The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-12
! MAIN STREET
The Story of Carol Kennicott
ny SINCLAIR LEWIS
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said 10 old fslraF Chucked him IN
the ribs and said. Say. boy. what
do you want To so 10 Denver forf
Wait n | get time and IN move the
mountains hcrc. Any mountain will
be ticklcd 20 death 20 locate here
once We get the White Way inr I"
The town welcomed Mr.. Rlausser
as fully a. Carol Hnuhhed him lie
was the guest Of honor at the Com.
mercial Club Banquet at the Minnie
tnashie House. an occasion for
menus printed in gold thut lnjudl.
cicusly proof read. FOR free cigars.
soft damp slabs OF Lake Superior
whitefish served as fillet OF sole.
drenehed cigar-ashea gradually I'm.
ing thu saucers OF coffee cups. aud
oratorical references to Pop. Punch.
CO. vigor. Enterprise. Red blood.
lie Men. Fair Women. Gods coun.
try. James ]. Hiii. the Blue sky. the
Green Fields, the fsountifui Harvest.
Increasing Population. Fair Return
on Investments. Alien Agiiators Who
Threaten the Security OF Our lnsti-
tutlon-. the Hearthstone the Founda.
ton OF the state. senator Knute
Nelson. one Hundred Per Cent
Am-ricanism. and Pointing with
Pride.
Harry Hayiock. as chairman. In.
PRODUCED Honest Jim Biausser. And
am proud 10 say. my fellow citt
gems. that In his hrief stay here AIR.
Blausser has become my warm per.
sonal friend as well as my fellow
booster. aud | advise YOU all to very
carefully attend to the hints OF a
man who knows how 20 achieve
Mr.. niausser reared up like an
elephant with a camei's meek rcd
faced. red eyed. heavy fiated. slight,
" helching--a born leader. divineiy
Intended to he a congressman but
DETECTED TO the more lucrative hon
or~ OF rcaI-estate. He smiled on hts
warm personal friends and fellow
boosters. and bcomed
Il certainly was astonlshed In the
streets OF our lovely little city. the
other day. met tho ueanest kind
Of crfttcr bat God ever madc-mean.
sr than the horned toad or the Texas
ailspalural uauFhtcrJ And do you
know what tho anim.ic wasr lie
was knockerl daughter and APP
plauseJ
Il want 90 tel you good people.
and MS Just az sure aa God made
little apples. the thing thai dlatsn.
cuisines our American common.
wealth from the pikers and tin-horns
In other countries Is our Punch, You
take a genuwine, honest To Cos no.
mo AmericanibuS and there Amt
anything he's afraid TO tackle. Snap
and speed are hts middle name, Hen
put her across n he has 20 ride from
hell 10 breakfast, and believe me.
I'm mighty good and sorry for the
boob that's 80 uniucsy as to sc, In
his way. because that poor slob t.
going to wonder wher. he was at
when Old Mr.. Cyclone hit town.
uAughterl
Now. frien'. there's some folks so
yellow and small and no few In the
pod that they go 10 work and claim
that those OF US that have the big
vision arc Off our trolieyA They
say we can't make Gopher Prairie.
God bless heri just ~ big az Mime.
apolis or ST Paul or Duluth. but
Jenna tell you right here and now
that there ain't a town under tho
blue canopy OF heaven that's got a
better chance to TAX, a running
jump and so rcooting right UP into
the two-hunsrcd- thousand class than
little old q. P.i And II there's any
body that's got such cold kiam~ts
that he's afraid TO tag after Jim
Biausser on the Big Going Up. then
we don't want him hcrei Way I
fiEwer Il. you folks are just patriotic
enough so that you Amt going to
stand for any guy arecrtng and
knocking his own town, no matter
how much OF a smart Alsck he ga--
and just on tho side | want 10 add
that this Farmers SonnarfiNan
League and the whole bunch OF so.
cialists are right In the same cate
cory. or. as the fellow says. IN the
same scate@ory. meaning This Way
Out. Exit. Beat II While the C.oine'a
Good. This Means You. for all
knockers Of prosperity and the
rights Of property.
Fellow citizens. there's LOT Of
folks. even right here in this fair
state. fairest and richest ~ all the
glorious union. that stand M on
their hind legs and claim that tho
East and Europe put II all over the
golden Northwestland. Now let me-
nail that lie right here and now.
'Ah-ha.' says they. - Jim Blsusscr
Is claiming That Gopher Prairie is as
and Rome and--and alt the res, Of