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knitted fabric featuring the openwork
effect which is quite the rage this sea-
son. The open stitch being in stripes.
gives chance for clever play In COM
bining horizontals with verticals. No
.ice the novel sleeves.
The companion rrocK in the picture
takes on more OF a tailored aspect In
that 1t is developed from the plain
tricosham, which Is so firmly knit that
It becomes as rich. heavy, silk
lined material. However, II Is truly
knitted fabric possessing all the vir-
tues Of being cool. just elastic enough
TO conform TO grace, and for durable
wear II has 70 peer. Plated skirt,
buetous adrsis,5 placed, and an en-
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crescent shape
which turned up somewhat so that
Billie felt safer than he would other
wise have felt.
"Yes, and / would be glad to hear
the news Of Moonair. think that is
more correct than saying Moonland.
But tell me, Midgie, is there never
any danger Of falling down to the
earth?"
''None whatever, Billie Brownie"
said Aiidgie Moonbeam. '.rhere Is
never any question about the moon
falling to the earth, and he wouldn't
treat his visitors any differently from
the way he treats himself.
THAT wouldn't be polite at all, and
Mr.. Moon is very polite.
you need have no fears. Billie
Brownie. Tonight, as you see, there
is a great deal of beauty In the sky.
That is because we are all going to
have a banquet later on.
You must stay for the banquet,
too"
Billie Brownie was very much
pleased He could imagine nothing
nicer than a banquet up in the moon.
Even If he didn't get anything to eat
1t would be fun to see all the guests.
From down below" said Midgie
Moon, ut looks as though Mr.. Moon in
his crescent suit was floating in lovely
fashion upon pool Of deep-blue sky
water. This looks as though It were
surrounded by very dark sky-shores
and as though there were hills and
shores and water up in Moonair to-
night.
"Mr. Moon Is looking very, very
bright and shining. He has had his
suit pressed and cleaned by the air
tailors, Mooncloud & Co.
"Then the little Fleecy Cloud Fairies
have come out and are dancing around
making ready to come later on to the
banquet.
THE other evening"" Mldgie Moon
beam continued. 1--WE had such fun
here.
"Air. Moon had been asked to look
at the new frocks of the Blue Cloud
and the Gray Cloud young ladies. So
Mr.. Moon said the best way for him to
do that would be to have the young
Cloud ladies walk up and down in
front Of him SO he could see them
properly.
"They had no Idea what was hap
pening down on the earth and they
said:
"'See the blue and gray clouds go
Ing back and forth over the moonr
wasn't that joke? And dear me,
dear me-" said Midgie Moonbeam, "an-
other very funny thing happenedl
"Some one asked little boy named
Eugene IL he didn't think the moon
was perfectly beautiful that evening
and he said:
"'oh, yes, it's a delicious-looking
moon
"Mr. Moon did laugh when / told
him that. 1t made him seem as though
he were a piece Of pie or something
like. thatl
But now 1t is time for the banquet.
Come along"
Billie Brownie followed Midgie
Moonbeam. They climbed up little
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Cooking the Cook

They were not so tied up with red
tape few hundred years ago as we
are. and their justice was more Ideal.
In the yesr Henry VIII mnrried his
second wife, Anna Boleyn, one Rich
ard Rose was cook to the bishop OF
Rochester. Something went wrong
with the soup one day. wherent six
eeen people died. II may just have
been that lis pots were dirty; but he
was accvsed Of trying TO poison bis
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than coarse grass on which were
tiny ears resembling the top of the
wheat stalk. Each grain had Its own
envelope or huSk. Occasionally, even
now, grains OF corn are found which
have their original husk, thus showing
how the maize Of our day reyerts TO
typo. The plant was essentially trop-
ical. and even now, after centuries Of
culture In the temperate zone, II Is
sensitive TO frost.
The tribes of North America saw
the possibilities of the grain and has
tened its evolution. There has been
cross-breedlng by white farmers, yet
an matter Of fact the corn culture
OF the present day Is practically as
IL came from the hand of the Indian.
He has adapted and modified II. to the
various sections Of the country by
process of careful selection.
II had been accepted for many years
that in the Dakotas and much of the
Northwest 1t was impossible for the
white farmers to grow corn because
all the varieties tried were killed by
frost. Recently II occurred to some
scientists that despite the drawback
OF the weather the Mandan Indians Of
the North were raising corn. An ex-
peditlon made a study of the agricul-
tural methods OF the Mandans, and II
developed that for centuries the
f1rmers Of the tribes had been devel-
hO rf1N h., n
been selected from year TO year from
stalks which showed no effect of frost.
The stalks of this variety as so stunt
ed that they are more like shrubs
than the plant which Is common in
other lattudes. ~
One Of the most interesting and re-
markable facts In connection with In
dian corn Is that three tribes--the
Ridatsa, the Arikara and the Man.
dan-who lived along the Missouri
river aud its tributaries in North Da-
kota, were practicng highly devel-
oped system of corn culture at the
time, of the first recorded visit of the
white, man In l73S. Archaeological evi-
dcnce secured from the Indian remains
of the section indicate that corn was
being raised in this district three or
four hundred years ago.
As a matter of fact, Jacques Car
tier the first European to enter the
st. Lawrence, observed large fields of
growing maize at Hochelaga (now
MontreaD in 1884. exactly $50 years
ago, and the tribes between northwest
Mexico and the plains of Kansas were
found to be growing It when visited
by Coronado in 1910. The ease with
which maize can be cultivated and
conserved, and It's bountiful Weld.
caused It's rapid extension among the
Indians after IL came into use. With
the exception Of better tillage the
method Of its cultivation Is much the
same today among civilized men as
among the natives.
One would naturally expect the
southern and eastern Indians to bs
good corn ralsers, as they lived in re
gions of abundant rainfall and sufB
cient summer heat. Ii Is really as
tonishlng, however, that the upper
Missouri Indians, living under semi
arid and northern conditions, shoult
develop corn raising to point tha
was not surpassed by any other trib,
in America. This corn culture was o
such Importance that the early fu
traders established dlstillery In 1885,
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Teachlno the child New uabIts.

Many young children accustomed to
drinking milk from a bottle. do not
care for II when the bottle habit Is
stopped. A taste for II may be cul-
tivated, and the habit of drinking from
a cup formed In this way. II the
child has cup or mug which he likes
very much, this should be filed sew
eral times during the day and offered
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ladder which was
held by many Of
the NJ o o n b e a m
grand C h ii d r e n
while Billie and
Midgie went up 1t.
W h en- til ey
reanhed the top
they were right In
the center Of Mr..
Moons dinin &
room.
He had q big
d!ning-room table
set with all kinds
Of strange dishes.
II was covered
with a beautiful
heecy cloud table
cloth.
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w l I ii M III y I .
Moonbeam.
Midgie NJ o o n
beam loved to
hear stories and
she loved to tell
stories and Billie
Brownie liked to
hear the news Of
Moonair as she
liked to hear the
news Of Brownie
land.
Now I have
told you lots Of
the Bro W n l e.
land news" said
Billie Brownie. as
he sat on the edge
of Mr.. M 90 ms
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He welcomed
Billie Brownie and Midgie Moonbeam
and then the other guests began to ar-
rive. Many of the Clouds and Moon
beams were present and 1t was very
line gathering.
And food7 They had the most de-
lfcious Of Moonnir food. made by the
Moonbeams. II was all cool food
quite lovely for summer evening, ana
the midnight frosty Ice cream was the
hest Of nlli
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to him. He may drink at least part
Of whatever he finds in his cup and
soon acquires the habit OF cup-drink-
ing. Avoid other food so hunger may
help him to form the habit.
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master, and as he was cook, he was
boiled to death at Smithfield In the
presence of great crowd.
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signs are amusing. Animals. toys OF
familiar figures from fairy tales are
embroidered. or appllqued, to orna-
ment these otherwise very plain little
garments. Dressier models are also
colorful but use fine embroidered bou-
quets or garlands Of fruits and flow.
ers. Little taffeta dresses are shown
with large rosettes or frills OF the
same material about the skirt, the
center Of each rosette being made Of
tiny silk flowers
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Removes Rusted Bolts.

Operating on the principle OF a
screw jack is new tool with which
bolts or pins tina. have rusted fast
can be removed from machinery.
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Cooperation Important.
The valuable man In business Il the
man who can and will cooperate with
other men.--Elbert Hubbard.
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2IRFsasqsI|ySSa
Iale J, J.
MIDalE MooNBEAM
oyN\ARY GRA1AlM BONNER
cosnosT N snrsAN sevwAsss usaoN~

Billie Brownie had taken his air
ship and had gone up to have talk
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.Jones strikes me al very prom
Using young man."
''He strikes me that way. too; buk
be never pays q bach, !"
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II you can't laugh at Jokes OF thu
age. laugh at the age Of the joksa
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ey ROBERT H. MouLToN
,EMHzAW O1RY HIGhJ RE1ON.

or Indian corn, In
Its present form repre-
sents one Of the great
achievements of prlm-
Tive plante RS. the
North American In
dian. II came orig
inally. It Is now gener-
ally accepted, from
southern Mexico, and
was eaten by the
Maya tribes. AT first
... ssNAtsn
, 1923-05-16
IN CHINA

1t is the scale and audacity of the
latest piece of Chinese banditry
which make it serious. Never before
have so many foreigners been kid
mapped at one stroke in such a start
ling n Individuals have been
seized, of course, and held for ram
som; whole trains have been robbed
in the approved jesse James style
but this is the first time that a
fast express has been stopped and
: foreigners forcibly removed from it.
The bandits are not like our
highwaymen. They are not merely
u few desperate characters. They
are unpaid soldiers, organized in
bands, with a certain amount of
military discipline, bent on obtain
ing loot with which to recompense
themselves for the profitless
months which they spent in the mil
itary forces Of a Chinese Provincial
governor.
The outrage is, therefore, primar-
lily an indication of the lack of po-
s~litical cohesion and order to which
China has been reduced. Although
the Picking government is recog-
nized by the world powers, the &C
tual control of the country is In
the hands of others. They recog-
nize no allegiance to a central gov
eminent. The hostility between the
North and South is still strong, and
President Ii, who resides over the
central government in Picking, is
virtually powerless. The revenues
from the taxes, which are regularly
paid and which should go to the
central government, are, as a mat
ter of fact, for the most part col
lected by the provincial governors
-banditry oil what not-and are
used for their own affairs, while
the Picking government is unable to
pay its bills.
, 1923-05-16
PROSPERITY

The men who r going to finance
a new hotel in Casper are building
prosperity, not only for themselves
but for their city. Too long we
have needed a new hotel. More than
anything ave its newspapers, a city
is known to the outside world by
its hotels. We have given Casper
n comparatively poor place in such
a listing heretofore.
New hotels are good, for one thing,
simply because they are new. In
New York City, where \ "new
worlds largest hotel" is erected reg
ularly about once a week, the "new-
est" hostelry always gets \ heavy
run Of visitors the minute its doors
are open.
The hotel venture in Casper can
hardly fail. 1t should succeed, and
it will doubtless succeed. The only
possible criticism that any one
could offer is that the plans Of the
builders are hardly pretentiouu
enough. Casper could stand a 500
room hotel, it would seem. But a
300-room hotel will do for the pres
ent, and it is a most welcome an
nouncement. Later somebody will
build the 500-room hotel.
, 1923-05-16
H RIGHT SPIRIT

1t is interesting to note, in view
of the recent agitation on the gas
question in Casper, what the "oil
and Gas Journal has to say about
the situation in Shreve, Ohio. The
article says:
"Shreve, Ohio, is not listed
among the first ten cities of the
United States in point of population
but the spirit shown by the resi-
dents of that thriving Buckeye COM
munity, might well be emulated by
some of the larger cities of the
country, which enjoy the use of nat
ural gas for lighting, heating and
cooking purposes. The natural gas
company serving Shreve had n con
tract by which the rate for natural
gas was 80 cents per thousand Gu
bic feet. That contract still had
two years to run. The company
was losing money and placed the
rntire situation frankly before the
residents of the town.
"The town council went into the
situation, decided the contentious
Of the company were correct, and
adopted an ordinance voiding the
contract then in force and which
still had the two years to run and
drew up another contract providing
for a rate of 81 for the first LOCO
cubic feet of gas and 80 cents per
1000 for all gas used in excess OF
1000 cubic feet. Tho ordinance was
, 1923-05-16
Naturalize First Woman

WoRLAND. Wye. May 1s.-Mrs.
Ruth Kennedy is the first woman to
be ~naturahzed in Washable county.
She also had the novel experience Of
being born in the United States and
yet going through h procedure Of
naturalization. Several years ago she
married Hunter ID. Kennedy, a ma
tive of Scotland and according to law
became a subject OF the king of Great
Britain Last fall Mr.. Kennedy be-
came naturalized. but. cue to the law
passed recently. the naturalization of
tho husband did not n~aturalizs the
wife.
, 1923-05-16
New Camp Grounds

ROCK SPRINGS. wyo.. May 49,
Overland automobile tourists passing
through Rock Springs are to be pro
vided with new camping grounds, to
cost between $4,000 and $4,000. most
Of which is TO be raised through sub
scription.
The present camp site Is opposite
the Rock Springs Hide and Fur com
pany's building on tho road going
north and has few. IL any. conven-
%iences.
The new grounds are to be located
across the creek. near Old No. 5 mine,
on a flat between the creek and the
hill. A bridge is to be constructed
and various camp conveniences are to
be installed. chief of which will be
an adequate water supply. The land
has been leased from the Union Pa.
cific railroad. and the city will be
called or to maintain the grounds.
The Lions club has named a com
mittee with Dave Bunten as chairman
, 1923-05-16

placed before the voters at a ref
erendum election and carried by
more than two to one, with a pro-
vision that the new contract be-
come Immediately effective.
Natural gas companies through
out the country are faced with the
fact that the available supply of
this valuable fuel is being depleted
rapidly. 1t is only a question of
time until the companies must go
out of business or turn to manufac-
tured gas. The United States gov
eminent, through the Bureau lof
Mines, has been trying to educate
the people of the gas-using states
to this fact for several years. With
the depletion of the supply, the cost
of procuring natural gas, transport
ing it and distributing it increases
because of the necessity of building
costly compressor stations and
other equipment necessary to raise
the pressure to carry the gas to its
destination and draw as much as
possible from wells.
Natural gas rates in a majority
of communities are out of all pro-
portion to costs of other necessities
of life, being far lower, and they
have not been increased in the ratio
in which the cost and distribution
of the fue has increased to the COM
panies. 1t is an economic fact nat
ural gas companies cannot remain
in business unless they get an ade-
quate return on their investment.
1t is also a fact that constant extern
sions of natural gas lines are neces-
sary as fields near the distributing
point become exhausted. To pro-
vide the service demanded by con-
necessary. All these things cost
money. The investing public from
which this money must come will
not provide the desired funds un-
less they are assured the company
can make a reasonable return on
the money invested.
Service is of prime necessity to
every natural gas company. The
consumes demand it. The company
must give it or eventually go out of
business. Natural gas service must
be given "a hours a day and 365
days a year. The same equipment
necessary to provide for the peak
loads of winter are in use during
the periods of low consumption in
summer. The consuming public
shoulu realize this fact. II natural
gas consumers want service, they
should be willing to pay a reason
able price for it. The people of
Shreve, Ohio, 'ealized this fact
and acted accordingly.
, 1923-05-16
Liberals Elected

GREEN RIVER. wyo.. May IA
Wide-open own candidates were
elected mayors OF Green River and
Evanston in Tuesdays municipal
elections. Green River cast its heav.
lest municipal vote. when $40 OF its
citizens went quietly to the polls and
elected DR.. J.. w. Hawk mayor and
j.. e. Irvine and Ed Singent III
'cilmen. The Citizens ticket head re.
ceived 800 votes Inc the Peoples
1874. about a two-to-one majority for
tho successful candidates. The un.
successful ones were C. l. Young for
mayor. and Ben Scriven and william
Scott for councilmen.
Over a thousand votes were cast at
Evanston. the contest climaxing as
n of the bitterest ever waged in
that town of bitter contests. Tom
Painter. running on the Republican
ticket. was successful over his rival,
Walter Crompton, who headed the
Citizens ticket, by a large majority.
Before the election Mr.. Painter and
his advisers entered suit against the
Citizens ticket o the neat sum of
sS5,000. alleging SANDER and cefama-
ton OF character. Crompton's plat
form was for n closed town against
gambling and continued law-viola-
ton. and Painters was for a business
administration.
A great deal OF interest was cen
tered in the outcome OF the Green
River election. but the election and
campaign yer conducted on a high
plane. with few manifestations of
animosity rising to the surface.
, 1923-05-16
Plan New StOckyards

OPAL. wyo., May 1s.-rhs private
a of Division Superintendent
Brooke was dropped off at Opal.
bringing n party OF officials. who
were there to meet a committee from
the Green River Cattle association
for tho purpose of discussing the
building of stockyardB at this point.
The plan decided on was one pro-
vfdlng' 81 pens. two of which were
large enough to receive 500 head of
cattle, each. with platform for baled
hay and water trouEhs, Seven pens
will held carload lots. and the chutes.
three in number. will be double
deckers, so as to accommodate load
, 1923-05-16
MOVIES VS.. FACT

In the popular and perennial
movies virtue is its own reward.
Vice is always conquered. The mort
gage is lifted from the little home
stead in the last reel, or the cruel
Interests" which have been trying
to crush the poor but honest bust
ness man are foiled. st. George
Stays the dragon as IL it were an
angle worm-just like that.
1t is therefore painful to chron-
icle the finish of the optimistic Mr..
Clarence Saunders of Memphis.
Clarence may be recalled as the
fire-eating gent who cornered his
own Piggly-W iggly stock, challeng-
ed the cruel Wall Street, issued ul-
timatums and breathed a lot of
handsome defiance.
That is reel one.
Now we have a closeup Of Clar-
ence throwing himself gracefully
upon the manly bosoms Of Memphis
business men, admitting in full
page advertisements that "Wall
Street was right" saying that he
will be broke unless somebody
comes to his rescue and buys the
stock he has cornered, draping him
self blithely upon his home towns
shoulder, so to speak, and becom-
ing something of a public pest.
That is reel two.
The moral is that things don't
work out in real life as they do in
the movies. Clarence Is just an
other sheep, Looping piteously from
the shearing pen. He alienated
any sympathy the general public
may have felt for him with his ulti-
matums and general chestiness. It
now appears likely that n syndicate
of Memphis business men will heed
Clarence's calls for help, and save
Piggly-Wiggly for Memphis" But
Clarence will not be prominent in
the picture. He is not waving any
sword over the dragon-this mod
ern st. George. And Wall Street
has forgotten nil about him. save
perhaps to laugh now and again.
, 1923-05-16
THE CASPER TRIBUNE'S
PROGRAM

Irrigation project west OF Camper
% be authorized and completed at
once
a complete and scientific zoninE
system for the city OF Casper.
A comprehensive municipal and
school recreation park system, in
Guiding swimming pools for the
children of Casper.
! Completion of the established
. Scenic Route boulevard as planned
. by the county commissioners to
Garden Creek Falls and return.
Better roads for Natrona county
and more highways for Wyoming.
More equitable freight rates for
shippers OF the Rocky Mountain
region and more frequent train
service for Casper.
, 1923-05-16
LIVE NEWS from WIZ DINING

ing of sheep. An alley-wny will run
around connecting the pens with the
scales.
The scalss will be erected by the
cattlemen and will weigh one-hAlf n
carload at a Craft. They will DO
housed. and an office for the weigh
master will be provided with heat SO
that the Inconvenience of cold and
wind will be overcome.
The railroad company will add IS
car lengths OF trackage, so that a So
car train can be accommodated. This
will avoid cutting OF train while load
ing il going N. as is now necessary.
and to let trains pass on the main
track.
The interior arrangement of the
, 1923-05-16

cee6ing e. E. Mckee. and he has
opened headquarters in Big Piney for
the summer.
The new president reports that
much progress is expected to be
made within the next six months in
the project now being launched to
place 10000 acres of "sagebrush" un-
der the proposal canal. When com
pleted the project no doubt will be the
biggest asset to the upper country.
, 1923-05-16

pens and added facilities will allow
loa6inE to go much moro rapidly than
was possible at tho old yards.
The railroad In planning the sink
ing of a 1oo-foot we'll. and . water
depot. company houses and h stock
yards. The yards will DO built west
of the present location on a ridge that
will afford good drainage.
The improvements have bssn made
necessary by the increasing import
.ance of Opal az a livestock shipping
point From four to eight hundred
carloads of cattle and about 80, 900
shec are the yearly output from this
station. and thess numbers are on
the Increase
, 1923-05-16
Women Give Up Jobs

CoKEvILLE. wyo.. May 1e.-Al-
though only n regularly nominated
was placed in the field at Coke
field for Tuesdays election. four
votes were cast for Mrs. Ethel Stoner,
incumbent. for reelection. Fuller
staged a splendid comeback. having
been mayor of the wool center up to
one year ago. He was the unnni-
nous choice OF the convention which
nominated him.
Another convention. very poorly
attended, nominated Mrs. Stoner to
succeed herself to office. but Mrs.
Stoner declined to run. Councilmen
elected with Mayor Fuller were Ben
Smalley n Martin Nelson. The Re-
publican erred in its last issue in
stating that Axel Johnson was run
ming for council with Mr.. Fuller.
, 1923-05-16

BY measuring thinss against
each other as our grandmothers
did when theyswapped eggs for
calico, we get the clearest idea
Of values.
Coal and wages make up
more than half the manufacture
ing cost Of cement.
The chart above shows price
fluctuations for portland cement,
coal and wages during the past
ten years. In each case 100 is
used to represent 1913 figures,
bytheC Government departments