davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-22
Individuality in
Girls Spring
Coats, SIS to $3.50

A loose ripping back and
a belted front, box pleats and
straight lines or inverted
pleat sports models-oh, the
new Spring coats for girls
have real character!
Polo clio t h S, heather
tweeds, velours, etc. are
the materials and the coats
are half or fully lined. Sizes
6 to IA wears.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1921-08-26
''svETn

clhala; tmavy oblicej mela "a
haleny hustym zavojem.
Vzdor tomu 9poznala jsem il
a vim jist6, ze j ona poznala
mne. Skrzs husty zavoj upfe-
la sve terne oci ma mne q tva-
fila Sc, jakoby mne chtela O.
sloviti; ia vsak netekala, ny
brz utekla jsem rychle. B6ze-
la jsem ulickou k staremu do
mu a po schodech nahoru.
Man! Mani" volala jsem pl-
Inym hrdlem. Oh, radostl Byl
to jeji Jenny hlaeek, jenz mi
Iodpovedel.
"Byl zde nekdo, NAM" ia
zala jsem Sc, kdyz jsem pri-
sla nahoru; "a kde jest babic-
ka?"
"Nebyl zde nikdo," odpove-
della k menu utiSeni, "a babi-
cka jest nemocna; lezi V po-
steli."
Rozumela jsem, co to INA,
mena. We skim nalezaly Sc
vyzebrane zbytky pokrmu
vzala jsem je a sly jsme (
Nan ma schody, abychom jict
polly co veceri, neb zapacf
koralecni byl v komofe nesne.
sitelny.
Dlouho jsme tax sedely ma
schodech. Jako obycejne po
vstaly ma doleni chodbe had
ky V CHI reci, jiz isem nerozl
mela. Y jedne sy6tnici daIekC
lod mas hral nekdo ma housle
lmalO Jsem 81 toh0 VSlmala
myslila jsem stale ma snedou
tlustou pani a tazala jsem st
sebe, zda-li jeSt6 Ma chodnikl
ma cihan6 stoji. Nan stavals
Sc ospalou; jeji kucerava hla
vicka klesla tezce ma ma pr
sa. "Pojd'me dc syetnice,'
pravila jsem sly jsme, Ba
bicka lezela dosud ma hroma
de hadru, ktera j "a poste
slouzila. Nan a ia ulAly jsm'
ma holou podlahu pod sky
lightem' pozorovaly skrz'
ieho rozbite tabulky hvezd,
Ma modre obloze az jsme u
snuly.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1921-08-26
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
VYchod a Zapad.
! ROMAN z AMERICKEHO zIVOTA.
DIE angickeho preozil Albin Straka.


4NpCO lluSl llL tlONCh ltllO--
vati. Jiz jako dite byla jsem
nest astnou, re mela jsem po-
vahu takovou, ktera mne mutt
la nekoho milovat. O nabozen
stvf v6dela jsem tolik, jako
Hottentot a pasky pribuzen-
stvi byly mi uplne neznamy.
TAX Sc stale, re Nan mi byla
vSim.
Den re dne posilala mas sta
ra Scrag ma zebrotu. Ma uli-
cich naucila jsem Sc brzo zna
ii moe krasy. Ma mne divali Sc
lide mrzute a ma me prosby
byli hluchymi; jestlize Sc vsakl
podivali do nezneho obiceje
Many S velikyma modryma oti-
ma zlatozlutymi vlasy, zG-
stale dev6t 2 deseti stat daS
nam po centu. Bee tvare Many
by Sc nam n6ktereho dne vel
mi Spatn6 darilo.
N6kdy jsme byly zv6davymi
damami a sluzkami tazany po
jm6n6 a obydli pax musela
jsem vypravovat vtluGenou mi
povidacku drahe, stare a tez
ce nemocn6 babiCce, ktera ne
ma zadnych penez X zaplace-
nj cinze a leku. Nebyla jsem o.
bratnou lharkou; kdyz jsem
byla priliS ostre prohlizena a.
neb vyptavana, zarazila jsem
Sc a dala jsem~ Sc ma ut6k.
Bazliva Nan ponechala mlu
veni obycejne mn6; cbytila Sc
mych hadru a nochala "a sebe
mluvit prijemny oblicej ten
byl vJmluvnejSi nez muj ia
zyk. Byla velmi utlym tvorem.
JeSte nyni myslim Sc zadostiu
cin6nim, ze jsem pro nj ucini-
la, co jsem dobrCho mohla.
Jestlize prSelo, prikryla jsem
il svymi hadry; trasla-li Sc III
mou. ZahTala iSpm ii ma SvVch
prsou; kdyz jsme byly ODE hla
dovy a dostaly ien malo k il
dlu, dala jsem il caste polovic
ku sv6ho podilu.
N6kdy isme sly ulicemi k We
likemu zelenemu mistu, kde
byly stromy, vodotrysky a Sc
dadla. Ma kterych isme 81 mo-
hly odpocinouti; 0 neco dale
byl sad, slime stromy, zahony
kvetin' rybnik, ma nemz pla-
valy lod'ky labute. Byl to
raj pro mas deti ulice. Slunec
nj paprsky, nadherne kv6tiny
a veskera krasa kolem mas
pfim6la az k plaGi
"Ach Polly, draha POLLY
Zustanmez zde a nevrat mez
Sc vice ku stare Skragn' pro
sila Nan, kdyz jsme Ease jed
nou prisly do sadu.
AvSak V naSem Edenu Cihal
pokuSitel. Jednoho dne utrhla
Nan smele n6kolik kv6tinek re
zahonu. V tomtez okamziku
spatrily jsme, ze Sc k nam bill
Ii policejni straznik klackem
a hv6zdou; hruzou Vytrhla
isem Name kvetiny a uprchly
jsme pod6seny odtud.
Vicekrate isme Sc neodvazi-
~ vstoupiti do tohoto naseho
raje.
Nyni prichazim ia, byvala
poulicni zebratka, k dulezite-
mu dnu, ienz sahl tax mocnt
do naSich osudu.
Drive nez stara Scrag mas tc
no dne poslala ma zebrotu, ida
10 Sc il byti vhodnym dat
nam nasleduiicf yystrahu: "Ne
mann chuti dv6 podobne ne.
zdarne osoby zdarma vydrzo
vat" pravila Polly, ty Ger
ny satane, proc nevypravujeI
lidem 0 ubohe, nemocne babiC
ce, ktera nemuze zapIatlt Gin
III? Coz jsem te nezivila pC
cely tvuj zivot, coz neJsen
tvou dobroditelkou? A prec'
Sc vsadim, re nedovedes niko
- JIero4 IanNn6 III n9I .
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1921-08-26

@oJ - ~ 5000 ~ N"iAACoLllotllly
ktere Sc mi 2 cele duSe proti-
vilo. Ones nebudu zebrat,"
pravila mrzute.
ooh, Polly, uGin to pfec, ne
bo te babicka ubije!" prosila
Nan.
AT della co chcel" odpove-
della jsem vzdorovit6. GO s
tim asi myslela, kdyz pravila,
re mann V sob6 zlou krev?" ta-
zala jsem Sc nevinne druzky.
Go ty mas "a krev, Nano?
Nemuze byti taz jako ma, ie-
likoz tvs bilou a hezkou,"
Media nam dnes zadnou We
ceri," odpoved6la Nan; il by
la vecere mnohem dulezitejsi
nez jakakoliv otazka krevni.
Bezely jsme dale ulicemi a
zastavily jsme Sc konecn6 v
jedne z hlavnich ulic mesta
pred velikou vykladni skrini,
ktera byla napln6na nejkras-
nejSimi v6cmf, abychom vide
ly, podobnou urozenou damu
doprovazenou ditetem, oblete
nym hedvab a samet po-
hled ma ne naplnil mas prud-
kou zavisti. "Oh, Nano! zaii-
ste by isl lepe vypadala V ma
dhernych Satech, nez-li tyto
opice krajkach stuzkach.
Zahanbila bys je vSechny zla-
tozlutym svym vlasem, ruzo-
vymi tvaremi jasnyma oci-
MAJ"
Nan pritulila meme svoji
kuceravou hlavu ke mne. AZ
budem velke, uteceme spolu,"
odpov6dela.
To bylo naSim zamilovanym
snem, nad6ji, ktera mas We vSe
like nouzi silila; mluvily jsme
0 tom stokrate. Bylo mym
pevnym umyslem, re iakmile
dorostu k praci, opustim ulici
a babicku Scrag a uprchnu S
Nanou do neznamych konGin.
Najednou pTijel kocar; "a
stavil Sc pred velikym kramem
a vystoupily dv6 zeny, pani a
sluzka.
Tato byla tlusta, hn6da a
m6la sprosty vyraz; jeji Siro-
! ka tvar byla neStovicemi roz-
brazd6na. Pani byla bleda, hu
bena a yypadala skoro jako
divka. Mela pekne tmaVe oci
a vlasy, sat jeji nebyi vsak
tax elegantni jako jinych dam
a krom toho slime kulhala.
"Jdete pozorne pani," slySe
Ia jsem tlustou rici, kdyz po-
dala dame svou ruku k podpo-
re.
Najednou mn6 napadlo, re
nemam dosud ami centu pro
star6ho domaciho draka; ry-
chile isem tedy vystoupila a ma
prahla Svou ruku. "Prosim pa
nj almuznuH pravila jsem
koktajic.
Dana zuStala stat a podi-
vala Sc nejprve ma mne a pax
ma malou Manu-. "Velky Bo-
ze!" zvolala najednou.
NeStoVicemi zbrazdena chy
tila Manu- "a ruku. "Ci jest tC
dit6?' tazala Sc mne; hlas je-
il prozrazoval velike rozcile,
nj.
NevysVetlitelny strach tras
nnou cd hlavy k pate a tajnJ
pud mi pravil, re Nan jest '
nebezpeci. Jest mou sestrou!
odpov6d6la jsem rychle.
Tot lez." pravila tlusta
"Neiste 81 nikterak podobny
Komu patri TO hezke dite?"
"Nikomu,' odpoV6dels
jSem.
TIusta pani obratila Sc ]
chrome PAM a pravila tichyn
, hlasem: Jest to zebrava div
ka bez domova a prlbuznych
, coz muzete miti lepsi prilezito
ST? Jednejte rozhodn6, pani
npbo istp Ztracpna ~
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1921-08-26


Uskok ten byl prazraGnym;
prohl6dla jsem no okamzite; !;
chtela Sc zmocniti meho hez-
keho milacka. Hodila jsem pc
niz zuriv6 ma chodnik zaca-
la jsem kousat Skrabat sluz-
ku, ktera jiz drzela dite "a ru-
ku. "Pust'te mou sestru!" ma
rikala jsem; "co chcete cd
mi? Pust'te, nebo kousnu!"
Nan zacala strachem pode
senim plakat; kolemjdouci III
}stavali stat, ably videi, co Sc
1deje.
."Pro boha, Hanno, mech il
bytn zvolala DANA velikou
starosti, Ma to daily jsme Sc o.
be ma ut6k.
Ma rohu ulice pudem hnana
jsem Sc ohledla. Ulice byla pl-
ma lidi; We stredu spatrila
jsem tlustou tmavou zenu, kite
ra rychlymi kroky "a nami po
spichala. Byly jsme tedy pro-
nasledovany.
Strach dOdal nam kridnl
Ma st6sti tlacil Sc zastup lidi
ma chodniku a tax mali tvoro-
We, jako jsme ODE byly, nedali
Sc TAX snadno pozorovat. "Ho-
mem, Nanon volala jsem ma
ubohou, k smrti zdeSenou pru-
vodkyni. "Ona fla zena Jest
"a nami; chce te ode mne od-
stranit."
Nan zast6nala tise a zdvoj-
nasobila svuj speech, aby usla
ihrozn6mu osudu.
Jak daleko jsme byly pro-
nasledovany a pozorovany, ur
| cite nevim. Zajiste jsme daily
tluste cerne hodne prace. By
! la jsem velmi hbitou a tahla
jsem Manu- "a sebou. Zahnuly
| isme do cetnych postrannich u
| licek a kdyz jsme Sc konetn6
dostaly do naSi ulice, byly jsme
" beZpeci.
Nikde nebylo ami stopy po
naSi nepritelkyni; nasytila Sc
snad dlouhe Stvanice a my
Stoupali nahoru po schodech
do podkrovni svetnitky, aby-
chom starene vypravovaly o
naSem nebezpeci a zachraneni.
Nikdy nezapomenu ma stare
nu, jak sedela ma zlamane Sc
sli pod "skylightem" a hledela
ma mne jestrabim zrakem, me-
zitim, co jSem mas prlb6h Wy
pravovala. "Hloupa husow zYo
lala konecne, proc isl nepo-
drzela omen stribrny peniz, kite
i Try ii pani nabizela? Proc isl
, III sem neprivedla? Dala by
mi zajiste ieSte vice penez a
byla bych yam koupila neco
dobreho, molly jsme miti do
: bry den. Snad sem jeste pri-
jde'
"Jestlize il nekdy v tomto
dome dostanu, babicko, tax j
} shodim Sc schodu dolu roz-
: blu tvou lahev Ma kofalku Q
| jeji hlavu!' zVolala jsem Zuri-
| We.
| "Nesmysl!" pravila starena
a pax Sc mne vyptavala, jak o.
: be zenStiny vyhlizely; ma obi
( ceji jeji pozorovala jsem Wy
-Iraz zklamani, kdyz jsem pra-
villa, re nevyhlizely nadherne,
' "Nebyly to tedy zadne bo-
} hate damy!' zyolala zlostne
: V tom okamzeni opanovala
: mne jakasi skodolibost a cd,
|pov6dela jsem drze:
/ "Snad bys neprodala Nan
7 jako kus dobytka?"
' Sotva re jsem to vyrkla, pa
. dla ma mne a Zbila mne do mo-
dra; pax mne poslala zebrat
!. ma ulici, Manu- vSak podrzela
u sebe.
Telem ranami posetym te5
a kym srdcem Sla jsem po sve oc
porne praci. Mrzelo mne, *
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1921-08-26
PIsobl Vam peneznl
ZaleZitOSti neSnaZe?

Pax bychOm 81 pra1, abySte mas techtO pll-
padech navstvil prave tax jako kdyz jdete
nemoci k lekali, neb dentistovi, kdyz Vas
boleji zuby.
Neodkladejte vsak navstevou, ably Vase svi
zele nevzrostly.
Promluvte 81 S nam cee v6ci lined a spo-
lecne muzeme vypracovati plan, cmz mLzete
Vasich pljmu vyziskati pokud mono neg
vice krone toho jest6 penize uspofiti.
Jest to peclive planovani iez vydelava peni-
re stale kolem obihaiic - jsme starr odbor-
nic sestavovani planu tohoto druhu.
Ufednic naS ved mnoho dennich proble-
mech vydani jak Sc objevuji obycejnych do
macnostech. Jest to snad proto, re tolik lidu'
MIN pfichazi o radu - snad take proto, ze
sami mali domacnost, zeny ditky vlastni
Vi echo je treba.
Kazdym zpusobem, vSe co znaii rad Van
povedl a jsme jisti, re sam budete rad W.
zkouseti nektery plan, ktery Vam navrhnou
ktery Yam umozni vyziskati vice Vasicn
pfijmu, nezli jest Yam mono vyziskati nynj
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-20

rhurin. brought about the fall OF Che
r"l-ing cabinet. according TO statement
today by Robert Harris. Of the clnh
N"H@ h..rcau. the I'Ibl!city organization
In America of Sun Vat Sens Canton
government.
General Chang, he declared. Is sail TO
hr planning TO succeed Hsu Shiih Chang
rs president Of China. and according I"
SIR :I,~ris. this il his first move to-
ward that end.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-20
FALL OF CHINESE
CABINET BROUGHT
ABOUT BY CHANG

Now York. ncc. - Efforts 80 rhan.
Tsao Lin. nigh commissioner ~ Man
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-20
To Pay neforo Chriatmaa.

tn" city officials Of I"UW""d " ID %"
glad I" hear that they VIII I"rr!N" th"'I
regular tw" weeks pay ,h".h9 ON Sat
urday instead OF next Tu"sday. th'u
regular iIy duN Tie WhcrI.nE Steel y
Iruu Corlmny win pay It's employees "u
Friday az this week Instead Of .rtIu:.ly
Tho employees arc very well pleased vita
IhlS ,,,llerl
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-20

New York city has $4,000 telephones
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1921-01-28
Horse i;';ii':' Thief Caught; /
First One In Years

Last week David Ripley, west Of
Garrison had stolen valuable horse
and robbed of $125 in cash. An Indian
Geo. :Bartell, of the Standing Rock
.reservatin was suspected and word
vas sent out by Sheriff stenrud to
Ulcers of towns around :to' IS on the
'ook out. for. the horse and rider.. ~.
The first of the week q :man and
horse were seen coming: out of an
old coal mine down, instDead Mans
Coulee, one Of the big coulees west
IF Garrison. It was an. ideal hiding
,lace and just by accident was the
man found. It appeared to be his in
itentions of laying low for a, few, days
and then making his getaway. When
he was discovered the Sheriff was sent
for and the man arrested with out
any trouble. He has. been placed in
the county Jail and on failing to pro-
vide a bond of $1,000 he will be held
until the next term of court. -. w..
This is the first time in years that
any one can remember that party
has been arrested for horse stealing.
In the old days it was. nothing at all
to have your horses stolen, as many
Of the older residents of the county
will testify, but as the county settled
up more. the stealing of horses and
Of cattle as we'll, became q past art.
This fellow brobally wanted q quicker
way to get to his reservation in South
Dakota than walking and took the
horse to do it with
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1921-01-28
Washbul'n]||| \ Wins 5. / !
And ! Loses . ]

Washburn's old rivals, the Coal Har-
b0r basket ball five, met the >loca-
qaintette on neutral floor at, Under
wood last Friday evening, at which
time . lively game was played III
which Washburn ci.r,e out winner by
score Of 80 to 23. g.. IT,. s.
The first half was nip and tuck,
Hrst one side and the the other were
ahead and when the whistle blew at
II Q end IL ilrst half, cal Harbor was
one point ahead, the score standing
IA to 13. When the teams came on
The floor for the second half, both :s:des
were determined to win, never-the
less Washburn gradually creeped away
from Coal Harbor by little better
team work and the securing Of nearly
all free throws that were given for
fouls called on Coal Harbor. Coal
Harbor lost out by not caging their
Tree throws. The final score was 81
10 - in favor Of Washburn.
The game was a good fast one and
the Underwood people enjoyed the
game between. their neighboring
tnVn1.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1921-01-28

school house near his home. During
his young manhood he worried in and
about Washburn and few, years ago
went to Montana where he filed on .
homestead. At the outbreak of the
war he enlisted In the Montana Ma
tional Guard and at Camp Greene was
transferred to &c" Company Of the
18th. Infantry. He served on the line
from January 1918 until July. 7th., Of
the same year when he was wounded
at Soissons. He had been gasaed In
the same eneaeement and from the
gas and wounds he never recovered
He returned to- the United States and
was honorable discharged March IL.
1919. He returned to Washburn and
sreht the following year here, al
though the major portion Of this time
was spent in different government
hospitals in the hope of recovering his
health. .s aatss..s 4.s.
Fehruary z. 1920 he was married to
Mildred Nelson Of this city. They
were married at Bismarck by the Nor
weigen Lutheran Pastor of that place.
Arthur Herred was baptized Sep
tember is. 1889 and was. confirmed
in the Lutheran church by. Rev. Mean.
der. His confirmation occurred during
his 18th year. .-... .. =. ...,.,..
He leaves to mourn his loss, besides
his wife. his father and mother. his
sisters Mesdame. Hans Reeshagen, +.
E. Heck, n: q. Wahl and Neil Tracy
and hfs brothers William and Harry
Herred. To them the many friends
"~c"' the kfndest sympathy.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1921-01-28
KILLS TWO BOB cATs

Bert Thompsohi son Of q IN Nj. Z. {, s. ana lt
Mrs. Tom Thompson. who live up the
river several miles, is reported to
have caught two big bob cats within it'll
the past few weeks. The young trap.
per caught them in traps set In their A,e
runways. 1t has been told that last
sanmer Mr.. Thompson, az well as $
others Of the neighbors.. lost several
\ df their chickens, and ,wihout' a
doubt the work was doneaby the bob
ssats. However, nothing could be done
3unttl winter whent itsiwasap possible TO
hrac them. The cats weighed about
TO pounds apiece. which is a good
size. 81
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1921-01-28
The vanHook Game.

u nc vant1OON 0aNsCs =
The Van Hook ana WashDurn game
game played here TUESDAY hight was
said by many to have Deeal the 'clean-
est. fastest and best game that has
heen played tor some time. From The
word go both SIDES played basket BAH,
that was a pleasure 20 look upon.
It was hard to say which sue made
the better showing for. keeping neck
and neck in the making of scores. Az
the end of the first half the score
stood 81 to % in favor. Of VanHook.
The second half went strOns like
the first half, each team making bas-
kets only to be over.aken aga4n ana
the score kept even. In the lasl nan
il r>Aividual playing caused Washourn
to fail to cage several OF their Daus
tossed and it was only the excellent
shooting of free throws by Robinson
that kept the score on the same lever:
VanHook would have been several
points ahead il they could have Gagged
their free throws. When the hnai
whistle blew the score stood "a to 80
in favor of VanHook. A double foul
had been called just before the end,
Washburn secured theirs but van
Hook missed, thus the game ended
With Van Hook one point ahead. -. :,
ID Both teams played good bal! ana
he people saw s good game OF oas"
me next game is expected to be
played next Tuesday or Wednesday
With the Legion team of Underwood
uG the Underwood floor.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1921-01-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. STORE i,
3i-}'4s f- is ROBBED At TUTTll

The genearl store Of Kremenetsky
Bros. at Tuttle was robbed Sunday
night and theslosst estimated to be be.
tween $1,000 and $1,000 worth Of goods.
The robbers specialized on silk dress
goods, as all the silk in the store was
taken as we'll as all ladies' silk and
serge skirts. Other items included
mems suits. blankets. caps, hose. tires,
shotguns, .sheep7 7ltne1t coats and SIS in
cash. The brothers have offered a re-
ward of s15o for the capture Of the
robbers. u. s4s . ;5: is:5s3 ss35 #
The, Kremenetsky Bros. are sons Of
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Krem menetsky ana
brothers Of 1sadore and Alex Kremen-
etsky Of this city. i B y. IS 81 ,l3..sss
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1921-01-28
AUDIT REPORT IS FILED
WITH LEGISLATURE

Briefly it shows:
The Scandinavian American
Bank at Fargo owes the State
Bank $444,127.42.
$225,O00 has been loaned the
Homebuilders Association.
$e17,7ee.ee is on deposit and
has been loaned to Banks now
closed.
$249.o00 was deposited and loan
ed to one state bank with a CAPT.
tai Of $4,000.
Drake Mill has received an ad-
vance from the State Bank of
s211,7e5.4o.
$4,000 is due the Drake Mill on
flour shipped on consignment.
$50 600 bond required Of the Man.
ager Of the Hom.ouilders Assoeia-
tion expired JuIy,.15 and had not
been renewed December 3.
Flour valued at 1929 ,o04.52 had
been shipped Consumers United
Stores with no record on hand
from which to check the account.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1921-01-28

Commodity marketing as sue
csssfully launched In California.
bids fair to spread into national
practice. as shown by recent &C.
tion Of tho American Farm Blu.
reau Federation. The plan can
and does apply to all farm COM
nodities. 1t Is a state or national
pooling Of all products to be sold
~ expert marketing men ap.
;,inted by the farmers themselves.
'eat growers. corn growers,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1921-01-28
CALIFORNIA FOOD PRODUCERS lead Way IN
DIRECT MARKETING THROUGH COMMODITY POOLS

or instance-an increase from 8 cents
. 27 cents per pound was obtained
by the growers in less. than four years
Last year California food growers
nd producers. sold about. $500, 900, ,OO0
worth of combinsd:. commodities and
Practically without is of a car which
included both ,peris Aai,'e:and non-per'
shable crops. 1. .,s1e Ss:, 1 8. y.
Some of the <s.y;,nodity organiza-
ions have developed s1reir= own credit
vstem whereby, with Dig deliveries
of crops in, their iry"are:,ouses to use as
collateral, they can. n:'ke loans and
and advance a certain rer cent to the
grower upon ;atlivcly retysr-.
ITS the Pooling Idea, 100 Per Cent
: The basis principle is, of course,
county, state or national pooling:
Zach farmer brings his crop to the
warehouse, receives his slips for his
,.oduct of different grades, then at
the end of the season. he gets his
money--less than actual cost Of oper-
alton. But the average price obtain.
cd by the association is so much high
er than can be obtained by the indi-
,vidual producer that he still has a
greater profit after cost Of operation
has been deducted
And California plan organizations
point with particular emphasis to the
fact that they stay clear of the buy
ing business, that. is, wholesale buy
ing to reduce the cost of their mem-
Bers' needs: First-because they re-
alize. the value Of the local merchants
to the community; second, that buy
ing of miscellaneous supplies entails
large capital and complicated book
keeping. f5s s.ss .ts%.. . (. z,
It. is food for though for all Farm
Bureau members. Fri ,5ias: II: Il
INTERESTING LECTURES GIVEN
y II. III 1: t:5 !. 9 1Y' Y REV. JOHN FREY
# The lectures given inss Washburn
Monday and Tuesday Of this week
were very interesting to the large au-
diences which turned out to hear the
speaker .;g& t.
Rev. Frey, g Baptist minister and .
native lof the new republic Of Lativa,
told Of his life during the World War
and Of the conditions which prevail
.nowin Russia. In 1915, while attwork
among the soldiers Of the Russia
armies, under the Lettish Baptist Re-
lief organization, he was arrested when
trouble broke ont between the Greek
and Protestant churches and sent to
Siberia. He remained there until the
revolution freed him In 1917. He, was
later thrown Into prison. by the Bol-
3sheyisits. All Of these thrilling &c.
counts Rev. Frey told 70 the people
Who attended e. Z! 3 ths meetinss e 1s
s 4 adletor ~ ! y D /. i asiseiai.
ThsS:y 81 = 4 a \ ~ IS asas1lstse
p : |. = |
e r. 4 l I Y IS,
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wool growers, cotton growers. live
stock men. farm produce men.
etc. are to be so organized. under
the Farm Bureau present plans.
furnishing the assurance OF the
highest possible market to all OF
it's members. no matter what their
crop may be. Photos show-up-
per left: Crowds in western Kan.
eas at mass meeting on commod
lity organization during one Of the
lrecent Farm Bureau drives: right.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1921-01-28

6efng mentioned az 8 posi-, {
lsbility''..si u the HArdtnk cabinet ear {
ries With Il certain obifgatlons,
the most trying perhaps lsstecthg
,lNa battery Of movinF picture :.
caiasrAmen who k.s:xrtnds0ut every
characteristic q every II. tusn!l..;s <; !;
3Forme5 Senator sJnhn Nesks4f
|. Of. Massachusetts 4: 4 Ss /, !;
sthouKAt, VII 30 offereds
4 fGlio of navy. paid The penalez M
q trip g Z 4 4 M la!1S