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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-13

Iz all against The man talzs far con-
fess 7 should ike To hear his defense,
bat I make you this pledge n al honor
II viii have no word with h.n on
condition that yQu file no charges nm
tI we arrive at Fort s. Louis
.Ah.s suspl ciouSly. "rou think he
has friends there to hold him inno-
cent
Why should T. monsieur Inaeed
why should I care but 70 have justice
done? I do not wish his blood on your
hands. or 20 imagine that he Is con
demned because Of his friendship for
me rather than any other crime /
know not what friends the man has
at the Rock on the Illinois. Ea was
OF La Sales party. and they are no
longer in control In Barre said that
De BaugIs commanded that post, and
for all I know De T0nty and all bis
men may have departed. -
IT'S not altogether true, and for
that reason we are ordered to join the
company. De Baugis has the right Of
It under commission from la Barre
but does not possess sufficient soldiers
to exercise authority. La Sales men
remain loyal to De Tonty. and the In
dian tribes look 10 him for leadership
Mon dieu. 1t was reported in Quebec
That 1900. sayages were living about
the fort-ay, and D'Artsnv said he
doubted it not for the meadows were
covered with tepees-so De Baugis has
small chance to rule until he has force
behind him They say this De Touty
is of a fighting breed-the saya ges
call him the man with the iron hand
and 50 the two rule between them, the
one for La Barre, and the other fer
La Sale, and we go to give the gov
ernor's man more power.
.'You have sufficient force q
"UnIess the Indians become hostles
besides there is 10 be an overland par
II later to Join as in the spring and
sIeur de Is Durantaye, Of the real-
ment Of Carizpan-SaIdars is at the
Chicago portage This I learned at
ST. Lgnace"
Then it would seem TO me. mon
s.aur that v0u could safely wait the
trial Of D'Artirny unGI our arrival at
the fort. II he does not feel himself
suspected, he VIII make 10 effort 70
escape and give you the pledge Tou
ask"
Tt was not altogether gra@ouzlT
that he agreed 10 this. yet the man
could not refuse. and / was glad
enough to escape thus easily, for 1t
was my fear that he might insist On
nay yielding much more 10 preserve
D'ArUzny from immediate ooudamHa-
ton and death The fellow had the
power, ana the Inclination. and what
good fortune saved me. / can never
know. think he felt a certain fear
Of me q doubt of how far lie might
presume on my good nature.
Certainly gave him small encour-
aeeuent to venture further. and yet
had he done So 7 ~or have been at
nay wits end. Twice the words were
upon his Hps-a demand that / Weld
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-13

Continued next Saturday,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-28
THE SMILER

idiotic fellow whom meet whereer go;
the kind of fellow all the little children know
silly his his style;
be foolish for he always smile.
and the load is hard to bear,
trouble there's
this foolish fellow sngin' up the road
With and smile cheer and to help with load
smiling up partner bound to pull it
through;
Though loads big it's little load for two
feel yourself upfed with strength to play part
With his aid body and his smile to brace heart
he hasn't ambition. but his lework ends;
He knows a million people, and he's got million friends
doesn't strive fame wealth, he hasn't goal
He's simple fellow with Gods sunshine in his soul
he's just foolish fellow with the that cannot
All misery the sadness that plain
he knowshe of living all that makes the world worth while
And I'd like to be foolish the behind the smile.
New York Times
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-28
Did You Ever Play Bird?

know a little boy that did one
time, and he had a whole lot of fun.
What, you don't know how to
play bird? Well here is 'he way
the little boy l know did il. am
not sure, but l think he invented
the game, that is. he made it up.
One day as he was playing in the
woods near his home, he found
birds nest with the mother bird in
the nest and sitting on five little
eggs.
Now this little boys grandfather
had a big chicken farm and one
time he had given the little boy
four china eggs that the hens had
learned and which could not be
used any more. So the little boy
thought of the eggs and of the
birds nest and he then decided to
build himself nest and play bird
by sitting on the china eggs.
Now this little boy knew it
would be impossible for him to
make a nest out of small blades of
grass, hairs, string and things like
that, like the real birds do, so he
made his nest out of the sticks and
other pieces of wood from an old
brush pile in the wood.
He took these sticks to a tree
that was not very high, and one
that had a fork near the bottom
large enough to hold his nest"
Then he went to his home and took
lot of old rope and bound the
sticks together and filled up the
fork in the tree. After he had
made the shell of the nest, he rak-
ed up some dry leaves and grass
that was in the woods and with this
he lined the nest. After about
half a days work he had the nest
completed and in the afternoon he
put the china eggs in it.
It wasn't much fun sitting on the
china eggs after the nest was built,
but after all the boys in the neigh
borhood had taken turns" set
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-28
THE LIFE LESSON

There! little girl don't cry!
They have broken your doll |
know;
And your tea-set blue,
And your playhouse, too
re things of the long ago;
But childish troubles will soon
pass by
here! little girl; don't cry, .-
There. little girl don't cry!
They have broken you slate I
know:
And the glad wild ways
OF your school girl days
Are things of the long ago:
But life and love will soon come
by
There. little girl don't cry,
There, little girl; don't cry,
They have broken your heart
know;
And the rainbow CLEANS
OF your youthful dreams
Are things of the long ago;
But heaven holds all for which
you sigh
There, little girl don't cry!
james Whitcomb Riley.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-28
FEED A SOLDIER

The army of 251,189 Boy Scouts
Of America. thoroughly organized
and disciplined, trained to obey or
ders cheerfully and hardened to
hiking and outdoor life and the
physical exertion that comes in the
soldiers life, has already been call
ed on by Uncle Sam to take part
in several campaigns. Those that
have not already been brilliantly
won are being driven forward suo.
cessfully.
The first of these is the garden
ing campaign under the battle-cry,
Every Scout To Feed A Soldier"
Thousands of boy scouts in thou
sands of back-yards and vacant
lots and on country acres are nurs-
ing skyward the beanstalks that
will later on enable the American
Army in France to enter the fight
fed on the good old American bean.
The perishable articles Of the gar
den that the scouts will raise for
home consumption will release
thousands of tons of grain for tho
soldiers of the Allies.
The Liberty Loan campaign was
another four-day battle pursued
with magnificent strategy and per-
sistence So far, $18,661, 900 in bond
signatures is recorded at National
Headquarters as having been cap
tured for Uncle Sam. The Red
Cross has had a faithful and effic-
tent ally from the first in the boy
scout; and while no national cam
paign has been carried on by the
boy scouts for this purpose, in hun
dreds of cities and towns the coun-
try over the troops have collected
money, and have made pads and
bandages, and have put up pound
packages of concentrated food, and
have packed cases, and have done
other hard work ordinarily done by
the men.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-28

Notwithstanding tho fact that
this is the first letter BY Gum-His-
self ever received, it is physical
able to have It's anatomy received
in this Kolum.
Frank lives at 405 North Seven
teenth street and during the sum-
mer he has been working at Mar
shall Fields in Chicago. He knows
how to write poetry and knows how
to keep himself in hot water.
Let's hope we get another letter
from him.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-28
SCOUT MOVEMENT
INTERESTS ALL BOYS

Every father or mother who has
ed-blooded boy of IL or Ia years
realizes the value of the system or
movement which will not only curb
the naturally mischevious side OF
the boy, but will train him along
constructive lines, so that the Wig
or Of youth is turned In the right
direction, and 1t is for this reason
that the Boy Scout movement has
met with such success wherever II
is adopted-because the parents
are in sympathy with it and use
their influence in furthering the
aims of the organization. From
small beginning in February, 1910.
the Scout movement has grown to
such an exten that more than 1884,
900 American youngsters now wear
the khaki uniform which marks
them as members Of the organiza-,
ton which has done so much in the
upbuilding of American youth.
The lowest grade in the Boy
Scout system is known as the
"Tenderfoot" degree and any norm
al boy can pass the simple tests
which are necessary for admit
lance. Once in, and wearing uni
form, the friendly rivalry for adj
vancement to higher degrees and
for the various merit badges and
medals is such that he will do his
utmost to improve himself, and the
result Is seen in the splendid speci-
mems of manhood who are the
proud possessors Of the appella-
ton, First Glass Scout" or who
are privileged to wear one or more
of the merit badges offered to those
who pass the necessary tests. Each
test has been designed to be OF
lasting value to the boy who can
pass it, so that there is more than
the mere ownership of the badge
which goes with its presentation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-28

The old frame residence of H. A.
Northrup at the corner of Garfield
avenue and Alhambra road, Los
Angeles, has been torn down. 1t
was built in 1882 by Miss Jennie
Stoneman, sister Of a governor of
California. 1t was one of the old
est landmarks in the valley, and
when erected stood in the midst
Of q barley field
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-28

ting" on the eggs, they abandoned
the nest. The little boy declared it
was a lot of fun building the nest
and that he was going to build an
other some time.
If you live near woods, don't
you think it would be lot of fun
building a birds nest and playing
bird?-By Whiffleditty.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-28

of his feathers. He recovered from
his Jag" however. But when he
returned to the poultry yard, mi
nus his feathers, his hens would
not recognize him, and refused to
allow him to share their coop.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-28
ROOSTER EATS FRUIT.

A farmer at Athol, Mass, de-
clares that his prize rooster hav-
ing partaken too freely Of some
preserved cherries thrown out of a
kitchen window, was so drunk that
he was taken for dead and stripped
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-28
KRAZY KOLUM Of
KRANKY KERNELS

Edited by "By Gum, Himself"
Contributions accepted not over
100 words long. Address all
communications to "By Cum
care Junior Palladium.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-28
A CAMPERS LIFE IN MICHIGAN

The old Michigan woods for me
Where nothing is in sight
And you can dress just as you
please
For any old thing is right.
You hear the crickets croakin
You hear the elm trees moan
And then you hear those 'darned
old owls
Let out an awful groan.
BY r. II. c.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-03-31
Palisade Police
System Inferior
Under Conditions

In further reference to the police
system in Palisade, any number OF
people have spoken to the s'Pali-
sadian" and the one burden Of their
song has been that the present ar
rangment is radically wrong and poor
as it could possibly be.
In talk with an officer of the
borough he said:
"You seem to be after the police
"You mean the police system. We
are not after the men on duty
though perhaps they may think So
These men are all right, so far as
their duties are concerned. They
perform as well as they can in the
circumstances. But when Editor
Kelly asserts that the signal boxes
amount to anything more than a
farce, he is a huge joke. Why, look
here: Take the three call boxes on
the east side of Palisade. There is
one box over on the cliff front, an.
other near the offices at the park
opposite the Palisade Supply Mar
ket, and the other in Bride way
near the car tracks. Now, these
boxes do not allow the greatest eff
ficiency for the purposes for which
they were intended. It takes some
little time to walk to the cliff front.
and some time to get back-perhaps
twenty minues, at the very least,
unless the officer actually runs there
and back, and he is not supposed to
do that. The box at the Junction is
handled by the policeman on the
west side of the tracks, so that with
three boxes on the east side placed
as they, are there is every advantage
for the man who prouls around. If
they want the system made at all
adequate, and with some real chance
for good, let them place box at
the corner of Bluff and Cumbermede
roads, or at Bluff and Dearborn
roads. AS the arrangement is now,
the time is slow, and there is not one
chance in twenty that an officer could
be gotten within ten minutes" as
Mr.. Kelly says. It simply is not
true. 1t cannot be done, except by
preconcerted arrangement, and that
ssFoHl Be the en1y way to psali6 n u
ssGlad to hear you say that.
beginning to think you were aftef
the police themselves. Under the
present arrangement, the police are
suffering hardship, SO far as cri-
ticism is concerned. They cannot
cover Palisade with tive men divided
as they are. There should be at
least two men on each side of the
tracks, for then they could devise
plans between themselves to have a
really valuable system-one that
would be effective"
Considering the source of this
statement, it looks like the defense
Of the call boxes was mere hot air
at which the editor in question is
past master-the adept of adopts.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-03-31
Enjoyable Entertainment
At School No. A

The entertainment given on Thurs
day evening at the Grantwood School
was surprise to the large audience
that filled the hall.
From the time the curtain rose on
a very neatly set and attractive
stage until the singing of the "Star
Spangle Banner" at the close, it can
truly be said there was not a dull
moment.
REGULATIONS, plays, songs and
dances succeeded with great prompt
ness.
The children acquitted themselves
we'll and the spoken word could al
ways be heard.
Great credit is due to the effective
management of Miss Rose A. O'Brien
and the teachers who assisted her,
namely: Miss Gisetta Yale, Miss
Charlotte Demarest, Mrs. Mae
Parker Spicer, Miss Regina Iced,
Miss Mollie Haig. Miss Jennie Gar
dner, Miss Margaret Maroney, Miss
Margaret Kenney, Miss Catherine
Calnon.
Program
Welcome Carolyn Vaughn, Second
Grade.
Chorus-The Merry Heart, Fourth,
Fifth and Sixth Grades.
Recitation-The Lost Dolly, Anna
Kirmayer. Second Grade.
Song-Tulip, Grace Gibson, First
Grade.
Bryan Conroy, First Grade.
Play-Three Wishes, Audrey
Lucas, Fifth Grade; Frank Dicken-
son, Sixth Grade; Joseph Moreng,
Fifth Grade. -,
Recitation-The First Pussy Will
low, Esther Weinlaeder, Second
Grade.
7 Minuet-Grade Three.
Recitation-The Old Fisherman,
Seymour Sears, Fifth Grade.
Chorus-Santa Lucas, Fifth Grade,
Sixth Grade and Fourth Grade.
Recitation-The Greedy Rabbit, Mary
Milazzo, First Grade.
Play-The Brewing of Brains,
Adele Zabriskie, Fourth Grade; Beth
SNYDER. Sixth Grade; Edmund Nc
Gil, Sixth Grade; Mabel Corcoran,
Fifth Grade.
Recitation-A Tribute to the Dog
Philip Fleischer, Sixth Grade,
Recitation-Capital Punishment
Albert Stein, Sixth Grade.
Dance-Girls of Forth, Fifth and
Sixth Grades.
Chorus--Good Night, Fourth,
Fifth and Sixth Grades.
Ensemble
! Star Spangle Banner.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-03-31
Spring Carnival
Programme Has Big
Bill For April 20

The Program for the Spring Carni-
val, entertainment and dance which
is to be given at Carney Hall on Fri
day evening, April 20, at SIS o'clock
is at last complete and is full of de-
lightful surprises. The early part
of the evening is to be given over
to the. entertainment, the chief fea-
ture of which will be he pantomime
novelty "Perro's Dream" and dane
ing will follow, so that everybody will
have chance to participate in a
genuine spring festival, so reserve
the date for it. 1t ought to be the
star event of the season for Grant
wood and Palisade
1t is permitted to give an outline
here of the program which consists
of the pantomime, including such
artists as Signor Arthuro Carzoni,
the Signorina Bella Donna Carzoni,
Miss Winifred Lucas, Mr.. George
Drew, Miss Dorothy Drew, Mr.. Henry
Gebhardt, Mr.. Allan Carson, Mr..
Alan Smith, Miss Charlene Won
Osthoff and others.
Then there is one-act laugh-pro-
ducing farce in which that sterling
artist, Miss Rachel Mutt, will be the
star, assisted by capable company
Also there will be Miss Frances
Bushell in fancy dances, Miss Ethel
Smith in songs and dances and the
surprise numbers are to be a cele-
brated chanteuse, a distinguished
comediene and lighting cartoonist
Altogether it will be some bill.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-03-31
Local Option Wil,s,.--
Next Year Is Now
Opinion Of Some

Trenton, March 28.-President Will
sons secretary, Joseph P. Tumulty,
coming out for local option has
greatly encouraged the home rule
forces even though the Gaunt- Mac
kay local option bill and the Hates
home rule bill were both defeated in
the House of Assembly this session.
Rev. j. X. Shields the superin-
tendent Of the New Jersey Anti
Saloon League in a statement re-
viewing the happenings at Trenton
says:
"The majority of the House Of AS
senbly has again meekly bowed it's
neck to the brass collar Of the brew
cry interests. Obedient to these in
terests the majoriy of the Republic
can members Of the Assembly have
stultifed themselves by regulating
their platform pledges and by this
open betrayal have earned for them
selves the righteous indignation of
the overwhelming majority Of their
party.
"In spite of the fact that the AS
sembly both as to Speaker, Majority
Leader and committees was specially
organized to defeat Our issue, local
option has held the center Of the
legislative stage from the day the
Legislature opened to its close.
Opion is everywhere expressed about
1.-THE St4te I1ouse chat thistis the last
New Jersey Legislature that will
ever defeat the will of ,the people in
the interest Of the brewers.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-03-31
ENTHUSIASTIC TIME LOOKED FOR.

"The Star Spangled Banner, and
what it means to every citizen, pa
triotic or otherwise" could well be
the theme of the rousing patriotic
mass meeting to be held this Satrr-
day night. A galaxy of mighty
good speakers will be on hand to tell
the people of this community of the
plans, aims and ambitions of the
United States in the present crisis.
The meeting will be in the fine
new auditorium of the Cliffside High
School and will open at o'clock p. m.
1t is the solemn duty of every citi-
zen and his wife, sister and sweet
heart to come out to this meeting and
show by sentiment how this COM
munity stands on the present pre-
paredness plans of the United States.
War or no war, this country must
arm to defend its rights and the
President, to proceed properly, must
know the sentiments of the people of
this nation. You can show it by
getting out to the meeting and de-
clare yourself.
An interesting program has been
prepared for this important event.
Judge Seufert, Captain D. L.
Boyce, U. S. A., 1t. H. H. Salmon,
of the U. S. A. Aviation Corps, As
semblyman Winnie, Senator Mackay,
former Congressman Hart, Secre-
tary of State Martin and many other
prominent people wills Teak.
Captain Boyce} will tell of stirring
events in army life an his talk will
prove interesting to everyone. 1t.
Salmon can be expected to be most
entertaining with his tales of daring
of his fellow aviators and of his ex-
Continued on page B
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-03-31
Faculty Again Trims
Senior Basketball
Team. In Slow Game

"Why of course we won, what else
could you expect" was the rejoinder
of member of the Faculty Team
of School No. after last Friday
nights game "And don't forget to
mention in your paper that the
Seniors had their strongest team on
the floor"
s, No, no, we won't forget it nor can
we remember any portion of the
game that might be interesting. The
Faculty started the game overburden-
ed with confidence and contempt for
their younger rivals, yet in fear of
the playing of Miss Martha Murtagh,
who By the way has some reputa-
ton and depended upon it in her
playing. In fact her playing slowed
the Faculty team considerably and
they admit that they could have
rolled up higher score had she not
played. Every effort was made to
keep Miss Murtagh on the side lines
but the Seniors insisted upon having
her in the lineup.
The final score 20, favor Faculty,
is no indication of the game. 1t was
slow and lifeless, with the younger
element among the spectators the
only ones showing enthusiasm, and
there seemed good reason for it.
The line up was as follows:
Faculty No. VS. Senior C. H. S.
Hilda McColl. Martha Murtagh
Carrie Reynolds. IF -. Mary Flood
Edith Murphy. If Jeanette Fealey
Helen Flood -. lg Marie Aimone
Lucy Madden :. rg Mallory Pidgeon
The members of the Faculty Team
will go to West Hoboken soon and
play the Faculty Team of that place
at P. S. No. s. Unless our local
school ma'mas go down with greater
enthusiasm and pep the odds will
be against them. But anyhow, here's
wishin' themIuck.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1917-03-31
Spring Bazaar AT
Grantwood Church

The annual Easter bazaar of the
Grantwood Congregational Church on
Columbia avenue, opened Thursday
night with large crowd present
Many pleasing surprises were dis
played, the various booths being
tastefully decorated in various col
ors, some representing large flower
gardens. The American colors were
everywhere displayed
The event, was under the super
vision Of w. Schomber, and Mr..
Rodamer, while special booths are
as follows: Mems table, in charge of
Charles j. Leeger; sunshine table,
Miss Haussman; domestic table. Mrs.
Moody; fancy table, Mrs. William J.
Clarke; ice cream, table Mrs Com
mer; food table, Mrs. Vaughn; candy
table, Miss A. Jones. One of the
novelties was the sale of peanuts by
young men of the church dressed up
in fancy uniforms.