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The Parker post., 1917-05-05
FINDS HER LONG-LOST CHILD
Mother Gets Writ to Compel Return
Of the Girl intrusted to Family.

New Haven.-AIrs Florence Pedmore
Of Hartford, Conn, found in a high
school at New Haven her fifteen-year-
old daughter, Dorothy, whom she lost
twelve years ago and for whom she
kept up continuous search since. Her
search led her through Philadelphia,
over the mountains Of Pennsylvania,
as far west as Chicago and to parts
Of Connecticut.
Mrs. PedmOre said she resided In
Philadelphia twelve years ago when
she paid visit to her mother In Pitts
burgh, and for so doing her husband
deserted her. The Brickleys lived in
the latter city and she allowed her
child to live with them. Suddenly they
moved away and she was unable to
locate them.
Recently she received letter from
New Haven, Conn. saying her daugh-
ter was in Pennsylvania town. She
hunted the writer Of the letter instead
and found the Brlckley family In New
Haven. Mrs. Pedmore is hairdresser
and says she is able to support DOro-
thy and give her d good education.
The Parker post., 1917-05-05
Regained Health in Parker.

A bronzed, healthy-looking man
stepped into the Observer office this
morning. He was Fred D. Hasten a
prominent La Grande merchant, who
returned last night from a long vaca-
tiOn trip to California and Arizona.
Mr.. Hasten left La Grande some
months ago, Weighing about III
pounds and suffering from asthma
Today he weighs 155 pounds and has
recovered his health. Mr. Hasten
had a most enjoyable time in San
Diego and vicinity, where he reports
the tourist business is f1ourishing as
it never has before. He also took a
long tour through Arizona, ,andone of
his jaunts was a 100 mile automo-
bile trip, including a dash into old
Mexico. The trip certainly did Mr..
Hasten good and his friends will be
glad to see him looking so well.-La
Grande (Ore.) Observer.
The Parker post., 1917-05-05
THE KID HAS GONE TO THE
COLORS.

The kid has gone to the colors
And we don't know what to say:
The kid we have loved and cuddled
Stepped out for the flag today.
We thought him child, baby
With never a care at all,
But his country called him man-sized,
And the kid has heard the call.
He paused to watch the recruiting,
Where, fired by the fife and drum
He bowed his head to Old Glory
And thought that it whispered
Come"
The kid, not being Stacker,
Stood forth with patriot-joy
To add his name to the roster
And God, we're proud of the boy.
The kid has gone to the colors;
1t seems but little while
Since he drilled school-boy army
In a truly martial style.
But now he's man, soldier,
And we lend him listening ear,
For his heart is a heart all loyal;
UnscOurged by the curse of fear.
His dad, when he told him, ,shuddered,
His mOther-God bless her-cried; !;
Yet blest with a mothers nature,
She wept with a mothers pride.
But he whose old shoulders straight
ened
Was Grandad--for memory ran
To years when he too, youngster,
Was changed by the flag to a man.
w NJ Herschell in the Warren
(Pa.) Evening Times.
The Parker post., 1917-05-05
ASKING FOR FREE SPACE.

In congress three gentlemen who
are politicians first and newspaper
owners afterward declared that the
newspapers of the country should
print the advertising of the govern
ment and charge nothing for it,
We are sure that every newspaper
editor, no matter how small his in
come or how great his difficulties
with the present extortionate charge
for white paper, would gladly accept
this suggestion---if other citizens
would do the same.
There are thousands of editors in
the United States whose total profit
in year is less than the price that
an ammunition maker charges for
one single big explosive shell. These
smaller editors, working many of
them for less than the pay of a good
day laborer, would like the ammuni-
to offer what they have to the gov
ernment WITHOUT CHARGE if the
newspaper editor is expected to give
without charge the only property he
has for sale, which is his space and
his white paper.
Will the congressman who ask
small editors to work for nothing
also work for the government with
out any salary-because they love
the government so-during the war
period?
When they and the others who get
government money and government
contracts shall have announced that
they will charge the government
nothing and work free of charge out
OF pure patriotic affection 1t will be
time to ask the local editor to donate
his space free Of charge.
1t would be rather humorous 10
say to copper producer, You must
show your patriotism by selling cop
per to the government at a profit of
ONLY THREE HUNDRED PER
CENT" and to say to the country
editor who makes bare living, "You
must show YOUR PATRIOTISM by
charging the government nothing at
all. New York Journal.
The Parker post., 1917-05-05

Gone into the war refuse is an
other American institution-the rail
road hobo. Weary Willie has for
saken the ''side-door Pullman" as a
means OF transportation. His camp
fire no longer burns by the creek bed
under the railroad bridge, nor does
the tunnel entrance any longer
constitute his rendezvous.
The fact that all approaches to
railroad bridges, tunnels and termin-
ais are now guarded by soldiers with
instructions to challenge suspicious
characters, has made the hobo's pro-
fession an unhealthy occupation.
He faces the possibility of being shot,
jailed, put to work or made to enlist,
and none of these alternatives ap-
peals to his fancy.
The Parker post., 1917-05-05

Arras may be another Waterloo,
with the English again the winners,
but with the French as allies instead
of enemies. Ordinarily great events
do not assume their real Importance
until viewed on the perspective of
time, but the world watches the IT,
tanic conflict in progress in France,
with the English carrying the line
on one wing and the French gallant
ly cooperating on the other, and be-
tween them the German legions seem
to be compelled to give way. The
result may be the decisive battle of
the greatest war in all time.
The Parker post., 1917-05-05
ARIZON EQUAL TO HOLY LAND,
Continued from Page 1.)
By the morning glow of the Easter

By the morning glow of the Easter
sun,
While thus observing an Arizona
morning dawn, there comes over me
a feeling that this part of the earth
has the heaven in it's folds: that
there is joy and beauty here that will
not fade when I enter the silent re-
cesses. What of the great above as
I gaze into depths from this lofty
top, and then look back upon the
transcendent greatness? Is there
anything greater beyond, above, be-
low? The verdant hills are clothed
in the purity of nature, furnishing
to US the nectar of imagination, the
JOY Of life, the taste of a new world
yet with all our appreciation we are
amazed beyond conception at the
marvellous transcendence of natures
beauty,
From the lofty heights stand and
gaze westward over the Parker val
ley; watch the rushing waters of the
Colorado as they seaward glide on
their way to the mighty waters of
the deep; listen to the trancing love
song Of the hermit thrush, and view
in admiration the setting sun as it
sheds its last lustrous rays across the
n1AS I'm oiv 1zo
Pacific.
Is it any wonder that man is too
weak to portray the glory of Ari-
zOna and the great southwestern
desert and compare them with the
Palestine country? Far away and
beyond the pen of man dwells the
The Parker post., 1917-05-05
LAY OF THE HOBO.

Under the bridge where used to lie
There's sentry stationed with
eagle eye,
There's another standing with loaded
gun
Where in the tunnel I used to run
Fen in the car where l slept at
night
They are carrying powder and
Dynamite;
With every soldier seeking a spy
The railroads no place for tat
tered guy.
The Parker post., 1917-05-05

The hyphenated citizen of the
United States at this moment is the
most tragic figure in the world, per-
haps in history. We do not refer
to the alien who has come here with
the motive of covering up his work
in behalf of his fatherland with the
cloak Of citizenship. He is not a
citizen, but spy. We refer to those
who have come here to earn a live
l1hood and become defacto citizens
without accepting the spirit of Amer
lean citizenship, who have looked
backward rather than forward.
These are deserving of our most pro-
The Parker post., 1917-05-05
State Lodges Complaint.

Formal complaint has been lodged
with the interstate commerce CONS
mission by the Arizona corporation
commission against the proposed in
creases in freight rates on all rail
roads throughout the country, which
it is announced will amount to IS
per cent or more. The additional
burdens laid upon them by the pro-
visions of the Adamson act and the
rapidly increasing cost of materials
and supplies is given as the cause for
the proposed increases.
1t is the intention of the Arizona
commission, in filing complaint, that
with the interstate commerce COM
commerce commission will show
that the net revenues of carriers dur
ing the past three years are greater
than they have been for any other
period in the nations history 1t is
estimated, on reliable authority, that
the increased cost of labor, material
and supplies can be more than offset
by five per cent advance in freight
rates.
The Arizona commission further
contends that the financial condition
of many of the leading railroads of
the country is such that they do not
need any assistance in the way of
rate increases. 1T should be borne
in mind that the increase in tonnage
which will result from our entrance
into the war will more than offset
the increased cost of operation"
said the complaint in part.
The Parker post., 1917-05-05

Under an act of congress passed in
1873, which has not been invoked
since 1912, the president is empow-
cred in time of war to authorize
arrests of alien enemies under the
attorney generals order, and parties
arrested may be locked up for an
indefinite period without trial and
without bail. Friends and admirers
of Mr.. Hohenzillern, who entertain
opinions adverse to the United
States, are advised to paddock their
lips, unless they wish to occupy
rooms where no telephone communi-
Gates and enjoy corn meal mush and
bacon rinds as a steady diet.
The Parker post., 1917-05-05

found pity, for they are neither
flesh nor fish, they are neither aliens
nor Americans. Through their out
spoken sympathy with their father
land, they have come under sus-
picion as to their loyalty to the
United States. for as no man can
serve two masters no man can follow
two ideals.-Tucson Citizen.
The Parker post., 1917-05-05

Parker produces gold, copper,
cotton, alfalfa, corn, milo maze, can
taloupes, ,watermelons, and every con
ceivable farm product It's a coun-
try of diversified resources and un-
limited possibilities for future devel-
opment, and offers better opportun-
tiles for the investment of capital
than any other section of the great
Southwest
The Parker post., 1917-05-05

The Post continues to receive
many orders for extra copies of the
Mining Edition, issued April IA.
Better send a few copies to your
friends, and let them know about
the great resources of this section.
1t beats writing letter, and saves
time answering numerous questions.
The Mining Edition answers every
question
The Parker post., 1917-05-05

What we call a true patriot is
Bill Zent of Ray, 70 years of age,
who landed on young, husky traitor
because he said the stars and stripes
were not worth fighting for Just
before he walloped the husky bully,
Bill said: mo living man can say
that in my presence!" Good boy,
Bill.
The Parker post., 1917-05-05

painter who fashioned it's being,
who portrayed it's beauty and en-
chantment, and made the sun-kissed
land "the wonderland of the golden
west" equal to Eastland.
The Parker post., 1917-05-05

The health officers should order
the exposed toilets around town put
in sanitary condition Millions of
flies are bred in these places and
spread disease and filth.
The Parker post., 1917-05-05

Although receiving but a small
majority, Thomas E. Campbell was
evidently the peoples choice for gov
ernor. Now that the gubernatorial
contest has been settled let's help the
governor, even though he is a repub-
lican, make Arizona the best state in
the Union
The Parker post., 1917-05-05

We are awaiting with consider
able interest the comment of the pro-
Hunt newspapers of the state upon
the decision of the democratic Mar
icOpa county judge who decided the
gubernatorial contest in favor of the
republican contestee
The Parker post., 1917-05-05

Progressive citizenship means af-
filiation with the local Chamber of
Commerce. Are you progressive,
OF just a passive citizen?
The Parker post., 1917-05-05
TAKES HER SUN BATH

Chicago.-Mystery in Lake
KOrest. Herman White comes
galloping into the Office Of Chief
Mcguire. Woman dead. Goshal-
mighty. Hair ON end. Hurry
up. Chief and police grab auto.
Rush to John Chapman estate.
There she is. Furs and silks.
Holy mackerel! She's reading
a magazine. She speaks. 'What
do you want?" They speak.
"We thought you were dead"
She speaks. ''Pm taking a sun
bath. Run along" They speak.
Whats your nameW She
speaks. "None of your busi-,
ness" That's all.
The Parker post., 1917-05-05

1t might be a good idea 70 weed
out few luke-warm Americans in
the U. S. senate, especially one La
Toilette.
The Parker post., 1917-05-05

There is a move on to hang all
food speculators. Let's hope this
will be done
The Parker post., 1917-05-05
FOR SALE.

House and lots and 4, block
1876, California Avenue, Parker, at
$500. Address
E. P. CRONEN,
1906 Temple Street, Los Angeles,
Calf.
The Parker post., 1917-05-05

Chocolate nut sundae or crushed
fruit is our speciality. City Drug
StOre.-Adv.
The Parker post., 1917-05-05

Buy the best ice cream. We do.
City Drug Store.-Adv.
The Parker post., 1917-05-05

Clean up your premises and help
make Parker sanitary
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
OUR LOCALS FROM ROSE

Garfield Peters spent part OF last
week at Armathwaite.
Quite a number of our people
spent the Glorious Fourth at Burr
Vile,
Rev 7 V Peters of Burrville. til-
led his regular appointment here on
Sunday night.
Laban Black oe near Round
Mountain in Scott Co is visiting
relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs Everett Peters of Glen
Mary, were visiting at Garfield
Peters Saturday night and Sunday.
JC Tompkins and family of
Armathwaite, were visiting friends
and relatives here Saturday and
Sunday.
Rev George w Paul of Maryville
preached an interesting sermon to
a large and attentive audience Sum
day of last week.
Mrs b NJ Brooks and children
spent last week at Lancing visiting
her sisters Mrs Charles Collins and
Mrs Lewis Wales.
Mr.. and Mrs ] II Albertson, after
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06

speuding a week with Mrs Albert
sons parents, Mr. aad Mrs ID c
Young, returned to their home at
lockwood last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs T e Young of Marsh
field, Ore are visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs D c Young. Mr. Young
is principal of Marshfeld school,
and will spend most of his vaction
in Tennessee.
Mrs Mae Moore has returned
home after "a two months visit with
relatives and friends at Clendenln,
w Va. Two of her neices, the
Misses Sample came with her for
a visit with friends land relatives
here.
Mr. Heiser of st Louis, Mo-, spent
most of last week here visiting
friends, retaining home Sunday.
Mrs Heiser and children, who have
been visiting for the past two
months with J d Yorks- returned
home with him,
Mrs Maggie Sloan and daughter,
Ora, of Tateville, KY, who have
been visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs II NJ York have returned to
their Kentucky home! The Misses
Edith and Bertha YcrE went with
then, fora menths Wilt,
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
OUR SUNBRIGHT LETTER


Mr. A P Brown has the Agency
at Glen Mary.
Mr. and Mrs G L Sparkman have
returned home.
DR. S H Jones was visiting his
father the latter part of last week.
Work on the oil we'll is progress
sing very nicely being down about
$50 feet.
Timely rains here have caused
the farmers to lose, all their little =
potatoes.
Esuuires Bullard, Griffith and,
Pitman attended court at Wart-
burg this week.
Mrs James Chambers has return'
cd from an extended visit with
home folks at Oneida.
Mrs L J Justice, who is in hos
p;tal at Nashville, is reported as
better at this writing.
Mrs A K Dunning has returned
from an extended visit with friends
and relatives at Rugby.
Mr. and Mrs Albert Williams of
Emory Gap were visiting here and
at Deer Lodge last Sunday.
The Sunday School at this place
contributed one dollar and five
cents to the Red Cross fund.
Mr. Arvin Brown went to Dan
| vile last Sunday to be examined I
as assistant "helper" at the depot !
Ghefe.
Rev B T Summers, aged about,
IS and who has been sick about
two years, seems to be growing
weaker all the time.
Rev Taylor being absent, Rev J
II Christian delivered the regular
sermon and conducted the religious
services last Sunday.
Sixty dollars even were collected
at the Ice Cream Supper June 30 for
the benefit of Decatur Davis. Ev-
erybody was a willing contributor
to this timely contribution,
Married on June 80, in Judge
VIM Billiards store and in the
presence IF witnesses, Joe Chap
man "Happy Joe" and Mary Wal
lace, both of Huffman,
BY the time this communication
reaches the Editor, Mr. Russell
Freels of Skates, will be erecting a
now building on his property OPP
posite Mr. John Johnson's store.
This is the second dwelling on said
property
Seven or eight of our young men
in this district have volunteered
their services to their government
lu the great World War" Most
of them are conscious of the fact
that they have offered their servi-
ces to the greatest Republic the
world has ever known, 1t was the
first Republic to be established in
the modern world and since its es-
tablishment in, we might say, l776,
twenty-five other republics have
been established, making twenty
six in all, in one hundred and forty
one years. Ancient Greece may
have taught the world in Science.
Rome may have given sit Law, and
England may have taught it great
lessons in Commerce and Colonial
ton, but the United States Of
America has taught the world its
greatest lesson in Government.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06

Attend the G Z S Promise Meet
ing the Presbyterian Church Sun
day evening.
The Washington times., 1917-10-24
Not Kind.
NEAR MISS FAIRFAX

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am a poor working girl. and
about four months ago was en-
RACED to a young man OF mode--
d ate circumstances. love this
young man dearly and was sure
nv love was reciprocated until
last week, when he informed me
that he had set a date for the
wsddInE. As l had planned en-
tfreIy different, l asked him II he
-ouli not consider my date more
convenient. On hearing this he
became furious and shouted that
had nothing to say in this mat
ter as 1 am poor and therefore
nobody.
I must add that l have learned
from him and also from his
friends that before he met me he
always contemplated getting a
ES<l with money. WORRIED.
7 DON'T like your nance's high
handed proceedings. From your
letter I gather that he IL inclined
TO be tyrannieal, has a bad temper
and takes an attitude OF complete
superiority to you. None OF that
promises very well for happiness in
married life unless you are a very
clever Iaa tHVtfuI woman and can
The Washington times., 1917-10-24

either make him over or good
nsturedly accept him as he is.
Surely the bridegroom ought not TO
serenely decide on e date for his
marriage and then calmly inform
the bride OF It in the expectation
that she. being a mere woman. viii
have to accept his will. Really 1
cannot advise you because ! am only
imagining the sort Of man your let
ter makes me picture and you were
probably hurt and Grieved when
you wrote It. Try TO analyze the
situation. Do you love him in spite
OF his bad qualities? Does he really
care for you althouhg he lords it
over you? VIII you be happier liv-
ing your life without him or accept
ing him as he is and trying to bear
and forbear. SO that both OF you
may find happiness?
The Washington times., 1917-10-24

In your own mind you have gone
over the thing carefully, You
have decided that either she is
dangerous and malicious woman
who must be firmly told that shs
will not be allowed to 60 on in her
chosen course, or that she is = silly
and idle soul who chatters toe much
and who must be taken good-natu-
redly and turned into q deliberate
friend rather than q thoughtlsss
enemy.
You have decided just exactly
how you are going to talk to Mrs,
Jones, whether to warn or coax herI
your plan of campaign 10 all mapped
out for conquest OF the Jones men
ace. And then you meet hsr-and
cut her dead. You didn't mean to,
You know perfectly well that that
will make her actively dislike you
and do you more harm than ever,
But, in the excitement of the mo-
ment, you lost your head.
There are dozens Of cases where
you might behave yourself with
magnificent calmnsss and sass and
superiority IL you had time to pre-
parsi but the spur OF the moment"
goads you to acting t0o quickly,
and you either charge the situation,
like the bull in the china shop or
go rushing around bllndly Ike a
decapitatsd chicken.
Haven't you ever noticed the
Jerky, awkward motions OF new
movie recruit? He hasn't learned
yet to proceed sIoWly-very slowly
before the camera, and he registers
yanks and jerks when he walks
across the screen.
You know the woman who dashes
into a room and trips over all the
rugs? when you were a younEs-
ter your mother always told you
to take your time and not bump
into everything about the place.
Well. II you would Just strive to
attain for your mental action q
little of the ease and placidity and
rhythmical grace which has to Be
gotten into bodily motions 70 keep
The Washington times., 1917-10-24

All this time Tom was not idle.
He was leading in the search
through the Standish grounds-giv-
ing directions to servants and
guests-Seating the bushes-exam-
lining the earth in the moonlight
for footprints. So, presently. he
found the spot near the wall where
Pearl had been hauled overland
where one OF Carslake's men still
lay motionless. clutching a frag-
ment OF PEARLS Jullette gown.
The sight OF that scrap OF beaded
gauze in the mans clinched nst
filled Tom with agony.
Where can she be? What can
have happened to herr" he asked
himself, miserably.
He bade a servant stand guard
over the unconscious thug and
searched the vicinity for some other
trace OF Pearl. 1t was Immediately
obvious to him that Carslake's men
had climbed the wall. and. although
there was no evidence to bear out
his theory. he deduced the fact tuaL
they had taken Pearl with them
by force-or that she had followed
them.
Accordingly he climbed the wall.
and those OF the guests who were
able. followed his example. The
stouter gentlemen and the heavier
ladies either remained behind or
hurried toward the gates.
But, with no time to waste. Tom
dashed madly for the woods.
Carslake's carefully planted foot
steps deceived him completely. He
rushed madly down the wrong path,
going on and on and on until he
came up squarely before a high
wall with an iron door in It.
The wall was too tall TO vault.
The Iron door was rusted on its
hinges. The lock had not been
opened for years.
Tom realized at a glance that he
had bees misled, and as he turned
willy to retrace his steps. family
there came to his ears the sound OF
Pearls voice calling.
But from which direction Il came
he could not be sure.
To BE Continued T"-norrou.
The Washington times., 1917-10-24

No better way of patriotic service for the women of
the United States has been suggested than the combna
ton of slogans
Do your Christmas shopping early by buying
Liberty Bond.
For the purchase of Liberty Bond to serve as
Christmas gift means economy of the best type, since
aLibery Bond is not only excellent investment bear
ing per cent interest the best security in the world,
the resources of the Government of the United States
but it is also testimony of patriotic interest
Liberty Bonds will pay for the food, shelter, and
maintenance of soldiers, Sailors and marines The
woman who can afford to give Liberty Bond as gift
is doing service not only to the recipient but also to our
country; and the woman who chooses bond as her
Christmas gift also gives service to help win the war;