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The Nevada County picayune., 1917-10-11

In the new year of 1917. as through our acceptance of worlC responsibilities so plainly indi cated in the Presidents utter ances in regard to a league of na tions. we felt ourselves now drawing nearer to a full accort with the powers of the entente and as on the other hand wt found ourselves more and nor, outraged at the German Govern ment's methods of conductin, warfare ard their brutal treat ment of people in their conquered lands; as we more and more un covered their hostile intrigues against the peace of the Ney World; and above all. as the sin, lster and antidemocratic ideals oI their ruling class became mani test in their manoeuvers for a peace of conquest-the Imperial German Government abruDtly threw aside the mask.
 On the last day of January, 1917, Count Bernstorf handed to ''r. Lansing note in which his
 sovernment announced it's pur. .'ose to intensity and render more ruthless the operations of
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-10-11
LOCALS

! Do vour bit by buying | Lib ssty Bond.
 l Ed Beatty of Emmet was in town Tuesday.
 Rexall Orderlies cure Consti- patien. Guthries. \ Mrs. J. A. Ray of Blevins, IS svisiting relatives in the city. i .Just finished a large brick kiln. ssee me if you need brick. J. w. Marshal. E We make loans on liberal terms on improved real estate.
 R. L. Blakely.
 Office Phone 329.
 Frank Martindale of Emmet Route 1, was a caller Monday.
 Capt. Benton of Lackland Springs, was in the city Tuesday.
 Elkays Straw Hat Dye makes your old straw hat look new.
 Guthrie Drug Store. E E. E. Boman of Route l. was selling pears in the city Monday.
 Sam E. Cornell was in the city last Saturday and "saw the Edi- tor.
 Tom Cummings of Redland. wag in the city on business Tuesday.
 Prof. J. T. Holcomb, of Route 5, was in the city on business Saturday.
 Twill buy all your hogs and cattle. Will pay the highest market price. Phone 344. J. T. Branham. | l. l.. Ward of Rnnte (, was IT. the city last Monday and calico at this office.
 w. K. Buchanan Is selling the Columbus wagon, one of the:bes' wagons on the market. W. D. Rhodes Of Rosston was a caller and paid his subscrip ton. We thank you Will. Judge J. M. Thomas of Emmet was a business visitor to Pres colt last Monday and Tuesday. If its brick you need see J. w. Marshal. His yard is on the Greeson place east of Ed Gordon. For Sale One good work mule and brand new wagon. Cheap for cash. Pink Honea. Phone 837 D. Route 6. Have you seen the New Wag- on, Columbus, sold and 9uaran. teed by w. K. Buchanan?
 Mrs, Sarah E. Chapman of Lonpview. H.. is visiting her sister in this city. Mrs. c. U. Brown.
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-10-11

Buy Liberty Bond. Mrs. c. D. Mar,indale is wis iting in Hugo. Okla
 If you can't fight. you can help by buying a Liberty Bond.
 J. A. Eaves and little daughter of Emmet, were in the city yes terday.
 Hon. w. N. Mum of Lane burg, was in town Tues day on business.
 Dr. and Mrs. k. E. Shell of C..,e. were shopping in Prescott yesterday.
 Mrs. Dau-icr Lohman of Jack so'.ti,.c, Fla, Is here visiting relatives and friends. Thanks to our friend. A. L.. Loomis for a subscription. MT. Loomis is one of our cattle ralserS.
 am now prepared 10 pay you the very highest market price for your hogs and cattle. If you have any to sell call phone 344. J. T. Branham. Hon. s. P Meador, editor of the Okolona Messenger and mem. Der of the 1917 legislature. was 8 Prescott visitor last Wednesday.
 Strayed Black and white pony mare. Weight about 65O; 10 years old and heavy with foal. Phone or deliver to Levi Moore.
 Hon. Harvey Combs of Little Rock and Chief Clerk of the 1917 House of Representatives, was a visitor to our city last week.
 Hon Perry F. Chappell of Lit. tie Rock. is spending a few days : in the city on business. Pres colt people are always glad to see Perry.
 The Arkansas State Normal Board will meet Wednesday Oct ober 2jth, when bids will be opened for the construction of the new administration building at Conway. for which $l0O, GOO was appropriated by the last leg islature.
 The Tax Commission estimates that the assessment for the state this year will be about $60. : 900, 900 above last year. making an aggregate of $510, 1000, 900. which will increase the general state revenue about $120, 900, with other funds increased pro- portionately. The Auditors of flee shows outstanding warrants totalling $9, 445. 24. with sufficient funds in the tresurery to pay warrants.
The Nevada County picayune., 1917-10-11

l am proposing government oy the consent of the governed, that freedom of the seas which in international conference after conference representatives of the Unieed States have urged with the eloquence of those who are the convinced disciples of lib erty; and that moderation ot armaments which makes of ar mics and navies power for or der merely, not an instrument of aggression or of selfish vio lence."
 And the paths of the sea must, alike in law and in fact, be free The freedom of the seas is the sine qua non of peace, equality and cooperation"
 It is & problem closely con. nected with the limitation of na val armament and the coopera. tion of the navies of the world in keeping the seas at once free and safe. And the question o! limiting naval armaments opens the wider and perhaps more diff. ficult question of the limitation of armies and of all programs of military preparation. = There can be no sense of safety and equality among the nations if ..great preponderating arma. ments are henceforth to continue here and there to be built up and maintained"
 Mere agreements may moi make peace secure. It will bt absolutely necessary that a force be created as guarantor of the permanehcy of the settlement SC much greater that the force oi any nation now engaged or any alliance hitherto formed or pro iected that no nation, no prob able combination of nations. could face or withstand it. Ii the peace presently to be made is to endure, it mnst be a peac, made secure by the organized major force of mankind.'
 If there were any doubt in ou, minds as to which of the grea, alliances was the more in sym pathy with these ideals. it Wal removed by the popular response abroad to this address of tht President. For while. exception was taken to some parts of it il Britain and France. it was plail that so far as the people of the Entente were concerned tn, President had been amply justi fled in stating that he spoke fo, all forward looking, liberal mind ed men and women. It was no so in Germany. The people thert who could be reached, and whose hearts were stirred by this enun citation of the principles of |; peoples peace. were too few ol too oppressed to make then voices heard in .the councils O their nation. Already. on Janu ary 16, 1917, unknown to tho people of Germany. Herr Zim merman. their Secretary of For eign Affairs, had secretly dis patched a note to their minister in Mexico. informing him of tn, German intention to repudiat. the Sussex pledge and instruct ing him to offer to the Mexican Government New Mexico ane Arizona if Mexico would iOif with Japan in attacking tn. United States.
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The Nevada County picayune., 1917-10-11

Deglnnng. The German Chan- cellor also stated before the lm- periai Diet that the reason this ruthless policy had not been ear Her employed was simply because the Imperial Government had not been ready to act. In brief, under the ,guise of friendship and the cloak of false promises, it had been preparing this attack.
 This was the direct challenge. There was no possible answer except to hand their ambassador his passports and. so have done with diplomatic correspondence which had been .vitiat.d from the Esrt by the often proved bad faith of the Imperial Govern ment.
 On the same day, February 3, 1917, the President addressed both Houses of our Congress and announced the complete seyer- ance of our relations with Ger many. The reluctance with which he took this step was eyi- dent in every word. But diplo- macy had failed. and it would have been the hollowest pretense to maintain relations. At the same time. however, he made it plain that he did not regard thls act as tantamount to a declara- tion of war. Here for the first time the President made his sharp distinction between gov ernment and people in undemo- cratic lands:
 We are the sincere friends of the German people. he said. and earnestly desire to remain at peace with the Government which speaks for them. =. =. .. God grant we may not be chal- lenged by acts of willful injus- tice on the part of the Govern ment of Germany.
 l In this address of the Presi- dent. and it's indorsement by the Senate. there was . solemn warning; for we still had hope that the German Government might hesitate to drive us to war. But it was soon evident that our warning had fallen on deaf ears. The tortuous ways and means of German official di- plomacy were clearly shown in the negotiations opened by them through the Swiss legation on the 10th of February. In no word of their proposals did the German Government meet the real issue between us. And our State Department replied that no minor negotiations could be en- tertained until the main issue had been met by the withdrawal )f the submarine order.
 By the 1st of March it had be- come plain that the Imperial Government. unrestrained by the warning in the Presidents ad- dress to Congress on February 3. was determined to make good it's threat. The President then again appeared before Congress to report the development of the crisis and to ask the approval of the Representatives of the Ma tion for the course of armed neu- trality upon which. under his constitutional authority. he had now determined. More than 800 ,f the 531 members of the two Houses of Congress showed ] themselves ready and anxious to l act; and the Armed Neutrality l Declaration would have been &C., cepted if it had not been for the legal death of the Sixty fourth Congress- on March 4.
 Continued next week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-03-08
THE PLANTING OF FRUIT. TREES

There are quite a number of diff
ferent ideas in regard to how the fruit
tree should be planted, and while many
people have good ideas of correct
planting they sometimes fail to do as
well as they know how, not realizing
the Importance of its influence on the
growth and development of the tree.
The questions so often asked by
many who are contemplating planting
either a small or large acreage, is
summed up in the following: How
deep and how wide hole to dig for
the tree; depth to plant; kind of soil
to use in filling in the hole; how to
prune the roots and the tops; time of
planting; whether it is best to plant
one-year-old or two-year-old fruit
trees. All these questions are worth
our while to consider.
In preparing the ground for plant
ing, it is best to make thoro blowing
of the ground, good and deep, some
time in advance of the time for plant
ing. IF possible pillow under some good
green crop. It is very important that
you should have good deep soil, well
pulverized. If your soil contains any
hard pan,' or is in such condition that
will make it hard for the roots to
penetrate at a good depth, it is an
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-03-08
Should Study 'Pan-Americanism'
OIIJClIQ 0CUN1y = Ut 1111Ci 1Ses<1s's11
This column is devoted to the interests of the
Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs
Mrs Scion Shedd, President = = =

population of the American Republics.
The staff of the bureau is made up of
expert translators, statisticians, COM
pliers, clerks and stenographers.
In addition to Monthly Bulletin,
it prepares and distributes hundreds
of thousands of pieces of printed mat
ter, such as special reports, handbooks
and maps, 9796 of the membership of
both Houses of Congress makes use
of its reference bureau. Its library
contains about 10000 books besides
pamphlets, official documents and La
tin American newspapers. .fs-a...
Il Washington DC, was chosen as the
permanent home of the bureau. A
small building on Pennsylvania ave.
nue. was secured and almost immedi-
ately outgrown. In 1903 the govern
ing board decided to erect building
to cost $125,OOO, but this seemed en-
tirely inadequate, but the bureau
struggled along in cramped quarters
until 1905, when Secretary RooS an
nounced that Andrew Carnegie had of
fered $75O,OOO to construct suitable
building. The United States govern
n.cnt furnished the site. which cost
5000, 900 and which has an Interesting
history, and on April 26th, 1910, the
completed building was dedicated. It
is to me, the most perfect example of
architectural beauty and landscape
gardening in Washington.
Let me say in conclusion that there
is one thing we of the United States
should get out of our heads once and
for all, and that is the idea that WE
alone are the Americans. WE are the
NORTH Americans, those others are
the Central or South Americans. They
have had a different childhood and
youth from ours, the sins of the IA
theirs, climate, the dragging weight of
an inferior race, and a somewhat bonn
bastic attitude toward commonplace
things, has held them back, but they,
too, have fought for their liberties,
and we are all for that thing to be
proud of, which stands for liberty of
opinion and a square deal for every
one-AMERICANS. And if our pasts
have not been common, nor our ira
ditional inheritances the same, the
time has now come to join forces for
common good, and to harmonic the
national spirit of each Of these coun-
tries with the American spirit of all.
GRETA T. WEEKS, Seattle.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-03-08
puffsrin,. Warning Dream.

There are many stories on record OF
the warning dream. The late Lord
Dufferin when In Paris dreamed that
he was in hearse being conveyed to
cemetery. A few days later as he was
about to enter hotel elevator he was
startled to observe that the attendant
was the living reproduction Of the
driver Of the hearse in his dream. BE
stepped back. and the lift went up
without him. Before 1t had reached
the top of the building some breakage
took place in the mechanism, and the
lift crashed down to the bottom, every
one In It being killed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-03-08

eating bitches lightly after each irri-
cation, just as soon as the ground is
dry enough to work SO as to retain
the moisture and keep the ground in
good condition. H. .,..
Watch the process Of limb growth
turnout the season, and do not let too
many limbs start out, nor make an un-
even growth, but thin out and pinch
back so as to keep the tree in good
form and well balanced while growing.
Do not wait to do this pruning until
next winter, but during the growing
season and you will find your tree to
do much better. zr4 --#t". 60
There is one thing that / wish to
emphasize very strongly, and that is,
when first receiving your trees for
planting, be sure to heel them in the
ground at once until you are ready to
plant. Do not expose them to the
air any more than you can possibly
help. When planting, take out few
at time, keeping them covered with
a damp cloth of some kind. If the
roots are somewhat dry, soak them in
water for few hours before plant
ing. Some people are at loss to know
why their trees do not start out read
lily or at times even fail to start at all.
Very often the reason is simply their
lack of attention to these seemingly
little things which have just men,
toned. -s-. --,-a sr-
1t pays to use all the precaution you
can in handling, planting and caring
for the tree, as the future rapid
development of the tree and its fruit
ing ability depends greatly upon such
care. Efz. - -.s~Ns E. A. REED.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-03-08
Too Much Music,

Street singing is an especially Nea'
politan institution. and when for the
first time one hears beneath his win
dows the more often than not or key
versions of the snappy, lifting. mex
pressibly infectious Neapolitan songs
he Is enchanted and throws pennies
freely. After a week or SO Of 1t as q
steady diet, day and night, he inclines
much more toward heavy crockery.-
National Geographic Magazine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-03-08
CHERRY POLLENIZATION

We have made such slow progress
in getting our cherry orchards pollen
lied in the past year, that / am going
to recommend two drastic measures.
Either cut certain trees back and to
graft them in the spring, or take the
trees out and set in new trees that
will be pollenizers.
Grating
Saw off your old trees from about
6 to 8 feet high and graft by cutting
the scions wedge shaped and slipping
them under the bark. Drive a small
nail or brad thru the scion to hold it
firmly. Wax it well and then tie a
piece of cloth firmly around the limb
just at the base of the scion, so as to
hold them more firmly and then wax
the cloth well. All grating should be
gone over again the second or third
day and re-waxed.
Setting New Trees
The longer you put off pollenizing
your Royal Ann, Bings and Lamberts,
the longer it will take to get cherry
crop. Therefore, if you do not intend
to graft your cherries, then dig out,
or better still, dynamite the trees you
intend to take out and reset to trees
that will pollenize.
Budding
Why not bud? eBcause only about
per cent of all the buds put in the
past year grew? It is so difficult to
get the buds to grow that we do not
feel justified in recommending it any
longer. If you do any budding do
not put the buds on any but year-old
wood.
What Trees to Graft or Reset
This depends on how they are set,
but from the past two years observa-
tions, you can safely figure that the
pollen will be carried three trees
away in all directions.
All cherry growers who intend to
pollenize their orchards this spring,
please notify me at once.
The Black Tartarian, Governor
Wood and Waterhouse are good pol
lenizers.
LUKE POWELL, Dist. Hort
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-03-08
Saving Money.

Mrs. Muggins- Don't you ever try to
save any money! Mr.. Muggins-Sure.
I save "a today. Borrowed struck me
for s., and I only let him have $1.-
Philadelphia Record
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-03-08
His Idea.

would you say that marriage II .
failureT
mot exactly; It's more like q busi-
ness venture"
"In what wayT
'well, you can't blame the business
for the failures that get into 1t"-De-
trOit Free Press.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-13
Eyes Right
BY OR FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915 by Frank crane)

We are at war, and war is stern bust
ness.
Not only must men so and give their
lives. and women weep with breaking
hearts. and fortunes fail, and hopes and
plans be sacrificed and convictions
stihed
Yes. the spiritual stenness Of war is
not insignificant
You don't believe in war Neither did l.
You thought it the curse of selfish kings,
the stupidity of blind statesmen, the in
conclusive rayening OF brute force II
was so unnecessary. 1t might so easily
have been avoided II is the monstrous
shame and drunken folly Of civilization
True But the cohorts Of barbarous
ruthlcssness have moved to crush the
hope Of democracy. The wolves are at
the door. The maniacs of miitarism
howl in the streets of the world. The
twisted morality Of crazy pride has
pulled cod from His throne and set
thereon race pride
So let us. hating war as We do take
up the sword We can do no other
Our country after long patience. has
solemnly unfurIed rs banner and entered
the lists We can do nothing else than
put our cherished hope Of world peace
away until the terror DE oyerpast.
When the flood threaten il is every
man 70 the bikes to save the houses in
the valley
When the confacration spreads il is
every man to fight the FIRE
When the avage war-whoops III the
air. and the murderous barbarians
swoop down upon the village. it is every
man to his rifle and the women to load
ing guns.
Socialism NAV be esrablc and pacif-
ism our ultimate goal, and capital and
labor may need adjusting. and whole
lot of things in our country be wrong
and call for reform but we've no time
TO argue now. When we have routed the
foe and saved the fabric Of civilization
from destruction, we viii take these mat
tiers up
For there is no conceivable problem
that Will not be a hundred fold more des-
perate if Germany wins.
Let military lunkerdom come Oft vic
torious and every reform will be set back
a generation
Hence, sufraRettcs, please shut up. II
such a thing is possible and Socialists.
and conscientious DIRECTORS. and Eng
land baiters, and all tne rest Of the
theorists and propagandists and apostles
Of this that and the other
WATT
Just now there's a mad dog loose IN
the ways Of the world AS soon as we
get him Wen 60 back to our domestic
squabbes
But at this writing the old L. s. A.
is in trouble. and its up TO every man
Jack of rs to line UP. Eyes right For
ward march
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-13
CAN'T GET GERMANS
TO REVOLT SAYS WRITER

JuIHa H0rohardt a Social Demo
crafic deputy haa written pam
phlet called "Horfs OF Rcvoluil ON "
.n which Dc rIjlie7 tho theories of
people abroad pto believe Ger
many's WORKING classes vill some
day "rcvc.t and establish popular
rogefumcnf llr writes.
WHO really believes I'm revolu
zion '1 Germany For months !
have been col tafrlng WIN Socialist
o0r les of the most firrf.out
apa u- and have not found afIuele
ore ha actually 'hinka fhe German
1nrx1g men viii over organize "a
revelation Everybody Oh convinced
chat tho contrary is tho case Any
body Whu comes Era close contact
,lth Our Yarslnr ciasso s whether
with ftr ma-ees in Uniform or Ia
f-c nuns 0n factories. or in Tho
afrr.f. s0rH thesc masses can be-
corn need 20 go anything except
to Fr refoiuiIon
"rErre have. az course. been
spamod.c' outbursts ot discomfort
arh hrnEen Windows. and There
win N HI1h fHIngs ln fhe fu'urc
Nuf ilaf s DOT "a revolution wllCN
with rlfs $50 fho army from within
Anybody who tahc- such pos ibil.
ify into serious consideration ia
simply a fool
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-13
our Public Library
IN "a. ApDINGroN BRUCE
Author ~ THE Riddle ~ rerson-
Altv -rsvt hoiuEV and
Parrnthaud etc.

Mr Taxpayer, you whose money
helps 90 support the local public o.
brary, have You ever made nquiry
20 ascertain how VOL 90 is equipped
Tor the various functions library
should perform
Have YOU. indeed ever given any
Thought TO JUST what those functions
are just how the library ousht to-
serve the community IA which IL Is
located
You know 90 course. that The a.
/ orar Is q place from which you can
! borrow books Rur this. after all
rs only one ~ the ends BE- is meant
/ to meet
Consider I beg vo1. che following
! adm Bile statement on library fnc
tions once made by Dr Daniel g..
/ Gilman
"rhe fret function rs circulation.
/ the loanIlc of books Cor private use
I sery 'cf 80 which alone the early
AWer.cau libraries were usually re-
s'r.cied
rhe second IS storage tho ac-
( cgmulalun of everything printed
+ good bt1 and adiaereui because
/ omf 0Ay it may he wanted
tife The contents of "a farmers
earrot you say Net be- .' rcmrm
+ hrrna "bst go ,his conservative func
f Hon lsr gfctt libraries ~ the world
ue eo0-rcrafed
Without such s+oreholses the
great histories ana h.ocraphics o'
modern iuerHare could no' have
. h,eu written
Ttr fh.r3 function Is reference
h term was che ias0rte eHrrrs.
-nn m ihe .ast generation when
+ Asrar. enoN P,atodt and ether
oH.5tre eEtrAVurri fo lrr the ii
brary above fhe plane ~ circulation
and entertainment and even ~ sf'I
are
Finally libraries are now r'cos
( uiz' q ae r.Afe- Of research q higher
F Function ,ntn tnat ~ reference
Again ask 300 yog know ho0
Wtil tow bads your hrars ger
FORM rrer vareus functions
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fh8t htF been roo busy 20 look
rtn fha rer P1sshif fho you
rerer. ~ ret u u you 40 look
evening instead % go
fleofrr settling down Tor
~ cards or dozins before
a ora put go yonr hat and
raU around o Che library
Dr tua- way fhither. or before Won
--ar choose some subject of study