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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01
THE CLASSICAL EDUCATION.

Up to the outbreak of the present
war, ii had been the tendency of the
times Internationally to make light of
the classical education. Give us
something practical has been the
keynote of the business world. what
does ii profit man to gain a whole
world of Greek and Latin and lose
the elements of specialized training"
With no desire to minimize the i'm.
portancc OF the practical. it Is our de-
sire to emphasize the things which
the ultra practical have decried. There
Is q place for all things save consci-
cntious DIRECTORS and l. W. VS.. and
80. in an effort to make the world
efficient. the classical education has
its by no means insignificant part.
The world has been changed by the
great war. No longer do the leading
business men Of America engage sole.
ly in the pursuit of the almighty dol.
lar. From an age of money seeking
the times have changed. Now it is
the age of discussion.
1t Is time for any man with an idea
to be able to get on his feet and say
It In the most efficient way. 1t is
a time when great writer's and great
thinkers are developing. but they are
not coming from the men who have
neglected the finer cultural things.
However skilled a man may be in the
expression of his thoughts. he can.
not but admit h!s expression would
be vastly bettercd had he the advan-
tages Of Homer, Virgil. Of the clas-
sizes Of our own tongue.
Former Senator Depew once said in
an address: 1T has been my fortune
for twenty-five years to become in
timately acquainted with hundreds or
men who. without any equipment, or
education. have accumulated millions
Of dollars. l have not met one Of
them who did not lament either the
neglect Of his parents or his own poor
VppOASuuIN tHhS ldACu " 6ANc AluA
the equipment. l never met one or
them who did not feel in the presence
of cultured people, a certain sense of
modification which no money could
pay for. l have not met one of them
who was not prepared to sacrifice his
whole fortune that his own boy should
never feel that modification"
The fact Is undeniable that all the
education one may gain merely In.
creases his capacity. The hours
passed in the concentrated effort OF
translating u difficult passage in
Greek or in Latin. develop the mind
for the long hours of mental conccn-
tration required to solve difficult
problem.
Then there is tho added personal
satisfa ction-by no means a slight
compcnsation--of knowing the best
things that have been said or written
by the leading thinkers Of all time.
To know your classics Is to have the
advantage of the things which have
been more permanent than glory thae
was Greece and grandeur that was
Rome.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01

Tractors. trucks and automobiles
are playing a great part In the war.
but the horse has by no means passed
into history. There Is an urgent cali
from the war department for horses.
Soon there will be 1900 horses and
mules in the stalls at Camp Meade.
and as there are thirty two training
camps 1t will be necessary to provide
nearly 100000 horses and mules to
take part in fighting the kaiser. This
is not a great problem for there Is no
lack of numbers. 1t is not so likely
that the horse will have an opportun-
ity to acquire glory like the black
charger that carried Sheridan twenty
miles from Winchester. The aero
plane and automobile have taken the
place of cavalry. Nevertheless we viii
have an opportunity to measure the
standard of efficiency of the Ameri-
can horse and his dcspised comradt
the mule.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01
THEIR GERMANY
GONE

(From the New York Evening Post)
The executive board of the German
American Alliance placed itself square,
ly beside other patriotic organizations
with vote of loyalty to the govern.
ment. This is an official recognition
of the fact that there cannot be two
loyalties," and that all citizens, adopted
or native. must unite under one en-
blem. 1t also spells the sad end of
Germany's flung hopes for aid In
this country from millions of Germans.
How much was boast and how much
sincerity in the assertions from abroad
that serious civil dissensions would fol :
low a declaration of war does not an :
pear to be clear: the fact remains that
loyalty Of deed and. for the most part,
loyalty Of word have characterized our
fellow citizens Of Teutonic extraction.
The imperial mountain groaned and
brought forth scarcely a mouse of Sc
dition. 1.-THE Germany we knew
state the alliance resolutions. us but a
memory" that is to say. the Germany
of liberal ideas. of revolution against
autocracy, of our own Schurz. The
driving force which expelled the best
OF our German Americans from their
fatherland. the bureaucracy backed by
despotism. still controls. But the al
lance. all mankind hopes. is wrong
when 1t says the Germany it knew Is a
memory merely. On the contrary the
world fruits that, II 1t is a memory.
1t is a memory capable OF rebirth.
President Wilson put his faith in this
liberal Germany when he wrote his
recent answer to the pope.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01

and sent flying by the confederate
army. Washington was menaced
Baltimore seethed with rising sympa-
thy for the southern cause. 1t seemed
that at any minute the city would go
over to the confederacy, or fall prize
to it's armies.
Opportunity had found the veteran
general out. Magnificently he rose to
the occasion and by the disposition of
available forces helped to save Balti-
more and the capital. He served
throughout the war meeting many diff
ficult problems with a large measure
of success.
Afterward. in 1866, he was appointed
minister to France. and In 1872 was
elected governor of New York. The
nation had shown him all of the honors
In it's power to grant. He lived on I'M
til 1879, always active, forever Inter-
csted in the new things of life, and a
powerful force for advancement. Death
did not come to him until he was
reached the fine old age of eighty one
This was the man from whom the
New Jersey camp of the national army
takes its name.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01
rs Years Ago
What Missoula Was Doing
on This Date in 1892.
(From The Morning Muscular +
October 129D\

(F'rom The Morning Muscular, fol
October 1, 1922
Harry Somers. manager of the Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone company
who came in from Helena last night
says his company will probably run q
wire from Missoula to Deer Lodge.
Tylar B. Thompson. manager of the
grocery department of the NJ. NJ. Co.
received, last evening, the sad intclli-
gence of the death of his father at st
John, N. b.
4 grand dance will be given at John
Cyr's at Grass Valley this evening. a
number of people are going down from
here.
Everything is in readiness for the
speaking in the opera house this even
ing.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Conrad
yesterday. a boy.
II. p. Chaffin is In Missoula from
Florence.
DIR. II. c. Higgins Of Sedalia. Mo-
who has been on a visit to his broth :
or, James Higgins, the well known
rancher living near Stevensvillc, re-
turned to his home yesterday.
W. Wolcott. the prominent carpen-
ter and builder has returned to Mis-.
soula after spending the summer ii
Butte.
John NJ. Price. of the Missoula Mer.
camille company. is back from a trip Il
the Occur 'sAlene country.
The residence of Joseph Sawhill. the
we'll known conductor. was broker
into last "Wednesday night and robbed
of grip. silk dress, a suit Of clothe.
and an overcoat
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01
3-JOhn Adams Dix,

IF any one attempts to haul down
| the American flag. shoot him on the
| spot That vigorous order aptly sum-
! marizes the character of John Adams
Dix, secretary of the treasury in 1861.
War between the states threatened to
| begin any day. Two revanue cutters
! were stationed at New Orleans. Sec
rotary Dix deciced that it would be
prudence to bring them north. He sent
the order. but the captain of the cut
ter refused obedience. It was then
that he directed the lieutenant of the
| cutter to take command and arrest the
captain. The message concluded with
the famous lines quoted above, lines
which were destined to become a rally
ing cry for the whole country.
once more Americas sons are being
mustered in liberty's name. Over at
Wrightstown, n. j.. there is great
! camp where young men are gathering
from New York. New Jersey and
northern Pennsylvania. called from
civil life under the selcctive draft
plan. And this mobilization point is
called Camp Dix. in honor of a citizen
who nobly served the nation.
| John A. Dix was a man of large
genius. He did many things better
than most men are able to do a single
task. BY turns he was a scholar.
statesman. diplomat and soldier. In
the interim he directed railroads.
helped develop New York's school
| system. became an authority upon
+, financial matters, and wrote a half
dozen books of merit. Also. he was a
lawyer of ability. editor of literary
journal. a man of high religious char
acter, and had one of the most force
full, personalities of any American who
lived in the last century.
Born in New Hampshire July "a.
1898. he was the son of a soldier. and
was himself appointed cadet on ac-
tive service when only fourteen years
of age. That was in 1872, and the
second war with England had Just
opened Young Dix had a part in
many border struggle during that
year. In 1913 he was made ensign and
second Lieutenant in 1914.
When the war was over Dix under-
took study of law. and the Washing
ton bar admitted him to practice.
But he continued in the army until
1928, retiring from the rank of cap
|
reer was marked by one brilliant
achievement following fast on another.
He served with distinction in the New
York assembly and the United States
| senate.
With the beginning of hostilities
against the confederacy. this veteran
| of war fought fifty years before
again put on the uniform. He organ
lied no less than seventeen of the first
regiments sent to reinforce the regu-
lar federal troops, and was named
one of four major generals in COM
mand Of New York volunteers. Then
he was ordered to active duty at the
front. But this did not suit certain
of his political enemies. and they in
tervened with the result that General
Dix was transferred to command in
Baltimore.
The Maryland city was cOmpara,-
lively unimportant post miles from
the Virginia battlefields. General Dix
had been safely hidden away. where
opportunity could not seek him out.
Suddenly the day. Of Bull Run came.
The federal troops were overwhelmed
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01
PART OF THE spy SYSTEM.

There is an opening for a governcss
In a certain Philadelphia family.
The German governess has departed
She had not been long in the family
and there had been some disposition to
question the wisdom Of hiring her. but
she looked all right; had mild manners
and, consequently. she was taken on.
\ few nights after she had been in
the house. where nothing had occurred
to change the favorable opinion that
was had Of her. the head of the family
halted a moment beside the nursery
door as the little ones were being
taught their prayers before retiring.
When the aforesaid head heard the
governess add to the familiar suppl
cation the words: God bless the Ho-
hefzollerns and the Hapsburgs." a
flanr movement was Immediately
mad. On the enemy.
TIE German gOverness left hurriedly.
TIE beauty of this story is that II is
stranger than fiction.--Philadelphia
PuDN:ALedEer,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01

Another example o. the stuff the
National. army Is made Of Is O. H.
Lennon. a member Of the Missoula
contingent at Camp Lewis.
When the draft called Lennon to
the colors he claimed exemption. on
account Of the wife who was, depend
ing upon his support. The exemp
ton was granted.
Lennon was dissatisfied. however,
and as the time drew near for the boys
TO leave the Lennon family held a con-
sultation. The result was that the
husband appeared the next day at the
sheriffs office and asked to have the
exemption cancelled.
The matter was taken up with the
adjutant general at Helena. and now
Lennon Is doing his bit with the boys
in khaki.
The wife is at home. doing her bit
with the women in Bingham.
J. II. Faulds. editor Of the North
west Tribune of Stevensvillc. re-
turned last night from trip through
the eastern part of the state. Mr..
Faulds stopped off at the state fair at
Helena during his trip and declared
last night that the Missoula exhibit
was an outstanding feature of the
celebra ton.
While on his tour of the state MIR.
Faulds visited many of the state
editors. He declared that a great ma
iority of them are planning to attend
the annual meeting of the state press
association. which will convene in
Missoula this week for a four -day
session.
Il was highly pleased with the Mis-
soula exhibit at the fair said Mr..
Faulds, land I believe the Missoula
county exhibitors had one of the best
displays at Helena"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01

Last word to the editors of Montana
and their wives. daughters and sweet
hearts: there will be n lot of sorely
disappointed people In Missoula II you
fail to attend the annual convention of
the Montana Press association en-
masse. Forget all about the old
paper. Never mind whether It comes
out or not. Just say to yourself that
nobody will miss 1t anyhow. Come 10
Missoula and We will promise to "cut
'er loose" for you.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01
SILVER.

The rising price of silver Is having
fine results in our own bailiwick.
With the quotation over the dollar
!, mark there are increa sing signs of &C.
tivity in the mining Of the white metal.
The Interstate Callahan in the Occur
dAlene district earns from three to
twenty cents ton. with each cent OF
advance The Bunker Hill and Sulli-
! van, well known to our readers. pro-
to the ton, or s11.66 more than two
years ago. There are greater profits
in the British Columbia mines. The
ore mines in the lead belt contain from
thirty to ninety ounces Of silver to the
ton and the price received is from
$3.50 to 5000 more than the average
price of two years ago. Some mines
yield 200 ounces of silver to the ton
and to these there has been an in
crease of s74.0O for the current year.
We may well look forward to a re-
,ival of silver mining that will surpass
in production and activity anything
known in our history. There arc
abundant reasons for predicting an
extraordinary demand for silver. and
nance. Silver has been boarded by
millions everywhere. especially by the
farmers. small traders and peasants Of
the European countries. India some
times known as 1.-THE sponge of silver"
has in the last twenty months received
more than 20,000.0O0 pounds from the
British government. Silver is not
: only priced as the chief legal tender in
india, but is used for religious pur-
poses and In the crafts and arts to an
extra ordinary degree. When an East
Indian OF. high cast dies he is buried
with his silver ornaments and these
are not disturbed after death. The
rupee Is the standard silver coin Of
the eastern world. The East Indians
want the silver itself and not a paper
note.
It happens in this war that India
has many things wanted by Europe
Her people have absorbed 46,000.0 0C
silver rupees since February. 1916
Since the war the area of the rupc,
has increased in the Persian Gulf
MesOpotamia, East Africa, Egypt ant
Palestine, which are on silver basis
Then there is China. which is tn,
only important independent nation il
the world with a silver standard. o
late II has been expanding large sum
causing tremendous drain Of coin.
The soldiers have a dislike for pare
currency. They want specie. and tina
means more silver. Even the Ameri
can soldiers in Europe. It is said. vii
be paid largely in silver. Our owl
8 government demands large quantitic
4 oe bullion for that very purpose a
kfNbsidiary coinage. Silver is goin
nea> price because 1t is needed 70
Jpned Il.
ss,ssc.,,o o:ceven in Germany silve
,ppeared. while til
49, = gold. TIL
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01
AND THE HORSE REFUSES TO
BULGE.

At the very successful Newport horse
show automobiles had to take the gar
ages. The motor car may be useful
but 1t has never succeeded In crowding
the horse out Of his place in the mag
ination. And even in the market the
price of horses goes up all the time
New York Evening Sun.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01

flatctl currency. and this must be re.
placed later by metal.
Tho people Of Montana are intensely
interested in this situation for re-
turn to silver mining spells more and
vast prosperity for our common
wealth.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01
ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY,

(FrOm the st. Paul Pioneer Press.N
III were a young man again." said
a mechanic in middle life. Il would 90
to the farm and become independent.
and nothing could hold me-" Is every
young man sure he won't be saying
the same thing some day?
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01
UTAH eoREs FOR OIL.

Salt Lake City. Utah.--I.. l.. Roaz,
former member Of the United States
geological survey. said the Pioneer OIL
company would begin drilling at an
early date in a location between Kays-
Vile and Pennington.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01
PRAISES SCHOOL JAN,roR.

Muncie. Ind.-W. s. King. assistant
secretary of the state board of health.
in addressing school janitors, told them
that "the janitor occupies much
more important position In school than
the teachers"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01
THE WAGES OF SIN.

It's pretty bad plan to sacrifice
ones reputation for veracity. as the
Hohenzollerns are beginning to find
News and Courier,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01
Godfathers of Army Camps
BY James c. Young.

Americas former National Guard National
history
o suc
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01
WAR POE1R r
vsur Lad, and Ny Lad.

Ysur Lad, and NY Lad.
(By Randall Parrish. In the Chicago
Tribunal
Down toward the deep. blue water,
marching ID throb Of drum.
From city street and country lane the
lines of khaki come:
The rumbling guns, the sturdy tread.
are full Of grim appeal.
While rays of western sunshine flash
back from FURNISHED steel.
with eager eyes and cheeks aflamd
the serried ranks advance:
And your deaf lad. and my dear lad,
are on their way to France.
A sob clings choking in the throat. ~
file on file sweep by.
Between those cheering multitudes, to
where the great ships lie:
The batteries halt, the columns wheel.
to clear toned bugle -call.
with shoulders squared and faces
front they stand a khaki wall.
Tears shine on every watchers cheek.
love speaks in every glance;
For your dear lad. and my dear lad.
are on their way to France.
Before them. through mist Of years,
in soldier buff or blue.
Brave comrades from a thousand fields
watch now in proud review:
The same old Flag. the same old Faith
the Freedom of the World
Spells Duty in those Tapping folds
above long ranks unfurled.
Strong are the hearts which bear along
Democracy's advance.
As your dear lad. and my dear lad, 60
on their way to France.
| The word rings out: million feet
tramp forward on the road,
Along that path of sacrifice Der
which their fathers strobe.
With eager eys and cheeks aflame.
with cheers on smiling lips.
| These fighting men Of ~ move on
ward to their ships.
| Nor even love may hold them back. or
halt that stern advance.
AS your dear lad, and my dear lad, 60
on their way to France.
| The New Ally.
(By Harry Kemp in Munseys' Maya
zine.)
| Their great gray ships go plunging
forth;
| The waves. wind weakened from the
| north.
| Swarm up their bows and fall away.
| And wash the air with golden spray.
Far off is flung their battle-line;
| Far off their great guns flame and
shine;
| And we are one with them-we rise
With dawning thunder in our eyes
| To join the embattled hosts that kept
| Their pact with freedom while we slept.
1917.
(By Susan Hooker whitman, in the
Kansas City starr
1T is long since knighthood was In
flower.
There are no men today who tower
Above their kind-the knights are dust.
Their names forgot, their good swords
rust"
We idly say And yet, In truth
The brave soul has eternal youth.
Like the great lighthouse rising free.
Whose, far-flung beams guide ships
at sea,
God lifts above his fellow man
A steadfast soul to dare and plan.
A king of men. by right divine.
Who in his forehead bears the sigh
He walks along the city street:
Unknowing, in the fields we meet
A modern knight In whose hand lies
A mighty Nations de3tinies.
Then say no more. the knights arc
gone,
Honor and Truth and Right live on,
And men today would keep the bridge
Horatius kept-from rocky ridge
Heroic Youth would still fling down
His horse, himself to save the town.
Columbia calls.
Off with your hats and lift them high,
Our own. our sons are passing by.
After Days.
(By Eric Chilman in the Poetry Re.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01

Rather than MAXI a Scene the bride
promises to obey.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-01

After. Days.
(By Eric Gilman In the Poetry Re.
view.N
When the last gun has long withheld
Its thunder. and its mouth is sealed
Strong men shall drive the furrow
straight
On some remembered battle field.
Untroubled they shall hear the loud
And gusty driving of the rains.
And birds with immemorial voice
Sing as Of old in leafy lanes.
The stricken. tainted soil shall be
Again a flowery paradise
Pure with the memory of the dead
And purer for their sacrifice.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-09-07
stand in this shape:

stand in this shape:
 The people of tue United States will have loaned to their Government $2, ,000 100000 in return for which they will have received $2,. 900 worth of nherty loan bonds, which is as valuable security the world affords Moreover they will have in their pockets their banks the $2, ,00O 100000 which they loan ed their Government The Government will have expended part of this money itself, and those European nations engaged in war with Germany, whose obligations Government has purchased with part of the money reallz- cd from the sale of liberty loan bonds will have expended the other part, and all of it will have been spent in America for American products and in payment of American wages.
 The resources of the Nation, its capital stock, so to speak, will not have been impaired at all Our farms our mines, our factories, in fact our fixed property and industries, will main intact Our people will simply have sold some of the annual products of the country, the products of its farms the products of its mines, and products of its factories.
 Thus, the Government will have value ceived for the money it borrowed from the people and the people will have value received for the money they loaned the Government and the products they sold their Government and the European nations enegaged in with Germany.
 Of course, the United States is going to pay these bonds at maturity and is going to pay interest on them in the meanwhile. 1t is go- ing to pay part with the money it will. later collect from our debtor European Governments engaged in with Germany; 1t is going to pay part with money raised by taxation. It is not going to pay them out of the capital of the United States or out of the capital of the peo- pie of he United States. The money is to come from the annual income and production of the country, which amount to $50,0O000 000 The yearly agricultural production of the United States is more than $10O00O00,O00 and the mineral production $3,00000O,000. The profits of converting material into finished products amount annually to $10,000,00 000 These are just some of our main sources of an- nlal income.