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The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-03-02

success was when he took up the
Ioaves, and, Cooking up" God also saw
that day and blessed it. We need to
observe the systematic procedure. The
people are seated or reclining upon the
ground in ranks or in companies, the
master blessing and breaking the boys
cakes, giving first to the disciples. God
works miracles through human
agencies only. The result of this sys-
tematic procedure was that they were
all satisfied, filled" ". 12). Luke
adds that "all did eat" elk. GID. Not
alone, however, was there divine order
and lavishness, but there were economy
and thrift as well, for Jesus gave care
full direction as to the fragments. The
lavishness is shown by the fact that
the baskets into which the fragments
were gathered We're each probably
large enough in which to sleep. This
conservation process was singing
rebuke to the imprOvident Orientals
and to present-day prodigals of that
wonderful bounty with which God has
blessed our land. God gives to us that
we may use for other. Joy dies unless
it is shared Jesus is the living bread
(John 6 :4S), and will satisfy hunger
and life even as bread generates in
the human body heat, vitality and
power; so he would still feed the
hungry soul of mankind. We have at
hand the word, and it is for lack of it
that men die in the deepest, truest
sense of that word. The poverty and
perplexity of the disciples in his pres
ence and in the presence of this great
need are being repeatd over and over
today, and yet it is absurd. We have
not enough to feed the multitude. Our
few loaves of amusements, mental ac-
tivitieS and social service will not feed
them, but when we break unto them
the Living Bread, they have enough
and to spare. The difficulty with the
distribution of material bread for the
needs of mankind is not that there Is
not enough grain, but rather that in
the process of distribution certain COM
panies of men can control the fruits of
the earth, and withhold them from the
consumer for their own profit. Is there
not parable in this for the church in
that it is so much concerned with it's
own joys, pleasures and profits that
it is Withholding from the mass of
mankind, especially in the foreign field,
the bread which alone can bring life
and immortality to light? n
Summary: Cd The hope of the
worlds salvation is in the wonderful
power of God in multiplying the little
we give to him in the way of service. 4
(2) If we bring no gift, how can God
bless man? Compare this boys serv-
ice with the service of the little maid
in Naaman's household.
CD Conservation of the fragments,
using we'll or wasting the fragments of
time, of opportunity, ETC., makes all
the difference between success and fail
ure.
(4) Let nothing be lost. The refuse
of petroleum is today worth more than
the oil product
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-03-02
Origin of the Curfew.

A note by Ruskin Butterheld re-
minds us that, although Shakespeare
speaks of 'the curfew bell" and Mil
ton of 'the far-off curfew sound"
Chaucer more correctly refers to "cor-
few TYNE" as curfew was originally
an appliance for covering the fire.
There are examples still in existence.
for instance, in the Hastings (Eng.)
museum; they look like large tea
cosies in metal. They served, as mod
ems use fireguasds, to prevent sparks
setting the house on fire, and the house
wife heaped the embers together at
night and placed the curfew over them
to lessen the combustion. and In the
morning save the trouble Of lighting
the fire again.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-03-02
INTERNATIONAL
SUND6YS01O0L
LESSON
(By E. o. SELLERS. Acting Director ,, OF
Sunday School Course of Moody Bible
Institute.) 49,,
LESSON FOR MARCH a
JESUS FEEDS FIVE THOUSAND.

LESSON TEXT-John CHA.
GOLDEN TEXT-Give us this day our
daily bread.-Matt. GIL.
This parable marks the high level
of the year of our Lords popularity.
1t is such an important miracle as 10
be the only one recorded in all -FOUR
gospels. Be sure to use a good mar
mony, The returning twelve (Matt.
HID are taken by their master to
desert place that they might ind rest
INK. 6: 31) and that he might comfort
their hearts over the death of John the
Baptist Matt. 14:1-12). The multi
tude would not grant them the right
use of their leisure, but locked to this
retreat in the desert. They followed
that they might listen to his gracious
words, and perhaps behold some new
wonder ". y. Carlisle said he saw IN
England "forty millions, mostly fools.
Jesus saw the multitude, and was
moved, not with sarcasm, but with
compassion which took tangible form
of service. Mark tells us (6:34) that
Jesus was first of all teaching the null
titude. 1t is better to teach man how
to help himself than to help the man.
We should not be surprised at Philips
slowness of faith. Moses in like
manner was once nonplussed as to now
to feed the multitude in the wilder
ness. (Num. II :21-23). 1t is not so
much how great the need nor how lit
tie we possess rather, is that little
given over to God? Andrew, who had
revealed Jesus unto Peter, discovers as
though in desperation a boy whose
mother had thoughtfully provided him
with a lunch, consisting of five barley
biscuits and two small herring ". 81
at least that much remained. This Is
a great commentary upon the tide OF
interest at this time, that the boy
should not have eaten his entire lunch,
for the boys hunger is proverbial. 1t
seems as though Jesus emphasizes the
helplessness of the disciples in order
that he may show his power. His COM
mand "Give We them" (Mk. 6:3O
teaches US that we are to give such
as we have, and not look to others nor
to do our charity by proxy Prov.
IL :24-25). Again the Savior asks his
disciples as though he would teach
Give what you have, and he will bless
and increase it to the supplying of the
needs of a multitude. The secret of
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-29
PACIFIC NORTHWEST NEWS.

SEATTLE-Seattle has awakened
to the fact that she cannot fool with
the United States Government. Some
days ago General Greene, head of he
cantonment at Camp Lewis, served
notice on the city that it was too i'm
moral a place for his soldiers to visit
and that unless real clean up of the
andesirables was made at once he
would issue an order prohibiting fur
ther visits. Mayor Gill through lis
police department attempted to make
a showing which he thought might
satisfy General Greene, but yester-
day the latter threw bombshell into
the city by placing an embargo on
Seattle and henceforth no soldiers
will be permitted to come here eX-
cept by special request and those re.
quests will not be granted except
to soldiers who come to visit rela-
tives and then only with the under
standing that they do not take any
part in Seattle's gay life. The finan
cial loss to Seattle will be consid
cradle for each week end close tC
a thousand soldiers have come hero
for the purpose of enjoying them
selves. But the worst phase of thu
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-29

his efforts will affect the work of
a large number of persons who are
giving their energy and time to the
Hoover campaign.
every truly yours,
"CHAS. A. JOHNSON,
Secretary Okanogan County Coun
Gil of Defense"
Mr.. Laughbaum spoke in the Zap
tist church in Okanogan a week ago
last Sunday. About one hundred
we're present. 1t is stated on good
authority that some of the ladies
who heard him refuse the following
lay to sign the food pledge sent ont
oy the food conservation committee,
assigning as a reason some of the
statements made by Mr.. Laughbaum
in his lecture. Others who were
present took the view that the speak
ar was endeavoring to cast a slur
On the president, the government
and the conduct of the war general
ly.
Newspaper criticism of Mr.. Laugh
oaum's lectures throughout the dis
trict has been very severe.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-29
CLOSE TO HEARTS
OF ALL AMERICANS
Particular Reason Why Thanks
giving Day Should Be Gen.
orally Celebrated Here.

@NE of the oldest and best beloved
u b holidays In the whole year
~ comes to us this weelt-oldeSt in
our history because the Puritan
fathers celebrated IT when they did
not celebrate Christmas best beloved
because it is Il holiday all our own
typically American through and
through. Nations all over the world
celebrate Christmas. New Years and
Easter. Even our Independence da!
has it's echo in the French July IA, but
Thanksgiving day is the entire proper
Y Of the American people, and per
haps this adds the extra luster which
makes it day apart in the heart Of
every citizen.
It's origin was In the farms, where
he harvest season was closed with a
day set aside for the giving of thanks
for the crops Just harvested. In real.
ity 1t is national harvest festival, but
it's meaning has come to cover more
than just the harvest season alone
Now this holiday is accorded us for
the rendition of thanks for the bless
ings of the entire year.
We find that during the Revolution
the observance of this day for giving
thanks had become so general that
congress recommended each year n
Thanksgiving day. This was an an
nual occurrence until the end of the
war; when a day was set aside in
1884, for rendering thanks for the re
turn of peace. Again in 1889 Wash
ington appointed day Of thanksgiving
for the adoption of the Constitution.
It was in this year also that the Epis-
copal church formally recognized the
right of the civil government to rec
ommend such feast day.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-29
SIMPLE RECORD OF
FIRST THANKSGIVING
When the Deyout Pilgrims
Showed Their Gratitude for
Their Blessings.

-~TR harvest being gotten in,
q our governor [William Brad
~ ford] sent four men on foul
ing, so that we might after a
more special manner rejoice together
after we had gathered the fruit of our
labors. They four in one day killed as
much foule as, with little help beside,
served the company almost a weeke.
At which time, amongst other recrea-
tion, we exercised our arms, many of
the Indians coming amongst us, and
among the rest their greatest king
Massasoit, with some ninety men,
whom for three days we entertained
and feasted. and they went out and
killed fine deer, which they brought
to the plantation and bestowed on our
governor and upon the captain miles
Standish] and others
Such is the historic record Of the
first Thanksgiving in Plymouth colony
291 years ago. Less than year before
the Iayhower, bearing it's little band
Of 1O2 Pilgrims, anchored off the rock
bound New England coast. Alone in
World the heroic Puritans struggled
through the relentless winter, battling
with snow and wind, savage foes, hun
ger, sickness, and death itself. In
three months their number was almost
one-half of the entire company. But
with the spring time life looked more
kindly upon the exiles; summer smiled
on their corn fields, and autumn
brought abundant harvest. A few little
dwellings had been built, and prepa-
rations had been made for others, max
ing tiny oasis of homes on the desert
Of the New World. Then it was that
Governor Bradford issued his first
proclamation, and the Pilgrims and
their Indian guests partook of that
first and now historic American feast
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-29

situation is the black eye which the
city receives by being posted thru
out the United States as an undeSir-
able place for soldiers to visit. A
movement is now OH foot to do some
real reforming in the city which will
include the removal of the chief of
police, and if necessary the ouSting
of Mayor Gill. So long as these two
are at The head of the city admins
tration it is generally acknowledged
that the city will have no real re-
form.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-29

Braine


To Keep n Spite o Holidays:
n Dear Sir While % annual yearly date IT, Thasgve enjoy
~ my memory @ you what collapsed to me last
employed Cookery at domestic kitchen
give p s' n np s she or @ s~ee %
M W be to dinner & to nue my tsh % Uncle Seth who equal
please Immediately %
.eery weed sufficient punkens to construct 2z pes"
s asf s s niss ss sa a o M
Such delicious heapness of bird negotiate Hon Butcher
ne re 1 %fea
1850 s pe oss anane sss 1S' e' rake OIL
ike t1) lb. pease, his
1--WE do not sell broken sections You purchase bird
No enlarged
''" rns nAeS5 a nss any f'esa1s rssh turkey aa he satisfy
"IIow "II you know he freshT snugges
feshsr gr than thai that dspose Hon Butch buy
respectful such valuation Also eranbries
@ s s vaSss o nte xes he' for pie home
back
dog name of Hon. F nx up behind of turkey and made Shining sniff
wggishy nothing looking
at Hon @n.o Turkey o ,vatn with flirting ans.sy eye
arose up and All that assorted dog Hon Fido outside
their Hon. Turkey now sena o %
Pretty all take setdown table.
report sharp
knife 1t w not tha a nen wa. o report Uncle Seth with
foods flop back with snubbed
banaby
kitchen bring
While this hot beveridge
him by window where
plates all
Canned they yeup together
Nothing real more Uncle Seth
accustomed Tanksgive
o
Eskimos-sndng
their old ice before meeting civilized
would eat
considerable
like Samurai kitchen
thrilled
1
Empty there seeming
entirely Turkey had fewed
by window and
Of tail there stood Hon. Fido ductng
yelup impression from,
through IN
after that
hooked claws resembling Too
attack
reporting failures L. drag
thankge complaining about everything
"Banzai hola pokng digestion
this agony"
"You should all be
cud from considerable
himself by eloping with Hon. Turkey before
"You shall have turkeyY' ALL
allow
full for Hon. Turkey however
while Of
from kitchen window and Hon. dining
carrying that enomaous bird in his careful
Yta-a ~Aa CONTINUED on page -
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-29
TEMPERANCE LECT-
URE CONDEMNED.

1t has reached our ears that cer-
tain elements of the population of
Coulee City were very much dis
pleased with the candid opinion of
the Dispatch editor in regard to the
/, so-called temperance lecture given
in Gregg's Hall a few weeks ago by
the Hon. H. T. Laughbaum. The fact
that Mr.. Laughbaum is working fol
a good cause should not close the
eyes of the public to the fact that
statements made by him on the Local
platform were bordering on treason
We hope that those who have looked
askance upon the editor for wha.
appeared in the Dispatch regarding
Mr.. Laughbaum's lecture will read
the following article and digest it.
1t might do you good.
OKANOGAN COUNCIL OF DE-
FENSE REPORTS MATTER TO
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
The so-called temperance address.
es delivered in this city and other
places throughout North Central
Washington during the past two
weeks by H. T. Laughbaum, repre-
senting the Anti-saloon League of
America, have brought down the
wrath of the Okanogan county coun
Gil of defense, who have reported
the matter to Chas. Hebberd of Spo-
kane, federal food administrator,
Charles A. Johnson secretary of the
county council, has addressed the
following letter to Mr.. Hebberd:
"Dear Sir:
81 enclose herewith some news
paper clippings which show what
people in this section of the state
think about the lecture which is be-
ing delivered by one H. T. Laugh
baum, who is touring the state osten-
sibly as a representative of the Anti
saloon League. The editorial en-
titled "Will Stand Watching" is taxi
en- from the Oroville Gazette of No
vember 9. The one signed F. A. De
Vos is from the Omak Chronicle, and
the one written by O. A. Hoag is
from the Wenatchee Daily World
of November 10.
"It has occurred to many of us
that this is a poor time for talk OF
this kind from the platform, whef.
so many people are spending
great deal of their time and energy
endeavoring to get people to Sigr
the Hoover pledge cards Person
ally, l would be glad if you would
take this matter up with the prope.
officials of the Anti-saloon League,
and if you get no results there, with
the United States district attorney
as think this man ought to be taken
care of.
81 am reliably Informed that ir
one of the towns of Okanogan coun'
ty approximately 500 persons refus
ed to sign the pledge card after Mr..
Laughbaum had made an address:
on the ground that the wheat saved
by the conservation program in this
country would be sent to Europe
and there manufactured into intoXi
eating liquor. If he is equally in
fluential in other parts of the state,
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-29

Enemy aliens of the United States
are going to have hard time in Sc
attic under the Presidents recent or
Ter. 1t will be almost impossible
'or them to navigate about the city
without finding themselves in the
prohibited zone.
They are denied the freedom OF
fle waters of Puget sound within
three miles of the shore; navigable
streams are closed to them, and a
stream in which logs can be floated
comes under the head of navigable
dreams in the governments classifi-
alton, and so this removes them
rom the shores Of Lakes Washing
ION and Union and Green lake, and
the rivirs that run through the coun-
ty. They cannot bask in the sun
shine within 100 yards of any water
'ronl property devoted to commerce
or terminal points or railroads or
warehouses and elevators, and lastly,
they are denied the use of aircraft.
The government, in short, has put
its foot down on the activities of the
enemy alien, and intends to keep
him in bounds by compelling prompt
egistration and system of report
ing to federal officials in the discre-
ton of the attorney general. He will
be compelled to carry his registra-
ton card wherever he goes, as a
means of identification, and he will
be amenable to all other rules and
regulations prescribed by the attor-
ney general.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-29

Whisky-bad whisky at that's
selling in Seattle today for about ten
dollars a quart You can OCCASION
ally get quart for seven dollars
and half, but the price is increasing
all the time owing to the scarcity
of the commodity. 1t is estimated
that several hundred bootleggers are
making fine living in the city SNUG
Cling in whisky and selling it at
these fancy prices. The so-called
dry squad is doing some work to
bring bootlegging to an end, but the
general policy of the city admins
tration seems to be to let things slide
along just so long as there is not too
much of an outcry from the people.
I Mayor Gill believes that there are
enough people in Seattle who want
present conditions to continue to re-
turn him to office and he has told
his friends that in all probability he
will run again for his present office.
Many wise politicians are of the o.
oinion that he stands good chance
of being reelected though the so
called church element plans to con-
duct a strong campaign against him.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-29

Sympathy is the only charitable gift
Of some people.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-11-29

~~TR harvest being gotten in
our governor [William Brad
~ ford1 sent four men on foul
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-05
CENTERBURG
Bond Issue Carried, Rules
Attorney General
Two-Thlrds Vote Held Not Necessary
Contract For Sewage Disposal
To Be Let In March

Centerburg, Jan. 3-The $4,000 sew
age disposal plant bond issue, the
subject of special election here last
Saturday, legally carried, according
to advices received in the village yes
terday from Columbus.
The vote on the measure was 81
for and 76 against. The question was
raised whether 1t was not necessary
for a two-thirds vote. The Richard
son Engineering Co. took up the mat
ter with the attorney generals office
in Columbus where q ruling was OBJ
tanned that the measure had carried
The contract for the construction
Of the disposal plant viii not be lei
until sometime in March. Those who
have been supporters Of the proposet
plant are jubilant over the outcome
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-05
new TYPE OF NINE
TO PROTECT COASTS
Artillery Pertects an Improved
Device Which Rises and
Falls With the Tide.

New York.-A new type OF snbms.
rine mine which has recently been per
fected by the coast artillery branch OF
the United States army and which will
be issued to forts guarding American
harbors as soon as possible was de
scribed by officers WHO have been FOL.
lowing tests Of the mine. Al are en-
thuslastic over the possibilities which
the new weapon affords of simplifying
and making more effective the nations
coast defenses
While the mechanism of the mine Is
q secret, 1t Is known that It's effective
ness lies In the fact that the depth OF
the tide and the strength of the cur.
rent In q harbor may be entirely dis.
regarded when the mine Is planted
An automatic device inside the mine
itself can be set for any desired sub
mergence. which will keep the mine al
that place usually eight feet below the
surface) no matter how the tide may
rise and fall and In spite Of any drae
by the current
This type of mine can be planted In
a harbor and then left alone ON the
bottom, controlled by the operator al
the mine field switchboard I'm the fort
To this switchboard every individua
mine in the field is connected by q ca
BILE. From his post the operator car
send the mine on a moments notice Il
its war position just below the sur
face. He can tell how far up it ha'
gone by small signal device in th'
casemate, gong, which sounds
ringing note Tor every foot upward
the hidden destroyer travels.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-05
ELECTED
From House Into The Street,
Constable Claims
Frank Wolfe Causes Arrest OF U. G.
Reynolds Upon Whom He Tried
To Serve Papers

AS result of his obstructing an
officer while in the discharge of his
duty, U. G.. Reynolds, colored, is now
confined in Jail awaiting his arraign-
ment in Squire Walter G. Harris
court. The officer was Constable
Frank Wolfe.
Monday morning Constable Wolfe
went to the home of Reynolds where
he was to attach some property, and
had in his possession the necessary
papers. When he attempted to serve
the papers, he claims he was pushed
out Of the door into the street by
Reynolds who disputed his right to
attach the couch, the property re-
ferred to in the papers.
Constable Wolfe notified the proper
authorities of the incident and q
search was instituted for Reynolds.
Tuesday evening he was found near
his home and was arrested. He was
taken to Jail where he now awaits ar.
raignment in Squire Harris court
The date has not been set.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-01-05
SLANG is NECESSARY,
SAY CHlCAG0'S CO-EDS
They'll Sling II For All They're Worth,
but Only Highbrow Variety.

Chicago.-Slang, If it Is OF the high
brow variety, will still be I'm vogue
among the co-eds at Northwestern uni
versity and the University of Chicago.
And this despite the announcement
that the women of Vassar have put
the "kibosh' on it In all its variations.
Eastern girls are putting on airs, say
the Chicago co-eds, who declare they
intend to sling slang for all they are
worth, but only, of course. the refined
and cultured kind
"Hlghbrow slang is not like the low,
vulgar kind" declared Miss Norma Cul-
len at Northwestern university. 'Its
just expressive, and, well-it just makes
one perfectly first. Yes, perfectly first
is cultured slang, and it's a ripping
phrase"
We've got TO use slang,' pleaded
Miss Mabel Mcconnell, also of the
Northwestern "If we didn't we would
not he able to understand the men,"
Almost the same arguments were of
tered by the girls at the University OF
Chicago, where SHOOT" meaning 'be
gin speaking" hit the tub" and "beat
it, are not only permissible, but nee
essary expressions.
''But vulgar slang won't be tOlerat
ed" said Miss Helen Lindsay of Green
wood hall. when hear girls using
1t i always bawl them out"