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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-29
Half a Billion for SOFT DRINKS

LEW people realize the enormous
amount to which soda fountain bever-
age receipts climb In years time. Last
Year the United States consumed $500, OO0,-
600 worth Of Ice cream sodas and other
drinks. 4 half billion in dry refresh
ments. or enough to build ninety dread
thoughts for the United States navy.
On this basis each of the $1,000 drug
stores IN the country should have done
$4,000 worth Of business, but Of late, par
ticularly in the South where prohibition 10
effective, soda fountains unconnected with
the me-honored drug store have done
much to cut down the average receipts Of
the pharmacists.
Two hundred million gallons Of Ice
cream were eaten In this country last year.
This In round numbers represented an ex.
pendlture Of $1OO.OOOOOO for Ice cream
alone The remaining $4OO,OOO,OOO was
spent Tor all the myriad cooling drinks Of
summer and for soda fountain lot dntnks
as well. for the habit OF standing before
4 marble bar or sitting at spindinx
table IN summer time has encouraged and
developed a demand for hot drinks In win.
ter. such as coffee, chocolate, matted milk.
b0uillOn, etc.
AS prohibition spreads this total as
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-29
FIND PET DOGS
Make YOU BALD

7 RON London comes warning to
Il women who have pet dogs. Since the
start Of the war many English women have
found that they were losing their hair.
hairdresser, observing that he had had
more cases Of falling hair III the last year
than ever before regarded worry and grief
as the causes. but physician advances an-
other theory:
This explanation is partly correct"
says tits physician. "rhe depressing ef
feet on vitality Of fear, anxiety and sOr-
row reacts with serious consequences on
the hair. But In my opinion the epidemic.
II there Ia an epidemic. is to be traced
mainly to infection from dogs.
Every hair expert knows that In nine
out OF ten cases the premature loss Of hair
Is due to dandrun. That condition often
results from the presence II microbes
whose great source Is the dog. Ordinary
cleansing with soap or shampoo prepare
tions Is Of practically no use. but simple
sntiseptics usually bring about a cure
As preventive measure dispense with the
eos' -.:ixAisx1inaA 4.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-29

for dress purposes"--f not 70: all pur-
poses---is another example Of sacrificing
sense to style. Even In the summer the
occasional least winds" of our coast towns
and the damp. penetrating breezes OF in.
land resorts and cities are best met with
something more heat-conserving than bare
feet. Ii reasons were as thick as black
berries there is not In the whole apologet-
ical gamut one that would convince the
veriest simpleton that this practice has
anything sensible. unitarian or advan-
tageous in it--except perhaps Its sex ap-
peal
For the available energy IN the body IL
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-29
INVENTIONS and DISCOVERIES

TN THE base Of a new shaving mug Is a
/ lamp to heat the water
=
DEATH by prevention Of sleep Is
Illegal form Of punishment IN China.
=
vNROPEI.IERS made Of pressed steel,
/ lacluered to give them perfectly
smooth surfaces. are the last word In air.
plane construction
TN THE first three months this year the
/ United States consumed S3.652 800
mounds Of cotton fiber in the manufacture
Of explosives.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-29
Cyclones Foretold
BY Noted Astrologist
WE KNOW that cyclones are
wv whirling wiudstorms. but what

Is the great cause back Of them?
One Of the most curious dispatches
published In the newspapers Of recent
date announces the arrival Of gov
eminent experts In the zone Of the re-
cent tornado In Illinois aud states to
the south for the purpose Of investt-
eating such storms"
In this connection It Is Interesting
to note that on this page on May =:
Frank Theodore Allen, the Atlantic
City astroloser, in his June forecast
said:
Commencing the third week ef
May and eentinuinG. iatesait.
tsntly until the sseend week ef
Juas, Mercury near his sxtssns
; aseliuatiea will ssaaia eless 70
the square aspect Of Uraaus. gen.
Grating bsisssssss sehssie cecilia.
tiens whieh viii easse vielsae
winAstesns In usaay localities aud
eesrsspendiag "ksaia seerns" II
many hsnsas.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-29
Some Fashions % That
Put the Wearef in
Peril Of Disease
and Death ~

energy 10 required to digest 4 meal, the
brain during this period 10 capable q only
q proportion Of its maximum power for
work BY the same token. II the system
must scare up" a definite amount of heat
and energy to maintain the body at uni.
form temperature Of 9S degrees, and there
are extraordinary demands placed npon it
las. for instance, to keep 4 pair Of bare
feet and legs from chilling, while supplying
heat and energy for the remainder of the
b0dy-the resistance OF other organs IL
lessened. In the event Of an exposure to
.noxious germs. with just 4 little extra IA
tigue, or wetting. this results frequently
IN some one or more at The acute ''ex.
posture infections.
So II there exists any quicker or surer
way Of catching" anything catchable
than to wear low shoes or thln-sOled slip
pers and gauze stockings, even IN cool
summer evenings. no doctor has ever
heard Of 1t.
Clothing. even summer clothing, should
be sufficiently heavy to insure the proper
functiOning Of the skin and the conserva-
tion Of body heat, and at the same time.
even In winter. he as light as possible,
consistent with adequate protection.
1t shbuld afford freedom Of movement
and should be SO planned and built as to
afford protection to all parts Of the body
particularly the delicate throat and lungs
and the extremities--whtch are our verita-
BILE Achilles tendOns, t
1t should he sufficiently porous and
loose to afford the air a chance to circu-
late and carry OF the sensible and insensi-
BILE perspiration.
But probably II we had enough sense
to wear proper clothes, adequately adapt
ed to promote the greatest comfort and ef-
ficiency under all climates and weathers,
we wouldn't be wearing clothes; we would
be wearing harps and wings.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-29
ELECTRICITY ROCKS CRADLE

Kind which was once used as a sewing ma
chine motor, accomplishing the connection
by means of a belt from very small pull
ley on the axle to the periftry OF the
grinding wheel
The driving pulley had to he made so
small that he simply cut Il short section
Of broom handle. bored hole through
the center and fastened it on with a small
set screw. The gearing in the grinding
wheel mechanism, originally intended to
speed up the grinding wheel with refer
formed by the handle. now works just the
other way to all intents and purposes. as
the speed Of the motor must be reduced to
the slow circular movement desired.
In order to transmit this motion and at
the same time translate it into a back and
forth movement Mr.. Joleen then took a
small piece OF wood about three feet long.
notched it at one end where it rests over
brace underneath the body of the car
ria.e. and sawed a slot into 1t for a dis
tance ofa foot at the other end, this slot
passing through hole bored In 1t of the
size Of the wood handle on the grinding
mechanism, which Is inserted through the
hole and then the two parts OF the connect
ing rod brought together upon it by means
Of little bolt
Only a minute is required to trundle
the little wooden frame to any place In
the house, one end being provided with lit
tie casters, also shown In the picture The
motor can be attached to any lamp socket
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-29

PAPER clubs for policemen. practically
i indestructible, have been invented BY
an Englishman.
ESGL1SH experts are carrying on ex-
I.ensive tests of the value Of coal ga.
for alAlealing, tempering, hardening and
melting metals
\. \
TIME Russian government has authorized
j the cultivation Of the poppy for the
production OF opium and oil for domestic
consumption.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-29
When a COUGH Is
EQUAL TO 3 EGGS

TT VOC cough once every fifteen minutes
l for ten hours. says the Popular Science
Monthly. YOU expend energy equivalent to
80 units Of heat, which IL equivalent to
the nourishment contained In three eggs
or two glasses Of milk. At 4 normal rate
We expel air from the chest at the rate Of
four feet per second. but in violent cough
Ing we expel 1t at the rate Of 800 feet
second. Thus a persistent cough not only
weakens the constitution but 1t is a direct
cause Of emaciation.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-29

takerencouraging fashion In clothes
since those old days when the Spartans
wore the same weight toga in the winter
that they did in the summer, and got very
tough or died doing it's the quite gen
orally employed fashion Of draping the fe-
male rchesta most admira bic. costume. II
only it were restricted to summer wear
refer ~ the low neck" in-and-out-
door uniform u women. Its captious crit
les called II daring But the most dar-
Ing thing about 1t was wearing 1t while
breastiny the sieet. snow and boreal winds
of kindly hut frosty winter, while pro-
tected By nothing thicker than thin skin
and an inadequately adjusted fur boa.
Naturally certain amount of resist
ance to exposure was developed. But thou
sands Of eases Of bronchitis, pneumonia
and catarrhal throat conditions were
evolved which the medical profession is
not yet through patching up, aud the seeds
sown for none can say how many cases Of
tuberculosis. rheumatism and lumbago
neuralgia, neuritis and general conditions
which would logically follow the physical
depression Of exposure
\ judicious amount Of exposure Is help
full But nobody who has anything to DO
with fabricating fashions seems to under
stand that there Is such word as Judi
cio,,s' In the dictionary.
The perfectly senseless wearing OF
sheer stockings in low-cut. thin soled shoes
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-29
WHY a KISS FEELS PLEASANT
,....

occult guidance or whether there was moth.
ing IN 1t but physical attraction
He made his experiments with four
young ladies-Mlles. MAX, Sturmann.
Reichel and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS he
found to be particularly sensitive to u
magnet. They professed to see strange
blue lights about magnets IN darkened
rooms and to be thereafter unable to sleep
unless their heads were to the north. They
were in a weird horror whenever their
beds pointed to the east or west.
The baron deduced the theory that
every human body gave on this ghos.ly
colored magnetism and that education
could impart to every person the ability
to see this and to specify. its kind In his
fellow men.
For instance, he declared that the hu.
man lips gave OF this new force more read.
lily than any part Of the human anatomy.
The four young ladies testified that they
could see this crystalline fire playing upon
the baron's lips In the darkened laboratory.
From this the scientist worked out the be-
lief that kissing was a purely physical
thing; that 1t was pleasant procedure
because Of this newly discovered force.
Magnetism springing from the act Of kiss.
ing touched the afth pair Of nerves aud
carried the enjoyable sensation to the
brain centers.
Baron Reichenbach's theory has long
since been dnresarded by the marvellous
advance Of science but there can b NO
doubt Of his sincerity and seriousness aud
Of his belief that he was discovering. one
Of the physical explanations Of the strange
conduct Of human emotion.
.A.-...
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-29
Why Gossips Are MENTAL BABIES

MO CLASS OF human beings are more
! generally attacked and yet more gen
orally tolerated than gossips those people
who are habitually spreading scandal be-
hind secretive palms.
That this type Of mind is really nfan-
tile IS tie contention Of great American
thysicLn, DR.. William A. White Of Wash
i1stpn, u. g.. who describes it in a recent
Issue OF the Journal Of the American Med
icsl Association. His contention is that
certain individuals growing up carry into
iatlr adult Years habits far more infnn.
tile than nail-biting: that they are swayed
by juvenile feelings still and manifest it
Lot only in weak mouths but In such de-
sp!cab.e qualities Of mind as scauda mon.
eer.ng, The child seeks pleasure regard
less u whether or not 1t is good for him
As tie grows older he shakes of his harm
full pleasures and becomes strong select
Ing pleasures that are not degeuerative.
Some individuals, however, do not
emerge into this mature and self controlled
state and always harbor more OF less Of
the infantlle pleasures. DR.. White calls
the failing for gossip the ear libido"
He says: Prom tine standpoint Of the
usual social evaluation the type OF person
who Is always listening to hear scandal OF
his associates Is despicable. He does moi
listen to hear something good. but always
to hear something bad, and the worse the
better. This Is a somewhat less obvious
pleaSure-seeking device than that Of tn,
person who Is all attention at the tellin,
Of every obscene story; but the principle II
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-29

A DEVICE that not only will rock the
cradle but VIII trundle baby carriage
back and forth on little track with gen
We. soothing motion which may be better
than the traditional craderocking move
ments Is the invention of Nels Joeen of
Chicago.
MI. Joleen says the Electrical Expert
menter, made little wooden frame shown
under the wheels OF the carriage; attached
thereto grinding wheel designed to be
operated by hand, something which he
had in the house for sharpening tools:
and then attached small motor Of the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-29

high cost OF living cards and spades, and
beat them blindfolded
But what most interests us here IL
what bad clothes do to good health. ana
why they do it.
Perhaps the most ridiculous and under
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-29
Light, but Porous to
Garry Off Body's
Moisture, Says
Physician
By EDWIN F. BOWERS. M. D.


(AathOr Of "Side-sterpin0 III Health"
"Alcohol--l}s influence on Mind aud
Body etc.)
WYE HAVE number Of good excuses
w for wearing clothes. They capture
and retain the body heat afford us
defense against the wind; they protect
US from the tissue and energy destroying
rays OF the sun; they preserve us from the
bumps. scratches, cuts and bruises that
embttter our fair young lives. and they
Keep at bay the hordes OF bloodthirsty
mosquitoes and other insects that might
otherwise devour us.
They also absorb the perspiration ana
assist the skin in performing its natural
function OF getting rid OF body debris and
other impediments 10 our glad, free prog.
TESS through life. And they keep out the
rain and snow. prevent the furnishing OF
our compilations and the rusting of our in
ternal machinery
They are also the most effective means
OF adornment ever invented. and have af,
forded mankind-and especially woman
kind--more opportunities for exhibiting
artistic temperament and the varieyated
spectra Of their aura than all other meas
ures combined. A little shrimp who, with.
out clothes. might closely resemble a
forEed radish on a stick. by the aid Of
habiliments. bodily garniture and orna-
mentation, may plump himself Into the
Solomon class without an effort.
The woman WHO was otherwise on
gagged when Pandora liberated pulchritude
BY judicious enswathment in recherche
garments Ia mode, easily puts the Queen
OF Sheba in the also ran" class.
Also. as an AL free-hand topic of con.
ation-ineXhaustible and houndless as
the farthest reaches Of the empyrean blue
CLOTHES can give the war babies and the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-29

49,
enbach declared, touched the fifth
pair Of nerves."
TN THE light of the widespread modern
xtrend among psychologists and scientists
to explore the spirit world aud fathom
the occult mysteries 1t Is interesting to
note the early experiments Of Baron Reich
enbach, the German scientist, who in the
middle years Of the last century made
some very serious and unconsciously hu-
morous investigations along the lines car
ried to much more pretentious lengths by
such modern scientists as Stead, Lodge and
James.
The baron In his Independent re-
searches set about discovering what force
was responsible for the mystic attraction
Of one human being to another, particu.
larry the attraction of the sexes. He was
trying to discover whether there was some
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-29

limited to SO much engine Rower, SO much
capacity or'assimilating food and convert.
ms II into heat and force. Therefore any
extraordinary demands made upon It in
ev1tably reduce the total stock.
For example. II a certain amount Of
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-29

the same, because 1t Is the obscene for
which he Is really listening. Such per-
son Is peddler Of gossip, u besmircher Of
regulations and in all sorts Of ways at the
level Of the ear libido (listening), a de-
structive member OF the community, and
incidentally very unhappy and unful.
filed person himself.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-10
Pc. 'Shing Nav Re General

Washington d. c., Oct. S.-Eleva-
ton of Maj. Gen. John ]. Pershing
to the rank of general, title held by
only Washington, Grant, Sherman
and Sheridan, is sought by Secretary
Baker in a recommendation before
the senate military committee today.
The secretary urges revival of the
rank of general for Pershing and the
army chief of staff, and lieutenant
general for the corps commanders
with the expeditionary forces. The
urgency of Pershing's promotion was
explained by the secretary, who de-
clared that the head of the overseas
troops should be given a grade equal
to the Importance of their position.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-10
Threshed Bean Crop With Auto.

Bellevue, Ia, Oct. S.-If the anna
teur gardeners do not possess a
threshing outfit of their own, here is
a unique way to harvest their crops
credited to the Rev. w. ID. Witham of
De Witt, who had a plot Of ground
$50 feet by 60 feet on which he
planted navy beans, the seed cost
ing him 50.
His crop is valued at $40.
His problem was how to thr.sll
the beans. First he tried to fail
them with a fork, but this didn't
work, and he tried tramping them
out. Both these methods proved un-
satisfactory, so he got out his auto,
and laying the beans on canvass,
ran the auto back and forth over
them until they were all hulled.
Not bean was broken, ard The
result was as fine job as any thresh-
er could do.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-10
Relies on Bible for Age.

Keokuk, Ia, Oct. SIT will be
the family Bible against the Lee
county birth records in the case OF
the United States VS.. Frank G.. Heller
of Summitville, Lee county, Ia, who
is charged with having failed to reg
lister for military service Tuesday,
June 8.
Heller produced in court this af-
ternoon the family Bible in which
there is birth record. In this he is
said to have been born Aug. %, 1885,
AID consequently was past 81 when
registration day came.
The government, however, is rely
ing on the county birth records as
their case, and according to these. it
is understood. the defendant was not
81 registration day.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-10
GIVING OUT.
The Struggle Discourages Many a
Citizen of DEBORAH.

Around all day with an aching
back,
Can't rest at night;
Enough to make any one "give
out"
Doan's Kidney Pills are helping
thousands.
They are for kidney backache;
And other kidney ills.
Here is DEBORAH proof of their mer-
1t:
Sever Olson, blacksmith, Maple
Ave., DEBORAH. says: Many years OF
hard work as a blacksmith is what
weakened my kidneys and brought ON
attacks OF backache. When l tried
to stoop to shoe horse, sharp pains
often caught me in the small of my
back and almost doubled me up.
noticed that the kidney secretions
were highly colored. | never let kid
ney complaint get good hold on
me, because | always used Doan's
Kidney Pills, procured from Eng
bertson's Pharmacy, right away and
was fixed up in fine shape"
Price Coo at al dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Olson had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo. ~ Y.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-10
Didn't Believe i'm Ranks

Ames, Ia, Oct. S.NEmmet Scott,
third trackman on a grade crossing
OF the Northwestern and who resides
west of the city, did not believe in
banks. BY frugal living he had ac-
cumulated sos. This he had placed
in an old trunk in his home. A few
days ago when he went to his home
he found burglars had paid him a
visit and the trunk and money were
gone. This morning the trunk was
found in a cornfield, broken open,
but the contents not molested. Scott
brought his roll to the bank before
he looked to see if there was anything
else missing from the trunk.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-10

committee be adopted. Roll call vote,
All members voting aye. The motion
was carried.
Alderman Willis reported on the mat
ter of erecting protecting wall at the
Creek back of the Rock Island stock
yards.
Motion by Hislop. seconded by Nc
Andrews, that the report be accepted,
that specifications and plans be prepared
and that the City Clerk advertise for
bids for the erecting of such a wall as
per specifications and plans prepared and
on file at his office Roll call vote, all
members present voting aye. The mo-
ton was carried.
Moved and seconded that the street
traffic signs be painted red with white
background. Roll call vote All mem
bers> present voting aye. The motion
was carried.
Motion by Bergeson, seconded by Me-
Kay, that the City Attorney and the
City Engineer investigate and report as
to what disposition to make with ref
erence to communication from Frank
G. Pierce, Secretary of the National Sep
tic Process Protective LeagL.
Moved and seconded to adjourn. Mo-
tiOn was carried
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-10

Whereas, the following claims have
been examined and approved by the
Finance Committee, therefore be it re-
solved that they be allowed and the
money necessary to pay the same be and
hereby is appropriated and the Mayor
and the Clerk are directed to issue ord
ers on the City Treasurer as follows:
Sampson Scott, special police,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-10
GladbroOk's LOYAL Women

Gladbrook, Ia, Oct. S.-On the
night of Oct. 1 an organization was
erected of the women of Gladbrook
and vicinity to be known as the Glad
brook and Spring Creek unit of the
wome1's committee of the Iowa diyi.
sion of the national council of de-
tense. Plans are under way for the
circulation of the Hoover food pledge
cards and to prepare to meet the de-
mands of the food administration.