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The Washington herald., 1917-11-11

Don't do your real estate shopping
early or late. Don's shop at all.
Select broker with a reputation for
honorable dealing, ask his advice as
to the correct valuation and he will
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-20
THE M'GILLIGASKI GOLD
Perry Prescott Reigeirnan
Observation-Disclosures

off the mortgage that's brealin my
heart and sendin US all to the poor
house. You haven t worked enough to
pay the intrust and old man Holder
fedt says he Nin't goin to wait much
longer. You gotta git in and rustic -
Have faith Samanthy, have faith, ~
he eNpostulatrd. ga woman oughta
have faith in her man How kin he
think and plan fer her comfort if she
hahn no faith in him2o
"Faith, you old bald headed fool. =
she exploded, her eyes swapping and her
teeth clicking, "haven't | bin hangm
onter you fer ten years, bearin You
two of the finest kinds in the wurruld,
and gittn up every mornin to bake
hot'ealles fer you SO 's YOU don I Git in
dergestin aud the gout, Haven't ~"
"Yis, Samanthy," he acquiesccd with
t twinkle in his eyes, ''you have, And
your faith shall be rewarded soon. Last
night the dream.spirit came to me and
said: Jonathan MeGilligaslii, go dig in
the well and YOU will find pot o gold
So today I'm going to dig in the we'll
and when we git the pot o gold"
"When we git it," sareastieally in
/ \ \ d.
teffhpted Mrs, MeN Amt you goin
over to Robbins to chop wood He $
asklh ief men ana pawn tWo'doiiars
day
i toid you Samanthy, ne declared
Wlth positive emphasis ana determina'
ttoh' I'm gong TO dlg IN iho wen, as
'he ufeam'SpIflt commanded
Icy that uiggh go until next
week. she eeahseileu, ana SO over to
Robbins ana earn a rev dollars. The
/ kius heed shoes ana we We got to heF
some tioNf ana taters.
I'm gonna dg' ne INSISTED be-
I tween sci teeth, aud ms eNes held an
angry gieam.
uo alE thel, anu iet the babies
starVe' let them walk to school bare
tootea' IN gonna go-and take the
klus WIN me: fou am no mt man 10
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-20

of Samanthy's silver teapot, if there
was anything left of it, as she treasured
lit greatly.
Presently, he found what be believed
was the melted remains of her cherished
relic. He scratched the ash-cove1ed
lump and found that is was yellow. He
scraped it further, washed it clean, Loo
ed puzzled a moment, and then let out
! yell that echoed from the hills to the
! river and back again from the farther
shore. 1t was gold! Gold! GOLD!
But it might be the silver tea pot had
been gold! Which was it3 He was not
certain. Oh, if Samanthy was only
! there to tell him. If it was gold, then
he had found the pocket he had search
ed for so long; then the babies could
have shoes, doilies, and Samauthy could
have anything she wanted; and he could
have-happiness. Another idea struck
him, and he rushed back to the well,
searched the gravel eagerly, feverishly,
digging into the mass with his bare
fingers. He turned it over but nothing
of color met his sight, Then he noticed
several bits of gravel in the tops of his
high shoes, pushed them out with his
finger, examined them, and leaped. to
his feet with an exclamation. As he
turned, he saw a figure coming toward
him, and the exclamation died on his
hps He looked closely, saw it was Sa-
manthy and the children and he ran to.
ward them.
Samanthy, he cried eagerly, inn
patiently, "was the teapot silver or
goldp
"Oh, my teapot, my tea pot, = she
walled, ignoring him and running about
wringing her hands. McG., followed
her, crying, in pleading, exciting tones:
:" Was It gold or silverq Was it gold or
silver?"
1T was silver" she wept, the tears
flowing down her cheeks and her large
fat arms beating her BOSOM as if it was
bass drum.
:. Hooray' Hoorayl" Nee, shouted.
i" I've found it at last.
Oh, mercy, mercy, he's got it
again, (" Mrs. NEG, shTieked, as she ran
to the children and stood before them
for protection.
Samanthy, = exclaimed Nee, exhu-
berantly, rushing up to her and, in spite
OF her frenzied expression, throwing
his arms about her, II We found the pot
/ OF gold. 5 there in the we'll. where
I the dream-spirit said it was We're
rich, Samanthy, we'fe rich. See, here
IS lump of melted gold, melted from
the sand threw ont Of the we'll. =
Rieha Oh, he lost his mind. he IS
lost his mind, she gasped, tearfully.
Oh, babies, babies, he ereened to
the two children, as he gathered them
IN his arms fondly, tenderiy, Papa
viii have shoes and dollies and goodies
/! for yen now
1 We love 90, papa,1 4 they whispered,
one IN each ear, as their arms went
around his mud stained neck.
| And suddenly, mist blinded his eyes,
and, somehow, he couldn't speak.
Strands Of soft. yellow hair, fell over
has face, and in the sunlight he saw
showers of gold. living geld =and he
was happy.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-20

For ten months you we been hangin
to this mud flat, - Mrs, McGilligaski
opened fire on her husband as he APP
nrared Mt the breakfast table and sat
down to pile of steamingho griddle-
cakes, 'sthinkin there 5 gold in the riv-
en- sand, but the only color you we
struck is the yaller in them carrots You
raised last fall. and all me and the
children kin do is to sit around and
wait. =
But Samanthy--
~ hev heard all the argymintS, she
snapped flipping rake on the smok'
inn eriddle with a deNteriiy that show
od long practice "and 've waited iiSt
about as long as | kin | hain't no
ltighTlyin', galIivantin woman but 7
does like the nacheral comforts ms he
longs to the station Of life frum which
YOU took me to live i'll thiS-this--'
"Say it. Samanthy, say it, rasped
out Jonathan McGilligasti, us he kept
his eyes on his plate aud cut the cakes
into four huge sections preparatory to
aeNourng them. "'The kids be all asleep
yit and maybe il you warm up you kin
say somethin' eXcittn and sit your
name in the paper"
"The kids.' scornfully exclaimed
Mrs. Nee: ''what do YOU care about
the kids. You haint got EN- thing
This winter; | done it all by tallin' in
washin. and kept their duds hangin
on EN- BY SEWN till my fingers was
seepin vi blood And YOU out wan.
derin about the river with pan and
shovel ryin to find bit o gold some
dream spirit told you was hidin in the
sand, I'm huH notion to hev the
county court examine you fer bem'
crazy, that 's what hev,
Go ahead, Samanthy, go ahead, i
Mr.. McC. challenged, "but II You do,
remember YOU don Git none 0 the gold
that i waitin to be uncovered in this
mud flat as the dream.spirit told mo
was here. No, Stree, he roared en-
rhatieally, "not one grain, not q
smidge
eff / gotta wait until YOU find any
gold in the mud here, I'll be dead
buried aud blown ia dust" she retort.
ed, hrandishing The eake-turner danger
ously near his senli-hald head,
You wont have TO wait long now
Samantby,' = he assured her. wipin9 the
molasses from his mouth with the back
az his thick large ieintea calloused
hand, and rising. ssThe kids N have
three pairs of shoes each, q fur coat
aud cap, and 50 many dolls they kin
break one every day and chuck il ia
the river aud il wont make any differ
ence. And you samanthy YOU will have
jouls gaylore; you kin have dimpnd
hukles for your shoes, and earrings
and nelslnces, new silk dresses, and q
new hat every week, BY gosh!n
Don't go Off on that slant agin,
She warned. picking up the dishes and
sliding them into pan Of hot water
81 I've had enongh D them hot,an spels
yon been hanain' cut every time the
spirit made visit II your cracked
noodle, What you want 70 think about
II how he yu goiu to git money to paS
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-20

faith in the heavenly visitatiOns. Time
after time when he had been on the
point of giving up and needing his
wife S injunction to go to work chop.
ping wood for Robbins, the spirit had
come to him and urged him to persist
in his search. And last night, when his
wife's temper boiled over in last
grand splutter, lie laid himself down up.
on his pillow resolved never to seek
again. But, during the night, it seemed
he was awakened by n touch upoa his
shoulder and voice commanded him
to follow. He arose, and the spirit led
him to the wellside. Hero it stopped
and pointed downward, saying; I" Jon.
athan McGilligaslii, go dig in the well
and YOU win find pot of gold"
So now, in obedience to the spirit
command, he defied his wife, defied her
tears, and her threats to take the chill
dren and 60 back to mother. He threw
off the wcll.cover, pumped out the wat
er that was in the well, and let him.
self down by ladder made from a pole
with pegs set in at intervals. In order
to keep down the water, he fastened a
bucket to an endless rope, made it Sc
cure to the porchpost, and began. He
started to shovel out the loose dirt
sand. and gravel at the bottom. when
Il snake that had been curled up in
the gravel at the cool, moist depths un.
coiled and began to wrigele about be.
tween Mr.. MEG. 5 feet. He thought il
was an eel at first and was about to
pick il up when he realized it was a
snake. He thought it was deadly rep,
tile and gave yell that echoed from the
well-side, and shot up the ladder like
one possessed of the devil. The snake
was somewhat sluggish but il resented
being disturbed in this manner and
struck at him as he startel up the lad.
der It's fangs caught in the loose end
Of his trousers and when he reached
the surface, he looked back, saw the
reptile hanging to him. and, like cal
Looping elephant, ran for the kitchen
door.
Into the kitchen he plunged with the
snake floppino back and forth al hi,
heels. And lust as he onened the doc,
his wife was passing with nm of flon,
from the flour.hin to the table, where
she was preparing 10 mix bread. AIeGn
ligaski raced into the room. struek Mrs
MEG. fun tilt and they both went
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-20

snake hung on.
Mr.. MeG., needless of the snake
whose mouth was fastened to the bot,
tom of his trousers and tail curled about
his neck gave one look at his wife
and then slid precipitously down the
porch-post. \ earry-all, full of people,
was passing and he made frantic dash
for it. waving his hands and yelling. He
disengaged the snake from his neck and
plunged into the carry-all, regardless OF
the passengers. They saw the snake
hanging to his heels and fled with
queer cries and hysterical screams in a
dozen keys of falsetto, and rumbhng
bass.
At that moment Mrs. Nee, brandish-
ing her axe, arrived and began chop
ping at the snake while Mr.. McG. hop
ped about and tramped ON various toes
and poked his fingers into various faces
Mr.. MEG, still thinking she was after
him, finally became coherent and shout.
ed: Help! Help! and the passengers
stood around and gazed at him in in
noeent surprise.
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quired uniformed man,
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rite i marelv cbonn;po +bn Snake into
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1;n,
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,+tana.n+ 4ho as,,h,v, ,at;a,ts solan,nly
s1si Ill, - .e-.a,o s,.e,.as III
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-20

From Greenland's icy mountains
Uncle Sam has removed all claim, az
g consideration in the deal for the
DANISH West Indies, which, are fair
imitation of.IRdia 's coral strands.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Owe Safety to Allies


efforts can only very, very partially,
and after the most damaging delay,
make GOOD even a portion of what we
have lost by our past failure 10 pre-
pare; and remember that we are able
to make these delayed efforts at all
only because we are shielded by the
fleets and armies of our weary and
war-worn allies, to whose help we have
nominally come, but to whom we in
reality owe il that we are not ourselves
at this moment, in this city and in my
own city. covering under the German
yoke. 1t is a shameful thing that, after
three years Of warning, we should thus
owe our safety only to the prepared
valor of other nations, and not in the
smallest degree 20 our own.
"Throughout these three years the
professional pacifsts including those
who were merely amiable and foolish
and those others who were neither
amiable nor foolish, but whose actions
we're engineered by the pro-Germans -
have fought against preparedness and
have screamed with shrill clamor that
preparcdncss invited war and that If
/ our government would only remain un-
prepared il would keep US out of war.
/ We'll. the proof Of the pudding is in
the eating. We have kept utterly un-
prepared, and we bave not kept out OF
war. We simply drifted helplessly into
the war without any preparation in ad-
vance.
Let every young man be trained in
time of peace, so that in time of war
| the whole citizenship of the country
| shall be available as a vast army, ready
TO do it's full duty. Let this army be
on the French, the democratic, model;
not on the Prussien, the aristocratic
model. Let every boy in the country
serve in the ranks. and let the promo
tion 70 Office come TO the boy who
shows himself fittest, whether he is the
son Of a bricklayer or a banker, of a
brakeman or a railway president.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Officers Brave DOwnpour
300 a Day Enlisted in
National Guard Here

Recruits for local National Guard
regiments are being enrolled at the
rate of 800 a day at the various re-
cruiting stations being conducted under
the auspices of the Citizens Prepared
ness Association, according to Colonel
Charles II. Sheriff., chairman.
Following is a complete list OF the
stations which have shouldered the
burden for their respective trades and
professions in connection with the
work Of the association:
Regt.
7ist-Lawyers. q Cortlandt street.
-Drygoods. wholesale. Worth street and
1ith-S steam. water and gas. % John Street.
14th-Coal trade tent. Bowling Green.
18th Commercial travellers Payne, -96
Fifth Avenue.
14th-Hde and leather. William and Spruce
Streets.
18th Shoe trade. 200 Broadway. south Of
Duane Street.
18th College men, Arcade under Yale Club.
14tb-Bankcrs and brokers, 63 Wall Street.
14th-Hardware and metal. 22 Warren Street.
18th Retail drygoods. 800 Fulton Street.
18th Millinery. 5Sl Broadway. near Houston
Street.
69th-Insurance. 632 Eighth Avenue.
G9thCloaks and suits. 1872 Broadway.
69th-Lumber trade. Eleventh Avenue and
Twenty-ffth Street.
69th-Lumber trade, Eleventh Avenue and
Fifty-eighth Street.
69th-Real estate Frank a. Shaw & Co. z
West 125th Street (Lenox and Fifth
Avcnues).
s9th-Spanish War veterans, 34l East Twen-
ty-third street.
23d-Bankers and brokers, So Wall Street.
23d-Rea estate. 14lst Street and Third
Avenue.
23d-Printing trades. 24l West Thirty-ninth
Street
23d- Shipping trade. state Street
23d-Insurance. 2lO9 Seventh Avenue.
23d-Insurance, 200 Montague Street. Brook
lyn.
23d-Hats. 7i0 Broadway. near Astor Place.
23d-Lumber. Third Avenue and Twenty
eighth Street. Brooklyn.
23d-Lumber. First Avenue and Thirty-ffth
street.
47th-Drug trade, Gold and Fulton Streets
(S2 Fulton Street.
47th--Lumber trade S57 Manhattan Avenue.
47th-Candy, l26 Delaney Street
12th--Rctail drygoods, 5l2 Fifth Avenue
southwest corner Forty-third Street
12th-Retail drygoods 35 West l2jth Street
l2th-Paper. southwest corner Lafayette and
Duane Streets.
12th-Paper. northeast corner Lafayette and
Prince Streets.
Artillery.
1st- -Woollcn and worsted Fourth Avenue
and Twentieth Street, northeast
corner.
I'd Jewellers, II John Street.
2d-Garment statesmen. Twenty-third Street
and Sixth Avenue
2d-Merchaut taiors. GIG Second Avenue
corner Thrty-fourth Street
2d-Lower Wall Street. ll9 Front Street.
2d-Furs 80 West 29th Street.
2d-Corsets. 907 Broadway. near Twenty
first Street.
ed-Pottery and glass, 10l Fifth Avenue
rear Cavcpfaop.b C,-1..
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Colonel Tells Railroad Men
Every Ounce of U. S.
Valor Is Needed Now
Denounces Pacihsts
Urges Military Training Sys-
tenn on French Demo-
cratic Model

Philadelphia, June l0.-Theodore
Roosevelt, in an address here to-day 10
the Railroad Brotherhoods and the
Order Of Railway Telegraphers at tneir
memorial services, demanded such thor
ough preparedness for war that not
for a century to come will another ma
tion force US into war as Germany has
forced u.s. Colonel Roosevelt assailed
the policy that kept us unprepared
"when the warning across the world
skies was written in such portentous
letters of blood and flame that 1t seems
well-nigh incredible that even the most
foolish and perverse should have will
fully blinded themselves 10 what was
impending"
"Nine-tenths Of wisdom is being wise
:, ,;roe,p he said. 1--WE have lost the
chance 10 show this nine-tenths. Let
ps at least show the remaining one
,enth. Let US at once show every ounce
of valor and strength we possess IN
order TO bring sweeping victory IN TINS
war"
The Colonel departed from his set
sneech to take a fling at the con
scientious objector" He proposed as
test: "Does he object to killing, OF
being killed" and went on:
"If a man won't expose his body II
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
HALL CLOCKS
BUNCALOWG@@
FULL SIZE
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ESTABLISHED 1924
SILVERS MITHS
FIFTHAENUE AT 32ndSTREET
4MAIDEN LANE

debating committee at Yale, yesterday
communicated with the Aero Club Of
America. asking that any college men
who wish TO enter the air service be
advised 10 communicate with him at
Mastic, Long Island.
training station has been estab-
lisbed on the estate of ]. P. Knapp, at
Nastic. The unit has three aeroplanes
and the expenses OF training are de-
fraved by the members themselves.
Resides Mr.. Backus. other members are
Harold Pumpelly, William j. Connors,
ir. Harold Howe. Thomas Dixon. jr.,
irving Paris. Leslie McNaughton, Dun
can Forbes. william Hamilton Gardner,
Austin Feuchtwanger. Stewart Johnson,
Joseph Knapp, John Laird and Bruce
Campbell.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
See the Three Big National
Parks and Colorado on
One Vacation

You are planning for your SUNNI,
ton Vaea.
You don't know where to sol
Well. think Of this:
Through Glacier and Yenows,o,. ".
Parks, out from Yellowstone over ,r'auonsl
derful new Cody Road"-all these .,S .ss Won
comfortable automobile. novelty ~ lss oy
only this year-and then Rocky wa.ee'et
Estes National Park in Colorsd,. .'o-h .. ,air
launt 70 Denver and Colorado Sprine, nm mn a
Peak and the Garden Of the Gods" ne,, iSe i.,'
The Government has spent ,ro,.v VI
this past year in adding 10 the attr..,,..l ,.leey
these Fairgrounds Of the people. '0a o.
There is no trip in the world 50 v,..,
full OF interest. 'ed ant
The whole trip Is made over IA. IL
single railroad system-the Burllroto. oi
the big. prosperous, well-mannssS route
able railroad OF the West. One Ell. ti,ta. to.ntne'
one railroad. eNs' over
Stop at the Office or write. re. 49,,
how easily and comfortably this ,..'i Ei yos
trip can be made. Ask for folds,s al
ing each Park. Full OF maps and nie.' Gie.euo'
No charge. '''lies.
W. J. Berger. Genl Agent, Pass, n.
C., r. & Q. r. r.. 1854 Broa5wss Ospt'
York. Phone Mad. So. sos. New
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11

their failure 70 comply with the law,
and that to put all who might have
failed 70 the disgrace of arrest and its
possible jail consequences would be
unfair 10 many.
Meantime the city has been quietly
canvassed by members Of the Home
Guard and others. and with members
of the regular force cooperating II is
believed that comparatively few of the
slsckers still in the city will escape.
Young men who have registered VIII
report many such cases 10 us, sald
cne official Yesterday. $50 that on the
whole the lot of the Stacker will not be
a vorv safe one. In this respect the
fellow who registered in another city
but lost his card will find that the
authorities are from Missouri. with the
burden on him of proving that he COM
Piled with the law"
To Arrest "Gangster-Cadets"
OF the arrests that are expected
within the week. a large number are
looked for in the underworld, particu-
larly among young men of the gang
ster-cadet" type. who have been par
ticularlv keen TO avoid the draft. Per-
underworld say that this particular
type. which car best be spared from
city life, has from the start been more
anxious to avoid service than almost
any other.
To such an extent has this developed
that ex-convicts who have rot had their
citizenship restored have been looked
upon with envy by their equally un-
desirable brethren. who have been
fortunate enough 10 have escaped Sing
Sing. This is on the theory that the
man who. through conviction for fel-
ony. has lost his civil rights is immune
from all draft service.
The Federal officials do not so read
the law. The question of exemption
they hold. is for the boards to decide
and the man who for any reason may
be excused from active service in army
or navy, may be drafted for other
work.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Westinghouse Delegates Arrive

tifty-fve delegates of the Westing-
house Lamp Company, who will hold
their fifth annual convention here this
week, arrived yesterday, and are at the
Gedney Farms Hotel. The convention
will open at 0 o'clock this morning
with a discussion of the wars effect
on business conditions. The tax ques-
tion will be before the convention in
the afternoon. The delegates are man
ayers of the companys manufacturing
and sales departments. The convention
will close with banquet Friday even
ing.