Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
0. H. CRONIN, Publisher.
O'NEILL. NEBRASKA
A London paper, (peaking of Lillian
Bcott Troy, recently deported from Eng
land to America, eaye: 8he waa a
wealthy woman of rebellious type of
mind who for some reason hae a violent
animus against this country, and became
mixed up with the notorious German,
Baroness Von Horst recently deported.
Authorities do not think LllUan Troy
actually a German agent, but she was
Cleverly used by Von Hortt, who was al
waya on the lookout for discontented
minds of the Troy type. 8he, with Von
eorst attraoted the attention of Scot
nd Yards with the violent phase of the
suffrage movement, again In the London
dock strike of 1911 and laet year, and in
the Ulster trouble In Belfast. “It has
long been suspected that much of our
Industrial trouble, before and during the
War, was fomented by the baroness,
Whose mission was the propagation of so
ala! and Industrial unrest, aided by Miss
Troy. Miss Troy la unquestionably for
tunate that eh* escaped a more severe
punishment than deportation."
"During the paet four years we have
acquired many Injurious extravagant
habits and customs that must be eltml;
hated from lour business life at 'once, If
We expeet to secure our fair proportion of
foreign trade," the foreign trade conven
ri was told. Suggestions offered mars:
Cut Out a third of your personal ex
penses Jn the way of luxuries, and you
and your families will live longer and
sappier. T. Cut out one-third of the
so bet weens and middle men. 9. The
higher ups and supervising class should
accomplish at least 28 per cent more act
ual work and could out down their office
room and sxpsosoo ot least 881-S per
sent «. The laboring man could ln
trease his efficiency and output at least
M 1-1 per cent without either inconve
nience or Injury. S. Cut out the present
unreasonable waste of materials.
A student of history hae discovered
that the figure I has played a dramatto
Kle in the lives of the Hohensollerns.
ro German emperors died In UU. Two
Attempts were made on the kaieer'a Ilfs
In 1171. Frederick William IV'e mental
disease compelled him to make way for
A regency In 1188. The year 1818 brought
revolutions and a terrible humiliation for
Iho king- Frederick the Great suffered
pis severest defeat In 1788 at Hochklreh.
fell* >• years’ war began In 1(18, and
bfought uqgpsaksbl* misery to th* lands
(f th* Hobelirollerns." The' Great Elector
died In 1(81. Hleiptor Johann . fiigiamund
m 1(01 and Elector Johann Georgs in
1(91. The crowning disaster to the Ho*
hansel] erns came in 1818.
"Leprosy can be cured, In no me oates,
If subjected to medical treatment while
still In the first etages," according to J.
b. McVeigh, superintendent of the leper
mlony on th* Island of Molokai. "In th*
last few months we have paroled 19 in
katee." Patients when paroled are de
mined at the Kallbl hospital in Honolulu
for observation until It Is definitely es
tablished that the yare fre< of the leprosy
germ.
Maximilian Harden, In an article In
thg Zukunft, proclaims Germany's re
sponsibility for such crimes as the Inva
sion Of Belgium, cruelties In the war
And England's right to Join in the war,
Ear action being obligatory as a conse
quence of the violation of Belgium. H*
(Moused German* who deny Germany's
(espoaelbllttlea In this respect of blind
ness and insincerity.
nts mayor of Bristol, Tenm, has adopt
ed a novel plan for calling the public's at
tention to ordinances relative to keeping
the streets clean. He lias had two sten
.ABs mad* which will be used for paint
'tag on the sidewalks th* following no
tices: "Observe the Law: Do Not Spit
on th* Walks;” "Observe the Law: Do
Kot Throw Paper or Trash on Walk or In
•treat"
The Fred Fear Match Company, of
Bloctuburg, Pa., has begun a libel action
•gainst Doubleday, Tage A Co., In Brook
lyn federal court, for *260,090. In the
March issue of World's Work an article
entitled 'Pirate* of Promotion" wa* pub
lished, exposing alleged get-rlch-qnlck
concerns. A list of concerns printed with
the attack Includes the match company.
Recent Investigation* by the state de
partment disclose the fact that Htmsian
bolshevlsts are using a mercenary i’hl
tsese legion of 60.000. composed almost
Wholly of laborers Imported from China
by the Imperial Russian government soon
After the war began. Until recently their
officers were Germans, and It la believed
most of the Teutons still remain.
The National Association of Manufac
turer* reports as a result of the canvass
of 4,400 large Arms engaged in practically
every line of Industry, that these con
cerns are almost unanimously opposed to
government, ownership of public utilises
Vigorous opposition to continued govern
ment operation of the railroads was found
tn practically all replies received.
Without (laving made his plans public,
Ma]. Hugh Knerr, chief of the uv tat Ion
Mrvtce In the department of Hawaii, new
from Honolulu to Hilo a few' dava ago In
A Mg army seaplane, carrying three offi
cers as passengers. Two days later the
return flight was made. This aerial voy
age had never been made before, it 1*
approximately 165 miles.
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Mrs. Maurice Hewlett, wife of th«
world famous English novelist. Is an all'
plane pilot os well as a manufacturer o>
planet. Mrs. Hewlett during the war had
personal charge of a factory which turned
•ut two plane* a day for the British
army. She was the first Englishwoman
to win a pilot's license, and the second in
the world to do so
The Eeltung Am Mtttag reports from
Tandabsrg, #n the Warhe, that the Ger
man frontin' guard* stopped an America;
Red Cross train carrying food to Wares*
and searched It for ammunition. Then
Was no ammunition aboard, but the train
Was obliged to return to Fried berg, so
that It might continue to Warsaw by an
ether route.
The sentence of 1100 fine and 10 days In
Mil for a Brooklyn physician who said h«
Was speeding on Ido way to visit patients,
has been upheld.
The T, W. C. A. of New York in en
tertaining 1M foreign born brides who
•re awaiting the arrival of their soldi.?)
husbands.
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The first epqh lawn tennis tournament
Since 1014 will begin today on the oourti
ef the Carlton Hotel, says the Tjondm
fhua
•wltierland has denounced the cummer
8*1 treaties with Germany and Austria
angary, in order to facilitate negotla
Bens tor the renewal of the eotnnmrria
Bwatlee with Franc*. Italy and Spam;
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Wprd is received by the National Geo
traphlo Society that Us expedition to ex
•tor* the famous valley of Ten Thoueem
•mokes has arrived at Kodiak taland
Alaska. • ’r--,.
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A 81. Haul cn*u Sled this week at tin
*ge ef log, from an Infection of a to*
When physicians amputated It. he re
marked ;'Tlm fir*t 100 years ar4 th<
hardest" _
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Major John G. Maher, of Lin.
coin, Is First President—
Send Delegates to St.
Louis Convention.
Lincoln. Neb., May 7.—The American
Legion, a national organization of
world war soldiers, has been organized
in Nebraska. The meeting was held
in representative hall at the state Cap
itol building.
The following officers were elected:
President, MaJ. John G. Maher, Lin
coln; first vice president, Edward P,
McDermott, Kearney; second vice
president, Gene Kane, Palls City; sec
retory, Hugh C. Robertson, Omaha;
treasurer, Prank Perkins, Fremont.
Members of the executive committee
were seleced from each of the six dis
tricts of the state. The president was
authorized to appoint a committee of
two from the executive committee to
draft a constitution and prepare by
laws after the national organization
adjourns. It meets In St. Louis May 7.
Lieutenant Alien Tukey, of Omaha,
called the meeting to order. Private T.
.1. McGuire, of Omaha, said that the or
ganization of world war veterans will
be able to show that it is not founded
on selfish motives and that it will take
steps to find employment for returned
soldiers and help them in other ways.
Lieutenant Tukey said that It has
been charged that Lieutenant Colonel
RodseVelt, who is at the head of the
organization, was prompted to associ
ate Himself with It for selfish political
motives, but the speaker assured the
soldier's present that Roosevelt had
merely accepted the presidency of the
national organization because of a de
mand for a competent man in that pos
ition and he was considered the man
for the place. Thirty-two counties were
represented at the birth of the organ
isation. Delegates were named to rep
resent Nebraska at the meeting of the
national association.
ROAD PROGRAM IN .
NEBRA8KA BIG ONE
Inncoln, Neb., May 7.—Nebraska will
spend nearly $12,000,000 for good road
building diirlng the next two years. It
is figured that the automobile road tax
will bring a revenue of about $2,600,000
a year for the two years. A bill passed
by the legislature lays out & highway
building program covering 6,000 miles.
The work which is contemplated for
the next two years will be largely along
the lines of grading and draining of
these highways, the construction of
permanent bridges and culverts and
the kind of surfacing needed for the
future.
In the construction of these roads
the state will not be placed at the
mercy of the owners of road building
materials. One of the new laws passed
empowers the Btate board In charge to
condemn whatever land It needs to get
these materials, to busr the necessary
machinery for operation and to use
convicts If necessary In producing
them.
GERMAN PREACHER8
ATTACK NEW LAW
Omaha, Neb., May 7.—The German'
Lutheran church has made an attack
in the courts on the Nebraska law re
quiring that all religious services and
schools be conducted In the English
language
The Missouri synod oi Lutherans,
recognized as the German church,
practically all of whose pastors came
from Germany and which conducts pa
rochial schools in connection with the
church, was the plaintiff In the suit.
The suit Is directed at the governor
and attorney general, and the court Is
asked for an Injunction preventing
these officials from placing in effect
the anti-German language law enacted
by the legislature which lias Just ad
journed.
The church declares the law is a vio
lation of the constitution of the T’nlted
States and of Nebraska, and prevents]
exercise of religious worship according
to Individual conscience.
The <ase will be heard next week. I
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SURPLU8 OF EMPLOYES
IN STATE OFFICES
Lincoln. Neb., -May 7. A movement
to close all of the slate offices at noon
Saturday has caused mild excitement.
Governor McKeivle at the beginning
of his administration Insisted that em
ployes should give real service and
that the offices should keep open from ]
8 to f> o’clock on each of the six days
of the week. At the present time the
governor is absent from the state and
the QuesUon will he considered on lib
return.
In some of the offices there is
said 10 be a surplus of employes; and
little work for them to do. Critics of ■
state house methods say thut since]
tho legislature has adjourned state
house kensingtons. needle work, social
functions and novel reading have been
resumed by employes in offices where
time hangs heavily because they have
little or nothing to do.
PHONE COMPANY MUST
PAY TAX IN FREMONT
Lincoln, Neb.. May 7. The supreme
court of Nebraska lias upheld the val
idity of an occupation tax imposed by
the city of Kremont upon the Postal
Telegraph company. The tax is held
not to be a charge upon interstate
commerce merely because the tax ex
ceeds the company's net receipts in
that municipality. The court holds
that a. tax of $60 u year in a city of
over 8,000 inhabitants is not unreas
onable.
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LINCOLN--The farm labor situation is
still acute In the grait. growing counties,
according to county agent reports com
ing to R. F. Holland, county agent leader.
Bdtier, Cass. Hamider*. Platt* Colfax.
•Keith and Box Butte counties *ivport a
serious shortage.
FREMONT—Jack Ow^ns, fedeia-1 pris
oner who attempted suicide a week ago
by shooting hht^rlf ip the chest, i* rest
ing easy in a boap’.taVhere. Physician*
say he will recover. The bcll-t. which
barely missed I’fa heart, u, lodged under
pis shoulder blade:'
Friends of New Statute In Ne
braska Feel Confident Two
Propositions Will Thus
Lose Themselves.
Lincoln, Neb., May 6.—The immov
able body and the irresistible force
met in collision in Lincoln, Friday,
and as a result there wiU be two rcf
erendums on the direct primary laws.
One is backed by the farmers' or
ganizations and is against section 1,
which recreates the state nominating
convention for the seven state offi
cers aside from governor.
The other is led by C. W. Bryan and
is largely a democratic protest against
the whole law.
The farmers have already started
theirs, and Bryan is organizing his
The farmers don't want the two pro
gressive parts of the new law thrown
into the discard. One is an official
recognition of the woman voter by
giving her half the party county com
mittees. The other provides for elec
tion by direct vote of the delegates to
the county convention, who, from
among their own number, select the
delegates to the state convention.
Bryan says the women can get rep
resentation, if they want It, under the
present law, and he thinks Arthur
Mullen could build an irresistible con
trol of democratic state conventions by
using the direct election of delegates
plan, as nobody, unless backed by a
machine would file for and fight for
an election as delegate.
The result will be, In the opinion ot
political experts, to defeat the refer
endum, if both referendums get the
necessary 23.000 votes! They will go
on the ballot as separate propositions.
Supporters of the convention system
will cast a vote against each, while
supporters of the direct primary will
divide their vote between the two
propositions.
THE LANGUAGE LAW 18
CAREFULLY DISSECTED
Lincoln, Neb., May 6.—Attorney Gen
eral Davie has given to the public a
lengthy statement setting forth his
views upon the foreign language laws
passed at the last session of the leg
islature. He has been besieged with
letters asking for an Interpretation
thereof. He says that there is noth
ing in either of the two laws that will
prevent a mother or father In the home
Reaching their children any foreign
jlanguage they desire or deem neces
sary, and that neither law prohibits
the holding of Sunday schools in a
foreign tongue.
Mr. Davis says that the evident in
tent of the legislature was to provide
that no subject In any school, public,
private, denominational or pu roc lira 1
shall be taught in a foreign tongue be
low the ninth grade; that in the
Amerlcunlz&tion program of which
these were a part, the object was to
see that instruction in secular sub
jects in the formative years shall be In
English only. Not because it was de
sirable or a part of this program, but
because it was felt it would work an
extreme hardship and interfere with
religious instruction, it is provided
that the latter may be given whenever
desired except that it must not be a
part of the school work. Thus, says
the attorney general, it is proper un
der this law to hold out of hours dai
ses or Saturday classes in religious in
struction. bui these must be a fair
equivalent for a Sunday school. Ho
Issues a warning if this is taken as a
dodge or subterfuge to teach a for
eign tongue to the children, prosecu
tions will follow and no leniency will
be shown.
The utiorney general says that mere
ly calling it a religious school of In
struction will not protect those who
use this as a screen for the continu
ation of unAmeriran practices. When*
there Is a fair and honest compliance
with the laws there will he no inter
ference. The side, intent oi the legis
lature was to prevent the teaching of
foreign languages in grade schools,
and the fact that the law says that
"no person as a teacher shall teach."
etc.. Is a clear intent to permit mo
thers to teach their children in a for
eign tongue at home. Otherwise the
law would he unconstitutional. Tho
only proviso is that such teaching
be not in a regular school.
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HE HOARDED WHEAT
BUT BUYS VICTORY BONDS
Kearney, Neb.. May 5.— Freeman
Merry man w ealthy farmer, set h new
record for Individual subscriptions to
the Victory loan, when he invested
$2.r).0(H> in bonds. This is the high mar!;
In subscriptions in Buffalo county, .la ,
Brink, another farmer, Seing secon 1
with a >20.000 subscription. Mr. Mer
ry-man is the Kearney county fanne;
who was called before the state count- |
ot' defense st one time to explain why
lie held wheat estimated at 40,000 bush,
els when the government desired It
release to the market. His subscrip
tion to the Victory loan came without
any direct solicitation on the part oi
the committees.
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DOUGLA8 COUNTY TO
PAVE MUCH ROAD
Omaha, Neb., May 8. -Ouo hundred
and fifteen miles of road ' in Dougla-j
county were chosen to be paved at a
cost of >3.000.000 after a stormy meet
ing in the office of the board of county
commissioners.
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A3K CLEMENCY FOR
SENTRY WHO SLEPT
Lincoln. Neb., May 3.—Henator
Hitchcock has advised interested Lin
coln people t hut I he advocate general
of the nnjjy- lias promised executive
clemency in The ease of Louis Gibson
of Ansley, Neb., sentenced to two years
imprisonment in army barracks in
France for sleeping on sentry -poet
It was alleged that Gibson <had been
on continuous duty for five days am!
that there were other extenuating c.r
rum stances. Petitions for clemency
hud l ean circulated la Nebraska
PEOCE SHOULD COME QUICKLY
TO CHECK BUDDING REVOLUTION
William Allen White Says France Is Satisfied With British
Promise, But a Military Peace Is Needed to Fore
stall Anarchy—Worried By Lenine.
BY WILU’-n ALLEN WHITE.
Paris. -An agreement has
undoubtedly oe>« reached more or less
secretly by which Great Britain will
ajd France against German aggres
sion. This agreement comes In lieu of
an Interallied army which France de
sired as a guarantee of the strength of
the League of Nations to replace even
interallied general staff which France
would substitute for supremacy of
superstate. This alliance will be an
nounced by President Wilson In a
speech In the near future—a speech In
which he will repeat sentiments ex
pressed by French chamber of deputies
when he declared France is the out
post of civilisation and deserves the
support of mankind. The agreement
reached by the council of four has not
been put on paper and possibly never
has been written, but It will be a pol
icy like the Monroe doctrine and will
probably be known as the Wilson doc
trine. It satisfies Francs. England
has a progressive disarmament pro
gram and America has the Monroe
doctrine fairly stated and when Italy
hears the final word about the Adriatic
she will be satisfied also. So next
week the Germans will come to hear
their fate.
That being settled there are two
guesses as to the date of the final peace.
If it is a military peace it will be
signed before May 10, ii It Is a nego
tiated peace It may not be signed until
midsummer and curiously enough
France Is supporting the United States
in demanding that Germany be given
time to read and digest and possibly
discuss the peace. To do that will re
quire at least five weeks. The docu
ment contains 160,000 words divided in
to seven parts: League of Nations,
labor chart control, international opin
ion on trade economics, which section
alone- is longer t*i*n the treaty of
Vienna, control of Africa, Pacific Isl
ands, north and south pole, Asia Minor
and boundaries of all eastern Europe
and finally ports, waterways and rail
roads. It will tcite at least one month
for German experts on boundaries to
translate the boundaries section and
trace on maps its demands. If the
Germans are given opportunity even to
make a rough guess wliat they are
signing in an economic clause treaty, it
will require ot least a month. Similar
ly the Germans will need three weeks
to make out what they are promising
in ports, railways and waterways.
This estimate makes no provision for
discussion, and there Is no point in
giving Germany time to read and digest
the treaty If she does not have time to
discuss it. It is an easy guess if Ger
many is to be pampered by civil treat
ment we ehall have no peace until mid
summer. And It must be remembered
that in all these discussions nothing
is said about Austria, Bulgaria and
Turkey. America Is not at war with
the latter two, and there Is evidence
In Paris that Austria is being lured out
of German alliance by the promise of
better terms than are offered Ger
many. At least the Austrians are not
to be asked to step up and lick the
spoon with Germany.
in the meantime In eastern Europe,
from Budapest to Archangel, respon
sible rulers, such os they may be, are
laughing uproarously at Paris—the
statesmen who are solemnly sitting
about green tables figuring out boun
daries, spheres of influence and eco
nomic restrictions when the new order
in the world is establishing itself, con
cerned only with giving the laborer his
share of the profits with no regard to
other matters. Lenine is heading the
laughter, and during the week his do
main is finding foothold in India and
Egypt. His birthday was celebrated in
Rome under machine guns on foun
tains, the Spanish ministry is falling.
King Albert slid down from the sky
telling the peace conference that Brus
sels could hold out against bolshevism
less than a month longer, liberal so
cialists are whittling Lloyd George’s
parliamentary majority daily, and
Easter Sunday French socialists met to
decide how best to show their scorn for
the peace conference—whether by gen
eral strike or by an attempt at revolu
tion. Southern Germany is torn by bol
shevism, and northern Germany is
waiting to hear the peace terms before
Istting go. WUson’s revolutionary talk
during December has profited him
nothing. He has piped the European
masses into a mountain which looks
dangerously like a volcano. And this
because while he talked with the ardor
of a revolutionist, he has acted with
chilly discretion. So Lenine and his
crowd are making eastern Europe
cackle with their laughter at the Paris
show. Certainly if peace does not come
by mid summer it will be a peace of
anarchy.
(Copyright, 1919, by the Wheeler Syn
dicate.)
f Training Little Children
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hr mothers who hare been kiudcraartuera. Issued hr
The fatted States Bureau ot Education. W^shlaiton. D. C.. and
The Jfuttonul Kindergarten Association. New York. K. Y.
DJLOW your child to have com- |
pany and playmates as otten
as you can. When possible,
have playmates near his own age.
Naturally out of this social inter
course will spring valuable lessons In
courtesy, generosity and patience. Al
ways be fair In settling disputes
among children. Do not favor your
own child’s story entirely, Jor though
he may never have told an untruth
there Is always the possibility of a
sliding from grace. Sometimes It is
very difficult to get a correct account
from excited children. If the quarrel
is over a doit or a train of cars and
you cannot discover who Is In the
right, take away the toy, remarking
quietly that If they can't play nicely
with it they will have to do without
U I do not think that there Is a bet
ter opportunity than in play to teach
lesson* in honesty; play is so vital a
part of child life and the child takes
his play so seriously. In teaching a
child to be honest In word and action
the parents first, must be honest In
nil their dealings with the child.
Never make a promise that you can
not keep or that you do not intend
to keep For the same reason never
threaten. "Son if you do that again.
I'll spank you,” for If he does it again
vcm will have to spank him or in a
short time he will come to laugh at
ivour authority.
' D«> not confuse the workings of an
'Imaginative brain as evidence of un
Itruthfulness, but enter into the spirit
I of the ‘'make-believe.'’ In the case
of the little tot who says. "Mnvver, I
went out In the garden and I saw
feme Indians." enter into the spirit
,,t the play and suy. "Just make-be
lieve Indiana, dear, you mean?”
Mv little two-year-old daughter
tube startled me one day by Insisting
■he saw lions and tigers and great
big elephants out in the yard. She
was kneeling on a chair looking out,
so I came at once to the window, not
expecting to see a soo in the yard,
but wondering what there was to
make her imagine such things. There
was nothing at all In sight but grass
and flowers, so after thinking it over
for a second I said in reply, “Oh
yes, I see some monkeys, too—just
make-believe, like yours.” She looked
up at roe and laughed delightedly
and at once we were entered upon a
new game.
. Cheerful obedience is another les
son to be learned from play. A child
should not cry or fuss when mother
says, "Time to put up your toys,” or
“Come to me, dear, I want to dress
you.” The average parents demand
obedience, but usually exercise their
authority only at such times as dis
obedience means Inconvenience to the
parents themselves, it is the teach
ing of constant obedience which re
quires the greatest patience and tact
in all child-training. You cannot lot
! your vigilance flag for one moment,
j nor can you allow an offence to pass
| unnoticed.
I This brings up the question of pun
■ ishments. T have said that children
are naturally sociable. An effective
fhrm of punishment for most 'of
fenses. therefore, is Isolation from the
rest of the family, and no reinstating
i to favor until pardon has been asked
and given. Make your punishment
fit the offense. Children are so active
that to make them sit still on a chair
alone is a sufficient punishment for
rudeness, whining and the like. The
I child who persists in touching tilings
; which are not his to touch can be
j punished by having his hands tied be
I hind his back. I used this form of
| punishment or “cure" successfully In
! breaking the nail-biting habit also.
‘ Please pass this article on to a friend
and thus help Uncle Sam reach all the
1 mothers of the country.
Veterans Planning For Future.
From the Seatttle Times.
An Interesting statement descriptive of
the worw mapped out for the American
J.egiou, organised overseas by the United
States soldiers, has been given out by
tli'tg. Gen. William G. Price of the Key
stone division.
“The Ueglon,” lie said, “is to be the
Monroe Doctrine of decency. It will up
hold what is light eo firmly and force
fully that whatever party is wrong will
learn to fear it. It Is a brotherhood of
.nets who have realized thoroughly their
,-esponeibtlilles to the nation.”
Ills concluding statement is decidedly
•!«usant mounding. It would Indicate the
purpose of Hie men who saw service over
seas to Inject Into national politics the
Intense Americanism they displayed while
fighting for Old Glory hi France and
Slanders.
Where Medals Are Made.
From the Springfield Republican.
livery medal that the United States
government confers is made in the Phila
delphia mint. Ftir the war department,
alone, the big- federal money factory at
present Ik turning out 22 typos of medals.
The badges of honor awarded to Mar
shals Knell, Haig, and Joffre. and other
distinguished allied commanders, were
the product of the mint.
Marshal F'och Is reported to have re
marked that the American distinguished
service medal i.s the handsomest military
decoration s wanted', About 20o of these
medals of bronse and -..brilliant btua
enamel are made every week In Pliiladrl
phla and turned over to the war depart
ment for ehfpn*etfl "fh th* camps and
anno hsadgrv**'”' *t fvp-ej abroad
A Wooer's Woes
I He fondly loved a little maid,
One rich In looks and clothes.
Hut fate was most unkind to him.
He never could propose.
One day while in his motor ear
He murmured, “Will you be— ”
And then the honking hack broke down.
And eo did he.
Again, while 111 hi# motor boat
He started, “Dear Marie-“
And suddenly the engine stopped
And so did ho.
While on a trolley ear one night ^
He spoke, “Oh, promiee me-“
And then the car got off the track,
And so did he.
An anchored airship they were in.
Thus he began, "Can’t we-”
Then up the ship went high in air.
And eo did he. a*
Two years went by, he didn't l»>r
To suave and sweet Marie-—
.So she got spliced to someone else,
And eo did he.
- From Puck.
A report has been submitted to the
British house of commons to the effect
that the venomous condition of a large
part of tha population is undermining Its
health: that there Is a receut Increase of
uncleanlints* among children, and urging
that the I’leonstug of Pernors act of 1897
he 'made' compulsory, uud that unfur
nished houses he declared unfit frit habita
tion If tn venomous condition.
Kansas ilty Is sttld to be In need of
8,50(1 houses
L "
FINE CROPS SURE
i Outlook in Western Canada Never
More Favorable.
•' ' I
Perfect Weather Conditions Enabled.
Early Seeding and Wheat Has Long
Been Above Ground in the
Land of Opportunity.
The greatest optimism prevails*
throughout every district In Western
Canada. From the eastern boundary ^
of Manitoba to the slopes of the Rocky
Mountains the farmers have been busy
for three weeks tn seeding operations
Lost foil, even for Western Canada,
was an exceptional one. Threshing
was completed at an early date and
the amount of fall plowing made ready
for crop from fifteen to twenty-five per
tent more acreage than in any year in
the brief history of the country. There
fore there was ready for seeding this
spring an acreage away beyond miy
‘hing ever before experienced in that
pountry.
On April 20 Calgary (Alta.) report
rd that In south country points there
was a notable spirit of optimism
imongst the farmers there. Moisture
»nd weather conditions were good,
while land tn most places was in the
>est possible condition. More tractor*
were being put into operation than in
tny previous year. In some parts of t lie
south country, however, there was a
marked shortage of labor, but in the
consideration of the country as •
whole the labor outlook was brigiit.
Seeding operations were well under
way In every part “Of Western Canada
by the fifteenth of April. The practice- - , ■
of the farmers in that country 1s t*
commence as soon as the frost ts ont
of the ground enough to allow the few
tnch seed bed to be worked up well.
Beneath this the ground may still be
frozen, but from this frost the young
and tender wheat roots get the mois
ture at first so necessary to Its exist
ence. The warm days of spring and
the long hours of sunlight that 3re
ushered Id with it thaw the frost oot
day by day / and pay to the growing
plant the moisture as It is heeded.
Nature’s way of producing moisture to
the young wheat plant Is one of the
chief reasons why Western Canada has
become world famous as a wheat-pro
ducing country. What may be said
of wheat can as truly be said of
oats and barley, and yes, in fact, corn,
too. Rapid and strong growth is stim
ulated in this manner. Heavy spring
rains usually occur after seeding i*
over und the grain well above ground.
Already a report has been received, ^
dated April 20, that a fanner near Ca
brl, Saskatchewan, had 180 acres of
wheat showing above the ground. I
A good, strong and sturdy wheat
plant Is necessary when it is ex
pected that there will be produced *
forty-bushel-to-the-acre crop of wheat
Of a quality that will weigh out its
sixty-five pounds to the measured*
bushel.
niese spring wtteat concmous rep
resent but one of the reasons why
Western Canada has been able to
produce, wltli so little effort, wcrld’n
record grain crops, wheat and wits
that have carried off all champion
ship awards at America’s largest ex
positions.
Western Canada has this spring
sbipped ten tliousaad bushels of Mar
quis wheat, the variety that holds
most of the world’s championships, to
Australia, where It Is to be tried out.
Seventy-five thousand bushels of the
wiroe variety has been sent to Franco
to be used for seed. —
The wheat lands of Western Canada
are probably the most undervalued of
any on the continent.
A comparatively small acreage of
Western Canada’s lands has been sold
ns high ns $00 nn ncre. The greater
pol l ion of the best farming land in
its unimproved stale maybe purchased
ni $25 an acre. The comparison be
tween these prices anil an annual rev
enue derived from grain-growing alone,
with big yields and present prices, can
tmt more firmly impress one with the
certainty of n rapid increase within
the uext few year;;.—Advertisement,
Willie’s Eutopia.
Visitor Arc you going to be a grunt
man when yon grow up, Willie?
Willie—You bet I I’m going to he
an arctic explorer.
An arctic explorer’s life is full ot
hardships. Willie.”
“Yes'm; but I can stain! cm, t
reckon.” ,
“I like your spirit, my boy. Thc.ro
is u great deal of glory to be gained
in u career of that kind.”
‘ Yes'm. And you don’t never h r *
to wash your face.”
ALLEN’S COOT- EASE DOES IT.
When your shoes pinch or your corns «-at
bunions ache get Allen's Foot • -Ease, th*
antiseptic powder to be shaken Into shoes
nnd sprinkled in the foot-bath It n l
take the sting out of corns and bunions
ami idle Instant relief to Tired. AcMn*,
Swollen, 'lender feet. Sold everywhere
iff* < mer»pi any substitute.—Adv.
Yep. He Would Be •.Sight to See
"hi all uty travels tilfher tuw!
anil return.*' remarked the fai-eltouv
feller, ”1 never ran across n umn \c:-.o
\w.is so cidur bllad he couldn't <?!#•■ n 1
gii'sli u roll of greviihacks.”
Mobcdy to D'skke.
liens- She seems in like every-mi».
June--Yes; she his no huslutii .1
ih-ston tihiV.e.
Kill the Plle« Now and Prevent
diM-sse. A DAISY" FLY KILLEK will do iu
Kills It cues ml«. lasts all Reason. AH dealers,
<M lire seinexpref* paid forties. II. SOM ELS,
ISO De Kalb Are . Brooklyn, N. Y Adv
il s'cents queer (hat an InreHiee.v w
•jl'cst should supply stupid serventa.