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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-08-15
RIGHT CULTIVATION
Will HELP ALFALFA
Benefit to Crops Comes in Va.
riety of Ways, but Greatest
Is Destruction of Weeds.

Practical alfalfa growers have long
known that alfalfa in the corn belt
greatly appreciates cultivation. Many
a pioneer grower has delighted to tell
the story of how he disked his alfalfa
until the neighbors thought he had
completely ruined it, and then how the
field greened up in a few days and
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04
Germany a |Megalomaniac Nation

a rroverbia is
ano
criminal
"e-known that
whatever
nnble
idea has a
o
criminal his
Grim
a
on o a
of
suffera in the
is
in
domn
o
o a
should
taeuae
mesaomanac
military defeat
WILLIAM ENGLISH WAI.tNG.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04
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OFF At WASHINGTON.

The last session Of congress,
was called the most important in
The history Of the republic, but
the coming session which began
yesterday and is likely to con
tinue until autumn. may lca,r =
record almost as notevnrthy
II will be confronted b, great
problems relating to The war. iei
especially with provision for tic
revenue to carry il on. There i
Il deficit Of 1896. 100000 to lac
provided and il Is estimated thai
more than 3,oou.OW. 900 will be
required for conducting the gov
ernlnent and the prosecution 81
the war before the fiscal year
ends in 1910. That is Il staggcr
ing prospect, but its meaning
will come home to each one Of Us
in the many forms Of taxation.
Since congressman are human
and like to be reelected. we ar.
inclined to think that the most
serious situation will arise from
the efforts ot those who yield to
the temptation to play politics IT
a time when the collntr, stands
most in need Of absolute devotion
to The public good.
We know that many Of the
representatives, live in districts
where the foreign elements are
very strong. notably in the cities.
there are districts as IN
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Mis-
souri, where pro-Gerlnanlsm IS
very pronounced. Already many
of the representatives have been
threatened with reprisal at the
next election for their votes to
declare war on Germany som"
Of them will try to squirm back
into the favor of their constitu-
ents when Germany makes q
peace offer that will be enameled
By many false and alluring prom
ses. These are the men that We
fear Political camouflage in the
halls of congress is the hi & thing
10 look for this year.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04
IS Years Ago
What Missoula Was Doing
on This Date in 1892.

G. l.. Woodwork and A. II. Hartley
lett yesterday afternoon for a hunting
trip and expect to bag some big game.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Render are re-
joicing In the birth OF 4 little girl. who
arrived as u blessing in the family
yesterday
The school board has decided that
there is no epidemic of diphtheria. and
in case that no new cases are reported
in the meantime. school will reopen
next Wednesday.
caturc of a man. who so inhumanly
abused his wife Thursday night was
arraigned before Judge Evans and
was bound over until Monday in the
sum of $500. lie could not furnish
the bond and will remain In the cooler
until tomorrow.
Hon. W. NJ. Bickford returned yes
terday from Nine Mile. He reports
the new en-stamp mill running every
day on good paying ore. and the COM
pany intends TO increase it's capacity
in the near future. In this they are
warranted by the output and the value
Of the ores from their mines. The
mill has a capacity of so tons a day
at present. The company are no"
employing 35 men. which number will
be increased in the near future. Mr.
the district are showing up well, and
expresses great confidence in the flu.
ture of that mineral belt.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04
LOOK WEST: CHEER IL.

If the corners Of your mouth
are hanging down and things are
not looking right, stand on th"
bridge after dark and look west.
You will see something to ehrer
Missoulian'5 heart. II is the
great new sugar factory, blazing
with a thousand lights which .eli
Of humming, new industry, e'u-
plo,lng $50 new men. costing
Si,5OO,OVU and. since yesterday,
converting 500 tons of bects every
twenty-four hours into sugar Of
the finest quality. As we view
this great illuminated milestone
III the progress Of Mssoula, W.
say to ourselves that everything
that has been done in this rorne"
of Montana may be duplicated
again and again if We keep The
spirit right
We are especially m'n,lGel Of
This HON when the chamber 81
commerce i making IA hard drive
10 enlar4,e its membership. ! hs
beet sugar factory i. 10 4 con,
siderable extent. an achievement
of he chamber. II Ne are to
have other industries, III uln city
we must look to hi, uo,lt for aid
and certainly that aud cannot BE-
owen unless HE men OF Aii,.ptta
/ gel behind ant! l,il-il.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04
Gasoline Substitute

The high cost of gasoline is becom
ing such a problem thai governments
and scientists all over the world have
attempted to find a substitute In
Germany. where gasoline is almost un-
obtainahle. il is understood that a new
mixture of alcohol and benzol has
proved satisfactory. 4 writer in the
Scientific American gives the following
table as an indication of the results
achieved.
With one par. henzol and one Part
alcohol touring ear equipped with an
ordinary carburetor made IL miles an
hour and ran a distance of t.66 miles
uron one pint of the fuel. With one
part benzol and two parts alcohol the
speed was II miles and the distance
covered Az miles. This shaded down
to sc miles an hour and 3.12 miles on
a mixture of one part benzol and five
parts alcohol
,, The same car. operated with pure
hcnzol acquired speed of A. miles
an hour and ran "A distance of 3.79
upon one Pint of fuel. With pure gas
! oline it made A miles an hour, running
| $50 miles.
Alcohol is easily obtainablc. and
| henzol in large quantities Is now being
distilled in both the United States and
Germany from coal tar. SO the mix
| ture as worked out by the Germans
| can he had cheaper than gasoline. and
| the results are almost as good. III
the case Of Germany the discovery has
been a boon Of inestinablc value.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04
NO GOLF TO-DAY.

The news that President Vii
ION has been unable to play golf
because of the very bad weather
T. no cause tor unusual tlarnl
We are Strong for golf rutsile
business hours and most certain
~ Wc want o,lr president - Keep
fit. but W. a 80 recall several
very excellent presidents whose
daily schedule did not include
any thing but work. We don't
know whether Lincoln would
HAY" been Il better president in
wartime II he had played tennis
tNu hours every morning and It
requires imagination to think ut
| Thomas jefferson or Andrew
Jackson playing rruuuet or hand
ball or one old eat on q daily
s"hrdulr, rain or shine. III order
that their brains might function
Tor The remainder Of The day. II
- only with the advent Of Rous,'-
Welt and Wilson that We have
been furnished with daily hullc-
TINS Of physical activities at the
White House and we are not pre-
pared to Say That they are among
the greatest of our presidents.
| physical exercise promotes
good health and sometimes saves
a doctors bill and is generally ad.
Nlsed. but great deal Of bunkun
has been written about its impor,
lance and good many CRATER;
J have used it as q means of sen
aratlnS people from time AM
: money.
To torcstall the fury of tn
J physical culture bugs" we dis
e claim any purpose to criticisc tn
e president. We merely raise tn
|. question as to whether it is wort
0 while to send the days absenc
0 from golf over the transcontine,
: tai wires.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04
Camp Comedies
By Alma Woodward.
THE RIGHT HARDWARE.

Scene: Camp Lewis. Time: Late
afternoon,
tThrse boys. coming ont of barracks.
discover !. fourth goiu, through
strenuous setting-n exercises all by
his lonesome. On. r,shns over. grabs
him by the collar and yanks him TO his
fcct)
4 tsharplsl-S as--quit that, What
do YOU want TO do=~~encourage our Of
II day instead OF one"
L mcel<y)-l was only working up
an appetite.
G. tshriily>--Wor kins np an appe-
lite. Since when do you have to do
that never saw you faint at sight of
food Net, little one.
Aplainingp~-An appetite for
Thanksgiving guys invited me
to an awful swell house in Tacoma
Gee, think of the things they'll have.
And just know | naturally won't be
able to hold half l ought to~-and the
thought of those gone but not forgot
ten eatsll haunt me for months over
in tn" trenches. So I'm training for
it.
\ tmatt.r- Of tactly)-Don't you
fool yourself. In those swell joints
they have mostly hardware on the
table. Forks by the assorted sizes.
knives by the pound, spoons by the
gross and blamed little food.
Il Cooking worried Are YOU in
ritcd anywhere, Al?
\ tproudly, A chap by t,lc
| name OF Stewart Murphy. who lives
| right outside Tacomn, invited me. He
! wrote and said he hoped therc'd be
| sno" so We could go out on RUM. IS
| and chop down "A couple OF trees ot-
| Tor" dinner Say. isn't it dandy O,
these people TO ask us. perfect s,rAr
",rs. to their homes for the big feed
| think it's immense.
theriously)-Yeh. And the lcas
Ne can do is to polish up our taols
'cci mic and do EN- proud. It's just i.
Al says. we're going to run up = gains
n lot OF comfort destroyers in Vi,
shape of metal and unless We lear,
how TO treat 'em with familiar con
tempt were goin to give the u. S
army ! jolt in the pedigree.
tThey are all lost in thought. silcn
and impressive. for an instantly
! \ tsadly}-Gee. 1t won't seem Xix
, Thanksgiving at all without the love,
mess OF stewed tomatoes and ma she
pot" toes. all joined together. tina: +.
b Tin mock horror)--Oh, Al, \.
? you one Of them what mixes those tv
, commch things together" I've heal
, tell OF the habit Fie.
tstoutly)-Well. l don't car. VIII;
any one Says. That combination h.
Isupcutash dashed to the mast ; kuo
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04

it isn't Misunderstanding i'll mailed
food is, but
G 'semniscently, It'll seem funny
to me too, to hear my grandad get off
his regular THANKSGIVING gag. He's
said the same thing about 'pnnkin
pies mussin' up your ears every
Thanksgiving since ! was born-and
the folks laugh at it just the same each
year.
teausticallyl-I guess srandad
gives the dinner--and If you don't
laugh YOU don't eat--how about 1T?
Welcome on--Whosc going to put
us through our course OF sprouts in
hardware harmony?
A (sternly,--rirst of all. remember
that although It bears u close family
resemblance. a ,aole knife Is no rcla
ton to "A, bayonet--
e Gnterrupting SUDDENLY Listen,
boys---l'vc been thinking.
Chorus lin grim derision)-~Ilcar,
Hear
G tnot faxed by their scorn) I've
been thinking what's the USE OF taking
all the JOY out Of Thanksgiving by
worrying over how sad the salads 60
! ing to he when you attack 1t with the
oyster fork. In the name OF military
| tactics we can get away with murder,
If they don't recognize our fodder Of
tensive We simply explain its military
mastication a Ia mode-,and maybe we
| won't cramp their style-eh'
Il breathing a deep sigh OF relief
oh boy--what YOU have done to my
rising spirits--they are simply fer,
menting'
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04
Talk Of the To,lu1
Sugar Factory Lights
Make AmAxina NiaS4.

How many thousands OF people who
hardly knew that the Great Western
Sugar company had built refinery
here have been startled by the brill
iantly lighted plant this week 1t would
be hard to say. Hut It Ii certain that
no one who crossed the Higgins ave-
nue. bridge last night or Sunday night
looked westward down the river with-
out shock. t.s
At night, with Its myriad windows
cleaning and the protecting search
lights flooding everything around 1t,
the refinery Is a surprisingly beauvi.
full thing. It looks almost like a small
city. many times larger than by day.
light
People coming through here by rail
at night will think Missoula city Of
100000 people, at least" said one man
Sunday night US he stood gazing at the
bright lights down the river. THAT
plant is going to be one OF the best
advertisements we have, especially ut
night
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04
Faith
In a Soldier Expresses IT,
self in Action.

| Before one of his desperate battles
| Oliver Cromwell could not be found
| Finally little maid said. please, I
think the Mayster's up here" and she
| led the way to a garnet room. There.
pecping through silt In the panel OF
| the door. they beheld the great Oliver
/ on his knees. the tears streaming down
| his face. praying and sohbing to God
| that he might not have to fight next
day but he did fight next day. and on
the field his lronsIdes swept. the cava
! licrs before them.
| Stoncwall jackson. the southern
| greatest soldier of history. often prayed
| in his tent all through the night.
| America would do well in her present
crisis to recall the life Of this. her most
| shining military leader. and to analyze
and strive to emulate those qualities
4, that made his strength.
The greatest faith in The world at
this christmastidc is found in the
front line trenches. In peaceful and
sheltered places such rs New York and
Boston one encounters much of pes
y
at home il fun Of sadness. But not so
with tho boys at tho front. The pur-
est optimism is found on the firing
line. and optimism is the highest proof
of faith.
The faith Of a soldier expresses it
self in action. not in talk In the
army wordy and windy discussions on
rp1iriar tAhnpaG 1'ncflioll9
phrases and sounding creeds have been
swept away. Much Is gone. but much
remains Indeed the fundamental
thing remains an unquestionins faith
that God still holds dominion and that
the future is safe in His keeping.
At home. with abandoned tones and
distressed faces. we hear folks say.
MAY God help u.s." Their every at
titude is that Of complete despair.
The way they say God help us is
just the same as though they said.
IAN hope is gone"
From my personal experience, there
is far less talk of religion and far
more real practice of religion in the
trenches than there is in the churches.
Every man there is training himself to
think of tho other fellow: their voices
are gruff but their interminglinEs are
sweetened by simple hearted blindness.
Selfishncss was the rule at home. but
there It is sclflessness.
Privation and danger and a hard
existence draw mems souls together.
Those who say that Jesus teaching of /
the brotherhood Of man is failure
have never learned Of the brotherhood
of regiment in peril The officers
only thought in times of crisis is for
the safety Of his men, and the men
themselves are likewise thinking only
Of him or of the safety Of pals.
Don't moind me. mate toikc AIRY
ONE said a sore wounded rockncy
who preferred to die on the field. that
the strctcher bearer might save his
pal.
Against the barbar ty and hatred of
this war I Will Eut TIL. everyday life
of the front line. Astounding as it does
with a wealth of love and cha rty. and
simple kindness. Strange as It may
SEEM much Of pure sweetness still
rcigns in the trenches much OF the
Spirit of the C;alican ma ster IS found
in the dugout and on the firestep.--
Iesle's
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04
Lungs and Guns
Weapons Of Marines.

The marines are learning to fight
with lungs as we'll as guns, according
TO Lorraine Higbee. Il State University
boy who has written to friends here
about his experiences in training CAMP.
1.-The Germans have got to be a
whole lot drawer than | am If they're
going to stand up against this bunch"
he writes. II was standing ut one side.
looking on at IA boyVnet drill. the other
day when got my dose Of the marine
spirit.
II hadn't noticed that there was a
deep trench about so yards In front OF
me. Of n sudden heads and guns we're
popped out Of the ground and came
scrambling over the top. With bay
onets fixed and thrust hastily ahead
the whole bunch came tearing across
that field, yelling like mad men at every
jump. Say. l just wilted. II was the
most frightening thing / ever saw.
Heaven help the German who gets
in front of yelling rush like that.
He'll never stop running"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04
the NATURAL SUPER.

Robert Mantell tells of a barnstorm-
ing company in the west In the old
days that made Il try at Shakespeare.
Considerable complaint was heard rel.
alive to the efforts OF the man who
cssayed to do the Ghost in Hamlet"
One day Il dramatic man on Il local
PAPER said to the leading man:
THAT fellow who plays the Ghost
does not suggest the supernatural"
Il should say not assented til.
leading man with alacrity. "bu, he
does suggest the natural super
Everybody's Magazine. y .1.ss::ss
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04
THE MORNING SMILE.
The Gentle Passion,

William Gillette. the actor. was
showing George II. Broadhurst, the
playwright, his country estate. They
arrived at the sheepfold and at sight
of their master the woody inmates
came bleating to the bars.
"See how the little things love me.
George" said the owner proudly.
Love. thunder" said Broadhurst.
They come to you because they are
hungry and they think you are going
to feed them"
George" said Gillette. when you
have reached a certain age that passes
for ve.'-Sa eurday Evening Post.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04

We might get q line on the
growth of patriotism in congress
since adjournment by watching
the handshakcs for Representa-
tive John NJ. Nelson at The re-
union. Mr.. Nelson. who comes
from Madison. Wis. was recently
indicted by a grand jury on the
charge of conspiracy to violate
the registration law. His son
who is now iii Canada. was also
indicted. charged with failure te
register, aclins under his father
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04

The Barnard statue has had
one result. II has produced more
liars who knew Lincoln than
Roosevelt enrolled in his Ananias
club.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04

Spain tells MS that She Will re
gard The living Of American aero
planes over her territory as a
violation III neutrality. We don't
know how high in the air the do
main OF Spain extends and We
hoped that she had forgotten
that little affair of 1888. Anyhow.
for her sake W. hope that she il
not looking for trouble
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04
JUST As BAD,

David mother asked her little son to
go into darkened hall to fetch an
article to her.
I'm afraid" said he; there's a bear
in there"
There's no bear in there" his
mother replied.
Il know there isn't" said David, but
think there is. and that's just as bad"
-Milwaukee Railway system EN-
psoysss MaEhxins.s Il . sss.ss SIS
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04

Our French allies who watched
the Sammees celebrate Thanks
giving We're unable to understand
the important relationship Of the
turkey to the event That, too,
has been puzzle for The turkey.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04

1T is up to somebody to put
the trot into Trotzky,' says the
Chicago. Daily News, but we will
reserve the medal for the fellow
who will put in the Iockstep.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04

Mud now Mister Hoover pro-
poses Il ban on The doughnut he
cause fat is required in the fry
ing. The country j. at war and
It is no time for argument, b'i
al outsider would suspect that
Hoover was doing his best to get
the Wilson administration in bad
With the people. There are seed,
of revolution in This plot to make
the doughnut memory.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04
The Lone Subscriber.

AEropos of II. G. Wells's association
with W. Il. Henley. he tells an anus
ing, although somewhat pathetic. little
story. The New Review was not ca
actly a successful production, and one
day Mr.. Wells and Mr.. Henley were
in the office OF the magazine. gloomily
discussing its prospects. when funer-
al went by in the street outside. Hen
ley looked out of the window and re-
garded the cortege for a moment in
silence. Then he turned TO his com
panion and said, with worried
frown:
Can that be our SubScrlDer!-Ar-
gonaut.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04
THE TOWN FOOL

Ladies' and gentlemen" shouted the
long haired one I'VE are here to pro-
test against the constantly increasing
cost of living. Since the war every
thing has gone up. defy any one to
name n single thing that has gone
down since the war began
"How about these here ships that
have been torepdoed?" asked the town
fool from the back Of the hall. Tar
goyle. !. sls-e II = Is ~
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04

We do not see what is to be
gained by changing Thanksgiv
ing to the last Saturday III No
vembcr. as the Billings journal
suggests. II the war closes next
year. we will make week OF it.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04

\ Munich newspaper makes Il
semi official announcement that
'tcrlnany will listen to peac. pro
po,als, but will moi open the door
for anything less than a che'h Tor
$4,000. 100000 for war ind"mni-
ties. That strikes US as absurd
but many seemingly absurd
things have happened in life a.
most Of us know. Thiuk how W,
will kick ourselves for Stacking
in this war game. if Germany
should send collector for thai
bin and we should find it impos,
sible to dodge him.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04

The Broadway Limited has
been taken off the Pennsylvania,
but we Montanans are not worry
ing. We are plain living folk aud
are quite reconciled to conserve
lion of The white lights along up
per Broadway.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04

We hope the war will last to
the time when all must work.
Then, perhaps. we will get the
habit and become d productive
nation.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04

Among the returning exile, to
new Russia is old John Vodka,
we'll rested from his long vaca-
ton and doing business as
usual" at the old stand.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04

advice. Not many more repre-
sentatives like La Toilette and
Nelson will be needed to lend
color to the rumor that pru-Gcr-
manism may be found IN Wiscon-
sin
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04

Get Your shoulder under the
campaign Of the chamber of conf
mcrce for more members and
push, push, push.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04

We are standing near the fire.
works, match in hand, waiting to
welcome Italy among the come
backs.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04

BY pounding away at coal con-
seryation. the administration pro
poses to take the hot air out of
the country before the next con-
glcssional campaign
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04

We wish we could believe the
Hysham Echo when il SAYS that
politicians have abandoned poll
lies for craftsmanship. We would
know that The millennium Was
somewhere between llellgatn
canyon and Bonner.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-04

Won Tirpitz says NOW that he
never said that the submarines
would end the war before Au-
gust |, 1t was only scrap of
speech.