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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15
MATURE MEN WANTED
FOR AUGUST TRAINING
Second Series of Camps to Fit Men
for Higher Officers in
the Army.

The War Department Is making every
effort to induce men of mature years 10
turn out for the second series OF om-
GERS training camps, to be opened August
Is. They are needed in order that men
with qualifications to become captains,
majors and lieutenant colonies in the
army may be found. and the camps will
be conducted with that object in mind
Apparently the camps now In progress
will furnish all necessary junior omcers.
but there is a shortage OF men Htted
for higher commands.
The department announced today that
. quarter of million pamphlets outlining
the purposes Of the camps would be dis
trfbuted before the second series opens.
The new camps will be for the develop
ment of officers above the grade OF lieu
tenant and will offer a last opportunity
TO men DESTROYS of obtaining commissions
through the intensive system. Mature
and experienced men will be preferred, as
they will be chosen, when eligible to NIL
higher commands, up TO the rank OF lieu
tenant colonel.
Citizens with marked ability for lead
ership, non-commissioned officers of the
line in the armies of the allied powers;
members of the officers Reserve Corps,
who, through no fault of their own were
unable to attend the first series of
camps: reserve officers of staff corps
with at least two months service IN
war; non-commiSsioned officers of the
regular army VINO were recommended
March. 1917, but unable to attend the
training schools; resigned officers of the
regular army: men made eligible for the
Of1cers' Reserve Corps by the appropria-
ton of May IL, 1917: men qualified un-
der general orders. No. AZ. 1918. and citi-
xens with valuable military experience
and adaptfbility for commissions are en-
cou<aged to apply. The age limit is fifty
years, except in the case Of citizens
with valuable military experience or
capacity for leadership or those who
have served as officers or non-comrais-
stoned officers in the allied armies, tho
limit In these cases being forty-four
years. A member of the National Guard
may apply through the proper channels,
and. If accepted. become part Of his state
quota. District applicants should apply
for information to divisional headQuar-
tors. at Governors Island. N. Y.
Our great army" says Adjt Gen. Nc
Cain, must go to France as citizens
army. an American army, a democratic
army commanded by men carefully Sc
Iected for their gifts of leadership On
mis- principle 1t Is obvious that con-
scripted men will, on their merits, be
advanced as rapidly as volunteers. The
main object is to get officers who demon
etrate ability. The fact that a man has
already been drafted for federal service
will not stand in the way of his being
accepted for the Forthcoming series"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15
EXPERTS HELPING ARMY
LAY OUT Environments
Some Of Best in Country Give Serv-
ices to Nation Free
Of Charge.

Some of the best construction engi-
neers. architects. city-planning experts
and landscape architects in the coun-
try are assisting the War Department
in the task Of building the sixteen can
tonments for the new war army The
national defense councils committee on
emergency construction has made pub
lie list Of men who are volunteering,
plan the layout Of camps, water sup
ply. sewage disposal. power and light.
Howard L. Rogers OF Boston, execu-
tive of construction company. assist
ed the defense councils committee and
Col i. A. Littell Of the army quarter
masters department, who has charge
Of the cantonment construction. in en-
listing experts. They have called to
Washington the following:
Leonard Metcalf of Boston, George w
Fuller of New York and Nicholas Hill
OF New York, water supply engineers:
F. =. Goodrich. John Ihlder and George
gineers; E. w. Hunt. New York. con-
sulting engineer: Otis W. Post New
York. architect: Charles Butler. New
York. and E. F. Stevens. Boston, hospi-
Y. NJ C. A. architect: A. E. Phillips.
superintendent of sewers for the District
" Columbia: II. B. Eaton, Du Pont Com
pany. engineer: Maj. NJ. ]. Whitson, st.
Hamilton. Boston. material and trans
portation expert. Maj. F. M Gunby
Boston. industrial designing engineer:
o. R. fitzpatrick. New York. material ex-
pert; William Houghteling, Chicago, ac-
-countant: John H McGibbons, Chicago.
accountant in charge of checking con-
Etruction contracts.
Frederick L. Olmstead of Brookline
Sfass.. chairman of the national confer
fnce on city planning. heads force Of
landscape architects and city-planning
Aperts which will visit cantonment
~es and lay out the camps to utilize
SIC topography to the best advantage
assisting him Is George Gibbs, jr
special Investigator for the Boston city
banning board.
Other landscape architects in the
"ice are: Thomas w. Sears. Green
x Ie. y. c.; Richard Schermerhern. Co
Rnbia, S. c.: c. y. Lowrie. Augusta
"a: A. F. Brinckerhoof. Atlanta
Seorge E. Kessler, st. Louis: Charles
eliot of Harvard. president of the
American Society of Landscape Archi-
ects: Warren H. Manning. Boston,
-Gl plate, New York. Feruc!o WHALE
n York. and H. J. KelIaway, Bos-
&iany other experts are assisting
Without actually being in Washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-15
Phil Dwyer Left 81, 900 200

NEW YORK. June 15-Relatives will
receive almost the entire one-million-
dollar estate left by Philip j. Dwyer.
known throughout the country as a
turfman. Among the requests was one
of $1,000 to Patrick Gallagher, driver
Of the only hanson cab that stands In
front Of the hotel at which Mr. Dryer
lived. The thurman never patronized Q
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28
THE FUTILITY OF SECTIONALISM.

WYE are unanimously agreed that
w Minnesota, from the pine-clad re-
gion of the north, to the fertile
farming section bordering the Iowa line,
is mighty good State. 1t is a State
abounding in resources which are as yet
untouched, and it is State that is des-
tined to grow and prosper.
There is just one thing which more tnan
any other is impeding progress in Min
nesota, and holding the State back T -at
thing is sectionalism. 1t is apparent that
there is too much jealousy between
Northern and Southern Minnesota, too
much pitting of city interests against
country interests.
The sooner we cultivate broader spir-
it, and discard the narrow viewpoint, the
sooner Minnesota will stand out alone and
to the fore in the sisterhood of States.
The men who are sent to the Legisla-
ture to represent the various legislative
districts should be thoroughly imbued with
the idea that they are to make laws for
the whole State, and not for the particu-
lar benefit of any clique, clan or interest.
We should be Minnesotans first, and North
ern, Central and Southern Minnesotans
second; our urban or rural ambitions
should be subordinated to an earnest de-
sire for the welfare of the people as a
whole
Selfishness is common but not beau
tiful thing. It is an attribute of even the
lowest orders of life. And, while it is but
natural that the residents of each section
should be desirous of seeing their own
particular section built up and enriched,
the State will attain greater growth and
development, when we all realize the fact
that what benefits one particular region
has beneficial effect on ALL.
Sectionalism has no place in the grand
plan of state-building. Sectionalism rep
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28

resents a sordid and narrow view from
which no great good can come. Minneso-
tans should abandon their geographical
viewpoints and unite on general pro-
gram of state-buildiIg.
We of Southern Minnesota realize the
fact that, while the needs of Northern
Minnesota are vastly different from our
own, we are citizens of the same Common
wealth, and that the sooner the northern
section is fully developed, the better it will
be for the southern part of the State. We
of the small towns realize the necessity
of having big cites. The cities provide
markets for the products of our farms,
and form manufacturing center from
which we can secure the manufactured
necessities.
It is high time that al the people OF
Minnesota express a desire to be hitched
to the chariot of progress, and pull the
State out of that threatened rut OF sec
tionalism, which is the greatest menace
to our continued advancement. Sectional
preiudices should be buried in the Gene
terry of Foolish Things, and all unite on
program of construction which cannot but
help be of benefit to every interest, no
matter where located in the State.
Let us be men, and abandon ah-childish
tendencies to "get even." Let us be broad
minded, and not attempt to live so much
within ourselves and for ourselves.
F. E. Hadley, Winnebago Enterprise
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28
THE SONS OF MARTHA.

The Sons of Mary seldom bother, for trey
have inherited that good part,
But the Sons of Martha favor their mother
of the careful soul and troubled heart
And because she lost her temper once, and
because she was rude to the Lord, her
Guest,
Her Sons must wait upon Mary's Sons
world without end, reprieve, or rest.
It is their care in all the ages to take the
buffet and cushion the shock;
It is their care that the gear engages; 1t IS
their care that the switches lock;
: It is their care that whee-s run truly; 1t IS
their care to embark and entraln,
Tally, transport and deliver duly the Sons
of Mary by land and main.
They say to the mountains, "Be ye re-
moved" They say to the lesser floods,
run dry''
Under their rods are the rocks reproved-
they are not afraid of that which is nigh.
Then do the hilltops shake to the summit; !;
then is the bed of the deep laid bare,
That the Sons of Mary may overcome 1t,
pleasantly sleeping and unaware.
They finger Death at their gloves end
when they piece and re-piece the ilv-
ing wires,
He rears against the gates they tend; they
feed him hungry behind their fires.
X Early at dawn ere men see clear tney
stumble into his terrible stall,
And hale him forth like haltered steer
and goad him and turn him till evenfall.
To these from birth is belief forbidd en- !;
from these till death is relief affair."
They are concerned with matters hidden
under the earth line their affairs are.
The secret fountains to follow up, waters
withdrawn to restore to the mouth,
Yea, and gather the floods as in cup, and
pour them again at a city's drouth.
They do not preach that their God will
rouse them little before the nuts
work loose;
They do not teach that His pity allows
them to leave their work whenever
they choose,
SO in the dark and the desert they stand,
their brethren's days may be long in
the land
Lift ye the stone, OF cleave the wood to
make path more fair or flat,
Lo! it is black already with blood some
Sons of Martha spilled for that,
Not as ladder from Earth to Heaven,
not as an altar to any creed,
But simple service, simply given in his
own kind in their common need.
And the Sons of Mary smile and are blessed
they know the angels are on their side,
They know in them is the grace confes led
and for them are the Mercies multiplied.
elf of hp
Word-they know how truly the Prom
ise runs,
They have cast their burden upon the
tha's Sons. -Rudyard Kipllng.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28
THE CHILD THAT RUNS AROUND
-NTGHTS.

"HERE was a piece in the paper the
other evening saying that the hui
name society wants bill forbid
ding children under fourteen to attend the
movies unless accompanied by their elders.
The idea is that children of that age
ought not to be out nights alone, and that
some of them make the movies the ex-
cuse for being sometimes when they
are not at the movies at all.
There is no question whatever that
young children ought to be home nights
that if they do go out their elders ought
to be with them, or at least absolutely
sure where they are and what they are
doing.
But would barring them from the NOV
les accomplish this? 1t might, unhapplly,
drive them to worse places.
Like all efforts of this sort, this one lg-
nores the real source of blame-and that
is the home and the parents.
Everybody who has to do with juvenile
delinquency knows that children go wrong
usually because they have careless par
ents who let them out nights without
knowing where they are and what they
are doing, and so permit them to stray
into temptation which is always in wait
for unguarded and undirected childhood
When child goes wrong because it has
been allowed to stray loose at night, the
child is punished. Yet in point of fact
the blame lies with the parents, and it IS
they who should be punished if there were
any way to do it.
A law forbidding unaccompanied chill
dren to attend the movies would keep
them out of the movies, no doubt. Would
it keep them at home? Would it remedy
the home conditions that make it possible
for them to be out at night. unmatched?
Unfortunately it would not.
Children of the right kind of parents
need no such law as this, for parents of
the right kind do not let their children
wander about at night, even when they
are supposed to be at the movies. The
proposed law would keep them out of the
movies; but it wouldn't keep them at
home
This isn't to say that such law should
not be passed. Maybe it should. But it
shouldn't be passed with any idea that
passing it solves the problem. 1t wouldn't
solve the problem. It wouldn't do any
more than to keep the children out of the
movies, and it might send them to worse
places.
The place that needs correction is the
home whence children are allowed to stray
around loose at nights. But law couldn't
very we'll correct the home, though if there
were law that would it would be a splen->
did idea to havesit.
A large proportion of parents who let
their children wander at night will sooner
or later become parents of delinquent
children. Maybe if we could get such par
ents to see that, we wouldn't need laws of
this sort; and certainly the amount of
child delinquency would be greatly de-
creased.--Duluth Herald.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28

Eat less, breathe more,
Talk less, think more,
Ride less, walk more,
Clothe less, bathe more,
Worry less, work more,
Waste less, give more,
Preach less, practice more
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28
LEARNING TO LIVE.

You can't learn to live ALI you can
do is to keep on learning to live. That is
because at each particular age we must
live in different way on account Of the
new conditions in which we find our con-
stitutions. A young baby having mas
tered all the intricacies of nursing bottle
and rubber nipple, may thrive and be hap
py, but that only proves that it has learned
to live with respect to that particular per-
iod of its existence. AS it continues year
after year in the school of life it will have
to change it's diet many times.
Never at any time would it be proper
to hand you diploma certifying that you
have learned how to live You graduate
from the school of life only at the grave
and then the only thing that can be safely
asserted is that you have learned how to
die.-Life.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28

Pay your taxes before March | and do
it theerfully. It's bitter dose to swal-
low but making up face over it won't
make it one bit easier.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28

Every man has an unrealized dream
or two. We personally have a num-
ber of them, the foremost being some
day to own a pocketknife that will
stay sharp. What is yours ?-Detroit
Free Press.
We have several One of them is to be
able to think Of the brilliant thing we
should say at the time it should be said
instead of the day after tomorrow; sec
ond is, to be able to chew gum without
having anyone know we're doing it, a
third is, to look intelligent and knowing
when our attorney juggles legal terms
around our head
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28

At least a dozen residents have asked
us if we had any particular person in mind
when we Commented in last weeks Ga
zette, UPON the great resemblance some
of the paths bore to "cowpaths." Well,
if the coat fits
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28


low but making up face over 1t wont {
make it one bit easier
La Duluth girl horsewhipped the man
who failed to put in an appearance on the
day they were to be married. Some girls
are just that unappreciative OF little
things men do for them.
THE Railroad Commission says the re-
cent blockade was an "Act of Cod May
bel so, but it looks to us as though the re-
sqlting coal and potato shortage are the
adt Of Gods chief opposition.
Hts a good thing the suffraglsts didn't
need the vote of the representative-at-
lafgse from Brown and Redwood Counties,
in g citing their amendment through the
I3ousa. Needing it or not, they didn't
get it,!
At least a dozen residents have asked
US If we had any particular person in mind
when we cbmmented in last weeks Ga
zette, upoH the great resemblance some
Of the paths bore to "cowpaths." Well,
if the coat fits
Col. John Jacob Astor's widow
claims that $4,000, year is not
enough TO bring up an Astor baby;
that being the case. what in bloom
!, in blazes would it cost to rear a rose
bush kitten ?-Vesta Censor.
Got one to rear, Harvey?
For purposes or practical respect
ability, both the fre-eating seeker Of
war and the most extreme> ''peace-at-
any-price" advocate are tenn thousand
times higher in rank than tine anoay-
nous letter-writer. herald
Do you get em, too, Herald? Th)ey are
our chief source of amusement and we've
had two so far this week.
A bill has been introduced into the SEN
ate by Sen C. w. Gilman Of Cottonwood
County which will perhaps prove of great
er benefit to the Minnesota farmeH than
any bill introduced so far this session.
This bill has two commendable features; !;
it eliminates the one-man ditch petition,
and places the responsibility for the com
pletion Of the ditch on the engineer by
extending his bond.
James Morrison, editor of the Morris
Tribune, says editorial comment and news
matter should be mixed in the country
newspaper. We don't agree. The reader
is entitled to have his news straight with
out having the personality and personal
opinion of the editor thrust upon him
whether he wants it or not. Put your
editorial opinions by themself on a sepa-
rate page, jim then your readers can skip
them if they want to-as ours do.
"The election of Fred Had.ey of
Winnebago, as president for the en-
suing year, was happy one as it will
place in the presidents office during
the convention of the National Edi-
torial Association in this state, one
of the biggest men of the associa-
ton" Jim Landy in Olivia Times.
Jim, don't you think it a little unkind
to call attention to Fred's increase in
avoirdupois, right out in public?
Some folks pray to the Lord to
make em thankful when it's up TO
them once in awhile to surprise the
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28

Col. John Jacob Astor's widow
claims that $4,000, a year is not
enough TO bring up an Astor baby;
that being the case. what in bloom
in blazes would it cost to rear a rose
bush kitten ?-Vesta Censor.
Got one to rear, Harvey?
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28

La Duluth girl horsewhipped the man
who failed to put in an appearance on the
day they were to be married. Some girls
are just that unappreciative OF little
things men do for them.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28

Teddy Roosevelt has offered Myself
and My -Four Sons in case of war-to go
as privates; without a doubt.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28

ITS good thing the suffragists didn't
naed the vote of the representative-at-
lafgre from Brown and Redwood Counties,
in gsetting their amendment through the
Eious.a. Needing it or not, they didn't
get it,,
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28

The Railroad Commission says the re-
cent blockade was an Act OF God May
bel so. but it looks to us as though the re-
sqlting coal and potato shortage are the
adt of Gods chief opposition.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28

According to the following from Lev
ang's Weekly congressional "free" seeds
are a myth-to the tax payer:
''Those congressional free seeds do
not cost anything Who said they
did? The government first buys them,
then it pays someone to put them in
other packages, these in large pen
atty envelope, and then the congress
man has his clerk address them, the
railroad is paid to carry them out to
the voter, and there you are. Oh, no;
they cost nothing if you are one of
those who do not mind how heavy
the taxes are"
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28

Some folks pray to the Lord to
make 'em thankful when it's up TO
them once in awhile to surprise the
angels by being thankful Of their own
free will and accord Providence mas
enough to do without putting unnec-
essary work on it.-Atlanta Consti-
tuition
And the words are full of people WI
meekly fold their hands and ask God
do this or that for them, when what tn
should really be praying for is gumpti
to get out and do it for themselves.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-10-12

&}QEMBi : y ]

visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
Kennedy. a few days, after which she
will return to her home in Los Ang-
eles. Cal.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Benton drove to
Olympia Thursday.
Miss Hazel Rude called on Mrs.
NJ E. Hutson and Mrs. c. V. Cooper
Thursday.
Mrs. c. V. Cooper called on Mrs.
]. D. Brasch Friday.
Miss Hazel Rude spent the week
end with her sister at Ed Inlet.
Mr.. Eric Johnson of American
Lake came home to spend Sunday, as
did also Everett Bozarth.
Mr.. j. Parsons and Mr.. c. V.
Cooper were home from camp over
Sunday.
Mrs. Lulu Johnson had cousin
from Everett as her guest couple
of days last week.
Mrs. X. Kennedy and daughter,
Mrs. Roberts, drove to Olympia Tues
day.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-10-12
Charity Ball Postponed.

Olympia's annual charity ball,
which has been given on Thanksgiv-
ing eve each year for more than a
quarter of century, may not be
given at all this year, the members of
the Ladies' Relief Society at a recent
meeting having voted to postpone it
indefinitely because of the numerous
demands for war relief funds. The
proceeds of the annual dances, which
amounted to $500 last year, have
heretofore been used to provide spe-
cial Christmas cheer for those who
would otherwise have to 60 without
This year the society finds itself in a
position to provide the ordinary
wants and necessities and will con-
fine itself to such work for the pres
ent.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-10-12
WESTSIDE FAIR FRIDAY.
Big Community Exhibit to BE Pre-
scented at Garfield School.

An exhibit of fruits, vegetables,
home-cooking and canning, needle
and art work and flowers, all pre-
pared by Westside residents, will be
held at the Garfield school Friday
evening of this week, and the people
of the city and county generally are
urged to attend and see what the
Westside can do"
The fruit and vegetable exhibit is
under the supervision of A. S. Cation,
Mrs. E. H. Evans has charge of the
home cooking, Mrs. w. A. Walthew
of the canning, Mrs. w. M. Duncan
of the needle and art work and Mrs.
NJ. Roster of the flowers. Rev. J. C.
Baker is general chairman of the
fair and j. T. Briggs is secretary.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-10-12

advisability of the county selling va
rious items of bridge steel it has on
hand.
The material was purchased for
about 4 cents a pound and the pres
ent market price is IL cents, SO the
county stands chance of making a
considerable profit. The sale is pro-
posed on the recommendation of
County Engineer Weir, the county
having no particular need for the
material. A list of 1t appears in the
notice.