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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-10
Who Gets the War Tax? You Do

Whenever we're forced to
pay more for things we've al
ways bought at a fixed price,
human nature takes it out on
the seller.
When the U. S. government
said: You must pay a penny
or two more for your movies
after November first" the
movie fans first thought was a
protest. Most OF us forgot that
the movie man doesn't get the
extra price. Uncle Sam has
started a new busineSS--the
business of peace insurance.
He needs capital and he's get
ting it by taking us all into
partnersI1ip-giving us an OPP
portunity to share in the pro-
fits.
So we shouldn't hold a
grudge against the movie man,
and we shouldn't go less often
to the movies. They're worth
the added cent or two anyway
and always have been. We've
paid less than we should Just
because the movie man hasn't
asked us more.
Where can we get SO much
entertainment for SO small an
outlay as at the movies9 Where
do we see and learn SO much?
And now that a part our movie
investment will be used to
overthrow autocracy we ought
to go oftener than ever.
To be known as a movie fan
will henceforth be the badge of
patriotism, the mark of loyalty.
We are serving our country
when we go to the movies now.
We are helping to win the war.
With this thought uppernost
we shall pay our war penny
gladly, go frequently, and wish
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-10
NEMSNOIES' -11pQIELAND
~. .,6yDAIgYDRAN Eghg
6V DAISY DEAN

Law" He wae starred In the Kay
Bee Triangle picture, 'sThe Moral
Fabric" and has been a featured
player in "The Golden Claw" "The
Edge Of the Abyss" for the same
Company, and for Famous Players,
Pie House of Mirrors" and 1.-THE
Flower Of Faith. :" On the speaking
stage he has appeared in the sup
port OF practically every well known
star in America and England. In
the London production OF "fhe
Three Musketeers" he played Athos
TO Sir Herbert Trees DArtagnan,
Bought and Paid For" Ready
Money and 1.-THE Family Cupboard
have been among hts most promi-
nent American successes. MR Mills
was born In Kalamazoo, Mich, and
was educated at the University Of
Michigan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-10

Mary Miles Minter, the charming lit
tie American star. will give a big
Christmas dinner to the children and
families OF the Santa Barbara men
called to the training camp Miss
Mary intends to see that no little
Santa Barbara children miss the usual
Christmas festivities because Of the
hardships Of some families during wal
time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-10
Loses Interest in Custard Pies.


Mabel Normand is dennitely sost to /
the slapstick forces She has turned
her back on the throbbing heart of the
comediC custard. She is now polite
coincidence, and says she prefers to be
known for what she may accomplish
in the future rather than for her work
in the past Mabel would not be the
first TO graduate from broad and rabid
type of humor to the higher levels of
polite amusement. David Warfeld
found the secret of great acting in the
crudities OF burlesque Henry DiXey at
one time impersonated the forelegs of
the heifer in "Adonis' Francis VIII
son was once clog dancer and some
recall the days when Marie Tempest
wore fleshings. 1t would appear then
that Keystone Mabel has all the chance
in the world TO because a farceuse,
whatever that 1t; but for our part we
prefer her as she u.s. or was, vibrant,
impetuous little sprite with a nerve
for anything.
Frank Mills is one of the busiest
leading men in pictures. In addition
10 creating the part Of Dwight Alden.
opposite the celebrated star, Ethel
barrymore, in Metros screen version
of the Sidney Mccall novel. Red
Horse IIill," he is rehearsing in Art
and Opportunity" forthcoming stage
production under the management Of
Oliver Morosco In the daytime he is
working in the studio in support OF
Miss Barrymore, and,in the evening he
is rehearslng for the stage produc-
tion. A patriotic interest is attached
to art and Opportunity since its
English author. Harold Chaplin. who
was an aviator, was recently shot
down while on scouting duty inside
the German lines.
Frank Mills is one OF the most
valuable members of the Metro
forces. He has recently appeared
opposite Emily Stevens in "a Sleep
Ing Memory" and "The Wheel Of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-10

Constance Talmadge has been hav-
ing hard time trying to do Her Hon
eymoon" at Niagara Falls. Just when
they found a pretty place to take the
outdoor scenes a detachment of Cam
adam police arrested the whole troupe
for taking photographs in defiance Of
military orders. 1t seems they had
chosen a restricted military zone.
Evidently Jane Cowl isn't going to
keep all Of her self-written dramas for
herself. Her story "Daybreak," has
been sold to Metro and will be re-
vealed on the screen with Emily Stew
ems as the star.
Irene Castle in Stranded in Ar
cady" fools everybody by not dane
I ing a step and having very limited
assortment of clothes.
Nell Shipman rides circus horse
in evening clothes in one of the
! scenes that mark her return to the
Vitagraph fold She rides bareback,
too-both ways, If you must know.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-10

During the filming Of The Silent
Man" starring William S. Hart. a pho
tographic effect which experts had
considered impossible was obtained.
Hart is shown, a solitary figure, stand
ing on a great rock, watching through
the night DER the girl he loves A
full moon floods the desert landscape
with its beams. 1t had always been
maintained by those who specialize on
the motion picture camera that there
was one thing the camera could not
do--that Is, communicate real moon
light scene to the film This scene
was taken in the Mojave desert when
the moon was at the full, and the eff
feet, which Is beautifully weird and
uncanny. is shown for the first time
in motion pictures.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-07-13
COME AND GONE

Miss Mary Nelson, who attends the
st. Cloud normal, was in the city for
visit at her home over Sunday.
Miss Aileen Belyea visited friends
in the twin cities over Sunday.
Peter Grezca, who is employed at
East Grand Forks, arrived Sunday for
few days. visit with his parents
here.
Miss Helen johnson went to Min
neapolis Sunday for a visit with rela-
tives and friends.
Claude Detloff returned to his home
in Minneapolis the latter part of last
week, after a visit with friends here
for several days.
Harry Mohl, who is employed in
Minneapolis, visited his parents here
the latter part of lat week.
Miss Frances Kmitch returned %
her home in St. Cloud Sunday, after
a visit with Miss Helen Roger of this
city.
Miss Alfredo Carlson left Monday
afternoon for Minneapolis, where she
will be employed during the summer
months.
Hans Elvig returned the latter part
of last week from a business tri p to
Breckenridge.
Mrs. J. W. Jarboe went to Fl. Rip
ley for a weeks visit at the Hide
brand home.
Edwin johnson returned Thursday
evening Of last week to Devils Lake,
n. D., where he is employed, after a
short visit with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Erick johnson.
70 I'd ro%ur,,
ed Friday to Duluth, where he is do
ing guard duty with the First Mime
sofa, after spending several days at
his home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Ploof and lit
tie son, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Les
cault, Mr.. and Mrs. II. Derosier and
daughter Of this city and Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Gagnon and Miss Mae Gotta of
Oriska, n. D., motored to Mile Laos
lake Sunday.
Mr.. aud Mrs. q. Finstad OF Mime
apolis and John Dahl and Mrs. NJ.
Hanson Of Clausholm, Canada, were
guests at the T. o. Berg home here
Sunday. They motored up from Min
neapolis.
Mrs. Edward Luckel of Minneapolis
visited her mother here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Peterson
of Eveleth. who have been visiting
relatives here, were in Minneapolis
Monday and Tuesday.
Miss Appelonia Ruff visited friends
at St. Cloud the first of the week.
Mrs. P. NJ. johnson and Mrs. A.
Holm went to Goodhue Monday to
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. II. J. Holmes
for few days.
Asa Curtis made a business trip to
Brainerd and points on the Guyana
range Monday.
Mrs. D. G. Cole of Minneapolis ar
rived the first Of the week for VISIT
with her aunt, Mrs. H. A. Rider.
Miss Georgina Utsch, who is en-
ployed in Minneapolis, is visiting with
her parents here this week.
Miss Gertrude Brown returned Sat-
urday to St. Paul, where she is en-
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-07-13

ployed as stenographer, after a visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dana
! Brown. .-.-.
R. L. Palmer made business trip
to Minneapolis Monday.
Mrs. j. C. West and children of
Minneapolis arrived the latter part Of
i last week for visit with Mrs. West s
! parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. II. Enke.
Miss Gladys Billiard, who has pu-
!! sition as stenograpner at Ellsworth,
! Wis, is in the city this week for a
. visit with her mother.
son of Chicago left Sunday for visit
at Middle River, after a short visit
at the home of Mr.. Hardenbrook s
| brother, J. n. Hardenbrook.
H. J. LaFond and family motored
to Onamia Sunday.
| Francis Duclos, who has been visit
ing his parents here for some time,
left Saturday for Chicago, where he
is employed.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Y. McNairy and
son Louis returned Sunday from a
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. Peter
son at Geneva Mrs. Peterson is a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. McNairy.
Mrs. V. G. Daygert and two children
returned to their home in Willmar
Monday, after a visit at the G. II.
Enke home.
Mrs. L. A. Smelling and son went to
! Crookston Monday, for a visit with
relatives and friends. Mr.. Smelling
went to Crookston Wednesday.
Miss Ruby Buskirk went to Turtle
! River Monday for two weeks visit
| with relatives.
Stanley Lundquist of Minneapolis
! returned home Saturday, after spend
ing several days at the Frank Gus
tafson home in this city.
F. W. Lyon spent Sunday with his
family at Birch Lake. His grandchil-
dren, Frank and Helen Bane of Brain
erd, met him here and accompanied
him to the lake Saturday.
Miss Effe Butler returned to her
home in st. Paul Friday, after visit
with Misses Elaine and Elvira Ruth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Sandstrom
went to Minneapolis Saturday morn
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Stroming of Fl.
Ripley and Mrs. A. Landmeier of Lit
tie Falls town left Saturday for st.
James to visit friends for week.
They motored down.
o. F. Firnstahl of Little Sank,
brother of G.. w. Firnstahl of this
city, transacted business in this city
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Rose and Misses
Eva and Hattie Richard returned on
Tuesday from a visit with relatives
and friends Sank Centre. They made
the trip bv automobile.
F. R. Ziske and F. G. Ruth spent
Sunday fishing at Gull Lake.
Mrs. c. NJ. Follett of Portland, Ore,
is in the city for a visit with her
brother, DR.. E. w. Kaliher.
Mrs. Mary Ayres Of Royalton visit
ed her daughter, Mrs. Frank Renick,
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Smracker and
children returned to their home in
Melrose Friday, after a visit at the
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-07-13

E. II. Hennen home for week. One
son, Edwin Smracker, remained for
an extended visit.
Mrs. Theo. A. Gustafson returned to
her home in Grand Forks, N. D., Sat-
urday, after a visit at the Frank Gus
tafson home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur J. Falk have
gone to Lincoln for two weeks out
ing at Fish Trap lake.
Edgar Christensen, who is attending
the summer school at the state univer-
sity, spent the weekend with his par
ents here.
Miss Wilhelmina Newman of, Min
neapolis is in the city for an extended
visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Penfeld left on
Friday for trip to the east. Mr.. Pen
field will attend the national Elks con-
vention at Boston, which is in session
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. LaFond motor
ed to Minneapolis Friday for a visit
with relatives. They returned home
Tuesday.
Mrs. II. E. Pierson and two daugh-
tiers went to Minneapolis Saturday for
visit with friends.
Jennings Felix, who is doing guard
duty at St. Cloud, is home on a TO-
day furlough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Anderson and two
children Of Isanti motored to this city
Saturday for a visit at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Axel B. johnson of the
West side. Miss Edith johnson and
Axel johnson accompanied them home
for visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. W. Carlson and two
daughters, Bernette and Rosalia, and
Miss Elm Carlson, left yesterday for
Anoka to spend three weeks visiting
with the mother of Mrs Carlson.
They will also visit at Minneapolis.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-07-13
! H0G.WALL0W NEWS
DUNK B0rTs Regular Correspondent a
George Bngham) @1#< II. 's.
DUNK Bolts, Regular Correspondent
George Bingham)

Slim Pickens says ants have rep
utation Of being terrible hustlers, but
that he never heard Of one amounting
to very much in the community.
Breathing is the first and last thing
a person does.
Film billiard, who has been confined
has not been missed a great deal from
the business activities around Hog
wallow, but he was greatly surprised
at the way the vegetables and weeds
and other garden products had grown
during his absence.
Dock Hooks says a large per cent
of US have speaking acquaintance
of from three to ten thousand people.
And it is not what you think of those
people, but what they think of you.
On account Of the: hot weather in
summer time Jefferson Potlocks al
way has the window glass removed
from his spectacles.
Flick Hellwanger and Fletcher Hen
step raised an argument. at the black
smith shop Thursday, when one Of
them asked what kin drink of Ticker
is to a dose of patent medicine.
The bed-bug IS the low-brow: of the
lowly. Yet there is no record of one
ever having starved to death.
Raj Barlow has put in his applica-
ton as engineer on the Tickville rail-
road. to take effect when the present
engineer gets killed in a wreck.
Yam Sims has gone to work with a
wheat thresher during the social sea-
son.
Parlor Melodrama
Oscar Rogers, tall, fuzzy-necked
young man with mild bronze features,
stood with folded arms and gazed Vi
olently at June Wainwright, small,
dried-up young lady, weighing about
ninetv-fve pounds gross.
Oscar was very mad, and with phon.
oeraphic tones Kissed these words
through his two large front squirrel
teeth:
"You, June wainwright, by your
feminine infdelity, have, so to speak,
shattered my windshield Of conf
dence. punctured my tires of ambi-
ton, bent NV axles Of hope and kill
ed my engine Of love, with your clan
dcstine maneuvers with Helvy Cain,
tho veterinary surgeon. And the
whole world must know Of it, even if
I have to advertise it on the want
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-07-13
WEST BELLEVUE

July 11.-Mr. Edden went to Rial
ton Wednesday. ~
c. NJ. Brockway was in Little tlls
Saturday. ..~.:.4.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Mathieson fre
in this vicinity Sunday.
Fred Brockway left for Clear Ike,
Iowa, Saturday, after spendin a
week at the home of his parents Pr.
and Mrs. G. E. Brockway. til.
F. J. FISHERMAN went to RoEon
Friday. -nz @
w. B. Mulberry and wife and R.
Stone and daughter autoed to tile
Falls Monday.
J. r. Stone and daughter visit at
the F. E. Brockway home Sundd
The annual school meeting wi be
held in the red school house ibis
trict No. 5, on Saturday, July Dat
3 o'clock p. m. All voters are REST
ed to be present.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-07-13

page. I am now about to leave this
parlor forever, never again to sit on
your divan or listen to your canary
bird.'
After these husky utterances had
died away, Oscar, with cool deliber-
alton, removed a toothpick from his
mouth and put it back into his pocket
with the other matches.
June wainwright swayed back and
forth with emotion, and then burst in
to nearly a hundred tears. Though
she was very brave, she broke down
and rewept, this time with her head
buried in the hem.stitched sofa pill
low. It was all more than she could
bear.
Oscar, who had moved up close to
the stove to dry his tears, now stood
with his hand on the white and silent
door-knob. "Let's see,'' said he pull
ing out his frank, open-faced watch;
"the next train goes at three eight to-
morrow afternoon. Then, re-winding
his timepiece, he replaced it in his
pocket and drew out half-smoked
cigarette and relit it, after which he
passed out the door, closed it softly
and hurried away, helter-skelter, on
his new bicycle.
After the cigarette smoke had clear.
ed away, June wainwright fixed her
hair behind, and then threw herself
on the piano stool and sang violently.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-07-13

The Young Mothers club met at
the home Of Mrs. Edw. A. Berg Fri
day afternoon. Mrs. Raymond Brick
read paper on "Training the Child
for Future Usefulness and Mrs.
Theodore Strehkens read one on
"Clothes and Their Influence on
Character.' This was the last meet
inc Of the season.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-07-13

The 17-year-old daughter Of George
Olson Of this city was operated upon
for hernia at st. Gabriel's hospital
Tuesday morning.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-07-13

Chester Tanner, in a letter to his
parents here, states that he is now at
the training station near Philadelphia.
He says Lawrence Cook is also there
and both occupy the same tent.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-07-13

Arthur Miller, son Of J. F. Miller
of Fl. Ripley, was operated upon for
appendicitis at St. Gabriel's hospital
Monday.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-05-12
A SINGLE SLICE
OF BREAD

WASHINGTON, D. C.-"Many
Mickle Makes a Muckle." A single
slice of bread seems an unimportant
thing. In manyhouseholds l or more
slices of bread daily are thrown away
and not used for human food. Some
times stale u or h-loaves are
thrown out. Yet l good sized slice Of
bread-such as child likes to cut
weighs an ounce. 1t contains almost
q OF an ounce Of flour. II everyone
Of the countrys 20,000.000 homes
wastes on the average Of only 1 such
slice OF bread a day, the country is
throwing away daily over $4,000 ounces
of flour-over SIS, 900 pounds. or enuf
flour for over a million 1-pound loaves
q day. For a full year at this rate,
there would be q waste OF over 3d.
900, 900 pounds of flour-1, 90, 900
barrels of flour-enuf to make $685.
900, 900 loaves. AS it takes 4 u bushels
of wheat to make a barrel Of ordin-
ary flour, this waste would represent
the flour from over 100000 bushels
of wheat. Ia 9-lO bushels OF wheat on
the average are raised per acre. 1t
would take the fruit of some 470 900
acres to provide a single slice OF bread
to be wasted daily in every home. To
produce this much flour calls for an
army Of farmers, railway men, flour
mill people. To get the flour to the
consumer calls for many freight cars
and the use OF many tons of coal But,
some one says, a full slice of bread is
not wasted in every home. Very we'll
mako It daily slice for every or
every 10 or every 80 homes-make 1t
a weekly or monthly slice In every
home-or make the wasted slice thin
ner. The waste OF flour involved is
still appalling-altogether too great
to be tolerated when wheat is scarce.
Any waste of bread is ineXcusable,
when there are so many ways of u.s.
ing stale bread to cook delicious dishes.
The United States department of ag-
riculture. Washington. d. c., or your
state agricultural college, will tell you
how to use stale bread in many ways
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-05-12
CALM
U-BOAT FEARS

German U-boats" suddanly appear
ing off Florida Fairgrounds are the
progeny Of the "spoOS" chips of the
Spanish war, and merely another
name for stray logs and barrels. So
long as submarines require at least
so feet of water in order TO dive
and much prefer so and overt is
safe to predict that no inducements
will make them enter harbors or per-
wade shoals around the coast where
the soundings are less They will
also sedulously avoid the channels,
bays and seaports wherein thoughtful
ly disposed mine fields will be walt
ing their arrival In order to get
here, submarines starting from a base
in Germany have to travel about
4,s00 miles. Many people think that
they do this under water. They do
not, and cannot. A submarine is sim
ply q motor car. She has a Diesel
oil engine which propels her on the
surface and also charges a storage
battery which supplies current to the
electric motor by which she is driven
when below the surface. When she
dives. she shuts off the oil engine
and starts the electric motor. How
far she can go on the water depends
primarily on how much oil she can
above water when her tanks are emp
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-05-12
THE CORN CROP
TO THE RESCUE

The great sheet anchor OF the Unit
ed States against any real shortage Of
food is the corn crop. 1t makes most
OF our meat and 1t might make all our
bread. OF this king of cereals we have
usually grown In later years nearly 8
billion bushels. This 10 enuf to give
every man, woman and child in the
nation 3 meals Of delicious bread q
day and still have enuf remaining to
feed the live stock almost as much as
we grew last year. Anyone who re-
members how the Confederate soldiers
marched and fought In our Civil war
on corn bread baked In camp, or how
the American Indian would fare forth
to hunt or fight with no food but a
bag of parched corn, will laugh at any
talk OF real dietary disaster from a
shortage In wheat. The farmers and
millers of the country should prepare
for an expansion OF the cornmeal busi-
ness. The farmers should study the re-
quirements of the millers as to quality,
and save their corn accordingly. The
millers should exhume from the lit
erature OF the past the writings OF
Corn" Murphy. of Iowa, for hints as
to the way cornmeal may be brought
to the attention of the consumers, and
should write the department Of agri-
culture at Washington for up-to-the-
minute wisdom along the same lines.
This meal is today the cheapest food
in big price list before me,-Herbert
Quick, in Saturday Evening Post.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-05-12
COWS TO HELP
WIN THE WAR

''Why" writes a subscriber "do you
insist that dairying farmers shall go
into the Holstein strain? Are not
the Guernseys and Jerseys as good ?"
Possibly. But majority OF the cows
OF dairy dimensions are Holsteins and
the Holsteln COW is the predominant
cow. Therefore she should be en-
couraged. For district that has one
breed, breeds that breed high And
the higher and better the breed, the
better the result for the district. This
war will be won finally not with poY-
der but on grease. Grease Is the
thing that will save. the allies. The
lack of grease is Killing Germany.
Germany has starch and sugar and
gluten; but she lacks grease. Every
Holstein COW put To work making but
terfat is as good as a l0-inch gun on
the battlefield, or a submarine chaser
I'm the water. For the COW furnishes
grease And with all the flour and
potatoes and sugar in the world IL
we don't have grease. we are licked,
50 all hail to the COW: lo1[ moy she
wave. And let her tribe IL reuse by
hundred fold we will le do!n, "a
great patriotic service to mankind
Emporia Gazette.
The St. Joseph observer., 1917-05-12

Probably the only Missouri calf with
a wooden leg is browsing on the farm
OF w. d. Brown, in Ray county. The
calf belonged to a neighbor and last
winter stuck nail in Its hoof, sustain
ing injuries promising TO be fatal
Craig Brown saw the calf and had an
idea. He bought the animal and sent
for veterinary, who amputated the
calf's leg. Later a wooden leg was
substituted and the calf is now only a
little slower than the other cattle in
the pasture.