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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11
PITY IS. IT WASN'T TRUE.

second baby has appeared in the
home of Captain Frederick Mears, one
Of the United States commissioners
building the government railroads in
Alaska. \ year or more ago, when
the first Mcars baby arrived, a lead
ing Washington city paper featured
the event: the extended account re-
citing that the local Indians called
him the SNOW. baby because he was
born atop of the world, and that his
mother was the only white woman
within hundreds of miles.
The account amused Alaskans, from
the fact that scores of white babies
had preceded little Mears, and his
mother was but one of more than 1000
white women living in the town of
Anchorage. and that not "A single In
dian lived within so miles. But 1t was
a good story. considered as a product
Of the imagination.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11
THE MORNING SMILE.


A man came in from the mountains
to a little country store and purchased
"A jug of whiskey. AS he did not want
to carry it around with him he de-
cidcd to leave it at the grocery until
he went home.
For identification he took a deck of
cards from his pocket, selected the
seven of hearts, wrote his name upon
1t, and tied it to tn handle of the jug.
Then he ambled FORTH
HE returned in about three hours
and found the jug missing.
Say, BILL he cried in great en-
cltement to the proprietor of the store,
do you know what became Of that
jug of mine?'
Sure, l do was the prompt reply.
Jim Joiner came along with the Jack
o hearts an took it."-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11
War Poetry
AFTER WARDS,

When | am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me.
Christina Rossetti.
would not have your pain too great
You who have known enough OF
pain
Yet if when had passed the gate
| could return again
And see you (blt myself unseem
Mnsing with grief a little space.
The shadow of what might have been
Reflected in yonr face.
Not ersad. not bowed too much
by sorrow, it would he a sign
OF comfort even in death to such
An eXiled soul as mine
She will not q would say forget.
When time has checked her plying
tears,
loved her so, nor quite regret
Those past and futile years.
| would not have the shadow fan
SO darkly that you could not see
Beyond the irrevocabe wall
Dividing you and me
| would not stay, an unquict ghost,
To stir Il useless grief to keep
From you the peace you need the most
Or vcX your troubled sleep.
And yet my heart cries out to know
CAS- If the dead felt any painD
That you will miss me when ! go,
Not to return again.
EDWARD FULLER
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11

interest to the guides explanation OF
the various places Of interest. Pres
entity they passed an ancient edifice
surrounded by a high brick wall. That
is the town house of the Duke OF Dea,
one Of our largest landed proprietOrs.
said the guide. The eyes of the beau
tiful young American girl on the rear
seat were suddenly Illuminated. "VVho
landed him." she cried.--Everybody's
Magazine.
The ignorance OF the man who
knows 1t air is cncyclopaedic.-Des-
arct News.
Don't kick the down and -outer: he
may be coming Notwithstanding
Press.
The only cheap commodities on the
market nowadays are salt, human
lives and advices-Charleston News and
Courier.
Love is a disease" says n writer.
Emph- huh. ana divorce is breaking
ont.--Memphis Commercial Appeal.
At that. We imagine . bantaIa reg.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11

The swimming pool fund has re-
Gently been increased by two fine con-
tributions. We hope there VIII ho
more Xix" them soon. We HAY" many
public spirited and generous citizens
who have not yet subscribed to thu
fund Tor on" reason or another. hut
who intend 10 do SO. Sow that the
work of collection is well under way
without delay. We hop" there viii be
a strong answer to the appeal for
more subscriptions
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11

iment will fight like 'en. too.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
"Thot." thru" and "tho"--poor lit
tie manned words. Isn't it about time
for the reformers to commit assault
and battery again Toledo Blade.
Tote your package home is the new
est shopping slogan. Some men of a
Saturday night might have difficulty
doing it.-Baltimore American.
The old mare that used to 20 for
two bits won't bulge out of her tracks
for less than two bucks nowt-Colum-
bia Is. CO State.
Some men follow leaders and others
tag along after misleaders.--Toledo
Blade.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11

The first physical examination Of
the drafted men of Missoula county
begins today. This morning twenty
Soung men will be ready at nine
O'Clock for the examination and sue
cessive lots of the same number will
follow until the quota of the first day
IS completed. The duties Of the ex-
animation board. as we have pointed
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11

The |. W. w. in the Moscow jail
went on a hunger strike the other
morning but ran up q white flag at
noon. They still believe in the Cos
pei of |. Won't Work but are not will
ing to die for the cause.
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out. are serious. There win Se no n !,

voritism, we are sure, although in an
examination of this sort 1t is often
easy to evade the strict requirements
of the law. The young men who pass
this examination, which will be rigid,
are to be congratulated if they have
the spirit that should go with good
h alth Another stage of our war
preparation is marked and it will not
be so long now before the drafted
army will be ready for any sort of a
fight.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11
BUSINESS EFFICIENCY
BY H. ]. Barrett.
1omorrow's Executives,

The great trouble with the school
OF experience" Henry Ford once .o-
marked, lis that the course is so long
that the graduates are generally TOO
old TO go to work. 1t was the gen
aral manager of a great wholesale
house speaking.
That's a point | seek to impress
upon the young men employed here.
Too many Of them do the tasks set
for them faithfully and earnestly, but
seem to, htterly lack any real grasp of
the business. AS soon as they walk
out OF the door they dismiss their jobs
from their minds and never think of
them nntfl the next morning.
Now. I swant to bring forward a
squad of winners here. [ want every
youngster In the place to make good
Not merely because we, ourselves, will
need executives in the future, but for
their own sakes. / urge our en-
ployes to profit by the other mans
experience. In. other words to read
and study business literature outside
their working hours. Between the
correspondence /; schools. the various
night courses given by local institu-
tons and the Vast volume of books
and business magazines, there is little
excuse for mans not gaining much
Of his knowledge via short cut routes
nowadays. I
"A man. who follows this policy
should, by the age of 30, be better
equipped than the school of expert
ence' man at so. And its the man
who preserves the students attitude
toward business who will hold the big
jobs In the future.
My son Is taking a course in BUSH
ness at one of the great universities.
Assuming that he possesses good COM
mon sense and ordinary diligence, this
training should be worth 10 years of
commercial life. He'll have that much
start on the man who lacks that ad-
vantage. But the omission of such a
course is not a fatal handicap. Knowl-
edge gained by extra effort generally
sticks. The young fellow who gains
his education in business through
evening study may nose my boy out at
the tape.
But somehow, somewhere; this ad-
dtional knowledge. this power of
profitins by the other mans hard
knocks. must be acquired. Other
wise some one possessing the extra
equipment will be sitting in a private
office, in position while the chap
who was merely content to do just
enough to hold his job will be doing
lust that-'holdinp n ioh'"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11

Villa has been eliminated from the
class of military leaders ana has re-
turned to the nomadic life of an Or
binary sticSup man. We anticipate
the time when Villa and Hindenburg
will get together and call themselves
gang.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11

There is nothing surprising in the
story that j. Ham Lewis was seen
munching peanuts on his way from
the White House to the Capitol. Lewis
belongs in the peanut class.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11

For the first time in history Ala
bama is feeding herself. That is
cheerful news. Very soon Alabama
will be todding around like a real
state.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11

shilling, two dots two shillings, and
so on.
Returning, Moses inquired Of his
son:
'Haf you had any customers, key,
vat?"
Yes. fadcr, have sold de gray coat
and vest for eight shillings.'
Yell, veil, now, You did goOt bust
ness, for 1t was only five shillIngs.'
NO, fader! ! kept the ticket; see. 1t
has eight little dots dere."
The old jew scratched his head and
smilingly remarked: ay
Jubilee jerusalem! l. will never
XIII anoder fly:"-Lpndon Tit Bits.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11
Brilliant Suggestion,

1T would save us much needed floor
space and considerable money if our
women customers would use the stair
way when going up only one flight
said the department store manager.
u wish | knew of some way to
make them do it,
why not take the mirrors out of
the elevators and put 'cm on the
stairs" suggested his bright assistant.
Chronicle Telegraph.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11

The Mineral independent asks why
the Washington police do not scatter
n few mice around the White House
gates. We wonder.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11

While Stone and Reed are in Mis-
souri, we will continue 10 dispute the
claim Of Texas as the leading mule
state.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11
HE COULD TALK,

And can your little boy talk p"
asked the minister.
"th, Yes. Harold, say something for
DR.. Prim.'
Mother pipcd mp Harold, has the
beer come for the party tonight?"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11
Fly Specks in Business.

Moses kept q second hand clothes
shop. and on leaving 1t in charge of
his son Ney during the dinner hour.
impaired to him the fact that on the
price ticket one dot represented on
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11

Not all strikes are economic. Some
are brave revolutionary assaults upon
deep rooted, traditional injustices. OF
the latter sort is a strike contemplated
by an oppressed portion of MISSOURI s
population. \ young rebel, her curls
pubbing cXcitedly, told about it the
other day.
We may not start school until DC
tober this year she said Some of
us have gotten together, and we think
we'll have school on Saturday, with
just Sunday of, and then let out in
April"
"rhat viii be a pretty long vacation,
won't it ."
Yes. But We like long vacations.
And that's not the only reason,
either
She looked around to see if anyone
vas listening, then whispered bitter
ly:
If We do that | won't have to take
my bath on Saturday night"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11

In order to rise with the lark avoid
the midnight swallows
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11
Good Fishinu.

Good Fishing.
A party bent on Seeing London"
rolled out OF Hyde Park in big auto
mobile and listened with undisguised
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11

He made u fine figure as he stood
looking in Il shop window at n display
Of bright shirts and ties--too bright,
alas, for mllitay wear. His shoulders
were square. his uniform fitted him
smoothly, his shoes were brightly pol
Shed But there was something about
his chest that made pa SSerS by look
twice. 1t seemed too bullying. some
how. as il the soldier had tried un-
skilltuily to give himself the appear
ance OF a SandoW
Several girls snickcred at the pad
ding" and stopped to watch. Pres
entity they saw Il little black head
emerge from the soldiers coat. The
young fellow Stroked the kitten softly,
talked to it a little. while it purred
Thankfully, and then gently put it
back into its coy sleeping place.
The ssiggles stopped.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11
Talk Of the TOtl,,r

They had met to discuss the coming
Boy Scouts camp at Seeley lake, but
interest in signals and woodcraft and
equipment had waned. Baseball was
desultorily taken up. No good. chau-
tauquas We're dismissed curly as tire
some institutions. Then one scout no.
ticed the others arms.
Gee, you arn't tanned at ALL he
said.
The remark struck fire. Interest
was revived.
Il am too. I'm browner than yo,,
are. Yours is dirt
1t is not
1t is"
We'll. prove it. Dare You to wash
Followed the SOUND Of spiashins at
Il distant sink. The challenged scout
returned triumphant.
1t stuck" he said lie couldn't
wash it off"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11

The Missollan was adopted yester-
day by a little black cat that may have
been a twin of the soldiers pet. 1t
came mournfully up the stairs, as shy
as 4 home talent poet with wares to
sell, and mutely Informed the office
boy that he had been elected lord and
master.
The office hoy accepted Secfnlly.
He found a soft bed for the cat, went
ont and begged or stole milk for it
and all night heaped attentions upon
the Wanderer.
The cat responded with a weak
mewing for all the world like n re-
ctal of fearful woe. and occa sionally
contrived II feeble purring with that
elf-conscious victory over depressing
sorrow that is so well liked in the
movies.
Alas, the kittens was no more gen
uine than film nobility. After the Of
flee boy had filled all the gaunt places
in the Kittens side with milk and had
coddled and pctted the sorrowful beast
he was repaid with treachery. While
its protector was not looking the kit
ten cold bloodedly eloped with a home
going telegraph operator without a
single new of apology.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11

\ litcracy test should be imposed
upon press agents. For one thing it
would eliminate all press agents. For
another it would save white paper. \
piece of press agent copy yesterday, in
the course of an cffusive description
Of the most to-the- minute show
known" spoke Of its object as the
most fin de steele attraction in the
business"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11

one of the best fish catches of the
season was brought in yesterday by
Fred Miles, Charles Odenwall and Alex
Gasnier (Alec the tailor) from Rock
creek The three fishermen spent only
a few hours on the stream and came in
with more than 100 pretty trout. SO
far as recorded catches go these men
are in the lead for this season.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11

When | am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me.
Christina RoSsetti.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-11

The golf bug has bitten MissouIa so
fiercely that tennis, which last year
attained great popularity here, has
been forgotten. Hardly half a dozen
players use the courts of the Mis-
soula Tennis club at Higgins avenue
and South Sixth and the courts at the
country club have not been used once
since they were put in. AS II result,
hissoull will have no tournament play
this summer and no one from the club
here will take part in the state meet
at hunters Hot Springs next week.
The best war story I've heard yet
is not directly a war story at all said
a Nissoula man yesterday. 1T con-
Germs a patiotic city woman who put
in Il backyard garden. Her potato
patch did not seem to flourish. When
did you plant your potatoes?' a neigh
Dor asked her one day, seeing her hard
at work on hills which did not show
IL Sign of green. oh, ! couldn't get
any potatocS,' said the patriot, but /
heard that boiled rice was 4 good sub
stitgtc, so | planted some of that"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-03-29
NAVY LEAGUE COMFORTS CON
MITTEE AT WORK

The Comforts Committee OF the
Navy League is receiving reports
from different sections OF the coun-
try where local branches are being
organized for the purpose of knit
ting garments for the sailors of the
United States ships. The people Of
Binghamton. n. ", will furnish ar
ticles for the sailors OF the new de-
troyer Sampson while those living
in Orange, N. j., are TO make the
articles OF clothing for the men OF
the Ericsson. As the branches are
organized various ships are assign
ed TO them and the product is sent
to the men of those ships after in
spection in Washington. The goods
are forwarded by Admiral MCGOWAN,
Paymaster General of the Navy.
Many societies in various parts OF
the country which have hitherto
been working for the Belgians and
the French have indicated their in
tention to join in the work for the
American seamen.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-03-29
College Column
PHI DELTA

Last Saturday Phi Delta held its
regular election. The following Of
flcers were chosen for the Spring
term: President, William Dean;
Vice-President, Burley Hoskins;
Corresponding-secretary, W. J. p.
Smith; Board of Critics, Hobart Bur-
nette, Wesley Bouterse, II. u. Mar
tin; Recording-secretary. Charles
Waters; Treasurer, J. Harl Tate;
Librarian, Jesse Osborne; Third
Member of Literary Board, Fred
Evans; and Sergeant-at-arms, Par
nell pickleseimer.
Reports Of the retiring officers
showed pleasing progress in all the
Society's activities. The personnel
of the new men installed augurs q
continuation Of the good work.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-03-29
APRIL A WAR MONTH

Supersiitious people, and some
who are not superstitious but mere
ly observing. are pointing TO the
fact that with the exception Of the
war with England in 1912 every for
eign war in which the United States
has been involved started during
April. The war OF the Revolution
began April 10. i775 at Concord and
Lexington. The war with Mexico
began April 81. 1916. War was de-
clared against Spain April 81. 1885,
Now. in order to add force to this
statement. let il be considered that
the Civil War began with the Fort
attack April ~. 1861, and the
Black Hawk War. the greatest con-
flict with Indian forces. began April
81, 1891. The first Of April is near.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-03-29
Y. N. C. A.

The Y. NJ. C. A. was very fortunate
in having Mr.. John r. Rogers OF
Brooklyn, n. v, one Of the trustees
Of the College, as leader for the
meeting Sunday night. He discussed
the topic Religion in Business,
and told how, that the business
world was beginning TO realize more
than ever before the great impor-
lance of conducting business on q
religious basis, stating that he be-
lieved the success of our present
international crisis would be largely
determined by the Christian patri-
otism of our business men.
No one can afford to miss the
helpful talks that are being given
in the Y. NC. A. this year; come
early in order to be sure of seat.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-03-29
ALPHA ZETA

A very interesting program was
presented Saturday evening at the
A. z. Hall. Jobie Groo.ns discussed
Dixie Land" which was enjoyed
by all, and especially by the boys
from Dixie. Quincy Calhoun's sub
ject was Temperance in Virginia"
in wh;c1 he ted how ~" temper
ance fi:cs ha We 9 cat victory
- tta' sta o. ~: r exter:poraneous
talks followed. Herman Mahaffy's
talk How to be an Optimist" show
ed that he could take q subject
on the spur of the moment and dis
cuss il fully. Roy f. Bell spoke
on that paramount subject among the
boys of Berea. How to be Popular
with the Girls" showing that he
was familiar with the subject. Boyd
Collins talk, "Why Like Berea,"
was real interesting. Mr.. Eccles told
the boys what he is going to do
when he got his diploma. The last
was a debate: Resolved:
That the Allies Should Not Accept
Any Terms Of Peace until Germany
Adopts Total Disarmament Policy"
Cary and Trosper upheld the affirm
alive. Harrington and Hays the
negative. The judges decided in
favor of the negative.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-03-29
COMMISSIONERS SALE
& Muncy, Plaintiffs,

H. F. Marcum & Co, Defendants.
As directed by judgment enter
ed in the above styled action by the
Madison Circuit Court at its Febru-
airy term, 1917, the undersigned will
on Saturday, March 3ist, 1917, at or
about 200 O'Clock p. m, for the pur-
pose OF making the sum OF si772.OO,
sell TO the highest and best bidder,
on the premises, the following prop
erty: a house and lot on Chestnut
Street in Berea, KY. beginning on
the northwest corner Of Lee Millions
line, and adjoining the Smith lot,
Silas Williams line, etc, being the
same property conveyed TO A. Isaacs
by Mary Gabbard by deed recorded
in Deed Book 70, page 23S.
rerms.-Said sale will be held on
a credit Of six months, the purchaser
to execute bond with approved Sc
curity, bearing six per cent. inter-
est from day OF sale and secured by
lien retained on the property sold.
All bidders should arrange before
the sale TO have bondsmen ready TO
execute bond as soon as sale is con-
cluded.
lad. 39.) J.J. Greenleaf,
Master Commissioner.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-03-29
Y. w. C. A.

The meeting of the Y. w. C. A.
Sunday night was led by Eunice
Pearson who talked on the subject
How large is your Bible?" She
pointed out in a very interesting
way that the Bible was large to any
one just in proportion as they made
it a part Of themselves through
study and active service.
During the business session which
followed a large number Of new
members were received, and the fol-
lowing officers were elected for next
year: Eunice Pearson, president;
Eva McDaniels. vice-president;
Bertha Atzenhoefer, secretary; and
Biddie Eplee, treasurer.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-03-29
Foundation Column
THE SECOND SLAVERY
BY Bradley Kincaid in Prohibition
Oratorical Contest


When the American colonists es-
tablished their democratic form OF
government besed on the declara-
tion Of equality Of all men. and their
inherent right TO life, liberty and
happiness, they at the same time,
admitted into their midst two OF the
greatest enemies OF life, liberty and
happiness that men have ever
known the liquor traffic and hui
man slavery. These two evils were
firmly implanted upon the American
soil long before the Stars and
Stripes were unfurled TO the
breezes Of heaven. They remained
blot upon the American nation
for many years. but finally the time
came when we had to choose
whether or not we were willing 10
allow slavery to become a perma-
nent institution, in this the land OF
the free and the home Of the brave. >
Once to every man and nation
Comes the moment 10 decide
In the strife twixt truth and
falsehood.
For the good or evil side"
The people decided that the only
way To deal with slavery was to put
il out altogether, and they did.
There is a close analogy between
these two evils; both deal with great
human wrongs. There is a close
analogy between the ways in which
the two problems have been met.
After many years Of effort at regu-
lation Of slavery. the only solution
was found in its complete abolition.
Slavery was deeply rooted in the
social structure Of the world and
gripped with vested hold. the bust
ness. politics. and the government
N the nation. The liquor traffic is
even more deeply rooted in the
business. politics and government Of
he nation.
We boast that we live in a country
where no tyrant can obtain a foot
hold, and where we are taught
patriotism from the cradle. Yet. il
IS folly to talk Of freedom when the
brewers and distillers have throttled
he country and bought our political