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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26
CAMP LIFE NO SOFT SNAP.

All cqupment-that Is, everything
needed for the comfort Of the men-is
not included in what is furnished the
potential army officers in training at
Fort Smelling. If one may Judge from
q letter sent by one of the Minneapolis
officcrs-to-be recently. requesting a
civilian friend to bring out a few for.
gotten things. He didn't want much.
but what he did desire he asked be-
hurried to him.
Come visiting round" said the let :
ter. land when you come, for the love
Of Mike. please bring mc--a new tooth
brush, tooth paste, a shaving brush
new and sOft), my safety razor and
blades. four pairs of black cashmere
socks. three blue bandana handkcr-
chiefs. shaving soap, some B. v. DIS
the sun out here Is powerful hot). two
black neckties. two suits of pa jana :
with feet in 'em (these blankets are so
rough). Il shaving mirror (get q gooa
one). clothes brush. stamps, en-
velOpes and paper.
Its a considerable life. ! was tired
as the dickens when they called us for
morning exercises at $50 o'clock my
first day here. ! said something about
being tired. and I guess the captain
must have heard me, because here
after we will start drill at 5:15.
Hurry with those things listed
Minneapolis Tribune.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26
rs Years Ago
What Missoula Was Doing
on This Date in 1892.
(F'rom the Missoula Gazette Of Thurs

~ ivan NV AAsooOud bdASNtc VI nuIS.
day, May c6. 1892. e
G. p. NORM, a well-known resident
OF this city. was drowned yesterday
afternoon about o'clock in the Rat
tlesnake. His body was carried on
down into the Missoula river and has
not yet been recovered. The affair
happened in full view Of several people
who were powerless to prevent it and
who were forced to witness the mans
struggles without being able to lend
helping hand. Mr. NORM was In Il
buggy and drove into the Rattlesnake
creek just above the lower bridge pre-
sumably for the purpose of watering
his horse. Almost Immediately the
buggy was turned over. Mr. NORM
yelled and grabbed the top. but it was
at once detached from the body Of
the vehicle and in an instant was
whirled down stream. The stream at
this point Is now a raging torrent with
rush which is irresistible and the
buggy top was turned over and over
as It went on down. Two men were
on the bridge and one succeeded in
reaching the little sand bar island
just below the bridge. He was close
enough to get hold of the drowning
mans coat tail. but Mr. NORM had
still a death-like grip of the buggy
top and the force OF the current was
such as to tear the coat. leaving moth
ing but small piece of it in the
rescuer's hands. Mr.. NORM was still
alive and struggling and was seen
thus just where the creek empties into
the river.
Children of Missoula: Our unfor-
tunatc neighboring cities. Butte and
Anaconda. owing to the backward
spring. will be without flowers for
Memorial day. May 80. and their cry
comes over for help from their more
favored sister Missoula. Children,
will you assist us as you have so often
before. and from our hills and Wales
gather natures offerings to be strewn
upon the graves az tribute to the
memory Of tho dead: Bring your Of
ferings to the express office until 4
o'clock p. m. Saturday.
JEO. l.. SLOANE.
Comd'g Dept. of Mont. G. A. Il.
The river did not rise more than
! three inches yesterday and had not
yet reached the fiyc-foot mark at dusk
last evening.
John Norm. captain Of Missonla' y
| baseball team. received yesterday from
kalispcll a package containing big
gum ball. about four inches in diam
eter. bearing the inscription "Play
with. this and see IL you can win n
game" The boys may be able to send
the hall back after they have played
with Helena next saturday and. Sun
day.
Robert OfHara came down from
Hamilton yesterday.
c. II. Eggleston. city editor of the
Anaconda Standard came In last night
from the Occur d'Alenes. He goes tt
Anaconda this morning.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26

We find in the Roundup Tribune u
bit of comment that fits conditions in
almost every small city and is OF
course. applicable to Missoula The
Tribune says: AN ordinance should
be passed TO adequately punish the
man who is too lazy to turn square
corners and who inconsidcratcly cuts
across boulevards. yards and gardens
in his travels to and from his home.
n Is a form of selfishness for which
there Is no excuse and disregard for
the rights of others which is properly
punishable under the law.
There is scarcely neatly turned
boulevard in town because careless
persons insist upon tramping out the
grass wherever it is possible to shorten
distances by IA few steps. Even the
stringing of wire along parking lines
does not stop them; they climb over Oh
break down the flimsy fence and con-
tinue their depredations as II a matter
OF right. II IL decidedly discouragint
to property owners who take pride il
the appearance Of their premises ane
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26
BOYS MAY DUST PosTMeN.

Seven hundred substitute letter car.
rtcrs. employed in the special delivery
work Of the New York postofficc, are
alarmed over the prospect of being re-
placed by l6-year-old messenger boys.
Cards now on display In the post
Office call for boys more than Is to
serve as special delivery messengers.
1t was said 400 would be enrolled July
l at S1.5O q day.
Letter carriers, after passing the
civil service examination. are placed
on probation as substitutes for PEI
Rod of at least four years. Under the
cNu service regulations, two hours
work a day. for which they receive 20
cents Is guaranteed them. BY special
deliveries. working from L. to ~ hours
Il day, seven days a week, they earn
an average OF $50 a month. They re-
ceive eight cents for each special dc .
livery
Postmaster Fatten said tho order to
take on the boys had come from,
Washington and that ne was not at
liberty, to discuss the matter. lie
could offer no assurance that the mar.
ried men would not be forced out Of
the service.-New York Mail.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26
COME ON, NEIGh6ORS!

Help, Help"
1t is a shrll voice. chokcd Off by
strangling water. \ skinny white arm
beats madly for a second against the
rivers muddy swirl. A small. shiny
head bohs and then goes under. leaving
only Il tiny whirlpool. The water
PUSHES past. Suddenly the arm again
appears. fighting fcebly now, and after
it the wet head and a faint. hopeless
echo Of that sickcning cry:
Help"
without counting costs wouldn't you?
Lii" Itself would not seem too precious
TO be riskcd for the sake Of lad
trapped by the river.
Well. that cry. multiplied as many
times AZ there are real boys in Mis-
soula. is in your ears today. Boys will
so swimming somewhere: it's human
nature. If they have no pool. they
| will take the river. .
The rivers list OF victims is a long
one, and it will grow longer with every
summer that finds Missoula boys
forced to risk their lives for the sake
OF swimming. II the people of this city
neglect the swimming pool fund now
before it is half big enough. some
plucky. fun-loving youngsters are go.
ing to pay for the neglect with theil
lives next summer. They are as mucl
In danger now as II they were fight
ing for breath in midstream. And it,
up to you, Mr.. Citizcn, to save them
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26
oePoRTUNlTv.

Master of human desttnies am I.
Fame. love and fortune on my footsteps walt,
Cities and fields ! walk: penetrate
Deserts and seas remote. and. passing by
Hovel. and mart. and palace. soon or late
l knock unbitden once at every gate!
II sleeping, wake--if feasting. rise before
turn away. II Is the hour of fate.
And they who follow me reach every state
Mortals desire. and conquer every foe
Save death: but those who doubt or hesitate
Condemned to failure. penury and woe.
Seek me in vain and uselessly implore-
ansewr not. and return no more.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26

Harry l.. Day of our sister state,
Idaho, states that Il. will not be a
candidate to succeed Senator Borah,
but adds: There is only enc con-
cciSablc condition under which | might
be drafted and that Is to meet an ir-
resistible call by the people" Now,
then. all get busy for MIR. Days ear is
to the ground.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26
WATCH YOUR MONEY.

Judging by the experience England
had with numerous .so.called charity
and relief organizations. at the begin
ming of the war, 1t might be advisa bic
for the American nation to take leaf
from the British note book and exer-
else care in donating mosey to various
agents who arc reportcdsfsvirn various
sections Of the country as raising
money for the relief Of something or
somcbody.-Helena Independent.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26
THE MORNING SMILE.
Work..

Work.
Long years ago. a goodly stretch.
When men were ever free and jolly.
There lived Turk. a Grabbed wretch.
Whose only love was melancholy;
Tie cursed to Dee happy face.
He lOathed all gladncss and delight.
He yearned to bring upOn the race
Some sort Of saddening blight.
Till very old he sche,ncd and planned.
He labored at the one endeavor,
70 bring TO men SQrrQW and
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26
JURY SYSTEM Is AWRY.

lhndon-When the bill to reduce
during the war, the number of mrors
at cofoner's inauests from twelve to
seven Is passed by parliament, the
iack OF uniformity in the English Jury
system will be marked. 4 Jury In the
royal courts OF justice will consists Of
- country court jury of eight and
|, corQner's jury Of seven,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26

The Germans are bombarding the
English watering places ahead of time
this year. The women and children
haven't arrived yet.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
That is one more proof Of German
weakness. Even their calendars have
been shot to pieces.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26
To rid the world of Joy forever.
Did he succeed? No history
Records 1t of the ancient Turk,
Though some have thought that 1t
was he
Who first invented work.
eros. poa..

When one is set upon by cross
dog it Is well to know what to do.
Little is to be accomplished by mere
ly yelling. On the other hand it Is
only natural to make some cutlery.
Very often when a cross dog has raced
up in the rear to seize one in what
socver spot he fancies. now the calf
and now sinew of the thigh, one Is
n bit puzzled as to what should be
done. There are various sorts of cross
dogs from the smaller ones that snap
at ones. heels to the larger Snes that
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26
A SHOCK WAITING, I.

Some OF those fellows who are hold
ing back to be conscripted. but who
would like eventually to become Of
ficcrs If they do have toseevve may be
shocked to learn that n conscripted
man cannot be an officer under the
law as it now stands Officers for the
conscripted army will be drawn from
the regular army. the state militia and
the officers reserve corps.-Billings
Journal
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26

A Kansas editor offers valuable
unsolicited advice to the gov
eminent in the matter of raising rev.
enucs. Don't depend too much on
prayer" he says. We commend this
wisdom to those interested in raising
money for a swimming pool.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26

In real patriotic outburst before
an audience Of brokers and bankers.
Charles G. Dawes of Chicago said: IF
a man vii! not buy liberty bond
from you. knock him down." That is
all very fine, but what is TO be done
with those of us who haven't the price?
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26

AS side show the checker players
will fight out the international cham
pionship at Cedar Point in August.
II Germany loses by default it will be
no fault of the United States.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26

merely glare at one and wait till one
comes down off the fence. The anus
ing thing about cross dogs Is that fire.
quently as they rush up to one growl-
ing furiously one prefers to believe
that they merely wish to play. To
anyone looking on this Is very comical.
1t is very funny, too. when dogs bite
tramps. Tho tramp goes into farm
house to ask for bite and IL the dog
sees him first he doesn't even have
to ask for it. Barking dogs do not
bite. but it's hard to tell at what mo-
ment they will leave off barking.
Indeed II Would.
All. could we leave the pomp and show.
The ways and modes the cities know.
And be red blooded. strong and wild,
Or primitive, as they are styled,
Who used to roar about for fair
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26
~ JOHN J. INGALLS,.


In He
active exciting
he
militia
retired political
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26

We can see Col. William Jennings
Bryan pausing in his meditations and
lowering an cyelid when he hears the
news of reunion between President
Wilson and Tammany hall.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26

According to the Gazette the most
trifling man in Emporia carries the
biggest bunch of keys. We fail, how
ever. to catch the significance or rel
cyancy of the comparison. The man
may be a locksmith or jailer.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26

Old Mother Nature may be exempt
from CONSUMPTION, but she is doing her
level best to add to the food supply.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26

II the 1lindcnburg line lasts until
September General Pershing will do
the rest.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26

Health hint--To avoid the spring
fever try the clear mountain air OF
western Montana,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26

Don't wait to be conscripted into
the grand army Of swimming pool con-
tributors. DO II now. =.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26
THE DAILY MssouLIAN SATURDAY. MORNING MAY 10 lo17
POEMS you OUGHT TO KNOW

hatsvsr eeessasn ~ and hs~sssr ees~s6
hours with AFFAIR." do tal 70 least sow NtnuAos
every your life with bic psst
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26

The kaiser's offer to trade Texas to
Mexico does not look SO good to Car
rama now.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26

This war may be won by the nation
with the last bushel Of wheat.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY rs, 1917

Turkey, the sick man OF Europe,
is really sick at last.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26

According to baseball crank the
RAIN falls alike upon the just and the
umpire,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26

And drag their women by the hair!
We'd never have to gave a cent
Or do our nails or pay the rent
Or answer phones or spell or think
Or soak the dishes in the sink
Or wear suspcnders constantly.
Cor corsets. as the case may be)
Or chase the soap that always slips
Beneath the tub or hand out tips
oh, what a joy u life would be
So very unrcstrained and free! :
Some day we're going to try 1t. too.
Most any afternoon would do.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-26
To a Younu Cat.

Small kitten, lurking for your prey.
Yor-1ittlc bird upon the grass.
You have an inefficient way,
OF hunting birds. alas!
The way you hunt is quite absurd.
Oh. nimblc. graceful little cat.
You'll never catch a single bird.
(Of course, we're glad Of thatO
But when you crouch and slyly wait
To pounce upon your feathercd prey.
You wave your tail at such a rate
You scare them all away!
1.-THE first shall be last and the last
shall be first" Is the way that lots Ut
us see the fivc-recl movies.
See?
When talking on the phone each day
Whatever can the reason be
That forty times ut least we say.
Il sect"
Tho party makes most any crack.
"Your rent is due Please call at
three"
We're almost sure to answer back.
Il sec!"
Unless we say. See. you cry.
The party wouldn't know that We
Had heard and that's the rea son why.
Il see.)
The Lamar register., 1917-02-28

-, my ""y. Sne stretched out d
slim, white hand. This is my engage
ment ring" she said. isn't 1t pretty?"
Arthur ran from the house. A week
later the engagement was announced.
Somehow there iurked the rudinents
II heart In Millicent. She was sorry
for Arthur. ard she said nothing about
his proposal t. Jim.
But that was what was at the back
n her request that the announcement
should be made. Nobody was greatly
surprised. and everyone said that she
was "A lucky girl, and maybe Jim Ben
nett would steady down bit with her
hand on the checkrein.
They were married in the Presby-
terrain church. and the wedding was
the event OF the week. There were
columns about it in the papers. Ar
thur read them in his hall bedroom.
His grip lay, packed. on the bed. He
had resolved to run away, anywhere,
without notice but when he had finish
ed reading them he suddenly sat up
and squared his shoulders.
I'll stay" he said. "And I'll get her.
sNblutioN VII ltdNti IL hbl bll tai III
Which expression. though far-fetch-
ed, might be pardonable in a young
fellow Of twenty-three.
Jim Bennett had made things hum
when he returned from college, as he
had said he would, and he kept up the
process after his return from the
honeymoon. During the next two
years Jim Bennett and his wife made
the money fly. They inhabited the fin
est house in the town. and life WIS for
them a succession Of entertainments
and pleasures. Arthhr Royce was now
getting twenty dollars a week. Ben
nett never saw him and seemed to
have forgotten him. But Millicent
bowed. There is something about a re-
jected lover that makes woman feel
tenderly toward him.
Two years passed and Bennett be-
came a financial leader in the place.
A few who watched knew that his af-
fairs were unstable. Arthur was among
these. And for Mlllicent's sake he
The Lamar register., 1917-02-28

BOD. .. INNING IN NE was worm living
for.
Faster and faster Bennett's banks
careened toward disaster. The com
ing crash was clear to everybody now.
Bennett himself went about with an
anxious fnce and glum expression. 1t
was at first a matter of months, then
one of weeks-theu people just waited.
Arthur Royce waited. lie was think
ing all the time Of Mlllicent and won
drring what she would do.
One afternoon Bennett sent for Ar
thur to come to his house. Arthur had
not been there since that last inter
view with Mnlicent. He did not like
the task; but he Went, because it was
part of his duty.
"AIr. Bennett is in his library. sir, 4"
said the butler. "IIe sud you We're to
20 right in when you came.
Arthur went in. lie saw Bennett
seated at his desk. Bennett did not
look up. and when Arthur approached
lac saw that he was quite dead, with n
bullet hole through his head. Upon
the desk was letter addressed to
nm. arthur ppencu H.
Take her. She loves you" was all
that it contained.
Arthur never quite remembered the
details of the following hour-his has
~ summons Of ii doctor, the terrified
servants; lastly Millicent, whom he
had vainly tried TO keep out Of the
room, standing before her husbands
body And she wrung her hands, and
all she could say was:
81 meant to leave him tomorrow"
1t was six months before Arthur
saw Millicent Bennett again. She had
been travelling. Whea she came back
she went To her old home. She an
nounccd that she was going 10 open "A
school. All the hcurtlessness seemed
10 have died. when Bennett died.
But Arthur had other plans for ner.
DO you remember, dear" ne said
to her one day. how l used TO tell
! you you would marry me and your own
prophecy? Yours has come true. Now
! make mine true. l am going TO take
The Lamar register., 1917-02-28

ireiidrd the crash that must come. iiUf
ncunrtt plunged more wildly. until tho
uuks were lettering upon the verge
4 The prrcipicc, while Bennett jugglrd
,i'h his millions and refused to look
'Hu.s in the face.
~. treated his wife badly. too. ey-
i.rNune knew. There We're reports Of
'is irlutuution for several women sue
r''~>ivrly. Arthur saw Milllcent rarely
hut he noticed the progressive look Of
mthIppiucss upon her face.
Bennett began to notice Royce again.
He promoted him To twenty-five. chief
ly because another bank. an old. con
servative institution. wanted to get
hold Of him. Arthur would gladly have
left, but he had an instinct against
leaving his present bank when it was
in difficulties.
One day the truth came out. Arthur
had been sent to Benefits house on an
important errand. He found Bennett
out, but as he was about to leave Mill
cent came in.
"what did he send you for?" she
cried Historically.
nett. II was about a private matter"
"A banking matterF
yes"
She burst into tears. 81 thought he
sent you to taunt me-" she cried. He
has told me ought to have married
you. o, | am so wretched."
She cried on his shoulder. During
that interval the young man learned
many things-of Benefits inhdelity
Of his dlshonor. He had made her life
n misery from the day they were mar
ried.
Presently She grew calm. 81 should
not have spoken in this way" she said
But sometimes 1 think of the old days
do you ever remember them, Ar
thur"
! Remember them? When they lay
upon his mind forever?
Somehow he managed to tear him
self away. His last memory of MILL
cent was Of pale-faced woman who
watched him at the doc --A=ss=.A->
The Lamar register., 1917-02-28
Saw That He Was Quite Dead.

tensions. 81 wouldn't marry you in a
million years." she said. 1.-THE man 1,
marry must go to college"
Arthur planned to work his way
through college, but his mother lived
through a long period Of invalidism,
and that put an end to his ambitious
plans. What happened was that Ben
nett senior took the boy into his bank,
where, at twenty-five, he was earning
ten dollars n week. Soon afterwnrd
Eennett senior died, leaving the banks
10 Jim, and Jim came home from col
lege with the expressed intention Of
making things hum.
Millicent and Arthur were on speak
ing acquaintance, but the young fellow
had never got much further with her.
When Jin came home there was not
much doubt whom she preferred. She
did not take much pains TO hide II
from Arthur, either.
Arthur went to work for Jim, who
considerably raised his salary to
twelve dollars. He told him, with
grin, that he would be able to get mar
ried on it, II he lived frugally.
By this time Jim Bennett and MILL
cent Patterson were as good as en-
gagged, in the opinion of the townspeo-
pie. Jim Bennett operated a car-two
cars, for the matter of that, and the
two We're to be seen together every
where. People went so far as to say
ought to be.
The Lamar register., 1917-02-28
The
PhroDheCy
II
Bu II. N. EGBERT

Copyright. 1916. by W. c. Chapman)
Jim Bennett and Arthur Royce We're
described as the two boys in the viii
Iage who least resembled each other.
Bennett was selling newspapers when
he was seven and planning monopoly
among village magazine subscribers.
Arthur Royce at that age was describ-
ed as the best pupil in the Sunday
school. Naturally Jim was the favor
lite among the townspeople, who adj
mired hustle good deal more than
they admired sanctity.
However. Arthur was not sanct-
monious. He was just a Woodworking,
docile sort of chap. At fifteen he was
clerking in a store to support his
widowed mother, and turning in his
three dollars n week to exc out her
Civil war pension. At the same age
Jim Bennett was expelled from school
as incorrigible. and being laughed at
and petted by his adoring parents,
who were already planning his college
career. Thomas Bennett was presi-
dent of two banks and reputed to be
rolling in money.
At the same age Millicent Patterson
was publicly telling Arthur that she
preferred Jim anyhow, because he
wasn't a milksop, and beside Jim was
rich and she meant to marry wealthy
man when she grew up.
"Pm going to be wealthy" answered
Arthur, setting his teeth, land you're
going to marry me-"
Milllcent was secretly impressed, but
she made short work of Arthur's pre-