Show maryol A faithful contributor by guess who dear doe doc 1 I had time to write a thin tiling to you this week you see I 1 am busy getting onic ical experience peri ence housekeeping I 1 am satisfied that I 1 ani am a goner this year so I 1 thought I 1 could just as well get some leal c experience I 1 expect the danie dame that finally cops me wont ont know a blooming thing about housekeeping so it will be up to me to kinda buzz around a little and got get a few things done about the place you see sec this ceic baic place I 1 got from the city had the water installed the drain pipe was laid right close to mother earth in fact an inch or so from the surface thereof anti and a clog developed I 1 got a well recommended plumber and lie uncovered the pipe and lie he left it like we used to figure shingles on a roof when I 1 went to school about four inches exposed to the weather A few well meaning but apparently misguided friends including at least one neighbor advised me that during the cold weather period I 1 should always let nir my waterworks water works trip drip during the night I 1 followed this suggestion and now the dam thing is froze up so that I 1 cant get anything through there is this consolation however I 1 wont have to wash till the january thaw doc there is one thing I 1 would like to have you tend to for me I 1 know that I 1 can rely on you and that you are a friend of mine you recall that I 1 wrote you here a week or so ago telling you about that swell stag party we had at your expense which of co course urse was the principal reason 1 I mentioned it and that I 1 told you that I 1 was worried because this was leap year ear I 1 kidding about that I 1 have just been tipped off to a deep plot and I 1 tell you its no laughing matter A friend of mine chris sorensen from central told me lip he knew of three old maids that were aheady doping out how they were going to get me you can call see doc what hat I 1 am up against I 1 need help and need it bad I 1 want you doc as a friend to keep your eyes peeled eelem and if you hear of for gosh sake let rne me know in time you can call plainly see what it means to me I 1 have never run away from any thing yet but I 1 will be doggoned if this aint carrying it too far J sure appreciate chris ri inte interest test in this matter if you see him doe doc you can tell himel said so say doc lid did you notice that collection of foreign coins in frank king kings s window it said all these coins coins had been collected by captain deweese I 1 always thought the captain would make a good collector of internal revenue there are all kinds of change in tile the pile there are some from jerusalem probably taken from king tomb some from the islands of the pacific and the rarest one is a two bit piece that confucius won in a crap game in shanghai back in the dim ages your reporter that sent in the account of the meeting of the county commissioners last week overlooked one important item of business transacted by the county fathers this was a resolution passed anti and approved by the board which was in substance as follows whereas county commissioner missioner joseph F peterson has been a member of tile the board of county commissioners almost since the memory on of man not to the contrary and cereas he reas the said joseph F peterson in the fullness of time a month or so ago saw fit to present his resignation and N whereas said resignation creates a large and yawning vacancy in our midst there therefore 10 re be ba it resolved that we try to gt get along alo without joe and that we do not ot appoint appo int anybody else to fill 1 his place because the north end of the counts count toes does not want a 1 commissioner any way and it will be economy you should instruct your reporter doe doc that resolutions of this kind are matters of public interest that when a public officer resigns the public at large has a right light to know it lie he is 4 their servant as is his successor whoever he nia ma be and the public have a right to know who is attend inz ine to their business anti and on oil their pa payroll and the proceedings of the board and their official acts with relation to the countes coun tys business should ba made knon to the public there aint been any more prize ze fights fi everybody it i holding their b breath reat h |