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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
From Clifford Pinchot

In this great time, when every citi-
zen must do his part, the president
has made his chief appeal to the men
who live on the land. He is right In
doing so, for the safety of our country
just now is in the hands Of our farm
ers. What / mean is not merely our
safety and the safety of our allies in
the matter of food I mean that the
safety OF the United States against
foreign invasion hangs on the deci-
sion of the farmers of the forty-eight
states.
The two great weapons in this war
are arms and starvation. The war
against Germans arms will be won
or lost in France-the war against
starvation will be won or lost in
America The Kaiser cannot whip
the French and English armies and
the English navy while England has
food. But it is still possible that
the German submarine may be able
to keep enough food from reaching
England to starve her into submits
sion
If the submarines win, the first
item in the Ka;ser's terms of peace
will be the English feet. With the
English fleet in his possession, the
Kaiser will be master of the world.
What will happen to us then? Ev
cry man who stops to think knows
the answer. We shall have money,
food, labor, land everything that is
desirable in the world except the
power to protect what we have. Ex-
perts estimate that it will take us
nine months to get ready to meet a
German army of even 100000 men,
with modern artillery. Under such
circumstances, would the Germans
treat us better than they have already
treated Belgium and France?
Even if the armies of our allies
should crush the German military
power this summer, before the short
age of food can reach the point of
want, the world would still need vast
quantities of American food But if
they do not, only one course can
make us safe, and that is to grow
food enough on our farms for our
selves and our allies, and to put ships
enough on the sea to carry the food,
in spite of the submarines, to the men
who are fighting our fight.
If the war lasts beyond this sum-.
meI, it will be the American farmer
who will win or lose the war, who
will overcome militarism and autoc-
racy, or allow them to spread and
control the world, ourselves included.
This is no fanciful picture, bat So
Der fact. Many a man will make
light of it until he comes to think it
over, but | venture to say that few
will treat it lightly after careful
thought. It is no more impossible
than the great war itself appeared to
be, only a few days before it began
1t is true that we can greatly in
crease the available food supply out
Of grain now used in making liquors,
and by reducing household waste.
But when these two things are done,
and done thoroughly, they will not be
enough. The final decision will still
rest in the hands of the men who
raise our food in the first place.
The clear duty of the nation IS to
guarantee the farmers fair price
or their crops when grown, and a
supply of labor at harvest. Fl
The clear duty of the farmer is to
aise food enough to win this war for |
democracy against Kaiserism.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
The Automobile and Drive Calk
Hit Him

J. r. Jaedike, Baraboo, submits the
following, taken fron the Horse
shoers' Journal"
Editor Journal:
Lo, the poor horseshoer, the auto
mobile hit him a horrible wallop and
he went down for the full count, then
when he was beginning to readjust
himself to new conditions and a
shrunken business the high cost of
living caved in his solar plexus and
dinted his attenuated bank roll. But
he survived these blows, he was even
cheerful as he sat by the old smithy
door and watched the motor cars whiz
by. Alas, his happiness was short
lived, the most cruel tap of fate's
hammer was to come. 1t was in the
shape of small bit of metal costing
few cents, just that and nothing
more. 1t was the drive calk, now used
hereabouts winter and summer alike.
Explanations are in order for the UNI
initiated. In the olden days before
some inventive genius (not black
smith got busy, dodgast him, ordinary
shoeing for horse brought to the vii
lage and city smithies right smart
business, with the wagon repair trade,
the leathern aproned, sinewy armed
sheer did well. They stood high in
the community, and walked abroad
and threw out their chests, but the
drive calk undermined the throne of
prosperity 1t blew it up with a crash.
The old-fashioned shoes cost per
horse from $3.50 to $3.50; in the win
ter the owner would drive the horse
up to the shoeing shop about twice a
month for new shoes or to have the
old ones sharpened. Smithies looked.
like horse fairs, the clang of the anvil
and the snort of the bellows could be
heard for blocks; then the drive calk
walked abroad in the land and the
perspiring smith perspired no longer;
he stood in the door of his once
bustling smithy and gazed with trou-
bled eyes up and down the street; he
wondered where all the horses had
SOAAO w. eIO LII 0CO w "a Y hOC OH OCuNl
or relegated to the farm. No, the
horses were present, but so was the
new drive calk. This is what hap
pened. Nowadays in the fall or when
the snow first comes and ice coats
the streets, horse is shod and the
owner calls loudly for drive calks, the
shoes and calks per horse cost him
from $500 to $500 Now comes the
rub. After that first shoeing at the
smithy, the horse owner vanishes and
seldom is he seen again until spring,
he even forgets to come back and pay
his bill sometimes. When needing
drive calks he seeks hardware store
and buys pocketful; and the salient
fact is that the sheer loses all this
business that was once his. The truth
of the matter is that a horses hoofs
should be shod once a~morth if the
horse is to live in comfort. However,
owners are not looking after this mat
ter as closely as in the old days, with
the result that what the horse gains
in safety he loses in comfort, and
many an animal with sore feet and
corns is today pounding the ice-cov-
cred streets of the city, so this is the
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
Wisconsin Their State

After reading your interesting pub
LEGATION in which we note the prog
ress Baraboo is making and the do
ings of many of our friends, we do
not feel so far away from Wisconsin.
We enjoy living in California very
much, but do not forget that Wiscon-
sin is our home state
w. e. COOPER.
Title Insurance Building.
Los Angeles, Calf.
Editors Note: The Cooper family
resided at Merrimack for many years
and the writer is a brother of County
Clerk F. A. Cooper. The Los Angeles
member of the family is in the lum-
Der and investment business.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10

No such responsibility has ever
rested on any class of men since the
world began as rests today on the
farmers of America.
Sincerely yours,
CLIFFORD PINCHOT.
Milford, Pike county, Pa.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
The Dear Old News

We have moved from Huron, S.
D., to Clarion, Iowa, SO please send
our paper to that address. We can
not get along without the dear old
Baraboo News.
MRS. IDA KILLER.
Clarion, Iowa.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10

soon be over. Hoping to be soon in
good old Baraboo, I am
Respectfully yours,
c, H. LEE.
Collegeport, Texas.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10
LICENSE TO MARRY

Reinhard Schultz, Greenfield.
Mrs. John Zuch, Greenfield.
Hugo HI. Schultz, Prairie du Sac.
Tillie Sheybell, Prairie du Sac.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-05-10

J. r. Jaedike, Baraboo, submits the
following, taken fro~a the Horse
shoers' Journal"
Editor Journal.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-30
AN ORDINANCE

IN RELATION TO TAKING
DOWN BARRICADES AND DRIv-
ING OVER STREETS WHICH ARE
BARRICADED.
Be it ordained by the council OF the
City of Greenwood:-Section l. That
it shall be unlawful for any person to
take down any barricade, whereby a
street is blocked during the improve
ment of said street and is blocked BY
CITY Engineer, and it shall be unlaw-
full for any person to ride or drive
over such street while the same IS
blocked and is in process Of being I'M
proved. ,,,
Section 2. Be it further ordained
that any person violating this ordin-
ance shall be fined in a sum not more
than twenty five dollars.
Section 8. Be it further ordained
that this ordinance be in force and
take effect from and after its passage
Approved this August 81, 1917.
G. L. RAY, Mayor.
Attest:
s. M. MONTGOMERY, Clerk
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-30
her destruction.

her destruction.
He stayed in the trench all that
night studying Minnie's location and
characteristics, and on the morrow he
returned, followed by his orderly,
uncoiling wire as he walked. At the
trench end Of the wire a temporary
telephone was fixed. The far end of
the wire led back a mile and a half
to a battery of field artillery.
Along about noon Minnie opened up
for her midday strife. Promptly the
artillery officer verified his observa-
tions Of the night before and spoke
a few figures into the telephone, A
minute later a loud boom announced
the arrival Of british shell just across
on the other side of No-Man's Land.
The British officer swore softly, and
spoke again into the telephone. The
first shell had been at least thirty
yards off. The second was perhaps
twenty yards on the other side. Again
the officer spoke into the telephone,
and for the third time the gun spoka,
Bulls Eye sang the officer into ths
telephone, and packed up his beleng-
iAgs In husiness-like fashion. Minnie
was deceased.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-30
LIVER DIDN'T ACT
DIGESTION WAS BAD
Sy, S year Old Kentucky Lady, Who Tens How She Wa RsEsvsd
After a Few Doses Of Bhck-Draush.

Meadorsville, Ky.-Mrs. Cynthia
Hlgginbotham, Of this town, says: AT
my age. which is IS. the liver does
not act SO well as when young. A few
years ago, my stomach was all out Of
fix. was constipated, my liver
didn't act. My digestion was bad. and
It took so little to upset me. My ap-
petite was gone. I was very weak.
decided I would give Black
Draught a thorough trial as I knew 1t
was highly recommended for this
trouble. I began taking It. felt
better after a few doses. Ny appetite
improved and I became stronger. My
bowels acted naturally and the least
trouble was soon rightsd with . few
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-30
BRITISH SHELL
KILLS MINNIE
"Dear Girl" Will No Longer Worry
the British Tommies at the Wes-
tern War 'FRONT.'
ASSOCIATED Press)


= BEHIND BRITISH LINES IN
FRANCE, August 29-"Minnie" is a
very forward young lady who lives as
a rule in German front line trenches.
She has no pretensions at all to beau
ty. She is for use, not for ornament.
She is a trench gun and her projec-
tiles remind one of plum buildings
attached to sticks. They fly very ir-
regularly but burst very regularly in
that part of No-Man's Land furthest
removed from Minnie's temporary
lodging.
Just before the latest push around
Ypres, there was a particular Minnie
located a few miles from Ypres, which
was more than usually a nuisance.
The British trench was not well sited,
nor very we'll protected. Consequent
ly when Minnie was active, she made
things very uncomfortable for occu-
pant of that British trench. Moreover,
she had no regular habits, she worked
on no plan, ladylike she did just about
as she wished.
The young British subalterns halt
ed her with a persistent pervading
hatred, and ~concocted many schemes
for her undoing, but to no avail. But
one night, chance brought into the
trench a very irritable old artillery Of
fcer, just as Minnie was active. One
Of Minnie's buildings seiled his boots,
and thereby aroused in him a grim
determination to devote himself to
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-30
FAKE THE DAILY COMMONWEALTH.
WALTER D. FOX. O. D.

A. Weller & Co. wish TO announce
m their friends and patrons, that they
have secured the services Of Walter
l.. Fox, O. D., lately of Kansas City,
Mo.
Dr.. Fox has had years Of exper-
fence in the testing eyes, and 10 fully
capable Of handling any case. where
glasses are needed to give relief TO
your eye trouble. II your eve. pain
or the lids burn, your head aches, Or
your vision il poor, you can 81
prompt relief at a reasonable expense
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
"A. WELLER 4 co.
Jewellers and Orkometriat
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-30
TO MAKE SHIPMENT SEPT. 1.

The Red Cross headquarters is the
busiest place in town. The earnest
and faithful workers are getting ready
by Sept. LIST, their first shipment,
which will be &c { uir.mants from the
Leflore Count, CHARTER. All gar
ments are urged to BIZ ge1t in as soon
as possible.
More knitted wash ra"5 are needed
to complete the equirm"1ts. Send in
all you have on hand, and then some
more.
WORK COMMITTEE.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-30
AN

Regulating the business of buying
or Selling Junk, Old Iron, Sacks, Rags,
Watches, Second Hand Jewelry, Ma
chinery, Tools, Plumbing Supplies and
Fixtures, Water Pipe and Water Pipe
Fixtures, and Plumbing Fittings. Elec-
trio Wire, Electrical Fittings, and also
lead, Brass Copper, Automobile Outer
castings, Inner Tubes and Automobile
Accessories of every kind and descrip-
ton.
Be it Ordained by the Council of the
City Of Greenwood, Mississippi:
Section /. That it shall be unlaw-
full for any person to buy, purchase,
barter for, receive or take, directly
or indirectly, from any person under
TWENTY ONE YEARS old, Old Iron,
Sacks, Second hand Watches, Jewelry,
Bicycles, machinery or parts Of ma
chinery, tools, plumbing supplies, wa
ter pipes, fixtures or fittings, guns,
pistols, electric wire, or electrical fit
ings or fixtures, or any Of the follow
ing articles whether new or old, or
second hand, viz: lead, brass, copper,
or iron Of any kind Of de-
scription, Automobile Outer Cas-
ings, Inner Tubes, and Auto
mobile Accessories of every kind and
description, unless at the time such
articles are purchased, bought, barter
ed, for, taken or received, the minor
selling such articles shall deliver to
the person buying, bartering for, or
receiving them, a certificate Of the
parent of such minor, or his guardian,
or the Mayor, or the Chief of Police,
Of. the City, authorizing such sale.
Such certificate shall accurately de-
scribe the articles, or article to be
sold, bartered or delivered, and shall
be taken and preserved by the purch-
aser of said article, or. articles, for
one year after the purchase or re-
ceiving of the articles and shall be
subject at all times to the inspection
of the City Chief of Police or any po-
liceman of said City of Greenwood.
Section 2. Any person who shall
purchase, buy barter from, or in any
manner directly or indirectly receive
any of the material or articles men,
toned in the first section Of this or
dinance, from any person whether a
minor or not, shall keep a record there
of which record shall show the name
: of the person selling or delivering the
material or article, the address OF the
person, the date of the purchase and
delivery thereof, and a description Of
the material, or article purchased and
the price paid therefor which said
record shall be kept for n year and
be subject at all times to the inspec.
ton Of the Chief Of Police and Police
officers Of said City.
Section 8. Any person who violates
any Of the provisions Of this Ordin.
ance or who fails to keep the record
required herein, or who fails to allow
the Chief of Police of the City, OF
any Police officer Of the City to inspect
such record shall be guilty Of a mis-
demeanor, and shall be punished by
a fine of not exceeding n hundred
dollars, or Thirty days in the City
Prison, or both in the discretion Of the
Mayor, or Police Justice.
Section 4. The welfare requiring it
this ordinance shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Passed and adopted this the 2ls'
day Of August, 1917.
Approved, G. L.. RAY, Mayor.
Attest: S. H. Montgomery, Clerk.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-30
doses Of Black raughts

OO6O0 VI O00AS -... ..,.
Seventy years Of successful use has
made Thedford's Black.Draush .
standard, household remedy. Every
member. Of every family. at times,
need the help that Black raught can
give in cleansing the system and ~
lieving the troubles that come from
constipation. indigestion. lazy liver
etc. You cannot keep we'll unless your
stomach. liver and bowels arc IN good
working order. Keep them that way,
Try Black.D raught. It acts promptly
gently and in . natural way. II you
feel sluggish, take . dose tonight
You will feel fresh tomorrow. Price
&c. packags-0us cent . doso
All druggists -
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-30
NOTICE TO H PUBLIC.

The Humphreys Highway from ltta
Rama to Lucas Gin is in process OF re-
nair and the traffic is warned to ex-
ercise caution in going over this part
of the road, 50 as to avoid accidents.
ELI ABBOTT, Egr. q.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-30

Try a bottle of "STERLING"-
That "foody" soft drink. On ice at
PIP Main street.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-30

~ ~ COlASo3 AFS UohSo " away SVePs
$500 six ounce bars.)
McShane Cotton Co., 100 clothes
brushes.
Joe M. Harris, kitchen sink and work
of installing.
J. F. Menees, use of camp fly tent.
Mrs. D. S. Jones and Mrs. Ed. Jones,
20 dozen bath towels.
]. F. Bobbitt, ]. T. McAlpin and c. V.
Whitaker, materials and Labor,
valued at $4,000.
Hotel Irving, SO apple pies.
H. E. Bowman, a quantity of vege-
tables.
Miss Leona Wheeler, 8 dozen spoons
and lot of bath rags.
Mrs. W. A. Mothershead, large hotel
cooking range.
Auto Renewing Co. labor for repair
work on tents.
Woman's Club, loaned use of dishes.
j. 2. George Chapter U. D. c. use Of
quantity of knives and forks.
The Crumont, use of dishes, knives,
forks, spoons, etc.
Hopakah Hunting Club, use of entire
camping outfit.
Y. M. C. A., use of Scout tents
City Water and Light Commission
free use and installation of cleo
trio lights and water.
LeAore County Red Cross Chapter will
furnish two courses of fresh veg
etables each day.
v. W. Thomas, one bushel Of onions
i each week.
Mrs. H. Y. FRASER, quantity Of butter
and pickles.
Delta Lumber Co., use of a quantity
of lumber for camp purposes.
Kings Daughters, free use Of Hospl-
tai for all members Of Battery
: who may get sick while in camp
here.
Mrs. J. W. Barnwell, IS new dish
towels. ,
Reiman House, fresh light bread one
or two times each week, and
quantity of ground coffee.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26

The New Education

Education and Living" by Randol,h
Bourne, is a series Of constructive studio.
in which the self-conscious tendency Of m.
modern schools is discussed in all its yar,ea
details Mr.. Bourne analyses and denro-
Gates the injurious effects, mental ana phvs
ical upon the child, Of the "unconscious,
education by which older educators sougb,
to enforce knowledge and discipline II.
points out the waste elements in gramr,.
school training and the futilty Of ,yh,,
he terms puzzle education" and contrss,.
the polite inattention Of a group OF stu
dents in a high school he recently vlsi,oa
with the wrapt attention and eager intor-
est he saw exhibited In Mr. wirts succees-
ful experiments In the schools of CO.,
Mr. Bourne terms the old form OF stud,
"class-educaticn," combining usefulness 80
effort, and states that all education CO.
ever do Is to provide experience and stir,'
ulate, guide and organize interests IL
touches upon prevocational education cono
tinuation schools, and speaks at length %,
the work done both I'm Gary and at Teach.
crs College, New York city, in the wideIv
discussed Flexner movement.
Mr. Bournes book Is not only intoros,-
ing from the theoretical point Of view b,t
is n valuable aid because Of the cxtoneiys
laboratory methods II clucidates
EDUCATION AND LIVING. BY Randot,v
Bourne. New York: The Century Compsby"
Si.25. '''"y'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
PATSY KILDARE, OUTLAW
School
BY JUDD MORTIMER LEWIS

MY FATHER was sitting on the edge Of
my bed when I woke and when we
had kissed each other we had pancakes,
Then my father went to bed and Rowdy and
| ramblcd past the Carpenters and around
where the Rectors are having the new house
built in place Of the one Wilbur Carpenter
set on fire We kept on going till We saw
a man climbing a foam pole and ! said,
what are you doing there lie said
whats il to you?" and ! said, 81 just
want to know" He said, There are whole
families like you"
| did not say anything more hut just
waited After a while he came down and
| said Go to II, RowdY!" Then II the
man had not pulled up his foot as quick
as he could he would have had wooden
leg He said call of your dog said
"You can't come down till you tell me what
Won are doing up that foam pole tie said,
THE storm blew some wires down and
we are still fixing them Then he started
TO nut his foot down and Rowdy jumped
az A. said, wait a minute. Where does
tbe wire YOU are fixing go TOP He said,
"Ob 10 helangawn." SO then | said, "All
rigbt Rowdy." Then the man came down.
I was disappointed, but maybe ] Will hnd
,bs heaven wire yet. You never can tell,
Rovdy and ] had a lot Of fun doing a
sbadov dance on the side Of barn by the
rosd But a man came out to the barn
and said. What are you doing?' I said,
.,yybat's II to you?' lie said, Nothing,
only II you were my girl you would be IN
school "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
Take q Nap

WE OFTEN hear this: ~ am 50 sleepy,
w but / don't want 10 sleep in the day
time for fear | shall not sleep at night
That is an wrong Night is the hest time
for sleeping but If you need a daytime
nap-if your body calls for it-by all means
take ono. You will probably sleep just as
well when you go 10 bed and even If you
do not. you have had the amount Of sleep
YOU require for the twcnty-four hours and
had It when the body most needed it. There
are many reasons why "A person does not
get restful sleep, or why he has insomnia.
aside from the fact that he is not living n
simple country life
The reason why one cannot sleep at night
may he because he has a troubled con-
science II so. he ought never to sleep until
he has fixed things up. II may be, how
ever his conscience is all right, void Of Of
fense and in that case the chances are
that his blood is filled with poisonous mat
ters that goad the brain cclls-irrtate the
brain Cells--and keep 1ncm from working
normally and from resting.
4 simple. nOn.stmulatIng dietary. nom
flesh dietary particularly. must be followed.
with the avoidance Of tea and coffee, which
are irrtants to the brain. Everybody knows
that coffee or tea will often keep a person
awake when he is so tired that he ought
entirely.
one who is troubled with insomnia should
eliminate meats from his dietary and should
take the heaviest meal in the middle Of the
day Supper. If eaten at all, should consist
chiefly Of fruits. Pastries Of all sorts should
be avoided. Also rich sauces and foods diff
ficult of digestion.