The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-12-21


nonpartizan league to have gained
control of the democratic party as i
did in Idaho this year.
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A story illustrative of the conf
dence the British had in the ability o.
the Americans to win the war is go
ing the rounds. A young British sol
der had captured a German officer
and brought him to headquarters
While waiting to deliver his prisoner
the German officer said, with con-
temptuous sheer: "You think you
are going to vim dis var, but you are
mistaken. We have Colt on our side
The Britisher replied: "That's moth
ing. We've got the Yanks on our
side
| In 1848 when James K. Polk was
president, the German government
asked the United States for an ex-
perienced American naval officer of
! suitable rank to take command of the
German navy The cabinet was
unanimously in favor of granting the
request but Mr. Polk refused it. 1t
now looks as if the project had been
postponed Youths Companion.
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The snow is welcomed by the farmers
and the lumber interests 1t means bet
ter crops next year and enables the
lumbermen to begin logging operations
in the woods But it will not be well
coned by the little children without
Shoes Better join the Associated Char
tiles and give 81 to help these unfort
innate little ones Christ said Even
so much as We have done it unto the
least of these We have done it unto me. }"
We have responded literally to the
call for help for the suffering of Bel
gium, Serbia, Armenia, Syria and
France. Will we let the call for Christ
mas cheer in Moscow go unheeded?
Will we permit any family i'll Moscow
or vicinity to go without a Christmas
dinner on this, the most joyous of all
Christmases since Christ was born in
the nlanger?
The Grangeville Globe, in explain
ing the project for selling the timber
around Payette Lake, which is agi-
tating certain sections of Idaho, says:
"But 10 per cent of the timber is to
be removed The Globe fails to tell I
what is to be done with the remain
ing CD per cent.
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Some United States senators charg-
ed that President Wilson had shown
for the senate. The presi
dent probably ought to have been
more diplomatic and tried to conceal
MS contempt for that body as many
American citizens are doing
President Wilson has been asked to
i've aid to the democratic party in
Germany Apparently the Huns have
lot heard the results of his attempt
@ aid the democratic party in this
ountry during the recent campaign.
Topeka State Journal.
81 II a
Bread is now being made in the
rmy by the new sponge process" I
is announced in Washington. That I
ounds very much like the way the I
[uns are trying to get their bread. .
Knoxville Journal and Tribune. !;
r. - r. q
Won Hindenberg is said to be forming
new line six miles back Of the neutral h
me between the German armies and
e allied armies of occupation. Can it
that Hindenberg still thinks he can :
instruct a line that will hold the allies :
The Allies have already simplified
e task of establishing a new gov
nment in Germany by making it I'M
cessary to have either minister
colonies or a minister of the navy.
Gazette.
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From all indications the German
legates to the peace conference will
en- proceedings by asking who will
re them out to lunch.-Knoxville
lrnal and Tribune.
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It may interest some of the good
'ple to know that more cigarets
now sold by the Y. M. C. A. than
any other concern in the world
Angeles Times.
Pa Pa "a
he Montenegro congress is called
"Skupshtina." Even in a free
ntry like ours no one has ever had