Show v A A. REMARKABLE rn BOY nOy There is a 8 young man at Meeker about 18 years of age who has shown himself to be bo a mathematical prodigy prod 1 I gy says the Hayden Republican He lIe always has shown extraordinary ability in arithmetic Even in his Ills earliest school days he seemed to tD have havo a system of counting on his fingers that has been a puzzle to his teachers and parents Reuben Ball att Jr is tho the boys boy's name and his father ran the Meeker Meckel hotel for many years Young Reuben Reuben Reu Reu- ben ben en cannot explain his system of or finger counting very well himself but very complex problems in multi multiplication multiplication and division as well wen as addition addition ad ad- and subtraction can be worked worked work work- ed out by this boy almost as soon as the problems can be stated In some way the fingers stand for certain certain certain tain figures the same finger has stood for several figures in tho the same operation it has been found by analysis When sent to tho the board to work in arithmetic this boy would write the problem according to the tho teachers teacher's directions and after he had solved it the teachers teacher's way waybe he be would run over tho the work on his fingers instantly checking up his board work Several persons have I tried to find out the system he em employs employs ploys but hut so far no one has been able I to do so |