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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-23

spent the past week in this locality
soliciting orders for groceries among
the farmers. He was formerly in the
, Baptist ministry and had at various
times, visited Kiron.
Quite number of our people have
tried their luck at fishing at Lake
View the past week but all apparant
ly have not succeeded.
Mable and Edna Swanson accompan.
led by their neice, Dorothy Swanson
visited at Boyer between trains on
Thursday.
Stanley Browne, of Deloit. drove up
to Kiron to visit his son, Clifford. and
shake hands with old friends, and
watched the ball game between kiron
and Odebolt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Snare and Mrs.
E. E. Clauson were visitors at Ida
Grove Tuesday last
Rev. Alfred Johnson. of Rockford,
Ill.,, preached at the Mission church
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. c. E. Johnson entertained the
Mission sewing circle Thursday after
noon. which was attended by a good
number.
Mrs. H. H. Hupkins is spending a
couple OF weeks at the home of her
mother Mrs. Hans Levin and visiting
relatives and friends in and around
Kiron
The ball game played at kiron on
Saturday afternoon between kirOn
and Odebolt resulted in the score OF
to Ia in favor of Odebolt, first team.
The Willing Workers will be enter
tanned Thursday afternoon at the Aron
Sedarberg home.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-23
DENISONlTES
IN WYOMING.
Miss Jennie Cook Tells Of New coun-
try Near Gillette, Wyo.-Father,
n, J. Cook, Farming
IS MILES FROM POST OFFICE
Aomesteads All Taken up Near Gil
Iette-Cooks Organize Sunday
Schooi-Large Attendance

Miss Jennie Cook. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey Cook, has written a
Denison friend most interesting lett
er, which has been furnished the Re-
view for publication. The Cooks, who
formerly lived in Milford township.
have taken up a homestead near Gill
cite, Wyo., which is only short dis
tance from Yellowstone National Park
The many friends of the family will
read with interest the letter telling
OF the new home.
. tns- Gillette, Wyoming,
t. -..a ( May IA, 1911.
Dear Friend ~ @
As we are pretty we'll settled on
our claim, shall now try to let You
know a little about the country around
here. a. y
The folks have in seven acres Of
oats and are plowing for corn. Every
thing is high here; potatoes, $6 hun
dred pounds; -four, 50 hundred, su-
gar, $14 hundred pound sack.
They have organized Sunday
school at the folks home until the
school house, which will be on my
claim is done. They call the Sunday
school, the Star Union, and so far
there has been twenty.four here each
Sunday with thirty enrolled. We have
class of eight young men; class OF
nine young women, but expect more
who haven't started yet; primary
and an adult class. One young man
who is a minister, leads the bible study
following Sunday school.
Most all OF the homesteads are taken
around here and also farther south.
Some have gone out fifty miles from
town. At the Gillette post Office. they
handle mail for nine inland pOstOfices.
The noon train from the south usually
has fifteen mail sacks. Before long
we expect to get our mail on a route
which will carry the mail from Gill
cite to the Wright post Office in the
Thunder Basin. 1t will be route of
S4 miles and delivery will be made
every other day. We are 10 miles
from, town and no post once closer
than Gillette. no anF mail y. aillx x0fti
en- once week. .sss ssl 4
We like the country @. X. tnts miss
the trees. There is timber about 10
miles from here along q river but
thru here there are none. We brought
with us some willow and poplar twigs
which seem to be all right so far and
| think they will grow From my
shack. can see II other shacks and
the Big Horn mountains, IS miles
away. This country is not real level
for we have few hills, but they are
only in places. aa
The folks have good we'll. 10 feet
deep, but as yet | haven't dug one.
They have been busy getting the crop
in at home and haven't got to me yet.
Younr friend,
Jennie Cook.
Campbell county, Gillette Wyoming.
P. S. We have great many wild
flowers of different kinds and great
many song birds OF all colors and
sizes. Some snakes but I've only
seen two small ones. There are lots
of antelopes here, have seen eight and
ten in a bunch together. The sage
hens are quite plentiful by the seas
on is closed for shooting them now
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-23
Organization for Town Improvement.

Or0dnIZdklOn TOT Io"U improvements
One Improvement Society a few
years ago asked every member to
bring in what suggestions occurred to.
him for local betterments. Nearly
100 were offered These ranged from
window boxes with plants in the bust
ness district, to regulations prevent
ing congestion in tenements. Most.
of the ideas were good, tho MANY
were impossible under present condis
tons of laws and public sentiment.
Several meetings were spent dis
cussing these propositions, The mem
bers were so exhausted by the wide
field of work that needed doing, that
their ambition all evaporated in talk.
and practically nothing was, done. The
society soon after expired.
Probably the most practical end IN
view in the average American town
is the removal of disorder from home
places. Some wonderful successes
have been achieved thru the cOmpeti-
tive garden movement. Many bare
and ugly little cottages have been
transformed into bowers Of beauty BY
a little spirit OF competition.
One of the worst features Of most
towns is dsorderly hack yards along
railroad and trolley lines. Many plac-
es clean up their main streets until
they fairly shine and are lovely boul-
evards OF trees and shrubery. Then
where the railroad comes in. there
is an ugly succession OF chicken coops
out houses. ash heaps, and general
litter. All that could be changed by
an active improvement society. BY
offering prizes for the best looking
back yards along the railroad line.
visitors to the place would get an
entirely different conception Of the
town. f
Some of the most beautiful places
have reputation for ugliness just
because the yards along the railroad
are so disorderly. 1t takes compara-
lively little work to make the trans
formation. House owners can be in
duced to go into the scheme by the
improvement in value OF their real
estate.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-23

All school teacher has to do now
is to hear a class OF As pupils recite
in a half dozen studies, straighten out
the individual difficulties that each
one of the As finds. interest them in
civics, bird life. kindness to animals,
patriotism. the life OF Abraham Lin
coin and George Washington. keep
them informed on currents events and
supervise the home gardens Of all of
them. '. Hsa. 4
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-23

If the Russian people have any idea
that they are going to borrow the sum
of $l.5O in this country for the reha-
bilitatioE of their government and in
dustries, they would better play bali
right off quick.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-23

"If anyone will take the time to
read the Iowa statute in regard to Sun
day they will find that 1t is quite. a
sane law and that it grants privileg-
es on Sunday that are ample to any
we'll regulated people, the Emmets,
burg Reporter asserts.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-23

as for the full strength OF the regu
lars and the guard. .s.
During the interval between the
mobilization Of the guard and regu
lars and the calling to the colors OF
the first 100000 of the selective army
a force of 100000 officers and noncom
missioned men must be selected to
train the new army. They will be
taken from the officers training camps
and from all ranks and grades of the
regulars and guardsmen. The reserve
battalions will be called upon to fill
up the first line forces after the train.
ing draft has been withdrawn and
efforts will be made to have the re-
serves under training simultaneously
with the active battalions for that
reason. " .'
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-23

''An Iowa corn field beats every gold
field in the world this summer" the
Marshalltown Times Republican as
serts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-09
ANOTHER ECHO.

Fifty years ago yesterday the
United States Senate passed bill
repeating the act of 1886 ceding the
city of Alexandria to Virginia, and
restoring the city and county to the
District of Columbia.
The resolution never reached the
House of Representatives and the
movement for forcing Alexandria
back to the District of Columbia died
aborning.
This retrocession movement was
conceived by number OF dlsap-
pointed politicians, who found their
course had run when the Alexan-
drians who had been south during
the four years civil war reappeared
at their home city and ousted them
from municipal positions they had
been filling. This class was COM
posed mostly Of what was then known
as the carpetbagger element, who had
followed the federal army to Alex
andria. When they realized that their
services would no longer be needed,
they attempted to wrest Alexandra
from Virginia, following the example
of others who had appropriated
about one-third of the state out oil
which West Virginia sprung.
When the resolution for retroces-
sion was pending in the Senate some
of the sponsors of the movement
could be found in the gallery daily
waiting for the measure to come up.
The disgruntled Alexandrians man
aged to get the resolution through
the Senate, but the House of Repre-
sentatives about that time was en-
gagged in framing frivolous charges
against President Andrew Johnson,
and BENJAMIN F. Butler, John A To-
gan and others who conceived the
movement and had no time to lie
vote to Alexandria.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-09
his expenses fef the ssntiresffouFFI|
will be interested in learningsI

his expenses for the sentiresfouFEsyssars
viii Be interested in learningsfhattEEH
he can raise sufficient to pay his
way for one year s145-and is willing
to do a little work during the other
three years, he can obtain the benefit
Of course at the University of Vir-
GINA.
According to statistics compiled by
the faculty committee on student
self-helps, university student paaldl
his totaEexpensesssfor the year with
s145.i Fifteen : more lived .Sorif less
than $500, and seventy-two others
said that their expenses were under
$3.50.
These facts prove that it is not
only the rich that can go to the uni
vcrsity. The boy with limited means
is given every help.
The Y. M c. A. has an emnoy-
ment bureau which finds work for
students. Thirty-four per cent OF
University of Virginia students
earned more than S10O each last ses-
sion to help pay their way through
Opportunities for obtaining work
are open for the most part to students
who have been at the university for
one or more years. The most pres
sing need is for the new men to earn
at least their board. The only prac-
tical suggestion that has been made
toward solving this problem is to EN-
ploy students walters in the school
dining hall. The students themselves
are overwhelming III favor of it. Out
of 200 votes cast recently 23O were
in favor of student walters. Thi:
form of employment, to help deserv
ing students, has been adopted by tn
colleges and universities all over thu
country and the University Of Vir
ginia will only be keeping pace with
other democratic institutions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-09
TREASON IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AS will be seen by an item in the
Gazette, children in public schooi
in Newark, New Jersey, have reused
to sing the Star-spangled Banner.
The Baltimore Sun, in referring to
this incident, suggests that the public
school authorities of New, Jersey, or,
if need be, the Governor of the State,
should Investigate the report at once.
This school, it seems, is largely at
tended by the children of German
born parents, and the children appear
to have been instructed by their
fathers or mothers to haul down the
American flag, unsteady speaking.
There is very little difference in the
spirit which refuses to sing The
Star-Spangled Banner" and the spirit
which would tear it down and IRE
upon it. The patriotic Americans
in New Jersey should force their
school or State authorities to teach
these alien parents and schoisfs d
lesson. Either the national anthem
should be sung in that Newark
school or the children who refuse
should be excluded until they under
stand the meaning of Americanism
better. And their parents should be
Systematically interviewed and PIT on
record, and if they justify the attl-
tude of the children the names OF
these parents should be handed over
to the Federal Government, which is
making list of so-called Americans
who may be regarded as suspects.
A report was made public in Baltl-
more yesterday that high school
teacher refuses to remain in the as
sembly room when the national an
them is sung. We cannot be too vlsi-
liant in guarding against the poison
of disatfection in our public schools.
Tho next generation must be Ameri-
.anized in mind and heart; We have
too many un-American Americans
among the older generation in the
United States today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-09
4 Plea for the Flag.
Editor Alexandria Gazette:

Editor Alexandra Gazette:
Several months ago a committee
representative of various fraternal
orders of this city, drew up a petl-
ton requesting our city council TO
have United States flags placed on
our public school buildings. Inc
committee waited upon the city school
board, secured their endorsement as
a body, and presented the petition at
the next regular meeting OF council.
The petition was referred by council
to committee, and to al! outward
appearances either the members OF
the committee have been taking
vacation or the petition has died and
long since beer buried, no further
record of it being found in the OF
fetal proceedings since the time 1t
was introduced IN fact, many petit
tions and ordinances introduced in
council seem to meet similar fate
in the hands of committees. Why no
reports are made or action taken is
a mystery.
The case mentioned above is more
serious than=is athrst appears. Al
though our public schools are sup
ported by the state, they are national
institutions, for they've aucate }osi,,':
youth rot only TO be mere intellectual
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-09

and moral Gfdzehs of'the state in
which they reside, but of the whole
United Stats; the public schools
develop in our youth patriotism and
love for our, country and the, prlncl
Piles for which it stands. The Stars
and Stripes represent but one na'lon
on the face of the earth and those
who do not support the flag ofttheir
native land are making questionable
their status,.as responsible citizens
Of. the republic: United States flags
have. ALREADY been presented to the
Lee School and the Washington
School without cost to the city, put
for some unknown reason they wsfe
only used but short time. These
two school buildings have flag poles
but our modern, up-to-date hlgn
school building has none. However,
it is not an engineering inposslDlilty
to place flagpole in the adjacent
ground.
If council cannot appropriate inc
money why not raise it by popuias
subscription? When we retlect
that Alexandria is visited by thous-
ands of visitors each year from all
parts of the United States, is only
seven miles from the seat OF our Ma
tional Capital, is d competitor lor
the government armor plant, has a
population CT approximately twenty
thousand, a modern High School
building, cadet corps, and six rail
roads, five steamship lines, ETC., as
announced by the sign board at the
head of King street, and yet does not
display the American flag from our
public school buildings, it certainly
looks as if something was wrong.
If the action taken by our city coun-
Gil in this case may be taken as g
SAMPLE Of our patriotism and civic
pride. it is not at all in keeping with
cur city's historic past. Indeed, it
appears that we attach more import
snca and sentiment to our old land
marks and relics than to our national
flag.
! T.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-09

ALI.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-09
ALLEGED VIOLATION OF LAW.

It is suggested in Richmond that
o,vtar proceedings will be instituted
against police officials responsible
for the proper enforcement OF the
nrohibition law. One of the members
If the Richmond police force SAID yes
terdav that he had been told by a
man who came down on tram wed
nesday night from Washington tha'
bc had reason to believe that fully
fortr gallons of whisky were brought
Illegally into Richmond on that one
train. Not single arrest was re-
corded on the police books.
Section ., Of the custer statute
reads as follows: "Any person, cor
noration or organization may ME
with the circuit court of the county OF
corporation or hustings court IN the
CITY in which the officer proceeded
against rtsides and holds office,
complaint in writing stating that rea-
sonable accuracy and detail the
grounds or reasons for the removal
of the officer of whom complaint Is
made, which complaint shall be sworn
to by the person or persons, or by
some officer of the organization MAX
ing it:'''
1t was thought when the prohibi-
ton law went into effect in Virginia
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-09

that more trouble would be exper-
fenced in Alexandria in keeping Ii
ouor out of the state than in:5any
other place in the commonwealth
from the city's close contiguityr to
Washington. Richmond has been
using plain-clothes men for the pur-
pose of intercepting parties bringing
liquor into that city, but it seems
that the Richmond authorities are
finding it equally difficult to stop the
imports.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-09
BLACK HORSE IN EUROPE.

Famine invariably follows in the
wake of the red horse of war. While
Germany is feeling the pinch of hun
geri severely, wante~is-'apparent9 in
other countries also. Advices from
the Fatherland represent conditions
as becoming more alarming all the
time. England, too, is anxious, as
privation is being experienced in the
British isles.
The extreme seriousness of the
German submarine campaign was I'M
pressed on England yesterday when
Sir Edward Carson, First Lord Of
the Admiralty, stated in 4 speech at
the Aldwych Club that ''the peoples
food is really threatened" and pre-
dicted even more drastic restrictions
on imports. There are bound to be
fresh restrictions On imports and new
food regulations, which will bring war
homie to the people even more pog-
nantly than ever, but the determine
ton and spirit of the people remain
strong and buoyant.
The Prussian food controller, DR..
George Michaelis, made in the Prus-
sian diet Wednesday serious speech
on the food situation. He declared
that the stress was such that a more
severe state of things, especially in
the large industrial centers, .1uld
hardly be imagined. He indicated
the possibility that all surplus stocks
of grain would be exhausted and said
that very radical measures were
needed TO enable the people to hold
out until next year.
"We have, in the third year of
the war" the food controller is
quoted as, saying, discovered that
among all sections of the people the
general feeling evinced is not one of
that endurance for which We had
hoped. This is human nature, | 1T it
is highly deplorable and may have |
most serious results"
The above admission is significant.
The minister of agriculture al
iuded to the critical situation created
by the partial success Of the entente's
plan of starving Germany and ad-
ded: For the small bread ration
one can only make the Almighty re-
oonsible, who has not given us the
harvest we expected" 4
So the Germans are now holding
God responsible for the distress into
which they have heedlessly plunged
themselves. AT the beginning OF
the war which the Kaiser precipitated
nearl three years ago he unhesita-
tingly declared that God was with |
Germany. It would be unfortunate
for the nation should He desert them
in the time of their greatest need |
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-09
ALEXANDRIA AND THE ARMOR
PLANT

Our people are Sui! ehteA ''e
hope that the government Will even
tuallv select Alexandria as the loca-
ticn ,sor the eleven-mi,li on-dolsar
armor plant While there was re-
Gently a disposition to place TINS
factory in fair inland section OF
the country for reasons the naval
board thought proper, it is now
known that this plan may be changed
and that those who will fix upon the
site may yet see no good reason why
the plant could not be located near
the national capital.
Alexandria has for months set
forth its arguments to show tnat our
city is an ideal spot for such plant
We have published maps showing that
the sites which could be utilized are
but five or six miles from the Wash
incton navy yard. If the board, IN
their wisdom, should conclude that
Alexandria is too close to the Allan
tic seaboard to insure safety IN time
of war for an armor plant, it should
occur to them that the Washington
navy yard and Capitol are in equally
dangerous positions.
AS was stated yesterday, the people
of Washington are now using tnelr
influence to induce the government
to select Alexandria as the site Tor
the armor plant. The Washington
Herald this morning saiG:
In the elimination of Washington
as a site for the proposed ll,OOo,oOo
armor plate plant of the government
there is left an alternative for the
CITY. in the fact that Alexandria s
claims are still under consideration
If the Virginia city should receive
the award from the naval experts us
effect on Washington would be al.
most as beneficial as though the plant
were located in the District.
The trade bodies of the city nave
been quick to realize this fact and
have sienified their intentions of len1-
mo all their aid toward the iurtner-
ance of the claims of Alexandria. The
claims of the Virginia city are very
similar to those of Washington with
ihe added advantage of having no
smoke law such as in vogue IN Vhe
capital. o,,ld
"a location in Alexandra w9ulu
Mace the plant in the Immediate
neiphborhood of the various depart,
ments CT the government that Woula
be actively interested in the eNecu-
five affairs of the plant. Inc city Is
also as fully protected as Wasnlngtol
and its facilities for the conveyance
of supplies and freight are even pet
for than those of the Capltai. :,
Alexandria has access to SIN rail-
ro,ds and five steamer lines in adul-
lion to having one of the finest fiVer
harbors in the United States It's
water frontage being mile ana one.
half. There are already torty-e!Sn e
factories in the city, the owners VI
which have chosen the site because
Of the many advantages tor manu-
Reine in the closest POSSIBLE tonch
with his CITY the problem OF laone
and quarters for the me G no 20
eliminated at the start. FROM tEe
repcrts of other cities IN the runn.llI
fcr the location of the armnr piaht
if wonld seem that logic would su%-
nost the selection of the Virginia city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-09
LETTERS 20 THE EDITOR

Under the above heading the Gazette
will be pleased TO give reasohaDls
space to any person who desires 70
make comment upon matters OF gen
eral interest TO the public. writer's
will of course be responsible Tor theli
utterances. AS guarantee OF soou
faith, the name and address OIL toe
writer of any article submitted 10Y
publication will be required In eacn
Instance, Editor Gazette
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-09
A COLLEGE EDUCAIIoN.s

The young man who has the de
sire to. secure college education
but lacks the necessary cash to pay