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Ö 2 ,'AARY GRAHAM. BONNER. — ————— ÇOPYIUOMT »Y VUTUN NtWAft* UNIOH ■ ■ — ■ THE SPECIAL TOAD. "One time when the boy and girl were adventuring," commented Daddy, "the boy gave a kick to a little toad he saw by the way. "Then, to his surprise, he saw the tbad half fall over and then continue hopping, but In a moment more he saw him stop still and stretch and stretch. "The toad's eyes grew larger and larger until they fairly bulged out of his head. His mouth looked enor mous, and as though he could swallow at least three or four children. That is what the boy and girl thought, at any rate, as they stood still, too frightened to move. "And suddenly one of the toad's funny little feet grew very large and like a hand with many long fingers. He took the boy by the ear and pulled him around and around. The toad still kept growing larger and larger ; now he was twice the size of the boy. "In a moment or two more he was three times the size of the boy, and so he grew until he was four times J \v Hk K A?* "Leave Him Alone." the size of the boy and the girl added together. "The toad kicked the boy and kept pilling him about by the ear. " 'You great big creature,' said the boy, 'stop it, stop it! Let me go. You Will kill me, you will surely kill me !' " 'Leave him alone,' said the girl. Tim not afraid of you. Toad ! Leave that boy alone. He didn't mean to hurt you, and it isn't right to get so aogry und so mean over a little thing lice that, Tond !' " 'Oh, Isn't it. Indeed !' said the Toad, swallowing hard and making the boy and girl think one of his good swallows could take in a great deal. "Suddenly, as suddenly as lie began, the toad let go of the boy's ear and stopped kicking him. " 'Listen, 4 he said, as he began to grow smaller and smaller, and finally opce more looked like n real toad, a tiny thing hopping about, T was given the power to grow big when creatures hurt me. I was given that power by tie Giant who rules over us. " 'He Is enormous, but he newer steps oi us or hurts us. It's a fine thing to be able to grow small or big us one wants to. I am especially honored. If you'd like to hear about It I'd be glad to tell you.' "He shook his head when the boy aid girl offered him food from their knapsack. " 'I've eaten, I thank you,' he replied. 'You see the girl was very brave In defending you.' The girl felt much pleased at this, for she had cried one time on a hard adventure. " 'Our Giant Is a splendid soul. He Is big and powerful and strong and magnificent, but he never takes ad vantage of any one. He walks with great care to avoid stepping on the smallest of creatures. He never kills anything except a fly and a mosquito, ncd he kills with great swats. He doesn't torture them or pull off their wings or anything horrible like that. 'One day he came to me and he said : "Toad, you're an ugly little piece, but we all like yon. You help garden ers and farmers in destroying bad in sects and yet people don't think half enough of you. j""So I'm going to give you a spé cial power. If any one hurts you or kicks you or throws stones at you, I'm going to see that, after rubbing your back three times against the ground which will act as magic for you, then you can grow and grow until you're larger than the person who has hurt you." " "The Giant went all over the coun tryside then, throwing his magic dust ov«r the ground so that I could rub some of It on when I was In danger, and could make myself large. ' T can make myself small once more In the same way.' "'But suppose It should rain and there would be no dust, but only mud,' paid the boy, *what would you do then?.' * 'Gracious,' said the toad, 'the magic lasts through rain and storm. It would be pretty poor magic if the lepst little rain could wash it away. 'So I can grow big when I want and I can show a creature or so Ju^t what it feels like to be in the power of some one bigger and strong er who is using his strength to hurt you. For I hate a bully !' " to That*» the End. Full —What's the matter with that big fish playing guard? Back—Why— er Just got mixed op with ' the tackle. HX)Y J SCOUTS (Conducted by Notional Council of th« Boy Scouts of America.) SCOUTS, OFFICIAL FIREMEN In Stamford, Conn., boy scouts are drilled to assist the police in bolding back crowds at fires. They also make inspections of the schools and report to the fire department the condition of fire escapes, fire extinguishers, tire doors, hose and alarms, and how long it takes to get the children out of the school building in fire drills. They ac tively assist In fighting forest fires un der the direction of the fire depart ments. After having attained second class rank, a Stamford boy scout may take an examination, which, if satisfactorily met, entitles him to re ceive a certificate signed by the chief of the fire department, the fire marshal and the scout executive. This cer tificate makes him formally a member of the fire department, which may call upon him for service in time of emer gency. All Blackstone Valley, K. I., is also to have boy scouts as regular fire de partment aids. Scouts are to be in structed in lire fighting and preven tion, and will be so mobilized as to be ready for action at a given signal when their assistance is required. From the other side of the map, too, comes the report that in Cordova, Alaska, a boy scout troop is to co-op erate with the local fire department and will use a fire station for meet ing place and gymnasium. A SCOUT IS PREPARED. During an ice hockey game last winter at Stottville, N. Y., one of the players, Kenneth MacPhail, skated off into thin ice over the channel, fol lowed closely, in the excitehient of the game by three other lads. The three had just time to draw back as the ice gave way under the other,boy, letting him down into the deep, frigid water. The frightened boy clutched at the ice which, of course, broke with ids touch. The two older boys, Kenneth Gardner and Ralph Schmer horn, were all for Jumping instantly to the aid of their friend, but the third nnd youngest boy, Emil Tegt meir, urged different procedure, know ing that rashness would only succeed in endangering the lives of all with out helping the victim. According to Emil's orders, the rescuers laid them selves flat on the ice, at safe distance from the hole, one holding onto the next, forming a human chain. Thus distributing their weight, they wrig gled toward the danger spot and ex tended a hockey stick to MacPhail, which he grasped and pulled himself out to safety. The whole incident serves as an excellent illustration of the fact that a scout really is "pre pared," resourceful, clenrheaded. brave—quick to see what his job is, and to do it, no matter at what risk to liiinself. A false movement, n waste of a moment in argument would have undoubtedly spelled disaster. SCOUTS FOR FORESTRY. Boy scouts of Comnnehe county, Oklahoma, are going in extensively for forestry work. At the suggestion of the forest supervisor of the Wach ita national forest, Frank Rush, the local chamber of commerce of Law ,|m{mJ> 4444444444444444444444444444444444444 Let Us Prove It! More Goods for the Same Money Same Goods For Less Money Seeger-Bundlie Co. ' 'Everybody 's Store ' ' f i ♦ 4 ■ H"H . |"l"l"f I - * 11 H » * ! ■ * ■ i -4 4 44 4 44 4 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 tnn free nur-cy site and pro vided enough ioney to siock it with seed. Boy scouts did the planting un der the superv siou of Mr. Kush, and have several thousand seedlings which are to be distr boys and girls hundred trees spring in ( >klnl and Wichita F ling's supplied Supervisor Uu about the plan boy scouts car starting a movi Hutted free among the if the county. Several will he planted this onm City. Atlus, Okla., tils, Texas, from seed hy the Lawton scouts, h is very enthusiastic nnd believes that the be a great factor in ■nient for foresting the barren plains of the southwest. RESCUES WOMAN FROM DEATH. Senior Patr, Leader, John Hol lings of Pleasnntville, N. J., a thir teen-yenr-old youngster, saved the life not long ago by his prompt and courageous action. The woman was on the railroad track and saw one train coming, hut did not see the other until it was almost up on her. She was paralyzed with fright as the thundering express bore down upon her. This was the mo ment for action, and luckily a scout was on the spot train was. He , an instant before the leaped onto the track regardless of his own danger and lit erally dragged the bewildered woman from the path of the engine, holding her with one arm nnd the fence with the other, while the monster flew past, only a few inches away from the two. SOME SCOUT NOTES. Erie (Pa.) scouts are financing a scout troop in India. Troop No. 1 of Livermore Falls, Me., "cleaned streets of nails." Troop No. 1 of Lowville, N. Y., re ports among other civic activities that it "kept snow away from hydrants." Troop No. C of Terre Haute, lud., re ports having visited eight needy sick boys and giving eaeli a new overcoat candy, nuts ai d oranges. Also col lected waste pi per and rags for wel fare hoard. "Tell It to the Marines." Tell It to the marines is an expres sion frequently heard In England, nl though it is not so common in Can ada. The marines were soldier» placed on battleships In the old days when boarding and hand-to-hand fight ing were common. As these men did not know anything about seamanship it was a common practice to teil them the most outrageous sea-stories, all of which they would believe. Conse quently whenever any one told a par ticularly tall story he was adjured to tell it to the marines. And Hang It in the Trophy Room. A pike weighing twenty-six pounds, upon being hooked by a Cheshire fish erman, pulled him in the canal. Ills escape was much regretted by the fish, who Lad decided to have him stuffed. —London Punch. TOO MANY WASTERS. War Time Extravagance Hit Idaho Hard, Says Sir Knight Mitchell. Hon. Perry Perce, grand W. Mitchell, of Nez chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, who visited Blackfoot this Week, has this to say of business conditions in Idaho: "I find that so iliktle money has been spent—in downs or on the farms—in making permanent, profit able improvements during the fat years when prices were big and ev erything was rolling high. So many who were getting prices douible any 'they had ever before received. ' ran in! ,:u nr v of spending both time ; an,1 money away from home. Far ! mors and business men and hostlers \vou,'d gather up their year's plitn I der and sc off for California, or I wherever it was, to sow their i oin as long as it lasted. Then when the slump came, they had acquired a can vas-back-a ltd-terrapin appetite and had only a wormy-apple supply in the pantry. If we'd spent our ex cess profits in permanent improve ments, in store, in office, in factory, on the farm, we'd be prosperous to day; the word 'panic' would have been torn out of our dictionary. "For those of us who haven't al ready gotten our appetites and our larder to doing teamwork, tlie times are going to he even worse before we come out of the war cloud. Maybe we'll never get to the superman sanity we ca,n now see the other fel low ought to have; but we're all go ing to live like Mulvaney who lived on the memory that he 'was a corp'rii! wanst' no matter what evils might come after, for we're all go ing to have this one lucid spell or self-study and retrenchment. You can't make a man he 'good' by law, perhaps, but you can beat some sense into t.he thickest, skull—and though some of us have been ipretty thick, we're learning that the time to save is when we have something to save as we had a few years ago. If ever you saw a whole state with a dispo sition towards financial wisdom, i*'s Idaho in these days after our paper riches have sailed away with our real profits on the balloons of extrava gn nee." INDEMNITY INSURANCE? It is suggested that whatever in demnity bonds may be put up by the paving company, Le invoked to the bitter end for ruined, shoe-shlines mud-spotted 'garments, lining Hatton and frazzled tempers and deprivation of munieiipal pleasures by evorv one in Blackfoot who has suffered thru the loondition of the crossings that have been manhandled in the new paving district. If a Ibond is good for anything, it ought to be good for salving alj these petty annoyances, which are as vital as life itself- in deed, it is because of such trilles (that strong men take their own lives, ner vous women become wrecks, and lit tle children grow callous and wind up on the gallows as haunted, hunt ed, wretched fugitives. It is suggested that a few hoards well placed across some of the of fending streets might help some; fir boards, pine boards, boards of aider men or bored I-give-a-darns who might help agitate. Ferryimen, or tatll strong men wearing rubber boots Who could tote ithe suffering populace across some of these unspeakable places, if the insurance and bonding policies do not operate, would make Blackfoot a ioit safer and cleaner-footed place to five while this Spring weather is on. ■KISMET!" Magnificent Oriental Story Shown cn Silver Screen This Week. Kisimet—It is Ordered, it is Fate! The Arabian Nigltos, with all their glamour that has enthralled man kind for a thousand years, have no other such wonderful tale of semi barbaric magnificence as that of Hajj, tihe beggar, who rose from the rags and dust ito the pinnacle of oriental imaginings—and then went back down to -the dust and the rags and forgetfulness. Suph a picture 4444444444444444444444444-ä»5-444444-ä-444444 portrayal of splendor, rising from nothing and finally fading away into a similar ghostly nothing, challenges the imagination to its limit. Otis Skinner will' make anyone be lieve the impossible. In this story of barbaric opulence, this king of the American* stage looks like the king of all the world—Ibeggar though he was! The settings of this stu pendous production rival t lie most fantastic royalty of history; it has lhad only two stage presentations in America, comparable to it—"1492," and "Ben-Hur." Only thirty cents! THIRTY CENTS! Regular rates, and no raise for the production that, brings a dollar, or up to two dollars a seat, in most other places. It's at the Rialto, Friday, Satur day and Sunday. FARM MONEY TO LOAN. Blackfoot Branch of National Asso ciation Will Soon Have the Cash Maney may soon be available for far mloans from itilie National Farm Loan Association, according to E. M. Gragg, secretary-treasurer of the Blackfoot organization, who makes the following statement as to condi tions both nationally and locally: "The Blackfoot National Farm Loan Association expects to resume loaning money about May 1. with some changes. In the present finan cial condition of the country, t.he rate on farm loan bonds, to make them salable, lias tfl lie advanced to 5 per cent, and the farm mortgage fate advanced to (> per cent. Since the last offering of Federal Farm Loan Bonds, the financial situation of this country, and the entire world, has undergone a serious change, and rates of interest have very greatly advanced, and there is at this time a serious scarcity of investment funds and the demands far in excess of (he supply. "In renewing loaning operations diese facts will be fully taken Into consideration. It. is realized that in all probability the association will have a demand entirely beyond its ability to supply. Anticipating this condition as almost a certainty, the land banks have asked all farm loan associations to discourage all appli cants which contemplate investments that can he dispensed with for the r;> <• ; mm v F ?«v-\ / ,n. ' P<S J ' 1 ! / He Ctf&ri A r. 'il iIlIIx 3 &ÙELG AlfibasUne wall designs de light the children. Sanitary Ahtba.slined walls protect the children's health. %!ii _> •VY?. tea 1 :fW * The Sanitary W&ll Cuathr.g Recommended by physicians. Widely ii cd by decorators. Comes in powder form, is easily mixed with cold or warm water, and put on with rcgulur wall brush. Come and look ovi r beautiful color plans for your own home, church, school, etc. Let us tell you Low to secure stencils. Now is the time for house cleaning. For Alabastine Sanitary Wall Coating see NEIL F. BOYLE HARDWARE CO. •> Summer Shoes J Ever Popular—Plain Oxford The plain, military heel oxford of cool, soft kid, has won a per manent place for itself in the minds and wardrobes of many women. It is eepeoially 'practical tor those who have to walk or be on their feet a great deal. We have the latest and best Ideas in Oxfords BEA CH Y SHOE CO. ♦444*»440»»40 * * » 4»40 4 44- M 4i**»4444444444 4 4H present; also, to discourage all ap plications which involve solely the payment of indebtedness not yet due. "The system will get started grad ually. and will', we hope, in the very near future, ge* back to the basis of its former activities. "There will be a new form of ap plication. and as soon as the Federal Land Bank sends them to me I will send the old applications that have been filed with me, and a new form, back to the applicant who will be asked to make their application on the new form. "If there are any who have had their applications filed with me and do not wish a loan at this time, they should notify me; and if our ap praisers have not appraised their land I will return their filing fee. "Our directors are; W. C. Soilen berger, C. E. Harris, J. H. Felt, I. J. Spraker, Ivan L. Tanner and E. M. Gregg. Regular appraisers: W. 0. Sollenlberger, J. H. Felt, and Ivan L. Tanner. Alternate appraisers are; Orson Manwaring, W. H. Davis and Peter Hoff. Any of these men can explain about the Farm Loan Organ ization." NEW LAW OFFICE. (Continued from pago one) change in the old-time hospitality and cordiality; the smiles that won't come off are still there to warm the heart—and they have more room to Expand and grow. The office is as attractive a place to visit as there is in Blackfoot. Senator Thomas secured and lias had framed the original drawing in which he and 'Lieutenant Governor Moore and throe or four other sena tors appeared in the Capital News during the Legislative session. Mr. Moore wanted it, and they had a Mara! thon rare and a battle of Wa terloo finish to get possession of the prize. Senator Thomas won out, and thero it is. He has another iprize, too; his ancient commission as reg ister of tiie land office, and pasted on it is a news clipping from a Salt Lake daily, saying that he is "a full ldood Indian." lie says that as he sees himself, he doesn't look like moRt. of I lie Indians lie knows—but that you never can tell, and a feller may be something lie doesn't know.