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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17
Gee. but I love Boidt's French
pastryw--Adv..
Why Be Skinny?
It's Easy to Be Plump,
Popular and Attractive
by ALTMAN
BY BLOSSER
By AHERN

It's easy to be plump. popular ana
attractive instead OF being thin.
angular and scrawny. Almost In
variabiy the trouble II due to weak
nerves and consequent failure to as
simulate your food. You may eat
heartily. but owing to the lack Of
nervous energy and impoverished
blood you don't get the benefit from
the food you eat. All OF this can be
remedied very quickly by taking
with each meal a five-grain tablet
OF Blood-Iron Phosphate. This quick,
~ strengthens the nervous system.
cnriches the blood and increases its
oxygen-carrying power. and In re-
markedly short time the average
thin. weak. nervous man or woman
begins not only to put on flesh. but
also begins to look and feel better.
Sleep. appetite. strength and endur-
ance are Improved. dull eyes become
bright. and. unless afflicted with
some organic complaint there IL no
reason why, II you take Blood-Iron
Phosphate regularly. you should not
soon look and feel much better and
many years younger. Deposit also
today with Owl Drug Co. or any
other druggist for enough Blood
Iron Phosphate for q three weeks
treatment. Use as directed and II at
the end OF three weeks you AREN'T
delighted go back and get your
money. Your druggist. q man YOU
know. u authorised TO give II to you
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17

were watching Farmer Browns Boy.
The harder Farmer Browns Boy
worked the more or Mistah Buzzard
chuckled to himself. What was he
laughing At? Why. peeping out from
behind an old fence corner he could
sec the sharp face Of Old Granny
For, and she was grinning. OF Mis-
tab Buzzard knew BY that that Red
dy Fox was safe.
But the other little people Of the
Green Forest and the Green Mead
ows didn't know that Old Granny
Fox and Reddy For had moved. and
their faces grew longer and longer
as they watched Primer Browns
Boy go deeper and deeper into the
ground.
"Rcddy Fox has worried me al.
most 10 death. and would eat me II
he could catch me. but somehow
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17

UWELL." sighed David. 4 stun
w wish had been a Pioneer.
and could have seen all thoee fun.
ny things I wish l knew some
nsorc things about the First ava
hogs
oh. you Dor exclaimed the
Pioneer. You want TO know some
more about tho hog~ Let mo see
; Yes. YES. there Is = story ~
member. II isn't much Of a story
for childrvn--might make . good
prohibition talk. tho.
do you children know that old
rhymeg Goes like this:
.Ther~ wa. . little wense ~ rye
heard tell.
sns went to market with ssss fs~
TO sell
-She went to sleep. you know.
and whom she walked up she cried.
oh. iswwyt mussy On me- this h
none Of 1,
hut II II be 1. ~ 7 hope II b.
I've . little dos ~ homo and he'll
II II be not I. he'll loudly earh and
M wall
Z But II u Be I. hen w.x his fisus
taiir
well. We havr a lot Of things
now we didn't have then--iaws
and policemen. electric lights and
all sorts Of things TO try 10 help
TO keep 'em straight
II won't tell you the mans
name--it wouldn't be nair-poor
fellows gone now. anyway. Wen
just call him Jim Smith.
'pne night after tho nun had
closed down and the men had all
gone horne. and everything was
quiet. Jim Smith came cut Of a
door. looked up and down the
street. couldn't quite decide which
way 10 70.
Ills eyes were duh and heavy
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and he leaned against a gate post
for support.
Presently he stumbled down
tho steps and went staggering
down the street toward the mill.
"of course. when he got 10 the
min he could get no farther. for
the min blocked that end OF the
street
His mind was All muddied up
with whisky. and he couldn't
think.
"Bump' he cAme up against
something.
""rhish aint my homer he
grumbied. -rhish amt whore I
liver And he almost cried.
I'm sleepy: wanna 70
home Then something pushed
his unsteady legs and over he
went.
the sswduss feft sost ana the
hog which had pushed him over
wandered or. and there he lay.
fast asleep at . o'clock at night
In tho middle of First avn
He slept a long time. ana then
something pushed against him
and made q erunty sound.
"-s.,-f.s.".s.r
THAT woke him m.
.-rh. moon vas shinine. ana tire
stars. and the place vas full q shat
pw.~-shsdo~s. shadows snd-hegsi
''Jim sat no land as luck would
have II some ~ the boys had zone
down there and thar heard him ssy,--
e'weill WE'LL then he locked
around him. on shis side Of him
ness on that side Of hlm--hee~i -
front OF him--hows, He DIDN'T look
e~hiad htaa. bot he began TO fssi him
self
lam ~ he uurnAied. Am -
thought I was Jim Smith. who the
mischief am ~ Wen. n I'm not jim
Smith. who the mischief Am I p
The poor WHISKY soaked fellow
didn't know whether he was Jirn
smith or one Of the noxs'"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17

felt sure that something dreadful was
going to happen To Reddy Fox.
Only or Mistah Buxzard knew bct.
ter. From way up high in the blue.
bInc sky he could look down and sce
many things. He could see all the
little meadow and forest people who
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17

'Hurrahr' shouted Peter Rabbit.
and struck his heels together as he
jumped up In the air.
Next story: Pricisiy Perky Takes
Sun Bath.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17
Illinois Carriers
Seek Higher Rates

CHICAGO. Aug. l7.--Six railroad
companies operating In Illinois today
filed petition In the federal court
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17
asking that state officers and the
public utilities commission be en-.
Joined from enforcing the state two
cent fare law.

II you value your watch. let Haynes
repair II. Next to Liberty Theatre.
Evening journal., 1920-04-09

man only little While. II is ssill
strange. our children Will not be
ready in 10 years to take care OF them
selves in The white mans world In
e5 years more they win have grown up
and can manage their own affairs We
ask The white mans government 10 go
on taking care OF them until then.
At the last quarterly payw mt Of oil
and gas money, they received total of
Si,70000O Last week they received
500 apiece. Payments during 1920
probably vii total $1,000 apiece:
A family Of 1--WE Osages viii have
$4,000 to spend during The year-S50,-
coo 10 cash. sii66 "A month, Si3S a day
without work and without risk.
Pawhuska, capital Of the Usage ma
ton. seat OF the government Indian
sgency and The nearest spendlng-point
for the big checks 10 hands out, is half
primitive, half ultra-modern.
PaWhuska's streets, and al the dusty
roads that wind toward II through the
Usage hills, are bright with The blan-
keis OF the Indians and congested with
their high-powered cars. An Usage
win not ride in a Lizzie"
There are banks instead OF saloons
here. otherwise Pawhuska is a typical
frontier town.
II is under the "million-dollar tree"
beside the agency that auctions OF oil
and gas leases are held The bidders
that gather for these sales represent
the biggest Oh interests in the world
A lifted hand or a nod OF the auction
eer's head may mean a deal OF a half
a million. a single lessee at the last
Evening journal., 1920-04-09
Usage INDIANS
FACE POVERTY
Richest People in World VIII
Be Penniless Within
Ten Years
SPEND MONEY LIKE
PROVERBlAL SAILOR
BY MABEL ABBorr.
4 eIlff lnrrlsnnndrnI

n. r.. a. CNiU correspondents
PANHUSKA. Okla April 9.-Th'
richest people in The world, the Usage
Indians. are facing poyerly-i0 years
ahesd
The government "trust period ends
in 1891 until which time they receive
the income from and oil rights on
lands allotted them whether they still
own TIE lands or not.
The Indians bought lhe land-wild,
rock-ribbed arid tracts-for Sf25 an
acre. When OH wns discovered they
promptly sold 10 Later the govern
ment decided that they had sold only
the surface and By act Of Congress the
government now leases Oh rights to
The highest bidder and turns the money
over TO the Indians.
The money pours into the tribal
fund, for according TO Usage law the
tribe takes "pot luck whether there
is oil on an Indians land or not. he is
wealthy now.
So II happens that many a young
brave wears silk shirts and di ives his
automobile. and many a girl whose
creamy skin Is barely tlngod with cop
per buys imported party gowns and
diamonds. or possibly even a while
husband. with the big quarterly checks
And II The mineral rights under former
ossge lands revert to the surfnce own
ers In 1891, as they presumably will
unless the trust period IS extended,
then their big incomes from nothing
at al will end too fsr comparatively
few Indians still own oll-produclng
land
old Chief Bacon Rind says:
'Na have lived the lie OF the white
Evening journal., 1920-04-09
LAUGH! YES LAUGH
AT INDIGESTION
Eat What You Like Without Fear
of Dreaded Stomach Sickness

To some, this win sound Impossible.
Yet, no stomach sufferer should despair
o. nnding relief from the torments OF In
uisestion. There's way to Improve
the condition OF sick stomachs-a euick
way ana an easy way. IL You will bnt
follow the suggestion that you read here.
youH thank your stars for the luck that
sent your eyes down the column of this
paper % an inconspicuous little pofent
medicine advertisement.
This Is what you should do: Get a small
bottle Of N. ID. l. at any drug store and
but 80 cents 20 try
Evening journal., 1920-04-09
1clIon paId seeo.ooo tor lhe rIshl to

auction paid $4,000 for the right to
drill.
Only about 100000 acres OF Usage oil
land have been leased More Than
i.cO0000VO acres remain.
The social register OF "tle Usage" Is
considerably diluted with Indian blood.
And as sixteenth or a thirsy-second
or sixty-fourth part OF Usage blood
IS almost undciect3ble, strangers do
well 90 avoid careless illusions
The pleasant. wsll-dressed young
business man, or the shrewd suaye
political power with whom you are
talking probably is descendant from or
married into ihe 'ilrst families
For the story OF the Osages is In one
respect, like that OF less fortunate
tribes; they are a vanishing race only
ihey are not dying or, but marrying
OF.
Evening journal., 1920-04-09

the line. 'Ts IL .lre. ?" IN o'm."
responded the transfer taker. "Theres
a four-room house for rent Just over
the hill At least II was this morning
We've been carrying crowds out since
the nrst trip"
Evening journal., 1920-04-09

TIIu UIUlkTtHU1. ] n 9
pimplos were hard and
largeand lookedlikc boils.
Theyiestered and the skin
was inhamed and sore.
and sometimes i,ched so
! could not sleep. The
eruption spoiled my COM
Evening journal., 1920-04-09
WONDER WHAT'S THE
fARE TO PEORIA?

PEORIA, April 9.-"Wazza matter 2
gasped a woman to the street car con
ductor when the passengers made q
Wild rush for the doors at the end Of
Evening journal., 1920-04-09

7lesion and did not 90 out much.
had the pimples all summer
before | used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment, and after using them
about three months l was healed"
Signed VIM. j. Wojtanowski. 372
Prospect ST., Perth Amboy, N. ].
Rely on Curcura Soap. Ointment
and Talcum to care for your skin.
sauris Bsch Pres By Nal Address. "cuiicurs
LabcrAtoriss Dept n. Nader. Ears Sold rverv-
nn--. soap 2lc, Ointment u and 10- Ialrrm 21c
ll&S Cuticura Soap shsvcs without mug.
Evening journal., 1920-04-09

The Want Ads viii help electricians
and telephone operators. architectural
'ronworkers and carpenters.
Evening journal., 1920-04-09
CUTICURA HEALS
PlMPLES0N FACE
Also BIackheads. Itched So
CouldNotSleep, Skinln-
famed and Sore.

From working around oil and
grease my face was full Of pimples
Evening journal., 1920-04-09
Doctors Recommend Y
Hon-0pto for the EYea

Physicians and eye specialists pre-
scribe Bon-Opto as asafe home remedy
In the treatment of eye troubles and to
strengthen eyesight. Soldunder money
refund guarantee by ell druggistA
Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-05-25

For eight years lhr rorfrcro Del
Llano Oh well M The Mexican fanle
fields rushed out annually IT. l6l
million gallons ~ petroleum One
uieht a few weeks asn. suddenly and
without wnrnlnF, lhc Oh Of This we'll
had turned a. snll waller.
Many persons have no miseiYines
" the morrow. 81 They had Az nil
well. they would rxpcci " n riir
nally flow A. lovly n creature A..
the squirrel "A wise enough a. pul
by suslenance The spcndlhrin hu.
man usually Il scarce six sllk shirts.
away from the ponr house.
You may say what sou wish ~
John D. Rockefeller. huf his dollars
are good dollars and he has snme
thing LIKE iwo hilllnn ~ them.
lohr's father was . poor New York
farmer. Al 10 John d. had y lib
al SIS n month. Three years later
he was a hookhecner NJ 500 . yenr
end had saved 1900. because h. had
thai tSnO be was enabled 10 form D
partnership with a man who had
$500 aud thus success came his
way. Nou NAV howl ~ and shout
iohn d. Rockefeller until yon shake
the eternal hills. and the fact ~
mains that u was the habit ~ thrill
that siaried him on he way 10 colos
sol wcnlfh
What's pninn b. happcng A. we'll
nek how old ~ Ann.
Only n thing J. eerlnin come
Thine unpleasant will happen ~ ihr
Individual whn lacks r0mnun squir
rel srnse. We mny hay lone and
loud hrcnuse bread or somcihina
rlsf cnsls = penny ulore and W. nm,
find lninuitirs ennunh in our hid,
polite bat the strand and elurlou.
fact rcmains that never have w
had ~ eood q chance 70 save monrs
as now.
The Government. through IA
savings Division Of The Treasur,
Department. pleads with the puhli'
Tor Thrift u offers every assist
unee and has provided such sefl
and sound saving securities a. ihl
1o-cenl thrin stamps. war saving
stamps and registered treasury "a,
inFs certificates. each a wonderful
security and an inspiration "a finan
riai Independence and when bouRh
a banks or posiofficcs h simpllcii'
itself.
Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-05-25

SILVER CRY. n. NJ May "a. 40,
cordlns 10 reports received here. tho
War Deparimenl has named june IS
~ The date for me formal transfer
|nf The general hospital al Fort
Hayard 10 ihc public health service.
After The transfer thr big hospital
viii be- operated a. q uani(orium for
lhe Treatment 81 eN-scrsicc mrn on.
der Tho pfoflsions ol lhe act crsal'
lue TIE bureau on war risk lusur'
ancn while The plans of lhe health
service are yet indefinite. Il has
htcn learned that me hospital VIII
b. used 10 rs fullest capacliy. Patti
enls ~ Fort Hiss Fort Staten and
Deplng will be- transferred 10 tnll
nayard ana the lun capacity 81 ION
hciIa win be utilized within a lpo
weeks. The officers in rharnt a0u
are busy closing un theft affairs
and getting ready " transfer then
nlrny patients "a llic Army general
hospital AZ Aurora Colorado.
Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-05-25


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Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-05-25

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Eppa epieiilpn, worth $50 ihai VII
ll Iul 1.1 ealh.
Columbus daily courier. [volume] (Columbus, N.M.) 1920-1920, 1920-05-25

Az sizes b lee Cfoum Ffoftets "a
Carroll q NurNnnd's pricrs right
n you want anything Ia the uor'l'
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Arizona republican., 1920-05-14

the of the state under the law passed by the The price paid by the government is the cost of the plus the cost of normal operation with allowance interest on >the investment The higher the efficiency of the mill better price gets. This puts a premium efficient operation sThe owned mills pay better price to the farm than the privately owned mills, because they do not have to pay profit their investment The result is sugar at nine cents pound.
 We are doing it differently We have allowed the refiners to make as great profit they desire as much as they have the nerve" demand. We have camoufaged the situation through fair price com by limiting the profits wholesalers and tailers. We have refused only control the liners but our government has refused to buy cheap sugar. that is the Cuban crop 6A cents pound. for the people. It has greased the way of the liners advance upon the popular pocket-boolS The result sugar at from 20 to p cents pound with probability that it will go much higher.
 Our profiteers will hardly that sugar is sweeter than that of Queensland.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-14
One Lesson of the Strike

There is hardly any evil out of which good may not be figured. One would not though, to find any compensating benefit the railroad strike which proved costly to the country. Yet the strike gave the motor truck opportunity again to prove it's during that period of transportation uncertainty. But the trucks had previously proved wartime by hauling vast quantities of essential materials to the seaboard But the motor driven vehicles many people the cities would have gone hungry within the last month while the yardmen were on strike.
 Experience is a good teacher. The American people realize that motor transportation necessi ty. will they benefit from the they have learned? Will the nation generally concern itself in extending and improving highways that motor transportatio1 will a chance grow propor- the increasing requirements it's service?
 This it is true. is expensive time to carry building and to enlarge construction programs Probably only small volume of will be started this year in comparison with needs. Nevertheless every state will spend considerable money on high ways. All that is used should be economically ex- pended
 Cheap roads dear in the end when costs held down to lengthen mileage. Too many highways have been poorly constructed Too few have been idea of wide public Short stretches of good are impractical when they up with bad By scattering sions and improvements the real mark is often missed
 Patch road building wasted millions Of dollars There Is need foresight cooperation between the counties of a between tic states of the union Without cooperation even so great thing building may carried on at, great expense. at purposes.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-14

! also any synonymous title referring to l the President of the United States, as Chief Magistrate, Commander in Chfef, Executive, or His Excellency; "presi- dentiai' should not be capitalized
 e. What is the Morris pance"2-- eA. This is an old English dance of Moorish origin. When danced fin May I day celebrations it was an elaborate 1 costume dance There are several va riations of this dance. the two most popular being the sword dance and the ribbon dance.
 | c. Who was the first man who of- fered prayer before coneress7-E. N.
 4. This was Jacob Douche. a cler- gyman and writer, who on September l z. 1774. made the opening prayer be- I fore the Continental Congress then as- sembled in Carpenters hail. Philadel- phia He acted as chaplain to con gress for three months after the Decla- ration of Independence.
 c. How can phonosraph records be cleaned 7-F. X. l..
 A. You should wipe off the records with a cloth dipped in alcohol. then brush them with a soft brush to take the dust out of the seams. and wipe off again with cloth dipped in alec hol.
 o. Has the postmaster general aI- ways been member of a presidents cabiuet2-R. L. B.
 A While each presidential admin istration has had a postmaster general such officers were not members of the cabinet before 1929.
 e. What is the flag of the zionists organization?-B. K.
 A This flag consists of a white ground having two light blue stripes, one near the top. one near the bottom of the flag. Tn the center of the white field are six pointed stars.
 c. What is the Pentateuchg-R. ,.
 4. This is the designation of the five books in the Hebrew Bible ascribed by tradition to Moses. Tho English titles of these boks are Gen esis Exodus. Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
 c. How did the Volta bureau get it's name?-A. Nj. c.
 A. Volta was a famous French elec- trician. The Volta prize. created by Napoleon. was conferred by France upon Dr. Alexander Graham Bell for inc invention of the telephone. Dr. Bell took this money. &C., 900 francs added to it a larger sum received from other electrical experiments, and founded the Volta bureau, flor the in crease and diffusion of knowledge re lattng to the deaf" This bureau prints and distributes every year hundreoi of leaflets containing helpful inf0rma.
 
 parents of deaf children.
 c. Tn speaking of several persona e IS t wrona 70 say "those kind or Peo- pie" ?-L. F. c.
 A. Kind is a collective noun and takes singular modifier Those kind should be that kind"; these sort should be "this sort"
 C.ny reader can get the answer 10 any question by writing The Repub- lican Information Bureau. Frederic J. HaskiD, director. Washington. D. C. This offer applies strictly to informa- tion. The bureau cannot give advice on legal. medical and financial mat ters- It does not attempt to settle do- mestic troubles. nor to undertake eN- haustive research on any subject. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and address and inclose two cents in stamps for return postage. All replies are sent direct to the inGuirer.1