| Show none t but Cute Yankee There Thero is a 11 funny case of international honesty flown down in Arizona just on the theline theline theline line between bet that territory and Mexico A Al Yankee farmer lives there one Amasa Amass Ama- Ama sa ss Barrow by name and it if is his Jis business business busi lJusi- ness to raise chickens Chicken feed is cheap in Mexico and chickens bring fine tine prices pricE's in Ar Arizona but to raise fowls in Mexico und and bring them across the boundary boundary bound bound- ary ury or to tp buy the feed and briD bring brine it across would involve e the payment of a considerable duty which would eat the profits about as fast as the hens could eat tho the corn As for smuggling that was not to bo ho thought of Amasa is a a. Yankee and he is so honest honest honest hon hon- est that his neighbors say he be wouldn't take advantage of a man in a horse trade But En t he bo is also full of Yankee ingenuity ingenuity ingenuity in in- and after deep cogitation be he built a long slim hencoop one-half one of it itin in Arizona Arizon and the other in Mexico On the line there is a gate Over the theline theline theline line there thera are barns containing feed At feeding time the tho gate is opened and the chicken fancier shoos his bis flock into Mexico where they eat their meal Then he be shoos them back to the protection tion of the American flag where they digest this Mexican grain lay their eggs and carry carryon on their family affairs Mr Barrow I saves ves about 50 CO per cent on his bis grain and makes about that machon much mach on on his chickens and if there is any smuggling done it is clone done by the innocent innocent inno inno- cent and irresponsible biddies Wash Wash Washington ington Times |
