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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-04

: than it was some weeks ago. The
price OF feed is extremely high anG
there is still tendency to unload live
stock. But it is now probable that un-
less there is an unusually severe win
ter, in nearly all irrigated districts
there will be a surplus of hay. 1t
was the feeling some days ago that al
falfa would go to SIS or 500 Now
we'll informed men feel that the price
will range around $12 to SIS for al
falfa.
Poor dairy cattle have been sold
in most sections, and in some the better
cows also. But due to the advice of
experienced specialists of the Univer-
sity of Idaho, those who find it neces-
sary to sell, are wedding out and aim
ing at higher excellence. Hogs are
scarce all over the state, particularly
in the south. One of the best known
irrigation districts compiled data show
ing 33 percent of hogs compared with
a year ago.
Era OF the GOl0en HO0f
Trading in sheep is extraordinarily
lively. 1t seems almost to be the era
of the golden hoof SO far as Idaho and
neighboring states are concerned. This
was quite clearly reflected at the four
day sale of 5000 sheep, mostly regis
tered, at Salt Lake, August 1881. One
day 420 sold for $4,000. Two Ameri-
can price records were broken, both by
men in the Twin Falls section of Ida
no. Hobbs & Gillette of Bull bought
Ramboulette ram for $1,000. This
animal was remarkable for his great
size weighing 375 pounds. He was
bred by King brothers at Laramie, Wy
oming. The other animal, a Hamp-
shire, was bought by Detweiler & Sons
of Filler for $1,000. He was from the
Walnut Hall farm at Donerail Ken
lucky"
Chance for Schools
Turning to university matters Dean
Iddings said
Cone of the most pleasing things
about my trip was the practically
unanimous expression of firm support
and cordial good will for the UNIVERSE
ty of Idaho. This feeling I found
among professional men,, merchants,
farmers and others. There is special
interest in the plans and policies of
Commissioned. prvau and procidopt
;
Student prospects seem to be bet (
ter than some weeks ago. In some
cases high classes have enlisted to a
man in some branch Of service, but in
most cases large per cent of the high t
school graduates will attend college or {,
university this year,, and the indica- i
ions are that the University of Idaho
will get at least as large proportion &
If them as on former years. Y
Boys Are Making Good n
Il was pleased to note the showing t
made by graduates of the University of n
IDAHO, especially in the case of agri-
cultural graduates. Five of them p
Tjelsted of 1915; Beier 1915; Kjosness, il
913; Gronniger, 1917, and Fawcett,
914, in the extension division work
re rendering splendid service Gron-
iger was recently called from the
osition of county agent at Blackfoot al
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-04
Sissons at MisOula

A letter from Mrs. E. o. Sisson
says she and DR.. Sison and family are
settled at Missoula and like the city
exceedingly. They have been cordial
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-04
FIRST NATIONAL GUARDS
4 GET READY FOR STRANGE
Rainbow Division M0bilizing in New
York State Will Include Boys
From the Northwest

Hemstead, N. Y.-The Rainbow d.
vision, the first national guardsmen
to go to France, are assembling here.
The Oregon contingent and the La
Grande hospital unit are scheduled to
arrive September 8.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-04

Marriage License
Theodore Gale of Genesee, Idaho,
and Elsie May Vorce of Agatha Idaho.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-30
COST OF WARS

Recently the congress of the United
States passed, almost without debate,
the greatest budget in the history of
the world, making available for Uncle
Sam $1,000. 100000 in order to carry on
the war upon a scale commensurate
with his greatness. II is interesting
therefore. to compare with this the cost
of other wars. The Napoleonic wars,
which ragged over Europe from 1879 TO
1915. cost approximately $1,000, 100000.
or the same amount that congress pro =
vided for the United States to enter
into the conflict. and that was only a
beginning.
The Mexican war cost the United
States about $l00000,Oo0. n compare :
lively trifling sum. The Civil war,
however. was n very expensive affair.
cntailine the expenditure Of sS,0O0.00O.
600 from 1861 to 1865. The Franco
prussian war cost the two nations en-
gagged about 1850, 000,O 900. The Sec
ond South African war, from 1900 to
1902. cost $500, 900, 900. The conflict
between Russia and Japan consumed
almost $4,000, 900. while the United
States got off very cheaply in the
Spanish American war with an expen-
diture of $l75.O0O.0OO. The estimates
on the outlay for the present war uT
to October ! of this year were s93,sl4,
S75 600
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-30
BAD NEWS FROM ITALY.

The charge of coWardlee on the
part Of the second Italian army
conveyed in an official govern
mcnt announcement OF a sweep
ing retreat on the Julian front
comes, indeed. as shock. So
Tar as We can remember. II i the
only official charge of the sort in
this War. The shock is all the
greater since we have been led
to believe that the Italians had
made one of the most memorable
and Heroic advances in the his
tory If military operations,
Tho news is distressing. Nearly
all that the Italians won has been
lost, and ii is said that 100000 of
them have been made prisoners
and more than 200 guns have fall
len INTO the cnemN'S hands. Won
NacN"n>cn, who conquered Ru-
mania and has been the most
successful Of the kaiSer's MANY
generals. - III command. II he
succeeds III carrying the warfare
INTO Italian territory, Italy may
h'con" ~ impoton' a. Russia
That viii mean that the war may
continue that much longer. The
hu~cr,~ victories III the east anC
south ar" valuable only to en-
r"ura@" his people into the delu,
sion that they may win.
II Is on the west front that tn,
war Will b. Won aud lost. anC
there without Il shadow Of a douh
the allies ar" hamm"ring tn,
German lines steadily into weak
ness. The kaiser j. falling int,
tn" error OF many people who
take III too much territory.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-30
SERVING REFRESH.
MENTS
An editorial in the November Won

An editorial in the November Wom-
ans Home Companion. SAYS:
Food conservation Is being religi-
ously preached, and we are being
taught that it Is a sin to waste even 4
cabbage leaf. This Is all we'll and
good, but nobody seems yet to have or
ganized systematic attempt to effect
a tremendous saving In food by the
simple expedient Of abolishing the Gus
tom or fashion of serving refresh
ments' on any and every occasion. In
season and out Of season. Whenever
a handful OF people get together. either
for business or pleasure, refreshments
have to be trotted out and passed
around. In most cases. the consump-
ton Of food and drink on these occa-
sions Is superflous and waste, pure
and simple. Nobody needs the re-
freshments-all too often the persons
indulging in them are full of repletion
already.
"A lot of this unnecessary eating Is
encouraged or practiced for social
bility's sake. People won't come UNI
less you give them something to eat.
is the plea, and the magic word re-
freshments will draw some persons 70
anything. Well. then. folk who have
to be bribed with gustatorial tidbits to
perform their duties. social. civic. or
otherwise, should not be cultivated.
TIL they see the error of their ways!
think Of how many tons of flour,
sugar, fats and other valuable foods
could be saved in six months by the
simple expadient Of making 1t n mis-
demeanor to serve refreshments at re-
ceptions. bridge parties and other So
cial functions. And think. too. OF the
amount of indigestion. temper. crank
ness and wasted hours which would DC
eliminated at the same time. Every
patriotic woman interested in food con-
servation and thrift should consider
this matter and appoint herself a COM
| mittee of one to make this overdone,
wicked and unnecessary practice nn-
| fashionable. Why not make It mat
| ter Of social ethics to eat only three
| meals a day during the war. and make
| it questionable or a breach OF etl-
auette to waste food by serving re-
freshments at purely social functions?
Entertaining friends at regular and es-
ia blished meals is not. OF course. meant
to be abolished. but merely superflu-
Gus, unnecessary and senseless eating
and drinking. Just for the sake OF In
! diligence"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-30
PATRIOTISM WHAT AM

There are many phases of patriotism
but only once in my life have heard
of man going to such extreme in
his display of love for his country as
to paint his wooden leg in the clabor-
ate fashion Of barber poles. a certain
county house boasts of such an in
mate who when commended for his
unusual sacrifice, said: Don't men,
tlon it, It's the least / can do for my
country" And as he was in no phy-
steal or financial condition to do more.
1t was quite evident that it was the
most he could do for hts country as
we'll Men have been known to paint
their wooden legs black or varnish
them with cheap grade of asphaltum,
but these We're mere mercenary beings
who did it, not for their beloved ronns
try's sake, but to keep out the rayish-
ing elements of time and decay. 4
man can well afford to give his wood
appendage in the manner aforesaid ted
is a hero first. last and all the time.
Yizza. Not even George Cohan, who
invented the well known American
flag, has anything on him.--Iim in
Cartoons Magazine.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-30
IS THIS CANOl'FLAGE. TOO.

Since Postmaster General Bur
Lesson has most graciously advised
us that he right of crlticiSing the
Wilson administration has not
been ahrogatrd. we again call at
tention to the presidents public
announcement to congress last
summer that the people would
not be expected to pay higher
prices for supplies than were
paid by the government
That was q promise. 1t is a mat
ter Of record and nnqueSsionahIy
the faith of The people in that
pledge went far toward securing
the unhcard of authority in the
conduct Of the war demanded hy
the president.
Now we learn that for 100000
pairs Of shoes for soldiers, all
leather and we'll made, the GOV
crnmcnt pays 500 a pair. The
same shoes would cost The midi
Vldlal purchaser in New York
city nine dollars pair.
If this is keeping a promise and
Is tn" result of government CON
troll, ii may be that the people
should have something further to
say. The policies Of the admins
traton with reference to the war
have had our full support. We
mean by That, that the govern
mcnt Was entirely justified in de-
clarlng war on Germany and that
IT is the full and absolute duty
of our people to aid The govern
ment IL prosecuting this war 10
a successful conclusion.
That i one thing. The promise
to reduce the high cost of living
which tn" president made, is
quite another. Certainly he can
not complain that congress has
not given HIM sufficient authority
very much more. indeed, than an,
one expected that he would get
Now let rs have the promiS,
made good
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-30
THE RETURN OF PAN

You have shrunk. Pan, shrunk at the
lannon's roar;
They have driven you from your
haunts:
AS the murdered shrieked you have
sped the more
Ger your grassy hillocks now bathed
In gore,
Past the mounds where the Gray
King vaunts.
But you'll come, Pan, come to the
broken groves;
And you'll scamper and race the
mea6S;
And the wrecked and wounded will
mark your moves;
And your lutte will waken their ancient
loves,
Though you pipe on these blood
smeared reeds!
Roscoe Gilmore Stott in Cartoons
Magazine.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-30
rs Years Ago.
What Missoula Was Doing
on This Date in 1892. L
tFrom the Morning Muscular for DC
fohpr 1900 ~

CFrom the Morning Muscular for Oc-
toher 30, 1929
Mrs. Jacob Reinhard delightfully."- en-
tertained for a few of her married lady
friends at o'clock tea yesterday after
noon, at her residence on Pine street.
Delicious Refreshments were srespd.
The guests Were Mrs. Bickford. Mrs.
Armstrong. Mrs. Sharp. Mrs. Brooks.
Mrs. Knowles, Mrs. Jane Lombard, Mrs.
Or. Lombard. Mrs. Emma Brayton and
Mrs. kennett. .,
AS a token Of respect to s. G. Ram
say Democratic nominee for sheriff.
the railroad men. some l5 in number,
of Sprague, Idaho who We're here yes
terday attending the funeral of the late
Conductor Ramsey. adopted a resolu-
'ion rendering their moral support in
his candidacy for sheriff of Missoula
county. ,.
Montana and Tammany. Marcus
Days two famous race. horses, are
back from their victories on the east :
ern circuit and are now quartered at
the DAILY ranch at Hamilton. They
were brought in by DIR. Hall. a:
DR.. Parsons received from Paris yes
terday Very fine skeleton bleached
by .. process known only in France
! The skeleton is pretty enough to make
a man feel that there is something to
! die for after all.
Miss Woody informally entertained
few of her young friends yesterday
! afternoon In honor of her guest, Miss
! Miller. of Helena.
/ The new railroad station Is COM
| pleted at Hamilton and Station AGENT
| Cleveland has moved into his new
| quarters.
| License to marry was issued yester-
day to Thomas Thorning and Carrie
Goffsr Darby.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-30
Pluck
Woman Won Hard Strug-
gle by Holding On.
BY Sophie Irene Loeb.

Copyright. 1917. by the Press Pub. Co.
Yesterday received barrel of APP
Piles and some pumpkins and squash
and carrots. and pickles and other farm
stuff.
They were sent to me by a woman
"a very poor woman who had con-
quered--conuuered over poverty and
sickness and death, all with the spirit
of Spartan.
The family was very, very poor. and
suffered the saddest kind Of poverty.
having once been well Off" The faith
err of this family died, leaving this
woman with her four Titles ones, and
as the years went by another good man
came along and she married him.
He became a real father to his step
children, but, alas! he became i'll and
could make very little money. No
need to go into details how this wom-
an did herculean tasks to keep the
| wolf from the door.
She managed--managed somehow to
scrape along on his meager income of
from s12 to SIS per week. But soon
| two of the little ones contracted the
dread disease tuberculosis. and she saw
lie CouSeSled CllE Was no pIACc III
which to relieve their sufferings.
| She realized that she must get out
| out in the open. She found little
place in the country. and with great ef-
fort they managed to get there with
just little help from friend
This woman did not want charity,
but a chance: and always in the
midst Of the most troublesome trials
her great asset was one Of cheer.
Sometimes this quality Of cheer is
wisely given to the big burden bear
ers. For no sooner had she become
settled when more disaster came.
! The only little boy--the idol OF them
all-was injured. And then her
spirit was tried indeed. But she per-
severed and realized she must go on,
| fighting and conquering for her little
children.
She learned how to get something
out of the soil, and has been able to
store up all they will need and send
some to friends besides. That is how
l came to get my barrel Of produce.
l have never read more wonderful let :
tiers Of cheer than those sent me by
this woman. who has conquered over
whelming forces.
And now she herself is menaced
with disease. yet find this in her let
ter of today:
! MY course is clear and straight
ahead, and l am going to see il
through. My only difficulty will be
the winter--to secure two and a hall
tons of coal and barrel Of flour
which will do me throughout the win
ter, and when l get these will fee
that l have won out. For it will SEE
me through. and with the coming OF
the spring, shall cry Excelsior"
And you, gentle reader. who thinl
you are very much abused and have
not this or that bauble, or you WHIT
are weak and wan ana weary ant
are down in the dumps, reflect on thi.
mother who Is looking forward t.
crying Excelsior" because she ha!
met the opposing forces-and has
conquered.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-30
Y. NJ. G.. A..
More Huts Needed Badly
in France.

Somewhere in France.-Correspone
ence.-"More to do and more huts to
do it in" that is the soldiers cry all
along the line.
More Young Mems Christian associa-
ton huts are vital need and more
workers for the huts already stand
ing. The average Y. NJ c. A. worker
in France tolls from 16 to- 20 hours
daily. Up early. sweeping out the hut,
carrying away the empty gingerale
bottles. filling ink wells scrubbine the
tables; then he must arrange the days
program, after which he opens the
canteen. snatching such lunch as is
possible when the lunch hour arrives.
He is still presiding at the counter
while he runs the athletic sports in
the afternoon, and he may have a
class in French. history, penmanship or
evening finds him with a hutful of men
to entertain and keep busy and he has
to balance his books when the men
have gone to bed.
His hut is up a straight. white road,
shining silver under twin rows of Lnm-
hardy poplars To the rear sleeps, or
seems to sleep, a tiny village, tiled or
matched, and quiet. Nothing could
be more foreign, more I'M American.
more French. Ahead, III a field. "A
few steps off the road. black bulk
rises; Il big building with a peaked
roof 1t is amazingly fun of men--men
at tables. writing letters, reading mag
azines, playing checkers Rembrandt
men, whose faces are lighted by the
yellow flicker Of candles planted on
rails along the walls-men in some sort
of uniform-and at the far end "A group
about an older man who sings with
them.
It's Way Down Upon the Shawnee
River they are singing, this bit of
the American army and this bit of the
American Y. NJ. c. An France.
In quiet room at the back a Y. NJ. !
{, A. worker is teaching French to a
class of American soldiers. In cor
ner. behind the counter. another work
er is serving ginger ale. crackers and
Chocolates n conspicuous sign tells OF
trackmeet and baseball game for
tomorrow. There is another, even
more prominent, ana most of the men
are following its adnonition. IL
reads:
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-30
Triumph?
Il Lies in Defeat in Year
I of World War.

Few colleges have returned many
veterans football players this fall, and
the few who have will hardly care to
beast about their victories over COL
leges who have sent most of their
stars into khaki.
This is no year to chant the glories
of winning eleven. Certainly not
against the colleges who have given
their best men to a greater game. And
football has done its part In such q
wonderful way that there may easily
be GREATER glory for the losing team.
In looking over the various lineups
Of this fall. with the endless gaps; in
noting the long list Of stars who have
gone to the front, the collegiate occa-
sion this drifting autumn II summed up
best by W. NJ. Let's in
1.-THE Spires ef oxserd."
saw the spires OF Oxford
AS ] war passing by;
The gray spires of Oxford,
Against a pearl-gray sky:
My heart was with the Oxford men
Who went abroad to die.
The years go fast in Oxford,
The golden years and gay;
The hoary colleges look down
On careless boys at play:
But when the bugles sound war
They mt their games away.
=.
They left the peaceful river.
The cricket field, the quad.
The shaver lawns of Oxford
To seek a bloody sod:
They gave their merry youth away
For country and for God.
God rest you. happy gentlemen,
Who laid your good lives down.
Who took the khaki and the gun
Instead of cap and gown;
God bring You to a fairer place
Than even Oxford town.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-30

professional as well as any man
engaged in business in this city
should belong. The chamber Of
commerce should have more
money. II is devoted to the up
building of Missolr1a and must
have solid support from all quar-
tiers. We think that a much bet
ter feeling will follow the plain
talk last night and that our citi-
Zens will be aroused to their duty
in getting behind an institution
that is employed solely for their
benefit.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-30
KNOTS FOR WORDS

It is nart of polite education IN
Japan to understand the art of knot
tying. In that land knots take the
place of buttons. hooks and eyes.
buckles and other devices OF civiltza-
ton for fastening the complicated
clothing of today. The Japanese de-
pend upon cords and knots instead.
which is an equally satisfactory way
and permits of more artistic effects.
But the knot has much greater sig
nificance In Japan. In fact. each knot
has some special meaning, many of
which 20 back to the time when HIS
tory began. This also Is true Of the
ancient Chinese and Peruvian races.
which wrote their earliest history In a
series of knots. This was based upon
the same principle as that behind the
hieroglyphics of the Egyptians. and
our own modern writing. 1t Is easy to
see that knot could have quite as
much meaning as the figure of an ami
, NAL Tied one way 1t might indicate
victory and tied another 1t would Sig
Nifty defeat. 1t was simply a question
of adopting a certain kind OF knot as
the image OF a particular thing. And
all languages. written and spoken, are
merely collection Of images.
A Japanese sending holiday gift
to friend knots the cord In certain
way. signifying well wishes. affection.
| 4 funeral wreath would be tied with
another kind of knot, meaning sorrow.
sympathy. And every step between
the two cases illustrated would require
, particular sort Of knot. So the
, study of this quaint art is by no means
so easy as 1t might seem.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-30

\ feature Of much interest in
the report of Congressman Evans
visit To Camp Lewis relates to the
work Of the y. NJ. G.. A. That has
been splendid. The money con-
tributed to that fund has been
we'll expended. The y. NJ. G.. 4.
provides clean entertainment.
comforts of many kinds, instruc-
ton in maintenance of good
health. athletic diversions and
reading rooms. Its activities are
many and will result in great ben
etit> to the men.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-30

The meeting of the chamber
of commerce last evening was the
best in many months. The effect
was a clearing away of mlsund"r-
standings and a resolve to throw
more energy and stronger coop
Grafton into the wide work of the
association. But few members
. had been informed of the heavy
pressure of work that had been
thrown upon the chamber by the
war, or of the lack of interest of
many business men of Missoula
outside the membership. Every
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-30
LETTING NATURE DO IT.

How's your bungalow? You told
me It was cooled by woodland brecZcs
i'll the summer" That part was all
right, but tn" landlord is working ma
turc overtime. Now he's trying to
heat it solely with the sun."--I.ouis-
viii" Courier journal.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-30
SMELLING THE ENEMY.

Cook got the children Interested in
a war game this morning. She sug-
gested they should play they We've in
a battle, and shell the enemies" Who
We're the enemies?' The pcas."--
Baltimore American. .-. >
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-30
NOT THE SOFT PEDAL.

First Neirhbor--My daughter is
very patriotic. She isn't going to
play any more German music.
Second Neighbor-I'm afraid that
won't help any. She will probably
play something else in place of it
Judge.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-30

While there is "A great and Sc
rious shortage of labor in the
United States we wonder What
the thousands of cOnyictS are do
ing to win the war.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-30

The nice things Lord North
chtfc is saving about lis suggest
the thought that his iordShip i
planning to run for president of
the republic Of The English
speaking peoples.