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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-01-27
NO HURRY.

What's the mat.
ter, Weston? Why
you 60 on
painting7
Oh! I'm waiting
for another cloud
like the n on my
canvas to come
into III sky again.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-01-27
Malicious Joy.
'.John r
well. my dearf'

SJOhn I"
well, my dearf'
Last night burglars robbed the Jih-
way apartment next door. They stole
a IA money and Oracle always uku-
lele. You'd better 50 over and ex-
tend your sympathy
It'd rather not my dear. I'm
afraid | couldn't keep my face
Straight."-tLrmingham Age-Herald.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-01-27
HOUSE MOVING!

n You have q house 70 move
We ne n . position o do II, no
matter how large Or small. WI
ala1 do al kinds o. concrete work
D.A CRAWFORD
0memee. N. Dak.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-01-27
Mali for Undesirable cltlxen.

ANY mail Ter mo todayl" asked 81
NeddersrasS % he came into the
Hicksville post Office.
'Betchal 1" replied the postmaster.
There's scream separator, 4 buggys
top, : tractor radiator and i wagon
tonsue."-Ctncinnati Enquirer.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-01
EASTERN NEW MEXICO PROGRESSIVE.

That Eastern New Mexico n active, II evidenced
in many ways, but perhaps in no one thing more
than in the employment OF county agents. Re
Gently the Curry County agent accepted an en-.
paeemcnt in another field Of endcavor aud the
Glow, paper, gave him an enthusiastic and liberal
endorsement, as any citizen could have hoped or
wished.
Now the pres, OF Clovis makes the announce.
mcnt that another agent has been installed This
agent Is a graduate OF the New Mexico Agricul.
tural and Mechanical Collegc, having entered that
institution after residence on farm and attending
the rural school, of his home community
Clovis. like every other live. cooperating. he.
ycloping community realizes is true relationship
To- Curry County and its trade territory. The cit
zen, Of Glow, know that their hope To make the
Curry County capital Just wha, II should be. rest,
with the constituency ON the farms. They have
no ,itcd IDEAS about supremacy OF the urban pop.
ila,ion they know there i, but a common interest.
md that while il may center IN Clovis. i, mus, in
,ludc the entire county
Curry County citizens are 20 be- congratulated
IN having center" like Clovis. wherein the pcu-
pie are deeply interested IN every phase Of de-
,clopmcnt OF the farms. Ihi, Is exactly as it
should be. and any county lacking this i, unior
;uuaie The prosperity OF the people ON the farms,
iuperinduces the prosperity OF those IN the town,
Let every county in all this section oi the south
west supply its people with good county and home
demonstration agents. The men ou the farms
need the suggestions, advice. cooperative supper,
of a dependable farm expert and their wives and
daughters should not be denied the helpful service,
81 the home demonstration agent.
To fail to install these agencies for the good OF
the rural population is the poorest possible eco
nomy. and is one that should be resented by the
people As a whole.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-01
LEST AMERICANS FORGET.

u nhy be that all too quickly the lessons OF the
world war with the effects OF which the people OF
<his country are still eontending. with which they
are still burdened, will be forgotten. The odium
attaching TO the "kultur" OF Germany during the
war. was such that any suggestion OF "propogan-
tAs>would have been resented b even the most
unthoughted citizen
Now, under the conditions OF peace, when there
Is no longer a force OF men under arms agains,
The German hordes. there seems to be tendency
to set up" and forget" The following matter
rom recent editorial in the Wichita Falls Times.
pill be found interesting on this point and will call
httention OF lurking and ever present danger
b THE American Legion is keeping a watchful
Eye opt for revival OF the activities OF German pro-
.pagaidists, and is scrutinizing particularly the
leries OF meetings called in various cities Tor the
>stenkble purpose Of protesting against the pres
ence pf French colonial negro troops in occupied
Germany. These meetings mark the revival OF
German propaganda efforts on a national scale in
the United States in an effort to create sentiment
b America uniriendy TO the allies and clear the
|-say 70 the creation in America OF powerful ma
hine which shall use its invisible influence 70
Ether German interests. says special bulletin
CENT out from American Legion headquarters.
There have been indications OF sporadic efforts al
Starting trouble betveen the United States aud
he allies over first one question and ten another
n il were well for the American public generally
Rke heedfo The Warning Of the Legion, which is
American first. last and AL the time and which
- ~ ascc r<-;rrr rt'a.. e l,ehirS a~a,.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-01
Useless Investigating.

There II great deal ~ "investigat.
ing" going on down at Washington on
account ~ the war. etc. New brooms
usually sweep clean--for n time. hut.
A. general rule they get tired Of the
Iob--and they need to be followed up
by someone who II more efficient, But.
people who live In glass houses. some.
times throw stones TO camoufiage their
iwn weaknesses. The war IL over--why
give aid and comfort to the erfemyy
Come TO think of Il though: during the
war Il was hard to distinguish some
n these Industrious fault finders from
he enemy. We didn't know where TO
place them. Neither do we at the pres.
cnt moment. -lIiggins News.
In this matter Editor shaw In unques.
tionably correct. There has never been
time when the spirit NJ investigation"
was ~ rampant and unrestrained. a. ut
present, II In perhaps equally a fact
that there never was n time when 30
little of real good was accomplished
through investigation. The Lord of
Glory had many trials when upon earth.
but judged by present conditions. u
seems safe to say that he would have
almost immcasunlhly more sorrow n
hero today, including the complications
Of the "inQuiSitorlal fever" sweeping
over the land.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-01
More County Agents.

II you haven't signed the petition for
county agent, get your name on at
nee. II takes "A county agent 20 de.
vclop the fairs and To get the pure
stock sales To going like they should
The state pays sixty per cent ~ the
salary nid county agent. II Hemp.
hill doesn't employ county agent then
We are helping to maintain county
agents all over Texas. when We should
bo paying out the money 20 keep n
rood man In our own county.
Record
Yes. you're right about Il. Loomis.
md we're hack of you To the fullest
INIT You're certainly helping In Hemp.
hill county 10 pay for something being
Used with profit by the other counties
II the state. You're entitled to a part
II all the good things the state may as.
sist In getting for you, and the county
md home demonstration agents are Ger.
,ainly to be- considered IN this clause.
To fail 10 put these two developing and
helpful agencies 10 work. In 10 fall
short Of your possibilities for the great.
st good TO all the people. Potter
county will also demonstrate the spirit
II progrcsslveness In fuller measure by
putting home demonstration agent
into the field.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-01
HARDING TO BE CONGRATULATED

Whatever else he may do in the formation OF
his cabinet or in the direction OF the affairs OF
the government as It's chief executive, President
Elect Harding is to be congratulated ON this choice
Of Henry Wallace as Secretary OF Agriculture.
This choice is wise for the reason that Mr.
Wallace knows agriculture. lie has qualified but
IN theory and practice, he has written on all the
various angles OF agriculture some OF the most de-
pendabIe matter yet published in the United
States. He has been in the agricultural melight.
He has tested and tasted the various themes.
theories. practices and products in the realm OF
agriculture so that il will not only be impossible
to get anything by" that is impracticable and
undesirable. but through him many helpful. con-
structive. hopeful and beneficial items and schemes
will be gotten "over' for the good OF the entire
|peopk.
Other choices in the cabinet may be we'll made.
the men selected may be possessed OF peculiar
fitness for the places they are to occupy, but GER
tain il is that Henry Wallace will be elevated
Through his appointment TO such vantage that
he will be enabled TO render great service to the
farmers OF America His appointment was more
than the elevation OF political friend to an Of
fce II was all that with the addition OF securing
~ the same time a man who knows how TO be a
benefactor to the farming World directly. and in
eidentally to the entire people.
In the matter Mr.. Harding has again asserted
bis interest in the affairs OF the entire people II
Is other appointments prove so happy. so sat
siacfory. then indeed is the country to eongratu-
lated. Recently passed elections have tended to
show that the American people are seeking men
without so much regard to party lines, which is
always hopeful. he man or the party expecting
preferment at the hands OF the people should be
prepzfed ready and willing TO render conscientiou,
service to all. and none other should be elevated
% places of prominence and power
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-01
"ruOV SHALT NOT KILL

Above Is the title II pamphlet re.
Gently puhllsh,d by the New York 20
llcc Department In an effort to educate
the public 10 the dangers II driving and
walking In cungcstcd traffic. Some guod
suggestions are given, such M the fol
lowing:
Remember the \ n e of motoring. Al
ways BE Careful.
SLOW down NJ street intersections. n
may save a human life.
Examine your brakes and steering
gear before leaving your garage.
Lock your ear II YOU must leave Il,
This may prevent II from being stolen.
Parking over the time limit viii We,
YOU summons tn court with cons'
qucnt loss u time and money.
License plate must be clean and
placed where they can he easily read
Chains or non.skld devices viii heir
10 prevent accidents. Use them.
The law requires lights ON your ear,
See that thcy,are in good condition. II
didn't know" II poor excuse.
d. not use a horn or whistle that Will
brighten animals or pedestrians and
annoys sick or nervous people, Unnec
esSary noise II a nuisance and will
cause your arrest. There II wide dlf.
ference between a warning and n noise
nuisance.
Learn the hand signals always signal
before starting, making turn or com
INK To- stop.
Dealers might use these rules M q
basis for some attractive advertising
making these rules In the form Of a
small booklet. with their firm name
conspicuous ON either the front or bach
of the hooklct.-Sou,hern Automoilvs
Dealer
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-01
Invest md Mnrk

one Of the speakers at the Chamber
Of Commerce banquet last week made
the statement that when you heard
fellow making great howl against the
body, Il was safe Ia assume that he
didn't pay anything into It's budget.
Kinder hit somebody. didn't itY--clar.
Hndun News.
Now. honestly Sam. haven't you no.
ticcd Il. yourselfg The ones who invest
the most Tor the good of the community
uft actually do not knock. cry. and
beef around Such men are busy trying
to make 30" ~ the home community.
and have no time for sclf.pity and wall.
ing. They think too much 81 them.
selves, ~ the community In which they
I've, or their nclghbors and their friends.
10 spend their days and their nights h..
lifting that which they should he en-.
tagged In helping TO more exalted heights
and greater degrees ~ cxceilency.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-01
Couldu't Foal En-

Texas Congressman have put a block
In the publicity started recently by
Thomas L. Blanton Blanton last week
mailed the Texas newspapers notice
hat he alone WIS keeping down a bill
to raise the salaries of the Congress,
men. and made several other broad
statements. which brought words of fire.
liar. etc. on tho floor of the house last
week. and We acknowledge this week
statement from every member from
T>,xas. denying Biantont statement.
and notice that they have challenged
him with a thousand dollars reward 20
prove that he n not liar. II appears
that Blanton thought he was tho only
honest economical man In Congress.
and the rest of the boys paid little or
no attention to him until he took such
, drastic stand In trying 60 ret news.
,apers behind him. II certainly don't
nay. 10 he unreasonable. Miami Chief.
II Blanton could have gotten hls
scheme over, he would have had smooth
sailins TO III. goal of which ne dreamed.
10 dcIhde The pscss OF the country Il a
real TASK. and no amateur should at.
tempt ~ No. AIR. Rlanton, the news
.>&1..r.x 4.IzII. sr.u.1.......1< -
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-01
WITHOUT HOPE.
when u wicked man dleth his ex
pcCtaiion shall perish; and the hope Of
the unjust man perishrth. iiiT


Upon sun.dlal In Tunbridge Wells.
England, are these words You can
waste me but you cannot stop me-"
Thine Is slowly but surely hurrying ~
NIL 10 eternity" Men are drifting on.
ON, on, hlindfolded. walking In their
sleep To never.cndlng eternity. whilst
God Is calling. Turn ye. turn ye. why
viii We die" \ young fellow who had
lived very careless life lay dying
Some n his infldel companions stood
around the bed. Read me something
out Of the Bible" said he. Nonsense,
Davic," was the reply. that's an old
woman's book Hold on. Davie. lad.
hold on" "Ah," cried the poor dying
lad. "1'd be glad to hold on. hut I've go,
nothing to hold ON to."-London Cry.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-01
NORTHWEST
TEXAS PRESS


The reason why some people don't
succeed N because they do no, try.
Others fail because they are always
looking up the faults Of o,hcra.--chil.
dress Index.
oh. hoy. shou, lts II you could get
this message over good and strong. you
would thereby have qualified for a Car.
cgle medal. It's the one great need VI
he present hour-work and don't com.
ulain.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-01
Why Graduate From High School?
~ \. H. Winship EDITOR Journal II Education

There ar. daily papers In every large
city ,h,' Tow win read who are not high
school gr1dultcs Th'ry are features Of
90 hre, daily lep,n that no one else
IS ukclv to read.
Thor, l. rccognizcd distinction In
ituy papers and mo- one realizes this
as much as does the publisher OF the
Uot best uapcrs.
Tho publisher u h. talks confidcn'
TALLY, viii say; we specialize on
LOCAL. NEWS because 50 many readers
&c daily iatcrs do no, know enough To
lr Interested IN world affairs, ar even
10 national affairs"
Th,g viii sly. we use large head
lines because So many ~ our readers
viii not road anything unless We Shout,
re-, thcm IN loud type
" an people IN the United States
were high school graduates there would
bc no choppy sentences nor any cnor'
NOUS head lines.
Not In the junior high school even
does pupil gyt the swing of in,elli'
gent reading as he does In the senior
/ high school. and this II intensified In
|rtomctilcal ratio In those years, so that
LAT graduation hc H. vastly more master
l ful lu his reading than at any other
thine n his public school life.
| THIS results from the cumulative Wis.
/ Ions that h. gets by the heightened cf'
irct It his varied studies.
ones rank as reader Is determined
| largely by the range II his reading.
/ and wholly by the range Of residium
| Il his reading. and both II these are
/ greatly heightened by the extension of
! his scholarship, In the years II the
senior high school both the range and
\ O., sidium increase In gcomctrical ratio.
/ Ilelps One to Talk Better.
\ graduate IL senior high school
talks much better because ~ his en-.
largvd vocabulary. his broader horizon.
his greater ease In expression.
IT, h a batter COM ersatinalist be.
cnusc he has much wider range ot
topics. lie can adapt himself To any
general topic whereas enc with lin
ii,d knowledge Of subjects can only
[ vOuytrsc freely when his companion
,sn adapt himself to his intelligence,
Conversation has come tn he highly
Important, part Of ones social. indus.
trial, or commercial equipment. and a
hirh achrol education pays larger
dividend in ones effectiveness through
conversational skill and art.
learn o. Think Better.
ono can think better who has had a
ull voUrsc In "a hlgh school.
one H. never quite the same ~ Ions
az there II class above him az he II
when al the clnsss are below him.
Not until then is one likely 90 think
as a leader.
uutil one T. a senior he will be more
90 les willing follower, or more OF
less rchvlious. hut he viii not think
~ himself NJ n leader II the school as
ia whole; hut every scnlor has some
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-01

what the responsibility II thinking In
terms ct leadership,
The hirh school, and by that We al
ways have In mind all secondary
schools private as well NJ public. has
never included ten per cent II the pop
ulation In It's graduates. hut these have
mrnshcd eighty per cent ~ the lead
orship In American thought.
Anyone whose educational opportun
lti,s cvas, before he has graduated
from high school iconardixcs his op
portunitios Tor leadership IN thought
lndusirially and commercially. civicall,
and socially. yea. rcligiously.
CONTINUED Wednesday,.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-01
T H E M A S T E R

Each day we live brings more into the light
Truth love and Justice, aud these things are now
More ardcnty desired by human hearts
Than they have been in all the ages past
What hearts desire they seek until they find.
In Chris, they find all truth upheld TO light,
Md justice tempered with the mercy which
Is born OF understanding and OF love-
No man is strong who does not first resist
The sin OF earth. No man, alone, can meet
Temptations, conquer them, and stand approved
by the mos, high tribunal but each man
Can claim one friend to stand before liie's Judge
To plead his cause who never pleads in vain.
Look YOU to Christ. He is that friend OF man
To Him all men eventually shall bow
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-01

{. b. PaSh, well known in Amarillo ard in all
this section OF the southwest has recently sent TO
and had published in the Fort Worth Record some
reasons for. and remedial agencies against the
present widely preyalen, crime wave" In view
% their timelness aud possibilities for good, the
statements are here reproduced: First, war is
hell. second, the world war was the bloodieSt and
costiest OF history; third, forty millions OF men
were employed 10 do destructive instead OF CON
structye work. Continuous employment at fair
wages will in time restore normal conditions to the
half mad world of today. Impartial enforcement
OF law against crime Enactmen, OF laws which
are for the protection al the many and not for the
enrichment OF the few at an expense OF the many.
This would help sorhe. When a world has been
shellshoGked for iivd years, lis people cannot re-
turn to i:,ormalcy in one year or five years"
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-01
YET THEY TAKE A CHANCE,

Nol UUtVutUNlN are Nlt INlhlAN ~ ldAdNNNN
resulting from the use OF home brew" OF the al
most countless kinds manufactured since the Ma
tiona inhibition against the making. sale and dis
trbution OF alcohlics.
Yet the people continue To take a chance" and
almost as frequently pay an enormous tax for their
folly. even aside from the penalty of conscience for
offending the spirit il not the letter o the law.
In view OF this fact. il will doubtless become neces-
,ary for the chemists to lind some preservatiye
other than alcohol FOR numerous preparations Gers
tain brands of hair tonic, face lotions. ilayoring
extracts have grown almost UNNECESSARILY in popu
larity with those who insist on their personal
liberties The man who finds his personal liber
ties" restricted that he has to violate the spirit
OF the laws OF America to satisfy his appetite
whose restrictions are less in the way.
a word OF warning is rather catchiy voiced in
the following quatran from Cartoons:
when the raisin mash is stewing
And the worm is in the still.
There's pile OF gravel waiting
in the graveyard ON the hill"
Some will doubtless say: well. il man has
no more sense than to I'LL his hide with such de
eoctions he is not to be pited ii he kicks off.
That's just one way in which to consider the mat
ter The other is the view which takes cognizance
OF the family ,he friends q the victim Of vicious
and perverted appetite The wife. the children,
the parents and friends oi these lake drinkers"
should notbe overlooked when determining the
detrimental effect OF alcoholic consumption, and
its effects In the interest OF others. perhaps more
than the Jake" adicts themselves. should the Off
OF the law bes,r themselves. in this day when
national law gives them unlimited authority.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-01

In recognition OF the worth Of is local high
school baseball team, the Quanah Observer dis
plays prominently the Fact that committee is on
the .ee,s soliciting support for the organization,
Amarillo High School is TO have great baseball
team. this season. and no doubt the proper kind OF
reco, milton will be accorded il by the citizens.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-01

ARTICLE NJ TWO
n un. docs no, Eradl1tc from a hish
schuol hc cannot So to collrgr.
A. cannot go to a state normal schuol
In most at the states
u, cannot " Ca a i.rst.chss law
s,huOl
tie canno, ~ 10 a firs,,lass medical
school
he cannot ~ TO iirs,class dental
s,huol
lie cannot h. admitted o. naval
school ~ avnueiA
IT, clnnh 49, tlut,aSs position
m a nvW sIsn,cT dfucs.
H. cannot -, placc that Is open tc
.goa. IAN II; a bank.
Hc Ciuun gct plagc that Is open 90
Tunu,lon In any r,llrJad uiiicc. m any
,ounung room. In any business oifIcc,
Unless b, has high school education,
one who has not high school clu
cation CLOSES many dOors Ia his face.
II j. an awful thing tUr young man
~ woman o. deliberately shut ana loCk
~ doors a. IN, best things IN bus
ness and professional life.
One Losses >o Time by Taking Time Ia
Graduate.
u two Young men az women, one
leaving school AZ the end ot grammar
school or Junior hlgh school course, and
he other taking time o. complete "a
senior high school course. enter any
Kind ~ Industry or comm,rcv. the So
aior hlgh school graduate j. likely IL
De- farther ahead two wars after grad
ntion. and 10 stay ahyad ever after
something more than experience Is
needed nov In any industrial. CONNER
cial. financial or Office lifc.
4 senior hlrh school education Is IN
an industry what the oycrtonc Is In
music.
NJ one ever won fame or fortune as
singer 90 an iustrumcntolist hcCus'
Il musical correctness.
A musician must know 81 much OF
music thai BE- IL correct without think
ing apuuttorrcc,ness. So long as . sing
er ~. lus aumcntalist has To h. careful
70 b. correct he win never d. mon thar
correct.
| CANAfNN UT mNNlf h'lhIINN NlNl'tf
upon having had $50 much musical odu
lcatiun that one can give an Thought
and attention 90 the spirit % tn rcn
ltion. 10 the Interpretation ~ the llnel
toel,ug ~ the composer.
| That IL the difference hstwceu th'
Ihlgh school graduate and the man VIII,
has merely learned Ia do his work D,
doing his work The graduate learns l.
h. Il more Qu.cgly ana Is always learn
NIX something more than ihe doing o
Ihc work h. Is tarninv. iic sees In I
morr than be- would otherwise, and h
sees b,Nond Il farther than he woul'
ithvrwiss ilc intcrptc,s his work 49, tbs
singer intrtprets the song That Is wha
ultimately makes him foreman 90 :
superintendent
ulgh school Helps ono o. Read ncttcr
A high sChupl graduate reads lsttor
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-01

L,st those who love Aparillo plant trees This
MAJ, seem somewhat OF ! hopeless task in view OF
a. 49,, - si,s.~.@ss ..si ,es I. rra~ cain