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The Jasper news., 1918-12-12

London.-The women of Great Brit
ain are going to play big role in re-
construction.
They have won the right to be heard
by saving the nation-and the nation
recognizes 1t.
The war has brought British women
the vote and the right to sit In the
house Of commons-sacred to the
stronger sex" throughout the history
of the British empire.
1t is probable women's right to sit
in the house of lords will be establish
ed shortly, as well as the admittance
of women to the professions on an
equal footing with men.
The question of equal pay for equal
work" has been met In instances, but
largely 1t remains to be fought out af-
ter the industrial change-over.
Only women over thirty may vote,
but there is already demand that this
age limit be reduced.
Already number Of women have an
nounced they will be candidates in the
coming electlons-many of them on
planks dealing with reconstruction
tasks.
Mrs. Dacre Fox, one of the leaders OF
The Jasper news., 1918-12-12
Showed Their Individual Superb
GRITTY In Hand-to-Hand
/ Battling.
WOUNDED TELL OF VICTORIES
Give Graphic Descriptions Of Personal
Encounters With Enemy-Battal-
lon Of Marines Brings Down
German AlrpIane.

Paris.-When the change came
from trench warfare to the more or
less warfare of movement, the Ameri-
cans got their long-desired opportu-
nifty to display their physical prowess
and their individual superiority In
hand-to-hand fighting. And they liked
it-thls close fighting-as evidenced
by the smiles and laughs of the boys
in the American army hospitals when
they recount tales of bayonet charg-
ing, hand grenading at close quarters,
and even the good. old American style
of using the fists.
Andrew Dumas Of Burke, N. Y, was
suffering bit Of pain from wound
in his hip, caused by shrapnel, but
he forgot his sufferings when he told
Of doing away with three opponents
of Prussianism with his bayonet. Du-
mas was Injured while fighting In the
sector north Of Verdun where the
Americans, straddling the Meuse
river, met resistance Of the most stub
born kind.
1--WE crept out one night on scout
Ing proposition and met up with quite
gang Of Huns" Dumas said. eve
couldn't resist the temptation to have
q 60 at them at close quarters. I
know Of three Of them that went down
with my bayonet. 1 wasn't injured
until two days later"
Calls II "Hot Stuff"
Another Yank, who says "close up"
fighting is shot stuff" Is Sergeant
Adolph Stein of 535 st. Clair street,
Lawrenceburg, Ind.
It's STEMS second time in the hos-
pital since the middle Of August.
His first wound was from Ger
man high explosive, but his second
trip to the hospital was caused By
machine gun bullets-in each leg.
He said he was just in reach Of the
machine gun nest when he fell. But
he added, his comrades Carried on
and got the gun.
Just to show you the difference be.
The Jasper news., 1918-12-12

Your LABOR COUNTS every ounce
Of work you do helps some soldier.
Tnis war was fought as truly In the
household and in the workshop as 1t
was In the trenches.
Some of our American women are
borne down physically and mentally,
by the weaknesses Of their sex. They
suffer from backache, dragging sensa-
ton, bearing-down pains, very nervous
and pain in top of head. II they ask
their neighbors they will be told TO take
q Fdvorite Prescription OF DR.. Pierce's
which has been so well and favorably
known for the past half century.
Weak women should try it now. Don't
wait Today is the day to begin, This
temperance tonic and nervine will bring
vim, vigor and vitality. Send DR.. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y, 10c. for trial pkg. tablets.
The Jasper news., 1918-12-12

tire battalion Of marines, including
q machine gun company, had hand In
bringing down German airplane is
told by N. w. Afflerbaugh of Wood
River, Neb.
"0ur battalion was in reserve In a
small forest" explained Affierbaugh.
who was later wounded in both legs
by shrapnel. "All Of, a sudden we saw
an American plane making for home.
The plane seemed to be crippled I'm
mediately back of the American was
German plane, trying Its best to
finish the American. Both machines
were flying low.
EVERY fellow there was just ach-
ing to get crack at the Hun plane,
and we waited until the American
had passed on and the German was
just above us. We all turned loose
with our rifles and the machine
gun company let fly with Its rat.a-tat.
tat.
1.-THE Boche Immediately turned
and tried to make for home, but he
was forced to land about two city
blocks from us. When we reached
the spot where he came down we
found that his plane had been rid
died with bullets and that he had any
number Of bullet wounds in his legs,
arms and body. However, guess he
will get over 1t, for he was imme-
dlately hustled off to a hospital"
The Jasper news., 1918-12-12

The value of the cOconuts, copra and
coconut oil imported In 1918 is about
100000, against approximately $12,.
100000 In 1914.
The Jasper news., 1918-12-12
Acid-StoIllacll
Ruins Health
of Millions

Besides those painful attacks Of in.
digestion; that awful bloated, lumpy
feeling after eating and downright
stomach misery that you who have
experienced 1t know so well; besides
disgusting belching, food-repeating,
sour stomach and distressing heartburn
besides all this, ID-STOMACH
undermines the health and saps the
strength of millions.
If you don't get rid of those stomach
miseries there is no telling where your
stomach troubles will end, for 1t is a
well known scientific fact that many
serious ailments have their start In an
acid-stomach.
Start now-this very day to get rid Of
your stomach miseries-take EATONIC
the wonderful remedy that absorbs
the excess acid from the stomach and
brings INSTANT relief. You simply
have no idea how much better, stronger
and brighter you feel at once. 1t drives
out all the gas and bloat, puts an Inn
mediate stop to belching and heartburn,
ends stomach suffering and makes 1t
cool, sweet, comfortable and strong.
There can be no further excuse for
you to allow acid-stomach to wreck
your health-pile up misery upon mis-
cry until you get to the point where
you feel down and out and that life has
lost all its joys. Remember, just as
acid-mouth ruins teeth, so acid-stomach
ruins health.
Take EAToNIC. It's good, Just like
bit of candy and makes the stomach
feel fine. You can then eat the things
you like and, what Is more, every
mouthful you eat will count In creating
power and energy. You'll feel so much
better-have punch and pep--the power
and will to do things and get results.
and your stomach misery will be gone.
Take our advice. Get big box Of
EATONIC from your druggist today.
1t costs so little. II 1t falls to remove
| your stomach distress, he will refund
your money. That Is guaranteed. you
are to be satisfied or money refunded.
The Jasper news., 1918-12-12
strIkeIess Union Formed.

Yakima, Wash.-A union pledged
not to strike has been formed here
with ITO members, all fruit workers.
All differences as to wages, hours, con-
ditions of work and other matters will
be settled by reference TO the federal
community labor committee.
The Jasper news., 1918-12-12
Using TaIcum Powder
in Celebrations Taboo

Atlanta, Ga.-Talcum powder
thrown into the faces of pedes-
trians on the streets here during
the recent celebrations Of peace
have affected the eyes of a con-
siderable number. One girl may
lose her sight. Chief Of Police
Beavers has forbidden a repeti-
ton of talcum powder throwing.
The Jasper news., 1918-12-12

some time AFTER having
q run Of fever ] was In
very poor health. l had
womnn's weakness be-
fore / had the fever and
afterward II seemed 10
get much worse. / was
just miserable. Doctors
wanted me to have an
operation but instead i
took DR.. Pierce's Favor
tie Prescription and Il
completely cured mo.
The trouble all dissp-
peared and I was once
, more enjoying good
health and am today,
thanks TO 'Favorite Pre-
scription.' II 70 o won
building up Of weak and
ny ELLIS, Tie Fulton Ave,
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-18
Swallows Fight for Farmers
They Are he Light Cavalry Of the Bird Amy

The q pans
minds
combat the birds annual migration
comes only when special branches Of
Instance bird experts The swallows
Birds
OF constantly on the alert to cut
missing opportunity destroy Of
quoted
Habits OF the Swallows Family
nhoogists world has
duced Prof E. L. Bea for %
L
The bulletin
distribution United
and the Rough swallow
course Similar but they
is instance that
vegetable
swallow occasionally
to only worthless forms
even small
cp for the Tree swallow
of per cent Of the total
With few exceptions the insects
take their food the wing follows
This item constitutes
The
eaten large is made
Gently imported weevils
On the whole be
family
" = -
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-18
Underground Railroad and
Useless Caucus Room, Two
Extravagances at Capitol.

One Of the curiosities of the capitol
Is the miniature railroad that connects
the senate, via underground passage,
with the senate office building, relates
Washington correspondent. The cars
of this railroad operate on q monOrail
by electricity.
The road is about 15O yards in length
and has double track. When one
car is at one end of the track the other
car is at the other end, and vice versa.
The railroad was intended originally to
aid senators in making speed from
their Offices to the senate chamber. Roll
calls do not require much time in the
senate and there is danger that If q
roll call Is asked when a senator is in
his office he will miss the roll call un-
less he uses the electric car. That
saves him about ten or fifteen seconds
time.
The road is open to the public and
it costs nothing to ride. AS conse-
quence messenger boys, clerks and
janitors use the railroad freely. while
| senators, except on days when the
weather is inclement, prefer to walk in
the open air between their offices and
the senate chamber.
Besides the initial equipment, the
road entails an expense Of about $50
weekly for the employ of two opera
tors and probably half that amount for
electricity. This would make a yearly
expense Of $500 as a very conserva-
| tive estimate. AS a matter of fact the
railroad probably costs more like $4,000
or $1,000 year.
The senate has another extravaganza
that Is almost an eyesore. This Is the
palatial caucus room that cost no one
knows how many thousands of dollars
when the senate office building was
constructed. The room is finished
throughout in marble and has immense
crystal chandeliers. 1t has the largest
seating capacity of any room in the
capitol except the hall of the house
and the senate chamber.
Yet the acoustic properties of the
room are so bad that it Is never used,
| and 1t stands there as an expensive
monument to some ones mistake in
planning the senate office building. OF
course a person would ordinarily pay
no attention to such thing as bad
acoustic properties, but in this room II
cannot help but be noticed.
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-18
Importance Of a Tan Coat
Depends on How Acquired.

Tan is the result Of the action Of
chemical rays or Of the ultraviolet
rays Of the solar light on the pigment
Of the skin. 1t proves nothing, says
an authority, but that the skin has
been exposed to Photographic rays Of
one kind or another. The skin is also
tanned by exposure to the rays Of a
mercury lamp, but such tan has moth
ing to do with health.
Tan is important and Of meaning
according to the circumstances under
which 1t is acquired. Acquired at sen
or by the sea as n result Of life and
exercise in the open air. 1t is n sign Of
health, because 1t accompanies general
effects which are lacking in the condl-
tons Of electric tan.
Electric tan is accompanied by no
multiplication of red corpuscles l., the
blood. such as exercise produces, in
suring renewal Of physical strength.
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-18

fingers to the bone, it's these people.
What, then, is wanted, in order that
they may get to your young friend
twenty minutes sooner, an hour sooner.
five hours sooner? What will do this :
Money, that's all. More money
means more Red Oroas people on the
deld. more Red Cross ambulances on
service. more equipment. more medi.
cines, more instruments, more band
ages, more dressings-more everything.
The Red Cross has got efficiency work.
ed up to its highest point. It is doing
its best-it can do no more.
But you can do more. All you've
got to do is to multiply this efficiency
and keep on multiplying 1t. And dol
lars will do that-Iothing but dollars.
If your dollars can get wounded man
attention twenty minutes earlier than
he otherwise would get 1t, you give him
a hundred chances where he has but
one-you are likely to save his life.
You've subscribed to the Red Cross be-
fore-we all understand that. We all
did that, too. But our friend over
there in the trenches is likely to get
wounded half dozen times. He's
asking, In his desperation, for your
help, your money. He needs it badly
now. Every dollar that you put in may
heal one wound. Every fifty dollars
that you put in may save one life-or
more.
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-18

In regard to the question as to how
to get rid Of small ants in kitchen,
the Indiana state entomologist says !:
"One of the best remedies is to make
a sirup of four ounces Of sugar to one
half pint of water, and after this sirup
has boiled add one ounce of sodium
fluoride. Moisten n sponge with this
and put 1t in can that has some
holes punched in 1t; then place this
where the ants are most numerous.
The idea is to get the ants feeding on
this and in that way carry some back
to their nest. II they stop feeding,
move the can back short distance
and they will again start eating The
can should be kept moist with this
sirup and the. ants will soon dlsap-
pear"
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-18
POULTRY DON'TS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Don't allow your hens to eat de-
cayed flesh Of any kind unless you
want them to get down with timber
neck and have many Of them die from
the effect Of 1t.
Don't allow filth and dampness to
abound in and around your poultry
roosting house; it will cause roup and
Its various attending ills.
Don't let the mites and lice get the
upper hand about your place and
cause you untold trouble and loss Of
both old and young stock.
Don't be afraid to give your fowls
an abundance of green stuff at all
seasons and all times; 1t is their sal
walton. whether they are old or young.
Don't be afraid to invest few dol
lars in good stock any more than you
would in improved seeds and grain to
insure success.
Don't keep any males with the fe-
males unless you intend Matching the
eggs. Eggs for market will keep
much longer If they are not fertile.
Don't put all sizes, shapes and
colors Of eggs in one lot for market (;
learn to grade them so they will look
as much like one hen laid them all as
possible.
Don't allow dirty, stale egg to go
into your market basket, no matter
how high they are or how badly you
need the money.
Don't be afraid to work with your
poultry the year round, as it is the
only road to success. and one must
stick to the right track. Keep up in
terest in your poultry both winter and
summer. No matter what other duties
you have, they should not be neg
lected.
Don't expect every egg to hatch
when you buy eggs for that purpose
from some good breeder. Your own
eggs as a rule will not do that well.
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-18
GIRLS! USE LEMONS
FOR SUNBURN, TAN
Try I'll Make this lemon lotion
to whlten your tanned or
freekled skin.

Squeeze the juice of two lemons in
to a bottle containing three ounces Of
Orchard White, shake well, and you
have quarter pint Of the best freckle,
sunburn and tan lotion, and complex
ion whitener, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces Of Orchard White for O
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face, neck, arms
and hands and see how quickly the
freckles, sunburn, windburn and tan
disappear and how clear, soft and
white the skin becomes. Yes! It is
harmless.-Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-18

served his time as a pitcher. but he
has also built up a number Of business
interests which are paying him good
dividends, and this Is probably the
real reason why he intends to retire
from the game.
Coombs makes his home at Pales-
tine. Texas. where he has a general
merchandise store In addition to being
interested in two banks. His business
has been growing with the boom times
and he feels that there will no long
er be any necessity Of playing baseball
for living.
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-18
Law Forbids Hoarding.

Persons who have sought to excuse
their violations of rules and regula-
tions Of the United States food ad-
ministratiOn on the assertion that
"there is no law requiring It," are
warned that there is n law governing
such cases. According to the law,
persons who willfully hoard any nee.
essaries shall, upon conviction. be
fined not exceeding $1,000 or be i'm
prisoned for not more than two years,
or both. The statute sets out just
what 'hoarding" Is and includes, not
only the act Of boarding. but the with
holding Of necessaries to gain high
er price for them. Hoarders will be
prosecuted In the federal courts.
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-18
PATRIOTS, BEHIND THE LINES
BY BARNETTA BROWN
Of the vlullantea.

These patriots are way. way behind
the lines. They live in Brooklyn, and
not only in Brooklyn, but far in the
rear of Brooklyn. where the last end
of subway is coming to a conclusion.
These patriots may be called alien pa
triots, for many Of them have not been
here long. They are small patriots,
for the eldest Is only about ten. Their
mothers keep the homes, and their
fathers dig the peaceful trenches for
the subway. So they are not very
well-to-do patriots. In fact, they are
quite otherwise; they are poor In ev-
erything but patriotism. In that they
are very rich. They are full of 1t,
crammed in, pressed down and run
ming over, as you will agree. 1t bub-
bled SO, inside Of them, that they had
to put 1t into expression. somehow.
But how? They had just nothing to
express with. No pennies to make a
fund to send somewhere; no pennies
to buy tobacco for the soldiers pipes |;
no pennies to buy worsted to knit
with. What should they do2
A hopeless little group they were as
they stood one day, discussing ways
and means, or rather, the utter lack
Of them, till at last the situation was
cleared by one determined little mite.
She took of one of her mittens, say
ing:
II can change the other one round.
Anyhow you can't knit with mittens
on"
Five or six pairs Of childish eyes
watched her eagerly, as she COM
menced to unravel her mitten.
go get me some skewers, Johnny"
Johnny flew, and soon returned with
several. The nearest butcher had been
kind.
I'm going to knit" the small girl
announced. "Tm going to knit squares
for blankets, for those Belgian ba-
bies."
The idea caught at once. Such
scurrying as there was! Mothers were
pleaded with; odd corners were
searched; even ash barrels were in
vestigated. From unsupported quar-
ters old tams, old scarfs, old shawls,
old stockings, old mittens, were
brought forth. All things that could
be spared, and some that could not,
but everything that could be gotten
hold of that would unravel was un-
earthed; and the work began, and
went on. The children knitted with
skewers. with pieces Of steel. with any
thing that would hold stitch and
connect 1t with another.
And SO we found them one day, sit
ting all huddled together on the stoop
Of one of the tenements; all knitting
with the crinkly wool, the little
squares. 1t was picture Of child
life not easily forgotten. and we
watched, and thought; and as we
turned away, we knew that our hearts
would always be more soft and kind.
because we had seen this little group
of little patriots, knitting their little
squares, to cover the little cold babies
of Belgium.
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-18
Pitcher Jack coombs Is to
Retire This Year-To Look
After Business Interests.

Jack Coombs announces that this
will be his last year in baseball. At
least he declares 1t to be his last year
as an active player and perhaps moth
Ing short Of managerial job will
tempt him to remain.
Colby Jacks contract with the
Brooklyn club expires this year. which
ls the reason he is making the an
nouncement. He feels that he has
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-18
WOMEN FARMING IN
WESTERN CANADA
Success Has Followed All Their
Efforts.

On the train from Edmonton to Win
nipeg the writer took seat beside .
soldier who had returned from the
front. On his breast he wore the
beautiful distinguished service medal.
One coat sleeve was armless, and on
his left cheek he bore scar that he
would carry to his grave. He had
served his country faithfully and well.
At the first call for soldiers in August,
1914, he hastened to the recruiting
ofiice, leaving his 320-acre farm, with
Its crop ready for harvest, full
equipment Of farm implements. plenty
Of horses. and a wife. The wife should
not be last on the list for she proved
the master of the situation, and 10y
ally took hold Of the question of pro-
duction, while her husband was on his
way to fight the Hun. And she sue
ceeded. In 1915 she succeeded, and
again In 1916, and when her husband
returned In 1917 she was able to show
some contemplated farm buildings
completed. the Indebtedness Of the farm
paid of. a considerable addition to the
stock and the land ready for a 1917
crop. This was the story told by the
soldier, and wasn't he a proud mani
he was now ready to do what he could
to keep up the period of prosperity
and provide food for the allies. The
women of Canada have done nobly
during the struggle.
Among the most successful farmers
Of the Oak Lake district, Manitoba.
are the Misses Clara and Beatrice For
ward, who, for the past fourteen years,
have farmed their own land, doing all
the regular work on the farm, such as
plowing, seeding summer fallowing
and reaping. They have been espe-
cially successful with stock, and have
a splendid herd Of shorthorns, both
purebre,1 and grade. At the recent
Brandon sale they purchased a new
purebred stock bull for $7OO. Their
herd was last year increased by %
calves.
Miss r. M. Hillman Of Keeler, Sas-
katchewan, is another successful
woman farmer. She has gone in ex-
tensively for grain growing, and farma
1.120 acres. She also owns some Of
the finest Percheron horses in Sas
katchewan.
The prairie now boasts Of many
women who have had more or less sue
cess, though few are farming on the
same large scale as Miss Hillman and
the Misses Forward. These women
have demonstrated, and are still dem.
onstrating, that versatile woman
may be just as good and successful a
farmer as her brother.
There are other women, too, on the
Canadian prairies, who, though they
have not had thrown upon them the re-
sponsibilities of running farm"
have been decided factors in making
the farm success. They assist theii
husbands by keeping the farm ac
counts, reducing the grocer's bills by
their management of the poultry and
butter. taking care of the house. and
very often, proving good advisers In
the economic management of the mer
and general conduct of the farm work
The man who moves to Canada car
ries with him wonderful asset in Q
good managing wife-Advertiaemen
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-18
Scientific Facts.

} The Siamese government has
. consolidated a civil service col
lege and a medical school into
a university to provide instruc-
, ton in all the higher branches
. Of education.
A method for rebuilding worm
out automobile tires and making
them puncture proof with fabric
, woven from thread and vege-
table fiber has been invented by
n Californian.
Oils obtained from Antarctic
} sea leopards, seals and penguins
have been tested by scientists in
London and found useful for
soap and leather making and
, for heating purposes.
- n - n - AA - -
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-18
A PRAYER
BY JAMES W. WISE
Of the VIuilante6.

oh God of right, to thee today
We raise in awe our fervent prayer:
Grant victory unto the men
Who fight for freedom over there.
We do not ask victors prize.
But power to stay the cruel hand
or Prussian tyranny and greed,
And to avenge a plundered land.
Today we seek thee in the fight,
Thy mighty arm of wrath made bare,
Lord God of hosts thy cause redeem
And right the wrongl-This is OF
prayer.