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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-10

9ol William F. II. Lucas, Mendoza
952 Peter Tripon. Marseilles.
1858 Henry c. Pohl, Mendoza.
954 Frank r. Martin. Ottawa.
955 James Mccormick, Sandwich.
9o6 Ward Smith Poore. Sheridan.
957 George V. Hise. Mendoza.
95S Arthur PM, Ottawa.
959 Thomas Oliver Stevenson. La
Sale.
$50 Ralph J. Hall. Sheridan.
961 Fred s. Main. Earlville.
962 We're Fl. Tower. Mendoza.
963 Harry J. Scherer, Ottawa.
964 Lester Claude Darling, Utica.
1858 Leon S. Jackson. Seneca.
966 Roy s. Thompson, Marseilles
967 Elmer A. Maus, Mendoza
Jus Clarence Alvin Moland, Leland
969 Frank l.. Schammel, Ottawa.
$40 Frank II. Redlich, Ottawa.
III William Nodin Mitchell, Troy
Grove.
972 John eHnry Carpenter, Ottawa
973 Arthur Pitsenbarger Ottawa.
ga Charles Mathieson, Ottawa
975 Allen r. Foreman. Sheridan.
976 Robert Dick Freebairn. Earl.
49, vile .1
977 Clarence Koehler, Ottawa.
y7S Louis Clyde Kilgore, Ottawa.
979 John NJ Murphy. Ottawa.
$50 Jesse Thompson. Sheridan.
ISL Dan F. Grbbin. Ottawa.
9S2 Nelson C. Anderson, Leland
oS3 Clarence II. Lambert, Ottawa.
oSf Edward Mooney. Ottawa.
9S5 James Joseph Riley, Ottawa.
9S6 Walter Montgomery. Leland
oS7 George E. Hessenberger, Men.
dota
9SS Ed Harden, Seneca
9S9 Edward J Mcnamara. Ottawa.
800 J, f. Mitchell, Marseilles
99l Mathew Anton Roster, Peru.
992 James Tanning, Wallace.
o93 John Joseph Mcmahon, Ottawa.
1874 James p. Mack, Ottawa.
1896 Fred Bernard, Sheridan.
996 Harold Conrad Schwindaman.
Peru.
9o7 Levi c. Bailey, Ottawa.
?9S Amos Pearson, Ottawa.
999 }. M. Funk, ottawa.
1000 c, W. Tenant, Mendoza
1901 George M. Crank, Ottawa.
loo2 Andrew Burton Nicholson,
Sheridan
luz Ray A. c. Rhodes, Marseilles.
1904 Paul S. Hadley, Ottawa.
1905 Anton Miller, Ottawa.
loo6 Leonard A. Bennett, Ottawa.
IVY Samuel Wolfe Earlville.
zoos Peter Porikos, Mendoza.
loo9 Julien Auquilera, Ottawa.
lolo Simon Larsen Simonsen, Le.
land.
loll Jessie r. Furr. Ottawa.
lol2 Roscoe Irwin Brown, Mendoza.
lol3 Lawrence w. Ashcraft, Earl.
vile.
lolf Christy Grieves, Ottawa.
lol5 Ralph Cleveland Lowers, Mar.
settles.
lOl6 Frank Reiner, Ottawa.
lol7 Vernon Harry Churchill Mar.
seilles
lVlS Louie A. Rieck, Ottawa.
1913 Peter Bianchi. Seneca.
1870 Oscar Beckett, Mendoza.
lo2l Leo Herman Serbia, Mendoza
lo22 Marvin Jessie Kilmartin, Men.
dota.
loa3 frederick j. Siebert, Ottawa.
loS4 Alfred Grettencord, Ottawa.
1875 Oscar Henry Miller, Mendoza.
lo26 Milton Hanneman. Marseilles.
lo27 Edwin A. Ross, Ottawa.
lo2S Dan ]. Becker. Marseilles.
l029 Harry Ephriam Johnson, Sheri.
dan.
1880 Cliar M. Corbin. Ottawa.
1881 George G. Coffee. Marseilles.
1882 Allen c. Hougas, Marseilles.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-10
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George Garden. b. $. (Aronson) 3 4 4
Dolly Dixon and Mitchell LammleIn
also started
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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-10
SCOOP
HOME. SWEET HOME.

HOME. SWEET HOME.
Just rs soon as the twilight
Begins TO bring the night,
There comes lonely feeling
And know it isn't right.
I wonder and ! wonder
! What makes me feel so blue,
And then there comes a vision
OF none, Mother Dear, but you.
! wish that ! could have you
AS close here 10 me now
would never leave or go again
missed you, you know not how.
In the daytime when ! am working
think Of you so oft,
! wish that ! could hear your voice
So tender and so soft.
think that | viii go back
To The homc down on the farm.
ri not be homesick and alone.
w be away from harm.
1T SURE IS.
Antihel when your friends call yot
up TO take the auto ride and YOU
wife's home TO answer the phone.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-10
FPS Trot, $500.

Bnworthy, blk $, by Bin
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Nick Laconda, s.g (GoodalU ! 3 3 >
Dr.. Brown, br & (Burke)..7 ! g !
Lew Randall, CHI &. Me
Manus) .........,.......2
Azurene. Azie Hal, Lora D.. Vice
ReEal and King Peter the Great also
started.
Time 2:2lh. 2:22M, 2;2i&, 2:21-
u, 2:2o4.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-10
Third Race.
2:1o Trot; Purse, $500.
BlNGLES AND BONERS.

BY JACK VEIOCK.
international News Service Sports
Editor
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-10

! '"A iioib tlt TIlubS, ottawa.
| Sa2 Charles Scheidecker Serena
S13 Paul Horter. Wallace.
/ S54 J. Wallace Howe. Seneca.
$50 Edward n McElroy. Ottawa.
$50 William r. George. Leland.
SoI Bert Lilies. Ottawa.
S5S Leyant Leroy Clark. Ottawa.
! S59 Leo Collier, Marseilles.
$50 Howard w Sampson, Marseil
les.
SCI John George krug. Earlville.
S62 Reuben Reed, Ottawa.
S63 Joseph Marco, Marseilles
S64 Frederick Stormont Knowles
Ottawa
S65 David Nafziger. Mendoza.
S66 William Ellington Hibbs, OF
taWa.
SGT Quirino Fabbri. Ottawa.
sos Cornelius Clauson. Marseilles
500 Erick Erickson. Sheridan.
$40 b. Hathaway. Ottawa.
ST. Jense Wilbert Teal. Ottawa.
S72 John Coffee. Marseilles.
S'5 Arthur Levy, CID, Ottawa,
S'4 Willie McCutchen Earlyille.
S'5 Mahon Ellis Worsley, Trimph.
S'6 Gaylon Jennings Dougherty
Earlville.
S17 p. NJ Tress. Ottawa.
SlS Harry Anderson. Ottawa,
S'9 Theodore Hays, Ottawa.
HHo Jean Panl Carroll, Mendoza.
SSl Charles Elmer Leason, Ottawa
M Paul Albert Brown, Ottawa.
SSd Clarence Clye Thompson, Sheri
dan
Ho4 Harold $. Duckworth. Ottawa
$50 Oscar Baldridge, Earlville.
$50 Arthur +. Mottweiler Ottawa.
HH' Monroe Johnson, Sheridan.
SHS Frank b. Owens, Mendoza
oSo James A Armstrong, Ottawa.
$40 Earl NJ. Brown, Ottawa.
69l John c, Burkart Troy Grove
o'z Alfred NJ. Cochran. Earlville..
%" Emmett J. Dunno Ottawa.
o?i Arthur c. INNS, Ottawa
S9o John Francis Corcoran Earl
Vile.
$40 Thomas s II. Pillion. Ottawa
$40 Clarence Henry, Earlville.
o36 Harry DeBolt, Ottawa.
~? John Becker, Mendoza,
'oo Plumber Sheasley, Mendoza
'ol oscar Hill, Serena.
VIZ Arthur p. Langlitz Mendoza
~" Roger Patrick Brannan. La
Sale
wa William Benjamin Edgcomb
Utica.
Ho' John Fennessey. Wallace
BOG Enute Servy Ottawa.
'o' Fred Writ, Somonauk.
''o Il. f. Jones, Serena.
'o' Ole j, Riskedahl, Ottawa.
~ howard r. Ebig. Earlville.
VI Harry Thorpe. Ottawa
'l1 Llclus II Haas, Earlvile,
90 herman kammerer, Ottawa
wa William McDermett. Utica
40 Morritt Dale Morahn, Ottawa
'io Joseph Mussatto, Ottawa.
~ nhlhorto Underline Ottawa.
'lS James Edward Peters, Ottawa
w Eugene II. Crawford, Marseilles
Wv Johh Lettsome, Marseiles.
WI ralph Thornton. Shabbona.
VIZ William f. Richardson, Mar
settles.
VIZ Roy Wiley, Ottawa.
wa William Freebury. Ottawa
'z' FRANK Smith Carpenter, Ottawa
szo Leo Peter Schmidt. Troy Grove
va William Melvin Hesselman, Earl
Vile.
9zH Andrew f. Larsen, Ottawa.
VIZ Henry Engel, Ottawa.
''V Tim Pirros. Ottawa
93l Polk NJ, Ritter, Mendoza.
s32 Charles Balchowsky, Marseilles
9Sa Chris Olsen Earlvillet
s34 Charles r. Barnett, Ottawa
935 Earl f. Battles, Marselles.
900 Daniel Joseph Lyons, La Sale.
VIZ Albert Jas, Kidd, Earlville.
93S James Trakos. Ottawa.
WIZ Fred h. Daggett. Marseilles.
gao Martin Teller, Ottawa.
Val Joseph Obey, Earlville.
o42 Ray Ereiser, Mendoza.
943 Norwin Thompson. Mendoza.
944 John Henry Hickory, Ottawa.
945 Levi h. Bradley. Ottawa.
946 Thomas O'Meara, Ottawa.
947 Thomas s. Brunnick Ottawa.
94s Leon + Levy, OttaFaysts
949 James sIoseph Kelley, ab,thwa.
800 George Ohlendorf Otfawa
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-27
THE EMERGENCY FLEET.

With experts selected by himself In posi-
tons of responsibility in the emergency fleet
corporation, General Goethals is speeding up
the work of getting the ships to carry food and
munitions to our allies. Valuable time has
been lost as a result of controversies that
should have been avoided, but it does not APP
pear that the man in charge of construction
was responsible for the delay. The announce
ment few days ago that contracts for one
hundred and sixty wooden carriers had been
llet this month did not indicate that he was al
lowing his preference for steel vessels to pre-
vent acceptance Of offers to build wooden ships
lat once. Now comes the official announcement
of additional shipbuilding contracts, including
one for ten wooden hulls, the first hull to be de
livered April one, 1913. This seems long time
to wait, but rapid completion and delivery
! are promised after that date. In the mean
time measure of relief from situation that
occasions anxiety abroad as well as here will
be found in the use of the seized German ships.
Already eleven of these vessels are at work and
before August twenty-eight will be in use.
Taking account of the slowing down Of Ger
many's submarine campaign the outlook does
not seem to be discouraging Unless General
IGoethals has overestmated the resources at his
command, the country will have great fleet
| of commerce carriers in 1918.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-27
THE WORLD OF TOMORROW.

I The utterances of General Smuts the Boer
Soldier and statesman now in England, are
profoundly impressing British thought. He
Pprefers to call the empire the British common
wealth Of nations and emphasizes the folly of
attempts to force them all to one mould Their
development must not be towards standardized
ton but towards nationality. As no elective
president of the commonwealth could be really
representative of all the peoples, he is inclined
Ito regard the hereditary kingship as one Of the
factors on which reliance must be placed in
holding the empire together No more, in his
Topinion, can the empire have common foreign
Dpolicy unless it is very different from what it
has been in the past. The other parts of the
empire do not understand appreciate diplo-
rmatic finesse; and after this catastrophe which
has overtaken Europe the nations will demand
to know more about their foreign policy than
heretofore. The world is becoming more
democratic and the forces finding expression in
public opinion are to be far more powerful than
they ever have been in the past.
In ali the countries the people on the watch
towers scanning the future with eager eyes are
in substantial agreement that this war is max
ing a. world in which every group Of people
which for racial, geographical or other reasons
decides to cling together shall have the unre-
stricted right to develop along its chosen lines.
This war is bringing in an age when every
ethnic fragment or little tag end of race will
have as much right to govern itself and order its
own development as the mightiest empire on
earth.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-27
COAL.

The president of the United Mine Workers
of America declares that the miners can cover
the country foot deep with coal if the opera
tors give them satisfactory wages and work
ing conditions
We must have coal. The country needs it.
Our allies need it. An abundance of coal is an
absolute necessity if we are to win the war. It
would seem to be humanity possible for hon
est, intelligent, disinterested men to determine
what is fair as between the operators and
the miners Having established this, it would
seem to be within the power and province Of
the government to see that the mines of the
country produced in these critical years
coal enough if necessary to supply the
world. We have coal enough, men enough
to mine it, cars enough for its distribu-
ton, money enough to buy it with. If our in
dustries shall lack for coal this year; if our
householders shall find it as high Of price and
hard to get as it was last winter; if our allies
shall be hampered for lack of it in their con-
duct of the war, will it be for any other
reason than because the men at the head of our
government are unequal to the emergencyR
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-27

/ her bond in the sum Of $2.400. with
John w. M. Hull, Charles Grassland
and Emma Jacobs as sureties, which
was approved.
/ In re estate Of Elizabeth Ann
Owen, deceased.-Inventory Of said
estate filed by Enoch H. Fleming, adj
ministrator de bonis non, shows no
real estate inventoried. Money re-
ceived on claims against the estate
Of Thomas A. Mustafn, $9S7.53.
In re the estate OF Albert Penncck,
| deceased: Anna Pennock, administra-
! trix-Order filed finding heirship
shows, that Albert Pennock departed
this life intestate. on July %. leav-
| ing him surviving, Anna Pennock, his
widow, and as heirs at law, Jennie
Barnes, Murray w. Pennock, Lucy
Wiley, Florence Weatherford, the
heirs of Henry Pennock, deceased,
Frank Pennock. Ed. Pennock, Harvey
Pennock. Birdie Egbers and Carrie
Stockton. heirs Of George Pennock,
deceased; Sylvester Pennock, Anna
Lincoln, Eph Dorothy, Hiram McMil-
Ian, Arthur Mcmillan. Fred Mcmillan
and Guy Barrett
In re the guardianship of Leah
Gertrude ellis and Margaret Lenore
| ellis, minors.-Petition of William
T. Gillis, guardian Of said minor, for
authority to sell the Sc Il 1856;
part of SW. " 26, N. and e. Of e.
line of Wabash railway In 3-6; 10
acres of S. 80 acres Of SW. NV. 32-
3-5; S. " lot 5, and all in lot 6, in
block 6, Bowen, owned by said wards
in common with Fannie M. Harrison,
Mary S. ellis, Tina p. McNeall, Eva
ID. McNeall, Grace E. Nelson, e.
Mack Gillis, Ruth L. ellis. all heirs
Of Arthur McNeal1, deceased
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-27
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
AFTER THE SHOWER.

The rain was and the brilliant air
Made every little blade of grass appear
Vivid and startling-everything there
With sharpened outlines, eloquenty> clear
AS though one it in crystal sphere.
The rustling with its struggling spires;
The golden-rod with all it's myriad fires
"a million torches swinging in the wind);
A single poplar marvelously thinned,
The quaint, unhurried road that curved SO well:
The prim petunias with their rich, rank smell;
The lettucebirds, the creepers in the field
How bountifully were they all revealed
How arrogantiy each seemed to thrive
SO frank and strong, radiantly alive
And over all the morningminded earth
There seemed to spread sharp and kindling mirth,
Piercing the stubborn stones until saw
The toad face heaven without shame or awe,
The ant confront the stars, and every weed
Grow proud as If 1t brought royal seed.
And saw the slender willowtree
No longer calm dropping listlessly,
Letting its Ianguid branches sway and fall
AS though it danced in sad ritual
What made sober tree seem such rover
Or made the staid and stalwart appletrees
That stood for years knee-deep in velvet peace,
Turn all their fruit to little worlds of flame
And burn the trembling orchard there below?
What lit the heart OF every golden-sow-
Oh, why nothing weary, dull. or tame?
Louis Untermeyer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-27
The work an unknown good man has done
is like vein of water flowing hidden un-
foreground, secretly making the ground
green.--Carlyle.
A FAIRY STORY.

The tale is told of citizen of anarchistic
ideas who affected contempt for our govern
,nent declared that he owed it nothing, asked
nothing of it and wanted only to be let alone.
Of course the incident never happened being
only fairy story and too delightful to be
true; but the tale as told relates that the wish
of this surly blusterer was granted and the pro-
lection of our laws withdrawn from him by or
der of a court AS he left the courtroom sew
eral persons followed him out. One Of them
was a big policeman with a grudge against him
who settled it with exceeding gusto by smash
ing blow between the eyes. Another was a
creditor who grabbed his watch as part pay
ment on account. Another acquaint-
Rnce with an eye to business, who hurried to
the fellows clearinghouse and appropriated
his personal effects Other men who had no
friendly feeling for him. set dogs on him,
dubbed him off the sidewalk and thought out
various ingenious ways of using him despite
fully: and no court or officer gave him the
least relief He was a man who had lost his
eountry and now for the first time realized
what government meant and all it was that he
had lost.
Of course this is not true for things are
rarely what they should be in this world; but
much that might be done to such man helps
us to realize the value Of citizenship and all
That we owe to our country, its institutions and
Its laws. It is in return for this that the gov
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-27

eminent is entitled to call upon the citizen for
service or even if need be for his property or
his life. For without the protection OF just
and powerful government life would be OF no
worth in our world Of today. The strong
would trample on the weak. The predatory
would prey upon them. Brute force would
reign, and a man would have to be a powerful
brute himself in order to keep other brutes off.
The anarchists who have come here from
over sea to rail at and defy our laws are peo-
pie of the type of this man who renowned his
government, with the exception that they are
even baser; for they claim the protection of the
government which they denounce and defy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-27

Sioux City Journal Maybe what
soured the kaiser's originally sweet
disposition was the failure of the
pompadour mustache to catch on.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-27

Kansas City Star: Only those wh1
have not lain sodden in sleep al
break of day know the full meaning
Of the word morning" Who ever
can recall childhood full of morn.
ings, shining and respondent, is
fortunate for they are better than an
heritage of gold, you cannot lose
them and each one brings smile to
your lips as you review It,
Perhaps there was just one sum.
mer when you went gratefully to bed
at dusk and determined to sleep with
the eager thought of the splendors
awaiting you at 4 to 5 o'clock in the
morning. One Kansas Citian knew
many such summers on a certain
prairie ranch-a whole childhood full
of them.
"If you aren't in bed by dark, chill
dren," neither would say, you won't
feel like helping Chris take the cat.
tie out"
So the children scrambled to bed
with shining eyes. because a day that
wasn't begun on the back Of Indian
Jack" galloping over the short
prairie grass shining with dew to
commonplace and a bit sordid by
SolhPtil lSou. -
On frosty mornings in September,
it was fine to drop to the ground
and listen, ear to hummock. for the
crisp drumming of the prairie chick
en-as much greeting to the dawn
as the ROSTERS crow. 1t was good
to catch a glimpse Of a coyote trot.
ting home after night Of prowling.
The gopher sitting upright on his
launches kept the same hours that
you did. You were thrilled with a
new sense Of your kinship with ma
ture and with every living creature,
and always throughout your life you
would know that your sympathies
were broader, your heart kinder, your
understanding bigger and your whole
nature less petty because of that
morning, with its power to make your
day shining one.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-27
A NEGLECTED. Law

Des Moines Tribune: While Attor-
ney General Havner is carrying out
his avowed intention Of enforcing
every law on the statute books to the
letter of his Interpretation, would it
not be worth whileNto take note Of
the fact that a recent legislature or
dained that physicians should report
all cases of venereal diseases to the
local boards of public health, and pro-
vided fine Of 800 and Imprisonment
for thirty days as the penalty for
failure to do so?
This is not an antiquated statute
handed down from colonial times, but
a law enacted to take effect on jan
uary /, 1914. So far as known, it has
been disregarded all over the state.
This law is not intended to give
publicity to individual cases, for it pro-
vfdes that reports shall be made by
number, the physician keeping the
names secret. 1t is intended to give
definite knowledge Of the extent, viru-
lence and sources of venereal infection
in Iowa, information vitality needed for
combating the blacklist scourge known
to mankind.
There was intense opposition to the
passage Of the law, and presumably
there will be opposition to its enforce
ment, but it will be a wholly different
kind of opposition from that which is
manifested against the blue laws
Mr.. Havner's attention is respectful
ly called to sections 2575-a6b and 2575-
a6c Of the code Of Iowa.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-27
Why IL in.

Springfield, Mass, Republican,: A
congressman asks why 35-ounce
loaf Is sold in France for 8 cents
while 14-ounce loaf from the same
flour sells in Washington for 10
cents. People who are not experts
in economics would say it is because
Americans are dead easy,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-27
No lime for Loafino

Wayne Herald: We don't like to
read Of the allurements of pleasure re-
sorts for the summer and other
sources of idleness and ease, because
people of the United States have too
serious business on hand to loaf away
their time. There is something for
ewo~vho1v tn 10
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-27

The world Is shooi; men pupils In this school;
God Is its builder ordainer. And He raised
for it's instruction sases seers, and eudes
he martyred lives and sacrieal tolls and tears and
blood have for it, Tho greatest teaching,
the greatest life, the affecting heart reoenerating
sacrifice that Of Christ This school of life regard
the infant school eternity The pupils believe, will
20 forever learnng--orvllle Dewey.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-27
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Sioux City Journal: Maybe what
/ soured the kaiser's originally swee,
/ disposition was the failure of the
| pompadour mustache to catch on.
| Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The sui
frage banner criticising Wilson was
not noticed by the Russian commits
| sion. The commission had just come
! from a country where criticism OF
! the government was criticism that
was criticism.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Governor
Harding has been made doctor of
laws, and any time he needs to hold
clinic on statutes he can call Ben
Israel Salinger in consultation.
Sioux City Tribune: In his mo-
ments of deep meditation, the kaiser
must feel inclined to admit-to him
self--that the world has wonderful
powers Of resistance
Vinton Eagle: One of the squads
marching in the parade of confeder-
ate veterans in Washington carried
a banner which read: Damn a man
who amt for his country-right or
wrong" That squad can be set
down as. thoroughly reconstructed
Marshalltown Times-Republica e.
| T. Meredith's defeat for governor
didn't sour him or lessen his active
usefulness whenever and wherever a
strong man is needed to work and
to pay. The more we see Ed Mere
dith the better we like his style.
Waterloo Courier: Every person in
the country will have to deny him
self los loaves of bread in order to
make UP for the crop shortage, the
department of agriculture tells us.
PAT that rate some of us will not
have any bread at all.
Dubuque Telegraph-Herald: The
American soldier is being forced to
become lingusit. Last year he
studied the Spanish language down
in Mexico. This year he will start
out by studying the French and Bel
gian languages and will end up by
giving some attention to the German
and Austrian languages, for when he
marches VIGOROUSLY into and through
those countries he will of necessity
pick up something of those languages.