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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-11-23

lost it, and we do not appreciate life
until we have faced the danger Of hay-
ing TO give 1t up.
That which We have we are likely to
accept as matter of course; but be
deprived Of it and the sudden realiza-
tion of its value jars our souls like an
earthquake.
We are thankful in the full sense Of
the word for things necessary to life
and happiness only when we have had
to do without them.
We are not thankful for that 10
which We are accustomed and accept
thoughtlcsSly. But when we are de.
prived of the necessities of life and
face the hardshipS, including death,
that come as n result, we are thankful
with all our heart.
America has more to be thankful for
yearly, than any other nation in the
world; but our thanks are tempered
by the gravity of the sorrow of our
neighbors.
The year has not been one of great
happiness, peace and prosperity. II il
a year of travail for humanty-thc
travail Of a people being born again.
But out Of it will come a disciplined
and sober people, people who will
know the realities Of life better.
We will learn that life is a serious
matter, and no silly simpering affair.
The war has brought us again to an
understanding of the terrible earnest
ness of the thing We call life.
The earth is in process, and we still
have earthquakes and volcanic crup-
tions.
Humanity, too, is in process, and
strife and sorrow and death will con-
tinue to be its lot. We must face life
resolutely and meet destiny undis.
mayed.
This year we will not be thankful
so much for the blessings we have re-
ceived, for the things that have been
given to us-for being pampered by
prodigal PrOvidence-and being re.
lieyed Of our burdens, as we will be
thankful for the strength to bear them.
In the shrine of our hearts our deep
est prayer is not that we shall be re.
lieyed Of our burdens; but that we
shall be given the strength to bear
them, for we are great in the degree
and the manner in which we face our
tasks and perform them. The Great
Souls are those that have suffered
and endured.
Our Thanksgiving this year will be
no perfunctOry, infantile prattle be-
cause of safety.
This is year Of reckoning with
fate; of being thankful If we, our
selves, have not fallen in the wreck
age. We are thankful not for what
has happened; but for what has not
happened.
Life is not trivial pastiIe. II is
deadly earnest. 1t Is the course that
destiny takes, and let US be thankful,
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-11-23

our good soil, and the good power In
our river that we amt never developed
yet. But l tell you what think about
Thanksgiving: ! think we ought to
give something more besides giving
thanksi
There's young fellah setting down
here that has been secretary of our
committee of arrangements, who has
been Citing Off lot of ideas up at our
place about us folks Citing together,
and want to tell you they're sound.
l move you that we go into commit
tee of the whole, or something. and
that, after we git organized, that Dan
Meeker be made secretary of the
blamed business, whatever it is"
1t didn't take more than a minute
to make Dan secretary. They wanted
to make April president but he
wouldn't have 1t. But he would act as
treasurer, so the Methodist minister
turned over the collection.
"Walt a minute" said April Jones,
"you amt through with this here col
lection yet. Here's this hill west of
town, that sends half the farmers to
Spragueville with their produce be.
cause It's too hard to haul. How many
men'll give days work with teams
to grade her DOWN.
Fifty hands went up in the air like
bayOnets. "GoOdW said April Jones.
That's the first thing we tackle. But
we're going to git power plant at the
old dam, and we're going to pay off the
mortgage on the Methodist church, and
do a few more things. And, as for the
mortgage, put me down, Mr.. Secre.
tary, for two hundred for a starter"
There isn't any mortgage on the Cen.
trail NJ. e. church at Hometown, and
there Is q power plant at the dam, and
Dan Meeker Is working In the bank.
No. April hasn't taken him into part.
nership.
But June has.
Copyright 1915. Western E.vIrlpu uziss.)
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-11-23
Is an Old institution.

Despite popular opinion 10 the con,
trary, Thanksgiving day as ar In>G.
tuition is not peculiarly American
For history shows that all ancient nv
lions used to celebrate some feast of "a
thanksgiving nature, while m0st Of the
tribes Of our American Inl.ans had n
big gathering and 4 harvest feast
years before the white man ever set
foot on the shores Of the new world.
BY the Greeks and Romans the fes-
tival days in honor Of the goddess of
agriculture were times Of rustic sport,
Of professions through the fields and
the decorating Of the home with fruits
and flowers. The people Of Egypt en-
ioyed q time Of feasting after gather
ing in their haryests and laid the
fruits of the year on the altar Of the
Goddess Isis.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-11-23

He give us a navlgable river, but 1t
amt never been navigatcd by anything
much but bulIheads and canoes. He
give us high hill to shut Off the
west wind, but there's some of us that
nin't been TO the top of 1t yet. He
give us good soil, but we're keepin'
1t more or less of q secret. He give
us a lot Of natural advantages, and
quite bunch of natural loafers, one
Of whom | guess / am which. Fac.
is, he give us a darned sight more than
we ever give ourselves. Six days he
lahOred and made Hometown; and 1t
amt never had any next week since"
OF course, 1t wasn't as bad as that.
Dan Meeker, who had been a tent-boy
with a Chautauqua last summer, came
home to realize that Hometown had
about the best people In the world In II
industrious In their work, honest In
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-11-23
THANKSGIVING PRAISE,

For summers bloom and autumn's blight
For bending wheat and blasted maize.
For health and sickness, Lord Of light.
And Lord Of darkness, hear our praise,
we trace TO thee our Joys and woes
To thee Of causes still the cause
we thank thee that thy hand bestoys:
We bless thee that thy love withdraw
We bring no sorrows to thy throne
we come to thee with no complaint,
In providence thy viii be done,
And that Is sacred to the saint
Here. on this blest Thanksgiving night
Wo raise TO thee our grateful voice:
For what thou doest, Lord, is right.
And, thus believing, We rejoice.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-11-23

II lis is the week of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving day is an Amcri-
/ "an custom sLrted by the PHI
,;rlns who landed on the new
Continent and faced hardships which
few can realize who are reared in
the wealth and luxury Of the land to-
Gay.
The season had been a hard one.
Many had died and the prospect Of
starvation during the cold winter with
Its ice and snow lOomed large. So,
when the harvest yielded enough to
keep them until another seasOn would
produce the necessities of life, they
met that last Thursday in November
in year 1921 and gave thanks to their
God, who had remembered them.
Thankfulncss is usually in inverse
ratio to the value OF the thing for
which we give thanks. This Is no dis
paragemcnt of tie things we are CRATE
full for; but humanity does not think
of thanks until it has felt the terrors
VI ulSJTtSS.
The rich who live in luxury and ease
do not thank with their hearts. Their
thanks are but formal expressions Of
meaningless words. How can words
mcan anything when one has not felt
The things which make for thankful
ncSSi
But. the poyerty-stricken who have
faced starvation pour out thanks from
their humble hearts for the things
That nave saved their lives.
rhnS. who live in gorgeous hum.
'tl ",,ortable fircplaccs do uu'
..ut rI thanks. But those who i've
'n i'ilc novel with big cracks ~
a.. rrr, lhuui ;l' l
.nioaa 49,. .Hlut lur. &c..
thanks for IT, c"'u!oi Ot fire.
~ ~ r"t nrinr "" rh until we havt
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-11-23

their dealings and Kind to their neigh
hors. But it hadn't any navigable river,
Harry to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. The old mill dam below, long
out Of use since the sawmill was gone
but still in existence, backed the river
up for mile and bred canoes and bull.
heads.
Three squares day have come so
Easy to most Of us here" said Dan to
himself, that we've kind Of forgot that
there is anything else"
As Thanksgiving approached, the
three local pastors began to think
3hout their Thanksgiving services. The
chors were reh"arscd, and certain
Thanksgiving sermons were busted off,
looked over and rewritten. One day
the minister Of the Methodist church
said to his wife:
There's April Jones. He has more
TO be thankful for than any of US, as
far rs this worlds goods go. Wouldn't
it be a fine thing to get Ape out to
our Thanksgiving mecting?'
His wife Immediately said 1t would
and she couldn't help wondering il
it might not ultimately have some
effect on her husbands back salary
although 1t was a worldly thought. So
that very afternoon her husband called
at the bank and invited April Jones.
April Jones said he'd see--and he
was so decent about it that the min
lister told his wife that April Jones
was a misjudged man. The Baptist
pastor saw them through the bank
window and, as May taught in the Ban.
tist Sunday school and June sang in
the choir, he decided that it would be
no more than right to drop in and have
talk with their father and mention
the Thanksgiving services.
THE absence of our leading citizen"
said the pastor, "would throw cold wa.
ter on the whole service"
"Well, little cold water amt going
to hurt n Baptist, is iti" asked April,
with something that approached
chuckle. And, not quite so pleasantly,
he said he would see.
April Jones was a suspicious per-
son; and that night when Dan asked
him If he wouldn't come to the Con.
gregational service he roared:
What are YOU fellows up to? |
amt no heather, that you have to start
mISsionarying mew
1t took little time to convince him
that there was no conspiracy of cordi.,
atty against him. Suddenly the old
fellow got up, raised one finger at
arms length above his head, and said
Il tell you what I'm going to do: Il
amt going to any of 'em, and I'm 60.
ing to 'em all!' And with this para.
doXical pronouncement he stomped of
to bed.
Next morning April Jones sent the
cashier to ask the three clergymen to
meet him at the bank.
I'm much obliged to you all for YOUR
Invitations he said, while the Congre-
gationalist looked at him mystified, and
the Methodist and Baptist looked at
each other, "but l can't be in no three
places at once. That shows you the
runous effect of competition. Now,
I'm going to suggest this: Let's open
up the school auditorium and have one
big, bang-up Thanksgiving service and
invite the whole town.
"And we'll have three choirs get to.
gether up at June's house tomorrow
night" suggested Dan, "and practice
each others hymns"
SO one idea suggested another, and
before Thursday arrived the whole
town had been invited, and had agreed
to come.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-11-23
The Thankful Spirit

Cultivate the thankful spirit. It
will be to thee perpetual feast.
There is, or ought to be. with US no
such thing rs small mercies; all are
great, because the least are unde-
served. Indeed, a really thankful
heart will extract motive for gratitude
from everything.-J. r. Macduf.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-11-23

not for less Of life, but for more of it
ud the courage, the fOrttude, tn,
.rrencth, aud the persistence to meet
Is difficulties and continue its COurS,
undauntcd by disaster and unsroilc'
by success.
We are thankful for Character. nos
charity, ard for iron wills that hty,
not been broken by the inevitable" -
From the Sunday Magazine.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-11-23

,'n iH which he was born. Especial
.ucr he hal had t. 90 through life
49, he u.. lHw. Npc," natural
.- ..-., name, hut one
%" .n .,.s complimentary.
Act april hdd acquired funds, if he
hadn't made friends. And he had 9TH
or riches. Chief among them was
June, daughter, named for her birth
month, like her father. She was well
named, toO--for she had roses in her
cheeks, and eyes that were twin.
catches of blue sky. Nearly every
body preferred her to her sister May.
Dan Mccker certainly did--or to any
one. April, May and June were the
whole Jones family.
As for Hometown, and the kind of
town Hometown was, this Is the way
Harry Dee described It when he went
down to the city, and they asked:
Hometown is the best little town
the Lord ever made, but there amt
anybody else ever worked at 1t much.
When he quit, everybody else laid off.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-11-23
THANKSGIVING DAY

Iha, were at peace with all the world
Safe in cur cities and our homes
That unto this our favored land
Such gift with all its blessings comes
That men go not to war and death.
That women do not fearful brood
By anxious hearths for dear ones gone,
We thank Thee, Giver of all good
That no ambitious srife Is ours
Tha, lust Of conquest does not thrill
This mShy nations inmost heart
That we abhor to burn and kill
That weaker nations we protect
Fight but TO make their wronging cease,
And only comes to make them free,
Wethank Thee, Cod love and peace.
That in the stress around US now.
We feel our hearts with pity throh
And haste to heal the wounded man
To hush the child and woman's sob
Thai we are eager still 10 share
The goods that heap our stores again
With those who have but US to help
We thank Thee. Father Of all menI
-
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1916-11-23
.-AIl. JONES
ITS THANKS
5H - ,
Douglas haIIoch

PRlL Jones was the
worst crouch in Home
town Perhaps it was
enough to make a man
-rouchy to have had
parents with no more
originality than to name
him "April' because
April happened to be the
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1916-11-25

Ky- Obituary Notices III Memoriam.
and Resolutions sc Respect are charged
for al 3 cents iuc Obituary poetry
viii not be- published ia this paper
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-04-21
Republicans Refuse
to be Stampeded.

There is nothing new in the
methods that have been tried
during the past two or three
weeks, to stampede the Republic
an party in the selecting of a
candidate for the presidency,
The Republicans realize that they
have a serious job before them,
and in Washington the leaders OF
the party have refused to submit
to schemes that would force upon
them candidate who might be
Objectionable TO very great
portion of the members of the
party. To state it differently
the party has been torn by fact.
ional dissension, and a factional
candidate can hardly be expected
to win at the polls; and therefore
it is deemed unwise to make such
a nomina ton. In spite Of the
popular discussion regarding
Justice Hughes and the apparent
activity in the interests of Colon.
el Roosevelt, nevertheless the
expression OF opinion in the Cap
itol among those who best know
the conditions, regard Senator
Burton AS the strongest man the
party can nominate. He was in
Congress during all the hurly-
burly days when the Republican
party was being reorganized. and
being of naturally progressive
mind he succeeded in co operating
with the new ideas which new
men brought to Congress. At
the same time he always proceed.
Ell in conservative manner, and
in consequence became the real
leader III framing most of the big
constructive legislation for a
period OF many years. OF all the
candidates Washington regards
Burton as the one man who can
meet the demands of the factions
within the party. and unite them,
and thus be surest of winning the
election for the Republicans.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-04-21
TURKS DEFEATED BY
RUSSIAN TROOPS
STRONGLY ORGANIZED POSI-
TON EAST OF TREBlzOND.
Hard Fought Infantry engagements
Around Verdun. While British Re-
port the Raiding of German
Trenches South of Bethunc.

London.--The Turks have met with
Russians in the Black sea littoral.
Petrograd reports that the Russians
have driven the Ottomans from a
strongly organized position fifteen
miles east of Trebizond and are pur-
suing them energetically
The Douaumont-Vaux sector north
east of Verdun has been the scene of
another hard-fought infantry engage
ment, but the Paris and Berlin official
reports are at variance as regards the
result. Paris reports that south of
Douaumont the French troops in an
attack captured sections of German
trenches and took 200 prisoners. Ber-
lin asserts that in the fighting which
extended from Fort Douaumont to the
Vaux ravine, the French were re-
pulsed with sanguinary casualties and
in addition lost 200 men taken prison
ers.
The Germans are heavily lombard
ing French positions in the Avocourt
wood and on hill 304, and consider
able artillery activity also is being
displayed around Douaumont and in
the Woevre about Moulainville, Hau-
dimont and Les Eparges.
The British report the raiding of
German trenches south of the Beth
une-La Bassee road, while Berlin re-
cords the destruction of British po.
sition about sixty meters in length in
mining operations near Vermelles.
Artillery bombardments continue at
various places on the northern Rus.
sian line. Farther south. near Smor.
gon, the Germans started an often
sive, but were repulsed, while south
of the Olyka station the Russians at
several places have made advances,
In the Sugana valley and Carso sec
tors of the AustroItalian gone, the
Italians have taken Austrian trenches.
The Austrians evidently are fighting
hard to regain the Sugana valley po.
sitions, as Rome reports that they are
being maintained under a curtain OF
fire.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-04-21
To the Democrats
of Cassia County.
GREETlNG:

/. Whereas, the state repres.
entatives OF the Democratic or
ganization have saw fit to
Repudiate their pledge with the
Democrats of this state" and.
2. Whereas. the same repres
entatives have "saw fit to try to
shoulder the responsibility OH the
people themselves" and.
3. Whereas. the people are
being imposed upon by their
Breach of Promise. /"
+. Now therefore |. +. A. Kas-
ser County Chairman. hereby
make proclamation by authority
vested in me by the Democrats OF
Cassia County. that on the 9th
day OF May. 1916, at - o. clock
noon there will be mass meet
ing held at the Court House at
ALBION, IDAHO, forthe purpose
OF reorganization and to trans
act all matters that may come
before the body, and more espec-
tally to take the necessary steps
to nominate candidate Tor
Ma tional Committeeman and such
other action as the people may
deem meet and proper.
Signed, F. A. KAISER.
+ Acting STATE CHAIRMAN
pro-tempore. with head quarters
al KENYON. IDA.
Dating atkenyon, this 9Th day
of April, 1916.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-04-21
BODY OF VILLA IS
FOUND IN GRAVE
NEPHEW OF CARRANzA CLAIMS
TO HAVE SECURED BODY OF
BANDIT CHIEF.
Claims That Villas Death Was Due to
Amputation of One of His Legs
and That the Identity of the
Bandit was Kept Secret.

Mexico City.-Villa's dead body has
been dug UP out of a two weeks old
grave by Carlos Carranza, nephew of
General Carranza. the first chief of
the constitutionalists, and is now be-
ing brought by him and an escort of
soldiers to the city of Chihuahua. This
information was contained in a tele-
gram received by the war department
Sunday afternoon.
According to the dispatches thus
far received Villas death was due to
the amputation of one of his legs made
necessary by wounds received by him
in the fighting around Guerrero. After
being desperately wounded he was
carried by his followers to the town
of Temosachic, where the amputation
was performed by village doctor.
AS soon as the bandit chief could
be moved he was carried south to the
town of Cusihuiriachic, thirty-nine
miles distant. Here, according to the
story, he fingered for few days, suf-
fering greatly before death ended his
career.
Ihe identity OF the wounded man
had been kept secret from the vii
layers and he was buried at night, so
as to attract as little attention as pos
sible.
The escort which carried the wound
ed chieftain from Temosaclic to
Cusihuiriachic was colonel who
later was surrounded by constitution
alist forces and surrendered He ask
ed for amnesty and promised to lead
the constitutionalists to the grave of
Villa.
Young Carranza and an escort were
detailed to accompany him and a body
was dug up by them and, according
to telegram was identified as that
of Villa
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-04-21
REFUGEES REACH BORDER,
Repot Conditions in MazatIan as
UnbearabIe

San Diego.-Tne United States ma
val supply steamer Glacier arrived
here Sunday from Mazatlan, Mexico,
with seventy-three American and Brit
ish refugees who fed from the west
coast of Mexico because of what they
described as unbearable conditions
Among the number were forty-three
American colonists from the Island of
Dalmeto Del Verde. sixty miles south
Of Mazatlan. The refugees confirmed
earlier reports of the murder of three
Americans, Walter Wallace, DR.. F. c.
Burke and Roderick Davidson, and a
Spaniard named Rodriguez by bandits
near Rosario.
Central Mexico swarms with Villa
sympathizers, according to Frederick
Thompson of San Francisco, one Of
The leaders of the Palmetto Del Varde
colonization movement. Thompson
declared that these sympathizers take
advantage of every opportunity TO stir
up anti-American feeling.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-04-21
Oakley Canal Company
makes run of Water for
Domestic Purposes.

In response to the urgent re.
quest OF a great many entrymen,
whose supply OF domestic water
was getting low, the Canal Com.
pany have just finished making a
run of wa ter for domestic purposes
exclusively, The cisterns and
ponds otentrvmen desiring water
were filled and the water turned
off immediately. This will un-
doubtedly be the last domestic
run during the irrigation season
as it is presumed that the irrigat.
ion water will supply what
domestic water is needed in differ.
ent parts of the tract from this
time on.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-04-21
Leaps From Window to Death.

Salt Lake City.-Stricken with a
fit of dependency on the eve of un.
dergoing an operation for the correc-
ton of a mental disorder, John W.
Guyman, aged 55 years, prosperous
farmer of Huntington, seaped to his
death from a fourth story window of
a hotel. He fell head foremost into
the cobblestone alley, Immediately
west of the hotel His spinal col
umn was fractured in several places
and death came almost instantly.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-04-21
Quarterly
Conference.

The Quarterly Conference OF the
Cassia Stake will be held in the
Stake Tabernacle at Oakley, Sat
urday and Sunday, April 29th
and 30th and on Sunday fore
noon Sunday School Conference
will be held. On account of Con
ference falling on the last Satur.
day the Priesthood meeting will
be held one week later. May 9th
in the Academy.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-04-21
A Ward Created at Hazel,

On Sunday last President w.
T. Jack. John l.. Smith, w. r.
Harper, w. A. Martindale and
Emma Harper went to Hazel to
organize new ward of the
church, the following were sus.
tanned Jesse w Rheims as Bishop,
with Henry ]. Cotterell and
Christopher Bovton as Counsel
lors. and Harvey Z. Coltrin as
Ward Clerk.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-04-21
AUTO BANDITS TERRORIZE CITY
Two Masked Highwaymen Rob Spo-
kane Residents.

Spokane, Wash.-Two masked high
waymen, travelling in automobiles cap
tured at the point of their revolvers,
terrorized the southeastern part of
Spokane early Sunday. After four
hours work, with six prisoners, one a
woman, in their possession and accu-
mu1ated loot of $44, they disappeared.
Two suspects were arrested.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-04-21
Gun Corps Sent to Border.

San Francisco, Cal.-Major General
]. Franklin Bell, commander of the
western department, has ordered the
dispatch of the machine gun corps.
numbering thirty men, of the Twenty
first infantry, stationed at Vancouver,
Wash, to Calexico, Cal, on the Mex
ican border.