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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06
RISES IN DEFENSE OF FLIRT
According to English Author, FiekIs-
ness 10 Simply Natural Desire
to Be Liked by All.

Il like being ndored," she said.
"even though dislike the person who
adores me-
you cnn express that more simply
by saying, I'm flirt,'" said Philip.
but it's such an ugly word. Be-
sides. everyone likes being adored;
everyone is fiirt In that sense. It's
only the people who never ARE adored
who call 1t flirting. They would like
to be adored. but as they can't. they
call the rest Of us rude names. But
It's no use going about trying to be
ndored because nobody has the least
Idea ms to how to set about 1t. It's
not the least use being kind and hon.
est and amIable, for that only makes
you mildly popular, while the most
disngreeable people get worshiped.
And 1t Isn't any good being beautiful.
] dare say beauty hurries people up.
because there is obviously something
rather attractive about 1t, but it's not
a bit OF good by Itself. Perhaps
brains have got something to do with
II, or IL there II sixth sense which d.
reefs 1t all?'-From Lovers and
Friends" by T.. +. Benson.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06
RATHER PUT HIS FOOT IN 1T
Callers Comment on Matter Of Time
Somewhat Embarrassing to
Al Parties Concerned.

We had been spending the evening
with acquaintances with whom we
Ind but little In common. In conse-
quence, the time seemed to drag in
terIninably, and when my wife asked
me the time glanced thankfully Mt
my watch.
The hands indicated $50. looked
again, shook 1t and held 1t up to my
ear.
Funny" muttered, "the darn
thing seems to have stopped. Accord
ing to this it's only $780,"
The hostess laughed q little as she
referred to her watch. THAT'S ex-
actly the time l have. too. and that's
the time the clock over there on the
piano says. guess, maybe"-she
didn't finish. but merely laughed.
Since then when she asks the time,
I tell 1t without any comment. It's
less Observation-Disclosures Ameri-
can.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06
DENVER Markets.
Cattle.

Choice light weight beef steers sold
nearly steady. but the bulk of the Of
fering in that section was of heavier
and less desirable quality. Yearlings
sold at $3.50 and bids on choice load
OF steers touched $3.50. but most Of the
sales were made from $6.75 to ~.
Trade In the female section was much
better. Real attractive cows sold for
SIS and 500. and good kinds were quot.
ed from 55.75 to IS. A few loads OF
heIfers of fair quality sold at prices
ranging from $5.75 to s6.35.
Small killer. paid the extreme top
price of $10.25 for III head of 218.
pound hogs. Small killers also paid
the next high price OF $10.1b for
a choice load of hogs. Bulk of snles
ranged from 1856 to $3.50. with pack
ers' top standing Mt $685.. Rough. heavy
throwout hogs were quoted around
$3.50 and rough. heavy stays at $3.50
The inquiry for stocker pigs con-
tinued strong, but the supply was
meager and a thorough test of values
was impossible. Dealers believed that
best pigs were quotable up to 1913.
sheep.
Six loads of attractive light weight
ambs, averaging from so to So pounds
sold at $14.75 and two loads of 90
pound lambs sold at $3.50. Two loads
Of 93-pound lambs sold for $14.25 flat,
heavy lambs selling at $3.50 to 3l4.65.
Choice fat ewes are quoted up to $3.50.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06
Hail Men With "Pep."

Men with pep rush In where an.
gels fear to tread" Even "in the pip
ing times Of pence" they cnst modest
stiffness and humility" to the fourth
remove and "let their action Initiate
the tigers" They advance upon our
civilization like m army with ban
ners. "Brnshness" we used to call II,
with affectionate contempt and tender
pity; "pep" we hail 1t now. and laud
II with loud hosannas.-Henry Ford's
Dearborn Independent.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06
Two Hundred Pound. Of Sympathy.

II want to speak to Aunt Agnes
who gives advice to the lovelorn."
'That fat man over there in the cor
ner IL Aunt Agnes"
"The iden! I thought the editor
of that department was an elderly
spinster with broken heart"
"You can see for yourself that he's
of the masculine gender and takes
nourishment regularly, but truly.
madam, you don't know the depth Of
that mans soul. He's SO affected by
some of the letters he receives from
maidens in distress, that II he didn't
drink steadily he never could get
through his work. "-BIrmingham Age
Herald.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06
eobby's Idsa Of II.

The clerical guest was invited to
ask the blessing, md the little boy Of
the house listened nicely until amen"
was pronounced. Then he said to the
minister:
"You say your prayers at dinner
time so yOu won't have to say EN-
when you go to bed, don't your
Boston Transcript.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06

"If" Is n small word, but the most
unsatisfactory one In the dictionary,
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06

An ounce of forethOught is worth
several pounds OF substantial regret.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06

A good many bachelors are wearing
socks with peeknboo toes and heels.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-07-06

plants are attacked later the new
leaves may show the mosaic or irreg
ular gren color but the plants may
produce fairly normal tubers. The
disease is carried from year to wear in
potatoes produced from diseased
plants. II is spread from plant to
plant by aphids or plant lice and the
apple leaf hopper. Strains of potatoes
badly aeffcted with the mosaic cannot
give high yields and it also is diff
cult obtain seed entirely fire. from
it.
In graduating the disease by
means of the seed plot, the potatoes
are gone over as soon as they are
well above the ground and all plants
removed which are stunted in any way
or show signs of mosaic. The plants
are gone over about twice again be-
fore Towering time and all badly dis
eased or mosaic plants destroyed. The
plot is COVE over again at Towering
time and all plants removed which
show different color than that of the
variety being grown, these being mix
lures.
After the plot has ben gone over
he last time, teh plants which apepar
especially strong and vigorous are
marked the hest tuhers in thaSa hillS
being selected at digging time as seed
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-07-06
HONEY PHILOSOPHY FOR 1929.

1t amt always necessary to use
figures to use arithmetic. Here's a
young man all dressed up an nowhere
to go. Add temptation, weakness of
character, desire for ease, opportunity
for theft assurance of security, fright
at discovery, an tn sum total is muir
derer. Wipe the whole business off
the blackboard in the electric chair an
what have you left?-nuthin'. If jails
were schools you could teach subtrac-
ton an maybe get the sum total back
to the young fellow all by himself an
then by addition produce a helathy,
beneficial citizen worth money to the
state and helpful to other young fools
Maybe schools are better than jails
What do you think?
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-07-06

We New Workers are perplexed.
Here the President OF the United
States has gone and signed bill after
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-07-06
KENTUCKY PRODUCES
GOOD SEED POTATOES.

Lexington, Ky. - Kentucky's sec
ond crop of potatoes, which usually
is planted from the middle to the lat
ter part of July, produces seed spuds
equal in every way to those whoch can
be obtained fro other sources, accord
ing to A. ]. Olney, potato specialist of
the College of Agriculture. On the
other hand, 1t seldom is practicable to
hold tubers from the first crop for
seed. Use OF sed plot and few spe-
cial practices has been found to be a
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-07-06

good method of producing vigorous
foundation stock for future crops, he
added.
THE object of such a seed plot is to
produce and maintain a high yielding
variety of potatoes. The principal
cause of deterioration or running out
of varieties is a disease known as
mosaic or curly dwarf, which causes
the young plants to pappear dwarfed,
the leaves to curl downward and be
much twisted and to have an uneven
yellow and green color Such plants
produce small, worthless tubers. If
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-07-06
NgwY0rk
Letter
byLyJea1nePTce

New York.-Painting trees may give
a man a keener appreciation Of them
than the ordinary mortal feels. At
any rate, 1t remained for New York
artist to solve the problem of keeping
them standing even when they stood
square in the middle OF the lot he had
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-07-06

purchased for the building OF a home.
Alexander T. Van Laer a noted land
scape artist living in this city, bought
the site OF summer home up in lovely
Litchfield, Conn. A magnificent elm
tree grew in the lot and the artist had
difficulty deciding between his admira-
ton for its beauty and the practical
matter of removing 1t in order to put
his house on the place he had bought
for that purpose. He solved the prob
lem by building all around It and not
molesting one of its green leaves. 1t
is bun stucco house, all Colonial in
design except for It's Spanish court in
the center where the elm stretches
out Its branches toward all the inside
windows Of the home.
Ny
New York deprived Of its old-fash-
toned Fourth OF July celebration by
the anti-fireworks ordinance, had evil
IDENTIFY expected to celebrate in an
other way - also prohibited by law
According to prohibition officers &c.
100000 worth OF liquor was held by
the rum fleet" jnust outside the three
mile limit for several days just before
the Fourth. waiting to come into port
and land their celebrative cargo. Fiji
teen vessels composed the fleet. they
say. the greatest number that the Jer-
sey coast has known since run-run-
ming became one OF the excitements of
coast life. The prohibition fleet was
augmented proportionately. hawever,
and to date there has ben uninterrupt-
ed watchful waiting by both factions.
Ny
The Day" will open the season for
the cooperative theater company
which has taken the Belmont Theater
for next year. 1t Is being tried out
now in Atlantic City and will come to
New York in September. Miss Bertha
Mann has the leading role.
Ny
Manhattan crowds are undoubtedly
as Eood-natured in times OF duress and
Inconvenience as one could find any
where in the world. Maybe the sub
days have so accustomed them to be-
ing jammed and prodded that they
just don't mind. The Fourth of July
and the railroad shop strike hit the
city simultaneously, with the result
that Saturday before the holiday, $780,
OOO people were crammed for over al
hour into the Grand Central station
unable to learn when train would
move or where 1t would move to wher
1t did. Forty policemen were called as
the crowd assumed its huge proper
tons, but they were not needed. There
was no disorder. no quarreling, no
even mutters OF indignation. 1t wal
the cheeriest set OF stifled, uncom
Portable people you ever came across
Ny
1t is interesting how Broadway sue
cess changes ones point Of view. Tit
cast OF one o fthe colored shows which
Las ben so much in evidence laterly
and has won considerable popularity
were lined up on the stage the othel
night for flashlights. The press agen
suggested that the pictures be takei
with the troupe eating large water
melons. Instead there was a rebellion
the performers protesting that the,
weren't pickaninnies."
Ny
We New Workers. are perplexed
\ Here the President of the Unite
States has gone and signed bill afte
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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-07-06
YEAR IN REFORMATORY
FOR OWsLEY SHOOTING

Bonneville. - Pyrse and Harlan
Richardson and Monroe Wilson were
sentenced to a year in the state re-
formatory on a charge of shooting and
wounding Harrison Noble.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-07-06
August 9Th to 18th, Inclusive

our own mayor had taken the trouble
of writing and telling him that 1t was
unconstitutional. Various people have
been Directing pro and con anent the
right of the Supreme Court to over
rule legislative action in such a way.
But surely, a mayor ought to have
such power, whether he's a lawyer or
not. II was the Port Authority bill
that was in question, and after Mayor
Hylan wrote pointing otu its uncon-
stitutionality, the President wrote Just
as nice letter as you could imagine,
mentioning that he was always con-
cerned with the interests of New York
and then signed the bill!
Ny
Hard times and the h.c.l. are not
discouraging the foreign young men
among us, whatever they may do to
the native born. Two hundred and
thirty-one picture brides" landed in
New York the othre day, the largest
number in many months. These are
young girls from Europe who have be
come acquainted and betrothed to men
OF their nation in this country, entire
ly by correspondence and exchange OF
photographs. Three prospective bride
grooms who met them at the pier with
flowers and candy were disappointed
their fiances having changed theil
minds and become engaged to passen.
gers on the way over,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-07-06

for the next years seed plot and the
remainder kept for planting the early
field crop"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-07-06
Reducing Wear and
Tear-Improving'
Appearance

IOVERFLOR. the new liquid
II floor covering. contains I'M
usual properties.
Long tests under severest eondi-
tions have proven that koverAor
makes floors of wood or cement
interior or extcrior-last long
er and look far better.
Resisting any traffic wear you
can give it. koverhor is a real
floor Observation-Disclosures life
Of floors so efficiently that its
first cost is a minimum invest
ment indeed.
Ask us for the test facts and the
koverhor sample book.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-04
The Laborer Worthy Of His Hire.

Q CHOOL officials point out that the long-cxpect-
- ed exodus of good teachers from the District
of Columbia has started Unless young women
able to function efficiently in the classroom have
personal reasons for remaining in Washington they
will leave the city they get better offers
elsewhere-and they not obliged to wait long
for these at present. There is a decided shortage
throughout the country of teachers who able
to teach. Plenty of girls be found anxious to
experiment with the profession of pedagogy. But
not one in ten has the ability to meet the rigid re-
quirements upon which most American communi-
ties insist.
Girls with experience in country schools in near
by Maryland and Virginia form excellent material
from which city teachers be moulded Class
room work here presume is easier than in
crowded crossroads shack to which farm children
congregate from miles around. The country girl.
naturally, is anxious for opportunity to teach in
Washington and is delighted when notified of an
opening here. The salary seems large to her 1t
is higher than she has received in her local COM
munity. She to the District and is disillu-
stoned. She finds that the cost of loving is twice
thrice that to which she is accustomed. Her pay
is utterly inadequate
Sometimes she will remain for a year or so to
get experience which will enable her to secure a
position in some other city. More often she gives
up in disgust and returns to her village. The
DlSnlCt must pay lis teacherS living wage IN or
der retain their services. Is the Board of Edu-
cation here managing school system or is it
running training school for teachers? Are prac-
tical instructors required just students and
perimenters in pedagogy?
The standards kept up by teachers in the Dis
trict at present higher than could be expected,
considering the remuneration. They will drop stead
lily unless some means is found of raising the pay.
At best the school teacher is paid poorly enough
when thinks of the training required before she
can secure position. Only in the far distant
millennium will they get adequate remuneration The
ethics of the profession forbid the teacher from
considering her job merely financial PROPOSE
ton. But she should be assured at least, of iude-
pendence. She should not be forced to depead
upon her family for food and clothing
Washington will get good teachers when Wash
ington is able to pay good teachers. Until then we
may rest assured of steadily diminishing standard
OF ability.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-04
RADIO EXPLAINED
FOR LAY READERS

'sThe Radio PathAnder.- by Richard
II. Ranger. doubleday. Page and
Coz
A scant quarter of a century ago
Marconi startled the world with his
achievements in wireless transmission
Of signals. Shortly after Fessenden
made the first successful telephone
transmission. Only twenty-five years,
and yet today we have almost become
fed up on radio. So much so that
some there are who claim IL is a
dead fad.
However, we recommend to our
readers the little book on radio by
Mr.. Ranger as affording the layman
better insight into the why's and
wherefores Of the science than are to
be found in most works on the sub
tect. He has approached his task
evidently with the fact well in mind
that Of all the hundreds OF thousands
who are included under the term ra-
do fans, only very negligible per-
centage are technically equipped
This thought has been carried out
even in the illustrations, which bor-
der almost on the poetic, vet we
think will carry more information to
the mind Of the average unframed
radio experimenter than the more
technical illustrations of other books.
If the book achieves the wide circr-
lation its cleverness merits old king
Electron" and his ..rbiec,s, Positiy e
IONS and Negative Flectrons" will
soon become as :nuCh n household
word n. Old King C.i..
The Washington herald., 1922-11-04
The Difference Between Two Cities.

G CHOOL conditions in Baltimore are nearly
y as bad in Washngton-to judge from
full page ads in the newspapers of the neighbor-
ing city. One OF these, which lies before u.s.
is set off with illustration showing a ragged
child weeping the schoolhousc steps. The
door is closed There is no room for the little
boy inside.
Baltimore's experience during the late war
much the same as that of Washington The
population increased but building was suspended
Schoolroom facilities which were more than suf-
hcent to meet all the needs Of the city at the time
the Lusania torpcdoed have proved utterly
inadequate accommodate the boys and girls OF
1922 The buildings crowded. To quote from
the ad:
There too many overcrowded schools in
Baltimore Half time sessions necessary. Half
time is hall taught"
But the schools of Baltimore will not be over
crowded much longer. The citizens have the rem
edy in their hands. The schools of Wash
ngton will be taxed beyond their capacity for a
number of years to come. The people of the
National Capital have not got the remedy in their
own hands. To continue our quotation from
the ad:
"The school loan will give them full school
day. Vote for it on November J."
Now the citizens Of Washington will not place
such notices in the newspapers. They can't We
believe that this city is at least progressive as
Baltimore. We believe that Washington folks
would not have delayed long in taking advan-
tage of any means at their disposal to better con-
ditions in the schools.
Baltimore borrow money from its citizens
and build school houses. 1t can borrow as
much little it likes. So long as the pub
lie is willing support loans there will be no
need for crowdng in classrooms.
The only force which will limit the size of
the loan in Baltimore will be the vote of the peo-
pie themselves. When they decide that education
is too expensive the taxpayers order building
activities stopped. A loan sufficient to place the
educational plant of the District of Columbia on
up-to-datc basis could be raised here without
much difficulty. The people would not grudge
the taxes necessary to meet the notes as they
due. But il is impossible Washngtonans
must continue to beg for permission to spend
their money in this fashion.
That is the difference between the two cities
difference that becomes very noticeable indeed
upon occasio
The Washington herald., 1922-11-04
REVIEWS OF THE LATEST BOOKS
SINS OF FATHERS,
THEME OF NOVEL

~The Jedgeyp BY Rebecca West.
tGeorge H. Doran Company. New
York;
"rhe Judge" Is tns modern DEM
onstration Of the Second Command
mont. It is 90 marveiiously
wrought. with its terrors Of little
creatures. Its olympian wrath. Its
polished and exquisite workman
ship. and so badly constructed that
II 10 as easy OF criticism as -oiiver
Twist" and as superior to any two
penny faultnnding.
With infinite care for detail. this
writer builds her characters. small.
impptent. lovabie. into the pattern.
to sweep them away as . spioer-
web In the end. She lets them
grow. all ignorant of the impend-
ing doom. into the sunshine. In
deed. SO intent is she on depicting
each one that she can show only
one at q time.
Each person 10 SO important in
the pattern that the eye Of the
reader can be shown but one at a
time. Consequently. the tale runs
away at the most amazing tangents
liost distressing of which is rae
sudden change OF heroines some
where past the middle of the book.
The theme of the work. the idea
that every mother 10 q judge who
sentences her children for the sins
of the father" Ia rather obscure
until the end. when 1t becomes most
terrificaliy evident in the destruc.
tion of three for one mans sin
visiting the iniquity Of the father,
upon the children" The engulfing
tragedy Is SO complete that the
reader closes the book with awe.
Miss West Is a finished writer
Her phrases are exact. She wouio
satisfy even Coleridge's demand fol-
the one and only right word to ex-
press a shade of thought. So COM
plete, so polished. so hurtfully
beautiful Is her every sentence. and
SO perfectly proportioned her incl
dents, SO proper the emphasis or
the relative rather than the abso-
Lutte Importance OF events. that to
find fault is like finding flaws in
June.
Her style is as full of good and
unexpected things as a Christmas
pudding. But like the pudding, 1,
Is too much. One is surfeited with
beautiful writing. There are 4s1
pages Of appallingIy small type
which gives the feeling that one
must plow through The Judge"
And although one is interested In
the exquisite descriptive and in
Prospective passages. after q tims
one finds ones self hurrying over
them. with a shamefaced feslins
that one is overlooking somethfna q
worthy and important.
But THE Judge" is a wonder
fully good piece of work. The an
tensity of the characters is i'm
pressed vividly upon the reader. al
though Miss West spares no space
to do it, The sinister influence OF
Marion Yaverfng, however. is never
apparent until her actual entrance
upon the stage. a most disconcert-
ing twist.
This book would have received
great acclaim in a more leisurely
age.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-04
TALE OF WILD LIFE
WILL PLEASE BOYS
Nv hitefoot, the Wood Mouse.- By
Thornton w. Burgess Gittle.

Nv hitefOot, the Wood Mouse.- By
Thornton w. Burgess. Gittle,
Brown & Coz.
The nature stories of Thornton W.
Burgess are a standby for mothers
and a delight for little folks al over
the country. The childish eye. al
ways alert for strange happenings,
finds the quaint Burgess animals
and birds simply irresistible. And
reading these blithe little tales of
the wood folks. he absorbs a great
deal of nature lore whether he will
or no. This "Whitefoot. the Wood
Mouse" is the most timid of ali the
little creatures. By night and day
there are always sharp eyes watch
ing for him. sharp ta'ons eager to
catch him. But he is sly little
fellow. too. with a number of tricks
up his little furry sleeve. His many
and exciting adventures with his
friend. Jumper. the Hare, will inter-
est all children. Terrible are the
dangers the two avoid. including
Whitley. the great. yellow-eyed owl
and Shadow. the savage weasel. A
pretty binding. a number of quaint
pictures in color. and large, cleal
print add to the general desira bility
of the book.