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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-09-22

The hunting license is and should
be an insult to every decent colored
man; III that it makes him black. "
Does 1t Single out any other class
OF people? Wheu are we going to
wage a relentless war on such ill.,
suits? The sooner the better.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-09-22

Precisely as the curse Of slavery
tell on the slave owners, SO must
the curse of this nations abuses to
loyal people who are lynched, i'm
cro"ed and denied the rights all
others enjoy, under the stars and
stripes, suffer.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-09-22
VILLA ROBS STORES AND
GIVES LOOT TO POOR

Ell PASO, Tex, Sept. 1S.-Pan- \
r cho Villa has his own little way i
y Of celebrating Mexican Indepen- !
= dence day. At the head OF 800 :
\ of his followers Pancho looted
i stores along the Chihuahua-Du- 4
# range line and distributed the 4
y loot among the poor OF several 4
r towns.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-09-22

What pity we have not men in
Congress like William l.. Wilson
and Thomas B. Reed, Both big
scholars, and historical treasures of
America.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-09-22

AS to Texas and our soldisrs,
General Sherman said: If / owned
Texas and hell, I would live in the
latter and rent the former to the
first applicant?' So would we.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-09-22
Col. T. 3. Frye Here.

Among the jurors who assembled
here for the term of Federal court
which opened today, is Col. It. B
Frye, of Keyser, who is engaged in
the retail and wholesale hardware
business. He is well known and has
many friends among the business
men whom he met in other years as
a travelling representative of the
hardware jobbing house of Greer &
Laing, Wheeling.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-09-22

CHINA has decided to send 20, 600
troops to France They will be VOL
untccrs and no doubt fine soldiers
ard will show the sprouting power
Of the Yellow PERIL
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-09-22

1t is fact that men who pro-
duce and have things to sell should
not by cXtravagant prices enrich
themselves and impoverish the
poor, through the calamity Of war.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-09-22
Service Sunday.

There will be service at 3 o'clock
ID the afternoon next Sunday in
Christ church Bunker Hill Every
one is invited to attend.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-09-22

If the Kingdoms Of heaven is not in
man, how does he ever expect to
get thcrco
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-09-22

1t IS high time that this country
learns that the best way for it to
help itself is to help others.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-09-22

Judge Dayton,s charge to the
Grand Jury was strong logical and
faultlcss.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-09-22

SATURDAY, SEPT. %. 1V!7.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-12
OUR WASTE OF BABIES

Nearly $500, 900 babies are born in
the United States every year, of
whom 100000 die before they reach
their first birthday. Apparently,
that is, M out of every eight babies
that first see the light on American
soil is sacrificed to the unfavorable
circumstances surrounding it's birth.
Apparently, too, u first year of ex-
istence is the most dangerous in the
whole human cycle. A man 70 years
old stands q much greater chance of
reaching II than a baby born today
has to reach it's first anniversary.
Enough babies die in this country in
10 years to populate a city as large
as Chicago, a state as large as New
Jersey, or to make up nearly the total
population of Montana, Idaho, Wyom-
ing, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona
Utah and Nevada. The United States,
which is VIGOROUSLY wasteful of all
such natural gifts, with which nature
has favored her, apparently feels that
there is no need to economize in so
potential a source of national wealth
as it's babies. Their destruction takes
it's natural place alongside the de-
struction of our forests, our birds, our
animals, and our coal; these annual
human sacrifices are merely another
indication of a deplorable national
habit.
This is a serious charge to make
against any nation, both from the
viewpoint of humanity and efficiency.
Previous generations have regarded
infant mortality from a fatalistic
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-12
FIVE L T FINGERS

Did you ever make a diary of your
fingers? Did you eve set down in
cold black and white the things your
fingers touch eve day, and did you
ever consider the number of times
daily that your unwashed fingers seek
your mouth?
When surgeons discovered that it
was their own infected fingers that
carried germs into wounds they set
about trying to discover a means
whereby their hands could be rem
dered surgically clean, l. e., free from
germs. The whole realm of chemistry
was ransacked for agents which would
disinfect hands, and the scrubbings
and dimensions to which they sub
jected their hands are wen yet a ten
der memory to the surgeons of that
period. But all of these efforts prov
ed useless and at last in despair, sur
geons took to wearing rubber gloves
which could be boiled, thus bringing
to each patient, as it were, a fresh
pair of sterile hands. In other words,
try as you will you can't by any
known method make your hands abso-
lutely clean.
The great agent in the spread of
those diseases whose causative orga-
nism is present in the secretions of
the mouth and nose, is the human
hand; and if saliva was bright green
we would be amazed at the color of
our fingers. AS a matter of fact
most Of US carry our fingers to our
mouth or nose many times daily,
there to implant the germs of dis
ease which other careless people have
spread about, there to collect a fresh
cargo of infectious material to scatter
for somebody else.
1t is true that most germs Of dis
ease die quickly once they leave the
human body, but what does the death
of a few billion germs matter so long
as the supply is copious and never
ending.
What an enormous number of in
fected things we touch during the day
and how %infrequent and cursory are
the hand washings we perform.
The answer is to keep your fingers
out of your mouth and nose. Thus we
limit the spread of disease from these
orifices at least, thus we eliminate
the danger of contracting disease
from some one else who was not quite
so careful.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-12
FIFTY-TWO BERLINS
IN THE UNITED STATES

What will the kaiser and Won Hin
derburg say when they r confronted
by United States soldiers who hail
from Berlin, Leipsic, Keil, Krupp,
Karlsruhe and other towns similarly
named? Perhaps they will hiss
"Treason," but they will get no COM
fort from that, for the boys from
those towns are all good Americans.
The fact is that there are fifty-two
Berlins in the United States and each
of them is sending it's sons to the
front. Furthermore, there are five
Leipsics over which Uncle Sam rules,
whereas the kaiser has only one. AS
for Hamburghs and Bremens, why,
the kaiser can't touch us. He's got
one of each. We have ten Bremens,
and no less than thirty-two Ham,
burghs. Only seven states in the I'm
ion haven't got a town named Berlin,
but others make up for the deficiency
by having two. Pennsylvania has
four and Virginia three.
When the war broke out there was
a rush on the part of all belligerents
to change the names of towns, streets,
hotels and restaurants which bore en-
envy names. Berlin, Ontario, was
changed to Kitchener; Russia renam-
ed St. Petersburg to ~Petrograd; Lon
don renamed all it's German streets;
Paris renamed all it's German cafes;
and Berlin retaliated in kind. No one
has brought up the subject so far as
changing the titles of the numerous
Berlins, Hamburghs and other Ameri-
can towns with German names.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-12

Gilmore were married Sept. 25th at
many friends Of Mr.. Powell unite
Trinity church, Melrose, Mass. The
with the Gazette in wishing him and
his bride a long life Of happiness and
prosperity.
A desperate, giving the name of
Dewey, went into Mark Thomas
place of business last Saturday even
ing and with a drawn revolver re-
Elieved a dozen road employees of some
J, says \ report from Buford. The
highwayman shot the fingers off of
one victim and another fellow by the
name of Wilson was shot in the head
and instantly. killed. The "hero" of
the episode is in Jail at DEVILS Lake
and will answer to murder in the
first degree.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-12

point of view, as something which
can not be helped and which it is
therefore useless to struggle against.
But modern science knows better.
"Infant mortality" says Sir Arthur
Newsholme, els the most sensitive in
dex we possess Of social welfare and
of sanitary administration, especially
under urban conditions" How, judged
by this test, does the United States
stand among the nations of the
world? We are not the worst coun-
try, though we IRE a long way from
being the best. With a national in
FAINT mortality rate which, so far as
the statisticians can determine, is 124
per 1000, our record is just a little
better than Serbia's. Nations that
surpass US are Scotland, Finland,
England, Denmark, Ireland, France
and the Scandinavian countries. The
nation that makes the best showing
is far-away New Zealand, a new and
kTOWlIlS COullIAy lAhC OuI VWl1 Which,
loses only 81 per 1000 of her infants
The most negligent country is Chile
which loses almost exactly one-third
of her babies. In all these melancholy
statistics there is only one grain OF
consolation for the United States
our record is much better than that
of the nation with which we are now
at var The strangest paradox pre-.
scented by Germany is her excessively
high infant mortality rate; this is
1872 per 10000 for the German empire
and LAG for Prussia. Here we have
q nation which boasts that she has nj
slums and that her sanitary and gen.
eral living conditions surpass those Of
any other people. Yet an indispen.
sable accompaniment of kultur is evi.
IDENTIFY widespread mortality among
babies.-Burton J. Hendrick in Her.
per's Weekly.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-12

railroads, aggregate anthracite ton
mage transported during the eight
months period ending. August 81, this
year, was 7,668,382 ions more than in
the same period last year, an increase
Of 17.1S per cent. To produce this
increase the anthracite roads carried
a gross tonnage of $50 1921, 445 tons
for the nine months as against A.
623,O63 for the first eight months of
1916. The increase for August, alone,
this year over August, 1916, was l.
$4,000 tons or 1886 per cent. The
July increase was 24.38 per cent and
the June increase 1924 per cent.
These figures indicate that recent re-
ports to the effect that there has been
service curtailment in the production
and distribution of anthracite coal
are not based upon facts.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-12
"PULLIN' Tits"

Or the Brag of a Luck Swede.
Aye bane a yust guide farmer, for
more as saxteen yare,
Aye raise some wheat and corn, and
fat some hogs and steer,
Aye watch that farmer business close
for where do money gifts,
And aye find it koming kwickest when
you ban "qullin' titte."
Dam falla wat ban raising grains and
hauling dam to town,
Hay got no money in da pocket-ha
ban broke do whole yare round,
Dam falla wat ban fattin' stock, ban
rich and dan ban pore,
Some time hay make a plenta money,
some time hay lose more.
But dame falla wild da brindle cow
hay got bully ting, you bet!
Hay never lose a whole yare's crop if
ground ban dry or gets too wet,
Ven hail ban striding down do crop,
and yust ban raising fits,
At night, hay call dem brindles and
yust ban "pullin' tits"
Hay bot a good separator what make
a lot of cream,
Hay got da money comm in just like
a pleasant dream,
Hay got money in da bank, hay got
money in his mitts,
Hay ban no Rockafallow-hay yust
bane "pullin' titte."
Austin North.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-12

faster with their left foot. The in
credulous may Immediately make
answer that if this were true we could
not walk in a straight line. That is
the exact conclusion of the scientist
in question, who undertakes to prove
his s He points out that a person
lost on a prairie will almost without
fail walk around in a circle. All of
us have heard Of incidents of persons
lost in snowstorms who found them
selves ~traversing the same ground in
an endless circle. This, argues the
scientist, Is not due solely to any
failure Of the sense of direction, but
to the fact that one of the wanderers
feet was imperceptibly moving faster
than the other.
Under ordinary circumstances a Pc
destrian turns corners, cuts into a
different road or is carried in one
general direction by the course of a
highway or street. And he does not
attempt to walk in one exact line,
but moves about more or less freely.
Thus the speed Of his steep is equal
lied and the difference is not appar-
ent.
As a proof that a person does not
walk in a straight line the scientist
proposes a test which he says has
proved almost unfailing. That is, to
place two sticks about eight feet
apart, then start from a distance 60
feet away while blindfolded and try to
pass between the sticks. He found
that very few persons could success
fully withstand the trial.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-12

The only Heating System that auto.
@aticaly ventlates and AUMIDIFIES-
Hence The only system that meets the re.
9usrements Of HEALTH - well a comfort.
rtooo: youf nome with . constant. ever.
changing eusIent Of fresh. warm Moisi a.;
61ikxsly free tpm dust. dirt ga smoke.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-12
Sour Stomach.

Eat slowly, masticate your food
thoroughly abstain from meat for a
few days and in most cases the soul
stomach will disappear. If it does
not, take one of C~hamberlain's Tab
let's Immediately after supper. Red
meats are Most ligely to cause sour
stomach and you may find it best to
cut them out.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-12

this office where a man called to mill
tary duty is found to be engaged in
service in connection with the army in
the Young Mems Christian association
or in other similar service. Requests
have been made to discharge or ex-
empt such men or to assign them as
soldiers to this duty. There is no
authority for this procedure and such
men when selected must report to
their local boards for military duty.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-12
ROADS CARRY MORE COAL

Mr.. J. T. McGaughey, A. G. F. &
P. A. of the Great Northern railway,
Helena, advises that reports compiled
by the railroads war board indicate
the amount Of anthracite coal trans
ported by the rilroads this year will
exceed the tonnage of any previous
year by a considerable amount. In
the operation of the nine anthracite
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-12
WHY ONE FOOT
BEATS THE OTHER

Almost every one Of us walks fast
er with one foot than we do with
the other, according to a scientist
who has studied the subject. In q
majority Of cases it is the right foot
that optdoes the left. but in some
lefthanded persons also walk . bit
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-12

These tablets tone up the stomach and
enable it to perform it's functions
naturally. If you are troubled with
indigestion give them a trial, get well
and stay we'll.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-12

WORKERS FOR Y. M. C. A
NOT EXEMPT FROM DRAFT
The Provost Marshal General au-
thorizes the following:
Cases have come to the attention of
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-12
Mrs. Smith Recommends Chamber.
lain's Tablets.

II have had more or less stomach
trouble for eight or ten years." writes
Mrs. G. H. Smith, Beaverton, N. Y.
"When suffering from attacks Of in
digestion and heaviness after eating,
one or two of Chamberlain's Tablets
have always relieved me. I have also
found them a pleasant laxative"
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-12

If Kerensky takes on any more jobs
the labor unions may get after him.
The Meeker herald., 1917-05-12
Home Economics

the Colorado War Council is max
ing q special drive this year along
the line Of home economies.
This drive consists first in training
the housewife to the most economical
use OF food and the prevention of
waste. In addition to this compre-
hensive plan Is under consideration,
which can probably be worked out
before the vegetables and fruits are
harvested, which will include the or
ganization of a number of flying
squadrons" at the State Agricultural
college at Fort Collins. These will
be sent over the state to instruct the
housewives Of Colorado in home can
ming, community canneries and can
ming clubs. the use. Of evaporators,
cellar storage of roots and tubers, pit
storage Of roots and cabbages, farm
slsughtering and curing of meats,
storage of eggs by waterglass, pre-
serving of fruits and the making of
all kinds of jellies, pickles and
relishes.
1t is the general purpose to have
these "fying squadrons" visit the
various communities in each county
and hold. several days demonstra-
tions in the hope that there may not
go to waste any of the fruits or veg
etables In the neighborhood.
The Agricultural college is expert
menting rs to the best methods of
preserving and canning and drying
of fruits and vegetables in order that
should there develop u scarcity of tin
or glass cans that advantage may be
taken of earthenware and things of
that kind In lines not hitherto used
in that way.
A circular is soon to be sent out
urging the counties to arrange for
the permanent location during the
latter months Of the summer one of
thes flying squadrons" in each
county.
The Meeker herald., 1917-05-12
Postmaster Shepherd ia dol

Postmaster Shepherd is doing
splendid work In recruits for the
various branches Of the national
forces. The government allows all
pOstmasters Is for each recruit ac-
cepted, but our postmaster patriotic
ally turns his v over to the CONNER
cial club to help In defraying the ex-
penses of the boys to the nearest
recruiting stations. Mr.. Shepherd In
his younger days, served for many
years ~ q member OF the famous
Norfolk Blues, one Of the crack mil
itary organizations OF the South, so
knows "thing or two" of military
work and duties.
The Meeker herald., 1917-05-12
w. G. MCADOO,
Secretary Treasury.

Denver, Colo, May 10, 1917.
f. M. Cole, secretary Chamber Of
Commerce, Rife, Colo.
Two muestering officers leaving
here for Rifle, Friday night, May IL.
Please give full publicity to Glen
wood Springs, Grand Valley, De-
beque and vicinity. Officers will 90
to Piceance creek and Meeker from
Rifle. Will go to Axial Basin from
Meeker. Advise Meeker, officers will
be there Monday.
Signed, MAJOR J. A. FORCE.
The Meeker herald., 1917-05-12
Boy Scouts Dance

The dance given by the Boy Scouts
last Friday evening was a pronounced
success in spite of the inclernent
weather. A good many people turned
out to show their appreciation Of the
boys, and reported good time.
The boys cleared sixty-five dollars
after paying all expenses. This
money will be used towards buying
uniforms for the troop.
The Meeker herald., 1917-05-12
Notice to Clean Premises

All citizens are hereby notified to
clean their premises, thoroughly.
The utmost limit for this work will
be May Both, and town will be in
spected to see that this order ia
strictly obeyed, and failure to COM
ply will cost you extra.
By-order of the Board of Trustee ees,
Town Of Meeker. Colorado.
b. l.. NICHOLS, Marshal.
The Meeker herald., 1917-05-12

Another big real estate transaction
was pulled of this week when Harp
& Moulton bought from the NJ. T.
Ryan estate the extensive dry farm
this side Of Fourmile hill, belonging
to the estate. There is q lot Of good
land on the tract, and one Of the best
winter ranges in this section back Of
1t. The new owners will Immediately
set about improving their purchase
by getting 1t ready for fall grain.
The Meeker herald., 1917-05-12

Mrs. J. w. Clark, Mrs. H. b. MUIR
ray and Miss Mary Nolan arrived In
Meeker, Thursday afternoon, en- route
home after various stays outside.
The ladies made the trip from Rifle
In bit over day and half.
The Meeker herald., 1917-05-12

Mr.. and Mrs. l.. h. Walbridge,
Mrs. l.. p. Craig, Mrs. Hornbeck,
Messrs. Ambrose Oldland and #. b.
Scott. all got in from Rifle last Satur-
day. 1t took the party two and a
half days to make the trip from Rifle.
Part OF the journey was made by way
of Flag creek. This is evidence OF
the condition Of the road between
Meeker and Rifle.
The Meeker herald., 1917-05-12

William Laidlaw, manager of the
light plant, was called to Colorado
Springs last week. to take the
officers reserve corps. Mr.. Laidlaw
served for years as q staff officer in
the Illinois Guard, and is qualified
to properly discharge any duties re-
Quired of him.
The Meeker herald., 1917-05-12

Mantle Dangler of Buford, Ralph
Hickens and Thed Jerome left this
week to enlist for the war. Bert
Taylor and Arnold Dougaard. who
were among last weeks contingent
were rejected on account Of physical
defects
The Meeker herald., 1917-05-12

Washington dispatches announce
that our popular congressman, Ed.
Taylor, will be discharged from the
hospital this week, and in a few
day, will again be able to resume his
duties in the House. This will be
welcome news to almost everybody
in this county.
The Meeker herald., 1917-05-12

The Sanderson boys, Douglas and
Kenneth, came in this week. Doug
las has been in the Mississippi basin
states for several months past, work
ing for various electrical concerns,
and Kenneth has been on the Pacific
coast for over>two years. Both boys
look well and have acquired valuable
experiences,
The Meeker herald., 1917-05-12

An account Of his defective eyes,
LaPool Strehlke failed to get into
the aviation corps, but WAS accepted
for the ambulance division and will
leave for France, June 9, to join the
field forces. A rich and patriotic
eastern gentleman is outfitting the
unit to which LaPool will be at
tached,
The Meeker herald., 1917-05-12

The annual Convocation of the
Missionary district Of Western Colo
RADIO, will be held in st. James
church. Meeker, May 25-27. This will
be the first council of the newly con-
secrated Bishop, The Rt. Rev. Frank
Hale Touret, ID. ID. There will be a
number OF visiting clergy, both from
the Western slope and outside points,
The Meeker herald., 1917-05-12

Mr.. Murray, new clerk in the
Hugus store, has moved his family
from Steamboat Springs to Meeker
and has rented the John Dougan
property on Main street, adjoining
Claude Wilson'S.
The Meeker herald., 1917-05-12

Commissioner Harp sent men and
teams out this week to drag and re-
pair the Meeker- Rifle road. A good
stretch OF the road will not be in
dragable condition for over q week.
The Meeker herald., 1917-05-12
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NUI ICE FUN 70 bI.IOlfTION
Non-Coai Land
Department of the Interior,U s. Land Office at
Glenwood Springs, Colorado. May s, 1917.
NOTICE IL hereby given that Andrew W.
GotY, OF Meeker. Colorado, who, on February 3,
1872, made Homestead Application, No. 6ll4.
for as amended, Lot 4, VII sci4 swk. Sec 81, 4
N, II 30 W. Lots ?, 8. M seA nwh, swA sek
nwia. Sec 8, T s, X ~ W, 9th N. has illed
Proof, to establish claim to the land above
described. before Henry J. Hay. U. s. Commits
sioner. nj Meeker, Colorado on the eth day of
July. 1917.
Claimant names az witnesses:
Charles W. Bills. Eddie p. WILDER, Clinton s.
Valentine. all of Meeker, Colorado, Hugh
Jones, of Buford, Colorado.
DC. WEYAND,
ml2-ja Register.