the information, Therefore, why
nj start business, the object OF which
W1sub Wsrcb was the reasoning of Mrs. Char
,,tss Shaw when, after the death Of her
tU.,sp.nd. she was brought squarely up
nnseinat the problem OF earning her own
,sSins' II was true that, before she had
MAJ, married Mrs. Shaw had been>a ste
nosrapher--but she did not care to re-.
Her start was naturally along a very
r.yrcw path, but II was not many weeks
.ssar she had told her friends and ac-
c,,aiutances of her. new work before
Mrs shaw began to receive all sorts Of
pushing Inquiries.
,.tsr' "seerned to me to have. been born
~ nothing but the attempt to prove that
ycould not answer them. But this didn't
hother me. I had access to thousands
NJ newspaper clippings and one Of the
finest libraries In the world and. SO long
regardless of whether II seemed perth
pent or otherwise. These strange quer-
IL still continue to drift in, but they
sre far outnumbered by the serious re-
oi,ests--orders for the preparation OF
cial articles, or. the location OF photo
sraphs dealing with UNUSUAL subjects.
Yes. the work is fascinating. but what's
ayen better, It's quite lucrative!". K
Now Mrs. Shaw has her own once
IN New" York and II Is her. proud boast
that the question has yet to be found
which will stump her organization I
romorrow-Ths Girl who Cleans the
o. o. Streets y 4. sa..-,..t . -
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Bedroom Wall Papers

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Novelty bedroom papers In stripes
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Fourth EInnr
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At lbo eaSh---Dinner Knives. Din
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At csc each-Berry Spoons, Cold
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Women's Undermuslins
Friday .... oSS
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nainsook several styles lace and
embroidery trimmed. Second Floor
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Fine Wall Papers

Reg. 400, 20 SOC roll. Friday ZfC
Tapestry and foliage papers for
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cut-out borders to match at 12hc and
15c yard. Fourth Floor
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-07-22

activities have come 10 the, realm Of
ccnstfuctive service. an the govern
n.ent which impaired rcust play Its
part in restoration. Manifestly the
returns must be so gauged that neces-
sary capital may be enlisted. and we
must foster as well as restrain.
We have no more pressing prob
lem. A state OF inadequate transport
tation facilities. mainly chargeable 10
the failure OF governmental expert
mcnt. Is losing millions to agriculture.
II Is hindering industry, 1t Is menac-
ing the American people with "a fuel
shortage little less than peril. IL
the present-6ay problem
and suggests that spirit of encourage
ment and assistance which commits all
America to relieve such an emer-
gency.
The one compensation amid attend
ing anxieties Is our new and needed
realization OF the vital part transpor-
tation plays in the complexities OF
rIodern life We are not to think OF
rails alone, but highways from farm to
market, from railway to farm. arter-
les of life-blood to present-day life
the quickened ways to communication
and exchange. the answer of our peo'
pie to the motor age. We believe ir
generous federal cooperation in con.
lstruction, linked with assurances oi
maintenance that will put an end tc
criminal waste of public funds on ths
one hand and give a guaranty of up
kept highways on the other.
Dollar Depreciation.
Cross exDansion of currency and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-07-22

In the tcmptation,toa appealsfz}9tb tbhped
citizenship for politfcff~ 1rdvHntage.
There Is no greater peril. The consti :
tuition contemDlates no class and
recognizes no group II broadly in
eludes all the people. with specific
recognition for none, ana the highest
conservation we can make today Is a
committal Of the Republican party to
that saving constitutionalisn which
contemplates all America AZ one peo-
pie. and holds just government free
from Influence on the one hand and
unmoved by intimidation on the other.
ltebuild itahroads.
The Importance OF the railway re-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-07-22
HARDING AssAns COVENANT
CONTINUED from page 81


iigation to the republic. out OF this
understanding will come the unani-
nous committal TO economic Justice,
and in economic justice lies that social
justice which is the highest essential
to human happiness. -
am speaking as one who has
counted the contents of the pay en-
velope from the viewpoint of the earn.
err as well as the employer. No one
pretends to deny the INEQUALITIES which
are manifest in modern industrial life
They are less in fact than they were
before organization and grouping on
either side revealed the inequalities
ana conscience has wrought more JUS
tice than statutes have compelled. but
the ferment of the world rivets our
thoughts on the necessity of progress
sive solution, else our generation will
suffer the experiment which means
chaos for our day to reestablish God 3
plan for the great tomorrow.
Speaking our sympathies, uttering
the conscience OF all the people. mind
full OF our right TO dwell amid the
good fortunes Of rational. conscience
impelled advancement. we hold the
majesty OF righteous government, with
liberty under the law, to be our avoid
ance Of chaos, and we call upon every
citizen OF the republic to hold fast TO
that which made us what we are, and
we will have orderly government safe
guard the onward march to all we
ought to be.
The fnenacing tendency of the
present. day Is not chargeable wholly
to tho unsettled and fevered conditions
caused by the war. The manifest
weakness in popular government lies
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-07-22
Millions for a
NeWlSfomach

Ono Of the greatest American million
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