Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., January 07, 1921, SECOND SECTION, Page PAGE TWO, Image 8

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OTTAWA FREE TRADER - JOURNAL.
UE TWO
FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1021.
LIVES WITH BIROS
AS ONLY FRIENDS
ON LONELY ISLAND
HUNDREDS 6EEK JOB THAT
LEAVES THEM STRANDED FAR
FROM KITH AND KIN AND
WHERE THERE ARE NO OTHER
HUMAN INHABITANTS.
WANTED A man to live gloria on an I
Island (Inland lake) eight miles from j
shore; transportation, food, clothing, hel
Mr, boat, etc., furnished; no work, no
compensation. Summertime, COu Till. Line
Building, New York
Every Kaster Sunday for the last i
fifteen yean this advertisement ha ,;
appeared In "Help Wanted" columns.
Every year hundreds of men, and 0C
cnaionally a woman, bare made appli
cation for the Job.
Many ol those who have answered !
and received no reply have funned the
opinion that the whole thing is a prae
tical joke, played by an Individual
Vho Is collecting data of the different j
.kinds of people who react to the Mime j
Impulse or something like that, In- i
destination, however, has proved that
'there Is in truth a man who offers
precisely the sort of position de- !
pcribed and that It has been filled sat- !
Jsfaotorily each summer for 15 years.
The man is the director of a large j
(well-known dry goods house in New
York, lie has a home in the Adlron
dacks near a lake with four little is
lands lu the center. Every year a col- j
ny of arctic or burgomaster seagulls !
alights on those island-' and Stays
there throughout the summer. In or- j
ler to prelect the ej:t;s and the young,
a man is hired to live on one of the '
islands.
He has no duty other than the pa
trolling of the shore and the bird
haunts, He goes early In May when
Ihe hlrds hejjln to arrive and leaves :
'if.- Iie.v do. In no case Is it neees- ,
in to stav lonirer than tic-
Completes the Dress
i
HOG ROUTS EXPRESS MAN
Becomes Peevish at Being Crated U
and Packed in C.n
Expressing genuine peevishness id
being crated up mid packed in an cv.
press ear instead of being boused h
a regulation stock car, a large boj
nas responsible for much excitement
and more deity when n went on h
rampage lu un express ear shortl)
after the train hud left Garretson,
6. 1.
Bhatterlng its crate Into sralther
eei.s. the huge porker chased express
leu to i over lu short order. The
Bin was stopped and passengers m d
ie train crew together- liter consia
rnble effort coaxed the curly-tailed
runter hack into its badly jammed !
BOLSHEVIK ART
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Don't ro out naif dressed, girls! Have u bird
your Initials, or something "fancy" painted on your t
wear evening gowns, or you aren't fully "clothed," ace
IHrd Mlllman, New York girl, wtom vou vd hero In
for a partv bv Art!st .Millard.
ike. or
en you
to Miss
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CONVERTED IN STRANGE WAY LABOR COLLEGE TO OPEN
of Chris. First School to In Charge of Unions
Woman Led to
tiamty Th
by Bran
How a not
Be a
sa ry lor
tober 1.
There is n
lumon
situation,
to the trl
enchantm
Of Rettili;
birds fir-
an angle that
saying that di
at, When the
a man to look
formulated it
ie man who has
could
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OBIG flASKET
Cl GAMES IJ ALL
OTTAWA SCHOOil
in uus again staid
;:s quiet for a sh
lumber two was mat.
the train crew and
mined for the secc
animal almost wrp
The
The Silver Lining.
h:ie n
last
ASK FOR IT
A Elxpcct to find
$&flb the Fisherman,
W the "Mark of
Supremacy, '
on every bottle
of emulsion that
you buy. This
means that you
will always ask for
1
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Scott & Bowne, Bloomfickl, N. J.
AL50 MAKERS OF
(Tablets or Granules)
i P2 INDJGESTfOM
j
L.
P. V. f C. COl LEGE
Morris ( ounty Seat Five
This sample of u new art in
Russia Is a bust of Blanqul. the
French revolutionist by soviet
iirtist. it was recently unveiled
in Moscow
Ottaw a Seals
Ottawa Armory
Friday. Janu ny 7, 1921, at 8:00 o'clock
Admission only 50c j War lax 5c.
ti:;mimmmi,u':&-u a i in iimiimiimisiimii
an rr
(Tablets or Granules)
l2L INDIGESTION
With or without water;
plMA&nt to take
QUICK RELIEF!
Price. 25-50-75.'
MAKE-RS OF
SCOTT'S EMULSION
asm " smmmmsm
O .. . H r
r
OAT BILLS by check
i i . .
ana Know j u s l
where your money
goes. Avoid any contro
versies over the payment
of obligations by having
a cancelled check to
show for every dollar
spent. For the woman at
home handling the house
hold accounts, for every body
in fact, this is the
safe a n d satisfactory
way. We offer you the
services or our checking
department in handling
such an account.
OTTAWA BANKING,
& TRUST CO.
1921
REO OTTAWA
BULLETIN
SHOULD YOU BE TAKEN SICK -
Call the doctor, and a "Reo" will be at the door.
1 SHOULD and FALL
Call the ambulance, it's a "Reo" for evermore.
i 9zL' SOCIAL GAME YOU LOSE -
H9j and someone is hurt in ihe fray,
I THE -REO" POLICE PATROL
v ill get you at any hour of the day.
THE LAST RIDE OF ALL -
Is a "Reo," a hearse of beautiful dexiirn.
' m
m i nr,iL a ivkj i niitvj dl i ilk
m
id uuiwb, ior nvi. imm k s always been on lime.
REMEMBER
THERE'S A REASON FOR IT
"THAT'S ALL."
m P. 5. IF YOU WANT A NF.W CAR One that will last;
: "Reo" holds ihe record "in the past"
For Quick Results Try a Want Ad
Brahml
Great Spanish Explorer First Sighted
the Pacific Ocean on September
mvut in ey papers, tell briefly wltat
r; exulted uml iniikn no offer ot
I'ompcriRHtloo olhiT than food, cloth
in;;, and shelter, The response was
stupendous, immediately letters be
irnn poBrlng In by the score from nion
:n every walk (if life nsUin that they
be allowed n po off Into the solitudes,
The Bowery bum Applied and said
that be wanted nothing but the woods
nnd the waters; the youth whose love
bad been unrequited made n similar
request : the man whose aim was to
arrive nt the topmost rung of the lad- I 3Qi );Y N BALBOA'S LIFE
aer oi literary success was certain mat
the advertisement had been Inserted
as a godsend from heaven.
Out of the hundreds that applied,
one was finally chosen. Among the
fifteen who have worked there are a
well-known naturalist, en attorney gen
eral of a neighboring state, and a
man named Daniel Boone, who is a
direct descendant of the pioneer Who
bore that name.
In almost every cusp the men asked
to bo allowed to return the following
year, but the rules laid down by the !
man who has Interested himself in this
work are against this. He does not
want (be keeper of the birds to grow
BCQU8lbted with the people in the j
neighboring community, as he might
if be returned to the same place year
after year.
It Is not the men that interest him;
It Is the preservation of this species
of seagulls, which nre, be states, the
largest of their kind, having n spread
of wings of tive feet. Their contri
bution to humanity la the scavenger I
duty they perform. It Is estimated
that (bey eat two pounds of offal H ' , 't
day- Jlh?Ue
kit
V;'V n--Siflg
with
drun
Start After the Rata.
Knts, Which cause considerable loss
to fanners, should be fought consist
ently, says the biological department
of the raited states Department "f
Agriculture. Itats reproduce so rapidly
that a rpnsinodlc raid 00 them is not
lusting1 Thev Iwrln to bear vnuns
i lie lies! method of control is to
mal e rut-proof buildings so the pests
CatUMK get inside and eat. All waste
food should be disposed of so the rats
cannot j:et It.
Where it is possible, poison should
be civeti them, and barium carbonate
Is n satisfactory killer. Traps skrfuld
nlso be kept going as In the past. Bait
then with fresh meat, nuts or Vege
tables and they will tret the rats.
Way to Get Rid of Paintings.
Tin Sir and tired of looking at !
hat old patDtHlg. I npver did like It
in; t :e,i I nn'v hung it up b
. (,!- M whs n muMltlR present." I
"I i'i my 1-. 1 1- bal what shall
we do uith U7"
"Why don't you e e it to yma
rlub That's what every bud eisa j
does with unwanted pii turea.'
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Dr. H. Fiedderman
Pile and
! Goiter
Specia
PILES, I remove by
an absorbent method
'Jiui. removes them for-
No knife, no chloro
form, no delay from
vork.
eon ri i i i
LtUl I lk I reduce by
a ciepen
ii i i .
me aosornent
method thai gives com
plete and permanent re
suits. Don't wait until
your heart, eyes and
nerves collapse con
serve your health.
At Hotel Ottawa. Otta
wa, III., every Thursday
: from 1 0 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Office Over Askin's store
205 E. Main St.
Streator, 111.
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