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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-27
A Double
Anniversary
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HsC1uxe Hewspupes
Syndicate
Copyright
HCu,e HsWspap0r
Syndicate

N OW, I wonder what that
means?" said Ethan Crane.
He had just come back
with the weekly paper
and one letter from his tramp through
the snow to the post office.
Old Mrs. Crane had brought in the
lighted candles and piled an extra log
on the fire.
Ethan tore open the envelope and
read the inclOsed card: Miss Angela
Hanna. At Home. January 1st.'"
"La!" said Mrs. Crane. "She wants
you to call there"
"Get out" said Ethan, with sudden
access of sheepishness. "Why should
j go there?"
well, why not?" asked Mrs. Crane.
SITS what the city people do, I'm told.
They make a big cake and draw n
pitcher of cider and set down in their
best clothes to see company. Angy
Hanna is dreadful enterprising; she
means to lead in the fashions"
IAN 1 to call there" asked Ethan.
"Why, of course" said his mother.
gela Hanna-at home"
"She's at home most days, amt
she?" said Ethan musingly. "There
was never anything of the gad-abOut
in Angela Hanna that 1 ever heard of"
"Oh, but this here's a new kink ~
exclaimed Mrs. Crane. "An extra-spe-
cial day for calling-don't you see?"
I'D calculated to take the oxen to
Snidge Hill and grub stumps out of
he clearin' on New Years day." said
Ethan.
1.-The next day will do just as well
FIR the stumps," said Mrs. Crane, en-
cDuragingly. you might as well be
out of the world as out of the fash
i'm"
Deacon Perkins received one of
Mss Hanna's cards and so did Squire
Hart. In fact, there wasn't widower
or old bachelor or eligible swain in all
FaFview who was omitted from her
list
I amt as young as / was" said
Miss Hanna TO herself. Its high
time 1 took steps to establish myself"
Miss Angela Hanna had just passed
her tve-and-fortieth birthday; she was
stout and rudy, with the very best
set q teeth that the Fairview dentist
could supply, and a perpetual smile
rivetd on her lips. She was very
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-27

II is time to be drawing up plans
and specifications for the annual reso-
lution-making.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-27
INTERNATIONAL.
SUNlNSQIOOL
LESSON
tBy Il. o. SELLERS, Acting Director OF
the Sunday School Course OF the Moody
Bible Institute Chicago)
Copyright 1917. Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 80
REvIEW-ooD's REDEEMING
LOVE.

LESSON TEXT-Read Psalms 1923: 1:24.
GOLDEN TEXT-With Jehovah there is
loving kindness, and with him is plenteous
redemption.-Ps. 1907.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-12-27

ma took up the plate of cake-"I don't
never eat nothin' except at reg-lar
meals. Good mornin' ~
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06

evolution 1t has been with for many years.
but the older members of the family though big
in stature. were extremely awkward, had many
ills and didn't believe in efficiency. They
very impressive to look at, but when the farmer
bought he usually found that it made the
most durable impression upon the ground. 1t
a better staller than politician.
Through education. however. it developed
into finer thing. 1t lost lot of it's awkwardness
with its size and gained in strength and 1exibility
Its groans were converted into action. 1t began
to wear new shoes, and when mudhole
gully confronted it, instead of putting and snorting
and marking time, the older did, 1t rolled
through the soft spots. climbed out of the
bitches. Its revolving track shoes could go
anywhere and it did The latest proof of this is
in the reports from the European battle
fields, where the armored tanks walking
all obstacles 1t is said reliable authori
ty that these tanks are built upon foundation
of American type of tractor
1t is in orchard work that the tractor has won
its way into the hearts of many In a
we'll managed orchard 1t is necessary to pillow up
the soil close to the trees possible With
team and the old-fashoned pillow, 1t is impossible
corners and reach little out-of- the-way
hooks, but not with the tractor. 1t turn
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06
PLATOON COMMANDS.

When the company is in line, to form
columns of platoons, the command is,
"Platoons right Qeft)." This is exc
cuted by each platoon as in the school
of the company.
The right flank men in the front
rank of each platoon face to the right
in marching and mark time The other
front rank men oblique to the right,
place themselves abreast of the pivot
men, and mark time. In the rear rank,
the third man from the right in each
platoon Followed in column by the
second and frst) moves straight to the
front until in the rear of his front rank
man. Then all three face to the right
In marching and mark time The re-
izsining men of the rear rank move
Esaight to the front for four PAGES,
Clique to the right, place themselves
abreast of the third man, cover their
file leaders and mark time.
Before executing this movement with
platoons. the captain makes it a point
to see that the guides on the flank
toward which the movement is to turn
are covering is, are in a straight
row, so that the pivot men, whose po-
guides, will also be in a straight row.
which will bring the platoons into a
precise column This is effected by
previously announcing the guide to
that flank
Following the command, "Platoons
right Qeft), MARCH" the concluding
command is to the company as a
whole-"Forward, MARCH" or "Com-
pany, HALT"
Being in columns of platoons, to
change direction, the command is, @Col-
umn right Qeft), MARCH" At the
preparatory command, the leader of
the first platoon turns to the right on
a moving pivot; then its leader COM
mands, Forward. MARCH" at the
completion OF the turn Rear platoons
march squarely mp to the turning point
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06

of the leading platoon ana lu1 a :
command of their leaders
When a company Is in a column of
squads. and it is desired to form q
line of platoons, the command "P1a-
ICONS. column right QefD" is given
This is executed by each platoon as
already described for the company.
The leading squad of each platoon exc
cutes right turn. and four parallel
columns of squads advance in line OF
platoons.
When the company is in line, to form
line of platoons, the command may be
either, Squads right QefD. platoons,
column right (left), MARCH" or ''Pia-
toons right (left) by squads. MARCH"
The first command is explained by ref
erence to the preceding paragraph.
while the second is executed by each
platoon separately as fright Qeft) by
squads in the school of the company.
Being in column of platoons. to form
the company line on the right or left.
the command is as follows: ION right
Qeft) into line MARCH, Com
pany, HALTI'' At the preparatory
command, the leader of the first pla-
toon gives fright turn" At March"
the platoon turns to the right on a
moving pivot. The command HALT"
is given when the leading platoon has
advanced the desired distance. At the
Halt its leader commands Fright
dress" The other piatoons march ex-
actly as though they were squads when
this order is given to the company in
column of squads.
"Platoons, right Qeft) front into
line" is executed as described by
SQUADS in the school of the company.
The dress for "Platoons, right front
into line" would be on the left squad
of the left platoon
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06
Are We Living Too Fast7

Life in the great centers of the Unit
ed States has gained such impetus
that it makes few pauses In its rush
toward its own destruction. 1t hur-
ries us along in its current Of excite
ment, battering us against jagged
rocks that jut across it from all an
giles, poisoning us. polluting our blood
with emotions that eat up red corpus
cles, and draining our sensibilities OF
their natural responsiveness
Waste of physical energy is scarcely
worse than waste of mental forces
Life ceases to be enjoyable that mo-
ment in which we leave of wondering
at it, when it no longer surprises us
when it no longer has unexplored Wis
tas. unexpected romances and adven-
lures, when our jaded palates are cali
loused beyond the possibility OF antici>
pation--Exchange.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06

around like whirling dervish and come
close enough to tree or the fence to careSS but
not offend it. a favorite trick of make of
California tractor is to turn completely around
ordinary railroad fiat When one con-
elders the width of these the feat is
markable one. If all else fails the machine
get a job in circus a contortionist.
One of the odd uses which tractors put
is that of clearing land for cultivation On the
virgin fields of Canada the ranchers found the
new land to be thickly covered with tough brush
and young trees, forming dense mat, to clear
which by hand seemed formidable task A
tractor owner rugged up sort of summer snow
plow' made of two sharp blades at the BOTTOM
and a number of steel rods placed horizontally
V-shaped frame that to height of
four five feet By fastening this contrivance
to the front of his tractor and by bucking the
forest growth as he would snowdrift. the brush
cut off close to the ground and thrown to
side and burned. Later the tractor
went over the ground with gangplow and
out all the roots and turned up the soil for
planting
The tractor on the farm has to stay. and
the up-todate farmer will find it hard to get
along without one a wife, and much easier TO
get along with
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06

The gasoline horse is rapidly
revolutiOnizinG American
agriculture::R Robert HI. r1oul-
ton describes for our readers
some of the wonders per-
formed by the mechanical
hired hand on our broad acres
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06

He farmer took to the autOmo-
bile as he does to circus Old
Dobbins of the buggy has long
since been smothered by the
exhaust from the four-cylinder
gas vehicles, and now he is be-
ing ousted from his old and
arduous vocation of blowing
and harvesting. If il We're not
for the welcoming arms of the
beIligerent war buyers, there
would be no one to love or
cherish our black beauties,
and, like poor relations, they
would have 70 survive on the
husks- Farming has ever been
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-09-06
SELFHELPS for the
NEW SOLDIER
By . uni,ed sas-. Army ofcr
The PLATOON.

1911. BY the Wheeler syne
The evening world., 1917-10-23
MAYOR SAYS HYLAN
MADE A S3;OOO,OOO
ERROR ON BUDGET
Before 1900 Women, Mitchell
Challenges Rival to Look a
y. Y. Audience in the Eye.

Mayor Mitchell made additional
charges against Judge Hylan when
h. addressed a meeting Of 1900
women and few men at Carnegie
Hall to-day The meeting was under
the auspices Of the Women's Mitchell
Committee Of One Hundred and the
League OF Political Education.
Henry Morgenthau. who presided.
made the assertion that undoubtedly
Mayor Mitchell would be reelected
and requested the women OF the
city to make his majority overwhelm-
ing
Mayor Mitchell drew applause when
he challenged Hylan TO an open de-
bate on any platform in the city on
the question OF the budget. He de-
rarod Hylan was hiding behind man
uscripts written by somebody else.
The Mayor declared Judge Hylsn
made an error Of S3.o00.000 in his
criticism OF the budget.
Tho Mayor took up the various
items that had brought the budget IL
this high figure. and declared that nc
would challenge Judge Hylan TO state
what particular items OF the budget
he would reduce II elected Mayor. In
referring TO the $500. 900 direct tar
imposed by tho state upon the city
The evening world., 1917-10-23

the Mayor said he would like to know
how Judge Hylan could induce the
Legislature to reduce that. Hc
brought applause when he drew at
tention to the Sl,50O.Oo spent for wid-
ows' pensions, which he said pre-
served the homes.
Il challenge Judge Hylan to state
IL he were elected he would reduce
the s7,000.000 voted in the budget
for the benefit OF low-paid city en-
ployees, including the Police and Fire
Departments and persons In clerical
positions" said the Mayor. Judge
Hylan might do that even In the
face of the high cost Of living. sup
pose he could do anything when he
was willing 10 sell Black Diamond
worthless stock 10 helpless widows.
II would like to debate with Judge
Hylan on any platform. would like
to meet him face to face and seo hin,
look New York. audience in the eye.
The Mayor launched n new attack
on Murphy, Hylan ald Hearst, refer
ring to their records OF public de-
bauchery."
They said that have raised in
this campaign the issue Of patriotism
I say that issue has been raised by
them. They tried to pull down this
Administration because this Admin
istration has stood with the Govern
ment and has stood with America
against Germany"
The evening world., 1917-10-23
1O-CENT MILK TO Be SOLD
TO NEW WORKERS TO-DAY
Dairymen Buy Distributing Plant
TO Deal Direct With the City
Consumers.

Through the COOPERATIVE Pro-
ducers' Marketing Association, dairy
men have bought the Modern Dairy
Company as a means Of getting milk
directly from the producer TO the
consumer.
Ten cent milk will be offered by
this company TO the public. At pres
ent it-Eill contine its efforts TO selling
milk at 9 cents a quart to the 100
stores on its books and the stores In
turn will sell the milk at 10 cents to
customers who bring pitchers. Soon
the dairymen intend to add q bottling &
department to their dairy and TO
reach the consumer directly. The
capacity OF the Modern plant Is 100000
quarts a day.
District Attorney Swann's plan TO
have dipped milk sold in 1000 grocery
stores was condemned yesterday by
Health Commissioner Emerson as a
menace to the lives OF infants,
TIE indications were that the
Mayors Milk Committee, beaded by
Or. Charles L. North. would take the
same stand. II was learned that the
committee and Commissioner Emer.
son are working on a plan by which
It is expected that the cost OF bottled
milk will be reduced from to ? cents
a quart, and that the Health Depart
ment will be most rigid IN super
vision OF the stores which undertake
the sale OF loose milk in accordance
with the plan Mr., Swami mas worked
out with the Dairymen's League.
The evening world., 1917-10-23

debate on the motion which he an
nounced Oct. ls he would make. The
motion reads:
This House deplores the policy which
has been pursued by the Irish Execu-
tive Government and the Irish military
authorities at a time when the highest
Interests Of ireland and the Empire de-
The evening world., 1917-10-23

mand the creation OF an atmosphere
favorable to a successful result OF the
deliberations Of the Irish convention"
There already has been much talk
outside Parliament OF Sim Fein domi-
nation and Dublin Castle administration
and the questions will be thoroughly
thrashed out.
The evening world., 1917-10-23
IRISH QUESTION DEBATED
IN HOUSE OF COMMONS
Sim Fein Domination and Dublin
Castle Administration 10 Be
ThraShed Out.

LONDON. Oct. 23.--The House Of
Commons to-day occupied itself with Ire
land. John T.. Redmond. leader Of the
IJisn party In Parliament. opening the
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-04-10
AvSTRIJA SLEDI NEMcIJI.

Avstrijska vlada jc pod priti-
skom Nemcijc prekinila diploma
tiCne stikc Ameriko. Baron
Zwiedinek, XII .je zaStopal AvstrijO
V Washingtonu, odkar je moral
5iti Dumba odpoklican, ie vceraj
proSil drzavnega tajnika "a potni
list Ease in "a clanc poslaniStva.
Skoraj socaSno .je dobila vlada cd
amcriSkega poslanika V Bernu
Stovalla brzojavno p~oroGilo, da je
avstro-ogrska monarhija dan po-
pref prekinila diplomaticnc zveze
in iArocila zastopniku amcriSkega
poSlanika potni list. KakOr je Una
no, .ie poslanik Zedinienih drzav
Penfield re V soboto zapuStil Du-
mai. Takrat je bilo %receno, ola pri.
ha.ja lie ma obisk V Ameriko. Ia
stopal ga je poslaniStveni tajnik
Joseph c. Grew.
Spanija DO zastOpala ameriSke
interesc V Avstriii, kakor je pre-
vzela njih zaStopstvo Nemciji.
Avstriia JIG prosila Svedsko, ola
prevzamc zastopanjc njenih int
rcSov V Amcriki.
To je predigra, kateri DO ne
dvomno sledila proglasitev vojne
med Avstrijo in Ameriko.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-04-10

OrganiZirano delavstvo ma POr-
toriku jc poslalo oster protest
glavnemu uradu A. r. of H., V ka-
terem Upozarja, da SO ameriski
madniki pri organiziranju move
Wade ma podlagi pred kratkim V
kongresu sprejetega zakona po-
pomona ignorirali delavstvo,
mcdtem ko kapital suvereno VIA
da. Santiago lglesias, prcdscdnik
SvObOdnc f~ederacije delavcev ma
Portoriku pravi V pismu, posla-
mem Gompersu, da bodo moral
delavci odkloniti sodclovanje no.
We adminiStracijc in 81 ma kak-
Sen drug nacin zagotoviti to, kar
Jim gre &c ne prizna vlada orga-
n%iziranemu delu veGjih pravic.
POrtorikO jc &c dolgo bolestna
tocka Zedinicnih drZav, in cudno
lc, da lie II vlada, XII Sc imcnu-
jc dcmokraticno, nckoliko bolie
zauimati III ondotnc razmcre in
poSkrbiti, da 50 tam uveljavijO
de~mokraticna naGcla vSaj V tisti
mcrl, Y kateri SO mogoca V soda
Mi druzbi. Ma portoriSkem oto-
ku ie Straik slcdil Strajku, in ker
sploSnc razmcrc tam MISC in ne
morejo biti take, da hi Sc mOglo
TO gibanje pripisati visoko poll
tiCnim namcnOm, jc jaSno in hi
morale biti tudi Westinghouse
vladi iasno,. da izhajajo vse tie
Stavke IL gospodarskega polozaja
ondotncga delavStva in da mora
cello obup igrati znatno vlogo pri
TEN. To Sc pravi: Dclavske raz
mere morajo biti tako naznosne,
da SiliiO dclavcc cd casa do casa
ma upor roper jarem brez obzira
ma njihovo in n%asprotno moe, to-
rel tudi brcz obzira ma posledi-
&c.
Razredni odnoSaji V sedanji
druzbi so pac splosno nezdravi.
Toda kier je delavstvo tako "a
suLnjenO, kakor ma Portoriku,
tam MISC odnoSaji lie nezdravi, am
pax tudi akutno nevarni.
Cd nobene meScanskc Wade he
pricakujemo in ne ore pri-
takovati, da resi- socialni problem.
Naravno je cello, da stoji V veil
KEN k%onflikttu med delom in ka-
pitalom Ma strani kapitala kaj-
ii kakor .je druzba kapitalisticno
raZredna, tako so njcnc Wade ka-
pitalisticno razredne. Ampak ka-
kor .je V gotovih raZmerah V inte-
resi- kapitaliSta samcga, Ola ma
pravi dclavcem nckoliko koncesij
in zagotovi svojemu obratu neko-
like varnosti in Stalnosti, tako bi
bilo priGakovati cd Wade, da spo-
INA Ia ne dclavski, ampak V prvl
vrsti DRAWN i~ntcres, kapitalisic-
no DRAWN intercs, in zavaruje
delavstvu vsaj toliko pravic, da
nj znano naravnost V obup.
Svoiih popolnih pravic ne dose
zc dciavStvo ma nobc drug ma
Elm, kakor 4 dosIcdnim razrednim
bojcm. Iakaj doscga ten pravic
ic odviSna cd %unicenja razredov.
DelavStvo ne more uzivati plodov
Svoiega della, doklcr sploh obsto-
jc parasite, Iii 81 Jill lahko brez
truda p~rilaScajo. kdor pa je V
taken ngodnem polozaju kakor
kapitali>ticni razrcd, ne opusii nj
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1917-04-10
CAS- IA JAVNo LASTNINO.

Vojna .je poucila dezele V Ev-
rOpi o neprecenljivi vaznoSti jaw
lie lastnine. Zeleznice, jane, NUM-
cijske toyarne in vsakovrstne dru-
ge naprave ST preSle V drzavno re-
zijo. Ali preden 50 sc Wade odlO-
Gle "a vse te korakc, SO pretrpelc
ogromno skodo in so plaGale mi
ljone "uenine''. Amerika .je vse
TO lahko ~spoznala in zdaj lahko
porabi s tie i~zkuSnje, Xxi .je MISC
veljalc niti centa. - Socialisticna
zahteva, da maj postanejo pro-
mctna sredstva in vazne industri-
je javna last, Sc nikdar nj bila ia
ko akutna, kakor ie sedaj. Ali maj
preizkusijo Zedinjene drzave vse,
kar je preizkusila Europa, preden
store, kar bOdo morale storiti, ka-
kor je morala storiti Evropa9
N"derna vojna je ogromno pod
Jetje, Xxi Sc ne more voditi V taken
razmerju kakor ma primer ameri-
ska voJna Ia neodvisnost. Meme
zahteve Ill naloge presegajo moo
privatne industrije in privatnega
prometa.. &c so Sc Zedinjene dr.
zave odlocile "a vojno, morajo
skrbeti, Ola DO "a vo.jno potrebni
aparat V vsakem oziru uspesen in
da funkcionira vse dovlSeno. Kai-
ii vsaka pomanjkljivost lahko po-
vzroci velike dena.ue izgube in -
kar je Sc vaznejse - velike izgu-
be cloveskega ~zivlienja.
Privatm kapitalizem je nespo-
soben, povsem nezadCstno organi-
Ziran, da hi izpolnil Use ogromne
naloge, XII Jill voina Malaga Dee.
Ii. Centralizaciia, XII je pogoj IL
spesne Organizacije, Sc more IL.
vrsiti lie, ce 81 ~uveljavi nacelo jaw
lie lastnine.
) tenn JIG zdruzen Sc drug, jake
vazen moment. lie &c ina vlada
zeleznice, ladje, municijo in druge
tovarne v svoji reziji, lie &C pre-
vzamejo obcine pekarne, mesnice
L. t. d. " svOjo upravo, more.io
prOducirati tako, Ola nj treba me-
tatI privatnim SPECIALIZATION in o.
deruhom OgrOmnih profitov V IRE
10. u lastnO rezijo lahko vlada re-
gulira place delavstva casovnim
potrebam primerno, povrh 81 pa
lahko prihrani tisti denar, XII ga
do v vojni dobi krvavo p%otrebova-
la. Bill bi neodpusten greh polniti
brczdanj e malhe nenasitnczev 4
lJudskimi miljardami in potem o.
ropanl narOd zadolziti pri tistih
nenasitnezih. Nihce ne hi mogel
zagovarjati tega, da hi sc narod
zavczal ma dolgolctno placcvanje
obresti cd kapitala, Xxi hi moral
biti Pc vscj pravici narodov kapi-
tai.
Vojna mora gledati, da doseze
ellie, Ia katere .jc bila zaceta; to
so interest, ma katere sc mora o.
zirati. &c stole kapitalisticni inte-
resi- ma poti, Jill mora energicno
%odpraviti. Ma poti pa il resnicno
stole, ker ovirajo cnotnost akcije,
izrabo vseh virov in ohranitcv
lGpdskih sill.
&c Sc jc ia vojna pricela IL raz-
logov in "a ellie, XII Jill je navedel
prcdsednik Wilson V svoji poslani-
ci, in ne "a kapitalisticne interese,
kakor misli Wall Street, tedaj mo-
ia vlada brez obzira na kapitali-
stiGne profile zaGeti nemudoma II
resitvijo tega vpraSanja, da he BIO
treba Ameriki kakor pref zavezni-
kom tratiti cas- S tenn, da mora
popravljati grehe, katerih nj bi
bilo treba.