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lite and inquired if he did not think
the weather was fine
"Well," was the careful measured
reply, shat is q relative term
by thunder" the Van Rurenite
broke in, as he turned to his chaI-
lenger, you've won"
Van Buren, became the pioneer
national campaign manager when he
made an extended electiOneering tour
for Jackson. Webster declared that
he did more for the election Of "Old
Hickory" than any other 10 men,
In that fierce Jackson campaign,
Van Buren, took the party nomination
for governor Of New York. Being
elected, he resigned from the senate,
and then, after only two months in
the governOrship, he resigned again
to be secretary OF state in the new
cabinet. Thus he held within u
weeks three of the highest prizes In
public life and at the same time was
heir-apparent TO the presidency itself
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-12
BIG CROPS ASSURED
IN WESTERN CANADA
Need of Farm Labor Urgently
Required for Harvest.

Rains of the past week which hive
been general throughout ali portions
Of Western Canada, covering MANI
TOBA, SASKATCHEWAN, and AL
BERTA. have placed beyond all man
ner Of doubt the certainty OF vast
grain crops throughout the entire dis
trict.
Reports from all points indicate
marvellous and rapid growth The
conditions of a week or so back. which
were decidedly less promising and led
many to think that there might be a
partial failure, have disappeared al
together and now there is a wave OF
optimism circulating throughout the
entire country.
In 1915 there were enormous yields
reported from all parts. ind it would
appear now as if in many places the
yields OF 1915 would be equaled il
not beaten.
What might appear TO be a draw
back. is the apparent shortage Of farm
help. The Province Of ManitobC
through its Employment Bureau in
Winnipeg, is asking for 10000 harvest
hands and over. Offering from s. TO
So per day. The Province OF Sas-
katchewan is asking for 5000 extra
hands TO take care OF the immense
harvest that is certLin to be reaped
In that Province. IN Alberta the crop
area is somewhat less, the labor con-
ditiOns somewhat better. and is max
ing a request for 5000 extra farm
hands.
interviewing the officials OF the diff
ferent Governments. they are inclined
to the opinion that as the crops in
Kansas. Nebraska. South Dakota, TIli-
nois and other Central States are har-
vested there will be a movement north
ward that will materially help TO take
care OF the labor situation. With the
low railroad rates that may be secured
on application 10 the Employment Of
fees ct Winnipeg and at boundary
points. or which may be secured
through the Canadian Government Of
fees at Chicago. Ill; Detroit. Mich;
Milwaukee. Wis; Kansas City. No.;
Omaha. Neb-; Des MOines, Ia; Water
town, S. D.; St Paul, Mimi, and
Grand Forks, y. D., viii give TO those
seeking employment the opportunity
to reach the harvest fields at. q low
cost.-Advertisement
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-12

Through these events, all the Iongings
those who went before him. were
intensified and definitely answered.
Destiny. for Con Lexington. began
swiftly to untangle at a dinner, a
quiet affair with one of his newest
friends.
This fate-laden dinner was shaded
and silvery. served for two, in the
smaller dining-room of the Wedger
house. The members OF the family
were all away, except one.
Cecil Wedger sat opposite his guest,
Lexington, and talked candidly of the
numerous motion-picture stars in his
golden orbit. The guest, while atten-
tive. and never missing his hosts cal
low pleaS@ntries. was merely bearing
up as best he might under bore
dom, and at the same time conceaIing
the commoticn In his heart. Con was
aware of Destiny.
The wine WIS expensive IL not mel
low. and the cooking was undeniably
good. having been accomplished by
CecITs own attache-a Chinese, whose
existence seemed to begin and end in
the night-hying son OF the Wedgers.
Con. taller than his father, held a
likeness to John Lexington only about
the eyes and temples, something grave
and tense. that disappeared when he
laughed He tried not to show the
strain that this hour held for him, al
though in the luminous haze OF cigar
cite smoke his features were a degree
drawn and pale. His voice had a
natural sincerity. The eyes, blue-gray
and steady, seemed to hide none OF the
secrets that lowered in the lines around
his mouth. The gentle excellence OF
his brow and head ranked him one
with those who had been carefully
directed. well combed at the start.
Con was a good listener. His were
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-12

had seen funerals before, and thrown
stones at them. It meant, as some
said along DOry street. goodnight.
Realization of his fathers death came
like shower of hot needles, and then
a slow weight on his chest. It was
unbelievable. Tomorrow would be all
right; it must be. Con was stupef1ed
So the city council extended its
humanity once more, and voted care
for the waif. and it happened that the
lowest bidder for his keep was the
woman next doOr-the cheerful slat-
tern with four of her own-and to her
foul dwelling Con went to be raised.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-12
MARTIN VAN buren,

TT HE most notable event of Van
Il Buren's administration was the
occurrence of one Of the great panics
from which in the nineteenth century
the country regularly collapsed every 10
or 20 years, as in 1919, 1887, 1857.
1873 and in 1893. Those periodic
prostratiOns always followed wild de-
bauches in speculation, but since it Is
convenient and consoling to blame
some one else for our own sins. the
president invariably has been made
the scapegoat in each period Of hard
times.
public deposits from the United
States bank caused financial disturb
ance and his distribution OF the fed
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-12
Friendship.
guages.''

The capacity for making friends, the
ability to win others to us, to fasten
them to our souls with hooks of steel.
TO surround ourselves with those who
are loyal and true. is a wonderful
mower. Some possess It in a marvel
Gus degree; they make friends without
effort. But although comparatively
few are thus gifted 1t is possible for
every one to develop the power In
greater or less degree.
s'OnIy be admonished." as Emerson
says, mot to strike leagues OF friend
ship with cheap persons where no
friendships can be. Our impotence
betrays US into rash and foolish ALI
ances."-Orison SWEET Marden. In Chi
cago Daily News.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-12
CHEZ MING.

Synopsis = John Lexington. a
poet, visionary and Impractical.
and Mary Martin, the daughter of
rich and worldly parents. hear the
call Of love and unite their lives
They go to a small Michigan city,
where John finds work in stove
factory and on Sundays writes
verses. The Martins try in vain to
get the happy wife to leave her
husband. Mary begins to breathe
for two. John loses his job He
appeals in vain to the Martins.
Mary goes to the hospital-and
never returns. Thus comes into
the story Cornelius Lexington.
John leaves town and the city
farms out the child. Two years
later John appears, claims his
little son and takes him with him
on his wanderings over the whole
earth.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-12
Inaenious Motion Pietures.

Motion pictures of construction
work in which a large public building
appears to rise from the ground like
magic. being completed in the ten
minutes duration OF the film. are he
Ing shown before various engineering
societies by government representa-
tives, according TO Popular Mechanics
Magazine. The structure is the In
duStrial building Of the United States
bureau of standards. and the pictures
were made by exposing a short length
Of film every day during the ten
months Of work on the building.
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and the door swung shut after him.
The leather packet was placed in the
hand of the person who sat beside
him. The car whirred away.
'Have any trUuble?" asked the
other.
mo. It was much as you had said"
'How did you slip your friend
Cecil?"
Con explained. adding, cit was a
shame to fool him."
ST understand" replied the other.
''It isn't his fault. Maybe you can
straighten it out with him some day"
'I hurt that Chiney," said Lexington,
half to himself.
There were no congratulations upon
the small success. These two had ex-
pected to succeed, and were not sur
prised.
The other man was of middle age,
rather slight and small. Under a
soft black hat his hair showed long
and gray. The lean-fibered strength
of his hands a. d neck might not have
been considered beautiful; but to Con
Lexington this man was chief, and
mOre-a comrade and second father.
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LUCKY FIND OF MANUSCRIPT.

In 1895 the oyerseers Of the parish
OF West Pennard, Somerset England.
needing q new cover for their rate
book, chose sheets OF parchment The
cover has lasted until now, and it has
Just been discovered that the parch-
ment is more precious than the whole
OK the rate the little parish has been
paying. The rate book Is bound In
what proves to be part Of fine writ
ten volume dating back eight hundred
or nine hundred years. It belonged to
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-12
Chance Not to Be hEis.ed

It was WIIIie's first visit to the conn
Try, and after going with his uncle
to feed the stock in the barn. he ran
back TO the house, shouting: ~0h
mamma, come quickl Uncle Jim has
a whole circus In his barn. and he is
going to feed the animaIsf"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-12

the library of Glastonbury abbey and
the despised covering IS priceless. "a
forming an important part OF a work
relating to times OF which no other
manuscript exists.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-12
AirnIanes cause cIouds-

The passage Of an airpIane through
the air sometimes results In the forI1a-
ton OF clouds In the wake OF the
machine, which suggests that they may
possibly be OF value In making rain to
order.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-12
THE FIRST POLITICIAN

17a2-oee. 5, Martin Van Buren,
born at kinderhoc1, NJ. Y.
1S13-1-State senator.
1s15-1e-Attorney general Of
New York.
1s21-29-United States senator.
1s2e-GoVernor of New York
Secretary q state of the
United States.
1s32-Nominatea for vice presi-
dent.
1333-EIected.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-12

Under the same conditions do you
believe you could have made more
of life than Con Lexington made of
his?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-12

The Lord Ioveth a cheerful gfver,
and so does every man, woman and
child on earth.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-12
Is a used ND man.

Nevertheless Van Buren, remained in
active politics 10 years. For still an
other 10 years he lived on In retire
ment at Underwood. his country estate
In his native village, where he died
IN the midst Of the Civil war.
Copyright 1920. By James korsan-l
The Washington herald., 1920-04-14
Nation, Trades-U Unions and "Big Union"

immediate problems faced by the officials of the States
arising from the outlaw strike fundamentally
of the pmacy of public special interests
unmpeded of and goods
transportation With these rightly settled attention
secondary effects of the tieup
policy lawmakers and toward workers
railroads that though privately owned nevertheless public
utilities.
may be tina: along these lines that officials
public opinion less
apparent also be the nernecne
within of Trades-unonism has
before by who hold quite
of casoganzaion who quite willing
other methods securing their ends and who look with
Their philosophy of action far
syndicas They sabotage large small scale
ntnida they They advance that
implies of values possibly taking of
Gfe Of normal order of society Knowing
this they still proceed.
this policy has been worked this country
regions from the large of population
organization far advanced
OF the OF Chicago getting
knowledge of the creed stands and
when adopted by considerable number of ad
herent in "key" industry Of the social
of the should be make fainded
public than before those sections of the
bong population that conservative and moderate their de-
and aw-abdng their methods. If such discrimination
labor such denounced if the theory
industrial conceded public
reactionay INDUCES
judgments without disposition credit with and
who fighting fire coming from the well
the 'front.' then fine Of dragons teeth will be
The Washington herald., 1920-04-14
Army Orders

Capt. Otto O. schuits, infantry. l. honor
Maj. eGorse T. Bergen. Ordnance De.
partment. is honorably discharged.
Second Lieut.. Barney Mckinney Giles.
Air Service. Is honorsbly discharged.
Second Lieut.. Stanley K. sprankle, Field
ARTILLERY, 10 honorably discharged.
First Lieut.. Frank schoble, jr., infantry,
Is honorably discharged.
The resignation BY Geonrey Bartlett,
Coast Artillery Corps, Of his commission a.
temporary lieutenant colonel and a. cap
tain Irregular army 10 accepted,
The resignation By Provisional First Lieut.,
Bernard e. Basr, engineers. Of his commits.
sion a. an officer Of the army Is accepted.
L Cook, 5r., infantry, Of his commission a.
an officer Of the army 10 accepted.
First Lieut.. Carleton T. Heanessey, IN
fantry, 10 honorably discharged.
Maj. George r. Allin, Field Artillery. viii
proceed from this city to Camp Stanley,
Texas, for the purpose Of Accompanying q
provisional battery Of the Fourth Field Ar.
Fort sill, Okla, as observer.
Leave Of absence for ten (1o) days. ehec-
tive upon complstiou Of his temporary duty
in Columbus. O., II srantsd Maj. Milton
orme Boone. Motor Transport Corps.
Col. Thomas y. Raymond, Medical Corps.
viii report TO Brig. Gen. Robert .. Noble,
Medical Corps, president Of an army retir.
ing board, Washington, d. G., at such time
as he may Designate for examinsties by the
board.
Capt Dalton RisIey. tr.. Motor Transport
Corps, will proceed from Camp Holabird.
Nd, to Dunkirk. N. Y, for the purpose Of
Inspecting thirty -ons 1h-tok white trucks
at the Mulhoiland eonpany's place In that
city.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-14
Folks and Things
Around Washington
Labert St. Clair.

Perhaps no man in either house
of Congress has more faith in his
ability to entertain an audience than
Representative Upshaw, of Georgia.
He even goes so far as to offer pub
licly a nice, new 81 bill to anyone
who goes to sleep while hearing
his lecture, Scattering Sunshine; or,
How to be Happy When You Amt"
The lecture Is described on Upshaw's
cards as humorous" and he deliv-
ers 1t for the benefit of ladies' aid
societies and such. A silver offer
ing Is taken at the close of each lee
ture, but Upshaw does not partici-
pate in the division of the spoils.
Because Upshaw alternately lee
lures and breaches in churches, some
persons have the notion that he is
a preacher. He denies vigorously
that he is. insisting that he is only
a man who breaches. He never has
been ordained.
Buds are bursting and birds are
singing in Washington, all of which
has brought great Joy to Miss Helen
Cannon, daughter of Uncle joe"
All winter long she has been trying
to induce her father to buy a heavy
overcoat and lay aside his famous
flannel" garment, which he insists
is an overcoat, but which is almost
as thin as mosquito bar. Uncle
Joe" has maintained that inasmuch
as he has a couple Of good heavy
overcoats back in Danville, ILL.,.
there is no sense in his buying a
third. There may be much in what
he says, too, for coats have been
powerful high, and he has not had q
had cold all winter,
The Washington herald., 1920-04-14
Naval Orders
By George Perry Morris.

Lieut.. Coudr. Fraak r. Berr-Det. OF. In
charge Nav. Recruiting st.. Chicago. Ill.
to conn. I. o. o. o. g. Hatfield and in COM
mand when comnsd.
Lieut.. (iunior grade) John L. Gr,ham-
Det. o. 8. s. Tracy; to q. 8. s. Broome.
Lieut.. VIM. Johnson-Det. U. s. s. Eagle
CO.; to q. s. 8. Eagle 90 As Eng. on.
Lieut.. Comdr. Norman L. Kirk-Det. q.
8. Q. Rhode Island; to conn. I. o. U. s. 6.
S-31 and in command when commsd.
Pharm. John r. Mahneke-Det. Pharma-
cist's Mate School. Hampton Rds.; to Nav.
I'd, Washington, d. c., conn. opening Of
New sick bag for Seaman Gunner' Glass.
Ems. Lewis r. McDowell-Det. U. s. 8.
Kearsarge; to U. 8. 8. Leonidas.
Lieut.. Gustav r. Pets (Medical Corps)-
Det. q. s. s. Fulton; to Nav. Ira. Sta.
Newport, r. I.
Lieut.. Peter e. Radcline-Det. Nav. Ira.
sta, San Francisco, CAL; to conn. Z. o.
U. 9. s. 'Pyro and on board as Exec. on.
when commsd.
Lieut.. Harold e. Ragle-Det. Nav. Yd.,
Mare Island, Cal; to q. 8. 8. Birmingh gha m
LAeut. VIM. A. Reese-Det. Nav. Ta. Sta,
Hampton Rds.; to Marine Recruiting St..
Richmond, Va.
Lieut.. Arthur d. strubie-Det. q. 6. s.
shubrick; to U. S. s. Meyer as Exec. on.
Lieut.. Junior grade) Philip p. weich-
Det. U. 8. 8. Mackenzie; to u. 8. s. Yarnall
Lieut.. Enrol W. willet Medical Corps)-
Det. U. s. s. Buffalo; to Nav. I'd. Mare
Lieut.. Arthur Il. Yando-Det. q. s. 8.
Rhode Island to U. 8. 8. Buffalo.
Lieut.. Josiah !. Yohannan (Medical Corps)
Diet. Naval Hosp. New York; to Nav. Ira.
Sta, Hampton Roads, Va.
Ems. Gordon g. MacDonald (Cl-S)-Det.
Nav. Air Sta. Pensacola, Fla; to Nav. Air
Sta, San Diego, Cal.
Lieut.. t,unior srsdel Ralph h. Norris
tC-s)-Dst. Nav. Air Sta, San Diego. Gal
to Nav. Air sta, Pensacola, Fla, duty in
volving actual Tying In aircraft.
Lieut.. Junicf grade) Thomas =. Renaker
tC1-5I-Dst. Nav. Air Sta. Anacostia, D. G. +;
to Nav. Air Sta. san Diego. Ca. to aero
Ems. Garter .. ooot-Det. o. Q. q. Bush.
nell; to com. {. Q. q. Q. Q. AA-S and on
board when commsd.
Lieut.. Junior grade) Edward Danielson-
Det command q. 9. o. Nspa; to o. 8. 9.
Melville.
Training station Newport, 4. l.; to q. Q. Q.
Alameda.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-14
DROP IT.

Old Atlas. so the story's told.
had quite job in days of old.
which I presume it's safe to
state was tiresome at any rate.
He had to hold the world, they
say, upon his shoulders day by
day, and dare not stop to rest
a bit for constant fear of
dropping it
A hefty task. I'll say he had. and
am myself supremely glad that no
one now Is called upon to under
take as big a one.
But strange to say. it's very
true, and here and there we ind
a few. who take their
troubles so to heart. they try
to play the Atlas part.
'Twere well for these to ponder
this. whenever things
have gone amiss: their world will
better stay in place II they'll
but don a smiling face.
N. A. LUFBURROw.
Copyright. 1890. By the Mcclure syndicate.)
The Washington herald., 1920-04-14
Notes BY a Washington Observer
Pershing Denies Horse Is Obsolete in War
French Action Is Paralleled by Franklin's
Record-Low Pay Menaces Army i

tended occupation of Germany. re-
called that BENJAMIN Fyanklin him.
seif, while our representative at
Faris on q notable occasion, took
certain action. following peace with
Great Britain. without consulting
our ally, France. Franklin acknowl-
edged his error, pleaded in extenua-
ton his unblemished record of the
past, and asked to be forgiven.
From all and sundry of which. our
urbane Secretary Of State allows II
TO be Inferred that we should not
De too harsh on France for having
acted on her own Initiative In Ger
many.
Low pay-and the House OF Rep
resentatives' stubborn refusal to
raise It's playing havoc with army
personnel at about the same rate as
it Is depicting navy personnel. viz,
10000 year. Figures brought up
TO April 5. 1890. show that from
March !, 1919. to that date the regu-
lar army lost In desertions 1908
men. From the armistice to date,
there have been 1850 designations Of
ofhcers. Even more graphic as evi-
dence Of mems unwillingness to
wear Uncle Sans khaki under ex-
listing conditions, so per cent Of ap-
plicarfts for appointments have de-
clined to accept proffered commits
sions.
The joint United States ticket
offices In Washington. formerly con-
Quoted by the Railroad Administra-
tion. evidently do not anticipate an
hrn IN a.
strike. Yesterday Il was impossible
to make reservations even as far
ahead as the end of the week.
Come in and see US then" was the
only information obtainable, when
predictions as to probabilities were
sought.
A new sensation! Il rang through
the corridors of the Capitol: "Spe-
cial session of the Supreme Court
has been called" Newspaper corre-
spondents, aroused from a state of
coma superinduced by q dreary Sem
ate debate on "somethin' about
somethin'." dashed for the court
room. Frank Green. the dapper
marshal of the court. Was caught
minus his frock coat. The Justices
scarcely had filed in when the re-
porters filed out. Jacob M. Dixon.
former Secretary of War. had de-
clined to serve as receiver for the
Red River oil lands involved in the
Texas-Oklahoma boundary dispute,
A new appointment had to be made
in formal session Of the court, Ed
ward Douglass White, the chief jus
tice, turned to Justice Van Deven-
ter and inquired. whats his first
name? Frederic A." was the re-
ply. Frederic A. Delano is named
The court will now adjourn" the
chief justice said.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-14
THEEBIBI.E
Translated out Of the original
tongues and from the edition
known as Our Mothers Bible"
The Fourth Book OF Moses, Called
NUMBERS.
CHAPTER 4.-Continued

NUMBERS.
CHAPTER 4.-Continued.
Is And when Aaron and his sons
have made an end of covering the
sanctuary, and all the vessels Of the
sanctuary. as the camp is to set for
ward; after that, the sons of Kohath
shall come to bear it: but they shall
not touch any holy thing, lest they
die. These things are the burden OF
the sons Of Kohath In the tabernacle
Of the congregation. -...
16 Z And to the ONCE of Eleaxer
the son Of Aaron the priest pertain
eth the oil for the light, and the
sweet incense, and the daily meat
Offering, and the amounting oil, and
the oversight OF all the tabernacle,
sanctuary, and in the vessels there
Of.
II And the Lord, spake unto
Moses, saying,
Is Cut ye not or the tribe Of the
families of the Kohathites from
among the Levites:
l9 But thus do unto them, that
they may live, and not die, when
they approach unto the most holy
things: Aaron and his sons shall
go in, and appoint them every one
to his service and to his burden:
20 But they shall not so in to
see when the holy things are cover
ed. lest they die.
81 And the Lord spake unto
Moses, saying,
% Take also the sum Of the sons
of Gershon, throughout the houses
Of their fathers. by their families
% From thirty years old and up.
ward until nifty years old shalt thou
number them; all that enter in to
perform the service, to do the work
in the tabernacle OF the congrega-
ton.
"a This is the service of the
families OF the Gershonites, to serve,
and for burdens:
25 And they shall bear the cur
tains of the tabernacle, and the
tabernacle of the congregation, his
covering, and the covering Of the
badgers skins that IL above upon II.
and the hanging for the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
(To Be Continued.)