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The Daily Missoulian., 1917-08-12

An over western Montana the most
important wheat harvest OF years be-
gan last week. Tractors and horse
drawn machinery began cutting wheat
go TO feed the s;ammees and their al
lies in Europe and the starving people
of a dozen warning nations.
Western Montana. according to re-
ports on the eve Of harvest win reap
a normal crop despite the most dis
advantageous season in years. 4 late
spring, an unprecedented grasshopper
invasion. the longest drouth in 40 years
all these influences diminished what
might have been the largest crop ever
harvested in this section. But the fact
that the farmers of western Montana
responded 10 President Wilson's ap-
peal for a MAXIMUM output of food
stuffs by planting an nnheard-o of acre
age will bring the yield up to normal
All through western Montana virgin
land was broken this spring and plant
ed to wheat after the United States en-
tered the war. Great tractors, working
in extra shifts by day and night. con-
verted hundreds of acres of prairie
land into wheat fields. The farmers
invested every available cent in seed
and machinery with which to put in
big crops. Money at low. rates of in
terest was made available.
Then came the grasshoppers.
The government took a hand in a
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Mt Lives Being Risked.
By SOPHIE Irene Loeb.

Copyright, 1917, by The Press Pub. Co.
\ young woman writes to me as fol :
lows
Around in my neighborhood there
is Il girl who seems to be 'diSaerceablc.
! was on good terms with her. but now
she is angry and l do not know the
reason. However. she is getting mn
tual acuuaintances on bad terms with
mo. Please, can you give me any al :
vice."
My dear young woman, have no fear.
1t used to be in days gone by. when
communication was difficult, that the
revengetul troublemaker did ugly work
which was sometimes not rcctified for
IA long time, perhaps years.
But today people gre more cnlight-
ened We have had good opportunity
to get together more opportunity to
understand. more opportunity to
know about human nature.
We have become broader. We have
become wiser. We are more mag
unanimous We are beginning to an
alyze the troublemaker. We are look =
ing for the motive in telling the
bad story. or the thing that will hurt
somebody.
Years ago when people lived at
distances which were not within easy
reach, the troublemaker did her worl
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pcarance. The interior finishing is of
native wood beautifully polished.
The Dedication Ceremony.
In its account c. the dedication OF
the Church of St. Francis The Mis-
soulian of October II. 1892. says: The
services were impressive and in keep
ing with the importance OF the occa-
sion. marking an era in the religious
progress OF the great commonwealth
Of Montana. Fully 200 people had
gathered in the handsome building
when ut 1890 o'clock Bishop Brondel
was escorted from the residence Of
Rev. Father Diomedi to the church
His escort consisted OF Father Dio-
medi. Father Gnidi. Father zkolk aud
seven altar boys wearing surplices and
red cassocks. They marched down the
central aisle of the church and around
tho outside OF the building. the bishop
blessing the church and throwing holy
water uron the walls. while reciting
suitable prayers. Re- entering the
party sprinklcd the inside walls with
holy water and pontificial mass was
commenced. Buhlin's mass in + flat Wa
rendered The directress was Mrs.
Hoblitzell and the organist Mrs. Con-
nors. The soprano was sung by Miss
Footc. the alto by Mrs. Mccormick.
Mrs. Collins and Mrs. Powers. the
tenor by Professor James NJ. Hamilton
and the bass by J. R. Iiobitzcil. There
was also rendered "Venc Creator" by
Professor Hamilton with the choir. a nd
IN offertOrium by Mrs. Powers and
Miss Foote. Following this beautiful
and artistic feature OF the service.
Bishop Brondcl read the service and
the gospel OF the day and then
Ereache the dedicatory service. TAX
ing for his text. This Is the House
OF the Lord" 1t is remembered by
Missoula citizens AS n stirring and
deeply religious address"
Pioneer Priest Praised.
Speaking OF the dedication Of the
new church. the editor Of The Mis-
soulian Is years ago said: Father
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"The <Disagreeable Girl
DO Not Worry About "Tr0ube- -Makers"-Day When
Loose Tongue Could Hurt Has Gone

and it was impossible to change tho
feeling she had created. But not so
now. 1t can be readily changed.
Any misarprchension can be easily
adjusted People want TO be set right
when they are, and as usual the
tronblenaker gets the worst of It.
We are learning more about tho
tronbcmaker's interest IN making the
trouble. Contrary to the cynic. We are
learning something about the golden
rule in actual practice That is, we
are reasoning IL this woman talks
about somebody els2. viii she not do
the same thing in connection with us ?
Yes, my dear. the world has moved
on apace. We no longer accept things
on their face value. We are looking
for shc vested interest-ah, there is
the rub, the vested interest.
The person in this case had vest =
cd interest in telling the things about
you. Yet in the vernacular. give her
rope enough and she will hang her
self.
one day she will get a Jolt from a
good soul. who will be brave enough
to let her see herself as others see her
The other night ! was at my friend
Mabel's home. Mabel has n great
collection OF samplers, probably one
of the best in the country. Some OF
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Twenty-six years ago last Thursday,
on August o. 1891. was iaid the corner
stone for the edificc of the Church Of
IT. Francis Navier in this city. and
"a years ago. on October =. the church
VAS opened for divine service.
II was on April ~ of that Year that
the Sisters Of Providence inaugurated
hospital work in this community and
WAS in the modest building occupied
~ them that the chapel was located
No resident priest was then stationed
n Missoula and the chapel was served
W the missionaries of st. Marys. Ste.
'ensNillc or of St. lgnatius.
New Church in 1881.
~ was about six years later that
Kew. Fathers James Mcnetrey and \.
soichi established heatlat,a rters In
Nissonla. and in 1850 Father Menetrey
TOOK steps to build 4 church which.
WITH IN" priests residence involved an
expenditure of $1,000. This church was
opened for services on December IL.
1881
In juno. lsSS. Father Menetrey was
succeeded by the Eev. \. Diomeai. He
IT va who devoted himself with un-
common energy md dispatch to the
upbuilding OF tho noble church edifice
that stands today his monument. This
church was erected at n cost of nearly
$4,000. followed In 1901 and 1902 by
nm added establishment OF frescoing
and mural decorations painted by
Brother cariguano
Most Complete Church in State.
The church is complete in its np-
Eointments and although many houses
OF worship have been reared in Mon
tana since its erection. it stands yet as
one OF the most complete in the stnte.
II Is brick structure with cut stone
trimmings. The outside dimensions
are - by loo feet. The height of the
tower from the ground to the top Of
the cross is 1873 feet. The building is
well lighted by II large windows. seven
on each side and one over the gallery.
The latter is 6 by II feet in size and
so arranged as TO throw light directly
In tn" sanctuary of the church. There
are three aislcs. the middle one being
80 feet wide and leading directly to the
main altar in spacious sanctuary.
The side aislcs lead to chapcs on
either side of the main altar. The style
Of architecture Roman and tho
building has Il solid and massive ap-
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the dirty, unclean, dangerous stream
this summer. out tney won't have to
use II next year if their parents and
neighbors and friends will make good
their promises.
II the inoneysthat has been pledged
can be paid in 1T once a pool in May.
1918. Will be an assured fact. But it
must be paid at once. Unless conStruc-
tion OF the pool is started this fail. so
that finishing touches can be put on
early in the spring. the river will be
the only swimming place available
when warm weather returns.
Payment of some kind is going to he
demanded. II money isn't paid, hu-
man life will be; that's inevitable. Dol.
lars or hoys? That is the choice
DO TT NOW,
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hIissoula Lets
Pool Movement
Lose It's Drive |! j Y
After Brilliant Beginning
Campaign for Public
Plunge Unable to Hold
Interest.

Small boys care little for
the law of averages. The
law of averages, alas, cares
less for small boys. And from
this mutual disregard but one
event can come-some Of
these days the Missoula river
is going to find another Maui
rice Llafet among the young
sters who daily take chances
in the dangerous stream.
In every slough of the river
within reach of the city doz-
ems Of youngsters go swim
. ming daily now. Hopeless
OF getting a municipal plunge
the boys are going back to
the old swimming holes along
the river - the swimming
holes whose treacherous un-
dercurrents and shifting sand
bottoms have been respons-
ible tor a tragically regular
series of drownings.
City Not interested.
Missoula. it seems. is no more in
terested than the boys are. The fine
determination with which the city set
about raising money for a municipal
swimming pool that was to make
bathing safe for its boys and girls has
gradually been lost until now Mayor
II. T. Wilkinson finds himself quite
unable to collect even money already
pledged.
With~a choice site waiting and
about $1,000 in the bank. Missoula
seems on the point of letting the whole
movement go. The biggest part of this
battle has been won: Yet n retreat
Aeems imminent.
Not Paying Pledges.
The money isn't coming in"
That dolefnl sentence. repeated daily
at every bank in the city, tells the
whole story.
Missoula has pledged 10000
enough to make possible a real begin
ming of the natitorium--but it will not
make the promise good. Hundreds of
public spirited citizens seem to have
forgotten the impulse which led them
too <promise financial support to the
most important civic enterprise Mis-
soula has undertaken in years and are
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ApM PIRATE VESSEL.

Mexico city. Aug. ll,--0rd"rs have
been given by the department OF the
navy to arm the former pirate vessel
MarscAl. recently captured by MeXi-
can gun boats off the Tahasco coast
ana turn the vessel into transport
for use bv General AlvaradO in his
campaign throughout Campcchc. Ta-
baScO and Yucatan. .t
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GIRLS TO WORK GARDENS.

London. Aug. 11.-A number OF girls
arc leaving England shortly to work
as gardeners in the military ceme-
tries in France.
The work they will do has been
planned by one Of the officials at Kew
Gardens, and the girls will work under
the direction OF the war office.
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vigorous fight which finally checked
the pest and saved much of the crop.
But poison could not end the drouth
which came upon the heels of the hop
per invasion. Wheat fields We're
burned yellow by the sun before the
grain was knee high, and for a time it
was feared that the dry-land crop
would be complete failure. Now it is
said that headers" (machines designed
to reap grain too short for the regular
binders) will get four and five bushels
to the acre from the most badly dam
aged fields.
The result, according to farm agents,
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will be that most farmers will make
enough from their harvcsts to pay
their expenses and finance the seeding
of the 1915 crop.
tions are already being made. Gov
ernment help will be given as far as
possible; plans are on foot for the or
ganiZation of patriotic capital to as
sist the farmers in putting in big crops.
All through western Montana an ef-
fort has been started to make the 1918
crop as large as possible in answer to
the greatest food emergency which the
United States has ever faced.
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letting the good work of months go to
waste by their neglect
Could BE Started Soon.
1t is estimated that the proposed
pool will cost $4,000 at least Ten
thousand dollars of that amount has
been raised---on paper. Much of the
rest is represented by promises of labor
and the donated site: all of the rest
will easily be secured once work is
begun on the pool.
In other words, the city is right on
the /. T1hold of victory-sitting still
~. fr isn't.
Msot Lives Being Risked.
Not a bit OF it. The river is running
as usual, and as usual hundreds of
Missoula youngsters are daily risking
their lives for the sake Of n swim.
Probably they will have to go on using
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-08-12

Among the big bugs" of the day is
the potato bug.-Deseret News.
The Tomahawk., 1917-08-30

AS appears from the table, France,
ft.,iv Russia and Belgium Wore self
supporting, while the United Kingdom
drew it's entire sugar supply from ex-
terror sources. The supply OF the Unit
ed Kingdom came to the amount of
about 20 per cent from countries from
which it is now cut off by the war.
Ten per cent came from the East In
dies and 20 per cent from the United
States and the West Indies.
The prospective 1918 crop In France
has diminished to 100000 tons and
that of Italy to $4,000 tons, and they
are therefore short $4,000 tons. The
displacement of United Kingdom sup
plies amounts to 1,435,OOO tons; and
therefore, in total, these three allied
countries must import about 2,7OO,OOO
tons in order to maintain their normal
consumption. Of this, 2,OOO,0OO tons
must come from new sources.
The disturbance of shipping re-
duces the tonnage available and drives
the demand to large degree upon the
The Tomahawk., 1917-08-30

Total .eso,7s6oOo 1,4ss,44S,ooo 525. 5000
In order to provide normal cOnsump-
ton it would therefore be necessary to
import in the next II months a total
of 577.OOOO00 bushels of wheat and
674,OOOOOO bushels Of other cereals.
The prospective position of our own
and the Canadian harvest is given in
table No. 2.
Our crops, especially our corn crop,
cannot vet be considered as certain.
but if all mature safely, Forth Amer
lea will have an apparent surplus of
wheat of 2OS,OOO,OOO bushels and of
other cereals Of about 9oO,OOO,OOo
bushels.
Demand on Our Crops.
The allies are isolated from those
Caara,c.s, other ....2 Ssaada and the
The Tomahawk., 1917-08-30
e. oao, 900 90, $50. 900 rs, OO5, 900

> The problem facing the American
people is not only one of supplying
fine immediate demand Of the allies, but
one which is more far-reaching IN ITS
future significance. AS the war goes
on there will be constant lessening OF
the capital stock of food animals of
the world. Among our western al
lies the demand outruns further every
The Tomahawk., 1917-08-30

The high price of fodder and meat IN
the United States during the past few
months induced by the pressing Euro
pean demand has set up dangerous cur
rents in this country, especially in
those regions dependent upon butter
and the sale of milk to municipalities
having made it more profitable to sell
the cattle for meat than to keep them
and produce dairy products. There
fore; the dairy cattle are decreasing
The Tomahawk., 1917-08-30

Decrease
Increase or In other
dacrease Decrease countries
Tinted western including Total net
States allies enemies decrease
Cattle 100000 $4,000 26.75O.0OO 2S,0so.OOO
Sheep 100000 17.5oo.oo0 S4OO0.OOo 54.sN'ooo
Hos S275 900 100000 81 100000 81, 900
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-19
Natures Moth Ball.

If some botanical wizard could eff
feet "cross" between this wild
flower of the fields and some of the
agricultural crops the farmer wouldn't
need to worry about summer droughts.
If the corn crop. for example, had some
Of this flowers power Of resisting dry
weather the farmer could fill his silos
and corncribs with little trouble. The
flower Is the moth mullen.
Like it's big sister, the great mullen.
It prefers dry, open fields and mead
ows Call 1t weed If you will, cali
it an agricultural pest, and it will an
swer your epithets with stalks Of
pretty white blossoms. If they grew
in garden you would call them beau
tiful
The thick leaves of the plant have
long been used by housewives in the
country to pack away with winter
clothes TO keep ont moths. SO by ma
ture this drought loving flower is a
camel; by adaptation it's a moth ball.
Philadelphia North American.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-19

Errors Of quotation are common In
speech and writing. Byron quoted
Shakespeare. IAN eagle towering In his
pride Of place" But what Shakespeare
wrote was, "A falcon towering In his
pride of place" Milton wrote not las
thick as leaves I'm Vallombrosa. but
thick as autumnal leaves that strow
the brooks in Vallombrosa;" not fresh
fields and pastures new" but fresh
woods Nathaniel Lee did not write.
when Greek meets Greek then comes
the tug Of war" but when Greek
joins Greeks then was the tug Of war;"
n very different thing. Doubtless, how
ever, the modification Of phrases by
popular usage is not wholly evil; it GER
tainly Is Inevitable. The saying, LET
us eat, drink and be merry, for tomor-
row we die" is of curious origin. The
preacher in Ecclesiastes says, "a man
hath no better thing under the earth
than to eat and to drink and be mer-
ry;" Isaiah, Let US eat and drink, for
tomorrow we shall die" Luke, Take
thine ease, eat, drink and be merry
indianapolis News.
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this atone for some of his deeds ?"
The years went their way and the
mother was beginning to feel life
giving way beneath it's tremendous
strain.
Frightened, she strove by every
known means to preserve and prolong
her life. She must not die. For
who then could save her child? He
was now in the very bloom and BIOS
som of manhood. The only reason
that he had not long ago broken all
ties between home and himself was
the one hold that it kept him of sup
ply.
He had proved fairly successful in
his profession, curbing his evil ten
denotes sufficiently to keep the
amount of responsibility, or outward
show of such, that would allow him
to keep in touch with the successful
ones of the world.
With wisdom his mother had re-
sisted all his specious arguments, and
well-conceived pretenses of reform,
and had kept the financial reins in
IieI OWI udluS, Ills ldJHeI having uleu
Immediately upon the sons coming
of age.
But a stronger than herself now
assailed her. Death. And freed
from her restraining and untiring in
fuence, what ruin and havoc, both to
others and himself, might not the son
bring about. Night and day the poor
woman pursued the round of weary
thought.
Were she to put any living being
guardian and custodian over her i'm
mense and widely diffused wealth,
would not that one, discovering the
depth of her sons evil nature and
shameless deeds, ruthessly expose
him and make him expiate before the
tribunal of recognized and righteous
law?
So the days wore away and the
nights dragged by. And again this
strange spirit of heroism found its
sudden Judgment in the slime and filth,
the memorable cruelty of the mans
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-19

The modern grocery store is very
well known. The origin of its name Is
not so well known. Several centuries
ago arose In England and France a
class of thrifty and foresighted trades
men who went about buying up bar
gain lots of every conceivable kind Of
merchandise, just as the modern Ameri-
can buys fire damaged goods and bank
rupt stocks. The Frcnchman bought
zen gros" and the Englishman came to
be called an "engrosser." He might
handle hardware, thread, dried vege-
tables or anything else that could be
obtained in large lots and he began
to call himself a grocer" at time
when our sort of grocer was termed
"spiccr" From that beginning comes
the name grocer as we know it today.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-19
Blossoms That Bees Love.

A person who has had no experience
with bees commonly makes the mis-
take of supposing that the roses,
peonies, sweet peas, dahlias or other
gaudy blossoms Of his garden will fur
nish a quantity Of honey. Their value
Is almost negligible, except that some
OF them yield little pollen. 1t is to
the modest white clover IN the orchard
or on the roadside or the weeds of
pasture or wood lot or the blossoms of
trees like the Eastwood that the bees
go for the bulk of their honey. 1t does
not pay to cultivate any plant for its
value as a honey producer. The or
chard is splendid place for the apiary,
where the bees can build up on the
first nectar in the spring and the bios
SONS have the benefit Of the bees Wis
its. - John w. Love in Countryside
Magazine.
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nate of light and shade. And in his
heart there were but but two phases
of feeling, one of strange and lofty
exultation, the other of utter and des-
pairing depression. Thus, as his son
was good or evil, SO was the atmos-
phere of the fathers thought and life
A little child strayed slowly along
the crowded street. Hither and
thithcr the tramping multitude sway
ed, and with difficulty, as a gorged
snake might wind the mighty convo-
lutions of his surfeited body. Cabs
ratified by, trains preceded by small
waving danger signals, made good
their right of way, while the crowd
arrested, seethed and frothed like I'M
wholesome liquor.
Involuntarily people made way for
the little unconscious thing straying
easily along. Her small feet cleaned
on the muddy crossings like the petals
of some white flower, and the golden
head flashed here and there against
the background of moving forms like
a yellow blossom. She held an old
uOll lOlutu W ItI DledSI, anu dis Sllc
went along she bent tender eyes, blue
like the sky overhead, upon the fea-
tureless face lying against her small,
warm body.
Then-suddenly came the electric
car-there was a flash of something
white and golden-a Mortified cry
from the people on either side, lit
tie spring of an athletic form from
out the Mortified and startled passers-
by-and there, enthroned on the broad
shoulder of a splendidly handsome
youth, sat the small maiden. And
held to her breast was the ugly doll;
neither touched, safe. There was a
yell and men and women pressed
about rescued and rescuer.
But standing beside the pair a
woman, tall and comedy, despite the
drawn, anxious brow, and the look
of patient sorrow in the tender eyes,
lifted her heart in praise. She MUIR
INJURED inaudibly,
"Thou seest, oh, Father. May not