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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
TRADE AUCTIONS.

A method of conducting trade auc-
tions in which an electric announcer
takes the place of the calls of the auc-
tioneer for bids is described by =. l..
Edwards, clerk to the Commercial At
tache at The Hague. Netherlands The
announcer consists of "A large dial that
is PROV ided with an index hand The
face of the dial is marked with prices
increasing in clOckwise fashion, and
the hand is set at IA price above that
which the goods offered will oroha bly
bring. 1t is then slowly moved 10
lower and lower figures until some
trader indicates q desire to take the
| goods. Electric push buttons are con-
| nected with the dial. which the traders
press when a price satisfactory to them
! is reached. When a button is pressed
the number of the trader appears on
the dial, and the goods go to him at
the price expressed by the index hand
] Fast selling and lack of confusion arc
the chief benefits derived from the an
DoQAcgG'S use,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
THE CROP OUTLOOK,

While rain is badly needed in Mon
tana, especially in the western section
OF the state, it is gratifying to know
that crop conditions throughout the
country are excellent. assuring large
returns Of wheat and corn if the
weather conditions are reasonably IA
vorable for the next two weeks. From
reports received over a wide area, the
total yield is estimated at 700, 600. 900
bushels, or an increase of $4,000, 600
bushels over the government estimate
in May.
An excellent illustration of prevail
Ing conditions may be had from the
report Of Kansas. The government
report of June LIST, placed the Kansas
wheat crop at about $4,000, 900 bushels
Other reports from reliable source
indicate that the yield will be 1000
600 bushels. The loss on winter Whea
in Kansas and Nebraska will be by nj
means as serious as was expected il
the spring. A great deal of acreags
abandoned on account OF the wintel
killing. was replanted in corn ant
oats.
With the war has come vast prog
tess in scientific farming. As neces
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
FILE THREE.

General Pershing stopped in his
walk. turned sharply, and faced File
Dispatch.
File Three stood motionless and pale,
OF nameless pedigree:
One of hundred on detail
But would l had been he!
In years a YOUTH but worn and old.
With face of ivory:
Upon his sleeve two strands Of gold
oh, would had been he!
The General passed down the line.
And walked right rapidly,
But saw those threads and knew the
All, had been File Three!
Twice wounded? Tell me where you
were,"
The man Of stars asked he.
"Givenchy and Lavenze. sir
Oh. where was I. File Three!
Then crisply quoth the General:
'You are a man. File Three"
And Tommy's heart held carnival
God! Would I had been he!
-P. 8. w. In the Chicago Tribune.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
THE MORNING SMILE.
Feminine Defense.

"You gotta hand it to Unison said
the fat plumber, for pulling off new
stunts"
What's Unison been doing now
the thin carpenter inquired.
He was going to put n lady boxers
show on the road"
You say he was going to do it?'
yep. But he had to change his
plans"
why"
lone rehearsal proved the plan to
be entirely impossible"
"lmpossible?"
yep. 1t wouldn't work at ALL
But can't understand why
III tell you. He got a bunch of
girls to tackle the job, all right
9TH. huh
But every time they got warmed
up in Il boxing bout they insitsed on
tearing off the gloves and pulling
hair" Telegram.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
BY WAY of Diversion.

Big Mike is the copper who PAGES
the heat that goes by our house up on
jefferson street. He wears deep
frown an he's big an he's tail, but
Mike he amt mean to us fellers at
ALL We play in the street fer a while
ev'ry day. Last summer the coppers
would chase us away. Mikes different;
he members he once WIS II kid. He
never gets mean like the other cops
did. .Onc day l took Towser. my dog,
fer a walk. Twas jist when dog
mu2zles was causin' much talk. !
left Towser's off cause it hurt him.
you see. Well, Mike come along an
he stepped up to me. Say. Billy" he
says. "don't stay out here too long.
They're kicking bout muxsles.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
OIL WELL 7,21s FEET DEEP.

Oil and gas men throughout north
western Pennsylvania are awaiting
with much interest the final result Of
drilling operations at the two deep test
wells located at Kersey and Mcdonald.
both Pennsylvania towns. The Geary
well at Mcdonald has reached depth
of 7.21S feet. which makes 1t the Sec
ond deepest well in the world.
The worlds deepest well Is in Ru-
mania, and is 1900 feet deep. but 1t Is
likely that the Geary well will make n
new worlds record. Its promoters
already have spent 100000 in the
wildcat venture. and another 100000
Is to be invested before It Is aban-
doned. When the drill reached a
depth OF 7.ll0 feet. a strain Of rock
salt more than 100 feet thick was dis.
covered. -Philadelphi Record.
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though l think they're wrong. It's
cruel to use 'em, it is. on the dead
an then he give ToWser a pat on the
head. One ev'nin' an auto run over
a cat. 1t wusn't quite dead but the
wheels crushed it flat. Well. Mike
come along an. to some folks sur
prise, he treated it kind an had tears
in his eyes. Us fellers think Mike IS
a regular guy an some of these days
we've decided to try to run him Ter
president; yep, that's our plan. by
gum, Wen be fer him, you bet, to a
man.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
Quite Riuht.


The old-timer looked up from his
ricky and asked:
You think that story on Bill Sims
is a good one, eh?'
Good or bad its true"
well, SO Is this" said the old timer
"and it happened down in Texas by the
Rio Grande. I used to live down that
way for a while. and in the village
which graced with my presence a GER
tain old horse doctor was elected JUS
tice of the peace. What he didn't know
about law was sufficient. He knew
nothing; he should have made an ideal
justice of the peace.
His first case. however. was that of
a man arrested for stealing a horse.
Guilty or not guilty?" asked the
justice.
y'Not guilty answered the pris-
oner.
"'Then what the deuce are you doing
here?' demanded the justice of the
peace. Get out!"-San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
Is Years Ago
What Missoula Was Doing
on This Date in 1892.
F'rom the Missoula Gazette of Friday,
july g. 1927


July s, 1922
Clarence Prescott and Miss Julia
Marsh were married last evening by
the Rev. George Stewart at the Char
rett ranch just south OF the city. The
groom is well known as the city mar
shall of Missoula, and an old resident,
and the bride an estimable and ac-
complished young lady of Waterford.
Pa. is also well known in this COM
munity from her residence here when
she was a school teacher in the Bitter
Root valley. The wedding was a quiet
one. The happy couple will go at once
to live in a beautiful new home which
Mr.. Prescott has finished building and
furnishing in South Missoula.
1t is greatly to be wondered at that
Hartley has the face to charge $1.c5
for performances at the opera house
when admission to the board of trade
is free.
There is talk of a matched race be-
tween Houston's Jime. Thompson's
Rob Roy and Higgins Toronto Patch
en- for $50 entrance and the gate re-
ceipts.
I. G. Denny has sent to his brother
in Oregon for some specimens of what
are known there las the Denny"
! pheasants. The proper name Of these
birds Is Monaghan pheasants. Mr..
Denny has sent for some of these birds
and also for q number of eggs. He
will turn the birds out in the Bitter
Root valley and they will doubtless in
crease there.
Judge Stephens presided at last
nights meeting of the board OF trade
A communication from physician In
Washington asking if Missoula af-
forded an opening for an eye and ear
specialist. The communication was
referred to the medical association Of
the county. A communication from
Ann Arbor asking for information as
to what opening was to be found here
for a lawyer was referred to the post
| master.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08

While the l. w. VS. are running
about the northwest telling the busy
workers in the woods and mills that
nobody has a chance to live and that
the country is going to the dogs, We
cite the case of Charles A. Goodnow
Of Evanston. Illinois. At the age of
fifteen, Mr. Goodnow was a teleg-
rapher on an eastern railroad. Later
he became a train dispatcher, then a
superintendent and a general manager.
Only the other day he was elected vice
president of the Chicago. Milwaukee &
st. Paul railroad. Small boys who have
great ambition should study the ca
reers Of such men as Mr.. Goodnow
and then they will know why the l.
w. w. blow pipes are failures.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08

1t is told that an English recruit
who was otherwise physically fit was
turned down because of his bad teeth.
Germans, am II" he exclaimed. He did
not know of the infinite line of troubles
caused by bad teeth. Among these
are rheumatism, heart disease and
kidney troubles. the germs of which
come from assesses out of the roots
of bad teeth and are revealed
sometimes only by X-ray photographs.
Boy Scouts who are ambitious to serve
their teeth are cared for,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08

OF the many elements pressing
Congress for a bone dry law as a part
of the food law. the anti saloon league
has taken a decisive stand in refusing
to appear as obstructionists after the
appeal of the president to clear the
way for the bill. Not as much can be
said for other dry elements, or for the
liquor people for that matter They
have delayed legislation that ordinar-
lily would have been passed weeks agD
to solve the most important problem
in the country. The defeat of the
bone dry law in the Senate means
that the manufacture of intoXicantS
will be limited to fcrmented beverages
Under the circumstances the drys may
regard this as n great victory. TWen-
ty-onc states arc bone dry since June
30th, and fourteen states have areas
that are bone dry. Prohibition is
moving fast enough to satisfy the rea-
sonablc expectations of all its advo-
Gates,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
TOO INQUISlTlvE.

They were dancing the one step.
The music was heavenly. The swish
OF her silken skirts was divine. The
fragrance Of the roses upon her bosom
was really intoxicating.
"Ah," she smiled. swcctly. with an
arch look up into his face. ''you re-
mind me of one of whitman's poems"
A sudden dizziness seemed to seize
him. 1t was as ii he were floating in
dream. When he had sufficiently
gained his breath he spoke:
(which one?"
"Oh, any one," she replied. 1.-THE
feet are mixed in all OF them."--
Everybody's Magazine.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08

sity is the mother of invention, so
does possible starvation arouse all
energy and resources. There will be
no great crop failure as it is generally
understood. unless there is complete
rain failure.
Under the most favorable conditions
the task of feeding our allies and our
selves is tremendous. 1t is up to
though the crops seem large it will be
the duty of every citizen to conserve
food supply in all possible ways.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
WHERE THE PEOPLE COME IN.

The most discouraging feature of
night, is found in the lack of activity
on the part of those who are sup
posed to look especially after the in
terests of the public.
1t is strange, indeed. that the sixteen
thousand people of Missoula to whom
the telephone is vitality necessary for
the transaction OF business, should be
deprived of representation during this
long drawn out controversy between
the company and its employees.
In fixing the responsibility we are
not overlooking the Public Utilities
Commission. In reply to a request
from Mayor Wilkinson for aid in rem
dering service the Utilities Commits
sion said that it was not empowered
under the statutes to settle strikes.
Without going into all of the legal
verhiage we find that section II in
chapter So Of the laws Of 1913 says
that when any service is inadequate
the commission shall proceed with or
without notice and make such inves-
tigation as it may deem necessary
1t adds that no order affecting rates
tolls, charges, or schedules shall be
made without a formal hearing.
Under this provision of the law re-
curing the commission to investigate
complaints of inadequate service, we
regard it rs the clear duty of this
commission to have come to Missoula
at the mayors request and to have
offered its best service toward an ad-
justment that would have provided
adequate telephone service. The COM
mission in helping a community that
was suffering because of the impo-
tency of 4 public utility would have
found an opportunity FOR work. We
do not believe that the law contem.
plates that the commissioners should
merely sit in their office to hear and
adjust complaints concerning rates
Any tyro would know that the com.
mission, by reason of it's name, was
formed to serve the people of Mon.
tana in all respects when they ar,
suffering from the failure of an!
public utility to render service.
The presence of the commission il
Missoula alone would have had an eX
cellent effect 1t was not necessary
for them to appear technically as set
tiers of the strike. They would hav,
come as mediators ana would have a
least done what the law required. il
operators. to whom a strike is botf
new and interesting. might have beer
convinced of the fairness of arbitra,
ton if this commission of the Stat,
OF Montana had been present
The lesson to be had of this confu
sion of the week ana lnaction of tn,
representatives of the people is, thai
care must be taken to see that it doe.
not happen again.
When the business men of MISSOURI
and the Trades and Labor Council
can agree and then find that the settle.
ment is impossible, it is important t,
find some other method that will b,
effective in the future.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
THE CATHEDRAL At RHEIMS

They stone on stone reared thee. a
reverend pile
That like a hymn Of praise stood
nobly there,
Or like a glorious heaven aspiring
prayer
That supplicate God for grace there
while
The people toiled. Art, in symbolic
guile,
The hottest concepts graved there
layer on layer.
And our redemption preached In
sculpture rare
The beauty's ever soul uplifting smile.
But war a very specter made of thee,
And desecrated in one cruel day
The fair creation whose perfection
lay
In centuries Of labor. and we see
The benediction reared in stone re-
verse
Itself, and symbolic a human curse
Minneapolis Journal.
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Let's go swimming.

At daybreak this morning an enor-
nous motor caravan will speed ont of
Missoula toward remote streams in
every corner of western Montana. This
is the first real fishing Sunday of the
season, and every creek and lake and
river within so miles of Mssoula will
have its quota of this city's srortsmen.
Father dug his rubber boots from be-
meath the washing machine last night
and separated his fishing tackle from
the clothespins, while mother talked
sarca stically about the "lot of good it
does to have an automobile when we
can't use it on sunday" and prepared
for a cold dinner today. The water
has 'receded to normal levels in all
western Montana streams, and the re-
port from the uplands is that the fish
are biting hungrily. 1t will be a glo-
rious day. and there will he more lies
than fish in town tomorrow.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
A Rackhander.

"E.lIhu Roots recent letter to the
anti-suffrage convention was a back
handed slap"
The speaker. n woman herself, set
her jaw grimly.
"Elihu's letter talked in the main
about unconstitutionality. whatever
that is. but it was really an indirect
slap at us. .tt
TT reminded me Of Mrs. Singer. !,
Ibid Jane Cuff ever say anything
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
Foolishment.

| wish ! could sing like caruso.
BY golly, bet you I'd do so.
ia make so much money
I'd say to my honey:
Here. dear. is some dough for your
trOusseau."
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08

to you about meo' a woman asked
Mrs. Singer.
mo. never Mrs. Singer replied.
If Jane Cuff can't say anything good
Of a person she don't never say MOTH
ing Washington Star.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
A Thought for Today.

Dick Graves, who used to write
poetry in ST. Joseph, Mo-, Is now
getting Sl0a "A week running a Tulsa.
Okla. paper But he has cut out
the poetry. .-
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
From the Chestnut Tree.

my wife used to play the mandolin
before we We're married.
And now"
"Now she picks on me-"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08

J. V Rurks, special police officer
during the stampede, has vest but
ton he should frame and hang up on
the wall. a vest button and a stout
brea stbone saved Burks from death
Thursday night when Carlos Clark the
gunman who died yesterday at st. Pat
rick's hospital, plugged him. Burks
had gone into a dark alley to arrest
two suspicious persons when Clark
and another man held him up. The
officer pulled his gun instead of rails
ing his hands. and Clark let go. The
bullet struck button on Burks' vest
and glanced downward. Burks shot
and fatally wounded the gunman. The
only mark left on the officer by the
pointblank shot was a rcd briuse.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
A Nickla Ride, Maybe.

Mike Nickla goes home in a taxi
cab lately. Why, Mike--Mfs.
Rambler in Greenpoint Home News
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
POEMS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW

hateve occupation be- and however crowded
affairs fail minutes
refrehment Of inner life with bit Of poetry
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08
A HOLY NATION.
Bv Richard ReaIf,

writ
his "cuesses at the Beautiful He dhbed
Joined
In mouth
Family N
Let liberty run with the
crclew vii
The tyrants ha
Rringr ipencd reco shall
amends for sorrow
pholybe on that ache;
Put clearer radia
nd Sc ad singing the skies
esconpu
tina beatwit
to the falseness and preense
Treadd rank ambitions overthrow
broegar moods o p 5.
curl which
in MAJ strike dead
infectio of
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08

Have you done your bit for tn,
swimming pool?
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Talk Of the TO,v,,
Number. please,


Were sweeter words than those ever
uttered? Consider their lovely ca
dence. falling upon the ear gently yet
cheeriiy: regard their perfect brevity.
their succulent sound. Truly. they
are unexcelled. One cannot think Of
another pair of words capable of pro-
ducing the JOY caused IN hundreds Of
Missoula homes last evening when
Number. pleased" ended the tele-
phones five-day dumbness.
A hot, perspiring young man walked
into The Missoulian office last eve
ming with note for the society edi-
tor Just as ne entered the door n
telephone rang. The young man swore
fiercely.
II knew the telephone was working"
he shouted. but habit made me walk
three miles to the. office. It took me
five days to learn not to try the teic-
phone. Now suppose 1t will take
me another five days to learn that l
needn't carry messages"
Hello. Central!
Were OSCILLATION among the tele-
phones possibilities. IS young persons
would have received lot of 1t last
night. When the switchboard at the
telephone exchange VAS cut in, every
phone in the city rang. automatically.
Dinners were broken up by frantic.
happy scrambles for the receiver;
bridge tables were upset. conversations
were interrupted. early sleepers
jumped out Of bed
The operators in the telephone en-
change were greeted eff,lsively by n
city five days hereft Of service.
Misso,lla citizens are Incoming golf
ers slowly. The wild west cannot be-
come country clibbish all at once.
though parts of it try hard under a
broiling sun every afternoon. But the
Missoula Country club will have real
stars in five or six years, when the
caddies of this first season shall nave
become possessors of clubs and lei
sure. Half .he boys in the city have
taken mp the game as ball hunters. and
most Of them already know more about
golf than the members of the club do.
Among the knickerbockcred lads who
beat the tall grass on the side of SEN
tinel for lost balls is the future north
western champion. Moral be careful
with your caddy, lest he show you up
as n duffer another summer.
Jim Ncwcomh- commander in chief
of the forces which defended the Vi
emma cafe from overwhelmingly SUI
perior forces of diners last week.
sighed heavily at the end of his shift
last night and said:
Relieve me, I'd like to be able to
take a good, cool swim right now. A
public swimming pool didn't sound half
as alluring last spring as it does to-
day. The contributions ought to be-
gin rolling in fast now that the sun is
on the job as a solicitor Who wouldn't
give lot to be able to go swimming
in this weather"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08

He was a spruce soldier. straight as
an arrow and all polished and shaved.
Here" his posture said "is a duti-
full fighter. observant of rules"
Then he stopped to pet a dog. From
the front of his coat gushed crimson
stream.
Darn that cork" he muttcrcd,
who'd expect 1t to jump out"
The soldier dashed back into a pool
hall, dried his uniform as best he could
and then dcadencd the whiskey smell
with talcum powder But he'll pat no
more dogs.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-08

The Isis thcater. for ventilation's
sake. leaves it front door wide open
on hot evenings. and every night a
laughing crowd stands on the cudb
watching Charley Chaplin. The view
Of the screen is not obscured by any
thing, an dtne pictures hold as many
people on the sidewalks as are drawn
indoors
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-09-21
An Illuminating Postcard.

A young girl of plebeian ancestry
achieved fame as an actress I'm Lon.
don. Feeling the necessity, however,
Of a rest from her labors, she wrote to
her uncle, IA police sergeant of a coun-
try village, asking him If she might
come and stay with him to recuperate.
She ended her note please send a p
G. to say If | may come"
A few days later her landlady rushed
upstairs with an awestricken coun-
tenance-a policeman wanted her! The
girl descended with an ominous feel
ing at her heart, says London Tit-Bits.
IF you please, miss" said the stolid
being who confronted her, cycling her
with stern disapproval, "Tm the p. c..
what you asked your uncle to send,
but I may as well tell you straight
away as I'm a respectable married
man. Your uncle's prepared to take
you In If you're willing to make your
self useful-feed the pig, clean his Of
fee and the two cells