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Mail Tribune 100, July 29, 1922 By Alissa Corman Jul 29, 2022 12:00 AM A A News from 100 years ago The following news items were drawn from the archives of the Mail Tribune 100 years ago July 29, 1922 MAIL TRIBUNE DELUGED WITH OFFERS OF DOGS Every cloud has its silver lining, and every loss has, we suppose, its gain. At any rate, The Mail Tribune, robbed of $30 worth of Linotype space bands yesterday, has had more than $30 worth of fun out of it. It seems nearly everyone in Jackson County has a dog they want to get rid of, and which of course, qualifies as a watch dog. One subscriber called up this morning and said he had a world beater, a real biting dog, with 12 teeth six inches long, long shaggy coat and after dark wouldn’t make friends with a beef steak. He only wanted $35, and when asked about this teeth, said we could tell by examining his teeth. Another citizen, a physician, called up a few minutes after he received the paper and wanted to make an immediate sale. His dog, it seems, has never been civilized, is too dangerous even for a doctor to own, and would make ideal burglary insurance, at the cheap price of $50. These represent a few serious replies. There were others who seemed to take this paper’s appeal for another Cerberus, in a flippant manner. One well known rancher dairyman for example, said he had a dog with one tooth that would scare anyone away whenever he opened his mouth. Wasn’t good for anything else, would make a fine watch dog. Would trade him for a page ad. Another declared he had a dog called Goblin, and it was invisible. He doubted it we wanted it. We ordered it, but haven’t seen it yet. However, the next night prowler is going to get a surprise. We will see to that. GET EXHIBITS FOR CO. FAIR READY The County Fair being only six weeks away, all Boys’ and Girls’ club members will begin whipping their products into shape for exhibit. Since this is going to be the finest exhibition outside of the state fair all members want to take advantage of the opportunity to make their exhibits. Some of the members of clubs such as sewing have their work completed and will get their work collected and packed ready for the county club agent to gather at the first opportunity. Any clubs planning on having demonstrations at the fair are advised to pay particular attention to these at the meetings. The Washington Poultry club meeting at the home of the local leader, Mrs. Wait, will discuss the problem of demonstrations Monday night at 7 o’clock. — Alissa Corman; [email protected]