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ADVERTISEMENTS with ‘the' DOCKAGE FREIGHT PREPAID 1 Ak ’ b THE HOG AND THE LOG - SPEAKING OF PARIS " ! A A. C. Townley, president of the Na~ It’s a cinch for allies to be pieasant ) by tional Nonpartisan league, tells a When they all are fighting'a war, | B! 1 story, leaving the moral to the audi- But this can’t be done when the battle i1 ence. Invariably some-one in the au- is won: - o dience gets it' and finishes the story. Agree upon settling the score. : | KR It goes like this: ® S B | e Some of the farmers in North Da- Events are proving that the Pat- | A W : or kota raise hogs. One of these hog- - terson crowd wasn’t “on the square” E : = s sloppers was both- :;;lhen i:;l stall'lted “,(gn the Se%uare,” ax,:g : | ® ered for a lon at’ they haven’t squared up wi ‘ | S VeYoterr time by one of hig bVaxL Hoesen, and that n:tne fif the '| § N p ' & hogs getting out ackers yet are square after having n % i mtwlct‘l‘nt:;l‘ttc;?rzg ofgthegpigpei and Squared up the losses of “On the | % . . . 2 ” 3 i £y digging up his Square.” But, on the other hand, they i f,eg s‘: -tahre :?“1)5 way. to get per: garden. This farm- seemed to have proved themselves a | - f : It ispth ea % that separatio'n ; er was a shrewd bunch of squareheads. | ' is effected by the fellow, so he decid- < ¢ 2 : ed to watch that Forty thousand persons, says the | RED RIVER : pesky hog. He . L V. A, signed the initiative petitions. - : o found that the animal was in the But now, the question arises, how [N SPECIAL habit of crawling through a hollow many read them? They were 16 pages v . O R : log that laid under the fence. . -long, exclusive of signatures. Bt . Other machimes- depend’ upon the 5 b b srain.droppinz out; _You must bear it This North Dakota farmer then de- S - gut.')l;:itv:i: 锑it“i‘i‘ofi:.':’ss.?“,-‘:‘s:"’.%" cided to have some fun with his hog. It is report.ed that the substance of o b "Man Behind ¢ ",Gnn,-’!':&n ith the He pulled the hollow log from under the conversation between the governor i Beating Shakers, Mhich” keép tossing and beating the, sfraw,until the last kernel is saved. 2 ‘The Big- Cylinder with its greater weight and momentum, and' the much larger concave and grate 'surface ac; <omplish results,in’separation that the, old style. machine canpot reach. 4 The Red River Speéial saves enough more of the farmer’s grain and, time to: pay his thresh bill. T _Make-the, thresherman, bring a Red River Special to do your threshing. or if you have a igb"large enough, buy a the fence, and left the log in the pig- pen. As he watched, the hog squeezed through the log and came out—in the pigpen. The hog was surprised. It turned around .and squeezed through the hollow log once more. Again the hog found himself in the pigpen. Much confused, the hog tried again of North Carolina and the governor of South :Carolina was: “It’s a long time between drinks.” What de you suppose they’ll talk about, in that case, after July 1? ; Some farmers in North Dakota are - wondering what the letters “I. V. A.” stand for. An unorganized farmer Our Prices Will Surprise You ;b We sell a 7-line, 26-inch high; close mesh hog fence—30 galvanized, for son, 89 cents f. Other and prices UNITED FENCE CO. of STILLWATER Offices styles equally cheap—all anteed. Wrl 1 e A G stays to the rod—all heavy 38 cents f. o. b. Fort Madi- 0. b.” Stillwater. ¢ guar- or free circular at your station. te tod dellveret and Factories; ‘ **Junior”” Red River Special. hook 1t up ~and again, every time finding himself learned from a' tax assessor, who 306 Main St., Stillwater, Minn. Tith your gag fractor and do your own in the pigpen. heard from a sheriff, who was told by 257 Front 8t., Fort Madisen, Ia. ~ -Nichols & Shepard Co. In Continuous Business Since 1848 Builders exclusively of Red River Spe- cial Threshers nd Stackers, Feeders, Steam and Ofl -Gas Traction Engines Battle Creek Michigan Finally the hog lay down gasping for breath. He had had enough. The farmer couldn’t persuade that hog to crawl through the hollow log again. That hog found out what a fool he was making of himself in 20 minutes. The farmers of North Dakota, how-: a prune peddler that repeated a rumor from Grand Forks that Tom Parker Junkin told Jerry Bacon that the let- ters stood for “Idiotic, Vague Argu- ments.” “If Tom Parker Junkin writes Jerry 10,000 Miles @Guaranteed and i ever, crawled through a hollow log for Efi:&z’sh:"g;kgacx% :::;ls?:ge{-‘ :]::; 5 Wearwell Tires || ot ve meg oty somebody else runs Jerry - Bacon's 3 ; : hotel, and still another person runs Prices have gone down and Somebody in the audience then J > they are still cutting out points out that some of the farmers ~JeITY Bacon’s farm, how do you Sup= ! in that locality have been crawling Pose Jerry Bacon spends his time? UNJUST TIRE through the hollow log for 60 years 5 ¢ {1 PROFITEERING and haven’t stopped yet. Sing a song of profits, I We ship them to -you Pocket full of rye, 4 " C. 0. D. ON APPROVAL ; e Miller called it dockage, , NO MONEY IN ADVANCE When Patrick Henry said in 1776, Said he couldr’t buy. 2 And every tire is guaran- teed to be perfect in ma- terial and workmanship. . “Give me liberty or give me death,” he got by with it. Wonder what would But when the wheat was sifted "The miller sold the rye. ! Size . Plain Skid Tube | | happen to him now?’ Now wasn’t that a clever stunt— _ .slg:ég $ 9.50 51:80 A To sell what he didn’t buy? ° i Sox4ii. 8Tx5.... These prices WAR TAX, companies add it on. INNER TUBES FULLY GUARANTEED S 4 Other' _Sizes in Stock Equity Tire Company 1208 Hennepin, Minneapolis WEARWELL TIRES WEAR WELL include Other The man who said oil and water wouldn’t mix evidently never had been approached with an oil stock proposi- tion, ; THE OLD A fat and pursy party, down upon all politics and economic strife. is this all about? Tut, tut, the working clawss should never let their passions rise, it’s dangerous, of caw’se. and labor and farmers, too, you know, are naturally partners A conservative is a man who keeps__.' his hand on his watch pocket at a re- vival meeting. ARGUMENT well satisfied with life, looked Said he, “What For capital s, We want one exclusive agent in each locality to use and sell a standard high-grade tire (no. seconds), mileage guaranteed by factory. Be- fore you'buy get our special terms. Writé . NATIONAL TIRE & SUPPLY CO,, Dept. N., 1204 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. and should treat each other so. The horny-handed farmer is made to till the soil, and the workers in the city should at their labors toil, and capital in autos shall treat these work- - ers well, so the bosoms.of those workers with gratitude may swell. There is no need of unions or leagues or anything, but - just let each speak for himself—to us his troubles bring. And we’ll adjust them if we can, give every man his due, if it doesn’t hurt our profits and it isn’t something new. I’'m against all these reformers, it shouldn’t be allowed, it’s mighty .bad for business and it agitates the crowd.” The fat and pursy . party, well satisfied with life, who was against all politics and economic strife, was seen by a committee of workers in his shop and the things the workers asked him made him mad enough to hop. They wanted higher wages, for food was up again, but the fat and pursy party said he couldn’t do it then. “But fish is cheap,” he told them, “and buckwheat isn’t dear, and other things I wouldn’t eat, are down again, I hear. I like the workers in my shop all-happy and all gay, but you can never be like that if you’re always thinking pay. So now go back to your machines, be humble, meek and nice, for though I.will not raise your pay, I'll give you g_ooq adv_ifé.’,’w -V e ol . 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