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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-29
NV Pet Cat

When we get up of a morning
we open the door and in walks the
cat. We give his his breakfast and
he goes and lies down by the fire.
And about two o'clock he wakes
up and wants his dinner and we
feed him dinner.
If you tickle him he will bite. He
bit Dad one morning for tickling
him and now Dad calls him biting
cat because he bit him.
Mama said If he would have let
the cat alone the cat would have
let him alone. But the cat still
comes for supper, dinner and for
breakfast.-David Guy Goble.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-29

well, never!" said Billy Jr.
This Is worse than the rocking OF
vessel for knocking one around"
Yes, and the worst of 1t Is you
can never tell when 1t Is coming.
If one only could, he might brace
himself for it and not get hurt, "
said Star. II hear you have travel
ed good deal by water and that
you were once shipwrecked," said
he. Wont you tell me something
OF your adventures?
Some day will, but now want
to ask you questions about the
west"
After a half hours backing,
switching, and jerking, the train at
last moved out of the yards and
started on its way for the west,
with a bumpity, bump, bump and a
clankity, clank, clank. Once out of
the city, it wound itself in and out
among the hills and across country
like a huge, brown snake.
In this way they travelled for a
couple of days. They enjoyed the
scenery of the Horse Shoe Bend in
the Allegheny mountains, which
they crossed; and they both specu,
lated on what would become OF
them if the train rolled from the
track in rounding the curve and
landed them at the foot of the
mountain thousands of feet below.
Through the stats of the car that
had been left open they could see
the country through which they
passed, and they stood and looked
until cinders got in their eyes and
they grew too tired to stand still.
Copyrighted by the Saalfield Pub
fishing Co., Axiom. o.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-29
HOW BUTTERCUPS
FIRST APPEARED

A pot of gold was once hidden at
the end of the rainbow. One day
a selfish man found it. He did not
want any one to know he had it. So,
he poured the gold pieces into a
bag and ran into the forest to hide
it. He did not know there was a
hole in the bag and, as he ran
along, the gold pieces fell from the
hole and lay shining in the grass.
There a little fairy found them.
She did not want the man to have
them. So she changed them into
flowers for the children. When
the man missed the gold pieces he
ran back to find them. He hunted
for a long time, but he found only
golden buttercups. The first butter
cups in the world grew in the
grass.-RObert Dafler, Alb grade,
Starr School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-29
GIRLHOOD STORIES
OF FAMOUS WOMEN

Dressed in heavy robes Of state,
baby girl. only nine months old,
was carried from her cradle to the
church, where Cardinal Beton
placed a royal crown upon her
head, bent her little fingers about
golden scepter and presented her
with historic sword.
Great mobiles knelt before her.
kissed the tips of her baby fingers
and swore allegiance to their
queen. Royal princes from other
countries saluted her.
But the little queen cried so hard
the ceremonies had to be short
ened, so that she could be returned
to her nursery.
Perhaps it was premOnition that
caused the little girl to weep so
loudly at her coronation. For she
was the unfortunate Mary, Queen
of Scots Q542-15SO, who was left
fatherless when she was few days
old, widowed when she was IS, and
beheaded before her hair was gray.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-29
Beautiful Egypt

o, that beautiful land of Egypt,
Where the camels live and die;
O, that beautiful land of Egypt,
Where the palm trees grow SO
high;
o, that beautiful land of Egypt,
Where the river Nile flows by;
o, that beautiful land of Egypt,
Where the pretty maidens sigh; ;
O. that beautiful land of Egypt,
Where the Sphinx and temples
be;
o, that beautiful land of Egypt
1t is waiting there for me.
Horace PIERCE Burr,
New Castle, Indiana,
Third grade.
Do you think arithmetic is hard ?
In Japan, when boys and girls
study arithmetic, they learn both
the Japanese and the Arabic fig
ures.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-29
rs ILlyWI7IJKERCB!
w ~ FRANCES TREdo MONTGOMERY IN

When Billy Jr. heard Mr.. Wind.
lass sell him to the man from the
west he bahed: "Hurrah! Hurrah.
Papa Billy and Mamma Nanny,
come here and hear what glorious
news l have for you. l am going
west tomorrow"
Nanny nearly tainted when she
heard the news, 1t was so sudden,
and even staunch old Billy Whisk-
ers shed tear when he thought of
his gallant young son leaving them,
prehaps forever. While as for Day,
she just rolled over on the ground
and cried. but was soon comforted
by handsome young goat only a
few months older than herself.
True to his word, Mr.. Wilder, the
western gentleman, sent his man
for Billy Jr. just before dark; and
when the goats saw him come
through the gate preparatory to
leading Billy Jr. off, they all gath
cred round to say a last farewell,
and old Billy, Nanny. and Day all
followed him to the gate and
watched him with streaming eyes
through the palings until he was
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-29
A HAPPY STORY OF
A POOR LITTLE BOY

Once there was a little boy who
was very poor. He had little sis
ter and his mother to take care of.
He was eleven years old. His
mother got a little money sewing
for people He sold papers every
night.
One night while he was selling
his papers he found a pocket-book
with fifty dollars (S50.00) in it. He
took it home to his mother and
they put an ad in the paper if any
body lost a pocketbook with fifty
dollars in it to call at 521 State
street. A month passed and nobody
claimed it. so they went to lawyer
about it and he said for them to
keep it, so, they went home.
didn't tell about their father.
He was a sailor and they got word
that his ship went down. The next
day after they went to the lawyer,
their father came home. He said
he was saved by lifeboat and had
not sent them word about it and he
had gone out to sea again and he
came home, rich. They found a
desert island and there were pearls
on the island where some pirates
had put them. And they lived
happy ever after.-By Ronald Moss,
5A grade, Sevastopol School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-29
THE WAY TODO IT

Once upon a time a little boy
went to his aunts house to play.
He played till dark. His aunt gave
him a piece Of cake. He held the
cake in his hand very tightly.
When he got home his mother
said that was not the way to carry
cake. The way to carry cake Is to
wrap it up and put it in your hat.
The next day he went to his
aunt's and his aunt gave him a
pound OF butter. He put the butter
in his hat and the sun was shining
bright. The butter melted and
went all over his face. When he
got home his mother told him that
was not the way to carry butter.
The way to carry butter is to hold
it in your hand and when you come
to the brook dip il in.
The next day his aunt gave him
a dog. He carried the dog until he
came to the brook, and then he
dipped the dog in and lifted it out
of the water and went home. When
he got home his mother told him
that was not the way to carry a
dog. The way to carry dog Is to
tie a string around the dogs neck
and lead it.
The next day he went to his
aunts, and his aunt gave him loaf
of bread. He tied the string around
the bread and dragged it. When he
got home his mother told him that
wasn't the way to carry bread. The
way to carry bread is to hold it in
your arms, and not to drag it along.
The next day his mother baked
three pies and left them on the door
step to cool. She told him not to
step in them when she was gone to
her sisters. When she had gone
he came out and STEPPED right in
the middle of the pies. When his
mother came home and saw what
he had done, she whipped him and
sent him to bed-Carl Schneide-
wind, 5B grade, Sevastopol School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-29
REAL FOOTBALL. GAME,
WITH LITTLE DOG

We got out of school at 1870
Monday morning, and there was a
little dog which stays around the
school building great deal of the
time.
We called him down to Eugene
Wickett's house and had real
game of football with him.
We first threw the ball on the
ground and he caught it and then
ran with it. and we ran after him.
There were four of us and we
only caught him once. He would
throw us in the rose bush and in
all sorts of places. We would
jump for him and he would jump
aside and we would all pile up in a
heap.
He finally got tired and we went
home.
We were all late to dinner, but we
had some fun.-Roland Lane, sc
grade, Joseph Moore School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-29
WHY SAFETY GATES ARE
USED ON ELEVATORS
Hibberd School,
Richmond. Ind,

Hlbberd School,
Richmond. Ind,
January IA, 1921.
Dear Linda Chichiaretta:
am very glad to have a new
friend and enjoyed reading your
letter.
Our school is not as large as
yours. We have no auditorium or
swimming pool. We have eight
rooms in our school from the kim
dergarten to the ga grade. In one
room we have a cooking equip
ment. We also have manual
training room where the boys take
wood work. The girls sew every
Monday afternoon and the boys
take manual training during that
time.
There are nine ward schools in
Richmond. The names are: Fin
ley, Starr, Baxter, Hibberd, White
water, Sevastopol, Warner, Vale,
and Joseph Moore. Garfield is the
Junior High School and we also
have large Senior High School.
Earlham College. which is a large
college, is in our city. They have a
museum of interesting relics and
skeletons. Our teacher took US to
the museum not very long ago.
Richmond has a large library
where you may go and get books
any time you wish.
Our city is great manufacturing
center, for 1t has many factories.
The Richmond Safety Gate COM
pany manufactures double swing
doors. automatic fire doors, tele-
scoping doors, elevator gates, and
fire shutters. They manufa cture
safety gates for use in connection
with freight elevators, which pre-
vent accidents by preventing PEG.
pie from falling down the elevator
hatchways. These gates go up and
down as the elevator goes up or
down and close up the hatchways.
They are sold in many states.
Yours sincerely,
ALICE GARRISON.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-29
THE HIPPOPOTAMUS

Once there hippopotamus very great eater,
And one day he got mad at his keeper.
While hippo soundy sleeping
The man was busiiy sweeping,
And made so much dust
That hippo thought it not Just.
So in order to get even,
When this man sneez;n,
Hippo jumped up and down the floor
And politely knocked down the big door,
So he out of that big house
AS quietly as a little mouse,
Bumped the man into some water, while sneezing;
Through the cold he began freezing.
This made the very mad.
Took a whip after hippo, which made him feel sad;
Then hippo ran round and round,
Which made this nearly tear the ground.
Then hippo ran into the cage door,
Which ended the story for evermore.
AGNES MILLER st. Andrews High Schoc
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-29

out of sight. The man led Billy Jr.
to the depot and there he was put
into freight car with the west
erner's horse, Star. .~
Hello, Mr.. Billy Jr.! Glad l am
to have you as a companion. You
did not expect to have such good
luck as this when last l saw you.
You will find this beats walking all
to pieces"
ut certainly Does" answered
Billy. Jr. This piece of luck is be-
yond my greatest expectations"
Just then the train gave jerk
forward and stopped suddenly.
which sent Billy Jr. off his feet. it
was so unexpected, and bumped
G." IS nose against the end of the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-29

Wisconsin farm, entitled Frances
and the Irrepressibles at Buena
Vista Farm" Not only her own
children, but other Riddles have a
place in the story. Now they have
all grown to manhood and woman
hood and have little ones of their
own.
Mrs. Montgomery's first stories
were spun for the delight of her
own daughters and their play
mates. Then BILLY Whiskers"
came into being. She jotted the
tale down on paper and behold.
other youngsters far from her knee
heard of the wonderful goat. Many
stories have now been written
about him. And Mrs. Montgomery
counts her young readers by the
hundreds of thousands.
Mrs. Montgomery loves children.
She would like nothing better than
to take the Riddles of the Junior
Palladium on her knee one by one
and tell them stories to their
hearts content. But she can't do
that. So she does the next best
thing, and every week through the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-29

Answer to riddle No. 4: A vote
in congress is like a cold because
sometimes the ayes (eyes) have
it, and sometimes the noes (nose.)
Answer to riddle No. 5: Two
words that contain all the vowels,
and in their proper order are
Facetious, abstemious.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-29

hear something
about the author,
Mrs. Fra nc e s
Trego Montgom-
cry. "a
In the frs t
place, it will in
terest everybody
to know that Mrs.
Montgomery Is a
grandmother, al
though she does
not look Of d
enough for that.
When her own
C h | | d rem were
young she wrote
a book about their
adventures on a
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-29

I've young readers of the Junior
Palladium who are following with
50 much eagerness the adventures
of the goat, BILLY Whiskers," and
his family will no doubt be glad to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-29
MRS. FRANCES TREGO MONTGOMERY

Junior Palladium tells them new
story about Billy Whiskers and his
family.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-02
ODD FELLOWS IN
DIAMOND JUBILEE
DIR. G. A. Robbins Speaker at Rock
Island Lodge Anniversary;
Open to Public

DR.. c. A. Robbins of Dixon, past
grand master OF the grand lodge OF
Odd Fellows OF Illinois, VIII deliver
the address at the diamond ami
Yersary OF Rock Island lodge, NO.
rs. to be observed in odd Fellows
hall Monday, Dec IL.
The celebration of the 18th ami
gersary OF the lodge, which has
had a continuous existence since
1886, will be co-incident with the
district meeting Of the order which
will be attended by representatives
of Odd Fellows lodges in Rock Is
land. Moline, Reynolds, Coal Valley,
Illinois City, Port Byron, SilVis and
East Moline. The district meeting
will be held at z O'Clock in the
evening and at Sis the a%nnivers-
sry celebration viii begin and will
be open to the public.
Prayer will be offered by Rev. j.
A. Decker, pastor of the Milan
Methodist church, 4 member OF the
lodge and the history Of the lodge
will be related by Jonas Bear,
treasurer Of UcaI lodge, who was
once a member of Rock Island
lodge.
Music will be rendered by the
Odd Fellows band and by q quar-
tet. A comedian will entertain and
there will be a program of read
ings. A light luncheon will be
served.
During its long history the lodge
has touched so many lives in Rock
Island and rear vicinity that i
large attendance IS anticipated.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-02
VOLIYA. OVERSEER OF ZION CITY,
:. HAS TURNED SO CENTS INTO SIX
MILLION DOLLARS IN TEN YEARS

zion City. Dec. Wilbur Glenn
yoliya has increased his fortune
from So cents to 100000 in 10
years.
He has Just turned down a $780,
600 a year job as a sales manager.
And still he believes that the world
IS fiat,
Every one knows how Voliva, as
successor to DIR. John Alexander
Dowie. the first overseer of Zion
City, has made his bailiwick the
bluest of blue law towns.
But few have heard of Voliva's
stupendous success as a fnancler
and captain Of industry.
VoIiya rescued Zion City from
the receivers auction block after
the death of Dowie. With his total
assets SO cents he negotiated a
81, 000, 900 loan.
VOIiya Owns City.
Today Voliva owns Zion City.
Everything is in his name, inclut-
ing its 90 industries, which last
year did a total business of 1885,
05l.24.
Today Voliva's properties are al
most free from debt, the city treas
ury is bullying with revenues, its in
Gustries are running "a hours a
day and, it goes without saying,
there is no unemployment.
VoIiva's 5000 followers give him
all the credit. He is 81, was born
on a farm IN Newton, Ind, IS the
Commuuity's religious as well rs
worldly leader, and yet takes no
personal pride in his accomplish
nents. He has fixed his own sal
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-02
FRIDAY-THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUs-DECEMBER 2. 1927.

For in religion reposas charse-
ter, perseverance, and help against
a~dversities.
Shelter ard Strength.
1T offers shelter in time of need
and strength when disaster threat
ems.
ITO capitalize ones faith. a com
bination of horse sense and the sa-
gacity for making money are neces-
sary. q
Not every man OF religion can
become wealth.. But religion as
an adjunct to money making abiI-
ity will multiply the chances for
making money.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-02

when serving others and guided by
religion"
In his role of overseer, voliya
has more duties and positions than
a vaudeville quick change artist.
primarily there is but n road
to success, and that road lies along
the highway OF eternal and con-
slant ambition" Voliya explains.
But every man, TO start with.
providing he has an abiding faith
in God, his fellowman and reli-
gion. has a book value $3.50, 900.
AT least l would ' .ue a mans
religion on a businC IS basis as be-
ing worth $3.50
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-02

Il raised IS cents to the dignity
Of $4,000, 900 because /:
Tried to keep faith with God
and man.
Never did myself what I could
train others to do for me.
Surrounded myself with the
right kind of minds and made them
work.
"Endeavored to visualize oppor-
tunity always.
Took chances when / believed
myself right
Sought always to keep alive
and active.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-02
LLOYD GEORGE
sails DEC, II

London. Dec. 2.-CBy the Associ-
ated Press.)-Prime Minister Lloyd
George, 1t was learned this after
noon, is definitely planning to
leave England :or the United States
Tee. -. to attend the Washington
armament conference.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-02

airy at $3.50 a month and refuses to
consider more
Talents God-GiVen.
God gave me certain talents"
says VOliva. The peculiar facui-
" for making money is mine by
heritage.
'Il-used. this gift is more than
a curse. II is only well employed
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-02
BOYS SUITS

These boys suits are all virgin wool,
with two pairof pants, specially tail
ored for us, $14.50 to SIS values,
now S127
Boys $16.50 to SIS suits now S14.5O
Boys all weather Crompton corduroy
suits $3.50
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-02

Even greater are the suit savings because here
you are offered Hart Schaffner & Marx suits, OTe = 50
your favored model, fabric, pattern, color and Ira -
oC at
Other suits with two pair pants, a special value at $45, YOUR
choice $35
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-21
HIGH BASKETBALL
TEAM IS FACING
HEAVY SCHEDULE

The Albuquerque high school
basketball team faces the heaviest
schedule this year that 1t has ever
arranged. In spite of the strong
opposition teams, the school is
again out for state honors. The
feature Of the schedule will be a
game with Ell Paso in the armory
February 10.
Last year Ell Paso was the state
champion of Texas and this year
they boast an even better team. me
work of Coen and Brown, the Pass
City forwards, will be the outstand-
ing attraction of all the teams who
visit Albuquerque this year.
Albuquerque high plays every
other team in the central section
and on a trip through the Pecos
valley they meet Roswell, CLOVIS
and Fort Sumner.
If the Duke City team wins
enough of it's games, the state
tourney will be played in the arm
ory on March 10 and IL.
The prices this year to games VIII
be lower than last year, but the at
fractions are of higher class. In
the season OF 191S-19 the local high
played only five games includlns
Menaul and the Indian school, This
wear the card includes seventeen
high class games, with only six OF
them away from home.
The schedule for 1922 is as fol-
lows:
January 7. Belen, high school
gymnasium.
January IA, santa Re at Santa Fe.
January 20, Gallup, armory.
January 81, Menaul, high school
gymnasium.
(santa Fe indians VS.. second
team.)
January 81, Gallup. at Gallup.
February 3, HarWood, at Harwool
school.
February 4. Indian school, at In
dian school. ..--.
February 10, Ell Paso, armory
February IL, HarWood, hlgh
school gymnasium.
| February IT, Santa Fe, armory
February IS, Belen, at Belen.
February 20, Fort Sumner, a
Fort Sumner.
February "a, Clovis, at Clovis.
February rs, Roswell, at Ros
well.
March 8, Menaul, Menaul school
March 4, Indian school, mgr
school gymnasium.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-21
IA MILLION FISH EGGS
SENT TO HATCHERIES

Denver, Colo, Dec. 20.-Five
crews of deputy game wardens have
just completed the largest take of
spawn of trout in the history of
the fish and game department of
Colorado, Roland G.. Parvin, com
missioner of fish and game an
nounced today. Altogether Ia
10000 eggs have been collected
and sent to the hatcheries, he said.
Thirteen hatcheries were filled to
capacity with these eggs.
The take this year is larger by
1000 eggs than any previous
take The increase is due to the
fact that the lakes from which the
spawn was taken were cleaned be-
fore the spawning crews set to
work, according to Mr.. Parvin.
All of the spawn was taken from
fish in lakes at an altitude of
5000 feet. The principal lakes
furnishing the supply Of spawn
were Electra, in LaPlata county;
Grand Mesa, in Delta county; Akin
lake, in Larimer county; Swanli
lake, in Mineral county, and Born
| lake, in Archuleta county.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-21
c. OF c. MEMBERS
RECEIVE BALL OF.
FOR NOMINATION
Several Names Should Be
Added to the List Of
A Members; Ballots Must
Be Returned Tomorrow.

Ballots for the nomination or 80
candidates for the Is berths on
the chamber Of commerce direc-
torship were mailed to all cham
Der members yesterday. The bal
lots contain the names of every
chamber member. with q few ex-
ceptIons, noted below. Each mem
Der is to mark the names of 30
persons he believes best suited to
act as directors and to mail the
lists back to the chamber of COM
merce by Thursday afternoon.
The 80 persons nominated will
be up for election and lists carry
ing these names will be mailed tC
the members for voting for the
board, which is limited to Is mem
bers.
Through an error, the follow
ing names were not printed on
the lists and should be added:
Kaseman, George A.; Milne, John
Barton, d. E.; Beatty, T.; Bowers,
II. M; Bruce, A. E.; Foley, J. j.;
Cornish, DR.. p. C. Jr.; Elder
j. E.; Everitt, Geo.; McSpadden,
r. L.. Fletcher, G. E.; Gober, j.
L.; Haggard, Jerre; Hauser, w. A.;
Fuhrmeyer, E. G.; Caller, H. E.;