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University Missourian., 1914-12-17
COLLEGES COULD AID ARMY
Major General Wood Says Efficiency
Is Needed Most.

Organization of a dependable vol
unteer army through college camps,
federal control of militia, increase
in the regular army and provision
for adequate armament are the es-
sentials for meeting the sudden at
tack of any hostile power upon the
United States, according to Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wood and Henry l..
Stimson, ex-Secretary of War.
1t is not large army, but a fully
efficient army that is needed, Gen
eral Wood says, and in filling this
need the college camps must play
an important part in training volun-
teer officers, for it is upon the VOL
unteer army that the country must
ultimately depend. The plan of the
general staff to bring the army
forces up to IL million is only a
stop-gap, he says, while the full cit
izen army is being organized.
University Missourian., 1914-12-17
A FOR C. H. s. BASKETBALL
Prospects for Team Are Better
Now.


Now.
The basketball squad of the Co
lumbia High School is developing
a creditable team in spite of the
poor prospects at the first of the
year. There are now forty-two men
out for the team and Coach E. M.
Todd has divided them into two
squads for better coaching. Fifteen
men have been picked for the first
squad but several of the second
squad are expected to take the
places of first string material soon.
Those on the first squad now are
Captain Vogt, A. Gilbert, Rhys, Nc
Cowan, M. Shut, Wayland, Rut-
ledge, Stephens, Hardester, Jarvis,
Roberts, Sapp, Pritchard, Daniels
and Schwabe. New squad lists will
be made out each week.
Each group will have its signals
and plays and will scrimmage with
the opposing group. The greatest
trouble is in finding forwards. Sew
eral men are showing up well at
guard but no eligable forwards can
be found. Wayland and Shut of
the last year second string men
and Rhys of the 1914 class teams
are the strongest candidates.
University Missourian., 1914-12-17
TOYS TO STARVING CHILDREN
European Aid Corps Indignant at
American Poor Judgment.

By United Press.
ROME, Dec. 17.-When the ship
Jason, laden with toys sent by the
children of free and neutral Amer
lea to the children of warning Eu-
rope, arrived at Genoa, it brought
something unlocked for and unex-
pected. The Jason's cargo of play
things stirred up open indignation
among prominent charitable and
philanthropic workers who are toll
ing night and day in the interests Of
bereaved women and children suf-
fering the terrors of war.
There is open criticism here that
so much money should have been
spent in sending toys when food
and warm clothing is needed and
medicine and supplies are lacking
in the fight to save the wounded
from death.
Miss Evelyn s. Falkner, promi-
nent here through her philanthro-
pies and who heads the local Ser
Wan Relief Society voiced the SEN
t'ment sof her sister workers in the
cause of humanity.
"The sending of that great ship
laden with toys is quite in keeping
with Marie Antoinette's suggestion
that the starving Parisians who
asked for bread be given cake"
said Miss Falkner.
"The motives which prompted the
children of America to send some
Christmas expression of cheer to
the children of Europe's war-ridden
countries were high and humane.
But the American boys and girls
are not to blame 1t was the mis-
guiding spirit of thei relders which
turned the generosity and enthus-
iasm of youth into such useless
channels. What mock sentimental
ity coudl inspire people to send toys
into homes in which want, death,
hunger, sorrow and sickness are the
guests who have replaced fathers,
sons and brothers!"
University Missourian., 1914-12-17
SIX FINISHED SHORT COURSE
First Term VIII Close Tomorrow;
Second Session January 4.

r. S. Cosebeer, H. B. Hall, J. A.
Milliken, ]. B. Ray, ]. G. Roberts
and W. A. Vinton will finish the
short course in agriculture at the
close of the first term ending tomor-
row. All have expressed themselves
as being we'll pleased with the work
here and think their time and mon
ey have been we'll spent.
In hog judging contest here
last winter Vinton won a medal
given by Sheely and Chatterbuck,
Duroc Jersey breeders. Hall won a
cattle judging medal given by Cald-
well Brothers, breeders of Angus
cattle, and was first in the saddle
horse judging contest at Sedalia last
fall.
The second term of the short
course in agriculture will begin jan
uary 4.
University Missourian., 1914-12-17
Prof. Emberson to Springfield.

Prof. r. H. Emberson of the ag-
ricultural extension service went
to Springfield. Mo-, yesterday after
noon to help E. A. Cockefair, farm
adviser for Greene County, in con-
Quoting a series of boys and girls
judging contests. While at Spring
field Professor Emerson will ad-
dress a conference of school board
officials. He has also been asked
to speak to the students of the
Springfield Normal School.
University Missourian., 1914-12-17
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR TO MEET
VIII Hold Large C0nclave Here
December 21.

The asylum of st. Graal Com
mandery No. IL of Knights Templar
will hold a special conclave Mon
day night, December 81, at 1880
o'clock. The Malta Degree will be
conferred in full and ample form on
large class.
Among the out-of-town visitors
will be: Grand Commander Isaac H.
Hettinger of Kansas City; Grand
Lecturer William Y. Bean of st.
Louis: Grand Senior Warden Her
bert A. Hatfield Of Moberly and
others from neighboring command
cries.
University Missourian., 1914-12-17
GIVES FAREWELL DINNER.
Gamma Sigma Delta Honors DR.. W
L. HOward-Key Given Him.

l.. HOward-key Given Him.
The faculty and undergraduate
members of Gamma Sign Delta,
an honorary agricultural fraternity,
gave a farewell dinner to DR.. w. l..
Howard at Pemberton Hall last
night.
J. H. Hursh was toastmaster.
Dean F. B. Mumford, W. L. Nelson
and DR.. ]. C. Whitten spoke. A
key, the emblem of the fraternity,
was given to Professor Howard,
and he responded with a short talk
on the fraternity and his connection
with it.
Doctor Howard was one of the
charter members of the Delta chap
ter, located here, and has been one
of the most active faculty members
Of the fraternity. He will leave
January 1 for the University of CAL
ifornia, where he will teach horti-
culture.
University Missourian., 1914-12-17
WEALTHY LIVE NEAR sLUMs
TeR-Minute Walk From Palaces to
H0vels.

~ fcHH-
CHICAGO, Dec. 17.-It's only a
ten-minute walk from the palaces
of the wealthiest of Chicago's multi
millionaires to a block of ,wretched
novels that house the dregs of the
Windy City's slum district. Sight
seeing "rubber-neck" automobiles
go along Lake Shore Drive, the
SWEETEST" boulevard in the second
city in America. On the east lie
green parks and flowers and
stretches of lake shore. On the
west, the megaphone artist points
out the palatial home of Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer, wonder-spot for visi-
tors, with its conservatory, and the
homes of other of the city's "elite. I"
University Missourian., 1914-12-17
New President for vassar.

Henry Noble McCracken. profess
sor Of English at Smith College,
has been appointed president of
Vassar College, to I'LL the va
cancy caused by the resignation
OF DR.. James Monroe Taylor. He
VIII enter upon his duties in Feb
ruary. President McCracken is "a
years old and is a son of Henry
Mitchell McCracken. chancellor
emeritus of New York University.
University Missourian., 1914-12-17
In the December Alumnus.

All the Missouri Valley scores
and the Missouri-Kansas game
scores for the twenty-four years the
game has been played will be print
ed in the December number of The
Missouri Alumnus. There will also
be an article on the 1914 Missouri
Kansas game written by Robert W.
Jones.
University Missourian., 1914-12-17
WILL ADVERTISE M. q.

Kansas City Club Plans to Interest
High School Students.
Members of the Kansas City Club
of the University will visit the four
high schools of Kansas City next
Tuesday. The object of the trip
is to promote interest in the Uni
versity of Missouri among the high
school students.
At each high school a short talk
will be made by an alumnus of the
school. quartet of Missouri men
will sing University songs and Ian
tern slides Of the University will
be shown.
University Missourian., 1914-12-17
To Attend Dance in Fulton.

y Miss Brake BARLEY and Miss
Mary Clark of Columbia. students
IN Christian College, went to Full
ton this morning to attend dance
tonight given by the Phi Delta Theta
in Westminster College.
University Missourian., 1914-12-17
H. s. Warner to St Joseph.

H. 8. Warner, a junior in the Col
lege of Agriculture. left this morn
ing for st. Joseph, Mo-, where he
will give two illustrated talks be-
fore the high school on the Uniyer-
sity of Missouri.
University Missourian., 1914-12-17
Mrs. M. A. r. Kelley Improving.

Mrs. NJ. A. r. Kelley, wife of Pro-
fessor Kelley of the College of Ag-
riculture, is improving. Mrs. Kel-
ley fractured both wrists IN a fall
six weeks ago. The splint has been
removed from the right wrist and
the other will be taken of in a few
days.
University Missourian., 1914-12-17
FRUIT SELLERS WILL MEET
Managers of Cooperative Associa.
ton Hold Conference.

John Bland, secretary of the
State Board of Horticulture, is
busy preparing for the second an
nual conference of the Managers
of the Cooperative Fruit Selling
Association"
The conference will be held in st.
Joseph in the latter part Of January
to discuss plans for the perfection
of an organization for the distribu-
ton of perishable products. Mr..
Bland is also secretary of this asso-
citation.
University Missourian., 1914-12-17
Glass vaccinates Seventy Hogs.

Practice in hog cholera vaccina-
ton was given the class in contagi-
Gus diseases of farm animals last
Saturday morning under the super
vision Of Carl Filler. field repre-
sentative of the veterinary depart
ment Of the Experiment Station.
Seventy hogs, each weighing 200
pounds, were vaccinated.
University Missourian., 1914-12-17

Prof. John H. McCracken, brother
Of Vassar's new president, was
made president of Lafayette Col
lege.
University Missourian., 1914-12-17

Mumps at Oregon University.
The University of Oregon has
been closed until after the Christ
mas holidays on account Of an epi-
demic of mumps.
University Missourian., 1914-12-17
Neff Is Corn Judge at Savannah.

C. E. Neff, a student in the Col
lege of Agriculture, left yesterday
for Savannah, Mo-, where he will
Judge a corn show today and to-
morrow.
University Missourian., 1914-12-17
Corn Entries Must Be in by Jan. A.

All entries for the State Corn
Show, to be held here January IL
10, 1915, must be in not later than
January 4. c. B. Hutchison, secre-
tary Of the Corn Growers Associa-
tion,' is in charge of the show.
University Missourian., 1914-12-17
College Of Agriculture Sells Gilts.

The animal husbandry depart
ment shipped three yearling pure
bred Chester White gifts last Sat
urday to DR.. Jewels Baron Of Peav-
ely, Mo.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-20
Strange Facts About sIsep.

No scientist ear explain what sleep
really is. Most human beings sleep on
their sides. with the knees drawn up;
elephants always and horses com.
monty sleep standing up. Bats sleep
head downward. hanging by their hind
legs. Birds. with the exception OF
owls and the hanging parrots of India.
sleep with their heads turned tailward
over the back and the beak thrust
among the feathers between the wing
and body. Storks, gulls and other long
legged birds sleep standing on one leg
Ducks sleep on open water. 10 avoid
drifting shoreward they keep padding
with one foot. thus making them move
In a circle. Sloths sleep banging by
their four feet. the head tucked in be-
tween their fore legs. Foxes and
wolves sleep curled up. their noses and
the soles OF their feet closed together
and blanketed by their bushy tails.
Hares. snakes and fishes sleep with
their eyes wide open Owls. in adj
ton to their eyelids. have a screen
that they draw sideways across their
eyes to shut on the light. for they
sleep in the daytime. No one knows
whether insects sleep or not. Man Is
the only animal that ever sleeps on it,
back.-New York World
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Notice Of Contest

>p ri s s4. lang 1,i 2f'ee at Hav'e' Montana
TO Herbert J. Jacobson. Of Big Sandy.
lou az: SE ?srfsy 40 @o': sTHvE T
pos3-d Siyss a Zig r ssnd Siia M cm 5an;ua as n 81
1914, file in this office her duly corrobor.
ated application to contest and secure
the cancellation Of your homestead: En-
April 9Th, 1912. for the southwest quar-
ter lSWA). section "a, township % north,
range rrn;eo II ga east IN Montana nan m asr ana:.s and Ia, as
you have wholly abandoned said land
that you have never established your
residence thereon: that you have failed
any manner whatsoever; that default has
existed for more han six months last
past. and does still exist:
the said allegations viii be taken by this
and your said entry win be Cancelled
90 heard therein: either before this Of
u; Ems! !Ef; xls$ia twenty S' ssy. sttss the !:
shown below. your answer, under oath.
these allegations OF contest, or II you
fee due proof that you nave served a
copy Of your answer on the said contest
ant either in person or by registered
livery of a copy Of your answer to the
contestant in person.. proof Of such SER
vice must be either the said contestants
written acknowledgment of his receipt
Of the copy. showing the date of its re-
ceipt, or the affidavit Of the person by
whom the delivery was made stating
when and where the copy was delivered;
II made by registered mail, proof of such
service must consist Of the affidavit of
the person by whom the copy was mail
ed stating when and the. post office to
which, it was mailed. and this affidavit
must be accompanied by the postmaster's
You should state in your answer the
name Of the post office to which you
desire future notices to be sent to you.
Date Of first publication April 20. 1914
Date OF second publication May 6, 1914
Date OF third publication May Is, 1914
Date of fourth publication May 90, 1914
NJ. w. HUTCHINSON, Register.
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NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that a petition
has been presented to the Board Of Coun-
t. Commissioners of Teton county, Mon
tana, praying for the formation of a
new county out of IA portion of said Te-
ton county and Chouteau county, and
that said petition will be heard by the
said board of county commissioners at
its office in the court house in the town
of Choteau, Teton county, Montana, at
10 o'clock IA. M, May 26th. 1914, when
and where all persons interested may
appear and oppose the granting of said
petition and make any objections there
to.
Dated May 5th, 1914.
BY order of the Board of County Com
mi%ssioners of Teton county.
BY l.. c. MARSH, Chairman
Attest, r.. c. Garrett, County Clerk.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-20

ing the season the convicts occasional
ly get the chance of INDUCING in the
national game Of baseball.
In cells four feet wide. seven feet
long and seven feet high two men were
confined on every holiday and Sunday.
leaving them only to march to the din
ing room and chapel. Now the privi-
lege Of the corridors is theirs. checkers
and dominoes. books. pencils and paper
are provided to temper the gray monot-
Ony OF the hours. and even tinkering
is permitted to the skillful.
About five months ago fifty-one men.
after giving a good conduct pledge.
We're sent from the prison in charge Of
unarmed officers to do road work. This
was the first experiment of this kind
in the state. So far it has proved sue
ceSsful.
Prisoners who can do better work
without the supervision Of the guard
than with it are permitted to do so.
AS Yet they have taken no advantage
Of the confidence reposed in them. The
lack of a restraining presence in the
schoolroom is an example of this.
For the first time in years. perhaps
III history. prisons are assuming the
aspect OF places OF u%pbuilding. of help
1ulness. and not alone of degradation
and punishment. Criminoloyy has be.
come a science. Daily newer and bet
ter means of %furthering the reforma.
ton OF the fallen are being recognized
and employed.
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Notice for Publication

Y. s; Land Office at Great Falls, Mon
tana, May IA, 1914.
Notice is hereby given that
FRED LARIMORE,
of Marias, Montana, who, on June 16,
1909. made homestead entry, serial No.
o64o9. for seq, section 6, township Is
north, range s east, Montana meridian,
year proof to establish claim to the land
above described, before Herbert D.
Schmidt, u. s. commissioner, at Fort Ben
1914.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Charles Brinkman, John Brinkman,
Montana, and Charles Brown, of Fort
Benton, Montana.
r. n. SUTHERLIN, Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-20

IN Joliet;
FOR CRIMINALS
Many Other Changes Have
Been Recently In
aueurated

Massive shouldered men. who could
quarry stone tirelessly, struggle, some
timely futilely. with the %intricacies OF
the three RS. Minds corroded with
the rust Of idle. unframed years find
almost insurmountable the difficulties
that a boy Of six would overcome with
joyous ease.
There is here an unusually heavy
percentage Of mediocrity and an equal
" large division Of the subnormal.
cases of arrested development and the
numberless forms of degeneracy. A
few of the pupils were clever criminals.
For the most part. though. they are
the untaught. the unknowing. victims
Of heredity and environment and a
thousand and one forces over which
they had no control.
There are already many failures in
the school and probably will be more.
The chance has come too late for some
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-20
Notice to Creditors

Estate of James f. Stobaugh, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed administrator of the estate OF
James e. %Stobaugh, deceased, to the
claims against the said deceased, to ex-
hibit them with the necessary vouchers
within four months after the first publ
~istrator at the law office of Stranahan &
%Stranahan. in Fort Benton, in the county
of Chouteau, state Of Montana.
a. Il. MAUZEY,
Administrator of the estate of James
+. ~StObaugh, deceased.
Dated May 5th, 1914.
First publication, May II, 1914.
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length Of their sentences or their con-
duct records. About one-ffth Of the
prison inmates have already taken ad.
vantage Of the opportunity.
There are among them men con.
!emned to penal servitude for life.
The never dying hope Of liberty spurs
them on. There are young fellows,
serving their first sentence. eager to
make a new and better start when the
doors open for them. There are for
eigners, unable to speak English; mid
.!le aged men entering a school for the
first time.
The roll call of the classes records
the names Of murderers whose crimes
have headlined the newspapers from
me end Of the country to the other.
There are thieves, gun men, lawbreak-
ers OF every sort. They differ in color
and creed and nationality. and they
vary In ability and ambition. Only the
bond OF Ignorance do they share in
common.
Complete illiteracy characterizes
many OF them. Some have attended
the common schools for short periods.
Most of them. though. are below the
fifth grade.
All day long the three small class.
rooms In the heart Of the prison are
filled with changing classes. In the
halls and c%ourtyards files Of convicts
pass each other going from school to
work. The air quivers with the drum.
ming machinery. the rasp Of saws, the
thud of many hammers and the end
less echoes Of prison activity. Every
where are impossible walls. Changing
iron doors and guards. the ever present
factors Of restraint. But the classroom
seems Of another world.
Here r walls hung with gayly col
ur"d maps. The desks are Uttered
with states and textbooks. Pupils
clad in cadet gray sit behind the desks.
for no one wears stripes except the dis.
OI'edient. The teacher is in charge
n.une. An air Of quiet orderliness per,
v::,les the place. Save for the iron bars
at the window, it might be a classroom
anywhere.
::eading, writing and arithmetic!
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-20

Of the men, and others are constitu-
tionally unequal to their tasks. But
their appreciation of the opportunity
is evidenced In the sincerity of their
attempts to retrace their steps even to
first reader days.
But besides the day school many 9th
er reforms in prison management have
taken place. CONSERVATION prevailed
among the supporters of the good old
fashioned methods" when Warden
Allen abolished the restrictions and
time honored customs and replaced
them with the humane. progressive and
constructive rules and regulations.
Cnobtrusive gray suits have taken
the place of stripes. AS far as is pos
sible the work eXacted is suited to the
previous training and ability of the
prisoner. Open air work. such as road
making, farming and gardening, is
gradually being arranged for. and dur
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-20
Notice to Creditors

Estate of Milton S. alderman. deceas-
ed.
signed executrix of the estate of Milton
S. alderman. deceased, to the creditors
of, and all persons having claims against
the necessary vouchers within four
months after the first publication of this
notice, to the said executrix at the Of
flee Of H. F.. Miller, at Fort Benton, in
the county of Chouteau.
CLARA B. ALDERMAN.
EXecutriX Of the estate of Milton S.
alderman, deceased.
First Publication, April q, 1914.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-20

PRISON REFORMS
DAY SCHOOL
Experiment In Illinois
Penitentiary Excites
Wide Interest

CHANGE is coming. indeed II
IA is being inaugurated, In re-
~ gard to the treatment Of con.
victs. They are beginning to
be regarded as men who are capable
Of being reformed and not as irrecon.
cilable enemies Of society. The old
idea Of protecting the community by
isolating the criminal is giving way to
more helpful and humane methods.
Joliet prison, the state prison Of Hi.
nOis, may Ike looked upon as a leader
in prison reform. Within the past few
months it has been the scene of some
drastic changes and innovations, and
its new methods are attracting the at
tention of penal experts all over the
country.
An important and interesting inno-
walton was the establishment Of a day
school for the convicts. Night schools
had existed before in various peniten-
tiaries. but this is the first day school.
So successful has it been already, after
a few months of existence, that a sim
liar school is about to be inaugurated
at the Ohio state penitentiary.
Three hundred convicts in the peni-
Tertiary at Joliet are now going to
school. Taught by fellow prisoners,
these men, many of whom are gray
headed, are learning, as little children
learn, to read and write and spell.
Into the gray routine of prison life
have crept brighter hours. There is a
new chance now for the man who is
e%xpiating a crime by years of hard Ia
Dor. He can. II he wishes, leave the
prison better fitted mentally and NOR
ally to cope with the world than he
has ever been before.
The classes are open to all the pris.
oners regardless Of their offenses, the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-20
FOR SALE OR

Fifty-two copies of the Weekly River
lent In I~bankable paper. Goods win be
delivered in regular weekly installments
during the twelve months following ro.
teed. Address
THE RIVER PRESS.
Fort Benton. Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-20
Notice Of Annual Meeting

Notice Of Annual Meeting
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of Miner Cattle company
will be held On Tuesday, June 2, 1914,
at 2 O'Clock p. M, at the Office of Stran-
ahan & Stranahan, in Fort Benton,
Mont.
NATE II. SALISBURY, President.
F. E.. ~Stranahan, Secretary.
Fort Benton. Mont, May IL, 1914.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-20
Horses for Sale

ABOUT ffty-fve. head Of well broken
saaa,e n work horses for sale at rea-
SSndoie prices: Can be seen at c.. w.
BUCK ranch at Lostlake. Address
G. w. BUCK. Fort Benton.