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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-04-19
WAE1ANTA
THE INDIAN
PRINCESS

Mother" said Wahanta, an Indian
Princess of sixteen summers, very
beautiful with her sparkling dark eyes
AMI tumbling black hair, Il feel sure
that Lloyd is not dead"
"Not dead, child?" exclaimed her
mother who. was sitting weaving n
the doorway of their wigwam, "Wnat
do you mean? He is enjoying the
Happy Hunting Grounds now or Heav-
en- as he called it,"
Mr.. Lloyd, the man they referred
to was member of hunting party,
who had been camping with Chief Ut
tamussac and his Wagonga tribe. But
only three days before severe storm
had ragged over the country and Lloyd
who was out hunting at the time was
lost and had been given up as dead
by his people. The rest of the hunt
ing party had returned to their home
in the east.
mo. mother, something tells me
that he will come back. I feel so dis
heartened," sighed Wahanta, who
was usually gay as a robin.
"Go for a ride in your canoe. Then
all will SOON be WE'LL" advised her
mother.
1T is quite late, mother, but I will
not go far" she said and ran down the
path to her canoe, which she had put
on land by the creek that was on the
west side of the woods. She stepped
into her canoe and started off.
The song birds were still, the winds
were bowling through the trees, the
last gleam of sunset was seen in the
western sky, and it cast it's soft re.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-04-19

work this year has consisted mostly
Of general programs given in the AS
sembly Room. The work in debate
has been carried on along a separ-
ate line, due to entering the league
under the auspices of the University.
This work has been very enjoyable
from the standpoint of being victor
ious, on the other hand, it has proved
profitable not only to those who have
participated but to others who have
learned much from the question Of
preparedness.
The programs have consisted most
ly of recitations which have been we'll
selected and have been given in a
very acceptable manner. The dis
cussions have been interesting and
instructive, for they gave clear and
logical points of the most important
questions of the day which could not
have been obtained in any other way.
Many other parts were added from
time to time which were highly enter
tanning and added spice to the pro-
grams. Music was no small part Of
these afternoon entertainments. It
was for the most part, selections CIV
en- on the piano, both solos and duets,
and the Boys and Girls Glee Clubs
rendered many good songs to the de-
light of all.
In this connection mention should
be made Of the Boys Literary Club
which was organized early in the fall
by Mr.. Foster. Members were taken
from the two upper classes, officers
were chosen and the organization was
conducted from a business point Of
view. Parliamentary Rules were stud
led and practiced. The programs for
the most part, consisted Of extempor-
aneous speeches and original work.
Live questions of the day were taken
up and discussed, which have proved
entertaining as well as to create an
interest in the work. This club is
we'll established, the interest and
pride in the work point to q far better
future.
We can only predict what the work
will be next year, but with the inter-
est shown this year and the high
standard placed on debate, coupled
with live wide awake incoming
Freshman class, new interests and
ambitions will be created and the de-
sire Of each one will be to carry the
work on in far better way than it
has been in the past.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-04-19
JUNE.

JUNE.
June is month Of skies, blue and SC
rene,
When ev'rything on earth is full OF
cheer.
The birds sing in the trees so sweet
and clear,
It makes you wish that you were on
the green.
It is the month Of brides so sweet and
sheen
To make you wish that you were
there to hear,
The priest pronounce the blessing
loud and clear.
There is so very much to hear and
see.
Give me the days of June so bright
and blue,
When all the world seems free from
care and toll;
Those are the days love to while
away
Beneath some leafy tree so kind and
true,
With not a thought save for the
earth's sweet soil;
Where can be found q more delight
full day?
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-04-19

The wild geese sailed up high into the
sky
With wings that swept the air with
measured beat.
High in the air they formed a mighty
line
Led by the oldest goose in all the
band.
No compass did they have to set their
course
Yet straight southwark they flew
across the land.
The oldest goose that led this mighty
flock
Had made this tiresome journey
twice before
She knew the danger they were sure
to meet. I
With anxious eye she looked the
landscape DER;
Well she recalled her journey to the
north
The men with guns that reared with
awful sound,
The cries of frightened birds and last
of all
The fall Of lifeless bodies to the
ground.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-04-19
A REvERlE.

I went into the fow'r garden,
To pluck a fragrant rose,
In innocence I wandered,
To the spot where it grows,
The bees were hummfng lazily,
And buzZing round my head,
The thot did not occur to me,
But sent me to my bed
As went up to the flower,
That grew in stately splendor there
I put my face into its depths,
To smell it's fragrance rare.
The rose is old and faded now,
I have given it no care,
But the suffering caused BY that fata.
Stln8,
b more than I can booE.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-04-19
LITERARY
ACTIVITIES

Willmar High School has done ex-
cellent work in the past and expects
to accomplish even more In the future
in the literary line. The outside world
judges a school largely by it's activ-
tiles and nothing shows more plainly
what has been done than the fact of
being able to stand before an aud
fence and give expression to their
thoughts in clear, concise words. The
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-04-19
My True. Friend.

There is one true Of all my friends,
And that il Mother dear.
She trusts me, loves me, by mo stands
And always brings mo cheer:
Most friends do fail when I them
r. need, -: .-.
But Mother dear remain
She a. an Angel tor me pleads
And heals my wounds and pAln4.
May Heaven grant that I.suno day
Can ply what I. her oWot
And spread some sunshine o. thog
wy
10 II; VIC 1opQo -. - S.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-04-19
AND LITERAR

Oh man! What have they done that
you should kill
Them AZ you would q murderer or a
snake,
They're innocent of any crime or
wrong.
Cease then, oh man, Gods creatures
lives to take!
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-04-19

Just imagine how
Unique a class would be, which
Numbering As, haiti
Included many juniors and a lot
OF big, tall, left overs
Rapidly aiming to all be
Seniors in sweet ~.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-04-19
Our Greatest Wish.

Our Greatest Wish.
Give me taste of worldly fire,
That's a. the learning I desire;
Then, though I trudge thru halls O.
fame
At work or play,
My thots will bring me home
To high school days.
with apologies to Robert Burns)
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-04-19
The sun goes down, the night grows

The sun goes down, the night grow.
dark;
The small birds now are still
But yet little meadow lark
Sends me her sweetest trill;
But soon she also goes to rest;
The moon is shining pale
And now the queen of birds awakes,
My dearest nightingale.
Oh Nightingale, thy mournful voice
Recalls the days of yore!
Recalls my boyhood and my joys,
Which shall return no more!
Oh, teach me to be just like you
And sing at close Of day,
The sweetest songs of happy love,
To cheer me on my way.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-04-19
cess possible. She has raised WILL
mars debating to its present high
standard and has met every difficulty.
THE LEADER OF THE FLOCK.

The north wind blew from out of a
cloudy sky
Across the swamps and streams with
mournful sound
The wild fowl restless, stirred and
cried,
AS sullenly the dreary night came
down;
The morning came at last with fog
and rain,
Again the wild fowl lifted up their
cry
And flock by flock they sailed into
the air
And flock by flock they vanished in
the sky.
Last of the many birds to leave their
homes
Before the winter came with ice and
sleet
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-04-19
OUR
DEBATING
TEAMS

The Willmar High School entered
the University Debating League and
the Macalaster Discussion League
this year and carried high honors, TAX
ing the championship of the Seventh
Congressional District in debate work
and third place in the final contest at
Macalaster. Two debating teams of
three members each and one contest
ant in discussion represented the
Willmar Schools in these forensic
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-11
SPECIAL SERVICES FOR
EPISC0PALIANS SUNDAY
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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-11
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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-11

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-21
A WORK FOR AMERIcANIsM

There is so much vague talk about
"Americanism" that this sturdy
word is in danger Of losing its full
significance. The Thompson night
school for foreigners Is helping in
practical fashion to put the meaning
into that word.
This night school now has an en-
rollment Of 1852 foreigners. Their
native and parental lands range from
Italy and Greece, Russia and France,
to Japan and China. Their ages
run from six to sixty years. Mothers
and fathers bring their children
there and let them play while the
parents join the classes which help
impart American ideals by impart-
ing American efficiency.
Under the leadership of Miss Re-
becca Stanley, principal Of the
school, and a corps of fourteen
other teachers. this school is doing q
work In this community which should
be more widely recognized. II is
worth the while of an American citi-
zen to visit this laboratory where
the races are being fused into an
American melting pot Of common
ideals and aspirations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-21

In moderation, reaching the con-
clusion that, like the embargo, the
boycott Is a dangerous interference
with the law Of supply and demand.
Egg dealers, for example, have tes-
titled that, having lost money
through the egg boycott and agi-
tation this year, many dealers will
DO reluctant to store eggs another
season; 90 the producer will
get less for his eggs and the con-
sumer will have to pay more for
them. In the long run, the boycott
Is calculated to injure the consumer.
There must be other, more natural,
and more ultimately effective means
of regulation.
The things New York is learning,
through this Legislative investiga-
tion, are being impressed on many
other communities. The large cities,
indeed, are In many eases getting
their milk cheaper than country
towns, because the milk business
has been systematically built up
around the great markets for many
years. But the time is come when
the costs Of production, even under
the most favorable conditions and
with the best plants and organiza-
ton, will not justify farmers re-
in the milk business, and
they are getting out Of 1t. Wash
ington's territory presents a precise
ly similar state Of affairs; and
Washington will not safely lag far
behind other cities in providing
more economical facilities for
and distributing its milk.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-21
COOPERATION FOR A GREATER
WASHINGTON

The Takoma Park Citizens As
ISOLATION took the initiative in an
important move for the welfare Of
Washington when il unanimously
Endorsed the extension of District
sewers and water to adjacent Mary
land towns which are really a part
Of Metropolitan Washington.
Other civic bodies will do we'll to
follow its example, for the project
is daily becoming more vital, not
only to the communities which will
be served, but TO the District Of
Columbia itself.
The Times was interested in the
creation Of the Washington Subur-
ban Sanitary Commission to sur
vey water-supply and drainage con-
ditions in Montgomery and Prince
Georges counties. This paper urged
that the Maryland commission be
given authority to cooperate with
the District authorities for a solu-
ton Of the whole problem, and this
all-cssential cooperation seems now
about to bear fruit. II is understood
the authorities Of both jurisdictions
agree as to the desirability of the
extension, the present negotiations
relating mainly TO terms Of pay
ment by the towns to be served.
For some time experts have
realized that the territory in ques-
sion will have to increase its source
OF water, as the present supply,
while excellent in quality, is becom-
ing unequal to demands. The Dis
trict has n surplus, and the reason
able thing TO do is to sell some Of
its water to Maryland.
Likewise, streams flowing into
the District from Maryland are
being polluted by sewage. Again.
the sensible thing is TO put this
sewage into the District sewers in
stead Of the District streams.
Legislation authorizing the sewer
extension was secured Mt the last
session of Congress, and II is hoped
the authorities will soon agree on
plan whereby Legislation now await
ing the approval Of the District
Commissioners can be recommended
10 Congress which will result in
water-extension legislation at this
session. The two projects naturally
20 hand in hand. Both are in the
interests of a Greater Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-21
INDIAN NEW YEAR TODAY
Tewa Tribe Celebrates Ancient
Rites Of Ancestors.

SANTA FE. ". NJ, Dec. 2i.-This
may be just December 81 90 some
folks. but It's New Year Day TO the
Tewa Indians.
There are only about 1900. OF the
Tewas In Ave villages: San Juan.
Santa Glare. San lldefonso, Nambo,
and Tesuoue. They hold ancient be-
liefs deduced by themselves from
things as they are.
The Tewas' six cardinal directions
are north. south. east, west, above,
and below. Each direction II colored
and has an animal 10 signify II. North
Is green and personified by a lion.
The Tewas believe the sky is tho
husband OF the earth. They believe
the sun In a man who walks across
the sky behind n yellow shield In sum
rher, clad In white deerskins orna-
mented with beads. In the winter he
Is green. Their year begins today
and their New Year Day II founded
upon the belief that the sun stands
still In the sky to make a new twelve
month.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-21
LETTERS FROM READERS
Comment on Current Topics In
Communications TO the Editor.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES;
Every year. about this time. certain
city housewives feel IL a moral duty
TO enter into a conspiracy TO force
down the price OF eggs. poultry. etc.
To forcgo a purchase where one
cannot afford II IL legitimate: but to
unite to boycott, except against those
whom they positively know have
formed an illegal trust. 10 doing the
very wrong they oenounee.
Poultry raiscrs cannot produce
,sssh sss 81 IN any sreI nri quantity At
~ regulated by the law OF supply and
demand. II the demand does not rise
To- the cost price the producers are
forced out OF business. Within the
last year hundreds OF them have been
forced, hence increased prices.
Washington evening paper, In n
recent editorial, says:
~Reports OF rapid drops In prices
due To food boycotts may yet lead the
ultimate consumer Ia organize"
such methods will only intensity
the complained OF condition In future
time. The better way In To let In.
creased profits lead To increased pro-
duction. IL L. the same fooiishness
that leads TO n plea for embargoes on
These exports bring returns that
enhance business, and Increase the
demand for labor. n rising market
II always a prosperous condition, even
though " pinches pensioners and
those so circumstanced that they can.
not Immediately force wages upward
at the same rate as other things are
going,
IL Ia not food alone. but all Ameri'
can products. that now enter into
European demand that are rising. No
change OF this kind can occur with.
out injuring SOME; but IL IL not a gen
eraI calamity. and people who stu.
pidly try To make IL appear so are do
ing the country an injury.
or course, "A boycott, based on ig'
noTant moral Indignation, can force
down prices. II can do that even IL IL
forces those who drop TO the verge o
ruin. IL can do that even when next
year II pays the penalty OF it's own
folly In lessened production,
penny-wise city people need To be
educated To the fact that rich farmers
are exceptions, and that the returns
10 labor In this pursuit are less than
those Of almost any other extensive
industry,
A law compelling storage people TO
yet rid OF their hoardings within a
reasonable time might be a benent,
These people help both the farmer
and the community by stabilizing
prices, and indiscrlminate boycotting
WV DAVID EcCLEs.
Landover. Md, Dec. 2, 1915.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-21

an armistice in conditions that
would advantage their enemies
most. They view with natural
suspicion the German advances,
which might easily enough be con-
sidered an effort to secure suspen-
sion of hostilities at an early date.
From such suspension, the central
powers would be the chief gamers
IL the war should later be resumed.
They could use breathing spell
most advantageously. The military
advantage and the territorial status
are on their side. Their opponents
are confident Of capacity ultimately
TO reverse this position, but to do
so they feel that they must con-
tinue unrelenting and unceasing
pressure. Armistice, then, would
seem utterly out of the question
with the entente powers, until such
a protocol shall have been accepted,
rs will measurably insure peace,
and until the military status shall
be such that the central powers
would not be the chief gamers by
armistice.
There are. in short, seemingly al
most insurrhountable difficulties in
the way Of a peace discussion at this
time. Yet II must be questioned
whether, as months pass, as they
multiply into more years of conflict,
the complications will ever be less
than now. II would avail little for
this sadly troubled world IL, in the
reciprocal determination to reach a
decisive issue, civilization itself
should be assassinated. the light Of
the world should be extinguished in
a universal conflict, the capacity OF
society to rehabilitate its institu-
tione and resume its upward prog
ress, should be destroyed. The Presi-
dent, viewing this war in the light Of
history, knowing as student, a
writer, and a maker Of history. the
story Of the Dark Ages that fell over
the western world after the wreck
of Roman civilization. views with
solemn apprehension the menace Of
conflict that may at last get beyond
control.
II the time is not now, It must
come presently; and for the respon-
sible leadership Of civilization to be
thinking on these things can hardly
lessen the realization Of what great
and necessary task lies ahead.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-21

Nseise and Dierdre st Glen Eive.
Through the dusk hollows OF a muir.
murous wood
That never yet had echoed hunts
mans horn,
Joyous as springtime frsshets at the
They wandered In the honey scented
morn.
Their ardent eyes yet dewy with the
mist
or dreams that fingered though the
dawn had flown,
Their lips TO silence by a rapture
kissed.
Beyond ali speech TO voice OF NOR.
tails known.
TIL at some mutual thought OF perlis
gone,
The forest aisles gave back their
laughter gay,
And less than any star that kisses
Seemed connors wrath In Emsin far
away
Then. comrades OF the wind. the cloud.
the sun.
They paused. han ieiaspsd. amid the
greenwood maze.
And for their JOY from Death forever
Upraissd to Fires god. their hymn
OF praise.
Eleanor Rogers Cox.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-21
THE PASSING OF BOSSY

New York, with greater demands
than ever before for the product Of
the dairy, finds that the States
number of dairy cows is steadily de-
creasing. Farmers are finding other
lines of effort that are more profit
able, and are disposing of their cows
In order to make money where it
Is TO be made.
A legislative committee is inves-
tigating the whole milk situation Of
the State, and its general counsel,
Judge George w. Ward, has been
making some statements of the
greatest interest about its dis
coveries to date. Thirty years ago
New York was a great sheep-rais-
ing State; it lost its sheep because
people turned to more profitable
phases of agriculture. Now, sheep
pay better than dairy cows, but the
farmers are not getting back into
sheep because it takes long time
to revolutionize the character of
farming. A dairy farm of the right
sort is not to be built up in twenty
five years, Judge Ward declares;
but it car. be ruined in five. Right
now the presentation of its dairy in
dustry is one of the very real prob
lens before the State, and the
forthcoming session of the legisla-
ture is going to devote a good deal
Of attention to it.
Judge Ward discussed boycotts as
. means to keeping food prices with