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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-12-08
4 TIMELY WARNING.

Even che rneaEre details received here Of ne shocking disaster :ha- betel the untortun- ate inhabitants at Halifax. Nova Scotia, should bs sufficient .2 warn us -o be or our guard and not exr5se ourselves to the sane danger. Had sha necessary 2recaa-:o2 been taken by those rz5u,a. .se trs-hrsul tavoS recorded there would have aser avoided. B1s as i. iS ,Qo late now .hs ea-eS.rcrl,y esr only hz ..se5 aS danger sig .sl with svhsch tc 4arn -:e care.eSS-2il-7 aS ssrz II he-ehiEaa.
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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-12-08

which has the right to decide such questions Is no longer debatable; because it has been deter mined concluSivey
 Yesterday when the decision was made by an overwhelming majority of both houses of congress to declare war against Austria 1t at once changed the duties. and therefore the rights oS the people ot the country. It became their duty to stop discussion of the question: to act and 10 proceed immediately to do everything m their power to enable the government to succeed ia the war upon which the country has entered,
 From the time the decision to go to war was reached. from that time individuals had to de eide whether they were for or against the eoun- try. and therefore arguments against the war iS enemy arguments These are one kind of en- erlies that heretofore very little attention has been given the but from HOW on. it is to be hoped tha. the authorities see that they keep their mouths shut.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-12-08

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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-12-08
INFORMATION WANTE D

The Juneau Dispatch CT the second instant atcer quo-ing Us on the transportation question, says:
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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-12-08
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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-12-08
TIE SALOON SUBSTITUTE.

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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-12-08
ONE KIND OF ENEMY.

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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-12-08

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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-12-08
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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-12-08

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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-12-08

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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-12-08

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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-12-08
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-25
WOMAN'S SECRETS SHE DOESN'T WANT TO
BE TREATED LIKE AN ANGEL
BY WINONA. WILCOX

Mothers may be angels, DuL Lney
do not always care to be treated as
such. But whoever heard wife or
mother say so to her husband or
son?
Wifehood and maternity do not
rob a woman of her normal human
needs, although it is customary for
her to pretend that they do, and for
all the members of her family to as
sumo that making sacrifices is her
only natural JOY.
ooh, mother doesn't care about
going out much" says the family in
a cheerful chorus, when the auto is
crowded or when there are not
enough theater tickets to go around.
Mother doesn't care a bit about
Clothes" says the over-dressed
daughter when she orders her tenth
sports hat.
Mother loves to iron," thinks the
young man whose salary can't be
stretched to cover his luxuries and
his laundry bills also.
And mother heroically agrees with
it all-What woman wants to prove
herself less than an angel? But in
her heart of hearts she knows that
it is not fair.
She loves a play like any debU-
tante, has a score of feminine van
tiles about shoes and coiffures which
only shopping tour can satisfy, and
she is not able to find any reason
why an 8-hour day would not benefit
the home as well as the factory!
But it would seem absolutely I'M
moral for her to confess to such
weaknesses.
What contempt her neighbors
would heap on her, with what aston
ishment her children would regard
her, how surprised and grieVed her
loving husband would be, were she to
assert her right to a just portion of
the family amusements, or shirk
washing the dishes Sunday after
noon, or try in any way to end the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-25

ticing little woman will say right
here that this revolutionary talk is
all wrong and that she herself posi-
lively gets her one complete salts
faction in life only as slave to her
family.
But almost any married and expe-
rienced critic can recall quite wildly,
if she cares to, the many occasions
when she has wondered how she can
ever get up in the morning and face
the burdens of another day; when
she has looked upon the ease and
fine dresses of her second cousin and
asked herself why luck is always for
some other woman and never for
her.; when she has said in, her heart
that "she wouldn't want to live, ex-
cept for the sake of the children.
Certainly these are not angel car
OILS, but women whisper just such
condolences to each other, always
with the injunction don't tell him
said so"
Women who feel that way - and
hundreds do who never confess it
are not honest with themselves, and
they are not fair to their families.
1t is not good for any human being
to profit too much at another's .ex-
Pense, even when that other is a de-
voted wife, or mother.
The alI=around development of
many a family would be much inn.
proved it mother were taken down
from her isolated and exalted posi-,
ton and set on the family level.
Manchester, Eng.-Labor party's
conference Overwhelmingly rejected
resolution in favor of immediate
peace proposals to end war.
Windsor, Ont. - immigration In
spector NJ. B. Jackson, Winnipeg,
shot and killed on railway train by
James Stewart, safeblower, he was
bringing to Windsor for Battle Creek,
Mich, police. Stewart escaped,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-15
Tales of the Town
THE MOTHER OF A BOY.

didn't raise my boy to be coward;
| want my boy to go if there is war.
I want to stand and watch him proud
ly marching,
| want to gaze upon him from the
door.
do not want to lose him or to keep
him,
| only long and long to have him be
A man whene'er his country comes 10
sweep him
Into her surging legions of the free.
do not want my boy to be craven;
| love him, and I'd hate to see him
go;
And vet I'd sadly lose him, sadly lose
him,
Than have him hide in fear to face
the foe.
I've prayed with all the spirit of
woman
For peace, and that our struggle
might not come;
But If it does | want him brave and
human,
My boy must march away with flag
anddrum.
I'd give him, yes, thousand times
I'd give him,
With all he means TO me of love
and joy;
Because / would not love him if he
wasn't
MY ideal of woman's kind of boy
do not harbor hate or yearn for VEN
geance,
/ would not crush violet with my
hand;
But if it comes to fighting, then /
want him
To be man and struggle for his
land.
| want my boy to go if we must enter
This mad world conflict raging in
its might;
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-15

Don't you hate to have to call IN
doctor, and pay him 81, when only one
person in the house needs him? 1t
looks like a waste to have him in the
house and not make him give you
something extra. We don't mind send
ing for a doctor. If it is so we can
get him to throw in something. After
he has prescribed calomel for the one
he came to see, we like for her to
bring in another one and say: what
90 you suppose caused this knot on
his neck, doctor?" When the doctor
makes guess as to what caused the
knot, we want her to call in another
of the chaps and say: Doctor, l
want you to look at this breaking out
on Bert's back" If we can get him
to prescribe for three of four of the
family we feel that he has earned his
money.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-15

The great Mesopotamian dam, for
the irrigation of the Garden of Eden,
was designed by Sir William Will
cocks six years ago. Its main pur-
pose is to control the floods Of the
Euphrates by diverting its excess wat
ers down the depressions of the small
stream which is believed to be the
River Pison, one of the four rivers
mentioned in Genesis as watering the
Garden of Eden. When completed 1t
is estimated that the yield of wheat
along the Euphrates will be trebled
and the cultivated area doubled. If
Noah had been a hydraulic engineer"
Sir William Willcocks said recently,
''he would have constructed the Pison
River escape instead of building the
Ark, and saved not only his family,
but his country as well.'
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-15
CURRENT COMMENT.

Another legislature has run its
course. Whatever one may think OF
the ability of the men who composed
it or the usefulness of the legislation
enacted, the fact that that body is
too cumbersome, that the matters of
statewide Importance are either light
ly considered or neglected entirely in
order to secure the enactment of meas
ures of only local or selfish nature,
has been more than ever emphasized.
We are convinced that single body
of 20 or 80 men could accomplish all
the really useful things that our pres
ent two-house legisture can accom-
plish in half the time, and with far
less likelihood of making mistakes
and putting useless and even harmful
legislation on the statute books than
now. Then we should have what
might be termed concentrated respon-
sibility instead of individual respon-
sibility, which makes one house indie
pendent of the other and invites poll
teal deals and log rolling. 1t makes
no difference what the political COM
pelxion of our legislature is, the pres
ent system is not conducive to the best
results and should be changed.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-15
His Worst Book.

In "a Last Memory of Robert Louis
Stevenson" by Charlotte Eaton, this
curious incident is recorded: what
do you consider your brightest fail
ure?" the novelist was asked. doc
tor Jekyl and Mr.. HYDE" he replied,
without n moments hesitation, adding
"That is the worst thing l ever wrote"
Yet in a standard book OF brief biog-
raphies this is the one book title given
under the name of the author.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-15
Time to Exercise.

Exercise should be avoided imme-
diately after eating, and eating should
be avoided Immediately after eXercis-
ing. Nature should be given a chance
to rest and recuperate in either case
before fresh work is heaped upon her.
Early morning, Immediately after ris-
ing, and late in the evening before re-
firing are the best times for calisthen-
les.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-15
Do Sit Down.

In England when the chair was first
used, even wealthy men only owned
one or two, it was the seat of honor
given to guest as u special mark Of
favor. The American colonists fol-
lowed this custom during the first
part of the seventeenth century.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-15

poverty, universal education, the COM
Portable housing of all the people, the
production of everything needed for
the wellbeing of mankind in such
abundance that there would not be
complaint Of scarcity in any part OF
the civilized world.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-15

Pussyfooting on the part OF con-
gress in the face of the German men
ace has been ascribed to regard Tor
the supposedly pacifist sentiment OF
the "home folks" But out IN WIS
consin the tactics of Senator La Fol
lette in endeavoring to obstruct
measures giving the president full
authority to act are emphatically de-
nounced. A resolution has been intro
duced in the Legislature declaring
that he "does not reflect the patriot
ism and loyalty" of the state and urg-
ing him to cease his opposition. AT
mass-meetings in dozen cities ms
course is reprobated and support oil
the President is pledged. The lesson
is obvious. The people of the United
States may be now and then deluded
by pacifist talk, they may be misled
for the moment by ignorance OF the
real situation, but when the crisis
comes they will stand by the flag
ANY politician who forgets that fact
is letting himself in for lot of trou-
BILE.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-15
Different Views.

A New Jersey clergyman resigned,
complaining that his congregation
wanted a photograph in the pulpit.
A good many congregations complain
because they have one.--Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-15

The present summer in all prob
ability will end this war. Then will
come the arrangement Of the terms of
peace. When that time comes the
United States will have the opportun-
ity to play the most important part
that ever was played by any nation.
1t can demand that the nations take
the only course that will bring per-
manent peace to the world and that
is universal disarmament Any other
policy certainly will result in another
worldwide war, more terrible even
than this. We have been astounded
ut the terrific energy and effective
ness displayed in this war for pur-
poses Of destruction. II anything like
the same energy, resourcefulness and
wealth were used for purposes Of con-
struction, for the purpose of making
the world better place in which to
live it would mean the abolishing of
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-15

This is the sassafras season. There
are lot of modern upstarts who
sheer at sassafras tea, but just the
same we have no doubt, if data could
be obtained, that it was the choicest
drink quaffed at the feast Of Lucui-
lus; that it was made the most splen-
did libation to the deities of ancient
Rome, and that Apollo and the nine
muses., picnicking on Mt. Parnassus
under the blue Grecian sky, ignored
the aqua pura which flowed from the
Castilian spring and in preference
drank the nectar of the gods-which
was sassafras tea. Down with its
modern day defamers, say we!
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-15

Vulture the Lands Scavenger.
The Egyptian vulture was the chief
scavenger of the land of Pharaoh.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-15

With all it means to me to have him
leave me,
I'd give him to his country, help
him fight;
For, so think mother does her duty
And keeps her faith with honor and
with God;
l didn't raise my boy to be a coward,
I'd rather have him dead and turned
clod.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-15

ent system is not conducive to the best
results and should be changed.
Sounds strange doesn't it, to hear
of bread riots in the United States
In this new land, with millions upon
millions of acres of productive land
still undeveloped and capable Of pro-
ducing enough to supply the needs of
a population several times as great
as ours. And yet we are reading of
just that condition. The prices of
the necessities of life are going high
er while the poor are crying for bread.
Evidently there is glaring fault in
our system of distribution. Some pow
ers for purely selfish gain have inter
fered with the proper distribution of
food products and fuel in order that
exorbitant profits may be derived
from the necessities of men. What
is the remedy? The rights of the
masses of society are paramount to
the rights Of individuals. Private gain
should not be permitted to stand in
the way of the public welfare. This
principle always has been recognized
in war, when the ruling class has in
sisted always that rights of both per-
son and property must be made sub
ordinate to the rights of the govern
ment. That principle is in active
operation in almost every nation in
Europe today, especially those nations
engaged in war. In those countries
the governments take possession of
the food supplies, curtail private con-
sumption and dictate not only what
the people shall eat and wear but how
much the seller of the commodity shall
charge for his product. 1t is outrag-
eous and unthinkab!y wicked that
there should be enforced hunger in the
midst of plenty or that men, women
and children should go half clothed,
and suffering from cold in a country
the most abundantly supplied with the
material out of which clothing is made
and the fuel for heating purposes of
any country in the world. There
is but one efficient remedy for
this intolerabe condition: through |
the instrumentality of government,
national, state and local, the people
must take charge of the distribution
and if necessary, the production OF
the necessaries Of life. Selfishness
and the greed for gain so dominate
private distributing agencies that
they cannot be trusted to deal justly.
Socialistic, you say? Yes; but
Socialistic principle which the ruling
classes have never hesitated to use
when it was necessary for the pre-
servation of the existing order. If
the policy is correct in time of war
It is correct also in time of peace
whenever a greedy few undertake to
deprive the many of what not only
belongs to them but which is neces-
sary to their lives and their ordinary
comfort