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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-10
BOOK REVIEW
Battle and Other Poems. by Wilfrid
Wilson Gibson.


| History and literature find frequent
stories. The Red Badge of Courage"
was written by stephen Crane, who
lived in an era of peace, who never
smelled the smoke nor saw the car
mage of battle. The best poem the
world war has produced came from
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Young Eng
lShman who has tried in vain ut five
angles to serve his country at war.
Both Crane and Wilson express the
psychology of war: Crane through his
ina gnation although he studied the
historical records of Charlottesville:
! while Wilson'S poems are poured from
| Il soul on fire. and a heart throbbing
! with sympathy for his fellows. The
1 human touch OF Daily Bread and
I "I'ircs,' is uuickonsd in the collection
| called Battle The experience of
war proves that in the thick of the
| fight. when excitement and danger are
! at fever pitch tho mind will revert and
! fastcn upon some PARKWAY forgotten
| scene The youth in The Red Badge
of Courage" remembered how he had
cursed the brindlc COW and her matcs
and had sometimes flung milking
stools But from his present point
of vi.v, there was Il halo Of happiness
about each OF their heads. Gibsons
soldier IN the trench says in His
Father"
I quite forgot to put the spisot in
It's just come over mc. And 1t is queer
To think he'll not care If we lose or
win.
And vet he jumping mad about that
beer.
LEFT il running full lie must have
said
to hear
What he Will say if I'm reported dead
Before he gets ME told about that beer.
While Cranes youth awaits the For |
ward Charge" he secs the gaping atG-
dicnc", at home picturing him the c,'n-
trial figure in blazing scenes. Glib !
sons philosopher soldier sits rs the |
hrazicr after rations. shrarn"i Swapping |
all about him ana muses.:
Before action.
| sit beside the bra Tiers glow
And, browsing in the heat:
| dream Of daffodils that blow
And lambs that frisk and beat
Next year the daffodils will blow
And lambs will frisk and bleat
But III not feel the brazicrs glow
Nor any cold or heat.
The Youths mother couldn't roice
her feelings. but busted herself with |
socks and shirts and words of warn
ing. The youth. looking for heroics.
at parting swung through tho old gate.
proud and disappointed until he saw
his mother 'kueeling among the po- |
tato parings. her brown face appraised |
her spare form quivcring. lie went !
on with bowed head"
Another picture of TIL" eternal moth |
err heart is painted in C;ibson's
Tn" return.
II" went, and he was gay to go:
And | smiled on him as he went.
My son. Twas well he couldn't know
My darkest dread. nor what il |
just What il meant to smile and smile. |
And let my son go che"rily--
My son. ana wondering all The |
while
What stranger would como back 10 me. |
After the strain of an engagement. |
insanity often selves men without
warning. The youth fell in with u |
shattered. lmring procession. on
Ia f,,n l
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-10
WHERE MONTANA CONES IN.

The section IN the pres ,dcut :
message urging the full use of
the water power Of the country
has the greatest local interest in
Montana. The waste Of water
power in this counry at a time
when all efforts are concentrated
on saving other things is some
thing worse than criminal. II
has gone on for years because OF
the inability Of The government
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-10
There Are lots Of These
Cinnamon in Town.

Hello"
rs this the Blank Grocery com
pany?"
Yes. What is ii please"
will YOU send out an order to the
Sigma Chi house this afternoon"
The order was given. The grocery
clerk hung up the receiver and turned
to the proprietor of the store with the
question::
Say, do we have an account here
with a Chinaman by the name Of Chi:
Where does he live"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-10
Hits From Sharp Wits

n married man cannot waive his
rights to exemption without his wif"'s
consent, Some fellows are going to
have IA harder time seeing foreign
travel than they expected. --Pitts bursh
Gazette.
recied against the thin skin. And
this is almost extinct. - Milwaukee
News.
War bread will he merely the staff
OF life lascd.--Baltimore Amer
lean.
If YOU play the fool You can't blame
folks if they think you are one.-Bing-
hamton Press.
It's ii toss-up between the man who
throws banana skin on the side
walk and the banana skin that throws
a man in the same rlace- Philadelphia
Record. ~. ,.- -.
-" ~ ----------- --zzs. .-.l. 10
An anthracite mine in Pennsyivanj,
has been burning for Us Years and vet
some of us are unable To keen fire in
the FURNACE over night indianapolis
ltk So u.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-10
PROBATION.

MaJor-Why have You put that cio,h
over his head"
Private Mike O'Flanagan (hirassed
by FESTIVE horse)--So that he won't
know he's being sroomed, sorr.--Ic,,-
don Punch.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-10
FROM THE COMMERCE REPORTS

For II limited period Great Britain
Will permit tn" Importation of clock
movements. This includes alarm
clocks.
Samples of the warm and Cfficicu,
roWhid" mOccasins that are worn. in
Nunrhnria during the winter are now
in Washington,
ar" required to apportion and oversee
the increased grain acreage prescribed
~ their territories
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-10
THE WRONG KIND.

They told me at the hospital after
the automobile accident that was full
of grit
l should say YOU were. You ought
TO nave seen the lot of it they picked
out of your observation-disclosures Amer
lean.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-10
A RELIEF.

Us your wife knitting for the sol
dicrs?"
Yes, replied Mr.. Meekton. And |
am highly pleased. Henrietta now has
some occupation for her needle beside.
creating new neckties just for the fur
of seeing how their colors become me. =
Washit ei"n STAT, --- ----....,.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-10

Wireless telegraphy does not seem
to have it very much on the woman
who made speciality of talking over
the back fence To her neighbor~-Lps
Angeles Times. "
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-10

Pause before YOU take that see
nlih lump OF sugar and reflect
ti'at this Is no lime to give aid
and comfort to the enemy.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-10

Mad
Neck deep in mud
lie moan"d and ravcd
lie who had hravch
The field Of blood
Md rs q lad
Just nut Of school
Yelled April FOOT
And latlghcd like mad
Tho reaction after bnttl. when tho
mind is still fnt of ia" horrors Of the
day and I'll" men are afraid to sleep.
finds expression in.
TIL" fear.
do not fear to die.
Meath the open Sky.
To meet death in the fight
Face 10 face, upright.
Rut when at last We creep
In u hole, to sleep.
tremhlo. cold with dread
Lest | wax" M dead.
In til" Red Eadg" of Courage" the
youth finds himself standing next u
man he had never seen. Both burn
ing with thirst and Scorchcd with
powder. they loaded and fired while
had four children ana was planning
their future until an enemy shot 81
l"uc"d him forever Gibson tells tn.
same story in;
Tho Father.
That was his sort
II didn't matter
What We were at
Hut he must chatter
OF this and that.
His little son
Had said and done.
Till. as h" told
The iifticth time
Without "A >rl,angr.
How three year old
Prattled a rhyme.
They got the range
And cut him short
The Dancers" was written r,o,, an
actual experience of one Of Gibson,s
| friends, who had fallen wounded 50
far from the trenches that he could
not be rescued until nightfan. He
| had no fear he said. as he lay, lost I,
! time and space, while shells flew and
burst over him.
All day beneath the hurtling shells
Before my burning eyes.
Hover the dainty demoiselles-.
the peacock dragon flies
/ Increasingly they dart and glance
Ap"Ne the s,asnant stream. --
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-10

All day beneath the hurting shells
Before my burning eyes,
Hover the dainty demoiselles--.
The peacock drag flies.
/ Increasingly they dart and glance
a.. Above the s,agnant streams ---
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27

day she was regarding me in just as friendly a way as she would have looked at a rattlesnake. It was that way every time and I was so mortified at the disgraceful family connections whom I reSembled that I came back week ahead of time and bitterly re- preached by mother for having con cealed from me that. my ancestors were such impossible people.
 Why, she just laughed at me. She said statistics showed that if you went back five generations in any hu- man beings family you would rout out about SS5 individuals who would be spurned by any decent jail, and guess it's so-but what good is that going to do me with all those girls back there? I'll bet they expect to see me behind the bars in convicts stripes before the years out!''
 We'll comforted the other young man, when you get real rich you can drive back through the town in your sixty-horse power car and splat- ter mud over the whole landscape and then they'll sob themselves to death with regret,''-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27
A GOOD START.

The whole country has good req son to be interested in the launching of the first of the steel vessels which are to make up the great fleet of nlerchantrnen' which this country is expected to procure in the next year ar so- This vessel of $500 tons is the rred4Ict. of the Pacific coast where it required just 7s days from the time the keel was laid to get it ready for the water. There are over 400 more such ships and almost as many niore 70 be built of wood which are now under contract by the government Each launching of course means the making way for another vessel of the same or similar type and as the work is speeded up and the delays in getting the material ere cut down it can be anticipated that as good time if not better will be maintained in the pro- auction of other necessary ships. It is anticipated that from now N on it this type each week. The possibili- ties of beating that time are good if ali the interests involved work to- gether. but while this progress is be- ing made in steel ships wooden ones are also being completed and it was but recently that the announcement was made that the government ship building progra nlme was turning out ships at the rate of one day
 The country needs ships. the allies need ships and the favorable outcome If the war largely depends upon the number of ships that can be pro- duced to overcome the U-boats and to make up for deficiencies which have long existed in this direction But it is gratifying to know that this country is responding to the demand as well as it is and the hope must certainly be that as time goes on he rate of production will steadily improve
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27

higher prices, and. there is no lesiti- mate excuse for such a stand other than the desire to increase profits, there is only one thing for the fuel administrator to dc and that is to take possession of the mines and op- crate them. This Fuel Adminis- trator Garfield has threatened to do in certain instances ana just at the present time he has given warming to the Michigan operators that this is what he will do if they persist in their refusal to ship their product
 There is a tifna. however. when the alministratcr has got to show those who refuse to comply with his orders that he has the authority and that he means business. Let hIrn actually take possession of a few of the mines and put them under government con- trol and 1t would be the best kind of lesson to the other recaicitrants. As long as some can play with the gov ernment they will continue to do. so.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27

which meat is now eaten in Connecti- cut we should have over two million more head of stock than at present. Think of the potatoes that could be grown. Think of the possible magni-
 de of increase in the agricultural in
 ,stry and remember that there is a home market II ah Connecticut could support q packing house like Ar mour's or Swift's and keep it mighty
 usy too.
 The farmers naturally say that the cost of grain makes it too expensive to keep more catle, that the cost of labor is prohibitiYc With manure, grain will not cost so much: witt, beef cattle the grain bill will be nothing, except for . month or two of feeding before mar ketirg. and the cost of labor, perhaps the hardest expense of all for the farm CT to bear. That, with beef cattle is reduced to- a minimum. We do not wish to disco urage anyone who is run ming a dairy Dairy farms are an ab- solute necessity and some of them are making good, but on the other hand why cannot these dairy farms. and other farms too. feed some beef must have grain and there must be plenty of labor too. but with the beef end of the proposition no grain need be used until the cattle are finished for market. And further, the labor cost of beef cattle can be reduced to a very small amount.
 What we want to see, as far as pos sible, is Connecticut providing her own food and not buying about nine tenths of it from the West. Can't we support ourselves easier than we can the West? We can. When there is such an enormous chasn waiting to be filled, the average business man jumps ight in and supplies the market
 Connecticut has just such an open void in its agricultural conditions. We have no sheep. no cattle, to speak of and no beef or pork. Last year. the people of Connecticut paid freight on and for 300.500 900 pounds of slaught- cred pork as well as for thousands of pigs and cattle on the hoof.
 The State Council of Defense ap- preciates the conditions and hopes to see them remedied. It stands ready at any time, through it's sub- committee on live stock to do anything it can toward the increase of sheep, cattle or pigs. It will, through expert cattle men purchase in carload lots for indi- viduals or communities. any five stock wanted. It will arrange with the
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27

It is not to be expected that fur ther operations of the British in the continuation of tha effort to secure Cambrai and to break down other defenses of the enemy in northern France can be made in the nature of surprise attacks The enemy is con- sci0us of the aim of the British and they are alert at every point in an effort to defeat it. but in spite of the stiffened resistance and the bringing up or additional endorsements Gem eraI Ryng is pushing his men forward q little at a time and has gained q point of much advantage by the cap ture of Bourbon wood and the village bearing the same name. From ali indications the delay which is neces- safy in order to allow the British to consolidate their gains will permit the Gelnlans time to withdraw most of th.-r supplies from Cambrai but it can be anticipated that the British will not ai,a hacn the effort to cap- tarc. this railroad center of which they are now within striking distance and about which they possess the cornmanding positions.
 The dash and drive of the surprise attack may not be possible but even the return to the slower method which Gradually grinds d hole into the defenses of the enemy can ac- complish much in view Of the adyan- .age which has been gained by the recent sTnashin- blow, and with drives being made at Verdun and to lhe east of Ynres at the same time the shifting of the enemy reserves from one front to another is going 10 be kept down to the minimum and laying secured a new. advantage it is for the allies to make the most Of it.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27
TAKE POSSESSION.

From time to time the federal fuel administration has been baked in his efforts to straighten out the coal tan- gle by the declaration on the part Of the operators that they will refuse to sell coal at the prices fixed by the govefnfnei1t, or by the refusal of the coal miners to work unless they get aSi advance in wages. There have been some cases where justice de- manded a readjustment of rates out of fairness to both the miners and the operators and where the rates and the wages are not fair such changes .n prices as will make them fair to those involved and to others similar iy engased should be made
 But when operators tell the gov ernnafnt agents that they will refuse
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27
UNITING THE RAILROADS.

In view of the handicaps which are being experienced in this country through the lack Of adequate traTis- portation at this time it is impossi- bic to overlook the announcement which has been made that the war board of the railroads is to operate the railroads of the east as if they were merged together and directed by one head As it is now, with each road doing it's utmost to render thes service required of it, there is much duplication, needless delays and no end Of confusion which can be cleared up and greater efficiency obtained by pooling the facilities and operating them for the interests of the country instead of for the benefit of the in divfdual systems.
 There is as much need of this ac- tion 'rega rding the railroads as there is of the entente nations uniting in the conduct of the war as if under one flag and under one head. Unity is required in both cases and it can be appreciated that with the motive mower and rolling stock used where
 [ will do the most good regardless of the system to which it belongs, and the elimination of the overlap ping which is bound to exist while several heads are endeavoring to do their utmost regardless of what the others are doing or required to do, that even though the facilities are not as great as required better re- suits will be obtained and that Is what is being sought at this time. Such action when the country is at war may cause a different view to be taken of similar action during times of peace, even though it has been rigidiy forbidden in the past
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27
THE AZORES BARRED ZONE.

Perhaps Germany has discovered a very important secret of. the. allies, including this country and perhaps it has not. Evidence that it thinks it has is furnished by the recent state naent of a German admiral to the ef- feet that the United States was for tifying the Azores and directly Ger many establishes a barred zone aroued the islands and gives notice tha. al! ships encountered therein whether those Of the enemy or neutrals will be sunk.
 The Azores belong to Portugal and that country is numbered among the entente nations. Its territory has not been seized by the United States or any other of the nations with which it is fighting That the har- bors of the islands are being used as those of other countries Is probable, but evidently Germany thinks that such use is not only extensive but that we consider their use 50 vital that we are making every arrange mont to defend thana. It may be that Germany figures that the use of tho harbers is one of the reasons why it's submarine activity elsewhere is not reaping greater toll
 But regardless Of the character of the information which it thinks it possesses the waters about those is- lands are going to be infested with the U-boats and all vessels encoun- tered are going to be sunk without warning. The most striking feature about this. however, is that Germany should give notice of such move for it has been violating rules of warfare right and left and sinking vessels wherever encountered so that it would have been in Keeping with it's practice if it had started in on this rev fed of operations without this special notice.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27

banks. so far as possible. to advance the money for the purchase of cattle. This is a principal part of the busi- ness of the western banks and it should be so in New England. ;'
 To those farmers who have hay to spare and barn room for shelter, we urge that they get in touch with us at once that we may order what they can handle on their farms. We have at our command judges of cattle. pigs and sheep in the western stockyards, who will make satisfactory selections and purchases and attend to the forward ing of any live stock desired.
 Professor Harry Lucian GaIrigus and Professor John A. Sims of the Con- necticut Agricultural college will help in any possible way with cattle and pigs and MT. Arthur Guy Skinner. an expert sheep man from Canada, will aid on tine sheep question.
 (Signed)
 SAMUEL RUSSELL Jr.. Middletown
 JAMES M. WHITTLESEY, Morris
 LEONARD H. HEALEY. & Woodstock .
 Livestock Department of the Conn. Committee of Food Supply.
 Hartford, Conn, November 24, 1917
 Bulgaria's tobacco production has
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27
From the comm.ree Reports.

Emigrants from Ireland are much fewer than they were. In the course of the nine months ended last Sep tamber the erniarants numbered 1850. a decrease of 3.831 from the previous year.
 Seventy five per cent of Hollands tobacco factory output goes to the soldiers, leaving a very small amount for the civil population. Prices are high.
 Sweden's potato crop this year is normal Sixty thousand tons will be evaporated.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27

While the French premier declares that the signature of Germany is not to be accepted and President Wilson has deciarets there c9n be no further negotiations with the present imperial German government. in his despera- tion the kaiser doesn't hesitate to ex tend a friendly hand to the Boishe- wiki. -ts -f F si
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27

When it is declared that there are 100000 young men within the draft age who are tuberculat there appears to be good reason for contributing your mite to the Christians seaas fund fer their beffeft! .S.4. ~.=
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27

The barfed zones established by the Germans in the eastsrn Atlantic GOV
 CT broad expense of water but not so large but whas there are too frs- quent collision of transports and na- val vessels
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27

FromE1he sentences which are be- ing giy&A at the training camps for disregarding laws and regulations and for misconduct 1t is quite evident that rhe officials see the need of thorough y impressing the importance of dis ciplfne upon the others.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27

As the French fought at the Marne for the protectien of Paris, Athe Itsl- ians must now cortinne to fight at the Piaye to keep Venice out of the hands of the vandals.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27

The man on the corner says: The government hasn't got to the point where it can prevent q merger of the coal and the weathefinan
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27

Out in Arkansas federal court has said that miners cannot damage property without paying for it, and 1t certainly sounds sensible.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27

The British and French may not be finding as big holes in the Ger man line as the Germans did in the Italian but they are finding them.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27

Unless the fuel administration hur- Iies the navigabie streams which can aid in relieving the transportation problems will be frozen up.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27

Those who started the salt panic arc entitled to be called fresh ant inconsideratc
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The weatherman has. caught the fever. Re is now exactfng an in- creased tax on the coal bin.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-27

Bulgaria's tobacco production has been vastly increased during the war