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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-12

to the front door and knocked three
times and . half. And In less than Ave
hundred short seconds Old Grandmoth-
er Goose appeared. And, oh, dear mol
She had the plumbago from eatins too
many plums and was drsadfuIly wos-
ried about herself. 50 dear, kind Uncle
Lucky sat down In her sitting room an1
told her how he had been cured o.
rheumatism. And while each ono was
tryins to do all tho talking there sud
denly sounded Z rife shot, 20 the old
gentleman rabbit ran to the doos -
see what was the matter.
And oh, dear mel I rust hats. TO tau
you what he saw. But must, Just the
same. There was the Mdller's BOY run
ming after Billy Bunny and shooting OF
his gun just as fast - he could. But
guess he couldn't shoot a. fast ~ the
little rabbit could hop. for by and by
the Millers Boy stopped shooting. but
the little rabbit didn't stop hopping.
No sireemam. He kept right on, for
maybe It was q 'heatless Monday and
ne thought he might catch cold II he
stood still. And pretty soon, before
Tuesday morning. he reached the oid
Brier Patch! And then the first thing
he did WAS to call up OLD Grandmother
Goose to ffnd out II dear Uncle Lucky
was safe ana we'll. And wasn't he s1ad
to hear her say:
HES Just az wen ~ wen can b.
Taxing and drinking tea WITH 1ns,
And after we've played q game OF
tricks,
He'll start for ho1ne ct talf-paSe s6."
: Do please wAlt for M ~ 0egy 20
hear moro shout Uncle ln6Ey.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-12
The U,,dying Spirit of France!


:
her three sons at the front when SHE
observed that the hand Of the priest
presenting her with the wafer was
trembling. She understood and said
simply: which one?"
The fact Is that the French mothers
sustained by a power above. believe
that their sons, in yielding their lives
for France, find, no death, but an
evolution. One Of them, who Is unwill-
ing that her name should be given.
uses this word in letter radiant with
sacred beauty.
Paris, OCT. 20. 1915-Commandant:
I can not thank YOU adequately for the
accuracy Of your sorrowful recollec-
tions. The anniversary Of the sacri-
fee OF my brave boy Is at the same
time particularly cruel and particularly
sweet; cruel. because It recalls to mind
a day when was thinking Of him.
without mdsgtvings as to the anguish
which his valor was to cost me; sweet
because I could not visualize the
abrupt end of this pure and brief life
under any other aspect than that OF a
supreme evolution.
II thank you. oommandant. for all
that you tell me Of my dear young SOL
der; may his glorious death contribute
to the victory Of our country; when
that time comes I shall kneel and once
more say. II thank you" My mothers
heart remains shattered In the face Of
the death Of this boy Of twenty years.
who was all my Joy. Oh, how proud
and how unhappy one can be at the
same time!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-12
TWO SIDES op PROFESSIONAL ATHLETICS.

Ec1ns sporting Editor. perhaps thru
suggestion. conceived q magnificent
war activity Tor boys. They are 70
chaEs the basebsns and bT!ng them Il,
not WITH the sord.c .tsa o. getting thru
the gate and stsyinz IN after as g.
qs,d pro q-1e but 20 save rubber tor the
wer. Rubber ne explains snters into
tho construction Of tbs baseball and
he Urges the youthful Ian 10 90 HI.
bit by thus conserving the rubber SO
much needed ay tie military.
II hadn't occurred 10 rhat sporting
writer by the way Il the government
Is IN such straits tor rubber that It
might be relieved by handing over the
material tete.e :. lad been worked into
baseballs instead Of waiting until it
had been seited over the fence by paid
players and carried back as Z patriotic
duty by some kid. Honestly, wouldn't
It frost your
go S1-4DL!4SI EUDs - pS-ES s>INLLAEE
sporting editor seerns to have come
what Of the spirit Of Gr&ntland Rice,
king bee Of sporting writer's and VINO
is now wearing a United States uni
form and adjoining If It Ia po.siale
for any man 70 adorn a U. =. uniform.
This sports editor, Of the Philadelphia
Public Ledger. commenting on the &C.
ton Of the Boston club which souzn.
to evade the service with lie psaverx.
This is the conclusion If the P1bi1c
Ledger:
The public's suspicious and our az
official information have been 90
frmed. The Boston American Lesg1s
Club expectsr. thru the medium nj fur
loughs, to have the services this yezy
OF Manager Barry and several othss
OF It's players who enlisted tn me lAysl
reserves. A short time ago such sn.i.
nation was made in t1ats cS!..a.. h.s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-12
Billy Bunny and His Friends

In the story before this T promised
to tell you what Billy Bunny wrote to
his friend. the Circus Elephant You
ceived a letter from him. So the Old
Red Rooster, who was now a postman
for Uncle Samuel and Aunt Columbia,
sat down on u stone and waited.
And wasn't It nice Of Uncle Lucky TO
give Billy Bunny his fountain pen ?
Well, 5ust guess 1t was, and by and
by. not 20 very long. and not 80 very
many ink blots, either the letter was
finished. and then the little rabbit
handed II to tho Ola RED Rooster. who
tucked Il away in his bag. and then
With a oocka- doodle-do,
Away the Postman few.
With lots of letters in his sack
And an old gray overcoat on his back,
And his number I think was twenty
two
Cocka doodle doodle do!
He makes 4 better postman than he
does furnace man." said Uncle Lucky.
"He always was pretty lazy, but
rust now with no coal In our public
buildings furnace man can b even
lazier than he wants to be-" and then
the old gentleman rabbit blow the auto
mobile horn with his blue polka dot
handkerchief, and away went the Sled
mobile 30 fast that the rsar runners
could hardly keep UP with the front
ones.
Well. BY and BY, not % very far
Uncle Lucky stopped tho nsdmobile in
front OF little green house. And then
no threw tho bAg buffalo robe over Che
front OF the LmdEyn1obile 10 II wouldn't
get . cold. and after tina. he hoped UP
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-12
His Terms

"Uh.huh !" trifle grimly replied the
landlord of the Petunia tavern to the
horse-faced guest who had just stated
In an uncompromising tone and at con-
siderable length his desires as to apart
ruent and services. well, Mr.. Sawney,
my rates are two dollars day, Amer
lean plan. cash in advance and catch
as-catch-can--you take what you get
and like 1t or leave II, just as you
please. And no drawing maps. solv-
Ing ciphers or composing national an
thems on the walls Of your room with
lead pencil, er!"-Kansas City
Star
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-12
RIPPING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason,
be CHE ERFUL.


isn't proper must
spring them copper The COPS are pao
heathen
not in uno We PACK no sh.as
whe
troubles evil fortunes plan them when tnsy
We
know that shedding pnts OF
in our
that
He's spoed cheu
sereneiy but for that grim ana sry cus
full OF bile plug
smile trouble TO copper
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-12
How % Apply Gum.

BY means OF q printed notice attached
10 each bottle Of gum, II. N. stationery
ONCE thus instructa the government
ofacials In the uss Of that substance
I'm ordinary use, the best and most
nearly immediate result II obtained
BY using only such an amount Of gum
a. will Just uniformly moisten tho sur
face without leaving any obvious e.
cess to delay drying, the condition to
be aimed at being that Of . sumned
postage stamp just moistsnsd % ordi-
narily applied 70 q letter." Which 10
Just another way Of saying. apply
Multiplication Tit.Bits.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-12
ABRAHAM LINCOLN


birth Of Abraham Lincoln has It's pre-
sent and peculiar significance in this
year Of our Lord. About Abraham Lin
coin a new epoch Of history was be-
sun and It's foundations laid.
Such epochs come and with them
arrives a man. The PSYCHOLOGISTS tell
us that the human body changes once
in seven years; that the material OF
which il is constituted serves its pur-
pose in that time and IS changed utter
~, blood and bone and muscle. So
the world changes. Thought and
eevn purpose lives its time, makes It's
development and creates accomplish
ment and gives way to advanced
thought and higher purpose. Maps
change, peoples take on new and
greater life or are lost as the waste OF
evolution And these milestonas OF
human progress IN thought and pur-
pose and religion and politics and all
that IS lie stand side by side with the
monuments with which human graft
tude and memory marks the services Of
a man. So the first Abraham lives who
felt the impulse of freedom and shook
the dust OF his birthplace from his
sandals and set out 70 build new
people and erect a new altar
Between the first Abraham and that
later Abraham surnamed Lincoln lie
other epochs each marked with It's
masters Of service to their kind the
martyrs OF one day and the saints OF
the days to come.
Lincoln lived IN the midst OF a great
change, one Of those advances Of hu-
mainly higher that leave bloody foot
prints to Be washed away by the fer
tihzing rains Of later days and covered
by the green Erowths OF truer under
standing. Since then no mighty
change had been until this Armegaddon
that has come upon US to shake the
world and try the planet as by fire.
And today We need the memory Of
Idoooln TO strenst then our souls, his
example to steel us 70 the task that
has como to Us in tho fuliness d time
As such tasks have como IN other
epodhs and TO other men Ont Of tho
safety, our freedom. ana our progress
a. humanity been born IN ths travail
OF the centuries.
ma unfaterins pusposs that led to-
ward freedom. q stsadfast faith In God
a. supreme and IN Ems purposes
however seemingly HIDDEN. tho VIII TO
sacrifice TO the greater end the hope to
live on thru darkness and doubt,
courage to continue in the lno vledge OF
the eventual triumph Of right eousnees
those things IAacoln possessed as we
must possess them IN our time o. bitter
trial for We humans can not 10 con-
tent with abstract ax!ous Of truth and
the logic OF Righteousness. We need
the human toveh IN our times OF stress
and tria! and stern sacrifice and turn
to grasp q hand Of leadership. OF all
the hands stretched out from the cru
ctolss q history mono gives such sup
port and strength Is that toll calloused
hand that guided nation thru four
years Of fraterua strife and at their
close wrote the power Of a reborn re-
pubic INTO the emancipation proc!a-
nation.
Looking toward that great exenplar,
remmoer.ng che toll ana sweat and
sacrifice Of that other creas war for
human freedom let us axxnly resolve
that ne Bpsd aad Hed not IN vain and
that uodsr God a new birth Of freedom
shall come 20 the world
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-12
Masonic Meetings
Visitors Always Welcome


MARSHALL LODGE No. 1o9-Stated
communication Friday. Feb. Is. 1880
p. m. Regular business, B. E. English.
sieNET CHAPTER, Ma. 81, r. A. NJ
Special couvooatfon Monday evening
Feb. II, at 1880 O'Clock. Royal Arch
degree. Ira A. Davenport, H. P: John
w. Wells, secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No. 20, r. q 3. M- Mon
day. Feb. 1s 1918, 7:3o p. m. Regular
business. I. r. Forbes recorder; George
Gregory I. NJ.
STATED coNcLAvE, St. AIder,a ar
connmandsry, No. 80. X. r.. Tuesday.
Feb. 10, 1913, 1850 p. m. Regular bust
ness and work. Order Of the Temple.
!. T. Forbes, recorder: John E Fred
erick, commander
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81, o. e.
S.-Regular meeting FOR business We'd
needay, Feb. 10. 1880 p. m. Mrs Archer
Walton. secretary; Mrs Cora Wiley,
w. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-12
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

IF President Wilson asks one meat
les meal. let's give him two. II he asks
one wheatlees day. let's give him three.
If he orders coalless Mondays, that uor
soldiers 500 omiles away may feed as
well as fight. lets put our very best
face on It and do our very best" says
the Burlington Gazette. IT we've
bought one Liberty bond. let's save and
buy another. If we've knit one pair Of
cocks or one sweater. let's knit two. II
we've been trying to hold on to bust
ness as usual, let's make war business
our only business"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-12

Prosecution Of an efficient war Is
and should be the business Of the ma
ton at this time" says the Toledo
Chronicle. There will be plenty Of time
to settle petty political issues when the
war Is over
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-12

Referring to the Bonaparte minister
whoi has gone back to the farm the
Burlington Eawkeye says, And this
good man sees his duty plainly and
does 1t. He VIII be serving his country
just as truly ana Just as faithfully. al
II he had gone to the front. Who shah
say that his Is not the more important
duty. For with none TO provide for
the men at the front there would very
soon be no front"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-12

The Anthem Herald complains that
at makes ono !anxuid to hear the old
timers tell about the hard winters they
used to have. II this winter won't stand
the les. With anything the old resident
ever saw for constant severe cold we
mis- our guess" ~
Germany must pay bitter price for
every American life, demands the
Muscat!ne journal.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-24
Farmer
Found Dead

c. A. Daily who is busy assess
ing now days in the Paxton coun.
try reported to the Banner this
morning, that when he called at
the Fred Stevens farm 3 miles
northwest Of Paxton yesterday
he found Mr.. Stevens in bed dead,
and appeared to have had died
a day or so before. Daily imme-
diately went to Paxton and the
sheriff's office was notified who
came out and took charge of the
remains.
Mr.. Stevens was man about So
years ofage. Cause of death was
heart disease. The last time he
had been seen was Tuesday night
in Paxton. He was widower
and leaves two daughters in the
east.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-24
Classifying GAO
Homestead Land

A communication from Senator
Thomas ]. Walsh states that the
field work classifying the $40 acre
stock-raising homesteads has be-
gun and in some districts is well
under way. According to ad-
vices enlarged homestead petitions
will be examined during this field
season by one party of two men
without regard to land district
boundaries.
1t is expected that filings made
under the grazing homestead act
will soon be acted upon and al
lowed as soon as the work is COM
pleted in each one of the districts.
Parties are at work in local dis
tricts as follows:
Miles City land district One
party of two men is now working
in the area, and one party of seven
men is now en- route, and it is ex-
pected that the district will be
finished. this season.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-24
Miss Winkler Wins
Trip to State Fair

Miss Hazel Winkler, one of the
Circle girls who has attended the
High School at Glendive the past
winter, has won a free trip to the
state fair this fall. She won first
prize on sewing at club contest
held at the school this spring
scoring SO IL points, and the
prize was the trip mentioned.
These contests were held all
over the state and one girl will be
present from each county in the
state at the Fair. Then another
contest will be held at the state
fair and the one winning first
prize there will receive a free
four-year coufse at some college.
Miss Winkler is indeed to be
complimented for her good fortune
in winning this trip and here's
hoping she may win first at the
state fair also.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-24
Circle Man Appointed
Stock Inspector

]. A. Miller has this week re-
ceiyed word of his appointment
as Stock Inspector for Dawson
county, and has already qualified
for the position.
Mr.. Miller, who is the owner of
the Miller feed barn at this place,
is one of the old-timers of this
section, having been in the cattle
and stock business and rode the
range for years, also serving as
deputy sheriff here for several
years, making HIM especially quail
flied for this position.
The Banner congratulates Mr..
Miller upon receiving the appoint
ment and wish him the best of
luck.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-24
Chase Lands Circle
Glendive Mail Route

Raymond Chase, Nthe popular
mail carrier between Circle and
Glendive has received word this
week that he was the successful
bidder, for hauling the mail be-
tween the two above mentioned
places for the next four years, and
will receive his contract in a few
days.
This is good news to all in this
section, as Mr.. Chase has given
the best of service in the past and
will, without doubt, continue to
do SO.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-24
Court Overrules Demurrer
In R. L. Wyman Case

The case Of R. L. Wyman, pre-
sent county clerk and recorder OF
this county, charging him with
failure to pay into the county
treasury fees collected, within the
time specified by law, came up for
hearing last week before Judge
Spark of Livingston.
A demurrer had been filed by
the plaintiff, but was overruled by
the court and hearing in the mat
ter has been set for May oath.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-24
Circle Section Has Good Rain


The Circle section, and in fact
the entire Redwater Valley, re-
ceived a splendid rain last Monday
night lasting nearly all night,
which came just in time to give
the growing grain another fine
boost. All told there was fully
half an inch of precipitation.
Seeding in these parts is now
pretty well done, with the excep-
ton of some who are still break
ing for flax. Farmers report that
so far indications are ideal for a
bumper crop.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-24

Geo. Stremel, of the Weldon
country, was a business caller
here the first of last week. Mr..
Stremel took out a large load of
flour for the Weldon store upon
his return, being the first Circle
flour ever taken out 10 the store
there. Circle flour is fast gaining
in reputation and demand, which
is evident by new customers being
secured right along.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-24
June 5th Registration Day

Wednesday June 5th is the new
registration day, when all males
who have become 81 years of age
since last regis ration day will have
to register. So it is now up to
everyone who has attained the
age of 81 to not fail to register on
June 5th. There is a severe pen
atty for failure to register, so don't
overlook it.
Duly appointed registrars will
be assigned, to Circle and other
points throughout the county.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-24

SEED CORN, a limited amount
at Circle Mercantile Co. 5-24-tf
C. R. Miller. the obliging and
courteous postmaster at Circle,
has greatly improved the local
office this week by adding 100
brand new, modern lock boxes.
They are very neat appearing and
will be highly appreciated by
the patrons. CIR. is "there"when
it comes to giving his patrons ser
vice.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-24

Word received here yesterday
brings the sad news of the death
of Mrs. A. M. Poulson of Kellogg,
who passed away last Tuesday.
Cause of death was kidney trou-
BILE. Deceased leaves to mourn
her loss, husband and two small
boys.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-24
Circle Boys On Furloueh

Sam. Kirkegaard who has been
at camp Lewis the past winter re-
turned home sh orf time ago,
having been granted six-weeks
furlough. This week MN. Welsh
who also has been out there since
last fall, came home to spend a
few weeks.
The boys are all looking real
good and speak very highly of
army life.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-24

Rufus Nets received the sad
news this week of the sudden
death of his father who resides
down in Virginia. No particulars
are known at this writing.
This is Red Cross week and
Chairman Stoney reports that this
district has already subscribed
more than its allotment. Total so
far is better than 5000.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-24
Words of Appreciation

The following communication
was received a few days ago by
A. ]. Gravdal, pastor of the local
Luthern church, from the Treas
ury Department at Washington,
| D. c.:
Rev. A. ]. Gravdal,
First Luthern Church,
Circle, Montana.
Dear Reverend:
We desire to express to you and
the members of the First Luther
an Church our highest apprecia-
ton of your very liberal support
of the Third liberty Loan
This is an irrefutable proof of
patriotism, and loyalty, wise act
of thrift and indeed a noble ex-
ample, well worthy to be followed
by all organized bodies through
out the land.
Very truly yours,
H. BEG.
To this may be added that MEM
bers of First Lutheran Church,
Circle, subscribed something like
500 to the Third Liberty Loan.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-24
Weldon Couple
Weds at Glendive

1t will, no doubt, be a big sur
prise to many of our readers to
hear that Miss Emma Wagner and
Mr.. Arnold Lee, two popular and
well known residents of the Wei
don country were happily married
this week.
The happy event took place at
Glendive last Monday afternoon,
the newly-weds returning to Circle
that evening, and left Tues day
for their home on MCGUIRE creek
where they will settle down to
housekeeping, on the old Dreyer
ranch.
Although there had been a sus-
picion by friends that something
extraordinary was to take place
with this couple for some time,
nevertheless it came as a big
surprise to their many friends
who are now busy extending con-
gratulations and wishing them the
best of luck.
There are SO many good and
nice things we could say about
this couple, but all who know
them-and they are numbered by
the hundreds know them so well
already that there is very little we
could add that is not already
known, so we'll simply let it go
and extend to them congratula-
tions galore, and may their troub-
les all be tiny ones.
Nick Reiter of Weldon had the
misfortune to cut his right thumb
week ago, while opening q to-
matc can, blood poison setting in.
He came to Circle yesterday to
see DR.. Koehler regarding it. III
For jolly, good time don't for
get the dance at the Princess
Theatre on Saturday evening June
Sth. Indian Orchestra from Pop
lar will furnish the music at both
show and dance. Nuf sed.
5-24
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-24

Red Cross dance At the Wiesner school
house IA miles west Of Circle, Sat. 18th.
School is out today and a big
picnic is being held in the grove
on the banks OF the Redwater.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-12-18
All Ho Had Left.

The conjuroY was giving a sleight
Of hand performance. One Of his feata
was to make marked dollar bill dis.
appear in the sight Of the crowd. which
he did successfully.
"That marked dollar bill will be
found in the vest pocket Of that gen.
tleman," said the conjuror, pointing
with his magic wand at Sam Lawsing.
All eyes were riveted on Sam, who
advanced to the front, took some
money from his vest pocket and said :
"Boss, here's your change. Alive
had two beers and cigar out Of that
dollar you told me to keep in ma
pocket till you called for 1t"