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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30

deed seem TO Slumber in the soft bed of long
enjoyed peace and security But let war come
against the land and no man need doubt that that
spirit will spring up instantly awake
We can rChtfuy he grateful that II has fallen
TO our happy lot to live in this most wonderful
Of all ages and to be citizens of this most won
derful Of MI the nations
Let your hearts swell with Just pride MS you
contemplate your country so august, so splendid,
so renowned in the earth.
Look upon your flag as It streams its bright
folds yonder above your heads with proud and
happy eyes. Remember how honorable is Its
story, and forget not how many thousands OF
brave and good men died that II might wave yon-
der the ensign Of free people.
Tell to your children the story of their fore
bears, Of those men and women who. amid the
wilderness and forests that stood where now
stand mighty cities and stretch cultivated farms,
erected with hardships and endurance and most
heroic faith and valor the noble edlfice Of our
republican liberties.
Speak to them Of Bunker Hill and Valley Forge
and Saratoga and Yorktown. and of the great
Decaration-that most famous Charter OF HUI
man Freedom.
Tell them to thank God for their fathers and
mothers hardihood and courage, for the wars
they fought for the victories they won
Tell them to salute their flag with high and
proud hearts.
Tell them to thank God this Thanksgiving day
that they are Americans
And then do you soberly gratefully, proudly
thank God yourself that you are an American.
Oh, dear and mighty motherland. what better
gift or more to be desired could God give than TO
be born and TO die, strong Daughter of Liberty,
between thy shining feet!-From the Chicago
American.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30
WORK FOR EVERYBODY.

II saw not single man who was
looking for n job as the result Of the
closing OF the saloons, brewerles and
distillerles," said n former resident of
Seattle, after visit to that city. "On
the contrary. heard on every hand
that there was more work than labor
ers to do it. was told by someone
from the Industrial brotherhood, a
refuge for down and outs that there
was actually nobody without employ
ment who was able to work. You know
that for two winters preceding the go
ing into effect of the prohibltory law,
we had in Seattle what they called
Hotel Liberty at which, during the
last winter there were housed about
$500 men out OF employment. That
has now ceased to exist; In fact l am
told by those who know, that last
winter there was no bread line In the
city at any point"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30
C%~
/. llotsS 9
LIBERTY EXHIBIT.

An antinlcohol exhibit In a certain
town faced several saloons located
just across the street, the proprletors
Of which were reported to bitterly re.
sent the prohibition facts presented.
Threats were said to have been made
by them, 80 that the special night
watchman employed gave much of the
time to careful guarding Of this ex.
hlblt. The town appears to be some
thing of rendezvous for per-
sonal liberty agltators. These people
were the first to "slze up" the exhibits,
and continually some Of them were cir
culatlng among the people ready for
discussion.
One day forelgn-born citizen stood
at the w. G. II. u. booth and fell into
conversation. He professed to believe
in temperance all right, but he had a
right to do as he pleased In his own
home. etc. Presently he was Joined by
another man whd talked loudly after
the same fashion. Soon quite little
company had gathered to listen and
occasionally take part In the "free for
ALL" Suddenly right into their midst
lurched man who Immediately be-
gan to take part in the discussion. He
was drunk and said so. but Informed
them that liquor was the worst curse
in the world; that though he was a
drinking man he meant to vote dry ev.
cry time. He was allowed to talk un-
I'll everyone present realized the stu.
alton. then the director OF the exhibit
turned to the two defenders of per-
sonal liberty and remarked, "Gentle-
men, here is n sample Of the prod
uct of what you are advocating and
defending. How do you like the ex-
hlbltT" There was no reply and soon
they had disappeared, seeming to just
melt away in silence.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30

And so We firmly believe you do feel.
We all hear II repeated that patriotism s n
thing Of the past that our people have become
commerclazed; that the masses have no deep
rooted loyalty TO the country; that our rich men
put dollars above the obligations Of their citizen
ship; that our poor folk care little for the ideals
OF free governments that we Americans are de-
cadent In the virtues and valor which marked
our fathers
That is not true.
If there he any power in the world which plots
war against US Americans and promises itself vic.
tory over us on the assumption Of our decadence
IN loyalty, that power viii find how terrible was
its mistake when our country calls her sons to
battle in her defense.
We have, 1t Is true, In our capacity MS a col
lectlye people left undone things that should
have been done and done things which should
have been left undone and there is more truth
than there should be In much that is jeerngly
said by those who hate u.s.
We acknowledge that much Of our politics Of
fends common decency.
We see here and there, painful evidence Of cor
ruption among lawmakers and even among the
judges, who should know only justice and In
tegrty
We see rich men who do betray their country
and foul their hands and soil their souls with
most Infamous dealings and most shameful
profits.
We see Americans who do put the dollar above
every consideration OF right and duty, above the
claims Of our common humanity.
But while these things are true II Is true also
that the heart and conscience Of the American
people, take them as a nation, are sound and
sane and wholesome.
The blood Of our fathers still runs In the veins
Of their sons. The spirit Of the nation may in
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30
U. TROOPS MAY USE CACTUS FOR WATER

In the pursuit Of villa and his bandits through
the arid regions Of northern Mexico the United
States troops traversed q region whose only vege-
taton Is the barbed and forbdding cactus To
any but a cowboy or a trained plainsman of the
Southwest inhabitants themselves Of the cactus
belt" this plant seemingly has no more value than
the veriest weed, but 1t may well be that It may
prove Of great value TO the troops In the absence
Of water. fodder, or even food for human beings.
In the punitive expedition there are many COW
punchers Of the cactus belt serving as scouts,
and In the cowboy and the Indian of the South.
west the lOwy cactus has its greatest admirer for
they know what game struggle for lie this plant
has to make against an unlayed desert soil. Even
their ponies and cattle and the poor beasts of the
desert know Of these uses Of the cactus for water
and fodder, says the New York Herald.
There are some thousand varieties Of this mon.
strous vegetable family not counting the 300 VA.
rietes OF the agave, or century pant--incorrectly
included by many-ln northern Mexico The va
rieties Of the yucca palm and all other forms Of
vegetation known to the arid region have the same
faculty of sucking up from the soil every drop Of
the all too little moisture In ii and storing 1t up in
their tough and leathery leaves and roots
OF the many varieties perhaps the most remark
able Is that member Of the family known to those
schooed In desert craft MS the "water barrel" This
plant is shaped somewhat like a beer keg and is
about the sumo size. Through all the years of its
growth II has been soppng up what moisture the
famlshed earth contained and retaining IT, II is the
sole reliance Of desert dweers in time of drought,
and the troops far from water holes and with wa
ter scarce may yet be obliged to drink from It
The "water barrel" is tapped by sllcing or the
top with a sword or machete and pounding the
pulp until the water contained In 1t wells up into
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30
BAD JOKE.


"Alcohol as n food is Joke. and
rather bad joke at that" nfIirms DIR.
Woods Hutchinson.
"Alcohol does not do for us single
one of the things we think II does,
and 1t does q score of other things
which we have no idea OF when we
drink 1t.
"Thirty years ago we were blandly
confident that alcohol was food be-
cause il could be burned In the body.
Now, we know that the total amount
Of alcohol which can be burned In the
body in "a hours is only two
ounces, which would be about the same
amount of energy as one good slice OF
bread and butter; that is TO say, about
one-tenth of tha fuel required to keep
us alive.
"If we were IN attempt to use al
coh0l MS n serious source of nourlsh-
ment we should be blind drunk be-
fore we had taken more than one
fifth Of the amount needed for a days
ratlons.
Moreover, even in the small amount
which can be daily consumed and
burned up In the body, its poisonous
effects are at least 80 per cent greater
than its food value.
1t throws the body engine out of
gear almost twice as much as 1t puts
fuel into its fre-box. The amount of
malt taken with 1t in beer and fruit
sugars In wine are so triiling as to be
not worth counting In our days food
supply"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30
EVEN PENNSYLVANIA.

That supposedly impregnable strong
hold of llquordom, the state of Pennsyl-
vanla, is, like every other state Of the
Union, giving way before advancing
prohibition sentiment. Five years ago
1t had two dry counties; today 1t has
eleven. In 1911 there was one saloon
for every GS1 persons; today there is
one for every 1877. In 1911 there were
about 700 square miles Of dry terri
tory; today there are 12,30O. In 1911,
G0O00 people of the state lived In mo-
license territory; today there are
100000, nearly one-flfth Of the total
population. 1t is stated that Of the
LOO saloons In Philadelphia, 200 are
on the market. One broker advertises
that he has 100 for sale.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30

- - .OIer up EraUluue 10 lou
He reflected that across the Atlantic millions
Ct human beings were at that very moment en-
Eaged In the dreadful task Of killing other human
beings with every invention which ingenuity and
skill could bring forth from the Laboratories Of
science and the workshops OF industry.
In other lands ut that very moment tens OF
thousands upon tens Of thousands Of helpless
folk-feeble, aged men and women, mothers with
babes cinging convulsivey to their breasts, little
children sobbing In terror vast army Of the In
nOcent and the anguished-were enduring the ex-
a1pmides of exposure, of hunger and Of despair
rs they fed from their wasted farmsteads and
burning villages, escaping from the ptiless cruelty
Of savage men only TO lie down to suffer and die
Hoder the pltiless skies Of God In the winter and
the bitter storms.
kt that very moment most dreadful war hid
half the world In the blaclness Of Its darkness
and from that horrid cloud rained destruction
upon unhappy Europe-upon her ancient capitals,
upOn her pleasant cities, upon her villages her
fields, her temples, her treasures Of art upon all
the nccumuatons Of n thousand years Of genius,
OF learning, OF industry, Of skin and Of patient
advancement Of the happiness and the civilization
Of the race OF man.
SO he that considered an this wlckedness that
was being done under the sun, this drunken dance
OF death and hell above the fetid corpses and the
multitudinous graves, this awful nightmare Of In
GeScTih0hlc woe ana Wf0ln, S0u IN iOe DlIleTUeSS
Of his heart that no God ruled over such a maniac
world and there was no thanksgiving due TO the
Giver Of Gifts that were not good, but everyone
altogether evil.
And when the man had made an end OF his
thinking he went and stood In a window md
looked out upon the evening, because It was fair
60 see.
He saw in vision at that instant the vastness
OF the republic and the multitude Of the good and
happy folk who live under the shelter OF Its
strength He reflected how brief time had thus
Enagnlhed the works OF our pioneer fathers and
our pioneer mothers those brave and simple men
and women whose names should never be men
toned with anything but profound gratitude.
And to this American, glad with great pride
IN the deeds OF his people and the story Of his
country, and grateful to the Goodness which has
guided and sheltered his fathers and his folk,
lifted ~ his eyes to the night, TO the quiet stars,
to the brooding immensty above, and said In his
heart:
~Thank God that am an Amercanw
And citizens, that Is the one outstanding,
gpIendd fact for which each one of us should
soberiy and most gratefully thank God on Thanks
giving day this yenr.
The finest thing you possess or ever can pos
pess Is just your American citizenship 1t Is
neither necessary nor becoming, on this day or
On any other day, TO cheaper this birthrght Of
ours by brag or spreadeagle declamation.
Bnt 1t is highly becoming on this Thanksgiving
DAY to feel deep gratitude and a manly pride
in this heritage.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30

men turned out In n body to wish him good luck.
"'God bless you. ChareP Here's good luck to
you, Charer they shouted.
DO ! know him weT said one grizzled en-
ployee at Homestead. 'ls 1t Charlie Schwab you
meanl Shure, don't mind the first day he came
here? An didn't ! work wild him for years? Wild
him. mind you. Not for him. Shure, helped cut
the first piece of steel that ever went out Of this
mill. There isn't man here that don't give his
good will TO Charlie Schwub There'd he no strikes
In Ameriky II lvry boss was like him. The first
dny he come ] says TO him. says |, Have YOU
matchT II have four" says he, "an' you're well
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30
WHERE THEY CALL HIM "cHARLle."

Chnries NJ Schwab, the Bethlehem steel king, is
xrobaby the most beloved boss" in America. His
men say there would be no strikes If others were
,lke bin. The American Magazine prints an ar
s,c,e about him in which this occurs:
'.They call him Charlie at Homestead; he Is
htsnrlie' when he goes back there now to visit the
eboys' those who were there In the old days
he sim knows by name, and just how long they
have been on the job. When he went down to
Homestead to say goodby, after resIgnng as presi.
Asat of the Carnegie Steel company, five thousand
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30
IMPROVE CONDITIONS.

Labor unions of California sent rep
resentatlves to Seattle and Portland
to investigate conditions under prohl-
bition. They returned enthusiastic
for a law that is doing so much to
improve the conditions of the working
man.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30
WHAT SALOON SAYS.

Today the saloon says to the gov
ernment, "Don't bother me. The wuge-
workers Of this country have $4,000
600 In their pocketbooks that / want
to pick. You let me get at It and I'll
divide the swag with you."-Billy Sun
day.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30
Pure
Religion
BY REV. L. w. GOSNELL
Superintendent Of Men. Moody Bibls
Institute. Chicago

TEXT-Pure religion and undefiled be-
fore God the Father Is this. To visit tho
fatherless and widows In their affilction.
and to keep himself unspottod from the
world.-James l:27
We hear much OF social service to-
day and men quote our text as sane
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30

ton for 1t. We
believe this Scrip
ture does sane
tlon such service.
But some go so
far as to declare
that such service
Is the very heart
OF religion, that a
mans belief
counts for moth
Ing, but only his
deeds. and again
quote our text us
proof. On this
point we do not
believe the Scrip
ture sustain
them. Everything
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30
CALL THEM sKuNKs.

"why blind pigs? If they are to
be called after any animal call them
skunks. That Is the only animal that
dIspenses strong liquor without IL
cense."-Clarence True Wilson.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30
THE BRUTE.

Mrs. Willls-Wake up, Johnl Wake upi
Mr.. Wlllls-Whnts the matter?
Mrs. Willis hear harsh. grating noise.
think someone IL trying the door.
Mr.. Willis-Nonsense. It's sor1e rat trying thnl
cake you made today.--Llfe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30
uNANswERAsLE ARGUMENT.

"I have boy (or glrl) at home"
ought to be the unanswerable argu-
ment against the legallzed liquor traf'
lc for every man who is privileged to
be q father.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30

come to thlm," he says. "Thanksw says |. "whnt's
your name?' ITS Schwab," says he. "Charlie
Schwab| An faith, he'd give me a match
today as quick as he was after givin 1t 20 me
thin"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30
pRAISE HIN ,toro
This11o5b Precious
Gift

N AN evening Of this week 1t occurred
to a man, sitting alone In an upper
room, that Thanksgiving day was
right at hand. SO ne bestirred his
mind to consider those things for
which an American might sensibly
offer I'D gratitude to God.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30

OD be merc and bless and his shine upon
VI Seah That thy way may be known upon EARTH thy saving
health all nations Let the people praise Thee Go let all the
people praise Thee Then shall the Earth yield increase; and God
Cod shall bless God shall bless and all the ends
the Earth shall fear him. FvmAs6zhPam
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-30
INTERNATIONAL
SUNIGYSQlO0L
LESSON

tBy u. D. SELLERS, Acting Director OF
the Sunday School Course in the Moody
Bible Institute OF Chicago)
Copyright. 1915. Western Newspaper Union.)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-05-03
WATER MAIN RESOLUTION

Be it Resolved, by the Com
mon Council Of the City Of Red
wood Falls, that a Water Main
6 inches in diameter be laid
and constructed through the
streets of said City of Redwood
Falls as follows:
Commencing at a point on
Finn Street One hundred and
eighty feet (180 ft.) west Of the
west line Of Minnesota Street
thence west on Finn to the in
tersection Of Finn and Ramsey
Streets thence North on Ram
sey Street to connect with water
main at the intersection of Ram
sey and Broadway Streets; that
the cost thereof be levied and
assessed by a special assessment
upon the property upon both
sides Of the streets and abut-
ting on such improvements of
an equal sum per front foot
without regard to cash valua-
ton.
Dated April goth, 1916.
c.. A. Luscher,
Mayor.
Attest: H. w. Ward,
City Recorder. 4O-2t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-05-03
BESSIE, MOLLY AND BILL

We once had a correspondent
in a little town who had the fault
/ of forgetting to give the names
of the people about whom he
wrote. He would say: "Our gen.
ial postmaster" or zone of our
old citizens" instead of giving
the name. He had been repeated
" cautioned about this, and told
to be sure, above all else, to get
the names of his people. One
day he sent in the story of a
big wind storm which had passed
over the village, and added:
John Smiths barn was blown
down, and three of his finest
cattle were killed. Their names
were Bessie and Molly and Bill. ;"
Elk.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-05-03
Sewer Resolution

Be it resolved by the Common
Council of the City of Redwood Falls,
that sewer six co. inches in diane
ter be laid and constructed through
the streets of said City of Redwood
Falls, as follows: Commencing at the
intersection Of Mill and Finn streets
thence running south on Mill street
two hundred and seventy feet (27O
ft.) Commencing at the intersection
OF Mill and Finn streets thence run
ming west on Finn street to point
sixty feet go ft.) east of the east
line of Ramsey street. That the cost
thereof be levied and assessed by a
special assessment upon the property
upon both sides of the street and
AUDITING on such improvements of an
equal sum per front foot without re-
gard to cash valuation.
Dated this 10th day Of April. 1916.
c.. A. LUSCHER,
Mayor.
Attest: H. w. WARD,
City Recorder. 41-3t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-05-03
NORTHWESTERN TIME
TABLE

No. 81 arrives 1880 a. M.
except Sunday.
No. 81 leaves 1915 p. m.
except Sunday.
No. 60 arrives Ais p. m. daily
No. ga leaves 4:50 p. m. daily
SUNDAY ONLY
No. 65 arrives 1890 p. m.
No. &C leaves 1850 p. m.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-05-03
NORTH REDWOOD
Crowded out last weekly

VIM. Simondet home.
The Hackman family of Red !
wood Fails spent Sunday at Mrs.
Christ Shafer.
Alfred Page, of Minneapolis,
spent a few days of last week
with his mother, Mrs. Celia
Page. i
Edna Gafney, of Redwood
Falls, spent Thursday evening
with June Sampson.
Fred Schleuter and Edward
Girth autoed to Franklin Sun
day. y
The North Redwood Ladies
Aid was entertained at the home
of Miss Louise Weiss Thursday
of last week.
Paul Lindeman, Of Waverly,
Mimi, spent Easter Sunday at
his home, returning to Waiver
ly Monday morning.
Ralph Hutchinson, Of Red
wood Falls, was appointed mail
carrier for route L.
Mrs. Dick Hoskin and chill
dren of Belview, spent a few
days of last week with her
mother, Mrs. Wolff, returning
to Belview Monday.
Mr.. Rivers, of Minneapolis,
was a North Redwood caller the
first part of the week.
Misses Mable and Lena Stew
ems of Morton, visited their
aunt, Mrs. Ci1as. Fleischer, last
J week.
Leroy Henze, of Sioux City,
Iowa, spent Easter Sunday with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Shoe
maker, of this place. Mr.. Hen
re returned Sunday evening.
Chas. Huweiller attended the
funeral of Mr.. Schoep Of st.
Peter Wednesday of last week:
Mr.. Huweiller is a grandson OF
the deceased. In company with
his mother, who has been at ST.
Peter for some time, Mr.. HUI
weller returned home Friday.
Miss Emma Zwemke returned
home from Sykeston, n. D.,
where she has been visiting her
brothers, Walter and Erwin.
Mr.. Lukens and Douglas War
ner of Redwood Falls high school
taught manual training at the
North Redwood school Thurs
day.
William and Melba Neil of
Delhi were guests at the S. s.
Castle home Sunday.
Minnie Lindeman spent Fri
day and Saturday with Crystal
Shoemaker Of Renville County.
Mr.. Airs, who was employed
at the North Redwood creamery,
left Thursday, Mr.. Cutler TAX
ing his place.
Mrs. Gus. Teick of near Delhi
called at the Joe Huweiller home
Sunday.
Misses Martha and Bertha
Simondet returned from Mime
apolis Friday.
Miss Carrie Seebeck returned
to her home the latter part of
the week after spending several
weeks with friends in the north
ern part of this state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Llnde-
man of Renville County called
at the S. J. Sampson home Sun
day.
The Chas. and Henry Simon
Diet families were Sunday guests
at the VIM. Simondet home.
Mr.. and Mrs. JOS. R. Keefe
spent Sunday at the Leo Ham,
mer home at Redwood Falls.
Fritzie Whitman, of Mime
apolis, spent his spring vacation
at the F. M. Shoemaker home,
returning to Minneapolis Satur-
day.
Mrs. Penhall and Mrs. L.
Brown of Morton were Thurs
day afternoon guests of Miss
Louise Weiss.
Miss Elsie thinner returned
to her home in Renville Coun-
ty Monday.
Miss Helen Stewart, of Red
wood Falls, spent Sunday even
ing with Eva Henze. Miss Stew
art and Miss Henze left for
Mortified on the Monday morn
ing train, where both girls at
tend Carleton College.