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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-19

woriting either sWa}h : bucket Dr. In d
gselya&N crew. While the fire was young
1.-THE stores and Restaurants were
emptied assfar az possible. Great heaps
OF canned goods, of hats and shoes and
cookies and what not were flung into
the street. One man even contrived to
rescue his bar, though nothing to
drink was left on II when day broke.
~ the flames spread. making rescue
work too hot. the street was roped off.
and the hot. tired crowd lined chairs
from the restaurants up behind the
barrier and watched the dynamite
crews successful fight to limit the
damage to the last block in which 1t
began.
Free Lunch to Watchers.
I'VE handed out canned goods while
they lasted" said a clerk from Faust
Basseft'a store today. The people
had all helped. and they were hungry.
There was. nothing else to do"
! And today the chairs still stood
there. arranged as il in a theater.
though the play had long since lost it's
power to hold an audience.
Instead Of watching the smoldering
end Of the tragedy. the occupants of
the pit turned into sceene shutters to-
day. Tents housed homeless women
and children while men loaded trucks
and carts and wheehbarrows with the
sorry remnants of their belongings.
No Slackers in Town.
Every man in town was streaked
with black and hidden behind day
old beard. Every woman wore !. sweep
ing cap and smudged apron. Drum
mond had no slackers.
Thanks to that fact little suffering
followed the fire. It well might have.
Nowhere in town could food be bought
today. yet an industrious census of
supplies kept everyone supplied. And
though four Of the towns five saloons
we're burned out, q rescued key in the
shadow Of the station kept up the
courage of those dependent upon
liquid nerve.
Postoffice Set Up.
Even mail service was maintained
though the postoffice was burned. A
small section of a tier of mail boxes
was set up in the Sullivan Drug store
and behind it the mail was distributed
Volunteers rescued everything from
the office except the bult-in boxes.
The energy shown Ivy the little town
won't cease, the people say, until most
of the damage has been repaired. All of
the buildings save the saloons will be
rebuilt. it is thought. The nearness of
prohibition probably will keep Drum
mOnd dry, or nearly SO.
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AMERICAN ASSN
Standing Of tho Clubs.

columbus. 3; st. Paul. 0.
Toledo. 5: Minneapolis, 4.
Louisville. 6; Milwaukee, :.
indianapolis. s.: Kansas CITY. 4.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-19
COAST LEAGUE
Standing Of the Clubs.

Salt Lake, 3; Oakland, 0.
San Francisco. 3: Los Angeles, s.
Vernon, 2: Portland, 3,
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Pirates Grab Off Pair.

Boston, July 1s.-Pittsburgh stopped
Boston's winning streak today by TAX
ing double header. In tho first game
Tyler did well until the eighth, when
Pittsburgh made five runs. Rudolph
was hit hard In the second game and
only good fielding held the visitors to
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-19
To Yankees in Tenth.

Cleveland. July ls.-New York tool,
the game from Cleveland in ten in
nings today. Cleveland drove Caldwell
ana Fisher from the box. but Russell
put an end to the locals scoring. Poor
fielding by Morton and Coveleskie gave
New York nine of itS L. runs
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Was Another Divide

Detroit. July 1s.-Detroit and Phil
adelphia again broke even in two
games today. There was not much
batting In either contest. most of the
runs being due to errors. bases on
balls or bad judgment by the fielders.
SPnros.
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Burns and Collins.

Among records worthy of more than
passing note are those now held by
Eddie Collins and George Burns in
their respective leagues. In these base
| ball days and eras, when SO many bal
players are so easily wounded and rem
dered unfit, where SO many are unable
to play even $50 games year. the
showing made by the Giant and White
Sox stars Is an unusual affair.
There are any number of ball play
ers who are unable to play over a
month before fading out or falling
back for repairs.
But neither Burns nor Collins has
missed a ball game since 19l4-a mat
ter of three years or the better part
of the same.
Burns in this respect has been q
marvel. He started as a regular with
the Giants in 1913. Here is his record: :
1913-l50 games.
1914--154 games.
1915-155 games
1916-155 games
In the last $50 games which the
Giants have played Burns has missed
only one game-the second section OF
a double header near the end of the
season with the race decided and moth
ing at stake.
Eddie Collins hasn't played in as
many games as Burns has since 1918,
but Eddie has a trifie the better of the
consecutive game record since 1914.
You can gamble your bit that no
fragile frame or no frail system is
going to carry through 375 consecu-
tive games Tho ct a ypina ava TON, ~ =,
and rugGedness of Burns and Collins
are well up to their ability as ball
players which is far from being slight.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-19

What an unusually thin sailor"
That must BE- the kind they use on
s,fhma rines To climb the periscope."--
BrOwning's Magazine.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-19
SEVERED Loses Game.

st. Louis. July 1s.-A tumble and
wild throw by SEVERED in the second
inning gave Boston the victory over
st. Louis today. Mays allowed but
four hits. two Of which were made by
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-19
n IA M
HAVE MAIL WEIGHED.

Washington. July IA request that
all mail addressed to soldiers or sailOrs
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Crops Not All Ruined.

The reports Which have gone out
that the crops are all ruined were de-
MED by Mr.. Campbell. He reported
that there was still some hope and
that prospects looked bright for the
much hoped for rain within a few
days.
Crops are in bad shape" said Mr..
Campbell. and only where the farm
ers have had foresight enough to use
water in good season will the yield be
normal. These crops are all right,
| believe.+ But l doubt if water can
do any good now at all to crops that
have been burned by the sun.
Il should say that about 10 per cent
Of the total acreage in the Big Flat
region near DAste and the Moiese dis
trict has been totally lost on account
of lack of moisture. The crops have
been cut short in all eases except where
early winter wheat has been planted
and Watered by irrigation. That crop
will be about normal. Few Of the
farmers who planted this kind of
wheat put it in early enough, how
ever.
If we could have some rain in the
Lext two days, | should imagine this
years yield in the district will be
about equal to that of last year. de-
spite the fact that there is a so per-
cent increase in this years acreage
over last years.
Some Of the farmers are heavy los
ers and will be badly in debt on ac-
count of failure to realize on their
crops. A great many of them Dor
rowed money which they expected to
pay back by the sale of this years
crops. \ great many creditors of the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-19
Pittsburgh Turns; on Battling
Braves and Taxes Both
- -.
Ends Of Double.
STANDING Of the Clubs.
Giants Make II Three,

New York. July 1S.-New York made
1t three straight by defeating Chicago
here today. Zimmerman. New York's
third bascman. was ordered off the
field in the eighth for making a motion
to punch Umpire Byron after he was
called out while attempting to steal
home
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-19

Caldwell. Fisher. Russell and Euna :
maker: Morton, Covcleskie and Bill
lings. DeBerry.
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GAME CALLED WITH
SCORE AT 5 EACH

treat Falls July lS.---With the score
tied at five all at the end of the ninth
inning, Umpire Frary called tonight's
game between Butte and Great Falls
on account of darkness Dickerson.s
Wildness forced in a run in the ninth
inning and enabled the Elcctrics to tic
inc score. Messengers home run in
the second inning with tho bases f,,l,
accounted for four of Great Falls, five
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-19
SEVERED Loses Own Game BY
tumble and Wild Peg in
Second Inning.
Standing Of the Clubs.
Another Double to Sex.

Chicago. July 1S.-Chicago won its
second straight double header from
Washington today. In the first game,
Benz allowed the visitors only three
hits. Jackson's home run in the sixth
with Ayers on the mound featured the
second game. Danforth weakened in
the eighth and was taken out in favor
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-19
PhiIlies Outhit but Win.

Philadelphia. July 1S-Although out
nj nearly to l. Philadelphia dcfea ted
Cincinnati today. Philadelphia won by
scoring twice IN the seventh on sin
giles by Luderus and Killifer, Paskert.s
double and two fumbles by Roush.
Score ~ =,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-19

Iushman declared he would rather
go to jail than pay bis divorced wife
Did she let him."
Yes: she said she'd rather see him
save money behind the bars than spend
it over them.'-BQston Transcript,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-19

H. Johnson. j. Bush and Haley. Mev-
ers: James. Cunningham, Mitchell and
Stanase.
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Postoffice Set Up.
The Cause Of Constipation.

CONSTIPATION Is usually due to =
lack Of water in the excrement. To
effect cure YOU must take more
water into the system. 1t may be
months. however. before this has any
appreciable effect on the bowels, but
when persisted in and fruit and vege-
tables containing water are eaten free
", the conditions may be overcome
In the meantime use the miidest laxa-
tives obtainable and take only enough
to produce the desired effect. Cham
berlain's Tablets are one of the best.
They are easy to take and most agree
able in effect.-Adv
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nine OF itS IL runs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11

Let me see. left off in the last story
just as little Billy Bunny was hopping
down the Friendly Forest Path. Well,
he hadn't gone very far when he saw
old Professor Crow. Now the professor
wasn't very busy, you know. for school
was over and there were no little peo-
pie to teach how to crow mean how
to read and write-so he had plenty Of
time to himself, and as soon as he saw
the little rabbit he flew down from the
tree and began to talk. I'm sorry to
have to tell you" he began, shat my
little boy, Blackie Grow, has the
measles. sand you know that's dread
fully uncomfortable kind OF thing
TO have, for you have to be so careful
the measles it doesn't make so much
difference. for they don't want to go
out in the sunlight, but with crow.
oh dear me and oh dear you! it's the
hardest thing in the world to keep in
the dark" and Professor Crow gave a
ire men dous sigh and looked very
sad.
I'm very sorry for Blackie Grow" =
said the little rabbit won't you tell
little rabbit took a lollipop out Of his
knapsack and told Professor Crow to
take 1t home to his little boy. Wasn't
that nice? think know little boy
who would be glad to have the measles
every day il he could get lollipop.
And after that Billy Bunny shut up
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11
CANNON SWALLOWING THE COUNTRY.

The degree of desperation to which
the bureaucrats are reduced in Ger
many to keep up the war was evil
denced incidentally in the war news
of yesterday. From London was cabled
the following dispatch::
Big business interests under krupp
leadership have purchased the Wesser
Xeitung. one of the Oldest Bremen
newspapers and will make it, like the
recently purchased Lokal AnzeiSer, OF
Berlin, an, out -and-out pan German
and annexation paper. The same COM
pany is said to be negotiating for a
number of other radical provincial
newspapers.
Imagine the scandal and political
upheaval that would follow in this
country if the steel trust and powder
mills and gun factories would begin
to buy up big newspapers 50 as to pro-
long a war which had already killed
over a million of our men.
The people of Germany need liber-
alton as well as the Poles the Jews
or the BelSians. The world is never
going to have a permanent peace until
it is made impossible in Germany for
the munition factories to buy news
papers in order to control public opln-
ion and that requires the downfall of
the kaiser and his form of govern
mant,
However the incident points its NOR
ale for our own teaching. We now
have a steel trust earning twenty times
the profit that it earned before the
war and a powder mill has multiplied
its profits by twenty as the result OF
the war The coal barons are protiteer-
ing. Their gain is so enormous that
newspapers and even influence lesisla-
tors at Washington. 1t will not be
enough for our government to de-
mand low prices for its steel, its mu-
nitions and its coal while these con-
Germs amass billions out of war prices.
The war tax should lay a heavy hand
upon such abnormal profits and take
them in war taxes. for the conduct OF
the war which has made them pos
sible. There may be some danger in
curbing great wealth accumulated by
superior energy during normal times
war taxes upon people who are already
suffering reduced profits by reason OF
concerns are making such enormous
gains as to become an actual menace
to our free and democratic society.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11
Billy Bunny and His Friends

his knapsack and swung 1t over his
shoulder and hoped away, and by and
boy, not so very long. he heard 4 little
bird singing
up in my nest I've five little birds
Waiting for mother to feed them.
What would / do II should lose twor
I'd be too unhappy to heed them.
So that Is the reason look everywhere
When fly from my nest in the bright
morning air"
And then she looked down at little
Billy Bunny with his striped candy cane
in his right paw and his knapsack oysr
his shoulder. And then she laughed out
loud. and her laugh sounded Just like
music for 1t was a mother birds laugh.
you know and that always has the
music Of love in It
Good morning, Mrs. Bird, said the
little rabbit. Il won't hurt your little
ones"
81 know that" said the mother bird.
"for you are kind little rabbit. But
there are lots Of four-footed little AMI.
mails who are very unkind to birds, 20
that is the reason sing this song to let
them know that am always watching
over my nest
away, but before he went he left big
piece Of chocolate cake on clean white
stone for Mrs. Bird to crumble up for
her little ones. Wasn't that nice in the
little rabbit, for he was very fond Of
chocolate cake know, for he once told
me so.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11
AND WE SHALL NOT WANT.

The farms have been modified and
we shall not want. That is the pre-
diction now contained in the crop re-
ports. The people OF this country will
have potatoes. corn bread and oat meal
in abundance while there will be more
wheat and rye for bread than was
raised last year in spite Of the unfav-
orable start given to this crop.
It was the modifying Of the farm
ers that did it for there We're more
acres planted to potatoes and corn
than were ever planted before. 1t Is
estimated that $4,000 acres were add
ed to last years potato patch of $3.50,
900 acres. This promises an increase
from less than three bushels of spuds
for every man. woman and child to
more than four and half bushels per
capita. 1t is doubtful If the govern
ment has really counted all the potato
patches raised on the back lots in
town this year hence the crop prom
ises to overrun the estimate.
There is to be more oatmeal than
was ever raised in any one year before.
The crop of oats is estimated as the
is for a yield Of 1,453,O00.O00 bushels
and the bumper crop of 1915 of bill
lion and half Of oats may yet be ex-
ceeded. That means fifteen bushels
for every person in this country and
what Is a family of five going TO DO
with It's seventy FIVE bushels Of oats?
Corn bread there will be a plenty.
If the frost holds off long enough to
mature the crop which we now have
in sight there Is a probable increase
of 541,0O0,OO0 bushels promised over
last years crop for we have 100000
more acres working in corn this year.
On top Of twenty three bushels Of po-
tatoes for every family and seventy
five bushels of oats for oatmeal, we
have a promised yield Of 175 bushels
Of corn for corn bread for every family
and that will make it possible to spare
something for the production Of beef.
steak and bacon.
Last year was a poor year for whea1
and this year promised at the start tC
be worse but this crop is looking bet
ter Hopes are now high for more
wheat than was threshed last veal
while rye promises nearly 30 nera cent
increase in production over last year
| OF all grains there is to be nearly
billion bushels gain in production
over last year The mobilization O
the farms combined with fairly gooe
growing season has accomplished re-
suits. There may be such demand
itor our food from other countries tina
prices will be high in the markets bu
| there is going to be enough to keel
us well fed this year with some t
spare for others.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11
TEACH GERMAN WITHOUT GERMANY.

Ex-senator Young, of Des Moines,
chairman of the state council of de-
Tense, has started a fight on the ac-
copied text books used in our public
schools in the teaching of German
which should command attention by
educat tors everywhere. The school
board IN Newton mas discontinued its
course in German in the public schools
there. All over the country high school
students are tabooing German and as
the war progresses the brothers and
sisters of soldiers more and more will
turn against the German language in
their schools because it is German.
Mr.. Young attacks the accepted text
books not because they are German in
language but because they laud Ger
man imperiaistic ideals and patronize
the kaiser as we'll as. kaserism. An
incident is recalled which occurred in
the MarshalltoWn high school last year
in which a girl in the German class
AVbSAISd anu LtiuStu " IHSIiloi iAS ScihS
German verse because it was fulsome
in its praise Of German institutions
and customs L hate it," she Kissed
and refused to recite. Mr.. Young sus-
poets the German autocracy of designs
upon public opinion in America by
having text books filled with adver-
Using for kaiserism and he demands
that German be taught in our schools
without boosting for Germany.
So far as an international language
is concerned either French or Spanish
would prove far more useful to the
traveller than German. German is
spoken only in Germany while French
and Spanish are known in many
lands. For years during and after this
war these modern languages will I'M
doubleday displace German in our
schools because Of the feeling of an
tipathy which will necessarily arise
from the war. German, however, will
still retain certain literary values and
could be preserved in our schools If
the texts and the teachers were regu-
lated School superintendent should
see to it that the German propaganda
be cut out Of the school book texts.
Cut GU the hurrah for the fatherand
and get down to the reading of the
German language in texts which deal
with the humanities Of life without it's
German politics and the school kids
will have none of it. They ought not
to be asked to swallow any of it. ITO
hell with the kaiser!" is the battle cry
Of the nation just now until this war
is fought and won.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11
Ripping Rhymes
sy WALT MASON
The SOLDIERS.

SSISt6nSs
It's sad to see the young men go,
away from all they love anu know, to
where wars beacons burn; and poig-
nantly it pains the heart to feel, while
watching them depart, that they may
not return. We calmly read Of others
sons who went to face the Prussian
guns in yonder endless fray; we gave
the tribute of a sigh to Englishmen who
went to debut they were far away.
We cannot truly sympathize with for
eigners;. an ocean lies between them
and our doors; the story OF their sor-
rows seems like some vague horror
seen in dreams, when wintry tempest
roars. Now we behold our own depart;
thru mists Of tears we see them start,
the laddies we have reared, perhaps to
see our home no more, perhaps to come
back to our door all stricken. MANNED
and scared. 1t racks the soul to see
them stride away, away. with noble
pride, so young, so brave. SO strong; we
see them march in fine array, and then
kneel down somewhere and pray that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11

great and victorious soldier. of world
renowned inventor. There was no APP
peal to the deep seated sympathy felt
| by the whole nation since the begin
ming Of the war, such as was made by
the presence Of the commissioners OF
France. Nor was there huge popula-
ton of immigrant Americans who had
| left their own country for economic
reasons despite their patriotic loyalty.
such as was present to welcome the
Representatives of Italy
But Professor Bakhmetieff and his
colleagues were greeted by many tfous-
ands OF men and women, Jewish and
Christian who had been born in RUS
STA under the old regime; who had been
forced to flee from persecution. relts-
ious or political, to a country which, af-
fered them freedom and who now ac-
claimed the representatives OF the new
free government Of their native land.
With Ambassador Bakhmetieff, In the
upper picture, is Martin W. Littleton.
the famous lawyer and orator. who was
chairman Of Mayor Mitchel's reception
] committa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11
DRAFT EXEMPTIONS.

The machinery for sitting the SOL
der material out from the mass OF
registered men is nearing completion.
Unless the exemption rules work JUS
tice and the exemption boards admin
ister the rules with precision ana
common sense, how is the sitting pro-
cess going to give the national army
the one man in twenty who ought to
go?
Under the heads of exemption there
appear to be two types Of exempts,
those who support such dependents as
wives, children. parents and orphaned
brothers or sisters, and those who
occupy special positions in public en-
ployment or wherein they are indis-
pensable in industries necessary 10
the national interest" Much will de-
pend. plainly, on the questions when
a wife or child or parent is SUFFICIENT
Nv dependent, and when an industrial
worker Is important enough to tn
national interest to be irremoVaple
from his post.
The most desirable way of dealing
will be to exclude as many OF the
wrong men, the weddings and the
misgui er-enthusiastic, as pos
sible, and to exempt as few OF tho
right men, the able bodied, inteM-
gent. sparable ones, as may be. TO
attain this end rules are only . par
tial help, and much will depend on the
| conduct of the men conducting the
exemption boards. ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11

may bring in few extra dollars for
relief work. but they cost the nation
vastly more in unnecessary heart
breaks.
Mr. Tim says on the subject: "But
when tell you that ninety or more
out OF every hundred who so to war
will return sound and well---ay, sounder
and weller than they would have
been but for the war, I speak from
observation and experience
Speaking on the subject in another
place. Mr. Ulm says: II shall be sur
prised If the final figures show that as
many as 10 per cent of those enlisted
or conscripted for the great war die
in the service or are permanently in
valided by reason of that service"