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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-04-13
CHURCH HEAD ASKS
LOYALTY OF PEOPLE
PRESIDENT SMITH MAKES EARN
EST AND ELOQUENT PLEA TO
LATTER-DAY SAINTS.
Loyalty to Church and Nation In
Present Crisis in World Affairs
Urged Upon All Faithful
Churchmen.

Salt Lake City.-Loyalty to church
and nation In the present crisis II
world affairs was urged on all faith
full Saints by President Joseph f
Smith in the keynote speech OF the
eighty-seyenth annual conference oil
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
day Saints in the tabernacle at the
opening session on April 6.
President Smith paid glowing tri-
butte to the lives OF the founders and
leaders OF the church and pleaded that
the members of the church be guided
by faith, hope. love and charity and
urged that the activities In behalf of
the upbuilding of the faith go forward
with still greater enthusiasm. He
asked that especially in the present
crisis all Saints set aside thought of a
fellowman's Nationality.
During the course of his address,
President Smith said:
Il hope the Latter-day Saints will
be yeritable Josephs in Egypt when
necessity stalks abroad in the land.
Il want Latterday Saints who may
enlist and whose services the country
may require not to forget that they
are also soldiers of the cross.
Let the soldiers that go out from
Utah be men of honor when they are
called and obey the call and manfully
meet the duty or labor that they may
be set to do.
I'm the church there is neither
Greek nr Jew nor Gentle; in other
words. there is neither Scandinavian,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-04-13
SALT REQUIRED BY ANIMALS
Cow Needs Ounce or More Daily
Place II IN Boxes IN Yard Where
IL IL Available.

Salt "a required By al animals. The
row requires an ounce or more day,
and smile she should be givea all she
aeeds. she should not be forced to take
more than shS wants.
II ~ best. therefore. to give only q
mail quantity Ia the feed. and 10
place rock salt 10 boxes In the yard
Ebefe she can lick Il at Will.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-04-13

Extreme fashions in women's dress
and birth control were condemned in
speech and resolutions at the after
noon session OF the annual conference
of the Relief society of the Mormon
church at Salt Lake City on April 4.
The meeting was held in the assem-
bly, hall and more than 1916 persons
attended
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-04-13
Panama to Aid in Defense.

Panama.-The president of the re-
public of Panama. DR.. Ramon Valdez.
signed proclamation Saturday after
noon committing Panama unreserved-
ly to the assistance of the United
States in the defense Of the canal
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-04-13
WIN Seize Radio Stations.

Washington.-Seizu OF ell redo
stations in the United States and its
possessions. operation of those need
ed for naval communications and
closing of others was authorized by
president Wilson on April 6.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-04-13
Plain Words.

IT have hired a lawyer to"
Don't say you have hired a law
yer" protested the finicky person. at
Is more elegant to use the word re
tained.'"
Maybe SO, but 1 told the lawyer
that If he didn't win the case he
wouldn't get fee. so 1 guess he's
hired"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-04-13
Hardships of Oratory

''Why do you refuse to make any
more speeches? Won't your people
listen to your"
"rhe difficulty is" replied Senator
Sorghum, that they listen too closely.
When I tell 'em something now they
rush off to have it verified and hold
me responsible for the facts"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-04-13
Be Game. Make Good, Says stone.

Washington.-"Close the ranks. be
game. and make good" was the in
junction of Senator Stone of Missouri.
chairman of the Foreign relations com
mittee. in statement iss'' here
Saturday night
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-04-13
LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot Ease,
the antiseptic powder for the feet. Shaken into
the shoes and sprinkled in the foot-bath, Aliens
Foot-Ease makes tight shoes feel easy and gives
instant relief to corns and bunions Try IL today
Sold everywhere, 25c. For FREE trial package
address, Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.-Adv.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-04-13
WAR PROCLAMATION
EXPORTS THE u. s.;
ALIENS ARE WARNED
Last Step TO Active HostIIities
Taken When President Signs.
CALLS FOR VOLUNTEERS
Subjects Of Kaiser EnJolned TO Keep
the Peace and viii Be Held Liable
for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES From
Entering Certain Localities.

Washington, April 7.--President VIII
son signed proclamation formally de-
ciarlng state Of war between the
United States and Germany. In the
proclamation he called upon American
citizens TO give support 10 all meas
urc4 of fhf. government
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-04-13


The president also issued call for
volunteers to bring the army and navy
up to war strength. and gave his In
dorsement TO the general stan army
bin designed to obtain men by selec-
tive transcription.
"rhe necessary men," said the presl-
dent In statement. "will be secured
Tor the regular army aud the National
Guard by volunteering as at present.
until. In the Judgment OF the press-
dent. resort to selective draft is adj
visahle.
THE principles embodied In the leg
islation presented by the war depart
ment TO the military committee OF the
senate and house have my entire APP
prevail. and its specific recommended
lions emhody the best Judgment OF the
officers Of the war department. II
proposes To raise the forces necessary
To meet the present emergency by
bringing the regular army and the Ma
tional Guard TO war strength and by
addition the additional forces which
win now be needed so that the ma
tionnl army win comprise three ele-
ments."
The courier-index., 1917-12-28
THE SOUTH AND COTTON
Commercial AppealD

The Philadelphia Ledger, under
date of Dec. z, prints an editorial
based upon an advertisement in the
Commercial Appeal, in which adver-
tisement planter insisted on the
growers sticking to forty cent cotton.
The advertisement was made the
basis of an accusation that the south
is hoggish in its demand for the
high price of cotton and that the
south is unpatriotic.
The advertisement in question was
put in by a planter, and the views
he expressed were his own.
Mr. Theodore Price, in his paper,
takes up the advertisement editorially
and argues that cotton ought TO be
worth about 10 cents pound.
The Philadelphia Ledger first says
that cotton ought not to be 40 cents
a pound, and, second. that the south
is unpatriotic in holding cotton for
40 cents pound, and that the south
is unpatriotic anyhow.
The crop is enormously short this
year. At the present writing few
believe that the crop will be over
IL 600, 900 bales.
Mr. Prices reasoning that the crop
already ginned will be supplemented,
as it was in former years, is not
sound.
In the south the crop was late, and
in a great part of the belt the frost
was early
The cotton crop this year is as
short as was the wheat crop.
The elements that go into the max
ing of cotton are enormous.
n
meat at 80 cents, on corn at So a
bushel apd wheat at $3.50 bushel.
Based upon the cost of production
the price for the better grades Of
cotton ought to be 40 cents rather
than 80 cents.
Middling cotton in Memphis today
is quoted at 20 IL cents per pound.
The farmer will make little more
money at this price. considering the
enormous price of feedstuff. than he
did in the old days when cotton was
| ~ ~ cents a pound
The south is not holding the cot
ton, but the south is in a position
where spectators and others cannot
shut off credit and force the dump.
ing, even of a small crop, on the
market at one time.
The south would turn loose every
bale of cotton at the present price
If there was transportation to take
it out of the country.
1t is not true that the southern
people demanded OF their senators
The courier-index., 1917-12-28
GERMANY LAUGHS NO MORE

The steady swing of public opin-
ion in neutral countries against the
German cause-which is apparent
even where there was distinct
pro-German feeling at the beginning
of the warts at last causing appre-
hension in the Fatherland, says the
London Times. It remarks:
Germany affected 10 :augh as
one by one the neutral states, which
are not great military powers. fell
off from her in horror of her crimes.
She laughes no more. 1t is not. in
deed, the moral condemnation Of so
many peoples which disturbs her
scared and hardened conscience.
At that she can stiil scott But she
is finding that the raw materials for
her industries in war and in peace
together with no small share of her
food-supplies are under the control
of those who are her declared enc
mics or who refuse to continue dip
lomatic relations with her. She is
beginning to perceive what this may
mean to her."
The courier-index., 1917-12-28

the world a habitation for civilized
man rather than roaming place
savages of the caves.
No civilization endures that is not
founded on the cornerstone of a
religion of reverence for the SUI
preme Power whose creed for its
followers is the everlasting truth as
we find il in the Holy Scriptures.
Egypt tried for perpetuity with her
science and her false gods, and went
back to desert sand; Babylon and
Persia rose in the splendor of a
marvellous development that blossom
ed and faded because it was rooted
in idolatry; Rome held the world in
the hollow of her hand and saw it
slip away because there was no
righteousness in her grasp; and even
Greece, with all her alluring arts
and PHILOSOPHERS, was but FREELY
in the night of the ages because
that "altar to the unknown God"
was not national altar.
But the civilization that rested on
the teachings of the bible has never
waned Whittier the light has grown.
wider the sweep of its influence,
because as long as God is in His
Heaven" all must be .'well with the
world"
Jerusalem, the city of David, the
scene OF the supreme sacrifice of the
Son of Cod epitomizes in the minds
of the unifeTse this thought of world
development and eternal life. 1t is
sordid and soiled with centuries of
infidel rule but in it are housed the
traditions of Judaism and the hottest
spots of the christian religion. The
Temple. the Sepulcher, Gethsem-
ane, Calvary-golden threads in the
great fabric of eternal liberty and
eternal uplift.
Berlin says, with scorn. that the
city was not a strategic point and
its fall had no military significance.
But far more important than militar-
ism is the psychological effect that
the fortress of the spiritual life of
the world has passed into christian
hands
When Gen. Allenby and his army,
bareheaded and a-foot. marched
through the gates of the captured
Jerusalem, new era dawned in the
history of humanity.
This year the Christmas star will
rise softly over redeemed from
bandage Palestine, and the cross.
the tender appeal When in the
churches of the world there are held
the services of the Nativity. the
knowledge of captured Jerusalem
will rise like the perfume of some
rare incense swung into the censers
of peace to the God of all goodness.
The courier-index., 1917-12-28
PSYCHOLOGY OF JERUSALEM'S
FALL
Commercial Appeal

A nation cannot rise higher than
its ideals, for its ideals are the
minarets on the lookout towers of
it's civilization. That is why the re-
demption of Jerusalem from bondage
to the Turks has sent such a thrill
around the. globe; for Jerusalem typi-
fies the highest Ideals of a world
that has tried Isis, Jupiter, Ballot,
Buddah and Mafomet through CEN
turtles of final failure. But the re-
ligion of the God of Abraham and of
Jesus of Nazareth has ever and al
ways been the constructive element
in the upbuilding of the truth and
justice and liberty that have made
The courier-index., 1917-12-28
ARKANSAS NOW HAS 21,844
MEN IN ARMY AND NAVY
ARKANSAS Gazette)

Arkansas has furnished more than
an army division for service. accord
ing to figures compiled yesterday in
the office of the adjutant general,
the total to date being PISA, as
follows: Navy, 1850; marine corps,
II; regular army. 1868: Arkansas
National Guard, 6.692; National army
6.525; negroes certified to national
army and subject to immediate call,
3,742. In addition the Fourth Regi-
ment and an Engineers battalion are
now being organized. When these
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WHY THE OLD FLAG FLOATS

when the empty sleeve or the
sightless eye
Or the legless form | see,
breathe my thanks to my God on
high
For His wachful care DER me;
And | say to myself as the cripple
goes
Half stumbling on his way;
I may brag and boast, but that
brother knows
Why the old flag floats today"
The courier-index., 1917-12-28

and Representatives that they give
them protection.
This paper has insisted that the
government has as much right to fix
the price of cotton as it had to fix
the price of wheat.
If the government has the right to
fix the price of one thing it has the
right to fix the price of all things
as war emergency measure.
The cotton is here and can be
bought at present prices. The cotton
planters and holders refuse to let
the price be cut in half and become
bankrupt.
There has been less greed on the
part of the south than any other
section. We have had few DEM
agogic politicians who fought the
war. but they have seen the light.
In proportion to the population
the south is doing its part.
There was generous response to
the call for volunteers.
The response would have been
greater in numbers if the negroes
had been permitted TO volunteer.
Considering the number of volun-
teers in proportion to white popula-
ton, one would find that the south
did better than any other section of
the country.
The negroes would have volunteer
ed if the government had been in a
position to take them into the army.
But there is a condition that some
of our friends in the east cannot get
over Mr. Price himself cannot get
over it.
Time was when eastern spectators
and mill owners, and also foreign
spinners. backed by big money, made
a plaything of cotton The south
was in debt and if they wanted to
drive the price of cotton down they
which forced the southerner to sell
pay out.
suit their greed.
They operated on the theory that
the south was producer and should
have only enough food and clothing
to keep it alive so it would continue
to produce.
The southern people were for years
unable to resist this condition. Fin
ally they got away from the one crop
idea and gradually worked up to a
condition where they did not have to
borrow all the money necessary ev-
cry year to grow a crop.
AS years advanced the southerners
were able, more and more. to finance
themselves The southern banker
got stronger.
They were free, white and twenty
one in everything.
They are now in a position to re-
fuse to be exploited and some of
our friends in the east cannot I'M
derstand this new condition. and
therefore when the south refuses to
sell anything at a price fixed else
where we are charged with being
unpatriotic.
Mr.. Prices proposition that cotton
as compared to other things, is worth
only 10 IL cents, falls when one con-
siders the price of meat and wheat
and corn and mules, to say nothing
of the price of shoes and clothing.
| Put wheat at 81 per bushel. corn
at go cents per bushel, mules at $3.50
| for the best, and bacon at about one
| fourth the present price, and the
south will grow cotton at ten cents
| a pound middling, year in and year
out, guarantee delivery and be sat
| isfied with the profits.
| Cotton is worth today every cent
| that it is quoted at
The courier-index., 1917-12-28
MISS CLEVELAND TO WE'D

London, Dec. 20.-The engagement
is announced of Esther. daughter of
Grover Cleveland, to Capt Bosan-
quet of the Coldstream Guards. Capt.
Bosanquet is son of Sir Albert
BosanQuet.
Miss Cleveland came to London in
June of last year, after having quail
fled as a nurse and instructor of the
blind, and took up the work as a
volunteer at ST. Dunstan's Home for
Blinded Soldiers.
The courier-index., 1917-12-28

Experiments are under way at
Honolulu with the use of banana
trunk fibre in the manufacture of
bags for raw sugar.
The courier-index., 1917-12-28

Wheeling in the lungs indicates
that phlegm is obstructing the air
passages. BILLIARDS HOREHOUND
SYRUP loosens the phlegm so that
it can be coughed up and elected.
Price Csc. SOC and s100 per bottle.
Sold by Harrington Bros. *31
The courier-index., 1917-12-28

are recruited the figures vii
nearly $4,000. to which will b Y
also the rest OF the men bur
into service under. the selecliys 4
system.
The courier-index., 1917-12-28

The biggest word in the allied
dictionary>-UNITY
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-05-10

who maintained that he could have beaten the ball
to the plate had he not been forcibly detained at
third by an ardent coacher. Ray Lewis collected
a single and triple and otherwise disported himself
creditably. Wells made double and played good
ball all around. Deahunt played we'll at first base.-
There noticeable improvement in the
matter of nipping daring base-runners and good
work caught three of them. Also the felders
showed no signs of loafing on returning balls hit
to the outer garden Ray Lewis threw out run
ner at first on what looked like sure single.
The roOters were there but did MT vocalize in
concert However, Joe, the barber, gave another
great exhibition of his vocal powers-the real rag
time roofing No rough riding now, Joe! Give
something more like this Clar-eece! Joe and
the Jumps instant friends as, in fact, we all
we're. Mr.. Byers called every little one right for
which favor many, many thanks.
The visitors outucked US and got the breaks
as in the sixth inning, for example, when, with
Wagner on first, Delahunt hit sharply to Hanson
who started double play that went through with
neatness and dispatch. On the other hand every
time the M. S. Ps tried for double play-and
they had two easy ones in sight-their plans mis-
carried frightfully.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-05-10
ERRORS HELP NJ S. P.s- TO DEFEAT
Locals Outhit Visitors Two to One. but
Lose by RAGGED Playing
By boobies"

No, dear reader M. S. P.s is not an abbrevi
alton for mispays cen though such an idea may
have gained credence in some quarters.
Our blues will neer be drove away
If again we lose' has come to stay.
At that, the home team didn't become easily
discouraged, for in the seventh inning they started
to wipe the slate clean and before the wipers STOP
ped work the score was tied A relapse in the
eighth, in which general disposition to let the
ball wander around aimlessly was shown, caused
the reverse side of said slate to receive certain
heavy markings. These hierogyphics will be
translated farther along Enough to say that the
locals presented the visitors with five runs and the
team has not yet reached that stage of perfection
where it can afford to spot it's opponents with any
taes whatsoever.
The beans-now precious commodity in the
marts of commerce-were, fguratively speaking,
first spilled in the fourth inning. Thompson drew
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-05-10

of his beloved France
nearest his heart.
In the heydey of
his glory, he sought
the advice of Madame
Compau, regarded as
the most brilliant wo-
man of his court, con-
corning the welfare of
the youth of France.
What is wanting"
asked the Little Cor
poral, in order that
the youth of the land
be we'll educated?"
g. Good mothers "
replied his fair friend.
To-day men of abili-
ty, after having made
a careful analysis of
juvenile delinquency
and adult criminality
in this land of ours,
have reached the con-
clusion that the solving
of the problem rests
with the mothers of
America.
There is no infu-
ence upon the life of
a m an comparable
with that of a good wo-
man. There is no
teaching like that of a
mother. No lessons
sink into the virgin
soil of childhood so
deeply as those learned
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-05-10
-. co Nj Nj E II II S ..

M OTHER is the first to greet you when you
NAreturn from 'exe,' and the last to kiss
you when you depart for it.
ATHERS may forget you tomorrow, but she
Oof blessed name will remember you to-mor-
row and forever.
EARS you may have caused to furrow her
Il cheeks, but her love for the black Sheep
has known no dmming
III Err one solace and hope is that you may in
~ the future be worthy of her loyalty and your
conduct be such that shall fill her heart with
rejoicing.
INTERNALLY strive to repay with manly
3Iconduct the debt you owe your mothers
love and trust for you, while here and you will
help TO brighten her time of grief while waiting for
her boy"
R EJOICE that there is still opportunity
IA to-day, tomorrow. and ever after that, to so
conduct. obey and labor that you will be worthy,
when released, to be embodied in the arms of your
mother.
When man gets so "swelled" that he supposes
his faults are much better than another mans vr-
tues, it can be said that his opinion has obesed be-
yond excessive egotism.
Knocking" is not necessary attribute of man
hood, but unalloyed manhood is necessary admit
virtue in the other fellow
EH
Those who tell US of the glory of war, should
dispense with the 'p' in glory, for change.
If health is good and the weather is fine, it is an
indication that it's high to kick at base ball
games and umpires!
When a son so conducts himself that mother
must undeservedly share his shame, the depth of his
moral degradation has been reached; but thank God,
the depth of his mothers love has been unreached
IA IA
Under the caption: Are you Wasting Your
Timer" an exchange answers in the following
The man who has thought of the future and
is not making of the present to prepare himself
for life is committing crme and he will live to
greet 1t. We drift on the tides of ldleness
and ever hope reach worth while port The
man who drifts will wreck his life on the rocks of
failure. The only route success is found in hav-
ing fixed goal and to steer toward it,
Every day is day of choice. Every day is
an advance retrogression. We never stand still.
We are either utilizing all our resources in study
and preparation, slowly drifting farther
and farther away from a successful future
Let be up and striving. Every hour we
spend thoughtlessly in idlenesss is one hour wasted
and lost to us forever. Failure to make use of an
opportunity to better yourself is criminal and
ries it's failure and discomfort
ment. We must realize that the true preparation
for opportunity is the preparation of ourselves
What we do ultimately depends on what we are
We must prepare and build up resources so that
will be capable of handling the opportunity sue
cessfuy when it appears. If we are prepared for
life, need not worry. Being prepared is more
than half the battle. The trained man will always
be in demand and he will always rise above those
who do not prepare themselves for life work
Don't your time; it is worth more than
any thing in the world. 1t is the use we make of
time. learning and advancing, which determines
whether. not, mount the ladder toward our
cherished GOAL"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-05-10

the love of honor, the
love of fame and the
love of woman, but the
love of her who framed
their childish accents
and formed their plant
minds has transcribed
all like a star set apart
and worshipped in the
far off heavens.
Other loves may fail;
they may have been
mingled with pain and
suffering, leaving dis
appointment and regret
behind them, but this
love beginning with the
first breath ends only
with the last.
The passing years
may steal the youthful
beauty from mothers
brow, the light from
her eyes, leaving whit
ened her hair and fee
BILE her footsteps, but
to the man who has
known her tender care
from childhood to ma
turity, she is more beau
tiful than the angels.
She is his mother.
Greater than all else
in shaping the destinies
of men and nations is
this mother-love. Men
may turn from her