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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-02

If the hcatlcsS day is 10 be so
soon done for. we wonder why
it was begun for.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-02
Forest Ranger
Tells Il in Verse.

Hugh Peyton, n forest ranger i'll the
federal service in this district, has ex-
pressed the charm of a rangers life in
verses which have become very popu :
lar at district headquarters here. The
verses. entitled "A Rangers Revere, "
follow:
There's n locomotive wailing
Down the canyons chasmed way.
And a thousand lights are cleaning
And thousand hearts are gay.
But I'm sad and sort of lonely
In the midst of many men,
And I'm longing for the open
And the Lonesome Land again,
For saddle meath me creallinE
With the skyline for a goal.
And the weary days aAriding
On the long and lone patrol
Where endless trails are winding
Ger the rim o. rocky ways,
Through velvet wales and valleys
Draped in folds of purple haze.
Where canyons breathe of mystery
Man never yet has trod,
And the silent somber SUBMITS
Are the Sentinels of God.
The old COW moose is spiashing
Where the river grasses grow,
Where the antiered elk are bugling
And the deer like shadows go.
Where the stars are sercnaded
BY the coyotes woefui tune,
And the limpid lake n dreaming
Makes a mirror for the moon
Oh, the mountain meadows miss me
And my campfire's yellow CLEAN.
And the pinon pines are singing
To the music of the stream.
Oh. my cabin snug and coy
With the horns above the door,
And it's waiting for my coming
on the timhered Swallowed shore.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-02

People who are discreet have eyes
but see not. and ears but hear not.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-02

There's a locomotive wailing
Down the canyons chasmed way.
And a thousand lights are cleaning
And thousand hearts are CAV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03

The truth will out even tho it con-
-eern the war. One cannot help Won
dering why it is so often concealed or
distorted. The public was told only
q short time ago that the allies had a
z-preponderance of men on the west
ern front. 1t now appears that they
are greatly outnumbered by the
enemy England is raising. a new
~-arIny and the United States is urged
10 drop everything else and send men.
The question naturally arises, why
was not this need of men foreseen
and provided for? There has been no
Fighting in Italy worth mentioning for
some months, so that there has been
ample time to supply the peninsula
with such munitions as were needed
Nfor the campaign that now seems
-About to open. Yet we axe told now,
in the news dispatches, that while
Italy has 100000 soldiers. she has
: arms and ammunition for but 1,000,-
: Ge0. There is one front. however.
from which no complaint is heard and
that is in Macedonia. There a big
allied army has been stationed for
years without striking a blow The
Macedonian army must have ammuni-
= fion to burn because it has not been
+ expanding any.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03

night the tramp took the horse, and
rode away on his back?''
II should hardly say it did, replied
Mr. Barry. He would have only
stolen the horse to sell to some one.
He would have taken the horse miles
away before he tried to sell him. DID
he do so? The fact that he did not,
is shown that the tramp was only
three miles away and on foot when
arrested. You will have to lay the
crime to some one else"
'Mebbe 1 have been a little too fast"
said the farmer, as he lifted his hat to
scratch the back of his head. THE
constable said 1 had a good case, but it
don't look like it so much as it did
Hello, there's the telephone ringing.
Let's see what it's about"
And a minute later he turned from
the instrument and said to his callers:
by George! But they have found
my horse two miles up the road wan
dering about He must have slipped
his halter in the barn and either 1 or
the tramp left the stable door open
behind us. Whew. I guess I have
come. near making a fool of myselfi'
Mr. Barry and his daughter drove on
to the village and saw and told the
constable what they had heard
But the fellow stole the horse all
right and got scared and left him in
the road" replied the officer.
But you can't prove it" said Mr..
case. People have for some time
been saying that you are too eager to
pile up your fees
"If / have made mistake I shall
correct it at once" was the ready re-
ply. II will go over to the Jail with
YOU and have the chap turned loose y
There was a smile on the tramp S
face as the trio invaded his quarters
and he laughed heartily, as May cried
out:
You never stole the horse. He has
been found and you are to be set at
liberty. / am SO glad"
Mr.. Barry was disposed to like the
young man on first sight and went so
far as to offer him supper, lodgings
and breakfast at his. own house, and
when the supper was kindly refused,
would have pressed a sum of money
upon the wayfarer. who also declined
it, stating that all. he needed was his
liberty He even forgave the farmer
and the consta Bile and passed out into
the Mght after three hearty hand
shakes.
For weeks and weeks later there
was talk around the house of Mays
tramp,"=and at least one person Won
dered if she would ever see him again.
She had decided that she would not.
when wel1-dressed, good-lookin g
Young man rang the bell one day and
asked Mrs. Barry. who answered it, if
| he could speak to her daughter for a
moment May was called, and as the
girl stood before him looking at him
| in a puzzled way. he smiled and said:
Il have Lot come back for another
sandwich nor to cut any more fire
wood, but / have come to render my
thanks for the services you rendered
| the tramp a month ago. I have kept
out of Jail ever sincet''
l. Who did he turn out to be. Why,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03

Rumanians and Montenegrins But
the lands on which the Turkish i'm
perialists have now fixed their eyes
are inhabited by peoples more closely
allied by blood with the Turanian
strain.
The Pan-Turanian movement has
no very bright prospects of achieving
its aims. Besides the opposition that
must come from Russian power, If
that nation ever regains any strength,
and the barrier to the program set up
by British power in Afghanistan,
Persia and Egypt, the -Pan-Turanians
have to reckon with Prussian OPP
position if they become too strong,
and also with revolt in their own
borders.
Like all impcrialist movements,
Pap-Turanianism tends to be tyran-
meal. The leaders wish to force the
Turkish language on all non-Turkish
subjects of the Ottoman Empire. This
alone has secured for them the hosti1-
ityNof the Arabs. The Arabs of Arabia
are cooperating with the allies. The
Arabs of Syria have protested against
the language scheme. The proper
ton of people of -Turanian blood in
even the present Turkish Empire is
probably too small for the movement
to succeed. 1t is chiefly significant
as showing an independent spirit in
Turkey, and as an obstacle to Prus-
sian plans for dominating the people
and the country after the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03
DINNER STORIES

A constable in a Vermont town re
Gently rounded up number Of no
boel. Come along" he said TO
them; you have all got to have
bath
This announcement was, of course,
re ceived with considerable perturba-
ton, especially by the eldest of the
men. What" he exclaimed. "A
BATH A bath with water?'
Sure thing" said the constable
Look here, Mr. Constable" said
the apprehensive one. Couldn't you
manage it with one of them vacuum
c,eaners?"
The c. o. of a certain battalion
applied for a groom, and Paddy, not
knowing anything about horses OF
har:less. put in for the job. DO you
understand oil about horses and how
to keep harness clean" inquired the
c. o.
Yes SIR" was Paddys reply:
what 1 don't know about horses is
not worth knowing"
Accordingly, at ? D. m that day
PADDY was ordered to saddle the c.
O.'s horse. which he did, putting the
saddle on the wrong way round. The
colonel appeared. glared at Paddy
and snapped:
Don't you see, yor fool, that the
saddle is the wrong way round2'
Yes. SIR" replied Paddy. but why
did you not tell me which way you
werz goin'?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds OF Men In
Americas Fighting Service

For gallantry in rescuing from
drowning lad eight years of age,
Arthur Otto Radcliffe, a seaman of
the L. S. Navy. Alongside of the u s.
S. Wadsworth, on which the sailor was
stationed, lay a tug. A small boy
played about the deck with no thought
of danger. Suddenly he fell overheard.
Before the warning came the child
had floated rs yards or more from
the tug and ship. Then Radcliffe
came into action. Jumping into the
water he swan to the boy and brought
him to safety. Radcliffe enlisted in
the navy in 1915 at Des Moiries, Ia,
giving as his next of kin, his mother,
Mrs. BERTHE Radcliffe, of Brownsville,
Ill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03

Bulgarian troops are reported to be
fighting on the western front If the
Yankees find them. they will not feel
called upon to wait for a declaration of
war on Bulgaria by the United States
But there seems to be no reason why
such declaration should be longer de-
layed. We may be able to continue at
peace with the Turks a while longer,
because Turkey has about als she can
attend to at home. If the twar last an
other year it is not unlikely that the
British armies in Asia will be knock
ing at the gates of Constantinople.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03
TRAWELETTE
CtcSiphOn.
BY NIKSAH.

A few miles south of Bagdad on the
banks of the Tigris are the ruins of a
once great city-the Ctesiphon of his
tory and romance In the ancient
days splendid palaces rose over the
sleepy Tigris waters; gorgeous war
riors drove their clanking chariots
thru the citys broad, straight streets;
visitors from every land came to
Ctesiphon to wonder at the splendor
of the Parthian kings. Now the glory
and pOmp are gone. The palaces OF
the great kings have crumbled into
dust and only the walls of the white
palace stand bleak and bare against
surrendered to the wild, and banquet
halls of Chosroes are the nightly
haunts of desert creatures.
The hush of the desert seems to
wrap the crumbling ruins in still
blanket of silence. The old river slips
quietly by on its way to join the
Euphrates and the sea. Even the des-
ert winds seem to hush their wai1ing
cry over the ruins of the past. 1t is
a place of silence-the grave of a city
and a people.
| only the vaulted hall of 'Chosroes the
Great, has withstood the ravages OF
the ages Its great walls still stand
stark and grim defying man and time.
The Arabs declare the spirit of the
king revisits the scene of his grandeur
and holds a ghostly court among its
ruins.
No longer do stately barges float
down the Tigris to stop at Ctesiphon
The casual sightseer or archaeoioglst
are the only visitors. The tiny donkeys
of the Arab guides replaces the war
horses of the o1den days. A LITTLE
farther up the Tigris ancient Bagdad
flourishes and lives. Ctesiphon
was despoiled to adorn her eonqueror.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03
ON SPUR 4 4z MOMENT
BY ROY K. MOULTON

If anybody wants a society pig to
keep in the parlor as a war measure,
now is the opportunity. Mrs James
A. Burden, a prominent society wo-
man of Long Island, offers to furnish
a well-mannered little pig free of
charge.
We have never seen a society pig
that We cared much about cumming
with.
Dr.. Henry Van Dyke suggests the
following addition to 1.-The Battle
Hymn of the Republic"
I'VE have heard the cry of anguish from
the victims of the Huh.
AND We Know our cOuntry'S peril If the
war lords wish is done.
We Will fight for worldwide freedom till
the victory is won
For God is marching on"
We are in favor of the first three
lines and the last one is true enough,
but we are in favor of allowing the
kaiser to do all the God-partnership
business of the present war. Why
initiate him. Why do the verv thing
we condemn in him? God will make
is on in this unpleasantness
The kaiser's most disgusting refer
ences are those which refer to the
Almighty.
Well. things are looking up.
A private from Arkansas killed a
German captain and two Hun soldiers
single-handed.
What would a private from Mis-
souri, have accomplished
Guess We don't need to worry about
our boys.
Let the enemy worry. They have
got a worry coming 20
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03
GLOBE SIGHTS

From the Atchison G1obe-1
The size of the jack pot is always
exaggerated.
When a woman sets clock she al
ways sets il by guess
There is only one thing a man can't
get too much of-and that is money.
Old adage applied to the Bolshe-
Wiki: "All is not gold that is yellow
If the Germans were slaughtered
like the war reports say there
wouldn't be any left
Some women who scorned to do any
work to please their husbands are
willing workers at the Red Cross.
Work is becoming popular, yes, al
most fashionable, but there are still
a lot of loafers among the women.
What has become Of the old fash
Toned man who was proud because he
had the longest whlskers in the town
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03
Heart and Beauty
Problems
By MRS. ELIZABETH THoMPso.

In reply to Mrs. E. H: 1t was
very kind of you to try to help
Frances 1t is impossible for me
to advertise in my column and to
print the name of the school would
be advertising. / will keep your
letter and the advertisement of the
school you mention and If ever
learn fFrancesS'' address 1 will for
ward them to her
Dear Mrs. Thompson: What
makes the finger nails grow?
RED LIPS.
A woman who has her hands In
water much finds that her nails grow
rapidly. There is nothing else that
encourages the growth except to give
them attention every night and mas
sage them with, an oil.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: What care
should the Teeth haye2 Is it necessary
to brush them more than once a day?
DOUBTFUL
The teeth should be brushed after
each meal. but it is best TO use only
clear water and no powder In the
morning they should be cleansed thor
oughly with a good tooth powder
paste or liquid-whichever your pre-
fer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03
GOVERNMENT RAILRoADING.

Reports made public by the inter-
state commerce commission disclose
that, the first months operation of the
rail lines of the country by the fed
eraI government will cost the taxpay-
ers $7e.00o.000.
In January, 1917, under private
operation. the railroads earned a prof
it of nearly $6&O0o.0ON; in January,
1918 under government operation. the
railroads lost $2,227, 900.
AS the government guarantees to
the owners of the railroads an income
equal to the average earnings of the
roads for three years before they were
taken over, that 100000, plus the
$2,227, 900, must be made up from the
general tax fund.
In explanation of this loss in reve
nue. it is pointed out that the weather
conditions were productive of extra
ordinary expenses and a diminished
revenue. But it matters not what are
the causes the fact remains that the
taxpayers will be called upon to make
good the deficit. The government has
guaranteed to the owners of the roads
a profit equal to what they have been
earning. The public is to be taxed in
order that the railroads shall make
money and the shippers be saved from
paying what the service demands.
Converting s6S.O0O.00o profit into
a 100000 loss in a single month,
says the Los Angeles Times, is not
likely to stimulate any demand that
the railroads shall be operated perma-
nently by politicians in place of by
railroad men. Proponents of govern
ment ownership will hardly care to
claim that business was dull in Janu-
airy and that there was nothing for the
roads to haul; for there was more
freight offered for shipment during
that month than the roads could han
die. The politicians and the public
are both beginning to discover that
the operation sof the railroads of the
country under private ownership rep
resented a degree of efficiency which
no publicly owned enterprise has ever
been able to approach. Taking over
the railroads by the government may
have been necessary war measure !;
but the government must make a
marked advance in freight and pas
senger rates in order to avoid operat-
| ing the roads at a heavy loss.
| When the government guaranteed
! to the owners a return on their in
vestments equal to what they received
under private operation. the stimulus
to economic management was lost
Why should operators toll and strive
and hustle and save when the govern
ment guarantees a profit whether they
work for it or not? What spur is
there to determination and achieve
ment when the impetus of competition
is withdrawn, when failure means as
good a profit as success?
Hours of labor were shortened by
the government and no one worked
under increased pressure during the
shortened hours. 1t seems hardly
possible that a profit of $6S-000,00O
could be changed into a loss of So
| 100000 in a single month when the
roads were operated mainly with the
same employees as formerly and when
every line was crowded with business
But the figures are those of the inter-
state commerce commission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03

1t is reported that our two former
presidents. Taft and Roosevelt. have
ratified a treaty of peace. The public
will be pleased if it turn out to be
more than a mere scrap of paper.
This is time when the country needs
the best there is in any and all of
her citizens. 1t is not a time for vast
ing energy in personal quarrels which
accomplish nothing but diffusion of
inharmony
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03
The pamphlet which Joseph L. Bri

The pamphlet which Joseph L. Bris-
tow has published for circulation
among the voters, indicates that he
expects to enlist the support of the
Bolsheviki. He probably would have
succeeded better in Wisconsin than
he will in Kansas. But his candidacy
will afford a rallying point for such
slackers as remain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03

James Condor, an enterprising news
paper reporter of a Chicago da lily, who
was writing a series of tramp sketches
from actual experience.
1t is now the duty of the reader to
bring about the happy match that
will end this story to the satisfaction
of everybody.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03

: Under the direction of General Foch
lit appears the allies are to have a real
international army. This is indicated
by the announcement that Pershing's
force is to be broken up into brigade
units and distributed among the
French and British wherever it will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03

do the most good. The allies are
learning many valuable lessons from
tine Huns, while showing them some
things which they did not previously
know about One of the greatest ele-
nlents of strength in the army is mo-
bility. Gen. Ned FORESTS plan for
winning a victory-"Get thar fust with
the mostest men"-still holds good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03

liar relation to John Bull. He has lent
his overseas nephew nearly three bill
lion dollars since our entrance into
the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03

new theater of war has opened up
in the Caucasus, where the inhabi-
tants refuse to abide by the Brest-
Litovsk treaty. They have lived as
neighbors to the Turks too long to be
willing to submit to closer relation
shin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Menu Hints.
BREAKFAST.
Stewed Prunes, with Lemon Slices.
Broiled Whiting.
Graham Mullins. Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Pot Cheese and Nut Salad.
Reheated Mullins.
Hot Baked Apples.
DINNER
Cream of Corn Soup (thickened with
Tapioca).
Cold Sliced Mutton. Sweet Pickle
Stuffed Baked Potatoes.
Celery. Canned Peach Dumplings.
Things Worth Knowing.
Cleaning Silver-Save water in
(which potatoes have been boiled with
little salt, let it become sour which
it will do ina few days; heat and
wash your silverware in it, using
CLOTH Rinse in pure water; dry and
polish with chamois leather. Never
allow particle of soap to touch your
silverware.
Burned Galvanized Iron-A galvan-
lied iron kettle that has been burned
may be cleaned easily if wood ashes
are allowed to stand in it over night
Flour Starch-1t is a good idea,
VINE washing curtains, to use flour
instead of starch for stiffening pur-
poses. Dissolve one tablespoonful in
two quarts of cold water and strain
off If you wish to color them, be
sure hat the liquid you add is cold.
This is sufficient for one large pair
or Two small pairs Or at least -ose
J If s:arch and half flour They will
hang in nice, soft folds and the goods
will last much longer.
To Stop the Tfcking-Inyert a
/ clear glass bowl tumbler over a
tiny clock or watch and place it on
stand near the bed of an invalid or
patient. The ticking of watch or
clock annoys some sick persons, and
this will eliminate the noise and yet
enable the patient to tell the time OF
1 day.
For Scorched Clothes-when iron
| ing one is often unfortunate to
l scorch the clothes. To remove every
! trace of it dampen a cloth in per-
oxide, cover the scorched place and
pass hot flat iron over it a few
| Homemade Cooky Cutter - To
make a cooky cutter. take the cover
from an ordinary size baking powder
can and punch a few holes to let the
air thru when cutting the cookies.
When running dates or figs thru
| the meat chopper. add a few drops
of lemon juice to prevent the fruit
| from clogging the chopper
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03

April 1 has come and gone and
'Hindenburg is not yet in Paris. In
: fact he is yet more rnan fifty miles
from the French capital with pros
poets of approaching nearer decidedly
unpromising
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03

Let US all fervently hope that the
heightened day will not cause any
Industrious citizen to work himself to
death. =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03

The Battle of the Disc seems des-
tined to go down in history alongside
the Marine and Verdun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-03
Concert BY and for Americans.

their proximity the battle lines Guitars