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The Glasgow courier., 1916-01-07
they were placed on feed.

they were placed on feed.
Cali at once feeders awakened to
a realization of the condition that
confronted them. They began dump
ing their cattle on the market, as we'll
as the hogs which they had counted
on fattening after the steers. This
accounts for the decentralization of
both the cattle and the hog markets
at the present time.
Gas result of this condition the
buyers will be unable to obtain their
supply of spring beef from their GUS
tomary sources and must look else
where.
Montana feeders should reap the
benefit of the scarcity that is bound
to prevail. Information received by
this office, however, is that only from
one-haf to two-thirds as many cattle
are being fed in the state as last
year. Many Montana feeders lost
money on their operations last year
and the year before. This is one rea-
son why fewer cattle are being fed.
Another is that in some parts of the
state the hay crop was spoiled. A
third reason is because bankers, who
were carrying some of the feeders in
previous years, absolutely declined to
advance dollar for the purchase of
any cattle costing over six cents a
pound. The cattle were not to be had
at this price,"
The Glasgow courier., 1916-01-07
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

George w. Lyons and Essie M.
Storing, both of Hinsdale; Lanski L.
Smith Of Glenburn, North Dakota,
and Goldie E. Millington of Crisco,
Iowa; Milton c. McGonigle and De-
borah A. G. Hartley, both Of Glen
tana; Charles w. F. Spiller of Saco
and Carrie R. Satterlee of Glasgow:
New Britain herald., 1916-05-31
A GALLANT SOLDIER DIES.

Fifty years of time tend nightly to change the complexion of things Thus 1t Is that the Memorial Day which witnessed the death of Col
 John Singleton Mosby, the famous cavalry leader of the Confederacy, softened the memory of his many severe blows struck against the Northern Army, and ushered him
 from this world in dramatic style. It was fitting that the famous old raider should finish his career when services were being held throughout the cour- try for those whom he had harassed and hampered in the heydey of his youth. The man who died yesterday at the age of eighty-two was as loyal to the reunited nation as any man who fought against the South in the war between the states. When that conflict was over, Col Mosby became ever wore the blue.
 There were men marching in the parades of yesterday who came in
 close contact with the dashing Mosby
 will be written high on the pages of
 history, for he accomplished things
 when fighting for his beloved South that few men would ever attempt. When the war broke out he was a young lawyer practicing in Bristol, Va. There had been no military tac- tics in his early training and his only l asset in this direction was a marked ability at horsemanship. He got in the first fighting at Bull Run and
 during a lapse in fighting after that
 organized his famous Rangers, a little
 body of cavalrymen that, did more
 than any other agency to neutralize
 the forces of the North. Some of the
 daring deeds of these men have never been equaled. The one feat that made Mosby famous was his capture of General Stoughton from the midst of the Federal forces. The intrepid Mosby penetrated the lines of the Union Army with only force of twenty-nine men and stole the General and several of the guard. Acts such as this were what made his name hated throughout the North while the war was in full swing. A price had been put on his head and had he been caught John Mosby
New Britain herald., 1916-05-31

would have gone to his reward long before now.
 But Mosby knew how to exercise his genius. His motto was, Tt is better to make a good run than. a bad stand" and whenever he and his rangers were in danger of being cor ralled, he disbanded them for a time and later reorganized. His men were supplied only with six-shooters and bowie knives, but they were adept in the handling of these weapons and before the end of their work 1t was the boast of Mosby that he possessed captured by himself and his men. He captured millions of dollars worth of supplies and destroyed property of untold value. He once cut Sheridan's S railroad communication, burned all the railroad trains in the northern tier of Virginia, and continually har- assed the invading army. That was the Mosby of war times. When peace was declared and he was received back into the affairs of the reunited nation he became as honorable a citizen as he was a fearless and gal lant soldier. He never held deep in his heart hatred for the North, but became reconciled to the changed order of things and later looked upon slavery as an extravagant economical proposition. He served the United States as consul at Hongkong and when his death occurred his name was carried on the roster of the De- partment of Justice as an assistant to the Attorney General. Colonel Mosby was big and brave and broad minded enough to change his opinion on a subject that was near and dear to his heart. In after years there may be many men now tensely wrapped up in the European war who will find comfort in the example set by this fearless leader of the South.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-31
Not Startling, But Tr,e

Some day, to ob1ige those who saw WA
 refuse To publish the good and the tr,,e
 things as news, We'll make an endeavor, we'll strive
 hard to please And give them some stories with
 headlines like these: "The Wilson's have not yet considered
 divorce.'' The stars through last night all kept
 true to their course.' NO trains on the Reading were
 wrecked or derailed.'' No superintendents of Sunday
 schools jailed" TT. R. all last year did not steal one
 red cent,'' Big bank gets back two hundred dol
 lars 1t lent" NO Japanese ships are bombarding
 our cOaSt.' "An Broadway hotels still serve
 poached eggs on toast" No earthquake shakes Boston, New
 York or Fort B1iss'' "Young couple, engaged seal the pact
 with a kiss.' '"Ten tens make one hundred and
 cannot make less.'' Bill Bryan was sober when we went
 to press.'
 c. E. E., in the New York Sum- .
New Britain herald., 1916-05-31

pei to half-drowned men as well as to salvage them from a watery bier. A few misogynists might prefer to re-
 main in the water but most of the rescued, no doubt, will be readier to accept the doctrine of salvation at the
 hands of their fair professors who have just given it a practical, this worldly complication. Edna May, as a Salvation Army Iassie, used to sing of the lads who, under preteXt of fol- lowing the light, followed her. Ger tain it is that many a man has seen the glow of genuine consecration in the face of a loyal soldier of the army. man or woman, and has mended his ways in the reflex of that inspiration. The Salvation Army life guards will not undertake their twofold guards in a spirit of frivolity and in throwing out the lifeline they will stand fast and keep the faith with their ideals.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-31

too apparent. Here was railroad officer of over 80 years of age talking in terms of railroad management long relegated to the scrap heap. President Smiths idea was the old and dangerous meddling with state legislatures, the defeat of supposedly hostile legislation, not by the frank and convincing appeal to the right thinking public, but by political con- l tributions or what MT. Smith euphe- mistically calls "strong measures to protect it's property from conf1sca-
 tion." He does not see that the day for this policy Is past. He Is think ing in terms of 20 years ago, and,
 like the Bourbons, has apparently
 learned nothing and forgotten noth-
 ing.
 Not by such means as this can the
 railroads secure justice from the
 elected representatives of the people. They have long since entered upon a campaign of education, and in spite of hampering restrictions and regula- tiOn tending in some cases to develop into the most inefficient and tyranni- cal form of management, they have reaped important advantages and bid fair in the future to gain still more.
 From the point of view of modern
 railroad mana cement, President
 Smith is dead and does not know it.
 Railroads have no business in politics
 in the sense he evidently designs.
 Such activities deservedly create dis
 trust and hostility. They cost in comparably more than any temporary advantage can be worth. It says much for the development of public opin
 ion In it's relation to our great carry
 ing industry that it has declined to take MT. Smith seriously
New Britain herald., 1916-05-31
MORE DIGHTS.

any consideration of the pro- D Gay White. Way members of Common Council might we'll Ter over what a brilliantly led thoroughfare means to a city Fize of New Britain. A trip tgh some of the nearby towns villages serves to bring out the rtance of a Main street that is
 ubmerged in darkness after the ks of night have fallen. There
 maIIer places than New Britain serve as good comparisons on Fcore; there are larger cities too
 bring out the advantages of tdful illumination Insofar as lroposed new lighting system for street will be more economical the present arrangement there |d be no hatting, or marking over it's adoption. With a we'll Id Main street, with the growing ftons that will naturally follow bod of light, New Britain need
 apologies to no city in the
New Britain herald., 1916-05-31

went to the Klondike and became rich and has since studied sociologi- cal problems and worked in the at- tempt to solve them in Chicago and elsewhere. The Progressive conven- tion meets in the same city Chicago, and on the same day, June 7, as the republican convention.
 mind barren, amusement. Of course it has obvious satisfactions, ITO be pointed at by the finger of men," albeit the pointing finger may sometimes take a coarsely comic di- rection in reference to the nose, is an ancient longing. Fame is the spur" and the Dark Horse feels 1t digging in his Hanks Besides, there are con- solation prizes. If you miss the nomination for president, which you never expected save as a miracle, and that for vice president, really a place too small for your abilities, why, you may be an ambassador some day in recognition of your handy batch of votes At any rate, nothing can rob you of your niche in Flames proud temple, alias Who's Who," the po- litical almanacs, and '"The History of Presidential Elections; "In RepubIi- can convention of 1916 received 12 votes for president on the first bal lot" There is a testim onial of glory for statesman to bequeath as rich legacy unto his issue.
 Favorite Sons do a great deal of good to others, if not much to themselves. Think of the boomers they employ, the itinerant advance and inquiry agents, the strong corps Of managers, paid enthusiasts, fore casters, Literature" men, down to the hearty humble "stamper," whose function Is to express tumultuous ap- plause with his feet. And what a blessing they are to the brass band industry, let alone the button and fiambeau artists and the retailers of red fire!
 The Favorite Sons bands Chicago will vibrate with their emulous roar There will be more bands in Chi cago than there are policemen" says an expert on the spot; "every state that has a Favorite Son will have a band from every town" Honest con- tributions of wind to brass, perspir- ing, apoplectic; glorious drum ma jors if any worthy successors of that giant race be still left to gladden. the hearts of boys; strong smiters of the bass, and cunning conjurers with the snare drum, we salute you! Beauti- full is your generously subsidized state pride, sonorous your appeal to the tympanum. Boom, boom, boom! This way to the upertranscendental, megalodontical bron- tozoic thypermega egatherium conglom erated concatenation of Favorite Sons! Boom, boom, boom!
New Britain herald., 1916-05-31
MethOdists and Worldly Amusements.
 (NeW York WOrld).

(NoW OrK w OTlO).
 In voting by a decisive majority not to relax the church rule against danc- ing, card-playing and theater-going the Methodist General Conference maintains it's unalterable opposition to worldly amusements among it's members. The favorable vote of the Conferences representing New York, of liberal tendency which reflects the influence of city life, but in the main the church remains true to the discipline of it's founder.
 That a strict code of personal con- duct adapted to the conditions of an- other and less tolerant century should reta1n It's vitality in the face of the periodical assaults on it by progress slVe church members reveals the in herent conservatism of Methodist Church policy. Apparently the ban on what to other church organizations are innocent amusements has in no way lnterfered with the growth of thls denomination. As against the 2'|oo'ool Methodist Episcopal com mun1cants in 1900, there are now 3,6O3,265.
 HIS i9 growth comparing favor aolN Wl'n Chat of any other religious org hlzatlol' and one tending to re- Lute the theory that a church to lo11rlSh must necessarily let down the old bars Of obedience. It furnishes an interesting reverse to the common picture of liberalism and "ad1,arcad- religious profession
New Britain herald., 1916-05-31
ALLIANCES.

an President Wilson suggested Saspeech before the League to Se Peace that the United might enter into , a sort of #aI association with the nations world in order that unjust night be forestalled and peace sd he was taken { to task by in many parts of the nation. Rgton's farewell address was D for his benefit and the ad- bn therein contained that there De no "entangling alliances fought before the gaze Of the Chief Executive. Yesterday |ngton cemetery in his Memo- hv address President Wilson Dokt to explain his previous re-
 and set his critics right. He .s.I shall never myself consent
 efstangling alliance; but assent to a disentangling
New Britain herald., 1916-05-31
Getting Under Way. Washington Star.)

Oh, the old band wagon
 They are fixing it anew, And our pace will not be laggin'
 When they haul it into view. The elephant is Whooping
 And the donkey lifts a tune. The processions will come trooping
 Through the country pretty soon. Where the gilt began to tarnish
 They are polishing with care, They are putting on the varnish
 As for travel they prepare We will shout and tell the story
 Of it's splendor through the land As it hauls a load of glory
 To the music of the band.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-31
Just Buttons.
(NeW York Sun. )

Outside of China, where they indi- | cate rank, buttons are just buttons. But men who have studied the sub | ject say that they represent modern l civilizations; that since their appear ance in Europe in the thirteenth cen- tury they have been employed by the most enlightened people as the pro- per way of holding clothes together. Savages use strings or sticks and the Orient uses hooks
 Tn it's efforts to keep up with civ- l ilization the United States has pro- | duced more than $2O,OOO,OOO worth 1 of buttons in the last year that the l census man has accounting of. But tons are not carried over from one year to another; they either go out of style or. like pins. are lost. This means that buttons to the incompre- hensible number of eight thousand million were made for our use in a year. Here is a greater quantity than was made in the memorable era Of the industry when Birmingham but ton millionaires were as common as Pittsburgh steel magnates are today. when men and women covered their clothes with fortunes in the baubles and plunged in buttons as they did in tulip bulbs or Mississippi bubbles.
 Women are now the greatest users of buttons and they have the great est choice in material; agate, bone, celluloid, glass, horn, ivory, pearl and shell. Man, however, takes bone or horn for his coat and vest and pearl or shell for his white waist coats. He uses fewer white buttons than formerly. But in one division of the industry he is superior. The 7OO,OOO,OOO trouser buttons are all his.
 Woman has taken his hat, coat, boots and socks. but she has not got his button, his badge of civilization, his right to vote and rule. Not yet, It is the badge of the fighting man, of preparedness and efficiency. An American correspondent at the be- ginning of the war looked at the extra set of buttons on the trousers of the German soldiers and prophe- sled they would overrun Belgium and reach Paris. More buttons, and they might have done it.
 A blow to buttons as sereve as when the Mennonites, Ammanites and Dunkards no fighting men among
 
 ern men took to belts, Sectional strife and prejudices lurked in the question. In ante-convention days of 1912, when the agricultural picture of the great Nebraskan appeared, some Fasteners jeered at the sus- penders. Nebraska stood as a man for suspenders; likewise Kansas, pointing to old John Brown and cheered on by William Allen White; also a few of the Southern states. Belt Wearers were tdudes,' denizens of the 'effete East," laggards in civ ilizatlon, traitors to the sex, fit to rank with the willow withed savage or the miserable, hooked up Tibetan.
 We are in favor of buttons; they are necessary, often important. And if the census man would tell the world which political button will be favored by the majority of voters next November he might save the country money sweat and voice.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-31
The Mythical or Seni-Mythical Old
 Guard.

We are hearing a good deal just now about the "Old Guard" and it's sinister intentions in contemporary Republican politics.
 By the way, speaking in terms of nineteen hundred and sixteen, what is this alleged Old Guard?
 Who constitute it.fwI1o are it's, lead- CTS, who are its rank and file, where Is it, what is it, what does it want to do to the country?
 Answers to these questions which SpeclfE the Hon. William Barnes of Albany will not be considered. &5
 If the Hon. William Barnes is the Old Guard, he, at least, is safely locked up at present in the Old Guardhouse
New Britain herald., 1916-05-31
THE TIME TO DECIDE.

len Colonel Roosevelt sounded pctrine of "Amerfcanisrn" at It the while he fayed those who kome other land over and above Fterests of the United States, he
 g, chord of popularity in the
 of many people and there those who saw in his utterances i for another term. Yesterday dressed a great gathering in Is City on Preparedness" and ery utterance was happy, con- B, calculated to draw to him votes. Today he Is in St. Louis
 he promises to deliver a speech
 punch" something that will out over and above everything thus far said. And all the the time is drawing near when ors of the Republican National bton will be thrown open in 10 one week from today. It no pafrof. magic spectacles to pt the sGplonel and his advisers Fent upon capturing the Grand
 rty. They are out gunning for Ed Guard. Some time ago it
 have been doubted by those
 10 not know the intricacies of
 that the Colonel would 'ac-
 e nomination if tendered"; but Here is no excuse for anyone not z the entire working plan. The Relt campaign is In full swing
 rounded out in maturity, and
 the interim before the con- h. That is the significant fact Bands out in the whole situation. 3l be remembered that the |fl was loath to lend his name @ primaries, that he issued a Aent in which he declared him. Hposed to getting into the game; e was overrtden by his henoh- #ho placed his name on the bal @hat he satd at Trinidad that he #be willing to run for the presi- 4 if the people were heroic & to accept him. That Is the Xon of the Roosevelt boom to # He has not yet foresworn his
 ssfve tendencies, for he voted
 caxet not long ago at Oyster
 Brt he is out for. the Republi-
 pGmnation- And from all ap-
 Ices ~Ro osevelt' is bent on get
 bat nomination or repeat the
 performance thab split the Re-
 n party in 19i2. The ques-
 raathe only question, is: Are
 a1fne Republicans going to let
 tt away with it?', These are
 ys-sfn which to make the de-
New Britain herald., 1916-05-31

l alliance, an alliance which would l disentangle the peoples of the world | from those combinations in which 1 they seek their own separate private { interests, and unite the people of the 1 world to preserve the peace of the ! world upon a basis of common right and justice. There is liberty there,
 not limitation. There is freedom, not | entanglement. There is the achieve ment of the highest things for which
 the United States has declared it's
 principles
 There Is no gainsaying the fact
 that "Europes set of primary in- terests. which to us have none or a very remote relation" are as far from becoming entangled in any alliance brought about by Woodrow Wilson as they were by George Washington When the Father of the Country voiced his sentiments and set up a theory that has lived to this day and
 will live to the end of time he
 viewed the entire world situation from a different angle than that pre-
 sented now. Woodrow Wilson sit-
 ting In the place of George Washing
 ton is brought face to face with a
 series of facts that the great father
 of this country foresaw but never
 lived to realize. Even had entire
 Europe been seething and boiling
 With the same degree of intensity
 one hundred and twenty years ago as
 1t Is today there would not be the
 same conditions prevalent. Then the
 Atlantic Ocean was the greatest line
 of defense the United States had, the
 best 1t needed. Now, with the great
 modern inventions the submarine,
 the fast cruising batt1eships, the
 ocean is a mere barrier of four or
 five days duration, and Europe Is at the door of the United States. So 1t is that without courting any en- tangl1ng alliances with any of the nations of Europe President Wilson sees fit to suggest some sort of dis entangling alliance for the guaranty of world peace.
 Woodrow Wilson has defined the spirit of America. He has put a definition on 1t that may we'll be studied and memorized by every citizen of the nation, whether foreign or native born, and by those people who are living here with the intent of becoming part of our people, There is no other nation on the earth bu1lded upon the same principles on which the United States stands. There Is no other power so magnif- cent. The many who come to these shores year after year do not at first | realize the ambitions of this country. it's unself1sh spirit, it's wonderful generoustty. It can never be meas ured by the ideals of the Old World | for 1t is separate and distinct from | any nation on the other side of the waters. It was set up as a great Garden Spot where men might live under government of their own. To know America, to love America, it Is necessary that all entangling personal alliances with other nations be swept off the boards.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-31
Raymond Robins of Chicago will

Raymond Robins of Chicago will be temporary chairman of the Pro- gressive national convention. The selection was made by unanimous vote of the national executive com mittee meeting in New York The only others considered were Govern or Hiram Johnson of California and Oscar s. Straus of New York. Robins is a picturesque figure and an effec- tive orator of the fiery type. He start ed life as coal miner in Illinois,
New Britain herald., 1916-05-31

The Bulgarian invasion of Greece, which it had often been said would the latter's entry into the war would become inevitable, has taken place with the consent of the Greek gov
 ernment, although the Greek people may have the final say in the matter.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-31
An Old Railroad President. Who Has Fallen Behind the Proces
sion.
(Wall Street Journal) )

It is significant that fortnight or more after his evidence was given before the interstate commerce com mission, President Milton Smith of the Louisville and Nashville has evoked no serious comment, even from those newspapers who little love the railroads. or the bankers who sometimes control them. The archaic nature of his theories was
New Britain herald., 1916-05-31

They are known to favor the French and hate the Bulgarians. Tn giving consent and explaining it to the dip- donates at Athens King Constantine's government stated that no other course was left open to Greece after she had made similar concessions to the entente powers in the past. '"Greece has no option to act other wise," a Greek statesman is quoted