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full observer might have seen him
catch the eye Of Bill Jenkins and tip
| him an elaborate wink.
Say, fellows" he remarked cas-
ually, "if it weren't so hot, I'd sug'
gest that Perky and Red settle that
argument about who was the fastest
man on a bicycle"
Red snorted. TITS a good thing
1t is hot" he growled, cor I'd race
you right now, Porky, and beat you
so bad you'd think you were trav-
cling backwards"
Now listen, SON." bantered Porky.
Don't make any funny cracks. The
first cool day Wen race any distance
you like, and If I don't beat the ears
off you I'll give you my bike, so you
won't have to ride that moth-eaten
apology of yours any more"
"What?" howled Red. Why"
"Wait q minute, wait a minute!'
interrupted Bob. 'You birds won't
get anywhere just making faces at
each other. AS president of the Con-
querors Club, / think this thing
ought to be settled. It's bad for
the club to have fight among the
members. Now, tell you what sug-
gest. It's good. smooth road from
here to the Country Club. propose
a race out there and back, right now,
and the loser has to pay quarter
into the treasury of the club. Do you
have q quarter, Porky?"
Perky emptied his pockets. "Just. !"
he said. sBut look here"
"How about you, Red?'
Sure I've got quarter" Red re-
piled, exhibiting two dimes and a
nickel. But it's too darn hot to race
today
''Yelloww jeered Perky.
Whats that?" bristied Red. "Why.
you big"
"Whoal' cautioned Bob. aAll right,
is It a go?"
Red and Porky glanced regretfully
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POsers.

/. What was Mark Twain's real
name?
2. What nation owns the Rock of
Gibraltar?
3. What famous woman tennis and
golf player turned professional?
4. What newspaper reporter rescued
Livingstone, the African explorer?
5. Whose lieutenant was Little
john?
6. Who was the first Secretary of
State of the United States?
z. Who were Athos, Porthos and
Aramis?
s. What man resigned from Presi-
dent Coolidge's Cabinet to become a
movie executive?
Answers.
/. Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Q.
Great Britain. 3. Elizabeth Ryan. 4.
Stanley OF the New York Herald. 5.
Robin Hood. 6. John Jay. z. The
Three Musketeers. s. VIII Hays.
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slat tightly, as shown in the detail
This process holds the Stats tightly.
Continue this until all the stats have
been placed. If possible, use hard
wood Stats at each end, as those re.
ceive the greatest strain.
Connect the end Stats with four
ropes which all run to the iron rings
and are tied tightly. These rings are
fastened to hooks on the porch or tied
between two trees in the yard with
larger ropes.
An ordinary blanket, folded once
lengthwise, will make good covering.
If desired, you can cover the blanket
and hammock with oiled cloth so wet
weather won't iniure It.
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Just on Time.

The steamer was only a few feet
f-om the dock when there was sud.
den commotion and a man came run.
ming madly through the gates. shout
ing to the officials to wait a moment.
Without pausing in his stride, he flung
his bags on the boat, took desperate
leap and landed on the deck with
crash.
Good" he gasped. "I Just did
make 1t! A few seconds later and I
should have missed the boat"
missed it!'' exclaimed one Of the
passengers. why, this boat Is Just
coming inr
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Bob. would you be enough Of a
SPORT" he asked. ''to bring me drink
after pulling one over on us like
that?"
Sure" said Bob, heartily, jumping
up.
Thanks" breathed Porky. ''You
are big-hearted guy, and it certainly
is generous of you to turn that dollar
your Dad is going to give you into
the club treasury. You worked 80
hard for it."
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WITH THE PUZZLE EDITOR

"a. Halt.
IS. Viewed.
Vertical.
/. Ill.
2. Girls name.
8. A cooking fat.
5. Cultured woman.
6. To be indebted.
7. Canvas shelter.
II. Gritty.
~. To choose by vote.
Ia. Organs Of hearing.
Is. Therefore.
IS. Book or volume.
II. Soon.
10. Cleverness.
81. Grief.
Answers.
]. S.ewe-d.
2. Words in the picture word square
are emit, mine, inks, test.
8. The diamond is p, tie. troll,
pioneer, elect, let, r.
4. Dies, side.
8. The words in the crossword puz-
gle are: HORIZONTAL. sold; 4, slot: 8,
Ira; 8. awe; 10, cars: IL. Eden; 13,
daily; IS, edict; IS, awry; 30, townl
20, rig: %, moo; "a, stop; %. seen.
Vertical-1. sick: 2, Ora: 8, lard; 5.
lady; 6, owe; T. tent; IL. sandy; -.
elect; IA, ears; Is, ergo; 16, tome: II,
anon; 10. wit; 81, woe.
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Do You Knowp
Why the Needle In the Compass Points
North?


This earth is a huge magnet, with
it's greatest points Of attraction at its
opposite ends, the north and south
magnetic poles. Their attraction for
magnetized iron is made use OF in nav.
igating ships on the ocean. You have
all seen q compass, with its letters
N, S, e and w dividing the dial into
four equal parts, and the subdivisions
between. The captain of a vessel holds
the compass box level and the mag
netism of the north magnetic pole
pulls the needle around until 1t points
toward it. He then turns the box
slowly until the needle rests over the
N on the dial. He compares that with
the way in which the vessel is moving
forward and can tell in what direction
he is sailing, enabling him to govern
his course accordingly.
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Unknown.

Emanuel Jackson, mule tender.
appeared one morning on clutches.
"Lawsy" exclaimed q, friend. "Ah
thought YOU was one o. de bes' mule
hanlers in de business"
$50 All is" affirmed Emanuel
proudly, "but we done got mule in
dis mornin' dat did not know nah
reuDitation"
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All of the children came to Betty's
birthday party, and Betty's mother.
who always knew ever so many nice
things for boys and girls to. do. gave
them this puzzle.
Behead This One.
The whole means stitched; beheaded
and curtailed it is a female sheep;
beheaded twice it mans marry. What
is It?
2.
Picture This.
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Oh, for Grooming Out Loud!

Little Jason-Muddy, you should
see how / have growedi
Mother-GroWn, Jason, grown!
Little Jay-Why should l groan?
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Johnny, Go to Head of Glass

Teacher-~John, give us a sentence
using the pronoun I.
Johnnie--I is.
Teacher-Not II is," you should say.
Il am"
Johnnie-Alright, L am the ninth
letter OF the alphabet.
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It's Done Every Day.

Big Boy-Do you see this muscle?
can stop train with that right
arm.
Admirer-Gee, some athlete.
Big Boy-No, I'm an engineer.
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Genuine Generosity

Would-Be Humorist-What would
you give me for those jokes?
Editor-Ten yards start.
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Phil-Were you fired with en-
thusiasm when you tackled your first
Job?
Osophy--Was 1! nevar saw man
80 glad to get rid Of me in my life.
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Seems Reasonable.

II see they called the base ball
game yesterday on account OF wet
grounds"
Perhaps that was the only grounds
they could call it on"
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Deferred PAYMENT.

Bandit-Come on, now, where's the
rest of your money?
Scared Victim-I-I-I-have ito
g-g-ive you a check.
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It's Steady at Least.

Caller-What is your son Rays
average income? 3'
Mother-About midnight. =
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chosen by well-dressed women for
Summer. This is the sort of simple
hand work that is simple only in
the seeing.
(Copyright 1927
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Sure Thind.

Landlady-I don't allow any games
of chance here.
Student-This isn't that sort of a
game. My friend here hasn't chance.
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Well Deserved.

Father-The man who marries my
daughter will get a prize.
Ardent Suitor-May see 1t, please?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17

While performing at a Madrid
theater recently. an elephant fell
through the stage to the second floor
beneath.
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CAN YOU GUESS THIS
FOUR WcRo SQUARE

When Mary Ellen had won the prize
for being the first to get the correct
answer, Betty's mother told the chill
dren stories about the people who
came West and fought Indians and
lived in log cabins. Then she gave
them this pioneer diamond. The
second word is to knot; the third a
way to fish; the fifth is to vote; the
sixth is to allow.
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This Suspense Is Awful

Patient-Doctor, what are my
chances?
Doctor-Oh, pretty good. but don's
start reading any continued stories.
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Crossword Puzzle.

Horizontal.
j. Disposed of for money.
4. An opening.
8. A boys name.
8. Fear.
10. Vehicles.
IL. Paradise.
IS. Every day.
Is. A command.
is. Disarranged.
20. Small city.
, %. Buggy.
%. Sound made by cattle.
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OSH, it's hot"'
~ This heartfelt remark
Y came from the lips Of
~ Perky Jones, who. with
the other members of the
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10 " e e r

r
4.
Fill in the blanks with two words
using the same letters but having
different spelling and meaning.
"de as a result of the wound
In his -"
8.
But II was the cross word puzzle
which was the big contest OF the after
noon. Jane finished 1t in 10 minutes.
Can you do as well?
vTY.-I n-uw1A
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Sales Tell the True Story!
lifetime Homes" in Petworth s.
~ Cahik

See Homes and you'll quickly understand why they the
popular residential community Northwest Washington They
chaser gets the BEST practical living plan; the UTMOST in
of workmanship then shares in the BIG SAVINGS of
THE BEST HOMES FOR LESS MONEY.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-19

critics were cross with his hero saying that he was
"a prig," and that he Sought to have been really
tempted by the charms Of the lovely Mrs Winnie
Duva'" and he goes to say: cit has happened
to not once, but several times, to meet with
experience such l have portrayed in the Mrs.
Winnie scene, and never found it any particular
temptation The real temptation of the metropolis
is not the exquisite ladies with unsatisfied
tons; it is that if you refuse to bow the knee to
the Mammon of Unrighteousness you become an
outcast in the public mind. You are excluded from
all influence and power, you denied all oppor-
tunity to express yourself to exercise your talents
to bring your gifts to fruton. One of the reasons
"The Metropolis had a small sale was because I
refused to do the conventional thing-to show a
noble young hero struggling in the net of elegant
siren. The temptation l showed was that of the
mans world, not of the womans; the temptation
Of Wall street offices, not of Fifth avenue boudors
1t a kind of temptation of which the critics
were ignorant, and in which the public, alas, was
uninterested." Indeed, an interesting theme. And
pity it is that these novels did not actually deal
with it. But we perhaps in position to
make at least guess at the psychic conflict which
held the authors emotions so tight-locked during
the composition of those two books; it might well
have been, no vulgar conflict of worldly ambition
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-19
The Aftermath Of The Jungle"

81 treated epic theme; but it viewed
in zoo and factual way, through the eyes
of This aristocratic young morast-hero who, the
total upshOt of these events, is merely surprised
ami shocked that people be so bad-and refuses
to dine at the house of of the scoundres There
was to have been third volume it written as
a play, "The Machine" an instructive piece in which
the hero finally marries the rich scoundrels daugh-
ter, who has become interested in settlement work
and socialism, and has repudiated her fathers
riches 1t was this grand event toward which that
whole creation moved!
Jack London had written of "The Jungle: 1T is
alive and warm. 1t is brutal with life" No one
would say that of "Thc Metropolis" or "The Money
changers" They emotionally thin performances.
In both, the hero remains essentially untouched by
all that goes on about him, scarcely more than an
Observer disembodied ghost, as it were, of the
author himself, looking and taking note of all
that happens with admirable journalistic faculty.
but capable of no depth of human emotions. In
"The Brass Check" the author remarks that the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-19

presiding judge the prosecuting attorney and those
legal celebrities. defended myself as best l could
staring in between times everlastingly toward the
door,
But the man who did not appear, that was depu-
ty Karl Liebknecht.
1t began to look as If would be smoked out.
The Graf, with his glittering monoce, was already
smiling trumphantly. The presiding judge spoke
about my only salvation--an ignominious compro-
mise-when the door opened and into the court
storined, with fluttering robe, swinging his
bref-case-the attorney Karl Liebknecht, very APP
parently uniformed but with ingenious instinct
Immediately sizing up the situation. And upright,
standing with stilted legs, his head thrown back
audaciously like Luther's in the parliament at
Worms he Numbered with cutting voice toward
the confused prosecutor, the astounded legal guns
and the dumbfounded court: eve don't even dream
of compromise-we invite presentation of proofs!"
And indeed, things turned out well this time
The opposing party permitted itself to be bluffed
There dirt enough its skirts to fear its pro-
ably controvertible material The court was adj
5ourned. A second trial never called. The Graf
and besides he had to pocket his defeat
A punctiious lawyer, IN all probability, would
have landed this on the rocks
But not so the deputy.
had to cough up handsomelyfor his legal celebrities
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Liebknecht as a Lawyer

the necessary funds to proceed"
Then we became immersed in the documents per-
tanning to my case and he painted, with his pecul-
lar fervor how good the prospects were for US to
get off spendidly in court.
But when the trial took place I was confronted
by great imperial ANIMAL Graf Won -, officer
of the equery etc., whom was supposed to have
insulted. The Graf aided by the greatest legal
guns. Thus the party of the second part was fully
represented; but, the party of the first part was
not, for deputy Karl Liebknecht was not there.
The trial began was fiercely set upon by the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-19
FrOm simplicissimus Jan. 10, 1920.


A CLIENT, represented around 1910 in a GRIM
inal case by attorney Karl Liebknecht gener-
ally found it no easy matter to see the Reichstag
deputy, Karl Liebknecht, personally.
Liebknecht raced perpetually to and fro between
the court of justice and the Reichstag. In court,
politics often prevented him from working through
judicial reports, and in parliament he often found
no time to study the proposed bills because he had
to chase through criminal documents, rushed back
and forth between the two fountain-heads of Gull
ture by flying messenger.
However, one day l caught him unexpectedly
in his office as a proletarian client entered who
attempted, rather awkwardy, to present his case.
] remember distinctly how appalled, l was when l
heard Liebknecht brusquely cutting off the man:
"Have you ten marks with you to pay down." And
1 see now how the worker, bewildered, shelled
out ten mark gold-piece and handed it to the
lawyer, whereupon he was tersely and effectively
passed on to the office manager.
Before I could say anything Liebknecht added
the ten marks to other change in envelope, rang
the bell, and gave the messenger orders to take
the letter instantly to a certain hotel.
"Tja," said Liebknecht, who had very well
ticed my astonished looks, 81 just needed the ten
marks for Russian fugitive who is waiting for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-19
TO A CERTAIN CHURCHMAN

A placid face your seething soul bellies
Closed over by veneer of holy learning,
Fanatic flames are leaping in your eyes
hear the screams of many witches burning.
You rumble threats Of birthstone as you raise
Y.slr jeweled hands to exercise the devil,
Cyntriving such God as you would praise,
Devising your own laws Of good and evil
HENRY REICH, JR.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-06
Certified Seed Industry to
be Severely Tested Inn 1927

tuber unit method, with all pieces from
the same potato planted together in the
row. Without this system, effective rogu-
ing becomes impossible when plants are
close together.
Tuber unit planting is recommended
in any case, regardless Of the distance OF
planting. The ce~rtihcation requirements
adopted by the Montana Potato Improve
ment association for this year, require
that the grower shall plant a seed plot
of one-tenth the size of his entire seed
potato acreage by the tuber unit method.
On irrigated land the tuber united seed
plot must be one-twentieth of the entire
acreage 1t is assumed h the seed
from this seed plot will be retained on
the farm and used for the following sea-
sons planting. Tuber uniting is insisted
upon because in this way can diseased
plants be removed most effectively. While
the new rules specifically require the
above system Of planting, growers are
encouraged to plant as much of their en-
tire seed potato acreage by the tuber unit
method.
There is no need for alarm in the seed
potato situation as it is, say Mr.. Har-
rington, but there will be decided aus
for alarm next fall if growers are careless
with their production this season. Mon
tana's seed is desired in the south simply
because its freedom from disease and
high yielding power give growers there
greater returns than other seed. Once
Montana seed becomes as contaminated
with mosaic, spindle tuber and other de-
generate disease, and the yielding power
drops down to the same level as seed
from other states, Montana'S advantage
will be lost, and it will be a long, uphill
if not impossible task to regain it, warns
the horticulturist.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-06
TREASURE STATE FARM AND LIVESTOCK
Greater Thrift and F~OrethOuSht Will EARN
Added COnveniences and Increase HOmimess

and where there Is lack of furniture, pill
lows suggest great consideration for the
occupants. And pictures-there are so
many really fine ones coming to us in
magazines that choosing the ones to
frame and hang will put personality into
a home.
Too often the farm is the poorest place
in the world to eat. However, that is
not always the housewives fault. Many
farm women merit commentator for
meals gotten up nj of practically moth
ing but flour, sugar and water. Indeed,
the farm is the most favorable location
for h growing of good things to eat
and better menus will set a new pace
for the farm.
The farm home should have reason for
pride in its menus. The farm table
should be supplied always with fresh
cream and milk; it should be supplied
with young chicken frys and young pig
roasts. Indeed, the matter Of good meals
on the farm is a matter Of better farm
planning rather than always Of de-
NAL and saving.
Farm women often lack the cheapest
and most common conveniences in the
kitchen. Replies received in answer to
inquiries sent u by the Women's club
a few months ago revealed that a few
farm women considered a bucket and a
dipper a convenience in the kitchen The
pity of it, when the nation is considering
making mandatory cOnvenienceS FOL
farmersl 1t might be of greater I'M
portance to the nation should congress
declare for farm home conveniences, such
as running water in every farm kitchen
in the land, in addition to the recent de-
cree that a farmer must have $4,000
worth Of equipment before he is allowed
to go on any n Of the new reclamation
projects.
Home-making is the biggest occupation
in the world today. 1t is the most val.
liable asset TO the nation Too mIcT
home spirit is being wasted on the farm
in hard work, in needless work. We neeC
a better building in which to make tht
better farm home. And better planning
more thrift n farm operations-mus
give them to us.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-06

Hiram Wood. Aurelia Poe, Peter Balen,
General Meade, Big Horn No. 2, General
Custer and Nile"
Today, the sole surviving officer of the
Benton Transportation company, and one
of the very few men now living who
were actively associated with steamboat
traffic on the Big Muddy, Captain Isaac
P. Baker, lives at Bismarck, N. D. Prac-
tically all of the pilots mentioned by
Captain Gould in the above interview
given 2 years ago, have long since passed
on.
1t is a long step back to the palmy
days along the old river; and, although
it cannot be definitely said that steam
boating IN the Big Muddy is a thing Of
the past forever, it is a fact that the
golden days Of the sixties and seventies
can exist again only in the memory Of
those few now living who were fortunate
in witnessing them.
There's a trail that winds out thru the noun
tainS,
Thru the prairie dust velvety gray,
Thru the fordS, thru the couleeS, and gulcheSs
A trail that grows DINNER each day.
You can't make it without an old-timer
To guide you and make you his guest,
For that trail is the long trail of mem'ry
That leads to the heart Of the West.
BY Robert H. Fletcher.
(Copyrighted)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-06
Is POTATO KING OF
BAKER REGION

TZARL PINNOW of Baker came from
~ Germany in 1913, landed at Ellis
IA Island, a cripple, weighing about
100 pounds. He was refused en-
trance until a cousin, Gus Schultz Of
Baker, swore that he would protect the
country from Karl. Karl had plenty of
money-saved it from selling shoe strings
and he had paid the passage of his
young brother Fred.
Admitted to the land Of his hope, he
fled On land that no n else would
take and when his last $25 vas paid for
filing fees, he borrowed money to face
the future. He has been borrowing sine
at 10 per cent and now owns $40 acres.
Mr.. Pinnow is now the acknowledged
Bliss-Triumph certified dryland potato
king of the Baker section and has con-
tracted this season to furnish the Loujsi-
ana growers with a carload Of such seed
potatoes.
After struggling for several years on
the most desolate tract between Baker
and Ekalaka, Karl sent for the sweet
heart of his childhood and, with bor-
rowed money, brought her over. A son
and two daughters came later to help
with the potatoes. Now these gritty peo-
pie are practically independent.
An admirer Of Mr.. and Mrs. Pinnow has
offered to back them with $4,000 II
they'll give up their home and locate on
land more favorable for horticulture and
their special line but, up to date, they
cannot see it.