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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-20
NUMBER OF MEN ENGAGED AND
COST OF CIVIL WAR.

correspondent of the National Tri-
bune gives some interesting figures in
connection with the Civil war, partic-
ularly when compared with the men
and money involved in the great con.
flict In Europe into which we are jus,
entering. The Civil war will always
take rank among the great wars of
history not alone on account OF the
number of men involved and its san
culinary character, but because 1t set
tied for all time the question of human
slavery and the indissolubility of the
Union. Compared with the number of
men enlisted in the present war and
the number of men engaged in battle,
the gigantic proportions of the strug-
gle between the north and south seem
somewhat dwarfed, while from a mon
etary standpoint the United States has
already raised more money to fight
Germany than was spent during the
entire civil war. and this before we
have fairly got into the fight. The
Civil war figures from the Tribune
correspondent follow.
THE war began April IL, 1851. 1t
ended August 80, 1866; 2,27S,6SS Union
soldiers and 1,234,0O0 Confederates
total of 3,512,7SS men.
There were 1851 battles. The Union
losses, killed, wounded and missing,
We're 991.S76; the Confederate losses,
including missing and captured, We're
9S9,791 The greatest battle of the war
was Gettysburg 15S,343 men being en-
gagged. The war cost the Union &c.
s32, 1901 The total Union loss at
Gettysburg, including wounded and
was 23,O49; the Confederate,
2S,063; total of SLIP. New York
furnished the largest number of Union !
soldiers, 467,047. Massachusetts, sent
l52,04S. The navy fought S. battles.
It had enrolled 1854 men. Total
oss in the navy was 1880
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-20

> Mrs. Kate Richards O'Hare who
has just been convicted upon charge
of sedition and sentenced to five years
In the federal prison at Jefferson City,
Mo-, is well known in the northwest,
where she is said to have made the
most rabid socialist and pro- German
speeches. The most significant thing
in connection with her conviction was
her, address to the court which was
largely devoted to eulogizing the Nom
Partisan league, an organization that
is appealing to the farmers of the
northwest for united political action.
1t has long been suspected of being in
reality German organization,
and the fact that Mrs. O'Hare was
one of its active agents and that she
has now been convicted of sedition,
should open the eyes of the farmers to
its reasonable character before they
become further identified with its
work.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-20

ing an alarm rung and witnessing the
noisy confusion of a fire.
1.-THE menace from enemies at home
is steadily increasing; the scope of
their activities is steadily broadening.
The department Of justice can cope
with those who commit certain overt
acts, but 1t can not lay by the heels
the gum-shoe disloyalists who are
sheltered by the very constitution of
the nation they would destroy.
IF you know your left hand from
your right you tan tell Prussian ism
from Americanism. When you find a
disloyal neighbor whom you can't send
to Jail, send him to Coventry. Shun
him as If he had smallpox Keep out
of his house and keep him out of
yours. Let him @see that he stands
and disgraced-that he is
unfit company for loyal Americans
Let him be socially informed, cut off
from all speech and traffic with de-
cent men and women.
If every true American will sever
all ties with the enemy at home the
result will go further toward winning
the war than would the annihilation of
half dozen German army corps"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-20
SOLICITING COMMITTEES.
{ Anaconda Standard)

(Anaconda Standard)
When the committee calls for sub
scriptions, it should receive a friendl,
greeting, pleasant words. and, wher
possible, favorable response. Solic.
lung committees are getting prett,
common; almost every day there is a
call for some worthy cause or another
The call upon citizens, and especially
upon business men, for subscriptions
is pretty frequent.
The fact should not be lost sight Of
that the young men who are going
about soliciting funds are not doing
the work because they like to do it.
NO one likes such work. 1t is about
the most onerous and unpleasant task
that can be assumed They are not
dolng 1t because it is a pleasant task
and they are not doing it because there
is any money in it for them. They are
using their time and taxing their pa
thence for no financial return. They
have volunteered for the work because
1t is for the country. Some one must
go around and interest the people in
these causes if the funds are to he
Kept up, and they have taken this way
OF doing their bit for the country.
1t is not ~always possible to give
when the solicitors come around
Many have to adjust their giving to
their available resources, and thew
nave to refuse some of the causes. Rut
everybody can always give the solIe-
tors cordial reception. They can
ave them a friendly greeting and ex-
press approval of the work thew are |
long, They can give them encourage
hent and help to make a pleasant task
nut of an unpleasant one.
Soliciting committees probably have
ONE to stay for the duration Of the
var at least. We will have tn pe,
sed to them. If they are properly ac-
redited committees working for nro-
ef and worthy cause, they shouId s
ever be treated with rudeness or in /
Witty. They are entitled to courte- /
Us treatment. and no loyal citizen a
IN afford anything but courteous i
eatment to the men who are solicit. t
g funds for the country's good. Ono n
ay not be able to subscribe to all the ii
uses, and he may not be able to give c
uch to any cause, but he should greet
e solicitors with a smile lust Tho s.
me. Cash may fail us. but courtesy G,
ould never fail. fl
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-20
WAR NEED NOT TAKE THE JOY
OUT OF CHRISTMAS.

So far as it's observance is concern.
ed, Christmas this year should not be
different from any other with the ex-
ception that the riot of expensive and
useless presents should be eliminated
and incidentally this would be good
rule to observe after the war is over,
II you have money to invest in this
class of gifts, 1t will serve much
more useful purpose If given to the
Red Cross, to one of the Y. M. C, A.
OF CARNATIONS or to the government in
exchange for thrift stamps or Liberty
bonds. But the spirit of Christmas
should not be lost in any particular.
The children should receive the usual
inexpensive gifts from the generous
hand of jolly old Santa Claus, sun
'lied through the medium of a glitter
ng Christmas tree or stockings well
He'd by mystic hands. 1t should be
made the occasion of joyous greetings. 1
ocial gatherings, and renewal Of
aith in Him who came to bring |
peace on earth. to men good will"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-20
EVERY MiSER HELPS THE kAlS.
ER"-JolN THE RED CROSS.

The American Red Cross is Offering
every one. rich and poor alike, a
chance to contribute personally to the
Christmas spirit of the enlightened
world. At such an anomalous season
when there is not peace on earth
when good will toward man is Knocked
by death dealing cannon and blood
stained steel-what could be More
blessed than to comfort and cheer the
suffering thousands of libertys defend
ers. in the hospitals behind the battle
lines?
To relieve the suffering of the
wounded and to salvage the battered
human wrecks is the primary function
of the Red Cross. Let us not forget
that very soon orr own boys in large
numbers will be carried in Red Cross
ambulances to Red Cross bosnita,s
there to receive every care of scienti- |
fic Red Cross methods afford.
Where a few millions viii start for
over there many more millions must
remain at home. To these latter the
Red Cross, in it's drive for 10. 600 00O
new members between December 1s
and December IS, offers the best form
Of stay-at- home serviee-membershin
n and cooperation with the Red Cross, ,
i urges that you join the Red Cross. :
md then influence others to join by .
displaying from your home, your Of /.
zee your store or your factory the
ted Cross service flag which bears one
mail red cross for each member
here the flag is displayed.
isn't 1t worth dollar to Won to
now that you are privileged to fly h
lie service flag and that you are helm C
in small way--to lessen '.
he agony of the boys in the trenches
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-20
THE BUSINESS OF WINNING.
saturday Evening Postl

/ saturday Evening PosD
| 1t Is time that we began to think in
concrete personal terms about the bus
mess Of winning the war To good
many people in America that has been
and still is somebody's else business.
| The president can't win this war.
The democratic party can't win it.
Neither can the army nor the navy nor
the farmers nor the laborers nor the
capitalists George can't do it. You,
whoever you are and whatever you
are doing, must win it personally. The
business of winning is everybody's bust
ness. Any man who is not ready to
make 1t his personal affair is coward
running from the field of battle.
From this time on there can be only
three classes in the United States
Americans, pro-Germans and yellow
dogs. Many people would lump the
two last, but wrongly, because in the
third group thNe are many who, once
awakened to class consciousness of
Their yellow dogginess, may be saved
We refer, of course, to the men who
are seeking party and partisan ad-
vantage in this crisis; to the red tap
ers and Incompetence who are OBJ
structing and muddling everything
they touch; to the grandstanders and
who see nothing but an
opportunity for personal advertising
and ACKNOWLEDGMENT in the national
peril; and to the profiteers, to whom
all dollars look alike, even those that
are blood stained
Let there be no MISUNDERSTANDING in |
the mind of any man about these
things. Votes made now by specious |
appeals to discomfort means lives lost
lncompetents continued in office mean
trenches taken by the enemy. Strikes
that squeeze the last penny out of our
need for haste mean men drowning in
the Atlantic and soldiers sacrificed in
France.
The yellow dogs are in a minority.
They must be converted or sent to the
pound. The o-Germans should be
there now. The great silent majority
of us who are single hearted for Am
erica san not be soldiers, but every
nan and woman of us can back ND
soldier to the limit. On
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-20
THE BOYS OF 81.
cleveland Press,

The longevity of the pension roll
has surprised many people, but now
comes d. |. Woods, clerk in the war
department, with some illuminating
statistics.
A total of 2,27s.6SS We're enlisted on
the Union side in the Civil war, and ay
but $4,000 We're less than q wears
old. The war was won by boys
To be more specific, 1000, 900 were
between IS and 81; 100000 were IS;
$4,000 were IL; 10000 from IA to Is;
800 were 10; 225 We're IL; IS were II;
and there we're rs babies of II years.
The war ended IS years ago. II the
average soldier was 20 at enlistment
md % at the close of the war; he is on
u years old now and his wife may
'e much younger.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-20
The Time, the Place and the Man

washington, ID. {. Starr
If Senator Borah, who announced
other plans some months ago, decides
TO stand for another term and is elect
ed, his state. his party and the country
VIII profit. He has taken high rank,
and proved useful man, in office.
There is probably not better speaker
In the senate, nor an ADLER LAWYER He
is in his physical prime. Another term
would be his third Starting thus with
an experience of twelve years as a ma
tional legislator, and with the prestige
MS activities have brought him, he
would be assured of continued success,
In field for which he has shown him
self excellently fitted.
We speak of born sailors. born law
yers, born financiers, born orators
born poets. There are as we'll horn
legislators-men who show strong ma
1--WE gifts for public affairs, and COM
mlssioned in that line of work dis
tlnguish themselves at once. Mr.
borah is one of these. His record in
the senate proves him to be exception-
any qualified for that forum.
This is time of times for assipning
men according to their best gifts. Ev-
cry man should be placed where no
can do the most good. Blacksmitbs |
should not be set to tinkering watches
nor watchmakers to forging horse I
shoes. Hence the place for Mr.. Borah I
. the senate, where he has shown
equal to all demands.
The next congress should contain 4
he pick of the country for legislative
services. If when it meets the war is
I'LL in progress, world conditions win
'e such that only men of large ability I
nu iohs experience can meet the leg *
siatlVe requirements of the time. For e
ne longer the war lasts the larger and \
1ore prominent will be Americas nart
! 1t; and congress must provide for 0
arrying on that part. s
But even If the war by that tin,o t
laii nave ended, the task for that 9
,ngress will be of great size and d;f. 81
Guilty We shall find ourselves ON d
eW course as to many things. The
q order VIII not be restored. The
Nv order forced by the war will have y,
De developed on the lines of its be- a
g. and only men of large ability and "
ng experience will be competent for W
at. I.
The prospect is inviting, and espe- p,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-20
EXCESS PROFITS LAW HAS PRO-
DUcED A TAX TANGLE.

The first session of the sixty fifth
congress adjourned October 6. Among
its last acts was the passage of the
revenue law. The second session of
the sixty fifth congress assembled De-
cember 8, and among the first bills of
which notice was given were several
to amend the revenue law 1t is prob
able that never before has a measure
OF so much Importance been so speed
lily found faulty as this. The treasury
department, even with the employ
ment of a board of highly talented ad-
yisors, is unable to say how it shall
be administered. No two actuaries or
accountants of any sort can agree as
to how the profits tax shall be reck-
oned for any industry. If the law
stands as it was originally enacted, it
will be long time before the courts
have finally cleared their dockets of
the litigation which will develop under
its terms. The law was of democratic
origin, and whatever 1t contains that
Is clear or productive was put there by
republican insistence and in face of
democratic opposition. 1t may be
'emedied by democratic hands--but we
ioubt 1t. The next election, however, |
should give us republican congress
which can take care of the situation.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-20
EXPERIMENT STATIONS.
MOSCOW Is Working on Recovering
Oxidized Lead Ores by Flotatton.

] A Washington correspondent of the
engineering and Mining Journal says
that experiments have been started at
the Salt Lake city station of the u. S.
bureau OF mines on the fIotation of
certain oxidized minerals which SO far
nave not been successful floated and
recovered from their ores. The tests
on chloride volatilization of lead and
other low grade ores that are being
mace on large scale are reported to
pe progressing satisfactorily No diff
icuity has been found in volatilizing
lead. copper and gold, but to obtain
similar results with silver and zine
has been found to be an entirelv diff
ferent matter.
crushing machinery and other
equipment have been installed at the
moscow station, in Idaho, for conduct
ing tests. AT present, experiments
are being made on Occur d'Alene ores
me Tucson, Ariz., station has obtain
ca satisfactory results in the employ
ihent OF hot sulphuric acid gases as a
solvent for oxidized and silicious ores.
rests OF this nature have been made
9h ores and mill products of the Ray
consolidated Copper company. The
experiment. station at Fairbanks
Alaska, VIII be completed much ear
'er IMAM was expected. The general
NICE and Offices of members of the
Tan nave just been occupied. An ex-
ehsive mineral exhibit has been open
q. The Seattle station has received
nipment OF tin ore from the Black
his for ore dressing tests.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-20

clally for men in their prime. There
may be larger money rewards and
more personal comfort in private life.
out for men who care for and are COM
petent for high legislative or executive
lie the immediate future beckons with
lure far out of the ordinary.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-20

AT children's hospital recently es-
tablished by the American Red Cross
In France, an average of $50 boys and
girls are being examined each day. In
connection is dental dispensary To-
Gated In an old kitchen. with a dental
chair improvised from a wine barrel
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-20

IN its campaign for the saving of
coal the fuel administration declares
the average American home is SUPER
heated. Eminent American physicians
are quoted as saying that a room
above 6s degrees Fahrenheit is too
warm for health and exposes the oceu-
pants to catarrhal diseases and pneu.
monia.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-20
The Procession ofBlest

Come. children, I'll tell you wonder
full tale,
l learned it one night in a dream.
The snow lay all white and fun moon
shown pale,
The house tops about were agleam;
I'd fallen asleep in my big easy chair
| heard a gruff voice in my ear.
knew that Saint Nicholas surely was
there
And listened to see what I'd see
Come, follow with me- were the first
words he said,
I'm off for my palace of snow;
I've emptied my pack of each doll toy
and sled,
It's time for old Santa to 60
But, oh! I've treat waiting for me
tonight
I've. planned it for years in my mind
Come, follow with me- while the moon
is still bright
rose, and we sped like the wind
We flew like flash to the palace of
snow
BY hilltop and valley and plain,
Nor ever ! will be permitted, know,
To make such a journey again;
And there, in the warmest and contest
nook,
He babe me sit down while he
In robes of rich scarlet and said to me,
Look!
Here comes the child hosts of the
blest"
A flash of his eye, and my wonder
ment grew;
word and wave of his rod
Forth came Orphan Annie, and Little
Boy Blue,
And Wynken and BIynken and Nod.
With Alice from Wonderland blue
eyed and fair
Tom Tucker-Jack Horner with
him
And OH at the last, can you guess who
was there?-
Poor Topsy and dear Tiny Tim.
lie spread out his arms, and they
passed one by one,
Each laden with treasures and TOYS
And never or ever night of such fun
Was passed by such girls and sueh
boys;
Nor ever will Annie be orphan with
him,
lie told me, and Little Boy Blue
Came back from the shadows all misty
and dim,
So glad that the toy dog was true.
And always and always hen keep them
with him.
lie told me through all Of the wears.
Poor Topsy and Alice and dear TINY
Tim,
ANA Topsy will know no more tears
BUT tales OF them all he will bring
Christmas night,
The brightest and sweetest and best
That our boys and girls may know ioy
and delight
From Santa's child hosts of the best
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-20

Dont stun your husband husband
your SUM- says food expert. That's
. sharp epigram, all right. but any
woman who wants to try getting along
with hungry husband is welcome to
make the northumberland Free
Press.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-20

Nothing surprises some men lg<a
their own success
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-26
ADJUSTMENTS
GROWN UP BABIES.

Ono Of the real shows Of the season
IS announced for Saturday October 81
matinee and night with the appearance
OF the Grown Up Babies" company,
which il said to provide an entertain
mont that is rs unusual in the number
Of exclusive features as any which will
be seen here this season. Harry Koler
heads the coterie Of comedians who
excite a whirlwind of laughter in the
two-act musical burletta, with merri-
ment as the conspicuous element Koler
is assisted in this department by Sam
Collins. Others in the cast include
Grace Palmer, prima donna; Louise
Wright, ingenue; Lillian West, SOU
brette; Jack Callahan, character COM
edian, Harry Myers. straight parts.
The Hawaiian MISSY MISSY Dance
Will provide an unusual amount Of di-
verttng novelty. The chorus is COM
posed Of shapely and versatile young
women who sing and dance captivat-
insay.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-26
SlGOURN EY

M. M. Hebner proprietor of the Heb
ner pharmacy on the south side Of the
square on Tuesday sold his drug stock
to w. K. Marsh of California and pos
session has been given. Mr.. Hebner will
remain with Mr.. Marsh during the win
ter. as clerk.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Jarvis, Mrs. G.. 3.
Baker, Mrs. w. D. Beatty and Mrs H.
l. Snakenberg drove overland to Iowa
City on Tuesday as delegates to the
Grand Lodge of the Eastern Star which
is in session there this week
Mrs. e. B. Rossiter of Billings Mon
tana is expected in Sigourney on Thurs
day for visitor at the c. C. Heninger
home. Mrs. Rossiter is 4 former resi-
dent Of this city.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-26
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK Z.
pY LEE PAPE

Pop was smoaking and thinking in
the setting room after suppir. and |
sed. Pop, wat do you think MI. Jones
called me this AFTERNOON?
MI. Jones being the man next
store, and pop sed, Wat, do youtm
to tell me that insignifercant nobody
had the awdacity to speek ruftly to
you!
Yes sir, sed, wat do you think he
called me?
Are you making complaint OF
starting q gessing contest, wat did he
call you? sed Pop.
He called me munkey, I sed.
Wat, say that agen, sed pop.
He called me a munkey, / sed.
1.-THE smicroscopick shrimp, sed pop,
the shrimpish microbe, the little zero.
how dare he raise his tung of a child
of mine. III demand an explanation
frum the poor cipher, that's wat III DO.
And he got up and started TO mock
on the wall, saying, never herd OF
sutch monumental effrontery, wy, the
shrunken minus sine, the bald hedded
speck of dust
Yes sir, / sed. and all did to him
was SUCK q PIN IN HIS oooi peii So ~
wood keep ON ringing.
You wat? sed pop. And he stopped
hooking on the wall, saying, Wy
you COMPOUNDED munkey, you are a
naunkey.
WITCH jest then Mr.. Jones opened
his back window and called out Hello
next store. And pop went to the win
dow and Mr.. Jones sed, Did you mock?
wy yes sed pop, the fackt OF the
matter is I was wondering weather
you woodent like to go Ground and
bowl a game or 2.
/ consider bowling waist of time,
sed Mr.. Jones. And he shut his win
dow agen, and pop sed, the pitiful lit
tie hole in doughnut. And he nocked
twice more on the wall and started to
1eed the paper.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-26
UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

List Of letters remaining at the OF
tumwa, Iowa, post office, unclaimed
and advertised for the week ending
October 13, 1917:
LEM; Fuger, Ralph, Green, Monor;
Hawkins, H. A.; McNalley, E. r. CD
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-26

~ HE German "shock troops" that
are specially selected and &C
= coutred for assault work have for
the chief feature of their equipment
heavy steel breast plate, strong
enough to turn bullet at sixty feet
The tall Teuton wearing one in the pic
ture was among many captured by the
British at Boesinghe.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-09-22

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