The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, September 21, 1916, Page 13

Now IS THAT [ PERFECTLY ° L7 e los) RN\ 2 s 22 > 22 ~, ~ WOULD LIKE @, ', ”, - ”, '’ - 7R ", ‘/,'o -2 e 2P . TO GOVERN . N D o 2 " THEIR OWN SO —_ B "STATE P /'”;'4%4' " 7 A% /) h o ///,,'/l A NI s | s I AN (X 0 ;fls’o'qo’-“%w:;m’l,’/ | "OW/ ) RN g () /N S : R 5 \,“ ‘ "“’,‘}90,.';"": ‘0% i :', T e s © "\ . The other day the Honorable Mr. Big Biz was strolling along the - - street feeling happy and contented. He was on his way to see if his . faithful servants. in state office had been carrying out his orders and to N reward them with anew contract if they were, =~ "o o0 - © “Life is pretty soft for-me,” thought Big Biz. ontented. verything' my own way. These poor suckers of “T am fat, ‘hdppyjana ; ven if they h ) un ‘thelr ‘government, for thepsi That'sdow I old gentleman to his feet they noticed o thb;‘bug!l{:‘are_ ; keep out; ; ‘good Samaritans noticed that the'o _ ‘ a little dazed. “I don’t%seem to see very weil today,” he said. - So they led him up: bairs to the offite of ' profits.on grain, ave to starve themselves. And the - i R w2 lonabled to'see thingsHe rawling' down-on his faee, ! top.hat in.another..'As a ple 2 uv+ 1d gentleman was apparently - a famous oculist who had just come to V) [N l" 'l, 0':, ‘ [ : So hereyouseeBlg Blzmthe oculist’s office. The doctor has been . putting iis eyes throligh a course of treatment.and they feel much better now. The dbctor also found Big Biz too fat and sluggish. ‘'His general condition seemed to have affected his ‘eyesight. The doctor has pre- scribed a course of diet; cutting out some of the luxuries such as stolen Now Biz Biz i’é trying 6ii"some glasses. The pan' of lenses »'tha_t heVer'shw before. With his old: glasses Big Biz ‘could read only“the first line on the chart before him. It read “The peo- ‘This didn’t mean anything to him. Now he can read the six lines of large type. They read “The people of North Dakota would like - to govern their own state” * . o iy : . ;. “Do you see that quite clearly?” asks Dr. Farmer: Sh “ Big Biz is startled and amazed.. He doesn’t know what to say. .. *~° Buthe is making excellent progress. Perhaps he will be able to read