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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-07-07

these overtures had been rejected.
And this action ON the part OF the
Imperial German Government was
only one example, OF its whole sys-
TEN OF diplomacy. In both confer
ences at the Hague 1t has been the
German delegates who were the most
active in blocking all projects Tor
the pacific settlement OF disputes be-
tween nations. They had preferred
TO limit international relations to the
old modes OF diplomacy and war. 1t
was therefore obvious from the first
that any controversy with the Ger
man Government would be exceed
ingly serious; for ii it could not be
solved by direct diplomatic CONVEX
sations, there was NO recourse except
10 war.
From such conversations there Is
small hope OF satisfactory results
unless the good faith OF both sides
is profound. Ii either side lacks
good faith, or reveals in all its ac-
ions an insidious hostility, diplo-
macy is OF NO avail. And 30 it has
proved in the present case.
In the first year OF the war the
Government OF Germany stirred up
among its people feeling OF resent
ment against the United States on ac-
count OF our insistence upon our
right as neutral nation to trade in
munitions with the beligerent powers.
Our legal right in the matter was
not seriously questioned by Germany.
She could not have done SO consist
emily, Tor as recently as the Balken
Wars OF 1912 and 1913 both Germany
and Austria sold munitions to the be-
ligerants. Their appeals to US In
the present war were not to observe
law, but to revise 1t In
their interest. And these appeals
they tried to make ON moral and hui
manitarian grounds. But upon
the moral issue involved, the
stand taken by the United States
was consistent with its traditional
policy and with obvious common
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bilities of a world power.

bilities OF a world power. Vh'
President said:
SO sinserely do we believe these
things that l am sure that | speal
the mind and wish of the people Of
America when say that the United
States is willing to become a partner
in any feasible association OF nations
formed in order to realize these OBJ
lects and make them secure against
violation.
1t was new and significant note
in our foreign policy. But the mind
OF America had learned much in the
long bitter months OF war. Future
historians will make charts OF this
remarkable evolution in our public
opinion the gradual abandonment
OF the illusion OF isolation; the slow
growth OF realization that We
could not win freedom on sea--f0r us
a vital interest-unless we consent
ed TO do our share in maintaining
freedom on land as well, and that we
could not have peace in the world
the peace we loved and needed fol
the perfection OF our democracy
unless we were willing and prepared
to help to restrain any nation that
willfully endangered the peace OF the
Whole world family.
Had this address OF the President
come before the war, there would
nave arisen storm OF protest from
ali sections OF the land. But in
May, 1916, the Nations response
was emphatic approval.
In the meantime, although our
neutral rights We're not brought into
question by Germany as early as by
the German controversy
was Infinitely more serious.
For any dissensions that might
arise, no arbitration treaty existed
between the United States and the
1erman Government. This was from
40 Iault OF ours. We had tried to
establish with Germany the same
.reaty relations we had with Great
Britain and ~ other nations. But
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STATEMENT OF
CAUSES OF WAR
Continued from page 81

ply covered by the arbitration treaty
signed only short time before by
Great Britain and the United States.
And this controversy led to clear
or understanding on our part OF the
British attitude toward our ideal OF
The freedom OF the seas. They were
not willing 10 accept our classical
ton OF the seas as being distinct from
the Old World. We had confined our
interest TO matters affecting rights
at sea and had kept carefully aloof
from issues affecting the interests OF
European nations on land. The
British were interested In both. They
explained that they had participated
IN the London naval conference in
the nope that it would lead to a
sound and liberal entente in the in
terests oil the rig hts oil all nations
on the sea and on the land as we'll,
and that they had refused to ratify
the London Declaration because no
accord on the CONT
nent had resulted. They could not
AFFORD to decrease the striking power
OF their navy unless their powerful
neighbors on land agreed to decrease
their armies.
That this attitude OF England
deeply impressed our Government is
shown by the increasing attention
given by the United States to the
search Tor ways and means OF insur-
ing at the END OF the war, lasting
peace tor all the world. The address
0i our President, on May n, 1916,
before the League to Enforce Peace
Was milestone in our history. He
outlined the main principles on which
stable peace must rest, principles |
plainly indicating that this Nation |
would have to give up its position
ii isolation and assume the RESPONSE !
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-07-07
REPUBLICAN TRADE AT HOME DEPARTMENT

Duty is power that rises with us
in the morning and goes to rest with
Us at night. 1t is coextensive with
the action OF our intelligence. 1t Is
the shadow which cleayes to US, go
where we will.
Let US do our duty in our shop or
Kitchen, in the market, the street, the
home Office, the farm, the school, the
nome, just as faithfully as ii we
stood in the front ranks OF some great
battle and knew that victory for
mankind depended upon our bravery,
strength and skill
When We do that the very hum
blest OF US will be serving In that
great army which achieves the well
fare Of the world.
A Dollar Lost.
1t should be the slogan OF every
rural consumer never to send away
for goods that he can Just as well buy
at home. Every time you send
dollar to a mail order house that
dollar, as tar as you or your COM
munity are concerned, is practically
out OF circulation.
Your own home merchant is the
one who helps to keep up your schools
your churches and your town. He 10
the one who deserves your trade and
not some catalogue house in Chicago
or elsewhere.
Goods on Unsecured Promises
When you have nothing to give in
exchange, to whom do you go for ac-
comodations until some uncertain
time when you can pay2
Do you not always find your home
merchant ready and willing to let his
goods so on promises, not guaranteed
notes, but verbal promises, trusting
to your honesty and good luck In
meeting the obligation later?
How many farms have been paid
for by your merchants advancing
both the goods necessary to keep life
In the body and cash to meet that
dreaded interest on the mortgage?
Under the same conditions would
the farmer trust the merchant for
months and months with the produce
OF his farm, or would he ask for cash
or Its equivalent upon delivery OF the
goods?
Not q Robber or Cheat
We know that the average con-
sumner does not feel that his local
merchant is robber or cheat; but,
like all Humankind, the catalogues
and prices of mail order houses ap-
peal to him, and he forwards his
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-07-07

ue ordeI ana cash without considering
4 tAe injustice ne is doing himself, his
merchant and his home town.
Inc catalogues OF the mail order
nOuse are illuminated with pictures
10 CalGn the eye OF che unwary. Iney
range Ia complexion from brunette
banana 10 d DIond canary bird. Ihey
oAer TO sell you anything from
philosopher stone to cypress
sAlngle sawed out OF a sunbeam.
Cash Versus Credit
IL seems unbelievable, but il is
nevertheless tact, showing the en-
tire lack OF any sense OF justice, that
many people regard their local
stores as merely institutions OF ac-
comodation. When these people
nave cash to spend 1t goes to the far
away mail order houses, but when
Zines are dull, when they are sick
or out OF work or during the season
when farmers are not turning their
produce into cash, what DO they do?
DO they write to the catalogue house
and ask tor credit!
Ii they aid do you thing they would
get it, Not on your life Those
concerns must have cash, must have
IL in advance, must have 1t before
you can even see the goods you buy
Inc consumer sends his money and
then sits down and waits until the
mali order house gets good and ready
TO TIL his order.
But when home people want cred
1t or favors of any kind they hustle
of TO their home merchant, very
obligingly to charge 1t, expecting
MIN TO wait at least from one to
six months for his pay.
Dealing With Neighbors
In buying from your home mer-
chants you deal with neighbors. Buy
with goods before you. Pay when you
get the goods If you SO elect. Have
goods delivered free. Return gods
il not satisfactory. Build up your
home store.
Help build up your own home
town and make of yourself a man
worthy OF your day and time. Every
man should take pride In being a
good American citizen, and we be-
Iieve most men do and that most
men are, or at least desire to be,
but what kind of citizen Is the man
VINO supports an octopus? Should he
not be placed in class with the man
that knocks his own business? That
sort of man is invariably neither a
good neighbor nor a good citizen.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-07-07

Village Trustees:
II. +. HARMON, Chairman.
c. h. JOHNSON,
&. l.. SUI .LIVAN,
JOHN MORGAN,
J. w. BRIGGS.
Attorney,
J. g. WATTS.
Clerk,
II. q. TICKNOR.
Treasurer
A. h. ANDERSON
Marshall,
JAMES p. I'VE.
Water Superintendent
FRANK HENDRICKS
Street Commissioner
FRED SCHOENECKE
Justice OF the Peace
Il. w. SIMPkINS.
Librarian
MRS. GEORGIA SWAMI
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-05-03
His Vow.

Patrick Dennis, who was addicted to
drinking whisky, was often urged by
his friends to sign the pledge, but with
no avail, until one day they read to
him from a paper an account Of a
man who had become so saturated with
alcohol that on attempting to blow out
a candle his breath ignited, and he was
blown completely to atoms.
A look Of horror spread over Dem
MIS- face, and his friends felt the long
desired moment of repentance had
come.
Bring me the book, boys-bring mo
the book" he said. His breath took
fire. did 1t? Sure, I'll never die that
DEATH"
The book was placed before him.
"Hear me now,s boys-hear me now.
I, Patrick DeDnis. KNOWN my great
weakness. deeply sensible Of my past
sins an the great danger I've been In,
hereby take solemn oath that so long
as I live, under no provOcation what
ever will blow out candle agin."
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-05-03
WRITER MAKES ODD FRIENDS
ceived From Strangers Prove to
Be Anything But Pleasant.

Print Is prone to induce curious
revelations from strangers. You write,
perhaps, story that tries to be true
to simple human emotions. and the
next thing you know somebody in
Idaho Is writing you all about his wife
or baby. It is touching, but quaint.
have come to be little suspicious
OF letters from strangers that purport
to be simple letters of appreciation.
used to be very much flattered by them
until my brief notes Of thanks drew
forth such unexpected replies. 1t APP
peared that the writer's Of the letters
were writer's Of other works as well !;
they were sending these to me forth
with; would I kindly read and COM
ment?
My experience is, I gather. not
unique. A writer friend, whose pub
lished poetry is marked by peculiar
sanity, has received from more than
one unknown source illusions so BIZ
zarre that they can emanate from
nothing but a madhouse.
1t is easy to silence by silence these
unseen acquaintances, but others near
er by demand tact. Among these are
people who tell me stories they want
me to tell. They never can understand
why | don't use the material. AS
matter Of fact. raw romance striking
enough to impress the lay mind Is
much too striking for a writer's en-
ployment. Truth that is stranger than
fiction Is what every story teller must
avoid If he Is to write stories true
enough to be read.-Winifred Kirk.
land, in Atlantic Monthly.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-05-03
Get Dyes From Trees.

The older dyemakers and certain of
the dyemakers Of the present time OBJ
tanned many shades Of yellow from the
inner bark of an oak tree which grows
in the United States, and which Is
called in the trade quercitron bark.
From this bark the dyemakers extract
ed another dye which they called fla
vine,"" and from which they produced
certain shades Of yellow and orange.
Fustic was one Of the dyes which was
formerly a main reliance Of the dye
makers in producing certain yellows,
especially shades called olive-yellow
and old gold. This coloring matter Is
extracted from that species Of the null
berry tree which long ago came to be
called the "dyer's mulberry" and
which grows plentifully in the West In
dies ard especially in Cuba and ia
maica.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-05-03
Worm Turns on Practical Joker.

Worm Turns on Practical Joker.
Its long lane that has no turning"
and "He who laughs last laughs best"
are time-honOred axioms, but never
the less true, as Al Baumgart, South
st. Paul commission man, Is willing
to admit. Some time ago AL sought to
initiate a new employee. but the
"worm turned" and the real Joke was
on him, says the st. Paul Pioneer
Press.
He sent the youth about half mile
down the yards after "cow anchor"
The youth, when he returned with a
15O-pOund sack Of iron, was given
cha, ha ~
In the office was a box Of flowers
which Mr.. Baumgart had ordered for
a dear friend. His victim carefully re-
moved the flowers and filled the box
with paper. Unmindful of the change.
Mr.. Baumgart carried the box to her
nome. What she said when she opened
it is not known.
To make matters worse, Mr.. Baum
CART was obliged to carry the cow
anchor back to the scalehouse. Now
he's through with practical jokes.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-05-03
Missouri Jury Protects Woman.

Kansas City, Mo.-A jury decided
that a woman should not be cut of
with only 5000 of an estate estimated
at $4,000 because her husband had
served in the United States Navy.
Mrs. Josephine V. Boden is the daugh-
ter of Fred Meyer, a German, who
committed suicide March II, 1916,
rather than live to see the United
States at war with his native land. In
his will he endeavored to project his
pro-Germanism beyond the grave.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-05-03
Coal and Oil Get Preference.

Neutrality-suspicious. directing the
country's railroads to give coal and
iron ore preference over all other
traffic were issued by the General Rail.
road Board of the Council of National
Defense, formed here two weeks ago
by railroad heads to operate American
railroad lines as one continental sys-
tenn during the war. The board de-
clared the welfare and safety of the
nation depend on adequate supplies of
coal and iron. Railroad presidents
will be charged personally with re-
sponsibility for carrying the order into
effect.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-05-03
MEXICO WARNS
The GERMANS
.FoRBiDS THEIR CONCENTRATION
NEAR AMERICAN BORDER
ARREST WILL FOLLOW.
Carranza's Government Pleases OFF,
Gals in Washington With First
Manifestation of Neutrality.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-Official advices to the
State Department said the Mexican
Government had warned Germans in
Mexico that any concentration of Ger.
mans near the American border will
be followed Immediately by their ar
rest. In conveying this. notice the
Mexican authorities explained that
they could do no less, in view of the
fact that state of war exists between
Germany and the United States. Off
vcials of the American Government
were gratifed by this first practical
manifestation of Mexico's proclaimed
neutrality. Suggestions that the proc
lamation Of neutrality was only thin
covering for a more friendly feeling
for Germany, never have been accept
ed by the American Government, but
knowledge of the instructions of the
German Foreign Office to Minister
Eckhardt in Mexico City to do what he
could to enlist Mexico as an ally in
the event Of war with the United
States, has caused all developments
in Mexico to be watched carefully.
President Carranza's recent decree
providing heavier export tax on oil
and it's derivatives has not been con.
.strued by the State Department as an
intentional blow at Great Britain, but
merely what the Mexican Government
calls it, measure to raise needed
money.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-05-03

Tried Eight Times To Enter Town.
London.-Eight times in 70 hours
Hindenburg has hurled gigantic hec-
,atombs of human flesh into the teeth
of British ire-belching death dealers
in the hatfield east of Arras. Eight
times these battle-hungry Teuton
youths, "the Hindenburg reserves
10000 to mile-came on in dense
masses. Thin lines f1oated back like
a nightmare; the British cannon had
battered their breast-wall to bits. The
same thing happened again and again
on the front far to the south, where
Teutons and French face each other
in the supreme struggle on the blood
soaked hills of Chemin-Des-Dames
stretch of about six and half miles.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-05-03
CINCINNATI MARKETS.
EIour, HaY and Grain.


Flour-Winter patents $13@13.50
winter fancy $12.5O@13, winter family
$12@12.50, winter extras $11011.50
low grade $1O50@11
Corn-No. 3 white $1.61, No. 8 vel
low $1.59@1.591s, No. 5 mixed S1.59
@1.59k, white ear $1.61@1.63, mixed
ear $1.57@1.59.
Hay-No. l timothy $21.75@2225,
No. 2 $21@21.5O, No. s $20@21. No. 1
clover mixed $21@21.50, No. 2 $20.50
OBJ, No. clover $19.50@2O. No.
S1S.5O@19.
oats-No. 2 white 74k@75c, stand
ard white 74@741sc, No. 8 white 1919
@74c, No. white 72@73c, No. mix
ed 7S@74c. No. 8 mixed 71072c, No.
mixed 70@71c.
Wheat-No.. 2 red $2.9O@2.93, No. 8
red $2.S5@2.90, No. red $2.65@2S2.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Wholem milk creamery extras
47c, centralized creamery extras 44c,
first 42c, seconds 4Oc, dairy fancy 39c,
No. / packing stock 33c, No. CSC.
Eggs-Prime firsts 32Ac, firsts 32c,
ordinary 311sc, seconds soc.
Live Poultry-Broilers, Ia ID and
under, 4S95Oc; flyers, over 1iS Id,
30c; fowls, lbs and over. 21c; under
5 lbs, 21c; ROSTERS, 15c.
Live Stock.
Cattle-Shippers S9g11.50: butcher
steers. extra $10.50G11, good to choice
S10d10.5O, common to fair S7dS $50;
heifers, extra S10.25GIO.75. good to
choice S9.50T10.25, common to fair
S76925: cows. extra SS-50T9 %, good
to choice S7.5O1S.5O. common to fair
S5.75 R7.25; Gamers S5G6; stOckers
and feeders S6I9.50.
BuIls-BolOgna SSd9. fat bulls 1926
G9.75.
Calves-Extra $I1.25d1150. fair TO
good S1oG11z5. common and large SIS
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-05-03
THOUGHT 1T IRREGULAR TALK"
Little kindergarten Attendant Is Very
Much Surprised When Told That
She Can Speak English.

Proof positive that each one Of u:
verse, that what "Our folks" do Is the
proper thing. and all else mere eccen
tricity, is seldom lacking. but 1t comes
out most engagingly in childhood.
"She can speak French most beau
tifully" concluded Elsie's big sister,
Sara, after having described at length
to the family at the supper table the
charms and accomplishments Of new
friend, a girl who had lived several
years abroad and had come recently
to Sara's school.
II know a girl" put In Elsie at this
point, with an air Of Importance, "and
she used to live In England. She's in
my kindergarten, and she can speak
English, guess.
"Well. what Of that?" demanded
Sara. $50 can you speak English"
mo, I can't; don't know how |!
Why, of course can't speak English"
Elsie appealed from the laughing faces
now toward her, 'can l, mOther?"
Certainly you can speak English,
child; it's what we all speak; we're
speaking 1t now"
What? Is 1t English we're talking
right this minute? Is 1t truly,
mother?"
"Of course, my dear! What Ian
guage did you suppose 1t was that we
talkT"
"yUhv nother didn't sunnosa n
was English, or any other language.
I thought it was just regular talk. of
course"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-05-03
Preliminary Reports to Treasury

Washington. - Preliminary reports
to the Treasury Department, upon
which Secretary McAdoo will base his
recommendations to the President as
to the size of the first bond issue I'M
der the $7,oOO,OOO,OOO war finance law,
indicate that the United States will
be called upon to finance the allies to
the extent Of at least $4O0,000,OOO and
possibly $5OO,OOO,OOO a month. The
tentative program also calls for the
expenditure of virtually every dollar
of the borrowed money in this country
for food stuffs, munitions, coal, cloth
ing, railway equipment and other sup
plies.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-05-03
Arms To Border Stopped.

Galveston, Texas.-Agents Of the
Southern Pacific Lines have been in
structed to refuse shipments of war
munitions Of any character for Next
can border destinations except on
Government bills of lading. Orders to
this effect followed a request from
Major General ]. ]. Pershing.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-05-03
American Taken Prisoner.

London.-The taking of the first
American prisoner Of war was report.
ed to the American Embassy through
the American Consul at Glasgow.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-05-03
FIGURE on a Necessity.

"You ought to be happy with wheat
at 50 a bushel."
I'm not" answered Farmer Corn
tossel. I'm not any happier than I'd
be if the springs were going dry for a
season and water was worth 81 gal
lon."
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-05-03
GETTING Even.

Surgeon Ito auto agent)-Don't wor-
nv, the operation will be as safe and
easy as that last car you sold me.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-05-03

Now Is the time to cleanse the system and
tone up the digestive functions. WRIGHTS
INDIAN VEGETABLE PILLS are not only
laxative but tonic. Adv.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-05-03
fashioned.

ass he old-fashioned7"
"Sure thing. He still waits for his
teeth to ache before going to a den
list"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-05-03
Her Theory.

"You don't eat much meat in your
family, do you, Mrs. Comeup"
mo; we are valetudinarians."