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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-13
CUBA ENTERS WORLD WAR.
First Latn-American Country to Offer
Support to United States.

Havana.-Cuba, not yet out OF her
teens as a republic, is at war with
Germany-the first of the Latin Amer
lean countries to range herself along
side the United States, her liberator
and protector
At 7:16 Saturday night, April z,
President Menocal affixed his sigma
ture to the joint resolution passed
unanimously late in the afternoon by
both the senate and house without a
dissenting voice being raised, thus
putting into effect the declaration that
state OF war exists between Cuba
and the imperial German government.
Late Saturday afternoon the chief
inspector of the port notified Eusebio
Azpiazu, secretary to the president,
that he had observed large volumes Of
smoke pouring from the funnel of the
self-interned German ship Bavaria
Port police went aboard the ship and
were informed by her commander,
Captain Graafles, that he, in compli-
ance with orders from his government,
had attempted to damage the ma
chinery in order to render the ship
useless.
The crew, together with the captain
and his wife, were removed as were
the crews of three other interned
German ships in the Havana harbor.
All were sent to Cabanas fortress.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-13
Rural Carrier Examination

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an
examination for the County of
CassIa. Idaho, to be held at Oak
ley and Burley, on April 2Sth,
1917, to fill the position Of rural
carrier at Kenyon, and vacancies
that may later occur on rural
routes from other postoffices in
above mentioned county. The
examination will be open only to
male citizens who are actually
domiciled in the territory of "A
post office in the county and who
meet the other requirements set
forth in form No. 1877. This
form aud application blanks may
be obtained from the Offices
mentioned above or from the
United States Civil Service Com
mission at Washington, D. c.
Applications should be for.
warded to the Commission al
Washington al the earliest pract
icable date.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-13
REPUBLICS OF SOUTH WANT WAR
South and Central America viii
Probably Line Up With the
United States.

Washington-Early entrance of
several of the South and Central
American nations into the war against
tically certain. Brazil, aroused by the
sinking of her steamship Parana, is
expected to become a belligerent this
week and it is assumed that her lead
will be followed promptly by other
countries.
Reports Of divided opinion in Ar
gentina have given officials here little
encouragement to look for aggressive
action by that country.
Active support of the United States
by at least two of the five central
American republics and possibly by
four would not be surprising. Official
reports that Estrada Cabrera, presi-
dent Of Guatemala, is contemplating
seriously break with Germany have
been received. So long as Mexlco's
course is underlined. unusual interest
is attached to the position of the CEN
trail American governments, especially
Guatemala, controlling the southern
frontier of Mexico. In the event OF
the development of an unfriendly sit
uation in Mexico it Is realized that
Guatemala's role would be far from
unimportant.
In Guatemala, Cabrera has built up
what is regarded generally as the
most efficient army in Central Amer
lea and with it he would be in po-
sition to lend valuable assistance to
the United States. Antipathy between
the Guatemalans and the Mexicans
there has existed for years.
It is known~that earnest efforts have
been made by counselors of Cabrera
to induce him to enter promptly into
the war. II he does place his country
In the list, it is expected that Nicara-
qua will quickly follow and that the
long standing difficulties between
those two countries and Salvador and
Honduras may be swept away In
desire to present a united Central
America
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-13
Industries and the
European War.

Agriculture and all the prod.
uctive industries of the west will
be expanded and made more i'm
portant by the war with Ger.
-snany. for the simple reason that
the government will become an
enormous buyer Of fJroducts
The patriotic action Of railroad
managers and copper and metal
producers shows the nation that
It haynothing to tear from "bie
business and that, as a matter
of fact the largest interests q! I ~
country are loyal to the core.
The shipbuilding will become
next to the army and navy and
the transport system, the right
hand of the government, and the
call for a thousand new seagoing
crafts from the largest warships
to the smallest power launch will
be met,
The war industries will have a
great influence upon the labor
market and the demand for the
services of skilled and common
labor will be AS great at home as
the demand for men to enter the
army and navy and their services
Will be as patriotic.
In general efficiency, and the
absence OF disturbing and trouble
making elements, our country is
probably the strongest in the
wOrld-presenting a homogeneous
mass OF ne-hundred millions and
over of citizens who are the peers
of any in the world
II will be found that while this
nation has had the least militar
ism, and. III actual preparedness
has been the least forward of any
nation under the sun, the way
every feature made necessary by
war conditions will be taken up
and completed on short notice
will surprise the strongest of the
old world military monarchies
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-13
TWO BILLION LOAN
TO Be MADE ALLIES
WILL BE AMERICAS CONTRlBU-
TION TO THE ALLIED
CAUSE.
Huge Sum to be Provided for the
Prosecution Of War Against Ger
many Without Hope of
Penny's Profit.

Washington. n.-Administration lead
ers in conference on Saturday decid-
ed to unlock at once the vast financial
resources OF the United States to
the allies.
To relieve the economic needs Of
the entente government a huge loan.
of dimensions yet undetermind but not
less than $4,000, 900, 900, will be forth
coming from this country as speedily
as congress can pass the necessary
legislation.
Not penny of profit, it was author
ritatively stated. will be expected or
received by this country on the loan.
contribution to the allied cause, with
the promise of other bountiful contri-
buttons of money, munitions and food
stuffs to come as needed.
An immediate bond issue. possibly
totaling 100000, is forecast by
is yet to be determined
Legislation providing for the issue
will be introduced in congress speed
lily, not later than next week, and
within thirty days, possibly before the
end of the present month, a substan
tial portion of the great loan is expect
ed to be available for the entente gov
ernments.
The forthcoming bond issue, 1t was
authoritatively said, would be placed
| before the public as quickly as DOS
sible in denominations down TO 500
possibly to $25. will bear "a reason
able interest rate" and the entire
army of American investors-banks
| corporations and individuals-will b'
afforded an opportunity to subscribe.
Treasury department and federal re
serve board officials believe that
$4,000 100000 bond issue can be ali
sorbed without difficulty by American
investors and it is likely that this viii
be the first sum offered.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-13
MRS. ELIZABETH
DIES At THE AGE
OF 95 YEARS.
Crossed the Plains with
a Handcart Company.

In the passing away Of Mrs.
Elizabeth Poulton last week at
the home of her son, William H
Poulton, at the ripe old age OF
50 years, Oakley loses her oldest
pioneer citizen.
The deceased lady was born at
Wolverhampton, England, in
November 1921. She Joined the
Church of Jesus Christ OF Latter
day Saints in her native land
when but girl, and has been an
active worker and. lived Il faith
full life throughout.
Mrs. PoultOn with her husband
immigrated to Utah in 1861 and
crossed the plains in one of the
handcart companies and went
through all ofthe early trials and
privatiops in moving westward.
They first settled in Grantsville,
Utah, and then moved. to Cole
vile, Utah, and in 1881 moved
to Oakley. where they have re-
sided ever Since. She had been
living with her daughter Mrs
Mary Matthews until few
months ago when she was taken
to her sons and where she peace
fully passed to the great beyond
surrounded by her loved ones.
Grandma Poulton lost her
husband "a years ago. During
the past few years she has been
blind. but otherwise was cheer
full aud had good memory till
the last. She has been we'll taken
care of by both her daughter and
her son in her old age.
She was the mother of eight
Chil1ren. hve OF whom are living
and are as follows: William II
Poulton, Samuel ,Poulton and
Mrs Mary Matthew, all OF Oak
lev; Richard Poulton of Warm
Creek, and Ms Maggie Barrett
of Montpelier. She IS also sur
vived by 20 great grand children
and 43 grand children.
Funeral services were held on
Friday last in the Stake Taber-
nacle, and her many friends as
sembled to pay their last tribute
to one so loved and Highly re-
spected.
1nterrment took place in the
Oakley cemetery.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-13
BeIolan Relief Steamer Sunk.

London.-The Norwegian steamer
Camilla, 2,275 tons, with a cargo OF
corn for the Belgian relief commission,
according to a Reuter- dispatch from
Copenhagen has been sunk without
warning with the loss of two lives.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-13
AeR,L AMERICAS WAR MONTH.
All of Important Wars Of Republic Be-
oan In April.

Washington.-If history repeats It
self. victory should again perch on
Americas banners In the war with
Germany. for all the important wars
Of the republic from the war OF the
revolution including the Spanish
American conflict, began in April, and
all were won by the United States.
Here they are:
War OF the Revolution, April l9,
ITS.
War with Mexico, April "a, 1916.
Civil war, April IS, 1851
Spanish-American war, April II,
1898.
German American war April 6, 1917.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-13

Senator Penrose, probably at
the suggestion Of the dis.illers
introduced a bill in the last Con
gre ssto permit the redistillation
OF whisky into commercial aIcoh
.ol. Evidently the distillers see
the handwriting on the wall.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-13
Yankees Dropping AeropIanes.

Paris.-The Lafayette flying corps,
composed of American aviators, has
shot down thirty German airplanes,
according to a semi-official communi-
cation to the Associated Press.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-13
Red Cross Supply Service.

Denver.-The Denver branch Of the
Red Cross supply service will have
Jurisdiction over Colorado, Wyoming,
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Ne
braska, South Dakota, North Dakota,
Utah, Montana and Idaho.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-13
To Prevent Speculative Prices.

Washington.-Her G. Hoover
will be asked by the council of ma
tional defense to head national COM
mittee on food supply and prices to
stimulate production and to prevent
speculative prices.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-04-13

London. Van Hee, Amerf-
can vice consul at Ghent and recent
" connected with the Belgian relief
commission, has been arrested by the
Germans and sent to Germany, ac-
cording to an Amsterdam dispatch.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
Cole Company Has New
Real Service Policy

An editorial appearing in the cur
rent issue of the Cole Motor Car COM
pany's house orgar, the Bulletin and
attracting considerable attention and
has been the object of no little COM
ment among motor car owners receiv-
ing the publication.
The editorial conveys what is called
the "Cole idea" of motor car service,
and is especially interesting because
the presentation is along rather new
lines. In part, It explains:
II service Is worth the price the consumer
rays for 1t. the dealer cannot AFFORD to offer
IL for less. II the service Is not worth the
price. the dealer is not doing his part to
make the product the best that the con-
sumer can buy for the money.
Service, above all else Is the tie that
binds the owner to the factory manufactui-
ing product. and that tie Is welded by
the dealer
Furthermore, good service is not nsces-
sarily free service. any more than free
service is necessarily good service. Nor 10
free service as rule what the owner ex-
poets.
Gus attention, promp delivery and work we'll
done That being accomplished. he 10 will
ing to pay an equitable price for It.
The foregoing bears out the statement
so often repeated by A. r. Knobloch. gem
eral manager Of the Cole, for the benent and
guidance Of Cole distributors and dealers
In their service relations with Cole owners.
"only by serving the public well can we
hope for large and permanent success" is
a statement that has become automatic In
the Cole organization.
Our obligation does not end with the sale
Of Cole Eight. nor the passage Of q year
or ten years of use under Its wheels. We
have an obligation to the owner Of q Cole
Eight as long as the car lasts.
That the Cole product has benefited
Under the above policy is evident by
reviewing the sale sheets.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
APPERSON SEES NO
CAUSE FOR WORRY
Jays That Business Should Be
Even Better Than Before
U. s. Entered the
War.

"Keep the prosperity a going-that
is a statement l read or heard the
other day." said Elmer Apperson,
president of Apperson Bros. Auto
mobile company, "and it is good one.
1t really covers the crux of the busi-
ness situation here in this country.
There is absolutely no reason for
prosperity to leave. If it does go the
people themselves will drive it away.
There is more money in the country
now than there ever was before and
there is rapidly going to be more as
our allies can make the needed ar
rangements for the huge purchases of
food, clothing and munitions they are
going to need to prosecute the war to
successful ending.
No Reason For Fear.
II have no patience with this
emotional hysteria which causes cer-
tain people to make frantic effort
to hoard money. More than ever be-
fore in the history Of this country are
there now gilt-edge securities avail
able in nearly every quantity wanted.
We do not at such time as this need
an inertia that is cautious, but rather
IN efficiency that is aggressive. Use
less extravaganza must be done away
with and an absolute elimination must
be made of waste. But this does not
mean that our standard of living
,hould not be maintained. As How
ard Coffin said, "The declaration of
war can have no evil effect on busi-
ness. We need at such time more
business, not less.
$50 now / feel that every sound
commercial activity should be en-
eouraged, as the surest way to handi-
cap our fighting forces would be to
permit disorganization of our COM
mercia1 system through depression.
The man out on the front in the
irench or on the sea cannot win out
unless he knows that he is being
backed up by the men at home in the
field and IN the factory. Everyone
must do little toward the develop
nent of a greater efficiency in our
daily life, but ever should we keep in
mind the fact that employment will be
plentiful, wages high and money
abundant. ..[
$50 far as our company is con-
serned, we are going ahead just as we
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

have done every year in the past. We
are building all the cars our factory
can turn out and we are selling them
in fact, when l was at the plant last
week the sales department told me
that we were thirty days behind on
Our orders"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

A new garage to be called the
packard Garage" is being con-
structed at 2307 NJ street, South
Omaha. The new garage will &C.
commodate seventy cars.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20
Gossip
Along the
Automobile Row

Jack Rowdy of the Omaha Horse
and Mule market has forsaken the
ponies and mules for a Rabbit-"Ap-
person Jack" (deep stuff
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

Mort Fucker, manager of the
Omaha and Des Moines branch Of the
Stewart Products Corporation, spent
Wednesday at the Omaha Office.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

w. NJ. Clement is driving around
on the streets day and night, almost,
with the new Model &c" Scripps-
Booth roadster, the first car having
arrived couple of days ago and large
shipments are now on the way. This
is the car selling at $685..
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

Manager Wilson Of the Omaha Saw
age Sales company hung up another
record this week for signing dealers.
The total was twenty-four new ones
and S24000 in orders.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

H. E. Sides, president of the Ne
braska Buick Auto company of Lin
coin, was in Omaha for the week.
end, a guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Huff of the Omaha branch. Mr.. Sides
has just returned from the east and
reports very favorable conditions
around the Buick factory in regards
to the supply of raw material and the
daily output of cars. The Buick fac
tories are turning out $50 cars per
day in an effort to supply the heavy
spring demand for the ever popular
Valve-in-Head Buick.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-20

The Model &c" Scripps-Booth
roadster, which has been an opto.
mistic promise Of the manufactures,
has arrived and seems to fulfill all
claims made for it. w. M. Clement,
local distributor. has been assured of
an immediate shipment Of consider
able number.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-10
Results OF Test Meds Last Winter b
Springfield People Now
Announced

In the South, everyone uses Vick's
Vap-O-Rub SalTe, the external treat
ment for all forms Of cold troubles,
but It was introduced IN Springfield,
No., for the first time, last winter.
Naturally, the local druggists we're
skeptical, they had to be shown" that
Vick's Vap-O-Rub really would relieve
most cases Of crodp In fifteen minutes,
and colds over night So arrange
ments we're made for each druggist to
present complimentary Jars OF Vap-O-
Rub to q few Of his customers, On con-
dition that they give it q thorough
trial Among the customers Of the
J. W. Crank Drug Company we're Er.
John Turner, 1901 n. Campbell St,
Hrs. Bert Hume, 1926 Howard St, and
Mrs. Hattie Gibbons, s2z ". Division
St Their reports are as follows
Mr.. Turner report1T ana my fam
fiy have used Vap-O-Rnb for catarrh,
colds In the head, sore threat, and also
in severe case OF pneUmcnia srf-
fered. We found this to be excellent
and our family doctor recommended
its use along with his medicine
Mrs. Hume writes@sWe have used
Vick's Fsp-ORub Salve for colds In
the chest and head and find It is fne.
I Just rubbed II over the throat and
chest and IN q minute Il seemed as II
the children hre4fhed easier
Hrs. Gibbons says she used Vieks
Vsp-O-Rub for her sister, who had
such = cold she could not speak above
3 whisper for = week. We Just rubbed
Ea2-o-Ruo cTeg her throat and chest
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-10

And I've been told your pretty face
Is well known in each public place.
And If wed you'll soon adorn
My brow with antlers from Cape Horn.
Thus prudence makes to decline
Your company my Valentine.
To this the reply was tart, not to say shrewfsh
Indeed, polite age would scarcely
care to hear crude letter from q feminine
versifer. These valentine books from which most
of the lovelorn SWANS of the early eighteenth
century culled the lines that they wrote to their
loves, published in collections bearing such
titles "Cupid's Directory" "CarvaIho's Polite
Valentine Writer and 1.-The Frolicsome Valentine
Writer the last a collection containing many
examples of early eighteenth-c century humOr of a
sort which almost reconciles enc to the merry
professional jests of ones own era.
The Manufactured Valentine.
1t a girl who started the business of manu-
featuring valentines for sale in the United States
"a most enterprising girl named Esther Rowland
who had just been graduated from Mount Holyoke
seminary and resided with her father in Worces-
ter, Mass. In 1919 she received from England a
manufactured valentine. the first she had ever
1t interested her much that she decided
to see whether she could make some of these val
entines and find sale for them With lace paper,
cut-out pictures and printed verses she
featured several samples and gave them to her
brother to take out the road TO show custom
ers when he went his trip for their fathers
stationery business. To her amazement, her broth
returned with orders for 5000 worth OF val
entines- Miss Rowland. of course. was quite
able to carry out the orders herself but she called
her young woman friends to her assistance. and
they Immediately started what later developed into
very large and prosperous valentine manufactur-
ing plant In few years they were sending out
100000 worth OF valentines each season.
The comic valentine, which painfully ugly
and coarse, and which fiourished very broadly at
one time, has now almost entirely passed away at
least in its eruder forms It used to be the great
est happiness Of the schoolboys life to purchase
a very large assortment OF these wretched comics
and leave them the front doorstep of his school
teacher, male or female Then when he had left a
few comics the steps OF the village constable
and paid his respects in similar fashion to the
Sunday school superintendent he felt that st. Val
entiRes eve had been well spent The joy Of St
Valentines day has diminished greatly since the
practice Of throwing valentines on the doorstep.
ringing the bell and running. gave place to the less
exciting method Of mail delivery. But in spite OF
up-todate interference with the valentine spirit
Valentines day always viii hold its own The
most famous valentine written is still
being attached to homemade valentines In pain
fully neat ehildren's handwriting in various
happy districts where boys and girls have real fun
without spending much money for valentines or
anything else Roses red ever and yio-
lets are still true blue in the joyous land of boy
and girl love affairs where reigns the good St Val
entine
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-10

OF the great god Pan, the names OF
the virgin daughters of Rome were put
in box and drawn therefrom by the
young men. Each youth was bound 20
offer gift to the maiden who fell to
his lot and TO make her his partner
during the time OF the feast
How this secular custom became
allied to the name OF a saint is alto
gether different matter. St valea-
tine was a bishop OF Rome during the
third century. He is said to have been
q man of very amiabIe nature and most
eloquent Of speech wherefore he was
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-02-10
IS CHILD CROSS,
FEVER|SH, SICK
Look, MotherI If tongue is
coated, give California
Syrup of Figs"

Children love this fruit laxative, /"
and nothing else cieanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely
A child simply viii not stop playing
TO empty the bowels, and the result is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad,
system full Of cold, has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhea. Listen,
MotherI See If tongue is coated, then
give a teaspoonful of California
Syrup Of Figs" and in a few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
Undigested food passes out OF the sys-
tenn, and you have a well child again.
Millions OF mothers give California
Syrup Of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love 1t. and it new
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
Of California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
OF all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
A nitrogen plant viii be erected at