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The Jasper news., 1922-07-27
ANOTHER WEEK LATER.

I'm so excited don't know what to
do. Tie most wonderful thing has
happened. l can't hardly believe 1t
yet myself. Yet it's so. Ny trunk iS
all packed, and I'm to % home tomor-
row, Tomorrow i
This is the way II happened:
Mother wrote Aunt Jane and asked
II might not be allowed to come
home for the opening OF school In
September. She sad she understood
quite well that she nsd no right to
ask this, and, OF course, II they saw
ht, they were entirely within theiR
rights to refuse to allow me to go un-
til the allotted time. But that she
could not help asking II for my sake.
on account of the jsnefit to be derived
from being there al the opening OF
the school year.
Well, when the letter came took Il
TO Aunt Jane myself; and l was crazy
to know what was in 1t. for recog-
nized the writing. OF course. But Aunt
Jane didn't tell me. She opened II.
read 1t. kind OF flushed up, and said.
'Humph The idea 7" under her IRE ith,
and put the letter In her pocket
CTo BE CoNTINUEDl
The Jasper news., 1922-07-27

Thoughts Of MiddIe-Aaed Guy.
Bald-domed and fat, the young pass
me by;
I'm the mlddle-aged guy.
The Jasper news., 1922-07-27

When IT comes to grass widows, the
tie that binds may be hay ties.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-04-21
BAKERS CHOICE"

One great trouble with the Ameri
can people these times is that We
nave lost the sense of wholesome
thrift. We go too much upon the
theory OF having a good time today
and letting tomorrow take care of it.
self. AS a boy on the farm, the writ
er can remember when you could
count on the fingers of one hand the
top buggles" of one of the best farm
ing townships in central Missouri In
TACT the young farmer who in "them
days" could take his best girl out rid
ing on Sunday in top buggy, rose
hued lap robe and all, was cordially
envied if not hated by the less for
tunate swans of the countryside. But
today practically every 40 acre farm
err as well as the town barber owns
"fiver", on which the annual upkeep
amounts to as much or more as a
good buggy used to cost rs or 30
years ago. But this isn't all. On the
contrary, it is merely a Sidelight on
our modern American civilization
which insists upon basking in the lux
urles of the passing hour and which
pays no heed to the "rainy day" that
overtakes the most of us sooner or
later. Thus the young working girl
of the town invests her weekly sti-
pend in exceedingly thin stockings and
Georgette waists, rather than lay it
away in the bank where, in a year or
two, it could easily purchase pretty
parlor suite when the "great day" ar
rives. And the result is that as a
people we are living a hand-to-mouth
existence and the least squat in bus
mess conditions puts us on the ragged
edge. So generally have we become
a nation of spendthrifts that / believe
the matter deserves specific atten-
ton and if l had my way about it, it
would be taken up in every public
school in the land-for while it is
hard to teach an old dog new tricks,
we can at least minimize this beset-
ting sin in the years to come by teach
ing our youths that the Creator in
tended for men and women to be fru-
gal and to live in the sweat of their
faces.
AS / think over this profoundly Sc
rious matter ! recall somewhat
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-04-21
A BOOST FOR THE

OZARK REGION
Under date of March "a, w. G,
Chiffon, of Hearne, Texas, writes an
interesting letter which brings out
very forcibly some of the good quail
tiles of the Ozark region of Missouri.
Mr.. Chiffon was formerly a citizen of
the Ozarks and has since Travelled oy-
er much of the western country, hence
he speaks from personal experience.
He writes:
Il notice occasionally where citi-
cent of Wayne county are moving to
the west and southwest, but | would
like to ask, do they find what they
| seek in the west?
Il have had the pleasure of viewing
the large fig, plum and peach or
chards, pecan and orange groves,
vineyards, cotton, potato, onion and
cabbage fields of the west and south
west, but the greatest crop of all in
those sections, it occurs to me, is the
land boosters" If any one doubts this
all that is necessary to verify the
statement is go and have little chat
with the occupants of any immigrant
car headed north from the great
southwest.
90 81 remember when | used to sit in
the little one-room school house back
in the Ozarks and visions would APP
pear of the great western country,
would take a peep through the west
window along about $3.50 in the after
noon az the setting sun. And | would
say: Well, old sun, you can go down
over there in that great country with
ont me now, but / will soon be with
YOU Later on | went toward the set
ting sun, travelled to the Pacific Ocean,
then changed my course south and
stopped in Texas, where | have been
for almost Is years. Now my visions
appear in the morning with the rising
sun. looking northeast to the great
Ozark region, where the hills display
their myriad springs of crystal wa
ter, surrounded with rocks, blue
grass, wild flowers and stately oaks,
with almost every valley possessing
its farms, where one may go at GER
tain seasons and gather apples, peach
es, plums and grapes, not to mention
the berries of various kind with de-
cided flavor over and above all irri-
gated fruits that we find in the west
ern sand desert, or river bottoms |
where the gumbo dries up and shrinks |
into chunks that look like rubber, and |
as hard as concrete, dotted with wells |
of sulphur and alkali water. 1t isl a
mystery to me why men will go into |
the sand desert and try to do with wa
ter what nature will do for him if he
will remain in the Ozark region. Ma
ture will not only reward him in
but will bring forth flaw
Or in his fruits that no man can imi- I
,ate by irrigation. There is only one
hing see lacking in the Ozark coun-
ny and that is advertising. When
'he gets her portion of the advertising
he same as the west has and is get
ing | will venture to say that you
will see the old boys creeping back
With their regrets, and thousands of
'thers following to remain in comfort
he rest of their days."-Greenville
sun
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-04-21

cent and 60 per cent in some herds,
Litters are small and many pigs far
rowed dead. The 1922 pig crop, from
present indications, will not be nearly
so large as thought last December,
and too liberal corn feeding without
balanced rations is evidently one
cause.
Missouri fruit crops are excellent.
No serious winter killing is reported.
and the blossom is heavy except for
apples infested with scab and not
sprayed early last fall. Strawberries
promise fine crop. The snow of
March Both apparently did no damage.
Apples are 81 per cent condition. and
peaches 95 per cent. Unless later
freezes and rainfall at blooming time
prevent fertilization, the 1922 fruit
crop IN Missouri should be better than
for some years.
Pasture rents for 1922 are lower
than last year. For cows the rates
are Sl.5O per month against SITS in
l9Zl, and for two-year-old steers,
$l.40 against $1.65. Live stock on
rented pastures Craze on an average
OF six months. The sod is thoroughly
soaked and rapidly greening up, with
good prospects for meadows.
Missouri farm conditions are prom
Using, outside of the present moisture.
excess Of two and third times nor
NAL for March. Gardens are late, and
few potatoes have been planted. Coun-
try roads are muddy. The lamb crop
is good in northern counties. The
seeding of spring wheat and barley is
light, but rye is promising. Early
sown clover is good. Plowed fields are
badly washed. Small rivers and
creeks overflowed every few days dur
ing March and early April. Delayed
spring work will mean busy days for
farmers in late April and during NAV.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-04-21
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

State Of Missouri, County of st. Fran
co.'s, IS.
In the Circuit Court. May term, 1922
Blanche E. Devan, Plaintiff,
1 VS..
| A. Clifford Devan, Defendant.
Action for Divorce.
Now at this day comes the plaintiff
herein by her attorney and files her
petition and affidavit, alleging, among
other things, that defendant, A. Cliff
ford Devan is not a resident of the
State of Missouri:
Whereupon, it is ordered by the
Clerk of this Court, in vacation. that
said defendant be notified by publica-
ton that plaintiff has commenced suit
against defendant in this court, the
object and general nature of which is
an action for divorce upon the grounds
that the defendant has absented and
abandoned plaintiff for more than one
whole year without just or legal cause
or excuse, and that unless said defend
ant be and appear at this court, at
the next term thereof, to be begun and
holden at the court house in the city
OF Pennington, in said county, on the
9Th day of May, next, and on or before
the last day of said term, answer and
plead to the petition in said cause, the
same will be taken as confessed, and
Judgment will be rendered according
ly.
And 1t Is further ordered, that a
copy hereof be published, according to
law in The Pennington Times, a
newspaper published in said county
OF st. Francois for four weeks success
lively, published at least once a week,
the last insertion to be at least fifteen
days before the first day of said next
May term of this court.
Order made and entered this 18th
day of April, 1922.
]. C. HEIFNER.
A true copy from the record.
Witness my hand and the seal of
the Circuit Court of st. Francois
County, this 18th day of April, 1922.
tSEALl j. C. HEIFNER,
4. . Circuit Clerk.
April IA, 81, 2s and May 5.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-04-21

amusing incident of my own boyhood
As if it was but yesterday | can re-
member the pride with which | put or
my first suit of "store clothes" which
at first were exclusively reserved for
Sunday wear and which finally re-
signed to a younger brother--but this
stubbornly refused to do until my in
creased avoirdupois had "busted'
most of the buttons off and when
had to forego all violent exercise for
fear Of disgracing myself before the
| Lynx-eyed little maidens who Joined
in the scrimmages on the school house
Fairgrounds. For the rest of the
time | wore hickory shirts and cleans"
made by my mother--and usually, to
my great modification, they were
made big enough to anticipate a year
or two's growth. For that matter,
however, most of the other boys were
in the same boat. But now let us get
to the gist of this economic tragedy.
AT Mexico, Mo-, to this day there is
a good flour mill that manufactures a
brand of flour known as "Baker's
Choice, and between the age of 8
and 16, my underwear was made
chiefly out of these discarded flour
bags. And except for the fact that
the cloth was about as gentle to the
skin as sandpaper, they answered the
purpose very well. But one afternoon
in an Inflated moment when was en-
gagged in a tussle on the school house
Fairgrounds one of the boys yanked
out my shirt tail-and there in Shrek
ing colors on the back of my under
shirt stood out the sign, bakers
Choice. AS soon as could struggle
to my feet | hid the discriminating
thing from sight but even as | did SO
the gang" set up howl of Bakers
.Choice!" which, although 35 wears
have trickled through the hour glass
of time since that day, still rings in
my ears. And for the next two or
three years | devoted more time to
licking, or trying to lick, the boys who
called me Bakers Choice" than | did
to my studies. And even now, in spite
OF the lapse of time, as | occasionally
meet one of these old time tormentors
the. inclination to shell off my coat
and go at it "fist and skull" is almost
irreslstlble-for what boy ever wiped
out entirely the feuds of his Youth
But those were times of Thrift and
economy and who shall say that life
was the less sweet because of It? The
flowers bloomed just as beautifully
and the birds sang just as sweetly
then as now and even so the love max.
ing between lad and lassie had as
much if not more of charm and thrill
than in these blase days of Charlie
Chaplin and Mary Pickford. But the
world has progressed, you say? Per-
haps. But let us always remember
that nation can be no greater than
its people and that good citizenship
finds its safest anchorage in home
where the scratching of the wolf is
never heard at the front door.-Bv
the Author of after Thoughts, in
The Missouri Farmer
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-04-21

rugs, and refinished piece of old
furniture. These leaders since the
training school, have made samples
such as Miss ROCKFORD had, in order
to better present their material to the
women in their own communities.
Six poultry meetings were held with
an attendance of 109. Mr.. Shrader,
Poultry Specialist, assisted at these
meetings and gave interesting and in
strutive talks on general poultry
problems. A special meeting for
poultry cooperators was held SO that
their own particular problems might
be discussed thoroughly. Reports
came from twenty people who were
helped through these MEETINGS.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-04-21
HOME DEMONSTRATION
HCme Management Specialist Con
ducts Training School in Kitchen
Equipment.

| A1ShOOl hitCHtH
Equipment.
Miss Fra Clark, Home Management
Specialist, conducted an interesting
training school for leaders in kitchen
equipment, on Tuesday, April a. Lo-
cal leaders were present from the |. C.
u, Cartee, Vale Forge, and Oak
Grove Communities. Three pieces of
Kitchen equipment were used. the
bread mixer, dish drainer, and gaso-
line iron. Each leader was shown the
use of the equipment and one piece
was taken home by each one, so that
time study could be made to see
whether or not the article was a real
time and labor saver. After each
leader has made a study of a piece of
equipment, she will find in her COM
munity, interested women who will
form a testing circle. These women
will pass around piece of equipment;
each one will try out to see whether or
not it would be practical thing for
her. to purchase. If, for instance, the
majority find that bread mixer does
save them time and labor, then they
know that their money is well spent
and they wont need to regret the
spending of it.
The leaders in this work are:
l. Z. U. Mrs. F. H. Best; Mrs. Myr-
tie Gruner.
Oak Grove Mrs. E. W. Burgess:
Mrs. r. P. Taylor.
Cartee Mrs. |. T. Sides.
Vale Forge Miss Edna Green.
At the present time the bread mixer
is in the |. C. U. Community, the gas
oline iron in the Cartee Community.
and the dish drainer in the Oak Grove |
Community. Any women in these
who are interested in
trying out this equipment. You
should get in touch with the leaders
in their own community.
Women in twelve communities in st. !
Francois County have completed pro-
grams of work and elected leaders for
the year. The most popular projects
are clothing and home management
Two more communities have arranged
with the Home Demonstration Agent
for meetings with the plan of working
out program soon.
During March, practically every
did some work in millinery.
The Agent held eight meetings and
local leaders held seventeen. with the
result that thirty people completed
the work and fifty nine hats were /
made.
One dress form was made by the
Agent and leaders reported the MAX
ing Of seven forms.
The first of March, leaders from the
|. c. U. and Oak Grove Communities.
received instructions in the Renova-
ton OF Household Furnishings, from
MISS kocheford, Home Management
Specialist. Miss ROCKFORD had with
her, different articles which had been
repaired in order to show the women
what actually can be done to MANY
articles to prolong their
usefulness. In addition to this work.
the women repaired and cleaned some
kitchen utensils, mended and selvedped
Evening star., 1922-05-29
Rate by Mail-Payable In Advance
Russia as q Menace.

Americans, at least. are not likely
to become unduly alarmed because Of
the picture Lloyd George draws Of a
world menaced by Trotsky's red army.
To tell Europe that it is in imminent
danger of being overrun by million
or more armed Russians is too much
like telling a child that "the bogey
man will get you if you don't watch
out"
Russia. with it's vast population
and immense resources. is, Of course,
potentially the greatest military
power in Europe: but potentiality is a
long ways from actuality. Before
Russian men and resources can be-
come a military menace there must
b6 an economic reconstruction OF
Russia which will cost many billions
or dollars. These billions cannot be
hxd and the economic reconstruction
cannot take place so long as the
Soviet government is in power at Mos
COW. When Russia is able, therefore,
TO wage war outside her own borders,
the Russian army will not be a red
army, and the Russian government
will not be government of COM
munists seeking to foist a fantastic
social system on the world. No one
knows what kind of government a
reconstructed Russia will have. 1t
may be militaristic. but it is not likely.
The Russian people are not militaris-
tic. Their neighbors to the south have
nothing which they covet, and if
given a chance to till their soil and
earn living the peace of the world
will be about as safe from disruption
at their hands as it ever will be until
! the millennium dawns.
If there was no other reason why
the red army cannot wage an offen-
, sive war against southern Europe the
almost complete lack of transport
would be a sufficient one. The pitiable
failure the Moscow government made
of the job of transporting American
foodstuffs into the famine areas ought
to be sufficient to still the fears Of
eny timid souls who may be kept
awake nights by visions Of marching
bolsheviks. 1t was a life-and-death
matter for the Russian government
as we'll as to the Russian people that
the relief supplies should be moved.
and Moscow strained every effort to
that end. Yet at the very utmost of
its railroad efficiency it was able to
move a maximum Of only slightly
more than 5000 tons a day. A coun-
" so vast as Russia, with a railroad
system capable of moving only 5000
tons a day. would not make much Of
a job at moving an army Of a million
OF more men and keeping it in sup
plies and munitions. even if the sup
plies and munitions were available,
which they are not.
Evening star., 1922-05-29

the senats. Hence. the wilsonitea
may not openly declare war against
Gov. Hardwick's ambition to succeed
himself.
The situation In Missouri IL differ
ent. At the latest test, which was
two years ago. the Wilsonian pull IA
democratic circles in the Show.me
state proved all.powerful. 1t kept
Mr.. Reed out of the San Francisco
convention. although the democracy
Of hia home district had sent him as
a delegate; and the man who is now
opposing him for the democratic nom
ination for senator is relying princi.
pally upon Mr.. Wilson's favor for
success.
Mr.. Reed. then, is up against a
stiff proposition. II the Wilson In
fuence in Missouri has declined since
1920. the extent Of the change cannot
be known prior to primary day. Mr..
Reed is making his campaign some
what in the dark as to what Wilson.
ism now calls for in his bailiwick.
Evening star., 1922-05-29
Breakfast? Absolutely!

Deeply as we regret the evil of
legal separation and divorce. we can
uphold and applaud the decision of
Justice Benedict of New, York in
granting separation to a husband
whose wife refused to get his break
fast.
Poor souls there are who, too
greatly enamored, lie glibly to their
brides, saying they seldom eat break
fast, actually preferring a sniff of
scrambled eggs. the crisp toast and
the aromatic and conso1ing liquid In
which natures magic chemistry OF
Arabia and the South sea isles is
combined.
These poor liars who, under the
glamour of the honeymoon. tell their
wives that they never eat breakfast
are starting the hard first year en-
tirely wrong. Breakfast is not only
normal mans natural delight; 1t is
his right. No equal suffrage or the
sitting in of the ladies at back-room
political conferences will excuse the
wife. while health and strength lasts,
lark and going .blithely to the
kitchen. there to work miracles In
the form of waffies, cords Of toast,
skyscrapers Of. buckwheat cakes,
poached eggs like crown Jewels,
caldrons of coffee. skillets of ham
dHu UACOu tudt prove lHe indkdzlnc
advertisement painters unjust to ma
ture.
J A man can get along on lunch
downtown. he can overlook a scant
and ill-cooked dinner on the day the
bridge club meets. but to be refused
breakfast at the hands of his own
wife violates the cardinal principle
Of marriage, found on page 763 OF
the secret code. The penalty set
down there should be invoked after
the third offense.-South Bend Tri-
bune. -
Evening star., 1922-05-29
American Diplomacy.

At a dinner given in Berlin the
other night in honor Of the American
ambassador to Germany by the Jap
anese ambassador to Germany the
host paid high compliment to Amer
lean diplomacy, having in mind prob
ably the proceedings of the recent
armament conference. which were
under American direction and came
to great success. Much of the work
was done in the open, and special ar
rangements were made for the benefit
Of the small army of newspaper cor
respondents present to gather the
news.
At a political rally in Kansas the
other night former Secretary McAdoc
spoke in a deprecatory tone Of Amer.
lean diplomacy. rating it as having
gone back under the present admins
tration.
Probably the foreigner spoke the
correct word. And he had support
for his eulogy. In the matter Of &C.
commodations for the press, Genoa
copied Washington. The correspond.
ents were again we'll cared for, and
were again enabled to give the public
prompt and full daily reports Of what
happened. At the close of the con.
ference the world stood well advised
Of what the meeting had done and
failed to do.
Mr.. McAdoo is not to be taken too
literally or seriously in the matter
A political campaign is opening, and
he Is in politics. He may be-his
friends are striving to make him
his party's candidate for President
two years hence, So his dig at the
republicans is somewhat in line with
that program.
Evening star., 1922-05-29
The Game on the Hill.

The democrats Of the Senate would
be less. or more. than human If they
failed to press their opportunity on
the tariff question.
They have the republicans on the
hip as the result Of poor republican
mana cement. The Fordney measure
T. almost a year late. 1t should have
been placed on the books by mid
summer of last year, and might have
been if the republicans had shown
the proper appreciation Of the situa,
ton.
But, instead of making a drive for
early action, they wrangled and
dawdled. and the special session closed
with the measure i'll the air.
Nor did the regular session open
with an improved temper. The wran.
Cling and the dawdling were resumed
and factionism widened and deepened.
All of this has been nuts for the
opposition. The democrats have rev.
eled in it, and in every way possible
encouraged the shindy. And they are
sui ciiSoul dSNiS ~. dP'
proaches, and the complexion Of the
next Congress depends somewhat
maybe considerably-on the repub.
lican tariff record.
Hence the democratic maneuvering.
which is directed by men who are
not only expert pariiamentarians, but
authorities on the tariff question from
the democratic point Of view. They
are leaving no point unimproved
as to either the republican divisions
or what is causing them. In a word
they are doing what. with conditions
reversed, the republicans would be
doing-playing politics up to the hilt
And not even cloture would balk
them.