The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-06
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Poor ord Kaiser Bill! However mar
velous the lark treacheries Of his1
somewhat secret service. they must al
ways seem childish and unimportant
beside the achievements with which
street corner gossip credits the ubi-
quitous German spies. Were II to be
announced tomorrow that German
agents had built trenches for an army
Of 100000, with concrete bases and
permanent barracks. in He'll Gate cam
yon, the news would get no more than
Il told you so" out Of most people.
England's narrowing experience with
wild rumors of the activities of Ger
man spies. which aroused suspicion
against all tennis courts and factories,
is being duplicated in Il mild way in
Missouia. City, county and federal Of
ficers here say they have received
hundreds Of the most fantastic reports
o. German spies.
There's a man working oS>r in the
store who Is German spy as
sure as you are born" said an excited
Missoula stenographer the other day.
HE is just as German rs he can pc.
ana he's the most inquisitiyc thing ydei
ever saw"
Investigation showed the suspected
man to be a thorough Frenchman with
q record beyond question. In other
cases. officials say. reports OF Ger
man spies have been based upon
nothing more than unneighborly spite.
People really ought to worry less
about German spies in Montana and
more about German soldiers in
France said an army officer yester-
day. NO doubt there are many Ger
man agents In this country. but Mon
tana has so few people to It's large
area that spies won't be easily caught
here. Let the spies go. unless you have
really definite evidence, and knit or
enlist or raise potatoes or something"
Why leave Missoula in search Of In
tcresting scenes? Where else can YOU
hope to find such humanity interesting
spectacles as this observed on Higgins
avenue yesterday: An Indian woman
seated on the curb, calmly nursing
black eyed papoose, within 10 feet OF
Il woman dressed five weeks in adj
vance of the most exclusive styles
handing spotless Pom" to the
chauffeur of her big car,
Missoula men marry at 80. Missoula
women at &c. according to statistics
compiled by Rev. Charles p. Crouch,
pastor Of the First Methodist church.
from his marriage records During the
past four years DR.. Crouch has mar
ried lSS couples. and he finds that the
average ages of bridal couples are so
and 70. Rarely do Missoula women
marry men younger than themselves
the figures show. Only % Of the 1Gs
brides were older than their husbands.
Age. however, is not an obstacle.
During the four years Dr. Crouch mar
ried a man of So to a woman of 63
Another man, 63 years OF age, married
a woman of 81. And there is another
side. One bridegroom Of 10 was mated
to a girl of II. Their aggregate age
was only SO, or less than one third
the combined ages of the $3.50 couple.
There will be a lot of life 1, the
meeting. OF the Montana Press associ-
alton In Missoula this year." said J.
A. Gilluly, editor of the Fergus County
Argus yesterday. Mr.. Gilluly is pres
ident of the association. He came her.
to confer with a. l.. stone, dean of tn.
school Of journalism and vice presi
dent OF the association, regarding tn,
meeting.
Nothing definite about the prorran
Is ready for announcement" he said,
but YOU may be sure that the meet
ing will be trimming over with prac.
teal patriotism"
Fergus county. said Mr.. Gilluly, /.
busy and prosperous.
Reports of crop failures do not wor
ry the commissariat of the state Uni
versity. The war garden" planted o,
The campus last spring has resistet
drought and hoppers and potato bug.
and strolling students with SO mucl
| success that it will yield more potatoes
| than the college dormitory can use thi
| year.
James II. Bonner dean of tho schoo
! OF forestry. is responsible for tho gar
den. He plowcd it up and seeded i
Last spring while startled student
CAPPED at him. During the summer h,
has tended it carefully, and now re-
suits are being obtained. The gar
den will probably be used again mex
year.