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, 1923-03-04
February

They say %s groWing colder
every day,
That tointeT's 9roDing holder
erery every day.
Since the Woodchuck's gone to
sleep,
In his cduern dark and deep
There toiH be sir ueeks Of snotc,
ing,
OF treezing and Of blotoing.
The birds TOLL soon be singing,
Norfhtrdrd they triH be tuingingy
Though tho frost is in the air,
You'll find a friend cperytohere.
They gray skies r 0rotring
clearer,
And the Springtime's 0rotcino
nearer
LAWRENCE J~ORGENSEN,
East Casper, Grade Z.
, 1923-03-04

than IL months. Long afterwards be
wrote. Although / am OF age. and
didn't learn much. 1 am able to read.
write and cipher n little" We may
be quite sure this was a modest SEN
tence. because he said as sad as he
learned to read and write. he grew
more hungry for knowledge.
AS Abe grew older he became very
strong. Tho hard life with ax and
rife had given him muscles OF steel.
He was ono of the best wrestlers and
in that part OF tho country.
They said he Yves so fair that often
no would take no part IN the ath-
ietics but WORLD be umpire. Ape
was known in his boyhood as Hon.
est Abe Several years later. while
Abe was running a general store. he
found one night. that he had over.
charged a customer 6 cents. and that
night. walked three miles TO pay II
back.
When Abe reached the age of 20,
his father decided to move again.
This time to Illinois. Abe helped his
father and mother pack there few
belongings in a wagon He then
started out to seek his fortune.
DOROTHY WEAVER.
East Casper. Grade 5.
, 1923-03-04
Lincoln as a Boy

ABRAHAM LINCOLN was born in
n Kentucky. on February IL. 1909
His father was a sensible man and
his mother was a Woodworking WI
man n very intelligent.
When Abe. as he is sometimes
called. was Z years of G his father
decided to to Indiana. So they
did. 1t VA a hard trip. and they
had to cut down trees to get through.
When they reached Indiana they had
to go to work building another cabin.
Abe had learned to use an ak and
rifle. so he helped his father hunt
and build their new cabin.
Ono time when he was working in
a grocery store in Illinois he came to
find that he had overcharged a Gus
toner 6 cents, SO at closing time he
walked three miles to take back the
6 cents. BURTON PAGE.
East Casper. Grade 6.
, 1923-03-04
CHAPTER xxIx-continued)

CHAPTER XXIX5Continued)
Mrs. steddon was one OF those
raven wretches who would have toid
, million lies to keep one poor soul
from being dumped into he'll. she
quite understood the extraord'
mary precedence the truth had US
urped over love. mercy. courtesy, ano
.-o,venience. She never lied in her
own behalf or to save herself from
blame. h sometimes lied to shift
blame to herself from her children.
She lied to the children about Santa
Claus, about how quickly bad child
rem are punished and how inevitably
rood children are rewarded; about
how infallibly right their father was
n such commonplace household
periuries. She lied to her husband
incessant,y about how wise he was,
how eloquent. She applied untruth
g.neral,v as a kind of arnica, q first
aid panacea-
Her only hesitance now concerned
Just what untruth 1t was safest and
most satisfactory to tell him.
She was a wicked old Woman n 1t
was small wonder that she rapidly
iapsed into enormous popularity
among the lost souls OF Hollywood.
Fortunately. her daughter left hF'
alone for a while and she had time in
her bedroom to work out an attrac-
live lie. She must say that Mem was
well. That was a good. solid fact TO
rest the springboard of fancy on. She
must explain hat Mem had left Palm
Springs for Los Angeles. Why?
Well, ecaus she had q chance TO
improve her position-and her doctor
had said that Palm Springs was too
full of palms or something. A doc
tors advice was the best bet, because
a doctor was the only human power
that her husband recognized as SUI
perior TO his own impulses.
Next, what was Mem doing in Los
Angeles to support herself7 She had
written that she needed no more
money from home. 1t would be fatal
to say that she had entered Upon a
cinematic career. And II ~juld be
adding humiliation to infancy to nd
NIT thai she had lost her job even In
that inferno.
, 1923-03-04
The Happy Girls
Bread Club

THE HAPPY GIRLS Bread
L Cub is a name that Just fits
Its members. Is they bring their
bread with smiling faces every two
weeks to the meeting. This club
started as all others do. We have
members dropping out after the
first few meetings but we have
the loyal ones who really make the
club coming to every meeting with
loaves Of golden brown bread.
Every two weeks the Happy
Girls meet with their bread. The
Happy Girls en3Sy thdSe meet
ings. for interesting games are
played and their bread Is tested.
II you stepped into the home of
q Happy Girl on the Friday before
tho meeting you would see her
eagerly setting the sponge for the
nice brown loaf OF bread she will
bake next day. II you stepped
into this home again Saturday
morning you would see her bus
ily making the dough and about
two hours later would see her
knead It It would then raise and
finally be ready to put into the
oven.
In an hour she would bring out
a golden brown loaf OF bread look
ing as smiling as the girl herself.
A while later she has her bread
wrapped in paper and goes to the
meeting. Here she gets it tested.
with a smiling face she is proud
Of herself. as she thinks Of the
many women much older than she
who buy their bread because they
cannot make It. These girls will
always bake their own bread. for
1t is clean and puro. and made by
their own hands.
LIZZIE HUBER,
Elk School. Grade b-B. Secretary
Elk st. Bread Club.
, 1923-03-04
Lincoln in His Boyhood

ABRAHAM Lincoln was born on
- February ~. 1909. HIS father
was a hard-working man and his
mother was a cheerful. ambitious wo-
man. When Abe was z years OF ago
his folks moved from Kentucky into
Southern Indiana In some places
they had to cut down the trees to
make a road Abe could use an az
and no would help his father cut
down tho trees. and helped him build
a new cabin. Abe learned how to
use a rifle. and supplied most of the
food for the table.
They did not have good schools in
that frontier country-the school
houses having no floors or desks, and
oiled paper for windows. Worst Of
all. the teachers did NOT know a
great deal. EVELYN COEN.
East Casper. Grade IA
, 1923-03-04
Yeast

YEAST Is a form OF plant II
feeds upon sugar and starch. It
grows and multipiies very rapidly.
In order to grow TIM yeast plant
must have warmth. air. moisture
and food.
Yeast grows best at a tempera-
ture Of about 50 degrees. So 1t
Is best to keep bread dough as
near this temperature as possible.
AT a lower temperature 1t grows
more slowly. and II In too low o
temperature it will not grow at
all. So bread dough should never
be allowed to get chilled. Yeast
will not grow II In a much higher
temperature If it gets too hot it
kills the yeast Sc it will not even
grow after it becomes cooler.
There Ire many different forms
Of yeast. Our grandmothers used
to make their yeast out of hops
and potatoes. but now we general
ly buy our yeast at stores The
kinds mostly used are compressed
yeast and Yeast Foam.
Yeast Foam and Magic Yeast
are in a dry form and SO can be
kept longer and are usually used
by people in the country who can
not get fresh yeast every day.
Bread made from Yeast Foam has
such a sweet. nutty flavor that I
like 1t better than bread from any
other yeast. but it takes n little
longer to make it l like to use
Fleishman's compressed yeast be-
cause 1t works SO fast. It should
be bought fresh each day.
Besides tho yeast that is bought
at stores there are many kinds of
STARTERS used. These are start
ed with yeast and allowed to work
or ferment for a time then kept in
a cod. dark place until wanted
for use. A little of this is left each
time and a little flour and water
added to 1t SO it will be ready for
the next baking.
Bread that has no yeast in It is
called unleavened bread. / have
eve eaten any but 1 don't ina
CINE it would be very good. The
yeast In bread feeds upon sugar
and starch and forms alcohol and
carbonic acid gas. This gas tries
to escape and in pushing It's way
out It makes little bubbles in tho
bread. This is what causes bread
to rise and become light. The heat
when baking the bread kills and
drives off the gas.
REvA BEER,
Member Bread Club.
Elk School. Grade 5-A-
, 1923-03-04
ABRAHAM LINcoLNrs BoYHooD

ON February IL, 1909. Abraham
" Lincoln was born. The place
where he was born was YER poor. 1t
was not like washington's fine plan
tation. It was a poo little log cabin
in the state of kentucky. He help.
ed chop wood fer tho fire and helped
supply tho food for the table. for he
had learned to use the rifle.
When Lincoln was 7, his father do
cided to move to Southern Indiana.
Abe was handy with an Ak and help
ed clear away the trees and build the
house. There were few schools in
this frontier country. Abe had only
IL months oc schooling in his whole
life. To get his education he Dor
rowed books from so miles around
Once. working at a general store
he found that he had ~overcharged
a customer 6 cents. That evening
he walked three miles to return the
money.
When he reached tho age OF 20 they
moved again. This time to Illinois
once again the family packed up
their few belongings and started out
Then. without a good suit OF
clothes. Abe started out in the world.
SUSAN ELIZABETH KEMP.
East Casper, Grade s.
, 1923-03-04

Only those who know little or moth
ing OF the dramatic world. or whose
own hearts are so hard that they do
not care whom they wound. pretend
that the world OF mimic emotions in
cold or cruel. It IL amazing how
much OF the theatrical or cinematicai
time is spent in easing the inevitable
griefs OF tho vain suppliants. Mems
sobs SO agitated Rockies TINT he final.
ly said: You como and SEQ the test
yourself. and then. II you think you
ought to have the part Well you
come and see for yourself"
He opened the door for her ana led
her out into tho lot, He called to q
man smoking on a short flight Of
steps:
"Heinie. have you that reel Of Mrs
Woodville's test I took tho othe=
day7"
"I guess So"
Put It on, will you
"surel Go In Number Two
And now Mem, who had seen no
many faces flow by in the laboratory
projection room and had been SO freq
with comments and criticisms. was to
see her own soul unreeled. She felt q
sudden rush of regret for her harsh
judgments on those poor creatures
who had had to fight for their ar.
tistic lives with their features.
Rockies escorted her into a small
cell. dimly lighted. a screen at one
end; at the other a few seats against
a wall perforated for the projection
machines.
The operator in his room at the
back. snapped Off the one lamp on
the wall and then played a long
stream Of light upon the SCREEN
Every portrait was a record OF some
mood OF Mems.
1t was weird to sec herself over
there fiat and colorless. yet ~fantastio-
ally alive. She was face to lace with
herself for tho first time. Science
had answered the prayer Of Robert
Burns. "oh. wad some power the
giftie gle us"
Mem had studied her mirror and
stnl photographs OF herself. but now
she met the stranger that was herself
as the world knew her. She had
never realized her features as they
were; nor her expressions. She could
look at her own profile. She could
roldly regard herself in laughter and
in an effort Mt filtration.
The miracle OF mirueies was that
her very thought was photographed.
Sho could see her brain pulling at her
muscles, as one who stand behind
the scenes at a puppet show sees thu
man aioft and the wires that depend
from his fingers Jerking az the Joint
ed dolls.
CONTINUED Next Sunday
, 1923-03-04

a hungry fat woman. whose bulk had
kept her employed when sylphs had
had to wait. Next her was n gaunt
creature who could pay Famine or a
comic spinster with equal skill. A
brace OF sparrows with yeTowed
curls that looked like handfuls OF
pine shavings waited with their moth
err. Three beautiful young men with
tho eyes of dying deer perused their
finger nails for lack OF more excit-
ing literature. An assortment OF VII
laina. first n second murderers,
and moro or less aristocrntic extra
folk stood about, hoping against ex-
perience.
Scattered among tho iaity. they
would have passed for ordinary folk
but, grouped here. they took on a
c~urously professional mummer's air.
Mem stared at them and a hot re-
sentiment thrilled her. She would not
accept n place In this moi OF nonen-
titles. She went back TO the window
and motionsd 10 the assistant cast.
ing.out director. She pleaded for Just
, 1923-03-04

held this Did witch OF a Mrs. Steddon
in the deep waters about her.
But the miracles OF hell. like those
OF heaven. confer only a temporary
benefit. Doctor Steddon would accept
her falsehoods without suspicion. but
woe unto her when he should learn
the hideous truth.
For the moment. however. Mrs.
Sheldon was inspired to write to her
trusting husband that she found Mem
in very good health and engaged in
nice, light, ladylke work in the pub
lie library at pretty good pay. consid-
ering the cost of living; also that she
was boarding with some right nice
Jadies-also in library work-at the
address given. She closed with some
remarks on the beauties OF California.
a land the Lord had cen awful par
tlnl to.
As she finished this letter Mrs.
Steddon felt dizzy. She wondered II
her giddiness might be tho first symp-
toms Of whatever It was that carried
off Sapphire and her husband.
But, remembering that Sapphire
had fallen down, she decided 10 lie
down first. She fell asleep. and did
not know that Leva Lemaire. peerins
in an seeing her there stretched out
white haired and benign. had looked
upon her as a tired saint and, tip
toeing in, had spread over her a Nav
I ato blanket Of barbaric red n back
While her mother slept Mem wept
more freely and copiously than in al
her life before.
a CHAPTER xxx
No word had come from the studio
as TO the result OF Mems test pictures
There was no telephone in the bunsa
low to ring a verbal message In OF
take one out
Mem could have gone to a drut
store and t~e.ephoned from a pay sta
uon Dut sne was oAio" -
fate come rafting out OF the little
rubber oracle. She wanted to meet
her destiny face to fnce and make q
battle for It II the issue hung In
doubt.
She simply had to have work now
because she had her mother as well az
herself to support. She was still toe
new to realize that need is not a
recommendation or a substitute for
ability. In so far ms 1t has any bear
ing in the case. being hard.up is an
argument for disability. Jobs are
offered most promptly TO those that
| already have them. and those wht
, 1923-03-04
BY RUPERT HUGHES

Creighton rolled her UP to the stu
do gates and waved her good luck.
She faltered when she entered the
casting office. She almost tainted
when Tirrey's assistant told her
bluntly that there was nothing To-
ing" Mr.. Tirrey had 20 many
hearts to break. so many hopes to
sicken with deferment. that he avoid
ed the ghoulish ask when he could.
He had warned his assistant to save
him from undergoing another Of
Mems assaults upon his emotions.
When Mem received this curt faccr
through tho little window in the door
between the waiting room and the
outer office she bienched n fell
back.
The room WINS full Of anxious souls.
each with It's desperation. There sat
, 1923-03-04
George Washington

MANY years ago. on the 22nd day
III day Of February. q little baby
was born whose name WINS George
Washington. His father was n far.
nier. who planted great crops Of TO-
baceo and exported 1t from one city
to another. Ills fathers name was
Augustine. and his mothers name
was Mary Washington. She was q
very wise and good woman. and
George loved her dearly. When
George was a very small boy his ia
Their died His mother reared him In
a comfortable log cabin along the
Rappahannock river. Just opposite the
little town OF Fredericksburg.
George was honest. truthful. obedi-
emit. bold and strong. The boys all
liked him because he was brave and
strdng.
He never tod a lie. HIS mother
had a wild colt. The boys dared
George to get on the colts back.
After a hare struggle the boys got
the bit in the horses mouth. George
mounted the horses back and away
the horse went through the meadow.
The horse fell and broke a blood YES
sci and died. George went to his
mother and said. Mother. YOU horse
is dead" who killed it7' she ask
ed. 'I did" said George. His mother
said. 1T loved tho colt. but I am glad
my told told the truth" She would
rather lose al the edits than have
George tell a lie. In the early days
he loved the woods and waters. but
he saw his mother did not wish him
to become a sailor. so he stayed at
home.
When he was 16 years of age he
stopped going to school and became
a surveyor He liked TO work be-
cause he liked to be out-of-doors. He
liked to hunt and swim and row a
boat on the river. All these things
helped him greatly to be a bold and
healthy man. When the time for him
to be a soldier. two nations were
| fighting. They were France and Eng.
land. England thought that II she
would ask Washington to hep her,
that they would win the war. Eng
lind won after a terrible battle. Just
after that America had var with
England. While Washington was
looking after his farm in Mount Yer
non, things looked bad for America
again. He fought in the war against
England. and was head of all sol
diers. After the war was over he
martial Martha Fairfax All the
American boys and girls knew her
After they were married they went
to live In a beautiful house on the
banks of the Potomac river, in vir
GINA He was president OF the United
States for two terms. We celebrate
hts birthday each year on February
22nd. LLOYD TAGGART.
East Casper. Special Class, Grade 8
, 1923-03-04
Dicky Makes a Common
Mistake

ONE DAY as Dicky wandered over
" the prairie he spied a lear little
ferry animal sitting behind n mound
of dirt. He hid behind q bush SO
as not to Brighten the little fellow.
'Pshaw. you needn't hider' chuck
led a merry voice. The little furry
creature lifted his paw and shook 1t
in the direction of the bush. Come
on out, onny. I see you. I am not
like most OF o in the least"
Dicky came from behind the tree
and laughed. We'll. you're a funny
prairie dog" he called. "for most of
you. the very second they spya boy.
generally run as fast as they can"
What. prairie dogs?' chuckled
the furry little animal. 1T nave seen
many OF them, but I hadn't noticed
why. aren't you a prairie dog7"
Dicky asked. at thought you surely
were a prairie dog"
"I am sorry." Laughed his compan
len, but I am not I am a marmot
or In common everyday language.
I'm a woodchuck-just a plain wood.
chuck"
"weIl, I'll eat my hat IL you're not
built like a prairie dog" Dickie laugh
ed. He. has the same stout body.
short tail. and round head that you
have. I would have bet my last cent
you were one"
I'm glad I'm not" laughed Mr..
woodchuck. I've been called so
many things. I'm beginning to think
I don't know just who 1 am. Now.
some folks call mo a grounding,
Think of that. I'll admit I do live
under tho ground most OF my time
but I can't say that I eat SO much,
so why call me a hog? Grounding
Pahawi The title makes me SILVER.
Then, to think folks say that IL /
come out the second day Of Febru'
airy and soc my shadow, I so back
and that makes a late spring. Did
you ever hear anything so ridiculous
in all your life? Just as II We fell
lows had anything to do with the
weather.
How did people eve come to say
that about you fellows7" Dickey
eve heard II nan times"
"Just SO as to have some one to
blame for the late spring. l guess"
SchucfNed Mr.. woodchuck. THE
truth of the whole thing is I get
SO tired Of sleeping and so hungry
during the winter months that I grow
restless and hungry. so I get up to
find something to eat. II it's warm
and tho weather's nice. don't go
back to bed. but IL 1t is cold and
stormy I crawl back to keep warm
Cloudy or sunshiny. II doesn't make
any difference. II It's cold outside
1 stay in bed longer then ! do when
It's warm.
IT'S n funny old world" Mr.. Wood
chuck chuckled merrily. But II
, 1923-03-04

a m cf Mr.. Tirrey's time. The
assistant said he was busy; but he
could not snub those eloquent eyes
and that patient man. Mr.. Tirrey.
with a Samaritanism hat should win
him through Purgatory. accepted the
ordeal. invited her in. and braced him
self for the familiar business Of the
undertaken. the old sexton in the
graveyard of art
81 don't think you realize how
much this means to me, Mr.. Tlrrey,r
Mem began. MY mother has un'
~expectodly arrived. I've Just got to
support us both now. and It is more
important than ever that 1 find
work"
Poor Tlrrey had heard this so often
that It ought to have bored him. But
he could never quito protect himself
, 1923-03-04
ABRAHAM L1NooLNs BoYHooD

IN February IL. 1909, in a log
W cabin in the woods OF Kentucky.
Abraham Lincoln was born.
When Lincoln was but Z years old
the family moved to Southern In
diana The Journey vas hard and
rough. In many places Abe and his
father had TO cut down trees TO get
by. When they got to indiana Abe
helped his father dear the land and
build the cabin. They stayed In In.
diana for thirteen years, and then
moved TO Illinois.
Lincoln helped his father clear he
land again in 1liinos and build tho
house. After the house was bull
and the land cleared. Lincoln weni
gu INTO the world TO begin life FOL
himself. RUTH MILLER.
East Casper, Grade 8.
, 1923-03-04
Springtime

When snoU and ice melt dicdy,
And trees are fresh and green,
And the children laugh and play
The birds again are seen. :. :.
FIotoers are red, purple, pink,
The streams are fresh and cool.
When 1t rains the flopers drink
And glance in Spring and Pool
I lore to hear the birds sing,
And pick the lovely fotcers,
like to Tdtch green things,
Grotoing in the 6otcers.
LORRAINE STERLING,
EH School, Grade 5-A.
, 1923-03-04

Editors Note-The Tribune will print each week in
the Magazine Section of the Sunday paper this depart
the best articles will be printed, and each week an Honor
Roll will, be published, containing the names Of the three
best stories Of the preceding week and the authors. The
Tribune Story Contest Editor will judge the stories and an
nounce the winners weekly.
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Grade stories will be judged to-
gether, and Seventh and Eighth Grade stories together.
Today's department contains some stories from all these
grades, but the best will be chosen in each class, respec-
lively.
All the stories are written in school, under the teachers
supervision, and the contestants are not permitted to get
help from their parents or from older persons, in the COM
position.]
, 1923-03-04
Our Honor Roll

First-Nellie McCash, "The Magic Weed" East,
Sixth Grade.
Second-Mavis Krauss, Dan, the Faithful" West,
Fifth Grade.
.Third-Kathleen Bullack ,"Harriet's Tenth Birth
day." Elk, Fifth Grade.
BES SEVENTH N CHIT STORY
Amelia Shikany-"The Story of the American
Flag" East, Eighth Grade.
BEST POI
Sandy of the Sawdust Ring"-Lawrence Jorgen-
sen, East, Seventh Grade.
, 1923-03-04

doesn't hurt me. Let them blame
me. I don't care" and he gathered
up a packfui of acorns and scurried
away.
Dicky watched him out OF sight
and then shook his head.
Hes a funny little fellow" he
murmured. But he surely did look
like a prairie dog"
GERTRUDE LIMERICK.
East Casper. Grade ga.
, 1923-03-04

from these expressive. passionate in.
dividuals who refused to become
mere g~enera.ities. He was like one
of Saint Hoover's men doing out
food about tho world. Hunger wnA
hunger no matter how frequent. But
no was unabie to perform miracles
and feed hungry thousands with n
few loaves and fishes. When HIS
loaves n fishes gave out the b1sl,
cts we're empty, n tho rest OF the
sufferers must so vacant.
He said no was sorry; and he was
He would keep her in mind. HI