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CHAPTER ~
The First Day of School.

Jim Irwin was fun Of his Emerson's
Representative Men" and his Car.
lyle's 'French Revolution and the
other old-fashloned, excellent, good
literature which did not cost over 20
cents a volume; and he had pored long
and with many thrills over the pages
of Matthews Getting On in the
World" His view of efficiency was
that it is the capacity to see oppor-
tunity where others overlook 1t, and
make the most of it,
All through his life he had had his
own plans for becoming great. And
all the time he was bare-footed. i'll
clad and dreamed his dreams to the
accompaniment of the growl of the
plow cutting the roots under the
brown furrow-sllce. or the wooshlne Of
the milk in the pail. At twenty-elght,
he considered these dreams over.
As for this new employment, he saw
no grent opportunity In It, lie went
Into the suall moan, lll-paid task as
part Of the days work, with no
knowledge Of the stirring Of the nation
for different sort of rural school,
and no suspicion that there lay in II
any highway To success in life He
rather wondered why he had allowed
Jenn!e's snCer 10 sting him INTO the
course Of action which put him in this
new relation to HIS nelghbors.
But, true to his belief In honest.
thorough work. Ike general prepar-
i1g for battle, he examined his field of
operations. His manner Of doing this
seemed to prove to Colonel Woodruff,
who watched IL with keen interest as
something new in the world, that Jim
Irwin was possibly Brown Mouse.
But the colonel knew only part of
Jlm's performances. He saw Jim
clothed in sllckers, walking through
rainstorms to the houses in the Wood.
ruff district, as greedy for every mo-
ment Of rain as haymaker for shine:
and he knew that Jim made great
many evening calls.
But he did not know that Jim was
making what our soclologlsts call n
survey. For that matter. neither did
Jim for books on sociology cost more
than % cents n volume, and Jim had
never seen one. However, It was a
survey. To be sure, he had long
known everybody in the district, save
the Slmmses-and he was now friend
of all that exotic race; but there II
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l,noMnc tnowinc.

kuuN lIE 'l'al hllbNi+iks.
He now had notebooks full of facts
about people and their farms. He
knew how many acres each family pos.
sessed, and what sort of farming each
husband was doing-live stock. grain
or mixed. He knew about the mort.
cages, and the debts. He knew
whether the family atmosphere was
happy and contented, or the reverse.
He knew which BOYS and girls were
wayward and insubordlnate. He made
record of the advancement in their
studies of all the children, and what
they liked to read. He knew their
favorite amuSements. He talked with
their mothers and sisters-not about
the school. to any extent, but on the
weather. the horses, the automobiles,
the sllo-fning machinery and the
profits of farming.
Really, though Jennie Woodruff did
not see how such doings related TO
school work, Jim Irwin's school was
running full blast in the homes of the
district and the minds of many pupils,
weeks and weeks before that day
when he called them to order on the
Monday specified in his contract as
the first day of school,
Con Bonner, who came to see the
opening, voiced the sentiments of the
older people when he condemned the
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The Hawkeye." The list of his novels
and short stories is long one and
In general excellence would do credit
to person who had devoted all his
time to literature.
This author was born on farm near
From farming he turned to school
teaching and while principal of ward
school in Mason City, studied law
After being admitted to the bar he
practiced in Sioux City and first came
into prominence as member and coun-
sci for the Citizens committee which
prosecuted boodlers. He was thrice
Sioux City and later was nominated
for supreme judge, He was once asso-
ciate editor of LaFollette's Weekly at
Madison, Wis. and later editor of Farm
& Fireside. Springfield, Ohio. He re-
signed a membership in the Federal
Farm Loan bureau, WASHINGTON, in
1919. During a part of the war he was
chairman for the Far East Of the
American Red Cross. with the rank OF
colonel. Several years ago he moved
to Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
and is now recognized as one of the
leading citizens of that state.
THE Brown Mouse" is probably th'
OF the romance and fascination that
can be made to attach to the occuna-
tions Of teaching and farmine. The
story is so charmingly coust~uc-nl
that II pleases people of all classes
and is relished by children as well rs
adults and the practical ideas which
It contains have awakened communi-
been adopted in hundreds of places as
part OF the regular school work and
part of the legitimate advancement OF
farming science.
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THE aI.ENwooD POST, THURSDAY, OCTOBER II, 1923
they must be justlhable to me. Jen-

they must be justifiable to me, Jen-
ME-"
Good night" said Jennie curtly,
and left him.
Jennie, l am obliged to admit, gave
scant attention to the new career upon
which her old sweetheart seemed to
be entering. She was in politics, and
was playing the game as became the
daughter of local politician. Col.
Albert Woodruff went South with the
army as a corporal in 1861, and came
back a lieutenant. His title of colonel
was conferred by appointment as a
member of the staff of the governor.
long years ago, when he was county
auditor. He was not rich man, as
may have suggested, but well-to- do
farmer, whose wife did her own work
much of the time, not because the
colonel could not afford to hire "help,"
but for the reason that "hired girls"
were hard to get
The colonel, having seen the glory
of the coming of the Lord in the
triumph of his side in the great war,
was inclined to think that all reform
had ceased, and was political stand
patter-a very honest and sincere one.
Moreover, he was influential enough
so that when Mr.. Cummins or Mr..
Dolliver came into the county on po-
litical errands, Colonel Woodruff had
always been called into conference. He
was of the old New England type, be-
lieved very much in heredity, very
much in the theory that whatever is
is right, in so far as it has secured
money or power.
very respectable, honest, Ameri-
can tory was the colonel, fond of his
political sway, and rather soured by
the fact that it was passing from him.
He had now broken with Cummins and
Dolliver as he had done years ago
with Weaver and later with Larrabee
and this breach was very important
to him, whether they were greatly con-
cerned about it or not.
Such being her family history, Jen-
ME was something of a politician her.
self. She was in no way surprised
when approached by party managers
on the subject of accepting the nomi-
nation for county superintendent of
schools. Colonel Woodruff could de
liver some delegates to his daughter,
though he rather SHE'D at the pro-
posal at first, but on thinking 1t over,
warmed somewhat to the notion Of
having Woodruff on the county pay
roll once more
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CHAPTER vi
jim Talks the Weather Cold.

"G"lng 10 the rally. James?"
lin mad finished his supper, and
,earued for long evening in his attic
Gen with his cheap literature But as
Inc district schoolmaster he was to
some extent responsible for the pro
,ectlon OF the school property, and
lei SOME sense of duty as to exhibit
ing ali Interest in public affairs.
Il guess I'll have to go, mother" he
replied regretfully. 81 want to see Mr.
Woodruff about borrowing his Bah
cock milk tester, and I'll go that way
| guess I'll go on to the meeting"
He kissed his mother when he weni
"A habit from which he never devi
ated, and another of those personal
peculiarities which had marked him as
different from the other boys of the
neighborhood. His mother urged his
overcoat upon him in vain-for Jim's
overcoat was distinctly n bad one.
while his best suit. now worn every
day as a concession to his scholastic
position. still looked passably well
after several weeks of schoolroom
duty. 1t seemed more logical to as.
sume that the weather was mllder
than it really was, on that sharp Octo-
Der evening. and appear nj his best
albeit rather aware of the cold. Jen
ME was at home and he was likely
&c see and be seen of her
"You can borrow that tester" said
the colonel, "and the cows that 90
with it, If you can use 'em. They
amt earning their keep here. But
how does the milk tester tit into the
curriculum OF the school? A decora-
tion?"
I'VE want to make a few tests of
the cows in the neighborhood," an
swered Jim. Just another of my fool
notions"
"All right" said the colonel Take
it along. Going to the speaking"
Certainly, he's going" said Jennie,
entering. This is my meeting, jim"
surely, I'm going" assented jim.
"And l think I'll run along"
81 wish we had room for you in the
car" said the colonel. But I'm going
around by Bronson's to pick up the
speaker, and I'll have chuck-up
load"
mot so much of load as you
think" said Jennie. I'm going with
jim. The walk will do me good"
Any candidate warns to her voting
population just before election; but
Jennie had special kindness for Jim.
He was no longer farm hand. The
fact that he was coming to be center
OF disturbance in the, district, and that
she quite failed to understand how his
eccentric behavior could be harmo-
nized with those principles of teach
ing which she had imbibed at the state
normal school in itself lifted him
nearer to equality with her. A public
nuisance is really more respectable
than a nonentity.
She gave jim thrill as she passed
through the gate that he opened for
her. White moonlight on her white
furs suggested purity, exaltation, the
essence of Misunderstanding far
finer in the woman of twenty seven
than the glamour thrown over him by
the school girl of sixteen.
Jim gave her no thrill; for he
looked gaunt and angular in his
skinny. ready-made suit, too short in
legs and sleeves, and too thin for the
season. Yet, as they walked along,
Jim grew upon her He strobe on with
Immense strides, made slow to accom-
modate her shorter steps, and embar.
rassing her by his entire absence of
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CHAPT v
Tho Promotion of Jennie.

If Jennie Woodruff was the cause of
Jim Twins sudden irruptlon into the
educational field by her scofiing
'hunph!" at the idea Of farm
hands ever being able to marry, she
also guve him the opportunity to
knock down the driver of the big mo.
torcar, md perceptibly elevate him
self In the opinion of the nelghbor.
hood, while filling his own heart with
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SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER Jennie Woodruff con-
temptuously refuses to marry Jim Ir-
win, young farm hand, because of his
financial condition and poor prospects.
He is intellectually above his station,
and has advanced ideas concerning the
possibilities of expert school teaching.
for which he is ridiculed by many.
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HerSert l.Gick uss Aeol. such busy
mar In YarLous Mnes " actLvity That

the wonder is he
has found time to
write books; but
not only has he
found Tie time,
but has been very
successful as a
W r / { e. r. The
Brown Mouse" has
become a sort of
textbook in agri-
cultural colleges
and has been as
widely read by
t q a c h ers a n d
farmers, probably,
as any other story
ever wr I { e n.
His "Vandemark's
Folly" is one OF
the very success
full books of the
past two years
and he seems to
have scored even
m ore heavily with
IL. .-nE naNl
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Gods Promise.

God hath promised pardon to him
that repenteth but he hath not prom
ised repentance to him that sinneth.-
st. Anselm.
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CHAPTER II.-More as a joke than
otherwise Jim is selected as teacher of
the Woodruff district school.
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CHAPTER Iu-Jim in his

CHAPTER II.-Jim. in his new posi-
tion. sets out to make stanch friends
OF his pupils, especially two boys. New
ton Bronson and Buddy" Simms, the
latter the son of a shiftless farmer.
Colonel Woodruff, Jennie's father has
little faith in Jims ideas of improving
rural educational methods. He nick
names him the Brown Mouse" in IL
lustration of an anecdote
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Friendship.

Friendship Is the nearest Thing We
know to what religion Is. God Is love.
Henry Drummond.
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A Eool'a Coaf

A fool may have his coat embro,d.
cred with gold but 1t Is FOOLS cont
still ll-IlIvarol.
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LESSON FOR OCTOBER ID
ISRAEL, A MISSIONARY NATION

LESSON TEXT-Exod 1916; lisa.
43:9-11; Isa. 45:2022.
GOLDEN TEXT-"Ye shall be unto
me kingdom of priests and an holy
nation."-Exod. 1876.
PRIMARY TOPIC-God's Kindness to
His People.
JUNIOR ToPIC-Why God Chose Is
rael.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-The Mission of the Chosen People.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
-Israers Missionary Call.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-28
Public Schools Are Urged
 * To Teach Health Theories

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2S-(By Associated Press. )-The. social or ganization was compared to an intri- cate machine by Dr. Oscar Dowl- ing, State health officer of Louis iana, at a meeting of the Preventa- tive and Industrial Medicine section of the American Medical Association convention here today.
 Dr. Bowling said that for proper operation. health is fundamental.
 Health implies right conditions of growth and development for the child, proper heredity, prenatal care of the mother, recreational direction and an ideal environment" he added. 'In securing these results every part of the body polite bears a reciprocal responsibility" He emphasized par ticularly the need for teaching the principles of hygiene, citizenship and the right social order in the public schools.
 The discussion was continued by pr. Frederick D. Stricker of Port land. Oregon. with plea for more efficiency and less spectacular dem. onstration in public health work. He compared such exploitation to "Blue
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-28
EIGHT MEMBERS
 OF PARLIAMENT
 ARE SUSPENDED
British Lawmakers Have Hot Time-Various Epithets
 Are Hurled Around.

LONDON. June 2S-Four Scotch members of Parliament have been suspended and James Maxton and J.. Whatley. Labor members, were also suspended when they called the ad- vocates for the reduction of appro- priations for child welfare in Scot land murderers.'
 Rev. Campbell Stephen, Labor member, was also suspended when he reiterated his declaration of murderer" regarding his stand on the appropriation.
 James Buchanan was also sus- pended when he asserted Frederick Banbury. Conservative member. had insulted Emanuel Shinwell, Jewish member. Buchanan demanded the suspension of Banbury shouting he is a white livercd coward dirty dog
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Sky" as it relates to stocks and bonds.
 The session closed with a paper by Dr. John Sundwall of the Uni yersity of Michigan. who urged con structive health activities in the public schools. "The most effectual and far-reaching results to be anti cipated in our present nationwide health movement" he said, "are now being conducted in the public schools. The impressions of childhood and the habits formed in early life are lasting.
 "There should be ingrafted into the school boy and girl. by repeated and prolonged precept and example, in- eradicable health habits. When ev- cry school establishes and main tains an agency by which these ob- jectives in human conservation are realized. then our public health prob lem will be solved and our society will heal itself Every endeavor must be made to organized efficient health services supervised by full time, adequately trained teachers whereby consummate and progres- sive health program will be sui- tained." .
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-28
SOPHIA WRECK
 ECHO IS HEARD
Decision Is Made in Capt. Alexander Case-Was
 Victim of Wreck.

VANCOUVER, B. O.. June 2S. = The Supreme Court has dismissed the action brought by Robert E- Williams, of Milwaukee, and Harry K. Williams, of Los Angeles, claiming a third share in the estate of Capt James Alexander, who drowned when the steamer Princess Sophia was wrecked in Lynn Canal several years ago. The estate consisted princi- pally of the Engineer Gold Mining properties valued at between $2,00O,, 900 and s3.0OO,O ,OO0. The Williams brothers were brothers to Abbie Al exander, supposedly married to the Captain but no record was produced proving the marriage. She was also drowned on the Princess Sophia.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-28
Harding Appeals for Mem bershiip in World Court
 Tn State of Idaho.
PRESIDENT AGAIN PUTS
 CHIEF ISSUE TO FRONT
Senator Borah Joins Presi- dential Party = Gives
 Out an Interview.

POCATELl-O, Idaho, June B. ought to give their influence to di- rect 10 the world to place where there will be less of war" Presiden. Harding today carried into Idaho, Senator Borahs home state. an ap- peal for membership in the World Court.
 Making the first of two speeches in Idaho. at noon today. the Presi- dent declared he would thousand times rather entrust adjustment dis putes in which America was inter- ested to a permanent court of in- ternational justice, with American representation, than to any arbitra- tion body set up in the history Of the world
 Remarks Applauded.
 The President touched on the World Court matter just at the con- clusion of his address saying he had not intended to discuss it but it was hiS declaration in favor of some step to prevent war. The remarks were applauded and mention of the World, Court was also cheered.
 He devoted considerable portion of his address to the transportation problem.
 After mentioning the prospects of fine crops in Idaho he said:
 No matter how bountifully you produce it is in vain unless you can market products
 Speaking directly to a group of railway men the President said:
 ''Railroadmen are just as much concerned with transportation as the rest of the population. l think
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-28
REDS EXECUTE
 GIRL NOTABLE

daughter of General Brusilof, com mander of the Russian Red army, has been executed at Moscow, for con- cealing church treasures, according to Moscow dispatch to the Even ing News,
 military service, she was offered d pardon, but refused it, saying.
 "I cannot accept mercy at the hands of the executioners of the Russian people,"
 General Brusilof was one of the foremost generals of the Czarist re- gime, but cast his lot with the So viets when they came into power.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-28
scIssoRs CLUB TO SNIP
 TRE9sES OF MAIDS
 WHO VAMP INVADERS

BREMERHAvEN, June 2S.-Woe be to the German girl seen in Brem- erhaven with a Frenchman or Bel gian, or in thecompany of any man whose skin Is racially colored.
 The Lower Weser Branch of the Scissors Club" has been formed at this place for the purpose of snip ping off the hair of any "fruelin" who associates with such foreigners, among whom it includes natives of India. negroes. Chinese and Japan eee. All tresses thus obtained are to be sold and proceeds devoted to Ruhr relief. r
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-28
HEIR OF ENGLISH ESTATE
 WANTS AMERICAN WIFE

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2S.-Jos- eph A. Pickles of Australia. heir to tate and worth between $15,000,000 and S20,000,00O. is here looking for California girl for wife. He is in his twenties and good looking. This is the statement of his mother, Mrs. Mendelsohn Pickles, who says she and her husband fell in love with California girls and decided their son should have one for wife when they visited this country in 1904.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-28
SHIPPING BOARD GETS
 ANOTHER OFFER FOR SHIPS

NEW YORK, June 2S.--Norton, Lilly and Company are said to have rendered the Shipping Board bid for 35 vessels at an average price of $20 deadweight ton. which would bring the total sum involved to about $5,0OO.00 Norton Lilly X Company act as agents for the steamship line owned by the United States Steel Corporation. but their bid is not be- lisred to concern United States Steel.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-28
Seattle Man Is Found Drowned In Closed Car

SEATTLE. June 2S.--The body of Charles Fremont Boylan, aged ST years, well known real estater, was ran off the wharf at Newport on Lake Washington yesterday Boylan is believed to have stepped on the starter while working the transmits sion bands His fishing pole, weight ed under plank. and tools were scattered on the wharf.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-28
Lou Tellegen Cannot Remarry; Decision In Divorce Case

NEW YORK, June 2S.-Jus- tice John Tierney of the Supreme Court has granted Geraldine Far ar divorce from Lou Tellegen following the filing of the re- port of the referee. The wo- man in the case is permitted to resume her maiden name and remarry. Tellegen is not per mitted to remarry and is direct ed to pay the costs. The de- cree is interlocutory becoming effective at the end of three months.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-28
Entertain Hopes
 That Sl00,O0O Will Be Raised for Fight

GREAT FALLS, June 2S.-Pro- moters of the Dempsey-Gibbons bout at one o'clock this afternoon held out hope they would be successful in raising the third $100,000 install ment necessary for the fight by July 2, which must be paid Jack Kearns by that time. Meanwhile President Budd, of the Great North ern, of St Paul formally announced the Great Northern was not prepared to guarantee the necessary funds as had been reported in some quarters. He said the promotion of fight was not the function of a railroad.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-28
Johnson to Be Feted
 After European Trip

NEW YORK, June 2S.-Plans for an elaborate welcome to Senator Hiram w. Johnson of California when he returns from his four-months tour of Europe on July g. are being made friends.
 by committee of thirty-four of his
 A dinner at which 900 persons are expected to be present on July 25 is planned. Senator Johnson and Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire will be the principal speakers
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-28
MUST PAY BIG
 JUDGMENT NOW

SAN FRANCISCO, June 28.-The Supreme Court has awarded the creditors of the defunct Scandinav- ian-American Bank of Tacoma judg- mont for $223.615 against Jafet Lindebcrg It is said the judgment will be settled shortly. His counsel admitted Lindeberg signed four notes upon which the suit was brought but declared he used only a portion of the money for himself, the remainder having been lent to other persons.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-28
SHIPS WITH LIQUOR ABOARD MAY BE SEIZED; CAPTAINS ARRESTED
SYRACUSE WINS JUNIOR ROWING
 EVENT IN EAST

BULLE ETiN-P -Poughkeepsie, June 28.--The Syracuse Varsity Junior crew won the junior event this after noon by one length and half. The others finished in the following or der--corneli, Columbia and Penn sylvania.
 The University of Washington was not in this event. on the program of the big regatta today to be followed. by the varssy eight race. Both events are parti- cipated in by the University of Wash ineton crews.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-28
BEAUTY TO MARRY
 HoHENLoHE PRINCE

SAN FRANCISCO, June 28.-The most beautiful girl in California"
 That's what they call Miss VII helmina Bancy.
 Her engagement to Prince Clovis of Hohenlohe has been announced in Berlin.
 The prince is 26 years old and is the younger son of Prince von Moritz. head of the ancient house of Hohenlohe.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-28
Bill Hart Goes
 Back to Western Plays

LOS ANGELES, June 2S--"Bill'' Hart will begin his screen come back within thirty days.
 Hart has signed long-term con- tract with the Famous Players Lasky Corporation.
 When he walks on his first set it will mark his return to the cam era after an absence of more than two years. He will play Western roles as before.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-28
HAL|BUT TREATY
 GIVEN APPROVAL
Canadian House of Commons Passes Measure on North
 Pacific Fisheries.

OTTAWA, June 28.-The House of Commons has approved the Canadian American treaty concerning the hali- but fisheries of the North Pacific Coast. Ernest LaPointe, Minister of Marine, was attacked for signing the treaty while Sir Geddes. British Am bassador at Washington, had not signed it.
 The rider attached to the treaty by the United States making the Nationals and vessels "of any other part of Great Britain" was scored.