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The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

The German government has forbid
den the circulation Of a protest by
German labor calling on working peo-
pie to leave the factories, and de-
nouncing the war and the government.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

GEORGE H. MORAN, winner
of the fourth prize and the
second highest policeman in
the contest. Moran, who is
of the First precinct, sold
$s,3o4ss worth of stamps.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15
Henry Richter Wins First
Honors in Stamp Contest
in Leading Patriotic Competitors from
,. Start of War Savings Race.

Hail Henry Richter mail No. 3 winner of the FIRST prize Of
$50 gold The Heads War Savings Stamp made possible
through the generosity of James ODonne Ross p Andrews and
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

HENRY c. RICHTER, mail
carrier No. IS, who will today
receive the $3.50 first prize Of
fered in The Herald's War
Savings Stamp Contest. Richter
sold $8,852.5o worth of stamps.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

George E. warfield. chairman of
the local fuel board. this afternoon
was notified by telegraph from Fuel
Administrator Byrd that the fuel
less Mondays will be discontinued
beginning with next Monday. The
news was received with general
qualification by manufacturers and
merchants.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

Miss MyrtilIa N. Graves has sold
to Charles A Dean the three-story
brick store building at the north
west corner Of Fairfax and Frank
lin streetA
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

Laura Bell Mudd. infant daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Horace A.
Mudd. died today at her. parents
residence. 129 South Fairfax street.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

puted the eXactness Of a biblical quo
tation, yesterday. Every once in a
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-17
STREET TO DEPOT
70 Dc IMPROVED.

Although the depot is half mile
or more to the west Of the town. the
distance does not detract from their
enthusiasm. The 160 or 80 rods are
to be made passable for all kinds of
travel at all seasons Of the year. The
city Is to carry the improvement to the
corporate limits and from there on
to the railroad station the county COM
missioners will CO. Operate in the grad
Ing and crawling OF the street. And
Roman Is not sorry the steel highway
missed her by several thousand feet.
AS one resident expressed It:
we will have all the benefits and at
the same time be far enough away
from the smoke and noise that our
weeks washing can be put on line ts
dry and our sleep win not be disturbed
il trains pass through at night"
Another feature that will prove OF
great value in the Improvement Of the
streets is the new bridge which is to
be built across Spring creek. The
county Ii TO defray the cost OF the
bridge proper while Roman has prom
ised to build the approaches thereto
The entire expenditure will approx
mate $1,000. Work viii start upon this
work this spring.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-17

ern Pacific railway. II meant the full
filrnent Of the dreams of eight long
years, the end of tiresome, toisomc
stage transportation.
The Scearce store is by 10 means a
country village establishment. Clean,
bright stocks of goods are there In "A
be~ildering variety, proficient help,
whose interest In the welfare of the
concern is not measured by the size of
their pay checks, are every ready To
take care Of the trade that is attracted
from miles around.
And, by the way, Mr. stearee has
| the faculty Of taking as much interest
| in the affairs of his assistants. Moth
| ing is too good for them. Az means
Of giving concrete expression tn his
appreciation. he has fitted up on the
second floor Of his store building,
rooms which are the headquarters of
the big Store Boosters club" mem
bership in which l. enafined TO his
employees. Here is pool table, card
tables. reading room and lounginR
chairs, a place for his men To spenc
their evenings when they please. ~
another par, IN a gymnasium. convert
ible into b hall for entertainments o'
social functions.
II IL not much, sn far as the none
ltary value Of the comforts In con
Icerned. but II is the spirit behind tn
gift which has cemented the enpioye,
iof the Scarce establishment into !
big, good nstured family. They ar
loyal 10 their boss" from the least 4
the greatest.
The coming prosperity of the vale
il reflected in the changes Mr.. Scearc
has made in his store building an
others he has under consideration tn
dry goods department has been en-
iarged to accommodate twice the vol
!. iume OF goods he formerly carries
tnew ready to- wear clothes closets hay
, been installed and other improve
, lments made. In the course Of tin
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-17
CITY WATER SYSTEM
FILLS GREAT NEED.

City water in our kitchens, city
water to sprinkle our lawns and
gardens; city water to answer the
dread alarm Of fire." this is what the
new municipal water system means to
the people Of Roman.
This Improvement, also. put under
way last fail. is awaiting the advent
o. proper weather conditions for com
p,esion The new pressure tank al
ready started will have a capacity of
50, 900 gallons and will be 10 feet In
height. The well has been sunk and
win be supplied with water from
Spring creek. modern filtration plant
purifying the water as II runs from
the bed OF the creek into the well.
From there 1t will be pumped into the
tank above, furnishing ample pressure
TOR the present needs OF the city. and
for any prospective growth. Over co.
600 feet Of water mains are to be laid
and practically every residence in thu
town win be within reach OF the I'm
ployemept. G. II. Kelley Of kalispel
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-17
NEW BUILDINGS
NOW GOING UP.

To keep pace with her municipal
improvements. new business houses
and residences are in course OF con-
struction or In contemplation. The
Roman Garage company, Silver and
jones, has built a handsome brick
building on the main street. 5oxioO feet
in dimensions. at cost Of several
thousand dollars. This Is one OF the
most up-t date service and supply
automobile stations In western Mon
tana and would be a credit to town
of ten times the population Of Roman.
The Gaiety theater. erected during
the past few months by II. N. Gehlerf
a. a cost Of $4,000. not counting the
furnishings. has a seating capacity Of
ssc and is already proving itself IN
essential factor In the community lie
OF the town. The building il put w
| on attractive lines and Ii q valuable
addition to the business and s0cia
activities Of the people. Moving pic.
lures Of the better class are shown /;
| couple Of nights each week. lectures
church programs and al classes o1 en-
tertainment are given here, and NOV
the people are wondering how the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-17
LARGE SAWMiLl
A Posi- BiliTY.

While primarily Roman regards her
position agricnitnrally as her greatest
asset and homes to become the center
Of rich farming community, she has
certain industrial ambitions that COM
pei notice.
The Polleys Lumber company has
acquired title to certain timbered
| tribal and allotted lands. aggregating In
the neighborhood OF one and quarter
townships in area. The lowest estt-
mates say there are 100000 feet OF
| lumber to be cut and sawed prepare
tory to commercial use. To make
these tracts available. 1t Is the ex-
pectation the Northern Pacific VIII
build a spur from Roman to tap this
virgin forest, a distance of about u
miles. And what IS more reasonable
than that sawmill should be erected
there to prepare the logs for market
in the shape Of lumber. This would
mean work for number OF men. heads
of families, and an increment TO the
towns financial resources as well as
to her population.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-17
Big PROGRAM OF STREET
IMPROVEMENT.

Realizing that mud streets are not
the proper foundation upon which to
build the city Of the future and that
what is worth having is worth pre-
serving. Roman is lifting herself from
the literal mirc and is installing a wa
terworks system to keep the fire de-
mon from destroying the buildings she
already has and those she expects to
erect In the near future.
The work OF street improvement.
which was started last winter before
frost interviewed, Is prodigious for a
town of 500 residents. The improve
ment will represent an expenditure OF
over $4,000. Already the concrete curb
Ing for most OF the work has been put
in place and the contractors, Markhus
& Covell. local Sirm, are awaiting
the advent OF spring before rushing
the job to completion.
I'VE are going to have 20 blocks of
travelled and macadamized Streets"
said City Clerk Ed Crawford pointing
to a plat of the work. There they are
count EN-. From Sterling's corner
around onto the main street and down
to Scearces store, and then these lat
erals"
There was more satisfaction in the
words than tho average Gothamite
would express in the advent OF a new
5O-story building in Manhattan. II
Is big thing for a country town of a
half a thousand souls. II would be a
great Improvement for a city like Mis-
soula. But the people of Roman are
not intoxicated with the prospects.
They have larger visions, the street
WORK being but part of the setting
toward which they are directing their
money and energies.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-17
Advent Of Rails
lnSureS Flathead
Towns Growth
Reservation Metropolis Expanding
Rapidly and Making Permanent
and Good improvements.
Roman is coming into her own.

Roman is coming into her own.
Seven or eight years have been spent
In the preparatory stages. getting ready
for the time when her inheritance
woald become available.
That period is now at hand.
Perhaps the coming OF the railroad
hastened the day for Romans self-a
sertiveness, but the reservations new
means Of transportation did not beget
1t. The embryo was there before,
spread among the fertile acres to the
nerth. south. east and west. The pos
sibilities contained in these productive
areas made the steel highway a neces-
sity--an effect following a cause.
And Roman Is proud of herself. She
expects. In the course Of time. to be-
come the best town in the Flathead
country. The qualifications are there
and she expects to use them.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-17
ELECTRIC LIGHTING
WILL BE INSTALLED.

Nor do her aspirations end here. Well
paved streets with modern parkings
and sioping lawns. and water sys-
tenn which leaves no cause to be
ashamed. are well enough when day.
light is holding sway. but it is not the
intention to permit the arrival Of twi-
light to shut the beautiful picture from
view.
What Is the answer? Street lights,
of course. Not the kind that has a
kerosene can attached to each indi-
vidual post and requires the services
OF lamp lighter Not much! These
are to be the genuine article trans
mitted through wire and glowing
through the necessary carbon where it
is intended each light shall be-reai
electricity. an arc for each cross street
of the town and ornamental light
posts scattered along the main business
street. six to n block. three on each
side of the thoroughfare. turning dark >
ness into the brilliancy OF daylight.
And this is not an idle dream of the
indefinite future. Already negotiations
have been carried on with the Mission
Range Light and Power company, To-
Gated on Hell Roaring creek and which
is now supplying Poison with the
necessary juice. In fact things have
progressed to such n stage that the
advent of the current into Roman
seems certainty during the coming
summer Work will pre- habiy start az
soon as matters pertaining to the
franchise are adjusted.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-17
BETTER SYSTEM
HOPE OF FUTURE.

But this is just a start Of what Ro-
nsn expects to do. She has dreams Of
the future rs all well organ
ized and ambi,;ous cities have 1t In
an integral part Of the development
she hopes to attain.
While the new water system Is being
installed with the idea Of permanently.
yet there is another supply OF water
arailab bic. fresh from the snowy and
icy peaks of the Mission range. The
building OF reservoir in Cow creek
where il comes roaring down from the
mountains, four and a half miles to
the east of town, is the ultimate OBJ
iect Of her hopes so far as water
supply is concerned. The elevation is
sufficient to assure the necessary
gravity pressure for all practical pur-
poses.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-17

Speaking Of GarmaHa-as who il not
these days?-a celebrated French poet.
Jean Aicard, has hit upon "A ather neat
and happy figure OF speech. In long
and eloquent poem about the war, after
he has described how the German
horde. coming forward with God" as
they put 1t. swept down on Paris. and
has pictured them baffled and beaten
by the miracle OF the Marine. he fur
Their recalls how, having prepared
themselves In France a terriers hole"
they
ed, driven. hurled
Back by the sword of France and
scorned by all the world
And then what happened? Let
Aicard tell X.
There. In their filthy holes. their nat
urai habitat.
AS lives the hunted boar. the crouch
ing soldiers rat;
And, ss . putrid pool exhales an evil
smell
They poured their poisons forth
straight from the NAV of hell.
Defiled the blue Of heaven and made
the virgin air
party to the crime they perpetrated
there.
The choking gas that rose, mephitic
from their holes,
Was very like the breath and odor u
their SOUS.
An Appropriate
Figure Of Speech.
The odor OF their souls The pres
,, ent writer must confess that this sim
! lie strikes him AZ remarkably tit ans
| appropriate one. That German swarm
| Of the early days that settled in III
terrier hole in France! Light hearted
| ly IL had murdered and raped. II hat
| burned and pillaged, N had shot OH
men and cut off the hands OF littl
| children as II marched onward witt
God, Why not--victory by Christmas
and who should then hold It TO &C
| count But at the Marine sometbin
| happened. Perhaps AT that point tn
imperial army suffered great disaste
in the shape Of a divine desertiOn. Per
haps God. sick at what He had seef
went over to the French
At any rate, the forces of the roys
butcher came To dead stop an
sought their hole Quickly from tina
hole arose the fumes of prison gas. lfk
some cloud out Of he'll. over No Man
Land It travelled TO the trenches OF III
defenders, there to grip honest men b
The throat and strange them in ho1
rible death. How like. indeed. the ODE
OF the Teuton soul.
Hard 10 Believe
Tales Of Atrocities.
We have been slow to come TO tn
point OF view here In our broad an
. kindly country. Horrible tales can
: IN US from overseas, but we couldn
! believe them. They had Travelled /,
far--they must have got distorted q
the way. Men weren't beasts. v
couldn't picture one Of our poets--ti
late Jim Riley. for instance. who hv'
!, on a lilac bordered street In IndtaI
apolis and loved children Soy
couldn't picture hmm writing hymn
hate. We couldn't lima CINE our boys
, the boys nj the electric works or in I
. Misunderstanding over into another cou
: try to defile women and murder babi
,e ridiculous! And. ~ for Germans
= Why. old Frits. who mended shoes
the corner. was genial, friendly {
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-17
SCARCE REAL
ROMAN BOOSTER
Merchant Has Firm Faith in
Future of Reservation
and Town.

Stanley Scarce. of the Scarce Mer-
booster for the F'lathead country.
And II is a safe bet there wasn't "A
happier heart than his the day the
first train of freight passed over the
new Dixon Poison branch of the North
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-17

frenzy rolling, England entered the war
o. the side OF the allies. This was
distinctly ycrboten. and it upset the
German plan horribly.
In this dark hour when all Germany
was suffering with "A fury so terrible
IL seemed words could not be found
&c express II. Herr Ernst Lissaucr came
forward and earned the nations graft
tude by penEing his famous Hymn Of
Hate. In our country we are familiar
with this pretty thing. which ends:
SO. what care we for French or Russ ?
It's shot for shot when they shoot
az us.
We fight our battles with bronze and
And when we stop we shall see you
kneel
It's you We hate with d lasting hate
Nor Will be abtied one 1.-THE Of hate
Hate by water ana hate by land.
Hate OF artisan, hate OF king.
Hate which seventy millions fling
One love they know, one hate the,
know.
They know but one. one only foe
EnRlandt
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-17
The Od0r Of Their Souls
BY Earl Derr Biggcrs

low. 1t couldnt be that ne was in
wardly gloating over the Lusttania!
And then. slowly. but surely, we be-
gan to get true wbiff Of the German
soul. We began to understand that the
Atlantic was no barrier 10 the passage
Of poison gas. We read the thinner
mann letter and suddenly realized that
the gas was rising from the German
embassy at Washington. We saw our
industries destroyed. we listened to
German lies, We knew ut last that the
poisonous odor from rne German soul
was abroad In our own land ana that
IL we did not combat Il II would
strange our own freedom, our own
happiness.
wrote one enthusiastic bard:
Hurrah! Hip, hurrah. Away with all
labor.
1t Is war! Bloody war. Get your rifle
and sAber!
This hip-hurrah greeting for bloody
war was characteristic Of most OF the
early war poetry.
Nowhere 10 Nots
Of Adherence Found.
|
| One looks In vain for note OF alb
horrence of war. a question hs TO
| whether or not this In Gods way for
! settling disputes. There In no auea-
/ ton as 10 where God stands. He rides
on the German shells, directs the Zep-
/, oeiin. greets joyously the submarine.
chuckles with delight that His chosen
people have In their hands the weapons
whereby to impose their wiil--which In
His Wilton the world. More Of this
peculiar God anon. Through this well
ter OF harsh German poetry runs only
a roar OF delight In German strength.
q great satisfied sigh that now at last
the world is to feel that strength.
Here and there, as though by way
OF afterthought. there IL BIT Of cam
outage as tn who started the war. Be
fore going on to picture the downfall
mark:
War. War! Awake, The French have
crossed the Rhine,
And cossacks swarm upon our east
crn line.
Lies Not Dwslt on
by Posts.
ii These obvious lies are not dwelt on
! however. Probably not even the poe
/ expected anybody To believe them
9 They were just thrown In as q sop u
i the diplomats at the WilheImstrasse
. IL may be said that while Mt rar'
! intervals the poet remembered 10 maxi
a note OF the fact that the war was
> complete and unpleasant surprise I,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-17

has the contract for this work. which
will cost approximately $4,000
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-17
Tcmmics Didn't Take II
Seriously Enough.

Little Ernst cropping around In the
madhouse. seems to have found words
that pretty well express his meaning
u, fact. he seems TO have put across
II fairly effective shape the Idea that
the Germans don't care much for the
English. whichever way you look at
IT.. But Ii he hated before. what must
have been his fury at the reception his
outbreak got In England. Instead Of
covering In fear. "a laugh went up from
thu British Isies that was heard around
the world. The Tommics in the trenches.
tsaisd to Il German concert shouted
az ross: Sing us u comic song-sin,
VIZ the 'Ymn of Hyte.'" And It. is re-
corded in Boyd Cables Between the
Lines that Cockney regiments. to
while nway Idle hours. have been
know 10 sing variations
Hyte Of the cart and byte of the and.
| 90 do we hyte SO beat the band
! Hipglard!
which is very cruel of them, and en-
tirely beyond the comprehension Of the
raging foe.
No Time for Gsntler
hSde of Life.
OF the gentler side OF lifc-wife
/ mother home-there Is scarcely any
mention In the work OF these tnfuri
ated and war-hungry poets. True
there liz one poem that pictures the
leave taking Of u soldier. to whom
there ciings u weeping wife or sweet
heart named Marie, not all blood ant
Iron az a German woman should he
THE soldier bids her grieve not: ever
Iif she were the Holy Mother Marie, h
would have TO go:
I'm not the Holy Mother Marie,
.u, just maid forlorD. ...
And aoon B. child shall clasp my knee
A little child. a helpless child
die when he is born.
This rather pathetic plea is met wit
the rebuke that all must die when Go
calls. and Marie is reminded that he
duty. the duty OF every German WON
an always, Is to remain at home IN
bear children for the further glory /
IGod and the kaiser.
God and the kaiser! Throughout q
these verses this Made In German,
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CONTINUED on Page Five.l
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-17
England Entered War
in Time for Aats.

While they were in the midst Of
gerry composition, their eyes in fine
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-11
LARONE

Because the SHOWS OF last winter
came along often and deep the roads
were broken on top of the drifts In
stead of thru them which has created
mischief makers for this spring and
breakdowns are frequent. The stage
to Watervile was stranded one morn
ing in a big drift and left with a
broken axle. The r. F. ID. man on
35, has been smashed up in the drifts
and Mrs. Arnold Brown had a broken
wagon on the Bigelow hill road. Many
of the drifts have had to be shoyeled
out and plowed out
j. w. Puffer has closed out his milk
business In Norridgewoek and his son
who has been driving the delivery
team has gone to New York, where he
will be employed.
J. G. Morrow has been saving wood
for the farmers with his power rig
but met with a mishap at F. W. Far
ley's when he ran the saw onto spike
in a maple stick.
Mrs Emmons is still seriously Ill
and does not improve.
Mrs. Daisy Brooks Otis Is stopping
with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Adm
crooks.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-11
SHARKS

William Savage OF Wilton was IN
town last week buying oxen.
Word has been received OF the mar
rage Of Addie Crouch and Raymond
Grant both of this town. Their many
friends wish them long and happy
married life.
The selectmen have been in session
this week making taxes.
The postoffce was transferred The
first of the week from the home OF
Marohn Greenleaf to the store OF A VI
Grav and Son. Miss Greenlelf re
signed her position after serving for
eight wears. Leland Grey Is 10 be
the new postmaster
Mrs Mary Howard has returned to
her home in Massachusetts after
spending some time with her sister
Mrs. j. A. Simpson.
Miss Clara Greenleaf has gone to
Madison, where she will learn the mil
liners trade.
L. G. Preston of Pennington has re
Gently visited friends in town
Leon Mclaughlin has sold pair OF
work horses to John Quimby.
Last week word was received OF
the death OF Jennie Fletcher, wife OF
Charles Fletcher of Dorchester, Mass
Mr.. Fletcher was native OF this town
and lived here until his marriage when
he moved to Massachusetts. Mr..
Fletcher has a summer home here in
town to which they have come nearly
every summer and Mrs. Fletcher made
many friends while here. Sympathy
Is extended to the family in their
bereavement