South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-22

that the educational system Of the
United states should be in the hands
u the weather bureau. J can give
Won good reason for lt. and you
can't tell me why our college pro-
lessons shouldn't De transferred 20
the meteorological department. p neg
have been learned 90 read anu '.'
could very easily glance AZ
morning papers and tneh
The main Office what hln" ga
-r,- 90 expect But there 'Ae
.tbc- side OF the proposition
an, poinz 20 tell YOU now the "eA
mon furnished me and ldaho rec"
with an elegant educauon. No.,
W. u-as mo in the Bitter ltool
,-,~,,-+afrls over the Montana liiie-
r-ospecting for gold. a chin" ms
trred man m Walla- Wal-a. carr y l-l5
/. Inc az hope as excess pass"E''
b.d grub-stakcd Us. and lheIt W.
- H. fhr foothills pcrktnS away
uItb enough grub on hand 10 ldS'
al. army through peace co''i''
Cnce. .,,1--,der
,,-e- fhe mountains from 1atl'7'
and stops 20 eat three cans OF .
cages and leaves Us ue"7pdPtt
modern date. This paper Illla q
system Of prcmOniuons or the 80.
thor and the card ~ dtall Div
Root mountains from the ooI'o,.l
the deck was warmer anu
with light westerly bree1es.
T1at evening % began 20 SNOW o
,,tfb the wind strong i'm the east. He
..,a idaho moved camp into an "lu
.rufv cabin higher up the noun
..5v thinking 10 was only \oNeih-
f.r~ furry. But after falling thite
g.,or an a level il went 90 WORK lh
.arncst. and We knew we was snow
III en- We got in plenty OF hre-
,,ood before 10 got too deep, ana we
had grub enough for tW % months -
We LEI the elements rage and CUT w
.U they thought proper.
- ,-orl vraut 20 instigatc the art OF
f1.nslauEhter just shut TWO me" "p
fo eighteen by twenty foot cd"iil
for a month. Human nature WON
stand IL. -.s., ,,,.
when the first snowflakes zen me ,.
and Idaho Green laughted a0 80 80
others Jokes and praised lht
,,a turned out OF a skillet ana caIlSu
,F A. the end OF three weeks
Idaho makes TINS Klhu "a
me- Says he .;ft-
or never exactly heard sour mix
droDpinr out of "a balloon on lhe
f.otforo of "a tin pan. but / have am
iIos ~ would Doe music or the N-'e"'9
.ou1uared 90 this atteuuated stI'di''
.f asDhyxiatcd thought that emah r.
ates out of your organs OF 'ohte pa,
ZION The kind of halt-nasuodt,
noises that YOU emit every day pu,9
me I'm mind OF 81 cow Cud o"lS
-hc.s lady enough 10 keep hers 10
herself and you ain T.. ..o
MIR Green" says J. you haNlhS
.eon "a friend Of mine once, nd e
some hesitatious bon coutcsSlnS 10 E"u
that If / had my choice LOT soS4''s
between YOU and common 49,
thrce-lczged cur pup. one or the IN
Ice III This here cabin would be
,yacgiug a tail just al present.
RMS wav we goes on for two or
three davis. and then we quit speak
Inc, 10 one another. We divides UP
The cooking implements and Iddh"
cooks his grub ON one slde Oh st'e
rrepIace and me on the other. Inc
-uoyy is I'D TO the windows ana We
have 20 keep a FIRE all Gay.
Won see me and Idaho never had
amy education beyond reading ana
doing III John had three apples anu
lanes 1--WE" ON slate. We never
colt any special need Tor uhlN
us degree. though we had a'Qu" t'
aDerics of intrinsic intelligence IN
L.rI,-liur around the world that we
..,,1d use i'm emergencies. But
..,,.v<. hound i'm that cabin i'm the Bit
r.r Foots. We felt for the first time
-5.t If we had studied Homer or
tr,..k and fractions and the higher
I-.,nrhes OF information. we q nave
had some resources IN the INC "t
mediation and private thought We
..-n the eastern college tcll"" 5
working In camps all through the
west and / never noticed but Whal
.ducation was less or "a draw baCL, 90
.em than YOU would think. NY
moo over on Snake river. when An
drew lfcWuliams' saddle horse Eol
the botts. he sent "a uckboard ten
miles for one of these strangers mat
claimed 10 bee botanist. But mat
horse died.
one morning Idaho was poking
round with a stick ON top of little
shelf that was too high To- reach.
Two books fell down TO the uoor 1
sarted toward EN- but caught Ida
hos eye lie speaks for the nrst
tlwe in q week.
Don't burn your fingers says
he In spite OF the TACT lhal GU re-
only ~ IN be tho companion Of "A
sleeping .idd-turtle IT'D give YOU "a
SQUARE ie-.l and that's more than
,nur parents did when they turned
t.u loose i'm the world with the So
..abilitl of "a rattlc-S1akc and the
bedside manner Of frozen turnip
I'm play you a game o. seven-up.
the winner 90 pick up his choice OF
The book. the loser TO take the
other
We played and Idaho won. lie
r,..ked UP his book and / took mime
Then each OF us got on his side or
-hs house and went 20 reading
never was as glad 90 see an
ounce nugget as ! was that book
And Idaho looked at his like Kid
looks az a stick Of candy.
Mine was a little booN about I'VE
bv six inches called Herkimcr s
fandbook OF Iudispe lnforma-
uon." may De wrong but ] think
that was the greatest book that ever
vas written. I've got 80 today. and
can stump YOU or any man nifty
times IN five minutes with the in-
formation in it. Talk about Solo
mon or the New York Tribune
Hcrkimer had cases on both Of EN-.
THAT man must have put in so years
and travelled q million miles 20 ma
,fif ALI that stuff There was the