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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-06-30

%WclrN. Which was carefully cO::cc:ltT'.
every night. that they had no inten-
ti"n of losing. That night. while pre-
pairing for bed, just at the moment
that Mrs. lI"Sg had put MI the jewelry
In the case after Il careful checking. u
loud crash sounded through the house,
and while they looked Mt each other,
first In surprise and then In JOY, that
crash was followed by another.
"a burglar! A robberw Mr.. Hogg
shouted enthusiastically, rushing out
into the hall, Mrs. Hogg close in his
wake.
Swapping on the lights in descent,
they arrived upon the scene at the
moment the policeman had subdued
his prisoner. Subdued doesn't convey
the picture ut all he was worse than
that, and as he stood there in the light,
1t is no wonder recognition was de-
layed. Mr.. HOgg was the first to wake
uD.
why It's Henryw he exclaimed In
Amusement.
He was right He was the butler.
1t seems that Henry WAS not real
burrlar-nothing like that-quite a
duffcr at it, in fact. 1t was simply a
manifestation of his interest in his
employers. He knew how anxious
they were to be robbed, and as it
made him nervous to sleep in 4 house
that was open to the world, he had re-
solved to the end the suspense for
both. Steal nothing, you understand;
just make Il noise to arouse the house
hold. That done, the collected articles
on the floor would lead to the belief
that the burglar had been frightened
away. Thus his employers could hold
up their heads among the aristocracy
OF Tylerville. t
AS I said before, Phineas was
good sport, and after Henry had whis-
pered this explanation, he swallowed
his disappointment and gave the watch
full, waiting patrolman sign indicat-
Ing that his services would not be
needed further. I,
Mrs. Hogg was the first to enter
their chamber, when with sudden
shrek she fell back into Mr.. Hogs
arms. :
"Oh ! Phineas, we've been robbed! :"
she cried. /
Mrs. Hogg was right! The case with
Its $4,000 contents, forgotten in tho
excitement, was gone! And, as it sub
sequently proved, so was Henry!
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d Sufficient Excuse.

There was Il wild and frenzied scat
tcrlnent Men, white-faced and star
ing-eyed, fled as If pursued by n pes
thence. They dropped whatever they
had in hand and stood not upon the
order Of their going, but departed
like frightened roebucks, hitting only
the high places as they went.
"Why are the people fleeing2" we
asked.
"a candidate who calls himself the
Friend Of the People has just come
to town." replied an innocent byStander
who had no yote.-KanSas City star.
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q Efodern Cave
Man
Ev Lillian HALL CROWLEY


t.. l.--. by Mcclure Newspaper $ynaicat.
iG.vid Henderson. sitting in Il Sc
,.u.;yL spot of the vCranda in the
t,I:tI.S of despair. was startled out of
l.s unhappy line of thought when lie
i,:rG his name mentioned. He got ,in,
,liHiinG the speaker WAS looking for
L.m. Then the words arrested hii.i for
a moment. He was behind some
ruicd plants and egress Was not
easily gained. He did not intend TO
listen. but could not help hearing the
tn.!ow!ng in Il girls indignant voice:
"i.ois Mnrdis is just too Gnkind for
"nl,hir"--the way she treats David.
hate I" see her SO Indifferent toward
hin when he IS so thoughtful and I'm
u,nsh."
"rE"t's Just the trouble" rCriied an
ether :,irl. Il know Lois pretty well.
:l.i think she really loves David. but
lis too uninteresting to have some one
80 perfect al the time. He ought to
cmrI"y cave man tactics. l think shed
like il 80
-" YOU really" The voices
,raiIed off in the distance.
I:vid went back to his seat. $50
that's it," lie thought. Just being
n>iderate Of IL woman. anticipating
her every wish and waiting on her de-
r"t"diy is not enough. Cave man, in
tecG.'
lie sat there long time, and he
wasn't looking at the moon, either.
He WAS thinking harder than he had
eve: thought before in his whole life
After IL while he arose and, with Il
rt.M smile on his usually placid face
Ia joined the other young people who
rEt "%!abr;.t:rg Lois birthday.
''r WAS the first to leave Los
l"':cd her surprise, for lie usually lin
~rrl until he was the last one to go
hc"e, but lie vouchSafed no exrlana-
tir!.
M"ny. many times he had asked her
IL marry him. but she had never given
him tie decisive wurd-still she had
Goi refused him. She kept him dang
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BURGLAR WANTED

BY MA6EL PARSONS

g. lszz. ey Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
The social climbing Mrs. H"gg was
heartbroken. The clever second story
worker" who had visited so many resi-
dences of the wealthy that the list
might be that Of the social register had
for some reason forgot to call upon
the Hogs. There wasn't another home
In Iylerville that contained so many
costly furnishings, silver and jewclry-
particularly jewelry-and yet Mrs
Hogg was denied share OF the lime
light with the aristocracy
ut amt as If we amt got nothing,
FhineaS,' she sohbcd, her many dia-
mondS flashing In the morning sun as
she poured the coffee. "rhere's the
.JOneSeS. Nnd-"
stop right thcre!' exclaimed Mr..
Iogg irrtably. Amt l done all l
can? Amt gone all over this house
every night and opened the windows?
Why. last night l even left the front
door half open, and did any burglar
come In? Did he, l ask you? No" he
continued, answering his own question.
What else he might have said will
never he known. as the butler entered
at that moment, and If there was any
one Of whom he stood in awe it was
Henry the butler.
Success had come to the Hogs late
In life, and while Mr.. Hogg was In
clined to lie back and take things
easy, Mrs. Hogg was happy only when
she was among those present" But
Phineas was good sport and under
I,nr H.
good second In their chase for social
recognition. He affiliated himself with
every club and every social affair she
suggested, and gave her every blessed
thing she wanted-but there; pause
n moment.
There Is one thing In which he had
failed. Mrs. Hogg told him, in that
heart touching, Sohhing way Of hers,
that the Fowells and BentonS had
family tree. and she didn't have one.
Never mind, Lucy" he said sooth-
insly. 1--WE got money enough to get
front lawn full Of them" So you see,
dear reader, his heart was In the right
place.
Away from the eyes Of Henry, they
kissed In parting at the door.
"Cheer up, DEAR" said Phineas en-
couragingly, well be robbed yet" And
Lucy smiled family in hope and partly
because Mrs. Powell, across the street,
was looking on. Phineas waved his
cane airily as he entered his motor,
for the same reasons that Lucy smiled,
and he was of.
Arriving at his office he immediate
ly rang for his secretary.
"Mr. Dagget," said he, in his cute
little pOmpous way, "do you know any
good porch climber'2 mean, are you
acquainted with any good crook7 l
mean-what THAT is" Plainly,
Phineas was confused.
Mr.. Dagget doesn't know yet what
his employer meant, but he was glad
to get out Of his sight, and for the
rest Of the day he went about on tip
toe with moist handkerchief in his
hand, and a CLASSY look in his eyes.
Now, while the Hogs valued the no
toriety of burglary, let it be known
that there was about $4,000 worth Of
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-06-30
Embarrassing Moment.

One evening my friend and I went
to church. AS 1t was raining we both
wore our rubbers.
We had to go upstairs in the bal
cony because the lower part Of the
church was filled. My friend took his
rubbers off and one OF them accident
ally fell through the opening in the
railing. The dirty wet rubber hit a
bald-headed man sGuarely on the top
of his head. He turned around and
gazed at us long and hard. SO did
everyone else. We made our escuDe
hurriedly with profuse blushes.-Ex-
change.
Struggling 10 get rich quick keeps
many a man poor.
A strong will is firmness; a strong
won't Is obstinacy.
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ling. He had tried harder and barder
to please her. and had made no head.
way.
Ire Remarks tonight were 4 rpypIo
ton. lie hadn't realized il before I'm,
he was getting tired of dangling. Ho
would either give .."iS UP or lie would
make her come to Il decision.
He didn't want tn give her up.
Those girls were right He ought to
get Lois with "cave-man tactics
he certainly hadn't succeeded the other
way. He would hide his time. and If
she preferred being knocked on the
mead with Il club and then dragged by
the hair to his dpn-he'd do It.
He wanted her in any way he could
get her, and he would be Obliginy
enough t" get her in the way she
wished to be Won.
So. one bright, SunShny day, about
noon. when II seemed that every one
was ont of doors, Lois and he were
crossing some street car tracks on the
busiest intersection Of the city. Lois
was tripping along on dainty, high.
heeled, black satin pumps, when she
stopped suddenly with n cry of dis
may. One heel of her shoe had caught
in the tracks. In her effort to dislodge
1t she had withdrawn her foot and
she stood with the stockinged foot
held lightly from the dusty pave.
ment.
''Oh, why did I wear white stock.
ings:" she groaned to herself. She
felt so conspicuous.
David turned to the rescue. Cars
were coming from each direction. and
changing down upon them. Pedestrians
had stopped in amused interest look.
Ing at the embarrassed girl In the
white stockings and the one black
shoe.
Lois looked to David, confident that
he could rescue the shoe. He did. But
just before the cars reached them and
Is Lois put out her Whitehead foot
for its black cover lie put the sho,
behind him.
"Iou don't get 1t until you promise
e Garry me-: lie wared the shoe
Lois turned red with shame that she
should be made such Il spectacle for
the paSsersby. Then, white with anger.
she demanded her shoe.
People were laughing outright. Sey-
eral chauffeurs had stopped their mo-
tors. The street cars were coming
nearer and nearer as David raised the
shoe higher over his head. The wretch
ed girl was lettering on one foot
like lame duck. There was no
sign Of relenting on the young mans
face.
Il WON'T" she answered.
you will or I'll go home with the
shoe and leave YOU here" he shouted
above tie noise Of the traffic.
please, David" she begged. There
was loud gufiaw from Il fat man.
who evidently admired Davids powers
of entertainment.
Lois was crimson with shame while
she was unable to keep the dainty
white stocking away from the dust
and CRIME Of the street.
promise! Promise!' He waved
"Lois gulped. VERY well! l prom
Use to marry YOU"
"SoonT' he demanded.
Yes" she cried.
David grasped her firmly by the
arm and slipped the shoe on the poor
little dusty foot. The street cars went
past them in a fury of noise.
They walked away in silence. Lois
was frightfully angry. Reaching her
door, she denounced:
'I'm Just marrying you because
won't go back on my word, you-you
cave man,
II don't care about the reason. just
so YOU marry me-" He opened the
door, pushed her into the hall, and,
following her in took her in his arms.
Lois was spcechless-and smiling.
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Too Iona to Wait.

Mr.. Oldsmith-Do you refuse me be
cause I'm too old? I'm practically
certain to live 20 years more.
Miss Philippa-Oh, no! You're not
too old. You're about 20 years too
young.
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Uniuue az IL Vera

Rhode Island said Muriel to her
futher during the course of her study
after dinner, "is celebrated for being
the only one Of TIE United States
that is the smallest"
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An Hour Is a Measure

M TOUT 4 Mca6urc.
H-What's your definition Of an op-
timist?
"A man who can realize TINT even
the hour of adversely contains only 80
minutes,
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The amount Of manure voided by
animals varies according to the kind,
size and age Of the animal
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-03-02
RED CROSS WORK

The good lady overseers and solic-
itors who did such noble work in
Valley City last November during
the 5th Red Cross Roll Call, it seems
will have to be called to the front
again in order to make a success of
the collection of cast-off clothing in
Valley City for use in the western
part of the state.
This is not a canvass for money,
but simply go from house to house
and request that cast-off clothing of
every description be bundled up and
set on front porch on certain day
(forenoon) of which the solicitors
will advise the places visited.
Afternoon of same day an auto
truck or team will call around and
pick up the bundles from front porch
es wherever found.
The writer has been requested to
take this matter up and use the same
organization that made such success
of the 9Th Red Cross Roll Call,
For this purpose the week Of Feb
ruary 9th to March 18th inclusive will
be used.
If canvassers do not find it con-
venient to go out in the forenoons,
they may go in the afternoons, and
advise that the clothing will be taken
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-03-02

Coach Getzloe's midgets are said
to be in first-class shape for their
battle tonight with the fast Mandan
aggregation on the local floor. Ac-
cording to dopesters the locals are in
for one Of the hardest battles of the
season and unless they put up their
best fight they will have a chance Of
letting tonight's game slip through
their hands. However with the first
string men all working first rate, the
game tonight will undoubtedly be a
hair raiser. Mandan showed up well
in football last fall and have been
doing excellent work in basketball
this season. Come out tonight and
witness one of the fastest games on
a local floor this season. This will,
in all probabilities, be the last big
game on a local floor this season.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-03-02
MY NOOK
By E. D.

by z. -.
will tell of Nook, in a peaceful
Dell,
Far away from all trouble and strife.
For that Nook l long, as no mortal
can tell,
In that space is, pent up, my life.
For in a small Cottage, that laid in
that Nook,
A prisoner, fettered and bound
BY love, we await, at the gate, near
the Brook,
When, weary, l enter that ground.
No Paln1frouds invite me to drowsy
dream
In their shade, in my little Dell.
But Adders and Scorpions there teen,
So ! trust it and all things are we'll.
The Songbirds are warbling, the But
TEXTILES dance
Inc Flowers Cne1f fragrance oe'uo
out
In my little Nook, where my children,
free, prance
And where, full of Joy, l can chant.
Forgotten is World, with it's noise
and its strife
And only pure bliss I can see
In my little Nook, with my kiddies
and wife
And where like a Monarch I be.
Serene happiness is not in sands full
of gold,
In power, nor here or there;
But it can be found, now just as of
old,
In any place just where we are.
And 4my little Nook was only a
dream
Of the moment, as such dreams 60;
But some folks are happy in spouting
hot steam
While others enjoy shoveling snow.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-03-02

gled nightly to overcome the good,
and to destroy mankind by sending
fierce storms and heavy snowfal1s
and shuddering cold winds upon the
face of the earth. It was thus the
evil powers sought to discourage and
to overcome mankind.
And 50 it is said that at one time
TIE evil powers supposed that by
Stress of long siege Of cold and
storms they had reduced mankind to
famine. At this time they chose to
send the chicadee as a messenger to
find out the conditions and to bring
back word to them.
Now when the chicadee came on
his mission and appeared at the
dwellings, of men he was invited to
enter. He was courteously given a
place by the freside to rest and
warm himself. Then food was brought
to him. After he had eaten and re-
freshed himself he was anointed with
4cAG, WulCu was oyAlOOA VI P'SsASJ
then he was painted with red paint,
which was for symbol Of the power
and mystery of life. After these
ceremonies and marks of respect his
hosts quietly composed themselves to-
give attention to whatever their visi-
tor should have to say as to the pur~
pose of his visit. When he had stated
his mission his hosts held counsel and
formulated reply for the messenger
to take back to those who had sent
him. He was hidden to say to them
that mankind was still living and
hopeful, and they ever would be; that
they could not be daunted by dis
enlargement, nor defeated by storms
and stress, nor vanquished by hunger,
nor overcome by any hardships; and
that there never would be time
when there should not be men upon
the earth. So this is the message
which the chicadee brought to the evil
powers which had sought to overcome
mankind.
From "Prairie Smoke"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-03-02

next afternoon.
Cahvassers are requested to take
down the names Of all who promise
clothing, so that collectors Of cloth
ing may know where to call.
Bundles of clothing will be deliv-
cred at the Red Cross rooms under
the First National Bank: where same
will be assorted and packed for ship
ment.
Valley City is divided into four d.
visions, same as during the 5th Red
Cross Roll Call, namely: Northern
Pacific Railroad on East and West
lines and Fifth Avenue on North and
,, South lines.
All Districts are the same as be-
fore. Overseers will advise solicit
ors whenever necessary.
The overseers and solicitors are the
same as in the 5th Red Cross Roll
Call, wherever possible.
In this case solicitors will not be
required to call at business places,
only private residences, hotels and
boarding houses. Business places will
be solicited by Mr.. J. J. Dalton.
Solicitors are requested to hand in
names of persons who promise bun
dies of clothing to Mr.. J. J. Dalton
(whose office is under the First Nat
ional Bank who will attend to COL
Letting same.
Now if these details are carried out
as herein suggested, everything will
work as smooth as glass.
In conclusion, please remember
this is work of charity,-charity,
the greatest of all the virtues. No
use knowing this if we don't practice
it.
Respectfully.
D. O'MALLEY,
Chairman 5th Red Cross Roll Call.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-03-02
TEMPERATURES AT S. T. c..

Temperatures taken at the State,
Teachers College each morning at
$3.50 o'clock.
Friday, Feb. l7-Lowest, 2 below;
highest, &c above.
Saturday, Feb. 18-Lowest, 10 be-
low; highest % above.
Sunday, Feb. 19-Lowest, zero;
highest, 13 above.
Monday, Feb. 20-Lowest, IA be-
low; highest, 10 above.
Tuesday, Feb. 2l-Lowest, 1 below;
highest, IA above.
Thursday, Feb. 23-Lowest, 10 be-
low; highest, 9 above.
Friday, Feb. 24-Reading at $3.50
a. M, Is below.
Ina C. Robertson, Observer.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-03-02
THE CHICKADEE
(By DR.. Melvin r. Gilmore)

(By Dr. Melvin II. GllmOre)
The chicadee is very popular bird
among all the Indian tribes where it
is known. They all have many stories
and sayings about it. They say of
it that, though small, it is a very
wise bird. It is like the wise men,
the doctors and teachers among the
people, who are learned in mysteries
and wonderful things of nature, who
keep a calendar of the cycle of the
days, months and seasons through the
year and cutting marks upon piece
of wood which they have prepared
for that purpose.
This wise little bird is said also
to keep account Of the months. It is
said that ''in the beginning" the task
of keeping account of the months was
assigned to- the chicadee. But in
stead of making notches in a piece
of wood as the wise men do this
wise birds method is to make notches
in it's tongue; thus in September its
tongue is single-pointed, in October
it has two points, in November three.
and so on until February, when it is
said that its tongue has six points.
Then in March it's tongue is again
single-pointed and the count is begun
again. So, it is said, the chicadee has
been keeping the count of the months
since the long ago, in the dim past.
when the task was assigned to it in
the time of beginnings, in the time
when evil powers and monsters strug-
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-03-02

partments have been organized. The
operation of these departments cost
the taxpayers considerable money and
is not producing the necessary result.
We would be better off, financially,
if they were abolished, and the tax
levies would be reduced just that
much. The laws proposed by Judge
Robinson would abolish them and in
this respect we agree with him.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-03-02
CUBA ITEMS

The S. C. Club held it's regular
meeting last Saturday night at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Nc
Cready.
Pat Mryhous was an Enderlin Wis
itor last week.
Martha Plohler was Valley City
visitor on Sunday.
The S. C. Club has purchased some
new records for their Victrola.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-03-02

How about your seed wheat? If you are
in doubt about the quality of your seed, you had
best send half pint sample to your Experiment
Station for judging to quality, variety and
purity.
The Minnesota Crop Improvement Association
through their with the Agricultural College
Of Minnesota, also the Agricultural Colleges OF North and
South Dakota have undertaken supply good seed
wheat or to advise where may be had If the wheat in
your vicinity good for seed take the matter up
with YOUR elevator bank and arrange to import car
load for yourself and neighbours 1t pays to sow
posr seed r
one variety should be thoroughly cleaned with good
tanning mill and should be heavy plump and spherical
and should be of dark iney color and free from yell
low berry, dirt, weed seeds injured sick or immature
kernels. :,
Put in your Marquis just as soon as your seed
he'd is ,esdy Marquis is an early variety rpenng from
90 35 days after sowing, the average being about
DAVIS This makes four days earlier than most or
the other Ave varetes which often enough to insure
its escaping rust
SPRING WHEAT CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATE
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-03-02

tegllGrd the qudHty OF our nara sprung
heat makes the best bread.
Smut tax on wheat on most farms would
make, if prevented, very satisfactory PROFIT
There are many ways to treat smut with formal
dehyde and while there is probably not a tarrne.
in the spring wheat belt who does not know and
realize the advantage of smut free wheat yet it -
fact that great proportion of farmers neglect
to treat their wheat for smut entirely or do so
only occasionally after unusually bad smut
year. ="
Every good farmer knows how to treat his seed
with formadehyde although few take thi: precau.
every year The increase from formaidehyde treated
seed is often much four bushels owing NO
doubt to the fact that the seed carries other disease
parasites besides No afford to take the
chance because the i. both cheap and easy
There are great many reasons why seed wheat
may not terminate; either from being bin burnt, wet
moldy, 1t is very matter to count one hun
red seeds from various parts Of seed stock and
test them in botting paper in plate or saucer
If you don't for termination you may sacrifice all
your crop
N GA Security Building, Minneapolis
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-03-02

Ed at the postoffice in Valley
orth Dakota, as second class
halter.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-03-02

oreign Advcrticing Representative
HiE. AMERICAN PRESS .tSSCCINi !'H~
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-03-02

against a stone wall. Judge Cooley,
in dismissing the jury at an early
hour this morning, complimented
them on the manner in which they
had handled the case and told them
that their verdict was a proper and
Just one.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-03-02

The league caucuses called for Feb
ruary 22d to elect delegates to the
county and state conventions, were