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, 1923-01-21
Winter.

Winter notC is tCith us
And 1 guess it's come to stay
at least until the springtime
Frightens 1t dtody.
/ like you, dear old Winter,
But I like the springtime best
For that's the time the brides
All build themselves a nest.
We need all OF the seasons,
And four zee hare each gear
But somehow, Winter, I can't say
~ ike you best, my dear"
But please noto don't be jealous
For Pre- heard some folks say
You tUere a grand old tUinter
And they labeled you o. X.
But honestly, I really think
These folks just like to talk.
There's one thing surely certain
They neper shoueled oft a tOdlk,
Or they could Uish for summer
With lots and lots of rain
Old Winter, you're dandy,
But shoUeling snoto gires M q
pain.
And I t0iH shout for Joy, too
When you 90 on the tH
/ surely toiH be happy
When / hear you sag goodby.
DOROTHY AATHERBY.
East Casper School, Grade 8
, 1923-01-21
Christmas Customs.

GHRIsTMAs originated with the
" birth of Christ. whep Christ
was born. a large star shone in the
sky which was brighter than n of
the rest. When tho shepherds saw
the star they knew that a new king
was born and started out to find him,
guided by the large starr Three
wise men also went to see him and
took three gifts which were: gold,
frankincense and myrrh.
The Romans were the first to cele.
brate Christmas and all Of the other
countries followed.
Sweden, Denmark, Norway. Hbi-
land. Belgium and Germany celia
hrate Christmas about the same time.
They always think of tho animals
and bircs before they do the people.
In the morning before they have
breakfast they go to feed the horses
and cattle and put wheat in the trees
and on posts for the birds.
They spend the morning and eve.
ming In church.
In japan they have a tree for the
respect Of their elders. and in the
streets they put pine trees repre-
senting the forests. Tho people also
have grass ropes stretched from one
house to the other SO that the evil
spirits can not enter the houses.
They do not receive many presents
and some none at all. England.
SPAIN Scotland. France and other
countries celebrate their Christmas
similar to ours.
On Christmas eve they go out and
sing Christmas carols.
Christmas Gay they get their
presents, sometimes only a. handker-
chief and then dance and sing around
the tree OF fire.
They have their Christmas dinner
, 1923-01-21
A Revere.

A little robin singing in gles
Sat in his nest in the apple tree,
High in the air the bLuebird flies
Against the bright blue skies.
Happy children run and play
On this pretty summer day.
I hear the bees hnntnping,
Happy summers coming. Z
/ Udlk IN the shady lane,
Nor felt no grief nor pain.
Under an apple tree / lie
Looking up IN the bright blue
sky,
/ see tiny grass blades springin9
And hear the little robins sing.
ing
Violets grotoin9 IN a shady nook,
Others grop BY a sunny brook
Sing, little robin, sing me a song,
I hGuent heard you for erer so
long,
4 hundred little fingers tap at
my t1indoD pane
As I look dot1r the ndrrotU detcy
lane.
Beautiful Summer! Where hare
you tledp
Autumn's here and the flotoerS
are dead.
When the skies are dull and gray
Then the tointer days are on the
tCdy,
Daylight fades; fast falls the
night,
Children play toitb all their
might.
The brides hare tEoDn to their
nests
To dream of toornts and take Il
rest,
Come, for all thy toork Is done.
NoD tits time to haze some fun
We're longing for tuinter to pack
up and 90,
But Santa Claus tciU need The
snoU.
Tha Heecy clouds and teGthers
snot1
Come When the north toinds blou
and bloc.
Great tUhite flakes come scurry
ing doWn,
Noto tUe'H hare a slide to toLDn,
OUer the frozen lake zee glide,
Other skate on at u side
Autumn Is a lady ioith a gotcn o
red and gold,
Winter is a man of tcind am
cold. =
Come! Gomez Pussy Wilot1i 'Ti
time you dtcoke,
The snoto Is all melting and tn
ice is broke,
Blue is the sky and soft the air
All the World Is fresh, brigh
and fair,
Hop joyful ice feel In the mont
Of Nay,
For that is the time zoe like Il
pLdy.
GRADE EIGHT-B.
East Casper School.
, 1923-01-21
The Story Of Columbus.

oNG e there lived in Italy n
II little boy named Columbus. He
was born near h sea and loved to
play about the wharves. listening to
the stories Of the sailors. But Column.
bus wanted to be a sailor, too. and
see all these strange things; so his
uncle took him at the age of IA, on
his ship. A while after Columbus
felt sure that the earth was round
and that II he sailed west across the
Atlantic ocean he would find land.
So Columbus asked the king and
queen Of Spain to give him ships.
The king sent for his wise men. who
told him not to help Columbus. for
the world was not round but flat.
At last the queen Of Spain gave Co
lumbus three ships. For many days
tho ships sailed west until the sail.
ors were afraid and planned % kill
Columbus. Columbus promised to re-
turn If they found no land within
the next three days. Early on the
, 1923-01-21
WRINKLES l BYGONE,
NOW LOOKS A YOUNG LADY

It is truly surprising how many
people have regained the Appearances
of youth and have not only removed
wrinkles but pimples, blackheads and
other blemishes.
And It is so simple and inexpen-
sive there is no reason why every
Casper person shouldn't remain
young and have a beautiful kin.
Wonderlite Complexion Clay Is a
sweet smelling. flesh colored product
that is easily applied to the face and
after allowing to dry for fifteen or
twenty minutes It draws every i'm
purity from the million pores n
completes its work by closing them.
The use Of this Cay once or twice a
week will soon remove wrinkles and
restore blooming youth to your skin.
Do not put off-buy a special intro
ductory $500 tube for only s1.5o at
any Casper Druggist TODAY. It is
guaranteed to do all that is claimed
or your money will be refunded
Adv.
, 1923-01-21
My Pets.

ONE day father came home from
" work and said neon wanted
me at the door. When 1 opened the
door I saw two little kittens come
in-one black and n gray.
Father said he would name them
Maggie and Jiggs. The gray one Is
Maggie and the black one Jiggs.
The reason he named them Maggie
and Jiggs was because Maggie got
after J.ggs SO much.
After a while Maggie used hor
claws SO much we had t. get rid OF
her.
eiggs was SO lonely without her; he
hunted upstairs and downstairs. out
sicc and in every place he could think
Of. but no Maggie did he find.
Then one day just before Christ.
mas I went to call Jiggs in. He came
in followed by Maggie. He had
hunted every place he could think of,
and at the same time Maggie was
hunting for him.
She stepped out from behind the
curbing and he stepped out from the
other side.
Maggie told Jiggs Of her adventures
and then Jiggs led the way home.
Maggie never used her claws any
more. so We kept her. But every
once in n while Maggie gets after
Jiggs just for old times sake.
SYLVIA GARBUTT.
Park. Grade a
, 1923-01-21
The Hidden Treasure.

THIS story takes place in Africa
l. Jim Hill went across the ocean to
Africa. One day while he was in his
tent a negro came in AND told him
he knew where some diamonds were.
Jim asked him all about them. He
said they were about ten miles from
there. He said he had placed them
there about five years before. He
said that while he was working IN a
diamond mine, one day he found q
large diamond and numerous little
ones. He hid them in the lining of
his trunk. When the Inspector looked
through the trunk for diamonds he
could not find any so he let him go.
Then he Immediately went t this
cave and hid them.
Jim planned to go there in the
morning. While he was thinking 1t
over that night. it occurred to him
that the negro might be ~deceivins
him. Maybe 1t was a trap for him
The next morning he started out,
and when he got there he asked the
negro to show him the way. The
negro found the diamonds just as he
left them. and gave them to Jim. Jim
asked him If he wanted half, but he
sad he had plenty. When Jim got
back to New York he told all his
friends how lucky he was.
ROBERT HUFSNrITH.
Park School. Grade 8.
, 1923-01-21
Long Ago.

A LONG time ago when the early
"A settlers eame to this country.
they had TO travel In wagons pulled
by oxen.
They travsled very slowly. as the
oxen are much slower than n horse,
and the roads were very. rough.
The only homes that the early set,
time were tents and their wagons
with canvas over them.
They had to cut down brush to
kindle their fires and also TO cook.
In the evenings they used the bon.
fires for lights, as thoy had no
lamps.
Sometimes the white men would sit
up at night TO keep the Indians away
from the camps, as the Indians WERE
mean IN those days. and would try
tp kill the white people.
They would kill their oxen and use
their skins to make gauntlets and
moccasins for themselves.
Some time the Indians would trade
moccasins and gauntlets for some
thing to eat.
The Indians used their bows and
arrows for shooting and the white
people used guns.
Sometimes the whites would meet
Indians that were kind TO them. and
take them TO their wigwam TO get
warm and give them some Johnnie.
cake.
But now there arc very few In
dams here, and the white people have
full possession OF this country.
LAWRENCE CHAPLAIN,
Park School Grade I.
, 1923-01-21
Jealous Pal.

H0H. mamma Just see what I
" caught" sad Betty Jean.
one bright spring morning. as she
rushed through the house in search
Of her mother. TITS a tiny. we
prairie-dos, and IT'S eyes are not
OPEN"
at is a lear little thing. where do
you find it2' asked her mother.
pal and I were out in the field,
he saw it first and almost had T.
in his mother when I grabbed 1t
away. You don't are II I keep 1t,
do you mammal
Certainly not. but you will have
to feed it milk out of a spoon to
keep It alive until 1t learns TO drink"
Wont hat be fun, I will run and
got some now and off scampered
Betty Jean to the kitchen. BY the
time her mother Joined her she had
everything ready and they openel
| down a little milk.
Feed u often. but only give It lit.
| tie each time" cautioned her mother.
For the next few days Betty Jean
was so busy with her new pet.
Trixie. she even neglected her Aire'
dale dog Pal. who had been her play
mate since she was a tiny baby. He
! would sit in tho far Ind OF the room
i and watch her pet Trixie until he
could stand 1t no longer, then he
would sneak off to his kennel for
tho rest of the day.
The little p~rairie-dos gained very
fast, his eyes opened and he would
sit up on his little hind legs and beg
for more milk, to the great amuse'
ment of Betty Jean, who would jump
up and down clapping her hands with
delight. Her Joy knew no bounds
when the little fellow sat up OF his
hind legs grabbed the spoon IN his
forepaws and drank the milk him
self.
Mamma, Trixie is 60 tame I am
going to take him outdoors with me
today. 1 am sure he will not to run
away"
IAN right, but be very careful of
Pal; he is so sullen since Trtxle came.
l believe he is Jealous because you
don't play more with him" answered
her mother.
Pal was in tho yard when Betty
Jean went out and at sight of her
he barked with delight and bounded
off In readiness for a romp, but when
he saw she vas carrying Trtxie. his
manner changed completely. He
walked away in disgust and all her
coaxing would not bring him near.
He sat down q short distance away
and his eyes ICY left the little
fellow who was so happy to be free,
and was running all over the yard.
Suddenly. almost before you could
think. Trixis darted UP in front Of
Pal, with one leap the big dog was
on him. Betty Jean saw the danger
to her wee pet and screamed Mt the
top of her voice. grabbing a big stick,
she ran to where the two were and
for the first time In her life hit Pal
with nil hor might, he dropped TriKie
and looked into her face in mute sur.
prise. The poor little prairIe-dog lay
at his feet struggling. Betty Jean
picked him gently up and ran cry.
ing 70 her mother.
He is not hurt much" her mother
! eonsoled har. "we can have him well
, 1923-01-21

EDITORS Note-The Tribune will print each week in
the Magazine Section of the Sunday paper this depart
ment of prose and verse by the pupils of the schools. Only
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 stores will be judged to-
gether, and Seventh and Eighth Grade stories together.
Todays 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.l
, 1923-01-21
The Tree and the Bird.

ONE day the tree and the bird
" had a quarrel. The Gree called
the bird FILTER"
The bird called the tree. 'Sprig."
You are much larger than I. but
Just the same l am more beautiful
than you You can't lay eggs. or sing
or fly, or sven. build nests. as I can.
Even II I cannot carry branches,
neither can you sing a song"
"But"-the bird didn't hear the
rest Of the trees sentence as it had
flown away, and 80 the quarrel end
ed. This quarrel didn't end as most
quarrels do-no one was hurt.
MADELINE PARKER.
South. Grade 5.B.
, 1923-01-21

in a day or two. Poor old Pal is
SO sorry for what he SEQ. see how
pitiful he is looking at you. Call
him m and e II he WON'T beg your
forgiveness2"
Come. PAL" called Betty Jean. He
came slowly into the house and stood
in front of her with bowed head. She
put one arm around the big head
and said, Good old Pal. you are
sorry you hurt our lear little Trixie.
Now, we will all be good friends"
Pal stepped up closer to her and
putting his head In her lap gently
licked the little hurt prairie-dog.
MRS. JULIA e. WINTER.
, 1923-01-21

come from town for Mary and Flea
nor's birthday party.
The party was a great success.
Helen and Lucy came TO stay until
the girls went home.
DAY after tomorrow we must be
going home said Eleanor. The
next few days flew by and the four
girls were on their way back homs.
They had had a lovely time at
Granny's and Aunt AIargaret's.
The girls promised to come back
again next summer.
NOVA FULLER,
Park School, Grade 6.
, 1923-01-21
The Two Frogs and the
Bottles of Milk.

ONCE two frogs spied two bottles
" OF milk sitting side by side. They
were very thirsty and were walking
around the bottles of milk.
1t happened they each fell in a
bottle.
The first one said, IT can't get
out" The second said. I'll try" SO
he kicked and kicked till he made a
lump of batter which he stood on.
and then jumped out.
JIM INQUIRE.
South, Grade 4.
, 1923-01-21
The Holly Wreath.

ONCE upon a time there was q
" bush OF holly. The COWS liked tc
chew the leaves off it. The bush did
not like the cows to do this. because
the bush thought. now If the cows
cat all Of my leaves there will be
70 wreaths for Christmas.
So 1t grew some thorns like the
lose bush. so that when the cows
B,arted to eat the leaves their faces
would get stuck by the thorns.
ANNA HoFF.
Park School, Grade ABB.
, 1923-01-21
The -Four Seasons of the
Year.

THE four seasons OF The year are
L Spring, summer. winter and nu.
tumn. Tho three spring months are;
March. April and May. The thres
summer months are: June. July and
August. The three winter months
r December, January and Febru.
airy The three autumn months are:
September. october and November.
Most Riddles like winter on account
of its snow and Christmas which
, 1923-01-21
Our Honor Roll

First-Dorothy Robinson, 'The Wonderful Matchbox"
South School.
-d-W BASTARD, "a Dogs Brave Deed"
Third-Maurine Peterson, "The Fir Tree" North Cas-
per, Grade s..
Best Seventh and Eighth Grade Story
Frances Ray, "The Life of a Flower" Park School,
Grade z.
Best Poem
Glen Olson, "Tiser Lily Central School, Grade 6.
, 1923-01-21
DRIES BY CASPER PUPMS-TE TRBUNES N PAGl

morning Of the thirc day. October
IL. 1872, a cry Of "LAnd; Land?'
arose Columbus had discovered
America. SO he turned back and the
queen OF Spain claimed all tia land
that Columbus found.
RENID vosPETr.
Central, Grade 4.
, 1923-01-21

At midnight instead of at eoon or in
the afternoon like we do.
In our country we see our pres
ents in the morning and in the aft.
ernoon we have Our Christmas din,
ner.
HELEN cozAD.
East Casper. Grade 8.
, 1923-01-21
Should Bank Loan Money
for Advertising?
BY FESTUS J. WADE
President Mercantile Trust Company

President Mercantile Trust Company of St. Loui.
When we strike at advertising, meaning, of course. eff
GENTLY applied advertising, we strike at salesmanship.
and the heart OF business. For the banker to do anything
to retard business right now is suicide.
When the merchant pulls down his single and waits
for business to come to him in a buyers market, we laugh
athim, and call him a poor business man.
When he is u forced to cut down one of his best methods
OF selling because his banker considers advertising an IN
necessary item of expense and refuses an otherwise de-
served loan purely on that principle, it is my humble opin-
ion that we should laugh at the banker, and feel sorry for
the merchant.
Don mistake my meaning. tits a basic banking prin-
ciple that a loan must be we'll secured, and a firm cannot
borrow merely because it is a big and successful adver-
tiser. But the fact that it is a believer in adverhsino and
wants to use a portion of the money for that purpose
should never stand in its way when 1t calls on the banks
credit department.
Published by the Casper Tribune in cooperation with
The American Association of Advertising Aqen.i.,
, 1923-01-21
The Robin.

Sing, little Robin, sing me a song
hdUen't heard you for euer so
long
Long has it been since the morn
last Spring
That you sang to me before tak.
ing ICING.
Sing, little Robin, sing M a song
For you hare been gone for eUer
so long.
Long has it been since for the
South you took ICING
Long has it been since Pee heard
you sUeetiy sing.
GEORGE FORSTER,
East Casper, Grade s.
Special Lot Mems Work Shoes
SS.25 to $500 Values
Mt SEES
JESSEN BROS. CO,
115 East Second.
1.19.2t
, 1923-01-21
100 WAYS
To Make Money
= BY BILLY WINNER
BY BILLY WINNEI

If ! Were a Traffic Manager
AND were making a shipment
"A to New York, or Ohio, or
any place, and the shipment took
up only half Of the car, / could
get some n else to take the
other half by advertising in the
Tribune Classified Section.
Or, if 1 had only one crate to
send, l could include it in some
one else's car going to the same
destination.
In this way the money I could
save or freight throughout the
year would amount to quite a
sizeable sum.
I'd place my Want Ad in the
Tribune because a Want Ad in
the Tribune gets results. I'd
want business men to read nv
Ad-and everybody knows that
business men read the Want Ads
in tha Tribune.
"a
1t I'm
S8Hfh
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-31
SHERLOCK HOLMES

C@7ONAN DOYLE who in Indianapolis several months
n regrets that he created the wOrdfamOu Sherlock
Writing his memoirs in the Strand
English magazine cones that he is disappointed because
his Sherlock Holmes have epsed what he considers his
more literary works ''The White Company"
All this amazing The Sherlock Holmes stories and their
dramatic rights understood have brought Doyle million
dollars.
booking agents will nod their heads and repeat
Eyes when they sing they want dance And when they
dance, they want to sing
The comedian Eddie Foy, for many years nursed his
greatest ambition the desire Hamlet George AIDE
write tragedsand got sideracked So goes all
of imagine we'd have done better had followed
line of worka peculiar form of sefhypnosm and deu
sion that is especially characteristic of successful
The life function purpose of Conan Doyle unquesonaby
writing of the Sherlock Holmes He started
physician Edinburgh He felt pulses and prescribed pills
for eight years. his income in this time exceeding ST. 400
year.
Then he Study in Scarlet first of his detective thrill
lerscang his hero Sherrnford Holmes. The later
changed DR. Watson originally known Ormond Sakr
In all history, there have been three enduraby great c-
tonal detecvePoe Dupin Gaborau Monsieur Lecoq and
DOyles Holmes These greatest
brought Doyle million dollars, they Also international
fame that will live knows how many generations We call
that big job well done
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WATSON'S POLITICS

IAT WATSON. back in his home State for conference with
the State O. P committee dulges fances of tossing
hat into the Republican presidential primary
CoOdge boom for President the favorte of the Bay
State landed him the White
the drama of life.
In politics dsappond rivals often given lesser
portant honOrs.
When Harry s. New defeated by Albert j. Beverdge in
senatorial primary then found himself without the senatorial
togo, he was boosted to the Postmaster Generalshp.
Whether Watson will the political
uation has been greatly envened by the he still
receptive mood"
Coolidge too, says ''No bonus whereupon a
protest against the repudaon party
pledge.
Watson, of those who entered that pledge Of
publican members of the House and Senate says Pa
and the Mellon tax plan, too
There you If politicians please
the general class of taxpayers will be legislative feat
Watson is undertaking a task.
How about it, CalvinR
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NOM SIMS
= 4 Says

Well, here's 1924 and many book
agents still at large.
Very few things turned out as badly
as expected in 1923. but this happens
every year.
Let's spend 1924 pulling the hair Of
people who had the bad taste to alb.
brevlate the word Christmas.
One thing we hope for the new year
is that some insurance agent will
sprain his jaw talking.
There will be ffty-three Tuesdays
in 1924, If not prohibited by law.
March has five pay days. but that
is when the income tax is due
Five pay days hath August but
that is when vacations are duo.
Five pay days hath November. but
that is when winter suits are due.
This 1924 is leap year. The extra
day comes on Friday, which is con
sidered unlucky for bachelors.
Friday is FISH day. Friday. Feb. 20,
bachelors Will be the fish.
We could use this extra day In leap
year learning how to tie a bow tie or
blow smoke rings.
We might spend the extra day IN
1924 learning why women still wear
their shoes too small
The extra day we get this leap year
could be used UP wondering why pic
mics are a SURE sign Of rain.
On the extra 1924 day We could
visit the laundry and ask why they
like TO tear buttons of Of shirts.
Next FEB. 20 we could use to ask
the company why street cars are usu-
ally going the wrong way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-31

an ordinary day laborer in a factory.
The gentleman from Newcastle
works" ten hours, and l hit the
ball" for only eight hours. After that
/ can go home and spend another
hour on the daily changes or on my
scheme, which consists of from 300
cards on up to 1900.
Aside from my sick leave and vaca-
tion If ! am absent from duty l get
locked by the hour the same as the
factory worker 1 only have a little
dust to work in. just that which flies
out OF every mail sack that is dumped
into the workroom, but. my friend.
the factory worker, works in the dust
700. l don't expose myself to every
kind of disease by handling the mil
lions of envelopes that have been
sealed by moistening the flap with the
saliva Of a million different mouths.
Life in Hands
And I'm not the only postal en-
ploye-my brother. the carrier, doesn't
take his life in his hands when
he crosses the street four times in a
block My other brother. the railway
mail clerk, takes his chances along
with the engineer and the fireman in
every rail wreck.
We get a pension at the age of 65;
that is. ife we live that long; and we
have deducted annually "a per cent
Of our pay to provide that pension Ito
date, every dollar of the pension fund
for postal employees has been paid by
the employees themselves). The fac
tory worker can get that kind OF pen
sion from any old line life insurance
company.
Contrary to Mr.. Hotsenpillar's state
ment several postal employees have
lost their jobs; with the reduction Of
what is known as r. P. o. service
several clerks were relegated to ter
minals. They lost their jobs and
sought others in the same line of