The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-06-29
THE GLASGOW COURIER
claims for victory may supply the
shortage of potatoes.

shortage Of potatoes.
If a re gistration of women under 81
was had no one would be left at
home to mind the grandchildren.
After reading of current events in
Russia there is a tendency to feel less
bitter to ward the former ear.
A per son who doesn't read the
newspape rs every day needn't get the
idea that he knows which cities are
to get c. ntonments.
Some of the provinces of China
demand war upon Germany. They set
an excel lent example to Cronstadt
and othe r seven-by-nine republics"
into which Russia shows a tendency to
split.
In u humble opinion the hero of
June S is the man in Richmond who
was arr ested for registering twice,
while tn Stacker honors go to the
man in Connecticut who claimed ex-
emption on the ground that he had a
wife and family in Russia, another
wife and family in this country, and
was sup porting them both.
No ne rsighted man could distin-
guish tn registration from an old
fashioned republican landslide.
German prisoners taken in Flanders
expected to be killed by their British
captors. Thus we see that war is a
great enlightener.
They started that British drive at
8 o'clock in the morning. The man
who hat es his alarm clock, is not
likely to enjoy modern war.
Turkey Is are now cheaper than for
some tim past. Cannot the president
be induced to order a special Thanks
giving day to celebrate the fact.
Gen. P ershing will be astonished at
the scare ity of horned toads and ella
monsters on the fields of France. Yet
the fighting is very good there.
Personal conducted by one PERISH
ing the American eagle will present.
ly scream on the battlefields of Eu-
rope. This makes Pershing one Of our
greatest conductors.
America is edging into the wal with
the irres istible insistence of a Jess
Willard getting through the crowd
that is engaged in watching a safe
hoisted to the fifteenth floor.
Months after the Wright brothers
had made successful flights there was
nobody in England who could get an
aeroplane off the floor. But look at
John Bull at this writing? ---
Fighting on the west front has de-
veloped something new in manufac-
tured big noises when Lloyd George in
England can hear the Flanders ex-
plosions 14O miles away.
AS human nature has not chang
ed entirely in the last two years,
some attempt at graft in spending
the gov rnment's money for war
purposes may be expected. They
should be blocked.
One thing accounts for another.
For instance, having robbed the COW
of bran to make our bread, why
should we object if the cow takes the
raw material for straw hats to stay
her hunger?
No friend of liberty is talking
about &C uiring territory as a result
of the war.
With registration and the big liber-
ty loan, Germany may soon be able
to discover America.
Uncle Sam is buying shoes by mil
lions, thus eliciting the understanding
sympathy of the father of two or
three robust boys.
Theodore Roosevelt can get more
action on of a speaking part than any
other performer now before the pub
lie.
After Mr.. Hoover shall have COM
pleted his animal survey one may
know whether it is wise to butcher
the old hen or ave her against a food
famine.
Russia now has all the liberty in
the world, but suffers for a lack of
that training in conducting free insti-
tutions that has blessed the western
races.
While it is the young mans privi-
lege to carry the gun, it is the privi-
lege of every one of US to assist in
other Ways that require s~elf-denial
and determination.
In one respect America will con-
tinue business as usual-the business
of making and maintaining the world
as a fit place for free men, women and
children to live in,
The democrats idea of a coalition
governme nt is for the republicans tc
O. K. everything they do.
The government theater has been
opened in Washington, but will it be
devoted to farce, Or tragedy?
The opera stars who sold liberty
bonds ev evidently struck some high
notes.
Mayor Mitchell approves a city