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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-07-05

mrm~. f. the tauerment OF tho
paper
urHf tain sero made U response
Do. S. 81 Do usey. Managing editor.
So % Wrr O. city editor and Miss
SARA johnson 90 the business Office.
oa.h express uE appreciation of the
courtesy fer ered che STAFF hF ur
Sum ana flfh iu the future of The
Nsas and The Panhandle al
fu bed upon the splendid coopcra-
fiHn fo .e luud among al depart
u.rfs of fhH paper The spirit 90
loyalty pred minated
1uUrE those present aere James
D. rls. rIr.t foreman of the come
posing rUur " T s'auberrF gem
..ti foreman of fhe C0mros.ul room
60 " Camp cashier g. e. N.nan-
irL aitrrfi ng solicitor MIss sara
johnson. business department Eli
AHmons. r fnarcr Al e.. Lewis. As
-oeatcd Press telegraph operator
n Hauey manaEinE editor
Miss ~ HsI rimmous. society editor
r O.. Chnue telegraph editor Or
= O. sum owner. ". % wright
rIfy editor
81 Hauleit of Louisville ~.
aas an honor guest.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-07-05

nt France ln Texas Doe said mobs
string up black bruies who assault
Texas NomauhooI The negro brute
B.. 600 worse than tHo cultured Ger
mlu soldier Who has thrown religion
and kindness io the iourw,uds and
stuy down Boo rap.ue the best Of
France.
AtfoCitic~ ~ Germany.
Tho atrocities 1l the German ma
uuu were NOT NcrdraWn and their
telling stirred tUe hearts of the aud
..uUr.
Addressing three tiers OF seats oc-
rupIad by Amarillo young men who
have Joined the local National Guard
unit rh. speaker 10 passionate lam
gua-0 appealed
Don't never surrender 90 such
men as that when you get 900 the bat
o. line Stay wi'b taDu tiIl tucy are
lam done away with.
% want this war Go continue unti
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-07-05

The splendid Grafton s Tribute iD
fIn flar was delivered loo feeling
mlurrr hr Ed Green. n which Ir
portrayed fHo n'f and .fs significance
boo Language fhnt eis af ONCE huuu-
600 and expires .. and appealed iu
tuo heart 0f the American who Uas
seem Old Glory accomplish for the
world what no either lIr BIAS ever
achieved
Tho f.rst address OF the morning
wl rendered by JUDGE s. T. NUT
who reviewed many phls.s of the
constitution Of tho nation as HriI H.
thU oplrlfr states. t0 .HHH tln clean
Dlf government. policies whereby
democracy has uU sway Do, laid
iHo groundwork for the th0usht tuat
America THROUGH President Wilson
Yves .roat enough Go perceive that
democracy was Hf stake unless be-
rrmc to iho tid NJ 'hc alies Lincoln
had early said ihat 'hc nation would
NOT niaf H1lI slave and half free.
neither could tho world live half
democracy and half autucrIry
orc None Effective,
Nothing can roach Germany oN.
c.pt au armed power thoroughly or
rau1rd German method lro oppos
nd 10 American methods wnro two
of the cr0rummatic utfruuoos made
hy tho Judge which provoked liberal
applause
Tho sroakor hcliu'o fho of'.rr
peatrl assertion that tho poor man
/ was tNo "ro1f a. thu WAT No. rhal.
l0nrrd tho So.llists to show where
members of tH.lr party in Germany
'h1i raised their hands 1rainsi tho
manufacture .f munitions and can
mon Poo D.. used against tho nations
which prH Nrlfinr doWorraUF.R cause
'ThiH war 10 protect tho poor
man " m1 m. Judge 90 ann Door
man m,snlf hIt ann willing 20 con.
tribute ms pert 90 tbo end that iue
/ tI.n m1r poo uH1o 'ruwuh1nt BOO ihi
frrri .Hu.r Or which tho American
nation hf. entered thr v1r
stHp 'hU eternal Clos. difference
There ar. uo .'9e.es Boo Do" United
States c,,rui those who Hrr against
our government and tln." for b.
'I.t ua 900 pr our shoulders 90 t0e
Horl n1 h.u America assert th"
.rHehfs OBJ. fHe emu.rafi. world
Reviewing Hr U.s'Hr, OBJ. TrN ho
r1.a nHn rlI. o. fh.r lifr# blood
even freely a di1 those patriots uf
. tho Thirteen nrieu1' colonies fH0
. speaker .mph .srI iHr Hr' that ua
1.-two born TrNH. bad r.a snr fn point
. with prI. f. tbo glorious and boon
. peri shtI'. Ue.I. off reunwu which
should fwr fe them tn give .ura
er.sI'y 0f f...r blood for tho cause
/ fHr which Araric1 is uuv uchNn.
/ Iu short T.Urs were born under tHU
/ holy principle. of liberty f0ue 10
Ibrteh for hr Washington and Trat-
| I. Bowie. Crockett. Houston and
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-06-29

gov, Montana, at which time and
place objections, if any there be, shall
be heard by the said City Council.
city Clerk.
Any person OF persons who are
owners, or agents Of owners, of any
land or parcel of land in Improvement
District No. 81, at the said time and
place, have the right to appear in said
meeting, either in person or by coun-
sci, and show cause, if any there be,
why the improvement mentioned here
n shall not be made, and why this
resolution shall not be adopted. The
City Council intends to finally adopt
this resolution or July 10, 1917, at
the said meeting, and make such i'm
provement, unless objections are
made to the making of such i'm
provement by owners, or agents of
owners, representing more than half
of all the property which shall be as
sessed to defray the cost of the said
improvement.
Section 10. The City Clerk is in
structed to have this resolution re-
corded in the Ordinance Book of the
City of Glasgow, Montana, and cause
official notice to be published once in
the official papers of the City of
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-06-29

starter.
Such a vast sum-, most Of it to be
spent in the next half year, could not
but stimulate business in every d.
rection.
Seven billions of dollars Seven
thousand millions, v million thou
sands. Think of this, and most of it
to be spent here at home-not a dol
lar. most likely, will leave u coun-
try. 1t is the purpose to loan about
half of this money to our Allies-ex-
tend to them this amount of credit
to buy our merchandise of various
sorts. and the other half to be spent
at home by our government-also in
the consumption of similar commodi-
ties.
$1,000 900, 100000. Behold the string
of ciphers. There are so many-elev-
en- of them-that they lee but lit
tie unless reduced to more familiar
objects. 1t may be of interest-it can
do none Of US any harm-to look into
and try to comprehend what SEVEN
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS means.
! Twenty times the cost of the Pana-
ma Canal. Three hundred and fifty
times the cost of the biggest battle
ship afloat Eight times the assessed
valuation of the city of St. Louis.
There are more dollars in Seven
Billions than there are seconds in 222
years! Since the signing Of the Dec
lafation Of independence, July 4th.
1776, to date, there are only / -
billion seconds.
Seven billions in gold coin is l3,40
tons and would weigh down .ssrly
1900 cars. each with $4,000 pounds,
and maks a solid train q miles long.
Let Us look at it in time, OF in dis
lance.
seven billion minutes is 1888
years, 8 hours and 50 minutes.
Imagine ssrsn lstllsHs af miles. A
rifle bullet has a speed Of about hall
a mile / second, yet at this great ve=
locity it would require almost exactly
444 years to cover the distance.
Seven billions of silver <oflar:
stacked in a pile would go Up towart
the stars to a distance Of 1886 miles
And it would take the United State
mint, working day and night, %
years to coin the dollars.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-06-29
At five dollars an acre, this vast

At five dollars an acre, this vast
sum would pay for every acre of land
in the Continental United States.
Imagine, if you can, seven billions
of dollars in dollar "greenbacks," end
to end-they will go around the earth
at the equator nearly 81 times. And it
would take an express train, running
40 miles an hour, day and night, con-
tinuously, for two and one-half years,
to V the distance.
Seven billions of dollars will buy
two pairs of good shoes for every
man, woman and child on earth today
Christian and pagan.
Had an express train started at the
dawn of the Christian era, going at
the rate of a mile a minute, it would
today, nineteen centuries after Christ
war born, figuratively speaking, hard
ly have gotten out of the train sheds,
for it would have only gone one-sev-
enth of the distance. And would now,
1917, have over eleven thousand, four
hundred years to complete the jour-
ney of seven billion miles.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-06-29
BOARD WILL
DECIDE EXEMPTIONS
Continued from page onel

hind the lines and holds them liable
for such service.
Montana is one of the "a states in
which plans for the selective draft
have been completed. 1t is believed
the work will be started early in July,
perhaps before the 10th. The same Of
ficials that handled the registration
for the s~elective CONSUMPTION in the
eear.iss Of the state have been de-
signa-ei by Governor S. V. Stewart
as the county exemption boards. The
htards will be in charge Of the draw
ing Of the names of those that will be
drafted and will also pass upon all
sxemPsioc Claims.
Appeals from the county boards can
be carried 70 the board H appeals,
consisting Of FIVE members, there be-
ing a separate board for each federal
judicial district in the state. In Mon
tana the district corresponds to the
state boundaries. The name in which
the appeal board will be selected has
not yet been determined. 1t may be
named by the president direct or thu
governor may be asked to appoint it
In Butte there will be an exemption
board distinct from that acting for Sill
yer Bow county, the regulations pro
viding for such a separate board TO
all cities with population in excess o
10000. In Butte the board will con
sist of the mayor, the city clerk an
the city physician.
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Glasgow, Montana, and a copy Of said
notice mailed to each property owner
within such special improvement Dis
trict No. 20 at least fifteen (15) days
before the date of hearing the objec-
ton and the final adoption Of this reso-
luton.
Finally adopted by the City Council
July ID, 1917, and approved by the
mayor July 10, 1917.
MATT MURRAY,
Mayor.
MILO HUMMEL, .
City Clerk
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HOW MUCH is SEVEN
BILLION DOLLARS?

The congress has passed and our
president has signed a bill authoriz-
ing the expenditure of seven billion
dollars! And this, if the war lasts
through another winter, is only a
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-06-29

inclusive, block forty-nine (49) Origi-
nal Iownsite; lots one % to twenty
Two w inclusive, block fifty (oO),
Orlginai Townsite; lots one a. to
twenty-five (22) inclusive, block fifty
one lol). Original Townsite; lots one
~ 20 SIX co. inclusive, block nifty
W lo2), Original Townsite; lots one
~ TO nineteen (19) inclusive, block
n1ty-three (53) Original Townslte;
OTIS n ~ to twenty-five (22), block
h1ty-four (54), Original Townsite;
lots n ~ to twenty-five l22) IN,
elusive, block ffty-fve (55), Original
IoWnsite; lots one a. to twenty-five
SZ2), block ffty-six (56), Original
Townsite; lots one N) to eighteen
usl, block f~ifty-seven co., Original
t0wnslte; lots one % to three (3),
DOCK hfty-eight (58), Original Town
site; lots one ~ to five 90 inclusive,
block flfty-nine (59), Original, Town
site; lots n ~ to twenty (2O) in.
elusive, block sixty (60), Original
Iownslte; lots one % to twenty-five
l22) inclusive, block sixty-one (61),
Original Townsite; lots one 90 to
seven ~ inclusive, block sixty-two
(62), Original Townsite; lots one to
eleven l11) inclusive, block sixty
three (63), Original Townsite; lots one
% to four az inclusive, block twelve
Q2), Original Townsite; lots n ~
to seventeen (17) inclusive, block
thirteen (13), Original Townsite; lots
one " to five (5), block thirty-four
(34) original Townsite
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-22
HOLIDAY GREETINGS.

The Rip-saw was born in a
municipal campaign in the tur-
bulent month of last March. This
is the first time, therefore, that
the great family journal has met
the gladstone holiday season. A
glimpse Of old Santa Claus and a
hand shake with the New Year
will be experiences very enjoya-
BILE to the youngest child in Du-
luth's journalistic family.
The Rip-saw wishes it's readers
a very Merry Christmas and a
New Year Overlooking with good
health, happiness and as much
prosperity as may be good for
them.
In these serious times, however,
a great many may not be able to
experience a Merry Christmas or
enter Happy New Year. To all
such, the Rip-saw extends deep
sympathy and heartfelt wishes
that conditions will change; that
comfort, peace, and, finally, much
happiness may be their lot.
If, dear reader, you are at a
loss as to ways and means for a
Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year, you can give the for
mer to the Rip-saw and the latter
to yourself by subscribing for this
great family journal, thereby
adding your name to that shining
roll Of honr, the regular subscrip-
ton list.
Let us hope and trust, dear
readers, that, when the next hol-
iday season rolls around, there
will be peace on earth and good
will between all the nations there
of.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-22
BATTLE OVER AIR GUNS.

Sergeant Buck and his friends
evidently believe that Boy Scouts
cannot get proper military train
ing without air rifles. They fur
Their argue that Boy Scouts, ten
der in years as they are, cannot
be properly trained to shed hu-
man blood without free use of
airguns. Universal training for
our babies, therefore complete
preparedness against Germany
when she invades our shores, is
dependent on the possession of
air guns by Duluth's Boy Scouts.
Commissioner Phillips, much an
noyed by heavy and malicious
destruction of city lights by boys
who possess air guns but lack
home training and discipline, has
worked out an ordinance against
possession and use of air guns.
Gallant Sergeant Buck, who is
on detached duty instead of
sweating in the trenches or lead
ing a landing party from a war
ship, is making much noise over
this air gun matter and even
has started the circulation of a
petition asking a referendum vote
on the Phillips ordinance.
Such a referendum vote will
cost the taxpayers 81, 500. There
are times when the people should
think twice before they fall for
the expenditure Of 81 500 because
a mere sergeant wants airguns for
the Boy Scouts.
If $500 must be expended at
this time, we by far would favcr
using it to purchase six-shooters
for the Boy Scouts. What would
be mere appropriate or more &C,
certable than a nice new. shiny
six-shocter in the stocking Of
each child in the Boy Scouts?
PCpgnns and air rifles Seem en-
tirely inadequate.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-22

member of some of Duluth 8 COM
mercial organizations Although
he is not a man to hide behind
those facts or to consider him
self an exception to the rule,
the organizations that were in
cited to jump on the school board
are just partial, inconsistent and
snobbish enough to remain mute.
We must believe that there was
as much business politics and per-
sonal pique in the late Juror
against the school board as there
was loyalty to the dear old city
and it's welfare. We further be-
lieve that some of the Hidden
Hands that stirred up the recent
tempest in a teapot, will be heart
lily ashamed of it before the
violets bloom again.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-22
HALDEN'S LOST CAUSE.

Selling the livery Of patriotism
in which to serve the politician
utterly failed to save County Au-
ditor Halden from a Gettysburg
defeat.
What was planned as a grand
stand stunt, turned out to be a
bonehead play.
Auditor Halden dug pit for
the feet Of county commissioners
who always had needed his slight
est wish. They saw the trap just
in time. Today, Halden, himself,
squirms in that trap.
AS a man sows so shall he reap.
Curses, like chickens, come home
to roost. Today, County Auditor
Halden lies crushed by the deadly
Double Crosses that he has hand
ed out for the past thirty years.
The story of this last act of
treachery makes a sordid tale. It
can be read in another column.
The grand cause of low tax levies
has been discredited by the self
ish, treacherous, double-dealing
Of the courthouse autocrat.
At last the eyes of a majority
of the county commissioners are
open. They show rich promise Of
no longer playing the part Of SER
vile tools to the courthouse king.
They have decided on emancipa-
ton. A Gettysburg defeat has
been administered to the usurper
and his Appomattox will come
next June.
Odin Halden is the follower of
a lost cause. His star of destiny
soon will set. His saddened face
and trembling hands show that
fear Of final defeat haunts him.
night and day. His courtiers TAIL
to tell the tale of mutiny and re-
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-22
SURVEY THE SITUATION.

1t has been rather a favorite
policy if Duluth's daily papers,
especially the Herald, to pay a
maximum Of attention to some
abuse on the Atlantic sea-board
and a minimum Of attention, if
any at all, to some undesirable
local condition.
The Duluth Commercial Club
has grand mission and a great
opportunity to serve Duluth prof
,itably. Many Of it's members are
but human, however. They may
too easily and too often fall into
the, error of overlooking their
own shortcomings and venting
their corrective energies on some
nonresident corporation or one
that stands alone.
We believe that the crusade in
the matter Of determinations
against Duluth by the Northern
Pacific Railway is fully war
ranted. That corporation should
change it's policies as to train
service, otherwise be placed on
the unfair list by Duluthians.
The campaign for a base
freight rate on Duluth-made steel
seems logical. Anyway, it IS
the right and privilege of Du-
luth manufacturing interests to
strive for that sweet boon.
That the Duluth Commercial
Club seems to be seeking the
right course to growth, wealth
and prominence for this city is
indicated by the announcement
that certain pioneer manufacture
ers, popular and powerful in the
Club, invite competing firms to
locate in Duluth.
But there are q considerable
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-22
TALES OF THET0WN

the worse for wrestle with OLD
John Barleycorn. Seating them
selves with drunken dignity, they
took a look around the car. Tin.
ally one Of them saw a husky col
ored man seated near by.
"Thersh a niger on zh car wiz
ush," the First Hero informed
the other hero.
The Second Hero took a good
drunken look at the colored man,
blinked wisely but said nothing.
81 don't like niggers a lissle
bit," continued the First Hero,
who scowled deeply and seemed
to ponder seriously over the mat
ter.
eff I owned fish car" finally
said the First Hero, 81 wouldn't
let any niggers ride on it,
There was long drunken, dig
nified silence, after which the
First Hero commenced to softly
sing:
81 don't like niger, I don't
like niger, I don't like niger
nohow."
The Second Hero began to show
signs that he felt that he was not
having his share of the say.
II love a niger just like I love
whiskey,' he sagely remarked.
The colored man, who was large
enough to have eaten both the
Heroes, got off the car at Ninth
avenue East. People on the car
thought that his dignity and for
bearance under the drunken in
suits made him something of a
hero even if he did not wear a
uniform.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-22
DEMOCRACY WILL PREVAIL.

Democracy is slowly but stead
lily getting the upper hand of
autocracy on the school board
Alreary, minority committees
have courage to make reports
when not agreeing with the ma
jority, as is right and proper.
Already, teachers, employees and
patrons have been assured a po-
lite and careful hearing when
ever they feel impelled to employ
the divine right Of petition
Already, each and every men,
Der is taking a part, with a feel
ing of liberty to do so, in all
matters of business
Already, any growing tendency
to use public automobiles and
gasoline for private pleasures is
considered bad form
An inclination, or even de-
sign, to disregard plain, direct
instructions Of the board Of edu-
cation, already has been checked
and given the light of publicity.
No matter how able and honest
a subordinate may be, he has no
right to violate the orders Of the
board in the matter of contracts
for work. Chief Engineer Stew
art overstepped his right and au-
thority in the matter of beating
John Hogan out of a small job of
painting. If he is compelled to-
pay the bill out of his own pocket
it will be a light punishment. If
he loses his position, he will have
no one to blame but himself.
Other improvements for the
public benefit will come from
time to time and thanks are due
this present board for conscience,
interest and watchfulness as to
the peoples welfare.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-22
OPPORTUNITY.

They do me wrong who say I come
no more
When once 1 knock and fail to
find you in;
For every day l stand outside your
door,
And bid you wake and rise to fight
and win.
Wall not for precious chances passed
away,
Weep not for golden ages on the
wane;
Each night burn the records of the
day,
At sunrise every soul is born
again.
Laugh like a boy at splendors that
have sped,
To vanish joys be blind and deaf
and dumb;
My judgments seal the dead past
with it's dead,
But never bind a moment yet to
come.
Though deep in mire, wiring not
your hands, and weep,
lend my arm to all who say Il
can"
NO shamefaced outcast ever sank so
deep
But he might rise and be again a
man.
Selected.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-22
FRIEND WIFE FORBIDS.

1 yearn to join your Home Guard,
banker for o. DIS.
And should a coot my rank salute
I'd have eight kinds Of glees;
I'd love to learn which way to turn
And how to sodger right,
But I cannot join your Home Guard,
Because you drill at night.
It isn't that I dread the dark
When dusky shadows fall
Or fear the maze of cabarets-
It isn't that at all;
Does nightly drill some fear instill?
Does dark engender doubt?
No, no, my dear; the reasons here:
My wife won't let me out.
Perhaps I might inveigle her
To let me join your guard,
But still my soul would harbor dole
Which would your work retard;
For should the Hun, his battles won,
Attack our City bright,
couldn't go to fight the foe
I. can't get out at night. n
P. J. McEvoy, in Chicago Tribune.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-12-22

At last Chief of Police McKer-
cher muct come down off his
high horse and tell his masters,
the people, where, how and why,
he, their servant, got that man.
moth Marmon car.
Had Chief McKercher pos.
sessed proper sense Of proper
ton and propriety, he plainly
and courteously would have taken
his employers into his confidence
long ago, entirely to their salts
faction and his own personal ben
efit-unless his hands actually
are unclean.
IfChief McKercher has not vio-
lated the charter by accepting
favors from public service cor
poration, his masters, the PEG.
pie, will feel deeply gratified. If
his hands have been defiled with
pitch, they will have cause for
sorrow.
To date, Chief McKercher has
not shown a spirit at all cheerful,
compliant or responsive. He even
is charged with calling his inter
rogators one Of the vilest names
in the English language.
Commissioner Silberstein has
the matter of Chief McKercher' s
reply in his hands. He has prom
ised to make a report at the
meeting of the city council next
Monday afternoon. That report
will be awaited with deep inter-
est.
If Chief McKercher is as big
in brain as he is in body, he will
think carefully over what he
tells Commissioner Silberstein.
The Big Chief cannot wisely for
get that he talked loudly and
much to his friends long before
this question was raised. He has
been extremely. slow in satisfy
ing the demands of his masters.
Now that he seems compelled to
either fish or cut bait, he should
make no mistake as to the char
acter and wording of his infor.
nation.