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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-13
MEN DOING NATIONAL
WORK TO BE EXPENSE

LONDON. July 11.-It has cost
the government about $50 for every
man il has placed on work of ma
tioual Importance. according 10 fig
Ures given in the house OF commons
the other day on the results of the
national service scheme
OF the 10000 volunteers. an Of
fetal of the ministry of labor eX-
planned that Approximately 10000
were munition workers. or other
wise not available for other employ
ment than that i'm which they were
engaged.
Don't say YOU saw it in the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-13

The worlds normal yield Of the
six great cereals ranges from I g.
00.OOO.OOO 20 19.O0O.O0O.O 600 bushels
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-13

Tt is announced from Petrograd
that all government posts. including
ministerial appointments. will be
open 10 women.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-13
A HELPLESS INVALID IN Bed FROM RHEUMATISM
NOW FEEDS THE CHICKS AND DOES GARDENING
Photographs Tell Story Of WOman's Sufferings
Her Return to Health

was in bed in this room one
year Two ministers knelt at this
bedside. believing l would never re-
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-06-18
ALSACE AND LORRAINE
 SATISFIED SAYS SPEAKER

ASTERDAM June 1.-The land rag Of Alsace-Lorraine was opened in s,rassburg Wednesday by the Imperi- al sradtsholder, Dr. ron Dallwitz. who said:
 The unbending will 10 end the war yic-oriously will further protect our German Alsace-Lo-raine
 At the frs session of the second chamber. Dr Georg Ricklin. a centrist, reelected president said
 We Alsatians and Lorrainers will never forget that our emperor. by his peace offer. showed his readiness 10 end the miseries of the war.
 "An overwhelming majority Of Al satians and Lorrainers do not want rhe var and only wanted to work cut 10 completion their position as mem -9er= Of 2 state in union with the Ger man empire and 70 further proceed w.tA peaceful labors. In this cameo lion the war has made no change as far as we are concerned. We make this confession Of faith in the face of
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-06-18
MIRAGE LURES VES-
 SEL TO DESTRUCTION
Illusion Fools Captain And Crew of Schooner and Disaster Is
 The Result.
From Examiner

SAN FRANCISCO. May 31.-A mir age lured the American schooner Ko- na of this civ to its destruction on Kangaroo Island. south ot Australia, according to a report received from Capt. \. Hansen. master Of the craft.
 A shore line sometimes visible and sometimes invisible. headlands that re treated and advanced. remaining ap- parentlv rhe sane distance from the ship. no matter which way she turn ed. destroyed the calueulations Of nay tgaciou and finally landed a bewilder- sd captain and crew ashore.
 Captain Hansen's statement is am- alified by report received by the tinted States hydrographic office from the schooner W. H. Marston, of San Francisco. which saw the same mirage and narrowly escaped the saHle late.
 According 10 Captain Hansen's re- port Of the disaster. the kona was passing thru Investigator Strait and -1= Gulf e g. Vincent on her way -o Adelaide. Australia. The strait. more than 1aa miles wide. runs north and south. Captain Hansen sailed eight miles on the west shore during the first night. but at dawn he was surprised 10 see not only the yves tern. but also the eastern shore line. The latter appeared eight miles 10 starboard
 Here was a strait 100 miles wide tha- appeared 10 be sixteen. Captain Hansen and his mates decided they were victims os aH optical illusion. So they sailed in 8 wide zigzag and the eastern shore was always just on the horizon. while The western shore be hayed as normally. disappearing as the ship altered its course. So the naTigators decided that the easterly land was a mirage But later the mi rage became a reality and near the entrance Of the gulf the vessel went on the beach Of Kangaroo Island.
 The Narston. as before stated. saw he mirage. bur avoided disaster.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-06-18
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LEcTUREI

F y.rgil c Stricller, of New York < ,. City. member Of the Board of Lee ! + turzhip Of the First Church of ' + Christ, Scientist in Boston, Mass, ! # will giTe a lecture on Christian +' ; Science at SIS on Thursday <
 1 erening June 2 at Red Men Hall. <
 F i cordial invitation is extend F < ed 0 the people Of Ketchikan to < + attend < F Admission Free-no collection. |
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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-06-18
DREDGE FOR ANCHORAGE

The commission has purchased the machinery for hydraulic dredge to be used for making and maintaining harbor improvements at Anchorage and other points in Alaska. The ma chinery is now en route from Seattle and should arrive within a few days. IT is expected that work on the assem- b.inE oz tle dreage will start within d s4z.. under EHe supervision of Con- sa.as Engineer William Gerig. who arrived rom sattle on the transport GreoE4 accompanied by C. H. Robin son chief engineer and dredge cap-
 am. and 3 crew Of four experienced dredge men.
 Details Of the harbor Improvements a= A1e1sraga Will appear in later issue Of tl4 Rec9rd.-Railroad Record
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-06-18
JAPANESE OF WEST
 PLANNING TO ENLIST
4eopt Resolution Hedging Their Loy'
 s.tg at San Francisco Meeting.

EAE FRAECISC0-The Japanese oz lie Pacific coast have testified to rheir loyalty 10 inc United States in 8 resolution adopted here at mass meeting of Japanese. which pledged faetc support ot rhe government in any capacity tn which they may be needed. 4 a preliminary step they decided to cooperate tD Red Cross. and in case Of 1erther need they plan to enlist in actual se-Tice.
 The local Japanese also issued a proclamation co@mending the presi- den and the government for what they describe as true stand for hu- manf.s in The world crisis and asking .h= privilege CT serving the country whose laws protect them.
 Reports reaching here tell of a pa rrio,5c increment on foot in Honolulu sarte9 by Japanese to raise a division Of troops rom the ranks Of the 15,00O japanese reservfs-s in the Hawaiian Islands. Resident Americans in Ha- wal say that rhe Japanese on the Is- lends have displayed an eagerness to establish their loyalty to the Stars and S1ripcs
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-06-18

IN THE CRATE FOR THE FIRE we have special grate coal which you will do well to uss T. burns evenly and with 2 glow that brings may pictures to the mind e tae b@arlGsr II is a splendid heat producer. t57
 Seated before q grate fire, fed 1i1h our coal. there is charm ann com fort that onlg Q grate fire cau create.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-06-18

the whole world"
 The Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zei- taaE referring to President Ricklin's speech says: Such then are the views of tle people Of Alsaee-Lorraine. The French cannot bring forward the claim that there is a popular demand for re- union with France"
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-06-18
OVER sTCcKED-RAINcoATs.

The continued dry season finds Field the Specialist with S9 Kenyon raia Goats On the shelf. Therefore, siScoaIt of z5 per cent will be offered for the remainder Of this month
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-11-08

There are three great and vital
citizens activities connected with the
war, vastly more important than any
other in the successful prosecution
of the struggle. These are the Liber-
ty Loan, the fed Gross and the Y. n.
c. A. In truth the work could scarce
ly be carried on were any one Of
J them missing.
The liberty Loan supplies the sin
ews.
Without it nothing at all could be
done.
The Red Cross ameiiorates the
distress.
The Y. NJ. C. A. keeps the men fit.
1t preserves the morale without
which men cannot fight.
The Y. NJ. C. A. is the link that
most intimately connects the boy with
his home.
1t is father and mother to millions
of men who are otherwise cut off
from home ties.
1t keeps in the soldier a clean body
and a clean mind.
1t gives him rational and healthy
recreation.
1t affords him opportunity for study
and good reading.
1t ministers to his spiritual needs.
It's canteen provides multitudes of
small comforts.
Its hut is the one bright spot in
the sordid camp.
1t goes with him to the very line of
battle.
It follows him into the military
prisons and makes his life endurable
there.
II he falls by the way or succumbs
to evil influences the Y. M. C. A. hunts
him out and lifts him back into self
respect.
1t is all for the good.
President Wilson by official order
certifies its value.
General Pershing declares that II
is indispensable to the Army.
The Y. NJ. c "A. Is calling urgently
for Thirty-five million.
! This sum is needed for its work on
all battle fronts for a rear.
Hand County's share is $21S5.O
We will give it promptly and cheer
fully. ~"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-11-08
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

A large number of children in
Eastern Star and Masonic families
were entertained at the lodge rooms
Saturday afternoon through the eff
forts of Mrs. Agnes Battersby,
Worthy Matron of Crescent chapter.
The youngsters enjoyed a screen pro-
duction of Alice in Wonderland
presented by Prof c. l.. Fairchild,
played games, and at the close of the
afternoon were served a dainty lunch
by a committee of Star members.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-11-08
Annual Bazaar November III,

The ladies of the Presbyterian Aid
Society have practically completed
arrangements for their Ninth Annu-
al Church Fair which will be held at
the Mccoy Hall on Saturday, Novem-
Der 18th. This bazaar has been con-
Quoted successfully for eight yeara
and needs no recommendation to the
ladies of Miller and vicinity as a help
toward their Christmas shopping.
The articles on sale include many
practical things. as well as dainty
hand made novelties that will make
suitable gifts.
In connection with the bazaar the
ladies will serve a 5 and 10 cent
lunch the menu of which follows:
Coffee S cents. Ham Sandwich 10
cents. Baked Beans 8 cents, Pie 5
cents, Cake S cents, Doughnuts S
cents.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-11-08
10000 Men Wanted IN Navy
For Immediate Training

Red FLOODED, double listed young
men who will fight are wanted In the
u. S. Navy" says a letter from the
Omaha recruiting station. 1t says
further: "A $4,000 college course in
the very best and greatest school in
the world-the United States Navy
awaits the boys over Is who will go
in to study, fight and play for four
years.
Regular Sailors Wanted for imme-
date training. The lowest pay while
at war is $3.50 a month, besides your
food, clothing and other expenses.
Free Transportation will be fur
nished by your postmaster il you have
a statement from a physician that you
r physically sound and IL you have
not been called for examination In the
draft.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-11-08

The first meeting of the Parent
and Teacher Association will be held
at the High School assembly room
on Tuesday evening, November IL at
eight O'Clock. All parents are urged
to attend. Let your presence at this
meeting manifest your interest in
these matters. An interesting pro-
gram will be given followed by a ten
cent lunch to be served by the Domes-
tic Scienc Department.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-11-08
Coolest October On Record

The monthly weather report issued
by the Huron Office shows the month
just past to have been the coolest
October recorded since the establish
ment of the Huron office in 1881. The
lowest temperature was recorded OF
Sunday the 23rd. when the mercury
itation amounted to but OF inches.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-11-08
School House Property Stolen

officers of school district No. f.,
Gilbert township, report that proper
ty of the school has been stolen, and
Chairman Lackner of school board
offers a reward Of so for apprehen-
sion of the thief. A galvanized steel
door mat and a No. 4 trap was stolen
al one time, and stove pipe, broom,
etc, at another time.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-11-08

IL you are tired of the cold winters
in the North, then go with us TO the
Ria Grande valley of Southwestern
Texas where the spring and summer
season is perpetual. and where they
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-11-08

raise two to three crops every year.
Our next excursion leaves Miller,
Monday evening, November 10. $50
for round trip, includes meals and
sleeper. Trip requires nine to ten
days. Come in and talk il over. Man
and wife can go for $500.
Coquillette & McCool.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-10
OVERLOOKING OPPORTUNITIES

In these war times, when the states
men, the pulpit and the press, together
with the regular advice givers, who,
like the poor, are with US always, are
frantically urging everyone to in
crease production it strikes us that it
is a good thing to change the tune,
once in a while, and urge a greater
and wider diversity of production, and
more conservation of things produced.
This proposition was forcibly
brought home to us the other day. We
had occasion to use some straw and
hiked down town to buy bale; to our
surprise we could not find an ounce Of
straw for sale in the city. One deal
er informed us that he had received a
good many orders for baled straw
since spring opened and he thought he
would send to the city and get some.
Just think of the thousands of tons of
straw produced in this locality every
year and none on the market.
Whenever we think of farming we
always think of Holland, for the thrift
ty Dutch farmers have brought the
science of agriculture almost to per-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-10
IF WE WERE PRESIDENT

When we were younger, a heap
younger than we are now, we used to
dream dreams and see visions.
When we were jumped from a hum
BILE county office to the halls of
congress we fondly imagined a public
career opening up before US that
would end with the highest office in
the nations gift. Congress, the gov
ernorship, the senate, the White
House, was the pipe dream of our i'm
aginative youth. In pursuance to that
dream we were, or rather we thought
we were, candidate for governor in
1904; we didn't get very far, we only
had three counties back of US in the
convention. We always hug the fact
with fiattering JUNCTION, that those
counties knew US better and had been
closer associated than any other part
of the state. We believed at that time,
and we believe now, we possessed a
wider and more comprehensive knowl-
edge of Minnesota, it's wants and
needs, were closer to the masses of
men that make things and do things
and had as wide a grasp of state and
national affairs as any man within the
boundries of the commonwealth.
We believed then, and we believe
now that had we been given the nom
ination there would never have been a
Democratic governor of Minnesota.
We are aware that ours is a minor
ity opinion. Probably we are the only
man in all this broad land that holds
this view. We are also aware that the
majority view is more apt to be right
than the minority, and the larger the
majority, the more apt is it to be
right, but this is not always true. All
the world was against the man who
first said the world moves" yet it
does move.
The ripened years of accumulated
wisdom convinced us that possibly il
was a good thing for the country that
our youthful dream was never real.
lied.
This fact, however, does not prevent
us from sitting in the cleaning, wher
twilight's mystic shadows betoken the
approach of near darkness and dream
what action we would take in crucia
national affairs-if we were President
We are at war with an imperialism
that has insolently proclaimed it,
world wide supremacy and has defiant
ly challenged the universe to disput'
its claim, and while the powers that b.
are wandering through the mazes o
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-10

lection, not only in the way of pro-
duction, but in the way Of market sup
ply. Go into any village or town IN
Holland and you will find on sale ev-
erything that can be profltably pro-
duced in the locality in which the vii
lage is situated. A Dutch shop-keeper
would think that the country farmers
had gone DAFT if he were compelled
to import what they could grow.
Go into a Dutch farm home and
they Will set before you the most en-
joyable cooked and honey meal you
can find anywhere, but the Dutcn
housewife would be ashamed to buy
anything for her table that could be
grown on the place. This course has
enabled the Dutch to loan the world
Ave times as much money as any 9TH
er nation of its size.
How differently we find it here. We
could name at least a score of COM
modities that could be produced here
but if you are able to obtain them 81
all they are imported.
We do not believe there are a hun
dred bushels of onions in all the
Stearns county cellars put together.
yet onions at the present time are al
most worth their weight in silver.
Not one farmer in ten raises enough
beans for his own use but gets his
baked beans out of a can, and canned
beans compared to those that mother
used to make are like a cove oyster
compared to the delicious bivale fresh
from the sea.
We can remember the time when a
tin can in which to carry fish bait
was prize to be preserved from sea-
son to season. We remember once of
trading off a fishbait can to a man
who still resides in this city for a fair
ly good jack knife, a CLASSY, an
agate" and four "chinas" and twelve
Commas" Now there are stacks of
them in every back yard.
The succulent "dried corn" costing
nothing but the preparation, which
formed such an agreeable country,
winter diet variation, is no longer
known.
We live out of cans, eat bakery
bread, Swift's bacons, Armour's hams,
lose our teeth and suffer from dys-
pepsia.
We sell our truck, others prepare it,
chemicalize it, can it and sell it back
at six times what we received for it.
We import all our garden seeds, gen.
orally our seed corn, that we could
raise ourselves, and make the seed
men millionaires. We do not need in
creased production so much as we
need sensible production.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-10
The Question.

The great burning question when
women play cards is: whats the
trump"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-10
BUCK PASSER PAR EXCELLENT

The storm of protest heaped upo1
the shoulders of Minnesota's alphabet
zeal governor because Of his veto o.
the legislative appropriation of ST.,
100000 to make up. the deficit which
the state owes the high and rurai
schools of Minnesota, appears to
have gotten under his official hide.
1t has become the policy of the gov
ernor when something develops which
is at variance with his master mlna,
to dictate a letter or send message
passing the buck" to use a slang
phrase, thereby washing his hands OF
all responsibility in the matter. The
Gov. has the reputation about the
state house of being the best little
buck passer that ever came down the
pike.
When this plan hasn't worked he
threatens to use his veto power if his
orders are not obeyed. FIR instance
he threatened to veto the drainage ap-
preparations unless the senate passed
his public domain bill. The senate re-
fused to be bluffed and Northern Min
nesota is compelled to pay the pen
atty to satisfy the governors vindic-
tive spirit.
The buck rule has been followed in
connection with the school deficiency.
His excellency may think that his let
ter to Supt. Aygarn of the Sank Cen
tire schools, which by the way has
been issued in booklet form and sent
broadcast all over the state (and the
expense likely paid out of the COVER
nor's contingent fund.- will settle the
matter. When his nobs comes be-
fore the people of the state next
year for Endorsement he will find that
the rubes from the country have very
good memories.
Regardless of his protestations, in a
letter to Supt. Aygarn written early
in the winter the governor went on
record as opposed to state aid for pub
lie schools. This $1,O7O,OOO defcien-
cy is a valid debt owed the schools by
the State of Minnesota. Certainly
fully as just as the item of 100000 for
the benefit of the railroads, and allow
ed to pass by the governor.
The Minneapolis Journal came to
the rescue of the governor Tuesday
evening and the Sank Centre Herald
and Representative Christensen, ed
itor of the Dawson Sentinel, are criti-
cised for their temerity in Directing to
the veto. Of course it can be expected
that when the interests of the common
people are at variance with those of
corporations that the Journal will fly
to the defense of the latter. The
Journals love for the country dis
tricts of the state is very strong until
the interests of the larger centers Of
population are in jeopardy.-A. NJ. W.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-10
HERESY, RANK HERESY.

A theory developed in the last
legislature, and we regret to say that
it received some support, especially
from the representatives of dollars
instead of men, that each locality, re-
CARELESS of it's assessed valuation,
bear the entire expense of training
and educating the children of that To-
cality.
God grant that such an inftessim-
ally little, indescribally contemplate,
incredibally vicious and damably I'M
American idea shall ever make any
Roadway in this nation of freemen
and especially in the progressive
state of Minnesota. Let the sover-
eign voters Of the state, the pulpit, the
press, everyone who places manhood
above dollars, arise in their might
and power and kick the hellish theory
and it's originators into the gutter Of
oblivion.
1t is heresy, rank heresy against the
fundamental principles of true Ameri-
canism. 1t is the cornerstone of the in
fernal creed that money is greater
than men.
Training and education Of the finest
article in humanism-the American
kids not local or even state but
national duty. Every child born
within our national boundaries,
is potential ruler of the nation,
and it is the duty of the locality, the
state and the nation to see that it is
so trained and educated that it will
be capable, patriotic, self-sustaining
citizen ruler regardless of what such
training and education must cost. The
child of a frontiersman on the bleak
est promitory of the northwest angle,
the scrubbiest baby born in shanty
town, the twelfth kid of the section
hand, all have their American heritage
the inalienable right to be trained and
educated, so that when grown to man.
hood and womanhood he or she can
intelligently perform the functions of
citizenship, to just as great degree as
the child of the richest magnate born
in marble hall with golden spoon
in it's mouth, and it is the duty of the
state and nation to furnish such train
ing and education. Mark we'll, that in
every national crisis it is the children
of the poor that have come to the
front and saved the nation.
Money cuts no figure in this matter,
except that it should not be wantonly
wasted. There are circumstances
when expenditure is economy and par
simony is the widest extravaganza,
and cutting the necessary legislative
appropriations to lower taxes is one of
| them.
This is Republic of men as well as
of wealth. Money and wealth are
national essentials, but their char
acter and quality cannot be changed
by training and education, they ever
remain the same; but training and ed
ucation make the character of men,
they constitute human character, that
is all there is to it. The moment that
trained and educated humanity char
acter is made subordinate to money
this Republic will die the death.
The wives of commonalty, who GO
down into the valley and shadow OF
Death to bear children to perpetuate
!. | the manhood and womanhood of this