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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-07-20
RED CROss AUx|L|AR|Es
ADO MANY new MEMBERS
Maytown, Grand Mound and Yelm
Report Increasing Interest.
in Work.

The Olympia Red Cross chapter
realized $64.17 from the lawn sociala
held during Chautauqua week on the
lawn Of DR.. and Mrs. H. w. Partlow.
it was announced Wednesday.
New members are being enrolled
daily In the local chapter and in the
auxiliaries in various. parts Of the
county. Reports Of new members in
three Of these branch societies are:
% Maytown-J. Dingman, d. D. Co.'S
tella, Paul Rhines, Joe Reder. Will
lam Bates. q. c. Peppard, william
johnson. d. Bessex, George Shelly,
Clarence Watson, Theodore Arm
strong, e. w. Hoag, Villa Hoag. Joe
Shelly, VIII Townsend, Charles N.
Lewless, N. Osborne, L. g. Servis. H.
Townsend, q. Farrow, H. Kumm.
Louie Merrill, H. Langton, M. Rise,
G. L. Christensen, r. H. Anderson. T.
J. wilkins. Charles Shelly, J. Miller.
o. r. Chilson, R. E. Grimes, Roy B.
Dodd, L. Armstrong, c. D. Hills,
Dominic Copp, Rosco Miller. L. G..
Bloomingdale, G. H. vaughns. l..
Stephens, Chris Marshall. D.. Pease.
G. M. Shank, N. s. Epperson, p. N.
Young, D. e. Servis, e. .Ager, r. FL
lingsen, Guy Morton and George Mar
tell.
Grand Mound-Mrs. Kate Baker,
Miss Gladys Brown, Mrs. Pearl Carl
son, Thomas Fuller, D. A. Landers.
w. J. Long, Harry Pierce, Mrs. Fred
Sargent. Miss Donna Sargent and
Mrs. Asher Sargent.
Yelm-Al Obrey, Mrs. s. Swanson.
Mrs. Denison, Mrs. Graham. Mrs.
Fitch, Mrs. Weber. Miss Mary Eddy.
Mrs. Frank Benson, Miss Mable Mar
tin. Mrs. Frank Royce, Albert Smith.
Phil Martin, D. R. Hughes, Mrs. T. N.
Chambers and Fred Price.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-07-20
Sixteen Here Want to BE Omcers.

Sixteen young men of this city
filed applications with the local
board for admission to the second
officers training camp at the Presidio
in San Francisco, beginning August
81, Chairman Frank M. Kenney says.
The local boards ceased to exist off,
cially last Monday, but any who still
want to apply for the camp may file
their applications direct with the
army examining officer, Captain w.
T. Patton, at Fort Lawton, providing
they have good excuses to explain
why they did not present themselves
to the local boards. Selection of can
didates for the camp will be mada
soon, it is expected, IT'S being chosen
from Washington.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-07-20
GATE

Mr.. William Cooper did some in
terror work on his house while home
from camp during the shutdown.
Miss Charlotte Morry OF Centralia
b visiting Mr.. and Mrs. T. Balch.
Mrs. L. M. Fletcher moved to CeD-
tralia Thursday, where her husband
has work.
Mr.. John Cooper has moved his
family over to camp.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Bennett of
Oyster Bay were visiting at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson recently
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Gaisell and chill
dren. Leota and Harry, and Grandpa
Dittlemyer motored over to Offut
Lake Sunday.
The Northern Pacific is putting in
. steel bridge across Black riversouth
Of town.
Mrs. Murdoch and children of
Aberdeen were visiting at the home
Of her brother and sister. Mr.. AMI
Mrs. b. Colt, last week.
Mr.. N. Spinner and two daughters.
Misses Florence and Evelyn, and Miss
Kneeland motored to Oakville Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Colt and children
motored over to Offut Lake Sunday.
Mlss Lillian M. Cooper is acting
% assistant postmistress.
Miss Odell Parox is home from Ce-
darville where she has been working
Little June johnson ie recovering
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-07-20

The city council Tuesday evening
amended the local jitney regulation
ordinance to permit jitneys to run to
Priest Point park and so provide
means Of transportation for the large
number of people who want to visit
the city's playground.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-07-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Noyes Talcott are the
happy parents of baby boy, born
last Friday.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-07-20
YAIRvIEw

Mn. J. Parsons surprised her
daughter. Mrs. c. v. Cooper. on her
birthday last Wednesday by inviting
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-02
KEEP THE NOSE
AND THROAT CLEAN

1t has been thoroughly demonstrat-
ed that several of our communicable
diseases are transmitted by excretions
from the nose and throat. We know
also that many of these diseases en-
ter the system through the nose and
throat. 1t is, therefore, reasonable to
believe that if these two air passages
are kept thoroughly clean at all times
that the danger of infection will be
proportionately lessened.
A few years ago the physician in
charge of one of our Indian Reserva-
tions required the children in the
school to thoroughly cleanse their nos
es, mouths and threats with simple
antiseptic solution, known as
Thiersch's Solution. This is a very in
expensive solution and is made in the
following manner:
Dissolve one-half teaspoonful sail
cylic acid, three teaspoonfuls boric
acid in one quart of water.
The year after this practice was
started three or four children came to
the school with whooping cough, but
not single one of the children at the
school who had been following this
simple precaution contracted the di-
sease. All the children in the school
were required to gargle their throats
and wash their mouths with this So
luton and also snuff it through their
noses, in this way thoroughly cleans
ing the air passages.
This is such simple procedure
and the material is so Inexpensive that
it seems reasonable that every family
in the State might follow this simple
precaution.
Keep the nose, throat and mouth
thoroughly clean and the danger Of
contracting communicable diseases
will, to say the least, be materially re-
duced. -Missouri State Board of
Health Bulletin.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-02
ROAD BUILDING is BOTH
A SCIENCE AND AN ART

Road building is both a science and
an art. This fact accounts for many
of our difficulties in carrying out sat
isfactory road programs. On the one
hand the scientist is inclined to over
emphasize his interests in a manner
that makes progress economically inn
possible. On the other hand, the prac-
tical road builder depends too much on
his skill, to the exclusion of funda-
mental scientific facts, and thereby
fails to secure durable construction.
A judicious combination of science
and art is needed to make any road
program successful over a number of
years. The men responsible for the
work must be thoroughly grounded in
science, and they must likewise have
a comprehensive knowledge of what
has been accomplished in practical
way They must profit from the prac-
teal mistakes of others.
The engineering schools are trying
to train men who shall have a lively
understanding of the whole field; who
shall be thoroughly grounded in the
physical sciences, and who shall have
developed sufficient practical sense TO
go around an obstacle, if unable to
go over it, rather than to stand still.
Every State that has begun a pro-
gram of road building is calling for a
larger number of experts of this type.
The University Of Missouri, through
her Engineering School, is meeting
this need, but up to the present her
men have been obliged to go out of
the State for employment. She has
furnished Kansas with State High
way Engineer, and Illinois with three
men heading important bureaus of
the highway commission, besides
large number of others who are di-
vision and district engineers. The
passage of the Halves road bill may
give these men an opportunity to help
their own State.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-02
STATE VITAL STATISTICS

Statistics compiled for the last quar-
ter of 1916, October, November and
December, show there was a total of
10,417 deaths. Of this number, s.
785 were males and 1882 females;
1855 while and S52 black.
The month of December showed the
greatest number of deaths, 1862, and
November the lowest. 3,178.
Disease of the heart heads the list
of causes of death for the quarter with
1928; pneumonia, 1,149; tuberculosis
of lungs, 979; Brights disease, 1872;
nervous system, 1888; cancer, 618; ac-
cidents, 400; diarrhoea and enteritis
(under two years of age), 292; re-
spiratory system, 277; typhoid fever,
218; diphtheria and Group, 200; sui
cides, 1879; otherforms of tuberculo-
sis, III; homicides, 101; diabetes, 81;
puerperal state, SO; influenza, All;
whooping cough, So; scarlet fever, 16;
measles, 10; epidemic cerebrospinal
meningitis, 8; acute anterior poliony
elitis, 5; smallpox, 2.
There were 1926 births reported
as having occurred during october,
November and December of which g.
861 were males; 1896 were females.
16.730 were white; 526 were black.
1t will be noted from the foregoing
that there were $3.50 more births than
deaths during the quarter.-J. G. Kali
ser, Chief Statistician.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-02
REvAMPING AN OLD QUESTION

Twenty years ago, William Jen-
niugs Bryan ran for President on a
Gree Silver" platform. His argu-
ment, in short, was based on the linn
tied supply of gold, which at that time
was more or less apparent fact. He
had no way of knowing that great
gold fields would be developed and
that new processes for extracting
gold would greatly increase the pro-
duction of that metal. He saw the
nations of the earth engaged in mad
struggle for the possession of gold
as the basis for their circulating me-
dium-the struggle to result in fall
ing prices to the ruin of debtors and
the enrichment of creditors.
Fundamentally, Mr.. Bryan's posi-
ton rested on the assumption of what
is known as the cumulative theory Of
money which is that, when the amount
of the circulating medium increases
prices go up and when it decreases,
prices go down,
With a constantly increasing
amount of money and rising prices,
the cumulative theory is getting addi-
tional support. That does not mean,
except inferentially, that Mr. Bryan's
free silver views were correct. Even
though the cumulative theory of mon
ey be excepted, there is room to doubt
whether the parity between two me-
tails could be maintained. If not, the
free coinage of silver would have been
disastrous, however desirable an in
crease in the quantity of money might
have been.
There were many who accepted the
cumulative theory, but doubted the
ability of the country to maintain the
parity between the two metals. There
were those who made sport of Mr..
Bryan and his views on every phase
of the question. He has lived to see
one of them-the quantative-all but
universally accepted. No one worth
while doubts that the steady rise in
the prices of commodities is due, in
part, to the increase of gold and money
generally. Bankers, who condemned
Bryan and all his views, are now con-
cerned over the fact that we are get
ting so much gold on hand that prices
NAV disappear out of sight in the up
per heavens.
His views as to the ability of the
country to maintain the parity be-
tween the two metals, probably new
er will be proved, even if they were
true, which does not matter much
as we have more gold now than we
know what to do with and there is
no need of another metal as circu-
lating medium or as a basis for
money.
1t is somewhat surprising to find
financiers urging the decentralization
of gold as way out of present diff
fculties.
Verify nothing is settled. The fall
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-02
FARMERS LIKE TO
SEE THINGS DONE

Demonstration are more popular
than lecturers and farmers would
rather see things done than to listen
to talks on how to do them, are the
conclusions to be drawn from an at
tendance summary made of the 1917
Farmers Week by the College of Ag-
riculture of the University of Nilsson
ri, under whose direction with the
State Board of Agriculture, the week
is held.
The average attendance at demon
strations was 90.8 per cent and at lee
lures 55.14. Animal husbandry and
home economics were the two most
popular lecture courses. In the first
the attendance was 1853 per cent. In
the latter the percentage was 86.1. The
attendance in the home economics is
an indication of the interest the farm
wife is taking in her side of the
science of agriculture.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-02
$lOO Reward, 500

The readers OF this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages. and that Is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken In
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system, there
by destroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature In doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address; r. ], CHENEY C co. Toledo. o.
Sold by all druggists. 75c,
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-02
GIRLS STATEMENT WILL
HELP PENNINGTON

Here is the girls own story: "For
years l had dyspepsia, sour stomach
and constipation. drank hot wa
ter and olive oil by the gallon. No
thing helped me until l tried buck
thorn bark, glycerine, ETC., as mixed in
Adler-i-ka. ONE TEASPOONFUL
helped me INSTANTLY" Because
Adler-i-ka fushes Che entire alimen-
tary tract it relieves ANY CASE of
constipation, sour stomach or gas and
prevents appendicitis. 1t has QUICK
EST action of anything we ever sold,
E. NJ. Laakman, Druggist. (adv.)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-02

Visiting Knob Lick and vicinity last
week in the interest of The Farming
ton Times, we wish to pen few OF
the things that most forcibly i'm
pressed us.
First of Importance the character
of the school and the building i'm.
pressed us as being fair criterion by
which to judge the statue of the peo-
Pile in the community by.
After visit to and careful in
spection of the school and building
we were inclined to the opinion that
Knob Lick has one of the best, if not
the best, school houses in the county
taking size and material into consid-
Grafton. 1t has four commodious and
we'll appointed rooms, modernly equip
ped, so arranged that any two rooms
may be thrown into one should occa-
sion require it. These rooms are
heated and ventilated by the very best
system that has been evolved by the
ingenuity of the brain of man, The
Smith System. The agricultural and
all departments are amply supplied
with all needed equipments that con-
duce to reaching good and efficient
results.
Mr.. Van Amberg as principal, Miss
Long as intermediate, and Miss Nc
CURE as primary, constitute the teach
ing force, and from what we observed
personally and from information gain
ed from other sources, the conviction
is, that excellent work is being done
and good results are being obtained
in the respective departments. This
building is a granite structure OF
modern design well and favorably To-
Gated. The citizens are proud of their
school and building and very justly so.
Evidently superhuman effort on their
part was required to accomplish this
great work, to say nothing of the sac
rifices made in it's accomplishment.
The cooperative school spirit and eff
fort are very manifest which augurs
we'll for the future of this school. 1t
should be borne in mind that this is
the first consolidated Rural High
School in the county, if not in all the
Southeast section of the State. The
success of these people should be an
incentive for other sections to do like
wise. We are sure that these peo-
pie regard the boys and girls in the
true light, as being the nations best
asset, hence their great effort as man.
Tested this effort attests.
In a general sense, the small viii
lage of Knob Lick compares favorably
with our best sections. Possibly con-
tanning not many in excess of 200 in
habitants, yet it contains three gen.
eral mercantile stores, with several
small businesses besides, all of which
seem to be enjoying great measure
of success financially.
The Consolidated Store, with Mr..
S. Gray as manager, and Mr.. Geo.
Wallace as assistant, is doing large
and lucrative business. This being a
market for railroad cross-ties, this
firm is the principal purchaser, so al
so is much mines timber bought and
shipped from this point.
The M. Sandberg General Store, of
which Mrs. M. Sandberg is owner and
proprietress, does very thriving
business. Mrs. Sandberg is assisted
in the store duties by Mr.. James
Humes, who is always alert to duty
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-02
KNOB LICK
AS The Times Travelling Representa-
tive Saw 1t

: and courteous to her large clientage.
The Brooks store is presided over
by Mr.. J. r. Brooks, the owner. Mr.
Brooks is born merchant, skilled in
all the arts of the successful man, be-
ing courteous and accommodating to
the last degree, success is the result
ant consequence, of these essential
characteristics.
Then there is Mr.. Beard, the evil
lage Blacksmith" who is the busiest
man in the little town. Besides do
ing, with the aid of a competent as
sistant, all the work for the village
and contiguous territory, caters to
the varied needs of the surrounding
farming community, as he carries a
goodly stock of that great interests
needs, in the shape of general agri-
cultural machinery, fertilizers, etc.
Mr.. Whitener, the efficient and gen.
ial postmaster, is always on deck
ready to minister to the needs of
"Uncle Sans" vast army of patrons,
and besides his numerous postal du-
ties, he owns a soda water factory
and by the aid of competent help man.
ufactures an excellent line of soft
or temperance drinks.
Our Old friend, G. W. Baker, is en-
gagged in the dairying business, and
from appearances is prospecting, while
Mr.. Meyers, the chicken man, has
"got 'em all beat. From his hen
merry he ships g full crate-30 dozen
eggs-every other day, for which he
receives the top of the market, and
for the month of February his re-
ceipts therefrom was considerably in
excess Of 500. His pens consist en-
tirely of the Brown Leghorn breed,
which he believes has no superior in
the production of the highly apprised
fruit of the proud bird, the hen.
The Wallace Hotel is ever vigilant
to the best interests and comforts of
it's large patronage. Mrs. Wallace is
an adept in the culinary art, and when
you visit Knob Lick your inner wants
can be fully appeased at this up-to-
date hostelry.
A new institution has recently
come into existence in this quiet lit
tle "village of rocks" that the more
thoughtful ones are not very enthu-
siastic over, and that is a pool room
of recent license. Remembering the
past of former institution of like
kind, they are fearful of the attend
ant consequences. The pool room in
itself is bad enough, but when we take
into consideration its many "side
lines" it becomes a real menace to
society and destructive in its influence
especially on the young men in its
vicinity.
The granite industry is not very
promising at the present, very little
in that line being done, but in con-
versation with Mr.. Qualls, who has
large and valuable granite interests,
we learned that the near future was
very suspicious for big revival of
trade in that important industry which
has always contributed to the material
welfare of that section.
Concluding, we wish to express to
the good people we met while in Knob
Lick our appreciation for the kindly
consideration shown us and the very
liberal support given The Times, both
as to subscriptions and mechanical
work. Yours,
G. NJ. R.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-02

lacy of yesterday becomes the truth
of today and the truth of today is
cast as error into the limbo of for
getfulness tomorrow. This will be
ever so as to such questions as money,
tariff and commerce, but happily is
never so as to questions which are
moral by nature and where truth be-
comes a positive, not relative thing,
In the meantime, let no one fear
that the money question is to claim
public attention in the next campaign.
Business, commerce and money will
get adjusted and the nation can fight
out its presidential contest over the
supremacy or destruction of the liquor
traffic.
Whatever the issue, Mr.. Bryan
comes up serenely.-National Enquir-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-02
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that letters
testamentary on the Estate of Susan
C. Walker, deceased, wa,H granted to
the Undersigned on tie Sixth day of
February, 1917, by the Probate Court
of St. Francois County, Missouri. All
persoas having claims against said
Estate are r,qGired to exhibit them
for allowance TO the Executor within
six months after date of said letters,
or they may be precluded from any
benefit of such Estate; and if such
claims be not exhibited within one
year from the date of the last insert
iaa of tie publication of this notice,
they shall be forever barred.
CHARLES F. CLARDY, Executor.
Feb. 8, 16, 20, Mch. 2.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-02
RANK FOOLIsHNESs

You occasionally see it stated that
colds do not result from cold weather.
That is rank foolishness. Were it
true colds would be as prevalent in
midsummer as in mid-winter. The
microbe that causes colds flourishes
in damp, cold weather. To get rid of
q cold take Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy. 1t is effectual and is highly
recommended by people who have
used it for many years as occasion
required, and know its real value. OBJ
tainable everywhere. (adv.)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-02
PENNINGTON AMAZED
BY SUDDEN ACTION

The incredible action of simple law
optik eye wash is startling. A school
boy had eye strain so badly he could
not read. A weeks use of lavoptik
surprised his teacher so much that she
used it for her old mother. ONE
WASH showed benefit. A small bot
tie lavoptik is guaranteed to help
EVERY CASE weak, strained or in
famed eyes. The INCREDIBLE re-
suits are astonishing. Pure aluminium
eye cup FREE with each bottle. w.
e. Aubuchcn, druggist, Frankclay,
Mo. (adv)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-02
HOW TO PREVENT GROUP

When the child is subject to attacks
of Group, see to it that he eats light
evening meal, as an overloaded stom-
ach may bring on an attack, also watch
for the first symptom -hoarseness,
and give Chamberlain Cough Rene
dy as soon as the child becomes hoarse.
Obtainable everywhere. (adv.)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-02
IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS

1t does not appear to be generally
known in this city that the Sunshine
Special, the fast train on the Iron
Mountain, receives passengers at
Bismarck for all points south where
that train stops. 1t has been doing
this for the past year. This train
reaches Bismarck about $40 p. m.
This obviates the necessity of going to
st. Louis in order to make long trips
west or south.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-02
SToCK FARM FOR SALE

1906 acres; 200 acres fenced, about
las acres in cultivation and pasture.
Lots of outside range. Spring water
plentiful. House, barn and silo. Some
good corn land. Would make two
good farms. Term. Investigate.
j. C. BALLARD,
Libertyville, Mo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-02
TooTHsoME MEATS

Of every description can always be
secured at Autsen's Meat Market.
$500 Coupon Books for $4.85. Good
meat is our speciality. Phone So.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-03-02

The Minnesota college professor
who invented the phrase, ''bean-
shooter mind" is now priding himself
on having beaten Col. Roosevelt to
one of our best epithets.