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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1919)
0. H. c ft ON IN, Pu^lif^er. O'NEILL, NSSRA**' * Figures compiled by Insure we com panics give an interesting estimate of the causes of aerial accidents: During the early days of practical aviation 'namely, from 1908 to 1913), 60 per cent of the casu alties wore due to collapse on account of faulty construction. In the year 1913 to 1919. fatalities from this source were re duce to 2 per cent. Other accidents during this latter period are classified as follows. Forty per cent, were due to entering tail spins when too close to the ground. 25 per cent were due to lack of judgment in landing: 10 per cent were due to forced landings in undesirable places, on account of engine trouble; 2 per cent were due to fire: 2 per cent were due to collapse of the machine; and 22 per cent were due to lack of skill on the part of pilots still in training A few days ago, according to a story in th»» French papers, a street row occurred her.) in which some American soldiers took part, one of whom was hit by a re volver bullet. The hospital surgeon took a long time, probing the wound; but the American i-toically bore the pain. "W bat arc you doing anyway?” lie asked finally. “Looking for the bullet,” said the doc tor. “Why didn't you say so? I’ve go*, it in my pocket. 1 took it out myself,” was the retort. “Big teeth no tenderfoot—um heap much man." Th wns the verdict of Ren Toma hawk, 1 Sioux chief who is credited who tin* slayi- ■ <•!' Sitting Bull, upon the late col. Theodore Roosevelt. His com met.t on Pt• shh nt Wilson’s visit to 'tho peace conference was “Big chief him stay at hone ; rxl little chief, tlu* other tribes think b g < 11iff heap btg cbeaf. Big chief go himself, strange tribes say, him no Mg chief why he come? Him nobody to tend?** ’ The -steam; hip Wechtfels, formerly the (h.-rnii! .n sea raider Wolf that was credited with having sunk 15 allied shifts, docked in Ua]v -ton recently. carrying a French cr.-w. One of her sailors, Pierre MatolOt, fi cut two and a half months as a pris on «r on the Wolf after the Germans had sunk the sailing ship on which lie was. ✓ Lady Mackenzie in now in New York ti r.\ to Lost Africa, for the purpose of th- to Fast Africa, for the purpose of exploring the Tana river and hunting big game. The Tana river, she says, is one * of th. most treacherous streams in the world, and at places along its course, the forests an* so dense that travel Is pussl Me only by climbing over the tops of the trees. In one-hair column In a recent London Times, one read that: A sett lament has !>• *n reached in the flour mill workers’ strike. Sydney bakers have decided to strike. Although the Danish government bas intervened in the harbor workers’ strike, their efforts have been unsuccess ful Traffic on the Trans-Australian rail way has been suspended owing to a strike of the employes. The present industrial unrest is duo to the system permitting "the acquisition of wealth for which no adequate .service has been rendered” according to nine “indus trial engineers” who expressed their views in a letter made public In New York ad dressed to the labor conference in Wash ington. * Serbians in Paris declare they have re ceived advices that one of the airplanes attached to D’Annunzio’s hcarquafters at Flume has flown over Spain to and other Dalmatian cities, dropping pamphlets proclaiming the poet's intention of seizing the Dalmatian coast as soon us lie had sufficient troops. It is reported that a scheme has been devised to make salable the great amount of 3-cent stamped envelopes and 2-cent post cards which the government had on hand when 2-cent postage came into ef fect, by surcharging ”lc” on the post cards, and printing ”2c” just below the stamp on the envelope. Hereafter Mtno. Emmy Destlnn, the opera singer, will appear under the name of Mme. Emma Destlnovn. The singer's real names is Emmy KitUd She is th ‘ daughter of a citizen of Prague and adopted the name of her teacher, Frau Marie Loewo Destlnn. The bishop of Shelmsford ho. :im*d money raised from "whist duves and dances” from a fund of $l,‘JCU.utO which the people of Essex are trying to collect for church extension. ”1 have never heard of either being opened or closed with prayer,” the bishop declares. Five hundred Armenian women em ployed by the American Red Cross have built 100 miles of stone roads anil iceon Btructed several steed bridges in Mesopo tamia within the last four month. . The roads were rebuilt in order to t:\c.ktate transportation of Red Grogs sup, lb *». Ernest Vizetelly. who made the n*mc of Emile Zola known In Knghn mro-igh his comprehensive trail: lallon,;, nn-l who for many years occupied a high portion in the London literary world, is new an Inmate of the sick ward in n North Lon don workhouse Mr. Vizetelly L now iG years old. Unless legislation looking to the re turn of railroads to private ownership takes definite shap during December, the country will be disastrously hand capped next year in having it: business moved according to Walker D. Hines, director general. Japanese Geisha girls of Honolulu have won a short lived strike for > ,< increase In pay and hereafter will receive $1.G* an \ hour, an increase of HO cent- over the | former rate. Tea garden proprietor: will pass the additional entertainment cost on i to their patrons. A Chicago boy of 11 supports himother, ! has an auto, a motorc.vii . clothes in : plenty and a bank account, of $2,000. He i confesses that since last Uhi istm.u , ho j has robbed more than 1£0 purses of women 1 In department stores. More than $1,000,000,000 worth of Thrift stamps. War Saving.* stamps and Treas ury certificates have been disposed of dur ing the 22 months they have been on :uk*. according to figures given out last night by Secretary of the Treasury Glass. Two little Chicago girls of 11 and 12 years, gave as the sxplauation oi their setting fire to a building: "Why, wo didn't like the people who stayed around there.” “And it was such an old build ing, and we were just having fun.” At the request of the new Polish govern ment a commission of London police offi cers will be sent to Poland to advise ‘.lie authorities how to organize a permanent police force. Prisoners in the Galveston county jail have been burning up their blankets, mat resses and other cell furnishings to warm up the food furnished them by tin shccit'fw Leong Kow, chairman of .the convention of American born Chin ; now in session In Los Angeles, announces that the meet ing will forward to the Senate a protest against the annexation of Shantung by Japan. A negro film, which was ordered pro duced for the colored business men of Los Angeles, will soon be on exhibition.. It is endorsed by Gen. Leonard Wood, who considers it a fitting tribute to the loyal negro citizens of Hit* 1 nited States. Having told us how lie economizes on cloRi.'S. will Mr. Armour tip ua - ff where he buys his meats? asks lh» lolumhi* ■JLcculd. NEGRO IS FIRST ~ TO BE SENTENCED Given Thirty Days In County Jail For Carrying Gun at the Time of Omaha's Re cent Riots. Omaha, Neb., Oct. 28.—Lester Price, 10 years old, a negro orphan boy, living at 2220 Seward street, was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail by Judge Redick in district court, when he plead ed guilty to a charge of carrying con cealed weapons on the night of the riot in Omaha. Price is the first per son to be sentenced for alleged com plicity in the recent disorders. He was included in the first eight indictments returned by the special grand jury. Judge Redick made the boy's sen tence retroactive to date from Septem ber 28, when he was arrested and con fined to jail. LEADER AMONG NEBRASKA WOMEN QUITS PLACE Lincoln, Neb., Ocl. 27. Mrs. A. E. Davisson, leader of the women's section of the college of agriculture extension service, has resigned. Mrs. Davisson is one of the pioneers in women's club work and extension work in the state. Her work began about eight years ago, when she and three others carried on till tho college of agriculture extension work among women. Mrs. Davisson h i made a specialty of rural women's dubs and prior to the war she moth ered about 500 of these clubs. She has held club meetings in every county in the state anil probably knows Ne braska conditions better than any other woman. At the beginning of the war. when tho state’s relations service need ed 10 exceptional workers, Mrs. Davis son was called to Washington to do nationwide war work among women. Shortly after her return site was named leader of the women's section of the college of agriculture extension service. —f~ NEW COMMISSIONER FOR OMAHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Omaha, Neb., Oct. 28.- .1. David Lar son of Salt Lake City Is to he the new commissioner of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. The executive committee of the chamber, authorized Chairman Bro gan to contract with Mr. Larson and tho matter was concluded by tele graphic negotiations yesterday. Mr, Larson will assume his duties December 1. The new commissioner has been for four years secretary of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce. Previously he held n similar position at Ogden. Utah, for four years and still earlier spent eight years in news paper work in Utah, lie is 36 years old. • —4— ALLEGED CftTTLE RUSTLER ARRESTED IN CALIFORNIA Scottsbluff, Neb., Oot. 28. Lon L. Guy, alias Guy E. Moore, who Is al leged to have stolen 60 head of cattle from C. E. Wlneteer of McGrow, Neb., last August, has been arrested at Los Angeles, California. Guy, who is said to be an ex-con vict, is alleged to have boarded a stock train at Melbeta, near here, and to have accompanied a shipment of cattle consigned to Allen Dudley Co. of South Omaha. Ho is said to have forged the hill of lading and to have received payment for the ship ment. Sheriff Frank Koenig left last night for Los Angeles to return the prisoner here for trial. —♦— FORMER CONGRESSMAN MOVING TO FLORIDA Omaha, Neb., Oct. 28.—Former Con gressman W. L. Stark, of Aurora, Neb., is paying a farewell visit at the home of his brotherinlaw, W. M. Ellsworth, 1317 South Twenty-sixth street, on his way to Florida, where Ite and Mrs. Stark expect to reside in the future. The move is made necessary try the state of Mrs. Stark's health. Mr. Stark has made his home in Nebraska for the past 42 years, and formerly represented the Fourth district iu congress. He has disposed of his home and other inter ests in Aurora, Neb., and i xpects to proceed to the south today. FEDERAL AID SOLDIERS AT NEBRASKA UNIVERSITY Lincoln, Nob., Oct. 2S.- Twenty-five discharged soldiers, disabled m the service, are enrolled in the University of Nebraska l’or agricultural training ; under federal aid. About double this number were designated by the gov eminent to receive agricultural train ing at the university. Some, however, decided to ask for different training and some were obliged to return to hospitals for further treatment. Prac tically all those studying agriculture left the farm for war and have a gen era! working knowledge of farming. Most of them are from this slate. On - is from New Zealand. — ^ — KILLED WHILE SCUFFLING FOR POSSESSION OF GUN Kearney. Neb. Oct. 2S. Art Meyers was u •eident ill.N shot and Killed here He was under the influence of liquor, witnesses say, and procured a gun and tin eaten-, d to kill someone. .1. VV. Isw lu ad and 13 d. Wolford remonstrated with him and say they attempted *o take his gun. During the scuffle the weapon was discharged, the bullet en tering Meyers’ heart. At the co. oner s inquest both men were exoner ated from any blame for the killing. | A bottle partly tilled with banana ex ’ tract was found in his pocket. . ♦ • PITH MONT—Charles Mclvisslck while hunting on the Platte river west of Fre mont shot a black eagle that measured 7 fmt’iml 6 inches from tip to tip of wings. Th big bird tore a long gash in Mci.is | sick's waders when it grabbed the boot before the hunter had killed it It is the first bird of the kind :ecn in this section for 20 years. LINCOLN—The program for the annual convention of the Nebraska Potato Im provement Association, which will be held at Hushvilk*. November 12. 13 and 14, has Den announ.td by it. o Werner, store of i a datum. IN UNUSUAL PLEA Claim Wrongful Conviction Be cause of Definition—Placed on the First Degree Crime. Lincoln, Neb,, Oct. 27.—Two former temporary residents of Sioux City, John Robert Francis and James L. Parker, now serving life sentences in tlie Nebraska penitentiary for kiliing Harold C. Crownover, former mana ger of the telephone exchange at Laurel, Neb., appeared in supreme court Friday, by their attorney, J. C. Robinson, in an effort to convince that tribunal that they had been wrongfully convicted. On th'eir behalf it was argued that a first degree murder conviction can not be sustained in their cases be cause the killing of Crownover, while possibly malicious and intentional, was without premeditation. It was also insisted that the other definition of iirst degree murder, a killing while Ihe accused were in the perpetration of a burglarly cannot apply to them because the murder was committed a mile away from the scene of the burg lary some time afterwards. The point made was that the burglary had been completed and that the killing did not, ther efore occur while the accused were In the commission of burglary. The evidence was to the effect that two stores were entered by burg lars, In Laurel, on the night of June 13 and li, 1918. A passerby gave the alarm while a burglar was inside one of the stores. He ran to a con cealed auto, that had previously been stolen, and with a companion sought to escape. A flat tire led to their being overtaken by a posse, and in tire gun battle that followed Crown over was killed, Hr. Sackett so badly hurt tiiat he died the day after in Sioux City, and John Newman—all members of the posse—wounded. The two burglars were also hit, Francis .sought to show that a third burglar was the one who did lire killing and some evidence was introduced to show ire had boasted later of it in a Sioux City poolroom. The posse members said there never was hut two in the burglar car. •—V HOLDS “DRY” AMENDMENT CAN’T GO TO VOTE OF PEOPLE Lincoln, Neb., Oct.27.—-Represent ing the association that put prohibi tion across in Nebraska, former At torney General \V. T. Thompson lias filed a brief in supreme court in sup port of the proposition that the rati fication of the national prohibitory amendment by the state legislature of 1919 is not subject to a referendum. The liquor forces have a petition with 40,000 names attached asking for a direct vote, and the Lancaster district court held that as the people of Ne braska have reserved certain law mak ing powers they Have a right to pass on the ratification resolution. Mr. Thompson says that if the plain tiff should prevail in the case it would do him no good because the federal secretary of state has already certi fied that the necessary number of states have approved, and this is an action that cannot be impeached. The points made by Mr. Thompson in support of his proposition are: That Articje V of the federal con stitution provides that all amend ments shall be valid to all intents and purposes when ratified by the legis latures of three-fourths of the states, and that this precludes'a referendum. The term legislature used therein means the legislative body that rep resents the people. That ratification is i.ot a legislative act as contemplated by the federal constitution. That a history of the constitutional convention and a study of the political and governmental bodies at the time the constitulon was adoped shows that i referendum was never contemplated, and that before one can be held on ratification resolutions the federal con stitution must be amended. That the people have surrendered this power to the federal authorities and must first get it back through amending the federal constitution be fore they can reserve it in the states. That state constitutional provisions and statutes In conflict with the fed eral constitution are void. Courts are’ bound to support the federal constitu tion as the supreme law. That the certificates of the state legislatures and the secretary of state impart absolute verity and cannot be impeached, except when fraud is proven, and that courts cannot go be hind the secretary's certificate. ♦— SIV PERSONS DIE IN CROSSING ACCIDENT Kearney, Neb., Oct. 27.- Six persons were instantly kiilod by a Union Pacific train nine miles from here when an enclosed Ford car dashed upon the tracks at a crossing, directly in front of a train trying to make up an hour and a half tost time. The automobile was demolished and all the occupants instantly killed, the bodies being hurled in all directions. , From letters in a pocket of the man, It is believed the persons were Charles Kimberly, his wife, three young daugh ters and a young son, of Spurgeon, Colo. The three girls were caught by the cowcatcher and carried half a mile be fcre the train could be stopped. Congress because of treaty obligations, may not be able to deport slacker aliens who withdrew tln-lr citizenship papers to escape the draft, says a member of the House immigration committee. “MISSING” MAN SHOWS UP VERY MUCH ALIVE West Point. Neb.. Oct. 27.—William Neury, the West Point man whose dis appearance at Pierre, S. D„ was noted in the state press, returned to West Point, Wednesday evening, apparently in good health. No explanation of the mystery has been made to the citizens here. Sociologists estimate that among - very l.Otyi bachelors there are 3x criminals whereas married men pri duty lx to 1 DM. Nebraska women 1 MM; Supreme Court’s Decision on Constitutional Convention I Believed to Leave the Way Open. I-incoln, Neb., Oct. 25. — Women /oters in the state are again demand ing to know whether they have a right to participate in the election of dele gates to the state constiutional con vention, to be held November 4. The attorney for the state association of suffragists told the officers some time ago that they had such a right, but the attorney general, in an opinion fornt ally given out, said they could not For that reason they did not offer to vote at the primary. Now comes the supreme court, and in the opinion holding that the law calling the convention was constitu tional, says that the office of delegate Is hot one created by the constitution This being true, tlie suffragists tilin'; they have the right to vote, since the limited suffrage law permits them tc vote for all officers not created by the constitution. The attorney general will ; he asked to revise hi.-; opinion or state ( it anew, at least. c DODGE, NEE., SCHOOLS ARE IN AN UPROAR Fremont, Neb., Oct. 25.—There is a lively scrap on in the sc'nqols at IJodge, where the superintendent, E. R. Wil ber, has just been dismissed after an investigation by the board into which A. A. Reed, high school inspector, was called. It is said that Mr. Reed recom mended that a change be made and the board acted accordingly. The latest development in the situa tion is the “walk out” of the high school seniors. Not a senior is at tending school. The upper class mem bers <iuit, it is said, because their sym pathies and those of some of their parents were with the superintendent. They objected to alleged disciplin ary measures of Miss Roberta Chip perliskl, the principal of the high scholff Miss Chipperfleld, it is said, had differed with the former superin tendent, whose inclination was toward more laxity in school room rules. There has been much talk of calling a mass meeting in order to let the school patrons know the facts of the situation, but this has not been done. Members of the board say that unless the seniors go back to school soon, some action will be taken penalizing them for their absence. This may amount to a decision not to issue grad uates’ certificates to them in the spring. I NEBRASKA FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUB AT FAIRBURY Fairbury, Neb., Oct. 25.—The con rentio nof the Nebrasua federation of ' Women’s clubs began with an evening of celebration of their si’ver anniver sary. Its features were tne greetings imong friends from all parts of the state, brief histories of the beginning ind growth of the federation and ac ! oounts of the 30 or mj>re silver anniver sary clubs added the past year. Three aundred delegates are present. The report of the endowment fund committee disclosed that the silver bricks presented the evening before, together with previous funds gath ered, give to the fund $2,027.CO. It sva« decided to continue the gathering of this fund until the desired amount of $10,000 should oe raised, the interest of which would provide for the ex penses of the federation meetings. Active interest is being taken in the Hoction of the president. The names of Mrs. H. E. Goodrich, of Nelson, Mrs. E. B. Penny, of h ullerton, Mrs. M. D. | Cameron, of Omaha, and Mrs. Slater, | of Hastings, are under consideration. It ie considered that the fifth district, i .vhleii has never been honored with an , office, should have first consideration. The election takes place Thursday af ternoon. ■ *■ IS PLACED ON TRIAL FOR BRUTAL MURDER OF WIFE • Valentine, Neb., Oct. 25.—The trial ot Joseph Blazka, charged with the inur- 1 der of his wife near the Spade ranch in this county, last March, is on in dis trict court here. ( The defendant admits beating his wife to death with a harness tug, and claims her infidelity was the cause of 1 his attack. A paper, alleged to have been written by Mrs. Blazka in the Bohemian language, and purporting to lie a confession of infidelity, was intro duced. Three sons of Blazka supported their father’s testimony. The defense appears to rest its case ; an tlie theory that the woman took , poison. A number of witnesses testi- t (led as to the bruised condition of the t body. ' -4~ f —4-— 1 LONG LOST BROTHER IS HEARD FROM, WEALTHY Omaha, Neb., Oct. 24.—A long-lost 1 brother has proved a veritable Aladdin ’ to two Omaha women, Mrs. Margaret ( ; Kice and Miss Catherine Desmond, < 2501 Farnam street. t During a 16 years’ absence, since t John Desmond went west “to make a I fortune,” his sisters had not heard 1 1 from him. A few months ago they re- 1 reived a letter, telling thorn that he * had become rich from the proceeds of a mine, and that he wanted them tc make their home with him. They left i Omaha last night for Tonopah, Nov. l to meet him. ! OMAHA’S MAYOR TO RESUME DUTIES NOV. 1 Omaha. Neb.. Oct. 25.—Mayor Smith ( will return to Omaha and resume his j duties at the city hall about November ’ ( 1, according to a telegram which he 1 sent to O. M. Olsen, his private secre • | tary, yesterday. , ’ The mayor is now at Haines City, ) Fla., visiting his son and recuperat- >’ ing from the attack made upon him 1 ( by the mob September 2S. He said , he was improving so rapidly that he 1 expects to return much sooner than 1 originally im nded. ■ 1[Training Little Children Planting a Garden More Fun Than Playing House—The Little Child seed Is Alive and Grows Up Just Like Boys and Girls—It Must Have a Clean House to Live in, a Comfortable Bed to Sleep in. Something to Eat and Something to Drink. fSuggcstions by mother* who have been klndergartners. Issued by the United States Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C„ and the National Kindergarten Association. S West Fortieth Street, New York. •BY MRS. RERTH4 I.I'tcic NO inattar what the child’s after life is to be, he should hare thi opportunity at least once in hi; life to experiment with plants.” The , plant, which sets its feet in the earth lifts its head toward the sky, extends its arms to the air and sunshine and gives lodging to the creatures of earth and air, is a powerful factor in the life of man. Our whole airp in encour aging gardening must be to help the child realize that at his feet Mother Nature has set a prize, which, rightly appreciated, will answer all his needs and afford him the purest pleasures of life. God gives to plants their life, their laws of form, color and number of parts. The child creates his garden; It is the work of his hands, the expression of his mind. He arranges it according to hl3 fancy in regard to coir- and position. He chooses this or that for reasons which appeal to him. The child may be taught in a simple way that os God observed order in the universe as His first law, giving to each form of life its place in the world, so order in the garden is the first necessary step to secure growth and development of life 'within it. The child likes a comfortable bed to sleep in, a clean house to live in, a comfortable meal when hungry, a drink of clean water when thirsty. In the same way. the little seed likes a soft, comfortable bed in which to lie. There fore, the earth must be well cultivated, sifted and raked. The bed must be nicely made, with edges smooth and even. Then the seeds must be placed in even rows, not loo close together, or they will crow1, each other out. After the seeds are well up the garden, which is their home, must be kept clean, all weeds, sticks and loose stones being removed. The earth must be rich enough to supply food to the growing plants and plenty of clean water given early every morning and, if the day is hot, in the evening also. If the child’s garden Is made and tended with' care and love, the plants will repay him by blooming and grow ing. No little child can be comfortable and healthy If given water and washed and cared for only once in a, while. So it is with the child’s plants; ^ to be healthy and happy they must re ceive dally attention for a few minutes at least, for plants, like children, re spond to love and care. One reason why gardening makes a good beginning for nature-study is ‘ that natural instinct usually points i the way to garden-making in the j spring. Another reason is that so many I forms of life are manifest in the gar den and that occupation out of doors j is very essential to the building up J or a sound body, mind and spirit, to the exercise of ail the senses, the quick ening of the emotions and an all-round I healthy development. Froebel, the founder of the kinder garten, adds that children learn through i gardening much that helps to develop character and the contact with the power that is greater than man. “Oh, Painter of the fruits and flowers, We thank Thee for Thy wise design; Whereby those human hands of ours In nature’s garden work with Thine. “Give fools their gold, give knaves their power, Let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; Who sows a field or trains a flower Or plants a tree is more than all. “For he who blesses, most is blessed, And God and man shall own his wortfc Who toils to leave as his bequest An added beauty to the earth. "Gifts that grow are best; Hands that bless are best; Plant; Life does the rest.” Please pass this article on to a friend and thus help Uncle -.Sam reach all the mothers of the country. i A New Era Dawning }----— From True Love Magazine. "I see the kings depart! Sceptey and crown, Trappings and royal raiment are laid down. The day of pomp is done. And one by one Crowded court and hall Go the pale ghosts of kings, and all Their panoply and mad imaginings. This is the people's hour. The holy flower Of Freedom blooms in every stricken heart—■ I see the kings depart!” With the signing of the armistice, November 11, 1918, a new era lawned for the entire world. The seething cauldrons of war which iad known no rest for the past four years began to cool and the tires which had been kept at white heat were allowed to die out. Gradually order is coming out of chaos, the long strain of mental md physical tension is relaxing, and people are resuming normal life. War engenders its own peculiar emotional state—more so than pcaec—and the time of flag waving, hoarsely shouting patriotism has aassed. This new era will be the true testing time of loyalty to and ove of country. Assuredly it will take time for readjustment and to resume our ivork and various purstfffs of happiness. It required time—so much hat we fretted and fumed about it— and effort and patience and meat loss, for the United States to prepare to enter the war, but the iltimate achievements were hailed loudly and boastfully, with no [bought or mention of the monstrous sacrifice of business and ndustry. Every reasonable person will understand that it must also :ake time, effort, patience and some loss in readjusting the unusaul o the usual conditions once more. Economic, financial, scientific and commercial leaders and •Xperts predict for our country a season of unprecedented prosperity md development; but it is for the people, for us, to bring this about ^ vitli the least possible friction and disaster by being “steady,” cool leaded and optimistic. We must look for the doughnut—not for * lie whole. We are going to work with a will and we are going to play again, is we used to do “before the war.” With the lifting of food, fuel, iglit ami “flu” bans, we are going to relax and find pleasure and mtertainment in our leisure hours without fear of conscience or our leighbors’ opinion. And with this return to our accustomed ways we will need most if all a strong and healthy reaction to plain, every day common sense, ivliicli is, after all, the only effective leaven iis the affairs of govern nent “of the people, for the people, and by the people.” Optimism and hard work will bring lasting prosperity. Ccto?3er Mists. Herbert Milton Sylvester. These autumn mists are the mists of line grown older. This mellow atfnos ilieiv. these clays of old gold studies of ree and shore, of soft yellow, shim mering mists, of half lights among the /oo;ls, where the leaves drop thlckcj-t nd of occasional clear gray skies, are he rare ripes of the whole year The. tay with u.\ until the !• • .:u summer has ome ai;d gone. . . . and with the f.rst lurry of snow tliey come l a- ... Um a.o prites of the clouds, to whiten all the ielu,., where in the blossoming sumnv ime they bid many a curvet and romp nth the winds, and many a caress from he sun. Sometimes tin y slip the leash f winter, and in a single night touch the tees, the wayside bushes, the locks anti enccs, r.ot forgetting even the ragged line stumps in the pasture, with a mar clous fretwork of crystal splendor, that lashes in the morning sunshine from eery crest and pinnacle. Also Uses Direct Action. There is ‘ one big union." It l? com posed of some thing more than 1(K',000.000 >eopl<: and is known briefly as the United States. It is a union patient but powerful. it times it uses its power. Obeying Instructions. From the Houston Post. As he weighed out the sugar the gro er’s boy whistled lustily. “Don’t you know that it is very rude o whistle while you are waiting on a ady?” said the elderly customer severely. “Well, the guv’nor told me to do it rhen 1 served you,” explained the boy. “lie told you to whistle?” said the eus omer In great surprise. “Yes’m! He said if ever we sold you mything we’d have to whistle lor the coney.” A Domestic Fault. “With the return of so many pre-war I comf.rts," • a d Mr. Gibbons, "traveling is once mo:*- a possibility." ! Ho wailed for his words to sink Into the i minds of other travelers in the dining ‘ car. He was very fond of the limelight. , Then he turned again to ids wife and ; ti-y car-old daughter. [ "Come. Miriam," he said grandly, "hav ing dined, let us return to our carriage!" The good lady collected her wrap and her hag and her glows and her handkerchief, j but her little girl hung back. "Oh, mother!" she cried, "aren’t we i going to wash up the dishes?" » Chile May Be "Dry’ Soon. From the New York Times, i if a movement which now seems well I under way in Chile continues the Failed j States may not be the only nation in the Amel i as which soon will be "dry." j The Chilean government recently has ! enacted laws restricting the making and i sale of liquor, and this has brought the 'question of total ptohibition strongly to. j the front. Chilean distilleries represent! a capital of some $>2,000,000 and many od j them have accessory industries engaged ira ■■ the manufacture of food, j A feature of the situation that seemJ ! curious to foreigners is that some of thel distillery owners are reported to favor a d’ry" nation. These say they would pre fer to transform their plants into soma utilitarian industry, such as the produc-”— r>u tion of liquid fuel or ether. Men with aptitude for and interest in th training of carrier pigeons are bein sought by the United States navy re cruiting officers. Officers at the Great Fakes naval training station declare the feathered tailors of the air are destinec to play vxn important part in naval avia tion of the future, byth in times of peact and war. Cadets of the graduating class of th> United States military academy ct Wes Point are visiting battlefields of tl‘f *Fo wax.