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La Junta tribune., 1917-02-03
January Weather Report

Not In the memory of the Oldest
inhabitant have we had month of
continued cold weather such as we
had during the month of January.
Not on a single morning did the ther-
mometer record a temperature above
the freezing point-the highest mini
mum being 80 degrees on the 2Sth.
and the highest temperature recorded
during the month was on the 9Th
&c degrees. There were only six
days during the month when the
highest temperature recorded was
sixty degrees or more, and eleven
days when the temperature was so
degrees or more. In 1916 there were
only eight days during the entire
year when the temperature recorded
was below zero. the lowest being 12
degrees below on January 18th. AL
ready this year we have had six
days when the temperature recorded
was below zero. the lowest being s
degrees below on the 18th. and Feb
ruary started out with record of
6 below on the very first day.
There were 22 perfectly clear days
during the month. five cloudy days
and four partly cloudy days. The
total precipitation during the month
was twenty-three one-hundredths OF
an inch as compared to thirty-four
one-hundredths OF an inch for the
same month OF the year previous
The precipitation was from melted
snow. OF which there was a total OF
four inches during the month on six
different occasions.
The record for each day In the
month. giving the maximum and min
imum temperatures. with the rain
fall as recorded by S. II. Miller. of
North La Junta. our local weather
ohseryer IL as fol1Owa.
La Junta tribune., 1917-02-03

Nelson c. Boyd and Mr.. Pitts
have associated themnolves with q.
X. Wooif. and opened n compressed
air, window. house and carpet clean.
crs' esta abiishment on Beileview ave.
nue.. They are experienced In this
particular line. and will do every.
thing-clcan wall paper. wood work
clean your house from cellar TO gar.
ret, and do Il reasonable. Their tel.
ephons numbsr Ii Junta -.
La Junta tribune., 1917-02-03

Continued on Par ssvsa)
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09
fMOTHER "

My incoherent cries were made unto
the skies,
Where my mothers spirit rested after
giving me her life.
TIL every gentle breeze that stirred
the heavy air
An answer waited to my prayer:
BE good, my boy, to some other lone
some fellow
Who doesn't know the Joy of q moth
er's perfect love"
But I couldn't understand that this
mystery sublime
Was secret kept from any IN the hu-
man line.
1 can feel again the love that fIled her
finger tips
As she played with my downy little
head
That nestled IN her lap whilst I
gently slept;
And I can see the sanity smile upon
her lovely face
As vivid now as then. as she closely
pressed
Ny head to hsr life-nIled breast
She knew the Joy OF heaven in my
suck of Iitel
And that knowledge reverences every
maid and woman as my
Mother and my wife.
Warren X. Wait. In the Chicago
Evening Post -. ~
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09
Alexandria's Claim.

In the elimination of Washington
as site for the proposed $1I, ,ooo
armor plate plant of the government
there is left an alternative for the
city, in the fact that Alexandria, s
claims are still under consideration.
If the Virginia city should receive
the award from the naval experts its
effect on Washington would be al
most as beneficial as though the plant
were located in the District.
The trade bodies of the city have
been quick to realize this fact and
have signi6ed their intentions of lend
ing all their aid toward the further
ance Of the claims of Alexandra. The
claims of the Virginia city are very
similar to those of Washington with
the added advantage of having no
smoke law such as in vogue in the
Capital
A location In Alexandra would
place the plant in the immediate
neighborhood of the various depart
ments of the government that would
be actively interested in the execu-
tive affairs OF the plant. The city is
also as fully protected as Washing
ton and its facilities for the convey
ance of supplies and freight are even
better than those of the Capital
Alexandra has access to six rail
roads and FIVE steamer lines in addi-
ton to having one of the finest river
harbors in the United States, its
water frontage being a mile and one
half. There are already forty-eight
factories in the city, the owners OF
which have chosen the site because
of the many advantages for manu-
featuring.
Being in the closest possible touch
with this city the problem of labor
and quarters for the mechanics is
eliminated at the start. From the
reports of other cities in the running
for the location of the armor plant
it would seem that logic would sug-
gest the selection of the Virginia city.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09
Turkey.

The iron grip of Russo-British
pressure on Turkey is closing in on
three sides. The Tigris expedition
from India is rapidly pushing its way
past 'Ctesiphon towards Bagdad, its
immediate goal; tho force fighting
northward from Egypt will soon cap
ture Jerusalem and wrest Palestine
from Moslem despotism; the Grand
Duke Nicholas is relentlessly press
ing forward into the heart of Persia
and throwing his lines far westward
of Trebizond in Armenia.
This allied campaign in the L,evant
IS one of the most amazing things OF
this amazing war. 1t is the flank at
tack against the central empires which
has been twice attempted and twice
ended in miserable failure. It is the
retrieval of the Gallipoli tragedy and
the ill-fated Townshend expedition
that fell before the Turks at Kut-e1-
Amara; the necessary link to forge
So$~Soo AOA IhS LNuSoldu campaign III
the Caucasus; an offset of the strange
ly impotent force at Saloniki and the
collapse of allied hopes in the Bal
kans.
Germany has triumphed in the Bal
kans, but if Russia and the British
can smash the Turkish grip in Asia
Minor, then her conquest of Serbia
and Roumania is almost valueless.
The vaunted Hamburg-to-Con
nople express. becomes merely 4
boast; it is nothing more If it is do
prived of supplies now going to Ber-
lin from the Orient. The reduction
of Turkish rule in the Levant will
have an immediate effect on the for
tunes of the war, among them tho
moral effect on German public opin-
ion; the elimination of the Turkish
threat against India and Egypt; the
possible fall of Constantinople; the
collapse of Berlin plans for stale
mate" peace which will leave the way
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09
MUSICAL APPRECIATION.

That trite stuff about music having
charms was pulled at a dinner in Wash
ington some time since when Thomas NJ
Campbell. former governor Texas, con-
tributed an appropriate anecdote.
During a recent rush to a fire. free
unch, or some kindred hustle. Tony's
hurdy-gurdy was upset and slightly dam
aged and all the parties concerned were
ushered into the Office of a magistra te
for financial adjustment.
How much" asked the magistrate. ad-
dressing Tony. do qou mako a week
with your hurdy-gurdy?"
''Twenta-f1va da dol" was the prompt
response of the agitated musician.
What" exclaimed the surprised mag
istrate. DO you mean to tell me that
you get twenty-five dollars a week for
grinding that organ?"
mo, sare" was the frank rejoinder OF
Tony, "fiva da dol for grind; twenta
da dol for TAXA da Observation-Disclosures
Evening Telegraph.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09
La Toilette.

The country IS making q belated
discovery in Robert NJ. La Toilette,
of Wisconsin.
It is finding out that an ancient idol
not only has feet of clay but a heart
that falters and denies the common
call. 1t is shock to see him in his
present degradation. His fall from
grace is almost a national calamity.
His service to the nation has been
great; he bore the bitter brunt of that
pioneer fight against corporate cor
ruption and oppression, first in the
West and then in the Senate. He
has been one of the stalwart Progress
sive figures for twenty years; he has
fought his enemies to standstill and
has seen the government wrested
from reactionary, control.
What has proved his undoing? Ex-
cessive egotism, perhaps. A self
opinionation of majestic proportions,
feeding on past bitterness. La Fol-
lette has never been known to swerve
in the face of opposition. On the con-
trary, he has thrived on it. Undoubt-
edly he is possessed of some fa-
naticism which tells him that he is
right and the rest of the country is
wrong. He would rather be broken
on the wheel of public wrath than
brook the thought that he is wrong.
His squeal against cloture is not
worthy. of his best days. His filibus-
ter against the armed ship bill was
almost moral if not political suicide;
perhaps it is both. These things either
presage the dethronement of a once
acute intellect or an abnormal de-
velopment of perversity almost with
out parallel in political history. In
leading pitiful group of nonentities
against the public veal Senator La
Toilette is going to pay a heavier
price in his later years than even his
enemies could wish upon him.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

Of Indiana That seat, it is generally ex-
pected, will be awarded to Senator
Pomerene, OF Ohio.
The most important committee assign
ment which the Republicans will have to
award will be the seniority on the COM
mittee on military affairs, vacated by the
retirement OF Senator dupont; q vacancy
in the finance committee. occasioned by
the retirement Of Senator Clark, Of
Wyoming. and a vacancy in the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations, occasioned by
the retirement OF Senator Sutherland
Senator Clark's retirement also yields to
Senator Nelson, OF Mime seniority
on the judiciary committee.
Both committees will resume their ses-
sions today and a report as to the new
allotments is expected shortly.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09
YOUR FRECkLES
Need Attention in March or Face May
Stay Covered.

Now Is the time to take special care
of that complexion II you wish it tc
look well the rest of the year. The
March winds have a strong tendency
to bring out freckles that may stay ali
Summer unless removed. Now is the
time to use othine-double strength.
This prescription for the removal OF
freckles was written by prominent
physician and is usually SO successful
that 1t is sold by druggists under guar
antee to refund the money If It fails. Get
an ounce of othine-double strength, and
even a few applications should show a
wonderful Improvement, some Of the
smaller freckles even vanishing entirely
ADV.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09
STEERING committees
TACKLE ASSIGNMENTS
Members of Both Parties in Senate F all
to Fix Personnel of Committees.

The steering committee of both parties
in tho Senate yesterday tackled the prob
len or reassigning the committee stand
ing of their colleagues, but after lengthy
sessions left the matter of the new
standing still undecided.
With sixteen changes in the personnel
Of the Senate. there will be numerous
promotions on some OF the more impor-
tant committees. The only really i'm
portant craftsmanship which has been
rendered vacant by retirement is that
OF the Committee on Privileges and Flee
tions. previously held by Senator Kern,
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09


When hints OF doubt dawn on your way,
And faith in your immortal soul
Yields ground to the Destructive Day.
And murky clouds about you roll.
Hold fast to this: You've como to be
A conscious spirit here and now.
Out Of the realms of mystery.
You know not whence you came nor how.
Deep mysteries beyond your ken
Confront your vision everywhere.
Insoluble to finite men
Or scientific genius rare.
Things are the mind can't comprehend;
Things be mans knowledge can't con-
strue,
And only Faith IN some high end
Can hold you to its purpose true.
Copyright. 1917
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

The Washington Herald has re-
ceived letter from one of its readers
suggesting that those Congressman
who voted for the Sheppard bill be
forced to abstain from drinking intox-
icants as long as the bill is in effect.
The Congressman would probably
demand referendum on this, how
ever.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

open for a pan-German hegemony
from Bremen to Bagdad, which Is
the present goal of Teuton ambition
This spiendidly co-ordinated cam
paign of triple pressure may well
prove to be the turning point of the
war; Turkey has proved vulnerable
and the blows to be rained upon her
will be continuous and relentless.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09
ANOTHER MAN INJURED
RAZING OLD BUILDING

While helping raze the old Corcoran
Building at Fifteenth and = streets
northwest . workman. who gave his
name as Sol Livery. OF Baltimore, was
struck on the head yesterday after
noon by q piece OF falling pipe and
sent to Emergency Hospital. His in
jury was not serious
This is the fourth casualty In con
nection with these operations that has
come to the attention Of the local
police
Eugene Newman. OF Cherrydale, Vs.
suffered slight scalp injuries from be-
ing struck by a sign blowing on the
building at $50 Ninth street northwest
as he was passing by, yesterday after
, noon.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

President Wilson is confined to his
room through the orders of his ply
sician, because of a cold contracted
during the inaugural ceremonies.
This is another vital argument for
changing the date of the inaugural
to a more balmy month.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

At last Fifth avenue has been snub-
bed. The New York National Guard
returning from the border paraded up
Tenth avenue while the welcome
home" crowd was waiting on Goth
ANS milIionaires' lane.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

President Wilson had better hurry
his actions in the international crisis
if he desires the accustomed pub
licity. In another month Ty Cobb
will become the center of attraction
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

From casual observation it would
appear that primal instinct of the os-
trich is being threatened by the ships
that shroud themselves in a cloud of
smoke in order to deceive the u
boats
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

DR. Dinshab T Ghadiali. late OF India,
compromised on & green skull cap after
he had fought valiant but losing figh:
to retain his turban in the county court
at Hackensack, n J.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

Harvard is endeavoring, through a
series OF examinations, to discover
the best physical points of her Stu
dents. If it were Vassar College Flo
Ziegfeld might be consulted.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

Germany is being forced to absn-
don the brewing of beer. The dry
movement threatens to become inter
national
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

Why not a -Pay-up" week in
Washington-with every one clean
ing up old debts2 The idea is gain
ing popularity through the West.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

The Princeton students who have
declared that It is immoral to kiss viii
probably never have their morals con-
taminated
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

Why not leave a few of the inaug-
ural stands that they may be used at
the Confederate reunion1
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

Billy Sunday begins his campaign
in Gotham on April 1. Make your
own jokes.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

1t begins to look as though Doc
Grayson is going to receive that plum
after all.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

In granting little slice of the
United States to Mexico the Kaiser
did not mention just what would be
the fate OF the remainder of the coun-
try.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

Knicker-Was it a case of armed neu-
trality? Becker-Yes, he had the sheet
over his head and a pistol under the pill
low.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

"Mr, Jones has such a dainty sppe-
lite" Yes, and such acute indigestion" "
Harvard Lampoon.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

EVERY ONE visiting, washinEton
wishes to take away somethinE as .
remembrance Of the visit to the Ma
ti0n's Capital, or rs . gift for friends
at home.
1t n the aim of the National Remem-
brance shop to supply such things In
souvenirs that shall have some artistic
merit. :
NATIONAL REMEMBRANCE SHOP,
(Mr. Fosters shopp
18th Street. 0Dp. willara Hstsh
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09
HOLD FAST

By John Kendrick Bangs.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09
ALINE. O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.

Erst prtsttng Of original poem. written talu
for rhs Washington Hsrald-
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

The name Chr1stisnia dates back ~
years.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-09

The country IS making q belated
discovery in Robert NJ La Toilette
of Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-09-05
IMPORTANCE OF
FIRE PREVENTION

| President Woodrow Wilson gives
lpreventable fires in the following i'm
presslye language: "Preventable fire
is more than a private misfortune 1t
is public dereliction. At a time like
this of emergency and manifest neces-
sity for the conservation of national
resources, it is more than ever mat
/ ter Of deep and pressing consequence
| that every means should be taken to
prevent this evil"
Secretary Redfield of the depart
ment of commerce in an address be-
fore the National Fire Protection as
ISOLATION regarding fire protection
said ut is the story of human life
brought out in terms Of work, and if
you accomplish here and now what
you seek to accomplish, the greatest
thing you would have done would not
be to save dollars, it would be to save
/ homes and to save opportunities for
employment, to save the lives and the
happiness of men and women and
children; so that what you are doing
is national service, and in doing it
you serve your country just as truly
as the man who shoulders a rifle in
the field"
Governor E. L. Philip has said: ST
desire to call public attention to the
form Of destruction and waste that is
taking place in this state, and which
should be prevented as far as possible,
not only in the interests of those who
lose their property, but in the interest
of the general public as we'll Stats
tics from the state fire marshal's de-
partment show that the average loss
per month in this state from fire is
approximately 100000. In addition
there is large toll of human life
taken annually by the same cause.
Such losses constitute an irreparable
drain upon our resources. No doubt
human life can be saved and the losses
in money greatly reduced if greater
precaution is taken to prevent fires"
Gov. Goodrich of Indiana states ::
"The conservation of our resources
has never received more widespread
attention, and has at no time in our
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-09-05

owners of automobiles. Any car cost
ing less than $500 will be taxed $3.50;
$500 to $3.50, SIS; and so on until the
$4,000 car is reached, when it will be
| $40 on. every $500 more than $4,000
that the car COSTS Those who own
flivvers will get off the cheapest.
Steps to erect federal cold storage
warehouses throughout the west to
handle the potato and onion crops
raised this year will be taken in the
near future, according to C. J. Blan-
chard, chief statistician of the recla-
nation service. Thousands of acres
were planted in potatoes and onions"
said Mr.. Blanchard "The storage IA
cilities are inadequate and the farm
ers are threatened with a serious loss
The reclamation service will con-
struct and operate the plants in &C.
cOrdance with the regulations of the
| federal reserve bank"
Attorney General Owen of WiscOn-
sin is fully determined that the rail-
roads of the state shall comply with
the law requiring the furnishing of
free drinking cups on the train. A
complainth as been made against the
ST. Paul road with regard to the mat
ter. The 1913 legislature passed a
law requiring free drinking cups to be
furnished on the trains. When the
matter was brought to the attention
of officials that free cups were not be-
ing furnished the reply was made that
Wisconsin was the only state in the
union that required free drinking
cups, that all other states permitted
the use Of the penny in the slot to OBJ
tain cup, and that in Wisconsin the
sign that the cups may be obtained of
the brakeman is substantial comp1i-
Owen holds to the contrary, and in
tends to prosecute unless the law is
complied with
An amendment to the compensation
law has gone into effect in Wisconsin
which very materially increases the
hazards in plants employing minors
1t provides that if a minor not having
school certificate, or minor having
a school certificate or under Is years
sof age, who has been placed in a haz-
ardous position in the plant, receives
injuries or is killed, the indemnities
provided by the law are trebled. The
employer must pay so far as his re-
sources go, and any insurance COM
pany carrying his risk must make
good the balance. This places upon
compensation companies in Wiscon-
sin the burden of knowing whether
their insured will put them in hazard
Gus positions, and if so whether the
insured is financially able to meet ire
bled indemnities. 1t has been sug-
gested that notice be attached to the
policy calling attention of the assured
to this law.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-09-05
GLEN HAVEN.

Mr. and Mrs. j. A. Walz have depart
ed for Mason City, Ia, where they will
visit relatives.
Misses Alberta Neubauer and Alice
Kester of Monona, Ia, were guests of
Miss Josephine Petry the past week.
Miss Laura Barber of Minneapolis
spent few days last week at the home
of T. S. Metcalf.
Bert Chandler departed Monday for
Naches, Wash, where he will spend
several weeks visiting at the home of
his grandmother Mrs. M. NJ Chandler,
and his uncle, Arch Chandler.
Mrs. Martin Seippel and little daugh-
ter Isabel have returned to their home
in Dubuque after several weeks visit
here with Mrs. SeippeIs father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. William Hutch
croft.
Miss Retha Seipp of Prairie du Chen
is visiting at the home of her uncle
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-09-05

history been so necessary. The pro-
lection and preservation of property
from destruction, and the safeguard
ing of human life, becomes matter
of more than ordinary attention"
State Fire Marshal Ellsworth of
Michigan gives the following concrete
example Of the Importance of food con-
servation: 'The various state conser-
walton associations that are inspecting
food supply repositories find them
selves in more vital relationship to
mankind than ever before. The saw
ing Of food from burning these days
means much. Let us come down to a
few concrete facts. One barrel of
-four makes 215 rations for a soldier.
1t takes Az bushels of wheat to make
a barrel of flour. If $500 bushels Of
grain are destroyed it means the de-
struction of 1000 barrels of -four, or
215,OO0 rations. Put it on the basis of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-09-05
HERE AND THERE.

The stampede for business lots near
Camp Grant, Rockford, was given an
other impetus Thursday when the
Eric Peterson farm of eighteen acres
was sold for $4,000.
Food Administrator Hoover has
asked all hotels, cafes and restaurants
to eliminate meat from their menus
one or two days a week. In bulletin
sent out the food commissioner points
out that the meat situation is much
more critical than the general public
is led to believe, and that only by the
week will there be a sufficient guam
tity to supply the needs.
Congress is going to put a tax on
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-09-05
BARNES CIRCUS HAS
BARREL OF TROUBLE

The All Barnes circus recently
showing here, has apparently been
travelling under jinx. In Lancaster
one of the head trainers was bitten by
fractions lion and in the evening a
vexed leopard raked part of the arm
from roustabout who happened to
pass her cage. At Platteville bag
gage car jumped the track and bent
an axle. This delayed the progress
of affairs, as the train could not move
except as unit. Then the circus en-
ployes heard the siren voice of John
Barleycorn and forgot mundane af-
fairs in their hectic attack on Platte
ville's supply Of "red eye The show
got to Mineral Point late, but rain
prevented the circus parade until late
in the afternoon and only one per-
Torrance was given. Mr.. Barnes is a
nice man, but he wears subdued
look, and circus life evidently is not
all glare, tinsel and music.