The Holbrook news., 1922-08-18
FAT AND SASSY.--A DENIzEN OF THE PRAIRIE

FAT AND SASSY---A DENIzEN OF THE PRAIRIE
 H. is to, fat-n1ch too fat In fact he wobbles like bowl of Jelo when he tries to run and run-it would take race horse to outfoo him when he's really going good.
 And curious, say, he's curious that after one of his hsadlong flights he'll stop stock still at the entrance to his hole and stand erect to stare unbnkngy at you through pair of supsrnquistve winkling, black eyes,
 There was quaint figure than that of the prairie dog he stands there mmobe in the road side dust looking attentively at the speeding His whole pose of sanctity and with his erectness the tiny front paws dropping coyy his chest his only movement delicate twitching of the whiskers his sensitive registers unfamiliar odor he is an en- sample to the flock in pose and unpretentious dignity
 There have been base canards circulated concerning his character It has been said that he lives with rattle snakes in the friendly communion of his underground domciIe. But this is base fasehood maciously cir culated by his detractOrs
 He is funny little fellow with not too much i'll in him if he is kept away from cultivated fields Ofcourse when he gets into mischief he will have to 'shufle off this mortal coil via the poison route But when he has been exterminated for his naughty moments when he spells the irrigation ditch raids the alfalfa patch then indeed, will the West have lost of it's quantest sights the upstandng prairie dog at the mouth of his deep hoe the cheery mpertnent little denzen of the prairie.
 BUSINESS HAS TURNED THE CORNER!
 BabsOn, the statistician, shows why fundamentals
 finally justify optimism. Wellesley Hills, Mass August 5th. The high light of the Ninth Annual Wellesley Conference meeting here for the discussion of conditions and business pro- blems, reached when Roger w. Babson announced definite turn in business and showed why fundamental conditions indicate definite and substantial business covery.
 ''I have been waiting for over two years to be able to that the most drastic depression in business history has spent itself Fundamental conditions finally indicate that solid foundation is ready for general and substantial business improvements.
 Technically, the business cycle is composed of the four succeeding cycles of Prosperity Decline Depression and Improvement but the average business experi but two conditions. Either sales increasing and business is fine they falling off and he is in deep depression. His attitude changes not pass from period of prosperity into period of depression but when business changes its direction.
 ''When we had completed half of the depression in the middle of 19O4 business began to improve and busi ness men went into state of psychological prosperity almost over night We were running below normal to be sure but things again headed in the right direc tion.
 "Early in 1907 the panic set in and business conf dence practically disappeared We did not enter the actual of depression until the fall of that year
 "April 1908 marked the turning point and things boomed again until the long swing downward set in a. bout June 1910 This decline, while not drastic kept business quiet until the middle of 1914, when things a. gain turned upward The with its feversh activity carried until the middle of 1918 when the actual rise had spent itself Rabid speculation and soaring prices put things up for another squirt but actual pro- ducton and general business activities were softenng The natural and inevitable reaction has kept business in mourning for two and half years.
 Business is again headed in the right direction and you go ahead with your plans. The banker now loan with better confidence. The business man should announce his new product open his territory, in crease his advertising, and go after business now!
 ln spite of the fact that the stock market has al ready discounted the improvement to large extent the investor hold his stocks for the top of bull market which is almost never reached until after general conf