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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
Mediterranean Meditations
BY William McFee
Engineer Lieutenant, r. N. r.
Part I

II. NJ. S. City of Oxford MAY "a, 1918.
MANY THANKS for sending me the Tn.
A'A popular Review and "Ruggles of Red
Gap" which are no doubt still under way
did hear that this mail was torpedoed,
but the vessel, like good King Charles
being an unconscionable time dying, they
were able to fish the letterbags out of her.
The review by b. is pretty good, think.
He gives me good show and is not far
away from sound conclusion when he
suspects that II secretly believe in life"
| do. IT'S the finest thing out, with all its
darned worries and anxieties. If anybody
imagines | am tired of life or as Keats
says Half in love with easeful death" let
him glance into my soul when we are at
sea and I am on watch. Scared? l am
so scared that I have submitted to the Ad.
mralty designs for a new surface craft
with the main engine situated halfway up
the mast and the boilers neatly fitted on
each side of the wardroom. The funnel is
horizontal and is camoufaged to represent
a 3G-inch howitzer.
You can assure b. if you meet him that
I sure do believe in life ! admit that when
was Third / often used to feel a certain
amount of truth in Keatss plant as he
listened to the nightingale:
Now more than ever seems it rich to die,
TO cease upon the midnight with no pain
when | was torn out of my blankets and
compelled to SHOW a leg" at 40 p. m
But the feeling wore away toward s
O'Clock, and at when / dug out the
cnopnI I a l.ittap at
on the hatch until drinking coffee out of
a pint mug and smoking sweet boreen in
clay with a vucanite stem.
Cant do that sort of thing now. Have
to he respectable and take salutesJ
with regard to 90 Henry" my last kit.
ten. who | believe is ashore in Salonika
now all among the Macedonian phalanxes,
he was named after your much admired
writer of short stories. You see, O. Henry's
tales are nearly all short, so is 80. Henry's'
! tail Again. 80. Henry" is clever and
cheeky. though he can scratch withal.
! Really, it is unnecessary to give any more
| reasons
I have read all o. Henry. Messrs. Holder
| & Stoughton have issued him to in shill-
| ing volumes. The shilling becomes 2 6 in
| Hub-el-Buhl but it is good value. I am
| very much impressed with the wonderful
| ease with which he weaveS his stories. He
must have worked many of them over and
! over to get them to read like a ripple of
| laughter on the surface of Life. He has
| spoilt many Of them with insincere cyni.
| cism and a lcctlc too much slang. To say
| that something or other does not grow on
every Anheuser Busch is clever but
| ephemeral. The Gentle CRATER" is rich
| fun indeed. but | have a sneakinG banker
| after his New orleans stories. with bits of
| banana.boat life added a seasoning OF
course, he knows nothing of New Orleans
| life really; he was only there at times.
(TO be continued Tomorrow Nr. NcF'cc
,ciN ten Of ddreHtWrCS IN NrlC orleans. No
| client Of The Ch0hfn9 Dish can afford to
miss this remarkable Serdll
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

ASSUMING that an Unsuitable desire to
n view for yourselves the stage whereon
was enacted the greatest and gravest drama
that history will ever record takes you some
time during the next decade to the home
land of heroes, France, ] can picture you
stopping for casual survey of an old and
decrcpit looking willow stump projecting at
a drunken angle from the summit of
tain ridge whose surface will forever carr
the scars of the old front linC.' This par
ticular tree is one of five which stand in Il
row, and were it not for sign board neatly
planted by its side. marking it "a exhibit
number SO and So" you would carry on with
your search for cartridge cases and nose caps
perfectly oblvious Of its presence. But the
legend on the board arrests your attention,
and drawing nearer you read words which
very probably run as follows: This once
was an observation post of the artillery and
shows the Importance OF camoufage as used
in the great war"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
Patriotic

There is no rank or station in society
which is not mbued with the spirit of sacri-
flee and war economy. Limousine owners.
who formerly used an orchid or two, now put
in the flower vase only lone American
Bcauty-Brooklyn Times.
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Empress Zita of Austria has been made
i'll by the spread Of rumors that she was
weary of war. And the rest of Austria is
sick because the rumoTs aren't true There
in you have imperialism in tabloid
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

It must be said of William of Germany
that he has reversed more than one scrip
tural text. He has made a god in his own
likeness
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

In one instance at least the C,ernian
Government has been fair with the people
The Kaisers officers who have been living
about America have kdded themselves and
their people equally, impartially and with
faV
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

The status of the Western Union Ease
shows that when employers and employees
cannot agree they are disposed to vent their
spite on the Government
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

When you begin TO think deeply about
the invitation calling Colonel Roosevelt to
Ireland as a persuader and pacifer II Is
impossible 10 avoid the conclusion that the
colonel managed TO make an Ireland OF sorts
out Of the Republican payty
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

The Hun will not know the true horrors
Of grip through any experience with the
Spanish variety. Wait till he feels Americas
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II Congress wishes TO
Ains! That. Too, do something actually
l. work TO help in winning the
war why doesn't it
knit for the soldiers?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

The exposure of coal boarding in Phia-
delphia suggests one hot-weather consolation.
Ice cannot be boarded
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

Siberia has Soviets in stacks
Who got tired of the Brest.Litovsk pax:
While Trotsky was raving
And Lenin was shaving
They eloped with the Czecho- -Sovaks.
DUNRANEN BLEAK.
Count each day lost if by the set of sun
Some new Russ republic is not anti.Hun;
Deem that day wasted il when the orb is
set
The Kaiser's not confronted by some new
Soviet.
Austria seems to be meeting kind of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
Our Own Poets

Poets minds run in the same scrannel
Both the following reached us in the same
mail. Take your pick,
There was Soviet in Siberia,
OF the Bolshevik rule it grew wearier
With the CZecho-Slovaks
It put Lenin on taCks
And established the Nladivost ocratic re-
public. DOVE DCLCET
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

There are sure. to be persons who viii
suggest a yellow streak for the flag of the
newer Germany,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

The war in north Rus
And LiGhtless sta Is spreading close
Fights TO the regions of the
midnight sun. We
may yet hear Of phase of war in which
the issues are actually in the dark
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

why is an automobile owner always full
Of pride when he tells about being arrested
for speeding?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

The war began in the Balkans. And the
Allied drive in Albania makes it appear that
il may end there.
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subtle
Analysis

clever women and girls to their working
forces in great numbers. Hereafter any one
who ever endured the feVerish interval in
the front parIor that preccdeS every trip
to dinner or the theatre will feel that he
understands what's ur when the trains are
late.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
What Do You KnOlU?
QUIZ

QUIZ
l. Wtot is the national anthem Of the United
States?
=. Who is the President of Colombia.
a What l. the ORIGIN of the phraae, "tD nut
the kibosh on"
1. Who wrote Fables in Slang?
:. WEo' Is General Tasker Bliss"
g. What Is meant by ''rGht'' "ieft' and
"centeT" in European politics?
!. Who Nancy Hanks"
&. What IN mine crater"
o. What Is '"e 'argest, most powerful class Of
battleships?
10. What Is II "dOn"?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

Austria seems to be meeting a kind of
Balkansas cyclone in Albania.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

Would it he permis-
sihle and IN accord
anCe with the rules of
personal fety to
| complaint about ice
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-03-22
And Teacher tainted

Good morning, children" said
the arithmetic teacher. How.
many of you have prepared an
original problem in multiplication,
as 1 requested?''
Only one hand went up.
"Well, William, you may give
your problem and the rest of the
class may solve it,"
eff my baby sister is year old
now and weighs twenty pounds,
and keeps on gaining two ounces
a day until she is sixteen years
old; and if the price Of living
doubles again in the next ten years
how much will my sisters gradua-
ton outfit cost? Mother says she
would like to know.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-03-22
Epworth League Social
A Big Success

The installation service for the
officers of the Epworth League of
the Methodist church was we'll at
tended last Friday evening. About
seventy-6ve people gathered at the
church and listened to Rev. Charles
Odell Thibodeau of Denver give a
splendid address on "Man Develop
ment". Following the address
the installation services We're held
and the league reward pin was
presented to Wilbur Jaensen.
After the services the social com
mittee served lunch that was
enjoyed by all
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-03-22

The prospect for the 1918 wheat
crop in Japan is said to be very
good by a report 10 the Depart
meut of Commerce. The 1917 crop
is estimated at nearly 30, 600, 600
bushels.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-03-22

Twenty frame houses in Black
Hawk have been purchased by NJ.
Renzen of Golden, and are being
wrecked and the lum Der shipped
to Golden to be sold.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-03-22
HOME
Seeds.

Seeds! Seeds. Seeds.
Barteldes new crop now on
hand. Sold for the benefit of
Presbyterian church. See Rev.
Mytton.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-03-22
II. O. Allen, Dentist.

from Denver after an operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bohanna and baby
boy have gone 10 Denver TO live.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. B. Smith
spent several days in Denver last
week
Miss Neil left Thursday to spend
the spring vacation at her home
in Boulder
The Shakespeare club will meet
Tuesday evening, March 26, with
Mrs. Hershey.
Mrs. John Owen was operated
on Monday morning at ST. Joseph S
hospital, and is reported as re-
covering.
Peter Zampedroni shipped four
tons of high grade ore this week
from the Morning Star, which is
near the old Sun and Moon nine.
Mr.. Meyer of Georgetown passed
thru here Wednesday, with fine
young tunnel Mule for the Sceptre
mine at Georgetown, of which J.
G. Hershey is manager.
One of. Roe's teams from Dem
yer came thru here Tuesday on
the way to Georgetown to finish
moving the machinery from the
old Hydro power plant.
Seelander Nelson Of Georgetown
was in town Wednesday with his
auto truck to get load of tim Der,
there being slight scarcity in
the upper end Of the county.
John Rylander, and oid-timer.
formerly of Beaverbrook, was in
Idaho Springs Tuesday. He has
sold his ranch in Fort Morgan,
and has now located in Arvada.
William Harper. former resi-
dent of this city, is now being en-
ployed by George G. Weber, who
has resumed operations on the
Great Britain mine, in Spring
gulch.
Walter NJ. Smith writes the
Siftlngs from johnson, Arizona,
that all the Idaho people at joan
son are we'll aud prosper Il $.
There are six Idaho families
there now.
Joe Penesh, wife and young
rustler, Phillip, left Friday morn
ing for Denver where they will
look around Tor few days before
going to Idaho for visit with
Mrs. Penesh's 5 grandmother.
c. Walden, known as "Curly,'
who vii! be remembered by many
as former employee of A, E.
Straub when in this city, was here
between trains on Wednesday. He
had come to Denver to bury his
hve-vear- old daughter, who was
burned to death in their home,
near Helena, Montana.
Neig ghbors of Mrs. w. B. Ritter
spent Monday afternoon with her,
for it was her birthday. A de-
liscious lunch was served. Mrs.
Ritter was presented with set Of
cut glass sherbet glasses, which
was happy coincidence as the
day previous had been Mr.. and
Mrs. Ritter's twentieth or crystal
anniversary.
Miss Elizabeth Brown very de-
lightfully entertained few friends
al knitting party last Saturday
afternoon. The hostess, assisted
by~her mother, served dainty re-
freshments that we're thoroly en-.
joyed by all. Those present were
Misses Helen Holmberg, Mary
Donnelly, Geraldine Coates, Pansy
Robinson, Mildred Jones, Agnes
Cribbis, Grace Curnow, Dicksie
Brown, Graham and Neil
Lee Johnson and family have
departed for FL Paso, Texas, to re-
side permanently. Mr.. johnson
will travel out of Ell Paso, selling
cigars. The household goods are
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-03-22
Advertised Letter List

Idaho Springs, Colo,
Mar %, 1918.
The following letters remain un.
called for at this office:
Miss Grace Clark, Arthur Phil
lip Callahan, Bertha Harris.
MAILS CLOSE
Going East 7 :oo a m, West 1000 m
Going East 2:3o pm 500 p m
O. N. MARIHUGH. Postmaster.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-03-22

Z itch-
L. A. Hafe~, county clerk, spent
Wednesday in This cit>.
| William Buckley of Silver Plume
was transacting business in this
city on Tuesday.
Mrs. - +. A. Jones departed
Wednesday for a ten ds,s' visit
with her father, of Erie, Colo.
Harry Finnan and family, VIII"
have been residing IN q ass VALLEY,
removed o Denver last Sunday.
Rev. Fleming drove upto Silver
Plume Saturday, Mrs. Fleming
and Mrs. Stephens accompanying
HIM
Mrs. J A. Milton and children
will spend d part of the spring
vacation with Mrs. Mllton's mother.
in Golden.
William Irvine, Bert Wright,
Arthur Turk and Milton Lake
we're among those who went to
Camp Urad this week.
Miss Claudia Lizotte returned to
Denver Monday, after spending
two weeks with her aunt. Mrs.
Mrs. George 4. Dumont.
Mrs. O. n. Marihugh left Fri
day of last week for Denver, where
she will spend this week with her
son, Theodore Marlhugh of that
city.
1t has been rumored thA there
is to be road built. connecting
Idaho Springs with the Mt. Evans
highway. Is there anything to it?
Who knows?
Mr.. Strong, superintendent of
the Prmos Chemical company at
Camp Urad. accompanied by Mr.
Haven, of the Dupont Powder
company, made a hurried trip to
Golden by auto Thursday evening.
George Dumont went TO Denver
Thursday to get ready to leave for
San Diego, Cal, where he will
enter the navy as mech anic in
the aviation department.. He will
leave Denver this evening for the
California city.
Not enough city aldermen for
quorum put in an appearance at
the adjourned meeting set for
Thursday evening, and the meeting
adjourned to next Monday even
ing. The annual appropriation
ordinance will be passed, also the
one raising the marshal's salary
from S1o to 800 a month, and
several other matters.
One of the most faithful con-
tributors to the success of the re-
cent Req Cross play, "The Cap
tain OF Plymouth" was its prompt
ress, Mrs. Maggie Robinson. She
was present at every rehearsal and
filed in the places of absentees.
When the play was produced Mrs.
Robnson's presence gave the
PLAYERS degree of confidence
they could not other wise have
had
The Color ado Fuel and Iron
company owns Liberty Bonds to
the amount of 81 ,05O,1OO. They
added S2,50O,OOO per annum to
their payroll by increasing wages
on an average of 5000 per man.
Their payroll is now 90 percent
greater than two years ago, with
an increase of Is percent in the
mum mber of people employed
A reception was extended to Rev
James Fleming and family We'd
nesday evening by the Methodist
congregation and a number of
visitors. William Hawke, one of
the pillars Of the church, spoke in
behalf of the congregation, aud
Mayor Moscript delivered very
appropriate address for the city,
outlining number of opportunities
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-03-22
Charter No. $3.50

Charter No. 59s9 Reserve District No. 10
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
The MERCHANTS & MINERS NATIONAL BANK
AT IDAHO SPRINGS IN THE STATE OF COLORADO
the close of business March L. 1918.
RESOURCES
and discounts $96O77 II
deposited tar value) 1850 90
Liberty Loan bonds 81 cent and per cent. un-
pl dyed 4,JU w
: U. bonds( including stocks)
owned unpledged 3SO2 10
8 of Federal Reserve Bank 90 per of sub
scrpton) ...-... ..-..................... 20o w
10 Value of banking house Observation-Disclosures.
Furniture and fixtures Observation-Disclosures. 16OO
Reale banking 5000 90
ID with Federal Reserve Bank 13s II
national banks 46o31 30
panies ........................... 1851 IA
IS Checks otier banks in city report
ing bank LIP o6
10 Checks on banks loo outside city
porting bank and other cash items .......... 96
20 Redemption fund with U S Treasurer and due from
L. s. Treasurer 625 90
% War Savings Certificates and Thrift Stamps actually
owned ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ............ 25 col
Total. $l96, 1856 O3
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in. $4,000 90
25 Surplus fund. $500 90
expenses paid 1545 72 $50 62
30 Circulating outstanding
"a Individual deposits subject check 67251 36
30 of deposit less than 30 days (other
money borrowed ............... 5,544
81 Cashiers checks outstanding IA 90
demand deposits (oher than
bank deposits) subject to reserve. S72SO9 so
Certificates deposit borrowed
deposits 3Ol33 SS
Total of time deposits subject re-
5S,l2S 70
Liabilities hert thanth
............... sl9e 1876 o3
STATE OF CoLoRApo COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK IS.
l. w of enamed do
and belief W. A. ROBERTS, Cashier.
Subscribed and before this 18th day of March, 1918
HERBERT JOHNSON Notary Public.
My commission expires Sept a. 1921.
Correct, Attest
H. p. En- Directors
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-03-22

E. L. Siekmann and family will
go dowu to Denver Saturday.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-03-22
Seeds!
Seeds!
Seeds!
BARTELDES' NEW CROP
Now on Hand.
Sold for benefit of Presbyterian
Church. See Rev. MyttOn.

E. G. Abel has rendered his res
ignation as office manager of the
Argo mill and tunnel and will
leave about May l for California,
while the family is already arrang-
ing to go. Mr. Abel has been a
resident of the city for two years,
first working in the Office of the
Mines Supply company, and is a
most efficient accountant. His de-
cision to remove from the city is
keenly regretted.
Mrs. G. K. Kimball returned
from Denver Friday, where she
had been visiting with Miss Mar
garet.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-03-22

L. A. Hafe-, county clerk, spent
Wednesday in This cit>.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-13
DEALERS IN POULTRY AND EGGS

Dealers in poultry and eggs shall
not, between Feb. II and April 80,
1915, purchase, ship, sell or negotiate
the sale of any live or freshly killed
hens and pullets provided, however
that this shall not prevent the pur-
chase, shipment or sale between the
days mentioned of hens or pullets
which were either killed or shipped
prior to Feb. II, 1918 to markets for
sale as food. Provided further, that
nothing in this rule shall prevent the
Purchase or shipment or sale of live
hens or pullets for egg production
purposes. This order becomes effec.
tive Feb. II.
Note: The Interpretation of this
rule is that the restrictions are t,
enhance production during the periot
mentioned No restrictions are PLACED
on the sale of roosters or poultry 9th
er than hens or pullets as mentioned
The ruling becomes effective in a!
wholesale and retail transactions.
BRAXTON BEACHAM.
Federal Food Administrator, Florids
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-13
- nov for the breakage than We"

she pay for the breakage than We"
Not the least interesting feature of
the case will be the evidence OBJ
tanned by the American State De-
partment of the activities of Caillaux
lin Argentina. Some hint of this evi
dence has been given in the letter OF
Won Bernstorff regarding Caillaux,
and there may be much more of 1t.
Whatever the outcome OF the trial
may be, and whether Caillaux is ac'
Quilted or convicted, it will mean the
STAMPING out of Boloism in France
and it will expose to the world thu
s,imv trail of the German secret ser
y,ce.-Daytona Journal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-13
FrOm
The Deep
C. Gre e 7,

Around the barberry bush I'VE ran,
Push we ran, bush we ran,
'Round the barberry bush we ran,
Looking for some sugar.
Modern Nursery Rhymes.
How would you like to sink your
teeth in a loaded torpedo?
Now that the bread is "loafing' the
hens laying" around all day, the
yeast cake stopped working" pick
pockets taking things easy, the salt
has no pep" and the wheels are all
tired" it sure is lazy world
Passing by window last night
heard young lady say, George, hold
my hand while l 60 out and get q
drink of water" On peeping in I saw
there was bridge game on.
"You can always get it in Tampa
No need to send out of the city TO
Tampa Tribune. What cit"
There is live bunch of "splinters
in that Tampa Tourists CLUB"
Which is correct: Get on jag, o
get jag on?
"Chloroform" or "gas" is good t
cause sleep, "ether" one.
Remember my teachings" sal
: the Kaiser to his Oldest son; don
y treat prisoner with kindness. R
$ member l torture different
: It's too bad on beautiful day
7. see so many "cross" roads.
d Wheat-heat-ea
II Meat-eat-at r.
1t Hoover has things down to
N T. nest ce pas?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-13
AMERICANS! GO THROUGH!

The land we owe allegiance to has
ever aimed to act
With Justice t'ward all other lands,
and fairly kept the pact
Relating to the rights of all to freely
use the seas,
And trade thereon regardless of des-
potic made DEGREES.
We have no selfish ends to serve nor
have we aught to gain;
But Liberty for all the world, the
sincere hope and aim
OF all free human beings-who would
help Humanity
Ir this our land, America-a true
Democracy!
Our Country seeks 70 Nations hate;
nor love lest it implies
A true respect for honor, as no othe.
l satisfies
. The self-respect of any man-witf
red blood in his veins
e Who'd sacrifice his lie FOR rights tn
lawless foe disclaims.
c And when a solemn pact with her j
IS nullifed to kill,
C Or main her men and wcmankint
la her children, too at Will,
ID Cur Country will averge them all i
Mt any way obtained
le In concord with the rules If war. til
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-13

People who think the Home Guard
organization is joke are referred to
an incident that took place in Clear
water few days ago, when man
who attempted to get funny at the
expense of the company, which was
I drilling, was arrested and locked up
Tin Jail He was released only on his
#ngreeing to make written apology
lard leave town. The Home Guards
are composed of busy men who are
zlsaking a sacrifice of time and com
Tort that they may be able to protec
he lives and property of citizens IL
&Ase such protection is needed. The
Re certainly entitled to respect, an
e are pleased to note that in thi
stance they enforced it.