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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-31
Aching To Be Taxed

Just when the senate finance COMMITTEES was putting the finishing
Secretary Treasury McAdoO
by telling the senators the alone would shortly
billion dollars Of this the finance
BILL consider big quesons
shall raised by direct taxation and how by
bonds?
Secondy How much the direct shall be raised by eves
profits much and how much the articles used by
the ordinary
The other asked how the
liquor knocked replied "God knows!
Right Finance Chairman
himself raising this Them catch
his wind he added To start taxing the directly
breaking the ice If
tiOn of the wanted"
the who walked all
looking talked digging well. All the time
of crystal fluid at hand
Simmons dig into the pockets of the ordinary
than his share of burdens before
The already having his
Every earnings than
mounting food and clothing prices.
of Simmons his
corporations the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-31
Bitter grief is loud calm grief is silent Auerbach


Every American ought to be a patriot these
days.
patriot is man ready for duty any moment.
Men loaded with debts, men of slack habits and
shiftess homes can never be the best patriots.
It's the paid-up man who is the minute man.
It's the paid-up man who's ready at the drop Of
the hat.
The paid-up man is never caught in corner.
His getaway route is always clear
BE A PAID-EP PATRIOTl
You can be paid-up patriot by saving your
money, keeping your slate clean Of liabilities and
comfortably filled with assets
Money in the bank is always an asset. It's a
strong stone wall at your back. It's something to
start from.
Money in the bank puts pep into your system
The nation needs paid-up patriots The nation
needs men ready for duty on minutes notice.
IL you've never done it before, start today to be
a paid-up patriot.
Begin bank account. Save, down to the Last
red copper and tote your savings to the bank.
BE A PAID-UP PATRIOT AND GET A
START TODAY
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-31
To Congress
BY BERTON BRALEY,

Gentlemen, We are at war
War with a dangerous foe
What are you dawdling and biok-
ering for
There Is ONE duty you owe
That is to fit us to strike such a
blow
Strike with such terrible might,
That men the world over shall
know
We're in the fight.
Gentlemen, which are you for
Kaiser or country? The choice
Can't be evaded, for IL, in the war,
You by your vote or your voice
Hamper the nation, or weaken the
force
Back of the blows It must
Well, you may call such a course
Any old name that you like
Seek to explain 1t with rhyme or
with reason
Nevertheless-it Is Treason!
We have a job we must do,
We have a foe we must fight,
Now, 1t Is all up to you
Whether we do the task right,
Fight like a nation that's valiant
and strong
Or putter and middle and
dawdie along,
Fight for ourselves and allies, or
Fight In a way that will tickle
the kaiser?
Gentlemen, we are at war
Speak up, we wait for your
voice,
Which is your choice?
Kaiser or country, which one
are you for?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-31

Marriage licenses were issued
Monday to Frank Mertsching,
Pineville. Ore, and Mrs. Elma
Rulsford. Orting; William r. Har-
mon. Pell City. Ala. and Mary
Preslicha. Tacoma; Carl M.
Thompson and Alma Baker, Ia
coma; c. M. McKenney and M. II.
Anderson, Tacoma; John Dzwick
and Lizzie Paddock, Tacoma; John
c. Stanton, Portland, and Kate
Sawyer, Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-31
BY Il. @. RODGERS
Especial to The Times)

ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 81. -
Paul Gadbois. a st. Paul carpen-
ter, does his gardening In wash
tubs!
And on the roof, too!
Last spring when he heard all
that clamor about starting war
gardens, and seeing the high cost
of living bills pile up. Gadbois de-
cided to have a garden of his own.
But he had no back yard and the
nearest vacant lot was blocks
away.
But while he was hunting a va
want lot he came across the city
dump. There he saw a lot of dis
carded washtubs.
Goes Soil Hunting
He carried 20 of these tubs
home. Then he took them up on
the roof of shed in the rear of
his home, carefully placing them
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-31
ANSWERS e cyM GREW

al have a copper steam
table to polish every morn
ing. am using polish
that costs 20 cents a week.
Besides it is not doing the
work as we'll as II used to.
What can you recommend
that is less expensive that
will be effective? l.. M.
A.-Rub the surface of the
metal with rotten stone and sweet
oil, then rub off with a piece OF
cotton flannel, and polish witt
soft leather. A solution Of Oxalit
acid rubbed over furnished bras.
soon removes the tarnish, render
ing the metal bright. The acid
must be washed off with water
and the metal rubbed with whit.
ing and soft leather. A mixture
of muriatic acid and alum, dis.
solved In water, imparts a golden
color to brass articles that are
stepped in IL for q few seconds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-31

near the edges so their weight
wouldn't break in the roof.
With a trusty shovel and bucket
he went out soil hunting. Bucket
full at time he carried nice rich
soil up to his roof garden and
filled all the washtubs. Seed SOW
ing followed.
Third Sowing
The Gadbols family got all the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-31

radishes. lettuce and onions they
could eat, and third sowing has
been made in those tubs from
which early crops we're harvested.
Three tubs have tomato plans.
two have sweet corn and pole
beans, the corn stalks serving as
poles for the beans.
Other tubs have beets, potatoes,
peas and dwarf beans.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-31

Q.-I live out in the coun-
try and have lots of garden
peas. Is there some way I
can can them at home? My
cook book gives no direo-
lions. M. F.
A.-Take peas when at their
best; select only those that are
fresh and tender. Pod and fill
the cans (glass) rs full as possible
by shaking. When no more peas
will 60 In, add enough clean cold
water to I'LL up vacuum, and
screw on tops fairly tight but not
as tight as you would to put
away. Leave room for gas to
Make q false bottom i'm your
boiler by placing straw or excel
sior in it to prevent the cans from
against each other. Place
the cans in tho boiler and pour
cold water entirely over them.
Boil three hours steady. Don't
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-31
Q.-Can you explain thru
your columns what the Hut

IOHIdn THEORY IS JAMT5.
A.-James Hutton was the first
to distinguish between cosmogany
and geology, believing the latter
to be i'm no way concerned with
Questions as to the origin of
things" His view was that the
appraised land of the globe must
be worn away by atmospheric in
nuences and the debris be finally
deposited in the bed in the sea,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-31

whore 1t Is consolidated under
great pressure; 1t Is then forced
upward by subterranean heat, act
ing with an expansive power, and
thereby split and cracked, the fis-
sures at tho same time filling
with molten mineral matter; and
SO the process goes on. Hutton
was the precursor of Sir Lyell,
whose Views were essentially the
same, and who procured for them
large acceptance among geolo-
gists.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Everett
Bare, 1928 North 9th street, are
receiving congratulations on the
arrival of little daughter. Nancy
Jane, Sunday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-31
No Humbug!
Lift off COrnS
Doesn't hurt a bit to llft q
corn or callvs of with fingers.

For a few cents you
49, can get a small bottle
(-R of the magic drug
freezone recently dis
covered by a Cincin-
" natl man.
Just ask at any drug
III store for a small bottle
Of freezone. Apply a
few drops upon a ten
ii der, aching corn and
n instantly, yes, immedi-
x ately. all soreness dis
S appears and shortly
you will find the corn
or callus so loose that
~ you lift IL out, root
GooaA and all. with the fin
FH 7 .E1gers.
III M Just think! Not one
III vi bit Of pain before ap-
III ~ Iplying freezone or aft
/ ~ forwards. II doesn't
EWi Ieven irritats the sur
III rounding skin.
NJ | " Hard corns, soft
corns or corns between
the toes, also hardened calluses on
bottom OF feet, Just seem to
shrivel up and fall off without
hurting q particle. 1t Ia almost
magical.
Ladiesl Keep a tiny bottle on
your dresser and never let q corn
or callus ache twice.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-31
What People
Are Doing

Mrs. o. G. Ellis Of Olympia, vito
of Judge Ellis of the state supreme
court, state regent Of the ID. A. r.
and chairman OF the immigration
committee of the State Federation
of Women's clubs, was elected a
member of the national committee
of the League to Enforce Peace,
at meeting of the leagues execu-
tive committee in Washington, ID.
c. Mrs. Ellis formerly lived here.
The parlors OF the First Congre-
gational church will be open every
Wednesday from 10 a. m. to s
p. m. for Red Cross work. All
women are invited. Those spend
ing the day are asked to bring
their own luncheon. Knitting in
structions will be given.
The Woman's Foreign Mission
airy society of the First Methodist
church will meet Wednesday aft
ernoon at 2 o'clock In the church
parlors. An executive meeting
will precede the regular meeting.
Stockholders OF the Woman's
Clubhouse association will lunch
at the clubhouse at 1 o'clock Tues
day and plan for entertainment of
the soldiers. Mrs. H. Il. York is
chairman of the committee in
charge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Everett
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-31

let water step boiling once. Re
move, make sure that there Is no
air I'm the cans, then screw covers
tightly on. Set in dry, dark
closet.
Q.-My mother has broth
ers fighting in the German
army in Europe. Can my
brothers be forced to fight
against their own flesh and
blood IL they are drafted?
ANXIOUS.
All your brothers are not
citizens of the U. s. they will not
be drafted. IL they are citizens,
/ cannot say for sure whether they
would be compelled to fight II
they objected.
Gould you please tell
me how to stiffen the cro-
cheted baskets? | tried sugar
syrup, but the basket is pink
and the sugar turned white
on it. Would boiling the
syrup too long cause 1t to
turn white? MRS. p. S. F.
A.-Perhaps you boiled the
syrup too long. 1t should b
cooked only until 1t threads from
the tines of a fork. Put . little
red ink in the syrup-just enough
to give 1t a shade Of pink.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-07-31


so. 1t is estimated that the war profits in excess
of the ordinary profits, RUN VERY CLOSE TO
FIVE BILLIONS PER ANNUM.
The United States steel corporation alone
earns 1886 600 900 excess profits per annum.
Every time the representatives of these big
concerns come down to Washington to talk about
the price of steel or "copper" what not, they say
in effect:
sLet us charge price we think will keep our
business booming and our plants busy. Then
you can grab back for the government any Excess
sive profit by heavy tax on our earnings"
Of course, they were merely bluffing They
had bled England and France and Russia, hard
pressed by war necessities. They were perfectly
willing to bleed their own country They had
no idea their bluff might be called.
It might penetrate the mighty brains of Sim
mons and his fellow finance members that now
is the time to call the bluff Of all the war bride
and war baby corporations
England leves tax of about 80 per cent up
on excess profits. The same thing might be done
here with equal justice.
1T WOULD CERTAINLY BE A PECUL-
lar WAR FOR DEMOCRACY WHICH SENT
TAXED DEMOCRACY'S TEA AND COFFEE
AND FOOD AND CLOTHING TO PAY FOR
IT, WHILE PLUTOCRACY, WHICH FAT
TENS OFF OF WAR, WAS LEFT CAMPARA-
lively IMMUNE.
The country as while has very profound
and well-settled opinion that if the finance COM
mittee will buckle down honestly to work it will
find it raise almost all the revenue needed by
taxing the excess corporation profits and the ex-
cessive incomes of the very rich.
1t is far better for them to pay this to
Uncle Sam as war tax than to hand it over to
Kaiser Wilhelm as war indemnity.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-14


The Grover band Is Mions,
other 5aunt in the init o.su ~.
Farmers Elevator picni5 q 81
on Wednesday June 27 mud,
This annual picnic has The Il ]
event at Grover. The Fhg
vator Co. is literally reM ex-
the community, and 1t is
to have picnic in comm
the annual meeting of the ! 3 :
ers, SO as to combine busins
pleasure. sEn-
pf-
The Grover band is coafe.
thirty.two members, eyersBf
whom is farmer. They ne
band master (Mr. j. G. Ha
Gently from Illinois), pay t-
expenses, and proceed to blM
musical organization that is ~
more than local institutions
Next Tuesday, June 10, a 4
be made to advertise the anns
mic, referred to. The following
will be visited in the course
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-14
Personnel OF Gen. Pershing's Staff

Washington, June 9.The person
mel of General .aohn j.. Pershing's IS
staff, now in Europe, has been an
nounced by the war department.
General Pershing was received by
King George of England soon after
his arrival in London and is now per
fecting his plans for establishment of
a camp in France, where the American
soldiers VIII go into training prepara-
tory to becoming active participants
in the war.
The generals staff is as follows.
Person Staff Captains Nelson q.
Margette, field artillery. and James
M. Collins and First Lieutenant Mar
tin c. Shallenberger, infantry aides
de camp.
General STAFF Corps Major James
C. HaGbord, cavalry, chief of staff;
Majors John A. Palmer and Dennis e.
Nolan.
Adjutant Generals Department.
Colonel Andre w Brewster, Inspector
Majors Fox Connor and Robert l..
Clark, assistants.
Judge Advocate Generals Depart-
mentLieutenan Colonel Walter "A,
Bethel, judge advocate. Major n. A.
Bayne, assistant.
Quarthrmaster Corps. Colonel D..
e. Mccarthy. quartermaster; Lieuten-
ant Colonel David 81 Stanley and
Harry e. wilkins, Majors Charles E.
Stanton and Samuel D. Rockenbach,
assistants
E Medical Department. Colonel Alf-
red e. Bradley, surgeon; Colonel Mer-
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-14

rite W. Ireland Major George p,
Reed and Captain Henry Seeukes, as;
sistants.
Corps of Engineers. Colonel Harry
Taylor, engineer; Captains Ernest
Garves and Robert q. Alexander, as.
sistants
Ordnance Department Lieutenant
Colonel Clarence G. Williams, ord.
nance officer; First Lieutenant Obey
Bomar, assistant.
Signal Corps. Colonel Edgar Rus
sell, signal officer; Captains Parker
Hit and James B. Taylor, ASSISTANTS;
Major Townsend F. Dodd. aviation
officer. s
hed.-Lieutenan Colonel Rob
Iert N. Dunlap, U. S. M. c., Majors
John H. Parker Twenty-fourth infan-
try; LOGAN Feland, U. S. M. G. and
robert Bacon. quartermaster corps !;
Captains Rrthur L. Conger. Twenty
sixth infantry, Hugh A. Drum, infan-
try Raymond w. Bridge, quarter
master corps; afilosh r. Hilgard,
quartermaster corps; William o.
Reed. cavalry; John S. Chambers,
quartermaster corps; David H. Scott,
Fifth cavalry; Gabe Filluel, Gustaye
Porges, F. r. Hill, II. B. Moore and
g. p. Liesman, quartermaster corps;
First Lieutenants George S. Patton,
Jr, Seventh cavalry; Richard B. Pad
dock, Birdseye Brakeman Lewis, R. b
Claspey and w. +. Repp signal corps;
Second Lfeufenants orya e. Beezley
and Edwin r. Ely quartermaster
corps. 5
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-14

l.
We failed to iearn in time for lasi
tissue of an accident or incident which
befell Mr.. Herman Frentz and mother
the preceding week 1T seems he ano
fmother We're using their new car anG
in turning into the driveway at the
Fred Schwandt home the steering ap
paratus of tn car in some way stuck
causing the car to plunge into a near
by fence. Happily, no one immediate
ly injured but Mrs. Frentz suffered q
nervous shock and fright which made
her very ill.
Also we failed to mention the cal
made here the Bird inst. of the worthy
editor of this paper and Mrs. Cory
We were greatly pleased to have
them call. They came to take we
uns out for an auto ride and of course
as is our luck, we We're unable to GO
but as they promised to come again
some day we dried our bitter tears
But to Illustrate the absolute help.
lessness of a paper without its corps
of rural correspondents the editor
did not know one whit concerning the
birth of a little girl to his Kampeska
correspondent Just see the import
ant events they'd miss utterly il it
We're not for them.
-
Henry Falvey had a good hat 'but
he lost it, from the car as he was
speeding along, being very muddy and
dark, Henry let 'er go,' These autos
are sure dangerous, unsatisfying and
expensive contraptions.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hildebrandt are
building over the inside Of their resi-
dence on the lake, among the changes
being large front window
As we talked with him few min
utes some friend from the city came
along and asked a few questions re-
garding fishing, the boat, bait, etc.
They talked, concerning the spoon
hook 1--WE were ignorant Of what a
spoon hook might be as a sucking calf
Of learning to drink, but anyway they
do seemingly use spoon-hooks We
suppose a spoon with hook tied to
it makes the fish think OF course he
viii get something to- eat from the
spoon and greedy beasts like they are
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-14
How Hoover Proposes to Handle
Food Problem During the War

Washington. June s.-Patriotism
will be made the basis of food con
troll, during the war--at the start.
Autocratic measures such as absolute
price fixing and requisition will not
be utilized except as last resort.
From the farm to the kitchen, the
regulation of prices and supply will
be administered through voluntary
agreement, according to the plan Of
Herbert Hoover.
Those, who may refuse to enter the
proposed agreement will be taken care
of by powers to be authorized by con.
gress.
VIII Control Each Product
Hoover proposed to have a controll.
ing body in charge of each product
that will come under his department.
This body will be composed of repre-
sentatives Of every link in the chain
from producer to consumer They
W. sWOAh Out NOiul1Idl
ment designed to conserve the food
supply and greatly reduce prices.
There are certain to be few OBJ
jectors. but 75 per cent of those to be
called on will respond on patriotic
grounds, f - -,s: Powers of
reauisition must be given the govern
ment. therefore, to force the other %
per cent to follow the leaders.
Here is the Hoover plan, worked
cut from the farmer to the housewife.
with wheat as an example: q
For Minimum Price.
Reach an agreement on price for
wheat to the farmer, saA $1s5O a
bushel, based on 1O-year average
pre-war price, with allowance for in
creased production cost.
simultaneously determine a price
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-14

Mrs. s. r. Rorer, who delivered an
address on behalf Ot the chautanuua
yesAerday afternoon, Is d woman who
has been In the public eye for the
past Fifty ears. She added to her
reputation when she became the CHIEF
OF q department in the A.adies' Home
Journal She is d ehef OF interrlR-
tional note. 1t may seem strange to-
some people who think that they
cannot get along without meat diet
to learn that Mrs. Rorer has not eat
en- meat for nearly half century.
and since she is reputed to be past
eighty years OF age, and stiN strong.
and vigorous, she thinks people could
I've Just as well, even better, Ii tf1sy
would discard the high-prised meat
diet. Those who partake freely Of
meat, however are inclined torepiy'
that while meat may not be- abso-
luteiy necessary, IT, tastes, like the
Kentucky coloneTs whisky, mighty
good. The Kentucky colonel, YOU
know, said that all whisky IL good,
only some brands are better than
others. All meat, according to the
meat eater, is good, if properly pre-s
pared, only some Is better than 9TH
ers. sss
Goyemor r. b. WiHis had Just an
sfshed his preliminary Storytelling last
#eyening when the threatened storm
caused the management to announce
the suspension Of the program. While
il isn't exactly new, local politicians
might profit by one OF his yarns
When he was campaigning ia Ohio,
he said, be called upon certain
i aaa, who happened to be away from
n0me. He, learned that his \ opponent
& ad visited the same place the pre-
= lpus week, and So not to be out
ag me. he attempted to make himself
specially agreeable, He gave the
4 fkle daughter a fiowar, with the res
Nk that he'd bet MI. So and So
INIT gixep her one nearly as nice.
ney6 said had presented her with
IIlisa1 g boiq let Then he offered the
he one dime. q brand new dime,
u, Ing that he'd bet the Other man
''nsel T given her such nice present.
apeared the other fellow had given
PeteA brand new quarter Then he
III asthe little girl upon his lap and
I'D upon her yelvety cheek nice
~ liiisil observing that he'd bet the 9TH
Ia hadn't kissed her 20 nioely.
d relas no, she admit ted, but llel
a Iit mamna. Governor Willis saia
that county
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-06-14
YAHoTA AND FULLER

Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schmidt 1hs
family, of Sheldon, Ia, are VII
at Gallisath's. ~ ~
Miss Lillian braves spent the he
end at her sisters, Mrs. Vern u
Bruce Babcock left Monday n0
ing for Brookings to attend 3
teachers institute for the coming B
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Clapp and 4
lily spent Sunday at Riyersides.
g. w. Spiegle and G. p. Whitney,
Sibley, Ia, visited at the Calls
farm last week Mr.. Whitney
purchased an s35-acre farm southe
|sof Watertown.
Club met Friday evening at Pei
sons. It will meet In two weeks
the school house No refreshme
will be served. va
a large number Of friends and ri
tiyes attended the, christening Of
tie Helen Borns. Sunday.
Fred and Ernest Gallisath cal
atsthe braves home, Sunday B
Misses Margaret Hopkins and +
el WeIch attended party at @ O'Brie
Sunday evening. u
MI. and Mrs G. G. Kellogg !
family and Doris Babcock called
the Harry McElhaney family, SUM
Afternoon.
Alfred Borns spent the week end
Will Borns'.
Mr. and Mrs. N. u Clapp called
the Hpbbins family. Sunday event
b Miss Ethel HhumWay II assist