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Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-25

energy toward the accumulation
of the material comforts for the
exclusive use ofshis own family
has no faith in Gods word and
does not trust humanity. When
God said, Seek We first the King
dom of Heaven and all these
things shall be added unto you,"
he meant what he said, and also
meant that no man would suffer
by reason Of acts of love AND
kindness.
The prevalent tendency of the
human mind to center itself on
self is the bane of society. 1t
argues not only a decadence of
religion, but a waning of good
citizenship. For Christianity is
the foundation of good citizen
ship. Because man refuses to
recognize and do his duty toward
his kind the church isshampered.
Mans selfish greed causes him tc
oppose taxes for the public good
and the work for good roads, bet
ter school andal civic improve
ment langqishes. The growth
of the spirit Of sselfishness makes
against the advancement of the
progress of the human race. In
living for ourselves alone we lose
lsight of the things that are real
ly worth while and instead of
loving our neighbor we look upon
him as an antagonist in the bat
tie Of life and treat him as such.
y -
To get down to home affairs is
lit any wonder that local civic
pride is nil, that unsightly streets
are seen and the children roam al
will, while men-heads of fami.
lies-loaf on the street corners
while the Sunday Schools are in
session and while the ministers
preach to empty pews?
What are YOU living for? Is
your daily life such that the gen
GRAFTON following you can safely
emulate? Are you living such
life that the world will be better
for your having lived? Do yor
ever think of the effect of youl
example on the young? You are
either a force for good or a force
for evil. You are answerable fol
the sins of the young folks YOU
example has sent to the bad.
How much for good is your lift
and example accomplishing?
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-25

What do you live for? Is your
great purpose in life to so live
that humanity will be better and
happier for your having lived, or
is the main aim of your existence
to get and selfshly keep the ma
terial things here on earth? The
greatest thing in the lives men is
love. God is love. No man can
be a Christian whose love stops
at his own door-sills. 1t must go
out and include all humanity
Love thy neighbor as thyselI. "
Love is a service. 1t prompts
you to render service to those
you love. He who loves human
ity-loves his neighbor as himself
serves humanity. The man
who truly loves his family ever
seeks to serve them, to minister
to their needs and bring happi.
ness to them. and the knowledge
that he is doing this makes his
hardest task a pleasure. But il
it stops there it is a narrow
selfish love. The love that goes
out and embraces all mankind
that causes one to desire to serve
humanity by seeking to lift it t
higher levels--is the kind that il
meant by Christ.
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Love implies faith and trust
The man who is bending ever!
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-25
For SALE Fine, large brood
sow, 80 years old, ard nine OF
the best pigs in the country,
H. G. CoTTLE,
West Liberty, Ky.

A. P. Gullett, Dentist, will be
at Wrigley Oct. Is, 16, II, IS, 10
to do dental work. 3S1-2
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-25

Can any sacrifice that you make
by buying Liberty Bonds equal that
OF a mother in giving her boy to
the country?
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-25

Our printing is the kind that
gives Glass" to its users.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-25

You should buy Liberty Bonds:
Because you love your country.
Because they are an absolutely
safe investment.\
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-25

WANTED Two or three wagon
loads of good cowpea hay.
H. G. Cottle, West Liberty.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-25
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Do you Live For?

FThink not of to-n,orow, quhat
,e shall eat, ''7ete. Bible:
In most mems lives there is a
fixed purpose-a striving toward
a well defined object. 1t is the
nature of that object sought for
hatmoulds the character Of man.
the things sought for are the
lid, terial things Of life, if
.Afest aim is the accumula-
..nof worldly possessions, the
striving for those things makes
us selfish and mean and the soul
is dwarfed and loses that love for
humanity that is essential to the
character of a Christian. We
-Nfail, often deliberately, toMaize
'-.et Christ meant what he said
- he gA GsSs the plan of our
on.
above quotation does not
lat we should not SOW
The reaping tomorrow,
should not provide for
Ne of ourselves and loved
But it does mean that we
make the material things
2rg instead of the princi-
of life. Seek ye first
Kingdom of Heaven and all
these things shall be added unto
4 you." We usnally take the op-
.posite view and seek to acquire
he earthly things first and
er such bsAage to the Lord
IAN without interfering
Dur business. Not only that
out we teach our children to seek
first the things of earth and then
righteousness if they have time.
Ye teach them this by precept,
or what we daily live has vastly
nre to do with fixing the vision
'llfe in our children than the
lessons taught in Sunday school.
Aman may accumulate broad
acres and much wealth and yet
be a harm rather than a help to
the world, and, on the other
hfhd, "a man may be wholly lack
ing in worldly things and still be
rich in love for humanity and ra-
diate happiness and comfort to
all around him. 1t is the pur-
posAfor which you live that will
make or mar the goodness OF
your life.
A former friend of mine, now
deceased, G. W. Mccormick,
used to write the word righteous.
ness "right-use-ness," and there
is much wisdom in the thought
The right use of the things thai
God has given US would make the
world a pleasant place and lesser
want and misery in it. We dom
''own" anything here. Mine
and thine" are fictitious term:
invented by man. We come int
the world without anything an(
we leave it all here when we go
We are stewards of God and re
sponsible to Him for the righ
use of His property. 1t is no
alone the accumulation of wealth
but the manner of its accumula
.S7r tion and the use of it when yol
possess it that makes it a Grim
or otherwise.
= =
What do you live for? Is you
great purpose in life to so liv
that humanity will be better an
happier for your having lived, o
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-25
Look Here For 1t.
Things we all ought to know
but which none of can
remember, and often
don't know where to
look to find it.

(Of special interest to applicants for
school certificates who are not subscribers,
but who just drop in to get copy gratis.)
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-25

Love implies faith and trust.
The man who is bending every
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-25

above quotation does not
lat we should not sow
The reaping tomorrow,
E should not provide for
ne of ourselves and loved
But it does mean that we
make the material things
arg instead Of the princi-
E0f life. Seek We first
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-04-11

Everybody's .Colum n
The Review Solicits Communication that
MAY be of interest to Readers Of this Column.

pentecost of calamity which is sweep
ing over Europe, and carrying ten
thousands Of men to untimely graves,
which is causing women to sit widows
in their homes, hearths to be desc.
lated, famine and hunger to stalk
through the land,s babes to die Tor
lack Of milk say that this calamity
is in some ways far more dreadful,
crueler one than even the flood, for
when, in the days of Noah, the MOOD
came, there were mighty rains from
heaven, the waters rose on every side,
and in few short moments OF time
as it were, all the pain and sorrow
were over. Only in that all the world
is not included in this cataclysm less
awful than the food. - ~. < ~
This Is not a war of victories, but
of determination. Men are asking
"Will the allies crush the central pow
ers will the central powers wipe
out the allied nations No, neither
will happen. Years ago a bible pro-
phet spoke concerning these same ma
tons of Europe. and said that the iron
monarchy of Rome would be divided
into ten parts, that three OF these
would be plucked up by the roots, and
mat the OLner seven WOulu IeHAdAH "
the coming of Christ. England, Ger
many and France are among the sew
en-.
In olden days battles took their
names from the places where they
were fought, but it is pretty hard to
name battle nowadays. When you
think that the battle line on the west
ern front extends from the Vosges
mountains Of Switzerland over 400
miles to the waters of the North sea,
it is hard to name a battle when all
along that line they are fighting for
all they are worth. In the eastern the
alter the battle line begins on the
shores of the Gulf of Riga and ex-
tends for thousands of miles to Sa-
lonika on the Aegean. 1t is stupen-
dous- Carnage in battles OF old was
a mere few thousands, but official re-
ports of the Tcutonic losses show that
almost a half million men have per-
ished at Verdun alone.
Very sincerely yours, ''-
~ GEO. e. TRACER,
OF the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-04-11
WAGES AND FREIGHT RATES,

The shippers OF the country act in
strangely contradictory manners. Last
fall when the nation wide railroad
strike was threatened they besought
congress to act in order to avert the
danger. The result was the Adamson
law, which has now been upheld after
the railroads had agreed to accept it
regardless of the courts decision. The
application Of the Adamson law means
higher wages. These can be paid only
if the revenue of the railroads is sufIi-
cient. Sufficient revenue can be Sc
cured only by raising the rates. These
things are automatic. Yet the ship
pers who, last fall, clamored for &C
ton to avert the strike, are now flock
ing to the interstate commerce COM
mission to oppose the petition of the
railroads for higher rates to raise the
revenue to pay the increased wages.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-04-11
JACKSON ITEMS
+ + ~ 49, !: !. **+*+'

| Joseph Norton died at the home Of
his sister, Mrs. Patrick McCarty. in
this township on Tuesday morning. at
6 O'Clock, after suffering from stom-
ach trouble for several weeks. All
that medical aid could do was done
for him and his sister was ever ready
to care for him and make his last
days comfortable.
Dr. Johnston was a business caller
at, the Rickers, AMI Thies homes Fri
day: ..
ers marketed hogs at West Side Fri
day at $14.5O per hundred. ~.
John Mccullough and Edward Down
ey visited at the John O'DOnnell home
Friday.
Will Rickers is painting farm build
ings southeast OF West Side this wee~.
Orie Gallagher will work for Ar
thur Brotherson this spring.
John O'Donnell went to Omaha on
Monday. Miss Lizzie Herman also
went there the same day.
Ben Bruning, our mail carrier, is
now the owner of new Ford; some.
thing he has long needed and we hope
/ it will be big help to him on. his
route. He has always been Sure
man to make the trips asls
Mr.. and Mrs. julius Dresser were
Sunday callers at the John kock
home. N....
A very heavy snow fell here Satur:
day forenoon and sowing has been de-
layed. -.
On April 10th occurred the birthday
of Mrs. ]. F. Dresser. ~. D
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-04-11
EaS - >
THE NEWEST RErlEDY
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Kidney, Bladder and Uric Acid troubles
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The pOisons are carried to all parts Of the
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During digestion uric acid Is absorbed
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Sld41ey trouble Is responsive 1or many
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-04-11
BIBLE SAYS GERMAN NATION is
UNCOMFORTABLE.

To the Editor:
England, Russia and France may
curtail Germany's military strength,
hut they never will be. able to wipe
Germany from the map. ..r.4
Some one may ask, do you think
This very war is mentioned IN the
bible2" surely do. Is it not true
that considerable portion Of the bible
is given to the story, of the wars Of
the nations? In the early chapters OF
Genesis you will lind the story of the
wars of ChedarlaomarA Does not the
bible tell the story of the wars of AS
syria, of Babylon, of the Modes, OF
the Persians, of the Greeks, of the
Romans, of the Syrians? Yea, verify,
and many of them are mentioned by
name. 1t would be passing strange
that war, The mghtiest of them all,
the mightiest that ever has shaken
this old world, should be passed by
without specific mention in the book
of God
The prophet of God spoke of this
when he said as recorded in Hosea
81: 1.-THE days of visitation are come.
The days of recOmpence are come. Is
rael shall know. it. The prophet is a
fool. The spiritual man is made for
the multitude of thine iniqufty and
thy great hatred" True, indeed. 1t is
that the prophet who has not the word
Of God as his guide, knows absolutely
nothing about the outcome of the tt
tanic struggle. But Gods people, says
Hosea, shall know it. &t
Beginning with the closing days OF
July, 1914, a change came in Gods
dealing with the nations of the earth.
Something happened at that time in
the councils OF heaven. | mean to say
this, that we then entered upon an
era of judgment for this world, the
like of which we have never seen
since the days Of the flood.
Never, since the days Of Noah. has
such a fearful judgment come to this
earth as has come in the terrific, IT,
tanic struggle that is soaking the fields
Of Europe in a weller Of blood. From
some angles Of vision, the. present
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-04-11
CLEAN UP WEEK APRIL 1928.
Is the Week to Get Busy and Scrub
for SPIT and Span, Town and Or.
aanization Should Begin Now.

The week of April 22d to 28th has
been set aside this year as Clean Up
week for Iowa by the Iowa Fedora
ton of Women's clubs.
There is no town or rural commun
ity in Iowa that will not benefit by
joining in this state wide clean UP
campaign" says Mrs. G. w. Darling
president of the federation. "Such a
campaign not only will, but has, in
cities where conducted, resulted in
safer and more sanitary homes, bust
ness houses and public buildings; a
better looking community; a spirit OF
greater self respect and higher civic
standards. Without organizations, how
ever, these things are impossible. The
campaign must be carefully planned.
The engineering extension department
at Iowa State college suggests the
steps necessary in organizing such a
campaign:
Some organization must take the
lead. The Women's club Of a town is
the logical organization to start the
ball rolling. The cooperation OF other
groups is necessary, board OF trade
chamber OF commerce, superintendent
of schools. mayor and other Omclals
chief of fire department., clergy
schools, newspapers, real estate
agents, building associations, lodges
and boy scouts.
There should be chairman to head
the movement and various committees
take care of the following: Finance
publicity, speakers, removal OF rub
bish, fire prevention, inspection, va
cant lots, fly prevention, public build
ings, planting and sodding. y. -
Pointers: A clean up campaign In
wolves the renovation of buildings as
we'll as yards, streets and alleys; re
moval OF waste and rubbish is most
important; some revenue can be had
from the sale of old papers; place rub
Dish cans on the street corners; apply
paint literally; a clean yard is not sui
ficient; it should be well planted.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-04-11
INCREASED IMPORTS AND MANU-.
EACTURES. -. 4ss5

The two groups of our imports that
require the greatest amount OF labor
in their production are manufactures
for further use in manufacturing and
manufactures ready for consumption.
These are the commodities on which
the cheap labor of Europe and the
orient is expended, and under the pol
icy of free trade, or tariff for. reye-
nue. only" their importation is encour.
aged to the detriment Of our own in
dustries.
I. Last year our imports from Ger
mafly,-Austria- and Belgium, which
normally .-rul, "a bout $3.50 ,0o9, 900 am
nually, were almost entirely cut of,
while the rest of our European COM
petitors were bending every energy
to the production of war supplies. In
spite OF this, our imports under these
two groups for the first eight months
of the current fiscal year, ended Feb
ruary 18th, totaled $529, 900 900, or SO,
600 900 greater than for the first eight
months of the fiscal year ended Feb.
%, 1914, five months of which was un-
der the Wilson-UnderwOOd low duty
law, and a peace period. ,E ii. .:g5
This indicates that with three of
our SICdl IlduC SoIhPCtALoAoS AAo"
whom we import chiefly manufactured
goods, practically out Of the running,
the rest of Europe is just about hold
ing it's own, with the assistance of the
democratic law, while the product OF
the pittance-paid labor of the orient.
meeting but nominal restrictions at
our ports, are flowing in in every in.
creasing volume.
1t requires no wonderful provision
on the part of students OF trade to tell
what will happen after the war is
over, ii we are operating under the
present law. Every last one of the
European countries is perfecting its
plans for trade extensions to follow
the war, and industrially the far east
is wide awake. II the president de-
sires to throw the mantle of his altru
ism over our foreign trade competitors
he has bu to continue in force the tar
i'll law which he compelled congress
to swallow, but it will go hard with
our own people,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-04-11
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-04-11
FORGETTING HISTORY

A peace society just prior to the
opening Of congress advertised for con
tributions, averring that 100000
might save the country from the hor-
rors Of war. 1t now appears that one
of the objects OF raising this fund WAS
to pay. the expenses OF ,several thous-
and mushy minded persons to Wash
ington; where, they were to parade
and to poster: the representatives into
refusing to act belligerently. The pro.
jectors Of the plan have read history
to slight advantage. Coxey's army wa
the first Petition in boots" to address
congress, and it is strange that its fate
should have been so soon forgotten. &
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-04-11
BUYING MORE FROM FRANCE

IMPORTS from France Tor, the 1lF6t
eight months of the. current fiscal
year, July, 1916, to February, 1917, in.
elusive. totaled $71,214,00O, compared
with $63,247,OO0 for the similar peri.
Cd, 1916, 4 gain OF $4,000, 900, or at the
rate of $1,OOO,OO0 a month. France
may be bleeding from every pore. but
the Wilson Underwood near free tar.
if law is doing much to keep UP the
strength of the victim. 1t is good
philanthropy for France at present, If
that was the purpose Of the law. but
will it be good business for the United
states when the war is over and
France seeks to meet her obligations
through sales to the United States
How about charity beginning at home ?
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-04-11
FIGHTING NOT THE ONLY TASK

During the continuance of war, fight
ing will be our principal business. But
it won't be our only business, by a
great deal. All of our normal indus.
trial and governmental activities must
continue, and it is one OF the tasks of
the American people to see that these
activities are properly conducted. in
war We shall stand by the president.
but we hope we shall not have to stand
by many appointments like that of
DIR. Cary Grayson 1.-The debauching
Of the civil service, or sectional and
partisan appropriations, We hope
that when the country stands by the
president. the president will stand by
the country to the extent of dropping,
temporarily at least, his intense par
'tisanship.
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ORIGINAL NOTICE..


In the District Court of Iowa, in
and for Crawford County-September
Term, 1917. H.; ..-. ..'.
Elya Mae Jones, Plaintiff, o.
BENJAMIN S. Jones, Defendant. ,,
$500, Original Notice. ..
State OF Iowa, Crawford County, IS.
To Benjamin S. Jones. Defendant:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the Office Of the clerk
Of the district court OF the above
named county and state, the petition
of, plaintiff above named, claiming OF
you q divorce on the ground Of your
ilesertiOn of her for q period of more
than two years and asking that de-
cree Of divorce be granted here and
that she be awarded the custody OF
her minor son, Melvin Ben Jones, and
further that she may have such other
and further, relief as to the court may
seem just and equitable in the prem,
Uses. For further particulars see pc
tition now on file.
Now. unless YOU appear thereto and
defend on or before noon of the sec
ond day of the next term of said court
to be held at the court house in Deni'
son, Iowa, in said county, commencing
on the 4th day of September, 1917
default will be entered against you
and Judgment rendered thereon in &C
!, cordance with the prayer of said pc
tition. 2-5
Dated this 5th day of April, A. d
1917. 49,.
ELIZA MAE JONES,
Plaintiff.