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The Benson signal., 1917-04-07

For SALE-Pedigreed Duroc- Jer-
sey pigs, two and three months old
$500 and $500 each. Registered
Duroc boar one year old $500
Jersey Heifer. fresh three months,
$65.2A, R. w. Boyle, St. David.
The Benson signal., 1917-04-07
High School Notes

The following are typists who sue
cessfully wrote Remington Speed
Test of rs words per minute for
ten minutes for which they will re-
ceive certificates from the Renling-
ton Typewriter Company.
Misses Blanche Merrill, Frances
Moss; Francisco SOFA and Harold
Holcomb.
Several of our athletes surprised
themselves Friday in the Benson
St. David Track Meet. The Ben
son boys were the .victors.
Claude Sipes went to Tucson
last Tuesday where he will have
his eyes treated.
The agriculture. class is very
much interested in their practical
work of scientific farming.
DR.. Morrison visited our school
for a few minutes last Thursday.
The High School girls were Civ
EN- Calumet Baking Powder dem
onstration last Tuesday.
Mitch Martinez was on the sick
list for few days this week. He
is suffering with a severe cold.
The student body was entertain
ed last Wednesday by lectures Civ
en- by our brilliant orators, Nye
Etz, Baudelio Martinez and Ster-
ling Shea
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SERVICES
Rev. T. J. Hedges, pastor, will
hold services every Sunday morn
ing and evening.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Services every Sunday. Sunday
school, 1000; preaching services
7:3O D. IN. All cordially invited.
JAMES E. FERRIS, Pastor
The Benson signal., 1917-04-07

News has just been received of
the death of Thos. Gardner, a we'll
known catt1eman, in HappyVal1ey
district, of ptomaine poisoning
The Benson signal., 1917-04-07

For SALE-Cheap, if taken at
once. Studebaker light farm wagon
in good condition. Inquire at Sig
nal office.
The Benson signal., 1917-04-07

For SALE CHEAP = Two good
work horses, nine and ten years
old Will sell cheap. Inquire at
Signal
The Benson signal., 1917-04-07

For SALE-Arizona's Columbia
No. $4,000 Jersey heifer, just fresh
with or without heifer calf. Cow,
$1oO; calf, $25, with reg. papers.
Address c. N. Catlin, Agricultural
Experiment Station, Tucson, Ariz.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07

ure as was taken by the opposing sena-
tors, yet when application was made to
the common council in Grand Rapids,
Tuesday, for rental of building over
which the council has control. for peace
meeting TO be addressed by Senator La
Toilette, the common council voted
against il, denying the hall to the pa
cifSts.
LaFolette has been accused. among
other things, OF having taken an un-
American attitude in the senate on the
fundamentally bill, but for un-Ameri-
canism this action by the Grand Rapids
council has him beaten 10 fragile.
LaFollette took his stand in the senate,
whether it was the right stand for him
to have taken, or the wrong stand, as a
matter of deep-seated conviction and as
matter Of principle.
He was within MS rights as an Ameri-
can citizen and within his rights as
member of the United States senate.
For every step he took there was pro-
vision and authority under the rules gov
erning the body of which he is men,
Der.
Those rules guard. in particular. the
great American principle of FREE
SPEECH, the right to which on the part
Of EVERY American, the Grand Rapids
common council very evidently hasn't
heard about.
Let any like body. as un-American, be
the first to cast stone.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07
The Longest Way Round
Is the Shortest Way Home

Truly. these are times that try mems
souls-times, too, that try newspapers
that have no such things.
Particularly are these trying times
for standpat newspapers that are found
in the lingo class, exactly where we
would expect to find them.
1t happens that II United States SEN
ators and Is United States representa-
tives couldn't see their way clear to sup
port the president in his desire for au-
thority that is not contemplated by the
constitution of our country, which has
vested this authority in congress.
Whereupon one of these standpat
newspapers rises to remark that said 25
members of congress are (gr-r-r-r, bow
VOW mongrels. Yes, sir; mongrels.
And what is more they ought not TO
remain IN congress.
So what does this standpat newspaper
propose?
1t proposes-follow it closely, please
il proposes that "the house and senate
rule upon their personnel" find them TO
be undesirable citizens" and deny them
the floor"
In other words, it is proposed that the
house and senate. respectively, grab each
one of these TRAITORS" by the nape of the
neck and seat of the pants and rush him
out of the capitol and give him gentle
push down the long stone steps.
These means our standpat friend pro
poses, in lieu of what our standpat friend
could never find the back ne to support
1t being a acknowledgements
measurable recall
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07
Pointed Paragraphs

Some people have reduced blum
Uering 10 a science.
Don't undertake TO lay Out big.
ger man than yourself unless you
are an undertaken.
You cant keep Jusy by running
around In circles
II you value your friends make
yourself worthy OF their friendship
Nothing else can make 4 girl so
demure as long eyelashes
Some people are go undressing
that they bore themselves TO death
Getting acquainted with pretty
girl IL like running 10 a hre-you
90 with the crowd
There n nothing in the theory
that unkissed kisses are the sweet.
est az almost any girl viii tell you
Being q weather prophet b. most
successful among the people With
tie shortest memories
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07
Anniversaries

17oT-stephen Hopkins. siEner OF
the Declaration u Indepsndence.
born AZ GcttuAte. n. I. Died at
Providence. July "a, l7s5.
iT7t-British parliament passed
the Boston Port bill"
17si-ooold Brown. the most oele-
brated Of American Erammarians.
born at Providence. r. l. Died at
Lynn. Ma.s March 81. 1857.
is15-Capt. James CailAway with
rs men. returning 20 the settlement
% Loutre Island. Missouri. attacked
by Indians. and Capt. Galway and
three 81 his men were killed.
isSJ-HuEh McCulloch Of Indians
was appointed secretary % treasury
In Lincoln's cabinet
ig6T-Congress voted n gold media
TO Cyrus Field as a recognition Of
his services in laying the Atlantic
cable
1Ss0-At the Invitation Of Emperor
William. delegates from the leading
countries Of Europe met at Berlin 20
discuss plans 20 Improve the condi-
ton % the working classes.
190o-Queen Victoria ordained that
Irish regiments. IN recognition OF gal
iantry In South Africa. should wear
shamrock In future on 81 Patrtek's
Day.
i9Os-Prince Ina OF Battenberg
(now Queen Victoria - SPAIN was
received into the Roman Catholic
church.
isit-Twenty thousand American
troops we're ordered 20 ne Mexican
border Of Texas.
1sI2-Amundsen. the Norwegian
explorer announced tho discovery Of
the south Pole.
isIs-The hrst railway In Persia
was opened TO traffic.
VAR
Germans at Ncrdun captured
ForEes IN drive against French
New Russian army landed 81 Atlna.
on Black Sea coast. Tor drive az
TrebizOnd
House - representative at wash
ington tabled Mct~m0re resolution
warning Americans on armed m.f-
chautmen.
ToDAN's BIRTHDAYS.
Champ clark. speaker ~ the n4-
tiunal house ~ ropreHrufHfftc lr
the saith congress, born fu Nrdrr-
son county. Ky. 81 ysarH ago today
Luther Burbank "fhe plant uIl-
ARD. one - tho wI.ateFf 90 Ameri.
can naturalists. born ar Lancaster.
Mas IS years aEn today
r. Hon Francis Dyke 4 and
British statesman and member OF
parliament. who h. an earnest sup
porter ~ women suffrage. born 90
years ago today
pr. Ira ~. Hollis president o.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute and
head OF the American Society 81
Mechanical Engineer. horn az
Moorestown, Ind, 81 years ego TODAY.
Howard Crosby Butler. Princeton
uniFeraitH professor and noted
archaeology horn in WcEtrhcstcr
county. n " 81 years ago today
Ssvell Ford author ~ many p0pu.
lar stories. born a. South r.evant.
Maine. 20 years ago today.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07
Capital Punishment
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

Capital punishment should have no
place in a civilized country. For these
reasons:
1. II Is not practical II defeats the
very purpose for which it is prescribed.
1t is supposed to deter people from muir
der. AS a matter Of fact. il increases
the tendency TO commit the crime. Man.
slaughter is more frequent where capital
punishment is the law than in states
where it is not the law.
2. Capital punishment Is presumed TO
impress offenders with the sacredness of
life. 1t works just the other way. The
psychological effect Of it is precisely the
reverse. II provokes violence.
3. The opposition to capital punish
ment is asserted to be purely sentimen-
tai. IL is not. 1t is severely practical,
based on facts, history, and science.
q. II is capital punishment itself that
is pure sentiment-the vicious, morbid,
and dangerous sentiment of vengeance.
.. The death penalty is not justice.
II is revenge, retaliation. Crime is not
stopped by retaliation. but by intelligent
restriction and change of environment.
6. Capital punishment is an anachro-
nism. II belongs to the former times
when men were ignorant, and hence
cruel II is practice that fitted we'll
with a time when il was believed that
men could be made righteous by threat
ening them with burning eternally in lit
eral hell fire. Ire level Of personal
morals is higher and human life safer
now, when the world does not believe
such hideous doctrine. And murder will
be less common when we quit numbering
men legally.
Z. Capital punishment is irreparable.
If il is found TO be mistake in any
case. If the victim is shown to be not
guilty, the error cannot be rectifed. The
processes of human justice are too
faulty TO be considered absolutely GER
tain.
8. Capital punishment debauches the
state Ii brutalizes those who must
execute IL and the public who read Of 1t.
It's influence is to lower the general es-
TEEN Of human life.
9. The state does not give life, il has
no right TO take il away. Liberty and
the pursuit of happiness are due to the
state, and those il has the right TO re-
strict. God alone gives life; God alone
has the right to take it.
TO- When we infict the death penalty
upon a criminal we do not know what
We are doing TO him. Perhaps we are
doing him a favor. Nobody knows what
death means.
IL. The aim of the state should never
be to hurt, but to cure; to cure both the
criminal and the tendency of others TO
initiate his crime
H. Murder is an act Of horror and
morbidty. Horror cannot be cured by
horror, nor morbidity by morbidity.
Sanity, justice, and humanity are the
curative agencies. Crime is abnormal,
the death penalty is abnormal; one alb
normality cannot cure another.
Capital punishment, therefore, is con-
trary to common sense, contrary TO
psychology, contrary to reason, contrary
to humanity contrary to the spirit Of
civilization, and contrary to the teach
ings Of Christ.
1t is a rotten, offensive, ignorant,
stupid, and harmful practice, holdover
from barbarism, and ought TO be abolish
ed in every intelligent state.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07
|bte Met By These Five
City FIremen Shows Grand
Jury Calling Is Justified

In view of the fire on Woodward-ave.
Sunday morning. which cost the lives OF
i've city firemen and in which three fire
men who we're injured narrowly escaped
death, the calling of grand jury to in
vestigate the department Of buildings in
this city is most certainly justified
II has been established that the walls
which fell and crushed the firemen to
death were supported by joists which
had rotted. and that crowds visiting the
stores in the building were in danger Of
meeting at any moment the fate which
these firemen met
In the opinion of Assistant Fire Chief
McGraw, the floors fell from the mere
weight of the elevator machinery when
It gave way, which gives us an idea Of
just how weakly supported these floors
must have been.
THIS fire has occurred and THESE
floors have fallen and THESE firemen
have been killed.
The horse has been stolen and we
have waited, in the instance of this
tragedy, TO lock the barn door.
II is up to US NOW, to establish how
It was possible for state of affairs such
as that revealed. to exist IN A CITY
THAT SUPPORTS A DEPARTMENT
OF BUILDINGS AND BUILDING IN
SPECTION.
WHAT WERE RoT-TED WOODEN
JOISTS DOING IN A FIvE-SToRY
BUILDING?
WHAT DOES OUR DEPARTMENT
OF BUILDINGS KNOW ABOUT
OTHER BUSINESS BUILDINGS IN
THIS CITY THAT HAVE ROTTEN
WOODEN JOISTS?
WHO IN OUR DEPARTMENT OF
BUILDINGS o. KID THESE WOODEN
JOISTS9
WHAT IS WRONG IN THIS De
PARTMENT OF BUILDINGS?
WAS THIS BUILDING PERMITTED
AS 1T is ALLEGED OTHER BUILD
1NCS HAVE BEEN PERMITTED,
WITH NO REGARD AT ALL FOR
LIFE, LIMB OR ADJOINING PROP
ERTYg
BRING ON THE GRAND JURY.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07

use hairpins and similar instruments
Ia cleaning out a child's ears may In
iict a lifelong injury. The healthy
ear should not be cIeansed beyond
the surface that is plainly seen by
the eye
Pulling or Shaping ehild's ears
frequently leads To Inflammation OF
the middle ear A child should
never be punished In this manner.
II IL particularly dangerous TO
pot things into the ear n any little
object gets into the ear u should
not be dug after. II the object can
not be lifted out, a doctor should
be consulted The hearing OF many
persons has been destroyed BY per
sons ignorant OF the formation Of
the ear digging after some object
that had lodged well within the
ortfce.
II e. a mistake 20 use of for
earache The oil is hard 10 remove
and frequently gets gummy and col
lects dirt.
People with catarrh are apt to
damage the ear by snufhnE nuids
up the nostrils. This often causes
Inflammation OF the eustachian tube.
little duct leading from the mouth
to the ear.
Neglected colds often spread to
the ears Here the cold Is still fur
Their neglected The earache gets
well and the discharges dry up. but
few years later the person who
was affected begins 10 get hard OF
hearing or has buzzing noises In his
lead.
No one can AFFORD 20 neglect ear.
aches. Each earache leaves a lit
tie thlckening behind in the deli
cate organ. When 20 this thick
ening the changes OF age are added
the party grows deaf To absolutely
lose the hearing from this cause Is
Unusual We speak OF II IA getting
hard OF hearing"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07
Bits of Information

The beautiful queen OF Roumania
started. a few years ago, a factory
.of manufacturing toothpicks.
Wells are OF plain mesh with one
huge embroidered motif placed 10
N amusinEly over one cheek or eye
The Jungle fowl. found in Ausua.
liza. builds a nest in the form OF a
great mound. sometimes measuring
Is feet In hight and $50 in eircum-
ference
King Peter OF Serbia oWns "a shav-
iue saloon and chemists shop m
belgrade Before The va. b.s
majesty vas The agent for a French
motor car.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07
Whereupon Grand Rapids
Common Council Takes
Some Un-American Action

The bill asked of congress by President
Wilson to provide for armed neutrality,
as introduced in the lower house, author
lied the president to arm American ships
on the seas, and to use "other instrument
talities" in their defense; it asked. also,
for sufficient credit for government in
snrance of these ships generally.
This blu, as passed by the house. elm
mated ''other instrumentalities. unques-
tionably because in the wisdom of the
members of the lower house, to have
granted the president such latitude
would have amounted practically, if
not actually, to delegating to him author
ity which the trainers of the constitution,
In THEIR wisdom, vested solely in con-
gress.
The lower house frowned. also, on gov
eminent insurance of ships carrying mu-
nitions of war, and credit was author
rized for the insurance only Of ships NOT
carrying munitions.
Our lower house of congress is con-
ceived TO be and is nearer the people and
nearer public sentiment than the upper
house.
The tremendous majority by which the
bin eliminating "other instrumentalities"
and eliminating munition ships from in
surance, passed the house, meant, if our
government is representative, that the
senate must pass it as it came from the
house. but the senate was not disposed
10 give it any such treatment.
"Other instrumentalitiesv and govern
ment insurance of munition ships were
TO be put back. in the senate bill. and
there is where President Wilson's pro-
gram encountered the opposition that
killed il.
Most of the blame for this opposition
has been put upon United States Senator
LaFollette. not because he was any more
strongly opposed to the precedent of Civ
ing the president all this authority, but
because this particular senator never OPP
poses in halfway manner.
The lower house of congress took ex-
-. - - a
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07
When You Awake
nv "a. ARLINGTON BRUCE
Author Of The Riddle of poraon-
ality." Psychology and
Parenthood." etc. 49,

Have you ever noticed the be
havtor OF your family cat when he
awakes from a sound sleep?
Unless awakened by something
that rrightens him he does not i'm
mediately dash away from the chair.
sofa, window-nook, or other cosy
restingplaoe that he has been oc.
cupying On the contrary. before
starting into full activity he goes
thru a regular ceremonial
lie rises slowly. yawns. arches
bis hack. stretches his legs. Then
be thoroly relRxes his muscles. AZ.
ter this he is ready for whatever
seems best 10 him 90 do.
Other animals--the dog for ex.
ample-behaye somewhat similarly
when first coming out Of sleep. Oh
serving this. a friend OF mine, a
well known educator. has suggested
that II contains a hint OF practical
Importance To human beings. Here
much shortened. are HIS reasons foy
so believing:
There are certain physiological
reasons why people feel 20 sluggish
on hrst awakening position IN
bed Is oramped. the limbs are con
tracted. the circulation is impedcd.
and the breathing Is greatly hin.
oered
The exercises gone thru by ami.
mails when they awake have the
effect OF helping them 20 compen.
safe for these conditions. Aud OF all
the provisions OF nature 10 meet this
crucial moment I'm animal life. thu
stretch seems 10 be most important
Science has carefully explained
the stretch, but men seem tu refuse
10 learn the lesson The stretch
extends the body so that the veins
are 30 elongated that the blood flows
more easily from the arteries thru
the veins back 10 the heart. aud
circulation 10 equalized and stimu
lated
The beneficial effects Of the
stretch can be felt BY any one who
will take the pains on Awakenins
In the morning TO stretch easily
for few minutes. then rest a few
minutes. and note the effect
He viii feel a great exhilaration
thru the body. He will feel n sens
NJ harmony. Thanksgiving see~, e.
arise from every cell at the fresh
blood and life.
The yawn is similar 10 the
stretch. The yRNn is a stretch a.
the lungs az the stretch II a yawn OF
the muscles. Both OF these exercises
express a hunger for oxygen"
Ny friend. indeed. has devised a
whole series OF exercises 10 be TAX
en- in bed on awakening. n IL bis
nrm belief that these exercises
faithfully praetieed. viii add ten
years 90 your life "
For myself. I fear that they are
too time-consumlng to nnd many
devotees But AZ least some simple
movements may advantageously be
prActiced daily before arising
These would include a rhythmic
stretching OF the arms upward and
the legs downward for a few min
utes- then a few minutes OF slow
deep-breathing followed ny muEcular
relaxation as complete as one can
make II.
Such exercises all undoubtedly
help 10 prepare both body and mind
for the working DAY Especially Nil
they benefit those who And II dim.
cult 20 rouse themselves 10 sati.~
factory degree OF efficiency IN ne
FIRST hours OF the day
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07

Yes, am, snorted GTindstone. Husting
doesn't pay I gave slx.pence each for those no
tees. thinking they'd spur my staff on to hard
work
"WeII7"
We'll the net result In that they've all acted
on the motto The chief cashier has bolted with
tho contents Of the safe. my typist has eloped
with my youngest son. four juniors came In yes
to-day 90 ask for a raise and the office boy has
found a better job and gone off TO H.
Young couple from the corn country near
Ottawa. III. witnessed The film production Of
The Birth OF a Nation" recently while on their
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07
Strong Man

PeEEy-D Daddy, what did the Dead
sea die of
oh, I don't know. dear.
Daddy. where do the Zepp'iins
starr from -
Il don't know"
Daddy. when will the war end7"
II don't know"
Il say. Daddy. who made you an
editOr7'-The Sketch.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07

Health Questions Answered.
PIP: What il the general opin-
ion as 10 smoking producing cancer
OF the mouth or being a cause there.
Off
Cancer OF the mouth is more fire.
quent In smokers than in non
smokers. The cause is the mechan-
teal injury from the pipe stem, cigar
holder or cigar, and not the tobacco.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07

body. IL is In d.
rect and close re-
lation 20 the brain.
Even n slight in.
jury may prema-
nently impair the
hearing
Mothers w b o
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07
from Another Point OF VieD

One thing has been established, any
how: we don't get our fashions for paint
ing ships from Berlin.
C. T. ST you agree with me. | would like
10 suggest that a ioist is not a joist when II
IS rotten. NJ. X. K
And our old friend Doc, well-known
and popular chiropodist, wants TO know If
that temporary Belle Isle bridge is going
20 be a permanent embarrassment.
SIGNS or SPRING
Place-North End.
Time Eight a
Man az side Of house. calling 10 woman who
apparently has not yet deserted the feathers.
Man. under window cails-"Oh, Clara; do
you remember where We put the rakeF
A Seattle man is reported TO have
walked 20 blocks in his sleep They must
have street car service in Seattle that is
as bad as our own.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07

The Beau Brunmell detective
squad to catch South Yonkers. ~ Y.
turglars. viii wear dress suits pa
tent feathers. fancy vests and carry
canes -
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07

But week later. with tired
fingers and an exhausted air.
be tore them all down.
Hello said friend, dash
ing In on the ceremony OF de-
stuction. What's up, Doesn't
hustling pay? Going back 10
the old leisurely methods ?"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07

much impressed by tho music.
Next day she entered a mu-
sic store.
II want TO get that song.
The Three Tramps, he said.
The salesman looked thru
the racks. then searched the
publishers lists. but failed 70
find the song
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07

,:s %.'n:s..s for N: i, :.s:.: u. =
(. !, s:;
% '': ' NJ.
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address
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s;5s r. chain. Es:;":s :siz
And hundreds Ill, q other valuable
Gepps Grand
The above advertisement precisely the form as appears here
may not be dishonest but is unfair in that it has string tied
selling .d
But the fac, thar ARTICLES Up TO SIS ar, included in
UP TO -1 as S' 'SS Gpp
The display quite
the % marked higher
things each these up TO SIS" articles
And nvs' n further you found The the sTPINS m
right think did
Obliged m somDl.on with CHANCE
Won 1s o TG M @ & 0sT cent? you were
lucky you 'ss purchase ana Tc IS at &
unfair Turing
usual legitimate.
Nothing had a
IN
Blu were"
SIS
involved. only lucky
Ts:s ssss Es G s ''s 's ss J ;' ne ;'@s
truly
PATERSON
will
be o you a
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-07

rs Il new publication he asked the Gus
toner.
NO, It's old
Yes Il goes like this Tramp, tramp, tramp,
tho boys arc marching