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The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31
Familiarity Breeds Ignorance.

one of the peculiar things noted by
men who watch the blaekboards in the
offices Of Wall street brokers, is that
the commission-house operator who is
continually studying the quotations
cannot tell you offhand if the market
is up or down. When asked the ques-
ton he starts bit, looks at the board
again, names prices of prominent
stocks, quite as much for his own in
formation as for yours, and then an
nounces his conclusions. This pecul-
iarity, however, is really no more re-
markable than the habit of the man
on the street who will take out his
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31

soft air The view comprises an in
spring outlook over four states-Col-
orado, Utah, New Mexico and Ari-
iona.
The trip to the Mesa Verde, which is
through the rugged Rockies of Color
ado, is in itself "a feature. Wonderful
works of nature are ON every hand
deep gorges, towering peaks rushing
rivers, placid lakes and fertile valleys.
Mancos is the nearest debarking point
for the ruins, and is also the head
quarters of the park supervisor. The
32-mile government automobile road
leads across the mesa. and passes the
Mummy lake ruins, and from the camp
near Spruce Tree House machines may
now be driven to the Sun Temple, Cliff
Palace, Balcony House, Willow House
and other noted discoveries.
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31

hurried back his but the policeman
excited mob filled the lobby
there and they had hold of
body.
a demanded.
and off"
replied level
al his pistol with the other
the blue
gun. was a
he trial with
the Aberdeen hotel
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31

2 explained my
We a had drinks
which
and were ed
Gallagher automobile
be o q
came an took e home
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31
SOME POSTSCRlPIs

In a large eastern city a bookshop
especially for women is operated.
For cleaning between the teeth a
poeket-size container for metal floss
has been invented with a bracket on
top to hold a piece of the floss while
ii is being used.
For easy access the drawers in q
new kitchen cabinet are mounted in
one large drawer that can be pulled
forward when the table top of the
cabinet is extended.
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31
Not a Business Child.

Uncle Elijah, with his eight-year-old.
was soliciting aims, and with poor re-
suits. He had just been refused by
well-dressed lady, who explained that
she had no change. Don't yo' mind
dat, ma'am." said Elijah; list give de
bill to de chile heah an she'll bring
de change. She won't run away with
it, lady. Pore chile, she amt got 40
sense l"-Harper's Magazine.
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST

The boundaries of arid and semi
arid United States roughly include
two-fifths of our continental area ex-
elusive of Alaska.
The dying wish of Mrs. Emma c.
Van Sickle of Lacrosse, Wis, was that
she might be buried in her private GEM
etery beside her five husbands.
A moving machine to be attached to
the stern of launch to clear water
ways of vegetable matter, Is the inven-
ton of a Frenehman.
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31
AS Dorothy Understood 1t.

While Dorothy's mother was reading
TO the little girl she came to the word
"grayitation." She explained its mean
ing briefly, but thought the child would
forget it. Consequently. she was much
surprised when, few days later, Dor
othy came running in, exclaimlng ex-
citedly::
.'0h. mamma, it's a good thing for
me there's law of gravitation, or I'd
have stumbled head over heels into
heaven just now, when 1 fell off the
ladder"
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31

A front bicycle wheel. equipped with
a suitable handle and a cyclometer, is
now employed in number of national
forests of the West in measuring trails.
The panoramic motion picture cam
era that a Tennesseean has invented
covers an angle of $50 degrees, about
five times the width of the usual in
strumeBt
Rubber pads TO be clamped to their
soles have been invented to protect
shoes when digging and also to insure
a man sure footing while climbing
ladders.
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31

More than 200 public astronomical
observatories are in the northern hemi.
sphere and less than 20 in the south
ern.
Norwegian experiments in fishing
with the aid of electric lights lowered
into the sea have been failures, the il
Limitations apparently frightening the
fish away.
Gold-backed searchlight mirrors are
being tested by the British navy on the
theory that the light they reflect pene-
trates fog better than from regular
mirrors
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31
y Ostrich WAYS.

1t is no uncommon thing to see
male ostrich strutting about followed
by three or four distinct broods. all of
different sizes. When the incubating
process is completed the cock bird
leads his young ones off and if he
meets another proud papa, engages in
a terrific combat with him. The vak-
pushed bird retires without Il single
chick. while the other, surrounded bv
the two broods, walks away triumph
antly.
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31
The Office BOYS Defense.

The boss lay in wait for the erring
office boy.
"William," he said, as the urchin
came in, you asked me for the after
noon off yesterday. / gave it to you,
and then l saw you at the ball game.
You told me you We're going to flu
neral"
The office boy grinned.
And | wasn't far wrong, was /? Did
YOU ever see a slower game in your
Iife?"
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31

CHER, corroborated by her mother, Mrs.
Charles Trombley of Detroit, declared
Gallagher a chain-lightning Mann act
yiolator, automobile thief, and rogue's
gallery champion of zest and variety.
Mrs. Trombley spiced the proceed
ings before Judge Charles Thomson by
remarking in severe sort of way
that she'd like to come in contact with
Gallagher for "about twenty-four sec
onds." It probably is well for Gala
CHER that his penalties so far have
bepn melted ont nv the gentle po1ice.
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31
An Earnest Eqoist.

"Why don't you get up and make a
speech on this subject, since you feel
so strongly about it,"
81 haven't the heart to use the pre-
cious time" replied Senator Sorghum.
I'm convinced that any man who
doesn't see the proposition my way by
this time is beyond the reach of ar
gument."
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31

the exit door and raced his scream 10
the sidewalk.
'Whe tried to stick you up?" a
rough voice asked complacently. 1t
came from the throat of a policeman.
a feIlah with blue steel auto
matte barker"
"Where's 'eef'
"Got off the car bout as fast as 1
did"
The officer sighted a mob at the
entrance of the Aberdeen hotel. 1t
Innl-na ILL., n clitl1nv In a fvn-rnnl or.
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31
Busy Afternoon.

"This was your afternoon at home,
wasn't it, dearT
at was"
did you have any callers?"
81 did. The men came for the ashes.
the milkman came to collect bill, and
the gas man came and took the meter"
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31

Walter D. siddall of Washington,
who win be fifteen years old next Au-
gust, has obtained Il license from the
government as a first-grade commercial
radio operator. Ability TO take 20
words a minute is required Siddall
took %. He is in school now and be
came interested in wireless less than a
year ago. The small plant which he
built was closed by government or
ders a short time ago.
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31
ENCOURAGING.

aHow are you getting along with
your carr
SLOWLY"
.Oh, well, you're saving fines for
speeding, then"
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31


1t may be true that on previous
occasions bibulous persons convinced
themselves that they beheld serpen-
tine critters on the same spot, but this
time nothing was left to the magma
ton.
Nc one could satisfactorily explain
the presence of the snakes on the con-
crete pavement. One of the reptiles
evidently got frightened and darted
into a sewer. But the other peram-
bulated over the sidewalk half an hour
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31

MiIitancY.


He's your friend a pacifist?"
She-I should say mott Why, rather
than consent to a dishonorable peace
she refuses to divorce her husband
Judge.
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31
Fair PhiIadelphans Frightened by Horrid Snakes

ID IILADELPIIIA- of st. Patrick, deliver
Two actually Fourteenth
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31

IIdUIVU WUL 4 IlIIIN IUIIIN NIINItFtU
and began to unwind II.
'Its bad luck to open an umbrella
in the house." warned one of the occu-
pants of the rooms.
Recklessly the detective proceeded.
and as he inverted the umbrella Il
shower of diamonds and emeralds and
other gems fell from its folds Thomas
Doyle, Ernest Sampson and Amadorc
Gilla, chauffeurs, and Maude Wool
ley, a waitress, were locked up. The
charge is assault and robbery, the
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31

watch look at it, and put it back in
his pocket. If YOU should ask him
what the time really was, he would
have to take it out again.
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31

The wisdom of some people consists
largely of knowing what other people
ought to do.
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31
Young Lockinvar 0utdone by Western Gallant

HIcAGo-Lochnvar delicate
~ F. in
him Gala
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31
Umbrella the Hiding Place of Trough Riders Gems

YoRKDetecve
" of
cupboard
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31
Not Quite the bad Man" He Appeared to Be

ST LOuIS-'Ie tried to stick me
- Tie literally
he
The Monticellonian., 1917-05-31
BY EDWIN [. SABIN.

w yITHIN the last two years
M the excavations promoted
v v by the government in the
AToCo Ia,la a. 80 IL
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-22
ADVERTISED LETTERS

The following is the list of letters remaining unclaimed in this office for the week ending March 20, 1917, and if not called for by April ?, 1917, will be forwarded to the dead letter office
 Gents-D. H. Walchson, c. F.. Davis H. L. Lee, Edie Queen, A. C. Crowley, Fred W. Williams, D. J. Morris, H. $. Midcliff, Jas. Guches.
 Ladies-Lora Green, Miss James Johnson, Mrs. Mollie Fuller, Miss Mandy Ware, Miss Torely Walker, Mrs. Annie Hammell.
 When calling for the above, please say advertised"
 John A. Marr, Postnl ter
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-22
COMPLETE PROGRAM LEAGUE
 TO ENFORCE PEACE

Little Rock, March 22.-The pro- gram for the meeting of the League to Enforce Peace, Arkansas branch was yesterday completed by Secretary T. J. Terral. The meeting will be held at the Hotel Marion next Mon- day afternoon and night. Hundreds of prominent men all over the state have been appointed by Gov Brough as delegates. Robert E. Wait. the Little Rock banker, will preside.
 At the afternoon session there will be addresses by Gov. Brough, ,J. N. Heiskell, C. R. Breckinridge, and Mrs. T. T. Gotham, and at night by Wm. k. Byrd, Gov. Brough, w. B. Smith and former President w. H. Taft, president of the American League to Enforce Peace.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-22
MRS. W. D. LASSITER
 DIED THIS MORNING

Mrs. Florence Lassiter, wife of Dr. w. D. Lassiter, died here this morning at 4;30, after a lingering illness last ing about six months. Developments from cancer are given as the cause of her death
 Mrs. Lassiter leaves a husband and two children to mourn her loss. Mrs. W. R. Martin and Newton Lassiter, both of Vernon, Texas. The remains will be shipped tomorrow to Shreve- port where the funeral and burial will be held. We deeply sympathize with the bereaved husband and children in this their great sorrow.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-22
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

The Prescott & Northwestern rail road has purchased a Ford runabout for their agricultural agent, E. J. Watson, to be used in making his trips to the towns and the farms in the roads territory. Mr. Watson has been with the road nearly two years and the fact that his work along the agricultural line is satisfactory and the road is being benefited led to the purchase of the car We believe that there is no other road the size of the r. & N w. that can boast of the busi- ness handled in the course of a year that this road handles, and Prescott is not unmindful of this fact We should feel proud of the fact that the offices of the company are located in our city, and that most of the freight goes through here to it's destination.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-22

Scripture reading. Isaih 59-1-S.
 Prayer, Bro. Parker.
 An Announcement" Elva Bush. Reading, The Bridge, Annie Lee Me Millian.
 Working Men Spend $2,2O0, ,OOO, ,00O for Liquor, Gertrude Davis.
 Vocal duet, Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight, Nancy Wilson. Sarah Cummings.
 Liquor and Business, Will Hayes. ST.
 Dry Cleaning Uncle Sam, Katie Mae Shankle
 Statement from Two Governors. Dexter Bush
 Liquor and Missions, Mir. Burdine. The Next Step; How We Gan Help. Miss Moss.
 Song, Faith is the Victory.
 Benediction.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-22
1916 CLUB MEETS

Mrs. E. L. Cox entertained ,a2 1916 Club yesterday afternoon at her rooms at the Park Hotel
 Three tables were arranged for the ever popular game of 800. After sev- eral interesting games Miss Rene Smith won the prize, a box of silk hose.
 Mrs. Cox then in her charming way escorted the Club to the Guthrie Drug Store where delicious ice course was se4ved
 Those present were Mesdames
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-22

Martin Guthrie, Emmet Pratt, Leslie Misses Mae Duke, Beulah Hesterly, Chessie Buchanan, Ruth Arnold, Rene Smith, Ethel Bailey, Hazel Hamilton, Fern Pratt of Chicago, Helen Couch, of Camden, Bess Vaughn.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-22
NOT BOTHERED ANY MORE

So-calIed Pneumatic pains, aches Ol grippe, lame back, sore muscles or stiff joints are the result of over worked. weak or disordered kidneys E. L. Turner, Homer, Ky writes After being treated by doctors two years, I decided I would try Foley Kidney Pills. Since taking them l have not been bothered any more,
 Foley Kidney Pills strengthen weak ened kidneys and help them rid the blood of acids and poisons. Why suI- fer from kidney or bladder trouble when relief costs so little effort ana expense? Hesterly Drug Store. .
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-22

American Arts Tailoring Company will have a representative at J. N, Hamilton's store next "Wednesday anu Thursday, March 21 and 22 Call anu let him take your measure for beau tiful Spring or Summer suit. Perles' fit guaranteed. l'u'
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-22
LEAGUE PROGRAM. MARCH 25

Subject, "The Saloon, the Foe of Society,""
 Leader, Alphalee Morrison. Song, Rescue the Perishing.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-22
THE WEATHER

Thursday partly cloudy; Frid,..' un- settled, cooler in northern portion '. Maximum .............8 80
 Minimum ...............6 60
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-11-16

out of money riders by which the men
can send their pay home to their fam
lilies. In some of the big camps the
Y. M. c. A. is rpviding banking facil-
tiles for the me.n as we'll,
Do Your Bit With a Tenner.
This month (November) the Y. M.
C. A. must raise sS5 100000 to carry
on its work among our soldiers and
their allies until mex July. OF this
s35.000,000 about s2t,000,000 will be
spent on the work wit b our own troops
or about $40 for every man in Uncle
Sans uniform. If everybody who has
received Letters from soldiers and sail
ors were to contribute $40 the task
would be easy. Are your boys health
and happiness and clean soul worth
$40 to you?
You town mayor, your pastor, your
school superintendent will know who
is tn D treasurer of the campaign COM
NIT zee in your county or town. Other
wis send a check or money order to
CT sveland II. Dodge, treasurer, 1874
e asst Twenty-efghth street, New York
c fly.
Only sacrificiaI giving by millions OF
givers will make possible the contin-
nance of this vast work for American
soldiers and tor those OF our allies.
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ut was evening on the broad
81 Hampstead Plain, Long Island,
where the Rainbow division was
spending its last night before embark
ing for France. 1t had been raining
hard in the afternoon-a cold, steady
autumn downpour-and there was
nothing to suggest the rainbow in the
outward aspect of the camp. Lines
and lines of sodden canvas housed
$1,000 men, gathered from 81 different
states. The ground was dotted with
pools and quagmires. Under the wet
canvas it was damp and cold, with
penetrating chill. Lit by Pickering
candles, the tents were far from cheer
full shelter for mans last night in
his native land.
But there were seven big tents
where electric lights, numbers and
friendliness made the night pleasant.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-11-16

part of the world to another than sta
tistics can express. Statistics are
pretty poor anyway when IT. comes tt
reckoning in terms of love and human
tenderness. Let's put it this way:
That the Y. NJ G. A. is the biggest ex
press company the world has ever
seen, and the parcels it is handling
are the loves and devotions of human
beings.
Worlds Best Loved Trademark.
This war has made us think hard
and fast. Your boy or your neigh
boris boy or some boy you know and
love has been called to do his share
in the big job of policing the world for
democracy and human liberty. Is it
any comfort to you to know that wher-
ever his duty may call him your boy
will nave a friend that will serve him
in body, mind. and soul? Are you
glad to know that this friend will place
books and magazines at his disposal
organize classes to teach him what
ever he wants to learn, give him
pocket testament and invite him to
join religious meetings of the faiti
that he was brought up in? Did you
realize that the association provides
athletic equipment for his fayorite
games, teaches him games if he knows
none and holds concerts, lectures.
movies, Bible classes, dramatic enter.
tainments and every kind of whole.
some amusement to keep him interest.
friend will go with him overseas, help
to shield him from score of difficult
and dangerous temptations and follow
him right up to the front line trench
and beyond it? The last contact the
soldier has with this life he loves so
we'll is cup of tea given him by the
Y. NJ C. A. free just before he goes
lover the top" to a hand to hand strug.
gle with the enemy. And as he comes
tottering back from No Mans Land,
wounded, but strong enough and
plucky enough to keep on his feet,
even before his wounds are dressed
the Y. M. c. A. is waiting for MIN with
tea and sweet chocolate, the great CON-
forts of the man in the trenches. Do
you wonder that the Red Triangle is
called the best loved trademark in |
he world2" One soldier in France has |
called it "the last evidence that any.
body cares"
If every thinking citizen could see
with his or her own eyes something
If the actual work being done for our
men by the association there would be
10 question of the Y. M. G. A having
o appeal to the public for money
rather than let this essential work
alter for an instant rich men would Z
ell their nlotorcfrs. uoor men woul6
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-11-16

least is on its way to you. Each one
of our 16 environments, where the new
national army is being trained, is
using more than million sheets oil
this paper every month. In the draft
army alone that means 100000 fila
ments of love every month reaching
out from the great encampment where
the men are being trained into the
greatest army this nation has ever
dreamed and binding them to the
hearts at home. Multiply that by
thinking of all the other places where
Uncle Sam has men with the fiag-in
navy yards, -on the high seas, in arse
nails and officers training camps and
"Over There" in France. In all these
places men are writing home. Those
little sheets of notepaper
gladden. millions Of hearts day.
They transfer more love from one
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-11-16

In each of these a soldier was strum
ming on piano; others were reading
books and magazines; hundreds were
writing letters home. Behind the
raised counter at one end three or foul
young men were busy passing ou
notepaper and envelopes, selling
stamps and weighing parcels, which
the men were sending home. One OF
the soldiers said to me as / stood in
the tent used chiefly by men from
Iowa: I'VE came all the way here
from Des Moines, and we were mighty
lonely. Then we found this Y. M. G.
A. on the job, and it's been home
and more than a home to us. 1t gave
us what we wanted when we needed
it most Well never forget it. The
boys best friend is the Y. M. G. A"
Fine, CIean-Cut, Outstanding Fellows.
How close those benches were pack
ed with men, bending over the long
tables absorbed in their writing!
What an appeal to the sympathies
those great groups of soldiers make!
Fine, clean-cut, outstanding fellows,
some of them mere boys, one thinks
Immediately of the sacrifice they have
made for the rest of us and how pre-
cious they are to some one back home.
Somewhere, in far off farm or village
or city street, there are parents or
brothers or wives who would give all
they possess for one glimpse of those
sunburned faces as you and | see
them on their last night before going
across. And 1t was with throb of
the heart that | watched them, bent
over their letter paper, in one after
another of those seven big tents.
These were the tents of the Y. M. c.
A. On that last night in America the
association was serving the soldiers
in the best of all ways-giving them
an opportunity to write home. On
previous nights they had enjoyed box
ing bouts, movies, concerts, dramatics
and a score of healthy entertainments |
as we'll as religious meetings. But on
this last night home ties were strong
est And perhaps that is the keynote
of the splendid work the Y. M. c. A.
is doing among our men in uniform
keeping them in touch with home.
Magic Words, with the coIors."
In these times there are some let
ters that mean more to us than any
we have ever read before. They are
written on sheets OF paper stamped
with the Stars and Stripes and the
red triangle Of the Y M. G. A., and
they bear the magic words. with the
Colors" There are many more than
, million such letter. in the mails now
while you read this Perhaps one III