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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-14
THE GOVERNMENT AND PAID
ADVERTISING.

The question of whether the United
States government should engage In
a policy Of paying for advertisement
In the newspapers has been much ag-
ltated of late especially in regard to
the selling of Liberty Loan Bonds.
This being strictly money matter
the question comes up more sQuarely
III connection with ii than with regi-
stration, food conservation or other
governmental matters given publicity.
Secretary McAdoo OF the treasury
has issued statement dealing with
this matter After referring TO the
great amount of advertising patriot.
cally given to the Liberty Loan Bonds
IN the first campaign by newspapers
and other advertising agencies, and
by banks and other concerns and BY
individuals the secretary contradCts
the impression that the government
in the first Liberty Loan campaign
asked for free advertising or paid for
any advertising in the newspapers.
The great success Of the loan he at.
tributes in a very great degree to the
voluntary and patriotic work and ad.
verlisng space periodically given
llee to the government
While acknowledging the tremcn.
dous value Of advertising the Secre
tary points out that the relation of the
government to the press and TO the
public generally Is such hat the ques
tlon Of paid advertising by It presents
a problem very much more complex
| than II would be to a private enter
prise The government, cannot use
the same thoro discrimination as tc
the mediums II should use, but would
be Obliged to be thoroly democratic
and impartial and the cost of such an
undertaking would be very great and
would exceed the appropriation avail
able under the existing law.
The secretary, however, states iha,
the matter is being very carefully
considered, but decision cannot be
arrived az until better knowledge
Is had as to the cost of he campaign
ana until the appropriation available
Tor The purpose has been settled b,
Congress.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-14
MUSIC WINS BATTLE.

Italy is still Italy. The world has
mostly turned prosaic with industrial
ism, but Italy is loyal to her tradl-
tons of poetry and song. Her war
making is not business" as 1t is
with the British and with Italy's own
blood-brethren, the French She wages
war with fiery fervor. She makes
sentiment as effective az artillery.
Arturo Toscanini, the great must
cal composer and director, has been
decorated by the Italian government
for conspicuous bravery under fire 4"
The story of how this brilliant and
vereable civilian happened to be under
fire reads like page Of heroic fiction
1t was during the great drive to-
ward Trieste which is still in progress.
There was bitter, bloody conflict
over Monte Santo, height that mad
to be taken before the Italians could
make further progress The battle
wavered Then appeared Signor Tos
canini, with military band drawn
from his famous La Scala orchestra
some of the players, no doubt, must.
clans who had played for him when
he was director Of the Metropolitan
Opera House in New York In the
midst Of terrific bombardment from
the Austrian guns he led his band
up the steep slopes of the mountain
and then, sheltered only by a big
rock the summit, rendered military
concert while the battle ragged. The
Italian troops are said to have been
inspired by his music to superhuman
efforts. At any rate. they stormed the
height, took the Austrian trenches,
land cleared the way for another ad.
vance,
We may call that Theatrical" 1t
was. But 1t worked Such deeds al.
ways work in Italy II Is of a piece
with the record of Toscaniini's
.brother.genius, D'Annunzio whose
fiery poetry and speeches are accredit.
ed with having driven Italy into her
'war Of redemption" and who has so
often flown over Thieste and Pola In
nm airplane showerlng those belea.
guered cities with copies Of his peoms.
We Americans don't do things that
way We are more sel1contaned
And yet we're not grown 80 utterly
matteroffact that we cant admire
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-14

Novelists, even OF eminence, are
prone to make blunders. Sir Walter
Besant In For Faith and Freedom
wrote after the Eykins had settled in
Providence, "Barnaby soon grew tired
Of this quiet life and went on board Il
steamer bound for England, promising
that We should hear from him" This
was In 1856 or 1857, and the first
steamer from America to England
did not reach Liverpool till July. 1919.
Wilkie Collins also made numerous
amazing blunders. Ia THE Duel In
Herne Wood" he makes the story open
with the receipt Of telegram. and the
period is 1877, when twenty years had
to elapse before the first Geographic
wire was laid Three Of the characters
also talk Of taking the express train
TO London" IN defiance Of the fact that
the first railway to London was not
opened till 1888.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-14
CALENDAR OF ILLINOIS HISTORY.

September IA, lS22-"The Star of
the West" newspaper, established
at Edwardsyille, first issue Septem-
Der II, 1922.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-14
BIG WASTE IN WAR
Money Spent Would Have Made
Earth a Paradise.
"a, 600, 900 DEAD AND MANNED

Berlin Paper In Making Comparisons
Says Funeral Cortege Of 1000 600
Men Killed Would Reach From Paris
to Vladivostok, One hssrss Following
/ Another.
Berlin.-The Berliner Tageblatt sums
up the results Of the war to date as
follows:
War loans, Ss7,o10,0O0,OJd; loss In
dead and wounded, 100000 men;
killed, 100000 men; crippled for life,
100000 men; loss through decrease of
birth rate in all belligerent countries,
100000 men.
THE gold production OF the word
during the last 800 years amounted 10
Sl5Uoo,OV0,OUO or less than one NTH or
the cost OF the awful world wal" the
paper continues. .In five dollar gold
pieces the $s1 600. OOo.0O0 raised In war
loans would form II belt that could be
wound around the earth nine times.
The funeral cortege Of the 100000
men killed would reach from Paris 10
/ Nladivostok II one hearse followed the
other.
When the war began the combined
public debt Of all European states was
little over So, GOO 600 aud now Il
Is over Sl12,OO0,OOO.0O0 The British
merchant fleet In 1914 represented Il
value Of about $950,OO0.OO0 That Is
less than the annual interest England
now has to pay for her war debt. Be
fore the war Germany exported goods
to the amount Of Sl13,0Oo00O per year
to the British colonies. By cutting of
this export England can eventually re
imburse herself for her losses, but this
will take more than 200 years
Germany, with the amount spent by
her for the war, could have bought all
the cotton fields, the copper mines aud
the whole petroleum industry Of the
United States and still would have had
several billion dollars left over.
Russia. with her war expenses,
might have covered her immense terri
tories with net of railways as close
as that Of Belgium and France, whose
losses In men are larger than the entire
male population of Alsace-Lorraine,
could have bought all the Portuguese
and Dutch colonies with the money she
sacrificed for the war.
with the enormous wealth destroy
ed by the war Europe might have been
made paradise on earth instead Of a
bowling wilderness. There is no doubt
that the awful struggle would have
been avoided If the nations had any
Idea Of its enormity when it started"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-14
HE WALKS MILES TO
ENLIST IN CAVALRY
National Guardsmsn, Broke. Couldn't
Arrange For His Final Discharge.

San Antonio Tex.-Gr0yer c. Weems
twenty-o years Of age, a member OF
Company NJ, Second Florida regiment
II the national guard, reached san An
tonic the other day on foot, having
walked all the way from Miami. Fla
to secure his final discharge from the
militia and Join the regular army.
He walked, he said, because he want
ed 10 transfer 10 the regular army
was broke ana couldn't arrange for his
FINAL discharge from the company with
out coming here.
He was arrested four times on the
road-at Monroe, La; ut Jewett, Tex. /;
near Gulfport. Miss, aud at Pasca-
goula, La. While he wore his national
guard uniform, he was arrested twice
Oh suspicion that he had deserted He
was arrested twice for failure 10 reg
lister
He was released each time after
showing tHat lie WAS member Ul
Company VI, Second Florida infantry
mustered out March II and held in re
serve He had the misfortune to be
arrested once at Jewett, Tex, while
stopping there to visit u young lady
to whose father he was persona non
grata.
The people along the way, he said,
treated him right. He was we'll fed
and frequently given lift by auto,
ISIS
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-14
GAINS IN LABOR LEGISLATION.

II is gratifying to learn that the eff.
forts OF the fOrsighted and public
+. spirited men and women who have
! been combating the tendency to re-
!. lax labor and social uplift laws be
cause of war conditions, have been
more than successful The American
Association for Labor Legislation has
issued summary of the gains in such
legislation since the war began Here
are few OF the items:
A number of states reduced hours
Of labor per day for women and pro
vided for six instead of a seven day
week, Wyoming alone extended
hours Of labor for women. Three
other states excepted certain classes
OF women workers from the applica.
ton OF their minimum hours laws.
A minimum wage of $40 week was
established in Arizona for women
working in factories and stores. In
other states commissions were au-
thorized to investigate wages and
working conditions of women In
Wyoming, for the first time, definite
provision was made TO enforce ex-
listing labor laws. In other places EN-
plOyment bureaus were organized, in
ductrial commissions were granted
power to make regulations having the
force of law and better factory in
spection laws were made.
Existing child labor laws were
strengthened In IL states by raising
age limits and extending present re.
stricti0ns to new classes Of work.
provisions for conformity to the fede-
raj child labor and appropriations to
enforce 1t were made in Vermont.
Industrial safeguards were increas-
ed in numerous states by legislation
on fire escapes, scaffolds, sanitary
equipment, electrical apparatus, etc.
II Workmen's compensation laws were
passed in several states in addition
to the Federal law, and In states where
such laws already existed many Of
llthem were amended to extend their
scope and increase their provision for
medical care.
There have been backward drags.
But on the whole the country seems
to have grasped the idea that labor
standards must be maintained and
steadily raised il the increased etfici-
ency and production demanded by
war conditions are to be kept up, and
il the health and strength of workers
Y are to be conserved
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-14
LOST 121 LBS. IN FEW WEEKS
Weighing si6, Physician Walked Eight
cen Miles a Day.

Seneca, n. Y-Dr !. II. Magill
weighed 3l6 pounds when he went on
his vacation few weeks ago. When
he returned he weighed 1873 pounds.
THE doctors told me | never would
be able to get down to 200 pounds" he
said, but | fooled them. 1t took per
sistent exercise. While | was Ia Texas
| started walking Il mile day That
was all l could stand at first. But by
the time had finished my visit in San
Diego | was walking eighteen miles a
day without becoming in the least eY-
hausted"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-14
GROUNDING IS BACK HOME.
Returns to Family That Befrisndsd Il
Twenty Years Before.

Madisonville, Ky. - Hezzie Sisk of
Dalton Is the owner Of grounding
that is now old enough to retire to
private life. About twenty years ago
Mr.. Sisk's son Sam found young
grounding pig, took it home, and that
fall 1t liberated 1t came out next
spring and soon was missing.
Sight had been lost Of the animal
but about two months ago the same
hog turned up again and went to the
same quarters where it was reared and
Is still with the family. Mr. Sisk says
there is no doubt that it is the very
same grounding that strayed Off from
home a number Of years ago. 1t Is
gentle and seems to have made up its
mind to die among its former friends
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-14
Attention,

Families of soldiers should not fail
to hear Corporal Wishart at the high
school Monday night, He comes
wounded from the great battle front
He will tell how they charged and
fought through mo Mans Land" The
first man from the great battles to
speak in public in Ottawa Admission
25c, under management of the high
school
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-14

BY spreading yaseline on the sides
Of the cork and inside Of the bottle
neck It will prevent corks from stick
Ing In paste and mucilage bottles nnd
overcome the trouble caused by break
Ing or when trying to take them out,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-14
AT GOdfrey'S Cut Price Grocery

QUALITY AND PRICE WINS TRADEFAR TREATMENT RETAINS IT
1000 QUALITY FLoURi9 pounds sacks $3.50
- pound sacks $lF5
Our
back quick. Get 4 ers supply
H. FINE GRADUATED SUGAR u lbs for 500
Plantation Coffee for 500
pound Japan English Breakfast Tea
Stuffed
Best grade Mason Jars doz 7sc
JUST ARRWEO-CARLOAD CANNED GOODS
ron Receiver daml9ed-now sale
5c oe
Doc 39c
bottle
Beans labels but high
tin
no . cans Kidney
S~fts Pride
soc Borax Powder
No 3 cansP Soap
heavy oc bars Sapoho for 2sc
tin pic
dozen
O
bargains open ne" charge account
by lilna1
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-14

such a magnificent gesture" Or at
least, our children are not. Try it on
them, and see.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-18
Interesting Items
from In and around
Cottonwood.
Tip Top-the Flower of fours.

Tip Top-the Flower of fours.
Use Zensal for that itching eczema.
Sold by Schaecher, druggist.
Highest market price paid for but
ter, eggs and lard. J. V. Baker & Son.
DR.. Russell Truitt, of Cottonwood,
was business visitor in Oro6no two
or three days this week, and was a
caller at the Tribune office. The doc.
tor may conclude to locate in Orofno
Tribune.
Another hard rain, which ended W
with a snowstorm at night, visited the
prairie Tuesday and wet up the ground
sufficiently to stop farm operations for
a day or two. Every storm of this
kind delays spring planting materially
and shortens the grain acreage, which
is already considerably below normal
John Baer returned Friday evening
from a trip to points in Montana and
was accompanied home from Spokane
by Mrs. Baer and baby daughter. He
reports having run across "Frenchy"
at Butte and says the latter is back
at his old job of clown with a circus.
They also met Al. Hughes and DR..
Harry Smith while in Spokane.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-18
Proper Food for Weak stOmachs

The proper food for one man may be
all wrong for another. Every one should
adopt diet suited to his age and occu-
patton. Those who have weak stomachs
need to be especially careful and should
eat slowly and masticate their food thor
oughly. 1t is also important that they
keep their bowels regular. When they
become constipated or when they feel
dull and stupid after eating, they should
take Chamberlain Tablets to strength
en- the stomach and move the bowels.
They are easy to take and pleasant in
effect.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-18
pEQSONAL MENTION
*
FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1917.

Tip Top-a sweet, pure and perfect
flour.
Chris. Schaecher left the first of the
week for Ryegate, Mont, near where
he recently purchased land.
Tip Top, the -four that makes the
man. For sale by all good grocers.
All good housewives like it; why not
try it2
Come in and look over our spring
styles for your spring suit. We rep
resent Strauss Bros, leading tailors Of
Chicago, and will guarantee satisfac.
ton. j. V. Baker & Son.
The baseball bug has crawled out
of his winter den and has already bit.
ten number Of the local fans. There
was some doings at the ball grounds
last Sunday, and the ambient atmo-
sphere was shattered into millions of
pieces by the wild cheers of the on
looking enthusiasts.
Ted Thye failed to throw Chas
Wilson in the wrestling match here
last Saturday night. Thye was to
have downed the Lewiston boy twice
in an hour, but found he had "taken
in little too much territory" and
failed to put him down at ALL The
match was fairly well attended.
Anton Nau is happy again. For
the past two weeks Il e "tin Lizzie"
he uses in making deliveries for his
furniture store has been running on
three legs but Monday he discovered
a broken wire which when replaced
got the other cylinder to kicking reg
ularly, and now Tony says she runs
just like regular car.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-18
Community Church

Sunday school. 10 a. m. Worship,
II a. m. Baccalaureate sermon.
Junior League, 2:3O p. IN.
Christian Endeavor, 6:45 p. m.
Worship 7:3O p. m. Subject: "Pure
Religion"
Choir practice every Wednesday
night at 1880.
The Pastor will be absent from
Monday morning until Thursday even
ing of next week.
E. A. K. Grant, Pastor.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-18

|
Cattle, prime steers, per cwt. ..... $50
t@corrected every Thursday P. M.
Typewriter paper and ribbons for
sale at this office.
SPEEDY" Swift, the we'll known
drummer, was doing our city Tuesday.
If you want the best to be had in
the printing line leave your orders at
this office. We have the equipment
to handle the work and our printers
possess the know how. No need to
send out of town for your printing
needs.
Remember, the days of your youth,
days of headaches, eye pain and blur
red eyes. Heed, then, the sons COM
plant and the daughters cross days,
for these all tell the tale of eye strain.
Consult DR.. E. A. Shilling, Optomet-
rist, Cottonwood, Idaho. 19-tf.
The Cottonwood Milling & Elevator
company shipped car of fat hogs to
Spokane Tuesday and also a car of
-four to Nashville, Tenn. The latter
shipment sold for an even $500,
which will make pretty expensive eats
for our brethren in the southland
when it is worked up into bakery
bread and pastry.
j. L. Eckert returned on Thursday
of last week from a sojourn of six
months in California and is much i'm
proved in health and appearance. He
saw many old time Cottonwood people
down in the land of perpetual summer
and says they are all prospecting and
apparently well satisfied with life
Mr.. Eckert spent several weeks in
Lewiston before coming up to the
prairie.
E. E. Hale, Martin Wirrer, E. L.
Martin and MAZE Farris left late last
week for Spokane and returned Tues
day evening with four new Buick cars
for the Hoene Hardware. One of the
cars was sold to Mr.. Martin and an
other to Fred Pfannebecker, while the
others will be placed in this vicinity
at an early date. The boys report
having had a fine trip until the last
day, when the heavy rain made the
roads slick and travelling pretty diff
cult.
The Cottonwood kid ball team,
made up Of lads from the two schools,
journeyed over to Ferdinand Sunday
afternoon and took on a similar aggre-
CATION at that place, losing out by a
score Of 2 to 5. The boys claim 153
years old was the age limit agreed up
on but the other team ran in a couple
boys who were bigger than their dads
and won the game by unfair means.
They hope to even things up when
the Ferdinand boys play a return
game here next Sunday.
Felix Martzen returned Wednesday
morning from his trip to Lewiston
and Spokane and reports having had
a fine time while away. While at
Spokane he joined a delegation leav-
ing for TOppenish to attend the state
of Knights of Columbus
and took in the big initiation there,
afterward visiting cousin who resides
near that place. lie returned Monday
morning to Spokane and left that
evening for Lewiston but only got as
far as COlfax when he ran into heavy
storm and was forced to lay over for
the night, coming on to Lewiston the
next day and as far as Ferdinand that
evening, when bad roads again forced
him to lay over. However, his "Liz-
zie" was in fine fettle and brought
him home without trouble Wednesday
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-18
Market Report.

Wheat, Marquis, per bu. ..... SO. so
Wheat, Bluestem, per bu. ....... 2.45
Wheat, white Russian, per bu. -. 2.4O
Wheat, club, per bu. .......... 2.3S
Wheat, white Oregon. ....... 2.38
Oats, per hundred. ............... 2.30
Barley, brewing, per hundred. 80. 2.4O
Barley, blue, per cwt. ......... 2.4O
Barley, feed, per hundred. 600. 2.35
Butter, per pound ..... 40
Eggs, per dozen. ............. 80
Flour, per sack, Tip Top. .... 2.90
Hogs, top stuff, per hundred .... is O5
Cattle, prime steers, per cwt. ..... $50
t1corrected every Thursday Pm.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-27
SHORT OF COAL MANY
.DAWSONIANS SHTVERED
THE FREEZING WEATHER CAUS-
ED MUCH SUFFERING BE-
CAUSE OF FUEL SORTAGE.

The cold and dry weather, which
began in Dawson Friday, continued
through Sunday and Monday. The
temperature dropped to the freezing
point Saturday night, and there was
ice early Sunday morning.
Saturday morning the thermome-
ter registered as low as SO, and by
Sunday morning the liquid dropped
to 81 degrees,
There has been a shortage of coal
IN Dawson all the winter, and conse-
quently much suffering has been
caused by the cold weather among
all classes. Many people, relying on
official advice that coal would be
cheaper, did not lay in their usual
supply in the summer, and winter has
caught them not only without any
coal, but at much higher prices
when it can be had at all.
The citizen who had foresight
to lay in a quantity some months
ago is being hourly importuned by
his less fortunate fellow citizen for
even tub full, bucket full in
some instances, of the precious stuff.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-27
Moving Pictures.

Mrs. J. W. Wooten and Miss Claire
Wooten returned Wednesday from
Atlanta. Mrs. Wooten had been, for
several weeks, in an Atlanta SAN
itarium, and her many friends are
delighted that she has recovered.
Mr.. Albert H. Clayton, who for a
number of years was well-known
citizen of Dawson, was down from
Atlanta Saturday greeting old
friends and attending to business in
the city.
Messrs. Elliott R. Newton and
Marvin l.. Mock, soldiers from Camp
Wheeler, found Dawson a pleasant
place to spend Sunday
Mrs. Willis Jordan came down
from Atlanta several days ago and
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. E. T.
Jordan.
Mrs. D. R. Bridges and children,
of Rockmart, are visiting relatives
and friends in and near Dawson.
Mrs. Giles, of Richland, is spend
ing some days with her daughter,
Mrs. w. FL. Gurr.
DR.. Carl C. Aven, of Atlanta, is
the guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
E. w Avcn.
Miss Fannie Belle Thompson, of
Woodbury., is the guest of Mrs. J.
R. Mercer.
Mrs. W. A. McLain and daughter
Miss Sarah, returned from Atlanta
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. o. Niles, of Amer
icus, spent short while in the city
Tuesday.
Mr., Edgar Davidson, an old Daw-
son boy, is visiting relatives here this
week.
John Swain has returned to Daw-
son, and is with Halls tonsorial par
lor
Miss Mary Belle Irwin is visiting
her sister in Moultrie, Mrs. Pat Hor-
kan.
Mr. Carleton Garner, Of Hawkins
vile, spent Sunday with his mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Horsley spent
Sunday with relatives in Albany.
Mr.. S. D. Pickett has visited rel
atives and friends in Dawson.
Messrs. W. A. Davidson and J. D.
Tweedy have been to Atlanta.
Mesrs. Charles W. Curry and |. B.
Ayecock were looking after business
in the city yesterday.
Mr. K. S. Worthy returned from
Atlanta this morning.
Mr.. A. w. Elliott, of Macon, was
in Dawson Monday.
Judge W. H. Gardner has been in
Atlanta.