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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1917-03-17
WHATS THE MATTER WITH OUR TOWN?

And sn readers the taking i've
this week than We
paign is approved
wards the people of the community
o service community,
branch which
of the business
mail order business for they have been mail
mans hands story Of
r. Ihpeming in
OF Iron Ore
Mr.. p Bronson. Of Ishpeming recently attended
meeting OF the lumbemen Of the northwest which
OF in he country
these having been brought organ
make their One OF the prin-
cipai Of these, convention.
that he bad been largest of
order house and that policy 70
agents throughout the all containing
population Of 5000 being to
II the local merchants advertised newspapers
a own foundt that did little advertising
II the practice OF the % vii
their catalogs other kinds of advertising
from these towns, the speaker said
ness was secured based capita of population wher
the country newspapers literally ad-
vertisements Of the house
did little, but in those that did advertising
great campaign started,
places that the ked up
This speaker said that advertising s key OF
mail order house business, be
achieved by them without this and he CON-
tended that the local merchant 10
ply invited the mail to in nd make
bid for The trade the local did appear appreciate
Consider. Mr. Merchant what the above
says that these mail order houses have spotted Crystal Falls
OF the disloyaty merchants TO THE
Drill bear but They here
have sized the community
that there competition
under who
affairs
tai Falls combat this
AS Mr. Neweu this are printing
live would be good
It believing 10 be
The mail order adv
users specialize the
advertising The merchant who adyses
mercy order houses
that advertise all the
adya cfnpc
simply John Brown dealer
quoting telling dollar or hve or
ten Prices little
OF prices People dealing credit often
the local selling
but the people don't because
IL.
Advertising goes homes what counts
The weekly altogether
editions OF all the big metropolitan
and such other publications OF the weekly
reads and for which al the members
possession Of In this the
but for all kinds
the interesting features The local industry
sented Is the chief
reader lie interested
mail Of
IN reaching
business is principally those com
munites in which the mail order
do their that In such
places they The people Of the
business merchants doing the advertising
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
THE TRAITOR PACIFIST

tBy Edwin Arden of The Vigilantesl
In an address to members of the
Chambers of Commerce and ManufSc-
turers' association of Dallas. Texas, Mai.
Stanley Washburn of the L. $. army
said that: The men who go about the
land in the guise of pacifists, urging
enemies as much as If they had knives
in their hands and were stabbing your
sons over There in the back"
II Major Washburn is right, and any
thinking person knows that he is. why
are these brazenly outspoken pacifists
allowed to be at large, sewing the seeds
of sedition and stabbing our boys i'm the
French trenches with an American
knife made in Germany" The answer
Is that few OF us think straight cor
cerning the ghastly possibilities of this
war, affesting us individually. And even
the thinkers are not yet awake to the
deadly effects of this Prussic Acid
which is eating into the united loyalty
of the American people.
Every word of peace advocacy at this
time is born of German propaganda,
whose sole purpose is to create in the
less attitude toward a vigorous and
mighty prosecution of this war-until
ouf help comes too late. The poison
worked in Russia. and its effects will
be felt directly in this country. Every
Russian soldier who lays down his gun
and accepts a German peace releases
ten veteran Teuton butchers to over
whelm our boys on the western front.
And from the western front-where2
Possibly England. Field Marshal
French admits the possibility. and IL TO
England. then certainly to America.
What is the antidote for this poison?
Action, Swift. sure and crushing. The
pacifists must go; they must be effec-
trally muzzled or exterminated, prefer
ably the latter. AS Major Washburn
plblicly puts il. Thief should be tried
hy court-martial and shot with their
hacks against a wall"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31

Of serene compiacency and inviting us
TO think only OF what we have accom-
plished. as II war were an academic
debate with unlimited time to talk 1t
out 10 finish.
Mr.. Baker reminded the Southern club
the other day that the wages OF sin
IL death" We gather that he is con
fident that our righteousness assures
victory. We could wish the admins
tration were more inclined to consider
the sententious wisdom Of another prov
orb: "The Lord helps them who help
themselves"
This war cannot he won by rhetoric.
Neither Mr.. Baker nor Mr.. Wilson Is
going To stop the German army with
"a barrage OF noble utterances. Victory
IL not matter Of argument II IN u
matter Of lighting hard. and fghting
now.
The trouble with the administration ls
that II is still saturated with the paci-
fism which prevented II from preparing
for war while its diplomacy. 10 say
nothing of the current Of events. was
carrying us inexorably into war II is
still hoping that II can make war with
out fighting. This Is the curse Of paci
fism that II neither can prevent war
nor conduct II resolutely. II is always
hesitating. compromising, waiting for
It's hopes To fall from the sky.
The administration needs To wake up.
and wake up at once. 10 the fact that we
are not now engaged In AN election or
a diplomatic debate, but in IA contest OF
force. War may le foolish or horrid.
II Is excessively unpleasant. But 1t
is war, and 1t will not wait while we
try TO make up our minds how hard we
are going to fight.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
CENTRALIZED ARMY CONTROL.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: The an
nual reports Of the secretary Of war and
his subordinates contain nothing with
which the careful newspaper reader
was not already familiar. II was not
compatible with the public welfare TO
enter into details OF war preparations,
because of the vigilance OF the enemy.
But the acton of Secretary Baker in
naming "A war council TO coordinate
all matters of supplies for the armies
at home and overseas and the military
relations between the armies i'm the field
and tie department" is gratifying news
although there viii be some wonder that
ii was not taken earlier There is no
surprise in the personnel for IL is an
ey-officio council. The public is not
prepared TO pass on the qualifications of
the chief-of-staff, and the four major
generals for the discharge of such vital
ly important and stupendous duties.
We have not had real war for so long
that there has been little opportunity
for popular acquaintance with the capa-
bilities of our generals. II is presumed
that the designations have been based
on .faithfulness in a few things" the
best rule that can be followed. under
the circumstances. There has been no
hint of political. social or personal favor
itism. an outstanding fact that makes
the public reluctant to believe any criti-
oisms aimed at the conduct of war
preparations.
General Hugh Scott. in his final re-
port, urged even greater Capitalization
of control He wanted the chief-of
staff To be the secretary's one and only
organ for command of the army in all
that pertains Ito discipline. recruiting
instruction. intelligence. training. arm
ing equipping. mobilization, transpor-
tation, education, moving of troops and
the appointment. promotion, detail and
selection of officers" If there were
general of such admittedly superior
qualifications as to warrant his being
given such authority, his appointment
would remove the danger of indecision.
But there is nobody now known to be
so equipped. and a war council, domi-
mated by general officers. is the next
best method of command. until our
army actually begins fighting in France.
Then IL may become necessary for
Washington TO let the general i'm COM
mand do what he sees to be best and
to furnish him whatever he needs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
ANTLHUMAN PROPAGANDA.

The ArttVivisection 'federauon IL
fighting the Red Cross. 1t proposes that
that great humanitarian institution shall
be boycotted by the American people.
II goes further. and demands that the
courts enjoin IL from carrying on ns
work
In explanation of this astounding ac-
ton, officials of the federation say that
Red Cross funds are being used Tor
vivisection. There is a certain amount
Of truth I'm the statement. II is said
to be the intention OF the Red Cross
organization to spend 81 out OF every
81 900 raised for the war for purposes
OF medical research" in France. Ana
il is quite possible. even inevitable
that some minute part OF each dollar
devoted 10 research should be used IN
experimenting on animals. as neces-
sary step toward relieving the suffer
ings and saving the lives Of men
This procedure according to the Anu
VivisectioniSts. Is intolerable. They
characterize il as nothing less than
criminal diversion Of charitable gifts
from the purposes Of mercy TO the pur-
poses OF torture And they carry theH
propaganda TO the length OF making
this incredible statement:
"If by the vivisectIon Of single ami
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
Ara'nore. Monday, December 81. 1871,
OUR BIGGEST TRUST.

Under direct government control the
railroads have now become a leealized
transportation trust. the biggest of all
trusts Uncle Sam. as boss OF the whole
business, can do what the various rail
road units, from lack of authority, or
lack OF money, or conflicting interests
could not do.
The government will strive To elimi
nate wasteful duplication of routes and
equipment. II will pool trackage. cars.
locomotives. shops. materials and men.
Lines most advantageousy placed for
handling passenger or freight traffic
will be used accordingly. Desirable ex.
tensions and improvements will be has.
tened. Necessary financing will be done.
The mere guarantee of AN income based
on the last three years earnings will i'm
itself help to put the lines on better
financial basis, by increasing public con.
iidence in railroad properties.
All these, at least. are the conscious
aims of the government And though
progress may appear slow. owing to
ineXperience in the federal management
If so vast an enterprise. there is no
reason why the improvements sought
should not he realized in due time.
Our transportation system is now a
subordinate part Of our war organiZa-
ton The line sthemselves are left in
the hands of the practical railroad men
who have hitherto been operating them
The government will intervene only in
the application Of general policies There
is no reason to believe that the new
regime will not bring a big Improvement
in this basic and vital industry.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
THE HOUSE or A THOUSAND
CIOSETS.

One little woman living not far from
New York has been able BY the expendi-
ture of a moderate sum of money, to
transform an impractical, closetless
dwelling into one in which housekeeping
is not only "A pleasure, but where the
problem of storing away clothing has
been satisfactorily solved.
Among her friends II is known as
the house of a thousand closets" which
is nearly If not literally true.
Every little cubby-hole below the
shingles has been utilized for closet
space. There are banks of closets on
both the second and attic floors, to say
nothing OF a cedar closet with sun and
air and electric light. for the reception
of the owners choicest possessions.
Some of the closets are cedar-lined
others sheathed with matched boards of
North Carolina pine. well shelacked to
keep out the moths and frequently
sprayed with a liquid in which oil OF
cedar plays a part.
Some of the closets are in the shape
of old-fashioned cupboards with doors
others with doors above and drawers be-
low. A few are designed on the locker
plan. with shelves to hold piles of snowy
linen. Each member of the family has
her own compartment with good
bakers dozen for bedding and blankets.
There is. in short, accommodation for
every household need
A printed list of every article con-
tained in the drawers and cupboards is
tackled in plain sight in order that the
frantic search for inanimate things that
Ia. SIIIhanIk- Ia ha ia lan xkipoS nd
flown away. may be entirely obviated.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
SUGAR WILL REMAIN SCARCE

II was expected that sugar would be
more plentiful after the first of the
year. Now IL is announced that the
shortage is to continue through the
coming year. II may be relieved To
some extent, and shipments may become
more regular. but we cannot expect the
usual supply. or anywhere near IL.
The food administrator explains that
We are bound to share the available
sugar with our allies. and there isn't
going To he enough Ia go around on
the usual basis OF consumption. The
English people need "a pounds apiece
for the year. and the French ~ pounds
apiece. Those are war estimates rep.
resenting the minimum on which the
authorities believe the people can get
along and maintain their health and
strength. The British and French are
literally on sugar rations. Our own
consumption IL estimated at 55 pounds
apiece for the year.
There is going to be shortage of
100000 to 800 900 tons. says Mr.. Hoover.
Shall we require the British TO take
that much out of their 24-pound allow.
ance. or the French to take IL out OF
their i4'pound allowance, or shall we
take II out Of our 55.pound allowance?
There ought to be only one answer to
that questionable answer that any
decent human being would make in
any similar case involving a friend or
neighbor
II doesn't necessarily mean any dep.
rivation to us. II merely means eat
ing less candy and cake and ice cream
and putting little less sugar into
things in the kitchen and on the table
Cutting down our old sugar allowance
about 20 per cent will he good for most
of IT, And if We'll just do that. there
won't be any further trouble The sup
ply will take care of itself
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
DIARIES AND ACCOUNT BOOKS

If YOU found that nice new "line.a.
day" book in yoru stocking, you felt
YOU could hardly wait till New Years
day TO start writing in II. But now
that the routine is settling down again
YOU have just about forgotten its ex.
istence. Or youll write vigorously the
first few days, then spasmodically for a
month or two and the next six months
will be blank. At least, that's what
you have always done with such things
before.
The new account book goes the same
way. Along about March when you
are hopeless of ever making it balance
YOU give II up in despair and say
What's the difference? The money is
gone. anyhow; what do care what it
went for?'
You come to think. after a few years
Of vigorous effort in January, fading
away into oblivion towards spring, that
it's no use trying to keep any records.
You think you just weren't born system
attic, and that's all there is to it.
But that isn't the trouble. Keeping
records is like brushing ones teeth. II
must become a habit. How many people
go TO the bathroom and consciously
thing Now | must brush my teeth?
You get up with your mind on the
affairs OF the day and proceed with
automatic motions in the process Of
dressing. The teeth get brushed with
out any conscious thought. But when
YOU were four years old IL was different.
II required effort of will, and you for
got.
Records must be kept in the same
way. The fact that you kept them for
two months last year will help you to
keep them three or four months this
year. Every year. if you are in earnest,
the habit viii root itself more deeply.
Life IL too short for long diaries,
elaborate accounting systems. Such
things should not add TO life's burdens,
but make them easier Nothing is worth
while which does not serve life. Brief
records may prove OF inestimable value
next year or five years from now. Keep
them. by all means.
But don't be discouraged. IL may
take years before you keep records as
easily as you brush your teeth. But
keep trying. and in time the custom
win be permanently established
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31

The boys In the united States ma.
rlne corps selected Pearl White as their
favorite motion picture star from, whom
they wanted Christmas greetings.
Other persons selected by the officers
and men Of this fghting corps included
Colonel Roosevelt Mayor Mitchell
Mayor-elect Hylan Of New York, Enrico
Caruso. Cardinal Farley. and other
prominent public men and statesmen. but
Pearl White was the only actress so
honored. According TO the marine
corps officials. Miss Whites message
hits closer To the heart than some OF
those sent by the men. Her message
Is as follows:
ITO the Boys OF the L. $. Marine
Corps.
Dear Boys: This is the first Christ.
mas away from the ones you love,
and viii. know. bring many a heart.
ache. But remember those whom you
have left behind yiu have the same
cross 10 bear, and many OF us women
wish flor the first time In our livesD
that we were men. so that we could
stand shoulder to shoulder with you in
the trenches and mud, go over the top
and help blot out this Prussianism that
is trying to grind freedom under the
heel OF the Hohenzollern. But as we
are only women. and have been left
at home. all our prayers will be TO bring
YOU safely back to US next Christmas.
with peace on earth and good will
to men,.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
WANTED: THE FIGHTING SPIRIT.

Chicago Tribune: 1t is being revealed
at Washington that the United States
is not giving the material aid to our
allies which it ought TO be giving after
its entrance into the war 1t is being
revealed that our preparations to de-
lier the blow expected of us are seri-
ously tagging.
This is an uncomfortable discovery.
but il is less important than another.
So far as we may judge from the pub
lie comment Of government officials
we lack something more important than
guns or ships. That something is the
fighting spirit.
So far as the dollar a year men
are concerned. there is plenty of fight
ing spirit and plenty of response to the
urgency of the allied needs But when
we turn to the administration we find
a complacency incredible in the light
of conditions abroad, France. Italy and
England cry make haste" Pershing
says. we must give aid at the earliest
possible moment" Congressman Nc
Cormick returns from the front with
the same message from the highest au-
thorities in the allied governments and
|armies. Indeed, there would seem TO
be no need for such appeals. The ter
rife facts shout at us. The Russian
collapse has released for use on the
west front an equipped army of sea-
soned German and Austro-Hungarian
veterans as large as any we can get
TO the front before 1919. The bolshev.
tx negotiation with Germany promises
n release to Germany and Austria of
perhaps a million and "a half more
prisoners. all trained IL not equipped.
Ii also promises the opening to the
enemy OF Russia's supplies. At a blow
Germany and Austria have just won
back from Italy what 1t took two years
OF hard fighting and back-breaking la
Dor to win. and Italy stands today fight
ing desperately against invasion if not
overthrow Meanwhile in France and
Flanders the German line has stiffened
and is beginning TO give back hard
blows. The moment is critical the
conditions graver perhaps than at any
stage of war since the battle of the
N[arne.
Yet we find Mr. Baker In an attitude
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
AMAZING WAR SURGERY.

lola tkanD Register: Almost incredi-
BILE feats have been and are being ac-
complished according to late Associate
Press reports, every day of the war by
the surgeons who treat soldiers wound
ed on the battlefields. These remark
able feats have increased in frequency
as the stricken men are more quickly
gathered ir by the ambulances and
bi ought tc the field hospitals for surgi-
cal Intervention.
At the beginning of the war it was
not always possible to clear up bat
tlefield of the casualties in less than
three or four days, and on many oc-
casions wounded men waited even
longer before their injuries could be
handled The result of this was that
large numbers of the wounded sue
cumbed from gangrene or blood-poison-
ing or were rendered so feeble from
loss of blood that they were unable to
undergo operations that were vitally
necessary. 1t was at that time re-
garded as a satisfactory result when
sixty per cent OF the wounded brought
into the hospitals recovered eventually
from tnelr injuries.
This per cent of losses amng the
wounded men would at present be re-
garded with horror by the military
surgeons. who now reckon with per
feet assurance on saving about nine
tenths of the wounded men coming un-
der their treatment. During the battle
of Flanders the percentage of recov-
erics among wounded men taken to the
hospitals amounted to eighty-six.
This striking figure was still further
improved on the occasion of the recent
battle i'm which the French wrested
from the Germans the fort of Malmai-
son and caused them to evacuate the
Chemin des Danes after throwing away
hundreds of thousands of the Crown
Princes best troops in the effort to
retain il. The French surgeons report
after the conclusion of the fighting and
the treatment of all the wounded shows
that ninety men out of every hundred
brought TO the hospital recovered from
their hurts.
Speed in collecting the wounded is
the greatest factor in bringing about
this progress. Americans have had
much to do with the. speeding up of
the ambulance service. for their am
balances have been present at every
point where fighting has been severe
and their work has been highly praised
by the army commanders. Americans
have done much in providing hospital
accommodation near the front as well
as at the bases.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-31
THE FRIENDS OF WILHELM.

CBy George Sterling of The Vigilantesl ]
Now the vast Evil, houghed and
brought 10 bay.
Bellows across the world its lust and
fear,
Howling for aid to all its spawn that
hear
Testing its faithful ere the avenging
Day.
Now is the season of the Beasts dismay,
America. See now thy sons appear
Whose lips shall do thee service with
a sneer,-
Whose threats shall hiss these and
whose hearts betray.
LaFollette. Gore, Hsrdwick, Stone and
Reed
Eastman and Ridder, Hillquit-theirs
the seed
Of treason sown upon patient lard,
Who nox by stealth, unshamed aud
unpursued.
nv darkness. with the dagger in the
hand.
seek the great Breast from which
they drew their food