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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
@l -FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE g.

how to color things?"
Wait till you get way up in school
as we are" said Tom, then you'll
learn lot of things about painting.
We do it in school every week. And
mother bought US some black and
white cards all ready for coloring.
And we've painted samples all
ready" added Jack eagerly. land
we've taken them around to every
house for four blocks so as to get
orders. We have fifty ordered al
ready-isn't that good ?"
Fifty eggs?' asked Bernice.
mo, fifty cards." replied Jack, "but
we have orders for two dozen eggs
already and maybe wen get more"
But 1 thought rabbits brought
Easter eggs" exclaimed little Susan
in great distress. folks always said
SOL"
"silly!" exclaimed Tom" don't be
baby and believe that stuff"
Don't let him tease you," said
Bernice as she tenderly put her arm
around her little sister. "rll tell you
what let's do" she added. Easter
is only a few days away and Wen see
if the rabbits bring us any eggs
She looked across at the boys as
much as to say, now don't you dare
spoil that!" and then she began talk
ing about something else.
The rest of that week few by and
vacation began but it was a busy va
cation for those four children. There
was the yard to be raked clean OF
winter rubbish-in both households
he Oh
did in spring vacation. There were
seeds to be planted - some hardy
things were planted in the open gar
den and other things were planted in
the cold frame up on the south side
of the house. To be sure girls the
age of Bernice and Susan couldn't
do as much raking and planting as
the bigger boys could do, but they
helped their father every minute he
could work and many a bit they
could do all by themselves.
And then there was the painting
of cards and eggs. The boys worked
every minute they could spare and
by Thursday they had their orders
all finished ready for delivery early
Friday morning.
Bernice had found plenty to do
too. She cleaned and straightened
all her bureau drawers; she tidied her
closet and play cupboard and then
every minute she could find, she slip
ped off upstairs and worked hard on
mething-nobody knew what as it
seemed to be a grand secret. Susan
tried to guess and tried to persuade
Bernice to tell her but not a thing
could she find out-not single thing,
Saturday night the children were
tired from a fine all-day play in the
warm spring sunshine so every one
turned In early without making any
special plans for hunting eggs the
next morning.
But quite unknown to any one OF
her family, Rereioe slipped the alarm
clock to bed with her.
Promptly at six the next morning
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
For the Easter PARTY

of the eggs hidden out of doors as
well as all over the house. After the
eggs (plain hard boiled eggs should
be used) are found give each child
paper apron and a package of dye,
and have dyeing contest. After this
play pinning the ear on the Bunny.
A large sheet with the picture of a
rabbit minus one ear, is stretched
at one end of the room and the game
like the old donkey Game, is to see
who can pin the Bunnie's ear nearest
to where it belongs. After this game
give each child some crepe paper a
little dish of paste and some card
board and see who can fashion the
prettiest Easter bonnet in a given time
And then, of course, come the eats
A table decorated with greens and
flowers and little Easter basket favors
will be very pretty, indeed. Ice cream
in the shape of rabbit or chicken
moulds would be appropriate, and
fancy cakes and brightly colored
candies will top off the party
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08

Two jolly little giggles almost un-
der his nose made him lean over the
fence and look. Sure enough! Those.
two girls were hiding down In the
shadow of the hedge just waiting TO
see what the boys would say.
I'VE thought you'd be surprised"
exclaimed Bernice gaily while little
Susan just clapped her hands ana
laughed happily. She knew the boys
would like her rabbits.
Then the girls explained that the
rabbits were a gift from their grand
father and that they had come long
way on the train-housed safely In
wire-covered box.
And we never knew 1t at all"
ended Bernice. I'VE never even sus-
pected that grandfather was sending
US any present to say nothing OF
such a big one"
Tom and Jack were almost as In
terested in the two pets as the girls
were and they took great pride in
fixing up an attractive little house
for the rabbits; in getting a nice
water dish for them and in hunting
up the very best kind of food to
make the rabbits well and strong.
ocOttSr JACK OOS' ulun hHoW at
first whether he would approve the
new neighbors or not. He shifted
around the rabbit yard; he stuck his
tail up and he hung it down; he
grunted and growled and barked but
he finally decided that the rabbits
were quite all right-which was a
very happy thing for him to decide
1t saved trouble for everyoneI
But that was way last summer.
Thru the fall and winter the rab-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08

and white and pretty as could be and
right there in the nest were a dozen
colored eggs-beautiful ones all rose
and blue and violet and gold. Susan
thought she never had seen such
lovely eggs in all her little life!
They did bring sonnet" shouted
Susan happily, my rabbits did bring
some! 1 knew my rabbits would"
Tom and Jack heard her and came
running.
Your rabbits bring eggs?" asked
Tom, and then he saw the lovely
eggs in the nest.
Did you paint those and put them
there2" he asked Jack as he picked
one up and examined it carefully
NO I didn't" replied Jack as he
too looked well at the beautifully
tinted egg Tom showed him.
Then. don't YOU see?" cried little
Susan happily, my rabbits did bring
me some pretty eggs, just ike I said
they would"
And no one thought to look at
happy little Bernice who stood just
behind feeling just as happy as a
body would when they had planned a
successful surprisel
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
THE BUZZARD BABY

m KNOW you expected me to be as
b black as the ace of spades, but
b I'm not, for until my real feathers
- come out. I'm almost white, at
least a yellowish-white. the color
little chickens are first Matched.
Every part of me except my head
and legs. is covered with soft, fuzzy
down, and if it were not that l would
not like being kept on dresser. l
would make a very nice powder pun.
To see me, you would never think l
was any kin to my big. black mother.
that you can see sailing high up IN
the sky. She does not go to much
trouble about making a comfortable
nest for her babies, as any old hollow
log, or rotted- out stump, or a dry
place back under a rock, or almost
any place will answer. just so 1t is
well hidden, and is more or less
sheltered. Sometimes the one or two
eggs are placed right on the bare
ground under a bush, without ever
making a sign of a nest. So when
l pecked through the egg-sheu and
stepped out, or rather rolled out,
hadn't the least idea what kind OF
place l was going to find. But luck
lily for me, my mother picked out a
beautiful spot for a home it was in
an old hollow log. with blackberry
vines growing all about it. so tall and
thick that you could hardly see the
log at all. And then, way back where
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08

l would be awfully frightened for
fear they might find me. but they
never did. 1t seemed very funny to
me that they should like to eat
berries, for our folks don't care for
such things but then. you might not
like the kind of food we like. For
you know we eat nothing but flesh,
and 1t doesn't make a particle of diff
ference what sort of flesh it Is, just
so it is flesh. We like it better after
IT has gotten old and smelly, what
people call spoiled, but we do not
think 1t spoiled by any means. We
do lot of good in the world by do
Ing away with all the wild things that
die, and don't have anyone to bury
them for If they were allowed to stay,
the air might get poisol\I and that
might make people sick. You know
in towns and cities, they have what
is called a scavenger department,
men that go about the streets with
carts. and gather up all the garbage
and haul it away and burn it. Well,
our folks are the scavengers that
nature has set to watch the fields and
the woods. where the other scaven-
gers never go. And we spend all our
time sailing slowly about the country
looking with all our eyes, for the
body of any bird or animal, that needs
removing. And in this way, we do
our small part in keeping the world
clean. and making it a better place
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
NEzGHZED E00R R0ELsKER. &

with concrete made of equal parts OF
cement and sand. Prepare the handle
of dimensions indicated though it may
be made longer or shorter as desired.
This should be of some hard wood.
Fasten a 6" T hinge to one side of the
handle and to the middle piece OF the
polisher at 3 as sketched. Be sure
that corners of the handle are well
rounded to insure against spl1nters.
Spread a pad consisting of several
thicknesses of cloth. the covering of
which should be a piece of Brussels
carpeting or of heavy telling. and tack
it into the edge of the bottom. driv-
ing the tacks well in so they will not
scratch the base board or the furnt-
ture. After using the polisher It
should be cleaned with turpentine or
gasoline or 1t will soon become too
hard for future use.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08

H1u HEN Tom looked over his
II neighbor's back fence one
AVA day last summer, he saw some
w thing that surprised him very
much. Back near the garage, fenced
off with some three-foot poultry wire.
a small yard had been made and in
this yard there played three dainty
white rabbits-so fluffy and downy
and white that Tom thought surely
they must be playthings set out there
for fun. That is. he thought that till
he noticed that the rabbits ran around
the tiny yard, and ate and played.
Then he knew they were really truly
creatures even tho they were so fluffy
and white.
Tom and his brother Jack, lived
next door to Bernice and her sister
Susan and the girls were much
younger than the two boys, still, the
four children were very good friends.
The boys were always having pets.
dogs and pigeons and pigs and squads
and goodness knows what all! But
they had never had any rabbits tho
they had often tried to get some. So
when Tom looked over the fence and
saw rabbits in his neighbours yard
these neighbours who never had had
any pets. you don't wonder he was
surprised.
Jack! Come here!" he called.
Jack! oh. Jac-ack!''
Jack came running for he thought
something dreadful must have hap
pened.
Look there!" exclaimed Tom i'm
peratively. as his brother came with
in shouting distance. Look what
the girls have over in their yardr
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08

screws as shown. Prepare the piece
c which is to receive the handle, cut
it into the sides as shown and fasten
it securely with screws.
In driving screws, be sure that a
hole is bored in the piece to be
screwed on large enough to permit
the screw to be slipped through easily
until the head rests against the wood,
which usually should be countersunk
to receive the head of the screw so
its top will be flush with the face of
the wood. The hole in the piece
which receives the thread of the screw
should be no larger than the core of
the screw at the bottom of the thread.
Nails may be used if desired but they
are not likely to hold so well, and
there will be more danger of splitting
the wood. Fill the open box at AA
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08

have grown out a little more, l am
going up, and up, and up. where the
clouds live, and find out for myself
how these air stunts are done, and
maybe l will write another article.
and tell you some of the secrets that
the air-men have never found out
It seems strange to me, that some
times something goes wrong and they
fall and are killed, when flying is the
easiest and the safest thing that one
can do. All you have to do is just to
keep on flying, and then you can't fall
It looks like some of them would have
thought Of that before this. doesn't
it?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08

sheltered just as Scotty had his place
in the garage ct Toms house.
When the first warm days of spring
time came. the rabbits seemed as
glad to get out of the house and into
the sunshine as the children were and
every day that the sun shone warm
and bright, Bernice opened the gar
age door and let the little things
frisk outside. For. you see. they had
become SO tame and SO very fond of
their little mistresses that they no
longer made an attempt to get away.
One day when the two girls were
watching the rabbits play and were
laughing at their funny attempts to
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08

IN which to live. My mother is one
of the best flyers that there is, If I
do say it myself. Why, she can flap
on the roost. long before sunrise, and
ny all day without resting, or getting
the least bit tired. I'm not sure, as
l nave never been up in the air yet,
but Just between you and me, 1 be-
lieve she can actually sleep while she
is sailing slowly around and around
so high up that she looks like "a
little black speck. But do know
that she can fly up or down. or in
any direction she wishes to go. with
out the least motion of her wings.
She just keeps her wings spread, and
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
susan's Easter Surprise

bits grew prettier and bigger all the
time. The girls loved them dearly
and were proud of their daintiness
and good looks. And you may be
sure that those rabbits always had
clean nest, always plenty of fresh
water and three good meals every
day. For IL girl or boy doesn't like
a pet well enough to keep him clean
and comfortable and fed, he has no
right to own one. The girls mother
told them that when the rabbits came
and they agreed with her exactly.
When the very cold winter weather
came along Bernice's father fixed
place for the rabbits in a corner of the
garage SO they could be warm and
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08

goes anywhere she wants to go. How
she does it, I'm sure 1 don't know,
but she does it all right, for 1 have
watched her hundreds of times l
guess she really knows more air cur
rents. and air-pockets than all the
air-plane people put together. When
she wants to go anywhere. she just
gets on an air current that is going
there. and lets 1t take her along. OF
ali the buzzards that have been fly
ing since the world began, not one
has ever pulled the wrong lever. not
one has ever come down in a nose
dive, or in flames, and not one has
ever had fall. AS soon as my wings
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08

Next week is it?" exclaimed Ber-
nice" then Easter must be next Sun
day."
Right you are" agreed Jack who
came up to the fence just then. And
Tom and 1 are going to earn some
money during vacation. We have it
all planned out. We're going to color
Easter eggs and Easter cards and sell
them. And maybe we'll get enough
money to buy the boards to build
Scotty a real house all his own
wouldn't that be fun?"
Fun exclaimed Bernice excited
ly, Its wonderful You are the
smartest boys. But how do you know
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
WHO'S GOT AN EGGI

77R HOS got an-neggl
IA = Who's got an-negg!
V@ All the kids are calling
\ es, they're screeching. screaming,
bawling.
Till the noise they makes appalling
In the streets of every town.
They are crying eggs Of Easter,
Colored purple, red and brown.
Who's got an-neggI
Who's got an-negg!
Where's the kid, the bunny
With his eyes so bright and sunny
And his ears so long and funny
Has forgotten as he few
All about with eggs of Easter,
Striped with yellow, green and blue.
Who's got an-negg!
Who's got an-negg
Hear the tapping. tapping,
And the rapping, rapping, rapping,
While the little hands are clapPIng.
And the brittle egg-shells crack!
They are picking eggs of Easter.
Colored everything but black.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08

eat some of the tiny. tiny new blades
OF grass, scotty and his master look
ed across the fence
Scotty's little black nose wiggieo
longingIy as tho he were saying 10
himself" Now I'd like to get across
this old fence and play with those
rabbits, I would
He won't hurt 'em," said Tom as
he saw Susan looking rather Ques-
tioningly at his dog. "he likes en-
"Then come on over the fence and
we can play together" suggested
Bernice.
what you going to do in vacation
next week." asked Tom.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08

~ HE weighted floor polisher is a
an device which will abundantly
justify its own existence in any
- home in which there are hard
wood floors to be waxed and polished.
1t is simply a box with the bottom
projecting slightly on all sides to al
low the padded bottom to work into
corners. The box is to be filled with
concrete to give it weight, and fitted
with a handle by which 1t may be
pushed about the floor. It should be
made of some stout wood and fas-
tened together with screws.
Prepare the two sides and two ends
according to the dimensions given in
the sketch; fasten them together and
make the bottom Y" longer and 4"
wider. so it will project Is" upon all
sides. and fasten it in place with
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08

the nest was, if there had been a
nest. which there wasn't. it was nice
and cool and dark. just the kind of
a place that any baby buzzard would
have liked. There were lovely ferns
growing just outside of the front door
that made a beautiful screen that
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08

1 Would Make A Very Nice Powder
Puff
made the nursery as private as Gould
be. Sometimes I could hear people
talking as they picked berries. and
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08

YZHHEN little pig struck of he few into the air
And like ball he to land he knew where;
AZ But luckily his somesault the pretest seen.
Just seated him without hart upon the strange machine
Tho nearly scared death he rode in triumph for a mile
While bugs and beetles greeted him with many shout and smile;
And when last the chauffeur stopped his and let him down.
He doubt the proudest pig in countryside
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-21
BUILDING SLUMP
FOR SHIPS SEEN
Few Launchin1s Made as Admins
tratlon Forces In Congress Battle
TO Put Over Subsidy Meas
IRE, Says Report.

Washington, Dec. 21.-While ad-
ministration forces battle in the
senate to obtain passage of the ship
subsidy bill. the shipbuildIng indus
try OF the nation is In an unprece-
dented slump. statistics compiled by
the commissioner of navigation re.
vealed
Though slightly higher than in
pre-war years, due to delayed COM
mercial work during the war, con-
struction of steel ships during the
past fiscal year amounted to only
5SS.292 gross tons.
Compared TO this meager total OF
launchings, 2,000,994 gross tons were
constructed in the corresponding
period of 1921, which was consid-
cred universally as year of de-
preston In other lines. In 1920, a
record year, 3,279,S52 gross tons
were floated from American ways.
Construction in the past year Is thus
over two and one-half million gross
tons under building two years ago.
This sensational decline is explained
partly by the fact that much of t/s
tonnage constructed in the preceding
years Is attributable to the ship
ping boards building program, now
virtually completed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-21
ARREST IS MADE:
FOR DENVER JOB
Joe Wagner Held by Officers In ST.
Joseph; Officers Think He
"knows Something; Denver
Police Still Active.

Kansas City, Kan, Dec. 2t.-Joe
Wagner, underworld character, was
held in jail in st. Joseph today in
connection with the robbery of $500.
600 at the United States mint in
Denver.
81 believe the arrest of Wagner
will pave the way to the solution Of
the robbery at the Denver mint, and
the robbery of the Drovers National
bank here last week. Henry Zim-
mer, chief of police, announced to-
day.
Wagner was arrested in st. Jo-
seph, oM., when he drove up in front
of hotel in high-powered motor
car showing signs of hard driving.
Wagner refused to return here
without requisition papers.
Wagner was arrested on warrants
charging completely in Piper and
Quindaro State bank robberies in
Kansas.
1--WE have every reason to believe
that Wagner was at least lin the
know in the Denver mint robbery
and the Drovers holdup," thinner
said.
eve believe Roy Sharrill, former
member of the Dale Jones-Frank
Lewis band. was the brains behind
both robberies. Wagner was pal
Of Sharrill's for years.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-21
GRADY WILL GET
NEW OIL Tests
Country East and South Of Chick
asha to See Activity After Jan.
1; Derrick Going 10 Now
In 6n-5w Country.


Prospective oil and gas territory
east and south OF Chickasha, Is TO
get a number of tests in the near
future. It was learned today.
Announcement was made by G.
NJ. Langston. that starting about
January 1. he and associates of Jop.
lin. Mo, will drill a 5000 foot rotary
test in the northwest, northwest,
southwest of section 19-Gn-5w on
the Voss farm, the location being
about IA miles southeast OF Chick.
asha. The derrick is now being
built. The drilling contract has
been awarded to Louis Skies OF
Walters. who is also drilling in the
gas area southwest of Chickasha.
II is also known that another test
Is to be drilled in the 4n-Sw country
Announcement of his location has
not been definitely made. but II is
known that a block of acreage Is
nearly complete and those in close
touch with the situation. state that
drilling will start shortly after Jan.
uary l. This is also to be deep
test with rotary tools. II is ex.
pected that the construction of the
derrick will be started within two
or three weeks.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-21
START DRAGGING
FOR BODIES MEN
Louisiana Guardsmen Look on While
Divers Prepare TO Search for
Bodies OF Missing Men
at Mer Rouge.

Mer Rouge, La. Dec. 2i.-State
militiamen looked on today as plans
were completed for dragging Lake
Lafourche in search of bodies OF two
men. missing since kidnapped by a
masked mob five months ago.
The militlamen arrived here VS..
terday following orders from Gov.
ernor John NJ. Parker No expana.
tion of their presence has been
given.
Divers will carry on the work of
dragging and searching for the
bodies of Wat Daniels and Thomas
Richards.
AS work Of dragging tho lake be.
gan rumors were heard on all sides
that the bodies had been discovered
weighted down with wagon wheels.
A revived rumor was also heard
that the kidnappings we're the re-
suit of long-standing feud between
political factions in the Mer Rouge
section.