The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-12

iNNF tt4N hUhHF nays thf4s NtAi
IN tell YOU how l KNOW I've seen
'em, I've done Europ. from soup
20 nuts' They can't spring that stuff
on Jim Blaus~er and get away with
a, And let INC tell you that the
only live thing In Europe IL our boys
that are fighting there now' Lon.
don--t spent three days. sixteen
straight hours a day. giving London
the oncc-over. and let mo toll you
that it's nothing but a bunch Of FOG
and out of-datr buildings that no live
American bur. would stand for ono
minute. You may not believe II. bu,
there Aln't one fir~t-eiaz- skyscraper
in tho whole works. And tho same
thing go~. for that crowd OF crab.
and nnobs Down East. and nsxt time
you hear some rob from yahoovllie-
on.the- Hudson chewing the rag and
bullinK and trying TO get your goat.
you tell him that no two listed en-.
ierpralng westrruer would have
New York foe a gin
Now tho point u this IL: I'm
no; only insisting that Gopher rrai.
rte Is gvlnx 10 be Minnenota'- pride.
the brightest my in the glory Of the
North Star State. but also and fur.
thermorc that u is right now. and
stiii NOR. shah be. ss good a place
10 I've IN. and love In. and bring up
tho Little Ones In, and IT'S got ar
much refinement and culture. ~ any
burg on tn. whole hioomin' cxpsns>
% Cots Gr~-n Foossfcoi. and that
goes. &c, ma. that goes
Half an hour later Chairman Hay
dock moved a vote OF thanks 20 Mr..
Biauss~r.
Tho hoo-t~r~' campaign was on
The town sought that efficient Ard
modern variety % fame which IL
known az "publirt,y" The band was
rcorganixed, and provided by the
Commercial Club with uniforms of
purple and gold. The amateur
hascbali-tsam hired semi profess
sionai pitcher from Des Moinea. and
made a schedule Of games with every
town for nifty mix. about. The citI
Gems accompanied it as ''rooters." In
n special car. with banners iettered
Watch Gopher Prairie Grow and
with the bard playing -'Smile Smile.
smile" whether the team won or
lost tho Dauntiers loyalty nhrieked.
BOOST. Boys. and Boost Together
Put Gopher Prairie on the Map
brilliant Record OF our MatchleHs
Team
Then. glory OF giories. the town
pnt In a white Way. white Ways
wero IN fashion in tho Middlewcmt.
They were composed Of ornamcntcd
posts wsh clusters Of high powered
electric lights along two or three
blocks on Main Street. The Daunt.
less confessed. White Way In In.
siailcd-Town Lat Up Like Broad.
way--specch by Hon. James Blaus.
scr--Come on You Twin Citics--Our
Hat II In the Ring
Tho Commercial Club issued
booklet prepared by a great and OF.
pensive literary person from n Min.
neapolis advertising agency. n red.
headed young man who smoked
cigarettes IN long amber holder.
Carol read the booklet with a certain
wonder. She learned that Piover and
Minniemashie Lakes were world.
famed for their bfsuteous wooded
shores and gamey pike ana bass not
TO be equaicd clscwhcre In the en-
tire country: that the residences Of
Gopher Prairie were models Of dig.
nifty. comfort. and culture. with
lawns and gardens known far and
wide. that the Gopher Prairie schools
and public library. IN its neat and
commodious building, were ceie.
bratcd throughout the state: that the
Gopher Prairie mills made the best
flour In the. country; that the sur
rounding farm lands were renowned.
wherc'er men ate bread and butter.
for their Incompatible No. | Hard
Wheat and Hoistcin.F ricsian cattle:
and that the stores In Gopher Prairie
compared favorably with Minneapolis
and Chicago in their abundance OF
iuxuries and necessities and the ever.
courteous attention OF the skilled
she learned. in brief. that
this was the one Logical Location
for factories and Wholesale houses. |
There's where want TO 20; TO |
that model town Gopher Prairie"
said Carol.
Kennlcott was triumphant when !
the Commercial Club did capture one
small shy factory which planned To 1
make wooden acknowledgements, but 1
when Carol saw the promoter she
could not feel that his coming much
n year after. when no
Jailed. she could not DO very sor-
rowful.
Retired farmers were moving into
own. The price Of lots had in.
,reased third. But Carol could
discover no more pictures nor inter.
sting food nor gracious voices nor
tmusing conversation nor guessing
minds. She could. she asserted. en-.
lure shabby but modest town: the
own shabby and egomaniac shc'
,onld not endure. She could nurse
-hamp Perry. and warm 10 the
OF Sam Clark, but she
'ould not III applauding Honest Jim
3lauascr Kcnnicott had begged her.
n courtship days, TO convert tho !