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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15
Why Shouldn't Story
Improve With Telling?

A somewhat unjust prejudice has
been raised against the habit of re-
peating things. Conversation, If 1t Is
to be entertaining and scintillant, must
never turn back. People who tell the
same story twice before the same COM
pany get the reputation for being
bores.
How often In the course of CONVEX
sation you are primed to deliver an
entertaining story or anecdote, when
some one interjects, i've heard that,
and cuts you off. Conservative talk
ers even go so far as to preface their
yarns by inquiring IL anyone has
heard it before. If they have, then
the yarn is Immediately suppressed.
Compare conversation with other
forms Of art. The best music may be
heard over and over again. Even
poor music, If 1t is catchy, will last
q whole season. Painting or sculpture
will have the same or greater appeal
the more often you see 1t. Books and
poems of the better class are read and
re-read. Conversation Is an art, yet
1t forbids repetition.
What is the result? Conversation
issues a crude and unfinished prod
uct. It never has the chance to be
improved, to have the rough edges
smoothed off, to feel the refinements Of
studied craftsmanship. If thing is
worth saying, surely 1t should be worth
saying twice. If 1t is worth saying
only once, then Is it worth saying at
all? Is 1t possible that the general
quality of conversation Is so poor that
repetition should be regarded as an
unforgivable SIM
The more the question is considered
the more 1t appears that repetition suf-
fers from popular and unreasonable
adherence, like that against serpents
or bats. 1t would be interesting to see
the result If, when some one inter-
rupted with an i've heard that be-
FORE" the speaker should reply. "Yes
But, never as perfectly as l am going
to tell 1t now"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15
Snappy AnslUer Left
Honors With johnson

Samuel Johnson, who received ST.
875 for compiling his dictionary, had
almost exhausted the patience of the
booksellers by whom he was employed,
and was frequently urged to complete
his engagement. Andrew Millar, who
had the principal charge of conducting
the publication, could not forbear
acknowledging the receipt of the last
sheet of the manuscript in the follow
ing terms:
ANDREW NIillar sends his compli-
ments to MIR. Samuel johnson, with
the money for the last sheet of the
copy of the dictionary, and thanks
God he has done with him."
TO which johnson returned this
brief answer:
Samuel johnson returns his com
pliments to Mr. Andrew Millar, and is
very glad to find las he does by his
note) that Andrew Millar has the
grace to thank God for anything."-
Market for Exchange.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15
USING COTTON IN
TAILORED STYLES
Easily Laundered at Home
and Are Crisp and Fresh.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
The trend toward simple tailored
styles for street and business wear is
being reflected in summer washable
dresses. Various cotton fabrics are
seen in offices or in the shopping dis
tricts during the warm months, and be-
cause Of the appropriate weaves, pat
terms and colors available this season,
these are giving excellent satisfaction.
Cotton always has the advantage of
being easily Numbered at home so
that one may have number of fresh,
crisp, inviting garments on hand all
the time.
One Of the best cotton materials for
making up in tailored styles suitable
for street wear is dotted swiss. 1t
comes in many different colors includ-
ing several that do not readily show
soil, such as brown, navy blue, gray,
or forest green, and also in many
lighter shades or in combinations of
color-a background of one color, with
dots of another. The crisp texture Of
dotted swiss is excellent for rather
severe designs. although so often this
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15

white bias tape, which serves to keep
them in place. The bottom of the
blouse is finished with a scalloped line
bound with the tape, and the cuffs
on the short sleeves are trimmed in
the same way. The tie is made inter
esting by having pearl buttons in
graded sizes set on it, and these are
matched by the pearl belt buckle
Many other trim designs could be de-
veloped in dotted swiss, and this
style, as well as. others, could be
made up in numerous cotton materials
appropriate for street wear. The new
printed charmeuse, ginghams, printed
zephyrs, lawns, and suitings are all
pleasing and practical. All-over pat
terms on dark backgrounds are gen
orally best to select when one must
ride in public conveyances or handle
dusty books or papers.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15

so on. The real fact Is that there
must be always two things or forces,
as 1t were, moving In opposite ways,
like the game of oranges and lemons.
One is always pulling down; one is
always building up. One is called
positive; the other negative Each is,
as 1t were, holding the other In ITS
place, keeping the other awake, and
insuring that it does its work, so that
it keeps moving"
"There Is one thing more. In spite
of all that you and the cells can do,
after about 70 years, enemies get the
better of all bodies. The cells get old
and worn out. The hair falls, tho
teeth drop out our eyes grow dim,
our ears get deaf, our bones get brit
tie and break, our pipes for carrying
blood get chalky and burst. Then we
make false teeth to help us go on
chewing our food, till finally we have
to go back to drinking milk as we did
when we were babies. We make spec
tacles for our eyes, and trumpets for
our ears, like those grandmother used,
and caps and wigs to keep our heads
warm, and sticks and crutches and
wooden legs and invalid chairs-till
at last we give 1t up, and don't die
but just leave the wretched old body
and go into another world and hope
to get another body, so as to go on
working somewhere else. A great
deal of all this trouble Is our own
fault, because some men abuse their
bodies so shamefully by drinking bad
stuff, eating too much, and SO on"
"How long ought my body to last?"
"a hundred and twenty-five years,
anyhow. That's five times as long as
it took to grow perfect"
(Chorus) "Gee!"
70 by the Bell Syndicate. Ino)
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15
Food Materials Wasted
Because of Preparation

It Is more economical to serve small,
though adequate portions, and permit
second helpings to the hungry ones,
than to heap up the plates, only to
have uneaten food thrown away. Food
should look appetizlng when 1t comes
to the table. 1t takes very little time
and no extra expense to garnish a
platter, cover up the hot vegetables
to keep them warm, or remove skin,
surplus fat and gristle from meat.
Good food materials may be wasted
because of poor preparation. Scorched
food is an especially needless waste.
inexpensive materials can be made
palatable by good seasoning.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Peaches are among the most salts
factory fruits for canning at home.
They should be canned as soon after
picking as possible. Only clean, sound
fruit should be used. The canning
may be done by the water-bath meth
od-that is, in a wash-boiler or any
covered vessel sufficiently deep to hold
all the Jars completely Immersed in
water while standing on a rack or
false bottom. The following directions
for canning peaches are taken from
Farmers Bulletin 1471-F, Canning
Fruits and Vegetables at Home"
which may be obtained free from the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture.
Before preparing the fruit make
thin strip, using cup Of sugar to
each cups of water. A richer sirup
may be made If desired, If the peaches
are not very sweet, using only 2 cups
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15
Here's Speedy Relief for
Tender, Aching, Swollen Feet
Your Druggist Says Emerald Oil Must Give Complete
Satisfaction or Money Cheertully Refunded.

Your feet may be so swollen and in
famed that you think you can't 90
another step. Your shoes may feel as
If they are cutting right into the flesh.
You feel sick all over with the pain
and torture and pray for quick relief.
What's to be done?
Two or three applications Of Moone's
Emerald Oil and in fifteen minutes the
pain and soreness disappears. A few
more applications at regular intervals
and the swelling reduces.
And as for Soft Corns and Callouses
a few applications each night at bed
time and they just seem to shrivel
right up and scale Off.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15
The impossible

The late Albert j. Beveridge, states.
man and author, hated divorce or,
rather, he hated the offenders who
who make divorce necessary.
Once, at dinner in Indianapolis
the guests discussed with pity the case
of very admirable woman, the
mother of seven young children, who
found herself obliged to divorce her
husband There were obstacles, finan-
cial and other, in the way, and Mr..
Beveridge said:
"a divorce like this is too bad, too
impossibly difficult. It's like I'M
scrambling an omelet to remove one
bad egg"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15
(r HOWEVER careful you and
- ~ are of our bodies, each
body has really to be al

uouy HAS really 10 Dc Ill
ways like city in war
time, on the 'qui vive' all the time.
For 1t has thousand enemies which
are forever working to pull it down,
to get inside and destroy it. Every
thing has. Even the rocks are the
same; the heat blisters them, the cold
splits them, and the water dissolves
them; the drought powders them, the
wind blows sand against them and
wears them down, the sea washes them
away. But there is one comfort-in
spite of all the changing, nothing Is
ever lost. What comes off the noun
tains collects In the valleys and grows
up into plants; the green stuff in the
plants stores 1t all up with sunshine,
and so 1t becomes fire and light, makes
food, and is built up into men again.
"In the same way my body, when I
have done with 1t, may be buried and
become earth, or may wash away into
the sea and be eaten by shellfish and
so become coral perhaps, and so
change into rocks again. Or it may
eaten by cow; and others eat the
beef or drink the milk, and so use it
all over again. Even the rest of the
sunshine that pours down is just the
same. It isn't wasted either 1t lifts
up water to float as clouds, which
come and rain on the crops, and make
food for strength and rivers for water
power. 1t gets canned up in wood or
coal or oil to drive engines, or In
wheat and fruits and vegetables for
us to drive our bodies with.
"Even the winds are not lost. They
stir the water and help to beat up
rocks and so turn them into heat and
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15
PROCLAIMED QUEEN

Doctor Clarke, writing Of old Gus
toms. saws: "At the Hawke (Horkey)
as 1t was called, / have seen clown
dressed in woman's clothes, having his
face painted his head decorated with
sans Of wheat, and bearing about him
other symbols of Ceres, carried In a
wagon, with great pomp and loud
shouts, through the streets; and when
INQUIRED the meaning Of the ceremony,
was answered by the people that they
were drawing the harvest queen"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15
PROBLEM NEGLECTED

A strong impression in my late
years Is have never known anyone to
take care Of himself as well as he
might have done; there are always
shot In every mans locker he has
not used In his fight with life. He
will usually assist in efforts to save
the world, by means Of religion or
politics, and neglect himself .
A mans big problem is himself, and
1t is usually the problem he neglects
most.-Portland Oregonian.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15

Of water. Put in one cracked peach
pit for each quart of sirup. Boil 5
minutes and strain.
immense the peaches in boiling
water for about minute, or until the
skins will slip easily, cut the peaches
into halves, and discard the pits. If
any quantity Of peaches are to be
handled, it is better to use I've solu
ton for peeling them. The method for
doing this is described in the bulletin
on canning. Pack the peaches into
Jars as soon as they are peeled and
cut into pieces, placing the halves in
overlapping layers, concave surfaces
downward. Fill up the containers
with boiling strip. Process quart and
pint glass Jars for 25 minutes in boil
ing water if the fruit is fairly firm
and hard, or for 20 minutes if it is
ripe and tender. No. 2 and No. tin
cans are processed Is minutes.
Apricots are handled in the same
way.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15

material is thought of only In connec-
ton with afternoon or party dresses
Here is a trim street costume in
navy blue dotted swiss with trimmings
of white bias lawn tape. There are
two collars, the upper one white and
detachable so that it may be washed
more often than the entire dress re-
quires. The dress appears to be a
two-piece costume, but in reality 1t is
all In one, the Joining being concealed
by a dark blue belt matching the tie.
There are three pleats on each side of
the skirt, bound on the edges with
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15
Jungle Youth Restless

Youth also flames in darkest Africa.
The Presbyterian board of foreign mis-
sions reports that evangelistic work
in west Africa is becoming increas-
ingly difficult. In the old days the
boys and girls stayed at home and
obeyed the tribal laws. Now they go
chasing off to other tribes while still
in their teens, and the dusky elders
do not know how to handle them.
Apparently this ''revolt of youth" is
going on in the Jungle as we'll as in
the United States.-Capper's Weekly.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15

No matter how discouraged you
have been with powders, footbaths or
other applications, If you have not
tried Emerald Oil then you have
something to learn.
It's wonderful formula-ths com
binatlon of essential oils with caia-
phor and other antiseptics so marvel
Gus that thousands of bottles are Sold
annually for reducing varicose or swol-
len veins.
Every good druggist guarantees the
first bottle of Moone's Emerald Oil
1t must end your foot troubles or
money back.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15

In most houses the boarding in
stinct is too pronounced, and cellars
and attic get filed with useless junk.
The greatest trouble with most
housekeepers' daily schedule is that
they try to put more in them than any
woman could do in day.
A small whisk broom Is the best
thing for cleaning the stairway. II
doesn't raise dust like a large
broom, and 1t gets into all the cor
ners Of the steps.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15
Grabs Raid Oyster Farm

The theft Of large collection of
oysters from shallow pool where
they had been placed by man start
ing an oyster farm recently In New
South Wales, revealed that the thieves
were three of the largest crabs caught
In Australian waters for many years.
The crabs were discovered opening
the oyster shells with their massive
nippers, apparently doing the work
with little difficulty.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15

Prehistoric people of Central Amer
lea and Mexico used Oil centuries be-
fore American oil wells were "discov-
cred" and developed.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15

When you decide to get rid of Worms or
Tapeworm, get the medicine that will expel
them with one, dose-Dr. Peerys .Dead
Shot" 372 Pearl St.. N. Y. Adv.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15

If we all only cared as much for
the great populations of cities as we
take pride in their numbers!
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

Fruit just before each meal Is
pleasant tonic for poor appetite.
One way to keep dirt out Of the
house Is to keep the walks and
porches clean.
Garments stained with milk or
cream should be rinsed In cold or
lukewarm water before they are
laundered.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15

More Money for Labor
Persons who labor with their hands
are being paid, collectively, q per
cent more than they were twenty-five
years ago.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15

Some natures can be lonely for so
long that they welcome loneliness.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15

Has FeU Advantages
Helm poor, but poverty Is no dis
grace.
.She-No; but that's about the only
thing that can be said In Its favor.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15

Don't wait until your ship comes In.
Row out to meet 1t.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15

The most useful of all measures Is
the golden rule.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15

HAY-O Is guaranteed to give instant and
absolute relief to any case Of HAY FEVER
in the world, money refunded. Price 81.
THE HAY-O CO., Sundance, Wyoming.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15
WHAT CAUSES BOILS.

Boils and carbuncles are the result of Inn
proper diet or infection Of the skin. It is hard
to determine the exact cause but CARROLL
Is necessary as one application of CARROLL
promptly stops the pain and continued use
draws out the core. Get generous Zoe box
from your druggist. Money back Il not satiaied.
sPURLocK-NEAL co.. NASHVILLE. TENN.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-07-15

The end of wisdom is consultation
and beration-Demosthene
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-01
A OF DALTON
BROTHERS is DEAD

John J.. KIoehr, 60, who in 1892
gained fame as a g~unfighter when
he shot and killed three of the no.
tOriOus Dalton gang Of bank robbers,
died at his home in C~offeyville, Kans.,
last week, according to press dis
patches.
KlOehr was running a livery stable
in COffeyville when the Dalton gang
raided the towns two banks, October
5, 1892. Four members Of a hastily
organized posse were killed in the
streets when they tried to repulse
the gang.
Kloehr took ambush behind a
board fence in an alley, at the enc
of which the raiders horses were
hitched. He waited until they rar
for their horses. Then he began snip.
ing. The raiders opened up on the
board fence and splinters flew.
Loading and ~reloading, Kloehr KEEP.
up the fusillade. Three of the raid
ers, Bob Dalton, Bill Broadwell anC
Grant Dalton, went down before hi
%unerring shots. In 1907 KlOehr wa
made chief of police of Coffeyville.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-01
Drugs Excite
the Kidneys,
Drink Water
Take Salts at First Sign of
Bladder Irritation or
Backache

The American men and women must
guard constantly against kidney trouble
because we often eat too much rich food.
Our blood is filed with acids which the
kidneys strive to filter out; they weaken
from ~Overwork, become sluggish, the
eliminative tissues clog and the result
IS kidney trouble, bladder weakness and
a general decline in health.
When your kidneys feel like Jumps
Of lead; your back hurts or the urine
IS cloudy, full of sediment, or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three times
during the night; if you suffer with sick
headache, Or dizzy, nervous spells, acid
stomach, or If you have rheumatism
when the weather is bad, begin drink
ing lots of good soft water and get from
your pharmacist about four ounces of
lad Salts. Take a tablespoonful IN a
glass Of water before breakfast for a
few days and your kidneys may then
act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon Juice, COM
bined with lithia, and has been used for
years to help flush and stimulate clogged
kidneys, to neutralize the acids in the
system so they no longer are a source
of irritation, thus often relieving bad
der disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; can not IN
jure, makes a delightful e~fervescent
lithia-wster drink and belongs in every
home, because nobody can make a mis-
take by having a good kidney flushing
any time.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-01

From figures recently compiled It
is evident that even though the live
stock population nationally may be in
excess of requirements, still locally
the available supply may be far below
the demand.
This situation has prevailed for
some time upon the Pacific coast and
throughout the entire West on GER
tain classes of livestock.
Recently the desirability Of curtail-
ing and in many cases reducing pro-
ductiOn in practically all agricultural
lines was pointed out.
This appears well founded being
predicated on the producer gauging
production to best meet consumer de-
mand without creating a surplus il
any particular line.
There is an angle, however, to the
curtailment of production, particular
ly in livestock, which is worthy of
consideration. Many times improper
distribution Of production" may be
mistaken for over-production. That
is, some section may be over produc-
ing a commodity while a distant con-
Stunning center with adjacent territory
capable of producing the same COM
modify is not producing to any great
extent.
Taking California as an example of
this it should be noted that at the
present time the state is supplying
from within it's borders only about
so per cent Of the cattle, 60 per cent
Of the sheep and z per cent of the
hogs required to meet local demands.
This applies particularly to hogs
throughout the West. In viewing the
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-01
&WLfVGStOCk1
-. d.

Western hog situation there are APP
prOximately 20 per cent of the people
in the United States residing west of
the Missouri river. In this same ter
ritOry there are around 80 per cent
Of the hogs and at the same time
this section has 81 per cent of the cat
tie and II per cent of the sheep.
Of the 30 per cent of the hogs,
roughly rs per cent of them T east
of the Rocky mountains, while of the
20 per cent of the population with
the exception of the metropolitan CEN
tiers along the Missouri river) over
One-half reside west of the Rocky
mountains. This means less than one
fourth Of the hogs required to meet
local and coast demands are produced,
while over One-half of the consuming
, demand west Of the Missouri river is
found in that territory.
The reason for this situation to a
large extent is the mOdernization OF
modes of travel. In the olden days
it was customary for the Argonauts
who treked their way across the
plains TO carry their supply Of live
stock right along with them. These
animals represented to the pioneers
who formed the advance guard of civ
ilizatiOn moving westward, not only
food milk, butter and meat) but
clothing and many times the means of
transportation.
However, as the movement of civil
l~ization westward was extended, more
modern means Of travel came about
and it became impractical for the
traveller to fetch his livestock along
with him as he migrated to the coast.
It is rather a far cry from the trains
Of covered wagons in the days of '49
to the present luxuriously equipped
limited passenger service to the coast
but comparison brings out more vivid
ly the contrast and from the stand
point of economics the change has
had a most marked effect upon the
western livestock situation.
No doubt, in the years to come the
lines of livestock production will roll
across the prairies and mountains
just as the early pioneers did and
when this comes about western pro-
duction particularly of hogs, will be
able to meet the western demand
without the importation of supplies