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Evening star., 1918-06-30
RED CROSS MOTOR
CORPS KEPT BUSY

eINCE the installation of the spe-
- cial telephone connection with the
War Department as many as fifteen
calls a day have been answered
by the Red Cross Motor Corps Of the
District Of Columbia. The District
chapter of the Red Cross Motor Corps
has been in existence since the United
States entered the war. Mrs. J. Bor.
den Hartman Is the colonel coma
manding. According to a recent re.
pert there are now fifty active mem-
bers trained and ready for service in
Washington or elsewhere.
The work Of the corps falls, rough
ly. into two general divisions-ambu.
lance work and transpor service.
Calls for transport service range from
those for national headquarters, the
Potomac division, and the District
chapter to those for the civilian relief
workers on their errands Of mercy:
oftentimes far into the country, or to
calls for the taking of convaIescent.
soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital out
Tor atrings. Four cars are detailed
each day for the service Of the cans
teen workers.
Recently a troop train was getting
up steam outside canteen. One SOL
dler had spent his entire rest time
phone. Just as he obtained the con-
nection the sergeant announced that
1t was time to go aboard. The lad
was distressed. and the ever-present
motor woman came to his rescue with,
Cant give the message for your
Sure, said the soldier. my name
is John Smith. and / want her to
marry me before sail"
The unusual proposal was made in
great haste by the Red Cross worker.
The girl In Philadelphia declined, as
far as the wedding was concernea
put agreed to meet her hero befor&
he sailed. The motor woman rushed
to the side Of the train. by that tins
In motion, and delivered the message
to the man. who. leaning far out 81
the window. yelled back. Thank you,
miss, and don't worry; she'll marrY
me all right when she sees me in uni
FORM"
Evening star., 1918-06-30
FOURTH OF JULY SCENARIO

son. Ben Franklin. and our wen be-
loved ink-slinger, Johnny Hancock.
together with . few dozen members
Of an American syndicate, who got
George Washington to put It on the
market"
''Oh. yes" said Shakespeare. II do
remember something about that. That
was tho time old George III got
in Dutch over the pond. But what
have we got to do with itf This Is
no time to wave the bloody shirt,
Walt"
I'VE aren't going to flash any laun-
dry Of any kind on the public eye"
returned Sir Walter. 'On tho con-
trary we are all going to buckle down
and celebrate 1t, and It's a darned
good thing we are." he added with
enthusiasm, because If American
liberty had not been boarded up and
carefully conserved for the past
Evening star., 1918-06-30
He'll Get There.

A SENATOR was talking about Q
- Nebraska boy soldier.
He'll do, the senator chuckled.
He'll get there. Such q forethought
as his 10 hardly credible
offered to send him a booEWasfed
him to name the book he preferred.
He thought > moment, then he said:
Ia: : Send me good guide to Berlin p
Evening star., 1918-06-30

Some movie. Bill I congratulatA
you." said Raleigh.
Thanks, Walt" said Shakesp4arsi
thought you'd like ft, and you can
have II on one condition."
Whats that?' asked Raleigh.
That yUu have It copyrighted In
my name before Bacon gets q chance
to claim it." said Shakespeare.
Copyright, 1sls, hy Mcclure syndieate.)
Evening star., 1918-06-30

= real f0cketS-To6-&IA1e-bo
tnS-tn-air eject, a. II Popocatapetl had
tin LzxieS into the empyrean."
II getcha." said Shakespeare, begin
ming to warm mp . bit you want an
explosion In honor Of liberty that will
stagger humanity"
Gay rather an exr1osion that win
stagEef inhnmanity." said Sir Walter.
Humanfty has besa st.Egered enough
The aseendsncy Of liberty above
autocrscy 10 the idea"
Of uha1tas over the demi-tasse," /"
said Brutus. 'sEhe same old fight Cas-
sius and I had with Caesar, Bill. You
made . pretty good movie out of that,
and Il youn put your mind on 1t you
ought to be able to pull another with
this other moclk-turtle- Caesar they've
got on their hands over the river right
now"
Shakespeare buried his face in his
hands and thought deeply for a mo-
mene, ana then emerged from q brown
study with . triumphant gleam in his
eye
Two got itr' he cried.
Eureay-he got it," roared Diogenes.
Yes" said Shakespeare 1--WE got
It It's melodramatic. but good. pro-
pose to open with Dame Liberty
plenty when suddenly the peass scene ana Of
peace and plenty blows up, and we
see liberty being chased through
space by band Of Huns with a chap
at their head weartn q pair Of spiked
mustaches on his upper Lip. as though
to keep 1t stif."
which his name is Potsdam Bill,
the sanguinary terror Of Hohenzollern
Gulch," said Brutus.
-
Exactly" said Shakespeare. TIM
mediately host Of defenders arise
and start In fun cry to the rescue of
the lady. First Joan Of Arc appears.
and is about to be struck down. when
Albert Of Belgium leaps into the midst
Of the fray. followed by st. George
and GaribaldL Uncle Sam is seen sit
ting on fence OF to one side whit
tlins and selling pink lemonade to
the thirsty. The fight grows hotter
and hotter, and Potsdam Bill Joined
by siegfried and his Dragoo breath
ing deadly gases. and the deadly vul-
lures Of the Bosporua their beaks
dripping with the blood Of Armenian
babies, seems 70 be getting the upper
hand. whom old Uncle Sam jumps or
the fenee. kicks over his lemonade
stand and removes his coat: and Just
a. Bnl and his pals are reaching over
to grab their prey no bangs 'em over
the head with . crowbar: the band
strikes mp tbs shr, spaneied Banner,
bombs burst in air. and the rockets
red glare paints the universe to
match. and the scene closes with the
whole bunch sitting on BilPs head"
Some action 70 that" said Brutus
approvinE1y. It'd hate to be Bill ct
the Arst 4ehearml" 80, -
but how about the explosion p
asked sAnAliae. -z,t..--.z,,.s
Shakespeare ut comes in scene Sec
ond. Bill and the Turk are prisoners,
and a. sach are led over to Mount
YeSuytuA There they are -rammed
down into the center Of sthei crater as
Evening star., 1918-06-30
z was verEfng upon the Fourth
Of July, and the popularity OF
George Washington among the

q T was vergfng upon the Fourth
Of July, and the popularity Of
George Washington among the
S members Of the Associated Shades
was so great that there was an al
most unanimous demand that the ma
tai day Of the American republic should
be nttingiy celebrated. Tho board Of
directors had passed q resolution CALI
ing for its fullest observation, and
had appointed Sir Walter Raleigh,
Brutus, Diogenes and Ananias q COM
mittes of four to mako all necessary
arrangements
The appointment Of Ananias on such
Q committee was not easy to under
stand and was accounted for only BY
the fact that he was put up as last
hour candidate to staye on the selec-
tion by Guy Fawkes. although there
presence on the committee was de-
sirable because Of the contrast be-
tween his reputation and that OF
Washington on the score of veracity.
This committee was holding its meet
ing in the smoking room of the house
Its Long Swim to Honolulu" hap
pened in.
"Hi. there. Bilious" cried Diogenes,
banging his lantern on the table.
Come over here minute. You're
Just the man we're looking for"
"Ah? Landed your honest man at
last. eh dodge, old boy?" said Shakes
peare. WELL" he added, you haven't
made any mistake this time. Know
ing myself as do, marvel you didn't
ferret me out sooner. That old glim
of yours is a pretty weak sister in the
spotlight line
Sorry, Bilious" said Diogenes. but
it isn't that-I know just how honest
you are, and when I finally publish
my little volume on Who's Not Who
on the Field Of Honor you'll be sur
Bilious stands on the list Of Ants"
what we want to talk to you about
10 this Fourth Of July stunt We are
going to pull s Of II honor Of Wash, Vas :
notion you might have = few ideas"
"Or IL you hadn't" said Brutus,
''that you'd know whore to get 'em.
AS a. corraller Of ideas from many
sources you have always been the
me-"
"You are very good to say So" said
Shakespeare. 1T has always been my
habit to let any idea that came my
way filter through my brain, and make
what use could Of the residuum..
Some colander. that brain Of yours"
said AnAnais.
I'VE are not idly dattering you
either. Bilious" said Diogenes. we
realize that you have the entree to
idea circles that are beyond the reach
Of tho rest Of us. and I personally had
1 notion that IL you hadn't any Of your
own on tap you might worm few out
Of Bacon that would be really worth
WHILE.
"For gracious saka Dioeenes,-
growled Brutus, giving the philoso-
pher q sharp kick on the shins under
tho Table. "hooverixe on that Bacon
stun. will you? Can 1t just this once.
We need this mans help, and you're
spilling the haricots all over the
place"
'Oh, don't mind, Brute" said
Shakespeare, laughing amiably. i've
got so I can almost tell tho time Of
day by that hoary old marron-glace.
It averages along about twenty-seven
minutes past three every day Of my
life. I'd miss 1t like the dickens IL
somebody forgot to pull It What's
Evening star., 1918-06-30

IF you ask mo-" said Diogenes, I'D
like to see something done in the
world that II talk-proof-just once.
II would be such q novelty. am
getting 80 Immortality sick Of this end
less parade Of trained vocabularies
that have decided to wear eaf-tabs
for the next hve hundred years just to
keep my inner man from being
drowned In verbosity."
what We want more than anything
else Is a grand pyrotechnical display"
said BrutuA. Scenario. sed non Lii
bretto." Hf e.,
Exactly" said Ananias. mot the
ordinary verbal fireworks such as you
wrote for Brutus. Bill, full Of hot air
and scinullating sissers Of speech, but
Evening star., 1918-06-30

July proposition" said Shakespeare.
de you want . scenario Of action or
Of speechf Is IL to be do or just q
pyfotechnieal Chautauqua stunt? If
it's to be the latter I might write q
corking sort OF Mark Antony Grafton
for Washington to deliver over the
dead body Of Frederick the Great il
Freddy VIII consent to play dead for .
few minuteA"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-18
Put Money Into the Land.

Occasionally when driving through
the country some attractive farm will
be passed. Everything is in good
shape; there are Windmills, there is a
silo; the fences are up and the land
in excellent filth. What is the secret
of this? The answer always is: "That
farmer has put money in his place."
America is a great farming nation,
as we'll as q great manufacturing ma
ton. 1t is wonderfully prosperous to-
day. There are railways, bridges, fac
tories, mills, workshops and schools
houses All this shows we have put
money into it. But there is today the
shadow Of war hanging over the en-
tire land. The nation is in peril.
Now is the time Of all times when
money must be put into this land of
the free and the home Of the brave
if it is to remain prosperous and hap
Ply. The purchase of Liberty bonds
puts your money where it will do the
most good in this grave crisis.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-18
MORE AND MORE GARDENS

Somebody has to raise everything
you eat.'
There is more in that statement than
a hasty reading will give.
Who is going to raise what you eat
Are you one Of those who urge the
farmer to "speed up" and occasionally
bestow upon him your criticisms if a
shortage occurs and high prices follow ?
To be more specific, are you certain
that somebody is going to grow all the
vegetables that you and your family
will need this summer and next winter?
We hope so, but if home gardens were
to be discontinued, our supply Of gar
den foods would be so diminished that
a food famine very likely would face
US. America would not be able to feed
itself properly, to say nothing of feeding
the American soldiers and the allies.
The busy city man may be tempted
/ to say: Il am working hard in the
shop or in the Office, so that somebody
else will be released to produce food for
me. [ am earning my weekly wage,
with part Of which to pay somebody
else for food"
But the answer is a simple one. That
hazy, indefinite somebody else" who
might produce food is now in the
trenches or in the munitions factory
Farmers have not enough labor to pro-
duce large quantities of such intensive
crops as vegetables. Last year the con-
sumner could buy all the food he wanted
bnt different condition faces him this
year. It is now not question Of
whether he has the money. but whether
there is food that money can buy.
Home gardens are necessary, but
more than a necessity they are econom
ical and profitable undertakings. The
amount of money which a small garden
will save far more than repays the gar
.dener for his efforts; and there is the
additional satisfaction of having a sup
ply of fresh produce continually on
hand. Any city man can look through
his grocery book for last year and see
what an incredible amount Of garden
truck somebody else'' had to grow
for him, but which he could have grown
himself. He needs a garden this year
Make every backyard and vacant lot
pay for itself; make it work; make it
grow food. Make garden out of
every fertile, sunshiny, vacant piece of
land in the city. Let no suitable lot be
a Stacker America needs the produce
from these tracts.
There should not be an idle backyard
or vacant lot this summer. Let's have
a garden for every family in the city.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-18
MINERAL POINT Of TODAY
NOTES BY TIE DEMOCRATS
NEWS GATHERER.

Born, to Mr. and Mrs Andrew Whit
ford, Saturday, April 10, daughter.
Mr. and Mrs Henry Bray, Miss Nettit
Wallis and Mr. and Mrs Carl Healy, ST.
motored to Dubuque Saturday to visi
relatives, returning Monday.
Mrs Blight Wallis returned to Perry
Iowa, last week, after visiting relatives
here
Mrs John Charles Of Denver, r. Ii
Goldsworthy of Idaho, and Robert
Goldsworthy of Chicago attended the
funeral Of their brother William James
Goldsworthy Friday.
Mr. and Mrs Earl Frank of Blanch-
ardville visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Richard Harris, Saturday.
Mrs W. f. Molitor has been nomin
ated as member of the Board of Edu-
cation in place of F. 9. Ludden, who
resigned.
Mrs Charles Noble and nephew Jack
Stickler left Monday to visit at Bara-
boo and Mansion.
Miss Genevieve Penhallegon, teacher
at Portage, is spending her spring va
cation at the home of her father, w. j.
Penhallegon.
j. P. Harris and D. G. Jacka have
purchased new auto trucks.
Mr. and Mrs Nicholas Palzkill visited
their daughters Dorothy and Kathryn
Palzkill at St. Mary's College at Prairie
du CHEN last week.
Miss Sadie Bennett spent last week at
Hazel Green.
George G.. Cox left Saturday for an
indefinite visit with his son Charles
Cox and wife at GAINESVILLE.
Fred Jeuck returned Monday from a
visit with his sister Mrs Earl Tom at
Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs w. J. Jeuck, and Mrs
William Jeuck, ST., Of this city and
Mrs Frank Hilger of Dubuque were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs Conrad Grimm
at Dodgeville Sunday,
Mrs Nicholas Fisher has returned
from a visit with her daughter Catherine
at Prairie du CHEN.
Bert Holman has returned from a
stay at Lancaster.
Charles Paynter aud son Robert were
recent visitors at Shullsburg with his
son Perry Paynter and wife.
R. J. Penhallegon and Mrs Edward
Penhallegon have returned from visit
Of three weeks at Lawrence, Kas.,
Oklahoma, and points Of interest in
Texas and Louisiana.
Mrs w. j. Penhallegon, Miss Ruth
Penhallegon and DR.. Harvey Huxtable
motored to Platteville Friday. Miss
Marion Penhallegon of Platteville Nor
NAL returned with them for visit.
Kenneth Sperbeck, son of Mr. and
Mrs A B. Sparbeck of this city, has
been honorably discharged from service
at the Great Lakes naval training sta
ton and will resume his studies at the
nigh school.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-18
Be a Bond Salesman for Uncle Sam

When you have bought your bond,
don't stop. Become a bond salesman
for your government and see to it
that your neighbor buys a bond. Ex-
plain to him that you and he have to
do this, as the soldier at the front has
to fight.
Russia failed to support it's army
and it's army failed to fight for Rus
STA, and today Germany is taking over
thousands of square miles of rich
farming and mineral lands, title to
which is held by Russians who will
have their deeds considered mere
scraps of paper by their conquerors.
Buy bonds from your government and
sell them for it. Make the United
States a success instead of a failure,
like Russia.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-18
JONESDALE
BY LUCILLE HARRIS.


John Ley transacted business az
Dodgeville Wednesday.
Carl Chandler of Blanchardville was
a caller here Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs Clarence Van Matre
spent Sunday at the H. R. Carter
home.
Jack Burns left for Charles City, Ia,
Saturday. where he expects to spend
the summer.
Mrs Olaf Wilberg returned to her
home here Wednesday, after an eight
weeks stay at Blanchardville.
Seth and Will Reeves were Mineral
Point callers Wednesday.
Mrs John Burns spent from Monday
until Wednesday at Dodgeville.
Francis Frank of Mineral Point is
spending this week at the Roy Walters
home
Mr. and Mrs Jesse James spent Sun
day at the Will Harris home.
Edward Ley was a Mineral Point
caller Wednesday.
Mrs Frank Van Matre spent Wednes
day and Thursday at Winslow.
James E. Harris spent Wednesday at
Mineral Point and Dodgeville.
Miss Monica Burns is spending few
days at her home here
Mrs Jane Baker of Blanchardville is
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-18
RATS Undermine HEALTH
From the Extension Division of the
University of Wisconsin.
n. E. DEARHoLT.. M D., DIRECTOR

Is there anywhere a more detestabl
creature than the rat? Always a snea
thief, robbing farmers of the full prof
of their labor and Of the poor of the
bread, it is now an ally of the Kaise.
Rats are in league with their huma
brothers who have been guilty of burn
ing granaries and storehouses for tb
purpose of embarrassing the govern
ment in the prosecution of our presep
righteous war.
vi course, the rat plumbers to live
but the world is not large enough t,
support both rats and mankind as tn,
latter are entitled to be supported
Therefore, the rat must go. It's deaf
sentence was pronounced when il
agency in spreading the plague VIZ
proved beyond the shadow of a doub
The great epidemic of plague in til
Middle Ages destroyed the lives of one
fourth of all the people of Europe
Rats did that. Mankind owes nothin
to rats which has not been paid for
thousandfold. Now the United STATE
Government is after them for destroy
ing 100000 worth Of grain each yeal
Some states still pay bounties for the
killing Of wolves and foxes. Rats are
capable of more harm and are altogeth-
er much more destructive than wolves.
The difference is that the wolf is a bold
robber while the rat is a sneak both in
its killings and thievery.
1t would not be strange if an epidemic
of plague should follow the closing of
the present war. Rats have fourished
in the war zone where they are hold
enough to fight the soldiers. If a few
Of them should be infested with plague,
the disease might spread(rapidly to the
rest and then to the soldiers. 1t takes
10 great stretch of the imagination to
conceive of the manner in which the
dread disease could be brought to this
country in spite Of the vigilance of fed
eral health officers. If it should get in,
we would destroy the rats. That was
how the United States Public Health
Service controlled the last epidemic in
California. But why should we wait to
be hit? Why not strike first? Why
not strike for the sake of our pocket.
books, for the sake Of food for the
Allies. for the protection Of our own
lives and those of our children?
Ask yourself, you who are now read
ing this, if, through laziness, careless
ness, or Indifference, you are giving aid
and comfort to the enemy, the rat, the
ally of the Kaiser and the junker. If
so, join the Allies and help your coun
try win the war by starving, trapping.
and poisoning rats.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-18
SAYS HIT THE HUN
BY BUYING BONDS
Major General Barry Says AiG Liberty
Loan to Avert Indemnity
Fund.
BY MAJ. GEN. THOMAS H. BARRY,
[Fcrmer Commandment at Camp Grant,
Rockford. ILL

lFcrmer Commandant at Camp Grant,
Rockford, ILL.,.
Four years ago the German govern
ment started war, which evidence
| makes certain had for it's object the
domination of the world, the crushing
Of democracy and the establishment of
autocracy in it's stead.
Evidence Of this far-reaching plot
appeared as the war was prosecuted
by the Germans with such lawless
cruelty, that in an effort to parallel
their inhuman savagery a shocked
world has revived the medieval word
''Hln."
The government of the United States
observed neutrality until their SOW
erelgn rights were openly and contemp-
tuously invaded. They were then
called upon to decide whether to sur
render their rights and their liberty
or to engage in war. Rightly they de-
ciied to engage in war. That war is
now in progress and it will be won by
hitting the Hun"
To hit the Hun, soldiers must 90 to
the firing line in Europe, but that costs
money, and if we are to chit the Hun"
from the firing line at the front there
must be no faltering in the fund line
at the rear.
To prosecute the war successfully
larger sums Of money are needed by
the government than it ever has need
ed before. [ have read an estimate
that it costs a thousand dollars to
shoot Hun.
To provide the stupendous total the
government asks it's citizens for a tenn
p0rary loan of the cash they have to
invest. AS security, it gives it's prom
Use to repay the full amount with
good rate of interest. The promise to
repay the amount borrowed constitutes
the Liberty bonds. They are offered
in denominations to suit all purses,
ana whoever subScribes to a Liberty
bond is helping to 'hit the Hun"
A time will come when so many have
been hit that just one more will con-
stitute his defeat, the collapse of his
government and the triumph of liberty.
But the war will not be won until
some one has hit this last Hun.
So beg every American who has in
his heart love for the liberty he en-
joys and cash to invest to purchase
Liberty bonds, and I urge every social
club or society, every school, factory,
department store, boy scout company
and other organizations and individ-
uAls to form "Hitting the Hun clubs"
and purchase Liberty bonds enough to
take a shot at a Hun.
1t will give strength to the firing
line to observe strength in the fund
line, and some one will have the honor
Of subscribing the fund that hits the
last Hun and the war will be won.
If we do not subscribe now to the
Liberty bonds, to win the war; we will
be compelled to subscribe later to an
indemnity fund for losing the war.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-18

visiting few days at the FL. r. Garter
home.
Miss Dorothy Carter and Dwight
Uren spent Sunday at the Will Harris
home.
Mr. and Mrs James E. Harris and
daughter Lucille, Miss Mile Girardin
and Dan Jones were Waldwick callers
Tuesday evening.
Earle Whitford spent Monday in
Mineral Point.
Bert James of Hollandale was a cal
Ter here Wednesday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-18
"Nerves" Easily Explained.

What is eccentricity in one stage of
experience is natural in another, and
many a state the average physician
calls nerves" is really the movement
of the individual on a larger orbit of
perception, expression and, perhaps,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Capen Whitney,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-04-18
Farmer, Hired Man and Liberty Loan

Intelligent farmers know that a
hired man does better work if he is
beautifully fed, pleasantly housed and
warmly clad. Uncle Sam today has
abroad close to 100000 hired men,
engaged in the most toilsome and haz-
ardous work. They cannot be fed,
clothed and housed unless money is
provided The purchase of Liberty
bonds provides the government with
funds to finance this gigantic task.
The men in the trenches must be cared
for by the men at home. Give the
boys the best we can afford. They
deserve it all.