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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-07-13


more often to be found in the provinces
than in metropolitan areas. When one
sees the picture OF flying arrow one
knows that 1t is bathhouse, as the
word for shooting an arrow (yuiru)
sounds like yu-lru, taking hot bath.
Dealers In sweet potatoes write up the
ideographs for jusanri (thirteen ri),
nicer than chestnuts (kuri-yori-umai),
ku-ri, meaning nine ri, and also chest
nuts; the syllOgistic Specification being
that as thirteen ri are greater than
nine ri. so sweet potatoes are finer
than chestnuts. The kite maker puts
the picture of an octopus (tako) on his
door, as the word for kite (tako) is
much the same as that for octopus
the vernacular. The dealer In bean
jam buns has a horse over his shop,
because the word for horse (uma) has
the sound Of umai-umai (sweet-sweet)
not unlike foreign yum-yum, for the
same meaning. Such notions may ap.
pear childish, but in the peaceful
Tokugawa days people were evidently
at loss for novelty and had to do
something to preclude ennui. SucL
signs are now seldom seen.
Some Eccentric English.
To foreigners, of course, the more
interesting signs are those essaying
English inscriptions, which often are
very remarkable for their eccentric at
tempts at spelling and wording. When
you see sign reading Tailor of Re-
sistant Wet Cat" you know that there
is good place for cheap waterprOOfs.
"Baggages, Sent Any Direction by In
ternal Railway" means an express Of
fee. modified Milk for the Scientific
Feeding of Infants and Invalids" is of
doubtful significance, as Is also "Shifts
Repaired Here" No one doubts the
meaning of "Horse-Bif Shop" though
why the appeal is made to English
readers no one seems to know. "Coats
Made From Any Hides Yours or Ours"
sounds dangerous, but simply means
furs will be made up from skins
brought to the shop. various Kind
Hairs" has the same meaning. Ladies
Furnished in the Upper Story" will
bring you blouse waist "Whale and
All Relating 1t Are Sold" seems more
ambiguous than 1t is.
The stranger will naturally ask why
such ridiculous wording Is thus impu.
IDENTIFY stuck up before the public when
it would be so easy to have the Eng
lish corrected before being painted on
the sign. Those asking such a ques.
ton but show how unfamiliar they are
with the country they have come to
visit. The man who sets himself up
as q painter of foreign signs Is not go
ing to admit that he cannot compose
the device to be painted on them. Pos
sibly he gets some schoolboy to find
the words in the English dictionary
that corresponds to the japanese ideo-
graphs, and so he paints these words
In any order that seems to him best
But what of the man who pays for the
sign! Does he not object to paying
for sign covered with tumble of
mistakes and then holding them up to
public view? Well, he does not know
the difference, and so long as he is
none the wiser the painter will not
find 1t profitable to seek correct Eng
glish for his signs. In Japan many
things are done incorrectly simply be-
cause those who pay for the work do
not know the difference.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-07-13

Theodore Dresser. the New York
novelist, helped. himself to some tiny
rice-birds at a luncheon at Sherry's.
what little things rice-birds are !"
said a poet. "Here are nine on this
one piece of toast. How do you kill
enough rice-birds for a meal, anyhow"
why, with insect powder, of
course" said Mr.. Dresser, taking up
a brace of birds on his fork.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-07-13
Identification.

"Your mother was talking about
some women of moods and tense mo-
ments."
'Tll bet it was our grammar
teacher"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25
PASTOR GIVEN SURPRISE

The young people of the Danish
Lutheran church of this city gave
pleasing. surprise ON their pastor,
Rev. j. p. Christensen and wife at
the parsonage last Friday evening.
They went to the parsonage in a
body and brought with them a suf-
ficient supply of refreshments to
serve. Mr.. and Mrs. Christensen
were surprised by the young people
but were equal to the OCCASION and set
about ct once to make them feel at
home. After a couple of hours of
social conversation refreshments
were served, and then they present
ed the pastor and his wife substan-
tial purse as gift from the Young
Peoples Society. 1t was unique
way of showing their appreciation
of the work done by the pastor dur
ing his ministry in Audubon and
greatly priced by Mr.. and Mrs.
christensen, for they will carry to
their new home in Denver, Colo. the
well wishes of host of friends.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25
PRICES HIGHER
DURING CIVIL WAR

Prices of many staple food pro-
ducts averaged about 1923 percent
higher during the first years of the
Civil War than today, according to
items taken from an invoice of goods
sold by S. Hamill and Company,
wholesale grocers of Keokuk, Iowa,
to r. j. Jacobs, retailer, June %,
1862.
The old invoice which was discov-
cred by a student of food prices was
compared with present prices and
caused considerable discussion
among grocers and others.
Sugar in those Civil War days sold
for SIS barrel, rice at $31.3S bar
rel, tobacco at more than double the
present price and tea at $101.3S
for a 25 pound chest. Twenty-Five
pounds of the same grade Of tea may
be bought for $3.50. Coffee also
was nearly four times as high as at
present.
The same bill of groceries and sun
dries that then brought SCALA may
be bought today for $2S1.61.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25
RED OAK NO PLACE
FOR HAVNER TRIAL
Attorney General Goes to Supreme
Court to Defend Change
of Venue.

Attorney General H. M. Havner
has gone to the Iowa Supreme court
in an effort to make sure that he
will not be tried in Montgomery
county under the indictment return
ed by the Montgomery county grand
jury charging him with oppression
in office"
Judge w. d. Boies granted a
change of venue in this case from
Montgomery county to Harrison
county at the request of Mr.. Havner,
This order has now been vacated by
Judge j. b. Rockafellow of the fiji
teenth judicial district, in which
Red Oak is situated, and as matters
now stand Havner might be called
up to stand trial at Red Oak when
the county attorney is ready for trial
and Judge dockets the case.
Mr.. Havner does not wish to
stand trial in Montgomery county be-
cause Of the pro-Wilkerson anti
Havner sentiment in that community
which he believes would prevent him
getting fair trial.
Following the vacating of the Or
der of Judge Boies by Judge Rocka-
fellow, Havner yesterday went be-
fore the Supreme court, through his
attorney, James Parsons, and asked
for a writ providing for review of
the action of Judge Rockafellow by
the Supreme court. Havner and his
attorneys hold that Judge Rocka-
fellow had no right to issue an order
contrary to that made by Judge
Boies. A hearing was set for Oct.
26l
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25
THIS METHOD KEEPS
SAUSAGE FRESH

A writer in the October Farm and
Fireside says:
"In fall when we kill hogs always
fry sausage in cakes Just the size We
use on the table, put them in glass
jars, cover with melted lard, screw
up tight, have kept it this way as
long as year. There has always
been one drawback, it takes so much
lard to cover the cakes, and while
it was never entirely lost, it was new
er so nive to use again. Last year
tried a new scheme, I used only
the grease that fried out of the
cakes as they were cooking, two or
three tablespoonfuls to each jar or
sausage; after screwing tight turn
ed the jar upside down to cool. OF
course the Jar was perfectly air
tight when the lard cooled and my
sausage kept perfectly. l left the
Jars standing on the tops, as in the
warm weather the lard might melt
away, and the sausage would then
spoil"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25
WHY WE WAR

Ours is a war of self-defense. We
did not wish to fight Germany. She
made the attack upon us-not on our
shores, but on our ships, our lives,
our rights, our future. For two
years and more we held to a neutral
ity that made up apologists for
things which outraged mans COM
mon sense of fair play and humanity.
Then why are we in? Because We
could not keep out. The invasion
of Belgium, which opened the war,
led to the invasion of the United
States by slew, steady, logical steps.
Our sympathies evolved into con-
viction of self-ilterest. Our love of
fair play ripcned into alarm at our
own peril. We talked in the lang
uage and spirit of good faith and sim
certify, as honest men should talk,
until we discovered that our talk
was construed as cOwardice. We
talked as men would talk who cared
alone for peace and The advancement
of their own national interests, I'M
| til we discovered that We were
thought to be nation of mere mon
ey-makers, devoid of all character
until we were told that we could
not walk the highways of the world
without permission Of Prussian SOL
der, that our ships might not sail
| without wearing striped uniform of
| humiliation upon narrow path of
national subservience. We talked as
men talk who hope for honest agree
ment. not by war, until We found that
the treaty torn to pieces at Liege
was but the symbol of policy that
made agreements worthless against
purpose that knew no word but
success.
And so we came into this war for
ourselves. 1t is war to save Amer
ica-to preserve self-respect to just
J ifv our right to live as we have liv-
ed, not as some else wishes us to
1 live. In the name of freedom We
challenge with ships and men and
money. and an undaunted ="
word "Verboten" which Germany
has written upon thu sea and upon
the land For America is not the
name of so much territory. 1t is a
living spirit, born in travail, grown
in the rough school of bitter exper-
| fences, living spirit which has pur-
pose and pride and conscience
knows why it wishes to live and to
what end. knows how it comes to be
respected by the world. and hopes to
retain that respect by living on with
the light of Lincoln's love of man as
its old and new testament. 1t is
more precious that America should
live than that We Americans should
live.-Secretary Lane.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25
A JURY SCANDAL
AT DAVENPORT

United States secret service men
claim to have unearthed a sensation
al jury scandal in connection with
the recent trial at Davenport of six
citizens, who were accused of violat-
ing the espionage act.
1t is claimed that one juror, who
refused to vote for conviction and
succeeded in hanging" the jury, was
personal friend of one of the de-
Tense attorneys and was entertained
three nights while the trial was in
progress. Although it was reported
that the jurors stood 10 to for con-
viction when they were discharged,
government men claim the actual
vote was IL to /.
Because of the liability of the jury
to agree, four defendants must be
Matthey, Attorney Charles Wiese,
former County Attorney Fred Voll-
mer and Albert Miller. Two de-
fendants-Dr. Henry Matthey and
Attorney E. c. Willis were ac-
quilted by the ury.
District Attorney Claude Porter
and Special Investigator George
Softer have instituted sweeping
probe of the entire affair which may
result in serious charges.
Despite the claims Of j. Fred
Moore of Columbus Junction, fore
man of the jury, that the vote stood
10 to 2, government Investigators
it is claimed. have in their possession
sworn statements from other mem
bers of the jury that the final count
was / to for the conviction of four
defendants.
1t has also been discovered, accord
ing to reports that one Juror had on
several occasions been the client OF
one of the defense attorneys.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25
Speeds Up the
Hogs Growth
Anti-ChOleric Hog Remedy Proving
Worth to Iowa Hog Raisers as
Means of Producing Bigger
and Heavier Hogs
PREVENTS HOG CHOLERA, TOO

"Hog raisers all through Iowa
are beginning to realize the true
worth of Anti-Cholera Hog Remedy
as means for raising bigger,
healthier, and heavier hogs" says
Mr.. p. b. Gravely, who is engaged
in directing the distribution of the
remedy throughout Iowa.
at is proving to those who use
it that it not only speeds up the hogs
growth, but also aids their digestion
purifies the hogs blood, relieves con-
stipation, drives out intestinal
worms, increases appetite, and &C
ually prevents hog cholera"
"If your hogs are stunted. won't
eat, hair is turned the wrong way,
or show other signs of cholera, just
mix Anti-Choleric Hog Remedy with
their food. In a few days you'll see
the results in well, happy, and
healthy hogs"
Anti-Choleric Hog Remedy is not
a food. 1t Is medicine produced
work to keep the hog we'll and
proven by the fact that it has been
a staple remedy with the breeders
in the famous Virginia ham section
and is now being adopted by lowe
hog raisers.
Just get q dollar package. con
tanning one hundred doses and try
it on three or five of your hogs
You'll never want to be without i
in the future. Anti-Choleric is sole
BY
MartinrMogg, Audubon
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25
REVISING THE DRAFT

Whatever differences of opinion
may arise over the order in which
various classes of men are called to
the colors, the war department is
undoubtedly right in making con-
structive decision regarding the SER
vice of individuals.
1t was repeatedly urged. when the
original rules for the draft were be-
ing applied, that the matter of ex-
emption should not hinge upon a
showing made by the drafted man,
but that the government should de-
eide on its own initiative whether a
mans best service, at particular
time, lay in army service or in his
work as a civilian.
No time would have been lost il
the rules now being put forth had
been adopted at the start, since the
calling of the army was contingent
upon the building of environments,
and not upon the speed with which
the draft laws could be put into oper-
alton.
On the whole. however. the draft
law went into effect with surprising
ly little friction, and the cases Of in
dividual hardship which have been
worked can be remedied now. IL the
war department will make substitu-
tions according to the spirit of the
rules which are to govern the future
There should be no hesitancy in re-
opening a case altering the decision
il it is demonstrated that suffering
has come upon dependents because
Of a mans obligation to serve. II
the government is not to support
dependents and nothing but the
most incidental support has beer
suggested-the draft law must be
administered so that family hard
ships shall be reduced to the mini
mum.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25
GLENWOOD MAYOR IN BAD

Indicted by the District court
grand jury and facing trial in an
custer proceeding, Mayor F. ]. Wal
lace Of Glenwood finds the office Of
mayor full Of all kinds Of grief.
Mayor wallace is manager and
principal owner Of the F. ]. Wallace
Lumber company Of Glenwood.
which company recently sold the
contractor doing the paving work
for the city materials used in the
city contracts. thus making the city
and the mayor partners In the paw
ing.
The District court grand jury,
when attention was brought to the
matter, returned an Indictment
against Mayor Wallace charging
violation OF we'll known state law.
Now comes County Attorney Cook
and Attorney General Havner with
an action to GUST Mayor Wallace
from office on the charge of cor
rupt and willful misconduct In Of
flee,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25
MANY WILL VISIT AT
GUTHRIE CEN TER SUNDAY

Great tabernacle meetings at
Guthrie Center. are now In progress
Evangelist p. c. Nelaon of Michigan
and party are leading tho four
churches in the movement. Mr..
Nelson was raised in Shelby county,
Iowa and has held ever $50 gospel
campaigns In the state. Jack"
Doner, who has charge OF the big
chorus was with Dewey at Manila
Bay, and next Sunday at $3.50 p. m.
will describe the battle. Space will
be reserved for any service In the
tabernacle for delegations who phone
ahead. The campaign will close
Nov. II.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25
A TYPEWRITING TIP

Having occasion to measure a cir
conference that figured out to
tenths of an inch, and not having
rule marked to these divisions,
says ]. Claude Crews in the Popular
Science Monthly. l tried the follow
ing means of overcoming the diff
Guilty. Going to typewriter.
made a row of periods, with each
tenth one a comma to show full in.
ches.
This gave me rule marked In
tenths, also one that could be bent
around shafting. collars, etc. Al
nearly all typewriters make ten
spaces to an inch, 1t is an easy mat
ter to accomplish what seems to be
o difficult job.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25
NUTTING PARTIES

Sunday was not an ideal day for
an outing but many people took long
rides through the country. Numer-
Gus nutting parties were in evidence
also and early starts were made for
the woods. This is the season of
bonfire and weiner roasts, and many
places Sunday evening such parties
were found in evidence.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25
CIDER SEASON ON

A reporter was given the wink by
a business man Tuesday and was led
back to a keg. 1t looked a little
suspicious but the brown color OF
the draught, without bead, qualified
it for temperance throats.
1t proved to be apple juice, right
from the apples, undiluted and with
out fermentation. This is stated as
a truthful alibi. The cider was a
little light for cultivated tastes but
after a week or two of going, ought
to have a kick like jack rabbit.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25
CORN HUsKERs ARE SCARCE

Send us corn huskers, is the S. o.
S. call sent out by the farmers, who
will have to pay a higher rate for
husking than they ever paid in their
lives. 1t is stated that good husker
can command practically his own
price, and the bulk of the farmers
are willing to pay upward of cents
with some huskers having declared
themselves for 10 cents per bushel.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25
LADIES ENJOY VISIT AT ROSS

A goodly number of the members
of the Womans Missionary Society of
the Christian church met with Mrs.
I. S. Sherman at Ross last Friday.
The ladies from this city went to
Ross by rail on the early morning
train and were guests at dinner at
the Sherman home which is reported
to have been quite elaborate. The
guests returned on the afternoon
train. Those present from here
we're: Mrs. Ralph Robinson, Mrs.
Grant McManigal, Mrs. Vern SMELL
baker, Mrs. Chas. Dollahide and Mrs.
Robt. Curtis.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25
DIR. s. T. ANDERSON
Osteopathic Physician

Office over Bakers Grocery.
Phone 291.
The treatment OF acute diseases
special study.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25
ID. +. MATTHIAS
Physician and Surgeon

Office hours / p. NJ to +. M.
Special attention given to eye, ear,
nose and throat. Office occupied by
DR.. G.. A. May. Phone AZ. Resl-
dence Phone 2S5. Audubon. Iowa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25
DIR. Ii. c. ROGERS
Veterinary Surgeon

Office four doors north OF Post.
office. Calls answered any hour OF
the day or night. Phone 23J2.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25
M. o. KINGSBURY
ChirOpractOr

CnlfopraCtOr
office hours A. M. to IL A. M.
2P.M. to 5 p. NJ, p M. to p. M.
Office over Wilson's Grocery Store.
Calls attended day or night.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-25

"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-22

insistent as the duty abroad. They
are equal responsibilities. They be,
long to us. We must bear them
without Sinking, whether or not it
hurts.
There is no reason why any
should seek to avoid a share in com.
mon sacrifice. Here in Iowa we
have so far sacrificed nothing. How
many are going without anything of
necessity or even of luxury because
of their contributions to the chart
ties? Let each one ask himself that
question.
The home charities are to be
maintained, and decently. The great
war charities are to be fully financed
and literally conducted. And we
must pay. We must pay now and we
shall pay again and again. We must
go without some things we desire
because others are in desperate need.
We must shake off the lazy and self.
ish contentment of peace and stand
stripped and ready for a long strug-
gle wherein all are conscripted and
each must do his part.
Get ready to face it. 1t is close
at hand, it is a common duty, uni
versal responsibility. Meet it like
men and Christians"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-22

hospital and another church. The
Coors brewery at Golden. Colo, was
famous for its size and it's beer, but
nothing could save it against the dry
wave. So one Of the Coors brothers
took over the plant and is now doing
thriving business in matted milk.
Another brother had prepared him.
self as chemist to follow the brew
ing industry and when that became
impossible he undertook to help his
father out in an investment that
seemed to be going wrong. There
was a clay deposit out there and a
company had been formed to make
tableware from it, and the old gentle
man had put quite a pot of money
into the industry. But things were
not going right; the man who started
the business had wandered away and
there were problems in research that
had not been mastered yet.
Now from ferments to clay is quite
jump for a chemist, but if his
grounding is good the difficulty is half
overcome before he begins. At all
events after the junior Coors got
fairly started in the work the trou-
bles began to fade away. They are
now turning out grade of laboratory
porcelain that will make the German
ware hard to introduce again in this
country after the war is over. Beer
seems to be an industry of many
turnings 1t built Vassar college and
endowed it, among other things.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-22
PER CAPITA DEBTS.

Interest bearing public debt of the
United States at the present time is
81, 202, 646,015. This includes the
receipts of the first Liberty Loan to
date and the outstanding treasury
certificates of indebtedness, issued
in anticipation of the second Liberty
Loan.
Notwithstanding the huge debt
augmentation that has taken place
since our entrance into the war, the
per capita distribution of the public
debt, at s4O.21, is considerably below
what it was for a long period subse-
quent to the Civil War AS late as
1874, the per capita debt exceeded
the present figure. On June 80,
1866, the interest bearing debt stood
at $685. 31 POS, with the per capita
at $65.S2. At that time the popula-
ton of the United States was about
one-third what it is now.
Last year the per capita debt was
1886. 1t had been in close proxim-
ity to so for a number of years pre-
vious. while the interest bearing debt
had remained well under a billion dol
lars since 1901.
In the matter of national wealth.
the figures also bear interesting COM
parison with former times. 1t is es-
timated that the national wealth of
the country today is 5O000,OOO 900.
Therefore, every man, woman and
child has potential wealth of S2,392.
Before the Civil War the per capita
wealth of the country was only lit
tie over $500.
In 1870, after the country had been
through the throes of the Civil War,
the per capita debt was about 7 per
cent of the per capita wealth of the
country. Today, in spite OF the huge
Indebtedness already incurred, the
per capita debt is only 1.6 per cent
of the per capita national wealth.