The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-23
Making the Grade
By BYRON E. COONEY
By BYRON E. COONEY

anything? He's kind of young but he's
beginning to take notice Of things
lately"
'I know what he wants. all right, all
right. He wants to be National prest- !
dent of the Fraternal Order of Eagles"
CHE can have it," declared MIR. Claus
and added. lin time"
do you know a boy called Maurice
Weiss in Butte?" he queried.
"UH-HUH," nodded. "Give him guest
at the Finlen hotel who don't chew
tobacco. Maurice is awfully fussy
about his rugs"
THERE'S Frank Linderman-"
GIVE Frank a life membership in the
Knights of Columbus"
!
BEHAVE yourself" said Santa, "this
amt April Fools day, you know"
CHARLIE Nevin of Butte is on my list"
GIVE Charlie an answer to his question
of Am right, boys?'; he's been ask
ing for that for IS years"
WHAT sort of kid is Pat Carney Of
Waterloo" asked the old man, II
haven't seen him now in 80 years"
HES your twin brother and I know
what he wants. 12-pound potato
Il that's all"
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''I got Dick Ringing down for Noah's
Ark. VIII that please him2"
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"THE very thing" agreed. ''He can fur
nish his own animals"
"swEDE Murphy wants something, too"
GIVE him a couple of gambling houses
to close up. That1 make him happy"
'DR. Dan Donahue- Dan Dona-
hue Of Butte. Hows he been behav-
= ing?"
"I wouldn't knock anybody" I replied,
"but if I wanted to I could tell you
things about Donahue that would make
your whiskers curl"
"OH, I'll just put him down for ton OF
dynamite"
BILL Bole of Great Falls?"
ANOTHER lost tribe of Indians to take
care of. That keeps him out of mis-
1 chief"
"AND Sam stewart?"
"GIVE Sam a new story. You know
e Sam has only one story-that one
e about tea and coffee. He needs new
story awfully bad to tell when hC
makes speeches"
= ss7-IJEpr,c . T,,doo esorlas a., ra,,++a Who
does he want?"
"a saloonless nation. Give him a saloon
less nation,-in 1878"
> GORDON Campbell-they treated Cor
don kinda rough once you know"
s GIVE him a gusher. big gushing OF
well. Forty barrels a second"
t "ED Murphy, state purchasing agent
Does he want anything?"
2 "YES-a closed season on travelling sales
men, agents, solicitors and peddler:
Ed wants just one quiet day, whel
n they don't call and say, I knew yo1
l. when"
"E. G. LEIPHEIMER, editor of the stan
It dard. He wants"
1852 galleys of live copy all in type. Civ
le it to him
"AND Tom Stout of Lewistown-he's
d. reporter, amt hep"
MAKE him ambassador to China. Tom
just crazy about chop suey."
y. WALTER Hill.-what does Walter Hi
IL want?"
"A little less publicity. please"
DOES Con Kelly want anything9"
l. THIS is a secret. Don't tell any on,
4; He wants to name the next presider
:" of Chile"
at WHAT will give Sammy Alexander {
Butte? He's always wanting some
thing"
"HAvE you any champagne on ice9"
SANTA nodded.
e. WELL, give Sammy the ice. NextP"
ruth Elder, the girl that got her fet
is wet. What does she need?"
TRADE her baby carriage for her all
ne plane"
bill Steege-he's circus man,
ne think?"
"OH, yes. Bill wants first run, millic
nd dollar film to show at popular prices
p THERE'S no such animal" said SAINT
'I'n send him a good road show"
Ia STEVE Hogan, the poet. How abo1
him?"
! NEXT years Nobel prize for poetry.
1 don't want the money, Just the honor
n
1 FRANK Kerr, who works for the Mo
tana Power, wrote me a letter but
forget what he wanted"