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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-20

gotten Whole families came to see
them of. One family o2 eight gath
cred around the window where Ehe
son had sect and cried until in
ally the father took the sobo5ng meth
er and sisters away
But the boys were all smiles all
except one The majority fell into
the spirit Of enthusiasm which viii
help America win the war They hat
ed 20 leave mothers and sisters. yet
they were all anxious 10 r. OIL All
but one Tears streamca Fwn his
face when he went into - eck Is
land club and when he came out and
as his relatives greeted him again
ne saw they were crying and broken
down. too Then at the station when
they met him again he was I'm tears.
All during the time that they were
at the station he cried. He was
among the last 70 get on She train
and when he did nc went 70 the win
dow The group below were i'm sobs
He made 8 faint effort 10 smile as
the train pulled out but Tony and the
piccoIo player struck up AUD Lang
Svue" and tears came and be puHe1
his head back fin the window and dis
appeared.
Visitors Have Slogans.
On the coaches of the special con-
tanning the se}ective soldiers from
eastern part of trfe state there were
many slogans. Among those We're
ITO Berlin via Camp Dodge ana
Paris
TO Hell With the Kaiser.
Wen Get the kaiser
THE boys from the eastern cities
were all in fine spirits. When the
train rumbled in, they gave a shout.
( atETaEHr EgrrEr leland Tf Bav r-foE With
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-20

5#6-Otto Gosch
59-R0v Eiofstetter
Joe hapas.
54 Iaude D0n0way
80g Ernest Do01dn
eraphien l1aeys
Leon ThayeT
Frederick stpe
14 Carl Z Carlson
Francis Etealey
William Bartell
Edward Hanson
i5-Harry Adams.
98-George RAIN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-20

353 Elmer MaTstOn.
500 David Ripley.
44T Louis Edefstein.
413 Ben Rush
4TA Henry @. Hanson.
SOB Jesse T. Lay.
e54 Chester x Hays
662 Glascoe M. Thorn pson.
6ST Frank J Mitchell.
646 William Z. Shean.
$50 Edward +. Berry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-20

245-EI wood g. Gregg.
z53 Herbert r. Schultz
269 Earl Park
Elmer G. Anderson.
2T6-lsuy o. Foster.
5Q4 John T.. Fowler
&I2 Gust Larson
CASTOR Van HEfte
@5l Frank James PogemiIIer.
a34 Joseph r. Kali.
33S-WaIfer krahl.
32g-Joseph r. Robson.
Walter P0seyh.
356-CIareuc r. Nelson
367- William K. LeFreBz.
377-Forrest Tomiinson.
5T8- Richard p Stevenson.
379 Lloyd VI Zeug.
3S8-Audrew SENEGAL.
&g#- Phillip Pollard
1Gl-Jobu f. 5tahIberger.
403- Robert C. Niuett.
409 -Tachiel Pettyn
Ralph r. Allies
42g-Ira r.. Whitman
442-AI bert E. Count
444-Th0mas f Burns.
472-Frauk Gibson.
4S8-Wa a. Freeman
Walter Johnson.
AS7-W William a Mason
48S-Charles T. Peck.
873-Charles l. Shields.
sol Henry EjerEe
503-Robert n CIaydcu
5I0-Eric 7. Norman.
5Lg-Carl William Bodenhofer.
523-TaD S. Thomas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-20

an the news All tire firne-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-20
Red Grown Gasoline
Everywhere and
Everywhere the Same

It's that continuous chain of boiling points
from IS degrees Fahrenheit to above 400
degrees Fahrenheit, which tells the story.
The so-calIed ''high-tesc'' gasoline makes
mixture which burns rapidly and imparts
ment of the stroke, but falls as0ay equally
quickly as the stroke progresses; in other
words the power Is not as steady as in Red
Crown Gasoline.
How many times has your safety been wholly
dependent upon instant response when you
stepped on the accelerator?
The next advertisement cUiu be
do NOT Touch Your Carburefor. -
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
Exterior Should Be Dignified.

The exterior of the small house may
be either picturesque or formal but il
should be simple and dignified in either
case. Any material may be used, as
stone, brick, or wood, but once chosen,
it should be adhered to. 1t is always
right to use local materials, but we
need not use more than one kind sim
ply because several kinds are at hand.
The surfaces in small work are never
large enough for mixtures of materials.
So also with the design of the house.
The main lines ought not to be broken
up with protruding bays, unusual an
giles in the plan, absurdly large porches,
or a complex system Of roofs. Inge-
nuity is always a poor substitute for
simplicity and good proportion. For
interest, confine yourself to a simple
element, like the front door, which may
be played with little.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
Fortunes 70 Servants-

Recently woman who died in Buck.
inghamshire at the age Of eighty-nine
left her fortune of $4,000 to her
cOachman, and the late Lord Burton
left 100000 in annuities to his serv.
ants, while the proprietor Of a Leices-
ter square restaurant left his woman
bookkeeper close upon 100000. The
dowager duchess of Wilton left severa,
large requests to her servants. includ-
ing the sum of 10000 to her maid.
A Hove surgeon left his fortune to his
housekeeper and the very same year
lady in the North Of England left
her companion $4,000. A Liverpool
shipOwner left 100000 and remem-
bered in his will every person in his
employ both at home and at the Of
fees. His legacies ranged from ESQ.
600 to his manager to 600 TO his Office
boy. Some years ago a British mag.
nate, after leading his wife to believe
herself sole legatee, left her one shil.
ling and bequeathed fT2.OOO to others,
including f3.50O to a servant whom his
wife specially disliked. OF all forms
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
UPSALA CENTER OF SWEDEN
Country's Most Ancient City, and
Vastly Rich in the Nations
History and Tradition.

In all things save the most modern,
Upsala is the center of Sweden. In
point of education, of religion and of
history and tradition, this little city
overshadows Stockholm. 1t is so old
that the old gods themselves are said
to be buried there.
Old Upsala lies a mile or two away
from the more modern city; it is set
upon the very ashes of other times.
Digging in the earth underfoot brings
to light the crude implements of
people, our knowledge of whom is little
more than theory, as well as the better
fashioned weapons that the Norsemen
of the early centuries knew how to
WELD so well. There are three great
mounds or barrows still left at old Up
sala, and these are sometimes said to
be the tombs of three of the old gods
of Morse mythology.
The present city of Upsala is cut in
two by the River Fyris. On the slop-
ing hill to the westward, surrounded
by less important buildings, stand the
greatest cathedral and the greatest uni
versity in Sweden. The other half of
the city is given over to modest dwell
ings, but from any vantage point on
the hillside they make a pretty sight
with their characteristic northern neat.
ness and clean lines.
The life of the town is strongly col.
ored by the university folk The stu.
dent is readily recognizable by his
black-trimmed white velvet cap; and
he is everywhere, of course, for he
makes up about a tenth of the popu.
lation. Your typical Swedish univer-
sity man is an athlete and a songster,
especially noted for his fine, full cho.
ruses. The distant singing of a dozen
lusty young voices on a moonlight win.
ter night is one of the most character.
istic sounds of Upsala, and one of the
little things encountered here and
there that stick in the memory.
The great brick cathedral is the other
striking institution of Upsala. Here
lie buried several o. GwoJen's old war.
rior kings, and here, TOO, Is the tomb
of Linnaeus, the father of botany, who
was a professor at the university. Be.
fore the tomb of Linnaeus is a recep.
tacle filed deep with the cards of ia.
nous men who have visited his tomb
Indeed, for long it was something of a
custom for European botanists to visit
Upsala on the anniversary of the birth
of Linnaeus. There is something sin
gularly fitting and attractive in this
idea of science making pilgrimages to
the tombs of her prophets.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
Death of Sidney N. Pike

Arthur Pike was in Georgia Sunday to
attend the funeral of his brother, Sidney
n. Pike, who died at the Sherwood sani-
tarium in st. Adams Friday afternoon,
after weeks illness from pleuro pneu-
monia, at the age of SO years. He is sur
vived by half-brother, Arthur Pike, of
johnson. several nieces and nephews in
johnson, an aunt in Williston and two
cousins, Herbert aud Roy Reynolds, of
Georgia. His wife, Mrs. Lepha Rankin
Pike, died last October of bronchial pneu-
monia. Mr.. Pike was a native of John
son and moved TO St. Adams several
years ago. He was a member of the
First Congregational church.
The funeral was held at the Congrega-
tional church at Georgia Center Sunday
afternoon, following prayer service at
Mr.. Pixies late home in ST. Albaps. Rev,
S. W. Anthony officiated. The burial
was in Georgia Plains cemetery. The
brother and other relatives have the SYM
psthy of this community in their be-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
A PatriOtit Demonstration

Thursday evening the village united in
| a patriotic street demonstration in honor
of the six soldiers from Fort Ethan AL
len, who are members of the Alumni and
graduates of johnson High school. There
were Sargent Allen Fletcher, Lloyd
Pearl, Holmes Mobbs, Howard Bailey.
Merrill Atwell and Grover Fletcher.
Harold Gonyea was ill and not able to be
here. In the procession were some twen-
ty automobiles decorated with flags. The
first three cars were occupied by the
johnson Band. Then followed the SOL
diers from the Fort and the soldiers of
the Civil War, High School students and
citizens. The band played our national
air, THE Star Spangled Banner" while
all breathed "God bless you, boys"
Our banner-that time honored banner
That floats in the oceans bright foam.
God keep it unsullied forever,
Our standard, our union-our home"
1t was an expression of loyalty to the
cause for which the boys have given their
lives and pledge to stand behind them
in all possible ways.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
! ION -
r TOWN - -!
IL: |, PSI ]
HARM IN "KNOCKING" TOWN
II City Government Is Not What 1t
Should Be There Are Other Reme-
dies, 1t Is Urged.

1t is easy to fall into q habit of
petty criticism and detraction either of
individuals or institutions. In the one
case, when directed by one person
against another it is commonly and
rightfully classed as malicious gossip
or SANDER. In the other case it is
sometimes lOftily designated as an exhi-
bition of public spirit. Both are alike,
a shame and disgrace to the perpetra-
tors, an evil that should be suppressed
says the indianapolis Star.
Men, naturally enterprising, who, I'M
der favorable circumstances, would
push the interests of the community,
are deferred by the feeling that they
would meet with criticism and have
no encouragement, and saying to them
selves whats the use?" remain pas
sive, leaving other cities to go forward
where theirs makes no Roadway or goes
back. Outside capitalists who hear
the echoes Of this detraction go else.
where with their factories and shops.
If city government is not what it
should be, there are formal and order
ly means of reforming it. If police
force is inefficient, a remedy is posi-
bic without giving to the world the i'm
preston that crime is rampant and
life unsafe there by day or night. If
public service corporations do not act
squarely and fairly by the people,
there are legitimate remedies for such
conditions. If any public officer
makes mistakes, there are other ways
Of reaching him than by branding him
as a rascal of the blacklist dye. Men
in public office, being human, have
been known to be open to friendly re-
monStrance.
But the common scold, either in pri-
vate or public, never accomplishes
good.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
BACKYARD GARDENING PAYS
Cleveland Has Tried Plan for Five
Years to Its Profit, and Many other
Cities Have Taken Up the Idea.

"a vegetable garden for every home"
is the new slogan in Ontario, and 1t
is a slogan worth while. The provin-
cial government has launched sys-
tematic campaign for backyard agri-
culture, and it proposes to show every
householder how he may, by domestic
farming, combat the increasing cost of
living and the growing scarcity of food
stuffs, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
One of the aims of the Ontario gov
eminent is, of course, so to increase
the available food supply at home as
to enable the contribution of still more
to the hard-pressed motherland. But
the plan must be broader in it's results.
Backyard gardening pays. Cleveland
has tried it, these five years past, to
it's profit, and scores of other cities
have taken up the idea. The earth is
the source of wealth. The man who
cultivates a plot of ground contributes
to the welfare of all mankind.
The new Canadian movement owes
it's origin to the stress Of war. 1t is
the kind of movement which perpetu-
ates itself. The man, the woman or
the child who once knows the delight
of growing things is always the better
for it, and so is his community. This
country can follow with profit the ex-
ample in intensive cultivation which
Ontario Is to furnish.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
JOHNSON

The Dread Literary Club have pur-
chased Liberty Loan Bond.
j. j. Hickey is not as we'll and his
daughter-iD-law is with him.
J. G. Spaulding of Hardwick was in
town Thursday taking pictures.
Mrs. Fred Laduke of Craftsbury re-
Gently visited her sister, Mrs. Cobb.
Tracy Smalley went Friday to Boston
to visit his aunt, Mrs. E. Fl. Ekegren.
Geo. Shaft of New York City has been
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John Larawav.
W. G. Jones left Monday to visit rela-
tives in Boston and vicinity, also in New
Jersey.
Mrs. Lewis Robertson of Cambridpe
visited her daughter, Mrs Fred Wood.
last week.
Mrs. Fletcher has returned from ST
Johnsbury and is at the home of her son
Fred Wood.
j. D. Corley went to Orleans last week
for Mrs, Corley, who has been there Wis
iting her mother
Miss Carrie Cowles returned 70 BRAIN
tree, Mass, Monday after visiting her
sister, Mrs. W. Fl. Nye.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Stearns. Mrs VIM
Laporte and G. Fl. Hayford were in Bur-
lington last week Tuesday.
Mrs. Earl Joslyn of Essex Junction
came Wednesday of last week to visit
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. W. Peck.
Mrs. Eber Humphrey of Newport Wis.,
tied friends 10 town the last of the week.
Her mother, Mrs. Sarah Mansfield, of
Burlington came Friday night.
Miss lila Patch left Friday to pass the
summer in st. Johnsbury with her moth
er, Mrs. F. W. Hanson, and with her
sister, Mrs. Ernest Brooks, of Nashua.
N. Fl.
Charles Redstone left Friday for his
home in West Quincy, Mass. Sabin
Hodges, who has finished for A. J.
Saleeby, went with him to be his guest
ava " ~" 1ayos
Miss Helen Waterman went Monday to
Burlington TO be guest of her sister.
Miss Drusilla, during the U. V. M. Com
mencement, at the home of their uncle.
John Waterman.
Merrill Atwell, Howard Bailey, Grover
Fletcher, Lloyd Pearl and Holmes Mobbs
were in town from Fort Ethan Allen last
week in connection with the high school
commencement.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Murray and daugh-
ter. Ruth, and friend from Glens Falls,
N. T., came to attend the High school
commencement and were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. V. A. Knowles. Their son.
Clarence, was a member of the gradual
inc class
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
MuzzIe the Sneexers.

Persons who go about without hands
kerchiefs or the sense to use them,
coughing and sneezing in public places,
are the distributors Of colds, la grippe,
headaches, fevers and sometimes of
pneumonia and death. Sneezing I'M
street cars without using a handkers
chief to protect others stamps a per-
son as a filthy creature, and ought to
be a misdemeanor, under board OF
health rules.-Chicago Examiner.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
Red Brick Most Attractive.

It may be stated as a general fact
that brick having a reddish cast makes
the best appearance, and those which
are purple, very pale-yellow or gray
in tone are likely to look cold and for
bidding. Take yellow brick, for in
stance. Yellow Of the ordinary tone
is too raw to be pleasant, but when it
is on the orange shade (reddish) it be-
comes beautiful. Orange yellow is
warm and pleasant to the eye.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
Traffic Posts Artistic.

The most progressive development in
the post which stands at the intersec-
ton Of two streets and warns the au-
toist to "Go to the Right" has been
made by the little city of Modesto, Cal.
The traffic posts in Modesto are being
made artistic and ornamental, conceal
ing their utilitarian purpose as far as
possible. They are built of concrete,
cast in a decorative mold, and topped
by a concrete basket, which holds
ferns or Towering plants. Just below
the basket and set in the thickness of
the post is the red lamp which warns
drivers at night.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
SUMMER DIET.
Why Overfeed the Body In Hot
Weather?

Why OVerfeed the Body In Hot
Weather?
Change of diet is just as essential to
good health, once the warm weather
arrives, as a change of clothes. No one
would think of dressing in heavy
woolens. furs and velvets with the
thermometer soaring. Why, then, feed
the system during the hot days with
the same sort of heavy food which
makes up the winter menu?
Too few housewives realize that the
body Graves change of diet once the
warm weather sets in. They go or
serving in summer hot soups, steamin2
meats, heavy desserts, just as though ii
were the middle of winter, and then
wonder why their families do not seem
to relish their food.
Begin now to serve summer meas.
for warm weather is here and change
of diet is necessary to good health.
Make the first change in the appear
ance of the table. If you have been in
the habit of using cloths use d0ilies
during the summer season, as they
give llle appearance vi tOOlllCSS anu
summer comfort They are. too, a
great saving of labor during the warm
weather season. 1t is no idle task to
wash out a big tablecloth once a
berry stain mars its pristine beauty.
but if dolly becomes soiled how easy
it is to take this single piece and dip
it into the tub. During the berry and
fruit season, when so many spots are
apt to appear, no matter how careful
the diners, this labor saving scheme
should be given consideration.
Some housewives go so far as to sub
stitute the paper doilies for the linen
ones, throwing them away hs they be-
come soiled. These come in so many
pretty designs and are so inexpensive
that this form of table adornment is
both pretty and economical
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20

OF petty spite the vindictive will is the
meanest. Now and then someone gets
good reward for short service. A Scot.
fish iron master who died recently had
been entertained in his sickroom by
Scottish piper who played his ia.
vorite reels and laments and strath.
speys to his satisfaction. He left the
skirler of the pipes f10,000.-London
Mail.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
Reciprocity,

A man sixty years old lost his life
in a fire in New York while attempt.
ing to save the life Of a dog. Wen, the
timid die a thousand deaths, while the
brave man dies but once, and the dog
wouldn't have hesitated to attempt
similar service. /
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-06-20
legitimate Scheme.

''You may get returns amounting to
several hundred dollars from 5O-cent
investment"
"a get-rich-quick scheme, heyg
"No, you don't get rich quick. The
original investment is in garden seeds.
You gotta plant 'em and tend en-
---- -. - -
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-14
SEEK OCCUPATIONS FOR
MEN INJURED IN WAR
Problem of Aiding Our Disabled
Soldiers Is Discussed by
Therapeutic Experts.

New York.-The problem of finding
occupations for American soldiers who
will return from the war permanently
crippled formed the chief topic Of dis
cussion at the first annual meeting Of
the National Society For the Promo
ton of Occupational Therapy, held at
the Russell Sage Foundation building.
Dr. w. r. Dunton, attached to the staff
of the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt hos
pital in Maryland, declared that i'm
mediate steps should be taken by the
government to meet situation fraught
with serious economic and social diff
culties after the invalided soldiers be-
gin to return from the front.
According to DR.. Dunton, the problem
was one which concerned the commune
ty as much as the government. 1t was
highly important, he said, to plan a
system of vocational education whereby
crippled soldiers while in the GONZALES
cent hospitals might be taught to make
themselves useful with occupations to
which they could adapt themselves with
proper instructions, despite their physi-
cal disabilities. Certain forms of arts
craft, such as cabinet making, design
ing and wicker work, were mentioned
by DR.. Dunton as being suitable for the
purpose. Work of this kind, he said,
could be done by cripples even if they
were confined to chair, and, OF course,
with much greater success after they
were well enough to command freedom
of movement.
For instance" declared DR.. Dunton,
there certainly will be many men in
the army who will have had some train
ing as carpenters. Granted that car
penter has both his legs taken off by
shell, there is no reason why he could
not very easily be taught to do kind
of light carpentering with his hands
which would have real commercial
value and yet require no undue exer-
ton, if it's nothing more than building
bird cages"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-14

which there can be but one answer
the young, unmarried men must save
this country even as they saved 1t in
the civil war.
After quoting statistics to show that
the bulk of the Union army was com
posed of youths under twenty-one Gen
eral Young analyses the results of the
present draft and concludes:
After the first and second drafts
are made there will be approximately
62G,OOO men available for purely mill
tary service who will not have been In
cluded in the first two drafts. Now
since the first and second drafts will
total about 1,374,000 and experience
shows that three men are required in
reserve for each man on the firing line
the 626,000 left over from the first reg
istration will not be adequate for even
a reserve force for the men actually on
the firing line. but will fall short of the
number which experience has proved
necessary by some 3,49G,000
BY using the comprehensive ma
chinery set up by the war department
for carrying out the provisions of the
draft law and which is still in exist
ence and in perfect working order the
remedy which have to propose can be
Immediately realized This remedy is
embodied in the following amendment
to the draft law:
All male persons resident in the United
States who are nineteen years of age and
not more than thirty one years of age on
the date when this amendment shall go
into effect and who were not registered
in pursuance of the act of May Is, 1871
shall be registered al such time and place
as the president may by proclamation d.
rect
Ii should also be provided that none
of the men affected by the law so
amended should be called for active
military service before reaching the
age of twenty-one years.
Granting that the proposed amend
ment shall be adopted by congress, the
same to go into effect June 3 1918, a
startling and Illuminating comparison
with the figures of the recent registra
ton and draft given above is imme
diately presented: On June .. 1918
there would be three classes males
nineteen. twenty and twenty-one years
of age-affected by this proposed
amendment. These three classes would
total 100000 men and after reflections
would net approximately 100000 men
fit for training for military service. In
these three classes there will be
much smaller average percentage of
exemption than in the older classes
which were comprehended in the re
cent registration