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wanting of more and more of what
was hidden between the covers of
books.
He kept on saying, "The things
want to know are in books; my best
friend is the man who'll git me book
/ amt read"
Besides reading the family Bible and
figuring his way all through the old
arithmetic they had at home. he got
hold Of "Aesop's Fables" Pilgrims
Progress" Robinson Crusoe," and
Weems' 1.-THE Life of Washington"
The book of fables, written or col
lected thousands Of years ago by the
Greek slave known as Aesop, sank
deep in his mind. AS he read through
the book second and third time, he
had a feeling there were fables all
around him, that everything he touched
and handled, everything he saw and
learned had fable wrapped In it
somewhere.
One fable was about a bundle of
sticks and a farmer whose sons were
quarreling and fighting instead of
sticking together; and the farmer took
bundle of sticks, gave them each a
stick, asking them If they were strong
enough to break it, which they did
easily; then he handed them a bundle
Of sticks and asked them If they were
strong enough to break it; and they
tried their strength to the limit but
could not break the bundle of sticks /;
whereupon the farmer told them: I'm
union there is strength"
The style of the Bible, of "Aesop's
Fables" the hearts and minds back
of those books, were much in his
thoughts. His favorite pages in them
he read over and over. Behind such
proverbs as "Muzzle not the OK that
treadeth out the corn" and HE that
ruleth his own spirit is greater than
he that taketh city," there was a
music of simple wisdom and a mystery
of common, everyday life that touched
deep spots in him, while out of the
fables of the ancient Greek slave he
came to see that cats, rats, dogs,
horses, plows, hammers, fingers, toes,
people, dll ndu AdulcS CVhASSteu Will
their lives, characters, places. There
was, perhaps, an outside for each thing
as it stood alone, while inside Of 1t
was Its fable.
One book came, titled "The Life of
George Washington, with Curious An
ecdotes, Equally Honorable to Him
self and Exemplary 10 His Young
Countrymen. Embellished with Six
Steel Engravings, by M. L. Weems, for
merly Rector of Mt Vernon Parish"
1t pictured men of passion and proud
ignorance In the government of Eng
land driving their country into war
on the American colonies. 1t quoted
the far-visioned warning of Chatham
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| to the British parliament, For Gods
sake, then, my lords, let the way be
instantly opened for reconciliation.
/ say instantly; or it will be too late
forever"
The Weems book reached some deep
spots in the boy. He asked himself
what it meant that men should march,
fight, bleed, go cold and hungry for the
sake of what they called freedom"
Sew great men are great in every
thing" said this book. And there was
cool sap in the passage: Washing
toms delight was In that of the man
Hest sort, which, by stringing the
limbs and swelling the muscles, pro
notes the kindliest flow of blood and
spirits. At jumping with long pole,
or heaving heavy weights, for his
years he hardly had an equal"
Such book talk was comfort
against the same thing over again, day
after day so many mornings the same
kind of water from the same spring.
the same fried pork and corn meal to
eat, the same drizzle of rain, spring
blowing, summer weeds, fall fodder
pulling, each coming every year
Lincoln was thankful to the writer
of "Aesop's Fables" because that
writer stood by him and walked with
him, an invisible companion, when he
pulled fodder or chopped wood. Books
lighted lamps in the dark rooms Of his
gloomy hours Well-he would live
on; maybe the time would come when
he would be free from work for few
weeks, or a few months, with books,
and then he would read. God, then
he would read. Then he would so and
get at the proud secrets of his books.
His father-would he be like his
father when he grew up? EIe hoped
not. Why should his father knock
him off fence rail when he was ask
ing neighbor, passing by. ques-
ton? Even If it was a smart question.
too pert and too quick, it was no way
to handle a boy in front of neigh
bor No, he was going to be man
different from his father The books
his father hated the books Already
Abe knew more than his father; he
was writing letters for the neighbors
they hunted out the Lincoln farm to
get young Abe to find his bottle of Ink
with blackberry-brier root and cop
peras In it, and his pen made from a
turkey buzzard's feather, and write
letters. Abe had a suspicion some.
times his father was little proud to
have boy that could write letters
and tell about things in books and out
run and outwrestle and rough-and
tumble any boy or man in Spencer
county. Yes, he would be different
from his father; he was already so
1t couldn't be helped
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When Woodrow Wilson was Presi-
dent he had occasion to write letter
10 sorrowing mother Woodrow
Wilson was master of good English
and had ordinarily no lack Of conf
dence in his own ability TO say exactly
what he wanted to say. But when he
faced that situation he was oppressed
hy a sense Of his Inability to write
words that combined dignity of posi-
ton and felicity of expression with
genuine personal sympathy. He read
i.incoln's letter TO Mrs. Bixby and
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istic modesty which later was noted
as one OF his outstanding traits in the
White House.
When he had been inspired to verse
by return to Indiana after Is years
he wrote to a friend:
THAT part OF the country is, within
itself, as unpoetlcal as any spot on
the earth, but still, seeing it and its
objects and inhabitants aroused feel
ings in me which were certainly po
etical; though whether my expressions
Of those feelings Is poetry is quite
another question"
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Keep Rings On

When washing your hands in a pub
lie layatory keep your rings on and
wash your hands a bit carefully, so
they do not wash of. The rings may
get bit soapy and dull, but that is
easily remedied at home. There is
too much risk in forgetting and theft
to remove them in public place and
let them stand on the wash bowl
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-02-11
Honor Belongs to Morris

Robert Morris was Americas first
financier. In May, 1871. Morris pre-
sented to congress the plan for the
Bank of North America, the first bank
for general purposes in the United
States. The financial operations Incl
dent to the achievement of independ-
ence during the Revolutionary war
were chiefly carried on by Robert
Morris.
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Rock Formation

The term 'monadnock" is derived
from Mount Monadnock in New
Hampshire. and is applied to an iso
lated mountainlike remnant of hard
rock extending above its surroundings
in the late states Of a period or cycle
of erosion. Stone mountain in Geor-
gia is another instance OF this class.
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gave ur the attempt. He copied Lin
coins letter and sent it to his CORE
spondent with note of his own.
Considering what manner of man
Woodrow Wilson was, and his judg-
ment in a matter Of style and literary
taste. that was a remarkable COM
pliment to Abraham Lincoln. Indian
apolis News.
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When Abraham Lincoln turned poet
at the age Of thirty-five, toward his
own work he retained that character
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HOW TO SOLVE a CROSSWORD PUZZLE

arep in the white
both
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Noetermx the kspaeea wore
ete forms areind N definitions
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Horizontal.
IA robber on the high seas
GA city in New York state
11-AIways
12-DecIared
13--Above
15--Enlists
17--At
1S-T0 knock
2O-Pertaining to tone
21--A long scarf of fur or feathers
22--MeasuPes of length
24--An intoxicating liquor
25-Wreck
28-CessatfOn of physical life
2S--Passa9eways
29-NOt distant
3O--An animal
31-Staked or put up
34-The reproductive body I'm flower
less plants
37--COntended with
3S--A vegetable
4O-Went to court to gain legal re
dress
A1--Aged
ga twinge of conscience
44--SOrrOwfu1
45-YOu and
40--Tarnishes
4S-DiRna (abbr.)
40--TO defl1e
5O--A kind of singing voice
52--Disheartens
53--FashiOns
Vertical.
1-FlOwed forth
2-RegardinE (abbr.)
"a Sanitation
"A portable lodging
5---A mistake
e--The religion of the MOhammedans
High
S-BeIongInE to him
9--An advertisement (nbbr.)
1O--Members of a Caucasic race
I4-PallId
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49, dDO4L uOW AUG A1llACOAA
was always reading, digging into
books, stretched out flat on his
stomach in front of the fireplace.
studying till midnight and past mid
night picking piece of charcoal to
write on the fire shovel, shaving off
what he wrote, and then writing more
till midnight and past midnight. The
next thing Abe would be reading
Ipeks between the pillow handles, it
I seemed to them. And once trying to
speak last word, Dennis Hanks said +:
There's suthin' peculiarsome about
Abe"
He wanted to learn, to know, to
tive, to reach out; he wanted to salts
fy hungers and thirsts he couldn't tell
about, this big boy of the back
woods And some of what he wanted
so much, so deep down, seemed to be
in the books. Maybe in books he would
find the answers to dark questions
pushing around in the pools of his
thoughts and the drifts Of his mind.
He told Dennis and other people, 1.-THE
things / want to know are in books (;
my best friend is the man who'll git
me a book l amt read" And some
times friends answered, well, books
amt as plenty as wildcats in these
parts o. Indianny."
This was one thing meant by Dennis
when he said there was "suthin' Pc
culiarsome' about Abe. 1t seemed
that Abe made the books tell him more
than they told other people. All the
other farm boys had gone to school
and read '.The Kentucky Preceptor,
but Abe picked out questions from it,
such as "Who has the most right to
complain, the Indian or the negro?''
and Abe would talk about it, up one
way and down the other, while they
were in the cornfield pulling fodder
for the winter. When Abe got hold
of a story book and read about boat
that came near a magnetic rock, and
how the magnets in the rock pulled all
the nails out of the boat so it went to
pieces and the people in the boat found
themselves floundering in water, Abe
thought 1t was funny and told 1t to
OLuSTs spCOplC. AlJcN <aDo IGdQ poetry,
especially Bobby Burns poems, Abe
began writing rimes himself. When
Abe sat with girl, with their bare
feet in the creek water, and she spoke
OF the moon rising. he explained to her
1t was the earth not the moon-the
moon only seemed to rise.
What he got in the schools didn't
satisfy him. He went to three differ
emf schools in Indiana, besides two in
Kentucky altogether about four
months of school. He learned his
a-b-c's, how to spell. read, write. And
pe had been with the other barefoot
boys in butternut jeans learning imam
ners" under the school-teacher. An
drew Crawford. who had them open a
door, walk in, and say "Howdy doY'
Yet what he tasted of books In school
was only beginning, only made him
hungry and thirsty, shook him with a
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A usurper always distrust
whole world Alfieri.
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The things | want to know
.. are In books; my best friend Is !
: the man who'll git me a book !
amt read.--A. Lincoln.
{.
Az DeWITT .. MASON

he story Of Abraham LIN
coins thirst for knowl-
edge, when he was a boy,
growing up in his Indiana
home, is one that is in
teresting to this day.
The farm boys in their
evenings at Jones' store
in Gentryville talke d
about how Abe Lincoln
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Solution Of Last Weeks Puzzle.
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hit. 1921
10--A burden
IA painful tumOr seated in the skis
10--SOwed
21-Like a bulb
2S-HOrse tpOetic)
25-Rages
27-POssessed
2S-POssesses
31-DecIared
S2--A river in Egypt
33-ActuaI
35-To study with the eyes
36--Flows back and forth
3S-DraEs
30--An assumed name
42-TO leave
43--TO Iiquify
46--A masculine descendant
IA pig pen
IA Greek letter
51--OId Latin (abbr.)
The solution will appear in next issue
Solution of Last Weeks Puzzle.
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great country, but that he would not care to live there forever

great country, but that he would not care to live there forever.
 Harry Johnson, who was crushed between two sleds loaded with coal early last week in Fairbanks, is re- ported still to be in a serious con- dition at St. Joseph's hospital.
 Mrs. Carey, an oldtimer of the Fair banks district, died here recently fol- lowing a protracted illness. She is survived by Miss Eve Carey and several other daughters, residents of the states.
 Frank Nelson has again been awarded the mail contract for the Prince William Sound district, and also for the Ellamar run This is the third four-year contract he has been awarded for the sound run, and the fourth for the Ellamar rIn.
 Capt. Ole Larson, of Ketchikan, master of the Kodiak, returned from Washington where he, with Louis Sandstrom, of the fishing vessels Association appeared before Senator Jones to protest the bill which pro- vides for the inspection of vessels 15 tons and over
 Emil Jorgenson, who with his partners are prospecting on Deer Gulch, a tributary of Dexter creek, came into Nome recently for the first time in two months to procure additional supplies. Emil stated they are now sinking new shaft in which they have attained a depth of about 50 feet and expect to con- tinue sinking another 50 feet before reaching bedrock, where they expect to uncover tons of .cld
 Fred w. Yenney announces that he and his father will install next spring gasoline cars on the railroad. One car large enough to accommo- date 30 persons will operate between Nome and Little creek on regular schedules. Another smaller car will operate between Nome and Shelton weekly carrying passengers and freight, it is also intended to use Fordson tractor so that when they have freight for miners along the railroad belt, the tractor can be used to transport the freight over the tundra to their claims.
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Would You Rather Use a Scrub Brush
 or a Paint Brush

One of the drawbacks about keep the job of scrubbing the kitchen floor. There wasn't any hnoleum and paint was as much out of place as it would be on a tile hearth The woman who could keep the bare boards of the kitchen floor the whit est was rated the best housekeep- er.~
 Those days are gone forever" says MT. J. L. Graef, the hardware man and good many families who semed to have trouble in keeping paint on their floors are in for a pleasant little surprise.
 The surprise is new lacquer, known as "lacq" and made by The Glidden Company. One of the fea- lures of this new material is the ease of applying it. Little brushing is necessary, for it simply flows on- to the surface. Women who have used it say it is easier to apply "lacq'' to floor than to go over the floor with scrubbing brush. And there is no waiting overnight for the fin- ish to harden so the floor can be used. Lacq can be walked on in less than half an hour after it is applied, and the glass-like surface defies anyone to find a brush mark on it.
 Lacq is supplied in a variety of colors and not only makes a won- derful and durable finish floors, but is excellent for renewing chairs, tables, porches and the like.
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Special attention given to cleaning and pressing of women's clothes. Jimmy Ratliff's Shop. If.
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NORTHERN NOTES

There are many strangers in Fair banks, with the result that all the hotels are crowded and private cab- ins are at a premium.
 The Union Oil Company has be- gun the erection of four 10000 gal lon tanks at Ketchikan.
 Wrangell has ordered a first class fire truck, long-needed piece of fire equipment
 The Ketchikan Cold Storage Com pany is planning the erection of a three story building in the rear o1 it's present quarters.
 G. E. Rockefeller, superintendent of the Evan Jones coal mine, has resigned his position with the com pany, to take effect the first of April it was announced.
 JOllu OddluSlSOu u1ou ldSC w 0Q- nesday at Petersburg, as the result of an accident which occurred tc him several months ago when he fell and broke his back.
 Frank Bishoprick, pioneer of the Klondike and Interior Alaska, who left for the States a few years ago recently suffered two strokes of par. alysis, according to a letter received in Fairbanks.
 The inside finishing of the Wran. gell hospital is now being completed and it will be opened for service ir short time. The building anC equipment is the final effort of Ioca citizens and the Episcopal church.
 Bob Bartlett, former reporter or the Fairbanks News-Miner, who is now attending the southern branch of the University of California, re- siding at 4163 Monroe street, Los Angeles, writes that California is {
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Large assortment Of fine box sta- tionary-Alaska Shop. If
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NOTICE

GIANTS LAIR,
 March 12, 1926. The Giants" took due notice of the complimentary challenge posted through the medium of The Gateway columns, by their old rivals, the Senators, yesterday, and while great ly pleased at the opportunity to strut their usual stuff', it is feared that at least four members of the regular Giants will be otherwise en- gagged at the time the worthy Sen- ators desire to stage the scrap. Realizing that a baseball game of high order would be quite the thing for the sport-loving public of Seward to feast upon next Sunday, the gentle man Giants, referred to by some as rOwdies-hums-e e., recommend that an acceptance of the previously mentioned challenge be issued by either the Pirates or Yankees.
 See you at the basketball game tonight.
 SEWARD GIANTS
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Fine leather writing companions at s2.5O and up-Alaska Shop. tiff.
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New Fox Crates Are ?
 Designed for Shipping

The Forest Products Laboratories of the Forest Service at Madison, Wisconsin have been making study of fox crates the past winter. The studies have resulted 1n new style of crate that is light, less expensive and at the same time gaining con- siderable strength.
 Plans and specifications of these crates can be seen at the Forest Su- pervisors office at Cordova or at the Forest Rangers office at Anchorage.
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Photo Albums, s1 to $9-Alaska Shop. tt
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Good program at the Liberty.
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JORDAN OPENS PLACE

J. J. Jordan, formerly of Seward says Ketchikan looks good to him. He has opened cleaning establishment on Mission street, in the Old City cafe building.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-03-12

American Forestry Week, replacing the Forest Protection Week of last year, has been temporarily set for the week commencing April IS and end ing April A, advises John C.. Brady, forest supervisor in Anchorage.
The border vidette., 1926-10-09
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the Superior Court OF Santa
Cruz county, State of Arizona.
Estate of Theodore Gebler, de-
ceased.
NOTICE is hereby given by the
~ undersigned executors of the
estate of Theodore Gebler, deceas-
ed, to the creditors OF and all per-
sons having claims against the said
deceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within ten110)
months after the first publication
of this notice to the said executors
at The First National Bank OF No
gales, Arizona, the same being the
place for the transaction of the
business of said estate, in said
county of Santa Cruz.
BRACEY CURTIS,
The First National Bank of No
gales, BY OTTo H. HRRoLD,
Vice President.
Executors of the estate of Theo-
dore Gebler. deceased.
Dated Nogales, Arizona, this 18th
day Of September, 1925. 9-18-5t
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STATE OF ARIZONA
ARIZONA CORPORATION
COMMISSION

Office Of the Secretary
To ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS
SHALL COME, GREETING:
I, E. j. X. Mcbride, Secretary of the
Arizona Corporation Commission, do
hereby certify that. the annexed is q
true and complete transcript OF the
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL OF NOGALES
which were filed in the Office of said Ari-
zons Corporation Commission on the
18th day of August. A. D.. 1926. at 1000
O'Clock Q. M, as provided by law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, / have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Official Seal of the Arizona Corpora
tion Commission, at the Capitol, in the
City Of Phoenix, this 18th day of Au-
gust. A. D. 1925
-, Fix. MCBRIDE. m
crAr Secretary.
e-' Assistant Secretary.
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The names Of the corporators are
Sister Mary Augustine and Sister Mary
Dolores, the residence and post office
address of both of said corporators
being Nogales, Arizona. The name Of
the corporation shall be ST. JOSEPH'S
HOSPITAL OF NOGALES.
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urer, to hold office until their success
sors are duly elected and qualified.
The qualifications of members of St.
Joseph's Hospital Of Nogales in order
to entitle them to take part in the elec-
tion of directors and other officers of
the corporation shall be according to
the rules and regulations of said religi
Gus Order, Sisters of Mercy, and may
be fixed by the bylaws adopted by the
Board OF Directors OF this corporation.
This corporation shall have a corporate
seal, the form OF which is to be pre-.
scribed in the by-laws.
v
TheNprporation may acquire and hold
all the hospital property now owned,
or used in connection with the hospital,
by the Sisters OF Mercy of Arizona,
situate at Prescott, Arizona, and any
other property hereafter acquired with.
in the limits prescribed by law. and
may transact all business relative there
to and may fix the qualifications of its
members and adopt rules and bylaws
for the admission Of patients and the
government Of said corporation and the
hospital en owned by the same, and
any other property hereafter obtained
by said corporation OF every kind and
character necessary to operate any
hospital. school or orphanage or elm.
liar institution wheresoever situate in
the State of Arizona.
vi
The corporation may become indebt-
ed ID such reasonable sums as are me-
cessary for its proper maintenance and
operation, and in any other sums ne.
cessary in acquiring and maintaining
any Of its institutions and may mort.
gage its property to secure the same In
the manner provided by law; but priv.
ate property is to be exempt from cor.
porate debts.
VII
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. we, the
said corporators. have hereunto set our
hands this llth day of August. A. j..
1926.
SISTER MARY AUGUSTINE
SISTER MARY DOLORES
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STATE OF ARIZONA. / -
County of Santa Cruz. Pc

OOUHUy VI ouHU1 VI UT J -
The foregoing instrument was ac-
knowled ged before me this 1lth day nf
August, 1926 by Sister Mary Angus
tine and by Sister Marv Dolores
tSeaD JAMES V. ROBINS.
Notary Public.
Ny commission expires May l8, 1929
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STATE OF ARIZONA. | ss

County of Santa Cruz. 90
Sister Mary Augustine and Sister
Mary Dolores. being first duly sworn,
each for herself, Gays: that she is q
member and was one OF the officers
conducting the election of the directors
of the corporation known as ST.
Joseph's Hospital of Nogales; that said
election was held On the 11th day of
August, 1926. in the city of Nogales,
Santa Cruz county, State OF Arizona;
that ell of the mem bers of said corpor-
alton were present and voted at such
election; that as the result OF said cleo
tion. Sister Mary Augustine, Sister
Mary Magdalen and Sister Mary DOL
ores, all residents of said county of
Santa Cruz, were chosen directors Of
said corporation for the first year.
SISTER MARY AUGUSTINE
SISTER MARY DOLORES
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 11th day OF August, A. D., 1926.
(SeaD JAMES v. ROBINS.
Notary Public.
My commission expires May 18. 1929.