Arizona republican., 1922-03-15
.C|Ose-Ups Of
Real Life in
America :
Reason for peevishness
First come first served
Trout are discriminating
OF interest to hog growers
The end of q perfect still
A travelling tonsoriaIist
A CITIZEN OF Omaha who ha!
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A CITIZEN OF Omaha who has
& been spending the winter in Phoe-
nix has had a regular correspondent
in the person of his little ten year
old daughter who has kept him in
formed regarding all gossip in her
Immediate neighborhood. Much OF
her letters recently has been given
to a description of an automobile
contest in which she has been a hope
full participant.
All she had to do to get the ma
chine was to solve a puzzle which
seemed too easy for anything. She
often expressed wonder that auto
mobile makers thought people We're
so dense that they could not work
anything as simple as that. She al
most felt sorry for them; they were
sure to go broke If they kept that
sort Of thing up.
Yesterday her father received
another letter announcing the close
of the contest in the following Ian
guage:
'sWelI, I didn't get the automobile;
I'm so dam mad. God bless you and l
hope you're well. GOODBYE,
EMILY"
THERE is youngster living in
Phoenix who pays strictest at
tention to the dicta Of federal auth
critics. This young man, who pre-
fers to remain nameless, has set an
example which the postmasters
throughout the country would re-
joice in If it became general. He
Cor it may have been she) has antici-
pated the yearly plant of the post
master general by a full eight months
and has already mailed his annual
letter to Santa Claus, in care Of the
Phoenix postoffice.
Postmaster Nicholson and Santa
Claus are both well pleased that their
annual rush season will this year be
lightened considerably by early mall
ing The first letter this year to
Santa Claus is couched in scholarly
language, decipherable by this white
bearded man alone. 1t is, however,
even to the most prosaic mindp clear
" an order for Christmas toys and is
profuSely illustrated with drawings
of the desired object. 1t is GER
tainty that with all the time he will
have to carry out his instructions,
Santa Claus will do very thorough
job on the order.
DOE FRIDEL and Judge J. c. Phil
- lips are the two oldest conspira-
tors against fish in this community.
They thought they had learned all
that it was possible for them to know
until they met Willis Dilworth of
Vermont, Ills, who is spending the
winter in the city. They caught from
him new wrinkle.
They were fishing along the Verde
y - 41A ~
OF bait well known to fishermen in
this part OF the country though the
Illinoisian had never heard OF it. 1t
is a lively little many-legged worm
about an inch in length and is usually
found under stones just above the
water level 1t is called the helma-
dite. 1t is extremely attractive to
Verde trout.
When the party came to the river
Messrs F'ridel and Phillips left Mr..
Dilworth at good place and one OF
them went a little farther UP the
stream and the other fell below. At
ter awhile when they returned Mr.
Dilworth was sitting on the bank
watching his motionless line.
II found one Of them helmadites,
he said, "but the fish don't seem tc
be crazy about it.
where did you find it?" asked Mr.
Fridel. for he and Mr.. Philips mao
hunted in vain for bait.
"ITp there" replied Mr.. Dilworth
pointing toward the high bank above
him.
Mr.. Fridel knew that he must be
mistaken for the hellnadite is never
found SO far above the water level.
Lets see it." he said. Mr.. Dilworth
drew his line from the water and dis
closed a centipede six inches long.
When he was told that 1t was Mr.
| Dilworth said it had looked pretty
! fierce for bait, so that he had not
touched it but held it down with a
stick while he impaled 1t.
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