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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-09-18
Where Americas Heart Lies.

Wherever the standard of freedom
and independence has or shall be un-
furled, there will Americas heart, her
oenedictions and her prayers be. But
she goes not abroad In search of mon
sters to destroy. She is the well-wish-
er TO the freedom AMI independence Of
all. She is the champion and vindica.
tor only of her own.-John Quincy
Adams.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-18
Bomb Droppino Balloons.

The first bomb dropping balloons
were humble enough and equally fu.
tile. Balloons had been used in war as
early us the siege of Maubeuge by the
Austrfans for observation purposes.
The first talk Of bomb dropping was in
1872, when the Russians were said to
have a huge balloon for that
but nothing was done with it. In 1S47,
however, the Austr:ans. when attack.
ing Venice, sent UP paper fire balloons,
which were to drop bombs into the
town. But they forgot to allow for con
trary air currents. The balloons got
into such a current and, drifting back
over the Austrian lines. bombed them
instead Of Venice.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-18
The Change In
Edwin R
BY ETHEL HOLMES

Edwin Leroy was not an especially
spiritual man, though he vas what
may be termed a thoughtful m He
was not given to philosophic specula.
lions, nor was he of a devotional ma.
ture. If he had any especial intellec.
tual prediction it was for science,
though even in this he read only what
was written for popular instruction.
Circumstances had compelled him ia
assist himself on several occasions, and
this had given him a reputation for be.
ing combative.
One d~ay-rather, n moment-a great
change came over him. He was walk.
ing on a road and met a girl. He
looked at her; she looked at him. She
lowered her eyes, but before she did
10 some vague internal announcement
was made In both that they were
mates. Leroy turned and joined her.
There was no conversational introduc.
ton. They walked on together.
The mating between Edwin Leroy
and Camilla Head was a spiritual as
well as a physical one. The two souls
became n at the moment of meeting.
A year after their marriage Camilla
died. Leroy laid away his earthly
partner with no great show of feeling.
He did not weep at her grave. To
him she had not been buried. She had
not wholly departed from him. he
was denied material communication
with her, but there was a spiritual
unity between them that could not be
broken.
One day Leroy was strolling about
in his garden. He seemed to be talk
ing to his flowers, but he was com
muning with the spirit Of his wife. A
man entered and hurried toward him.
"sir," said the stranger, II loved a
woman whom, l have been told. you
married. Though she did not love me,
I loved and still love her. l am told
that she is dead. l desire to visit her
grave. Will you tell me where you
have buried herr"
II have not buried her"
The writer looked at Leroy wonder
ingly.
THAT receptacle" continued Leroy,
that conveyance, that machine of
flesh which is intended to hold a soul
during a brief period Of preparation
for a superior existence, has been
buried. You will find 1t in the church
yard a short distance up the road"
Having given this information, Le-
Roy turned again to his flowers. The
fact that another had loved his wife
did not seem either to interest or move
him. This indication that he was so
sure that his dead wife had belonged
to him alone antagonized the visitor.
Had l met Camilla" said the latter,
"a few months before You found her
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-18
the result might have been different"
NO" said Leroy. 1T would not"

the result might have been different"
NO" said Leroy. 1T would not"
why are you SO sure of thatT"
Because Camilla was destined for q
perfect union. She could never have
accepted any other"
There was something irritating tC
the stranger in this complacent view
Of LeRoy's with reference to the wo
man who had refused the one and
mated with the other. While the wild.
over remained unruf1ed, the discarded
lover waxed warm with smolderine
anger.
"Your love for her was human" he
said. "You possessed her in the flesh
Now she is mine. Some day I win 60
to her"
Many are going, but who shall meet
in the infinite we cannot know while
here"
"1n the infinite there is no marriage.
Camilla will be to me at least as much
as she will be to YOU"
she will not he to you what she has
been to me-"
This reference to the fact that the
woman he had loved had been III the
flesh possessed by his rival caused the
stranger to lose his equanimity.
"You lie," he said.
Leroy stopped to pick a flower.
did you hear me?' said the other
angrily. II say you lie"
"If you wish to quarrel with me-"
said Leroy, rising and at the same
time inhaling the perfume Of the Aow-
er he had p!ucked, you will have to
select some other cause. There can
be no quarrel in which the dead il con.
cerned."
The man stood looking at Leroy in
a sort of confused wonder. This last
word shamed him.
Pardon" he said, Il have not been
used to living in this world wherein
you live. I am a mortal: you seem to
have placed your foot on the threshold
Of the Infinite"
II have not placed it there; she is
drawing me. She is the magnet, l the
needle. Where she is there l point"
II beg that you will excuse this un-
warranted intrusion; it was not intend
ed as such when | came here"
"Forgi:e my want of attention to
your wish. Come: I will show you
the grave"
The two walked in silence to the
c~hurchyard. and Leroy led the way
among the tombs. some Of pure, fresh
hewn marble. others crumbling and
brown with age, and stopped at one on
which was inscribed. "The Former Cas-
ket Of a Soul"
The stranger removed his hat and
bent reverently beside the grave. Le-
Roy stood with folded arms and head
covered.
"Do you not revere this spot" asked
the stranger.
mo"
"We differ. Down there lies the wo-
men loved"
Leroy removed his hat and, raising
his eyes to the blue heavens, said rev.
erently:
"Out there is the woman 1 love-"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-18
.Webster's Portrait.

Daniel Webster once sat for his Dor
trait to G.. =. Healy. and the SENATOR
remark when he surveyed the complet
ed picture became one Of the artist.
favorite anecdotes in after years. 81
Think said Webster as he looked al
his counterfeit presentment. that is o
face l have often shaved"
Healy found Andrew Jackson Il dis
agreeable and unwilling "Subiect." ant
he compensated himself by painting
Old Hickory with absolute fidelity +
nature, not Guessing a single defect
The portrait gives Jackson an ugly
savage and Dallid face.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-18
LIKE INVERTED RAIN,
Luckily For the Aviator, He Was Out
Of Ranue of the Drons.

" sAo5SS OT the OrOpSs
1t will be easily understood, writes
=. u. Grey in Tales Of the Flying
Service that before a bullet that has
been shot straight upward begins to
fall there must be a point where it
stands dead still and that for the last
part Of it's upward fight it travels very
slowly. One officer Of my acquaintance
told me, after some months of wal,
that his most curious experience was
when once, and once only, he discov-
cred h exact extreme range point.
He was flying along quite peacefully
on a bright, sunny morning at an alti-
tude Of a little e 5000 feet, without
worrying about anything. when sud-
denly he saw something bright dart
past the side of the machine. He be-
gan to look about him and saw, q
shade below him and a tritie to one
side, a whole stream Of little bright
things glittering i'll the sun.
Then he realized that he had lust
struck a level that happened to be the
extreme vertical range of a machine
gun that was making uncommonly
good shooting. Other bullets from
rifles and other machine guns also
flashed into view as he flew along, and
when his eyes caught the right focus he
could follow the slow, topmost part of
their movement for Il considerable dis
lance. ut looked" he said, lust as If
II were raining upward" and the phe-
nomenon was so novel that he quite
forgot for a time that the "raindrops''
indicated that lie was unpopular with
some II below.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-18

BLACK HORSE, 8 YEARS OLD, WEIGHT 400
1 GREY MARE IN FOAL, IA YRS. DID, W.T.. 1850
/ BAY MARE, IL YEARS OLD, WEIGHT 1900
2 BLACK RISE 3 YEARS OLD, WElGHT 1900
/ GREY MARE, 3 YEARS OLD, WEIGHT 12OO
RAW HORSE. 4 YEARS OLD, WEIGHT 1900
1 GREY HORSE, 4 YEARS OLD, WEIGHT 400
1 GREY MARE YEARS L WE1GHT 100
1 GREY MARE, 13 YEARS OLD, WEIGHT 1O5O
/ BLACK HORSE, 5 YEARS OLD, WEIGHT 14OO
l BAY HORSE 5 YEARS OLD, WEIGHT 1861
1 GREY HORSE, Z OLD, WEIGHT 14OO
1 A MARE, 5 YEARS OLD, WEIGHT lO5O
3
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
RE Careful,

Last Tuesday a Young nina of good
address called on Wauseon ladies who
are officers of the local W. G. T. u
representing himself to he the agent
of the Ritz COMPANY of Batavia. New
York manufacturers of a cleaner for
household use which he stated had
hoen sold by the ladies of one of the
churches in town several wears ago
and found nerfectlv satisfactory and
that the ladies who sold it had realized
q nice profit to add to the funds of
their church. The w. C. T. IT. ladies
decided TO accent the proposition and
one of them actinp for the local union
signed a contract for the organization
she represented to take a certain
amount of the cleaner and sell it in
this vicinity. The vounp man offered
vn"v liberal discount for cash and
the ladv dnsirino to add the discount
IN the nrnft derived from the sale Of
thn ~oods for the benefit of the W. C..
II. u. on the aSeurnace of the young
man that tho Goods were in town and
would he delivered at her home that
efternoon- raid him the cash amount
mo to s14.00. Since that time she
has seen nothing of the young man,
whose name she did not learn, neither
have the goods been delivered. In
nIIirv at the express and freight offices
7hows that there are not now nor has
+horn been such goods received at any
of these offices
Tt is we'll to be sure that you have
value received in hand before paying
money to strangers.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
NEWS FROM THE BOYS

An interesting article on "Ohio
Soldiers on Long Island", begun in
this issue of the Tribune tells how the
Ohio boys of the Rainbow Division"
in Camp Mills, Hampstead Long
Island are drilling, working, play
ing and being cared for. This ar
ticle will have more of interest to
people of this vicinity when they re-
member that Ray Emmerling is one
of the boys who is passing through
the experiesces recorded in the arti-
Gle. Ray is busy and absorbed in
his work but he finds time to write
his mother and tell her what he is
doing and how he finds things,
which from our point of view is
commendable: The boys at Camp
Sherman, Chillicothe, seem to be "do-
ing as well as could be expected;
Sergeant Bissonette, Paud Hayes
and Henry Alleman have been re-
ported on the sick list and in the
hospital for a few days but moth
ing serious. The officers at Camp
Sherman are very careful of the men
and any indication of falling below
normal on the part of any of the
men is promptly dealt with by giving
the hospital doctors and nurses a
chance to earn their wages.
Walter Skeels finds time to write to
the home folks and let them know
that he is all right as do most of
the bows from Fulton county.
We have heard indirectly that DR.,
Shulz is being utilized according to
his professional training and that he
has been assisting in making physi-
cal examinations, inoculations and vac
nations.
Corporal, Harold Collins is follow.
ing a former pursuit of hammerine
typewriter KEYS for Uncle Sam wher
he is not drilling he is feeling vel
and camp life seems to agree with
him
Frank Huber writes to his parents
, that be enjoyed the trip down tt
Camn Sherman that he registered a:
an electrician and was assigned to {
machine gun battalion. DR.. Schul,
and Ralph Bushey were assigned t.
'ho same company. Frank says HI
has splendid appetite and that the!
have GOOD food to eat He has re
"eived his unifor m and thinks h,
Looks we'll in it, in fact he is prouc
of If. Frank thinks that armv ex
or"ises are certainly fine for build
in" IN fine phvsinues and so far i
well pleased with his experiences.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
POSTAGE RATES RAISED

The War Revenue Bill passed by
Congress last week provides for a
raise in postage rates as follows: Post
age on letters or other first class mat
ter three cents per ounce or fraction
thereof; drop letters that is letters for
delivery from the office at which post
ed including those for delivery by city
or rural carriers two cents for each
ounce or fraction thereof. Postcards
are required to be prepaid, two cents;
one cent stamp must be affixed in
addition to the one cent stamp i'm
pressed upon the card. Post cards OF
private, mailing cards must have two
cents postage prepaid on them
These rates become effective Novem
ber End. Increased rates on second
class matter will be effective July 1st
1918.
Taxes on club dues and amusement
admissions are effective November 1st
in this same date taxes become effec
tive on transportation Pullman an,
steamship berths, pipe lines, insuranc
policies, telegraph and telephone mes
sages costing more than Is cents
Retailers of liquors and tobaccos mus
pay taxes on all goods in stock.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
Lanan,s Exnerience Costly.

When the railways Of Japan were
first planned, the narrow gauge of 3
feet 6 inches was selected for them,
because it was cheapest to build and
equip, and was thought best suited to
the country's narrow highways and
steep grades. Now the 5000 miles Of
Japanese railways, all of narrow
gauge, are found to be sadly behind
the times, and a movement is on foot
to rebuild them to standard gauge, al
though the cost is estimated at nearly
S450,OO0000. At present the trains are
slow, the fastest expresses making less
than 80 miles an hour; the coaches
are low and narrow, and the sleeping
cars are cramped and inconvenient
while most of the railway inventions
of other nations cannot be used be-
cause of the difference in track gauge
and size of cars. The director of i'm
perial railways favors the change, in
spite of the cost, and estimates that
the main Tokaido line could be con-
verted to broad gauge in II years and
other lines on the main island of Japan
within 25 years.-Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
Did Uncle SmiIe2

Mr.. and Mrs. Tompkins had "expec-
tations" from their rich old Uncle Ed
ward. So, when he came to them on a
few days visit, they prepared to do all
they could do to make good impress
sion, and commenced by meeting him
at the station.
On the way home in a trolley car to
a Boston suburb they encouraged their
only child, also named Edward, to sit
on the old gentleman's knee, or, as he
was stout, as much Of it as was avail
able.
Presently the small boy slipped from
his perch and sided over to his
mother.
81 don't think want to sit on uncle's
knee any more," he said, in his clear
treble voice.
"Oh, Teddy, why?" said mother in
| shocked tones.
Teddy eyed his great-uncle aggriev-
edly.
Because every time he breathes
out he pushes me off |" he complained
Boston Post.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
WORLDS SERIES

Interest of base ball fans over the
entire country is centered this week on
the Worlds Series now being contest
ed by the Giants of New York and the
White Sox of Chicago. The first two
games of the series were played in
Chicago on last Saturday and Sunday
and resulted in two successive victories
for the Chicago team. The score being
on Saturday to l and on Sunday to
2 in favor of the White Sox. The
third game was played at New York
Wednesday of this week and resulted
in victory for the Giants the score
being 2 to 0. The team to capture
four games will be the victors.
On Thursday the Giants won an.
other victory at New York the score
being 5 to in favor Of the New Yorl
team. rs
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
Enlist Your Dollars


lustlces a
that Make yourself recruiting officer In the Of Uncle
ndcaton round negbors and friends
the sef-respect
If Is TO o
mltasm will nothing triumphant
dictator
America
The Of the Prua mlasts America today Unless
sympathy support for the and
hopeie ultimate victory.
subscription
will
determination
naton~reckns autoeraey Its
We
mi that the day Of reckoning Is on Its
buying Liberty
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
RounaniaIs Country Girls.

The girls of Roumanian country dis
tricts take great pride in a clear,
healthy complexion, and just as the
girls in our own rural districts a gen
Grafton ago would get up before break
fast and steal down unObserved on the
first day of May to wash their freckles
away in the dew of the morning, so the
girls of Roumania take red and white
threads, twist. them into cords, from
which they suspend coins around their
necks. These talismans they wear
from the dead of winter until they see
the first blossoms of spring, feeling
sure that thereby they will guarantee
themselves a milk-white complexion,
rosy cheeks and ruby lips.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
BOY SCOUTS

Thirty-five scouts and othe., scout
officials enjoyed a very pleasant even
ing at the home of Mrs. DR.. Waddell
last Friday evening. A fine scout
program was rendered, light lunch was
served and a fine social hour was en-
joyed. A very profitable evening.
The president of the Boosters Club
was extended and accepted by the
Monday evening and gave the lads a
fine talk An invitation for the troop
to attend the next Boosters meeting
was extended and accepted by the
scouts.
Many Wauseon lads are coming into
the scout ranks. The following boys
have been voted as members and are
now preparing their scout examina
tions. Clyde Miley, Jay Stratton
Glen Rock, Leroy Weis and John Dim
Ike Jr. These lads will all be assigned
to the Junior scout division.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
GARNET MARIE GERiG

Garnet Marie infant dauhgter of
Henry and Carrie Rupp Gerig, was
born at Woodburn, Allen Co. Ind,
August goth, 1917 and died after a
short illness of about two days Oct.
End, 1917 age one month and twelve
days.
She leaves a sorrowing father ard
mother, one brother, four grandpa
rents and two great grand parents
besides host of other near relatives
and friends to mourn her early depart
ure.
Another little lamb has gone,
To dwell with Him who gave,
Another little darling babe
Is sheltered in the grave;
! God needed one more angel child
Amid His shining band,
And so he bent with loving smile,
And clasped our darling's hand.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
RED CROSS NOTES

Word has been received from
Cleveland that gray sweaters and
socks are as acceptable as the khaki
colored garments.
Finished articles for the Red Cross
will be shipped from Wauseon to
Cleveland the last of each month. 1t
is desired that all branches shall send
in their work in time for this ship
ment every month.
The following donations have been
received this week:
High School Alumni, $15., Mrs.
Nell Van Buren, $1.0O; Mrs. Darby
$1.0O; Mrs. Frances Bayes, l muffler;
Mrs. Bert Dimke, 2 hanks of yarn;
! Mrs Struble | Dair of wriSt1etS
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
The Giant Republic.

You could put all our United States
Excluding Alaska) into Brazil and
have 100000 square miles left! There
is said to be more uneXplored coun-
try in Brazil than in all the rest OF
the world put together! If we had a
river like the Amazon stretching in-
land from Nov York, the greatest
ocean steamers afioat could sail
through the heart of the United States
as far as Omaha, Neb. And this land
of big things will become as great
commercially as she now is physically.
Already four-fifths of the worlds cof-
fee is raised in Brazil.-Dan Ward IN
World Outlook.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
WNMAN,S CII1R

On account of the State Federation
meeting to be held in Akron next week
October 18th to 10Th there will be no
meeting of the Wauseon Woman's
Club. The Club will meet at the
home of Mrs. J. C. Rorick on Tuesday
October 23rd, and there will be a pot
luck supper in connection with the
program as arranged. Mrs. Mary
HIATT and Mrs. Catharine Sims are the
delegates from Wauseon to the Fed
Grafton meeting at Akron.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
DON'T OBsTRUCT STREETS

Complaints have been filed with the
street commissioner in regard to the
practice of some residents Of piling
cinders and ashes on the streets and
leaving them there to obstruct the
streets. This practice is absolutely
prohibited by ordinance asd no ashes
cinders or other refuse or rubbish is
to be piled on any of the streets of this
village Citizens are hereby warned
to remove any such obstruction fol-
which they may be responsible at once
The streets must be kept clear.
ROBERT SWEENY,
27-2 Marsha,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
KIMERER-CRONINGER

Saturday nighe October 9th Mr..
Earl M. Croninger and Miss Mary
Kimerer, well known young people re-
siding near Wauseon, were joined in
marriage. Rev. J. A. Wharton per-
formed the ceremony at his residence
80 West Elm street. Mr.. Irwin Gee
and Miss Belle Croninger were at
tendants. A large circle of friends
wish them well. Mr.. Croninger ex-
poets soon to be called to the service
of his country.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
SOLDIERS LIBRARIES

Mr.. Sohn, librarian of the Wauseon
Public Library sent $4,000 to Wash
ington this week as part of the con-
tribution of this county-seat to the
million dollar Soldiers Library Fund
now being raised IN this country.
Delta Library Association contributed
Sc. of the above amount. More has
been subscribed and the subscription
lists for this fund are still open.
Four boxes of books and magazines
have been sent to Camp Sherman from
the Wauseon library and the librarian
will take charge of and ship all books
and magazines donated for the use OF
the soldiers.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
BEANS BY THE YARD

Byron Stoner BROUGHT in a stem
of beans he had picked from his
garden, last week. The stem held
two pods one of which was 311z in
chs and the other 2514 inches long
Byron calls them Now York string
BEANS They rnrtainlv are beans in
a string all right, and if their cul-
ture is successful grocers may soon
be measuring out beans by the yard
instead of the pound.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

Miss Alberta Stuempel entertained a
party of young ladies at her home c
North Fulton street Wednesday even
ing, honoring Mrs. Claire Lee of
Elyria, who is spending the week with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Taft.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12

Mrs. Earle H. Hill entertained in
honor of her guests, Mrs. Knisley and
Mrs. Best the following ladies Thurs
day afternoon: Mrs. Jane Cooper, Mrs
Royal Andrews, of Toledo; Mrs. Robt
Sweeny, Mrs. Geo. Gerringer, Mrs. T
B. Cooper, Mrs. Emma Bradley, Mrs
Grant Yarnell, Mrs. Waldo Stevens
and Mrs. Bert Hoy.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-12
ARE CHRISTIANS SLAKCERS?

In time of war with its hatred and
brutality, with its doubt and pessimism
with its opportunities in readjustment
religion is needed as never before.
The Christian church of Wauseon is
trying to put religion on the same
serious plane as service to our country
The October campaign is now in full
swing and from the cooperation in all
the departments of the church shows
the seriousness with which these prob
lens are being met in the present
world crisis. Our motto is "No Slack
rs in the Christian church"