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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
"QUACk REMEDIES"

Under tie head Of The Spreading
pryness' tie following appeared as an
editorial in the Kansas City Star OF
Sept. p, 1915:
Two different news items on the
same day recently told Of South caro-
lima going dry BY an overwhelming
vote and Of the province OF Saskatche'
wan, Canada, Just beginning the op-
Grafton Of its prohibition law.
In both comnonwealths the people
had tried various substitutes for pro-
hibition. In South Carolina they had
tried local option. under which any
county in the state might be wet or
dry as 1t chose. Then they tried the
county ~dispensary system, under winch
the county ran the saloon itself ana
thus cut cut the competition between
saloons. Then, In 1913, fifteen Of the
counties voted wet, and the whisky
men threw up their hats In jubiiation
and prophesied that soon the whole
state would be wet.
And now the state has adopted alb
solute prohibition BY a vote N 2la to l.
The estonished liquor men are ask
Ing, What's the matter, anyway?
That question is easily answered
The thing that's all wrong is liquor
itself, and the people are finding 1t
out. The dispsnsary plan: the high
license plan; the government owned
saloon; the family liquor store; Sun
day closing; early closing; strict super
vision; adjustment Of free lunch, mu'
sic, tables and games; the system OF
having only q saloon. tC so many
population: local optional. OF these
are mere subterfuges. They are quacl
remedies. They do not so to the root
Of the evil, which Is liquor itself. The
only cure for the liquor evil is ths
complete prohibition Of Its manufac
ture and sale in the whole nation"
Surely Missouri will be as wise as
South Carolina and eighteen othel
states anu quit trying subterfugas.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
FLASHES FROM HUGHES
DETROIT TALKS.
AMERICAN RlGhTA.

no one could successfully present
to an American audience that an An
erican citizens rights stopped with
the coast line"
There is not = particle Of militar'
ism In my composition. but there Is
A~uericsnism In its place, and II elect
ed, l Am Soins to e that American
rights are protected"
LABOR.
.The working man 10 not asking any
thing he should not have. All he
wants Is q square deal.
mo such thinS as prosperity exists
for 1ust one class In America, unless
1t exists for ell"
The Republican party does not
stand for the prosperity produced By
the war, but for a prosperity produced
b. sound American policies n these
are what We propose to have
PREPAREDNESS.
do not let US get this country into
q low patriotic plane so that we are
content with disestsem. with the scon
Of the world"
~ am an American citizen ought
! to be the proudest title in b world
CIVIL SERVICE.
I'VE had in the coast and Seodeuc
survey an eminent scientist. ae wal
displaced to make room for an excel
lent stock breeder"
ut is the most unworthy thing AZ
administration can do to take public
business and pay political debts witt
it"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Prohibition In Large Cities.

The Spokane (Wash.J Chronicle is
convinced that prohibition can no
longer be argued against as a small
town proposition" 1t used to be all
very we'll" says the Chronicle, ito
say that prohibition Is good enough for
the rubes, but 1t won't go in the cities
Now things have swung around to
such an extent that the larger munich
palities are among the leaders in the
dry movement, Seyenty-one cities,
ranging from 5000 TO $4,000 popula
ton, are nov lisred as dry and with
the dry law as we'll enforced as other
laws. Seven vet states contain dry
cities Of more than $4,000 population,
There are nineteen dry states, and the
nations going dry all too soon to
please the salOonatics."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
IN PREPAREDNESS the 40.
M~tNisTRATioN HAS FOL.
LOWED, NOT LED.

In the demand for reasonable
preparedness the Administrs'
don has followed, not led. Those
who demanded more adequate
forces were first described as
nervous and excited" Only
about q year and . half ago We
were told that the question OF
preparedness was not q press.
mr. one; that the country had
been uisinformed. Later, under
the pressure Of other leader
ship. this attitude was changed.
The Administration, 1t was
said, had learned something
and it made q helNted demand
for an increased army. Even
then, the demand was not prose
cuted consistently and the pres
sure exerted on Congress With
respect to other Administrative
measures was notably absent.
We are told that the defects
revealed By the rresen. mooih-
xatioa are due 70 the system"
But it wss precisely such plain
detects that under the constant
warnings Of recent years, with
the whole world intent On mill
tarJ concerns, should have been
studied and rectined. The Ad-
ministration has failed to dis
charge its responsibilities. Ap-
psrently. 1t 10 now seeking to
meet political exiSencies b. its
naval program. But it has i'm
posed upon the country an In
competent naval administration.
From Ar. hughes speech OF
acceptance.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
"AMERlcA FIRST AND AMER
IcA EFFlcIENT."

We come to state IN 4 plain
and direct manner our faith,
our purpose and eur pledge.
This representative gathering Is
q happy auoury. II means the
strength Of reunion. It means
that the party Of Lincoln ts re-
stored, alert, effective. 1t means
the unity Of 4 common psreep-
ton Of paramount national
needs, Il means that we are
neither deceived ner benumbed
by Abnormal conditions We
know that we are In . critical
period, perhaps more critical
than any period since the Civil
War. We need a dominant
sense Of national unity; the ex.
erctss Of our best constructive
powers; the vioer and resource.
fuiness Of a quiekened America.
We desire tsrat the Republican
Party a. q great liberty party
shall 30 the agency Of national
achievement, the organ Of the
effective expression Of dominant
Americanism. What do ! mean
oy that7 mean America con.
seieus Of power, awake to ebli-
Cation, erect In seif-respeet, pre-.
pared fer every emergency, de.
voted to the Ideals Of peace, in
stinet with the spirit Of human
oretherheed, safeguarding both
individual opportunity and the
public interest, maintaining a
w%eIi-erdered constitutional sys-
TEN adapted to local seif-0overn.
ment without the sacrifice Of
essential national authority, ap-
preeiatino the necessity Of sta
hiiity, expert knowledge and
thorough organization as the in
dispensanie conditions Of Sc.
eurity and progress; a country
loved oy its citizens with q pa.
triotie ferver permitting no disi'
sion in their allegiance and no
rivals in their affeetion-l mean
America first and America eff.
eient. IL 10 in this spirit that
respond to your summons.-
From Mr.. Hughes speech Of ae-
~eeptance.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
TRUE iNWARDNESS OF the
VERA CRUZ INCIDENT.

In the SprtnS OF 1914, occur
red the capture Ct Vera Cruz
Men from one Of our ships had
been arrested at Tsupico and
had been discharged with an
apology. But our Admiral de-
manded a salute, which was re-
fused. Thereupon the President
went to Congress. asking au-
thortty to use the armed forces
Of the United States. without
waiting fer the passage Of the
resolution, Vera Cruz was seiz-
ed. It appeared that a shipiosd
Of ammunition for Huerta was
about to enter that port. There
was q natural opposition to this
insasion and q battle occurred
in which nineteen Americans
and oTer a hundred Ae1icans
were killed. This, Of course,
vas war. Our dead soldiers
were praised for dying like
heroes in a var Of service.
Later, re retired from Vera
Cruz, yvtng up this nocie war
fare. We had not obtained the
salute which was demanded.
We had not obtained repara-
ten for afErnurs. The ship with
ammunition which could not
land at Vera Cruz hxd soon
landed at another port, and its
cargo wxs delivered t. drerta
without interference. Recently
the naked truth vas admitted
BY q Cabinet ofice7. We are
now informed that we did not
70 to vera Cruz to force duerta
to salute the flag" We are
told that We vent there TO
show Mexico that re were in
earnest in our demand that
Huera must 60" That is, We
seized Vera Cruz to depose
Huerta- The question Of the
salute vas a mere pretext.-
From MIR. Hughes speech Of &C.
ceptance.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
-"lnstruster," Washington, o, c..
From Booze to Milk.

~SS-S ~ -"
The American Magazine tells how
come If the great industries In this
country, recognizing thar a man who
drinks beer or whisky is not a good
workman and Is more liable to acct
dents than one who does not drink,
are trying to win them away from thai
habit by getting them to drink mix
Instead.
The Illinois Steel company, employ
ing thousands Of men, has put electric
signs throughout Its plants asking this
question. Did booze ever do You any
~good-help you to get Il betteS JOB
contribute to the happiness u your
family"
Other signs notify men that the com
pany does not want them to drink beer
or whisky and warns them that If they
persist in 1t they will lose their JOBS.
The company sends men through the
plant selling milk at cost in the hope
that it will be drunk instead Of liquors.
The West Steel Casting company
Of Cleveland has put rsfiigerators
throughout its plant and keeps them
filed with fresh cold milk, which tue
men can buy at cost. The men used
to go to saloons to eat their noon
luncheon. Now they eat 1t outdoors
In the shade and drink milk with 1t.
The South works plalk Of the I'LL
nCis Steel company began selling milf
to its workmen at cost six months ago
1t sells l,4OO quarts a day. Fourteen
saloons near the plant were forced te
close for lack Of trade.
Best Of ali, the men in all those plants
have learned that milk gives inyigorat'
ing and lasting strength, and they have
noticed a great benefit in the change
from booze to milk.-=kansas City Star
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
THE NATION is SHOCKING.
~ UNPREPARED.

It Is apparent that we are
shockingly unprepared. There
Is no room for controversy on
this point since the object les
son on the Mexican border. All
our available regular troops
Qess, I believe, than 100000 are
there or In Mexico, and as these
have been deemed insufficient
the entire National Guard has
been ordered out; that is, we
are summoning practically all
our movable military forces in
order to present bandit incur
sions. In view Of the warnings
Of the past three years, 1t Is
ine1cusabie that We should find
ourselves In this plight. For
our faithful guardsmen, who
with a fine patriotism responded
to this call and are bearing this
burden, I have nothing but
praise. But I think 1t little
short Of absurd that We should
be compelled to call men from
their shops, their factories, their
Offices and their professions for
such a purpose. This, however,
Is not all. The units Of the Ma
I rional Guard were at peace
strength, which was only about
one-half the required strength.
1t was necessary to bring in
recruits, for the most part raw
and unframed. Only q small
percentage Of the regiments re-
cruited UP to war strength will
nave had even q years training
In tine National Guard, which at
the maximum means one hun
dred hours Of military drill, and,
on the average, means much
less. Men fresh from their
peaceful employments and ply
sically u~nprepared have been
hurried to the border for actual
service. They were without
proper equipment; without
necessary supplies; suitable
conditions Of transportation
were not provided. Men with
dependent families were sent;
and conditions which should
have been well known were dis
covered after tine event. And
get the exigency, comparatively
speaking, was not a very grave
one. 1t involved nothing that
could not readily have been fore
seen during the past three years
Of disturbance, and required
only a modest talent for organ
ization. That this Administra-
tion while pursuing Its course
In Mexico should have permitted
such conditions to exist Is al
most 'incredible.-From Mr..
Hughes speech Of acceptance.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

Drs. W. S. and H, S. Calhoun,
r l. Calhoun and Chas, San.
ders made a business trip to
Mansfield on Thursday of last
week While cranking the car
Dr. H S. Calhoun happened to the
misfortune of getting a fractured
arm near the wrist, caused by
his hand slipping off the crank
and striking the car. The arm
is getting along nicely and will
soon be alright again.-Norwood
Press.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
BEST EVIDENCE.

New York world" accuses Mr..
hughes Of being pro-German.
THE Fatherland," the organ OF
those who would have the United
States violate its neutrality for Ger
many's benefit, asks hr. Hughes ten
questions which are designed to carry
the accusation that he is pro-Bntish.
These directly ~connicting charges
against him viii be regarded a. tbs
best evidence that he Is just plain
American, without bias toward either
sids,-Aibany Journal,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

Rerne Cantrell of the Niangua
neighborhood, and Arthur J.
Cantrell and >Thos. CantrelI Of
near Seymour. enlisted in the
army at Springfield last week
and are now at Jefferson Bar
racks receiving preliminary train
ing before being assigned to duty
in the coast artillery service -
Marshtield Chronicle.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
kansaa tho h~caithisst ststs.

The government census gives Kansas
the lowest death rate Of any state in
the Union. and with every item Of pub.
lie health work considered 1t is with
Juslihabis pride that this board may
announce that Kansas Is the most
heaithful state IN the United States In
wbieh 10 live and rear q family.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Lead Hill

Sunday School at Lead Hill at
10 a. NJ. every Sunday. Singing
every Saturday evening aud ev.
cry 4th Sunday after Sunday
School. Preaching every LIST, I'd
and 3D. Sundays. LIZA JANE
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
vii, Destroy Booze Worth . Million.

Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 2.-Attorney
General w. l.. Martin returned last
Thursday from Scale, Russell county,
Ala, where the special term Of court
called to try the Girard liquor cases ad-
journed today. Mr.. Martin says the
court decided all cases in favor of the
state and ordered every drop of liquor
seized In the saies Of sensational raids
publicly destroyed. The wholesale
value Of the liquors. placed at 1901, 500
and its retail value at more than a mil
lion and a quarter Of dollars.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Pleasant Ridge

Preaching at Pleasant Ridge
every 4th Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. G. N. F.ndley, Pastor. Sing.
ing every Sunday night, Charley
Fiudley aud Reed Johnson, lead.
ers. JIM HhNH1.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Making Sure Ct II.

A clergyman in the east end Of Lon
don recently presented a ragged little
urchin with a new suit Of clothes.
More than a week passed before they
met again. when the donor was pleased
to see that his gift was still in evil
dence. The lads father drank, and
the clergyman had feared that the suit
would be pawned to buy liquor.
"Ah, Johnnie, still wearing your nice
suit, l see," said the kind hearted old
man approvingly.
And there was a world Of pathos in
the lads reply:
Yes. sir; I've slept in itw-London
Answers.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

Among those on the program
for the Sunday School conven-
ton at Mountain Grove Monday
and Tuesday are Rev. Joseph
Davis and Mrs, Lura Beach Of
Mansfield.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

Apply a cotton cloth wet with
BALLARD'S SNOW LINl-
MENT to all wounds, cuts,
burns, sores or blisters, and
note its wonderful healing power
It is prompt and very effective,
Price 25c, soc and S1.O0 pei
bottle Sold Ly all dealers --
ADV,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Vino IL Ny Friend?

VINO - MY FfIcho3
He is my friend who sees the little good
That In me 10 and grants a motive just,
And If l faiter his the hand that would
Be reached to lift me with a grasp of
trust.
He is my friend.
He Is my friend who knows my faults and
yet
Walks by my side when other friends
depart,
My xrievous failures he would fain forget.
My virtues cherish in his limos heart
He is my friend.
He Is my friend who reckoneth not tbs
cost
When on a sea Of trouble l am lost:
lhro:gh storm and surf he sees my lifted
hand
And sets my feet upon the shining sand.
He "a my friend.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

Democrats who harbored hopes that
Josephus would catch the virus from
the Bryan and Garrison designations
are still nursing their disappointment.
Nothing remains for them but to re-
sign to a realization that Joseph1s
Will not resign.
President Wilson Is now anxious
to have it thought that there was no
withdrawal Of troops from Mexico at
the request Of Carranza. Why not
20 n better and declare that we
never had any troops In Mexico to
withdraw
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

The Alaska engineering commission
has stepped the shipment of liquor on
United States railroad in that territory.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

THE LIQUOR DEALER, IN HIS "PERsoNAL LIBERTY" ARGUMENT
FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SALOON, CLAIMS THAT HE
HAS NO OTHER WAY OF GETTING BREAD AND MILK FOR HIS
WIFE AND CHILDREN. But HAVE We A RIGHT TO LcENsa a
MAN TO WIN BREAD AND MILK FOR HIS CHILDREN sY TAKING
THE sREAp AND MILK OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF ANOTHER
NAME CnilDREN7
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
p3o,er Every Way,

ut is't the saloon that makes a man
miserable; it's his poverty" says the
exponent Of the saloon. Maybe-some.
times. But you never heard Of a sd.
loon relieving a man of his poverty.
Every time he comes out Of a saloon
he's a lot poorer than when he went
In. He's poorer avery way.-National
Enquirer.
Keep every element OF doubt out Of
the amendment campaign, but at the
same time work DIS though you were
made Of doUEt.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

1t isn't what man thinks at the bal
inside Of II.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

The liquor traffic benehts only the
man who makes 1t or sells and hurts
everybody else.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
The License Voter.
From every bushel Of corn the dis
tiller gets four gallons Of whisky.

Woe unto the man that giveth his
neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle
to him and maketh him drunk also
Hab IL Is
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

Get It in your mind and the minds
" your ne:shbors to vote "yss' on
amendment Nc. THREE, Nov. Z, 1916.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
Hills and Mountain

Sunday School at Mt. Pleasant
every Sunday at 1920 a. N. Sing
lug every Saturday evening.
GIBBS.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

II BRALLEY FARM, one of the best known in the
county-5OO acres in ala brick building on the Square in Ava,
and sonnet town lots to be SOLD AT Tract will
be sold in different divisions, Don't miss this rare opportunity Of
making a good investment. Large Z room house; large barn, or.
'chard, cellar, two wells, two springs. 275 acres in cultivation.
Perfect title. For printed description, address
Miss Ada Nash, Ava, Mo.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31

For every reason that a be ad'
vsnced why P~roSrssstves should vote
for Wilson, ten can be advanced why
they should vote for Hughes and the
beauty Of II u that they know the rea-
sons without having to be told.
The Wilson standardization went Ia.
TO Mexico to punish Villa for his out
rage on American soil. The only
punishment inflicted has been on
American soldiers who were shot
down at Carrizal BY order Of First
Chief Carranza.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-08-31
FAvoRs WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

Some time age, q conSidera-
ton Of our economic conditions
and tendencies, Of the position
Of women In 2aiaful occupa.
tons, Of the nature and course
Of the demand, led me to
the conclusion that the granting
Of suffrage to women IL newt
able. Opposition may delay, but
in my judgment cannot defeat
this movement. II women are
to have the vote, as ! believe
they are, 1t seems to me entirely
clear that In the interest Of the
pubic life Of this country, the
contest should be ended prompt
IL. I favor the vote for women.
From Mr.. Hu2hss' speech Of
acceptance.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-19
.DQISlgllnD,

II. A. Pugh is down from Montour
on short visit
B. C. McClelland was a Boise visitor
yesterday from Kuna.
Earl Johns of Parma is in the city on
a short business visit.
p. M. Warren Of Nyssa is in the
city, guest at the Pacific.
e. L. Griffiths Is UP from Ontario
looking after business affairs.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Davis of Spo-
kane are guests at the Grand.
Mrs. Fannie Stewart left last night
for Newport News. Va, to locate.
F. Crane is Bellevue citizen who is
transacting business in the city.
L. Rorabaugh is in the city from
Payette on a brief business visit.
Robert Dusan has gone to the Boise
basin country on a business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Harp OF Merid-
ian were Boise visitors last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Fletcher of MUIR
ply are spending few days in the
city.
Clay Thurman left last plight for
Bridgeport, Ala, called by the illness
of brother.
r. ]. Howard came in from Emmett
last evening and will remain in the
city for a short time.
A. J. Mckinney. formerly a banker of
Gooding. now located in Denver, is in
the city for a few days.
A. M. Moore, who has been connect
ed with the Soldiers Home, has gone
to Latta, s. c., to locate.
P. Monroe Smock, lecturer and at
torney from New Plymouth, is in the
city today on a short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Smith of White
fish, Mont, arrived in Boise last night.
They are guests at the Bristol
Mr.. and Mrs. F. flanagan of Kuna
are spending a day or two in the city.
They are guests at the Idanha.
E. III. Dickinson is a Boise visitor
from the southeast. He came in from
Pocatello and will remain here for a
day or two.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Eaton have
gone to Delta, Cal, to make their
home. Mr.. Eaton recently purchased
land near Delta.
Mrs. w. HI. Converse left last night
for Spirit Lake to visit her daughter.
She will also visit daughter In Port
land before returning.
10 Jones, chief special agent Of the
Oregon Short Line. is in the city con-
ferring with government officials on
matters concerning some train rob-
berries.