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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-05-07
VISITED PARENTS

VISITED PARENTS
George Reuter- Of Garrison spent
the week end as the guest of his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs, John Reuter-.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-15
YAsHoN ISLAND NEws-REooRD

pay, Ole Larson has undoubtedly suffered great DEAL but that
pay debt the hundreds of people who
lost in the failure Of the bank Larson pleads did not
what he doing when he borrowed money in his
the Seattle Scandinavian bank If he did not
know what he doing he fool and should have been
given the high position in the bank that he held if he did know
he doing he justice at the hands the judge jury and he
should be allowed to his the pentenary
To pardon Ole Larson in the fact Of supreme decision
out of sympathy and because he has circle of influential friends
would do harm the state of Washington than be emeded
lin decade would convince many people that there double
standard Of Justice for the poor who has friends the
other for the who well been has influential
friends to ntercde in his behalf If Governor Hart wishes swell
the already large of eds within the state
by pardoning Ole Larson,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-15

Scientists have been telling the public for time that the
season of 1923 would be usa that the oldest kind of
weather may be expected all cold weather predomnatng
throughout the with frost possibility during the month of
August The FOR this unusual condition ascrbed
nous unpotS These spots crae thousands of
miles diameter each becg forth clouds of dust and gases that
keep the suns rays from reaching the earth their
Thus far the prophecies of the fulfilled
Ter An unusual of rain has fallen the past six weeks
cmpaned by cool weather that almost reaches the uncomfortable
stage However, the meteorological records show that the climate
of the earth not changing apprecabe such phe
is recorded various the past The average person
Just forgets the oddities of the weather declares that this pres
ent spell utterly unusual the climate surely changing
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-15
OLDEST CORPORATION is
HUDSoN'S BAY COMPANY

Should Prince Rupet of Eng
land come back on earth today he
would find the Hudson's Bay
company, which he organized in
1870, doing the greatest fur trade
business in the world.
The Hudson's Bay company
celebrated it 253d anniversary of
continuous activity IN the Canad-
ian Northwest on May 2, says the
Beaver, a monthly organ publish
ed by the company for its EN-
.ployes, and has the distinction Of
being the oldest company in the
world in one Of the youngest ma
tions.
1t received its charter from
King Charles II. more than a cen
fury before the American revolu-
tion and two full centuries before
the confederation of the Domin-
ion of Canada. To the kings
cousin, Prince Rupert, and other
adventurers of England" was
given the exclusive right to carry
on trade in what was then the I'M
explored wilderness of Hudson s
bay, a right which is exercised to
this day.
The company received extra
ordinary powers even for that
day, the incorporators being de.
clared "the true and absolute
lords and proprietors" Of the vast
stretch Of territory, with the vir-
tual right of governing,
Originally starting with a single
fur trading post, the company has
contributed to the building of a
nation carved from the great ter
ritory which it so long ruled with
its factors and fur brigades. The
map of Canada perpetuates the
names of the company's explorers,
fur trade officers and forts. Sew
eral Of the more important cities
of Canada have grown up on the
sites of its trading posts, notably
Winnipeg, Vancouver, Victoria
and Fort William. In 1870, when
the Dominion of Canada was es-
tablished, the company surrender
led its right to the territory over
which it held sway for 200 years.
If Prince Rupert would under
take an appraisal today he would
find one small outpost developed
into a world distributing agency
with II big department stores, five
wholesale establishments, three
land offices for the sale of its own
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-15
Union and Liberty.
Y Oliver Wendell Holmes.

BY Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Flag of the heroes who left us
their glory,
Borne through their battlefelds'
thunder and fame,
Blazoned in song and illumined
in story,
Waved Ger US all who inherit
their fame!
Up with our banner bright,
Sprinkled with starry light,
Spread its fair emblems from
mountain to shore,
While through the sounding sky
Loud rings the nations cry
Union and Liberty One evermore.
Light of our armament, guide of
our nation,
Pride of her children, honored
afar,
Let the wide beams of thy full
constellation
Scatter each cloud that would
darken a star,
Up with our banner bright, etc,
Empire unsceptered! what foe
shall assail thee,
Bearing the standard of Liber-
tvs van?
Think not the God of thy fathers
shall fail thee,
Shining with me for the birth
right of mani
Up with our banner bright, etc.
Yet, if by madness and treachery
blighted,
Dawns the dark hour when
sword thou must draw,
Then with the arms of thy mil
lions united,
Smite the bold traitors of Free
dom and Law
Up with our banner bright, etc.
Lord of the Universe! shield us
and guide us,
Trusting us always through
shadow and SUM
Thou hast united us, who shall di-
vide us?
Keep us, oh, keep us the many
in one.
Up with the banner bright,
Sprinkled with starry light,
Spread its fair emblems from
mountain to shore,
While through the sounding sky
Loud rings the Nations cry
Union and Liberty One ever
more!
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-15
ole Larson.

great deal of front page space being devoted to Ole Larson
former president of the ec American bank of
Tacoma endeayor persuade the to issue to him
pardon from five year sentence in the state pnentay
jury of twelve has audged him guilty His has been be
fore the supreme and that verdict has been sustained The
earthly why he should be accorded
any ceeny than other criminal He pleads that he is
past forty and has and children TO the faithful wife who
stood by him at all mcs makes fearful plea
her husband the Six children who the innocent sufferers
in the matter all sympathy due Th pays the children
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-15

The spring rains the side have been duplicated
several fold in the dry farming belt central Wash
ngton Districts that have produced profitable
crop for several years thoroughly saturated this that
only miracle prevent bumper crop In district south
Spokane continuous rain fell for 48 hours 222 inches having fall
en- Only six times in the history of that region has the total
fall for the month of June exceeded that amount.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-15

Wouldn't be just fine to find yourself in the predcamen
the city Of Seattle in just after indebtedness
of hundred and fifty thousand dollars has accumulated and
after the bankers had refused cash the operatives salary
looked discarded city had
and found five six hundred thousand dollars that
used to for the deficit.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-15

Caterpillar armies crawling railway stopping
trains Oregon Trees posts railway ties covered
so cy with the nosome have the appearance
being with might have been good plan for Wash
on residents to have sprayed thoroughly this
an invasion another year the sister state is suffering.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-15

lands, and over 200 fur trading
posts throughout the Canadian
Northwest.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-03
MEN FOR THE ARMY

Uncle Sam Needs YOU" is the word
ing on a recruiting poster and while
many have come to regard it merely
as catch phrase to aid recruiting, few
really know that it is a literal fact.
Uncle Sam needs men for the United
States army as he seldom has needed
them before in times of peace. High
wages in civilian pursuits and reaction
from military service made obligatory
during the war. are having their effect
in threatening the existence OF our regu-
lar army.
1t is an open secret that the War De
partment is considering this problem
with more than customary concentra-
ton because unless it can be worked
out successfully, Our standing army is
in danger of slumping to something like
national police force instead OF a first
class military unit.
Unless more material in the way OF
man power can be found Immediately
there is danger of the army falling be-
low $4,000 by the first of the coming
year. if that comes to pass. we will
have the smallest army in the world
Iproportionate to our population and an
| exceedingly small army when Our terri
tory IS taken into consideration.
The authorized strength of the rcgu-
lar army is 125,000 but it has been nip
and tuck to keep it around 10000 and
even that figure is dwindling. Army
men realize very keenly. that the future
Of the service is in the balance and per-
haps along with it, the future of the
country. About $4,000 men are due to
muster out along about January !. P"
enlistments can not be counted upon to
! fill the ranks. A total of $4,000 enlist
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-03
FOR LUCK.

He crossed his fingers, touched stone,
Performed n lot of funny truck.
Made watch charms of a monkeys bone
For luck did all these things for
luck.
Rubbed baldheads kissed a pink-cycd girl
Whistled and spat. and all such stunts
He'd give most anything n whir
For luck, try anything, just once.
Ana from the day that he was born
He hunted luck and luck he had.
And yet it left him all forlorn
Because it always turned out bad.
And still he kept rubbing things
And saying words and mumbling truck
Dreaming of fortune to come on wings,
Of Easy Street and Princess Luck
And Luck, she smiled and shook her head,
Yet welcomed suitors by the score
But never wisher came to tread
The magic carpet at her door,
Nay those who called, who fingered there.
Men of all tribes and many lands.
Bore burdens as they came, of Care
And all had calous on their hands,
Henry Edward Warner in the Richmond
Times Dispatch.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-03

dition is of the kind presumably existing,
or that existed for time, in Ludington,
Mich There the so-callcd "reformers,
although numerically in the minority,
were the only citizens who were taking
an active interest in the towns political
and governmental affairs. Therefore
they 'rulcd"-untl the majority, COM
posed OF citizens potentially more sensi-
bic, awakened to the realities OF the sit
uation. If these citizens had remained
inactive they would have deserved n1th-
ing better than the kind of regime the
fanatics were striving to set up.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-03
THE VOICE OF THE GRASS

Here come creeping creeping everywhere.
by the dusty roadside,
On the sunny hillside
Close by the noisy brook
In every shady nook,
L come creeping creeping everywhere
Here | come creeping. smiling everywhere;
All around the open door
Where sit the aged poor
Here where the children play,
In the bright Did merry May.
come creeping, creeping everywhere.
Here l come creeping creeping everywhere
In the noisy city steet
My pleasant face you'll meet,
Cheering the sick at heart
, Toiling his busy part
Silently creeping, creeping everywhere.
Here come creeping, creeping everywhere
You cannot see me coming.
Nor heal, my low sweet humming;
For in the starry night.
And the glad morning light
1 come quietly creeping everywhere.
Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere;
More welcome than the flowers
In summers pleasant hours:
The gentle is glad,
And the merry bird not sad,
To see me creeping, creeping everywhere.
Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere;
When you're numbered with the dead
In your still and narrow bed,
In the happy spring III come
And deck your silent home
Creeping, silently creeping everywhere.
Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere.
My humble song of praise
Most joyfully 1 raise
To Him at whose command
I beautify the land,
Creeping, silently creeping everywhere.
Sarah Robert Boyle.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-03

mcnts will expire by next summer. Thi.
| is large number Of men to enlist and
train sufficiently to the regular army
standard.
With the citizens army resting upon
the efficiency of the regular army which
i'll Our defense plan is to be the skeleton
organization for war force we could
organize iii event of hostilities, it can
be seen that tie whole structure iss in-
perilled by the existing situation.
The government has gone TO extremes
to make the military service attractive.
Enlisted men in the regular army are
better clothed, armed and paid than the
enlisted men of any army in any land
in al the worlds history. Their. are
all kinds of recreational activities, clubs
and schools for the advancement OF
the enlisted men physically, mentally and
socially. Yet men are not coming into
the army at a rate sufficient to take
care of expiring enlistments.
Almost every month or so. veteran
non-commissioned officers--thc back
bone OF every efficient military organi-
zation-are being retired upon compile
ton of terms Of service ranging as
much as 80 years. But we are not rear
ing any such soldiers for the army of
the future. The non-commissioned Of
fcers who are remaining with their or
CARNATIONS over such long periods to-
day are few and far between. Men are
not adopting the humble capacity of
c,,cI, cnryice for q career vet If offers
wonderful opportunity for service to
their country.
General Pershing and other high army
officers who are pleading with the youths
of the land to train themselves to bear
arms realize only too we'll that the safety
and future peace and prosperity OF
America must rest upon those men
trained in the art of her defense fully
as much as upon her industrialists and
producers. While a citizen-army must
ever be the bulwark of this nation, yet
to have an efficient citizen-army, we
must have an efficient regular army
however small it may be. We can only
have such an organization when its man
power is adequate for the training of
the youths of the land.
BOYS it is up to YOU one and all. tC
meet this situation. In the regular army.
in the training camps. i'll the National
Guard, your path of duty lays. If you
are an advocate OF peace and concord
among nations, there is no better way
OF insuring it than preparedness for
evertualities. ~
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-03
A DRASTIC REMEDY.
fAcqueduct.

1t is rather anomalous that wo.
man legislator. even in far-oft
oslovakia-erstwhile Bohemia
should have suggested that the
population problem in her country
could only be solved by compulsory
bigamy.
Her bill to make every man marry
two wives was hooted down, It il
true, but several highly significant
features are to be noted. In the first
place. the lady lawmaker was 4
spinster and therefore did not come
into court with entirely clean hands.
In the second place, many of her
married colleagues got up on their
seats and howled their applause.
In the third place, their mono
gamous spouses in the gallery howled
their protest. In the melee the ma
jority sensibly refused to make
Czechslovakia the laughing stock of
Europe and the world and the Incl
dent may be considered closed-ex-
cept for those husbands who shouted
too loudly for the bill.
1t will strike the average student
of this situation that if the lady
legislator had proposal TO make.
she could have waited another six
months, when it will be leap year.
Nor is it entirely beside the facts OF
the situation. as viewed from a world
wide standpoint, that compulsory
bigamy would have at least the virtue
of Legality, in strong contrast to the
multiplied matrimony which prevails
in some parts of the world-par-
ticularly in those where certain
class of the population prides itself
on being Bohemian. kansas City
Journal.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-03
"DIVIN' OFF THE ECKRYDOCK"%

School is finish; study's done;
Woods are calm, an the sun
Calls fer swimmin' an bare feet,
Sheddin' duds to see who'll beat.
Tyin' knots to cause delay
When the swimmin's done that day.
Feel the water, skip a rock;
An zen dive off our "Eckrydock."
II.
Divin' off the top oh gee.
Ats the thing at tickles me,
Auto comes q whizzin' By.
Divin' quick as We can fly:
Cause we're clad in natures clothes
Not so much. most people knows.
Swim like feather. dive like n rock
Divin' off the Trkrydock.
III.
Shakin' Tonboy Simpkins, too.
ATS . task ats set fer you:
Cause she can't be counted in
When we go to have a swim.
But 1 guess she'd want TO go,
If we let her in the know,
In most games she leads the flock,
Not divin' off the "Eckrydock.
".
Spend the mOrnin' with a hoe.
Seems the time goes awful slow,
Spent in swimmin'. Twin high
Golly, Ned! the time does fly.
Amt much more an shed our clothes
Till the dinner whistle blows,
Men Il we would dodge a shock
We must leave our "Eckrydock.
CLIFFORD CRAIG.
Kerrville.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-03

plunged out the door and back int
that sea of sound.
With a tragic intensity akin TO
wildness. Gray stared up into Allie
Briskow's face. Worthless, Ell? And
they told me 10000 barrels" He car
ried shaking hand to his bandagel
head and tried vainly TO collect his
wits. Whats matter?" he queried
thickly. Everything whirline-
sick"
You had an accident. but It's al.
right; all right No, no! Please lie
Running wild, Ell? Tha's WIN.
hurts my head so. Blown the casing
out Bad. isn't it? Sometimes tsey
run wild for weeks, years-ruin every
thing" He tried again to rise. then
insisted, ENORMOUSLY Got to get oil
In this well. I've got to! Last
chance, Allie. Got to get 10000 bar
rels !"
please! You mustn't" Allie had
her strong hands upon his shoulders !:
she was arguing firmly but as gently
as possible under the circumstances.
WV something occurred SO extraortli.
nary, 80 unexpected, as to paralyz.
vi u inc ttit
dim-lit. canvas-roofed shack was H.
Illuminated as if by n searchlight, and
she turned her head to see that the
while ont-of-doors was visible and that
the night itself had turned into day.
With a cry that died weakly Amid
the chaos Of sound beating over her.
the girl ran to the window ard looked
out. What she beheld was q nightmare
scene. The well was afire. 1t had ex-
ploded into flame.
Allie tore her away FROM the
spectacle finally. She turned back to
the bed. then she halted, for i: was
empty. The door, still ajar from Bud
dy's headlong exit, informed hef
whence her patient had gone, an1 she
flew after him.
She found him not half dozen
PAGES away. In fact. she stumbled over
his PROSTATE body. With an imazon's
strength, she gathered him into her
arms, then staggered With him back to
his couch, and as she strained him
to herself she loudly called hiJ name.
CONTINUED in Our Next Issue.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-03
Poets Corner
THE AvIATOR'S SONG.

Up, up. up in the sky;
Up, w, up and away,
we hirmen are happy lo.:
Conc up with us and play.
Now We have passed the sun:
And soon we will see Mars.
Ere long we will catch the room;
And play among the stars.
Now We pass over a city;
AS we fly in the sky.
The people all look up;
10 watch us flying by.
We now will loop the loop;
And now fly on one side.
Now we are flying upside down;
Sure that's the way to ride.
We fly over city and town:
High over field and stream.
On boy. this is the only life;
1t is more like a dream.
We're going down again;
The earth rushes up TO meet us;
The people who were watching us:
Now are waiting there to greet US.
1t seems that we are back again;
Before we have hardly begun,
Tomorrow l will ride again;
Oh boy. Amt We got fun?
A DEAN
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-03
Pungent Paragraphs

The problem in the American dye in
dustry is to keep it advancing without
running.-Baltimore Sun.
Lou Tellegen has returned to the
boxing game. Must be getting ready
to marry again Lafayette Journal
and Courier.
Latty, Ohio, stages lawsuit over
tough chicken. This suit ought to
decide what is legal tender-Detrolt
News.
of course headlines are intended to
make you read the articles to see what
they mean. One printed in the News
said "Wojciechowski Nips Pisudski-
Szeptychi Duel, '-Clevelan News.
After Mr.. Box has solved the world
peace plan he might offer another
100000 prize for some plan to en-
force prohibition.-Omaha World
Herald.
The Mergenthaler made "Fun From
the Press read Fun From the Past"
The Mergenthaler sometimes fixes
things just right.-Arkansas Gazette.
A prominent pencil maker says the
United States uses more pencils than
all Of Europe, and when you consider
the baseball scores this country has 10
keep. it seems probable that he Is
right.--Detroit Free Press.
Widespread interest follows the an
nouncement of California photog.
rnphcr that he can photograph peoples
thoughts. Now il he can find way
to develop them Providence Journa.
We seem TO be drifting rapidly to
the point where the marriage contract
will be drawnsup for stated period
like lease, with the option of renewal
at its expiration provided both parties
SO Observation-Disclosures Dispatch.
Marshal Pilsudski is reported to
have fought a ''blo0dless duel' with
General Szcptyski. Now if all the mil.
itarists will but do their fighting that
way. there is Bok's answer.-Saginaw
News Courier.