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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-21
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL q, 1917.
BUSINESS IN GOVERNMENT.

The American people are very strong in their self
sufficiency. There be a general feeling of
resentment against the advice that America should
profit by the mistakes which other nations have
made during the The crowd sentiment OF this
country seems to be that just little smarter
than some of the nations across the pond. Or at
least that impression is very often conveyed.
Great Britains invitation to inspect closely her
history since the and avoid the pitfalls into
which that country fell and laboriously extracted
itself is outwardly accepted with good grace, but
the submerged feeling to be that America
might try the thing and make it succeed where
England failed.
However at the risk of mourning that submerged
displeasure attention is called to the fact that war
taught England one great big lesson which could
be copied to advantage in either peace war. That
lesson is the appointment of business men to bust
ness positions without regard for the amount of po
ltica training they had received. Lloyd George in
popular parlance upset the dope sheet" when he
appointed to his cabinet as head of the postoffice
department Mr. Illingsworh whose sole quaf-
cation for the job the fact that he was an ex-
perienced business man. The old politicians did
not know what to make Of such a step but time
has proved the prime minister's action to have been
exceedingly wise. Mr.. llngsworth has done moth
ing revolutionary, but he has made some startling
changes.
We imagine the quickening effect our
governmental departments if selection Of their
heads to be made basis of business quail
fications. Will the pound this lesson into the
heads of American citizens and if it does will we
forget the minute urgent necessity for efficiency
disappears and opportunity is afforded to slide back
into the bog Of political patronage.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-21
POETA NASClTUR.

Chicago Trbune.h
Last week after pay day got drunk.
was a linotype operator,
And when got back the Job,
Still drunk,
Like fool l ran my copy through like this.
In single sentences
No paragraphs
No correct spacing.
Just stuck the lines In where the beer told me to,
With now and then word the occasion
seemed to demand 1t.
AS n result the foreman fired me and told me not
to stick my head In that composing room
again unless ! wanted it
Punched off.
But the next morning, when got up with my head
splitting.
There was letter from the main squeeze giving
me job on the staff.
So here am!
I'm a poet!
A writer OF librc.
Good might! IT, W. S.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-21
A DEMOCRATIC WAR?
Chicago Tribune.)

The discussion Of the possible dispatch Of small
eHpedluonary force to France 10 engage in the
summer operations against Germany was brought
about by informal suggestions conveyed by the Brit
ish ana French governments Of the desirahilitv Of
the appearance Of the American flag the Euro
pcan battlefelds. Such q move would be accepted
as a token, it was stated, that there would be no
hating the allied democraces of the world until
German militarsm crushed
1t cannot be said however. that all the army
plans OF the administration are vague and nebulous.
1t is definitely established that Colonel Roosevelt
shall not be permitted to go to Europe with any ex-
pedtionary force in position Of high comman nd
The colonel may well make up his mind to stay
at home.
This is only one of the many evidences that the
war with Germany is to be Democratic war, II the
administration has its The president Is back
ing the Democrats in their refusal to listen to a
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-21
GERMAN JOURNAL
SNEERS AT u. s.
American Fleet Can't Break
Blockade, Is Boast.

Amsterdam, April 20.-Via London.
will the American fleet enable our
enemies to break our submarine
blockade? The answer is, most certain
ly not" says the koelnische Voks
Zeitung. which adduces a curious and
cumulative argument, which it evil
IDENTIFY considers final, that the sub
Therefore. it cannot be invented be-
cause there is none.'
1T will be painful for u.s." the news
paper continues, Ito sink good Ger
man ships, but we cannot be senti-
mental in this respect and will dis
pose of Americas seizures in Is or 20
days. The loss of German capital in
that connection will hardly equal three
days of our war expenditure
The Volks Zeitung next examines
the possibility that the United States
will send fleet to German ports and
river mouths to attack the submarines
in their home base. and says that they
will find Germany well prepared and
that the scheme is improbable as the
United States would probably avoid
any undertaking that might seriously
diminish the number of her fighting
ships.
The number and size of the auxiar-
les to the American navy, such as col
liers and oil ships, is admired by the
Nolks Zeitung. but it says that the
greatest American technical mistake is
the lack of battle cruisers and also of
fast scouting cruisers, and enlarges
on the German superiority in those
arms. The article boastingly concludes:
"-All in all, if our high seas fleet faced
the American fleet in battle, we would
beat them very quickly and thorough
ly. But this is unlikely because our
submarines with the mailed fist will
have imposed a law of world peace on
the enemy and also in America"
wit h,rJ
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-21

1t is pleasure to note that the government plans
to take hold of the food supply question Immediately
and that legislation is to be introduced at once for
the purpose OF handling this matter Particularly is
this action needed when conditions revealed
such as exist in Chicago today. Food prices are
going higher and higher while storehouses are
bursting with provisions held for s greater profits.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-21
IN MARCH.
(Dy Charles J. Flynn.A

Iiy Charles J. F1ynn.A
\ wild wind and flying moan
And clouds that drift and lower;
a heart that leaps at the thought, how soon
The earth will be in flower.
Behind the gust and the ragged cloud
And the sound OF loosening floods
] see young May, with her fair hair bowed
In waking world Of buds.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-21
Believein PrUpxlss

Behevein Pr9pUE.
ednesS? Are you ready
for Mr.. Germ? Fortify your
self against cold germs and
other germs by eating
Shredded Wheat Biscuit,
the food that supplies the
necessary warmth and
strength to resist disease. A
better balanced ration than
meat or eggs at a much
lower cost. For breakfast
with milk or cream or any
meal with fruit.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-21

To act is easy, to think is hard: to act according
to our thoughts Is troublesome. Every beginning is
cheerful the threshold is the place Of expectation:
The boy stands astonshed. his impressions guide
him; he learns sportfuy, seriousness comes on him
by surprise. Imitation is born with us: what should
he initiated Is not easy to discover. The excellent
is rarely found. more rarely valued. The height
charms us, the steps to 1t do not: with the summit
in eye love to walk along the plain.-Goethe.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-21
This is a condition that needs direct action At
least something besides a congressional investga-
ton is required.
A POEM OF WAR.

'nder the title of "War Pocms-by X" Doubleda!
&c and company has published rather unusus
hme Of war poems. Simply. but effectively thi
Sc brings home one of the greatest tragedies {
"a mothers anguish:
COME YOUNG LADS FIRST
Sergeant went a-walking
VIZ ribbons in his cap
'Ho-ho." says he, his Majesty
Wants just another chap,
Nm as It's plain, for married men
He no more cares a rap,
Come young lads first"
Wherefore the BARN 7 sucked
Goes now in khaki drest:
SO young is he that he med be
Still cozy from my breast:
But he marches with his chin up
An his chest out like the rest
Come young lads first
Old Squire says. "Oh, yes. oh. yes.
Twill do him worlds OF good:
An parson says that losing BARNS,
If rightly understood.
Is blessed an it's sweet, he says.
For tn King to shed your blood
Come young lads first
".\bram" he says, gave Isaac
AS writ in Holy Word
An Mary broke the precious box
At the feet Of our dear Lord:
So you must give your boy" he says.
ITO carry England's sword.
Come young lads first"
They speak you fair, do gentlemen,
But not more fair or free
Than my young son. who's just the one
His father used to be;
And when said he med be killed
He angers up at me.
Come young lads first"
For he's no lad that hides his mind
An he's no lad that fegns;
An while he spoke my heart came back
AS easy of its pains
AS when his father courted me
Along the scented lanes
Come young lads first!
4 woman has her love cit is
Her glory and her CROWN
Which many waters can not quench
An the great floods not drown:
Bat men have that which passes love
When they hear the buges blown
Come young lads first,
An so the BARN sucked
Goes now in khaki drest
So young is he that he med be
Still cozy from my breast
An marches with his chin up
An his chest out. like the rest
Come young lads first!
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-21

The unkindest cut of all. German emperor and
Prince Henry of Prussia dropped from honorary
membership in the New York Yacht club. War is
surely hell.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-21

The man who returned to Montana from Arizona
to give himself up to justice after having killed
man in Valley county ~ years ago has been given
sentence at Deer Lodge OF from 10 to 20 years.
He says he thinks his victims memory will cease
haunting him now.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-21

The man who received a thrashng for insisting
on German fried spuds will probably cultivate
taste for French fries in the future.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-21

A saloon keeper recently plead guilty in Marys-
vile. Lewis and Clark county. to having sold whs-
key to 1S-year old boy who in turn gave it to
loyear old boy to drink, almost causing the latter
to die from commissions.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-21
Montana Notes

Examinations for appointments of civilians to fill
vacancies in the rank of second lieutenant in the
regular army and provisional appointments for the
same will be held in Billings beginning April %.
Thirty nine recruits were received at the Butte
naval recruiting station last week.
Sixty Butte women. members Of the Women's
Patriotic association, were Mt work Monday making
ba ndages
Following the government order, the Montana
Power company has announced that it will dis
mantle all its wireless stations throughout the
state.
The German Life Insurance company Is showing
its patriotism by accepting all risks and waiv
ing military clauses in all previous policies
George Flynn, one Of the % Dillon high school
youths who enlisted in the state guards died sud
denly Sunday night from unknown cause.
The Lewistown Chamber Of Commerce will put
ten acres of land into potatoes that the ctys
poor may be helped next winter.
Helena Eagles who enlist will be required to pay
no dues for one year.
While Laurel man and his daughter were drv-
ing team and wagon a deeply flooded road.
the wagon box floated off and took them down the
| stream till they struck barbed wire fence. They
| were rescued by passer-by who, being adept
| lariat thrower was able to haul them sngly to
| safety by means Of rope.
| The storm all along the east side of the Rocky
mountains Sunday the worst of the year. says
the Billings Gazette due not to the cold but to the
| quantity Of snow and the velocity of the gale.
Nearly half million dollars Is said to have been
paid for the 1l,000-acre Diamond r ranch near
Ilarlowton, formerly known as the Norton and
Lyons ranch. The corpora ton which bought 1t is
the King Loan and Land company.
| One will nloN Of the Helena garden
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-21

One man will pillow most of the Helena garder
plots and is expected to charge about four dollars
to plow and harrow a 50xl5O foot plot.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-21

Lying does not go well with a bad
memory.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-21

Nearly half million dollars Is said to have been
paid for the 1900 acre Diamond r ranch near
Ilarlowton formerly known the Norton and
Lyons ranch. The corporation which bought 1t is
the King Loan and Land company.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-21

The storm all along the east side Of the Rock!
mountains Sunday was the worst of the year. say
the Billings Gazette due not to the cold but to thu
quantity Of snow and the velocity of the gale.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-11-23
VAR ACTIVITIES IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Nov. 2i. 1911
The population OF the city OF Wash
ington has increased at least 10000
since the war began. II is natural
that the capital city, the center OF
governmental activities. should show
this marked effect Of the most eXtel-
sive preparation for war ever under
taken by any country. a steady
stream of new appointees to the
great civilian army pours into the
city: the streets hum with activity:
everybody is busy and earnest; on
every hand are the sure signs o. a
competent organization With fixed
purpose.
At the request of the United States
civil service commission the Wash
ir gto1 chamber Of commerce has en-
Gertalzen the work of directing to
suitable roomine and boarding places
the new arrivals who are not ac-
ouainted in the city. Hundreds Of de-
sirabie rooms, with Or without board,
are I;;ted, and at very moderate rates.
Application for accommodations can
be made by new appointees through
correspondence before leaving nome
or bv calling at the Office of the Wash
ino chamber of commerce, No. GIL
Twelfth street, n. W., upon their ar
rival in Washington.
Stenographers and typwriters make
up a large part Of the additions to
the force at Washington. Thousands
have been appointed and thousands
more are needed. Ship craftsmen for
the navy department, mechanical
craftsmen for the service generally,
and statisticans and what are known
as clerks qualified in business admin
istratio,, clerks, balance OF stores
clerks. and schedule clerks for the Or
dnance department of the Arby are
also in treat demand. Representatives
of the United civil service commission
at the rost Offices in all cities are fur
nishing detailed information concern
ing petitions at washington in when
workers are needed.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-11-23
HEAVIER "PLANEs" DAY HERE
U. S. Aerial Program Changed to Meet
New Conditions.

The day of thrilling air duels be-
tween individual aviators over the
fighting lines in Europe appears to be
passing. Both official and unofficial
advi.es recently have shown increas-
inc use of heavier machines with
greater armament. The development
of air machines appears to be parallel
ing closely the development of fighting
ships.
There are indications that arma-
ment already has been necessary in
the program for creating the huge air
fleets provided for by congress. While
there is to be no lack of small fight
ing planes it is probable that stress IS
being laid now on the bombing Craft
and lpon increasing the speed OF these
heavier machines and giving them ade-
quate armament.
There have been rumors Of great
German aircraft soon to make their
appearance and officials believe the
Germans are impressed with the de-
STABILITY of substituting heavier ma
chimes in which fighting power takes
the place of high speed.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-11-23

country in tracing down men who
have moved from their original ju-
risdiction, leaving no addresses be-
hind.
8. General Crowder todav said it
could not be made too plain that the
new regulations affect everyone Of
the registered men not at present in
the uniform of the Unite States,
Every man not included in the 6S7.-
600 already drafted is required to an
swer the questions Of the the ques-
tionaire and is subject to the new
rules which supersede all former
rulings and regulations. All eXcep-
tions and discharges gra"-ed under
the old rules are automatically can
celod and are waste paper so far as
the government is concerned.
The rules will become effective in
part on November %. T'ey are to
20 into effect as whole on date 10
be set by the provost marshal @ener-
al. which probably viii Re December
Is.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-11-23
PARIS WILL HAVE ITS CAKES
America Goes to Rescue With Sup
ply of Needed Sugar.

The little cakes Of Paris, so famed
that even books have been written
about them, will be saved this winter
from complete elimination by America,
or, to speak more plainly, by American
sugar.
For some months there have been
but Eve days a week on which cakes
could be baked and purchased. That
deprivation was philosophically accept
ed. Then the quality began to decline.
The milk was bad, so the condensed
article was substituted. Next the flour
had 50 much rice in it that the cakes
crumbled under the fork. Even that
was. forgiven. Then came the sugar
crisis. No sugar, no cakes; that was
inevitable.
Paris was discOnsolate. Now
comes the cheering news from America
that the sugar shortage there is to be
relieved by shipments from the United
States. Paris Will haye its little sakes
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-11-23
How You Can Get Next to People

How You Can Get Next to People
There IS an article in the December
american Magazine in which the
writer says:
Eve man has some keynote that
COMPLETES a chord. Often it is the ex-
act opposite of what one might nat
ara:lv eXDect. You will often find
comedien. for instance, who will feel
twice as iattered if you tell him you
know he was born to play tragedy
than if you tell him you laughed your.
self o.o at some Of his comic stunts
A good lawyers greatest vanity may
be his belief that he can play the
violin cr that he is a good judge OF
fancy chickens.
"The average man likes to be fiat
tered about his masculinity. just as
the average woman likes her beauty 10
be noticed or assumed. All men,
barber will tell you, love to hear that
they have an exceptionally tough skin
and arr hard to shave. You can make
a bosoin friend by telling q scraWnT.
undersi2ed man that you bet he IS
mighty strong and WHY. and that NJ
will l;,.3 to put flowers on the graves
of his wore robust. o~er-hlo2dod aesH-
ciates.
"Ono unusually s"ccessful salesman
know keeps a little Go, :7}@- to-
ing tic lost direct route {" t,N 'n'r;*
of all his customers. Public speaking,
dogs. trout fishing, children. @ard"''-
jig, - onlcn" rotations one vii f@1
- .,:oen ~~y,3. v
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-11-23
SUGAR famine CUTS
CANDY PRODUCTION
Supplies for All Such Luxuries
CurtaiIed by Order of Food
Administration.

A sweeping order that supplies Of
sugar to manufacturers Of candy,
sirup and other "luxuries" must be
curtailed, if not entirely stopped, un'
til January, when the new Cuban sugar
will be available, has been issued by
Herbert G. Hoover, the food admins
traitor.
Reports were received from New
York and other large cities that, as a
result of the sugar famine consumers
were offering 25 cents pound for
sugar. Mr.. Hoover asserted that such
individuals and the retailers accepting
such offers were forgetting the best in-
terests of the United States. Hoard
ers Of sugar, it was pointed out, were
hampering the war program.
Attention has been called by the
food administration to the fact that
the shortage will be only temporary
and that conservation will make 1t pos
sible to handle the situation without
reducing the per capita consumption
to anything like that in England or
France. The food administration is
convinced that consumers will meet
the situation patriotically and that the
rapacious buyers are relatively few.
Retail dealers who endeavor to make
large profits because of the temporary
shortage, will be carefully watched.
Mr.. Hoover is confident that no real
sugar crisis will occur.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-11-23
LIZ WESTON. y. t..
FAILS | LINE
Joins the Army OF Converts.

Mrs. j. B. Saunders. resla;:S in
Lewiston. y. c.. says: Il have been
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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-11-23

r. THa-.:A !.oyos seed Fryers
=. c V.:..frar. the veil known h'l-
,,orie+ sa~s in the December Ameri-
ca0 eazire:
"Tha-e's nothin' the world loves
20 :,,-'.'1 as a good trver I don't
neaa the bird that - ~ over''+' o
IN their favcr. inclUdin' a ten-milc
start. finishes first in the Big Race
rm t:.liH' cHc"t the guys that never
OF I,~-'or than second or third, but
ge~ erallv land in the money. The Oh
Consistent : harlies that. no matter
how may times they're beaten. figure
the time to quit is when you're dea1
and buried,
"Did YOU ever stop to think that the
trvers which never get nowhere is re-
spcinsible for the other guys success?
THEY'RE the babies that make race
or A fight out of it. and if wasn't for
the dnbs there'd be no successes al
all In order TO have winners We got
IN hovn 1oenrs. don't we? And don't
forget that yesterdays loses are to-
n,nrrow's n, winners, and vice president
or vice versa. whatever it is.
"A fighter knows that these blrns
which come up-smilin', no matter how
many times he drops 'em for the court
is as dangerous as dynamite until he
knocks me cold NO matter how BAD
this loser may be battered up, n
always got chance while he's tryin'.'
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-11-23
indian Worked With Broken Leo.

Simon Booth, an Indian employed at
Smiths Cove, near Seattle, Wash,
broke his leg while assisting in unload
ing plates from the hold Of vessel.
He gritted his teeth and kept on work
ing fo. two hours, then gave in and
asked for a doctor.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-11-23
what You Should Do At Twenty-On'

NN6C lou SuUutu DO ~ "Sh'. WIN,
DR.. frank Crane, the famous ed1-
torial writer, has written an article
for the December American Magazine
lich is called "If l Were Twen@:
One" Here are ten things he says he
would do if he were twenty-one. He
says:
81. would DO the Next Thing
"2. would Adjust Myself
IS. | would Take Care of My Body.
az l would Train My Mind.
'5. would Be Happy.
IS. I Would Get Married.
"7. I Would Save Money.
"S. Would Study the Art of Pleas
ing.
80. | Would Determine that l Would
be Thoroughbred.
40. Would Make Some Perma-
ment Amicable Arrangement with My
Conscience"