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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-28
Honors for Americans.

Yesterday there was a revue here in
honor OF Guynemere. and decorations
for the pilots of the group who had
won them. Three Americans received
the Croif de Guerre-members of the
Lafayetts escadrille, Lufbery. the
nag presented to the escadrille by
Mira McAdoo and the employees of the
Treasury, Department, besides the two
aviation .embiens of France. He was
called to receive his decoration for
having in the course of one day held
seven combats, descended one German
plane in flames. and forced FIVE others
to land behind their lines (Which
one. his thirteenth, and that the other
dve. though probably brought down,
do not count for him because there
were not the necessary witnesses re-
quired by the French regulation).
Aviators are not very military The
chief Of one of the escadriIle was COM
missioned to command the mechanics
who are plain soldiers with rifles and
steel helmets, for the occasion. He Is
. Bit Of a clown and amused the entire
gathering. kidding with the officers
The pilots of each of the five esca-
drilles We're in more or less formation
most of them with hands in their
pockets. for il was chilly, and present.
ing a mixture of uniforms unparalleled
In its heterogeneity- Every branch of
the service represented endless per-
sonai fceas in dress. Because of the
occasion. repose has been granted to
the entire group for the afternoon,
another group taking over our patrols
SO that after the revue. every one had
the afternoon to waste-a sunny day
which is quite unusual this month.
Wtthin half hour. every machine that
was In working order was in the air
Forming into groups and then OFF for
the lines. just looking for trouble
voluntary patrol they call it. Which
70 =
IN the French aviation service after
three years of war"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-30
Inspiration, Arizona, Puts
in Claim for Fame as Home
Biggest Emergency Gardens

planted among corn, so that when corn
came off, squash covered the ground.
We grow most anything but need was
considered first and IS per cent of the
ground WAS planted to Mexican pink
beans and sweet corn. Nothing goes to
waste and drying and canning is en-
couraged especially drying for our eli
mate permits sun drying.
War garden markct--We have
opened a war garden market where the
excess vegetables are sold for the gar
deners without cost to them. Moth
ing is sold at this market except that
which is grown in the war garden
This market, believe. is the first of
! its kind in the United States This is
| the largest single tract of land devoted
F., to war gardens in tho west. With I'll
| acres under cultivation, believe it
| Is the largest in the country"
Yes, that will be hard to beat" said
Mr.. Pack after reading the letter from
| Mr.. Sandigc.
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quarter century following it. Even so
years ago the bathtub in small towns
was almost unknown
rs the acme Of spirituality attained
by the grubby small boy who never
touches soap and water If he can help
it?' ! thought. But instead Of saying
it, l turned my back on tho bathtub
and asked DIR. Walsh if he traced the
modern woman's desire for few or no
children to her passion for physical fit
ness. For the last time / had seen him
he had said to me with supreme ear
ncstncss; THE kind of woman Amer
lea most needs today is the woman
my mother was, the woman who. like
her, bears and brings UP II children
without negleCting one of them and
without feeling that she is u martyr
to an unjust duty. The rise or fall
of this nation depends on it's wives
and mothers
He admitted that race suicide may
! be partly attributable to too great So
| lcitude for the body The women are
so foolish on that point" ne dismissed
me with a weary smile. Il have d pa
tient, the mother of Is children. who
Is dNing-at 81.
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his bath every day has fit. We are
clean of body but VIC don't think of
scrubbing out our minds. VIC have
to choose, YOU know. And ] consider
that tho clean minded is more impor-
tant than the ultra clean body. ! have
that prejudice.
Another proof that too much
thought of the body and it's bcautifi-
cation makes for spiritual decay Is
simply this Artists usually arc not
good people"
Dirty to Be Good?
But surely YOU do not mean that
one must be hidcous and dirty in or
der to be good?" | asked.
Il mean that. because of all this care
and worship that many people of to-
day give to their physical selves. they
have not time to keep their minds and
souls sanitary" insisted Dir. Walsh.
Americans a hundred years ago
were sturdicr. happier and more intel
ligent than they are today. A hun
drcd Years ago people took only one
bath a week. on Saturday nights. Our
truly great men and women lived in
the years of the Revolution and in the
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Corn Pain
Stopped Quick

corns LIT Right Off With "Gets IT,
Blessed relief from corn pains Is
simple as A b C with "Gets-lt."
When you've been limping around
for days trying to get away from IL
heart drilling corn or bumpy callus
and everything you've tried has only
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-30
HOBO BIRD LAID
REMARKABLE EGGS

New Nork.-Onc of the most yah,a
bic eggs in existence. for which tho
householder would probably have to
pay about si.75 If 1t were placed on the
market at present rates. is on exhibit
tion at the American Museum of Nat
tlral History.
AS IA matter of fact. the egg is much
more valuable than that--thoush this
may staggcr the ina ginatioh--sincc
1t is the only perfect specimen In exist
encc of tho by-product of the prchis-
toric ostrich.
The egg was discovered In June, 1915
in the province of Honan. China, where
the natives take pleasure in eating
| eggs that arc almost as antique as this
, one. 1t was picked up by Chinese
| peasant who found it sticking in the
bank of the Yellow river. and the lead :
ing wiseacres thereabout who are
great on this sort of thing. asserted it
was the contribution OF the Ho-Io
bird.
This wasn't a facctious crack by the
Chinese. being simply the Oriental way
of stating that the phoenix. the legen :
dairy winged creature that brightens up
,, so many oriental decorations, was once
the originator and sole proprietor OF
this huge essence of omelet. The egg
would require 40 eggs from the modern
hen to fill it's shell. and it's u certainty
| that II an actor of the stone age eve,
was hit by such n speciman he retired
permanently from business.
| Two other eggs Of a similar type bu,
imperfect are on exhibition in muse.
ums In this country, but no scientis
has as yet seen q bone of the immens
btped which was Responsible for them
J This latest speciman was put on vie,
lin the bird hall OF the museum.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-30

Washington, Sept. 22.-inspration,
herewith. backs up her claim that she
has not only the biggest war garden
in the United States but the most
unique in many ways. When a cou-
pie OF weeks ago a rush telegram for
canning and drying manuals came to
the national emergency food garden
commission for tho biggest war gar
den in the west" the work of the COM
mission halted for few minutes.
The telegram was dated Inspiration.
Ariz.. and was signed by !. r. San
dige. Nobody in the commissions Of
fees, including Charles Lathrop Pack,
the president. and p. s. Ridsdalc. the
secretary. could find Inspiration on
any map or in the postal guide. In
qniry at the postofficc showed the
| mail station for Inspiration is Miami
J, Arz.. two miles away.
Clam that a place that was not on
the map and did not have a postofficc
| had the biggest war garden made cv
erybody sit NJ and take notice. so
President Pack asked for some sub
| sanitation of the claim when he or
, dfi'h inc illdnNilS tNItleSStu
To-day the data came and in the
| opinion of Mr.. Pack other war gardens
will have to 80 pretty strong to beat
this one. AS soon as this letter was
received President Pack rushed an ap-
plication blank Ia inspiration SO that
the war gardeners may compete fol
u share in the 5000 in prizes which
the commission is giving for the best
canned vegetables grown in war gar,
dens. The commission requests dat;
on other war gardens and submit.
herewith the letter from J. r. Sandgc
the garden expert. which claims sc
much for Inspirations;
"Location--1'hc gardens arc tive
miles east of Miami. ella county, Ariz.
at an elevation of $500 feet. The eli,
mate is semi tropical. making it pos.
sible to grow some vegetables through,
out the year.
| "Gardencrs-Major ity of the gar,
deners are employees of the Inspiration
Consolidated Copper company. bu
quite a number of residents of Miam
and a large number of children have
been given SPACE. The gardeners ar,
made up of many nationalitics, sucl
as Italians. MeXicans, Indians. Chill
cans. Germans, Finlanders and Swedcs
Over 30 per cent have never had ex
Eerience in this work or, at least. whcr,
it is necessary to irrigate, and they hae
to be taught. i
Methods - The gardens wef'
planned by c. +. Mills. general man
| ager of the company An exrert make
three trips a day over the garden
to instruct the gardeners. Bulletin
and posters are placed at convenien
. spots In the gardens which are II
: acres In area.
System-The double-c systel
! was used. For example, squash We
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your blood, and that the only relief IL
to drive them out Of your blood.
s. =. s. is the one remedy that hi>s
successfully led the attack on all fr-.
Irregularities Of the blood. This remedy
Is guaranteed purely vegetable. being,
entirely free from any mineral sub.
stance. Hence 1t acts by driving all
impurities from the blood. 3. s. s. is
the best remedy for Rheumatism, and
YOU will be delighted with the result.
OF Its use.
Go to your drug store, get a bottle
of 8. s. s. and start taking this old
reliable medicine today. 1t will be tho
beginning of the end Of your suffering.
Don't take a substitute. Write our
medical director for special advice re-
gar1tng the treatment of your case.
for which no charge is made. Address
Swift Specific Co.. 1851, Swift Labo-
ratOry. Atlanta, Ga.
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other day by the
Patriotic Education
society, calls atten-
ton to our curious
position in this
world conflict.
We have de-
clarcd war upon
Germany.
Austria and Tur-
key have severed
diplomatic rela :
tions with us.
And-wc arc up
on terms of perfect
amity with Bull
garia, whose min
lister. Stephen Pan
arctoff. and at
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-30
CAPS Looks Like Squirrel;
Young Hunter Is Hunted

Mansfield. Obio.-Raymond Aten
aged 10, IA high school student. was Sc
severely injured in a hunting accident
Atcn, who was with IL party of hunters,
sat down behind a stump with only his
cap showing above. One of his com
panions, lnistaking the cap for SPUR
rel, fired Owing TO the distance and
scattering of the shot. Atcn did not re-
ceiye the full force of the shot. His
face and body were penetrated. but the
injury is not serious.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-30

Cleansing the Mind More
Important Than That of
the Body, Declares DR..
James ]. Walsh, Who De-
plOres the Modern Tenden-
cy to Give More Time to
Physical Cleanliness Than
to Moral Cleanliness
Baths Were Rare in Shake
speare's Time, but the Bard
Wrote No Sex Problem
Plays-WOrld Has Pro-
crossed From Dirty Bodies
and Clean Minds to Clean
Bodies and Dirty Minds.
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J. 8. .. viii Break Your shaekls..

8. 8. >. Will Break Your Shaokise.
II you arc one Of the thousands
hopelessly bound within the clutches
OF Rheumatism. here Is message that
will help you shake off your bondage.
and lead you back to freedom.
1t tells you how to get on the right
track and avoid losing further time
looking for relief from. the wrong
treatment. On one has ever been per-
mancntly cured by the use Of linimcnts
and lotions. What right have you to
expect that you will be the exception?
If you would be rid Of this painful
and disabling disease. follow the teach
ings of science. which show that the
cause of rheumatism is in your blood
that the disease is the result OF mil
lions OF tiny pain demons which infest
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-30
NATION STILL PERMITS
BulGARS T0STAY HERE
United States Officially at
Peace With Allies
Of Germany.
PRESENCE Is MENACE
Communication Is Possible
From Washington Into
Wilhelmstrasse.
PRESENCE IS MENACE
az MILTON eRoNMER.

Washington. Sept. "a protest
about the presence of Austrians and
Bulgariips in Washington. lodged the
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made IL worse. and then you put some
'1;ets-ic on and the pain eases right
away, and the corn peels right off like
banana skin-'ain't it a grand and
heavenly feeling?"
''Gets-It" has revolutionized the corn
history of the world. Millions use II
and it never fails. Ladies wear small
err shoes and have pain-f free feet. We
old fellows and young fellows forget
our toes and feel frisky as colts. Every
body with a corn or callus needs
"Gets- It." We will all walk about and
enjoy ourselves as we did without
corns. Get a bottle today from your
druggist, or sent on receipt of price
by r. Lawrence & Co.. Chicago. III.
25c Is all you need to pay.
Sold In MissOula and recommended
as the worlds best corn remedy by
Mtssoula Drug CO.. David G. Smith,
Geo. F'reashesuer. II. n. Bateman q
Co.-Adv.
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taches are here in tho capital.
ASK state department officials
whether Bulgarans might not send
war information to Germany. by ca
blcs in code through Switzerland or
other ncutrals and they answer Great
Britain and France hold up all such
messages.
Menace in Bulgaria.
Ask whether it is not possible to
mail information, say to Havana,
thence to Spain and Germany by
roundabout route, and they admit it
can be done. However. they add such
a procedure takes time. There is also
feeling that by keeping on terms
with Bulgaria. we keep open a VIM
dow looking into Mittel- Europa.
Access to Bulgarian papers. reveal
| ing Bulgarian thought, causes one to
wonder whether the Bulgarian legation
| ought not to be sacked at once.
They will tell you here that Bulga :
| ria is only II little country. But mod
| ern Germany started with Prussia no
| bigger and no more consumedly ambt
! tious. Remember, too, that Bulgarian
| troops. 100000 strong, are holding the
! line in Rumania. occupying two-thirds
of Serbia, the district of kavala In
Greece and with Tcutons and Turks
are facing the allied armies at Monas-
tir
Bu'garians Really Enemies.
Wherever they engage the allies
the Bulgars thereby release German
| troops for the western front. where
they win Ultimately face our American
! boys.
| We are asked, and rightly, to burr
with Indignation at the crucltic:
hcapcd upon Belgium by the Germans
But we arc allowed to forget the Bul.
gars' fortunes of the Serbians.
We call the Germans Huns and W.
do not know the Bulgars proudly cal
themselves Huns.
The newspaper Primerski Ncvine o
Sushak says; "'fhc Bulgarian schola
PanOff of Sofia. writes in the More
and Sud that the Bulgarians are de
sccndants of the Huns who came Il
Europe. and that their only kinsmeI
in Europe are the Magyars and tn,
Films.
The BulGarians have up TO nov
preserved the main traits Of the Ilui
character and their physical appear
ance The Slavs arc drcamers. frank
undecided. lazy and indOlcnt, and tn
Eulsars are cold bloOded, calm, clcve
and energetic"
Last year when there was q sO-Calle'
international conference on peac
topics ut Lausanne, Switzerland, tn
Journal de Gencvc reports: "Mr. Akt
schura. as representative of the Tar
tars, sang the unstintcd praise of Bul
garians as the most civilized of tn
, Tartar tribes
The Bulgarian Hero.
A people may be judged by their ma
tional portrait. Uncle Sam" repre-
sents Americans. as John Bull repre-
; sents Englishmen. Alekc KOnstantin
!. Oft in his novel. ''Baya GagnO," trie
to portray in his hero of that nam
5 the essential characteristics of tn
l Bulsars. Today Bulgnrs hail the move
as one of their greatest. "Baya Gag
no" Is painted as insOlent, repugnan
] avaricious. egotistic. lying. rascal!
hypocrtical, brutal and gross to tn
I heart. He is the product of his uncul
tivated surroundings. the victim I
Il his brutal education.
q This type OF man 10 deporting Sci
a. bans to Asia Minor. and sending Sc
" bian girls to Turkish harems.
The RulVars have become complet
The Dolores star., 1917-08-17

go through life with scarcely per
ceptible limp, only their closest friends
knowing that they are legless. "Cor-
porar James Tanner, former commits
sioner Of pensions and commander in
chief OF the G. A. R., would be an alb
solutely helpless cripple without arti-
ficial legs, having lost both of his legs
nearly at the knees after three oper-
atiOns. yet with his artificial limbs he
moves about with perfect dignity.
General Dudley, also once commits
sioner of pensions, who had but one
leg. walked with only a slight limp
and many times in Washington So
ciety gracefully guided fair partner
through the mazes of the waltz in a
room full Of dancers. United States
Senator NJ. G. Butler. Gen. Wade
Hampton, and many other men In pub
lie life have worn artificial legs. unbe-
known to most people. but what is
more remarkable. the best makes Of
artificial limbs will be found In use by
the thousand by men engaged In hard
manual labor, coal miners. firemen,
horsemen, bicycle riders, house paint
ers, and even railroad engineers and
brakemen whose vocations require the
display Of no little agility, and dog
ems Of cases are on record where men
in all these walks Of life have lost not
one but both legs.
The best artificial leg weighs from
The Dolores star., 1917-08-17
Several North stan

= In the known course Of history there
have been several successive north
stars. When the great pyramid of
Cheops was built Alpha Draconis was
north star. and the Egyptian astron.
omers made a northward. slopIng pass.
age. several hundred feet long, from
a place deep under the base Of the py.
ramid straight through its vast mass
OF masonry. and this served them as
an immense telescope tube. without q
glass. for observing their sentinel In
the sky. The present North Star is a
huge sun. between fifty and one hun.
dred times brighter than ours.
The Dolores star., 1917-08-17
A Seulptorss Error

Whenever there Is military parade
In Washington, D. c., and the soldiers
or others who have had military expe-
rience are in the vicinity of the magni-
fcent statue Of General Sherman.
which stands just south of the treas
ury. there is sure to be comment on
the blunder which the sculptor made
In connection with the equipment of
the figures at the base Of the statue.
The blanket roll, which Is properly
carried over the left shoulder BY SOL
diers, Is here shown over the right
shoulder, where. as even the small
boys know nowadays. it would inter-
fere with the gun.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The Dolores star., 1917-08-17

TWO and q quarter to four and half
pounds. q vastly different thing from
the solid 'peg-leg." Moreover 1t Il
perfectly hinged at the knee and arti-
culated at the foot. The cost of such
leg Is about 500, but It is guaran-
teed for five years. Such leg, which
must ft perfectly. cannot be turned
out like shoes by the million; each one
must be particularly. personally fitted.
Although machinery Is used In limb
making. there Is much exact hand
work necessary. for It Is said that no
two amputations are exactly alike.
However. by making a plaster cast Of
the stump and giving exact measure
ments orders can be satisfac ctorily ham
died by mail.
The United States government al
lows its legless and armless veterans.
In addition to their pensions. new arti-
ficial limbs every three years. and
since European governments will
doubtless carry out a similar policy, 1t
seems unfortunately true that arti-
ficial limb factories will be assured
of busy times for many long years to
come.
There Is one man among the many
manufacturers Of artificial limbs in
this country who can sympathiEe with
the unfortunate soldiers Of the Euro
pean war who have lost an arm or q
leg. He Is Joseph E. Hanger of Wash
ington, D. c.. who owes his present
success In life to the loss of leg on
the battlefield during the Civil war.
Most men would have become discour-
aged to have to battle their way
through life handicapped In this way.
but, with a keen insight to conditions
brought on by that terrible conflict,
Mr.. Hanger, after making his own ar
tihclal leg. started into the business
in a small way.
The Dolores star., 1917-08-17
CONVERSATIONS

A plant In Germany converts 30 tons
Of peat into nine tons of coke. with
gas and tar as by-prOducts.
A new piano for travelling music
ians weighs but 40 pounds and can
be packed and shipped like a trunk.
The increase in beet sugar produc-
tion in Sweden has almost caught up
with the nations demand for sugar.
1t is estimated that Spain has de-
veloped not more than 8 per cent OF
ata available hydro-electric power.
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Clear
this partnership continued
around the earth. Letters and often.
When Wilbur elected president Of his old university
elected the board of directors university
.asS
a friction.
The Dolores star., 1917-08-17
kIlausa,s lava Lake.

Early reports indicate that the
alarms Of war will not prevent many
Americans from visiting their new
national park In Hawaii. Three cele-
brated volcanoes, Kllauea. Mauna
Loa and Haleakala are In the new
reservation. The lava lake at
Kilauea, a spectacle which has drawn
thousands Of visitors In past years
from every part Of the world, will
be. 1t is predicted, unusually spectacu-
lar this season because Of the recent
Increased volcanic activity in the re-
gion.
The Dolores star., 1917-08-17
SQuAlehAd.

A family tree is unquestionably Of
equal value to some persons as Ii real
estate of more material nature. But
1t all depends upon whether or not the
branches Of the tree are clean limbed.
This was the decision reached by the
two men discussing ancestry and he
redity and such philosophy.
II had my own family pedigree
traced by genealogical authority last
week." said the taller Of the two men.
"Indeed! What did It cost your
Fifty dollars hush money"
The Dolores star., 1917-08-17

An artificial cork invented In Swe-
den is made of cork waste and bind
ing paste.
Pet canaries in this country con-
sumed total of 3,704625 pounds Of
birdseed during the last year.
Last year there were shipped into
Los Angeles 100000 pounds Of but
ter at "a cents pound in carload lots.
The Puget Sound division Of the
Northern Pacific railroad has adopted
the policy Of employing women instead
of men wherever women are able to
do the work required.