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The Carlisle independent. (Carlisle, Ark.) 1905-current, 1917-10-11

thought would be possible This means
that they viii be apt pupils. will throw
their whole being into the service and
will give sympathetic response to the
efforts of their teachers.
Regular army officers like to teach.
They say there is an intense interest in
taking a willing but militarily ignorant
force of men and bringing them up to
service standards, to watch them day
by day develop from the civilian status
into that of the colder.
There Is another thing which makes
regular army officers hail assignments
TO commands in the new National
army. The men in the drafted serv-
ice are all young, In fact are virtually
about the same age. Youth makes for
enthusiasm and, as army officers say.
force of men of which every indi-
vidual is under thirty-one years of age
Is bound to be an enthusiastic force.
physically and spiritually strong force.
and one upon which, after the days of
training are ended, absolute depend
ence can be placed while in the field.
Now there is no intention of the
army officers to belittle the regulars or
the National Guardsmen. These troops
have proved their worth and so far as
the regulars are concerned foreign of
f1cers concede the American officers
contention that the little regular army
of the United States. little in the past
at any rate, is as fine body of sol
dfery as the world ever saw
Men in the regular army and in the
National Guard to considerable ex-
tent have learned their lessons, and if
Is only the recruits who have to be
taught. and while there are large num-
bers of the latter in both the Guards
and the regulars today, the teaching of
these largely is done by the contact
which they have with the enlisted men
OF their regiments who have been in
the service for months or years.
So ii will be seen that. as army off
GERS put it, the teaching joy and the
pleasure of seeing great bodies Of men
develop day by day into fighting forces
are more or less lost when the officers
service is given to the regulars or 70
the Guardsmen.
Officials in Washington life inter
ested in various Americanization move
ments which are being fostered in diff
ferent parts of the country say that
there is no Americanization movement
which can equal in its opportunities
and in its probable success the draft
ing process by which million or two
young Americans are TO be taken into
the ranks of the army to serve their
country on the battlelne
The Carlisle independent. (Carlisle, Ark.) 1905-current, 1917-10-11
Democracy in the Draft.


Maj. Gen. William L. Sibert, who
commands the First division of Amer
lean troops in the field in France. said
to the writer of this article just before
he was ordered To foreign service:
There is no democracy like the democ-
racy of the dog tent"
Now the dog tent, or as it is some
times called, the pup tent. is the little
shelter tent which soldiers use when
camping at night along the way of
march. Each tent holds only two men.
In the great National army it is entirely
likely that the same tent viii be oe-
cupied by the son of laborer and the
son of a millionaire manufacturer. 1t
is also entirely likely that one may
he occupied by boy of Polish de-
scent and by another boy of English.
German or Irish descent The COM
partnership. army officers say, makes
for mutual sympathies and mutual
aims. 1t also levels ranks. or the so
called social ranks of this country.
So it is that today in Washington
regular army officers are showing
eagerness to be given commands In the
new National army, not only because
of their teaching desire and their wish
to see civilians develop into soldiers,
but because of the absorbingly inter-
esting study that there will be in
watching the great melting pot of the
army fuse these metals into one solid
block of gold Americanism.
Methods of Delay in Congress.
Congress has voted almost solidly
in the affirmative for all the war
measures which have been pro-
posed for the purpose of helping
this country win in the great conflict
which confronts ii. Nevertheless,
congress has taken long time to put
through the measures before it. The
result has been that criticism has
come from one part of the country,
while another part, though not prais-
ing the slowness of congress in enact
ing legislation, seemingly has been
glad that the lawmakers have re-
manned in session. for it is true that
part of the country believes that SEN
ators and representatives should be
here virtually all the time while war is
in progress.
Now it seems to be the desire of
majority of the house and senate to
adjourn some time in October, 1.-THE
earlier the better" as some members
put it, Whether or not adjournment
can be brought about still remains to
be seen, because all signs fail in war
times.
Without going at all into the merits
of the controversy between those who
think that congress should stay on the
job constantly in war time and those
who think it should pass war measures
quickly and then adjourn. the methods
which are used to delay the passage of
bills can be described without bias be-
cause they are resorted to by members
of all parties,
Some. of the members who delay
things do not do it solely for the pur-
pose of delay, but TO get for them
selves the opportunity TO make long
speeches which they think their consti-
tuents will read with unbounded pleas
ure and profit. Then there are others
who deliberately attempt to delay the
enactment of legislation and these
others generally are found in the SEN
ate because in the house delaying tao
vantage. for the representatives ordi-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20
DICTAGRAMS

No wonder the Russians run-so
many of them belong to the Ofsky
family.
Our enterprising little neighbor on
the east must have been named for an
Irishman. Anyway, we have seen the
name printed "O'Gallah."
But one of the lecturers there pro-
nounced it "Ogolley."
Was it Josh Billings or Artemus
Ward who said he was willing to
sacrifice all his wife's relations in the
war Well, there are others and that
may explain why so many are look
ing for wives.
By the way, have you seen anyone
wearing an exemption button. No not
one. Perhaps you do not know an ex-
emption button when you see one.
Well the design is a petticoat fam
boyant Err, well, that IS what it
ought to be, if it isn't
Talk about falling off the Christ
mas tree An old bachelor walked into
the Office the other day with one of
the finest girls in the whole country
and got harnessed up good and proper
after exacting a promise that the
matter should not get into the paper.
And that is why you see this item
here. Surprised? Sure! 1t took our
breath for minute because he was
regarded as hopeless case.
But perhaps there are no hopeless
cases. Even our frienr Jack
has prospects. His girl visits here
occasionally and we (Jack and y
are expecting her to come this way
again before long.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20
FAIR NOTES

The 1917 Trego County Fair is
success and if you will help a little
next year the 1918 fair will be bet
ter one.
There are about twenty entries of
cattle but there is very little compet-
ition. That is, seldom more than one
or two entries of the same class for
the same. premium.
A farmer exhibitor remarked We'd
nesday that he did not see why the
farmers did not take more interest
in the exhibitions as it is an education
and to their own interests to do so.
The 'sgrave robber" from one of the
animal side shows got loose Tuesday
night and the owner manifested con-
siderable uneasiness until he was
finally located. However, they did not
go to the cemetery the first thing
when they found he was missing.
1t was quite amusing to see that
party rant around so because she or
her daughter did not get the first
prize on the article exhibited. There
were some men nearly as bad.
They seemed to have the idea that
their articles were the best thing in
the show whether they were or not.
Such people should not forget that
there are always three grades; good,
better, best.
Some people hate awfully to obey
the rule that vehicles must come in
at one gate and go out at the other,
yet if this rule was not enforced and
>their car should injure some one,
they would condemn the Fair Assoc
iation for its carlessness and very
likely want the association to pay
damages to the injured person.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20

rack performances create considerable
fun and do some good stunts. The
Toketo Japs are acrobatic and Jug
glers of first quality, and their work
is spoken of very highly by those who
have seen them Along this line of
sports comes the broncho and wild
steer riding and the base ball games.
There are some good riders IN the
ring and some bad buckers among
the horses but some others had been
overworked and did not have the
energy to put into their work that
they should have. However, the ex-
hibition manifested what can be done
by both man and beast and was inter
esting to many who had not seen any
thing of the kind before.
The base ball game Tuesday be-
tween Wa-Keeney and Ellis was the
best game which has been played in
this city this year. It was almost a
shut-out game from beginning to end
and the only player who made the
round of the bases in the whole game
was Ed Keraus, of the Wa-Keeney
team. He made the circuit in the
eighth inning. Such games as this
are certainly classy and are highly
pleasing to the audience.
In the line of paid attractions, there
is almost everything wanted. You
can start down the line of the midway
and if you do not find something that
is interesting to you before you get
to the other end, just step to one
side and look at some of those things
which could not get into the midway.
If you have any money to spend there
are plenty of things to spend it for
on the fair grounds. Moreover, if
you want to go there and get some
thing to eat you can do so. The new
eating house erected this year by the
fair company is clean and comforta-
BILE and D. II. Moore, of the Amer
lean house, is serving good meals to
all the hungry.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20
An Editor Gets Married

On Sunday evening, September 2,
1917, at five o'clock at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Frogge, in this city,
occurred the wedding of their daugh-
ter, Inez, to Mr.. Harry Stock, of
Bunker Hill, Kansas. The ceremony
was said by Rev. U. G. Miller, pastor
of the Christian church of Oakley, in
the presence of the immediate famil-
les of the contracting parties.
The bride wore a travelling suit of
blue and the groom the customary
black. Immediately following the GER
emony the guests went to the dinning
room where a wedding dinner was
served.
The bride is one of the most popu-
lar of the Oakley younger set and is
splendid young lady of talent and
refinement. She is graduate of the
Oakley schools and since her gradu-
and has attended school at the West
ern Kansas State Normal at Hays
where she met Mr.. Stock.
The groom is the versatile editor
of the Bunker Hill Advertiser and is
recognized as one of the brightest
newspaper men in the district
Mr.. and Mrs. Stock have gone to
Bunker Hill where they will make
their home. Many friends here will
wish for these young people many
years of happiness together.-Oakley
Graphic. (Mr. and Mrs A Frogge
and family lived in Wa-Keeney sever
al years ago and the bride will be re-
membered by many of our readers. }
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20

All the soldiers, whether privates
or officers, in infantry, cavalry or
artillery, wear the same kind of
clothes, their hat cords, sleeve straps
or collar decorations designating their
division or rank. Those in the infan-
try wear blue hat cord, artillery red,
hospital corps red and black, and off,
GERS in training, red and white. The
cava1rymen are also distinguished by
the chin straps, which they must wear.
-EY
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20
YOUNG PEOPLE QUIT SCHOOLS

A typical American city in the west
has made some findings as to why
our young people are dropping out of
school. The cheif reasons as given by
the young people themselves are:
Getting tired of doing nothing"
Wanted to go to work" 'Too much
sitting around" "Got tired of books"
couldn't do well in my studies,"
."Failed."
Parents, it seems, do not taker
enough interest in the matter. They
are too willing to let the child have
his way. Too often the boy is let fol-
low his own childish desire. The typi-
cal remark from the parent is usually:
sMy boy was not interested in school
so I thought he might as well drop
out and go to work"
1t seems that the question upper
most in the boys mind is (Does it
figures just from the office of the u.
S. commissioner of education may give
some light on this question. These
show that the average earning capac-
ity of the boy who drops out of school
in the seventh year is but $28.88.
After six years his average monthly
wage has increased to S41.38.
The average monthly wage for the
fellow who drops out in the upper
grades is but $45.O0 when the reach
the age of 25. While the fellow who
L.,1- IL
of the high school is earning on the
average $121.00 per month when he is
25. This means difference of SIS on
the month in favor of the fellow who
completes the high school.
There is not young person in
Newton would not be glad for this in
crease. While no one can guarantee
the increase, there is perhaps no one
thing that will more nearly perfect
the guarantee than the four years of
high school work. Statistics where
ever you find them argue largely for
an education. The business world
urges the young people to go to
school. The business men of Newton
with no exception are advising the
boys to go to school. But entering
school is not enough. In order to ac-
complish anything worth while it will
be absolutely necessary for the boys
and girls who enter next Monday to
work and see to it that their work is
done in creditable manner. Those
who enter school and become irreg-
ular in attendance, make little prepar-
alton, spend much time on the streets
and in society when they ought to be
at work cannot expect anything but
failure. The school always has too
many loafers. There are times when
all should make the most of their
work. Students, teachers and parents
should realize the Importance of the
hour.
Our young people should make
every preparation to enter school next
Monday, September 17.-Newton
Kansan.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20

When you have the backache the
liver or kidneys are sure to be out
of order. Try Sanol it does wonders
for the liver, kidneys and bladder.
A trial 35c bottle of Sanol will con-
vince YOU Get it at the drug store
Adv. 13.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20
COMMENT
J. W. B.

There is a fellow in this town who
vilifes the character and name of
every other person he happens to get
at outs with, but holds up his hands
in horror if he hears the least asper-
sion against his own name.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20

There is another fellow whom they
say never displays any interest in the
affairs of the town unless it means
a few dollors in his pocket to id so.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20

Mrs. Frank Braun was In Hays last
Monday and visited her sister Mrs.
Jake Roth. On her return home she
visited another sister at Ellis.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20
DISTRICT COURT IN SESSION

The September term of district
court for Trego County commenced
it's grind Tuesday and like the first
few days of each term large num-
ber of eases have been. disposed of.
There were about fifty cases on the
calendar, five of them criminal, and
twenty-five or thirty of them have
been disposed of or settled. An un-
usual thing is that there was no nat
uralization cases. Whether the war
is having an effect or whether it just
happened that way, we cannot tell.
The criminal cases are to be disposed
of first and one of them is now at
trial. The particulars in some of these
cases would make racy but not very
elevating reading and we are leaving
them out.
Aside from the local attorneys who
have cases in court we noticed several
from out of town. Among them were
Dave Ritchie, of Salina, L. B. Beard
sley, J. E. Driscel and Geo. Holland,
of Russell, Ed Rea, Carl Holmquist,
A. D. Gilkerson and Ed Simminger,
of Hays, and Attorney Williams, of
Clay Center. Mr.. Williams is a rela-
tive of Mrs. W. C. Olson, of this city
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20

A good heating stove for sale, also
a sewing machine. R. C. Wilson.
Adv. % St.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20

i heard still another fellow say the
other. day that "Alec" won $65 the
other day in the races and that he got
it all away from him the same night
in a poker game. That same fellow
kicked and complained whole lot
because he had to pay much higher
price here for oats and hay than he
did in Nebraska.
am not going to draw any con-
clusions from the foregoing findings
but I am going to let you figure out
about what kind of human beings
some of US are. And also you might
decide if you are personally possess
ed of these or similar qualities.
Of course I know you are not You
fellws who slip around and do things
on the quiet and successfully evade
detection.
But then, human beings are not al
ways crooked and deceitful. / heard
another fellow speak in defense of
"some'' of the business men of this
town the other day and he said they
are mighty fine fellows. They had
helped him out of a hole several times
and to his knowledge had done the
same for others. As a rule you will
find a whole lot of good and better
people wherever you go and very few
of the worse and worst.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20

Another fellow will show all kinds
of enthusiasm over boosting an enter
prise if he thinks someone is going to
buck him.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20

The old home paper and all the
county news for $1.50 per year.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20

Cheers, tears and hearty good-byes
mingled at the depot this morning
in the crowd of about three hundred
people who gathered there to give
farewell send-off to the twenty young
men of Trego county who have been
called to the colors and are now on
their way to Camp Funston, near
Junction City, where they will enter
the training camp. The thought that
the young men were going to war and
would probably never all return again
was in the minds of all. It brought
rnothers and sweethearts and the
fathers and brothers bit their lips to
keep back signs OF emotion and tried
to give the boys a cheerful goodbye.
The Jack Benjamin Show company
played several patriotic airs and as
the train pulled out the crowd shout
ed and waived goodbye to the depart
ing young men.
This contingent from Trego county
is composed of Oscar w. williams,
Judd Anderson, Thos. Tidball, Henry
Mason, Robert Mckinley, Chester
Riggs, Ignatz Augustine, August Hill
man, Clifford Bellairs, VIM. S. Griffith,
Gustav Deutscher, j ohm F. Evers and
Randall Reid, Roy A.. Johnson, Chas.
Beais, Martin Lofsted, John j. Rourke
Frank B. Malinowsky, Roy A. Bennett,
George Spitznaugle, and Andrew Ash.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20

Smoked meats at Bakers. Adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-20

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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-06
FISHERMEN CATCH
AUTOS AND DIAMONDS
Correspondents Of Associated Press,

Base American Flotillas in British
Waters--Irish fishermen along the
coasts where the U-boats operate, have
made some remarkable catches during
the past year. he .,fury of the fisher
man who FOUND Il $4,000 box of dia-
mcnds FROM I. i..;ti!ia in his nets
one day, and :. ..A,s,. t,..;iaSty in return
ing them TO their rlshtfnl owners was
rewarded by a check Of $1,000, is well
known. There is another fisherman
who came home from a fishing expedi-
ton with a fine new American automo-
bile dashed to the deck of his little
trawler. There are hundreds Of fisher
men who have made modest fortunes
out OF salvage of one kind or another.
Wheat, flour and coal salvage are all
prohtable businesses in the coast towns
nowadays.
The story of the man who came home
from the sea with a brand new automo-
bile is household favorte in the Irish
ports. Accompanied by his son he was
mackerel fishing when he was aroused
by the report of an explosion. On the
horlzon cargo steamer from America
was settling by the stern. 1t had been
torpedoed. The fishermen headed for it
and soon met the captain and crew in
two open boats. She's loaded with
American automobiles, you might get
one before she goes under,'' said the
skipper jolSingly as he and his ship
lldleS passed ON toward shore,
The torpedoed ship was still well
above water when the fishermen came
alongside He at once sent his son on
BOARD to look around. The latter found
the hold full of automobiles. Run one
out through this gangway," directed
the father. With the aid of some tackle
the machine was dropped into the fish
traWler steamed away the ship dis
appeared. The fisherman with an auto
mobile is now the envy Of his village.
Many torpedoed vessels manage to
reach shore where they are usually
pounded to pieces on the rocks. But be-
come from miles around to salvage it.
Anything that will float is used and
everyone helps himself. Men, women
and children attack cargo and ship, re-
moving brass fittings and anything Of
value. Flour and canned meats, fruits
and vegetables form the larger portion
of the salvaged articles.
One village has had the good fortune
to have couple Of foodships bring UP
on Its very doorstep. Most OF the ships,
OF course, go down at sea. But this
does not dlshearten the alert fishermen
who have been known to transfer sew
eral hundred sacks of the best Ameri-
can flour from vessel while it is sink
ing many miles from land. If the ex-
plosion tears a big enough hole in the
victim much Of the cargo w,l become
loosened and wash ashore where it is
quickly spied by the watchful eyes Of
the natives.
Salvage companies also are very act
i've and are making huge profits Some
have transferred their whole staffs to
this coast Their agents can bid on q
wheat cargo without seing it and can
tell Just how far into sack of flour
the water will have penetrated in .
given period.