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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-19
GOOD GOVERNMENT
CLUBS CONVENTION
ASK LEGISLATURE FOR INDUS
TRIAL HOME FOR GIRLS; AT
TER BAD HUSBANDS.
Would Have Mothers Pensions In
creased, and Prefer the Enforce
the Enactment of New Measures;
Many Attend.

A large delegation of Butte club
women went to Helena a few days
age to attend the annual meeting
of the Good Government League
clubs and to work for the following
measures:
An appropriation for an Industrial
home for girls.
A survey of the home for feeble
minded children.
Increase in the amount of mothers
pensions.
Enforcement of present laws ra-
ther than more laws.
A rock pile for husbands who de-
sert their families, with the payment
Of wages to the wife and children.
In the party we're Mrs. Margaret
Rosa, Mrs. H. F. Carman, Mrs. H.
N. Kennedy and Mrs. ]. B. Ellis.
Have Enough Laws.
I'VE have enough laws" Mrs.
Rosa said. what we will urge ia
the enforcement of the present laws.
IAN appropriation for the indus
trial home for girls we consider very
important. vs. want it mandatory
that delinquent girls be sent there
and that they be taught a trade. SO
that they may return a. useful mem
bers of society.
"Another important matter we will
urge Is a survey of the home for the
feehle-minded. This would not cost
$500. and it would give us an op-
portunity to 60 about improving con.
ditions in a scientific way.
1.-THE present home at Boulder cos,
$4,000 and there is room for only
86 children. It is an ornamental
building and not at all practical. The
sum Of $4,000 has been expended
for a building which will accommo.
date only IS children and there are
800 children on the waiting list. Il
this building had been built right
the state would have saved much
money.
Couldn't Support Cat.
1.-THE existing mothers pensiont
we also consider inadequate. The,
provide SO for the first child, $3.50
for the second and $3.50 for each ad'
ditional child. The mother should
have $40 for each child If she is ex
pected to stay home and care fol
them. No institution can take care
Of children cheaper than that. II
Montana we cannot raise a cat or
$3.50 a month"
Mrs. Carman is the supporter o
the bill to provide a rock pile fol
deserving husbands. A majority o
the pathetic cases which have com,
to her attention as president of tn
Associated Charities have been tn
result Of wife %desertion.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-19
NEWMAN'S TIME
L FOR STATE
DECLINES THIRD TERM AS HEAD
OF GREAT FALLS COM.
MERCIAL CLUB.
In Report Tells of Intention to De-
vote Large Share of Effort This
Year to Work in Behalf of Mon.
tana Chamber Of Commerce.;
"Greater State' Session Planned.

His intention, as president of the
Montana Chamber of Commerce, to
devote much of his time this year to
making a success of that organiza-
ton was announced by Louis New
mar in his annual report as president
of the Great Falls Commercial club.
This is an era of organization"
he said. Farmers have seen the
wisdom; laboring people have en-
joyed the benefits of organized ef-
fort; professional men have profited
by the bond of union and at last the
business men have begun to wake
from their lethargic sleep. The
purpose of this organization will be
to coordinate effort in upbuilding
our state and it's various sections. 1t
will be to attract people, to interest
capital, to promote industry and to
foster friendly relations between la
borer and employer.
I'VE have in mind a Greater Mon
tana convention to be held in Great
Falls sometime this year when We
shall bring leaders in all lines to the
city to have a part in our proceed
ings. We believe that the Montana
Chamber of Commerce will offer an
agency for much good and that it is
entitled to the support of your good
will and moral encouragement"
Mr.. Newman called attention to
the fact that, of the several hundred
businesses, old and new, large and
small, in the city, only two or three
were without the fold Of the CONNER
cial club. In directing attention to
the 5000 increase in population re-
vealed by the wi of the Polk
directory company, he recalled that,
in placing the years increase al
5000 some months ago, he had
himself underestimated the city's
growth.
The club has changed it's methods
of choosing officers and directors
Heretofore the membership elected
the officers and the president there
upon named the directorate. This
year the membership elected a board
of directors, which will select the
new officers within the next few
days. Mr.. Newman has declined tt
serve as president for a third term
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-19
THE WORLD

Chicago-Henry Torburg, 70 years
old, a streetcar conductor in Chicago
for over 40 years, died of pneumonia, |
leaving 100000 which he had &C
cumulated through the investment of
his wages in real estate.
Washingt0n-A meeting held in
and Senator Warren K. Harding of
Ohio, has given rise to rumors that
Senator Harding is being groomed
by the colonel for the republican pre-
sidential nomination for 1920.
New York-Vice of all kinds in
New York has been greatly reduced
during the last few years, according
to an annual report made by the bu-
reau of social hygiene, OF which John
D. Rockefeller, Jr., is the head. The
so-called vice ring no longer exists,
and the owners of vice resorts nave
gone into hiding or have lert the city.
Lawrence, Mass.-Heart broken
because he had been told to admins
ter poison to a dog which was sus-
pected of being a carrier of typhoid
germs, Charles Ward, IA years old.
took the poison himself. He was
found dead a few hours after he had
left his foster fathers store. A note
left by him contained this message:
Don't kill Big Puppy. I died in his
place."
Washington-The United States
war and navy departments have au-
thorized the construction of Zeppelin
type a~irships, large caliber rifles
which will be mobile, and howitzers
to be mounted on railroad trucks for
coast defense, which a be hauled
by tractor engines yer country
roads. Army ordnance plants are al
ready building pilot guns of the 16
and IL inch howitzer.
London-Vemba, a negro boy of a
cannibal tribe just brought to Eng
land by American Consul Mcbride, is
declared to be the champion buck
wheat cake maker OF the world by
Americans in London who have tast-
ed Vemba's cakes. Vemba is a silent
youth and his system of making
cakes is a secret. He spends his
spare time bicycling, OF which he is
very fond.
Madison, Wis.-The state legisla-
ture will face the problem of health
insurance as it's greatest constructive
problem in the session that opens the
coming week, and in advance of the
discussion of this problem elaborate
statistics have been prepared by the
state board of health which will show
that disease cost the workers of the
state $~2,737,O0O in 1916. The state
will take up it's investigation o,
health insurance, possibly on the ba'
sis of making it compulsory, as thu
next step after it's development of in
dustrial compensation.
Observation-Disclosures of the gen
eral land office are preparing regu
lations for the administration of thu
six hundred and forty acre grains
homestead law and expect to sent
them to local land offices in a day o.
two. Pending the issuance Of regu
lations the land offices have been in
structed to receive filing, and appli
cants for lands will be allowed g
days in which to amend or modif,
their filings to conform to the regula
tons after they are issued and pub
lished. Based upon the number o
inquiries being received from al
parts of the public land states con
corning the new land it is expecte'
an immense area will be filed upO,
} under the new law Immediately.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-19
200 WOMEN HEAR
FARMING TALKS
REGISTRATION AT Err U S
COUNTY INSTITUTE
CLOSE TO $50.
Every Available Hour for Entire
Week Taken Up With Discussions
Dealing With Live Problems;
Characterized as Most Successful
Short Course Ever Held in State.

forSuS county, always dH1OHS tuc
first, sustained it's reputation by
holding, January 1 to 6, the most
successful farmers and homemakers'
short course ever put on in the state.
The meetings we're all under the aus
pices of the Fergus County High
school, under the direction of Prin-
cipal Cummins, aided by the extern
sion department of Montana State
college and nearly all the farmers
organizations in Fergus county.
About $50 men and zoe women reg
istered for the courses.
Beginning Monday morning and
continuing until Saturday night ev-
cry available hour was taken up with
discussions dealing with farm prob
lens and essentials that the farmers
of the community came to hear and
wanted to know, and lead by experts
from the state college and from Fer
gus county. the courses filled a place
in the betterment of Montana farm
ing probably before reached in
the state.
Sound Wheat Requisite.
Some of the most interesting talks
were given by Mr.. Day. chemist for
the Montana Flour Mills company.
He showed the Importance of the
right kind of wheat farming to the
production of the best kind of flour
and had exhibits to show that you
can't make god flour unless you
have good, clean, sound wheat to
start with.
R. L. Thompson lead the discus
sion on grain Judging. exhibiting
samples to show the different grades
and types of wheat, and showed the
importance of grain Standardization
both to the farmers and to the eleva-
tor companies.
Although the exhibiting and dis
cussion of livestock at any gathering
of farmers is always entertaining and
attracts a great deal of attention
none could have been more instruc-
tive and interesting than that held
at this Fergus county institute.
Livestock Association Meets.
R. G. McChord of Montana State
college was the guiding light in all
the discussions Of animal industry
subjects. He was present for the en-
tire week and gave daily talks or
beef and dairy cattle, dra1t nOrses
and swine and sheep production. One
day was taken up with a meeting O
the Fergus County Livestock associa'
ton.
The course offered On gas engines
and farm motors attracted a grea'
deal of interest. Instruction WI
complete in this line from demon
STATIONS Of valve timing and cut-ou'
relays to principles of ignition ant
general care of engines.
F. S. Boltz. an expert of the Three
Forks Portland Cement company
made a special trip from Spokane t.
talk to Fergus county people on tn
uses of cement and concrete on tn
farm. He gave several demonstra
lions and told Of the great diversit,
. of uses to which this product can b.
put.
!, Elliott Addresses Trustees.
One evening was devoted to
. meeting of all the school trustees o
F.. Fergus county. In their considera
! ton of the problems Of rural educa
ton they we're aided greatly b
Chancellor f. C. Elliott of the UNI
~versity of Montana, who gave a tai
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-19

on what the country school must do
to fulfil it's purpose and some of the
ways it might 60 about the accom-
plishment of this task.
A banquet was held Friday night
and the program of toasts that fol-
lowed was enjoyed by a large num-
Der. The institute vas closed Satur-
day evening by an appropriate play
presented by students of the Fergus
County High school, called Back to
the Farm"
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-19
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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-21
LENS TO rALL?

Again dispatches from the western
front foreshadow the capture of Lens
by the allied forces. Is this vital
movement to vanish into nothingness,
as 1t has in the past, or is the occu.
patton OF this point really to be con-
summated?
Lens is harder pressed now than it
has been during the war. The capture
OF Hill 20 by the Canadian forces is
commanding position of much i'm.
portance, and is almost the key to
Lens. The allied forces are said to be
slowly surrounding Lens on three
sides and 1t .is even reported that evac.
uation by the Germans may be forced
without an actual struggle
The capture of Lens is one Of the
most dashing and portentious victor
les which could be accomplished at
the present time. A center of the rich
coal district, II has furnished Germany
with fuel for several years, and its
loss would be a telling blow to the
Teutons. This is all aside from its
strategical value, as Lens is a key
position and would give the allies a
great foothOld In an important sec
tor.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-21
FOOD PLENTIFUL

No statement OF individual opinion
could have been more optimistically
framed than the simple announcement
made in the house of commons Thurs
day by Premier Lloyd George relative
to England's food supply and, i'm the
same breath, the status of the subma-
rine warfare losses. ..., .....
Simon-pure facts, not clothed with
careful verbiage, ring more true and
bring greater joy to the allied world
than predictions or personal feeling
and the knowledge that England, in
no sense of the word, faces food
forting. 1..Gtfr ...i.,
The enormous increase in the yield
of wheat, the larger number of acres
planted, the assurance that oats and
barley will be in greater abundance
than before, all so to make up the
most optimistic message the world has
heard In many day.
1t means that, while conservation
must be continued I'm every allied coun-
try, immediate peril of famine or SER
ious shortage do not threaten. 1t
means that the allies are more than
loaded with that most important am
munition-food II means, above all
things, that the hollow joke, which ap-
peared serious at one time, which Ger
many attempted to foist upon her own
people and those of the world in gen
eral has developed into miserable fl
asco. In other words, submarines have
not spelled starvation to anybody.
Someone should compile book and
present It to the German people. 1t
should contain President Wilson's
message to congress, asking for the
declaration of n state of war, II should
review the war legislation of the
special session of congress, 1t should
describe the selective draft law and
devote pages to registration day, to
the draft drawing and to the work of
the exemption boards. Finally, II
should have a complete synopsis OF
Lloyd Georges most recent utterance
Some philanthropically inclined mil
lionaire, who wants the war to end
quickly. should compile this book and
secure its distribution. 'Twould be an
act OF humanity.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-21
THE GREAT SACRIFICE

A changed national and individual
consciousness, coupled with true
spiritual uplifting are by-products of
war and no more beautiful reflex of
these is to be found than in the pres
ent reference abroad to death as "the
great sacrifice" .... o.. ..#
The mask of the forever no longer
appears in this word picture as grim
gaunt and spectral, reaching for its
victims with bony fingers, but rather
as something sublime and wonderful
There is world of expression in "the
great sacrifice suggesting as it does
a whole-souled willingness to meet
and make it and sounding the passing
of personal and selfish motives.
Some such lofty conception must
have been instilled in the soul of
Wordsworth whose "Prelude' might
well be read by everybody at this par
ticular time. 'Mr. Britling Secs It
Through" is regarded as the great
book of the present war, but it's au-
thor, II. G. Wells, did but little more
than record in prose an idea which
Wordsworth at the time of the French
revolution and subsequent disorders
embodied in his Prelude"
Wordsworths full consciousness as
to the true meaning of the war was
aroused, as was Wells, if one is to
see in Mr.. Britling the author himself,
America has not yet been aroused.
Possibly it Hover will be to the fullest
extent, but during the next year all Of
us will have TO make a great sacrifice
and some the great sacrifice. May
these be made in the noble spirit sug-
gested by the phrase itself!
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-21
A LIGHT SPOT

Smacking of the most careful prep
araton the statement of Berlin re
garding the peace proposals of Pope
Benedict is one of the most genuinely
humorous news dispatches which has
appeared in the papers for some time.
The world is informed that Ger
many's attitude can be disclosed ''only
after the most careful deliberation"
and in full accord with Gcrmany's
allies" II savors of the modest can
didate for political office who, offered
"A nomination, replies that he must de-
liberate and consult the neighbor's
hired man before finally answering,
Whatever may be the source of the
proposals of the pope, there is little
question but that they reflect the atti-
tude of the imperial mind. Playing for
effect is great game, but like every
thing else, it has its limits,
The world knows that Germany will
ultimately endorse the proposals,
though for effect, it may make minor
notifications. The world knows that
Germany is eager to do this and prob
ably could have answered the same
day they were received. .-. t,
Does Germany believe she is to reg
lister an impression by her suspension
of opinion? Does she think the allies
are to he thrown off the trail by a
carefully enacted delay, during which
this ponderous deliberation is to oc-
cur? 1t is such an abvious move that
It becomes sublimely ridiculous and
yet one hears of wars grim pages
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-21
EXILER EXILED

The latest chapter In the Russian
political drama Is almost bizarre.
There Is grim irony in the fact that
Gar Nicholas who, during his reign
In Russia, signed so many DEGREES
sending his subjects to Siberia for ex-
lie should be sent to this place him
self. together with his family. 1t seems
to be case OF banlshment by the
baDished. ~
zone Of the romantic tragedies of
history Is the final hours of Napoleon
at st. Helena. Banished from the
country for which he had gained ever
lasting fame militarily, the Little Cor
poral was forced. forsaken and alone
almost, TO spend the twilight of his
life In dreary contemplation of the
past.
Is a like fate to be meted Czar Mich
olas? His deportation to Siberia Is
held to be precautionary measure
against a counter-revolt, but may there
not be a more definite motive back of
III II will be an historical picture, sad
perhaps. but one which is a fitting end
to career of sbsolutism.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-21

tors and congressman present real
problem and menacing one, too
Every word spoken in legislative
halls which impugns the motives of
the United States in entering the war
or strikes at any preparations made
for participation only tends to con-
found the president in his unhampered
prosecution of the struggle and, re-
ported in German newspapers, gives
the people of the imperial govern
ment the impression that America is
torn between conflicting purposes In
the struggle.
Sen. Vardaman of Mississippi would
see in compulsory military training a
problem as great as the emancipation
of slaves and declared to this effect,
in speech in the senate Thursday.
He fears free government in America
hangs in the balance.
serious question could be raised
over just what the senator believes
he will accomplish by such outbursts
as those of Thursday. Majority rule,
or in some instances larger proper
tion, is the foundation of the American
government. Senator Vardaman was
present when war was declared and
has had an opportunity to speak on all
war measures. That he should be in
the minority does not warrant an air
ing of his views on every possible oc-
casion 1t is more than undiplomatic
it is legislative boorishness.
The United States is in the war.
The United States cannot retreat from
the lofty purposes for which she en-
tered, Senator Vardaman or any of
his ilk to the contrary. Attacks on
the war and It's devices are petty OBJ
structions, certain to be overturned
but at the same time, in the path of
swift and decisive progress. While
speech is free, official public utter.
ances should be tempered to meet
conditions, and unnecessary and un-
called for outbursts should be given
a reception sufficiently chilly to deter
the speaker when he feels so inspired
in the future.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-21
LOCAL HORSE SHOWS
UP IN FIRST START
Gum Drop Goes Four Heats
For Third Money AT
Washington c. H.

b. NJ. Critchfield's little trotter
Gum Drop hade his first start of the
season Thursday at Washington Court
House in the 2:15 trot, and ,won third
moneyin field of five starters. The
race went four heats and Gum, Drop
finished 2-2-3-4. Time: 2i13A, 2:15A
2:lS and 2:l7h. This is quite good
showing, as Mr.. Critehfield did not
expect much in his first start as his
horse was only in condition, to go one
or two miles. He will start. next week
at London and the following week al
the state fair b,l,,,,o.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-21
SEVEN SUGGEST THE
VERNON /; ALL GET 81
Manager Harding Is Swamp
ed With Names For
His Theatre

Sg-
The name that has been selected for
the old White Palace theatre, out of
the hundreds that we're suggested, is
THE Vernon" A prize of $5 had been
offered by the management for the
best name suggested and the following
persons have suggested "The Yer.
non"
Louise Bell, 115 East Hamtramcli
street; Flora Irvine; Mrs. l.. j. Duke,
2l0 East Burgess street; Thelma Con.
don, 1921 South Main street; Carita
Harris, 402 North Sandusky street /;
Il. Bechtol, 201 e. Hamtramck street !;
and &c. j. S." Box 235, Mt. Vernon
Ohio.
AS there were seven people suggest
ed the name, Mr.. Harding has decided
to give prize of 81 each to them, in.
stead of dividing the prize of So.
The repairs of the new theatre are
rapidly nearing completion and the
opening date will be announced in q
very short time. "',.".