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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-24
EQUITY GETS MEMBERS
Several Added to Roll of Cor
poration-Executive
Session Held.

Inc second day of the convention of
'he Missoula County Farmers Society
VI Equity ives spent in secret execu-
1--WE session which lasted until nearly
midnight. The subject of the discussion
unknown as yet to anyone outside
Tue organization, but the Importance
VI II may be evidenced by the fact
that the farmers did not have time 70
eject new officers but have postponed
that part Of the business until the
April meeting.
one result of the meeting was the
ADDITION of nearly 20 new members to
inc roll OF the Incorporated department
OF the organization. These men were
already members Of the society but
hao neglected to take any stock in
'ne corporation. The meeting last night
was held in one Of the rooms at the
onapard hotel and before adjournment
every man present had signed UP for a
share OF stock. say the officers.
only one resolution was passed by
the society yesterday. This was to the
erect that the national board of the
organization formulate a report sheet
10 be distributed among the secretaries
Oh the local branches for the farm and
crop statistics. Three other resolutions
were presented but did not meet with
the approval Of the farmers as q body.
One was that the state increase the
apportlonmcnt for the county agricul-
tural agents in order to provide agents
Immediately for those counties desiring
them. A second resolution sought to
provide for the appropriation for the
clearing Of logged off lands, to be
spent under the supervision of the
agricultural college. The committee
also sought to introduce q resolution
stating that the members Of the society
were in favor of dicontinuing the
practice Of holding county fairs in Mis-
soula county with the object in view
OF reducing taxes by eliminating the
deficit. Another resolution to be tabled
by the farmers was the one which
sought the disbandment Of the Mis-
soula county clearing house Of the
society and provided that every farmer
joining the organization pay the men,
bership fees of the national organiza-
ton In addition to his share or shares
OF capital stock in the corporation.
1t was decided at the meeting last
evening that the next session be held
at Ravalli on the third Saturday in
April.
Forenoon.
Sc A short meeting was held in the
morning with talks by /. II. Brock
man. national manager and II. G. Nor
ris. national organizer. A committee on
CREDENTIALS consisting Of Emil LehSOll,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-24
Montana Notes

Inc Billings Gazette and Journal narrowly missed
suspension last week through paper shortage A
long-d delayed car of paper arrived just in time to
avert catastrophe For several days the two papers
had been printing small editions. The Gazette, in
deed had to publish one number book paper.
me journal thinks the disadvantages of small is
sues are overestimated There is lesson in
the situation it says, that should not be lost
sight Of: that aasmaH paper with embellishments
compact and telFnE IL better for everyone no mat
ter how high theShdxsrtsing rate than the big
editions and tas adves sing scattering shot,"
Tue Llvinsston Chamber Of Commerce. after an
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-24
STARVED HIMSELF.

Dover, Ohio, Jan. 22.-Tne death
here yesterday of David Hartman. 63
years old. was said by attending ply
sicians to have resulted from in insult
ficient nourishment. Hartman, who is
said to have won a prize on the best
article on how to live cheaply, re-
Gently increased his daily allowance
for food from to 10 cents per day.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-24
TRAFFIC DISRUPTED.

st. Paul, Jan. 23.-While traffic in
most cities was gradually returning to
normal last night, train schedules
throughout the northwest continued
disrupted "a hours, after the cessation
of the worst snowstorm this section
has experienced in recent years. Rail-
road officials expressed the belief that
traffic will be near normal by night.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-24

Arthur McGeorge and r. II. Durnford,
and 4 committe on resolutions con-
sisting of a. J. Newton. Price and
Romulus Deschamps. The credentials
committee reported % credited dele
gates from the locals.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-24

Here. you Montana boosters listen to this" says
the Kalispel 1nter-Lakc in introducing II. P. Man.
ming Of Livingston young newspaper man who
went to Detroit at his own expense and landed
branch factory of overalls- making concern for
his town. Manning. by the way; IL to be manager
Of the plant. "Kaspell boosters should take notice
of this" the 1ntcr-Lakc remarks. So pointedly n
1ewistown wants to become the cattle market
of the state, and the chamber Of commerce plans
to make 1t that The location OF the city makes 1t
the logical center, Lewistown people declare.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-24

City Treasurer Neal A. Ward of Butte wants city
and county governments consolidated. He is seek
ing to interest others in the project claiming that
economy and efficiency would be results Of con-
sodation.. !;
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-24

enthusiastic meeting the other day. adopted $4,000
in 1926" slogan and outlined an ambitious pro-
gram Of boosting" A condensed milk plant a
flour mill and another now factory are assured.
the chamber Of commerce announces and an cleo
trio line to Cooke is projected. A membership CAM
paign has been started.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-24
Forenoon.

Forenoon.
- A short meeting was held in the
morning with talks by /. II. Brock =
man. national manager and II. G. Nor
ris. national organizer. A committee on
credentials consisting Of Emil Lehsou
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-02
Why Littl. Willie Leaves Home.

According to DR.. Charles B. Daven-
port, director Of the department of ex-
detrimental evolution, Carnegie institu-
ton. children run away from home for
exactly the same reasons that their par
ent TAX voyages to Europe or their
uncles go off on Afishing trips. DR.. Dav-
EXPORT has written a book on this sub
ject, nomadism, as it is called.
1t is, he holds. the primitive race in
stinct to wander. We all have it, more
or less, but most Of US are so hedged
we feel it, we put it aside at once. But
nan persons feel it strongly, especially
when the spring comes, and then they
long to &C away. to take an ocean voy-
age or to get into the woods.
Americans are more nomadic than
other people; they are descended from
nomadic stock, or they would not be
here. Their ancestors We're a selection
of the more nomadic individuals of Eu-
rope.
Man is more naturally inclined to
roam than woman, her place having
from time immemorial been in the
home, his place having been to go out
into the, world and hunt and fight for
her. Therefore, there are more men
tramps than women. 1t is easier for a
for a woman
AS might be expected, more boys run
away than girls. The greatest number
of runaways occur at the age of Is, but
there are many at IS and IA. 1t is gen
orally assumed that the early life of the
child repeats the early life of the race,
so it is not astonishing that all children
are tempted to get out into the world
and seek adventure.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-02
More Than One Pencil Needed.
From the New York Evening Post.

From the New YORK Evening POST,
For the man who merely requires a
pencil and a piece of paper in order to
win the war-and in more or less degree
all of US are that man-there is very
instructive reading in the British NUM-
ton ministers account of war material
development. 1t is not so much the enor-
nous sweep of the figures cited as their
diversity that staggers the imagination;
not so much the mass of labor that is
expended as it's a~pportionment in the
face of a thousand different clamorous
necessities. Somewhere in the Austral-
ing pulled up in order to, be laid down
again in the desert of Sinai or along
the I1gris or III Albania or near the
White sea or in the sector of Arras.
Given a shipload of iron ore, it is for
some one to decide whether hat iron is
to be shell or barbed wire, or steel he'll
met. or airplane engine, or snti-sub-
marine net. or, boat anchor. or travelling
crane, or farm tractor for the raising Of
potatoes to feed the crew on the ship that
brings Chinese coolies from Canton to
Marseilles to handle other masses of iron
ore at the Creusot armament factories.
And when you multiply the task by the
number of departments, war admiralty,
agriculture and subsistence, when the
problem becomes one, of determining
whether a man can be best used for
throwing hand grenades at Bullecourt or
blowing in Sussex or unloading wheat at
Liverpool. or manufacturing boots for the
Russian armies in Rumania, 1t becomes
plain how inadequate is the ordinary pen
Gil stub and newspaper margin for win
ming the war out of hand.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-02
From the Newton News.

Governor Harding, in a speech at Daven-
port recently. Is reported to have made the
statement there would be no return tickets
for the boys going TO France. The chief
executive of the state shows himself to
be a poor student of history and a shallow
observer of Its effect on humanity.
II the governor will look back over more
than 2.GOO years Of history, he will discover
there has neve- been a move in all OF that
history that did rot ultimately work out
for the advancement of the human race.
The reason may not have been apparent
to the generation in which the incident
occurred, but 1t will be when looked upon
in the light OF the advanced years.
To say that the entire army OF the most
civilized nation on earth would be wiped
out on the battle fields OF France is to
deny that there Is a power tina controls
the destiny OF nations and works for up
building OF civilization. or Is to- hold out
the belief that the Teutonic nations are to
learn civilization today as they did 16OG
years ago, when they invaded the Roman
empire I'M carried back to their Wild
haunts the hsl.a.aarks of the greatest cisil-
ization OF the time.
Governor Harding should remember that
he said a man who criticised a public off
cial attempting to do his duty, al these
times was almost guilty Of treason Would
not the same be applicable to the publt,,
speaker who makes statements merely
Tor their effect on the people regardless OF
their truth and because ne desires to say
somethtng stronger than anyone hao'4aid
before him?
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-02
CAN BE CLEANED
% Not Throw II Away Because u
Has Become Dirty. Says Specialist
Of Agricultural Department.

Parafin that has become unclean,
through usage in canning and preservs
Ing may be cleaned and reused.
Don't throw it away because dirt
and trash have become mixed with 1t.
Many times itAcan be cleaned with Z
brush In cold water. +
If this does not remove all the dirt;
says a specialist Of the United States
department Of agriculture, heat the
parafin to boiling and strain it through
two or three thicknesses OF cheese
cloth placed over a funnel. or a thin,
layer Of absorbent cotton over one
thickness of cheesecloth may be used
MS the strainer.
One straining should be shficient
ordinarily, but If the parnfin stll Il
unclean, heat and strain again. Any
paraffin lodging in the strainer may
be recovered by heating the cloth and
pouring the hot liquid into another
strainer.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-02
Harden's Great Sin,
From the New york wor

From the New York World.
Until he touched on the one point of the
Harden was left free In Die Zukunft to
exercise his brilliant powers as critic of
the government. The field was open to
transgIession was summary punished
when he justified the aims of Germany's
enemies in seeking to create "a situation
which would remove the decision of peace
or war from the will of one mortal and
place it in the hands of the community"
The divine right of the kaiser, the ona
mortal. to rule must not be questioned, He
has asserted it too often with a rattle of.
his sword in the scabbard. The autocracy
that holds dominion over Germany must
be omnipotent and infallible. Who chal-
lenges that truth invites the instant wrath
Of the powers of the German government
To plead that the choice of peace or
war should lie in ''the hands OF the com
munity' is the objectionable sin against
the Hohenzollerns. All else may be for.
given; hat act of ~blasphemy, never!
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-02
Yours Is Mine, Mine NV Own.

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Judge McKenna in
county court decided that Miss Marcella
Craig, of Springdale, could .joyride'
with whomsoever she wished, even if
the car she vas using was won in a
rattle for her by a former sweetheart.
Last fall Fred Atkinson, Of New Ken
sington, tool Miss Craig to a picnic,
where he bought for her a 1O-cent raj
file ticket for an automobile. The ticket
bore the lucky number and Miss Craig
was awarded the car, valued at $500.
For a time Atkinson and Miss Craig
used the car together. Later his erst-
while sweetheart began to 'joyride'
with other men. Angry, Atkinson took
possession of the car, and Miss Craig
brought suit for it's recovery. Judge
Mckenna ordered the car returned to
Miss Craig and assessed the costs Of
the case on Atkinson.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-02
Would PopuIarize War.

There are some very Disguised people
including not a few editors. who censurt
congress for Its unsympathetic attitude
that putting whisky out of business 70,
the war will tend to justify the war il
the minds OF many citizens who have
of international law or the %profundities
of world politics. but who are as muck
inclined to judge a war as they are &c
judge q new washing machine by its prac
tical results? Show these God fearing
people OF simple habits and clean liyes,
that this war has already ended the pro-
duction of whisky in the Unixed states,
its importation and its sac, and the war
VIII begin to look better to them and the
government will seem the noteworthy OF.
their support. ~ the French say. TO ths
end.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-02
Enuland Mater;aIistic Now.

From the I.ondon Saturday Review.
The nation is nov setting to work in
earnest to get rid of its heirlooms, and
are over it should not be. curcbered with
very much of What remains. The Files
mere library. for instance. has beer
for more than 100000. Doubtless Mr..
Smith merits the prise which has faller
to him., and doubtless he is a good nan
indeed. is not not the fact that he has more
that?
America viii find a place for a library
for which England today has no use
thoroughly good job OF 1t and knock a
few millions. out Of the Bodleian and the
national gallery? We have got the Gus
toners we have got a certain amount OF
stuff stll left; then why not realize the
ynoney9 f4 M
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-02
Crops Cannot Wait.

From the New Republic.
1t is a wise president who has told Mr..
Hoover to go ahead, congress or no con-
gress, and attempt to formulate a food
conservation policy for the nation. The
blind to. that vegetables and fruits grow
when they will and ripen when they must
without waiting for permissive acts OF
legislative bodies. Mr.. Hoover has begun
by renewing his appeal to the women To
save food because food will decide the
war" He will, no doubt, renew his APP.
to organize the middlemen in support Of
his program Of thrift. Thousands will re-
spond because of their deep understand
ing OF, the nations need. But there will be
lethargy or selfishness will fail to take
either the food crisis or Mr.. Hoover seri-
ously so long as congress merely debates
and withholds from the president and Mr..
Hoover essential administrative power.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-02
WATCHING U. S, JAPS
PUSH BIGGER NAVY
Credits of $3.50, $40, $50 Asked
TOR This Purpose by Nippon
Leaders Thus Explained.

Correspondence of the ASso-
ciated Press).@Credits totaling about
$3.50. 320,S50 will be asked for warship
construction at the coming special SEES
sion of the diet, according to the fore
cast of the semi-official press.
The appropriation includes credits for
the ava repletion program which calls
tor eight superdreadnaughts and the
maintenance of four fast battle cruis-
ers. The warcraft to be newly IN
structed, according to the pending pro-
gram. are n 80, 000-ton battleship, two
cruisers of 1900 and $500 tons respec
lively, two destroyers of 1000 and 700
tons respectively, two submarines OF
700 tons each, and "a special commission
ship of about 10000 tons.
The battleShtp, or superdreadnaught,
Will be built in accordance with the
suggestion furnished by the European
war. The question as to whether 1t will
mount Il 14-inch or IL 15-inch guns is
still unsettled. Japan finds it difficult
to build the largest size guns in Its own
yards, and it is impossible at the pres
ent time to import them from England,
as in the past.
Fixing the displacement Of the new
submarines at 700 tons, presumably has
been decided upon in view of h diff
Guilty of building submarines of larger
wye NJ lLc OoILlcSNlC NdIuS uuOct lAc
conditions obtaining at present.
The navy appropriations to be intro
duced in the coming special diet SEES
sion are thus limited to the claim for
the fulfillment of the already settled
repletion program on the basis of the
eight battleship and our cruiser unit.
But in view of the recent tendency in
European countries and the United
States, which are steadily increasing or
expanding their naval strength. the i'm
perial navy may introduce a new appro.
priation bill at the winter session OF the
diet providing for the more speedy con,
pletion of the eight battleships and four
cruisers.
Among the high officers of the navy
the opinion is growing that Japan
should have a first line battle fleet of
eight super-dreadnaughts and eight
battle cruisers in order. to avoid falling
too far behind in sea armament. The
repletion amount which it is proposed
to eXpend in the pending fiscal year is
81 1850, 900.
Naval authorities have pointed to the
rapid increase in American naval
strength as a reason for more speedy
japanese expansion.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-02
FAITHFUL JAP FISHERMAN
WILL WIN PICTURE BRIDE

Long Beach,-Because of his industry
and fidelity the Hallhill Tuna Packing
company of Long Beach, rewarded M.
Seko, a Japanese fisherman with a wife
or at least. the means of obtaining
one.
She is a picture bride. Months ago
Sello surrendered to her charms as rep
resented by the d~elicately framed pho
tograph she sent him from the cherry
blossom empire, proposed and was ac-
cepted.
The government requires a Japanese
taking unto himself a picture bride tn
have $500 to his credit to make sure
that she will not become a public
Charge. SeEo saved every dollar he
could, but the fish weren't running well
and it seemed that the required sum
never would be realized.
TIL company officials, observing that
Sseko's customary cheerfulness was no
more. made inquiry Ind learned the
cause. He was summoned into the Of
flee II informed that $500 had been
deposited to his credit in a Long Beach
bank.
The future Mrs. Seko will be here
next month.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-02
Up to American Macy
Aided by British Experts
To So]ue U-BontQ Question

difficult task that makes the headship
held by one man or by many-by all
odds the los important military office
in the world today. For it is on the
rightness of the American naval policy,
on the swiftness and courage with
which decisions are made. on the scale
and i~nventiveness with which expert
ments are pushed forward. that the at
tatnment of victory and escap from
defeat depend. II the greatest military
genius Of the past were alive and
ready to take service with the allies
today, it is this job and no other that
would be assigned to him. 1t is, then,
to the chief Of the American navy that
the American people should give their
completes confidence and a blank
check on the nations in
wealth. industrial capacity and in brain
power.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-02

During the A years of peace which
preceded her challenge to the forces Of
civilization, Germany had tirelessly pre-.
pared her chemical and engineering I'm
dustries for war. Great Britain, on the
other hand, had organized for peace,
and the character of her industry no
less than h size Of her army in Au-
gust, 1914. proved that she neither de
sired nor contemplated war. Compelled.
however, by the obligation Of honor to
take up arms. Great Britain during the
last two years, has grappled with the
problem of m~unitionIaent with aston
ishing resource and efficiency. Despite
the fact that more than $1,000 900 men
have been drafted to the coiors, she has
raised a vast industrial army, in which
women has played a part of the utmost
importance, and which is ceaselessly en-,
gagged upon the production of munitions.
Her Industries have been mobilized and
placed upon a war footing. Countless
new factories have been erected, many
old factories have been adapted for wal
purposes. and the output of munitions
in b British isles mas been increased
more than 10000 per cent.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-02
Our Slang Misunderstood.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
American soldiers, on the way to that
Somewhere In France where theii
hearts have gon before them, left behind
them In England what one of the London
papers called the quaint expression that
their mission In Europe was that of help
Ing to can the kaiser" This London
newspaper, attempting to clarity the ex-
preston for readers unaccustomed to
purely American slang, fell into an error
that would not have been made in Canada.
For in slang at least this continent is one.
The English paper explained that "to
can the kaiser" was to seal him up her
meticalIy, where he could do no further
harm.
But. this picturesque bit of slang has am
other origin. Its use is due to the plight
Of the unhappy dog, celebrated in the
funny papers, who dashes down the
street with an abandoned tin can tied to
his tall. The dog is said to be Canned
or TO ave the can tide to him. Hence
any person in a bad plight is Canned
The American soldiers passing through
England simply expressed a desire to as
sist in the process.
The war is sure to enrich the already
flexible English language.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-02
Cold Storage in Canada.

From the Toronto Mail and Express.
storage is that it takes the surplus from
the market in times of plenty, and car
ries it forward to the season Of scarcity.
ing prices. But if large quantities from
one-fourth to a half, of fo%odstuffs are
taken off the market in the season Of
plenty, that prevents prices from drop
ping. If in the season of scarcity, the
products are doled out on the market in
such a way as not to disturb the enhanced
values owing to the scarcity-as is the
that equalizing process? The cold storage
system of Canada can stand much further
analytical examination than it has re-
ported be comparatively small, probably
it could be proved that it, more than any
other agency. maintains high prices for
of economy il ought to subserve.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-02
TRUE FISH STORY.

Long Beach.-What is said to be the
largest catch Of fish ever made with a
seine by one o in southern California
was brought into the Earbor today by
the launch Maryland. The Maryland
brought in 81 ons or $4,000 pounds of
barracuda and yellow tail. The boat,
because of the weight of the big catch,
was forced to proceed at a snails pace
to it's dock at the Long Beach Tuna
Canning company's plant.
Yellowtail and barracuda are now
bringing $40 a ton at all the canner-
les. Last year they sold at $40 a ton.