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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-15
MARKET AT SPOKANE.

That trade Interruptions are not due
to lack of money among consumers is
generally recognized. Consumers, on
the whole, have larger purchasing
power than ever before, the really Sc
r1ous feature of the situation being
that money is the cheapest commod-
lty in this country There is no in
dlcation, therefore, of curtailment in
merchandising operations from a
financial standpoint. In many direc-
lions, too, the outlook for improve
ment is becoming pronounced. There
is general inclination to the belief
that the Pacific Northwest is upon the
eve of an appreciable forward move
ment, both industrially and CONNER
cially, with marked expansion in agri-
cultural activities. Conditions point
our timber products.
Provisions.
Butter-There has been no change
as to quotations as yet, but the mar
ket is inclined to be weak. At coast
Eggs-Market has declined rather
sharply during the week and it is pre-
dicted that there will be further de-
chnes. Local wholesale price is quot
ed this week at $3.50, with the price
to the producers about 81 less than
that.
Dressed Meats-The situation in
fresh meats is a critical one. There
are almost constant advances from
the record prices already established,
the condition being based on the scar
city and top quotations on livestock,
and the fact that the quantity of
meats shipped out of the country has
tended to further curtail stocks
Fruits and Vegetables.
Apples-Fancy stocks show another
slight advance at the bottom this
week, making the quotation $1,000
Its, while cookers still hold at $50
75c.
Other Fruits-Oranges moved we'll
this week owing to the Orange Day
campaign, and quotation remain the
holding at 1925 and choice at $4,000
ais. Grapefruit is still quoted at
$3.50, but the market is firm and may
go higher. There are still a few cram
berries on the market, but no change
Ill QuOIdIlOu is QOCeQ.
Potatoes-The spud market is on
the down grade, with local quotations
off 81 this week, making the figure
$3.50 per cwt.
Their Vegetables - Spinach is
easier at $1.25, while turnips and car
rots are firmer at So and $1.25 per
cwt. Head lettuce is easier at 95c
per dozen and 1925 per crate, while
the dollhouse variety is quoted at 81
per box.
Wheat-While the wheat market
has been rather a quiet affair, the un-
dertone of the situation has been
strong one. 1t is impossible to work
new business at the present time, be-
cause of the practical embargo on
eastern shipments by rail and the fact
that here is no tonnage available for
Pacific seaboard clearances, but hold
ers who have not yet relinquished
their offerings are very firm in their
position and inclined to demand adj
vances from ruling quotations. The
mills are buying only against imme-
date requirements, and these are not
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-15
Robs Federal Reserve Messenger.

Philadelphia, PA federal. reserve
bank messenger was held up on the
street here Saturday, shot and rob.
bed of sachel containing $500 in
cash and $500 in checks. The high
wayman was captured and the sachel
was recovered. He gave the name
of Frank Smith, % years of age, of
Chicago. David Findloff, the mes
senger, is in hospital with bullet
wounds in the legs and arms. He will
recover.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-15
STRENGTH AND BEAUTY

Come with DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. This is blood cleanser and
Alternative that starts the liver and stom-
aeh into vigorous action. 1t thus assists
the body to manufacture rich red blood
which feeds the heart, nerves, brain and
organs of the body. The organs work
smoothly like machinery running in oil.
You feel clean, strong and strenuous
instead of tired, weak and faint.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-15
BRITISH WOMEN GUILTY.
Failed in Plot to Get the Life of Mr.
Lloyd George.

catiC0 III IOl " 0St tIIO Lie vi wi
Lloyd George.
Mrs. Alice Wheeldon, her daughter
Mrs. Winnifred Mason, and the lat
ter's husband, Alfred G.. Mason, were
found guilty Saturday of conspiracy
to murder Premier Lloyd George and
war council.
Miss Harriet Ann Wheeldon, an.
other daughter of Mrs Whee1don,
who was tried on the same charge,
was acquitted.
Mrs. Wheeldon was sentenced to 10
years penal servitude. A sentence
of seven years was imposed upon AL
fred Mason, while his wife was given
five years penal servitude.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-15
Picture Show Stunt,

Chicago.-As James G. Robertson,
cashier of North Side mail order
house. stepped from a cab Saturday
to enter his establishment with the
weekly payroll of $1400, another au-
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-15

behind his machine. It's driver and
three other men leaped out and sur
rounded Robertson, each presenting a
revolver. Snatching the satchel they
jumped back into the car and sped
away.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-15
CHINESE DECIDE TO
QUIT WITH GERMANY
PARLIAMENT is FOR BREAK BY
A LARGE voTE-THEY SEE
ACTION AT ONCE.
KAISER PRESENTS HIS NOTE
BerIin's Offer to Negotiate Has No
Effect-Fear of Revolt Is Heard
Japan Urges China to Break
With Germany.
KAISER PRESENTS HIS NOTE

Peking.-China on Monday reached
the verge of war when the senate
approved the severance of relations
relations Saturday by vote of 431
to 81. 1t is expected that the gov
eminent will take action to this end
this week.
| After the house had approved the
severance of relations Saturday by
| a vote of 431 to 81 the German min
lister presented note to the foreign
office offering to negotiate for the
protection of Chinese lives and prop
erty in the submarine zone. In Of
fetal circles it is believed the lega-
ton hoped through the note to post
pone the severance of diplomatic re-
lations. 1t had no influence on the
cabinet and the senate.
Premier Tuan Chi Jul, accompanied
by the entire cabinet, appeared be-
fore the house and the senate and
stated that the cabinet and the presi-
dent had declared that China should
sever diplomatic relations with Ger
many.
Ready for Rupture.
Washington. developments
looking to a severance of relations
with Germany by China were report
ed to the state department by Min
lister Reinsch at Peking, with the pre-
diction that final rupture might be
expected at any time.
There is no intimation that China
is prepared as yet actually to join
in the war against Germany, although
diplomatic circles here confirm Pc
king dispatches saying the entente
led by Japan, is urging the Picking
government to declare war and ex-
change her large supplies of iron and
other war materials for permission
to increase her customs duties and
postponement of her Boxer indemni-
ties. China already has signified her
intention of following the lead of the
United States and it has been re-
garded as probable here that she
would hold to that course.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-15


decided to try bottle of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t worked
from the first bottle, so I took second
and third, also bottle of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Blood Purifier, and now am
just as well as any other woman. / ad
wise every woman, single or married,
who is troubled with any Of the afore-
said ailments, to try your wonderful
Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier
and am sure they will help her to get
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Write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., (confidential) Lynn, Mass, if you
need special advice.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-15

Coated tongue, vertigo and constipation
are relieved by Garfield Tea.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-15

have made me well
and healthy. Some
time ago l felt SO
run down, had pains
in my back and side,
was very irregular,
tired, nervous, had
such b ad dreams,
did not feel like eat
ing and had short
breath. I read your
advertisement in
tho onorc ond
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-15
WOMAN NOW IN
PERFECT HEALTH
What Came From Reading
a Pinkham Adver-
tisement.

Paterson, N. I'll thank you for
the Lydia E. Pinkham remedies as they
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-15

When man loses his temper he is
sure to find his tempter.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-15

Count Zeppelin's Funeral.
Rotterdam, March 12.-The funeral
of Count Zeppelin was held Monday
at Stuttgart.
Evening star., 1917-04-01

| never forcec. {. sale. | was as courte-
Gus to those who bought as to those who
didn't buy. l tried to remember that it is
the little courtesies that are the biggest
assets in the selling game.
The upstairs and downstairs depart
ments were conducted by different buyers.
Therefore made it my business to become
acquainted with good saleswoman in
the upstairs department. If l couldn't
satisfy my customers downstairs, would
suggest the department on the second
floor, mentioning the name of the sales
woman | knew. The saleswoman up
stairs gladly returned the courtesy. Team
work of this kind not only increased my
sales, but, better still, made customers
feel that was personally interested.
1 evolved little sales catechism of my
own:
Never Judge a woman by, the clothes
she wears Women are easily fattered,
and plainly dressed customer is fire.
quently as good purchaser as the elabo-
rately gowned woman.
Never argue with a customer. If
missionary wishes to convert you, accept
the situation gracefully. If a ncn-suffrage
woman tells you that "woman's place is
in the home,' agree with her.
A memorandum of shoppers likely to
become permanent customers | also
found valuable. Once sale was closed
and the customer had given me her adj
Evening star., 1917-04-01
How | Climbed Out of the Basement

back to me. Bring the basement up to
yourself" From that moment | decided
that would become one of the best sales
women in the department
The next morning brushed my black
dress carefully put on freshly laundered
collar, and arranged my hair in becom-
ing manner. had already learned that
the we'll dressed saleswoman makes the
best impression ON a customer. Then l
began to watch the other clerks as they
conducted their sales. Within half an
hours time l saw four dissatisfied GUS
toners leave the department.
One clerk had shown a brilliant rose
colored gown to red-headed lady with
freckles. The girl assured the prospective
purchaser that it was stunning model.
The woman gave the clerk a naughty
stare, got up, and walked out of the de-
partment. As she left heard her tell her
companion that she was going to some
store where the sales-people used their
heads and not their elbows.
My next move was to visit the library
evenings. There l read articles and books
on the suitability of clothes, colors, and tex
tiles. Learned that dark green was becom-
ing to the auburn-haired lady; that long
lines were becoming to the stout matron.
studied my stock so carefully, and
learned to "size up" my customers so
readily, that frequently the buyer chose
me to wait on his most particular trade.
Evening star., 1917-04-01

dress, made notations like the following
on small pad that l kept in the back Of
my schedule-book:
Mrs. G. G. Brown, = West 12Oth Street,
New York City. A dark blue coat with
fur collar, S24.75 Tall, thin, light hair; pre-
fers dark colors and simple lines.
At night l copied my notes into an
alphabetically arranged card-catalogue.
This helped me to remember Mrs. Brown
and Mrs. Jones.
A neatly engraved card gives as much
prestige in business as in society. found
that little personal outlay along those
lines will amply repay itself.
A few moments spent at noOn-hour
daily in the different departments gave
me personal interest that made the
store "my' store.
Somehow, these little things came to be
noticed. One day was called to the
buyers Office.
"I have noticed that you have been
taking an unusual interest in your depart
ment. l think that many of your ideas
might be used by the other girls. Write
them out and we will see."
In this way l came to be buyer.
have had occasion to watch many other
girls in the succeeding years. l am con-
vinced that there never was basement
so deep and narrow that the right girl
or man-can't get out.
Evening star., 1917-04-01

to eat with, how high to raise our windows
when we sleep. We even have styles in
religion.
This loss of personality is such ghastly
thing that when Yves Delage, French
scientist, published some years ago de-
scription of how some fifty species of
crabs in various parts of the world were
the victims of another creature that en-
tered their shells and controlled their
entire lives, he was accused, in polite
way, of nature taking. He has since been
sustained by other scientists.
The crabs of which Delage wrote are
the victims of cousin crab which fastens
itself upon them. This cousin is known
as the sacculina. Externally it makes
itself evident only as rather small-sized
sack on the under side of the crab. But
if we open up the crab we find that it's
cousin has made itself at home in every
part of it's host. 1t has insinuated it's
rootlike branches throughout the length
of every claw and leg, and has sapped
every ounce of the crabs strength by the
hideous completeness of its system of
Evening star., 1917-04-01

W. partment-stOre basement? Was
wv there no escape? For six months
w Ihad sold suits, coats, and dresses
in dimly lighted hole, with no hope of ad-
vancement. asked one of my co-workers
if any of the sales-girls had ever been
transferred to an upstairs department.
"No; in all the six years have been here,
only one girl was ever taken: but she was
LOCKER" questioned the other sales
girls. Their stories were all the same.
The question of freeing myself became
almost mania. 1t haunted me all day;
dreamed about it at night; and could
find no satisfactory solution to the diff
Guilty. The want ad" columns in the
daily newspapers showed me this was the
dull season, and if did give up my job
the possibilities of getting another were
very slight.
l decided to go to the managers Office
and ask to be transferred.
The superintendent received me kindly,
and heard my story without comment.
"Im sorry but we are laying off help,
not taking it on He said this in the cold,
uninterested voice that business men are
apt to use. Then he added in a more
kindly tone:
"Don't lower yourself to the basement;
bring the basement up to yourself"
went back to the department. The
words of the superintendent kept coming
Evening star., 1917-04-01
MAGAZINE SECTION for April 1, 1917


branching fingers. Through these it
drains all the vital substance for itself,
making of its host weak and understood
cripple, dwarf edition of it's kind.
Far more startling is the change it
works on the males of the victim crab.
1t unsexes the males, until in time they
bear external resemblance to the female,
and develop her adaptations for the care
of eggs and the young.
Delage, in his study of the sacculina,
discovered that there was nothing in the
baby sacculina to cause crab to fear it
and to guard its shell and its personality
when it was about. He found that the
young of the sacculina were very normal
little crablets, showing no resemblance
whatever to the adults, living freely
on the surface of the sea like other
crabs, and showing no threat to their
cousins.
After shedding their baby shells and
assuming a slightly different form,
however, two ominous hooklike feelers
develop, which come into use when each
little sacculina has found crab on which
it intends to live One of these feelers the
sacculina uses as dart to thrust through
the shell of it's host. From then on, it
grows into the other crab.
Delage is not the only scientist who has
discovered victims of parasites. 1t seems
to be a common natural law that all
creatures must guard against parasitic
tendencies, even we humans.
We do guard our possessions against
parasites; but do we guard ourselves, our
personalities?
Your personality is really all you have
in this world.
"What we think and what we feel are
the only things that are really ours, says
Carus.
Goethe wrote:
know that naught belongs to me
Except the thought that, light and free,
Out of my soul is flowing.
If you think the mob's thoughts or let
the mob think yours, if you live the mobs
life and have the mob's feelings, you don't
own anything. There isn't any you.
AS you look yourself over, are you per-
mitting anything to crowd you out of
yourself?
Does any sacculina menace you?
This is the first OF series of articles by Mr..
Shepherd, applying some of the facts of the
scientific ,rOrld to human life and character,
The second article, Are You a Hermit Crab"
tciW appear in an early number.
Evening star., 1917-04-01

y
to your personality?
You are willing to fight to save
AA the money you have earned, to
hold your job or to get better one. You
fight to keep your external possessions,
but do you fight to keep yourself?
Without personality, an individuality,
it is impossible to achieve any great sue
cess, no matter how successful you may
appear for time. The success that comes
from having some strong mans PERSONAL
ity working through you is not permanent
or genuine.
When Napoleon was fighting Austria
in 1897, on the very soil where the Italian
battle lines stretch to-day, he discovered
that his own future depended on the over
throw of the royalst party back in Paris.
He sent young officer named Augereau
to Paris to accomplish revolution.
Augereau succeeded in bringing about what
Napoleon desired. But neither Napoleon
nor history has ever given Augereau
any credit. He deserved none. 1t was
Napoleon, working through Augereau, who
overthrew the royalists. Augereau lacked
personality, individuality. That was why
Napoleon chose him as tool.
Trilby, singing under the spell of Sven
gall, entranced her hearers; but, with
Svengali's influence gone, she was the
same unsuccessful, lonely Trilby. Sven
gall chose her as victim of his influence
because her personality was not strong
enough to resist him. He stole her per-
sonality, just as he might have stolen her
little money or her old blue military coat.
DR.. johnson was so strong character
that he unwittingly overwhelmed Boswell,
and Boswell spent the remainder of his
life tagging around after johnson, wor-
Shipping him and writing down all he said.
But the Napoleons, the Svengalis, and
the DR.. Johnsons are not the only infu-
ences in this world that rob us of ourselves.
Personality" says H. Laurent, the
French writer, "is the quality of being
yourself.
Personality is the part played by an
individual among the multitude" says
Paul Carus.
Evening star., 1917-04-01
Are You Yourself?
By w. G. SHEPHERD
By w. G.. SHEPHERD

For you the world is really divided into
two parts. One part is the multitude; the
other part is lyou. The multitude tries
to take away your individuality and make
you part of itself. If it succeeds, your
Evening star., 1917-04-01

failure; for there can
be no success for the
young man or young
woman who permits the
multitude to absorb
him. Laurent, whom
we just have quoted,
finds that many young
men in his country are
failures because they
"are tempted to mold
themselves according to IA
the common herd"
1t is the multitude,
represented too often ~,
by our friends about ~
us, that is the thief of Y.%
personality in these
days.
Europeans laugh at
us Americans because we all wear the
same kind of hats. Americans who return
from Europe, where each man wears the
sort of hat that suits him best in his own
opinion, marvel at the sight of the thou
sands of men on Broadway, State Street,
or Market Street, each wearing hat ex-
actly like the other fellows.
We all put on and take off our straw
hats at the same time. We all go insane
about bicycle riding, and then, for some
unknown reason, we all decide unani-
mously that bicycling is silly. Bowling
used to hs an old-fashioned game. We
all took it up some years ago, praising it
for it's healthfulness and its fun; but we
are again deciding that it is old-fashioned
and it's vogue has gone out. Skating is
the thing now. We are all taking it up,
and we have decided unanimously that
it is healthful and splendid pastime,
just as if it had not, all these years, been
healthful and splendid sport.
We permit the multitude to tell us what
kind of hats to wear, how long to work
each day, what games to play, what forks
Evening star., 1917-04-01

NV THAT chance had the girl in a de-
Nv partment-store basement? Was
wv there no escape? For six months
w Ihad sold suits, coats, and dresses
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-12-20
O. III. Pruner Passes Away

Word was received here last week
from Los Angeles. Calf, announcing
the death of o. H. Primer at his home
in that city. but with no particulars.
Mr.. Primer was a prominent pio-
neer settler of South Hand county,
and enjoyed the friendship of early
day settlers all Over the county, hav-
ing served the county as treasurer.
Himself and family and one or two
brothers came to Hand county among
the early settlers from Sioux Falls.
They settled around Spring Lake, and
built a small inland town there. After
Mr.. Primer was elected county treas
urer they moved TO Miller, where
they spent several years From here
they moved to Huron, and then to
California. AS near as memory re-
calls Mr.. Primer was about rs years
of age. He leaves to mourn his loss
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-12-20
Pioneer Lady Passes Away

st. Lawrence News.-Mrs. August
Peterson's death, which occurred early
Friday morning, last week, was aus
ed by leakage of the heart. Funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon
at 300 o'clock In the M. e. Church,
Rev. Hay having preached the funeral
sermon. Interment was made In I. o.
o. r. cemetery, north Of town.
Obituary
Julia Elizabeth Shaul vas born
September rs, 1876, in Herkimer
county, New York, ano died at her
home in Pearl Twp. Hand county,
South Dakota, December 7th, 1917,
aged II years, 2 months and z days.
While yet a child she came with her
parents to Monroe Center, Ogle
county, ILL.,, where she grew up to
womanhood. She was married to
August Peterson at Monroe Center,
January /, 1873. This young couple
came to their present residence In
Hand county along with many other
Ogle county settlers In 1883. There
she and her husband lived and raised
their children.
She leaves behind to mourn her
loss her husband, two sons, viii and
Ernest, and one daughter, Mrs.
George WEIGH. She was tks mother
of four children. One of these, Olive
M. Peterson, died when rs years Of
age. Her two son and Mrs. Welch
were with her at her death. There
also survive her a brother and sister,
Mr.. John B. Shaul, of st. Lawrence,
and Mrs. Alice Mahana, of Davis Jun
ction, Illinois. Her eldest brother,
James H. Shaul, of Concordia, Kansas
preceded her but a few months.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-12-20
Revolving Razor

Sioux Falls-A new device. on the
principle of the snow pillow instead
Of the hoe, has been invented for
safety shaving by c. B. Collins of
Sioux Falls, that may be destined to
play an active part in the convenience
OF the public. The revolves
about the face, is wound like a clock
and car be carried in the pocket and
readily used, for 1t is automatic in
action. Mr.. Collins is now taking
steps to place IL on the market.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-12-20
Young Woman Corn Husker
Averages s. bu. for IS Days

Tyndall, s. D.-J. A. Cole, a farmer
near Tyndal1, reports that he has
developed the champion young wo-
man corn husker Of South Dakota.
She Is Miss Rose Kreyfck, who in a
period Of fifteen days husking corn
on tho Cole farm husked an aggre-
gate OF SGT bushels or an average of
nearly SIS bushels per day. She also
unloaded her own corn each day.
Many OF the expert male huskers
have made records little better than
that OF Miss Kreycik.