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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-07-20

There are thousands of men fit for the
life you want him to lead--and so is
he. 1t wouldn't take half of Bibbs'
brains to be twice as good business
man as J:m and Roscoe put together"
"Whatr' Sheridan goggled at him
like a zany.
"Your son Bibbs," said the doctor
composedly. "Bibbs Sheridan has the
kind and quantity Of gray matter that
will make him success in anything
II he ever wakes up! The thousands
of men fit for the life you want him to
| lead aren't fit to do much with the
life he ought to lead. Blindly, he's
been fighting for the chance to lead
it--he's obeying something that begs
to stay alive within him; and. bHndly,
he knows you'll crush it out You've
set your will to do it. Let me tell you
something more. You're half mad with
a consuming fury against the very
self of the law-the law that took Jim
from you. The very self of the law
took Roscoe from you and gave Edith
the certainty of beating you; and the
very self of the law makes Bibbs deny
you tonight. The law beats you. But
| you've set yourself against 1t, to bend
J 1t to your own ends, to WELD 1t and
| twist it"
The voice broke from Sheridan's
heaving chest in shout. Eyes! And
by God, l willv'
80 Ajax defied the lightning" said
Quincy.
"I've heard that damifool story,
too" Sheridan retorted, ixedly. DE
fed the lightning did he, the jackass!
If he'd been half man he'd "a got
away with 1t. We don't go shown of
defyin' the lightning-we hitch it up
and make it work for us like a black
| steerv'
"Well, what about Bibbs?" said Cur
ney. "Will you be really big man
now and"
"Gurney, you know a lot about big
nessw Sheridan began to walk to and
fro again, and the doctor returned
gloomily to his chair. He had shot his
bolt the moment he judged its chance
to strike center was best. but the tar
get seemed unaware of the marks
man.
"I'm tryln' to make big man out o.
that poor truck yonder," Sheridan went
on, "and you step in, Begin me to let
him be Lord knows what-I don't!
suppose you figure 1t out that now
| n tn In r tohk ptf
Yes, got a son-in-law nova
spendery'
"Oh. put your hand backw said Cur.
ney. YEARLY.
the table. Sheridan put his right hand
in the sling. but with his left he swept
| the inkstand from the table and half
way across the room--a comet with a
destroying black tail. Mrs. Sheridan
shrieked and sprang toward 1t.
Let 1t layw he shouted, fiercely
Let it layw And, weeping, she
obeyed. Eyes. sir" he went on, In a
voice the more ominous for the sudden
hush he put upon it. II got spender
| for a son-in-law! It's wonderful
where property goes, sometimes. There
was ole man Tracy-you remember
him Doc. r. Tracy, solid banker
He went into the bank as messenger
seventeen years old; he was president
at forty three, and he built that banl,
with his life for forty years more. Gilt
edge, that bank? 1t was diamond
edged? He used to eat bag O. pea
nuts and an apple for lunch; but he
wasn't stingy--he was just Twin In hi,
business. He didn't care for pie OF
automobiles-he had his bank. 1t was
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-07-20

Bibbs' father has announced that
hereafter Bibbs will be an official In
the various Sheridan enterprises and
will take up big business career. The
son has refused. The father has Just
angriIy demanded an explanation OF
the refusal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-07-20
In Doubt.

He persists in whistling ragtima
songs"
YES" replied Miss Cayenne. II
can't make UP my mind whether the
whistle is spelling the tune or the tune
is spelling the whistle"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-07-20

me! Now go on, and don't let me hear
from you again till you can come and
tell me you've walked up, you poor, pitt
full, dandelion-pickin' sleep-walker!"
Bibbs gave him queer look. There
was something like reproach in it. for
once; but there was more than that
he seemed to be startled by his fathers
last word.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-07-20
THAT'S II.

Patience Philadelphia requires
woman teachers in public schools to
dress their hair without marcel
waves. etc.
Patricc--T That means the particular
hair they wear to school, suppose.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-07-20

Once more the forces beyond
the power Of human control are
at work confoundIng and thwart-
ing the mighty business man
and city builder, Sheridan. He
fights biindly, vaIlantly and feels
sure he can win. How the fates
laugh at his efforts; how love
and hate show their great
strengths all told with great
fluency by the author In this
instailment.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-07-20

His Satanic majesty smiles every
time he encounters stingy man.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-07-20

A woman's teeth usurp the func-
tons Of her tongue when they chatter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-07-20
Doesn't It appear now that
Old Man Sheridan will set about
to have Edith's marriage to
Lamhorn annulIed as soon as she
comes to her senses7 Would you
do so II you were her father?

5t1SSstS1a ~
CTO BE 'CONTINUED.)
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-18
IN PREPAREDNESS THE Ap-
MINiSTRATloN HAS FOL-
LOWED, NOT LED.

In the demand for reasonable
preparedness the Administra-
ton has followed, not led. Those
who demanded more adequate
forces were first described as
nervous and excited" Only
about a year and a half ago we
were told that the question OF
preparedness was not a press
Ing one; that the country had
been misinformed. Later, under
the pressure Of other leader
ship, this attitude was changed.
The Administration, it was
said, had learned something"
and it made a belated 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 present mobili-
cation are due to the System"
But 1t was precisely such plain
defects that under the constant
warnings of recent years, with
the whole world intent on midi
tary concerns, should have been
studied and rectifed. The Ad-
m%inistration has failed to dis
charge its responsibilities. APP
parently, 1t is now seeking to
meet political exigencies by it's
naval program. But it has i'm
posed upon the country an in
competent naval administration.
From Mr.. Hughes speech of
acceptance.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-18
c.. N. Cinder:

Art LanGabecr Of Tacoma
is now working at the depot in
the position formerly occupied
by Leo Butler.
T. E. Bowling, the able G. 7.
M, is visiting at his old home
in Superior. Neal Dawing is
acting as yardrlaster in Toms
absence.
The grading for the new adj
dition on the roundhouse has
been completed and the con-
tractors are ready for the grand
rush which will soon begin.
Conductor Connolly of the
Butte Division took a run down
to the creek while in town last
trip and brought back a fine
specimen of Lake Superior
Whitefish. That's more than
Jack Harder has done.
Mont Madison, who makes
his home on his ranch a few
miles north Of town, travelling
back and forth in his Ford, had
the pleasure of walking in one
morning last week. Nothing
serious, just a few nuts got
loose.
Mr.. Sheridan, the big yard
master from St. Paul, spent a
few days in town last week.
A great many of the boys
knew him when he was the
G. Y. M. at Havre a few years
ago. Mr.. Sheridan always has
a new line of stories and we all
had a good laugh, as usual.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-18

There is a great future in store for
Montana through the medium of the
great American hog. At different
times during the past few years it has
been shipments Of Montana swine
that have sold for record prices in the
stockyards of Chicago, Omaha and
St. Joe, as we'll as at the Pacific coast
backing centers, to which many are
sent. Montana is fast establishing a
Ssme market for hogs, and with this
encouragement the farmers OF the
state aye each year devoting more
and more attention to swine breeding.
AT the Montana State Fair in Helena
last fall there was the greatest dis
play of pure bred swine ever gathered
In the Northwest. The Poland China
Futurity alone was n of the largest
shows of it's kind ever held in the
United States. The accompanying
picture shows two of the 1914 prize
winners of the swine pens. There
were 422 hogs shown last fall. A total
of $4,000 in cash and special premiums
is offered in the swine department of
the fair this year. 1t will be held
Sept. 20 to rs.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-18
MAINTENANCE OF
AMERICAN RIGHTS

Had this Government by the
use of both informal and formal
diplomatic opportunities left no
doubt that when we said "strict
accountability" we meant pre-
eiseIy what we said, and that
we should unhesitatingIy vlndi-
cate that position, ! am conf
dent that there would have been
no destruction Of American lives
by the sinking of the Lusitan1a.
There, we had ample notice; in
fact, published notice. Further
more, we knew the situation
and we did not require specific
notice. Instead Of whiting
away our formal statements by
esuivoeal conversations, we need
ed the straight, direct and de-
cisive representations which eV-
cry diplomat and foreign office
would understand. believe
that In this way we should have
been spared the repeated as
ssults on American lives. More"
over, a firm American policy
would have been strongly sup
ported by cur people and the op-
nortunities for the development
of bitter feeling would have
been vastly reduced.-From Mr..
%apshes' speech Of acceptance.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-18
TRUE INWARDNESS OF THE
VERA CRUZ INCIDENT.

In the Spring of 1914, occur
red the capture of Vera Cruz.
Men from one of u ships had
been arrested at Tampico 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 IL
thority to use the armed forces
of the United States. Without
waiting for the passage of the
resolution, Vera Cruz was se1z-
ed. 1t appeared that a shipload
of ammunition for Huerta was
about to enter that port. There
was a natural opposition to this
invasion and a battle occurred
in which nineteen Americans
and over a hundred Mexicans
were killed. This, Of course,
was war. Our dead soldiers
were praised for dying like
heroes in a war of service.
Later, we retired from Vera
Cruz, giving up this noble war
fare. We had not obtained the
salute which was demanded.
We had not obtained repara-
ton for affronts. The ship with
ammunition which could not
land at Vera Cruz had soon
landed at another port, and it's
cargo was delivered to Huerta
without interference. Recently
the naked truth was admitted
by a Cabinet officer. We are
now informed that 1--WE did not
go to Vera Cruz to force Huerta
to salute the flag" We are
told that we went tha'e "to
show Mexico that we were in
earnest in our demand that
Huerta must 60" That is, we
seized Vera Cruz to depose
Huerta. The question of the
salute was a mere pretext.-
From Mr.. Hughes speech Of &C
ceptance.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-18
PROMISE TO REDUCE THE
COST Cr LIVING
NOT KEPT.

Our opponents promised to
reduce the cost of living. This
they have failed to do; but they
did reduce the opportunities Of
making a living. Let Us not for
get the conditions that existed
in this country under the new
tariff prior to the outbreak of
the war. Production had de-
creased, business was anguish
ing, new enterprises were not
undertaken, instead of eXpan-
sion there was eurtailment, and
our streets were filled with the
unemployed. What ground Is
there for expecting better con
ditions when the unhealthy
stimulus of the war has spent
it's force and our industries and
working-men are exposed to the
competition Of an energized Eu-
rope?
1t is plain that we must have
protective %upbuifding policies.
From Mr.. Hughes speech of
acceptance.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-18
The NATION is SHOCKING.
LY UNPREPARED.

HG NAiION 10 SHOCKING
LY UNPREPARED.
1t 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 trooRs
(less, | 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 prevent bandit incur
s1ons. In view of the warnings
7 OF the past three years, it is
lnezcusable 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, | have 1othing but
praise. But l think it 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.
tional Guard were at peace
strength, which was only about
one-ha1f the required strength.
1t was necessary to bring in
recruits, for the most part raw
and unframed. Only a small
percentage of the regiments re-
crufted up to war strength will
have had ven a years training
in the 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 unprepared 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 we're sent;
and conditions which should
have been we'll known were dis.
covered after the event. And
yet 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.
ton while pursuing its course
in Mexico should have permitted
such conditions to exist is al
most incredible.-From Mr..
Hughes speech Of acceptance.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-18

Of retailer or manufacturer except as
they affect the consumer. There is
great need that the woman consumer,
who spends most of the family income
for articles used in the home, should
be able to buy with the least extrava-
gance, the least inef1iciency and the
least waste. I believe that a uni
forms price on an identified article is
one of the chief means by which this
most desired end can be obtained"
Mrs. Frederick declared that the
passage Of the Stephens-Ashurst bill
will result in greater household etfi-
cheney in buying for the following
reasons:
First, it will help the consumer
establish a standard in all pur-
chasing.
Second, it will guarantee to the
consumer a continuance of those
standards once they are estab-
iished.
Third, 1t will give a wider dis.
tribGtion to more kinds of prod
ucts that the onsume daily
buys.
Fourth, it will cave the consum-
er's money because the fixed price
will guarantee a permanent, de-
~pendable supply of articles.
Fifth, it will be especially help.
full to farm women and small town
consumers who are now victims
of discrimination.
Sixth, it will make 1t possible
for the ~homemaker to practice
more efficient and less wasteful
buying methods.
Seventh, it will guarantee to the
consumer that the goods which
she buys are made under honor
able standards of manufacture,
fair pay ard sanitary conditions.
In her argument for identified ar.
ticles Mrs, Frederick said it was nd.
mitted that cut prices tend TO drive
such articles from the market and
she was merely showing the interest
that the consumer has in having ar
ticles she buys so marked and brand
ed that they a be identified.
Suppose, for the sake of argument
that there is no such thing as ar
identified article" said Mrs. Fred
erick. "If there is no means Of identi
flying, say, a pound Of butter or {
pair of hosiery, then every purchase
of one Of those necessities becomes
an experiment. In each case / mus
make a test which takes time, trouble
and money and which is worthless II
the end because, should I find tn
article satisfactory, 1 can't be certain
of getting the same thing again; ant
if it is unsatisfactory l can't be Ger
tain of avoiding it. I do not see nov
you ean have a standard quality with
out a standard price. The trade mari
on an article, the approved STANDARD
price and standard quality, protec
the consumer because they are
guarantee that the manufacturer vii
continue that standard.
Price juggling destroys the stand
ard which manufacturers have sc
n tempts them-sometimes almos
forces them-to lower the quality
What incentive can a manufacture
have to keep up a high standard Q
quality II the price is constantly cut,
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-18
FIRST AID AMER
iCk E.TFIClENT."

icA E.TFIClENT."
~: cor., - 'tate in q plain.
4 circ@t NJ or our faith,
- ~uH~>-o a our pledge.
r. 1cp.as-ut- ne Gathering Is
4 r~@ry cG~ur". Il means the
c'rc1rti cf raunion, 1t means
lat TIE raTiy Of Lincoln is re.
,.orcd, alert, cf~2ctive. 1t means
tie unity Of a common percep-
don Of paramount national
reels. It means that we r
neither deceived nor benumbed
by abnormal conditions. We
know that we r in a critical
period, perhaps more critical
than sry period since the Civil
War. We need a dominant
sense Of national unity; the ex-
ercisc of our best constructive
powers; the vigor and resource.
fuIncse of a q%uickened America.
We desire that the Republican
Party as a great liberty party
shall be the agency Of national
achievement, the organ of the
effective expression of dominant
America1ism. What do | mean
by that? | mean America con.
sclous Of power, awake to obIl-
cation, erect in s~elf-respect, pre-
pared for every emergency, de-
voted to the ideals of peace, In
stinct with the spirit Of human
brotherhood, safeguarding both
Individual opportunity and the
public interest, maintaining a
w~ell-ordered constitutional sys-
tenn adapted to local s~eIf-eovern-
ment without the sacrifice Of
essential national authority, ap-
preciating the necessity of sta
hility, expert knowledge and
thorough organization as the in.
dispensable conditions Of Sc
curity and progress; a country
loved by its citizens with a pa
triotlc fervor permitting no civil
sion in their allegiance and no
rivals In their Affection mean
America first and America eff.
Client. It is In this spirit that
respond to your summons
From MIR. Hughes speech of &C.
ceptance.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-18
WOMAN EXPERT IN
HOME EFFICIENCY
FOR STEPHENS BILL.
MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK SAYS
1T WILL AID CONSUMERS.
ENSURES STANDARD QUALITY
Consumers in Small Towns and Rural
Communities Are Victims Of Dis.
elimination by Big Store Methods,
Which Encourage Substitution OF
Unidentified Goods at High Figures.

Mrs. Christine Frederick, household
efficiency expert and consulting house
hold editor Of the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal, the New York Evening Sun, Sue
cessful Farming, and various other
publications, recently appeared before
the Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee of the House of Repre-
sentatives in Washington in support
Of the Stephens-Ashurst bill. This
measure, according to its title, is de-
signed ITO protect the public against
dishonest advertising and false pre-
lenses in merchandising"
The bill will legalize standard. uni
form prices and prevent price cutting
OF trade marked goods by big city
stores for the purpose of giving the
false impression that all their other
articles are proportionately low.
Price cutting is merely bait to lure
customers so that articles Of inferior
merit may be substituted at high
prices.
Il appear before the committee
purely in the interest of the con-
sumer," said Mrs. Frederick, "and l
do not care about the rights or wrongs
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-08-18
WANTS AN EFFECTIVE SYS-
TEN OF RURAL CREDITS.

We propose to promote by
every practicable means our
agricultural interests, and we in
clude in this program an effec-
tive system of rural credits.
We favor the wise conservation
Of our natural resources. We
desire not only that they shall
be safeguarded, but that they
shall be adequately developed
and used to the utmost public
advantage.-From Mr.. Hughes
speech Of acceptance.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-22

Have you tried Royal Three Hair
Tonic for thin and falling hair? Sold
under a positive guarantee.
Hays City Drug Store.
c. W Miller has q new seven room
house, two lots, ali fenced, new wind
mill, steel tank, barn for four horses
with yard at barn-cheap- Also four
nice building lots at S125. each. Cash
or on time.
Try Royal Three Face Powder.
As good as the best at half the price.
Come in and Wen tel you why.
Hays City Drug Store.
Mrs. Gretchen King is having a new
roof put on her business house on North
Chestnut Street, now occupied by
Adam BAIL as a meat market.
Our Royal Three Cucumber Cream
banishes tan and freckles, and insures
q firm complexion. Try it. Sold only
at the Hays City Drug Store.
Engineer John Orth with the big Nor
NAL steam engine is doing the pumping
for Water Commissioner Haffamier at
the ceptic tank. south of town.
Gus Riedel living southwest of Hays
about eight miles, this week sold to
Orth Bros. half section of land. Con-
sideration S8, 800 cash.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-22

The Board of Education.