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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-14
bob" PAXSON TELLS
army EXPERIENCES
Young Muscular Writes Of
Camp Life at Douglas,
Arizona.
FIGHTS FOREST FIRE
Not a Tree Can BE Seen
From Their Camp in
Midst of Desert.

Persons in Missoula who have been
complaining of the heat lately should
read some of the letters which Bob"
Paxson. son of Mr.. and Mrs. F. s.
Paxson. has written to his parents
since his enlistment in Battery 4 of
the Tenth Field Artillery.
bob" is stationed at Douglas. Ari-
IONA. AZ ne wrote his last letter he
was sitting in the shade of a. building,
and the temperature was 40 degrees.
This Is about normal here in sum-
mer' he says.
cantonment in Desert.
The cantonment is stationed on a
desert plain Of some 100000 acres. The
plain is covered with sage and is bar
rem of trees. There are at present
about 10000 troops Of various organi-
cations in the camp.
The eats are GOOD" says Bob in
one of his letters. but you have to get
used to drinking water that is warm
as there Is no ice to be had"
The men drill three times daily. ex-
cept Saturdays, when, after inspection,
they have the remainder of that day
anu SUBWAY OIL. Hc dlleIIoOHS
devoted to school and a study Of tao
tics.
Cowboys Fret at Saddles.
Boys from the plains are finding
some difficulty. says young Mr.. Pax
son. in becoming accustomed to the
Mcclellan Tree" saddles which are
used on their mounts.
I'VE find them very different from
the good old Montana saddles" he
writes. There are four of us from
Montana and they are all good fell
lows and make chap feel more at
home"
Fought Forest Fire.
One of his most interesting letters
tells of of his experience with some
of the other men in the camp in fight
ing a fire in the mountain forests
north of Douglas.
I'VE volunteered to go and fight the
fire" he writes. They loaded us all
into automobile trucks and gave us a
dreary S6-mile ride to the foot of the
mountains. Then Ne had to hike five
miles up the mountain side to the
scene Of the fire."
In almost intolerable heat the men
worked for 48 hours with only two
light rations and six hours sleep. Many
OF the boys were counted out" as the
writer tells it, because of sheer ex-
| haustion. One of them was bitten by
a rattlesnake.
Attacked by Rather.
Bob himself was about to be attacked
by a rattler but he saw it in time to
jump out of the way, and his COM
panion behind him killed it. At one
time during the fire fighting the squad
of which he was a member was sur
rounded by the flames and escaped
more or less serious burns and other
injuries. In the escape, the young
Muscular lost his shoes and his hat.
So exhausted were they after their
experience that the lietenant in COM
mand Of them sent them all back to the
fort. Later they were followed by a
small detachment, some of whom were
in a serious condition.
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Obituary

The funeral of Mrs. Naomi Roberts
Aevry, who died Thursday, was held
in the Marsh chapel at $3.50 o'clock
Friday afternoon. under the auspices
of the Misso,ila chapter. Order Of the
Eastern Star. In the evening the
body was started toward Galena, ILL.,.
where burial will be made. Mrs.
Avery's husband. G. r. Avery, will ac-
company the body to Galena. remain
ing there a month before his return.
Tony Harmon, well known Mis-
soula working man, who has lived In
this vicinity for the last 20 years, died
yesterday in st. Patrick's hospital
after a brief illness. He was 81 years
old. A brother living in Reading,
Ohio has been notified Of his death.
Funeral services for Robert Adams.
the Seattle lOngshoreman. who was
drowned in the Missoula river on the
evening Of July 4, was held yesterday
and burial was made in the Missoula
cemetery.
The man who has but one shirt Is
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reforms which will be only the first
steps towards making the German peo-
pie masters OF their destiny"
10 Question Of Peace.

Amsterdam, July 13.-Count Michael
karolyi. leader Of the Hungarian inde-
gendent party, speaking in the house
OF Deputies, says a telegram from Bud
.-.1sr Geciared:
Aae central point of the present
German crisis is the question of peace.
Every one in Germany wants peace,
but It Is not enough to desire it: the
nation must negotiate for it Count
Czernin (Austro- Hungarian foreign
mlnistef) has openly declared that we
are ready for peace without annexa-
tons. One of the pre- requisite condi-
lions of peace is the characterization
Of every country"
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COTTON HAS CAUGHT UP.

Manchester, England. - Professor
Todd calls attention to the fact that
While the price of cotton has been es
tapllsh1ng new records every other day
II mas reached level commensurate
win the rise in the general level Of
prices for the first time since the be-
ginning of the war,
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JOHN TooLE FACES CHARGE

John Toole. son Of the late John r.
Toole was ordered last night to aupear
in police court today to answer to a
charge Of running his automobile at
$40 p. m. without lights. Policeman
Beard reported him from Higgins ave.
nue. and Fourth street,
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OLD MAN is ARRESTED.

William Rafbone, aged about 60
Years, was locked up last night after
Policeman Peterson had arrested him
in the Western hotel. where he Is al
legged to have been intoxicated and to
have created a disturbance,
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HOLD TWO FOR LARCENY.

Ed Kelly and William Hogan.
charged with grand larceny, were held
in $500 bonds for trial in the district
court by Justice Of the Peace Phil
Gagnon yesterday afternoon. 1t is al
legged that the men held up and robbed
J. II. Haley, taking his watch and
chain and money.
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MORMON HERE SUNDAY.

Professor Melvin J. Ballard of the
northwestern states mission of tn.
'hurch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
SAINTS will preach in Barber & Mar
shail hall Sunday evening at s O'Clock,
No collection will be taken
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Many Complaints Made.

There have been numerous COM
plants regarding speeding on the
country roads," said Mr.. Angevine, and
we have taken action with view to
prosecuting any offenders in the flu
ture. The complaints have been espe-
cially numerous regarding traffic on
the highway between Lolo and Lolo
Hot Springs. AS a result there has
been a deputy sheriff placed on the
road there to patrol and report any
violations which may occur.
while the law cannot be specific on
account of the various kinds and con-
ditions Of highways in the county, it is
broad enough to cover the cases which
have been reported here. 1t is up to
the motorists to take care"
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CARD OF THANKS,

wish to thank the many friends and
nc'ghhors for their kind assistance and
sympathy during the sickness and
death of my beloved wife.
ADV. G. r. AVERY
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Of speed no greater than 10 reason
able and proper under the condi-
tons existing at the point Of OPP
GRAFTON taking into account the
amount and character of traffic.
the condition of brakes, the weight
Of vehicle. the grade and width of
highway. the condition of surface
and the freedom of obstruction to
the view ahead, and SO as not un-
duly or unreasonably to endanger
the life. limb. property or other
rights Of any person entitled to the
use Of the street or highway"
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Motor Speeders
Warned Of La,c
o., Rural. Roads
County Attorney Angevine
Quotes State Statute
Compelling Care.

Warning has been issued by County
Attorney Fred Angevine that prosecu-
tons will follow all reckless automo-
bile driving on the highways Of Mis-
soula county outside the city limits.
Many reports which have come to his
office because of the high speed at
which many persons drive their ma
chimes on narrow highways outside Of
the city have resulted in this decision.
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Law Forbids Speeding.

The law on this point follows:
Every person operating or driv-
ing vehicle Of any character on
the public highways of this state
shall drive the same in a careful
and prudent manner and at a rate
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The man who has but one shirt Is
short on change.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-15
THE ONTARIO ARGUS ONTARIO OREGON MARCH 5 1917

more and the striking feature that in
terests me there is the market basket,
In that city the market IS four blocks
long and on Saturday, nights the work
men come from work with market
baskets on their arms and thousands
of women with baskets go to and from
the markets every day. The majority
20 to the stores and buy direct, thus
saving telephone and delivery service.
"The cause of the high cost of liv-
ing IS not transportation. It is the
habits of our own people and the ar
tihcial needs we have created for our
selves and to which the trade is mere
Is responsive. Whenever we buy a
simple article in fancy package we
are eating less food and more pack
age for the same money. When we
buy a pound of tea that we are order
ing by telephone and for delivery by
automobile, we are paying for the tel
ephone and the automobile. This
means we are getting less for our
money.
"The railroads in conjunction
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. and by their independent ex-
ertions are doing everything In their
power TO relieve freight congestion
and to obtain n Redistribution of the
cars so that shipments may move as
rapidly as possible. The Southern
Pacific Company has q representative
on the railroad committee at Wash
ington. which, I'm conjunction with
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
is working on this subject OF distri-
button. am happy to say that this
company and other western roads are
feeling the beneficial effects OF the eff
forts being undertaken at Washing
ton
THE railroads are also called up
on to cooperate with the Government
IN any military measure that the Sec
rotary of war may deem advisable.
This gives the railroads another prob
lem, for this purpose. the country has
been divided into four transportation
districts. Il IL the policy and the pur-
pose OF the railroads 10 work most
heartily In cooperation with the mil.
ltary authorities.
II have been selected to be chair
man fthe western committee OF the
roads. along with President Ripley
OF the Santa Fe and President Far
rell Of tho Oregon Washington Navi-
gatlon Company the other two mem-
hers of the committee. In the west
We have had the benefit OF co-opera'
tion already with Maior-Gencral
Franklin H. Bell and his able stan
In the mobilization Of troops along the
Mexican border. Details of the work
Of the committees have not yet been
defined. The railroads will do ey-
erything they can TO be responsive to
the needs OF the military arm OF the
government"
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Mutual piaeontent.

First Clubwoman-No; ! am not go
Ing 10 the annual dinner, The commit
tee always puts me beside the most un.
interesting people, Second Clubwoman
That's just my experience. We were
sitting togethe. last year. weren't WEI
-Iondnn OnlniOn.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-15
We CAN'T EAT COLD
SAYS RAILROAD HEAD
President Sproulc of Southern Pacific
Says Ia Enjoy Prosperity Coun-
try Must Pay Penaltics-Iaw
of supply and Demand Is
IneXOrable.

That the high cost of living cannot
be traced to any defects in the trans
portation systems of this country but
instead, Is due to changes in the
standard of living was declared by
william Sproule, president of the
Southern Pacific Company who has
recently returned from the East.
"The high cost of food is account
cd for by the law of supply and de-
mand" said MIR. sproule. "The United
States has for q long time produced
more food supplies of nearly all kinds
than the people OF the United states
consumed. The production in ex-
cess of the home consumption has
been marketed abroad and our pro-
duction has become part Of the COM
mon stock of food supplies for coun-
tries across the sea. Now these
countries are mostly at war. an inn
portant part of their populations be-
coming consumers instead of produc-
ers as they are In peaceful times.
"The demand of these countries
from us has risen far In excess OF
their needs under normal conditions,
thus resulting In n contest between
our own people and the people Of
foreign countries as to the price to be
paid for the needed supplies. The
United States is a part of family Of
nations. We cannot live apart unto
ourselves even n we wish to do 80.
"rhe very prosperity this country
IL enjoying has It's penalties We are
exporting food as well as munitions,
and In exchange for them We are get
ting gold w cannot eat gold. But
we can increase production, and the
problem of the high cost of living can
be solved only by increasing the area
OF production or increasing the pro-
ductlon from existing available areas
through better methods, or by both.
"Thc cost OF living viii be eXccs.
siyo as long as We are all eating our
MI OF eggs. broiled chicken, roast
veal. lamb chops and sirloin steak,
Tho excessive use OF eggs cuts down
the supply OF chicken, The excessive
use of young chicken for broilers cuts
down the available supply Of other
food from the grown fowl. Veal
means the slaughter Of the young ami
nal instead of allowing II Ia grow To
maturity and furnish us the normal
quantity of food II would anord ~.
II is the same with lamb, II Is motor
ious that the butchers. Wholesale and
retail seek the choice cuts for house
hold consumption and market the
rest with great difficulty We need
90 learn the art OF living within our
means. This Is easy for those who
have sufficient means and | realize
this, yet II Is a thing that has To be
done no matter who says II and
whether we like IL or not
The talk of making large appro-
riations to distribute food as an emor-
gency proceeds on a theory that has
always ben a failure Il Is the old
story we must cut our coat To iit the
cloth In nation where every able
bodied man has plenty of work avail
able. it becomes mere ease of living
economically
II have Just returned from Balti-
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Druggists Experience With
kidney Medicine

/ have handled and sold Dr.. Kilmer's
Swamp Root for some time and have
heard customers claim that it had pro-
duced very satisfactory results in differ.
ent ailments Of the kidneys, liver and
bladder. l have nothing but favorable
reports at hand and my personal opin-
ion is that there is not any thing on the
market that will equal Swamp Root for
disease Of the kidneys, liver and bladder
and know Of physician who ia a very
strong believer in the merits Of Swamp
Root. Very truly yours,
THE J. n. WATTS NERO. STORE,
J. N. WATTS.
Sept. %, 1915. Wattsville, Miss.
Prove Whist Swamp Root win Do For You
Send ten cents to Dr.. Kilmer 4 Co.,
Bimghamton, N. Y, for . sample size
bottle. 1t will convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet Of valuable
information, telling about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing, be sure and
mention this paper. Regular ffty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles for sale st all
drug stores.-Adv.
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$4,000 MEN IN
FIRST DRAFT CALL
President Issues Order Calling
Soldiers Into the Service
- Of United States.
tH2,ss5 MEN N THE ARMY
war Department Announces the Quo.
tas to Be Furnished BY Each
stats-crdit Given for Men
Now In Service.

WashingtonL-The war department
mas promulgated a formal order from
the president drafting 8S7, 900 men into
the military service Of the United
States under the selective conscriptiou
law. The order shows what part of
the total must be furnished By each
state and territory.
The only steps now remaining are
olstr1bution by the governors Of
state quotas among the local exemp-
don districts and the great lottery.
which probably will be held next
week and which will establish the
order In which registrants are to pre-
sent themselves for service or exemp-
don.
The men summoned for service will
be used to fill the regular army and
National Guard to war strength and
to organize the first 100000 Of the new
nationai army.
Total to Be 1851, ,eaS.
The total Of these three forces will
be 1892 .9S5 men.
Later another 10000 viii be called
put, supplemented by sufficient men
TO make up losses and maintain re-
serve battaiions.
Following is Secretary Of War
Bakers announcement Of the order:
by virtue Of the authority yestad
o him by an act Of congress, entitled
An Act to Authorize the President
o Increase Temporarily the Military
Establishment Of the United States
approved May Is, 1917. the president
II the United States has ordered the
Aggregate number Of 8S7,0O0 men to
De raised BY draft for the military
service Of the United States in order
70 bring to full strength the organ
kations Of the regular army and the
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CONVERSATIONS

China contains more American mis-
sionaries than American business
men. l
The government maintains T,S4O
miles Of road In spain and has more
than 1900 miles under construction at
the present time.
An inventor In England has COM
bined a rubber nesh brush and soap
dlsh. provided With q vacuum cup on
the bottom to hold II upright when
used for the Iattsr pesps4s.
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Morse Code Failed.

A Chinese entered the Office Of the
Western Union Telegraph company at
Evansville a few days ago and left
telegram with Ivan Bennett. the signal
clerk. The yellow man said the tele-
gram was to be sent to Chicago. Ben
nett hung the telegram on the hook
for the operators and John Black, an
operator, got 1t. The telegram was
written In Chinese and Black and the
other operators were unable to deci-
pher 1t. They got an interpreter be-
fore the message could be sent.-In-
dianapolis News.
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organizations embodying the mem
bers Of the National Guard drafted
into the military service Of the United
States and to create the national army,
and has caused said aggregate
number to be apportioned to the sew
eral states and territories and the
District Of Columbia as set forth In
the schedule hereto appended.
Must Apportlon ouotaa
THE governor Of each state and ter
ntory and the commissioners Of the
District of Columbia, acting for and
by the direction Of the president and
In accordance with said act Of congress
and rules and regulations prescribed
pursuant thereto, shall apportion. the
quota SO apportioned to such state. ter
ritory or district and shall communi-
cate to each local board established
In such state, territory or district no.
tice Of the net quota to be furnished
by such board. and such net quotas
shall thereupon be furnished by the re-
spectiye local boards as required by
said act Of congress and rules and reg
ulations prescribed pursuant thereto"
In computing the number Of men to
be required from the various states
the government put to the credit Of
each state every man II now has In
the National Guard and every man It
has contributed since April as a
war volunteer to the regular army.
Computation Method.
Placing on the debit side Of the led
ger the national army Of 10000. the
entire National Guard at war strength
and the number Of war volunteers
needed on April l last, to bring the
regulars up to the war strength. the
grand total was apportioned according
to population.
This gave gross quota for each
state. from which net quota was com:
puted by checking of the number Of
National Guardsmen available for fed
eral service and the number Of men
given by the state to the regular army
since April 1.
The apportionment was made on the
basis Of an estimated grand total for
the United States and Its possessions
of l05,368. .058 Inhabitants.
Total Of 1,f52,986.
Each will furnish under this appor-
tionment the men Its total registration
would indicate as fair proportion.
rather than the number the actual pop
ulation Of the district would indicate.
The total Of these gross quotas Is L.
152.9S5 men.
Credit is given to the various states
for a total of 485,0S5 voluntary enlist
ments In the National Guard and reg
ulars, making the total net quota for
all states $1,000 men.
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FROM NEAR AND FAR

With wireless stations powerful
enough to reach vessels In all Of Its
waters, the Chinese government will
establish a typhoon warning service.
Attachments that accompany
watch patented BY q New York man
enable It to be worn on a wrist or in
a pocket, holding It securely In either
case.
There are some 10000 craters on
the moon. and these are the product Of
long agea
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Waste wood products from Southern
sawmills are to be used in the manu-
facture Of paper.
Since the outbreak Of war South
African mines have yielded 100000
600 worth Of gold.
The song sparrow is about the size
Of an English sparrow. but with a
longer tail; streaks and large spot on
breast. The chipping and field SPAR
rows are smaller, with no spots on
breast; the former has lines on head !.
the latter is rufcus and sings vsry
sweetiy.
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NUMBER OF MEN 1OBE RAISED IN EACH STATE

Allotment by states raised seye draft for Uncle
sans national army announced by
The quotas assigned each
state to the population the
the allotment each Guard
strength plus the enlisted
30
The following table gives the allotment
quotas and National Guard
two appearing In the final Of the table:
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A patent has been issued for per.
forated towel rack for bath rooms
that can be connected to a faucet by
a rubber tube and used az q bath
spray.
Electrically controlled oilers for
moving machinery lave been invented,
several Of which can be operated from
centrally located switchboard.
Japan harvested more than 206,OO0,-
600 bushels Of rice last year. an in
crease Of more than 8,600,000 bushels
from the previous high record. made
In 1914.
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Where erigh. Men consreeate.

A census Of Leavenuorth prison de-
vel0ps that there is only one illiterate
person out Of several thousand con-
fined therein. An ignorant person
hasn't brains enough to get into fed
erm prison. He generally gets thirty
days In jail.-San Antonio Light.
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The AssyrIans are said to have been
the first to introduce the heel for -.
curity and comfort In walking.
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Rejected cartridge shells have been
bought up by jewelry firm and made
into flower vases.
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A Pendleton (Ore.) hermit recently
died supposedly poor. but searchefs Of
his cabin found $4,000.
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Don't be misled. Ask for Red Cfoa
Bag Blue Makes beautiful white clothes.
At all good grocers. Adv.
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international Accomplishments.
"Can the new recruit talk Frenchr
mo, but he knows how to wall
Spanish"
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Why, Indssds

Why, Indssd7
as this Central 227?"
"N0."
"Phen why did you answerf"