1 I, FSS??3»*^- I ,• jr MOWER COUNTY NEWS, AUSTIN, MINN. Page Two Monday, July 4, 1921. New Way to Tag New Born Babies ECLIPSE ECHOES A Beautiful Thot. .... The Path to Success **., He worked by day And toiled by night, Weekly Shaving: Edited By He gave up pfay Volume 376 July 4, 1921 Splinters And all delight. Dry books he read T-rr. New things to learn —-v WHY IS A BUILDING Many a man's reputation for wisdom And forged ahead MATERIAL DEALER? has been gained by letting the vx Success to earn. Because he keeps stocks of the other fellow do the talking. He plodded on things you need for your buildings. With faith and pluck, And when he won Because he knows where to get the A MID-SUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM I Men called it luck. on a sleeping porch—out in the freedom best goods. Because he can help you —Monthly Service Bulletin GENTLE CORRECTION of the open where the air is get the best job for your money. Because he can give you real service. clean and cool, beats anything you 4*pDLSIFER seems mighty touchy,** ever tried. Too it will make you Insurance Specialists Try the Eclipse and find out. observed the retired merchant strong in mind and body and at that "He was talking to me this morning SLEEPING PORCHES are not expensive Auatin Insurance Agency JUST HENS—HOW ABOUT EGGS? luxuries. Really, you'll be and shooting holes through the king's A farmer with 440 hens found that E. Ray Cory, Manager surprised to find how little they cost. English in his usual reckless way. I when the poultry house was kept Babcock Building Let the Eclipse plan one with you. clean the egg production was 212 per called his attention to a few of his We have all the material you will AUSTIN, MINNESOTA day. When he neglected his poultry grammatical errors. need and will guarantee the quality house for six weeks the production In ad of in of every item you buy. Come in today fell to 80 per day. grateful he shook and well talk it over. his fist under my MORAL—Keep the uoultry house nose, and said that Jfc'WE L.R1 clean—BUILD IT SO THAT IT CAN Experience 'proves that properly EASILY BE KEPT CLEAN! USE for three sous he laid Red Cedar Shingles make the CONCRETE FLOORS. would push my cheapest roof when initial cost and upkeep are considered. face through the' Boards and a bed will make a back of my head. I home but bed and board are not a Remember to put sunshine windows can't understand home. in your old hog house and be ready WATCH REPAIRING that sort of conduct. for fall pigs. It is the easiest and I'd thank any We guarantee Satisfaction at cheapest way to save your pig crop. an reasonable prices correct me Then I If this method of tagging new born babes had been in vogue centuries O. I JONES J. J. CLEMENS make errors in my ONE PIECE OR A CAR LOAD Jj ago perhaps we would never have heard of the tale of Solomon and the babe. wiv speech." 412 N. Main St. Austin, Minn. For this is a sure way of preventing Mrs. Riley from getting Mrs. Wilhelm's "In a horn you baby. Such mistakes have happened In large hospitals but now under the system JEWELER Phone: Main 47 Local Mgr. would," commented the hotelkeeper. pictured each and every new baby has a piece of adhesive tape stuck on "You think you put up a fine line of its little back and on the tape is written the name of the babe's mother, the English when you are talking. Tou ward and bed number. are satisfied you never make any bad MINNESOTA FARMS breaks, so feel safe in saying you WAY TO POLISH SILVERWARE would welcome criticism, but if some sharp who is wise to all the fancy DECREASE IN SIZE curves of the language came along, After Soaking in Sour Milk Wash in and showed you where you get off, you Warm Water to Which Ammonia wouldn't wring his hand in an ecstasy Has Been Added. of gratitude. No, doggone it, you Average Acreage 169.3 would climb on his person and discolor It Is not necessary to rub all morning one of his eyes. Larger Than Iowa polishing the silverware. Next "If there's any man makes me tired time soak it for three hours or longer or Wisconsin. and sore, it's the one who calls me In a pan of sour milk. Wash in-warm down when I am speaking a piece, and water to which a small amount of ammonia While the average size of farms in tells me I am making Lindley Murray has been added, and polish with roll over in his grave. I don't mind if the United States increased from a clean chamois cloth. Shining silver there are only two of us present at the 138.1 acres to 148.2 acres in 10 years, 'makes the dinner-table look doubly time, but when there are innocent bystanders from 1910 to 1920, the average size attractive. around I get all worked up of Minnesota farms decreased from and insist upon a hand to hand conflict. 177.3 to 169.3 acres, it was shown by SOLE OF SHOES WATERPROOF No good sport would do such a a federal census bulletin made public thing. If you don't like the way I today. Place in Melted Mixture of Eight talk, you can pass up this hotel when The bulletin also shows the amount Ounces of Vaseline and One making your daily rounds. If you of improved land to each farm decreased Ounce of Beeswax. must hand me a package of criticism in Minnesota while increasing or admonition, send it by mail. Then in the country generally. The You can save leather and make your I can read It in the privacy of my own average for the country was" 75.2acres •shoe soles fairly waterproof by placing bed room, and there won't be anybody in 1910, and 78.6 in 1920. For the soles for 15 minutes in a meltled around to raise a horse laugh. Minnesota the average was 125.8 mixture of eight ounces of vaseline "My education was sadly neglected acres in 1910 and 120.4 acres in 1920. and one ounce of beeswax. The mixture when I was young. I went to school Larger Than Older Neighbors. should not be hotter than can be only a few months and everything I Tho Minnesota farms were broken ibofne by the hand. learned was wrong, for the teacher MICKIE SAYS— up somewhat and decreased in size, Why do all the progressive stores keep was a farmer who took up educational while their numbers increased from WAY TO HEM STRAIGHT EDGES work as a recreation when the weather 156,137 in 1910 to 178,478 in 1920, the advertising? prevented him from cultivating his VT UA\UT ViteESSARN F&RVft average Minnesota farm still is larger beans. The little I know I accumulated Run Corners Together With Needle TO SET Ott TW VAOUfcNlvC BEUCU] than those of Iowa and Wisconsin, by reading the newspapers and a and Thread Before Putting its older nighbors. It is much smaller V4VTU *TW PfcACE. COTTERS BECOZj Why is it that every business that few dime novels. Goods in Hemmer. than the average farm of North VJfc VAEVJER. JOWiED TU' PfcveE "Consequently I am always taking a grows and broadens out uses newspaper Dakota or South Dakota. The averages BOOSTERS fcKW ^DV/XUCES fall out of th3 language. I never, could When you have a number of straight of those states for the two census edges to hem—towels and like—run wise myself to the fine points of grammar, publicity regularly? \UE KVMOE ARE TOO SkAALL periods were as follows: the corners together with needle and and It was only recently I quit TO &E SEEtt WITUTVC WfcKED All Land Improved saying 'I done it,' and *1 have went.' thread before putting the goods in the 1920. 1910. 1920 1910. PNE* I Every now and then an aleck stops me hemmer. This will make a continuous N There must be something back of the Wisconsin .. 117.0 118.9 65.8 67.2 In the middle of a discourse and shows h$m and avoid the trouble usually experienced Minnesota ... 169.3 177.3 120.4 125.8 me where I am wrong, and if there is in starting the hem neatly. idea that leads them to print their Iowa 156.8 156.3 134.0 135.9 any way of getting even with that man North Dakota 466.1 382.3 316.2 275.1 news in the papers. I always do. There was a drummer —Pearls and Rubies. South Dakota 462.4 335.1 255.2 203.8 for a shoe house who used to frequent "Pearl" is thought by some writers The s^me bulletin shows that of a this place. I took a liking to him, and to come from the Latia "pirula," total acreage of 21,481,710 in Minnesota Did you ever notice that it takes time always gave him the best room and meaning "a little paar," because so farms in 1920, there were 4,482,656 saw that his eggs were fresh from the many fine pearls were pear-shaped. and persistence to accomplish anything acres of woodland, an average of vines, and looked after his comfort "Ruby" is thought to have been socalled 25 acres to each farm, and 4,257,392 MO generally. worth while? from "ruber," the Latin for acres of other unimproved land. £DV0* "One day I was telling him a story, "red," but it may be that the word The total farm acreage in the country and he stopped me just when I was VJOl "ruber," meaning red,' was derived fueSL for 1920 was 955,676,545, divided approaching the peroration, and began from the name of the ruby. You can't advertise today and expect to into 6,148,336 farms. In 1910 there to explain the difference between find your store crowded tomorrow, were 6,361,502 farms with a total 'shall' and "will.' It seemed that I always PEN area of 878,798,325 acres. While the HSL used one of these words when I unless you have thru constant advertising number of farms increased 1.4 per Summer should have used the other, and in the cent, the acreage increased 8.7 per educated the public to read goodness of his heart he explained the cent. whole business to me. When he had your ads. Tourist Fares Much Purebred Stock. made everything clear he asked me to Shropshire sheep, Percheron horses, finish my story, but I told him, in a biting Shorthorn cattle, Holstein milk cows, sort of way, that I might wound The majority of people are slow to act. East and Duroc Jersey hogs are the kinds him to the quick by misplacing a few SJOhoob of pedigreed livestock most favored more words, so I would spare him that You have to tell them the same thing over and over again before by Minnesota farmers according to infliction. census figures. "Then he saw he was in bad, and he .. they will heed your message. With stopover privileges at A higher percentage of pedigreed began telling me how he always liked all points en route are now in pigs is owned by Minnesota farmers to be corrected, and he took it for Advertise now for the business you expect to do next month—it is effect via the Chicago Great than any other kind of stock, the census granted that others felt the same way shows. Puprebred swine represent Western Railroad to Niagara the cumulative effect that brings results. about It, and the more he talked the 4.2 per cent of all the swine in less use I had for him. Falls, St. Lawrence River, "He registered here many times after the state, purebred cattle represent For assistance in your advertising The News has the Bonnet-Brown Canadian Highlands, Adirondacks that, always got the worst room in 2:9 per cent of all the cattle in the and White Mountains. Sales Service which is at the beck and call of every merchant or the house and if there was a particularly state purebred sheep, 2.9 per cent Also to principal seashore resorts tough steak on hand, It went to and purebred horses only .5 per cent. business man who has a phone. and many big cities from him. He tried his hardest to square The total number of horses on himself, and^ was always looking at farms in Minnesota, January 1, 1920, the Canadian Provinces to This service furnishes illustrations and ideas for practically every me, Uopinjf to see a winning smile on was 932,000 the total number of cattle, Virginia. profession and business. my chaste lips, but he~ne$eFl£of anything 3,021,469 of sheep, 509,064 and 1 but the arctic glare, and I suppose of swine, 2,380,862. Reduced fares are he's kicking himself, even to this Call Main 450 and ask for our representative to call and explain in aho in effect to day, because he made that break And detail. if you want to queer yourself with all California your friends, you'll keep up this thing THt HOUSEWIFE of telling people of their mistakes." & Colorado Do your shopping in The News first—you will be better satisfied A S a patron Why do you have such Always remove stains before washing, poor music in your restaurant? as soap fixes them. SUMMER RESORTS Proprietor—It relieves the pressure by giving the people something besides A pinch of sugar or a little vinegar Also to the Grand Canyon of the food to find fault with.— will make the stove polish Boston Transcript. Arizon&all National Parks UI1 stay on. and thePacific Northwest The Case. A salad made with chopped cabbage, a Lecturer—"Things have come to Make Your Reservation Early grated raw carrots and chopped peaIs pretty pass when my description of the Auk for fr«• detcriptio* booklmt and #oM«r« el us House of Service constellations are made to give way tailing teherm to go, what it eo$t», mte. J5h ~e on the program to the so-called Dog aa An asparagus stalk Is edible only star." Stage Manager—"Sure, that to eaa- far down the stem as It foil snap a Sirius matter." i«y between the hands. Kr CHICAGO «10 Apply /GREAT'?# Like the Rest. Clean Shave by Lightning Stroke. Ticket Agent A little neighbor girl was at our WESTERN There are several cases of people house when a bride of two months being shaved by lightning. A" famous C. G.W. R.R. came in. Our conversation was about RMLROM) one is that of the French doctor, Gaultier, the wedding. "Oh," said the little girl, Lv who lived at Clanbry. His beard "so you got married with a curtain was taken off as cleanly as though he on your head, too." had been shaved. It never grew again. tmwki mm •1 MM'