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Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-13
MARKET REPORT
Chicago.

Chicago.
Wheat-No. . red, sails; No. 3 red
and Nos. 2 and 3 hard, nominal.
Oats No. 3 white, 72@73Ac;
standard, 72h@73Ac.
Rye-Nominal.
Barley, $1.15@1.4O.
Timothy, $4@s.
Glover, $12@17.
Hogs Strong, sc to 1Oc above
Tuesdays average. Bulk, $4,000
@15.s0; light, $14.4O@15.5O; mixed,
$14.65@15.95; heavy, $14.55@16;
rough. s14.55@14.75; pigs, $11@14.25.
Cattle-Firm. Native beef cattle,
sS.35@13.sO; stockers and feeders,
$6.40@9.50; cows and h~eifers, $5.40@
11.SO; calves, $10.5O@15.25.
Sheep-Weak. Wethers, $7.75@11;
lambs, $10@16.75.
Butter, unchanged.
Eggs-Receipts, 24,349 cases, un-
changed.
New York.
Spot cotton, quiet; middling, 25.45c.
Raw sugar, easy; centrifugal,
6.46c: molasses, $3.50. Refined
steady; fine granulated, 7.50@Sc.
Coffee-Spot dull; Rio rs, 9&c;
Santos As, 10c. No change was re-
ported in the cost and freight market
with offers of Santos As reported here
At $40 London credits. The worlds
visible supply statement indicated a
decrease of 362, 942 bags for June
compared with a decrease of 526,763
last year, making the supply on July
/, 7,793,s24 against 7,32s,374 last
year.
Portland.
Hogs-Steady. Prime heavy, $500
@15.75; light butchers and packers,
$15.5O@15.6O; bulk of sales, $15.25@
1850; rough heavy, $13.90@14.25;
hogs, $11@12.5O.
Cattle-Steady to lower. Steers,
prime light, $9.50@1O.25; prime heavy
$9@9.5O; good, $4,000; cows, choice,
$7.50@s; medium to good, $7@7.5O;
ordinary to fair, $6.50@7.... heifers, S.
90; bulls, $5@5.70; calves, $7@9.
Sheep Steady. Spring lambs,
$12.5O@12.75; spring lambs, culls, S.
@6; best wethers, $9@9.5O; heavy
ewes, $6@s; best yearlings, $9.25@
9.75.
Butter-Steady.
Eggs - Fresh extras, 33c; fresh
f%irsts, 32c; fresh extra pullets, 3Ohc.
Cheese-New firsts, 1shc.
Barley-December, 81; May, So. 6
July, new, $2.05.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-13

The commercial traveller entered
the small Italian restaurant in Man
chester and chose his seal with the
discrimination of the careful diner.
Then he took up the menu.
Waiter" he called. Bring me
some fly specks."
"Sir?" said the waiter angrily.
Haven't you got any fly specks?"
asked the man.
No. sir" returned the waiter, still
more hautily.
Then" remarked the traveller,
why don't you take them off the bill
of fare?"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-13

Il Just stopped to tell you about
that Hour you sent me the other day."
said Mrs. Newlywed.
why, madam" answered the gro
GER. that was the best flour l keep
IN stock. What was the matter with
it?"
Matter, indeed! Why, it was so
tough my husband couldn't eat the
biscuits l made with it,"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-13

These little sardines, Elizabeth,
are sometimes eaten by the larger
fish,"
Elizabeth gazed at the sardines in
wonder and then asked: But, moth
er, how do the large fish get the tins
open?"-Pall Mall Gazette,
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-13
Elks Meet in Boston.

Boston.-The Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order Of Elks, represented by
leading members from all parts of
the country, are in session here this
week.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-13

F. A. Empey of the Empey depart.
ment store at st. Maries, has pur'
chased the general store Of John w
Merritt & Co. at Fernwood and in.
stalled e. w. Watson as manager.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-13
Command Men Of Own State.

Washington.-Men from the officers
training camps for commissions in the
new national army, the adjutant gen.
erals office announces, will be assign
ed to command troops from their own
state.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-13
Change Point Of Attack.

Changing suddenly their point of
attack to west and north of Stanislau,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09

Little Horace, whose father thinks
he is a second Edison, and his mother
who would like to use electricity fol
everything from curling her hair to
stoking the furnace, do more to keen
the fire engines busy than mice ever
did in all the years they chewed
matches.
Washington Devereux, chief Of the
electrical department of the Philadel-
phia Fire Underwriters association,
said $4,000 fires were caused last year
by overheated electrical devices. The
fault wasn't with the devices, he said,
but with the human equation-the wo-
man who turned on the Juice" in her
electric iron and then went out for a
social afternoon without turning it off,
He made the statement that no father
had right to buy his ten-year-old son
ten cent book on "Iiow to Wire the
House In Your Spare Moments" unless
he was prepared to see the place 90
up in smoke some bright afternoon
Philadelphia Ledger.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09
f0OO PROBLEM IS
GREATLY IMPROVED,
DA|RYNAN ASSERTS
WHEELER DECLARES WIFE HAS
FINE APPETITE AND EVERY
THING AGREES WITH HER,
SINCE TAKING TANLAC.

Mr. Wheeler, well known dmryman
Of Marseiles, Ill.,, is enthusiastic in
his praise Of Tanlac, the new medi.
cine, because Of the relief his wife,
Edna NJ. Wheeler, gained through it.
For the last twenty-five years"
Mr. Wheeler said, my wife has sui.
Tered from stomach and kidney trou.
bic, II seemed that none of the food
she ate ever digested properly. She
was always constipated. Food often
ioured in her stomach and she'd fire.
quently experience severe pains after
eating The kidney trouble caused
Der to suffer pains in her back.
also.
Mrs. Wheeler has just now finish
Dd her third bottle Of Tanlac, and my
but her stomach is certainly i'm.
proved. She has fine appetite now
and no matter what kind of food
she eats, ii agrees with her perfect
". The constipation never bothers
her any more and food doesn't sour
in her stomach as il did before. The
pains have ceased to occur, too. Her
Kidneys are in much better shape, al
so. as she never suffers thu severe
pains In her back now. know. from
the relief my wife gained. that Tan.
lac is good medicine and I'm glad to
recommend it
fanlac is now being specially intro
duced and explained in Ottawa at W.
!. Duncan's drug store, in La Sale Mt
Claneys drug store and in Streator
'a the Gaut Brug Co. and il sold in
Peru at Nadler's Pharmacy, in Spring
valley at Thomphn's drug store. in
oslesby at Rents drug store and in
Marseilles at Eugene Aliens. 4--Adv.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09
MILK AND MILK BOTTLES.

MIX Is still cheap, perhaps, consid-
ering its high food value, in compari
son with the cost Of other foods; but
1t Is dear enough to cause deep con.
Germ to the housewife who relncin-
bers when she could buy it Vt haif
the price
An, nov milkmen are beginning to
suggest that they could sell their
product two or three cents cheaper II
they didn't have to deliver it in in.
diyidual bottles. Glass bottles. they
explain, are expensive they cost
about 4 cents apiece at present, and
are costing more right along And
the wastage is enormous. Careless
customers break them or fail to re.
turn them. Sometimes they use them
for putting up preserves Cleaning
the bottles too, is considerable ok.
pense to the dairymen, and they
make a heavy, troublesome load to
cart around the streets.
All this is interesting but not en-
tirely convincing, II isn't likely that
the public viii be content to return
to the good old method Of carrying
oul pitchers or pals to be filled with
milk drawn from a biz tan That can.
Il memory serves us rightly, was not
always oyerclean, inside or outside
Its spigoi particularly. There was
seldom any provision for keeping the
milk cool en- route What with the
heat and the churning, the milk was
unpalatable and near SQUIRTING by the
time 1t reached customers near the
end OF the route It's worth the extra
charge to have il cool, fresh and
dnmoustrably clean
But why need botting be SO OK
pensive, anyhow? Have most milk
producers ever made any intelligent
effort to safeguard The return of their
ules, such as keeping tabs on their
customers and charging the bottles
up against them2 OF If there is no
other way, why not use paper bottles?
The idea has been suggested often
enough. but seldom tried.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09

Mexico, nobody must speak word
for peace in Mexico, for the Gusgen
felms represent capital and The sc
cuiiiies of their companies arc in
Wall Street Because the Standard
Oil people with peace in Mexico might
Wlild pipe lines therein and buy Mex
lean oil and make money refining It
i Is better 10 have anarchy in Mex
leo that the Standard Oil Com.
peny should have any more capital
wealth, or earnings.
Therefore. Mexico must be cut asun
der. Carranaa must rule or tumble
down in Mexico City; villa may oyei
run chihuahua and even raid into the
United States; Pelaez may govern
III the oil fields. Felix Dia2 may oper.
ate from Vera Cruz zapata may rule
to the south of Mexico City, and Can
u may run Lower California.
IF we had meditated a diaholical
plan to ruin Mexico. and all the
friends Of Mexico, how successful
would have been the most wicked
Vaccination if II could have accom-
plished the present disunted and
hopeless situation,
II Mexico had been permitted to
be truly free by an assisting hand
from the United tSates, what u power
today would be her food and mineral
resources in health and help for the
whole world"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09
A MUNICIPAL PleGERY.

Hull, Mass, famous as the baron
eter of Bay state politics. is engaged
in an interesting bit of municipal
pioneering. IL is solving two prob
lem with the same scheme -increas
ing the local meat supply and dispos
ing of its garbage economically.
Hull has simply adopted. for this
branch of its housekeeping the good
old method practised on farms from
time immemoral and is turning its
garbage into pork The town, thru
its committee of public safety, adj
vanced the money to buy several hun.
dred young pigs, and then sold them
to citizens at cost The town has
contributed land for pasturing and
housing the pigs, and turned over its
garbage collections. II has also built
two large Lighthouses and hired d
man to feed and look after the herd.
The care Of the animals Is sim
pie matter. Every day the uneaten
garbage is removed before more is
given them. They are inoculated
against cholera and kept under sani.
tary conditions. There are 325 in the
herd now
When the hogs are ready for mar.
ket, they will be sold and the unit
cost OF housing and tending them will
be assessed against the owners The
latter will make money on the trans
action, the town will save money on
its garbage disposal and there will he
a plentiful supply of pork and bacon
in Hull next winter
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09

lalairs had changed since he lei hi
Iliulo 1rmy on Washington in 1904
Not a bit h. replied "hut Inn n,
/ longer crank or IN 0gitator' y,
icne now can pick me ont of q crowd
You see most OF the people in the
country have come around 10 ms
point Of view in he last few year,
and see things a. | saw them in 1894
"fou'Il see men in both the old
parties telling the country today
just what was trying to tell the
country when ! marched on the Capt.
tal-and was hooted and jailed for
doing il"
Coxeys army was the concrete ex-
preston OF the unrest that prevailed
throughout the land in 1894. His
soldiers felt that certain laws ought
to be changed, reforms were badly
needed, and with dogged footsteps
and clear understanding of the ma
tional situation they started out to
voice their protests in the only way
that they knew.
The little comedy, for such it
turned out TO be. was dramatized by
Coxey with fine feeling for things
theatrical in their influence on the
country al large His example was
followed by others and numerous ar
mics of unemployed sprang out Of
the ground like magic
In Montana, California and Texas
these yasabond armies captured
trains, stormed food depots and did
many acts of violence which in the
long run accomplished nothing, with
the possible exception OF starting a
new train Of thought from the little
thnging public
in this mental change which has
for the past fifteen years became
more and more evident Coxey has
perhaps unwittingly played a stellar
role, for it was primarily his demon.
stration which encouraged like spirits
to come out in the open and fight for
what they thoughtu:iw dtSJ oemfwy
what they considered right
CoNey was never an anarchist. He
did not believe in revolution. but he
ala believe in needed reforms and set
out IN his own way to get them.
Ioday, the quiet, studious philo-o-
pher, that is just what Coxey an.
pears to be, continues his talks and
lectures in the hope that ne will
eventually bring the country to his
way of thinging.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09
OUR CRIME AGAINST MEXICO.

In his new book, "The Mexican
Problem G. w Barron, famous thru
out America as an authority on iinan
Cial matters, takes President Wilson
ard his Mexican policy to task for the
tuinatlon Of Mexico.
Mexico viii never be for the Mex
leans or for humanity until American
and European enterprise has had lait
play IN that country and been per
mIttod to pay fair vases TO her Will
ING neople who are longing for ieht
enlightenment aud education With.
out education leading to usefuneps
there can be no natiiotism
'CarranTa is IN q difficult situation
We Of the United States have strucl;
down all credit for Mexico
Had we deliberately gone about a
dlabollcal scheme to wreck q billion
Of foreign capital In Mexico to give
forty Thousand foreigners over TO
plunder and TO decree miseryS pov.
crty and sorrow for more than fifteen
million MaSlcans we could have con.
ceivcd OF no moro effective plan than
that which we have executed toward
her without ever planning anything
9aaInst her
Because the Cuapenhcim smelling
interests could make several million
dollars more q year with peace in
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09
Keen Up With the Present.

Success and happiness depend upon
the way in which we adapt ourselves
to the, realities Of tile objective life.
II we fight against change and change
we must meet at every turn and in ev-
cry department Of life we soon become
exhausted wear ourselves out and sink
back into ourselves--into the subcon-
scious-and fail and grow old before
our time. ~
II we cling to past experiences, refuse
TO live in the present, let our faith die
when disappointments come, the results
are the same. The life forces ebb and
we sink into the great sea Of the I'M
conscious and arc on the road to being
submerged.
Desire, WILL concentration, purpose
faith--these can be applied to keep us
living In the present, to keep our en-.
thusiasms active and our creativcncss
expressing. Nautilus.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09

Twentythree years ago the country
was startled and amused by the an
nouncement issued from Massillon
Ohio. that one Jacob 5. Coxey was
about to descend ON Washington, ID
C., with an Army Of the Common
wealth" to voice a strenuous protest
against Government policies which
Coxey felt was obnoxious
Jacob CoXey soon became known as
Gen Coxey' and his Army OF the
Commonwealth" as the hobo army
Coxey was pictured as a ragged, IN
kept, uncouth. yagabond, who was the
joyce OF the age but, notwithstanding
the ridicule. 'Coey's Army" left Mas
siHonfOr its memorable march on the
capital
Footsore and weary, but fitted with
the same spirit which prompted their
leader, "Coxey's Army arrived in
Washington, only to be met by troop
of mounted police who proceeded to
dispel any illusions the patriots might
have had concerning the success of
their venture Coxey was arrested
and put in jail for no more serious
crime than trespassing on the grass in
Capital Park Carl Brown, his second
in command. received Ike treatment,
and the remnants OF the army of in
yasion were scattered to the four
winds.
COXey was soon after released, and
in the years that followed he earned
his living through the medium OF
manufacturing. In 1915 he became an
active participant in the Ohio Sena-
torial race, taking for his platform a
large merchant marine and adequate
coast defenses.
The country then began 10 realize
that General" Coxey was far from
the ragged yagabond it had been led
to believe, and later he turned up in
New York City as a guest AT the
Waldorf-Astoria equipped with plenty
Of money and numerous diamonds
In really Jacob s. Coxey is a man
OF rare personal charm and great
ability and is now well established
as business man with considerable
interests in Ohio and other
parts of the country
When in Washington he is a ia
miliar figure about the Ne wWillard I
and is extremely popular He was
asked recently ii his views ON public T,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09

compelled to settle where their last
halt is made.
Whatever property they possess of
horses, caravans, etc, will be sold by
the state and the money received for
them will be used in locating the
gypsies in permanent dwellings, with
agricultural implements and other
means of earning living. After ten
years these gypsy settlements will pass
out of the states guardianship, and
the gypsies, it is supposed will have
become thoroughly domesticated.
IL is strange to think of these free
and rowing people settling down to
the responsibilities of citizenship
sending their children to school, till
ing the soil perhaps. eventually, sery.
ing as public officials, enforcing the
law and subject to it, Ten years seem
a short time in which to change all
their character and habits
In America the gypsies have taken
to luxurious travel in pullman cars or
IN their own automobiles Though
they still wander, their picturesque
ness is fast fading into the past Ii
The war drives them out of existence
a. gypsies in Europe, they will have
from their last stronghold
The Romany tales will soon become
as vague and remote as our own
North American Indian legends.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09
Valuable Black Walnut,

Black walnut Is the ideal wood fol
gun stocks, but 1t is scarce and high
In price, and there are few of the trees
left in this country. A single tree OF
this species can be sold for a good
price, and a grove of black walnut
trees represents small fortune.
About the only black walnut trees
available now are those on farms and
private estates, and they are fast dis
appearing The wood is hard and takes
high polish. qualities which make it
desirable for the use to which it Is put.
Manufacturers have not found a wood
to take its place satisfactorily.
Some of the black walnut used is OBJ
tanned from old furniture or wainscot-
ing. stairways and interior trim Of
dwellings or churches Many years
ago black walnut was used extensive
ly in the manufacture of the best
grades Of furniture, and in old churches
pews and pulpits made of it can he
found today. The demand for the
wood is gradually causing them to dis
York Sun.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09
FOOD CONTROL.
BILL PASSED

Washington. Aug. S~The food con.
troll bill passed through the last
stage Of legislative enactment at
p, m. today, when it was finally adopt
ed by the Senate in the form pre-
yiously approved by the House, fol.
lowing conference The vote was
&c to T.
Those voting against the confer
eNce report were.
Democrats
Hardwick, Hollis, Reed.
Republicans.
France, LaFolette, Gronna, Penn
puse.
Immediately after the final vote on
the control bill. the Senate by a viva
voee vote also approved the confer
ence report on the first administra-
ton food bill, providing for a food
survey and appropriations to stimu.
late production
Become Laws Friday.
Both bills arc to become laws Fri.
day with President Wilson's ap.
proyal.
Senate and House leaders tonight
made plans to that end. the delay be.
ing caused by adjournment of the
House until Friday and the necessity
for the signing OF the bills in open
session by the presiding officers of
both houses.
The Senate recessed tonight until
Friday 80 that, after Speaker Clark
signs the bills upon the RECOMMENDING
OF the House, they may then be
signed by the Senate's presiding Off.
and Immediately sent to the
White House.
Prompt appointment Of Herbert G.
Hoover as food administrator and i'm.
mediate operation under the legisla-
ton arc expected to follow.
In addition to its comprehensive
provisions for coptrol of food, fuel.
fertilizer and farm equipment, the
control bill carries drastic prohibition
features.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09
FARM ERS ANSWER UNCLE SANS
APPEAL,

Washington reports a billion bush.
els increase over last years prcduc-
iicn in the principal food crops an tac
response American farmers have
made to the Presidents midApril ap,
peal saying that upon hem rests the
ate OF the war and tie latc Of the
nations.
The extent of the response by our
Joimors was disclosed when the pr,
duc,ion Of G093,GG1,0d0 bushels of the
principal food crop was the forecast
in the Department of Agriculture in
The July crop report This will bring
the corn crop lip to the largest in The
history except one and possibly four
or live Other crops Wills make high
lcectdr.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09
Sure! High Heels
Cause Corns But
Who Cares Now

Because style DEGREES that women
crowd and buckle up their tender toes
in high heel footwear thoy suffer from
corns, then they cut and trim at these
painful pests which merely makes the
corn grow hard. This suicidal habit
nay cause loclsjaw end women are
warned to stop It.
A few drops of q drug called freez.
one applied directly upon sore corn
gives quick RELIEF and soon the entire
corn, root and all, lifts out without
pain, Ask the drug store man for
quarter OF an ounce Of freezone, which
costs very little but Is sufhcient to re.
move every hard or soft corn or callus
from ones feet.
This drug Is an ether compound and
dries In a moment and simply shrivels
up the corn without inilaming or even
irritating the surrounding tissue or
skin. Clip this out and pin on your
wifes dresser.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09

Those who are shedding tears al
the idea of the distilleries being
ruined by the ban on whiskey manu-
factnre may take cheer from the fact
that a group of plants now engaged
in making commercial alcohol have
declared a 22 per cent dividend.
There'll be plenty Of demand, at good
prices. for all such alcohol the whis-
key factories can turn out. It's need
ed for fuel and munitions.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09
SURPRISING GyPslEs.

Hungary. under the stress of econ.
omic conditions and the need for men,
has been forced to take decisive steps
toward suppressing the nomad life Of
gypsies Hereafter all their caravans
will be stopped by government OH.
cials. The gypsies themselves will be
distributed among the communities
from which they came. OF II they be-
long to no community, they will be
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09
CALENDAR OF ILLINOIS HISTORY.

Angus, 9, lSf3 VIII of Lieutenant.
Governor William Kinney, dated
August 0, 1913, and probated in St
Clair county October 18th of that
year, we find this clause: Il give L.
X. Fleming in consideration of his
copying and writing for me a pampA-
let against Charles Dickens, and other
articles one hundred dollars ii
cash"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09

Washington, August o. Relieving
a break with Germany inevitable, Ar.
gonJlnc Amy OF 10000 men will be
modified this month, according to in.
formation received in government cir.
cles. The pro'ally sentiment has been
sharpened by revelation Of German
espionage riots, It was stated.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09

A native tree OF South America, the
cannonbqll tree, bears round, woody
frnlt wlliilep closely resembles base
hilS 90 a"J b
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09

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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09

The United States was the first na
-uon officially to recognize the acroplan'
for military purposes.