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Show . ' IT Desert Dust DustBy DustI [ ] II IIBy I By Johnston JohnstonA Johnstoni I ' A lot of us are traveling about aslight as aslight alight light as Mark Twain was In San SanFrancisco SanFrancisco SalFrancisco Francisco when he was newshounding news-hound- news hound newshounding news-houndIng news houndIng - - ing Itas It was \as as \ v . ; as in the days when thingswas things thingswas thingwas was a . little 11ttk lean around Frisco He wasstanding was wasstandmg wastanding standmg standing in front of a drug store gazing gaz- gaz gazing gazing - ing In the window A lady friend ap- ap approached approached appreached - proached him lum and ! said , , "I I " al always ays see seeyou seeyou scyou you with a cigar box under your arm arn-I arn I - . , I am afraid you are smoking too muct much : , Mr Clemens " "It It " is not that , , mydear my mydear m : dear lady , , , " retorted Mark , , "I I " am justmoving just justmoving jusmoving moving again . . " Phlllip Phillip Pl l1lp K Wrigley , chewing chewmg gum gummagnate gunmagnate m mmagnate magnate , , has made public pUbllc announceanent announce- announce announcenent announcement - anent nent that he believes bel1e\es bel1e es \ that increased increasedv.ages increasedwages Increasewages v.ages vages wages . to workers will w111 speed up busi busi- busi business bustness - ness recovery If we pay just rnough enough enoughfor rnoughfor rnouglfor for our workers to live on , said Mr MrWrigley MrWrigley MrWrigley Wrigley , " ' we "e e .se se . can not halt the down- down downVr3rd downward downward - Vr3rd ward trend in i11 general business busmess condi- condi conditions conditions condl'lions condllions - ' tions The workers arc are the great con- con consumers consumers con'sumers consumers - ' sumers of products They must have havemore havemore hav havmore < more than enough to cover the bare barenece barenecessities bar barnecessities < nece necessities Ities of life if Improvement Is tobe to tobe t the < he be felt in a host of lines lmes "It It " Is the th ( workers that put money into mto circula- circula circulation - ' tion , , , " Mr Wilgley Wrigley WI igley said , , "and and " I beheve believe behevethe believetheir beliewtherp the their are a number of concerns , , even evenIn evenin eveiIn In ti-'cs ti 'cs cs tl-'cs tl tics - ' like these , , which wruch might m- m in- in mtheir in'e m-c-'s m c 's s - -'e 'e e " - - . ( " " ' ' - ' their worke worker/ worker workers workerpay ; / ' pay , and still stillpelate stilipeiate I Ipelate ? ; pelate at a profit We are going to totry totry t ttry < try it " It would be fine if a few fewmore fevmore 1 1more more of our millloinaire millJoina.ire millJoinaire millioinafre . manufacturers manufacturerscould manufacturercould , ' ley could does view the situation manufacturersI as Mr Wrig Wrig- Wrigley Wrigley Wrigley - I : I . . This fad these governors have of ofcalhng ofcalling olcalling calhng calling a moratorium on banks seem seems seemsto seemsto ; to be doing domg the job They sack up a abunch abunch abunch bunch of money and dash up to Michigan Michi Michi- Michigan Michigan - gan with Wlth it As soon as the dusl dust . and andsmoke andsmoke andsmoke smoke settles they bundle it up and andmake andmake andmake make a mad run foi fOl for Maryland . It 1'8- 1'8 18 re- re 1'8nunds reminds re reminds ' - minds nunds you of the old darky m ill Oklahoma Okla Okla- Oklahoma Oklahoma - homa His old mule mille was standing in inthe inthe inthe the corrall braying The old darky darkysaId darkysaid darkysaid saId , "Well Well " , , I guess I will W111 have to give givethat givethat givtthat that old mule another handful handlful of brau brats brautoday bratstoday brantoday today , and let him know we am ain tout t out " The National ational City Bank seems to tohave tohave tohave have been operating a bunco game gameand , , and the public has played the part ofthe of ofthe ofthe the sucker It Iit is a Rockefeller insti insti- institution institution institution - tution . About all the Rockefellerswill Rockefellers Rockefellerswin Rockefellerswill win will have to do to square themselves themselvesis , , is donate a half of one per cent of the thespoils thespoils I Ispolls spolls spoils to charity . I Practically all the nations naJtlOns of theworld the theworld theworld world have denounced Japan's Japans ' ' poIicy policy poIicyIn policyIn policyin In China But as long as Japan canpay can canpay canpay canI pay , , why do anything but conference conference-'What conference 'What What . ' ' } - ' I What does a few million lives hves amount amountto amountto to , when you have a good customer in insight Insight sight ? ' From the lineup lmeup in the Rooseveltcabinet Roosevelt RooseveltI Rooseveltcabinet I cabmet cabinet , , we are at least going to have havea a new c'eck ceck deck < ? ' eck along with the new deal dealI dealAnd dealAnd I And there may be a possibility posslbility of thedeal the thedeal thedeal deal being on the squareEarly square squareEaily Eaily Eally Early Saturday morning mornmg , , a mother mothersent mothersent mothersent sent her two bovs boys bo s to the woodpIle woodpIleWhile woodpileWhile woodpileWhile While one of them was swinging swmgmg the ax axthe , , the other one stopped him rum and said said"Who saidWho , "Who Who " the devil dev11 invented this work workanyway9 , anyway " ? " "You You " should worry , , " replied re- re repIled re replied - plied pIled the other , , "you you " will Wln never inftrnge In- In Infunge In-funge In funge - funge ftrnge on his h1S ' patent 'patent " If thou gamesfc gamest gainest the confidence of thychildren thy thychildren thychildren children , thou mayest lay the foundation founda founda- foundabon foundation - tion bon of their happiness , , by teachmg teaching teachingthem teachmgthem teachingthem them to discriminate dlSCI"lIUinate dlSCIlIUinate " between gOO good goodand goodand 1 < 1and and evil evll I |