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Phillips County herald., 1922-12-07
WHEAT STILL LEADS
Yer Colorado Crops Show Gains
According to Reports

|sgheat continues to be the most i'm
brtant crop grown in Colorado, both
acreage and value. Reports OF
anty assessors to the State Immi-
nti6u department show 1.9S1.G5
fes Of wheat planted In the state
i the 1922 harvest. which Is the larg-
area ever planted in Colorado.
oliminary estimates indicate that
u production will be approximately
eo0, 900 bushels, which at prevailing
1ees should be worth close to $780,
pseoo.
EQh6 area devoted to wheat in the
- this year is s4.ss per cent of the
|o(hl5 eultiynted area. OF this area
51e per cent ID devoted to winter
~ and 7.52 per cent to spring
hlht. Corn which ranks next to
~ In total acreage. accounts for
1895 per cent OF the cultivated
,1A3lb ssnaA sszt to corn in toeal
leaop fpr colondo. rspresentiag
fl91l oe tie total cultivated ssea.
ki6ht oe the states leading crops
ooeu. wheat, oats. barley. rye. sors.
fum. alfalfa and sugar beets-repres-
mt sS.ls per cent Of the cultivated
lrea this year The remainder Is divid-
a among large number OF less Inn
portant crops. including Wild hay and
Devsral varieties Of tame hay. wide
range Of truck crops. potatoes field
beans. neld peas and q few others.
1 Winter wheat is produced most ex.
ksnsivsly In the non.irrigated districts
4 eastern Colorado. where the wheat
acreage has been Increasing very
npidly for the past six or eight years.
Thfee counties In this part Of the
uiats Cheyenne. Phillips and Washing
ton-have more than one-haif OF their
areas devoted to winter
wheat. and six other counties-Arapa.
hoe. Kiowa. Logan. Kit Carson. Seds-
wick and Yuma-have more than ~
per cent Of their cultivated areas de-
voted to winter wheat. Spring wheat
Is distributed somewhat more evenly
over the state than winter wheat. but
the acreage Il not nearly so large.
Assessors reports this year show l.
55l.s25 acres Of winter wheat and 42e..
SGT acres OF spring wheat.
Corn is found chiefly In the same
section OF the state as winter wheat
and IL raised by large number OF
farmers. though the acreage cultivated
Il much smaller. Fl Paso county is
relatively the most important corn
growing county In the state. having
ls.al per cent Of It's cultivated area
dsvotsd to corn. Yuma reports the
largest acreage OF corn. though II
amounts to but 3os9 per cent OF the
cultivated area OF that county.
Phillips County herald., 1922-12-07
I.ouIuo BAYLOR cnt prtaIned her Sun.

Louise Baylor entertained her Sun
day School class Saturday afternoon.
Games were played and Mrs. Robb,
their teacher. favored them with ssv'
erai selections after which light re'
frcshnents were served. All depart
cd declaring Miss Louise n ans en-
tertaincr
Phillips County herald., 1922-12-07

The Wash Day club met with Mrs.
catohpolo Monday afternoon. There
was full attendance and ono visitor
from Denver. All report . fne time.
rain,y refreshments wcrc served.
Phillips County herald., 1922-12-07
PAINTING ron sALe

Mrs. Ollie AMI Mrs. Fainter will
have . sale Of OH Paintings and
Water Colors at Mrs 'Paintcrs' hosns
IN ffo,yoke on Thursday and Friday.
noe. 18th and 18th.
Phillips County herald., 1922-12-07

The Hypsrisn club met wednesday
afternoon with Mrs. Hopplcr. Tho
usual good time was enjoyed. A
Christmas grab.bAg was planned for
next meeting which will be In two
weeks At the home Of Mrs. Scott.
Phillips County herald., 1922-12-07

The ladies' OF the swastika club
met ut the home Of Mrs. A. Scheunc-
mann. A good social time was en-.
ioyed. Delicious refreshments werc
scryed by the ladies'.
Phillips County herald., 1922-12-07

/. All IL not~bliss that blIstcrs.
An ad. Ia Tho Herald will bring results
Phillips County herald., 1922-12-07
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

Ths.two chemistry classes are go.
ing down to the Smith Drug Store to
inspect the Holyoke Ice Plant and to
learn of the mysteries of ice manu-.
featuring.
The foot ball season has closed and
basket ball is claiming the interest Of
our high school. Both boys and girls
are organized and practicing. The
first game Of the season will be held
Friday evening Of this week between
Imperial and our school. Two games
will be played. both the girls and the
boys teams.
Miss VIII. who was forced to give
up her school work two weeks ago on
account OF Sickness and went to her
home in Huntington. Indiana, under.
went an operation In u hospital in
that city.
The Junior class is giving the open.
Ing exercises this week and are fur.
nishing ane entertainment.
roy Mites - on the SICK list tnls
week. s-t
Miss wyckman spent her Thanks
giving vacation at family reunion
The basket ball prospects are very
good this year. there being six letter
girls and hve letter men back In
school this year. The positions Of
center and forwards are well repres'
ented In candidates and the two con
ference guards. Captain Weir and
Bentson will have hard time to hold
their positions against the recruits.
The management 10 thinking about
the advisability Of selling season
tickets for basketball.
Phillips County herald., 1922-12-07

Basket Ball Schedule for 1929
Imperial at Holyoke. Friday. Dec. sth
Holyoke at Madrid. Saturday. Dec. IS
Madrid at Holyoke. Friday. Dec. 22
Holyoke at Grant. Saturday. Dec. 2s
Holyoke at Wray. Friday. Dec. 2s
Kit Carson ut Holyoke. Sat. Dec. 30
Julesburg at Holyoke. Friday. Jan. 6
Holyoke at Julcsburg. Friday Jan. l2
Holyoke at Sedgwick. Sat. Jan. 10
Sterling at Holyoke. Friday. Jan. 10
Haxtun at Holyoke. Friday. Jan. Is
Holyoke ut Haxtun. Friday. Feb. 2
Merino at Holyoke. Friday. Feb. 0
Sedgwick at Holyoke. sat'day. Feb. 10
Curtis at Holyokc. Friday. Feb. Is
Imperial At Holyoke. Saturday. Feb II
Merino at Sterling, Thurs. Feb. ss
Holyoke at Sterling. Friday. Feb. 20
Brush Tournament. March 90
Phillips County herald., 1922-12-07

The following were honor students
Tor the End period: Opal Ralston.
Gladys Sederburg. Ralph Mcdonald.
Anna Rcnck. Margaret wairod. John
Painter. whitney Borland. Pauline
Davis. Ellen Lantx. Letta kerchner.
Eleanor Bcmis, Eva Sederbarg. Harry
Ahnstedt, james Tomlln. Florence
rulscher. Lenore Br,indige. Robert
Ralston. Agnes Conkiin. Pauline Con-
kiln. Ciarona wcycrts. Virginia Crnw-
Icy. Helen Peter. Ruth Mc0owan,
Clara o'Connor. Robert Peter. sher-
man walrcd, Ruth Darkcy. Eva An
drcws. Grace struckmyer. Thelmn
Brundige. Minerva Flakcr. Lcona In
galsbc. Audrn Dicrman. Max Morgan.
Aiarjory Mowry. Geneva Behnfeldt,
,anctancc Woodward. Fay Show. Earl
kl,crs. Edna Ellis and Gertrude 10.
hansen.
The Washington times., 1922-06-04

spooks at all except this here
homemade kind, which this fellow
by the name OF Rim says he cal
brew at the rate OF six dollars .
head"
Well" says Elias Q. Higgin-
botham, "as I said before, I never
shook hands with one Of these
here genuine spooks. nor have l
never saw any Of them do their
stun. such as bell.ringing, tam
BOURNE playing or slate writing or
tipping tables, but ! have got .
very good friend who has not only
saw them a great many times, but
has saw them do all their stun
and do II good
Sure" says Quincy. Every.
body has got some friend like that.
l have also got two or three friends
who have seen all this stun pulled
of. strickly according to Doyle, but
what gets my goat 10 the fact that
the spooks don't improve mono IN
their work. They are doing the
same stunts they are doing several
hundred years ago. Every spook
that comes TO q spook party always
plays q tambourine, and the aver
age seanoe sounds like the Saliva,
ton Army on Saturday night. Now
It seems to mo as though, when o
spook like this here feller Bestho.
ven or Richard Wagner would
como back. no would not ba salts.
fled TO play on 4 tambourine, but
would want to tackle some more
intricate instrument like the piano
or the violin, But such 10 not 50,
ut seems like when q fellow llks
Van Dyke or Rembrandt or Gains.
borough or some OF them great
painters come back they would
want to sit down and paint q piet
ure, but what do they do but begin
smashing furniture and ringing
bells and writing on squeaky
states, In real life you couldn't
have got Rossini or Verdi within
four miles Of tambourine, but as
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ioned ghosts would do and maybe
have got slightly more kick in 'em
at that. 1t is hard to teach an old
spook new tricks, as he is apt to be
set In his ways, but when q felIer
makes his own ghost he ought to
be able to train him . good deal
as he pleases.
"A ghost which you make your
self is libel to have some respect
for what you tell him, but how
would any gink Ike yourself get
a ghost like the late King Nero. or
maybe Socrates, to behave. Instead
OF you telling them things they
would be telling you things.
would say that the homemade
spook has got It all over the old
fashioned variety, and then there
is quite saving in expense, as of
course you do not have to pay any
medium.
When you mako your own
ghost you can get Just the kind Of
q one you want, while, on the
other hand. II you leave It to Q
medium and you ask her for a nice
refined. quiet. gentlemanly ghost
like Shelley the poet or Shakes.
peare, she is libel TO haul OF and
give you some rough bird like Ab-
dull Hamid or Attila the Hun or
Captain Kidd. As / understand II,
these tough spooks butt In once In
q while without being invited and
elbow the invited guests out Of the
way and jasz up the party. The
medium, or doorkesper. Of q seancs
Is gen'ally a woman. and these
tough birds like Sitting Bull or
Jesse James or Biuebeard have no
hesitancy about brushing her TO
one side, II Oliver Goldsmith is
invited to a spook party and Jesse
James happens to hold him up and
take his ticket away from him II
10 not anybody's fault In pertickler,
the way look ,at 1t.
However, there are times when
I don't believe there are any
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Story with an Impossible ENDING

HE Tired Business Mans family at the Sum
mer After busy day at the office the T. NJ
up his desk called building wb,rs nj.
office located
On all sides he wended his ranr
posters setting ferth the merits Of the shows On th
boards spicy chicken salads With dressing chickens ina
never home to alone, etc, nd again etc
Giving all these down the cvsr ana
the the north in fact from all .ng ~,
7. NJ. % himself: "
guess I'll go to the nat wash the dirty dshss and su
a letter to Mary and the kda- v
And he dbl
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By Roy X. Moulton

soon as they come back to q spook
party they begin giving Q correct
imitation Of . niger minstrel end.
man.
81 do not know nothing whatever
about this spook business, and
there may be spooks, and I am
superstitious enough not to give
them any dirty knocks behind
their back. and I cast no asparagus
at them whatever. and all l say is
that do not understand their
taste in music or admire their
idear Of how to spend q social
evening"
Z suppose" says Elias Q. Hig-
ginbotham, "if they would set
down and spend the evening play
ing q crooked game Of poker. you
could be able to understand them
very we'll and you would be pleased
to set in with them"
II never have no chance at all 10
understand this spook business, :"
says Quincy. although am
broad-minded and willing to dabbls
IN any fad that comes along and
take Il apart and see what makes
It tick. ! do not make any head.
way at all with this spirit business
that has got this country all
smoked up at the present time,
and ] do not, neither now nor at
any tima IN the past. Because
every time ! get iathered up over
this proposition and start to mix
and minEie IN Il, something hap.
pens,
"Bsverai years asp We have a
wave OF spookism pass over this
country and ! am quite we'll 40
auainted at that time with a party
by the name of speoky Puryis, who
Is called spooky because he is
foad OF spoaks and is very much
jazEed up aheut them most OF the
time, and he claims that he has
associated with these people for
years, and when ! say would like
to meet up with some of these
people and get their point Of view
concerning this and that, Spooky
Purvis says all right, he will take
me to certain place, which is a
secret, some night the next week
when conditions is right,
I'VE get to this place, which
smells like chop susy restaurant
on account they are burning q lot
of nonsense or whatever It is, and
several indistinct looking people
are sitting around in a pea.green
light, and there Is sort Of a cabi.
net In the end OF the room. I don't
see why a spook has always got to
appear in . cabinet. It don't mean
80 much to be in . cabinet, not
much mors, In fact, than to be in
the Senate. But II seems as though
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a great many things that are not.
Great care must be taken not TO
make them over.truthfuf by over
doses. when they are already In.
clined that way.
Others who might be improved,
SO far ss public service is con-
cerned. by treatment with this
wonderful narcotic are:
Race-course touts.
Amateur golf players.
Income-tax payers Eyes. you.
too).
Managers Of prizefighters.
Editors OF railroad timetables.
Delegates to peace conferences.
Advertisers OF garden seeds.
Sellers Of secondhand automo-
bfles.
Society editors In small towns.
Husbands who get home late.
College students who write
homo for money.
Sales managers who report TO
the boss.
Writer'S Of sutobiographis2
Campaign orators.
The catty lady who lives across
the street.
Photographers who take society
beauties"
Butcher who weighs his hand IN
with the steak.
And, half . dosen or 80 OF your
neishbors that you might mention
II you felt so inclined.
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UT West . scientist has in
l vented . truth drug. Drop
ped into . cup Of tea, coffee
or wood alcohol II causes that per-
son to tell an absolutely straight
story. In this way. truth-telling is
absolutely painless and leaves no
bad taste IN tho mouth.
They tried II on persons charged
with crime and II was 80 success
full that these persons not only
confessed the crimes they were
charged With. put several others
besides. with which they never
had any connection. Ono man con-
fsssed 10 q murder that happened
three years bsfore he was born.
n seems they gave him an over.
dose sud care must bs taken about
this.
n CON rsadny bs seen how tihs
truth drug 70 goins 10 bs q great
boon, even outside the realm Of
crimiaeiogy. For instance, Il
would bs great stua for the
Weather Bureau, II somebody who
wanted 10 know tho facts should
admintstsr tho drug to tho fcrs
casters in just the right quantities,
n n not necessary to state how
II weuid improve the presaassnt
profession The trouble with most
press agents ia that they tell too
much truth, They not only pre-
dict what is going to happen, but
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<<T SEE by the paper says
Elias @. Higginbotham. that
fellow by the name OF
Rim claims he can put a good.
self-starting. high horse powered
ghost on the market for six ber-
ries. and this ort to put quite a
crimp in the seance business for
DR.. A. Doylan Cone and other
spook chasers.'
II don't know as the six-dollar
spook has been tried out yet" says
Quincy Todd, but II the working
model proves to be a success there
seems to be no reason why there
shouldn't be a spook in every home.
This fellow by the name Of Rim
seems to be very hopeful indeed
that any bird who knows enough
to run a furnace or tinker a sewing
machine. should ort to be able to
haul of and build one of these
homemade spooks with a little
gauze and an iron rod and a sheet
and etc. and make 1t work.
Il believe this fellow by the
name OF Rim says his homemade
So ghosts can do anything the more
expensive ones can do, and can
probably get a lot more miles out
Of a gallon. and then when you are
through with one you can throw It
away. II you get tired Of any par.
ticker ghost you can give It to
the Junk man and build yourself
another one.
'Tt Is different with these home
made spooks than with the regular
spcoks. For. when you lose your
taste for a regular spook and want
to get rid Of him. he is libel to
hang around and make It unpleas.
ant for you Just the same. It is
not always handy to have an un,
welcome ghost hanging around be-
cause some people you are calling
on might object to them on gen
eral principles"
(which l am not so sure
whether there Is such a thing as q
regular ghost or not" says Elias
Q. Higginbotham. Sometimes
think there is such a thing as q
ghost and then l think there is
not 1t depends a good deal where
| am and what time a day II is.
have not ever happened to meet
up with any Of these spooks per-
sonally, but I have met one or two
who have. I don't know whether
there are any genuine spooks or
not"
We'll, so long as you can make
one, like this fellow by the name
OF Rim says you can, what's the
difference whether there are any
genuine ones or not!" asks Quincy.
He claims that his bootleg ghost
will do al the tricks the old-fash-
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this spook business has sfwsys rot
to be under cover.
well. one lady soes and sets
down and begins to torture . parlor
organ in q manner which. II I am
q selfrespecting spook, I viii never
come In that vicinity while she ID
playing. And they all begin asking
II Brother Ichabod Il present or
Uncle Finney or Aunt Sophronia,
and the upshot Of the whole mat.
ter 10 that nothing happens.
The boss spook detective looks
around the room and says there 10
somebody present which 10 out OF
touch with the spirit world and is
not In harmony and is too material
and Is an unbeliever and Is several
other things which you will mot
call . perfect lady in polite So
ciety. ! make up my mind at once
that am the guy who is being IN
suited and 90 l take my hat in my
hand and beat It out OF there. and
my friend Purvis tells mo that,
after 60. they have . perfectly
splendid manifestation.
Il swallow my pride and 20 with
Purvis nine times moro, but every
time l 60 there 10 somebody In the
room whose personality 3asses up
the works and who the spooks do
not care 10 mest In . social way
because hs 10 out Of tune. That
guy always happens to bs me. And
every time do not 30 they hsys
. perfectly delightful svsnins, and
the spopks play some new tunes
on tho tambourine, thsy havs
learned since the last meeting,
$50, ! make up my mind, II the
spooks want 10 let mo alone ] am
willing to let them alone, and since
that time ! have not had no tn,I
terest at all In the whole matter.
There may be spooks and thsre,
may not be speoks, but 30 far ssI
! am concerned, II does not ssem
to make much difference, as they
apparently move In q social circle,
which is far above my station In
life, As said before, ] am not
knocking them at all, All ] say 10
that have never met ono, ] have
never met q subway moterman,
either, for that matter, although
there probably are some"
WELL" says Elias @. Higgin.
botham, the country does not
seem to be very much smoked up
over this spoek matter at present.
A lot Of people are going along at.
tending to business a. usual. The
only departed spirits a lot Of peo-
pie seem to get excited over are
the ones volstead put out Of bust
ness"
And" says Quincy, those are
net going 10 come back. either"
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Letting the
Girls In


-. cd and ladies. including flap-
- pers. will be admitted TO the
Aail OF Fame. along with men. Up
~ this time the sign has read:
NO WOMEN ADMITTED" and
this applied to wives Of members
% well as others. Up to now
there has been sort of girls dor.
mitory on to one side where
sculptured heads and busts of
women were placed. but, like some
otner hen parties. It wasn't so
much. ~ ... ..,.. ..--... ...
Being set up in the Hall of Fame
ID quite a distinction. Only a week
or 80 ago two more or less obscure
gentlemen named George Wash.
inston and Edgar Allen Poe were
somitted. They had to wait a long
time. but patience brings its rel
ward, and the news Of good work,
even though done in an obscure
way. finally gets around.
And now this great blessing Isl
70 be conferred on the women, the
same as the men and in the same
hall. Now there are only seven Of
them In the wumen's annex. Som
there will be many. right in the
main building.
II nominations are In order and,
any lady who is or has been fam!
GUS Is eligible. we would suggest
TO the senate of the Hall of Fame
the following, as 4 starter:
The lady who went over Niagara
Falls In q barrel.
The first woman who allowed
her husband to have his friends in
70 play poker and did not try to
break up the game at IL o'clock.
Mrs, Smith Wilkinson. who wore
Q million-dollar gown in Paris and
Got 1t back home safely.
Aunt Jemima.
Mrs. Lydia e. Pfnkham.
The woman who invented the
kreat American strawberry short.
cake.
&, Annie Oakley, who never failed
10 make q hit.
Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak
Model.
Bertha, the Sewing Machine
Girl.
First stenographer in the United
States who learned to spell.
Margot Asquith's social secre- =
tary. -
First lady. who said Thank
fou" for a subway seat.
The Seven Sutherland Sisters.
EsMrs. O'Leary, whose COW started
The Chicago IRE.
Carrie Nation.
LADY who can play bridge with
int losing her temper if any).
The lady who has carried that
ray OF cocoa so long.
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Famous American Fallacies

''' % not '' the waiter the waiter sticks bis thumb
That nobody anything
That rural sheriff always
That barber anything psiss
lighting.
only b. Prssidsu undst.fsrs snd sss
drivers !
That EVERYBODY Atlantic TIN
That bank . posting up . cusomss boob
That restaurant country plaza
That al multmnlionaire has .
That al chorus girls bat
That there penftsntsss shsR
people
That famous humest always cracking 3kss
n1snds . Yea kAt |
av.ys sssss dss.s
guards.
That editors
That should always q
his table,
telephone hy sfvns yu any cd
number
That villain tough home
Drofsssion.
That ministers wife nappers
That college shiny
bsssy
the msnsser to ret rood
Thst tanors running nx to collect
bnls.
That
anything
That the boss barber always
That redheaded get along with
That who suspenders honest
mehodicsl
The Washington times., 1922-06-04

II DON'T believe any man Is rube!
/ Just because he wears suspen-
ders, but he might Just as
well be.
The Washington times., 1922-06-04
A Promise

VIZ HEN shoes come down in price, my love,
" I'll buy pair for you.
SWEAR by all I'll. star, above
I'll keep my promise true.
You have been patient, that knowt
You have not ehidsd mo
More than three times day, or So
I'll make good, you shall see.
When shoe, come down, my patient one,
I'll let you lead me to
store. and when the day l. done
I'll buy that pair for you.
In saying this have no fears,
bear no troubled frown.
Well both be dead lot Of years
When shoes sems dewa.
The Washington times., 1922-06-04

Il do not go to church Just because
l think It will help me in my bust
ness. because / don't think It would.
People are on to that gag.
The Washington times., 1922-06-04

! think It is about time somebody
got up a society for the relief of
poor people In our own country.
The Washington times., 1922-06-04

I believe the chances for q young
man to-day are very bright IL he
land hlEh.salsried Job and makes
GOOD.
The Washington times., 1922-06-04

! may be deemed slightly non
conformist, but I have had q good
many pleasant rides in q hivver and
I am not ashamed to admit It.
The Washington times., 1922-06-04
Choose Your News

choose Tour News
HE largest boat In al the world ssrsss hs sssA
She has accommodations for . Els Esiw.ukss. y
And when shes three miles from the LsaeA u
The hoeeh department is peach
A noble judge decides that any lady may look 6ns
She has right to hpstieks and paint Lasonins.
No husband has . right to kick,
Theash painter collie makes him sick.
To spend her summer In the Clouds Mary Gardens
To scale the peaks Of Switzerland snowy dawn
Thsrsu BE- while she is in the Alps
Some peace for operate se.lps
The Paris hotsIksspsrs inesnssd, and tell 90,
For there quite absence Of the Yankee dough-
Americans, . writer notes,
Are just about through being goats.
When rzzy Enstsin job digging graves they say,
He had his . rosdhouss just the way.
The agent gave days of grace,
Then dropped his spade and pinehsd the place.
dinner Tor hsir landlord 10 arranged BY tenants
dinner eenpimsntsry and .
These fsiks weird their landlord pr.issd.
And thsa asked that their rent Be raised.
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don't think It is q disgrace to be
sesnAbuying anything in a five-and4
ten-cent store, in which idea I shall
probably be accused Of being &C,
centric.