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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16
HOPE FOR RENTERS

The federal land banks are apt to
reduce the proportion of tenant far
mers and increase the proportion Of
farm owners.
Money at per cent, without any
trimmings, and for a long term o
years, is apt to be exceedingly attrac-
tive to q great number OF industrious
farmers who are earning good liy
ing, paying high rents for the land
they till, and laying up surplus.
BY renouncing few lnxnriss.
drawing ont that surplus. and paying
q little more rent to Uncle Sam, they
can virtually earn the farm. Thsy
will get their deed after ! while.
In the meantime they know that
they will not be forced to move noxt.
spring; nor, Il they5 snriell tho aeldaE
and thus raiss laFee ~ 4 6ssoI I'M q q
ne penal ~ = ~ 7 y lStii1 iil 4 r. (l
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16

and the mistaken belief on one side er
the other that this self development
justly requires the subjection of other
peoples
No peace which is lasting can ever
come until the nations great and
small accept the democratic princi.
pie that there is and shall be no sup.
ernation. to rise through subjection
of others. and the truth that each
people has in it something of peculi-
ar value which it can contribute to
that civilization for which we are al
striving. And until that principal
is accepted-and that truth recogniz-
ed. unrest must be unending. What
ever economic arrangement may be-
made, however perfect and compre-
hensive may become the machinery
for enforcing the treaties of the ma
tions, those peoples who are not &C.
corded equality of opportunity for
full development will prove q source
of irritation; injustice will bring ito
inevitable penalty; and the peace Of
the world will be broken again and
again, as those little nations OF the
Balkans have taught US In recent
years.
Equal opportunity for all peoples
as for all individnals-that is the e.
sential of international as we'll as OF
nat!oaa! justice upon which peace
which is to be permanent must rest.
Unless that fundamental right is rec
ognized and granted universally,
there will be discord and war In the
future, as there has been in the past.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16
OUR WISE WAR POLICY

Before America entered the war
and since there has been heard much
criticism of the government for the
"plodding" manner in which it has
gone about war preparation. Those
who have been freest to crlticise
have given little thought to the dis
asters the country met in civil war
times when men were rushed to the
front without drill or other prepara-
tion and otficered by men wholly in
experienced. They have not given
thought to the disasters Of the entente
allies whose armies were sent into
the great struggle three years ago
without preparation. OF this criti-
cism and the governments policy the
Sioux City Tribune very aptly says:
Time clarifies the vision. There s
never lack of hindsight: always a
lack of foresight. But the American
people are beginning to appreciate
there has been foresight in America g
preparations for war.
Had the government rushed pell
nell into the war and attempted to
raise troops with a Whoop and a
shout by the old volunteer system,
placing them under the command of
officers appointed through political
pull as in former wars, concentrating
the men in unprepared and unsani
tary camps, the result would have
been disastrous and disheartening.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16
MAY RECOVER MUCH WHISKY

Sioux CITY, Aug. 1l-One hundred
barrels of 50-years old whisky may be
the reward of E Il. Wenner, county
surveyor of Union county. s. D., thru
the salvaging of the partly buried
steamer Leodora, which was sunk in
the Missouri in the early seventies.
The Leodora was used for traffic on
the big Muddy" when railroads were
scarce in the middle west. On the last
trip the ship caught fire and was aban-
doned by her crew. The ship was
stranded on the Nebraska side Of the
river. about twenty miles north Of
Sioux City, but since then the river
has changed Its sandy course and now
the hull is partly buried on the South
Dakota side. When the vessel went
down its entire cargo consisted of 200
barrels of whisky. Half of it was re-.
covered sometime afterward.
Five years ago Wenner conceived the
idea of salvaging the remainder of the
cargo and set to work with pumps ex-
tracting water AM! sand from her hull.
He worked off and on at the task and .
has reached the old safe which ID
in the hold and now he believes he will
soon be rewarded for his labors by
reaching the buried treasure.
AT the prevailing price of liquor this
cargo is thought to be worth $45, GOO.
Because of it's extreme age in wooden
casks it doubtless would command 8
much higher price.
| The Leodora had an interesting ca :
reer. The vessel was built by the Chi
cago Alton railway company in the eos.
The ship was named after the wife Of
the president of the company. 1t was
first used for transport work in Illinois
and Upper Missouri rivers.
just how Wenner will dispose Of his
liquor is not certain, as he will be pro-
| hi5ited from selling it in Iowa, Sou th
Dakota or Nebraska. 1t is thought he
will carry it down the Missouri to st.
Joseph or Kansas City where no law
acts as bar to its SALE;
l u ~
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16
FOOD CONTROL

The administration acquired the
power to regulate food production,
conservation and distribution with
the signing by President Wilson Fri
day OF the measure recently passed
by both houses of congress. The for
NAL appointment of Herbert G, Hoov-
er as administration was the initial
step OF the government in meeting a
situation that promises to be one of
the biggest factors in the final deci-
sion of the present great war.
The ability OF Mr.. Hoover In this
position has never been seriously
questioned by the American public.
The administration which he heads
will be delegated the power granted
the government under the food survey
and control laws. Under these cir
cnmstaDces the American people can
rightfully hope to observe develop.
| ments which will tend to relieve pres
ent conditions to some extent. at
at least in the near future.
However, the public will discover
that the possibility for success or
failure of the undertaking rests not
entirely upon Mr.. Hoover and his
associates. but to a greater extent
upon the degree of operation which
the food administration will receive
1 from fhp non to,,
| servatlon, real in character, in the
kitchen of every American home will
be absolutely necessary. Waste must
| be eliminated and the American must
be prepared to change his diet to
some extent if real success is to come.
The attitude of the general public
on this question is undoubted Prof
lteeIlng must be com batted. Govern
| ment agents will be poWerless if the
people do not work hand in hand with
them in the effort to exterminate
| this pest. Couspiracies to exact un-
| due profits from the sale of necessar
les Of life; speculation and unfair
trade agreements must all be invest-
gated and dealt with. The food or
ganization faces a huge task. Fair
prices, however. and an adequate and
equal distribution of foodstutTs is the
ultimate purpose. Cost studies must
be made to ascertain fair prices. 1t
Will necessitate great labor to accom-
pIish all this. But the public, in th G
end, will reap the benefit and every
assistance possible should be giver
the food administration in accom-
p)ishing it's purpose.
| Besides supplying our own needs al
reasonable prices, the food organiza
tion faces the task of ascertainine
and conserving every crum of food.
stuffs we do not actually need, fol
shipment to our allies in Europe
Naturally we will look to our owr
needs first, but wherever America
can save a pound of food for her allies
it means that the defeat O.
Germany is nearer. Food is the cry
ing need in European countries an(
what this nation can spare will &C
far in determining the final outcome
| MI. Hoover is competent and his
organization mas the necessary pow
ers, but unless he receives the hearty
cooperation of the public in hi
efforts, only failure will result.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16
PERUVIAN SENATE IS
WITH AMERICA

Lima, Peru, Aug. 9. The Peruvian
senate today adopted resolution
expressing the sympathy Of Peru
with the motive of the United States
as declared by President Wilson for
participating in the European con-
fiict.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16

Alfred and Edwin Jaynes arrived
home Tuesday. having been given a
several days fnrlough. Alfred is
stationed at Fortress Monroe and
Edwin at Cape Henry in coast de-
fense service. Their many friend 3
ARE glad 70 see them back.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16

The man who ducks out of the con-
scfiption will not tell his grand
children about it, but somebody else
will.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16

Germany's newspapers do not warm
ep to the new eabioet. The suspicion
is that it is composed of some dead
timber.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16

When the Germans think the Rus
slams going good and plenty, the Bear
Cats turn around and capture two
villages.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16

The senate, which felt it necessary
to he in session during the war, talks
for weeks at q time and then puts
the whole thing up to the pres ident.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16

IT may be wicked, but we can't
help hoping that the drop in the price
OF potatoes caught few spectators
who were holding thousands of bush
els for rise.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16

One Omaha man was so anxious to
escape the draft that he had every
tooth in hisshead cat Off at the gums.
A fellow like thai deserves to have
six weeks siege of tootbache.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16

A clean shucging having been made
OF the shipping board, we have at
least one row !he less to bother with.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16

Champ Clark says America needs a
national anthem with a punch, but if
we can have but one thing at a time
the punch is more necessary for
arousing patriotism in Missouri.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16

What if congress were TO make S4 a
day 3 miaimam wage for labor? and
labor is one Of the elementais of pro-
dnction. Imagine what congress-
mans mail would look like.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16

Missouri is promising the nation
bumper crops jn- grains and vege-
tables. Yes. apparently they can
raise anything down that way but
United States senators.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16

The habit OF Baking did not origi-
nate among congressman, but was
handed down to the mule from his
father. The mule divided his inheri
tance With the disinherited son.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16

The Russians have hearkened to a
lot of good American advice and
could do no better right now than
act Oh Horace Greeley's famous
words, 60 west, young man, go
west.''
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16

Sioux Falls journal: Company B
boys are arranging to issue newspa-
er from headquarters and may be
continued 80 long as the company is
in service. Details are soliciting
subscriptions. although the ;irst edi-
tion will be free distribution. The
boys issued paper when on the bor-
der, 1t being such a success that they
have decided to revive the issue.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-08-16

There is one satisfaction many
thousands of people in the country
will have this fall and that is that
the spectators will be powerless to
regulate the prices they must pay for
potatoes and other vegetables. These
thousands are the ones who made use
of their vacant lots and planted them
TO vegetables last spring.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-05
REAL HAIR GROWER
FOUND AT LAsT-PARISlAN SAGE
SHOWS RESULTS IN
THREE DAYS.

II you are rapidly losing your hair
and fear badness, the Mountain City
Drug company wants you to try Pari.
sian Sage at their risk. 1t will surely
stop the excessive loss of hair and
make your hair and scalp look and
feel 100 per cent. better. or your money
refunded.
Hundreds OF men and women have
written telling Of the wonderful re.
suits obtained by using Partisan Sage.
People who were getting bald say they
now glory in their beautiful hair.
Others who have had dandruff for
years and the head itched like mad
say they had clean, healthy scalp
after just few applications of this
splendid treatment.
No matter whether you are bothered
with falling hair, gray hair, stringy
dull, brittle, oily hair. dandruff or itch.
ing scalp. try Partisan Sage today on
this money back offer. A large bottle
is inexpensive at drug stores every
where, and If your hair is worth saving
Partisan Sage is surely worth trying.
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tae eIshsh grade examination at Riyes
vile Thursday and Friday
; Wii Thrash has been carrying .
mai, m Route No. for the past few
days,
EDl;oe u; Musgrave and son Har
vyof Georgetown were visitors on this
r.a sunday.
G,Jr2 Valentine and Nellie Fortney
-pant Sunday with Elsie and Emma
Rice
~ mice Smith visited Mrs. Lon.
su.' Thursday,
1850. Smith was at Thorn Bros.
s.-1:.y.
EnG Mrs. Roy Google visited at
Mr.. Needles Sunday.
Mrs, Caroline Google has been very
poorly.
ArthH. iioult was Fairmont visit.
Luther Smith and Myrtle Hoult were
at Lonnie Smiths Thursday evening.
Several from here attended the fu-
neral OF Mrs. Elizabeth GIasscock at
Apettsville Sunday. Interment was
made in the Wildman cemetery.
Miss Dee Rice visited Nell Hoult on
Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fielden Clelland of
Fairmont and guest Mrs. Maggie
Smith Of Pittsburgh motored down
and were in this vicinity Sunday. Mrs.
Smith will visit Mr.. and Mrs. W. W.
Smith before leaving for her home.
Miss Lelah Straight spent Sunday
with Miss Mary Straight Of Bellview.
Mrs. Elizabeth Musgrave and her
daughter Goldie and Charlie Price Of
Baxter, spent Sunday evening at An.
drew Valentines.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Rice and chill.
dren Lille and Cora visited Clarence
Valentines Sunday.
Ollie Smith has returned to Fair.
mont after spending a few days with
her father.
Miss Blanche Wilson who has been
OF poor health for some time is able
to be about again.
Cora Valentine visited Mrs. Maggie
Williams one day of last week.
John Thorn was Fairmont visitor
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. p. Smith we're Fair
mont business callers Saturday
Joseph Google attended tht funeral
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PARKER's RUN

Miss Thelma Smith who has been
staying with Mrs. Keefover is staying
with her brother Will of Parker Run.
Several from here attended the box
supper at Baxter Monday evening.
Lelah Straight, Thelma Smith, Mel.
lie Fprtney and Joseph Straight spent
Friday evening with Elsie and Emma
Rice.
Juanita Blackburn was "a Saturday
evening visitor at j. W. Williams.
Jesse Rice visited John Hayhurst OF
Parker Run Wednesday evening.
A few from this vicinity attended
the party at ]. Leyman's in honor of
his son Cecil's birthday on Minister'S
Run Saturday evening.
Ollie Williams of Grafton spent last
Sunday with his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
], w. Williams.
Asby Valentine of Minister'S Run.
visited his sister Mrs. Ida Fletcher
Sunday.
run Sunday.
John Strets and two children Cbar,
es and Melvina spent Sunday at j. c |
Hazel Floyd and Bill Baker took
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stomach and some

said had consumption. had takeh
treatment from four different doctors
and got worse all the time. had Just
about given IN hopes Of ever being
we'll again. could not eat anything
couldn't take drink Of water but what
1t would nearly kill me. My stomach
was in such bad condition. ] could
not have my clothes touch II. But
since using your remedies can eat
anything l want TO and It does not
hurt me. am looking and feeling
better now than have in five or six
years. MIS-. NINToN MILLER, Redstar,
West Va.
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REHEARlNe REFusEp

CHARLESTON, w. Va. April s.
The Public Service Commission today
refused TO grant rehearing on petit.
ton OF city authorities OF Grafton
an dofficials of the TygartS Valley
Glass company. in the rate case OF the
West Virginia Gas company.
Complaints were made to the comis.
sion by citizens Of Sandtown, Mason
county. about the closing OF the rail.
road freight offices at Brosia, by the
Kanawha and Michigan Railway com.
pany. Inadequate street car service
is the subject OF complaint from citi.
gems Of the north end OF Wheeling
Island.
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DR.. Pierces Golden Medical Dis
covery helps the stomach digest the
food and manufacture nourishing
blood. II has tonic effect and soon
enables the stomach and heart to per-
form their functions in a natural.
healthy manner, without any outside
aid
Contains neither alcohol nor mar
cotics. Its ingredients are made pub
lie and printed on wrapper It's n
pure alteratiYo extract made with
glycerine - md herbs,
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The gaudy and blatant shores OF
Coney Island would seem to he the
last place 10 find genuine romance.
vet in ~ Coney Island Princess"
which is at the Grand today Edward
seldom has given us tender and pa
thetic picture of little sidc-show
dancer who has vision of escape from
her garish surroundings. but who sac
rifices all hope of a finer life for the
sake of the man she loves. A Young
and wealthy idler. Peter Millholland,
is amusing himself by playing a piano
in this side show and takes fancy to
the little dancer imagining in all good
faith that she may be transplanted to
his exclusive and wealthy home as a
bride. When. however, he brings Tess
into his set, she soon learns that hc
is ashamed of her and that his affec.
ton has really returned to girl of
his own class, so she sorrOwfully
leaves her hopes of happiness and re-
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A TOnic--CuesA
Ulcers Of Stomach.
Rcdstar, W. Var am glad that Z

am enjoying bet
ter health now
than l have IN FIVE
years. and ! give
DR.. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Dis.
covory the praise.
l was in such bad
condition l did
not think l could
live very long.
The doctors said
l had ulcers oithe
stomach and some
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turns to her lonely father and the old
tawdry surroundings.
Irene Fenwick plays the Princess
Zim Zim with wistful pathos. owen
Moore carries the role Of Peter Nil.
holland with his usual ease and real.
ism.
4 film-play with a Coney Island set.
ting is enough Of "a novelty to be an
attraction in itself, since this Mecca of
jitney pleasure seekers is famous all
over the country. in fact more famous
in many small towns than in some
quarters OF New York city. Add to
this such names as Irene Fenwick and
Owen Moore and the play advegtises
itself.
Blanche Sweet drew well in "Un.
protected" rat the Grand Yesterday
Several interesting Incidents are told
of the filming of this picture which
add 10 the charm of the production
a genuine turpentine plant was re.
quired in the picture and only after a
long journey southwark was the d..
rector able TO locate che. Difficulty
was experienced in obtaining permits.
sion to use It as a background for the
story but it was Grally accomplished
the stipulations being that only the
ones directly concerned be brought
and the location of the plant be kept
a secret.
Accordingly Blanche Sweet. Tom
Forman. Ernest JOY. Walter Long.
Mrs. Lewis McCord. Robert Gray.
Jane Wolff. and Director James Young
disappeared from the studio one night
and did not return for three weeks
during which time they were not heard
ron by anyone at Hollywood They
returned as mysteriously as they went
and it was not for some time that their
destination was learned
While at the camp the PLAYERS liv-
ed in plantation house Immediately
adjacent to the camp itself. and Miss
Sweet worked among the negro priso-
ners who are employed there under
the supervision Of armed guards
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Tho general tone Of Nina. tho Flow
or Girl" which is AT Tho Dixie today
reminds you of those pious little story
books that used 10 he published for
dear little girls when dear little girls
V'ere less sophisticated than they arc
now. Nearly all the characters in
this mild little drama are good and
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most /of them are happy. but those
that tare not happy in the first two
reels are reduced to a state of incoher-
ent bliss by the end OF the fifth. We
first see Nina as "a blind flower girl
selling her artificial bouquets on the
street corner and protected by her
devoted friend Jimmy. the crippled
newsboy Two society girls discover
the blind child and take her to their
luxurious home for an operation on
her eyes: here Jimmie watches her
from the bleak outside world. and mis-.
understanding the intentions of the
man of the house. attempts to shoot
him. but is foiled three times. The
wretched little newsboy then decides
10 commit suicide but is prevented by
the man he tried to kill, who sends
him to a hospital where his back is
made straight He then returns to
Nina only to find that she has recov-
cred her sight and that the plaster i'm
ages he has made of her has brought
him fame Needless to state. they all
live happily ever after.
Bessie Love does her best with the
character Of Nina. and makes a very
appealing picture Of helpless. confiding
girlhood. Elmer Clifton Is sincere
and touching in the role OF the Grip
pied newsSoy.
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Another of those rapid fire Paddy
Mcguire comedies is at the Nelson to-
day along with Warren Kerrigan III
Natures Calling" and good side
splitting Ham and Bud comedy named
THE Bogus Bride" The Mcguire pic
ture is called "Luret and Cured"
The series is comparatively new and
has only recently been secured by the
Nelson management. Those of the Sc.
ries that have preceded todays have
been a revelation in the art of fun
making" 1t is not slap stick, but
there's Il LOT of rough and tumble ac.
ton. They are actually funny because
they are so fun of the vagaries of
human nature and are built on every
day possibilities. Paddy Mcguire is
the star but he Is surrounded by a
company of the same calibre and It Is
well that this is so. for many OF the
parts require as much skill in the
handling. VIC were so strongly i'm.
pressed with last weeks Paddy" that
we step out Of our character without
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Of Mrs. Glasscock at Arnsttsvilie on
Sunday
Jess Price and Lonnie Smith were
busine1 callers at Hagans Monday.