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Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-01-05

modern hygiene as It is known to-
day were practiced universally.
Infant mortality Is the most sem
sitive index we possess of social well
fare. If babies were well born and
we'll cared for, this mortality would
be negligible. The infant death rate
measures the intelligence, health and
right living of fathers and mothers,
the standards of morals and SANTA
ton of communities and govern
ments, the efficiency of physicians,
nurses, health officers and educa-
tors"
Gin the early history of the United
States, in the day of the pioneers. the
population was sparse and mothers
kept their homes, nursed their babies
and manufactured much of the pro-
ducts for household use," says Miss
Margaret Hughes, registered nurse of
Helena.
One Cause of Infant Mortality.
"But as centers of industry spran
up, immigration increased and hast
lily reared tenemenrs arose to house
the swarming population, mothers
left the car of their homes and chill
dren to enter the factories; and thus
bad housing conditions, over-crowd-
ing and factory work for mothers be-
come factors in babies lives with re-
sulting high infant mortality.
Humanitarian interest then be-
came aroused for the welfare of ba'
bies. At first the work was carried
on by private philanthropy, church
charity and fraternal organization
and guided by the medical profes
sion. Then municipalities began tt
awaken to their responsibility in thu
care of babes and the boards o
health entered the campaign. Last.
the federal government assumed it
duty to the children of the nation
and established a children's bureau
the senate voting $4,000 a year TO
its maintenance.
ga national association has bee,
formed to CO. operate with and CORE
: late the efforts or the association
= throughout the country conductin
any form of baby or child welfar
/ work.
Wonderful results have followe
the efforts of these various agencies
= Their primary object has been educs
tional and they have used every POI
sible means to create enlighted pull
e lie sentiment and to get the labor;
tory knowledge of the proper care
the baby translated in simple tern
e to the mothers in the homes.
u All Helps the Babies.
"They have used the press, lie
lures, moving pictures, lantern slide
striking posters, bapy contests, exhi
it's and the distribution of pamphle
1T and literature. They have employ
lie milk stations, clinics, conference
ii hospitals and visiting nurses to fu
Their the work.
Id "They have helped secure bett
ys' legislation for working wome
is more careful inspection Of her'
t. diaries and milk supply. better hol
Id ing conditions, cleaner streets, bac
o, yards and alleys. These are but
lg few of the activities and resu
xe growing out of organized eff
n which are giving to babies intellige
st care, the right to live and a char
if to grow strong"
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-01-05
MONTANA
BIRTHS IN 1916
RoYS EXCEED GIRLS BY ALMOST
ONE THOUSAND; MAY WAS
BEST BIRTH MONTH.
Eight and One-Half Per Cent of Ba-
bies Born Fail to Reach Age of
One Year; Bill to Be Presented at
Forthcoming Legislative Session
for Child Welfare Work.

Twelve thousand pabies were born
in Montana during the year just
closed, according to W. f. Cogswell,
secretary of the state board of
health. The boys exceeded the girls
by nearly 1000 Notwithstanding the
fact that universal suffrage became
operative this year. May was the
best birth month, when 1,O73 births
we're recorded. March was a close
second with 1,067 babies. The
years record is as follows:
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-01-05
MONTANA WOMAN
DEVELOPS IDEA
INSPIRES CHICAGO SCULPTRESS
AND "GOOD FAIRY" STATU-
ETTE is MADE.
Little Figure With Arms Out"
stretched, Reckoning the Weary
World to Happiness, Was Idea OF
Mrs. Jessie McCutcheon Raleigh OF
Helena.

Mrs. Jessie Raleigh, who foT-
merly lived in Helena and on a
Blackfoot ranch, is winning fame IN
sculpture by a roundabout route
She is a sister of George Barr Nc
Cutcheon, the novelist, and John NC
Cutcheon, the cartoonist. She had
an idea. So she went to Miss JOS
ephine Kern, a young sculptress at
the Chicago Art Institute, and told
her all about it. The result was
''The Good Fairy" standing on the
top of the Mountain of Opportunity,
a little figure with outstretched arms
reckoning the weary world to happl-
less. +.
Its appeal was instantaneous and
the people clamored for more and
more of the little figures. Modelled
in alabaster, in bronze and other me-
tails, they have spread their message
of glad tidings from the Atlantlc 10
the Pacific. Continuing their glee1ul
journeyings, they crossed the seas
and brought cheer to rar-flung lands
All this in a space of six months.
Good Fairy Clubs Now.
Already the Good Fairy movement
is worldwide, and the happy LITTLE
figure is growing in popularity ever!
day. Good Fairy CLUBS are being or
ganized throughout the country VIII
the single purpose of helping people
to help themselves. 1t seems likely
that Mrs. Raleigh will cease to b'
known simply as the sister of two dis
tinguished men, who hereafter ma!
be known as the brothers of the Goo
Fairy lady.
'sIn a big sense" says Mrs. Raleigh
in an interview in the Boston Glooe
"the Good Fairy stands for beaut.
that everyone can understand. II
more gay, more beautiful than II
predecessors. It is beautiful youtl
tiptoe on the mountain of opportu
nifty, with the breeze of necessity an
desire blowing it forward. 1t ex
presses happiness in useful effort
it signifies alert optimism strlVln!
for a worthy goal; it is an upstano
ing. naked, ready and beautiful tlg
ure of youth and the young idea. "
What it Stands For
'sThe Good Fairy stands forthrlgh
for Joy, for action, for oneness 0
for the destiny of love, cor
fidence and purity OF desire. In II
self the little statue is meant to 0
the expression of that good tortun
which follows good conduct. IL IS
visual arraignment and condemna
ton of ugliness, Oh vice, OF seltisf
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-01-05

Mrs Fletcher, a Dawson county wo-
man, starting with a one-horse star
mail route a few years ago, is a fac
tor in transportations in a section CT
the state that has no railroad facili-
ties. Her business has grown with the
country, and she now operates an
automobile line between Circle and
Watkins. She drives her own auto
stage, too, and is making money.
One hundred and twenty-five miles
is the greatest distance in the United
States covered by a mail stage every
day. The route is in the Redwater
country, west through Dawson coun-
ty from Glendive, a vast dry-farming
empire that sever years ago could
boast of but n postoffice, that at
Circle, to which mail was delivered
but ono a week.
Now the route serve a territory of
1000 square miles with it's mail ev-
cry day. In this are Is postoffices,
from which 10000 people get their
letters and papers. Mail is distribut-
ed through a strip 15 to 20 miles
wide on each side of the route fol-
lowed by the stages.
Autos Annihilate Distance.
From Glendive the big autos that
carry mail, express and passengers
into the Redwater country head due
west through the center of Dawson
county for q distance of 105 miles to
Paris p~ostoffice, on Timber creek, q
: distance of los miles, passing
: through Lindsay, Union, Woodrow
: Circle, Brockway, watkins and White
( and serving seven other postoffice'
s out from these.
Not only is this the longest con
tinuous line covered by any mail ser
vice in the United tSates, but it serve
the greatest number of people ant
postoffices.
Beyond Paris, wagons take tn
pouches from the autos and carr,
d them 20 miles to Crowley and Va
Norman postoffices.
The average distance of points !
this territory from a railroad is 4
# miles. Along the whole distance
A., dominated but seven years ago b
sheepherders in far-flung camps, ca
be seen farms in all stages of deve
opment, from the claim, improved
a with a sod hut or tar paper shack, t
is real farms with comfortable home
TT and well-tilled fields.
Mrs. Fletchev's Success.
The story of the longest mail lir
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-01-05
ESTIMATED.

ESTIMATED.
Child welfare work in Montana is
increasing each year. The present
plan of baby welfare workers is to
present a bill to the state legislature
which will provide FUNDS for child
welfare work by placing on the sta
tutes a law which will exact a charge
of 50 for a marriage license.
No Marriage License Fee.
Montana stands out as one of the
few states in the union where a mar
riage license cal be procured free.
Educators, judges and physicians are
urging the proposed measure which
will provide that the receipts from
the fee be utilized for child welfare
work in the state.
"There are too many little coff1ns
sold in Montana" says DR.. Cogsweh
81 wonder if Montanans realize thai
eight and one-half per cent of the
babies born in Montana never reacf
the age of one year?
eff some witch or wizard coult
conjure up the unnecessary babies
funerals annually occurring in thi
country, we would find that the lit
tie infants and the hearses woul'
reach from Baltimore to Chicago
and if we would add the MOURNING
mothers and friends it would max
a cortege extending across the con
tinent. Out of these deaths at leas
1875 900 need not have occurred
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-01-05
LONGEST STAGE
ROUTE in U. S.
1T SERVES THE 10000 PEOPLE
WHO RESIDE IN DAWSON'S
VAST DRY LAND EMPIRE

Circle Woman, Who Started to Carry
Mail With Cayuse, Now Drives a
Six Cylinder Auto, and Makes Dali
ly Trips in All Sorts of Weather
Between Circle and Watkins.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-01-05
The New Gauntlet Gloves.

These are of soft lustrous leather
in champagne and white, the wrists
are strapped and the backs are heav-
lily embroidered. Price $3.50. The
fashionable washable kid street
gloves, with black and white crochet
forchettes are 50 a pair and washable
ivory kid muff gloves are $2.25. Red
or black lacquer glove boxes, lined
with embroidered satin, can be
bought for $3.50. These are the
length of a short glove and now that
long evening gloves are so seldom
worn they are entirely adequate in
size to the number of pairs at pres
emit high prices which most women
possess.
Maybe it would help some If they
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-01-05

ness, of unclean thoughts and deeds.
1t is a direct reaction from the gro
tesque and sinister"
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-01-05

Maybe it would help some II they
would let the dogs alone and muzzie
some of the men.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-29
WE ARE THANKFUL TODAY

HAL the mental processes of the people of this conn
try are so honestly constructed and the sense of
u public duty immovably steadfast thew can he d.
verified In short tmewhen it is right to do so-from un
swervng devotion to policy of peace intensive adher
ence to policy of that the people are so broadly 10y
al to the flag they follow without qubbng or faterng
the leadership of the who last year kept us
out OF war;, but who says eight to fnish;' that
national politics has been popularity submerged in the
aroused sea of national patriotism.
That the United States has enabled to disproye
the libel that real democraces are mpotent by making
such wonderful such unprecedented progress the
pagn against autocracy in less than year-from prac
tcaly no army to than million under arms and
many more to be armedthe people sprngng to the guns
as they did at Lexington and Concord-TIIE RULERS
OF AMERICA GOING TO THE FRONT!
That the spirit those loyal citizens who are forced to
stay at home whoesomely begerent and unstntingy
devoted.
That the traitors in our land few and becoming
scarcer as they mpounded by official action merely
branded with the Judas iron of public condemnation
That have been devised not only to unofcally
wrought citizens tempted to act suspicion.
That American sacrifice is more generally regarded as
privilege.
That American courage is quality deeper and more
efficacious as there is demand for it's exercise.
That our cause is just.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-29
{UncIe Walt Has for
You This Evening"
THE LONG FACE.

THE man who's always serious.
i who's solemn all his days. is prone
to pain and weary US. In fifty seven
ways. These times he dark and
troublesome. with war and dead mems
bones; still let your laughter bubble
some, it does more good than groans.
/ read of endless Strengthening on red
fields over there. and yet no tears are
watering the hangdowns that l wear;
It's not because I'm frivolous. or hard
ened, that / smile; but grief will only
shrivel US. and isn't worth our whiia.
l can't conceive what Jerry meant
that prophet of old days-who cut out
JOY and merriment. long lament to
raise. The man whose voice Is pitiful,
whose face Is like hsarse, will queer
q whole blamed city full. and break
mems hearts or worse. He's bad
enough when breexily the world joys on
apace. when things are coming easily
to all the human race; but when the
world needs heartening, and tears like
fountains flow. when souls and nerves
need smartening. why multiply tho
woe? With signs for this worlds mis-
cry / waste no precious time. but with
my weapon scissory steal some cheer
full rhyme.
Copyright, 1917. by George Matthew
Adams.)
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-29
The CRIMES
|0FCERMANY
Abstracted From
Authenticated Official
Reports.
M A RDOM OF
CIVILIAN PRISONERS

IN THAT prison the poor wretches
were treated with much greater
= severity than ordinary prisoners.
for they were shut up In cells and had
no air. by climbing on q chest one
might open the windowsand see a little
bit of the landscape. The ordinary
prisoners were allowed to do this. but
We were forbidden. There was not
single chair. There was the skeleton
of an iron bed which was quite useless
as there was no mattress. There were
four blankets. and two bundles Of straw
which very soon crumblsd into dust.
I'VE got one pound of black sour
bread per diem. In the morning We
had a tepid decoction intended for cof--
fee: at midday a pint and q half of
thick soup. and at night rather less
than a pint Of thin soup On three oc-
casions only did we get potatoes. but
never once meat. Cabbage soup was
the usual thing and after q certain
time 1t turned our stomachs. Certain
prisoners were employed in chopping
up the cabbages to make sauerkraut.
and they had to keep the broken
leaves, as these were used up for our
soup.
zone day a week we had an hour in
the courtyard. and there we walked
round and round In single file. being
forbidden to walk two by two. There
was q guard with fixed bayonets always
with US. The food was absolutely In
adequate and we suffered continually
from hunger. There was q certain
Croibien who had been slightly
wounded at Dinant by. . bullet in his
arm. His wound. neglected during the
journey. had become septic and In
spite OF all his sufferings. nothing was
done for. him. It was not until after
several days that It was decided to take
him to the infirmary where his arm was
amputated; he died the next day. AL
though his father and brothers were in
termed with him. they were not al
lowed to see him again. alive or dead"
M. Tschoffen. public prosecutor Mt
Dinant. the high official who writes
these lines, finishes his deposition with
these words They had. no reason
whatever for our arrest. and do not
see any reason that they could have
for setting US at liberty. One fine day
they told us that we were going to
leave"
/ Here Il another Illustration: BE-
----------------
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-29

That potash will win the war.
That food will win the war.
That submarine chasers will win the
war.
But, in the final analysis. ukuleles will
win the war.
They will not only settle the present
difficulty
But will pay up an old score.
The ukulele campaign will serve the
Germans jolly
Well right for making US listen to
Wagner opera
All these years.
ALL Is FAIR, ETC.
A fellow called his wife Hun" the
other day and she slapped him.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-29
| BUT THE DOLLARS CAN SAVE
THEMSELVES.
T. r, coMMANpERf

The soldiers at Camp Lee, Va. are
issuing a paper called 1.-THE Bayonet"
Sort Of big stick, whatf
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-29

Here q another illustratlon: s
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-29
WHATCHAMA
COLUMN
Pc P s

PEPS
SEVERAL German prisoners at
New York have refused to eat Hun
ger strike?
HOW can a revenue bill be said to
be discriminatory that taxes the In
genuity of all.
war against everything America holds
dear.
LITTLE Jumps of sugar, little grains
OF wheat sent across the ocean helps
8. p. U. q. might be more effective
as a Society for the Prevention of
Useless Grabbing.
POSSIBLY the Bolshevis1i leaders
want q separate piece of coin.
THINK what must have happened to
the gondola traffic regulations in Ven
ice.
ON these rainy, foggy mornings one
Is not to be censured II one becomes
sort Of pessimisty. as 1t were.
WE have been donating ambulances,
ETC.. for use in France Today we feel
like saying, let us give tanks.
BUT THE DOLLARS CAN SAVE
THEMSELVES.
The government informs US that the
pennies are very scarce and they are
the very things Mr.. Rockefeller has al
ways advised us to save.
Even at that, the pennies will prob
ably never be scarce as the two-dol-
lar bills
T. r, coMMANDERf
The soldiers at Camp Lee, Va. are
issuing a paper called THE Bayonet"
Sort Of q big stick. whatf
FRI0HTFUlNESS.
Lieutenant John Phillip Sousa has q
neat comeback
To spring on the Germans and pay
them for
Most Of their frightfulness.
We do not often deal in frightfulness
ourselves,
But In this case we think 1t Is merited.
The lieutenant has q plan to equip
American soldier
On the western front with ukuleies.
When they make dash. playing their
ukes,
The flight Of the German army will
take place
And the punishment will be AZ horrible
AS anyone could wish.
We have heard that airships will win
the war
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-29
Activities of Women.

Over 60 per cent Of the employees of
one of the leading American aircraft
concerns in the United States are
women.
Seattle, Wash. claims to have over
10000 organized women and girl
workers.
Violette Wong is known as the Mary
Pickford of Chinese filmdom.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-29

90nsstfnss ago yos dns,Oered some
one sOk0 had asked oboxt toktng iron.
/ soentcd to ask aboSt thGt too For
every dog get feeling of extreme
goodness, usually IN the morning be-
fore I do my Days scork-hoxsctOork.
everything csccpt scashSng. About 4
years ago began to h0Ve Memoir.
rhGOcs. The thing that pxssIes me
most u thts. Unless I On stck enox0h
to Ns doscw look 20 soslI Sometimes
people totII compliment me on look
ing 20 sosU sohen en- feeling ss II
scoxld 5oInt. And there are times
sohe~ q scave OF Neat seems to ooxe
0Nt Of me (frows the cAcs). IL that
characteristic Of cossSmptt0n or Of
Nsoldraf suffered sotth the latter
seporsl vsers ego, before I had the
keWosrhooes. I stu raise blood u I
use my right eSxs too mach. az IN
hovsccleoNSsH or bloREct soashtng.
II y0x s0tIl senl ne yovr printed 3D.
Be 90 0rotefSl
A~sscev-le yoa Aca't hnd In the
paper what ron need, writs for It.
Iron II . COED tonic Tin the form. for
example. OF Blaude's pills, enc
times . day). But It should never b
used without . doctors prescription.
nef altar his examination. Consider
what Q mistake In such . case a.
yours it would - to take only iron
and DO nothing else for your cure. I
feel sure the malaria wHs . mAlady
that prsdispossd You to tubsrculo-
sis, which from the symptoms you
Asntlon would seem to b your
present allment I am gladly send
ing you the information desired in
which all your lettsr II fully an
I swered. Most scou1umption suffer-
srs DO look pale and emaciated: bat
BY NO means ALL Some actually G1out
people are affected that way.
Questions and AnsWerB.
4 rAQ yn0R
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-29

FURNITURE is vALUABLE-and
there's market for used articles
which are still useful. When your
new furniture makes the old unessen-
tiai advcrtise-and sell for cash--the
plus thinga
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-29
IN THE EVENING IS BEST TIME TO READ.
YOUR HEALTH

By JOHN B. HUBER. A. M. M. D

~ With 11dt foot, 30 my trouble has
been pronounced. / toGs advised to 90
to a shoe store and buy pair OF shoe
plates to hold Up the arch OF my foot.
That helps sonse bxt the soreness ard
posm stNl remain, and bother mo
greatly at my to0rk. an on my feet
practically oil day. I am jdnitor and
h0ve to to0lk on hard GOOD floors and
xp and dot1n stairs. do not knop "
h0Ve any kidney trouble or not:
sometimes my back feels ,oeok. But
my main trouble 10 soith my right
foot. Pleove advise me.
Ansper-The only sure way 10 to
20 to doctor skilled in Joint diseases
AN orthopedist He will no doubt
make . plaster cast Of your foot.
From this cast the metal arches
should be made 10 that you will DO
certain to have just the right fit
for your particular extremity, The
only way to be assured about tho
kidney trouble ia to have your good
family doctor examine the kidney ex-
erection. Am mailing you further In.
formation
MILK UNDIGESTED.
A. I ON considerably nndertcei0ht
I hove been taking one Qso,f Of ~stIb
ddy; bvt II seems to turn every
thtn0 tnsSde Of me to rock. Hoo
sAosld tske It and What shoxld !
tsse setth u to prevent It, Moving
that eject.
Anssoey.,A tablespoonful q lime
water Will stirred in . glass Of milk
VIII make It digestible. Take It with
bread day old and do not gulp IL
down but sip It - you would SOUP
-Buttermilk agrees with many whe
cannot or imagine they cannot 70.
tain pure milk. A quart Of milk day
should help to mako fat: but you
must not neglect to take also other
nourishing food. I am mailing you
directions for the underweight. ear.
nestly advise you to get examined T.
learn why you are underweight
rtAlnlng - Hath II xoue ,uee4io. a. ~
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-29
FLAT FOOT.

I Aavs ss.os ysly last been ssrsr-
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-08-08
TCHORZLIWA RADA
SZKOLNA A POD
RECZNIK ,,KAJ
ZEROWSKI"

T~rucizna, szerzona przez bur.
Thompsona, zakradia sic do rady
szkolnej i progermanizmem "a
raziia wiekszoSG tejze rady, t. j.
Siedmiu czionkow wraz re su-
perintendentem Shoop'em.
Wczoraj przysz4o do obrad
mad podrecznikiem do sylabizowa
MIA, ktory zawiera lekcye, wy
siawiajaca kajzera. pod niebiosy.
Mimo zadan stanowczych p. A.
Czarneckiego i dwoch innych
czlonk6w, wiekszoSc postanowi}a
postapic W mySl polecen pana
Shoopa bardzo oglednie z pod,
recznikiem, azeby .niczyich uczuc
ME urazic."
Polecenie p. Shoopa byio talk
mgliste, re bez dodatkowego wy
jaSnienia ustnego Mkt nie mogi
by sic dorozumiec, re chodziio
0 wyrzucenie podrecznika
szkolnego pochwal o monarsze,
7 kt6rym Stany Zjednoczone O.
becnie prowadza wojne, a ktory
stoi ma czele systemu panstwo-
wego, ktory ambicyami swemi
grozi claemu Swiatu, a metoda-
mi przypomina Atyle i jego HUI
now.
Rada szkolna przyjeia polece-
ME p. Shoopa, w ktorem ten pre-
81 o wypuszczenie z p~odreczni-
ka tel czeSci, ktora jest przezna
czona ola stopnia osmego. w tel
czesci jest lekcya o kajzerze,
lecz p. Shoop ami sfowkiem 0
tenn ME pisnai. Podrecznik po wy
puszczeniu tel czesci ma bye wy
dany W trzech oddzielnych SEX
cyach.