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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08

mental farms. Many of these have
been brought from the tropics and
are definite failures in their new sur
roundings. Others have thrived Won
derfully, but, because of the hand
labor required in harvesting them. are
of little value to would-be drug grow
ers. At any rate, of course, machinery
is apt to be developed to perform the
laborious processes involved in har-
vesting these plants.
A machine recently invented by one
of DR.. Stockberger's assistants for
pruning camphor trees for example.
has greatly stimulated the production
of camphor in this country. Former
ly, our entire supply of camphor came
from Formosa and Japan. and we i'm
ported yearly 100000 pounds. The
japanese used to cut their camphor
trees only when they bad reached the
age of sixty years. using the main
and branches. Now the bureau of
plant industry has found that a good
grade of camphor may be made out of
that very portion of the tree which
the Japanese threw away-and from
trees only eight years old.
Camphor trees are now being grown
in increasing numbers in the south
and are proving fairly profitable, since
most of the work can be done by ma
chinery and there is at present a
steady demand for camphor in the
making of celluloid. In case this
should lead you to rush out and plant
campher trees, however. know that
the camphor tree flourishes only in
the south. 1t is still a question as to
whether or not Americans will be able
to meet Japanese competition. AS a
get-rich- quick scheme it would prove
as great a failure for the amateur as
the growing of any other drug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08

The Hun army appears to be at tins
mercy of General Foch- 1t can hard
ly stand still where it is. If 1t decide
to come out and fight it is certain OF
defeat. If it retreat it will invite dis
aster The longer it postpones action
OF any kind the more overwhelming
becomes the odds against it. General
Foch has but to watch and wait and
al that sort of thing he probably never
has had a superior. The Picardy and
FLANDERS salients may confidently be
expected to disappear at no distant
date, as completely as did the one on
the Marine. The Huns have reached
a point where every movement in
vites disaster and every day must find
them worse off than they were the
day before. They can no longer hope
for time in which to reorganize and
rfhabilitate their armies, even If they
possess resources adequate to such
undertaking, which seems doubtful
Their losses in men, guns and NUM-
tions since the beginning of the
Marine drive have been heavy. They
cannot look for help from Austria nor
from the eastern front. The end of
the war depends upon how long Ger
many will see fit to postpone what her
leaders must now see impending-in-
evitable surrender.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08

The basic principle on which we are
operating necessitates profiteers,, says
the editor of Worlds Work. He rea-
sons thus: We are going to make up
in money what we lacked in TO 'eiight
and preparation. The line of east re-
sistance in trying to stimulate labor is
higher wages. In spite of high costs
the labor in war industries is better
off than in peace times. Laborers,
skilled and unskilled, are. as a class,
profiteers. They are profiting by the
war. But the public sense attaches its
odium on labor that loafs, not on that
which profiteers. The public enemy
is not the munition worker who works
steadily at unusual wages and makes a
profit out of the war, but the laborer
whose easy money induces him to loaf
part of the time or to shift from job
to job or the labor leader who uses
the necessities of his country as an op-
portunity to incite strikes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of men in
Americas Fighting Service

The bulldog tenacity and nerves of
steel which characterized the opera
tons Of the United States marines in
their classic capture of Chateau
Thierry and Be1leau wood in the sec
ond battle of the Marine, earned IN
usual commentator for Second Lieut.
John L Conroy of the marines. The
commanding officer of his regiment
wrote to the brigade commander that
Lieutenant Conroy was Conspicuous
in his services to the, battaHons in line
carried on his duties at a storm center
of bonbardment by enemy high ex
plosive. shrapnel and gas shells. Thru
out this period he supplied the troops
IN line with ammunition, rations,
water and engineer stores with tire
less energy, marked executive ability.
foresight and absolute fearlessness at
all hours of the day and night He
never failed in crisis, and only bull
dog tenacity and nerves of steel made
It possible for him to discharge his
multifarious duties When enemy
fire exploded an ammunition dump
under his charge. his energy and cool
ness confined the damage to~a mini
mum" -eutenan- Conroy's mother.
Mrs John Conroy, lives at So Living
ston street, BROOKLYN, N Y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08
TRAVELETTE
BY NIKSAH
The Inland Sea.


A trip thru the Inland Sea of Japan
is like a Journey thru a japanese
fairyland where everything is ideal
lied by enchantment. In this case the
spell is due partly to distance. partly
to the travellers enthusiasm, but most
ly to the fact that the beauty is not
an illusion at all. The Inland Sea
lies in the most picturesque region of
a country where even the trees grow
into artistic shapes, as If they real
lied that they are part of a picture.
In and out among the thousand is
lands of the sea the boat winds, max
ing way for the straw sailed juuks and
tiny sampanS that are out for the
days fishing. Each island supports
at least one toy farmhouse and a rice
or millet field tended by farmers hid
den under umbrella sized straw hats.
In the distance are the peaks of end
less temples with many stored towers
painted in gay colors. At one point
huge red tori stands out in a shell
tered bay to guide pilgrims to the
graceful temple rising behind it.
Here a lonely, ragged pine stands
out on the crest of a bare rock; and
beyond are remnants of feudal Japan
in the shape of an ancient castle with
moat, donjon and battered walls. The
last touch of artistry is given To- the
pictures of the Inland Sea. when. aft
er the brief twilight, the moon rises
above the pines and helps the temple
lanterns to light the boats path down
the stream.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

General business is exceedingly ac-
tive and prosperous, says a bulletin
issued by the Continental and Com
mercials National Bank of Chicago.
and the outlook is encouraging. TIE
ing that confronts the, government, in
conjunction with its allies in prose-
cutting the war is the most reassuring
feature in the present situation. While
there is much to be done in the way of
conversion of plant capacity, and indi-
vidual and corporate energies and IA
cilities from non essential to essential
has been made in the first year of the
participation of the United States in
the war is simply remarkable. An in
dicatfon of this is found in the safely
landing of an army of upwards of one
million men in France, to assist the
allies on the fighting front, and in the
effective work that this American ex-
peditionary force is now doing, to-
gether with the mobilization of a
much larger army preparatory 10 en-
barkation.
Business, all things considered, is
sound, continues the bulletin. Never
has labor in this country been so well
paid and so prosperous as at the pres
ent moment. This in itself has con-
| tributed enormously to the buying
power in the retail trade and has tend
ed to steady the retail markets which
naturally would be affected by the re-
tz&r. 3Rki0
In those districts where there are mu-
| milton plants or where manufacturers
are engaged on war contracts. the
buying of luxuries is very active, but
this Is offset in its effect on tra1c gen.
orally, in measure, by the economy
| being practiced in other sections not
so fortunately situated.
| Necessarily this tends toward the
absorption of the surplus products of
the so-called non essential industries,
and when the time comes for a more
general practice of economy and thrift
in this country, the effect of the read
justment probably will be less disturb
ing as result of the exercise Of this
buying power by those who have ex-
perienced a sudden increase in in
come.
Speaking broadly. the testimony of
practical business men is that the
country is in a strong position fog war
time. The banking situation is sound
credits are being we'll handled and
collections are universally good: tusi-
ness men are seeking to keep their af-
fairs as liquid as possible; stocks OF
merchandise, which year ago were
fairly well in hand, have not been in
creased to an extent that is menacine
and such increase as is in evidence is
to fortify against delayed deliveries u
new supplies There is in evidcnce :
, determination on the part OF the inAi.
; vidual to bend his efforts to cooper.
/ ate in the work of winning thu war
Whatever diffe. ence of opinion exist,
ed year ago has disappeared. Never
in the history of this country. ir tim,
of war, has there been such Il unitet
) nation as at present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08

of enlistuent abruptly shortened. thru
no fault of their own, but, on tbs con-
tfary, because of excessive zeal in at
lacking the enemy, resulting in their
wounds others. more careful of
themselves. served out their terms of
enlistment and are now drawing pen
sions based thereon. Senator Sut-ler-
lands bill would authorize tae COM
missioner of pensions to include the
full time for which soldier enlisted,
without regard to the fact that he
may have been discharged on account
of disability prior to the expiration Of
his term.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchison Globel

Common sense is logic.
A man who is really smart. need
not act smart"
There is no real excitement for
Missouri;-n unless there Is fight.
On every table, If there are chill
dren in the family, there are cracked
dishes
A man we know comes to town
twice week, and always insists on
shaking hands.
Ambition, with some men. consists
chiefly in finding fault with their
present condition
Then there is that type of pessi-
rlistic patriot who feels that when our
soldiers are going forward they are
marching into a trap.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08

feeling in this terse phrase:
They're not much on the parley
vooing in English, but they sure can
shake your hand and smile like helli''
Andy Foster. a well-known char
acter in his native city. had recently
shuffled off this mortal col in desti-
tute circumstances, altho in his earlier
days he enjoyed financial prosperity.
A prominent merchant, an old
friend Of the family, attended the
funeral and was visibiy affected as ne
gazed for the last time on his old
friend and associate.
The mourners were conspicuouslv
few in number and some attention Wa.
attracted by the sorrowing merchant
The old gentleman was very dear 10
yon' ventured one o. the bearers af.er
the funeral was over.
Indeed he was" answered ~.
r1Iourher- Ahdy was one true friend
never ASKED me TO lend him a cent,
tho 1 knew that he was practtcaIty
starving to death"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08

reward in this war. 1t is reported that
a japanese general is to command
the allied armies in Siberia. In Lap
land Americans are under British
leadership and in France the recent
victorious fighting by American SOL
diers has been done under the su-
preme command of Frenchmen. Our
disinterestedness of purpose must by
this time be apparent to the entire
world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08

The thousands of old veterans who
are receiving pensions under the age
and service act of May II. 1912, will
be interested in a bill introduced by
Senator Sutherland of West Virginia
Heretofore, in awarding pensions I'M
der that act to men discharged from
the service because of wounds or dis
ease contracted in line of duty the
commission has been permitted t.
compute service" as being only from
the date of a mans enlistment to the
date of his discharge. That provision
of law has had the effect of penaliz-
ing soldiers for having been wounded.
They were discharged, and their terms
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08

The Y. NJ. C. A. has sent out the
following hint: Soldiers overseas
learn strategy playing checkers. They
need small cloth bags-any fabric-to
hold the sets of checkers when not in
play. Manufacturers are having diff
ficuIty getting wood or pasteboard
boxes. A bag of checkers would fit
in a>soldier's pocket snugly, ready for
action in hut or dugout. Any one who
wishes to help should send cloth bags,
approximately four by six inches. with
a draw string at the top. to the Army
Y. NJ c. A. receiving room, No. 127
East 27th street, New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08
Hot Weather Note.

Hot Weather Note.
Mr.. Lemuel Higgins of Tfconderoga
county reports the loss of several cows.
He hal large field of popcorn. and
when the. extreme heat came on. the
corn all popped and the cows, think
ing it was snowstorm, Immediately
froze to ueath.
A motion picture concern has rent
ed Mr.. Higgins popcorn field for the
purpose of staging some winter scenes.
It is time for the crown prince to
look well to his scalp. Apache scouts
are at the front with Pershing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08

yolks of eggs with milk and aCu TO the
liquid; add fat, salt and pepper.
Brown Cookies-One cup molasses,
one-half cup brown sugar, one-half
cup shortening. one teaspoon soda, one
teaspoon niger, one teaspoon maple
flavoring (if in tube eight drops is
plenty), one teaspoon salt, two cups
rolled oats, two cups wheat flour. then
finish out on barley flour what is
NEEDED. Bake in hot oven.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08
HOUSEHOLD HINTS


If You Eat These You Eat Wheat.
White Wheat Bread. from flour re-
fined from the starch center of the
wheat kernek
Whole Wheat Bread. from flour
made from the starchy center and
some Of the outer brown layers (bran)
of the wheat kernel.
Graham Bread and Crackers, from
flour containing all the kernel, includ-
ing the bran.
Macaroni, spaghetti. noodles, from
wheat flour
Wheat Breakfast Foods. sometimes
not advertised as wheat products.
made from the whole or part of the
wheat kernel.
Victory breads, seventy-five per
cent wheat.
If You Eat These You Eat No Wheat.
Potatoes. oatmeal. rice. holniny.
LarIey, ta pioca and 100 per cent sub
stitute bread made from corn, oats.
usually made with baking powder. or
soda and sour milk. instead of yeast.
and often known as quick breads"
Tried Recipes. -
Cheese Mold Cfrom above menu)-
One pint cottage cheese, half cup
pimento or green pepper, one cup
teaspoon gelatine, four tablespoons
cold water. Soften gelatine in the
cold water. Dissolve over hot water
Add an ingredients. Mix thoroly and
place in mold which has been rinsed
with cold water. When firm, serve as
salad This may be served just as II
IS or with French dressing.
Onion Soup (from above menu)-
Eight good sized onions. me pint
milk, yolks of two eggs, one table
spoon fat. salt and pepper. Boil
onions in two quarts Of water, boil
down to one pint, strain and beat the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08
Names In the News

Flying columns the name given
to an independent : corps of troops
composed usually small arms. 10
which some particular task is assigned.
III is generally formed. during the
course of ope-a+Fo-ls. out of troor,. -
mediately available.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08

Doctor Sadler. the anthropo1ogist,
Classics the Germans in two cate
gorfes-those with long heads and
those with round heads. The doctor
appears to have overlooked the bone
heads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08
DINNER STORIES

A Chicago lad has formed a very
pleasant opinion of the poilus with
whom he has come in contact in
France. In letter home he puts the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-08
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY K. MOULTON

Bon Voyage
They're going thru to Berlin,
And have started on their way
Behind our boys is Bunker Hill
And Gettysburg and Ga1ness Mill
And old Manila Bay.
And now that they have started
To show what they can do,
We're pulling for them. all the while
And backing em in true Yank style.
And fighting with 'em, too.
The news about this journey
Has stirred the souls of men&
The Yanks will not be back again
Till they've found Kultur and have slain
The foul beast in its den.
The German Flag.
When Kultur,
From her dismal height, .fe-sc =.
Unfurled her standard
To the air,
She showed a banner
80 Black as light,
With skull and crossbones
Cleaning there.
never tried to take a flyer in Wall
street.
"How about the peace aim of Amer
lea Count Hertling.
Our peace aim is getting better
every minute. Every shot a heinie-
count EN-. Count, count 'em.
AS Will Rogers says, 1.-The colonel Is
the only public man in history who
has failed to have his own way ard
still remained great"
Report says the hop industry in Ger
many is ruined. So is the goosestet
industry.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1918-01-14
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

There will be box social at the
Valley View school next Friday even
ing. All women are requested to bring
boxes. The proceeds will go for local
Red Cross work. A program will be
rendered under the auspices Of the
Valley View Parent Teachers associa-
ton.
The Aid society of the Wright Con-
gregational church will meet with Mrs
r. B. Leonardson. Wednesday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock
The regular meeting of the Ladies
of the Macabees will be held Tuesday
afternoon in Odd Fellows hall at 2
o'clock.
The w. r. c.. will hold a birthday
social at the G. A. r., hall Tuesday af-
ternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Members and
friends are invited to come and bring
their Red Cross sewing and knitting.
Chapter II of the p. e. o. society
will meet with Mrs. X. l. Perky, 1907
Washington street, Thursday evening
at 1880 o'clock,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1918-01-14
Coming Of
The SUNBEAM,
How 10 Avoid These Pains and Distress
Wiieh 90 Many Mothers Have Suffered

Too much cannot be said for wonderful
preparation, familiar to many women as
Mothers Friend
1t is more effective in its action than all
the health rules ever laid down for the guild.
ance of expectant mothers. 1t is an external
application ethat spreads its influence upon the
lords. tcndons and muscles of the abdomen,
rendering them plant, and they expand grace
tully without that peculiar wrenching strain.
The occasion is, therefore. one OF unbounded
Joyful anticipation and too much stress cannot
Be laid upon the remarkable influence which .
mothers happy prenatal disposition has upon
the health ana fortunes 81 the generations to
home.
The pain at the crisis is infinitely less when
Mothers Friend is used during the period of
expectancy for the muscles expand easier and
with less strain when baby is born.
Mothers Friend is for external use only,
Is entirely safe and may be had of your drug.
sist. II is prepared by the Brsdfeid Regulator
Co., D-i66 Lamar Bldg. Atlanta, Ca. Write
them to mail you their interesting Mother
hood Book" They will send il at once, with
gut charge, and you viii find il very helpful
DO not neglect for Q single night and morning
20 Amply Mother's Friend according TO direc-
Cons around the bottle. and thus fortify your
Ill ssninst pain and Discomfort M
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1918-01-14
GAS, HEARTBURN,
INDIGESTION OR
A SICK STOMACH
"Pape's Diapepsin" Relieves
Stomach Distress in Five
Minutes.

Time 1t! Pape's Diapepsin win
sweseten a sour, gassy or out-of- ord ,r
stomach within five minutes.
II your meals don't fit comfortably,
or what you eat lies like a lump of
lead In your stomach, or IL you have
heart burn. that is usually a sign of
acidity of the stomach.
Get from your pharmacist a fifty
cent case Of Pape's Diapepsin and take
dose just as soon as you can. There
will be no sour risings. no belching of
undigested food mixed with acid, no
stomach gas or heartburn, fullness or
heavy feeling in the stomach. nausea
facilitating headaches or dizziness
This will all go. and, besides, there
will be no sour food left over in the
stomach to poison your breath with
nauseous odors.
Papes Diapepsin helps to neutralizH
the excessive acid in the stomach
which is causing the food fermentation
and preventing proper digestion.
Relief in five minutes is waiting for
you at any drug store.
These large fifty cent cases contain
enough "Pape's Diapepsin" to usually
keep the entire family free from stom-
ach acidity and its symptoms of in
digestion, dyspepsia. sourness. gases
heartburn and headache, for many
months. 1t belongs in your home.
ADV
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1918-01-14
old QUARANTINE
AGAINST ILLINOIS
LIFTED BY BOARD
State Sanitary Commission
ers N a m e Temporary
Squirrel and Goph e r
Bounty Inspector.

The quarantine against shipment Of
livestock from Illinois into Idaho was
lifted by the state livestock sanitary
toard at it's meeting which closed last
week. In the future livestock from
that middle western states may come
ilto Idaho. For some months 1t has
been barred owing 20 the fact various
contagious diseases among stock ex-
listed in Illinois and it was feared these
diseases might be contracted by live
stock in Idaho.
The board also took up the matter
of taking care Of the thousands of
claims for bounty on squirrels and go
piers which are piling up. While no
count has been made, 1t is estimated
that the tails OF 10000 Of these rodents
have been forwarded to the state live
stock sanitary department on which to
collect bounties of two cents each. A
law passed by the last legislature
makes provision for paying this boun-
ty
To take charge Of the bounty claims
temporarily and check tho evidence
submitted of the killing of the pests
to the farmers, the board named Cohen
Bodle, a young man who has been
assisting off and on in the department,
to handle the work until a man expert
enced in the bounty business can be
located to relieve him. The tempo
rary employe Is a son Of State Veter-
marian Bodle.
In order that the bounties claimed
under law can be paid. the state board
of equalization. fixed a levy to raise
$40. 556.19. At the rate the claims are
coming in, this money will all be paid
out in bounties.
The board transacted a large amount
of routine business, including the au-
diting of claims against its appropria-
ton.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1918-01-14
PERSONALS.

A. w. White of Mountain Home is a
guest at the Grand.
Mr.. and Mrs. ii. l.. Anderson are
visiting in the city. They arrived
Sunday from Ellensburg, Wash.
Robert J. Rowley Is among the ar
rivals at the Owyhee. He came in this
morning from Evanston, wyo.
l.. E. Merrill and c. T.. johnson of
Twin Falls are transacting business in
the city.
Senator Irwin f. Rockwell and Fred
erick Reed are at the Owyhee. They
arrived from Bellevue Sunday and will
spend few days here on business
ms tiers.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Jacobsen are
guests in the city from Pocatello.
E. G. Sturdivant and b. f. Sturdi-
want were Sunday visitors in Boise
from Nampa.
g. L. Hedden is looking after BUSH
ness in the city. He came up from
Caldwell Sunday evening.
. VILLA s. Ross Of Moscow was a Sun
day arrival In Boise.
T. G. Montgomery OF Baker, Ore, is
in the city for few days on busi-
ness.
Mrs. H. Meidi and child. Mrs. w. J.
Jeffress. and Edna Kaufman, are ar
rivals In Boise from Casper. wyo.
w. G. Roberts Is guest in the city
from Marshfield. Ida.
A. A. Mcintyre II a business visitor