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Show I , I I . ; i ' I , II i I ,1 1 ,1III , IT F1 Desert Dust DustBy DustI III IIIBy I It- It ' - By JohnstonEvery Johnston JohnstonEvery ] ItEvery Every paper you pick plck up you arc are arcforced areforced areforced forced to lead read the plight phght of agricul agricul- agriculture agriculture agriculture - ture I will wl11 admit the farmer fanner is in a abad abad abad bad shape , but vou you ou don dont t heal hear much muchcomplamt muchcomplaint muchcomplaint complamt complaint from Kansas The reason reasonfOI reasonfor reasonfoi fOI for that is that those people arc are accustomed ac- ac accustomed ac accustomed - customed to it I lemmber renimber lemember ; when I Iv Iwas Iwas v . was as a little httIe boy , . my father taking takmg an anold anold anold old Buckeye harvester to theheat the \\heat heat wheat wheatfield \ wheatfield heatfwId fwId field one evening evenmg with the mtentlOn intention intentionof mtentlOnof netI of starting startmg to cut wheat vrheat the ne ne\t ne t netmornmg nextmorning ' \ ' t tmorning mornmg morning When weent we \ went \\ent ent to the fIeld fIeldI fieldthe fieldthe the next ne\t ne t ' \ morning mornmg , . the jack rabbits rabbitshad rabbitshad rabbitshad had eaten the.heat the \ wheat \.heat .heat . entirely up and andwas andwas andwas was running runmng foot races to see WhICh WhIChone whichone whichone one would eat the harvester Then Thenfather Thenfather Thenfather gonehe father decided declded as thehet the \ vvheit \he\t he t wheat , ' \ " ' was 'as as gone he heould \ would \\ould ould \ cultivate cultnate the corn again agbm ag m He Heleft Heleft Huleft left standingin standmgin his team and cultivator cultlvator standmg standing in the field fleld andent and \ went \\ent ent to the cabin cabm to toget toget get t a drink drmJ . ofater of \ water \\ater ater ' When he re- re returned returned re returned - - turned the grasshoppers grasshopper s hid h"l.d hl.d hld had " . eaten eatenthe eatenthe the team and cultivator andHiS and \HiS HiS vvas vvaspitching \ waspitching HiSpItchIng pItchIng horse shoes to see who would wouldeat ' " wouldeat ould ouldeat eat the harness It Its s easy for some of ofUS ofus ofus US to understand that it could be be't beworse beworse beworseMany \'t 't t worse \ ' , orse worseMany orseMany Many of you have wondered why a alocomotIve alocomotive alocomotive locomotIve is called she or her Ac- Ac According According Ac According - Aci cording to an old engineer engmeer here are arethe arethe arethe 'Ja Ja the reasons He says they wear wearjackets wearjackets wear'Ja jackets kets , . yokes yoJ's yoJs . ( ' , . pins , shields and stays 'hey hey They ' ! staysThey staysI have apions aplons aprons and laps lqps too Not Notonly Notonly Notonly only do they have shoes but they sport sportpumps sportpumps sportII IIpumps pumps and hose They also attract attractattention attractattention attractattention attention with wlth puffs and mufflers and andi andsometimes andsometimes andsometimes sometimes they foam and refuse to towork towork towork upposI work At such times they are suppos uppos- uppos suppos- supposed < ; supposed upposed - ed to be switched They need guIding guidingand guidingand [ and require a man to feed them They Theyall Theyall Theyall all smoke but most characteristic of ofaU ofall ofall aU all is that they are much steadier steadierwhen steadierwhen steadierwhen when they are hooked upIf upIf up upIf If prohibition is repealed , . it will willonly willonly willonly only be a few years until the people peoplewill peoplewill ople will \ 111 again restore re-tore re tore ; : , - it Again restore it itAgain itAgain itAgain Again restore it Get that This is isfrom isfrom isfrom from Dr Howard H Russel , . who whofounded \ whofounded . ho hofounded founded the anti-saloon anti saloon - league forty fortyyears fortyyears fortyyears years ago He is another fellow feIIow that thathas thathas thathas has kidded himself into believing we have wehave had prohibitionThe prohibitionThe prohibition prohibitionThe The sta state te of Colorado has decided Ito Itomake Itomake < tomake make loud speakers out of their theirspeakeasies theirspeakeasies theirspeakeasies speakeasies Utah has decided to tomake tomake tomake I toI make beer and try to sell it to her herI herneighboring herneighboring I neighboring allowher states She will not allow her citizens to dimk dunk drink the horrid stuff stuffI stuffIn stuffIn I In theUtah order to keep the workmen in the thei i Utah breweries from drinking drln1.1ng drln11ng . beer beereach , each workman should be compelled to toI towear towear I wear a bull ring in ill his nose no < : e and a calf calfI calfmuzzle calfmuz7le I faceI muz7le muzzle on his faceFish face facePish I Pish FISh caught in the sea fisheries flsherIes of ofCanada ofCanada ofCanada . Canada in 1932 totalled 711 711917800pounds 917 800 800pounds pounds 000This 000I , valued at over $11 11 $11000 11000 $ 000 000 I This todesert might sound like a fish story to toI I I comeI desert folk But the figures come comefrom statisticsSome statisticsI from the Canadian bureau of statistics I Some of you may not think our ourchambers ourchambers ourchambers . chambers of f commerce are up to tomuch tomuch much That is v/here v here where / you are Ilre off . If Ifyou Ityou i Ifi you have anything big you want to put putover i puti over just leave it to your chamber of ofcommerce ofcommerce ofcommerce commerce The Los Angeles chamber chamberof of commerce just recently rectntly bluffed an anearthquake anearthquake anearthquake anearthquakeA earthquake earthquakeA A lady drove into the garage with withthe the bumper badly bent She approach approach- . - ed cd approached the mechanic and said , . "This This " is isconfidential isconfidential isconfidential confidential I bad had a little wreck and andI I must not let my husband know knowabout knowabout knowabout about it Can you fix it so he won.t wont won't won.tnotice won'tnotice won'tnotice wontnotice ' . notice repliedthe repIJedthe repliedtho it ? " "Can't Cant " ' be doneu doneurepIJed done , " repIJed replied the tho mechanic After a moment.s moments moment's moment.spause moment'spause moment'spause momentspause ' . pause he said , "I I " tell you what I can do cando I can fix it so in a day or two you can youcan ask him how the devil devn he bent it " placeof When thou hast arrived at thy place of destination lose no time in execut execut- - ing executing thy errand Then thou may re- re re - - turn return at thy leisuret leisure t ( |