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^ L i i . ; i§;; •fe" £::. Miwiiliiifei THE IfcHEXfct PLAItfDEALER, McHENRT, ILL. iii // - -f« .»V " '*»/;•*'." o!'", -. .' 7?*I'" c* "' >'** WAS TURNING OUT,, ?'•••m»•-*.. .v- • G UNS BY MILLIONS :•'&' •' D. C.--Machine pint and small arms produced by the millions, ammunition turned oat by the billions of rounds and tanks ballt by thousands when the armistice ended hostilities, furnish the subject of chapters Just made public of the war department's history of the "material" side of winning the war. In regard to machine gun production, about which such a hot controversy waged In congress as a result of the failure of the American army to adopt for standard general use the Lewis weapon used successfully abroad, the report says manufacturing facilities for machine guns In this country were much more limited In extent than the public had any notion of when the United States entered the war or to day, and that there were at the outbreak of the war only two factories which were actually producing ma: chine guns in any quantity at all. ;,-;- Dearth of Aircraft Gun*. The report says there was "great' dearth of heavy machine guns for aircraft work, to be synchronized with propellers. The Browning aircraft gun would have met the requirements, but it would be a long time before it could be produced in quantity. In seeking a stop gap weapon until the Browning could be ready, the ordnance department, by "one of those surprising and almost accidental successes" sometimes encountered, found that a modifled Marlin gun which could be quickly produced met all requirements. The work of the Brownings Is declared to have been spectacular as compared with any existing weapons of this character. Up to November 11 the production of Browning rifles was 62,238, a majority of which wer^ In France. In addition 29,000 Chauchat guns had been purchased, so that enough light automatic rifles were on hand to supply 100 divisions, or an army of 3,500,000 men. In the same time 41,804 heavy Brownings and enough Vlckers guns had been produced to make, with the Hotchklss weapons purchased from the French, a total of 54,627 oft this type, or enough to equip 200 divisions, or an army of 7,000,000. Other production struggles described Include items varying In size from trench knives to the^ 45-ton Mark Vm tanks of British design, of which 1,500 were being constructed In co-operation with the British and 1,450 additional wholly by American enterprise. On November 11 64 tanks of the French stx-ton \ype bad been delivered and by January 31 of this year 291. Of these six were shipped abroad. Orders for 1,000 Mark I light tanks were canceled as were orders for 15,- 015 three-ton tanks, 15 of which had been completed on November 11. The history of the rifle production, including all of the considerations which led to the adoption of the standardized British Enfleld weapon for American use, also Is fully outlined. The department states that it sees no reason now to change its view that thd wisest course was that which was followed. The total rifle production lit the United States froth tjie beginning of the war up to'November 9, 1918, was 2,506,307, of which a little more than 300,000 were Springfield rifles. Considerable attention is devoted to the production of automatic pistols and revolvers for the troops. European countries failed to appreciate the value of a large caliber, hard-hitting weapon of the American type and the chief use of pistols and revolvers In European armies had been as ornaments for officers' uniforms. It Is said. With the standard army automatic it Is stated, "any average soldier with average training can hit what he shoots at. In almost the first skirmish It proved Its superior usefulness In trench fighting. Such Incidents as that of the single American .soldier who dispersed or killed a whole squad of German bayoneteers which had surrounded him struck the enemy with fear»of Yankee prowess with, the p i s t o l . " ' V . V ' - V . - 1 DISQUIET IS SEEN AMONG SLOVAKS Pressburg, Slovakia, Bohemia.--Generally speaking, the situation In Slovakia, formerly a province of Hungary, now annexed to Czecho-Slovakia, is not without disquieting features. The honeymoon of the revolution has passed and some of the disillusionment bound to follow the Introduction of a nevfr regime has set in. The Magyars and the Magyarized elements have not as yet been reconciled to the new regime, and the peasants have recovered from their first enthusiasm. A difficult task of reconciliation remains to be performed by the Czechs. The population of Slovakia la ma<}e up of three elements--Slovak Intelligence, which has always been very strong for the union with Bohemia; the Magyars and Magyarized Germans, and the peasantry. The intelligencla has been completely satisfied by the Czecho-Slovak government. The administration has been handed over completely to the very small number of Slovak doctors, lawyers, aathors and professors that could be mustered for service. Magyars Ignored. Meanwhile the Magyars and Magyarized elements have been quite Ignored by the government except where the government could not find a Slovak to fill the Job. Intense loyalty to the old Hungarian rule characterizes these people. They could be reconciled to new conditions were they taken into the Czech at^nlnlstration. But the government at present prefers to fill HOW THEY FENCED IN THE GERMANS SOLONS PLAN TO QUIT NEXT WEEK --" (p Legislature Is Scheduled to Adjourn Session on Wednesday or Thursday. Ex-ftenator John Thompson Dies. John Thompson, for more than sixty years a resident of Fayette county, is dead at Vandalla, age ninety-three years. He represented that district as senator in the state legislature in the early '80s. O.K.'S DEATH FOR TAX NURD This fence was built about the Hotel Trianon in Versailles as a necessary aafety adjunct to the German delegates, who are at present staying there pending the signing of the peace treaty. the vacancies left by the Slovak intelligencia with officials from Bohemia and Moravia. This naturally angers both the Magyarized element and those Slovaks who are unfit but would like to occupy all the Jobs. A decided sentiment for real local autonomy Is making Itself felt. On tlie whole, the government may not be opposed to granting an outspoken demand for home rule in the province. The peasants do not take much interest In theoretical politics. They complain that the republic lasted only three days. By this they mean that they were allowed to plunder the Jews for only three days In the Interval between the withdrawal of the Hungarians and the arrival of the Czechs. During this time the peasants had a very free hand. There were very few towns or villages where they did not completely clean up the Jewish population, who are the shopkeepers and small traders, and at times lessors of estates. Now the peasants have no longer the Jews to plunder their interest in the. new state has diminished. They were kept in a state of illiteracy by the Hungarians and therefore are by no means ripe for real self-government. However, Just now they are very bitter because they claim the Czechs take their food supplies away. Bolshevism Not Popular. Bolshevism has not taken a great grip on the peasantry. Slovakia Is largely an agricultural district and we know farmers are always the most conservative element. In the few industrial communities in the more mountainous north and east a certain amount of unrest has developed. In Kassav, far eastward, the large mills are not working and the food situation Is very bad, as it is in most of the industrial districts. Here the workmen hold meetings and growl in bolshevik tone. Naturally Kassav Is rather near thev Hungarian border. So that bolshevlsm there would be natural. In the other industrial districts the workmen seem to have taken out their class-consciousness in making big demands upon their employers. Not unusual was it for workmen to come to their employers and demand that they receive a percentage of all profits accrued since the war's beginning. With all this discontent the food situation is very much involved. Generally speaking, Slovakia would not be the first province to go up In anarchic flames. For the time being the bolshevik overturn in Hungaria has had Indeed a rather quieting effect on Slovakia. The wealthy or well to do who were most attached to ttieir old fatherland now do not relish the idea of returning to a Hungary which will take all their property. TAKE LOOT FROM HUN it- Four Billion Dollars' Worth Captured by British. Immense Amount of 8tolen Property Left' Behind In Hurried German Retreat. Namur, France.--Four billion dollars is the most conservative estimate of the value of the war loot captured from the German army by the British because of the haste of the Hun retreat. Eight hundred barge loads, each carrying 800 tons, and 20,000 trucks held a part of the treasure. Some of the loads were coming to supply the German army. Some were cargoes taken from the allies and loaded for shipment to Germany. But the latter was the least part. One barge «arrled 400 tons of Iron bolts. In one small area was seized 80,000 tons of chicory, 100,000 aundles, 1,100 tons of soda, 200 dynamos, 1,000 farm implements, 8,000 shovels and picks. In one sale of loot 90.000 stoves have been disposed of, mostly to Belgians and French. A cargo of rags was bid up to $350 a ton before the auctioneer discovered what the bidders already had learned, that the rags covered a store of copper. Here is Just a partial list of the articles seized and now being soid by the disposing board: Brooms, buckets, trench mirrors, dried tripe, toilet paper, water bottles, hammers, lamps, pumps, blunderbjfces, carbide, beds, spring mattresses, mousetraps, bells, rotary pumps, wheelbarrows, harness, mosquito netting (by the 1,000 yards), churns, oil, paint, shovels, wire cutters, bags, paper string, paper bags, medical stores, huts, field forges, uniforms, bells, Klaxton horns, gas alarm sirens. ORDER KAISER'S BUSTS OUT German Ministry of Education Directs Removal From 8choolrooms of Country. Coblenz. -- According to German newspapers published in the unoccupied districts beyond the American bridgehead many schoolmasters during the revolution removed the busts of the emperor and the crown prince which decorated their classrooms. Some time afterward the busts were restored to their places, but recently the ministry of education has ordered them down again. There was also a proposal to change the names of all streets in Germany named in honor of royalties. This has been met by the press with some hilarity and suggestions that there were more Important topics for discussion Just oow than aaiaes of streets. Lived Over a Century. Albuquerque, N. M. -- Agaplte Madrid of Luz Canyon, N. - M„ died at the age of 115 years, according to Reports received here. $ Mexicans Think Rebel § & Chief Burst His Coffin 8 -- a Chautla, Mexico.--Legends al- & 9 ready are beginning to spring up ^ 5 among the superstitious and lg- A 8 norant regarding Emlllano Zap- $ © ata, the rebel chief who met •*« V death here on. April 10. In an X V attempt to preserve the bandit's 6 body as long as possible to give £ the greatest number of his fol- § lowers a chance to see it, it A was packed in ice. In the ab- V sence of embalming fluids. The V TWINS POPULAR ON COAST ice burst the sides and top of the flimsy coffin and gave rise g to superstitious tales that the ^ "Attlla of the South," as Zapata was called, was not really For stripping timber an inventor has patented a motor-driven barking ma- Stork Brings Five Pairs to Loa Angeles in the Same Number of Week*. Los Angeles, Cal.--The stork has not only been a steady visitor to the city of Corona, but often his visits have proved to be very generous, no less than five sets of twins born to as many families in fewer than that many weeks in the Circle city. A short time ago twins were born to the family of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wall --a boy and a girl. Not many days later Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Parks announced that twins were left at their home, also a boy and a girl. On March 12 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Baurman were paid a visit by the stork, and this time two sons were given into the care of the proud parents. . \ The following day Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hazen were surprised to find that twins had been left at their house, and little Edward Monroe and Ruth Leona Hazen are the latest arrivals. The next day two sons were born to the wife of O. R. Vanderhoof, a prominent business man. Vanderhoof is himself a twin, being named after a twin, and, in fact, twins are popular on both sides of the house. Sell Camouflaged "Goldfish." London. -- Camouflaged "goldfish" have been selling well in London. Common varieties of small fish are being dyed. In about three days the dye wears off. Before the war England obtained virtually all its goldfish from Germany. - Tag Days Unpopular. Lynn, Mass,--Tag days are unpopular here. Reason: Someone charged Police Chief Burke a quarter for a tag. He didn't know for several hours that he had been wearing a "Ho been no work" button. Revive Women's Eight-Hour MIL; The original women's eight-hour bill was restored to life in the house committee of Industrial affairs by an amendment said to be agreeable to the conflicting interests. It restore* mercantile establishments to the provisions of the senate bill, but on a nine-hour day and 54-hour week basis. Almost Unanimous Vote of House Revenue Committee In Favor of Administration Bill--To £ . Suffrage Amendment. Springfield.--Final adjournment of the present session of the Illinois legislature Is planned for Wednesday or Thursday of next week, unless something unforeseen develops to prevent. Governor Lowden's bill to abolish the state board of equalization came out of the house revenue committee with a favorable recommendation and substantially by unanimous vote. At least SO, and probably 85, house members have agreed to vote for the bill, Including Republicans and Democrats, and it Is considered almost a certainty that it is to become a law. Elimination of the utilities and traction issues from pending legislation by the proceedings leaves little more than the governo/s tax bill, the congressional apportionment measure that went to third reading In the senate, and the Chicago revenue bills, about al! on the calendar that have major Importance. The omnibus appropriation bill was completed In the house appropriations committee and, with the tax levy bill, will be ready for consld eratlon this week. By a topheavy vote the senate passed the Buck bill, amending the direct primary law. The senate sent to third reading Senator Cliff's bill that makes a reapportionment congresslonally of the state. The Cliffe bill creates one new Cook county district and one new district out of three northern Illinois dlstrlctsiand doesn't disturb the rest. The information is that the Cliffe bill is due to be passed. The house by a vote of 117 to 10 passed the Gregory bill that makes the- actual appropriation of $20,000,000 from the proceeds of the bond Issue for the construction of the Illinois waterway. This completes the waterway series- of bills, In so far as the house Is concerned. The agreed nurses' bill was passed by the house in the precise form In which it went through the senate. The agreement lias been made that hospitals may establish a training course for those who are not striving officially for the "It. N." degree, and that' the department of registration and the nurses' examining board will make such provisions as may be proper to such an end. The bill as passed reduces the requirements of study for the R. N. degree from three years to two. In the form in which it Is now up to the governor the bill is agreed to by the registered nurses, the physicians who have been fighting for nurses who can attend the sick without the degree, and the state administration. . The Illinois legislature is scheduled to ratify the woman suffrage amendment to the federal Constitution. All the preliminaries have been arranged by suffrage leaders in the hope that Illinois thereby will be the first of all the states to give formal ratification of the amendment submitted to the states by the senate's action at Washington. Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout and Mrs. J. W. McGraw came to Springfield from Peoria, where they were attending the state convention of the Federation of Women's Clubs. They started for the state capital immediately after the news had arrived of the senate's affirmative action. Three weeks ago they were here to get machinery ready to throw Into gear at the earliest moment, so that Illinois could have the first place in line when states began on the ratification of the full suffrage amendment. Chicago's nonpartisan election bill came out of the house elections committee with favorable recommendation, and Is marked up to be enacted. The bill, as it now stands, applies only to aldermen, the mayor, city clerk and city treasurer having been eliminated. Some of Its original friends are now said to be against it. Representative Lee O'Nell Browne introduced a resolution directing the attorney general and the state depart ment of trade and commerce to proceed against fire insurance companies alleged to have violated stntfe |i,ws by making a surcharge of 10 per cent. The resolution charges that domestic and foreign fire insurance companies have collected $2,250,000 by the surcharge and asks that such moneys be returned to the insurants.-Th6 resolution was sent to the Insurance committee. Victory for Chicago. A victory for a greater Chicago was won In the state senate when by a vote of 41 to 6 the senate passed the Glackln big bond bill authorizing Chicago, subject to referendum, to issue an additional $27,500,000 in bonds. And the house is practically certain to follow the senate lead. It is a victory for the Chicago plan commission and a greater Chicago. Pass Lucius Bill. Representative Luclns* bill, vH. B. 300, prohibiting the advocacy of the reformation or overthrow of the present form of government, was passed without opposition. It received 84 votes. The bill makes it a felony for any person, by word or mouth or by writing, to attempt to overthrow the form of government, and also prohib its the public assemblages for such purposes. Aid "Blue Law" Law Enforcement. Aid for the officials of Illinois and other states charged with the enforcement of blue sky laws has' been offered by the New York Curb associa tlon was the direct result of Investiga tlons made recently by the district at torney of New York and the attorney general of Illinois. These investiga tlons revealed that sales were made on the curb for the sole purpose of fleecing the public. Grant Gas Case Rehearing. The state supreme court granted a rehearing in the case of the Springfield Gas and Electric company against the city of Springfield, in which it held at the last term of court that municipally owned utilities were under the Jurisdiction of the state public utilities commission. - The court denied the petlton of 35 other cities, including Chicago, to Intervene in the case. The court held the clause in the utilities act exempting municipality owned utilities from regulation by the state commission unconstitutional and void. Probing Loss of Coal Contract. Placing of large coal contracts In the South that had for years beer, filled by Illinois coal concerns Is creating a serious labor situation In this state, according to Frank Farrington, president of the state organization of union coal miners. He has appealed to government authorities at Washington against the action and been called in conference with them in an effort to ameliorate the codition. As a result it la expected a remedy will |>e found. House Bills Passed. Representative Thomason'S bill, hacked by the Legislative Voters' league and other semi-public organizations, referring to the handling of funds in the state treasury, was passed by the house. The house also passed Representative Noble's bill concerning structural engineers. The house passed the Smejkal bill to pension Judges of courts of record after service of 24 years and passed the fclll that increases the salary of clerks and bailiffs of the municipal court of Mondrail Company Must Explain. The Chicago, Fox Lake & Northern Electric Railway company was ordered by the state public utilities commission to appear before the commission in Chicago and explain by what authority it is selling stocks and bonds issued by the company. It Is also required to tell why it has been constructing or purporting to construct a suspended monorail railroad without authority granted by the commission. In a general order Issued by the commission all public utilitiM corporations are instructed to v/rite Into their contracts after July 1 a statement that the rates upon which the contracts are based are subject to change by the state commission at any time. This is considered a hint that there will be a revision downward shortly. State Boys to Meet In Class. The country boy and the city boy, both of whom attend the annual Statf Fair Boys' school, are rapidly acquiring a better understanding of eact other, according to Francis G. Blair superintendent of pubtte--Instructionwho Is president of the boys' fair school commission. The school Is held each year at th« Illinois state fair grounds, and since its Inauguration a few years ago It is looked forward to with interest by boys and parents over the state. "The boys are selected one-half from the country and o.ne-half from the city," Mr. Blair says in a pamphlet announcing this year's school which Is sent out by the state fair division ot the department of agriculture. "Here these boys, reared under vastly different circumstances, meet and mingle for one week under most unusual circumstances. A common interest bring! them quickly together. "Shoulder to shoulder they marchside by side they work. A better ur» derstandlng between the boys is established. They get a better measure, one of the other. Lasting friendships are formed. "No one An tell what the bringing together of 300 young men representing every county In the state will mean to the future of the state. The great danger always is a lack of. understanding and a lack of appreciation on the part of the people who live and work in one field of those who live and work In another." ILLINOIS | I State News ji j Bradford.--A new $10,000, municipal parte will soon be opened to the public. Benton.--Mayor Skinner has Issued an order eliminating all slot machines from the city. This is his first act in an effort to clean up Benton. Freeport.--Northern Illinois dairy herds are being sought by buyers from the French government, who wish to replenish the depleted herds of France. Jersey ville.--Farmers report that the threatened epidemic of chinch bugs has been nipped by cold rains. The bugs are reported to have died in multitudes. Lincoln.--A plan is on foot to inaugurate some sort of a fall fair or live stock exhibition, in Logan county and it is believed that it can be made Into an annual affair. Chicago.--At the suggestion of Mayor Thompson,' the' new school board decided to give every school child a holiday at an amusement park as guests of the city. There are about 400,000 pupils and on each designated day 20,000 will be entertained. Chicago.--The Chicago board of trade, desiring to stimulate and improve grain and forage production, offers $10,000 in. premiums to exhibitors of grains "and hay at the International Live Stock exposition of Chicago, duri«g the first week in December. Beardstown.--Organized " labor of Beardstown is already planning for a monster demonstration on Labor day, the first Monday In September. A preliminary meeting of delegates one from each craft in the city, deter* mined on the celebration, and formed a permanent organization. » Chicago.--Resolutions demanding the ouster of Postmaster General Burleson, because of "autocratic management," were forwarded to President Wilson b.v the executive committee of the Chicago Federation of Labor, after adoption here. ,. Chicago.--Fifteen hundred paid applications have been received by Capt F. L. Beats, supervisor of military training in the schools, for admission to the summer training camp for high school cadets at Camp Roosevelt, Muskegon, Mich. Applications are coming in at the rate of KM) daily. Estimates for the total of applications to be received range from 5,000 to 12,000. Decatur.--The first home-grown strawberries made their appearance ou the local tuarket the past week, and readily sold at GO cents the box. The early crop promises to be light because of the nipping frost, but the late berries will be bountiful. William Barnes, an extensive grower, said he made his first picking last year on May 26. Springfield.--Secretary of State L. L. Emmerson has, up to date, issued 307 more automobile licenses in 1910, than during the entire year of 1918. The figures so far this year are 390,- 069, while for the entire period last year they aggregated but 389,761. It Is estimated that the total number of automobile licenses to be Issued this year will exceed 450,000. Chlctfgo.--Destruction by bombs of the Blackstone, La Salle and Morrison hotels, three of the largest In Chicago, was planned by Fred Lamki, according to the story told the police by a negro porter at the Morrison who caused Luinki's arrest. The porter declared Lamki had endeavored to get him to join the 1. W. W. and had told him of the plot to dynamite the hotels. -- IDEALFARM LANDS m- Minnesota Man at Last Found What He Souofil, Wondrous Postpone Probe Until June 12. The session of the Joint house and senate committee, named to probe charges by William H. Malone thai members of the state board of equalization had been approached relative to the assessment of the Pullman company, was postponed until Jun^ 12. The committee heard a large amount of evidence two weeks ago, and it is said that other witnesses may be examined. Governor Lowden probably will make a statement, to the committee at its next session. Scholarships for Soldiers. Representative Charles Gregory , of Lovington offered a bill providing foi free scholarship for returned soldiers In the normal schools and state university. The bill also provides thai if returned soldiers have paid tuition, it shall be returned to them. The bill went to the Judiciary committee. Representative Ronald's bill, which provides a trial by Jury for persons who have been cited for contempt ol court for violation of labor injunctions, was advanced to the order o* third reading without debate. Springfield.--Intrastate rates established by the. federal administration over railroad, telegraph and telephone lines were upheld by the Supreme court at Washington. The court reversed all rulings of federal and state courts denying the legality of federal administrative action. Among the cases involved was that affecting telegraph and telephone rates in Illinois. Judge Landls recently enjoined Postmaster General Burleson from collecting the charges he had fixed for service on these lines. Springfield.--Georgp Sutton, secretary to Governor Lowdeti, has soma unique instrumerits taken from prisoners at Joliet who secretly made them In plans for escape. One Is a huge and ugly-looking knife. Made from a file. It resembles a doubleedged dagger. Another is a razor. This is also made from a file. But the most remarkable of all Is a tremendously large key. It is hand-carved and of brass. The Ingenuity with which it was finished can well be realized when it is learned the key end tappers are fitted with square screws that can be adjusted to "any length in order to fit all cell locks. Rockford.--Outside capital is said to. be negotiating for the purchase of the Mechanics Machine company, the Rockford Drop Forge company and the Rockford Drilling Machine company. About $2,000,000 is involved in the proposed deal. *4?. Camp Grant, Rofeford.--The "Dandy First" again, if«P^ Joseph B. Sanborn has his way--Wi about ninety* nine times out of a hundred he does. Mustering out of the One Hundred and Thirty-first infantry and the reorganization of the First Illinois National Guard, which are one and the same, are going on hand in hand. Belvldere.--Capt. J. S. Pratt of Termopolis, Wyo., was elected president of the Fifteenth regiment. Illinois Civil War Volunteers, at the reunion here. Quincy.--The Northern Central division of the Mississippi scenic highway, embracing that section of the route between St. Louis, Mo., ajid Dubuque. Ia.. was organized in Muscatine at a meeting of national directors and delegates from cities along the route in Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri. It was voted to make Quincy the national headquarters for the entire F»ississ!pp( scenic highway. After Long Search, the Productiveness of Western Canada ' Was Pointed Out, and Ho Is Going There. Be termed for a number at year# near Wlndom. Minnesota, and as Mr. O. S. Marcy told It, he had done well. He had made sufficient money to seo him and his wife through their r^ tnainlng days. "But there were the boys,* said Mrs. Marcy, "and six of them, too--some of the six not yet back from 'overseas." Yes, we are proud of them," the fond mother said, "but, oh! my, we had not girl," and she bemoaned that. Theser' boys had to be looked after. "Why not settle them about you In yoor own neighborhood? You have good land! there, splendid neighbors, and every-- ... thing that might be desired." "Yes, that is all true," replied thUa estimable lady, "but the land Is so> high-priced we couldn't afford to buy* ' there, although worth every cent' asked for it. You see we have six? boys, and they are good one, too." So, one day, three years ago. Mr. and* Mrs. Marcy rigged up the automobilefor a touring trip. . They wanted to in- •> vestlgate for the boys' benefit. The Journey lasted for a year. It took them through Arizona with Its varied,' •cenery. Its climatic and agricultural attractions; Into the canyons of Colorado they went, and the agricultural possibilities there aroused a large amount of Interest. Still undecided, down into the valleys of California the automobile went. Fruit orchards were plentiful, grain fields were attractive.^ but the psychological time had not arrived. Reversing their way, they passed through Washington, Oregon ind Montana and home. A year's Journey and no results. "Oh, yes," Mr. Marcy said, "we had a delightful time, enjoyed It all but the day and night up In Colorado, when we were held up by a wonderful snowstorm; we and six others. Planking the snow embankment, we came through safely. If a trifle Inconvenienced." It was interesting to hear these people talk. Their practical minds showed that they had not lacked opportunities for observation. They could not find what they wanted for the boys. When he was between twenty and twentylive years of age, Mr. Marcy picture*! £ to himself the kind of a home ho^. wanted. He reared a family of boysLand had yet to find such a place. Hit year's Journey had been fruitless la that respect. One day he decided he would try what Western Canada could do. Ho., had read of It, and he had friends there who had done well. He toured the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. He saw the vast prairies, yielding their twenty and twenty-five, and as high as forty bushels of wheat, with enormous yields of other grains. The north central coun& try, which afforded the grass and th# shelter that made stock-raising a vaK uable adjunct to the growing of grnlq, was visited. Interviews were had wltli the settlers, many from his own hom« district, and all were satisfied. Only the other day he arranged fo* a car In which he will load his effect*' to be taken to the Alberta farm he had purchased when on his visit. Mrs. Marcy goes with him, and the six boyf will follow. He found the place ha had pictured in his mind when he waa twenty or twenty-five years old. "I was unable to find It until I made m> Western Canada visit. I bought th# farm, and I am satisfied. When I saw a carload of four-year-old steers brought Into the Edmonton market weighing 1,700 pounds, that had nevet been inside a building nor fed a bit grain, I was glad I had made ap •) mind."--Advertisement Cunning at a Fox. While sitting on the bank of a small stream, writes a Companion subscriber, a friend and I beard some hounds baying on the opposite side of the creek. We were guessing what they might b« > chasing, when all at once we saw • two-thirds-grown rabbit come from th« weeds and slowly walk Into the water until It got so deep that he was compelled to swim. We thought that th« little animal was coming across; but suddenly he turned upstream and swam for some two or three rods, and then he climbed out on the bank and disappeared in the weeds and underbrush. A few moments later the houndi came to the water and lost the trail If that were not a piece of cunnin| on the part of Bunny, I am much mla* taken.--Youth's Companion. Certain Proof. "There's one thing I'm thankful for,* said Mrs. Crosglots. "My John It never goin' to be one ,o' them bol> shivers." ' "How do you knowT" "Well, of course. I'm not sure how people go about It to bolshiv. But 1 understand it's largely done by <=prea<* In' flames, an'!l don't believe there's 8 man on earth that hates the idea ol getting up an' startin' a fire VfQtm ttep John." " •" No Help. "Now that the war Is over I dare say , your boy can write you where he Is !<• cated in France." "Oh. yes," said Mr. Cobbles, "but tht Information doesn't do me an' motbei any good. He might Just as well «aj he's 'somewhere In France.' The nam«* of them French villages don't meal anything'to people who've never beea outside of the state they were born la --Birmingham Age-Herald. i V ,4 .-V " New Dignities "We're getting our turn ai last." rf marked the cheery salesman as he ured the government's share in tht transaction. "How do you mean?" "We used to be only Wow moat of us are also feu rottee* ors." taxpayeni Be In the midst of yo^T.jW*' j | try to pose on top of it. , •" ' q-fofcJ&w&fo j • laiiitaaii •