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Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-20

and opportunity Of any other striving
con Of God.
Sacrifices Necessary.
Yes. we are up against the real
thing. and the only question Is. regard
less of your race. your faith, your sta
ton In life, are you willing to face 1t
like people who are worthy to be freef
Will you hoard your money and take
your chance that providence will win
this fight for you and save 1t from the
Golfers of the German empire? Or Will
you go In partnership with your gov
eminent and win 1t certainly, although
your incomes may thereby be lessened.
The latter think Is the course of con-
duct for the wise and patriotic man.
There lived In my town In Indiana
man who for 40 years had been a
pillar In one of the prominent
churches. One day he left 1t and
Joined another. Upon being asked
what he thought Of his new church, he
said II was just as good as the old one
and q little cheaper. That, l think.
ought to be the attitude Of mind at the
present time. To be a little poorer at
the close of this war, and yet to feel
that your children and your children's
children are safe from the incursion Of
ambitious and bloodthirsty men is just
as good as to take q chance on Heaven
winning this war for a people who are
willing to win Ii for themselves, and
will be, In my opinion, good deal
cheaper.
To help finance this war is not only
duty, but it is great privilege.
Heretofore you have been political
stockholders in this republic Some Of
the evils of our politics have arisen
from the fact that the interest is pure
ly political and not financial. Now
you have a chance to become finan-
cial stakeholder in your country. The
war of course will be financed, IL need
be, by the very rich of the country, but
1t ought not to be, In the interests of
the good of the country, for the debt
some time must be paid, and II you
will all take as many shares as you
II will tend to prudence and economy
I'm the administration of public affairs
in the future. II will lessen your
taxes, and you and your children as
you pay them will feel that you are
helping to pay yourselves rather than
helping to pay persons who you be-
ieve have unjustly prof1ted out of the
necessities of this war. You can pre-
vent anybody getting an undue finan-
cial advantage out of the Indebtedness
which this people must contract, II
you will do your best. If you will not
do your best. and prefer to keep for
needless Injuries your little earnings,
justice and fair dealing suggest that
you do not complain If the rich take
the obligations of your government
No man has a right to growl when he
has had an equal chance with his fell
low men. Put up or shut up.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-20
EVE NOT ADAMS FIRST;
LII WAS PRIOR WIFE
Latter Left Hubby to Wed BeeIzebub,
and Progeny Were Insects,

Latter Left Hubby to Wed BeeIzebub,
and Progeny Were Insects,
Is Claim.
New York.-"Eve was not Adams
first wife. Many years before Ewes
time he married Lillith, blonde, with
hair Ike ropes of gold. Lillith was
more temperamental than Eve, so she
left Adam after short time, thus
Introducing divorce into the world.
when Adam finally learned that
his unfaithful wife had married man
in the South country he called upon
the Lord and Eve was then created
from the thirteenth rib of his right
side"
This startling news was impaired
in a lecture here on 1.-THE Insect
Progeny of Adams First Wife" by
Robert p. Dow, editor of the Entomo-
logical Society Bulletin.
The speaker later declared that Lii
lith's second husband was no less q
parsonage than Beelzebub. Her chill
dren by her second husband, Mr.. Dow
said, were all insects, which proved
great source of satisfaction to Adam
when he heard it.
Mr.. Dow based his authority for his
statements on researches he had
made into antiquity.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-20
IN PRAISE OF THRIFT i,
BY Alice Duer Miller, Author Of "Are
Women PeopIeT Etc.

BY Alice Duer Miller, Author Of "Are
Women PeopIe" Etc.
heard lovely lady say
Self-righteously the other day,
That since this war so dark and cruel
Began, she had not bought jewel
AT least, not one" she quickly
pleaded,
THAT was not absolutely needed"
I turned face with scorn distraught
"Are ladies people?" was my thought.
And then 1 thought of all that I
Had bought I did not need to buy
A Pullman seat, a cake, a fur
To me, perhaps, as gems to her.
Extravaganza, we all concede,
Is buying things we do not need:
But oftentimes, think you'll grant,
It's buying things we do not want
Things which we later have to pay
The furnace man to take away.
But Thrift All, think what thrift
can do
For foolish folk, like me and you;
Not only keeping us secure
From buying things we can't endure,
But daily teaching as to use
Mans highest gift-the power to
choose.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-20
SURGEONS FUR COAT
CAUSE OF AUTO BLAST
1t Generates Spark and Gasoline Is
Friedman Hurt and Ma.
chine Wrecked

Annapolis, Nd, Electricity in
duced by the friction of a fur coat
worn by Surgeon Raymond Spear, U.
S. ~, grounded thru an automobile
standing on wet ground and caused
a spark which exploded the gasoline,
burning Surgeon Spear severely and
destroying the machine.
Surgeon Spear had walked some
distance to his garage in his fur coat
and rubber boots. The friction of the
Tapping of the coat against his legs
generated the electricity while mis-
boots insulated him from the ground
and allowed his body to store it. A
spark did the rest.
The surgeon was taken to the naval
hospital, but at present is under treat
ment at his home.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-20

Detroit Woman Intends to Use II In
Giving Her Son the Best Pos
sibIe Start In Life.
Detroit, Mich The question of
"what'd you do If you were rich" has
been answered in new way by Mrs.
Hannah Hess, the hotel maid who in
herited 100000 by the death of Her
man Wakefield of Johnstown, Pa, an
uncle.
Instead of buying mansion and go
ing in for society or starting her hus-
band in big business, Mrs. Hess is
going to devote her fortune to her
son, that he may have the best pos
sible start in life.
"It's II for my boy, who is with my
father near Pittsburgh" she says.
Hes the brightest boy in all the
world and am going to give him the
advantages he deserves"
OF course, Mrs. Hess intends to
spend some of her legacy for herself.
Until now she has dressed according
to her income as hotel maid. But
she saved 5000, and when nC-ified Of
the legacy she went shopping.
When she returned to the hotel her
co-workers could hardly recognize her
in her new clothes. She had discarded
the neat blue and white suit of the
hotel service for attire of the latest
fashions.
II am high school graduate and
my husband is a college man." she
says. when he could not find work
for time decided to support myself.
"Of course, / will want to buy a
great many more pretty gowns and
all the other pretty things wealthy
women have. l also want a nice home,
but my boy will benefit most by my
moneys
81 will keep the friends who were
mine when l was a humble hotel
maid. Money can never change me in
that respect"
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-20
VALUABLE CARGO IN PORT
Nine Million Dollars Worth Of Eoyp-
tian Cotton and Gum Arabic Ar
rives Safely at Boston.

Boston, Mass.-The most valuable
cargo to reach this port in many years
was recently discharged at the Bos-
ton docks. A conservative value of
100000 has been placed upon 1t.
The cargo consists Of 1857 bales
Of Egyptian cotton weighing 10, 433, 040
pounds, valued at 90 cents a pound
also 3,447 bags of gum arabic, now
worth IS cents a pound. The steamer
carrying this cargo was % days on
the way from Alexandria. Egypt, and
passed through the submarine infest-
ed waters Of the Mediterranean with
out mishap.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-20

Michigan's war governor" had no
opposition in the 1918 primary cleo
ton for the Republican nomination for
second term as governor OF the
state. 1t was the first time since the
primary was established in Michigan
that the Republicans have not wit
messed battle for the gubernatorial
nomination and the fact presages a
return to Office of Gov. Sleeper by a
splendidly complimentary vote in the
November elections.
When first elected two years ago as
chief executive of the state, Gov.
Sleeper was hailed as the man upon
whom Republicans had united to
bring Michigan back into the solidly
Republican column. His home district
in 1.-The Thumb" had honored him pre-,
viously by sending him to the state
senate and the Republicans of the en-
tire commonwealth had twice elected
him state treasurer. so that he was
widely and favorably known when
called to the governorship.
In Office only a few months when
the United States was drawn into the
world war, Gov. Sleeper was first
among the executives of the nation to
pledge his states complete service to
the cause of the country. The legis.
lature, then in session, promptly back
ed up the governor by appropriating
FIVE million dollars for war purposes.
Michigan's instant patriotism made a
distinct hit throughout the United
States, as did it's energetic work Ia
following up its promises with action.
Yeoman work has been done by the
war preparedness board and other
patriotic boards Of the state, under
the direction of Gov. Sleeper. Michi-
gan has been kept to the front in war
work in way that has obtained off,
cial recognition from the federal gov.
eminent and In way that has more
than pleased the loyal citizens of the
entire community.
In state affairs Gov. Sleeper has
headed much important work, the full
results of which will be obtained In
the coming legislature. One OF the
most important pieces of state effort
has been in behalf of a budget system,
to which Gov. Sleeper stands pledged.
At his instance a budget commission
was created by the 1917 legislature
and its work has been done between
sessions, now awaiting the action of
the 1919 legislature. Another com.
mission named by Gov. Sleeper has
been at work on the states compensa.
ton law, to suggest ways and means
by which that progressive legislation
may be bettered and more adequate
and timely compensation provided for
injured workmen and the dependents
of those killed In industry. The find
ings of this commission will form one
Of the most important items OF legis.
lation to come before the next legis.
lature.
Numerous other state enterprises
have occupied attention in the past
two years, as well as the national war
work, with the result that Gov.
Sleeper has been by far the busiest
state executive Michigan has had at
any time since II became a state.
Gov. Sleeper has more than earned
the compliment of being returned for
a second term, with no opposition
from within his own party, and with
only perfunctory opposition from 9TH
or parties in the November election.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-20
HAS WOODEN LEG; DRAFTED
He Is Taken Before Army Officers at
Camp Dodge az
Stacker.

Des Molnes, Ia.-Sam Alanko, with
a wooden leg, was sent to Camp Dodge
as a draft evader from Fort Smell
ling.
When he was called up before the
Camp Dodge officers he limped con-
siderably.
whats the matter with your" he
was asked.
"I'va got wooden Leg" he replied.
II was found that Alanko's left leg
had been amputated above the knee
and he was equipped with an artificial
limb.
"What did you come down here for?"
the officer, asked.
"It beats me-" Alanko replied. II
guess they want me-"
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-20
Prepare for Cbangeable Weather.

H. B. Miller, r. +. ID. 10, Wooster
O., writes: "By the changing OF beds
and the weather, | took very bad
cold and sore throat Four doses OF
Foley's Honey and Tar put me right in
a days time" 1t pays to get the
genuine Foley's and avoid substitutes
and counterfeits. Contains no opiates.
Hite's Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-20
HOTEL MAID INHERITs \

Detroit Woman Intends to Use Il In
Giving Her Son the Best Pos
sibIe Start In Life.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-20

Michigan Is the one state in the
Union which loans its commissioned
officers money with which to buy uni.
forms. This arrangement was made
by the War Preparedness Board head
cd by Governor Sleeper.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-20

You will observe, too, that Truman
Newberry continues right on his lob
for the government in New York bar.
Dor.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-20
NOW HE KNOWS.

Henry Ford didn't know wbicn
ticket he wanted to run on. The nao-
pie have decided that for him.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-20
cHARLEvoIx COUNTY HERALD
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ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR

Entered at the postoffice at East JORDAN
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The courier-index., 1918-01-25

had about as much to say as any Benteen would have been wiped out in turn except for the influence of Sitting Bull. who was wisely fearful of the coming Terry and the foot soldiers. and urged that the Indians get away from there as soon as possible.
 1t is impossible to get very relia- ble information about any battle Waterloo and Sean for example even with the best of records at hand, and of course about such a wild fight as the Bighorn affair, all kinds of stories are told. But the above is the best account that l have been able to piece together, and as said have been interested in the Custer matter all my life, and have had fair chance to get the inside about it from uncolored sources.
 Disobedience of orders. personal jealousy and whiskey did it. and the most fortunate man on that battle field was Custer himself, for he died there of his own recklessnass. and did not live to face the disgrace that was inevitable had he lived. Reno was court-martialed and discharged from the army in disgrace. and Custer would have been, except he was dead. All of the private rec ords about the battle have not yet been published but they will be in time, and bit by bit we get at the truth of the matter The battle of the Little Bighorn was the greatest temperance lecture. ever written on the frontier.
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baggage train--the regiment was divided into three sections, remem- Der. under Custer, Reno and Benteen, respectively-a Benteen had little to do with the fight A certain man know-now dead-left Clusters command at two o'clock in the morn ing before the attack for Benteen's command just because he expected the very thing that did happen the killing of all the men in Clusters personal part of the regiment, be- cause the officers were drinking heavily
 Nor was this the only time that whiskey had caused disaster in the command under Custer. Three men died at Antelope Springs before that and Custer was drunk Time heals many sores, and Time brings out the truth hidden at the time, but the fact is that Custer was not liked by his men. Because of his dramatic death, we have tried to make hero of him as the leading figure among the army officers of the plains; but the fact was, and is. that he was held in less trust and esteem at the time than most of the other noted officers of the frontier. such as Cook for example.
 have read many accounts of the Little Bighorn fight. and have talked with some of the men who were there, not in Clusters division of course, for they were all killed. but who were with the other divisions under Reno or Benteen. and I have read accounts collected from the Indian side. As near as l can figure out, Sitting Bull left for the rear be- fore the fight began, and was ten miles away and still going with two squaws when the Indian messengers overlook him with news of the In- dian victory. Sitting Bull was a medicine man. that is. a priest or minister. among the Indians. and not a warrior; in fact. he seems to have been that rare thing among Indians, an individual coward. The Indians had no central commander that day; and Indians seldom ever did have. for that matter. as their organization was always too loose for one su- preme commander with any real power. Chief Gall seems to have
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council because of the death of their scOurge. cut his heart into bits and each ate of it, so as to take into themselves his cold, iron relentless courage~-then came the averaging sickness, and when spring came only six of the tribe were left alive. And these six. too few for a tribe. of course. became absorbed into another tribe, and so the whole nation disappeared, the only case I know of in history where one man. unaided. killed whole tribe of people. His name was Thomas Quick.
 So my own family have massacred and been massacred by Indians for 300 years, and I believe I can write here without prejudice against the use of the term massacre" when the Indian won the battle, and the whiteman lost The Custer fight was not a massacre; it was battle and the Indians won.
 Now for many years mystery has nunR over lHdt bdttitliCfu, ytt Hlduy old timers know the solution of it. and as we are now in the third generation, beginning at least from that date-1S76-for the sake of historical truth it is we'll that the truth be told frankly.
 Custer as is we'll known, was more or less in disgrace in the army at that time. and General Terry had been put in command of the expo sition against the Indians. Custer, purely for personal reasons. disobey- ed Terry's expressed orders, and at tackled the Indians without proper support. If Custer had lived he would undoubtedly have been court martialed, victory or no victory, for insubordination wherein he risked the lives of his command for per sonaI gain and jealousy against his superior officers. All this, of course, is old history, published many times.
 But the mystery so far has been hushed up. yet it is the other of the two reasons that caused the de- feat on the Little Bighorn, and that is just plain whiskey. Reno was drunk that day And so was Custer and most of the officers under him Benteen was not drunk. but he was left in the rear in command of the
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MAGAZINE WRITER SAYS GENERAL CUSTER WAS DRUNK WHEN HE FOUGHT INDIANS

war between the red and the white as the white invaded the red mans land, a victory for the white was a battle, and a victory for the red was a massacre. In fact, it is easy to tell which side won here or there by the use of these two words battle or massacre by the white recorder. No doubt the Indian his torian merely reversed the two words, and with the same lack oi Justification A massacre is when one side is helpless, either unarmed non combatants, prisoners, or those who have surrendered. and the kill ing side is comparatively all-power- ful. and stays without possible re sistance
 In Indian-white man warfare there were many massacres, first on one side then on the other The Indians killed unarmed men, women ana children. then the whites killed un- armed Indians-men, women and children. Of course it sounds bit nicer to say bucks, squaws ana nits.' yet the fact remains that they were men, women and children. we whites did it down to the last new born babe at Sand Creek, and other places without number, and so did the Indians.
 I speak without personal preJudlce for one of my ancestors, who came back to his cabin one day to find his wife dressed and hung up like a beef, and his children dead, scat tered about the door where one Dy one they had been whirled about an Indians feathered head and then had their brains dashed out against the door step-this man went hunt ing for Indians. And in his life he killed 100 men, women and child ren. He died of smallpox. and the Indians dug him up, held great
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Chauncey Thomas, contributing ed itor to Outdoor Life, magazine pub hshed in Denver, Col, for lovers of outdoor life and sports. has an article in the January number of the magazine in which new side hgnts are thrown on the famous Ilght in which Gen Custer and his httie band of soldiers were extermi mated by the Indians. According to Thomas, Gen, Custer and his officers were drunk at the time of the fight. custer disobeyed the orders of his uetachment of men out to meet the Indians, and had Clusters life oeen spared the chances are he would have faced a court martial me article written by Mir Thomas follows:
 Tn the October issue Lieut. Geo. n. Quackenbos, of the New York Nity police department, and formerly an old timer on the plains, has an account of the Custer fight, and touches, with keen interest to all old time westerners. on many details oi the early days beyond the Big Muddy Therein he honors me with peasant words, and speaks especial " of my father, w. R. Thomas, the pioneer editor who knew personally most. if indeed not all. of the men mentioned by Lieut.. Quackenbos. 20 the good old plainsman and VIII never write at cross purposes, ana what I put down here is merely III addition to what he might say, ana with all the iron friendship of .ne old west between old timers. How Kola?"
 Now in regard to the Custer fight, 'nere are many versions. First, let us call it fight. not a massacre The time has come, or has long gone by, when in the three century
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HAVE ROSY CHEEKS
 AND FEEL FRESH AS
 A DAISY-TRY THIS!
Says glass of hot water with phosphate before breakfast
 washes out poisons.

To see the tinge of healthy bloom in your face, to see your skin get clearer and clearer. to wake up with out headache, backache. coated tongue or nasty breath. in fact to feel your best, day in and day out. just try inside bathing every morning for one week.
 Before breakfast each dayy drink a glass of real hot water with a teaspoon, ful of limestone phosphate in 1t as a harmless means of washing from the stomach. liver, kidneys and bowels tho previous days indigestible waste. sour bile and toxins: thus cleansing sweetening and purifying the entire alimentary canal before putting more food into the stomach. Thesaction of hot water and limestone phosphate on an empty stomach is wonderfully in- vigorating. It cleans out all the sour lamentations, gases and ac1dity and gives one splendid appetite for break fast.
 A uu rter pound of limestone phos. phate will cost very little at the drug store but Is sufficient to demonstrate that just as soap and hot water cleanses, sweetens and freshens the skin. SO hot water and limestone nhos- phate act on the blood and internal or gans. Those who are subject to con- stipation, bilious attacks. acid stomach, rheumatic twinges, also those whose skin is sallow and complexion paliid. are assured that one week Of inside bathing will have them both looking and feeling better in every way.
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TOP DOG

Kermit Roosevelt. son of the Colonel. is said to have remarked of his father: You know dad likes to be top dog-the most prominent person wherever he is If he's at wedding he wants to be the bride and if he's at funeral he wants to be the corpse"
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FEARFUL STRUGGLE

They were discussing the war. "l suppose this is the most fearful struggle the world has ever seen" said the travelling salesman.
 "Oh. don't know" replied the postmaster q once saw two Jew burglars trying to take money from a Scotchman.''
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The largest boys membership in any one branch of the Young Mems Christian Association Is at Shanghai. China, where 1.1S3 have the right to use the new boys building.
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NOTICE TO THE DRAFTED MEN.
Their Relatives, Friends and Acquaintances:

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