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The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-12-26
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no The Editor,
Dear Sir:

TO The Editor,
Dear Sir.
n II you would be kind enough tc
favor me with few lines in your m.
per, should appreciate Il very much,
Az a commercial man, whose bus
iness takes him over most of these
Western states. and one. who has
been greatly interested in the war
and all that relates TO II, 4 wish TO
recite for the benefit Of your rea ders.
"a little incident ran across the other
day, which seems to me. must inter
est them.
on Monday afternoon. of The pres
ent week, I dropped on the train at
Juntura, and while waiting an on
portunity to transact some business
With the local merchants. noticed two
ladies' soliciting funds for the Red
Oross. the Big Drive being now on.
forit the year 1919 They seemed to
be meeting with much success, un-
I'll ! saw them speak to one young
man. who looked to me Ike n re-.
turned soldier. from his dress. II
appeared TO me he acted a little sore:
and, on inquiry. II developed he had
told them. he did not feel that he waa
called upon to give anything. az he
had done his Bit. and II robsed my
curiosity.
huA little further inquiry resulted
In the following Information; the
young man was one OF those who had
20 register when the first Dfaft Law
wa epaeted lpIid before belug x called.
to MI his QUESTIONABLE In. BOT mar.
ried. ne lelAimed Exemption on the
ground phei was married. and that he
was lndespenmble. lowing to the fact
he was "a the stock business but hls
claim was refused on both grounds
and he was compelled TO 20. and had
been in camp a few weeks when tho
armistice was signed. lie had never
been known 20 buy Liberty Bond
IN any or the drives. nor 90 confirm.
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with the war: and II Is supposed. his
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CARD or THANKS.

CARD Of ThANhS.
| III We wish 10 express odE deep ap'
preat,o9. and heartfelt thanks for
lthe-many lacts OF kind, y and sym
pathy expressed 10 us. in the hour
OF our sorrow In the death OF our
beloved shvF04nd and father. Edward
A. Beeler. We would espeeiall'
thank the fellow workmen for their
klndness and the quartctte who sang
The ,sympAthetic kindness OF friends
and neIghbory at this time will ever
be remembered by US.
MRS, EDWARD A. BEELER
AND, FAMILY
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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25
GUM SHOE BILL STONE"
STARTS SOMETHING IN SENATE

Against the judicious advice of his
fellow democrats, Senator Stone of
Missouri vented his pent up wrath
against Mr.. Roosevelt in speech in
the United States Senate Monday of
this week. To justify his attack he
admitted Mr.. Roosevelt was a man
of Consequence" and that he was
potent" Whether his effort to
show that Mr.. Roosevelt's activity
was calculated to help or hinder the
Kaiser is a matter of judgment. Mr..
Roosevelt pointed out year before
we got into the scrap that we could
not keep out of it, and that it was
a paramount duty to prepare FORT.
His chief offense, according to Sen
ator Stone is now shouting into the
Presidents ear, 81 told you So" Is
the Missouri senator mad because
Mr.. Roosevelt had the vision to see
what President Wilson could not
see? If the president did have the
vision to see what was coming and
yet failed to make preparation for
the conflict was it due to the ad-
vice of Senator Stone? 1t will be
recalled that Senator Stone opposed
war under almost any conditions
and occupied the same position in
regard to party action that Senator
LaFollette took in the republican
party. Most people thought the
Gum Shoed senator camouflaged to
the large German vote in the state
of Missouri when he opposed the
declaration of war against Germany.
He is the kind of man who is capa-
BILE of just such tactics to hold his
job.
Those of us who are in favor of
the war, want to win. Want to see
an early termination of the horrors
of war, but do not want to see an
inconclusive peace, regret, like the
Senator's friends, his Incorporate
attack on Mr.. Roosevelt. There has
been criticism of the war policy of
the administration. That there was
ground for it is shown by the action
of such an able and patriotic sena-
tor as Mr.. Chamberlain of Oregon.
Now that Senator Stone, against the
advice of the president and his party
has seen fit to start something there
will be more criticism, to the infinite
embarrassment of the president and
his party. The one thing that
causes us no uneasiness is the abil-
ity of Mr.. Roosevelt to take care of
his end of the argument.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25
ADDRESSED TO PARENTS OF
CHILDREN

We cannot urge too strongly on
parents the necessity of explaining
the object and the necessity of their
children taking an active part in
the thrift campaign which opened
this week. The thrift campaign has
a two-fold object. The first is to
raise money to carry on the war.
The small amounts of money in the
hands of the children of this coun-
try amounts in the aggregate to
many millions of dollars. and can
be made, and ought to be made to
help. The second object, little if
any less important than the first,
is to teach our children habits of
thrift. The Importance of saving
the nickels and dimes and investing
them in something that will increase
in value. More than any people in
this world do the people of the Uni
ted States need to cultivate the hab-
it of saving Because it has al
ways been so easy to make money
here we have grown to be the most
profligate of spenders. Statistics
show that the percentage of those
who save is the lowest of any civ
ilized people on the globe, in the
United States. 1t may not always be
so easy to save money. If we do
not make an effort in the direction
of thrift we shall get worse in the
opposite direction. To teach indus
try, thrift and saving habits to your
children, by both example and pre-
cept, can not do other than good.
To fail to do this, to allow them to
go hog wild in squandering, may lead
to their undoing. Fit them for the
struggle of existence by telling your
children to buy war stamps. Ex-
plain to them how by saving and in
vesting in these absolutely safe Sc
curities they may, by the time they
are grown up have substantial
sum of money. We can not bring
up the children with the idea that
father and mother will make enough
money to start them off. The par
ents of that boy who said of his
father, right here in this city. "If
my dad had had some sense, like
other men, I would not have to work
for a living" failed to teach their
son habits of self reliance, industry
and thrift, and have worthless son
on their hands. How would you
like to have your son express such
thoughts? Give him the right train
ing and you. will he spared the
shame.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25
TO DETERMINE IF IT PAYS TO
ADVERTISE

Heretofore The Echo has refused to
accept advertisements from Out OF
town" business houses when they con-
fiicted with home merchants, that is,
advertised a line OF goods carried by a
Leavenworth merchant. This was by
way of encouragement to Home enter
prise" There are business men here
who do not advertise, do not believe
in advertising, and say it does no good.
Holding such opinions they will not
object if we accept advertising from
Out OF town" business houses who do
believe in advertising their goods. Who
believe it does good and are willing to
pay for the service. II advertising the
home merchants goods does him no
good, it will do him no harm for the
Out of town merchant" to advertise
his goods, but it will do the publisher
lot of good, wherefore, in the future
when this newspaper is offered advertis-
ing by out-of-town concerns they will
be accepted at the regular advertising
rate. Not wholly To point moral and
adorn a tale," but because there is
profit in it.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25

member for the purpose of doing
Red Cross work. If Mr.. Turner
had taken the trouble to find out
just how much Red Cross supplies
have been turned in from Leaven-
worth he might have reached a
different conclusion.
The main point to be considered
is this; Is the Leavenworth Red
Cross getting results in keeping
with other towns of the same size.
We confidently assert that it is. A
number of boxes have been sent
from here to headquarters, the re-
ceipt of which was acknowledged
with the added courteous comment,
that the work was "Well and salts
factorily done.
The writer of these lines knows
a number of Leavenworth women
who have taxed their strength be-
yond good reason in order to do
Red Cross work. Of course there
are slackers here, we regret to &C
knowledge, but are they not to be
found in Mr.. Turner's home city in
equally proportionate numbers :?
Slackers are not confined to any one
community. We wish there were
none anywhere. That all would do
their duty in this hour of national
stress.
The larger number of Leaven-
worth women are doing their duty
nobly and periodically, and doing it
willingly.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25
MR.. LESTER TURNER AND THE
RED CROSS

Mr.. Lester Turner, of Seattle,
field representative from district
headquarters for the Red Cross, his
territory being Washington, Idaho
and Oregon, stopped off here last
week and visited the local chapter.
He gave an interview to reporter
of this paper, printed elsewhere, in
which he criticises the Leavenworth
chapter. We suspect his criticism
is due to the fact that when he Wis
tied the headquarters he found only
two or three women there and
jumped to the conclusion that the
women of Leavenworth are not do
ing their duty. We do not happen
to know how the work is conducted
in other towns and cities. Whether
it is the custom for all to gather at
one place to work. For good rea-
sons this has not been followed here.
There is a very small leisure class
in Leavenworth whose whole time
can be devoted to Red Cross work.
Most of the women of this town
have household duties that take up
much of their time, which they can
not neglect. Wherefore they have
adopted the plan of going to the
Red Cross rooms, taking yarn for
sweaters and other knitted articles
required, cloth for garments and
surgical dressings, and many other
things, to their homes and there
making them up according to diree-
tions, because in this way they can
employ their leisure time from house
work to a greater advantage, and
get more done than if they spent
a half hour getting ready to go to
the headquarters.
The wives of the engine and train
men, whose husbands come home
any hour of the day or night, have
organized a little Red Cross club of
their own and meet two afternoons
each week at the home of some
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25
A FRIEND TOLD A FRIEND WHO
TOLD A FRIEND OF MINE
WHO TOLD ME

We lift the following bodily from
Red Cross Clippings" that spicey
sheet that comes to US each week from
the Pennsylvania Division, and make
no apology, for we thought Of it long
ago, only Clippings" says it better
than we can, so why waste time in
trying to improve upon it:
Dear Mr.. Editor: For weeks l
have been on mad quest. l have
been trying to find the original human
being who sewed the ive-dollar bill in
the sweater, ETC., etc.
Three days ago traced it to the
friend who told my friend Today l
exulted in finding my quarry, My
postmaster-Whom l asked to become
one OF the ten million new members
said. The thing that hurts the Red
Cross is this And then l under
stood him to say that his mother had
sewed a FIVE dollar bill in a sweater
ETC., etc.
You're Just the man Pm looking
for. I said. Six million Red Cross
members, the Intelligence department
Of the Federal Government, United
States District Attorneys-all have
been trying for months to unearth the
original knitter Of that sweater. Give
me your mothers address; it will make
her famousl
"Alasl The same answer was forth
coming. 1t wasn't my mother. II
was a friend Of hers who had friend
who told my mothers friend
And so I submit these few lines in
the hope that your readers will com
NIT them to memory and quote them
to the next gossip that repeats the
story about the fvedollar bill in the
pocket or sleeve that Red Cross sweat
ers don't have:
Absolute evidence have l none.
But my aunts charwoman's sisters
son
Heard policeman on his beat
Say to housemaid in Downing
street,
That he had a brother who had a
friend
Who knew for a fact when the war
would end.
Yours truly,
"A Friend Of the Red Cross"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25
THE ENTERING WEDGE TO
FINAL PEACE

The unrest among the laboring
people OF the dual monarchy, Austria
Hungary. indicated in the dispatches
the past few days, telling OF strikes and
lockouts, is the first sign of a break in
the line OF the Central powers. The
disturbance and unrest is sure to grow,
and more than offsets the effect on the
allies OF the Russian breakdown. The
unrest and trouble in Austria Hungary
is sure to spread to Turkey and Ger
many. Indeed, the effect is already felt.
The mass Of the people Of Hungary
have never been satisfied with the
alliance. 1t has only been their leaders,
the aristocracy Of Hungary, that was
Fundamentally with the Germans in
the great war. II we have the situation
sized up right, in this incident we, can
see the beginning of the end. 1t may
be year or two off, or it may come
inside OF six months, but it is to
come in less than two years. The re-
sources of the allies in money, and
access to the worlds stock Of food and
munitions furnishes the key to the
temple Of peace.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25
ALIENS MUST REGISTER
FAILURE BRINGS PENALTY

Postmaster Hamilton is the reg
istrar in Leavenworth. Failure to
see him and register according to
the provisions of the law will get
the recalcitrant into serious trouble.
All male citizens, ID years old and
over are subject to registration.
The dates within which aliens
must register is Feb. 4th to 9th.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25

Wanted--a good farm. Send full
particulars as to size, buildings
amount cleared, price, and terms.
Advertiser is a farmer, and ready
to talk business on the right prop
osition. Address F. M. Washing
ton Newspaper Association, Univer-
sity Station, Seattle Wash.
1-W-N-A-No 3-t2
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25
CHURCH SERVICES.
Methodist Church.

Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preach
ing at II. Epworth League at $3.50
p. m. Preaching at 1880. Prayer
meeting at 1880 p. M, Thursday.
We will be pleased to meet you at
any and all of these services.
F. L. MOORE, Pastor.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25
Catholic Church Notes.

Mass Sunday morning at $3.50. De-
votions Sunday evening at 1850.
Choir practice Monday evening at
1880. Catechism Saturday afternoon
at 2. Mass on week days at 1880
a. m.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25
To the Stockholders of the Gibbs
Ditch Company

You are hereby notified that the
annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Gibbs Ditch Company will be
held Monday afternoon, February a,
at 1870 in the school house of old
District No. Is, for the purpose of
electing officers for the ensuing
year and transacting any other bus
mess that may come before the
meeting.
F. A. Wingate, Sec & Treas.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25

It's a 1917 Maxwell, run about
5000 miles, and looks like new;
fine tires all around and running
like a top. This is a very econom-
ical car to operate. Sale price on
easy terms, 5000. Address 2-9-3
care of Washington Newspaper As
ISOLATION, Seattle Wash.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25

5000 acres in the Yakima valley.
600 acres under cultivation, 2400
more can be put into wheat 400
tons of alfalfa can be grown per
year. Plenty of water. Good
climate. Price $4,000. Terms
$4,000 cash, balance in two equal
payments. No trade. Address
box 100, Washington Newspaper
association, University Station. Sc
attic, Wash.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25
Peshastin Church Services.

Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preach
ing at IL. Glass meeting at $3.50.
Epworth League and preaching at :
p. m. A. Fl. MORTON, Pastor.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25
Card of Thanks

We thank the many friends for
their kindness during the illness and
death of our mother.
James Buchanan and family
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25
Business Paragraphs.

NOTICE-If you have lost anything, or
found any article, or II you want TO buy, sell
rent, locate or get information, write or
call at this office and place an ad in our
Business Paragraph Column" You Will
get quick results. Rates 10 cents line for
first insertion and cents line afterwards.
Minimum charge % cents.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25

Lost-on streets of Leavenworth
Sunday, a SIS bill Finder address
Welcome Sauer, City.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25

$4,000 will buy controlling inter
est in unusually profitable mercan-
tile business with strong constant
demand for its products. Thorough
investigation invited. Address box
319, Washington Newspaper Asso-
citation, University Station. Seattle,
Wash.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25
Lutheran Church.

Services at 10:45. Sunday school
at 9:45. Preaching in the evening at
1880. REV. HAASE.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25

For Rent-Two sleeping rooms,
furnished. In modern home. Phone
GOT, City. 4tf
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25
ESTRAY

Two black mares with white fore
heads. Have been grazing on my
fields for the past two months.
Owner must prove property, pay
for feed and damage done and other
expenses incurred. Address Emil
Frank, Leavenworth, Wash 3tf
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25

Logging Contractors Wanted-We
have several small horse and hand log
ging contracts to let. Also can use
teams for skidding. Also want to rent
teams for logging purposes. For
particulars, call or write Great Northern
Lumber Company, Leavenworth, Wash.
90
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25

Lost-About Leavenworth, and Are-
dale terrier with collar and Yale lock,
1916 Everett dog tag. Will pay $40
for return OF dog. 45h
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25

For Sale
One No. 2 "Good Sense" bob sled,
nearly new.
One King of the Woods Drag Saw
with engine complete.
One pair sorrel geldings, weight
$500 lbs, good workers..
Phone rs Peshastin. Address H.
w. Otis, Cashmere, Route 52tf
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25

For Rent-Three room house. See
J. E. Shubert. 4od
Loose Alfalfa for sale. See VIM.
Titus, City 1-4pd
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-25

F. A. Wingate, Sec. & Treas.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-09
BAYARIAN CAPITAL
IN GREAT TURMOIL
Armed Soldiers Force Minister Of In
terror to Reslen-onIy One
Newspaper Able TO Appear.

Munich. Saturday, Dec. IA crowd
of armed soldiers last night went TO
the residence OF the minister of the
interior and after forcing entrance dea
manded the minister's resignation,
which he conceded.
Reyolutionists also stormed the
newspapers offices except one. They
withdrew several hours late at the
request of the Bavarian premier Kurt
Eisner who hurried to the scene.
Herr Auer, the minister whose resig
nation was demanded, was given two
minutes to decide at the point of a
revolver. He was then forced to put
his resignation into writing. At first
he wrote;
81 have been overcome by about
800 armed men IN my dwelling and
forced to resign the Office of minister
of the interior declare herewith
that, surrendering 10 force. lay down
the Office Of minister OF the interior.
This did not satisfy the revolutions
ists. who demanded a statement that
the resignation was voluntary The
crowd was led by the former Editor
Erich Muehsan. They proceeded from
a communist meeting to the Office OF
the ditorial brain OF the News that
woman as editor of that paper They
remained in the courier Office until
Premier Eisner went there with Q
guard The Neueste Nachrichten was
/ the only Munich paDer able to aDDeaI
this morning.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-09
SEC. DANIELS
URGES NAVAL
XPANSI0N
His Annual Report Lauds Amer
lean Navy
NAyY's PART IN THE WAR
TRANSPORTED Two Million Men 20
France Without Loss Of an East
bound Troopship.

Washington, Dec. S.-With story
of brilliant achievements Of the Ameri
can navy in the war, Secretary Dani-
eis couples, in his annual report made
public today, an urgent recommends
ton for continued naval expansion to
meet the demands Of peace for nation.
al and international work on the sea.
Through nearly all Of l44 printed
pages the secretary tells in brief
phrases of the navy's part in the war,
Of the doing of the seemingly impos-
sible through teamwork. He speaks
of the mighty accomplishment of
Transporting two million men to
France, without the loss of an east
bound troop ship through enemy ac-
tion, and he devotes a graphic chap
ter to the marine brigade, which. as
all the world knows, blocked the last
Prussian advance on Paris, and start
ed the German retreat that ended
with the war.