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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-06

/ or four men can carry as they run.
Its aim is most accurate; 1t can. when
necessary, fire from 500 to 600 car
tridges per minute, sowing death on
every side with incredible speed. But
against a trench it is powerless, and
therefore 1t is prominently the arm
of defense. When properly handled,
it is so redoubtable that one alone has
been known to stop an entire regi-
ment. 1t is indisputably the most ter
rible instrument of war.
Yet a well-directed battery of "75"
cannon, sweeping a space of ground. is
more certain to leave nothing alive.
These. then, are the primordial
means of defense, TO which naturally
are to be added the numerous rifles
of the defenders of the trenches, those
trenches in which are invisible loop
holes where the enemy awaits our ap-
pearance.
Heavy Shells for offense.
What are the adversary's means Of
annihilating these hidden, powerful de-
lenses? Only heavy artillery; the large
shell. the huge torpedo, the heavy pro-
jectile of steel. inclosing a violent ex-
plosive, is capable OF demolishing a
netting, of demoralizing those occu-
pants Of the trench whom it does not
kill and keeping the adversary's nerves
on edge by the menace of its sudden
arrival several kilometers behind the
lines. Thus the means of offensive are
the heavy cannon, the large trench
mortars. the large caliber howitzers,
the formidable marine gun mounted on
rails. all that is longest. most difficult
and costly TO manufacture, TO trans
port. to set in motion. A machine gun
can be installed anywhere in two min
utes or less. A month is required 70
install the 800" trench mortar. To
put a naval gun on rails in running
order necessitates months of work and
the installation of a railway. Even
guns that are easy to handle, such as
the "155." are moved with difficulty;
at times it takes two or three days to
place them in a battery.
And this is not all. The heavy ar
iillery is naturally less accurate than
the field artillery. When one consid-
FRS that heavy guns soon wear out, as
he big gun can fire only more or less
United number OF shots, as its caliber
and as 1t must constantly
be replaced. one understands why it is
% much easier TO take the defensive
han the offensive. and why the situa-
ion on the western front. at all points
veil defended was stationary for so
ong time before the means of ar
ack were sufficient to permit OF an
hensive.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-06
Paradoxicsl.

"Your blunt people seldom live up
10 their name"
"How So?"
AS rule. they generally come to-
the point"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-06
LETTER CROWN PRINCES PERSONAL ADJUTANT
TO WILLIAM LEQUEUx, PossEssoR OF THE
SECRETS

l.
My dearL LIE
have just
nyH
three mail
The wi
OF
closely with many
hes
whc recorded
here's n of the
desires nore, sim
more startling
o
and with the
all know
hnnost cord gree
Your SINGER
(signed) HELTZESDoRFF.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-06
stoppina the oispatch Bag.

I revealed to her some OF the dis
missals. There were insulting notes
addressed to the imperial chancellor
and also to the crown prince, and an
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-06
With the Kaiser on His
Private Yacht.

- ERMANY'S greatness is due
NJ to beef, beer and Bis
marck," declared the kali
ser to me with a laugh, as
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
MILITARY TRAINING.
Military men now tell the Congress

Military men now tell the Congress
sional investigating board that it
takes at least one year of hard train
ing before a soldier is fit to go into
service in Europe. And Bill Bryan
tried to sooth us with the idea that
any time the country needed an army
"a million men would spring to arms
over night" We were not prepared;
we had no trained men, and in most
C. yec" tho government has not been
able to train and equip two million
men, and perhaps not one million are
really in condition to render 100 per
cent efficiency. Training a man does
not make him want to go to war, any
more than insurance makes one want
to destroy property by fire. but had
this nation drilled it's boys in high
school, in the grades, in the colleges,
in the rural districts, and were we a
nation of men with even the ruda-
ments of military training, we would
not today be at the mercy of a mill
| tary trained people, such as Germany
who would. had they attacked US
alone when the European war broke
out, have wiped up the earth with
the United States. We have also dis
covered our true physical condition,
and understand that health in a ma
tional asset. Whatever Injuries the
individual is national menace, and
that fact spells the everlasting doom
of John Barleycorn. If we are to
survive as nation we must be a
trained people with healthy bodies.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28

When first Introduced, chime bell
were rung by number of men. eacl
graspirg a rope from one particula
bell and striking ii AT the precise IseI
ment the leader pointed finger a,
him for signal. The custom original
ed in Europe, and was imported int
his country when the first chime
were brought over. This was short
after the country's independence VA
declared. the new bells being place.
in Trinity church. New York city. i
required seven men TO ring the sevei
bells. ana ii was nor until $500 tina
plan was devised whereby one maj
alone was able to ring the bells.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Increase In Muskrats,

AS an illustration of how rapidly
the muskrats increase in some dis
tricts, the Bavarian commission which
reports on the matter says in Schlus-
seihurg in 1911 there We're ten musk
rats-we don't know who counted
thell-While in 1913 the number had
increased TO about SEQ, and in 1916 to
more than 1000. In some places it is
said the energetic muskrats had driven
away the water birds. after destroy
ing the eggs and young had taken pos
session of the floating nests and con-
yerted them to their own use."-Farm
Life.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Raises Allipators.

There is money in raising alligators.
One man near Los Angeles is said to
have grown rich from the enterprise.
1t is lucrative and practically I'M
crowded field for the man who has
sufficient business initiative combined
with physical courage to enter. Any
way. the matter is we'll worth looking
into by the man who has decided that
he would like to raise something and
has concluded that chickens are the
only ssibility.-Exchange.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28

The peach tree is native of Persii
and China. 1t was brought To ltal!
by the Romans in the time of the
Emperor Claudius, was cultivated IL
Europe as early as 1850 and brought
to America about 1850. Its name i
derived from Persico. its native coun-
try. The ancients regarded it with
distrust, as according TO Pliny they
supposed the king of Persia had sent II
into Egypt to poison the inhabitants
with whom he was at war. The Chi
nese have traditions of a peach tree
of knowledge and another of immor'
tality.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
The "Perfect Beauty"

1t Is familiar axiom that there
are no duplicates In nature. The physi-
ologists claim that this Is one of the
causes for differences in the features
of the same person that nature never
models two eyes or ears In an exactly
identical way. But there are persons
in whom the difference is so small that
1t practically does not exist. And near
ly always this is woman. Then we
get what is called perfect beauty"
Exchange.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
How to Meet Trouble.

Rise above small things. sHyS a
yoman writer. The woman W D It's
mall things worry her ,cill b cc'a-
pletely undone the first time 81, me IS
With Il really big problem. Ii is Gs-
ntcgrating to Your Mental and lprv, rs
aspdition, not to mt ntion you p, $
ical condition, to worry. You % lot
re resigned to fate nor sli, Your
rou"le> on as the old friend dr ck's
BACK throws water. But you can meet
troubles with will to conquer them
or ADJUST them-and after that, they
should worry, but hot you.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Phosphorus Linht.

To make night light with phospho-
rus, place piece of phosphorus about
the size of pea In long glass bottle.
FIJI the bottle about one-third full of
olive oil, heated to the boiling point.
and cork tightly. When light is need
ed, take out the cork and allow the
air to enter-then recork the bottle.
The empty space in the bottle will be-
come luminous. When the light be-
comes dim, uncork the bottle for q few
seconds.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
BurlaIs on HiIltops.

Buffalo Bill Is not the only celebrity
to be buried on q hilltop. Cecil Rhodes
and Robert Louis Stevenson are both
buried on high points. The empire
builder lies on kopje In Rhodesia,
and the novelist on the highest part
of his beloved Samoa. Lord Dacre is
supposed to have been buried on horse
back In Saxton churchyard.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
ExpIal ned.

DO you believe love makes the
world go round, professor?" "Ahem
OF course not 1.-THE earth first acquired
its rotary motion when thrown off from
the sun In nebulpus form, its CEN
trifugal force being counteracted to q
certain extent by the superior attrac.
ton of the solar body from which II
originally emanated!"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
cuity of the Safety Pin.

That the Utilities were in constant
communication with the other nations
is shown by the fact that Egyptian
scarabs and amuletA, Phoenician pot
terry. Greek terra Gotta figures are
found in the tombS Of different periods.
Bronze daggers and iewelry are fairly
common, and Woolloy proudly showed
me safety pin. 5000 years old. that
would still work. Some stone-age pot
terry, with the very ancient emblemS of
thunder, or of the weather god. was
found In its original kiln.-ChriStian
Herald.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Built for Giant.

Gardner, Mass, has in one Of its
parks what is believed to be the largest
chair in the world, made for actual
use. 1t is 51a feet square at the base,
and II feet In height The seat Is six
feet from the ground, so that those
who wish to sit In 1t have to literally
climb up into the chair, like children.
The chair weighs 200 pounds. 1t was
presented to the city, and Is an object
of considerable attraction to strangers
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Get Acquainted,

One reason people do not appreciate
their neighbors better is because they
do not know them. Most of the mis-
understandings arise from the fact that
people do not understand each other.
A good plan would be to learn more
about your neighbors so that you will
appreciate them MISUNDERSTANDING.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28

Until the acquisition Of Alaska by
the United States 1t was wonder
where certain wild fowl went when
they migrated from temperature climes
on the approach of summer, as well as
snowbirds and other small species Of
the feathered tribe. 1t was afterward
found that their habitat in summer
was the waters of Alaska-the Yukon
river and the lakes of that hyper
borean region.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
To Remove Oil Stains.

1t has been found that oil stains on
concrete floors may be removed by us
ing a mixture of one pound of oxalic
acid in three gallons of water, with
enough wheat flour added to make u
paste that can be applied with brush.
Allow the application to remain for
two days, and then remove 1t with
clean water and scrubbing brush.
A second application may be neces-
sary in stubborn cases.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Home Companionshjp.

If the boy is not companion to his
father it is generally because the ia
Their was not companion to the boy
when the boy was little fellow. Com
partnership is something which must
grow through the years, especially for
two people who live under the same
roof and share the same fortunes.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Keep Friendship In Repair.

DR.. Samuel Johnson said: "A man
should keep his friendship in repair"
Boswell, his biographer, reports him
as saying: IF man does not make
new acquaintances, as he advances
through life, he will soon find himself
left alone. A man sir, should keep
his friendship In constant repair"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Kindness Necessary.

We can dispense with great many
qualities in the people we love. 1t Is
not necessary for them to be brilliant
or wise or witty or rich or beautiful.
But we cannot imagine loving anyone
who is incapable Of kindness. That
is the characteristic We cannot do
MISUNDERSTANDING
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
All "Dolled Up,"

Nan gaZed with adoring eyes on her
uncle when he appeared ready to go
to a formal dance. After giving him
the "once over" the braid on his
trousers attracted her attention and
she exclaimed: ''Why, he even has
'brOidery on his pants"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Makes His Own Castor OIL.

A druggist at Santander, U. s. Of
Colombia, has discovered that he could
produce his own castor oil far more
cheaply than import 1t. This has start
ed q great boom in growing castor
oil plants, and shipments of castor
seed meal and Of the beans are being
made to New York.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
A putchman's Capture,

During the Revolutionary war a
Dutchman was running from the Eng.
lish. In crossing field he stepped
upon rake, the handle flew up and
hit him In the back Of the head. With
out looking around, he dropped to his
knees and said, I kivs up, l kivs up,
mynheer soldiermans. HoOray fol-
King Shorge"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28

Honey Bees.

The honey bee was introduced into
North America in the seventeenth cen.
tury but not into South America un.
til 1S45. There was none west of the
Mississippi before 1897 and none in
California before 1850.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
NOTICE OF sT0CKU
NUAL M

Notice is hereb!
nual meeting of q
the Bank of Orofiii>
will be held at the ofnU
poration in the Village
State of Idaho. on tuesday,
Sth., 1918, at the hour of oc1Ock
in the afternoon of said day. for the
purpose of electing members of tho
Board of Directors of said corpora
ton for the ensuing year, and for thu
transaction of all other business that
may properly come before such meet
ing.
Dated at Orofino, Idaho. this 10th
day of December, "A. D., 1917.
c. H. EIDE, Secretary.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
When He Falls.

"As fur as I kin understand de ques-
tion," said Uncle Eben, IAN optimist
is all right ontil he gifts de idea that he
kin git along by furnishin' de cheer
fulness while somebody else does de
work. Star.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Authorship Iona Hidden.

because thu first of the series was
called Waverley. 1t was published
anonymously in 1914, and was follow
ed, year after year, by other novels
all published anonymously until 1927,
when at a public dinner party Scott
admitted the authorship.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Straw as Food.

Both wheat and barley straw were
used by the ancient Hebrews, chiefly
as fodder for the horses, cattle and
camels Genesis "a :25; Kings 1928;
Isaiah II Z; IS :25). There is no init
ms ton that straw was used for litter.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Be Charitable,

Don't grumble if your paper is not
always flush up to the high standard
Of your ideal. Charitably remember
that the editor is capable of getting
up quite as good paper as you could
yourself.--New Waterford Magnet.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Samples Wanted.

us this your advertisement In the
paper for the recovery of biack-and-
tan terrierT' a gentleman asked his
friend. "Yes," was the reply. but
you never had dog to loseT' II know"
said the advertiser, but l want one
now, and l think l can make good
choice from the animals that will be
brought to mel"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Clean Water Bottles.

When the water bottle becomes
lined with a sediment from the wa
ter. an easy way to remove it is by
putting teaspoonful Of hydrochloric
acid with little water in the bottle.
The glass will be perfectly clear in a
few minutes.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Water In Fruit.

Most fruits contain from IS to 95
per cent water, and a balance Of woody
fiber or cellulose, fruit sugar and min
erals. Thus the free use of fruit daily
insures a greater supply of water to
the body.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Flnds Monster Tooth.

A man living near Saugus. CAL, dis
covered the tooth Of gigantic crea-
ture that roamed through the marshes
Of southern California several thou
sand years ago. The tooth weighed
about % pounds.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Importance Of Labor.

II II were not for labor, man neither
could eat so much, nor relish so pleas
antly, nor sleep SO soundly, nor be SO
healthful, nor SO useful, nor SO strong,
nor so patient, nor SO noble, nor SO un-
tempted.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
What Rifles Folks.

"Unexpectedness is whut rifles folks"
said Uncle Eben. "A boss dat kicks all
de time Is treated wifi constant con-
sideration. De mule dat kicks once
In a while loses all de credit fob years
Of patience"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
To Save Shoe SoIes,

A cobbler passes on the secret that
II about once a month the soles Of
shoes are treated to coat of linseed
oil they will always outwear the up
pers.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Kindness.

Every kind act, word, thought or
impulse continues in its influence for
ever Frightening and sweetening the
world, and every evil deed or thought
permanently destroys part of the
sum total Of human happiness.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
TurnpIkeo,

The toll roads of other days were
called turnpikes, not because they were
particularly tortuOus but because Of
the poles armed with pixies which were
turned against the traveller in case he
resisted payment.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Man..

They say he works like a dog, and
dogs don't work; and they say he
drinks like fish. and fish don't drink
and they say he lies like a lawyer,
and lawyers don't-Eh7 HOw's that2
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
MabeI's Odd Request.

One morning Mabel's mother gave
her a bunch of grapes; when she got
through eating them, she gave the
stem back, saying: Mother, put some
more on here"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Interested In 6uoolooy.

One day while Bobbie was at the
table and his mother was serving oys-
tiers to his father he said: what kind
Of bugs do you call them. mammaf
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Eliminates Headlight Glare.

A novel device to eliminate the glare
Of automobile headlights covers the
front Of the electric bulb and diverts
the rays Of the lower half so they are
added to the light thrown by the upper
half of the reflector.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Smart Sayings.

Do not think that you are saying
smart things when you say things that
make other people smart.--Youth's
Companion.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Respected by Somebody.

Each man is hero and an oracle to
somebody and to that person whatever
he says has AN enchanted value.-Em-
erSOn.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Concrete Tor Gates.

Concrete as material for gate
structures In American irrigation
canals Is beginning to displace wood,
its durability overcoming the disad-
vantage of higher cost.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
As Time Passes.

Today becomes yesterday so fast
that fellows predictions become rem.
iniscences before he realizes II.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
The Offender.

He who commits injustice Is ever
more wretched than he who suffers
it.-PlatO.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Name Means and Wants.

II Is not the ampleness Of a mans
means that makes him independent SO
much as the smallness Of his wants.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28

When Love 10 Blind.
Love Ia very often blind when .
man Is hugeing a fond delusi0n.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Daily Thought.

True courage is like kite; a con-
trary wind raises 1t higher. PETIT
Sem.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-28
Qualities Of Head and Heart.

1.-THE head best leaves to the heart
what the heart alone divines. a.
Bronson AlcOtt.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-06-06

the Lucan hall Monday night
/ Jtine 18. Music will be furnished
by the Jones Orchestra Of Lu.
verne. Everybody welcome.
4 Geo. Hel1gel of Sleepy Eye
arrived last Thursday for a visit
at his parental home.
/ Miss Mary Wagner spent Sat
urday evening at the Joseph
/ Martinka home.
The Fenske family near Sea-
forth accompanied by Mrs. O.
H. Gehrke, autoed to New Ulm
Sunday for a visit with rela-
tives.
Jack and Gertrude Mollitor
took Alfred Back to Wanda Sun
day, as the latter is going on
from there to meet his uncle at
Mankato.
Miss Elma Steffen left for
Minneapolis Saturday night from
North Redwood.
Miss Ford left for her home
at Waseca Saturday. Miss Dora
Archer. accompanied her as far
as Mankato and then went on to
Owatonna to resume her work.
Miss Elaine Welter left for
Lamberton Saturday for a visit
with relatives.
Tony Mollitor and Miss Coleta
Back were Redwood Falls call
ers Sunday morning.
Erwin Bruins took the Misses
Elvira Dittbenner, Sylvia Gehr-
ke and Margaret Bruins to Wa
basso last Tuesday. Miss Ditt-
benner had some dental work
done and the latter two took ex-
aminations in several studies
that they didn't pass at their
home school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Brey, Mrs.
Anton Platz and sons, Frank
and Anton, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Bauer and Mrs. Joseph Wagner
spent one evening last week Wis
iting with Mrs. Chas. Brau at
her home.
John Dittbenner of Wagner,
N. OAK, visited at the H. G.
Dittbenner home several days
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Haag and
son, VIM. Hanson and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Erie Jefferson and
children and Toddy Jefferson
spent Sunday at Lake Shetek.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-06-06
BIG LAND SALE.

The Ladd farms in Brown and
Redwood counties were sold tc
a banking syndicate in Iowa, the
negotiations being completed
last week. The transaction in
volved over $1OO,000.0O.
It is reported that the buyers
are to spend over $40,000.0O in
tiling, fencing and building on
the different farms, in the near
future.
The sale was closed thru the
Sanborn State Bank, all papers
were handled by D. G. Klein,
Cashier, as escrow party to the
agreements.
This involves the closing OF
one Of the largest and Oldest
estates in this vicinity, at the
largest wholesale price ever re-
ceived for land without tiling
or buildings in this district.
The deal was negotiated by J.
B. Ladd, Kansas City, Mo-
Sanborn Sentinel.