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Gunnison news-champion., 1922-06-30
lEATE NEBRASKA FARMER
STIRS UP The WAR
FINANCE CORPORATION
ADVISES Secretary 10 Cut Down the
SIZE of His Signature and Increase
the Sire OF His Loans

Lincoln. Neb.:-The War Finance
.5rp1ratlou, which has loaned out
one fifteen millions 10 Nebraska cat
..e feeders and farmers, has found u
impossible to please all applicants, as
may be inferred from the attached
letter. IL reads ike the production
5f = professional humorist trying TO
,grIte "rube', but il is the actual copy
u a letter in the files OF Carl Wells,
Lincoln, Nebraska banker, who Is one
Of the committee that passes on loans
The Flannigan referred TO IN the let
Ter, is the eN-president Of the state
association. now secretary of the War
Finance Corporation for Nebraska
The letter follows just as written:
Why ia hell don't you fellows do
something about my loan or answer
my letters- I've written you four or
I'VE times, and my wife says | might
just a. well mailed them TO the dead
letter office for all the good shey do
me. Now you fellows get busy or you
can bet your life you won't get a vote
out of this precinct next election, and
you and Flanagan will be back work
,ng for somebody who can tell you
where 70 head in, instead OF setting
around them tables playing golf all
the time while the country is going TO
hel on account Of just such fellows
As you.
My neighbor, August koreek,
wants me TO write in this that you
can change his application on account
Uf the four calves he has got listed
has now grown so that he can make
It read steers and COW now; and the
sorrel mare, you can cut her out, as
she died Of old age or the hoof and
mouth disease which | wish you out
ht had. il you don't do something
about those loans instead of letting
the country 20 to hell all the time.
Now you fellows get busy and
answer this letter so | know whether
! am going TO get this money or not.
II you amt say SO, and / Will try and
get il somewhere else. ! got hen
setting in the mail box and it seems
like We would both be grandmothers
before we would have any mail from
your corporation stuck under our
nose. II you or Flanagan amt got
time to write, have some of them
fifty-seven varities of blondes that
the government is keeping around
your office answer this. II Flanagan
writes, tell him to put his signature
on the same side with the date and
Dear Sir and on the other he will
nave more room for details.
THAT is funny thing about my
loan which I wrote you about--as far
as | can see might as well be trying
TO do business with the Austrian gov
,ernment as with the United States as
far as satisfaction goes, as you only
want to loan me about enough on my
land and stuff to get me a new set of
ring gears for my Overland. guess
il my daughter and her husband would
put in what stuff they have, ! could
get enough to put whip socket on it
besides.
Il don't want to say anything to
hurt your feelings or Mr.. Flannigan's
either. but il seems to me like you
could do mare business and help out
the farmers considerable if you would
have Flanagan cut down the size Of
his signature and increase the size of
his loans"
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-06-30
INDIAN HEMP PLANTS DE-
STROYED BY SHERIFF DORSEY
Montrose Press

Montrose Press
The sheriff's department last week
confscated some plants of the Indian
Hemp or Maraguana, found growing
in the garden of Martinez Gonzales,
who was taken into custody with q
view to determine his sanity.
This is a narcotic cultivated in Old
Mexico and used by the natives. 1t
has a dire effect upon the user, max
ing him have strange delusions and
makes him act in a crazy manner.
1t is believed that Gonzales has
been using this narcotic and that this
explains his peculiar actions.
The shenff's department will pull
up and destroy all of these plants
found growing in the city so as to
ward off subsequent results.
1t is stated that users of this drug
smoke the powdered leaves and that
it has an awful effect upon them.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-06-30
GIVE ALFALFA GOOD START
BEFORE IL URNING HOGS IN

Hasbaniry Dept, Agricultural College
Hogs should not be turned on alfal-
IA pasture until il has a good start
Alfalfa should not be grazed when
only the young tender shoots are ap-
pearing, for the crown = liable 70 be
permanently injured and the alfalfa
killed Il should never during the
season be pastured down very close
and VIII do better If per mitted 10
grow enough so that at least one cut
ting Of hay may be taken each season
Alfalfa pasture should be found on
every farm where hogs are kept
There Is no form OF pasture that pro-
duces the gain at such low cost q
does alfalfa One acre Of alfalfa viii
produce, when fed with grain equal
ing one TO two per cent Of the live
weight, between 500 and 600 pounds
Of pork with very little or no labor or
cost outside Of the first cost Of seed
ing. Mature sows thin in flesh have
often gained rs high as one-half a
pound per day on alfalfa alone.
Alfalfa has rightly been called
The Queen Of Forage Plants and
should be grown in this state for hog
pasture wherever possible.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-06-30
MIR. HARDING's CONTRACT
New York World

New York World
Every few days some hopeful cor
respondent in Washington announces
that President Harding is growing
weary OF the fumbling in Congress.
Pretty soon We are told that Mr..
Harding's patience will be exhausted,
and one end Of Pennsylvania Avenue
will in no uncertain tone hear from
the other end what is what.
These stories are not fair to Mr..
Harding. They assume that Mr,
Harding was selected at Chicago TO
accomplish definite things They as
sumo that Mr.. Harding and the Sen
ate oligarchy did not know what they
were doing. They assume that what
has happened in Washington is not
what the Chicago convention intended
TO have hapen.
There is no reason 10 believe any
of this. What has happened in Wash
Ington since March 1921 is exactly
what was promised and planned. Mr..
Harding has proved himself a model
president according TO specifications.
He has done exactly what ne was sup
posed to do and has done il with a
personal graciousness and good hum.
or that have proved TO be very win.
ming. Mr.. Harding is fulfilling his
contract to the letter and in spirit
and il anyone Is impatient about the
results, let him blame, not Mr.. Hard
ing, nor even Mr.. Harding's sponsors
but the kind of contract which was
adopted
Mr.. Harding's moral contract with
the Old Guard was that he should not
be in any respect like Woodrow vii
son or Theodore Roosevelt. More con
cretely the contract was that Mr.
Harding like n seventeenth century
Polish King, should reign but not gov
ern. The theory of his nomination
was that the center Of power should
be in the Senate and not in the White
House. Therefore, to ask Mr.. Hard
ing to assert himself is to ask him 10
break clearly implied agreement by
engaging in rough-and-tumb fight
with Congress.
Mr.. Harding is in 4 difficult posi-
ton. A little experience has shown
him that under our system of govern
mentt party leadership must be con-
centrated in the president If the ma
tional interest is to prevail over local
and special interests. But in honor
he is pledged to the theory that party
leadership should be vested in q
commission of elder statesmen. And
between his experience and his honor
he is torn and he hesitates.
The present congress has proven up
to the hilt the fallacy of the argument
that national leadership cannot be OBJ.
tanned from clique of Senators or Q
mob OF Congressman. The proved re.
suit of having n Dresidert who ia con.
scientiously determined not to inter.
fere is that legislation becomes {
riotous scramble of minority interest.
and each bent on rolling his own.
Not single great question the
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-06-30
SWEET CLOVER MAKES GOOD
HAY. BIG INCREASE S0WN

Farmers in the non-irigated sec
tons of the state, who have no bot
tom land with an underfiow on which
alfalfa may be grown, will be in
terested in the experiment reported to
the lllinoins College of Agriculture
from a County Extension Agent who
says sweet clover is becoming val
liable crop in the county. More sweet
clover was sown this year than IN the
past ten years. The results obtained
from pasturing and the value of the
fertilizer has been the direct cause of
the increased acreage. The winter
killing of alfalfa especially the Old
seeding. will cause many farmers to
cut sweet clover TO hay. In 1921
several farmers cut their sweet clover
20 hay and report that their dairy
herd produced as economically as
when fed on alfalfa"
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-06-30
WHAT To LOOK FOR IN
SELECTING DAIRY HEIFER


A great amount of information can
be obtained from study Of the head
Of the heifer calf The head IS an
excellent index 10 the breeding, quail
" and value of the animal The eye
should be large, bright, clear, indieat-
ing good health; the face should be
medium in length, free from neshi-
ness, showing an expression which the
true dairyman cannot refrain from
calling sweet" The nostrls large
and well dilated TO show the entrance
Of plenty of air, the muzzle large and
broad, indicating q good feeder, and
the jaws should be strong.
The constitution viii be Judged In
part by standing in front Of the heifer
calf. We do not like calf that
stands with the front legs close to-
gether. This is an indication of poor
constitution. The legs should be
straight and wide apart, making room
for a vide chest floor.
The calf should be examined next
from the side. The neck should be
neat, slim and medium in length A
short. thick neck is desired on the
beef animal, but upon the dairy COW
il is never associated with good dairy
type or high milk production. The
milk production. The neck should
blend neatly into the shoulder and
be rather spare in flesh and come to
point at the withers.
The above is from Bulletin 1884,
"The Dairy Heifer and Her Calf" by
B. W. Fairbanks, just issued. Copies
may be had free on application to the
Extension Service, Colorado Agricul-
tural College, Fort. Collins, Coo.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-06-30
GOOD FACTORS IN PRODUC-
ING CLEAN MILR

&c. E. Morton State Dairy Commis'r. }
Factors to be observed in producing
good clean milk are:
Clean, healthy cows in clean, well
lighted and well ventilated quarters
Penty of pure water for the herd
and milk house.
Clean utensils thoroly washed
steamed and summed.
Small-top milking pals. Milk with
dry hands.
Remove milk from stable as soor
as drawn from each cow.
Have a separate milk house fol
handling milk and dairy utensils.
Cool milk to so degrees F or lowei
as soon as drawn.
Keep milk at low temperature until
delivered and deliver regularly.
East Side Ohio Creek cattlemer
returned from the calf roundup or
Monday and report the range ex.
ceedingiy dry, but grass fairly abun-
dant.
While on the roundup Saturday
an accident caused by his horse fall.
ing with him. brought a broken collar
bone to H. F. Trampe, but he is re.
covering.
Salida Mail:-George Sievers came
over from Gunnison Saturday nigh,
to play ball with the Salida team ant
to visit his wife and baby who am
guests of Mrs. Sievers' sister, Mrs
L. A. Daley.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-06-30

There is a mammoth peach yield In
sight. In fact the fruit situation in
general is very favorable.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-06-30
NEW HAY SELLING FOR
Sll.00 IN THE SHOCK
Montrose Press

Montrose Press
Pete Campbell returned to Nucla
from a visit to his ranch near Delta
few day aga Mr.. Campbell says
that hay is selling around Delta for
Sll per ton in the field. Before the
new hay was on the market, alfalfa
was selling for $50 ton. Hay was
shipped out of Montrose and Delta
last fall and winter by the train load,
and before the farmers were aware
of the fact they were sold short.
They are putting 1900 head of cat
tie on the Gothic range early, TO see
if this will avoid the tall larkspur
poison.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-06-30
SOVIET GOVERNMENT IS
COMING SILVER MONEY

Petrograd, May 24:-New silver
money, which in time the Soviet gov
eminent hopes to put in circulation
to replace, partly at least, the paper
rubles of today, is being coined in the
Petrograd mint, the only one of its
kind in Russia.
The mint began operations several
months ago, and up to the present
time it has manufactured 5000, 900
rnbles in silver 10, Is, 20, 50 copecks
and ruble pieces. The coins contain
90 per cent silver and 10 per cent cop
per.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-06-30

Oscar johnson was among Powder
horn visitors at the county seat Sat-
urday. He declares the crops arc
fair, due to the late season and the
drouhgt. However, they had a good
rain in that valley Friday, and with
one sure for the Fourth Of July the
ranges will improve rapidly.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-06-30

Salida will also celebrate the
Fouth, as advertised elsewhere in
the News-Champion. Doubtless many
Gunnison folks will take the oppor-
tunity TO view the celebrated Monarch
pass highway in trip to our neigh
boring city.
Gunnison news-champion., 1922-06-30

Mix Paris Green and bran while
dry lin wash tub) and squeeze juice
of lemons or oranges into water and
chop the pulp or peelings into fine
bits and put in the water. Dissolve
the syrup in the water and wet the
bran and poison with the mixture
string at the same time SO as to
dampen the mash thoroly.
Spread broadcast in the evening.
Do not leave in piles. Quantity-five
pounds per acre.
DO NOT leave the poisoned mash
where children or stock will get it.
The Washington times., 1922-06-14
WHIsKEY LADEN AUTO
ABANDONED AFTER CHASE

After a long chase through the
northwest residential section. Motor.
cycle Policeman II. r. Levy. OF the
Tenth precinct yesterday afternoon
stopped a touring car loaded 10 the
doors with corn whiskey. Several
colored occupants made their escape.
Levy first saw the car at Eigh.
teenth street and Brentwood road
and suspected that II contained con.
traband. He ordered the driver to
halt, but the latter stepped on the
gas and shot away at a dangerous
speed. The officer pursued the car
as far as Michigan avenue, where
the occupants abandoned Il and fled
The Washington times., 1922-06-14
AUTO DRIVER ARRESTED
AFTER iNJuRIN0 CLERK

While alighting from a car OF the
Capital Traction Company at Nine
teenth and q streets northwest to
day, Isador Lesser, twenty-five
wears old. clerk employed In the
Department OF the Interior, who
lives at 1895 Thomas Circle, was
struck by an automobile operated by
CHARLES M. Baruch, OF S5A Park
nlace northwest. Lesser sustained
injuries to his right arm.
bicycle Policeman Milton ID
smith, of the Third precinct, ARRESTED
Baruch on a charge OF colliding anc
with falling to stop his automooii'
fifteen feet behind d street car TAX
ing on and letting off passengers.
The Washington times., 1922-06-14
CATHOLIC HOSPITAL GROUP
MEETS HERE NEXT WEEK

The Catholic Hospital Association
win hold liz snnuai convention a;
the Catholic Bniyefsity. Apeeinnine
next .Tuesdsy shd closins on satur.
Cay, Two thepsapd institutioas' in he
Unitsd states shud canaan win, be
fepresentsd. ~ ~ 8
Papers dealing with hospital prob
lens Fiii be read. Among those who
VII take a prominent part are Arch.
bishop F. @. iMessrnet. OF milwaukee,,
treasurer. and DR.. p. G. McGrAth. OF
Marquette University Medical School,
secretary of the association.
The Washington times., 1922-06-14
BLIND MAN uNMoLEsTED
BY1lIINoIS RoBBEkS

LITcHFIELp III. June i4.-in
days of old when knights were
bold chivalry held sway. This
nobleness OF ys oiden days 10 being
reflected In some of the modern
bandits. A display such as would
possibly command the respect OF
the chivalrous knight was made
In a holdup of a pool room here In
which all present were lined against
the wall and stripped Of their
vaiuables.
When the proprietor informed the
bandits II made no difference where
he stood as his eyesight was. gone
he was not robbed or molested.
Middletown transcript., 1922-10-14
4 VDdddys
Fairy Tale
MRS. cows PARTY
GRAHAM BONNER
- con AIchI " NlSItak ElN,lAltl utlah.

MOO, moo" said Mrs. Cow, 81 hope
you will all come to my party"
"Do you mean you would like me to
come, too? asked Mrs. Brown-and-
White Cow as she looked at Mrs. Cow.
"Of course, my dear" said Mrs. Cow.
II want every COW in the meadow to
come. Yes, l invite you all.
II won't ask you to bring your knit
ting or a piece of embroidery, as /
know none of you have knitting, nor
have you embroidery.
ut is true that I haven't any such
work either, but then l mentioned
these things because when ladies' give
tea parties they tell their friends very
often to bring a piece of work with
them.
II suppose that is to let the ladies
know that they will not ask them to
work for them when they come to the
parties
But at any rate l just ask you to
bring your sweet COW selves"
All of the cows looked much pleased
MOO, moo, accept with pleasure"
said Mrs. Brown-andWhlte Cow.
MOO, moo, do too." said Miss
Brown-and-White Cow.
"And I'd be delighted to come, sim
ply delighted" said Mrs Brown Cow.
So spoke all the cows
Every one Of them accepted and
there were quite number of cows in
Middletown transcript., 1922-10-14
MANY OLD ENGLISH FOLK-SONGS
Residents of Villages in Virginia, Ken
lucky and Tennessee Still Sing
Old Ballads.

About a score of years ago Cecil ].
Sharp, realizing that many old English
folk-songs which had been current were
in danger Of dying out, went about the
dialect-speaking parts of England and
transcribed from the lips of old people
the words and music of many old songs
which had been In constant use in the
days of their youth, but were no lon
ger sung says the Baltimore News.
In 1916 he completed a trip through
the Appalachians where he found the
mountaineers speaking in vocabulary
which resembled certain older English
forms of speech and still singing many
old folk-songs which had gone out Of
use in England. He has now brought
to an end similar trip along the Vir-
ginia, Kentucky and Tennessee border
line and found that the villagers still
sing exquisite old English ballads and
dance the Oldest English steps. In
other respects they preserve certain
Middletown transcript., 1922-10-14

the meadow so that it looked as
though Mrs. Cow would have quite a
big party.
"Dear me-" said Mrs. Brown-and-
White Cow, II forgot to ask you when
your party was going to take place"
"Why. moo, moo" said Miss Brown.
and-White Cow, u forgot to ask you
too"
Moo, moo,' said all the other cows
in turn, 1--WE forgot to ask you too"
"And forgot to tell you," said Mrs
Cow as she swished off most annoy
ing fly.
But l will tell you now" she added.
THE party will take place in tif-
teen minutes" she said. 81 haven't Il
watch nor have a clock and to my
knowledge none of the rest of you
have watches or clocks.
"Watchmakers would be poor If they
depended upon cows for living.
But we all know that fifteen min.
utes is not very long time And so
in n short time will you all join me?"
MOO, moo" said all the cows. I'VE
will indeed"
"Of course" added Mrs Brown-and.
White Cow, 1--WE haven't very long a
time in which to get ready, l must see
il I'm looking my COW best" and she
looked down at herself and swished
off fly or two.
You see." said Mrs Cow, "I knew
hof nf hn
this afternoon and you all looked as
though you needed little refreshing
party and so l thought I'd suggest it,
"rm not like some creatures who
give invitations in advance and then
hope that some of their guests will re-
fuse, and that then they can ask 9TH
ers and so have the credit of inviting
many without the fuss of having to en-
tertain many.
I'm not like that"
Well, in a very short time all of the
cows followed Mrs. Cow down to n
stream. One by one they went, and
how slowly they did walk.
"Take your time" said Mrs. Cow
take your COW time. We have no en-.
gagements until milking time. None
at ALL"
So they all took their time, and you
should have seen them, following their
hostess, Mrs. Cow, down to the stream
When they were there they went
wading, but they didn't have to hold ur
their skirts for fear they'd get wet. oh
no, they didn't have to fuss at all
And they drank some of the pleas
ant water in the stream and they
chewed some of the grass about the
banks of the stream.
They talked little, but they didn't
bother much to keep up any converse.
tions.
Oh, 1t was very restful, refresh.
ing party, and every one said later
when milking time came around, what
nice afternoon they all had had, and
what fine party Mrs. Cow had sug.
gested.
And Mrs. Cow was very glad that
her party was success, for who Is
not glad to have successful party
and to have the guests pleased and
happy?
Middletown transcript., 1922-10-14
Old World charm and dignity of man.
ner and kindness and grace of hos
pitability.
Snowman Buried Alive.

One of the performers at popular
show, who played the part of "hu-
man MOLE" was buried alive some
time ago, reports the Berlin CORE
spondent Of the Daily EXPRESS. His
performance consisted in entering
dugout one yard in depth. remaining
buried there for 10 minutes and then
emerging as mole" After the per-
formance had been repeated several
times feeble cries for help were heard
by one of the spectators, but were un-
needed. AS the performer failed to
appear at the fixed time considerable
alarm spread among the spectators,
and the man finally was brought out
dead.-London Item in the New York
Tribune.