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WANTED TO RENT-Small house
within two or three miles of city
with about four or five acres of
land. Want lease on same. Address
Land" care Times-Recorder.
5-dh-tf
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FOR SALE-One baby carriage in
good condition, cheap. Can be
seen at lit E. Lamar street.-dh
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PHONE 117-JOHN W. SILVER
BEST GRADE RED CEDAR, No.
1 and No. 2 PINE SHINGLES 27-tf
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By the time a straw hat be-
gins to feel good it begins to look
bad.
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FOR SALE-Good horse, cheap for
cash; bargain. 239 Hampton st.
5-dh-tf
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1t is warm enough to pose for
underwear advertisements now.
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.C OMPLETE COMMERCIAL
COURSE - Comprising Short
hand, Typewriting, Bookkeeping;
taught in 6 to 8 weeks; easy terms.
Address Box 254, Americas, Ga.
-12tf
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Unofficial report says half the
June husbands are washing
dishes.
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A fish in hapd is worth two
on the hook.
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A man is a person who willis
his stiff collar cussing about
how few clothes the women wear
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rect connection and plenty of
money at the lowest possible inter-
est rate. l can save you money on
city loans and farm loans. H. O.
JONES. ag .s .+ 14-tf
WANTED-To protect you, your
family and your property. Frank
E. Matthews, Insurance. 18-tf
LOANS on farm lands and city
property. Low interest rate.
Loans promptly closed. See S. R.
Heys or H. B. Williams. Phones As
or So.
ROOFING-Phone 117-SHIVER
Johns-Manville ROOFING, roof
coating, roof cement, creosote,
roof paint. If
WANTED-Room and board in pri-
vate family by Young business
woman. Best local references. Ap-
pIv Business Woman care Times
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Summer is worse than winter.
You can't throw a little ice on
the CRATE and keep cool.
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When you see a man stand
ing on the corner scratching
ask him how he enjoyed his va
cation.
, 1923-07-22
Car Turns Over

LARAMIE. wyo., July s2.-Mr. and
Mrs. William Marquardt, who reside
at 2e2 north third street in this city.
had a remarkable escape from death
by drowning and Mr.. Marquardt no
doubt owes his life to his wife. whose
presence OF mind saved him by raising
his head above the surrounding mud
and water into which they were hurled
when their automobile was overturned
a mile north of Bosler. wyo. Mrs.
Marquardt suffered from bruises and
from strains Of the muscles of the
eek and shoulders. Mr.. Marquardi
suffered much from the quantities Of
mud and water swallowed and which
filled his lungs. Both were UP and
about when a reporter visited theii
home. but neither felt very well, Mfr
Marquardt complaining all the time
from pains in his chest. He talked
with some difficulty. b
Mr.. and Mrs. Marquardt were re
turning from Salt Lake City where
they had been visiting for a week
and when they reached a point on mi
Lincoln highway north of Bosler
where there vas a FIJI. the automobile
slipped off the o and overturned
, 1923-07-22
AN AUTHORITY ON VOL
STEAD GRAFT

united states Prohibition Com
missioner Roy A. Haynes opens his
description OF enforcement condi-
tons in the Times with the state
fnent that "few men in any line or
ealing r subject to the temptation
that besets the prohibition-enforce-
ment agent at almost every turn
The bootleg industry, Mr.. Haynes
declares, ILLEGALLY organized and
playing a crooked game for ire
mendous stakes. counts only as n
small part of the cost the millions II
is every ready to pour into pockets
OF prohibition agents who will list
en- to its allurement. . Millions
OF dollars piled upon other millions
are strewn c~arelessly across tho
pathway of those engaged in law
enforcement"
Continuing in this vein, Mr..
Haynes gives detail. The largest
bride offer Of which he has had
knowledge was 100000 a week,
or $4,000 900 a year, for 'look.
ing d.. other way" II was not ac-
cepted, but other bribes have been.
"In numerous instances" we are in
formed, "'the briber has been
caught red-handed in the perform
ance of his work" Mr.. Haynes
leaves it to be inferred that in in.
stances even more numerous the
briber was not caught.
No other argument ever brought
forward has demonstrated so com.
plotely the breakdown of enforce
ment and the futility Of Volstead
prohibition as this exposition by the
head of the federal prohibition bu-
reau. The morale of no police
force could endure the assault of Sc
much organized cash. There are al
ways weddings who can be cor
rupted. and their corruption affects
ment. In the history Of our gov
eminent there has been no incen-
tive to graft comparable with the
volstead law.-The New York
World
, 1923-07-22

Of F. w. Tossie, third senior member
OF the Sheridan fire department, from
Sterling. Colo. where he was Wyom-
ing's only representative at the Colo
RADIO fireman's convention there.
The Colorado association has pledg-
ed support to the movement in wyo-
ming and the Sheridan fire depart
ment plans TO communicate with other
departments Of the state to revive the
old Wyoming Fireman's association.
organized 20 years ago and allowed 10
lapse in 1910. The principal purpose
OF the organization. as tentatively out
lined. is TO enlist the cooperation and
provide for the mutual benefit of the
states protective fire departments.
Sheridan. Cheyenne, Casper, Raw
Inns. Laramie and Rock Springs have
the only paid fire departments in tn,
state,
, 1923-07-22
Trainman Killed

KEMMERER. wyo.. July 22-The
body Of Henry Sims. 80. an extra
freight conductor with headquarters
at Montpelier. Idaho. who was acting
fiagman for a Yellowstone special
through here was found between the
girders of a railroad bridge nine miles
east Of Kemmerer. where indications
were he had been knocked off the
train and horribly mutilated. The
body was accidentally discovered by
a road maintainer, tho discovery sow.
ing the mystery of his disappearance.
He was an Elk and ODD Fellow.
, 1923-07-22

man taking his W life Is that he had
been respondent for some time past
on account Of illness from which he
wa unable to get relief. One shot
from a 90 caiiber pistol over the right
temple proved effective and death was
instantaneous.
J. c. Lauderdale Of Missouri. a
nephew OF the deceased who had been
visiting him for sometime discovered
the body shortly after the shot was
fired.
Mr.. Lauderdalo has been q resident
of the Snake river Valley for a num-
Der Of years. The only known rel
alive being the nephew who at the
time was visiting at the ranch.
, 1923-07-22
THE MASK OF THE
STRAINED EXPRESSION

Inc American people are de-
scribed as wearing the mask of
worry. Observers speak of the
strained expression seen not only
on the faces of those who ride
abroad in automobiles, but also in
evidence among family parties sit
ting in the evening on lawn or
porch far removed from danger
from the widest Of joyriders. 1t
is said that the mask Of the strained
expression il robbing American
women of their beauty. They are
described as lacking the serenity
n the rspose Of manner that
should add to their charms.
But is all this true? Here is
question giving opportunity for cul-
tivation of habits of observation.
Watch the man and women you
meet on the street. So doing you
may run the risk Of fastening on
your W c~ountenance the mask of
the strsined expression, but you
may find that on the eountenancs
Of at least a fair proportion of
those whom you pass by the way
there is evidence Of happiness and
satisfaction. After all, are not
some of those who are disturbed
by their discovery Of the strained
expression in need Of new glasses?
Is not what they look upon as evil
dence of worry and nervous strain
rather indication Of alert and
healthy interest in life?
Go and observe for yourself. You
may be able to form reasonably &C.
curste opinion a. to what extent
life in the land where living is the
easiest and the best is being marred
by undue anxiety and needless fear.
But taxi care in your Investigations
that your W outlook is sufficient.
ly intent to enable you to dodge the
automobiles the while you study the
faces Of your fellow creatures. Bet
ter the strained expression amid
the excitements of the street than
semi-conseious placidity in the Sc
clusion Of the ambulance and the
hospital.
, 1923-07-22
al GROW u PRO-
DUCE ON CASPER


There has been some dispute as TO
whether farm products and garden
truck could be grown on Casper
mountain. The writer had occasion
to viHt the mountain recently, and
while walking through the timber,
came out into an open space and
behold there was the finest garden
he had ever seem Radishos, tur.
nips, string beans. lettuce, peas,
carrots, mustard, beets, onions, as
paragus and other vegetables too
numerous to mention growing in
abundance. Further investigation
lpruved 1ha gardsn to belong 70 Fred
, 1923-07-22

al forest above Lowell by a single
stroke of lightning. II wa learned at
the forestry office here Wednesday
following the report Of Easl Smelling.
ranger at the Porcupine station.
The sheep had punched together on
a high range during a heavy electrical
storm when the lightning struck. The
high ranges are said to be especially
dangerous during such storms, since
the ground contains. metal in light
quantities.
The ranger sent to Lowell for men
bury the sheep. The animals were
part OF @ band being grazed by a Big
Horn county rancher.
, 1923-07-22
Sheridan Sells Bonds

SHERIDAN. wyo.. July 22-The
Warren Construction company Of
Portland, Ore. was awarded the con
tract for "a blocks of street paving
to be laid here this year by the city
commissioners Monday.
The company submitted two bids:
s14s,5f7.o4 for warrenite bitulithic
paving on a bitulithic base, and 1885,
1898 for the same on n concrete base.
The choice Of the kind OF paving will
be made in a few days by the property
owners in each Of the six paving dis.
triots which the bids covered by a
method not yet determined on, the
city officials said.
The Birch and Sons Construction
company Of Great Falls, Mont. was
, 1923-07-22

Cantrell, who has a homestead
there.
The writer believes that straw
berries, blackbsrries, raspberries,
rhubarb, asparagus, onions, peas
and all vegetables that don't re-
quire a long season can be success
fully grown in large quantities
there, as the soil is the finest that
he has ever seen, being a black san
dy loan.
Why do not more Casper peo-
pie take advantage of this?
Sincerely yours,
, 1923-07-22
ToDAY's ANNIVERSARIES.

1634-The first sawmil in New
England was set up at South
Berwick, Maine.
1S23-William Bartram, world
famous botanist, died at
Kingsessing, Pa. Born there
in 1889.
1S6e-John A. Roebling, designer
OF Brooklyn Bridge, died in
Brooklyn. Born in Prussia,
June 10, 1906.
1372-George W. Crawford, COVER
nor Of Georgia and secre-
tary OF war under President
Taylor. died at Augusta.
Born in Columbia county,
Ca, Dec. 20, 1898.
1S78-The Earl Of Beaconsfield
was invested with the Order
of the Garter by Queen Vic
toria.
1ss2-Forest fires in Cape Breton
threatened farm houses and
villages.
persons killed in San
Francisco by a bomb, ex-
ploded presumably by an
archists in protest asainst a
preparedness parade.
1qI9-U. s. house Of representa-
tives passed the VolsteAd en-
forcement bill
, 1923-07-22
II BIBLE IN THE
SCHOOLS

A bulletin of the bureau Of edu-
cation in Washington sums up the
legal status and current practice Of
using the bible in public schools
The discussion dates back to colon
ial days; and occasionally flames
up when some untoward event TO.
cuses attention upon It. Two year,
ago the state of Washington Wa
the scene of a battle between the
pros and cons, and during the last
six months California has been the
center Of a controversy as to wheth.
er or not the King James version is
a "sectsrisn" book which should
be barred from the schools.
There are, all told, ten states
where the bible may not be used in
schools. With the exception OF
New York and Louisiana, all are in
the west. Minnesota, Wisconsin
and Illinois forbid it, and also Ari-
IONA and Nevada, Wyoming. Idaho
and Washington. If California,
where the matter Is still undecided,
finally Joins the ranks, Oregon and
Utah alone Of the Mountain and Pa
clfic Cosst states will permit the
use Of the bible.
Az the west is the homo Of the
sxclusionists, so the East and South
divide the states in which the read
ing Of the bible in public schools is
compulsory. Massachusetts, leads
the way, although desperate efforts
have been made there from time to
time to prevent the practice. Penn
sylvsni. and New Jersey also pro-
vide for II. Three southern states,
Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama,
bring the total Of compulsory states
up to SIX. In eleven more bible
reading 10 specifically permitted,
and in nineteen thu laws are silent
on the subject. In the last group
the common practice, especially in
the south and in New England, is to
read passages from the bible in most
schools. The lineup therefore is,
broadly speaking, the old east and
south against the newer west.
Whatever special attempts have
been made to prevent the use Of the
bible tho controversy has largely
hinged upon the meaning of the
word "sectarian." The bureaus in
vestigation shows that various
states have constitutional or statu-
tory provisions forbidding ~seetarian
instruction. The purpose appears
TO have been n desire to check
strictly UNCONVENTIONAL instruction.
But these restrictions have furnish
ed the basis for the claim that the
khe is in itseh a sectArian work.
This claim when submitted to tho
supreme courts in three different
states was differently interpreted.
Illinois upheld the sectarian theory,
while Kentucky and Texas denied
II
The bureau of education's pam
phlet wisely refrains from entering
into the merits of the dispute. Peo-
pie too often run to bitterness in it.
But as q summary of tho actual
practice and Of the legal status Of
the entire question this publication
is valuable.
, 1923-07-22
LIVE NEWS from WYOMING
Items and Articles About Men and Events Throughout the State ]

the only other bidder. Its bids were
$3.50, 3s0.ss and s~fs9,sz7.s1 for the two
kinds Of paving.
The bids accepted provided for pay.
ment In municipal bonds. All the
bids offered 8 per cent for cash pay
ment. which the city officials declared
themselves unable to undertake. The
bids were SIS 900 to ss5 900 below the
city engineers estimates OF maximum
cost.
, 1923-07-22
Commits Suicide

RAwLINs. wyo.. July 22-County
coroner Or. Jeffries was notified that
a party was found dead near Slater.
Colorado which later proved to be the
body OF John Lauderdaie. an old time
resident OF hat section and n well
known character in this city. having
spent several years at and near Raw,
Inns in the early days.
The only reason attributed for the
, 1923-07-22
Firemen to Organize

SHERIDAN. wyo., July 22.@Sheri-
dan will take the initiative in starting
the organization Of a Wyoming fire
mans association. open to all mem
bers of every paid and volunteer fire
department of the state. It was an.
nounced Monday following the return
, 1923-07-22

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY.
Candidates Endorsed by the Ku
Klux were victorious in the
Texas primaries. r-,
, 1923-07-22
Lightning Kills Sheep

SHERIDAN. wyo. July 22-one
hundred sheep were killed in the Por.
cuplne district Of the Big Horn nation.
, 1923-07-22


III Well. Readers. it IL probably true
as the poet tshakespeAre says. I be-
lieve. that "olothes do not make the
man." and, also it Is very likely that
many a noble heart beats under a
Red Flannel stumaker and many a
Splendid Skull Is encased in Ear
Muffs; but this bizness about clothes
not making the man can be Overdone.
1 will tell ALL II can be Carried TOO
Far. as the Phililstines say when they
wake UP and see where Sampson plays
a Halloween Joke and puts the Gates
OF the City out in the next County
somewheresi
Wen. 1 am quoting this Sap Crack
by Shakespeare the other day 10 a
guy in that which I consider is very
Amusing Circumstances: but later I
wish 1 do not say so much about Il.
and / am off this Quotation for All
Time. believe me! Punk quotations
is like Bad Pennies; they come home
TO Roost. Reader.
Well. this baby is a Travelling
Salesman which I know. and he blows
into owl with n Fine Line OF Goods
and the same kind OF Conversation.
lilo is stopping at n hotel down the
street n waze, and he telephones me
n morning in a Great Rush and
says come right over here immed.
lately. What is the hurry. l ask him,
and he says Never Mind. I will very
soon see what is the Hurryswhen /
get there.
Well. I figure probably this baby
In going TO give me n Present or Of
fer me a Job or maybe he has a little
Grip OIL in his suitcase which we can
Consume Together. so ! tear over 10
this hotel 10 see him. I go up TO his
room and he is all dressed UP in a
cry spasmodic SILK shist and all,
with n Knitted tic to match; but his
Never Limbs, as they have st in
Polite Society. Is sticking out from
the bottom of his p. q. DIS about
four feet. He has got no more pants
on than a Highlander Bagpiper, and
he looks very Quaint indeed. because
he has Comedy Knees, Veryciose
Veins, and other Scenic Features
which is Unsurpassed on any Legs ]
ever see, and in this costume he "a
serthinly a Museum Pence.
He is also very sore and IndIgen,
as can be. Reader, and he is hollerine
around for his Pants. and about every
thsee minnits Jumps out in tho hail
to SEQ are they Coming yet. II seems
he sends his Suit out to be pressed
the night before. and they tell him 1,
will be back in the Morning; but It ii
not Back and gives no Indications OF
being. 1t is funny how n guy car
get INDECENT n Mad as n Hornet
with all his clothes on and he doe.
not look like a sap: but the 'minnii
a guy tries to be Peevlsh all Dress
up without any Pants, no looks Just
like n Rooster with Boomers on.
This guy is handing out n Very Com.
ioal Appearance. believe me. and ]
lean against the door jam and like
TO Laugh myself III.
Wen. this does not help him any
He is n klnd Of Thick Bird. withou,
much Sense Of Humor, At that. He
says What is 30 Darn Funny about
II. and 1 tell him II he will stop
Hopping Around out in the Hail and
give the Mirror a chance he will see
what is FUNNY 1 tell him that does
, 1923-07-22
Is Pants, Reader,
And Should Not Be Lent
To Anybody, Believe Me!
BY JOHN HANDSHAKER
tAilas Weed DickinsonJ
Special Casper Correspondent.

ne not come down, very soon the
management of the Hotel will be up
scattering Corn around his room and
Clicking TO him TO get him in out
OF the Corridors.
Very soon I have a stummack Ache
from Laughing at this Bird. and he
Is getting Wilder by the Second, ms
I am saying. 1 do not SEQ how a guy
can be so Dumb. 1t does not appeal
to him as Funny at ali. but I will give
you my words 1t is q Scream. He
Keeps talking about a Important En-.
sasement he has got. and swearing
about his Pants, and he says they
can Keep the Coat and Vest for all
he cares. but Pants Is something he
has got to havel They is Necessary.
he says, but I tell him No, not with
plenty OF barrels in town. Then I
look at his King Tut Knees, and l
get to Laughing again.
Well, he is one Sore Butcher, but
finally after he nearly Breaks a
Rloodvessel he a he has got a
Great idea, and for me to lend him
my pants for a few minnits while he
Peeps this Important Blzness Engage
ment. 1 say, Yes. Sure. I will do
that. and 1 will also lend him my
Shoes and will go out and do a
Asoetic Dance in front OF the Rialto
Theater in my stockinged Feeti
Sure I will, I say-when Goldfish
learn to Sing, ! will. 1 give him the
old Rasp on that one. A guy will
lend another guy his pooketbook. or
his automobile. or his toothbrush or
attrh ThtrOa httA Da-ta q. I.-&-
Readeri Even a Old Friend can get
too Personal. I tell this baby!
Well, he hollers and Pleads with
mo, and finally I take pity on the
poo Sap, because l have got not
much else 70 do, and 1 figure I can
Just as well walt in his room a Few
minnits without Pants while he goes
out and Keeps his Bizness Date. So
1 say, all Right. but Hurry back;
and he says he will. I am still
Laughing at his Plight when he goes
out.
That lie about the middle Of the
morning, Render, and by the middle
Of the Afternoon / am about ready
to cali tho Police and be taken in a
Blanket to the nearost Jail This guy
not only does not como back with
my Pants right away az he says, but
after he Keeps the Bizness Appoint.
ment he is Calling me up on the Phone
abou every ten minnits and Laugh.
ing at mel He says What am I so
sore about, and do I know how
Funny I look I viii laugh myself sick.
like he is dolngl 1 always have got
to answer the phone. too, and get
Insults added TO Injury, because 1
am always hoping It win be some.
body bringing His Pants back to the
room.
We'll, I am about wiling to wear
even Breaches OF Promise out Into the
street. can 1 get them. and am think.
ing ] will take a bed sheet and go
out and take a chance on passing
for a Ghost or n Movie Advertisement
or something when my Pants come
back on my Friend.
He Is very amused over Something
but 1 do not see what is so Darn
FUNNY He does not have any Sense
OF Humor as l am saying to start
with. And 81 viii be n swelterlnr
Hot day at tho North Pole the next
time 1 loan somebody my Pants
believe mel
, 1923-07-22

Wen. this does not help him any.
He is n kind OF Thick Bird. without
much Sense Of Humor, at that. He
says What is 10 Darn Funny about
II, and 1 tell him II he will stop
Hopping Around out in the Hail and
give h Mirror a chance he win see
what is FUNNY 1 tell him that does
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-03-01

claim and to back all the squatters who work for me. If you don't like 1t you can carry the matter to Tucson. The law will uphold me-
 'The law? Say, on this southwest border we haven't any law except a mans word and gun"
 Then you'll find United States law has come along with Ben Chase" re- piled the other, snapping his fingers.
 You're not westerner2" queried Bedding.
 No, I'm from Illinois"
 II thought the West hadn't bred you. l know your kind. You'd last a long time on the Texas border; now. wouldn't you? You're one of the land and water hogs that has come to root in the West Mir. Chase the West would fare better and last longer if men like you were driven out"
 You cant drive me out"
 I'm not so sure of that. Wait till my rangers come back"