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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1921-04-12
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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1921-04-12

It's More Efficient and
So Much Easier
to use the Vital Automatic
Cleaner for your daily
sweeping than to use a
broom Your back won't
ache, you won't have as
much busting to do either.
and your house viii Just
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Come see this cleaner.
try how easy It Is to use.
see how strongly It Ia built.
You don't have any cleo
trical cords in the way. nor
any current to pay for. VI
tai Cleaners last and do
their work wen a long
time.
Tomorrow when you are
in ask about them-try
them yourself in our
Carpet Dept
Evening star., 1921-09-18
STRANGER DOG

repeated. He had risen now and was
standing. feet wide apart, glaring
down at them.
"'Leven." the boy stumbled. eleven"
This time his voice came stronger.
Looking up suddenly. he caught the eye
"'Leven. goin' on twelve"-he was
fairly screaming now-"you-big bully"
Zeke Preston caught tho boys arm
and twisted 1t back sharply. Hephzi-
bah did not look up. Though the
fragments dropped again from her
fingers. this time 1t was she who could
not see to reassemble them.
to the gable room where Stephen
slept. 1t was cold there. but she stood
a long time. Finally the boy stirred.
and in the moonlight she could see his
eyes open: Heph.ibah knew she must
say something.
Here's your box Of lemon drops"
she finally stammered. 'You must ha'
left them when you went to bed He1e-
kiah."
For q long moment he did not an
swer. then he stretched out his hand
from the bedclothes. Nobody never
calls me that" he protested. But he
smiled Mt her.
Held tight against him, the sharp
edged little box seemed strangely
comforting. Comforting too was the
memory Hephsibah bore away of that
As q farming asset, Zeke Preston's
estimate of stephen Hesekiah's prow-
ess could not be said to err. Stephen
was distinctly failure. Even Zeke.
who spared neither himself nor any
one else. was forced to admit there
were some things too heavy for the
boy to lift. AS a puller of weeds. too.
Evening star., 1921-09-18

He's asleep" said Zeke He
straightened UP gingefly and caught
hold OF the table to steady himself.
"He was there. like you said. waitin.
guess I didn't find him none too
soon. The snow had just about closed
face looked gray in the lamplight.
II guess I'll have a little nip out OF
that bottle myself"
Timidiy Stephen gave it to him and
watched while he drank. The boys
eyes went then to the sleeping
Stranger and slowly back to the man.
As he gazed at Zeke the look Of ten
long moment before he spoke.
"Well?" Zeke grunted.
"fou-must be awful 0fAve.
The man smiled, a little wearily.
Down on the floor Stephen lifted
the head of the sleeping dog onto his
curly. rough coat in an ecstasy o.
love. For a long time nobody said
anything. Hephzibah finished getting
supper. but this time she did not urge
Stephen to eat.
The hominy's pretty good to-
night" Zeke said finally. when the
dog wakes up we'll give him bite.
in some warm milk. Twon't hurt
him none. this outin'.''
After a while the boy stood up and
came slowly to Zeke's chair. The old
clock that had come from Benning-
ton ticked off many seconds before ne
spoke Say" he began. Il used {"
say this was my dog. Well. he ain't,
He's half yours and half hers and
half mine"
Zeke chuckled softly. Il low it's a
good thing you start goin' to school
tomorrow. What 'rithmetic?
fOopyrieht, 1871
Evening star., 1921-09-18
A Complete Story by Bernice Brown

the Strangers existence was thing
As Inevitable a. the first blizzard OF
winter. but neither Stephen nor Heph-
zibah liked to think of It. The days
slid by and nothing happened. Per
haps nothing would happen. SUI.
they all had q feeling this was only
or a pitchfork-would some day
drive the Stranger back onto the
streaming highway from which he
had come.
The twenty third of November was
destined to become a day Of momen-
tous change. In the FIRST place. Ste.
phen was to go to school. The old
crossroads schoolhouse had been
one. splendidly equipped with weather
yane and lightning rods, had only
been completed. Accordingly. another
three months had of necessity been
added to the summer vacation. But
II Stephen went to school he could
not drive the cows up to Section Four.
The laws Of physics prevent even an
at once. And. thirdly. what was to
become of the Stranger? Without
Stephen to hide and protect him, he
would certainly be discovered and
driven away during the hours when
Stephen was learning the multiplica-
tion table and the chief products ex.
ported from Chile. Something would
have to happen: And It did; a.,+x e-.,
Stephen and Hephzibah were doing
the dishes, chatting as they only did
when Zeke was out of the room. Zeke
had pulled on his heavy boots and
gone to the barn, they supposed. zeke
was the sort Of man who liked to re-
assure himself Of the security Of all
Evening star., 1921-09-18

HephsibAh said finally. She went to
the window and stared out into the
darkness. Il believe the winds goin'
down some. And there's goin' to be q.
moon. too. Look, stephen"
Listlessly he followed her to the
IL there was a moon or indeed IL the
sun should ever rise again? But he
knew Hephzibah was trying to be
kind to him. with haggard eyes he
stared at the garden. the barn. the
low huddle of sheds beside IL. the
blocked lane to the meadow.
For long time he looked without
seeing anything, then suddenly his
eyes focused. Down the lane came
a figure. lunging and unsteady. The
boys eyes ached from the strain OF
concentration. The thing was moving
nearer and nearer. Stephen caught
his breath and his heart seemed to
footsleps on the porch he few to the
door. The light of the lamp streamed
into the darkness. There WAS Zeke
with something in his arms. some
thing heavy, for he bent under the
weight. 1t was Zeke and the
Stranger.
warm up blanket" Zeke ordered.
land get out the rum bottle" Al
most tenderly he laid the dog down.
Not too near the stove" he said.
There"
With nervous hands the woman and
boy obeyed him. Zeke forced open the
dogs mouth and poured into it some
OF the liquid. Slowly the dogs eyes
fickered open and he sighed. Then his
head Topped down again. Over him
Zeke drew the warm blanket. and he
held his head close to the dogs body.
He was breathing deep breaths of ex-
haustion.
Evening star., 1921-09-18

pointed out, the whole merits OF
the game lays in the fact that play
ing it gives the brains q complete
rest and as Tar as am conserned
that is Just like earring Goals to New
take no int. in top spinning but GER
tainly can't find no fault with folks
that does. because I realize that
good many people needs to rest up
different parts OF their organisms
and specially the weak parts.
So instead Of me starting . cam
paign VS.. Put and Take on the
grounds that IL rs a game where
y wit Is on equal turns with mas
ter mind. why I am going to sue-
game where you don't even half TO
remember what different initials
stands for or run the risk Of q lame
arm from handleing a big 2 OF. top
The name Of my game f. WAITING
number Of u wits but We will pre-
tend like they's 10 people playing H.
Everybody brings one Of their visit
ing cards and gives them to the
host and he drops them in hai
Then everybody sos. puts ;,.n .Ssrss up ~
the cards in the hat and pulls one OF
them out and reads the name OUT
loud and who ever's name II fs thai
he reads wins the pot. If the nos
can't read. one OF the guests ina
has had more advantage can pc ap,
nointed to handle the hat and read
This game will be found to be
Improvement over the top because
they's only one of the players that is
libel to get physically exhausted sna
tests that Its practically no strain on
a persons mind to remember their
own name when its read out loud.
Further and more, where the cost
of a A No. top runs anywheres
amt. you can get 100 visiting cards
RING ". LARDNER.
Great Neck, Sept. 10.
Evening star., 1921-09-18
MANY Kinds of Salmon.

Salmon is salmon to most persons.
but there are many kinds OF salmon
to those who know . ''hawk from q
handsaw" and a salmon from . sal
mon. Tho bureau Of fisheries. In
report on Pacific salmon fisheries. lists
the following Pacific species OF the re-
nowned fsh: Chinook. Quinnat or
king salmon; humpback or pink sal
mon; dog or chum salmon: sockeye.
blue.back or red salmon: silver or
coho salmon, and steei-hssd trout.
All these salmon. with the exception
of the steel-head, are included in
the genus "oncorhynchus." and tina,
tough-looking word is made up or
the Greek word "onkos." meaning a
barb or a hook. and another Greek
10 that genus Of f,sh is distinguished
by a "hook snout." The steei;hsad
trout, classed as . salmon. belongs
''salme," which ie q wera probably
derived from the Cattle ana the sig
ni6cance OF which 10 disputed.
Evening star., 1921-09-18

has been asleep for the past yr. and
don't know what the top game Is. !
will explain that 1t is game where
everybody puts a nickel or a quarter
in the pot as the case may be and
top which has got or sides on 1t
and the sides has different things
wrote on them like and T and
etc. and one Of the sides has got
star on it and another has got o
on it and IL the star comes up. the
player that span the top takes the
whole pct and If the 0 comes up. why
nothing happens only he losses his
turn. But If it comes up ). why
quarters or nickels in the pot and II
it comes up T 2. he takes . nickels or
2 quarters out of the pot and etc.
ON acct. of the and T meaning
Put and Take the game has been
nicknamed Put and Take and it
couldn't have no better nickname as
far as I am conserned as the minute
the game starts, that in the signal
for me to Put on my hat and Take
the air
NOW friends when game gets
~ such a hold on the public like this
game why they must be some reason
for same and in looking around for a
reason why this here game has took
the people by storms, a man cant
only come to one conclusion namely
that people like it because they was
no other game ever invented that is
less of q strain ON the mind.
When / say that l don't include no
sames that is played outdoors be-
cause of course they's no indoor game
which can compare with golf for inst
in the amt. of thought q man has to
spend to play 1t which can be proved
PLAYER you meet and ask him a couple
Of medium tough test questions, like;
"What month does xmas come IN!
and what ocean IL near the Pacihc
coast?"
But Put and Take is the indoor
champ and even parchesi is whole
lot more strain on the mind because
in parchesi you have got to remem-
her what color men you are playing
with and sometimes count up as nigh
as IL, SO q good many people that use
to be a great admirer Of parchesi has
deserted 1t In favor of the top and
specially the women folks whose men
tai mechanisms is 80 much more DELI
parchesi or halma is libel to cause
complete nervous break down.
In fact q good many doctors mas
recommended their female patients 70
give up poker and bridge and start
msntai strain Of bridge and poker.
like for inst. remembering which
hand you just took the last trick In
or trying to figure out how much
! pt. amounts 10 at " a Ct. a pit. or
when 1t Isl your turn to ante or
whether flush beats Z Of kind.
Also the physical efforts OF bridge
often proves too much for the weaker
sen and many a gal has broke her
toe W. her partners shin or throwed
her neck out trying to soc what her
husband doubled her on.
30 Put and Take comes IN lucky 20
the ladies', bless them. as 1t don't
mean hardly any physical or mental
strain, neither one. The average top
Evening star., 1921-09-18
Simplifying Simplicity
By Ring w. Lardner.

weighs i to OF. but they's generally
always a big husky he man In the
game that will spin 1t for you and a.
for the mental EFFORT why by the time
the normal college graduate has
PLAYED a couple of rds. they have
practically mastered the technicaltys
which is that p stands for Put. not
Take, and vice versa. and they can g"
on and play without no big danger
of brain fever sitting in.
X x \ X
NOW few zoe wds. ago I made
~ the remark that did not care for
the game and l suppose some OF my
readers will say to themself that
am trying to pose like a smart Alex
and a wise guy because ] claim 4"
not like a game that don't take brains
to play it.
Well. friends. they couldn't nothink
be father from the truth. As 1 have
Evening star., 1921-09-18

white hairs kept her distance As
evening approached Stephen wondered
he have a home somewhere and chores
to do and master? But the dog ap-
peared strangely foot-loose Perhaps
nobody owned him! With a throb Of
Joy that fairly choked, Stephen Won
dered II Zeke wouldn't keep him. But
he knew Zeke. The Stranger had an
Evening star., 1921-09-18
manneSS.

amenable. at least, to Zeke's srufI
commands. Alone with them. their
whole personality changed. They be-
came monstrous things with terrible
rolling eyes and tremendous, quivering
nostrilA Even when dosing over an
endless cud they appeared only con-
templating some new and sinister
deviltry.
Here. boy" Zeke commanded, '.ye
Evening star., 1921-09-18

"O the editor: I don't suppose
they's domicile in the U. s. or
Canada which by this time amt
furnished with one of these
here tops that you spin and gamble
with them and a home that amt got
one is as far behind the times as a
bride that can't make gin and pretty
near every place you go now days on
a party. why instead of halIing out
the cards or African golf balls. why
the host generally always produces
gold or diamond studied top and
everybody squeels and can't hardly
wait till the dinning rm. table is
cleared off SO as they can start the
fray.
But in case they's ! or = Rip Van
Wrinkles amongst my readers that
Evening star., 1921-09-18

IF You Were Small Boy Adopted Out
l of Children Home in Des Moines,
and If You Went to Live With Close
fsted Yankee Farmer Like Zeke Preston
In This Story, Then You Might Be Glad
If Even Stray Dog Came Your Way.
A Boy and Dog are an Unbeatable
Combination, and Miss Brown Weaves
Them Into Story of Convincing HUI
manness.
Evening star., 1921-09-18

certain. He saw that the door to the
cowshed was latched. that the buggy
had been pulled up into the barn. that
Il From the darkness. Of the night out.
side came startled yelp Of pain. sue :
'ceeded by another and another and
looked at each other in = panic Of
"The Stranger" Stephen whispered
They both strained to hear. Finally
the sound Of zeke', boot: on the
:pon't say Isnythin'." she cautioned.
.I'll do the talkin'. D'you mind nowr'
don't know anythin' about that dog"
opened the door. A gust Of air
whipped the kerosene lamp into q
EnnH srs fb;nr of brightness St neox,ea a,
tusged at the heavy leather. stiff now
seratchin' around In the old pig shed.
Went over and opened the door. 1t
was a monsrsl our. Must have got
on II. I sent him about his business
all right" There was a silence while
Zeke tug6ed and puffed. won't have
no NANCY cur hangin' around my
place"
LIS promise to Hsphsibah forgotten.
l. stephen confronted his tormentor
with blazing eyes. "He wasn't no
NANCY eur" he stormed. 'He-he was
a good dog. He had black hair-all
smooth, except for just few burrs.
He was. I think, the nioest dog that
ever lived. He is my dog. my dog"
His voice caught in q sob that threat
ened to put and end to his eloquence.
@as %y sos g.: p. 70 %ns sdns 1s yeS TSe
whole figure quivered with rage and
misery.
Perhaps the fervent valiancy Of this
protest amused zske, for he only
oh ohncklsd sd srq,y .or,.o..n "Yos mean he was
goin' west whom I last seen him
rapidly. Must be bout halfway to
Denver now
with a cry Of agony the boy flung
himself out of the door and raced
bins. There was no bark Of answer.
only the wind and the inane cry Of a
hoot owl. Again and again he called.
Suddenly he heard footsteps and he
turned around, @ instantly aS ., on the 81 dsfen. en-.
drew him to her. mo use calm any
more now. shs said. but he'll come
back. you mark my. word. Wen Just
Fl ssss s & ts seis
amt even finished his supper"
'D'you think hen come back! DO you
really think sor' he pleaded:
doubts She might have had did not
alter the conviction In her voice.
IDENTITY she drew him back to the
house. At the back porch he stopped
her.
he began. Il said he was aii mine" I"
There was Q moment Of silence. "Wsil,
least half part-whsn b: comes back: /"
Il had been a long time indeed sincs
Hsphsibah Preston had called any one
Morning cams, curiously gray ana
;s The h.n,sS tx Il: he sun ssssy .s. snt sSnts
fe.Sis fsSH1 protest.. Es.msr famiii.sS ~ are :
nss0aa ssc ea.sasy sa. ifs.d 'i eefors ss.psn
was dressed i! and on hts Way te the
M 'hss asSSsess s' reisa ae1s: (:
ala % not t. cali his aes. Slowly even hs
the door which the wind had blown
shut asain;, The stranger vas not
would come hack later. He would
ooms over to the meadow, Of course,
like that Arst day.
stephen was In q fret Of inpetienee
Sowi 81 Of mush sad milk HebhslSsS II.
sisted upeR his eating. On the ha0k
porch z6ks !snt&sd the air and locked
up at the. sky.
Evening star., 1921-09-18

He nugseO tne lltfte OoA OF leEHOT
drops SO hard his fingers ached and
grew white.
Wont he good for much but pullin'
mernin' glory weeds" the man was
saving. Hephsibah Preston never
talked back. 1t was wiser not to.
EOR supper that night they had cod
fish balls and mince pie. The cod
fish came in a wooden box. and 1t al
ways nodded little before they could
finish 1t; but then one had always had
Goldfish for supper in Vermont. The
milk. which. Stephen discovered. would
some way slip down, contained more
yellow cream than Zeke Preston, by
the light of the one kerosene lamp,
could ascertain. Considerably more
than he would have deemed neces-
sary.
After supper Stephen helped redd
up the kitchen. At the home he had
done dishes whenever his turn came
sidered unhandy, but tonight. either
because he was very tired or just too
miserable to care. Zeke's mustache
cup. that had come all the way from
Bennington. squirmed somehow from
under his soapy fingers and went vent
sob that had been struggling in his
throat for an hour had not escaped
then the accident would not have be-
come a tragedy But Zeke hated q
cry-baby.
How old d'you say he was, this
boy?' the man thundered.
Stephen jumped as though he had
been struck. For brief instant he
tried to meet the mans eyes, but it
was a failure. On his knees, his eyes
blinded now with tears, he tried to
pick up the rough pieces, Kueeling
beside him was Hephzibah. Their
assemble the treasure.
How old d'y0u say he was?" Zeke
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1921-01-27

Rotary of Town Farm Bureau Fedora
ton, Ames, Ia; Howard NJ. Gore,
Clarksburg, W. Va; C. H. Gustav
son, Lincoln, Neb., chairman Farm
ers' Grain Marketing Committee Of
Seventeen; S. P. Houston, Malta
Bend, Mo-. ]. B. Kendrick, Sheridan,
Wyo., U. S. Senator and president of
the American National Livestock As
ISOLATION and co-author of the Ken
drick-Kenyon bill in Congress; W. A.
McKerrow, St. Paul, Mimi; W. H..
Mumford, Chicago, head of Live
Stock Marketing, Illinois Agricultur-
al Association; J. H. Skinner, Lafay-
cite, Ind, dean of School of Agricul-
ture, Purdue University; A. Sykes,
Ida Grove, Iowa, president of the
Corn Belt Meat Producers Associa-
ton and o. o. Wolff, Ottawa, Kan,
president of the Kansas Agricultural
Council.
Omaha Exchange Pays Big.
The present live stock marketing
system is operated largely against
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1921-01-27

the interests Of the farmer and stock
raiser. There is too wide a margin
of profits between the prices paid to
producers for beef cattle or hogs and
the price of meat paid by the city
consumer, The operation of the
Omaha Cooperative Live Stock Com
mission Exchange has been SO profit
able in the last year that fully IS per
cent of the expenses for handling the
cattle and hogs at the Omaha yards
have been rebated to the members Of
the cooperative exchange. AS a re-
suit the exchange is handling all the
livestock it is equipped to take care
of and will be enlarged to serve its
members.
President Howard wants coopera-
tive live stock commission Offices to
have representation in every Live
Stock Exchange throughout the coun-
try. There is too large a margin of
profit which now goes to the middle
mar between the price of live stock
on the hoof and the price of meat
paid by the consumer. The producer
of late has been receiving around 7
to 10 cents a pound for his steers at
the principal stock markets while the
price Of meat in the cities ranges
from 80 to so cents a pound,
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1921-01-27
FARM BUREAUS now TURN HAND TO OPERATING LIVE
STOCK Commission FIRMS IN DIRECT MARKETING DRIVE
BY ROBERT FULLER

Written Specially for Gd:ette-T Times.
Cooperative livestock commission
firms, operated BY livestock produc-
erS and having the backing of the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
are to be established throughout the
Middle West and Southwest at once
for the purpose of protecting the in
tereStS of the farmers, The move
ment has taken tangible form in Neb-
raSka, Illinois and Minnesota, where
cooperative live stock commission
firms are operated successfully by
producers at Omaha, Chicago and St.
Paul. Similar exchanges will be
opened in Denver, Fort Worth and
Kansas CITY within the next few
weeks and later it is planned to open
such offices in every cattle marketing
center of the whole country.
With the new year, President ]. R,
Howard and Vice President 0. f,
Bradfut, of the American Farm Blu
reau Federation, selected fifteen
bona fide stock raisers from among
200 representative cattle, sheep and
hog raiserS from the principal live
stock-producing states and empower
ed them with authority to take the
necessary steps toward organizing CO.
operative live stock associations
wherever deemed feasible. This
latest and one of the most important
of A. F. B. F. committees is compoS-
ed of the following men,:
Members of the Committee
w. A. Cochel, Kansas City, Mo,
representative of American Short
horn Breeders Association; ], M. An
derson, St. Paul, Mimi, president
Equity Cooperative Exchange; Harry
G. Beale, Mount Sterling, Ohio, trea-
surer of the Ohio Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton; W. J. Carmichael, Chicago,
secretary of National Swine Growers
Association; c. E. Collins, Kit Car
son, Col, president Farmers Union
of Colorado; E. H. Cunningham, sec
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1921-01-27

When President-elect Harding
%nnounces his cabinet choices.
mong the men selected will be
he name Of Colonel William
3oyce Thompson. is the opinion OF
leaders in Republican ranks.
Colonel Thompson Is a western
ar. Born in Montana, he went east
10 study and graduate at Column
bia School OF Mines. Then he
returned to the west and became
rich In copper mining. He became
a colonel through service in the
Spanish-American War and In the
recent val headed the Red Cross
in Russia for Is months. He
gave one million OF his personal
funds to Red Cross.
1t was also Colonel Thompson
who conceived the idea and per-
sonally financed the idea OF CIV
ing the hometown paper to the
boys in the trenches. Colonel
Thompson has resided In New
York for several years where no
q one OF the financial leaders.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1921-01-27
Open Winter Helps StOckmen.

Stockmen Of Eastern oregon are
reaping good benefits from the abund-
ant rains, which have kept the grass
growing on the range and produced
abundant pasture on lower land stub
blehelds and meadows. This has CHI
abled growers to save considerable hay,
reports Robert Withycombe of the I'm
ion branch experiment station,