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Evening star., 1918-08-02

mitories declares that only government
lands may be taken which are not
otherwise dedicated for specific uses,
the block in question having been ac-
quired by the government for q par
ticular purpose, namely, the erection
thereon Of a department building.
Necessarily the application to court
will involve delay, and at this stage
of the situation delay is decidedly dis
advantageous. Already much time has
been lost in the preliminaries Of plan
ming and site selection. Work is only
now being started that should have
been begun weeks ago. If the site in
question is tied up in litigation the
start on the building which it is pro-
posed to erect on it may be postponed
for weeks longer. throwing its COM
pletion, if it is finally constructed on
this site, far into the autumn. It is
to be hoped that the court will find q
way to make q short cut at a decision,
so that if the government is given the
sight to proceed it may start quickly,
and if it is denied that right it may
at once seek and secure another site.
It would have been in the interest Of
promptness of execution if the legal
ASPECT of the matter had been deter
mined beforehand.
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Rent Profteering and Supplies.

If the plan for the preventing Of
profteering in room rents and board
charges by cutting off the supplies Of
food and fuel from overcharging land
lords can be put into execution it
should be helpful in checking the evil
Of extortion. The difficulty as to the
fuel, however, is that in most cases
the landlords have already stored their
coal, if they have been successful in
the filing Of their early orders, given
in obedience to government injunction.
For those who have not filed their
bins, however, the remedy may apply.
In the matter Of food supplies the mat
ter will not be so easily arranged.
There is at present no law to deny
supplies to any individual. Hoarding
can be punished, but ordinary buying
Of food is not subject to prohibition
for any cause. The law would have
to be amended to reach the profteer in
this way. The Philadelphia plan is
designed to meet an evil that certainly
to some extent prevails here, but
Philadelphia makes its own municipal
laws, while Washington's laws are
written by Congress.
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Full Time on War Work.

1t is Of vital importance that the
American workingmen should in this
war crisis stick to their tasks at full
time, working every day. Full time is
as important in the munitions plants
and shipyards and on the various
forms Of industry contributing to the
American war strength as on the battle
field.
One Of the purposes of the effort
now being made to coordinate labor
in the war industries through the
United States employment service is
to gain a maximum production through
full time. Workers a-e being urged
to stick to their jobs as strictly as the
soldiers in the field, who take no days
off and are ready for duty on the min
ute for whatever is to be done.
The worker at home who fails to
put in his strength and his skill to
the utmost is aiding the enemy just
as much as the soldier who fails to
obey the order to advance or to hold
a position. Only illness incapaeitating
him from service can excuse failure to
report for duty in mill or shop or
yard where essential war industry is in
progress.
During the eastern campaign the
Germans gained much ground and took
many prisoners because the Russians
were short of ammunition and guns,
due to bad management at home and
to treaehery in high places. The sue
cess Of our arms in France depends
upon the maintenance Of supplies and
the provision Of ships for their trans
portation, and these works depend for
their efficiency upon the fidelity with
which the American workmen stand
! by their jobs.
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Boy-Ed.

German commentators on Americas
part in the war are strangely at vari-
ance in their observations. Capt. Boy
Ed, of unsavory fame in this country,
is quoted by the Cologne Gazette as
saying, in book recently published,
that it is impossible for America to
transport 100000 troops, as Secretary
Baker has announced. Capt. Boyd
misstates the case. Secretary Baker
has not announced that ], SOC, 900 troops
have been transported. The latest an
nouncement put the figure at approx
mately 1,250,ooo. But the million-and-
a-half point will very soon be reached,
despite Boy-Ed's assertion Of impossi-
bility. Theorizing on the power Of the
submarines to keep our troops at home
clashes discordantly with facts. If
memory is not faulty it was Boyd
who declared that the German-Ameri-
cans would prevent the United States
from going to war. With this coun-
try in the thick of the fight, with near
ly the impossible" million and a half
of men in France and many thousands
more going weekly, Boyd is not
shining as a prophet or an observer.
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A Housing Site Blockade.

An important application of the
Salisbury act to prevent custer of ten
ants is sought in the case Of the block
of land selected by the government for
the erection Of dormitory for war
workers in this city. The land in
question has been owned by the United
States for some years, having been ac-
quired by condemnation for the. spe-
cifc purpose Of the erection Of a de-
partment office. There being no pros
pect for the present undertaking of
the larger building project, it is pro-
posed to use the site for one Of the
temporary housing units planned to
relieve the local congestion. The ten
ant. who rents from the government,
seeks to enjoin the razing Of his build
ings, one Of which is under course Of
construction, citing the recently en-
acted law in opposition.
It il nice question Of law whether
the government can take over this
land, at least without the ordinary mo-
tee Of eviction. Another issue is In
voived in the plea that the act Of Con-
gress creating the housing commission
and providing for the erection Of dor.
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Back Tracking and the New Trail

ck-Tracking and the New Trail.
In an interview which appeared in
yesterdays Star, Speaker Clark dis
eussed conditions in this country
growing out Of the war, and made
some predictions. His observations on
public, and particularly political, mat
tiers find wide circulation and many
readers. ..
Take this as starter:
"This country never will back-track
all the way ON the new trail which the
war has blazed for us. We have gone
far on new road in our economic
and industrial affairs, and we will not
retrace entirely, even though some of
the laws under which this progress is
being made are limited to the dura-
tion Of the war"
Men are already dividing on this
score. Some are Of opinion that at the
close Of the war, and as soon there
after as possible, the country should
Hback- track a considerable way, while
others hold there should be no back
tracking at all, but swift and steady
progress made con the new trail the
war has blazed for u.s." Two old names
are coming into new uses. Those who
favor back-tracking are called Ere
actionaries," while those who oppose
are called Hprogressives.D There are
democratic as well as republican "re-
actionaries," and republican as well as
democratic "progressives."
After mentioning some Of the
changes the war has made, and citing
changes made by previous wars, Mr..
Clark said:
aHow to 1nseramble' this mass Of
Capitalization which necessity has
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Daily Food Prices.

A daily market report for the guild
ance Of housekeepers and other pur-
chasers of foods is to be issued by the
government, through the bureau Of
markets, beginning tomorrow. This
report will give the prices current in
the wholesale markets, those that the
retailers of foodstuffs have to pay. In
addition suggestion will be given of
the price which the consumer should
pay, granting a reasonable allowance
for cost of handling and for the re-
tailer's profit.
It viii be of material assistance to
the purchaser Of food thus to have a
daily record of what the commodities
cost the retailers. Instances of gross
overcharging can then be detected. OF
course, it is impossible for any gov
ernmental agency to dictate, short of
absolute retail price fixing, the prices
that are to be charged in the stores.
Trade conditions vary widely. One
merchant has a more expensive estab-
ishment than another, his delivery
service is more complete and costly,
his range of goods is wider and there
fore involves larger outlay Of capi-
tai, his chances of loss through spoil
ing are greater. All these factors en-
ter into the equation of the retail price.
Thus an advance of given per cent on
the wholesale price would in his case
be inadequate, while it might be en-
tirely sufficient and reasonable in the
case of smaller and less expensive
store.
The consumer, in using the whole
sale price list as guide, must bear
in mind that the grocer or butcher
must pay rent, or taxes, must hire
clerks and possibly drivers, must in
some instances pay interest on bor-
rowed capital or deferred payments on
goods purchased, and must finally get
a profit, without which he cannot con-
tinue in business, which, indeed, is his
sole reason for doing business. That
profit, plus the cost of handling and
administration, is the consumers price
for service.
The profiteer is he who takes an
extortionately large profit, who takes
advantage of the consumers needs and
ignorance of market conditions to
charge unjust prices. That there are
cases of food prodteering, here and
elsewhere, is not to be doubted. The
food administration is seeking them
out, to punish the offenders. The con-
sumers, however, have now the most
direct means of self-protection in the
publication of a daily list of whole
sale prices, accompanied by suggested
fair retail prices, by which they can
detect gross instances Of overcharging
and report them.
It is the duty of every purchaser of
food to study this daily list and to
bring promptly to the attention of the
food administration cases in which
rates have been charged in excess of
q reasonable profit. To insure action
the consumer should secure sales slips
with all purchases. Any merchant who
refuses to give such sales slip, bear
ing plainly the date and name and
price of the commodity, is fairly open
to suspicion of profteering. #s
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forced on US will be the great prob
lem Of the statesmen Of the future,
and, of course, they will have to be
guided by how much the people want
it done. I believe that thoughtful men
are taking cognizanee of what will be
before us and getting ready to tackle
the job when it is to be handled"
It is 6 problem for the ablest and
most thoughtful men, and they are
taking cognizance Of it none too soon.
The war came suddenly, and may end
suddenly; and when the end comes,
soon or late, the work of reconstruc-
tion, which will be colossal, should be-
gin at once. In time Of destruction
prepare for reconstruction.
Mr.. Clark believes that his party will
remain in power, and upon it will de-
volve this heavy task. If he is right,
we should witness some very interest
ing procedure. The democratic party
has steadily declared against central-
zation-has stood for state rights, and
as few Of them as possible-has con-
tended that very limited measure of
government is the best government
has won every one of its national vic
toriestnot numerous, it is true, in the
past half century-partly by invoking
the shade Of Thomas jefferson. If it
is on the evo Of scrapping the sage of
Monticello, on the proposition that the
war, has made him back number, it
will hold the center of the stage while
the scrapping is in progress.
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The kaiser's reminder to the German
troops that the greatest struggle is be-
fore them would be more effective if
Hans and Fritz were not weary Of be-
ing reminded that the worst is yet to
come.
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Perhaps Bernstorff is more foItu-
nate than he seems in being away of
in Turkey where he has nothing in con-
nection with current conditions to e1-
plain.
Evening star., 1918-08-02

The money spent in the Q. s. A. for
German propaganda was supposed to
be merely a temporary deposit, to be
taken back again some day in the form
Of indemnity.
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China has frequently been mention
ed as 4 nation with an enormous sup
ply of man power. This hitherto un-
dervalued asset is likely to find ap-
probation in the near future.
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If the Sultan Of Turkey comes out
Of his subcellar to quarrel with the
Emperor Of Germany, Bernstorff's ca
reer as diplomatist will seem hope
less indeed.
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The kaiser's optimism would prob
ably find more appreciative readers if
it did not place so much of its de-
pendence on the discredited U-boat.
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Base ball fans will regard the in
reference with the game as another
item in the score to be settled with
that world meddler the kaiser.
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The assassination Of Eichhorn gives
Berlin some reason to suspect that
there is a large amount Of work to be
done before Russia is Prussianized.
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Bootleg" whisky has not even the
shade Of local responsibility for quail
ity that the moonshine article enjoys.
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The utterances of Lord Lansdowne
are presumably those of a we'll mean
ing statesman who feared that the
conversation was tagging.
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The automobile tax proposition is
calculated to take some Of the joy out
Of joy-riding.
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Austria is disappointed in the hope
that Prussia would protect her from
the Italians.
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A man of more than forty who is a
good life insurance risk ought to show
possibilities as a soldier.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Fighting Shirt,

The Fighting Spirit.
@Has prohibition taken the fighting
spirit out Of Crimson Gulchi"
mot much" replied Broncho Bob.
off you doubt it, just stand around and
laugh when one Of the boys steps up
to the bar and orders an ice cream
soda"
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The bolsheviki are bad fighters, but
persistent politicians.
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An Ayer,ion Shared.

"You used to admire the German
poets"
II admire them still Most Of them
didn't like a kaiser any better than
+ do"
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The Esteemed Mutton.

The Esteemed Mutton.
Mary had lamb so cute.
The teacher did reprove FER,
But Mary said she raised the brute
At the request Of Hoover.
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The Task.

The Task.
Each in his little way must do.
The thing that falls unto his share
And he who fails and, strives anew
Shall win reward SURPRISING fsar. +.
Although his name may mot aupear
I In splendor ON the scroll Of fame,
His heart shall know deeper cheer
Than that which Wanting Pride may
claim.
Though triumphs unto others turn,
He nobly meets a mighty test
Who in seH-searching may discsrz
The steadfast will % Do his bslA
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aDe fact you don't. happens to be
winner" said Uncle Eben. "don' keep
a craps. game Fum bein' mighty non
essential employment"
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Like the Home Team.

Like the Home Team.
Elbow is your garden coming alongr
aFine,n said Mr.. Crosslots. f1t takes
The place Of base ball with me. Every
year about this time I can see just
why it didn't quite fulfill expectations
and how easily it can be made . win
ner next season"
Evening star., 1918-08-02

You'll find such suits n these
in other stores at $6.s8 and
$3.50. but not for less; they are
excellently tailored OF superior
long-wearfng casstmeres and
mixtures: made with belt and
patch pockets; 2 to II yearA It
will pay you to buy several
and lay them away. HE M
Midsummer Clear sDO.UU
ance Price. .-
The courier-index., 1918-02-22
oUT or THE SCRAP HEAP

THE Boy and the Bank Account
There are several factors that are
responsible for the making of an in
dustriai apd thrifty man out of an
active and wide awaks boy. and one
of the most important of these is
getting the boy to art bank ac-
count OF his own in his early teens
or before. Not only should the lad
be encouraged to put most of the
money he armed on deposit in such
an account. but it will help to still
further encourage him IL the fund
is increased bit now and then by
those most interested in him. The
having and building up of such a
bank account will not only make a
boy saving and thrifty. hut he Will
at the same time learn the value OF
a dollar. while the incentive he viii
have to add to the sum on deposit
will keep him from spending fool
ishIy tina m6ney he earns. Help that
The courier-index., 1918-02-22
LIKE AN ECHO

A marriage broker brought an as
sistant along to a conference about a
BRIDE The assistant was to confirm
his assertions
She is well made, like pine
tree" said the agent.
Like pine tree" repeated the
assistant.
"She is cultured beyond words"
Wonderfully cultured" came the
echo.
However, one thing is true,' con-
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of us feel our heart grow warm under
merited praise, and If we get little
more of it than we deserve, which
rarely happens in this world, we try
to deserve more next time.
The courier-index., 1918-02-22

Our new location is with the Ark
ansas Light and Power Company's
office. across the street from Grfffis-
Newbern Company. J. Z. Mann, the
reliable jeweler. 80
The courier-index., 1918-02-22
REDCROSS NEUROToNr

The ideal remedy for nervousuer
sleeplessness, dyspepsia, neurairi
and nervous prostration. This remedy
will surely restore your shatterei
nerves and revitalize your systen
This and more than one hundred ots
Red Cross Remedies sold and gum
teed only by
HARRINGTON BROS.
The courier-index., 1918-02-22

fessed the broker. "she has slight
bunch on her back"
And what hunch.' confirmed
the assistant.
The courier-index., 1918-02-22

Look at the work we have a.
elsewhere in Mariana, then 1t 7
figura on your concrete work. IN
Fielder, extractor. =
The courier-index., 1918-02-22

Leake & Wells, general transfer.
wood and coal. We move anything
loose at both ends Phones IL and
166. Il
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No job too big for US to handle
efficiently and quickly. J. w. Field
er. concrete contractor. 81
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MILLER LUMBER COMPAN1
will help you TO make yor ~
usors comfortable
The courier-index., 1918-02-22
ARE THEY WEAK OR PAINFUL?
LUNG. TROUBLE

You should take immediate steps TO
check the progrcss OF these symp-
toms The longer you allow them to
advance and develop. the more deep
seated and serious your condition be-
III IT, & essItiys Proof than that LIN.
relieved COMPLETELY and speedily case
after case OF incipient Lung Disease.
Chronic Bronchitis, Catarrh OF the
Lungs. Catarrh OF the Bronchial Tubes
and other similar affections. Many suf-
ferors who said they had lost all hope
and had been given up by physicians.
declare they have been completely
relieved BIZ Lung Gernine. II your
cough and other symptoms are due to
weak lungs. serious developments
may follow negie aNn N9m pM " Ihe time anS
build up and strengthen your lungs.
Lung Germine has relieved incipient
Lung Diseases. according to state.
menfs OF sufferers themselves, as well
as statements from their doctors
and the patients remain strong ana In
splendid health today.
You take no. chances when you try
LUNG GERMINE. 1t is not like cheap
cough syrups. IT Is real lung and
bronchial medicine OF proven merit:
Try one bottle and see Tor yourseir
how quickly. and sDlendidiy ~ acLs
cost $500. can now be had for only
the benefit you have derived after
using one full bottle, ask the drug
gist for your money back.
Good druggists everywhere have
Lung Qefmine. or can get Ii Tor you
from their wholesalers.
The courier-index., 1918-02-22

Try as hard as you please. you
can never get the knocker to believe
his home town is anything but a
modern Nazareth. Nothing good
can come from it. Even when some
bit of successful hustling or unusual
generosity sets the outside world
talking. he finds some flaw. some
manner in which the deed would
have been better had 1t happened
elsewhere. Psrs ,na'ly, his ira nS., i
changed to water. would not be suf-
ficient to dampen the dust on a
gnat's whiskers, but he considers
himself capable of giving advice to
old man Solomon.
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Hse

The parents who believe every
word the SON or aughter tells them
in regard to the conduct of the
teacher. is very likely 10 think Ill
of the teacher and without just
reason. II is natural for youth to
The courier-index., 1918-02-22

II is remarked the mail order
houses have not relaxed their efforts
to get business just because few
dull months in the year appear. They
everlastingly keep at the advertising
end of their business.
The courier-index., 1918-02-22

restless, active boy to start a banl
account. 1t may make man o
him.
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him.
Wanted-A Better Friend
Who will answer this want ad
which appeared in an Illinois paper?
| am a horse that shivers in the
street.
bring the groceries to your door
throughout the year.
In the hottest days of summer
bring you cooling ice.
In the coolest days of winter
bring you welcome coal.
Often l have to pull through roads
that are deep with slime or rough
with frozen clods.
Many times / slip and often l fall
because l am not sharp shod.s
Again and again l am left to shiver
on the street after my days work
is done, being obliged to wait until
my driver is ready to start me to
the barn. Do you wonder that |
long for the blue grass. regions OF
Kentucky where the meadow lark's
a-singing up against the sky so blue
But I'm not going back there. I'm
going to stay right here and work
right ahead and help make your
home life comfortable.
Don't you want to be better
friend to me?
We have scores of just such wor-
thy horses in our town even If they
have not rushed into, print with their
grievances.
The courier-index., 1918-02-22

Did you ever notice how really
beautiful gum chewing makes a girl
appear? Take her de facto. and gaz-
ing steadily. one cannot find more
ideal picture. With a sharp click.
clack of her teeth so white and
pearly. and clashing together as with
cowish glee, she masticates her cud
Then, too, one can note her health
tinted, well-rounded cheeks as they
grow a little more rotund. through
the material assistance of a big
hunk" of gum.
All dairy products are higher now
than they have ever been In the
history of the country. The price
of butter and milk is steadily ad-
vancing and meat prices are also
bound to increase. This is not the
result of the combination of meat
packers or any other so called trust
methods. It is due solely to the
scarcity of cattle in this country.
The open range has disappeared
and the farmer Is now raising corn
instead OF cattle.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-09-11
BLACKLEG.

Blackleg is a disease that affects
cattle. In North Dakota most Of the
cases have been west of the Missouri
River and usually on hilly land, but
cases have occurred even in the Red
River Valley, but only in tile last few
years.
The first indication Of. it is depres-
sion, loss Of appetite, a failure to ru-
inmate aind a high fever. The breath
ing becomes rapid, the animal moves
with difficulty and lays down often.
In a few hours swellings appear I'M
der the skin. and@i twelve. hours The
animal may become paralytic. The
muscles Of the affected quarters be-
come brown or black.
Blacklyeg is caused by a germ found
in the soil in some sections. These
germs get thru the skin by way of
scratches, pricks Of thorns, stubble
boards and PENETRATING foreign bodies
which amy puncture the skin. Cattle
between six months and two years are
the most susceptible. The disease
does not usually spread from animal
to animal, but the germs from the sick
or dead animal get into the soil and
from the soil to another animal. For
this reason the dead animals should
be burned or buried lat least six feet
deep) and quick lime sprinkled over it.
In case of burning it must be done
thoroughly, then d%isinfected thorough.