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The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-11
RULES FOR CONTEST ARE MADE
Conditions Are to Govern Reeier Prize
of 500 for Essay.

C0n0lt1OnS Are 10 GOvef0 heefer fIlze
Of 500 for Essay.
The intercollegiate Menorah Asso-
ciaton has announced a list of rules
governing the Refer contest for the
annual prize of 800 offered for the
best essay by an undergraduate stu
dent Of the University dealing with
some phase of Jewish history, reli-
gion or literature. The conditions es-
tablished by the committee in charge
are as follows:
Competitors may write on any subject
of their own choosing approved by the
prize committee.
The essay must not be less than 5000
nor more than 10000 words in length.
1t must be typewritten ON paper Of stan.
not be folded.
1t must be accompanied by an outline.
a summary, and a complete photography.
All authorities must he carefully cited
in the approved manner; quotations must
he clearly indicated: all points of indebted
ness must be made unmistaka kably evident.
In case OF two essays equally meritortous
in subject matter. preference will be given
to the one having the better English style.
No incomplete essay. however excellent
as far as IL goes. will he considered.
The essay must he submitted under an
assumed name. which should he enclosed
with the writer's real name and address
i'm a sealed envelope.
The essay and accompanying identified
tion must be iQ the hands of Dean Walter
Miller not later than December 81. 1917.
Announcement Of the award will be made
at the Convocation at the opening of the
second semester. January 30. 1918.
The prize committee in charge Of the
competition. though not the Judges Of the
award. consists of Dean Walter Miller.
Chairman. and Professors A. ii. r. Fair
child and A T. Olmstead. They will be
glad to confer with prospective contest
ants at any time.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-11

FAMILY OF 3 LIVES
FOR IS CENTS A DAY
Record for E Months Shows
70 Cents Each Is Average
Food Expense.
is NO EXPERIMENT
Figures Merely Represent
Economy, Letter to the
MissOurian States.
is NO EXPERIMENT

Experiments lasting a week or SO
demonstrating that the H. C. of L. is
all a fallacy and that a person really
can live cheaply and still be well
nourished are borne out by a letter
just received by the Missourian. This
contains the record of a Columbia
family of three members. one of them
"a rapidly growing young man." the
other two women. The record COW
ers a period of six months. The av-
eIage daily cost of food for each per-
son was &c cents. The record fol-
lows:
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-11

These are not merely the figures OBJ
tanned in an experiment. These same
figures with slight changes could be
applied to several years of economical
living, the author states. The weights
of the persons are 165, 146 and 13O
pounds.
The average cost for each person in
the recent experiment carried on by
six women for one week was 20 cents
and with them the low cost was not
a year-around average. In this case.
however, there was no attempt to
see how low the cost could be made.
Probably there are other families who
live as economically but do not know
what their actual expenses are, since
they keep no record of purchases
made.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-11
PLAYERS PLAN REHEARSAL
Miss Lura B. Grigsby Added to Cast
of "ImpOrtance Of Being Earnest"

The first rehearsal for "The Import
ance of Being Earnest" Oscar Wilde's
three-act farce which will be present
ed by The University Players the first
week in May, will be held tomorrow
night.
Miss Lura Belle Grigsby has been
added to the cast and will play the
part. of Lady Bracknell. Garland C.
Black will have charge of lighting
for the play, and Harold Wiseman
will be master of properties. The ap-
proval of the cast by the deans and
on dramatics was secured
yesterday.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-11

T. v. Ragsdale, rs, Neds in Tennessee.
Mrs. Ivy Ragsdale Of this city, left
Friday for Memphis. Tenn. to attend
the wedding of her son T. v. Rags
dale, who was graduated from the
University in 1913. The bride is Miss
Gladys Williams of Memphis.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-11
Z. S. Accused of Aiding Allies.

By United Press
BERLIN, March 10 (via Sayville).
Charges that the United States as
sisted the Entente Allies consider
able" before the German-United States
diplomatic rupture, were made by the
official government press bureau to-
day.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-03-11

A high class, standard make piano,
regular $3.50 value, on sale Monday at
$185. Allen Music Co. (Adv.)
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-03-23

German who has been such an out
standing figure in the international
relations of the United States Is
Miss Harriet Aronson of Great Falls,
and she is we'll Qualified for the work
awaiting her in the hospitals behind
the shell-scarred battle lines in
France, being graduate of the
nurses training school at the Column
bus hospital.
Miss Aronson felt that a woman
could do no nobler work than that
under the Red Cross service, and for
many months she wished she could
get to Europe to offer her services
for work behind the trenches. Fin
ally her opportunity came and she
seized it. 1t happened that coal
miner, Carl Lehto, who had been
crippled for life in the mines at
Sand Coulee and who had drawn
$4,000 from causalty company I'm
der the Montana workmen's compen-
sation act, wished to go back to his
home in Finland He offered to pay
a trained nurse we'll for accompany
ing him back, as he is completely
paralyzed. Miss Arnoson undertook
to make the trip.
Difficulties at Halifax
Miss Aronson and her charge went
aboard the Frederick VIII at New
York, and as every possible precau-
ton was taken by the U. S. secret
service men, there was a lot of red
tape to go through. Some of her
friends in Great Fails wished to pre-
sent her with a steamer rug, warm
cap and a heavy veil for use on the
cold sea trip, and they wired ply
stefan at Halifax to secure these ar
ticles and present them to Miss Aron-
son aboard the boat. So strict, how
ever was the embargo placed by the
British authorities on communica-
ton of any kind between the ship
and the shore that it was impossible
to deliver the gifts. Then Great
Falls physician wired the premier
of the province of Nova Scotia, and
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-03-23
SELLS HIS BULL TEAM AND
BUYS A MODERN TRACTOR

, and Townsend. 1t was cold night
in December, and / had three cases
of eggs stacked up inside the coach
on one of the seats. There were no
passengers when 1 left, but few
miles out of White Sulphur I picked
up the state superintendent OF
schools, whose name has slipped me
now. He wasn't used to much hard
ships, l guess, for he did a lot OF
kicking about having to ride in a
stage at night, the cold weather and
anything else that happened to occur
to him. He was up in front with me
for awhile. but finally decided to
ride inside and try to nap a little, and
he told me to drive as careful as pos
sible.
"Well, everything went smooth
where someone had let a gate down
in a fence and left a post lying out
toward the road. This scared the
leaders, and in second the whole
six were running. l couldn't stop
them, but for a while it didn't dis
turb me any as it was a pretty good
road and I figured they'd wear
themselves out in a couple of miles
at the gait they were hitting. But
suddenly coyote lodged out on
one side of the road and the leaders
swung out and l couldn't herd them
back into the trail. Then it oc-
Cured to me that a little ahead
there was a couple of shallow irriga-
ton bitches that had just been dug,
running parallel about fifty feet
apart, and the road crossed them on
two narrow bridges. What made it
worse was that the stage road took
turn just before it came to these
bridges, and it wasn't the best kind
of place to take on the dead run.
Some Scrambled Eggs.
"Then, all of a sudden, as / was
trying to yank the leaders back to-
ward the road, / saw the bitches
ahead of me, whole lot nearer than
1 had figured What was worse
wasn't headed for them square. I
just had time to think once, and the
idea that struck me was that our
only chance was to hit those bitches
straight on and not Sideways. l
couldn't do nothing with that hard
bitted stage stock by yanking on the
ribbons when they was running hog
wild that way, so l made the silk
end of my whip-lash pop against
the off leaders right ear till he must
have though it was a bomb busting,
Anyway it turned them the way
wanted and we hit that first ditch
like an express train. l went up in
the air and didn't come down again
till after we'd hit the second ditch.
| didn't know whether we had a
wheel left the way that coach was
bouncing around. From the yells
coming out of the professor, I could
tell he wasn't dead yet. When
got the outfit stopped he buzzes out
of that door like a hornet. He was
covered from head to foot with
scrambled eggs, and l sat there and
laughed till the stock was about to
start another stampede. Talk about
a mad school teacher-he sure ap-
peared to be irritated, and it didn't
do much good to tell him he was
lucky he wasn't dead.
"That story went all over Mon
tana, and I've heard at least three
other stage drivers tell it and claim
it was them that was driving when 1T
happened"
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-03-23

requested him to use his influence
in getting the articles to Miss Aron-
son. Premier George H. Murray
took personal charge of the matter
but it took ten days of wire-pulling
with the crown officials to get the
packages aboard, and they were fin
ally delivered by the collector OF
customs in person. The ship was in
Halifax harbor for more than two
weeks while the Germans were
searched for contraband articles.
A Stormy voyage.
Dispatches from Copenhagen, af-
ter the arrival of the boat, told OF
hardships suffered Dy the passengers
as a result of the storms raging off
the Scandinavian coast, and the in
tense cold that prevailed during all
of the journey through the north
Atlantic.
Huge ice floes threatened the boat
and the ships officers were greatly
worried concerning the vessels safe
ty. Finally, however, port was gain
ed after the ship was more than a
week overdue.
Miss Aronson expects to go south
to the war zone at once, and she has
not planned on returning to Montana
until hostilities cease.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-03-23

Lehman
purchase coronation robes
exquisite She
sensible
She
a S.
A
house Chinook After branched the
which Then
grazing
arm of IS
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-03-23

Tom McFadyen, a camptender for
the sheep outfit of John Mainland in
the Black Butte district, did not have
to go to Europe to get some battle
field experience.
Last October, while with Mainland
in the Little Belt mountains, he acct
IDENTIFY shot himself as he was adjust
ing pack on his packhorse. The
rifle bullet went through his chest
and out behind. Mainland thought
yen's body in fur coat, started for
his ranch fifteen miles away through
a rough mountain country, to tele
phone for an undertaken and get
help to carry the body to the ranch.
But McFadyen's dog stayed by his
master. lying unconscious and bleed
ing from the terrible wound. The day
wore on and the air grew cold. The
dog crouched against his master, who
regained consciousness but was too
weak to help himself. Then huge
eagle circled about the man and dog
and finally swooped down at the
mans head. The dog snapped savage
ly at the big bird, but the latter re-
turned to the attack several times
and wounded the dog seriously.
Night came and Nc Fadyen suf
fered from the cold as we'll as from
his wound. Early in the morning
prospector heard the dog bark and
found the wounded man. He built
big fire to warm McFadyen, but
placed the injured man too close to
it and added to his sufferings by
burning his feet badly.
Then McFadyen and his party ar
rived to get the body. Finding live
man instead of corpse, they sent
back to get doctor. Nearly SO
hours after the accident happened
the doctor arrived. Then McFadyen
was taken to the ranch, and subse-
quently to hospital, where he re-
NAMED five months. For long
time there was no hope felt for his re-
covery. He was discharged last week
and is in very fair physical condition.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-03-23
MONTANA GIRL ON
HISTORIC VOYAGE
PRETTY NURSE ON SHIP THAT
CARRIED Won BERNSTORFF
BACK TO EUROPE.
Took Premier of Nova. Scotia Ten
Days to Get Presents to Her
Aboard British Ship at Halifax
Because of Strittness o f English
Officials.

When the steamship Frederick
VIII arrived recently at Copenhagen
on it's historic trip carrying Count
Won Bernstorff, the German Ambas-
sador to whom President Wilson
gave his walking papers, it had as
a passenger a pretty Montana girl
who has decided to devote herself
to Red Cross work for the allies, and
who will have an interesting story
to tell when she returns from the
war zone to Montana after the great
struggle is over.
The heroine Of the thrilling adven-
ture into the ice-bound waters of the
north as a shipmate of the sinister
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-03-23

Wesley d. Curnutt, known to hun
dreds of old timers over Montana as
yves" Curnutt, a freighter, who, in
the SOS, didn't have to take off his
hat to any skinner in the state when
it came to doing tricks with 22-foot
bull whip; who herded six and a
Concord coach over many thousand
miles of Montana stage routes, and
who could twist broncs with any man
in the business, has declared himself
in with modern efficiency and pro-
gress and is out to wrest the golden
wheat and the N. P.-sized potato
from his acres of black loan with a
gasoline tractor and Ford car.
| Curnutt was the last man in Mon
tana, he claims, to work long-horn
bull team. He recently sold his oxen
to be shipped for beef, bought trac-
tor and a Ford, and is now awaiting
softer weather to begin blowing in
the new-fangled way on his ranch a
few miles south of Waller.
81 sure hated to have to come to
it," said Curnutt, as he planked over
the cash for his little five-passenger
car. For all these years I've been
working with broncs and bulls, and l
know 'em so we'll I can tell what
they're thinking about. Some way it
don't seem right to desert these old
friends for tin contraption that you
can't argue with, and ! can't think of
any poorer company on lonely
stretch of road than one of these "tin
Lizzies" thatll go in the ditch if you
happen to get a little absent-minded
thinking whether you're going to sell
your wheat or what you'd ought to
do with that south 40 that's got lit
tie rock in one corner.
Old Methods Must Go.
"But I always figured to get to
the end of the road as soon as the
next man, and of course l don't feel
like letting any of these new farmers
put it over on us old timers. SO it's
come to gasoline instead of horse
flesh, and I'm going to start right in
with the new equipment that gets the
results. Last year l had a great croE
but l wasn't able to get all my grain
threshed. This year It's going to be
different in that respect, for I'll have
the right tools to work with
Curnutt tells some interesting
stories of the old freighting and stag
ing days, when he used to string out
ten span of bulls on the trail from
Fort Benton to White Sulphur. "We
used to have plenty of hard
ship" he says, "but somehow
there's no life for me but that in
the open. Sometimes when the roads
were heavy we freighters would
think we never would get to the end
of the road. At Benton lake, north
of Great Falls, I've seen 60 outfits
stuck in the gumbo till the flat
looked like new town was being
started. But somehow we always
made it, and there was lot of sat
isfaction getting our load in, and
there was a good time awaiting US.
We had plenty of the kind of fun we
liked those days.
''Then there was the staging,
which comes next to freighting with
me. On the old stage line between
Gilt Edge and Lewistown I used to
make a drive of 80 miles, and f 30
miles there was only one house.
Pretty lonesome work on cold win
ter night, yet somehow I'd like to be
doing it again now.
One Wild Ride.
"Stage drivers used to have plenty
of queer experiences of one kind and
another. I remember one time / was
driving six between White Sulphur
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-03-23
Potato Famine in Great Falls.

Potato FAMINE In Great rails.
Merchants in Great Falls limit
purchasers to so cents worth of po-
tatoes. The retail price of the tuber
is six cents. Those who have been
affecting potato bread, as advocated
by the federal government on &C
count of the high price of wheat
have gone back to flour.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-03-23
MONT ANA GIRL QUEENS III
AMONG ST. PAUL BEAUTIES

Montana girl
car
The Montana contingent
accorded
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-03-23
STORY OF CUSTER
NEWSPAPER BEAT
DETAILS OF MASSACRE CARRIED
TO BISMARCK AFTER REC
ORD RIVER RUN.

New York Herald Received by Tele-
graph Exclusive 15,OOO-Word Ac-
count That Cost Paper $4,000; Ar
ticle Appearing simultaneously at
Helena Chronicled Indians Defeat.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-03-23

Leave it to any married man
and he will tell you that his house.
hold expenses are bigger than those
of any other man in town.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-03-23
DOG SAVES MAN
LEFT FOR DEAD
CANPTENDE1s, ACCIDENTALLY
SHOT, EMPLOYER LEAVES
FOR UNDERTAKEN.

Protected From Attack of Eagle by
Faithful Canine; Nearly Frozen,
His Feet Burned When Prospector
Finds Him and Builds Fire; Re.
Covers After Five Months.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-08-23
The Colored Man Comes North

few of Us have noted their com
ing. They are but part, however,
Of the general exodus from the
south, which has been bemoaning
for months the loss of it's col
ored laboring class.
The colored man has come to
live among the yankees with
out solicitation from the people
OF the north. He will be received
and welcomed as an addition to
the community. Nothing of the
class hatred that has so much
marred his living i'll the water
melon country will be evident
here. He will be given an oppor-
tunity to do his best Every door
Of every field Of work is open.
Men are needed everywhere. And
while all evidence, judging
from statistics in other cities,
goes to show that he will prove a
peaceable, industrious and wor-
thy citizen, his ultimate success
here, like that of every citizen,
must depend on him alone.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-08-23
SCISSORED THOUGHTS
Milwaukee Daily News-If we

Milwaukee Daily News-If we
are TO succeed in downing the
real foe that menaces our nation
al existence over (and under
seas, we must stand united irrea
pective of the accidental color OF
our skins.
The needs of the wheat fields,
Of the workshops must be met.
And negro labor must fill the de
felt in white Petty racial pres
udice must cease. The conStitu-
tion, as interpreted by those who
made it. and read by those who
saved it from the perilS OF SeceS-
sion, must rule today 1t is the
only solution of problem that is
pregnant with possibilities Of in.
tcrneeinc disatfection ii allowed
To continue to ohscSS
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-08-23
AS YOU co THROUGH LIFE


Don look Tor the laws as you go
through HE;
And even If you should find
them,
1t is wise and KIND to be some
what bind,
And look for the virtue behind
them;
For the cloudlest night has hint
of light
ing;
1t is better by far to hunt for a
Than for spots on the sun abid-
ing.
The current of life runs ever
away
To the bosom Of God 5 great
ocean;
Don { set your force galnst the
rivers course
And think to alter its motion ,
Don't waste a curse ON the uni
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-08-23
ODD FELLOW S ATTENTION

This office has been appraised of
the fact that quite number Of
the members of the Order whose
homes are South. are living
amongst us-here in Wis. Do your
duty by conforming to the law,
TO the end that trouble and en-
harassment may be obviated in
the event of sickness or possibly
death.
l.. J Ousley, d. G. ID. No. 9.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-08-23
The Portland Advocate.

The Portland Advocate. = No
person occupies a more eonSplcu-
Gus or IA more unique place IN the
community than the pastor Of a
church In many respects he be
comes the ideal from the pratt
Ting babe at its mother breast
to the noary- haired grandfather,
whose life $ sun is slowly going
down. Ii you want to contribute
TO the preacher life work and
worth, LET him feel that you are
proud of him; speak of him as a
gentle and God-fearing Shepherd
and as an humble servant of the
Master. Respect and love him
and cooperate with him i'll all
that is pure and holy. Do this
and the church will take on new
growth. and harmony and good
will will prevail among the mem
bers. But ON the other hand. if
the pastor, by staggering conduct
of abuse and bullying of his mem
bers. has lost the love and respect
of his followers. with no hope of
ever regaining it, even though he
has done his best in every otner
respect to build up the church
and has failed in God 5 name he
should 90.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-08-23

Pleasure is largely a matter of
taste. We have known some very
estimable old ladies who get more
pleasure out of funeral than the
average German out of a dish of
wiener-wurst and "A mug Of beer.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-08-23

up to the advertisement, surprise
is evinced on every side, and we
are looked upon as good imita-
tons of human beings. Which
only goes to prove that, after all,
contact is the one thing destined,
above all others, to break down
the walls of prejudice
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-08-23
Atlanta Independent

Atlanta independent Money
is not the only thing worth
living for neither is it the
only thing that constitutes real
wealth. There is a wealth OF
soul, wealth Of mind, wealth of
heart and wealth of service that
money can neither give nor sup
plant. The man is wealthiest
who renders the greatest service
to humanity, whose heart and
soul are broadeSt and who re
lieyes the greatest quantity OF hu-
manitv and sheds the greatest
rainbow of peace, happiness, good
will and contentment into the
heart of mankind. Man is poor
est, meanest and the most con
tcmptible in the sight Of God and
decent people who causes the
greatest number Of people the
greatest amount of woe. trouble.
hardship and priyation.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-08-23

Our penitentiaries will never be
depopulated so long as there are
men who think themselves smarter
than the rest Of us.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-08-23

We never realize how sensible
human beings can be until we find
someone who will let us do all the
talking.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1917-08-23

Under the above heading the
Milwaukee Journal OF August
10Th has the following to say
anent the coming of so many col
ored people to this State. 1t
pleases us to reproduce it. 1t
goes to show that the migration
is not wholly unobserved nor I'M
welcomed by those who mold
public opinion.
We believe that the newcomers
will "make good and we know
that in so far as they will receive
the support and encouragement
of the people Of Wisconsin,
people to whom the struggles of
the colored brother" have al
ways appealed strongly:
lone who knew Milwaukee a
half-dozen years ago, or even
twelve months ago, and who
knows it today, will be surprised
if he stops to note the number of
colored people he meets on the
streets now as compared with
preceding years. So silently have
they skipped into the city that