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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
is YOUR LIFE A HARD ONE?

Do you people at home feel at times
that this war has made your life pref
ty hard? Read what an American
correspondent writes about one Of our
boys who had been doing his duty:
I'm little field hospital west of
Montdidier l stopped at the bedside
Of an American boy, one Of those vic
TINS of the German mustard gas, with
which the Huns are making all their
present gains. His eyes were matted
with yellow pus and he could not see.
His face was terribly burned. His
lips were swollen and purple His
whole body had been turned the col
or of an Indian, and portions of it
looked like melted flesh, as though it
had been liquefed.
"The fighting had been renewed all
along the American lines, and Ger
man wounded had begun coming into
our hospitals. I said to the soldier:
The boys are getting their re
venge for you fellows tonight He
smiled through his scared lips, and
in voice so faint that l had to bend
down to listen, he gasped, God! I
wish I was back there with 'em!'"
Do you still think your life is a
hard one?
Help support that boy and the hun
dreds of thousands of others doing
their duty Buy War Savings Stamps
to the limit of your capacity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
RAIN ON THE ROOF.

When the showery vapors gather oy-
er all the starry spheres,
And the melancholy darkness gently
weeps in rainy tears,
IT'S a joy to press the pillow of the
cottage chamber bed.
And listen to the patter Of the soft
rain overhead.
Every tinkle on the shingles has an
echo in the heart,
And a thousand dreary fancies into
busy being start;
And a thousands recollections weave
their bright hues into wool,
AS I listen to the patter Of the soft
rain on the roof
There in fancy comes my mother, as
she used to years agone,
To survey the infant sleepers ere she
left them till the dawn.
| can see her bending DER me, as
listen to the strain
Which is played upon the shingles by
the patter of the rain.
Then my little seraph sister, with her
wings and waving hair,
And her bright-eyed cherub brother
"a serene, angelic pair
Glide around my wakeful pillow with
their praise or mild reproof,
AS I listen to the murmur of the soft
rain on the roof
And another comes to thrill me with
her eyes delicious blue,
1 forget, as gazing on her. that her
heart was all untrue;
/ remember that [ loved her as I ne'er
may love again,
And my hearts quick pulses vibrate
to the patter Of the rain
There is naught in arts bravuras that
can work with such a spell,
In the spirits pure, deep fountains,
whence the holy passions swell,
AS that melody Of nature-that sub
dued, sUbduing strain,
Which is played upon the shingles by
the patter of the rain.
Coates Kinney
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
EDITORIAL
THE CARPING STACKER.

We often wonder what must be the thought
processes of the type of individual who finds so
much to critcise over and so little to do in this
war. This peculiar cuss doesn't see for one min
ute an opportunity for great service such as
comes to humanity perhaps once in a century.
He doesn't see that he can grow bigger and bet
ter by his unselfsh unstinted effort. He doesn't
realize in fact what we are fighting for because
his selfish, miserable soul was poisoned in the
first place by German propaganda and his weak
mind couldn't stand the strain and succumbed.
All that is left for him to dc is just to rage in
wardly and knock when he dares to. Never a
thought Of giving for him-Oh No! That is not
unless he is forced to. When he does give it is
with as much pain as though you pulled his two
and thirty teeth. God help him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
KEEPING UP THE INTEREST.

One essential point in war work that must new
er be lost sight Of is the interest Of each indvd-
ual in the community toward each phase Of the
war as it affects the citizen population. Before
going further the Herald wants to pay it's I'M
stinted tribute to the noble women of this COM
munity and county for the way in which they
have volunteered to do many necessary things.
These women did not have to gather clothing for
the Belgian and French orphans but they did so
gladly and the result has been that box after box
Of things have left here to go overseas. The
same thing has taken place in furnishing cloth
ing for adults When the call came for Y. w. c..
A. funds woman of this city raised five hun
dred dollars for that purpose. Other needs have
found a response in the hearts of women without
whose aid this war could not be won! What we
are driving at is this:
The interest these good women have shown
voluntarily is exactly the interest every person,
man or woman should show. This cannot be OBJ
tanned by dismissing "our war; as a business
proposition to be settled by cash donation Of
SO much per week. per month or per year and
letting it go at that. Human liberties are not
bought SO cheaply or human lives spent so vain
~ that we can place the war on a monetary bas-
lis necessary as money is. Our love for our men
and our cause demand our personal interest
work and sacrifice in and toward every move
ment that comes I'D and woe betide us when we
attempt to settle the problem by striking bal
ance in black and white on our community ledg-
er and saying, eve have given, Lord, Yea given
enough"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
THE ONLY VICTORY WORTH WHILE
TO THE KAISER.

1t must not be said Of us, whatever else may be
said of u.s. that we have failed to do our part in
this war through unwillingness to subscribe the
money with which to carry on the conflict Our
men and the men of our allies might be decisive
~ defeated on all fronts, yet they might regain
their lost ground and go forward to ultimate
victory, if the lines back home hold firm; but
if they should fail because we, at home thought
too little of ourselves and of them to stand be-
hind them with the necessary resources to carry
on the fight to successful conclusion, that would
cause the only defeat of our cause.
The kaiser would rather know that the Third
Liberty loan in America had failed than to re-
ceive news that he had conquered the allies on
the west front He realizes that America with
her more than one hundred millions of inhabi-
tants ultimately must triumph over his efficient
but jaded hosts if given the time in which to get
over there to do it. He realizes that if the Amer
lean army is given the same kind of support at
home as the British and French armies have
been given by their civil population the best he
can hope for is a negotiated peace in which the
best he will receive is the the worst of the bar
gain, and that on failure of this he must in time
utterly be crushed.
What is the logical thing for him and his paid
agents to do then? Why exactly as he and they
are doing, and as they have been doing for many
years before the confagration in Europe broke
undermine the faith Of the American peo-
pie in the virtue of their cause destroy their be-
lief in the possibility Of the triumph of the allied
arms and cause a disintegration of the public
morale
So you will hear, now, while the War Savings
Stamps campaign is on, German propaganda stor-
les Of the most vicious kind. You will hear wild
tales of the ineficiency of the American army, or
you will be told that the government already has
on its hands more money than it can use-and
everywhere the kissing tongue Of scandal
Whenever you hear talk of this kind it is your
duty to report it at once to the nearest council
of defense that it may be promptly stopped, but
do not let it deter your work of helping to make
the w. S. S. sales go with boom; for the gov
eminent needs this money, and it will need much
more in time, and the American people must
stand ready to lend until their last dollar is in
vested in War Savings Stamps and Government
bonds, if that be necessary, in order to win this
war which is threatening the very safety of the
United States.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
THEY SHALL NOT PASS.

They shall not pass,
While Britain's sons draw breath,
While strength is theirs to strike
with shining sword.
They shall not pass,
Except they pass to Death
For British fighting men have
pledged their word.
They shall not pass
For France knows no defeat,
Nor hesitates to nobly pay the price.
They shall not pass,
Till brave hearts cease to beat,
And none shall stand to fall in sac
rifce.
They shall not pass
America will stand
AS long as lips can answer her Il
come"
They shall not pass,
To strike the loved land,
That Freedoms children rise to
call their home.
Allison Brown of the Vigilantes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
GERMAN KULTUR NOT A NEW THING.

Every village they have passed through has
been the victim of what is only organized pillage
Every city has been practically sacked ransacked
on system; it's citizens plundered it's civil officials
terrOrized, imprisoned, outraged, or killed, the
civil population have been, contrary to the usage
of modern warfare, forced to serve the invading
armies, brutally put to death, reduced to whole
sale starvation and desoation. Vast tracts of
the richest and most Industrious districts of Eu-
rope have been deliberately stripped and plunged
into famine, solely that the invaders might make
war cheaply Irregular troops, contrary to all
the practice Of war, have been Systematically
murdered, and civil populations indscriminately
massacred, solely to spread terror. A regular
system of ingenious terrorism has been directed
against civilians, as horrible as anything in the
history of civil or religious wars. Large and
populous cities have been, not once, but 20, 3d.
40 times, bombarded and burned, and the women
and children in them wontonly slaughtered, with
the sole object of inficting suffering. All this
has been done not in license or passion, but by
the calculating ferocity of scientific soldiers"
The above was not written, though it might
have been, yesterday, last week, last month or
last year It appeared in the English Fortnight
ly Review, February, 1871, shortly before the
surrender of Paris. Frederick Harrison, the
writer, is still alive. It's statements were true
then, are true now. Julius Caesar in his Com
mantaries narrates events which show that
even before the time of Christ the Germans dem
onstrated the possession Of all the rudiments of
their modern ''kultur." It is no new thing; and
hundreds Of thousands Of men will have died
in vain in this war if this sinister thing is not
absolutely and utterly exterminated forever by
the forces of civilization arrayed against it,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
NOBLE WORDS!

On that day when in France SOL
diers were paying high military hon
ors to the memory of adaring aviator,
a brave comrade lost, here the father
was saying goodby to his fourth son
going over there.
But I am glad" the father Of Maj.
Lufbery said, that I have two sons
to give. The war must be wont"
Noble words! There were tears in
the fathers eyes, but his sorrow, his
pride, all were put aside in the
though of the grave duty Stern
daughter Of the voice Of God!"-which
now is Americas and never more
simply commanded: The war must
be WOn!-New York Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
"NOT" NOT IN.

An error last week made the Sun
Republic say: Chose who are loyal
are for peace regardless of its terms
The statement should have been,
Those who are not loyal are for
peace regardless of its terms" Our
opinion is that the war must be
fought to finish, either now or in
twenty to fifty years from now, and
that it is much better to do it now.
America will fight to the last man,
for if all Of us were killed but one.
and he refused to fight, he would not
be a man but slave.-Dodgeville
Sun-Republic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
DON'T BE A KAISER.

An exchange puts it aptly when it
says: The kaiser had six sons and a
large income when he started this
war; The war is in it's fourth year
and he still has all his sons and his
large income. How can he look in
the face the thousands Of Germans
crippled by this war we don't know
but he does it. Everybody about him
has given something or someone to
the war. The kaiser has given moth
ing. He still has everything he. start
ed with and more. He let's the other
fellows sons do the dying. He lets
the other fellow do the paying. Do
your share and win the war. You
can't keep your money and your self
respect. Don't be a kaiser!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
CHRIST IN FLANDERS.

(The following poem was written
by British soldier in Flanders. 1t
has been an inspiration in the lives
of thousands Of men,
We had forgotten You-or very rear
ly-
You did not seem to touch us very
dearly;
Of course we thought about You
now and then,
Especially in any time of trouble
We knew that You were good in time
of trouble,
But we are very ordinary men,
And all the while, in street or lane or
byway,
You walked among US, and we did
not see;
Your feet were bleeding as You walk
ed our pavements.
How did we miss Your footprints on
our pavements?
Can there be other folks as blind
as we?
Now we remember over here in Elan
ders
ct isn't strange to think of You in
Flanders)-
This hideous warfare seems to
make things clear;
We never thought about You much in
England,
But now that we are far away from
England,
We have no doubts-We know that
You are here,
You helped us pass the jest along the
trenches
Where, in cold blood, we waited in the
trenches
You touched it's ribaldry and made it
fine.
You stood beside us in our pain and
weakness;
We're glad to think you understood
our weakness
Somehow it seems to help us not
to whine.
We think about You kneeling in the
garden
Oh God! the agony of that dread gar
den.
We know you prayed for us upon
the cross;
If anything could make US glad to
bear 1t
Pain, death-the uttermost of hui
man loss.
Though we forget You-You will
will not forget US
We feel so sure that You will not for
get US
But stay with us until the dream is
past,
And SO we ask for courage, strength
and pardon
Especially, I think, we ask for par
don
And that You'll stand beside us to
the last.
London Spectator.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26

is merely fairly well informed person anxious
to express his honest judgment. He ought to
bring to the discussion Of each subject absolute
independence and fairness. An editorial which
is only puff, partisan, or prejudicial carries
no weight. If an editorial is to be worth any
thing, an editor must recognize no friends or
enemies and recognize no policy except good
reasoning based on truth It is often necessary
for an editorial writer to disagree sharply with
his closest friends and to commend the actions
of those of whom personally or politically he
may not approve.-Evening Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
ANYONE WHO CAN BEAT NELSON
CRichland Democracy

(Richland DemOcrat.)
Isn't John Nelson going to have any
opposition for the race for congress-
man from this district? Seems as if
in these strenuous times we should
have representative of the district
and not man who is in congress es-
pecially and alone in the interests of
the Nelson family The Democrat
stands ready to do It's bit for any man
with an unQuestioned loyalty record,
be he democrat, republican or prohi-
bitionist, who stands chance to sue
coed Nelson.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
A TIRED SOLDIER RESTS.

After telling of 1000 soldiers put
to death in Finnish prison camps, a
correspondent at Stockholm adds news
that General Mannerheim has ar
rived here for a few days recreation. .
Tired out by too much good hunting
just across the Baltic way?-New
York World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
HIS GIRL.

The day you went away to France
[ came back through the streets alone
With burning eyes and feet that
dragged,
And for my happy heart a stone
Folk passed me smiling so I smiled,
To see how dark the world had grown.
I came home to my fathers house
And stood beside the empty stair
Where you had stood, and where we
said
Our blind goodbys-the twilight air
Was full Of you'll had not known
That life would be so hard to bear.
And yet-God hears!-no dusk nor
Could bring me peace, had you not
gone
Heaslip Lea in Good House
keeping.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
.EDITORIAL EXPRESSIONS

Under the head Of Editorial Expressions, :"
the Stevens Point Journal offers the following
observations on a subject Of perennial interest
to makers and readers of newspapers:
The purpose of an editorial is to express
opinions on topics Of the day. The editor who
writes it pretends to no supreme wisdom. He
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26

Your common sense will tell you
that you cannov buy now all the
things you bought before we had a
war to win Your buying must be
restricted aid your savings invested
in War Savings Stamps
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26

Buy War Savings Stamps to the ut
most Of your financial capacity, and
then increase your capacity by saw
ing more.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26

Can you refuse to loan your saw
ings when other men give their lives =?
Buy War Savings Stamps.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26

The Government needs your money
you need the stamps.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-25
Notice Of Assessment.

Office Of the Silver Cable Mining
company. Missoula. Missoula county,
Montana, April End, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the board of directors Of
the Silver Cable Mining company. held
on the end day of April, 1918. an as
sessment of five mills per share was
levied upon the outstanding capital
stock OF the corporation, payable on or
before the 10th day OF May. 1918, to
Carl c, Mott, secretary treasurer of the
company. at It's office. PA East Front
street, Missoula. Missoula county. Mon-
tana.
Any stock upon which the assess
ment remains unpaid on the 10th day
of May. 1918. will become delinquent
and advertised for sale at public aue-
ticn, and unless payment is made in
full together with one dollar Cs1.oo).
cost of advertising for each certificate
advertised. Will be sold on the slst day
OF Max, 1918. at the hour of 400
oClock p. M. at the office of the COM
pany. Missouia, Missoula county, Mont.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-25
HOw's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that cam
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine. -..
Halls Catarrh Medicine has been
taken by catarrh sufferers for the past
thirty-five years, and has become
known as the most reliable remedy for
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts
through the blood on the Mucous sur
faces expelling the Poison from the
Blood and healing the diseased por-
tions.
After you have taken Halls Catarrh
medicine for Il short time you will see
great Improvement in your general
health. Start taking Halls Catarrh
Medicine at once and get rid of catarrh
Send for testimonials, free.
+. J. CHENEY Il co, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by oil Druggists, 75c.--Adv.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-25
Have You Seen q Gsyssr?

After spouting, a geyser is quiet as
Sunday in a Canada town, and remains
So until the cavity fills up with water
to a certain point, then she spouts
again. 1t is much the same with
bilious attack. All goes we'll after an
attack for a certain time. in fact. you
can truthfully. say that YOU never felt
better. in your life. and perhapo on the
following day when the attack ~ ON
that you never felt worse. II you are u
close observer you will notice that you
had no appetite before the attack came
on but ate as usual because 1t was
meal time. II you take three OF Cham
herlain's Tablets as soon as your appe.
tite fails you may be able to avoid the
attack. Try it-ASay.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-25
OPPOSITION INCREASES
TO CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT
Twin Cities Grow Hostile to
Willard Fulton Go.

St Paul, April 23.-IncreaseG opposi-
ton from st. Paul newspapers. charges
that the State Safety commission had
''passed the buck" by Withholding a
final decision, and an intimation from
Colonel ]. C. Miller, the promoter, that
the contest would he held here on July
4, or would be staged elsewhere on
that date, were the leading Develop
ments today in the Willard Fulton
fight drama. Efforts TO induce Miller
20 change the date were unavailing.
There were several lntimations from
the state capitol that the fight would
not take place in st. Paul. More pro-
tests were received.
Meanwhile Miller turned over the de-
tails Of the local negotiations to his
lieutenants and prepared to leave for
Chicago late tonight. He said he had
10 business engagement In New York
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-25
Lillian Walker Opens
Liberty Movie House.

Miss Lillian Walker, the movie
actress who made dimples famous, will
be the star performer at the Liberty
theater Saturday night when that
playhouse begins its regular run OF
cinema productions. The picture is
called "The Lust of the Ages" drama
of modern times.
Beginning with the home life of a
well bred young lady. whose father Is
n slave to the greed for wealth. the
production portrays the misery that
would follow were men to ever seek to
acquire monopoly Of gold. This young
lady receives the literary prize for the
writing of an essay dealing with the
subject, and. picturizing her book, the
| production carries one along through
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-25
The TheQterS
MANY ATTRACTIONS
AT THEATERS TO-DAY
Sarah Bernhard, THE Bar.
rier' and Pantages Showing.
Two Exceptional Pictures
at Local Movie Houses.

Two good photoplays are showing
in today's local motion picture houses.
Rex Beach's famous story. ",The Bar
rier," Is revealed in the cinema
form at the Bijou, ana the famous film
of n famous actress. Mothers Of
France" with Sarah Isernhardt, Is
showing at the Empress.
Well filmed, Beach's story makes a
capital picture, and is being
well received here. Madame Bernhardt
needs no introduction. Through the
rnany years Of her life and though she
now is a cripple, she stands at the fore
front Of the worlds actresses.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-25
Six Exceptional Acts
on Pantages Bill.

six big acts are billed for the Pan
tages show at the Liberty theater to-
night. Peacock Alley" the headliner.
is slated as "A big comedy scream that
has punch and laugh in "a pleasing
combination. Then there are McCon-
nell and Simpson who do "a turn. called
"At Home" which is full of pep. Diana
Bonnar, late of the Chicago Grand
Opera company, is declared TO be
among the best vocalists staged on the
Pantages circuit. There arc three 9TH
er numbers, all said to he first class,
| on the program.