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least is on Its way to you. Each one of our 16 cantonments, where the new national army is being trained, is
 using more than a million sheets of this paper every month In the draft army alone that means 16,000,000 fila ments of love every month reaching out from the great encampment where the men are being trained into the greatest army this nation has ever dreamed and binding them to the hearts at home Multiply that by thinking of all the other places where Uncle Sam has men with the fag-in navy yards, on the high seas, in arse nals and officers training camps and "Over There" in France. In all these places men are writing home Those unassuming little sheets of notepaper gladden. millions of hearts a day
 They transfer more love from one
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part of the world to another than sta tistics can express Statistics are pretty poor anyway when 1t comes to reckoning in terms of love and human tenderness. Let's put 1t this way: That the Y. M. c. A. is the biggest ex- press company the world has ever seen, and the parcels 1t Is handling are the loves and devotions of human beings.
 Worlds Best Loved Trademark.
 This war Aas made us think hard and fast. Your boy or your neigh bor's boy or some boy you know anu love has been called to do his share in the big job of policing the world fo. democracy and human liberty. Is i. any comfort to you to know that wher ever his duty may call him your boy will nave friend that will serve him in body. mind and soul? Are you glad to know that this friend will place books and magazines at his disposal. organize classes to teach him what ever he wants to learn, give him a pocket testament and invite him to join religious meetings of the fal, that he was brought up in? Did you realize that the association provides athletic equipment for his fayorite games, teaches him games If he knows none and holds concerts, lectures. movies, Bible classes, dramatic enter al xuh a some amusement to keep him interest ed? Are you glad to know that this friend will go with him overseas, help to shield him from a score of difficult and dangerous temptations and follow him right up to the front line trench and beyond it? The last contact the soldier has with this life he loves so we'll is a cup of tea given him by the Y. M c. A free just before he goes lover the top" to hand to hand strug gle with the enemy. And as he comes tottering back from No Mans Land. wounded. but strong enough and plucky enough to keep on his feet, even before his wounds are dressed the Y. M. c. A. is waiting for nim with tea and sweet chocolate, the great com. forts of the man in the trenches. Do you wonder that the Red Triangle is called "the best loved trademark ia the world?" One soldier in France has called it the last evidence that any. body cares"
 If every thinking citizen could see with his or her own eyes something of the actual work being done for our men by the association there would be no question of the Y NJ c. A. having to appeal to the public for money Rather than let this essential work falter for an instant rich men would sell their motorcars, poor men wolLf
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Cash Reward
FOR LOST RED HEIFER

One red heifer with white spot in each plank. about l 5e years old, marked -u0derbit and over- bit in right and\underbit in left. Strayed from the { Whipporwill Farm, 6 miles south of Brinkley. about Aug; l5sr, and was last seen going north towards Brink ley. Is probably on bolton range. Cash reward will gladly be paid for any information leading to recovery. Address
 c. H. Myers.
 R. F. D., Brinkley. Ark. Nov. l, 1917.
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h each of :s.se a soldier was strum-
 hing on a piano; others were reading
 lpks and ma gaines; hundreds were
 riting etters home Behind the
 nised counter at oLe end three or four
 lpung . ren were busy passing out
 lptepaper and envelopes. selling
 rnmps and weighing parcels. which he men were sending home. One of he soldiers said to me as l stood in
 he tent used chiefly by men from |hwa: We came all the way here
 tOm Des Mclnes, and we were mighty
 bney Then we found this Y. M. C..
 !. on the job, and it's been a home
 nd more than a home to us. It gave
 G what we wanted when we needed
 \ most. We'll never forget 1t. The boys best friend Is the Y M. c. A."
 Fine, clean-Cut. Upstanding Fellows. How close those benches were pack |sd with men, bending over the long Fables absorbed in their writing! What an appeal to the sympathies
 hose great groups of soldiers make! Fine clean-cut. outstanding fellows. Dne of them mere boys, one thinks [nmediately of the sacrifice they have made for the rest of us and how pre- |uOus they are to some one back home. |@mewhere, in far off farm or village |N city street, there are parents or Brothers or wives who would give all |aey possess for one glimpse of those |nnburned faces as you and see |hem on their last night before goip. 'Iross. And 1t was with a throb or |he heart that l watched them, bent |S'er their letter paper. in one after |snother of those seven big tents.
 These were the tents of the Y. M. C.. IA On that last night in America the association was serving the soldiers ln the best of all ways-giving them |n opportunity to write home. On previous nights they had enjoyed box as bouts. movies. concerts. dramatics sad score of healthy entertainments " well as religious meetings. But on ak last night home ties were strong al And perhaps that is the keynote M the splendid work the Y. M. c. A. { doing among our men in uniform teeping them in touch with home.
 Maolc Words, "With the coIors."
 h these times there are some let efs that mean more to us than any se have ever read before. They are 'lllten on sheets of paper stamped 'pn the Stars and Stripes and the Na triangle of the Y M. C.. A.. and ssy pear the magic words. With the s0'ors" There are many more than million such letters in the mails now 'aae you read this. Perhaps one at
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. was evening on the broad ' Hampstead Plain, Long Island, " where the Rainbow division was
 -.,dipg it's last night before embark \. for France. It had been raining
 s.a in the afternoon-a cold, steady rmmn downpour-and there was r,bing to suggest the rainbow in the
 .,rard aspect of the camp. Lines {, lines of sodden canvas housed raoO men. gathered from 27 different s,tes The ground was dotted with ..ls and quagmires. Under the wet r,vas 1t was damp and cold, with a
 .retrating chill. Lit by flickering r,dles. the tents were far from cheer \ shelter for a mans last night in h native land.
 put there were seven big tents ,ssre electric lights, numbers and sendlness made the night pleasant.
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torego coveted possessions or even ne cessities The work mus. go on, be- cause there Is no one thing that con tributes so much to the spirit and eff fciency of the troops. The r. NJ C. A. Is working night and day to help the government win this war And every penny that is given to aid the work is direct assistance to the health. happiness and strength of your boy and mine
 Snapshots of kaleidoscopic Work
 In all the big cities in France where our men pass through in large num- bers. the Y M C. A is operating meals al a minimum cost In London the American NJ. c. A. mas erected 6 large building for our soldiers and clubhouse for American officers.
 There are Y NJ C A. dugouts right behind the front line trenches, where the soldiers can get hot drinks, crack CTS and otser m OTIS at all hours
 Over 2.00o men who had been reject ed on account of physical disability have been abe to get into the British army by reason of the physical work of the British NJ C. A.
 A fleet of motor cars leaves the big r. NJ C. A headquarters in London at midnight every night to pick up sol diers who are wandering about the streets without any wholesome lodging in which to spend the night These cars are operated by Englishwomen of position and refinement. who report that they never meet any discourtesy at the hands of the soldiers The i'm portance of this service can be esti- mated by the fact that at least 50,000 soldiers are on leave in London every week Over half of these sleep in Y. M C. A beds every night
 Entertainment on Vast Scale.
 The Y M. C. A has erected big auditorium, seating 5000, in each of the big draft camps, and huge chautau- qua tents, seating 2,500 in the other encampments The association Is run ming a 22 week entertainment circuit among the camps and is paying 16 comp panies of entertainers, who are travel.ng to 30 camps performing be- fore the men.
 In each of the draft camps the Y. M c. A. has ten secretaries engaged in educational work The association is seeing to it that every man who cannot speak English is taught to do so In many of the camps the asso- citation has a singing director, who Is teaching the men to sing the popular and martial airs that do so much to keep up their spirits.
 Of GA Y. M. c. A. men at Camp Dix only three are being paid full sal aries. In all the camps the majority of the Y. M. c. A. men have left lucra- tive positions to do this work simply because its appeal is irresistible to any red blooded man. Harry Lauder, the famous Scotch singer and come dian, now on his farewell concert tour in the United States. is giving all his spare time to the service of the asso- ciation and Is singing to the soldiers at all the camps he can reach.
 In one of the draft camps the Y. M. c. A. is supervising athletics on 120 playing fields. providing full athletic equipment. The winners of the inter- regimental games will play the cham pions of the other camps.
 One of the greatest services render ed by the association is the making
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Possibility of Human Voice.

It is said that the singing of Jenny Lind once spurred bird perched in tree to sing in attempted rivalry; perhaps cantatrice who could sing in the tenth octave would bring forth a concert of voices from the crickets and katydids, while lifting her human hearers into new heaven of har- mony.
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|llion Letters In the Mails Today
 |karing Magic Words "With the Co|oTs'
yuote of the Splendid Work the Y.M.C.A Does Among Our Men In Uniform Is Keeping Them In Touch With the Folks at Home.
rlNpED WITH STARS AND STRIPES AND RED TRIANGLE

ous Ways in Which the Association Appeals Your Boy Your Neighbors Boy or Some Boy You Know and Love Creates Helpful Environment in Canonmen Way Overseas in Front Line Trench and Beyond-Firs Aid He Toeng BacGive Your Share of the S3500000 Required Accomplish This Last Evidence That Somebody Cares
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-03
STEERNS CHASSlS.KNlGHT
MOTOR GREAT COMBINATION
Successful improvements Wear Out
Criticism Attempted
Year AGO.

Twenty years ago the r r. S,earns
company started 20 manufacture mo-
tor cars commercially. In 1907 u
ranked among the few builders Of
high-grade pOppet valve cars. securing
a national reputation with the famous
Stearns $3.50 model.
j was In this period that they real
lied the absolute necessity for a 81
leutly operating motor and began their
Investigations of the knight principle
In 1905 they commenced their first
experiments with the sleeve valve
knight motor. and. after three years
Of exhaustive tests and close compari-
son, adopted II without reserve. In
1911, therefore they had the privilege
Of introducing 20 the public Americas
first Knighf-mOtOred car.
In that car. and In every succeeding
model. they have produced what they
believe % be the utmost in motor car
construction. combining the finest fea-
lures Of the sleeve valve motor with
long recognized sturdincss Of Stearns
chassis design.
When they first adopted the knight
motor they encountered the same
storm Of criticism that greeted Daim-
Panhard Of France. Minerva Of Bel
gium and score Of standard Euro
pean manufacturers who have in
dOrsed this type of engine
With them they went steadily ahead
while the opposition and criticism
gradually wore themselves out.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-03
PROPOSED TAX WOULD
BANKRUPT HUPMOBILE.
Profits Only One and One
Tenth Per Cent, Yet Bill
Calls for Five.

WASHINGTON. May Zs-The hear
.nss before the finance committee Of
the United States senate are bringing
'1 lFht many figures that VIII be con-
.dere1 as proof that certain manu-
f-ctlTers are giving purchasers a
.g-are deal-that buyers are getting
quality Instead Of paying inflated
prices
one ~ these IN particular IS the
H-pmOoie company. manufacturers
of the HupmobNe
This company produced figures 10
fAow that In 1916 they did slightly
more than ten million dollars worth
~ business iu their sales departme ent.
with net pront Of only one and one
tenth per cent
The proposed recommending bill
nov being thrcshcd out in the house
Imposes straight five per ceutum
tax Du automobiles at the factory, and
ttf Hlpm ObIle company sent its rep
r. cn'auve 20 appear before the
france committee with tho books Of
he company 10 show that a five per
cent flat tax on ten million dollar
business would cause them a direct
loss II {3sO.OO0 year. which would
them 20 place burden on the pur-
-ha4"rs which would materially cur
f14I sales and throw thousands OF en-
p.ntes out OF work
Considering tho fact that a certain
automobile manufacturer I'm the
United States made d net profit OF
ftH 900 600 last year. the figures Of
'h' Hupmohile shows that that com
parry is giving quality to It's custom
~ with little thought OF profit.
pn SlO.0OO.00O sales business any
company should earn more than one
ana Oue-teuth per cent profit.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-03
AN EPIC OF OLD BABYLON
" hilc World !, on I ire This Man Goo
ON Patiently Working.

In the midst Of 1t all man in
Philadelphia a professor, is calmly
translating Babyionian epic He has
before him certain tablets which were
buried in MesOpotamian ground thou
sands Of years ago. upon which, in the
time OF Abraham certain queer cone
shaped characters were inscribed. Not
many years ago the key to these char
acters was discovered. in the form Of
an Inscription In two languages. one
Of which was known. and the meaning
of the queer characters slowly
emerged The Philadelphia professor
has discovered that the tablets bear
an epic poem. He Is trauslating the
cp!c ard finds il 10 be the story OF the
way in which a half barbarous chief
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-03
No, on The Man.

Farmer Brown here Mister.
tho war map you sold me aln't correct
ghopkoeper-Re Really HOW 90 you
Farmer Brown-My boy has written
home and says he's just going 20
Ucconnoitcr. But I'm hanged u can
lind the place marked on the nap'
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-03

tain named Eukidu was redeemed
from career Of tyranny and violence
uy the .oye of woman. And day
after day while the papers are fun Of
woes and Hlckedness and the drums
Of war beat on the streets, indifferent
10 all the uproar this patient man
goes on translating into good Engli8h
the poem Of Enkidu and his love.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-03

Don sou regret your salad days 90
"Nope these are my solid days
said old man Womhat. who had made
money.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-27
HOG SHORTAGE PREDICTED.
Failure Of State 20 Raise More PorI
Will Be Aid TO Kaiser.

Failure Of State 70 Raise Mors Pork
Will Be Aid TO Kaiser.
Cedar Rapids. Dec. 27.-Dr. j. r.
Pooley, United States veterinary in
spector for this district, has received
from the department Of agriculture in
Washington the results Of a careful in
vestigation made in Iowa regarding the
swine situation. One Of the rather
startling disclosures brought about
thruout the investigation was that
Iowa will have a % per cent shortage
in hogs this year.
Investigations in more than a dozen
counties indicate that fewer hogs will
be kept this year thZn last. notwith-
standing the announcement Of a guar
ateed minimum price Of $3.50 the hun
bred. on the other hand the food ad-
ministration declares the apparent need
now is for Is per cent increase over
the normal crop for next year. AS
Consequence the department Of agricui-
ture is sending out a bulletin on the
subject. In which 1t u explained that
every SOW sold is an aid to the kaiser.
and that every one kept Is an aid to
Uncle Sam. The failure Of Iowa farm
ers, says the bulletin, to increase the
hog supply approximately 100000 next
year will be the greatest victory the
kaiser can win. and that the increase
win be the hardest blow Iowa can adj
minister to him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-27
N.,v. 81 Union,
Special to Times -Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Union. Dec. 27.The Red Cross drive
was very satisfactory, as the commit
tees goal OF 400 was little more than
reached and 414 members were added
during the week ending Christmas eve.
The committee still holds forth at the
headquarters room in the Billings
building, which had been fitted up Tor
this drive. and more members are be-
ing added each day. Over eighty 100
per cent families registered.
The following spent Christmas here
with relatives and friends: Lieut.. e. D.
Mclean, field artillery. Camp Pike,
Arkansas; F. p. Humeston, Of Des
Moines; DR.. Lyle Wilson and Cliff Sim
mons, Of Ames: Mr.. and Mrs. B. b.
Wirth and Miss Ruth Haggin. Of Mar
shalltown; Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Wat
son, Omaha, Neb.; Mr.. and Mrs. II. g.
F'urgeson and children, Of Baxter;
Mrs. Nina Cartwright, Of Eldora: Rev.
Clarence MCLEAN. OF Oskaloosa. u
Mr.. and Mrs. Lea Haggip spent
Christmas At Newton. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Phil Hamm and children at Sac CITY.
returning home Wednesday evening.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-27
YELLOW COAT FOR Stacker.
Man Who Refused to Contribute I
Red Cross Harshlv Dealt With.

Man Who Refused to Contribute to
Red Cross Harshly Dealt With.
Nevada, Dec. 27.-Some Of the farm
ers over south Of Maxwell became I'M
censed Saturday at the attitude taken
by a neighbor over the Red Cross cam
paign. And when he refused to con-
tribute and talked in a manner which
indicated a disloyal spirit, they organ
lied a posse of thirty or forty men and
driving to his place, branded his
buildings with yellow paint and dubbed
him Stacker"
They then drove to the home OF a
relative where he was visiting and call
ing him out, proceeded to paint his
clothing With the yellow of a Stacker
and a coward and otherwise showed
their contempt for one of his spirit.
The man at first threatened to shoot
or otherwise do violence to those who
called for him but after his wife and
other relatives had admonished him
to be calm and prudent in the face o.
violence he submitted. The episode
created considerable excitemnt In the
neighborhood for time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-27
FoRrY.sIx MEN FROM cotLEc.
TOR MuRPHTs OFFICE TO
START OUT JAN. 1.
EACH ONE ON JOB IN
SOME COUNTY JAN. 2
Murphy Advises Every Single Man or
Woman With Net Income Of $1,000
and Every Married Person With In
come Of $1,000 to Call on. Government
Asent-cst After Income slacksrs.

Dubuque, Dec. N.-It will require a
small army of men to take the income
tax returns of persons subject to the
new law.
Collector Of Internal Revenue Louis
Murphy today announced that forty
six officers will start from his head
quarters on Jan. and on Jan: 2 each
one Of them will be on the job in the
county assigned to him, to meet the
people and help them make cut their
income tax returns.
1T will be well for every unmarried
person whose net income for 1917 Is
$1,000 or over. and every married per-
son living with wife or husband whose
net income for 1917 Is $4,000 or over, to
call on the income tax man and learn
whether or not they have any tax to
pay" Collector Murphy said today.
The person subject to tax who
doesn't make return in the time pre-
scribed is going to regret it. The gov
eminent will get after all income tax
slackers.
There's hardly a business man.
merchant or professional man who will
not have to make return OF income.
Farmers, as class, will have to pay
the tax. The safe thing to do is for
every person who had total income
Of $1,000 or $4,000. as the case may
be, and who is not sure about what de-
auctions the law allows him. to play 1t
safe by calling on the income tax man.
The man In the field will have forms
for everybody and persons who ex-
pect to call on him need not trouble
themselves to write to my Office for
forms. but when they call on the Off
Ger they should bring with them all the
figures and data relative to their In
come and deductions for 1917. Unless
they have this data at hand and pro-
perly assembled 1t will be impossible
for the field officer to extend to them
the aid which he might otherwise
giye,'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-27
NEW YORK FARMS.

For sals.-42s acres. y mile from
village. store. blacksmith shop. church,
sawmill. grist mill. cheese factory, I
from station: 80 from Buffalo. popula-
ton 100000. ESQ acres tillable, 100
acres timber. balance good pasture. 100
apple trees. Good II room house. splen-
did gambrel roof barn. 42x120. litter
carrier, granary. piggery, hennery.
splendid water supply. Including So
head .Holstein cattle, horse. sow, eight
pigs, about 500 bushels oats. about 100
tons hay. disk harrow. land roller grain
drill, spring tooth harrows, sulky cult
vator, plows, surrey. manure spreader.
horse rake, gas engine. cream separa-
tor. moving machine. grain reaper.
corn harvester. hay tedder, wagons.
sleighs. small tools Price. $4,000;
$1,000 cash, & per cent interest. FREQ
list bargains. Ellis Bros, Springville,
N, Y
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-27
The Soldier. at Camp.

Camp Cody. Deming, N. M, Dec. 27.-
With the Y. M. G.. A. and American
Red Cross acting as pnrveyorsf Of @hoi.-
day cheer the Iowa guardsmen IN
training here enjoyed. an old time
Christmas Tuesday.
When the sun rose over the big camp
Christmas morning there was hardly q
building in the entire army city that
did not have at least one Christmas
tree. Then there were gifts galore,
bounteous dinners, which the camp
cooks had in preparation for a week,
athletic fetes, musical and literary pro-
grams and all the other trimmings that
90 to make up real Christmas.
Early Christmas morning Santa
Claus unpacked his trunks in the Red
Cross warehouse and: big army trans
port wagons and motor trucks were
pressed into service to haul the loads
OF gifts to every organization In the
camp.
the Red Cross, masqueraded in the
role of "old Santa" and Major H. NJ.
Nelly, division adjutant, accepted the
assignment as Santa's adjutant.
The SIX I. I'M. ". "a. UuAoiAsS a.
Camp Cody fairly beamed with Christ
mas cheer. In each of the buildings
huge Christmas trees were erected anc
special musical and literary programs
were provided for the men both on
Christmas eve and Christmas night
In addition many Of the Iowa com
panies had trees of their own and one
or two OF the organizations in camp
boasted regimental trees.
AS pre- Christmas special. over 9
thousand gray knitted sweaters and
pairs Of wristlets were distributed to
the Iowans here. They were a product
Of the genius and labor Of the Sol
diers' Red Cross sisters. A special Ell
fort was made to provide the sweaters
to those men who had no near friends
to make them.
Altho every effort was made both
by military and civil authorities to
make It a real Christmas for the men
It was, for many of them, their first
Christmas away from the family IRE
side. For the familiar surroundings
and all the little home features OF the
day were lacking.