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Evening star., 1942-09-10
Answer TO Yesterdays LETTER OUT.
BY Lillian Athey

arms whip out, returning with the
struggling victim and the feasting
begins at once. There is no use
for the captive. to try to escape
for the sharp teeth of the mantis'
forearms only become more deeply
lmbedded. She is the only insect
capable of turning her head to look
over her shoulders, and this she
often does when enjoying her meal.
She Is keeping track OF another
likely meal coming her way.
Nine. Mantis has one of the
most perfect egg beaters known. 1t
Is located at the tip of her abdo-
men. When the nest must be built.
this gadget is used to beat theffroth
for its walls.
Any rough object handy is used
for the foundation. The maker Sc
lects the bark OF a tree, a gunny-
sack, an old shoe, goldenrod
stem or the side of a house and
begins her work. A bubble appears
at the tip Of her abdomen and
the beater whirrs. Eggs are placed
IN row in this first balcony, all
pointing to an exit, Another bub-
BILE, another balcony, until $50 to
200 eggs have been laid. The COM
pNted nest will be about the size
of a walnut and grayish in color.
Later, it turns brownish; the out
side is waterproofed, the inside air.
conditioned.
In April or May the youngsters
awaken. A tiny grub-shaped body
emerges from one of the tiers, drops
on q slender thread and begins
squirming. Elbows begin to push
through the ivory skin, and, finally,
the tiny head. The baby creeps
back to the nursery roof or Jumps
from the empty shell. 1t outgrows
its skin several times. BY July,
rudimentary wings appear, and in
few weeks the elegant green and
brown mantis is busily engaged in
killing noxious insects.
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police the orchard and the garden,
keeping the insects in check, and
are perfectly harmless creatures.
Indeed, those well acquainted with
the activities of these pest destroy
ers say they make interesting pets.
Our native species. the one shown
here, does not travel farther north
than New Jersey. The European
cousin, mantis religiosa, is estab-
hshed in Central New York, and
the Oriental paratenodera is quite
common about Philadelphia and is
being introduced into other parts
of the country.
In the South this mantis is called
the mule-killer, name not de-
served at all. Soothsayer and
devils rearhorse are other names
bestowed upon the mantis.
In late summer and early au-
tumn praying NANTES may be OBJ
served hunting insects and spiders
and the females constructing their
wonderful egg baskets. Your pres
ence will not disturb them.
The female is clad in green and
brown, is to 4 inches long and
is usually established among the
leaves of your plants or shrubbery
When an insect alights, the mantis
is instantly alert, rising slowly to
a standing position, firmly braced
by the slender hind legs, the sword
like forearms raised in a prayerful
attitude, the large eyes watching
every movement of the quarry. At
the proper moment, the long FORE
Evening star., 1942-09-10

and away they hurried after the
dogs. Last of all was Farmer
Brown Boy, and he was chuckling
to himself. What at? Why at the
thought of how those other hunters
were going to be fooled. He under
stood just what Bowser was saying
"A foxl fox! fox! fox!"
IT guess this will end the hunt
for Bobby Coon this night" said he,
talking to himself as he followed the
others. Good old Bowser! He did
just what hoped he would do. He
had done Bobby Coon mighty
good turn, though he doesn't know
it. I hope that coon will know
enough to get away from here be-
fore these fellows find out that it Is
q fox they are chasing. This is the
chance If he only knows enough 70
take It,"
And Bobby Coon did. BY the time
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that would enter his head. And yet
Bowser did help Bobby, and he did
1t at just the time when help was
most needed. The funny thing is,
Bowser didn't know that he was
helping Bobby, and he doesn't know
that he did to this day. And that
goes to show how little we can tell
what an act of our own may mean
to another.
Bobby had reached hollow high
up in big tree, and in this he had
hidden while down below Farmer
Browns Boy and some other hunt
ers were disputing as to who should
climb the tree Bobby had last been
seen in by all but Farmer Browns
Boy. The latter had seen Bobby
crossing from tree to tree and knew
just where he was hiding, but Bob
by didn't know this and neither did
the other hunters. The fact is.
Farmer Browns Boy was really
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Bobby's friend, and the one reason
why he was hunting Bobby that
night was to try to keep the other
hunters from getting him. 1t was to
give Bobby chance to reach his
present hiding place that Farmer
Browns Boy had made such fuss
about climbing that tree.
Now Bowser the Hound had be-
gun to lose interest in the hunt for
Bobby Conn. He had done his share.
He had found Boboy's tracks and he
had followed them until he had
forced Bobby to climb a tree. II
seemed to him that these menfolks
were dreadfully stupid. He had
shown them where Bobby Coon
was, and he couldn't understand
why they didn't get him. Now that
he could no longer smell Bobby he
was fast losing interest. There was
no excitement waiting around the
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foot of tree. Presently he began
to sniff around to see what other
tracks he could find. No one no
ticed him. He kept going farther
and farther. Ha! what was that?
He shifted and shifted again. 1t was
the tracks Of Reddy Fox. Bow,
wow, WOW, ow, ow, ow, wowp roared
Bowser and was off ith his nose
to the ground. In. great excitement
the other dog joined him, and they
made the Green Forest ring ith
their voices.
"There!" exclaimed one of the
hunters, that coon has stolen down
while we have been disputing and
has got away. Come on! We want to
be somewhere near when those dogs
tree him again!"
One OF them grabbed up his ter
rible gun, others caught up the LAM
terms, for 1t was night. you know,
Evening star., 1942-09-10

Elisha Otis, who opened shop to
make them at Yonkers, N. Y.
In 1854 Otis invented "the first
safety device to prevent the falling
of the car platform in case the ropes
should break" Since that time,
scores of other men have made safe
ty inventions for elevators.
Some early elevators were worked
by hand power. Ropes were passed
over wheels and pulleys, and in this
way it was possible for the operator
to make platform move upward.
"Counter-weights" have been used
from pioneer days of the elevator to
the present. The idea of a counter
weight is to balance the weight of
the car by letting an equal weight
fall while the car goes upward.
When the car goes down, the
counter weight rises, and again
there is balance. The problem
is to lift or lower the load, not the
car itself.
In it's first year, the elevator
usually was employed to lift freight.
Later the movement of passengers
became more important than
freight.
(For Invention section of your
scrapbook.)
Evening star., 1942-09-10
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGE

Each deed we do, each word We say.
Though trivial they often seem,
May hurt or help somebody else
In ways OF which we never dream.
Certainly Bowser the Hound
hadn't the least intention In the
world Of helping Bobby Coon, No
indeed! That was the last thins
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1~Ae t5|1

To obtain . free copy of the
illustrated leafiet on the "Seven
Wonders 81 the World" send =
Scent stamped, self-addressed
envelope to Uncle Ray in care OF
The Evening Star.
Read Uncle Roy in The Junior Sta
EUery Sunday.
Evening star., 1942-09-10
NATURES CHILDREN
PRAYING MANTIS.
(Stagmomantis carolina.)

A praying mantis in your garden
should be a welcome sight. The
first impulse of many is to kill the
weird-looking insect. But the
NANTES are all friends of ours; they
Evening star., 1942-09-10
By Milburn Rosser.
BY Art Huhto
BY Harold Groy
BY Bud Fisher

the hunters returned, tired and
very much put out, he was far
away and safe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-04-02
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RUBBER SHORTAGE
AND SPEED DEMONS

THERE is NOT a pound of rub.
Der that can be spared for other
than war purposes" is what Leon
Henderson told a senate committee
Owners and drivers of American
passenger automobiles will realize
before many months that Mr.. Hen
derson's statement meant just what
it said. AS I sit at a window, over
looking popular drive, I wonder
at the thoughtlessness of drivers
who are burning up tires as though
no shortage existed.
Cars go whizzing by at 40 to
70 miles an hour, and I venture a
guess that time saved does not mean
a thing to one in ten drivers. It is
the American craze for speed. Our
desire to go fast, to beat and pass
the fellow just ahead. The car go
ing 60 to 20 miles an hour will burn
up tires in half the number of miles
that can be covered by a car trav-
cling from Is to 40 miles per hour.
There is one satisfaction in it all.
The speed demon will be the first
fellow to walk. If having to walk
while the conservative driver still
rides should teach speeders a lesson,
the rubber shortage might be con-
sidered blessing. It would reduce
the number of deaths and MAIN
ings for which the speeders have
been responsible.
I, for one, will not be sorry when
the speed demons have to walk.
May it be soon!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-04-02
II. S. FARMERS
AND FOOD PRODUCTION

AMERICAN FARMERS, as a
class, are not complaining because
of war conditions under which they
must plant and cultivate and har-
vest the food needed by our own and
our allied nations. They accept as
necessity the taking of their sons
and their help for service in the
armed forces. Those who are left,
those too old or otherwise incapable
of military service, will work longer
hours that food may be provided.
But American farmers do object
to supplying food for the highly paid
labor leaders, motion picture actors,
newspaper writer's and others capa-
bic of bearing arms, who are ex-
empted by the draft boards. If
they would eat, they, too, should
fight.
Buy Defense Bonds
EVER HEAR of volunteer
wheat? I never did until recently
when travelling across Kansas and a
resident of that state told me about
it. ''The farmers do not plant vol
unteer wheat he explained. cit
is purely a product of nature and is
perfectly good grain. This year it
is estimated that Kansas has ap-
proximately two million acres of it.
Under the rules of the AAA it cannot
be harvested, nor can it be used as
pasturage for cattle. It cannot be
regimented or regulated, and the
farmers can't benefit from nature.
THE PRESIDENT has not said,
though some of his cabinet officers
have, that our first job is the defeat
of Hitler. After that we can take
care of Japan. The people of the
West coast states would not agree
with such a program should a Jap
airplane carrier slip through and
the planes drop few bombs at any
one or more points on the coast.
WE PUT $2,646, 900 into the build
ing and financing of the resettle-
ment project in West Virginia,
known as Arthurdale. The project
has gone broke, and the govern
ment has sold it to the tenants
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-04-02
GREEN-COLOR OF
SPRINGTIME

GREEN, the glorious green of
the trees and the grass! Not a pri-
mary color, it is made of a mixture
of the golden rays of the spring
and summer sun and the blue of
the skies, mixed with the rain. What
can be more glamorous than the
stately tree with its crown of spring
and summer green? Though old in
years, it represents the springtime
of life. What more restful than the
green carpet of a wide, spreading
lawn as setting for the spring
and summer flowers?
Green, natures backdrop for our
stage of life. Each spring it drops
into place to cover the agonies and
tragedies of a winter in the drama
of living.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-04-02
GATHERING SCRAP
FOR WAR EFFORT

AROUND EVERY GREAT steel
mill, where materials for ships,
tanks and guns are being produced,
will be found a large, but rapidly
diminishing pile of scrap iron. That
scrap iron is a first essential in
making steel, and the piles grow
less each day.
On every farm and in every town
home can be found one or more
pieces of old iron. In every com
munity, hundreds of pounds of such
scrap could be dug up if the people
but looked for it-enough scrap to
help build battleship or a tank;
enough to build a gun.
Why not a community scrap party
that would dig out all the old iron,
old paper, rubber and rags? A local
committee could quite easily ascer-
tain the name of a scrap dealer and
price paid for each class of waste
material. Children could be en-
couraged to dig it out.
The effort would turn into cash
waste material that is of no use in
the community. It would help to
replenish the diminishing supplies
so badly needed, and it would give
people of the community a definite
war job. They would be doing some
thing tangible toward defeating the
enemy.
Paying for the scrap with war
savings stamps would induce many
to buy additional stamps.
It is job church, school, Amer
lean Legion post, a service club,
All club, or any other organization
could easily do, carrying on a house
toulouse and farm-to-farm canvass.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-04-02
Ge>s4Apozea?
TRY THIS FORMULA

Cascara Sagrada, FranguIa. Sal
Anarunn, Anise, Caraway, Fem
mel, Ginger, Ecorice, Methyl
Salicylate, Carbonate of Mag
nesia, Oil of Cinnamon, Glycerine
and Sassafras.
It's all ready for you under the
name of ''ADLERIKA."
If occasionally bothered with
constipation, aggravating gas,
headaches or bad breath, try this
formula for its DOUBLE ACTION;
5 carminatiyes for relief of gas
pains and 3 laxatives for QUICK
bowel action. Just take this id
to your druggist.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-04-02
Do You Like Jingle Contests q

Raleigh Cigarettes are now run
ming another series of weekly con-
tests for those who can supply the
best last line to jingle. Over 100
liberal prizes each week. Watch
this paper for details.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-04-02
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Rusty or dusty furnace pipes
lose heat more quickly than pipes
which have been painted with
aluminium of other paints.
Disconnect electric iron as soon
as you have finished with it, thus
preventing fires and the burning
out of iron.
Scratches on furniture may be
concealed by rubbing with good
furniture polish, with lemon oil,
or with linseed oil. Scratches
on mahogany may be retouched
with a little stain of the same
color.
When choosing pot holders have
them large enough to protect the
hands and get flexible ones that
will fit around a utensil easily.
Hang them near the stove or keep
them in a drawer near it. OF
course they should be of washable
material.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-09-11

That's right, Toby! Go and find him!"
But the dog took no notice of that
order Instead, he rushed towards the
great mass of ruins which was all that
remained of the succeed mansion.
All at once Toby gave a quick sharp
series of excited banks, and even to a
man who had always been a dog hater,
those banks told of mingled joy and
fear.
Boys father dragged himself along,
painfully, slowly, over the short stretch
of grass now covered with bricks, dirt,
and dust and he saw that his sons
dog was frantically trying to make a
hole in the side of the mountainous
heap which had housed some 80 hard
working men and women, each now
buried deep under that enormous
junkpile.
Three houses were well afire, so it
was as light as day: and suddenly
Boys father saw hanging down, pro-
truding from between two massive
pieces of iron, a tiny hand. 1t was
around that tiny hand Toby was des
perately attempting, without success,
to burrow his way.
Filled with an agony of excitement,
surprise, and fear, rather than hope,
Boys father turned around. Yes! the
diggerS were still standing close to
where his shelter had been, no doubt
hoping that in spite of their lack Of
success, hardfisted Mr.. goldman would
remember them,' as the pathetic
phrase goes.
Come over here" he shouted. His
dog has found my child For Gods
sake, hurry-hurry!"
And they did hurry But he didn't
feel he could look on while they
worked. And he stood, his eyes on the
ground, dumbly waiting for what
seemed to him an eternity.
Yet it was not more than half an
hour later that he felt touch on his
injured arm, and heard the words,
We've got him out at last. Mr.. Coal
man; and he's alive, poor little chap.
Conscious, too, for he knew his dog
and was mighty pleased to see him. He
must have been blown through the air
right against the falling house, and his
wrist is broken. What saved his life, 1
reckon, were two props off the iron
balcony. They fell in a kind of V
shape, and he got wedged between
them. But he was blue from want of
air to breathe, and you've got that dog
to thank for his being found alive. He
couldn't have lasted long, and though
they've sent for more diggers, doubt
if they'll be able to start trying to get
the people out of there till dawn, and
an awful job it will be-"
To the establishment of the good folk
of Daisymead, each of the four diggers
was remembered" by Boys father to
the tune of a hundred pounds. As for
Toby, he was actually awarded a medal
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-09-11
State Wool Output
ShOlUs Slight Drop

Wool shorn in Montana in 1912 is
estimated at 32,4O2,OO pounds COM
pared with 33,149,0OO pounds in l941
and the 3l-l94O average clip of 3d.
$4,000 pounds, according to report
released by the department OF agrl-
culture through the Helena office OF
the bureau of agricultural economics.
The slight C2.3 percent decrease in
the 1912 clip came about by reason
Of a lighter average fleece weight
compared with last year. This fleece
weight was 90 pounds compared with
sc in 194l and the previous l0-year
average of 95 pounds. The total num-
Der of sheep shorn, 1922 600 in 1s42r
was slightly q percenD larger than
in 194l. Above average rainfall during
the pre-shearing spring season reduced
the grease and dirt content OF the
1912 fleeces.
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it can't catch fire, and very nice I call
fully.
VERY nice?' She glanced at him,
and again she shuddered.
And then came that for which they
had been waiting-the clear droning
of enemy planes overhead. The planes
seemed to be circling around, as if
seeking a target, and Tom Goldman
knew what they were looking for. 1t
was factory many miles from Daisy
mead. But what are many miles" to a
plane?
He moved across the confined space
to the woman he loved. She was
standing. rigid, by their child's bunk,
listening.
Now, dearie, don't forget that care
hearty voice sounded lightsome and
gay. To her it sounded hollow, terrible
He went on, speaking seriously this
time. They can't stay put, my love.
They'll soon be ever SO far off,
And then there happened what,
when he had said it, he had honestly
believed was q million-to-one chance.
There came a curious sound and a
III usoll so louu tllll LEU
as if his eardrums had gone, followed
by the crashes made close to the
shelter by a disintegrating roof, the
fearsome splitting of strong timbers,
and the fall of brick walls, and of
heavy masonry.
A long drawn-out whistle came next,
and. as if borne by a mighty wind,
Tom Goldman found himself being
propelled through the burst-open door.
He was struck, on the way. by heavy
oak beam, and then, dazed and in
agony, he found himself lying on the
grass, face downwards.
Slowly, painfully, he turned around,
to see on his left heap of rubble and
earth where his shelter had stood. And,
horribly close, in front Of him, was the
huge mountainous mass which had
been, till few minutes ago, Murray
Mansion.
Then came his first thought, that OF
his wife and son.
More whistles heralding more bombs,
and showers of incendiaries, came fall
ing on his left. And soon, between
bursts of gunfire, for the night fight
ers were now up in pursuit of the
enemy planes, there came loud cries
and pitiful screams from where the
houses, Of which his was the last, stood,
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Toby Earns His KeepSn Mrs. Bell. ,.,,.
STATE FARMERS
BEHIND WICKARD
APPROVE HIS PARITY PROPOSAL
AS MEANS OF BREAKING
PRICE LOG-JAM

Montana farmers are responding 10
an appeal by Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard to break a price control log
jam" by giving up provision OF the
price control law prohibiting ceilings
in farm prices at less than ITO percent
Of parity.
Evidencing this is a telegram which
has been sent to Secretary Wickard
by d, w. Chapman, president, and H
NJ Brown, secretary of the Montana
Farmers Union, as follows:
The Montana Farmers Union en-
dorses the stand taken by you in your
radio talk. We pledge our support OF
your program to maintain and limit
farm prices at 100 percent OF parity"
AS evidence that Montana farmers
are not alone in desire to combat
initiation by joining Wickards pro-
gram, Chapman and Brown exhibited
a wire sent Wickard by NJ. W. Thatch-
er, chairman OF the national legisla-
tive committee of the Farmers Union,
as follows:
An effective means to head off in
flation and thus save the people from
economic disaster is a real part Of
winning the war. Each economic group
has been moving for increased income.
There must be a halt to this fatal
policy The great majority of farmers
will applaud and support Secretary OF
Agriculture Wickard in his announced
determination to stand pat for 100
percent parity prices and income for
farmers and not ITO or more percent.
If Secretary Wickard gets the support
of farmers and congress to limit farm
prices to 100 percent of parity on a
large production basis then We can all
insist that President RooSeveltS seven
point program be adopted in its en-
tirety as effective means for avoiding
initiation and thus assure all wage and
salaried people plenty of food, clothing
and shelter at fair prices. The national
Farmers Union and the national Fed
Grafton of Grain Co-operativeS Will
support Secretary Wickard in his an
nounced program to maintain and
limit farm prices on a parity basis"
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by Our Dumb Friends League and,
what was certainly of greater moment
to Boys dumb friend, Mr.. goldman
acknowledged to his Milly that the dog
had undoubtedly earned his keep.
(THE END
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-09-11

HELENA - Charles Davidson OF
Great Falls was elected grand master
of the Montana grand lodge, A. F.
& A. M, during the closing sessions
of the lodges 18th annual communica-
ton. Davidson has been deputy grand
master. Charles E. Coe of Missoula,
senior grand warden during the past
year, was elected deputy grand mas
ter. Walter R. F1acksenhar, junior
grand warden during the past year,
was named senior grand warden. By
ron F. Gaitther of Worden, senior
grand deacon, was elected Junior grand
warden.