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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-01-05
Driving a BARGAIN,

A drummer tells an amusing story
OF trade he witnessed In a small
Indiana town. A man with a wagon.
load Of brooms was dickering with
the proprietor of the grocery store,
who was anxious to buy his entire
stock and pay half In cash and half
In merchandise out Of the store. The
broom man wanted the money. At last
the grocer offered half In cash and
half In goods at cost.
With some reluctance the broom.
maker closed the trade. There were
20 dozen brooms at 20 cents a broom.
In all $4S. The man was paid his $24
in cash and the brooms We're unloaded
and stacked up In the grocer's big
front window.
Now" said the grocer, with & wave
OF his hand, "just make your own Sc.
lection from anything in my store al
cost, $24 worth"
The man stood first on one foot, then
on the other, and thought. Then he
Said: "Wal, / believe I'll jist take $24
worth of brooms at cost."-The Chris
tian Herald.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-01-05
DRILL HOLES THROUGH ICE
Seals Necessity Of Obtaining Air In
Winter Calls for Tedious and
Constant Labor.

1t is probable that not one person In
a thousand knows how the seal Of the
far North gets air when the Arctic
ocean Is entirely covered with many
feet of ice.
The small, spotted seal, which Is q
hair seal, and not fur-bearer, Is the
hardy dweller of the northern waters.
Under his tough, thick skin he has an
inch or more Of blubber. When the
Ice closes up the open water In the
Arctic, the seal selects spot and be-
gins to drill hole to the surface by
pressing his warm nose against the
Ice. Nobody knows how many hours
1t takes him to accomplish his task,
but he manages 1t; and although he is
obliged to work most of the time, be-
cause the surface of the hole is con-
tlnually freezing, he keeps 1t open all
winter, and obtains air.
Seals have been known to drill in
this manner through 80 feet of solid
ice. Whether or not they take turns
In the slow drilling Is not positively
known.
1t Is at these "seal holes" that the
polar bear seeks food In the winter,
and there the Eskimo waits, spear in
hand, for his weekly supply of meat.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-01-05
WHAT HAPPENED TO HERR KEEL.
lER.

IN the evening of September II,
" 1916, Herr Keller, chief magistrate
Of Lucerne, left his office for his home
In the country, accompanied by his
daughters Salesia and Hildegarde. 1t
was disgusting night, with every
variety of rain and wind. Their path
followed the course Of the tempestuous
Reuss, and was In places dangerous,
but they all knew 1t so well that they
could have followed 1t blindfold.
Now and then Herr Keller called out
CHEEKY greeting to the girls and they
answered In kind. for they were robust,
happy people. They walked in single
file, Salesia first, the father next, and
Hildegarde last. AS they neared the
end of their journey Hildegarde lost a
shoe In the mud, and was engaged a
minute or two refitting 1t to her foot,
when she fastened after the others.
Eventually the house was reached and
the girls opened the door and looked
around for their father, but he was
not visible. They were astonished
They were quite sure that he had been
with them a few minutes before. Serv.
ants were summoned, and party
started ont with lanterns to search fol
the missing man. Their search was In
vain. On the following day the body OF
Keller was found where II had beer
washed ashore ~ the swollen torrent
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-01-05
soME1HINa8 VkFsisE
Loness That Was Sent to Indiana Man
~ Express Package Was Not
Entirely Welcome.

"There's an express package at the
station for you, Mr.. Marshall" came
the voice from the manager of the
American Express office, Mt the Lake
Erie station at Hartford City over the
telephone. "Do you want 1t delivercdr
was the further query.
"Well, what is it?" Lawrence Mar
shall, member of the firm Of Marshall
& Alexander, hardware dealers, inter-
rogated. The agent agreed to investi-
gate-but he would not do 1t again for
his Job.
"Why--why-why, there's somethin'
In there that's growlin', something
nwful--guess it's a Hon. the agent
fairly gasped.
'Lion?-why what the. Say, you're
quite clever this morning2 Whereja
git that stuffT
Finally, however, Marshall was con-
WINGED that a lioness was crouched in
one corner of a nice little cage In the
express Office.
This Is how It happened. The man,
agement Of wild animal show, which
showed at the fall festival here, was In
this city few days previously to the
festival, and met Mr.. Marshal. Later,
not knowing whom to express the lion
ess to, he happened to think of Mar
shall.-Indianapoli News.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-01-05
Shoe Of the Future.

E "The right kind Of shoe will be a
queer-looking thing ms we now see
,things' says DR.. Arthur II. Reynolds,
In the American Magazine. "In place
of the offending pointed toe 1t will
look more like the blade of paddle.
1t will not be stiff and unyieldlng. 1t
will be from three to five inches across
the ball of the foot Fashion is n
whimsical thing, and such shoe,
when 1t becomes regular may be con-
sidered beautiful. Any fashion in cos
tune that follows the form has right
to live. Any fashion that distorts the
form or cripples the wearer is an out
law without right to existence The
United States army shoe has some Of
the cations.-Pittsburgh Post.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-01-05
Bic OCEAN FERRY BETWEEN
HALIFAX AND ALLY PORTS

within one great hull. But far more
impressive was the Information that
came to me casually from the wounded
man. and then was icorroborated by
others.
There's 1850 Yankbe lads in that
outfit. too. They're pitt Of the Amer
" Ienn legion legion, 'h"r's NE" recruiting all
A Retired U. s. Army officer.
More thun that. there was an Amer.
lean army officer tretired from the
service of the U. =. a. with high rank)
acting ns second I'm command OF this
battalion )f Yankee lads, ! wns told by
several persons who had ample means
of knowing.
They nnrned his name and snid that
so enthusiastic was he about the cause
OF the allies that he was content. even
eager, TO accept lieutenant coIonelcy
III this battalion. although he had been
or far greater position than that In the
army Of his own country. and was
renly one OF the best known of the
older fighting men" In Uncle Sans
service.
am not giving the name here. he
cause Ii was whispered In confidence
ana u was said that he didn't wnnt II
known just yet that he was fighting
IN the service of foreign monarch.
But I'LL this--the departure of 7,OOU
boys In khaki-was but the incident
ut single day In the port of Halifax
The men were assembled secretly
pouring In ut night over the lines OF
the Intercolonial railway. at one OF
whose piers the big Twenty-elght Ter
was tied IN. And when the town was
dark and quiet they were marched
abonrd her and. though you could gel
within block or so. you couldn't ap
prouch near enough to see the throng,
clustered on her decks, for you were
halted by bayonet politely pointed u,
your breast.
Greut Britain keeps such movement,
pretty secret.
A few words more about the Olym
pic. There are several reasons wn,
she is in the British transport servlc,
and Is making trips across the Allan
tic almost on n regular schedule which
runs approximately like this: Five
days crossing, three days loading. of
again.
One reason Is that she is commo
dIous and speedy. She can turn Off he,
% knots with ease and she can out
run (and several times has done so,
the fieetest U-boats Germany can sent
after her.
Practically Unsuitable.
But the most important reason II
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-01-05
Holding a Wake.

Pat had arrived at strange town,
land, after securing lodgings, asked the
|landlady If she had any fieas in the
house.
"Well,' said she, "there is one, and
lone only; that is telling you the TRUTH
That night Gas Pat explained after.
ward) he was actually "bitten alive"
Next morning he remarked TO the land.
lady: I'm glad to say your flea is
dead"
"Oh," said she. I'm so glad. How
do you known"
well" said Pat, "every flea in the
neighbOrhood was In the room las,
night. SO suppose they were at your
Yfea's wake"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-01-05
The Following Day the Body Of Herr
Keller Was Found.

The doctor who examined the body
said that the lamented magistrate had
fallen in fit, and probably had rolled
into the water AS 1t was well known
that Keller occasionally had fits, this
seemed conclusive, so he was buried
with appropriate hOnOrs, and Salesia
and Hildegarde saw that his grave was
kept green for many summers.
There We're people who limited dark
ly that the good man was the victim of
foil play, for he was the active leader
of the Liberal party. and was bitterly
hated by some of the wheelhorses of
tn" Ultramontane party, but the hints
were not taken seriously by the citi-
zens of Lucerne and the mysterious
death of Herr Keller became a winter
tale of the old wives. a
u those days that part q. Syitzer
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-01-05
FIRST WOMAN TO SIT IN CONGRESS
Miss Jeanette Rankin Runs Away
Ahead Of Her Party in
Montana.
CAMPAIGNS on HORSEBACK
Makes Her Own Hats and ,s an ex-
pert at Making Lemon Pies
Intends to Push Extension OF
Child-labor Laws.

Mlssoula, Mont.-Jeanette Rankin.
the first COMPASSIONATE. Is thirty-nve
wears of age and makes her own hats.
She IL more interested In children
than In anything else In the world,
with the possible exception OF votes
for women.
She is about five feet four inches
In height, slender, with light brown
hair-not red, her friends insist--and
has nm unusual store of energy. she
is the daughter of one Of the best
known of the Montana pioneers. who
went west when the state was so
sparsely settled that II resembled a
wilderness. and she and her three Sis
ters have learned to trough IT. In the
big western state. She was graduated
nj the University of Montana, became
an ardent suffragist while girl, and
went to Seattle to study voice culture
and then came to New York city to
take course ut the School of Philan-
thropy In that city.
Ardent Suffrage Worker.
Miss Rankin was among the early
and most ardent workers for suffrage
In the West before any states had
granted women the vote, II was said,
and fought actively for amendments
lin washington and California. In
these campaigns, 1t is said, she went
into mines and to farms to argue per-
sonally with men and women to In
duce them to fight for suffrage. she
obtained a place as field secretary
Of the National American Woman Sur
. frage association after leaving New
\ York city and went to Florida TO es-
!, ,taohsh suffrage organizations there.
[ She " credited with having done
e move perhaps, than pny other woman
j. In the state to obtain suffrage for the
n women OF Montana. Then after a
hard fight she WINS nominated for con-
II gress by an overwhelming vote IN the
y prImarls' and election day. Il Is re-
= ported, she had TO fight soma of the
q Old Guhrd Republican leaders In nor
!. own spte as well AS the Democrats
/. She an large part of her campaiyn.
Il ing % horseback.
}. lief friends joined her In creating
I. elecdoneering Innovations. She didn',
II finish her campaign until election
a night. II Is said. On election day he,
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-01-05
The Law and the Fact.

"Your case would have been strong
er, Mr.. MCGUIRE" said lawyer, "if
you had acted only on the defensive.
But you struck first. If you had let
him strike you first you would have
had the law on your side" EYES,"
said Mcclure, "Oi'd have had the law
on my soide, but old have had him on
me stomach, pounding the loife out av
me-"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-01-05
Pride Before q Fall.

Vanity OF vanities. All Is vanity. A
rich New York woman who wanted to
prevent her daughters marriage to a
penniless sutton failed as preventer be-
cause her heavy, handsome car could
not catch the clippers tin lizzie on q
hilly road.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-01-05
Wanted n "Foot."

My nephew, George, aged four,
q Sunday evening meal. wanted sd
witch. Not being able to say. u
said: 'Mother give me two pie
bread and a foot (meaning 3
ieg) and hide the f0ot."-Ch
Leader.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-01-05
EleetroIysls TO Boil Eaas.

The latest device In electric cookery
Is an egg boiler In which the heat Is
generated by electrolysis-that Ia, by
passing an electric current through
water. Four eggs can be cooked ovei
one and one-half teaspoonfuls of wa
ter, and as soon as this is converted
into steam the current is automnti
cally cut OFF.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-01-05

that she Is the nearest approach to an
unsuitable boat that Is floating. After
the Titanic went down, II will be re-
membered, the Olympic was fitted with
nm Inner skim" complete second
hull. six feet inside of the outer shell
of her.
Another big vessel slipped quietly
out Of Halifax hurbor that day. She
was not SO large us Transport TWEEN
ty-eiglt Ten. nor did she carry such
heavy armament. The guns that
frowned from her sides were of no
more than six-inch diameter. apparent
| y. She, too, had number. But be-
fore the letters were chiseIed Off her
bows and stern she was the Laurentic.
Just In. II few days ago, from New
Zealand and Australia with u load of
gold bullion--millions," learned.
"She's of again. now. riding light. Sc
cret orders"
A low1lying, slim-bowed. wnr-gray
yacht with two rakish pipes and a
mess of small guns slid speedily
through the harbor. She was once
the Winchester, well known on the
Hudson and about New York hurbor
and the Florida resorts as the speed
craft of the son OF "Brondway''
ROuss. She was sold early In the war
and has since been scout, steaming
swiftly to sen to watch for possible
enemies while the troopships and sup
ply vessels prepare to make their reg
ular runs owe. the Great Ferry.
OF these latter craft there are
plenty.
Warships on the Watch.
| The Leviathan. high, heavy bat
tleship of the class rapidly becoming
extinct. goes I'm and out on unknown
errunds. She was going to be scrapped
just as the war broke. but she's done
splendid service since.
Four-funneled cruisers. three ant
four-funneled destroyers ply seward
then harborward.
From the heights of the city, where
stands the Citadel, now armed will
modern and powerful rifles. hello
graph mirrors wink to other hello
graph mirrors across the mouth ol
the harbor mile or so away. Al
night time huge senrchlights scruti
nize every ship which approaches any
where near the entrance to the port
From Halifax the little Red Gross
liner Florizel carried the vacation
voyngers, of whom | was one. to st
Johns, N. f.. which occupies two days
Then we had four days ashore, ant
then two days at sea on the return
trip To Halifax.
During the time we were away M
less than $4,000 more Canadian fight
ers, In addition to those on the Olym
pic. had departed. Since the begin
ming of the war, was told, more thar
$4,000 men have steamed from thu
port. and not one has been lost Mt Sc,
through any action of the enemy.
It's mighty Interesting and might,
warlike place, this close to New Yorl
4 ferry terminus.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-01-05
Cause and Effect

Bess--Aren't YOU working any loy
er ut the soda fountain?
Tess--No; the boss said custome
complained because l. got their win
mixed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-28

represented, the city remained little
more than a site for government
buildings and a home for those who
worked in them. In the last few
decades the brilliance of Washington
official society has attracted some
wealthy men from the North and
West, but the government itself never
before seemed to draw any but CT
ficials and office seekers.
So business was always rather SLOW
In 1915, according to a report of the
commissioners, Washington had over
six thousand vacant dwellings and
stores out of its seventy THOUSAND
structures. and that was in February
when the social season was at Its
height and congress in session. With
all of the congressman gone, and also
every one else who had money enough
to escape the heat, Washington was
indeed a quiet place that summer.
Her streets were filled with sunshine
and emptiness, her hotel lobbies were
silent as cathedrals.
The change which less than two
years have wrought is almost unbe-
Iievable. But Washington business
men, after blinking once or twice in
amazement. are now up and at it.
They are making money while they
can; but they are also confident that
Washington has entered upon a new
era of social and financial importance.
The war has been for Washington one
gigantic advertisement, and in this
country advertising never fails.
Questions on the above or any sub
ject upon which the reader desires in
peka State Journal Information Blu
reau. Frederic ]. Haskin. Director.
Washington, D. c., with 2-cent stamp
enclosed for reply.S
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-28
THE SOLDIERS
Issued by the War Department and all
rights to reprint reserved.) *
Xxx

This question of winning promotion
all comes back to the question or
making oneself a thorough soldier, OF
demonstrating that one possesses 10y
altv. disciplined obedience, physical
fitness, intelligence, cleanliness, cheer-
fulness, spirit, tenacity, and self-re-
liance-the nine qualities of SOL
der.
The national army must fit itself
for effective service at the front in
the shortest possible time. To accom-
plish this result it must produce out
of its own ranks men who are fitted
for promotion first to places as ron
commissioned officers, either in the
first contingent or more probably in
later contingents.
This need is opportunity. 1t is
an opportunity not merely for per-
sonal advancement-which in time of
war is a small thing to work for-but
more than that, an opportunity to
render to ones country the most eff
fective service. Strive to fit yourself
as a soldier for the duties and respon-
sibilities of leadership. Make your
self count to the utmost in the vic
torious defense of American rights
and principles to which the national
army will devote itself.
Tomorrow: Army courtesy1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-28
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchison Globe. /

[From the Atchison GIobe1
No man is as wise as a lucky man
thinks he is.
A spendthrift thinks he can afford
it if he can get it.
Those who have the most to con-
fess, usually don't.
What has become OF tie shirt that
buttoned down the la g.
One fault with the school of hard
knocks is that SO fe.s sILduate.
Jude johnson is now dependin, on
Jack Frost to NOW the johnson lawn.
When a man admits bis faults, he
doesn't want those present to agree
with him.
The chances are a man will notice
the women a lot longer than they will
notice him.
If you don't want the conversation
to lag, get man started to talking
about himself
Speaking of men whose wives make
them. there are also plenty whose
wives break them.
Marriage is supposed to be a vol
untary proposition, altho occasionally
a man is drafted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-28
BUSINESS OF LIVING
BY MRS. EVA LEONARD

Jack Tells Uncle Bertram of an Army
That Has Been Organized Back
Home.
Dear Uncle Bertram:
Il think you win be interested in
our army. l am the captain when
headquarters. / made a large poster
with colored letters. 1t read:
Men Wanted for the Army.
Enlist Here!
Your Country Needs You
Don't Be a Stacker
Il had a flag out in front of the
tent and 1 wore my uniform. Mother
sewed some stripes on my khaki suit
and used my corduroy leggings.
They were almost the right color
Most of the boys in the neighbor-
hood enlisted, but some of the little
ones did not like so much drilling, so
told them they could claim exemp-
ton If they had any dependents. One
little six-year- said he had a dog
dependent on him for bones. MY
mother does not like the dog very
WE'LL he added, and if l do not feed
it, 1t goes hungry 1 allowed his
claim.
Another boy nine years old got out
of service because he had a pair of
rabbits to take care of. 1 told him
that If he would Aaise rabbits for mar
ket he would be serving his country
as well as if he Joined the army, for
the food question is very important
and meat is getting scarce. lie Is
to report every time he has young
rabbits. We have a food commission
too, you see, just like the real army.
Every time ! get letter from you
l read it to the boys, so if you will
put in messages for the soldiers in my
army l will be much obliged. take
your letters to school, too. and our
teacher reads them to the children.
She is very much interested in the
war and helps to keep the Godfather
club up to snuff
When snow comes the army is
going into action. There is another
company of boys two or three streets
away from our house. and we plan
to challenge them TO a battle. We
will make snow fort and lot of
ammunition. When talking IL over
l said. We will not put any stones
in the snowballs.' and the boys said.
4 should say not. We are not Ger
mans
Il shall give the other company the
choice of defending the fort or attack
ing it. We will play fair and il any
body is knocked down or has the nose
bleed or anything like that he is to
be sent to the hospital and be out of
the game. The exempted boys have
promised to make ammunition and
help lead the wounded to the hospital
If the party that is in the fort il
driven out the attacking party wins:
If they cannot be driven out the party
in the fort wins; time, one hour. /
will tell you how il comes out. Maybe
you can give me So points on
tactics That is very important part
of war, and | do not know so much
about it as do about ths drilling You
see have a drill book TO consult. but
there is no such book on tactics. 1 am
writing early SO you will have time to
think the thing out,
D1..ss- ff.,r. g.
yodr nephew, JACK"
(To be continued