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The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
The PEOPLES FORUM
DO We NEED A CHANGE?

Well, yes. we need change OF
views since politics has reached our
Isolated nomesiae.
We agree that history furnishes
food for speculation. and praise conserv-
ativeness whenever practically APP
piled; but would like little more de.
cided Interpretation as to who is Radi-
cal and who is Conservative.
The writer didn't get railroaded up
the avenue in buss. but came near
getting Failroaded out of his birthright
by the excessive emigration under a
Roosevelt Administration and the lack
of preparedness in accordance with
the same. all of which were considered
as Democratic principles by Radical
Republicans Democracy has a clear
cut meaning, however, and anything
worth having is worth sacrificing
something for. Somehow vision APP
pears before me that poor losers in
politics are dreaming of Napoleon
Roosevelt. since they seek to change
Wilson unity to system Of greater
oneness, with King Teddy again Top
Dog.
Kermit Roosevelt. quoted, said, Dad
always wants to be Top Dog; when at
a wedding he wants to be the pride.
and when at funeral he wants to be
the corpse.
We haven't forgotten how that
human ielly-fsh, W. H. Taft, was sent
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

on o tour of the world so as to become
a popular candidate. and how he
spilled the beans for Top Dog when it
came to handing the job back; and
how the other poor iish just wouldn't
be a fair loser. He evidently had for
gotten that his greatness came without
effort when he fell heir to the throne
at time when human events were
meking a natural revision. oh, yes!
in another political controversy he
caused one thousand and eleven in
functions TO be served in the state of
Oklahoma alone. receiving only two or
three petty convictions. 1t would seem
that he was rather expensive Presi-
dent.
On the other hand, MIR, Wilson and
Mr.. Baker are criticised for this and
for that. and what not. Upon this
count we would say that Mr.. Baker
could discount Teddy sixteen to one
upon brains and have a few TO grant
Mr.. Grant.
All hands knew about unprepared-
ness. Let's not be like an old woman
who would have her dooryard converted
from wilderness into paradise over
night. not considering time for the
gardener TO execute efficiency.
Again. did we not live nearly twenty
years under the communicating envir-
onments of Republican booze as well
as politics. that created so many lsm's
and Radicals that we knew not what
to do with them? Yet as individuals
they have the interest of the people
and the nation at heart as they see it.
We are especially glad that Mr..
Baker is big enough not to let hate in.
Let's not hate, even in politics, as a
great future confronts us and it will
be what we make It,
With one exception the Roosevelt
cabinet was the weakest on record.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
NEWS FROM HONE

When the evening shade * fallin at the
close of the day.
An feiier rests from labor, smokin' at
his pipe Of clay.
There's nothing does him so much good
be fortune up or down,
As the little country paper from his OLD
Home Town.
1t amt a thing of beauty and it's prints
not always clean.
Bat il straightens out his temper when
a feller's feelin' mean;
II takes the wrinkles of his face an
brushes of the frown.
That little country paper from his old
Home Town.
1t tells Of all the parties and the balls az
Pumpkin Row.
Bout who spent Sunday with who's girl
and how the cropsll grow.
An how IL keeps a Teller posted who's
up and who is down.
That little country paper from his Old
Hon Town.
Now. I like 10 read the daihes and the
story papers too.
And al times the yaller novels and some
other trash-don't you2
But when ] want some other readin.
that'li brush away a frown.
| want that little paper from my Old
Home Town
Denver Post
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
Some Dissertations % 4. MxER
..s..

ii is with most of us, we are trusting
100 much in the Lord. and there is
grave danger that the Kaiser may get
our scalp IL we don't wake nj, Oh,
yes: oh, yes; We must not be a
slacker.'
"one Of the greatest things 70 hap
pen to help win the war" said So,
cialis,, resident Of the island, recent
", has been the change Of sentiment
with the Socialists in this country.
The Appeal to Reason, most radical
Socialias paper, published in Kansas,
has changed its name to the New APP
peal, and will hereafter support she
President. The Socialists, while not
having an international organs
cation, have an international
feeling for each oaher's success. You
can see results from such feeling in
the recent peace conference with Ger
many. They have high ideals which
permcatc the same in all the nations
and the influence of the Socialists in
the United States will be big factor
in determining the actions Of the Rus
sian socialists. Charles Edward Rus
sell, John Spargo and Editor Kopelin
viii be great help to bring sunshine
out OF chaos.
at is strange shat trivial thing
will change the feeling. the love, the
devotion 10 worthy cause said an
ardent worker and sympathizer forthc
success OF thewar. ..The fact that the
Red Cross management donated one
hundred Thousand dollars for viviscc-
tion hat was given for another pur-
pose destroyed an immense amount Of
enthusiasm for the Red Cross purposos.
And those who objected were right.
because money raised 10y the Red Cross
was never intended to experiment on
animals. to find out the effects of drugs
aud the best way To heal wound 1t
i for the purpose Of taking care Of
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

the helpless pcople---soldicrs and cy-
cry one---furnlshlng nurses and good
beds. electra. The same feeling came
over the helpers for the Y. NJ. G. a,
IN Seattle, IN their efforts to provide
suitable quarters for the soldiers Mt
the front and cantonemcnts. Tho peo-
pie responded so literally that IL en-
couraged the banks, who have loaned
thn y. NJ. {. \. in Seattle $4,000, TO
suggest that 1t would be good time
to lit that debt, and It was tried, but
II proved disastrous failure. They
found that giving money to help to-
ward the comfort Of the soldiers was
different from helping to pay OIL a
debt on the buildings at this Time
AT no time in my life have been
able 10 observe the difference in eli
matte conditions" said an old resident
on the island, "as have this winter.
especially during the past week. In
every section east of the Rocky Noun
tains the weather has been terrible -
snow and zero temperature while
here in the Puget Sound country the
temperature has been more than ideal
between a and 50 above zero. We
saw peas in bloom last Sunday and
plenty OF roses and other flowers, and
1, IL pnt d;sa,rrsca hlp Ia wnrl, In thp
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
The VQShOn Island Press
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The weather
No ilies on that.
King Strawberry is on the decline.
George Convey was in the city Satur-
day.
vashon will celebrate the glorious
Fourth.
Mr. Jones, of Olympia, is visiting
relatives on the Island.
\. d. Kingsbnry is in Seattle serv-
ing ON grand jury.
Miss Angie Markham is in Olympia,
where she viii spend the summer
Il. II. Gorsuch surprised the natives
OF Seattle by dropping in on them sat
uiday.
Mrs. Captain Vanderhocf and Judith
spent day last week at Crescent Gin
Cottage.
Robt Yulc Byrd Jacobs and j. 5.
Markham visited the metropolis
Thursday.
The Sophia expects to bring over a
big excursion to picnic in Hatch's
grove on the Fourth,
The Government is making extern
sive apprehension the light station
At Eobinson's point.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erickson, j. G. Wall,
ct al made trip to Seattle on Friday,
by the schooner route.
Mrs. w. u. Livcsley has returned
from California, where she has been
visiting for several weeks.
j. +. VanCamp and T.. w. Lindlcy
left Monday for Wallula, where they
expect to work through harvest.
It's booming crop of timothy and
clover that neighbor Snow has II
shows "siien on which it grows.
NJ. +. Hatch has four men at work
slashing for him. The wilderness is
fast disappearing in this section.
$. $, Heath of Burton, and force OF
assistants will soon commence the
work of plasterlng the Childrcn''
Home.
Miss Lamson of Tacoma will have
charge of the Swimming School, Gym
nastic and Delsarte system, at Chau'
tauqua.
The steamer Annie NJ, Pence was
burned Friday night The cook, I. II
Sullivan, jumped into the water and
was drowned.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

We mention Harper's Weekly and
many other top'notch magazines as
authority for the same. Substitute
love for hate and chop politics, if we
are going to win this war.
Henry Ford and other leading Re
publicans were taken into consultation
by our good president, and in harmony
worked in the interests of Uncle Sans
come along during critical period il
is time 20 draw the net more closely.
To this we say without prejudice or
favoritism. We'll done, our good and
noble President"
WARD c. LoCKLlN.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

a great deal Is said nowadays as
10 the punishment that can be used
against pro-Gefman sentiment, and the
feeling IS thar al you have to do is to
complain 10 the authorities and they
will do The rest, said gentleman the
other day. "The facts arc there isn't
anything thar can be done unless they
threaten the life of the President, or
there is bona Bde evidence OF conspir-
acy. The Department OF Justice claim
that nineis per cent of the complaints
about pro-Gcrman remarks are unno-
ticed by the government because Of
lick OF evidence to prosecute. The
only thing one can do is to keep watch
on The people they suspect of being
dislosal and not encourage their pres
ence by giving them work. The same
trouble came into existence during the
Civil war and nothing was done with
the rebel sympaihizers until the
knights Of the Golden Circle was un-
earthed, and then there was something
doing. Gov, Morton. OF Indiana, made
quick work OF that organization.
There is too much trusting in the
Lord in this war" said a gentleman in
his eightieth year, the other day. Let
me tell you a story, My grandfather
was a soldier in the Revolutionary war.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

Neolin soles "a speciality at
Rendall's repair shop, Portage.
Black 1855.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-02
RED CROSS TELLS
WHERE DOLLARS CO

The end OF this year will see more
than $70.000,000 spent in France alone
by the American Red Cross since the
beginning of the war. This is reveal
ed in a statement just issued by the
Red Gross War Council. Nearly half
of all this money-$34, 5S3,S27.57 to
be exact-has been appropriated for
the last half of 1918.
This was made necessary by the
great German attack last spring
which drove so many poor French
families from their homes. The items
of civilian relief and reconstruction
of ruined villages alone have called
for $5,557 ,605.75 and the end is not in
sight.
The Red Cross is having to face the
terrible task of combating tubercu-
losis among the women, children and
old men of France, especially among
the thousands who have been in the
hands of the Hun They pour back
in a steady stream, those too old, too
worn out or too diseased to DE long
er useful to the German, and the Red
Gross immediately takes them in
charge. -
There are now rs tuberculosis hos
pitfalls completed in France, and re-
QUESTIONS for goods for 90 provision
al hospitals have been approved and
they will be in operation in a few
weeks. These provisional hospitals
have $3.50 beds.
The Red Cross now has in France
about 5000 workers, many of whom
work for nothing and pay their own
EXPENSES MANY others give their
services free but part or all their eX-
I.penses are borne by the Red Cross.
1t is this care of their wives and
children which so encourages the
French soldiers to fight to the last,
and makes them such cheerful and
fearless comrades of our own boys.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-02

Turk army routed! Bulgars be-
ginning to bulgel West front shaky!
No wonder kaiser Bill, chief butcher
and gutter of the world, is beginning
to whine.
Slackers on bonds in Rockford and
vicinity will have the dubious pleas
ure sof seeing their names posted on
the courthouse in large letters. No
body, rich or poor, will escape the
vigilance committee.
The monthly payroll abroad is now
about $40.000,000 and getting higher
each month according to Gen. Wood,
Acting Quartermaster General of the
Army. Troops are now being paid
within five days or less and allot-
ments are being sent to relatives with
only slight delay. Capture by the en-
envy does not cause allotments to
cease where the man has arranged
for such home help. The department
is developing plan to help families
of captured men who were sending
money home direct
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-02

Harvey Stitch of Fennimore, is i'll
at Great Lakes with Spanish Flu
Miss Harriet Fritz of Fennimore,
was operated upon last week at Mad
ison, for appendicitis.
$50
Captain and Mrs. Homer Sylvester
arrived at Montfort Thursday, the cap
tain from Camp Pike, Ark, and Mrs.
Sylvester from Long Beach, Cal. Fri
day evening members of the Eastern
Star gave party at the home of Mrs.
p. T. Stevens in their honor. Capt.
Sylvester returned to camp Thurs
day
Miss Helen Nehls of Platteville, and
Claude E. Mussellman Of the same
city, were married last Tuesday at
the home of the brides parents. The
Rev Mascn of the P. M. church per-
formed the ceremony The young
couple left at once for the twin cities
where they will visit two weeks. Up
on their return they will be at home
in Platteville. Mr.. Mussellman is a
chemist for the Wisconsin Zinc Co.
Mrs. Nancy Pugh Hopkins died
at Patch Grove on Sept. 20, aged not
quite SO years. The funeral was held
the following Sunday Mrs. Hopkins
is survived by her husband, Geo. Hop
kins, and son, Arthur of Bridgeport
and two adopted daughters, Mrs. Eff
fie Adkins of Patch Grove and Mrs
Eva Solinson of Soldiers Grove.
Mrs. Robert w. Brown Of Platte
Vile, died at her home last Tuesday
evening aged 83 years. For the past
year Mrs. Brown was belfast due tC
a fall. The husband and one daugh-
ter, Mrs w. P. Hughes of Belmont
survive. The funeral was held last
Friday on the 59th welding anniver-
sary of Mr.. and Mrs. Brown.
Mary Ann Jones of Pecatonica
died Sept 10th, aged 80 years. This
lady was q pioneer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-02


5000 members in a Red Cross Pig
Club in one Mississippi county. This
county is Carroll. Thirty carloads
of hogs will be shipped TO market all
for benefit of the Red Cross.
Secretary Houston OF. the U. IS. De-
partment Of Agriculture, has been-sin
Texas investigating conditions in the
drought-stricken districts. A fund of
$5,000,000 has been set aside to make
loans to farmers. Many Texas fam
lilies have left their farms to find a
living elsewhere
Agricultural advisers to lOce draft
boards will be placed in each state in
the country. The duty of these adj
visers will be to determine the needs
of agricultural labor for the districts.
While military needs come first the
advisers will aid in way to least
cripple the agricultural and industry
of the country.
Twilight Harvest Clubs" were the
means of helping save large proper
ton of the Kansas wheat crop. Bus
mess men went out in the afternoon
and evening and worked with the
farmers in their fields.
**~
The same story all over the cOun-
try! Montana farmers form gopher
clubs and prevent great grain loss.
Minnesota miners saved 81 tons of
wheat -four by using substitutes. Id
aho farmers poison their fields and
destroy huge quantities of crop
eating rodents. Everywhere-one and
all-they work to produce food for
our men and our allies. This is Am
erica!
A crop map put out recently shows
that old Grant county is in the heart
of the best crop producing area in
the nation this year. Northeastern
Iowa and Northwestern Illinois share
in this enviable distinction. South
eastern and central Wisconsin had
but fair crops. North of Portage the
crops were good. Western North Da-
kota and Eastern Montana were hit
hard in places. Nearly all of Texas
and New Mexico had poor crops due
to draught. IS per cent of the coun-
try had good crops
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-02
GRANT COUNTY ITEMS.
A RANDOM LOT OF NEWS BITS.
CONCERNING PEOPLE OF THIS
VICINITY.

The body of Mrs. John Mcconnell
OF Casper, Wyo.. was brought to Fen
nimore for burial Tuesday. Mrs. Nc
Cornell, aged 30, was formerly Miss
Wilma Biederman. The husband with
two small children survive.
Reuben Cooley of Fennimore, aged
80, cared for his garden this summer
and dug and put away rs bushels of
potatoes.
Scarlet fever exists in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Les Walker at Preston.
child, aged s. has the disease.
VIM. McCord of Boscobel, has a
stack OF hay 16 feet high, 26 feet
wide and $50 feet long. The hay was
put up for government uses.
Elmer Biddick of Livingston, was
awarded first place on the ten-ear dis
play at the state fair Clark's Vel
low Dent was the variety.
John Geo. Wonn, aged rs, of near
Livingston, died Sept 18th. Mr..
Wonn was an old settler coming to
Platteville in 1S47 with his parents.
He lived at Mifflin and later went to
the California gold fields. For many
years he lived on farm. Oscar
Berg of Livingston, was step-son.
John Houston, we'll known citi-
zen Of Montfort, died suddenly Mon
day evening, Sept. 23rd. Mr. Houston
was unloading a Car of sand when
taken i'll and died soon after. A wife
and four children survive.
Lieut. R. o. Quick and wife of Bat
tie Creek, Mich, visited at Montfort
last week. Lieut.. Quick is slated for
captaincy and overseas service.
Miss Vera, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Thomas of Montfort, was mar
ried to Robert D. Paris Of Prairie du
Chen, on Saturday, Sept. Fl. The
wedding took place at Madison. Fol
lowing a wedding trip the happy coup
lie will be at home at Prairie du Chier
where the groom is in business.
50
Mrs. Will Hoyle of Mt Hope, re
Gently visited the David Kies family
at Hurley, S. D.
4 i
Herbert Livingston, son of Mrs
Geo. Livingston of Livingston, was
married in Chicago to Miss Lois Hal
lett of Lacrosse.
#&#
Sixty-five children attend the Car
penter school near Livingston. Th'
large number of miner families in thu
district swell the attendance Twt
teachers, Misses Biddick and Hemp
hill preside over the school.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-02

WORLD WAR NOTES.

Washington, Special.-Provost Mar
shall General Crowder has issued
statement for the guidance of all men.
who registered Sept. reiterating
that if they expect, or are entitled to,
deferred classification eon the grounds
of dependency or occupation, they
should so state in their question
naires.
While local boards have the power
to grant deferred classification on
these grounds, even when no claim is
made, the fact should not be lost sight
of. Where 100000 men are involv-
ed, many boards are sure to overlook
some cases, Gen. Crowder declared.
Regarding supplies for the army
TO be secured abroad General Wood
said General Pershing's officers were
negotiating for 100000 uniforms,
100000 flannel shirts, 100000 ov-
erseas caps, 100000 pairs of leg
gins, and 100000 pairs of shoes.
For refusal to obey an order from
superior officer, Jos. H. Quinn of
Boston, private at Camp Devon, Mass.
was SlfCu ID years DIT udtu III
the military prison at FIT. Jay, N. 7.
Two large warehouses for storage
of supplies of American prisoners in
Germany have just been secured in
Copenhagen, Denmark, and Renens,
Switzerland, according to cables re-
ceived by the Bureau of Prisoners
Relief American Red Cross.
In each of these warehouses the
Red Cross will assemble at once, food
and clothing, comforts and tobacco
enough to maintain 5000 Americans
for six months, if that many should
be captured.
The warehouse at Copenhagen
would be used in supplying those at
camps in North Germany; the ware
house at Renens is supplementary to
the great Red Cross prisoners pant
ry at Berne, where are stored full
supplies for 10000 men for months.
From these warehouses. go to each
prisoner weekly, twenty pounds of
food Clothing and other supplies
are furnished as he may need them.
In relief work for American SOL
diers and sailors, the Red Cross acts
as distributing agency for the war
and navy departments, which either
supply the. goods or reimburse the
! Red Cross for the material with
drawn from it's own stocks. The Red
Cross, however, maintains all civilian
prisoners of war and also sends to
soldiers and sailors many comforts
ard certain luxuries not issued by
| the authorities.
Roughly estimating the wealth OF
the United States at two hundred and
fifty billion dollar a six billion dol
lar Liberty Loan is nothing less
than five per cent of our resources
Germanys war debt is over thirty
five billion dollars, or nearly forty
per cent of her total wealth of eighty
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-02
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AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.


The U. S. experiment station in
Georgia recently conducted tests on
wheat growing. One variety of wheat
went Sc bushels Another variety
produced but 38 bushels under the
same conditions. The moral is OBJ
vious.
Wheat substitute experiment is be-
ing carried on by the chemists Of the
u. S. Agricultural Department. This
work has gone on since 1912 and le-
ceived renewed impetus since the war
began. About thirty substitutes have
been investigated and proven good.
All this has saved food for our sol
diers and allies.
A rodent campaign in Crook and
Deschutes counties, Oregon, caused
the destruction of $4,000 sage rats
and 5000 jack rabbits. 1t is estimat-
ed that at least $4,000 worth of grain
was saved.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-02
FOOD CONSERVATION

In the matter of E. L. Groom of
Cassville, Wis, violation of flour reg
ulations, defendant appeared before
the department of enforcement on the
18th day of September and admitted
the receipt of an excessive amount of
flour. The department accordingly
imposed a penalty for such violation
and he was invited to contribute ten
dollars to the local Red Cross which
he did and the money was forwarded
to the Cassville Red Cross Society.
Food Admir-. for Wisconsin.
Len Stauffacher, Co. Admir-.
He Buys Best Who Buys Quickly
Buy Your Bonds Now.
Every Hundred Dollar Bond Makes
Hun Dread More.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-02
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SPELTER BELT NOTES.
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The old PittsburgBenton mine
near Galena, has been revived under
the management of Brown & Steph
ena. &. The mine has been unwatered
and force of men put to work. Con-
siderable drilling will be done in the
fields of this mining lease.
Five drills are at work on the old
Treg and Great Northern leases in
Platteville, these leases now being
controlled by the Wisconsin Zinc Co.
1t is thought from the present out
look a mill may be erected upon these
properties.
The old Ross mine near Linden has
been shut down, and the old Winskell
near Diggings, revived.