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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20

down on the path. He rolled some
stones over the edge into the abys;;
below and a call came back in a fara-
way voice
That's Gus" he said. Hans is
most likely asleep. That's all they do
down there-sleep and eat and wait
for me 10 lower down food to them
They got me out on this trail and the
two of them started backing their
horses to force Jinx, my pony, over
the ledge. Instead of which Jinx SHOW
ed them, and I helped little. Maybe
that's murder, but 1 thought it would
do them good to stay there for g
while. They're only bruised a bit.
Do you think this will delay the we'd
ding any?'
The man from the East smiled.
Tad he said, III be the best man
myself, if you'll let me-to-morrow.
Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure
NeWSpapsr SYndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20

sure of Prussian militarism on one
side and the call of liberty-loving lands
on the other, how can it be possible
much longer for the people of any
country under the sun to say with a
clear conscience, 1--WE are neutral?"
Who could be neutral, says the Los
Angeles Times. If he should see a
loved one, or even q former enemy,
in the coils of a gigantic serpent? If
a man should see a frail woman strug-
Cling in the arms of ruffian, even
tho he were her husband, what would
the world think and say of him or do
to him if he should stand back and
say, ut is a family quarrel and rot
for me to interfere?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20
The Little Citizens of Nancy
By Marian Bonsan Davis.

(Mrs. DAVIS spent sss months in France
g q roiHntecr eorker THIS sketch is the
result of Q vts.t to Nancy)
To learn patriotism. it Is well to sit at
the feet Of the little citizens of Nancy.
and the children refugees who have found
shelter there from shattered and burning
homes Sometimes you can hear them
singing while the guns are booming on the
Lorraine frontier less than three miles
away-patriorlc songs about Alsac- and
Lorraine Then the Older people take
new grip on thei: courage.
There are some children In Nancy who
live comfortably IN their homes Be
cause so many bombs fal, on Nancy and
because the city is sometimes bombarded.
the children know that on a town signal
they must run into the cellar of the near.
est house marked with the great red
cross of Lorraine Perhaps there they
will have protection.
Then there are the children in the hos.
pitals. victims of the bombs. We are so
used to talking in millions now that il
seems more than iegions to see one
little girl. whose legs were cut off. hug
ging a doll tight in her arms. her grave
face never smiling Two little boys who
have had amputations from the bombs
have asked to be allowed to lie in the
same room with the wounded soldiera
The soldiers smiled and said. 'Bien :"
and the little fellows are lnordinately
proud of the accidents that gave them
the right to lie in 4 ward Of crippled
soldiers. in equal rank With heroes.
Then. too. there are the little ones IN the
refugee colonies. II you have helped to
carry the world burden. by your service,
by your money you ran look clear into
their eyes Otherwise you turn away.
These little ones are like other children
except IN one thing. No horrible thin g
can ever surprise them. for their baby
eyes have seen the unspeakable. They
have seen violence and wrath IN its most
perverted forms grandparents herded
and driven. mothers hunted down. They
are too young to know that these things
are not a common part Of life And
though they are so much older than you
IN knowledge Of suffering. and violence
and terror. yet because you are big and
seem to them wise. they look up at you
IN child appeal When you have seen
that look you have touched the war
And when you have touched the Ual
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20

deniable fact that the advisory COM
mission of the council for national
defense is growing into sort of un-
official industrial government of the
country. 1t has no executive author
ity, but it nevertheless executes vas.
designs. And one or two cabinet Off
GERS who have tried 70 step into the
way of this new colossus have discov-
cred that it moves with considerable
velocity. One reason seems to be that
it has the press behind it.
The magic this committee can work
is shown by the fact that it got fror1
the coal industry of this country a
price for the government on a supply
of naval coal about two million dollars
lower than any price that was men
toned in response to a government
call for bids.
Questions on the above or any sub
ject upon which the reader desires in
formation should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Information Blu
reau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director.
Washington, D. c., with 2-cent stamp
e: closed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20
THE RAILROAD PROBLEM.

Fully half the people of the United
States are directly interested in the
prosperity of the railroads. They fur
nish a livelihood for one person out of
every ten. Industries dependent upon
railroad business employ one person
out of every twenty. Every phase of
our national life is dependent in some
degree upon the railroads. Their val
ue and importance to the ell tire coun-
try, in war or peace, make their well
fare at all times Il matter Of the great
est necessity.
The establishment of a better un-
derstanding and a spirit of helpful
cooperation among all the interests
involved is a long step toward the So
luton of any big problem. In this be-
lief the Guaranty Trust company of
New York has just issued a booklet,
The Railroad Situation" which states
with clearness the problems which
now confront the railroads, and sug-
gests how they may be solved.
American railroads today serve
ninety-five different masters. These
are the ninety-five independent unco-
ordinated legislative and regulating
bodies, representing the federal gov
eminent and the forty eight states
They are attempting to regulate the
railroads down to the Ininutest details
of their operation. The general effect
is to increase the railroads burdens
and expenses, without providing
means to meet them This briefly, is
tho prOb1oT1 of
Nearly everything except railroad
| transportation has doubled in price
The railroad is still carrying freight
and passengers at the old rates but it
is paying twice as much for every
thing it buys. That is the essence of
another phase of the railroad problem.
Still other questions concern wages,
car shortage. and the valuation of rail-
road property.
| All these problems are handicaps
to the transportation system. The
\ Guaranty Trust company's booklet
points out that these questions de-
mand the attention and understand
ing of the public so that the railroads
of this country may be brought to the
point OF highest usefulness and service
to the nation.
Constructive suggestions which may
be offered to relieve the railroad stu
alton immediately. and which, If
adopted. promise better day for the
railroads than they have seen within
a decade, are thus briefly summed UP
in this booklets: Increased rates
The federal regulation of rates and Sc
curity issues. A larger Interstate COM
merce commission with regional and
functional divisions. Cooperation on
the part of legislative. regulating and
shipping interests to protect railroad
credit and to further railroad expan.
sion The cooperation of investors
to protect and maintain railroad cred.
it. The recognition of our national
unity of interest in fundamental eco
nomic problem"
1.-The keynote of the hour is national
unity" says the concluding paragraph
o. the booklet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20
GLOBE SIGHTS
IFrom the Atchison Globe.l

[From the Atchison Globe.l
Some brides become sIouchy so sud-
denly.
Be as patriotic to your town as you
are to your country.
One advantage of being poor is it is
cheaper to feel generous
Beware of region which brags too
much about its climate; it probably
hasn't anything else.
The most common type of martyr
is the woman who enjoys being i'm
posed upon by her children.
A young man is a person who hasn't
sense enough to go to bed at night
even when he is sleepy.
Alb Adkins says man can learn
shiftlessness quicker than anything
else if given the opportunity.
Talk to any man long enough and
he will tell you of some opportunity
to get rich which he overlooked.
Nearly every man believes that if
he had an opportunity he would set
the world on fire as a travelling sales
man.
A few old-fashioned men remain
who believe to be distinguished one
must also have the reputation of being
tough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20

there is on.y one kind Of relief possible
to you. and that Is TO help.
AT Nancy. the Mayor. Monsieur Mir
man. q remarkable and far seeing man.
has turned the huge army barracks INTO
refugee schools and dormitories. 1t is
wise and kindly shelter But one does
not see little refugees at their states and
primers and hear them sing their nursery
and their patriotic songs. without seeing
IN one mind the countless army of the
helpless where the frightend look still
dwells. You see the little red heads
the pig tails and the .curls. the freckled
uos.s and the turned up ones. the faces
made to laugh turned solemn. and the
erun, younastcr legs In :hrp you see
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20

1t seems to be generally agreed
upon that the next great need, in order
to win the war speedily. is a huge
army of airplanes. The council of
national defense has formulated a
plan for supplying 10000 of these ma
chimes in a hurry. But like many 9TH
er things connected with the war.
carrying out of the plan awaits the
action of a dilatory congress. There
seems to be no way in which congress
can be induced to keep in sight of the
procession.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20

your own children Bits Of verses take
possession of you "of such 10
the kingdom of hea ven" than
that he should offend one OF these little
ones"
There is a very quick. definite. prac-
teal way to help. The American Red
Cross is asking for 100000. 900 imme-
diately Some of this goes to the chill
dren directly. all of it. of course. IN
directly. Every cent you give will go
further than you would believe a cent
could go A cent will give a bowl Of
soup to a hungry. frightened. orphan
child One dollar. ten. one hundred ..
There is phrase now in common use
THE luxury OF doing good"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20

Three of the most important jobs
in the United States are now held by
engineers. General Goethals, who is
building ships for us, is an engineer.
Mr.. Hoover, whose organization and
administration of Belgian relief
aroused the admiration of American,
Briton and German alike, is an engi-
neer. Howard Coffin, chairman of the
aircraft committee of the council of
national defense. is an engineer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20

The airplane is the thing. Germany
cannot hold her trench line if sfe be
driven from the air and the commun-
ications of her armies are exposed to
constant bombing attacks by airplanes
flying low enough to be able to throw
explosives to hit their marks. A force
of 100000 airplanes will have the mil
itary effectiveness, it is estimated, of
1000, 900 foot soldiers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20
DINNER STORIES

After much deliberation, he went
to an insurance office and stated that
he wanted to take out a life insur-
ance policy.
Among thousand and one other
questions the agent finally asked him:
DO you motor"
DO you cycle?"
No
do you. then, perhaps. iyY"
NO, no" replied the applicant.
laughingly. Il have no dangerous-'
Sorry. sir" interrupted the agent.
CURLY, but we no longer insure
pedestrians. Puck
A long-suffering husband had !.
wife who seemed to be perpetuaIlv
talking After driving him almost
frantic one evening with her conyer-
sation she remarked:
John, 1 suppose when L die you'u
have a mausoleum built in INV noe1n~
ory?"
Il will do nothing of the Sort "a
turned the exasperated John. ''yyben
you die / will have. you cremated ana
your ashes placed in an hour-eIass
Then you can keep on going foreyer. :;
look worried" w
Well, to be honest with YOU. am
You know, 1 took out some life insur-
anee last Thursday"
Yes, replied the sympathetio
TREND, but what has that to do wiz
IA ce - scur
Well. the very next dav aftar ,
had 1t written my wife bought a nev
COOK book Possibly it's all right brt
II certainly looks suspicious"
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TAKEN FOR GRANTED.

Hes bitter? Yes-it's natural; you
know -
His sister lives in Brussels. Her two girls,
Fifteen and seventeen"
That was all she said
rest.
But suddenly it caught me at the heart
To think how strange it seemed to US at
first
That story. something hardly to be told.
Hardly to be thought possible; and now
Now It has grown as natural as death. 9.
And in our streets the slim young girls
go by
Dainty in little fineries of spring,
door,
Just as the young girls went. four years
ago.
In Brussels-and Swaziland Noyon.
Amelia Josephine Burr of the Vigilantes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20

When the government finally en-
ters the business of regulating the food
supply it should begin with potatoes.
Thousands of carloads of new pota-
toes already have come into mar
ket without reducing the price to the
consumer. If anybody has a grip on
the potato supply it is time the public
should know it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20

The attention of the income tax
collector is respectfully called to that
s225.000 which a New York young
women has been awarded in breach
of promise suit. Huge profits derived
from matrimonial ventures should not
be permitted to escape taxation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20

It is said that there is a great un-
rest, ever becoming more intense,
among the neutral nations of the
world. 1t is getting more difficult
every day for any nation to remain
neutral even in name. With the pres
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20

For the week ending June I, bust
ness failures in the United States were
fewer than in the corresponding week
of any year in the past five.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20

: sit is reported that school girls in
Petrograd are forming a regiment to
go to the front and fight. Well, it is
time somebody was doing a little
fighting on the eastern battle line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20

~ OF course every woman is queen,
but few of them can inferno an Of
Tending husband as Wilhelmina of
Holland is reported to have done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20

Probably we should not expect
much from Russia until her people
have succeeded in consuming the ac-
cumulated stores of vodka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20

Germany is melting up her church
bells into cannon and ammunition. 1t
is just as well. The nation has put
aside the church and all it's teach
fDgS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20

The kaiser could give Herod cards
-and spades and beat him in the game
of numbering babies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-20
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
A Tale OF TootSies.
BY ROY X. MOULTON.

A Tale OF TOOtSieS.
oh, reader if it be you are a maiden,
If you are young, If you are frail and
Then heed our tale, a tale with sorrow
A tale of little feet.
Two tiny feet, as twinkling and as tricksy,
As ever fay or fairy did bedight,
A pair to please the most caprfcious pixie,
A duo of delight.
Their owner fair, their Mistress. let us
Was proud Of course, to sport So neat
pair,
And everyone who saw was sure 10 muir
How cuteI" or al declare!'
In spats at times, at times in pumps she
She decSed them out in boots of many
So fair were they that people paused and
blessed 'em
In any sort of shoes.
In any sort her dainty feet would revel,
In any shoes they were seemly sight,
Till came a day, begotten of the devil,
She bought some shoes of white!
oh, fairy feet, whereof the tales inform
Oh. pixie pair. farewell, farewell to you
They almost always do.
Old Age.
The youth who sees the feeble sire
and signs, "Ah, shall the years con-
spire to bring me aches and fretful
means and hating gait and palsied
bones? Shall l go grumbling on my
way, unmindful of the golden day. as
glum as yon old bearded guy, shall
1 be bent and gray, shall I, who feel
my life in every limb" some day have
eyes as blear and dim? The youth
who thus will muse, all me! how very
seldom do we see. The heat of youth
but seldom fears the chills of life's last
wintry Y ears. For thus with youth 1t
often goes, he seems unwilling to sup
pose a later day will find himself for
lorn and feeble on the shelf. Tho
many are the cid he sees and notes
their lame rheumatic knees, their
hairs all silvered DER and few, their
teeth wherewith they cannot chew, he
sees them every day or SO yet some
how never seems to know that he
upon a later day will be as old and
bent as they. Yet even so perhaps
it's best, for should he vail and smite
his chest. for all his signs and means
and tears he could not stay the speed.
ing years. He's wise who wears a
peaceful phiz whatever time of life is
his.
OF course it may be that our faces have
graces
And other fair charms that our back,
haven't got,
For people there be who are nice to oul
faces,
But oh, to our backs they are mott.
The Difference.
In baseball he who fans the breeze
Too often goes upon the shelf,
But in the game of life he'll please,
Who strikes out for himself.
No Joke.
Who is the man who first exclaimed
"HOorayi
Hooray and Joyi for wifies gone away!''
Where is the wretch who started all the
jokes
About when wife visits with her folks,
| Who snickered Of the freedom and the joy.
| OF getting out and frisking with the boys
Whoe'er he is l wish / had him here
To grip his neck or WRENCH him by the
ear!
For now I wander through the lonely flat
/ cannot find my socks. my other hat.
| The kitchen is a scene to make you blink
| With forty hundred dishes in the sink,
A pail of gloom has settled DER the place.
| Oh, how l miss a certain party's face!
! And If 1 sing it's on another tack,
| "Hooray, hooray! for wifie's coming back y
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Perhaps.

Of course it may be that our faces have
graces
And other fair charms that our backs
haven't got,
For people there be who are nice to our
faces,
But oh, to our backs they are mott!
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-09-13

In the war crisis thru which our nation is passing, North Da,
Ikota is doing her bit" and will continue to respond Loyalty and
unselfshly as the needs of our country may require.
Proclamations have been issued urging our people to increase
production that famine might be averted. Appeals y have been
made for assistance in financing the war and for the work Of the
Red Cross. The best blood of the nation has been called to- the
|colors. To each request there has been a quick response. Com
sacrifice have been made by our citizens and we will
continue to sacrifice for the welfare of those young men who
freely and uncomplainingly have laid aside cherished ambitions
Ito engage in personal service for their country and ours.
All honor is due to our sailor and soldier boys, and we can not
bestow it too freely upon them, but they will need something
more tangible as we'll. Their physical and spiritual wants are be-
ing provided for, now let us go a step further and supply them
with good, up-to-the-minute books and current literature. Spas
imodic efforts in this direction will not suffice: Specific steps are
necessary to perfect and operate an organization to carry on this
work efficiently. The machinery has been provided by the Ii
|brary War Council which has appointed local committees to car
ny out the plans formulated.
In interests of this patriotic movement; | hereby DESIGNATE the
week beginning September oath in which to promulgate a loyal
drive for funds to further this work.
I trust that all may assist in making this undertaking a sue
cess that our boys may enjoy the privileges Of wholesome read
ing and know that it was provided by loving friends:
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State Of North
Dakota this 10th day of September, 1917.
LYNN J. FRAZIER, Governor:
by the Governor,
THOMAS HALL, Secretary of State
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-09-13

County of Bottineau)
State of North Dakota)

State of North Dakota)
IN THE NATTER OF THE
ESTATE Of SARAH PATCHING
W. H. Mcintosh, Petitioner.
ohm Mckay as Executor Of the es-
tate of Sarah Patching, deceased,
Emily Maud Mckay, Walton Patch
ING. Alfred Mulholland Patching,
Percy Arnold Patching, Lydia Maria
Patching, and Charles Cunningham
| Patching, Respondents.
THE ESTATE OF NORTH OAK
,OTA, to the above named respond
ents and all persons interested in the
estate of Sarah Patching, deceased:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that the above named petl-
toner has filed in this Court his pc
tition setting forth therein that
, Sarah Patching has covenanted and
agreed with said petitioner to con
vev unto him certain real estate, TO-
vii: The East Half of the North
east quarter Of Section Twenty-three
123l and the South Half of the South
east quarter Of section Fourteen (:l4)
in Township One Hundred Sixty-two
, C62l North Of Range Seventy-seven
f771 West, and other lands in the
County of Bottineau and State OF
North Dakota, and further stating
that under the terms and conditions
of said contract, the petitioner was
entitled to the conveyance OF said
real estate, and that said petitioner
des;red to receive such transfer, and
that said petition and proofs ] n sup
nort thereof will be heard on Monday,
The 9th day Of October, 1917, at ~
o,c1ock a. m, at the office of the
County Court, at the Court House IN
the City and County OF Bottlneau'
State of North Dakota,
AID YOU and each Of you are
hereby cited to be and appear before
this court at said time and place and
answer said petition and show cause,
if any there be, why the prayer OF
said petition should not be granted.
Let this Citation be served person
allv upon all persons interested in
said estate who reside in said County,
At least 20 days prior to said hear
mo. and published once each week
for four successive weeks in the. Bot
tineau Courant, q weekly newspaper
printed and published at the City
Of Bottineau, said County and State.
Dated this 9Th Day Of September,
1917.
i By the Court,
John E. Martin,
Judge Of the County Court.
,S.-13-O.-4.